Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 20, 1885, Page 1

T4 T OMAHA DAiLy BEE FIFTEENTH YEA R. MO DAY MORNING JULY 20, 1885. NO 26, JOHN ROAGH FAILS, The Great Ship Builder Crashed by Dis- ¢ase and Garland's Decision. He Fails For a Bum Estimated as High as $20,000,000. An Assignment is Made and Steps Taken to Wind up the Great Estate -His Preferences, A BHIP BUILDER GOFE3 DOWN, FAILURE OF ROACH, Naw Yonk, June 19.—John Roash, who bullt th e dispatoh 1oat Dolphin, and who has been doing business under tho namo of John Roch & Son,made an assignment yesterday to George W, Quintard, of this city, and George L. Weed, of Stafford, Coon. The assignor firat directs that all wages and salaries of em- ployen be paid, and then he prefers: William Rowland, of New Brunmawick, N, J.—For money loaned and for work and Iabor done and material furnished, 62,2 ¥~ part of this Rowlond holds four promis- sory notes made by Mr. Roach, A promis- sary note made by assignor, bearnig date of June 10th, 1885, and payable in three months for 20,000, which was discounted by the Mechanics & Traders bank of Brooklyn, is also proferred, P. W, Goldando & Oo,—For money loaned and advanced to the extent of $20,000, which was loaned about June last, $10,000 on July 2ad, and $10,000 on the 11th inst, The assignment’ then directs the payment of all other debts and_liabilities due or to be due, together withall interest and mc nnr due, including all Iawful claims against Mr, Roach by W. R, Pitney, Thomas F, Rowland, James Edwara, George' W. Quintard and William Rowland for indemnity aud expenses Hability incarred by them by reason of the having been suretice, and having exeeutod bonds at the instance of the assigners and for their benefit, upon certain contracts entered into by the aesignors on or about the wmonth of July, 1833, with the United States, repre sented by the secrotary of tho navy, for the s eel ciuisere, known reepectfully as Boston, Atlanta and Chicago, and the cispatch boat Dolphin and the lawful claims of the estato of Levi Kerr against tho assignors by Kerr, now deceased, of certain of the bonds and con tracts, The assignment was tho chief topic of con- versation at the clubs and theatres to-night. Lightniog out of a clear sky could not have been more unexpected than was the announce- ment that John Loach, a man who was con- sidered ono of the richest ehipbuilders in the world, had failed, A club man whoee knowl- edge of snd interestin public affairs has given him wide acquaintance with the leading bus- iness men of the country, expressed himself thus while talking with & reporter: “The an- nouncement of tho failure is indeed startling o me, a8 it undoubtedly will bo to thousands of people, but if you will stop and thivk a moment you will come to the eame conclusion” as myself, namely: It is nothing more than _could ' be_expected under the ¢ roumstance. Secretary Whitney’s action in regard to the Dolphin” was the entering exproesions a1 heard for Roach, and the hopes are that ho will come through all right, The city depends largely on the ship yard aud other enterprisesin which Roach is interested, The ontlook for the coming winter is very Rloomy, and nothing but idleness and poverty stare many in the face, ‘ Bostoy, Mass., July 10.—A Newport spocial gives the following aa Secretary Whit ney's reply to a question as to the probable effect of liw Ttoash failure upon the governy ment: **T do not think it will have any eff sct npon the governmaent, 1 am very sorry for Mr. Ronch, 1 am always sorry when a m talls into such difficulties, but I do pot ren how the fsilure can have any comeideral effecs upon the government. The govern ment haa ona versel in his ship yard and two at New York building, but the amounts are nearly all paid on them, T saw in & morning paper that Roach thinke 1 am responsible for the troubls, or at loast, that I eould give relief, but the government owes only the amount still due due on the Dol phin. which would not be enough to put him on a sure footing again, The affair is unfor tunate, but 1 can't help you, Yes, the failure was matter of surprise in guvernment s well as in business eircles, but I can’t see that it will have any great effect on the government, | — THE NATIONAL OAPITAL, GOSSIP AND NOTES FROM THE DEPARTMENTS, The president yesterday appointed the fol- lowing postmasters: John Taliferro, Win- chester, N, Y, vice A, H. Sympson suspended; Benj, Long, Greerville, Ala,, vice J, H. Perdu suspended; Richard Wickersham, Lebanon, Mo, vice O, M. Wilson suspended; Androw J, Reddick, La Salle, Ill,, vico D, A, Lahy susuended; Wm, Morris, Frankfort, Iad., vice Wm, H, Hart suspended; Herman Freygang, Andolia, Ind.,, vica F. McCartney suspended; B. M. Robinson, Tipton, Ind,, vice D. Toowly, suspeaded; John Neff, Winches ter, Tud,, vico G, Ferris, suspended; Geo, R. Reynolds, Plymouth, Ind,, vice W, H. Kerdall, suspended; Eliphalet B, Crawford, Sioux City, Towa, vice K. Kirk, suspended; Sumner B, Chase, Osage, Iowa, vice F, G, Atherton, suspended; Wm. A, Burke, Staun- ton, Va., vica S, M. Yoat, suspended; James M. Keys, Richland Ceutre, Wis,, vice D. G, James, susponded, . The premdent to-day appointed Wm, H. Black, of Tows, agentivr the Sac and Fox agency in Towa, Since the latter part of May alarming reports ofswarms of young grasshoppers or locusta in the v-lley of the Ar kaneas, and in other portions of the state of Colcrade, have been putlshed, and the fear was expressed that Kon- sns, Nebraska and Missouri would be visited by the invasion, The Rocky Mountain locust i3 a species of nelanoplus spretus, Under the direction of Prof. Riley, Mr. Lawrence Bruner, Nebraska acent of the department uf agriculture, vitited portions of Colorado from which ru- mors came, His report just recewed is of such paturo as tc allay foar, none of the mi- grating species baing found. All reports arose from the undue abundance of the native spocies which are present overy yoar, The following internal revenuo collectors were appointed by tho president late this afternoon: Daniel J. Welsh, for the district of Montata; John C. Henderson, for the eleventh district of Tndiana; William B, An- derson, for the thirteenth district of Illinois; Thomas Cooper, for the eighth district of Tllizois, Mr, Welsh is county