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e T T — THE OMAHA DaAIiLy BEE e — 8 — * THE STORW 5, i it b, Pragments of the Wroets fMom e._ Ruined Reion of Soathe:n Minnesota, The Habitations of the Poor of Rochester Razed or Scattered by the Winds, The Death Rate Inoreases with the News from Ramote Coun= try Districts, Liarge Houses Lifted Bodily and Ca:e ried O in the Mighty Whirl. pool of Wind, Cricaco, Augus! & . —Gentlemen just in from Rochestor Linn., say the ent north part of the place from the Chieag and Northwestern tracks is a confused mass of d 5. Scarcely a house is lefu . The fow that are, are moved r foundat asif shuken by an earthquuke. ‘The atfvighted survivors were at work all night rescuing the injured and recovering the buodies of the dead. . Before miduight 23 corpses | had been recovered, Most of them were horribly wutilated. It was thought at least 30 bodies remained in the ruins, The portion of the city swept by the cy- cloue comprised about one-thicd of its extent. The storm appeared to have formed about eighteen iiles north- west of Rochester, and gathe L4 violence as it progressed, destroyed sev- eral farm houses in its course. A towor- ing dun-colored funnel cloud was scen approaching the fated town, and in & few moments the slanghter hud been sceom- plished. No time was given for any prepwation, had it been pussinle, The scene mwong the devastated district and place where the dead lay was _indescribably sud. Mothers wildly searched for their children, while little homeioss waifs were found whom the tempest bas orphaned, One child was the only survivor of a family of seven, The passengers on this tiain were not aware that a frightful cyc had passed neav them until ~ their attention was directed to feather beds wnd articls of wearing ap- parel lodged agaiust the barbed wire ences, which indicated somethiog of a blow. Wheat and other straw which was blown from stacks was twisted about the rails 1 lurge quantities, presenting a singular appenrance. Where the death dealing funnel crossed the track shortly before the train arrived at Rochester, a freight train was wrecked at a trestle at the western approach of the place. The wind twistel the switch bar from its place, throwing open the switch. The engineer saw his peiil when close at hand and jumped, saving his life. The ficemun was carried over. FRAGMENTS OF WRECKS, Rocuesteg, Minn., August 21.—One third of the buildings of Rochester are i iple ave dead, n0t yet been identitied owingto their frightful mutila- tipn by the storm. ‘The storm swept through Dodgs and Olmstead countics, causing greator destruction than the cy- clone of a month ago. The damage in Rochester will reach fully $300,000. When the storw struck the Congrey: tional church, thiriy-tive children nad just returned from a picuic, but none were hurt. The list of dead and wound ed is the save as alie wly reported. Helen Beck, of Ashlnd, Dolgs county, was takeu up by the storm while in a field, and has not since been heard from, Ol sen, wife and duaghter, of Canister, Dodge county, were willed. Great da n age was doue in St. Charles, Utica and the southern part of Wabasha conntie The path of the storm through R ester is strown with wrecks, but mostly in the poorer portions of the suburl On the north side a large elevator, near the depot, was broken in two, and | tions of the upper half, an inmense mass, was carvied across the railroad un i over two trains of cars standing on the track. The fatal cloud swept toward St Charles, five mile southeast, cutting a wide swath through the tinber and farins, touching the skirts of the little hamlet with fatal eflect, leaving two corpses and three AT WINON August 23, —The cy clone struck here at 7 o'clock last night The depot was unroofed and badly wrecked. Tho (nzine-house 18 a toti1 wreck, and a covered bridge near town is gone and a nuwber of cars in the yards are completely smashed. Holton's ele- vator is a total wreck, Half of it ob- strucks the main railroad track. The streets are filled with trees and fragments of bui'dings, Five carsan cngine were derailed at Zuwbrota Junction. The fire- man, Win. Higgins, jumped from the cars and was buried under the wreck. He is dead. i DIVIDED BY DEATH, Donce Cextes, Minn., August 23 — Crops in the path of the cyclone two miles south, were all destroyed and heavy damage was done to buildings. A man H. Elbrecht and his wife we working in a ficld when they saw the storm and clunyg to each other” When it struck them he was knocked sensiless and she blown to a considerable distance, She was found this morning in a horribly mutilated condition, one arm twisted off and the other nearly so. A number of ofher persons vere niore or less badly in jured. THE GALE AT KASSON. KassoN, Miom., August 23.