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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-03-25

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District and Parish Ticket
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
THE FIRE FIEED.

The advent OF intensely cold weather Is
not without It's usual attendant, numerous
rnd destructive fires. Among tie moro
notable within a few days were the des,ruc
ton 0! half millions worth Of business
property at Mcadville, Pa; Of coffin fac
tory in New York city with q loss OF $780,.
900; of the Widows Home near East Sag
NAV, Mich, with enc Of the inmates
the burning Of the court house and jail n,
Jerseyville, H., four prisoners being suito-
Gated and burned IN the latter; and by
the burning of q dairy barn near Elgin on
Monday, where - cows persisted in the
flames.
II is alleged that the terrible holocaust III
the convent of Bclleville, H., of which an
account is given elsewhere, was largely due
IN which the girls slept were locked.
When assistance reached the burning
building bars had 10 be brough. 10 break
open The doors o! The rooms IN which the
terrified pupils were confined, and the per.
sons engaged in this noble work were
driven away 10y flames and smoke. Not
the slightest preparation had been made
tor such catastrophe AS fire. There was
only one ladder on the premises, and this
was too short to reach the windows Of the
apartment III which the unfortunate girls
were being stuffed and roasted,
AT last accounts all the bodies but two
Or three OF the victims had been recovered
from the ruins.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12

nois, became at the age OF twenty-five
sheriff OF La Sale county; atterwaId, Sec
rotary of the state senate, and was Tor
many years engaged IN banking and com
merce; came to LeadVille IN 1873, located
and bought numerous mining claims, IN
tcrestcd himself, through the mining edi-
tor of this journal, in the great discovery
of the Triangle, on Fryer Hill, which was
named Eaton, after his son: was promi-
nent owner of the Latte Giant on Carbo-
nate hill; is part owner Of the Mike and
Star and other Leadville properties. As Il
public man he distinguished himself by
the building Of the race course on the Ar
kansas, the erection of q hotel at Soda
Springs, and the creation OF Evergreen
lakes, the most recherche resort OF pleasure
seekers in the vicinity of Leadvllle. AS II
man Of enterprise, the latter runs always
ahead of his means; as duti'ul son and
citizen of his country, he brought up the
finest family IN the state, one ct his
daughters betittlngly adjoining, as Mrs },
g. Grant, the gubernalorial mansion OF
Colorado.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
DEATH OF HERR LASKER.

DR.. E6uard Laskcr, the eminent German
statesman, who was on a temporary visit
to this country, died suddenly IN New
York on the 9Th inst, of heart disease.
lie had been at dinner at the house of
Jesse Seligman, the banker, and WA un-
usually joyous and happy. On his way
home in his carriage he was stricken with
the fatal attack. Mr.. A. Wasserman was
in the carriage with him. They were
driving In the direction of 9Th Avenue
and then turned down town. When they
reached Thirty.fourlh street Laskcr was
suddenly taken with violent tit of cough.
ing, which he tried % control without
avail. The gentlemen KEEP. on their way,
Lasker making strong effort TO control
his cough. Wassermsn suggested that he
procure the assistance Of physician, but
Lasker. though he could not articulatc
plainly, made known his wish to go on.
When Twenty.eighth street was reached
Lasker pressed his hand against his heart
and staggered. Wssserman threw his
arms about him and prevented him from
falling, and called upon passing citizen
for help. The citizen responded, and
Lasker was carried 10 private stable near
By and laid upon lot OF buffalo robes
and blansas. 4 physician was called,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
CONGRESS-.

