Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 29, 1889, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE . " NINETEENTH YEAR. OMATIA, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1889, THE ELECTIONS IN FRANCE. A View of the Situation in Its Propor Light HE CONCLUSIONS TO BE DRAWN An Event Which Will Furnish No In- dication of the True State of French Publio Opinion. Bonlangists Would Gain Little. 1 Copyrighted 1859 by James Gordon Bennett,] Pans, July 25.—[New York Herald Cable ~Special to Tnm B lections were held to-day all over France for members of oonscils general and conscils arrondissment, and to-morrow wo shall know whether the manifestation organized by Boulangists Llias mot with any success. The Boulangists, in the event of success, will not fail to makoe a great deal of noise over their viotory. They will assert that unusual suffrage has pronounced between Boulanger and his ene- mies, They will be certain to insist that this first success is the foreshadowing of a still more brilliant victory they will win in the coming legislative election. It Is, however, advisable to look at the matter in the proper light. Supposing Bou- langer is elocted to the conscils general or the conscils arrondissment in eighty elec- toral districts. What are the conclusions tobodrawn from such a result! Morely that Boulanger has in France several hun- drods of thousands of supporters. No oue deniea this; but France contains thirty- eight millions of inhabitants, of whom about ten millions are electors. Tho suffrage that may be secured by Boulanger An those olectoral districts where he presents himselt will be, in comparison with these figures, a very insignificant proportion of the ‘whole pumber of votes cast. The elections of to-day are held for the purpose of filling 3,000 seats with councillors general and councillors of arrondissement. Of the number Boulanger only aims at so- curing 80. This, after all, is & quite moder- ate ambition, for the proportion is less than three per cent of the whole. If the electoral distriots in which Boulanger presents him.- self as a candidate have been selected at ran- dom; if he hiad fixed upon them by lot even, then proof would have been far from (onc! swve, But it would not have been lacking in fmportance. Far from that. The advisers of Boulanger have made a long and careful study of the olectoral map ana have selected with the utmost care the electoral districts {n which to risk their chances. Tho sclec- tion was made mysteriously, and until the last moment they uvoided allowing it to bo kuown where the general would offer himself. An examination of the list of electoral districts selectea reveals the fact that in nearly half tho departments no Boulangist candidate will present himself, On the other haud, there are & number of departments in which Boulanger is to be a candidate in soveral cantons. In other words, Houlanger only appeals to the suf- frages of his fellow citizens in eighty out of 8,000 electoral districts. He only presents himself in those picked out as representing the greatest chances for success, and in half of the departments he has not ventured to risk the test, It partakes of the nature of & joke to claim {or elections orgauized under such conditions 8 weight of plebiscitum. No thoughtful man will give to Boulager's success, even sup posing he carries all the electoral distric s in which ke preseuts himself, any weighty importanco. It is true, however, that the ignorant may allow themselves to be deceived by the manoeuvre. If, on the other hand, he fails, the defeat may work him serious injury. For, after having prepared so longin ad- vance this so-called appeal to the suffrage; after having taken so mavy precautions to have all the chances on his sido, it would be truly ridiculous and humiliating to be de- feated, All this means that the elections to-day have not the importance which certain poli- ticians seek to attribute to them, The mani- fostatiou arranged by the Boulangists, even supposing that everything turns out as they desire, will be nothing more than the ex- pression of opinions of a small minority of the electors, The whole thingis & mero comedy parody of plebiscitum. 