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Governor Cleveland'« Letter of Ac
ceptance.
Albany, N, Y., Aug. 19.—Governor
Cleveland's letter formally accepting the
Democratic nomination for President of
the United States, ifc as follows:
Gentlemen : I have received your com
munication dated July 28, 1884, informing
me of my nomination to the office of Pres
ident of the United States by the National
Democratic Convention lately assembled
at Chicago. I accept the nomination with
a grateful appreciation of the supreme
honor conferred, and a solemn sense of
the responsibility which, in its acceptance,
I assume.
THE PLATFORM.
I have carefully considered the platform
adopted by the contention, and cordially
approve the same. So plain a statement
of Democratic faith and the principles
upon which that party appeals to the suf
frages of the people needs no supplement
or explanation.
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
It should be remembered that the office
of President is essentially executive in its
nature, J he laws enacted b\ the legisla
tive branch of the government the Chic.
Executive is bound faithfully to enforce,
or when the wisdom of the political party
which selects one of its number as a nomi
nee for that office, has outlined its policy
and declared its principles, it seems to me
that nothing in the character of the office
or the necessities of the case !
requires more from the candidate accept- ;
ing such a nomination than the suggestion
of certain well known truths so absolutely j
vital to the safety and welfare of the nation
that they cannot be too often recalled or (
too seriously enforced. We proudly call .
ours a government by the people. It is |
not such when a class is tolerated which !
arrogates to itself the management of pub- \
lie affairs, seeking to control the people
instead of representing them. I arties arc
the necessary outgrowth of our insti'u- ;
tions; but a government is not by the peo- j
pie when one party fastens its control
upon the country and perpetuates its i
power by cajoling" and betraying the peo- j
pie instead of serving them. A govern
ment is not by the people when a result
which should represent the intelligent will :
of free, thinking men is or can be deter
mined by the shamelessness of their suf- !
frages: when an election to office shall be
the selection by the voters of one of their j
number to assume for a time a public trust
instead bf his dedication to the profession !
of politics: when the holder of the ballot, !
quickened by a sense of duty, shall avenge j
A TRUST BETRAYED
And pledges broken and when the suf- j
frages -hall be altogether free and uncor- j
rupted. the full realization of a govern- !
ment by the people will be at hand; and j
of the means to this end not one would in j
iny judgment be more effective than an j
amendment to the Constitution disquai- |
ifying the President for re-election. I
When we consider the patronage of j
this great office, the allurements of I
power, the temptation to retain public
place once gained, and more than all the
availability a party tinds in an incumbent
whom a horde of office holders, with a zeal
born of benefits received and fostered by
the hope of favors yet to come, stand
ready to aid with money and trained po
litical service. We recognize in the eligi
bility of the President fur re-election a
most serious danger to that calm, deliberate
and intelligent political action which must
characterize a government by the people.
THE DIGNITY OF LABOR.
A true American sentiment recognizes
the dignity of labor, and the fact that
honor lies in honest toil. Contented labor
is an element of national prosperity. The
ability to work constitutes the capital of
the wages of labor and the income of a
vast number of our population, and this
interest should be jealously protected.
Our workingmen are not asking unreason
able terms, but as intelligent citizens they
seek the same consideration which those
demand who have other interests at stake.
They should receive their full share of the
attention of those who make and execute
ifc? laws, to the end that the wants and the
of tbe employers and the employes
slikç be subserved, and the pros
shouiu —*ntry. Ult* common heri
penty of the co^ J Aj re j a ^(j to
tage of both, be advanced. ''senur
this subject, while we should not u.. "
age the emigration of those who come to
acknowledge allegiance to our govern
ment and add to our city population,
yet as a means of protection to our work
ingmen a different rule should prevail con
cerning those who, if they come or are
brought to our land and do not intend to
become Americans, but will injuriously
conspire with those justly entitled to our
labor. t ...
