Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 19, 1883, Page 1

X u | +2,000 1,000 | bris, 5 25: family mackerel. kite e W MASKED BATTERIES. The Telegraph Men Réssrve Their Fire and Keep Their Own Connsel. The Company Agents Fight With Their Mouths Quite Vigorously —¥Facts From Both Sides, WAITING AN ANSWER, New York, July 18.—It was announc «d in the morning papers that a commit- tee of the Telegrapher's Brotherhood would wait on the oftic ern Union company at 11 o’clock t to demand an answer to their potit reference to wages and hours of work A meeting of the directors of the tele graph company will be held at 11:30, and the result, so far as it refors to the peti- tion will probably not be known for an hour or more after that time. no evidences of unusual though the situation is discussed with much interest wherever a knot of them gathers, A FEVERISH ¥ A feverish feeling es circles over the strike. person in terested is anxiously awaiting the results of the meeting of the executive commit tee of the Western Union divectors, commit e of the Brotherhood held a mee! ing early this morning, but what tran: pired there could not be learned. Cipher dispatches were received by the commit- ING, sts in telegraph tee from various points, stating that the | operators were in readiness to leave their | desks at a moment’s notice. W. B. Somerville, of the Western Union _company, said to-day that there seemed to be little possibility that the «company would grant the request, and & strike seemed to be inevitable. The .demands were unjust and unreasonable, and if a strike should happen the com- pany would fight it to the bitter end. THF, SITUATION IN NEW YORK. New York, July 18.—W. J. Dealey, chief of the operating rooms of the West- ern Union Telegraph company, said he did not believe that the strike would be | «comme! without mature deliberation on the of the operators. This morning there was an unusually large force at work in the office, numbering between six and seven hundred; the ordi- nary number of absentees was from 15 to 25, but there were onl: this morning. He said he had at least 50 letters from employes of the company promising to stand by it in the event o a strike. There were 20 chicf oper tors in the office, ecach having under him from I8t025 more. This mon ing a canvass was made by their chief| go[j gway, the union went into a slow among operators to ascertain, if possible, | gcline,” and eventually died from pure the real strength of the disaffected ! tion and how large a force lied on in case of a strike. The f port showed that out of 21 operators 12 were doubtful and nine promised to stand by the Company. Later reports indicat- ed this proportion represented a_ division of feeling throughout the whole force, The Wheatstone operators to a man, Dealy “said, * promised to stand by the Company in case of a strike. Cuicaco, July 17.—The linemen of the telephone company of this city went out on a strike at noon to-day, and will hold a meeting at 2 o'clock this afternoon to outline their future course of action. INVESTIGATING THE GRIEVANCES. New York, July 18.—At the regular weekly meeting of the executive commit- « tee of the directors of the Western Union telegraph company to-day, the following was adopted: Resonvep, ““That a committee consist- ing of ex-Gov. Cornell, J.,W. Clendenin, and John 1. Terry, be appointed to quire into the complaints of inequalities of compensation and condition of service of the employes of this company, if any, and report to committee,” One of the gentlemen who attended the meeting says the sentiment was unanimous in the support of the action of Gen. Eckert in his reception of the committee who called on him to present the memorial, Monday last, and that his letter to Col. Clowry, at Chicago, outlin- ing the position and resources of the company and calling attention to the orbitant demands of that committee, wa likewise discussed and warmly approved. The meeting did not take cognizance in fact ef the petition since it was held that whatever complaints employes of the company might have to make, must be | made directly by themselves to the com- pany’s ofticers. The sub committee is not empowered, except to make a report next Wednesday evening, when the full com- mittee meets again, The composition of the committeo, howover, is of the same interest as bearing on the temper of the meeting and its fu- « ture action. Clendenin, one of the mem- bers, is president of the Xeadia Coal company, which has extensive mines in Picton, North Carolina. The miners there have been & turbulent community, and have frequently indulged in strikes. Clendenin has always managed during these crisi s, and never yielded to the de- mands mado through the medium of a strike. Ex-Governor Cornell and Te are also said to be opposed to strikes as a means of settling the wages difliculty. The Wheatstone is a system of rapid transmission of business and news, I has been in use many years in England, but is comparatively a