Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 31, 1883, Page 1

THE OMAHA 1 ; b !‘na THIRTEENTH YEAR. AN AVALANCHE OF DEATH. The Frightful Work of the Volcanoes, Earthqnakes and Tidal Waves at Java, Valleys and Mountains, and Sev- eral Islands Dissappear Be- neath the Waves, Torrents of Lava, Water and Mud "Poured Out from a Dozen Volcanoes. The Bowels of the Earth Finally Cooled When the Ocean Rushed Inm, -Seventy-Five Thousand Lives Be- lieved to be Lost by the Mon= ster Upheaval, Graphic Description of the Horrors of Sunday Night—Appaling Sights and Terrytying Sounds. Special dispatch to Tue Brr. LoxpoN, August 30, —Further particu- lars of the.great voleanic eruption in Java, which have just reached London from Batavia show the disaster to have been oven more widespread and more disastrous than reported in yesterday’s advices. At noon Sunday the' eruptions and shocks were supposed to have reached their greatest height, but late in the afternoon and evening the violence of the disturbance suddenly increased and the island seemed about to be com- pletely buried in a mass of fire and sul- phurious ashes. At the same time enor- mous waves began to dash with greater force upon the shores, coming in some places far up 1nto the interior. Great chasms, opened into earth, and threatened to engulf a large proportion of the island’s people and buildings. About midnight the most frightful scene of the whole «disturbance took place. Suddenly an ENORMOUS CLOUD, similar to that which was seen over the Gunung harbor, but much greater in ex- tent, formed over the Kandange range of mountains which skirt the southeast coast of the island. This cloud gradually in- creased in size until it formed a canopy of lurid red and whitish gray over a wide extent of territory. During this time the eruptions increased and streams of lava poured incessantly down the sides of the mountains into the val- leys, sweeping everything before them. Here and there a stream of lava would enter an arm of the sea, or come in con- tact with a river; then the nearest incan- descent lava, as it protruded from the %rent stream, would suddenly produce oiling heat and_sickening vapors, but superficial consolidation that almost in- stantly ensued, would prevent any fur- ther contact. The fissures that opened in the thin crust as it solidified would emit TORRENTS OF VAPOR extending high into the air, making a tremendous hissing sound, as if a thous- and locomotives were simultancously letting off steam. Here and there in the lava streams were innumerable thin plate like crystals of feldspar, arranged in trains, one behind the other, in the c flow of the current, and felsphatic spherolites were rapidly formed itrcous matter, mbling those which form in the sla ss furnace. aks of the eruption was the ing in the midst of the molten lava of a bed of solid ice, of enormous size, which had been emitted from one of the craters. It was carried along by the current and landed on the extremity of point St. Nicholas, on the northeast corner of the island. THE BED OF ICE was surrounded by a_thick envelope of sand and scoria, which are such non-con- ductors of heat that the red hot stream of lava running over it will not melt the snow. Itis supposed this ice had formed the crust of some vast subterranean lake, Abeut two o'clock Monday morning the great cloud suddenly broke into small sections and quickly vanished. At the same time great frightful rumblings were heard and columns of fire and smoke on the southeast coraer of the island ceased to ascend, while the craters in other partsof Java seemed to open their throats still wider to let the atest quan- tity of lava, rocks, pumice and ashes {el vomited out. The hissing of these ecame 80 loud as to be almost deafening and waves rushed upon shore to an un- precedented height. When daylight came 1t was seen that AN ENORMOUS TRACT OF LAND had disappeared, extending from Point Capuchin on tho south to Negerg Paf- serearg on the north and west to low point, covering an extent of territory fifty miles square. In this were situated tho villages of Negery and Negery-Cuba- wang. OFf the people inhabiting these places and the natives scattered sparsely through the forests and on the plains nono escaped o frightful death, This section of the Island was not so densely populat- ed as other portions, and the loss of life was comparatively small, though it must have aggregated fully 15,000 souls, entire range of Kandang mountains, ex- tending along the coast in a semi-circle for about 65 miles HAD GONE OUT OF SIGHT, 'he waters of Welcome bay, the Sunda straits and Pepper bay on the east, and of Indian ecean on the south, had rushed in and formed a great sea of tur- bulent waters. Here and there