treasurer of Silver Bow county, Montana, _Mr, Hender- gon is an editor of Kokomo, Indiana. Mr. wedge which has torn Roach from his finan- aal moorings, The repeated trial trips of the Dolphin; adverso decision by members of the examining board, and finally the decisions of the attorney-goneral that the contracts held by Roach, authorizing him to build the four steel cruisers now nearly completed in bis yard at Chester, are null and void, were enough to ruin anyman. Roach has expended in the construction of thess four vessels fifteen or twenty million dollars, Now he finds he has on his hands some twenty million dollars worth of iron-clads which the government will not buy, Roach haa undoubtedly mado large loans on the strength of his contract with the government which he cannot now meet.” The Tribune says that one cause of the aasignmeht is said to be that Roach 18 suffer- ing from heart diseaso and fatal results are fearcd if he continues to worry over the super. vision of his business, His attorney, Van Pool, says the contracts for the remaining three cruisers will be carried out. The Tribune adds: ‘'The assignment fell heayily upon the 800 men at the Morgan iron works. They wero thrown out of emyloyment. This fate may extend to 1,700 others employed at Chester, Pa.” ‘This evening, Mr, Roach and his two sons, Garrett and Stephen, went to Flushing Long Tsland, where the family resides during the suwmer, Roach refused himself to callers duriog the eyening, Garrett Roach smid in bebalt of his father: *‘Father has nothing to say. His physical health is such that he is crushed beneath the blow which has fallen upon him, He will not see or talk with any- cne. Of one thing yon may rest assured, no one will ever lose a dollar by him® A friend of Roach, thoroughly to his tinancial condition, said: undoubtedly are far larger than the liabilities Roach has an extremely extensive property, o has been obliged to take this step because of his bealth, 1ls is a ramarkable man, and he has fought a hard fight against a discora unknown to the world in general, I say he 18 & remarkable man, Ix-Secretary Chan- dler has said that of him and he considcred Roach, althovgh an uneducated man, wonder- fully well informed and possessing clear and strong ideas ou all topics, especially those within tho range of his business «xpericnce, George W, Quintard, one of Roach's asign oes, says: “The alleged failvre of tho Dol phin was & complete surprise to him and seemed in some mauner to reflzot upon his honor, 1t pressed upon his wind wo that for the last six weeks ho has not been considered by hus friends to be in condition mentally to conduct his busioess, The adverse criticiems that have appeared from time to timein news papers preyed upon his mind. He bas be come melancholy aud it has bacome nacessary to have hun closely watched, He could net etay in his' house, Two men one in front and the other behind him, have accompanied him wherever he has gon. As the government claims that it had no contract with him, there would be the same trouble with the rest of the ¢hips that there has been with the Dolphin, 80 that nothwg in his judgment was tefe for him to do but tura his Droperty over to his creditors,” *“What are his asscts and liabilitie “That I can’c answer yet, a3 no has been wade up, but I believe his will more than meet his liabilities, haa turned over everythiog and is penniless, He has not eaved a cent, and Ido bls for it Tu his long business experience he has pot made apy provision for his family, and they, in common with him, have nothing." Cugsrer, Pa, July 18, —The faluze of Jol n Roaach caused sonsiderable excitemont here, where his solvency hadnever been questioned, Up to within a year ago his weekly pay roll was never less than $10,000, distributed among 1,600 men and boys. Now tho pay rll ver §7 000, but this will be reduced to. morcow, for it is the intention to lay off about 400 wen in the morning, They will bs paid w'l that is owiog them—about four duys wages to each person. Ooly enough work men will be kept to finish the Mallory ship Oamel, lyig in the New Jersey channcl The workmen and msterial will be taken over in & tug and the vessel will doubtless be com pleted where she lies. Her removal from the wharf was owing to theassigument, A repre sentative of the Winchester company eays the ship yard was a separate corporation, a wos uot ivcluded in the sssignment. The yard will be affected, however, and Reacl is & large stockholder in the Obester rollivg mills, blast furnaces and combination iron aud steel company located wre, 1t is difficult to foretell the result cn hoso placee, each of which employs a great msuy meo, The work on tke cruisers, Boaton aod Ohicago, and the monitor Puritan will virtuslly suspended and the heretofore busy yard will present a deserted look. None but the kindest and most eympathet! > Anderton is o lawyer. Ho was a_brigadier general in the Union army. Mr, Cooper is o business man at Pekin, Tllinois. A mojority of the internal revenuo officers of the country have been filled, only nine remaining vacant. Secrstary Manning sent out n circular letter to manufacturers and othera interested in the industrial arts, stating that _investigation proved that the tarilf Iawa were largely evaded by undervaluation, He acks them to give their views upon the feasibility of simplifying the tariff and charging the advalorem duties until apecific information issought to belaid bo- fore congress and is an id in the improye- mont of the custom eystem, Information is also asked a8 to the relative cost of mannfac- turing in this country and Barope. Wiiliam O, Webb has decided to accept the office of district commisrioner tendered him yosterday, Capt, Edward Hi ett has been appointed ¢hipping commissioner for the port of San Francisco. He was endorsed by both sec- 1008 of the California democracy, It is understood that Judge xfidmnndl re- cently tendered his resignation as one of the commissioner of the district, and that at the refueal of P'resident Cleveland he withdrew it for a few days, in order to enable Mr, West, his successor, to become informed of the duties of a commissioner, It is rumored now that dmunds’ successor will be appointed within ten days, It is thought also that Major Lydecker will soon be