Congress rc.assembled on Monday, and
has had short daily sessions since then.
The business, however. 10 Of little interest,
as the real work is being done in the COM
mlttee rooms. One OF the subjects which
IL receiving earnest attention 10 that Of the
rapidly disappearing government bonds
available as basis for the circulation of
the National Banks. Various plans are
suggested, that most favored on the Demo.
cratic side being to fund the present ma
tional debt In long 2 per cent. bonds, and
allow the banks to issue circulation on
these bonds up to their par value.
Another subject that will receive early
attention on the part of congress is the cX.
clusion Of American pork from France
and Germany. Both IN the senate and
house bills have been introduced to pro.
vide for retallatory legislation. and there
Is no doubt no, only French aud German
wines, but many other fabrics of those
countries will be excluded from our coun b.
Try if the ban against pork Is continued.
Mr.. Randall ia getting credit IN advance
for having the appropriation bulls IN such
a state OF fOrwardness that most Of them
will be ready ior action before the month
is out.
The ways and means are said o have
come to the conclusion TO be very conserv-
alive on the tariff question, intending 10
conGne their proposed reduction mainly to
raw materials.
The friends OF the Henncpin canal ARE
gratited with the Presidents message on
that subject and are quite confident they
will got some aid for the project At this
session
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
THE ILLINOIS AND HENNEPIN CANAL.

| Although ignoring the subject in his
annual message, where the friends Of the
| Illinois ship canal as well as Of the Henne-
pin canal were very anxious TO have a
MENTION the Presiden. has taken occasion
In special message, transmitted to Con.
gress on Tuesday, to give both these pro-
jects quite handsome send of. He trans.
mlts TO the senate and house the commu-
nicaton to him of Gov. Hamilton, with a
copy OF the ACT of the Legislature OF this
state, endorsed by vote of the people,
cedng the Illinois canal 10 the general
government Oh condition of its enlarge
mcnt to "a ship canal; and IN the same
connection, as part of the some enterprise,
he transmits the reports OF surveys and cs-
Inmates made by direction OF congress for
the Hennepin canal, adding, IN regard TO
both:
The proposed cession of the Illinois
canal Is an element of the subject congress
had under consideration in directing by
act of Aug. q 1882, a survey for canal
iIOu q pOlut vi tuU AliiuOlo AANCi III VI uSai
me town of Hennepin. by the most practl.
cable route to the Mississippi river at or
about the city OF Rock Island; the canal
to be not less than seven feet depth OF
water with capacity for vessels OF at
least $50 tons; and also the survey OF the
Illinols & Michigan Canal aud the esti-
mate of the cost of enlarging it to the di
mansions Of the proposed canal between
Hcnnepin and the Mississippi river. The
surveys ordered in the above act have been
completed, and the report upon them in
cluded in the last annual report of the Sec
rotary of War, and copy IL herewith sub
mitted. Itappears from these papers that
the estimated yield OF corn, wheat and oats
for 1889 In the states Of Illinois, Wlscon.
SIN. Iowa, Missouri. Kansas, and Nebraska
wss more than one thousand million bush
els. It's claimed tina; ii the cheap water
transportation route, which Is now cOntin-
uous from the Atlantic Ocean to Chicago,
is extended to the Upper Mississippi by
such canal, great benefit IN the reduction
of freight charges will result to the people
of the Upper Mississippi Valley whose
productions l have only partly noted, not
only on their own shipments, but upon ar
ticles OF commerce used by them which
are row taken from the Eastern States BY
water only as far as Chicago. As a matter
Of great interest, especially TO the citizens
Of that part of the country, | commend
the general subject to your consideration.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
LOOKING UP.
session

Late dispatches from Pi,tsburg mention
the fact of decided improvement since
New Year in the outlook of the iron inter.
esis OF that city. reports from the various
iron mills IN the city," so reads dispatch
'show a better condition OF things than
was anticipated a month ago Nearly all
the iron and steel mills are now running,
with iuir prospects OF al increase of bust.
ness during the present month. The Re
public iron works on the South Side, shut
down for some time on account OF break
will start on Mondsy with plenty Of bust
ness TO keep them gong steadily The
Black Diamond Steel Works are abou, to
lay train OF the largest rolls In the world
while several other mills are now working
double turn. There seems to be = growing
demand for iron, manufacturers are daily
growing more hopeful, business IS incrcas.
ing. and The outlook Is more encouraging. y
A dispatch from Reading, Pa, also states
thai work has been resumed in All the
departments OF The Reading Iron Works;
They employ 1000 men At The <hee, MILL.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12

