Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 10, 1885, Page 1

Tue OMAHA DaAlrLy BEE FIFTEENTH YEAR —_——— b3 VALIANT VETERANS 'Tns Eighteenth Aunnél Reanion of fhe Army of the Tennessee. General Sherman’s Oration on the Oareer of Gen, Grant, A Deserved Tribute to His 01d Comrade in Arms. A Gala Time Being Had at the Ne- braska Veterans’ Ileunion at Beatrice, The Army of the Tennessee, Onicaco, Sept, 9.—The eighteenth annual reunion of the society of the army of the Ten- nessee began hore to-day, A business meet- ing occurred this morning, when about 200 officers and members of the society were pre- sent. Gen. William T. Sherman, president, was in the chair, and on the stage with him were Gen, Logan and Governors Oglesby, Marshall, Sherman and Fletcher, In the bo of the audience were Gene- rals Belknsp, John B. _ Sanborn, M. M. Bone, Clinton B. Fiske, Hickenlooper, Korce and others. The secre- tary reported that four members had died during the year, viz: General U. 8. Grant, Colonel D, N. Welch, Captain John E, Jones and Major Joshia Barber. A resolution was adopted authorizing the secretary to sell f the printed reports of the society d in four volumes to the publie, li- nd other persons applying through a member of the soclety. A committee was appointed to draft appropriate resolution in view of the death of Gen. Grant, and hi wife was olected a substitute member of thes society, The widows of Gan, Craft, J, Wright and N{njor Josiah Barber, were aleo elected substitute members, After the appointment of commissioners to select officers and & placa for the meeting next yoar, tho session ad- journed until 10 o'clock to-morrow. To-night addresses will be delivered by Gen. Sanborn, Gov. Uglesby, and Gen, Sherman, the Iatter touching upon the career of Gen, Grant, The committee on time and place of the next meeting _decided this afternoon upon TRock Island. TlL., as tho place, and September 15 and 16, 1886, a3 the dates, A magnificent audience assembled at Cen- tral Music hall to-night, when the sst orations of the occasion were delivered. The exercises were opened with prayer by Bishop Fallows, who was followed by Governor Richard J. Oglesby, who delivered & glowing tribute to the deeds of the army of the Tennessee, He was followed by General William T, Sherman who spoka as follows: COMEADIS OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNES- 8E¢: —Again are wa assembled in this goodly city of Uhmnro pureuant to the resolution made at our last aunual reunion of August 13, and 14, 1851, at Lake Minnstonka, ‘This is our eighteonth annual reunion, though twenty even full years have transpired sincs the close of the war, I need not repeat to you the trite expression that our ranks are growing thinuer, our haic whiter, and that &yes which look up to me, and which once kindled and flashed at the trumpets sound, now seem sad, as though envying the fate of thoso fine young fellows whose gay and gallant spir. its took their fight in __glorious day, the memorials ot which we have come together to celsbrate. Though in war death makes the battlotield his barvest, yet in peace he insidiously invades 1hy most sacred precincts, taking the innocent babs, hete gentls, loving wife, sgain youth in_lusty manhood, kiogs on their thrones. Daring our last vacation he has; stricken from our list of membera our very head and front—Gen. U, 8, Grant, In the cold win- ter of 1861 he gathered together at Cairo, 11l the fragments of an army and led them up the Tennessee river, The creator and father of the army of the Tennessee took his final leave of earth at 8 o’clock and eight minutes on the morning of July 23, 1885, from Mount Mc- Gregor, » spur of the Alleghenies, In plain view of the historic battlefield of Saratoga he finished his life’s work and had bequeathed to the world his examp'e. The ligntning’s flash carried the ead tidings to all parts of the civilizzd earth, and doubt whether since the beginning there ever arose such spontaneous grief to bear testimony before high heaven that mankind had lost & kindred spirit and his countrymen a leader, His first war comrades concedo to his family Liteir superior rights, but claim the next place in the grand procession of mourner: were with him in his' days of s the needle ole. We shared with him the trials snd tribulations, as well as the labors and battlea of Kort Henry, Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Tuka and Vicksburg, When that tranecendent and most valuable of all victories turned universal gaze to our beloved coun. trymen—to » mew star in the west which plaivly foretold the man who had dispelled the cloud which lowered o'er our house, and Who it was lead us to the triumphant victories og ;sug, and to the stable, enduring prosperity of . Huudreds—yea, thousanda—of busy brains and pens are now tryiog to comprehend and deecribe this man who did so much in so short atime to trace the mysterious causes of his ‘most wonderful career, and to account for its known results, They look to us, who were his daily associates in that critical epooh, to aid them m their commendable work, and as your president, I must on this occa: sion contribute my share In the year 1830, T was o firet-class man in the United States military academy at West Point - a position of exaltation uvever reached singe, though reasonably sucoessful in life— and thero appeared on the walls of the hall in “old north barrack” a list of new cadets, amon which was U, 8, Grant,” The crowd of lookers.on read ‘‘United States Grant,” “Uncle Sam Grant,” “Sam Grant,” and ““Sam Grant” he is to-day in the traditions of the old Fourth United States Iniuu!r{. It afterward transpired hir name was actually Ulysses Hiram Grant, and a mistake had been made by Gen. Hamer, member of con: gress who nominated him cadet from his dis- triot Oadet Grant tried t> correct this mistake at the beginving and end of his cadet’s life ithout success, and to history his name must ever ba U, 8, Grant, 1 remember his renoml appearance at the time—but the gulf of separation between 2 firat-class man and & plebian of West Pornt was and still is dee) and wider than be- tween a general-in chief and a private soldier 1 the army, so that I hardly noticed him, His reputation in the Fourth infanty in which he served through the Mexican war, and uatil he resignod his commission as captain in Oregon, Jul. 1854, was of a gocd wllling ready