The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03
Current Events.

Az British lion tail-twisters the repub
licans have this year Of grace, 1888, beer
singularly unfortunate, --singularly 80 II
the Sackville- West impertinence. Thi
matter Is explained fully In our editOria
elsewhere. Lord Sackville, TO drop int
slang, got the sack" on Tuesday, and viii
soon take his departure. The Englisf
governments organ, the London Standard
Is very severe on the President, and refer
70 the Presidents action as deliberately
offensive" 1t is likely that In the future
British ministers at Washington will attend
strictly to their own business.
II has since TRANSFERRED that the same
trick was attempted with the Mexican
minister; but he did not fall into the trap.
The republicans are thoroughly scared
about Illinois. 1t Is 70 be seen In all theiI
papers; and II is felt at their headquarters
And their uneasiness at headquarters has
not been relieved by the canvasses Of Cook
county recently made. The first was by
boss" Davis u month ago, which showed,
as leaked out on Tuesday, that Cleveland
would have 1000 majority In the county
This not being satisfactory, another was
made few days apo by the committee,
showing Il majority of 1000 for Cleveland
This ID too much to expect, perhaps; but
II IL clear that Palmers chances are us
good as Fifer's, and bets are even made
that Palmer will have 10000 majority
The most unmerciful scoring James G
Blaine ever received came from Hon. Don
Dickinson In a speech at Grand Rapids,
Mich, on Saturday last The speech was
one of the ablest of the campaign, and ex-
posed the lying sophistries of Mr., Blaine
in the most convincing manner. Chairman
Usher, OF the democratic state committee
of Wisconsin, says that the result, of the
poll of that state, after making liberal
allowance for errors, shows a majority for
Cleveland of from 5000 70 5 900 plurality
The cattle kings of the Indian Territory
who we're driven off the public and lHdian
lands by the present administration, are
opposed" 10 Cleveland, and have Clipped
In their mite of 100000 to help defea,
him.
Col. Geo. II. Higbie, of the Burlington
Iron works, has announced his intention of
voting for Cleveland. He says the repub
lican party has changed front on the tariff
question, and he is opposed to their present
position.
III shO DCNtibG lptulS vi wow YIN tut
tide Is all toward Cleveland, and demo
Gratis are Offering the ODDS Of 81 900 to $3.50.
Gen. Palmer, since the Streator meeting
Of Monday, has been In Chicago, making
one, two and three speeches day. He Is
doing great work there, and that he has
the Fifer Guard" on the run Is too ap-
parent TO be overlooked. Indeed, IL is
believed that hearty support of Palmer In
the country land he deserves 10 will elect
him, as Cook county is pretty sure to give
him handsome majority.
An accident on the Gin Southern X, r.,
"a freight running into a cal,-killed
three persons and injured several others
A bold train robbery took place near San
Jose, Texas, on Wednesday morning. The
three robbers took possession of the train,
and after cutting off the passenger coaches,
ran the baggage car further on. which
they then robbed at their leisure, after
cutting the telegraph wires In three places.
The haul was smsll-only $1,000 In silver
coin.
The Minneapolis millers are reducing
their output Of -four owing TO dull market,
the reduction In the grind being nearly
10000 barrels In one week.
A cyclone struck Laporte, Iowa, on
Thursday night destroying property val
ued at $4,000. Several persons were In.
jured.
The Northwestern Military Academy at
Highland PARK, near Chicago, was burned
on Thursday last loss, $4,000.
The suit of Gen. Badeau against the
estate Of Gen. Grant, In which he made
claim TO joint authorship with the General
in the production of the memoirs, has been
settled by agreement by the payment by
Mrs. Grant to Badesu OF $4,000. On the
same day this settlement was announced
came the report from Washington that
shortage OF $1,000 In the Generals &C
counts while counsel st HAVANA had been