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Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23
WILLIAMS PROCLAMATION.
The New Emperor of Germany Addresses
His People.

BERLIN, June 1S.-The Emperor's proc
clamation was published to-day. 1t is as
follows:
PROCLAMATION TO THE PRCSSIAN PEOPLE
The grave had scarcely closed over William
before Frederick was called away. Frederick
bore his hard fate with hreoic Christian resg-
nation, and remained faithful to his kingly
duties In the few months allotted to
him to rule, he exhibited all the noble
qualities of his mind and heart. His virtues,
his victories on the battlefield will be remem-
bered as long as German hearts continue to
beat. / have taken the government upon my
self, looking up to the King Of all Kings for
aid l pray God that, like my beloved father,
l may be a just and clement Prince
that l may foster piety and the
fear Of God; that l may guard the
peace and promote the welfare Of our land;
that Imay be the helper of the poor and DIS
trrssed; the firm guardian of the right, and that
II may ever thrive in the execution of my kingly
duties, in unison with my people, who in good
and in evil days have stood true to their
kings. l count upon the fidelity of
my people in the consciousness
that / shall return it heartily as true
Prince to a true people both equally ready to
make sacrifices for the Fatherland. / derive
confidence IRON this belief pray God to lend
me strength and wisdom to discharge my king
ly Office for the welfare of the Fatherland.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

The Delegation From "Old Missouri"
Excites Admiration and Enthusiasm
Among the Assembled Republican Hosts
in Chicago.
CHICAGO, June 19.-At twenty minutes
past eight o'clock yesterday morning q
train Of ten cars divided into two sec
tions bearing the deputation from the
Missouri League of Republican Clubs,
drew up in the Wabash depot. A band
was in waiting and also a number of the
local reception committee and 8 large
delegation from the Chicago Young
Mems Blaine Club, who extended hearty
greeting to the incoming guests. Under
the supervision of Grand Marshal j. G.
Butler, the members Of the clubs, over
three hundred strong, formed in fours,
unfurled the Stars and Stripes and the
club flag; the band struck up 'Hail CO.
lumbia", and the column moved toward
the Palmer House. As the inspiriting
strains of the band were heard, tho
passersby stopped, the habitues of tho
hotels rushed to the pavements and as the
column advanced to march it was accom-
panied by rousing cheers.
That's the finest looking set Of men
that we have seen yet" said member Of
the Chicago Reception Committee.
"Look how they march, and see the
Loyal Legion and Grand Army buttons
the men are wearing. Plenty Of old sol
diers are in that column, and it would be
hard to find o better looking body of men
anywhere"
'Hurrah for MissOuriu' was heard as
the line drew near the Grand Pacific, and
"Hurrah for Blaine" greeted them as
they passed the hotel. AS the column
wheeled to the right and swung into the
rotunda Of the Palmer House, the band
dropped Hail Columbia" and struck up
"Marching Through Georgia..
The effect was electrical, hats were
swung high in the air, the white plugs of
the Missourians being conspicuous among
the number, and laundering cheer broke
out which made the great building ring
again and brought people running from
all parts of the house to see what was the
matter. The shouting continued for fully
fifteen minutes, cheer after cheer ringing
out and almost drowning the notes of the
band. After the lungs OF all had been
thoroughly exhausted the visitors as
cended the stairs, accompanied by waving
flags and handkerchiefs, and took posses
sion of their spacious headquarters room
on the first floor, During the day the
members of the club were kept busy re-
ceiving and returning calls, and were the
recipients Of a most marked degree of at
tentiOn.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

