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TWELVE PAGES. EIGHTEENTH YEAR. ALL BERLIN EXCITED. The Average German Drops His Beer and Takes to Whisky. THE ONLY RELIEF IN SIGHT. Eome of the Causes Responsible For This Wonderful Change. A THROAT TINKER DENOUNCED. Mackenzie Charged With Incompe tence in the Government Report. ALL HIS METHODS RIDICULED. The Mention of His Name Sufficient to Call Forth the Most Vigor- ous Expletives From the Germans. An Exasperatéd People. [Copipight 1558 by James Gordon Bennett.] Beutiy, July M. (Now York Herald Cable—Special to Tre Bek.)—Take a deluge of cold rain, tempered by furnace fires. and wintei flanuels, wdd o tor ' . thar regarding the *_ aud on topof all book regarding th and his death, and nt of political ru cmperor's Russian trip, throw. an_imperial blue silness of Frederick 110 ou will have a fuir idea of Berlin for the past week, so- distressingly interesting has it been, What with wonder- ing.when the rain would stop, and as to who would next interview Mackenzie and be dis- owned by him, aud who wonld then bring proof of the great throat tinker's fickle mem ory, the average Berliner found life so e ing that he inct cit 05 to drop bedr and take to whiske The gov of his oft the great spe rnment report, in all the neatness al form, and signed by néarly all " t9, Austrian as well as German, except English, comes as ‘a great shock to all the Fifty thousand copies of it were sold in Berlin alone within The edition was so quickly exhausted that several corvespond their copids to the kindness of the ities. It is generally taken as provid- ser Fredericle might proba ad theve not-been. o gross The extremists even al German a few hours of its issue. onts owe authe inig first that K Dbly be still alive blunder in the didgrosis. among © medical claim thut the cancer itself cauged by that perpetual irvitation of the tnroat tissues which came from ropeated attempts at extir- at men wits pation und for microscopic that the. isolution of * the patient i Bugland was_ duo. solely to Mac kenzie's jealousy. Tt could have had no good effect and did uetually make tie case hope- loss. Third, that it was @ coldly heartless act in those who controlled the prined’s journey to refuse, uttenly without reason, the urgent requost of tho. uged Kalser William for a last visit from liis son; while en’ route from England to Ttaly, -In _that conndetion it is bitterjy remembered that the prince was when t0 obey the summons and take ttie ready ata o carry hiim back to Berli. Thier inst' Frederick 111, but only although Iave liewrd several Gernians say with o sigh that Frode 11 great. and . good upposed he had, through \his political adyisers as sonal sceuving pieces amination, Second, r0; enough to come'at once to Berlin diod, and well enough nbed moment's notice s no bitterness o was @ ciigy o o ose hiy 1 udvisers; perhaps, 1, the Lord kaow' best. Fourth, that Maeky 's didiiission the emperor was alinost to the lust kept of his unable to y. Fifth, that Mackenzie's protense of a state sec: i uttorly disgrs £ bolind th in ignorance and was thereforn of his true pol it is sful attomptto shelter him- unfortuiate Empress Victo- At first the Mack nzie scandal, or the quar- rel over a corpse, as it is called, threatened to hecome @ party matter, in which the radicals burnt before the safuted knight, while Cartel went around with sanc- Lih incenso d printers ink, exorcising whatever re- wined in Germany of Mackenzi Tho Herald's widely view, in which Wil s spirits. copied Paris inter- Mackenzie spoke of ‘“crazy un,” first showed that he was not a safe ical issue. o the disputed Figaro interview, so that ¢ Mackenzio is regarded as so dead that Zeitung feels it, though a reely useful occupa: For coneise German one need only ap- . to keep kicking at his remains. those German physicians, who, out of respect for the royal family, have been so long silent under the naggy abuse and mis- roprescatation of an ably and unscrupulously conducted literary bureau. - N POLITICS. EUROP| Germany and the Vatical of Queen Natalie. [Copyright 1888 by New York Associated Press.) Brrray, July 14,1t is now likely that iv- stead of a conference Count Kalnoky, Signor and the German chancellor will meet at Carisbad, Count Herbert Bismarck’s part in the interview at St. Petersburg will be in the hands of the chancellor, who will meet noither Count Kalnoky nor Signor Crispi until be knows what terms can be obtained from the czar. Signor Crispi, who @8 in pressing need of -Germany's support in the contest with the vatican, will make no delay in seciug Count Bismarck, The oficial press of Rome write as if Siznor Crispi had received ut the meet- ing at Verzin cart blanche to do what ho should choose with the pope. It is better pwt icre that Prince Bismarek holds that the position of the vatican, under,the law of guarantee, onght to be unassailable. This question, involving as, it does the threatened depuiture of the pope from Rome, is an, ur- gont one for Signor Crispi. The goncral syvipathy expressed for Quecn 'he Case ’l‘Wl‘ LVE I'A(JrLq AVERAGE DAILY ' NUMBER 27, Natalie, of Servia, a8 a woman and a mother does not blind people to the fact that it is impossible for the government to permit her to violate Prussian laws. Her last act before quitting Wiesbaden was to trans- mit to the Russian consul there, memoranda revealing the Austro-Servian plottings against the Russian policy relative to the The divorce question will imme- y come up before the synod of Belgrade and a decree will certainly be granted to King Milan on the single issue that his con- sort by intriguing for Russia has proved un- true to her interests as queen of Servia. When the divorce hss been settled she will be asked to leave Austrian territory and will probubly return to Russia. P Willlam's Gorgeous Escort. Kirr, July 14.