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NV Government o1ac1al..

Tho President has appointed ex-Gov. James
u. Porter OF Tennessee, assistant secretary OF
state, and John d. Atkins Of this Same state
for commissioner cf Indian Affairs.
Hon JAMES D. Porter, named for assistant
secretary OF state was twice elected governor Of
Tennessee, first in 1874 ard again in 1875 For
several years he has been president of the Nash.
vllle Chattanooga railroad. In tho exciting
controversy over the pay mont of the state debt
which prevailed IN Tennessee few years ago.
MR.: Porter wan one of the most prominent advo-
catee ct maintaining the good faith and credit of
inc state, and 1t was when Mr.. Bayard visited
the state several years ago to discuss the tinan-
cial question that he became intimate With Mr.
Porter: At the outbreak Of the war Mr.. Porter
was Union rnentbef of the legislature of Ten
nessee. put went with his state into the confed-
erocS' he served during the war as adjutant
general OH Gen. Cheatham's staff. He is law
yer oy profession, graduating from Lebanon
university. He has regular features and iron
gray moustache and goatee and curling iron
gray hair He is six feet in height and shout
4fty Years old His wife is Blister Of Senator
John d. Atkins of Tennessee, who will as
sumo direction of Indian affairs, is fifty years
old, and native of Tennessee. He graduated
from the east Tennessee university in 1915,
studied law after leaving the university; was 4
member Of tho state legislature in iS49 and
1881 senator in 1855, . presidential elector
in 1856, representative in congress in 1857,
ard presidential elector again in 1860 When
the war broke out he went into the confederacy
as lieutenant colonel of the fifth Tennessee regi-
ment but was subsequently elected to the Con-
Tolerate congress- he was member of tho
Forty third, Forty-fourth, Forty fifth, and
forty sixth congresses, and was appointed
by Speaker Randall He is about medium
height, with thin frame and slightly bald
His thin, sandy brown hair is just beginning to
turn gray: His long service in congress has
rendered him familiar with the operations Of
the Indian bureau, "
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Liquor in the Army.

Gen. Mcclellan found it difficult to
prevent tho sale of liquor to soldiers.
and finally gave orders that the stock
OF any one violating tho regulations.
should be, summarily destroyed. Tho
next night tho provost guard visited
Springman's hotel, on Pennsylvania
avenre, and destroyed nearly q, 900
worth of liquors of various kinds. The
guard went into the celler of the estab-
lishment, where most of the LIQUOR was
stored. and stove in the heads of the
casks and barrels, pouring their con-
tents upon the floor, forming q pool
deep enough to float bateau. The
Columbia restaurant, kept by Joseph
Piatz, situated on tho square below.
was next overhsuled by the guard, and
the liquor found on tho premises served
in the same manner. The atmosphere
in the neighborhood of the Sprin9man
house was fragrant with the odor of
whisky, brandy, gin. aud cordials, and
was smiled up by the several old topers
standing near with peculiar satisfao-
aoa.-Bs. Rsrzy Rors.
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Two Sides of q Congressman's Life

Two Sides OF q COngreSsman's Life.
1t is an error to suppose that the
lawmakers have nothing more to do
than to attend the ordinary sessions Of
the senate or house, and draw theiI
pay. Some of them are models of in
to the capitol early in
the morning, holding committeeman
:ngs for an hour or two, darling off to
an executive department for informa-
ton, taking part in the debates of the
respective houses. writing letters TO
constituents and transacting infinite
odds and ehds of business until dusk.
And when they go home in the even
ing, they are not always allowed to
rest. They are bothered by dissatis-
fed constituents; they are besieged by
strangers and friends, one wanting
this done, another that, third some
thing else, until, wearied and exhaust
ed, they sink into restless sleep, and
dream hideous visions of the coming
day.
Yet there is another side to the pic
ture. They each receive five thousand
dollars year and perquisites, to say
nothing of the honor of writing m.
c." and ~. S. 81 after their names;
they are distinguished guests
wherever they 60; they are invited to
all levees and receptions. to all festi-
walls and amusements; they are ban
quoted by the president and enter
tanned by cabinet ministers; and they
are welcome to every species of do
nestle and foreign hospitality, from q
charity-ball to a german at the lega-
ton. where they may move solemn!v
through the figures of the stately
minuet, or dance to the lovelier music
of a cotillion and Virginia reel. A.
together, their careers are decidedly
agreeable. and the average congress-
man would gladly serve his country
for life, and nominate his bones" to
fill the vacancy occasioned by his
death. The BRIG ht little son of sena-
tor evidentlyothought the senate was
an hereditary institution; for, when
asked what he intended to be on reach
ing manhood, he mournfully an
swered: swell, I'd like to be 4 hack
driver, but s'pose I'll have to be =
senator From "Anso,sq tie Lav.
Mqkers," By Edmund Alton, IN St. Njch-
olGs for January.
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The woman suffragists found chilling
weather for "the cause" in various
quarters during the legislative sessions.
The Connecticut legislature refused to
allow ladies the humble privilege of
voting even at school meetings. Leg
islatures of other states had their fun
over propositions for women suffrage
and then dropped them suddenly.
Dakota legislature passed bill giving
women the right to vote, but it was
vetoed by Gov. Pierce. But the wom-
en- will up aud try again.
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Nellie Grant with Her xather.

