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THE HOOK -IBISiLHP AKGFUB, FJ1IDAY MAY 31, IB39. -
THE DAILY ARGUS
JOHN W- POTTER.
Fbi oat. Mat 31, 1889.
Senator Cxjllom has about reached
the conclasion that it is better to be a
humble, unknown, fameless, plodding
citizen than to fill an exalted place and
be the slave of the spoils hunters. "I
have never been so pressed and harrassed
in my life," he says, "as I have been
since March 4. If I had to go through all
this again, I almost think that the re
wards of political life would saroely be
adequate 'compensation. You can have
no idea of the persistence of these office
seekers, or of the embarrassing compli
cation connected with the quest of one's
constituents for place. The mere matter
of letters is enough to stagger one. Why,
they come by hundreds and one is con
stantly occupied in keeping up with the
correspondence. Each letter involves
two or three more, each requires an an
swer, and an answer generally calls for a
visit to the white house oi to the depart
ments, and so the time goes.'
In admitting Montana as a state the
republicans appear to have repeated the
mistake that the democrats made in 1876
in the admission of Colorado. It will be
remembered that the supposition was that
the new state would be democratic, as it
had chosen a democratic delegate to con
gress several times, but this expectation
was disappointed and the state has been
solidly republican ever since. In fact,
were it not for the vote of Colo
rado, Tilden would have been seated
in spite of the Florida and Louisiana
frauds. When the republicans forced
the admission of Montana last win
ter, they supposed that it was sure
to vote for their ticket with the other
northwestern states; but that it will do
so is now more than doubtful. An
election was held recently to choose a
convention to frame a constitution for
the coming state, with the result that the
democrats were successful and will con-
trol the convention by a majority of
from three to five not a large majority.
it is true, but sufficient to show that the
new commonwealth is more apt to be
governed by democrats than republicans
and that the congressional delegation
and the electoral vote are likely to be
democratic.
A somewhat lurid scene opens at
Braidwood, 111., where the protection of
American industry and a tax of 75 cents
a ton on soft coal have operated to put
the mines in the possession of 1,000
Italians who cannot speak English, and
yet no less defy the state authorities, re
marks the Chicago Herald. Where the
American industry may be which has
been displaced by these thousand fight
ing foreigners, who now claim they are
starving as they were starving when
they were mere foreign paupers in Italy
that much remains to be explained
(for hire) by Porter, Jarrett, and Hinton,
and by James G. Blaine (for office).
Meantime the clerks and other honest
citizens and infants of the state must
pat down their work and hurry to
Braidwood in regiments of militia
to put down the insurgents. Italians
who learnsd but last year of the
glories of protection will do what they
can to overcome the commonwealth. It
is not difficult to foretell the outcome, for
experience teaches that armed men who
are fed by the state will conquer armed
men from whom the state withholds food.
After the rumpus shall be over the Ital
ians, or some later contingent of foreign
ers, will begin work at still lower wages,
and the coal operators, collecting 75 cents
of tax on each ton of coal, will discourse
eloquently upon the blessings of protect
tion, the dignity of American toil, and
the stanch republicanism of the Italians.
In the end the state will reward its
militia the only Americans who suffered
in the melee by refusing them adequate
support and humiliating them at all
times when there may not be an indubita
ble reign of public disorder.
McGARIGLE SURRENDERS.
The took County Boadler .rllTrra
niaaelf tip aad Will Have a Llsnt
Meateaee.
Chicago, May 31. W. J. McGarigle,
ex-superintendent of police, extwarden
of the Cook county hospital, who, on
conviction of boodling the county board
a year and a half ago, escaped to Cana
da, surrendered in Judge Shepard's court
at noon today. He will be be let off with
a fine. He is sick of Canada and wants
to live in Chicago.
Bswara of Ointments for Catarrh iha Contain
Mercury
as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucus surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do are ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hall's
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no
mercury, and is taken Internally, and
acta directly upon the blood and mucus
surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's
Catarrh Cure, be sure you get the genu
nine; it is taken internally and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co.
sEiTBold by druggists. Price 75 cents
per bottle.
Frederick T. Roberts, M. D., professor
in university college, London, England,
examiner in medicines. Royal college of
surgeons, says in reference to advanced
kidney disease: "Complications are met,
auch as consumption, heart disease, mor
bid conditions, liver affections. War
nert Safe Cure cures these affections by
patting the kidneys in a healthy condi
tion, thereby enabling them to expel the
waste or poisonous matter from the sys
tern.
won't Gat caturht
This spring with your blood full of im
parities, your digestion impaired, your
appetite poor, kidneys and liver torpid,
nH whnln svotpm liahla to be MOStrated
by disease but get yourself into good
condition, and ready for the changing
and warmer weather, by taking Hood's
Barsaparilla. It stands unequalled for
puniying tne Diooa, giving an appetite,
and for a general spring medicine.
Heavy rains have assured splendid
crop in western and southern Oregon.
