The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-18

ST. PETERS Cathedral in Allegh gheny
City, was destroyed by fire Friday
night. Loss over Sl3O.OOO.
THE official figures for Mayor of N,
Y city are: Hewitt, 80 552; George,
6s 10; Roosevelt, go, ,435, and Ward
well, 5S2.
GRAND Master Workman Powderly
has issued an order declaring off the
strike among the Chicago packers but
q large number of the strikers refuse
to obey his order aud reproach him for
interfering.
AN amendment to the Dow law,
making the tax $500, and reaching
the manufacturers agents, will be
broue hit before the next legislature.
1t is now being actively pushed.
Col. BOB INGERsOLL has been indi-
the funds of the American Secular
Union. Robert says his accuser is
liar, and the Union summarily sup.
pressed the charges.
CHICAGo's vote in favor of amend
ing the Illinois constitution to forbid
convict labor was sufficiently large to
overcome an adverse rural majority,
and to demand the enactment of the
amendment.
HnN
port that he intends to abandon Toledo
as his home. He declares his purpose
to return to that city in q few months,
when he will push the cause of tariff
reform with all his might.
SENATOR EDMUNDs is reported as
repeating recently what he said some
time ago, which was equivalent to
saying that he thought the Republi-
cans would not nominate Mr.. Blaine,
but would go West for " man who
was conspicuous for his honesty"
THE telephone suit in the u. s. cir
coit court at Cincinnati, against the
Bell company. to declare the Bell pa
tent void. has been dismissed for want
of Jurisdiction, and without prejudice
to instituting suits elsewhere. Under
this ruling, the Government will pro
badly have to 60 on with the suits in
Massachusetts.
The political complexion OF the
Indiana legislature and the politics of
the next United States Senator from
that State will depend on the result of
the contests. The Republicans have
filed notices of four contests aad the
Democrats ten. Bribery is charged
on both sides.
WHILE Samuel Simons, aged 19,
was oilipg shafting at the Empire
Works. Akron, Monday morning, he
was caught in the belt and whirled
around fifteen times, striking timbers
above and below the shaft, breaking
his arms and legs, and otherwise man
CLING him. He was naked when
thrown OFF the shaft, and died in a
few minutes.
THE Supreme Court of Massachu-
setts has recently decided that all bar
Der shops, bake shops, restaurants,
news stands and all places where any
thing is bought or sold must be closed
on Sunday, The decision, if enforced
will cause regular blue law Sunday
throughout the State-even the street
cars cannot run ON Sunday.
The official report of the Connecti-
cut vote shows that Lounsbury, Re
publican for Governor, received 56, 800
votes; Cleveland, Democrat, SIS, SIS
Forbes, Prohibition, 1859; Baker, La
bor, 1902, and IA scattering. Total
vote, l23 243: necessary to elect 81, ,622.
Cleveland lacks 2, sO4 votes of election
Ais plurality is 1,S6S.
UNDER peculiar feature of the Ne
braska Constitution, at the request of
Senator Van Wyck, the people at the
election voted for U. 8. Senator, and
that Senator had a large majority of
the vote cast. The vote is not binding
on the Legislature, it being only an
indication OF the popular choice. Still
1t is not certain that he will be elected.
REVIEWING at some length the
Democratic and Republican Presiden-
tial outlooks, as regards 1888, the New
York Times declares itself Convinced
ut the present time the clearest and
most kig nj ific cant facts I'm the sifu.tiou
ere that party ties are Iooser than ever:
that the independent vote is growing;
that it is more likely to decide the
next Presidential election than any
other vote, and that Mr.. Cleveland is
more likely than any other probable
candidate to command it two years
hence"
AnssAer HOrrtd Muder at Cleve.