Newspaper Page Text
4 Official paper of the City and County, - -■ ■ .*..*•■ ■ , PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BT THE ST. VaUL GLOBE PRINTING COMPANY, No. 321 Wabashaw Street, St. Paul. ST. PAUL, THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 1884. SEW TERMS OF THE globe. I EEVEN ISSUES PER WEEK— BY CARRIER. One Year, payable in advance . .' $8 00 Six Months, payable in advance 4 25 j Three Months .3 25 Per Mouth . .....: .' 75 BIX ISSUES PER WEEK— BY MAIL, POST- \ AGE PAID. One Year $8 00 Six M0nth5........ 3 50 Three Months 2 00 One Mouth 70 j All mail subscriptions payable invariably in ; advance. Seven issues per week by mail at same rates as lj carrier. SUNDAY GLOBE. By Carrier — per year $2 00 By Mail — per year, postage paid 1 50 I WEEKLY GLOBE. By Mail— postage paid, per year $1 15 j ~~ POLITICAL MEETINGS. Tlon. Ignatius Donnelly, the nominee for con- | gress of tbe Democrats, the Farmers' alliance, and tbe People's party will speak as follows: Tuesday, Shptember 23, 1 p. m., in Kerk hoven. ''■■" Tuesday, September 23,7:30 p. m., inMurdock. Wednesday, September 24, 7:30 p. m., in Benson. Thursday, September 25, 7:30 p. m., in Wil mar. Friday. September 26, 7:30 p. m., in Clontarf . Saturday, September 27, Ip. m in Cha.-ka. Monday, September • 29, 2 p. m., in Mendota. I Tuesday, September 30, 7:30 p. m., in New i London. Wednesday, October 1, 7:30 p. m , in Harri- Km. ! Thursday, October 2, 7:30 p. m.. in Litchfleld. Friday, October 3, 7:30 p. m., in DeGrafl. Saturday, October 4, 7:30 p. m., in Belle Plaine. Monday. October 0, 7:30 p. m., in Shakopee. Tuesday. October?, 7 - 30 p. m., in Jordan. Wednesday, October 8, 7:30 p. m., in Brown- | ton. Thursday, October 9, 7:30 p. m., in Appleton. Friday, October 10, 7:30 p. m., in Watson. iday, October 11, 7:30 p. m., In Monte video. It i- expected that the supporters of Mr. Don nelly will secure halls and mnke all the prepara tions for the meeting! in their respective towns. NOTICE. A meeticg of the officers and executive COMMITTEE Of the CEXTKAL CLEVELAND AND Hi.ni>ki( ks club of St. Paul, will be held at the office of John W. Willis, Esq., No. 30, , East Third street, this Thursday evening, at half past seven. By order of the PIIESIDENT. DAILY WJSA'i'lliiii ISUL.L.ETJ.S. Office Chief Signal Officer. ) Washington. D. C, Sept. 24, 3 :50 p. m. f Observations tultcu at ttij same moment of lime at all stations named. UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. Bar Tver. Wind. Weather. St. Paul 29.00 50 Calm Clear La Croßse 30.00 57 SW Clear KOIITIIWE3T. iinr. Ther. Wind. Weatner. Bismarck 29.85 55 NE Clear Ft Garry 29.82 40 BW Fair tKinnedosa 29.85 43 Calm Clear Moorhead 29.89 57 Calm Cloudy (Jnapelle 29.85 43 W Clear bt. Vincent 29.84 48 W Clear kUIiTHKHN UOUKT MOUNTAIN SLOPE. Bar. Ther Wind. Weather. Ft. Bnford 29.85 50 E Clear Ft. Ouster 29.82 58 Calm Threat Helena 29.80 40 W Clear Huron 29.91 52 S Clear Medicine Hut ...29.80 44 Calm Lt raiu upfeii lakes. Bur. Thnr. Wind. Weather. Dulutu 29.83 57 W Clear DAILY LOCAL MEANS. Bar. Ther. Dew Point Wind. Weather. 29.803 0U.2 49.5 KW Fair Amount rainfall .07: Maximum thermometer 70.5; minimum thermometer 51.5; daily range 10.0. Hirer — Observed height 3 feet, 9 inches. Ki.-c in twenty-four hours 0 inches. ! Full in twenty-four hours, 1 inch. yoU — The "time bull" is dropped dally (Sun day* exetpttd) from the flagstaff on the Fin ■i i urine building, corner of Third and Jack ton tit-' i ill noon, •■Central Time,'''' as deter- Viintdat Varltton College obneroalory. Nui'K — ISaromuter corrected for temperature uul deration. P. F. Ltoxs, Serjeant. Sienal Corps, U. 3. A. INDICATION*. ;•."-• WAsmxoTOJi, Sept. 25, 1 a. m. — Indications for upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys: generally fair weather, variable winds, lower, fallowed by higher temperature. Till 3IAUKKT* YESTERDAY. The New York slock market opened strong an 1 higher yesterday. Prices rose Jj©l?* per cent. After mill day a weaker feeling set in. some loading stocks showing a sharp doclinc. The bean jumped in and made sharp raids on the Vunderbilts and Northern Pacific preferred. The market declined &@4 per cent., the latter being for Michigan Central. Union Pacific was exceptionally strong. SThe closing was irregu lar, and as a whole, weak. St. Paul closed at 77 X, a decline of I * per cent, from the highest point of the day. were firm. Mate secnrltics dull, and railways quiet. At Chicago the wheat market was stronger, closing at the top point of the day. At the opening the market was -t^r up. lt dropped off »c in a few minutes and held a rather steady position until about noon, when a still weaker spot was struck. Just before the close the market was bulled up, dosing at *i©Kc stronger Shin the opening. Corn took another tumble. At Milwaukee wheat followed the example set by Chicago, as usual. The opening was N&'ic up from Tuesday's dote. A slump off started almost at once, and lasted until near the close, when a rally to open- Ing prices was secured. At St. l'anl wheat was quiet, no sales being reported. The cereal was about 1c weaker, but Tuesday's price was bid for No, 1 hard. It transpires that the reason why Mr. Blame named his eldest son Walker Blame was owing to the fact that he had to walk out of Kentucky toPittsburg,about that time, to get married. Tue New York Independent says that if the Republicans refuse or neglect to withdraw James G. Blame and substitute another, it (the Independent) will support St. John. Very well, if St. John can endure such a misfortune, it is not likely other people will particularly complain. Is his journey about tbe United States Blame is accompanied by Joe. Manly, the Portland postmaster, who supplies the place of Steve Dorsey, and in some respects is said to be & more capable man than Dorr- or Blame himself. This, being Interpreted, mean* that Joe is a brighter, more audacious rascal than the others. "A iToKTUTRX Texas editor says that the number of marriages is ridiculously small compared with the time squandered in buggy riding. V What does that editor know about the number of ''secret marriages," where neither license nor parson are necessary to legaiiz? them, and where the odor of orange blossoms fail to reach the public nose I Eb! It is strange that Mr. Blame in his answer to the interrogatories should fail to give the name of the officiating clergyman. The omission may have been oat of consideration for the said preacher in as much as he laid himself