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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

THE result in Mississippi gives an
other State to the Democrats, if the
next Presidential election siloBld he
thrown into the next House of Rep
resentatives. Twenty votes are re-
CURED to elect in that body, and The
Democrats, with Mississippi aud Ore
eon--in the latter of which they have
just elected Congrcssman-have
twenty-four, four more than is suffi-
cient for choice. This is gratifying,
because it is by no means certain that
the election will not go te the House.
The last Mississippi delegation stood
five Republicans to one Democrat.
1t is now entirely Democratic, a
change Of eleven votes. This will in
crease the Democratic majority in the
House to eighty-three Or eighty-four
two TO one. We will guar.
antee that the Mississippi members
are all right on the financial question,
and we have no idea that they are at
all afraid of greembacks being so plen-
ty as to lose tkeir purchasing power.
.Enq. ,.-....r.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11


ST.. LOUIS kilograms of 4th inst, an
nounced that the United States Grand
Jury had found indictments agains
ex-United States District Attorney 8
Patrick and Krum, ex-United States
Marshals c. A. Newcemb, ,OrvilGrant,
brother OF the President, General
Babcock, the Presidents Puivate Sec
retary, and others, charging them with
conspiracy with ST. Louis distillers to
defraud theGovernment out ofthetaxes
OH an immense amount OF crooked
whisky. The alleged indictments were
said to have grown out of the testi-'
mony before theGrandJury Of Joseph
M. Fitzroy who was indicted by the
previous Grand Jury, and lately plead
ed guilty to the charges against him.
He is said to have been the Treasurer
of the ST. Louis Whisky Ring, the
most gigantic mbinatlon ever made
to beat the Government.
A Washington dispatch of Saturday
says that the Attorney General not
having been Informed officially that
General Babcock and Orvil Grant had
been indicted by the ST. Louis grand
Jury, it is the opinion of the Cabinet
officers and others that no such in
dictments have been found.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

AMan Kills Two q his chndFen and Com
Is mits suicids.


IADtANAnoL1s, November The
Kokoqo T'a6,ase publishes the fol-
lowina in a extra this afternoon
SDavfd Robinson came to town yes
terday and beughta a new suit of clothes
and revolver, after which he went
home and showed the purchases to
his family and ate his supper. Robin
son was in good humor, and appeared
perfectly sane. He remarked to his
wife that it would have been we'll if
little DAN {hisss SOM had died Two
weeks ago, and said he had attempted
to kill the Child. He then drew his
revolver and fired at . second son,
who was lying in bed, and then turned
and fred at bis wife,. Mrs. Robinson
ran out Of the house, and the oldest
boy, eight years of age, started 70 fol-
low, when his father shot him in the
face, but the ball glanced off without
seriously hurting him. The. father
then struck him on the back of the
head with chair, but the son succeed
ed in getting out with his mother.
Robinson then deliberately took q
razor, approached, the bed in !, which
lay his only daughter, seized and cut
her threat fl ON ear to ear. He fol-
lowed this murder by killing the son
whom he had first shot in bed i'm the
Same manner, afteryw hich she jumped
on his horse and fed. His dead body
was found this morning one mile
north ofJacksen station, on. the In
dianapolis. Peoria and Chicago Rail-
road. 1t is supposed he committed
solcioe. e.'tad - 5.fh GuoN civ :
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11
Failed.


The National Gold Bank and Trust
Company of San Francisco has failed.
This is national bank Of issue on q
gold basis. Again we have an illus
tratiOn OF the "soundness" of the
specie basis system. Banks of this
kind are what the so-called specie
basis advocates denominate "sound," /"
and bank notes founded upon the fu-
gitive fraction of specie are what they
call Sound currency" How long,
oh, Lord, will the people permit them
selves to be gullcd and robbed by a
systematic brazen fraud that is SO pal
pable as to be detected by child at
first sight? How long will the people
suffer before they demand as with one
voice the instant and perpetual aban-
donment of a system Of currency is
sues and banking, which with uner-
ring certainty robs them OF their earn
ings, bankrupts them in their business
and spreads commercial disorder and
ruin all over The country If a spe-
cie-basis bank cannot live in state
where gold is produced and circulates
in larger proportion than is possible
in any other part of the country,
W here can it live ?-Ind. Sun. ..- fs
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