—Emperor William arrived here this morning on his way to meet the czur. He immediately embarked on board the impe yacht Hohenzollern. Th rade of the fleet accompanying the imperial yackt was a brilliant spectacle. Milan Meets His Son, Pesti, July 14.--King Milan of Servia ar- rived bere to-day to meet his' son, who left Wiesbaden yesterday for Belgrade in cha of the Servian_chief of polive. Queen Na- talie left Wiesbaden to-day for Vienna. v alie tn -Qu Vienna. Natalie Queen Na Viexya, July 14 rived in the city. has ar- ACCEPTS THE A. J. Streeter Will Be the U Par| New W, Strecter, prosi labor party, has transmitted to J. W. Gos ham, of national executive committee of that party, his 2 ice of the nom- ination. In "his Aftor extending thanks for the distinguished honor con ferred upon him, Mr. Strecter says: “1 bold to the principle that the prospericy of a nation is measured by the prosperity of its industrinl people. 1f the peop) stirug- wling with poverty, the nation is poor, though the tr is overtlowing with idle mone, Such is our condition to-day. The. true in- tent of law and government’ should be to protect the weaker members. from the en- roachment of the stronger. This fund: tal principle has been subvarted, and w u wovernment of the capital merred into & monied aris- We need more mone in fon, and-. the comage of - silver should be us free as U of goldt The money in-the pablic treasury should be used for the payment of bonds and the wite est stoppxd. We haye tried the change from one political party to another, bt it gave the people no ret We are n worse off. The government that hus tolerated monop lies, grewdy combmations, and trusts, umd Has not proteetod the people against. their spoilutions is unworthy the support of the working peoplo. These unholy manopolies and combination cased until they have fore country anothor ‘irre- pressible contlict, invol > Hapniness and prosperity of the ‘millions of people—a conflict that shuil determine whether capital shall rule the country or the people who in- habit it. To settle the: slavery conflict cost the government moucy and life. - It is- hopad that this conflict may he settled peaceably at the bullot box. but settled it will be; let us hope tvithout seas of fire aud rivers of blood. ‘The tariff is a minor issue when ‘compared with greater issuc sinvolved: No legislation on the tariff will protect the people from the mouied combinations now sapping the pros- perity of the people.. 1 believe,. however, in a revision of the taviff laws, and thut pro- teetion should ne given where needed and taxes reduced whenever it can- be done safely. Weare a temperance party, in favor of kood goverument and higher christiun ilization. 1 um opposed to'the removal of the zov- ernmeiit - tax on whisky and tobacco. It would be a retrograte movement of de- moralizing *tendencies, and ~ would lead thousands of young men into the gutter and degredation. We are the friends of soldiers. Not in a sectional'sense, to antagonize the blue and gray, but, forgettini the past, lot us plant freedom’s flag upon the- hill-tops of overy state and concede to all patriotic de- votion to our flag, “Laws should be enacted to compel em- ployers and employes.. %0 submit their dis- agreements 1o av tal is sowe tnies too arro, mueh on Pinkerton's miii of this force irritates the wor whe trouble and has a tendenc, the breach between capital and labor. linois we pa, state milit A TION. ton Labor idential Candidate, July 14—A. J. te of the' union ing ‘people to widen In - largely to mawtain an efficient ce force, ‘and why this ate private militia has their headquarters in Illinois is more than I can tell. Their se V| should be dispensed with by state au- Tlie ownership or control of the lines of commumeation and transportation is de. manded by the people. Equal pay for equal work for both sexes is just. The platform 15 good as a whole and meets my approba- tion.” - Harrison Indisposed. INDIANATOLIS, July 14.—General Harrison is begiuning to fecl the effects of the cease- less strain he has undergone in entertaining friends and receiving congratulat’ons from volitical clubs. He was rather seriously in- disposed this morning. Dr. Jamieson, the family physician, was summoned and found the gencral suffermg from an aching pain, which he soon relieved. Dr. Jamieson says that the general's trouble results from ove work and a slight cold, but there is no cause for alarm. The Lineoln club, of Cineinnati, arrived by special train at 5 o'clock and called upon Goneral Harrison this even- ing. Vice President Wilson of the elub ad- dressed General Harrison, congratuluting hiw on behalf of the Lincoln club und the republicans of Hamilton county. General Harrisc ived them cordially and thanked thew for the kind manner in_ which they had referred to him thro It r spokesman, FROM l;()Iil'Il{ TO JALL. Twenty Sports Gathered in By an At- torney’s Clever Move. Tuscora, 1L, July 13.