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The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
ANTI-HILL DEMOCRATS
Not Welded to Cleveland win Accept Any
Good Democrat.
A LETTER ISSUED.
IL Declares that Cleveland is to Blame for
the ssMessn i'm which the Party
Has Got Itself.

New YORK, March 5.-The anti
Hill members of the national Demo
cratic committee issued a letter this
morning. This letter declares in
effect that anti-Hill Democrats gTft
not welded 70 Cleveland, and will
accept any good Democrat
who can carry New York.
They will contest the Hill delega-
ton chosen at the Midwinter
Albany convention because it does
not represent New York Democracy.
ssThe most important declaration in
in the letter is that Cleveland is
himself to blame for the mess in
which the party has got itself"
The letter was written originally
to DR.. w. A. Anderson, promi-
nent Cleveland Democrat of Wis
consin.
When read to other members of
the committee it was approved by
Mr.. Whitney, ex-Mayor Grace,
r. Ellery Anderson, ex-Secretary
Fairchild and others, and copies
ordered to be sent to every member
Of the Democratic national commit
tee.
1t declared that thousand Demo
Gratis are opposed to Hill, regardless
of Cleveland. The letter continues,
if contesting the delegation thrown
out at Chicago and Hill nomin-
ated, we will not answer for
result. Cleveland and nearly
all leaders will probably sup
port the ticket, but there are
many men who are little incline not
to submit any further to imposi-
tions practiced for the past few
years. The majority against him in
this state would be anywhere from
so, 900 to 100, 900 votes.
IF Cleveland, or any leading
man of his wing of the party, is
nominated and reorganize the state
committee the forces of opposition
within the party would be mere
bagatelle, and nobody really cares
for Hill, and his whole strength
comes from the fact that he
is supposed to be in it. Tam
many is held together by
a mere handful of leaders, and even
with them except in the case of
Bourke Cochran, it is doubtful
whether there is an atom of per-
sonal feeling for HILL" A contest
will not injure Cleveland if the
trouble is taken in other parts of the
country to investigate the real
situation. Whether it does injure
him or not it cannot affect the
movement. Probably he is respon-
sible for letting them Chill mana-
gers) get his friends into such mess.
OF course it will be safer to nomi-
nate a man who stands the best
chance of carrying the other states
than New York, whether he will be
Gle, eland or some one else"
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
WESTERN WISDOM.

The most natural man in play is
the villain.
When a man makes up his mind
to be good, he also makes up his
mind that it will be the fault Of
others if he fails at it.
Do man favor and he will love
you for a week; at the end of that
time he will hate you because you do
not do him another.
If man is stronger than his
neighbor, his additional strength
was not given him to fight his neigh
Dor, but to protect him.
There isn't any hope for man
when he reaches the point where he
is not ashamed to have his mother
know of his meanness.
There comes time in every rich
mans life when he regards it as a
luxury to be hungry, and to be tired
enough to sleep sound at night
Atchison Globe.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
sullivan wants to Fight.

New YORK, March 5.-The fol-
lowing telegram, addressed to the
editor of morning paper, is pub
lished here this afternoon;
st. Paul, Mimi, March 4.-John
l.. Sullivan authorizes me to state
that he will fight either Charles
Mitchell or Frank P. Slavin at the
Olympic Club, at New Orleans, for
purse of $25, 900, and an outside
bet of $40, 900, or as much more as
they can and will bet, the fight to
take place the last week of next
August, or the first week in Sep
tember.
Signed, DUNCAN B. HARRISON.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
NO CLEW
To the Robbers of the Coldwater, Mich.
National Bank.
THE BANKS LOSS.
II VIII Reach $50 ,00O-The Bank Was
Robbed of $40, 900 Worth of Dia-
monds Year Ago.

COLD WATER, MICH, March 5.
-Pinkerton detectives are here at
work upon the National Bank
robbery, but they seem to regard
the case a difficult one, and only
rely upon the transfer of some of
the valuables taken to obtain lead
ing clew. Among the valuables
of private depositors were Philadel-
phia and Reading preferred income
negotiable bonds, $1,000 each, num-
bered from 375 to 399, inclusive !;
TIA to 1926, inclusive, and 1888 to
1874. D. B. Denny, president of
the bank, says the bank s
loss will be fully $40, 900,
and the loss of valuable papers is
between $40, 900 and $780, 900. The
safe, valued at $2500, was COM
pletely wrecked. In the summer of
1883 the bank was robbed at noon
of Lewis diamonds, valued at $10,-
900, for which Joe Howard was con-
victed and sentenced to ten years.
Imprisonment.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
LITTLE IMPROVEMENT
In the Condition of Congressman Springer
This Morning.

