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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-01


THE Republican convention, determined
to "get II all in" adopted dreary lot of
twaddle called "a tariff address," prepared
by one OF those peripatetic bores who afllict
conventions with their effusve productions.
The Record points out that this address
omits to mention "the revision of the
tariff In 1857, when the Republicans had a
majority in the House of Representatives,
with n. p. Banks for speaker, and Lewis d.
Campbell, OF Ohio, as chairman of the conf
mittee on ways and means That Republi.
can tariff revision reduced the Democratic
free trade tariff OF 1916 from an average of
20 per cent. to an average OF 10 per cent"
Our esteemed contemporary also points out
That II Is no reproach to country that its im
ports exceed Its exports; and no nation ever.
gov rich any other way. In the period end
ihg IN ieoi the tonnage Of the United States
ln the foreign trade to and from its ports was
o' per cent The American merchant marine
nourishing, and the apparent balance OF
imports consisted largely Of the country's
gains In foreign commerce. The boasted hal.
ahce OF exports between 1870 and 1850 con.
sisted largely In payments of debts and In
payments to foreign ship-owners for carrv,ns,
| American exports and Imports Al tho c,ose
OF this period the percentage Of the United
States merchant marine in foreign trade hsd
| fallen TO 2l per cent
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Fatal Yachting Accident,

The schooner yacht Pelican, of East Bos-
ton, was capsized oil Swampscott, Mass,
about 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, and four
men out OF party OF six on board
were drowned. The party lett East Bos-
ton in the morning, bound for tho regatta,
aud were busily watching what was going
on ahead when the boat was capsized by
sudden squall. The men clung to the keel
for some time, but suddenly the boat gave
lurch and went down. The men could all
swim and struck ont for the shore some
hve miles away. One by one they became
exhausted and sank, until finally ouIy two
wereleft, and these were rescued-more dead
than aliye-by two men who were rowing in
a dory not far from Ram Island. The names
OF the men rescued are Frederick Recon-.
mendus and Bernard Mccormick Tho "a
lost are Thomas Crane, John McCreely Hugh
Donohue and William Curran, all of boston.
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A Blind Man PLAYING Whist

From the Providence journal, JuneH
A quiet passenger in the smoking car going
out of Providence the other day, whom
several of those seated near him had noted to
be blind, spoke up, after consultation with
hiscompanion, and asked if ''anybody here
would take hand in game OF whist" A
smile that was almost audible went around the
car, and al amused murmur was provoked al
the other end when the word reached
them that there was blind man aboard
who wanted somebody TO play whist with
him. A party was made up, however,
and in II the whole attention of the car
was concentrated. And the blind man and
his partner led their adversaries 10 points in
about as many minutes, playing with pack
of cards with raised "spots," the three
players who had their eyesight naming
their cards as they played them.
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The Republican Platform

The declaration of principles adopted by
the Republican state convention is tho
patchwork of demagogues and trimmers
trying to conceal what they think, and to
catch votes by clap-trap and evasion. Its
arrangement lacks cohesion, as much as its
declarations lack cogency and consistency
John Cessna, Thomas V. Cooper and Mat
snsw .. Quay, alarmed at the increasing pro
hiol'ion sentiment and the danger to theil
orgsnization Of Wolfe's candidacy, have
sFaed % head them off by favoring the
supm's 'ion OF prohibition amendment
nos ps-suse they think II right or because
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-01

The pavilion at Red Rock, Mimi, was
packed to hear the farewell sermon of Sam
Jones Friday morning.
How many of you think / am in earn
est" opened up the Georgia divine, with his
nnger pointed at the audience. Gan you
that do, stand up"
The vast multitude arose as one man
"Thank God, said Jones. "The Pioneer
i'ress reporter stands alone as the only man
who thinks Pm not"
Among other things Jones said: "Ifthere
Is any thing base and low as hell It is base
Dali. III i had a dog that would stop TO
watch game OF base ball would kill it.
lhey play 1t on Sunday up here don't they Y'
you know that all over this country ON that
DAY telegraph wires run into thousands OF
pool boxes, where some fool stands ready 10
run MS hand down in his pocket and bet you.
itwould be good thing to have the stock
improved little. It's getting low In some
directions"
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thew would pass It II they had the chance, but