In Reverent Memory
Of the Brave Who Died for
Their Country.
THE ANNUAL TRIBUTE OF FLO WEES
Strewn Oyer the Grim of ths Soldier of
the Union Chicago Alao Doea Honor to
the Men Who Laid Down Their Llyes
. In Defence of Law and Order Mrs.
. Sherldan'a Monument to the Gallant
Phil Unrolled Celebrations at Many
Point North and Sooth A Con pie of
Speeches That Created Sensations.
Chicago, Hay St. If the clerk of the
weather had entered into a contract to pro
vide the moat execrable quality of weather
for Decoration Day in this city he could
hardly have done a better job of the kind
than be did yesterday. The wind was blus
tering and raw, and the rain was wet very
wet; it was ako persistent from about 11
o'clock a. m. But the boya in blue were out
to pay their tributes to their dead comrades,
and bad weather did not alter the pro
gramme. AU of them had seen worse weather
and under more uncomfortable circum
stances. The Haymarlcet Monument.
While so many of the citizens were out at
the cemeteries strewing flowers over the
graves of the soldiers of the war of '61-6.
another large gathering took place on the
Haymarket square, where, on the spot upon
which the deadly bomb fell on the night of
May 4, 18S6, a monument was dedicated to
tlie memory of the policemen who lost their
lives on that memorable occasion. This was
the new feature of the day. But one police
man was killed on the spot Matthias J.
Deagan and seven died of 'their wounds
later. Fifty-nine others were wounded.
The Ceremony of Unveiling.
Upon a platform at the east front of the
monument a group of citizens assembled at
the appointed hour, consisting of Mayor Cre
gier, Mr. F. J. Head (the orator of the occa
sion), and several members of the committee
which had charge of raising funds and pro
curing the monument. Besides these there
was one other, a boy. Master Degan, son of
the polieeman whose life was instantly ended
when the bomb exploded. After the usual
speeches giving and accepting the monument
had been concluded, young Degan pulled the
cord that confined the flag which veiled the
tribute and amid the cheering of a detail of
800 policemen and several thousand citizens
the statue was disclosed. Mr. Head then
addressed the throng with an eloquent
speech dealing with the tragedy the meeting
was held to commemorate and reviewing the
progress of the nation and its present posi
tion among the powers of the world.
Description of the Monument
John J. Oelert was the successful sculptor
who got the prize offered by the citizens for
the best design for the statue, and its cost
was $4,000. The statue was cast at the Amer
ican Bronze foundry at Grand Crossing. The
pedestal was designed by Burnham & Root,
and cost $3,000. This latter is plain and mas
sive. Upon a broad base a solid block of
granite stands, its height being about seven
feet Erect on top of this is the figure of a
policeman in full uniform. Of heroic sice
nine feet high the right hand is raised in
the act of commanding peace, and this idea
is emphasized by ono of the inscriptions on
the pedestal: "In the Name of the People of
Illinois, I command Peace." Other suitable
inscriptions occupy the other faces of the
pedestal
The Grand Army Men.
The day was very generally kept as a holi
day, and from an early hour in the morn
ing the Grand Army posts were assembling,
and before noon they, with thousands of peo
ple of both sexes, were on their way by
trams or otherwise to the different ceme
teries. Details of G. A. R. were sent to each
city of the dead, and the usual beautiful cere
mony of decorating the graves and the ritual
of the order were gone through with, while
at each place an oration was delivered in
eulogy of those who died that their
country might live. At Calvary the princi
pal featare was the service over the grave of
CoL J. A. Mulligan, and here there were a
number of organizations connected with the
Roman Catholic church, including the Holy
Name cadets, young boys in bright souave
uniform, whose duty was the strewing of
flowers. Services were held at Rosehiil,
Graceland and Oak woods, and the indiffer
ence with which the crowds stood the dis
comfort of the persistently falling rain told
the deep interest taken in the services.
Procession In the Afternoon.
Later in the afternoon the National Guard
and other military bodies, the Grand Army
and Veteran associations, the Sons of Veter
ans and the Are department formed on Mich
igan avenue and to the music of a number of
bands and drum corps paraded through the
principal streets of the business portion of
the city. The column, which numbered
6,000 to 8,000, was reviewed by Mayor Cre
gier, members of the city council. Gen.
Crook and staff and others, and shortly after
passing the stand dispersed.
IN MEMORY OF SHERIDAN.
A Monument to Little Phil Unveiled at
Arlington Other Observances.
Washington City, May 81. Decoration
Day was celebrated at the national capital
with the usual visits to the cemeteries, the
silent strewing of heroes' groves with bright
flowers, and with patriotic addresses, and a
general holiday was kept. The whitening
hair and bent forms of the veterans who
marched to the different burial places told
the story of advancing time and inevitable
disappearance of the once stalwart body of
men who can call the dead their comrades.
Special services were held at the monuments
of the leaders in the war, and the names of
Grant, Logan, Garfield, and others were re
membered with patriotic reverence by the
war-worn veterans.
