Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 25, 1885, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FIFTEENTH YEAR. OMATIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1885, | ——————— NO 31, HONORS TO THE DEAD Preliminary Arrangements for fhe Faueral of General Grant, Central Park, New York, Selected as the Place of Burial. The War Department to Have Uhargs ot thy Remains, Words of Sympathy From the Press and People of All Lands. Preparations for Memorial Ser- cices Throughout the Country, The Condition of the Grant Estate and His “Personal Memoirs," THE DISTINGUISHED DEAD, ABBANGING FOR TAR FUNERAL AND PLACE OF BURIAL. MousT McGREGOR, July 24,—The one con ition imposed by General Grant before ho ied upon those who should decide the place of his burial is the cause of delay in fixing tho apot for sepulchre. Mayor (irace's chiof clerk, Mr, Turner, is here and has been in consultation with Col, F'red Grant, e has formally and in person for Mayor Grace, urged the acceptance of & burial spot in any of the parks of New York City. There is a strong feeling in the family of Gen. Grant that tho Now York proposition is the one that would have gratified the general, but the condition that Mra, Giant might ba bur ied beside the general is one that the mayor's representative cannot accede to and telegraphic communication i3 now going on between hore snd New York on that point. The president’s mossenger had not ar- A committes to make the necessary prepar ations for the funeral was appointed, and a copy of the resolutions waa sent to the gen eral's family. A communication from Clerk Turner, who had been sent to Mount Mec- iregor to confer with the Grant family, was rond,_which_ stated that the proposition of New York City offering a place of sepulchre for the general’s remains will probably be ac cepted. A resolution was adopted empower ing the mayor, in case the proposition is ac capted, to appoiat & committee to collect the quota to be contributed by the people toward a oational monument, — CENTRAL PARK 18 CHOSEN, This afternoon Mr, Turner, Mayor Gracy's chief clerk, received a messago which deter mied the question of Grant's burisl place in favor of Central park, New York. It was ns follows: ““Your two telegeams just to hand, and T understand the matter to be now defi- nitely settled that Gen, Grant's body is to be nterred here, We cannot take any more definite action in regard to the matter of Mrs, Grant until a later date, The faith of the president of the board of aldermen and my own 18 pledged that we will see, whon a little time has passed that the wishes of the family are gratified by a formal resolution of tho board. Answer immediately, .o I may appoint & committea to make my quota for & grand national monument, “W. R. Graok." Upon receipt of Mayor Grace's telegrar, M, Turner repaired at once to the oottage, whera a conference was held with Col, Fred Grant. The colonel read the mayor's dispatch and retained it. At thoe close of the confer- euce, Col. Grant assurcd the mayor's repre. sentatives that he and the family thus for- mally accepted the tender of a burial place for Gen. Grant and Mra. Grant in Central park, 1n the city of New York, and that he and the family would now proceed with all the funeral arrangements with referenca to the ab)ve con. clusion, The mayor's messenser then tele graphed to Mayor Grace the result of his miskion. The stock exchange committee to-day re ported appropriate resolut’ons, n copy of which were ordered sent to Mra. Grant, MATOR GRACE INFORMED, Mayor Grace to-day recsived the following dispatch from his private secretary at Mount McGregor in regard to the offer made by the city of the place of burial in one of the parks belonging to the city: “Col. Grant mstructs me to say that upon the condition that the wish of the general—that a place be reserved beside him for Mrs. mnt—La and the family definitely accept. Youare, therefore, at lib- erty to take action upon this information Y/qu{h ia final. The family pref r Centra ark,” vived at 11 o'clook, and when he does it is not unlikely that the condition relative to Mrs. Grant hsing ouried beside him will alo then cause some deluy, pending a conference with othera. The invitation of the city of Spring- fiold, Illinois, is not being seriously consi ered as yet, though (enoral Grant, beforo death, indicated Lllinols as tho place to be buried in preforence to the other states which claim him, inasmuch a3 Ilhnois gave him his first army commission., But THERE WERE TWO OTHER POINTS which he designated, and one of them, Washington, is now under consideration, The third place indicated by tho general was West Point, but ho recogaized a% tho time of the suggestion that West Polnt was the spot where his wifa could not rest beside him and that fact removed from the general's mind the possibility of being buried there, It was after that that the general relegated the whole question of the burial spot and fu- naral to Col. Grant who ia now carrying on arrangements for his fathar's funeral, 1t ia now fully determined that the funeral obso- quies will bogin at Mouant Mc(iregor, ‘The tamily fully recognizo tho claim of tho people and the nation to do honor to the remains of Gen. Gravt, but there iy a feeling that beforo all pomp and pagesntry of burial, the family should have somo privato_ceremonies, Tho family would be alono when their funeral service is held and before the remaina go out to the people to mourn ovor. Thus the funeral services tor the family will be held hero in the cottage at such timeas may seem bost, Dr. Nowman will be with the family and conduct with them the servicos over tho dead. The presi- STARTING THE MONUMENT FUND, The maycr to-day appointed a.committee of 100 citizens to raiss New York City's share of the expense for the erection of a national monument to Gen. Grant. Among the mem- bars of the committeo are Samuel J. Tilden, Chester A, Arthur, Alonzo B. Cornell, Wil liam M. Evarts, Oswold Ottendorffer, George Jones, Thomas L. James, Ldward Cooper, Smith Ely, jr, . \H, Wickham, Roscoe Conkling, Noah' Davis, Cornelius N. Rliss, Eugene Kelloy, George Bliss, Whitelaw Keld, John Jacob Astor, Parke Godwin, Henry when the nation saw ths way he faced pover ty and ruin, Simple and modest, he was never osst down by