the cases were tried, 1t is charged that
the Attorney General IN appointing the
Hon. Richard Crowley "a. the Presidents
reQuesD AS special counsel TO and in the
Southern prosecutions, Crowley being a
member of Congress, violated the statute
which torblds member of Congress TO
take fee IN any case IN which the Govern
mcnt is Concerned. III. stated that vouch-
ers on file will show that Crowley drew pay
for his legal services, while he was draw
ing his salary as a member Of the House.
\ third matter that Congress will look
INTO, when fairly in working order Is
charge made against Hon. Geo Bliss spec
lal counsel for the government, TO the ef
feet that he received thousand dollars
for giving the adverse opinion III the OF
man case against the government.
The tariff reformers and the men whd
want the unearned land grants restored &c
the public domain will ondeavOr to &c,
their work before the House early in this
month, for tear other powerful committees
Will get ahead of them. They hope tc
send the tariff matter TO the Senate By the
first Of March which Will give that body
plenty of time to develop its position on
tariff reform. Like the House it contains
new men, who have yet TO make positive
record on that questlon-a fact that makes
the outcome quite uncertain.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12

The puddlers' wages have been reduced
from $3.50 10 $3.25 per ton, \ number OF
other manufacturers are preparing to re-
sumo work and the outlook In the iron
trade is generally brighter"
There IS no indication, however, OF a
break IN the present unfortunate lockout
Of the glass blowers, which is now nearly u
months old Meantime the glass stock has
run so low and prices have so gone up that
heavy impOrta,ions are being made from
abroad A late Pit,sburg dispatch says;
The Executive Board OF the knights OF
Labor held secret meeting here some
days ago, and now 1t is learned that they
propose taking action TO assist he glass
workers if the lockout continues. IL is
stated that agents have bern employed IN
Europe for monibs organizing glass WORK
trs there, and IL ~ now claimed that IN
International Glass Workers Association
haa been formed with membership OF
10 600, which includes WORKERS IN all bran
ches of the trade 1t has been taken into
the Knights of Labor, and is known rs
District 300 meeting OF the glass man
uactur, r. OF the country VIII be held IN
Washington, d. c., next Monday (l4;h)
to CONSIDER the tariff and existing dillicul-
ties.
The iron mills have been able 20 resume,
1t will be observed, because the men sub
mitlcd To q slight reduction OF wages, and
a Ike acqulescence on the part OF the glass
blowers, no doub; would readily break the
present lockout as to them. But there
is this to be urged IN behalf Of the latter,
tina, there has been no such tumble IN the
price Of glass as in that OF iron. Yet no
doubt il all the glass workers Immediately
wen, TO work, very few months would suf-
fee to bring down glass pr"por,ionatly
with the fall IN iron.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
THE COLD WAVE.

The cold wave which set in Oh Friday
Of last week was not only the sevcrcst
known throughout the northwest in many
years, but was equally exceptional in Its
severity at the East and South. Up in
Dakota, Minnesota and Northern Wlscon-
sin the thermometer In most localities
went down to 38 and 10 beioH zero
throughout northern Iowa, Illinois and
Indiana the extreme was about 80 below ;
south as far as Bloomington o. below, IN
Union county down 10 20 below, killing
all the peach buds. il not the trees; and
throughout Kentucky, Tennessee, North
ern Alabama, &c, ranging from zero to Is
below. South of Vicksburg Of course the
thermometer nowhere sank to zero, bat
there was freezing weather all over the
south, including part of Florida, where
great destruction was done TO the orange
groves.
Eastward, III Pennsylvania, New York,
New England, &c, the wave vas day or
two later, but about equal in severity to
the west, frequent mention being made OF
the thermometer at 2S to SO below zero
throughout, Northern New York, Vermont,
sc. In New York City the lowest was
about 10 below.
After the abatement OF the intense cold
IL Ohio, Pennsylvania and south of there,
on Tuesday, a heavy snow storm set IN, re-
ports coming of a snow tall varying from
10 inches IN the mountains Of Pcnnsylva-
MIA to & and 10 inches at Little Rock,
Memphis, Atlanta, Raleigh, &c. Ia this
region the let up OF the cold snap came
abou, Tuesday, the thermometer on Thurs
day rising above freezing point, but there
has been no snow and yesterday, the wind
yeering to the northwest, the thermometer
again sank TO zero. Snow on the ground
continues or s inches in depth and
sle,ghlng capital. The mild winter Of the
weather prophets took It's flight with
Christmas, and flom present appearances
The January ,haw" has been postponed to
March.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
OHIO SENATOR.