1t will fur- nish no data for political caloulations as to the result of the approuching legislative elections, of formig an opinion concerning tho true state of French public opiuion, or as regards Boulanger and Boulangism. | = Bonlunger's Hopos Blasted. Paws, July 25.—Returns from 550 cantons show that General Boulanger has been suc- coossful in only twelve. Returns are still awaited from Y03 cantons. The hopes of the Boulangists have fallen to zero. ML S HOSPITABLE BUFFALO BILL, He Entertains His Guests in T Western Style, [Copyright 1889 Iy James Gordon Bennetr.| Pams, July 28.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tre Bee.)|—The stars and stripes floated gaily over Buffalo Bill encampment yesterdny ‘morning, and they ket on floating through the aay. Cody, hos- pitable and patriotic, had iuvited a number of his fellow countrymen and women ton breakfast given in honor of Russell Harri son, son of the president, and such a break fast had the gallant colonel prepared for his visitors as they had not eaten for many a day. Haked beans, with the fiavor of savory pork; corn bread, custard pie, and ice croam. Where all theso wonderful things came from was & mystery, but there they were, and very good they were, Nor was the menu limited to purely American dishes, but var- a0us products of Parisian culinary stocks were pleasingly blended therein. Altogether, Harrison enjoyed bis breakfast immensely, and 80 did the other guests, The collation was served inone of the luxurious tents, which was fitted up for the occasion with flowers, flags, and ull sorts of trophies from the wild west. Buffalo Bill was ably sec- onded in the duties of host by Major Burke and Nate Salisbury. Harrison himself is a gonuino westerner; consequently he enjoyed 1o the utmost all the stories of life on the plains, which grew more and more thrilling a8 the repust advanced. Awmong those present wero: Cousul Geuersl Rathbone, whose health was drank with a will; Doo Powell, ex-mayor of Lacrosse, Wis., and Mus. Powell; Mr. and Mrs, N. C. Crawlord, Mrs. Nate Sulisbury, Miss Samuels and Mr. Henry Paynie, Nor was the jubilution lim- ited to good chicer, for the party witnessed the afternoon performance, when Harrison rode around the ring in the famous Dead wood coach. At the close of the afteruoon performance Russell Harrison received in Colonel Cody's tent Mayor Frost and the Massachusetts rifle team, with their blush- fog Harvard honors thick upon them. A Pphotograph of the group was taken with the unique surroundings of the camp, tho pic turesque Cody mud cowboys wmaking it especially valuable as a souvenir. The Mas- sachusetts boys remained in camp to dinnor, which was served in the headquarters, and which readily commended itself to the ap- preciation of the New Englanders. The bill of fare included auch savory dishes as clam chowder, hominy, corn bread and baked beans. When the groaning board had Dbeen cased of its load, speeches suited to the occasion were made by Harrison, Cody, Sal- isbury, Doc Powell, Mayor Frost and others, it Shivering Parisians. (Copyright 1899 by James Gordan Bennett,] Pams, July 9.—(New York Herald Cablo—Special to T Ber.|—Tho weathor in Paris continues cold and windy. Straw hats have been disappearing and light over- conts have become an agrooable necessity. Small fires are lighted in apartments and evory one is wondering when the Siberian blasts that have chilled the Parisians to the core for the past fortnight will cense. Cables from the Horald's meteorological bureau an- nouncing hot weather in America are read with interest, but it is now predicted by weather oxperts hero that the high tempera- ture n America has caused a vacunm that is being filled by cold waves of atmosphere from the Atlantic, that is, in turn, replaced by still colder air waves from the Baltic and Scandmavia, so that no warm woather, of which there is no sign at present, caa be ox- pected in western Europe until the hot spell ceases in America. Consequently the Her- ald’s meteorological cable announcing this fact is anxiously awaited by the shivering Parisian: —_— A Destructive Cyclono in Hungary, [Copyright 1589 by Jamss Gordon Bennstt.) ViessA, July 23.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tk Brr.]