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The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-14


 fort. He was fashioned for a business career by that memorable law of circumstances. His education was, therefore, not elaborate. He began work early and from his meager 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 s2,000 thus en- abling him to start Q clothing store on his own account. He soon rose to be one of the leading clothiers in this country and afterwards gradu- ally added the dry-goods line. His appearance in business was almost instantaneous with his advent into public life. He became identified with every popular movement and when the Centennial Celebration Commission was creat- ed his was one of the first names mentioned He was also prominently identified with the movement for the correction Q the abuses in the municipal government of Philadelphia. MT. Wanamaker is man Of very char table instincts and dispenses his bounty with free and unstinted hand. He has established several institutions for the benefit of the poor in Philadelphia. Although MT. WanamalSer has always tnken a com mendabe interest in public affairs, he has never held any office. He has been frequently solicited 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 a lively interest. He is an active member of Presby. terian community. Besides the interest de- rived from his vast business, MT. Wanamaker owns s30O0,oO0 worth of real estate Mir Wanamaker is Of German stock on his fa- ther's side, and descendent of the Huguenots in his mothers line
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A gentleman who recently attend ed service at Whitehall Chapel, Lon don, gives the following inventory of what he saw Two clergymen, two pew openers, two sextons, two orgsnists, sixteen choristers, seventy-seven light ed candles and a congregation Of thirty three. including children.
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Department Of Justice, is a typical Indiana law yer, of high standing.
 He has been a member Of General Harrison's s
 firm in Indianapolis for about ten years, having left a large practice at
 Fort Wayne, Ind, 10 join it. He is a man on
 whom the President has been accustomed to rely. Miller is not
 aggressive, but has llenty of backbone, and
 should he erclose his |hrm jaws in earnest, are not likely to be relaxed until he shall have gained his point
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"AN 70 N~ a7 "1 ~ NHH@ N-NHN - - town. After leaving the Owego Academy he en- tered the law office Of Nathaniel ". Davis, where he remained en- gagged in the study of law until 1851, when he was admitted to the bar, where he soon made a mark in his profession. In 1853 he became the Republican candidate for district attorney of STioga County, a nd though it was O Demo
 cratic stronghold, he
 vuae pTacted TWO wears
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and is one of the largest dealers in that com modity in the United States. At his home at Proctor he is farmer on a new scale where he owns one of the finest flocks of wrinkley Me- rino rams and ewes in the world Throughout the State of Vermont MT. Proctor is highly re- spected and has the reputation of being a square man.
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HARRISON'S CABINET.
Personnel of President Harrison's
 Corps of Advisers.
Brief Biographical Sketches of the Gen tlemen who VIII Assist the New President in Executing the
 Win of the People

President Harrison's Cabinet nomina- tions, as sent to the Senate and confirmed by that body, are as follows. Secretary Of Stnte .s-.5s C. Blaine, Of Maine.
 Secretary Of the Treasury William Wlndom, 0 Minnesota.
 Secretary of the Interior-John W. Noble, Of Missouri.
 Secretary Of War-Reddeld Proctor, of Yer mont
 Secretary of the Navy -BeE :smin F. Tracey, of New York.
 Postmaster General-John Wanamaker of Pennsylvania.
 Attorney -General-w, H. II. Miller, of Indi- ana.
 Secretary Of Agriculture-Jeremiah s. Rusk, Of Wisconsin.
 Secretary of State.
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preparatory d epart- ment of Washington College in his thirteenth year. and graduated in ls47 at the head Of his class. He then went to Kentucky, where he was professor Of math- ematics in n military institute. Here he met his wife, who was from Maine, and at her per suasion removed to Au- gusta, Me, where he has since resided.
 Adontinp Journalism as
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Two witnesses iu a case in Iowa who swoas that they saw 6 man forty rods oif draw a revolver were proved to hs so aearsighted that they could not cen G revolver nom poodle dog fifteen rods away,
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cd in 1851. He en- tered the Union sery- ice in the civil war as adjutant ofthe Third Iowa Cavalry, and rose by gallantry and ability to be its Col onel. He served with great credit to him self in Missouri, Ar kansas, Tennessee, Alabama and Geor- Agia, taking part in
 numberless skirm-
 ishes and engage ments, expeditions
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only delegation in the whole body which voted solidy for Harrison first, last and gll the time.
 Ex Governor Proctor has an his life heen engaged in "trade. being in every way a self man, who has manaeed C get together respectable fortune ia a State that is not noted for being hardened with weaitH He lives al Froetor a town founded by hlm and which is situated few miles rom Rulaud He ls ia practical control of ine whole output oi the Vermont marble Quarres,
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V
 and settled in Vernon, formerly Bad Axe, in 1858. He held several county offices, was 6 member Of the Assem- biy in 1862, was com missioned Major Of the Twenty fifth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in July, ls69, and was afterward promoted 10 the coloneley He served with General Sherman from the siege of Vieksburg until mus
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ing lived many years in Minnesota, and having represented that State in the United States Senate for three terms
 the popular impression
 is that he is a native oi that State, whereas he was born in Belmont County, O., May 10, iS27. After graduating at ar academy he studied law at Mount Vernon, O.
 and was admitted to the bar in 1850. Being of | genial disposition, and possessing some legal a abilitv he was mad
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Secretary of the Interior.