—The cyclons passed about six miles south of tfns place, doing great damage to persons, buildings and crops. Christian Olsen's wife was killed und his oldest daughter had a leg broken. W. Anderson’s wife was badly hurt and cannot live. His moth law was killed. His brick house was unroofed and all other build ings destroyed. James (i. Van Frank's house was destroyed and some members of the family lmdfy injured, Kittlesen's sheds and machinery were all blown over, Horses and cattle are found dead in all directions over the prairie. The loss will foot up many thoasand dollars. A BUCCINCT ACCOUNT, Onicaco, August 23, —Congressman Mark H. Dunnel telegraphs the follow- ing succinet account of the great calami- ty a¢ Rochester, to the Morning New “OwaTONNA, Minn., August 23.—The THIRTEENTH YE \R. WA Mven | W G L vaTos, 3 (U, :r:lmm struck Rochester about ) in e afternoon, Tuesday, lasted a minute " a half, and largely spent its force on ' half of the city. All the houses but two on the north siav ae track, embracing au enti e ward, was wholly destroyed, and most of them blown into atoms.” On the same side, one flour mill was demolished and another unroofed, and a large foundry wholly demolished. The destruction from the depot north WAS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETR, The bridge over the Zum Brota river near the dopot was wholly destroyed. The destruction on the south side of the track was very great, but not as sweeping. The Court house and the Cook house were unroofed. All the churches were bad damaged. Over ono hundred buildings on the south side of the track are more ged, Darkuess set in nado and the socne was ter- vible, Twenty-tive dead bodies were ta- ken from the rains, many of them parents with childven. Not jess than 250 build- ings were wholly or partislly rumed. Loas, $,00,000, THE LOSS OF LIFE 20 were killed and five thave dicd s Some 70 injured are now being cared for by the citizens and friends, OF those in the hospital s<me 50 were terribly cut and mangled by flying timbers and _pieces of wood. Two s were killed at Kasson, Cattle in were killed; grain in stack and shock was tak somewhero and rally not leaving a straw behind, It is impossib e ¢ e to give a mors de- i unt at this time. St. Paul 5,000 to the sutferers, Owatonna will send $1,000, other cities and towns will send relwf. The poor of the city are the greatest sufferers, FUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS, August 23, —Thursday morumy dawned bright and beautiful, At an early hour strangers began to pour w from all directions. By noon the strvets were crowded with a surging mass of humamty. The expression of sadness on every face told more plainly than flutteriug craps or toiling bells the tale 15, desolation aud death, Ten bodies wore interred m Uakwood cemo- tery this aiternoon. The procession was formed in front of the Cook house, and started for the cemetery. Fifth strect, from_Broadway to the cemetery gate, was literally jammed with teams. The following s a list of the victims interred: Mr. Weatherbee, Nellie Irwin, Mahala McCormick, Mr. Hebgel, Mis, McQuillian, Mrs, Quick, Mrs. Clough, Mus. Zawrath, August Zvirath, Mrs, Os- borne and child. The ceremonies per- formed were of the simplest character. No dirge was sung, no sound was heard but the humble prayers aund smothered yroans of unutterable anguish. The only tribure left upon the close clinging clay were silent, scalding tears. Lt was by far the saddest funeral that ever oc curred in Rochester. Mr. Buck, another of thidangerously injured victims, died at Bp.om. Reports from the town of Salem indi- cite u large amount of dumage in that lo- cality. was very great; litge nuube — KILLED BY THE CARS, The Sleep thac Knew No Waking. Special Dispateh to the BEe. GraND Isuavn, Neb , August 23.—The body of a German named Godfried Beh- ren was picked up o mile and ahalf enst of lhere this morn- ing, horribly mangled. When lust seen alive he was trying *o buy a ticket fur Lockwood, which he was un- able to do, as the Denver train does not stop there. It is supposed that he started to walk to Lock- wood and laid down on the teack and went to sleep. He was struck by the west bound Denver train a short time ufter. Tho coroner’s jury ox- onerated the railroad company. The do- ceased was ubout thicty-five years old and unmarried. breweyy here for som time past. sclicists Sileolb OH, SHAW! He had been working in a e Which Worries Bos- nd New York, A Disappeara; wn BostoN, August 2 haw, of the firin of L Shaw & Bros., which recently tailed, has left town, which fact has given vise to conflicting opinions as to the cause of departure. It is leerned that on the day before Shaw’s departure, an attorney for the National Park bank of New York cume to Boston and made a formal demand on I, Shaw & Bros. for money which the bank claims was furnished (hrough fraudulent e, ions made by Shaw regarding standing of his firm., The bunk is creditor to the amount of $13; 000. This demand upon