replaced by another army engineer, —— V3 OF FINANCIERS, CHAUNCY M, DE PEW DISCUGSES DUSINESS WITH HIS FRIENDS, Special Telegram to The B Loxa Braxcn, N. Y,, July 19— Chauncy M. DePew, in a circle of business acquaint ances lsst night, talked freely upon the finan cial situation, Heeaid that be wounid have been gle* if he had as muach confidence ew Y/ & Central stock as the public had sarcutly in bim for that stock had gone up fourt=en points eince he was elected president Ui the Central road. 1le is very much puz zled to account for the continued depression of business, He says the only way he carr account for it is that capital is an idiot, He says that there {s to-day every condition for fvorable investment, 8o much beyond anything known in the wost flush period since the war, We have, he thinks, gotten to the end of our fail ures, People who bave not been able to meat their indebtedness havo already gono to the wall, Those who are in business are in the main out of debt, ILvery srt of trade down to hard pan basis, Teere are to-day in the banks of New York $160,000 000; of this, yerhaps, eay $30,000,000, is drawing 1 per cent. The rest is crawing neshiog. There is probably twice tho amount of this idle capital in_ the outside bavks of the country, Why this capital should by id'e is one of the mysteries of financo. Thers are plenty good investments which are safe and Kecure, yet capital to-day hesitates togo into avythiog, while in our last flush period there was nothiog too wild or idiotic for money to rush into, He repeated sgain that capital was an idiot, and thatinvestors were governed more by the condition of the atmosphere and of public feeling than they were by their own judgment, John Pondir, a prominent Wall steot bro ker, who had listened carefully to what Depew said, gave as his explanation of the consarvat. i capital at the present time that the public had been swindled and robbed in Wall street to such an extent that it wa) as atraid of good securitios as of bad, He sald that it was not too high to ssy that $6,000,000,000 of stock had been wiped in the last three or four years of the streett This enormous sum rep- resented just so much money taken out of the pockets of the public. It was unreasonable to expect that the public, after haviog such great suws stolen from it'in the last three or four yeare, should be very anxious to continue specalative purchases, Depew inreply to this ead he considered Wall siceet did not represent all of the bnsi ness of the country, No one would attempt to dispute what Poodir said about the condi- tion of sffairs here Lut what he bad referred to was the general stagnation of business throughout the country—the hesitancy of capital to go into any kind of an entergrise, VI e —— Bmalipox Epidemic, YasktoN, D, T, July 19,—Smallpox is spreading inepidemic form amopg the Iiu sians at Scotland, Twenty-five cages are re- Iported to-day. Several deaths ocsurred daring the week, THE OLD WORLD. An Inferesting Collction of News From All Quarters, faligbury Thinks England Has Made Enough Concessions, Itallan Troops Continue to Perish in the Soudan—Gladstone Aband- ons the Publie, BRITISH POLITICS, DIPLOMATIO AND PERSONAL, Special Telegram to The Bre, LoxnoN, July 19,—The Russian scare, which sent down stocks with a rua on Thu rs- day, was due proximately to the publication of telegrams announcing a forward movement of Gen, Komaroff’s trcops toward Zulfikar and the retreat of tha Englith officers upon Herat. The diplomatic differences between tho two governments arej'grave, but not new. Lord Granville had come to a deadlock with M. De Giers before leaving office, The situation is perfectly simple, The ameer wants Zulfi- kar, bzcause through this defile lies the road to Herat, Russia agreed to abandon her claim, an imprudent one at best, 1n return for the caesion of Penjdeh, Having got Penjdeh, Russin tries to repudiate the bargain in order to get Zulfikar, too. Russia says she never meant to surrender the hills to the eastward of the valley, But these hills, according to Sir Peter Lumsden and Condie Steyens are essontial to the military position of the puss which is worthless without them. England has pledged herself to the ameer, who insists upou the fullfillment of the pledge, The Russian demand has two objects: 1—To ascertain whether Lord Salisbury is queezable” as Lord Granville, To get rid of arbitration on the Penjdeh incident. Da Giers has already intimated that he is ready to come to terms about Zulti kar 1t Lord Salisbury will drop arbitration, Salielury at present is disposed to convince Russia that in his opinion Eogland has made concessions enough, Continental opimion is coming steadily round to the Koglieh side. The result, observers predicted as certain whenover Fogland adopted a firm attitude. A similar change i3 noticeable respecting Egypt. Negotiations are actively proceeding with the prospect of a favorable -esult for the immediate issue of the loan of £4,000,000, Sir Drummond Wolff hopes to arrive at Cairo with money in his pocket. Lord Grauville had abandoned hope of carrymmg out the finsncial conyention before autumn. The coalation bstween the tories and the Parnellites, seomingly imperiled by Parnell’s motion for an inquiry into the conviction of Maamtrasna murders, emerzed from last night’s debate closer and more open than ever, Sir|Michael Hicks-Beach, though re- fusing the parliamentary inquiry, pledged 1.ord Curnarvon to re-open the whole case, and declined to defend Lord Spsncer, whom the Parnellites accuse of cruelty and injustice. Lord Randolph Churchill went further and expressly condemnod him, Both speeches were wildly cheered by the Irish members, Heuly was presently hoard complimenting the Irish secretary. Many tories are_ disgusted, but Lord tandolph Churchill is redeeming his rledgefl. Sir William Harcourt and Lord Tartington valnly appealed to the govern- ment to not discredit the adminisvration of justice in Ireland, Mr, Chamberlain and Si Charles Dilke quitted the house. The liberals profess themselves as astonished at the cynical repudintion by the torics of every view on Trish mattars they have heretofore expressod. Lord Wolseley received an enthuslastic welcome upon his arrival in London on;Tues- day and took his seat in the house of