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NUMBER 44.
VOLUME II.
MEMPHIS, MISSOURI, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17, 1892.
CAPITAL AM) LAMllWr'10o,'nlsaton
land t lie Lackawanna,-another of the
STATISTICS A3 TO WIIZN THEY
HA.VS CLA3KLO.
TIis I list sirlUo Ore-.:rred In ttOO nttd
More That Timo I .llior f Murluiies
llv f liovrn nn Alarm lilt IhrrruM
( ovoriiiiK-nt l)tM I.ihI i tit Ituiik.
The St:ittc or I l,r str'.lse.
In a recent number the Aya nf Slrrl,
published at St. Liu is the editor of
that very reliable journal presents a
history of labor strikes in the United
States. He says that ihe first strike
occurred in 17'.i(, nn.l tl.at from that
"ate till 18;5i there wi re nine strikes,
l'rom 18.lt! to 1812 there Were fifteen
strikes. l'rom ISdi to l.S.'iO, only
three, r.ml from 18"0 '.o 1S!'8, none.
From I808 to lSTtl there were thirty
four strikes, l'rom LS7i to 1KS0 then
w ere 7G2. From to liSd tht toi
were SJ.O'JJI strikes, in wiii. h 22,.-Wl
cataldislttttcm: ami 1,32:1,000 working
men were involved.
From 188(5 to the middle of this
year, aptriol of live and a half years
there have been in tida country 2t),
G2(5 labor strikes. SuRimarissini this
statement, we fin.l that from 170o to
18tiH, a erid of seventy-two years
there were only twenty-seven strike-.
Tnnt during the next eight year, "OS
to '70, there wire thirty-four s rikes
seven more in . hose l ight years than
in the preceding seventy-two years.
Contraction poliey and the demone
tization of the silver dollar had begun
to be ft It. Tut the effects of that tin
wise and nnjn.st legislation had only
beRUn to be felt in 1870. During the
four years from 1870 to 18!), 101 lalior
strikes occurred in this country, or
more than twenty times as many ia
thoso four years as iu tiie seventy-years
before.
This was an alarming inerer.se. But
if that was alarming, what shall we say
of the increase of .strikes during the
) ast five and a half years? Iustead of
3,C'.2, w e have had 20. "2 '. or more
than four times as many as curing the
I revious ninety years.
The wor.l strike is defined by Wor
cester's Dictionary :
"To cease from work in order to ex
hort higher wages as workmen : to dis
abey ; to revolt : to mutiny."
The strike is properly described ns
an act of war, as it is resorted to after
civil measures havo failed. The
s'rikers have real or imaginary griev
ances. They believe themselves the
Tietims of injustice or tyranny.or both,
and they believe that the only possible
means of relief li "s in open revolt
against their unjust and oppressive
i-mployers, and this remedy will fail
them if others are found to take the
places they tilted; hettce, if any per
sons offer to take their places, such
persons are regarded by tl.em as foes.
This leads to conflict, in some eases,
and the armed force of the state is
called upon to pnt down the strikers,
and protect their former emi lovers
and their new employes against their
violence. Thus the strikers come ia'.o
conflict with the stale.
While strikes were of rare occur
rence, and while but few men were in
volved in them, the state could suc
cessful deal with them. Hut should
strikes continue to increase at the
resent ratio it will be but a few years
till the strikes will be numbered by
millions; indeed, will outnumber any
state or national force that could be
brought against them. Then would
civil Government be at nn end; then
would anarchy prevail throughout the
country.
The remedy is to be found in a re
peal of all unjust laws as will force a
more equitable division of the products
of lalor than now prevails.
The coniiunanee for -;a few years
longer of the policy of the Democratic
and Republican parties cannot fail to
precipitate upon ns a bloody revolu
tion, for they are both the defenders
of the plutocrats and the foes of the
working men.
It Is Not True.
It is the argument of money lords
and bankers that the government does
not lend money to the banks. This ar
gument is false. The government
prints and issues to the banks their
lulls, and guarantees their redemption.
That is loaning money to the banks to
till intents and purposes. It compels
them to pay a tax of 1 per cent, upon
their circulation. That is practically
interest, and nobody but a numbskull
or ignoramus would attempt to dis
pute it.
But Democrat political leaders sav
that the banking business is not profit
,
Ol
able and that already a great many
the national banks are retiring their
' circulation. They rre re iring it be
cause under the system of hoarding
money in the financial centers the
banks can get all of other people's
money that they can loan, and thus
they get rid of paying that 1 per cent,
tax. And because a few banks, wi'h
millions on deposit, have reduced their
circulation, they would have ns under
stand evidently that there was little
or no national bank money in circula
tion. It is also claimed that tho banks
have lowered the ra'e of interest. Thft
banks have done nothing of tho kind.
The government lowered the rate of
interest and sold its bonds because the
security was certain, and the banks
were compelled to lower theirs, as is
always the case when the government
pays a less rate.
lrotrcttcg Those Who I'lck I'oi-kel.
The lowest estimate of tho expense
to tlu tax-payers of New York, accord
ing to the State Treasurer, of furnish
ing militia to pro ect the railroads in
the recurt strike af, Buffalo, was $2"r,
000. iTj strike having ended in the
defeat of the s rikers, tho troops have
been sent home, and simultaneously
the coal combine, for the proteclion of
whose lines the militia was in large
part called out, announces another
rise of 25 cents a ton on anthracite rval
on and after Nov. 1. This advance,
like the previous advances since the
. combine was farmed, is not pretended
to be justified by auy increase) what
ever in expense of production, but is a
robbery pure and simple.
It is also announced that all the
coal-carrying roads (excepting the
lepnf.ylvania), being tlio roads which
xtm protected by tho militia at Bnf
" falo, on and after Nov. 1 w ill raise their
' freight charges on coal to Buffalo 25
- cents a ton, and correspondingly for all
other distances. . ThU is over and
al)ove the increase in tho price of coal
itself.
The Erie Kail road, which brought
cn the K'rike by its brutal refusal even
to consider the just demands of the
uwitchmen, announces in addition to
the advance of 25 cents a ton, a farther
militia protected roads, does the same;
In still further addition tOthnse ill1
erese tf freight rates, the Heading
t-omhiue p-cpi-le-, consisting of the
Heading. Lehigh; and Central of New
Jersey, the Jiead of which, Mr. Me
Led.l; refused arbitra'ion to the strik
ers oh tho ground that they were "out
laws." will after Nov. 1 put on still
another 10 cents per ton for coal trans
por'aticn. These increased freight rates are not
' justified by an increased expense of
I transportation, but like the increased
price ot the coal itself, arc rohbery pure
and simple.
