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NEW YORK’S DEMOCRATS.
A TICKET NOMINATED AND A
PLATFORM ADOPTED.
F rank Rice for Secretary of State—
Edward Wemple Renominated for
Comptroller—Elliot Danford the Can
didate for State Treasurer—Charles
A. Tabor for Attorney General, John
Bogart for Engineer, and Denms
O’Brien for Judge.
Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. I.—About 11
oVl( ifk this morning the Alhambra rink, in
which the democratic state convention was
to be held, was thrown open, and delegates
and visitors began to stroll in. The hall was
prettily decorated with flags and bunting,
At 12:15 o’clock Edward Murphy, Jr., as
chairman of the state committee, called the
convention to order and announced the
action of the state committee in nominat
i g Edward J. Jones for temporary
chairman. The committee’s action was
unanimously adopted and a committee
was appointed to escort Mr. Jones to the
f liair. On his appearance on the platform
there was loud cheering. When it had sub
side i Mr. Jones began his speech. He was
frequently applauded. His allusion to the
name of Grover Cleveland evoked hearty
cheering, which was continued for nearly a
minute. At the point in the
s eecri where the words, “I am
a democrat” occur there was also
wild cheering. The speech was listened to
attentively, and at the finish the lieutenaut
g vernor was again cordially cheered.
The secretary then called the roll of dele
gates. The usual committees were then
appointed and a recess was taken until 5
o'clock.
The convention reassembled at 5:45
o’clock. The piatfortn was adopted. A
resolution of sympathy with Gladstone and
Parnell was adopted.
THE NOMINEES.
Ex-Assemblyman Frauk Rice of Ontario
county was then made the nominee for sec
retary of state. Edward Wemple, the
present incumbent, was renominated for
comptroller; Hon. Elliott Dauforth was
l oininatod for state treasurer; Charles A.
Tabor, tho present incumbent, was renomi
nated to he attorney general; John Bogart
for state engineer and surveyor, and Dennis
O’Brien for e urt of appeals judge. The
convention then adjourned sine die.
THE PLATFORM.
Tho pl itforia says:
The Democratic party of the state of New
York, in convention assembled, renews the
pledges of its fidelity to the democratic faith
and reaffirms the dortrines of the national plat
!'< rir. of 1888, adopted at St. Louis. YVe have not
advocated, and, we do not advocate, free trade,
but we steadfastly advocate the principles of
tariff reform, b lieviag that adherence to the
richt alone carries in itself a certainty of
triumph. We heartily indorse the honest,
fear], ss administration of the national govern
ment by Grover Cleveland.
2. We charge that the Republican party at
tlie last federal election obtained tile power in
the nation hy corruption and false pretenses,
by intimidation and coercion of voters, by
p O' ! ii. s unperformed and pledges unre
deemed. and by shameless trafficking of the
cabinet and other offices in its gift to the
highest bidders; and, though its candidates by
tuese unscrupulous means received more titan
half the votes of the electoral college, its doc
trines and principles were repudiated by a ma
jority of the voter* of the country. We arraign
the chief executive of the United States for dis
graceful violation of the pledge contained in
liis P iter of acceptance, to-wit: “In appoint
ments to every grade and department, fitness
aid not party service should be the essential
un i discriminating test, and fidelity and effi
ciency the only sure tenure of office,” in that,
not in exceptional instances but with sweeping
hand he has removed hundreds of honest and
capable officers before the expiration of the
terms for which they were appointed.
DOWN ON TRUSTS.
3. Maintaining as heretofore that improper
combinations of capital, which limit produc
tion. fix tiie price of commodities regardless
of the cost of production, reduce the
wages of labor and crush out small,
independent dealers, and thus strangle
1-ultimate competition, are conspiracies. We
demand legislation to prevent such combina
tions. We point to the fact that while the last
two republican legislatures have defeated all
ad itiotial legislation desirable for their com
jilete oppression, tit- legal department of the
state, mill rd inocratic administration, has in
stituted and carried to a successful issue litiga
tion having the destruction of such conspiracies
as its aim.
The fourth section arraigns the late re
publican legislature for imposing the
heaviest state taxes in both rate and
amounts since 1875.
TUB LIQUOR PLANK.
•’). We do not favor unrestricted sale of in
tox tenting liquors on one baud nor prohibition
on the ot her. We believe that the liquor traffic
should be restrained and regulated by just and
euuilable excise laws, rigidly enforced, which
* a " s , >n their operation, should be substantially
uniform throughout the state. We be
hrv all excise revenues, wheth r called license
lees i,I- taxes, should belong to the local
treasuries of the localities tinder whose author
ity tlie licenses are issued, to be applied in
reducing the burden of local taxation. We are
opp ed to all sumptuary legislation that need
lessiy interferes with personal liberty or
reasonable customs of tlie people. YVe "favor
the largest liberty for the individual citizen
consistent with the public welfare. We
oppos; tlie passage of the prohibition
a ui'iiilment upon which the next legislature
[. "'fared to act, and we denounce tlie hypoc
i|'V of the Republican party of this state and
the states of Massachusetts, Rhode island anil
i ennsvlvania, in submitting, or proposing to
= i omit, prohibition amendments, only to defeat
' ''! u the pells. We arraign the Republican
1 “ > tor its dishonest treatment of the temper
ui e,' question. We point to the fact that, an excise
".omission, in its majority largely republican,
a upon the recommendation of a democratic
ii"'iT u i Jr 111 appointed by the legislature
i: to revise the excise law, and thereby to
1 ire a just and projier solution of the tem-
P-ionce question; that this commission,
'insisting of seven members, five of
11111 "ere republicans, reported a measure
"n as the “excise commission bill”: that
os measure was supported by the democratic
t.v ~ rs of the legislature, but was repudiated
the republican legislators, who, in its stead,
faksed a bill extreme in its character, illiberal
• ns provisions and unjust in its discrimina
drafted for tho sole purpose of securing
tem utlve disapproval, in order that the
. -.‘P ranee question should continue to be an
j. >u political contests. Such dishonesty and
we denounce as a breach of faith
.; 1 tue people. The Republican party, loudly
i; Claiming itself as favoring higher license
I , : designedly ignores the fact that the excise
lion ‘i l t!le Clt -ies, towns, and villages of flve
iiis of the counties ot the state are un ier re
in lcan control, and that with the sanction and
■ 1 oval of the republican leaderesuch boards
nose scarcely one-third of the amount of
Permuted under the existing laws. We be
i.,.. ” 1,1:11111 this matter reform should begin at
c. ‘r.’.. vv ,” denounce their utterances, so in
• , S i e , rit , wtth their acts, as additional proofs
be dishonesty with which the Republican
Grty treats the question.