—The most dis- astrous cyclone of many years has been raging for soveral days in southorn Hun- gary, Transylvania and Bukovina, The de- struction of property is enormous. There is reason to fear that hundreds of lives have been lost. The area of the disturbance is several thousand square miles. Many bodies of men, women, chiliren and cattle have been recovered from the Davube, Theiss and other rivers. Many animals wero killed by hail and lightning. The majority of deaths are by flood. Several churches are in ruins, Three of tho twenty-four mills on the Dan- ube remain. A crowded ferry boat was blown against o steamer near Pesth and nearly all on board were drowned. A cir- cus was swept away ot Szegedin. Crops were either destroyed or greatly injured. TP Palmer's Cool Read. [Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett.] Loxnoy, July 23.—[New York Herald Ca- ble—Special to Tur Bee.]—A. M. Palmer, wife, baby and nurse wero saved from death probably today by Palmer's cool Liead and strong hand. Thoy were driving behind o double team, when one horse frightened and tho team dashed off at the top of their speed. Tho driver lost his wits, and Palmer climbed upon the box, took the reins from the driver and guided the horses into a fence, A hun- dred spectators looked for a frightful catas- trophe. The American knew what ho was about, and as a result nobody was hurt, but the return journey was made by boat. No more driving for Mrs. Palmor and baby. pisdi b sl Russia Will Grow Cotton, (Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett.| ‘Loxvoy, July 25.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tur Bee.]—Among the passengers on the Snale's last trip from New York was S. J. Rauner, an attache of the Russian imperial household. He had spent a year in the United States studying cotton culture for the purpose of making a report to the Russian government, which contemplates growing cotton on a large scale In part of the Asiatic domain, Rauner is of the opinion that the scheme is feasible. e Boulanger's Ten Days Up. Pamws, July 23.—The time granted to Bou- langer, Dillon and Rochefort to answer the summons of tho senate court having expired an official to-day publicly read before their resudences the decree giving the accused ten days in which to appear before the court. Failing in this their property will bo sequos: tered and they will be deprived of all civil rights. ——— GOING TO CHICAGO. Milwaukos to Lose the Trafiic Depart- ment of the C., M. & St. P, Cuicago, July 28.—~Tno Times to-morrow will suy: Not ouly is the trafiic department of the Cnicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road t0 bo removed from Milwaukee to Chicago before the lapse of another month, but re- port has it that tho general offices of the Wisconsin Central are to bo located in this The company's station in Chicago, which will be completed about Septomber 1, i provided with ample office accommoda- tions. Since the receat traffic agreement with the Northern Pacific the opinion has become more gencral that the Wisconsin Central would remove its offices to Chicago. el S sl A Roman Fover Victim, NEw Yorx, July 25, —The remains of Miss Madge Crawford, of Kittaning, Pa., who died of Roman fever last April, arrived hero today from Gibraltar and were at once shipped to Pittsburg for interment. The body was secretly removed from Rome, to avoid the law requiviug the immediate in- terment of persons dying of contagious dis casesy and cmbalmed and placed in o me- tallic’ casket. This was boxed and marked tvaluable plate glass,” aud shipped to Naples by rail. It wis passed as such through the custom house, and at Gibraltar a bill of lading for a corpse replaced the plate glass manif A Wonderful Escape. Kaxsas Cury, July 28, —Early this morn ing tho east wall of a three-story brick building, No. 827 West Ninth sureet, oceu- pied by Mrs, I2. Norton as 4 boarding house, fell outward, carrying with it the adjacent rooms which were filled wawh lodgers, who awoke to find themselves being hurled to the ground and buried in the debris. No one was killed and only four persons were injured, and they but slightly, - The accident wiis caused by an_excavation which weak- ened the foundation. The Wyoming Methodist Mission, Lanawie, Wyo.,, July 28.