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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-06-15

Frederick Remington, the artist, who has several
times shown his ability to write an interesting mag
azne paper as well as to illustrate will describe
the Apaehes and the Comanehes in article entitl
ed "on the Indian Reservations in the July Century
Among the dozen illustrations is striking fun page
picture of an Indian horse race, Coming over the
Scratch seemingly sketehed from just in front Of
the horses heads Hamilton W. Mabie, of the Chris
tan Jaioa writes an open letter in the same number
of the Century, entitled Indians, and Indians" in
which he takes higher view of the possibilities of
the red man than does Mr.. Remington.
a train containing an excursion party of 200
persons, composed of Methodist Sunday school
scholars the teachers and relatives, from Armagh,
Ireland, was wrecked that place on Wednes-
day morning. Fifty children were killed Many
adults also lost their lives. over hundred per-
sons were injured. Seventy bodies have been taken
from the wreck, and there others under the
debris man who visited the wreck was so horri-
fed that he died on the spot
Otto Lueth, 16 years of age. has confessed to the
police Of Cleveland Ohio. that he murdered Maggie
Thompson. aged years, over month ago, and laid
her body under his fathers house, where it was
subsequently found. He said that he had attempt
ed to assault the girl and afterward killed her with
a Ratchet or hammer At the time of the murder
the boys father was out Of the city and the mother
was in a hospital
The death OF wealthy and eccentric old man at
Tyler Texas. has brought to light remarkable
will The old man had no relations and in his last
win and testament he directs all his property to be
divided equally among all persons living in the
southern States who were born on his birthday the
9TH Of March ISIS The amount Of the fortune to be
distributed is not mentioned. but it is said to be
very large.
"Uncie Jimmy" Atkins eolored, died in sherman.
Texas Saturday at the reputed age of $50 years He
was not very aged in appearance; he was tall and
spare Ills eyesght failed him twenty years ago, but
three years ago it began improve, and continued
to do 50 until he died He leaves wife, also very
old White men who have known Atkins for tfty
years say there is no doubt OF his great age.
Colonel Hams, Of the Engineer Corps, in a special
report upon the effect OF the recent food upon the
fats improvements At Washington. says the water
was feet : inches above the food level OF 1871.
The most serious effect was in the dredged channels
where the depth OF water has been reduced from IL
and 10 feet 10 IA feet at low tide Altogether the
damage is roughly estimated al $4,000.
Mrs Alice Durkin committed suicide on Monday
by throwing herself in front train Pottsvile
Pa She had just escaped from the insane depart
meut Of the almshouse.
Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06

James Gillespie Blaine has been so long in public life that his history is an open secret to every citizen. He was the son of Ephraim L. Blaine and Marie Gillespie, and a grand son of Ephraim Blaine, who was the trusted friend of General Washington and an officer in the Continental Army. MT. Blaine was born in West Brownsville, Washington County, Penn January 31, 1856, and is there fore fifty nine years of age.
 MT. Blaine received his first schooling in Lancaster, Ohio, where he went in 1S4l to reside with near relative, Thomas Ewing, then Secretary of the Treasury He pre- pared for Washington College and was graduated from that institution in is47.
 While teaching iu military school in Blue Lick Springs, Ky, which was his first venture after graduating from college. Mir. Blaine met Harriet Stan wood. of Maine, and after brief courtship they were married. Blaine soon removed to Augusta, where he purchased half interest in the Kennebec Journal and became it's editor.
 MT. Blaine's debut ill the political arena dates back to 1856, when he was chosen a dele gate to the first Republican Convention, Presidency. After short experience as editor of the Portland (Ale) Adrertise~, Mr. Blaine launched into political ca reer. In 1858 he was elected g member mem of the Legislature, and .s served ', 1 two terms as Speaker While in the Legis~ 1ature he became Chairman of the State Committee, which position he he'd uninter- ruptedly for twenty years.
 In 1862 MT. Blaine took his seat in Con gress, where in one branch or the other he served for eighteen years.
 From this on Mir. Blaines biography need scarcely be told. In the brief months of Mr. Garfield's Presidency Blaine was Secretary of State. His memorable fight for suprem- acy as a leader of the Republican party with the late Roscoe Conkling is also too we'll known to need rehearsing. So, too. is his defeat when he ran for the Presidency against Grover Cleveland. After this Mr. Blaine turned his attention toward completing his book recounting his experi- ence while in Congress and. althoug h he did not take an active part in politics, he never loosened his grip as the leader of the Repub- hcan party.
 MT. Blaine is possessed of an ample fortune and is a familiar figure in Washington so- ciety.
Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06