f electoral reform.
tiimuTf. Dom ° c ™tic party renews its declara
ni<'b 1 , i, ra ' or °? electoral reform. We demand
~, . ~ ln °nr election laws as will more
ci rrn. ,1 y T 0 ™ 01 ' 1 eecresy of the ballot, stop
t i,n ami' ,nat th ? P" l,B ‘ and prevent intimija
i :ai<.ro ~C or/ 'l * J l, l on °* electors. The republican
n -ilsiirM to enact a just and reasonable
b>’ o t t J hl \ last • e " ion of the legislature.
rraviG ead . ■ tl ? reot a bill containing
cVfecGvl T blc , h were unconstitutional, grossly
Object of,'u?. Iy impracticable, and otherwise
uSi i'i' aiid w ?‘ ch properly met with
iaanif t i i tcH^ 3appru> ; aL Ita Insincerity was
t> cmu2 . **■ subsequent refusal
sxmrine^hnii & . ny .different measure for
cron a five ! ot ref P rm - w earnestly insist
toe ace m e Ti >l i. re * Dd untnunmeled ballot, and to
• accomplisument of that end will favor any
fhe JHofning Ifoto#.
reasonable and practicable measure which is
free from constitutional and other radical de
fects, and lias for its true and honest purpose
seoresy of the ballot and eradication of the
evils of corruption, bribery and intimidation at
elections.
The seventh paragraph arraigns the R>
putdican party for treason to the constitu
ti n, and the eighth o: poses needless special
legislation. The ninth and last indorses
the administration of Gov. Hill.
MARYLAND’S REPUBLICANS.
An Outline of the Platform—An Off
Year in Politics.
Westminster, Mil, Oct. I.—The repub
lican state convention to nominate a candi
date for comptroller of the treasury met
here at 12 o’clock this afternoon. Daniel E.
Conklin, as chairman of the stats central
committee, called the convention to order.
After the reading of the list of and legates,
Dr. Jacob J. Weaver, Jr., of Carroll county
was made temporary chairman, and
Capt. Frank G-. Duhurst of Baltimore
temporary secretary. The committee on
credentials and permanent organization,
consisting of one member from etch county
and the legislative district of Baltimore,
was formed. Noe mte-it of delegates was
pending, and in order to facilitate business,
by uuauimous consent of the convention
the committee on resolutions was then
named.
THE PLATFORM.
In forming the platform the resolutions
introduced this afternoon were referred to
the committee on resolutions. These reso
lutions favor:
1. The enactment of a registration and
election iaw which embraces the salient
features of the Australian ballot system.
2. Restriction and regulation of the liquor
traffic; virtually high license.
3. A reassessment of property through
out the state, the last one being made in
1876.
4. Colored teachers being employed in all
the colored schools, and the extension of
educational facilities for colored people and
higher education for their race. It de
nounces the alleged systematic attempts to
disfranchise ana intimidate the negro.
5. Restriction of the privileges granted
by the state to oyster dredgers, who are de
pleting tiie Chesapeake oyster beds.
At 12:40 o’clock the convention ad journed
until 2 o’clock.
The convention reassembled at 2:30
o’clock.
Henry G. Stockbridge of Baltimore was
ma le permanent chairman.
The platform was ad ipted without amend
ment, as reported from the committee.
George L. Wellington of Alleghany
county was nominated for state comptroller
by a unanimous vote, no other candidate
being name I, and at 3:30 o’clock the con
vention adjourned.
NEW STATES AT THE POLLS.
The Contest in the Two Dakotas a
Very Lively One.
St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 1. —Elections in
the four new states have been held to-day,
and voters have given expression to their
political views, a sort of announcement of
birth. The prese t indications are that the
vote has been a full one.
The capital light in South Dakota and
Washington called out a few voters who
might otherwise have been clas-ed as stay
at-homers, while the ciosene s of tho state
acted in a similar way in Montana. Work
was not by any means abandoned for votes,
Sunday-school children in Aberdeen, S. D.,
marching in procession during the day to
influence the vote on the prohibition
amendment. -
THE CONTEST FOR THE CAPITAL,
Those towns in South Dakota which were
not themselves capital aspirants, were Ailed
with workers fur the contesting cities. The
two Dakotas had been conceded to tho re
publicans early in the day, the point to be
settled being only as to the majority. In
terest in North D kota was ceu ered on
prohibition, tho friends of which were
hopeful, and tlie district judgeships. Also
ihore was much interest in tho legislature
as regards its feelings for or against the
senatorial candidacy' of ex-Governo. 8
Pierce and Ordwnv. In the Dakotas the
questions to be decided were:
THE QUESTIONS TO BE DECIDED.