liable to fine and imprisonment for solemn the rites of matrimony without the authority of law — proper license. The Maine victory cost the Republicans $200,000. The Democrats did not send a dollar or a speaker to that state, and jet the majority is not up to the average majority ( for the last eight years. With a depleted - fund, a corrupt candidate,, the Republican party begins to see the writing on the wall: "Mene, mene tekelupharsln,", which being translated means, "Turn the Rascals out." Blaixe will make the attempt to force the tariff question in Ohio.. That will turn out to be a dreary euterprise, and altogether too j thin a dodge to retire the Muligan letters. Blame's Prohibition antics, his Guano am bitions and bis dark record generally. The effort to make a demi-god of the Molock of Protection and a spook of Free Trade will be a flat failure. Biaine and his gang seem to have lost their leads. Gen. Scott went on a hunt for Irish and German votes. *He appeared on the stump, and swept « through Ohio and other states like a whirlwind. Gen. Scott lo«t • the electoral vote of Ohio, he lost the election and was ever after a laughing stock among men and politicians. Blame is walking in the steps of Gen. Scott. He is out on the same kind of a hunt. Ho won't get what he is after, but he will get defeat, and that is what the country wants him to have. Major Blaixe while occupied as teacher in Kentucky devoted some of his spare time to the study of law. What an obtuse student he must have been — not to have known that , his marriage was illegal! Then as he had violated the laws of Kentucky why did he not rectify his error there? ' Why flee away to Pennsylvania to legalize it? Will he not favor the public with another letter through { My Dear Mr. Phelps in which he will, without evasion or mental reservation, give the facts, the whole facts and nothing but the facts? The appearance of tbe last batch of Mul ligan letters has renewed the talk of Mr. Blames withdrawal. The Boston Herald, an independent paper, thinks "he owes it to his j party and personal friends who placed him in nomination, to do so." The Boston Globe thinks that "the convention could be i called together in two weeks, and the coun- j try thus quickly relieved of the odium of a ! dishonest aspirant to its highest office." Many prominent journals take this view. We hope and trust that Mr. Biaine will not allow himself to be kicked out. We have Blame beaten already, and might not have so clear sailing should a second man be nominated. Stand, Mr. Maine, stand. Some very polite correspondence was evol ved between the Secretary of the Interior and Pension Commissioner Dudley, when the later took it into his head to resign the other day. All was fair on the face, but behind the work great bitterness was poorly con cealed. Dudley is an ambitious youth and since his defeat for governor in Indiana he has been morbid and sour. He is -not a Blame man and does not expect the soiled knight to be elected, so there seemed to him that no political future was before him. The Secretary of Interior was continually and perversely overruling Dudly's decisions, and finally the Commissioner rose up and shook off the whole thing. He had been fooling along only to see everlasting disap pointed, 60 be made an end of the whole trouble by standing aside. The Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton, in a letter written September 20th, says: "The Re publican party has bad full control of tbe executive government, and in every depart ment, even within the past year, there has been fraud, peculation, and wastefulness. The country needs legislative reform, and \ the Democratic party Is pledged to give it by the action of its Senators and Representa tives. Still more the country needs admin istrative reform, and Cleveland, by every public word he has uttered, by every public act he has ever done, as District Attorney, as Sheriff, as Mayor, as Governor, and as Democratic candidate has shown that he un derstands the principles and methods of such reform, and that he has the full cour age of his convictions, lie has been intelli gent, faithful, brave in every trust he has accepted." Truer words were never written. Ox the 23d of May, 18S4, the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, opposing the nomination of Blame, said of him: Mr. 11 in: Is an unclean man and the people will not have him. He elands' self-convicted of prostituting the high office* he ha* held to build I ■id a private- fortune; of cohabiting with corrup- ! tion for dishonest money. Ilia record would damn him. Mr. Blame as a candidate shines forth in all the lustre that this Republican paper gave him. He is being damned by his unclean- | ness, his prostitution of high offices, his ■ cohabiting with corruption, bis possession of j dishonest money. He has been in the en- ! joyment of this reputation among Repub i licans for a longtime. In 1876, when the lir.-t batch of Mulligan letters had been : brought out; the Chicago Tribune said of him: His worst enemies have not been able to fix upon him the character of a gambler and specu- ' tutor in the securities of questionable corpora- I tions as he ha? done in these letters, all of which ! were written, an he pays, in eecresy and confi- I deuce. They (the Republican*) knew him as a j lob] before he entered congress, seeking con tracts for the supply of arm*. They knew him j while in congress and while speaker as the in- I side friend of wild cat corporations, ruling as i speaker to save their bills, as claiming reward ! for his official action, and as engaged in selling the worthies* bonds of snrh corporations, receiv ing large gratuities therefor. Can such a man be elected President of the United States! Not by a large majority. Dovin, N. H., Sept. 1, 1884. 1 Office Foster's Democrat. j I General Bragg, Fond dn Lac, Wls. : My Dxar General — I desire to call your at tention to the fact that the Dover daily Re publican and other Eastern Republican papers have been publishing in their editorial depart ! ment the following: Americans remem ber. In the Chicago Democratic convention General Bragg said of Cleveland, we love him for the enemies he has made. Lot the Irish go. That ' vast assembly of Democrats greeted the senti | ment with tremendous applause." A large por- I tion of our Irish-American citizens hare not seen | the full text of your speech at Chicago, and the extract published by the Republican may be be lieved by some. Your official denial of the state ment will settle the question. Very truly yours, Joseph B. QrArn. Fox dc Lac Sept. 9, 1884. J. B. QrAio, Esq., Dover, >'. 