they would pass It II they had the chance, but
because they expect by this device to hold
some voters otherwise to be lost to them.
They will not fool anybody by their false
pretenses. We have state constitution
now; ratified by a popular majority of nearly
10000 of the voters Of the commonwealth.
The Republican bosses have no respect for
1t. They refuse to make it effective by APP
propriate legislation. In this very last
convention, as in many Others before it,
they voted down in committee and on the
floor the plain proposition that the exist
ing constitution should be enforced. What
hope would more constitutional amend
ment, even if proper and beneticent, have
from these men Their tariff declaration
is as bogus as their prohibition profession,
and will deceive nobody. The Cullom bill
of Congress, which they profess to favor,
nobody here understands and it has no ap-
plication nor adaptation to our state wants.
The demand for fair play aud equal rep
resentation of party constituencies was re-
jected by the convention; the dairy and
labor resolutions are meant to mean moth
ing or everything and the indictment"
of the Democratic national administration
is only ridiculous. The absence of any
assault upon the state administration may
be accepted as an admission that it is free
from and has lifted the state government
far above the sins and shames which Gov.
Hoyt confessed his party forced upon
him, and which stained with deep dye the
administrations of his immediate prede-
cessors. The voters of the state will be
likely to remember this. and to conclude
that no mistake will be made in beating
Beaver again.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-01

THE Republican conventions and bloody
shirt orators who think they are making
capital by asssiling Cleveland's pension
vetoes, are mistaken. The Chicago Neips, a
paper of largest circulation in the metropolis
of the Northwest, puts it thus:
President Cleveland's pension vetoes only
needed such cheap and blatant attack as
that made on them by Congressman Bayne
10 prove their true metal. The more thew
are hammered by such unreasoning wrath
the clearer will their honest tone sound in
the ears OF the nation, which is weary of
buncombe excuses for raids upon the treas
ury. Mr.. Bayne contentcd himself with a
general attack upon the vetoes He did not
attempt to justify the flood of relief bills or
defend the reckless and uniformed manner
in which Congress stands charged of voting
away public funds. 1t is nothing to the
point that the president was not himself a
soldier that he never imperiled his life IN
the war that he walked in safety the un-
heroic path OF peace. The question involved
IN all these pension bills is: SIS the beue-
hciary honestly and OF right entitled to tho
nations grateful recognition ?"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-01

SOME of the Harrisburg news dealers were
hopping mad yesterday because their game
of selling two cent newspapers for five cents
apiece was blocked by the prompt arrival of
enterprisng Philadelphia news agents, who
covered the town and sold their stock at
three cents, with the moderate profit of $50
per cent The Harrisburg people kicked vio-
lently and wanted police protection, whereas
the only parties who ought TO have been
brought to Judgment were the natives who
tried to play the skin game on the strangers
within their gates The world do move
OCCASIONALLY
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SLEEP.

Gently and softly the mother bent
over the baby In sleeps embrace,
Watching the rosy smiles indent
And dimple the little drsamer's face,
And the longed Tor kiss she would not take,
Lest peradventure the child might wake.
Gently the mother watched and wept
over the coffin where lay her child.
only one thought in herbosom crept
AS she bent 10 the lips in her anguish wild.
Again and again the lost kiss TO take
Oh II tho baby would only wake
-R. IL. lMu,,kiRriek.
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THE GUILTY MEN.

