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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-07
MIDST TIE MADDING THRoNG.

Everybody remembers Stanley Huntley, the
author of the Spoopendyke letters, which
ticked the humor of 80 many readers, and
how but q little more than year ago his
brilliant and cheokered career was brought
to a sudden termination by that indomitable
enemy of man, death. Huntley's star began
to shine when he WAS working for small
salary on the Bismarck, Dak., Tribune, and
coupled with the fame OF Huntley was the
name of Denny Hannafn, one OF the oldest
citizens of the capital of that vast territory.
Between the original spoopendyke and Denny
existed ties of friendship that approached the
ardor of brotherly love. Denny was an
original genius. and his ideas were the founda-
ton on which was built the reputation
OF Huntley. aud now that genius OF pioneer
age of Western Dakota has under way q
monument that he proposes to erect to the
memory of his whilom companion. The
monument is of marble, with broad surface
on which is being carved the figures OF Hunt
ley and Hannafin, intently engaged in game
of poker The hands held by both men are
visible, and, while Huntley holds four kings,
Haunafin holds q quartette of aces. Denny
says the scene commentaries a wel-remem-
bered game of the delusive draw when there
was a jack pot OF $110, and it was his deal.
By the time that the deceased HuntleY sue
ceeded in getting glimpse of Denny's cards
the pot had assumed, to use Dennys words,
proportions that were plainly visible to the
naked eye." The monument is to be erected
in Bismarck in the public park.
The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26

A delegation of Boston aldermen have
just visited Philadelphia and conducted them
selves in an uncommonly proper manner.
The reason for this, they say, is because
newspaper man went along with them 1t
would be good scheme if Congressional
funeral delegations took newspaper man
with them also. The precedent is worth
following.
The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26
ELECTION MONDAY, MARCH /.
FOR MAYOR,
CHARLES j. CHAPMAN,
WARD NOMINATIONS.

WARD ONE.
lderman-George W. Beale.
Councilmen-George Trefethen, Henry Z.
Dewey, Richard X. Galley.
School Committee-Charles R. Crandal
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Greeley.
Clerk-OSman Monroe.
Constables-Ruel N. Field, Edward H. Heath'
WARD TWO.
Alderman-Isaiah Daniels
Observation-Disclosures S. Heseltine George M.
Eastman, William A. Golden.
Warden-Herbert L. Damon.
Clerk-Thomas Macarthur. ,,,,,
Constables-Luther Sterling, benjamin 6rlpDeli'
WARD THREE.
Alderman-Augustus II. Prince.
observation-disclosures B. Brown, Peter S. Nick
erson, Oman Adams.
School Committes-Aaron b. Holden.
Warden-Edwin A. Leighton,
Clerk-George II. TownShend.
Constables-Edwin A. Leighton, Freeman I.
Merrill.
WARD FOUR.
AIderman-Lewis A. Goudy
Councilmen-Ge0rge A. clark, Joseph ID. DOW,
Samuel A. True.
Warden-JOhn j. Perry.
Clerk-Edwin b. Duran.
WARD FIVE.
Alderman-Whitman Sawyer
Councilmen-John Williamson, Caleb n. Lang,
Henry Z. Cox.
aSchool Committee-Dr. Charles A. Ring.
Warden-Charles A. Perry.
Clerk-Alfred Saunders.
WARD SIX
Alderman-William M. Marks.
Councilmen-Ansel G. Dewey, George H. Alb
bolt, Edward w. Kent.
Warden-John f. Barrett.
Clerk-Josiah II. Drummond, Jr.
Constables-Lincoln s. Ray, George A. Davis.
WARD SEVEN.
Acknowledgement G. Briggs.
Councmen-John c. Roberts, John P.
Hobbs, Eliphalet G. Spring.
Mathematician H. Plummer.
Clerk-Wilford G. Chapman.
Constables-Benjamin Durham, Benjamin w
Slower.
The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE.

