Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 21, 1881, Page 1

? E ! e .’f\ \ )v Le i\ ‘ ) \ ) St \ (| | A 4 § l \ | ] | 4 I IAN D s The Half-Breeds United as One Man, and OConfldent of , i The Ballet at Albane. National Associated Press by Ausaxy, N. Y. Juno20.—Phe joint convention of the legislature resumed Real Estate EXCHANGE v~ 16th & Douglas 8ts., OMAHA, NEB. 4000 IO o sason cacn [+ HOUSES AND LOTS, 250 #3475 to $18,000 each 500 B e o, $500 to §10,000 each. 200 FARMS 900'000 ACRES LAND 12 000 ACRES IN DOUGLAS (:‘ouh"n! 7’000 ACRES IN SARPY COUNTY LARGE AMOUN "0 Suburban Property, (N ONE, TEN, TWENTY OR FORTY-ACRE LOTS, WITHIN ONE TO FIVE MILES FROM POSTOFFICE. $250,000 TO LOAN AT 8 Per Cent. NEW MAPS OF OMAHA, PUBLISHED BY THIS AGENCY, 25c¢ each; Mounted, $1. Fr ; Houses Stores, Farms, Lots, Lands, Offices, Rooms, ete., etc,, TO RENT OR LEASE. Taxes Paid, Rents Collected, Deeds, Mort; , and all Kinds of Real Hatate Documents Made Out at Short Notice, This agency does strictly a Brokerage business. Does not te, and therefore any bargains on ite books are in- trons instead or ' 'being gobbled up by the agent. \sured to its £2CALL AND GET CIRCULARS and FULL #PARTICULARS at BEMIS' Real Esate Exchange, . 16r4 AND DOUGLAS 8T8, OmMANA' - i Hotels, THE BOSS BREAK. A Fatal Stampede of Stalwarts Expected Bre the Day A Desperate Bffort Made to Maintain a Selid, Un- broken Front. Victory. N EE Scandal Soraps from Albany. its session at noon, The ballot for a successor to Conkling résulted: Conk- ling 23, Wheeler 23, Jacobs 24, Lap ham 16, Bradley 1, Folger 1, Cornell 3, Crowley 1. Total 03, The ballot for a successor to Platt: Depew 37, Kernan 25, Oornell 6, Platt 21, Crowley 3, Folger I. Total 03. After the ballot a motion was made for adjournment, Robertsen opposed £d Samanded thE ayes and na The motion carried, ayes 53, nay A Dull Day. National Associated Press. ALBANY, June 20.—There were no new developments in either the bri- | bery charges or senatoridl contests to- day. Everything in both matters seems to be in suspense awaiting the reception of the investigation com- mittee’s report to-morrow, Much in- terest centres in the testimony which it is expected Davenport will give morrow in relation to Strahen's testi- mony about the marshalship. It is [ rumored that Davenport intends going for the stalwarts by telling some inside stories about the way in which he alleges, they manipulated Strahen's incident to produce a faise effect i public opinion against the adminis- tration. The proceedings before the grand jury to-day amounted tc nothing, Ed. help gave them what is admitted to be a satistactory account: of the $10- 000 and 82,500 checks which Blake, of Kinmore, cashed for him. A. D. Barber was also before the jury, and his statements in regard to the charg- es of bribery of members of the as- sembly by card playing in his rooms was accepted as. satisfactory -and he was allowed to. go. without 'further trouble. S 4 THE COMING BREAK. Aupaxy, June'20.—Conkling ar- rived at 10:10 o'cl to-night. Neither Arthur nor Platt g&e there. It is rumored that Senator Baker and Bramer will break away from the stalwarts by Wednesday and take with them: to the half-breeds four other stalwarts.y The stalwarts to- night admit that if the half-breeds had secured a second ballot to-day they would have gained four stalwarts. The stalwarts have called a conference for to-morrow evening to take steps to hold their men together. The break now talked about is something likely to occur at any time, owing, mainly, to the impatience of members to get home, The half-breeds, if a | full vote is present to-morrow, will get sixteen more votes than hereto- fore. Ex-Vice President Wheeler left the city to-day. He told an administra- tion member they could, under no no arcumstances, afford now to allow Depew to be beaten. He advised a combination, if possible, on Cornell and Depew. Grant Explains. National Associated Press. New York, June 20.