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THE POLITICAL FIELD.
BUTLER'S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE
Action of Several Democratic State Con
veotlou Coaforcuce of Indepeodenta
The Colorado Senatoretilp
Other News,
lUTI.RIt ACrriTS.
Nkw Yokk, June IS. In response to fna
formal announcement of his nomination by
the Greenback National Convention, Gen
eral Liu tier says:
Lowell, Mitsa., June Vi. Oenti.kmkn of
the (.'ommittkk: I received at your hands the
official nniiouncetnuiit of Uio Action of the
convention at Indianaiiulls with deep sensi
bility. In the ordinary course of political
events the choice of a convention of repre
sentative nu'ii of any conidurablo portion
of tuy fellow-cltiM-nii, in aocordinir to
Die this the highest honor they
can confer, would eaU tor grate
tul acknowledgment, cvou though it
niijrht bo a selection to represent the
tnought of such convention upon questions
which commonly divide political parties.
Views upon such questions may Imve boon
inberiled.or an outgrowth of measures merely
ot administration. The trreat questions you
present are higher and grander than any
mere political measure. Nearly a quarter
01 a century ago, when the very ex
istence of the Republic and the
establishment of a democ ratio representa
tive (iovurnment hung trembling upon
the isue of the greatest civil war the world
hail ever known or may ever know, by the
wisdom born of an Imperious necessity a finan
cial sjsiem sprung I ruin patriotic impulse
to wive the Nation s life and rmtuuc the hope
of free Institutions for all men from going
down forever in darkness and death, it whs
devised by the great and good men of that
day to whose care the Republican Govern
ment, to be administered I or the people and by
the people, had been confided. That system of
Qnam-o for a free people In its Infancy saved
the lifeot the .Nation,ierislnug without it.atnl
broke the chains which enslaved tour million
men. It gave this country, with war raging, a
prosperity it had never known. It enabled
the people to assess upon themselves and pay
tujes of an extent before unknown in any
country. It made it possible for the Govern
ment to repay three-fold all loans it received
trom any creditor, or gave to him se
curity more profitable and stablo than
ever issued by any power in the world,
and made the financial system of our
Government at once the envy ami admira
tion of all men. This was done by the Icgitl-teu-der
currency. While questions as to itssta
bilitv were raised by the very form of legisla
tion'by which it was enacted, and while still
graver doubts prevailed In the minds of many
wise, patriotic men whether a legal-tender
currency, inexpensive lu fact, reeling not
on the intrinsic value of the material on
which it was coined, was within the con
stitutional competency ami power of
the Legislative branches of the
Government, that question, having
been three times submitted to the
bupreme Court of the United States, tlio very
highest tribunal of the country, was at last
decided in the alhrmativo with such unanim
ity that there might be no reasonable doubt
against it. )ne purpose of your organization
and of those who thought and acieo with you,
although not of It, was to support and sustain
this money as a currency of the wopk This
peoplo's currency, you will remotulter,
was designated by its friends by the pet
name of 'he "Greenback." I wo years aro I
did myself the nonor to say that tne currency
eo commended by the merit ol its great deeds
wrought for the (Minnie's safety and pros
perity, enacted by the highest legislative
power, adjudicated by such a court, ami the
decision about to be rcathrmed, wan an accom
plished fact never again to lie disturtmd or
doubted, so that Its friends might well say:
"See, the end of our labors In this regard has
come, so let us rejoice; let those who aided in
this great work press on. and deal wit h equally
important unsettled and necessary measures
for the welfare of the whole eop!e." Tho
letral tenuer. having become the very founda
tion of as well as a measure of value inter
twined with all btisin ss of the oplc, the cn
gine of the prosperity of the Natioii.it seems to
me almost a. i uct of cruelty again to disturb
causelessly a financial iiutttinii whtcn lias
been so set at rest with the assent of
all good men --as much so as was the ques
tion of the right of man to hold his brother
man In slavery. Therefore I said I was
gia 1 that that question was no longer a part in
political consideration, and stateiiianshlp may
now turn from it as the country has turned
from the questions of s a very and war: but
alas! the power of the darkness of error.