John Wanamaker. the Post master General, is now in his fifty-second year, having been born in Philadelphia. July II, 1887. Mr. Wanamaker is of German stock on his fathers side and descendant of the Hugue- nots in his mothers line. He was fashioned for business career by an inexorable law of circumstances. His education was, there- fore. not elaborate.
 He began work early and from his n.eagre earnings managed always to save something each week, till at the age of twenty-three he had S100 to his credit. A lucky investment in real estate increased this amount to $2OOO, thus enabling him to start clothing store on his own account He soon rose to be one of the leading clothiers in this country, and afterward gradually converted the business into the drygooas line.
 His appearance in business was almost simultaneous with bis advent into public life. He became identified with every popular movement, and when the Centennial Cele- bration Commission created his was one of the first names mentioned. He was also prominently identified with the movement for the correction of the abuses in the munl- cipal government of Philadelphia.
 MT. Wanamaker is 8 man of very chari- table instincts and dispenses his bounty with free and unstinted hand. He has es- tablished several institutions for the benefit of the poor ill Philadelphia. Although MT. Wanamaker has always taken a commend able interest in public affairs he has never held any office. He has been frequently so- licited to permit the use of his name for Congress and Mayor of Philadelphia, but has never been induced to yield.
 In religious movements Mir. Wanamaker takes lively interest. He is an active mem Der of a Presbyterian community and often speaks at church gatherings. Beside the in- terest derived from his vast business Mir. Wanamaker owns $3,0OO. OOJ worth of real estate. He was an earnest pleader in the cause of Protection during the last campaign and contributed largely to the election ex- penSeS.
Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06
The AttOrney-General.

William Henry Harrison Miller is 0 typi- cal Indiana lawyer of high standing. He is fifty years of age. and member of General Harrison's law firm in Indianapolis for about ten years having left a large practice at Fort Wayne, Ind, to join it. He is a man on whom the President has been accustomed to rely in important cases.
 MT. Miller has never held a prominent public office, aud enters upon an entirely new experience in Washington. He is rather under the medium height, of average build and is in the full vigor of his mental powers He is Western man by birth and educa- tion. Though he is named after the first President Harrison, the grandfather of his Chief, it is nowhere stated that there is any family connection between them.
Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06

Jeremiah McLain Rusk, who has been ap- pointed Secretary of the newly created De- partment of Agriculture, is from Ohio, hay ing been born ill Morgan County. in that State, in 1sS0 His early life was spent in farm work. and upon attaining his majority in 1853 he moved to Wisconsin and engaged in agriculture in Vernon County.
 In 1862, during the war, he entered the Union Army and was commissioned Major of the 25th Wisconsin Regiment. rose to the rank of lieutenant Colonel and served with General William T. Sherman from the siege, of Vicksburg till the close of the war; In 1865 he received the brevet of Brigadier- General of Volunteers for meritorious service at the battle of Salkehatchie
 Mir. Rusk was elected Bank Comptroller of Wisconsin in 1866, which post he held till 1870, in which year he was elected a member, of Congress by the Republicans. He served three terms, and as Chairman on pensions performed important services in readjusting the pension rates.
 President Garfield offered him the post of Charge d'Affaires in Paraguay and Uruguay, also chief of theSBureau of Engraving and Printing, both of which offers he declined. In 1882 he was elected Governor of Wiscon- sin and served three terms
Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06
The Toilet of Death.

