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The National tribune., 1891-09-24
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.

Hon. Roswell r. Flower Nominated FOR Governor.
The Democratic Convention OF the great
State Of New lgrl. met 90 Saratoga on Wcdncs-
day, Sept. u, aud the slate made mp by the Hill
managers went through without scratch or
break After routine business had been trans
acted Roswell =. Flower and Alfred c. Chaplin
were placed in nomination for Governor. 10
took bat one vote 60 show that Flower was tho
choice Of the Convention by large majority,
and his nomination was made unanimous
Wn. l.. ShceEau, OF Erie, was nominated for
Licuteuaut-GoyeTnor; Frank Rice OF Ontario.
FOR Secretary Of State; Frank Campbell, Of
Steubcn, for Controller; Simon ". Rcscudalc,
Of Albany. Tor Attorney General Elliott Dam
forth. OF Chenango for Treasurer. and Martin
Schcnck, Of Schenectady, for Engineer and
Surveyor.
The platform makes tho usual arrairnmont
Of the Republican party; declares against tho
coinage OF any dollar which is not If tho in
triusic value Of any other dollar ia the United
States; den0unccs the Sherman silver Law I'M
der which gold is imported and the market
glutted with silver; calls the Mckinley bill q
worse than war ta-.G" aud BIaiuo's reel
procity measure worse than n humbug": goes
for the billion dollar Congress without gloves
opposes sumptusry legislation deuOunces the
Car for his treatment Of the Jews and in
dorscs the administration OF Gov David b.
Hill. The subject Of pensions is not mentioned.
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Veterans Wanted TO Tar and Feather President
Il. 4 PIN

A dispatch from Wichita, Kan, says that the
veterans there made all arrangements 10 tar
and feather President l.. l.. Polk. Of the Ma
tiOual Alliance who has been making speeches
through Kansas, but were prevented by the
authorities. They are bitter against Polk for
his treatment Of Union prisoners during the
war, and many Of them LETT the grounds VOW
inE Vengeance against him. Among them was
J.. A. McA.iister Of Wichita. who hearing Polk
say in his speech that he had never occupied
any position o. command, and had cOusequcu. ly
never mi5trcatel Union soldiers as reported.
called some OF his old comrades together and
showed them parole granted him when at
deaths door in the prison al Salisbury, y. c.,
signed " /. L. Polk, Brigadier- General, com
manding the post" McAIisler detailed % his
hearers some Of the horrors lie aud his fellow
prisoners had gone through in the prison Of
which Polk Tas Governor. Then it was that
the plot on Polk. peace aud comfort, took form,
aud had the original conaPiratOrs kept matters
20 themselves would. perhaps have been carried
out. The police. however. got wind Of the
affair aud Hippsd il in the bud.
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Er.ron.r.s,mnn Scott Dend.

VIM. L. Scott, OF Pennsylvania, and an OK
Member of Congress, died suddenly at New,
port, L. l., on the night OF Sept. 10. Tic had
been suffering for some time from acute CASTRO
intestinal catarrh, aud 1t one time his life was
despaircd Of lie rallied. however. and was
carried from his home in Erie, Pa, TO Newport,
where IL was believed, the climate would DO
beneficial This belief was realized and he
began 10 gain at once, his improvement con-
tinuing until Friday On that afternoon he
had an attack Of heart failure aud another on
Saturday afternoon, rallying quite easily the
first time, but with more difficulty the second
time. Another attack occurred about III oclocl,
Saturday night, from which he could not rally,
and death came soon. The remains were taken
TO his home for interment.
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4 M0UNTAIN VILLAGE.

