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? CLEVELAND'S LETTER. Accepting the Democratic Nomination lor President. The Issues Upon Which the Bat" la IA/111 V*d "PmitrVif Dicn.n. UJ I I A XX UV X vugu V GROVER CLEVELAND. The letter of ex-President Grover Cleveland ccepting the nomination as the Democratic -candidate for President of the United States , has been made public. It is as follows: To the Hon. William L. Wilson and others, Committee etc.: <5entleven?In responding to your forma! notification of my nomination to tb? Presidency by the National Democracy, I hope I may be permitted to say at the outfv-int-imiaH reflation and observa i >d have confirmed me in ray adherence to t.u opinions, which I have heretofore plainly and publicly declared, touching ths questions involved in the canvass. This is a time, above all others, when these questions should be considered in the hght afforded by a sober apprehension of the principles upon which our Government Is based, and a clear understanding of the relation it bears to the people for whose benefit it was created. vVe shall thus be supplied with a test by whioh the value of any proposition relating to the maintenance and administration of our Government can <be asceriain Ki and by whicfa tho justice and ihonesty of every political question can be Judged. If doctrines or theories are prerin nnt (Ultiqfv this test lov&l Americans must pronounce these false and ?ni?chievou*. The protection of the people in the exclusive use and enjoyment of their property and earnings, concededly constitutes the especial purpose and mission of our free Government. This design is so interwoven with the structure of oar plan of rule, that failure to protect the citizen in such usa and enjoyment, or their unjustifiable diminution by the Government itself, is a betrayal of -tha Deople's trust. We have, however, undertaken to build a great Nation upon a plan especially our own. To maintain it an.i to furnish through its agency the means for the accomplishment of National objects, the American people are willing, through Federal taxation, to surrender a part of their earnings .au<i income. Tariff legislation presents a familiar form of Federal taxation. Such legislation results as surely in a tax upon the daily life of -- ? -. ?_ii?i. ?u ? !?f? oar people as me tnuuui |kuu uu ku; uikv the hand of the tax gatherer. lVe feel the burden of these tariff taxes too palpably to be persuaded by any sophistry that they do not exist or are paid by foreigners. Such taxes, representing a diminution of the property rights of the people, are only justifiable when laid ani collected for the purpose of maintaining our Government,and furnishing the means for the accomplishinent of its legitimate purposes and funotion?. Tnia is taxation under the operation ?t a tariff for revenue. It accords with the professions of American free institutions, and its justice and honesty answer the test aupplie i by a correct application of the principles upon which these institutions rest. This theory of tariff legislation manifestly enjoins strict economy in public expenditures and their limitation to legitimate public uses, inasmuch as it exhibits as absolute extortion any exaction, dj way 01 taxation, from tbe substance of the people, beyond the nec?aities of a careful and praper administration of Government. Opposed to this theory the dogma is now boldly presented that tariff taxation is justifiable for tbe express purpose and intent -of thereby promoting especial interests and ?nter| irises. Such a proposition is so clearly contrary to the spirit of our Constitution and so directly encourages the disturbance by selfishness and greed of patri, otic sentiment, that its statement would rudely shock our people, if tbe7 had not already been insidiously allured from the safe landmarks of principle. Never have honest desire for National growtb, patriotic devotion to country, and sincere regard for thos* who toil, been so betrayed to the support of a pernicious doctrine. in Us oe&air, | she plea thac our infant industries ahould be torstered, did service until ^discredited by our stalwart growth; then lollowel the exigencies of a terrible war "which made our people heedless of the opportunities for ulterior schemes afforded by their willin? and patriotic payment of unprecedented tribute; and now, after a long period of peace, when our over4 , burdened countrymen ask for relief and a restoration to a tulier enjoyment of their incomes and earnings, they are met by the claim that tariff taxation for the sake of protection is an American system, the continuance of which is necessary in orum that high wages may be paid to our workingmen and a home market be provide! for our farm products. These pretences should no longer deceive. The truth is that such a system is directly Antagonized by every sentiment of justice and fairness of which Americans are preeminently prou d, it is also true that while oar workingmen and farmers can. the least of ail our people, defend the themselves agairstthe harder home life which such tariff taxation decree^ the workingman suffering from the importation and employment of pauper labor instigated by his professed friend?, and seeking security for his interests in organized co operation, suu wans ior a division ul me advantages secured to bis employer under cover of a generous solicitude for his wages, while the farmer is learning that the prices of his products are fixed in foreign market?, where he suffers from a competition invited and built up by the system he is asked to support. The struggle for unearned advantage at the doors of the Government tramples on the rights of those who patiently rs4y upon assurances of American equelity. Every governmental concession to c'amorous favorites invites corruption in political affairs by encouraeing the expenditure of money to (debauch suffrage in suoport of a policy directly favorable to private and selfish eain. This in the end must strangle patriotism and weaken popular confidence in the r'Ct.tade of republican institutions. Though the subject of tariff legislation involves a question of marketF, it also in 1?? - n' nmn'c IV n onnilrtt TOIVC3 O IjUCSviuu vrv * .