Shaw's firm was known to be a preliminary step to the commencement of criminal proceedings, which the bank proposed to instituto against Shaw, which it is understood since has been begun. The departure of Shaw 80 soon after this is looked upon with strong suspicion by many mterested. Ou the other hand, the assignee, Wyman, muakes the following state “Shaw had been attompting ever since the failure to find an opportanity to get to Maine, New Brunswick and Canada, to find out the condition of his business there started away for that purpose Tu and is now either at Jthe tannerics of Shaw Bros. in Canada or on his thither, via Maine and Wyman further says t reditors believe Shaw's firm acted honorably and done nothing criminal, and that New York parties are seeking to bulldoze an advan tage out of hir MoNTREAL, August nt: Fayette Shaw, who failed in Boston, is here visiting his brother. He states the object of coming here was to consult with his brother, C — Outting the Queues in Jersey. Trextoy, N. J., August 23.—Five Chinamen, recently incarcerated in state prison for killing a fellow countryman in Patterson, threaten to bring suit against the state prison board of inspectors, claiming damages for depriving them of their queues. They claim the constitu- tion declares that no person shall be de- prived of the privilego of worshipping their God according to the dictates u{ his concience, and that the queue is an ele- ment of the Chinese religion, / | Canadian Pacific railway, arrived here to- AN EUICT IN EQUITY. The Grare and Revercnd Sener, Chel Justice of Wyomng, Ges 0 the Fenes. And Decides that All Enclosures of Government Land are a Trespass and Nuisance, An Elaborate Document of Particular Interest to Stockmen—Text of the Opinion. , August 23.—The famous *Fence” ¢ was decided 1 the district court by Chief Justice J. B. Sener. The case hus been the subjoct ot much discussion aniong stock men here and by the interior and jaw departiments at Washington. The decision, 1f upheld by the supreme court, will affect in radical nianner the stock-raising business in Wyoming, Colorado, Utati, ldaho, | Montana, Arvizona, New Moexico and Kausas, No dedision has ever been made on the question and Judge Senet’s opinion torms a precedent. The case is that ot the United States againse A. H. Swan and others. It is a bill in equity asking for an injunction to abate a tence which had, as alleged, unlaw fully enclosed eleven sections of government lands and to re- strain the defendauts from erecting othes Cuevesye, W. such fences on like unoccupied sec tions of the public domwin This suit was brought as a test case and was twice very elaborately argued by United Stat®s District Attorney Brown of Wyoming and United States District Attorney Brazee of Colorado for the government, and by Corlett and Rosen- dall, of Cheyenne, for the deferdants. The case has been under advisement for a month, The decision is in favor of the government and to the effect that the fences must be removed. The opmion is elaborate aud cavefully prepared. It cites and relies on the authority of decis- ions of Lords Edon and Cattenhan in England and the decisions of the supreme courts of Pennsylvania Georgia, Alubama, Wisconsin and Michi- OMAHA, NEB. FRID\Y those of Robert H. Hawkins, of the yacht Mystery. 6 articles found on the body afforded easy means of identifi- cation, though the features were unrec. ognizable. The ly was decomposed more than was that of Rupert Sargent found at West Falmouth. Mr. Hawkins was about 26 years old and unmarried, The Glen party, on receiving a clue from New Bedford, took the next train for the city. Parmaleo and Sweasy will remain at Pocasset until tosmorrow to make ar rangements for the proper care of the remains, | — A LITTLE FEVERIS The Discase at Pénsacola Navy Yard Protty Well Contined, WMonne, Ala., August 23.—Upon re- oeipt of the news of the discovery of yel low fover at Pensacola, the Mobile board of health recommended tie establishment of quarantine againgt that place, and the government reservation and proclamation was accordingly made. WasuiNaros, August 23.--The acting secrctary of the navy has received the following telegra@ from Licutenant C mander Weleh, at Pensicola, dated tords “Surgeon Martin advised tod to ask the marine hospital sorvice to sist the paople of the reserve, as one death occurred this morning in Woolsey, and there are at oAt two moresuspicions cases in Wormington, all Lelieved to be yolow fover. They will decide thiy afternoon, Ieannot handle the reserve and yard with the force ot my disposal; 80 I have wired Hamilton that we were delayed in moving marines, but they got out last night and ave weil located. Sur- eon Martin is making cvery effort to stamp out the disease. We hope soon to have the citizens acting with us energoti- cully, though many are vory destitute. The person under treatment in Woolsey