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THE MONROE ADYEETI5ER,
FORSYTH, ODOnOlA.
•FFICIAL ORGAN OP MONROE COUNTY.
BY MoGINTY <t CAB A NIBS.
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The New York Herald, asserts that,
unless the area of wheat growing is
greatly extended in the United States,
we must cease to be a wheat exporting
country before the close of the present
century._
An Indian of full blood named Le
andir Burnett is teaching a public
school with good success in Readmond,
Mich. He is believed to be the first In
d an regularly employed as a teacher of
white children.
Illinois has now been a State for
seventy years, and yet of the fifty-one
members of the present State Senate,
but nineteen were born in the State,
Of 147 House members, but fifty-one
claim Illinois as a birtholace.
Legally, there is no such city as Mem -
phis, Tenn. Some years ago the State
Legislature took away its charter and
named it “The Taxing District of Shel¬
by County.” The citizens are now tired
of this cumbrous name and want tho
right to use their old nani
America has now beaten the world on
skates. Joseph P. Donoghue, the New
York champion, in an international
match at Amsterdam, Holland, covered
two miles in six minutes, twenty four
seconds, which is twenty-one seconds
faster than any time heretofore made.
Commodore Schley, of the United
States Navy, is strongly in favor ol
modern vessels for training ships. He
would like to have two thou aud boys
attached to the school with the ships
allowed to have a roving commission,
for the purpose of visiting all the promi¬
nent sea towns on our coast.
Wool growing has become such an im
portant industry in Colorado, according
to tho New York Graphic , that woolen
mill* are soon to be started in Denver
Tho flocks now number 3,000,000 head,
“tid sheep thrive so much better than
cattle in the occasionally severe winteis
that they are preferred as sto k.
Mr. George T. Angell, of Our Duml
Animals, reminds people caught in eon
flagratious that a wet silk handkerchief
tied over eyes and nose will make
breathing possible in much smoke,and a
blanket wetted and wrapped around the
body will enable a person to pa*s through
a sheet of flame in comparative safety.
Tne New York Times says “there is
but one American city where the people
do not believe in fresh air, and that is
Pittsburg, where the pa k area is con
fined to one and one third a res. The
votiHlttlod city is Washington,
where the open spaces are more numer¬
ous al proportion to the population than
anywhere else in America New York
lore a park area of 121 a res, but 810
of it are in one bio k.”
William II. Pearson, a so'dier in the
late War, who lias been residing for so n
years in Bolivia,has just returned to New
York. In an interview lie said: “i
think the Argentine Confederation. Bo
bvia. Peru, Chili, and, indeed, the entire
section will soon be glad to have Amur
icau proto tio i. Tho feeling of Ameri
-
cans there is that South America will
eventually belong to the United -Rates.
It will bo to thoir commercial interests
to belong to our nation.”
At the Baldwin Locomotive Works in
Pennsylvania a member of the firm
stated that over twelve per rent, of all
the locomotives made by the firm la;
year were e;ported to foreign ountries.
including Mexico, New Zealand, Aus
tralia, Brazil, Cuba, Central Ameri a,
Ecuador and Canada. The works are
now making for the Mexican Inter
Oceanic Railroad, whi h runs from Vera
Cruz to Acapul o, teu of the heaviest
narrow gauge engines over c onstructed.
“Georgia bad an industrial exposition
at Augusta, another at Columbus and a
{■Rate fair at Maeon, all in the same
month and all,” declares the New York
Telegram, “successful.” None of them
showed a deficit in the accounts.
Georgia’s energy and enterprise are
gratifying evidences of the new life
which has come into the South. She sets
an example to her neighbor States which
some of them show a disposition to fol¬
low. The next census should show a
remarkable growth in the industries and
wealth of the South.
The successful issue of the last trial
trip of the new naval vessel Vesuvius
?stablishcs the fact, state the New York
11 arid, that we have the la-reo-d war ship
In the world. In one part of her course
‘he came within a small fraction of mak¬
ing twenty-three knots per hour. If the
Vesuvius excels in ihe other purposes foi
which she is intended as she does in the
natter of speed she will be a wonderfully
ralu&ble possession. With her pneuma¬
tic gun. if everything works well, she
tan destroy other vessels, irrespec’ive of
tize or atrnor, at will.
There are many men in this v oumry
who carry very large amounts of life i Q
-
turance. Among them are John Wana
jnaker, Philadelphia, $600,000; Edwin
Ruth, Chicago, $500,000; Chauncey
M. Depew, New York, $501,000; IJauil
;©n Disston, Philadelphia, $00,
)00; George K. Anderson, New York,
f3?cq000; George K. Anderson, Titus
rille, Penn., $550,000; TV. 1L La-gley,
Jallipolis, Ohio. $300,000; Isidor Cohn
’eld, New York, $’90,000; P. i orillard.
New York, $255,000; Cyrus W. Field,
New York, $250,000.
THE MONROE AI)V. f 'A~ i %YTR. GA • * TUESDAY. MARCH 12. 1880.—EIGHT PAGES.
I
PRESIDENT
HARRISON.
A VERY RAINY DAY JA THh
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
An Immense Gathering of People—
The General’s AddresS Broad and
National—His Reference to
the South—Notes.
