Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 7, 1885, Page 1

o S ———— FIFTEENTH YEAR. T OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1885, NoO. 1 A SHROUDED CITY. Preparations Nearly Complete For the FPunerdl of General Grant, The Civie and Military Order of the Procession, Immense Crowds View the Remains in City Hall-Scenes, Inci- dents and Orders, VIEWING THE REMAINS, CROWDS FILING PAST THR CATAFALQUR. Niw Yonk, August C.—People loitered in the city hall park all night. They were first in lire who soon after 6 this morning begsn fling past the romains of Gen, Grant, There were, however no great throngs awalting ad- mission, there being at 6 o'clock about a thou- wand persons anxious to view the remains, Tnspector Stoers waa in charge, Two lives of policemen ware placed across the plaza from the city hall entrance to the fountain, These two lines formed passage way through which four men might walk abreat, and along which visitors to the remains should pass Officers of the Twenty-second regiment who had been on duty through the early morning were relieved by cificers of the Twelfth regi- ment. Sergeant Riley with thirty mon picketed thoe corriders through the buildine, 80 as to form a channel through which the throng shonld move to exit on the court house side of the city hall, Grant post had mount ed a detail at 5 o'clock to serve till 8, These men were placed nearest the catafalque, and the two lines of yisitors passed between them and the casket on either sid: All within the gloomy corriders was in readiness, The clocks pointed 6:06 o'clock and at the inspect or’s orders the iron gates were thrown open and ton or twelve hundred people awaiting outside began to flow post the casket and throagh the building. During the first min ute only eighty foue passed the casket, but the nur.ber soon increased to 104 per minute: The procession was almost a lock step and the tramp was quick. At 7 the pulse of public enriosity had sunk to 56 n minute, snd at 6:28 the rate was 52, At 6:40 the rate was 91 per mioute. The total pumber that passed was about 23,000, hannel full and no crowding. The hour from G to 7 o'clock was employed by workingmen, women, boy« and girls in view- ing the remains all through the hour, The formatior. of the line was near the fountain, and the time of waiting not more than ton minutee, After 7 the persounel of the line changed. There were fewer wonien and girls and more mon, At 8 o'clock persons were moving past tho casket at the rate of 110 to 120 per minute, and the police were rein- forced oand ot that time there were 187 men on duty and the channel of police was extended beyond the fountain, Within the city ball, the guards at the caskets were hastening people; 150 per minute were view- ing and hurried through at nine o'clock. By the remains the U, S, Grant post had mounted another detachment of thirteen men, Wheeler Post of Saratega snd the miiitary order of the Toyal Legion wero likewise reprepsented. Every car and train comiog down town added its quota to thoso anxious to view the gen- eral's face and the crowds wero fast becoming a throng and were hurried through the hall o the rate of 140 per mwipute and at one time pazsed by at the rate of 175 per minute, At eleven o’clock about 31,000 persons had passed the caket and viowed the remaine, THE FLORAL OFFERING of the board of aldermen was set up during the mor ing beneath the rotunda doms where the light streamed upon it. The central col umn rose ten feet and was flanked by stands of colors, The base is » bed of ferns and slms among which huge rows of white buds. Rlnym’ Grace this morning sent the commis- slouer of public works the following: *'In deferenca to the expressed wish of somo friends of Gen. Girant you are hareby directed to re- e from the front of city kall the verses in- ecribed thereon.” ien. Gordon, of Georgia, who at Spottsyl- vania court house, Virginia, checked Gen, Hancock’s advance through the captured Sal- 1ent on the 12th of May, 1564, and who com- manded one wing of Lee's army and madethe Iast assault upon Grant’s lines at Appomat- tox, has been appointed aide to Gien, Hancoc for the funeral ceremonies at the bur Gien, Grant, The board of wldermen at a meeting to-day resolved to attend the funeral in a body. Tho passage of people by the casket at_one oclock averaged about 100 & minute aud at that hour 42,000 persons had viewed the re maine, several hours having been occupied in 0 doing. At midday and during the early Junch hours of the early afterncon many letter carriers passed into the hall and yiewed the remains, 1 of THE BURIAL SITE, Niw Yonk, August 6,—Counsel Jacombe to-day sent Mayor Grace 8 communication regardiog the resolution passed by the board of aldermen regarding aesigning of a plot of ground in Riversido park for Gen. Grant's sepulture, The corporalion counsel hold that the land referrod to is not an abrolute fee but a fee in trust for certain purpcses and cannot be eiven away by the city, nor if 1t were beld in feo simplo absoluto could it ko so. The common council sinking fund commission only could convey it, but under the provisions of the state law must be sold at public suction, Counsel 18 of the opinion that if & resolution were tigned by the wmayor it would bo legally inop:rative to €ffect a cession of the ground “proposed, The park commissioners have power to geant the right of sepulture, and of cours the assent of the board of health was a necessary | rerequusitejto any burial within the city linfts. A committee has been appointed by the ex- coufederata soldiers to represent the southern soldiers at the funeral, THE PROCESSION, who has charge of the recop- Hartford, 3 Boston, 6; St Touis, 10 Haven, 2; Jersey City, 12; Elizabeth, 2, Order of the Cincinnati, 5 carringes. Wheeler and the Grant posts, G, A, R., four carriages. THE GRANT FAMILY spent a quist day at the Fifth avenue hotel, Gen, Sherman called in the morning, but thers were no other visitors during the day. At 0 p. m. the procession of the people to the hall wae more dense than at any time during the day and it was composed mostly ot working people, OFFICIAL ORDERS, Gen. Shaler issued the following orders for the formation of troops and civic socles ties on Saturday: Ureanizations composiog he escort column in the obsciuies will be formod and deployed in line on the esst side of DBroadway at 9 a, m. 1—The division of the New Jersey National (Guard consistine of two brigades of infantry, under command of Ma; - Gien, Plume, the left reating on city hall at Chambers streot. “The veteran Zouaves (Independent) Brevk,-Brig.