11. My Dkab Sir: Than its to calling my atten | tion to the Dover Republican of the 25th. flying I at the head of its editorial column the following j (printed copy of editorial) : "The words therein < attributed to me were not used in the Chicago • convention, nor anywhere else. The sentiment : that the expression would impute to me I never ! entertained, nor anything akin to it. My posi tion for more than a quarter of a century has been In the forward line of battle against Know ; Nothing-ism, under i:» own colors in 1354-5, and ' under tue Republican banner since that time. | My remarks seconding rover Cleveland* nomi nation were reported verbatim in the Chicago i daily Tribune (Biaine's leading journal lin the west), and it will be found that I did not use the word "Irish" or "Irish-American** at all. I spoke of no na tionality except the German-Americans, who, I said, were willing to abandon Republicanism and come to us with Cleveland for a leader. The editor ot the '■'•icon will certainly hare no bebtation la stating his mistake in giving cur rency to such a sentiment a* coming from me. In th« West, I have been accused of saying in my remarks at Chicago "that the Irish should be treated to a rope." 1 enclose you a letter which I was compelled to write to contradict that sUnder put forth by the Know Xothiae candi date and his friends to (roll the Irish-American voter. whose "rich brogue" has suddenly be come so sweet to the quondam editor of. the Ken cebec Journal. Respect! all; yours, Edward S. B&aco. The basis of tbe accusation which Gen. Bragg so promptly refutes above, undoubt edly is that celebrated episode in the Chicago convention, when, in reply 'to the traitor, Grady, who was denouncing Cleveland, he (Gen. B.) said, "We of Wisconsin love him (Cleveland) for the enemies he has made." Every one present knows that no such utterance as charged was made by Gen. Bragg. The' secret of the venal Gndy's bos tility.and others of his ilkJs Got. Cleveland's famous letter to John Kelly, announcing that the method* of ' Gradv as a legislator THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBfc THURSDAJ MOfI 3BTS S, BBPTEMEEH 35 1884; were not commendable and requesting that t he be not returned to tbe state senate. From c that time the organization hiding the bal- < ance of power obstructed udministra- 1 tion, defeated, the confirmation of its ap- * pointees and disabled the governor in a great 1 degree from carrying out the administrative 1 reform that the public good required. "Hence the tears." Hence the opposition < In certain conspicuous quarter^ and hence < the alleged defection and hostility of certain 1 New York Irishmen. That Intelligent and < patriotic race of men and faithful Democrats < have, however, seen the lion's bide stripped ] from the fox and are now marching to the < music of the party of its adoption and ] "first love." < REPUBLICAN DISREGARD OF LAW. < The late Secretary Folger was a bank di rector, and Wm. Lawrence the first comptrol- ' ler of the Treasury is the President of a Na- i tional Bank. This has not been generally ' known, but it has been within tbe knowledge ' of the President, and of the gentlemen them- < selves.., The incidents show how reckless 1 Republicans are of law. Section 243 of the ■ Revised Statues declares that no person ap- i pointed to the office of Secretary of the Treas ury or First Comptroller shall be concerned i in the purchase or disposal of any public i securities of any State or of the United States. Under any honest construction of this < law the late Secretary of the Treasury was inel ligible, and Comptroller Lawrence is holding < that office in defiance of law. A few years 1 ago when Lev! P. Morton* was proposed for Secretary of the Treasury the point was made against him that he was a banker and inel ligible. Mr. Morton was so anxious to secure j the place that he offered to dispose of his j banking interests, but it was held that this 1 would produce scandal, and he was denied i the appointment. Now Mr. Morton, sti& a < New York banker, is on his way from Paris ' as tbe gossips aver, to become Secretary of • the Treasury. When/ A. T. Stewart was ap- j pointed Secretary of the Treasury by Grant it was found he was ineligible under a law 1792, which forbade any citizen interested , in commerce from holding the office. Mr. ( Stewart offered to surrender his vast busi- • ness for the sake of the office, but he was put i aside for fear of the scandal that would fol- ' low. In these days law seems to be of no account, and tbe man whose business rela tions forbid his being an office bolder is sure to be installed in place. This way of doing things has gone on long enough. Turn the Rascals out. CONDONING IMMORALITY . The Christian Union referring to the chages made against the private character of Mr. Blame, remarks: "Charges, no matter, how specific, are not proof; and in this particular case they are im pertinent, inasmuch a?, if proved trn:. they re- . late to an offense wholly past, and therefore do not in the least concern the voter, who has only to consider the character of the candidate to day." ''V. .'- : * ' The soundness of the foregoing doctrine, that lapse of time condones personal immor tality, may be cheerfully submitted to the consideration and decisions of theologians and moral teachers. Personal reputation is of very delicate fit re. Once stained by any act of gro&sness, the stain is ineffaceable, however much, when followed by a subse quent life of purity, the sharpness of cen sure may be blunted and mitigated. It is unfortunate for the reputation of the country, in the eyes of the world, that the present Presidential campaign is being fought over the private reputation of its leading candidates, rather than in specific reference to questions and issues pertaining to administrative and governmental interests. This personal warfare was begun by assail ing the private character of the Democratic candidate with the most vehement exagger ation and false imputations. These charges were seized upon by the Republican press with great avidity, and commented upon in all the cadences of offended virtue. Even a clergyman was given as authority for the gross slanders, whose character subsequent investigation has shown to be no better than that of the wearer of the cloth ought to be, and the gross falsity of whose charges