lords on the conservative benches, The radicals anx- iously await the result of theconsultation with the minietrry. No hint as to a change of the military policy is yet given, The troops in Egypt are steadily withdrawing northwest. Gladstone no longer appears in parliament. He addresses letters to his colieagues which they read, rather a8 1f they were rogal messages, His _doctor has strictly forbidden his speaking and allows the patient to converse oniy in whispers, He promises that Mr. Gladstone’s voice will be restored in a few weeks, After the cabinet council this afternoon the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Iddesleigh, Sir Stafford Northeote, and Sir Michael Hicks, Beach Chancellor, of the exchequer, held & consultation at the foreign office with Daron do Staal, ths Russian embassador to London, It is understood that the conference was on the Afghan question, and it is stated that the negotiation between the Inglish and the Rua. sian governments for an amicable adjustment ot the dispute are progressing in a perfectly satisfactory manner, Mr. Condie, the special courier, who waa sent by Sir Peter Lumsden, the chief of the Afghan boundary commission, from Pendjsh in time of the difficulty there to London to give to the Gladstone ministry special infor- mation concermog the Pendjeh battle, was at the foreign offico duriog the “state conference there, and in fact all day,belping to elucidate the problem vaieed by the increase of the Russian forca near Zulficar pass, . A dispatch from Paris to the Exchange Telegraph company eays that the French am bassador at St. Petersburg who was about to leave the Russian capitol on a furlough to enjoy @ vacation, has hcen ordered to’ " remain at his post beca of the gravily of the Afghan difficult In miniatertal circles no fear is entertained of an immediate quarrel with Russia, Notwith- standing this, however, measures for the de fonse of India are being constantly pushed forward, Gen. Stewart, commander-in-chicf in Todia, will, it is said, 1) appointed to one of the vacant seats in the Indian counci, in which case l.ord Wolseley will ba given the chief command in Todis, arl Dufferin vice roy of [ndia, bas issued sn order prohibitiog the officers of the Indisn army who are on & furlough from going to Cashmere, ostensibly 56 to return there would be difficult and slow in case of & hruned recall, It is reported that Col. Lockhart, who bas gone to Gilgir, the main_entrsnce to the val. ley of Cashmere from Central Asia, with a year's supplies avowed for the use of & sur voying party, is really eogaged in o political movement of importance. Russia is now trying to raise a new loan, From Paris it ie stated that an officer on board the Audaclons, writiog from Nsgaeaki, says the Dritich flag, deepite the denials of the English government, 18 flying over Port Hamilton, 1o the Corean archipelizo, Ho fur. ther states that the British are buuly engaged in preparing military defeuses and laying tor- pedoes and wines at Port Hamilton, and that some Russian troop ships loaded with troops which recently arrived there were greatly sur prised to find the place completly oecupied by the British, and were compalled to retire, FBOM FRENCH SOULCES, Losuon, July 18, Dispatchos recerved from Paris this afternoon report that the French foreign office has receivod Information whieh shows conclusively that the llussians are de- termined to saizs Herat and that the massing of Russian troops now goiog on at Zulfiker pass in for that purpose, A cabinet council 18 being held, the Russo Afghan Loundary question is the subject of the cabinet's consideration, The proclamation of the ameer of Afghan a8 iston aonouncivg the receiptby him of the «tar of India, and declaring thatha wae now entitled to aid from the Indian army if necessary, was issued at Herat. The ameer in his proclamation ordered the i'lumi- nation of Herat to celebrate his invesrture with the order, ORDERS TO KOMABOFF, Sr, Pererssurc, July 19.-1t is semi-official- ly dented that Zulficar pass bas been ocoupied by Russian troops, General Komaroff made & elight movement of the troops there o pr. vent a surprise by an Afghan attack He b been ordered to_hoid the position o enable him to occupy the defilesif nccessary, The government is firmly dstermined to do noth- ing that may compromise the pending nego tiations with England, GETTING RRADY TO SAIL, Quengc, July 18,~Two Ruwsian barks at this port since the looming up of the war cloud between England and Itussia, are lond ing their cargos night and day, in order to be resdy to leave at any moment in the event of war, GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS, A NEW OPIOM 0O} TON Lospox, July 18,—The Marquia of Salls bury for England, ‘and the Marquis of Treng {or China, to-day signed o new opium troaty between China and (ireat Britan by the terms of which the interior of the Empire is opened up freely to the opium trade, The Raciog Calondar annsuncas the pros- pective bebut of the Princa of Wales on tho turf under his own name, Hitherto ho has ownod hotses enterad undor the names cf members af the jocky club. THE CHOLERA. Mabuip, July 18,—Thera were 1,320 new cases of cholera and 624 death from ‘the dis- ease reported in Spain yestorday. AMERICANS BLACK-BALLED, Thero is quite & commotion inBachelors club over the extensive black-balling of American applidants for membarship, and sho with drawal of a number of Americans on this ac- count. B, R, Winthrop, who was proposed by Lord Elchester, Mr. Martin, and Mr, Sands, members of the Union and the Knick- erbocker clubs, were rocently black-balled, and thereupon Mesars, Frazor, Praed, and John Montagne Guost, member of parlia- ment from Warehain, resigned from the mau- aging committee, The majority of the clubs aro said to condemn the action of black-ball- ivg Awer'cans for no apparent ressona except their nationality, and propose to reconstruct the entire committee, DEATH HELPS THE PROPHET, ITALIAN TROOPS ON Titk SOUDAN DIE IN GREAT NUMDERS Special Telegram to The Bk, Loxioy, July 19, —Pitiful stories continue to reach the Italian povernment concerning the condition of the Italian troops at Mass- wah. The recent sulcide of Col, Putti, com mander ef the Italian garrison there, was due to ennui and despair, and