reverses nor ehated by prosperity, Never a great strategist he knew only one course, namely to fight, To-day from Oage Ood tothe Alsatian isles, the land willones more revive the fading memories of the war,”’ The Telograph devotes tow columns to a review of General (irant's military career, Editorially it says: ' Yesterday the greatest and most snocess'ul soldier that the United States produced breathed his last, In no tportion of the United States have the finavcial disasters marking the close of Gen: eral Grant's career been regarded with more sympathy than in England. Beyond all others he was the best fitted to cope with the tremendous erisis which made him, and when the grave closes over all that is mortal of Tlyssos Sinpson Grant, it will be felt be leaves bohind him no men cast in simpler, sincerer, or more heroic mould.” AMERICANS IN LONDON, A number of prominent Americans will assemble to-morrow at the residence of Min- ister Phelps to consult upon proper measures toba taken in view of the death of Gen' Grant, and to adopt resolutions of sympathy with the famlily cf the dead soldier. The legation will be closed on the day of the funeral, THE WORLD GRIEVES. MRS, GRANT AND HER FAMILY GET MANY LEITERS OF CONDOLEN LoNroy, July 24.—Mra, U, S, Grant—Ac coot our deopest sympathy in the loss of your distinguiehed husband. = We shall always loole back with gratification at having had the advantage of knowing him personally. PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, MoNTeAL, Can , July 24, —Mrs, Grant:— Tam greatly grioved to zet tha sad news of the general’s death, Please accept my most sincere sympathy, CHESTER A, ARTHUR, WASHINGTON, July 24.— Secretary Bayard has addressed all the diplomatic sud consular offices of the United States inviting attention to the president’s proclamation annouacing the death of Gon. Grant. Bayard directs that flage of offises be displayed at half mast on the reception of the circular and the symbols of mourning be nssumed for thirty days. Seruxareep, 11, July 24— Governor Oglesby issued a proclamation to.day request- ing that delegations be appointed by all which I have written. But if such is the eate 1 think the wisest course is simply to let the public know that this wrong is being done, Yours truly, U, 8, Grast.” Mr. Webster went to Mount McGregor y with the last proofs of the book. is sick room, heard the mon's *the door, and asked who was thers, Mr. Webster,” he was told. “‘Oh, that's good,” he said, *'he's got the book.” Propped up in his chair the general read the proofs and made a change in the battle of Chambions Hill (Huut's county, Ga). In the Vicks burg campaign he wanted (ien. Sherman put in at Bolton Station. “Gen. Sherman was not in the thick of the fight,” Gen, Grant ex- plained to his publisher, *but he was march- 10g to the battlefield with his troops,” The Iast thing Gen, Grantdid in his book was to 86 in the battle of Shiloh the note in re- gard to Gen, Wallace's \ The change was favorable to Gien, Wallace, Last Saturday afternoon, while Webster was at Mount McGregor, Grant hobbled out on the veranda of the house twice, The sec- ond time was at 4:12 o'clock in the afternoon, The airwas quite cool, but he remained half an hour, He appesred so strong that Web ster believed he would live till fall. Webster thinks now that Grant's resolve to finish his book, and eo previde for_his wife, was what kept him alive so long, Mrs, Greant will have a competency from the sale of (irant's book 80 that she can afford to lift_the mortgage for £52,000 on the house atNo. 8 East Sixty- Sixth street, but the family will probably never occupy the house again. They never felt at home there after the removal of Grant’s war relics and memorial treasures in May. connection with Grant & Ward led his relatives to inves. their possessions with the firn and when the crash came it swept away not only the fortune of Girant and of his wife and and three sons, but of the four families of blood relations, Grant felt responsible for the support of all those dependent on him on account of the failure, and for all them he expected to make provi ion from what the book would yield, Mrs. Grant, who receives the benefit of tho book without qualification, may use the money as she may choose but she will undoubtedly fol - low out Grant's plan of benefaction, She will eell the Loog Branch cottage. Col, Grant will have his father's library and all his many of which aro very valua- Some ot them are autogeaph lotters of European rulers, U, 8, Grant, Jr., may remain on his New Jersey farm, Jesse Grant military and civicorganizations of the state to represent their respective bndies at the funeral of General Grant; that flags on all public buildings be allowed to remain at half-mast until the close of the burial services, and that in all communities memorial service be held on the day of the funeral, Quiscey, IUL, July 26, —William W, Berry, commahder of the Illinois department of the grand army of the republic, to-day issued in crder directing ench post to unite in a body with their fellow citizons in their repective localities in a memorial gervice on the day of Grant’s funeral and to delegate ene or more of its membera to escort the remains of the general to their last resting place. THE SENATE'S ACTION, B. Hyde, Gen. Georgo B McClellan, Dr. Fordyce Barker, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jesse Seligman, Joseph W. Drexel, David M. Stong, Dayid Dows, Hamilton ¥' sh, Pierre Lorilland, Ogden Goelet and Joseph Palitzer. L LEGION, ers of the grand com- mandry of the military order of the Loyal Legion, at their headquarters at Philadelphia, have notified the New York commandry that upon the action of the latter with respect to the funeral of its late commander, Gen. Grant, being communicated to them, they will convens the different commandries throughout the union and iasue a proper order for participation in the obsequies and mourning. 2 St. Louts, Mo, July 2i.