Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 8, 1885, Page 1

FIFTEENTH YEAR. SORROW'S HUSH. A Nelion Bows Before 1he Open Tomb of Geoeral Grant And North and South Clasp Friendship’s Hands Beside His Dust. New York Oity Crowded With Strangers to Attend the Funeral. This division iii be In charge of W. H, 8trattor, sion National Guard of New Jersey, PRESIDENT ND AND PARTY arrived at the Fifth avenue hotel about 11 o'clock tonight and proceeded immediately to thelr rooms, People from every section of the} union are here 'he hotels and every othes available place for sleeping are crowded to their utmost eapacity tonight and many haye| been forced togo to Brooklyn, Jersey Ci 'and other adj \cent cities for accommodations. WA larger number of distinguished men from| every part of the union will be gathered on) [ Manhattan Island tomorrow than ever before in the history of the nation, RXRROISES AT THE TOMB, Gen, Hancock bas fssued an order to the| following e ffect: Preceding theburial servioes under the direo| tion cf the Rev, Dr, Newmann, at the tomb,| in accordance with the wishes of the family,| the ritual service for the burial of veteran Bcomraden of the Girand Army of the Repub Freparations for the Solemn Pa- geant Completein All the Details. The Greatest Gathering of People Ever Witnessed in the Country. An Immense Crowd File Past and View the Hero’s Face. Scenes and Incidents Around City Hall—-Memorial Meetings Arrauged Throughout the Country, DEATH HEALS THE SORES, MEN OF NORTH AND SOUTH MERT AND GRI EACH OTHER IN NEW YOBK. Niw Yok, August 7, —When the city hall gates were shut at one this morning the em balmers and undertakers come and cleaned was not touched, As emly as four o'clockf many thousands had_gathe: city hall to join tho line which would march! steadily all day by the casket, At five o'clock, the guard detail of the Grand Army mounted at the casket. At six o'clock the doors were thrown open and the crowd began! to file past. THE CROWDS IN THE CITY, 1t looked Iike old war times at the hotols in ¥ the city last night. Ia fact it looked like war times ull over the city. Great crowds of strangers arrived on evory boat and train i anticipatlon of Saturdsy’a funeral pageant. But it was in the hotel lobbies that the most extraordinary assemblages gathered and| friends of twenty years age, who were made} enemioa by war shook hands and made it all up. Soms of the tcenes between soldiers of i the north and south wero heart stirring an there wera groupings of grand old figures on all sides. In the midst of this scene stood Geno Phil Sheridan, Suddenly a red-faced§ man was seen advanciog leading Gen. Jno. B. Gordon, of Georgis, towardsjthe union) soldier, Then he introduced them, THE OLD WARRIORS SEIZED HANDS with firm grip and looked each other fair in the eyes. ‘hen their hands trembled, but | they did not release their friondly grasp, but| stoed there looking at each other with spark- livg eyes. General Belknap, ex-secretary of war, came up with General Curtis, the one-.| eyed conqueror of Fort i'wher, and formed a) part of the group, It wasa picture worth of a great painter, as the southern general, tall, black-eyed, 'long-haired and _scarred, preseed the hand of the famous soldier of the) & ¥ Phis is how soldiera north and south meotJg to-day,” said General Curtis, “God grant that itis only an emblem of] swhat is coming to the whole country.” TOLLING THE BELLS. A number of churches throughout the country signified their intention of tolling thel bells when the funeral cortege leavea tho city hall to-morrow and agein when it arrives at TRiverside park, In order that they may bel promptly notified the Western Union tele- graph company has arrabged to announce over the wires throughout the country thel§ time of starting of the funcral procession and the moment of the deposit of the romains of] Gen. Grant in the tomb, A floral rememb- rance from Gen, Grant’s_old home, Galena was placed near th remains to-day. Tuspector Speers states that ho has orders| to close the gates at 1 o'clock tomorrow morn- 10g and that the remains will then bo_turned over to the undortakers and the public will ot nuni%rmlthd to see them again,f At noo 90,000 persons had reviewed the re-§ mains to-day, THE LAST BUT ONE, HCENES ABOUT THE CITY HALL, NEW YORK, New Yonk, August 7.—Midday passed,| and there was no dimination of the constant trail of poople 8o anxious to see the al 108t unrecognizable face of the dead general At 1 o’clock the tide was flowing past at the rate of 100 per minute, and at 2 neurly 50,000 porsons had viswed the body since the gates) opened this morzing. When the head of the escorc arrives at the| tomb, the line will be formed on the east side B of the Riverside drive, and as the catafalque) is passing arms will be presented and thel bands will play a dirge. Commanding of- ficers haye ordered the men to furnish them| selves with a small ration, to be carried in| thelr pockets and taken during the halt, tho end of the route a regiment will be de- tailed from each brigade to fire three volleys at the tomb, THE ORDER OF PROCESSION, Gen, Shaler issued the following circulan to day: The escort column in the obtequies of] the ilustrious ex-president, Gen U, 8, Grrat, except that Em compossd of United States| troops, will be divided into six columns as follow: . 