In South Dakota—State and legislative
officers, two congressmen, and judges; also
voting on the constitution, ou the prohibi
tion clause, the clause for minority repre
sentation in the legislature, and on the
temporary location of the state capital.
North Dakota voted for the ; ame officers,
and also on a constitution and the prohiui
tion clause therein.
Tue length of the tickets will cause much
delay in collecting the re, urns.
SCATTERING RETURNS.
Thus far scattering returns only have
been received. But these indicate tho elec
tion of their state tickets in tho tw Dako
tas by the republicans, and tue choice of a
majority of the legislature in the southern
stato by that party. In North Dakota the
legislature may be close. There is no doubt
that the constitutions will be rati
fied. Some towns bitterly op
posed the location of the institutions
in the constitution, as was done in North
Dakota. La Kota was one of these towns,
and the vote tuere against the c institution
is 60 in the same precincts which report a
total vote of 95. In South Dakota the re
turns thus far reported on capiial location
are from points far removed, and Pierre,
Watertown, Huron and Sioux Falls are
leading, with the votes a little in favor of
Pierre.
PROHIBITION ADOPTED.
St. Paul, Sept. 3,1 a. m.—Later returns
received by the Pioneer Press indicate the
adoption of the prohibi ion proposition in
South Dakota ad the defeat of the clause
for minority representation, both of wliic i
had been submitted by the constitutional
convention.
From North Dakota the present returns
indicate the election of fourteen republicans
to the legislature and two democrats, the
other districts not yet having been heard
from.
, IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
A Pioneer Press special from Tacoma,
W. T.,says: "From the meager returns
received from this and adjoining couuti -s it
seems that the vote will be larger than was
ever before cast in the territory. The in
dications ail point to the election of
Ferry and the entire republican
state ticket, including Wilson for congress,
by a majority averaging 4,000. Scratching
was general on both tickets throughout the
state. The complexion of the legislature
must remain in dmibt until the vote is fully
counted, as the battle was concentrated on
that field. The separate articles to the con
stitution embracing the pr 'hihito, y and
woman suffrage plants are unquestionably
defeated by a large maiority. The consti
tution will be ratified, but not by the
majority its supporters thought it would
obtain.
A REVIEW FROM NORTH DAKOTA.
The Pioneer Press’ Bismarck (N. D.) cor
respondent gives the following revie v ot
the situation at 11 o’clock: "At this hour
few returns from the state at large have
been received. In Burleigh county the re
publican majority on the siae ticket is 400,
or 100 m excess of the largest estimate. The
republican legislative ticket in this county
SAVANNAH, GA.,*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1889.
has been elected by majorities rang
ing from 100 to 150. Winchester,
rep., carries the district for judge,
but runs 1,000 behind the state ticket, ln
Morton eou lty the state legislative ticket
is elected, and in Stark county, where there
was a shmp fight, the republican legisla
tive ticket is elected. Ii the Kidder-E n
mons district the same is true, thirteen re
publican candidates for the legislature iu
the Bismarck district being elected.
Prohibition is defeated iu Burleigh
county by 400 majority, and in the counties
of the Missouri slope by 1,500 majority.
The only lawyer candidate for the state
Senate, J. 8. Frye (rep.), of Jamestown,
seems to be defeated by his strong inde
pendent opponent, Bailey Fuller. Lamour
county elected the republican candiiates to
the lertsltture. It lo >ks n was if 10,000
republican majority is sure."
MONTANA CLAIMED BY THE DEMOCRATS.
Helena, Mont., Oct. I.—Since last
night the feeling throughout Montana was
that the democrats would carry the state.
Bulletins received from all important
points to-day and this evening con
firmed this feeling, and at 6
o'clock to-night, when the polls closed,
the democratic managers claim the state,
while not venturing on figures in this city.
The republicans scratched the ticket badiy
while the dem crats voted straight. The same
reports come from all over the territory,
save in Choteau county where it is thought
Toole, dem., will ruu behind Power, rep.,
for governor.
The election was conducted under the
Australian law, and to the surprise of every
one tile votes were polled very rapidly,
nearly all the voting being done by noon.
Reports Pom all sections of the territory
indicate that there was no disorder of any
kind. In the city scarcely a man
was seen under the influence of liquor,
and there were no attempts at illegal
voting. The Australian balloting system
proved, so far as heard from, a complete
success. The ticket is a long one and it will
be late before sufficient returns are in to
know the result on governor and congress
man.
BISMARCK’S OFFICIAL COUNT.
Bismarck, N. D., Oct. I.—The official
count for the city shows an average
majority for the republican ticket of 163.
Private telegrams from 25 legislative dis
tricts show ihe election of 67 members of
tbe legislature favorable to Gilbert A.
Pierce for the United States Senate.
Four more aro known to be for Pierce in
safe republican counties, giving him 71
votes sure out of a total of 92 in both
houses. Eleven county precincts and the
city of Bismarck give a majority of 449
against prohibition. The constitution is
carried almost solidly.
PROHIBITION CARRIED.
Bell Rapids, S. D , Oct. I.—Prohibition
is carried by 143. Sioux Falls has 148 for
the capital against Pierre’s 76.
A REPUBLICAN LOSS.
Yankton, S. D., Oct. I.—The republican
majority here will be light. Reports from
Hutchinson countv indicate a sweeping de
crease in the republican majority, if not a
small democratic ajority.
TRAILL COUNTY REPUBLICAN.
Hillsboro, N. D., Oct. I.—Traill county
will go republican strong, but prohi ition
is very doubtful. Full return! caunot be
had to-night.
CONGRESS OF THE AMERICAS.
Lively Debates Expected—Wanted in
the South.