Toward four or five o'clock, when everything is ready outside, the warden of the prison, accompanied by several officials, goes to the condemned mans cell, and, shaking him by the shoulder, annouces that hls demand for pardon has been rejected, says Paris letter. As soon as the prisoner has dressed himself he is, if he so desires, left alone with the chaplain for few moments; afterward he is led to the toilet room. First, his shirt collar is cut away sufficiently to al- low the guillotine knife to fall upon his. bare neck; then he is fastened with a cord starting from the shoulders and con- meeting with another cord that binds the two wrists; a third chord goes from the wrist to the knees, where it is joined to another cord already passed around the legs.
 Thus strapped the culprit is obliged to march as straight as an I, with his head thrown back. When the preparations, are ended the procession starts for the, guillotine, the prisoner being supported by two of the headsmaa's aids and ac-, companied by the eXecutioner, the chaplain and the other officials The huge prison doors are thrown open and the first object the condemned man sees, is the black trapeziform knife which, contrary to the general impression, is not concealed from his gaze. The distance from the door to the guillotine is scarcely twenty steps, and as soon as the criminal. reaches the swinging board the chaplain quits him. the eXecutioner seizes him! and pushes him on to the bascule. Pan! Pan! click and thud; the fall of thel knife, the heavy sound of the body fall- ing into the brand Loxs The movements are almost simultaneous. The knife falls The criminal disappears.
 AS soon as the ceremony is over the body is placed in wagon and conveyed to Ivy Cemetery, where it is buried in the turnip field. When the parents re- claim the body and it is inferred in an other part of the cemetery no name is ever put upon the headstone, in order not to excite public curiosity. When the body is not reclaimed the Prefect of Police authorizes the Faculty of Medicine to take it. Strictly speaking, the corpse ought not to be delivered to the Faculty unt after twenty-four hours, this delay being accorded to the family to make it's demand; but the custom is to give up the body immediately afte1 a simulated burial when the authorities are certain that it will not be reclaimed.
 During the whole of this lugubrious ceremony the chief executioner never touches the victim. The toiless and all the operations that require contact with his person are performed by the aids.
Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06
Secretary of the Navy.

General Benjamin F. Tracy, who, it is thought. will be the new Secretary of the Navy, is about fifty nine years old He was born in Oswego. N. Y., and secured his edu- cation in the common school of his native town. After leaving the Oswego Academy he entered the law office of Nathaniel W. Davis. where he remained engaged ill the study of law until 1851, when he was admitted to the bar and soon made mark in his profession In 1855 he became the Republican candidate for District At torney of Tioga County, and though it was Democratic stronghold he was elected. Two years later he was again elected to the same office.
 He was elected to the Assembly in 1861 and 8 year later he recruited the 1O9th and 15sth Regiments and received his commis- sion as Colonel of the former regiment from Governor Morgan He subsequently, was rendered and accepted the command of the 127th United States Coored Troops.
 After the war General Tracy settled in New York and resumed his practice of the law as one of the firm of Benedict. Tracy & Benedict. He was one of the counsel for the defense in the celebrated Beecher trial In Dlstrict-Attorney for the Eastern Dis trict of New York, which posi- tion he held until 1873. when he was forced to resign because of the growth of his private practice. In 1881 he was appointed Judge of the Court of Appeals and served one year.
 General Tracy is g well-known breeder of trotters and with his son owns the Marshlaud stud, at Apalachin, Tioga County, N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06