the peak of a high crater was exposed for a mo- ment by the receding of a great wave, and occasionally a puff of brownish gray smoke, or a slight shower of rocks, show- ©d that the velcanoes still continued in subaqueous eruption. The debris of the submerged and destroyed buildings was 4ossed hither and thither over tumult- The | _"’1, — uousw @, only sign left that there had once « @y " abitated land where all was now w. tar. Tho town of Taneran, withu. “ve miles of city of Batavia was . away by lava streams; fully half the pu, alation, mostly Javanese, numbering about 1,800, per- ished. At Speelwyk, near Point Salcis, THE RED HOT ROCK set fire to houses, and swept away all the thickly settled portion of the town. About ten bazaar belonging to the Euro- peans were destroyed. e loss of property is very large. The River Jacatra, at the banks of which Batavia is situated, was so completely dammed by lava and debris that its course was changed, and from Franieu Bastion it flowed down Tygers strect and joined the waters of the River Kmerades swelling that stream to such an extent as to rise high on Castors Fitjelenjuk, which was almost tctally destroyed and n large number of lives were lost. The Island of Oneius, five miles off the mouth of the Taxvan river, and 20 miles cast of Batavia, was completely inundat- ed and the floating dock there totally de- stroyed. Coataic, Clapa and Tronwerse Island and the portion of Java which dis- appeared, ARE OUT OF SIGHT. Not a vestige of them is left. Baby and Cheribo Islands, off the north coast, but small in extent, lost all houses and in- habitants upon them. In Batavia the loss has been largely increased since last report. The roof of the Governor's house was crushed in by a mass of heavy mud, and 3 retainers killed. The town bridge is destroyed, Diamond and Poarl bastiens bably damaged and the Bussan redoubt destroyed. On Layamans, Mal- abar and Lion streets, the principal ave- nues of the city, the damage is very arent. Fort Aatyoy is entirely destroyed. The tour of Faggal was severely shaken and few buildings were lefv standing. The aggregate loss of life from various elements of the terrible disturbances must be fully SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND, but the number of thosa who perished can never, of course, be approximated. A violent shock occurred in the island of Sumatra, Monday forenoon, and it was feared that other violent disturbances might occur. Middle Island, ten miles off the Javanese coast, and half way be- tween the extreme points of Java and Sumatra, was almost wholly engulfed in the seas. The small island of Sirlok, probably originally blown up by an erup- tive paroxism, has entirely disappeared. It was uninhabited. —— SLAPPED IN THE MOUTH. A Bridegroom Knocked Out First Round. WasniNaron, August 30.—A difficulty oceurred last evening at the Metropoli- hotel between Miles Commander, chairman of the republican central com- mittee of North Carolina, and Col. M Lindsey, a prominent poiitician of tha state, who is at present employed in the treasury department in this city. The trouble it is said grew out of jilting McLindsey’s daughter by Commauder. The latter it is alleged was engaged to in the Miss McLindsey but recently mar- ried another woman. He _arrived here . Tuesday morning with his bride and took rooms at the hotel, Lindsey called this evening and the men had a long and angry colloquy in the hotel corridor, and Lindsey struck Com- mander a violent blow in the face, knock ing him across the corridor. Friends separated them, Commander going to his room without resenting the blow. Lind- sey waited several hours for Commander’s reappearance. He threatens to punish him still furthur, There is talk of a duel. o ——— The Insurance Men, Curcaco, August 30.—The second day'’s session of the fire underwriters’ associa- tion of the northwest began this morn- ing. The constitution was so amended as to have the annual meetings o~cur in September on a date to be fixed by the exceutive committee, instead of the third weck in August as heretofore. The com- mittee to which the subject of state boards was referred endorsed the idea of a paid commission and recommeded that the old system of committees be aban- doned. The reports of the state boards showed a marked increase in the number of local boards during the past year. Prof. T, H. C. Dolber, of Tufts colle; Boston, read a paper on electricity, and in answer to queries propounded by members as to danger from electric lighting, suid the danger from various systems was very great unless proper precautions were taken, but declared that under the regulations already en- forced by insurance companies lighting by electricity was altogether safor than by kerosene. The following officers were elected: President, C. H. Drew, of Evansville, Ind.; president, T. R. Zollers, of Ottumwa, Towa; secretary and treasurer, J. C. Grifiith, Madison, Wis.; executive committee, one from each of the states represented. Adjourned to meet in Chi- cago on the third Wednesday in Septom- ber, LU ey Destructive Fire, Perersnure, Ind., August 30.