The Democrats Of Ohio owe Hon.
John q. Thompson, of Columbus, a
heavy debt for the earnest, able and
energetic manner in which he has con-
Quoted the late canvass. That the
cause was not successful does not less
ell the obligation nor furnish reason
why our thanks should not be extend
ed him. As Chairman of the State
Executive Committee, he gave his
whole time 10 the canvass. lie was
surrounded with embarrassments
which would have appalled, men OF
less energy and will. But in the face
of all draw backs he organized and
fought with The experience of a vet
eran, and his heart was i'm the cause-
Mr.. Thompson, we believe. is a can
didale for the position OF Scrgeaut-a-
Arms OF the National House Of Rep
rescntatives. TO our friends every,
where we commend Kim as a man
worthy OF support-a man who has
earned the right to represent the gall
lant. fighting Democracy of Ohio
ERqHirer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

TIE Radicals of Washington had a
great elbow out" over the late elec-
tions ou Saturday night. An hundred
guns were tired, the bells were rung,
and Boss Shepherd and Emperor
Grant were screnaded. The latter
made one of his characteristic speeches
and these arc the eloquent words he
uttered:
Gentlemen, | am happy to meet
you OH an occasion like this to rejoice
in the success of the recent elections,
which, though the majoritics were not
large, were. sufficient TO suppress the
Rag Baby, which was first brought
out in Ohio, and 10 give assurance
that we will have hard money In the
good time. Another result of the
election, think, is that the Republi-
can party will rule the country for
feur years longer at least
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

EDDIE GERoLD fell from a tree while
nutting in the woods near Watervliet,
N. Y. broke his leg, and tainted.
When ne came to q big Newfound-
land dog which had accompanied him
was standing over him. That was on
Thursday, and the dog staid by him.
Saturday morning he tried to reach
some nuts to eat, whereupon the dog
went away and brought back a loaf of
bread. Eddie ate of that and then
began to cry, when the dog again
started off and this time brought
'friesds who carried the boy home.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11
A Horrible Story.

We have heard Of q vary distressing
accident occurring in Jackson county,
West Virginia. 1t was at a "house-
raising" AS is customary Oil such oc-
casions, chickens had been killed by
ohosping off their heads. Two little
sons Of the owner of the house to- be
raised saw the chickens thus guillotin-
ed, and during the day concluded to
repeat the operation. 1t was just at a
time when the men were lifting
heavy log into its place. The father,
who was holding one end Of the log.
casting his eyes toward the little fel-
lows, one of whom had the ak raised
TO sever the neck of his brother, let go
of the leg to save the boy, and it fell,
killing six men,, two instantly, the
others living only few hours. The
ak fell before the father could reach
The scene, severing the neck of the son.
W ere seven persons hurled into
eternity ina twinklins.-Middleport
.(O) Nelr8. -, ~ ,.f .f
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11
Tn. Great Fir. ~ lquiqus.

Nxw YoRK, Nov. 3.--Thez Panama
Herald Of October 2lst just received
has details of the great fire in Iquique,
news of which has already been re-
ceived by telegraph.
The fire broke out in the German
club house at atabout O'Clock on the
morning of the 9TH of October, and
before noon three-fourths Of IquiQue
had vanished in smoke. Tventy-four
blocks or houses, stores, banks, &c,
were consumed. Jssa e-is 10 ssar.
The merchant vessels in the harbor
sent their men on shore, and all-civ-
iIians, foreign residents, sailors, the
police and the authorities-strnggled
to subdue the flames, but in vain.s Iqai-
que Wss built almost entirely of wood !;
the sidewalks were Of the same mate
rial.
The ground is impregnated with
nitrate and water is . luxury. and the
saltwater falling On the earth only
served to kindle the fire hidden by the
saItpetre. The fire, swept like hnr-
ricane over the city. The houses fell
like pasteboard palaces. tGsn; ,7tad
&C Damage done is immense-S5,OO ,OOO,-
900 of hard dollars will net coxer il,
and in IquiqUe ne insurance could be
obtained from the very nature of the
ground and the material employed for
building purposes. The principal ed
ifiues burnt are the National Bank, the
Town House. the IQuique and Com
mercial Hotels, the market house and
the club house. -its 1f"S~ =
: Many families are homeless. The
of Peru ordered the author
tiles to use, six. Thousand soles for
their relief.
" at Lima the different nationalities
literally Many mer-,
chants had of there,
duced tariff and dispatched = large
of merchandise, nearly all of
which is now destroyed, and now
these merchants find themselves abso-
lutely bankrupt, their liabilities, owing
to disaster, being infinitely in excess
of their; assetfs. The warehouses in
which large quantities OF nitrate was
stored were close to the sea, and were
savsd,- bptilarge Quantities of coal, a,
costly, article in lquique, were burned
uD.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