In a ietter accepting the nomination to
the office of Governor nearly two years
atro.I made the following statement : "The
laboring classes constitute the main part
of our population. They should be pro
tected in their efforts peaceably to assert
their rights when endangered by capital,
and all statutes on this subject should rec
ognize the care of the State for honest toil,
and be framed ^itb a of improving
the condition of the workingmen, and a
proper care for them being inseparably
connected with the integrity of our insti
tutions. None of our citizens are more in
terested than they in guarding against any
corrupting influences which seek to per
vert the beneficent purposes of our gov
ernment, aud none should be more watch
ful of the artful machinations of those who
allure them to self-inflicted injury. In a
free country the curtailment of the abso
lute rights of the individual should only
be such as is essential to the peace and
good order of the community. The
limit between the proper sub
jects of governmental control and
those which can be more fittingly
left to the moral sense and self-imposed
restraint of the citizens, should be care
fully kept in view. Thus laws unnecessa
rily interfering with the habits and cus
toms of any one of our people, which are
not offensive to the moral sentiments of
the civilized world and which are consist
ent with good citizenship and the public
welfare, are unwise and vexatious.
THE COMMERCE OF A RATION
to a great extent determines its supremacy.
Cheap and easy transportation should
therefore be liberally fostered within the
limits of the constitution. The general
government should so improve and protect
its natural waterways, »8 will çgable the
producers of lue Oôünlry to reach a profit
able market. The people pay the wages
of the public employes and they are enti
tled to the fair and honest work which
the money thus paid should command. It
is the duty of those entrusted with the
management of the affairs to see tbal such
public service is forthcoming, and the se- 1
lection and retention of subordinates in
GoVerhüièni employment should depend
upon their ascertained fitness and the value i
tLcir «rnrlr and thev should be neither
of their work, and they should
expected or allowed to do questionable
party service. The interests of the people
will be better protected, the estimation of i
public labor and duty will be immensely ]
improved, public employment will !
be open to all who demonstrate j
their fitness to enter it. The unseemly j
scramble for a place under the govern
ment with the consequent importunity ;
which embitters official life, will cease, 1
and the public departments will not be
filled with those who conceive it to be their
first duty to aid the party to which they
owe their place, instead of rendering pa-j
tRnt and honest return to the people. I
Itplieve that the public temper is such that
t> voters of the land are prepared to sup- |
port the party which gives the best prom- 1
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honest, simple and plain manner which is
consistent with its character and purposes.
They have learned that mystery and
concealment in the management
of their affairs cover tricks and
betrayal. The statesmanship they require
consists in honesty and frugality, a
prompt response to the needs of the peo
ple. and a vigilant protection of all their
varied interests.
If I should be called to the Chief Magis
tracy of the nation by the suffrages of my
fellow citizens, I will assume the duties of
that high office with a solemn determina
tion to dedicate every effort to the country's
good and with an humble reliance upon
the favor and support of the Supreme Be
ing, whom I believe will always bless hon
est human endeavor in the conscientious
discharge of public duty.
[Signed] Grover Cleveland.
To Col. ^Vm. Vilas, Chairman, and I). B.
Bestor and Others, Members of the Noti
fication Committee of the Democratic
Convention.
Something Like Cholera.
Chicago, Aug. 19.—A special from Des
Moines, Iowa, to the Daily News says:
Cantrell, a village -if two hundred and
fifty inhabitants in Van Buren county, is
scourged by a very fatal disease, which is ]
believed to be a violent, type of the gray j
or bloodj T flux, though some physicians j
pronounce it cholera. The disease comes i
on with cramps, succeeded by a bloody j
discharge and spasms. One in four fatal, j
Thirty-two were sick yesterday and ten :
deaths occurred. Three died last night—
two children and one old lady. The dis- j
ease has been increasing in violence for j
two weeks.
At Milton, five miles west, one death oc
curred, which the physicians ascribe to
cholera. The neighborhood is not in the
usual line of travel.
Cholera and Coolies.
