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Michigsn abolished capital punish
ment some years ago, but the expert
ments has not justified thepredlotionso 81
itsasvocates Murders have multiplied,
and there isa strong sentiment in favor
.oftresteringg the death penalty. On the
other hand, Maine, which went back to
capital punishment two or three years
sgosafter trying the other plan, is in
doubt whether the change has operated
70 diminish the numbers Of murders.
The question Of the wisdom Of the gal
lows is one upon either side of which it
i easy to accumulate evidence, but the
weight Of evidence at present isin favor
OF capital punishment.
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Tho venerable Dr. q. @. Graham,
who died at Louisville, KY, aged 100
years 4 months, was an interesting and.
remarkable man. He vas born in the
tort at Danyille, Ky, seven years before
that territory was admitted into the
Union, before there was a state west Of
the AIleghanies, and almost a generation
before the first steamboat appeared on
! Western river. he was a soldier in
the war Of 1872, a daring frontiersman,
N expert botanist. an accomplished
writer, . frst-rate rife shot and hum
ter, Al acquaintance Of Daniel Boone,
and the friend Of Audubon, the natural.
iss, Of Washington Irving, n. ?. Will.
and other writer's ota generation and
more ago, as we'll as Of Abraham Lin
coin.
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nomlnlon Iegislation.

OTTAWA, Ont, Special Telegram. Feb. Hin
the house to-day. Sir Tilley le public debt
on Jan. l.lSS5. was $253, 7s1,146 Tae premier
stated that the government had no intention OF
creating q divorce court. A motion for the bet
ter supervision aud inspection al banks was
YQteu down. 49, I
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me Canada Pacicf Railroad has sol.
rod the problem ofhow tohave your cake
and eatit, too. Canada gave the rail,
road millions ofacres Of land free. La
Ter Canada loaned the railroad large
sums Of money. Now The railroad pros
poses to sell back to Canada the poorest
portions 81 these lands at two dollars
IN acre, and thus Blot out tho debt.
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The Valley CITY Church Row.

VALLEY CITY. Oak, Special Telegram, Feb.
church row seems TO be settled for the
present al least. The examination OF Messrs.
Root and Peake for interfering with the holding
Of services ended Tonight bv the holding of the
defendants to the grand jury in nominal bail for
trial before the district court. 1t is claimed
that possession OF the church will again be at
tempted by surreptttious means.
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Hendricks Hits the Pipe.

Kingman l. Page. who was in Paris last
summer when Mr.. Hendricks was there, tells
me that they went together on a trip up
the Seine, and stopped at a landing where
there was n shooting gallery. AS they sat in
a booCh lazily watching the marksmen fire ut
tine heads of clay pipes at n distance of four
rods, Mr.. Hendricks suddenly said: II
wonder il l couldn't do something ut that;
it's a long time since 1 tried my hand. but |
used to be a fair shot" Going over to the
range he picked out a rifle and fired shot
after shot until he had broken seven pipes
In succession. There, said he, "seven's r
lucky number; I'll quit while my score is
good"
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SUMMARY OF NEWS OF THE WEEK.
General Gordon surely Dead.

A telegram was received at the British war
Office the sth inst, from Gen. wolseley. He
sends the account of the fall of khartoum as
given by a native eye witness to the entrance
OF the rebels into the town of Khartoum. This
intormer says the city was entered by Ell
Mahdi's forces at daybreak on the morning of
Jan rs. Gen. Gordon was killed by a volley
from rebel riflemen while on the way from
headquarters to the Austrian consulate. The
Austrian consul was killed in his residence
and the Greek consul is held a prisoner by
Mahti.
A cavass OF Ibralim Bey Ruchdi states that
Farag admitted the rebels to Khartoum. The
cayass, with his master, went to the govern
mlent house and met Gen. Gordon coming out,
armed, with Mahommed Rev. Mustapha and
twenty CANVASS os. While proceeding to the
Austrian consulate they met a party Of rebels,
who fired a volley and Gordon and Mahommed
Mustaplia fell dead.
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nRATnRY