1—First Division, Natioval Guards State) of New York, Maj,-Gen. Alexander Shaler, 2=01d Guard, of New York oifiv‘, M) ean; Governor's Foot Guards,) 3. v Veteran Association, 165¢h New York Volunteers, Col, Harman D Hall; Veteran Zouave Association, Capt. P, Sheehan; 10th) regiment 'New York volunteer = veterane, Captain Chawberlain; Fifth regiment New] York volunteer Zouaves, Captain B, ¥, Fin ley; Second company Washiogton continental guards. Oaptsin . Norman; Uolumbo) guards, Captsin J, Cavaguaro; Italian ritle| [;um:., Captain R. Souvabedo; Garabaldi eglon, Oaptain E. Spazary guards, Captain M, F, Kullx; three coupanies of yet eran guards (colored), all under ecmmand of Col, Davis E., Avetin, to whom the followin; s will report for duty for | : Maj. M, Ferhuue, Maj. J. ¥, Moore, John A, Cochrane, Capt, George B Qocbrane, Lient. Frank L, Wheeler, Lieut.| Frank Wisewell, 3-8econd Division Natior of New York, Major Gen. E. L, 4 —Fi iment National Giuard of Penn- .‘lv is, Col. T. E. Weldersham; Gray Ind viucibles, Capt. John ¥. Kennar ate City Guard, of Atlants, Ga, Lieat, William) Camp. This division will be under charge of Col, James B, Mix, 5—Second iment National Guard of Connecticut, Col, W. J, Leavenworth; I regiment Massachusetts infantry, Col. A. Wellington, four companies of Virgioia state) trcops, Lieut. Col M, 8. Spottawood; First company UnionVeteran corps, District of Col umbia, Capt, D, E. Thomason; Capital City) Guards, District of Columbia, Oapt. T. 8. Kelly; Company D, Minnesota Guards, Capt, W bageant, Bhold memorial eervices. Bto the effect that the governor aud his staff, @and Dyer. i contivues, lic will be conducted by a representation of] the Grand Army of the Republic, to bs desig nated by the commander in chief, S. 8. Bur-| dotte, of the organigation. In the column of] the march this detail will be placed in onej line behind the clergy and in advance of thel catafalque This service will occupy ten THR CROWD IN THE CITY, In Philadelphia business will be generally| suspended and very In;ge numbers are pre- bared to come to this city to witnoes the great The Pennsylvania road alone 1s pro- paring to bring 50,000 persons, The bslls upon Independence hall and all pblic buld- ings will be tolled between the hours of 10 and 12 o'clock in the morniog. From Baltimore word is _received that weveral thonsand| Hpeoplo will como from there to New York. @Al traios are running full and some of them ro divided into sections to accommodate the hrongs. Business will bs almost entirely ‘uspended and many of the churches will Boston advices are Hand other state and city officials and a regi fment of stato militia were sont by spocial Btrain this evening. VIKWING THE REVAINS, The procession to tho city hall at the honr of midnight extended above Canal street, half§mastera: Georga Wise, Hamburg, In., vicelsecond a mile away and was four deep, It is esti nated that as many as 300,000 persons visted & Ree he hall within the two days that the remains b have laid in stato. Niw YORrK, August § gates wero closed for the night and about The proces:ion began to diminish about a half} red around the§an hourafter midnight and near 1 o’clock it Parsons, Kansas; John ") menBthe last of the cbsrquies to the great generalgeanship. was of rather slim proportions, At 10 o’clock! the body will be taken to Riverside park and] 'will be over, rest, His ashes will have eternal THE NAVAL CONTINGENT. WASHINGTON, August 7.—Secretary Whit-# ney has designated the following ofiicers to 8 Mattend the obsequies of Gen, Grant at Now York: Commodores Sicard and Schley, Chie Jonstructor Wilson, Chiet Engineer Lioring. urgeon Van Ripier, Cammander Mcalla, Chief Engineer Snyder and Lieutenants Kelly % The war department will be represented by Adjutant General Drum, Surgeon General Murray, Inspector General Davis, Quarter- aster General Holabird, Commissary Gene-3 ral Macfeely, Paymaster’ General Rochester,f Chief of Eneineers Newton, Acting Chief of Ordoance Whitmore, Acting Chief Signal| Officer Jones, Acting Judge Advocate (iene- ral Seiber. They left Washington in a epecial car attached to “the 4 o'clock train for New ' York this afternoon, SOUTHERNERS JOIN HANDS, : Cnicaco, Aug. 7.—Ex-confederate soldiers to the number of mnearly fifty, residents of Chicazo, assembled to-day at the call of Wil- liam Mionett, of Buford’a staff, and formed aj temporary organization for participating i Grant’s memorial exercises here to-morrow.@ aoldier were passed. marshal of the day, has assigned a prominent§ place in the line to the ex-confederatos, o ———— GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS, 'THE ENGLISH AND THE AFGHANS, , LoNDON, August 7,—Dispatches sent from) stato that British officers at Herat are well treatod by the Inhabitants, and that their 4 Ihealth 18 excellent despite the torrid westher| prevalent thero, The work of fortifying g Herat against possible Russian advance isfg wmaking rapid progress. The ameer is pre- baring another large force of Afghan troops| for the protection of Herat, The amoor's son will be in nominal command. The Turcomans of Merv are greatly ex- cited sgainst tho Russians bocaus of their allegad brutal conduct toward the natives, RUSSIA ON THE FRONTIER, 81, Peresssura, Augast 7.—The imperial 'council of war has ordered the formation of o f§ seperate attillery department of the army for tho trans-Caspian Russian provinces. The majority of the Russian newspapers profes B0 havo no confidenca in tho apparontly paci fic declarations of Salisbury. They baso their distrust on the perceptible and constant} increase of Iogland’s military preparations.fd The Journal des S, Petersburg eays reports of concentration of Afghan troops in thof jivicinity of Pendjeh, and the dispatch thither| of mere Russian soldiers are unconfirmed, THE CHOLERA, Mapr D, August 7,—Incomplete returns re- Mcord 2,378 new cases, and 910 deaths from) fcholera throughout Spain yesterday. WaSHI>GTON, August 7.