Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 19, 1882, Page 1

e, ! i b i sk preqmeryst THE OMAHA DAI LY THE VALLEY OF DEATH. Unparalelled Dostraction of Life and Froperty by Cyclones, A Dark Night of Death and De- vastation to the People of Thr-e State Thres Di: tires Storms Down Like Mighty Beasts ot Prey on Central Iowa, HEvery Obstacle in Their Path Torn From the Greund and Dashed to Piecesa. The Towns of Grinneil and Mal- colm in the Vortex of the Vengefuli Winda, A lirond « wath of Buildings Swept Bodily From the Hearts of Both, Killing Maiming and Bury- ing the Occupants Indiscriminately. The Dead and Dying Reach One Hundred, and the Half Cane not be Learned: Other Towna' and Farms.Houses and Pcoperty Complately Ruined Leavenworth, Atchison and St Louls Awakened By Fly- ing Timbers. Four Young Ladies Killed in a Convent Near the Former City. DES MOINES. Special Dispatch to Tue Bee. AN ELECTRICAL STORM. Drs Moines, June 18.--A terrible tornado pats-d through Central Iowa last night, making 2 wide swath of devastation and tearing down tho tel- egraph wires m every dircetion, mak- ing it hard to gAther news, ¢ About 6:30 o'clock in the evening ‘after & very hot afternoon, the air suddenly grew moro sultry and close and the sky becams suddenly filled with heavy parple. The wind fresh- ened at once into a zale and the clouds grew blacker fast and seemed to be coming in all directions and gathering over Des Moines for hali an hour. Ever one who had ever seen,a tornado was fearful of the result, Suddenly the clouds began to divide and to pass off to the norcheast and the southe st, < 2nd tor an hourand a half great banks \of clouds filled the southeast and the northeast. It was an electrical storm of great fury here. GRINNELL. Special Di piteh to Toe Pev. Des Moy "he follow- ing was recoived from Kellopg, Ia “A cyclone struck Grinuell about 9 o'clock last evening. 'Twenty-five per- gons were killed and 60 to 80 injared. Seud ull the d~ctors you can.” Uponreceiving thisnewsSupt. Royce, of the Rock Islaud road, summoned all the surgeons he could and started with a special train for Grinnell. Train No. 17 was wrecked one mile and a half east of Grinnell and Con- ductor Deigaan and some of his pas- sengers were severely injured. The head brakeman is missing, Fourteen cars were BLOWN CLEAR OFF THE TRACK. ic communication waa in- terrupted 80 it was impossible to get any report until 8 o’clock this morn- ing when we obtained the following facts from that point, ‘I'he storm came from the north- west and after passing Grinnell followed the track of the Rock Island road towards Malcom, About a mile and & half #est it came in con- tact withja west bound freight train consieting.of 23 cars; 22 of them were ted up and thrown to the north of o track and rolled down a ten foot embankment, The twenty-third car was carried to the south and now lies over next to the railway fence. The cars are badly wrecked. THE FATAL CASUALTIES at Grinnell are reported at 7 p. m. to- day us thirty-two dead or only a fow ‘hours to live, and about one hundred or more wounded, Deacon Ford and wife, Mr. Lewis and wife, Deacon Clements und two children, Miss Eva Murton of Chi- cago, Henry Pitman's two children, and Mr, Pitman, probably fatally in- jured; Miss Abbie Gard, photographic artist, Jornell Chase of Storm Lake, the only student killed; Susie Boyer, daughter of the dry goods merchant, also his son, fatally wounded; Mre. Griswold, Mrs, Totten, Dir Cullgon and her mother, Mrs. Alex- ander and two children, Mrs, Huff and child. Geo. Ferry's baby, Ferry is not expected to live, M, Howard's buyy & lady trom Cedar Rapids visit- ingt at Boyer's. Three persons are dead two miles west of town, Heunry Maare, of Marehalltown, a brakeman on the Iowa Central road, was fatally injured; John Deignan, a conductor on a Rock lsland freight, fatally injured; a tramp from Des Moines, fatally injured; o traveling man pamed Barbour, of Chicago, fa- tally injured. ABOAT BEVENTY-FIVE HOUSES, TWELFTH YEAR. £ voop | in the city, aro levelled to the gronnd One ot the colleges is eompletely down, Some