for social and friendly with his fellows, but in no sense couspicuous, brilllant or manifesting the wonderful qualities afterwards develped in oo of when I met him at St. Louis in 1857, when he was & farmer in tho couotry, aud Ttoo was & farmer in the country, and out of military service. The only impression left on my memory is that I then concluded that West Point aud the regu- lar army were good schools for farmers, bank - ers,merchants and mechauics, 1 did not meet him sgain till the civil warhad brokenout when chaos seemed let loose and the gates of hell wide opeu in every direction. Then cawe the newsof Gen, Grant's steack on the enemy's camp at Belmont of the 7th of November, 1861, soon followed h{ eveots at Columbus, Paducal, Henry and Donelson, all so_simple, #0 direct, #o comprehensible, that their effect on my mind was magical, They raised the dark curtain which bifore had almost hidden out all hope of the future, and disglsyed the policy and course (f action, necsssary to be followed only ,by per- istence, to achieve ultimate success, Great & were his after achlevements, I shall ate those of Heory and Donelson among th: duty, extremely | h; OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1885. bst. Yot by one of those accidents #o com- mon in war, he haa Incurred the displeasure of his superior, General Halleck, whom I then esteomed ns the master mind ruliog and diracting the several armies subject to his orders from his headquarters in St. Lonis, #0 that when in Marcn, 1562, T was permitted to take the field from Paducs th & new di- vision, I found Gen, Grant at Fort Henry under orders from Gen, Hallock to remain there and to turn over the command of his stry, then flashed with victory, under his im- mediate loadership to Gen, Smith, his next in rank, 8 Ttso happened that General Smith had been adjutant aud commandant when Grant and I were cadets at West Point, and he was universally esteemed as the model soldier of hisday, He had slso acqaired large fame in the Utah expedition, aud in the then recent cap- ture of lr;‘?)rt Donelson, g0 that General Grant actually looked up to him as an older if not a better soldier. Though he was at that time eenior by commission, not one word of com- plaint came from him only the general ex— pression of regret that be had been wrongly and upjustly roprdwented to General Halleck, and he advised me to give to General Smith my most loyal support, oA General Smivh conducted the expedition up the Tennessee river to Shvannah, Eastport and Pittaburg Landing, and gaveall orders and instructions up to within a few daya of the battle of Shiloh, when his health, ehat- tored by the merest accident, compelled him to relinquish command again to General Grant, who quickly reeumed it where Smith had left off, accepted the situation, made few orno changes, and fought on the ground which had been selected by Gen. eral Smith, the bloody battle of Shiloh. During thia fiercely contestod battle he di played the coolness, personal courage, fore- thought, and deliberation which stterwards made him famous among men, Yet was he teaduced, slandered and wronged, not only by the press universally, but by those who were in postlons of authority over him. We, however, who wers at the battle's front stood by him truly, and loyal always, and to hisjdying day he loved the Army of the Tennessee above all others by reason of their loyalty to him in these darkeat days of hia his eventful life—nor was the end yet. After this great battle thres armies assembled only atths bloody field— Buell's, Popas and Grant’s--and Gen, Halleck came in person from St. Louis to command the whols, with a declared purpose to assume & bold offensive, These armies wero reorganized, Buell's army became the cantre, Pops’a the left, and Grant's was brokea up. One part under Gen. George H, Thomas was styled the ‘‘right,” whilst the other, under Gan, McOlernand composed the reserve, Gen. Grant was abso- lutely left cut in the cold, with the title of second in command—unknown to American history, All moved forth te Corinth, consum- ing the whole month of May, and during that month bscame cemented the personal friendship between the us which lasted to the end. Not one word of complaitt came from him, no criticism on one act of his superiors or_the government, yet the trembling eye-lid, silent tear and averted head told that his bi was troubled, He knew that every officer and soldier that had followed him with such noble courage and simple faith at Bslmont, Honry, Donelzon and Shiloh felt for him, respected him, and understood the load of neglect—if not positive insult—he was carry- ing. jHo knew and felt that he was in the way of the commanding general, a3 it wore, a fifth wheel to a coach, with no real authority —no command, no possible right to order or even advise his former subordinates. I am sure he know tha' he was never welcome to our bivouacs, and that we understood and ap- preciated the entire situation. Then occurred themost questionable strategy of the whols war, that magnificent army, near one hundred thousand of the best men on this continent who could, if united, have marched to Vicksburg or to Mobile, was de- liberately seattored. General Busll with ‘the arm of the Cum- berland, which Thomas had rejoined, was sent eastward towards Chattanooga, and the others were scattered defensively from Eastport to Memphis. Gen. Grant was sent to command the district of Memphis, and Gen, Halieck himself being summoned to Washington, cast about for & new commander for the army of the Tennessee. He offered the post to & most worthy quartermaster, who had the good sente to decline, and hims:1f being com- elled to leave, command at once devolved on en, Grant, not by selection but by virtue of his superior commission, ~Thence forward his career was ever on- ward and upward, and when on the fourth day of July, 1865, Vicksburg surren- dered to him, and the mighty Mississippi went unvexed to the sea. The whole country arose and recognized in him a general who was destined to guide and lead us all to fioal vie- tory and trinmph, 'hese circumstances were all known to you at the time, were little appreciated and wers d | in the treaty first designed by Providence to test the ability, courage and endurance of him on whom this whole epoch 1u history was designed to hinge., Others have told the whole story of the war, and still others are