General John Willock Noble, just chosen Secretary of the Interior in President Harri- rison's Cabinet, was born in Lancaster, O., in 1881; was, at Miami University, fellow stu dent with President Harrison. Later he en- tered Yale University, where he was graduat
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cessful career. He is now in his fifty-second year, having been born in Philadelphia, July II, 1887. He was not Of the fortunate class to whom wealth comes by inheritance. He was. nevertheless, Of the lucky few toward whom the tide of fortune seems to flow eontin- uously and who pros
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Tho steps and the poriicos at the north ssd south ends of the Capitol were black with peo
 pie. while every window of the great building framed group Of faces. The procession moved 10 the front of the portico the President and
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Secretary of the Treasury.

Ex-Senator William Windop, of Minnesota, the new head of the Treasury Department, has filled that responsible position before, having been chosen by President Garfield in 1881. Hay
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During the winter season obssrya ticu aud statistics shoN that the cold in Vermont is mora uniform thaa ia any other New England State.
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Secretary of the Navy.

General Benjamin F. Tracy, the new Secre- tary of the Navy, is about hfty-nine years old He was born in Owego, N. Y, and secured his edncntion in the common schools of his native
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Secretary of War.

Redheld Proctor to whom has been assigned inc nnrtfnli1 Of the War Department, Is D na-
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Secretary of Agriculture.

Jeremiah M. Rusk was born in Morg an Coun ty, O.. June i7. 1880. and removed to Wisconsin
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AttorneY-Genernl.

William Henry Harrison Miller, of Indiana, the President,s law parlner. who now heads Inc
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Postmaster-General.

John Wanamaker, of Pennsylvania, the new Postmaster-General,h has had a singularly sue
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'ecretary of State.

James Gillespie Blaine, born in Washington Cnnnfv Pm Innnarv 3l 1S3n He entered inc
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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30
WOULD COST a BILLION.
The Panama Canal as a Monument Of
Shame

John G.. Klein, in the New York World,
riddles the Panama canal after the follow
ing manner; Twenty Thousand human
liyes-probably mOre-sacriliced in less
than eight years; nearly S200,0O0 900 in cash
spent, at low estimate, within the same
length of time, of which, perhaps two thirds
has been stolen in the most shameless man
ner; thous nds Of poor women and men
robbed of all their earnings; noble enter
prise perverted into means whereby rogucs,
past masters in the art of thievery, could
rob the + fellow men; the shameful col apse
Of mighty work, perhaps the greatest
engineering feat ever undertaken in the
history of the world such is the
record Of the Pan ma canal project such,
in brief, is the story Of the Freochmen
sname.n
The World edlt0rially treats the matter
as follows: The Panama canal is the
greatest project ever undertaken by the
hand OF man. The pyramids of Egypt and
the Chinese wall sink INFO insignticance.
Preparations, machinery and all things
concerned, il is perhaps one third cOmpet-
ed, and It's books show debt of some 5 S.,
OOO, 600 At this rate its cost would be
over 81 ,OC0, O0O, 0J0 an amount Of money OF
which the mind is absolutely incapable of
forming real conception. Should it not
be completed, a most stupcndous loss would
be involved
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30
RAPID TRANSFORMATION.
A Scheme to Transport Passengers
and Freight at lightning Speed.