died of yellow fover, making two deaths to day. * I regret to announce the death of Surgeon Owen, of yellow fever," WasHiNeTON, August 23 —-The collec- at Pensacola telegraphs that the house on Polofax wharf, where two cases of yellow fover were discovered, had been burned. Dr. Guttman, of the board of health, does not believe it will be epi- demic. The following telegram from Pensacola was received to-night by the surgeon general of the Marine hospital servi gan, aud also the cuse of the United States against Duluth, The decision concludes that the unlawful fencing of large tracts of public lauds coustitutes— first, a great public wrong; second, a public nuisance; third, that it is in the uature of purprestire at common law, and 80 s remediable and reliovable by the all power ful injunction issuing out of acoart of equity, as more approprite and consonant with the right of equity and justice than any mere remedy at luw or resort to physical, force of the war de- partment. A SWeibLl dig I;. The Reward of Easy Virtue and Too Many Women — i*addy Ryan Shot. CuicaGo, August 23,—A repert was received at pplice headquarters a little after ten o'click to-night, to the effeot that Paddy Ryan, the pugilist, had been shot. Investigation thus far shows, if Ryan was sht, the wound is not serious. The police and newspaper men have been endeavoring for the past hour to obtain the exact fucts but have been provented for one cause or another. The story cur- rent is that & young woman of the town, with whom it is asserted Ryan has been +m casy terms, attempted to commit sui cide to-day. Ryan drove up to his saloon at seven o'dlock this evening mn a hack with his head bandaged and lying supported on the cushions, Ho was then driven away, and word was given out that he had gone to a hospital, but no clue to his whereabouts could be ascertained at any of them. Hisem- s are reticent, and refuse to make eut. The police affect to be- Ryan hus sustained any in- juries, it grew out of his relations with connec- ¢ to- be- the woman inquestion. In thi tion the fact will be published he morrow morning that the meeting tween Ryan aud Sullivan has been ar- iged to take place in Boston in De- "ember, CAPITAL NOTES, THE HILL INVESTIGATION. WasniNaron, August 23.—The Hill investigating committes to-day received a veport on the condition of the heating ap- paratus of the custom-house from Messrs. Robert Russell and Albert Galloway, ex- perts appointed by the collector of cus- ms at_ Chicago, at the instance of As- sistant Secretary New, to examine the o “One sailor died at quarantine last night. The post mortem examination by Dr. Murray, of the Marine hospital service, and Dr. Leouard, pronounced the case noc yellow fever, but pernicious swam fever. (Signed, Gurryax, “President Board of Health,"” Porrsmourn, August 23, —Malavia has appearcd at several New Hampshire beaches. Many peopleare ill, Lowis, wealthy Philadelphian, died at his cot- tago yesterduy of malignant typhoid fover. His servants and family ave 1ll. Fofect- we diainage is supposed to be the cause of the trouble. 1\* Ward, a guest at Ryo Beach also ay. ——— THE TEMPLARS AT "IPRISCO. Election of Oficers—The Foundation of the Garfield Monument and the Inscription, The fol- SaN Francisco, August 23.-- lowing were elected officers of the (Hnights Templats:” ¢rand master, Robt: E. Withers, Virgiuia; deputy grand, Charles Roome, New York; generali mo, John P. 8. Gobin, ‘Peunsylvania captain general, Hugh McCardy, Michi- gun; senior warden, J. Lorne Thonas, Kentucky; juuior waraen, Geo. C. Por kins, Califors treasurer and recorder, re-elected. morrow, the inauguration of the Garfield monument and laying of the cornerstone, has been devlured s state holiday, and all business will be sus- ponded. The fallowing inscription will be en- graved on a copper plate and inclosed in the box which will be placed in the cor- ner stone: . To TiE MEMORY OF JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD, Who taithfully served his COUNTRY ON THE BATTLE FIELD, IN CONGIESS awnd as PRESIDENT OF THIE UNITED ST o 1CA Born N Died S From wounds re, May his il e and his mer wsnist in the support of U Moxu . by the voluntary contributions of the . OF T PACIFIC COAST OF THE UNITED STATES 0¥ AMERICA, Frank Huppersheiger, a native of California, Designer and Artist, Griffith Griffiths, builder of the granite work. John Wright, Houry C. Mucy aud Heury Keuitzer, Supervising Architects, apparatus, The committee decline to disclose the character of the report. It is understood, however, that it corrob- orates the testimony of Woodman as given before the committeo, His testi- mony was in effect that the apparatus put in by Bartlett, Robbins & Co. did not in several instances meet the requirements of the contract as regards quality and quantity of material to be used, The report of Green, the cther export sent to examine the wogk, has not yet been re- ceive Gen. New, chairman, says the rey of the committee will be submit- ted to the secretary of the treasury oarly next week, AheB i g Canadian Pacific Visitors, Cricaco, August 23.