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EXCURSIONS, PICNICS, ETC.

CD * PHILADELPHIA. GO -
SO. d. SO. =.
G. q. U. OF o. f.
EXCURSION TO PHILADELPHIA,
BALT. AND OHIO r, r
Round trip tic good for FIVE days-from Oct 9Th
TO l2tH-Or to return on train for So 1j. Excur-
SION train will leave b. and o. depot. New Jersey
nue. and street. % l. 8. 1856. a IL O'Clock D. IN.
To avoid the rush at the depot, advisable TO get
the tickets in nich obtained from the
following committee:
Nathan el r. Alien sol ST. Sc
has II. Moseby, 27l3 Dumbarton st
Ja4 L Ennis. 50 G.
ChzsA +. Murray. 1907 NV
WIZ. H Grlmshaw. lZO2 Il 81. ne.
Wm- ID Montague. Assessors Office, d. C.
David Warner. 1851 Z Psi n ocl-3t
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THE TRIAL OF CAPT. w. S. JoHNsoN.-The
general court martial at the Washington Bar
racks to try Capt. W. S. johnson on charges OF
duplicating his pay accounts was oryanized
yesterday. Gen. Green b. Raum appeared as
counsel for the defendant, who, on being ar
raigned, entered plea of not guilty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-01

BIDS FOR GRADrNG.-Bids were opened at
COL Wilson's office to-day for grading around
the pension building. Michael Shea was the
lowest bidder at rs cents per cubic yard, and
were fourteen bidders, the bids ranging from %
cents to Al cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-01

CHAsE-On the 18th of October the remains OF
Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase will be taken
from Oak Hill cemetery to Ohio, his native
state, and memorial services will be held at
columbus Oh tine 14tn. Ex-Secretary J. ID. Cox
Justice Matthews, ex-Gov. Hoadly and Gov
Foraker will deliver addresses. Bishop BedelI
OF ohio. VIII conduct the religious services, and
perhaps Rev. DIR. John Hail OF New York city,
Evarts Hiram Barney, ex-ininister to Berlin
and an Old friend OF the chief Justice, will, with
others, serve as pall.bearers. Bishop Campbell
OF the African NJ. Z. church, and other coiored
men Will show their regards ior their departed
beueiactor. Wilberorce African University to
which Mr. Chase made handsome donation.
will be represented -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-01

MRS. CLEVELAND, accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. Folsom, and Benjamin H. Fol-
son. arrived in Buffalo, n. Y, yesterday, and
proceeded to the residence of Mrs. Alice Folsom
on Bryant street. whose guests the ladies will
be over Sunday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-01

The CRUISE OF THE ALLIANCE.-For two or
three months efforts have been made to get the
U. 8. 8. Alliance, at New York, to 60 to sea, but
IT Is at last announced that she will sail early
next week for the south Atlantic station, via
the Mediterranean and Madagascar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-01

1HE INDIAN GRAZING LANDS.-The Secre-
tary OF the Interior has under consideration
proposition to allow certain tribes of Indians in
the west the privilege of uu izing the grass upon
the surplus lands of their reservations by
allowing them to take cattle from neighboring
cattlemen to pasture; the Indians to herd and
care for the cattle and to receive fair and Just
compensation therefor. but no white men to be
allowed upon the reservations. Such PROPOSE
tions have come to the Secretary from several
OF the Indian agents as representing the wishes
warmly indorsed by the Indian bureau officials
and 1t Is probable that an order aut horiZing
cattlemen, as outlined above, will soon be
iSSued - "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-01

A NEGRO PITTED AGAINST A MIlLIoNArRE.
A telegram to the New York Sun from New
Orleans. sept. SOths says: The contest In the
third congressional district OF this state prom
ises TO be unique one. Two days ago the
Democratic convention at franklin nominated
Edward J. Gay, ten times millionaire and the
richest man in Louisiana. The republican con.
yenlion boldly responded to-day by choosing j.
ever nominated in louisiana and one al the
lew In the south. The district Il the largest
and richest country district In the state and .
very close one, but usuxily republicAn. David
snn has beam mslnber q the Loutsiana legis-
latuIo. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-01

ARMY ORDERs.-Surgeon William 81. Gard
ner, relieved from duty in the department OF
Texas, and ordered to duty in the department
OF the east; First Lieut.. F. W. Sibley. second
cavalry, granted one months leave; leave OF
Second Lieut. Frank F. Eastman, 18th infan.
try, Is extended two months
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METROPOLITAN PoLICE.