new thing in this country, The instrument will do nearly ten times the business that can be done over the ordinary Morse wire. Should the Wheatstone operators remain and other operators strike, the company would have considerable advan- tage through the use of this system. The members of the brotherhc claim that nearly all the Wheatstones are will- ing to go out, while the officers of the company say that not more than two or three of the nineteen local employes and not a lurge number of those else where will consent to a strike THE OPERATORS' SIDE, Pittsburg special of the Philadelphia Press. The bill of grievances of the Tele ers” Brotherhood has been submitted by order of its executive committee with power to act. The interested reports that have been from time to time printed during the past ten days to the effect that the brotherhood was so w“f placated that no strike need be feared are now known to have been without good foun dation, in so far at least as they indicated that there was no serious dissatisfaction among the operators, It may be that a strike will not be the < T — TIIIRTRENTH Y EA,! "“'hn There is | excitement | among the operators: this morning, al-| The | ¢ c nine absentees | telegraph | outcome of uw (agitation, and that the differences between the compan. ies and_their employes may be amicably adjusted, but if this should be the result | it may be depended upon that it will only be achieved by the concession of the Western Union to all the demands of the brotherhood. and to make this clear it will probably be of interest to sketch the inner history of this—probablo the most compact and well .limipi‘nh-.l trades union at present in ox- | istence in this country, " e the Telegraphers’ Protection League, Protective :l'm--n. and the present Brotherhood be ing the only associations that have éver licved universal proportions. The league was formed in 1868, and was the outgrowth of a feeling of insecurity upon the part of operators, A conflict in Cali fornia in 1869 lead the league into a strike, in which l,‘.m(Ynchtum partici- ated, causing a general suspension of business. The outbreak was caused by the attempt of one of the company's su- perintendents to break up the league. A few days after the men had submit- ted they learned that the company had | prepared a circular concediug all their demands and this was not_issued simply | ise numbers of weaker brethren in | ger citios accepted the ultimatum | smpany when victory was really | within their grasp. That ended tho League. In 1876, by a secret circular from the Western Union executive committee, all vacancies ocourring after that time were | filled at 85 less per month than the sal-| aries paid to previous ocoupants of the, positions. In pursuance of this scheme, | within six months all over the country | salaries were forced down to $40 and $50 | per month for first-classoperators. About this time the manager of the St. Louis office gave wide circulation to a boast that he would be able to fill his office with first-class men at $60 per month. This, with the practical operation of the | scheme in other places, demoralized the profession, and until 1878 it was next to impossible for operators to make a re- spectable living. Out of the despera- tion of the men grew the Telegraphers’ Protective Un: It was more demo- ed in the circuits, as the assemblies were called, and at one time the numeri- | cal strength of the union placed at 13,000 members, but as they had no cere- | monies to make the meetings iuteresting, and as they were without a clearly de- fined object, like that of the present organization, the membership gradually HE BROTHERHOOD ORGAN In 1881 the present Brotherhood had its inception in this city. Seventeen operators met towether one Sunday afte noonand formed a local secret organ. tion, They met together weekly, and their n\un{mn steadily increased, until i the bulk of the operators in this vicinity Tad joined the society, which was incor- | porated into the Knights of Labor, as a district assembly. In January, 1882, the Pittsburg assembly issued a call to the telegraphers of the United States and Canada for a convention of telegraphers, to be held in this city in Marce, 1882, for the de- clared purpose of forming an internation- al telegraphers’ organization, and the amalgamation of all existing telegraphers’ organization into one grand Brotherhood. The purpose of the Brotherhood was then declared to be, among other things, to secure for its members a proper share of the wealth they created, more of the |leisure that rightfully belonged to them and equal pay for both sexcs for equal work. On Monday, March 20, 1882, the con- vention met 1n this city with more than 100 delegates, represcnting many cities, Over 8,000 operators were represented. Mortimer D. Shaw, of St. Louis, was made president, and John Campbell, of Pittsburg, secretary of the convention. The platform adopted as a basis of or- anization at this convention opened the doors for all