—Some time since a stranger of smooth address and captivating ways dropped in upon this place and gave his name as George W. Smith. He was os- tensibly engaged in the poultry business, but it was observed that as soon as he became acquainted with a pumber of local sports his business was sadly neglected from the fact that his time wus mostly spent with them at u well known resort on Van Allen strect, Draw poker was the euticing game played over the grecn cloth, The stranger proved 10 be a detective in disguise, and it was his mission here to get in with the crowd that indulged in the innocent game, note down the names of the participunts and re- port them to the prosecuting attorney. The detective's work wuas accowplished very ll\nmuyhl for when on yesterday the ofi- X ather in the gamblers it was found they nu d about twenty, com- posed of ll colors, sizes and nationalities, oue woman being included in the list. The rity of them, seeing they had been sod, pleaded guilty: a few gave bail, ciille two were sent to Jail. Judge Bassett adjourned court this morning untit Monday, when it is said the big fish will be raked in, the ones ulready caught i the states attor- ney's net being the smalier ones, The fines arsessed were from $10 to $200. - An Accommodating Cashier. Hurcrizsoy, Kuan,, July 14.—A cowboy walked into the bauk of LaJyate this after- noon and, covering the cashier with a re- volver, ordered him to drop the funds of the bank iuto & bag which hé placed on the counter, ‘The cashier complied und the rob- ber mounted his borse and escaped. The amount taken is etiiated at from $16,000 to £20,000, Gener STRIKE. They Object to the Discharge of a Brotherhood Man Des Morses, Ta,, July 14.—(Special Tele- gram to Tie Be e this ovening eleven members of the switchmens union employed on the Wabash struck on account of the re- moval of Night Yardmaster Floyd, and the substitution of & scab named Triggs. The trouble has been brewing for several day the strikers alleging that the new superin- tendent of the Union raiiway whic mcludes the Wa ing to out brotherhood &witchmen and replace them with non_union men. Floyd was given his time this evenmg and the strikers left at once, A telegram has been sent to General Workman Monaban at Chi- cago and the strikers here say that he will er out the whole foree. Crazed By His Wife's 1lincss. Des Moises, Ta., July 14.—[Special Tel- egram to Tue Bree.)—Jasper Swinny, a farmer who resided four miles north of Bloomfleld, Davis county, committed suicide this morning by banging. His wife had been sick several weeks, and be had not been able to sleep for some time, Yesterday he was told that she could not recover, which intelligence made bim wild, and he was watched and followed out of the house sev- eral times last night, At an_early hour this morning he succeeded in slipping out ana was found hanging to a Hmb of a tree dead. His wife is still living but very low. The University Investigation. Towa Crry, b ¥ the inves- tigatlon committee closed its labors by cross examining Drs, Hiuvichs, Andrews and Hunt. President Schaffer testified as to the expenscs of the institution and why a com parison with the denominational schools of Towa was unjust ymmittee will spend the next in examining the books -and_vouch ers bolonging o the departuwents of the uni- versity. AN OBNOX His o g i 10US YARDMASTER, Tyrany Likely to Précipitate a Strike on the Manitoba. MrxsEAroLts, July 14.—[Special Tele- eram to Tur BeE. |- days thece have been rumors of a threatened strike by the Manitoba switchmen, engincers and se ti¢ nds, o account of what ti gard the tyrany of J. C. Be ) ter at Minneapolis. Last March “Berr; 'y mad his appearance as of the Mani toba yurds in this cit, d not held the position a month before there wis agenoer complaint from the employes against - what they termed the brutality and unjust exac tions of the new yardmaster. The men s that he is cruelly exacting in the discipline * that he tries to maintain, The Switchmen's benevolent association is the head and front of the movement and is reinforced by the Brotherhood of Locomative Engineers, Even the ion hands are in rovolt and every man in the yard, it is said, has signed a mémorial that was sent to St. Paul. he g ation is felt and employes all alon wssured the aggrieved bret are with them ln the finish. J will give an an- or Tuesday us to what they \\ il do. men re- CONEY MEN IN CANADA, Arrests of Men Who Have Fiooded Chicago With Bogus Money. Sarxia, Oat, July 14.—Chief Sherwood, of the secret service department, drove to Thedford last night and there arrested W, O. Parsons, a. prominent contractor on a charge - of counterfeiting. P was brought here this morning and remanded for one week.. There was found in his house and on his premises about $600 in American and Canadian counterfeit bills, the former in & silver iicates, and the latter in $5 notes of the Bank of British North America. He has had nearly fifty counterfeit dollar American sitver pieces. - Just about the time Parsons was committed this morning a dis- pateh was received froti Toronto saying that Wilson waus arrested thes stel arged with counterfeiting; Ameri- can_silver. dollars were-found on his person of the sume coinage as those found in poss sion of -Parsons. - Wilson is now .on his wi to Sarnin. The s also