-Gen. J. Madison Drake, will report to (i, Plume for position of 1ine, 3—Company D, First Minnesota Capt Dear, left resting below Grand 4 -Capital City Guards, Capt. left rasting on Grand street, 5 - Union Veteran Corps, District of Col- umbia, Capt. S K. Thompson, First Com- pany, Capt. H, E. Vrell, resting on right of tho Capital City Guards, g 6 —Bntallion of four companies of Virginia state troops, Lient.-Col, M, 8, 8. Pottswood, resting below and nesr Broome street. 7—First Itegiment Massachusetts Infantry, Col. A. E. Welliogton, left resting on Brooins stroet, econd regiment, Connecticut National Guards, Col. Walter’ 1-avenworth, on the 1ight of the Firat Massachusetts. - (ate City Guards, Atlanta, Ga.. Lieut, 1, Camp, First Pennsylvanis regiment, Col. Theodore 5, Weidershelm. 11--Second Division National l:um‘d.n State of New York, Maj, Molineaux, 13--Three companies of vetoran zouaves colored), Columbia Guarde, Garibaldi Legion, talian Rifle Guards, Columbia Guards,second ompany Washington Continental§Goards, Tenth aseociation, Veteran association. 16)th rogiment of New York volunteers, G overnor's Faotguards, of Hartford, Conn,, and the old guard of Maj. McLean, 1 irat divieion National Guards state of New York, (ien Shaler, Left resting on the vorth eide of Fourteenth street at Union square. United States troops, consisting of infantry marines, bluejackets and artillery of the navy, constituting a brigade under com- mand of Commander H. B. Robinson, U. S, N.; Capt. Rudolph’s light battery and_four companies of foot artillery (Fifth United States artillery) under command of Maj. Wildre S.A., and a battalion of United States ongineers will be formed in_column on Broadwayjwith head resting near Park I'la Should the veteran organizations of Grand Army posts under command of Maj. Gen, D. 1o Sickles, desires to ceoss the live formed on Broadway for tha purpose of occupying the west side, every facility for doing so will bo given them, When Gen, Hancock, com manding the escort column proceading the column of Uuited Ststes troops, has puesed Ercadway and Fifth avenue and the right of the line, it Into_column_ and commencs to In passing the Fifth avenue he all bands will play. Uniformed firemen will bo stationed at each of the fire alarm boxes on the line of march to send ambulance calls should they be required, The regiments of infactry from the firet division N. G., 8. N. Y., and United States battery and artillery, ill fire three yolleys and salvos upon the n of the ceremonies. proceseion at city hall was doubled into fours at n.idnight, THE OROWD STOPPED, Niw York, August 7.—At 1 o'clock the crowd was stopped and the corpse was left in charge of thirteen veterans of Grant Post No, 287, Gen O E, THE G. A, R, MONUMENT. BALTINORE, August 6. —At a general meet- ingof the various posts of the grand army of the republic in this city t>night a resolution was adopted commending the ruggestion made by ex-President Hayea that the grand army of the republic men erect a mnational monument to the memory of Gen. Grant, The resolution suggests the monument be eracted at Wash- iogton, and that $300,000 be raised by an assessment of one dollar on each member of the organization, AN EXUCUTIVE ORDER, WasHINGTON, August 6,—The president to- day issued the following executive order: ‘It is hereby ordered that the several executive departments, department of sgriculture and the government printing office be closed to- morrow at 5 o'clock p. m.. to enable such em ployee as may desire to at'end the funeral of the late ex-president of the United States, (ien, Grant, in New York —— Arrest of Strikers, PirrsiviG, August 6,—Eight strikers who opposed the running of double-headers on the Baltimore & Ohio road, arrested last night, had a hearing this morning on the chargs of interference with omployes and conspiracy, Lach was held in $1,000 bail for trial at cour e — A Missing Man With Money, BURLINGTON, Kas,, August 6,—D, V. Mott, the missing treasurer of this county, left hero 8 week ngo for Topeka, He expressed £5,050 to the state treasurer before leaving here and about §5,000 in drafts and money away. Many believe he has boon murdered, other. wiso he has abaconded. Tt 13 rumored that a hasty examination of his books show & short- age of $10,000, o ——— The Catholic . A, Union. Niw Havey, Conn., August 6,—Tho Catk- olic total abstinence uuion of America this af- tornoon elected tho following officers: ~presi dent, the Rev, James M. Cleary, Kenosha, Wis.; vice-president, the Rev, T. J. Conatz, Worcester, Mas.; treasurer, the Rey, J. D) Bowles, Vermillion, O.;_secretary, Philip A, Molan, Philadelphia, Pa. The convention will probably meet at Notre Dame, Ind,, next yoar, Dortation of cificial guests, has nearly completed his arrangements, ‘There will be about three hundred carriages in line, The carriage in which Presldent Cleveland will ride, will be dea )y six black horses, Immediately beh'nd this carriage will follow six other open carriages tainipg the Vi president and members of the president cabinet, Behind this will follow a carriage drawn by four horses, in which will be seated Ex-President Hayes and Ex-President Arthur, Other civil guests will follow in the order named below: United States senato », 16 carriages. Members of congress, 16 carriages. Admiral Jousts, 1 carrizgn, Commedore Chandler, 1 carniage, foreign minlstere, 10 carriages, inet of Gen, Grant, 1 carriages, army offisers, 10 en, Grant's i taff, 2 cartioge The family snd relatives, 7 carriages, The clergy, 4 