The contest over the u. :. SenatOrshlp
among the democratic members OF The
| Ohio legislature, which terminated on
! Tuesday IN the caucus nomination oi
Henry g. Payne over Geo. III. Pendleton
the prcscn, Senator, was one Of the most
exciting contests Of its kind ever wit
messed. Pendle.on had been an able and
honest senator, and was entitled 10 u re-
election; hut the Ohio democracy are IN.
fortunately divided INTO several bitterly
hostile factions, and Mr.. PendletOn had
the misfortune to become involved In this
auarre! so deeply as TO render his nominh
ton impossible. Mr.. Payne is one OF the
ablcst men IN the country, and has Ire
quently been warmly urged by the Ohio
democracy for the democratic nomination
for the Presidency. He has several times
made u splendid run as their candidate for
Governor has been sent TO Congress from
the strong republican Cleveland district,
and has held other imp 'rtant public OIL
ces. The objections made to him are,
tina. he is 72 years Of age, Is immensely
wealthy, and bis son is treasurer or that
craspiug and uncomfortable monopoly
known as the Standard Oil Company and
of course in The case OF man OF such
wealth and such convictions, the charge is
made tina, his nomination was largely OBJ
tanned by purchase, though there Is not a
shadow Of proof produced to support such
u charge. That he is a statesman OF clear
and practical views Is shown BY the fol
lowing extract, which we find in the pa
pers, OF recent speech OF his at gather
ing of Jackson Democrats, on the tariff
question;
Frequently, we hear Democra.!cI
speaker, timidly, IN n sutdued voice, asI
though fearing TO compromise himself, cd
vOcate tariff tor revenue with incidental
protection. Why such indiscretion and
COW ardice, IN view OF the inexhaustlbeI
and unreasonable resources of our coun
try in coal, iron, copper, wool, cotton and
corn, abundant under the fostering care ut
the Government to supply the wants of not
only present population OF 5O,WO,OOO or
the O0,0OO0OO which many of you will
I've to witness, but of the 5OO,OOO,OOO or
1000, 100000 which, IN the probable future,
The National census will enumeratc, and OF
the populations o: Mexico and the Central
and the Southern Republics, whose mar
kcts ought long since TO have been opened
for our mensfac,ures. 1t is difficult tOl
understand why our statesmen should yet
hesitate and vascillate in the discharge of
their duty A judicious tariff is not for
protection only, nor Tor revenue only. nor
again for revenue win The Swallowed OUT
lines of an incidental tail appended to it,
but II Is a tariff Of both revenue ana pro |
lection, one and inseparably adjusted and
perfected 10 as to do jdsiice to the great
interests Of the country and Injustice TO
none,.'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
A BLAZING CONVENT.
Twenty.Seve Persons Perish in the Flame e.
at Belleville, III.