Washington, Aug. 19.—The U. S. Con
sul at Barbados telegraphs the State De
partment as follows:
"The ship Bracadaile left St. Lucia for
New York on the 16th, with cholera. This
is the steamer which left Calcutta on the
4th of June, bound for Demera and New
York. The cholera broke out on her pas- j
sage, and on her arrival at Tobe Bay, Ju- j
ly 4tb, she was reported to have had eigh- j
teen fatal cases. There were 651 coolies j
on board, twenty-eight of whom were j
down with the cholera. The steamer took ;
in coal at Tobe Bay and left for St. Lucia, j
where she arrived on the 3d inst. and was j
placed in quarantine. The health officer j
at New York w T as notified and will quar- i
antine the vessel on her arrival.
Fire.
Hoseburg, Or., Aug. 19.—A fire this |
morning destroyed an entire block of [
buildings, including the 3Ietropolitan ho- !
tel. Louis Zeigler, proprietor of the hotel,
was burned to a crisp while trying to save J
the guests. Mrs. Johnson, of Astoria, is
probably fatally burned. The U. S. sig- ;
nal office and instruments were consumed.
The loss to Caro Bros., general merchants. J
is $35,000; insured for $13,000. Total
loss $100,000.
Arson and Murder.
VIENNA, 111., August 19.—Yesterday
morning a constable sold under executiou
a lot of wheat in the stack belonging to
David Avery, a farmer living a few miles
southeast of this town. Just as the consta
ble was leaving, Avery went into the field
armed with a double-barreled shotgun, set
fire to the stacks, and remained until they
were completely burned. He then started
towards the town and on the way met
John i'iekins and Daniel Gage, farmers,
and l>oth neighbors to him. He spoke |
friendly to them, but had no sooner passed
than he turned and fired, killing Gage. He
then proceeded to the farm of John Dunn,
about mile distant, and set fire to his stacks
of wheat. Armed parties are now in search
of the desperate man.
The Massacred Mormons.
Nashville, August 19.—Elder B. H.
Roberts arrived last night with the bodies
of the massacred Elders, Gibbs and Berry.
Roberts disguised himself, and with three
•''•léüd.8 went to Condor's house Saturday,
dug up th' q regains ami left that night for
California. Ko^U 8 received in the mail a
note postmarked Chatanooga, saying :
"You are hereby warneu to leave the State
within twenty-four hours oil Jhe penalty
of going like the other two Monn'on elders.
Roberts says he will maintain his right#.
English Grain Trade.
London, August 18.—The Mark Lane
Express in review of the grain trade in the
past week, says : The weather is unchang
ed, and a large proportion of the grain has
been harvested with the best results. The
wheat returns show 56 per cent ot yieldj
which is over average. JÜJÇJ çroÇs are
slightly under average* Thê wheat trade
is nominal, The sales of English wheat
fot the Week were 27,528 quarters at 38s.
2d, against 41,799 quarters at 43s. lOd of
a corresponding period last year, The
foreign wheat at London demoralized both
present and prospective trades. Barley,
small offerings ; oats dull ; maize qniet.
Grand Lodge I. O. O. F.
New York, Angnst 19.— At the session
of the State Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
to-day, the Grand Master recommended
that funerals take place at night. He said
less money ought to be spent on the dead
and more on the living ; that the Order of
Rebekah required more attention ; that Odd
Fellowship was decreasing in this city so
rapidly that it was almost unknown in
polite society, and recommends the chang
ing the meeting places of some lodges from
tenement houses and saloons.
Chicago Races.
Chicago, Angnst 18.—In the mile and
one-eigth race Ella Rowett won ; Idle Pat,
second ; Harpoon, third. Time, 1:58}.
Three-quarter mile heats, Ailee won.
Best time, 1:14$.
Owners' handicap, mile and one
sixteenth, Boz Sedam won ; Virgilie Keane,
second ; Revoke, third. Time, 1:50.
Three-quarter mile sweepstakes, Mc
Bowling won ; Bell Boy, second ; Hateful,
third. Time, 1:16}.
Saratoga Races.
Saratoga, August f 18.—Fire furlongs,
two year olds, for non winners. Hart won;
Reed second, Leonidas third. Time 1.03}.
Mile and a half purse. Nettle won ;
1 Lydia Stanhope second, Easter third. Time,
i ard won ;
Time, 1.44
2.401. „ T a
Mile purse, for three yea»- olds. W ood
Vinton second, Pilot third.
