The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-02-15

the main charm or a SaltatOry act o
that kind consists in the gracefulness
of its execution, there is nodispositioL
to be hypercrltical on that point, as nc
doubt he did his best.
RumOr says that Capt. Hill, NJ. c.,
is about TO surprise the people Of Mar
settles by having Chas. Knickerbockel
appointed postmaster at that place
and the query is. who is he? The cap.
tain certainly must be working up a
hOodOo.
The president finally mustered cour-
age enough to appoint negro post
master in Georgia. man named
David Dudley, at Americas. But the
appointment disgusts both Democrats
and Republicans. not because the man
is negro, but because he is noisy
bar-room loafer and tough.
There will be music about the first
of May, when the big strike for hours
day sets in. The Federation of
Labor has been preparing for it for
months, and announces such a
well filled treasury that they are conf
dent Of being able to maintain the
struggle to a successful termination.
Advices from BassOrah are to the
effect that the cholera has appeared
there and already killed off 1900 peo-
pie. AS BasSOrah is situated on the
Persian Gulf and in communication
with all the principal seaports of Eu-
rope, the reports are exciting consid-
cradle apprehension there. 1t is a
favOrtc route by which the scOurge
has made its way westward on several
former occasions.
The city election in Salt Lake City,
Utah, on Tuesday, after one Of the
hottest contests ever witnessed in the
territory, resulted in victory for the
Liberal Party" or Genties, over the
MOrmans by majorties ranging from
800 to 1900. The election was for
mayor, recorder, treasurer, assessor
and collector marshal and aldermen
for each ward. AS usual, the defeated
party allege great frauds and say the
matter will have to be settled by the
Supreme Court of the United States.
There is bit of a row among the
Republicans in the Philadelphia dis
trict until lately represented by VIM.
ID. or Pig-I Iron Kelley. Senator Ry-
burn, an ultra protectiOniSt, as Kelly
was, has been nominated to succeed |
him, and now comes large body of
the Republican manufacturers and
business men of the district and de- |
mand declaration from Ryburn in |
favor of free raw material, and as he
refuses to give it, they threaten in
body to vote for VIM. NJ. Ayres, presi-
lent OF the Tariff Reform Club, whom
the Democrats have put up with
strong confidence in his election.
1t seems to be the reluctant decis-
on of the medical cOterie that have .
the case of Samuel j. Randall il.
charge, that the seat of his deseaSe is
4 cancer and there is therefore no
nope for hm,--indeed, the end is SO
near at hand as to be counted by days.
He has been very cOnpicuouS figure
in congress for many years, "A very
able man, and though differing with
the body of his party on economic
questions, and therefore the object of
occasional vituperation, his honesty
and integrity Of purpose have never
been questioned. On that head the
fact is almost conclusive in his favor,
that he is now and will no doubt die, |
so far as worldly possessions 60, a
poor man.
The presidents proclamation open
ing to settlement some 100000 acres
Of land in Southern Dakota, recently
purchased from the Sioux Indians, was
issued on Tuesday, and the fact was
announced to the waiting crowds at
and Pierre by the firing
Of cannon. The rush that immedi-
ltely took place is said to have been
quite equal to that witnessed when
Oklahoma was opened. A favorite
bottom opposite Chamberlain, a pro- |
jected town site, was main point |
aimed for, and as in Il few hours every |
foot had about ten claimants, even if |
bloOdshed is avoided, it will be enough |
to drive the government officials wild |
to adjust the endless conflicting
claims they will have to pass upon.
There are many contradictory re-
ports and many conflicting opinions
IS to the cause and extent of the col
apse of the American Building and
Loan Association of Minneapolis, in
which Ottawa, as well as nearly every
town in the west, has stockholders.
The Minneapolis Times charges that
Ill the trouble arises from cOnspir-