A new scheme of transportation is TO be
introduced between New York and Boston
whereby, il is said. large packages of mail
and even cars containing passengers can be
wEislled from one place 10 another, dis.
lance of , o miles, in less than an hour
This would be equal 10 speed of four miles
per minute. An experiment with the new
machine was held recently in Boston. in
the presence OF many scientists, including
Prof. A. r. DOlbear Of Tufts college, who
announced that he was thoroughly satisfied
with the success of the system.
The inventor, John G.. Williams, is n
resident of New York. His machine con
ssts Of a magnetic car hanging from Il
single rail, where it follows "a streak of
electricity. With one horse power it is
said that one ton can be thus transported a
distance of 40 miles a day at a cost of 20
cents. This in mail matter would repre-
sent some :, $50, 900 letters and by this sys-
TEN packages Of mail could be sent OF
every five minutes ii necessary, thus pre-
venting large aCcumulatious. The single
track is 10 be carried on tripods some ais
lance above the ground and the cars Will
pass through coils of insulated wire at il
tervals.
In the experiments already made the car.
riage exhibited was mounted Gu a wooden
track, on posts about three feet high, with
an ascent of six inches in 80 feet, and it
ran on one wheel at each end The scien-
titc principle involved is said TO be that by
which hollow coil of insulated wire will
draw a magnet aud the aerial railway
the car, passing through such a coil, cuts
of the current, which goes on 10 the one
ahead
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30
To Absorb Persia.

Frank Clergue of Bangor, Maine. has
organized the bank OF Persia, the Persian
railway and construction company, the
Persian electric light company and the
City of Teheran water works company,
each with 81 ,00O,O00 capital, and has started
for st. Petersburg, where he will complete
his negotiations with the shah of Persia
and the car of Russia, during their meet
ing there early in June. Clergue carries
with him strong letters of recommends
ton from Secretary Blaine. Clergue s
Bangor friends claim that the secretary
has so much confidence in the success of
his enterprise that he will take some of the
stock Clergue is heavily backed by the
Reuters. The death of Allan Thorndike
Rice was n great ,sappointment to
Clergue. They Lad arranged TO travel to-
gether TO St. Petersburg. Rice was TO have
introduced Clergue at the Russian court as
his friend, thus giving the young Bangor
man the prestige of having the whole state
department Of this country behind him.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30
FOREIGN.

The Car is going to make an extended
trip to Poland
Serious strikes are reported in many
parts of Belgium.
Advises from Berlin are to the effect
that the Samoan conference have come to
an agreement on all the questions at issue.
Mail advises from Hayti contain copy
OF trea;y entered into between the Legi-
time government aud the French republic,
by the terms Of which the French secure
valuable land CONCESSIONS the right of free
entry and reduction of - per cent in Gus
tom duties. French capitalists are also 10
be given the preference in all railroad and
other public enterprises. In re urn. the
French republic agrees to assist in sup
pressing the Haytian rebellion, and accords
Hayti n subsidy OF 3, 5O0.C0J francs and two
war vessels. Hayti Is also granted tho
right 10 purchase arms and ammunition in
France.
Queen Victoria has another grandson,
Princess Beatrice, wife of Prince Henry
Of Ba,tenburg, having been delivered Of a
son on the 2lst inst
The steamers Beresford and the German
Emperor, collded in the English channel
on the morning of May 81. Both vessels
sunk almost immediately, II is said that
over 30 persons were drowned.
Three thousand masons in Berlin have
gone on q strike. They demand that their
hours of labor be nine per day; that they
be allowed an hour for dinner, and that
work be suspended an hour earlier on Sat
urdays aud the evenings preceding public
holidays, and that they receive full pay for
those days They further demand an iu>
crease of from 80 10 60 pfennings per day
Ia their wages, and that they be given Nyo
weeks notice or discharge.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30
Detroit rroduce Market.