Wilson left home at his usual hour Tuesday
morning, but before leaving told his wife he
was in trouble and might have to leave the
city. He did not return that night. Lesley
is supposed to have left town on the same
evening, and 1t is supposed in company with
Wilson.
Mr.. Gillingham had been informed that
Wilson was engaged in building operations
and needed ready money. He took ZOO
from the company's funds and gave it TO a
builder, taking check, which afterwards
proved worthless.
Wilson finding himself in trouble, went to
his cousin Lesley and confessed the dstaca.
ton, and was much surprised when Lesley
informed him that he himself had stolen
$780, 900. AS the two men had entire charge
OF the books 1t was mutually agreed to cover
up the theft for the protection of both. When
Lesley was discharged Wilson was forced to
continue the deception.
Wilson was about fifty years old and re-
sided with his wife and family at No 500
South Forty-hrst street He received a
salary OF $3.50 per annum, and lived well,
though not extravagantly. The house Is a
three-story cottage and stands On a beautiful
lot about $50 feet square. The property is
owned by Wilson and is estimated 10 be
worth $4,000. About two months ago he
kept a horse. He has four children, two
daughters, both married, and two sons, one
about twenty-five years of age and the other
about eight.
"This thing has come like a thunder clap, ~
said one of Mr.. Wilson's neighbors.
Sandy Wilson was an exemplary citizen,
was quiet and unassuming, and lived very
quietly. i imagined that he had something
more than his salary to live on, and 1t was
generally understood that he owned real es.
tate. He told me once that he owned forty
tenement houses, but forget where"
1T is reported that Mr.. Wilson was super
intendent OF Sunday SCHOOL,"
"That is not so. He made no religious
profession, that l know Of For a time he
was organist in the Woodland Presbyterian
church, but he gave that up two years ago y
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-01

Two of the candidates named at Harris
burg yesterday admitted that they were so
worn out with their effort to secure the nom
ination that they needed four weeks rest
They will get four years rest after Novem-
her,
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n EDlOAL.
REDIOAL,
A YER'S PILLS.
A Sluggish Liver

Causes the stomach and Bowels to become dis.
ordered, and the whole system tn suffer from
debility. In all such cases ayers fills give
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Amer much suffering from Liver and stomach
troubles. l have finally been cured by taking
Ayers Cuthartic pills l always find them
prompt aud thorough In their action, and their
occasional use keeps me In a perfectly healthy
condition -halph wcemau, Annapolis Md.
Twenty hyc years ago suffered trom torpid
liver which restored tn healthy action by
taking Ayers pills siuce that time have never
been without them. They regulate the bowels,
assist digestion, and increase the appetite, moro
uaNcIhtll, Mass.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-01

THE United States guard, which for five
years had watched Garfield's remains, has
been withrawn. Time.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-01
INVlGORATED,

know ot no remedy equal to Ayers rills for
stomach and Liver disorders. l suffered from
Torpid Liver, aud Dyspepsia, tor eighteen
months. NV skin WAS yellow, and my tongue
coated | had no appetite, suffered from Head.
ache, was pal" and cmhctated few boxes ot
Ayers Pills. taken In IN nderato doses restored
me to perfect hCalth.-wado Miles, Oberlin,
ohio.
Ayers pills are y superior family medicine,
They strengthen and iuVigOrate the digestive
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rible depression and dependency resulting
from Liver Complaint have used these rus
in my family, for years, and they never fail Ia
give enure satisfaction. - otto Montgomery,
Oshkosh, Wis,
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NE INrELLIcENcER
I'D rvERY DAY IN THE YEAR
tswndave eEssepsed.)

uuHso a wnnx. Five DOLLARS yEAh rrvrr
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~ ANnHrs. TnLBrHoNK CONNECTION.
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PERSONAL.

DEAR BEAvER-Don't talk" He will go
to California for a months rest
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Ayers Pills,

| Prepared by Dr. j. &. Aver \ Co. Lowell. Mass
| sold by druggists and Dealers In Medicine.
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-10

puNx'-p,ed. 4. Locus Dale, Madison
county, July s0th. KATIE, infant daughter
of a. X. Iupb, OF Suffolk. Va; aged seven
months end ten days.
Al the sweet flower that scents the morn
Hut vtthetS I'm the rising day,
Thus lovely Was this infants dawn
Thus swiftly lied its life away.
Words truly applicable 90 this dear child.
wbose death We recsrd and whose brief NE
gave Joy and hsppiness IN her parents.
= ith her sweet, iDfADtiie beauty sne also
gave promise OF loveiier traits ~ DISPOSE
ton, which rendered her so dear aud at
t,acttye to them, sad the patlsncs with
vhlch che bore suffering endeared her 10
those WHO watched snd ministered during
the DAYS OF . lingering Illness
"suffer little children, and forbid thsm
not, TO come unto Me, for ol sucn Is the
Kingdom OF fIesyen."
KIJNE-Died, At Hlackville. \. g., August
sth. Miss LEAH KLINE.
aspce OF her brother-in Law, Myer Cohen,
500 porth Ninth street WEDNESDAY al
friends and anquaintances are invited to
attend without further notice ~
MADISON. Died. nj her residences. sun
as.ide." Orapxe county, Va. July 81, 1855,
Mrs. Lucy "a. MADISON, vile M IL tihlt'
A. Msd,son; sged fny-slx years. Her re-
mains were inferred In the family cems-
terry at " Montpelier
sIFGEI.-Died. August 9th. a. o'clock
A, ~, WILLIE. son OF Charles Il. and Leo
nora siegcl: aged six months snd l"eHy
Funeral will take place from the res,
dfpce THIS TUESDAY MORNING a.
o'clock. Friends and acqusintances are IN
yited TO attend.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-10