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue Bre.]—The annual session of the Wyoming Methodist mission closed to- might. To-day’s services were conducted by Bishop Goodsell, of Texas, uud Dr. A. B. Leonard, of New York. Rov. D. L. Rader, of Cheyenne, was rea) ed superintend- ent of tho mission. made in the location of pustors. Lev, 8. A. Bright remains at Choyeuue und Rev, H. L. Wriston stays Lere. S - Just Like Omaha's Weather. Lanayis, Wyo,, July 25, pecial Tele- gram to Tun Bre.|—A heayy atmosphere like smoke has hung over Latamie aud all this section of Wyoming all day. The sun has eppeared like & dull red ball in the heavens. It is belwved that the smoke comes from the Montana forest fires, born hither by tue Chinook winds. The wind bas kuuu strong from the northwest for two ays. eona Dr. Schmelzkopf Drowne Brauiy, July 58.—Dr. Schmelzkopf, sur- geon in chiel of Captain Wissman's expe- dition, bus beew drowned at Zanzibar. THE ROYAL WEDDING CAKE. Huge in Proportions and Gay in Decorations. FIVE AND A HALE FEET HIGH. As Magnificent an Edifice as Ever Oast the Gloom of Indigestion Over tho Sunshino of Nup- tial Festivity. A Monster Bon Bon. (Copyright 1389 by Jamss Gordon Bennet.) LospoN, July 25.—(New York Herald Cable—Spocial to Tue Bee.] — After tho wedding coremony at tho chapel yesterday the Duke of Fife and his bride proceeded to Sheen house, ® beautiful residenco on the Thames owned by the duke. Tho dis- tance from Mariborough house to Sheen is about mue miles. Every yard of the distance was a splendid welcome. At Mortlake 300 children strewed tho path of the happy couple with flowers. o children had been trained to the work in set fashion and began according to orders, but were overpowered by the occasion of tho abproach of the car- riage containmg the duko and the princess. The children threw down their flowers and cheored wildly. Such an outburst must have been as delightful as it was unexpected. Smiles greeted the ohildren from the fair young bride, but it was plain to those who watched her closely that the spontancous ovation almost brought tears to her eyes, ‘The drive was a triumphal welcome, Just beyond the Comte de Paris’ house, where o thousand little tricolors decorated the walls, tho Third East Surrey volunteers were drawn up to saluto the party as they drove under tho gariands of flowers and under the arch of laurel and thistles that spanned tho gateway of the lodge. There was a rattle of arms as they saluted and the carriage drove through the open entrance. Thero was an- other rattle as they grounded their rifies again, and the carriage with tho bridal party disappeared beyond the clump of rhododen- drons that faca the hall door of the princess’ new home, Then came the ceromony of cutting the wedding cake.. It was as magnificent an edi- fice in sugar modeling and fret work as ever cast the gloom of indizestion over the sun- shine of nuptial festivity. It was a tall slender structure five foet and a half in height, restingon & circular pedestal two feet and a half in diametor. It weighed 150 pounds and was all in white sugar and deli- cate white flowers, with only a few touches of deep color in small cardinal velvet and gold coroncts that faced four panels,on which were worked the monograms. It came from Sunter’s famous old house in Berkley square, which has made all the wed- ding cakes for all the royal and aristocratic marriages since the queen was married, fifty vears ago. The cake proper was four or five inches above the pedestal, and was a butky cylinder fourteen inches in height and eighty inches in circumference. It contained all the ingredients, from citrons to raisins, which are supposed to add joy to the wed- Qing scene. 1t had four panels, two of them bearing the monogram “L. D. W.”—Louis Dagmar of Wales—and “A. G. F.’