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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
Failed to Convict.

The first suit by the Chicago Reform AL
lance to compel the saloons of the city to
close on Sundays, in compliance with the
state law, was tried on the 23d before a
justice of the peace and jury. The fact of
a saloon being open was conceded by the
defendants, but the jury returned verdict
Of not guilty..
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
The Doomed Family.

Five members Of the Hausmeyer family,
at Tarentum Pa, have died of trichinosis
The fifth victim. George, aged 80, died on
Of the remaining three is entertained.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27

A BABCoN on Staten Island is a. con-
firmed beer-drinker, and often gets
hilarious on it-makes man of him
self, as it were-but will not tolerate
the music of band in his vicinity if
he can prevent it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
A Curious Ceremony.

The city of Vandalia, Mo-, has had a
hydrophobia panic. dog ran mad, bit
other dogs, and these bit some more dogs,
until thirty had been inoculated. On
the goth, the animals were taken to the
public square and were there shot, each by
his Own master.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
Ting Blown Tn.

The steam tug Modoc exploded her boil
ers in the Allegheny River, at Pittsburg.
shortly before O'Clock on the morning of
the 18th, instantly killing Pilot Toe Davis,
and seriously and perhaps fatally iniuring
Fireman Matthew Higgins and Capt. jeff
Evans. The remainder of the crew escaped
unhurt. The boat was valued at $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Burned to Death.

.Toseph Bates and wife, an old couple, re-
siding on a farm near Thorold, Ont, were
burned to death in their house on the 23d.
The cause of the fire is mystery.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27

of the fact that the methods of civil
service reform are the methods which
give all the deserving citizens a fair
chance for public employment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27

into the water also and before succor could
reach the unfortunate couple, the current
swept them under the ice and they were
drowned. Their bodies have not been re-
covered.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
ANOTHER NINE HORROR.

"A Aerrioie Explosion of Fire-Damp in q
Mine at Newburg, w. Va.-Thirty-
seven Miners Observation-Disclosures
at Kescue-List of the Names of the,
Victims,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27

ONE of the street peanut stand pro-
prietors at Hartford has $4,000 on
deposit in one of the banks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27

M. GoUNoD, the French composer, is
in his 9th year.
National Republican., 1886-12-29
The Hero,s Plnce Of sepnltnre.

The commonwealth of Illinois-the state
In which Gen. Logan was born, the state
which he loved so well and to whose glory
he contributed so much-claims the dust OF
her beloved son and asks to be permitted to
give 1t sepulture in her great commercial
metropolis.
Undoubtedly the friends and comrades OF
the dead hero in other states and the thou
sands in this city who loved him when llv-
ing and now love to honor his memory,
would have preferred that his place OF
burial should be here, at the capital of the
republic IN whose service the most of his
active life was past. They felt that it
would be the most fitting disposition Of the
-statesman's remains to lay them In
ground in which all the people Of all the
states have q common and equal interest;
to lay them where much OF his fame was
earned-in the city with which most OF the
great events OF his noble life are indissolu-
bly, associated.
But there will be no inclination to ques.
tion the right Of Gen. Logan's family and
intimate friends to decide where his re-.
mains shall rest, nor will Illinois be blamed
for pressing her claim. She has the dust of
Lincoln, as Ohio has the tomb OF Garfield,
and as other states have and insist on keep
ing the mortal part Of their illustrlous dead.
Mrs. Logan, than whom no man ever had
q more affectionate wife, was at first In
clined to select place Of burial for her
honored husband in this District, not far
from the home where they lived so happily,
where the final parting occurred, and where
she will continue to reside. But the claims
Of Illinois as presented by the Illinois dele
cation, and especially by Senator Cullom,
the generals friend for more than thirty
years, his colleague In the Senate, aud his
warm admirer, have had such weight that
she has finally given her consent that the
burial place shall be Chicago. In this con-
nection 1t is proper to say of Senator Cul-
lom and his estlmable wife that, II 1t be pos
siblc for friendship 10 mitigate such an
aflliction as has come TO the bereaved wife
of Gen. Logan, their devotion has softened
the blow.
1t is as grateful TO the many friends Of
the dead as II is honorable to a few of
them-and especially to his particular
friend, Capt. George L. Lemon-that a
fund for the benefit Of Mrs. Logan has al.
ready been successfully started, and will
undoubtedly grow to ample proportions.
Other monuments will come in time, but
this work is the first for those who would
honor the dead TO accomplish for her
whom he Slowed with a love that was more
than love.n
National Republican., 1886-12-29
A Debt of Gratitude.