operators, male and female, |in the United States and Canada, ab the age of eighteen years, It declas the interests of the telegraph and road companies identical with tho the men, and pledged the Brotherhood | to deserve the co-operation of their em- [ ployers in all their undertakings, and asked only a_proper recognition of their rights, They deprecated strikes, and | avowed the purpose of the Brotherhood to be to preserve harmony betweon employ- er and employce so long as this could he done withoutundue sacrifices, The officers there elected were: Grand chief operator, John Campbell: grand assistant, J. H. Vestal, of Chicago, grand treasurer, Jno A. Hartman, of Philadelphia, and fgrand socretary, Thomas H. Hughes, of Pitts- burg. THE CIGARMAKERS' STRIKE. Niw Yonk, July 18.—A fight between the cigar manufacturers began yesterday | morning when the bunch wakers employ - ed in the differentshopsrepresented inthe Manufacturers Union were discharged. This afternoon a number of shops shut down, and it is estimated that eight thousand cigar and bunch makers will be thrown out of employment. Members |of the committee say the association is determined to make u stand now against what they term the arbitrary and unjust They profess to anything the demands of the union. |be willing to do s fair toward but they have patience has ceased to be a virtue and | rather than yield in this case they will close the shops permanently, They say that if they submit to the demands n [ they may s well make over their busi ness to the ofticers of the unions and trust to their generosity for living, for the unions would practically run the bus- iness, if they permitted it to dictate the pay, who shall be employed, and othe; matters they assume to gulate. The manufacturers will make no ferms except on the basis of unconditional surrende New York, July 18.—There were new developments to-day in the ciga makers' strike. Members of the inter- national employed by 8. Ottenburg & k, um{ unless they resign or are discharged to-day the members of the Protective Union will not return to work, and in that event the Ottenburg that workmen, until It is an unquestionable fact that the | work with the twenty-six m Brotherhood is in a position to enforce | laim violated the promise made to them, everv reasonably demand it has made, | over seven thousand persons, a fow of cratic than the League; all power was 679, Jersey One result of the strike, it is said, | will be that manufacturers who are not | members of the Manufacturers’ Union |and whose shops will not be closed, will increase their working force. Mem. bers of the Protective Union say they will remain firm in their determination, and thus through their unwillingness to , who they whom are women, will this aft- rnoon be thrown out of employment,and fifteen cigar factories will be closed. A lock-out 18 confidently expected. | —— GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS, The Great Torbnm Oarsman Beats Ross | A Quarter of a Mile. Details of the Race at Ogdensburg Turf and Dinmand Doings. SPORTING NOTES. THE GREAT ROW, Ocorxsnura, July 19—-The Hanlan. | Ross race was started by the referee, Mr, THE TRIAL OF THE JRWS LosnvoN, July 18, —~The court at reghyhaza, Hungary, trying a numbe Jews, charged with the murder of Esther Fy- | day, where the boy Scharf, was compelled to look ' throngh | the key-lole in the door of the syna gogue, through which he alleges he “saw the murder committed. It was conclu- | sively proven he could by so doing only see one person in the interior at a time, and that it was impossible to see a group of, persons as he swore he did. THE NEW CANAL, Oharles DeLesseps is expected here on Thursday, to continue negotiations with the British government relative to the Suez canal project across the isthmus, He has no ohject inview but the removal of material obstacles to beneficial com- mercial intercourse, THE CHOLERA. Camno, July 18, The number of deaths from cholera in this city during the 2 hours ending at 8 o'clock this morning is GL. CHAMBORD'S CONDITION. Paus, July 18.—This morning's bulle. | tin says de Chambord passed a quiet night and apparently improved. TEE RIFLE MATCHES, Loxvox, July 18.—Shooting for the Kolapore cup took place at Wimblodon to-day. The prize was compoted for by teams representing England, Canada, Islands of Jersey and Guernsey and India. The teams were composed of cight men each and firing was at 200, 500 and 600 yards. Each man was al- lowed seven shots at each range. The cup was won by the English team with scores as follows : England 698, Canada ernsey 621 and India 614. AMERICAN SCORES. A rovision of the scores made by the American riflemen in their shooting Thursday and yesterday fora cup and £60, specially presented for that com- petition shows that Van Huegen w | vietor, as his_score for the two days’ 72 against a total of 169 | shooting was 17 | for Joiner. | AN AMBASSADOR ARRIVED, NGHAL July 18, as been megof Toicou, French ambas: at Tienstin. ANXIOUS AUSTRALIANS. BRIsBANE, July 18.