Phil Sheridan's Tomb.
The principal point of interest, however,
was the spot in Arlington cemetery where lie
the remains of the latest victim of death's
remorseless hand Phil Sheridan. The at
tendance here was unusually large. Some
time before 12 o'clock Mrs. Harrison arrived,
accompanied by Mra McKee and Mrs.
Brown, Dr. Scott and Mr. McKee. They
brought with them a large bouquet of flow
ers, which was placed on Gen. Sheridan's
grave. Gen. Schofield and members of his
staff arrived about the same time. Civil
Service Commissioner Lyman and Mrs. Ly
man, Senator Sawyer, Attorney General
Miller, Commissioner Mitchell of the patent
office and Mrs. Mitchell, and persons distin
guished in offloial life were in the throng
that gathered about the old mansion. The
Loyal Legion comma ndery of the Distriet of
Columbia, of whioh Gen, Sheridan was a
member, had charge of the services. The
floral tribute from the commander? places!
on the grave was to the form of Qen. Sheri
dan's battle-flag, of crimson Immortelles and
while carnations with gilt staff, resting on
an easel of smilax and asparagus vines.
Unveiled by an Old Guardsman.
A vast crowd thronged the slope upon
which the grave is situated, and looked with
the deepest interest upon the servioes con
nected with the unveiling of the monument
When the band bad played a dirge Quarter
master Sergeant A. W. Bogia, of the Old
Guard, pulled the rope that detached the
fastenings, and the flags that covered the
monument fell to the ground. Just at that
moment the members of the Woman's Relief
corps threw a -shower of roses upon the
grave. This ended the simple ceremony.
CoL Michael Sheridan and a number of
army officers witnessed the ceremony. Mrs.
Sheridan, who is confined to her room by
sickness, was unable to attend. Later in the
day, however, after the unveiling ceremo
nies, the children of Gea Sheridan visited
the cemetery and added their flowers to the
heap that had been thrown upon the gallant
soldier's grave.
A Broad Granite Shaft.
The monument is a plain, broad, granite
abaft, of sharp and strong outline, upon the
face of which rests the bronze medallion oi
Sheridan. - It is erected by Mrs! Sheridan, In
memorj of her husband. Soon after the
general'!
dsath she consulted with Samuel
KJtson,
of desig
bronze f
Thebroj
relief, ft
with the
he artist, who undertook the work
ning a memorial in granite and
tting to the character of Sheridan.
ice medallion shows Sheridan in bas-
amed in a laurel ani palm wreath,
headquarters flag for a back-ground.
THE LOST CAUSE NOT RIGHT.
Gen, Bsasey Creates a Sensation by a
Speech at Baltimore.
Balti hors, May 81. Gen. Cyrus Bussey,
first assi itant secretary of the interior de
partment, created a sensation last night by a
refereno to the south in his speech at Ford's
Opera house, where memorial exercises were
held by 'be G. A. R. He said it was proper
for ex-Confederates to honor the memory of
their deed comrades in arms, but when they
boasted of the righteousness of the Lost
Cause it was quite another thing. Their
cause wiis not right; it was a crime, and they
should not teach the coming generation in
the aout i that the Lost Cause was a just
one.
A a Objectionable Inscript ion.
He ob.ected to the inscription on the Con
federate monument unveiled at Alexandria
the other day, which represented that men
slept there who died in the consciousness of
the righteousness and justice of the Confed
erate siile. He asserted that there were
thousands of men who, at heart loyal to the
Union, irere forced into a service with which
they had no sympathy.
Southern Reconstruction.
The north, he said, reconstructed the south
in a political sense at the close of the war,
and now at the present time the south was
again ur dergoing reconstruction under the
guidanon of northern men this time in its
industriid development. But, he concluded,
the south will only have been thoroughly
reconstriictod when the people of that section
accord t le negro his right of suffrage allow
him to deposit his ballot and have it counted.
CON GRESSMAN KELLY'S SPEECH.
Be Bile Arkansas People by Reference to
Clayton's Murder.
Fort Smith, Art, May 81. Congressman
Kelly, of Kansas, spoke here yesterday and
made a reference that has caused much bad
feeling. He said in substance: "The state
of Arkansas is in disrepute. Comrades Ben
jamin and Clayton were assassinated in this
state bet ause they were loyal to the flag of
their country. The eyes of the entire coun
try are upon Arkansas. I am a congress
man, an t comrades, I will see that you are
protecte 1 if my influence and power can ef
fect it, even if we have to resort to martial
law."
Very Indignant About It.
The indignation of the citizens at the
speech ot Mr. Kelly culminated in a spon
taneous meeting at the court house at 3 p. m.
Democriits, Republicans and Grand Army
men tool part and adopted resolutions de
nouncing Kelly in scathing language. Kelly
has left town.
Mew York's Celebration.