been arrested Lier the biggest bird of the gaug, Charles Joln- son. Jolmson was wanted both in the United and Canada on many eharges of coun- mouth ago he was arrested Detroit by a United States service r, but the mnext day he br ail, since wiiich time he was not heard of until Chiéf Sher- wood traced him to his mother's house, just outside of Torouto, whero hie was living un der the name of Rivers, ' ohnson fum. are the cleverest counterfeiters of the pres- ent day. Their orvanization has distributing branches in New York, Chicazo, St. Louis, Toronto, Montreal and Buffzlo. They are charged’ with counterfeiting United States #5 silver certificates, Bauk ot British Nort America ¥5 and £10 bills, and Dominion % notes. They are alleged to have receatl “placed” $0.000 worth of United States fives in Chicago and they are now flooding New York City with the stuff. TRAGEDY KIEENTUCKY, Harvey Pike Kills His Sweetheart, Her Lover, and Commits Suicide Frexcnvrke, Ky, July 14.—A fearful tragedy was enacted at Red River, a small town sixty miles from here, last Tuesday, news of which has jnst reached this city. For some time it has been understood that Hurvey Pike was to marey Mira Haskins, the daughter of a gencral storckeener in the village, Some weeks ago a young man named Everhard, a timoer buyer from Phils delphia, came to the place aud boarded at Haskins’, He and Miss Haskins became great fricnds and spent much of their time together. Pike became exceedingly jeal- ous of the stran and said that he did nov care to live it he found thut _his betrothed wus untrue to him, Last Tue y night Pike called at Haskins' resid and learned that lus sweetheart and Everhard were out walking, He sat down for a while chatting good humoredly with the fainily, then, saying he would not wait any longer, left, Whether by accident or design, he walked out the road taken by the couple, and found them a hulf mile away. What passed between them will r be known, but when later a searching alarmed at the long absence of the two. reached the spot, they were found de Everhard had been shot in the head, Miss Haskins was fifty feet away, the back of her uead crushed by & bludgeon, which had fallen by her side. Across her body Pike luy, feebly gasping, a builet hole in the roof of his mouth, whence he had sent a bullet into his brain. He died inside of an hour, el A Famous Landmark Gone, Wmre Praiys, N. Y, July 4.—A fire broke out this moraning in the old Ben Holi- day stone mansion, about three miles from this place, now owned by Whitelaw Reid of the Tribune. The building was one of the famous landmarks in Westchester county, haviug been standing for over two hundred years. Reid purchased the place from the estate of John Roche, aud commenced refit- ting the interior upon a maguificent scale, The loss on the building will reach nearly $500,000. It was insured for about two-thirds that amount, e The Lock Out Practically Ended. Pirrspuka, July 14.—The great iron lock out 1s practically over, and before the end of next week a general resumption of mills is expected. There are still fifty firms in the manufacturers association that have uot yet grauted the demunds of the workmen, A weeting of these firms will probably . be held ou Thursday, when it is presumied that they -will sige the scale. FAST LOSING GROUXND. Boulanger's Last BEscapade Likely to Cost Him Dear. HIS COURSE WITH THE CHAMBER Severely Censured By'Journals That Formerly Supported Him. A TRAITOR TO THE REPUBLIC. Vigorous Language Employed By the Editor of Le Matin. ‘“IN OTHER WORDS, SHOOT HIM." Interviews With Leading Frenchmen Point to Continued Peace—Eccen- tricities Weather— Some Nervousness. of Paris Passing Into Eclipse. ikt 1888 by James Gorden Bennett.) Pawis, July 14.—[New York Herald Cable I to Tue Bee.]-—-The interest in to- v's great natfonal festival ‘has been over- shadowed by the excitement over the Flo- quet-Boulanger duel. For weeks past the general's prestige has been waning, and his display, of temper in the Palais Bourbon Thursday did him immense damage. The general seems to be courting the position of a political outls bly discovered - that his wound may hav ishment than the oensare What does he Thas he done!? “1 have appealed to the country,” the general. He fails altogethor to uuderstand that just as in America one cannot get rid of an ob- inst his will and till his (Copyr v, und by now he has proba- at. Neuilly saved him from much greater pun- of the chamber reprosent! Himself, What replies noxious presiden term of oflice exy not foreibly eject a chamber. elected for a eo number of years with out becoming revolutionary. However, influence is fading with his prestige, and now even if hewished to do harm, the agree, is following is so insignificant now iblicans that hie would be powerless, Speaking to - the chamber, Thursduy, Bou- langer remarked that the present state of things cannot last without peril to the re- This was a slight miscalculation, for as long as ever Howlanger threatens the public he will find the republicans united. His royalist friends made a mistake by boom- ing Jim, They bave welded their divided opponents into & solid phalunx. “Pue general thinks thero 15 no majority in the chamber,” said Floguet, “.yet he. has at loast once learned to the contrary to his cost.” “You arc fond- of «telling us we make war on néw ideas,” haadded; now