— United States) (Consul Dufais at Havre informs the depart| ment of state that cholera ls increasivg in Mareeilles. In accordance with his own rec- lommendations he bas been directed to in spect vessels for the United States, A MABK OF RESPECT, Beruiy, August 7,—The American legation) and consulate in this city will be closed to-| ‘morrow as a mark of respect to Gen, Grant, TBOUBLES OF A DUBLIN JOURNALIST, DusLiy, August 7.—The court of appeals| have unanimously refused to grant a new triall in the action for libel brought against Mr. William O'Brien by Crown Solicitor Bolton, and In which the former was mulcted for] damages, THE SITUATION IN MARSKILLES, MarsEiLLYS, August 7.—The situstion) here is perceptibly improvig, The exodus i The inertness of officials is pub-] licly denounced, A meeting of the municipal council was held to-day; thirteen members) wero absent, ENGLAND AND CHINA ALLIED, Panis, August?.—The Republique Fransais states that an allisnce has been concluded between Great Britain and China for mutual laction in event of war between Kngland and) Russia. FRENCH E:ECTIONS, Pamis, August 7.—A decree crdering a gen- aral election in France was issued to-day, It ldesiguates the 4th of October next as the day, THE BEST ON RECORD, Qurenstows, August 7. — The Etruria's time to Fastnet was six daye, tive hours and| thirty-five mioutes from New York. Best tine ever made. A CHOLERA CASE IN BRISTOL, Bristor, Eogland, August 7.—A seaman) who arrived here overland from Marselles, bo-| lcame ill, was seized with vomiting and died.| A medical officer of the board of health de- clared the man was soffering from cholera. Au inguest was held, and the jury rendered a verdict to the effect that the symtoms were very wuch like Aciatic cholera, - Precaution- tfary weasuras are boing taken to prevent the spread of the diseas>. —— Business Fallures, New Youk, August 7 last seven days,'18) against the week previous to last, At 1:10 a. ...,Sz 200 % the plate glass over the general's faco and re-§persons who had been in lino were disappoint-g1. ‘ polished the metal mountings, but the body® ed in not seeing the face of the dead general. i gon, 111, vice B, £ Emery, of Oregon, at Klamath sgenc, Jto-day and it was acezpted to take effoct im- firet, iThe attorney general, in his opinion ust] fally inspect the claims, OMAHA DaIlLy BEE OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1885, A RAID ON ROACH. The Government Takes Possession of the Four Unfioised Craisers. The Contract Expires and the Goods Are Levied On, A Large Batch of Offices Distributed, Some to Nebraskans—Oivil Servico Iules and Opinions. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL, SECRETARY WHITNEY TO ROACH, W ASHINGTON, August 7.—Secretary Whit-} nly yesterday sent a lotter to Roach, his as- signees and his sureties, on the contract for] the ‘‘Chicago,” stating that it was agreed that] the vessel should be completed on or before) the expiration of eightzen months from the date of the contract, The contract provided that in case of failure or omission of the con| tractor at auy stage prior to completion, it ehould be optiousl with the secretary to de- clare the contract forfeited, Inasmuch asj moro than six months has elapsed sinco thel expiration of the limit and the vessel is not completed, the secretary informs him that the; contract referced to is forfeited on the part of; the contractor and that the rights of theUnited, Statea in the contract are now operative, and that the chiefs of the bureau of steam engi- necring and coustruction and repair will take charge of the vesse), looking towards its final completion, Similar orders were also sent in} repard to the Atlanta and ~ Boston,| An order was issued to of certain bureaus to takechargeof that work. g SUME POST)ASTERS, The president appointed the following post-, 0. 0. Colbaugh, suspended; H. O, Hunt,| sburg, Wis hn W, ; Jo Marshal, McLeansboro, C M de Iil, v M. I suspended; C, H. Bur- roughs, Lacrosse, Wik, vice B.' 8. Bryant, suspended; E. N, Fenn, Nevada, Towa,” vicek Roes, suspend C. Marshal, Ore- Manty, Mound City, Kansas; F. W. Fry illaland, Nashua, Towa, The foregoing suspended postmasters| with two exceptions was on account of parti The other two were suspended on) account of bad management, The president i3 Ehas appointed 467 postmasters, of which 274 wero to £11 vacancies caused by expiration of i terms or resiguation, dnd 193 in place of sus-| pended officers. NEDRASKA OFFICES, The president to-day made the following] appointments: To be secrotary of the terri- tory of New Moxico, George W. Lane, of 4 Buifalo, N, Y.; to bt Indian agents, Jsoeph®) Ore- 3 kon; O, H. Potter, of Nebraska, at Omaha¥ and Winuebago_agency, in Nebraska; W. H Spalding, of Nebraska, at Santeo agency, Nebraska; Robert 1, Owen, of Indian terri PROF, J, E. HILGARD, the suspended superintendent of the constgl 'and geodetic survey, tenderod his resignation$] ) mediately, CIVIL SERVICE AMENDMENT. The president amended rule seven of thold civil service act defining the class of officors s excopted from examination, so a8 to make it $ read, ‘‘'medical examiners are not to be classed, 4s professional persona excepted from examin. 