AS you near the end Of tic canon Il widcns
out, and you can see tho road climbing the hin
above, aud son see The IuaosOpo Valley below
you aha llo -#H...D'1 River blowing Dos way
over wonderful waterfalls IN Que place there
arc u ialli. a4a the river tumb.es down IN a
series ~ cascades 700 feet A.ga Tho sides of
The canon gro bore walled with green This
makes ho water look lil-c mixture Of cmcr-
aids and diamonds as ID Jumps on from one
lDsei % another Tho difference IN The change
o. climate is apparent An o.ercoat was com
i'iiaaa when climbed 10 the top az the box
eas Dui i took Oh LAia and my coat aud vest
bciof, ] got 10 lho bottom Of Tie canon, and
curing iIc last part % my trip ! should have
ba,h happier had ] been ah,a 10 take % my
skin aud iii n any bones. The flowers changed
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can look out Of the car window and sec quite
q TlYer oi the greeucst OF green water rushing
out Of the side Of the mountain from a hole al
your feet. There Is no sign Of tie river any
where else aud ~ seems 20 come directly from
The mountain. The cave itself can De entered
by the river II has two vast chambers IL
looks like great cathedral. Tho rooms are
long anF high, aud are connected by au almost
perfect arch. The water is very deep the POOL
within the cave measuring over 90 feet Ia
depth The walls Of the mountain about this
portion OF Mexico are dotted with cave holes
the most OF which have never been explored.
Not far from the railroad little back Of the
Cboy Cave is a vast chamber underground. II
has d0med ceiling which furnishes light
through hole In the top and ferns grow in H.
The walls OF the cavern are white and the roof
Of the cave is 200 feet high. Many Of these
caves are filed with parrots and some have a
large number OF chambers Ono ] saw had an
entrance 50 low and small that had 10 stoop 10
enter II, but the chamber within was perfectly
dry, and il was 20 large that ], 900 men could
stand in IL.
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A Monument al Homestead.

A handsome monument was unyailed a.
Homestead, Pa, on Sept. Il. The feature of the
day was the parade, which was participated il
by IL Posts Of tho GAR, together with Other
organizations, school children aud bands, fully
$500 people being in line. The procession was
led by Past Department Commander Joseph F.
Denuiston and Asst Adj't-Gen. J. H. Williams
The orator Of the day was Col. VIM. ID. Moore
Of PittsLurg and II is estimated that 10000
persons witnessed the Unvailing. The monu,
ment is OF granite % feet high, and is capped
by the figure Of q soldier. 1t cost 5000.
A Campfire was held in the evening. at which
Col Hazard, Of Monongahela City, presided
A large number of veterans attended, and all
enjoyed themselves immensely. 1t was q late
hour before the last spark Of the fire died out
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plow .HalT way thl0a-H r.aiar y. the richest
soil Hud give panoramic yirws o, tla most
mH-uIIr rt scenery o.. this land OF tie A."iuT-
rEaur. Alter won have desuc 81 a Oh e la"uul-
E.us. and iH O. i,H iuuls come more iuan !, d ite
stra rHt down 0ui.oI Tho Hir, you pass through
% mI.fs ol jungle aud land 81 the moush on q
vast river Iu q iistle o,i-lasli0nl3 Spanish
town, Nl.u. Is 0esiUc4 20 hcrCWg tho if tuTe
bCaI... NJ Mexico. hc .0.l soy have passe1
over i- one Of tho most expensive 1n the Amer'-
caH c0Huuout ltHasoo,f $4,000 90 10 build,
80. e0mg Tafts a, % sre mere G.. fs'ls.gC ly tho
mIie tHau the Kansas City cable iuc
Let me give you D cturc Of our ride. Tho
int paTt OF j. was taken lu tho sleC8cr ana
We tragoEsed The plateau during the Night.
j took Hu old cab a' l'p lotn. no Sru Luis
Poioa' end made larnaiu with .ha dark -.acrd
NlilC-Aaicl- rgI-b.aubp'rtl caaeHmuu ~ drive
me over inD milo %. rough c951c-taHc ID Tho
depot ha reached tHc.e 81 half. past + aud
q boy carried my heavy bag 10 the tram. i
paid him three cents. ilC was as Iapiy rs a
EIfE ana sat auHA on N.Y. baggage aLl waited
uni THE cau were open. which WIS not Until
a hair au hour later j was moonlight aud
the pg.a air. lHe bright sky aud Tic soft rht
At The great yellow mU9u made The picture
one tbsl yoa cam so. nuy Dos M,1i,0 o. Spain.
fl.a moon snftened the ines q. tle old Afour %
buildings. ll turned Tie picturesque peasants
who moved about rau s on this WY aud
that lu.g EAos,y DI!1.uda and made The
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Col. +. A. Ccnkllug pead.