Washington, Uct. 1. —All the United
States commissioners to tho American con
gress are protectionists, and favor steam
ship subsidies as a means of promoting
trade between the United States and other
American countries. They were carefully
selected by the President and Secretary
Blaine to that end, but private conversa
tion with some of the South American dele
gates elicits the fact that they favor greater
freedom of trade as preferable as a means
to tbe end desired. There is likely to be
some spirited discussion in the debates of
the congress.
INVITED TO NASHVILLE.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. I.—The direct
ors of the Ladies’ Hermitage Association
to-day sent the following telegram:
Nashville, Tenn 4 ., Oct. 1,1889.
Hon. James O. Blaine, Washington:
The lady reg ntsof tbe Hermitage Associa
tion respectfully request you and tbe honor
able delegates of the international congress to
visit the home and haunts of the immortal
Jackson. Accept our hospitality, and enjoy an
old time Gen. Jackson possum barbecue.
Mrs. D. R. Dorris. Secretary.
PENSACOLA VERY PERSISTENT.
Pensacola, Fla., Oct. At a meeting
of the b nrd of city commissioners held to
day, Mayor Chi pie. 4 was instructed to com
municate with tiie mayors of Montgomery,
Birmingham, Nashville, New Orleans, Mo
bile, Savannah, Jacksonville and other
cities to induce a joint effort to have the
presently arranged route of the foreign
delegates to the inter-American congress so
changed as to include the important cities
of tho south and guif ports.
CHASED BY A WRONGED GIRL.
A Faithless Lover Forced to Wed at
the Point of a Revolver.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 1. —Harper Graf
ton was arrested to-day for seduction on a
warrant sworn out by Carrie Ida Cass of
Kansas City, Kan. The sheriff had a long
se ;rch for Graftbn, and finally found him
in a suburb of this city and brought him
back on a train. At the rail way station Miss
Cass, her f itlior and brother ware awaiting
the faithless lover’s return. They were all
armed, the girl with a revolve 4 and tin two
man with shotguns. The sheriff anticipated
trouble, and running his prisoner through
the tram the two alighted from the rear
car and started on a run for the jail. The
Cass party followed them, shooti g as they
ran, hut inflicted no injuries on tbe fugi
tive.
WOUNDED AT THE JAIL.
At the jail the sheriff had some trouble in
opening the g ite, and Miss Cass, who led
her father a id brotaer in the race, had ap
proached witnln a few feet of Grafton,
when she opened fire with her revolver,
wounding him in the arm. Finally the
sheriff s icceeded in opening the gate, and
placed tho pris >ner behind the bars. The
injured girl and her father and brother
requested an interview with the sheriff,
and before long it was agreed that a mar
riage between Miss Cag! and Grafton
should be brought about. A minister was
sent for and tho ceremony was per/ormeii
iu short order.
Mrs. Grafton then withdrew the com
plaint against her husband, and the newly
wedded pair left tbe jail apparently satis
fied with the end of their romantic court
ship.
A Creditor’s Petition Dismissed.
Worcester, Mass., Oct. I.—Judge W.
T. Forbes of the court of insolve icy has
di -missed tbe creditor’s petition in the case
of tue Shawmut National Bank of Boston
against the Douglas Ax Manufacturing
Company. All pr ceedings in the cass are
vacated and stayed, and the injunction
issued on Sept. 7 "is and ism is ed. Trio war
rant issued to the messenger to take posses
sion of tne p mglas Ax Manufacturing
Company and keep the same until further
ordure from the court is also revoked.
WALKER MUST (ip TO SEA
A NEW MAN TO Bdi READ OF THE
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
Secretary Tracy Explains That the
Commodore la Relieved Because He
Has Been Eight Years on Shore Duty
and the Secretary Does Not Care to
Set a Precedent of Longer Service.
Washington, Oot. L— Secretary Tracy
has relieved Commodore John O. Walker
from the head of the bureau of navigation
of the navy department. The text of the
order is as follows:
Sir—You will proceed to the navy yard at
New York, confer with the commandant, anil
hoist your flag on board the ('im ago as an act
ing rear admiral, comtnauder iu-chiof of the
squadron of evolution. Y’ou wnl prepare the
squadron for sea with ail proper dispatch,
and when in all respects ready, you
will sail for Europe ani assume com
inand of the European staiion until further
orders. The squadron will for the
present consist of the Chicago. Atlanta,
Boston and Yorktown, to which tne Enterprise
will be added upon your arrival within t e
limits of the European station. When vou have
hoisted your flag you will return t > Washing
ton, and temporarily resume your present
duties in the nary department.
Bknjamim F. Tracy,
Secretary of the Navy,
WHY HE 18 RELIEVED.
Secretary Tracy says that the relief of
Commodore Walker grew out of no per
sonal or official differs cos between himself
and the commodore. Tue officer has been
eight years at the head of tho navigation
bureau, and his time would soon|expire. To
reappoint him for aaother term would mean
continuous service on shore and in the
department for twelve years, a precedent
which the secretary does not dare to estab
lish. The vessels which will bo under Com
modore \\%lker’s command are the pick of
the navy, and in fact, with the exception of
the Charleston and Baltimore, which have
not bee.i accepted, they represent all of the
new navy.
NAVY YARD MATERIALS.
Opening of the Bids for Supplying
Machines and Tools.
Washington, Oct. 1. —At the navy de
partment to-day bids were opened for sup
plying the machines and tools required for
the construction department at the Ports
mouth, Va., navy yard, the material for
the monitor Amphrite at the s .me yard,
the machine tools required for tbo New
York uavy yard and the steel plates
for the battle 6hip Texas, building
at the Portsmouth, Va., yard. There -were
fifty-one classes in the schedule for the Now
York yard, comprising large ongiue lathes,
drills, punches, and a large number ot
tools of the most modern type, such os
electrical drills so arranged as to be
movable to different points of the works, a
system of power transmission by wire rope,
etet.