9 ation,” i COL, A, G, SHARPF, postoffice inspector, has resigned his; bosition, to_ take effect to-morrow, and hisf @resignation has been accepted, Mr James®Humboldt, Kan, aynard, present chief clerk of the division of] inepectors, will temporarily take Col, Sharpe's AN OPINION BY GARLAND, The secretary of the treasury recently asked BN Fara s Lo Aighanifeontios R RERoaey [Eemaral 20x {80 (ERIDION A S0 [whether section 164 of the revissd statutes is| Erepealed or abrogated by the provisions of the act to regulate and improve the civil service) of the United Stotes, approyed January 16, 1883, Section 164 provides a certain methodf@ for the examination and appointment offj clerks specified in section 163, which says thati clerks in departments wil b arrangedd in four classes, distioguished as the sccond, third and fourth class submitted, says it it is clear that section 164} to the clerks named 1n) section 163 and th; ficema to deal with the entire subject, Btruo, ho says, that thero is no repeal in sufd many words of section 164 by the civil servicofd act, but undor that rule which recognizes that g i statute which undertakea to provide for an| entire subject matter ropeals all formor laws or statutes upon that subjsct, it would seem@y that eection 164 is repenied by tho civil ser-ftied and there woro marks of violence on herlGanon City special saye: o act, i Twenty-nine thousand land claims withing the states and territories covered by Commis- ioner Sparks’ order of April 3, upon which final proof has been made, await the issuance of patents, The order s ance patents idea of postponing final tranifer to the claimants until the special fagents of the general land office could pecson- For atime the clerks in the office went on filling out patents as be- fore, but they were not presented for eigns ture, Between fix sud soven thousand| of these which were written before the 4th of July, beariog the date 1n the “‘one hundred fand nioth year of our independence,” must bef rowritten to correct the date, and_the records| of the office must also bs made over so far a theso patents are concerned for the samol Tt is tho rule in the land ofiice thal patents. William H, Taylor, of Bloomfield, Iowa, has been appointed special Indisn sgent at 83,000 per year, vice Paris H, Folsom, re moved, "The president, accom panied by members of| his cal i , except Secretary Manning, who THE LATEST,FROM COLON, Commander Wildes, of the Yantic, informs the navy department that he sailed to-day! from Colon for New Ocleans, He alco reports) that he seized one of the Panama railroad) lcompany’s vessels, which the revolutionists| had captured and were using, and returned it to its owners, INTERNAL BRVENUE COLLECTIONS, Joseph 8, Miller, commissioner of internal Brovenue, has wade » preliminary report on) the condition of the internal revenue service, The total collections for the} 1885, was about $4,450,000, being 8.9 per cent] of the amount collected and 8€0.000 less than) The lall eources of internal revenue for the fiscall lyear will be about 8115,000,000, A BIDICULOUS STATEMENT, Secretary Whitoey characterizes as ridicn- lous the statement made in cial d'spateh) published in & Philadelphia paper today that lconsiderable dissatisfaction exists among the aval officers at the partisan manuer in which) the secretary admivisters the af fairs <f the pavy department A N ial point was made in the dispatch that the board which made the adverse report upon the Dol 'phin was composed of two democrats (Her- wan Winter and Capt. Belknap) and an) eneny of Ex-Becretary Chaudler, (Command- ler Rooely D, Evane) and was organized to] the chiefsy heets, suspendad; J. A. {§ Rilotic 8, Yray haired, rospectablo looking man of me-, Kthat he would stand looking after. fwero lound on him. Bsidered that the hospital was the best place| loondernn the vessel and bring Secretar; Chandler's administeation into disrepute. ARMY REGULATIONS Secrerary Endicott has prepared a surpris for the army officers by amending cortam} larmy regulations fo ss to read as follows: “An officer shall not fill any staff appointmen or other situation, the duties of which willl detach him,” Endicott is in pursuance of his) olicy to provide for a rotation of officers, T’emntwd efforts have been made in comgress| to secure legislation that would have the same effect ns the above regulation, but each at tempt has failed, The secretary of war sc. omplishes the change by amending the regu- lations which he claims he has authority to do.| e — SPORLING MATTERS, THR TURF, Banaroca, N, Y., August 6,—Weather| fine, track fast, attendance fair, Mile—Maidens, all age:: Excelsior won, Aunt Alice second, Dolly L, third, Time, 1:48, Mile anda quarter—Belle Pate won, Vina) B. socond. Time, 1:25, only two starts, Mile and a half—Maettle won, Leman eec-| ond, Spalding third, Time, 2:42, Three quartors mile—Malden_two-yoar-| olds; Lyero won, Velvet second, Miss Bow- ler third, Time, 1:193. Mile—Gold Ban won, Carrie Stewart sec-} lond, Avery third, Time, OrTAWA, T1L, Avgutt 7. —Big Soap won, M third, Beet time, 2:20, Clags 2:29, trotting— King second, German Boy third, Razor B, won, Annie Best timo, Running raco—Mile and _ropeat; Rowett won, L. Charlie Grey distanced, Mono second, Wild Lex dis- Time, 1:52} Ro ursten, N, Y., August 7 attendance large; track he: DeBariy won, William Arthur second,) Nobby third, ~ Best time, 2:19}, 2:50—Kitefoot won, Maggle Lsecond, Katy Ishlor third, Bost time, 2 Free-for-all—Clemmis G, won, Phli rocond. Best time, 2:18, Ouly two starter: @Class 2:19—Kenilworth wo Jos Davis) lix third, Best tim BricuroN Beack, Augut 7, i Knox! 2:28, ay. Vi Timae, tor, socond; Unique, third. i Granito, Fivo-cights milo —Blizzard, w ‘second; King B, third, Time, Mile - Olivette, won; Barney Aaron, Sec : Ligan, third, Time, 1: Mile and one-eighth —Chirperine, hama, second; Stranford Kelley, third, 0; Mils and a quarter—All ages: Frolic, won;p Tenstrike, second; Sullivan, third, Time,) 13, Staoplechase, full course—Tilford, won Danglerfield, second; Thortals, third, 'Time, BASE TALL, CINCINNATI, August 7. Pittsburg 2, fourteen innings. Bavrmiyore, August 7-—Nogame on account of rain, b Nrw York, August 7.