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Show lUt-iMinsinr.sr ci.i:vi:i.ixi) Er:ilir-ilon I.rllrr -urrrnius tho I'nrnierV Allluure PlTTsnur.o, May 11. A special from riteulieinille, O., says that a few weeks ani the corri-iiondlng "ecntary of a l-ca! lodge of the Fanners' Alt! nice wrote to ex-President ex-President ('lev. land, cni-loMng a copy of the declaration of purposes of the Alliaiitv, and a-kiug Cleveland's Cleve-land's views th teon; also oil the protective tariff Cleveland has replied re-plied at some length. 1 11 the course of his litter he sa.ts that tlie indifference indif-ference the faruur-i of tho country hae shown to the adjustment of tlie tariff system, and the ease witli whicli they have teen led away from a sober consideration of their needs and right", have excited hit surprise, ritrucgle as they may he S3 s the fanneri muxt continue to lu purchaseis and eonsunitis of uumlicrless thing enhanced In cost by the tariff. Surely they have a right to insist tha' this last shall not be increased for the piHTicse of collecting col-lecting uuueees-ory revenue or to give undue ndvatiliigo to domestic manufacturer'. The plea that tlie infant industries need a protection which impviri-!nii the farmers and consumers is in vew of our national advantages nml skill ami the ingenuity in-genuity of our 1 fple, a hollow pretext pre-text The plaiiribie pretext of the blisiug of a home market should not deceive, the Impoverished agriculturists. agri-culturists. There is no market for them En hi.h dA-s not take ILs instructions in-structions from the seuboard, and the seaboard transmits tlie word of the foreign mirkels. Mr. Cleveland expresses the lcf-sure at seeing tho farmers arou-lng themselxes to tariff reform. Nm.Hpus. Danville, N.V.,May 11. Frank Strickm, an employe of the T. Whitman Whit-man Paper Company, is down with malignant siu.dliox, caught from infected fu.eign rags In the mill. Relatives and friends nttendeil him a wetk lufre thedaugerous nslure of Ills case was known, and over fifty iiersonsw.reexpoeeii to theuls-en-e. UN thought the small'MX will spread an J beconiban epidemic and the eople are wild with fear and excitement. Injnrjr f rtitrrt ner-jlmrlt. P.Mtis, May II. Sara Ileruhardt is ill. In the prison scene In "Jeanne D'Arc" a splinter entered herkiieeaud adaugeruus iullamma-tiou iullamma-tiou has sit in. nrstriietlnn or Closernment Trop-erly. Trop-erly. Willett"s Point, Ij- I., May 11. A fire at the Tort last night destroyed lliu jwntoon house, containing con-taining government properly valued nl $S0,-J . it includes a number of fish torp-doe-, .a base-line transit, valued nt $.ta,(M9, and muih pontoon material. letter ad vices received tonight are tn the 1 ffect that much more valuable valu-able proiwrty was destroyed than first repotted. The fire burned for fiie hours. The loss Is uovr estimated esti-mated to lw nearly half a million, periiajH mor-. The lose line transit destroyisl was the only one In the United SUites. The I.lqtlor Tmfllr. St. Ixiris, May 10. In the Southern Methodist Conference today, to-day, Judge Kait, of Tennessee, iu-trcHluceil iu-trcHluceil a resolution condemning tlie tratll c in and use of liquor, aud holding tl.r.t legal prohibition i" a duty of the government. Dr. Whitehead, of Virginia, opposed it. "We have no right," said lie, "under "un-der the law aud constitution of Unchurch, Un-church, to take nny position in regard re-gard to civil laws. While I am its firm in my belief in temperance as any man, 1 do not believe that, as "a church, we have a right to make any utterances on the subject.'' sub-ject.'' Alter a lengthy debate the resolution'', reso-lution'', as referred to the committee. commit-tee. Paaseneer Hale Cut!ln-r. Chicago, May 10. Tho failure to forma trafflcngrcemintwasfollowed today by open bo-tHit!e, the Alton cutting (lassenger rates to Kansas City, on the plea that Its competitors competi-tors had been doing tlie same, by paying conimtftJous. The Alton does not intend to stop on pass engr rates, but will pull down the freight rates, if necessary, to force that issue. Some of tlie lines hope yet to bring the Wisconsin Central into line, and thus avert trouble. A Banker'. Will. JjONDON, May 10. The will of the late Junius Spencer Morgan, the American banker, lias been admitted to probate. The value of the estate is 5,022,054. Handsome legacies and bequests are left to Morgan's partners, employes and servants and the remainder is divided between the memlx-rs of his family, the only chanUblebetiuest being soraeX4,C.t to the Hartford Hospital. |