—Acting Mayor George W, Allen to-day telegraphed to Col. Grant, offering a place for the interment of Gen, Grant's romains in this city, ———— EMBLEMS OF GRIEF. DECORATION OF PUBLIC BUILDIN( NEGLECTED, S DONE AND dent is anxious and expressed himself by message that there should be a natlonal funer- al, and under the direction and care of the war department, beginning when the remains shall leave the mountains and end at the place of seuplture. DR. DOUGLAS TALKS, While sittine on the hotel veranda this afternoon Dr. Douglas chatted at length with # correspondent about Gen, Grant, and of the lorg trial of suffering just ended, ‘Do you remwember,” sald Dr, Douglas, ‘‘that during the last week I said to you that there wasa subsidence of the swelling in the overlying tissues on the right side of the neck, and that I said on the dsy I spoke about it, that T had been able to examine the general’s throat much deeper and with greater e than in & long time, Do you remember that” His hearer recalled 1t clearly and said so. *‘Well, then,” resumed Dr. Douglas, goug o tell'you of an experience I had with General Grant on the sfternoon of Thursday, July 16, and at the time I had observed the wndications about his throat which I have spoken of. During the afteruoon of that day tho general wrote this.” Dr, Douglas drew from his pocket several slips written by the general and read what the sick man had writ- ten as follows: I feel sorry at the prospect of living through the tummer and falin the condition I am . I do not think 1 can, but I may, except I do not gather strength 1 feel “quite as well from day to day a1 I bav doue heretofore, but I am losing strength, 1 feel it moro in the inability to move around than in other ways or rather in the lack of a desiro to try to move,” “When T had read that,” added Dr, Doug- las, “I turned to the general and tried to choer him by telling him of an apparently improved condition of his thros d neck, to which in reply the general again wrote: ‘After all that, however, the disease is still there and must be fatal in the end, My life is precious of course to my family and would be to me if I could recover entirely. There never was one more willing to go than I am, 1 kuow most people have first one and then another lttle thiog to fix b ARA TaYRr b auite thronsk Urhis’ was partially my case, 1 first wanted so many days to work on my book so the authorship would be olearly mine, It was graciously fmuud to me, after being appsrently much ower than since, and with » capacity to do more work than Lever did in the same time. My work had been done o hastily that much was left out aud I did it all over from the crossing of the James river in 1864 to Appom- attox in 1865, Since that I hava added as much as fifty pages to the book, I should think. There is nothing more to do, and therefore I am not likely to ba more ready to R0 than at this moment.’ REMOVING THE BEMAINS, _ Mr, J. W. Arkell has arranged the follow- ing time table for the removal of the remains from Mount Mc(iregor: One woek from vext Tvesday, August 4, leave Nount McGregor, at 1 p, m.; arrive at Saratoga at 2 p. m.; leava Saratoga st 2:30 p m,; arrive In Albauy at 4 p at arrive about 4:30 in Now Y ork, In the interval from 4:30 Wednesday, August bth, the the arrival in New York on Weduesday after noon until Saturday, August stb, the body will lio in state at the city hall. Tho public obsequies will take place on Saturday at esuch time as the civic authorities may arrange, and the interment will then follow in | THE LONDON PRESS ON THE DEATH OF GRANT. Contral Park, NEW YORK'SJACTION. New Youk, July 24, —The board of alder men met to-day. Mayor communication to them and called their at tention officially to the death of Gen. quoting the letter of yesterday to M ) and the answer from Ool. Grant. Appropri ate res lutions were offered, extend sympathy to the familyof the de ceased, and authorize the proper suthorities to offer sopulchre for the bidy of Gen Geaut ) in oy of the public parks which the family | with his mouraiog countrymen in a sense of lect, and sy that the city hall will be | the low of one whose career was 8o bonorabla | bs unprincipled enough to obtain subscrip s | to himself and so useful to his native lawd. 1i may leave Alban i ’ elook Bte, Wetlboamay. aniiany | thero are thirty columar, all draped alike us m. to noon ) malns will lio in state in the capitol, and from the time of ca sont in s irant, Grant | is thus he will be known to posterity. Though not & Napoleon or » Wallington he handled The resolutions draped and placed at the disposal of the family for the reception of the remains. Cicaco, TIL, July 24,—All the principal buildings of the city have been araped in black, and this has also been observed to a very considerable extent among the private reeidences of the city. Itis expected that a public funeral pageant will occur here on the same day as in New York, Some comment has been made owing to the failure, thus far, to decorate the government buildings. One of the officials in the government building here said to-day: *‘I have every- thiog ready for decorating the overnment building, I can have fifty men at work on it in thirty minutes, and they have their designs and materials all ready. I am simply waiting for orders from the treatury department at Washington, Several telegrams haye passed back and forth en the subject. I was asked for estimates and sent them. Not receiving any answer 1 telegraphed sgain, saying we were behind every other public building in the city, but no answer has yet been received. I asked for 8500, which is very little, consider- ing that the decorations at “the court house, when Garfield was buried, cost 81,200, WASHINGTON, July 24.