| The Court of Claims on the 10Th re-
ported in favor of tho payment of the
following sums to Tennesseeans: Madison
Randolph, of Shelby county, $1117; Mary
d. Fogg, of Madison county, 1860; Martha
l.. Trigg. of Shelby county, $3.50. Also
citizens of Mississippi as follows: Ada E.
| Laurence, of Natchez, $514; Andrew
Cathey, Tishomingo county, $575; also
Rachael Martin, of Montgomery county,
Arkansas.
| AN autopsy on the body of Nelson Lee,
| who was killed in Charleston, w. Va, a
| few days ago, showed that his heart was
situated on the right side of his breast.
JAMES COPELAND, a well-to-do farmer,
| died at Flint, Ala, on the 18th at the age
! Of SO. When the South seeded in 1861,
Copeland took an oath that he would
| never shave again until the Southern Con-
| fedcracy established its independence. He
| kept his oath, and his beard at the time of
his death was nearly seven feet in length.
MYRIADs of grassphoppers have appeared
| in many parts of southern Indiana, and are
devouring all vegetation as they go. They
destroy meadows first, then the foliage Of
trees, and next corn, oats and garden
vegetables.
JAMES G. MCKEE, clerk Of the United
States Court for the Southern District Of
Mississippi, writes to the Chicago Journal
that the Republicans intend to make q
vigorous and aggressive campaign in that
State.
AN agreement was entered into on the
~ Il; ~ ba Il, eh,n IF
Chattanooga, Tenn whereby no goods
will be hereafter shipped east by the Louis
vile and Nashville, the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia, and Cincinnati
Southern.
A COACH bearing q number of Tennessee
delegates TO Chicago and their friends, was
deraiIed and turned on its side as it reached
Louisville, KY, on the 1Gth Several were
badly bruised, but nobody was seriously
hurt.
DURING the Baram feast at Constanti-
nople, on the 18th, the Albanians and
Nubians of the imperial guard fought out
an ancient feud. Eighteen negroes and
three Albanians were killed and dozens on
both sides were wounded
ACCORDING to the recently published
statistics or TIE StOck afdS company, OF
Chicago, and of the Board of Trade, the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad
maintains its lead of all other lines in the
number of cars of live stock and grain
brought to that market. This fact indi-
Gates the rapidty with which the road
must have recovered from its recent labor
troubles, and furnishes additional evidence
or the efficient manner in which the man
agement handled the strikes of employees
on its lines. Evidently, from a business
standpoint, the road is in able hands.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

AT Rushville Mimi, on the 10 and 4th, il
rained continuously for thirty hours.
Mr.. GLADSTONE and scores of other
prominent persons called at the German
Embassy, on the 10Th, and left cards for
Count Won Hatzfeldt the German Am
bassadOr.
In the Italian Chamber of Deputies, on
the 18th, Premier Crispi made pathetic
illusions to Emperor Frederick, after
which the Chamber, by unanimous con-
sent, adjourned. .
THE late Emperor Frederick left in
structions to have his body inferred III
the grounds of the garrison church at
Potsdam.
DIR. RACHAEL L. BoDLEY, aged sixty,
dean of the Woman's Medical College of
Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, died sud-
denly, on the 15th, of heart disease.
A CLOUD-BURST occurred at TituSville,
Pa, on the night of the 18th, destroying
about $40, 600 worth of property. No lives
were lost.
AMONG the passengers on the steamer
Rhaltia, from Hamburg, Germany, to New
York, on the 18th, were 5000 Slavs
and Polish Jews.
Mr.. NJ. j. EZEKIEL, the well-known
sculptor, left Cincinnati, on the 15.h, for
Boston, and will shortly sail for his home
in Rome. He takes with MIN several
commissions, one being the statue OF
Charles w. West for the rotunda Of the
Art museum of Cincinnati Of which Mr..
West was the principal founder.
THE I2-hour walking match at Worces-
ter, Mass, closed on the night Of the 10Th,
with the following scores: Connors, 4l
miles; Golden, 331; Vint, 30l; Hengel-
man, 29l; Tilly, 2SS; Cunningham,
2S5; Murphy, 254; Edwards, 80; Paul,
1l5.
AT Kearney, Neb., on the night of the
10Th, young man named Jesse Sawyer,
while attending a party, became jealous OF
the attentions paid to a young lady he had
taken there, and going out of doors he cut
his throat with a razor, intiicting prob
ably fatal wound.
Two men, who registered at Bing
hampton On. y hotel on the night of the
14th, as James McVey and John Nc
Charity, of Chicsgo, and who were found
nearly suffocated, proved to be James
Welch and Eddie Small, of Syracuse.
Both are dead
THE Army Appropriation bin passed
the House of Representatives on the 10th.
JOHN MEYERS DoREMUs, a butcher Of
Hackensack, N. j., during a fit Of frenzy
caused by drink, stabbed and killed his
son on the 10th.
On the 10Th, Secretary and Mrs. Whit
ney. with their children, left Washington
for Millborough, Va, place about forty
miles west of Staunton, for a short visit.
THE National Sangerbund will meet
next wear in New Orleans.
ONE-HALF of the town OF Dubois, Pa,
was destroyed by fire on the 18th. About
1000 people wererendercd houseless. The
loss will exceed 1900, 900.
A COLLISION occurred on Lake Michigan,
On the nth, between the schooner Willie
Kler and the steamer Robert Mills, in
which the former was sent to the bottom.
THE ninth annual convention of Amer
ican wheelmen began in Baltimore, Nd,
on the 18th.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