repeatig and elaborating it—even he himself, almost in his dying hours was engaged in_recording his experi- ence, and we all await 1ts publication with profound interest, I have seen some of the manuscript and have been told of the rest, but I prefer to await the whola publication, certain that whatever he has re- corded of his own _knowledge will stand the test of time, and I am sure he him- solf will have recognized the truth, and will bave recorded the facts that this campaign from Belmont to Vicksburg was the most valuable of his whole life, In that brief period he discovered the power that was in hiw, that be in fact imper- sonated the great mass of our best people who abhorred war, and only resorted to it when notional ~ honor and safoty; demanded it, Ho knew little and cared loss about strategy, and I doubt if he ever read “Tomini Gratiés,” or any books on the art and Iaws of war, except West Point text books. So with tactics, Ho never, eo far as I can re- onll, expressed a preferenco for Hardio over Scott, Casey or Morris, still he loved to seo order and eystem, snd wanted his corps, divisions, brigades and regiments_handy and well instructea when called for, He aimed to achieve results, caring little for the manner by which they were accomplished, Ho pos and always asserted the most perfect faith in the justice of our cause, and always claimed sooner or later it must prevail, bacause the interest of all mavkind demanded the exis- tence of just such & republic as we had - herlted, and that by a concurrenceof politi- cal causes the conflict had fallen upon us, we had only to meet 1t like brave men and copquer 88 & matter of oourse, Ho always claimed we must follow up and defeat the rebsl armies and compel them to submit to the authority of the national government, lieved in doeds not in words in war, aggression not maneu- vie, and from Boimontto Appomatox hia strategy and tactics were the sams, ever straight to the mark, till srmed resistance authority was promised, He was always outspoken in his praises of the army of the Tentesses by reason of its earuestness at Hemy and Donelson, Its stubborn course at Shilob, its quiet submie- sion to unfriendly authority at Corinth, its quick response to his call at Iuka, and splendid_ qualities displayed throughont the Vicksburg campaign —or in his owa words as recently recorced, ‘‘The campaign of Vickaburg was suggestod and de- veloped by clrcumstances, and It now looks as though providence bad directed its couree, while the army of the Tennessee executed its decree,” Yer, mfi:mndu. there is @ providence which' shapes our onds rough hew them a8 we may, and fortu- pate was it for us and all mankind, that two such men as Livcoln and Grant were on duty during the critical year of 1803—each & full compliment to the other, one to think, the other to do—forming the solid arch on which our glorious union could safely repose in the then earthquake of passion and folly. | The immense audience sat throughout tae entire address of Genr Sherman, which occu. pled the groater part of the evening's exer- ' Of Maxwi ad ceased and absolute submiesion to lawful | f cises in its delivery. A brief synopsis of the most salient points of his masterly tribute to his dead comrade is given above, and that in- eluding but half of the oration. —— The Graud Army Reunion, Spectal Telegram to The Brz, Brarnice, Neb, Sept. 0.—Another splendid day for the reunion at Baatrice, and large crowds still comiog. The progeamme to-day has been a parade and review, The Ohio sol- dlers wore matched up in front of Gen. Mor- row's headquarters and introduced to their oamp commander, The general complimented them on the largs number present, and urged them to all join the Grand Army_of the Re- ublic, if they were not already members. Rhe miember trom Ohlo fa the Iargast of 40y ¢ 8 ot, They were led by thedepartment band rom Steele City, and all made a fine display. The Michigan troops wero arrayed befors Gen. Morrow, Ho bid them welsome and re- marked, “How few there are of you; perhaps a fow of you have married Nebraska girls, and registered with Nebraska soldiers.” After shaking hands withthem he bid them call again and turned to welcorns the Indiana vet- erans. Music is furnished by the followlng bands: Pawnee City, Beock, Dorchester, Humboldt, Juniata, Lincolm drum corps, Neligh, Plum reek, Silver Creek, Steelo City, Union pre- clnct of Arapahoe, Wahoo, Hebron, Beaver City, Franklin, Dakota City, Superlor, De- witt, Fairfield, Talmage, Hartington, Mission Creek, North Loup, Fairmont, Oameron, Brownville, and McCook, twenty-nine in This is besides the martial bands. The bands bave an organization of 4.0 musicians, and elect officara to-day. The McCook band is composed of twelve boys all under fourteon yaars of age. o staff officers are kicking a little bacause no horses are_provided for thelr use. This will b remedied to-morrow. Tha drill by Battery D every forenoon Is n special feature of amusement to a great many, This 18 the first cannon they have ever heard, and a drill by regnlar soldiers. Tho Michigan boys elect officers to-morrow at 10:00 a. m. Col. John W. Honza was appointed asslat- ant adjatant general of the Second division and chiief of staff by A. Allee, Senstor Van Wyck made a tolling speach last night at the camp firs that made him a friond to all the old vets, and if an oppor- tunity was offercd to vota for him for senator he would go in a-flying. He advocated rats- ing pensions from 8 to $12 per month, and that the nation was not saved by the Van- derbilts, Goulds and Astors, but by those who had the laast property to protec:. The following order was jssucd to-day. Headquarters Nebraska Reunion—QOamp O. 0. Howard —Order No, 10 —The grand parado and review through Beatrice will take place to-mortow at 1p. m. The parade will be by states, and the column will form in the follow- ing order: General Morrow and Staff, Twenty-Firet United States Infantry Band, Light Battery D Fifth United States Actil lery, Mojor Rowles Commanding. Company O, Firet Regiment, Nebraska Na- ticnal Guard. Mounted Comrades. First Division—Comrade J, O. West Com- manding: Nebraska Veterans, Ohio Veterans Second Division—Comrade A. Allee Com- manding: Tllinois Veterans. Towa Vetorans. New York Veterans. Third division—Comrade Randall manding: New England veterans. Pennsylvania veterans. ‘Wisconsin veterans. Fourth