Three-quarters of a mile. Jocose won ;
Disturbance second, Northama third. Time,
1.16}.
Hanlan Beaten at Last.
London, Angnst 16. —A dispatch from
Sydney, New South Wales, reports that
the sculling match between Hanlan and
Beach for the championship of the world
and £500 aside took place to-day on the
Pariametta river. Beach won by seven
lengths.__
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ward, U. 8. A., one oi the physicians who
| attended President Garfield rn his last ill
1 ness, died near Philadelphia to-day.
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THE LIVINGSTON BANK.
The First National's Affairs Closed up
Show Bad Management.
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[Yellowstone Journal.]
The temporary management of the First
National Bank, of Livingston, by Stebbins,
Mund Ä Co., who also have the Bank of
Livingston, seems to point to the acquisition
of the business of the First National by
this well known banking firm, who will
probably merge the two institutions at
that place. In reference to the condi
tion of the First National of Livingston
Mr. W. K. Stebbins informed a Journal re
porter Saturday that he had investigated
its affairs and found the grossest misman
agement on the part of the officers. He
did not think it reached the point of
criminality but it left the bank in a weak
condition. Its deposits, which at present
are only about $10,000, will be paid, but
ihe stockholders will lose money ia wind
ing up its affairs. Mr. Pyle, head book
keeper of the Bank of Livingston, has been
appointed assistant cashier of the First
National, and Stebbins, Mund & Co. will
continue the examination and present a
statement as soon as the facts can be ar
rived at.
THE MODERN JACK SHEPPARD.
An Excellent Subject for a Dime Novel
Hero.
[Madisonian.]
Con Murphy is a daisy. He is the gay
est Jack Sheppard, Dick Turpin, and
Claude Duval combination and aggregation
of dash, daring and double distilled devil
try that ever wore a pair of Montana
darbies, and if he doesn't find lame in a
hempen neck-tie and a yellow covered
"Life and Adventures," there is no reward
for merit on this mundane sphere. One of
Con's first recorded exploits in Montana
was to make a Madison county sheriff look
down the barrel of bis gun, while he him
self took a walk over the range. Then he
dng his way out of the penitentiary (no
great shakes of a job that, though ). Next,
he and a pall held up a coach load of pas
sengers on the Benton road, and cleaned
them out "slicker'n a w histle." After this,
he made Jack Allport and his posse think
there w ere nine of him tied up iu one hide,
aud that every shot from his six-shooter
was the discharge of a regiment of mus
keteers, sending the doughty horse thief
catcher home on a regular Callaway's Ford
skedaddle. Then, after his capture by the
Madison valley boys at Ricksville, he cut
his way out of the Helena jail and gave
the officers leg bail, taking with him one
of the finest horses and riding rigs in the
city, and now he has capped the climax of
daring by jumping, handcuffed and foot
shackled. from a train going at the rate of
twenty-live miles an hour, and nearly suc
ceeding, in the short time required in slow
ing up the train and returning to the place
of his terrific leap for liberty, in getting
free from his irons and making good his
escape. He is in a dandy of a jail now,
though, and will probably remain there
till he gets sent to our apology for a peni
tentiary, when we shall doubtless hear of
Con Murphy again. As we said above, he
is a daisy, and don't you forget it.
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LEMONADE LAKE.
A Massachusetts Lady Bound to See
All the Sights of Wonderland.
[Enterprise.]]