The inauguration ceremonies looked
on Sunday as though it would be a fail¬
ure. Alt day long the rain descended in
torrents; men and women, disappointed
and despondent, with gossamers andum
brellas, tramped the streets; train loads
of troops were landed and marched dis¬
maily l h r0Ug ^ the rai V° th / n < J uart ers !
acres of , . bunting sogged with rain; 1 ban¬
ners hung limp and listless, and over all
hung, like a pall, the murky and rain
shedding clouds. The avenues, uotwith.
standing the rain, were a moving mass
of dripping and drunken humanity.
Every few moments the martial music of
arriving troops could be heard, but there
was no quickening of pulses no wel¬
coming cheers, no explosive bursts of
applause at the sight of marched popular stolidly organi¬
zations. The troops
through the mud and rain, with lagging
steps, to the quarters that had been as
signed them; buoying their courage as
in the times of war with the drum beat
and fife blowing. The kid-glove Sunday
soldiery were bedraggled and disap¬
pointed; the hotel lobbies were crowded
with a jabbering, smoking, cursing mass
of politicians. The only people who
were happy were the hotel-keepers and
saloon men. Extensions were put on
every bar, and men who would not brave
the weather contracted headaches for
the morrow.
The visitors to Washington numbered
nearly 200,000, but tho Southern people
were conspicuous by their absence. The
gathering is distinctively Northern and
tho Western. oath of office Gen. Harrison, occupied before the chair taking in
which George Washington sat at his in
auguration, just one hundred years ago.
Every brass headed tack which fastens
its time-wrinkled leather to the aged
polished wood of its frame, and every
quaint carving of its arms and legs tes¬
tify to its ancient dignity. In 1873 this
chair was used at the second term inaug¬
ural ceremonies of Gen. Grant, and in
1881 at the inaugural ceremonies of Gar¬
field.
The closing week of President Cleve¬
land’s stay in the White House was very
trying on both he and Mrs. Cleveland.
Every one of the mauy thousand visitors
in the city were clustered around
tho White House at all times, eager to
get a last shake of the hand of Mr.
Cleveland and a last look at Mrs. Cleve¬
land. Not being able to shake the hand
of Mr. Cleveland, the crowds stood
on the outside of the building hurrahing
aud crying for him to come to the win¬
dow in order that they may get a last
look at him.
Gen. Longstreet is not at all satisfied
with Gen. Harrison’s cabinet selections,
for he thinks the South should have been
recognized. In fact, Gen. Longstreet’s
friends are -of the opinion that he ex¬
pected the 'place himself. He has de¬
cided that he'docs not want the position
of Registrar of tho Treasury, now held
mission, by Gen. Rosecrans, but second prefers a foreign
at least of the class.
It is assumed on all hands that the
cabinet has been finally agreed upon :
Secretary of State, James G. Blaine, of
Maine; Secretary of the Treasury, Wil¬
liam Windom, of Minnesota; Secretary
of War, Redfield Proctor, of Vermont;
Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin F. Tra :
cy, of New York; Secretary of the Inte¬
rior, John W. Noble, of Missouri; Post¬
master General, John Wannamaker, of
Pennsyluania; Attorney General, W. H.
Miller, of Indiana; Secretary of Agri¬
culture, Jeremiah Rusk, of Wisconsin.
The rain continued on Monday. It
simply poured all day, but nevertheless
the ceremonies were grand. It was again
the same scenes iu Washington, the
massing of humanity, rank and file, in
surging crowds, and with the added fea¬
ture bf thousands fringing the roof lines
of the houses, and standing at the win¬
dows. As early as 9 o’clock the crowd
commenced drifting to the capitol
through the wind and rain. None but
those who had tickets could get in, but
they seemed satisfied to stand in the
drenching rain for three long hours, in
order to get a look at the new President.
Inside, as early as 10 o’clock, the Senate
galleries and corridors were packed, and
the floor was well filled. By 11:30 every
inch of space was Jammed. The senators
were all there crowded together on the
Republican side. Senators Brown and
Colquitt were conspicuous figures.
The presidential party was late iu ar¬
riving, and the Senate clock had to be
set back three times, amid applause, in
order that they might point to exactly
noon when the President-elect should
enter the chamber. The swearing in of
Vice-President Morton, his short ad¬
dress, aud the swearing in of the new
Senators, among the number being Sen¬
ator Colquitt; only took about half an
hour. When this was concluded, the
President-elect, and in fact, the entire
assembled crowd, formed iu line and
marched out to the inaugural stand.
When they reached it the wind was
blowing a perfect gale, and the rain was
coming down in torrents, but neverthe¬
less Gen. Harrison decided to brave the
storm, aud with Ms overcoat buttoned
up close around his neck, mt type writ¬
ten speech in his hand, and an umbrella
held over his head by an attendant, ho
proceeded to the elevated stand from
which he was to deliver his address.
Few of the dignitaries braved the storm
outside, and when Gen. Harrison took
the oath from Chief Justice Fuller, and
then unrolled his manuscript and started
reading his address, there was no one Chief on
the stand Fuller* except Mr. Cleveland,
Justice about fifty newspiper
men aud some dozen or more Senators
and Representatives, not a member of the
diplomatic corps, nor was there a single
lady who occupied the inaugural stand.