The resurrectionists of lal-e ideas of the dead
past have dug up the uioUlcrltttr remains t
contention from peaceful graves whore
tbey slept, and threaten by a reliasl.
of exploded resolutions, formulated into
a platform bv a pa:ty convention, to
revivify and agitate controversies which
will uti.-ciilc commercial values, hinder
and delay the business energies of t.ur peo
ple, with apparently but a slnjrle object to
extend a system of purely paper currency is
sued by corporations, established by the Gov
ernment. Indeed, but for private emolument
and gain to the corporators, which currency
itself is to be v a'uable only because it is made
redeemable in tho very greenback which this
prhoul-like agitation seeks to repudiate, over
throw and destroy. Such a currency, Andrew
Jackson, with the prescienco and wisdom of
a statesman, by tho iron hand of a soldier,
sustained by the Democracy of more than
a generation ago, had wholly crushed out, and
in the hope of the wise and good had buried
forever, as one of the grievous errors of an
Administration which hail insidiously crept
into the Government for the aggrandizement
of a few to the destruction of people. As a
Democrat, taught in the Jackson school in my
early youth, with my judgment matured by
many "years' converse in public aflnirs, aided
by earnest and deep si udy wit h an intensity of
Fnirposo which a topic of such lmigniiude, af
ecting every interest of the people nay, It
may be, the very existence of free institu
tionsdemands. I am constrained, were it the
last act of my life, in view of this attempt to
undo w hat Jackson had so well none, coming
f rom whatever quarter it may, to say to you,
gentlemen, that there seems a wisdom,
indeed, a necessity. for the further
continuance of your organization in
this renewed exigency, and there
fore upon this contestation I am witli you.
And if there were but two of us we ought to
stand together against this great wrong anil
call upon all true, men to stand with us, either
inside or outside as tho case may be, of other
political organizations which may aim to per
fect other measures for the good of the coun
try. I thank you for your suggestion thut in oth
er matters toward which your organization
turns the interests of labor, the preservation
of the lands of the ix'ople for the benefit of
the people, the control of agencies created by
the Government to be used for the good of
the people, to regulate and control a system
of inter-State commerce which shall control
and cheapen the transportation of persons,
freight and intelligence, and to protect
all in their just rights ami confine all to their
true duties, to the end that there may be in
this country equality of righta, oqality of bur
dens, equality of privileges, and equality of
powers to all persons under the law have
been the political rule of my life. I have the
honor to be, with personal esteem, very re
spectfully, your friend and servant,
liKiMAWTK K. Brrnr.R.
THE ISDSPKNDEMTS.
New Yobk. J una 13. The Boston Com
mittee of Independeat Kepoaiicans met
their brethren of New York and Brooklyn
yesterday. George William Curtis wm
chairman of the meeting;. Carl Seburz In
troduced a series of resolutions Identical
with those passed at the Boston meeting,
with an addition providing for a committee
to take up the work of organization In the
astern and Western States. The general
sentiment of ti e meefteg was that the en
tire body of Independents would vote for
a good Democrat, such m Cleveland or
BayarJL in preference for Blaine.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jane 19. The
State Convention ot Independents met at
Live Oak yesterday, twenty-seven counties
belag represented. Kesol teflon s were
adopted deuoonctrtf the Bourbon Demo
cracy. F. W. Pope, a batting Democrat,
was aominated for Governor, and A C
G reefy. aRejvbaliean. for UeotaaanKiorer
ox. This is tba first organ rzed Indepen
dent BOVtBMBt in Florida.
MAJMC
Uaxoob, Ma., June 18. The Democrats
ot tte State met in ooaceoOaa bare yeaier
day. Aa attusloo in Oat umpsnry Ouir
i a remark's to Tilden aod Clawwana
Fkyson
David R Haatksp and Jwavea T.
y a targe.
tbattaUMi
of the
revenue and clvU-servlea inform. A resolu
tion was adopted declaring Governor Cleve
land, of New York, to be ttie choice of the
party in Maine for I'resldenL
NEW YOKK DKMOOKAT
S.vrvtooa, June 19. In the Democratic
State Convention yesterday the trouble with
the Tammany faction was siieedlly settled
by the concession of thirty-one votes, be
sides an equal representation at Chicago
with the county Democracy. K. ?. Flower,
w ho aspires to the Presidency of tbe United
States was the liveliest worker among tho
delegates. The convention did not In
struct its representatives at Chicago, but
they are believed to stand 48 for Cleve
land, 14 for Flower and 7 for Bayard. The
delegates-at-large are Daniel Manning, Ed
ward Cooper, Lester B. Faulkner and John
C Jacobs. Among the ilia rict delegates tut
August Belmont, John Kelly and &bram S
Hewitt Tho delegation was Instructed to
vote and act as a unit in the National Con
vention, iu accordance with the will of the
majority of delegates. The present iticum
bents, Charles Andrews and Charles A.