—A distinguished party of English and Canadian gentle- men, principally stockholders in - the day over the Michigan Central road, Awong members of the party are Presi- dent George Stephen, e Presidents D. McIntyre and R. B. Angus, of the Canadian Pacific; Prince Hohenlohe, Count (ileichen, of London; Earl Latham, Lord Elpinstone and Lord Castledown, London, and a large uumber of Canadian officials, The party leave here for St. Paul to-morrow and go thence to Winne- peg, from there on to Minnetonka and Emerson where they will strike the Canadian Pacific and will proceed over it to Palgaraly, 900 miles west of Wir peg. The party is traveling in a splen- didly equipped special train, The Mystery Solved, West Faumours, Mass., August 23, — Another bedy was found at Pocasset DT The Illinois State Fair. Cnicaco, August 23.—A meeting of the Illinois state board of agriculture was held this morning at the Sherman house for the purpose of discussing arrango- ments for the coming state fair, which is to be held on the grounds of the Chicago Driving Park association from September 24 to September 29, inclusive. There were present at the meeting ex-Senator Aldrigan, of Albany, president; J. R. Scott, of Champaign, ex-president; J. Irving Pieace, of C! irif- tith, of Batavia; ol Dysart, of nklin Grove; B C. Lewis, Ottawa; John Virgin, Fairbury. D. W. Vitleim, ir., Canton; Allan C,” Rush, Pittstield; E C. Chester, Champaigu; David Gore, Carlinyille; D. B. Gilnan, Upper Alton; B. Pullen, Centralin; J. M. Washburn, Carlinville; and Charles ¥, Mills, chicf clerk, The meeting was called to order by the prosident, and, on motion, ad- journed to visit the fair ground, Members state stalls have been engig- ed for 200 head of Clydesdale, and larger number of Norman stallions. Stalls have also been engaged for 95 trot ters. The managers decided to permit no games of chance on the grounds and will also prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquors, On w Bulfule for $20, CHICAGO, August 23, —A. passenger war of limited magnitude was developed here to-day on round trip ticketsfrom Chicago to Buffalo. The tariff rate has been §22, but it was discovered that seversl roads had been allowing passengers 81 com mission, making therate $21. The nd this afternoon and the Glen and Sargent familics started immediate- ly for that place. On their ar- rival they easily identified the remains as Trunk railroad to-day announced an open rate of $20,and other roads have followed this lead, MORNING, A - [revolver and kiiled one and UGUST 24, 1883, “THE OLD WORLD. Menacirg Difficnities tarronnding the French Tnvaders in Tonjuin. Ten Thousand Men Neocessary to Copa Successfully With the Enemy. The Cooltes Threaten Canton —Dis. marck's Attack of France Croates a Sensation, GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS, BISMARCK'S ATTAUK ON FRANCE. Loxue August 23. com. menting on the Berlin T Gazette's article, reforcing to the attack of French urnals on Geemany and de claring Franco alone threatens the posce of Europ s the irritation shown by the latter paper cannot b explamed by the reason assigned, as the French press, upon the whole, have been very noder: on Iabor and education to-day. He said he in of the acheol of economista led by Profs. Fawcett and Cairy He pro. posed to prevent the present absolute dependence on wages by 1estricting mo. nopolistic franchises. ~ Such franchises should be given for fixed terms, at the end of which time they should be thrown open to competition. Witness favored the establishment of postal savings banks and the sale by them of small wanuities to poor people, L —— BRILLIANT SOENE IN NEWPORT. Grand Ball at the Magnificent New Mansion of Mr, Robert Goelet. Newronr, August 28 —The ball Mon- day night at the new manion of Mr, and Mea Robert t, e the clitfs, was in Keeping with the magniticence of the es- tablishwent and the great wealth of the young New York millionaire. Within wid without the seone was a brilliant one ams of many-eolored Jights shome i the mansion, and the long, sorpen- carrage drive was brilliantly illuni- « I'he veranda was eunclosed i walls of canvas, and oifered a cool retreat A iy, The articlo fs | With its inviting divans phaeed aid clus rather an exprossion of genoral impn: | X plants and tlowers, for the wearicl tience at the conduct of the Feonch, and |dane A ruby-colored light stvenmed ought &0 ocunvince thew that their|out from the Inrge unk, ymelied hall, xpeditions in vaious parts of the w which was used for the bull roum. Ou do not add in the swallest degrew to theie [Cither side of - the massive oak portal influence in Burope. The article of the [Wore recesses filled with