—For the third time within a year a disastrous fire visited this place. The principal square burned yesterday. Loss $60,000; insurance $46,000. The principal losers gan & Adams, drugs: The Press- an, newspaper; Miss Frank, Flemlond & Parker, dry goods; rett” & Son, dry goods; Edwards & e, drugs; Citizens' State bank; T, C. goods; Bell, Moses Frank, jewelry. Dickinson Corege Faculty, Avsory Pagk, N. J., August { At the meeting of the board trustees of Dickinson college at Carlisle yesterday, Rev. A. L. Rittenhouse of the Philadelphia con- ference was elected to the chair of belles letters; Fletcher Durell, late teacher of Penington seminary, New.Jersey, to the wmathematical chair in place of J, A Lippincott, recently elected te the chan- cellorship of the university of Kausas. C— A Deaf Mute Memorial, New York, August 80.—The deaf mutes' convention to-day decided to raise a fund for a memorial to Rev. Thos H. Gallandel, founder of the first deaf mute school in America. Prof. Weeks, of Hartford, was appointed treasurer. It was decided to hold the next convention at Washington, THE OLD WORLD. Further Particfiia‘rs of me French ne- 06ss in Annam, Another Dynamite Soare in Propara- tion—The National League—Somoe Points from Other Places. GENERA FORKIGN NEWS, ME. MACKENZIE ON CANADA. Laxnox, August 30.—Hon, Alexander Mackenzie, in an address before the chamber of commerce of Greenock, last evening, combatted the proposal of Sir Alexander T. Galt for a federated , on the ground that Canada would submit to being ruled at London. He spoke in condemnation of a protec tive policy and predicted that Canada would soon return to free trade. He scouted the idea of the separation of Can- ada from England, The Canadians would give their last man and last dol- lar to maintain the prestige and power of England. Mackenzie sailed to-day for Quebec. A COLLIDED CARGO. Loxvon, August 30.—The steamer Amerique will sail for New York, Satur- day, with the cargo and passenges of the steamor St. Germain, which was damaged ina collision with the steamer Woodburn. FR AND ANNAM. The treaty of peace between France and Annam allows France to station res- idents in all the chief towns of Tong who are to be accompanied by the nec sary number of troops. France may also construct forts on the banks of Red river. The French resident at Hue is to have the privilege, formerly refused, of private audiences with the sovereign. Cochin Chinese money is to have cur- rency throughout Aunam and com- mercial customs and system of taxation are to be rej '\(mi by con- forences to attend which a French Envoy is aqout ta go to Hne. The Anna- mites having requested the French lega tion at Hue to be reopened at the earli- est pessible date, Champeaux has been appointed to proceed thither and assume charge of affairs. Decorations and pres- ents for the king and Anamite ministers will be sent to Hue shortly. ~ The block- ade between Island Hong and Pattloug will be maintained for the present. Har- mand, the French civil commissioner for Tonquin, who negotiated the treaty of peace with Annam, is appointed an offi- cer of the legion of honor for his servi- ces. A cable will be laid from Saigon to Panco. PARNELL AND THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. DupriN, August 30.—Parnell, in a speech at the meeting of the Irish Na- tional league, yesterday, said he could report most encouraging progress of the National league. The movement in America, he said, had been gratifying. He'might after a time look for pecuniary assistance from that country which would at least equal the sums received in times of urgency. He had every hope the migration scheme would prove useful. This would enable the people to keep their promise that they would never again appeal to America for aid.. A'DERMOTT AS A DYNAMITHR. The Dublin Freeman's Journal says there will probably be startling disclos- ures shortly in regard to the dynamite conspiracy and James McDermott's con- nection with it. Dublin officials are making inquiry as to the statement which appeared in a recent number of a paper published in Brooklyn concerning McDermott’s connection with the dyna- mite conspiracy. HE INVINCIBLES: The Exchange Telegraph company an- larming telegrams in refcrence ival of Irish conspiracy, have ed here from America, The polico fear the arrival here of 0'Donnell, the slayer of Carey, will cause trouble. A number of Irish-Amecricans have arrived recently from America. GATHERING CF KING! \voN, August 30.