cham petp. tween the lines, in
terpreted this decision as savoring only II
compliment, and went on figuring as to
the candidates upon whom the delegation
would split after the first ballot.
Last night they quit their mathematical
labors in hurry. In secret, solemn eau
Gus, just as the sun was setting, the New
York delegation decided that Chauncey
M. Depew was its first and last choice;
that it would take neither part nor parcel
i'll any body else's candidacy, but that it
would stay by its man until the last gun
was fired.
To say that the public announcement of
this action created a rattling among the
dry bones of the other camps, is to
meagerly describe the sensation it pro-
duced. And when on top of it came word
that Connecticut had decided to fall in
line with New York and stand by her to
the end; that support had been promised
from New Jersey and Pennsylvania as
well as from the South the outward and
visible signs of a Depew boom became
quickly apparent, Thousands of badges
with his clear cut features appeared as If
by magic, and there was a sudden ava
lanche of Autographs that told the
throngs in every hotel in the city that the
counterfeit presentment upon which they
looked was that Of "The Grangers'
Friend''; "The Wage Earners' Choice;
'The Peoples Leader, and "The Pro-
tcctor Of American Labor.
Simultaneous with the issue of the pic
lures and badges, a ton of literature, all
of it of high protection order, and ad-
dressed in the main to the producing
classes, especially one leafet, compar-
ing the wages paid in England under free
trade, and in the United States under
protection, in seventy Of the principal
trades and occupations, was put in circu-
| lation.
Depew enthusiasm and Depew talk is
putting all the other booms in the shade,
and his adherents are working with
vigt-f to make anenGs for his late ap-
pearance in the field.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23
FREDERiCK'S FUNERAL.
Simple But Affecting Funeral Services at
Potsdam Over the Remains of the Late
Emperor.

BERLIN, June 1S.-The ceremonials at
Potsdam to-day at the funeral of Emperor
Frederick was graced by every evidence
Of public grief and affection Of the peo-
pie. At nine O'Clock this morning a rain,
which had been falling until that hour,
disappeared, and Sic sun shone. The ex-
press train soon brought the last of the
mourners, who assembled in the jasper
gallery little before ten O'Clock. The
young Empress, Victoria Augusta, accom-
panied by several princesses, had
driven by the San Souci road
to the Friedenskirche, and were
there in a retired corner before the
procession arrived. Near the close Of the
ceremony the Empress and the Prince
and Princess Of Wales drew near the cot
fin and the three knelt and prayed. The
Emperor wept sorrowfully throughout the
services. Empress Victoria, unable to
bear the strain of the ceremony in the
church, drove with her three youngest
daughters to Bonstadt. arranging her
drive so as to return when all was over
Court Preacher Persius read special
service for Empress Victoria at Bon :
stadt, to which no one but she and her
three daughters were admitted. When
they returned to Potsdam. the widowed
Empress went to the church unattended
and prayed beside the coffin.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23
THE notorious bandit, serafin Ramos,

THE notorious bandit, Serafin Ramos,
alias Dionisio Castillo, of Cuba, was
captured, near San Felipe, on the 18th.
BUNKER HILL DAY" Che 1Sth) was
celebrated in about the usual manner this
year by the dwellers at the Hub and their
visitors.
CHAUNCEY III. DEPEw says he regards
the office Of President of this great peo-
pie as the proudest honor in the world,
and one which no consideration of per-
sonal sacrifice could outweigh. Hence
he is willing, it nominated. to relinquisn
salaries equal to the proceeds from an
investment of $2, 100000.
The Supreme Lodge of Knights of
Pythias, in session at Cincinnati, on the
18th, sustained Chancellor Douglas in srs-
pending the Grand Lodge of Pennsylva-
mia, but not in organizing new one. Ii
requires, however, that the Grand Lodge
shalt comply with the demands made by
Chancellor Douglas.
The President sent to the Senate, on
the 18th, the following nominations
Thomas S. Maxey, of Texas, to be United
States District Judge for the Western
district of Texas; Andrew F. Shafer, of
Michigan, to be surveyor of customs for
the port of Grand Rapids, Mich Also
several army promotions.
| A DISPATCH from Jasper, Ind, of the
| 18th, says: Myriads of grasshoppers
have appeared in many parts Of Southern
Indiana, and are devouring all vegetation
as they go. They destroy meadows first,
then the foliage of trees, and next corn,
| oats and garden vegetables. Thousands
of acres of meadows have been devas-
tated by them.
| ST. JOSEPH'S ORPHAN ASYLUM, on the
| Alexandria pike, seven miles south of
| Newport, KY, was burned on the 18th.
| Loss, $37, ,0J0.
| ALBERT E. PURDY, a well-known busi-
ness man of Perry, n. ", and Miss
Lettie M. Strauss were drowned in
| Silver Lake, near that place, on the 18th,
| by the upsetting of their boat
| WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS ants to be
Senator from New Jersey, and is not a
candidate for the vice presidency.
Mrs. GENERAL LOGAN denies that she is
| booming the nomination of General
Alger, or that she has made any criti-
cisms upon any of the other Republican
candidates for the presidency.
A SPECIAL to the EueRjRg Wisconsin,
from Wakefield, Mich. on the 18Th, says
Last evening the Sparta Hotel was
burned. The building was owned and oc-
cupied by Edward Bowler, whose family
perished in the flames. Several men
were badly burned in trying to save the
children. Loss on building and contents
| trifiing.
| IT was reported from Rome, on the 18th,
| that the Pope will soon issue an important
encyclical, dealing with the true and false
liberty.
THE Senate went into secret session al
2:30 p, m, on the 18th, and took up and
ratified the long-pending treaty provid-
ing for an adjustment OF the Venezuelan
claims.
A DEPUTY United States marshal ar
rived at Wichita, Kas., from the Indian
| Territory, on the 18th, with Tom Thrumbel
| and Jim Baldwin, murderers of Peter
| Mann, Thrumber's father in-law. The
three men quarreled over the posse ssion
| Of a wagon and a team Of horses. Three
weeks ago Thrumber and Baldwin laid in
wait for Mann, and shot him as he passed
along the road.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