—The draping of the public buildiogs in honor of Gen (irant is about completed. The capitol building was draped under direction of Col, Canady, ser geant-at-arms of the eenate, and Gien, Clark, clerk of the house. There is no authority for making an expenditure for this purpose but 1t is expected covgress will make the necessary ppropriation. For the present the draping consista of & broad ba d of black around the pillars with streamers around the portico aud balconies on all sides of the building, In the event the remains are brought here the drapery of both outside and 1nside of the building will be very elaborate. Twelve large columns at the front of the white house are covered with mourning their entire length with festoons at the base. Festoons also extend from column to column at the top. A broad band of black extends the entire length of the front of the house just beneath the windows on the east flocr and al- 80 around the outside of the large portic All the windows in the front of the house are surrounded with mourning emblems, The drapery on the state, war, and navy depart- ment buildings is very simple, Eight of the small colmuns at each of tha seven entrances have a band of mourning with a roeette and streamers in front, The doors of the signal office are heavily draped and festoons hang from the windows on the fir-t floo The treasury building is the simplest and most tastefully draped of all the departments, About 4,000 y f black material was used, Each ot the sixty six co umns surrounding the building s covered with s broad, black band, then there is & space of two feet and another band two feet wide. Tacked to theso are heavy rosetts of bunting. There are no flags sud streamers, and the effect of the buge col- umus in plain deep mourning is very striking The two columps at the east corner on the east and west of the building have in addi tion, & fold of bunting twisted around extend- ing over other drapery from about half way up the column to the base, On the east front deecribed, and {a addition the lamps on the staircase are draped, and four columns just inside, in the east and west doors in the corri- dor, are in mourning. There are ten col- umns each at the north and south entrances and twelve at the west, FOREIGN OPINION, Loxvos, July 24, ~The Post ssys: The Auwerican republic has lost one of ita most il lustsious cltizans, Gen, Grant will be best the final severance of the great republ large armios and led them to victory. The Standard says: We can remembered as the able soldier who prevented It ““Although "the death | L, of Gen. Grant was long expectedtha event is / share WasniNcToN, July 24, —Sergeant-at-Arms Canady, of the senate, to-day received the following dispatch from S*. Clair Springs, Mich.: *Itis prcper that the senate of the United States shall participate with the other departments of the government and with the people in doing honor to the memory of Gen, Grant. I therefore designate the following senators to represent that body in connection with the funeral ceremonies Morrlll, Sherman, Logan Cameron, Hamp ton, Brown, Harris, and Miller, of Alabama. Youwill notify them immedeately and you are requested to officially accompany them, “THOMAS A, HENDRICKs,” Of the senators named by the vice president, Miller is in Alasks, Cameron in Montana, and Harris and Brown out of the reach of the telegraph, The remainicg senators were no- tified by telegraph to might, and the yice president was informed of the absenca of others, and asked to name substitutes, This will probably be done to-morrow. Although the vics president only named nine senators, it is probable a full delegation of twelve wi be presnt at the funeral, TO BE BURIED BY THE N, President Cleveland was to- by telegram from Adjutant Gen. Drum, now at Mount McGregor, that he delivered the president’s letter to Mrs, Grant, and that she aud the children expressed a desire to bave (ien. Grant buried with national honors, Their wishes will be respected, and the cere- monies will take place as already indicated in the prors dispatches, President Cloveland and members of the cabinet will attend the funeral in New York on Saturday, August 8. ‘The drapery of the interior department is very elaborate and makes a very effective dis- play. The massive pillars on’ the southern portico are draped in sohid black from the basis one third of the way up. Streamers of black run from pillar to pillar forming a fes- toned canopy over the passage totheentrance, The doorway is draped in black in gothic styles with roseates and the American colors worked in. In the interior hallwaysthe col- umns are draped in black and festooned at the the ceilings, The ballusters of the railing about the portico are draped and the lamp are draped in a similar manner, while at the four corners the windows of the first, second, third and fourth stories ara all festooned and centered with rosottes, The exterlor door- ways throughout the buildiogs aro heavily raped. The materials used in tie work are ville dress goods, The bureau of education building avd that of the labor bureau are handsomely draped. ‘T'he postoftice department building is cov- ered with black at all available and effactive points. The pillars on the four sides are heavily draped, the blsck surfaces being broken with rosettss end streamers, The nn:’p posts about the building are also cov- red. GRANT'S ESTATE, PROSPECTIVE PROFITS FROM HIS OTHER FAMILY MATTERS, Special Telegram to The Bk, Niw Youk, July 24.—The Sun says: Mrs, Grant's share of the proceeds of Gen, Grant book, “Personal Memoirs of U, S. Grant,” will be batween $300,000 and $500,000, The publisher, C. L. Webster, says the guarantco sales of 205,000 sets of books have already Deen made by sgents who were now gathering subscriptions, and the number will soon be in- creased to 500,000, The work will be issued 1o two voluwes, to be published separately, about the first day of December and March pext tespestively, They will both ba sold exclusively by subscription, Webster sails for Europe August 10 to arrange for the pub lication of the book in Eogland, France, Ger many, Italy and Austrls, Norwegion and Portaguese publishers have made ovortures to publish the boks, Mrs, Grant will have a large portion of the sale of the book in foreign countries, Gen, Grant's sons have no moneyed interest in the book. The publishers bave now complete manuscript for both volumes, They have the firet volume in type avd find it con- tains 554 pages instead of 5O, thirky-eight chapters instead of twenty-five and fifteen maps ipstead of five, The second volume will contain about 600 pages instead of 500, forty chapters instead of twenty five and from thirty to forty map iostead of six as repre- sented in the first bound sample. o tree calf the books cost $25 a set. It 1s alleged severa persons have prepared books about Gen, Grant with titles which are calculated to lead the public to suppose they are bis peraonal mem oirs, Ga, Graot's publisher wrote to him on this subjrct and Gen. Grant replied MEMOIRS— of my Persoonl Memoirs, is received, It not the less daplored, only seews inoreditable to me that suy one could i | the strength at St. Loui tions to a book of the character you pame by that were possible; bo even rose in popularity ' leading the public to believe that its the one )sigoed has a chance as engineer in a project for a railroad in the valley of the Juphrates. Mrs, Nellie Sartoris will return to Engiand where her husband and children are. A rumor has been in circalation that the fund of $200,000, which was subscribed for Grant a few years ago and was invested in Toledo & Wabash second mortgage bonds and held In trust by the executors of Governor Morgan’s estate, was soon to be pat into other securities, John T. Terry said, yesterday, that Gieorge and Alfred Hovt were still truatees of the mouney. Governor Morgan's estate guarantoed the in- terest on the honds and “the investment was perfectly good ———————— PITS;AND PENS, THE DAY IN WHERAT, Special Telegram to The Bee, Ciatcaco, TIl,, July 24.