This Morning.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-The
condition of Congressman
Springer still continues favor
able, although there is
but little visible improvement this
morning. The patient is still very
much prostrated, and greatest care
is being exercised to prevent the
possibility of a relapse. DR.. John
A. Vincent, of Springfield,
ILL.,, the family physician
of Mr.. Springer, arrived this morn
ing. and Immediately called in con-
sultation with the resident
physicians, who have been
attending the congressman, in
this city. AT the conclusion of
the consultation and after a critical
examination of the patient,
DIR. Vincent said the con
dition of Mr.. Springer was very
much improved, and, while | might
say that practically out of danger,
yet as matter of fact, founded
upon professional experience,
the man is not out of danger.
In case of this kind
he passes the stage where. relapse
is impossible. 1t will probably be
several days before Mr.. Springer
passes that point, as he must bnild
up lost strength and vigor
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
A GREAT CARDINAL.
Mecislaus John Ledochowslti, the Ne,
Prefect of the Propaganda.

Mecislaus John Ledochowslti, the New
Prefect of the Propaganda.
Cardinal Simeoni's successor as
prefect of the propaganda, Cardinal
Ledochowski, is the prelate who will
doubtless be the controlling force
under. the next pope. The appoint
ment is of financial character.
Cardinal Ledochowski, even long
before he was invested with the red
hat, was famed in ecclesiastical cir
cles for his marvellous success in
connection with the collection of
Peters pence. These, as is well
known, constitute between thirty
and forty per cent. of the entire
papal revenues, and are chiefly de-
rived from countries which as parties
iatidelixDs, are now for the first time
brought under the spiritual control
of Cardinal Ledochowski.
So eager was the latter when Pri-
mate of Poland to increase the Pc
ter's pence fund that, like second
Tetzel, he introduced kind of beef
tax into the Prussian, Austrian and
Russian portions of his province, by
permitting the members of his flock
to substitute the penitence of a
money fine for that of abstention
from meat during Lent. During his
residence in South America, he like
wise managed to secure large and
important contributions to the fund.
A deficit of ten million dollars has
been found in this fund and the
Polish prelate is relied upon to re-
pair these losses. AS head of the
extreme or ultramentom party, the
cardinals appointment is notice to
the world that the reconciliation be-
tween the church and Italy is as far
off as ever. In 1875, while Bis
marck was enforcing the walk laws,
Ledochowsh served term in prison,
for which he was created cardinal
by Pious TX.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
Moss-Covered Chestnuts.

Self-respecting journals in this
year of our Lord 1892 do not want
jokes about the mother-in-law the
goat, the lover and the bulldog, the
wooer and the fathers boot, the
daughter and the coal or gas bill,
the spring chicken, the spring poet,
the mule, the stovepipe, the railway
sandwich, the man who comes home
from the lodge, the church fair, the
church fair stew, spring cleaning,
carpet shaking, the young man who
pawns his clothes, bodily ailment,
country cousins imposing upon city
cousins, or vice versa, high hats at
the theatre, low necks anywhere,
shrewish wives, bad husbands, ice
cream in all it's forms, the cook and
the kerosene can, the husband who
lights the fire, the dude, the tariff
(the tariff is no joke, the banana
skin, circus lemonade, the cat on the
back fence, the bootjack (who wears
the boots nowadays), the boarding
house, boarding-house fare, the actor
who walks home, the plun.Aer, the
gas meter, the hackman, drunken
ness (intoxication, however, is per-
missible if there is any fun in it),
the small boy and the green apple,
the toy pistol, the small boy on thin
ice, Susan B. Anthony, grandfath-
er's hat, the English cad, Phoebe
Cousins, the free lunch, the soda
water wink, Joe Mulhatton and all
jokes that are not fresh or too
fresh. Chicago Herald.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
STATE NEWS.
Gathered Fresh From the Columns of Our
Cotemporaries.