—New York 3, Chi cago 8, POSTON, August 7. Cincinnati -Boston 3, St, Louis 4 "HUMAN ¥ filo second, Westmont} S 1 g There was i vice John Kelloge, sus-Blarge attendancs and a heavy field of starters {§ % ireo-quarters milo— Rednotte, won; ' King QUM G [N Hateocts LIvnor sgod o Blinstantly, Beun and shot his brother nnder the eye, Wil- BUTGHERY A Jealons Hushand in Louisville Kills His Wife and Then Himself, Three Men Carved to Pieces a Springfield, Missouri. A Fatal Fight Between Father and Son in Georgla—Other Gashings and Gunshots, BLOODY URIMES, A JEALOUS HUSBAND KILLS HIS WIFE AND COTS fltest was at 200 yards, and for what is HIS OWN THROAT, fcrime that has blotted the criminal records of Loulsvilla for months was committed this morning in a little framo house on the corner, lof what should ba Thirty-third and Bank streets, neighbors, Kaolun was o dairyman, Ho fre quently showod jealousy of his wife's atten tions to his workmen and would become Baroatly excited at times, Bimportancs occurrod botween them. This morning about eleven o'clock Mr. Snyder, oighbor, who was at work in his garden, led by the iittle children of Kaelin, killed her.” jithe wile lfl Hroom, a gl He went immediately and found; ing dead in a pool of biood in one astly wound in her throat and the| Rhusband still breathing, but with a horrible; knife-thrust in his throat from the knife which he still clutched in his hand, His, windpipe was completely severed, FATAL PIGHT DETWEEN FATHER AND SON. At , Ga, August 7,- Special from! .a Fayette, Ala,, rays: Eight miles from La) il threshing machine. Yesterday they quar- eled over the divicion of the tolis, The old @man got a gun and made threats of assault flagainst the son, but no violence occurred. 'he father, with another son named Jobn,| hen went to William’s house. Soon sfter, hat William arrived and procured a gun and told his father he fight it out. The old man raised Blthe gun to firo but William being_quicker red first, striking but not disabliog his fath-; or. The old man fired without effect and Wil #liam fired his second barrel killing his fathe: John Hancock eeized his fathers 2liam drow o pistol and began firing, while John ran, iide. William overtook him and carried him back home, William has been arrested _and ems to caro but littla for his terrible deed. A BLOODY CARVING MATCH, SpRINGFIELD, Mo., August 7.—At an _open BrOOKLYN, August 7,—Brooklyn 10, Ath-®air dance, four miles from horo, last night ProvinExcr, 7 August Detroit 3, — —mm— Wanted to Shoot the Fresident, Kaneas City Times, Tth. There is at the city hospital at 'present a ficrank who proposes to make it warm for| President Cloveland. Yesterdsy morning dinm sizo entored the cantral police stationf and handed Captaln Ditsch a letter. 'from Major William Warner, and told Chieff Spearsthathe could sce from the bearer’s action) The manf 'gave his name ao William Kearnoy, from He said he was on his way| to Washington. President Olevoland had| istranchised him, and he proposed to haye af plain, blunt talk with him. If his questions B Wero not answered in a straightforward man. f ner he would soon know the result. I don' wish to kill Bayard,” ho continued, “but) pehaw, I have killsd half a million grass horpers.” When asked what he intended to do to Prosident Cloveland he replied: “What's thol use of talking tothe feet. I want to talk tofs the hend.” When ho was soarched a 38 cali bre revolver and about seventy. five cartridgesiy He ulso had $35¢ inl ‘monsy on Lis porson. Letters which he car. vied with him showed that ho had been hon- orably discharged from the army, Ho wash ¥)ust dangerously enough iosane to attempt to8 axecute his purpose and Captain Ditsch con-8 - ———— St, Louis Mysteries. OHicAGO, August 7—Mrs, M, Walsh, oif widow 60 years old, was found to-day in a fllsmall back room of her house dead; her hands} body, leading to the supposition that she was been dead two or three days, The matter i la complete mystery Berths Sherman,aged 16 years cld, who dis-| lappeared mysteriously on' June 30th, wasH Mrs, Ann Baker, 2820 Groveland Park, Ber-| ths asserts that she was taken there by Gieo, M. Bearce, a salesman, under false protenses land held there a prisoner and compelled live with Bearce and afterwards with a man mamed Hinckley, The parties are all arrested land Bearce, Hinckley and Mrs, Bakar held until Thursday in $500 each, e ——— ©ol, Denby in Chinatown, 8aN Francisco, Oal., August 7.—Col. Den- by, the newly appointed minister to China, inspected Chinatown to-day, accompanfed by} o sub committee of both democratic and ro. Ipublican county committees, During the visi he remarked to those accompnnying him, ‘“They don’t understand this east. They] need cheap labor, but they don’t understand the social di migration, inspection be declined to publicly express views, owing to the delicate position which as minister to China. ——————— Telegraph Notes All offices and shops of the’ railrond, as for as possible, wi day in honor of the funeral of Gen, Grant, Jobn DesMaq.3, s well known miner and former resident of Tombstone, Arizona, was killed by Apaches Wednesdsy, near Provi: dencia Cananea mountains. [ was completely riddled with bullets, Dick Johnson, colored, wound up his career! w terday, r—————— Orushed by a Wall, Jersey Ciry, N, J,, August 7.