The tat; aver of New York seems to
be placed in the peculiar position of a
Inail protecting a gang of thieves eil:
gage I in ieking his pockets; New
Nation;
A i leui Live-Away;
It 5s it fact well known to all who
lave observed with unbiased minds the
current of oli ieal even's, that old
party managers base their campaign
upon deception rather lli.-itt Upon argil
men: nn I appeal to the reason and
judgment of t' e people. This lias
been apparent frjiii the methods em
I loVed, and occasionally 0:1.1 of their
organs gives the whole se'uenie away.
No better example of this fact has
come to our attention recently than is
found in the New York Journal of Fi
nn m e -a W all Street organ of Oct.
28, 18.12.
For several v.eiks past there lias
been a lartfe amount of space hi tin'
daily j clpers devoted to accounts of
the legal proceedings ins i:uted against
the nntl.racite coal combine by the At
torney General of New Jersey. The
people have been led to believe that
this was a genuine fight upon one of
the most hear less combines upon this
continent, and have hoped that it
might be broken up, and that justice
Uiiiiht, iu t'.jis instance at least, pre
vail. Butnowcoims the Wall Street
organ wi.h a complete give-away of
this hellish plot to again deceive tho
voters of the country. The man who
can read such things and not indulge
in a little profanity must bo better bal
anced than we are. Here is the article
from the Wall Street organ:
"The application of Attorney Gen
eral Stockton of the State of New
Jersey for the appointment of a re
ceiver for the Lehigh Valley & New
Jersey Cen'ral, the Eas'ern Amboy,
and the Delaware & Hound ISrook
Hailway Companies, to enforce the in
junction against the anthracite coal
combination, came up before Chancel
lor Met Jill's court yes erday. Vpon
the application of the Heading's law
yer's, who pleaded that tho counsel of
several of the roads involved were un
able to be j resent, Chancellor McGill
granted an adjournment of the case.
Nov. 11 wa? lixed o:i as the day on
which the defendant corporations must
file their answers, and Nov. 15 as the
time when a preliminary hearing will
be held. On that dav the time for a
final hearing in the ease will be set.
"THIS IS VI HIT ALLY A YIC
TOHY FOKTllE HEADING HAIL
HOAD, IN ASMUCH AS THE CASE
WILL NOT COME Ul UNTIL
A FT EH ELECTION. BY WHICH
TIME THEHE WILL NO LONG EH
HE ANY OCCASION FOU THE
DISPLAY FOH THE SAKE OF
POLITICAL EFFECT OF THE
A N 1' I - C 0 11 P 0 1 i A T I O N TENDEN
CY." What it Cost.
The Pittsburg Dttjiatrh figures up
the cost of tin Homesteau strike at $3.
487,000, as follows :
The Sts:t- 9 W0 Oft)
TtifiVn -Woai any i'wni
Tli" !. Oi .Viewer "7.lOi
Pi i o .: i 1 tM H.-M'-s lttvuj
' ot 1 :uf70
"lo itiis should be added, it savs,
"if the figures were attainable, the loss
to the business interests, to railroads,
to propertv owners at Homestead, and
the legal expenditure entailed on Alle
gheny Countv, all of which would
bring the aggregate up to $4,000,000
and upward. In concluding what it
has to offer on the subject the Dixjmtch
savs :
if an "advisory board," to which tho
State, the Carnegie Company, and the
wage-workers had been parties had
been able to come together in July and
take m the cost of this great strike, is
it not likely there would have been ad
justment by compromise and arbitra
tion? In the future there are possi
bilities of as costly and disastrous col
lisions between labor and capital,
Should not this impress upon thought
ful people and legislators the necessity
of preventive measure? The v.-hole
lio.lv of the people are interested in
I preventing their recurrence and should
i .i. : : . i : . : i 1 . . 1 : . 1
i:::;e luriou mui. itu urnt;' lmi? 4uin-
pulsory arbitration law that has been
enacted in Australia as the result of a
labor battle even more sweeping and
disastrous than those at Homestead, if
fairly applied, would have averted tho
Homestead troubles.
1 ratern zativn.
Fraternization is the living principle
of social interchange. It is the living
spark that kindles the social element
and lifts men up from despondency,
gloom and fear, to a new life of light
and joy. It draws men together in tho
folds of a common interest and common
destiny. They touch hands, stand
shoulder to shoulder nnd heart to
heart and meet as one. The feeling of
brotherhood is aroused, partition walls
fall, old prejndietR and old hatreds
subside and all uni'e in m-.tual fellow
feeling and good will.
The brotherhood of fellow men is a
grand desideratum, for which all
should work and strive. It is no mytli.
It is a living active principle, that
ought to be acknowledged everywhere.
We believe it is growing in individual
life and in public feeling. The old
hatreds are dying away, and words are
nttered and hands are clasped that are
full of human sympathy and character
ized by love and good will. So be it.
For it brings niglier that day of peace
and kindly interchange when "nations
shall learn to war no more" and all the
world shall fraternize together. Na
tional V lew.
Labor's Trlnl.
The Homestead affair. Thirteen
thousand troops called out and kept
under arms for weeks.
Idaho miuers supressed by United
States troops. Many killed.
Tennessee in open war. Many killed.
State troops nnder arms.
Striking switchmen in Buffalo
stopped trains. The entire state mili
tia under arms. The denoe to pay
generally.
Trouble all along the line.
As a remedy let us discuss the "tar
iff." Nero fiddled while Borne burned.
Our model statesmen are following j lions that preceeded us. Slavery sup
Nero's example-Chicago Herald, i llnU freedom, and shurchtuaty
ABOUT FREE COINAGE
DON'T BE SCARED BY THE "DIS-
HONEST DOLLAR" CRY.
!
uive i Frie t iige mi We win ituiid
t'i s n .ii u Triiite ami i iiui Sm-u u Mur-
ket a Wurt Never Kiiuwu.
An Miipnrlant Mihji-ct.