osssssd with 9snbline-A Bold and Sue.
esssfui Rotbery-eens 10
Europe Personal

correspondence ofthe Richmond DispAtch.l
AUGUST 0, 1886.
Al late hour on Saturday night,
nader the direction Of the chief OF poe
lice. Q raid was made on house on
Rank street, where it Was believed I'M
lawful gaming was in progress. The
officers found . number Of persons in
The rooms, with the svidsncee OF the
e,mipe. table around them - such IS
eards, chips, &c.--snd the whole party
were placed under arrest and taken TO
the station house, where they we're held
until they could furnish bail for their
,ppearsnce before the Mayors Court
this morning. The proprietor OF
the house, Mr.. Theo. Glszier,
il is understood, claims thAt tho house
il bis home, and In no sense public
house, and therefore ,he case Is not ono
.a;spSss,,s 20 IL leg. Warrants ~sr~
subsequently, issued in the case Of every
Cerson present, charging them with en-
gazing in he unlawful game Of draw
poker. The appearance Of the police,
|, Is said, caused great CONSERVATION
among the inmates Of the house, among
whom were number Of young men
moving in the respectable circles Of
society, and elderly men against
whom the suspicious Of gambling
bad never been breathed in public.
The matter was talked about oil over
the city yesterday aid to-day. When
the case was called before the Mayor
this morning request was made and
granted that the examination should be
postponed until next Monday morning,
and bail was given by each party for
his appearance. 1t is thought that some
interesting developments will be made
on the examination.
A bold robbery was committed some
time during last night at the store Of
Dir. P. A. Sterne, on Halifax street,
the circumstances attending which lead
to the belief that the thief was not only
very familiar with the premises, but
was concealed in the store at the time
the house was closed for tho night.
Sixty dollars in money, seven boxes OF
cigars, and one caddy Of chewing.to-
bscco were among the property stolen.
| Mr.. Stsrne's family live above the store.
Mr.. William Cameron, q prominent
tobacconist of this city, sailed from New
York for England on Saturday, and will
be absent some weeks. His brother,
Mr.. George Cameron, with his bride,
are now crossing the Pacific ocean, on
their way to Australia.
The condition OF DR.. j. P. Gillian,
treasurer of Chesterfield county, who
has been i'll for some days in this city,
changed for the better yesterday, and
while he is still very ill, the favorable
symptoms encourage his physicians and
friends to hope for his recovery.
Travel westward Oh the Norfolk and
Western railroad has been so heavy
during the past few days that frequently
an extra coach has to be attached to
the trains on arriving in this city.
| A daughter Of Rev. Oscar Littleton'
pastor of High-Street Methodist Episco.
pal church, is reported as extremely i'll
today. ROBIN ADAIR.
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The Cutting Case.

Speaking Of the trial and conviction
Of CUTTING by Mexican court, the
Norfolk Landmark says:
at is simply impossible that the
United States can allow the claim Of
Mexico to jurisdiction in Texas to pass
uprebuked."
Mexico is too sharp to set up that
plea. Read telegram
"Judge Ssbbida asked tho interpre-
ter to read all the proceedings and
documents in the case. Among them
were Medina's afiidavits charging Cut
ting with failure to carry out the re-
Cancellation made before the Mexican
court in regard to the publication in El
i'entinela by immediately causing to be
published in the Sunday Herald, Of FL
Paso, . repetition of the offence then
a second affidavit from Medina charg.
ing that Cutting had circulated over
ten copies Of the paper in Paso del
Norte."
The charge is that CUTTING circu-
lated these papers in Paso del Norte, in
Mexico, himself. The Washington Post
of yesterday says:
"CuttiDg seems to have been guilty
both of libel and contempt Of court
while q resident Of Mexico and tacitly
bound to obey its laws. He affords a
very shabby cause for scrimmsge, and
it Is better to wait till all the facts are
incontestably known"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-10