—Alex- ander George of Fife. Above cach was a red and gold coronet. Between the panes the three feathers of the Prince of Wales were embossed, and each panel was_taste- fully bedded and partly framed in delicate white arum lilies, white rose buds, white orange blossoms and small white convolvuli. Above the cake was a Greek temple resting on eigt white columns, and a dome which rosein diminishing tiers supported white classical figures, on the head of which was o vase from which bloomed a crown of white flowers. Four delicate pendants fell from this reaching nearly to tho base. They were composed of single flowers with joined stoms, One was of snow white rosebuds and tiny sprigs of heather. Another was of orange buds and blossoms: a third was of small white sprays and heather. Scotch thistle represented by half a dozen speci- mens formed the base of the flower orown, and partly wreathed the figure, Shortly before 8 o'clock, aud at the con- clusion of the dinner, the bridal party has- tened back to Marlborough house botw solid banks of curious Londonors. Salvos of cheers greeted the happy pageuntry at every step. The Duke of Kife and his bride had one carriage to themselves. The Prince and Princess of Wales wero together, Precisely at 4 o'clock her majesty made her state départure from Victoria station en routeto Osborn. The first carriage con- tained a contingent of lndian servants, fol- lowed by a large number of trusty attend- ants of state, Her majesty’s carriage, whick concludea the procession, was preceded by the royal groomsmen, and an escort of royal Horse Guards, The queen rode in au open carriage, and was accompanied by Prince and Princess Heury of Battenburg. The line of route was crammed with people, In the outer yard were massed i triangular groups the police keeping order and clearing tho carriage way in obodience to the royal wishes., The arrival, instead of the depart- ure, platform was used, aud the start was made at 4:1 - Goorge Ladd Seriously 11l {Copyright 1589 by Jamss Gordon Bennaitl Loxnoy, July 28.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tus Bek]—George S, Ladd, ot San Francisco, a prominent ele trician, is lying dangerously ill at hus houso in Picadilly, Delirium set in to-day. = The Columbia's Pe NEW Youk, July 5, one hours and thirty-seven minutes, the time made by the Hamburg- American_twin screw steamer Columbia from tho Needles to Sandy Hook, is the best time ever made over the course. ' It not only beats all previous records to the westward for that distance, but it also smashes the records made by all the fust steamers—the Etruria, Umbria, City of New York and City of Paris—on their maiden trips from Liver- pool to New York, The Columbia is 460 feet long, 36 feet wide, 83 feet de has 10,000 tons displacement and 12, power engines. Rl A Pittsburg Journalist De Pir1sBoRa, July 25.—John C, Barr, a well- known newspaper man, died this morning at the age of Afty-two years. He had been at different times connected with the New York World and Times, and at the time of his death was employed on the Chronicle-T graph of this city. B L e Short in His Accounts. Kaxsas Ciry, July 25.—Cha, les S, Crysler, of Independence, is reported to be $30,000 short in his accounts. He 1s agent for sev- eral estates, COryslor is at present 1 Waush- ington, but telegraphed his' father to give & delivery bond aud that he would satisfy when b got home. formance, Six days, twenty- e Col h Found, CrserxNaty, July 25.—To-day Colonel Joues' watch was found at the pawn shop, where Blythe recelved $10 for it. Confron with the whtch &ud pawn broker, Blythe ad- mitted that he aid pawn the walch, and said he had also taken §1 in the colonel’s pocket, RIOTS AT OINCINNATL ot Much Damage Bone, But Things Moved Lively. Crxorssaty, O., July 38,—To-day hias boen a regular fleld day between the saloonkeep- ers and the police. Of the 212 saloonkeepers who met at Turner hall last weok, all, with the exception of about forty, tried to keep open. In consequence, thero were about ono hundred and fifty arrests. The police had orders to rearrest all who attempted to reopen after bail was given, but there were no more than thirty cases of this kind, By far the greater part of the s loons were, to all appearances, closed. Saloonkeeper Eichter, who has made himself famous by his vigorous resist- ence of the Owen law, kept his saloon open, selling only “soft drinks,” such as lemonade, mineral water, otc., and was not arrested. Drugglsts, howaever, were not permitted to sell soda water, lemonade or cigars, Over the Rhine two or threo riots took place this afternoon. At Fifteenth and