—Gen. Grant and ex-Senators Conkling and Platt left the Fifth Avenue hotel at an early hour to-day and proceeded down town on business. Conkling's friends stated that his presence would not be required 1 Albany for the present, and he will thus be afforded an oppor- tunity for attending to some legal business in this city, for which he has been retained. Gen. Grant's de- parture was almost unnoticed and he appeared desirous to escape observa- tion. To some friends who called on Grant, the latter stated that his visit to | 8 the city this time seemed to have been misunderstood in some directions. He came on private business merely. With re to the senatorial question he took a lively interest in the strug- gle, and while his warmest sympathies were with Conkling, in the contest he did not intend, as has been stated in some quarters, to take any active part in the conflict. His position on the gllutinn was fully understood by onkling and his friends. General Grant will leave for Long Branch Wednesday evening, but will return to New York City in July and attend to business. The general, when asked this evening if it was true as re- ported tnat he had been in correspon- dence with Garfield in regard to the present senatorial struggle, said: “It 18 true that I received s letter from Garfield before I left Mexico,which the press of business prevented me from responding to. {l was couched in very courteous, kind and polite terms and was an expression of General Gar- field's views. It was in reality an an- swer to my views as expressed in a let- ter to Senator Jones, 1 am prepar- ing a reply to it, which T shall forward to the president | ““When completed, will you give it | out for publication’” ““No, sir, I will send it to Gen, Gar- field, and he can do with it as he chooses,” “Have you any objections to let- ting the press copy the letter you re- ceived from the president,” “I don't consider that I have any right to do so, aud if either of the let- ters reach the public press, Garfield must give them out. have no ob- jection whatever to their publication, and Mr. Garfield has my free and full consent to have them published. It rests entirely with him. The general aaid he had nothing to | take back in any interview on the senatorial question already published. He thought Conkling and Platt have both been badly treated and should be | re-elected. “‘bdo not think the pres- | idont has shown them that courteay which belongs to them. If I had been i Garfield's place I should have advised with the senators before mak ing such important appointment as the collector of the port of Now York, “Was that your custom when yon | were inthe White House 7" | “Yes, except in regard to Senator Sumner, who was continually tinding fault with my administration, He antaggnized me in _every possible way and thereby lost claim to senatorial courtesy.” - The Star-Route Ring. Washington Special to The Inter Ove: The very latest bitof news which has | been ciret the t 48 hours f ation of Mr Dorsey and his show to what straits the ringsters are placed for comfort. The news would " be highly important if it was true, Word had been along the linc that to-morrow morning ident will | ask Postuaster- for his resignation. 'nur* shadow | of foundation for the , but as| long as such will. the contractors’ breasts it worth while to deny them. So much has been printed about ru- mored di ments in sthe cabinet for the {)urpm of influencing the pub- lic mind, that many uninformed per- | sons are actually of the opinion that there musat be some foundation for the stories. 8o far as thé prosecution of | the star route cases are concerned all of the members of the. cabinet are agreed that no stone should he left unturned to discover whether the gov- ernment has been swindled or not, and if frauds had been committed that their authors shall be soverely ‘pun- ished. There is not a shadow of dis- cord or difference of opinion among the president’s advisors on the subject. The president, the attorney general, and the postmaster general are work- ing in completest accord on this sub- ject, and n{l reports to the contrary ot o hope in | is hardly | are totally false. Mr. MacVeagh seems to have been singled out by the members of the ring and their friends as a target for maliciously untrue state- ments. He is the person most dreaded by the culprits, and they lose no op- portunity of striking at him. The statement that he wrote a letter to a Philule}fhin editor saying that he felt the sand slipping from under his feet (meaning that he thought he would be compelled to leave the cabinet (is ut- terly without foundation. No mem- ber of the cabinet has a more certain tenure of oftice than the attorney gen- eral. His services to the administra- tion -thus far have Lom“mvaluable Mr. MacVeagh appears to have suc- ceeded in his present policy. He has also retained the respect of the sena- | tors from Pennsylvanis, Those who | know the inside of the appointment of Wmn. E. Chandler, and the considera- tion that caused the attorney general | to express the wish that he would not be confirmed, now realize that