The Democrats in caucus assembled last
evening nominated with, what the candidate
in his speech of acceptance termed reason
able unanimity," Enoch Knight, Esq, as
their candidate for mayor; that the nomlna-
ton was not made unanimous is not surprls-
ing in view of the grip which Mr.. Deering
still holds on a certain element in the party.
His card of withdrawal seems to have been
skilfully played but did not meet with sue
cess in the convention. The majority of the
delegates took him at his word, doubtless
much to his surprise.
Mr.. Knight is a genial and pleasant gentle
man of versatile turn of mind, who has
gracefully filled an editors chair and respect
ably filled the Office of municipal judge in
this city for two terms. He was originally a
Republican and was long identified with the
politics of the party. His public conversion
dates from the Greeley campaign, when he
turned his back on Grant and espoused the
cause of the Tribune philosopher. Mr..
Knight has had no experience in municipal
affairs. having served in neither branch of
the City Government, nor has his business
experience or training been such as would
specially fit him for an executive Office like
that of mayor of Portland If agreeable and
genial traits were all that we're required for
The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26

Iowa is trying the legislative reunion BUSH
ness too. The meeting opened yesterday
The Oldest veteran is one Of the two surviy-
ing members of the first territorial session
of 1888. His home is in Washington. Old
Connecticut lawmakers are going to follow
the Maine veterans and try it also. But
Maine can beat them all in one respect. No
other state has Hannibal Hamlin
The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26

During its controversy with the President
the Senate may close its doors and shut out
the people, but it cannot shut out the peo-
pies sympathy.
The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26

There are hopeful indications at Bath,
For long time it has been necessary for
shipbuilders to take contracts, if they took
any at all, at very low prices. This neces-
STATED low wages to the ship carpenters
which they were willing to accept for time
rather than remain idle. But the Knights of
Labor in that city have lately requested an
increase in wages. The Nav England Ship
building Company, the company most deep
ly interested, is inclined to yield to the re-
quest. Other companies will follow, and it
is quite probable that the whole matter will
soon be settled to the satisfaction of the
wage workers and the stockholders Of the
different companies. The hopeful look about
the matter is this: The companies do not
Weld to the demand simply because the de-
mand is made and to avoid trouble. AS the
condition of the business has been for few
wears past they could not do this without
suffering immense losses to themselves.
They yield for the simple reason that they
can and ought to yield, because the business
is looking better. AT the present time the
New England Shipbuilding Company has
contracts for seven vessels, four OF which
are four-masted schooners. The sound OF
the ship carpenters hammer Will again DC
heard with pleasure on the Kennebec.
The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26

Frank Hurd, the Ohio free trade Democrat
hopes to be soon helping Morrison with his
little tariff bill, officially. The Republican
who now represents that district was re-
turned by majority of twenty-seven votes.
Hurd is making a contest against him, claim
ing that he can show majority of two hum
bred in his favor. The counsel who is man
aging Hurd's case before the election COM
mittee, says that he win be seated by strict
party vote, and adds that 'Mr. Hurd would
never have consented to contest the seat UNI
less promised in advance that he should have
party vote when it was necessary to get
him in"
The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26

The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, while it holds
that there are few circumstances which JUS
tify the distribution of government money
among the different States, favors the Blair
educational bill 1t expresses a friendly
feeling for the colored people and says that
the government owes it to the negro to aid
the crippled States Of the South in his edu-
cation as well as in the education of whites
impoverished by the war. The Chronicle
declares that the negro has not, under his
present conditions, well fulfilled his mission
as planter. Education may not actually
make the negroes better farmers, but it will
develop their manhood and cause them to
enter into greater variety Of callings. This
testimony in favor of the education bill COM
ing from candid observer of the needs and
possibilities of the colored race ought to be
of great practical weight
The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26