Mrs. Baker, of Worcester, Mass., on going
through the Park recently, gave Wakefield
& Hoffman's guide a good deal of trouble
in attempting to find all the wonders she |
bad heard of that were to lie found on
Hell's Half Acre. She Jound Paradise lake
aud the Excelsior geyser, but insisted that
there was a Lemonade lake, where the
most delightful drink for quenching thirst
could be had without money and without
price. It was in vain that the guide in
sisted that he had never heard of such a
lake. She called him a poor,stupid know
nothing, and said that she had heard on
the best authority that at Lemonade lake
a bell rang every half hour, when two blue
curtains instantly parted, revealing the
most wonderful phenomenon ever seen by
mortal eye. It was a drama of demons at
Hell's Half Acre, carrying pitchers of soda
water and lemonade. The original bell
ringers, in a mad madrigal dance, with a
free drink to all tourists who happened to
be on the spot during an eruption. For the
truth Of all this the Lemonade lake hunter
quoted Charlie Hoffman as absolute au
thority, he having K^atedj" heard Jhç
bells ring and seen the curtains part and
all the Walpurgian crew sally out with
kilted coats, pitchers, and glasses, inviting
all whom ij hiay concern to taste the
lemonade &r anything stronger that he
name or choose. The venerable
lady could only be pacified by being told
that Bob Ingersoll had recently visited
Hell's Half Acre, and was so thirsty while
there, and so friendly with the internal
bell ringers that they exhausted the soda
fountain and cracked their bells at Inger
soll's jokes, so that Hell's Half Acre is en
tirely bankrupt. It will hereafter be
known as Heaven's Whole Acre, or Hell
Played Ont.
CLARK'S COLUSA.
Points Abont the New Concentrator
and Blast Fnrnace.
[Butte Inter-Mountain.]
Forty men are at work on the concen
trator and smelter buildings of W. A.
Clark, wherein it is proposed to treat the
product of Clark's Colusa copper mine.
The concentrator will have a capacity of
60 tons daily, which will probably yield 25
tons of concentrates, and this added to 25
tons of erode second-class ore will he pat
throagh the blast furnace. The total
amount of ore to be treated, therefore, will
be 85 tons per day. The first-class ore will
be shipped without preliminary treatment,
and the product of the mine of ore of all
grades will not be less than 100 tons every
24 hours. The mine will soon be opened
on the 300-foot level, and is destined to
rank as one of the most reliable producers
of the camp.
Base Ball.
[Butte Miner.I
The Butte nine think they have arrange
ments about consummated for a profes
sional brush with the Salt Lake nine. The
Salt Lake boys wrote that they would
come for $400, but gave no date. As they
were to play in "Wood River this month,
tho Butte Club suppose they will come
from Wood River here, and telegraphed
that they would give them $400 for three
games on the 22d, 23d, and 24th of this
month.
No answer has yet been received from
the Helena Base Ball Club. The captain
of this club wrote for an answer, but it
seems that the arms of the Helena nine
have not yet sufficiently recovered to per
mit them to write.
Refuses io Exhume the Bodies.
New Yoke, August 18.—Coroner Robin
son of Long Island City will not exhume
the body of private Henry until instruc
| tions from his sister ( Dora Back i by letter
are confirmed. The superintendent of the
cemetery also refuses disinterment without
! an order from the federal authorities.
A MONTANA MAN GONE.
The Extraordinary Disappearance of
William A. Dewar.
[N. Y. Journal, 10th.]
"If you gentlemen would only tell me
what you're hunting for I might lie able to
help you," said Clerk Bowden, of the Astor
House, yesterday, to two well-dressed gen
tlemen who for several days had been
making a very careful examination of the
registers.
"Well, the truth of it is," said one of
them, "we have been looking up the name
of a missing friend who, we have reason to
believe, was a guest of yours not long igo.
Failing to find the name we are forced to
accept your kind offer and will ask you if
you know anything of William A. Dewar,
a wealthy gentleman of Helena, Montan,
of whom nothing has l>een heard for a
long time ?"
"Oh, yes, I think I can assist you. Sev
eral of his friends have been asking for
him, and all I can tell you," said the clerk,
as he adjusted his eye-ulasses, "is that he
registered here on January 7th last, stayed
five days, spent money freely and appeared
to have plenty of it, and he left his bag
gage with an unpaid bill. He w T as a thor
ough gentleman, with a Western disregard
for the value of money, and, I believe,
was a few days after his disappearance ad
vertised as missing."
The inquiring friends were Col. W. F.
Sanders, a prominent politician of the Sil
ver State and well known as the attorney
of the Northern Pacific railroad, and Mr.
Joseph Davis, the partner of the missing
man in large mining interests.