hitting straight at’ Boulanger. I ‘suppose you' mean the ideas you pickad" up in the sacristies and ante-chawbers in whith your life has been spent.” Floghiet's violence. may -have been as un- justifiable. as Boulangers, but publie sympa- thy. ontside. of tlie. royalist camp, is gradu- ally falling away from the general. The roy- alist Gaulois supports him, but éven the con- servatlye Pigaro is sick of his pretensions, “He has not partisans enough to warrant his bumptious tone,” says Editor M. Magnard. “Besides; the chamber won't’ clear out be- fore the extreme date fixed by the coustitu~ tion, and it is useless to demand dissolution one is sure of not getting.” The moderate republicai radical Lantern which made his ‘popularity, are even more severe, Le Temps says the tary campaign is beginniug again, but this time the electors may tell the gencral that they are getting wearied of the busintss. Le Paris says all that is sincere, generous and republican will henceforth deny him, while in the independent Matin, M. Joseph Retuach, hitting out without gloves, says pluinly: “He has chosen to be a rebel. So beit. Treathim as right and duty bid re- publics treat rebellious soldiers. In other words, shoot him.” Boulanger is getting on well. He has no fever, 1 saw Dr. Labbe at 10 o'clock this evening. He said: “My patient is better, He has nodifileulty in br will be about again in a The Herald this wed public; Temps and the ple much ning and v da, k publishes a series of lebrities g of T sseps and with ex intervicws with French political ¢ of all kinds from Mlle. R Malion, De. 10 replies wiich, Jtions, poiut to peace have quoted in the French pres outlook for the preseut ful. The eccentricities of the clerk of the ther this. summer are almost unprece- 1 the mewegrologists I have inter- viewed have no rational explanation read The southwest Atlaritic winds keop us: shi ering between two baks of extraor dinary heat. one in the north, in Norway, another in the south, in Greece, whe emb i nest Renan, been widely The European is evidently peace we: dented o the heat is ac- companied by earthquakes. Balloonists seem to be the best weather prophets just now, M. Jouvis, of the Hosla, tells me is struggling nard to help us, but as fast the cold region betweeu the two hot b gets warm it raises the accumulated ture in earth and chill us to the bon M. Chevereal, a centenarian, who undoubt- edly is our oldest inhabitant, only remembers one such summer and that & quarter of a cen- tury ago. Nor is there much prospect of permanent improvement yet, though the weather is rather mhre agreeable thau it has been. The bourse was rather dull and unsettled all week owing to tie uncertainty caused by the shufling of the, political cards in Ger- mauy and Russia, On the whole, however, the tendency is optimistic, Many Americah travelers will reviember Henry Joh-- ho lLias doubtless often the sun as ks mois- ain, amused them at the Hamman, Henry, who for ten months had been suffering from soft- ening of the brain, has just been strangled, whether by accident or design it is impossi- ble to say, at the St. Anne lunatic asylum where he was uuder treatment. - - THE MYSTERIOUS ARTIST. His ldentity Still Remains a Matter of Conjecture. TriNtoAD, Colo,, July 14.—[Special Tele- gram to Tne Bre.)—Very little g8 known here regarding Remington, the alleged artist for Harper who suicided on Thursday, and absolutely nothing is positively known as to the cause of his action, though there are many theories on the subject. The man came here about two weeks ago and made the acquaintance of several families, repre senting him self as stated in these dispatches of yesterd He spent most of his time in the mountains sketching and no one ever heard him say anything of his family or of his intention and no ticular interest was taken in the man until it was discovered that he was dying from “the effects of and then it was too late to learn anything about him, Many telegrams have been received during the past twenty-four hours asking for an exact description of the suicide, The identity of the man intcrests many, He. had in his yalise letters addressed to L, C. Burr, man ager of the engraving bureauof Harper's Weekly. He had been at Sylvia and Win: fleld and other points in Kansas, also at Walsenburg, Colo. . Among his effects was a ige in Writing to abstain from cocaine, opium and other drugs of like ten "Fhis pledge was made to Flora Bell Tamper, His papers show that he was in tho habit of forming the acquaintance of dios and then urging them to visit him at his i while sick. © It is bebeved here he intended to take . enough mor phime to prostrate himself and . win grent sympathy from the young lady he was importuning tovisit him, and without in- tending suicide, took enough to kill himself. He left aletter written in German to some friend in Germany. . He wore false teeth in the upper jaw, o aid that by aceident he lost fourteen teeth while sketching in Wyo. ming to illustrate the articles of Theodore Roosevelt i th He was five feet six and a half inches in_height and had a smooth face. He was blonde. He had small hands and short fing had not a scar on his body except o dime ou his left knee. His weight was 170 pounds. . He was German -~ by birth, though = he = ¢l W be American born, He not - over twenty-five or twenty-eight y of age. He of education and 1d and with groat lour a genius and the through his favorite itis known his for- ree Rayvmond, but this may also have been an_assumed name. An overdue note avor of George I, Raywond, dated Winficld, Kan., November 20, 1856, signed by L. G. Welsh, was awong his papers. coconine, rapidity. next ho drug. From his pape mer name was Ge ACHERS. Two R DODGE COUNTY T Close of the Institute Weeks' oy, Neb,; July 14.