Attending phye carriages, The pall-bearers, G carriages, (ign, Sheridan and staff, 4 carriages. Chiefs of bureaus, war department, 4 car ringes, = Gen. Schofield and staff, 1 carriage; judges e court, 6 carriages; tho nor of Ilinois and staff, 5 carriages; 3; Wisconsin, 5; Massachusetts, 10: apehice, 3; Connecticut, 4; Maive, 2 mout, 4; Pennsylvania, 1: Rhode lelans ia, 8; Iudians, 2, The legislature of New York, 80 carriag Gep, Fraoklin, president of the soldiers homer, 1 carrlage. ¥ Messrs. Drexel and Childs, 1 carriage, Board of Indisn commssioners, 2 car- rlages, The msyor and representativas of the eit; of Brooklyn, 15 carriages; Now Y ork city, e —— " Wrecks in the Arctic Circle, Sax Fraxcisco, Cal,, August 6,—The Com- mercial News tomorrow will publish the ar- rivaloff the coast this evening of the schooner Garfield, twenty-six days from the Arctic, with news that the bark Napoleon, of New Bedford, bad been crushed in the ice and twenty-two lives lost, includivg that of W, Teogers, of Bediord, first officer, and Thomas Pease, of tho same place, third officer, The Gazelle, of San Francitco, was also crushed in theice, The crew were saved. The steamer Baclent, also of this port, was stcve by ice, but has been sufficiently repaired to finish the cruise, The season was stormy and late, with an unususl quantity of ice, e — Hetile urcen Made $1,000,000, Ha New York, August 6 —Mistress Hettie | d Groeu has been bulling the stock of the Louis- ville & Nasbville railrosd. She Is the con: trolling spirit in this rallroad, She owns enough of the stock to make her an_autocrat in ita affalrs, There has been a solid 10-point vise in the Louisville & Nashville, and Mis- tress Hottio is $1.000,000 bstter off for it. She engiucered the advance hereelf, and showed that she was s #ood a manipulator as any man in Wall strect, Her plan of operation has besn & slwplo but eflective one, When the whole llst was golng up she would trust to Louisville & Nashville goivg up in_sympathy with the other stocks. When stocks wera de- cligiog she would by 090 shures of Louisvile & Nashvilie every eighth down, and thus pr vent anything but fractional declies in the stock. She did not atk apy belp from the men in the market, bt executed her pes New CHOLERA'S CURSE. Frightfnl Ravages of the Plague in tie Interior of Spain. Marseilles Again Envelop:d in the Shadows of Death, Town and Country Depopulated by the Fatal Scourge—A General Varlety of Forelgn New THE DEADLY PLAGUE, THE CHOLERA BPREADING 1N MARSEILLES, Mansiiss, Aug, 6,—The sanitary council of this ity telegraphed to-day to M, Legard, minister of the mterior, a statement certifying that the cholera in Marseilles was sporadic only, This action, however, is known to havo been resorted to for the purpose of con- cealing the alarm felt by the council, and to avoid being held responsiblo for neglect of sanitarian, which has canfed o recurrence of cholera in this city. The municipal council of Marscilles are much perplexed from want of funds, They have no appropriation avail: ablo for expnditare for cholera purposes and dare not uek for funds for fear of creating alarm by implied acknowledgment of the ox istence of cholera in epidemic form, Thirty-threo deaths from cholera were re- ported in this city to-day, THE TERRIBLE CONDITION OV SPAIN, Mabin, Aug. 6,—A panic has been caused by the rapid epread of cholera, Tn the coun- try it is incroaing, Entire villages havo been deserted by their inhabitants, who have fled for asfety from the dreaded didense, Inmany cases the doctors and the municipal autbori- t1oa have been attacked by the scourge and the sick have Lenn avandoned and the dead left unburied, Iteporta from several places state it is impossible to obtain provisions or medicines. A ho misery throughout the coun- try is great. ITALIAN PRECAUTIONS, Rouk, August 6.—Vessels arriving at Ttalian ' ports from French ports will be quarantined one week if they have clean bills of health, and threo weeks if they have un- clean bills. Railway travelers (uspected of being infected with cholerawill be fumigated, GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. THE PRINCE AND THE LILY. LoNDON, Aug. 6 —A society incident that has caused (nite a fluster happened recently in Rotten Row. The Prince of Wales was driviog along with his sons, snd they met Mra, Langtry, who also was out for an airing, and, the goesips say, “with a knowledge of coming events.” As soon as the prince recog- nized the Lily ho left his sons and joined her, and accompanied her through the park, The- atrical speculators declare that this royal favor ecures a boom for the Lily during her next professional tour. The Prince of Wales, it is eaid, has can- celled all the invitations which had been ex- tended to Sir Georgo Chetwynd and Lord Lonedale to attend receptions at Marlborough in effect that Caceres’ army be recelved into the government army without change in the rank or pay; that Caceres’ acts be recognized and his debts assumed and that a new elec tion be called, This did not suit Caceres and his followers, who proposed even more humil iating terma to the government, aud the in- terview ended, e — THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. KEILY DARRED OUT OF VIENNA, WasHINGTON, Avgust 6,—The department of state i in receipt of & cablegram from Lee, secretary of the American legation at Vieuna, saylog the Austrian government positively de- clines to receive Koily as United States min ister, The authorities of Austria give no rea- son for this action, and merely say they will not receive him, Keily is now io Paris, where hohas been some weeke. He has been in formed of the decision of the Austrian gov- ernment, Loo hae been devignated as charge " affairs for the present. APPOINTMENTS, The president avpointed the following post- masters to-day: Richard P, Holmes, Natche vica William McCarey, suspend: y, Wilson, N, C,, vice Mre! Sharp, suspended; J. E, Jones, Port- o W The president to-day made the followin, appointments: To be collectors of internal revenus, John Dowlin, for twenty.second