—The czar and czarina of Russin have arrived at Copen- hagen, They were received by the king of Denmark and the king of Greece on board the royal yacht. This morning their majesties re taken ashore and escorted to the royal palace by the prin- cipal civil and military authorities and foreign ministers. Immense crowds as- sembled at the landing place and along the route to the palace cheering the im- perial visitors, Their majesties were re- cerved at the palace by the queen of Den- mark, prince of Wales and a brilliant court, Thirteen deaths from cholera at Alex- dria yesterday. AFFAIRS IN CROATIA, Tisga, president of the Hungarian council, has notified the authorities of Croatia that the Hungarian army, which was removed from the official building in Agram by Croatia nationalists, 1nust be replaced. They hesitate to obey the order, and threaten to resign rather than carry it out. The Bishop of Agram remonstrated with the ban in regard to proper action. A WOMAN CONSPIRATOK, Miss Catherine Connelly, sister of the Conuelly brothers who were arrested nt Bruff, Limerick county, Ireland, on sus picion of being connected with the mur- der conspiracy, has been arrested on the charge of being implicated with her brothers, IN DENMARK, ——— Folge Ket. CreverAsp, 0., August 30, of the Tr % ecretary sury Folger, accompanied by Kimball and Superintendent Dobbins, of the ngs service, arrived to-day on the Johnson, from a cruise of the lukes. rotary Folger drove to Garfield’s tomb., He goes this afternoon to visit a brother at Avan, and leaves to-morrow morning for his home in Geneva, N. Y, He expects to return to Washington next week A Mu rous Conductor, ScrANTON, Pa., August 30,—The con- ductor of an excursion train from Scran- ton to Uniontown Park, to-day put John Kennington, aged 19, without a ticket, off while the train was running 30 miles an hour. He fell under the whee was killed instantly. A Narrow Gauge Ditched. Arvanmic Crry, N, J., August 30,— The express train on the Philadelphia and Atlantic City road, narrow gauge, which left l'hnlmfu]yhin this morning for OMAHA, NEB. FRIDAY MORNING, AUG this place, was thrown the track at Pleasantvilleby a loose awitch which sev- ered after the engine passed. The bag- gage car turned upsde down and four wuwn,mn carswere completely wrecked. No person killed but about thirty were injured, it is belioved not fatally. e — THE MOGUL MONOPOLY. The Telegraph Service of America the Best in the W rld—Testi- ny of Dr. Green. New York, August 30— The senate sub-committee on labor and education resumed its session to-day. Robert Blis- sard, who has taken an active part in labor movements, testified. He said the condition of the laboring man was pretty much the same the yorld over. He thought the general intelligence of skilled workmen was greater ‘abroad than here and insisted that if a “low was not struck at monopoly before the expiration of ten years one of the bloodiest revolutions that ever occurred would happen. The next witness was Dr. Norvin Green who testifled he had been presi- dent of the Western Union telegraph company about five years. He had thought whenever they were compelled to put their wires under ground, it would result in detriment to the public service, He had seen a statement that the wires in England were all undor ground, but 1 o noticed when there, not long ago, when looking out of his hotel window, a perfect network of wires overhead, There was as much com, laint against wires there as here. Many of the government wires there are under ground, but the poles be- gin long before you get out of the city. The Westorn Union had absorbed a 1o number of smaller companies. In respect to the telegraph service, witness said there was mo such telegraph servico in the world’as in the United States. - In giving the history of the development of telegraphy, Dr. Green said heavy ex- penses were incurred in running their offices and caring for their lines, and the public, witness added, secmed slow in appreciating the ditficulties un- der which the telegraph company labored. In every instance where there was a con- solidation of companies, it had been in every instance a_positive of gain to the public. The capitalization of the West- ern Union, witness snid, was formerly $600 per mile, but to-day it was less than $200. The line of wire in the ceuntry had been increased fiom 75,000 miles to over 430,000. During the last five years the number lines of poles had been in- creased from 8,100 to 151,000; the miles of wire from 206,302 to 378,360; oftices from 8,104 to 12,068; messages from 23,018,990 to ,842,247, Witness stated the capacity of the company wa double what it was five years ago. Wit~ ness asserted they could do their Lusi- ness much cheaper if they adopted the English postoftice system and took their own time to do it, and he was satisticd that there was no telegraph service in the world as perfect as that of the West- ern Union. The capital stock of the company was about $80,000,000. o R DOWN SOURH. Brief Tebellions and Bloddy Battles in South Americo~The Tele- graph Markie Y PANAMA, via Galvestoa, August 30.