Wheat-No2 red. SSc; NJ ~, SIC; June,
S5a,c; July, q swiikc; August, ;iaTl4c;
No. | white, SIC.
Corn-No =, 33c; May, 35g1c. Oats-No
. white, 2Sl%c.
apples .JOo9:o per Dbl; fancy, So 10
Gg}. Rcceip in excess Of demand.
Butter-Market weak at l@(G dc, best
selections; choice fresh creamery, l69lic !;
oleomargarine, la l5C.
Cheese-Old, fun cream, &C per h new
cheese, 9Il0c; SKINNED milk, @6c.
Cabbage S}(03.2j per : DBL crate.
Chcrries-Sour, -. 2JG3.j0 per - ct case
do, California sweets. s3 per 30 10 box.
Eggs-l!c per doz; single crates, 12%c;
market easy.
E'lour-Mlchigan patent, $3.50 per Dbl
roller process, $4.i5; Minnesota p tent,
81 50t06. 20; Minnesota bakers, $LSo605.15;
rye hour, S3.jC@j.i5.
Hides NO green hides, &c; No 9 green,
81 &c; No | cured, Sc; part cured, &C; NJ
=, $40; bulls and stays, 3.gc;N No | calfslIins
&c; No = calf, 2isc; dcacon's green, loo
25c; dry dc, 10Cd .Oc No l veal kip, 4c No
= do, PC; No cured calf aud kip, &c high
err; Sheep pelts, 10000 as per quantity of
wool.
Maple sugar-lOal1c per ID; syrup, 75C6
Soc per gal.
Onions--Nominal at 15GD20c per bu !;
Bermudas, 81 - per bu
Provisions Mess pork, Sl2 371561l2 G9t5
per Dbl; family, s,2 7lG113; short clear,
sl3 750Dl4; lard in tierces, refined, % (11c
per Ii, kettle, Sig@S9ic; small packages.
usual difference; hams, l0tEGnlic; shout
ders, 1LM7@,c: bacon, 10(dlU14c; dried
beef hams, 81. 0c9c; extra mess beef, 81 p
01i 20 per Dbl; plate beef, g i019
Potatoes-In car lots, 12G9l5c; Job lots,
15Qc30c and no demand; rutabagas, 1jc:
new southern potatoes, - per Dbl; extras,
s. 25 Eermudas, 81
Poultry Live old ROSTERS, &c: chickens,
mixed, oUaisc: ducks, DC; turkeys, 1Oc (;
pigeons, soc per pair; spring chickens, S5Q1
Toe per pair.
Salt white6sh-S6 % per biol; trout,
So -.
Strawberries-S! 5OC03 per box of 81 qts
for good shipping s;ocA fancy held at s. 30
0c3 80.
Sweet potatoes ]GC3 20 per Dbl.
Tomatoes Now Floridas, 81 80 per bu
crate.
Tallow-Best grades 39Ic per ID.
Vegetables -Cucumbers, 65Cd75c per do1
lettuce, &c per bu; spinach, 30a3ac; pie
plant .0U2ac per doz OuncheS radishes,
PC; vegetable oysters, soc; onions, l5tI
zoe; peas, S.0Q2 - per bu box; string
beans, 81 1OGs ~ per 5I-bu box; wax, do,
81 1908; asparagus, SO0e3jc; carrots, soc
per Dbl; parsnips, Soc.
Wool-tine washed fleeces, 25c medium
do. 2gc; unwashed, understandable cotted
and black, &c of; unwashed bucks, &c of
washed tags, l2c; unwashed tags, &c.
Lave Stock.
Hogs-Market active, firm and higher
light 81 1904 90; rough packing, 81 900
4 35; mixed, 1904 co; heavy packing and
shipping, a. 40Gl4 81. Cattle-Market slow
barely steady; beeves, 81 50@4 40; cows
and mixed 81 S0d3 so; stockcrs and feed
ers, 81 40Cd3 70 Sheep -Market firm
corn fed westerns, 50 o0C64 20; Texans, 8
Cp3 SO; natives, 3 1904 p; lambs, 500
| 81
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30
Grand Officers T.. a A NJ

The Grand Lodge r. ~ A. NJ. has elected
the following officers for tho ensuing year
Right eminent grand commander, John
Gerow, Marshall eminent deputy com
mander, VIM. G. Doty, Ann Arbor; emf
nent grand generalissimo Il. {. Smith,
Pontiac; eminent grand captain general,
Jefferson :. ConOver, Coldwator; eminent
grand prelate, Rev T.. A. Blades, Detroit;
eminent grand senior warden, Harry l..
Anthony, Sturgis; eminent grand junior
Charles II. Pomeroy, Bay City; eminent
grand treasurer, IL. Shaw Noble, Monroe
eminent grand recorder, William p. Innes,
Grand Rapids; eminent grand standard
bearer, William z. Jewett Adrian; emf
nent grand sword bearer, e. G.. Wheeler,
Manistee; eminent grand warder, Albert
ST. les, jackson; eminent grand sentinel,
Alex McGregor, Detroit.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30
DROWNED IN LAKE HURON.
Four Men and One Woman Lose Their
Lives.