Vine streets about 4 o'clock this afternoon, the polico undertook to arrest a_man for disor- derly conduct. A crowd of 1,500, composed chiefly of hoodlums that infest the neighbor- hood, quickly gathered, and the cry of “Mob the police!” iwas raised. The mob set upon the police with clubs and fists, and one policeman was badly beaten, his scalp being cut, but he is not seriously in jured, Abouta dozen policemen kept the crowd back with their clubs. while an ofticer arrested the man. On the corner of Wainut and Twelfth streots, at Warflinger's saloon, an unsuccessful attempt to resist the police was made. Three reporters, who went over the Khino this evening to look up matters, had quite an adventure. ‘They woere suspected of b g spies and the crowd demanded that they give an account of themselves. Two of them gave satisfactory reasons, but the third was obliged to turn _and run down Vine street, followed by a mob, and he only escaped serions lujury by bewg rescued by the police. Throughout the city the work of tho police has been admirable, The entire force of the city is on duty. The most of theso, however, are held in rescrve at the various station houses, in case of an out- brenk. Moro saloons iwere closed to-day than on any provious Sunday since the at- tempt was made to enforce the law. There was @ prearrangement by those saloonkeepers who had agreed to remuin open to-duy, 50 that those who were arrested had notrouble in _geeting bail. The number of those in favor of Sunday closing s constantly increasing, and the rioutous procecdings of to-aay have made many accessions to the law-abiding class. -— THE CLEARANCE RECORD. Financial Transactions of the Coun- try For the Lust Week. Bostox, July 23.—|Special Telogram to Tue Bee.|—The following table, compiled from dispatches from the clearing houses in the cities named, shows the gross exchanges for the week ending July 27, 1889, with rate per cent of incroasc or decrease as com- pared with the amounts for the correspond- ing week in 1888 CITLES, ARINGS. - osazouf New York. Bost . Philidelphia. ) ChICaxo ... . Louls o] n Francisco.. . FALSDUTKowr ... coeee e Baliimore... *Montreal.. Clacinnati Kansas Olty.. Louisville.©.. Providento | Milwaukes 16,000 No v Orloats P Omaha...., 525,26 Detrol Denver soae Minneapoiis . St. Paul *Bufralo. oveland .’ 11110 BBE00T lunibis 21480700) Richmond ..., 2,184,000 Hartfora *Halifax Indianapolis.. Memphis, Dallus. New Haven. Duiuth Springfleld Worcester Bt. Joseph Portlend, Me. Poorta.... ... “Portlind, Or Fort Worth Wichita. *Birminghan Syracuso Grand Ra; Lowell Gnlvestor Los Angeles Norfolk joux City. Topoka.. *Tacoma 5] 17,062,235 0,662,260 ol 7621711 oL 401,80 30,614 842,113 304,337 Total : Outside New ¥ork:| “Not tncluded in total this timo lust year Ak THE FALL OF THE BASTILE. Chicago Anarchists and Socialists Celebrate—Mrs. Parsons’ Speech. Cnicaco, July 28.—The 100th anniversary of the storming of tho Bastile was celebrated by the socialistic and anarchistic societies fn this city to-day. It was a jubilce day for the anarchists, Mrs. Lucy E. Parsons, the widow of the noted snarchist, made an in- cendiary speech that wus loudly ap- plauded. She sald’ the fall of the Bastile, while a blow to tyranny did ot destroy ecconontic slavery. Thero must be another revolution, @ revolution agamst the “Bastiles of labor." The people will rise, storm and capture those I3astiles, They will bear out the heads of those devils, the capitalists, on the tops of piko ataves. [Aplause, ] “Thoy prosum to rule by the divine right of the rifle and tho gatling gun, the noose aud the prison. You must seize those rifles and those gatling guns, destroy the pallows and storm the prisons, You must not march in tho streots to be mowed down, but you must get within the walls and victory is yours. 