In fact, there was not a hundred peopl$
on the stand around President Harrison,
However, on the outside there was fuilj
one kuudred thousand saturated people,
pa ked together and covering the emirs
pm space in front of the capitol. This
mmense multitude could hear nothing,
but neyeitheless stood in thi
ram witi out umbrellas until
.he address had been completed.
Ait -r touching on the growth of the na»
t on, the nation's growth, and protectivs
poacy, he referred to the negro in these
wnds: “Is it not quite possible thal
thy farmers and oromA^cs of the uret
mining anl m iwM
wmeh have rece- is
t::e Autc.nsj jc
of working men, the. vft--|
as r:u for a, IS fits needed own. I J r their do not aef<Mr~jgg M|||Hut j|p*
if those men in Hie wh<%
cept the news of Clay and
Uonal expositions of TTebsti 1
courageously avow and defend ll ffjlal
convictions, they would not £c^%Slf*
ncult, by their friendly
co-opeivition, to make the
their efficient and safe ally, not
est.i,dishing correct principles iij" E8
lonal administration, but in pre^Hving
°‘ * r * oca communities the VVLhts
‘
. aI order ttad an^oa.
6 ? C i economical
offirf, TL^ , . i 8t
nf le3 a nd
h ve Kpen ft ll l r i J - * * a a CO»rary
l ■ *
He n aitncretl ™ ^ , £ a ^? . bly *'
tion ‘•I have of wnco Fur ni ed * * u ViV 8 '
a » v ° U lv ® P 0 1 ®! ( ur
seotion S f m mf
t v meth <U a n l ^ mlnis rou ^ b the an mstri d en! ' J tK^
tali ties nint i & r :
PonSffinn * M l a " S enact Pr0 ? ed d , e f ky b ‘
p-ress Thpa’p 1 * iw« ^ 8® nrra , l> ^ ei
i udniinistrntion a. th„!f n T 1 \ zen d be m a UUlfor T n ° “ f nd
1 '
whRf xPPuGvrpw7 lnws h( * 1 ! y Delth . ma 7
f ' wVAnR V WlPen Mf .f° r
Thp clntv CnnsfitlfA tr i t *° f e3ecute e i* ®
lirnem thp t° Q 10 , en ^ ire ^.^|
and th#» wlmip ?, e 0 f i laws enact
j p Th example of
J - rporations
to
1 . S Cr ° S S ,^ 0me s ®Rkh 0,
local 1 ir-il interests Inf P -+a or t prejudices, - is . full o!
danger, not only to the nation at
but much more to those who use this
mcious obligations, expedient to escape their
or to obtain an unjust ad
vantage over others They will
themselvesbe compelled to appeal
oi pro.eetu>u, and those who woaJd^”
the law as a defense, must not deny th..,.,
use of it to others. If our great corpo
rations would more scrupulously obeervs
their legal dmitations and duties, they
would have less cause to complain of D
unlawful limitations of their rights a
violent interference with their operations.
A community that by concert, set et
open, among its citizens denies to a p •
tion of its members their plain rigu.
under the law, has severed the only safe
bond of social order and prosperity. The
evil works from a bad center, both ways.
It demoralizes those who practice it. and
destroys the faith of those who suffer by
it in the efficiency of law as a safe pro*
tector. The man in whose breast that
faith has been darkened, is naturally a
subject of dangerous and uncanny sug
gestions. Those who use unlawful
methods, if moved by no higher motive
than selfishness that prompted them,
may well stop and inquire what is to be
the end of this. An unlawful expedient
cannot become permanent conditions of
government. If the educated and influ
ential classes in a community either
practice or connive at the systematic
violation of laws that seem to them to
cross their convenience, what can they
expect when the lesson, that convenience
or supposed class interest is sufficient?
cause for lawlessness, has been well
learned by the ignorant classes? A com
munity where law is the rule of conduct,
and where courts, not mobs, execute its
penalties, investments Is the only attractive 1WW for
business and honest labor.”
Of the Monroe doctrine he said: “We
have not sought to dominate or to absorb
any of our weaker neighbors, but rather
to aid and encourage them to establish
fr. ud stable governments, resting
ey g| consent of their own people.