dis. trict of Pennsylvas ank Schlardocker, for the nineteenth district of Pennaylvania; to be surveyors of customs, John T. Gath- right, for the port of Louisville, Leon Trousdale, for the port of Nashville, Tenn, POINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. oN, August 6,—The secretary of the treasury to-day promoted James A. Lale, clerk of class 4, to be assistant chief of the customs division of the secretary’s office. He also directed the dismissal of the inspec. tors of foreign vessels at New Orleans, San Francisco and Philadelphia, Joseph Col- burn, of Denver, Col., was to.day appointed a timber agent of the land department, THR NAVAL BOARD, The board appointed to examine plans and specifications for the propoted cruisers, has adjourned subject to the call of Commodore Walker, president. The acceptable portions of the various plans examined, wero placed in the hands of Commodore Goodrich and Naval Contractors Bowles and Galewood, with in- structions to embody them in one plan, THE COAST SURVEY. The report of the committes, consisting of Messrs, Thomas, Garrison and Huntingdon, upon their investigation of coast survey, has been eubmitted to the secretary of the treas- nry, It states that they took poasossion of the bureau on July 24, and conducted an in- vestigation leaving no ground for doubt that the actual condition of the survey was one of demoralization, snd its workogs inefficient, upjust and to eome extent disreputable, The regulations are partially to blame, but the late superintendent is chargeabla with a willing- ness to avail himeelf of opportunities for con- tinuance of abuses, weakness and procrastina- tion, favoritism and arrogance, disregard of reeulations and notorious vee of intoxicants, This combination seems to have baen d 1- izing to subordinates, The investigation showed a large number of irregularities which are eet forth at great length and which in- volve reckless extravagauce nnd gross mismanagement. — The ommittee find that Prof, H habits and meth- ods, his failure of faculty or perversion of moral eense unfit him fora po- ity. The report says the dismissal of Colonel Dutille from the services 15 perhaps undeserved, but his_restoration to his former place is deprecated. Restoration by A, Saegmuller, would, it s claimed, be detrimental to the morals of coatt survey. = House, the prince’s city palaco, This action was taken becauso of their fiat fight over Mrs. Langtry tho other day. The prince, said, was very angry when he discovered that both gentlemen claimed covsideration from the beauty. ANOTHER WARNING TO FIANCE, Benuy, August 6,—Tho Cologne Gazstte publishes' an article similar to that reeently published in the North German Gazetto and advises the muintenance of friendship betwesn Fngland and Gennany and warns Fracco against the policy of revenge, THE MEANING OF IT, _Pamis, Angust 6,.—Tho newspapers con- tinue to comment upon the North German Gazette articles attacking France, They con- sider that the article foreshadows an inciease of Germany’s military strength and that it s addressed to the Iteichatag rather than to Szance. ©IHE LISEIAL CAMPAIG. Loxno¥, Aug, 6.—Leadiog members of the lata cabinet are conferriog on the electoral programme, The greatest difflculty hns arisen in connection with the 'and questicn. At present a common platform seems impossible 'ARQUAHARSON'S WHEBEAB Donux, Aug. 6 —Detectives ascertained that Farquaharson, of the Munster bank, sailed for Spain ¢n the night of his flight hence, THE CHOLERA. Mannin, August 6,—There were 4,204 new cases of cholera and 1,6'S deaths reported throughout the kingdom yesterday. THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE. Bowpay, August 6,—The Gazette states Yakoob Boy's son, with Kussian assistance, ocoupied Kashgar in Chinese Turkestan, and Evidence was given indicating W, B. Mor- qan’a neglect to call attention to the unuiual and apparently unnecessary charges, while disbursing agent of the buresy, and_the re- port alleges that he bas become addicted to thouse of intoxicants, His restoration to duty is not recommended, An early chavge is recommended in the interests of morals and discipline in the clerk in chargs of the draw- ing division now held by W. T. Bright. The report vindicates M. A, Zumbrock, of the electrotyping room, THE CABINET, There was a full cabinet meeting to-day, The ses:ion was short, The Keiley matter, it is understood, was discussed. The secretary of state, when asked this afternoon about the ‘matter, replied there was nothirg to say. Adolph Erdman, of Missouri, and James Dugan, of Mississippi, wera to-day appointed special examiners of the pension office, Reprosentative Morrison of 1llinois, who has been suffering very severely from neural- gia, is much better to-night, THE CHICAGO HAREOK, The Tilincis Central railrcad company and other corporations are building piers, driving piles, dredging and dumping sand into the lake st and near Chicago for the purpose of build- ing islands to be used as pleasure resorts, which worlk is said to threaton the navigation of the harbor Secrotary Manning's attention having been called to the subject, he referred 1t to the first comptroller, who gave an opinion to-day that a3 the works in question tended to obstruct navigation, the general goversment can by vroceedings, instituted by the attorney {rnenl. prohibit the contiuanca of such work, 1e holds, however, that as tho secretary of war has chargo of the improvement of rivers and harbors, 1t is his duty to take hold of the matter and 2o whatever may be necessary, that he [a now menacing the Kooldjs province claimed by China, RIOTING JMINERS, TLoxnoN, August G,—The coal and iron minera of Tikeston, Derbyrhire, huve been rioting all day, causing great damage to prop- erty. In one of the battles against the police the rioters were driven back several miles from town, contesting every foot of tha way. During tho epgsgemnt & great number of miners were disabled, and nine dangerously wounded. THE EMIERORS. GASTRIN, Avgust eror Francis Joseph and Emprees Elizabeth