New York, May 31. The city was not
very libarally decorated yesterday, and the
principal observance of the day was a parade
which as reviewed by Vice President Mor
ton, Governor Hill, and Mayor Grant The
parade was a creditable affair, and after
ward th' graves were decorated. A number
of Q. A R. posts joined in decorating Gen.
Grant's tomb, and very beautiful floral trib
utes weie sent by prominent admirers of the
late general, including the Chinese minister.
Gen. He ward and other officers took part in
the exercises. Rev. J. M. Buckiey was the
orator. Last evening the Metropolitan
Opera b suae Was crowded with veterans and
friends, and a fine musical and literary en
tailment was presented. Congressman Mc-
Junley, of Ohio delivered an oration.
The President at Brooklyn.
BR0010.TN, N. Y., May 31. The celebra
tion of Decoration Day here was an unquali
fied success, consisting principally of an im
mense arade of military and veterans, re
viewed by President Harrison. The presi
dent reached the reviewing stand at 10 a. m.,
and his reception by the veterans as they
passed t le stand was hearty and enthusi
astic. The streets were packed all along the
line or march, and the city was brilliant with
bunting and flags. After the paraile was
over the president had lunoh at Mr. Knapp's
residence, and from there drove to the rail
way stiition, and at 3:54 p. ni. started to
Washington City.
On the Field of Antietam.
Baltimore, May SL The Sun's special
from Washington says; Memorial Day was
appropriately celebrated yesterday on the
battle-fluid of Antietam. Among the distin
guished visitors were Congressmen Butter'
worth, of Ohio; Bayne, of Pennsylvania;
Hermann, of Oregon; Gear and Reed, of
lowa, aid Cheadle, of Indiana; ex-Repre-
sentativas Goff, of West Virginia, and
Thomas of Illinois, nearly all of whom de
livered short addresses. The graves were
decorated by the G. A. R. posts from Ha
gerstowo, Sharpsburg, Mrt., and Martins-
burg, . v a.
In the Southern Section.
Birmingham, Ala., May 31. The G. A. R.
post anil the Confederate veterans yesterday
united i i decorating the graves of Federal
and Cor federate dead.
New Orleans, La., May 8L The G. A.
R. posts, Confederate Association of the
Army of the Tennessee, the Northern Vir
ginia veterans, and cavalry joined in decorat
ing the icraves of Union and Confederate sol
diers yes terday.
In General.
Chicago, May 31. Decoration Day,accord-
ing to dispatches, was very generally ob
served. Reports- from Wisconsin, Iowa,
Michiga i, Indiana, Illinois and other west
ern and northwestern states, as well as iu the
east, tol of processions of veterans, the
flower service and patriotic orations every
Where. In many places the observance was
more ga lerai than ever before.
BOSTON BASE BALLISTS HAPPY.
They Take Fonr "Straight" from Anson's
Babies Sporting; Notes.
CHICAGO, May SL The Windy city base
ball aggregation left Boston with tears in
their eyes and their hearts bowed down, the
reason baing that of four games played there
Anson could not get one. On the other hand
the city of baked beans was happy fairly
bubbling- over. The league scores yesterday
loom up as follows: At Boston (morning)
Chicago 8. Boston 10; (afternoon) Chicago a.
Boston 4; at New York (morning) Indian
apolis 3, New York 5; (afternoon) Indianap
olis 6, N iw York 7; at Philadelphia (morn'
ing) Pittsburg 6, Philadelphia 13; (afternoon)
Pittsburg 10, Philadelphia 4 ; at Washington
City (morning) Cleveland 2, Washington 1;
rain in f fternoon.
American association: At Philadelphia
(mornin;) Cincinnati 0, Athletic 3; (after
noon) Cincinnati t, Athletic 6; at Brooklyn
(mornin z) St Louis 8, Brooklyn 4; (after
noon) Si. Louis 7, Brooklyn 9; at Baltimore
(afternoon) Kansas City 2, Baltimore 8;
rain ths morning. Columbus-Louisville
games roetponed rain.
Western league: At St Joseph (morning)
Denver St Joseph 8; (afternoon) Denver
8, St Jieeph 2; at Dos Moines (morning)
Milwaukee 12, Des Moines 13; (afternoon)
Mllwaul.ee 11, Des Moines 7; at Sioux City-
Omaha 2, Bioux City 1; at Minneapolis St
Paul 6, Minneapolis 1L
a n s xiiania neata tne NnamrocK.
New Tork, May SL The yachts Sham
rock ami Titanla sailed over a twenty -seven
mil cot rse yesterday for a trophy valued at
$750. 1 he Titanla is two feet longer than
the Shamrock, which gave the latter a time
allowance of 49 seconds. The race was won
by the 1 itania in 2 hours 49 minutes 35 2-5
seconds; Shamrock, 2 hours 56 minutes 32 1-6
seconds. Much interest was felt in this race
on accot nt of the fact that both yachts will
undoubtedly enter in the trial races to de
termine the defender of the America cup in
toe com ng race with the Valkyrie.