A. Kapello, were nominated for Judges of
the Court of Appeals.
LOUISIANA.
Baton Bough, La., June 19. The Dem
ocratic State Convention on Wednesday
adopted a platform in favor of a tarilf for
revenue only, and indorsing Tilden for the
lresidency. E. A. Burke, B. F. Jonas, A.
A. Guniby and It. C Wlckllffe were selected
as delegates-at-large to the National Con
vention. M1C1IIUAN.
Detroit, Midi., June 19. The MlchU
gan Democratic Convention opened at noon.
The members are feverishly watching the
bulletins from Saratoga. The sentiment Is
strongly setting toward Cleveland.
Con M. Dickinson, of Detroit, was niado
temporary Chairman, and the convention
adjourned till tiMO p. m.
The districts have chosen delegates to the
Chicago Convention ns follows:
First, Daniel J. Tampan and John Har
rison; Second, K. M. Holloway und John
Strong; Third. Michael Shoemaker and
Devillo Hubbard: Fourth, Charles H.
Klmmerleo and F. E. Stevens; Fifth,
Horace 11. l'eck and John H.
Withev; Sixth", W. U Hagg and A. J. Eddy;
Seventh, Klliot G. Slovens and M. 1. lirabb;
Klghth, James K. Wright and Jerome W.
Turner: Ninth, Uoliert It. Ulacker and Daniel
K. Soer; Tenth, S. , Fisher and C. 1'. Mack;
Eleventh, W. 1'. Preston and John W. Powers.
Delegates-at-laige were elected as fol
lows: O. M. Barnes, Lansing; TimE.Tars
ney, Saginaw; (.). M. Powers, Kalamazoo,
anil A. P. Swineford, Marquette.
Besolutious were adopted reiterating the
Democratic principles, arraigning the Re
publican pirty, denouncing the present
tariff, and deploring the withdrawal of Til
den. TKNNEM8KK.
Xasiivillk, Tenn., June 19. The Dem
ocratic St ite Convention mot at noon yes
terday. Hon. J. D. C Atkins was made
permanent Chairman. Delegates to the
National Convention from the State at large
were elected, as follows: Albert A. Mc
NeaL Thomas L. Williams, S. A. Cham
pion and John F. House.
GEOKGIA.
Atlanta, Ga., June 19. The State
Democratic Convention met at noon. Will
iam E. Smith was made Chairman of the
convention. E. P. Howell, A. O. Bacon,
Patrick Walsh and A. B. Lawton were
elected delegates from the State-at- large to
the Chicago Convention.
vkkmont.
Bi'Klingtun, Vt, June 19. The Re
publican State Convention met yester
day, with a large attendance. Henry C.
Me, Chairman, addressed the convention.
His reference to Mr. Blaine was received
with great enthusiasm. Samuel E. Pingreo
was nominated for Governor by acclamation,
E. J. Ornisbce for Lieutenant-Governor, and
W. II. Dubois for Treasurer. A recess was
then Liken.
thk puoinnmoNisTs.
Bi.oomin;ton, 111., Juno in. About four
hundred delegates attended the State Pro
hibition Convention here yesterday, under
the Presidency of M. H. Tibbies, of Lee
County. Ex-Governor St. John, of Kansas,
was present, and delivered a brief address.
Miss Frances E. Williard was chosen Vice-Presldent-at-large
for this State. Mrs. E.
B. Harbert, of Chicago, offered a resolution
urging that the convention enunciate a rad
ical and ringiug platform of principles.
This was referred to a committee. One
I Vice-President was chosen from each tis
1 trlct At 5::J0 the convention adjourned
until to-day.
CoLUMiius, ().. June It). The State Pro
hibition Convention met here yesterday, one
hundred delegates leitig present. The
declaration of principles rehearsed tho
I damage done by the liquor ttatlic, asserts
the inability of the old parties to remedy
evils, and reiterates the assertion of an
alleged false count of the voto on tho second
amendment last fall.