eight of the students are badly injured, out of the 1uins The Chapin house is turned into a hospital, gome of the most dangerous cases being cotted there, Dr. Haniwolt, the railroad company’s physician, reached home this atternoon at 3 o'clock. He says is is impossible to imacine the wreck. The storm struck p town in the northwest portion ar™ cut the segment of a circle out of the north part of the town, reaching down to the edge of the public park and com- The 1ing out at the northeast corner, people wera ALMOST STUPIFIED with the suddenness of the accident, aud do not yet fully realize their loss, He accosted a young man on tho streot and asked him if he knew of any one needing medical assistance. The young man replicd mechanically that he kuew of a young lady who was badly hurt, and offored to show the ductor the place. On their way he remarked in a matter of fact way that one of his sisters wus killed and an- other hurt. The doctor quickly sug- gested he had better see the injured girl, and they turned aside to do ro. The girl was FOUND TO BE DYING, After making her easy the yocung mav, still unmoved, offered to go with the doctor. He was horror stricken at the nonchalance of the poor boy, and finally induced the young man to stay with his sister and started alone on his errand of mercy. The doctor says MALCOM SUFFERED MORE in proportion to itasize than Grinnell, being fairly gutted. FURTHER DEATHS, National Amsociated Press. Des Morsgs, Iowa, June 18—A tornado swept through central Iowa late last night, the pith of it running from northwest to southeast, from twenty miles north of Des Moines. The town of Grinnell was struck by it, and reports from there are that half of the town is in ruins. Some twenty or thirty people are killed, and over one hundred wounded, both the large buildings of Iowk collego were blawn to the ground. A train of cars was blown from the track in the vicinity of Grinnell. A special train of physicians and relief force have gone to the scene, A RUINED CITY. Towa Crry, Towa, June 18.—Dr. Peck and Superintendent Kimball, of the Rock Island road, have just ar- rived from Grinnell, and state that the number of deaths will reach fifty and there are nearly one hundred woanded, The resident portion of the city and the buildings of the Towa college are completely demolished. The loss to proper y will reach half a million dollars. At Malcolm, seven miles east of Grinnell, many bouses were blown down, and in the suburbs of the village seven persons were killed, There has been fully oae hun- dred lives lost in the path of the tor- nado, which extends through Central Towa in southeasterly direction to a point almost twenty-five miles south- east of Grinnell. ~ The storm began near Ames, Iowa. THE WARNING, MArSHALLTOWN, Ta., June 18 — The most terrific disaster in the his- tory of Towa iz one of which the now desolate town of Grinnell is the vie- tim. The peculiar aspect of the sky was & matter of common remark on the strects yesterday afternoon, An hour or more before sunset the north. ern sky hung with a conical down- ward poioting clouds the like of which none had ever been seen. After sunset, and even after darkness was gathering, the western horizon and western sky half way to the zenith was lurid and BRILLIANT AND UNEARTHLY, Almost ere the brilliant apparition had disappeared the storm broke. It was accompanied by a roaring like thunder, or perhaps more like a rum- bling of adozen heavy freight trains. Chimneys, trees, houses and barns began to fly like leaves. The rain came 1n floods as if a water spout had burst, which in fact was probably the cause, and wind and rain and blind- ing lightning continued so furious for nearly half an hour that it was scarcely safe for these whose roofs stayed over them to open the doors. But the damage was done in a very minutes and probably not more than five. The northwestern corner of the town WAS LAID FLAT. The path of the storm was compar- atively narrow, but scarcely anything was left standing within its limit. At first it entered the town from the west and moved a little north from eust