Tho steamship Baltic which brought Mrs
Nellie Grant sartoris, passed Sandy Hook and
came to anchor at the White Star slip, where
abe lay until q change Of tide Mrs. Sar-
toris met her brother with look of anxiety
on her face, which was quickly dissipat-
ed, however, by the favorable news of her
fathers condition which they were able to
give her. The party arrived 1t the barge Office
and took the elevated road to the gen.
with . quick, nervous step, and the door was
opened by Col Grant All the curtains were
pulled down, and lights appeared IN the sec
ond and third stories only Mrs Grant welcomed
fastened up stairs to the generals room, where
he had gone to meet her from the library.
The general greeted his favorite pleasantly,
and whatever emotion he felt, except that Of
JOY, was hidden under his wonderfully calm
face: Mrs. Sartoris WAS overjoyed 1T finding
her father appearing 50 well and bright, and
after An hours chat the general wentto bed
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A Runaway Train.

While switching on the old Winter.
set track, near the coal banks. the
cars jumped the track, ran up to the
fence, forced it down, proceeded on
through grove of fruit trees, broke
xteen OF them down, ran over a coal
house, and finally. struck q brick
dwelling house. The rear car broke
down the twelve-inc wall, forced it,
way through the bedrooms. and &.
nally emerged on the opposite side.
The walls having been torn out, . por.
tlon of the house fell down, loading
the cars with brick and debris. For.
tanately the family escaped without
@nJury.-Qss Ai~o keod9.
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eseneral Grant still lives, though his
death may be looked for at almost any
moment. He faces his inevitable fate
with splendid courage and submission.

Heavy shipments OF oats have recent.
ly been made to Liverpool from New
York and Boston, and large quantity
is now in transit from Chicago. The
British markets have obtained their
supplies of foreign oats in the past from
Baltic ports, but the chance of war
with Russia has caused England to look
to the United States and Canada for ang
prospective deficiency that may be Gre.
ated.
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The New York Tribune estimates tho
weight of farm products being moved
by the railroads from the far west to
the eastern states at 5000, 900 tons.
At 81 per ton, the average charge from
Chicago to New York, the cost of all
this immense transportation is SEC, 0Qo,.
600. In 1860 the average price was
$13 per ton, or $195. 600 900 for the
same freightage. This is yearly saw
ing of sl35, oo0, 900 for the joint benefit
of produ GERS and consumers,
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Arabs Die But do Hot Surrender.