—Such influences as made themselves felt in the local grain mar- ket were mainly of a bullish character and brought about slight advances throughout the entire list, Trade was on a fair scale in every- thing except provisions, these articles being very dull but henvy at a slight decline, Wheat was subject to about the wwual influence, mostly of bullish character, and ravged ir- regularly upward, sustainig the advance with o fair degree of strength, Among trad- ers the stronger fecling was put down aa a |16d from the jail and mounted the scafold, sort of a natural reaction after the several days of bear market. Among other firming influences were the reported damage by hsil storma over a large area of Dakota wheat, the buying of stuff at the opening sgainst puts, that market being largely overeold, and rust and worms reported in vorthorn Towa and_southern Minnosota, No. 2 spriog sold at 57fc early, but closed nominally Tower, At L oalook the market was about steady at s decline from the top prices, owing to heavier offerings. Qorn drew & large share of strength from wheat and oata and rulod frm after tho first half hour's trading, whidh waa on a market slightly under yesterday's closiog. No. cash nold ot 464c. Tho close of the morning session waa about steady snd fairly firm, Oats again attracted_considerable intorest. The opening was firm for the July delivery at 4o over yesterday’a closing pricos, and _solling up another jc under skillfal manipulation by heavy holders. This advance, however, was not susta ned, the closo beig easier at about bottom pricos, Long fatures were featuro- less. Provisions were generally lower and easior at & decline, The receipta of live hogs were moderate snd there were #o orders on the Hloor among hog product teaders, The close of the morning seesion was dull and quict, Fat native cattlo were sgein in good demand and sold fully as high asany day this woek, posts_aro covered with black with the | Gojco 1,100 to 1,500 pounds steers sold American colors entwined, The|gat $580@b.0; prime to good steers of fonr. entrance to the building |7 2000 1,350 pounds and thereabonw sold at £5,50@b 75 and fair steers of 1,100 to 1,200 pounds, st $5,00@b 40; grassers—no matter the aversge—are selling at from 2420 to #1480 and along there. Texans gold at about the same prices as_yesterday. The plentiful supply and low price of Texans has brought down the price on cow stock and common natives, Stockers and feaders are dull and prices oxtromely low. Shippiog steers, 1,350 t0 1,600 pound, 40@b 40; 1,200 to 1,360 pounds, 85 25@ 950 to 1,200 pounds $1.70@5 35; through Texas cattle, firmer; 950 to 1,060 pounds, $4.00@4.25; 750 vounds, $5,00@3.75; 600 to $2.90@3 In hogs the bulk of receipts were of heavy sorts and prices sgain dropped about 10c on such, s light scld equally as well ns yesterday, Strictly heavy packing sorts sold down to $1 20@1 3); and best heavy, at $1 35 @4.45, A fow loada of butchers’ pigs sold af $1.60@5.60; packlng and shipping, 250 to 340 pounds, £ 35@4 50; light weights, 130 to 170 pounds, £170@1 180 to 210 pounds, $1.40@4 6 pounds, IOWA EVENTS, A NUMBER OF FATAL ACCIDENTS AND ONE ELOPEMENT, Krokvk, Towa, July 24, —The Keokuk Con- stitution’s epecial from MountSterling (Iowa) says Otto Todd, aged 15, son of James Todd, a farmer living four miles east of that place, was killed by & mowing machine, the horses becoming frightened and running awar. Itis supposed that Todd was fixivg the harness and the oiling the machine at the time, The wife of Rev, John Light, residing near Boston, this county, was run over and killed lust night on the North road while attempting to cross the trackin front of a train, H, B, Loomis, of St, Louis, engaged in sell- ing a counterfelt detecter card, arrived yesters day afternoon and caused the arrest of his partner, Frank N, Crocker, and a woman who he claims is bis wife, on the charge of elop- ing, The matter was afterwards settled be- tween the parties and Loomis and woman re turned home laet night, Crocker remained. He claims the woman is not Loowmis's wife and that Loomis has another wife liviog, James Waugh, president of the Belleville national works, at Belleyille. 1l], and son_of W. W. Waugh, on the 8t. L. K. & N, W. traio this morning, on his way to St. Paul and the lakes when pear Canton about 3 o'clock, fell off the rear end of the sleeper, He was discovered by an engineer of freight traio, and picked up, taken to Keokuk, parti ally uaconscious, He was severely bruised on tne head and left arm fractured, ~ His 1nju ies are serious theugh uot necessarily dange: ous.; Itis not known how the accident hap Mount Mo(iBEGOE, July 4, 1885.