Col. Frederick Augustus Coukliug, brother
Of the late ex-senator Roscoe Conkling, died Of
cancer Of the stomach at his home in New York
City on Friday, Sept Is, aged 80 years. He
organized the 54th N. Y. National Guard, and
was made its Colonel. The command did duty
for a month in 1868 in Baltimore, and again in
1864 did picket duty in Virginia and West Yir-
GINA He was elected to the 37th Congress and
served two terms in the New York House Of
Representatives. and one term as Senator.
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can Central Railroad system s tho biggest ln
tIsi country. II has broad gage Trucks and
ID runs from li Iaso, iu Icyas, 10 Mexico Cry,
distance oi 221 miir- About me ntar.oi
this nr is tae city of a uas lalfcnties. aud
from here d limo ot road has 1ugn bai.t ucTo s
the cgs. central part 10 san LUIS Hato + and
N1m theme. on tethe Gulf 81 Mexico il IS
500 miles rom tha main Enc 10 the Calf and
it about 1.G mil. from san iu- Poto-i 20
Tampigo lais Hst branch as bcel open iut
q few months. I lc.J like an cap orer hazng
my way through tho wilderness as rooe over
ID yesterday. Drawn hy tho iron horse the
cars cIJwi along tlc sides @. iIauntaIL clifs,
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with the climate. As we got into the valley
we saw coffee trees growing wild, and there
were palms and banana plants. There were
thousands OF blue paroquCts and parrots IN the
trees, and this region is full Of game ] am
told that there are plenty Of monkeys, although
j saw none, and Mr. Wilcox tells me there are
wild turkeys by the thousands A royal pleas
ant abouuds and there is a bird known as the
Chacalacha, which looks like the American
pheasant, and has 4 call sounding like is name.
There are plenty Of wild ducks, many white
tailed deer aud not few tigers. The tiger is
small, and such skins as ! have seen will not
compare with those of India, China or Corea
either in size or quality.
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Mention Tbs EGt;oaN T1szaL