palng and North Gerunn Gazette startled Paris, | 0Xotics, whone exquisitoly shad «d folin.o alarwed Europe, and caused pri-os on the | Va4 continued to the browd stair- bourses of Paris, Vienna wid Berlin to [0 that — curved upwwd —to fall, ~ The press everywhero exprosses sarprise at the Gazette'sattack on France, and wonder ns to what its objuct is. The French papers repel the charges contained in the article, and intimate that Frauce is bottor pre: pured now than ever for self defonse. Ihey say Bismarck, sceing a pretext for a quarrel, will use it for the iwposition of fresh army burdens Tho Austrian press ask if the article means war. glish journwls think the waining is ov done and the cause for it insutlicient. It would not be wise, they say, to attach too wmuch a significance to the witicle. THE FRENCH IN TONQUIN, LoxboN, August 23. —The Times cor- respondent at Hong Kong, veferving to the movement of the French in Touqiin, : The enemy is mainly composed of rese, armed with Remington rifles, Gen. Bovet commanded the le t columu of Fren h troops. 1t is believed that the enemies' loss was small, ch doctors complain of want of medicines and stores, The operations of the Freuch have boen stopped for the present, the trops heing insuflicient to attack o tag and Booint which aro the stronvest positions in the Delta. The repulse of the French dis. heartened theom and encouraged the vnu- my. Four thousand native christinus are being armed, The Standard’s correspondent at Hanoi adds: 't is generally admitted the French will re pure a force of 10,000 men to be able to cope with the enemy s cessfully. The number of ganboats here are inadequate, . Five thouswnd colios who accompnnied the French column as carriers flmll atthe tirst sh 1t 18 stated the enemy has entrenchments, one bo- hind the other, over the whi'e twenty- five miles botween Haunoi and S mtayg, but it is thought the f1,0ds have desteoyed many, THEJCOOLIESSEXCITED, A specinl dispateh from Long Kong says: A Eurodean at Canton in an alter- cution recently with some coolies drew a wounded He was arrested and now awaits trinl, The outrage had un oxis- perating offect on the populace, who were already greatly excited by the action of the French in Tonquin, Plac were posted on the walls of the civy Wednesday summoning the people to rise and slaaghter the barbarians. The placard 8o added to the flame that the Europeans in Cauton b, ¢ alarmed and the Britist c: appreal to the British commodore for protection. The British sloop of war Swift has lefv Hong Kouy for Canton, two more. ALFONSO AT EASE. King Alfonso left Barcelona for Syra- gossa to-night. The pope congratulated the king on the end of the outbreak of the mulitary in Spain. King Alfonso, on his arrival at Barce- lona, had a most satisfactory re tion | from the authorities and all clusses or the population. The working classes just out of the nunerous factorics, and the seafaring population on the quays, lustily cheered the kiug as hn drove past with the mayor, & nted liberal, and accompu- nied by only o small escort ridug just behind his carvinge, The peogle of Bar- celona, as » rale. kept absolutely apart from the military. The pronunciamento of the working- men's unions, as well as the friends of Castelar, condemn the reappearance of the military, whose insubordination caused a most unfavorable impression among commercial and manufacturing ciccles. The military authorities believe that the extent of the contemplated movement was greater than its actusl outbrenk, and advocates a continuation of the state of siege for some time. The intended rogal trip to Germnany will be abandoned, wnd a partial modit the cabinet is considered certain, A STRONG ENDORSEMENT. Ferry, prime minister of Franco, in opening the Vosges council general, du- cacel tno result of the res elestions was a strong approval of the government, and a nativaal demonsteation in favor ot ho repuolic, RELIGIOUS RIOTS, atholics and The rioting batween Orangemen was reaewed near Cout- bridge, Ssothad, last night — Tae poi checked the disturbance and made 54 ar- rests Thirty-onedeathsfrm cholera ozcurred in Alexandria yesterday. Slaugh ¢ Tndians, LisMa, via GALVESTON, Aujust 20 The Chilivn chief at Huwneayo, heing i formed that a large body of Indians in- tended to sack the city and rout the par- ty in fayor of peace on theoccasion of the evacuation of the place by the Chilians, sarprised 3,000 Indians, killing 400 and wounding 400 others, The Chilian loss, is insiguificant. There is great excite- ment and a general feeling of insecurity provails in the neighborhood, | — Labor's Grievances, the baleony over hewd, and to the loft of the entrance to the billiard room. Near the stairease wasan antique raised ding of onk, with divans covered with valual fans, constrasting with the sprending folinge, The drawing room had ruby- colored hangings sud furniture, plants in the nooks, cornees and fire pluces, and the mautlepieco was covervd with a bauk of cut flowers. ‘The broad window in the tower was filled with varicgated flowers and calladium plants, wud the baleony was loaded wfljl rare NO, 58. A PARADISE OF PROBABILITIES. Where All Grades of Weather Can Be Had in a Day, The Prosidential Party Greeted by a Chinook and a Genu~ ine Freeze, Two Noted Artists Angling for Tront —Nearing the Park. Camr Hawrroy, on Snake River, August 20, via Fort Washakie, August. 