dlvision—Comrade Bowen manding: com- Michigan veterans, Iudiana veteran: Kansas veteral Fifth division: Migsouri veterans. Kentucky veterans, West ; Virginia veterans, Veterans of other states, Sons of Vete 3 All organizations will form promptly at the hour designated and report to the chisf of staff at headquarters, who will assign them bands. By order of Brevet Major Gen, Morrow, The above is the main programme for Thursday and will be grand as all will par- ticipate, The b o'clock parade was g .and, The Topeka Flambeau club gave a fine ex- hibition aud fully satisfied the camp people that they were grand, Colonel Colby tendered General Morrow the use of his fine white stallion for review of the dress parade. The general tied him behind his tent and aloog came a subordinate officer and mounted the fine horse The general pave bis orderly fits for letting his horse go without his order, Entertainments are not confined to the re- union grounds, as & portion of the crowd are attending the races to-day, Emery's fine pacer, Uharlie E, took first money in the trot- ting race. Nonesuch took first money and Reputation came in recond in another race. The attendanca is daily growing larger, Thieves and gamblers are trying to ply their trade, but the officers closed up & Coun- cil Bluffs gambliog institution, although they offered Sheriff Herron $200 to not molest them, Two young toughs had a fight over a girl 1 the dance house. Oae of them got badly cut, Safe crackers got in thsir work on John Van Stein’s safe last night and secured $110, e — Demands of the Aunti-Monops, NEw Yozk, Sept. 9 —In the national anti- monopoly party convention, resolutions were adopted setting forth that by law the officers of the state ehould take action to prevent amalgation of the New York Central and West Shore railronds, under the guise of a puarantee of bonds; that the proposed scheme wae opposed to the best Interests of the state creating thoso corporations; that it was a barefaced attempt to enrich ahundred fold a millionaire at the expense of the toiling husbandmen aud laborers of the state; and dewanding a repeal of the civil service law, e ——— Bhocking Disclosures in an Asylum. PorrsviLLe Pa., Beptember 9,—Investiga- tion into the mansgement of the insane de- partment of the Schuylkill county alms house reveals shockiog laxity of morals, Two in- 8ane lomnlaJnllpm were found enciente, and both charged the former assistant kesper with tae nlpnnllbllllly. Further iovestigation, it is' thought, will result in disclosures of a startliog characler and implicate persons, whose names have not yet Leen divulged, prominent in the county. e ———— The March of Bmsllpox. Ricarorn, Ve, Sept. 9, —Smallpox has reached Sutton, Quabec, eight wmiles from hlr;, and it is feared it will soon reach Rich- ord. Orrawa, Ont., Sept. 9,—Two patients suf- ferlog from emall-pox were admitted to the hospital here last night. o —— Iowa Ex-Prisoners of War, Des Moines, Ia, Sept. 9, ~The Towa Pris- oners' Aid association this morning elected Capt. M. Q. Russell, of Des Moines, presi- dent; D, O, Bishard, "Aloona, secretary and treasurer; W, B, Wilkin ‘B, Vawker, W, N, Lucas, executive committee, —— All Drowned But One, 8, Jonss, N, B., Sept. 9.—The schooner Guardian Angel, while beativg to windward off Cape Ballard, capsized this morning and all hands were lost except one seaman, who was picked off the wreck by a passiog boat. C — Maxwell's 81, Louts, Sept. 9,—The csse of Maxwell, the supposed murderer cf Preller, was con- tinued thi nm.:::: till Friday at the request A BUCKEYE BLOW. A Destructive Cyclone Scrapes the Bor- der of Ohio and Indiana, Devastation Marks its Frightful Course. Dire A Pretty Inland City Completely Demolished. A Graphic Deecription of the Frenzted Elements' Ruin—The Killed and ‘Wounnded. Further Details ot the Ohio Oyclone, O18cINNATL, Sept, 9.—The Commercial Ga- zatte has telegraphic advices from Washiog- ton, Ohio, that a terrific cyclone passed over that neighborhood last night doing great damage to property, A numbsr of lives were lost. A Bloomington special to the same paper confirms this report and adds that the latter town is in ruins, 3 CINCINNATI, Sept. 9.—Advicea from Cir- cleville, Ohio, state that last night's storm pasted a few miles north of that place, un- roofing houses, and blowing down fences and trees, Naws from Washington Court House is difficult to obtain, The telegraph wires are down in all directions, W asHINGTON Count Housk, O., Sept, 9.— The cyclone which came upon this town at 8 oclock last evening almost com- pletely demolished it. ot o single store facing Central equare, out of forty is left intact, and & majority of them are levelsd, About 200 residences were destroyed. The streets are_filled with debris and it is almost_impossible to pass, Sheriff Rankin ordered out the rilitia, who took charge and helped to get order outof chaos, Allgas went out when the storm came and as the works were destroyed bonfires were built in the streets to give light to the searchers, The total known to be dead is five with about fifty injured. Some houses were lifted bodily and carried several hundred feet and then dashed to the ground with terrific force, The _shattered fragments were then hurled, in ome instances & quarter of amile, The relief committee 18 at work and all houses not_destroyed are thrown open to the homeless, Farmers are comivg in_ by dozens _bringing food aud _bedding. The utmost desolation prevails. People coming in report finding debris ten miles from the town. Those killed are Mrs. Mollie Jones, Edith Floyd, Ella Farsha Jennio Farsha, Flora Carr and a girl named Shockelford, azed 10. Those injured seriously and slightly number about 300, The loss will exceed a million dollars. CixciNNaTI, Sept, 9.