Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 3, 1885, Page 1

TR 180 X MR RIS w17 1 A T, Bt THE OMAHA DALy BEE FIFTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 3, 1885, NoO. 37 A FAMILY FAREWELL. A Sad and Solema S:bbath in the Cot- tage of the Dead, Preparations Complete for the Westminster Memorial, State and City Delegations Appointed to Attend the Faueral-The Preparations in New York. BABBATH ON THE MOUNT, IN THE COTTAGE OF THR 1EAD, Moust McGrecor, N. Y., August 2.— This has been a memorial day at the Grant cottage and the family have been saying fare- well to tho dead. This afternoon the widow asked that Dr, Newman should be sent for. ‘When he camne Mrs. Grant reminded the pas- tor that her dead would be her's only a little while longer and asked him to be with the family while they gathered in the cottage par. lor to say their farewells, Thus it was that about 2 o'clock Mrs, Girant and her daughter and each of her thres sons and their wives were in the room with the dead. Dr. Nowman and wife were also present, The family sarrounded the catafalque. Mrs, Gieant, from a table, brought her dead hus- band’s bible, which she opened and passed MEMORIAL DAY to Dr. Newman, It was found the book was oponed at the 1lth chapter of Job, The chapter waa read and then the clergyman re-read the 1 and 17th verses, and then . prayer of gratitude was offered up-—gratitude for the beautiful character of the eilent one. After this the entire family there alone with t eic pastor enterod with him into a religious con- versation, aud then each and all dweit upon the reminiscences recalled of the general's last sicknees, Dr. Newman, aft:r carefuliy scan- ning the general's face, expressed satisfaction at its oppearance, and the opinion that the remaine are in a condition of perfect preservati m. FUNERAL PREPARATIONS, WHERE GRANT WAS UORN. CINCINNATI, August 2.—It s reported hera that Mike Hersch, owner of the building at Point Pleasant, Ohio. in which Geon. Grant was born, sold it for 87,000 cash. TIf true, the builoing, which is of frame, will by removed to one of the New York parks, THE FUNKRAL TRAL Povenkeersiy, N, Y., Aug. table for (ian, ( issued. The train will leava Albany av b. m. and arrive at the Grand Contral dep Now York, at b p. m. JOHNSTON RETURNING N, Aug. 1.—The president f0- dayreceived a talegram from Gan. Joseph L. Johnston saying he was in Portland, Oregon, when ho received word of his salection as oze of Gen, Grant's pall byarers aud tha$ by had started immediately for New York, THE PRAYER ¥OR PEACE, TLANCASTER, Pa., August 1,—Gen., Simon Cameron eent the following telegram to Col, Grant to-ds; “I am glad to know Generals Johnaton, Buckner, and G ordon are to act as ‘lll bearers with Sherman and Sheridan, Zour father’s prayer for peace to his country has been avswerad, and the last bitterness of the war wiped out forever.” MINNESOTA'S DELEGATION, Sr. Pavr, August 1.—Gov, Hubbard to-day designated twenty prominent citizans of this state to represent Minnesota at Grant's fune- ral. Tho most prominent are ex-C mgresi- man Washburn, Senators Sabin and MeMil- lan and the entire congressional delegation, The governor also designated : company D, first regiment, fortv-five rank and fi'e, to at- tend the funeral This is the company which a year ago defeated the calebrated Washing- ton Rifl's in & prize drill at Lake Minne- tonka Thase parties all leave Taesday even- ing for New York. ¥X PRESIDENTS 10 HB.L‘I\‘H'II!. New YORK, Avgust | — Gen, Hancock has notitied the ex:presidents that President Oleveland desires their presence at the ser- yices Ex-Presidents Arthur and Hayes have been invited, A DELEGATION FROM ST, LOUIS, S, Louts, Mo., Angust 2,—That the city of St Louis which was for a number of yems fhe resndence of Gen, Grant, and where he had many old an intiwate feiends may be di- rectly reprerented in the funeral obsequies of the dead soldier and statesman, Mayor Fran- cis har appointed a delegation of some thirty leading citizens to go to New York and take art in thosolemn ceremoniesof next Saturday, his delegation will loave hero Wednesday in & epecial pullman car. The mayor has also asked some twenty prominent St. Louisians now in the east to meet this Jelegation at tho Fifth Avenue hotel, Friday mo nirg and join them in payiog the last ead tribute to their old and houored friend, Generasl Have ck has been notfied of the appointment of this delegation aud has been requested to give it a suitable place in the procession. THE WESTM STER MEMuUKIAL, PREPARATIONS FOR THE SERVICES —A LETTER FROM LOBD) WOLSELEY, Special Telegram to The Brx. LoNDoN, August 2,—The arrangements for the memorial secvices to (ien. Graut at West- minster Abbey on Tuesday are practically complete, Dean Bradly has slways: met the ofton anticipated wishes of ths American committee, & great part of whose work has been done and well done by the American minister and secretaries of the legation. The decis of last Saturday’s meeting at the legat'on to hold no public wmeetiog believe, expressed by every loading Am- in London It was felt that ncthing could add to the impressiveness of the cere- mony in Westwinster Abbey, The service will be at 3 o'clock, the dean conducting it. Archdeacon Karrar delivers a discourse, Tickets admitting to the choir are limited to one hundred. Other reserved seats number 100, and the rest of the abbay wlil b open to the public. There are applic.tions for ten times the whole number, A siogle house ap- phed for 1,610, There are no invitations to anybody. The prince of Walos has signified & wish to attend if he 1s_in town, if not, he will send Sir Dighton Probyn to represent him. The duke of Cambridge, commander- in-chief of the British army, will be present, accompanied by members of his steff and other diativguished officers, Lord Wolacly comes to Loudon on Tuesd ay expresely to attend the services, He wrote to & member of the committee: *'I am grate- ful for the opportunity of paying the last tribute of respect to ove of the greatest sol diers of our time and of slowiog to the people of the United States how » incerely we feel for them ia the loss they bave sustained. As a soldier, T canvot bag feel that one of the 1zost hnlll\lrnz leaders has been removed from the world,” Mr, Gladstone will be present. C— TORONTV'S BLAZIG A DISASTEOUS FIKE RAGING —HALF A MILE OF FLAMES, Toronto, Ont., August 3.