Boad Race on Bicycles.
Chicago, May SL Notwithstanding the
bad wna Cher and condition of tueToads a race
was run yesterday on bicycles from this city
to Pulln an, over sixteen miles. Out of 123
en tries 1 J started, and the race was won by
F. ttoda in I hour and 13 seconds.
An Appalling Rumor.
Fears for. the Fate of a Pas-
senger Steamer.
SUNK IN THE ST. LAWRENCE GULF.
Her Cabin Pull of Voyagers, Many of
Them Prominent in Montreal Lou of
a Vessel In Saginaw Bay with a Dosen
Men Fatal Collapse of a Building
Death In the Tornado Many Uvea Lost
In Mexico by Floods Man and Wife
Suffocated.
Montreal, May 31. It is rumored that
the Beaver line steamer, Lake Ontario, which
left here Wednesday for Liverpool with a
full list of cabin passengers, including many
of the leading oitizens of Montreal, has gone
down in the gulf with all hands.
The vessel should have been in the neigh
borhood- of Anticosti yesterday, and it is
known that a terrible storm hasjbeen raging
in the gutf for the last few days. The rumor
of the disaster seems well authenticated.
TUMBLED INTO A RUIN.
A New Bnlldlnjr Collapses, Killing Five
Men and Wounding Seven.
Danville, Va., May 81. An awful cas
ualty occurred here yesterday. A force of
men were engaged on a brick factory, which
J. C. Penn, tobacconist was building.' The
building was an immense affair, about 200
feet long and six stories high. The bricklay
ers had just completed the walls, but there
was no roof on the building. The wind was
blowing a gale, and one of the walls got out
of plum. The force of hands went to d.ffer-
ent parts ot the building to brace the walls,
and were so engaged when the entire struc
ture collapsed. Robert IYuitt, D. N. Collie,
G. B. Jones, William Young, and Buck
Hooper were killed. &ven others were more
or less injured.
Fatal Cyclone In West Virginia.
Baltimore, May 31. The Sun's special
from Martinsburg, W. Va. , says: A disas
trous cyclone swept through a portion of
this valley yesterday afternoon. At Falling
Waters the new barn of John W. Crisswell
was blown down, killing J. E. PowelL a
pumpmaker, and seriously injuring John
V ogle, both of whom had taken refuge there
in from the storm. Vogle died later. Pow
ell leaves a wife and fourteen children.
Wheat was beaten to the ground, trees up
rooted and much fencing destroyed.
A Rosen Men Reported Lost.
Port Huron, Mich., May 31. The
steamer A S. Pease, of East Saginaw, is re
ported foundered yesterday in Saginaw bay.
The Pease was commanded by John Ster
ling, of Saginaw City. The crew consisting
of the captain, Samuel Jamieson, chief en
gineer; Martin Donahue, mate; William
Maines, second mate, and eight or ten men
are lost
Suffocated by Gas.
Baltimore, May 31. Joshua D. Grant,
janitor of the Jefferson Democratic associa
tion building, 839 North Eutaw street and
bis wife, both colored, were smothered to
death Wednesday night by gas which es
caped in their room.
Cataclysm in Mexico.
City ok Mkxico, May 3L Heavy storms
of rain and hail at Huejutla have caused the
river to inundate that town, drowning many
persons and cattle, wasning away many
houses and destroying crops.
A GREAT MOVE IN PROGRESS
In the Matter of the Cronln Mystery Luke
Dillon's Admission.
Chicago, May 31. Chief of Police Hub
bard as much as admitted last night that his
men are on the eve of a great move in the
Cronin mystery. It is said that the man
who drove the doctor away from his home on
the fatal night has been identified, and that
the murdi-r conspiracy has been traced to
Camp 9ft of the Clan-na-Gael, which used to
meet in the North Side Turner halL . It is
said on the best of authority that all the
members of this camp will be brought before
the grand jury, and a strenuous effort made
to compel them to give up the secrets which
they are known to hold.
Luke Dillon Talks Aa-ain.
Luke Dillon, ths Philadelphia delegate, in a
lengthy interview insisted with considerable
show of indignation that the Clan na-Gael,
as a body, had nothing whatever to do with
the assassination. He went on to say that
there was now but little if any doubt that
the crime was committed by members of
the order, and these members of a certain
camp, but contended that ths order as a
body could not be held responsible for the
actions of the conspirators.
A Noted Democratic Editor Dead.
Ithaca, N. Y., May SI. Ward Gregory,
postmaster of this city, and editor of The
Ithaca Democrat, died yesterday of Bright'
disease at the age of 45 years. He was a
prominent Democrat His term as postmas
ter would expire next April. Mr. Gregory
acquired some notoriety years ago by keep
ing Mr. Tilden's picture at the bead of his
editorial column all through President Haves'
term, with a legend declaring Tilden to be
president and Hayes a fraud.
An Indian Scare in Nebraska.
