The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-01


for President were NJ follows; I. Whole
choice. <lo; for James q. Blaine, OF Maine,
3Sxh; for Chester A. Arthur. of New York.
S76: for George II. Edmunds OF Vermont
%; for John A. Logan. OF Illinois, 83n; for
John sherman, OF Ohio, 30; fer Joseph X.
Hawley, OF Connecticut, 10; for Robert II.
Lincoln, OF Illinois, 4; for william L. sher-
man. OF Missouri =. 2. Whole number OF votes
cast, SIS; necessary 10 choice, 40; Blaine,
a<p; Arthur. 276. Edmunds, s5; Logan, 81 I;
sherman. IS; Hawley, 10; Lincoln, 4; william
| Il. Sherman, 2. 3. Who o number of votes
cast Sla; necessary TO choice, 40; Blaine,
$40; Arthur, ga; Edmunds 90; Logan, So;
| sherman, 20; Hawley, -; Lincoln, 8; william
Il. shcrman,2 2. 4. Whole number of votes
| cast, Si3; necessary to a choice, 401; Blaine,
bti; Arthur. 207; Edmunds, Al; Logan. Il;
Hawley, Is; Lincoln, 2. The nomination was
then made unanimous. An attack on French
troops by Chinese troops at Lang SON, in vio-
iation or the treaty, provoked a demand from
Franco FOR heavy war Indemnity. The
cholera made its appearance In France, many
deaths occurring at Toulon and Narcotics
| Tho Pan Presby terrain Council was held at Bel
| fast, Ireland. General Iplesias resigned
con st,tutional the act OF the Legislature
making IL felony TO keep gambling house.
Emperor William laid the foundation of the
new German Parliament buildings at Berlin.
Samuel J. Tilden wrote a letter June ll) for
mally declining nomination for the Presi-
dency. Ex-senator 5. @. Pomeroy. of Kan
sas, nominated for President OF the United
| States by the American (AntI Secret Society
party. Heavy rains in California damaged
| the wheat crop 20 per cent. Capt. Andrews
93 years of age completed his walk from
South Carolina to Massachusetts, arriving In
Boston In good condition.
JULY.
The Democratic National Convention was
held ut Chicago, opening on the sth. w. f.
Villas, OF Wisconsin, was chosen Permanent
Chairman. On the 18th, Grover Cleveland,
OF New York, was nominated for President
on the second ballot and Thomas A. Hend-
| ricks, of Indiana, for Vice President, with.
| out opposition. The ballots for President
were AS follows: First-Whole number of
votes cast, $40; necessary to choice, SAT;
for Grover Cleveland, of New York. 1902; for
Thomas Il. Bayard, of Delaware. 1873; for
Allan G. Thurman, OF Ohio, IS; for Samuel
J. Randall, of Pennsylvania, 70; for Joseph
Il. Mcdonald, OF Indiana, SO; for John G.
Carlisle, of Kentucky, 27 for Roswell p.
Flower, of New York, A for George
Hoadly, of Ohio, 8; for Samuel j. Ti.den,
| ricks, of Indiana, l. Second-Whole num-
Der of votes cast, $40; necessary to a
choice, 5i7; Cleveland, 1884; Bayard, 6lh;
Thurman, q; Randall, q; Mcdonald, /;
then made unanimous. The Nation
al Prohibition Convention met In Pitts
burgh the ed, and nominated for
President, Ex-Governor St. John, of Kansas,
and for Vice-President William Daniel, of
Maryland. Congress adjourned on the eth of
month. The President vetoed the Fitz-John
Porter bill. 1t was passed over his veto by
the House, but the Senate sustained the veto.
The President nominated John A. Kasson to
be Minister to Germany, Alphonso Taft to be
Minister to Russia, John NJ Francis to BIO
Minister to Austria, Lewis Richmond to
be Minister Resident to Portugal; Ward
McAllister, Jr., to be United States Judge o
Alaska; and John Jarrett TO be Commissioner
of Labor. The Barthodi statue was formal
ly presented to the United States, Minister
Morton re ceiving it in Paris. News of the
rescue of Lieutenant A. w. Greedy, the arctic
explorer and number of his party by the re-
lief expedition under command of Capt. Schley
Cholera ragged at Toulon and other cities in
Franco, many persons falling victims to the
epidemic. Serious anti-Jewish riots in Al
giers. Gen. Porfirio Diaz elected Presi.
dent of Mexico without opposition. France
demanded an indemnity of ESQ, 600, 900
francs from China for the Lang
son affair. Premier Ferry ordered Admiral
Courbet to seize the Chinese arsenal at
the Presidency of Peru. and ordered n
general election. General Diaz was
elected President of Mexico. The
Supreme Court of Tennessee declared
Fouchcon and hold IL as security until the
indemnity was paid. The Greedy relief ex-
petition returns from the arctic regions
with Lieut.. Greedy and six of his surviving
| fellow-eXplorers. Seventeen others OF the
expedition persisted from starvation, and one
j was lost while hunting seals. The corpses of
twelve of the party were brought back the
remains of the other five having been swept
out TO sea by the winds. Greedy and his
| surviving associates would have per-
| ished in forty eight hours but for
the relief expedition. They won the
| honor of reaching the farthest known
/ point to the northward. China makes prep
arations for war with France. Twenty
| horse thieves hanged by cowboys in Montana.
| Don Rafael Zalvidary Lazo, President of the
Republic of San Salvador, arrived at New
York. Mr.. ID. l.. Moody, the American evan
gelist, arrived in New York from London.
| DIR. Barnard OF Nashville, discovers new
| comet. Near Chesterton, Nd, 1000 men en-
gagged in a riot at negro campmeeting. in
| which one person was killed. ten fatally in
| jured, and number of others seriously cut
The President removes Gen. James Long
| street from the Marshalship OF Georgia
| The National Prohibition Convention. after a
| two days session at Pittsburgh June 1924
nominated John p. ST. John, of Kansas, for
] President, and william Daniel, OF Maryland
| for Vice President. The Virginia Court or APP
| peals declared unconstitutional the act of the
| Legislature prohibiting school superintend-
ents from taking part in politics.
AUGUST.
| tholdi's statue of Liberty was laid on Bed
| loes Island, New York Harbor. An earth
quake occurred in thirteen of the United
| States. The shock was felt from Richmond
Virginia. to Portland Maine. and from the
| Atlantic coast to ohio. Both houses of the
| Parliament of Holland met in joint congress
and passed, 10y vote of 81 to 3, a bill nam
| ing Queen Emma regent during the minority
| of the Princess Wilhelmina. The British
House of Commons passed the Irish Constab-
uiary BILL and voted n credit OF t30O,O 900 for
| an expedition to relieve General Gordon.
| Henry NJ. Stanley, the African explorer, re-
turned to England, having completed the
| work of esta blishing satisfactory trading sta
tons along the Congo River from its mouth
to Stanley Pool, 1,400 miles by river.
State elections in Kentucky and Arkansas re-
suit In favor of the Democracy. China
refuses TO accede to the demands of France.
| Queen Victoria commissioned Earl North
brook to proceed TO Egypt and report on the
condition OF affairs i'm that unfortunate
country. Utah county elections result in the
success OF the Mormon tickets all over the
Territory. Capt. Payne and his band of in