has been fully shown. The Democratic press warned Republicans against this vicious mode of conducting the campaign, alleging that their candidate was not invulnerable, and that retaliation would be sure to come. The warning was unheeded, and the swift, avenging Nemesis took up the moral trail in the track of the Republicau candidate. The allegations made caused great unhap pincs3 in the family of Mr. Biaine, and in a spirit of pardonable chivalric defiance he commenced a suit for libel against a Demo cratic journal. This step, as the sequel is proving, was most unfortunate for Mr. | Biaine, bis family and the Republican party. The public is astounded, and the Republican party thrown into consternation, by Mr. Hume's own admissions in answer to inter rogators put on the part of the defense in the libel, suit, and in a letter written to Mr. Phelps of New Jersey. The admitted facts seem to be that Mr. Blame was twice married to the same woman, both times secretly, that the first marriage was not a legal one, therefore, cohabitation : unlawful; that the second marriage, was legal, and made that the unborn child, the ! fruit of previous cohabiatation, might not : come into the world as an illegitimate off spring. Bo much this forced admission or confes sion establishes. Better for Mr. Blame would it have been had he not impulsively commenced his legal proceedings— had be ignored the charges, now in substance ad mitted. Two secret marriages, under - the circumstances given, certainly are not cred itable to the parties. Better far, for the reputation of the parties and the country, and the Republican party itself, had this long ago personal history, these secret transactions been covered by the mantle of oblivion. This unseemly mode of conducting a polit ical campaign, this festering in personal scandal ought to cease. A wholesome lesson should be received on all sides from the revelations now made. To the shame of the country be it said, the tongue of personal scandal has been busy with tbe names of nearly all the prominent men of all parties, past and present. Not a single one of the elec i ted presidents, from Washington down to the last, has escaped imputations of personal impurity, more or less well, or ill founded. ' But until now such an element has not been made preeminently an issue in the presiden tial campaign. Men are not always what the; seem. It is clear enough that private, personal history will not always bear creditably, exposure to the light. If the Presidential candidates were,indecd, ! (which is neither her affirmed nor denied), guilty of imputed youthful errors and indis cretions, followed by correct morality, in the i spirit of the theological dogma of the Chris tian Union, will it not be best and more just, to pronounce forgiveness for the post, and ! give due credit for the personal position and | character of tbe present! What can be done ' ; that is better! Which course will give us ! j the greater personal satisfaction, the bitter, I relentless, unforgiving objurgations of the Independent, or tbe more human, Caristlike, forgiving temper of the ChriiSa* Un on, in regard to offenses wholly past!" It may not be inapplicable to remember the spirit and injunction of tbe Master: "Neither do I condemn thee. Go and sin no more.'' There appears to be occasion for sympathy for tbe Presidential candidate* of the great parties. The spirit of the times seems to tolerate. if it does not justify these foal as persions upon personal character. It is al most as much as a man's life is worth, cer tainly v much as his personal comfort and j character are worth to become a candidate for the Presidency, at the present day. As soon as nominated, the vultures of defama tion and fool personal aspersion commence .heir heartless work to hawk at and tear in ihreds , personal character, and no consider ation for the family or relatives of the nom noes or for the nominees themselves re itrain tholr viperous : — assaults per .alning to mere personalities, scarcely wor thy of note or thought. Why cannot the campaign bo fought out ji) public grounds. It is legitimate to criti cize and condemn, or sustain aud commend .he official acts of public men, and to dis cuss principles and issues pertaining to gen eral public interest. But to descend into purlieus of private life, and carry dismay, -•on stern atlon, distress and unhappincss into private circles and into the families and groups jf relatives of candidates by false and lying vituperation, discloses a spirit not of this world but rather of the pit beneath. .If Mr. Blame would bravely withdraw his libel suit, where a verdict would seem to be impossible in his favor after his statements and admissions, and treat his personal cal umniators, and their calumnies as does Gov ernor Cleveland, with silent scorn and con tempt, better would it be for his own peace and that of his family, and none the less for bis party. These reflections are proposed in the spir it of judicial fairness and impartial!, and as such they are commended to the reader's thoughtful consideration. To rescue the campaign as far as may be, from mere per son al abuse, and foul gutter filth, is a work of manliness, sot of partisan impulse or bate. CUXKJUM COMMENT. They are progressing in railroad management in England. An inovation on the Brighton Line is set forth in the advertisements : "In addition to the ordinary refreshments that may be had at most railways, passengers will in the future be ible to procure cool and fresh water at the rate if a penny per glass. At certain stations the water will be carried along the platform, so that thirsty travelers may be supplied with the cool ing beverage without leaving their seats." A dreadful man, who does not give his name, writes to a Boston newspaper the following libel . : an the Boston woman:: "The Mexican . woman ! of the lowest strata of society surpass in man- j ners, grace, courtesy, etc., the most accomplish- ! ed of what we call the highest classes here in j Boston. I have ssen more grace and beauty and more savoir among the ladies of the Rio Grande del Norte than I ever have seen in Boston." Fifty years ago there was a boy in Africa who was taken prisoner in one of the fierce wars be tween the tribes and was carried away from his home to be sold as a slave. After being sold and resold, now for sugar and again for rum, be was finally carried away in a slave ship. A British cruiser captured the slaver. The boy is now Bishow Crowtber, England's black bishop