STEEL PLATES FOR THE TEXAS.
For tho Bteel plates for the Texas there
were but two bidders —the Linden Steel
Company and Carnegie, Phipps & Co.—the
first named firm bidding lower at $43,532
for 256 tons of protective deck plates, and
$78,438 for 415 tons of similar plate for the
middle layers and redoubts. On the other
items there were many bidders, and it will
require some time to pick out the successful
ones, as certain formalities have been neg
lected in cases.
VALUE OF TWO OLD VESSELS.
Tbe naval inspection board which ap
praised tbe Qninnebaug and Juniata at New
York and Portsmouth, N. H., have fixed
the value of the vessels at about $16,000
and SIO,OOO, respectively.
GERONIMO'S INDIANS.
Gov. Fowle Objects to Their Transfer
to His State.
Washington, Oot. I.— Secretary Proc
tor has received a latter from Gov. Fowle
of North Carolina, objecti ig iu very decis
ive terms to tho transfer of Chief Goronimo
and his band of Apaches from their present
location at Mt. Vernon barracks, Ala., to a
tract of land in North Carolina. Tne secre
tary said this morning that Gov. Fowle in
formed him that he would reach Washing
ton to-day, aud talk over the matter per
sonally.
NO IMMEDIATE CHANGE.
The secretary also intimated that the de
partment will probably take no immediate
steps toward the transfer, in view of the
nearne.-s of the session of congress, during
which tne case will undoubtedly be dis
cussed. He added that he tiad been told by
medical officers of the army that it would
be exceedingly dangerous to move the
Indiaus at this time of the year, owing to
their extreme susceptibility to lung disease.
They have become well acclimated to Mt.
Vernon, aud a sudden cna .ge of climate
might be too much for their health.
DEBT OP THE NATION.
The Statement Just Issued Shows a
Decrease of $13,085,094.
WASHINGTON, Oct. I.—The debt state
ment issued tj-day makes the following
showing:
Decrease of national debt during
September $ 13.685.091 25
Decrease since June 30,1889 6,591,090 49
Total cash in treasury C 37.540.53) 61
Total interest bearing debt 872,502,261 *2
Total debt of all kinds 1,630,775,848 82
Total debt, less available cred
its 1,070,055,530 98
Legal tender notes outstanding. 346,081,010 00
Certificates of deposit outstand
ing 15,275.000 00
Gold certificates outst aiding... 116,07 ~319 00
Silver certificates outstanding.. 270,619.716 00
Fractional currency 0,910,690 47
OUB NEW PETREL.
The Inspection Board Reports That
the is All Right.
Washington, Oct. I.—The inspection
board, of which Commodore Skerrett is
president, ha3 reported to Secretary Tracy
that the gunboat Petrel, just completed at
Baltimore, complies with the contract re
quirements in the matters of construction,
material and equipment. The next step
will be the formal acceptance of the vessel
by the government, which a ill follow when
the buna i chiefs have indorsed the report.
Twenty New Postmasters.
Washington, Oct I.—Twenty appoint
ments of postmasters are announced to-day.
Of these, one was reappointed. Of the other
nineteen the vacancies were created by re
moval. Only one was southern, Je-se H.
Gant, at Cleveland, Team, vice James E.
tturguine, removed.
Purchases of Bonds.
Washington, Oct I.—The bond offer
ings to-day aggr gated $418,659, ail of
wnich were accepted at 137 for 4s, and
105% for 4%5.
Richmond’s Railway Receivership.
Richmond, Va., Oct L—The application
for a receiver for the street railways of this
city was c ntinued or tbo judge of the
chancery court until Thursday.
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT’S REPORT
What Ho Says About Working Girls
In Southern Cities.
Washington, Oct. I.—Commissioner
Carroll 1). Wright devotes the last report
of the bureau (now department) of labor, just
out, to the working women in large cities
as special subjects for investigation, taking
those in tweuty-two cities of the country.
The three southeastern cities selected
were Savannah, Atlanta and C arleston.
The report is filled with interesting infor
mation. In speaking of the general condi
tion of the working women, it says:
SAVANNAH.
Industrial pursuits are aim ist closed to girls
in Sava nali, | a tly because of a lingering
prejudice against the entrance of woman into
the struggle for livelihood, ami partly because
the chief industry of the city—the bavin*,
handling and shipping of cotton-alforda no
scope for the employment of women.
In the dry goods stores, however, girls are
largely employed, and they are also to be found
in a few boohbiuderies and, bakeries In dress
making establishments, and in the cotton mill.
The laundries here, as elsewhere throughout the
south, are almost monopolize I by colored help.
The cost of living Is rather hign iu Savannah,
hut actual want is rare. The no ties are sepa
rate frame dwellings, and are well sit uated and
comfortable. The sewerage is good and th ’
sanitary conditions generally we 1 cared for.
The health of the girls is good, and their educa
tion above the average in neighboring eities.
The conditions under which the girls work in
dry-goods stores are genera'ly favorable, ex
cept In the particular of late hours. The gen
eral rule in the city is lo keep the stores open
until Bor 9 o'clock every evening, aud until 10
or 11 o'clock on Saturday evening. The rela
tions between the girls and their employers are
most kindly, and restrictions and discontent are
extremely rare.
Parochial schools are a feature of educational
life In Savannah, and are recognized mid partly
supported under the public school s>stem.
Church altendauce is general among the work
ing girls, and moral standards are high.
ATLANTA.