—[Special to Tue Bee.]—The Dodge county teachers' insti tute closed here 10-day after a two weeks' session, It was one of the est, as it was the largest, ever held in the county, the enroll- meut reaching 125, The unusual success of the sossion was due largely to the efficiency and perfect organization of. Superintendent Clarendon. An importaut. feature. was the perfection of a plan fo uniform course of study in-all the country districts throughout the ¢ounty. This beinz something entirvely new, only a skeleton course of study could be arranged, which, it is expoected, will be developed and_completed as_ experience dic- tates. - It provides for three divisions of the school, viz,: the primary, intermediate and gramms Each of these. divisions is sub- divided into A. and B classes, embracing ap- propriite studies for ¢ach. The course will require from six to eight years for comple- tion and it is contemplated” that pupils will be graduated the same as from all other grade schools, AM After a ession. Fi Iniature Cyclone. July 14.— Br.]—Serious damage to corn is reported to huve been done by the storm. list uight in this scction, -The principal loss was sus- ¢ tarmers in Blkhorn towaship, cast y.. The storm dovcloped intoa sinall ¢yclone in that vicinity. Charles Dicrs hus 100 acres of £0od corn, one-third of which was twisted off close to the ground and completely rained. Mr. Schroeder, to the northwest of him, had his field damaged in th ay, but not to quite such an extent. The cycloue appeared to pass_over into Washington county, and though mo definite reports have yet come from that sec- tion, it is believed that much dainage must havé been done thero. No damage reported 1o life or buildings. Set on Fire By Lightning. Furenoxt, Neb., July 14.—[Special to T b Last night during the progress of a heavy wind, rain and thunder storm the residence occupied by Frank Davis was struck by lightning and set on fire. It was inthe outskirts of the city and was com- destroyed before the fire de could respond, owing to the heiw the deep mud, The household rumln were removed, but were badly damaged by the rain. Mr. and Mrs. Davis were just prepar- g for bed when the bolt struck th but for tunately neither felt the sio nouse belonged to Major Showaiter, insured In the Rockford for 100, rished in the Elkhorn. FreMoNT, Neb., July 14.—[Special to Tne Ber.|—Last evening while William King jr., son of the Hooper livery man, was bathing and washing one of lus father's horses in the Elkhorn river at that place he met with a sudden death. He was in water about ten feet deep with the horse, when he was in S0me manne thrown off the anima drowned. From the bruises di his body after he was taken out of th it is thought the horse struck him with its foot and disabled him so bhe could not help himself. Young King was nineteen year: old, e Burglars at § Frrvoxt, Neb., July 14 Bee.]—The cigar and tobacco store of Brei- tenfield & Maurer was burel d last night. The burglars entered by forcing open the buck door. They captured several valuable meerschaum pipes and other goods and mor to the value of about & No clue to th burglars has been discovered. tablish a Lodge. Neb., July 1.—[Special to Tue ),'dlIUH of six members and K. of P, of this left to-du; ill to establish m division in the lodge b that place, Inaugurated the Campaign. INviaNAroLis, July 14.—The democrs Indianapolis to-night formally inaugurated what bids fair to be the wost memorable po- litical campaigu in the history of Indiana, About eight o'clock a processicn, composed of numerous Cleveland and Thurman clubs, began parading the priucipal business streets It is estimated that between M0 men were in line. About © o'clock the procession cnterod Tomlinson’s hall, wlmr\.ull-ru fow parks by Hon, W. . glish, the meeting. was addresse by uov.-nm Gray. The meeting broke up e2bout midnight wwid general enthusiasm, mont. Special to Tuk To Furesoxr, | DYNAMITE AT NEBRASKA O An Alleged Plotto Blow Up the New Bridge. NEnrAsks Crry, Neb,, July 14.-~[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—Several da, the B. & M. put eight men on guard nig! and day at the new bridge. The reason was developed to-day by the remarks of an officer of the rond who asserted that anonymous information was received that au attempt would be made to blow up the bridge with dynamite by agents of the brotherhood; that B. & M. detectives had succeeded in locating the dynamite in the possession of persons who had received it for this purpose. The parties are now under detective surveillance aud will be arrested when sufficient evidence s secured. Much_excitement is caused by the information. Nate Curtis, chief of the brotherhood at this place says that this is another scheme on the partof ihe *'Q" to ob. tain public sympathy and the entire story is utterly groundless. But if it were true the brotherhood had nothing to do with it and would not uphold any such eriminal proceed ngs. The local oficers say that dynamite was shipped to Rulo and Plattsmouth for symilar purposes, Startling - developments are expeeted. A Democratic Jollification. Goxvox, Neb,, July 14.