There is not much change to report in
the condition of the growing crops. The
recent warm weather has quickened the
growth Of corn, but most other crops are
again needing rain.
Reports of injury by insects are more
common now with the advent Of warm
weather. Fruit prospects are generally
improved, but meadows and pastures re-
main unchanged.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

serted there that
Thomas H. Dudley,
who left for the Chi
cago convention yes
terday, carried with
linn Il letter from
W illiam w a 1t e +
Phelps, in which that
gentleman st a. { e 5
that under no cir
Icumstances will he
be a candidate for
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

LAWRENCE STEARNs, an invalid residing
N Elizabeth, n, j., died, on the 18th, from
'a,er-eyertion. caused by extinguishing
thc flames that threatened the life of his
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

first. has been set at
rest. Depew is the
choice of the delega-
ton from his own
State, and it will
present his name.
That was decided at
yesterday mornings
, caucus. But there
were people who,
failing to read be-
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23
DEPEW'S BOOM.

The Railroad King and Man of Millions Is
In for Square Fight for the Nomina-
tion with Good Show of Enthusiastic
Backing.
CHICAGO, June 19.-The political situa-
ton has taken on q new, and so far as
some of the favorites are concerned, a
decidedly unple asant phase. All doubt
and speculation as to where New York
will stand on the last ballot as well as the
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.

,,--n a tte Paris papers regard En-
p5ror wiam orders ana to the army as
n',lL7 ,vitb The rescript of Emperor Fred
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

Mn JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN has written
TO the electors of the yr(Scotland) Par
liamentary district reminding them that
Mr.. Gladstone's Home-Rule aspirations
are not dead.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

That the acreage planted to corn this
year is more extensive than last is again
demonstrated by the subjoined summary
Of the reports from our correspondents.
Average of acreage by States compared
with last year:
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

FtyERAL services in honor Of the de-
ceased Emperor of Germany were held in
Washington on the 18th. The President
and many distinguished citizens were
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

JOSEPH PULITZER, editor and owner of
the New York World, has become blind
He has gone to Europe in the hope of
having his eyesight restored by rest and
pyuert treatment.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

THE Supreme Court Of California, on
theIjth, affirmed the decision Of the lower
court ID the case of DR.. j. Milton Powers,
convicted of the murder of his wife and
sentenced to be hanged.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

". ". I7sItP5. DC q CuIIVtIV1uVO -
the vice-presidenog. Mr.. Phelps is
candidate for United States Senator from
New erseY.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23
He is Not in the Race.

New YORK, June 1S.-A Worlds special
from Camden. N. j.. states that it is as
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

MAMIE EVAN, aged ten, of Youngs-
town. o., who, while singing at concert
ayeU ago, strained her voice, resulting
n paralysis Of the vocal cords and her
inability to speak above the faintest
whisper, was recently perfectly cured by
Il stroke Of lightning.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23
THE CROP OUTLOOK.
The ''Farmers' Review" Weekly Summary
of the Crop Outlook in the West and
Northwest.