No better type of the new south could he
selected than Atlanta. Manufactures of all de
scriptions ere springing up, and one necessi
tates another. The large patent-medicine In
dustry caused the establishment of glass works;
bag manufacturers foun 1 it cheaper to make
than to buy their material, and opened a cot
ton mill; and such reciprocal interest* are nu
merous.
More working people own homes than in any
southern city visited in the course of this inves
tigation. Kents are cheap, especially in the
suburbs beyund the limits of city taxes; but
the children of families who li e b-yond the
city limils are not admitted to the city schools,
and, as the educationa system of the country
is ineltlcient, great illiteracy exists among the
working girls. Their moral couditiori also leaves
much to be desired.
The cost of living is comparatively high, owing
to the fact that Georgia tanners ge lerally raise
only cotton and buy their food. Meats, fruits,
grains, butter, etc., are largely brought from
other states. Wages, except In the dry-goods
stores, are generally low. In some stores the
women receive 80 per cent, as much salary as
the men clerks. The most kindly sentiments
exist between employers and their employes.
Many shops possess no accommodations what
ever for the coinfort of the employed.
With the erection of better business
blocks these evils will doubtless be
remedied, the employer being considerate
of the women he employs. Great complaint is
heard, however, of the ineo p te ce and
shlftlessnoss of the girls, of iheir inability to
learn to do tine work, of their unreliability and
absenteeism. Home manufacturers, being dis
couraged by this class of help, have gone
elsewhere. Northern women imported for
dressmaking or millinery receive rnoro than
double the pay of the native-born.
CHARLESTON.
In no other southern city has the exclusion of
women from business been so rigid and the tra
dition that respectability is forfeited by manual
labor so influential and powerful. Proud and
well-born women have practiced groat self
denial at ill-paid conventional pursuits in prefer
ence to independence in untrodden paths The
euibargo agaiusl self-support lias to some ex
tent been lifted, and were there more occu
pations open to wo nen the rush to avail them
selves of them would show how ineffective the
old traditions have become. The special
feature, then, of Charleston shops
is the well-born, well-educated girl
side by side in the least attractive pursuits with
the ‘'cracker.'’ They are religious and respect
able, and receive from their employers the con
sideration due to good conduct and efficiency
Pay is small for men, and naturally lower far
women; hours of labor are not excessive, and
shop conditions are favorable. The dressina -
mg industry, elsewhere the special sphere of
working girls, is conduct and almost wholly by
colored women. The few manufactures which
exist are mainly due to the enterprise of for
eigners, the native-born citizen not always
1 laving the means to develop the resources of
his city.
MATTHEWS’ SUCCESSOR.
An Appointment Not to be Made Be
fore Congress Meets.
Washington, Oct. t. —lt is extremely
probable, if not altogether certain, that no
appointment to fill the vacancy on the
supreme court bench caused by the
death of Justice Matthews will be
made until after the assembling
of congress. The court will be in session
only a few weeks b 'fore congress meets,
and since Judge Rutledge of South Carolina
failed to secure confirmation as a justice of
the supreme court, aid was obliged to
vacate his seat in consequence, no justice
has taken his place until c nfirmed by the
Senate.
NO PRESSING EMERGENCY.
There i-i no pressing emergency demand
ing that a change from this custom shall bo
made, aud therefore no appointment is
likely to be made until December. Not
withstanding the statements that Attorney
General Miller has been selected for tbe
place, it can be safely asserted that no ten
der of the vacant justiceship has yet been
made to any one. The P esident has had
the matter under consideration ever since
the vacancy occurred, and only to-day he
had a talk with Jndge Mar.ston of Michigan
about the appointment.
DOUGLASS NOT OF HIS KIND.
Oapt. Shephard Relieved from Com
mand of the Kearaarge.
Washington, Oct. I.—Secretary Tracy
rather unexpectedly relieved Capt. Shep
hard from the command of the Kea-sarge,
which sailed for Hayti this morning carry
ing Minister Douglass, and replaced him by
Commander W. H. Whiting. No explana
tion is furnished at the uavy department
for the change. Secretary Tracy denies
that Capt- Shephard refused to sail with
Minister Douglass, and the understanding
Ls that his relief grew out of a difficulty
concerning cabin accommodations.
SALUTED AS HE STARTED.
New York, Oct. I.—Tbe newly appointed
minister to Hayti, Frederick Douglass, and
party sailed for tue West Indian I-Panda on
the United States ship Ketraarge from tbe
Brooklyn navy yard ttiis m irning. Tho
customary salute of fifteen guns was fired
in honor of the minister.
POWER OF THE BALTIMORE,
It Fall* Thirty-Three Short of the Con
tract Requirement of 9,000.
Washington, Oct. I.— Rumors have
reached the navy department that the re
sult of the engineers’ computations of the
horse power developed by the cruiser Balti
more on her last trial show that she fell
short of hor ooutrai t requirements of 9,000
by just thirty-three horse power. No
official report on the subject, however, has
yet been received.
BRIN’S TRQU3LE3.
Farm Laborer* of County Clare In
censed Against the Farmers.
Dublin, Oct. I.—The farm laborers of
County Clare are indigna tat the farmers,
who, they claim, are using tbe national
league for their own profit, while they
oppose in every way the interests of the
laborers. A meeting lias been held by the
laborers, at which it was resolved to form a
laborers’ league aud to demand power to
elect representatives to the local boards.
HKALY’a STATEMENT CONDEMNED.