—The executive council has forwarded a memorial to the Earl of Derby, secretary for the colonies, urging the government to reconsider the decision to forbid annexation of New Guinea to Quecnsland, and inviting them to take steps to provide a federal govern- ment for Australia. & Li Sung Chang, ing here with or, has arrived ———— A Sensational Robbery. Sr. Louts, July 18,—The people of the southwest corner of Missouri and the nortwest corner of Arkansas are beating the bushes for three men for the robbery of a farmer named Jno, Flynn, living on the Missouri and Arkansas line, under sensational circumstances, On the night of the 16th three men called at Flynn's and secured lodgings. They claimed to be stock buyers. About midnight Flynn and family were aroused by the men bursting ‘into their sleeping room and demanding the money in the hou Two daughters attempted to | cave tl n when the robbers fired on them, wounding one in the arm and the other in the shoulder. Flynn himsclf was knocked down with the butt of a re- . The bandits then hastily plun- » louse, securing $400 or $500 cks, and then mounted horses 1y, and rode The Church of God Goes, Louzs, July 18.—Sonthwest Mis was visited by a severe thund last evenin W. H. Miller’s slaughter house at Carthage was struck by lightningand burned, Severalstables and barns were struck by lightning and destroyed, At Marshal, the storm. wind and rain was very severe, Trees were uprooted, fences levelled, corn and oats blown flat and tha Church of God, a new structure, blown cver by a tornado, Much stock was killed oy lightning and about seven miles of telephone wire and l»..l.m destroyed. Joplin was also visited by a storm, but the damage was slight. | ——— Lawn Tennis Tragedy. PuiLavgLenia, July 18, —The town of Bedford is in the greatest excitement over the lawn tennis tragedy. A party yesterday were playing lawn tennis near Ship Inn, at St. Cuthberts, in the center of tewn., Among the players were Mr. Devere, an army ofticer, and Miss Mc. Kay, an oxccedingly preity young lady 20 years of age. Suddenly, without pparent provocation, Devere pulled out w revolver and shot Miss MeKay dead and then blew out his own brains, = Both victims are well-know in society and in both cases the only surviving relatives are widows, It is bolieved jealousy was the motive of the crime storm The Sout Lovisviiie, July 18.—The demand for space at the southern exposition is so veat that the managers to-day contract ed for the immediate erection of an an nex, which will atford 25,000 square fect additional space, at a cost of $7,000. Ex hibits ave rapidly arriving, being placed in position. By the first of August every- thing will be it readiness for the inaugu val opening. Ixpositic Murd and Suicide, Des Moises, July 18,—In an alterca- tion among some colored miners at Whitebreast, Lucas county, last night, lond heat C| r | a dead heat for s of Boston, at 6:60 . m, af- | ny had despaired of having n race, on account of, tl igh wind that pre vailed all day., Ross won the choice and | selected the outside course, explaining | that he was afraid the boats would inter- | fere with him. Hanlon lead off easily | and kept a length ahead through the | first mile rowing 31 strokes to Ros: At the one and three quarter stopped rowing, then m Ross 28. Soon ho wasthree longths ahead. Hanlan made the turn in 7 minutes, twelyo longths ahead of Ross. On the | third mile Hanlan slowed up and took a | drink of water. In response to a cheor | from the press Hanlan eried, “It is lone- | some out here.” Ross appeated blown at | this time and George Lee plled along side and talked to him. Hanlan finishe the the four miles with an easy stroke | just as Ross reached the three and three quarter f The officialgtime of the four miles is anlan, 27 minutes 57} sce onds; Ross, 28 minutes 45 scconds. Hanlan was tully a quarter of a mile ahead, and made the fastest time on record for the distance with turn. The previous record of four miles and turn was by Mike F. Davis, of Portland, Me. at Silver Lake, Miss.,® October 8, twenty-eight minutes, six and quarter seconds, John Davi to, was judge for Hamlan, Charles F. Courtney for Ross. Hanlan asked the favor that Ross would chodle some other judge, but he declined, 80 Hanlan came in 8o far ahead that & majority of the 19,000 people on the water and shore who saw the race supposed Ross and Leo who were sculling together were contestants and that Ross had the race. This report ‘was telegraphed all over the country ‘an hour after the race. The que was asked on the streets and at aarters, *“Who won the race?” Offi were wrongly given for some reason: Hanlan drew to the referee’s boat and heard the official announcement, he exclaimed, }wintiug to Courtney, “‘Send out'that big fellow, and T'll make an exhibition of him.” Hanlan then rowed over™t6” Ross and shook hands. In a brief b¥o‘nch to a large crowd, Hanlan said he felt proud of hav- ing made the best four-mile time