Major and superintendent $4,000: captain,
$500; two Inspectors at q, 500 each, 5000,
property clerk, $780,; clerk, $500; clerk,
special service In prevention and detection q
crime: g. 400 eight iieutenants at $la2O
eech, $1O,66O; thirty sergeantS NJ $1s14O eacns
$S4, 400; one hundrsd and thirty pEtyatesy
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

THS PAPERHANGERS' ATTENTION!-A A
lt>7iSss SPECIAL meeting will be held on FRIDAY
OF vital interest to each member. Come!
III" By Order L. A. 1906
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An OLD CITIZEN GoNK.-Collier G. Frayser,
q well-knOwn citizen OF the District, died At his
residence, corner OF F and I'd streets, 1t eleven
Am. to-day, after suffering . long illness from
consumption, which he bore with Christian
fOrtitude. Mr. FrAyser was born In New Kent
county, Va, but came to this city when
youth. and has since lived here. He was well
known as constable, Justice OF the peace and
claim and real estate agent successfully, and
he was prominent and aggressive member of
the jackson Democratic association when the
democralc tide was at . low ebb. He had
hosts Of friends and was noted for his geniaiity
Of manners. He was also member OF the In.
dependent Order of Mechanics and bore Q
prominent part In their DELIBERATIONS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-01

r1--S DIR. l. NICHOLSON, MEDICAL ELEC
D~-A trician, has moved his once and residence
70 6lo l1th 81 NV. from l0O0 =. Once hours-S
70 p.uS: 70 pm se11-lm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-01

ESTIMATED RECEIPTS FROM TAXES AND OTHER
SOURCES.
Mr.. Dodge, the assessor, has prepared a state
ment Of the estimated receipts OF the District
from all sources applicable to the general ex-
penses Of the District for the fiscal year. the
aggregate being $2,Os6, 500. The statement is
based on the following estimated value of taxa
BILE property: Real estate, Washington, s1Os,-
6s7,6ss; West Washington, % 1892;
slilse5, $50, ta 'zsble Fl 80 per sloo; agri.
500; personal property, s1O.5OO,OOO; total
taxable property, real and personal SIZE. $780,
9SO The receipt are estimated as follows: Tax
real estate estimated collection). $1 ,46O, ,3OO
personal tax, $141. 700; arrears OF general taxes
prior to 1887, $255, 900; arrears OF personal
tax. %, ,0OO; licenses $l50. 900; market 80. 900;
fines from G Ourts, $S5 900; building permits,
$1,000; rent of wharves,. &c, $500; certifi-
Gates Of arrears, $4,000; Washington market
fund, 1880; dog tags. $40 700; other permits
and niscsiianeo9s &c % from reform and Industrial
90 OCT, 500. The total amount OF the last
assessment made In 1888 was $1OS, SOC. 600,
real estate being valued at $97, 5000 and
personal property At $11. 900, ,OOO.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-25
silver CerIiEiCaIeN.