London Telegraph: As At Teb and Tamai,
the wounded Arabs refused to be made prison,
ers, and great caution had to be exercised in
moving about the field, not only to avoid the
covert stabs dealt by the bleeding Arabs, but
tho PUSHES and cuts Of tho fanatics who sham,
med death in order that they might the moro
surely get chance of burying their weapons
IN one of us. Exploring along this way par
ty OF our men came upon six dead and four
wounded Arabs lying under q bushy dwarf
mimosa tree. The soldiers had an in
tcrpreter with them, and tho Arabs were called
upon to surrender and come out That they
said they could not do; would the soldiers
therefore como and take theme The four
wounded men still held their spears in their
hands. Every good, said our soldiers, ''put
down your spears, and We will see you are well
treated, and do all We can to cure your wounds"
concise: Put down our spears, iniidel
dogs! By God and the prophet, never!"
There was crack OF Martini. Henrvs. You
can guess the rest 1t was again, a. 1T Teb
and Tamai, almost impossible to take pris-
oners, and We secured but two Of their wound
ed alive. The third prisoner Iassisted to bring
in, but he was hardly capture, for tho man
gave himself up. He had q Remington and
over 100 rounds Of ammunition. His story was
that he had been one Of the Berber Egyptian
garrison, and since the fall Of that place had
been forced into the Mahdi's army. He was
glad to escape from them, he declared, and I
must say the fellow looked cheerful at being
taken A trooper o I the Nineteenth conducted
him to Gen. Stewart He was our one un-
wounded prisoner!
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1radstrsst On tho Business s,tu..,on.

0f2ost1OoS On the Business situation.
There were 247 failures in the United States
reported TO Bradstreets during the week end
ing 2lst, against $50 in the preceding week. 192,
~ and 11S in the corresponding weeks of 1884,
1883 and 1852 respectively About 81 per
cent were those of small traders
whose capital was less than 5000
Among those reported embarrassed
we're Frank Toueey, publisher, New York city
Cambria County bank, YOUNGSTOWN, Pa. Muske
gon. Mich Car and Engine company; Southern
Agricultural works, Atlanta, Ga H j. Mullan,
wholesale hardware, New Orleans; W. B. Will
ians Son, cotton factors, Charlestown, s. c.
The cold weather checked trade during the
week, and from almost all the larger
cities word is telegraphed that the season
in business circles is backward. The
shipments Of dry goods from Boston and New
YORK are about as heavy as one week ago, but
takings are no larger, jobbers in dry goods con-
tinue to monopolize the business reported, and
makers agents await tho depletion Of stocks
in second hands. Collections in general lines,
which we're better during the early part Of the
month, have fallen away.
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MINNESOTA NEWS CoIDEISBb.


The governor has .p pointed Reuben Roy
nolda, q Crookston. Judge in tie eleventh dis
triot thus filing tho last Of the judicial ap-
pointmsuta Judge Reynolds VI. recommended
BY fifteen members Of the bar Of Polk county, !
majority thereof, and also forH-two members
Of tho bar Of the district outside Polk county.
Judge Reynolds 10 about sixty years old. and
ia pioneer Minnesotan. He was elected Judge
OF probate Of Olmsted county in 1868 and held
tne ONCE for four years, removing to Ninneapo-
Lug IN lS72 There he served a. associate Judge
OF the municipal court for some time, and in
1870 removed to Fergus FallA Thence he soon
transferred his resldenee to Detroit, and whom
tho land Office was removed to Crookstop, fol-
lowed to the latter place. which has been his
home for the past eight years. Judge Reynolds
has reputation among his fellow members Of
the bar for i logical, judicial mind, and they
recommend him highly tor the position to
which he was appointed
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voters, demanded that such competi:
ton with them be ended, but IN the
south. the negroes being the working
class, the system Is allowed to flourish
Id the most extended FORM, But the
evils of the system are overlooked in
the profits resulting from it to the
contractors, who usually represent or
combine with themselves the strongest
political influences. 1t amounts to .
system of limited slavery, in which
tho master has but one interest, and
that is to get the largest profit out of
the slave, losing sight of his physical
wants or the preservation of his nealth
for that matter, for the courts arc
actively engaged in keeping his quots
full; no matter how short-lived the
eonvicts may be. That conviets are
short-ived anyone will admit who
gives tho subject any attention, be-
cause under the methods of treatment
they could not live long. OF course,
tho contractors always reply that
such statements arc false, and dare
the writer to come down where they
are to prove them. That they are
backed by public sentiment goes with
out saying, for if they were not the
leasing system to contractors outside
Of prisons would be ended at once.
Legislative committees have visited
prison pens in Alabama, Georgia, and
East Tennessee, and found nothing in
them to condemn.
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Judge BAXTER OF tho Seventh District.