of Africa. If North Carolina newspapers are truthful the churches of that state are the only genuinely fire-proof buildings known. It is declared that in recent large forest fires the flames parted to go around the churches. In one case it is said the fire not only burned up straw, wood, lumber, etc., around the church, but underneath it without injuring the church itself. Henrt Mabston, one of the best known men in New Orleans, likes to tell about a visit once made by him in company with his father to General Washington, then President. Mr. Mar ston, now past ninety -one years, says that young as he was at the time of the memorable visit the features of the great man were fixed so strongly in his mind that he never shall forget them. The Rev. G. T. Ridlon. of Manchester, N. n., has written a history of the families of Riddell, . Ridlon, Ridley and Riddle, from the year 868 A. D. to 1884, more than 1,000 years. It is pre sumed that light is thrown by Mr. Ridlon on the "II ! Bob Ridley, Ho !" song of the South. According to Professor Young the central portion of the sun is probably for the most part a mass of heated gases, the photosphere is a shell of luminous clouds, the chromosphere is com posed mainly of incondenslble gases, and what constitutes the corona is entirely unknown. It i* paid that a general exodus of Gentiles I from Utah is contemplated unless Congress takes ! some immediate steps for their relief. The ! courts arc in the bonds of the Mormons, and t even the Legislature, and all the machinery of the Government is under their control. Philadelphia Titnet: It looks as if the Blame libel suit was not helping Blame in Indiana, when Judge Scott, of Indianapolis, brother-in-law of Senator Harrison, Blame's at torney, bolts the Republican candidate for the first time and declares for Cleveland. Cheshire, Mass., has two large bald eagles which fly every morning over the reservoir to their nest high up on the side of a rocky cliff. The hunters leave - them unmolested, and the town is so proud and patriotic that it will go bard with the man who injures them. Oregon papers play queer tunes. In one ar ticle a Blame paper denounces Mulligan and Fi«her as thieves and blackmailers for giving those letters to the public. In another article it says publication of the letter has been a kindness and a benefit to Blame. / Philadelphia Time*; Levi P. Morton has not left his post as Minister to France for the insig nificant purpose of accepting the secretary ship of the Treasury. He has come borne to raise money to carry on the Blame campaign. Mrs. Betsy Liptro, widow of Anthony P. Llpf ro, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, died in Hottsylvania county, Va., on tbe*l6th instant, aged 95. She had seen drawing a pension for about twenty years and lived on a email farm. Senator Geobok 11. Pendletox, who bos been confined to bis borne for tbe past ten days by ] serious illness, is now recovering. Ills physi- j cians say that with care be ought to be out with- , in a week. Boston Herald: I?obe«on is relentless. To ; think that he, of all the old ing, should turn up j to escort Mr. Blame away from Boston : No wonder Admiral Porter thinks a change is ad visable. •■";?.' Mr. Sackvtlle West, British Minister at < Washington, it mentioned as tbe possible sue- ' cessor of Lord Duffern, the British 'Ambassador to Turkey. Mr.«. Hancock, tbe wife of General Hancock, has composed an anthem fur tbe Mo-teflore cen tennial. Count Herbert Bi?xarck, eon the German Chancellor, has been promoted to the rank of major. . W. D. Howells* i* writing a novel, to be en titled "The Rise of Silas Lapham." HOT SHOT For the Grand Old Party.— Logan's Work. - [Cleveland Plain Dealer. ] Let bs «cc whether the Republican party, since it came into power, has don? any act calculated to draw forth tbe applause of the people. — Jack Logan at Youngtlotcn. Does it deserve applause because it had Assassinated a President l Because of its Star Route frauds f St. Domingo jobs? Presidential thieving! Back pay salary grabs! Credit Mobilier infamies! Railroad land grabbing'? Indian Bureau swindles! Black Friday rascalities! Robeson Naval swindles? Pension Bureau swindles! Sales of Speaker's rulings? Boas Shepherd ring frauds! Harrington safe burglaries! Electoral commission frauds! Landanlet Williams scandals! . Howgate colossal thievery! B-bcock-G rant whisky fraud! Little Rock & Fort Smith jobbery! ' Blaise's various deals with Jay Gould! At a meeting in Ptttaboig last nizfat it was decided to boycott an contractor refusing to par their bod carriers 12.50 per day. THE SPORTING WORLD. The St. Paul Team to Make an Ex tended Tour. Base Ball Bow at Pittsburg— Races at Cleve land, Albany, etc. The St. Paul Team. . ■ A St. Paul morning paper beard a rumor about the homo team making a trip, and not being able to elicit any facts regarding the matter, manufactured a ridiculous 6tory to the effect that the boys were invited to play sixteen games with the Cincinnati Amer icans, getting $100 guaranteed In each, the games to begin sometime after Sept. 27, the date at . the close of the Amer ican association season. The Cincinnati American team Is scheduled to play a regular championship game in Philadelphia Sept. 27, and will go from there to Baltimore, Rich mond, Pittsburgh New York aud Brooklyn, closing the season I _ the latter city Oct. 15. From Brooklyn the team will go to Boston and play exhibition games on Oct. 16 and 17. The Union association teams, however, will ! begin playing in the west in a few days, and it is understood that the St. Paul team has secured dates for games with several of these and will leave for the trip to-night. The cities to be visited are Cincinnati, St. Louis, Kansas City and Milwaukee. The team goes on its own hook, as It was . regularly - dis banded on Saturday last. It is believed no losses will be incurred, the guarantees being sufficient, it is said, to cover ordinary ex penses. The club will be under the manage ment of Hengle, second baseman. ; , V . 