until it reached Main street, then it curved to tho southeast, whip- ped up the college building and sev- eral houees on the east side of the town. It then seemed to bound into the air passing over Mr. Swow and Mr. Perry's farm, It crossed the C. R. I & P. about a mile and half east of this city where it met the west bound freight, which it COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED, As it paseed southeast across the country it demolished farm houses, tences and barns. It struck Malcolm in ivs north half, and wrought de- struction as complete as in Grinnell, The track of the storm center, as it crossed the city, averaged two blocks in width. The damage outside that narrow track was comparatively small, although the tempest in this respect seemed as freakish as light. ning. Most of the buildings wers crushed like egg shells, and reduced to splinters. A few were lifted bodily and turned around. The marvelous loss of life was not greater than was the storm, which came up with such a roar that many betook themselves to cellars, THIS SAVED THEM a8 their houses disappeared from over their heads. Even the foundation walls including some of the finest residences in many cases were brushed off eyen with the surtace of the ground. A demolished and the other is burned | having been dug | s wero killed eart g if beaten and iashed | with ind e ribable fury. ‘ THE LIST OF DEAD I8 Mr. Phippy’ child. Miss Eva Morton. aged 38 Mrs. Guss'son, 18 years old. B. H. Burgett, student, of De priver. E B. Chase, student, of Storm | Lake. Miss A, Gyard, student, W. H. Frye, of Bakeman, Mre. Fannerbog. Oliva Hugh, i Mrs. Elizabeth Hough. Mrs. Vanderbilt, of Faitfax, Ta. Ed and Lizzie Clemont Mr. and Mrs, Lewis Deacon, N N. and Mrs, Ford, Miss Tipton, Mre. D. B. Tomen, Mra. Alexander’s son, The infant son of Mrs, Hough, Mrs. Griswold, Miss Bagger, Hattie Pitman, Mrs. Luber, Mr. Howard’s little son, Mr. 0. D. James, wife and two daughters, Mrs. C. J. Bager, John Delgnans, a conductor, Mr. Guthrie’s infant child. THE LITTLE VILLAGE OF MALCOM and farms adjacent were serious suf- ferers by the storm. The Presbyter- ian and Methodist churches were both completely demolished. The Gazette office and the agricultural warehouse of J. H. Duppas and a number of residences were seriously injured. Where yesterday were lo- cated twelve cosy farm cottages, to- day not a vestige of them remaina. There were five persons killed, as follows: Chas. Wheeler. Mrs. Ackers, Mr. and Mrs. Vanmidones. Peter Cra't, The weunded are: Margaret Mur- ray. John Dufles. Mrs. Shoun. Delia Bohrenfuse, the latter thought to be fatally injured. The storm had some of its fury broken before it reached this point, still the tornado was one of terriffic force and huge proportions. Reports come of several deaths south of Brook- lyn, but the rame and number could not be obtained. THE DAMAGE at Malcolm and vicmity will foot up $100,000. The damage done in Grin- nell will’ aggregate £500,000. The total loss of life will foot up fifty at least, whilo many more will be crip- pled for life, " OMAHA, NEB. considerabl nurber of cows and| Fowls had their | wic o stripped off and the |atrippe t | gonerally to Y aud at the samé & MONDAY M) milea 1 orth and was about s bark from growing (I lowa and took out in tho highwaye, destroyed farm houses near Kelley and ik considerablo stoc Another ojo i» sed through Kelley, Iowa, and ¢ agod houses, barns and eorn 8 g the amount of nedy Both v oing noarly @t @ No one bt 000, as far as roported. GowRy reports three ones were visiblel this place from b to 7 p.m, Have b reports from the county yet. KELLOGG reporta the cyclone struck this Jast night, blowing T\ F. Peal's down, completely destroying it, wh slight injury to the ocoupants. J. \, Burke's residence was considgrably i. jured. Quite & numbor of stables arl other out buildings were blown dow within the city limits, It is safey say there were ten pereons killed ar thirty or forty more or less injurd between here and Grinuell and a gres many buildings completely destroyec GRAND JUNCTION reports the cyclone did not strike thi place last might, but passed to thqd Who ho was could not be learned. northeast, south of Ogden and de stroyed two or three farm houser. THE DEATH ROLL. A spscial train from Atlantio, wu-‘ taining Hon. J. B Grinnell an. Nirs | Doignan, the wife of Co,btor Deignan, arrived at Grinnell at 7 a. m. Mr. Grinnell was shown the list of dead and wounded and as he read over the death roll great tears came in hiseyes. Conductor Diegnan died at 6p.m. This is all the partioulars that can be obtained at present writing. ST. LOUIS. . BIXTY-SIX MILES AN HOUR., | 81. Lous, June 18.