—Oae of the most destrustive fires that has ever taken placs in Toronto commensed about 12:30 this morniog in the large brick building erected by the Toronto Sugar Refining company on the esplanade, A strong wiad blowing from the east carried chunks of the burnivg timber alopg the esplanade t2 the adjoing builnipge a8 far west as five or six blocks, In & shoit loft of the tugar refinery e Ll amt okestack, o buildings of . Saulter, Evans, Heakes, Gumsell and ‘Abibotson, all boat builders, Reid & Co., and Welch & Co, limber merchants, (ury]i;, in & Co,, botlermakets, and other build- I‘r&;:‘.nn in flames, and unless tha‘ wind changen the whole scuth side of the esplanade will have to saccumb, Sparks are flying and lodging on the roufs of the large warehouses on Front and Wellington streete, and foara ave entertained that several of them may take fire, ‘The fire brigacs are out and have working manfully but their eff. rta seom arless. The strects ara lined with thou of people. The lo:4 will ba enora.oub Schooners are birne to the water's odge. The fire is now halt a mile in length. The work of 'destruction on the esplanade still goes on, having reached the foot of Yon: o street, all intervening buildings aod wharves haviog been burnt to the ground. The Great Western freight sheds, formerly the passenger station, on the north side of the es- planade, is in imminent danger, and it 18 ex- pected it will_be in flames every moment. “The steamer Chicora is gettiog up steam to 5 out into the lake, The stesmer Ontario rmalntotow out the steamer Mazepps, but a echooner blocked the way and they could not get ont, The Mazsypa his caueht fire and all three will haye to succumb to the flamee, Unless the wind ci anges the whole south side of the ceplanads ns far na Union stati n will undoubtedly pes Showers of sparks are being carsed to the opposite side of the street and if the buildings there catch firw thee is no sayiog what immense damage will be done, The fire brigade 18 absolutely powerless. It is fearod the watchman north of the sugar refinery factory has lost his life, as he has not boen seen since the fire started. William McUoilum, a seaman of the schooner Annio Mulvey, is dangerously burned abut the head. BSeveral elevator:, coal yards, achooners, warehouses, avd many boat houses are among the property destroyed, Tho loss &0 far is estimated at over a million dollare, SIX INCHES OF BAIN IN TWELVE HOURS, Cuicaco, IlL, August 2 —Commencing shortly afeer daylight this morniog rain has fallen hero without intermission. Earlyin the day the rain poured down in torrents and hardly elacked up to what could bo called a drizzle until late in the after- noon, Now (10 p. m,) the storm is bacoming heavier, filling tha peoplo with apprehensions of a delugo and indications seem to point to a steady pour all might. In twelve houes from the commencoment of the storm the signal service offica reported » rain fall of 5 18 inches, At this hour the amount mus ba quite G inches. The damago to prop- erty in the city through flooded hasements 1g great, Sinco early this eveniog the department polico have bean” in recoipt of a constant stream of reports of damaga of this nature. house building at the corner of Clark and Washington strests ceased to run, Thy water in the bisoment had put out tho firev nnder the boilers, There are similar complaints fromw many sources. iy BEE FaRMING, AN EXPERIMENTAL STATION ESTABLISHED AT AURORA, ILL. WASHINGTON, August 2—An agricultural station has b.en established at Aurora, 111, in conneoction with the entomologieal division of the department of agriculture. Nulson W, McFain has been appointed to take chargo of tha station, and Prof, Riley has instructed him to pay particular attention to the follow- ing subjects: To secura the introduction and domestication of the ported. to poasess desi teriatlos; to test the cla'ms of such races baes ns to exce lence, and to prove by experi- ments cheie valus to agriculturists of tha Uuited Strtes, and their adabtation to our climate and honey - producing flyra; to make experiments in the crossing and mingling of races and by proper aplication of the lawa of breeding, endeavor to sscuce the type or types baet adapted by habit and constitution to the use of practical bee-keepers jin the United tates; to make experiments in the methads of artificial fertilization, also to test ths vari- ] ous methods of preparing bees for winter; to gather statistics concerning the bee-keeping {| industry in the United States; to make experi- ties ments and observations converning the v of honey producing plants for bae foraz study the trie cause or causes of -disenses ye§ imperfectly understod, aud to h'ain. incon- testible results: by - intelligent experiments upon rcientific methods as to the capacity of bees uuder exceptional oircumstances fo in. jure'fruit, L. e., to set at reest the ever-dis- cussed question of bees va fruit, —e— e CHANDLE®WS NAVEE, A SQUEAL FROM THE EX SECRETARY ON WHIT- » NEY'S COURSE, Special Telegram to The Br WasHINGTON, August Ix-Secretary Chandler ia here, He thinks that Secratary Whitney's attack on the four cruisers will prevent him from buildiog the five new ships proposed. Chandler saye: *“I will say this, that T believe Whitney's hostility toward thege first four ships will be fatal to his five #hips. The firet group were well designad by the most capable persnns 1n the country and are all well built, Now when it appears that they are to be rejected for political reasons, no shipbuilders will risk their capital and reputation in similar work in the future, They will see that any shipe buuit by the democrats will bo severely crit- icised, and I doubt if Whitney gets five ships built, which will be o misforinne, because wa nead them, With the builders reluctant it will bo absurd to try to construct them at the navy yards, liven Eogiand finds that im practicable, and it would be nonsense for this country to try that plan, e ——— | Consecration ol Blshop Phelan, Pi11sBURG, Pa, August 2.