CHICAGO, June 1S.-The Farmers Re-
rtel1 prints the following crop summary:
Our crop corresp espondence for the past
week enables us to offer some fresh par
ticulars from the rural districts. For in
stance, an endeavor has been made to OBJ
tain some reliable data relative to the
acreage of fax compared with last year,
and like information about the amount of
land planted with potatoes. As the severe
drought of last year caused a serious
shortage of fodder for the winter
feeding, it was naturally to be
supposed that farmers would take
a lesson from the drought and
provide against any possible shortage
from the same cause this year by setting
apart an increased acreage of their lands
for the cultivation Of fodder corn. The
following summary of the reports of our
correspondents on this subject gives the
average by States of land planted with
ensilage and fodder corn as compared
with last year:
Illinois. 1871 31lWisconsin. 163
Michigan. III Ohio. .............1 40
Missouri 12S Iowa. 1913
Minnesota. II Kansas. ITO
Nebraska ...lOOl
These figures are most important, show
ing, as they do that the lesson from last
years drought has been more or less
taken as a warning, resulting in an aver
age increase of 332s per cent. of acreage
planted to ensilage and fodder corn in
eight States.
But there was not only shortage in
fodder last year, the potato crop was also
seriously short in production; hence
prices rule high and, as consequence,
it might be expected that this years acre
age in potatoes would be considerably
greater than last. Tho following sum-
mary Of our reports in regard to the acre
age planted to potatoes gives the average
per cent. by States of the acreage as COM
Dared with last wear.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

BOND purchases up to the 10th, under
the April circular, aggregated $15, S,95o
IS, and $7,96S, ,430 AIS. These cost the
Government S,555, 1Gl, which amount is
>N53j, 5C1 less than they would have
cost had interest and principal been al
lowed to run to maturity.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

THE schools at the Indian agency at
Oakland, Neb., have closed, and the
agency is practically quarantined. A few
cases Of measles broke out some few
weeks ago. Since thea an epidemic has
ragged. and forty papooses have died
since its commencement.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

CHAUNCEY NJ. DEpEw says that he is
trustee for more private estates than any
nifty lawyers in the world. Besides this
ne il connected as president director or
rnstce with large number Of great cor
poraions, including the presidency OF the
New York Central railroad.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

These figures indicate an increase Of
acreage Of IS 80 per cent. for ten States
The acreage seeded to flax is not very
extensive except III some Of the States, but
our summary gives a good idea Of the
acreage seeded this year in the States
mentioned as compared with last:
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

a DISPATCH from Pittsfield, Mass, dated
'1ne n says the talk among the New En-
s.Nn0 delegates to Chicago in the special
a'ln MI Was almost entirely about Blaine.
IAe delegate said; "They talk Blaine,
yu' lAey won't vote Blaine in the conven-
III know shall not under any cir
,,~l-1 instance 1t does look, though, as if he
9pU!u De nominated as the result OF a
82a1-lock.o
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

THE Tennessee Congressional delega-
uon waited on Secretary Villas, on the
10Th, and urged the appointment of As
sIstaDt Indian Commissioner Upshaw in
place of General Atkins, resigned. Sem
ator Bate and Representative Whitthorn
Subsequently, saw the President with the
same object in view.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

THE bill to aid the Worlds Exposition
and Permanent Exhibition of the Three
Americas, to be held in Washington in
1892, and carrying a preliminary appro-
priatiOn Of $4,000, was favorably reported
10 the House on the 18th.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

MINUTE guns were fired in London, at
AderShot and at the other stations and
forts generally throughout England, on
the lSth, as n mark of respect for the
memory of the late German Emperor.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

WILLIE WHITE, who claims to be son
Of Leutcnant- Governor s. NJ. White, Of
California, the temporary chairman of
the recent National Democratic conven-
ton, is blacking boots for living in
Newark n j.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

IHE President has decided to attend the
exercises ut the University of Virginia,
near Charlottesville Oh the 9th. a COM
mittcc wH call at the White House and
formally invite him, and later will drive
To Oak View and extend the invitation to
Mrs Cleveland.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

REPORTS from Northern Minnesota and
Dakota Indicate that the storm Of the
llsAt of the 18th was severe and the
"sses heavy. At Forman, OAK, the
storm approached the magnitude of q tor
uado, trayersing the country from north
west to southeast. Several buildings
were blown down and one or two were de-
sUoyed by lightning.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-23

THE President on the 18th, pardoned
eXPaymastcr George B. Watkins, Z. S.
n, who on July 10, 1856, was convicted by
q court-martia! at Yokohama, Japan, and
sentenced to three years Imprisonment
for embezzlement scandalous conduct
and dpeprtiOn