4L- A Row at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Sept 24. — The game to-day between the Baltimore and Pittsburg teams broke up in a row in the eighth inning, and the umpire gave the game to Baltimore 9to 0. Owing to.the non-appearance of Quinn, who was to umpire, Manager Barnle was selected, but the crowd, not taking kindly to - his decisions, he retired in the third inning, and Traffley, of the Baltimores, took his place. In the eighth inning a decision in favor of Baltimore enraged the spectators, whereupon they jumped over the railings and but for the interference of police would have mobbed Traffley. j The game was then called and given to Baltimore. The score was: Pittsburg 6, Baltimore 8. V> ' Base Ball Yesterday. , ;U '■:■[■■ NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Chicago — Chicago 5, Providence 3. At — Buffalo 6, New York 0. At Detroit— Detroit-Boston. (Rain.) AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. "At Indianapolis — Cincinnati - Indianapolis. (Rain.) At Pittsbnrg — Baltimore 8, Pittsbarg 6. At Toledo— Toledo 9, Virginia 0. , UNION ASSOCIATION. At Washington — National 7, Cincinnati 6. Cleveland Races. Cevelaxd, Sept. 23. — Frequent hard showers and storms interfered with racing to-day. The classes started yesterday were finished this afternoon, and one heat of the 2:35 class was trotted, which was taken by Mambrinette in 2:24%, the others coming home in this order: Fred Pond, Honest Sam, Grey Dave, Walker Jones, Princess, Barney M. and Quaker Girl. Three heats of the 3:00 class were trotted yesterday. The judges, satisfied that Baby Mine was not driven to win, put another driver behind her to-day. The race was protested by the owner of Lena Swallow, who claimed that Baby Mine is a ringer and has a record barring her from that class, The judges called up the man who entered Baby Mine, and he claimed not to know the name or residence of her owner. The judges, satis fled of fraud, expelled the mare after the race from all tracks of the National associ ation, withheld first money, and reserved their decisions in the cases of her owner and driver. SUMMARY. 3:00 trot, three heats yesterday. Baby Mine 4 2 2 11 Lady Cleveland 1 14 3 3 6 Lena Swallow ..2 6 12 2 8 Homeward...'. 8 3 5 4 4 2 Ada Terry •. 4 4 3 6 5 4 Ella Norwood.... ...67 6775 Kitty Moore 7 8 7 8 6 dr Albertßeebe 10 9 9 6 8 dr Robert Bums 5 5 8 dis Euclid 9 dr Time, 2:33?£, 2:31?*, 2:33 i, 2:27tf, 2:28&, 2:32'/,. 2:27 trot, two heats yesterday. Elrina". 3 111 LorettaF ..1 0 4 3 Captain Douds 5 2 2 2 Jim Early i 2 0 7 5 Maggie Morrell... 4 4 3 8 Snnshlne... '.' 7 8 8 4 Henderson 6 7 5 7 George W 8 6 6 6 Time. 2:26*, 2:25, 2:23, 2:23. The last two heats were trotted in a driving rain and furious gale. ■>•/»-:- Albany Raven. .:••-- Albaxt, N. V., Sept. 24..— The Island Park races to-day were well attended. In the 2:19 class the race was unfinished owing to darkness. 2:21 class. BelloF ". 5 12 11 Billy Button 3 4 15 5 Onward 1 5 4 4 4 St. Cloud 2 2 3 2 3 Zoe B 4 3 5 3 2 Time— 2:22, 2:23, 2:22%, 2:21 • ~ , ■ ": -. class 2:19. Louise N.....« ..1 13 4 Judge Davis 3 2 2 1 George V 4 4 18 Cspt. Emmons 2 3 4 2 Time— 2:22 >*, 2:22 Y%. 2:20?%, 3:23tf. Brighton Beach Races. Brighton Beach, Sept. 24. — The first race, five-eighth* of a — Josie Carter won, Yelverton second, Norena third. Time, 1:04. Second race, three-fourths of a mile — Medusa won, Frank £. second, Knight Templar third. Time, 1:17#. Third race* three-fourth of a — Wea sel won, Komolo second, Hotachimie third. Time, 1:18}*. Fourth race, m,ile — 8. Clark won, Treasurer second, George Bingerly third. Time 1:54. Fifth race, one and one-eighth of a mile — Tornado won, Simon second, Nltol third. Time, 1.53^. Note*. It is said Carroll wants to join the Milwaukee*. Davis, recently with tbe St. Louis Americans, has joined the Boston Nationals. The Louisville Americans and the St Louis Unions will play in Louisville September 25 and 26. The Virginias refused to star and play off the Toledo tie, and tbe umpire gave the game to tbe \ Toledos. ________________ UNPLEASANT COMPLICATIONS.. '■ [St. Louis Post-Dispatch.] So It seems that the tattle which broke up Johnson's Millersbnrg .school in the session of i 1850-51, was the result of a marriage so secret • and unsanctioned by church or state that it bad to be done over again. The fate of that school should warn teachers that marrying and honey mooning in secret in the midst of a crowd of romping school girls may be sweetly romantic, bet liable to produce unpleasant complications. . It's a pity, however, that this is not the only case !in which Mr. Blame's tendency to do irregular | and questionable things in a sly and secret way ' baa drawn heavily on his skill and resources in the way of expla nato— statements. Who Says He Did Wrong;? New LosdoX, Conn., Sept. 24.— 1n the trial to-day of Frank Conant, for the murder of Alfred McLellan, Conant was on the stand and told the story of his wife's confes sion of being seduced by McLellan. Conant said be had been twice prevented by bis ' wife from committing suicide. Con ant added on the, Sunday of the killing he invited McLellan to ride that Sun day, with the idea of. bringing him .to bis (Conant's) house, where he proposed to con front him with bit wife with the charge of •eduction. When they reached Con ant's house, Mrs. Conant bad not returned from church, and to kill time Conant invited Mc- Lellan to the barn to see bis colt. While in the barn Conant became so overcome with emotion that he could not restrain, himself, and said to McLellao, "God ; damn you, McLellan, you seduced my wife" McLellan seized a wheel spoke and rushed upon Conaut, when the latter drew a revolver and fired. It went off a second time and McLellan screamed and fled toward the door. Conant did not remember any thing after that until he saw McLellan lying in the street. He then went to the church and told his wife he had killed MeLellan. His wife replied, "My God, has it come to this!" WISCONSIN POLITICS. Democrats Hopeful of Success on the State and Presidential Tickets. [Special Telejrram to the Globe. | Milwaukee, Sept. 24. — Messrs. Fratt, Parkinson and Gallagher, of the Democratic 6tate ticket, made Milwaukee a short visit, arriving last night and departing at noon to day. During the forenoon they paid their respects to Dr. Anderson, at the Democratic headquarters, and held a private conference, at which the prospects of success at the com ing election were carefully discussed. The gentlemen expressed themselves as very well pleased at the outlook. The center of interest to local politicians is the county ticket, for the selection of which a convention is called for Saturday, the 4th of next month. Candidates are multiplying ! on every hand, and the bushes have not all j been shaken. From appearances it seems j that the contest is likely to prove prolific of much bitterness. Some astonishment was caused to-day by I he announcement that John Black had withdrawn