The criticism of DR.. Hill upon the radical
change in the primary course" in the teach
ing of arithmetic, announced in the report
of the school committee, will meet with gen
eral appreciation. The absurdity OF teach-
ing the philosophy of numbers to very young
children has been so often demonstrated
that few teachers or writers upon euuca-
tional topics are now found to detend IL.
Such course is an inversion Of the naturai
order of mental growth, and is opposed 10
all deductions of mental science no
greater mistake can be made in school work
than imposing too great tasks upon the
reasoning powers of young children, If re-
turn to 'mental arithmetic" in the case OF
children seven and eight years old is ''hailed
with delight by teachers and parents" as
the writer of the school reports says, then a
most wonderful and radical change has
taken place in the mental condition of the
| children of this generation.
The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26

The Boston Advertiser spurns the federal
aid to common schools in Massachusetts,, and
wants it turned over to Indian schools The
Springfield Republican says that it is all
very well for them TO talk this way in Bos-
ton where they annually spend $50 or $40 per
pupil, "but how about the poor country
towns which require aid from the state,
which the state seems never ready to give"
The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26

The Presidential chair is occupied by a
man who is bidding for denomination.
TOO MUCH SETTLING" AND TOO LITTLE
The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26

What has become Of Secretary Bayard "a
international fish commission plan? We
haven't heard of it for many moons. The
fact is, public sentiment has made itself felt,
and the plan is lost, strayed or stolen, and
nobody seems inclined to advertise for it.
The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26

1t pays to be the trustee and assignee of
large estate provided the charges for ex-
penses and salary are not disputed. Trustee
Chafee of the famous Sprague estate sent in
bill of $3OS, 553 for his services from Dec. !,
1878 to the close Of 1884, a period Of eleven
years and one moth, and the bill was paid.
The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26

1t is worth noting that the Democratic
states are having the hardest luck with
Presidential appointments This illustrates
the strength and the bad effect Of the infiu-
ence of Democratic congressman.
The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26

Carlisle and Hill, or Hill and Carlisle,
either combination would go well in 'S8, ac-
cording to the representations of the New
York Sun.
The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 30.

We Do moi read anonymous letters ana coiilin'iil-
cations. The name and address of the writer are
all cases indispensable, not necessarily LOT pup
icatiop but as a guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26

the Office, our citizens might make a much
worse selection than Judge Knight, but the
office of mayor is enc that requires for its
successful administration an intimate ac-
quaintanee with municipal affairs and execu-
tive abilities of no mean order. Com
pairing the candidates with reference
to these qualifications the Republican party
may well rest satisfied with its selection
Mr.. Chapman has had the training of sue
eessful business career; he is prompt, ener-
getie, capable of managing large interests,
and observant of details on which success in
every enterprise so much depends. la addi-
ton to this he has had large experience in
both branches of the city government, and
has demonstrated his fitness for public
affairs. His record as a business man and
public servant give assurance that he will
make wise, conservative and successful
chief magistrate.
We are glad that the issues of the munich
pal contest are presented in so satisfactory a
form and with so respectable candidates.
The elimination of all that Mr.. Deering rep
resents in municipal politics is matter OF
public congratulation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-01-22
CHAPTER vi.
CAN THE CIF HER BE SOLVED ?