—Washington Court House, the scene of one of the most disastrous visitations by the clements last night, is the county seat of I'ayette county, 1¢hashad a most extraordinary busioess growth within the past fifteen years, and being the centro of arich agricultural district, withexcellent rail- road facilities, it has grown to be & _business place of considerable importanca, Tt resi- dents had a beautiful town with tasteful dwellings, and its recently completed court house was one of the best in the state. To- day this prosperous town is a mass of ruina, Last night’s experience of its inhabitants has o para lel in the experience of any town in o, A heavy rainfall began about 8 o'clock last might, That and darkness drove everybody into shelter, 8o that while there are some that say they saw funnsl-shaped cloud, it does not seem possible that theracould have been much observation of the heavens, Shortly atter the rain began, wind came with a terrifying sound, Its work was almost instantanecus, Poople say it was over in two minutes. No- ody could take note of time in such & feartul experience, The fierce roaring of the terrible tornado, the orashing of broken and falliog buildings, sharp flashes of lighning, rollivg thunder snd pitilees rain_combined vo produce sensations of the most horrifying character. 3 Two minutes of this startling experienca was followed by & new feeling am g the scat- tered and horrified survivore, more sickening than that through which they passed, 1t was the uncertainty of the fate of friends and rela- tive. All who elulred alive felt sure that many lives were certainly lost. When the fierca- ness of the storm had passed, and men could communicate with each other, 1t was found that all were in darkness. The gas works were destroyed and all the street lights were out, Only by the lightning flashes were the frightened people enabled to catch glimmers of l.llm desolation which had wrecked th;lr little t; n swers cams, the first shock of d lieved. The number of deaths was miracu- lously amall, The next duty was to search for theim- prisoned and wounded. In this there was a prompt and whole-hearted effort. Torches were improvised, and wherever cries were heard ready aid was given, Moro than that —debris was overturned to see if sny more dead could pe found, With cheerful welcome the doors of such houses as were not destroyed were openad for the houseless ones driven into rain, In mavy cases they were of all thelr” house- The night was » fearful one, but it was full of helping work for the stronger. The sheriff called upon the militia to set guards over exposed stocks of all business houses, for they wera all broken or destroyed, and prowl: ing thieves were not wanted even in the first hour of the city's misfortune, Of course their numbers grew to-day, when crowds of visi- tors poured in, 'With daylight cames a most disheartening spectacle, The fair town of yesterday lay torn and wrecked, with dis- ordered strects well nigh impassable; with trees and parts of houves caet into them. The worst of all was the sight of the poor who had lost all, aud who had no place to lay their heads, They wandered hopelessly about as 1f they were strangers, Of course peopla whose houses were not ruined bogan at once to cara for their unfortunate fellow suf- fore, but the farmers soon began to pour into the town, from curiomty, but at the samo time bringing with them substantial aid for the destitute. Before the d ended the council hsd formal action by organizing & relief commit- tee, and by night much can b preventing actual privation, The great won- der is that more lives were not lost, In Odd Fellow's hall forty membors were gathered at s meeting in the second story when the storm came, The building was literally thrown down, yet no one was injured, 'Khiru one went down with the ruins and escaped, while nine cluog to the wulls adjoining the block and were riscued by Indders. ToLkpo, Sept. 9, —A severe wind storm vis. ited the vicinity of Napoleon, Ohio, last night, damaging greatly farm' houses, or- chards and crops. The storm passed two miles north of that place, moviog northeaster- ly, coveriug a space of balf a mile broad, and prostrated nearly all telegraph lines in its course, Corn was beaten to the ground, No 103 of life 8o far reported, and particulars are wanting on which to base an estimate of the loss of property, which will be heavy. CINOINNATI, Sept. 9, —Reports from various parts of Odio and Indiana show that yester- day's storm, which devasted Washington Oity, w de spread, In Miami nunlf. hio, the coul direct east, At Oolesville, that county, barns one house were blown down and three inmates seriously injured. On the other side of the Misma river several buildings were damaged snd & frame house blown trom the foundations and wrecked, Th the storm was forty rods to hal At Cambridge City abouse was blown down, At Dublin and Napoleop, Ohio, sud Seymour, Ind,, much damage is reported, but no lives lost. e — The Lake Storm, Mitwavkeg, Sept, 9.~The gale of last night still contin The wiad is blowing at the rate of twenty miles an hour, 014 vessel- men declare thin has been the most severs blow in an experience of many years and ex- press grave fears of serious lake disasters should it continne much longer. o —— WASHINGTON NEWS, PRRVENTING WHOLESALR DESTRUCTION PUBLIO TIMBER, ‘WasHINGTON, Sopt, 9.—A circular has been inaned hf the Iand office modifying a former cirenlar issued by the bureau, providing for the rights of railroad companies in cutting timber from public lands, The circular atates that timber can be cut only during the time of construction of the railroad and immediate- ly adjacent to the line of the road under con- struction. No more timber must be cut than is actually requiced for construction of the road boed, bridges, culverts, etc., and such timber cannot be cut for fuel, station houses, sheds and other structares, Troes out must not be loss than eight inches In diametor, and mone but authorized agents of ralroad companies will be allowed to cut timber, Railroad compa- nies are not authorized to sell timber so cut to other companies or individuals, Uompanies are prohibited from cutting timber on publi mineral lande, Indian resorvations or public parks. The right of a company to cut timber within a section ceates at tha expiration of five years after definite location of the section This circular materially modifies the old circular in limiting the territory within which timber can b) cut to the immediate vicinity of the line under construction, as it has besn the practice to cut timber anywhere within terminal limits of a road, and another impor. tant modification is the limitation of time within which companies may cut timber, TRANSPORTING GOLD AND SILVER COIN, Mr, John Hoey, president of the Adams exprees company, had a conference with Sec- retary Manning and Treasurer Jordan to-day in regard to the transportation of gold and silver coin, which resulted in an_ agreement ' that hereafter all such shipments shall