The steamer r. =. Ranney collided with
the schooner M +. Merrick off Pressure Isle
on the 10th inst, resulting in the sinking of
the schooner with the loss of her crew eX-
cept the captain and one man. Following
are the names of the lost: Martin John
son of Detroit, mate; John CharlevoiX of
Detroit, seaman; William Ours of Ashta-
bula, seaman; Patrick Kanaly Of Clayton,
Y. ", seaman; Mrs Cole of Cleveland,
COOK. The Merrick had cargo of about
400 tons of sand and was bound for Lake
Linden. The following is the story of the
disaster as told by the only survivor beside
the captain:
"The Merrick had cargo of furnace
sand and WIS bound from Port Austin TO
Portage. We left Port Austin with free
wind, the weather thick aud smoky. When
about Ii miles Off Pressure Isle at - 30 a. m.
Friday we heard three blasts from a steam
er's whistle. About half an hour later the
mate ordered me TO put the Wheel over and
let her come up into the wind. then saw
the steamer about 10 feet from us. She
struck US Just aft the iorerigging. The
schooner sunk under her bow. Tie crew
on deck took to the rigging and went down
with the vessel. ! was sIvcd by being
picked up by yawl from the Ranney. The
captain was say ed by line being thrown
10 him by the Ranney crew Mrs. Cole,
the cook, stood aft holding on the schoon
er 3 wheel. when the schooner sunk Every
possible effort was made by the Ranney s
crew to gave us. The steamers engines
were backing when we came together. The
weather was so thick we could see only u
short distance / think the schooner sunk
in from twenty TO thirty seconds after be-
ing struck She went down head first, our
main boom going over the Runneys bows
as she went down We were blowing our
fog horn all the time, giving proper sign us,
which were understood by the steamer.
Three OF the crew were below when the
vessel sunk"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30
Gets 1922. 100000.

Thirty years ago Robert Shields acquir
ed "a homes cad on the banks of the Nilsson
ri river on the site where the city OF Omu
ha now stands. After perfecting his title
he left Tor California with his wife and
family and there acquired considerable
amount of property. Some twelve years
ago he moved 10 Puget Sound, and has for
some years been working as "a day laborer
In Puyallup. After he left for California
the Omaha town site company jumped his
claim and included IL in the land 1t sold.
Shields began suit against the company III
years ago and the case has been in tho
courts ever since. Tao supreme court Of
the United States has decided the case in
his favor and the damages have been as
sessed at -, 0JO,00J.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30
Tough on Toner'S.

Senator ScheGor's drunkards law went
into effect in Minnesota on the 18th inst.
Ii provides that whoever becomes intoxi-
Gated by voluntarily drinking intoxicating
liquors shall be deemed guilty of the crime
of drunkenness, and upon conviction there
Of shall he pun shed as follows: For the
first offense fine Of not less than $40 nor
more than $40, or by imprisonment for not
less than 10 nor more than 40 days; for the
second offcnse by Imprisonment for not less
than 30 nor more than 90 days, or by fine
Of not less than go more more than $50; for
the third and oil subsequent offenses by i'm.
prisonment OF not less that 20 days nor
moro than 90 days.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30
BIG FIRE AT HOWARD CITY.
Eleven Bdsiness Places and Fifteen
Dwellings Burned.

Howard City passed through on the 10Th
inst. the ost ses ere contagratiOn by which
It. has ever teen visited, surprising in Of
feCts even the big fire Of New Years Eve,
1855, which wipeI out the entire business
portion of the town The lire, while not
great in loss in the aggregate is more keen
~ felt 70: the reason tuat the loss falls
largely on poor men who can lily stand the
misfortune
Al about II 80 flames were discovered In
tho building occupied as grocery, with
living rooms on the second toOr, by Casper
Schmutt, who with his family had started
for days visit in the country but short
time before. There was smart breeze
blowing at the time and in the absence OF
any fire protection the flames were rapidly
communicated 20 IL business buildings
aud - dwellings. Grand Rapids was telc-
graphed to send an eugne but such heroic
work was done by citizens with buckets
that the flames were got under control and
the order was countermanded.
Ugly rumor5 of incendiarism have been
circulated but are not credited.
The loss as near as can be ascertained
amounts TO about $4,000, with only par
tiel insurance.
Quincy physicians have formed a ''com
bine," and those who are unfortunate
enough TO need medical attendance must
pay list pricea