CAN THE CT HER BE SOLVED ?
Then Sarcany made quarter turn OF
the grating from right to left, so as to
bring the side with the cross to the right.
And these were the letters that appeared
through the spaces
n o h II e d e
At the third attempt the letters visible
were these
II d n e p d n
To the astonishment of Toronthal and
Sarcany, none of these combinations
gave any sense. They endeavored to
read them conclusively in the order they
had been obtained, but they proved as
meaningless as the despatch itself. Was
the message to remain indecipherable ?
The fourth application of the grating
resulted thus
u o p e
which was as obscure as the others.
In fact, the four words which had been
discovered were:
hazrxeirg
nchaledee
nadnepdn
ilruopess
anu tneSe mehilt-NOIHlHB
Sarcany could not conceal his rage at
such disappointment. The banker
shook his head, and remarked, in q
slight tone OF irony:
Perhaps that is not the grating !"
Sarcany simply writhed in his chair.
Let us try it again he said.
"Try again" said Toronthal.
Sarcany having mastered his nervous
agitation, began experimenting on the
six words forming the second column Of
the message. Four times did he apply
the grating; and these are the four
meaningless words he obtained
amnetnore
yelessuot
etseirted
Zerreoncs
This time Sarcany threw the grating
on the table with an oath.
In curious contrast, Toronthal kept
quite cool, He was carefully studying
the words hitherto obtained, and re-
mained deep in thought.
"Coniound all gratings and all who
use them !" exclaimed Sarcany, rising.
"Sit down, said loronthal.
"Slt down Z!
"Yes and go on
Sarcany gave Toronthal look. Then
he sat down, took the grating and
applied it to the last six words of the
message, as he had done to the others.
He did it mechanically. as though he
took no interest in what he was doing.
And the words given by the four appli-
cations of the grating were:
uonsuoyeu
glangisre
imerpuate
Fptsetuot
That was all, The words were rs
| meaningless us the others.
Sarcany, enraged beyond all bounds,
took the paper ON which he had written
the barbarous words which the grating
had yielded, and was about TO tear il
into tatters, when Toronthal stopped
him.
do not get excited, he said.
| "Eh!' exclaimed Sarcany, what can
you do with an insoluble logograph like
thatf"
/ Tpn n., ,nx,u,x,.,..> I
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CHAPTER v.
THE MESSAGE IN CIPHER.