— The new tarift for telegrams viaGalveston to Chili is $3.07; Buenos Ayres, £3.92; Uruquay, $3.26, per word, to and from the United States. The American lineis doing nearly all Chilian business, owing to superior speed and accuracy. The rebellion in Zipaquara is_crushed. Prior te the fighting General Didaca Del gado entered the sq with 16 men, and exhor obey the government. He was fired upon and instantly killed. His body will be brought here to be buried with pomp. PERU AND CHILL Liva, August The La Tribune says General is expected at Tri- yille the 30th. Wt preparations are being made for his reception, It is learned that more than 1,000 officers are still in active service in the Chillian army, AFFAIRS IN COLUMBIA, News from the interior of Columt received Dy steamcrs, says the political party vepresented by salud public club, attempted a revolution, which was sup: pressed, and the political horizon is now brighter, By decree, dated August Gth, President Olataro convoked congress to meet in extraordinary session August 16th. General Hustodo is acting as min- ister of the interior during the absenc of General Reinales. A Bogota paper, August 15th, says: Yesterday after- noon part of battery No 2, stationed at Seapaquira, pronounced against the national and state authorities, The movement is headed by Dom Pedro Sabor Martinez, whose first acts were to turn out all the officcrs and replace them by amen belonging to his party, to take cha®e of the salt deposit and bank. ‘This morning 1,000 national troops left here to attack the rebels. Dr Olatora expressed a determination to act energet- ically, and we feel sure Aldona will do his best to preserve order. Dissatistlied Democrats, CINCINNATI, August 30, he follow- ing committee has been appointed to ar- range for the nomination of a ticket as provided for in yesterday’s meoting of democrats, dissatistied with the High Jand House convention: David M. Hy- man, P, Mallon, B, Roth, H, C, Lord, M. W. Olliver, Chas Reemlin, T. Marsh, k, Milo G. Dudds, M. Means, 1. 5 k, T. R. Spence,J. J. Desmond, H. A. Ratterman, C. M. Halloway, | — pand Contagion, New On , August The grand jury, in a report, suggests as a san measure that a crematory be established under the direction of officers of the Charity hospital, for the purpose of burn- ing the bodies of those who die of con- tagious diseases, Court Martialing Oadets. Axnarouss, Md., August 80.—The naval court martial to try seventeen cadots, charged with hazing™ the fourth class men, met to-day and adjourned, the papers not being ready to proceed, The court meets to-morrow on the ship Santee, when testimony will begin, e —— Chandler's Junke!, Baxaon, Aug. 30, —The Tallaposa ar- rived with Secretary Chandler this morn- ing, Cremati UST 31, 1883, A FINISHED FIEND. The Marier of e Marshal of Salf Lake and the Prompt Lynching of the Assassin, The People Furious with Rage at the Brutality of the Black Fiend. The Gentile Method of Regener= ating Polygamists Prove a Failure, “Prehistoric Finds” Manufactured to Order by the Mountain Cloud Bursts, Correspondence of tho Bkk Saur Lake Crry, August 28.—Sinco Saturday last Salt Lake City has seen days of excitement, such as were never known in its history. with the unprovoked murdor of Capt. Andrew Burt, the city marshal, by o ne- It commenced gro whom he was attempting to arrest The crime was 1 o'clock in the for distubing the peace. not committed until afte afternoon, and before b o'clock the assas- sin had been lynched, & coronor's inquest held on his remains, and he was burried. The mob who hung the murderer seemed fronzied with anger and appeared to lose all control of themselves, and for a time it was foared that others would suffer from thoir wild rage. Though Burtwas a Mormon yet the ma- tive by the territorial law, should be fell. ed by the Governor's appointment, and consequently refused to order an election for such oftices. Some votes were cast for candidates to fill these offices and they have not been counted. Now the candidatos come forward and claim that is entirely outside the powers of the commission to decide on the territorial laws; that that is the business of con- gress, and that congress has afirmed there laws, and that the commissioners usurped authority when they undertook to say candidates for theso positions should not bs votes dov, TV ie presuma- ble actions for damdges, or some other legal proceedings will be commenced against the board before many months have passed away. Wexo, THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Au Appeal for Food from the Fever District of Florida Ignored, The New Postal Notes Keady for Dis- tribution, CAPITAL NOT! ER FIGURES. WasniNaron, August 30.