—An exca-Bof striikers were comfog up from Bay OCity tofup Rvation alongeide the American Lead Penci factory in Clinton street, Hoboken, weakened) the wall and a portion fell this mornig. Al number of lab rers were buried beneath thel debris. ‘Two have been taken out dead and@Mississippi, local rains, followed by faird lsearch is being made for the others, o — Comp Home, Mr, Kelly, Come Home.! WaSHINGTON, August 7.—Mr, Ksily will roturn to the United States, 1t is understood) jthat he well soon resign the office, and that] he will bs appolnted to another foreign wis-| sien, .—Providence ?r bridge and Willism and Jozeph Hoover on ons in §The man and woman who were seon unload- #ldenco against them 18 very strong. fning. a bloody fight occurred between Coop Aeh- side and Baxter Dulin, Samuel Thomas an sanc Messich on the other, Knives were th weapons used, and the threo last named wera| literally carved to pieces, two of them baing; reported dead rnd tho third dying. - Lridge and the Hoovers were arrested late in! the fifght, and are now in jail. The peoplel the meighborhood ° ~are ing the murdorera are numerous, IO MORE MURDERS, Nivana, Mo., August 7.—Two dead bodies, with their throats cut from ear to ear, were) found on a by-road six miles from hore to-day.§ fsuspected of having committed the deed, fland o posse of citizens are now 1n pureuit, Tho murdered men prove to b Jacob Sew-£ ell ad been camping near town, Henry Stacys d wife, who recently opened a laundry here, ave been arrested for the crime, The evi: e e The Confederate Reunion, GaLvesToN, Tex., August 7.—A special tol the News from Greenfield, Texas. says: lyesterday it was estimated that 20,000 veter- ans and_othera were on the fgrounds, Gen,| Ross, of Ross brigade, was orator, Ho nlluded the fact that thousands of crippled old| confoderates were begging their living _fromf door to door, while 121,000 federal soldiers§ fwere drawing pensions. Reaolutions eulogis- tic of the life and services of Gen, Grant and| ¥sympathy to with his family were passed and! fordered telegraphed to Mrs. Grant, ————— Colitsion ot Trains, Dexver, Aug. 7.—A Tribune-Republi Two freight trams,f 1ppo flone a doublo header, collided at noon to-dayf ‘murdered, Thebcdy indicated that she had@lnear Parkdale, at the western entrance tof Royal road. missing, He was probably killed away in the Arkansas river, rge, on the Denver & Rio Grande and washed| Both trains} onffound by the polica last night at the house offfwere o completo wreck. A mistake in inter-| protation of orders was the cause of the ac- cident, sl Threo Ohokes at a Olip, Ratzio, N, C., August 7,—The first triplel lexecution fu the stato in seven years occurred) lat Fayettoville today. victed of atrocious murdors, were hanged, They were: Joseph O, Howard, (white) whol killed E, C. Blackman, o farmer, sfter rob bing him; Tom Gee, (colored) who cut to i ith an axe his whito paramour, Mary| d Tom McNeall, i imon McNeall. Nono of the men) RKilled by a Train, ¢ Taomas, Oat, Auguet 7,—A man] while crossiog the railroad in & buggy, to-day,| were struck by the train, Mrs, Sands’ head was severed from the body, which was found twenty yards away., The childs bnd{) was found on the pilot of the engine and Demp. 0y's seventy-five yurds distant, — Tooth Punchers' Uonclave, MINNEAPOLIS, Aug, 7. 'he American Den.) Mtal association this moming elected the fol- lowivg officers: Buffa) kuk, Ia. treasurer, Geo, President, W. C. Barrett, foo-president, T, C. Ingersoll, Keo- vi A. W, Harland, W, The . Keely, Oxford, O, The bodyfllselection of the next place of meeting was left fmall subsidies, the Cuban, to the executive committe to be made here-| after, Adjourned sine die, L —— - The Maw Mill Troubles, East BaciNaw, Mich,, August 7.—The mill of Sanborn & Hill at Carrollton is run-, at eleven hours per day. disturbance to-day, and the rumor that & body! shut down the zaills is not L2lleved, e — ‘“he Weather, ‘WasHINGTON, August 7,—For the upper] waather, southerly winds, becoming variable, light fall in temperature, For the Missourd valley, local rains, followed oy fair weather, voriable winds, nearly sta: tionary temperature. —— The Bullion in Bank &W YOuK, August 7.—The weekly bank Michael Kaelin, ‘aged 40, killed hisf4® wifo in cold blood and then cut his own throat, The ruicide and murderer is a German who bas been in this country ahout ten years, for-all trot@iis wife was a pretty little German woman| and attracted much admiration from thol ) whoyi! y. Olass@said: *'Come and help poor mawma, papa has 31t was participated in by about fifty ofj§ Fayette, William Hancock, a farmer aged 57,1 greatly &/ Bexcitod over the ovent, and throats of lynch- and son, from Short Creek, Konsas, whopd i ito August 16th. 0 ;Inginuor Gordon of the down train isd Threejmen, all con- Eight other mills and numerous salt}® blocks at this end of the riyer are also running @ Theie has been nogl statement shows a reverve decrease of £3,000, 000. The banks now hold 64,000,000 in e coes of legal requirements. — nor Ashore, Mactias, Me., August 7.