arrived hero this evening, Emperor William received them at the entrance of the Baderchlcss with greetings of aflection, kissing the Austrian emperor threo (timed. William wore an Austrian uniform and Francis Joseph wore Ttussion uriform, The town is iluminated and throzged with people heartily cheermg the emperors, L — DOWN BOUTH, BEVOLUTIONS, ROWS AND PLAGUES MULTIPLY- Paxaya, August 6, —Late news from the theatre of war is not such as to inspire the hope of an early conclusion of the struggle. The rebels abandoned their camp on the island opposite Calamar, whence they had made several attacks on the government forces, and moved up the river on the 15h ult. An intercepted letter from their commander, Comargo, says that he has detar- mined o change completely his plan of opera- tione, This letter does not etate what his intentions are, but as it is addressed to the commander of the revoluti.nist conticgent in Barranqu ils, urgiog that officer to join him with enuire command withut elay, It 18 evident he contemplatos active operations. (iemeral Reyes, of the goverament forces, says Comargo cannot mus. ter mere than 2 500 men, includiog the crews of seven river steamers, One of the best of this fleet, the Medi wase burned and blown up in the battle of Tamalamelque, and twy romivent rebel leaders went down in her— senerals Herandez and Yarges Santos. The sanitary condition of the isthmus has not im- proved, The condition of Colon is something terrible and a perfect plague seems to have stricken the place. There are sometimes as wmany a8 twenty-five deaths per day, In a population of less than 10,000 that death rate is something startlig. News from Lima ie to the effect that all efforts at reconciliiation between Iglesias snd Caceres are at an end. The peace commis- sioner of the Iglesias government, Mons, Tovar, succeeded 10 interviewing Caceres and presented pzace propositions, ‘l‘hoy were RODBING POSTOFFICES, Tho postoffics department has been in. formed that the postoffice at Turner, Illinois, was robbted by burglars on the night of the 4th inst, The safe was opened and 1ts entire contents of money and stamps taken, The portmaster at Southport, Illinois, has telegraphed to the postctlice department that his office was entered by burglars last night aud his safe blown open aud robbed of its contents, TARRED MAIL DAGH, The Italian postmester general has notified the postoffico department that owing to the prevalence of cholera in that part of Freoch territory through which the mails from the United States destined for Italy must pase, that all mail sacks of the ordinary kind will be fumigated, He suggests that to avoid deten- tion for fumigation tarred mail eacks be used. The superinteudent of foreign mails has fssucd i-‘zmumunn carrying into effect this sugges- tion, e — Another Smith Gone. CLEVELAND, O, August 6,—Myrtle Rose, a handsome and respectable young 13y of 224 Hamilton street, made arrangements to wed Samuel Smith last night, The gueats assom. bled, but Smith did not appear, To.day it was learned that be fled the city, and that he had & wito in New York, —— ANegro Starves His Children, Lyxcupors, Va, August 6, — William Parks, a negro, residing in Amherst county, Virginia, has been arrested on the charge of starviog his children to death, Within the past five months, four of Parks’ seven chuldren bave died, and the remainiog three, it 1 charged, are emaciated for waut of food, the father not only refusing to provida for them, but prchibiting the neighoors from giviog them food, It ia charged further that Parks wants to marry sgain and that the woinan he aspires to win refused to accept h'm while he had 80 many children, — —— Oaught and Killed on a Bridge, WaeeNixG W, Va, August 6,—This after- noon Mrs, Samuel McElroy, with her two Dittle boys started for 8t, Olairsville Junction, Ohio, to walk aloog the Baltimore & Ohio railroad track toward Dellaire. While they were on & bridge near the latter place the east bound fast passenger train came around the bend and caught them before they could reach the other end. Mrs, Mc. lmL WAl shockingly mutilated and instant) illed, One of the boys was fatally hurt and bas died since, The second boy was badly ipjured. He cannot recover, A MAN OF DEEDS, Thongh His Words Were Wisdom-Laden, Effective and Brief, Vice-President Hendricks' Tribute to General Grant, Political Bubjects Slightly Touched— Acquila Jones' Endorsement, A TALK WITH THOMAS, A URIEF INTERVIRW WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT, Special Telogram to The Ber. Cnioaco, TIl, Aug. 6.—Inan interview hero today Vice-President Hendricks said: ** always had a highZregard for Gien. Grant asa man and great admiration for his ability as a soldier and a statesman—always composed fiem and seli-reliable in batile, In high places of responsibility and even up to the moment of his death, he never made « speech, even if but one or two lines in length, that was not full of wiedom, and whatever he said was cffective and held the attention of the public, Yos, Ieee the senate will bo repre sented by a delegation, and 1 at first consid- ered this sutficient, but my regard for Gen, Grant's memory and coneciousness of duty T owed to my present position impelled me to cut short my visit to the northwest and go to New York to add my tribute to the spontane- ous demonstration in honor of our greatest citizen,” Departing frum the subject of the General Grant obscquies, in which Mr, Hendricks evinced eincera sympathy and deep interest, your correspondent ventured to ask the vico president if he apprehended any new move- ment of great public importance’ would_arise during the continuance of the present demo cratic administration ? “No, I do not,” answered Mr, Hendricks, ‘‘unless eome new move in the direction of re- forming the tariff when congrees meets should create an issue. It is a long time, however, before 1888, “‘How do you consider that the acts of the present administration have affected the country to date ‘I should say favorably; decidedly none of our material interests have