#. M... ??v ... with impunity permit injustice to taint tho -spirit of right and equ'tv which is the lif* o' odr Republic; and we shall fail to renc'i our National destiny if greed an I selfishness l a I the way. Recojmfz'ng these truths, tha Nation! !) ejocv-ct will scot hj tiu illicit?:.!o. anrt sound principles to equalize to our people the blessings due them from the Government they support, to promote amon: our countrymen a closer community of interests cemented by patriotism an 1 National oride, and to point out a fair field where prosperous and diversified American enterprise mav Itrow and thrive in the wholesome atmosphere of American industry, ingenuity and inte'ligence. Tariff reform is still our purpose. Thourh we oppose the theory that tariff laws raav passed having for their object the srrantIne of discriminating and unfair covernmeatal aid to private ventures, we w.i?e no ' ~ " *??? A mAMiAan exterminating; war against any interests. We believe a readjustment can be accomplished, in accorJance with tha princiole-i we orofess. without disaster or demolition. We b?lieve that the advantages of freer raw material should be accorded to our manufacturers, and we contemplate a fair and careful distribution of necessary tariff burdens, rather than ths precipitation of free trade. We anticipate with calmness the misrepresentation of onr motives and purpose?, instigated by a selfishness which seeks to hold in unrelenting trrasp its unfair advantage under present tariff laws. We will rely upon the intelligence of our fellow countrymen to reject the charge thnt a party comprising a majority of our DPople is planning the destruction or injury of American interests: and we know they cannot be frightened by the spectre of impossible free trade. The admiuistratiou and management of our Government depend upon the popular mill EVu-Wnl nnwrflr is thA instrnment of that will, not its master. Therefore the attempt of the opponents of Democracy to Interfere with and control the suffrage of the States through Federal agencies develops a design, which uo exolanation can mitigate, to reverse the fundimental ani safe relations between tin paeplo an I their Government. Such on attempt cannot fail tc be regarded by thoughtful men as proof of a bold determination to secure the ascendency of a discredited party in reckless di^regaard of a free expression of the popular will. To resist such a scheme is an A+. nil tim.pa And HUpUHC UL i/OlUVA/l(ivj< mv v... ? in all places we truss the people. As against a disposition to forca the way to Faieral power, we present tc> them as our claim to their confidence and support a steady championship of tlieir rights. The people are entitled to sound and honest money, abundantly sufficient In volume to supply their business ne3ds. But whatever may be the form of the people's currency, National or State?whether gold, silver or paper?it should be so regulated and guarded by governmental action, or by wise and careful laws, that no one can be deluded as to the certainty and stability of its value. Every dollar put into the hands of the people should be of the same intrinsic value or purchasing power. With this condition at>solutelv guaranteed, both cold and silver can be safely utilized upon Iqu&l terms in the adjustment of our currency. In dealing with this subject no selfish scheme should be allowed to intervene and no doubtful experiment should be attempted. The wants of our people, arising from the deficiency or imperfect distribution of money circulation, ought to be fully and honestly recognized and efficiently remedied. It should, however, be constantly remembered that the inconvenience or loss that might arise from such a situation can be much easier borne than the universal distress which must follow a discredited currency. Public officials are the agents of the people. It is therefore their auty to secure for those whom they represent the best and most efficient performance of public work. This plainly can be best accomplished by regarding ascertained fitness in the selection of Government employes. These considerations alone are sufficient justification for an honest adherence to the letter and spirit of civil service reform. I krttratrflr AftlOP foaf.HPM lUCIO CU O, UVltUTCIf Vfcuv* AWwviatw* w* this plan which abundantly commend it. Through its operation worthy merit in every station and condition of American life is recognized in the distribution of public employment, while its application tends to raise the standard of political activity from spoils hunting and unthinking party affiliation to the advocacy of party principles by reason and argument. The American people are generous and grateful, and they nave impressed theso characteristics upon their Government. Therefore all patriotic and just citizens must commend liberal consideration for oar worthy veteran soldiers an 1 for the families of those who have died. No complaint should be made of the amount of tiublic monev Da id to thosj actually* disabled or made dependent by reason of army service. But our pension roll should be a roll of honor, uncontaininated by ill desert and uninvitiated by demagogic use. This is dus to those whose worthy names adorn the roll, and to all our people who delight to bonor the brave and the true. It is also due to those who in years to cone should be allowed to hear, reverently and lovingly, the story of American patriotism and fortitude, illusrrated by our pension roll. The preferences accorded to veteran soldiers in public employment sioul-1 ba secured to them honestly and without evasion, and when capable and worthy their claim to the halpful regard and gratitude of tbeir. countrymen should be ungrudgingly acknowledged. A generous hospitality, which i? one of the most prominent of our National characteristics, prompts us to welcome the worthy and industrious or' all lands to homes and citizenship among us. This hospitable sentiment is not violated, however, by careful ana retsuuauiw ra^uiuuuuj ivi uuo p*vww.tion of the public health, nor oo s it justify the reception of immigrants who have no appreciation of our institutions and whose presence amon: us is a menace to peace and good orJer. The importance of the construction of the Nicaragua Ship Canal as a means of promoting commbrrt net ween our States and with foreign countries, and also as a contribution by Americans to the enterprises vrhicii advance the interests of the world of civilization, should commend the project to governmental approval and en