BELorT, Wis, Special Telegram. Feb. ia
state oratorical contest, in which there were
speakers from the Beloit, Ripon and Milton col
leges took place tonight in the First
Congregational church. The speakers and
their subjects were as follows; w w. Lloyd,
Heloit College, "International Rela,ions":
l.. G. Randolph. Milton college, 1.-The Influence
leee, "Longfellow's EvanGeline;" II. b.. Blair
Rlpon. Two Scenes in the Life of Charles Sum
ner:" ". J GRAY, BcIoit, American Puritan.
ism" q. 5. Weiss, Ripon, The Love OF Truth.
The decision was in favor OF w. j. Gray of Be.
lott first, and G. S. Weiss of Ripon second.
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Anew York Lavmaker, disgusted
over the fashiyn of adjoining the cells Of
murderers with flowers and bric-a- brac,
or, at least, representing citizens who
are Disguised with the exhibitions Of
sympathy for murderous blackguards
By people Of presumed gentility-haa
introduced hill, entitled AN act for
the suppression ofsentimental gush and
the gloriacation of felony" The bill
provides penalties Of fine for the first
offence md Imprisonment for repetitiona
against amy person who shall send to a
convicted felon, or to q person held for
trial for the crime of murder in any jail.
prison or penitentiary of this State, o
bouquet ofiiowers or other sympathetic
token" Fines and imprisonment are
also provided for Aany sheriff, jailer,
smploye or attendant, who shall know
ingiy convey to any convicted murderer
Or personslield for trial for the crime OF
murder any such forbidden token"
Jefferson Davis was recently asked as
to who, in his opinion, was the ablest
general in the sonfederacy. He UNI
hesitatingly answered. General Al
bert Sidney Johnston, was the ablest
man either civil or military that was in
the sconfederacy.p Gen. Johnston was
killed. at the battle Of Shiloh on the
first day, and the command evolved OF
Gen. Beauregard. nbeing asked wEt
was the greatest man he eyer met il
public life. Mr.. Davis answered
John g. Calhoun. He was q noble
genial. warm-hearted gentleman witlial
Gen. jackson was q greater man, if ",
Judge By results, but he was not learned
he was : safe man and had more sound
ommon sense than any man I eve,
knew. Gen. TAYLOR vas also . grea'
man. and OF the hest friends I bHd
infthe world, but 4 did nos suf,poe.
aoF President. JOHN @ ,iacs Ad
Vas alsosa great stssfs sliasti. and
baps the best equiispsd man 4 g,
knew.
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S~ESATE-Ihe Indian appropriation bill, after
protracted consideration. passed. Mr.. Dolph
introduced a bill making Seattle and Tacoma,
Wash, ports of delivery.
An amendment was yesterday proposed by
Senator Morgan to the anti-silyer coinage bill.
1t strikes out the present provision for the sus-
pension of The coinage of the standard dollar,
and authorizes the president. on and after April
!, 1885, and in any succeeding month until
April I, 1856. to direct the secretary of the
treasury to suspend, in whole or part, the pur-
chase of silver bullion for the coinage of stand
ard dollars.
HousE-The senate amendments to the army
bill were non-concurred in. The bill amending
the statutes relating to the transportation Of
dutiable goods passed. Mr.. Siocum Dem.)
moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill
placing Gen. Grant upon the retired list. After
debate this was Iost-l5S to 1O3-not the nee
essary two-thirds in the affirmative. The bill
regulating the letting OF mail contracts passed.
The bill passed last winter by
the senate to place Gen. Grant on the
retired list of the army vas defeated by q
vote of 15S to lob, two-thirds having failed
to vote for the motion to suspend the rules.
The bill was brought up by direction of the
committee on military affairs, on motion Of
Gen Slocum. it was originally passed by
the senate and reported favorably to the
house prior to the veto of the Fitz John Por-
ter bill; and in order to overcome the con-
stitutional objections of the president the
senate passed a second bill, which was
framed by Senator Edmunds, in which the
name of Gen. Grant does not appear. This
bill is now on the speakers table awaiting
the action of the house. Alarge number of
votes cast to-day against the defeated bill
came from those who favor the plcc-
ing of Gen. Grant on the re-
tired list, but who were not inclined
to send to the president a measure drawn in
such language as would require him, in view
Of his negative action on the Porter bill, to
withhold his approval. The objection OF
these gentlemen was to the form and not to
the object of the bill.
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The Northwestern Lumberman publishes IN
exhaustive review Of the fine lumber product
of the Northwest for 1884. Following is a sum-
mary: District west Of Chicago, including the
Duluth district, st. Croix river, C%hippews river,
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha rail
Valley, Wisconsin Valley division Of the Chica-
go, Milwaukee l. 81. Paul railway, Wisconsin
Central Milwaukee, Lake Shore l. Western,
Wolf River and Wisconsin mills, 3,44S,646 ISL
feet
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his church.
Parisians say it is all very well for John
Bull to have his ''petit Tonquin" in the Sou
dan, but, carried too far, the consequence
may make it necessary for France to renew the
struggle which cost her so dear in the days of
Abd-el- Kader.
AT Jacksonville, Fla, fire destroyed five
buildings and badly damaged as many more.
Among the buildings burned were the Percival
block and the residence Of W. d. Barnett OF
the Bank of Jacksonville. Loss roughly es-
timated at $4,000.
The United States marshal at New York has
attached the fast steamship Alaska, valued
with her cargo at 81 $50, 900, on a suit for sal
wage brought by the owners of the steamship
Lake Winnipeg, for steering the Alaska into
port during a recent gale.
The total earnings of sixty-cight leading
railroads during the month of January, &C
cording to the New York Commercial and Fl
nancial Chronicle, amounted to SIT $40, 362
against SIG, 729, 4S3 in 1884, an increase OF
ss9,S79. The mileage in 1856 was 80, 1888, ant
As, 077 in 1854.
Mrs. DR.. T. s. Hudson, q widow. has sue
ceeded in swindling hundreds Of victims in
Boston and vicinity, including many leading
business firms. She was assisted in her oper
atoms by h~erdaughter, Amy. Their prepos-
sesaing manner and winning ways completed,
cap tiyated their victims.
Tn new residence of John Il. stenger, thu
president CT the Washington colony, at What
com, Wash. Ter WAS blown to atoms by dy
Mantle. Loss, $1,000. No lives were lost
The cause cannot be learned, but it is suppos
ed to De the outcome OF the lane trouble which
has been brewing two years.
In the Swain court martial recently, testimo
ny was given showing that the stable wher
some of swaim's forage was delivered was
club stable, where q number Of gentlemen In
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Judge Ingraham, IN the supreme court o.
New York, rendered a decision holding thai
the assignment of Mayor & Co, is null and
void. Tho firm, which did a large wholesale
business In White street, was composed OF
Ferdinand and Benjamin Mayor, father anc
son. The firm failed Sept rs, 1888, for ovel
go, 600, 900, and their actual assets were abou
s1,ooO,0OO. Both members of the firm have
been since indicted for perjury and are nov
ont on bail
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-15
The Right l,Ourso.