The Bankers Magazine for NOvem
ber, under the above title, says: 1.-The
new silver certificates have appeared
and for several reasons are gladly well
coined. The first is that the small
notes now in circulation are so badly
worn that even the big, silver dollars
are preferable to them. The new,
crisp, silver notes, therefore, are much
superior because they are new and can
be taken and handled without danger,
at least of getting disease, whether We
get the value from them which they
purpOrt to have, or not. Right here
we cannot help asking, since these cer-
tiRcates are authorized, and are now
appearing, why not run silver into
bars containing ten, fifty or a hun
dred dollars w3rth of silver, instead of
continuing to coin the silver dollars
The expense of doing this would be
less than the continued coinage of the
dollars. while the bar, of fcourse, would
be just as useful as security for the GER
tificates as the dollars themselves
These are some of the reasons that oc
cur to us why We should welcome the
coming of the certificates"
And there are few other reasons
that occur to US. The silver certificates
will be the means of putting into cir.
nearly one hundred millions
of dollars now boarded in the u. S.
Treasury. These will in measure
Offset the enormous contraction of the
national bank currency now going on,
and thus prove new blessing to the |
by preventing a financial
crash.
They will help to keep in motion |
the wheels of business and add vastly |
to the nations prosperity. They will |
create greater demand for silver, and
hence enhance it's price in the market
But we are opposed to stopping the
mints and coming the silver into bars.
for if that were done the "god buqs''
Uould at once demand that the Certificates
should be issued at the gold price of SILVER
,ulliOn in the London market, which would
strike silver deadly blow and put us
IN gold standard. 1t would prrpet.
rally demonetize silver, rob our silver
miners, plunder our wheat and cotton
producers and at one fell sWOop ac-
,omplish that which the "gold bugsn
lave for years been trying to accom-
Dish, get rid of the silver dollar, Oh.
10, Mr.. Editor, you will never get the
Vest and South to sanction any little
cheme like that.
The Silver Dollar has come to stav
-aed it will stay where it is at 4l25
:rains-and the great New West and
south are going to dem md free and
Unlimited coinage for it, just the sam4 AS
old enjoys, for England's little
cheme of demonetizing silver in the
United States is about over, Don't be ,
eceived, silver is fast going up TO par ,
nth gold and the silver dollar will I,
ct be your vine and fig tree-[The
liver Dollar. 4
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-25

RoBINsON's plurality in the State IL
1851; Foraker's plurality last year
was II, ,45l. This is loss of $50.
The Prohibitionists cast 2S, ,0Sl votes
for Leonard for Governor last year
their vote this year is 28,657. This is
o gain of 576.
Foraker received 359, ,2s1 votes last
year; Robinson received 340,S this
year-a Republican decrease of Is, 1856
votes.
Hoadly received 34l $50 votes last
year; Mcbride 329,Sl4 votes this year
"a Democratic decrease of 13, SIG votes.
The above figures are official. They
furnish very little cause for Republi-
can rejoicing in Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-25
IngersOll on Land Grabbing.

"Anarchism is the protest against
tyranny, and that is out of place in
this country, where we have, despite
its shortcomings, the greatest Govern
ment the world has ever seen. Here
the rich and poor can and do meet on
one planet is the bench where res 8
the ballot box. There the questions
of the future will be answered, truth
fully and quickly. 1t will steak in
no uncertain tones, saying that the
land which God put out doors is fee
to every child of nature. No man has
a right TO own more land than he can
use, and no man who wants land to
use ought to be deprived of it. Why,
| think if the air about us could be
bottled up we would have big syndi-
cate forming the great American air
bottlins association, and thousands
would die because they had not money
enough To pay IOr air to breathe. That
is what is going on with the land, and
it must stop, bat not by any lash
means"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-25

THERE is some clamor, says the
Ohio Patriot, among the laboringmen
for a new party. They want labor
party. Our sympathies are with the
laboring masses and always have been,
but they will make great mistake if
they give up the old Democratic party
for something new, for some untried
party. Justice to all classes of men is
the old Democratic landmark, and
wisdom suggests to the laboring men
that they had better not desert the old
landmark. A new party made up
exclusively of workingmen will pro-
perly be called class" party No
" class" party ever can succeed and it
never Ought to succeed. we cannot
work for the good of all we had better
quit, because We will make very poor
statesmen. The Democratic party has
age, character and sympathy for the
poor. ALI well meaning and good men
ought to he Democrats. Especially
ought all laboripg MEN be Democrats.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-25

The passage of the Presidents
speech ut Harvard, relating to the
"ghoulish" press, has been criticised,
and sharply criticised, but only by
those whose skins tingled under the
scOurge of his words. The New York
Times names the Sun and Tribune as
chief offenders in that city, and says :;
The Tribune's habitual tone toward
the President is that of the blacguard
who naturally tends to the lowest aud
coarsest forms of accusation and insin-
ultion. An instance of this is it, re-
INT attempt TO show that the Presi-
dent had accepted his new country
home as a gilt from ring of real es
tate spectators. The SUMS course is
one OF malignant and cowardly de
traction. One of its methods of attack
is to shower mocking and ironical
praises upon all the acIs aud literary
productions of the Presidents sister.
Another is to reprint cOnspicuOusly
dings at the President culled from the
crawling press of the spoils Democracy
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-25
RAVENNA. Nov. e. 1885.