Mr. MacVeagh's judgment was the voice | of wisdom EPITOMIZED REPORT. Of Yesterday's Important Tele- graphio News, Condensed from the National Associated Press Dispatches. Thomas Brown, secretary of the union stock yards company, Chicago died yesterday of heart discuse. The Duke of Sutherland and party | left St. Louis for the east yesterday in | a special car via the Vandalia line. | One thousand longshoremen of | Montreal struck yesterday for thirty cents per hour. They have been get- ting twenty-five cents Justice Stanley Matthews has de- cided to donate his entire collection of paintings to the Cincinnati art wmus- eum when completed. A very violent storm of wind and rain accompanied by lightning and thunder, struck Baltimoro yesterday | afternoon, doing much damage. All property of the great London circus was seized by the sheriff of Cook county, 1L, a few miles out of Chi- cago yesterday, on o judgment of 804, Paul Boynton reached St. Louis Sunday in his trip down the river. He will try to make the distance be- tween there and Cairo ‘without going ashore, He expects it will take him 45 hours, Hon. Jeff Chandler of St. Louis, who was rominently connected with the whisky prosecution in that city in 1875, has been engaged by Gen, Brady as associate counsel with Shellabarger, Wilson and Totten. Neeley’s extensive saw mill proper- ty at Franklin, Va., was mmfly de- stroyed by accidental fire Sunday. Valuable cut lumer was Jalso de- stroyed, Loss, $30,000; no insur- ance. This is the fifth time this mill has been destroved since the war. Governor Porter, of Indiana, has issued a proclamation in regard to the death of ex-Governor Henry 8. Lane, directing that the state offices be draped in mourning for thirty days. A special telegram from Crawford ville announces that the funeral will | take place at that city at two o'clock to-day, Captain J. McDowell, of the schooner Calco Cook, has mysterious- ly disappeared from Chicago, together with about $500 which he collected as freight on the cargo just discharged, It is believod he has been made way with, as he was known to be ste sober and thoroughly honorable. The Union Pacific railroad company | wants to construct a branch railroad through Fort Hall Indian reservation and Secretary Kirkwood has sent a | ulated. |nisting of a | last near the mouth of | of his residence to-day, pulled up the gress, which will accomplish the ob. ject sought. The small pox scare at Curtis City, Pennsylvania, has redoubled sinco the h " of Miss Hopkins on Friday evening, she being the fifth victim since the disease first hroke out last winter, Eight cases have appeared since Friday among the boarders at the hotel whore Miss Hopkins lived and the town is fast becoming depop. . | Some days ago a party con number. of the members of the Mlinois elub, loft Chicago on a fishing excursion o the Lake Superior region. Yesterday a | dispatch was received stating that D, | N. Wilcox, West Town_park mision, and Dr. A, C. Bell, & w known druggist, were drowned Friday | the Manitou river The failure was announced yostor day in New York of Joseph Byrie & | JUNE 21, 1881, FENIAN FORAGERS. The Power of the Skirmishing Pund Felt in near the Brit- ish Throne, Gladstone Explainss His Mild Suggestions to America. Miscollaneons Foroign News. THE DYNAMITE SUFFERERS Loxpoy, June 20, ~In the house of night, Mr. Gladstone, replied to a question put to him by Hon, E for Lin- coln, respecting the reported commu: nications addrossed by hor majosty’s government to the government of the commons { Stanhope, member Co., importers of tin plates aud pig iron at 86 Boekman street.. The as-| slgnees said | that the “imiwediate | cause of the failure was helivy losses sustained by the failare of K L. Cut- | ter & Son last week, and the general | depressed condition of the wotal | trade. Liabilities estimated at 5100, 000; assets £60,000 s CRIMINAL RECORD. National Associated Press. KISER NEARLY KILLED, Quiney, Hls., June 20.—<A bollat. tack was made on the life of /. M. Kiser, a commereial traveler i this city, while returning home wi the Hannibal & Joe railtoal this morning. A total stranger occtipied a seat o fow feet behind Kiser. With- | out warning the unknown man arose and began firing at Kiser, the first shot taking effect in the shoulder, the second in the arm, the third Faissing, The man then pulled the bell cord, and as the train slackened 1p, he jumped off near Chillicothe mnd es- caped. Kiser is not expected to re cover. MPTY SOCK, N, Ind., June 20. Mrs. oy was robbed of 81800 lst ng by o thief who entered the house while the family were at sup per. No cle A CLOSE SWINDLER. Derrorr, June 20.