At meeting Of the Republicans ON
Saturday evening, . committee was ap-
pointed to investigate the charges OF
fraud at the city election. This is the
proper course to pursue. Persons who
vote illegally should be prosecuted, the
same a. any other violatOrs Of the law.
II men may vote at q dozen different
places for certain candidates, our cleo
tions become mere farce. 1t Is folly
to say that there is no use Of prosecuting
persons for illegal voting, as convictions
cannot be secured. Such assertion is a
reflection not only on the honesty Of :he
jurors, but upon the integrity OF the
court. Jurors will certainly not disre'
gard their oaths to be governed by the
law and testimony, in making up theil
verdicts, and the Judges will do theil
duty the same as in other cases. Party
considerations will not influence TIT
mind of any honest man to such ar
extent as to lead to the rendering of {
verdict contrary to the law and tesd
/ mony. Men cannot afford to perjur'
themselves to acquit persons PROVED
a guilty Of illegal conduct. When the.
a w ~ udoieuaiiy euoy ohouiu hov ohi.
a be reprimanded by the court, bu
n should be branded forever as person
;. not to be believed on their oaths.-
a Democrats as well as Republicans al
"a interested in preserving the purity
: the ballot box, as upon it rests the pc
n petuations Of our institutions and Il
"a preservation Of our people from a
40 archy,
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-15
rho Heat ana the Park .