the Port Of New York. Mr.. Hendricks has
been member Of the State Senate for num-
Dor Of years. aud Is well known rs an active
political worker. lie was vigorously backed
by Senator Hiscock, ex-senator Platt CO'lcc-
tor Fassctt, and others. His appointment will
no doubt be satisfactory to q great majority Of
New York Republicans.
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OWN the mountains
on the top of a box
car Racing at 50
milrs an houT on tho
latf oi a train through
ti.e Wiidcs eorEes 0i
the 2me, ican cont
uwt Ieabipg FROM
one zone 90 another !
Shooting out Of the
cold llantness Of tie
MCEicm plateau into
the bot luNuI3aucC of
tho Calf of Mexico
These ar5 faint OK
pres ions Of some Of
the tga.utgs sfthe ride
] took Yesterday over
The r.ilrDalNlich has
just bee. iiuisIcG from
san IaIs pctosi Go
Tu.vIra. a ne McAi
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From the Choy Cave to the Gulf We passed
through some Of the fine timber OF the Mexi-
can forests. We saw ebony, rosewood aud
mahogany trees Our engine was being fed
with mahogany as fuel, aud that part Of the
tics over which il passed were oil ebony Piles
Of mahogany lay along the road chopped into
hrewood, aud this had been bought for the
railroad at prices ranging from s. TO s. per
cord. The wood used for the max ing OF cigar
boxes comes from this part Of Mexico aud there
are along this railroad valuable dye-woois,
which are largely exported. Tamp.co will be-
come one OF the great lumber ports Of America
within short time, and there will probably
be great city at this point.
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The Chny Cave is one 81 the most remarkable
pieces Of scenery along this Tampic1 railroad
IL you will Imagine q wall Of rock along the
s.dCs OF great mountain, which extends Tor a
thousand feet above you and several hundred
feet below you, you will get some idea of the
position Of the railroad over the CLov Cave.
The railroad here Is fastened to the side OF the
mountain 200 feet above the valley. ana YOU
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10 was at the beginning OF the 1amosopo
canon that j crawlcd with the trainmaster,
Mr. George Il. Wilcox, {, .he top OF Boz-car,
and began my wild ride down the mountain.
The road rams here about great amphithcator,
the walls OF which are green hills, aud The
center OF which is great green plain. IL
skirts this plain in an almost perfect circle,
making curve more wonderful than that OF
the famous Horse Shoe Bend on the Pcnnsyl-
wanna Rosa, aud at the end jumps out OF the
ampAlinCatgr under cascade Of silver water
into the great canon. Great mountains rise
above yea. ana iu some places The walls Of these
are precipit Gus. and cliffs Overhaug the train.
You can i05k down for thousands OF feet, and
IN places tho walls oil rock on both sides Of the
C1rgra are SD close together that You can see
nothing lut q strip of skv overhead. Now the
gorge becomes moro broken and you find peas
aut hu,s "a ened % the side Of this wall, and
.hcir fields OF corn are 80 steep that u would
seem almost impossible 10 plant them with
auythu- else than a shotgun. as we 20 on we
Tass .haUu.A tunnel after tunnel, and we lean
dOEG aud put CAT heads On tic top Of the car
rs We go thrOuo3. Now y0u can see rushing
slTCgm sgssdiug its way over rocks 1909 feet
hc3w you, ana sou lO5k with 1uGcr at the
vege,a i0a aud tic trees. Here arc ferns as
big Ms these you soc I'm the Himalavas. There
are trees e calls lilies and 1Owrrs you have
never heard Of and some am told which lave
never been registered in cur school books OF
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Leaving Cardinas the railroad climbs on up
into the mountains. You pass through rocky
plains with crops growing in tho richest lu1u-
rance amid the fields Of stone by richest ha-
cendas, about which thousands Of cattle grace
and on into "A great plain out Of which sugar
loafcd hills, with platUaus on their tops, stand
and look az YOU in solemn grandeur. Now and
then YOU strike fuo farming country, and
YOU see that some of Mexico is well fenced and
we'll titled. ] noticed American pl0gs IN the
fields. aud am told that the Governor OF TINS
State uses a great deal of American machinery
on the hundreds If thousands OF acres which
belong to him. Now you begin TO climb the
mountains. The hills are covered with blue
grass, ana you sec wide stretches Of beautiful
green patched with black fields and dark brown
roads. Your surroundings arc those OF the
Alcghauirs iH the hest parts O. Pennsylvania
and you might be ia the foot hills Of the Swiss
Alps. Soil Isl very rich, aud the cattle on 1t are
tat and glossy.
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Donald Kennedy,
ROxbury. Mass.

