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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-03
A LAW AGAINST ELECTORAL CORRUPTION.

To the EdttOr Of The FribuHe.
SIR II seems to imperative that the New-YorlS
Ieg>laure take action al the coming session In
regard to the use Of money in elections. Can't you
lave a law passed modelled after the English system
1t would that either this would have 10 DC u'"o
or we will have to raise a corruption fund to offset
Democracy in that regard. There is strong proba
blity that Governor nili would veto almost any bill
looking To the publication Of the ballot but In that
event tho responsibility would rest with him II the
result of the II tlOn to depend on the vOe oi
New-York something radical must be done or tho 10
pubiicans will get left. With the laig, vote In inc
cir a. thef Is for sale and the Immense campaign fun
thai the Democrats can command, 1t Will make IL
almost impossible for tho Republicans to make any
Roadway unless law Is passed that VIII In iheasuro
stop the use OF m nos al the polls ~
iioHsmOufh Ncb., Jan. 20, 1883.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-03
WILLIAM EOUTEE

William Foulke Of this city. died suddenly rom
heart disease at the Hotel Richardson, Dover, Del,
last night. Mr.. Fouke a prominent merchant
who retired from business some years ago. ITO was
about seventyslx years old His son, b. +. F0uIhc,
Is a member OF the Cotton Exchange.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-03

BRIsTOI-LBE-Att OF ths brides uncle Mr.. John
Hastings Mount Morris y T., weine,tly ers .x.
McLaren Bristol OF Clinton ~ r. TO Mary Seymour Lea
DAVIs-SPENCER-On wsdnsstav afternoon. February :,
Ivy tho James Wilson, Grace r. spencer Robert
J. Davis. both Of NewYork
STOUFFER-EAMEs-O THURSDAY. Febr nary O. 1888. AZ
the Church Of tho n nsfguraton NewYork the Rev
Dr. Houghton Edith Isabella Mcgowan. daughter OF DE-
Charles Eames 10 Charles Henry Stoufer OF Phaie,
nh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-03
MRS. MARY HOWITT.

London, Feb "a dispatch from Rome announces
tho death in that city of Mrs. Mary Hewitt, tho
pOctess and novelist
Mary BOtham was born in 1904 and received hor
education among Quakors. She married William
Hewitt in 1923 They published Jointly several
poems and other works and she sole author on
many more, among which were Hope On, Hope
Ever Hymns and rfresde Verses" Sowing ana
Reaping" and Sketches of Natural History sho
also translated number OF Miss Bremcr'5 and Hans
Christian Anderscns stories.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-03
STRIKE OF 1900 COTTON OPERATIVES.

Cornwall, Ont. Feb. 2.-Fifteen hundred cotton
operatives strike hero The mill managers
express determination to stand firm until the employees
work for reduced wages. II IS possible that
The mills will close down for time with Wow
} cnrailing tho production.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-03
CHARLES UDAG

Minneapolis, Fob. 2.-Charies IIoag, tho man who
named Minneapolis, died this morning Of dropsy OF
the heart, age eighty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-03
App1A UDyyo "TUe DoUyurAy GIRL.p

Tho Boston Ideals" the Bohemian Girl" last night
tho Fifth Theatre Balies familiar melodies
greeted with applause by generously dsposed audi
eBce that rsdrmanded Droamtthat Dwslt Heart
Bowed down." and Fair Land OF Poland" Mss Harriet
Avery snug ArnS She has voice Of unsvon quality WIN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-03
WRIT OF QUO wARRANTO ASKED

Harrisburg Feb 2-TIenry ]. Bennett, Joseph Cahill
and Edward Moore this morning appeared before At
tOrneyGeneral Kirkpatrick and presented petition
which they asked him to Issue a writ of quo war
ranto against the Reading Railroad Company on tho
ground that violating the constitution by engag
ing In the business of mining and carrying coal. The
Reading company was not represented The Attorney
General took the papers and said he would forward
his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-03
THE FIRE RECORD.
FIRE IN WANAMAKE RS CLOTHING HOUSE
SEVERAL FIRMS SUSTAIN pAMAGE-A FIREMAN