The following nominations were made:
Secretary of State, E. J. Morris, Cincinnati;
Supreme Judge, J. Woselxnotigli, Fulton
County; Member of the Board' of Public
Works, W. J. Kirkendall, Jackson; Elect-ots-at-Large,
F. Z. Payne, Franklin, and
Ferdinand Schumacher.
1 irrsnvitnii, June 18. -The locaHleeeii
tlon Committee of the National Prohibition
Convention which meets at Lafayette Hall,
this city. July 23, Is making thorough pref
arations for the convention. Delegations
are expected from every State In the Union,
and arrangements have teen made for am
ple hotel accommodations for all. Over
1,100 tickets are reported sold.
political notes.
W. C. Cooper was nominated for Con
gress Tuesday by the Republicans of the
Ninth Ohio District
The Democrats of the Nineteenth Ohio
District Tuesday nominated Horace Alvord
for Congress.
J. Campbell and J. C. Martin, elected
Presidential Electors at the Democratic
State Convention recently held at Stockton,
Cal.. have resigned. They refused to In
dorse the platform.
Ex-Senator Thurmao, of Ohio, stated In
an Interview Wednesday that he was not a
iTesidential candidate, and he simply re
quests the world to leave him alone.
The Democratic State Convention of Col
orado elected as delegates to Chicago, Gov
ernor Grant, M. S. Waller, M. D. Crow, J.
D. McGilvary, Dennis Sullivan and J. R.
Letcher. They favor Cleveland, but re
ceived no Instruction.
The Gavtl la B Used at lha Contention.
Boston. J one 17. A lady in this city
has nearly finished making a presiding offi
cer's gavel composed of rare wood aod
stone pieces of historical value. It will
contain a fragment frotu Washington's
tomb, marMa from Cesar's palace in Rome,
aod a piece of torch found in the wolf's den
occupied fey ueneral ranam at 1 otnfret.
Cans. Tbe gavel Is to be used at the Na
tionalDemocraUc Convention, and is to be
presented to the successful Presidential
c Ml Urate.
TMrd
Nzsr Toss. J one IT. S. Sommerich A
Cn, vsasssnst mUHnary, hara
krve been is
Tom fern taitod tn tMi,
T-tfaUad
ta Irt, with ftabraaaat
ft tbfrtf toper
THE NATION'S AFFAIRS.
LEADING TOPICS IN WASHINGTON.
No Further Action to Ita Taken On the
Turin" by Vongrvnii Thin KMlon The
Government Wauta Caba I'ro
credluga lu Congreim.
"
NO ACTION OX THE TAI'IFF.
Washington, June 18. The Demo
crats of the House, In a short caucus last
night, formally determined to pass the Ap
propriation bills and such of tho special or
ders In the House as can be worked in on
days when the Appropriation Committee
has no bills to consider. They all expressed
a desire to go home on July S, mid
agreed that they would disagree as to
what should be done with the
tariff and internal revenue taxes, and that,
therefore, it was wise to say uothlng and do
nothing more about revenue reduction. It
is by no means certain that the appropria
tion bHls can all be passed by July & Ran
dall thinks they can be, but does not feol
certain of it. If the Senate joins the House
In an effort to adjourn it can be accom
plished. The action to be taken by the Sen
ate is yet problematical, but as the weather
grows warmer the Senators grow more rest
ive. HOI ND TO HAVE CUUA.
Secretary Frellnghuysen has Instructed tho
American Envoy at Madrid to ascertain if
Spain will part with Cuba, and given him
authority to offer $100,000,000 for it, and to
state that no other Nation will be permitted
to make the purchase.
TWO THINGS SKTTI.ED.
Two Important things were settled by
the House yesterday. One was that there
is no chance of the House concurring in the
Blair Educational bill. By a non-partisan
vote of over two-thirds it took up the leii
ciency Appropriation bill, setting aside tho
Educational bill. The Appropriation
bill could be called up at any time,
while the Educational bill can not
be called up as a matter ot privi
lege again. The other matter settled
was the date of adjournment Mr. Randall
said that he had information from the Sen
ate that they would be ready to adjourn on
July 3. The House has already passed a
resolution to adjourn on June 30, and Ran
dall says that the Senate will amend it to
July 3 and pass It, and then the House will
concur. This result, it is said, was reached
in the Republican Senatorial caucus held
to-day. It will give all the Democratic
Congressmen who desire to do so an oppor
tunity to attend the Democratic Convention
at Chicago.