—Charles | pened, Webater & Co: Dean Siist Your letter R with reference to imitations of the title page Wilkinson Resigns, WasHINGTON, July 24,—George W, Wilkin- %on, of Tndiana, agent st the Omaha and Winnebago reservation in D 5 | made, but blood spurted from the nostrils. THE LITTLE CHOKER. Smitt's Special Sail From “Hell on Earth’” 104 Hot Hereafter, Osceola’s High Holiday, and a Gallows Time. Cooling Oollar for a Brutal Urim inal—Hanging of Milton W. Smith for the Murder of His Wife, THE DEATH THROITLE. SMITH SUCORSSFULLY LAUNCHED, Special Telegram to The Bi, OsceoLA, Polk Oo,, Neb,, July 24,—Milton W. Smith, the wife murderer, suffered the ponalty of his crime 1 the jail yard here this morning, An Immense crowd of people, es- timated at four thonsand, surrounded the en- closure, They came from Seward, Risings, Shelby, Stromsburg, Columbus, Waco and all the country around. The town wore & Fourth of July appearance, with a larger crowd than had ever before gathered here. It had more the ap- pearance of a grand Xoliday rather than the gloomy spoctacle of a gallows and its victim— the legal hanging of a man who, in cold blood, took the life of the woman he had sworn to protect and support, HIS LAST NIGHT, The condemned man broke down some what during the night and exp ressed a desire for a epiritual adviser, B. C. Campbell, a prominent Methodist layman, called and offered peayer in which Smith joined, Camp- Dol romained with him uatil the execation, Tha prisoner refused to be shaved or to have his hair cut, saying he did not want to leave # hair in the town, VISITED BY HIS CHILD. Barly this morning the eldest daughter called to sos her father, but no conversation took place, both beiog in toars. A MOB BREAKS LOOSE, Sheriff Hamilton swore in fifteen deputies, and armed them with clubs to protect the en- closure. Shortly before 10 o'clock Deputy Sheriff Beltzger requested the people to be quiet and announced that the prisoner would appear and make a speech, The crowd re mained orderly until 10 o'clok, when sudden- ly a1ush was made. With hoots and yells the mob seized the barb wire fence and tore it down and moved on the enclosure. The deputies seemod entirely helploss and hun- dreds of hands were quickly at work pulling the slight structure to pieces, This was easi- ly accomplished without any bodily injury being done except handa lacerated on the barb wire, THE PRISONER'S LAST WALK, The crowd then seemed satisfied and waited patiently until 10:35 o’clock when Smith was He appeared pale and haggard but walked firmly without assistance. On the scaffold he made a speech to the people denying being guilty of premeditatod murder and called up- on God to forgive him as he forgave his ene- mies, His foot were then pinioned; tho black cap placed on his head and the noose adjused by the theriff, Smith then eaid: T commit my spirit to God and my body to wicked people.” The drop was sprung at 10:45 and the body dropped six feet. Hardly s perceptible movement was After hanging four minutes Dr, Hayden pro- nounced him dead and the body was cut down eight minutes after the drop. The neck was broken by the fall. The body was immedi- ately placed in a coffin, and not being claimed by relatives was buried m potters field. Saloons closed until after the execution, but when opened were filled with ‘people. Con- siderable drunkenness resulted and several arrests were made. No further disturbance has ocourred and the crowd is leaving town. EFFORTS HAVE DEEN MADE in behalf of Smith to secure & commutation seomed to anger Smith and resulted in the tragedy already stated, These were the facts brought forth during the trisl. Smith clalmed that his wife bad been unfaithful to him, thus cavsing him such mental anguish s to drive him momentarily insane, This 1 one of the pleas he enters in asking for executive clemency, clmming that his lifo for the past twenty years has been & “‘hell upon earth.” In his lotters to the governor he also refors to his <hildren, four of whom are yet under ten yoars of age, and pleads to be spared to them. From his former actions, howevar, it seemed 8o be more merciful to the children that they should not be cumbered with such a father, and it 1 to be hoped that they will forget he ever ex- inted, “DON'T 10UOH MY LILL A GUITRR FIGHT BRTWEEN TITLED BOTTEN 1OW, Special Telegram to The Bk, New York. July 24,—The Sun's London cable saye: All accounts of the fracas be- tween Lord Lopsdale and Sir George Chet- wind in Rotten Row show that the latter be gan tho assault by etriking Lord Lons dale on ths hoad with a whip and koock- ing his hat off into the streot, Both men were on horseback at the time, In deliverivg the hlow. Sir George cried: **Take that, you devil!” “What in h—-1do you mean?" rejoined Lord Lonedale, smartiog under the blow, *“Don't meddle with my Lilly,” shouted his nssailant, as he again struck Lord Lonsdale with his whip across the shoulders, Lord Lonsda'e then returned the blows with his whip. The horses of the combatants ba- came frightened and bogan to plunge and kick in such a lively manuer that their ridera were at last forced to dismount, Dropping their whips they continued to fight with their fists, Sir Georgo Chetwind soon got Lis opponent’s head in *‘chancery” and pummelled him_re peatedly, Lord Lonsdale struggled to froe himself and both men rolled n the dust Both quickly regained their feot and with blood Howing freely from their notes and mouths, and their clothing badly torn, re newed the fight until a mounted policeman alloped up and separated them, The com Batants. obtored closcd. carriages and wero driven to their homes, Legal proceedings are threatened, but friends of the men are trying to keep the matter out of court, Tho fight has been the principal subject of conversation in club circles, Sir Gieorge Chetwind waa found thia afternoon posing on the door step of his residence in Grafton street with his carriage waiting th take him for a drive in the park, He was smiling and sffable, and bore fow marks of the melee, He said the quarrel arose out of an expression which he had used respecting a certain lady while rldinfi ith Lord Lonedale in the park last Tues s, and which Lonsdale considered in- sulting, Lord Lonsdale said nothing more then, but atterward wrote to Sir George soma offensive letters to which Sir George says, he replied conrteously, He met Lord Tonedale again in t.e park yes- terday when words led to blows, which con- tinued until the young duke of Portland Sir W. Cumming separated them, ‘‘You " added Sir Goorge, “that I am not in- jured, and I don’t bslieve Lonsdale is much burt.” A dozen reporters had been seeking Mra. Langtry to-day, but she left town last night, and the secret of her protent where- abonuts is zealously kept by her friends, Lord Lonsdale has a black efe and a cut cheek. Hojs keeping himself closely secluded and under the care of a doctor at his residence In Carlton House terrace, near York gate, in St. James’ square, He has bad nurerous callers during the day, but they were only driven to the door and left their cai a8 