A GOOD JOKE on Us.-The Glades-
vile Times, in commenting upon an
article which recently appeared in the
Dispatch, uses the following figures:
"Pree trade would necessitste the
State of Virginia to pay in addition to
her present taxes s6,000,000 yearly,
which would be an increase of more than
% per head each year for each man,
woman, and child in the State, the
result Of which would be inevitable
bankruptcy"
As we used those figures in our Ar
ticle, the Times may be considered IS
good at getting off joke. That paper
saws CLEVELAND was elected on free
trade platform. We correct its state
ment by quoting from that platform as
follows:
1.-THE necessary reduction in taxation
can and must be effected without injury
to American labor and without i'm
posing lower rates Of duty than will be
ample to cover any increased cost Of
production which may exist in conse-
quence of the higher rate OF wages pre-
vailiDg in this country"
The Times will, Of course, copy the
tariff plank of the Chicago platform.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-10
GREAT FOREST FIRES.
Whole villages swept Away-Much
Property Destroyed.

Property Destroyer.
IBy telegraph TO the Dspatch.l
NEW YORK, August 9.-Late sd.
vices from the section of Wisconsin de-
wasted by forest fires yesterday place
the losses by the burning Of the village
of Spencer at nearly 400, 900 instead OF
1900, 900, as first reported.
There was a large fire in Marshield,
100000 feet of chair-stock at Webster's
factory being destroyed. The town
was saved by hard work. A dispatch
from Neillsville says that great fears
are expressed in this city on account Of
extensive forest fires which are within
four miles of the city, and coming
nearer. The mayor and Council have
ordered the fire companies to DO in
readiness at any moment. Hswettvills,
seven miles west of here, was burned
to the ground yesterday. The loss has
not been estimated yet, but will be
very great. Dell's dam. six miles
south Of here, is also in imminent dan
ger. If rain does not fall inside Of
twenty-four hours it is feared this city
will also suffer greatly.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-10

ss,s,sl .s,ppd ~ uslssrslsy and Ne 10.
s,isuts srospda when Tssvsllss r..
turned % General LESS rssidsncs be
presented quite . different appearance
from what be had done when hrss
brought out. His blood vas up, his
pos,rils ssrs dilsted. end bis meek look
bad entirely disappeared.
Since "spscsstos hss referred 70
VALENTINES group. We would say
that ws understand the overwhelming
public sentiment In favor Of "LEE on
Traveller " TO be . demsnd for "powsr
in repoes," and not necessarily de-
msnd for LEE upon ~ sxact bronze
reproduction Of Traveller. Mr.. VAL
nNTIsE's group Is "powcr In repose."
Tho testimony Of men whose observa.
tons and opinions are entitled to the
highest recognition Is that vALES.
TINES conception IS it stsnds--LEE
upon q thoroughbred and quiet but
alert horse--recslls LEE as they had
seen him under most trying circum-
...sse.a, .ea Is in perfect hsrmony with
the popular conception OF tho character
Of him whom Captain JAMES BARRON
DorE so happily termed 'ths last Of
the cavaliers" However, should "Tra-
weller" be demanded there can be no
question that Mr.. VALENTINE could
reproduce " him. Nor Is that oil. II
goes without saying that . certain
amount of {" ideality" Is necessary il
putting any horse into bronze, nc
matter how perfect may have been thu
original. We use the word "ideality ,
in its sense rs q constituent of creative
genius. Mr.. VALENTINES measure
ments Of Traveller, his long studl
OF equestrian sculpture, and his creative
genius as exhibited in so many in
stances would enable him to give u
Traveller devoid Of any blemishe
the animal may have bad and fulflllnI
al the requirements Of high art, yet q
the same time sufficiently true to life Il
satisfy the public.