C0N0KES81ONAU
In the Senate on the lth Mr. Ingalls ere at
d a breeze by charging that Mr. Brown had
inserted in the official report of the latter's
si eeeta on the Ge ria olaim words which
were not in the debate. A bill was reported
ta forfeit the unearned land frrant of the
antic 4 Pacific Koad. Debate took place
on the resolution for an investigation
of the tanks of New York and on
the Utah bill.. ..In the House bills wore In
troduced to irivo to every honorably-discharged
soldier or sailor 180 sores of land,
and for the erection of a home lor I'nion and
Confederate soldiers at lienver. The Com
mittee on Elections reported in favor of ad
mitting Mr. Morey (Hep.), from the Seventh
Ohio District, in place of Mr. Campbell (Detn.i.
An evening se-sinn was held to consider the
Defliuoncy Appropriation bill.
Mil. Shkkman arirued in the Senate on the
17th against tho wisdom of ordering an in
vestigation into the condition of the banks of
New York, but suugested a stringent law pro
hibiting bank ollioers other than directors
from enguging in speculative operations
The House agreed 1M to HI to the confer
ence report on the bill for the relief of Kits
John Porter, providing that he shall receive
no compensation for the period since his dis
missal. The Deficiency Appropriation bill
whs passed, the Chair ruling out a proposition
against political assessments.
In tho :?enato on the lHth the Chulr an
nounced the final passage of tho bill for
the relief of Fit. John Porter. The
I'tah bill win passed ; to 15 In the House
the day was spent in considering a bill to ex
tend the provision of theThurman act to the
t'nioii and Central Pacific ltoads. It requires
the companies to pay annually into the sink
ing l und tJ.'MiO.O kj each, with lesser amounts
for the smaller lines.
AN IMPORTANT ARREST.
Capture In Cliicngo of Ike Ituzzard, Mem
ber of ii Notorious Gang of Deopera
does. Ciik Atio, June IS. About six o'clock
last evening Officers Mclnerney and Mc
Kcoiigh walked up to a small, dyspeptic-
look im: individual at the corner of State
ami Twenty-second street, and hailed him
with "Hello, Ike!'' The man half replied
and half denied that that was his name, but
when the ollicers told him they wanted him
he walked off toward the station with them.
As he walked along he pondered on tho
matter a moment, and then said : 'Tat
Doyle gave me away, the , and I think
it was a dirty, mean trick." He then ac
knowledged to the iiolicemon that his name
was Ike Buzzaid, and that ho was tho
second son of tho . notorious Ruz.ard
family of six boys, who were for
merly the terror of tho region about
Lancaster, Pa. I hey lived up in the
mountains, and were to the surrounding
country exactly what the James and Young
er boys were to certain parts of Nebraska
and Missouri. They were so powerful in
their mountain fastness tiiat they tithe and
again defied a posse of constables, and even
bid dctiance to the militia. Nearly three
years ago Ike and l.is elder brother, Abe, the
leader of the gang, were captured and sen
tenced to the penitentiary. They both quietly
worked away at their sentences until Sep
tember, 11!, when Ike managed to make
his escape by slipping from his cell and
locking up the turnkey in an adjoining cell
at a time when there was no assistance.
With the keys which 'lie took
from the imprisoned turnkey Ike re
leased twelve other long-term pris
oners, and tlie party started t
gether for the mountains. After traveling
a short distance the party seirated, and
Ike abandoned both of them. He managed
in the course of a week ta stake his way to
Freedonia, N. V., where he was hidden in
his sister's house for a short time. Thence
he fled to Iowa, where he had some dis
tant relatives, and during the winter and
spring he passed the time at Omaha and other
Western cities. He started East only a
few days sine and arrived in the city yes
terday. Ti only reasxai he gave for ac
cusing Pat oyle of having betrayed him
was the fact that he and Doyle were in jail
at Lancaster eight years ago, and that he
saet hie feHow prisoner on the street here
Sunday and shook hands with htm.