Iva ENNhI ANON' -o' IOCo'
FRIEND HARRIS: I will try and
redeem my promise, to write a brief
sketch of the country on my journey
to the big woods, for the PRESS.
Commencing at Bay City. in Bay
C unity, Michigan, a low, fiat place,
appearing but little above the surface
of Saginaw river. 1t is quite L brisk
numbering place, has a population of
25 900 to $4,000 Inhabitants, and from
appearance, l think quite respectable
lake shipping passes up and down the
river at this point. 1t lies two OF three
miles southwest of Saginaw Bay.
There are several small stations be-
tween here and Pincanning, a little
town in the north part of Bay county.
The north branch of the Michigan
Central r. r. runs from Detroit to
Mackinaw through this country, and
from Bay City to Pincanniug is almost
water level, and looks like a good
country for ducks, frogs and turtles.
Plncannipg (Or Pinney as it is some.
times calledJ is little town of 300 To
400 inhabitants. From here north To
Stanuish the country is mostly level,
and to me. dismal. From Standish
we go north by west through better
country, to West Branch, a town of
400 to $50 Inhabitants, in Ageman Go.
From here to Beaver Falls, a little
town of l50' TO 200 inhabitants. the
country letomes more of n vel Nv
sand, and the surface is gently rolling.
cannot call it good land. From this
point We go northwest To RoscommDn
a town of about 500. The country from
Beaver Lake to this point has u nice
rolling surface, soil Gf there is any)
utterly worthless most of the way; as
far As the eye can see, there is here ana
there little clump of Jack Pines, of
from one fourth of an acre o FIVE acres
in extent, growing from 5 to 81 feet
high, and occasionally a little lone
clump of red brush. The country here
and even far on beyond Roscommon,
looks like old, worn out farms thrown
to waste, L consider the c~uutry all
through here utterly worthless, with
not sufficient soil to support a chip
munk to the acre. We still continue
on a northwest course, through an I'M
inviting, desolate, worthless country
to Grayling, little town of perhaps
800 inhabitants, in Crawford county,
thence north 20 miles, to Otsego Lake,
a town of about 800 population, in OF
sego county, where the surface and
soil begins to improve little, and we
begin to reach some small pine timber
of sufficient size for saving, but not
first class. From here north to GAY
lord, (2SS miles north and ~ miles
west of DetroiD the soil improves
quite rapidly. Gaylord is brisk lit
tie town of about 1000 inhabitants Is, and
is the county seat of Otsego county.
1 will give a short description of the
country around Gaylord in my next.
S. d. n.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-25
The New Party i'm Politics.

1t is announced with authority that
the knights of Labor will henceforth
form a political party, to be called the
Progressive Democracy.
The principles which this party has
announced, SO far, are two:
1--we hold that the value which
attaches to the surface of the earth by
reason of the growth, of population
belongs to society at large, and we
propose, therefore, to abolish all taxa
ION upon buildings, improvements
and all other things of human pro
iuction, and by taxation Oh the value
OF land alone, to provide for purposes
of common necessity and benefit. In
his way We propose to make it un
profitaole for mOnopoliZers to hold
land, mines, forests or city lots which
they are not putting to use."
H." We declare war on that sys
tenn which hands over the public
works to corpol ate control, and Der
mitS such benificent agencies as the
railroad and the telegraph to be made
the means of robbing the producer and
VI enabling railroad kings and stock
gamblers to throttle business and die
tate laws"
Thus it appears that, by putting all
taxation,upon the land alone, the new
party intends to destroy its value as
subject for the investment of capital
aud to prevent anybody from owning
more land than the individual requires
for his own use aud occupation of his
business aud his family. In other
all speculation in land as an
article of ordinary commerce is to be
taxed out of existence.
All railroads, telegraphs, telephones
and other public works of that sort are |
% be owned by societies at large and
not by private corporations. That is
20 say, the State is to be the only pro.
prietor and manager of such public
and it wonld seem to
De a logical consequence that other
great business and social establish.
nents like banks, insurance compa-
lies, sugar refineries, iron mills, cot
on mills-in short, every branch of
business, amusements, or benevolent
which admits of being
onducted upon large scale, should
lso be owned and managed by the
Y. Sun.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-25