lorseruear. Our countrymen no: only *x,o3Ct from those who represeut the.u iu paolic places a sedulous care tor ttie things which are directly ana pal ably related to their matnri?i interests. out tiiev alio fullv aDnreci ate the value ot cuitivatiur our National pride and maintaining our National honor. Both their inateri*i interests and taeir | National pride and honor are involved in the success of the Columbian Exposition; and they will not be inclined to condone any neglect of effort on the part of their Got. ernment to insure in the grandeur of this j event a fitting exhibit of American growth and greatness and a splendid demonstration of American patriotism. In an imperfect and incomplete manner, I have thus endeavored to state some of th9 things which accord with the creed and ina * ~ 'v t hoxta rrittAn tenuuus ul tuo pji uj uu ??. uu.v my lifelong allegiance. My attempt has not been to instruct my countrymen nor my party, "but to remind both that Democratic doctrine lies near the principles of our Government and tends to promote the people's good. I am willing to be accused of addressing my countrymen upon trite topics and in homely fashion, for I believe that important truths are found on the surface of thouzht, and that they should be stated in direct and simple terms. Though much is left unwritten, my record as a puulie servant leaves no excuse for misunderstanding my belief and position on the questions which are now presented to the voters of the land for their decision. If the action of the Couvention you represent shall he endorsed by the suffrages of ray countrymen. I will assume the duties of the great office for which I have been nominated, knowing full well it? labors and perplexities, and with humble reliance upon the Divine Beint?, infinite in power to aid, and constant in a watchful care over our favored Nation. Yours, verv truly, Grover Cleveland. Gray Gableb, September 26. l*sW. WHMAU STTFFR.Afi-E TTfilTET. IV ViUU^l V A. A. A.vu.v.-x ? _ _ For President, Victoria Woodhull Martin; Vice-President, Mrs. fctowe. Ia ' ae parlors of the Willard Hote\ at Washington, under the call of April 20th, a National Convention of woman suffragists wns held, under the direction of delegates ftrom Victoria L?aeues of the different Swres. Mrs. Anna M. Parker, of St. Louis, Mo., was called to the chair, and Elizibath Powers^ Providence, R. I., acted as Secretary. Twenty-eight States were reprd:itnted by fl ty .ielegates. On motion of Mr-. VV'indisb, of New York Cicv, Mrs. Victoria Woodhuil Martin, of , Sew Yoi'ii and L ni on, was nominated for ! t*resident of the United States, an 1 Mrs. j Mirv L. Stowe,o? California, was nominate 1 I j ior Vice President. The platform reads as follows: Whereas, Under the fourteenth amen 1menr, no citizen is deprived of the franchise through "law, but by custom and habit; therefor?, l>e it Kesoived, That we, the representative women of America, asK the officers in charge of the election precincts through the United States in the coming campaign to give us the opportunity to cast our ballots on the first Tuesday in November, 1892, for our candidates. ResolvoJ, That by the unite! efforts of the women voters of this Nation we will drive anarchy, crime, insanity and drunkenness from our midst by our humanitarian efforts, backed by the ballot. BACK FROM GREENLAND. The Peary Arctic Expedition Arrives at Philadelphia. The Valuable Discoveries Made by the-Darin? Explorer. ?'lL in LIEUTENANT PEAUT. A dispatch from Philadelphia, Penn., says: Lieutenant Robert E. Peary, of the United States Navy, the most successful of explorers of the icy wastes of Greenland, and his brave and faith/ul wife are back to the country for which they have won fame by making the highest discoveries in that ice bound land. The steamer Kite with Lieutenant Peary and party on board arrived at the Breakwater during the night and the mombers of the Academy of Natural Sciences started down the bay next day on the tug Altoona to meet ner. At daybreak the Kite started u? the bay and was met by the Altoona and saluted with cheers from the crowd on board her. At the Lazaretto the Kite stopped and was examined by the health officer. It was feared that she would be detained, at least for some hours, as the Quarantine regulations now are very strict. These fears, however, turned out to be groundless, as she was promptly passed, having no sickness 'on board and coming from clean ports in a cold climate. On the way up the river tho little barkentine was saluted by shrieking whistles and dipping ensigns. Quite a crowd had gathered on the pier at Philadelphia to greet the explorers, and when the little vessel was safely docked at noon and Lieutenant and Mrs. Peary were recognized there was prolonged cheering and waving of handkerchiefs. ? - - . > i il. ? JK special interest) was lateo uy uu?u in Mrs. Peary, \frho smiled and bowed pleasantly in response to tbe welcome. Both the Lieutenant and Mrs. Peary look well, as do tbe other members of the expedition and of the rescuing party. Lieutenant Peary left for Washington during the afternoon to remain several days before returning to make his report to the Academy of Natural Sciences. Arrangements have been made for an elaborate recjption to Lieutenant and Mrs. Peary, but no date has been flxei nor will be until they are consulted. MRS. PI ART. The results of the Peary Expedition have been made known partially by letters and dispatches from St. John's, New Foundiand. The89 tell that Lieutanant Peary ha? gained for America another laurel in the field of exploration, but his scientific records and observations will have to be carefully collated and examined before the full value can be ascertained. fpi"? s?"vnaiaf-A/i rtf TiiMltAHftnfc I and Mrs. R. E. Pearv. Dan*-<Ion Gi^on, E. Astrup, Dr. F. A. Cook. Mat Henson and Professor J. M. Ver&o<?ff. Peary sailed in the Kite from New York on June 9. arriving at Dis>co on July 25. After various Arctic trials an i tribulations, Lieutenant Peary in the meantime having broken his leg, McCormick's Bay, in latitude seventy-seven degrees forty-five minutes, was reached ou July 25. On July 27 Peary and bis party were put ashore and on July 30 the Kite steamed away. No special hardships were experienced during the winter, although several members were afflicted with the grip. No effects of the siege are observable