—Contable Wil- liam 8. Close was arrested here this morning and will be tried eon several charges of blackmailing, preferred by county and suburban saloon-keepers, who alloge that he has made they pay roundly for the privilege of selling li- uor on Sunday and without being complained against. LAND SWINDLEES, Lot June 20.—The grand jury to-day returned thirty two in- dictments . against parties charged with land frauds under the nited fitatps patents. The cases o) “he same which were brought some time 0 in the United States courts and abandoned. The prosecutions are now transferred to state courts. The transactions involve millions of acres and implicate men in Chi land, Pittsburgh and other cities. SUICIDE, St. Lotis, June 20.— Chas Engel, | a stone moulder, went out in the well rope, detached the bucket, and | hanged himself from the vaiter of the outhouse NT'S JEWEL THIEVES. fo-day the cases of Elsie King and John L. Fitzpatrick, charged with | stealing the Grant jewels, were con- | tinued indefinitely and the prisoncrs | discharged. This action is brought about by the tact that it was impoasi ble to secure the attendance of the prosecuting witness, Gen. Grant, A COOK COOKED, Say Fravcisco, June 20.-A dis patch from Mazatlann says the mate and four sailors of the schooner Eus- | tace say the Chinese cook killed Cap-| Hornshy and set fire to the vessel. | The schooner had among the cargo eleven hundred cans of coal oil and twenty-two kegs of powder One report is that when the sailors | discovered the schooner on fire they ironed the cook and locked him in the cabin, lcu\'ing him to his hurriblul fate, | FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION, | A dispatch from Shasta says about two this morning the store of Dr, Timothy Conkling, at Centerville, was blown to atoms with giant pow- der. The whole store building and outhouses are a total wreck, and goods and merchandise are strewn all around to a distance of fifty feet or more. The iron doors of the cellar were carried over four hundred feet, and at that distance cut a tree in two. Dr. Conkling was thrown from his bed and the building fell upon him, He is hurt in the back, head and legs and bleeds pro- fusely from the nose and mouth, His condition is critical. Conkling is an old resident of Shasta and much in- dignation prevails in the community. The explosion was heard at Shasta, cight miles away. Sheriff Hull is now at the scene and an investigation is proceeding. HR L Blasphemous Bob. National Associated Prews, Wasningroy, June 20.—~Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll,inan interview to- | night, says he and his associates have | struck it rich in the Black Range, New Mexico. They own several | mines, and think themselves in the | greatest luck. Colonel Ingersoll denies the report that he is tc don law. He continues as hereto- fore, and occasionally makes public his opinion of priestcraft and matters | and things in general. He thinks Now Mexico noeds loss holy water and | more rain B i Larrabee Looms. National Associated Press. Des Moixes, June & The status of candidates for governor is briefly as follows: In conventions alveady comumissioner to consult with the In dians and railroad ofticials with a view to recommending legislation to con. held Larrabee has 178 votes, Sher- man 117, or a majority of 61 over Sherman and 14 over all. ), Cleve- | tive cl United States, regarding operations of fenian skismishers, He said that her majosty’s government had felt it their duty to inform the American ad- ministration of numerous out vages recontly committed in Dublin, Liverpool, Chester and else- where in the United Kingdom and in nd, and of the fact that these '8 were inst ed by men living in the United States and by their em- issaries on this side of the water. Her majesty’s government had not made any demand upon the United States, They had simply called the attention of the administration at Washington to the facts. THE SKIRMISHERS, The Daily News, in o leading arti- cle says; ‘It is not usual or desirable for the foreign s ary to address other governments on the conduct of their citizens at home, but the circum- stances of the skirmishing fund are peculiar. me of the most agitators in Treland have come from America, while the lhouse of repre- sentatives have thoughtithecoming to transmit through the president of the United States an opinion, not perhaps very carefully considered, on the way in