25.~~The president's party reached this cunp after traveling about 18 miles alon, the foot hills between the Shoshone ane Lcton mountains, The camp is named in honor of Senator Wade Hampton, who was expected to accompany the par- ty. Ita location is grand, on a blutf of the Snake river and facing the entire ange of the Teton mountans, Judge Rolling shot and brought in his first an- telope. All kinds of game abound in the camp. Nearly all the party are engaged to-day in angling for trout, the president and senator Vest outstripping the rest and vying for supremacy. - Euch landed two and a half pounds of trout on the the bluff facing the (amp; it was witnessed by the entire command, Theie cateh for to-day in much larger than any day during the teip. At our last camp the temper of alk the party was severely tried by the ex- tremes of weather, {Iut weather in the iddle of the day, and a severe gale of Chenovk winds throughout day and night, accompanied witli blinding clouds of dust. Ice formed one inch thick on water buckets before morning. To-day the weather is clear and bracing and all the party are in excellent heal and spirits. To-morrow the march will take us te tho southeriy boundary of Yollowstone park planta and vines, Oa the secmd floor W owaving s of ferns, palms uxotics concenled the wmusicians the baicony. From the punelled coiling hung in onk- Eastern diaperies, whose silver and wold embroi- dery ylittored and spurkled in the gas- light., m The billiard room was decorated red, the mnotel being one blaze of wers, and plants were apiurtinont, In thestudio was v cluster of palms in the center ot the room. The mantel wis one mass of white gladiolas, and the fivepl tilled with plants, Chuplivs and “Moming” hung amid Ewstern hang- ings wnd richly embroidered deaperies Te was o work of art m ever respect. Among the guosts was Mons, Capol. THE MEROCHANY A Determination to O of' Railron ORGANIZE, nbat the Power 1 Pools, Cnicaao, August 23, — Reprosentatives of 125 leading wholosalo houses of thix vity held a mecting here this afternoon to form_an associntion whose defined pu Pose is to prevent discrimination by r voads. The claim’ was ade af the wieeting that the arganization of railronds into pools had served too enable dner- chants at other competing points to ob- tain better terms from the roads than was the caso in this city. A committee was appointed to draft a constitution, and from the tenor of the speeélies, it is pro- ed to organize whut will be known as The Freight Bureau,” and the grievance of uny member will be madethegrievance of the entire body. Tn following the lead of the radroads, it is contemplated to ap point a counnissioner or agent to sjeak for the entire body. he association em- s nearly every leading house in the city, and the innovation is decmed an unusual one e —e SPORTING NOT MONMOUTH PARK RACE: Moz vrn PArk, August Three quaier mitle, 2 year olds, Huron won by four Jengths, Eleols second; time 1:19] These two were only starters. Mile and an eighth, Amazon won, Eu- cled second, John Henry (Favorite) sov- eral leng'hy behind; timo 1558 Three quarters of o mile, 2 year olds, Bluebell won, Eclot second, Turk third; time 1:18. Mile, Volusin won, Cattledore second, Artrim third; time 1:43}, Steeple Chase, mile and a half, Ro- chester won, Custer second, Bolly third; time 2:604 BASE BALL. Cnicaco, August 23, —Chicagos 3, Buf- falos 1, Derrorr, Clevelands 5. East Sao1Naw, August 23.—Saginaws 5, Poorias b, August 24, — Detroits 6, THE THUMPERS, Kansas Ciry, August 23,—Herbert Slade with his trainer left Independence to-day, and, it is stated, have gone to Atchison, Kun., to prepare for the com- ing prize fight. This t'es the case out of the hands of the Missouri authorities. e — Miraculous Escape, DBravvorn, Pa., August 23.