The wheat merchant in Europe buy
ilver at 85 cen's per ounce and has it
coined into Indian rubies at $1.38 per
ounce. TIius you see he cets 5;i cen!s
more for his slver than he pr.id for it,
or, in other wor.ls. this merchants gets
5:5 cents more of wheat than the silver
cost him, Now, to illustrate this and
make it plain, we will say that wheat
is worth 0J cents per bushel in India.
me,v-two cents is two-thinls of 1 .-(,
the value of his ounce of silver after
being coined in'o rupees. Now, af;er
he has brought lis bushel of wheat for
02 cents, he lias 40 cents left from his
id.:S8. This 4( cents will buy him a
mlf bushel more of wheat, so he now
las oiie and a half bushels of wheat
that only cost him the original price of
one ounce of silver, which was 85
cents; or,in other words, this European
merchant has gotten i:i the trade one
and a half busl.els of wheat for 85
cents,
Now tell me, w heat growers,
can
half
von raise anil sell one ana a
bushels of wheat for 85 cents?
Tnis low price of silver has stimu
lated the growing atid exporting of
wheat from India to Europe until that
export has amounted during the past
vear to more than 50.000,000 bushels.
Not a bushel of this India wheat could
have brought to Europe if silver had
been worth i:s mint value of $1.2'Jj- per
ounce.
You niav ask whv could not this In
dia wheat be shipped to Europe if sil
ver was worth fl.'i'.- per ounce. Here
is the reason. Silver at jrl.'iO per
mince, its value under a free coinage
law of the I nited States, and its coin
age value in India being 1.;8 per
ounce, there is onlv a Uitterence oi
7 cents, which would not pav the dif
ference in transportation as before
stated. His profits now on au ounce
of silver being 5' cents, more than
enough to buv a half bushel of wheat
even at SI per bushel, and just so long
as a European merchant caa buy silver
at 85 or 00 cents per ounce, American
wheat growers will not find a profit
able European market for their wheat
until the India supply has been ex
hausted. If at ti.is time India was
raising wheat enough to supply thede
mand our farmers could not sell a
bushel of wheat in theEropean market
except at starvation pru-es. The same
may be said of our cotton raiser.
As to an interna'ional monetary sys
tem. I am opposed to that. I would
rather that the United States bad free
coinage ot silveraioneanil independent
of England, Germany, Austria and
Hussia. If we had free coinage of sil
ver rnd the other nations we mention
ed had no', Mexico, Australia and
every other silver producing and silver
using na ion on the earth would come
here and trade with ns, because they
could get more for their silver here
than they could ;et in Europe.
Let us have free coinage of silver in
dependently of what the European na
tions say an 1 we will build up such a
trade, and find such a market, as was
never known for all our agricul
tural and mechanical products with all
the silver producing and silver using
nations of the world. Therefore, let
us have tree coinage of silver. The
only way for us to get it is to vote for
no man who is not absolutely in favor
of the free and unlimited coinage of
silver.
There is a great hue and cry about
a dishonest dollar. To-day you have,
under the present Sherman Act, a dis
honest dollar. Suppose a man re
ceives, we will say. $100 in silver for
his labor or some of his produc's and
leaves it in his house; his house burns
down. After the fire he d;s around
in the ashes, only to find his silver
money has melted into bullion. Now
what can he lo with his imllion .' len
der the present law he can sell it to
some other broker at the market value.
At the present price of silver 8:? cents
per ounce) lie would only get $08 for
his bullion. So yon can readily see
his loss would $:12 of tha $00 he had.
Therefore, I say that the now existing
silver law makes the. silver dollar a'::s-h-riest
one. But how different this would
be if we had a free coinage law. Your
house might burn, melt your 10.) into
bullion, you could then take your
bullion to the United States mint and
get back your $100 in new ccin. Is
this not plain enough? Undr the free
coinage of silver, as it is with gold our
silver dollar would be worth a dollar
either in bullion or with the stamp of
our Government on ii. Why? Because
the director of our mint would then
give you a dollar for 412 giains of
t.ilvcr. which is now contained iu our
present dollar.
Farmers and all other working peo
ple, don't you be scared by the money
shark's cry of dishonest dollar; give
ns free coinage of silver and we will
then have an honest clollar, whether
it be in bullion or not. I defy
.Tolin Shermau or any othr mxn
to deny or dispute the truth of the
foregoing statement. Kansas Farmer.
Itow utlnns I all.
There are days which try men who
ove humanity and country. History
is repeating itself before our eyes.
Corrupt i olitieians control the public
press for tho purpose of corrupting the
morals of the people, paving the way
to national ruin.
Xo nation of the long list recorded
in history ever fell because of a strong
government doing good to its common
people, but nations have withered
like rinsh rooms because of placing the
liberties and important franchises, the
means of common prosperity, in the
hands of private individuals or selfish
bodies of men, now called corpora
tions. For this cause our nation to-day
writhes in agony.
The great interest, vital to the pro
ductive industries, of transportation
and communication, other that through
the post, are given to railroad and tel
egraph corporations, with only a mere
sham end pretense of government con
trol. The freedom of Ihe people to
sell the products of their own toil, is
turned over to boards of organized
gamblers. The money of the country,
the thing upon which all prosperity
depends, is given into the hands of
banking corporations, while the in
dustries are loaded down with debt,
and the creditor class controls tho
means of paying deb's.
Humanity is piteously crying for
help. Our country is traveling the
tamo highway to ruin as did the na-
i.wUhWe,,?a
I ide with'tlie ballots rivit their owil
ehaiiis neoil the anvil Of party name
But the tide Is turning. Salvation
is yet possible iu" America: Like the"
glazier moving down tho mountain
side, gathering strength as it goes, thd
army of toilers is moving on to victory.
Progressive Farmer.
TI'K IIKiTISII WOKKKItV MN!.
I w. I'scd !n a retvi ssti n with a 1 aiuer ami a
i d.
Ai d tin-, - ii: ' w is a n o Mice lu 'Ish 'Osboi n
n ' the t .i.l.
I speti,!-. I :ii iiL-t-ting w . c i w; s nTn.fi!t;ar
u r .
B ;t thy sent the c ps to chr.re me ai d to
lii-iir mo out oi laere.
O: It's 'O Minny o ;" a ill 'Sjchullst," :nd
-.tiim the la.v lout."
rut it's -itiess tl o liniish wo-kman," with tho
hiiUiit-liox aixmt.
The ballot box about, my l; d i, tho ballot-box
al'otit.
O! it's ' HI s ha "ir: 1 h work-nan," with tl e
b tl!ot-.io.v .iliout.