on record. The pools averaged 4 to 1 on Hanlan throughout the' day. Nothing has been ]wnn{ this evening of any chal- lenge frow Courtney. The water was quite rough, i Oapexsnura, N. ¥, July 18,1t is said Hanlon approached Courtney in the headquarters this morning bad tempered. A verbal row followed in which Hanlan is said to have w-yd o= inal bitter- nesd. He offered £6 put upyeH,000 and row Courtney a square race on any bod of waterin America. Courtney kept cool, and asked Hanlan how much he had to pay for cutting his boat at Chatauqua, and exhibiting $1,000 oftored to bet that ie would crowd Hanlun to faster time at Watkins than he ever made before. Courtney said if Hanlan did not cut his (Courtney’s) boat at Chatauqua, his (Hanlan's) money did it. Hanlan said Courtney was a liar and a thief. Wal- lace and Ross having appointed Courtney as judge in the race, Hanlan made a for- mal protest to the committee against Courtney acting in that capacity. THE CHICAGO MEETING Cuicaio, July 18.—Fourth day Dri ing Park races, track fast, attendanc large, races unexciting, the favorites winning in two of the three races. Class 2:30, purse $2,600, $500 extra to bea Tony Newell, a strong fayor- ite, won with ease in straight heats, George V. second, Western third, Brown Wilkes fourth; tim 4], 2:24, 2:28}. Class 2:21, purse $2,600, $500 extra to beat 2:17}. Before the first heat Joe Bunker was the favorite in the pools for first place, but Overman evidently took hismeasure when theheat wastrotted, and betting at once shifted to the Californian. The race closed excitingly. In the sec- miie G. and Wilson trotted ond pl Ovorman won straight heats, Clemmie G. second, Wilson third, Joc Bunker fourth; time, 2:19, 2:20, 2:197. Class 2:25, purse $2,600, $600 extra to beat 2:20. Catchfly, the favorite, won with ease in straight heats, Sleepy Joe second, Ira G third, Will Benham fourth; time, 2:20], 2:20, 2:23§. MYSTIC PARK RACES, Bostox, July 18, —Second day of Mys- tic Park, the favorite won in each class, In the 2:38 class, Galanthus won in straight heats, Mortimer second, Minnie C third h; time, 2: 31 ) Ella Doe won, George S second, Hersey third, Archie fourth; time, 2:274, , 2:204, 2:264, BASE BALL. Cricado, July 18.—Chicagos 9, Bos- tons 0. Dernorr, July 18, troits b. VELAND, July 18, sw Yorks 1, Burraro, July 18, Buflalos b v Senixareigun, July 18, i Rapids 0, Prowia, July 18 nuws 4; ten innings. [ — W Agony. The se Prov 3, De- Clevelands 10, Philadelphias 7, Springfields 7, Peoria 6, Sagi Cone Concorn, July lot to-day: Whole number, sary for a choice, 163; Ladd, 1; Jordan 1, Burns 1, Todd 1, Prescott 1, Binith 1, B.iggs 1, Burnham 2, Bell 3, Hall 3, Barnard Gallinger 4, Patterson 7, Moore 11, Stavens 23, Marston 28, Lap pan 39, Chandler 74, Bingham 116, orial bal 4; neces- ——— A Wrecked Express Train, Kxoxvinie, July 18.—At 1 o'clock this morning, one mi st of the city, at the zine works, the eastern bound " express train, going ac full speed, was thrown one of them was killed. The names are not given. The murderer is under ar- rest, shop and fourteen others belonging to the Manufacturers’ Union will be locked | out to-night for an indefinite time. | W. H. Nebon, a respected citizen of Oskaloosa, committed suicide this even- ing by shooting himself with a pistol, No cause is assigned. from the main track by a misplaced switch, The train struck four coal cars on the side track, demolishing them. The engine then jumped the track and THE UNAPPROACHABLE, | ine havoc with the machinery. The 0. motive and tender turned over. The mail car was torn to pieces and the ex press car damaged. railroad company is £10.000; to the zinc company 86,000, The railread company offors largo roward for the apprehension of the scoundrel who broke the lock and changed the switch, | — Gen. Bherdan's New Home, Cureaco, July 18.—-The correspond- ance between Lieut, Gen. P H. Sheri dan and citizens of this city who presen ted him a rosidence in Washington city in anticipation of his assumption of eom mand of the army of '!n‘l nited States next fall, when Gen. Shorman will retire from the army, will be wmade publie to morrow. The lotter of presentation is signed by 81 prominent citizens, inelud ing Anson Stager, Marshal Field M. Pullman, N. K. Fairbanks, ( 3 well, Joseph Medill, P, D. Armour, ter Palmer, L. C. Leiter, and T. Blackstone. ton. Sheridan as a soldier and _citizen, | and expresses the warm personal friend- | ships of the donors. Shoridan's letter of acknowledgo- ment expresses high appreciation of this neighborly evidence of regard in his chosen home as commander of the do- tment of the Missouri, and says when | he assumes his new duties, the fact of his new home presented him by Chieago friends will bo a matter of speochless pleasure to him. corge B The lettor is a tribute to| —e— The Tewksbury Report. | Bostox, July 18, The majority and | minority reports of the Towksbury in- | vestigating committee will be presented to the legislature Friday. The former makes about 10 columns, the latter 17, The majority report will speak in most positive terms regarding the direc charges effecting the honor of the state. It will take up in denial the most serious of them and endeavor to show how the; have been refuted, and will charact; in strong language the nature of the at- tempts to make the commonwealth scom savage and brutal and possibly wmay be very direet in its liguage upon the part the governor has taken in promoting the investigation. — A Naval Court of Inquiry, Norgotk, Va., July 18.