—The sur- goon goneral of the Marine hospital ser- vico secured a_report from Dr. Tinney, in charge of Ship Island quarantine sta- tion, which shows there are two Is now in quarantine there, from which ninoteen cases of yollow fever were taken, All the cases’ were brought from Vera Cruz. Commodore English received the fol- lowing telegram from Pensacola, dated yosterday: Three new cases—the servant Dr. Owens, Froddie Owens and one hospital attendant, one death. CHIEF JUSTICE MOORE, of Texas, died suddenly in this city this jority who undertook to avenge his fate were not of that faith, For more than twenty years he had been chief of the city's police, and was universally respect- ed asa fearless and able officer, The Tribune of this city has fora long time past been fighting the police force, and occasionally it advocated open resistance to the officers. So strong was the feel- ing that the utterancesof this paper were evidently respensible for the murder of the marshal that since that tragedy its editors have sought protectionof the gov- ernor and Mayor, claiming that they feared violence. The general opinion is, however, that there is mno cause for such approhensions. Salt Lake hos had its first lynching and is now heartily ashamed of "it, especially as Park City on hearing the news of what was done here, the same evening imitated the example of the territorial capital by hanging a man who was accused of shoot- ing his partner a fow days previously. To.day Captain Burt was buried; nearly ton thousand people were present at the Tabernacle during the services. One of the speakers was Elder John Trylor, the chief apostle of the Latter Day Saints, and during his remarks he strongly cen- sured all departures from the due form of law, no matter how great the provoca- tion, ; THYE EDMUNDS, BILL % has uot *‘panned out” as its friends ex- pected. The entire Mormon ticket, in every county, has, under its provisions, been elected. Even if woman suffrage was annulled, it is_altogether probable it would make but slight difference. The Monogamic Mormons are so overwhelm- ingly in the majority that they could keep all the women from the polls and yet beat their opponents three to one. Since the Edmunds law has not accom- plished its object, those who make the discomfiture of the Mormons their favor- ito study, are asking what shall be done next! The two following ideas are now being worked out as partly answering that question: One, the passage of o law through congress fiscating the property of all polygumists the other the cstablishment on some island of the Pacific (possibly near Alaska) of a United States penal colony to which all Mormons convicted of plural marriages shall be sent. Neither of these ideas appear very practicable to the writer. Confiscation of private prop- certy on a question of morality scoms to have constitutional objections. Both ideas appear to have more of the charac- ter of fighting the Mormons than fight- ing the Mormon system, and neither of them will prevent the Mormons elceting their candidates, controlling the terri- tory, and assuming those prerogatives usually claimed by majorities in other sections of the union, SUARCELY A DROP OF RAIN since April, and, oh, we arc so dry, Yet a good grain harvest will be gathered, Around us there have been several severe Wtorms, but they have not reached this city. In one or two places great dama has been done by wash-outs caused by floods pouring down the canous and burying everything in their courso, The local theory is that the storm clouds dash against the mountain sides, are broken, and the water they contain all pours out at once. This idea is, I believe, not ac- cepted by scientists. No matter what the cause, the results are very peculiar, The force of the flood wxfi cut out ravines thirty or forty feet deep, aid in five minutes do a work chat orthodox geologists would estimate a8 the erosion of hundredsof years, Huge boulders will be carried by the surging current for miles, leaving them with all the marks of the *‘ice-age,” seratched on their sides, for philosophers to wonder how many ago it was that they wore moved by glaciers from their homes on the mountain sides, Then the fields, troes and fences in the valleys at the mouths of these canons, are