--The seversst storm that has visited this-region it a very long time pissed ever the ity between 12 and 1 o'clock yesterfay morning. Thewind attained a velopity of sixty-six miles an hour, and did very great aggregate damage, but|so! far as now known no injury of magoi- | tude occurred. Trees and fences were prostrated in all sections of the cily; shutters, signs, chimneys, ete., wure blown down, small thiogs prevails. Very heayy rain accompavied the wind, and the streets, sowers and cellars in ma parts of the city were flooded. SEVERAT, STEAMERY at the wharf lost their chimneys op had some part of their upper works carried away, and birges and small |, crafts were banged about a good deal,’ Every tolegeaph line in the city was prostratod aud at this writiog com. MALUCOLM, Special Dispatch 3 The Pee. DESTRUCTION AND DEATH, Des MorNes, June 18,—There iano further trace of the deadly work of the storm along the railroad until you reach Malcolm, a little town of |about 1,200 inhabitants, twelve miles Ant of Grinnell. Here the work of destruc- tion was continued. The Presbyterian and the Methodist churches were completely demolished. 'Che agricul- tural implement building of J. H. Daffers, in which was located The Malcolm Gazotte, was blown down and the machinery scattered around. J. B. Adams’ brick hardware store was also partially destroyed, and a number of private residences were alzo leveled. Seven people are known to be killed outright, and a great num- ber injured. THE KILLED ARE: Charles Wheeler, Mrs. Myers and her mother, Mra, Middelmuy, Peter Craft, a Mrs, Akers who is a sister-in- law of State Superintendent Akers, and her boy Johnuie, There is a sad ivcident with the death of Mre, Akers and Johnnie. She had just closed her home prep: tory to making a visit to a sister in Illinuis, her husband being absent in the mountains, She went out to Mrs, Wheeler's to spend the night, taking her little boy and leaving her daughter Mamioe witha young friend in town, Mr, Wheeler's house was deastroyed and Mrs. Akers body was found in a ditch about ten rods away, a heavy piece of timber laying across her bod and a horrible ga k across her head, The little girl Mamie is still ignorant of the fate of her mother, AMES. Epecial Dirpatch to Tun Bur, THE CENTER OF THE CYCLONK. Des Moixes, June 18, —The follow- ing news comes from Ames, Towa: A eyclone passcd about four wmiles gouth of here last evenivg. There are three houses blown down sonith of Nevada, the next station east of here, It is reported that a family of five were blown away, and that they have not found them yet, A farmor had his house and barn blown down and he had his leg broken in several places, The next heard of the storm was at Grinnell, Towa, about 10:30 p. m, OTHER PLACES Special Disptch to the Bee, THB CYCLONES IN BECTIONS, Des Mor: 1a,, June 18, —Brook- lyn has also sulfered considerable dam- uge. No more communications with them at present. Reports from Mt. Pleasunt say that twenty-nine empty freight cars stand- ing on the side track were blown over on the main line. The depotand sev- eral houses 1n the vicinity were un- roofed. Beveral persons were injured and a number are reported killed, The cyclone struck the town at 11 o'clock p. m. OTTUMWA REPORTS the storm as passing to the north and east. No wind or rain there. CROCKER, I0WA, reports they hud no storm there last night. The cyclone gathered near Swede Point, on the DesMoines river, and passed directly east until it dis- appeared in the horizon toward the fated city of