FRESH rom tnc tOtuiAfhb VI Oot
Contemporaries.
A public library is being agitated
in Prescott.
The stave factory at McCrory will
soon be running.
Jonesboro boasts of an exclusive
shoe and boot house.
The Monita says hundred tene-
ment houses are needed in Coal Hill.
Rev. Benoni Harris, well known
Methodist minister of Paragould, is
dead.
The Methodist College, Of Arka-
delphia, is to be completed very
soon.
Gen. H. King White will not be
candidate for congress from the
Second district.
Hon. r. K. Walker, a prominent
citizen Of Searcy, died very sudden
ly yesterday of paralysis of the
heart
Edgar Fleming, st. Louis law
yer, who fell from the second story
of hotel in Texarkana, died from
his injuries.
Mr.. r. X. Walker, a prominent
citizen of Soarcy and a member of
the board Of trustees of the Insane
Asylum, died yesterday.
l
Gen. FL. King White. Of Pine
Bluff, has declined to enter the race
for congress in the Second district.
He has also committed himself in
favor of Breckinridge's reelection.
The motion for appeol in the j.
r. Williams case was argued by the
attorneys before the supreme court
Tuesday. The appeal was not
granted.
w. A. Davis, who was arrested a
year ago in Craighead county for
running a blind tiger and jumped
his bond, has just been re-captured,
tried and find 5000 in several cases.
EIe will go to the convict farm.
The Mammoth Spring Monitor
declares they have the railroad fever
SO badly over in Boone county that
a farmer saw a large stalk-cutter be-
ing unloaded in corn field, rushed
to town and reported the engine was
coming. a stalk-cutter is about as
rare in Boone county as a railroad
engine.
Deputy City Marshal Frank
Murphy, of Jonesboro, raided an
alleged house of i'll fame, placed the
occupants under arrest and de,
manded and received forfeit of So
and watch for their appearance be-
fore the mayor. He failed to turn
anything over or to report the case,
and now he has been indicted by the
grand jury and is in Jail.
Col. Fowler, the old fraud, says
The Sharp County Register, who
played the confidence game" on some
of our Newburg and Oxford friends
last fall and was arrested by Sharp
county officers and lodged in Jail at
Evening Shade, for "crookedness"
in that county two years previous,
plead guilty last week and was given
one year in the "pen." We learn,
from Newburg gentleman, that
there is a $500 reward offered by
Missouri parties, we believe, for
Col. Fo wler, and, we suppose, he
will be "taken in out of the wet' as
soon as his years apprenticeship in
the "pen" expires. Truly, ''the
way of the transgressor is hard"
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
Jewelry smuggIers Arrested.

JERSEY CITY, March 4.-Custom
House Inspectors Patrick Burns
and G. M. Julian made an import
ant seizure at Bremen street pier,
Hoboken. Two men were seen to
leave the steamship "Lahn" and
hurry up the dock. They were
stopped, and the inspectors found
four sealed packages of iewelry in
their pockets. The men were Gus
tave Wustenger, 32 years old, and
Gustave Kuhn, q years old. Both
men were employed as cooks aboar
the claim" Six other similar pack
ages were found hidden in quarters
on the vessel. The jewelry
consists of chains, bracelets ana
rings worth about $4,000. 1t was
taken to the seizure room, and
Kuhn and Wustenger were locked
up at police headquarters, Hobo
ken, and will be arraigned before
Commissioner Muirhead tomorrow.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
win Locate at chicago.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 4.-The
Seamens & Haskell Electric Com
pany, of Berlin, the largest electric
company in the world, is about to
locate at Chicago, making this the
center Of extensive operations
throughout the United States. Ar
ticies of incorporation have been
fled with the secretary Of state at
Springfield, by men acting as attor-
neys for the company, and it is said
the magnitude of the work contem-
plated will be far greater than the
combined Edison and Thompson
Houston Companies
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10

A San Francisco clergyman not
long since observed a horse jockey
trying to take in a simple gentleman
by imposing upon him a broken
winded horse for a sound one, says
The Argonaut. The parson, taking
the gentleman aside, told him to be
cautious of the person he was deal
ing with. The gentleman declined
the purchase, and the jockey, quite
nettled, observed:
"Parsen, | had much rather hear
you preach than to see you privately
interfere in bargains between man
and man in this way"
"Well," replied the parson, "if
you had been where you ought to
have been last Sunday you might
have heard me preach"
"Where was thati" inquired the
jockey.
"ln the state prison. - replied the
clergyman.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
Necessities.