Isr i'-- for bettor wa: 0 ;, an I they said I was
f .Ml.
And ( nf crafty han'.tatur only used n o as a
tool:
Alia when the ki.ls TC.vt i. v a' ami we hadn't
su) nor bi o
Tier o 1- !.hni:i:il their shoulders and they
sain it . 0 ve.l i. e 'ig'it.
For If .-, 'iiuln to the c iiin'iy." and it's w'o'c-
eilnss an.l crime.
Hut it's "S:i.-r-1 rights o' labor." just about
election ti'ne.
Just abo;it -!iC mi t;mo. my lads, just-about
e.e t'on n. lie.
O: it's c e 1 rights o' labor." just about e O-
.1 m time.
I'm lazy ail 1 i'm 'ulkini;. au l a noosance and a
cuss.
Atid I sit O i trade and commerce like a blessed
i-'kyniis.
I'm a d .I'jxtrui" down the Hi m '.re and a swell-
luj; ot the rates.
And a oinoy 'an ied 'umbiiK w. a', the upper
classes hates.
For
it's '-'.Vo kintrme i are duffers,"
and
'They're r.e e worth a ; r ;.t :"
Uut it's "li-itisii bone and sinew," when they
wants your blooming vote.
The- wants your blooming vote, my lads, they
wants your lilooniln vote:
it s "llritinh tmne an,i s'.new," when they
wants your blooimn-r vote.
National Kconomist.
The Mtuatioll lit I'omesteail.
As our readers are aware, the Car
negie authorities at Homestead have
brought the charge of treason against
many of the loeked-out working men.
On this subject the New York Voire
says :
The arrest of Homestead workmen,
charged with treason against the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is
construed as a confession of weakness
on the part of the officials of the Car
nigie Company. There are now pend
ing the proceedings ag-tinst several
hundred of the men for murder and for
assault, and the new move, after this
length of time, seems at iirst to indi
cate that the olHcials have lost confi
dence in these proceedings and have
felt the necessity of effort along other
lines. It is reported by nearly all the
newspapers that affairs in the mill are
running anything but smoothly, one
department after another having to bo
sum uown lor repairs rentlered neces
sary by unskilled workn?-n. The re
ort is that the lockout has nji to this
time cost the company $'2,000,000, and
the estimate seems to be a reasonable
one. The loeked-out men are s'.ill res
olute, are not suffering from want, and
the legal proceedings have not so far
broken their spirit. What the result
of the contest will be is. therefore, as
uncertain as ever. No one can view
the situation w ithout feelings of the
deepest regret and serious apprehen
sion. It is a pity Mr. Carnigie has
not seen lit to interfere and to secure
if invisible an adjustment. Why should
not such au adjustment be effected as
that which took place the other day
between the gram'e cutters and their
employers? The same system of
lioards of concilation and of arbitra
tion is equally feasible in the iron and
steel trade nnd has almost ended seri
ous trouble in the mills of Great Urit
atn. We ap; eal to Mr. Carnegie to
use his influence to this end.
.Vnrkettns WI eal.
The morning i a; ers of October 27
contain a Chicago dispatch relative to
the unusual sabs of wheat by farmers
this year so early in the season. The
dispatch says :
It is difficult to understand why
farmers should be in such haste to
market their wheat with prices almost
the lowest on record.
There is no doubt that it is difficult
for those whose partisan blindness pre
vents them from seeing the conditions
that surround them, to understand
why farmers should be in such haste
to market their products. To any per
son who has made any effort to study
the conditions, not only of farmers but
of all other classes of people except
money lenders and those who have lix
e 1 incomes, the problem is not at all
difficult.
It matters not to the farmer what
prices may be, whether high or low,
when he lias anything to sell he is
forced to sell it to pay taxes and inter
est, and to supply the family ith the
absolute necessities of life. The wife
and children luive to be clothed and
prepared for winter, and if the taxes
and interest are nol pai 1, the home
must h?. given up. These are the
reasons why, as the dispatch says, the
farmers of America have "before four
months is ended, sold fully half of
their surplus wheat, and they have
sold it at almost the lowest price on
reoni
There is no mys tery about this mat
ter except to those who through party
bigotry and superstition are prevented
from making any investigation of
economic conditions.
Ten-l'ent Tele&raptl Dispatches.
In his forthcoming annual report
Postmaster General Wannamaker will
not recommend penny postage, be
cause he savs it would mean an annual
loss of $20,000,000 or more, e.U.l it
would be years before tho increase
would make good the deficit. Two
cent postage is cheap enough until the
country is filled up more with those
who can read and write. As long as
hundreds of thousands of immigrants
are pouring into the country who can
do neither, at least in English, and
have very little occasion for correspon
dence; so long as in the Southern
States a large percentage of the inhab
itants are not being taught either ac- '
complishment ; as long ns there is so!
much opposition to teaching the En- 1
glish language in certain private '
schools, there must lie a limit to tho j
use of the mails. When some of tho '
practical difficulties to the increase of
coespondcnce are removed, the price
of Kstage can lie cnt in two.
It would be better to follow out some
of Mr. Wannamaker's other recommen
dations free delivery" service in tho
country, postal telegrams at 10 centa
each and telephone messages at 3 cents
each, which he thinks the government
could afford to give the people, with
out losing money. These improve
ments would be of more value than
one-cent letter postage. Detroit Journal,
RESULTS IN DETAIL.!
INTERESTING FIGURES FROM
THE POLITICAL BATTLE.
A Summary of the State So Far as Ii
Possible to Ulve Ajtonlthlng Returns
from Illinois, WHcoasl-i and Olili
Weaver in the West.
Mlied in Wtamsln.
Cleveland has undoubtedly rarried
Wisconsin by a plurality probably ex
ceeding 10,0 0, an! Peck, Dem., Is
elected o . er Spooncr, though by a de
creased figur.-. l.epublicans gain three,
and the l eraocra's lose two, Congres6
fneu in the State, the Republicans elect
ing tour and the Democrats six of tho
ten. In the last Congress the Wiscon
sin delegation ttoo 1 eight Democrats
an-1 one Republican. Un1 r the apjor
tionment law of 1H90 Wisconsin in
creased its Congressional representa
tion from nine to ten. Tho Congressmen-elect
by district! are as follows:
Fir-t, H. A. Cooper, liep., by :,(tii(i;
Second, Charles Uarwlg, Dem.; Third,
John W. Babc c'.t, ltep.; Fourth, John
L. Mit hell, Dem.; Fifth, George H.
Brickner, Dem.; Sixth, Owen A. Wells,
Dem.; Sev. nth, Geo.lt. Shaw, ltep., by
2,755; Eighth, 1 yman E. Dain-s, Item.,
by i,8U(; Ninth, Thomas Lynch, Dem.;
Tenth, Nils 15. Ilaugen, Hep , by 4,"jm.