Btrzzard is a maa of twenty-seven, wdgha
oae hundred and twenty-five, and lias the
appearance of being anything but a des
perado. But his record snows toai nc dm
accomplished feats of strength and endur
ance and been guilty of crimes that would
appal the stoutest raman. The 1'eansyl
vania authorities nave offer! a reward of
ive hundred dollars for bis arrest, and be
will be held until the officera at Lancaster
aaa ba notified.
" P. Sanhrtrw. TniTri of th Manik
fistami' Bank of Ifflwaokeo, estimates
Itw KaMiiOes at 4Wi,owu, aan aaa Bemmai
mk asao-oai. a man anaraa
if to make ge4 mmrj daflar of ta-
GAIETY TX'BSED TO WOE.
A Kseanloa Train Uun Into by aa Ac
commodation Train Kl(ht Railway Kin
ployc I nut ant if Killed and Many l'a
enfera Wounded.
Piiii.aiki.piiia, June 16. There ws a
crash on the Camden & Atlantic Railroad
Saturday morning. Two trains came to
gether with terrible force. Eight people
were killed, and of the nine wounded sev
eral will probably die. At 8:80 a train of
three cars left Camden, N, J., for Lakeside
Park with children from the Second Pres
byterian Church on an excursion. At
seven o'clock an accommodation train of
seven cars left Atlantic City for Camden
and Philadelphia. The trains should have
passed at Ashland station. Superintendent
Bannard sent a telegram to the operator at
Ashland to hold the accommodation on a
side track there until the excursion had
passed. Somehow the accommodation got
by Ashlaud, ami about a mile this side
rushed headlong Into the excursion train.
As soon as parti d quiet had been restored
the uninjured went to the assistance of the
wounded. Hremau Nicholas Barber was
taken out 'dead, with his entrails protruding.
Mail Agent Winlield Hlles was, with great
difficulty, gotten out He was lying deep
under the debris, and it was some time be
fore he was discovered. He was heard to
call "Here I am," and was thus found.
When gotten out he could not give much
account of himself, as he was terribly in
jured Internally, and died In a short time.
Frank teuton, the surveyor or the road,
who was on the train, was taken out after
about two hours' work, mangled in a terri
ble manner. Both engineers were killeil.
Conductor Albert Smith and the brakeman,
Gustavus Edwards, of the Lakeside train,
were taken out dead. Smith was counting
his tickets In the frout car. It was nearly
au hour and a half after the aceideut
before medical attendance was gotten on
the ground. The most affecting thing
of the affair was the fact that the daughter
of Civil Engineer Fenton was on the ex
cursion train. She looked for hot- father
and was told that he was safe and hadgoue
ahead to Hag the trains. She then waited
and walked to Haddontield. In a few min
utes after she had gone her father wa
taken out of the ruins, his bead almost
llattened where it had been crushed. Bag
gamaster Vaughn was also killed. The
wounded number nine, so far as ascertained.
BISHOP SIMPSON DEAD.
The Venerable Irelae Pecefully Pas
Away In Philadelphia Biographical.
Piiii.adklpiiia, June 10. Bishop Simp
son died at eleven o'clock yesterday morning.
His end was comparatively sudden, coming
unexpectedly when he appeared to be rest
ing easier.
Matthew .Simpson wus bom at Cadiz, ..
June 21, 1S11, and consequently at the time of
bis death only lacked three days of being
seventy-three years of age. He received his
educi tion at the Cadi. Academy and Ma Itson
College. Pennsvlvania. After seiiiling smto
time as a teacher in the lHtter institution he
entered upon tho study of medicine, but only
practiced a short time, when he conceived tho
idea of entering the ministry. K1e years
after he began his collegiate education he
was made a member of the Pittsburgh Con
ference of tin' M. K. Church. In KfT
he was made Professor of Natural Sciences
and Vice-President of Alleghany College,
Two years afterward he tccam; President
of Indiana Asbtiry I'niversity, which posi
tion he hold until IsiH. He then lecaine edi
tor of the M'mVrii ( hrirtiiiH .Idrmviti.
This place ho held for four years.