SEVERAL FIRMS SUSTAIN pAMAGE-A FIREMAN
sUFFOCATED.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. (speciaD.-wanamaker 81
Browns clothing establishments, Nos 49, II and 10
south sixthst., was damaged by fro this morn
Ing, causing loss OF $4,000 to that firm and
throwing 800 people out Of work Tho build
Ing was also occupied by J. l. Shoemaker
& Co., dealers In fancy leather goods. Their
stock, valued at $4,000, damaged $4,000
by fire and water insured Clarence M. Busch q
Co., bookblnders, loso 900: L. H. Butler Co., pub
fishers and owners Of tho building, estimate their loss
at $4,000 Robert Killen age thirty-two. member
OF the Chemical Engine Company, while holding q
pipe on the fifth floor overcome by the dense
smoke and was found by searching parties after the
fire was put out in closet the fifth floor All
efforts to restore him to consciousness failed
wanamaler Brown are Insured in these companies
Queen, Of England, 500; Merchants, of Rhode ISL
and, 500; Union, of California. 81 oO0 Equitable.
Of Rhode Island, $4,000; Rutgers. Of New-York,
Fl ,25O Pacific Of New York, 81 $50 California, OF
New York, $500; Hamburg Of Bremen, $500 I;
Rochester OF Germantown, 81 ,5OO Buffalo, Of Ger
mantown 1880; German OF Pennsylvania, 81 900 (;
Western, Of Canada ST. $50 Lion, Of England, North
Western Comapny, American Central and st. Paul. OF
Minnesota, $1,000 zach and Mutual, OF Germantown
I'll 500.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-03
THE WEATHER REPORT

GOVERNMENT INDIcAToYs-FeR "a HOURS.
wAsuINoroy, Feb. 2-For Southern Nsw'Ensiana'
Eastern New-Ysrk. Eastern Pennsylvania anu Ns"'e.
sey fair weather. stationary Temperature "s"' n'''A
westerly winds becoming variable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-03

Man may want little here pelsw. but he want. tina
little the real article. Saw this TO druggist II you
find that getting some worthless imitatisn in
staad OF the genuine Ponds Extract the remedy In
valuable for throat neuralgia stiff neck frost bites
catarrh, etc, etc. =.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-03
MARRIED.

The Name Of Colgate e. Co.
IA to-day the for all that Is best and most fashion
able in the toilet art
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-03
SUGGESTIONS FROM THE Mails.
POOR WHOM IT DOES PAY TO HELP.


To the Edftor Of The Tribune
SIR: The expression 1T does not pay to help tho
poor too often proven to be true, but occasionally
one meets with instance OF brave struggle with
poverty, and even manly refusal Of help,
that goes far toward restoring faith In tho
worhness Of tho poor. During tho recent severe
weather, young Englishman was sont to me, with
from friend asking to give him order for
coal AS began filling out ono OF the tickets issued
by the Brooklyn Society for the Improvement OF tho
Condition of the Poor he said, Don't make out that
ticket for Since have soon Mrs. j have sue
ceedcd in getting work and would rather the ticket
should go TO who ha, suffered as have.'
Butt l said you need tho coal Z" ayes, but now
thai havo work everything will so right. and some one
else needs the help moro than L. Tho night was
bitterly cold, and the man was very thnly dressed
On going to his house tho next day, found young
wife and two little Children niserably clad, but every
thing about the beautifully clean and the wife
was as bravo and pucky as her husband ms man
writes fine hand, and has good credentials from Eng
land While equal to better work. he had boon doing
vanishing; would be glad Of any honest work While
their amed ate wants have been looked after , s
doubtful Is their no helping hand In IBIS great cry
BROOKLYN. Fob. Q, 1883.
(The writer Of this letter is a most intelligent
and experienced worker among the poor Of Brook
lyn.-Ed)
TICKET SPECULATORS AT THE OPERA HOUSE
SIR: During the past fow weeks various reasons
have been given for the decrease In the attendance a.
the German Opera, but have scon no public reior'
ence made TO what know DO the chief cause oil
many a music-lovers absence II Is simply this
the greater part of is, appears TO DO.
I'm the hands Of the ticket Spectators. IL Is next
to impossible to get any but the poorest seats at tho
Lox Office. ] know those who have stood waiting
over hour for IL TO open on Thursday morning.
and who although tho first at tho window have been
coolly informed tlat nothing left except two or
three OF the Half hour later the specu-
lators who nest the entrance were Offering he best
seats double the advertised rleS. OtIcr houses,
ono after sDUther, have pretty much abolished this
nuisance, but at tho Metropolitan IL seems to grow
worse each year until IL has incl eaScd to such an ex
tent that many people do not even attompt to 50
any more. We are, and ought to be, grateful for
the many noble perform that have ltecn given
at the Dpera use, anI fcw would object to paying
a higher price than that charged AT the bOX Onice
II they know that tho money benefited the house,
but do object most decidedly to give 1t to the tlchd
speculator 4. c.
Ee,1- York. Jan. %, 1898.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-03

29k being So higher than On the csrrssp da
isst yess and 6ke higher than on Wednesday.
IN and near the city to-day there will probably -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-03
Where We Now Live,

Attend the Water Color Exhibition Of The American
Water Color Society being held at the Academy Of
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-06-28
CONDENSED NEWS.