not to dellirium cansed by fever, s has been reported. He saw sickness and death among the troops daily incrensing in spite of all the exe tions of the surgeons and extra sanitary precautions, At lenzth he becomes hopeloss of the situation of the troops baing remedied, and took his own life in the desperate hope that such au act might open the eyes of the home officials, and causo them to imitate the action of the ling lish government by “scuttling out"the Sou dan, Ttis reported thet he frequently ad- vised tho Italisn war minister to order the roturn of the troops, but his warnings were unheeded. Lt is now ofiicially admitted that 30 por cent of the soldiers at Massowah are down with enteric fover, One writer says that nct more than 25 per cont of themen arasblo to respond to roll call and one-half of these are suffering slightly from fever. The other 75 per cent are in the hospitals, Another writer says nearly all the troops aro sufiering moro or less from faver, and that the death rateIs fearful. The hoat is appalling, the mercury averaging 120 degrreo in the shade until night,sand the swams of sand flios and moequitoe invades the place, and sleep is impossible. THE SHYLOOK TRICK, THE WAR SCARE STARTED IY A SYNDICATE OF SPECULATORS, Special Telegram to the BEg, Loxnox, July 19—Berlin papers haye done service for the whole world, which the London prees have been too blended by passion and prejudice to do. They have pricked the bub- ble of the new ecare about the Anglo Russian war, They show by indisputable evidence thet the war like rumors and telegrams,though coming from many different places, all eman- ste from one source, and all are inspired by one set of conspirators, whose sole object is sveculation, The exposure shows that the headquarters of the conspiracy are at Berlin, but its sgentsare at work on every house in Europe, Forged accounts of hostile Russian movements vers telegraphed to London papers and the pompous tone of the latter was depended upon to furnish the rest. The con- apiracy was for a time wonderfully succesaful, The war ecare wao revived, Loudon papers blustered in their usual fashion, many (ues- tions were asked in parliamoent, and consols, Ruseian securitios and Ezyptian bonds were subjected to slrinkage, which, In the sggro- gate nmounted to millions of dollara, Most of the members of the syndicats are believed to have realized on thc shrinkage that al ready occurred, (thers, who did not expect the exposure to come 80 £0on have been caught in their own net, and are seeking to get out of their contracts a3 well as they can, —— Morvine 1hompson 81, Pavt, Minn,, July 19,—About 125 peo- pie attended a hard glove fight to a finish down the river this afternoon betweon Mervine Thompson of Cloveland and Prof. Hadley. colorcd, of St Paul, Five rounds were fought, when the referce gave tho fight to Hadley on a foul by Thompson, who had been warned by 1eferee Cardiff against a rep etition of fouling, which consisted in clinching and_throwing Iiadloy over his opponent’s head, Thompeon's superior strength gave bim the advantage in the first three rounds, whon the supsrior skill and hard hitting of Hadioy began to tell and Thompeon showed signs of Leing winded, In the last tworounds Thompeon ttood up to Lard punishment with no reslstance except in foul wrestliog, which decided the fight against him, Hadley's blows fell fast and furious towards the last and Thompon was badly punished both 1n the faco and on_his body., There was very little betting, as before the fight it was gener- ally conceded to Thompson. There fa no talk of hippodroming. Thompson said beforo the fight that he bud brought his baggage, a8 ho Knocked Out, bad been warned that if he got whipped he could not come back to Cleveland, —— Base Ball, Prrrspoga, Pa, July 18, Baltimore, 1. CINeINNATI, 0., July 18,— Metropolitan, & l\\'.\'ulm, July 18,~NewYork, Pittabnrg, Cincinnatt, 8; PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 18, —Philadelphia, 8; Detront, 4, 81 Lou:s, Mo,, July 18, Athletics, 8, Louisviee, Ky., July 18,—Louisyille, 8 3rooklyn, 4, PROVIDENC Buffalo 4 « Louis, R I, July 18, ven iouings. uly 18~ Chicago, 6; Bos Providence, b; Natl, O, July 19.—Oincinoati, 3; 0, ( 0, Lovisviite, Ky, July 19,—Athletics, 2; Louisville, 6. Sr. Louis, Mo, July Motropolitan, 2. e —— The Savages Bubdued, KaNsas Oy, Mo, July 18,—Ths Times Fort Reno special says: *'Nothing of special interest developed here. Gen. Sheridan talked with a number of Indiavs, including Stone Calf, one of the leaders of the dissat isfied chiefs, They are divided on the ques tion of the lease to cattle men. The Indians appear to realiza that if the goverament un dertakes to disarm them they mustsubmit, aad ul dsvger of an outbreak is practically ended. —8t. Louls, 9; A NEW BREAK. The Norteern Cheyennes Threatning 1o g to War., Wicked Work Looked For on the Rosebnd and Tongue Rivers. pressed sonnds of derision. Mr. Jardine, roferring to the recent events, sad he had done no wrong and proposed to remain here, AU the cvening servics the demonstration w3 ropeated though less empha,ic than in the morning, Several policamen were stationed near the church this evening but were not called npon, LABOR TROUBLES, TRADE, The Priccipal Parsnits of Mankind in a Bad Plight, sTRIKANS END A Tumviteovs week witn A1 Railroads, Grain and Iron Not QUIRT SUNDAY, BAY City, July 1S—At a meeting of the mill ownors and cltizens this afternoon on Reports of the Disaffection Among the [ motion to dispense with the military company Southern Oheyennes Reaches tne North, MORE RED sKINS, PATTLES ALREADY REPORTED. Special Telegram to the Bri. Mies Orry, M. T, July 19, —Excitement ran high here this morning, caused by a report that five cowboys and seven Choyennes had been killed in & fight on the Rosebud. Your correspondent immediately went to Fort Keogh and found that Pine Ridge and other Cheyennes on the Tongue river are quarreling with the Cheyennes on the Rosebud, insisting upon the latter leaving their reservation to go south on the war path, The Cheycnnes on the Rosebud are peuseable and prefer to re ma n quiet. Tho others threatened the life of Indian Agent Stevens at Rosebud, and he fled to Fort Custer, whence he tolegraphed the facts to the department commander at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, The latter ordered Major Logan, of the fifth!infantry, at Fort Ne. ogh formerly acting Cheyenne agent.to proceed to the agency and investigate. Logan has great influence over the northern Cheyennes, on the Tongue and the Rosebud, and will probably save bloodshed, Hestarted at once for the scene with a small detachment, and citizens generally hero are now convinced that no cowboys bave been harmed and that the trouble will soon be quelled, Font Kroar, Mont., July 19.