—The Rt. Rev. Richard Phelap, of the Catholic diocese of Pittsburg, was to-day ordained tutslar bishop of Phrygia, & ceremony which is very in ing, It took place in 8t Paul's cathedral and was witnessed b over 5,000 people. Argh- bishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, officiated in the consecration, and Bishop Watterson, of Co lumbus, Ohio, delivered the oration. Visit- ing clergymen and prelates were present fram all parts of the country. There was no va- cancy in the episcopacy here, but on account of the rerfous and long illness of Bihop Quigg, it beesme necessary to appoint a go- wojutor, and Vicar General Phelan was raispd to tha bishopric of Phrygia and cosdjutor bithop of Pittsburg, — A Race Row in Louisiana, Naw Onreans, L, August 2, -A speclal to the Times-Democrat, from Vicksburg, saye: At ameeting of c)lored citiz:ns held In the third supervisor's district, held in this (Warren) county last night the following was adopted: Resolved, That threats that are made by some white men of this district have caused weneral dissatisfaction awong the ¢ lored pao- ple of this district sud that if we are not pro- teated Ly the land owners and merchants of this couuty snd city we will bs bouad to go £0 8 10 other county. vl P, RoserrsoN, Chalrman, W L Baren Secrotary, o — A Lost 8chooner, CuasLestoN, 8, C., August 2.—The schooner Margaret Ann left Charleston on April 15th last for Brunswick, Ga., or for Fernandine, Fla. The craw consisted of Peter Johunson, Hans Heljerm, Andrew Han. s, Gladda Oloosen and Capiain Scumaker. Noftuog has sice been heard of tho vecsel It is believed she is lost with all on board, At 6 o'clock the elavators 10 the new opera [ Ine N POOR’ PROSPECT., The Growlh, Barnings, and Expenses of American Railroads in 1864, RS A Train of Evils 8witched on the Nickle Plate and West Shore. Diminished Business and No Divi- deuds—The Oentral's New Load —~Oomment on the Uutlook, RAILROAD BUSINESS, LAST YEAR'S RECORD) IN DETAIL. Special Telegram to The Bre, New York, August 2.—The introductory sheets (f *‘Poor's Rallroad Manual for 1885" are out, The total number of miles of r: road in the United States at the closo of 1884 was 125,379, of which 3,977 miles were con- structed during tho year, rate of increase being 317 per cont. The number of miles making returns of their share capital and funded and floating debts equalled ,152, inst 120,552 for 1883, ths increase being 4598, rate of increase being 8.5 per cent. The share capital of the milesge in operation in 1884 equalled 83 762,616,686, against $3 708 060,683 in 1883, the increase equalling $54,036,108. The funded debts of all tne lines at the close of the year aggregated 83,669,- 116,772, a sum § 68,235,858 in excees of the total of 1883, an increass of nearly 5 per cent. The gross earnings or receipts from all lmes from which roturns were recaived for the year eqnalled $770,684,908, of which §206,790,701 was rocelved from transportation of frelgity and 853,749,907 from the transportation of mails aud express matter, fr m inyestments and from the sales of Iand applicable to the payment of interest or dividends. Tho groes earnings of all of the lines for the year endiog Decomber 31, 1882, exceeded those for 1884 by 8053, 88,016. The net earnings of all lines tor 1881 equalled 268,106,258, against S 67, ~ 285 for 1853, the rate f decrea-e being about 9per cent. Tha amount paid in divi tends in 1884 equalled $93,244,83%: againat $102,052,548 in 1883 E The manual says that the general damorali- zation which has prevailed in railroad circles is due meore to the construction of the Nickls Plate and West Sbore roade, and to the 1l feeling which attended them, than to any other causo, Their effcct hus boen to stop altogether the payment of dividends which had been paii for & long time by the Lake Shore and Michigan Central companies, The opinion is advanced that the non-com- peting lines must await the steady and certain ncrease of general business of the country. The compating ones must bs taken up by the the lines they parallel and used as side tracks or made serviceable in some manuer a3 best they may. THE SOUIHERN ROADS, The holders of the stocks and bonds of the southern railroads ate finding much encouraga- ment in the present cotton crop prospects, The August report of DBradstrect’'s show an improven ent over the close of July, when the condition was most promising Dry wenther is complained of in some of thy states, but nowhere has it assumed the propor- tions of & drouth, The plant is now at its most critical stage, Ths last two ccops were cutshort by drouth. Three shoit crops in succession, however, have nsver been known, Tt is therotore held that this year the crop must be a big one, THE WEST SHORE SALE, In Wall street circles, the West Shore eet- tlement has continued the chief topic. Siocks have held their own, but it is teen by wise heads that the circumstances whi h have com- pelled the New York Central to assume $50,- 000,000 of =ecurities on which it must pay 4 per cent before paying dividend on " its atock proper, are not calculated to increase confi- deuce in railway securities as o property. The new schedule of rates is awaited with in- tonse interest. An ugly feature is the fact that the public have been