Gen. Diaz has been elected president of
| Mexico for another term.
| A majority of the eastern turfmen regard
! Terra Gotta, owned in Chicago, as the bes:
| horse in the country.
| Four men were killed and six injured
Wednesday by "a train falling through a
bridge near Tensas, Ala.
George Wilson was hanged Wednesday
morning in the Albion, N Y, Jail for killing
his wife on the night of Jan. II, 1887.
The new wire gun at Shoeburyness has
thrown 500-pouDd shell distance of twelve
miles, the Creates distance ever covered by a
cannon ball
| Much excitementexistsi in Marquette, Mich,
over the shooting of Contractor Wilson by
Louis Nicol If Wilson dies Nicoisis very liza
BILE to be lynched.
What may be Of great value in shipbuild-
ing and matchmaking is the discovery that
steel mixed with - per cent. of maganese be-
comes non magnetic.
Within a twelvemonth four persons have
been killed outright and a fifth badly Grip
pied at very near the same spot in the freight
yard at Americas, Ga
The Petit Journal recently appealed to Bis
marck to restore Alsace and Lorraine to
France, to kiss and make up, and then both
nave 60 aU England
The Chicago Women's club Wednesday en-
tertained the Baroness Grippenberg, of Fin
land; Miss Susan b. Anthony and Mrs. lisa
bella Beecher Hooker
Admiral Horribly says that England would
require at least lS6 cruisers to protect her
merchant vessels from the enemy's cruisers
and that she has but forty-two
The Pennsylvania railroad has cut the rate
on provisions to correspond with the reduc-
ton on live stock. The freight war seems to
be becoming general among the lines east of
Chicago
The Roman Catholic Knights of St John,
in session at Louisville, adopted resolutions
thanking President Cleveland for the CON
sideration shown the church in his present to
Pope Leo.
F. d. Stout, of Dubuque, Ia. Wednesday
paid s., 400 for $3.50 at the sale of the late
Commodore kittsons trotting stock, This is |
believed to be the largest price ever paid for |
a trotting brood-mare.
Imposing ceremonies attended the open |
ing of the Prussian landtag Wednesday |
In his speech Emperor William declared that |
he would preserve the prerogatiyes of the |
monarchy and carefully guard the rights of |
his subjects.
A train over the Michigan Central railroad |
from New York. carrying number of civil
engineers, arrived in Chicago Wednesday. |
Between Niagara Falls and Detroit spurt
of 1I2 miles was made in lo91s minutes, in
Guiding stops.
A dazzlingly brilliant sphere about two
feet in diameter and emitting a myriad Of
sparks descended to the ground during
in New York city Tuesday
afternoon. 1t exploded shortly afterward
with a frightful report A number of peo-
pie were badly scared.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-06-28
The Political Wire.
What 1t Tells of the Doings
About the Country.
sRIRMIsHING BEFORE THE FIGHT.

Republicnn Qualifications In Obi" aud New
| Yeah -1he PresldrE: 1iuTH"d Ia Eiiigy
--Ih" Democratic Committee WIN Gait
| on Ihum Prohibiti""i-t Conventions
| --Isain Interfering with Rcioielng,--
Campaign f"int-.
| COLUMBUS, o., June 2s-The Republican
| clubs OF Columbus had arranged tu hold an
immense meeting last night to ratify the
| nomination of Harrison and Morton, but rain
set in about u time the parade was 10 be
held, aud continuing IN u steady pour al
| most completely interrupted the programmes.
| Several clutF, with reduced ranks marched
through the streets ia defiance of the torrent
that poured down, and large audience as
sem l. d in the rotunda of the state house Ia
| listen to speerhes by Governor Foraker and
| States Attorney D. K Watson, The gov
eruur took oct ason to again refer Ia his iidrl'
| ity and that OF the Ohio delegation To Srna-
| tor sherman at Chicago llH regarded the
ticket selected as ono of the strongest ever
presented 10y tho party, and predicted its
| election by an overwhelming ma jprlty "We
will sweep Grover Cleveland FROM the White
House" he sad, land put n man of good
moral charnct there The remainder of
his speech was devoted a. the tariff qurs-
tion, the reLel fing matter aud the "htn-
dana
BUFFALO, N. Y, June @S -Ratlication
meetins we're held by republicans atseveral
places throughout western New York Tues
day night At Eflirnttville, Cattaraugus
| county, the celebration wound up 10y burn
ing President Cleveland in rlligy aud a long
pole with bandana flying nj its top was
also consigned to flames. Said n prominent,
Republican: at was not Cleveland the presi-
dent OF the United States we burned in eiligy
but Cleveland the enemy of labor and ally OF
England
AT Warsaw, bags of salt from the different
factories in the valley and bales of wool We're
piled ON the speakers platform, labeled PRO
lection to home industries and home labor
ers"
At Olean, Silver Creek, Belmont, N. Y,
and Corey, Pa, enthusiastic meetings wer-
alSD held
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-06-28