\ CORRESPONDENT asks US to .eX-
plain why we say that Grants Des
Moines speech indicates prevented
moral nature. Because it not only
contemplates and fortells with, cool
ness. and without any sentiment Of
horror, bloody war between Aineri-
can citizens, growing out or diffcre,ice
in religion, but is calculated to fonent
and encourage, with all the authority
OF the Presidential Office, such damn
able aiiimOsities. II is not only in,en-
seiy wicked, but hostile to the Consti-
tuition and to the Traditional policy of
the country. No man OF an. upright
mind aud II true American heart could
entertain such ideas or deliver such
speech. N. Y.,Sun. -9 tsfft
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11
Too Much Money.

The evidences are accumulating
every day that there is too much mon
ey in the country, as witness the fol-
lowing: i'7H I'd s''-'F r;7''."
The cap and hat trimming manufac-
-turys Of Haight, Hoyt g. Co.. New
York whose failurew was announced TO-
day, state their liabilities at S75O,OOO.
The assets will more than cover the
amount.
BARNES BROTHERS, of Akron, large
dry goods dealers, have made an as
Sif1 sos bHf ~ 7t'' .
49, rsSk~ 20 -sqe.rt. fsit 10 Esa
KEcKLY. grocer. of Ashtabula, has
made an, assignment. :, ,sso..-..
y. q. r. EASTMAN, Of Bronson, Ohio.
dealer in wool and stock, has made
an assignment for the benefit of his
creditors. 1i5.- alz9u sG-F -gts
C. p. Prentiss, fbe Menroeville
brewer, made an assignment on Nom,
day, John S. Reby assignee. z
q Messrs. E. Peters & Sons Norwalk
failed on Saturday; e.. B. Stickney,
sssignee. Arrangements have been
made 80 they will continue their bus
mess as usuai.H tIfsG1F ro. y{.yrll
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11
The Heatben Chinete has ' invaded

The Heather Chinee, has invaded
the arena of relig' cas- discussion,-
Wong Ching Foo, q learned Chinese
lecturer, is to hold 2 public discussion
at Terre Haute soon,. with a Baptist
clergyman, on the relative merits OF
the Religions of Jesus Christ and Con-
fucius. This is not Wong Ching Foo's
first effort at polemics, and he is cred /,
tied with usually having made the
temperature rather elevated for his
Christian antagonists, ts.,,,i.,nc, ..,,-.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

| I'VE general Republican, success
which has attended the late elections
has emboldened Republican organs to
claim with confidence triumph In the
next Presidential contest. 1t reminds
us of 1885, In that year the Demo-
cracy carried three-fourths Of I, the
States of the Union. Pennsylvania
was Democratic by q large majority.
So were Ohio and Indiana. Every
thing seemingly betokened q brilliant
Democratic victory In. 1910. In 1S40 |!
What defeat and disasters do these
magic figures recall to those who are
old enough to remember the total
Democratic defeats which occurred in
that memorable and never-tO- be-for-
gotten year! NineteenStates out of the
Itwenty-six then in the Union voted
for; General Harrison, the Wing eau
didste for President, againt Martin
Van Buren,, the Democratic nominee.
Then, as now times were hard. Busi-
fess was Z az. Labor was unremun-
erativs.i TIE people gave the Admin
istration every chance tor success. Ii
did net embrace it, and the people ac-
cordihgly turned upon it in the sue
ceeding year. The victories of 1889
were. a stumbling block and an injury
in the contest of lS40 to those who had
won them. So will those of 1876
prove, If the Democracy suitably i'm
prove the lessons which they have
taught. There will be no bettering OF
the condition of the Iaboring classes.
1t will continue to grow s7wor The
people. will be more and more inclined
to vote for change than they would
be If the Democracy had carried the
previous elections. All that we have
to do is to present fairly aud squarely
what is known as the greenback issue,
and upon il we can carry two-thirds
of the States and two-thirds of the
Electoral votes We can not fight
longer over the old husks of the past.
They must be abandoned, and newer
and fresher, pastures be entered upon.
In National contest Of the Demo
cracyI VS. tile Money Power the latter !
will 60 TO the wall The Democracy
have only to adopt the Ohie Platform
in their next National Convention to
sweep the country like whirlwind.-
Enquirer. H"IfF"'r t.na; 9sH"sir Il
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