accustomed to lower rates both for freight and passengers, I met George R. Blanchard, late vice president of the FErie road and asked for his opinion on the subject, Ho smd the trouble is that the railroad situation is petting bigger and bigger all the time, whi'e the men don’t get any ni;;ger. It is significant that such man an F. B, Thurber ‘aré not pow in favor of government interference of any sort, Theéy are of the opinion that the unchecked cupidity of raiiway exploiter is fast provid- ing an adequate remedy for railway extortion, Tho recent developments in the northwest, the farther extenfion of rival lines, go to c firm the postion recently taken by such agi- tators as Mr. Thurbor, Five years ago he and his class were demandiog legislation fix- ing maximum rates. Mr. Fiok and his erowd are Eow demanding that minimum rates be xed, e —— THE TIGER AT LONG BRANCH. THE GORGEOUSNESS CF GAMBLING ROOMS—A POLICE RAID, Speclal Telegram to The BEE, NEw YOBK, August 2,— A polico raid on a gambliog house at Leng Branch is tho first indication of what 18 likely to become a note- worthy fizht between the gamblers of that resort and the other summer residents. The place invaded was an insignificant keno con- cern thronged by negro waiters and rough etablemen, and the mova is construed ag a wesk efort on the part of the polics to show mock disposition to repress evil. At the same timo the policeman, detailed as usual for the duly, was stationed in the ha'lway of Pbil Daly’s famously gorgeous Pennsylvanis club to walutsin order and - dirgot strangers to tho tables, Gamblipg has this season grown to enormous propor- tions. Travelors eay that neither Monaco tor San Carlo equal in smount or lavishness the rosent extibition s Loog Branch, Nino ouses, including two of the handsomest villas aloog the shore and nearly all on conspicuaus sites among the abodo of wealth and fashidn, s openly devoted to gaming, Flags flaunt by duy the names of these places, and clectric lights advertise them, by night. Chere is iousnees about the admission. The ide open snd the eounds of the games go out through the windows, The play ranges from faro and roulet at §1 per cheapest chip, to keno and dice pames wherciu a dime can be risked, but tha bulk of the play is 1n uch a style that an investor of less than S10 s regarded with open disdain, aad & man can got rid of 8100 in a jffy, ety THE PUBLIC DEBT, THE JULY REDUCTION NO REDUCTION AT AQL. Bped Telegram to The Bre, WasHINGTON, August 2.—The statement for the first month of the mew fiscal yaar shows an alleged reduction in the public debt of 8,662,790, azainst about §4,000,000 for J uly, 1834, Tho redustion for the month just closed does mot affect the principal of the bonded debt, and as & matter of fact there has been no redustion whatever in the sense that tho general reader would suppose in reading the offizial aunouncement of the re- sult of the goveroment fiscal operations for July, The reported reduction was obtained by payment of interest on the debt, that is to eay, during the mouth of July interest due aud payable and that acarued amounted ta a certain sum, which was of course added to the wressury obligations, and on that amount about $3,000,000 was patd, leaving i pal of the debt precisely in the sa ton as on yuve 30, The net cu in the treasury shows o loss compared with July 1, of about 2,600,100 Acoording to the new miethod of arranglog the debt statement adopted by Treasurer Jordan the cash avail- o | jects genorally ‘consider it - righteous judg quarters in the city bastile, (Gardanier, Joha Diels, and Gus Kerkow, of Seribuer, four prowinent Nebrasks democrats, were in Omaha the latter part of the week. e —— Boouer's, sble for the pagment of the publis debt is now £414,052,920, againet $10,676,080 on July 1. This apparent increase is really a Joss, be- cAuse the balance for ~ Aungust 1 includes 26,000,000 received from the New York clearing honse association in exchange for alike amount of fractional silver coin, The gold fund foots up 8249,367,590, an in- crease of about $2,310,000 during the month, The ontetanding gold certificates amount to £123,280 000, & decrease of nearly 82,500,000, The net gold is $126,098,595, an’ increase of nesrly 86,000,000 since June 30, As already explained, this irioreass came from the ex: change of gold tor tractional silvor cins, o — THE ROW AT AMES, ANOTHER STATAMENT [OF. THE 10WA AGRIOUL: TURAL COLUEGE ROW, Avgs, Towa August 1,~To the Editor: The juniors aud seniors of the Towa agricul- tural college have quietly withdrawn from the college, President Hunt expelled two seniors for an offense committed during vacation. The students claim in the first placs that the punishment is too severe, and in the second plece that he has no jurisdiction over the case, w 1t was done in vacation, when thewo students were at the institution simply s bonsrders, Furthermore, Prenident Hunt expelled these two seniors without the consent of the faculty or the judiciary committee; and at the time he expolled them the majority of the faculty knew nothing of the expulsion or the case, Taking these facts calmly into considera- tion, the juniors aud seniors, in & pleasant manner, and with all due deference to the president, asked to that the sentence be com- muted, But the president versisted In ex- pelling the two membars, Under the above conditions the juniors and seniors at once withdrew from the institution, The students im that they are ticed of one-man power, and that 10 collego should ba run after the manner of an absolute monarchy. The majority of the members of the two classes have zone and are awaiting the action of the board of regents from whon, they expect to receive justics, not from 0ne man but from several c.Jm and con- siderate mep, Cavcrre, —— POUNDED PUGILISTS. COLORAI'0 AND WYOMING PITTED IN THE RING AT RAWLINS, RawriNs, Wyo, Aagust 2.