state Register.
The State J0urRdL, in spite of figures
which show the CONTRARY. insists that the
affairs of the state of Illinois are econom-
ically administered. and that the showing
in the matter of tax rate and expenditures
is most favorable in comparison with
other states. Now the fact is, that in
1887 the state of Massachusetts levied u
tax of S.53 cents on the 800. on valu-
alton of 81 ,Si7 ,53l ,422, and that Illinois
made levy the same year of 53 cents on
the 300, on valuation of nearly $780,
900, 900 Massachusetts. too, has state
debt of over $31 100000 Illinois has
no debt, and has a very comfortable
annual income from the Illinois Central
railroad. The further fact is. that the
only states in this union which in 1887,
levied rate in excess of Illinois, are Ala.
hama, California, Louisiana, Nebraska and
Nevada, and in none of these, with the
exception of California, was the product
of the levy anywhere near the product of
the Illinois levy. Aside from California,
the only states in the union, the products
of whose levy in 1887 were as great as
the product OF tine Illinois levy, are the
great states of New York, Penns ylvania
and Ohio each of which has much more
wealth. IMAM lHiHos mas, anu eacn OF
which has debt reaching well up into
the millions Our facts and figures are
drawn from the government reports, and
are not made for the purpose of mislead-
ing. ApOlogists for republican extrava-
gance in Illinois may just as well Gle
down" The people who have been
shamelessly robbed for years, are at last
"onto" the robbers and they propose to
settle with them at the polls next fall.
Hired bands, playing Marching Through
Georgia" and shouts of America vs..
England" will not save them
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-06-28
M0NUM ENTAIL CHEEK
DEVELOPED BY THE LATEST RASCAL
LY BANK OFFICIAL,

Pitchers Plan To Liss on tho Fruits oi
Of His Depravity-Bold Thuggery al
| ChicagO-A Regular Devils Imp Dis,
covered In Tsxas-The Apaehes a. Their
Work ARain-UnsaintIy Saints.
MONTREAL, June ~ - Charles A. Pitcher,
the defaulting teller Of the Union bank, OF
Providence, X. l., who was arrested hero
Tuesday night just as he was getting ready
10 board the Allan limo steamer Partisan,
which sailed for Liverpool at o'clock yester.
day morning, was arraigned before Justice
Dandurand yesterday morning and remandel
until Saturday, in order To give the officers
OF the bank an opportunity 10 get here from
Providence and appear against him. The
arrest was one Of tho cleverest pieces Of de-
tective work ever done in Canada Pitcher,
who was registered at the St Lawrence hotel
under the name Of james a. Roberts, had
$4,000 in cash ON his person and in Il hand
valise, and bills of exchange on Paris for ~, e.
900 francs which lie paid for in greenba cks
and bank notes in six packages of 81 900
each. Unfortunately the packay yes are the
same no took from the bank, and in the bank
regular wrappers, Pitcher having neglected
to take them Off In this condition they arc
in the posses ion of the police
He acknowledged TO the detective who ar
rested nm that he stole bank bonds and
notes, but said they were in the states and
that it would be very hard for the authori-
ties here to prove that the cash he had was
stolen He says he will fight the effort 10
send him back. He says that il the bank
will give him $3.50 900 and agree not to pros
ecute him he will return the bonds and notes,
of which he says he has 800, 900 instead of
500, 900, as the bank officials report II tta
bank will not compromise Pitcher says he
will take few years in prison and come cut
and live luNuriousy the rest of his life. He
will fight the bank to the very last, and to
that end has engaged the best firm of law
yers in Montreal Unfortunately for Pitch
er, the Montreal Guarantee company was on
his bond for s., 500 and no can be impris-
oned for that, but he expresses no concern
for this phase of the matter, saying that the
company would rather have its 81, 500 tnan
have him in prison, and that be eau cOmpro-
mise with it. He is wonderfully cool, and
seems to have been making arrangements for
a long while for fight.
PROVIDENCE, r, l., June 2S.-Therei is great
satisfaction at the Union bank over the cap
ture of Pitcher Tho bank will lose the cash
which he took and about 5000 more in
checks. Eleven checks, amounting to Sll2,-
900, have already been returned Four others,
aggregating S60OOO. are out, but payment
has been stopped, and likely they will be re-
turned.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-06-28