on Mrs. Peary, who battled through the dreary winter days with the full energy of the mal? members of the expedition. The real exploring was done this summer. On the 8th of May tne start was made from McCormick's Bay. Four sledges and twenty Whale Bound dogs were pressen into servica | for carrying supplies and equipment, the members of the expedition waltcin?. During their traverse of nearly throe months over the most inhospitable region of the earth's surface no mishap of any kind was experienced. Most of the journey was made over an unbroken expanse of ice and snow which, rising in gentle sweeps and undulations, attained an elevation of 7000 to 8000 feet, falling ofT to the four paints of the compass. Travel over this suriace wa9 much as Lieutenant Peary had anticipate !, easy and devoid of danger. From fifteen to twenty miles were traversed daily and an average of nearly thirty miles during the last days of the journey. No traces of human life presented themselves during the entire journey, and scarcely a vestige of animals excepting snow buntings at or about the Humboldt Glacier and sea-gulls, which flitted across the nar row nortL. A number of music oxen were observed and procured beyond the eightieth parallel. Immediately after the return of the Kite, In August, 1891, it was realize 1 that it would be n -cessary to send a relief expedi- | * ' Ti * * T> P.iAfajOAfi I wou alter Jjiemeuaui. tuury. * ? u?v . Heilprin, of the Acaleny, determlnad to head it, and on July 27 o: this year started from New York in tde Miranda tor St. John's, New Foundland, where the Kite was found. In her the voyage to Mccormick Bay was made, Mrs. Peary taken from the winter quarters where her husband had left her and Peary and his companions picked up further down the coast. The only casualty to the expedition the loss of Professor J. M. Verhoeff, of Louisville, Kv., who while the Kite lay at McCormick Bay tho seconl time, went out to collect specimens, and, it is supposed, fell into a crevasse, as his boJy wis not recovered. Miss Verhoiff, u sister of Professor Verhovff, who lailo? to reiur.i with his fellow ex lorers being reported dead, acco npanied tlu; rec.-ptioa c3:11 mittea with her auut and 'm"1n Thaw riiarra iifc thfi tiieorv that the mission mineralogist was accidentally killed, and firmly believe that he is even now exploring the interior ot Greenland, having voluntarily remained behind. ' Representavives o* five tribes of Indians met a tew days ago at Kingman, Arizona, to protest against the Government forcibly takiug Indian children from theii pareuts and sending thorn to Easterq schools. They will resist all attempts t< take their children to school. Fop.est fires, scald and grasshopers are Ctu-isg.vou tor a short cranberry crop in New Jersey. There is a report to the effect that the increasing practice of spraying fruit trees is thinning out the sparrows. 1 TBAMPL2D TO DEATH. Four Women Killed in a Mad Stampede in New York City. Four women were trampled to death and many persons injured in a Hebrew synagogue at No. 27 Ludlow street, New York City, as the result of a panic created by a cry of fire during services. An altar took fire from a candle burning upon it. Some one ?riH raised the warning: alarm. In an instant there was a rush for the doors by nearly 2500 persons. The stairways frere narrow. Many fell. Others tumbled over1 the prostrate forms. Half of them got out to the street safely, but a woman who weighed 300 pounds fell at the foot of the last flight and those behind her piled on her. The house where the panic and fatalities occurred is six stories higb, and has an ornate facade an l fire eacapes. There are six synagogues in the building, one on each oi the six floors. They were crowded with worshipers celebrating the Hebrew New Year. Most of tbem were women. The T>oni> nronrred at twenty minutes to to 10 o'clock, a, m. When the cry j was heard from the synagogue on the third 1 floor, where the altar caught on fire, the greatest excitement prevailed. The cry was taken up by the congregations in tho syna- I gogues on the other floorp. They also made a rush for the stairs, and in less time than it takes to tell it the narrow stairs and hall were filled with a struggling, surging mass of persons. I All would have gone well but for the very stout woman already spoken of who fell in I the middle of the lower flight of stairs, 1 rolled to the bottom and barred the escape J of all who were behind her. In thirty seconds over 150 persons had fallen over her, blocking the lower flight of I ctAira to within two steps of the landing of | the second floor, and those who had not been I caught in this hu nan jam began to appre- I ciate the folly of acting litce lunatics and did j what they ought to have done at the start, and sprang to balconies of 29 Ludlow street, got down the Are escapes of the synagogue | buildin?, or discovered that the lire scar a | was a false alarm and waited upstairs. All this pandemonium reigned in barely three minutes, the time necessary to send out calls (or ambulances and a tire alarm. The flremen lecofled at the sights that were presented. There was a slanting pillar of over 150 men and women packed four deep to the second floor, and from the pillar were thrust appealing han.is and arms and each tbroat was yelling, screaming or imploring Succor. "To break the jam," said Captain Riordan afterward, "from the bottom was impossible. Such an effort would have resulted in the loss of many more lives and would have ? ? ? l-JJ?, taken an nour. we ran up isuuoio ^ w second floor, sent in the fire companies and began to break the jam from the top. As a man or woman was pulled off the writhing I heap he or she was passed up the stairs, and if able to walk, hurried to the upper pare of j the building. Those injured so as to be un- j able to move were passed into the front and | rear synagogue on th9 second floor, and two dead women were carried out of the jam in this way. When the bottom of the pile was reached the stout woman, whose fall caused the jam, was picked up black and disfigured, and a young woman of twenty-five or thirty, who appeared to be breathing, was carried to a dru:; store, but she died on the way. In all four women were crushed to death and ten persons seriously ijjurei A score more were sugntiy nun.. P. S. GILMOBE DEAD. Xhe Famous Mnsician Dies of Heart Disease at St. Louis. . ] Patrick Sarsfleld Gilmore, one of the most famous bandmasters in the world, is dead. Surrounded by his wife, daughter and three spiritual ministers he breathed his last in his room at the Lindell Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. He died of heart disease. His band was playing at the St Louis Exposition unaer ine uirecuiuu ui auuvbuk Director Charles FreudenvolJ, and when the sad news was borne them many of tin older memberr broke down and sobbed like children. The concert was immediately stopped and the audience gathered in groups discussing the sad feature of tie exposition. Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore was born near Dublin, Ireland, on Christmas Day, 1829. When eighteen y?ars old Gilmore came to this country. He bad scarcely landed when he was asked to become leader of a Boston band. in 18S8 he organized in Boston what has Mftce been known as Gilmore's band, the with which he has given concerts all over this country and over half of Europe. Gilmore and his band were with Burnside in the Carolines in the first two years of the. war. After the war G-ilmore returned to Boston, and there, in IS (3D, he held the great peace jubilee which made his name famous among the bandmasters of the world. It proved so successful that the folio win? year tie organized another, ot an international character, foreign Nation:1: hin; asked to take parr. It was given in a building nolding 100,000 p-ople. The chorus numbered 20,000, aud 2003 trained musicians took part. With his jubilee honors thick upon him Mr. Gilmore moved to New York City, and adding to his original organization, roraied his famous military band. With this band he visited in 1878 the various capitals of Europe, taking prizes at band concsrts in several of them. He made himself and his band especially conspicuous at the Paris Ex position or that year. Ot late vears Mr. Gilmore u-a3 identified with th? summer concerts at Manhattan Beach. Mr. Gilmore's musical compositions nre very numerous, and some of them have _iven him a wide fame. SUICIDE OF TWO BROTHERS. They Shoot Each Other and Then Drown Themselves. At about 4:33 p. m. Girflald and Leo Van Arnam, aged respectively eleven and fifteen years, left their hirne, about one mile north of Greig, Lawis County, N. Y., to go to their grandfather's. They crossed Black River in a boat, and on thsir return to the Graig^ side on the Mc Connell farm Gar3el<t accicentauy saut ma brother with a .21 calibre revolver which they had. Leo obtained possession o? the revo.ver and shot his brother, and then both boys committed suicide by jumping into the river. A note left by Leo read as follows: "Garfield shot me accidentally. I shot Garfield. I am sorry. You will find us I both in the river opposite of here." The bodies were recovered from about six feet of water, and an inquest was held by Coroner Reniff. The boys were sons of A. M. Van Arnam, a highly respected citizen. THE PRICE OF PAPER. ~ * -* ' ~ ''nnopniipnCO Ol It 18 AUTauuuii; in ?, the Prohibition of Rags. Following the example of the paper manufacturers of the United States, the Cinadhn paper makers, who have been in session in Montreal, have decided to advance the price of paper all along the lin?. Th9 prohibition of rags is responsible for this. The domestic supply of rags has all been secured by traders and held by them for an expected advanca in price. In the United States and Canada the home supply of rags is not sufficient to keep the mills roing, and terse shipments have been coscinutly coming in from Europe. These being cut off. the trade is placed in an extremely difficult Wood pulp has a'so risen iu sympathy with the advance in rugs. CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. 8324 Cases Investigated by an English Society in the Past. Year. The report of the Society for the British Prevention of Cruelty to Children for 1S02 states that $324 cases have be3? investigated, involving many instances of horrible cruel t.v. * The report says that cruelty isnowisa con' fined to the poor, while the brutality of drunkards seldom equals th? delibirate torture inflicted on children by persons who.sre sober. Em?mmmmm?mmammmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?ammmmmmmm LATEK NEWS, Mrs. J. B. Toner and her six-year-old daughter, Annie, were burned to death ia their home in Westbury, Long Island. N. Y. The woolen mill of Fayles & Jenlra at Warren. Mass., and the buildings attached Tim Irios ia ostimntpd at $300,000. The large plant of the Singer Manufacturing Company, at Elizabethport, N. J., was for the second time within two years partly destroyed by fire. Loss, estimated at $250,00". Thp.xk men wers drowned in an attempt to run the rapids in the Connecticut River a few miles above Turner's Falls, M*s?. rT1" Uf TJ TVT VThif.naff nf 1 the Metropolitan Lin?, wa* sunk by collision with th9 steamer Oito rt'?n, of the Warren Line, in Boston (Mass.* Harbor. That same day tha stvimer Water town was burnei in Boston Harbor; a woman was totally injure!. A NPMBEtt of extensive mountain fires raged from Tin Cup to Texas Creek, Col., and fully twenty square mila3 of valuabta timber land were burnei over. ( The residence of Samuel Atkinson, near Telloup, Kan., was struc'i by lightning, and Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson and their two children were killed. The house was burneJ. TJhder the authority conferred by tha ! last naval appropriation bill, providing for the construction of two new vessels for the navy, one a sea-going bittle ship of 9000 tons' displacement and one an armored cruissr of 80J0 tons' displacement, proposals ' have been issued by the Navy Department for their construction. Orders have besa issued from Washington to have all the ve33els of the Bering Sea i fleet repaired for sea 89rvicd immediately ' upon their arrival at San Francisco. This is done in order to have' the33 ships j ready for any emergency in the absence of i the vessels of Rjar Admiral Grherardi's anneiftl samdron. By the explosion of a boiler in the sawmill of Josaph Lalorvie at E nbrutn Village, j Canada, Pierre Stone and J. B. Lizure wera j instantly kitled and Are others badly in- j jured. The mill is a total wireclc. The Italian. Parliament has been closed by royal decree. J COLONEL A. G. WEISSEET. Sketch of tho New Commander-in- j Chief ol the G. A. K, , ' 7 .