Early on Sunday morning the Convent
of the Immaculate Conception, at Belle
vile, IN this state, was discovered to be On
fire, and all egress from the building being
barred by the smoke and flames save from
the second and third story windows. all
but about a dozen Of the occupants of the
building at the time persisted in the flames.
There were certainly known to be in the
building SO persons. OF these the bodies
of II have been recovered and identified.
10 are missing Of whom not even the bones
or ashes have been found, and escaped
from the building more or less fatally IN
jured. This leaves but two to get away
unlnjured. Five OF the persons, lncluG
ing the Mother Superior, were religeuse,
and employed as teachers the rest were
pupils, yonng girls averaging In age trom
5 to 17ycars. The school had inst been
having vacation and the scholars had not
all yet returned, SO that many were saved
by their absence. The fire Is believed 10
! have originated from defective fluc from
the furnace, which was located IN the base.
ment of the west wing Most of the vie
tins, II is SAID, might have been saved i.
the Belleville fire department had been
properly equipped with ladders, as most OF
them appeared IN their night clothes a.
the upper windows, and many were killed
by eaping to the frozen ground below.
THE BUILDING.
The Institute OF The Immaculate Con
ception was a three story brick building
with mansard roof and had frontage o:
1870 feet and depth OF 100 feet. The con-
struction of the main Or other part of the
building was was commenced in 1853, and
was occupied for the purpose for which it
was intended IN 1859, under the charge OF
Sister Mary Jerome as Mother Superior.
The school was opened in that year with
seventy-fve pupils, and has continually
prospered since that time. The east and
west wings of the structure were added
some years later IN order to accommodate
the increasing patronage, ar d also furnish
quarters for the sisterh0od. In the west
wing was chapel built in the BY zantlne
style, and occupying the space from the
third floor upward TO the roof. The altar
appointments were especially rich and
costly. In the east wing was large exhi.
bition hall fifty teet wide, and, like The
chapel, also rising from the third floor to
the roof. In the basement OF the east wing
was placed the gas generator, and in the
west wing the furnace was situated. On
the first floor were located the reception
rooms. parlors, school-rooms, diningroom,
etc, and in the rear WAS the kitchen. The
second floor was also used partly for school
purposes, and as dormltory for candi-
dates and lay sisters. The story above
this was used for general purposes. n We
randall occupied the space below the tive
wings IN the rear this verandah being a;
the first floor, the roo: extending to level
with the third floor. Leading upstairs
from the main entrance was broad star
case. On top of the main building was
situated cupola containing the convent
bell. The entire building HAD originally
been painted q dull lead color.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
NOrABILITIEs OF LEADvILLE.

The Lcadvlllc, Col, Democrat gets out Il
Idouhchlanket sheet issue for New Years
Day. the first psge OF which -24X32-is
adOrncd with autographs Of 36 Of the
most notable lions" ot LeadvIllu, not for
getting the noble racer King Carbonate"
upon Which all Colorado priGeS itself rs
the finest chunk of horse flesh In the
world, and which occupies the central and
by ten times the largest and most conspicu.
Gus position in the Democrats picture gal
ery The second place III honor is given
to James b. Grant, the present most able
and successful Democratic Governor OF
Colorado, ia whose favor u considerable
boom is gaining Roadway IN the far west
10 further his nomination rs the democrat
ic candidate tor the Presidency. OF HIM
we have the following rapid pen sketch
JAMES u. GRANT.
Gov. JANIS B. GRANT born IN Russell
county, Alabama, 1S4S, attended the Agri.
cultural College at Ames, Iowa, the Cor
nell University III 1874. then the School OF
Mines at Frieberg, Germany, spent six
months at the gold mines of Australia and
| New Zealand, came to Colorado in 1877,
AMI to I.eadville in February, 1878, where
under the firm of j. T. Grant & Co, he es-
tablished the largest smelling establish
ment OF the city. After the burning of
the works he built with has partners, Eddy
and lanes, the immense reduction works
at Denver, known rs the Omaha and
Grant reduction works, the former SAM
pling works of Eddy, James Il Co. becom
| ing the Ieadvillc branch Of the same con-
Germ. With his old partners and Mr..
Head, the present msnager OF the firm In
Lesdville, and some other parties, he re-
Gently purchased the works of Cummings
Il Finn, which are again in operation un.
der the new and separate firm of the Fryer
| Hill Smelling Company. MIR. Grant was
elected governor OF the state year ago
last November, and fills that position to
the credit of himself and the state Of Colo.
rado.
The only other figure IN the Democrsts
picture gallery In whom people hereabouts
will be likely 10 take any interest rs that,
to which also a place Is given, OF
II. T.. GoopEIL.
Born III Connecticut, in 1925; finished
his schco, education in a log cabin IN Ili-