A few hot days like yesterday will
start large numbers of our citizens to
the sea shore and the mountain dells,
whore they will remain until the
heated term 10 over. Those who mi
Rrate In this manner are the wealthiest
who can afford to do 90 though NO
doubt others will 20 who have not the
means, and who had better remain ut
homo and look altar their busiresA Tho
mass of the people cannot indulge In
seashore pleasures. Times arc hard and 1t
takes more than all the cash they can
command to make ends meet ut homo.
To them . park upon the Brandywine
would DO welcome retreat. 1t Ii true
that they can even now resort to the
Brandywine and enjoy tho grateful
shadows Of It's woodlands but they only
do it - trespasserA It 10 not likely
that anybody owning wooded property
would drive any ono away who sought
breath Of fresh cir and the grateful
shades Of the oak, hickory and chestnut
trees, but they could do 20 II they
wished. The city should possess this
park property, and should lose no time
In securing 1t and preserving 1t from
the ravages of the woodman's axe ano
the blast Of the quarryman. The Parl
Commission is authorized to purchase
| the grounds and at the same time Il
borrow the money to pay for them. Thu
City Council it is said Is friendly II
the measure. What then Is to hinde
1 the grounds from being purchased and
fenced in this summer and coming fall
Let an immediate movement be mad
In the matter.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-15

MAYoR-ELEcT Rhoads, profting by
experience, has adopted an entirely
new plan of his own for choosing his
police force, and very good one, by
the way, if he will put into it his self
judgment, and not be guided by poll
ticians, whose only object was to carry
the recent election by fair means, il it
could be done that way, and if not to
carry it anyhow. If Mr.. Rhoads wants
. good force he will have to throw aside
the men who voted more than once
Men who repeated, and who, being an
inspector, took votes he knew were il
legal, cannot possibly make honest and
efficient policemen, though they may
be able physically to handle police
mans club. These men, Mr.. Rhoads
will be the most importunate for office
and strange to say they will bring thu
strongest recomm endations from lead
ing Democrats. If Mr.. Rhoads listen
to them and is guided by them he will
have repeaters and dishonest election
inspectors upon his police force. Thi
should not be 80 when there are 8
many good, honest, able bodied and ei
men out Of employment, VIII
Id be glad Of q place on the force
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-15
Attention

An ordinance that may seriously
affect the interests of every merchant
in this city was introduced in Courcil
and passed TO a second reading on
Thursday evening last. 1t is only
necessary to say that said ordinance
grants to every itinerant peddler that
may make his appearance in our city
with lot of boots and shoes, dry
goods, clothing, watches. jewelry, or
any kind of goods at all, hire or rent a
vacant store anywhere, and for the
sum of twenty dollars he can at once
become an auctioneer, and to the detri-
ment of those regularly licensed, as
we'll as all our merchants, he may en-.
gage in business for week or Two
weeks, as the case may be, then pull
| up stakes and leave for parts unknown,
| for he has no more call in this city. II
Ia thought that it is only necessary fol
Council properly to understand the real
| animus of this ordinance in order fol
them to lay it on the table, or indef
nitely postpone its passage.
MERCHANT.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-15

SECRETARY Bayard, annoyed by the
criticism of his Columbus, Mo-, speech
in which he committed the error of say
ing that his grandfather on the thirty
sixth ballot voted for Jefferson for Presl.
dent in 1901, has been driven tn explain.
He now admits the error, but says his
grandfather intended to vote for Jeffer-
SOD, and when the last ballot was.taken
withheld his vote from Burr, which
contributed to the election Of Jefferson.
Mr.. Bayard, however, did not admit
that Jefferson was elected on that las
ballot without my grandfather s.
vote, even had he kept on voting 70
Burr.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-15

THR present outlook for the Brandy
wine Summit camp meeting leads to the
belief that it will be very largely at
tended this summer. The woods are in
an excellent condition, and numbers OF
people who cannot afford this year to
go to the seashore or to the mountains
during the heated term will avail them
selves of the opportunity of spending
q couple of weeks at the Brandy wine
Summit camp. 1t has been decided
to commence the camp on Monday, thu
| 10th of August.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-15

THE foul water that for the last few
days gave rise to so many exaggerated
ssories, it is said was caused by air in
some Of the water pipes which stirred
up the muddy sediment that had set
tied and lain for years in the bottom Of
the pipes. While the water for a
short time was very unpleasant, the
ultimate benefit to the water was in
calcuable. This sudden stirring of The
waters and the mud with it suggests tn,
propriety of some plan by which thu
pipes at stated intervals can be flushed
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-15

PENNSYLVANIA must have increased
enormously in counties within year If
what the Philadelphia Press says is
true. That paper states that during
the next two weeks Republican con.
ventions will be held in nearly 200
counties in the State" When the cleo,
ton was held last November, returns
were received from only 81 counties. L
is probable that the Press intended II
say 20, which a cipher placed at thu
wrong end has magnified ten fold.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-15
WANAMAKER'B.