his lordship received to see even most intimate friends, The oarl of Lonedale is the young RUNS 1% m— warrant as ho liad threatened her life. This [of the internal rovenue buresn; Garrison, depnty first comptroller, and Huntington, of the secretary’s office, fo inguire into vhe alleged irregulatitios, ' This commission went to the office of the const mrvey to-day and immediately began its labors there Thorne, one of the commission, tomporarily wumed charge of tho office, e — GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS, ADSTONE'S YOICR FATLS, y July 24 Owiog to the failure of Gladstono's voice, his throat has beea exam med by specialists, who pronounced the affec tion obitinate catarrh'of the larynx,and enjoin entiro rest. The report alarma the Kberals, for (ladstone may bs unsble to take part in the elestion, 1.oNDO! TERBIFIO STORY. CAv?MaN, Tuly 24, —There has haon » ter rifio storm at Terre Cajotani . Italy, Thir- toen persons wero killed, and tweuty two in jured by hightniog. A NEW AMTASSADOR, Paurs, July 24, —The new Chinees ambas- sador to Veance has arrived. FINARCK'S SUGGESTION, Paws, July 24, —The uloin says Bismarck ngeosted ‘that Zulfikar Pass bo made neutral, this rolving the difficulty be $ween England and Russia in regard to s possession . A CRANK CAGRD: Toly 2L —A man was arrestod this morning on the thargo af making threats against the lifo of | ’rincess Deatvios, married yesterday. ‘Uhe man has besn subjected to medical examination, but the doctors declared they wero unabln to determine whether ho was insane, ANOTHER HIGH TONED SCANDAL, Cozpynaory, July 24, —Coneervative jour- nals refer to n public ecandal involving a professor in the university, the president of a leading scientific society, & most smincnt author in Denmark, several wealthy mer- chants, and eome members of the magistracy. They are accused of having criminal relations with young girle. Ten of the culprits havo been arrested, Two committed suicide, The exposure resulted from an attempt to extort money, which was resisted, AN AMERICANGIBL'S TRIUMPI, LoNDoN, July 24 —Miss Moore, an Ameri- can, has taken the first prize for singing at the Parls conservatoire, A SUIE CURE FOR JOHN BULL 3 St. Pe1ERSHURG, July 24, —The Svet, the mulitary organ, reports that a firm in Texas hos cfferod to Gen, Komaroff the services of one hundred cowboys in tho event of a war between Rresia and Eoeland, e — ROYAL RUFFLES, THE LATEST MARRIAGE REGARDED FAvOR. Special Telegram to the Bz, New Yous. July 24,—Tho Herald's cable says: The hitherto mere rumors that the roy- al marriage of Princess Beatrico and Prince- Henry was regarded with extreme disfavor at the German court and that th e crown prin- cess protested against the alliance, was offi ally confirmed in thestate account of the cere- mony eupplied by the queen through the Count Newsman to all press and court Ga- zette. The list of royal personages invited to the ceremony omits the name of the queen’s oldest daughter. Nor indeed was the invita tion sent to any member of the German reign- ing tamily, Moreover, the prince and prin- cess of Wales and duke and duchess of Edin- burg preferred to remain on board their _yacht at Cowes during the visit to the Inlo of Wight, going on shore solely for the ceremony and immediately returniog to thoir yachts nndkatumlng away at midnight after the fire works WITH DIs- e Poisoned by Eating Meat, Assumprion, IlL, July 24.—Several cases of meat poisoning, very similar to. those at man who was 8o careful of his honor that he hounded Edmund Yates to jail last winter for allowing Lady Strodbrokes, a rela tive of the earl, to intimate in the World that he had eloped. He is 25 years old, and has been married seven years to Lady Grace Gordon, dsughter of the Marquis of Huntley, He becamo _fifth earl of Lonsdale three yoars ago, eucceeding his_brother, who deserted his wife and died while drunk in a house of ill-fame, Sir Georgo Chetwind is thirty-six years old, is married to Lady Flor- ence, daughter of the Marquis of Anglesoy, and has one son and two daughters liviog, Hao'is host known a3 a sporting man, being owner of several sucoessful racere, and is fair wing shot. He is high sheriff af War wick county and leadiuw light of the Tarf and Hurlingham clubs, L — VIOLENT STORMS, AL SERVIO ESTING PRESENTS SOME INTER: DATA, of his sentence from hanging to imprisonment | Special Telegram to The Bk, Momence, occurred here. Yostorday six mem- bers of the family of T. D. Pastens partook of some ham _purchased at a provision storo in town. Shortly after eating the meat oné of the children bad a severe attack of vomiting. Two others wore thrown Into convulsions, and the remainder of the family was taken violently ill, Expecting to demonstrats that the moat was all right, the dealor to whom it had been returned had some of it prepared for his own table. 1o and ssveral members of his family ate of it, and were soon suffering terribly from the effects. In both cases vhy sicians were spsotily called aad succesded:in saviog the lives of the victims, who are now convalescent. 5 — Snubbed by a Bird Roost, WASHINGTON, July 23,—Some time ago the department of state demanded the relense of Santos, & naturalized American citizen, whe was imprisoned by the Nncadorian govern- ment on a charge of being connected with the rovolution in that countey. No roply bas yet been received from the presidant of Fucador, for life. Petitions to this cifect have been presented to Gov. Dawes, signed by citizens | office has published a number of papers on the of Occeola, the county seat of Polk county, where the crime was committed, as well as | 1881, personal appeals by the prisoner himself, 5 They were of no avail, however; and the ex- | South Carolina, 22; Alabama, 18; North Caro- treme penalty of the law was meted out to | lina, 12; Kans the condemned man, The petitions in behalt | Dakota, 8; Kentucky, of Smith had twenty-six signatures, including the names of the attorneys for the defense the various states os follows: Georgia, s Mississippi 5; New York, 0; Tndiana, 4; Obio, 3; Missouri, 3; Minnesota, 3; Pennsylvan Arkansas, 500 | and one of the membors of the grand jury [ 8; Nebrasks, 2; Colorado, 2; Tennossee, 2; which found the indictment. A COUNTER PETITION, Tllinois, 1; Indian territory, 1; Louisiana, 1, The following observations are also made: or protest has also bsen presented to tho gov- | “The rotary movement of a whirling tornado ernment tetting forth that there were no cir- | cloud is in ninety-six cases reported as against camstances attending the crime, and asking | the hands of & clock and in six cases as prob- Svracuse, N, Y., July ¢ Andrews, proprictors of a big *‘bucket shop,” probably the most extensive in the state, failed to-day for £50),000 or more. principal office was in this city, aad they had WastnGToN, July 24.