4
j. NEW YORK, November Sat the
business meeting of uthChprch,
Brooklyn, last evening, the names Of
Deacon West and Mrs. Moulton were
dropped from the roll of membership
on the ground of continual absence
frsm the services Of the church. Dea-
con West was not present, but Mrs
Moulton was accompanied by her
counsel, Roger A. Pryor, who read q
protest, signedAby Mrs. Moulton, and
which closed as follows: ",My ab-
sence is an enforced one, and is caused
by the crime of adultery committed
by Henry Ward Beecher, pastor OF this
church, with one OF his paritioners,
which / know to be fact, through
Mr.. Beecher's confession to me and
through the confessions OF Mrs. Tilton
and through conclusive evidence of
the crime from other sources! ap.
\ pear before this church in loyal obedi-
ence to its simmons, which L have re-
ceiyed, and hereby declare my dis
position and desire to discharge all the
duties devSlvins on me as member
that are consistent with my knowl-
edge of the adultery OF the pastor and
his false swearing with regard to it,"
\ The New York and Brooklyn Asso-
citation ofCongrcgaLionalMin Ministers has
taken action, it is alleged, which will
certainly revive the Bcecher scandal.
a. Committee Of it's members has keen
appointed and instructed to report,
alter careful examination of the
charges, whether the Association
ought to retain Mr.. Beecher in MEM
bership. 1t was said last evening Mr..
Beecher would withdraw from the
Association rather than submit to the
Investigation. 9t
) Plymouth Church has adopted a
resolution providing that Mr.. Beecher
and his DeacOns confer with Mr.
Moody, and they be authorized, if the
evangelist has no objection, to an
nounce thesfifst OF a series OF daily
prayer meetings fsr the next Monday
morning. In the discussion of this
subject one member said: "Let US
show enough Christian spirit to go
with the others to the meetings in the
Tabernacle. Let us show no desire
to stand aloof from our sister church.
es, even though they may not be cor
dial toward u.s. ss aiiil saf y
s Miss Florence Tilton sent commu-
nicaiion to the Plymouth ChurchCom-
mittee tonight, asking for her letter
of dismissal from the church.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11
:" q ~
Something to Ponder Over.

The following dispatch in cypher
was recently sent by a British capital
lists in London to his agent in New
York: "Buy real estate mortgage
notes freeIy.a Money shall be furnish
ed to any extent. The policy of the
party in forcing resump-
tion of specie payments is grinding
everything down to the point where
msney can reap rich harvest. Half
the, homes in the country can be fore
closed within a short time tor a song"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

The REAsoN.-The Chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee
of Pennsylvania gives the following
as the cause of the defeat Of the party
in his State: .,;,r., .s,....-,,i,s a.
"That the men in New York who
professed to be Democrats. interfered
in the election in Ohio, and helped to
destroy their brethren Of their own
political creed and spread disaster
amoHgt hem. Had these men been true
to the cause of Democracy, we could
have carried the State by 100000 ma
jority." -4i't@- -s9i sfs'.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11
Great Fire at sherman.

81 sos - - . aaa--
GALVESTON, Texas, New. 2-The
great fire at Sherman, Texas yester-
day was first discovered in the st.
Cloud Hotel. nia;i-7 tlf .fs"t -- i7
A strong southwesterly wind swept
the fire across the Street, burning a
row of frame buildings used as Offices,
and then ragged on both sides Of the
street, destroying everything north in
Guiding the new post-offce building
on Houston street. r..-, las h.a-7
The flames spread 80 rapidly. that
but few goods were saved. The post
Office and contents and every printing
Office was burned. Sixty-five ,busi-
ness places were destroyed and some
thirty. families are homeless.
The loss is estimated at $3400OO.
Nearly all the buildings were frame
and tho losses are only
partially covered by insurance.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

The Supreme Court of Maine. has
recently decided that if person buys
railroad ticket for passage between
two given points, he has a right to
ride an equal distance anywhere on
the road, and in any direction. This
decisionis just one, IS the passenger
Is supposed to pay for SO many miles
Of TRANSPORTATION. ru"J 7d' .tf .a'-T
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11
Dissolution.