—The second prize fight hera this eeason came off last even— ing in the presence of 1,500 people, drawn from the neighboring country and cities. The fight was tetween J. P. Clow, f Denver, and 1L P. Hynds, of Cheyenne, for the champlon- sbip of Colorado and Wyoming, and a purse of $500. Clow is of Trigh descent, 22 years of age and went 1nto the ring at 157 pounds. He holds the title of champion middle weight ot Tolo- rado, and is the possessor of the Police Ga- zette medal for the champion boxer of that state 3 Hynds i s sh American 24 years old and fought at 167, and this was his szcond ap- pearanca in the ring. g Four rounds were fought, and in the last one Ulow struck his apponent in the face, a frightful blow, knocking him down and out, Hynds was unconscions for some minutes after tha sponge had been elevated by his seconds, Both pugilists are badly braised. Itis eaid $20,000 changed hands on tha re eult. Horrible Murder in Michigan, Karavazoo Mch, August 2.—Harry Keith, aged 21, son of a prominent farmer in Van Buren county, disappeared Tuesday. Saturday hia body was fouund in Madk’s lake, the body bruised and horribly mutilated, The evidence taken before the coroner's jury im- licatea o man namnd Marker, who found F(Fnh with his wife and assaulted him, Marker protests that he is innocent. A brother ot Marker 18 said to have eome incan. tive to the deed. Marker has besn arrested. The wmurder is the most horrible one ever committed in Van Buren county and excite- ment is intense. : ———— he Log Cutters' Strike, East Sacivaw, Mich., Aug. 2.—Thestrike of the lumber mill employes still continues and no one ¢an tell anything about its termi- nation. Some of the sawyers and engineers stated they would accept a reduction of 7 per cent in the wages of all earning more than #L.50 per day, but thero is no probability that the mill owners will entertain tha proposition a moment and tha whole matter has becoma a «question of endurance, Some mills will in no event start before Septomber 1. —a— The Double,;Headers, CLEVELAND, O., August brskemen of the Mshoning di New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad met here to-day to consider the recent order of the company regardivg double headers, It was decided to make no objection if crews of thres men were put ¢n double bead trains, but if only two men are allowed they will re- fuse to run, Itis not known whether the company will accede to these terms, e — Overhauling Naval Bureaus, WASHINGTON, Augnst 2,—Secretary Whit- ney nas appointad a board of officers, com- pozed of Commander B, H, McCalla, Lieu- tenant Comwmander Charles J. Train, and Licutenant P, H. Buskingham, U, S, N,, to couvene at the navy department on the 18th inst, for the purpose of considering and porting upon the general system of tration of the busi of the department. The Idaho Postofico Thief. PorTLAND, Ore., Anguat 2, —In the Hibbs caso yesterday, at Victoria, Justice Creass gave judgment surrendering the prisoner!to the custody of the United States authorities, Hibbs, howaver, has retaned counsel and the casa will be appaaled to the supremo court at Ottawa, Oanada, —— Riel's rentence, Orrawa, Ont ; August 2 —The ‘conviction and eentenco of Louis Riel iy the all-absorbing topie to-day. Orangeman and English sub ment, while among the French-Canadians contiderable excitement and indignation 18 nunifested, . e —— The Cattlemen’'s Appeal. Kansas Ciry, Mo., Aygust 2.~ -Mayor Moore, ex-Mayor Bullen, and Dr. Morrison Mumford, representing the gitizns committee in behalf of the extension of time for vacating the Choyerno and Arapahoe ranges, laft for Washington to-night. They will ba joined at ‘Waireusburg by Senator Oockere e — Killed in a Wreck, Oairo, Ills , August 2,—An Illinois Central freight engine just leaving for the north this afternoon'was thrown from the track by a switch breakiog, The engine and three curs weut down the embankment, Eogineer Fred Hortmav, while jumping from the eugins, was caught under the wreck and instantly killed, —e—— —The police, pinched Mat Liyan aud John Daily, two of the most notorious toughs 1n Omaba, last night and gave them temporsry They had a des perate struggle with Ryau, before getting bim locked up. Charles Lang, of North Bend; Chan D, Furnitore 1o 1ostallments st J, SATURDAY SALAD. Tlie Events of a Day Rétfl]cnd 10 Diges- 1ible Focas. Paragraphical Facts Devoid of| Fancy’s Ruffles, Trial and Conviction of Riel, the Oanadian Half Breed—The Gov ernment and vach—Other Matters, TELEGRAPH NOTES, GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS, The association of Garman-Amencan teach ers is in sestion in St. Louis, The Commercial bank, of Suffolk, Va., has collapted, with $.00,0001a devosits, Henry Scherer was ruffocated by foul eas while cleaning a cistern in Ciocinnati, Twelve huudred winers are out on a strike against a reduction in the Massillon district of Ohio, James F. Foran, of Claveland, declines to allow the use of his name as o candidate for governor, Col, Asbury B. Porter, of Mount Pleasant, In, one of the oldest reitlers in southwestern Towa, is dead. There s great excitement in Ashland, Pa,, over the continued water famine. The supply growa lass every day, The noted Sarah Althea Hill Sharon is going to stump Californin to raise funds to prosecute her euit against the senator, The commission appointed by the eupreme court has reported in favor of cable roads in New York city, It includes twenty-nine Toutes, Two balloonists who ascended at Chelten ham, Engz,, for a race, collapsed when 1,300 feet in the air, One of the balloonists was killed, Patrick Condon, one of the persons indicted for theft of the ballot box from the third precinct of the Third ward of Chiczgo was ar- rested at Princeton, IIl, A four-yenr-old daughter of James Bennet, of New York, a eummer resident of Itoslyn, L L, fell into a bath of hot water Toursday vight, and was 8o terribly scalded that