—News of se- rious trouble among the northern Cheyenne Tndians has hoen received here. The follow ing official telegram waa received late last nlght: *‘The commanding officer at Fort Custer re- ports that acting agent Stevens, of the Ross- bud and Tongue river Indians, of the north ern Cheyenne reserve, isat Custer with acting agent Burslow. of the Crows, and that Stevens reports that there is davger of serious trouble between the Roscbud Indians, under Two Moons and Little Wolf, snd’ the Tongue River Indians, headed by Black Wolt and White Bull. 'Tho latter are attempting to force the IRosebud Indians to live on_the Tongne river, and threaten to kill Agent Stey- ens if ho attempts to interfere with their plans,” The report says that the Indiana are much excited over the matter. The Rosebud In dians poeitively refuso to go. Thero are now in camp with the Tongue River Indians about 118 Pine Ridge Indians under Crazy 1lead and American Horse. The latter hag said ho would die rather than go back to the Pine Ridge agency. An exciting report has also roached here that tho Northern Oheyennes havo broken out, and that they are led tothe war path by news from the sonthern Cheyennes and Indian ter ritory, Still another report says that in engage- ment between the Carpenter and Robinson cowboys five cowboys and seven Indians were killed. These reports il seem well founded and there is great excitement among the ranchers and settlers on the Tongue and Rosebud rivers, A detachment of soldiers under Maj. T, H. Logan left hero early this morning for the scene of the disturbance to investigate the trouble, e ——— TO AID PRODUCERS, ESOTA CALLS FOR A RIVER IMPROVEMENT CONVENTION, Sr. Pavt, Minn,, July 19,—The following call for a river convention at St. Paul on Sep- tember 3rd has been formulated by Gov, Hubbard: “The present and future welfare and prosperity of the poople of Minnesota, as well as those of adjacent states and territories which constitute the great producing part of the continent, largely depends upon the facilities and costs of transportation for their products to the markets of the world, This region is penetrated by natural wator routes, which, beiog properly improved, would afford unlimited facilities for transporting its enormous product at nomi- nal cost te every mart of the world. It has long been the settled policy and purpose of the national government to improve all water ways of tho country in the interest of com- merce, both foreign and domestic. In pursu- anco thereof, there has already been au enor- mous amount of money, stated to approximate £150,000,000, expended in the im: rovement of the rivers and harbors of the country, the bulk of which has been expended in the older states {and along the comst lines. Such appropriations should bs made to apply where rclief is most needed, and it would seem that the policy of workicg on the ex terior line should now give way to an internal line policy of commercing where the com merce of the country originates—tho conter of the continent—and working outwar “TLe people of the upper Mississippi and the Missouri, comprising the states of Tlh- nois, Missonri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the territories of Dakota and Montana, stand pre-eminently in need of relief of exorbitant transportation charges, which render production unprofitable and the fruits of industry expensive to east ern and foreign commerce, 1t ia thereforo deemod wise and proper at this time, that the paople of the northwest now producing the bulk of the nation's food, as well a8 exports, should formulate a most earnest demand upon congress for such appro- priations of money as may be 1equired o in sure at the earliest day practicable, the open: ing of our rivers to an untrammeled commorce to tide water. To this end it is recommended that a convention be held composed of tho representatives of those atates and territorl their commercial bodies and municipalitics, Therefore, at the request of the chamber of commerce of the city of St, Puul, and the state commission on river improvemements, I would anponnce that a conveotion will be held in St. Paul on the 3d of September, 15885, T would especially requeat the governors of the | yona' vhird attend ) A | in person and aid in securing o full represen- states and territories npamed to tation of their states, commercial bodies aud cities, and I cordially invite the ssnators aod representatives in congress of these states and territories to be present and assist in the work of the conyention The representation deemed advieable 18: For each state and ter- ritory, st large, ten delegates; for each con gressional district, three delegates; for cach commerctal organization, five delegates; for each municipality, tive delegates, D, HunpagDn, “Governor,” e The Latest From McGregor, Mr. McGukior, July 15,—Gen, Cirant | the fellowing from New York here, resulted in a tie. The question was then loft with the former committee and the officers by resolution adopted at the meeting, The committoe meets this afternooa, All quiet now, with no unusual excitement. EAST SAGINAW, July 18.—Gov, t if Pinkerton's men were not dismissed at once the troo will bs compelled to be withdrawn, The men will probably yield beforo Monday. Stovens & Ladney ogread to run ten hours and pay at tho end of the month, Derrort, Mich., July 19.