The Li gislature is Democratic in both
the Senate and Assembly. With their
U'teon hold-over Senatois the Demo
crats will have twenty-live of thi thirty
lhre members of the State Senate, and
thej-will ha'.e a majority of thirty-one
on joint I a dot.
The Surprise in Illlnol-.
Illinois civo? Cleveland a plurality
of over ar.flim, a".d elee s a Democratic
( overnor. Altgeld, by several thousand.
There is little d u'rt "that the next C n
gressioual delea ion from Illinois wdl
be fomrosel of the following: First
District, J. Frank Aldrich, Republican;
Second District, L. E. McGann, Demo
crat; Third District, A. C Durlo ow,
Jr., Democrat; Fourt'i Di trict, Jul us
(ioldzier, Democra; Fifth Dis'rict, A.
J. Hopkins, It publican; Sixth Dis'rict,
It. K. II. tt. Republican; Seventh Dis
trict, T. .1. Henderson, Republl- an;
Eighth District, Lewis Steward, Demo
cra'; Ninth District, II. K. Wheeler,
Repuld can; T. nth Di-trict, P. S. Post,
Republican; Ehventh District, R. F.
Marsh. Republican; Twelfth District,
J. J. McDannold, Dem crat; Thirteenth
District, W. M. Springer, Democrat;
F'ourteenth District, Owen S ott, Dem-
0 rat; Fifteenth District, J. G. Cannon.
Republican; Sixtecn'h District, G. W.
F'ithUin, Democrat; Seventeenth Dis
trict. Edward Laic, Democrat; Eight
eenth l i trict, W. S. Forman, Demo
crat: Nineteenth District, J. R. Will
iams Democrat. Twentieth Distri'.t, G.
W. Smith, Republican.
Indiana It lo'iiorratle.
Indiana gives a s-sf" plurality for the
Democratic ideetors, and from the latest
returns tt is figured that eleven Demo-
1 ratio Congressmen a:e chosen, with the
tirst still doubtful. Tlie delegation
will robably be made up as fo.lows:
First District A. II. Taylo. Dem.; See-on-!,
John L. ISretz. Dem.; Third, Jason
U. 1 rown, Dem.; Fourth, William S.
Holman, Dem.; Fifth, George W.Cooper,
Dem.; Sixth. Henry V. Johnson, Rep.;
Seventh, William D. Pynum, Dem.;
Eighih, E. V. l'rookshire, Dem.; Ninth,
Daniel Wau-th, Rep.; Tenth, Thomas
Hammor.d, Dem.; Eleventh, A. N. Mar
tin, Dem.; Twelfth. William F. McNag-
ncy, lem.: lmrteenth. C. O. toon,
Dem. The Legislature will be Demo
cratic by at out 31 ma 'ority on joint
ballot, insuring the r. '-election of Tur
pie to the I'nited States Senate.
Ilo-.v Mirlil-'an Split Tlitnu-i.
The following ar, the Congressmen
ele. t in Mtclrgan and their approximate
majorities: iirst District J. Logan
Chipman iDem.), 2, ".00; Second, S. Gor
man (Dem.), 7i-0; Third, Julius C. Bur
rows (Rep.), 5,((lit; Fourth, Dr. H. F.
Thomas (Rep.), 25(t; Fifth, George F.
Richardson (Dem.), f 0; Sixth, D. D.
Aitkin (Rep.i, 5lW; Seventh, Justin R.
Whiting (Dem.), 101; Eighth, W. S.
Linton I!ep. t, 1,201; Ninth, John W.
Moon (Rep.), 2(S0; Tenth, Thomas A. E.
Weadock (Dem.), 7t'0; Eleventh. Dr
John Avery (Rep.), NM); Twelfth. S. M.
Stephenson (Rep.), 2,000. Tho Demo
crats have elected Presidential Electors
in the east- rn distrk't and in the First,
Sec ml. S venth, and Tenth Congres
sional Districts. They hope yet lor the
Eighth District.
Wimvit Alica-l in Ncbrask i.
It is tco early to give the exact vote
of Nebraska. If the ratio keeps up
Weaver will carry the State by a small
plurality. The entire Republican State
ticket is undoubtedly elected by plu
ralities ranging from 1,000 to 2,1(0. It
is barely possible Rryan i defeated
in tho First District by Field,
Rep. Rryan claims 270 plurality.
Mercer, l.ep., defeats Doane, Dem.,
in the Second. In the Third,
Micklejohn, Rep., defeats Keiper, Dem.
Haines, Rep., is elected in the Fourth.
McKeihan, 1'op. Dem , is elected in
th; Fifth over Andrews, Rep. The Sixth
District is doubt.'ul, with the chances
favoring Kcm, Ind. The Legislature
will stand: 54 Populists, 33 Democrats,
and 40 Republican
lov:i for Harrison.
Harrison's plurality in Iowa will
reach about 2 0 !0. The entire Repub
lican S a'c ticket is elected by about
the s ime plurality. The Congressional
delegation will stand ten Republicans
and one Democrat, as fo'.lows: F"irst
District, John II. Gear, ma'ority, 5( 0;
Second, Walter I. Hayes (De n.), ma
jority 8,'(I0; Third, D. H. Henderson,
ma'oritv 1,500; Fourth, CpdegralT, ma
jority l.?00; Fifth, R. B. Cousins,
majority 400; Sixth, J. F. Laera, ma
jority 1,200; Seventh, J. A. T. Hull,
majority 4,60:i; F'.ighth, AV. P. Hepburn,
majority 1,10(1; Tenth, J. P. Dolliver.
3,500; Eleventh, G. D. Perkins, majority
1,500.
Itol h Dakota Probably Itc-pnhllc-nn.
Harrison has carried North Dakota by
2,500. Johnson, Rep., is elected to Con
gress ly:,ooo. The Repuhii-an State
ticket receives average pluralities of
2,500, while the Legislature is in doubt.
