Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-24

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Assshre so1ss-
Nxw Yosx, Ost. z2--At the Demo
esaSfs oeesln1 this sveninQ ths Chair
man anuo0nced that tbs report Of thl
Coufsrsnos C0mmittse In favor Of thl
nomtnat1on Of ex-A1emhlyman Chas
IOksiIly had been adopted. Thereupoa
the delegations from the Sixth and
Eighth Assembly di1tricts vishdres
and egdofssd the Tammany nomines
An nnaesessinG Letter Tssn Geyernsl
cseyelana.
NEW YoKx, Oct. 22.-Henry Ware
beecher In speech. tonight. In Brsok
iyn. read . letter from Gov. ClevelanS
10 Mrs- Bceoher, ~ follows:
EXECUTIVE MASsrox ALBANY. Oct. 7th
lssf. fPrivate)
Ny Dear Mrs. Bsecher:-Y Your letter
% you may veil suppose, has al ctec
me deeply. What shall l say 70 on<
who writes 30 like my mothsrf / say
"lfks my mother but don't altoQethsI
mean that, for she died in the belief
that her son was true and noble, a. she
kneu be vas dutifui and kind. ] am
shocked and dunbfounded by the clip
ping that you send u1s, because il pur-
poFts 70 give what . man actually
knows and not mere report, as the other
four or ave lies do which have beard
about nv life IN Albany. have never
sen In Albany . woman whom l have
had any reason 10 suspect was in any
gay bad. l do not know where any
such woman lives In Albany. l have
not been In any house except the Exec.
utive Msnsiou, the Executive Chamber,
at the Orange Club Hoase twice at re-
csptions given. and on one or two other
occasions, and the residences Of perhaps
fifteen or twenty Of the best citizens ta
dine. OF course have been 20 church.
fhsre never vas man who has worked
harder or more hours Ia day. Almost
all my tiups has been spent In the Exec
utive Chamber. and hardly think there
has been twenty nights in the twenty
months have lived in Albany, unless
was out Of town, that have left my
work earlier than midnight TO find nv
bed ct the Mansion.
am 81 q loss TO know hoW Il II that
suoh terribly wicked and utterly base
les liss can be invented. The con-
temptibie creatures Who coin and pass
these thipes appear 60 think that the
affair which l have not de0ied makes
me defenselsss against any and all Sian.
derers. A 20 my eastward life in Buffa-
10, the manifestation Of confidence and
attachment which was there rendered
must be proof that I have mot led q dis
graceful life 10 that city. A 20 my life
show that it has been otherwise than
iaborious and correct are absolutely un-
true.
I do not wonder that your good hus-
band IL perpisxed. honestly think
that l deserve his good opinion, and any
aid be 10 disposed TO render me. do
not want him 20 think any better Of me
than ! deserve nor TO be deceived. Can
not arrange 20 zee him and tell him
what l cannot write ] shall be in
New York ON Wednesday or Thursday
afternoon, and the evening shall spend
In Brooklyn.
Having written this, IL occurs to me
that sSch q long letter TO you is un-
necessary and unexpected. Ii is longer
than any have ever written ON the
subject referred TO, and beg you Is
forgive me il yoar kind and touching
letter has led me into any improperly.
Yours, vefy sincerely,
GRovER CLEVELAND.
have marked this private. You must
not infer that | at all doubted your
proper use of it. q. @.
A Meeting Rrekea Up.
WILMINGTON, N. c., Oct 23.--Lats
last night, while Gen. Alfred M. Scales,
Democratic candidate for Governor, Was
addressing a large meeting, including
many ladies', in front Of the City Hall, q
procession of negroes, who had been at
tending Republican meeting in an
other part of the city. passed within a
few feet Of the Democratio meeting,
and acted In such disorderly manner
that they compelled the meeting to sus-
pend proceedings. Stones we're thrown
at the speakers stand, one OF them mar
rowiy missing Gen. Scales, and ons
striking the breast of Coioael John N.
Staples, Democratic candidate for
Elector at Large. The affair has ere
ated intense indignation, and there u
much excitsment on the streets today.
The meeting appointed q committee to
wait upon the prominent white Rspub-
lican leaders and inform thsm that they
would be held responsible for any reps
tition of the outrage.
A Fiendtsh Deed.
PsovIpEScR. Il. l., Oct. 22.--Mary
Munichan, living with a man named
John Seaeben. was brutally beaten by
him, and while the woman Was unoon-
scious Ssueben poured coal oil over hel
and ignited it. She was badly burned
Seueben has been arrested.
Fatal Collision.
MONTREAL, Oct. 3.-The Chicago ex.
press, which left here last night at II
o'clock, sellided with an east bound
coal and freight train at Point Claire
causing terrible havoc, killing the en-
sineer. Alec Stewart, and fatally injur
ing the fireman. Other train handl
were seriously manned. The passen
aers escaped without fatalities, bot {
number were quite seriously injured
stewards body VAS mot recovered fol
tao hours, and when IL was taken frou
the debris IL was found TO be bsyonf
recognition. One handred and fftl
head of cattle were killed. The esti
IN ated damage is $l50.0o0.
Gsansa Performs Before she Papa
Nunete.
PANS, Oct. 23--Gounod, the com
poser, last evening performed befor'
the papai nanoio and number OF se