she died immedintely. The postmaster.general succeadedin sending the Australian mail on the Pacific mail steamer which eailed from San Fraucisco Saturday, by soading an azent along aud checking the bags as baggage, Vice Admiral Rowan, compelled by ill health, asked to be excused from serving as pall bearer at Gon. Grant's funeral The president designated Rear Admiral John Ii, Worden to act 1n his stead, Attorney General Garland, to whom the secretary of tho interior reforred the question of the power of the interior department to authonzs the Indians to lease their lands for grazing purpoges has transmitted an opinion in effect that no such power exists under t-e Jaw. An officinl dispatch to the Venezuelan lega- tion eaye the revolution in Venezuela has been effectual'y suppressed, and that within a very short time of itw outbréak, The whole conntiy has supported President Craspo. The British authorities at the Island (ot Tricidad lent their support to the rebels, but without avail, An official dispatch from Victoris, B, 0., says extradition papers haye boon granted in the case of Gibbs. the defaulting postmaster of Lewiston, Idaho, and $10 0.0 founa on hia person wil also ba turned over. Gibbs in tho man who drew money orders on postofficos throughout the west and decamped with the proceeds. William Center, a director of the Oceanic Steamship company owned by Spreckles & Co., left San Franciseo Saturday on the steam- er Australia for New Zealand to confer with the colonial government with regard to estab- lishing a line of steamships between San Francisco and New Zsaland in place of ths Pacific Mail, At Fremont, Ohio, Saturday, a soldiers’ monument erected by people of Sandusky county, was unyeiled with ymposing ceremo- nies, The shaft stands in Stephenson _park, on the ride of Fort Stephenson, where Major (Greorge Oroghan with 100 men defeated 1,200 British and Indians under Proctor, A great crowd of people was in town. Ex President Hayes was president of the day, At 10 o’clock in the morning a proca:sion composed of mili- tary and civic societies from various eections of the state paraded the street, and at 1:50 i the afternoon the exercises began, WASHINGTON WAIFS, Major Francis L, Guenther, Second artil lery, has been ordered to inspect tho Mi. sis- sippi state militla at Vicksburg August 17, Leave for thres months, with permission to apply for an extension of ons month, has heen granted Captain Chandler P. Eakin, First srtillery. Tho leave ot absence granted Lieu- tenant Colonel William D. Whipple, assistant adjutant general, ‘has been extended ome mon:b, During the temporary absenca of the chief of ordnnuce, the senior officer on duty in the office will take charge and perform the duties until his return, ‘The debt statement shows the decrease in the public debt during the month of be 83,(22,75; cash in treasury, $4%3, gold certificates cutstanding, $139,213,01 certificates of depoeit outstanding, $31. (¢ 000; refundiog certificatet outstanding, $22 D00; legal tenders outstanding, 316, fractional cur<ency (not including estim 28 lost or destroyed) 7,126; Let cash bal- ance on hand, THE HALF BREED CHIEF CONVICTED, The jury in the Ricl cass at Regins, Man- itoba, retired at noon Saturday, The oath was adwinistered to the guard to keep the jury without meat, drink, fire or lodging, 3115 thero was a murmur in covrt and it was whis- pered the jurv had agreed, All was bustle and excitement, Riel prayedfervently,knoeling in his box, and looked unmoved as the jary entered with the verdict of guilty, I 1a Coserove, foreman, whila geying like a child, announced that be was asked by hia follow jnrors to recommend the prisoner to the mercy of the crown, and the judge said the recommendation would by econsideced. Riel was sectencad to be banged on the 15th of September, at Rogine, Judge Richardon said he could hald out no prospect of repriave or interference by her majesty, Itiel took the resu't coolly, having spoken two hours reviewing the grievauces of the half-breeds and troubles of 1860, ROACH AND THE NAVY, Toe Washington Post prints & statement prepared at the navy department showing the amount of money Mr. John Rosch has 16 ceived for the repair and construction of naval vusels since 1862, In the bureau of steam en gineering 30,643,000 has been expended for siew machinery, boilers, and the repairs there: Of this amount Mr Roach has received 907,000, being $4,0J0,000 more thau the groatest snm given to any other contractor, The Provideuce Steam Kogioe company re- ceived mearly 1,900,000, the next highest amount, Alout tweaty contractors did the work for the bureau, Inthe bureau of con- struction and repair there is nothing ¢ ¢how thut Mr. Rouch did work for the navy on bulle, ete., prior to 1873, Sioce that year about £7,000,000 has bsen expended, of which Mr. Roach received nearly $1,000,000, Thir- teen other contractors did work for the bureau, The totsl amount pald Mr, Roach by the navy department from 1862 to date is > $10,883,026, LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM, Cowpens, Ga,, has a lively sensation grow- tog out of the atducticn of ‘s youog girl by uer lover, Hoory Whitaker was enmmore() with Miss Kate Stalliogs, only 15 years oid, but the alliaoce did not meet the approval of she girl's relatives, % be thwarted, and made arrangements for ihe marrisge at the house of & friend, The Whitaker determined not the direction of its new leader, Mr, Ruyner, crowd, I'he selections were all well rendered, day cagivg blear-eyed drunkards, surly peace distw bers and festive vagrants. hopr of goiog to press Jailor Pioronet had for more, & resolution ordering the erection in Jefferaon square of a handsome broaze fountain, but the recolution has not yet been complied with, Such an lmprovement at that place s very wuch desired and would be a great blessiog to the many people who congregate there of an