—The naval conrt of inquiry to examine mto the - dif- ficulty between Commodore Maye, com- mandant of the navy yard, and Com- mander MeGlensey, assembled. The charges preferred by the commandant against MeGlensey were read, accusing that officer and clerk with aiding Congressman Desendorfl i muking charges to the navy department against Mayo. They further charge that Me- Glensey refused to deliver cortain papers when ordered by the commandant to do | so. Commandor McGlensey charges Commodore Mayo with arresting and confining him to quarters without cause. —— Crook's Indian Policy, SAN Krancisco, July 18.—Governor Tuttle, of ng, in an interview on Crook’s Apache policy, says the Apaches are committing further depredations, the responsibility of which can’t be fixed on any individual member. ‘When one com- mits murder all should suffer. Crook'’s military control of the territory resulted in a great improvement in the Apache Indians plncmi on the reservation. They have remained there. The people of the territory view Crook’s policy as their sal+ vation. eee—ne e Funeral of Gen. Thumb, Mimnresoro, July 18, —The funeral of Gen, Tom Thumib veourred this morn- ing. Every effort was made to have it as quict as possible and no display made. The body was enclosedin a walnut coftin covered with broadcloth and trimmed with Masonic emblems. The plate bore the inscription, “Chas. S. Stratton, aged " The services wi very brief and impressive. The Mayflower lodge of Masons escorted the body to the train, e The Polk Trial. Nasuvicie, July 18, The examina- tion of states witnesses in the Polk trial continued to-day. The time was mainly occupied in the cross-examination of Mr. Fleming, former clerk of the ex-treas- urer | ———— The Hanlan Race, Puescorr, Canada, July 16, The viver continies rough and the prospects of this afternoon’s race are somewhat | dubious, Necither Hanlan or Ross were out this morning, The influx of visitors way greatly augimented by the traing from all points lust night. — Sophia's Severance, Puiiavenenia, July 18, - Sophi Wartman, aged 19, who, April last, nearly succoeded in killing herwolf with & rovolver, almost sovered her head from the body to-day with a razor. Sho was ruined under promise of marringe. e The Trade Dollar, Prravkienia, July 18,—The Produce Exchango has agreed” to co-oporate with the Commercial Exchange in urving upon ngress the redemption, retirement or legalization of the trade dollar. TELEGRA NOTE A slight frost was reported at Davenport, Towa, by gardeners Wednesday morning, ney, the x i lot Y g sion to hold u mass meeting of workingmen on l plaza, The muyor said ho intunc 0 the matter, d the Youk An o (N oral pe o seriously dar wlight Works, 5 Y.) G Tho general convention of the North Amer fcan. Buengerfest seloctod Milwaukee as the | next place of holding the Ssengerfest. Tudications the Mississippi south eded in the valloy 1 In the Iges court martial at St. Paul, the dofense requested the sunmons of Mujor M- | Ginnis as witness s refused o st what he expected to prove by him, The r quest wis granted court adjourned to | await the arrval of th Retu Loxuox, July 12— General Sir Evelyn Wood, commander of the forcesin Egypt, who had embarked at Suez for England, has returned, by order of the Khedive, in consequence of the appearance of the cholera in Cairo, ran into the main building and works of the Valley Ziuc company, tearing away the whole side of the building, and play- — A New Line, Bogora, July 18.—Via Galveston araph limey yesterday to the where they connoet this government, wha nection with the lines 1 110 Lenti an South Amerdmn Tolegn, LA e )M Galveston. THE APPROACHING b, ‘RVEST. Generally Favorable Reports P " S0F- oral Connties in Towa and Netwash, Venezuela were opened frontior of Columbia, with the land lines of ch are in direct con- of the Central and Cor Speeding Rapidly M- turity ~Wheat, Oats: and Iéye Ready for the Reaper. Special Dispatehos to Tk Brw, A GOOD SHOWTNG, Nob, July 16 nof every kind is a fairly good the Corn is looking splendid; was waist Serr, Farnas Co., Small gro avp. | Ath. high on the 4th,vand with a few osting commenced on more wins will make a good crop. Potatoes aro hig crop this year. Garden truck | of overy kind s leoking well. Plonty of Kborries, raspborries and other small fruit where there is bushes, ote., to raiso them from, WONDERFUL GROWTH OF CORN. O'Nena, Ciry, Nen,, July 17 grain and potatoes are immen The corn has gained wonderfully