ft || a E ? plear European_ right to government expect, there
see'Ft.oJ.stabhsh ^__ wr, colonial dependencies
upon the territory of these independent
American states. That which the sense
of justice restrains us from seeking, they
may be reasonably expected willingly to
forego, it.must Tie assumed, however,
that mir interests are so exclusively
Amencan, that our entire inattention to
any events that may transpire elsewhere
can be taken for granted. Our citizens,
domiciled for the purposes of trade in all
the countries and many of the islands of
the sea, demand, and will have, our ade
quate. care m their personal and commer
cial rights. The necessities of our navy
require convenient coaling stations and
dock and harbor privileges. These and
other trading privileges we will feel free to
obtain only by means that ao not, in any
degree, partake of coercion, however
feeble the government from which we
obtained them by methods and for pur¬
poses entirely consistent with the most
friendly disposition towards all other
powers, our consent will be necessary to
any modification or impairment of con¬
cession. We shall neither fail to respect
the flag of any friendly nation or tha
just rights of its citizens, nor to exact
like treatment for our own. Calmness,
justice and consideration should charac¬
terize *our diplomacy, the offices of
intelligent diplomacy to peaceful adjust¬
ment of all international difficulties. By
such methods we will make our contribu¬
tion to the world’s peace, which no na
tion values more highly, and avoid op
probium, which must fall upon
nations that ruthlessly break it.*
Ihe civil service, the treasury surplus,
pensions, the war ships, the new states,
eleotion laws, etc., were treated in a
terse aud statesmanlike way, and
he wound up in these words i
“I < o not misuust the future. Dangers
have been iu frequent ambush along our
path, but we have uncovered and van*
qui tied them all, passion has swept some
of our communities, but only to give us
demonstration that the great body of ou*
p to pie ars stable, patriotic and law abid¬
ing. No political party can long pursue
an honor, advantage at the expense of public
or by rude and indecent methods,
without protest and fatal disaffr'" " “
its own body. The peaceful agencies of
commerce unit are more fully revealing nec¬
essary of all our communities and
the increasing intercourse of our people
is promoting mutual respect. We shall
find unalloyed pleasure in the revelation
which our next census will make, of the
swift development of great resources oi
some states. Each state will bring its
generous contribution to the great ag¬
gregate of nation's increase and, whe*
♦he harvest from the fields, the cattle
from the hills, and the ores of the earth
shall have been weighed, counted and
valued, we will turn from them all to
crown with higheit honor the state that
has most promoted education, virtue,
justice and patriotism among its people."
The President’s gestures were emphatic
and pertinent, and all the graces of ora¬
tory, of which he is master, were
brought into play effectively. He be¬
came heated after a short time and re¬
moved his overcoat, but kept
his hat on all the time.
Bhort’y after Gen. Harrison had begun
speaking, his family came forward, and
were shown places within the presiden
tial enclosure. Vice-President Morton
and Miss Morton were also present dur
i; g a part of the ceremony but the latter
fainted in the throng and was removed
the vice-president’s room yi the SewHe*
*TI«re the was quickly revived ana taken
home in a carriage. The delivery of th«
address was frequently marked bv loud
app'ause and shouts of approval. Those
in front, who could hear vrhat was said,
began cheering, thcSe which was taken up and
h r too far awar to catch
of the President’s voice.
The reference to Dakota produced con
siderable cheering, but when the Preei
dent spoke of a free ballot, the working
applause was mighty and tremsnd
ous. At the close of the address there
was another outburst of applause, daring
which the President turned around and
kissed his wife and daughters. Tha
crowd, which had all this time surged
back and forth like waves of the sea, wai
gradually formed and the dissolved. President The retraced line hit
steps to the vice-president’s room of the
Senate, escorted by Senator Hoar. Sen
ator Cockrell escorted the retiring Presi
dent to the President's room. Ex-Pres
Ident Cleveland remained in the Presi
dent’s room about five minutes with
aj. Prtiden, one of his secretaries, and
^president’s he joined President Harrison in the
room,
procession was composed of near-
50,000 men. Along line of troops
ad militia and civilian*, with banners
\nd guidons flying in the northern wind,
completely filled the vision. In its
marching step, varying with the time of
numerous bands of music, it seemed to
roll like billows of the seas and always
When the bead of the proces
sion reached the Treasury buildinga halt
was called, and the presidential party,
two carriages, the turned off and drove
White House, through the
hid grounds When a heartv
been taken, the party, with
B of Mr. Cleveland, repaired {resident to
reviewing stand, and the
vice-president <! had which their first view of
pageant in they had
conspicuous a part. The stand
was filled, with the excep
t ; - 0 f seats reserved for the President’s
When the President and vice
teok their places at the front
... they were at once recog
he -owd gathered beneath
u ;aty shout rent the air.
gan immediately after the
arrival, and was indeed a
pectacle, despite the adverse
v .mgs. The President recognized
th ate of each commanding officer by
ra| ing his hat, and he also uncovered
¥/ haad os each flag was dipped in sa
t- Sited e. During colored a lull in the review, an
individual on the side
v^k dbectly below the reviewing party
called for three cheers for Harrison and
Morten. They were given with a lusty
vigor that was really inspiring, and were
followed immediately by three cheers for
Mrs. damson. itigue The President withstood
the of the occasion with rare
goodlirder. odd He took liberal draughts of
ply4|xs beeUea at intervals, and a hot sup
constantly kept on hand for him.