eveniug to get a little fresh air and enjoy thewse! ves, prosence of a minister was secured, and the young lover ran from school to the ‘marriage hall. -~ A watchful brother of the gitl noticed their departure and pursusd, As the services were about to begin he arrived at the gate, forbade the ceremony, and demanded his sister. The young lovers escaped by & back door, fled and were pursued, The groom defended his sweotheart with a knife, and barely missed cutting the throat of his betrothed's brother, A friend of the groom came to his awsistance, and, with his uplifted knife, held Stallings in subjection til] the loy- era escaped. Bsfore the groom could find an- other winister the groom was arrested for ab. duction, and while in the clutches of the law bis lady love was sent he knows not where, He gave bonds to anawer tho charge of ab- duction, but a eubsequent warrant for as- rault and battory with intent to kil eaused him to hide, The next day Tom Whitaker, a brother of Henry, came' up from Trough Shonls to thrash Stalliogs for tho. afront, ot fered his brother in refusing hs alliavce. The expedition rosulted in & fine of £20 1mposed on kim, The most intense excitement is dividiog the community into two hostile fac- tions, Ten applicati tiona for arrest warrants have been made to a justice, and half a dozen affaira of honor are p-nding, e — ‘the W WASHINGTON, Auguat or the upper Mississirpi valley, generally fair weather, northerly winds, becoming variable, elight rion In tempernatire, For the Missouri valley, generally falr weather, nortterly winds, becoming variable, nearly stationary tempeiature, o Clearing House Statement. Bostox, Mass., August 2.—The clearing houses of the United States report the total clearances for the week ending August 1st were $| 9, a decreaso of 1 per cent, a3 comparcd with'the corresponding week & year ago, RUMBLINGS BY RAIL: A Change in Time Tables as to Pas- senger Tains—Noter, Per sonalw, Etc. A new passenger train time table went into effect yesterlay on the B. & M , the “Q.” and the K. C, St. Joe & C. B. roads. On the former the morning train leaves Omaha at 8:10 and the evening train at 6:20 {nstead of 6 o'clock, as here- tofore. The mornlng train arrlves at 10:40 and the cvening train at 6:3) ia- stead of (:50. The K C., St. Joe & C. B, mornlng traln leaves at 9:20 instead of 9 o’clock, and the eviniog train arctves at 7:55 lustead of 7:15 as in the past. The depsriure of the C., B & Q. tratnin the evening Is changed from 5:35 to leave ab All the traios arrived and de- parted on schedule tlme lust evening. John A. Gordon, who has falthfully performed the duatios of storekeeper at the Union Paclfic shops for a year or more, called for his ““iims” Satarday and will henceforih engage In other business, Chicago and St. Louls jobbing mer. chauts have eet up a fiuve echeme whereby they hope to concoct a system of discrim- inationa in freight rates against mer- chants in Missour! river towns, eo as to undersell them and thus burst the com- petition. Butit will certalnly be a chilly day when that scheme succeeds. Their first move was to get carload rates abol- hed, but that wouldn’t work, then the outhwestern Pool assoclation was indaced to change thelr classl- ficatlon echedule 80 as to ecrlp- ple tho Miasourl river towns. Now thiy are having thelr drummers se- care tho ¢ignatares of thelr merchan!s in this eection to a petitlon asking the rail. way® to abolish 1hs rate on car load lots. The petltion is cleverly worded, so that the real object Is concealed unless ex- plained. Owing tothlsit I8 being ex— teneively sigued, western men as a rule beleg ready to put thelr names on any- thing that comes along. Most of the elgn:ra are retsil merchants, but the shrowd [easterm jobbars will hardly tako the trouble to in this when they present the p the raillway man- agera, i e Day Fire Worke, The Omsha Exposltion and Fair assc- clation has completed arrangemcnts to have an exhibitlon of Day fire works each day of tho fair. Speaking of the display aseeen at Washington when Clevaland was inaugurated, the Clncinnat! Eaquirer soys: “The programme for tho day fire works contaius two hundred and fifty-six pleces, to be fired nlong the avenue dur- ing the proerees of the procession, It Includes beeldes the various colored bal- loous, a number of bombs throwlng out pige, fish, slephants, oxen, deer, horses, crocodlics, comio human figures, showers of umbreliaz, and varlous colored clonds and smokes, These are the famons Jap- anete Dy pyrotechnics,” Church Deaication, The new Unlted Presbyterian church, at the corner of Park avenue and Grant street, wus dedioated to the wosehip of Goa yesterday alterncon in the presence of a very large audience, The church is a little beauty, neatly finlshed and hand- tome'y furnished. o ——— =An artesian well is being dug at the deaf d dumb ipstitute, Dr, Mercer's elegant new mausion on the west side is rapldly nearing completion, ~Ex.Couaty Commissioner Kuight was the happy recipient, Saturday evening, of & very handsome gold watch, presented to him by his friende, —The committeo appointed to drsft suitable and appropriate resolutions on tha death of Gen, Grant wiil hold a meecing this evenlng at the Paxton hotel, ~Henry Hibbard was placed under arreat vesterday, charged of having committed grand larceny two years ago, and lodged in the county jail, ~The comcert given at Jefierson equare Saturdey evening by the U. P, band, uuder was attended and ejoyed by & very large —Tho police had a busy time of it yestor- Up to the reglstered forty names, and was “‘hollering “iveral works g0 the cily counvil adopted DECAYING NATIONS. Continned Frightfal Revages of the Cholera in Spain, And the Equally Frightful Dis- play of Bad Morals in England. Three Hundred Students Bounced for Keeping Mistres A General Assortment of Eton Forcign News, THE TERRIBLE PLAGUE, FRIGHTFUL RAVAGES OF THE CHOLERA IN SPAIN Special Tolegram tothe Bew, N~w York, August 2.