1 say there will be a revolution. I say, you nien are brave enough to rise and. pui’ down the ty rants, The revolution comes, the red flag waves, tho Bastile falls, the common people aretriumphant. History, repeats itself.” The crowd cheored itself hoarso at the conclusion of Mrs, Parsons’ specch. Paul Grottkau, tho well known anarchist, echoed the sentiments so vehemently expressed by Mrs, Parsons, no clearing houso at Printers Will Resiae Keduction, lo-day's meeting of Typographical union,iNo. 6, is said to have been the largest ever held in this city. A thorough discussion of the troubles of tho pust week was had, and by a vote of about 80010 400, it was decided to resist to the utmost any reduction in the price of compo stion, They regard “Big 6" as the back- bone of trade unjonism in the United States, and it is assumed that if they wera reduced here, the printers’ stronghold, a reduction would follow in the traae all over the country The morning without taking action, moet again this afternoon. mmittee udmurnbd at 10'clock in the They will EOVMNDR A Spanish Republican Plot, Rig JyNEWo, July 23, —Adrian Valle, Portugdese who fired a shot at Dom Podro on the night of July 10, while the latter was leaving a theater, declares be was instigated to make the attempt upon the emperor's life by u republican association. The Weather fndications. For Nebraska anl Dakowa: Lizht local showers, coolor, followet by Fisiig tom) era- ture and norty o CHEERFUL CROP PROSPECTS. A Yoar of Great Plonty Presaged For Iowa. THE SONG OF THE KATYDID, Commissioner Dey Has Heard the Testy Little Dogmatist and Fears Frost in Bix Weeks. A Cheerful Showing. Des Moixes, In, July 25.—(Special to Tne Ber.|—The prospect for remarkablo if not unprecedented crops in Iowa this year, improves every day. Secretary Shaffer, of the state agricultural society, is busy com- piling his crop report, amlhe says that the indications so far are of & most astonishing character, The crop of nats this year will be very large relatively. It has suffered very little from either wind or rain, while last year it suffered u great deal. The wheat crop is now u smail one in Iowa, becaus farmers find that some other grain gives a better return, The hay crop in genoral is very good. The first yiold suffered a little by early drouth, but the aftermath 18 very fine, Corn is in splendid condition and will show au immense crop. In this connection speculations are already being beard as to when the first frostmay be expected. Speak- g of this subject, Railroad Commissioner Dey remarlked the ether day: “I am not at all superstitious, but Monday evoning whilo I was at my home in Towa City, I heard tho first katydid sing, and the old belief that the first frost would follow in six weeks oc- curred to me, That would bring the first frost on September 3, most too early for tho corn.” Othor persons report having heard the katydid sing that same ovening, aud thero will bea great deal of nterest in seeing how near the old saying comes true, While the corn is looking very fine, a stinwing frost as early s September 3 would have a very serious effect upon it. Report of the Insurance Department. Des Moixes, Ta., July 28.—|Special to Tue Ber.|—The advance sheets of the an nual report of the insurance department of the state auditor’s office are now out, and they contain some interesting figures. They show that in the state there are 110 co-opera- tive fire und tornado associations, These had risks in force January 1, 1889, amounting 10 $59,517,176.00, an increase of nearly $10,- 000,000 in the past year. The risks written amounted to $15,055,503.48 and the risks can- celed to €,273,800.70. During the year these companies paid losses to the amount of §! 77190, und the total expenses amounted to $131,931.34, making the percentage of cost to amount of risk only 17.5 of 1 per cent. These companies therefore paid less than $100,000 of losses on over 50,000,000 of risks. Tho Jowa companies doing otner than lifo insurance busiuess wero seven- teen in all These seventeen com- panics wrote during the year risks amounting w $68,218,440, recewved m pre- miums 81,447,883.53, pud losses amounting to $i27,007.10 and incurred losses to the amount of $121,445.95, The per cent of losses paid to premiums received was 2 At the same time there were ninety-seven foreign companies doing busmes in Iowa, not life These wrote risks amounting to 32,600,170, recewved in_premiums $1,831,- 180.41, paid lossos of 8051,535.58 and incurred to the amount of 8578,314.03, The per ont of l0ssos to premiums received was & The 114 companies, including the seventeen fowa and ninety-seven foreign companies, doing