buried out of sight and posssbly some day may be dug out, when calculations will be in or der, at so many inches to the century, to show when those who built and planted these ** prehistoric fiuds,” dwelt on the carth, this western region is a *terror,” to upset geological theories, Wo see ta- king place around us every day some processes that some delegate to the far distant past. Side by side stand the thrifty young tree and its petrified broth- er. Houses are built of rock which a short time ago was the flourishing cedar or pine; and_ incrustations, H;u(l'l[wliunu‘ ote, are apparantly but the work of a week, IT 18 ANTICIFATED, that the U, 8. commissioners, under the morning of cerebral appoplexy. POSTAL NOTES, The city postoftice was to-day supplied with the first installment of new *postal notes. They are printed in yellow ink and bound in books of 500 notes, with stubs, that are to be filled up with a brief statement of the amount of the detached notes and other particulars. THE POOR OF FLORIDA. Application having been made for food for the destitute ci s on the naval reservation at Pensadola, the acting secretary of the treasury decided there was no funds on hand which could be used for such purpose. It was held the state of Florida must care tor its own poor or make a public appeal for aid — CRIMINAL RECORD. THE JAMES TRIAL. Sr. LouiN, August 30.—Ths Post Dis- pateh Gallatin (No.,) special says: The time of defense in the Frank James trial was agreed upon at o consultation of at- torneys last night. s an alabi and mis- taken identity. Witnesses were to-day examined in support of these points, A BAD MAN WITH A CLUB, New York, August 30,.—Police Officer Maurice McNamara was arrested for causing the death, last evening, of John Smith; by club ing. = Only yestordny McNamara was before the police commis- sioners upon the charge of cruelly club- bing a respectable citizen a few weeks ago, Grace Courtlan Minwavkee, August 30.—Grace Court- land, of Chicage, has brought suit in the county court to compel her late husband, Mr. Davis, to pay $1,600 alimony, awarded some time since, but never paid. Mrs, Courtland came into notoriety lately by cowhiding a young man named Jones on the public street. Mrs. Courtland has been of the theatrical profession, and at one time dabbled in New York stocks, being known in that city as “The Witch of Wall stree The Free hinkers, ar, August 30.—The Free convention opened here this morning, A number of brief specches were made, Dr. L. R. Ware dilated upon Herbert Spencer, and John W, Draper endorsed the views thoy present- ed. Dr. G. H. Geyer, of Bryan, Ohio, offered for use of any cducational institu* tion the Free Thinkers might establish, a cabinet containing more than 15,000 specimens which he had been 65 years collecting, Mrs, Coleman, of Syracuse, spoke in favor of recognition of women in the walks in life. Judge Arna Kre- kel, of Missouri, spoke of the duty of Free Thinkers towards education, Miners' Strike. Crysran Faiws, Mich,, August 80.— One hundred and fifty miners struck at the Great Westorm mine. The sheriff of Rocu Thinker THE BLOWHARDS BEATEN. Bes Motnes Base Bawlers Go fo Grass by a Score of 14 0 7. Glory Enough for One Day—Other Games and Races. Special Dispatch to Tue Bee. Drs Morses, I, August 30.—We have met the enemy on their chosen bat- tle ground and they are ours—14 to 7. The fact that the Des Moines beat the Port Hurons after the latter's series of victories in Omaha lead many to believe that the Union Pacifies would be slaugh- tered here, but to-day's game shows their qualities had been overrated. They were outplayed at every point. Salisbury’s pitching was too much for them, while Bandle stuck behind the bat and took them hot and cold. The Des Moines made only 14 hits, 8 of which were safe, while the Omaha boys distributed 26 balls over the field, 17 of which were safe. The batting of the Omahas was very strong and_ effective. ‘Salisbury put out 12 at tho home plate; Whitney and Rockwell mado a double play; Foley a splendid stop at third, and Briggs a fly on the run, were the principal features of the game. The score by innings is as follo 1283456789 Union Pacifies.2 5 2 0 2 3 0 0 014 Dea Moines. 200030007 el Runs—Union Pacifies, 6; Dos inos, 8. A GAME AT PLATTSMOUTH. Prarrsmourn, Neb , August 30.—In a game of ball here to-day the Koystones of Columbus were defeated by the home nine. Score, 9 to 7, ten innings. The Keystones yesterday defeated the Weep- ing Water club 9 to 0. OTHER GAMES. Puirapereaia, August 30.—Provi- dence, 11; Philadelphia, 3. Onicago, August 39.—Chicagos 9, | Cloveland 1. Dernerr, August 30.—Detroits 4, Buffalos b. EastT SAciNAW, August 30.—Siganaws 10, Quiney 9. New Youg, August 30.