--The “Brokers' Express” train, on the New York, Penusylvanin and (hio railroad, ran through a switch at Red House, a small station o few miles west of Sala- manea, this morning. The train was loaded with pass 8, It was running ataspoed of 60 milew an hour, The engine ran on the ties for a distance of two rods, going st great spoed, cross a deep and dangerous culvert, throwing ihe heavy wheets of the tender 100 feet I'hat there wereno lives lost seems almost miraculous, a8 & number of cars were uadly smashed and wreckod. ——— o Ilinots Harvest, Broominaron, August 23 —The Pan- fugraph in the ‘morning will publish a crop report from 60 places in McLean, DeWitt, Tazewell, Logan, Macon, Mason, Ford, Champaign, Livingston, Peoriaand Woodford countics, showing quite s sat- isfactory condition and prospect. It is estimated that the crop in these counties will average three-fourths to a full aver- ago crop. Some of the corn is shooting upward still without signs of ears, but of thia there is no considerable amount. Governor Shorman aqareaed the Harvest Home festival at Farley, Lowa, yesterday; New Youk, August 23, —Charles Fred- erick Adaws, & Brooklyn lawyer, ap- peared betore the senate sub-committee 4,000 peoplo were present. = Tho address was oun appropriate to the occasion, aud contained o relerence to politics, SUICIDES, CiNernNaTr, August 23.—The janitor of Saxon flat to-night discovered the dead body of Dr. J. S. Martin in his office, with a revolver in his hand and a bullet hole in his temple. The doctor had been living separate from his wife for some time, and it is believed the suicide was the result of domestic troubles. Pronria, August 23.—Thomas McKin- noy, aged 48, suicided this morning by hunging Iailure to obtain employment 8 believed to be the cause. \ THE FRANK JAMES. TRIAL. | Gaurariy, Mo., August 23,—The ccm- munity was thrown into s high state of excitement to-night by the fact becoming known thut two of the niost prominent citizens, H. Duvis and Alex Irving, who re witnesses in the James trial, had re- ceived threatening notes thiough the postofiice, Both men were active in their wlforts to eapture the murderers of Cap- tuin Sheots in 1869, and took part in the pursuit and had a running fight with the James party, at the residence of Mrs. Samuels. These notes were dropped into the office to-day addressed to each man, written by the ‘same hand, and ran thus: *‘You better be careful about your - ovidence agaimit Frank Jumes, (Signed) A Frienp.” These notes aroused a strong feeling of indignation among the citizens, Many regnrded it a8 o cowardly system of in- timidating witnesses, while ‘the theory of James' friends is that the notes were writ- ten by his enemies to produce public sen- timeut against him. One things is as- he witnesses for the state cannot be intimidated by such a course. . HOTEL ROBBER RUN DOWN. Cuicaco, August 23, —Richard Fan- ning, twenty y. old, employed as hall boy in the Sherman house, wus arrested tonight on the churge of having com- mitted a heavy robbery while employed in a similar capacity in the Parker house, Boston, Detectives declare he is the same person who robbed Austin Corbin in Lexington Flats, New York, and that he also robbed a large number of guests of u S hotel. The accused made w partial confession, He was taken to Boston to-night in charge of a detective from that city. A JUDGE CONVICTED, Lrrrie Rock, August ©3.—W. R. Adaws, ex-judge of Faulkner county, has buenconvieted by the cirouit court of Vaun Buren county of stealing $150 from Sheriff Townsend, He was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. e L TELEGRAPH NOTES, Don Carlow hus arrived at Frosdorf. the res- idouce of Compte Do Chambord. Disastrous bush fires are raging in Annapo- lis county, N, 8. John A. Burnham, s prominent railroad man and capitalist of Boston, died at his sum- mor residenco last night, of heart disease, agod 72, David Woods and his team were stung to <‘Iiu]m.h by a swarm of honey bees at Matoon, A firs in the woods south of Milford, Mass.. burned over one hundred acres. Dwelling hotwew are now threatened, Drouth is very evivus in that seetion, e Northern Pacific track being completed Wednesday, that company is now receivis through freight for poi in Oregon an shington Terrrto) Paul is makiog great preparations d jubiles on the N A Pacific, A ban- will be given t) the Villard party and. whe city will be illuminated and decoreted, New York Democrats. SARATOGA, August The democrat state convention is called for September 27, at Buffalo, A resolution by Roose- velt, of the New York county democracy, was adopted providing that primaries in New Yerk city for the election of dele- gates to that convention be conductel under the direction of the state comu it= tee, pending settlement of the ditferen es of the several factions. The resolution brought up a hot debate, and was finally adopted, 18 to 12, | —— nts St. The Wahoo Public School Burned Special Disjatoh to Tie Bri . Wauoo, Neb,, August 23.—The publie school building at this place was burned at 2 o'clock this morning, It was the work of incendiaries, Nothing was saved but a lot of new furniture which had not been set up, Loss about $3,600; insur- ance, $2,600, in the Springfield and Home, ef New York, o, . | 10 200 ORK Upper, £4¢; waigwor, % 00 to B 50; « ous.ee or 40 Lot UenE OF K0 Je, T uulew g e Wiyvee FATUCWAT AVOUNICH 1veR WO 1O MINOK, Baws, - wads 2o ,.

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