from the fight for the congress ional nomination. Although it has been openly denied that Mr. Black was a candidate the initiated understand that the wires were being carefully worked in his interest by his numerous friends. This work was so thorough that i Deuster's friends set up an indignant pro- I test. The prospect ahead showed a split j ffould occur unless one or the | other of the gentlemen withdrew. Know- | ing that the hope of the Democratic party lor success in the district is in maintaining a perfect harmony and union of interest, Mr. Black decided to withdraw. To-day his in tention was publicly announced; this leaves j the field open to Deuster. Republicans are engaged in discussing the probability that Blame will pay a . visit to this state, for the necessity 'of a little magnetism in the canvass is plainly apparent. Hence i the effor to secure Blame's presence. It is j said that if he visits Chicago, Blame will certainly come to Milwaukee. When he i may be expected if he comes at all has not been decided. It was reported at Inde pendent headquarters this evening that Judge C. M. Butt, of Vernon county, has declared for Cleveland. The in formation was given on advice received from Virginia. This information is important, in that Judge Butt is a man of much influence in his section. He was the Republican can didate for congress against Woodward in the Seventh district two years ago. The judge: served as senator from his district in the legislature of 1569-70, and is now serving as county judge of Vernon county. The deflec tion of so prominent a leader it is claimed, will be a bad blow to the Republicans in that county. BLAINE'S RECORD. A Libel Suit Growing Out of a Charge . of Bribery on the Gentle James. [Special Telegram to the Globe. ) Harrisburo, Pa., Sept. 24. — The truthful ness of a statement in the Harrisburg Patriot, charging bribery, on the alleged authority of Charles H. Bergner, former editor and pro prietor of the Harrisburg Telegraph, on James G. Blame while speaker of the house of representatives, hav ing been questioned by a number of journals, suit for libel was instituted yes terday against George D. Herbert, the author of the article, with the view of estab lishing its truth or falsity. A. D. Seller and Eldridge McConkey, secretaries of the State Agricultural society; Samuel Kunkel, teller in the Mechanics' bank of Harrisburg, and F. A. Boehmer, a business man of this city, were subpoenaed to apnear at a hearing this afternoon at Alderman Fager's oiliee. All weje present, but no one had any opportunity of testifying owing to the action of District Attorney McCarrell, who assumed control of the case. Samuel J. Anderson, detective, entered the suit, but the district attorney, in the interest of Bergnez, claimed jurisdiction. He objected to any testimony, except to establish the proof of publication, and the alderman do clined to take action on the case until be had further informed himself as to his authority in the premises. The hearing was therefore continued until Monday afternoon. The article whose truth it i 3 6ought to es tablish by sworn testimony disclosed that Charles H. Bergn»r stated a few months ago to a number of persons that Blame was de feated for nomination for president in 1870 because of a revelation made by Win, H. Kemble, one of the delegates to the Cincin nati convention from Philadelphia. Bergncr's alleged story was substantially as follows: Indications pointed to Blame's nomination. The Pennsylvania delegates i returned for consultation. Kemble said it i would not do to nominate Blame because of his corrupt official record. He (Kemble) himself had some relations with Blame as speaker, which was represented by two cancelled checks. He exhibited one for $5,000 and the other for $2,000, which amounts he had given to Blame for ruling on a measure in which he (Kemble)was interested. These checks Bergner is alleged to have said were in his hands during the sitting of the convention. According to Ketnble's statement both checks were pay able to Blame's order, or signed by Kemble and endorsed by Blame. FIRE ON THE HILL. C. M, Dittman's House on Holly Ave nue Badly Damaged. An alarm was run in on box 471 at 12 :25 | this morning by Officer Stotz, caused by the discovery of fire in the wing of a fine two story wooden building owned and occupied by C. M. Dittman, real estate agent, 43:j Holly avenue. Before sending in the alarm the officer waked Mrs. Dittman and a serv ant girl and pot them out of thu dwelling, Mr. Dittman being absent from home having driven into 1 the country yesterday morning. Two i steamers were promptly massed at the cis i tern at the corner of Western and Holly aye ! nues, throwing water through two long lines j of hose, and chemical engine No. 1 did good ] duty. The fire which took in the kitchen i from some unknown cause, ran up into the 1 wing into the upper stories of the main i building as well as burning off a portion of • the roof of the wing and penetrated also into several rooms in the lower part of the main structure. The flames were extin guished after having done about $1,500 damage to the bouse and probably $1,000 t» the furniture, paintings, books, etc., considerable of which was moved out of the house. It was learned that the house I and furniture were insured, but to wuat amount, Mr. Dittman being absent, could not be ascertained. Killing the Jerseys. Chicago, Sept. 24. — Dr. Paarena, state veterinarian, went to Geneva, 111., to-day : and kilied two Jersey cows which had been ' in quarantine since July, on the farm of M. ,G. Clark. Both were found to be suffering : from pleuro-pneumonia in a chronic stage, i and in a shape to communicate it to otber > animals. Id one of them the lungs adhered ■to the ribs. A young Jersey bull died on : this farm from pleuro-pneumonia a few , days ago. Dr. Paaren next goes to Jackson -1 ville and Rushville for the purpose of killing i some Jerseys now in quarantine there. CRIME RECORD. The Hyers^ Comedy Troupe Burst Up ill a Knock Down and Robbery. Swift Justice Meted Out to a Negro Ravisher —Shot His Wife and then Himself. A Little Six Year Old.Boy Killed by Hl* Sisters IJccauso They Hated Him— Miscellaneous. BELLLGEREXT SHOWMEN. ; [Special Telegram to the Globe.J Winona, Minn.,- Sept. 21.— The Hyeri comedy troupe showed h*-.re last night and then broke up. Two members, the Harper brothers, assaulted Manager Hyer in tho llull house office, severely cutting bis head with an iron pen rack and robbing him of $40 and his watch and chain. They are now under arrest and will be examined to-mor row. The other members took the 6:20 train for Chicago this evening. SHOT HIS WIFE AND THEN HIMSELF. Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. — Darwin N. Gardner, formerly police clerk of this city, holding his office for nine years, and after wards a resident of Pittsburg, but later lo cated here, this morning shot his wife, who before their marriage was known as Alice Phillips or Tucker. He then shot himself. Gardner is fatally wounded, the wife is wounded in the temple and will probably recover. The two were alone in a room at the tin" and nobody seems to know the mo tive of the desperate act. * A NEGRO RAYI3HEU KILLED. Chattanooga, Sept. 24.— special from Tuscola says that on Sundayat the village of Carthage, near that point, a negro named Short, seized a well known lady while in tho suburbs and dragging her to a clump of bushes ravished her. She gave the alarm and a posse of 100 hunted the negro down and riddled him with bullets. . MURDERED BY HIS SISTERS. St. Louis', Sept. 24. — The .story comes from Ottawa, Ks., that on Monday last Carry and Bessie Waterman, aged twelve and four teen years, daughters of Jas. Waterman, a farmer, tied a rope around the neck of their half brother, six years old, dragged him about and beat him with sticks till he was dead. The head of the child was nearlj severed from the cuttiner of the rope. Th« girls stated at the coroner's inquest that they hated the child and wanted him dead. They were held for murder. DEATH BY HIS OWX HAND. Stockbridge, Mass., Sept. 24. — A sudden gloom was cast over the community by the death, by his own hand, of Herbert C. Ma son, of Boston, who has for some yean made this his summer home. Mason served in the late war and carried always with him the marks of his wounds. '■- A few month* since his father died, .which with othei griefs caused a depression of mind termi nating in insanity and led to this most pain ful result. BY THE MORPHINE ROUTE. Vincennes, Ind., Sept. 24. — Mary Weln stein, a Jewish widow of high social stand ing, attempted suicide Monday night by tak ing morphine. The affair was kept secret bj her friends until this morning, when her physicians announced the case hopeless. POISONED HER CHILD. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 24. — Fort At kinson to-day Mrs. Staege, on trial for in fanticide, confessed having purchased poison and administered a dose to her child, from the effects of which the child died. Mrs. Stagsre was promptly sentenced to peniten tiary for life. couldn't stand the disgrace. Patterson, N. J., Sept. 24. — Charles R. Rice, traveling agent for Chase Bros., nurs erymen, of Rochester, killed himself to-day when about to be taken to jail on charge of swindling his employers. POLITICAL POTPOURRI. Texas Republican State Convention. Dallas, Sept. 24.— The straight out Re publican convention reassembled this morn ing. The following ticket was nominated: For governor, Judge A. B. Norton, of Dallas; lieutenant governor, John Haynes, of Webb connty; treasurer, Samuel M. Johnson, of Bixars; comptroller, Fred W. Miner, of Liimar; attorney general, L. C. Grathans, of Bixar; commissioner of land office, R. J. Evans (colored), of Grimes; superintendent of public instructions, 11. B. McKinney, of Travest. After the appointment of a com mittee to issue an address to the Republi cans of Texas the convention adjourned nine die. The Secretary Portfolio. Washington, Sept. 24. — The term of C. C. Coon, as acting secretary under special designation by the president, expired at the close of business to-day. All business which by law must be transacted by the secretary, will, therefore, have to be held in abeyanca until an appointment is made to fill the va cancy. The Star says the latest rumor ii regard to the treasury vacancy is that th« postmaster general will probably be ap pointed for a few days until the president can communicate with a gentleman who he wishes to accept the place. The acting sec retary of the treasury to-day appointed Cheney R. Prouty deputy collector and In spector of customs at Corpus Christi, Texas, vice C. G. Brewster, removed. "Calamity" Wilier Shelved. - I Special Telegram to the Globe.] Calmar, la., Sept. 24. — The loyal Demo crats of the Fourth district met in conven tion here to.day and put in nomination the Hon. D. O. Aaker, of Ridgeway, for con gress. Now you may put it down among the special blessings that Calamity Weliur must remain at home. Political Note*. The latest prediction concerning the treasury portfolio is that the new secretary will bo a gentleman not heretofore men tioned in connection with the office, a mail of experience and not from New York state. The Democrats of Colorado, iv state con« vention yesterday, nominated Alva Adams' of Pueblo, for governor. Gov. Kellogg, in his telegram accepting the nomination for congress in the Third Louisiana district, says that as the issue in" volved in the present canvass is clearly thai of protection against non-protection, the re sult ought not to be doubtful. A delegation of Democrats from Decatur, 111., waited on Mr. Hcndricks yesterday and urged him to a meeting in that place some time in October. The governor will make t speech in Columbus to-day. ; Dakota at New Orleans. I Special Telegram to the Globe. | Bismarck: D. T., Sept. 24.— A score of \ men have been busy for three days packing ; and boxing ready for shipment of samples for the New Orleans exposition. The col ! lection is the greatest ever sent from thli , region, and will make two or three carloads. | The samples include over twenty kinds ol ! grain, thirteen kinds of wheat, as many ol I oats, all kinds ef barley, flax, millet, corn, 1 peas, buckwheat and every kind of vegeta i bles, sorghum,' and wild and tame fruit • Nearly every county in the territory hai contributed to the fund, and will send sam ples. It is expected at least twenty car loads will go from Dakota. United States Commissioner McKenzie ! gays he ha» visited every part of the territory and does not believe a better exhibit will b« made from any state or territory than Da ; kota. Gov. Pierce Is also taking much interest in the matter, and asks superintendents of ; schools in each county to send the executive ' about 750 words before Oct. 20, descriptive of the advantages, vacant lands etc., of tbeii county. This will be compiled in pamphlet form for distribution. Dakota will be at I New Orleans on a big seal*