These gentlemen have themselves search
ed the city high and low, and have em
ployed detetives to visit hospitals, morgues
and other likely places, but without avail,
and the last clew was that their friend had
been a guest at the Astor House.
A Journal reporter was informed that
Mr. Dewar, who has been a prominct figure
in Montana politics for years, came to New
York on a pleasure tour, arriving here
early in January ; that he had some $5,000
in his possession, and that a few days after
his arrival he was suddenly missing. Un
answered telegrams from Montana friends,
for whom he had promised to transact
some important business, at first aroused
suspicion, and after repeated inquiries by
wire Mr. Davis came on in July and inau
gurated a thorough search without effect.
Being mystified by the strange circum
stances attending thg matter, Mr. Davis
telegraphed to Colonel Sanders, who
promplty responded and joined in the
search l'or his friend.
The missing man is well know iu this
State as well as in Montana. Born in St.
Lawrence county, he was an early friend
of W. R. Vrooman, the clerk of the Repub
lican State Committee, aud during his early
career showed rare acumen in political i
management. After returning from a four
years' service in the One Hundredth New
York Volunteers during the war, he emi
grated to Montana in 1866, and soon made
himself felt in mining as well as in politi
cal circles. By shrewd management he,
with his partner, Mr. Davis, secured a con
troling interest in the celebrated mine
known as "Last Chance Gulch," and by
the judicious development of which he
realized a rapid fortune. Though nothing
has been left undone to unearth the mys
tery of his disappearance, his friends and
the police are entirely at fault, and are
now ready to adopt the hypothesis that he '
met with foul play. He was a man of fine
physiqe, abont 45 years of age, somewhat
negligent in his dress and dark, as to com
plexion. Colonel Handers, who is transact
ing some business for the Northern Pacific,
will leave the city in a few days, and has
given up all hopes of obtaining tidings of
his lost friend.
DOMESTIC DISCORD.
A Butte Man Assaults ins Wile with a
Knife and then Attempts Suicide.
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Mrs. Westlake, who runs a hotel near
the Hilver Bow mill, at Butte, and her hus
band have quarreled a great deal of late,
and she had him arrested aud placed under
bonds to keep the peace. Yesterday morn
ing he went to the hotel to see his wife
and began to abuse her, and drew a
knife aud threatened to kill her. A scuffle
was the result of the war of words, and it
seems that Westlake dragged his wile out
on the veranda, where she struggled des
perately to lee herself from his cruel grasp
without success. They approached too
near the edge of the veranda, and falling
against the railing were precipitated to the
ground below, a distance of about twelve
feçt. Mrs. Westlake sustained severe in
jpries, both external and internal, but
Westlake, unfortunately, was not hurt
very much.
The combatants were picked up and
carried into the house and placed in sepe
rate rooms. Westlake's bondsmen hear
ing of the affair sent an officer to take him
into custody again. The prisoner made an
excuse to be alone with a friend named
Thomas. Westlake and Thomas therefore
entered an adjoining apartment and the
door was closed. In about fifteen seconds
Thomas came rushing back wit^i a ghostly
pallor and wide staring eyes, exclaiming to
the officer : "For God's sake, hurry up and
stop him ; he is suiciding." They both
rushed into the room and found Westlake
standing in the middle of* the room "quiet
ly catting his throat" and bleeding con
siderably. The weapon he was using was
a lady's pearl handled opera knife. The
blade being dull he did not succeed in cut
ting his I jugular vein. The officer bound
his handkerchief around Westlake's throat
and brought him to jail.
The iu juries to Mrs. Westlake, caused by
the fall from the veranda and by over ex
ertion in the straggle with her husband,
are qnite severe, but their full extent has
not yet been ascertained.
Chicago, Angnst 19. —A special from
Delphi, Indiana, says: The body of pri
vate Whistler, of the Greely Arctic party,
was exhumed this morning in the presence
of his relatives in the family cemetery
in this county. His identity was folly es
stablished, the face and neck being well
preserved, bat the flesh was all cat from
the back and limbs.
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INDIANAPOLIS. IND., U*
MANUFACTURERS OF
STEM EKIIE» Mims.
Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock
for immediate delivery.
CARPETS AND FURNITURE.
For the next thirty days Ï will
sell at COST for SPOT CASH,
CARPETS and SHADE COCDS
to make room for Fall Ship
ments.
J. R. SANFORD.
BROADWAY. HELENA. MONTANA
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Wall Street Quotations.
New York, August 20.—Central Pacific,
44 ; Burlington, 25} ; Northern Pacific,
24} ; do. preferred, 54} ; Northwestern,
106; ; New York Central, 9}; Oregon Navi
gation, 83; Oregon Transcontinental, 18} ;
Pacific Mail, 52} ; Panama, 98 ; St. Louis
& San Francisco, 25 ; Union Pacific, 54} ;
Texas Pacific, 15} ; Wells, Fargo Express,
3; Western Union. 69.
Bar Silver, 1.10}.
Chicago Markets.
r Chicago, August 20. — WHEAT —
Stronger ; cash. 79} ; September, 80} ;
October 82} ; 82} November.
CORN—Higher : 54 cash and August ;
53 September; 51} October; 46; Novem
ber.
OATS—Higher ; 25* August ; 25; Sep
tember; 26} October.
RYE—Firm ; 56}.
Whisky, 1.10
Steamer Ashore.
San Francisco, August 18.—The French
mail steamer Jeanise, of Hong Kong and
Yokahoma branch of Messaqeries Mari
times line, went ashore in the log on the
25th of July. Probably total loss. No lives
were lost.
Farewell Adiew.
St. Louis, August 18.—Arch Bishop
Ryan lieft for his new diocese of Phila
delphia this morning. A large crow d of
clericals and church people were at the
depot to bid him farewell.
Chagres Fever.
Key West, Fla., August 17.—The brig
Clara Belle, from Aspinwall for Hampton
Roads, arrived to-day. All hands, except
the cook and one sailor, are down with the
Chagres fever.
' Movements of Blaiue.
Bar Harbor, Me., August 18.—Blaine
left here this morning for Augusta.
Buffalo, N. Y., August 1, 1884.—To the
Editor: A friend of mine in Minneapolis
sends me the Pioneer Press of July 27, in
which you refer to the Cleveland scandal.
Let me assure you that the scandal is not a
"campaing lie," nor its publication for po
litical effect. The pastors of Buffalo wree
led to support Mr. Cleveland for mayor on
the assurance that he was a virtuous man
and he would enforce the laws against
public vice in our city. We were grossly
deceived. Under the same misapprehen
sion Mr. Cleveland was invited to give the
address at the laying of the corner stone of
the Young Men's Christian association hall.
From this he was industriously advertised
as a moral, and even a religious man, and
standing high in the confidence of Chris
tian men, and especially ministers, here.
On this line he was boomed for the presi
dency, and Christian editors, all over the
land, were commending him as just the
man for Christian people to support, irre
spective of party. Clergymen here had
come to know the man, and proceeded to
carefully investigate rumors and specific
charges against his morality. The Maria
Halpin case we found literally true in all
its vileness and horrors. We also found
that antecedent and subsequent to that
case, even down to 1884, his life had been
that of a bachelor debauchee. The proofs
of all of this were abundant, definite, per
sonal and not disputed by his associates
and political friends. With these facts be
fore us we felt bound in honor to disabuse
Christian editors and warn them not to en
dorse a character they would loathe on
krowinghim, and not mislead good men
to voting for him. Several of us, therefore,
wrote to these editors. One of my letters
was telegraphed to San Francisco, and
went the rounds of the press. It was not
designed for publication, and was only
one among many written by cur pastors
for the purposes I have stated. In the
meantime the Telegraph got hold of the
matter, traced it up for itself, verified its
facts, and published the "terrible story,"
all of which we knew to be true. All the
pastors in Buffalo are agreed in opinion of
Mr. Cleveland's utter moral worthlessness.