Canon Griffin of County Cork lias writteu
a loiter sovei ely condemning the statome ns
made by Timothy Healv at a recent meet
ing of the Dublin biancli of the national
league, that denunciation by Secretary Bal
four of tbe Catholic uuivers ty
scheme was a bitter blow to
those seeking to consolidate the power
of England at the vatlcau against the Irish
nationalists, and that the leading object of
the mission of Mgr. Persico to Iretaud was
to muzzle tiie Irish ecclesiastic!.
Canon Griffin vays tbat Mr. Healy’s re
marks we.e grossly insulting, and that
should such language roach the Vatican it
must teach the pepo what to expect it men
like Healy ever get in power in Ireland.
Canon Griffin declares that it looks very
much like a schism in the churen when
Catholics applaud such utterances as tliuse
of Mr. Healy.
CHAMBERLAIN ON THB STUMP.
London, Oct. I.—Mr Chamberlain ad
dressed a meeting at Newcastle to-day. He
taunted the home rulers for making no
serious effort to meet the dissidents in tlieir
arguments, ami said that if the home rulers
warned to win the next election they must
nut call the dissidents traitors and rene
gades, but must fairly argue aud show that
meu who hud committed no fault except
tbat of being unable iu twenty-four hours,
at tbe bidding of oue man, to repudiate all
their previous principles, wore wrong. If
the Glmistoniati! wished dissidents to alter
their principles, they would have to con
vince them that the liberal policy of tbe
past generation was inapplicable, impossible
or ineffectual.
BURKE AND THE BONDS.
The Major Decllnea to Talk Further by
Gable.
London, Oct. I.—Maj. E. A. Burke, ox
treasurer of Louisiana, declines to enter
into any further controversy by cable re
garding the alleged irregularities ln Louis
iana bonds. Ho says he holds himself
responsible if there is anything really
wrong. He was unable to complete his
business in ti i.e to sail for home on tbe
Etruria. He lias tukou passage by the
Teutonic, which soils from Liverpool to
morrow.
BURKE INDICTED.
New Orleans, La., Oct. I.—The grand
jury of the parish of Orleans met to-day
and investigated the state bond fraud. Tbe
session lasted for four hours, and uine in
dictments were found against some person
or poisons, charged with fraud and embez
zlement. No names nre given, but it seems
to be well understood that ex-Treasurer E.
A. Burke is the party in each case.
BOULANGER OUT OF MONEY.
He Will Beside at the lale of Jersey to
Economize.
London, Oct. 1. —It is reported that Gen.
Boulanger will leave London and take up
bis residence in tbe Isle of Jersey. It is
said tuat the change is due to his deaire to
reduce his expenses, as the persons who
have been furnishing him with financial
support are refusing to continuu to supply
him with money. He has had u quarrel
with Henri Rochefort. M. Rochefort will
visit Egypt and past the winter there un
less be is granted" amnesty by the French
government.
QUEBEC’S LAND-SLIDE.
The Department of Public Works Re
sents the Verdict.
Ottawa, Oct. 1. —The dominion depart
ment ot public works vigorously condemned
the verdict of the coroner’s jury at the
inquest on the bodies of the victims of the
Quebec land slide, as based on false i rem
ises. The officials state that ihe Quebec en
gin. er, in bis report of 1881, made an
alter ative recommendation to build a re
vetment wall, which plan was faithfully
carried out, and tuat by his omission to re
fer to this alternative plan he misled the
jury-
GERMANY’S EMPEROR.
Ho and the Empresß Warmly Wel
comed at Bcbwarin.
Berlin, Oct. I.—Emperor William and
the empress have arrived at Schwerin,
where they are the guests of the Grand
Duko of Mecklenburg. The grand duke
and grand duchess received them at the
railway station, and were driven with them
in a < arriage to the castle amid the pealing
of bells and tbe enthusiastic cheers of the
crowd which had gathered to welcomo them.
Rotterdam’s Strike Still On.
Rotterdam, Oot. I.—Representatives of
the shippers and strikers ha Ia conference
to-day winch lasted six hours, but which
was without result. The shippers’ com
mittee will meet the masters and others for
the purpose of considering the strikers’
demands. Afterwa and the strikers will i.oUl
a meeting to consider the proposals of the
shippers.
The masters announce their willingness
to adva mo wages, but they are opposed to
double pay for Sunday work.
Mexican Mention.
City of Mexico, Oct. I.—Tbe state of
Chihuahua is financially embarrassed, tiie
government being unable to meet its obli
gations.
Tbe late storm caused terrible havoc at
Islas Del Carmen. Twelve foreign sailing
vessels, two steamers and twenty coasters
were lost. Campeche also suffered heavily,
Servla’a Election.
Belgrade, Oct. I.—Full official returns
of the elections for mem tiers of the Servian
skuptchina show that 102 radicals aud 15
liberals have been elected. The total nu ü
ber of votes cast for the radical candidates
throughout the country was 158,165, and
for the liberal candidates 21,874.
To Leave Dartmouth.
Hanover, N. H., Oot. 1. —Thirty of the
fifty-three juuiors propose to leave Dart
mouth college becau e one of their olass was
turned i.ut for smashing the door of a fresh
man’s room.
A French Paper to be Prosecuted.
Paris, Oct. 1. —Tbe government will
prosecute the Intransigeant for asserting
that fuuds belonging to the war office were
used in carrying the recent elections.
Meeting of the Reichstag.
Berlin, Oct. I.—The Official Gazette
prints a decree calling the reicustag in ses
sion Oct. 22.
, DAILY, MO A YE4R. I
J 5 CENTS \ COPY. V
] WEEKLY $1 * A YEAR, f
HOMES FI’KL FOR FLAMES
FORTY-ONE RESIDENCES BURNED
AT GRAND HAVEN.
The Blaze Began Just as the Day Wa*
Born—Three Churches and a Fine
Hotel Also ln Ruins—The Total Lose
$600,000, With a Fair Amount of
Itsuranoe.