Grinnell, There was no damage this side of Sheldahl, SHELDAHL, 10WA, reports one oyclone passed about eight munication is restored to only a ve few points. A good deal of pl glass was broken in the business por: tion, and a great many windows of residences were blown in, THE STEAMER Blue Liodge, the property of MuDon‘;_’ alt Drus., lumbrr aealers, Lia Orosse, Wis., vilued at $10,000, was sunk at Pittsburg dike on the Tllinois shore, and is a ¢otal loss with no insurance. The steamboat Champion No. 9, prop- erty of Capt. Woodward, was suak at the Gartside dump, East St. Louis, and is alsc a total loss. Valued at §10,000; fuily insured. Capt. Dann Silvers’ boats, Bright Light and Aa nie P. Silyers, sustained damnge re- spectively $1,000 and $1 50 The Caarles Chautean lost her boom. The Grand Pacifiz, one of the St. Paul Packes line, is injured $800. The City of Helena lost both chi THE on everything by the storm is over I swept everything beiotet, | smail oulvie| nd goneral havoo amohg | denly aroused from their in nocent sSumbors, was woll caleulated to unnerve the stoutest heatt, As | 8oon as the storm had in a messure subsided a reporter voutured abroad to sco what damage been do b cighted citizons | turing abroad; at the | women and children still pal | fright. "The strec vory ith roos, bricks, , boxes, trees | evergthing mixed together in an in with 18 were o pign | | reely o building in_the city es- caped without injury of eome kind, but fortunate injuries to person are reported. The losses are 8o widely seattered that it is impossible | to give an estimate, A MAN DROWNED IN THE RIVER. Shortly after the storm commenced the operator heard cries for help, and the night engineer of the yard engine, Buck Robiuson, ran down the track to seo what waa the matier. He saw a man in the water just below the do- pot, and attempted to reach him, but could not do 80, and had to stand by and see the man go down, with great difficulty keeping from going into the water himself. The man had evi- || dently been blown into the river. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. National Assoclated Press. Leavesworti, Kan., June 18.— After a sultry day and evening a storm struck Leavenworth abiut 12:16 Saturday morning, doing great dam- ago to property and causing loss ot life. The storm cloud came from the northwest and was acoompanied by vivid lightning and heavy thunder. The roar of the coming wind could be heard while the storm was several imiles away, but before the few people who were awake could give the warn- ing the wind struck the city with TERRIBLE FORCE. The night had been very hot and windows and doors were open. Be- here reports that from 12:16 to 12:20 the velocity of the wind was 72 miles an hour and the pressure 26 pounds to the square foot. When the storm subsided tho streets were filled with awnings, tin roofs, boxes, lumber and the ruins of houses with ! FRIGHTENED PEOPLE running about in search of friends and inquiring after each others’ velfare. Several thousand dollars’ vorth of tin roofs were blown off, a faw residences demolished and others bad'y wrecked. The Kansas Central alevator, lately cowpleted, and cost- ing $060,000, was wrecked. The ‘anters’ house, Odd Fellows’ hall, | Abernathy’s factory, court house, sciool buildings, cathedeal and several residences were badly injured. Wm, Eymberton was buried in the ruins of hi: house, and when dug out had his shoulder and arm broken and was ter- {vibly bruised. . .8re blown down and many of the feailema ot tha oity wara literally cov- ered with prostrate trees and fruit torn from the limbs, The extent of the damage of the storm was not known however until this morning, when word was received that the storm had WORKED A TERRIBLE DISASTER at Mount St. Mary's academy, two aud a half miles south of the cicy. The news as first received was that the academy had blown down and many lives were lost, The Standard reporter, who flrst heard the news, rang the fire bell, and a fow men were gathered and went out to the academy as fast as possible. The great brick cupola had $250,000. The storm scems