Roxbury, Mass.
Dear Sir: I took your Medical
Discovery for one year for Scrorula
on my knee. When 1 began I was
told by the Doctors my limb would
have to be amputated, but it cured
me. Well, that was Is years ago,
and no signs of it since. thought
you and the world ought to know it.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. II. D. DALTON,
Aug. 6, 1891. Edna, Mo.
Kennedy's Medical Discovery sold everywhere.
Price $780,
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whole urpnulIuns loo'z like a spectacular
e1iHNaaauaa. The sta.s seemed closer 10 The
earth. .,.t ihu j was lG the lsuG u Inc
Orient and was about 60 look ioI tbe southern
Cros who's j ua- awakened ly q jolly AmoIi-
can pOa,l as black TIC Zee 90 spades whose
teeth were as while aua as FIIHAtug IS Lh0-r
Of a hgcla. Iie oFCugd Tic car, and s. iCw
moments 'a.Cr We were riding out through
great itt is of cactusnss through plantations Of
magncy plants ua Iast ga0.f.r ii,ro " .lgr,s.
winch Jay bike WA.lg cities VI TIC dead uador
Sic hy. ri che moon. ID was among such
surrounding that Il went 10 tlccp.
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] awokc 10 Gud myself iu a nest IN the
mountains aud on the edge 81 Que Of the most
picturesque towns boz Mexico. This Was tho
httie village 81 tarIiua. whore we took break.
last lt is made g almost entirely Of thatehed
rooted huis. Aud such Luts ANA such thaica
The rough leaves of flalm trees ere interviewer
with grass aud tied 10 poles, making "a sOrt oil
mist which ls placed over square hei3ug Of
tnn-arca bricks, These hlls arg oil aIl s.ze4
Some are no bigger than Go1-konucls. and
others could Doc crowded into tio haIl bedroom
o. lean city house oud not touch the walls
The GOo-s look as though they were chopped out
with Ratchet IlaIe were no Wildows grd
81 front OF the houses aud looking Dut az tht
doors were men, women, aud children ans
one Oh whom would have been q lua ior Bar
nun. There wcIC Indians. Mg5t.s5s. and Ncx
scans, the women half dressed sad some of IA,
babies not dressed 40 aH. t,r mua .a- tl,a
blankets ANA hats and iara leet Mexican
plaaaii LIES and all vsth i.rrtt rs.r- drvoufau.
uM as NC SAT lu the little SESSION. aul .g.s..r.
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Francis Hendricks for Collector Of the Port or
NV lnTL.

President Harrison on Thursday appointed
State Senator Francis Hendricks, OF Syracuse,
10 succeed Hon. J. Sloat FaSsett who has ~.
signed 20 accept the candidacy Of the Rcpubli-
cans for the Goycrnonhip, TO be Collector Of
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ON A B0K-CBR.
A Wild Ride Through the GOrgeS Of
The Mexican Mountains.

Tho Wonderful Tampico Railway Tamosopo
Canon-The People Of the GouutaiHs-A
Millionaire Who Hives In a &25 Palace"
The Ch0y Cave and its itWer-The Future
Seaport of Mexico, Tampico-1he Most
Wonderful Jetties of the World.
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The Tamosopo Valley is n great plain OF green
surrounded by mountains. IL is filled with
coffee and sugar plantations but ! saw wide
stretches Of rich soil which were not under cul-
tivation. i am told the land can be bought for
less than dollar an acre. Just before leaving
the mountains we stopped at n little village"
which was fair type Of some of the mountain
hamlcts. 1t was apparently shut of from
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our heavy hot biscuits snd black coffee, which,
together with spring chicken, made up our
breakfast
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We took dinner at Eascon another village Of
about 80 hUts. Ferns carpet the ground about
this town, and you SEQ the green coffee plants
growing amongst the trees. Upon the sides Of
the hills are thickcts o.! palm and bamboo, and
there are orchids by the thousands and OF =
HUNDRED different varieties. R47con has an the
surroundings Of a good town in rich lands but
ID Is no bigger now than when the railroad
struck 1t, aud these McNicans do not know
what the word boom means. Tie town lies 10
a range Of low hills, and as We leave % these
grow into mountains and the road dashC7
through another great canon, and Won wind
your way along tie wall Of the cliffs over a
vast valley which for miles and miles as far IS
your eye can reach seems 10 be no.hiu. bat
jungle and thcllet All Of this vast valley
belongs 10 one man, and we passed a little, long,
low, wooden binding where It's owner lives
He Is a Mexican who was educated ia Paris
but here owning property worth over q million
dollars lives ia n hut which could be built for
less than hundred dollars. As you 20 on to-
ward the coast you begin 10 climb the mount
aims and hug theirs sides over another vast piain
filed with jungle. above which great bushy
cact push their heads above tic re-. Of the
green. There Is no syn Of animal OF civilized
life. The land seems 10 be good. bGt there arc
neither towns nor houses. Here Is a vast re-
glon OF land SAID 20 Doe rich that Is awaiting
settlers, and ] am told that the railway rcaule
are going 10 buy some millions Of acre and or
Eanize colonies Of Americans 10 settle upon
them. The chief objection / have heard 10
the scheme lies ia the charge that these low
lands are fnalaglous aul the air IS full Of fever
for strangers.
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There Is At present no good harbor. The
Vera Cruz Bay, where Cortoz landed, which
has been tho chief seaport of Mexico up to this
time Is very unsafe. The city Is unhealthy,
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everywhere, and il gives some idea OF one class
OF towns IN this rich wilderness Of Mexico.
The telegraph station was in n car by the road
side and the dozen huts which made mp the
town were back Of IT, There were no streets
and no stores. The huts were about lnXl2 in
size, and were made Of wooden poles stuck ia
the ground and tied together; on the top Of
these were other poles also tied together with
strings in the shape OF a roof. The doors were
just four feet high, and SO narrow that only
one could crawl into one OF them at Time. ]
crawled down from my box car and looked into
one. Inside were uCiihc chairs nor tables; the
family sguattgi 0u the !loOr and slept on the
ground. A half dozen crnCEcry pans ana kot-
ties made mp the kitchen utensils All tho
cooking was done out Of doors. The women
were quite pretty, aud ] scared one CTl nearly
out OF her wits by pointing my camera IL her.
She had little baby IN her arms, and Ecr
brother rushed up aud stood At her side ~ |
turned the machine toward her, and they EVIL
IDENTIFY thought / WAS going 10 hurt the baby.
got good shot, however.
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botany. A bOiauist discovered 43 new vsrie-
nes harc incc thc r0" WIS opened. and ti!s is
q great deld f1r Tire rcologist and boiauist.
tyauu young fellow with his pockets fun Of
metals, tAc names oil which he did not know,
d"rII my tIn, aEd j gB told that there arc
hnc coal fields not lar from the rallroad.
This TamosCpo canon winds about SO that
yOJ travai - miles 10 cover a distance which
ls only III miles a. The crows flies Us graded
places j four aud q l.af per cent, and you fall
ID feet ia Thousand. The road AZ places seems
TO be tackled . the igs md some parts Cl 10
cost more than half a million dollars q nile.
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WANTED-ADDRESSES.