—An toamer is ashore on Mutr ladgo, near Grand Manin, her assistancs. gl — THE GREATEST RECORD. t @The Raymond Medal Won by Sear- geant Stevens —Seargeant Morton Makes the Finest Score on Record, The shooting at the fort rifle range large Borowd of spectators, and proved to bef yrulerdly was attended by & an Interesting entsrtainment, The con known as the Raymond gold medal. f8The contestants were Sergts. Stevens,| Weeks, Ditz, Goodwin and Mayo. Sergt. B Stevens took the prize. Hucore of thelrshooting: 1, Sergt. Stevens, 45 out of a posaible 50, ‘gets 4-10 of the recaipts. . Sergt, Ditz, 45 out of & possihle 50; gets 10 of the receipts 1, Lieut. Goodwi ota 210 of the receipte. . Sergt, Mayo, 41 out of a possible 50; fout of a possible 50 They frequently} gets 1-10 of the receipts, Ellafquarreled and last night a quarrel of unusualf§ AFTERNOON SESSION, test yesterday afternoon, waej 'tho most oxciting and tho best that has yet been held during the tournament § The con Sithe bost markemon, and consisted I {{ehooting at bula eycs, 60D sards.. Sear fzoant Morton, csrried away the honor: ‘Jand tho champlcnship. Hlis score fs th [AHo made 4) polnts out cf a possiblo 60 (and plugged tho bulls eye, nino times, M There will bo no shootlog to day, ont fof respect to the faneral cf General Grant, .j CAME MARCHING HOME. 1 Compantes G, D, and K, of tho Fourth sinfantry, thatleft Fort Omaha, July 10th, 51 Indlan ecars that was the sexsation then, roturned home yesterday. f: {tho nppearance of soldiers who had boon fon a long and wearisome march. COURT LORE. i t One shot took effect in John's®:’ A Divorce Suit Filed—Matters in the) County and District Tribunals, Mrs Ella Casey filed In tho diatrictf§ court yesterday apetition for divorco from er husband, John Oaecy. The groundsf £ the petition are those of extreme cru Ity on the part of her husband. The fonstody of one child, the only issue of the marriage, Is prayed for by the wife. J. C. Cowln filed an appeal “from - {1 appralsement of a strip of land 110 feet long, the west end of lot 40 in section 10, Jtownship 15, vange 13, which has been| ‘ocndemned by the clty. Ludwig Kepplehem Fas entered a sult} fagainst tke Burlington & Miseour! Riverfs Araiirosd clatming damages to the amount glcf $10,000 for injuries received last Oc-f tohor by belng run over by the cars, Atf ‘the time of the accldent Kepplehsm working slong the track at thef lenth street crossing and was truck by a flat car which flwas being pushed by a locomotive.. Hisj dfoot was crashed by the wheel, necees! Htating a partial smputation, thus making| fihim a cripple for life. Tho claim Is set| #up that the accldent was caused through dthe neglect of the employes of the com—g 5 wag lthe reunion of ex-confederato soldiers herefipany In fatling to blow the locomotive i whistle or ring the bell when approaching thecrossing. COUNTY COURT, The followIng cases were called in the county court yesterday: Duncan vs Wallace. Plalntiff sworn) and case continued for argument. Shroder va Schonfeld, Judgment byl defanlt for $361.25, Edwards vs EZgerton et al, Continued| e ——— Lassoing the Goddes ot Liberty, kite routh of the court house yesterdeyd afterncon when & bright jidea struch) them, They pulled down the kite, and icing. PMupward flight, guiding it so that it passed lover the court house. When the ring was immediately above tho head of the| Goddess of Liber!y which surmounts the dome, they puilled the strlngsoas to auso the ring to enclrcle the statue’s neck, and then, with a jerk, broke the latring below the ring, thus leaving thel kite to sail in the breezs under the guld-| ance of the goddess, She did her duty well during the afternooa, but when thel breeze died down the kite fluttered to theg ground, —— ano Merchant, The esst-bound Unton Paclfic traln| esterday morning had on board Gen, J Olaus Spreckles, the gentleman who profits more, probably, by the treaty with ths Sandwich Islande, than any or all other men. He 18 the prince sugar-cane| merchant there; i} sald to be) vory wealthy, The general Is to Washington, flho oxpects to make arrangemonts with Postmaster General Vilas for carrylog| the malls between the United States and Austrla. Oa account of Mr. Vilas' re- 'cent deciston regarding the dleposition of razllllan,| Australian and Mexican steamashlp com- fpanfes have refused to cazry mall any filonger, consequently all matter of thatl kind direoted to forelgn countries musi wo by way of New York and thence %o Eogland. U, P, Band ¥xcursion, Everybody goes to the plenics gotten) by the Union Paclfic band boys, andj {1t 1s necdless to encourage anybody to go,! las whatever that band undertakes it al- #ways conquers. Nearly every one will ttend this grand annual excursion and) {cnic, which is to be held in Smlsh's Elgrove, three-quarters of s mile west of North Bend, This is the finest location) #for a plenio in the northwest, and the U, AP, rallway has cut the rates so that thel # fare fox the round trip will be only $1 00, 'and children 50c, The plonic 1 to be held on Saturday, Auguat 10th, ccoan| Matr boats and vesssls have gone to Followlng 15 the 2. Sergt. Weeks, 45 out of a possiblo 50; 1§ best racord over made In army shooting. § fand went south to help suppress thell The boys allfd was ready tolooked hearty and healthy, but they aref mos* beautlfully browned, and have muchjd Kecles of hog product. # I'he best, 1,400 to 1,500 natives, solc ftween $2.25@2.70. fibed quilt was Btor $2,50, and (1 Some aspiring young lads were flying a) i fous city ofices, mot with his No, 42 A GAIN IN CRAIN. d1ue Markels Stlewieg. (1 Report of Bad Harvesiing Weather. dj RPrices Steady With Light Busie ness and Receipts, — Hougo Maintain Their Grip'sn Prices—First Grade West« ern Stock Coming In, CHIOAGO MARKETS, SRAIN AND PROVISIONS, (Special Telegram tothe B, CH10AGo, Aupust 7.