suffered, as pre dicted by the organs of the opposite party prior to the late election. Some outery is be ing raised about Roach, but it is mere par- tisanship,” “‘Have you paid any attention to the out come of the investigation by thocivil service commission of the charges ogainst Aquila Jones, postmastor Jat Indianapolis?” Ve, I read their report exonerating him with great satisfaction, Mr, Jones is an able and honorable man, He is not mvch of a lawyer but a good business man and will do what is right in the ofiice, performing his dutics to the public in_n eatisfactory manner, while conforming strictly to the letter of the law. Iam glad on hiz account the commit- tee returned the report about which fair- minded people will not cavil. Mr, Hendricka took his departure this after. noon for New York, ——— THE MIL\TARY TELEGRAPHERS, A MEMORIAL MEETING IN VARIOUS CITIES OF THE COUNTRY, Cuicaco, Ill,, August 6;—Pursuant to call of Wilham R. Plum, president of the society of military telegraphers of the late war, throughout the union, to take action on the death of Gen, Grant, by courtesy the Western ‘Union Telegraph company. a telegraph meet- ing of survivors corps was held to-day, Mr. Plumb presiding at Chicago,|W. B, Somerville at Now York, Robert B, Lines, president of District of Columbia branch, at Washington, T, A. Davin at Boston. William B. Wilson at New York, Joseph Anderson at Buffalo, George Cole at Columbus; T. E. Mooreland at Pittsburg, L C. Wier at Cincinnati, L, A, Somers at Cleveland, Juncan T. Bacon at Tndianapolis, I, M. Thape at Milwaukee, Isaac MoMichael at Minneapolis, C. W. Hammond at St. Louis, L, H. Korty presi- dent of western branch, at Omaha, J, H. Nichols, president of the Colorado branch at Denver, D, E. Martyn, president of the Kan- 888 City Lranch, at that place, and Col. R. C. Clowry at San Francisco. The president submitted resolutions which had been prepared for that purpose to the members nssembled at the above named cities, and others on various telegraphic circuits, and recerved most hearty and unanimous endorse- ment thereof, At some of the local meetings he was advised by local presidents that many feeling addresses were made. The following ia a copy of the resolutions, Whereas, For & quartor of a contury we have watched with the greatest pride the career of Ulysses S. Girant, and ever found in him the elements of o successful general and statesman, and of a truc citizen, devotedly attached to his country and his fellows as well a3 his family; and Whereas, Durivg the rebellion the military telegraph corps was an_important department of the army on the field, and was used to an extent greater than before or since; and ‘Whereas, General Grant, kindly remindful of our services, has testitied repeatedly to the efficiency and integrity of the corps of milita 1y telegraphers, who were hourly entrusted with the most confidentisl information, dur- fog those many years of war, and ‘Whereas, I¢is fitting that we who were honored by his friendship and great confi- dence, should have part in the general expres. sion ¢f griof at the loss of one whose pure and loveabls character added lustre to the fame of America s rreatest citizen and soldier; therefore be it Resolved, That our secretary be Instructed to purchase a picture of the great commander, cause theee resolations to bs written thereun der, and to frame, drape, and produce the #amo at all our re-unions as a token of our af. fection forthe hero of JAppomattox, desnvedly twice president of the United States, Itesolved, That we extend t his boreaved family our most sincere sympathy, ——— NEBBASKA CITY, A SMALL TATOH OF INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE ANCIENT AND HONORALLE, Correspondence of the Br, Neigaska Ciry, Neb., Augnst 5,—Our new packiog house loometh up already, at least the work on the same does, The con tracts bave all been let —mostly to city me chanica—a creditable part of the operations, essrs, Beckel & Sons having the brick con tract, Joseph Burr the stone work and David O'Brien the gradiog and excavating, The latter gentloman now has a minature army of Jaborers at work upon his part of the contract, The Chizago lumber company of this city also secured the contract for furnishiog all the lumber to beused In the immense concern, The firet shipment of balf a million feet 1s now on the rond, The new packing house will be erected as one compact building In- stead of two connected buildings as those of the N. and I P, Co, are, The building will be of brick and stone, 140x196 feet and threa stories in_ height. The stock ysrds to be built in cobjunction with the new packiog house, work upon which has also been commenced, will cover sixteen acres of eround, aud will cost in the neighburhood of $100,000. The cooper shops for supplying our packiog hcuses is to be a private concern bullt by Mr., A. Schafer, of Butlipeton, Jowa, Size of same b0xi20. Thus we boom. Work upon all thete new enterprises is progressing finely, givicg em- ployment to many of the Iaboring class, The CASPER MURDER is the all-absorbing topic of conversation on our streets. As the readers of the B ave all doubtless read the particulars as found in the dispatches, it 18 useless to fill this space wvlth a recital of the same, The murderer, Tom Willisme, was brought in from the scene of hia crime—Berlin— yesterday and 1 w confined in our county jail. A preliminary trinl is to be held before Uounty Judge Mor gan $o.morrow morning. The murdersr, Tom Williame, is but a boy 10 years of age and does not seem to realize the encrmity of his crime, NOTES NKWSY AND OTHERWISE, Manager Burke of the telephone exchange, has attached one of his patent fire alarms to the city fire ball and in future all fire alarms can bo instantly rang from tho telephona ex change the moment notice of a fire is received at the office, _John J. McCartin, an attorney from Cin- cinnati, Ohio, is the latest addition to our professional men, Chatles Marsh 1l of Syracuse, has rented the Morrison block and will shortly open out a fine line of hoots and shor