Among the masses OF the American peo-
pie there is n settled conviction that they
owe, and that this nation owes, a large debt
Of gratitude to John A. Logan. His earthly
career is closed. His noble, patriotic wife
remains. She has stood beside her husband
in every struggle and in every position that
he has been called upon TO flll. His coun-
try was her country, his people were her
people, and in all that he did for country and
people she bravely and devotedly encour-
aged end upheld him.
CONGRESS- will promptly honor itself and
the nation by making such appropriations
for unexplied ed salary and pension as thoy
may deem wise aud best to provide in part
for or future support.
The people will gladly join In raising a
fund to remove the incumbrance upon the
chosen homestead OF the dead hero, where
his last days were made so happy, where
his last breath was drawn and his last words
uttered to his beloved wife in the chamber
OF death.
There he lies In burial robes, wait
ing the last sad rites, surrounded by his
family, his friends, the representatives
Of the great state Of Illinois-which he
loved so well-and members Of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Such memories
must ever endear "Calumet Place" by the
strongest ties to the affections of the noble
woman, the widow Of John A. Logan.
National Republican., 1886-12-29
Sugar and Tobacco.

The letter Of the Hon. John V. l.. Find
lay, in answer to the circular OF the Ma
TIoNAL REPUBLICAN relative TO the repeal
of the tax on sugar and tobacco, is so plain
a statement of what should be done In the
premises that We reproduce it, and ask its
careful perusll by all the readers Of the
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, and we most par
ticularly commend 1t to the Republican
members of Congress.
Mr.. Findlay is the representative In Con-
gress Of one Of the principal commercial
cities in the Union, ranking fifth In the
value of its imports. This fact, and the
well.known ability of Mr.. Findlay, entities
lis opinion to the respect of every one, and
should give 1t weight on the subject dis
cussed.
Mr. Findlay is, however, mistaken in
supposing that the repeal of the tax on
sugar will produce q sufficient reduction Of
the revenues. Our imports are Increasing
so largely as to indicate that the surplus In
the coming year will be much larger,
probably $50,000,0 900, than it was In the
last, in which event the repeal Of the sugar
tax would leave the surplus about what 1t
is now.
The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN would gladly
see S50,OOO,OO0 appropriated for coast de-
lenses and the navy, 1t wants liberal ap-
prophStIons for the improvement of all
water routes Of transportation, and rcry
liberal treatment to the soldiers and sailors
Of the late war, but all those things can be
provided for and the taxes on sugar and
tobacco be removed.
We particularly direct the attention Of
the Republican members TO the last para
graph OF Mr.. Findlay's letter, In which he
says that Virginia, North Carolina, Ken
lucky, Tennessee, and Georgia will go with
the Republicans unless this "obnoxlous
taxi is repealed.
The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, for more
than year, has been advocating the policy
OF the repeal OF this "obnoxious taxi by
the Republicans as q method Of strengthen
ing the party and gaining recruits for II In
the states mentioned and IN others, and to-
day 1t believes that its persistent advocacy
OF this measure was one OF the principal
reasons for that wonderful change In Vir.
ginia by which, in that state, Democratic
majority Of sixteen thousand in one year
was changed into Republican majority of
twenty.three thousand the next year.
1t is bad public policy and worse political
strategy for the Republicans in Congress to
allow the Democratic party TO reap the
benefit Of thlsrepeal. There was no danger
Of this result under the blunderIng leader
ship of Mr. Morrison, but that very blum
dering of his was and is the opportunity OF
the Republicans,
Mr. Findlay thinks that certain states
would become Republican II this "obnox.
National Republican., 1886-12-29
PROSPERITY AND PROGRESS