! Two days afterwards Sarcany was
| installed in the hoHse of Ladislas Zath-
mar. He had been introduced by Silas
Toronthal, and on his introduction had
been received by Count Sandorf. The
| banker and his agent had become ac-
| completes, the object of their schemes
| being the discovery of secret which
| might cost the chiefs of the conspiracy
| their lives, and the result, as the price
| of their information, fortune falling
| into the pocket of an adventurer, that it
might find its way into the strong box of
n banker vino had reached the point of
being unable to honor his engagements.
A formal agreement had been drawn
| up between Toroilthal and Sarcany, ac-
corling to which the expected profit
was to he shared equally. Sarcany was
to have sufficient to enable him and his
companion, Zrone, to live comfortably
| at Trieste, and to meet all outgoings and
| expenses. In exchange and as a guar
antee he had handed over to the banker
the fac-simile of the message which con-
| tained-there could be no doubt - the
secret of the conspiracy.
/ ~ lltihhllo' bt oitiu thhb puDNlOEl
WAS imprudent in acting thus Under
| sUch circumstances to introduce
| stranger into the house where such i'm
| portant matters We're in hand, on the
| very eve of II rising, OF which the signal
| might be sent at any moment might
| seem an act of strange imprudence.
| But the Count had not acted thus with
ont being obliged.
| II was necessary that his personal af-
fairs should he put in order now that he
WIS about to enter on perilous adven-
ture in which he risked his life, or at
least exile, if he was obliged 10 fly in the
event of failure, Besides the introduc-
tion of n stranger into Zathmars house
| appeared to him calculated to prevent
suspicion. He fancied that for some
days-and We know that he was not
mistaken-there had been spies in the
Acquedotta; spies no other than Sarcany
| and Zirone, Were the police of Trieste
keeping their eyes on his friends and
him and their proceedings? Sandorf
might well think so and fear so If the
meeting place Of the oonspirators,
hitherto SO obstinstely kept hidden,
| SN'ill'i w W bt bubptCltN, Wildt
better means of battling suspicion could
be devised than to admit within it an
accountant merely busying himself with
accounts? How could the presence of a
clerk be dangerous TO Zathmar and his
guests In no way. There was no
longer any interchange of ciphered cor
respondence between Trieste and the
other towns of Hungary. All the papers
relating to the movement had been de-
struyed There remained no written
trace of the conspiracy. The measures
had beel taken; they were not intended
10 be taken. Count Sandorf had only
TO give the signal when the moment
arrived So that the introduction of a
clerk into the house. which the Govern
ment might have under surveillance,
was calculated to allay all suspicion.
That ito say, the reasoning was Just
and the precaution good, had the clerk
been any one else than Saroany, and his
inhoduoer any other than Silss Toron-
thai.
| Sarcany was q past master in duplio-
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The work was ut an end Sarcany
rose and put the cut card into his
pocketbook.
1.-THE first thing tomorrow morningI !
call on Toronthal, he said.
Keep an eye on his cash box"
eff he has the message, l have the
gratingl"
And this time he will give it up"
He will give it up"
"And now we can feed ?"
1--WE can feed"
"Come on, them"
And Zirone, always blest with o
healthy appetite, did full justice to the
excellent meal he had, according to his
custom, ordered.
In the morning-it was the 1st of June
at eight o'clock Sarcany presented
himself ut the bank, and Toront thai gave
orders for him to be shown into the
office Immediately.
There is the grating" was all that
Sarcany said as he laid the card on the
table.
The banker took it, turned it round
and round. jerked his head first on one
side then the other, and did not seem at
all to share in the confidence of his
associate.
Let us try it," said Sarcany.
well, we'll try it."
1loronthal took the fac-simile of the
message from one of the drawers in his
desk and laid it on the table.
1t may be recollected that the message
was composed of eighteen words, each
containing six letters-the words being
quite unintelligible. 1t was obvious
that each letter ought to correspond with
a square of the card and consequently
that the six first words of the message,
composed of thirty six letters, must have
been obtained by means of the thirty-six
squares.
And i'll the grating the arrangement Of
the blank squares had been so ingen-
iously thought out that for every quarter
turn-that is, for the four times the
blank squares changed their position
they came in different place.
1t will be seen that this must be so /:
for if at the first application of the graf
ing to white parer the figures to 8 are
inscribed in each blank space, and then,
after quarter turn the figures 10 to 1S,
and then after another quarter turn the
IL " tlIcll, ulttI duOtutI
quarter turn, the figures 90 to 36. it will
be found that no square has two num-
bers, and that each of the thirty six
squares is filed in
Sarcany very naturally began on the six
first words of the message, intending to
make four successive applications of the
grating. He then thought of treating
the next SIX, and then the six finals in
the same way, and thus use up the eigh-
teen words of the cryptogram.
1t need scarcely be said that Sarcany
had told Toronthal what he intended to
do, and that the banker had approved Of
the plan.
Would the hepractice confirm the theoryf
Therein lay all the interest of the
experiment.
The eighteen words of the meaSaCa
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LTo Re CONTINUED. ]
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At first they set to work to deciphef
the first six words. To do this Sarcany
wrote them out on a sheet of white
paper, taking care to space the letters
and lines as to bring each letter under
one of the squares of the grating.
And this was the result.
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-19
Pre.enfioIhe soldiers Home

Governor Lee. in acknowledging the
receipt OF a Confederate flag given yes
terday By a Richmond lady TO the
Confederate Soldiers Home, said:
As president Of the Board Of yisi-
tors of the Soldiers Home | beg that
you will convey TO the lady who made
the flag, and who has presented 1t to
the Home that it may decorate the
soldiers reception-room as peaceful
emblem Of the Lost Cause my thanks
for her sympathetic kindness to the
Veterans. 1t is proper tha; the flag of
the United States should fly over the
= Home for Confederate soldiers, for
it Is now the banner of their country,
and there is nothing improper in giving
TO their custody the Confederate hag
beneath whose folds their blood was
shed, and in whose defence deeds were
enacted that reflected lustre upon
American manhood and American
yalOr,H