Just where he came from didn't
appear, but his raiment might be
taken as a token that he was from
the backwoods of a country pretty
we'll back, and as he went into
family grocery on Jefferson avenue
he attracted sufficient attention for
the boss to come forward to see
what he wanted.
"Got any corn whiskeyi" he
asked.
"We don't keep it," replied the
proprietor.
"Ner rye9"
"No."
"Ner applejack'"
"No."
"Ner old peach?"
"No."
tNer moonshinei"
"No."
"Nothin' in that line at all?"
"No."
"Well, by gravy" he said angri-
ly, as he started out, "what the
dickens have you got that sign up
thar Families supplied with all the
necessaries of life,' forf Durn me
eff we can't do better'n that at the
crossroads grocery. - Michigan
Tradesman.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
Didn't Know the symptoms.

He leaned up against the counter,
and, calling for cocktail, he talked
to the barkeeper while it was being
compounded.
"Was | drunk when / was in here
last night" he inquired.
"No, sir, you didn't seem to be
So.
Wasn't l talking with heavy
set mani"
eyes, sir. !"
"And didn't he ask me to pay
meat bill of $10f"
81 thiuk he said something to that
effect, sir"
"Didn't / pay it,"
Certainly you did, sir, without
word. "
He paused moment in deep
thought.
"And you say wasn't drunki'
he asked.
81 should say you were not, sir"
"Young man." he said slowly, as
he reached for the cocktail, 'you
don't know the symptoms in my case
a little bit Detroit Free Press.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10

lead, have been found, goes on to
say: "No writing or illegible in
scription indicating a written Ian
guage or decipherable symbol Lam
guage, no pictogl aph or tablet or
inscription in the higher grades Of
hieroglyphic writing, no cloth or
fabric of the finer grades of manu-
facture, no piece of regular masonry
or of we'll built stone wall, or house,
or house foundation Of stone, or
walled we'll or house or wall of
brick, or remains of architecture
worthy of the name have been found
in all the vast territory Of the Mis-
sissippi Valley Exchange.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
Jealousy Caused 1t.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March g.
Gustave Schram, at I'll Walnut
street this morning met his wife at
Seventeenth and York streets, and,
drawing revolver, fred two shots
at her without effect. He then
blew out his brains with the weap-
on. Schram, who is a foreman
in a candy factory, was married
June last, and the couple have
quarreled almost constantly since
that time. Schram was jealous of
his wife, and when they separated a
few weeks ago placed detectives on
her trail, though it is said, without
result.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
CAPT. MEAHER DEAD.
Importer Of the Last Cargo Of Slaves to
the United States.
OLD STEAMBoATMAN.
He Established a Negro Colony in Alabam1 L
Which is One of the Curiosities
Visited by Sight-Seers.
MOBILE, March Capt. Thimo-

MOBILE, March Capt. Thimo-
thy Meaher, a venerable steamboat
man, is dead here, aged 70 years
He, for many years, was identified
with business on the Alabama and
Tombigbee rivers. In the palmiest
days of steamboating he was noted
as an importer of the last cargo
of slaves brought to the United
States. This was in the spring of
1861.
He chartered the schooner
"Clothilde," which brought 100
negroes, and managed to spirit them
into canebrake 1G0 miles up
stream. News of the importation
soon got abroad, and Meaher was
arrested and tried but proved
that he made every trip on the
the boat "Toney," and the Inference
was he had not had time to drive
negroes and personally superintend
the hiding of them. He was dis
charged; if convicted he would have
suffered the death penalty. Thirty
negroes that fell to his
share he settled in a suburb
in this city, where being freed
shortly after their arrival, they and
their descendants remained. They
never associated with other negroes,
are but partially civilized, still use
their native language and are ruled
by queen of their own choosing.
They enjoy good reputation for
industry and honesty, and the colony
is one of the curiosities visited by
sight-seers.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
TREATMENT OF MRS. BLAINE.