Sealteting returns at hand indb-ate
that Harrison Electors havo carried
South Dakota. Tho Republican State
ticket is certain. Pickler and Lucas,
Iteps., are elected to Congress. The
Legislature is probably Republican.
Chairman Pccmiller, of the Democratic
S'a'e Committee, still claims the State
for tho Weaver Electors.
Harrison N1I4 in Minnesota.
Harrison has undoub'edly carried
Minnesota. Kelson, Rip., is elected
Governor by a plurality of 12.0C-0 to 1',
000. The following seem to havo been
el -cted to Congress: First Dis'rict
Tawney, Rep.; Second McCleary.Rcp.;
Third Hall, Dem.: Fourth Meter,
Rep.; Fifth Flet.h r, Rep.; Slxtd
Searle, Rep.; Seventh Felg, Rep.
Sufficient returns have been received
to sh -w that the Republicans will have
a majority of twenty-eight in the Legis
lature on joint ballot, thus in uring
th re-election-of C. K. Davis to the
United States Senate.
Hat Look at Ohio.
The gr aiest surpri e to the Repub
licans of Ohio is the miscarriage of the
' gerrymander which las met the fate
of all former efforts of previ jus legisla
tures. Republican and Democrat! , ex
cept that by the latter party, when the
districts were changed in IS'J The bill
of last winter was designed to give the
Republi ans fifteen -nd the Democrats
lx ongrcssmen. The Democrat have
certainly gained ihrco, and probably
four of tho districts, and l.t'm clcv n
members. It is believed the delegation
w ill stand ai follows: Republicans, Bel
lamy Storer In th F'irst btstriet, John A.
Caldwell in the Second, Georco W.
Hull- k in the Sixth, George W. Wilson
in the Seventh, Luther M. Strong in the
Eighth, V.'. H. Enodis in the Tenth,
Charles H. Grosvmor in the Eleventh,
II. C. Van Voorhis in the Fifteenth. S.
A. Northway in the Nineteenth, W. J.
White in the Twentieth. Democrats:
Georse W. Kouk in the Third, F. C.
?.ayton in the Fourth, D. I). Donovan
in the Fifth, Byron Ritchie in the Ninth,
J. II. Outhwalte in tho Twelfth, D. I).
Hare in the Thirteen' h, A. J. Pearson
in the Sixteenth. James Richards in tho
Seventeenth, George P. Ikert in the
Eighteenth, and Thomas L. Johnson in
ths Twenty-first.
Itf-turn4 l'rom Many Sttte.
Pennsylvania The Republicans mado
a clean we--p, by 5,(M( majority.
Wyoming The Weaver ele -tors and
the Democra' ij State ticket have been
elected.
Vermont Returns received fro-n fifty
Verir-ont towns givo Hairisoa 12,7ti5;
Cleveland. 5.608.
New Mexico Joseph (Dem.) is re
turned to Congress. Republicans con
trol the Legislature.
Mississippi Cleveland carries the
Sta'e by 2i,0tt0. The Democrats elect
all their Congressmen.
Oregon The Democratic State Com
mittee concedes the electoral vote to
Harrison, except one.
Maine Harrison's plurality in Maine
will be less th in l,oii, a Repuiilica.t
loss of H.OOtl i-iiice 18 iH.
Montana Has chosen Harrison Elect
ois and tho l.epui lican) ciettt a major
ity of the r State ticket.
Rhode Islan 1 Harrison's majority in
Rho le Islan 1 is less than 3,0.). t. Capron
(Rep.) is elected to Congress.
New Jersey Cleveland's majority
will fail little ehort of 12,K)0. Werts
Dem., for Governor, i cho3 n.
Maryland leveland's majority wi!!
be over i0,0 0. All six Hemostatic
Congre.ss-neii havo been elected.
Virginia Virginia la Democratic bj
nearly ;',()( 0. A polid Democratic del
egation has been returned to Cong.-ess.
Idaho This state has elected Weaver
electors, but lha Republicans havo
elected Sweo' and McC'onneb to Con
gress Georgia Full returns show the elec
tion of the entire Democratic ticket.
The majority for Cleveian I mav rea h
70,000.
I ou'siana The entire Democratic
delegation to Congress is c o ;en and
the Stata f;oes for Cleveland by more
than 0,0(0.
Notth Carolina The Democra' ic ma
jority will probably be reduced by th
People's party vote, but not enough tc
hurl the ticket.
New Hampshire Tho majority fot
Harrison in New Ilarnp hire is about
3,i'0. The Legislature w.il jroiably
eleet ihe governor.
Florida Democrats claim 22,"00 ma
jority for the Cleveland electors. There
was no Republican ticket, and the third
party vote was lUht.
Alabama Returns indicate a majority
of at least 2,WMI for Cleveland. All
the Democratic candidates for Congress
have safe majorities.
Delaware The Republicans conce le
1,:00 Democratic majority. A Demo
cratic I egislature is chosen, insuring
the re-election ot Senator Gray.
Missouri Tho entire Democratic
ticket has bee.i elected by a lura'itv of
17,'M-o, and the Demo rats have carried
thirteen out of the fiffrvn districts.
Arkansas Cleveland's majority wiil
not fall leiow 20,00-'. The le mo rats
h ive elected five Congressmen and the
Populist b claim to have returned one.
Tennessee Clevelnnil has 65,000 plu
rality and Peter Turney is elected Gov
ernor by ."0,00 ). Buchanan, the third
party candidate, polled enly 1.0,(00
votes.
Fo-i'h Carolina Cleveland's ma;orily
will not fall much below 4'',O00. Demo
cra s have elect ?d Con.ressmen in
every elistrict except the Seventh, which
is in doubt.
Washington Harrison has at least
5.(t00 plurality. McGrcw, Rep., for Gov
ernor, leads, while the veite on the two
Congressmen is close, favoring the Re
publicans. No estimates on the Legis
lature. Connecticut Cleveland's plurality.
5,417. Four years ao it. was 330. The
entire Democratic ticket is probably
elected. The State Senate is a tie, and
the Republicans have about 20 majority
iu the House.
West Virginia Tho re-necrats confi
dently clabn the ele'cticn of all tour
Congressmen. Cleveian 1 will undoubt
edly be given the Ele-ctoral vote, and
the election of the entire Democratic
State ticket is generally concede 1.
Colorado Weaver has carried the
State. Poth the fusion candidates for
Congress have been elec'.ed by safe
majorities. The Legislature Is in the
hands of the Populists and Democrats,
which insure the ele.'tiou of a Demo
cratic Senat r.