He was elevated to the Hishoprio
thirtv-two years aifu. At the time of his ii
pointmentas Itisliop there were only three
liishops In active service Waugh, Morris and
James. They are dead, and Hishop Simpson
at the time of Ins death was the oldest episco
pal servant of the Methodist Church, both in
years and service. He was the ac
credited representative of the Metho
dists in America at the Irish and llrit
ish conferences at Cork and Liverpool
and the sessions of the K angelical Alliance
In Berlin in lsnr, ami after extcudi-d travel In
Asia and Kgypt he returned to America in
ISA. During the lato war he was an intimate
friond of Pie-ideut Lincoln and Secretary
Stanton, and was among the llrt to sugife-t
tho emancipation of the slave-.. He edited
the "Cyclopedia of Methodism," wrote "A
Hundred Years of Methodism, "Lectures on
preaching," and various pamphlets. He was
a pnwert ul orator, and spoke on many mem
orable occasions.
Mishop Simpson lived In Philadelphia for
imhiiv vears before hi death, lie was miir
rieifto' Miss Kllen H. Verner, of Pittsburgh,
soon after tie entered the ministry. His only
living sou is Matthew VerncrSimpsnn. Assist
ant Solicitor of Philadelphia. f the lour
daughter-, two live at the family residence,
l:C4 Arch street. Another is the wile of llcv.
C W. Ituov, ot Philadelphia, and the 1 mirth 1
the wile of Colonel James li. Weaver. Umsul
Getiei al at icnini, and some time Consul at
Antwerp.
TRAIN WRKtKKHS AT WOUK.
They C,ue a llisnsler to a I'H.vftruger
Train Vlilcli Seriously Injures Thirty
Persons.
ArfiitsoN, Kan., June in. The west
liound train on the Burlington A; Missouri
River road, for Denver, was ditched
near I alls City early yesterday
inoriiiig, the rails spreading on ac
count of a washout The passengers
were badly shaken up, but not dangerously
hurt. The east-bound p:usenger train was
less fortunate as it approached llubbul. It
appears some miscreants had removed the
spikes and spread tin rails about sixty feet
from the approach to a bridge one hundred
and fifty feet long. The engine left the
track, but crossed the bridge on
the ties. The jolting weakened the
bridge, causing it to fall, carrying
down the entire train. The engine, smoking-car,
day coach and stoeir were a com
plete wreck. About thirty iersons were
injured. A fcpeci.il train brought nine of
the wounded to this city. Examination in
dicates that the wreckers drew out spikes,
removed lish-plates,' fastened barbed wire
in the holes, and pulled the raits apart when
the train approached.
BASE-BALL.
Standing of the Clubs in the Vartoa
Iyeag-nes np to the Present Time.
In the National League the Boston team
has a lead of two games over its nearest
competitor. Tbe schedule ts as follows:
Hon. Isn't. Wim. lnt.
Boston 28 7 Chicago 15 IH
New York 124 12 Philadelphia. 11 25
Providence....:!! lu Cleveland 10 22
lluffalo IS 17' Detroit -J
The Union has had it schedule somewhat
disarranged by reason of the A I toon as drop
ping out of sight Kansas City has organ
ized a club and takes the place of the Altou
na nine. The standing of tbe various clubs
in the race Is as follows:
Won. Ljrnt. Wim. Imt.
ft. Louts ailuitJmore 16 14
Hoeton is 11 PtiHadriphla
fhk-ano IS 12 Wahl!UTton 20
Cincinnati H r.- Kansas City S3
Tbe Northwestern League dubs stand
as follows:
Hon. LimL Won. fxat.
Bay City 84 SMunketroo. 13 I
Grand tlaptds.- Port Wayne. .... U 1
Oulncy A) MmtveiKilK....Il 19
P aorta 20 HTosre Hvite.... 8 l
Saginaw 3u II M. hal 53
Milwaukee 16 rrXHnier. 1 9
Tha NatkNMl Union Vacerne Cbtnrjcjjy,
Ctifcaao. wtoaa parpeas la to pcattaea
m) cell antaMl vaeetae. wa Tuesday Il
RUSSELL SON
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5 V 37 La Salle Street. UNDERTAKING AS USUAL.
M. KNEUSSL'S DRUG STORE,
MAIN STREET,
West oi La Salle Street, 'south side,)
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.
f ,aj:" - J
itr.por tni keep ronatautly on haaJ
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
All the new aaa oopuiar Patent Medicine. Extract! ini&ntcei fur culinary um. ?Z
Perfumery, Brushes, and Fancy Articles for the Toilet.
Paints, .Oils, Varnishes, Window Glass, &c.