Hon. JOHN S. PHELPS, ex Cover
nor of Missouri, died at the Sisters
Hospital in st. Louis, Saturday eve
ming, at the age of ~ years. Cover
nor Phelps was born in Connecticut
in 1914, and went to Missouri in ls43
He served one term in the State Leg
islsture, aud was then elected to Con-
Uress as q Democrat, and served for
nine consecutive terms. He was
man of marked ability, and was faith
mr. of the House for some time. For
several terms he was Chairman of the
Committee on Ways and Means, and
laft his mark on the finances of the
He was Colonel of the Mis-
sonri 25th Volunteers on the Union
aide during the war, and was appoint
ed Military Governor of Arkansas by
president Lincoln. He was Governor
.f Missouri from 1877 to 1881.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-25
Amount OF Gold and SiIvcrIn the
Three Great RanIks of
the World.

thc ~
The following WAS the official report
OF coin and bullion in the three great
banks OF the world, November 1, 1886:
Bank OF England, Colds SO, ,045, 900
Bank of Germany .... so so 900
Bank of France, :: ..... 266 3UO, ,UuU
Bank of England, Silver. None.
Bank of Germany 5 as 600. .0O0
Bank of France I" ~ $50, 200
By the above report we fluid that the
BANKS OF England and Germany to-
gether have IN gold and silver IA total
OF $262, 2,U20 coo, while the Bank of
France has Sl93 35O, 600, or doublt the
amount, nearly, of the other great
banks combined. England ami Ger.
many are gold standard nations, while
France is bi-metallic. In The G.Ie of
such overwhelming facts, what be-
comes of the ar. unIents OF The gold
bugs" that gold and silver will not
circulate in a nation side by side? And
what becomes of the other scare
crow" doctrine of the bugs'' that we
are not putting enough silver i'll our
dollar. The coinage of France is at
the ratio of TO l544 while that of the
United States is at the ratio of to I6
Our silver dollar in France is worth
Si.C32. There Is no place in the world
where silver is SO cheap as it is in the
United States, and no nation puts;s
much into a-dollar as we do now. Ii
I silver will drive out gold, why don't
aud Germany get the gold
away from Franc? There is only one
can't do it you knOw, thev
can't really The Silver DUliar.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-25
Taxes inthe MiiIenIum,

Colonel Bob Ingersoll proposes that
all homes shall be made free from tax
alton,
Henry George, Colonel Bob's pres
ent teacher in politics, wants to have
nothing taxed except the bare land.
The Progressive Democrats, Inger-
soils and Georges party, want all the
land divided up,so that each man may
have q home.
Suppose that all these statesmen
have their way and attain their pur.
pose and that no taxes are put on any
thing but the land, and all the land is
put into homes, and the homes are all
free from taxes then there will be
only one thing to do:
This will be to fall back on Horace
Greeley's plan aud pay all the taxes
out of the public treasury.
'Ingerssoll aud George and the Pro.
gressive Labor Democrats might save
time and logic by advocating this plan
at the start.-[N. Y. Sun.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-25
Brace Up.

You are feeling depressed, your ap.
petite is poor, you are bothered with
you are fiigety, nervous,
and generally out of sorts, and want
to brace up, Brace up, but not with
spring medicines or bitters
which have for their basis very cheap,
bad whisky, ana which stimulate you
for an hour and then leave you in a
worse condition than before. What
you want is an Alternative that will
purify your blood, start healthy action
of liver and kidneys, restore your vi
tality, and give renewed health and
strength. Such a medicine you will
find in Electric Bitters. aud only 80
cents a bottle, at q. p. Reeds drug
store.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-25

THE gist of the late decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States
in the case of the Wabash Railroad
Company vs.. Illinois, is, that d stat
ute of Il State which attempts to regu.
late the fares end charges of railroad
companies within its limits for trans
portation which constitutes a part OF
CONNER ce between the States, is I'M
constitutional and void, and that such
n statute does not belong to that class
of commercial regulations which may
be subject to the laws of a State until
Congress shall have exercised its pow
or in relation to it.