The Inauguration ball room, the inte-:
rior court of the pension building, was a
blaze of lights and beauty. The whole
gtimfcre vras gay with streamers and
festotna of bunting, flags, silk draperies,
flowe’s and colored lights. President
Harriton, Vice-President Morton and la
headel dies nade the procession' of the room,
.^Trough by Buffalo Bill, wffio cleared the
way ^sidential the multitude. At 11:30
the party left the building,
and^mneing was indulged in during the
resfof the night,
LEGITIME SUCCESSFUL.
f,i» burner Wednesday Andes, arrived in New
mailod Vor from Kingston, J,%
f JLiytia^. ports, and brought.
insurrjion. conSctiable intelligence of the Haytiert
The>itu ition at Port-au
Prince** re prosperous'and the natives
gener. w in favor ot Gen. Legitime. A
divisku of Legitime’s army marching
towaren Jalliere, defeated the insurgents
in a figit at Claireur, in which Hippo
ly:e lost four flags, fifty cases of car
tridgei, twelve carbines and ei"ht
horses Gcu. Preus Gaba, chief of the
rebel orces, was killed and many of his
soldier- made prisoners. Since the lat
ter encounter, the captain of (he Andes
says legitime has invariably been suc
cessfu. iu his battles. A few days be
fore tie Andes left Port au Prince, the
rebel lost the following important cities
of th; Noth: LaGrandSaliene,situ
ated oetween St. Marie and Gonaives;
the mmmune of Marmalade as far north
as Emerv, Hioch, St. Michael, Jalliere
*nd fit. Lulzanne.
PASSING STRANGE.
Fcr several years, a strange light has
hovered over a spot On Rocky ridge,
near Mapleton, Pa. It has always been
most brilliant in February. No attempt
to uiravel the mystery was ever made
unti. Thomas H. Logan, A. K. Skippei
and John Grove, reputable citizens oi
Mapleton, repaired to the spot where the
light had been seen and instituted a
cartful search. Being supplied with
pices and shovels, they commenced to
dig away the earth at a secluded spot,
and when at a depth of si c feet, they
i, found the remains of a human body in ?.
hoi; about three feet long. The flesh
hac. long sinca turned to dust, but the
botes were intact. It is believed that a
murder was committed at the place, and
the remaims weTe those of the victim.
Since their discovery the singular light
which- has been seen nightly for years
has disappeared.
AN EFFETE ABDICATES.
!>f King Milan has abdicated the throne
Servia. Crown Prince Alexander was
proclaimed king. Ristich Pratich and
BUlmarkovic will act as regents during
the minority of the king, who was born
August 14, 1876. King Milan, in an
there npuncing his abdication, declared that
would be no change in the rela¬
tions between Servia and Austria. King
Milan will remain commander-in-chief
A Jf the army during his son's minority.
rumor is current that ex-Queen >a
fiiie will return to Servia and take up
her residence at the Kraguycvatz.
GRAND SCENE.
That was a significant scene in the
English House of Commons when the
members, led by Mr. Gladstone, rose tc
salute Mr. Parnell. For the first time
after the conspiracy against him had
jailed, Mr, Parnell rose to address the
House of Commons. Instantly,Mr. Glad
itone rose and bowing profoundly, as if
ihe queen were entering the chamber,
bowed again and again in obeisance to
ihe great Irish leader. The majority of
;he House followed and Mr. Parnell’s
usually immobile face showed how pro
foundiy he waa affected.
FULL-FLEDGED MEMBER.
Hon. ^amuel J. Randu.l, Oi Pennsyl
vania ^ was ’ on Monday, mustered as a
member into the , iai.ks o± the Grand
^ rm J of * he Republic. He served as a
private in a Pennsylvania regiment.
THE NEW CABINET.
The Men Whom President liar,
rison Has Appointed.
Careers of the Members of His
Official Family.
Secretary of State.
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JAMES G. BLAINE.
James Gillespie Blaine has been so long in
public life that his history is an open secret
to every citizen. He was the sou of Ephraim
L. Blaine and Marie Gillespie, and a grand¬
son of Ephraim Blaine, who was the trusted
friend of General Washington aud an officer
in the Continental Army. Mr. Blaine was
born in West Brownsville, Washington
fore County, Penn.,January 31, 1830,and is there¬
Mr. fifty-niue years of age.
Blaine received his first schooling m
reside Lancaster, Ohio, where he went in 1841 to
with a near relative, Thomas Ewing,
then Secretary of the Treasury. He pra
pared for Washington College and was
graduated While from that institution in 1847. '
Blue Lick teaching Springs, in a military school in
venture Ky., which was his first
after graduating from college, Mr.
Blaine met Harriet Staa wood, of Maine, and
after a brief courtship they were married.
Blaine soon removed to Augusta, where he
purchased a half interest in the Kennebec
Journal and became its editor.
Mr. Blaine’s debut in the political arena
dates back to 185G, when he was chosen a dele¬
gate to the first Republican Convention,
which nominated General Fremont for the
editor Presidency. After a short experience as
of the Portland (Me.) Advertiser, Mr.
Blaine launched into a political ca
reer. In 1858 he was elected
member of the Legislature, and served
three terms of two years each, and the last
two terms as Speaker. While in the Legis¬
lature he became Chairman of the State
Committee, which position he held uninter¬
ruptedly for twenty years.
In 1863 Mr. Blaine took his seat in Con¬
gress, where in one branch or the other he
served for eighteen years.
From this on Mr. Blaine’s biography need
scarcely Garfield’s be told. In the brief months of Mr.
of Presidency His Elaine was Secretary
State. memorable fight for suprem¬
acy as a leader of the Republican party with
the late Roscoa Conkling is also too well
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 while bis book recounting his experi
ence in Congress, and, although lie did
not take an active part in politics, he never
loosened his grip as the leader of the Repub¬
lican party.