—Tho leading articles to-day wero fairly aclive, though presentivg Mno new featuros, Such strength as appears in the market came from crop nowsand @ ‘war" cables, both very indcfinite. The clese was steady all around. Wheat waa a lithle stronger and averages 1@ }c higher than yes- terday, Reports that damp weather in whest districts wee interfericg with harvesting, and would recult in rome loss of the crop, had the fPect of firming the morket up considerable at the opening. September openad at SOje, Reold up to Y08@!0%o, segged to 90}, and there remained throughout the greater part of fleossion, Transactions wore very light, and @iny one seemed disposed to carry much of & @line over to Monday. The talk of the hoavy local operators wes very bullish, but they re- ffused to thow cause for the faith that was n fthem by buying. Cables were a little heavy, vhile other markets gave this one no support, New York, St Louis and Oincine being all roported as slow of an ante-adjournment character, No, 2, September sold at 88, corn opened higher under strong foreign market and on Rsympathy with wheat. Receipts still con- WOattie ana f@tinue light and the feeling grows thas ¢there 1§ gnot much ol d corn in the country: ] The duilness in the whoat pit had a deproe- sing effeot on corn early in the session and September dropped off Jo but later recovered $all losa and advanced to §o above the opening. §1'ho entiro rango was & with only moderata- ly active trade and no festures doveloped. No. 2 wos sold 478c and was firmly held HThe olozo of the morning seasion” was etoady fat dull Oats continued very quiet, Pork averaged ratlier better Tho opening was firm and 5@74c highor than the closing yesterday. Receipta of live hoga at tho stock: ard were again lurge and the market woakened slightly directly after the opening, R but it was soon discovered that there was not much stuf for saler, aud prices immediately rmed up again. Althourh trading in the #pit for the day was very light, pricna ars fizia Jand a tendency upward within a yery moder- te limit, Pork was relatively firmer than other srti- The close was steady. LIVE STOCK. Trade in cattle was active and 10c higher, any of the buyers claimivg an sdvance o ic on all erades from 1,600 average down. at 35,80 to $6.00, ono bunch'of prime Towa steera a% the Iatter price, and_fuic_to good 1,100 ti- ,200, at $0.25 to §5.75, with grassers st $410 to 84,90, The western corn fed_steers nows arriving aro the aquale in every respect of tha f natives” and rango fed natives, Strictly ross fed are in many respects superlor to thos native grassers from Illincis and Iowa, There fwas an nctivo demand for Texana and_prices lare 25@30c higher than a week ago. Native ow stock is plentiful and prices fre_away: down, only a few single animals making as [uch’as $3 00, most of the stock selling bo- Stockers and feeders are. a quarter lower than last 50 to 3 40. Through Toxau ) to 1,060 lbe, $4.00@ 50; 750 to 900 1ba,, $3.0/G 3.85; 600 to 700 ibs., $2.75@38.40, Western raogers nominally ady. Sales of 182 Washington Territory cattle, 1,239 lbs, at $5.25, 5 THogs - Taken altogether, however, the mar- ket in a general way was considerably strong- quiet and _sbout wook. Salen, 1 Wer than yesterday, yet prices arobut o _shado higher than at the close last night., Rough aud common sold around about $4 00@4 15; fair to good packers, $4.30 4,40, with best beavy and choice butchera pigs at $4 50@4 05; packing and shipping, 230 to 330 1bs, $1.30@ 455; light welghts, 130 to 170 lbs, $4.65@ #1.00; 150 to 210 lbs, $4.85@4 60, e — Ice Oream Sociable, The ladfes of the Lutheran churck en- fjtertained a large number of their friends at an Ico cream sociable. Refreshments. were served In abundance, and were par— fltaken of freely by thoscawho were so for- tunate as to ‘‘drop in.” An autograph sbld in by M. Taft gentleman is now. one The Band contains the names of a large num- ber of the friends and members of the church. The programme rendered was the .: . Prof, Mayev .Miss Anna £lliott and T, N. .Rov, Detwiler in ere .Prof, Mayer Revel Franos feve Ipgersoll Prof, Todd | Meeting with the Mayor. The council committee appolnted some woeks ago to confer with Mayor Boyd, and effect a compromise, if possiblo, of the questicn of appointments to the varl- konor yesteaday afternoon, Their mooting, which was conducted with closed doors, lasted about an hour, but judglng from whet could o learned aftorwards, falled to result in any sgreements or settled concluslons. ©ne of the committe sald to a reporter last night,*‘Mr, Boyd wanted ns to meke the first break and we wanted him to make if, there- fore, neither side submitted any kind of s proposition, About the only thing the imayor done was to attempt to show us whereln he could have eaved gome fives or 8ix hundred dollare, in the appoint ment of a street coumissloner had we have taken the man he wented. Some day I will tell you all about his talk on.. that subject.” o —— Smith Heard From, The late Loyal L. Smith, a gentlaman lof many parts and ways that are very pe- uliar, well known and badly wasted in (Omaha, has been heard from: again, A fi1n of lawyers ln Montreal, Canada, aot- ng for him telegraphed yesterday to Goff & Montgomery, hero, wanting to know on what grounds and terms he can ffoct & compromise seitlemont of his in- debtedness andother teoubles in this cltv. 1t was suggested that, unconditional sur- render seems to be about the only terms, e —— Judge Stenbery issued warrants yester- day afternoon for Jesse Dewsnap for jumping board bill at the Millard hotel, for Felix Slaven for sellipg liquor without a license,