which it hehooves us to deal with the Irish."” PRINCE LEOPOLD took the oath of a peer of the realm to-day and assumed his seat in the house of Lords as duke of Albany. He took his seat in the conservative benches. A NEW PARTY. The efforts to form a newand more active conservative party took practi- cal shape this afternoon in a very large meeting in St. James hall, on Regent street. The organization of a new party, to be known as the con- stitutional union, was announced and conservative members of the present liberal party were invited to join its ranks, Sir Stafford Northeote, pres- ent leader of the tory party in the commons, was the principal speaker al ‘he meeting. He dwelt upon the results of the—"recent 1 elections for members patliament which had shown large conservative gains, These, he claimed, proves that the instincts of conserva- ses throughout the kingdom revolted against agrarian, communis- tic and revolutionary spirit, which seemed to rule the present adminis- tration, He strongly urged and ad- vocated a new organization as furnish- ing the most valuable means of re- pairing the disaster which had afilicted the nation, ALL QUIET ON THE RHONE. June 20.—The late setween the Italian nch citizens of this place is it least for the present, 127 ar- ts of those engaged in the riots ving been made, Two more of the wounded now dying. The Ttalian consul has indicted an address to his compatriots, beseeching them to re- main quiet, Much excitemont still ails, but a renewal of riots is not \pprehended. N Loxvox, June 2 At 4:30 o'clock Weston was much better. A great fire occured at Victoria docks in Liverpool last night, but none of the shipping was damaged. A dispatch from Marseilles says the French workmen are coercing the Italian working men. A dispatch says Germany proposes to put a stop to emigration by co- ercion A murderous attempt is reported from county Galway, and, on the life of Mr. Lambert and his son, at whom a number of shots were fired. Accounts of the affair differ as to the result. Prince Bismarck has issued a mani- festo in which he says the economical programme mainly :lcimulu on the working population, who are a ma- jority. o SPORTING RECORD National Amociated Press LEG LOONS, LoxvoN, June 20, ~In the walk- walking match at 5:30 p. ., Rowell had made 111 miles, and Weston 663, Rowell centinued running almost without cessation all day, and is m good condition. Weston, on the hand is suffering from diarrhes, and lost five and one-half hours resting at various times during the day. BASE BALL, Provipesce, June 20.—Detroits 2, Providence 1. Troy, June 20.—Troys 6, Buffa- os 2, i Railway Notes, National Associated Prsy TILLWATER, Minn., June 20, —The general g nd other officers of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul yailroad are in the city holding a con ference with leading citizens with a view of building an extension to their 1 from this city to Hastings. w Yokk, June 20.—The death is announced to-day of John M, Court , president of the New York, West & Chicago railroad company, e Drowned in the Plat Special Dispatch to Tur Ber. of Robert Graham, of North Bend, violont | 'of | visiting her Fresoxt, June 20,—Harvey, son B \ was drowned in the Platte river at that place yesterday noon, twenty-one years old. - .o STATH JOTTINGS. . C. Tohnsan, of Gisge: county, shipned He was 8,300 pounds of wool last week to delphin, The new opera hall at Guide Rock is completed. The B. & M. have sent out vaying party west of Culbertso A new route to Denver, A fire at Cambridge on the 10th instant, destroyed the store and dwelling of Geoy A, nother sur to survey shson Twelve buildings and _a new school house are now erecting at Oakland The Republican valley soldiers’ associa < 134 members. The Elkhorn Pen and Plow comes out in a new suit, tion numbe rnet hands and Taylor [, A nowly arri tatele of Dlaeis day, which he | thovight it was heverage, Wyoming and Blue abont one wile apart, are endeavoring to consalidate and have one rattling good town instead of two small ones, udville, by & vote of seventy-two to Bohemian purchased a West Point_ the other d to drink. He o kind of American eight, decided to build a new school house, Tho first kila of brick burned in Alma was fired last week, It ¢ five thousand. Clark, the Brownville murderer, at- tempted to commit suicide last week in ained forty Rabbie Hergesheimer, of Rulo, Richard- won county, was drowned while bathing in the Missouri river last week. Touis Frank, the son of John Frank, of Centor Precinct, Platé