NJ An =: bn DLEn navlng Purchaseo
the Ravenna Summit Mill, that Institution will
hereafter be run by him. He will pay all debts
contracted by the late firm, and all amounts
owed to it must be paid TO him,
Custom Grinding done to Order
Flour. Feed and Mill Stuffs delivered to any
part of the city, free of charge, at lowest rates
WN. T.. BRADLEY.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

q third term than at this very writing,
The recent elections, the prospect of a
rev over Cuba, and the evident dis
position Of the American people to
enter upon q crusade against the Pope,
have lifted the White House people
into state of great expectancy. The
ghost of Cesarism once more stalks.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

SoME PuMrkrxs.-A Kentucky
farmer has pumpkin-vine which,
with its branches. measures LAO feet.
and bore twenty-four pRnipkins that
averaged twenty six pounds each, or
total Of 625 pounds of fruit.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

WoN'T the Radical papers republish
some of the complimentary articles
they used to publish about Jshn Nor
rissey few years ago when he was
member Of Congress elected by the
Democratic w ..'. - : -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

The late Isaac NJ. Singer, the sew
ing machine man, left his affairs in q
most interesting state. He left large
estate, and now three wives and some
thing less than thirty childr en- claim q
share each. The will he left is being
contested, and doubtless will be set
aside. He was successful as a family
man az well as at making money by
inventions, and was not q citizen of
scrupulous morale. ..4,...
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

DISPATCHES from San Francisco o 6
the 9Th inst, report the foundering Of
the steamship Pacific which sailed
from Victoria at nine o'clock Thurs
day morning and foundered forty
miles south of Flattery at eight o'clock
Thursday evening. Over sixty per-
sons are reported lost, and only one
escaped to relate the terrible calamity.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

The wisconsin Na1lrOad war in tho Su-
preme Court n
The cAlebrat ed; Wisconsin RAILROAD
or sGrangcr cases occupied the at
tention 81 tho United States Supreme
Court most Of last week. Thse cases
arise under what is Known as he Pot
ter law, passed by the Reform. Legis-
lature of Wisconsin, authorizing the
appointment of Commissioners, and
vesting power in them as a Beard of
Arbitration to regulate fares and
freights, on railroads. The railroads
at SDce banded together to resist the
application of the law in the case
which was argued before Chief Jus.
tee Ryan, Of WISCONSIN Th6 Court
decided that the Legislatureshad the
power to pass the law. in question,
from which decision the appeal has
been takent to the Supreme Court. The
argumentswas-c conclude ed on Thursday
by ~. z. w. Stoughton and VIM. M.
Evarts, of New, York, Mr.. Eyarts
spoke for two and half hours on the
point whether the clause in the Con-,
stitution' which gave the right to alter
or repeal charters granted to corpora
tions gave, the Legislature the right to
regulate freights and fares. He said
that a reasonable construction Of the
clause would mot deay the right to
control the corporstisn in it's corpo-
rate capacity, but where the Legisla-
ture went beyond this, and assumed
to trespass upon private rights by at
tacking private properly, they exceed
ed the power in the Constitution. He
held that if they have the right to
regulate railroad fares they would
have the same right 10 regulate the
premium of insurance rates, OF board
at hotels, ratos of gas, and every bus
mess chartered by q Legislature.
There are four of these cases from
Wisconsin and one from Minnesota.
They bring up questions which are
new and upon which no precedent
can be quoted, and apply directly to
the fixing of freight and passenger
tariffs by law. 1t is not expected that
the decision of the Court will be rem
dered before the latter part of January
next. .a-Ioi % tes' ssr tao:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

The trial Of Meade for the murder
of Elijah Davidson at Leetonia, which
took place in the Court of Common
Pleas Of Cslumbiana County week be-
fore last resulted in . verdict of MUIR
der in the first degree. On the Sun
day following he attempted to com
init suicide in Jail by severing an ar
terry with piece of glass. r
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

TIE Buckeye works at Salem have
discharge 25 employees, and reduced
the working time fin their establish
menttoi eight hours day. There
surely must DO too much money In
that section. So" .3'' ti-'Hi teods
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-11

The Republicans are bsasting that
they carried everything before them
at the recent election, and yet that
"honest money for all" hasn't get into
circulation to any considerable extent,
nor is the difference between green
backs and gold entirely wiped ont.