Mr. Blaine is possessed of an ample fortune
and is a familiar figure in Washington so¬
ciety.
Secretary of Agriculture.
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Jeremiah McLain Rusk, who has been ap¬
point© l Secretary of the newly created De¬
partment of Agriculture, is from Ohio, hav¬
ing been born in Morgan County, in that
State, in 1830. His early life was spent in
farm work, and upon attaining his majority
in 1 Sod he moved to Wisconsin and engaged
iu agriculture in Vernon County.
In 1862, during tha war, h9 entered the
Union Army and was commissioned Major
of the 25th Wisconsin Regiment, rose to the
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and served with
Genera! 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 Sa’kehatchie.
Mr. Rusk was elected Bank Comptroller of
Wisconsin in 1865, 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 TJraguay,
also chief of the Bureau of Engraving and
Print:^>z In 1882tKs both was elected of which Governor offers he of declined. Wiscon¬
sin and served three terms.
Secretary of War.
Redfield Proctor, who, it is said, has beei
given the portifoho of the War Department
is a native of Vermont and wa 3 at one tim
Governor o-- the State. Among the reason
given for the recognition by tbs new J resi
dent of the Green Mountain State in Cab'n^
counsels are, first, the eminence of Ex-Gov
ernor Proctor iu his party, it teini
stated that he virtually controls the parti
m his own State, and, second, the fare tha
he, as the chairman of the Vermont dele 'a
tion to the Chicago Convention, last year
was head of the only delegation in the wholt
body which voted solidly for Harrison first
last and all the time.
Ex-Governor Proctor has ail his life beet
engaged in “trade,’ - being in every to~sm' s^n- (
a self-made man, who has managed
together a respectable fortune in t
State that is not noted for being burdened
with wealth. He lives at Pro-tor
a town founded by him, and which is .situa¬
ted a few miles from Rutland. He is ii
practical . control of the whole output of th<
1 ermont marble quarr.es, and is one of th;
largest dealers in that commoditv in th;
Unite; 1 States.
At his home at Proctor he is a farmer on f
‘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 tha
reputation of being a “square man.”
The Attorney-General.
(V'i ♦am Henry Harrison Miller is a typi¬
cal lm-una lawyer of high standing. He' is
ufty Hamsom yews of age. and member of General
taw firm in Indianapolis for
ass « jssssar es Jajsavrs. rss
Mr. Mill©,' has never held a prominent
public office and IVashingtrm^He enters fiTrather
new under experience in
tue nevdium heignt, of average build
h® a Western man by birth and educ-a
b°n. A n°ugh he 13 named after the first
Fresident Harmon, the grandfather of his
thief, it is nowhere stated that there is ' any
family connection between them. - -
The Postmaster-General.
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John Wanamaker.the Postmaster-General,
is now in lis fifty-second year, having been
born in Philadelphia. July 11, 1837. Mr.
Y'anamaker is of German stock on his
father's side and a descendant of the Hugue¬
nots in his mother’s line. He was fashioned
for a business career by an inexorable law of
circumstances, His education was, there
fore, not elaborate.
He began work early and from his meagre
earnings managed ai ways to save something
each had week, till at the age of twenty-throe he
? 100 to his credit. A lucky investment
in real estate increased this amount to $2000,
thus enabling him to start a clothing store
on iiis off!) account. He soon rose to be ou6
of the leading clothiers in this country, and
afterward gradually converted the business
into Ijhe drygoods line.
His appearance in business was almost
simultaneous with his advent into public life.
He became identified with every popular
movement, and when the Centennial Cele¬
bration Commission was created his was one
of the first names mentioned. He was alsc
prominently identified with tho movement
for the correction of the abuses in the muni¬
cipal Mr. government of Philadelphia.
Wanamakeris a man of very chari¬
table instincts and dispenses his bounty
with a tree and unstinted hand. He has es¬
tablished several institutions for the benefit
of the poor in Philadelphia. Although Mr.
AVauamaker has always taken a commend¬
able interest in public affairs he has never
held any office. He has been frequently so¬
licited to permit tha use of his name for
Congress and Mayor of Philadelphia, but
has never been induced to yield.
In religious movements Mr. Wanamaker
takes a lively interest. He is an active mem
ter of a Presbyterian community and often
speaks at church gatherings. Beside the in¬
terest derived from his vast business, Mr.
Wanamaker owns $3,000.0011 worth of real
estate. He was an earnest pleader in the
cause of Protection during the last campaign
and contributed largely to tho election ex
pens IS.
Secretary of the Treasury.
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WILLIAM WINDOW.
Ex-Senator William Windom, appointee
Secretary of the Treasury, has filled tbal
responsible position before, having been
chosen by President Garfield in 1881. Hav¬
ing lived many years in Minnesota and hav
ing represented Senate for that three State in the popular United
States terms, the
impression is wa?* t-hdLite is a native Belmont of that State,
wherei'is he born in County,
Ohio, May 10, 1837.