—Bostons b, New York 3. THE NEBRASKA FIREMEN. Lincors, Nen,, August 30.—The state firemen's tournament is progressing with a large attendance. Much interest was manifested in the state championship won by the Pacifics, of Grand fllund; time, 474, In the free for all race the first o was taken by the Tharstons, of Omaha; time, 43}. " The World’s Cham- on company, Liffeter & Cooper, of i)uuro hose company, Moline, Ill., beat their own record, making the second coupling in threo trials in two seconds. Best previous record, two and a half. SPRINGFIELD RACES. SeriNoriELp, Mass,, August 80.— Straight heats decided each _conteki( in the 'Hampton park races to-day. There was great excitement among the 1 men over the results of the 2:27 and 2:19 classes. Special purse of $2,600, St. Julien won, Trinket second; time, 2:22, 2:174, 2:214. 2:27 class, George A, won, Arthur second, Allegheny Boy third, Lula F. fourth; Boss Bessie, Centaur and Index- aleo ran; time, 2:26, 2:25, 2:26}. Class 2:19, Josephus won, Romeo and J. B. Thomas divide second and third money, Adele Gould fourth; Minne R., Overman, Forest and Patchen also ranj best time, 2:19}. B e BUFFALO COUNTY, The in the Anti-Monopoly Ticket Field. Special Dispateh to Tie Bie. Kearney, Neb., August 30.—The anti- monops, nominated the following county ticket this afternoon: Treasurer, Joseph Black; clerk, Rice Eaton; clerk of the district court, George Duncan; sheriff, W. 8. Ball; superintendent of schools, W. A, Hale; judge, J. J. Whittier; sur-, veyor, John Silvernail. This is consid- ered a strong ticket. M. Hatch, a loud-mouthed Jefforsonian democrat and self-constituted leader of that party, caused alittle sensation last evering by publishing a long letter de- nouncing the action of the democratic Marquett county has been telegraphed to bring on a posse to protect the property © |and prevent riot. “American Counting-Roo! The August number of this new maga- zine shoes a decided improvement over its predecessor. The story of Mark Checkup, in which he relates the experi- ence of Master Zachariah Simpkin's first day in the office, will well repay in mirth for its reading, and the graphic illustra- tions introduced show how even such a subject of counting-room work may be made popular and attractive to general readers, to be instructed should endeaver to socure the services of Mr. Checkup for the purpose. The other articles are timely and valuable. The commercial news, markets, exchanges, ote., form just the kind of information that all business peoplo should be possessed of. The magazine is published at 29 Warren York. Price of single nu For salo bynows dealers, —— v Young Dream in Georgia, Columbus Enguirer Bun, A young lady on Aisquith streot dreamied last Sunday night that she was married to a man she had not known ten hours previous. Monday, strange to say, a gentleman from South’ Carolina, who saw her pass the Butaw House, followed her to her home, and apologizing, begged that she would excuse the intrusion, that Persons who have an office-boy |1 convention of last Saturday. e —— The High Joint in Iowa. Posrviie, Iowa, Augusi 30.—In the joint discussion between Governor B, R. Sherman and Hon. L. Kinne, which oe- curred here to-day, about the same ground was covered as at the debate at Independence yesterday, The order of debate was different, Mr. Kinne speak- ing first, Governor Sherman following, and Kinne closing. A great crowd was present from this and surrounding coun- ties, estimated at from 4,000 to 5,000, e ———— A Card, the Editor of Tur Ber. - »me time since the city council amend- ed the ordinance in regard to houses of prostitution so as to allow them to live one block east of the 8rd ward school house, but in all other directions it was to remain two blocks. This was a wise action on their part, but I cannot see why the city marshal should be allowed to discriminate between wealth and poverty, and allowing those who have means to live within the pre- scribed limit, in the viginity of 12th and Capital Avenue, but the poor unfortu- who live there must go. is, to a law abiding citizen, is unae- countable, unless there is some pecuniary influence brought to bear, I trust youw will call the attention of the public to he had fallen in love at first sight, and knew that he could never be happy with- out her. The lady isalso profoundly im- pressed, und it 15 said only awaits an answer to references the newly found Edmunds bill have some considerable trouble legal troubles before them., They have ruled that certain oftices made elec- lover has given, before she permits the knet to be tied that will make the twain one flesh as long as life shall last. this as you do to all just complaints. 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