The Nebraska City Electric Works is a new institution engaged in the manufacture of Burke's patent Llectric belts, which are now being introduced to the trade and are eelling rap dly, Mr. W, R Burger, of Chicagy, the architect of the new packing house, arrived here to-day and will remain the summer and tuverintend the work uvon the building, Banner Post, G. A, R,, is making elaborate preparations for memorial services on Grant's burial day, The arrangements are under the direction of three of our mort prominent pro fessional men, Hon, A, 8, Cole, Rev.J, M. Whitehead and Dr. 1. C, Bishop, a guaran- tee that the excrcises will be such as will re This latter Institution will employ seventy five hands on the start—()stober 1st—and 1o crease o over 200 in the busy winter season, tlect credit on Nebraska City. A small blazs waa discovered in the roof of the emoko houte of the N. & L. P. Co., yes- terday, but by the prompt application of the hose and firo grenades, what might have proved a disastrons fire was “‘nipped in the bud.” Eve Ske, o —— SPORLIING MATTERS, THE TCRF, Baratoca, N, Y., August 6,—Woeather clear and cool, attendnace good, and track fair. Mile—Strathspey won, Mittie Leman third, Time, 1 Mil®and a half—Euclid won, Kosciusko second, Bootblack third, Time, 2:413, ‘ol Sprague_ won, Al | hird, Time, 2 minutes, Five furlongs - Fillies, two years old; Scot: tish Lase won, Mamie Hunt second, Bello of Louisyille third, Time, 1: Three-quarters of a mile—Radah won, Sam Powere sccond, Mar(uis third, Timo, 1:15} Orrawa, 1M, August 6, colt race postponed from yestorda Cossackwon, Gettysburg second, Dictrictia third. Timo, 2:36} 0951 B. sacond, second, Lo Class 2:40 second, Sentry third, Four-year-old outing; Superior won. A. G, D Mabe distanced Best tiu Attendanse large, track gocd, weather quito cool. Un- finished 2:21 class: Adelaido won, Judge Davis second, Montgomery third, Dest time, 0—Pacing: Jordon won, Messina Marlow third, Best time, 218, “Henry Roberts won, Kit San- ford second, Kingsl:y third, Best time, 2:213, Class 2 nfinished: William Arthur won firstheat, Debarry third heat, Nobly second. Bast time, 2:21 DASE BALL CrxersyaTi, August 6,—Cincicnati 7 Pittaburg 9, four innings; rain. PiLADELPIIA. Pa., August G,—Phila- delphia 9, Buffalo 5. Nrw Yonk, August 6,—New York 1, Chi- cago 0, ten innivgs. BosTON, Angust 6.—Boston 5, St. Louis 2. PROVIDENCE, August .- Drovidence 3, Detroit 1. BROOKLYY, August 6,.—Brooklyn 2, Athletic 3, thirteen innings. e — Yellow Jack in the Neck, City or MEXICO (via Gialveston), August 6,— Yellow fever has appeared at Mazatlan and Tehauntepec. At the former place the discase is ot violent, and physicians have good suc-— cess treating it, At Tehauntepec efforts are being made by the municipal authoritics to stamp ot the fever, Many persons deny the efficacy of Dr, Carmona’s v, nation process, and he is expected soon to publish o dofense of his system, —— A Nebraskan Threatens Cleveland, Kansas Ciry, Mo, Aug, 6.—William IKearney, an insane man, who lives near Hum- boldt, Nebraska, and owna s fine farn_ there, was arrested here to day. Kearney said he wis on his way to Washington to kill Preti- dent Cleveland, against whom he had s fan. ciod griovance,” Ho had a revolver and about soventy-five cartridges and was well supplied with monoy, e A Mob Put to Flight, EAst 8aGINAW, Mich., August 6, —About four hundred mon, many of them idlers, and not mill workers, attempted by force this afternoon to shut down the mill of Rust Bron, &Co. The mob was armed with clubs and gathored naar the mill and then marched down towards the mill entranco, The sheriff ordered them to disperse, but they jeeringly refused. Then the mayor read the rot act, and called on them to roturn to_their homes quietly, which they declined to do, A squad of nine policemen thereupon charged on' the b, clubbing them right and left, soon putting them to flight, Three men were arrested on the spot and others subsequently, il 2= welegraph Notes. Rumors of deaths from cholera prevail in Paris, The district convention of the colored Knights Templar of Missouri. Kansar, lowa and Nebraska is in session at Macon, Mo, Christion Schenk, Adolph Heyler and Martin Hughler wera struck ank Killed by freight train at Bagleside station on the Penn. eylvania road last Dight. thrze A FEEBLE SPURT. Corn end Pork Forced Up & Ntk or Two in Chicago. While the Wheat Pit Remaings Practically Lifeless. Scrub Cattle & Market Drug, with First Grades in Demand—A Shipment from Washing- ton Territory, ——— THE OHIOAGO MARKET®, GRAIN AND IROVISIONS, Special Teleeram to The Bk, Criieao, il August 6.—Provisions ana corn were about the only articles in to day's marketa attracting any attention, both rocove cring from yesterday's doprossion and ruled fairly tirm, Receipts of grain were more lib~ eral, but wheat was uncalled for, Cablea wero heavy and helped the local depression, ‘Wheat was almost entirely lifeless, No such depression and lethargic teeling has appeared in the market for weeks as prevailod it all through to-day’s morning session. Thera wero no outside orders in, while all loeal traders were disposed to let it alone awaiting developments of some kind or another, It mado little differonco what, il fluctuations werawithin e, Crop news came in in abost the usual quantity from northwestorn points, tha bulk then indicating damage by rain’ and blight. _ Corn averaged highor and was moderately firm, Light receipts of corn tend to renew the confidence of buyers and trading showed somo activity. The feeling in the pit was very ably described by one of the bulls who said that *“There 18 no old corn in the country; itis all in theso hogs that are coming in hore #0 fast.” Local speculatora looked atit favors ably at the opening prices, their takings bringing about an advance of about jc, which was genorally amto well sustained, No, 2 cash, sold at 16§@6ic, Oats showed tolerable activity with prices advancing §@he, with considerable local in- (uiry eacly in the session, but after tne first hout or ‘two tho market becamo a shade