After graduating f Vernon, at an Ohio, academy and he studied
law at Mount was ad
mitted to the bar in 185). Being of a gon al
disposition and possessing some legal ability,
he was made prosecuting attorney fa
Knox County in 1852. He hold th
position until 1855, when he remover
to Minnesota. Soon after his ar¬
rival in that State he decided to mi:
politics with his law business, and very soor
became a prominent figure in the Republicai
ranks, and in 1859 his party sent him ti
Congress. He served from 185!) to 1869, twi
term- as Chairman of the Committee oi
Indian Affairs.
In 1870 he was appointed to the Unitei
States Senate to fill the unexpired term o
Daniel S. Norton, deceased, and subsequently
was chosen for the term that ended in 1871
He 1883, was again resigned elected for the term that closer
in but in 1881 to enter th
Cabinet of President Garfield as Secretary o
the Treasury.
Upon the accession of President Arthur ii
the from same the Cabinet. year Secretary Upon Windom retire!
his return to Min
nesota the Legislature of that State electee
him to serve tue remainder of his term iu th;
Senate. In that ho ly Mr. Windom acted a:
Chairman of the Committee on Appropria
tions, f oreign Affairs an l Transportation.
Within the past few years ex-Senator
Windom has made New York city his head¬
quarters, being engaged in the promotion o!
railway and financial schemes.
Secretary of the Navy.
General Benjamin F. Tracy, who, it is
thought, wjil be the new Secretary of the
-Navy, is about fifty-nine years old. He wac
Lorn in Oswego, the N. Y., and secured his edu
cation m common school of his native
town. After leaving the Oswego Academy
he entered the law office of Nathaniel W.
Davis, where he remained engaged in
the study of law until 1S51, when he
was admitted to the bar and soon made a
mark in h s profession. In 1858 he became
the Republican candidate for District At¬
torney Democratic of Tioga County, and though it was
Two later stronghold he he was elected.
jears office. was again elected to the
same
He was elected to the Assembly in 1861
and a year later he recruited the 109th and
137th Regiments and received his commis¬
sion as Colonel of the former regiment from
Governor Morgan. He subsequently was
tendered and accepted the command of the
i27th T mted States Colored Troops.
After the war General Tracy settled in
lew York and resumed his practice of the
Jaw as one of the firm of Benedict, Tracy &
Benedict. He was one of the counsel for the
defens- in the celebrated Beecher triaL It
1846 General Tracy was made United States
District-Attorney trict for the Eastern Dis¬
of New York, which posi¬
tion he held until 1873, when he was forced
to res;gn because of tha growth of his private
practice. In 1881 he was appointed Judgt
of the Court of Appeals and served one year.
General Tracy is a well-known breeder of
trotters and with his son owns the Marshland
stud, at Apalachin, Tioga County, N. Y.
Secretary of the Interior.
General John W, Noble, the Secretary el
the Interior, is a St. Louis lawyer. He was
a general in the army and was honored on
several occasions for bravery. Mr. Noble
has done a great deal of traveling during tha
past ten years of his life, and has a wide
knowledge of people and things. His man¬
ners are very refined, and ha has never yet
been seen to lose the cool dignity which he
learned so well to control during the years
of anny servica
Mrs. Noble was a Miss Halstead, from
General Rochester, N. Y., and was married to the
at Northamton, Mass. They cele¬
brated their silver wedding on the 6th day oi
February last. Mrs. Noble's life has been
one of energy thoughout. She has frequently literary
brought out and developed home W. T. Har¬
talent. Shortly before Professor
ris left the West he was associated with her
in establishing classes for thorough study of
the classics.
Mrs. Noble’s salon bas been frequented by
talent of the highest order. While not fond
oi' society, as the word goes, she entertains a
great deal, and as a hostess is unequaled ic
children grace and living; hospitable manner. She has nc
her two sisters make their
home with her. the Misses Lily and Leonora
Halstead.
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AM) PR OGRES A IMPENDING.
IMF. LABOR FIKLO -FAUMEV.8 AND !H HIM'.SS MF
ACTIVE—SOMETHING ABOUT UAII UOAD ACC .
DENTS, Ml’HDEUS, SUICIDES, FISKS, Et *
A I .ABA.UA.
A sheeting affrr.y occurred in Mont¬
gomery v>n Tuesday night, in which mortally a
negro, Bill Jackson, was
wounded. A few minutes after the shoot¬
ing, Richard Clark, from Georgia, aud i
asm of Judge Clark, of the superio
jail court of Georgia, went to the county
and surrendered himself to the sher¬
iff, saying that he was implicated in the
Jacks, shooting. It seems that the negro, Bill v
n, was met by Clark and another
jouug man, W. J. Taylor; some words
1 asset!, and the shot was lived. The no
gro says he was shot by Taylor, (.'lark
refused to make any statement, further
than that he was present when the ne¬
gro was shot. It i< stated that the cause
of the fatal difficulty was in the fact that
the negro had insulted a h'ghly respect
able lady, a cousin >f Taylc '-.
At the oipitol in Mo!g^B».Ty, on' >
Tuesday, the Southern Quarantine Con¬
ference was called to order by l)r.