county, pointed a Toaded shotgun at his sister Matilda last week, killing her instantly. Owen Brown, of Tipps Branch, Pawnoe tentally fell from a wagon one \ cek and nearly broke his neck-— frencturing the pharyngeal cartilage The Crete nursery has planted 120 bush- els of soft maple seed. was bitten by a rattlesnake, fcounts was in a dangerous condi- tion, The first train over the branch of the Elkhorn road from Norfolk to Creighton hton, the termi- nus, en last Friday evening. The M. E, chureh at Riverton, Neb,, waa dedicated last Sunday. The five-year-old little girl of Mrs, Brown, of Nebraska City, wns strangled to death last week by catching her head in the slats of the manger in the stable of her father. Thirty houses are building at Springs. 1t is estimated the shipment of cattle east over the Republiean Valley line will be twice as large this year ag Inst seqson. The valuation returned by the assessor of Indianola is 862,000, There is some talk of erecting a high- school building at Riverton. One day last week a lady by the name of Mrs, W. Delong, in South Bend, while out feeding her chickens, saw a wolf try- ing to eatch one of hor fine Bramah fowls. With the asistanee.of a ne hl:r lady they cornered the thfeving animal, and Mrs, D. knocked his brains out with a b ow tooth, Wymore boasts three hotels, and they all have a full house, Brownville's new Masonic hall iy ready for occupation. A dastardly attempt was made last Fri- day to wreck the passenged train on the B. M. between Lincoln and Crete. E. L. mason was arrested, charged with the Blue amuel Johnson, of Nuckols county, has a 700-acre corn field, The new town in Nemaha count; alled Calvert, in honor of the ol of the Burlington & Missou road. Coal stock has gone up in Decatur, The prosvect hole is down 230 feet. North Bend proposes to drain her streets, Sidney has a gold discovery excitement, The farmers of Butler county will hold @ convention at David City on the 25th of June, Stools of rye with thirty-two and thirty. four stalks from single grains are on exhi- bition at Beaver City son precinet, Nuckolls county, has fruit trees and 3,464 grape vines, The Fairmont cheese factory will soon be in full operation. k at a Culbertson hotel r at a fellow who climbed er window one night, As the north bound Union ug Blue Springs, Friday evening, a little child wax ¢ i by the engi. neer sitting on a bridge in the middle of the track, The engineer immediately re- verved his engine and checked the train as :&uiuk as possible, but the engine and more than half the cars had passed over the fel- low’s body bel tho train came to a stand, On taking the child out it was found to be slightly bruised on the face and 1ts nowe was bleediug, but as the cow cateh. er struck it, it had knocked it down be- tween the ties, where it lay perfectly quiet, i stunned by the blow and by fear, mother, frantic with apprehension, down to the train, almost This was » miraculous escape and may serve a lesson to that mother, who will d tless keep her child off the track in the future, —{Gage County Demo- crat. Doane college has a library of 1742 vol. umes, 8. P, Olive reports a lows of 1,000 cattle among bis 5,000 head in the South Loup country. One Bell, a Lincoln laborer in the brick vard, shot John Kinslow in the cheek during & quarrel lust Wednesday, Haktings has organized o Young Men's Christian association. Howard county is agitating the ques- tion of holding & county fuir, Blair has resolved to kill all dogs run- ning at large, untaxed, after the 22d, is to River Yacific train fuinting. Three hundred and fifty stock men were in Culbertson st one time last week, the round-up starting went from that point, The Blue Valley creamery is in active operation. he dwelling house suide Rock, was bumed surance 8500, A new Preshyterian church has been on Plim creek, in Pawnee coun- . John Sabin, last week, In- 000 worth of stock lays of the present during the first ten wonth Thyee sdditions have been lafd’ oul 0 the oity of Blair Cledar Rapids, Boone county, {s to have & uew school house. A large sheep rangh 14 now belng con atiuciad” nesr Clodar: Taptds by 3o, Stowell, Joseph Delaney of Blafr, was run oyer by the cars laut week and lost & f0ok. The hail storu at Indiancla did about a thousand dollars of damage, THE DIURNAL BUDCET, Telegraphed And Cabled From All Quarters of The Glohe, The Conference Between Gar= fleld and Grant at Long Branch Pronounced a Canard, Russia and China Facing Each Other on the Himalayas, Bloody Riots in Marseilles Be= tween French and Italians, The British Lion Aroused Over Threats of Irish-Americans, Russian Aggression inChina. National Assoclated Pross, Lospox June 20.