UTANTED-By Thaddeus Perry, southport Conn
w The address OF my sun, ThatJeus r. Perry, who
eHstei as john Jones Co. O., 18th L. 5. Inf 62S2t
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D. LaAys sk.u add scalp purified and "a
Ag. bDaHiihcd by CrUCUBA Soar. 10
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-04-16

CHICAGO. April IA. Fourteen wards
out Of total Of "a have been officially
canvPlsCd up to to- night. The resolt
is gain for the republican psyOralty
candidate, Hempstea1 Washburne. He
hss thus far sn OfiicIal plurs'lty Of S24.
Election night In the same wards the
city press ssOclation figure msde his
plursIity 1876. Three 10 five days
more will be required 10 complete the
official count. The wsrds now I'm
ished are the first to the thirteenth,
inclusive. and the twenty-eighth.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-04-16

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April l4-The
residents OF the enierpTising city Of
Knoxville turned out en- masse this
evening to do honor to the president
ana his cabinet officerA. A military
salute was fired. A carriage drawn
by four bor-ss was placed at bis dis
pOspl and he wts shown the prinbiple
points Of interest 10 the vinciDity.
Other members ofthe party we're also
provided with cerriag.s. A public re-
ception was he'd aud Col. w. A. Hen
derson delivered an address Of welcome
TO which the president responded.
The presidentisl pari , then re-entered
their ca riages aud stared for the
trein; but they had not gone far when
the hoI s6 drawing the carriage con-
tanning s. c-etary Rusk and Others
took fright ard dpsh 4 into the presi'
dents carriage. There YVES great ex'
citement for q mcment, as both the
president and Mrs. Harrison were
seen to be in Imminent danger. They
managed, however, - get out OF car
riage uninjtre1. The fr'ghtene1
horses were finally controlled, but no
until they had .ecked Secretary
Rusk's carriage. Col. f. Sanford
gave reception in honor Of the presi
Dental party, which was attended b.
ell the prominent people Of Knox