Particular Attention given to the Couiponnding of rhysicians Prescriptions.
for Infants
"CaatoriaU so well aJanted to children that
recommend it an superior to any prescription I
n.n,.. ir a..: m n V I
known to me." IL A. Abcbrr, M. D.,
Ill So, Oxford St., Orookljn, N. Y.
JEmrAiiJljBitiDrviErjir
An absolute euro for Rheumatism, Sprains, Pain in
tho Back, Ilurns, Galls, &-. An Instantaneous Pain
relieving and Healing lteiucdy.
GEO. W. RAVENS,
Passage Tickets,
Foreign Exchange,
Insurance Business.
ia- MOWJsiY TO I-.OAW.
niithett eorner Po.)tfflee Hloclt. Ottawa llliant.
Subscribe or "The Free Trader."
WHO IS UNACOUAINTeD WITH THE
SEE BY EXAMINING
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y,
Being the Great Central Line, afforde to traeierc, bit reacon of Ita unruaied aeo
raphlcal oocltlon, tha ehorteet and beet route between the Eaat, Northeact and
Southeaet, and tha Wcct, Northwest and Southwest.
It la literally and atrlotly true, that Ita oonnactione are all of the prinoipai nnee
of road between tha Atlantlo and tha aelflo.
By Ita main Una and branehee It eaoh Chicago, Jollct, Peoria, Ottawa,
La Salle, Ocncceo, Molina and mock Islam!, In llllnoic Oaenport. Muscatine,
Washington, Keokuk, Knosvllle, Oskalooaa, Fairfield, Dee Moines, West Liberty.
Iowa City, Atlantic, Aooa, Audubon, Harlan, Guthrie Center and Council Bluffe,
In Iowa i Gallatin, Trenton, Cameron und Kanaaa City, In Mleaourl, and Leave
worth and Atohieon m Kanaaa, and tha hundreds of citiee, ciiiagea and towna
Intermediate. Tha
"GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE,"
Aa It la familiarly called, offers to travaiera alt tha advantages and comforts
incident to a emooth track, aafa be Id gee. Union Depots at ""ftlng "
Fact C. press Tralnc, ompoaed of COMMODIOUS .WELL J'0:
HEATED, FINELY UPMOLSTMED and ELEGANT DAY COACHES t Mm Of the
MOST MABNIFICEHT HORTOM RECLIMINO CMAW CARS acer built I ULLat'
latest dcclgned and bandeomeet PALACE SLEEPING CABS, and DIN I NO CAM
that are acknowledged by preea and people to ba tha FINEST BUN UPON ANT
BOAD IN THE COUNTRY, and In which eu pert or meats are aarved to trarelem at
the low rata Of SVEMTY-VK CENTS EACH.
THREE TRAINS each way between CHICAGO and ".'"I".
TWO TRAINS) aaoh way between CHICAGO and MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL,
tia the famou . 'ama
ALBERT LEA ROUTE.
A New and Direct LMe, do Bene and Kankakee, has recently been'oeened.
between Newport Nawa, Richmond, ClnoinnaM, IndianapoMa and La Fayatasa
and Council Bicnta, St, Pawi, BMnneapoHa and Intermedlata PO"
AM ThrouBjn raeeengere
For more detaTlad Information, aaa
ae Tiaetc. m aa prtndpai Tiecct wmcee tn me
Re R. CAD LB.
VtaaPna't Oon'l
RinillTUT.G,
i The oldest House.
The largest Stock,
I The Best Variety
Of Goods in this Line in
La Salle County.
Urife ad well -elect! Hock or
and Children.
I Caatorla euros Colic Constipation,
Sour .stomach, Diarrhoia, iucwtion
Kill W orms, gtves sleep, and promote di-
caution.
Without injurioua medication.
3S
II. P. CLARK,
House & Sign Painting
Parjer Hanging, Calolminlng. Grain
ing, Marbling, 5tc.
j 0!10l, ou u,nt)n Street, one bloclt eit of tho
, , t atfif- 1 "Uwa. Illinois. "'t'
CEOCRAPHt OF THIS COUNTRY, WILL
THIS MAP, THAT THE
eamva w r . .
Mapa and Fotdera,whlN ncay becewacd, aa
R. ST. JOHH.
Oen'l T't A PwaCr AarH.
It also cress
rr ftveo
ea an tocatpanutaa.
CHICAGO.