Judge BAXTER OF tho Seventh District.
Col. l. L. Baxter Of Fergus Falls has been
appointed ~ additional judge Of the Seventh
judicial district by Gov Hubbard. Col. Bax-
ter vas endorsed by twenty-ens numbers Of
t9e otter Toll county bar; thirty
elgnt memhers OF the bar Of the dis
trlet outside Of Otter Tail county; 122 business
men M OF Fergus Falls and Judges yanderburg,
Wilkin. Room. Young Brown and Lochren''
Baxter's principal opponent was Mr.. Mason, a
lawyer OF Fergus Falls and Republican
Luther L Baxter was twenty-four years old
when, in 1857, he arrived in Minnesota from
Wisconsin, having spent two years in the Badger
s{ate, INTO which he came from his birthplace in
vermont He became . resident Of Scott
county and Sept 80, 1852, was commits
regiment q infantry Minnesota volun-
teers. He vas promoted to the majority Of
bis regiment during the siege Of Corint6, in
April, 1862, and resigned in October of that
year. but not until the fight at Iuka and the
conclusion Of the Corinth siege. Return
ing to the practice of his profession. he
soon after the war removed to Chaska, Carver
ct1oun,y, and in 1859 he was elected senator in
me twelfth legislature from the Twenty first
district He continued as senator through the
thirtr zenith, fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth
legislatures Representing the Thirty-third dis
trlct IN the reapportionmenD and IN the seven-
tenth was member of the assembly. In the
twenty first and twenty second legislatures be
was again = representative, in the intervening
twice ran against Judge Macdonald for the hon
ors OF the bench in the Eighth judicial district,
but was defeated. In 1881 he moved to Minne-
apolls where he lived more than q wear. aud
eighteen months ago, settled in Fergus Falls.
Os1er Iau county, where ne now resides.
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At Kalkaska, Mich, xecentay, tho hssmom-
esers registered a deg bdov.
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Hamilton at College.