to have | blown down and crushed through the been more severe in East St. Louis | rgof of the building into a dormatory, than on this side of the river. Near- | where there were thirty girls, The ly all the southern part of that town waas flooded with water, and some fifty houses ocoupied by poor families were more or less injured and several blown down or entirely out of shape. Women and children left there houses aud waded around through the mud and water for hours, seeking a safe shelter from the storm, filling freight cars und occupying other places of refuge. THE ROUND HOUSE of the Narrow Gauge ralroad was nearly blown down and Keacher's new mill nearly lost most of the upper story and the engine house. Abhout 150 teet of the Vandalia line roar of the coming storm had awaken- ed most of them, and they were on their knees in prayer when the cupola fell: FOUR OF THE GIRLS WERE KILLED, Their names aro Mabel McLaun- than, Jda Golden and Anuie McDon- ald, of this city, and Mary Austin, of Carrolton, Mo, Several pther scholars were wounded, though not seriously. It required several hours to recover the bodies from the rvins, Death appeared to have been instan- taneous in each case. There was a pathetic scene when the bodies were taken out 1n the presence of relatives and friends, The funerals of the vic- froight house was cartied away. The | yiny 400k placo to.day. The dam- East St. Louis clevator and thel oo™ "5y ™ic domy butlding was Advanco elevator lost theic smoke | 5o goo PG atcks or part of their roofs, Tao|$O0000 L the Hauat wmills aluo sulfered covercly, A | yives, and tolegraphio communication b Ja was not established until to-day. some of them business houscs, their rgofs or part of their walls, and considerable stock was damaged or destroyed by the rain The total lows cannot fall short of §50,000, and may be more, LEAVENWORTH, KAS. A MIDNIGHT HURRICANE, Leavexworts, June 18 —At balf past 12 o'clock yestcrday morning Leavenworth wes visited by ono of the most terrific wind storms experi enced for many years, strewing the streets with debris, The wind came from the northwest, and the most terrific part of the gale lasted for about twenty minutes, during which time a perfoct pandemonium reigned. At times the fierce wrath of the storm would lull for a moment; then, gl‘thurim( fresh fury, it came down with seemingly greater velocity. At the most violent portion the wind was blowing over BIXTY MILES AN HOUR, and the onometer in the sigoal office clicked with an ominous rapidity which boded nothing but ill to the city. The city was astir ; lights were flashing from every window, At the hotels there was a scene of indescrib- able confusion ; the guests tumbled out of bed and into the halls clad in scanty garments, and huddled together From reports from the surrounding country it is learned that but little damage has been done to ripening grain, though fruit has suffered con- siderably, NEW YORK. Natlonal Assoclawd Press SARATOGA TAKES A BATH, Sararcoa, N, Y., June 18.—The storm that reged here yesterday after- noon and night was one of the severest ever known in this region, and an immense amount of damage was done, There was a perfect deluge of water in some streets. The water was from one to three feet deep. The hurri- cane levelled a large number of trees. Several large washouts occurred on the Mount McGregor railroad, in course of construction, In the towns of Ballston, Apa, Rock City and Gan- zevoort, along Bmondn‘gl river, the storm raged with relentless fury, and it is reported the hail proved very destructive to vegetation, It was the most severe storin ever knowa here, BTORM NOYES. Natlonal Associated Fross. IN ILLINOIS, Gengsko, 111, June 18, —A terrible storm prevailed night before last. Chimneys were blown down, houses in a confused mass, uncertain which way to turn, many believing that the next moment would be thewr last. At private residences were the same #eenes of 5 DIRE DISMAY. Wives were clinging to their hus. and barns unroofed and mary trecs were blowa up by the roots. BEDALIA BSevania, Mo., June 18,—The storm prostrated the