Texas Cleveland has carried the
Sta'e, but the ra.'e between Hogg, Dem.,
and Clark feir Governor Is very close,
with indications favoring the former.
The Populists have probably captured
two an i th? Republicans one Congress
man out of thirteen.
Kansas The Democratic Stato Com
mittes says the Weaver electors will
have a majo ity in the State of 22,000;
that Lewelling, for Governor, wili have
17,000 majority, nnd that tho Democrats
and Populists will get seven out of the
ten Congressmen.
Massachusetts The Republican ticket
was completely successful by pluralities
from 2.00J elown, except Ru sell, Dem.,
who has 2,000. The Leghditure is
heavily Rej u lican in both branches.
Of the thi teen Congressmen tho Re
publicans carried ten.
California The Democratic S'ate
Committee annemncei that the State
has frone for Cleveland atio.it 7,001 m i
jorit. Chairman Slyer of the Repub
lican Committ e, concurs. Tho Con
gressional delegation is probably five
Republicans and four Democrats.
Kentucky The Democrats havo
elected Congressmen in the First, Third,
Fourth, Fifth. Sixth, Seventh. Eighth,
Ninth, and Tenth Distri-t, and the Re
publicans in the Eleventh. The Second
is doubtful. Cleveland receives about
the same plurality as four years ago.
Nevada It is conceded by all that
Weaver has carried Nevada by 1,5!I0.
Newlands, silver party, is elected to
Congress. As to the Legis'a'.ure, It is
generally believed the silver party has
a majority, whbh will injure the re
election of Stewart tithe United States
Senate.
New York Cleveland's plurality in
New York State is about 44.0UO. In
New York City it is 75,800, and in Kings
County about 25,000. The New York
State Legislature will be Democratic by
14 or 16 on joint ballot, thus insuring
the election of a Democrat to succeed
United States Senator Frank Hiscock.
The Assembly will probably be made up
of 70 Demo rats ,nd 53 Republicans.
George Goci,d didn't go to college:
instead he went into hfllTBTher's o3ice
at the age of If, and at 2H be is now a
six-millionaire in his ow rjgat
SAW DEATH COMING.
AWFUL COLLISION OF FREIGHT
TRAINS IN IOWA.
Criminal Careleine8 on the Part of a
Crrw Said to Be the Cans-Four Per
onii Crashed and Cremated, Three In
jured. A Tale of Horror.
A fearful accident occurred on tho
Chic igo, Milwaukee and St. Paul Roa I
Wednesday nigi.t at Highland Center, a
smull station north of Ottumwa, Iowa.
A fast freight train dasheel into the
cab oe of th ' lo al freight, which wai
standing on the track, telesc ping tho
(aloose and four cars. Tho caboose
caught fire and with t evcral cars wa9
buruenl. The scene was heart-rending
F'our people perished in the flames, and
a number of others h id narrow escapes.
The cabo se was split in two by a ear
of grain, wedging in feur peeiple on the
light side. The mos1- pitiful tight was
that of Miss Lizzie Butler, of Ottumwa,
who got her head out ef the window,
and piteously pleaded frith tho-e abou z
the wreck to fave her, but her
body was pinioned by the freight car
and it was impossible to extricate her.
Mrs. Samuel . ones, abo of Ottumwa,
tried to escape through a window, but
she was au unusually large woman and
could n ,t get through. The other vic
tims were an unknown woman and man.
The latter is thought to be a Lutcher of
Oskalossa. The injured cro Mrs.
Clyde Milliack and Mrs. C. D. Pickett
of Ottumwa, anl Miss Lizzie Cotcy of
Sigourney, who are badly burned, but
not fa ally. A urious incident o" the
accident was that n of the passen
gera was disguised, and, in tho crash,
his disguise came off, teveabng a
noted crook. He quickly disappeared
in the excitement. The cause of
the accident seems lo have
been elue entirely to criminal careless
ness on the part of the crew of the fast
train. The local Ira n was standing at
the standing unloading freight. For
four u.iles away thet.a-k is perfectly
level and straight, so that the danger
lights of the standing train could easily
be seen by the engineer and fireman of
the fast train, and everybody raw it ap
proaediing but never dreamed of a eol
lisi n. In fae-t, the company's rules are
se strict that when trains enter sta'i m
yards if they are not under such abso
lute control as to be brought t a stop
before s'riking another train, even
thremsh accident to switches or any
thing else, heavy penalty attaches to
the empleiye guilty of violating them.
The conduct of lingine-er Richardson
and Condu -tor Wood, who had charge
of the fast train, in this in-tance, can
not be accounted feir by the officials of
the roa-d. No report has been made a
to whether they wer placed under ar
rest, but an investigation is b-ing made.
In the fire one ear lead of barley and
two ear l.ads if merchandise wero
burned.
I.ilMraIIt ;therlnfc D spmieit.
At Brussels there was a big Libcralist
demonstration Wedneselay night, 3.500
b;di;g present. M. Janson and other
1 ibcral eleputies made speeches, vle
lently attaching the government. At
the con: l-ision ot the meeting the lib
erals, 2,-Oit strong, mar bed to the
h ing's palace, preceded by a man car
rying a red flag. The procession was
charged by a deta- h nent of gendarmes,
and the artillery an I civic guards were
summoned to preitet the palace and
ministerial department buildings. Tho
paraders were separa e 1 in'o two p -r-tions
and were fiua'.ly disperse 1 about
midnight.
Col. Ooid Capture Cana.
An official dispatch says that the
French forces haw captured Can a, a
short distince from Abomey, the capi
tal of Dahomey, after a vigorous resist
ance. The French loss was eleven kill
ed and forty-two wounded. Ti e capture
of Cana is practie-ally tho end of the
lampa'gn aga'nst Mng Rehanzin.
Shor.ly after the receipt of the news
that Cana had fallen into the hands of
the French was received the pro notion
of Col. Deields, the eemimander o! the
French force j, to le a general, was ga
zetteiL Will Ship Twenty-fonr Chlint-n Il-ime.
Thero are twenty-four Chinamen at
the Detroit jail under sen ence of de
portitioa. S"x were arrested in Port
Huron, .two in Ray Ci y, two in Flint,
and fourteen in Detroit for trying to
evade the Chinese exciiniem act. Tuey
will so n be ta'en t San Fransisco and
planeed on boarl steamers bound for
Chim.