OF the Southern States During the Past
Year Unequalcd in the History of
That Section OF the UnIon-Growth of
ConHdence-New Industries.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 2s.--In It's annual re-
view Of the industrial progress of the south
the Baltimore Manufacturers Record in
this weeks issue will say that 1886 has been
the most remarkable year in many respects
in the history Of the southern states, and
more has been accomplished for the pros
perity and progress of the whole south than
ever before in any year. This is shown in
the enormous investments Of capital In in
dustrial enterprises and in the growth of
confidence among northern and European
investors in the stability OF the south's iron
and other manufacturing interests. The
amount Of capital, including capital stock
Of incorporated companies, represented BY
the new manufacturing and mining enter
prises organized or chartered at the south
during 1886, including the enlargement Of
old plants and rebuilding of mills, aggre-
eating $120, ,226, 900, against $G6,s12,000 in
1885, divided among the states as follows I:
National Republican., 1886-12-29

lous tax" is not repealed. How much more
readily and certainly would these states be-
come Republican II this tax were repealed
by Republican means is proven by the fact
that one Of them has become Republican,
largely because of the advocacy Of this and
other similar Republican measures by the
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.
Kentucky and Virginia alone produce
more than half the tobacco Of the country,
and II the Democratic states OF Maryland,
North Carolina, and Tennessee are added
these five states give considerably over two
thirds Of all the tobacco grown. Virginia,
North Carolina, and Kentucky contain more
than half the tobacco manufactures. The
five states manufacture largely over half the
tobacco made in the country. OF the six
hundred and fifty thousand farmers in these
states more than half produce more or less
tobacco, and both farmers and manufac-
turers are subjected TO great inconvenience
by the tax and the system Of collection.
Another phase Of this question. There
are less than one thousand tobacco factories
in the United States, which manufacture
over two hundred million pounds Of to-
bacoo, showing that, like the tax on
matches, almost a monopoly has been built
up in the manufacture Of tobacco.
It is time to relieve the farmers, the
manufacturers, and the consumers Of this
obnoxious tax" and Republicans should
do II.
National Republican., 1886-12-29

THE balance Of trade in our favor during
the current year il likely to be about fifty
millions greater than during the last fiscal
year. And the tariff plunderers ask, as Tweed
did, "WhAt are ye go'n to do about it?'-
Washington Post
The constitution of the United States
provides that all revenue bills must origi-
nate in the House, That body is Demo-
cratic by a large majority. Whenever the
Democratic House can agree upon and pass
bill and send 1t to the Senate It is fair to
assume that it will receive respectful con-
sideration, for both parties are pledged to
tariff revision. Should the Republican
Senate reject tariff bill passed by the
Democratic House the issue would be
squarely made-an issue that both parties
should welcome,
National Republican., 1886-12-29
PERSONALITIES.
Mr.. JEFF CHANDLER is in New York.

Mr.. JEFF CHANDLER is in New York.
Mis-. LANGTRY win be here next week.
NEW curtains have been hung in the white
house parlors.
WM. A. HEARD was yesterday appointed a
bank examiner for Maine and New Hampshire
Mr.. AND Mrs. WILLIAM d. CABEIL have issued
cards for q soiree musicale on Friday evening,
JAM.
CHIEF EXAMINER w, II. WEBSTER, of the civil
service commission, has returned from an ex.
tended trip south.
Mr.. ROBERTS, the recently -oInted colleo-
tor Of internal revenue for this district, was
In the city yesterday
Col. WIN, KlMMEL, OF Maryland, who was q
member Of the iory-eighIh Congress, died of
paralysis yesterday morning, aged a.
National Republican., 1886-12-29

The New YORK World OF yesterday hon
ors itself 10y suggestion that It makes in
relation TO the death OF Gen, Logan. Re.
ferring to the fact that the foundation OF
The disease which caused his speedy If not
sudden death was laid during the war, and
that his exposures and eXertlons in the field
left him subject to violent attacks of .rheu-
matte fever whenever he contracted q cold,
the World says;
His death was, therefore, as much due to his
amy life as he had received fatal wound
in battle. Under these circumstances Congress
without word of criticism or dissent, ought
10 award Mrs. Logan tho full pension she
would have received If her lamented husband
lad been killed on the ncld. This is the more
n patriotic duty because Gen. Logan lived an
honest ard died poor man.
The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN does not be-
lIeye that such pension bill woull be
killed by veto.
National Republican., 1886-12-29
Notice 70 IIIinoIsians,

The undersigned citizens of Illinois in tho
city Of Washington respectfully urge all Illi-
noisans in the city to meet at the parlors of
Wizards Hotel Wednesday evening, the Goth
instant, at o'clock, for the purpose OF taking
Fuch action as may be deemed advisable rela-
tive 10 the death of the late Senator John A.
Logan. GREEN b. RAUM.
JOHN #. FARSswoRTH.
JAMES g. DELANo.
A. J. WHITAKER.
A. II. Holt.
National Republican., 1886-12-29
Sugar and Tobacco.
The following from the representative OF
he fourth congressional district of Mary
land has been received