be made by the ex- Pprees company, in accordance with a contract entered into by Secretary Sherman, This will not, however, interfera with theshipment of 85.000,000 in silver frem New Orleans to Washington on the United States stenmers Swatara and Yantic, as the coin has already baen placed on those vessels and they will set sail in a_few days. The re- mainder of the coin at New Orleans which is to be transferred to Washington, amountiog to about $15,(00,000, will be sent by express, and the same mode of transportation will b adopted in the transfer of gold coin from San Franciaco, silver coin from Carson City, St. Louis and elsewhere, The conferenca was held at the request of Secretary Manning, with a view, it is understood, to the transfer of a large amount of gold and silver coin from distant points, where it is lying idle, to com- mercial centras, where it is more likely to be needed. GETTING READY FOR SPECIAL DELIVERY SER+ VIOE, Tho postoftice department is now sending to special delivery postoffices meszengers’ books, record books, and forms of oath re- quired for employes, so that the system may go into operation Octob:r 1. Notice has been tent to postmasters at those offices requestiny them to send to the department for approval lists of names of messengers, as called for in the circular of the postmaster general. So far, less thau twenty postmasters have complied with the request, A largo numbar of placarde, exhibiting a number of citics and towas where special delivery service will be operated, has been sent to presidential postmas- ters for distribution among busi- ness men, Postoffices throughout the country are bing supplied with special deliy- ery stamps, at the rate of 1,000 offices each day. Many inquiries are coming into the de- partment from 'leto!fiul, respeoting the gpecinlservica.” o law reuizes that fhttars bearing special stamph stiall be delivered up'to midnight, and postmasters in towns where offices close early in the night, are aoxious to know if they must keep open their officss until midnight, 1If so they believe that an allowance for em ployment of night clerks is indispensable, Other postmasters, who now close their offices on Sunday, are in a eimilar positior, The status of messengers s not settled, and it is questionable whather or not they must be ap. pointed through the machinery of the civil service commission, Thess, and a number of other difficulties for decision, await Post- master General Vilas' return, SWEET ARE THE ADVERSITIES, The president at late hour thia afternoon appointed Mrs, Marion A. Mulligan, of Chi- cago, 11, to be pension agent at Uhicago vice Miss Ada C, Bweet, resigned;iand Joseph D, Bothime, of Oslifornia, to be register of tho 1and office at Los Angeles, Cal, POSTMASTERS APPOINTED, Tho acting postmaster-general to-day ap- pointed the following named fourth class postmasters: Tilinols—Nunda, Franklin E, Cox; Paarl Depot, James Conles; Burt Prairie, John . Hautchins; New Berlin, Cassius M. Nicholas, ebraska —Louisville, Thomas W, Shyrock; Rushville, F. W. Sprague; Hubbell, T, T, Vinton dria, Wenzel Landkamer, lint; Oxfood, ry Vanderly; Springville, Byron M. Hopper; Adel, Samuel E, Carrol, CAPITAL BREVITIES, United States Coun:ul Carroll informs Sec. retary Bayard that two sudden deaths oc- curred yesterday at Palermo, The symptoms were of cholera, Edward Wilson and Collino J. Barron, of Wyoming, have been apoointed assistant su- pul}:flendenu of the Yellowstone national park. DEMANDING AN 'AMERICAN CITIZEN'S RELEASF, United States Consul General Williame, at Havana, Cuba, was directed to-day to see that Cyrilo Pouble, of New York, who is in prison at Havana, has a fair and speedy trial, Pouble Cuban, but some years since b.- came a n American. He recently returned t on, he saye, private busi- ness, Immediately on his arrival he was seized and fmprieoned ona charge of incit- ing rebellion against Spain, e ——— DESPERADOES DIE. oF THE LEADERS OF A GANG OF MURDERERS AND THIRVES DESPATCHED. GaINgsviLLe, Tex., Sept, 9.—About 12 o'clock Monday night a wagon arrived in this city besring the dead bodies of Jim and Pink Lee, noted desperedoes and outlaws, wno for years past have been s terror to the people of Delaware Bend and Cooke county, Three of the Lee brothers were leaders of the gang, who would steal cattle 1n Texae, drive them across Red river into Indian territory, where they kept s ranch, Last April two membere of thegang and Bill Lee wero captured and taken to Fort Smith, Ark., for trial before the United States court, All efforts to capture Jim and Pink Lee proved unavailing until Monday evecing, Many detectives have worked cn the case in the hope of secur g the ‘reward, which aggregates $7,000. Vesterday Detective Thomas learned that the Lee brothers were in the vicinity of Dexter, a small village in this county, and taking two officers started out in search of the desperadoes, About 3 o'clock in the afternoon the office came upon the brothers, crept up to wit forty yards of them and ordered them to s render, For answer the outlaws opened fire, which the officers raturned, killing Pink and wounding Jim, who fell but continued to fire, discharging as many as ten shots before the officers finally killed him, Jim and Bill Lse were the leaders of a gang of thirty thieves, who, it is sald, committed over forty cold- blooded murders within the past two years, — <, The Oarolines Wrangle, MaDRID, Bept, 9, —Germany's demand for reparation for tbe insult to the Germsn em bassy here on Baturday has been received. The note ks couched in very reasonable terms, Spain's note in reply, which was immediately dispatched, expresses deep regret at the cc- currence of the incident, says that the offend. ers will be prosecuted and punished, and that those responsible for the safety bassy have been arrested and dis the service, and condemns the action of the rivtous mob. Meanwhile preparations for war continue, Orders have been given for reports on all troops available for service, Manrin, Sept, 9, ~It is rumored that the government received information from the man of war Velasco, ehowing that the report that the Pelew islandas have been annexed by Germany is not true. Military men insist that their comrades of Yap acted under or- ders from Madrid and Manilla, in order to avold a confliot with tha Germans, The cam- palgn against the prees is active. Thirty-four papors of Madrid have been prosecuted. Car. ricature journals are being eeized by the wholesale, King Alphonso drove through the streets yesterday without escort, and was greeted respectfully by the people, BeRLIN, Sept, 9,—There is much uneasiness folt here, owing to the possibility that other German vessels under orders to annex the Oarolines may come into collision with the Spanish men-of-war. MADRID, Sapt. 9.