Omaha, May SL Settlers for miles around
Norden, Keyapaho county, are driving into
that town for protection on account of a
great Indian scare. The place is not on any
railroad or telegraph line and reliable in
formation is difficult to secure. It is thought
tnat the scare originated in the false reports
lrom fine Kiuge agency of an Indian out
break there.
The Tan Kontrand Affair.
New York, May SL The Herald's Wash
ington City correspondent telegraphs that
Secretary Blaine Wednesday sent a long
cablegram to minister Reid, at Paris, de
manding an immediate investigation of the
matter of the arrest and alleged ill treatment
of the three New York ladies at Mentone,
r ranee, and insisting upon an ample apology,
The President in Washington City.
Washington City, May SL The presi
dent returned to Washington City last night
at 9:30, accompanied by Secretaries Windora
and Tracy. He was met by his carriage and
driven direct to the mansion.
The Good Templars.
Chicago, May 31. The delegates to the
Good Templars lodge spent most of yester
day in visiting the grave of the late John B.
Finch and holding memorial servioes in the
First Methodist church.
Return of an Absconder.
Columbus, Ohio, May 31. Henry O'Brien.
the defaulting treasurer ot the Catholic
knight, returned here Wednesday night and
surrendered. He was penniless and worn
out who tramping.
Not the Place for "Old Glory."
Jacksonville, Fla., May 31. At St Au
gustine during Wednesday night some one
placed a Federal flag ou the monument to
the Confederate dead. The flag was removed
by direction of the Memorial association and
the monument garlanded with flowers. The
incident caused no unpleasantness, and the
removal of the flag under the circumstances
was regarded by ail as proper.
The Braidwood Troubles.
Braidwood. Ills. . May 31. No demonstra
tion was made by the striking Italians at
11 raid wood Wednesday night or Thursday.
Adjt Gen. Vance notified Governor Fifer
that he would send home half the troops last
aif-ht leaving but four amnntM (Ml t.hm
ground. About 100 men went to work at the
Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion com
pany s mine.
Howard for a Bald Bobber.
Chicago, May SL The Milwaukee and
-Northern road offer a reward of $500 for the
arrest and oenviction of the daring train
robber who went throueh the Northern train
Wednesday night There seams to be no
doubt that this man and ths stage-robber, toe
whose capture vaoo is offered, are kssntioaL
mi., n n. . n . i i
i lie litoii) s Mugei.
London Police Very Much on
the Qui Vive.
ATLANTIC STEAMERS WATCHED.
Are They Looking for Cronin's Assassins T
England Bend ins; No Warships to Pro
tect Canadian Sealers Parnell and The
Times Salisbury on Bl-Metalllsm Bash
Deed or Two LoveIxrn Girls French
Royalty Holds a Fete Foreign Notes.
London, flay KL The reporters of th
most enterprising London dailies have been
stimulated into quite an American-like activ
ity by the belief, apparently well grounded,
that something is being kept from them by
the police authorities. Mr. Munro, chief of
the metropolitan police, and everybody at
Scotland Yard have been besieged for the
last two days by reporters eager for informa
tion and anxious to gain distinction, and the
persistent manner in which they have been
assured that there is nothing to be divulged
only makes them the more certain that
something is being concealed.
Helping Solve the Cronln Mystery.
There is a theory that Dr. Cronin's mur
derer is somewhere in the United Kingdom,
and that the detectives are within an ace of
securing him. Another theory is that the
two men detailed ever since the last White
chapel murder to discover the perjietrator of
that series of horrors have made some im
portant discoveries. It is certain that every
transatlantic steamer has been watched since
the murder of Cronin, and the police feel a
need of solving tho mystery to do away
with the story, too elaborate to be probable,
that the British authorities themselves may
have connived at the putliug away of the
Chicago doctor.
SALISBURY ON BI-METALLISM.
International Action Necesnary Before
Anything Can Be Done. ,
London, May SI. Lord Salisbury yester-1
aay gave auuience to a deputation or mer
chants and bankers who came to advocate
the adoption of the bi-metallic standard.
After listening to the reading of a carefully
prepared address in which the necessity was
strongly urged for remonetizing silver on a
fixed ratio of interchange with gold. Lord
Salisbury replied at some length. He said
that in his opinion this was not a question
which could be settled by a parliamentary
decree. Unless the commercial nations of
the world could reach some agreement any
action by parliament must count for little.
The business interests of each nation must
decide whether or not bi-metallisni be desir
able. The Coming Congress May Settle It.
He hoped that the coming congress in Paris,
called to consider the question, would be
really international in its character, with
representation from all the nations interested.
If this proved to be the case, the congress
would demonstrate to what extent it was
possible to secure international co-operation,
and the final decision must depend eutirely
upon such co-operation.
A Royal Silver Wedding.