The following from the representative OF
he fourth congressional district of Mary
land has been received:
BALTIMORE, Dec. %, 1886.
EDITOR NATIoSAL REPUBLICAN,: have been
80 occupied since the receipt of your request
to write something on the subject of free su gar
and tobacco tax that this Is the first opportu-
nifty have found for reply.
VIII vote for the repeal Of the tax on sugar
Tor a variety of reasons Claus SpreGkles is
flooding the country with free sugar on the Pa
cifc slope, which is rapidly finding It's way to
the large cities east of the Rockies, and before
long Will invade the Atlantic seaboard. II Is
not quite clear TO the ordinary observer why
sugar coming into san Francisco should be free
and the same article subject TO duty on enter
ing Baltimore.
2. There Is no commemorate benefit from
the duty on sugar for the protection afforded.
The vast bulk of tho sugar consumed In this
country Is foreign grown.
3. sugar, like salt, enters into universal con-
sumption, and Is one OF the commonost neces-
stiles of life.
l. Every one agrees that the surplus must be
reduced. the only difference being as TO the kind
Of tax which shall be repealed, The lowering Of
duties on certain articles will lead by reason
OF augmented impOrlaliOns to an increase in
stead OF decrease Of revenues. No such result
can happen as the effect of the repeal Of the
sugar duty. The reduction II will cause in the
treasury surplus can be calculated almos. to
cent.
The appeal of the duty OF course should be
accompanied by provision requiring the pro.
duCing countries 10 exempt sugar from eX.
Fort duties. II the sugar duty Is repealed
there win be no occasion ~ remit other taxes,
MS the surplus will be reduced within safety
limits II occasion, however, required, l
would vote Tor the repeal OF the tobacco tax.
Tobacco, whether rightly or wrongly, Is re-
garded by the toiling masses Of the people ~
much a. luxury as sugar; IL is Questionable
which they would surrender first, The cOun.
try prOspeTed for n century aud more before
the tobacco tax was thought Of All onr pro-
ducts should be removed as far as possible
IRON taxation,
don't believe In partial reduction of the
tax, / would wipe IL out altogether, ana with
II the removal of officers, spies, aud infOrmeri
necessary TO enforce II collection, Virginia,
North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, aud
Georgia Will eventually go Republican on this
issue unless the Democrats take warning and
get rid Of this obnoxious tax, The last Demo-
cratic platform. by strong implication, shows
that the party did not expect II to remain as a
permanent port OF the public revenue. Very
huly yours JOHN V. L. FINDLAY.
National Republican., 1886-12-29
Total ...............s .sl2o. 226. 900


The iron interests have attracted the
greatest share Of attention, and some glgan-
tic enterprises have been organized aud are
now building furnaces.t tThe Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad Company, with Il capital
OF $l0,000,000, have five furnaces in opera
tion and are building five more, besides
coke oveLs and opening new coal mines.
The Sloss Iron and Steel Company, with an
investment Of s5,0OO,000, have two fur.
naces now and have given contracts for two
more, and will also build q steel plant. The
Birmingham Furnace aud Manufacturing
Company, with capital OF 81 800, 900, have
just been organized by Pennsylvania capt
Ialists to build two furnaces. Five fur
naccs are to be built at Sheffield, three at
Florence, two at Bessemer, and several at
other places, the aggregateof new furnaces
reported for the year being twenty.eight,
most OF them from 100 to $50 tons daily
capacity each. One Bessemer steel rail mill
Is nearly finished, one Bessemer plant has
been completed, one is under way, bids
have been invited for the construction of
another, and several other steel plants have
been decided upon. Other interests as well
as iron, however, are being rapidly devel-
Oped, and included in the list of new enter
prises organized in the south during 1886
were 2S iron furnaces, 80 ice factories, 6S
foundries and machine shops (many of
them of large size), Bessemer steel rail
mill, 90 miscellaneous iron works, in
eluding iron pipe works, bridge and
bolt works, &C.; s stove foun-
dries, "a gas works, 81 electric
light companies II agricultural implement
factories, ia mining and quarrying enter
prlses, l6 carriage and wagon factories, 0
cotton mills, 23 furniture factories, 42 water
works, 5S tobacco factories, 92 flour mills,
AS lumber mills mot counting small port
able saw mills), including saw and planning
mills, sash and door factories, ,'stave, handle,
shingle, hub and spoke, shuttle block fac
tories, &C., in addition to which there was
large number OF miscellaneous enter
prices. One Of the most gratifying features
Of the south's industrial progress, says the
Manufacturers Record, is the wide diver
sity OF new industries that are developing
all through that section.
National Republican., 1886-12-29