The lllows Cheated.
A mcssige from Allentown, P., says
that William F. Keck, tliemunle erwho
, was t-j have been hanged Thursd y t
noon, was lound eiead in his cell t' a z
morning. Whether hit do .this due to
heart failure ov r t' e approach of his
dreadful punishm nt tr poiion is not
known.
Xoti of Current KvrnlH.
Fire in the American Ax Works at
Beaver Falls, Pa., caused a loss of $J
oo.
Cincinnati, instead of Chicago, will
hcea'ter be tho distributing point for
postal cards.
The Iron Fall receivership suit at
Indianapolis has been appealed to the
guoreme Court.
A woman known as "Crazy Mary," of
lirenham, Texa deliberately starved
to death her 2-year old child.
The first ten months or 1692 there
were 3,6.T cases of diphtheria in 1'hila
delphta, of which 1,0'Jj wore fatal.
Dtkino the season just ended thirty
three Gloucester fishermen were
drowned. In 1883 the lives lost num
bered 20.
East Boston was visited by a fire
that destroyed seven manufacturing
plants. The area covered by the plants
was four acres.
Private I ans, who lost his criminal
?ase at Pittsburg, will sue the officers
who hung him by th? thumbs for $10,0.0
Jamages each.
Sr biking electric wire men at .New
York have organized a co-operative
slectric company to fight the combine of
eighteen New ork firms.
SUSP B-JTLER'S FAT&
CLEYELAIiD GETS IT
Elected President of the
United States.
ELECTORAL YOTE 299.
NEW YORK GIVES GROVER
42,000 PLURALITY.
INDIANA DEMOCRATIC.
THE OFFICIAL COUNT WILL BE
NECESSARY IN OHIO.
towa Solid for Harrison Illinois nrvalm
It MoorinR How thr Klrrtion Ha none
In the Fifty-third Conj;rrs the Hnww
Stand SI? Ikemorratir, 1'iS RrpuMiran
and 9 Popalttr; the Senate 44, 39 and 6.
Kespertivetr.
Verdict of the Voter.
Grover Cleveland has been elected
Pres'd'-nt of the I'nited States. lie has
ci tried New York, Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin, and even California, by laro
tmv rliie, and at the time th's is writ
ten the indications are that Ohio his
alo swuni into the Democratic column.
The generlvietory for ihe Iemo- rata
Is mueii nr ater than was at first sup
posed, and is very reary complete.
Cleveland nnd Steven -on t-av-. won a
decisive mvority in the e'ec oral col
leso, it beinR claimed with 299 votes,
wtdle Sir. Harris n has 122 and Mr.
Weaver 23.
EleetnTui Vote.
The total electoral vote of the States
Is distribute I, as n ar as can be ascer
tained, in the following maimer:
Har- Cleve- Wea-
fitate.
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida.
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois.
Indiana,
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michlsan
Minnesota.
Mississippi
Missouri
Noritsna
Nelraska.
Nevada.
New Hampshire
Sew Jersey
New York
SorthCarolina
North Paaota
Ohio
Oretron
Icr.nylvanta
Uhodc Island
?outh Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Wasl.iueton
West Vireiua
Wisconsin
Wyoming.
rifoa. land. vcr.
.. 11
.. .. s
.. ..
7. 6
.. .. a
.. .. 4
.. .. 13
'. " ii
1-.
11
13
a
II
13
36
11
ii
4
32
4
li
11
6
12
Total 122
3J9
Necessary for election, isj.
1'itrtr Strength In Congress.
The complexion of the House of Rep
resentatives will be materially t hanged,
ill three arties having made important
a:ns an I lof ses. Tlie returns of Con
gressional districts, while not abf o'.utely
romplete. are sufficient y full to indicate
that the Democrats will have a largo
majority in the House, but probably not
a-s larse as in the present 'ne, which is
divided amon the parties as follows:
Democrats, 2:t-'; Republicans. Mi; Al
liaiuo, 9; total, 332. The next House
will contain 35 1 members, of whom ih
Democrats will hive, as now appears,
217, the Republicans 1-8, aud the popu
lists 9.
The political divisions by States are
follows:
States.
Alxbama
Arl-acsis
California
Cotorado
G nnecticut
Delaware
Florida.
iteorgla.
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana.
Iowa
Kansas
Kent not v.
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
MaFa?hnsctts. . .
MiihUa-i
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska.
Nevada
New rla-npshirc.
New Jer;ey
New Yorit
North Carolina...
North Dakota....
Ohio
Oregon
l'ennsvlvanla. ...
HhiMle Island....
South Carolina..
South Dakota...
Tennessee
Texa
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia....
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Rep.
Dem.
c
6
"a
l
2
11
13
10
1
1
10
6
"e
' 3
4
1
7
13
1
1
'i
K
31
Pea.
1
9
3
1
S
1
10
T
6
. 1
3
n
. l
l
. 10
. 3
. 50
10
s
13
10
Total 1W SIT f
The Senate, which is now cc n'rolled
by the Republicans, wd; pa s in'o the
hands of the Democrats nest March.
The present political complexion is: Rc
publiean;', 4; Demo?iats, Inde
pendents. 2; total. 8K. The new Senate
will consist of: Republicans, 39; Dem
ocrats, 44; Topullsts, When this table
is compiled, there Is yet a tne uncer
ta'nty as to the result on Lcghla urc
in some ot the States, principally
as between RepuMicans and Popu
lists, but there is little foubt that the
attttve division wdl be substantially
maintained, in which case the Populists
will hold tho balance of f ower if they
choose to exercise it
The Republicans will lose one membot
from III nols, ojo from Nebraska, one
from Nevada, one from New York, and
onit.om Wisconsin.
How I'iino n Kuter Died.
-.Fr.non I., of Russia, was deposod and
-died in prison.
8CL.TAN MrsA-CHEliEM was deposed
an! strangled.
Pope John X. died it prison, it is be
lieved of poison.
Richard II. Is supposed to have been
starve 1 to death.
George V. was driv.n from Rome
and died in exile.
Adolphcs of Germany fell at the
battle of Gelheim.
Johoabi7, Kir. 3 of Judah, died it
captivity in Egypt
Pope Dojccs II.' died suddenly, pre
sumably of poison.
George I. d'q 1 from apoplexy, in
duced by t'rluking.
Ibrahim was deposed and strangle
by the Janissaries.
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