We do not predicate our opinion on hear
say, rumor or unverified "say-so but on
sifted, well authenticated facts. I confi
dently speak for my brethren on this point,
for I know how carefully they have looked
into the case and how anxious they have
been to do Mr. Cleveland no injustice,
while endeavoring to protect their friends
in Christian editorial stations from ignor
antly doing a great wrong. I have been a
pastor in Buffalo for more than twenty
years, and any clergyman or layman in the
city can inform you of my standing.
J geo. h. ball.
On yesterday there was a celebration in
Franklin, Maine, of the thirtieth anniver
sary of the founding of the Republican
party. While it may be difficult for any
single place to claim so great an honor, the
fact itself is deserving of universal cele
bration. No political party in one short
generation, in any age or country, ever
achieved so much for the good of the world
and the human race. Democracy led the
country down into the pit of secession and
left it to perish there. It was rescued by
the Republican party which wiped out of
its Constitution and off from its flag the
reproach of slavery. The country thus
saved is only safe in the hands of its Sa
vior.
Japan has become so far civilized that
she asks to be relieved of the special treaty
for her five ports, by which duties were
fixed that she could not control, and by
which crimes between or against foreigners
were to be tried before foreign consuls. If
admitted to treat with other countries on
equal terms, she promises to throw open
the entire country and remove all restric
tions of ev4ry kind on foreign residence,
trade and travel. In this coarse she onght
to have the fall and ready sympathy of
the people and government of the United
States.
% WE ARE STILL
r ^In the lead with bottom prices,
offering inducements for y 011
to buy your goods from fi rsl
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Stvles.
We have opened our second importation, comprising varied and extensive
assortments, at most REASONABLE prices.
SEAL SACUES AND DOLMANS.
PLUSH SACQUES AND DOLMANS.
NEW MARKETS, SILK RUSSIANS,
LANGTRYS AND JERSEYS
No season prior to this have we made purchases so extensive, and we feel assured that our ef
forts will meet with the approval of all purchasers. IVe have not forgotten the little folks in our
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT.
■\Ve only show Styles and Fashions[made expressly for us.
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HUMBERT & KENNETT.
CLOTHING,
FURNISHING GOODS,
_ HATS AND CAPS.
Latest Styles of Youman's Derby Hats, always
on hand. We are closing out our Boot
and Shoe Department, and offer great
Bargains to purchasers.
HUMBERT:cfc KENNETT.
MAIN* STREET. ............HELENA. Jf. T ,
FORjCASH ONLY!
Remnants Dress Goods, Flannels, Cing
hams, Cheviots, Calico, Table Linen,
Muslin, Tickings.
Remnants Buttons, Cloves, Hose, Lace,
Embroiderys, etc., etc.
Ladies} and Misses Suits and Cloaks at
actual cost. Ladies Muslin Under
garments at Great Reductions.
VAN WART & CO.
July 23d, 1884.
GEBAUER & YERGT,
PLANING MTT.T.
AND
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Contractors, Builders, and Dealers in all Kinds of Building Material, Et*.
Cheapest place in Helena to buy Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, and all kinds
of Doors and Window Openings.
STAIR BUILDING A SPECIALTY.
Orders from the country solicited, and prompt attention given to the same for
shipment by wagon or rail.
Lower Main 8treet, - - - HELENA, MONTANA
wly-jan3 -
ARTHUR P. CURTIN.
The Leading House of the city in
FURNITURE, CARPETS, WALL PAPER AND
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
The stock of Furniture embraces all grades and prices, fron; 1
common wood seat chair to an elegant Parlor or Bedroom Suite
while in the
CARPET DEPARTMENT
Can be found an immense stock of Velvets, Body and Tap'y Brussel
3-Plys, Ex-Snpers, Cotton Chains, Rags, Hemps, Mattings, etc-, «
Smyrna, Velvet, and Tap'y Rngs and Mats.
WALL ,
With Borders and Centers to match. To all of which may he a
an endless variety of Housefurnishing Goods. The whole comp
ing, altogether, the most complete stock in the city
buy
BEING THE HEAVIEST SHIPPER In the «»H»ve
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The making and laying of carpets, mäkln* and ba«»Kinir (0
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amine icoods. and compare prices. _
Very Respectfully, ARTHUR P. CURTI