—Reports from Kashgar represent the Russinn troops asassembling on the borders and a conftict with the Chinese army is ex- pected. The supposition_is that " the news of the recently concluded treaty between Russia and China has not yet. reached the commandors, ‘The British Lion. Nationnl Associated Press. Losvox, June 20.—Latest advices from Afghanistan report the condition of atfairs there uncertain. The Ameer is rogarded as too weak to push mili- tary operations against insurgents. Tho London Press is urging the gotiation of & treaty between the Uni- ted States and England to suppress Fenian operations supposed to be concocted in New York. O'Donovan Rossa’s speech in Fall River yester- day telegraphed over here has caused a great sensation and is causing edi- torial comment in all the papers James Redpath landed at Liverpool i-unlcr«lny and proposes to continue his agitation of the land question in Ireland. ‘The Champion Pedestrians. National Assoclated Press Loxvox, June 20.—The contest be~ tween Rowell and Weston for the six days’ pedestrian championship, begun this morning at 1 o'clock, is attracting unusual attention. It is claimed by sporting men that the defeat of Wes- ton is a foregone conclusion, although the latter professes confidence in his ability to win. It wounld appear, how- ever, that he is hardly up to the best, form, as he rests frequently and is already more than twenty-five miles behind Rowell, who looks strong and maintains his pace. The Tilton Family. National Associated Pross. New York, June 20.—Mrs. Eliza~ beth Tilton recently became a grand- mother, a child having been born_ to her daughter, Florence, who resides in London. The second daughtes Alice, it is said will be married this summer while herfather is in Europe. Mus, Tilton is still living in the house at Brooklyn, which herhusband'sagent rented for her several years ago. Her mother, Mrs. Morse, her son Carrol, who has abandoned notion of studying for the ministry and ob- tained a position in a mercantile house, and her youngest son, Ralph, live with her. Theodore Tiiton has not visited wife for two years. Mrs. Morse, it is said, recently aston- ished Beecher by appearing in a pew of Plymouth church at the memorial services held in connection with Mr. Wington's death. Garfleld and Grant, National Associated Pross Wasuisaron, D, C., June 20.—The idea of a rumored conference between President Garfield and General Grant, in regard to the Albany muddle, at Long Branch, is ridiculed here. It is known at the White House and among the cabinet that the presidential trip to Long Branch was only decided on two days before the departure and was settled by Dr. Boynton and not by the president. Hon. fom Murphy, ex-collector of the port of New York, called on the president week before last and told him he would take great pleasure in securing apartments for the presi- dential family at Long Branch for the summer. The president told him it rested with Mrs, Garfield’s physician as to where they would go. There was no subsequent communication with Murphy on the subject. More Watered Stock. National Associated Press, New York, June 20,—In the svit of William 8. Williams against the Western Union telegraph company and others, Judge Truax has rendered o decision dismissing the complaint on its merits, The action was brought te restrain the issue of $18,600,000 iu~ creased capital stock, Land Troubles. Nationah Associated Press. SexiNarieLp, Ils;, June 20, —Licat. Governor Hamilton arrived thisern- ing from Bloomington for the purpose of ealling out a company of militia to preserve order in Harp county during a sale to-morrow of land for delin- quent taxes. The sale was attempted last week, but the citizens of Harp county organized themselves into a mob and prevented it. Bloody Riots at Marseilles. National Assoclated Press. Loxpos, June 20.—Disturbances between the Italian and French popu- lation at Marseilles continues. Dis- patches this afternoon state that over fifty persons were killed and wounde d yesterday. Several sections of the city are in a state ot revolt. A Crack Sportsman. National Associated Press, Say Fraxciseo, June20 Fred Kuhult made fort a possible fifty witha S| field ritle for the governor's trophy. He also won the general Coly trophy with forty-seven and the Pacific life cup with forty-eight unequalled scores Sergeant -eight out of with a wilitary rifle. T b W