>> i COLONEL A. O. WSI33ERT. I A. G. Weissart, elected Commander-inChief of 'the Grand Army of the Republic, i was born in Canton, Ohio, August 17, 1844. j He attended the schools at Racine, Wis., , the State of his adoption. Graduating from 1 the Racine High School, he eotered the Uni- 1 versity of Michigan. He was distinguished i in his studies and bore off the degree of LL. < D. He was admitted to practice in Wiscon- < sin, and was winning fame at the Milwaukee bar when the war broke out. As soon as the tocsin sounded he enlisted in the Eighth Wisconsin Infantry, the "Live Ea^le" regiment, and shared its fortunes till the battle of Nashville. There ha was grievously wounded, receiving a bullet just over the knee, whic.i he still carries. Convalescing sufficiently to rejoin his regiment, he did so on crutches. After four years' gallant service he was brevetted Captain from the date o". toe battle of Lake Chicol, Arkansas, Junj titb, 1864, for meritorious service in that ttgbt, and at the battle of Nashville on December 13:h I following, and for extraordinary bravery 1 throughout the Ked Jtltver expedition. tie refused the tenjier of a WestPointcaoetship by reason of his wound. He joined the Grand Array of the Republic at Madison. Wis., in 1806, and has filled credit;hly every post, from comrade and Offteer oZ the Day up to Department Commander. He was Chairman ot tne Executive Coun *il of the Citizins' Committee that male tht twenty-third National Encampment at Milwaukee a success, and in observance of tne custom of giving the S?nior Vice-Commandership to the encampment city he received the prize. At the Detroit encampment he received the second highest number oi votis for the office to which he ha* just been elected. In the capacity o? Saaior Vice- ? Commander he visited all the departments of the East in company with Commanderin-Chief R. A. Palmer. Just now ha is a member of E. U. Wolcott Post of Milwaukee. QUEEN OF THE TURF. I Nancy Hanks Trots a Mile at Terre Haute in 2:04, ] Nancy Hanks a few days ago beat all the world's records by trotting a mil? in 2:04 < over the Terre Haute (tnd.) regulation track ' before a gre\t crowd of turfmen and spectator?, from all sections of In- , diana that packed the grand stand and lined the track to its fullest capacity. The quarters wera 0:31, 1:02%, 1:33& 2:04. Doble and the mare received a great ovation, and demands for a speech failed to induce the modest Mr. Doble to speak, as ho was too overjoyed for utterauce. Starter Walker tried to tell the howling throng what Mr. Doble desired to say, but the noise was so tremendous and the enthusiasm so gfeat that not a word could be heard. Nancy's mark of 2:04 wins for Doble the priiie of $5000, offered by Robert Bonner, to the trotter that went in 2:05 on a regulation track. Nancy only made one trial and was in the Dink of condition. Doble had predicted a new mark for the day on tne Terre Haute track, if the day was good and if the mare was all right, and his confidence was mora than justified. A HUSBAND'S ACT. He Shoots His Wife. Kills His Mother, and Wounds His Brother-in-Law. Desanpedro, a painter living in the Passy Quarter of Paris. France, shot his wife, killed bis mother, and mortally wounded his brother-in-law a few evenings a^o. The killing was done in Desanpedra's home. He did not live happily with his wife,ana in the g afternoon returned home half drunk. He began abusing mother and wife, and finally 1 struck the latter. t When her brother interfered. Desanpedro ? shouted that they were all in lea^uo against him. He threatened to kill theui all, and G started for a back room where he kept his r revolver. His brother-in-law followed him I ?i roifh him The uainter shook I aiiu ^la^pivu ?I?H w?M( 4- him loose, got the revolver, and shot him in the side. He then caught his wife, who had . started to run down the hallway, crowdoi " her back into the i-oom, and shot her in the { breast. His mother scream xi for help and ( tried to open a window. He shot her four ' times in the back and she fell de*4i I CARE OF THE INDIAN?. " Commissioner Morgan's Reporl to the Interior Department. He Recommends That the Indians be Made sell-supportine. General T. J. Morgan. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, has submitted to th9 Secretary of the Interior his fourth annual report. Tne plan of detailing army officers to take charge of Indian agencies is discussed and disaoproved. After careful consideration of the subject of law and courts for the Indians, the Commissioner concludes that it is not desirable to formulate any elaborate special svstem. The rules for the Indian courts have been carefully revised. Kiviu^ wj vuuiu j urger jurwjicuuu ana placing them on a higher plane. It is thought that these will serve for all practical purposes until the process of allotment has been comoleted. ? The reDort discusses the question. What is an Indian? and opposes the apDlication of the common law principle that the offspring of free persons follow th* condition of the father in determining the status of the children born of a white man, a citizen of the United States, and an Indian woman, his wife. The Commissioner doe3 not think that "children of such parents are, therefore, by birth not Indians, but citizm? of ths United States." '"The Jaw of descent," ho says, "must be determined, not after Roman or English precedent, but in accordanca with Indian usage ana our American administrative sanction." There are now in operation, or soon to be opened, twenty large training schools for Indians situated in civilizsd communities remote from the Indian reservation'. Three vears ago there were eight such institutions. When completei the total capaciw of the twenty will be about 5030 pupils. The total enrollment of pupils in all the schools, Government and contract, for tne year eniing June 30, 1893, was nearlv 30,000, an increase of more than 4000 within three years, or more than twenty-3ve per cent. Pour years more at this rate of pro^resj will sea practically all Indian children gathered into schools. Rapid progress has been made during the va&r in allotting lands to Indians. A care tul surrey of the entire work accomplisbe t, la progress, and yet remaining to t>9 done, hows that the allotment of land to all the Indians to whom application of the severalty law would