The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-04

against the internal activity Of the pauper
hens Of Europe" The question Is now,
will the American senate rise TO the situa.
ton and save the American hen?
Senator Allison says the senate tariff
bill will be ready In about week. Be
SIDES abolishing the internal revenue tax
on tobacco and whisky, fused In the arts,
and taking of one-half the tax on sugars,
the bill will do more than to cut down
slightly the duty on steel rails and rods
used Ia the manufacture of wire fences!
A bill has been reported In the house 10
regulate the manufacture Of lard COMPEL.
ing the branding Of bogus lard similar 10
oleomsrgarine. The business amounts 10
about so milli dollars year, while q
large part of the product contains no lard
at all.
Mr.. Randall has gone 20 his home In
Pennsy lvania In the hope that change OF
will com plete his recovery.
Gov. Palmer, at Virginia, ILL.,, on Friday
last, WAS greeted by an audience OF from
5000 to 5000 people, whom ne addressed
on the issues OF the campaign. The Gov
ernor 10 making a splendid campaign thus
far.
A Fridays telegram announces the
change OF at least q dozen Of the most
prominent business men and manufacturers
OF Grand Rapids, Mich, from republican.
ism to tariff reform.
Congressman Fitch has sent In his res
ipnstion az member OF the Harlem repub-
lican club. He Is unable TO swallow the
republican platform.
Porter Is not anxious 10 run for Governor
of Indiana on the republican ticket. II IL
believed that he 10 confident OF the defeat
of the entire ticket In that state.
All the Maryland "bolters" who went
over TO the republicans at the last state
election, have declared for Cleveland and
Thurman, and will take an active part In
the cam psign In the state.
The New York Star has been making a
cenvass OF the Central Labor Union Of that
city, and finds An absolute unanimity In
denunciation of the national republi-
can ticket bearing the name OF man
who has imported contract labor In
violation Of law" Mr.. Morton has given
practical evidence OF his belief In the
theory of paying the least possible wage
without regard 30 the kind OF labor he
employs or the comfort Of those who work
for him.
The declination of Gov, Porter 10 run
for governor of Indiana, has upset the re.
publicans OF that state; but they profess
TO say ANY one can carry Indiana with
Harrison at the head of the ticket"
Barley Campbell, the dramatist, Is dead
Ottawa people are familiar with number
of his plays: Peril, The White Slave,
siberia, My Partner, The GALLEY Slave, My
Geraldine, &c, which have been played
here by his own companies. For num-
Der OF years past he has been An inmate OF
q New Yerk insane asylum, hopelessly
Insane, and death has come TO his relief.
Mr.. Csmpbell's fearful fate was the direct
result of excessive indulgences and abuses
by high and fast living.
The price Of coal steadily moves upward
ss the melancholy days. draw nearer;
but miners wages do not. In consequence
of a refusal OF Pittsburgh operators 70
advance the rate from ga to &c per bushel,
the miners of the 18th pool" have gone
out.
The examination OF the G. B 4 q. dy.
Mantle at Aurora, on thursday, resulted In
the holding Of Cooling, KOegal and Bauer
eism for the action Of the grand jury.
Over 300 Italian immigrants, unable 70
obtain employment, returned home In the
Alexia on Tuesday last.
JAS G. Blaine sailed from Liverpool for
America on Wednesday last, on the steamer
City of New York. There will be mon.
ster reception OF the traveller On his arrival
10 New York
The July immigrants landed at Castle
Garden nun bered 20 500 or l248 more than
for July 1887.
Geo. A. Clark, Geo. Meiley and Bauer
eisen are now on trial as 20" dynaniters,
at Galesburg.
A terrific storm occurred at 81. Cloud and
Sank Rapids, MINI, on Wednesday night.
Great damage was done, but no loss OF life
occurred. A 81 Cloud funeral party was
overturned In washout, and narrowly es-
capped death Water In the Mississippi
rose foot, and In the dam At ST. Cloud II
rose eight feet.
John Forban, boycoted farmer. WAS
shot near Listowel, Ireland, by masked
men on Sunday last.
Notice Of ~ amendments 20 the Parnell
inquiry bill have been given. The bill Is
occasioning hot debate In the house
The German emperor has returned 70
Berlin from his Russian trip.
A committee of the British commons
will recommend the imposition Of restric-
tons to prevent the influx Of "paaper" i'm
migrants 70 that country from Russia,
Poland and Germany.
Australia has protested against the item
In the British local government bill which
enables county councils to obtain assist
ance with which to send pauper emigrants
TO the colonies.
While resisting eviction from the Van
deleur estate In Ireland, Thos. Birmingham
was wounded by the police, while with his
wife and daughter he was resisting the
police. Other evictions were made with