Detroit, Miuil, Oct I.—A special to
the Journal from Grand Hawn sayss
“A large part and the best part of the resi
dence portio i of this city was wiped out by
a great fire. The Ure was die
covered at 1 o’clock this morning. Th*
flames spread with great rapidity. The
fire department and the herculean efforts of
the citizens could not do much to stay th*
spread of the flames.
SOME OF THE BUILDINOS BURNED.
"Among the buildings burned are the fol
lowing; Cutler house, one df the best hotels
in Michigan; the residence of Dwigbt
Cutler, a beautiful place filled with ex
quisite furniture, valuable pictures and
works of art; tbe residences of Mis. Slavton
i. A. Parris, O. D. Sauford, Capt McCul
lom and A. S. Kedsle.
THREE CHURCHES DESTROYED.
“Three churches were burned—tbe First
Reformed, Unitarian and Methodist. Be
sides these there were thirty residence!. No
lives were lost. The sweep of the fire in
cluded both sides of Main street from Slay
tou’s grocery, where the fire origina ed, to
Akely Institute, and everything in its path
' vaa "/ped out The total loss is about
fftOO.OUO, with a fair amount of insurance.
Iho total number of buildings burned is 51.”
A CORNER IN PORK.
Attorneys Bring the Matter into Court
at Chicago.
Chicago, 111., Oct. l.—The rumors of
a corner in October pork, which have been
flying around for several days, had a cer
tain c lor given them this morning when
Attorn ys Brishee, Aherns and Docker ap
peared before Juigi-s Tuley and Collins iu
the latter’s chamber, and asked for an in
junction to restrain the chief inspector of
the board of trade and” the com nittee of
the board on provisions inspeerions from
i suing certificates declaring pi rk packed u
October to be mercha .table aud standard.
WHO THE COMPLAINANT IS.
Tho complainant who as ted for the in
junction was VV\ 8. Wallace, of the firm of
•Sawyer, Wallace & Cos., large New York
commission men. Mr. Wallace avers that
he has contracts for large amounts of Oc
tober pork; that, u ider the rule as it now
s auds, pork parked during this mo ith is
not deliverable until it has remained inc rid
storage, and that men who have
sold the complainant Octo er pork,
being short, are geek ug this
moans to fill their contracts. On liehalf of
the defendants, it is admitted tuat this >ork
must remaiu 1 1 cold storage thirty days, but
they contend that it is and livet able on con
tracts, and declare that to rule otherwise
would inflict a hards lip on the "shorts,”
because the complainant is running a eornor
in Octob.r Dork.
The judges took tho matter under advise
ment.
MURDER AT OKLAHOMA CITY.
A Gambler Kills a Contractor Who
Had Just Built Him a Hotel.
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. I.—A special from
Oainesville, Tex., says: “W. O. Woods, a
Fort Worth gambler, shot and killed W. H.
Shuck, a building contractor, in Oklahoma
Citv yesterday. The trouble arose about a
difference in a settlement on a hotel
Shuok had just completed in Oklahoma
for Woods. Woods str ick Shuck over
tbe head with a heavy cane. Shuck fell
back and endeavored to draw a revolver,
when be wis shot dead by Woods,
who fired two shots, one of which entered
the right side and passed out at the left
breast, going through the heart. Wood*
was taken in charge by United States
troops. Both men have families.”
A CALIFORNIA BLAZE.
Building After Building Burned at
Cambria.
San Luis, Cai.., Oct. I.—The village of
Cambria, in the northwestern part of this
county, was almost entirely destroyed by
fire yesterday, as there was little water at
hand and almost no fire service. Building
after building was consumed by the fire
before the contents could e removed. No
lives were lost. Tho pnstofflqe and telegraph
and exp oss offices were t tally destroyed.
Tiie total loss is about $125,000. Tue insur
ance is about $12,000. Tbe cause of the
fire is unknown.
A FEVER LADEN BARK.
One of Her Crew Jumped Overboard
While . Ick.
New York, Oct. I.—The bark Jane Law,
eight days overdue from Havana, arrived
to-lay. It was learned that yellow fever
had been on board the vessel. One of the
sailors, a G rmau 30 years'' old, was sick
from it for seven days, and then escaped
from hi- confinement aid disappeared. He
is supposed to have jumped overtioard.
Two other sqilors were stricken by the
fever, but recovered. The bark is quaran
tined.
IDENTIFY OF A SUICIDE.
His Name Found scratched on a Piece
of Looking-Glass.
Richmond, Va., Oct. I.—On Sept. 16 the
body of a mau was found in Oikwood cem
etery, with a pistol near by with one cham
ber empty. Ineffectual efforts have been
made to ascertain the name of the suicide.
To-day a piece of looking-glass was found
near tho spot, with the following words
scratched on the back: “My name is John
Boweu of Baltimore.”
Virginia's Temperance Women.
Harrisonburg, Va., Oct. I.— The state
conve tion of the Woman's Christian Tem
perance Union met he e to-day. The attend
ance was large and comp >sed of earnest
and talented women fro ui different parts of
the state.
Infection of the Reota.
Baltimore, Md., Oct. I.—There are two
more cases of chagres fever re*x> toil on the
British steamer Recta. This makes ten of
the crew in all stricken with fever. No
deaths have been reported.
Belmont to Ship Gold.
New YonK, Oot. I.—August Belmont
has ordered $590,000 in gold for export. The
assay office does not know where the gold is
to be shipped. Belmont & Cos. also refute
any information ab ut it.
Gladstone Recovering.
London, Oct. L —Mr. Gladstone is re
covering from his cold, though he is still
outlined to his room.