be for their interest can be completed within the next three or four yean, with the possible exception of the Sioux Indians. Reports from Indian agenti regarding the effects of allotments uoon the Indians are, on the whole, favoraole. A system has been established on the In. iian reservations of opening and constructing roads and highways similar to those in use among civilized communities. The sum of (203,000 is being expended on the Crow reservation in Montana in the developrasnt of a system of irrigation, an 1 more tnan 150,000 is being expended for the same purpose on other reservation?. An irrigating canal is building through the Fort Hall reservation. Ton thousand head of stock cattle have been ourcnased and distributed among the Sioux Indians, who are takiug a lively interest in stock raising. Tables are given shoeing that neirly 2000 Indians receive regular stated wages from the Government for services performed, and that, including those employed at irragulat labor, an aggregate sum of nearly KOI,0001 ' ' ' * M T II: , k- ^1 year is pain oat ior muian muur. musv m Che money ii being as well expanded by thi Indians as it would be by any other class oi people. The Commissioner reoramenis the grad nai reduction of rations until the Govern ment ceases to issue to the Indians anything in the way of food or c.otnlng, and substitutes for such issues cash payments for whatever may be done. He also recommends that the reservation of tbe Navajo?? be carefully surveyed, and that stsps be immediately taken to construct a system of irrigation that shall render the reservation capable of supporting properly the large body of Ntvajoes who make it their horn?. Toere has been a decrease in tbe annual cost of Indian administration, except in t te Items of the purchase of land* from the Indians and in the matter of education. There has been a steady increase in the amount of money appropriated for schools, but the CDmmis-ioner insists, with great earnestness, that this sum should be still further largely arid rapidly in* creased. The Commissioaer recommends the entire divorcement of Indian affairs from party politics, the enlargement o( the authority everywhere of the Commissioner, md the building up everywhere in the Indian service of the'merit system. NEWSY GLEANINGS, THE woman tramp is increasing. Germany has 335 military bands. Brigan'Daqe is inc reasing in Italy. Philadelphia's t?x-rate id $16.50 Pittsecrs has built a cholera hospital. Bi-metalism is n ?t popular in England. The cholera 9car? at New York has died The Western Union cleir3 15,000,000 a ^ear. The apple is likely to ba a scarce article' ;he coming winter. The new military bill will add 95,000 men to the German army. Connecticut's ueach crop amounted thig ^ear to only 65,000 baskets. Uselesskess of a short quarantine has Deen demonstrated in Eaglaud. Late reports m&lco it appear that the nop crop will be short this year. The German army mano#uvres were postponed on account of the cholera. Rhododen'dro.v has been declared by rote :he State flower of Washington. Discouraging accounts are made of the results of toe harvest in Great Britain. The cholera in Europe greatly demoralised the 30,003 American tourists still there, A check for f314,5)0, covering the direct tax due Louisiana, has been paid to her Governor. Over thirty-live p*r cant, of the aliens of Ohio cannot" spaak or writ9 the English language. November 10 has been proclaimed as a day of thanksgiving throughout Canada for a bountiful harvest. The President of the English Chamber of Commerce has just reported a large falling off in England's export tr_.de. Numbers of bears have been slaughtered in the region about Moosehead Like, Maine, and the local markets are glutted with bear skins. ? ? The Vjceroy ac uidwu, ouuu, the execution within the last rear of 10J persons charged with piracy ou the coast iu that vicinity. An ostrich tan feet high and big in proportion has just walked six hundred miles from Central Africa to Sierra Leone. This gigantic fowl is a present to Queen Victoria from Alimany Salmaden, the great Mohammedan chief, and is the largest and finest ever known. The Payno Theological Seminary, the first institution of the kind tor the education of colored preachers, was formally opened the other day by Bishop Payne of the African Methodist Church. It is located on the campus of the Wil beforce University, Xenia, Ohio. Evesy one of the 30,000 odd Chinamen nml Chinese women of "Chinatown," San Francisco, has been notified that unless he or she complies with the requireo^ntsof the registration law before May 5 next, the delinquent will b_> arretted aud deported from the United States. The plow said to have been left- I itanding in the furrow by Gen. Putlam 11G years ago when he rushed to ,he defense of his country is on exhijition at a hardware store in Daniellonville, Conn. Of the l'urrow, we egret to say, no trace whatever now e mains. "mentit v jn.-rssaiatonavearawn 12,000 a night as a theatrical attrac(ion In London. This is more than ihat royal reprobate ever drew in his lifetime. _ _ ___ _ f ' . . . y? THE LABOR WOBLD. A Prifcz drives a cab. R ATT.nnxn strikes aru increasing. Orrn tpienhonea emplcy S465 person*. v Textiles are fin tin xlussia indoatriesT^ Chester, IlL, has several female butcher* !' Express messengers hwe organised labor Unions in Chicago and St. Louis,. Work has been stopped in the Tem'eacal i (In mine of California because of a disagree* meat as to wages. The laundry "girls of Loiaasport, Ind- recently organized a nnion ani inarched in a body in the Labor Day parade The Pennsylvania Railway has issued orders to all its employes requiring the strictest cleanliness both ai to person and the company's property. - ? ?m. 1 a. JjONDCN' :rauway reiresuniBui-iwui u?r> maids work from fourteen to fifteen hours per day, and many of tlrnn are fed on bashed scraps left on customers' plates.. The corn cutters in the vicinity of Springfield, Ohio, have formed an association tofight the patent corn cutting sleds and refused to work for farmed using the obnoxious sleds. A cracuLAa issue I by the organized glassworkers of France, who demand the ei^hthour workday, says that at present taelr excessive hours keep the undertakers needlessly busy. There are mills in New England when children work seventy hours per weak, and placards are pasted ou the walls