Inc most distinguished student OF
Kings (Columbia) College, Alexander
Hamilton, matriculated in 1774. Al
that time all mems minds were deeply
moved by the great question of the
Revolution. President Cooper sided
with the mother country, talking and
writing with all his power against the
freedom of the colonies. The tide of
indignation rising higher and higher
against such doctrines, it was finally
determined to hold a public meeting
in the open fields just above Dey street
on the 9Th of July 1774, for the pur-
pose of protesting against the acts of
the authorities. Young Hamilton was
urged to address the meeting, and as
he closed brilliant and impassioned
address; the cry of surprise, lit is a
collegian,' with which his youthful
appearance was received. gave way to
loud expressions of wonder and ap-
plause. Young Hamilton presently
crossed swords, or pens. with his COL
lege president, who could not believe
at first that so young a man could be
SO strong pamphleteer. I'm one of
the periods of the excitement liberty
mob approached the college with tho
purpose of laying violent hands on the
Tory president. As they drew near
his residence, Hamilton and Robert
Troup, fellow-student, assembled the
steps, and fearful lest in this moment
of irritation they might commit some
excess, Hamilton, in order to give the
president time to escape, harangued
the mob with great eloquence and ami
nation ION the excessive improperly
of their conduct, and the disgrace they
were bringing on the cause of liberty,
OF which they protested to be the
champions" In the meantime an
other student, who had preceded the
throngs had warned the president of
his danger just in time to save him.
Gle escaped only half dressed, over
the college fence; reached the shore of
the Hudson and wandered along the
river bank till near morning, when he
found shelter in the house of his
friend, Mr.. Stuyvesant, where he re-
NAMED for that date and during the
night following he took refuge on
board the Kingisher, an English ship
of-war, in which soon after he sailed"
Ma0Qziue.
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he replied that he would have dragged
him out with the irons, and if he had
attempted to assault any of them the
guards would have killed him. He
said that one guard could watch eight
men, and then, with significant look,
added that sometimes it took eight
men to control one desperate man, but
that such fellows usually attempted to
escape and were killed by the guards.
But never regarded Mr.. Ward as a
brutal man; on the contrary, l thought
he desired to find the average under
which. at the least expense, he could
get the greatest amount of labor out
of the convits. But I remember that
one day in 1877 came up to a gang
Of convicts who were working on q
Texas railroad, and where one of them
had been killed by guard. asked
one of the guards how it came about,
and he told me that the man was an
unruly fellow, who gave them a great
deal of trouble, and that it was cheaper
and safer to give him a chance to at
tempt to escape, which was done,
and the man was killed as he ran.
The leasing system in Arkansas was
inaugurated while Mr.. Garland was
governor. Senator Garland IL regard
ed as just and humane man, with more
than average friendly bias in favor of
the negro, but in this matter he drifted
with the general sentiment of his state.
The Georgia convicts were hired out
to number of people, and were en-
ployed in a variety of pursuits. SEN
ator Joseph E. Browne has large num-
Der of them employed in his Dade coal
mines. while other gentlemen with
political influence have contracts for
largo numbers of them. In the north
ern states, and notably in Ohio, polit-
ical parties abolished the convict con.
tract system inside Of the penitentiary
because tho wogkingmen, who W1Se
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mat every Dill be examined separately and
closely, and consequently the work of COM
piling is slow and laborious
The Fergus Falls Daily Journal and Daily
Telegram consolidated, the paper to be contin-
ued Is the Daily Journal under the following
management: A. J. Underwood, president;
Vernon A. Wright, Vice president; B. D.. Un-
derwood, secretary; Elmer E. Adams, treas
urer; H g; Page, director: A. J. Underwood
Adams, former editor of the Telegram will as
sumo charge of the business department
A two-days' session of the Ancient and Ac-
copied Scottish Rite Masons of the southern
jurisdiction Of the United States, Valley Of
week. Tho especial business of tie session
was the comforting Of the degree of Scottish
Rite Masonry, upon the following candidates:
+. V. Dotty. Duluth; A. T. Ankeny, w. C. Kin
trington, 8. B. Lovejoy, s. G. Cook, G. C. Farm
ham,: Frank Goodwin, Il c. Leavitt, W A.
Spaulding, Minneapolis.
AtNew Uln, fire started in c. Brusts build
ing, formerly the Merchants hotel which was
destroyed; also Mrs. A. Bergman's building,
occupied by Mr.. P. Rotering Mr. Held's car
penter shop and several stables close by. Mr..
Brust.s loss is Sc, 0OU with insurance Of 81, sou
in several insurance companies. The St Paul
Fire and Marine Insurance company carried
q, Geo. Mrs. Bergman's loss is $1,000 with
$3.50 insurance. s. D. Petersons loss on Ma
chi:ery aid sheds is $25Oo; insurance nm
known Mr.. Held's loss is about 500; in
sured for $3.50
At meeting Of the Minnesota association of
trotting and racing horse breeders 1t St Paul,
the following gentlemen were elected addi-
tional members of the association: Hem
ry c. Chase, Charles Morton. H F.
Brown. T. B. Merritt, D. s. Hall, Ward Stone,
J. J. Rhodes, ]. q. Moloy, L. s Follett, J. F.
Norr,sh, Charles Esponshiel, N P. Clarke, DR..
r. G. Patton, l. s. Van Vliet, N. E. Perkins,
bald, c. E. Smith, Jay LIE Due, A. T. stebbins,
c. L. Cook. J. B. Smith, V. Simpson, Adam
Fetsch, Clarke Chambers, H. R. Gardner, H.
B. Smith, E. A. Parker, Charles Brown, D. ].
Cameron, l. J, Phelps, Merrill Qough, John
0raeocheck, Abe Rohrbaoh.
Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-09-08
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER s, 1885
xrw DEL.

Much speculation exists in the minds
of many in the community as to what
the effect of the recent sugar move will
be to us. That it is an important step
upon which will devolve grave questions
no one for moment doubts 1t is not
remarkable that there are those who have
all sorts of representations of evil to
Hawaii in consequence, and who fancy
they foresee commercial retrogression to
the sailing packet days Of twenty-five
years ago, with tighter financial pro-
spect for planters while they wait for
dividends from their new partial sale
and partial investment interest in the
American Refinery. 1t is evident on
the face of it that such reasoners give
no credit to our commercial representa-
tives for ability and foresight. And
while we await the particulars of the
plans tnat nave been so Tar made, and
others bearing thereon that are yet in
abeyance, we feel confident that time
will not be long in revealing the wis
dom of their course instead Of adopting
the only other alternative Of placing our
sugars from month to month on an
open market. This step-in oppo-
sition to Mr.. Claus Spreckels, which
naturally makes him its enemy was one
to be considered; but anti-monopolists
always considered him antagonistic to
the best interests of the community,
with what justice future events must
soon reveal.