—{Special Telegram to Tue Be To-day tho democ s of northwastorn Nebraska turned out in force and assisted the loeal democrats in ratifying the nominces of the national democratic party. A’ special train was ran front Chad ron, bringing pepresentatives from thut | Hay Springs and Rushvitlo. The town was orately de 1 the democrats of ordon and ided by the silver t band , turned out to meet Specches w made by Mossr of Chadron, Br of Rushville, of Lincolun, and othiers, Farmer Milicrs Death. TerAMAn, Neb., July 15.—[Special Tele gram to Tne Bk ]—The cavse of the deatli of Jacob Miller, who shot himself on the 12th inst four miles cast of Herman, was suicide, tho result of financial difteulties, - Reports nedfnotes for 4 party some years ago in Towa, which took all the . property he had. He left Towa and came to this state ten y ago and - liad imulated - a good déal” of property at the time of his death, Lately the courts in_lowa have rendered judgments against him on sonie back claims, which is supposed to be the e of his death. He leaves two sons and one daughter, all mar- ried aud living in the viemity. CexTRAL Ciry, Tue Beg. |1 July 14.—[Special to t night this vicinity was vis ited by a very nard. storm -of thunacr and lightning accompanied by some hail, The rain fell in torrents and there was almost continual. flash of lightning. The barn of Elder J. W. Sliank was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. The contents were all saved. The barn was fully insured in the Home Fire lisurance company of Om ‘The rain was just what was needed to @ the oat crop. The benefit toall erops could not be computed und will put everything in fine shape. y Republicans, July - 14.—|Special Tel gram to Tie Bee,]—Ata meeting of the re- publican county central committee to-diy the prin alled for August 11 and the convention for August 16, Wymore wanted the convention but did not have votes enough. A resolution- was passed declaring that in order to vote at the republican primaries the. voter must declare his intention to. support thenominees of the party. Adams County Prohibitioniats. Hastings, Neb, July 14.—[Special Tele- gram to Pue Bie.]—The Adams . county prohibitionists in convention at Juniata this afternoon nominated Sam . Alexander of Hastings for state senator, D. D. Norton of Kenasaw for representative and J. B Eirad of Cottonwood township for a contingent representative. ge O Rearrice, Neb., Dk A Rear End Collision. Brainarp, Neb., July 14.—|Special to Tur —Two -construction trains on the Fre mont, Elkhoru & Missouri Valley railroad going to Geneva, one closely following the otlier, came together five miles north of here this morn ing resulting in_considerable dam- age to one engine and every car, - As far as learned no one was injured, — Crops Injured by Wind. ScnvyLer, Neb., July 14.~(Spe ial to Tie Ber.]—The high wind of Friaay night did a good deal of damige to corn in Colfax county. The crops bid fair to be the heaviest over raised in the county, but now the best flelds ure lving flat. There are a good many reports of loss of stock by hghtuing. A Mysterious Disappearance. HastixGs, Neb,, July l4.—Special Tele- gram to Tue Bek.|—George Craig, a wipe at the B. & M. round house, drew a month’s pay Thursday and suddenly disappeaved leaving his wife. Search is being instituted, but no tidings have yet been r missing man, —— RELICS OF COLO. 1AL DAYS. 01d Shells, Canaon Shot, Ete., Bug Up by New York Lxcavators, NEw Youk, July 13.— A six-pound cannon ball, encrusted with rust, was dug up in some conduit excavations at Broadway and Warren streets to-d The before there were found in the same pla empty twelve-pound sheli, two twelve-pound balls, two six-pound shots, a trunion rin ghteen inches across and three inches thick, and an English penny of 174 Jach piece wus thick with rust and hard deposits from the Superintendent Brushwick, who is i ge of the work, thinks there was a ™ an evolutionary times along the present Warren street line, for his men found lots of old war iron around The last thing discovered is th It is an iron ring two inc diameter, looped to which are three el rod is nine inclies long and the end of h rod furthest from the iron circle ns out into a quiirter-section of a Close beside the spot where this vas discoyered lay another rod, which svidently fiad been broken off from the role. Originally the four rods, with t lumps of ironat onc end and the bind circle ut the other, could ve folded together. A queer four-armed specimen of antique shot, Similar to the chain or shank shot, was also found. When folded aud rammed into a caanon and fired it spins its four arms around and uround in tne air while traveling in a forword directi e ned on Suicide, Mrs. Craue, mg at Lu Deter Cuicaco, Jaly 14 under arrest for sho Nuity, was caught making prepa commnit suicide in ke cell this ev was tying together strips of s quilts for the purpose of design. She said she would rather strangle herself than go to prison and that she has been prompted to commit suieid: account of the constant visits of pe whom she had Tobbed. She stated further that if con victed, which” she would be, that she would kill herself, - The Prison Association, Bos10y, July 14.