bearing these legends: "Xo laughter permitted in this mill;" "Jhildren wno sing will be discharged." The Washington Indians are all afraid of im all pox, and will stay at home this year rather than venture into the hop fields and piok. Consequently a great deal of trouble is being experienced in obtaining enough labor to successfully piclc the hope. The Convention of the Brotheehood .at) > Locomotive Firemen bat ju3t been held in; Cincinnati The organization has a membership of about 27,000. The Brotherhood. . f -V* AA J ll.i . B6C aside w tor reuai ui umutnu uuui>i bers and widows and orphans, and protested, against the use of military at strikes. PROMINENT PEOPLE, Stanley has somewhat retired from the public gaze since his political defeat. It is said to be the odd night when (Had* stone is found out of bed after 9 o'clock. London photographers cannot meet' tin demand for the pictures of "Buffalo BilL* The Prince of Wales's gray hair is imitated by his male admirers, who gently powder theirs. i It is denied that Emperor William, of Germany, is likely to visit the World's Fair , in Chicago. Whitxhb was held in high esteem in England, and the press comments on his career are all eulogistic. The estate of the late Daniel Dougherty, the "silver-tongued" orator, of Philadelphia, Is valued at <140.000. Thx nineteenth anniversary of the birth of Louis Kossutb, the Hungarian patriot) was fittingly celebrated at Budapesth. The Czar's personal expenses are fO.OOO,000 a year, which is $8,200,000 more than Russia's annual appropriation for com moo schools. Tex Sultan of Morocco owns the most expensive bicycle, the whole of the framework of which is nickel plated, and which cost him $2000. The Hon. Hugh McCalloch enjoys the dis* tlnction of being the oaly man who has twice held the office of Secretary of the United States Treasury. Llxw Llwyfo, an eminent Welsh poet; musician and litterateur, has, It is saicL been compelled in his old age to seek the shelter of the St Asaph Workhouse. Colonel E. f. Tall&jereo, former^ a lawyer of Alabama, has settled in New "J fork City, where his eminence at the bar will hardly be disputed. He is six feet 5% inches in height. Captain Charles Kino, author of many military novels: R. H. Savage, who wrote | "My Official Wife," and Professor Arthur S. Hardy, writer of "Bat Yet a Woman"' and other books, were all cadets together at West Point in 1865. Thjc beautiful and daring young wife of \>} Lieutenant Peary, who bra red the rigors and perils of a winter in the Arctio regions, and the civilized woman who baa been nearer the north pole than has any other of her sex and culture, is said to be only about twenty-three years of age. ( Captain Thomas J. Spexcer, late of the United States Army, and now employed inthe Pension Office at Washington, had as varied au experience during the war. probably, as any other Union soldier. He wii present in forty-five battles, was captured ' three times and escaped twics, and saw the inside of seven Confederate prisons. GENERAL_J0HN POPE. V He Dies Suddenly at the Ohio Soldiers' Home. General John Pope, of the United States ' Army, died a few days ago at the Soldiers' Home, Sandusky, Ohio. Tho body, after lying in state in the hall of the Administration Building at the Home, where it was viewed by many people, was taken to St. Louis for interment. Major-General John Pope was born in Louisville, Ky., in 18*2, and was graduated from West Point at the age of twenty, receiving a commission as Brevet Second Lieutenant of Topographical Engineers. He served in Florida in 1812-44, and a few years - * *? A* 0 AU later DO assisted id toe survev ui vue uui ?ieastern boundary between toe Britisd provinces and the united States, 1'he same year be joined the staff of General Taylor in the Mexican War and was breveted twice for pal lane and meritorious conduct. In 1849 Captain Pop* had charge ot the exploring expedition into Northern Minnesota. At the outbraak of the war he was made Brigadier-General ot Volunteers bv President Linooln, and was assigned to the command o: tbe District of Northern Missouri. Later, for saveral month?, he had command of tbe Army of the Mississippi and captured New Madrid. For this victory he was made Major-General of Volunteers, and In July, 1863, was created Brigadler-b' eneral of the rezular army and was ordered to tbe command of tbe Army of Virginia, from which be retired after the battle of Manassa*, or tbe Second Bull Run, his defeat being attributed at th6 time to the conduot of General Pits-John Porter and leading to the court martial of that officer. Then General Pope was placed in command of tbe Department of the Northwest and conducted a succsseful campaign against the Sioux. In November, 1864. General Grant asked him to take command of the army operating between Savannah and Cape Fear, but he refused. In March, 1865, he was made a Brevet Major-General in the regular army for gallant conduct in the capture of Island No. 10, aud in April. 1867, he was placed in charge of the Tnira Mtlitary District, which included the States of Alabama. Florida and Georgia. After leaving the South G?neraL Pope was placed in command of the Department of Missouri, where he remained until 1883, when he took command of the Department of the Pacific,, having obtained in the meanwhile the rantc of Major-General, to which he was gazetted October 2d, 1S83. He retired from active service Marcn 16, 1*86, having reached the age limit oi sixty-'our. FATAL EXPLOSION'. Seven Lives Lost by the Bursting of a Boiler. A terrible boiler explosion occurrad in Force & Dickinson's stave mill at Staples, a small village on the Leamington and St. Clair Railway, four mile3 from Comber, ? * ? - wwo inofant.lv killed. Canaan. otr?c? um ?w . one was fatally injured and about twenty others more or less severely hurt. The cause of the explosion is not definitsly known. Some contend ttiat the exploded boiler vras old and not fit for use. while one of the fmployes of the mill says that it was in good running condition, but tnat he believes that scales had formed on the plate and interfered with the working of some of the valves. The boiler was carried fully two hundred feet, passing in its flight between two residence?. Bricks and other debris were scattered in all directions, but the houses in the neighborhood scaped with a few broken window*. .-.L