German Uatholic church ;Zd also the retort room of the gas use. The BE INING, JUNE 19, 1882. Law-Makers d the shrill eries of the litle| PERSPIRING STATESMEN. Practically Earning their Bread and Sweating. I'he Baid and Brovzad Brows in Both Fr quently Eponged. Ylouses 3. | loss injured. The battle was tought with Wiachester rifles and fifty or y shots were fired, The district court has called npan the adjutant gercral to p penee, i TERRIFIC FIGHTING 3 lo the ves- ff Tsland 8t. Thomas on the 97th ule,, two Chinamen (cook and steward) run a muck on a of [the captain depriving them of the | usual allowance of «pram, murdered Dwight, of Springfield, Masa,, ing the off s and crew with The Fog Days Liabla tol? hets and knives, severcly wound- Find & Quorum ling the first mato aud two of the Wilting, crew. The fighting was desperate for about twenty minutes, Both China T ST men were killed and thrown over- Severai Important Monsnres | board. Mapped Out for the Week. A Variety of Events Bolled Down. CAPITAL NOTES. National Associated Prose. FLIPPER'S FIRE. WasniNaToN, June 18,—The secre- tary of war signed and approved the teut. Flip- court martial dismissing per from the army. The peipers are now in tho hands of the priuter, and THE LEAGUE LEADER. A Hearty Welcome to Mich- ael Davitt in New York., A BriefTalk on Kindred Topicse= His Health and Appearance. National Assoctated L'res. New York, June 18.—The Germa- will b sent to the commanding officer of the department at once. THE POLAR REGIONS. Liout, Harper writes from Irkutsk under date of April 11th, giving an account of the journey from St. Pet- eraburg, which place he left February 284, arriving at Irkutsk March 26th. o has contracted for the steamer General Simlninkofl for the journey northward, paying 4,000,0001.;‘0“?15: F,y:-u::, from the path it has been pur- for the use of the boat. heard from Melville was on 12th, when he was at Nerchojousk. E. C. INGERSOLL, tiancy in the divorce procecdings. THE SUMMER CAMPAIGN. 1t is said the senate will adjourn Wednesday until the following Mon- day 1n order to have the carpets taken up and matting put down. T'his looks like a sunimer campaign. THE COLORED PRESS. The National Colored press associa- tion, which held its first convention at Louisville in 1879, wiil assemble in this city on the 27ch and continue in session three days. HEADS WIN, Secretary Teller, in the ng case of Cheetaw county, 1. ‘I, decided that the heada of the departinents of the government ere higher than the conrts under tho Choc'aw treaty. GUITEAU AGAIN, Justice N. Rradley admits that he has for several days had under con- Hundreds of fruit and shade troes | gideration an application for a writ of hubeas corpus by Reed for Guiteau, BANK ORGANIZED, The Frst National bank of Benton, Tex., capital 50,000, was authorized to commence business, PENNSYLVANIA Senator Mitchell atates in regard to the published rumor of Cameron’s proposition to the independents for a uéw Pennsylvania convention, that he does not bel e Cameron ever had any such mtention. As to whether such an idea would find fuvor among the independents, Mitchell declines to say. POLITICS, HOUSE WORK. The house to-morrow, after the call of states, will act upon bills called up by ecomuwittees uader suspension of the rules. Mr. Williams (Wis ), will attempt to pass a bill appropriatiog $50,000 for a fish exhivition at London. ‘Tuetday the bill appropria- ting $1,000,000 for tho congressional library buildiog will come up, after the disposition of which Kelley wall call for the bill for $30,000,000 re- duction in the internal revenue, This bill will be followed by one appropri- ation bill, In the talk about adjourn- ment the belief is that the session will last until the third week of July. PRESIDENTIAL PLANS, ‘The president authorizes a denial of all stories as to his sunimer plans. He hepes to mal short trip as usual to Canadu fish rounds, and moves to the soldiers’ home noxt week, CONGRES NatlopAl Asiociated Pross. HOUSE PROUEEDINGS, WasHiNGToN, June 17.