Ex-Senator William Windom, appointed Secretary of the Treasury, has filled that responsible position hefore, having been chosen by President Garfield in 1881. Hav- ing lived many years in Minnesota and hav- ing represented that State in the United States Senate for three terms the popular impression is that he is native of that State, Ohio, May 10, 1927.
 After graduating at an academy he studied law at Mount Vernon, Ohio, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1s50. Being of genial disposition and possessing some legal ability. he was made prosecuting attorney pe2a for for position until 1855. when he removed to Minnesota. Soon after his ar rival in that State he decided to mix politics with his law business, and very soon became a prominent figure in the Republican ranks, and in 1859 his party sent him to Congress. He served from 1859 to 1869, two terms as Chair.lan cs the Committee on
 Indian Affairs.
 In 1870 he was appointed to the United States Senate to fill the tinexpred term of Daniel S. Norton, deceased. and subsequently was chosen for the term that ended in 1877. He was again elected for the term that closed in 1883, but resigned in 1881 to enter the Cabinet of President Garfield as Secretary of the Treasury.
 Upon the accession of President Arthur in the same year Secretary Windom retired from the Cabinet. Upon his return to Min nesota the Legislature of that State elected him to serve the remainder of his term i'll the Senate. In that body MT. Windom acted as | Chairman of the Committee on Appropria- tionS Foreign Affairs and Transportation. Within the past few years ex-Senator
 Windom has made New York city his head quarters, being engaged in the promotion of l railway and financial schemes.
Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06
Secretary of War.

Red6eld Proctor, who. it is said, has been given the portfolio of the War Department is native of Vermont and was at one time Governor of the State. Among the reasons given for the recognition by the new Presi- dent of the Green Mountain State in Cabinet counsels are, first, the emiIence of Ex-Gov- ernor Proctor ill his party, it being stated that he virtually controls the party in his own State, and, second, the fact that he. as the chairman of the Vermont delega- tion to the Chicago Convention, last year, was head of the only delegation i'll the whole body which voted solidly for Harrison first, last and all the time.
 Ex-Governor Proctor has all his life been engaged in trade" being in every sense a self-made man. who has managed to get together a respectable fortune in a State that is not noted for being burdened with wealth. He lives at Proctor, a town founded by him, and which is situa- ted few miles from Rutland. He is in practical control of the whole output of the Vermont marble quarries, and is one of the largest dealers in that commodity in the United States
 At his home at Proctor he is farmer on
Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06
Money in Chickens.

a man who devoted 9 years of his life to CONDUCTING A POULTRY YARD AS 4 BUSINESS. not as Il pas time. As the living of him self and family depended on it, he gave the subject such attention as only s need of bread will com lnand, and the result was 8 grand success. after he had spent much money and lost hundreds of valuable chick ems in experimenting. What he learned ill all these yearf is embodied in this book, which we send postpaid for 25 cents in stamps. Ii teaches you how to Detect and Cure Diseases, how to Feed for Eggs and also for Fattenlng, which Fowls to Save for Breeding Purposes and everything. indeed, you should know on this subject.
 BOOK PUB. HOUSE. ! 124Lconard St.. N. Y- Citul
Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06
Secretary of the Interior.

General John w. Noble, the Secretary of the Interior, is St. Louis lawyer. He was a general in the army and was honored on several occasions for bravery. Mir. Noble has done great deal of travelling during the past ten years of his life, and has wide knowledge of people and things. His man. ners are very refined, and he has never yet been seen to lose the cool dignity which he learned so we'll to control during the years of army service.
 Mrs. Noble was a Miss Halssead. from Rochester, N. Y., and was married to the General at Northamton, Mass. They cele- brated their silver wedding on the 9th day of February last. Mrs. Nobe's life has been one of energy thoughout She has frequently brought out and developed home literary talent. Shortly before Professor w. T. liar ris left the West he was associated with her in establishing classes for thorough study of the classics
 Mrs. Noble's salon has been freouented by talent of the highest order While not fond of society, as the word goes, she entertains a great deal, and as hostess is uneaualed in grace and hospitable manner. She has no children living; her two sisters make their home with her, the Misses Lily and Leonora Halstead.
Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06
The Methodist Episcopal Church I

The Methodist Episcopal Church now has 2,154.23 communicants against 2.O93 1885 last year, indicating net gain in 1888 of over 60, 900. The value of church property, including parsonages, has reached the enormous sum of $Y7,- 546, 515, an increase for the year of about $4, S25, 900.
Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06
THE HARRISON CHILDREN, The President Has Son and 8
 Daughter-Both Married.