Jerome Cochran, state health efficet
of Al bania, An address of welcome
was delivered t y Governor S, ' a -Y'
on behalf of tho people of Ala¬
bama and the city of Montgomery.
\isitors not duly appointed as delegate*
were invited to participate in the pro¬
ceedings, except as to volin The fol
lowing states were well represented in
the conference: 1 Mnbiiina, Georgia^
Florida, Mississippi, i m essee, Texas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, iili Carolina,
Soil’ll Carolina and I Ilia s. The con
fereuce presents as fine a l ■ of men
in appearance in evt i assn d in the
South. Dr. John B. Ilamilnut, Surgeon
General United Slut man hospital
service, and Dr. Uiorge M. -u-nsbi rger,
of Baltimore, Md., were m ng the dis¬
tinguished vi-itors.
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Peter Morris, tin oldeS? pilot on the
river, drowned himself at Columbus ou
Wednesday.
The Georgia College of Eclectic Medi¬
cine and Surgery of Atlanta, graduated
18 new doctors on Tu< -day.
Sam Murchison murdered Richard
Mitchell on Monday, four miles l'ro.M
Savannah. Both were colored. Murcia
ison escaped.
Nearly 200 converts to Morn^ Sui^H
parsed through Atlanta Moimmi^^w^H^ on
' ha-ge of several
for Salt Lake City,
are to follow. I
An employe ol I'MHHHH
work in the >..:■!
1 eime A: -T- -
was stuiek 1 ,e,
amputated.
The Woodward ordinance of Atha
subjecting minors tp a fine when pleice^
enter a liquor saloon, seems to *
public. The saleou men < *pt< ■’ T 11 *
pieased, and display placards, warning
minors to keep out.
John A. Wimpy, Jr., blew his brains
out with a Smith & Wesson revolver at
his father’s residence in Decatur, on
Tuesday night. The suicide wn- a son
Col. .John A. Wimpy, the well kiiP"*"
attorney of Atlanta, and was 21 ycarrur -
age. For several years ho I t , b< n a
consumptive, and for two years pa i, the
disease has been hurrying him toward
the grave.
William F. Buford, a citizen of Nor¬
wood, dropped dead in tiro ordinary’s
office at Warreuton on Monday. Mr.
Buford came in on business, which he
had attended to aud was preparing to
leave when he was suddenly attacked
with a very acute pain in the right lung.
He stepped across the street over to Dr.
Hubert’s office to get something to allay
the pain. While the doctor was prepar¬
ing him tho medicine he fell to the floor
dead.
Judge AcLms, Van Epps of Atlantain sentenc¬
ing Ed who was convicted of
carrying concealed deadly weapons,s;iid :
“I confess I feel yory little sympathy
with any defendant convicted of carry¬
ing concealed deadly weapons. The war
is over and the proclamation has gone
forth from the bench of almost every
rourt in Georgia that Georgians must
disarm. When this shall be accompiish
sd hip-pocket murders will be of rare oc
eurrenee.”
A freight train on the Brunswick &>
Western Railroad was ditched a mile
from Willingham, on Wednesday, Four
box cars were demolished and the pas¬
senger train delayed all night. A pas¬
senger train fr< m Brunswick ran off the
track three miles below W ay cross. It
was a short train, with two coaches and
baggage car. T. c engine had just
reached a trestle. The two coaches were
thrown down an embankment and fell
upon their side. Several persons were
injured.
A shooting scrape occurred at Cordelo
on Monday, between two negroes, Henry
Chambers and Abe West, in which West
was kilied. The two had been gambling,
and a difference arose over which they
quarreled all morning. At dinner time
West was telling the woman with whom
he boarded about his (roubles with
Chambers, when the other negro walked
in. lie pulled hia pistol—-a thirty-eiaht
calibre Smith & Wesson -and, whh tho
remark, “You have been build zing mo
long enough, ’ began shooting at 'Vest," - "
and killed him.
LOUISIANA.
Fire on Wednesday morning at the
corner of Con tie and Derbigny small streets,
New Orleans, destroyed ten $15,000. cot* A
tages. Loss estimated at
fire broke out a few hours after in a cot¬
tage on Cbippeway street, and spread
to~ four adjoining cottages, all of which
were destroyed, causing a loss of $3,000.
Tuesday was bright and balmy in New
Orleans, and Mighty Rex treated his sub¬
jects to a delightful day’s pleasure. The
display made was one of the most bril¬
liant pageants ever witnessed. The sub¬
ject illustrated was “Treasures of the
Earth.” The procession was led by
household troops mounted, followed by
the minister of Bceuf Gras, who was at- z
tended by a mounted guard. The k'mg’s that
car was the first of nineteen cars
were in line. It was respslendent with
jewels and emblems of all nations, The
second car represented cornucopia; third,
pearls; fourth, rubies; fifth, silver;
sixth, opal; seventh, fruit; eighth, crys
tals; ninth, iron; tenth, marble; elev
;nth, copper; twelfth, diamonds; thir
teenth, sapphire; fourteenth, ivory: fit
ieenth, gold; sixteenth, amethyst;
seventeenth, emeralds; eighteenth,
cineteeulib. shells.