— Consider ation of the river and harhor bill was resumed, the question being on the motion to strike out the wppropri:- tion of §300,000 for rvoirs at tho heed of the Missi i It was adopted. The Mississippi river im- provement clause was reached at 3 o'clock and discussed two hours, M, Moore (Tenn ) and soveral Mississippi valley members spoke in favor of the bill. © An amendment was adopted di- recting the work to be carried on by contract as far as possible. Tho at- tempt to engraft into the bill Cowder's soheme for lowering the waters of the Miesissippi by an outlet through Lake Borguo was voted down without de- bate or division. A number of minor smendments providing for surveys of various streams were adopted. A vote was taken on the bill at 6:16 p. m., and the bill passed 119 to 47, Roberson reported the naval appro- priation bill from the committee, Adjourned at 6:30 p. m, il g CRIMINAL NEWS. ’ Natloual Assoclited Prese. [ LYNCHED, | Denver, June 18,—A spcclal from | Rice, Col., suys a party eutered the jail at two o'clock Friday night, took out the murderers, Thoraus Wall and Trinidad Charlie, and hung them in a sma'l cabin near the jail, A EREE FIOHT. Onicaao, June 18, —A Dallas (Texas) special says @& free fight occurred at Llano, Texas, in which Heunry Hatty nia arrived ot the dock early this morning, and the reception that was arranged for Michael Davitt was car- ried out to a great extent. The agi- tator stepped from the steamer at 7:30, and was driven immediately to the Everett house. In an interview he said he had not made mnor sug- gested a new departure. *‘My Liver- pool speech was not intended to an- tagonize the views of Parnell or to awitch off the Land league movements suing. It was made in answer to a challenge from the Troy press, which declared I could not define my idea of fore they could be closed the storm |a prominent District attorney, is ro-|]and for the people in a reasonable was at its height. The signal station | reported insane to day. He has been | way They put the onus of commun- acting as counsel for ex-Sonator Chris- | jym on me and I simply desired to re- pudiate the stigmaand justify the idea in the eyes of reasonable people.” three o'clock there was a conference At between the joint Land league com- mittees of New York and Brooklyn, Boston delegations, representatives of eaguers from other localities and Michael Davitt The distinguished visitor is appar- ently much 1mproved in health and spirits. He seems ready for a new and vigorous campaign. Tne confer- ence was & prolonged one. The reso— lutions of the joint committve were laid before Davitt, heartily welcom- ing the father of the Land leagne and expressing gratitude and confilence for his past and future, Dr. Wallace, D Curran and others entered into exhaustive statements on the matter at issue. Davitt expressed regret, before a conclusion had been arrived at, that his presence was wanted and his explanations sought abont the Liverpool speech, on which a0tauch Siisconceptior: hud boen based. The construction was onehe could not accept.. The text was given to suit, no doubt, tho design of his enemics in the prees and to further the ene- mies’ object of fomenting disunion. He was now, as he had ever been, in thorough accord with the Land league and its objeote, and unqualifiedly in union with Parnell aud other leaders. [Applause.] Congratu'ations and hand-skaking all around followed this declaration, “ e % T HEID GLOVES. PATENTED JUNE 0111, 1-70, CAUTIONI Cheap and poor quality gloves are- being oxtentively advertised as “Fos- ter” Lacing Gloves, * Foster” Hook Gloves, etc., ete., in a manner caleu- lated to make it appear to purchasers that they are the genuine W CGrIL.OVIES.- To prevent decep'ion of this charac- ter, purchasers of laced gloves ave in- ‘‘Foster" Gloves ave made from the best quality of real kid, and stamped with a fac simile of the manufacturer's signature, thus: “ % ) formed that all genuine THOMAS RUSLELL&00.,80l0 Agts. 374 BROADWAY, N, Y. 103,17, 19jy1 Ve s e These ,celebrated 8tov Omaha Nob. was killed, John Coggins mortally wounded, and three others more or Beauty, heaith, and happiness for ladies in *WINE G CARREUY