—The signal servics | and the representative of the U nited States in that country has been requested to acquaint tornadoes which occurrad during tho yonr | oo th temo g They report the number ot storms in | requost, ber of montha, to hllu Iim[nillonment. i asked that ho be given o trjal, , 12; Towa, 10; Wikconsin, 10; | government of Eucador hnlup’[mrentl] ignored ‘exas, | 6very request made by this goveroment in re- lation to Santos, resson of the government’s Santos has bean imiprisoned & num- His proporty was seized prior Tho authorities hers O lata the —— Collapso of & Bucket-sXop, . ~Baboock & The firm’s brackn, hag re- | vorce, but hat failed to obtain it, fore the shooting she had Fim held on s peace that the sentence be executed, “to the end ably moving with the bands of a clock, Flec. trical discharges were observed in cighty cases about seventy-five branch oftices, distributed throughout_the eood-sized 1ntarior towns of thatsociety be protected, and others deterred | 4y occurring in the clouds surronnding the | this state, New /nvland and Ganada. The from doing likewise," eigned by ninety of the leading citizens of Polk county, and was thought to fairly repre- sent the publio sentiment in the matter, Gov, Dawes refused to interfered with the execu- tion THE CRIME, Milton W, Smith was fifty-eight years old, The murder for which he suffered was com- mitted on the 27th of November, 1854, and was & most brutal one, While the mother of his thirteen children was holding her babe in her lap, he entered the room, and without a word shot her down in cold blood, When he facts became known, the excitement ran high. Smith was captured the same evening by citizens, and would undoubtedly have been lynched had he not succeeded in cutiing his own throat, On the supposition that be was dead, the lynchers left him, but he finslly recovered consciousness and his woucd rapldly healed, He was ln- dicted by the grand jury, and his trial com menced March 10th, 1885, before Judge Norval, of the sixth judicial district. The trial lasted five days, and on March 2ith the jury broyght in a verdict of guilty and the prisoner was sentenced to be hung, The sen- timent of the community bearlily sustained the verdict, KUTH M, BMITH, wife, and had been married to him twenty one years. She was highly respected by the people of Osceols, and supported bLoth ber husband and children by iaking in washing. abusive, and Mrs, Smith had applied for a di- Shortly be- horizon, and {n twenty-sevon cases as ocour- ing in the funnel cloud. Tho width of the path of destruction, supposed to embrace the distance be.ween the aron of the sensible winds on the two sides of the tornado cloud, varied In sixty two cases from 70 to b, 230 feet, the average being 1,037 feet. The length of & toroado’s track, ue re- ported In thirth-seven cases, varied from 2 to 150 miles, the average being 2601 miles, The velctity of progression of a tornado cloud, a determined from reports, 1 seven teon ~cases varied from 15 to 80 miles per hour, the aversge beig 42 miles, The shortart time occupiad by the tornado cloud in passing a given point varied from an instant to about two mioutes, the aversge being ubout forty -five seconds. The atate in which the greatest pumber of torna- does occurred is Georgia, followed by South Oarclioa and Alabams, The month in which the largest number of tornadoes occurred is February, yet this did not indicate that it was the month of the greatest frequency, because there were only two days out of the entire month on which these storms occurred. The month of the greatest frequency, that is the This protest was | tornado cloud, that is in the clouds near the | manager here says the firm lost $75,000 in the May wheat bulge, $65.000 on tho oil_rise, three woeks ago, and 835,000 1n oil and $7,00¢ 1 Jersey Ceatral yestorday . They could have got through siter all, only thoy were short 500 0L0 barrels of oil at 7% and below, They figure thelr asets at » nominal rato —mostly in cflice furniture—and they have $1,00 (00 in customera notes, which are almost alue.esw, T [Stsiie 2o 26 VEARS IR WSE. Tho Greatest Modical Triumra of the Age PTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Lossof appetite, Bowels costivo, Paln i month embracing the largest number of days in which tornadors occurred, is July, The papers say that more than one thousaud build- {ngs ware destroyed. The most extonsive tor- nado was in Miunesota, on September 9sh, The estimated loss by this storm ww, $4,000,~ 000, e — Investigating the Coant Survey, WasuiNGToN, July 24 —Acting recommendation of Judg of the coast and geodeti Boutelle, amistant superintendent; Morgan disbursing agent; Sasgwuller, chief me: Smith was dissolute, neglectful and | ican, and Seambreok, the electrotypist of that bureau, pending sn investigation into certain id to exist in that branch of secrotary has also appointed hief clerk irregularities the seryice, a commiseiun consistizg of Thorge, on the Chenowith, first the murdered womap, was Smith's second | auditor of the treasury, Secretary Manuing bas suspended Prof Hilgard, superintendent survey; O, O, the head, with ‘w dull wilon in the back part, #'nin undes the should Ulade, Fullnoss after cating, with inclination to exertlos of body oF i Irritubility of temper, L.ow apirits, wiib ® feeling of having neglocted sonie qaty, Wenrineas, Dizziness, Khuttering e, ik fleart, Dote boforethe eyes, Hosdac over the right eym Iosile tiful drenwms, Higaly colore CONSTIPATION, TUTT'S PILLS ara especially adap to such cascs, ene dose el 4 8 hange of feelingustoastonish L 1 y the Appetite,n e [ e TUTT'S HAIR GRAY FLAIR or WIISKERS chinge GLOSSY DLACK by 0 61 applic instantaneously. 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