—Specials from the Saganaw valloy report the day among the strikers dull and without material change. OLRVELAND, O., July 19,—This was the quictest Sunday for years ia the elghteenth ward, Tho tlrikers noarly all remained at home, No disturbance of any kind occurred, Tn an interview to-day the big Russian, who it was eaid had been chosen as the leader in case of another outbreak, denied that the men had been drilling, Tne strikers, he said, realizod that they could not cope with the polica, and he thought teero would be no more trouble, CieveLAND, July 19—All quiet and peace ful at the aceno of tho strike yesterday. The day is being devoted to the payment of strikers wagea and thoro are no hostile den- onstrations. Those employed at the wire mill, 1,500 innumber, are now being paid off at the mill office, Oaly men working in single dopartmenta aro allowed in_the works at one time. There ara ten such departments In the wire mill and the men after receiving their pay depart without any discussion. The two_ thousand men employed in- other departments will receive their money at the regular pay office on Jones avenus, The entire morning was devoted to giving thom their duo bills, They are all quiot and orderly. Tno money re- quired to pay the men was brought to the mills under a strong guard at four this morn ing. None of the men in tho mills have checks and the money was pald ont as usual. Tt is underatood that all checks possessed by the strikers will be taken from them when they are paid their wagos. — UNDAUNIED M SNUDDED Y THE PRESIDENT, B Special Telegram to Tho Bk, New Yok, July 19.—The rolations of President Cleveland to Ohio politics are eo much intermingled with his feeling toward tho Cincinnati Enquirer that, the story of John R. McLean’s vistt to Albany just after the elec- tion will have decided interost for the country. McLeon's course in the Enquirer had been emmently unsatisfactory to Cleveland. Me- Lean was in New York with his bride, The rest of the story ia told in Mr, Cleve- land's own language, as repeated by a democrat of national prominence to whom he recently told it as follows: T got one morning from Mr. McLean, & telegram saying he would like to know if it would be agreeable for him to call. 1 an- swered it no. The same day I was sstonised on having a card brought up to find that it bore the names of Mr, and Mrs. John R. McLean. There was a memorandum: ‘To day respects to Miss Cleveland.’ What could a fellow do under such circumstamces? I had them invited up. There were a number of persons present, and Mr, McLean entered in- to conversation with them, What he said was directed mostly at me though it was eaid to others. I was impelled to dispise the sycophancy he displayed, but for & time I said nothing, I bore myself stiffly toward him, He told about how he wasgoing to make the Enquirer & red hot administration paper from that time out. He was going to_buy John Kelly’s paper, the Star, he said, and make a red hot administration paper out of that, Then ho began to make some Augwes- tions, My patience was exhausted by this time and I went over to where he stood and _ eaid- *Look here, McLeon, no bulldezing. Under- stand, I won't have any bulld: zing.” He pro- tested that he had no tention of bulldoziog me, and presently he went away, much to my relief,” Tho truthfulaess of this sceno will be recog nized by all who know the two men. A gen- tleman, who witnessed the scono, has given substantially the same roport of it to friends, but 1t has never yet seen print. The Dsy on the Turf, Bricuton Beacn, July 18, —The attendance numbered 5,000 people, and the track was in Tirst race—Threo quarters milo, all Banero'wor ages: nander, second; Tom Kerns 163, —Seven. ights mi Changa, won; Barnes, second; Jos 8., third, Time, 1:20%, Third raca~Mile and ona-quarter: Jobn K, W Joutessa, sccond; Bay Dilllie, third, Tire, 2:13, surth raca—Mile and one-quarter, all pg2e Kiohba, wou; Topay, tecond; Jennings, third, Time, 2:108, {th race —Mile, all agas: Pink Cottage, won; Miss Goodrich, sccond; King Fa, third, A Sixth raco—Mile and onc-cight: Judge Griffich, won; Keller, second; Arsenic, third, Time, 2:00} MoxyouTH Park, July 18.—The temperr . ture was torrid and the attendance e I"irat race—Mile and one-cighthsy Forester \lm.; Duchges, second; Reveller, third, Time, b74. Second “race—Three quarters mile; Ariel won; Shamrock, recond; Howeward Bound, third, Time, 1,03, arth race—Mile and a quarter; Jack O'Hearts won; Long Knight, second; Rich- Time, 2 11, ¥ifth race —~Mile and five-eighths; won; Gida Time, 2:58{, Sixth race—Seven furlongs; Detective won Tacoma, second; Sutler, third, Time, 1:31%. Seveuth race—Mile; three-year-olds and upwards; Fellowplay won; fl.-vu. s6cond; Torpedo, third, Time, 1: Sighth race— Full coturse; Charlemagn won; A:vmlnnm, second; Sunstar, third, Time, 6:10, Euclid Stanhope, second; Clonmel, third, Special Telegram to The Bek, Cuicaco, I, July 19,—The Tribuce has “Dr, George slept less than usual last uight owing to the [ Miller, of Omaba, is in New York again, the stifling closeness of the atmosphere, which rendered sleep well nigh impossible for any one, The paticut was quiet and free from pain and dozed most of the time, but did not sleep goundly uotil late and rested soundly only for about four houra, Pulss this morn ing wbout elghty aud listless on aceount of the restless might, shows little weakness, This morning the general is trying to make up for tlesa nigh by dozing in his room, B Preaching with Police, Kansas Ciry, Mo, Jaly 19,—~The 1 Heary D, Jardine, rector of St, Marys Epis copal church, officlated at the service as usu al, The immense audience attended the morning service, some of whow had gone ap parently to create s disturbance and expreased their disapproval of (is rector by Balf sup V. picture of a bitterly disappointed man, I think he staked a good deal on a democratic administration, into whose graces he expsoted to walk through tho Greystono avenue, From being an aspirant for a cabinet place, 1 understhnd he is willing to take the Omahs postoffic ) with the chances against his getting it, d H. Patrick, the Nebraska member of the democratic national committee, has been staying here with Dr, Miller, They are both down on their luck, ———— A Murderer Lynched, Kaxsas Crry, Mo,, July 19,—~Neal Thorn ton, who murdered Policeman Shehan a Jop- lio, Mo, yesterday, was lyoched there this morning, Thornton was a desperado and shot Shehan while the latter was attempting to arrest biw for an old offense, Likely to Out-do Last Year. The Growth of Steel Manufacture in the United States —Orowdin Upon Great Britam, DEPRESSED BUSINESY, THE SITUATION IN THR FAST, Special Telegram to The Brx. Nkw