-~The annual mecting of the Nuational Prison . association bhegan this evening with a public- meeting in Tremont temple. A large audience was present at the evening session. Governor Hrackett. wel- comed the association in belialf of the state. Ex-president Hayes was then introduced and warmly applauded. e delivered nis wl- dress us president of the associntion, ufter l which the mectivg adjourncd, i ¢ who is er Mo ions to ning. A" SOCIAL TRIUMPH Scored by the Young Soldier Eme peror of Germany. HIS FIRST STATE CEREMONIAL Description of the Palace Dinueg Given to the Diplomats, PERFECT IN ALL ITS DETAIL®, The First of Its Typo Given Since the Foundation of the Empire. = GUESTS AGREEABLY SURPRISEDy ; An Amount of Good Taste Displayed By the Totally tooked by His Dis xutshed Friends. Kaiser Une for in The First State Dinner. 1COpYright 188 y James Go Binnett] Briit July 14.—[New York: Horald Cable to e Ber])—The ppluce dinner to the foreizn diplomats is worth wome further deseription, as it is the fiest of -ita type, so f: since the foune At the To It were ige the heads of forcign missions o - representatives, In this. latter class, owing to his - absence, Minjstes Pendleton, of the United States, bad as hig representative Chapman Coleman, his ehanga ‘affuirs, Those invited went i . whizzedalong at such a rato’ that ite usual forty-five minutes travel was shortened ; to twenty minutes. An array of court cae . riages met the train, Onee inside the castle there was a wait of a few minutes whilo -the Kuiser talked with a few of those embassee dors hest known to him, At 7 o'clock the ki wallting aleng: ahead of all his guests, led the . way ‘to $he dimner table. In the marblo room was a long, narrow table with short wings at cach ends At the middle of the main table sat -the * kaiser with the embassadors of Ttaly undl Austria at his’ right and loft, tho rest, being ranged by seniority noar Opliositothia, emperor, and inside tho horsoshioe, - was the. coming chancellor, Count Herbert Bistnarclk, Llsewhere by seniovity were arranged the ministers and chargés in- théle ovder: . The . empress, as can easily be widerstood,. wia not presentv. s There was a barely observable pause aftef the kaiser had. seated himself lmrurc'm- guests followed his' exanpie, but 8o perfeck were thie arrangements thut -auch of the Mty diners founi his plage ‘without. hufry oF or delay, in spite of the quick movementa of the young ‘emperor. . Tho tablo .sefs - vice was of silver, and the décorations of flowers were small- and unobtrusive:’ Nothing else was placed on the table, Now were the meats ¢arved in thé dining room. Spéciul as 1 ean discoy dation of the cmpire. 1t royal ¢i vited all their - temvorary was given v castie at Potadam, him. replenishing of glusses onco émptied, “A curious innovation was the bringing of stine wine already decanted in glasses, Aboud spent an the folloiving bill.of = Consomme Printanicr: Traites wu Blew, Sauce, Hollindse, Filet Boeuf a la Monglas. Supreme de Volaille aux Tl‘llmfi Aspic de Homirds, Suucé Remoulate. . Selle de Chevreuille.” Rote Sulade, rilles Petit Pois u la Francaise, Croustado aux Pechds ala Vanille, Charlotte a la Chateaubriatid. Dessert, The menu card is of cream card boapd without outside ornamentation. The inside is fringed with gold and is lettered in light clear prints. Besides the bill of fare it has only the date, “Pottsdam, July 13, 1538 and above. this a crowned imperial eagle, which may be roughly described as perched inside u wishbone, from the upper -end of which hang streams of gold, The diuner itself was exquisite and nurvaa with the highest art—that is, so promptly and so skillfully that there was no consciouss Gros ness of how or by whom it wus served. The kaiser looked remarkably well, talked with animation, and ate with his usual rather impaticnt haste, seeming to care little for Arinking, but taking evie the perfoct atmosph of point cither eating ¢ t pleasur The general taste, the most of the dinner to onlooker, was a change trom the rather barbarots luxury of dinners at the former court, und the diers instead of wearing the bored faces of forced attend= looked vather as if enjoyed themselyes, Ona the diplomats told me be would like 49 way daily. while others 4 ploasure such s was nevew in service, good noticeable ants at a state ceremony, they thoroughly of dine in the same About 8 o'clock the kaiser rose, and all | followed him to foruw a circle in the neighs boring room. There his majesty spoke to cach about some topic connceted with his home. To the Mexic minister, for instance, about the recent floods, i B anything, tws dinner pramises not only @ luxurious, brilliant court but beyond thatan good taste thatis surprising in the erperor, who is so thoroughly a soldier, Perhaps, also, o judgo by the smoothuess with which this first state ceremonial passed off, that the emperor hias something of his grandfather's ubllity to sclect the right man for the right plac an shows such us was expeets wmount of Muckenzie Left Ouc | Copyriaht 1895 by James Gordon Bennett,) Hexwy, July 1.—[New York Herald Cuble—Speciat to Tue Brp.)—Doctor Borgs jved the decoration of coms wandey of the ardor of the house of Hohens zollercd, wid Dr. Gelrliardt the order of the Red ek gete nothing. # mann has roce o spegial . .

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