—A cablogram to the Times from London eaye: Does any one in America fully realize what frightful ravages the cholera has already made in Spamn, in- cluding thoso of Thursday? There have boen fully 5,600 deaths in Spain. The official fig ures are 3,507, but it is obvious that those are far below the mark, Two examples may bo cited to prove this, It is known from private letters that in the single town of Montea. guado, in Soris, there were one day last woek ninety seven corpses lying uaburied, and that the villages in the vicinity were in nearly as bad condition, yet the returns from Sorin to date Rive a total of 128 deaths in the provinco. R:fugees from Barcelona dsclare that the plagve is spreading daily through Oatalan provinces, with the high death rate, but no cases have been re- ported officially. Local lazarettos are de- teribed as veritable hells, full of yermin and filth, where wretched food and impure water which would give a man the cholera if ho were previously well, are served, The pest has ap- peared in Basque provinces. The death rate in Spain since the rains has been daily over 1,20, There ecems to be a decrease ia the ratio of mortality to the total of cascs, but the widespread growth of the pest more than makes up, Tho disease seems at last to have got a foothold in Madrid and next week is likely to sco a great increase there, Alorg the Fbero and its tributaries in Saragossa the epidemic has closely resembled in its spread tho way|it manifested itseltjaloug the Pyrrences last year. The slaughter in the hamlets 18 terriblo here a the dis ed up streata, Indeed, an & general rule, it is now admitted even by the French authorities, that deaths have occurred this week in Marseilles from cholera, and thero can be no doubt that Mar seilles is sexiously threatened with the plague. ANOTHUER ENGLISH SCANDAL, THIER HUNDRED ETON STUDENTS BOUNCKD FOR 1MMORALITY, Special Telegram to The Bik, LoNCON, August 2.—The latest candal effects Eton echool, the highest institution of the kind in tho land, which s situated just acros3 the river from the royal castle and park of Windeor. It has now been ascertained that for months past hordes of abandoned women from the surrounding towns and from London have rendezvous at Windsor, They were met at night by the school boys, sixtesn or seventeen years old, and driven around the district in carriages. The exampla of tho big boys was speedily imitated by youuger lads. Becoming more daring they invaded Windsor park with the women, "Exhaustive secret inquiry followed the discovery of these facts, The result was that nearly three hundred boys made full confession, and all the guilty ones were forbidden to return to Eton next term. The head master forbade expelling them publicly to prevent ecandal, and more. over the boys expelled from Fton are forever ineligible for appointment in the army, the navy, or church, and have their prospects in life "hopelessly wrecked. Many of the boys are coonected with tho highest Foglish familice. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS, LORD COLERINGE TO MARRY AN AMERICAN LADY, LONDON, August 2 —The latest socicty sen- eation in London is caused by the snnounce- ment that Lord Ohief Justico Coleridgo is about to warry an American lady whom he first met on the steamer on which he returned from the United States throe years ago, and who threatened to bring action for breach of promiso if he did not warry her. So society is much agitated over tho approaching event. His lordship‘s eons and daughter are said to to be very angry, A SPLIT IN PARNELL'S RANKS, TRALVE, August 2,—At a larg+ moetiog of the suspended branch of tho league to day, a refolution of defisnce of the central committee was adopted, attributing the latter’s action to the supposition that the Tralee branch would in the general election successfully oppose Purncll’s earpet-bag candidates and vote for tho cardidates of Davitt's party, A DUEL, Trieste, August 2,—In consoquence of u political quarrel, an Austrian snd an Italian army officer fought a duclin_ the suburbs of this city to-day, The Austeian was mortally wounded, THE RUSSIANS AND AFGHANS, _LONDON, Auguat 8,- Advioes from Kuehan, via Teheran,dated July 22ad,say it 1s ramered that a contlict bas taken place bstween Rus- sians and Afghans near Marushak, Whether true or false thére rumors are believed on the frontier. Numerous Afghan traders have been expelled from Askabad owing to the prevailing irritation, THE FRENCH IN TONQUIN, Panis, August 2,—The French troops in Tonquin are suffsring terribly from dysentery ond tever, Deaths now average twelve per day. The Temps commentivg upon this urges the govemment to racall troops who have eerved cighteon months, —— SINKING, A Telegram to Her Father Says That Mrr, Richardson is in a Very FPrecarious Condition, Last Thuraday Mre, E tello Rchard son, who fa vieiting her slster, Mre, Viola Rager, at Lincoln, was badly bnrned while foollog with & cup cf s8] oll about the stove, At firat it was thought her Injaries were not very serlovs, and that she would soon recover, but yesterday her father, Mr, Joseph Swith, who lives at 1109 Pacific strect, 1ccefved a tole- gram informing him that she had grown worse, was sioking rapldly and wounld probably dle before morning, He started to Lincoln last evening, 1t soemsthat the acotdent was purely the result of careless- ness. Mrs. Richardeon bad set a cup contalnlog coal oll on the plpe shelf of the stove and the pipe beoyme upjolnted, While trying to fix that the cup turned over, spilled the cil on the hot stove and from the blaze it made hsr deess ekirls caught fire. e — —A woldier of Company H, Fourth infantry, waa flugg o'er the world’s edge to subside in wentle rumbles, last night, and rushed uncere monlously up to the cooler, eheets in the wind and disorderly, He was nige