since my | ast report, but cannot make an average crop. With favorable woather from now until Fall, we may gather two-thirds of a corn crop. The storm of the 13th inst. did little or no damage through this (Holt) county. THE WORK OF HATL Fierw, Neb., July 17, Wheat, oats, ryo and barley nevor looked botter in st than now. The storn of Fri- day, the 13th inst., shelled the oats and left enough on the ground for seed, Wheat and rye were injured to about the same extent. Not as much wheat sown as usual, and no chinch bugs nor Colora- do beetles. Corn is very backward, and was cut badly by hail; acreage, 10 per SHRL TBEGT LhAR ALY RN TS ) vines are badly injured by hai In Gage county, adjoining here, hail destroyed some picces of wheat, oats and corn. A fow picces of rye have been cut and shocked. Small PROSPECT GOOD, Inmoa Towa, July 18 The crop prospect is very good in this vicinity ex copt wheat, which tho weavel is com- mencing to work on, and which will hurry the farmers to cutbing. The ryo | harvest is nearly over, with about tw thirds of a ¢ with the right kind of weather, corn will be the usual erop. AN AVERAGE CROP ASSURED, Ovgnorr, Towa, July 17, Wheat is still looking fine, last Sunday’s rain storm doing no damage st all. Farmers will begin harvesting wheat by the last of the month. Duving the past week corn has grown but _little, owing to the cool nights we are havi Rye in this county is about all harvested and will be agood crop. Onts hag #rown guite heavy and tall and are yore liable to rust than the other ymall grain. There will be a small average number of bushels per #re of flax in the county owing greatly to its slowness of growth this year, ABOUT HALF A CROP, CresceNr Crry, Ia., July 17.—The past two weeks lave been favorable to the cultivation and growth of crops of all kinds, Farmers have improved the time to the fullest extent, consequently there has been a marked improvement noticed in the corn crop, but should the corn all mature in this township it cannot excecd half a crop as compared with last year, What fow fields of small grain there is will be a good yield. Meadows that were not destoyed will yield a heavy erop. THE NORTHERN Wi X S, Pave, July 18, —Ben Buttorworth, of Ohio, has just returned from a trip over the Northern Pacilie. Ho states that around and beyond Bismarck the wheat erop will not ?N- over one-tenth an average crop, James River valley wheat | is ina wretched condition, Red River valloy bad and other portions poor. AT CRO —— 1Bosh ¢ N. Y. Sun, Our esteemed contemporary York Times, has been imposed upon, publishes a long inter “old and intimate friend of Mr. Tilden.” The purport of this interview i that Mr, ‘Tilden is still willing to be nominated for Prosident by the Demoeratic pa This is bosh. 1t is not true. There is nothing in it. It is a mere fabrication. There 18 no foundation for it. There is no sound reason for saying it, for writing it, or for printing it. We aresorry that a conservative and estimable journal like the New York Times should thus be humbugged. — HICKMAN'S GRAND BAZAR. THE GREAT MORTGAGEE SALE still continucs, and goods are being slaughtered without regard to cost. The Hose which have just been added te the slaughtered list are being rapidly dis- posed of, Hose worth seventy-live cents were never hefore sold for ten conts, Zophyr is still FIVE CENTS per ounce. B War ent Omaha Nutional Bank, —m— Shoulder bracoes for gents and ladies at Goodman's, PURIFY T BLOOD. HE marvelous results of Hood's Samaparilla the blood has prove it the be een tho success of this articly ry faunly, ¥iks, vitalizes dyspep- the stomach caused by a debilitated condi- system occasloned o physical care eradicatesSerof and restores system. A Hamaparil. petite and and labor or dissipation. It ula and all foul humors, and renovates the whole pecullar polnt I Hood's 1a Is that it creates an ap- builds up and strengthens the Invaluabloas a protection from rov el Ol lgtaate Uk chingos Of tho scasoiy to'and of Tite. Gentlemen -1t affords ool son AT ever luuml anything that hit my R g appet soelus spring, and haye Vantas your & urifies 1y bl sox Lowe Notice is given that the government tele Pl ‘I‘{.‘i-‘f*ruo i A o or| ) Lowell, w, and’if we are favored | new d ! [ bourd, THC NATIONAL CAPITAL The Ofsprings of Distinguished Mem Named for Positions'im the-Army, ] The Two-cent Rate of Postage and the President's Trip to the Park —Other Matters, CAPITOL NOTES. FILLING ARMY VACANIES, W astinarox, July 18.