—The Garman embasan- dor informed Canovas Dal Cantillo that the retreat of the Spanish officiala at Yap, before the German gun boat, will not effect the ques- tion if Spain eventually ocoupied the lsland first, During the hottest part of the excite- ment last Saturday in this city, a crowd of Fronchmen grossly insulted several Germans in a oafe, compelling the waiters and a num- ber of Spaniards present to protect them_from serious bodily harm, The Germans eulogize the conduct of the Spaniards, ——e— GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS, THE CHOLERA, ManskiLies, Sept. 9.—The cholera epi- domic is decreasing here, Only 8 deaths re- ported yesterday; only 37 patients remain un- der treatment in Pharo hospital, ToULON, Sept. 9.~ One death from cholera reported yesterday; 117 patients under treat- ment in various hospitals, several in a critical condition, Roume, Sept. 9.—There are atill several cases of cholera at Parma and Caserta, The ro- mainder of Italy is healthy and confidence is returning. Lo~DoN, Sept. 9,—The Daily News corre- spondent writes that municipal authorities in Spain are suppresaing the number of deaths from cholera in order to improve trade. Paris, Sept. 9.—Six deaths from cholera at Salon, tWo at Neims and two at St Cezacir, BADIOAL RANT, Tospoy, Sept. 9.—Chamberlain, in a speech yesterday, pave the full radical plat- form. "He said the radicals now formed the great majority of the liberal party, and would O DDORBIE vl oSt R ARl S T b1 AEAY tion was greoted with prolonged cheering. C ntinuing, he smd that granting home rule to Ireland would mean the destruction of the whole tsritish empire. THE RUSSO-AFGHAN BOUNDARY, Sr. PETERIBURG, Sept. 0.—The settlement of the Russo-Afghan question will be speedily embodied in a protocol defining the main points on the frontier, Ruesia has abandoned all claim to Zulfikar pass proper, Maruchak is also laft to the Afghans. The frontier line will run eastward to Kod Jaalah on the basis of the agreement of 1£83, THE VICE PRESIDENT'S SPERCH IN ENGLAND, LoNDON, Sept. 9.—Considerable turprise and regret has been occarioned here at the tone of Vice President Hendricks’ speech at Indianapolis last night, siding with Mr, Par- nell in the latter’s issus with Eogland, Itis urged by British politicians that, owing to his position, ho ought to have taken a national stand. e FOREIGN DRIBLETS, It is stated the sultan expressed a willing- ness to send 5,000 Turkish troops to Egypt whenever requested to do 8o by England. The bark Loch Fergus and the steamer Xdlewild cellided off Deal, Eight persons drowned. The strike of 10,000 operatives in the jute mill at Dundee eaded in favor of the strikers. The provincial exhibition at London, Ont., was formally opesed to-day by the governor general, e — Rl « NEEDED WEALTH. THE UNION PACIFIC CLOSE3 AN ARRANGEMENT BY WHICH A LARGE AMOUNT OF READY CASH 18 PLACED IN THRIR HANDS, Rostes, Sept, 9.—Important negotiatione, which for some time past have been quietly carried on between President Adame, of the Union Pacific railroad company, and repre- sentatives of certain leading Boston banking houses, were concluded to.day, Under the sgreement reached, tha firma in question are to take a large amount of bonds of the rail- road company of yarious issues, paying cash therefor. Provision {s slio made for takig up $6,000,000 of outstanding floating securities of ths company as they mature between now and the close of the year. None of the money thus furnished the company is for less than three yeara, It is underatood, however, that a portion of it, if the company so elects, can be paid off at an early period, The average rate of inter- est will be something less than b per cent. ‘The company agrees for a certain length of tfme to place no more of its securities of the issue specified on the market, except at request of the firms in question, This arravgsment pro- vides also for all outstanding notes of the company and the balauce of the floating debt, representing payrolls,uon-acorued coupon accounts with other railroad companies whole transaction amounts to a sale of bonds ond a loan on collateral. Exactly what the agreement is can not be learned, Neither are the securities sold aud pledged known, al- thongh it is presumed trey are bt. Joe & Western bonds, of which the company owns about 8,000,000, e —— Kebellious Kiel Must Hang, Cnicaco, Sept, 9.—The full court of Mani- toba, composed of Chief Justice Mallbridge and Justices Taylor and Killam, to-dsy gave judgment In the Riel cate, disallowing the appeal and confirming the death sentence passed by the northwest territory court, All hold that accordicg to the evidencs, the jury could mot c¢)me to any other decision tkan they did; that by the dominion statute, con- firmed by the imperial parliament, the north- weat territories court clearly had jurlsdiction, and that while the prisoner acted strangely at timer, he Is @ clover, designing man, who sought to advance his own personal interest: hy using the half-breeds as tools. Thera i growing conviction in Winnipeg that Riel will be hanzed on the 18th inst. Sheridan Qounty's Fist Election, Special Telegram to The Bk, RueaviLLe, Neb,, Sept, 9, —At the Sheridan county election, 1,29 were cast, and the fol- lowing ofticers elected: O. Patterson, judge, Jobn Hunt, G. W, Morry, T. G. Cowgill, commissione: . W. Loofborow, clerk; Jobn Rigge, sherifl; J, 8. Coghlan, coroner; A, bc- Kinney, treasurer: J, Murphy, superin- tendent; W. W. W, uryeyor, For the county seat Rushville received £46 votes, Gor- don 852, Hay Bprings 251 and Clinton 80, Land Contei {eopened, WasHINGTON, Bept, 9,—The secretary of the interior bas issucd an order respening the way for action o certain contested Indian homesteads in Michigan, in which action has been suspended since March 14th, 1677, by order of ex-Secretary Schurz, The suapen- slon of action was in regard to entries in Todia and Traverse Oity districts, and are now concentrated at Red vity, Michigan, —————— Typhold