WANAMAKER's.
PHILADrLrHIA, Monday, June Is. 1855.
Never was such a thing
done before.
Who cares for inch-wide
stripes Z" ninety-nine in a
hundred ladies would have
said, had we advertised them
for IS cents a yard.
We knew 10 cents would
do it. We said not a word till
we had them safely under
our root. We spread two
counters with them. Room
enough for q hundred at once.
And the space was full.
"Who cares for silver
head silk umbrellas :" ninety
nine in q hundred people
would have said, had we adj
vertised them for SIS or $6
apiece.
We knew $3.50 would do
it. We said not a word till
we had them safely under
our roof. We spread them
over the long umbrella coun'
ter. Room enough tor q
score OF lockers at once. Ano
.. the space was full.
Who cares for crinklec
0 seersuckers ?" nine out o
Q ten would have said, had VIZ
t had no better stock than oul
!, neighbors.
8 We knew the beauty Q
IS color, the GOODNESS of crinkle
e the toughness of stuff, ant
's IS cents a yard would do ii
le We spread them over a gen
II II erous counter and waited no
y long for your coming.
ls Who cares for Graz
a Grape :" ninety-nine in
IL :. hundred would have said
I'd the Crazy Grape had bee
~ ~ nothing but Crazy Grape.
ut We knew the jaunty styl
ms OF the summer was in tn
are stuff and we knew the wot
%. OF and twist and woot and colo
the were in it too. 1t was II
an fashionable dollar for fiji
very practical cents til
the the brought you for that era
ay. Grape by thousands.
,ty,- And so we might 60 ov
Mn. the store.
his There are dresses TOR h;
ken "a few; girls dresses al
,ich coats for more than half
mi, two-thirds gossamer waite
last last proofs-$2 isn't a cent o,
|, for half; fans for half, if any
left; laces for more and /
few than halt; hats and bonn
ats ed for half of something
Tired i hardly know how to va
Is set It, millinery verging towal
OF a its dotage-a month or
;. the h. weeks looks towards m
IF the merry dotage, don't it!
is the the All this array of unhea
shed of bargains comes alb
without a sign of distress,
to the most without the loss G
l y at t, dollar, with profit on e,
e es Of Of item we think OF but som
s ear to the girls dresses and &C
them, and after the collapse O
,nding singular Intellectual strai
ywine -, -
ecided SODDle up the trade OF
'y' the city by a couple of no
that haven't the stuff to
.reased il whatever their c,,rnl,,,
year If
avs is JOHN WANAMAKE
during Chestnut, Thirteenth and N
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-15

THE latest reports say that General
Grant is gradually growing weaker,
without any increase of pain. 1t il
evident that the old hero's days will
not be many more on earth but nothing
will be neglected to prolong them.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-15

A TRIP to Missouri has revealed to
Mr.. Bayard theinsiznifcance of Della
wares political products. Peaches are
surer crop, no deception in them.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-15

The test lever q man
can use to make low prices
is ready cash; low price
makes business, and so it
goes. The man who buys
with the cash gets the best
bargains all the time. No
man can do a credit bust.
ness without loss. So
prices have to be made to
cover them to be success.
full. We prefer doing a
cash trade because we can
then make prices so low
that none can make them
lower. We are offering
now special bargains in
Mems and Boys Clothing
We have a very full stock
of handsome suits fol
Men, Youths, Boys and
Children, and as q specia
inducement, with every
ready-made suit sold fol
$l2 or over we give a goot
watch and chain as a pres
ent. Wedo this as anadyer
tisement, and canno
afford to continue it long
as we have made no differ
ence in our prices, AS man,
would have you believe
Our prices are all marke
in figures ON the ga
ments, which also save
you a great deal of ammo,
ance. Our custom depar
ment contains the late
and newest styles of sui
ings and pantaloonings..