and extend the hearty cooperation OF the
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN in aiding the wor-
thy purpose. The list so far as we
are advised is as follows. Geo. f. Lemon,
$1,000; Senator Sawyer, 81 900; VIM. Walter
Phelps, $1,000; Gov. Alger, $1,000; j. B.
Drake, $1,000; Gen. Creswell, $1,000; Geo.
NJ Pullman, $1,000; h. b. Hayes, $3.50; G..
Foster, $3.50; Senator Sherman, $500.
National Republican., 1886-12-29

UpoN the death of Gen. Logan his friends
who knew Of his limited means seemed
moved by the same impulse that led the
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN to suggest it in its
first issue after his death, the raising OF a
fund to place his widow above want We
are glad TO see that prompt action has been
taken In the matter, and the movement is
not only fully organized, but through the
earnest work of Capt. Geo L. Lemon, of
this city, who heads the list with 1000,
nearly $4,000 in subscriptions have already
been sent by telegraph, We commend Capt,
Lemon for bis decisive and generous course,
National Republican., 1886-12-29

sIEAKING Of Democratic tickets for 1855
David b, HUI. Of New York, and Henry W.
Grady, Of Georgia, would make a slashing
-HHdddI hiG Press.
There would be one serious drawback.
Tie old-iashloned Democrats of the north
would prefer an old.fashioned southern
Democrat-one of the ante. .bellum school
10 progressive man like Grady.
National Republican., 1886-12-29

TnI grand poem by Emily Thornton
Charles on the "DeOth Of Logan pub
lished in our paper Of to-day, will be in-
stantly received by all who knew him as q
just and noble tribute to the ilustrious de-
ceased. With appreciative heart, deep
Judging mind, and the advantage of init
mate acquaintance, the accomplished poet
ess has been fitted to treat worthily SO noble
L.
National Republican., 1886-12-29
RAILWAY NOTES.

The agreement between the Reading rail.
road general manager aud the Port Richmond
strikers has been signed. Both parties TO the
agreement decline to make known It's terms.
L. II. Plumer who gave his residence as
York, Pa, and A, NJ. Davis, who claimed New
YORK as his home, were arrested at Philadel-
phia on n warrant sworn out by j. X. Wood,
general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, charging them with ticket
scalping, Tho men had on office on Chestnut
street, where they sold railroad tickets Mt re.
duced rates. They were held In $1,000 bail
each for hearing.
An order was made in the United States cir
cult court at Pittsburg by Judge Aoheson,
authorizing the receivers of the Allegheny
Valley Railroad Company to pay coupons on
bonds amounting to about 100000. The
amounts ordered paid Ia the interest on two
mortgages, one held by the state of Pennsyl-
vania, and both together amounting to si,-
100000. One of the amounts ordered paid Is
the principal 100000, and interest, $4,000, on
bonds due on the s2,300,00O mortgage. Tn
court authorized the payment of SliL0O0 in
tcrest on the 81, 100000 mortgage due on JAM ].
1887,
UIsTERs and Talma oyercoats at Eiseman
National Republican., 1886-12-29
AmerIcan SooIety of Nnturallst,

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 2S.-The American
Society of Naturalists began its fifth annual
meeting here this morning, about thirty mem.
bers who are directly engaged In scientific
president, G.. X. Gilbert, OF the United States
coast survey. The paper was quite lengthy
and was devoted to the consideration of the
graphic methods for finding tho equations for
which he illustrated by large diagrams. Prof
j., b. Wilson, professor of biology at Bryn
Mawr, addressed the society upon the subject
OF lmolds and their relation to bacteria. At
the afternoon session DR.. O, A. Oliver read q
paper on 'oolor blindness" and Prof. Hyatt
of Boston, read another on the method of in
structlng large classes with specimens. At
the conclusion of the reading of the papers
there was an exhibition Of apparatns.
National Republican., 1886-12-29

IT has rarely fallen to the lot of any pub
lie man on his exit from this life TO have so
many Kind things said of him, SO many
glowing tributes paid to his memory, as
the journals of all parties have uttered in
reviewing the life Of Gen. Logan.
National Republican., 1886-12-29

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New Years day, wishing the same announced,
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those who receive with them, to the OH &c Of
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