FeverIncreasing in Gotham, Niew YoRk, Sepk. 9, - Eleven cases of ty- phoid fever were reported at sanitary headquarters to-day, as many as a whole week in widsummer develops. In the week ended July 18, there were nine cases and one death. Cases and deaths have increased each week until the week ending Beptember 5, :harlauthu were thirty-seven cases and ten eathe, NO. 70. e ——— ] BUYERS TO SELLERS The Former Demandiag Lower Prices -The Latter Asking Fall Rates, Cattle Tumble 100 to 150 From Last Week’s Prices. A Multitade of Live Pork Await= ing Highar Prices. Cereals Devoid of Marked Intorest— ‘Wheat Iluctuatos Abuut the 80¢ Poing, —_— OHIVAGO LIVE STOOK. CATTLE, Special Telegram to the Bxe. CH10AGO, Sept. 9,—There was a continned weak feeling, Although recsipts thus far this week have been moderate there seems to be an impression that they will show considerable increase, and consequently bugers wero very conservative, The forenoon was well ad- vanced before buyers and sellers could “‘come together,” the former insisting on lower prices and the latter asking full rates, After about 10 o'clock there was a fair movement at a de- cline from last week’s prices of 10@15c. All grades, with possihly the exception of choice, suffered about equally, Prior to 11 o'clock there was very little trading in shipping Endsl. but butchers’ stuff and range_cattle nd moved with some freedom, and indica- tions were that most of the latter would be ditposed of before the close of the day, Sales of native shipping steera were on a basls of $400@6 00 for poor to extra qualities, while Texans were saleable at $2.25@3.40 and rangers at $3.00@4.75. Somo very fine Wyomings were taken at the Iattor prices. Native cows were in light supply and were in fair demand at 81.66@8.60 Calf trade was dull at $7.00@15.00 per head. Shipping steers, 1,350 to 1,500 1bs,, $5.00@ $610; 1,200 to 1850 1lba, Si90@ 81 00@6,00, Through 050 1bs., $3.00@3 403 10; 600 to 700 Ibs., $2.50@3.00. Western rangers, slow; natives and balf-breeds, $3.050@4.9 , $2.00@ 3.50; wintered Texans, $3.00@3.60. Sales—85 Wyoming, 1,180 lbs, Wyoming Texana, 95 Ibs. rado Texans, 1028 1be, $4.50; 1,216 Ibs,, $4.50; 249 Wyoming, £385; 199 Montana, 1,150 lba,, Wyoming, 1,176 1ba., $1 45. HOGS, In comparison with Tuesday’s closing quo- tations there was a quotable decline, but the prevalent fecling was far from buoyant, Al- though fresh rcceipts wore only 14,000 —soms 3,000 lesa than for Tuesday-—thero was over 20,0°0 hogs in tho pens. A few assorted heavy hogs reached $4 50, and in two or three inatances $4.60 was paid for choice bacon pigs, but trading was priacipally at $4,20@4 25 for light, and at $4.10@4.40 for heavy. Packing and “shippiog, 250 to 830 lbv., $400@4.50; light weights, 130 to 170 bs,, $4.40@4.60; 150 t0 210 1bs , $3.60 THE GRAIN PIT, ' Wyomiog, 1,129 lbs.. $175; 200 ‘WHEAT. Special Telogram to the Bex, CH10AGO, Sept. 9.—Wheat was fairly firm, the bulk of the session on persistent bulling by Milwaukee and St, Louls parties, and free coverig by ‘short” interests, who were anxious to get in before any decided upward move. Cables earlier in the day were firmer and helped the up turn. The opening was strong at an advance of jc, first sales jumping 4c at a time. Weather influencea throughout the northwest were favorable to the bulls, The 81c point for October brought out liberal sellers here and at Milwaukee to realize, and there was a break back to 80fc. From 12:30, fluctuations were slight and the close inclined to easiness, CORN AND OATS, On reported clearing weather corn was n steady, moving only 23, Interest was drawn from this market by wheat, Trading, however, was quite liberal, and an advance of about 4c was established throughout the mora- ing session, It was a weather market, Oats were quiet and lightly traded in at about yesterday's figures to a shade above, ' PROVISIONS, averaged a little higher than closing prices, but very dull. Scattering ‘‘shorts” covered moderately early in the day, making the highest price at this time, though the vance was only 2§@5c, On the:withdrawal of this element the whole list reacted. For pork t).:ern was practically no outside demand at all, e —an— THE IOWA SBTATE FAIR, GOOD WEATHER, LARGE ATTENDANCE AND RE- MARKADLE EXH'BITS—TBACK EVENTS YESTER- DAY, Des Moings, In., Sept, 9.—After two days of heavy rain pleasant weather come to the relief of the Iowa state fair to-day, Fully 2),000 peop'e were in attendance, and an im- mense crowd is looked for to-morrow, Every department is filled to overflowing with ex- hibits, and the show of horses and cattle wa g never equaled in the west, neitner in point of numbers or superiority, Nearly all of the western states are represented here, The machinery department extraordinarily full, with almost 1,000 erent machine: | n exhibition. Although the track was in torrible shape, four good races were given in the afternoon. Half-mile heats, running, had eight starters, and was won by Commanche, taking the first while Bob S8wim took the sec: 166y, 2:67, 2:074, Omar won the three minute trot, taking third, fourth and fifth heats, The first heat won by St. Elmo, The second heat was given Aline for Omar and St, Elmo’s run- ning, but no time was declared. Time 2:624, 5§ ; co was tho 2:32 trotting, won in threo atralght boata by Algha, Bushine second, Ohio Maid third, and Trouble fourth, Timo %634, 2:53, 2:53, Fourth race—Three-year-old colt, stakes— trotting—won by Tona in three straight heate, with Tribuno second, Joo W third gie 8 fourth, Time, 5:13, 3103, 8:124, The teack will be in good condition to-mor- row, and everything betokens good weather and'a large crowd, BPORTING EV. RACING AT BT. LOUIS, 81, Louis. Bept. 0, —Weather threatening and cold, Tracketiff, Attendance fair, One mile; Monarch won, Effie A second, Mussouri Belle third, Time, 1:48, Two miles: Troubaiour won, Guydette sec- one, Bootblack thisd, T\ 3:48, Three-(uarters of a n Red Girl won, Adrian second, Time, 1:20{. Only two starters, Mile and one-eighth: Virgie Hearne won, ylulnrflntun second, Lycurgus third, Time, BASE BALL NOTES, At Buffalo —No game, rain, At Poiladelphia—No'game, rain. At Baltimore—Baltimore 1, 8%, Louis 6, S —— A Lighthouse Ship. WasHiNGTON, Sept, 9,—The special com- mitteo appointed to inspect the lighthouse steawer Modrone, commended its acceptance by the lighthouse board, The vessel was built at & cost of §74,700