London, May 3L The Count of Paris
and his countess celebrated their silver wed
ding yesterday. Fifty royal personages were
among the guests, and With the exception of
the queen hereself and the Princess Beatrice,
no member of the royal family failed to at
tend. There were 500 guests from Franca,
comprising many of the leaders of the Legit
imist party, but none of these seem to be
anxious to have the report that they were
present carried to France, as the names of
the French guests are carefully withheld
from the press. Mrs. McClellan and her
daughters were specially invited to be pres
ent Two Disappointed Girls Suicide.
London, May 3L The little town of Ru
dolstadt on the River Saale, in Germany,
was thrown into a fever of excitement
Wednesday by the discovery of the bodies of
two beautiful girls who had drowned them
selves in the river. Both belonged to promi
nent families in the place, one, Ida Brand, 13
years old, being the daughter of the burgo
master, and the other. Mists Renischitz, aged
25, a student of the Wehrlisch seminary. The
two young ladies were intimate friends, and
both having recently been disappointed in
love, they determined to die together.
The Parnell Commission.
London, May SL The only interesting
feature in tho Parnell inquiry yesterday was
the statement by Arthur O'Connor that he
had heard that Hon. Benjamin Harrison,
now president of the United States, had said
that every honest man and lover of liberty
would rather share the company of Mr.
William O'Brien in Tullamore jail than that
of the viceroy in Dublin castle. Nothing
could be learned regarding the League's
books. .
Think There Is a Scheme on Foot.
London, May SL Counsel for The Times
in the Parnell libel suit yesterday made ap
plication tu the court for the postponement
of proceedings in the case until after the de
cision of the Parnell commission has been
made public. They believe that an attempt
is being made to forestall the report of the
commission and that the proceedings before
the court are being conducted with this ob
ject in view.
Declined to Leave It to th Scots.
London, May 31. In the house of com
mons yesterday the Scotch local government
bill was read a second time. A motion was
made to refer the bill to a committee composed
mainly of Scotch members. The proposal
was supported by Gladstone in a speech, and
on a division was rejected by a vote of 239
to 17L -
Banquet to Sir Bichard Webster.
London, May SL Four hundred solicitors
gave a banquet last night to Sir Richard
Webster and presented to the attorney mn
J o
era! a comnlimentarv address airmail hv
3,800 members of the bar. In returning
bnanas ine attorney general said e wel
comed aspersions tnat procured bim such
nonor.
Courtesy to Lieut. Znllnski.
London, May 3L Lieut Zalinski, mili
tary attache to the American legation, who
is here to study the navies of the European
powers in tne interest of bis government
has been granted permission to inspect the
British arsenals and camps and the gunnery
scnoois.
His Blue Blood Didn't Save Bim.
London, May 81. The Jockey club has
ruled Lord James Douglas off the Newmar
ket course on the ground that he is a de
faulter In his bets.
No British War-Ships Sent to Behring Sea.
London, May L In the house of com
mons yesterday ferguason, under secretary
of State for foreirn affairs, mlvinv ta
question, denied that British mea-of-war bad
been ordered from the Pacific station ts
Bearing straits to protect British ssslnn
i rum auacK oj American war-ships.
A Prince Fatally Weunded In a Baal.
Vienna, May 31. Prince Alois Sch
eenberg has been so badly wounded in a duel
with a lieutenant of hussars that be is now
dying. "
Earthquake In the Channel Islands.
London, May 3L Earthquake shocks
have been felt in the Channel islands. The
shocks were severe and prolonged.
Men Who Treat Throat Diseases.
Washington Citt, May SL The eleventh
annual congress of the Laiyngological asso
ciation began Its sessions in the ladies' par
lors at the Arlington yesterday morning
Th president Dr. Etbalbert Carroll M
gan, of this city, occupied the chair, with Dr.
D. Bryson Delevan secretary. Than mr
many distincruished members of th
sion present, and after th usual preliminary
ejMwciaesi m welcome, eta, a numoer oi pa
pers were read. At night the association was
sunwrainea at . a Banquet at toe Arlington
hotel
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ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS.
Governor Fifer has signed the Chicago
drainage bilL
Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone will dine with Mr.
Carnegie on June 18.
Rev. Henry W. Foote, pastor of King's
chapel, Boston, died Thursday, aged 61
years.
Decoration Day was observed by American
ladies in the City of Mexico, who decorated
the graves of Americans who fell in 1S47.
J. J. Jones, an old and well-known resident
of Eureka, Ills., dropped dead from apoplexy
in the railway station Thursday morning.
Rich iron deposits are said to have been
discovered within a few miles of Guthrie,
the senior town of the new territory of Okla
homa. The large tannery of C. C. Smootes' Bona,
at Alexandria, Va, was burned to the
ground Thursday morning. The loss is very
heavy.
Chief Justice Fuller and wife are in Chi
cago, and have met their new son-in-law aad
his wife, who dined with pater and mater
Thursday.
Emperor William has offered a miniature
gold and silver ship as a prize to be sailed for
at the forthcoming regatta of the Berlin
Yacht club.
A light frost prevailed in Knox county, Il
linois, Thurday morning. Corn is suffering
in consequence of the prolonged rains and
cold weather.