BosToN, Mass, June 2S Harvard college
commencement exercises took place yester
day Governor Ames and staff, escorted by
the National Lancers, We're duly received 10y
President Eliot at Massachusetts hail. and
their guests, faculty, alumni, and marched
to Sanders theatre for the exercises of the
day Among those upon whom the over
seers conferred honorary degrees We're Score
tary Fairchild, that of LII D., and Edward
Burgess, the yacht designer, that Of NJ. A.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, June 2S.-Yale
college has conferred the following honorary
degrees: Rev Mr.. Patton, president of
Princeton college, d. D.; Justice Stanley
Matthews, Hon Andrew b. White and Soc
rotary of the Navy Whitney, LII. D.; Sam
Iel l.. Clemens MARX Twain, NJ. A.
President Dwight has announced that
Chauncey NJ. Depew has been elected a mem
Der of the corporation.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-06-28

WASHINGTON CITY. June 2S.-The mem
bers of the Democratic committee and the
COMMITTEES that formally notified Pres
ident Cleveland of his denomination
Tuesday took lunch at Secretary
Whitney's country me-Grasslands-yes
terday afternoon and at night the Motif
cation committee left for Columbus, o., to
formally notify Mr. Thurman of his nomina-
ton for vice president
Chairman Barnum, of the national com
mittee, will remain here several days to CON
suit with the president and prominent party
leaders about the appointment of tho cam
paigu executive committee. About the only
thing so far definitely decided is that head
quarters will be established in New York
city, aud that the active work Of the cam
paign will begin at once
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-06-28

ALFRED HOLY COLoulTE diers. The legiSln-
ture Of lSSS gave the home an annual appro-
priation for two years of $4,000 The build
ings are 800 fest square AMI iuelose a blank
regmenta1 SPARE
Yesterday the home was formally opened
in the presence Of AN immense throng OF peo-
pie, among them some of the foremost citi-
zens of Virginia and Maryland Suits of gray
were numerous; many of the children and
ladies wore the colors OF the Confederate
flag, and the old building resounded with
Dixie" and "My Maryland" The speaking
began at 3p m. Chief Judge George Will
lam Brown, of Baltimore, presided, with
Geu. Brad ey r. johnson as master of cere.
monies, Speeches were made by Judge
Brown; ex Governor a. II. Colquitt, OF
Georgia; Gen. Hooker, of Mississippi; Mayor
latrobe, of Baltimore, and others. Judge
Brown said that Mason's and Dixon's line
had been ohliterated forever, and that if
conflict did come again it would not be be-
tween the states north south. The war
was not the result of accidents; there were
wrongs and rights on both sides The north
stood for the union of states and the aboli-
ton of slavery; the south for constitutional
rights and home rule. [Great applausel
Governor COlquitt had no apologies to
make for the part he took in the war, but
said that il this country was ever invaded by
an enemy-at the lakes, for instance-the
men on the northern border would find no
reader response to the call to the defense
than from the old Confederate soldiers.
The front of the speakers stand was
adorned with portrait of Jefferson Davis
which hung between the folds OF two United
States flags, fianked by pictures of Gems Lee
and Stonewall Jackson
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-06-28
Turn About Is Fair Play.

CHICAGO, June 2S-Anson put Borchers
in the box at Detroit yesterday and got badly
beaten. The league base ball scores yester
day were: At Boston-Boston Is, Washing
ton o; at Philadephia-Phi Philadelphia 3, New
York 4: at Detroit-Detroit 10, Chicago A;
at Indianapolis-Ind Indianapolis Pittsburg game
postpoued-rain.
American association: At st. Louis-St.
Louis T, Cleveland 3. Gares at Louisville,
Kansas City and Cincinnati postponed ON ac-
count o rain.
Western association: At Kansas City
Kansas City 10, Des Moines 3. No other
games played
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-06-28

WOODSTOCK, Ills, June 28-Three prison
ers broke out of the McHenry county jail
Tuesday night, and are now at large. They
were John Webb, alias John Strong, "a years
old; "Bill" Taylor, aged 20 years, and John
Taylor, aged IS, the last two being Italians.
They were arrested at Cary, in this county,
a month ago for breaking into a school house.
Tuesday night the turnkey, AS he thought,
locked them in their cells He was duped,
however, the prisoners having placed dunn
mics in their cots and hidden themselves in
closet at the end OF the corridor. The men
then succeeded in pryiug open the iron doors
and making their escape. No trace of them
has been found as vet.