—Tho president desig, "Med 7 Vanco, son of Senator Yoy, of North Caroling; Chas, D Clag, of Ky, " grandson of Henry Olay, and J. Mawve, * Duval, of Penn,, to appear bofore the b, 4rd at Fortress Monroe the 1t of Octobes * for examination for second lioutenants im ., the army. These, with twelve designation. ", from civil life, form- wmade, will, i the cxamination is succossfully passed, 1.1l all tho vacancios oxisting in tho amay L0 to July 1. In case thoso young men fa'l to pass exami- uations other designations Will be made by the president. THR RESIGNATION OF A, M. SWOPE As collector of the new soventft district of Kentucky was withdrawn to-day, and a now bond sent him for execution. QUARANTINE AT SHIP ISLAND, The quarantine officer of the marine ser- vico on duty at Ship Island, has been in- structed to prevent all infected vessels from anchoring within two miles of the quarantine station, THE KELLOGO CASE. tn the criminal court Judge Wylie de livered an opinion on the pleas of abate- ment by the defense and demurrer en- tored by the government in the caso of the United States against Wm. Pitt Kel- logg, charged with illegally receiving money while United States senator in connection with the expedition of certain star routes, The court overruled all de- murrers and sustained the indictment re- turned. REDUCTION OF POSTAGE. The circular issued to-day from the ofice of the third assistant postmaster goneral, officially notifying postmasters of the reduction of postage ral to take effect the first of October, and ting them to make preparation for 1t. Post- masters are notified it is desirable to have as small a stock of the present throe centstamps and_stamped envelopes as |mnnilvlunu]mu\1 when the reduction of rate gous into effect; they are required to limit their requisitions for stamps and. envel- opes of this denomination. The circular also announces that the department will be ready to issue two-cent stamps of the sign on the 15th of Soptember, but these stamps and envelopes must not be placed on sale or used before Octobor Ist. Also, that no three-cent stamps will be issued after September 14th, unless the requisition is accompauied with a statement that the stamps are needed for immediate use, No three-cent stamped envelopes will be issued after the 31st of August. The circular further instructs postmasters a8 Lo the design for the new two cent and four cent stamps and stamped envelopes, and notifies them that the prices of envelopes (exclusive of postage) will remain the same as at preg- ent; that no changa will be made in post- age due: that the rates on drop letters yill reinnin the same as at present, Jno. Morrison Was appeinted posts master at Sigourney, Iown, FEVERISH DISPATCHES, "I'he following dispatches have been re- ceived by Surgeon J}oueral Hamilton, of the Marine hospital service: Vera Cruz, Mexico, July 18.—Yellow fovor in provailing with unusua) severity. There were %0 deaths in May, 261 in June, and 144 to date in July. The number of new cases are diminishing, especially umongst the shigping, for want of mate- rial. An exceptional feature has beenthe prevalence of the disease among the ship- ping, which is usually exempt. Not counting the steamers of the Alexandria line, seven per cont of the American suilors have died. The fever commenced in port amongst Norwegian vessels. These have suffered most, and they are purticuly dangerous, because most of them clear for out ports, ‘ (Signed) Guiren Ass't Sur, Marine Hospital Service. w OnrLeans, July 18,—The steam- ship Buteshire arrived at quarantine July 17, with six cases of yellow fever on Has had thirteen in all. The steamship Merchant arrived at quaran- tino July 16, One death from yellow T N TR A (Sigued:) Joskrn Jones, M. D., Prosident Board of Health. Hamilton says to-night no case of yel- low fever has yet appeared on the shores of the United States. He believes the precautions taken will prevent ingress ’ruyund the quarantine limite, THE PRESIDENTIAL TRIP, It is authoritatively denied that the President’s trip to the Yellowstone will cause any expense to the Government, and it is also denied that telegraph lines are to be erected which wilrc t thou- sunds of dollars, and that 180 horses are being provided ' for the party to be paid for \»itL public funds, The fact of the President being a_member of the party will not add a dollar to the expenses of the trip. It is not a pleasure party for the benefit of the ]’I‘cuid\ent, but an ofticial exploration party, and the Presi- dont is to accompany it as an invited guest, The exploration would be made this year in any event. It is the custom to send one or more parties each year to make explorations for the department. Seyveral months ago Licutenant General Sheridan invited tne president to accom- piny him on exploring trip. The presi- dent will leave Washington in time to be | present at the opening of the exhibition at Louisville, August 1st. The party will ' leave Chicago Au- gust 84 for Fort Washakie, from which "minl. they will follow the route travelod by General Sheridan in last swnmer's exploration trip until they Hot Springs. They will then "and follow the Yellowstone gs far as Shields' river in Montana, Prior to his departure for Louisville the presi- dent will make a visit of two or three days to New York —— The Death Roll, ALEXANDRIA, July 18.—The repprts of deaths from cholera yesterduy were as follows: At Damiotta 18; Mansarah 45; Meuzaleh 42; Samanoud 22; Chobar 113 Cairo 17; Chirbin 6, and Talka 2,