Dispatches from many points in Louisiana
and Mississippi show that drought of several
weeks' duration was broken Wednesday by
good rains.
A terrible wind and hail storm visited Mar
shall, Ma, Tuesday and Tuesday night
Many bridges and culverts were washed
away. Damage estimated at $50,000.
William H. Brackman, son of a way-up
family in St Louis, has run off with and
married a former servant in bis father's fam
ily. She is 30 and the young man is 17.
The inmates of the county hospital at Mil
waukee, Wis., have been exposed to the
small-pox by an afflicted man being sent
there and the incident has caused great ex
citement in that city.
White Cajis near Mount Auburn, la.,
burned a farmer's barn Wednesday night
When driven out the farmer went to wan on
the scoundrels with a pitchfork, and wounded
several All are under arrest
It is suspected that some competitor for
supplying the Indiana state institutions with
food, etc. , has stolen the requisition books,
the purpose being to prevent the other com
petitors from seeing lists of what is wanted.
Flinn's road-bouse on the Peshtigo road,
near Marinette, Wis., was destroyed by fire
Tuesday night Twelve masked meu ap
peared and drove away the watchman and
set fire to the house, which was consumed
with all outbuildings. The house was unoc
cupied. W. R. Curtis, who has been a government
engineer off and on since 1872, and is aow
doing engineering work for the city of Sa
vannah, Ga, charges that the contractors
who have the contract for deepening the har
bors at Savannah, Charleston and other
places on the Atlantic coast are swindling
the government by getting pay for work
they have not done.
Red Pepper In the Ventilators.
Madison, iVis., May 31. Great excite
ment prevails in university circles over a dis
graceful affair Wednesday night The la-dit-sof
the D.ilta Gamma fraternity were
giving a reception to visiting delegates to the
national Diilta Gamma convention now in
session there. While a dunce was in prog
ress, many Madisoi people also being on the
floor, a quantity of red pepir was thrown
into the ventilators. Many lndu-s became
sick and bad to leave the hall and the party
was broken up. The polite were called and
are reported to have caught some of the
guilty parties. Tbe outrage is supposed to
have ben committed by anti-fraternity
students.
They Will All Cat Bates.
Chicago, May 31. The bombshell ex
ploded by the Chicago, Burlington and
Northern in reducing its rates to the basis of
34 cents first-class between Chicago and St.
Paul on business originating at eastern points
has had its full effdet In a few days the re
duced rates will be in fores by all the north
western lines with' the single exception of
tne hock island.
Th Weather We May Espeos.
Washington Crrr, May 31.-The indica
tions for thirty-six hoars from I n. m veatj..
day are as follows: For Indiana Showers;
nonneny wina ; slightly warmer. For Illi
nois K&ir VMt hr in WMtam ivwtlnn
... t.UU .fU ,
showers In eastern portion; Mightly warms.;
normeriy winds, r or Lower Michigan Rain;
northerly winds: a slight rise in temperature.
For Upper Michigan Warmer, fair weather;
winds shifting to southeasterly. For Wiscon
sinFair weather, except showers on the
lakes; a slight rise in temperature: northerly
winds, becoming variable. For lowa Warm
er, generally fair weather; northerly winds,
becoming variable.
New Ynrk Live Stock Market
Naw York, May 3).-Cattle No markets
dressed beef, quiet but firm: sides, "Xamo V
ft. Sheep and Lambs Sheep, fa,trly nfm, 4id
Wo V : lambs, dull and He V ft lower, 6$
So. Hogs No trading; nominally steady.
H8&&S.15 y 100 fts.
A METEOROLOGICAL DISASTER.
Snow and Ire Blast the Crops la Michigan,
Illinois, and Other State.
Chicago, May 30. It is reported from
northern Michigan that a Jbaavy snowstorm
prevailed in that section yesterday. A
Howard City the snow fell heavily for an
hour or more, and at other points along the
line of road there was an inch of snow on the
1 . . tl . M f . .
gnnum. a urana napuis a nenvy rainrall
changed to snow during tbe afternoon.
The Corn Nipped by Frost,
At Tuscola, Ilia, where it had been ex
tremely cold for three days, snow fell yes
terday morning and ice formed later in th
day. Heavy rains have fallen for fifty kears
in central lllinoia At Galena there was a
damaging frost Wednesday night, blighting
neids of corn and blasting fruM trees. a
Crops Ruined la Wlsoaaaln.
At Baraboo, Wia, a hard frost prevailed
yesterday morning, entirely ruining the oorn
and grape crops. Vegetables war also cut
down. ' Ios formed one-eighth of an inch la
. First Snow. Nest Floods.', .
; At Winamac, Ind., a apow-atorm prevailed
all tbe af ternoou. There will be much dans'
age done by floods.
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and hopes to retain the custom of his predecessor
He will make a great effort to perpetuate the good name of this
Old Established Grocery
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Stoves and
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