The President and Mrs. Harrison have two chiidren-a son and daughter. The son, Russell Harrison, is thirty years old. He was educated in the schools of Indianapolis, and few years ago married the daughter of e1 Senator Alvin Saunders, of Nebraska, who was appointed Governor of the Territory of Nebraska by President Lincoln in 1851, and held the office until the State was ad- mitted into the Union in 1867. Russell has been living on a stock farm at Helena, Mon tana. He is the owner of two newspapers in Montana, and has already become promi- nent Republican politician in the new State.
 President Harrison's daughter Mary is married to J. R. Mckee, an Indianapolis boot and shoe dealer They have two chii. dren-one two years and the other a few months old. President Harrison is very proud of his grandchildren. and in order to have them near him, the Mckees will be- come residents of the White House.
Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06

charge of an aide to the chairman of the floor and promenade committee and nine as sistants The galleries were also divided into sections. to be similarly managed, and dancing permitted there. Sur Eeon NJ. L. Ruth, of ths United States Navy, Chairman of the Floor and Promenade Com mittee, took his stand near the baad pagoda, and by means of electric bells gave directions to the band and those in charge of the danc- inv
Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06

UNITED STATES TREASURER HYATT has received from the Philadelphia Mint in six Adams Express cars, 2,OUO,0Oo standard silver dollars. This is the largest shipment of silver ever known, and was brought to Washington over the Pennsylvania railroad Its net weight was sixty tons
Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06

ACCORDANCE to the Dnector ot*The M1pt, ,rne soil of the United States has yie9deda goia product for the year ofa value of $S3, 775> >0eOt and silver product worth in ninagesvahae, S59, 795 GOO, making a total for the two! SEecious metals Of $Sa 57U,G0o.
Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06

arge scale, where he owns one of the finest flocks of Winkley merino rams and ewes in the world. Throughout the State of Vermont Mr. Proctor is highly respected, and has the reputation of being square man."
Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06

The port of Saguina, Oregon, is said to have the finest harbor north of San Francisco.
Connecticut western news., 1889-03-06

The Samoans are au untutored and simple To. of folks. .... ...-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13
From Ues Arc.

Ed. Re9ister-Owing to so much rain
business is little SOW with us at present,
but the farmers are happy @atl prospects
for fine crops of all kinds. What wheat has
been sown in this end of the county looks
we'll, but there was very little sowing.
Jas. Loyelaee has finished saving at this
place and will move his mill soon to tract
of land bought Of Judge Clarkson near Pieds
mont.
j. NJ. Morris and children and Miss Emma
Perkins will start for Virginia next Tuesday,
the 18th. Miss Perkins is in bad health and
she will try Virginis climate awhile.
Our town was made very 80 Friday, the
eth, by the death of Mrs. Oliver Morris, siss
ter of j. NJ. Morris. She was going around
Wednesday attending to her household af-
fairs and about noon was taken veIy sud-
denly, with black ereghetis on her lips and
chin, and soon got in her mouth. She was
unconscious towards the last, and knew no
one. She died about five O'Clock Friday
evening" She was devoted Christian and a
member of the Methodist church at this
Mace. Her funeral was preached at church
saturday by Rey. Troll, her pastor, and laid
to rest all alone Oh the hisl where soon some
Of II. will follow. She leaves STA cGil3Esn
and n fond husband to mour her loss. Oh!
how sad. sad it is to stand around moth
er,s diving bed and see her dear little ones
com. I'D End bid her good bye, and exclaim
ooh. mother, noz asr we give you up!"
ISAAC.