She Dsc,e-.z s--sss..es @. Blaine VIII Have
to Retract.
CHICAGO, March 3.--Some pun
gent utteranees were given voice
here to-day by Mrs. Marie Nevins-
Blaine in relation to the open letter
she wrote the secretary of state.
Mrs. Blaine was in Chicago en-
route to New York, accompanied by
her little son, James G.. She was
pale, but stated that except for the
nervous strain of the events of the
past year, her health was good.
REGARDING HER LETTER
Mrs. Blaine said: Il allowed Mr..
Blaine ten days in which to tell the
whole truth about the treatment
given me by his family, and to re-
tract the statement that it was |,
and not his son, who had done the
courting before our marriage. Mr..
Blaine gave the public garbled ex-
tracts from my letters to his son.
These convey an
UNTRUTHFUL AND UNJUST IDEA
regarding me. If Mr.. Blaine does
not within ten days publish the full
text of my letters | will give the
public those which his son, wrote to
me before our marriage, and which
will prove conclusively who was the
wooer. Great as Secretary Blaine is
he cannot and will not be allowed
to asperse my character with impu-
nifty and with no rejoinder on my
part. If he
PERSISTS IN HIS ATTACKS
on me | will teach him to regret it.
He has set up his love for his grand
son as an excuse for an attempt to
besmirch me. / love that child as
my son quite as much as Mr.
Blaine can love him as grandson,
and for that reason it is my duty to
see that his mother does not rest
under false charge unanswered. -
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
Highest of all In Leavening PowerLatest u Govt Report
.!a!:'!!! e! Rski9g Bs%ssgz
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

the town of Nogales. The question
of title to the grant claim
ants will come up before
the land court shortly and viii be
bitterly contested on both sides. The
Cameron grants includes also the
Mexican town of Nogales and ad-
jacent territory and was recently
confirmed by President Diaz, of
Mexico. Both sides are now repre-
sented by local assistants in Wash
inpton.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
PERSISTS IN HIS ATTACKS
AN UNNATURAL PARENT.
He Accomplishes the Ruin of His Three
Daughters.

MASON CITY, IA, March s.
Yesterday brought to light crime
of long standing at Butte, a small
place near here. Three years ago
the wife of John B. Stewart, a
farmer, died leaving him a family
of FIVE children. The family kept
together after that until last Novem-
Der, when Jennie, the oldest daugh-
ter, went to New York. She re-
turned to her home last
Monday and the next day gave
birth to baby. She confessed the
author of her ruin was her own
father, and furthermore that ever
since the death of her mother, that
two Of her sisters as well, have been
forced by the unnatural father to
accede to his lustful desires.
Stewart has fed for parts unknown.
There is great excitement and indig
nation amongst old neighbors, and
if he is caught they will make it
exceedingly warm for him.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10

Critic have not seen Strutstage
this season.
Actor-My goodness Haven't
you heardi Poor Strutstagel You
know he went out with the "Villain
Still Pursued Her" company, and in
the last act there is a lynching
scene.
eyes. Strutstage played the
villain. Gets strung up in the last
act"
"That's it. Poor fellow He
played it so well that one night, in a
Western town, the audience got so
excited that when the lynching scene
came on they jumped up in their
seats and shot him full of holes. -
New York Weekly.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
A vic of rive nars suicides.

CHICAGO, March 4.-Kate Brown,
wife of only FIVE days, committed
suicide here last night, shooting her
self with revolver. Saturday last
she was married to one Miksa
Brown, and, it is said, dependency
over the fact that she did not marry
her former lover, named Weis, led
her to suicide.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
salaries Reduced.

BIRMINGHAM, March "a gen.
eral reduction of about 10 per cent.
in the wages of furna 20 employees
is being put into effect in this dis
trict. No trouble is apprehended, as
the necessity is generally recog-
nized among the men. Furnaces
are all in blast and the men are pre-
pairing to face the low prices.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
cardinal gibbons Issues a Circular.

BALTIMORE, March 4.-Cardinal
Gibbons has issued circular letter
to archbishops and bishops of the
United States, submitting to them
a proposition suggested by the arch
bishop of New York to celebrate
October II next with solemn re-
hgious observance. The cardinal
adds that he favors the movement.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
violated Anti.I.otterr Law.

PHGNrx, ARIz., March 4.-The
entire edition of the Gazette was
thrown out Of the mails yesterday,
under the anti-lottery law, for print
ing brief account Of the rattle Of a
prize piano at a store. Afterwards
the postmaster rescineded the order
and passed the papers, but suit viii
be brought for detention.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-03-10
RussELLWLLe. POPE COUNTY. Ark. MARCH TO- 1892

Rivera, Argentina. The Brazilian
soldiers are said to be committing
numerous robberies. They are re-
ported to have killed several. Ar
gentine's populace is said to have
taken up arms and arresting the ma
rauders. From Corventes, Argentine,
comes word that provincial troops
revolted, mortally wounding Com
mander Sotileo and one lieutenant.
The insurgents were encamped out
side of the city.