YORK, July 19, —Ninoty-fivo degrees in the shade is mot conducive to business activity, The flurry in Wall street has lent a more cheerfal feeling to general businees cir cles, but this is all. The conditions of busi- ness are on the whele unaltered, save that with the Japse of time we are gotting nearer the date when there must be a reaction toward higher, if not high prices, It appears that the outlook for weeks, until mid-autumn, i for a failure score{rather below Iast year's, but it will ba above the same woeks of 1883 'his should shut out all thought of anything like a boom in the autumn, The signs have been multiplying that this year corresponds with 1877 rather than with 1878, It 18 note- worthy that the Railroad Gazette, in sum- ming up the sitnation, points out that 50 far aa_crops are concerncd they arc not quite so likely to give us the prosperity that they did o yoar ago, Tho crops of 1851 did not bring an active and prosperous trade, and there ia no reason to believe that those of 1855 will. They will do their part, 8o did thoss of Inst year, It was not because of a lack of wheat, corn, cattle, or even cotton that trade was bad and railroad profits bad last year, The readjustment of industries which follown 80 rapid and one-sided a growth as wo had after 1870 and have had periodically in this rcountry s usually o slow process. It is commonly called growing up to the new eapacity for production. But if wo have to wait for_this many of us will get discouraged. To have as many peoplo per mile of railroad as we had in 1850, wo should Lave to wait until about 1502, and ‘meanwhilo build no railroads. Fortunately for them, not many industries incraased like the railroads from 1880 to 1884, Dut there are still, doubt- less, not a fow which aro prepared to produco yearly more than_the country can possibly conetime, whilo it makes no moro than tho averago progress, and as for the railroads, be ¥ | yond all question, there are too many of them. The editor sumis up by saying that aside gl from the comparative elight results of the eottlement of the trunk line quarrel, ho ‘can see mothing in the situation which indicates that the next twelve months will be better for railroads than the last twelve,” Coming from a painstaking jcurnal which speaks for the sober sido of the ralway case the above must be awarded a good deal of significsnce as showing how greatly business is 1n a travsition state. Further facts regarding the extent to which steel is superseeding irop are in order, 1t ap- pears that at the present tume the United States ranks second . ng'the ateel making countries, the British occupying first place, With tho present activity in the building of steel works in the United States it will not be long before this country will be the leading steel making country of the world, The sub- stitution of ateel for Iron has really only com- menced, but it has made savage inrosds upon the iron business, o —— Oampmeeting of Salvationists, OLD OROHARD, Me,, July 19,—The salva- tion army opened its national campimesting here to-day with a ‘‘knee” drill at 7 s, m,, fol- lowed by a hallelujah march. A salvation meeting ‘at 10 o'clock was led by Captain Shirley. The army consiats of twenty-five officers and sixty-five soldiers, About 2,000 persons ‘aro in attendance. A praise meeting was held this afternoon and a salvation meet- ing this evening, This is the first camp- moeting ever held by the army. e ———— Killed His Father-in-Law, St. Pavi, Minn,, July 19.—A Redwood Falls, Minn., special says: About 11 o'clock this morning Tsracl S, Alexander shot and killed Charlos Mowers, his father-in-law. The firat ehot took effect in the victim’s side. Hae foll to the ground, when the murderer de- liberately fired three more shots, all taking effect, the second causing instant death, The murderer was arrosted and placad 'in jail. There are threats of lynching, —— Tho Weathor, WasHiNGTON, July 19,—Tho upper M’ sissippi valley: Fair weather in tho sout! portions, local rains with local storms ™ northern vortion, southerly winds, ste . P temporature, Alonury Tho Missouri Vair weat) ; southern portion, occislonal riss 467 10 '-Iu. northern poriion, variable winds '8 i the except in the southern portion southerly, nor SvCept in the followed by lower temporature e _ Imspocting tho Ko e iy, Newrosr, K. L, July , 7 _ fstates sioamer Dispate < ~bwiho Tnlied Eie i DA p, haviog on board Seoretarics Whitney and and Endicott, Generals W Abbott, and Captaina 15 Siomith and BAW ord Magruder and Joseph Morgan, of Ter payivanis, mombors ‘of the Whitney, Mr . %t the fortifications, Mra, arzived bere, (g Yicott and a fow others s morning, For Scven Y ears, BALTyong, Md,, July 19.—Thiety-eight yount, ladies took the vow of poverty, chaatity an’, obedienca for a pericd of seven yoars 7esterday morning at the convent of the sis- ters of Notre Dame, ncar Govanstown, Bal timore county. At the end of seven years, if they wish to continue in a religious life, they will be at liberty to make theso vows final and perpotual, Wreck on the Banta, . Evraso, Tex, July 19,—The ‘east bound anta I'o passengor train which left hero yes terday morning was wrecked near Wallaco by striking a culvert which had been washed ont by the rainstorm, Fngincer Wilson, two il firemen, und an extra fireman were killed, Ono_ passecger, nawo uoknown, had log broken, e Rl T Plastor of Parls Worss Burned, New Buianros, N, Y., July 19,~King's plaster of parls mlls wero totally burned this afternoon, Tho cccurence, it s said, wi greatly advance the price of all plaster of paris on the Atluntic const. Tho fire sturted in g;?:‘t}n:}n flue, Lioss, %,000; ineurance, o — Great Death Kate in New York, New Youk, July 19.—The health board atatistics show a record of 205 deaths for thy twonty-four hours ending noon. This 1 tho Largest number reported for any day in 1855, Tho coroner to-day held forty-two inquoste on bodies of persons who directly or inditectly died from the heat of the last few days, ——e—— Oar Shops Bu BostoN, Mass,, July 19,—The New York & New Kogland railroad company's car shops in Norwood caught fire this afternoor, aud half of them, including the main huilding, were destroyed. ' Very little rolling stock was da. injured, The total loss ls $200,000; fully o~ eured, ®