easier, though maintaining the bulk of the advauco, The depression in all other grains made the market heayy. Provisions were decidedly stronger than yestorday, all descriptions of hog _product ro cording substantial advances immediately trading began, September pork opened wer on weaker prices for hegs at the < yards. After selling down about be, the shorts becamo frightened at the increased buy- : demand from tho south and commenced to cover, tending prices way above the open- ing aud highest point of yosterday. LIVE STOCK, Cattlo—The few loade of the best corn fad cattlo wero easily disposed offat $5.60 to £ but anything below th may be quoted 15@2 and rough stock the drop is a big I se'por 100, Native cow stock, and in fact all low prade native stock continues to sell atextremely low prices. Stozkers and feeders are dull, Well bred yearlings, averazing 500 to 600 pounds, may be quoted wt $3.25@8.60, A fenture of the market was the arrival of ten loads of grand good natives, range fod, from Sprague, Washiogton Territory. They attracted uni- vereal attention and wera praised for the fine condition in which they arrived, their 1,500 miles of travel not affecting them in the least. They average 1,277 pounds and sold for $ Shipping steers, 1,350 to 1,500 pounde, $5.20 580; 1,200 to 100 pounds, $5,00@5.85; 950 to 1,200 Ibs, $1.35@b 00, 'Through Tex— ans firmer; 750 to_1,000 Ibs, §3.50@4.10; 760 to 900 Ibe, 600 to' 700 1bz, $2.90@ Western rangors firm, patives and_half breeds, $1.00@ 20. Sales of 23 from Con- cord Cattla Co,, Montana, 1,258 Ibs, at $1.65, Hogs —This market again openod’ dull with another drop of about 10¢, making thedeclno for the week 50@00c. In a general way, ter the opening of the down town markets, which showed a slight up turn in products, trade became more active and at tho extreme close values ruled a shade steadier and in some canes higher, There Wero plenty of hogs on the market yesterday and to-day, thot they were not selling for what they cost in_tho country, Rough and common heavy sold at 83.90@1.00; fair to good packers, $1.10@4.25, st packers, $130@4.40, with choica heavy at $1.50@4.60; packing and _shipping. 250 to 310 b £3.15@1 b0; hight weights, 130 0 bs, £1.60@1 85, 150 to 210 lbs, 1 10@ [ 1 —— NEBRASKA'S QUARANTINE. A Letter From Gov, Dawes on the Bubject ¢ the Importation of Dis easea Cat to This Ntate, Secretary Wheoler, of ths Omaba Fair and Exporition, fsdaily in recolpt of varlous letters making Inqulry about the quaran- tine laws of Nebraska. The following let- ter from Gov, James W, Dawes fully ex- plains the matter: PROCLAMATION ixgcunive Ovrice, Taxcowy, Neb, July 18,—Wukneas, The Live Stock Sanitary commigsion of the state of Nebraska, at a meoting of of said commission held at Line coln, Neb,, on the 16th day of July, A, D, 1580, adopted the followiog preamble and resolution: Wheorens, It has come to the knowledgo of the Live Stock Sanitary commission of the etate of Nebraska that contagious pleuro- poeumonia and other contagious divewscs ex— ist among the cattle of the following named states, viz.: Al of the state of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Ilinol, Ken~ tucky, Tennessee, Missouri and the District of Columblia, therefore be it Ttesolved, That his excellency, (iovernor James W, Dawes, be and hereby is respect— fully requosted to'issue a proclamation prohib- iting the importation into this state of all cat- R. E. Gilson, Galnesvillo, Texas, ex-confed: ard calling on the people of nemory of General (irant monument to him, but to have the monument erected in Texas, M. Katkoff assorts in the Moscow Gazstto that Russia is resolved to_scttle the central Asian difficulty finally, Ho says the present negotiations between Fogland aud Ltussis are were trifling, Drexel, Haves & Co,, Patis, have been ap pointed Luropean treasurers of the (irant monument fund, They have headed tho list with a subscription of 81,000, — ‘Work of the Wai The heavy ralny of yesterday morning played sad havoc In portions oi St Mary's avenue where the street has been cut down for grading purposss, So stroug, swift and voluminous was the rush of water that 1t washed out the maln sewer a distance of 100 feet, to a depth of three fect, and the lateral sewer trench, which ls twelve feet deep and forty feet long, has been swept out down to the pipes, In the firs! lnstance the city 1s forced to bear all expense for re- pair3, but {n the last case the partles who built the sewer will be held responsible. The work of repalring was begun yester day and will be shoved to completion, that the stroet paving operatlons will not be delayed, perature, ] tle coming from the above named places, ex~ cept under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the live stock sanitary com mission of this state, Now, therefore, I, James W, Dawes, gover- nor of the state of Nebraska, complying with the above request, and in accordance with the authority in me veeted by the statutes of No braska, do hereby lstue my proclamation de claring and establishing quarantine sgainst the introduction of cattle from all or any of the above named, unless such cattlo are quar- antined at the point of entry into the state for at least ten cays, and retained there until they recei ertificate of health signed by the state veterinarian of Nebraska, or an au- thorized inspector of the state, And further, that all cattle soming into Nebraska from said above named states are required to enter the state at Omaha, Plattemouth, Blair or Falls City, The quarantive so declared and ese tablished will be eaforced by the Live Htock sanitary commission ard the state veteris narian, In testimony whereof 1 have hereuuto set wy band and caused to be affixed the great seal of the state of Nebraska. Done at Liccoln, this 15th day of July, Ay D., 1554, Jadks W, Dawes, 4he Weather, WASHINGTON, August 6,—Nor the upper Mississippi, local rains, soutberly winds, bes coming variable, slight rise, followed by lower temperature, For the Miesouri valley, local rains, variable winde, stationary, followed by lower tem-