other than life business, wrote, during 1888, risks amounting to $200,870,210, received as premiums £3:279,02334, ' puld losses of $1,100,655,77, aud incurred losses to the amount of 999,759.41. The per cent of loss to premiums Teceived was, therefore, 83.8 Nine companies_other than fire and lifo— sucn as boiler, live stock, plate glass, et did business in the state during the year, writing misks to the amount of FTOLWTE, received promiums of $108,563.25 and paid losses of 335,000.52, and incurred losses of $3297°4S, The grand total of these 120 compunies, including all the 117 lowa and foreign companies doing other than life, and the mmne companies Qoing other than'fire and life, was: Amount of risks written, §207,801,850} premiams re ceived, §3,357,80L50;" losscs paid, §1,145, 210.50; and losses incurred, §1,032,734.5¢ During the year twent aid a lifo insurance business in the state. The number of policies in force December 31, 188 443; written during the year 1858, was 8,250; terminated, 0570, leaving force December 31, 1858, 2381, ‘an_increase of 1,309 policies. ‘Phe amount of life jusur- ance policies in force December 31, 1888, was 5,622,114, an_increase of about’ $1,500,000 during'the year. Tho premiums paid on this insurance were £1,201,85 The losses paid were #517,067.81, and the losses incurred $105,521.50. From theso figures it apvears that the people of Towa paid last year for all kinds of insurance #,511,003.83, The Skirmish Lines. Drs Mores, Ta., July 28,—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Ber.]—The contest for the re- publican nomination for governor is getting very warm, Up to last night twenty county conventions had been held, of which the in- structed delegations are as follows: For Hull—Polk 86, Davis 8, Guturie 12, Webster 13, total 6. For Wheeler—Sac 10, Plymouth 10, Hardin 14, Sioux 11, Osceola 4,1da 7, total 56, For Hutchison—Wapello 17. For Larrabee—Cass 13, Of the uninstructed countics the record stands: Appanoose—Eignt for Hull, 2 for Wheeler and 2 for Hutchinson, Decatur— Wheeler 9, Larrabee 1. Dubuque—Hull 5, Wheeler 5, Hutehison 6, Keokul is claimed for Hutchison for first_choice; Poweshick is also for Hutchison. Giving Wheeler tho benefit of the Marshal county primaries, al- though the convention has uot been held, and giving Hull Warren county on the same busis, leaves the count up to date as follows on & fair estimate: Hull 94, Wheeler %0, Hutchison 52, Larrabee 14, unpledged 16, It is 8o far neck and neck ' between Hull and Wheeler, with Hull a little ahead. The Democratic State Dis Moixes, Ia,, July B, |—The call for the de vention which is to meet at Sioux City, Sep tember 15, is now in circulation, One notic ble thing about it is that the call was sicned by the scoretary of the state committee, and that the name of the chairman, contrary to custom, does not apy ‘I'he only explana. tion of this owission given s that the chair- mau, Er. 4 Hunter, is gencral agent at this city for the Chicago, Hurlington & Quincy railroad, and if bis na.ne appeared in_ sight of the democratic grangers might be- that the “Q" was trying to run the cmocratic party, $o his name is kept vut of sight. Dubugue will huve the largest num- ber of delegatos,twenty two. Scott will follow with twenty-one,Clinton and Polk with niue- teen and Pottawattamie with eighteen, The totgl cumbor of delegates will be 815 if they all attend, Convention. (Special to Tug nocratic state con- An fatoresting Reanio) Des Morxes, Ia., July 25.—[Special to Tue BEe.|—A very interesting reunion pf army workers has been in progress at Bluft Park, on the Mississippi, below Burlington, the past week. It was the tenth annual re- union of members of the United States Christian commission, saitary comgmission, arumy chaplains, Jied Cross, White Cross and other philanthropicorganizationy. ‘The wmov- ing spirit was Mrs. Aunie Wittenmeye Philadelphia, who was so useful during the war in organizing relief corps, and sending nurses to the fleld, ote. She made the open- ing address at the ronnion; other speakers were Rov. John O. Foster, of Chicago, Rev. Lucius Hawkins, of Valparaiso, Ind., Dr. Sanford Hunt, of New York, and others who had been prominent in the dlferent branches of army work, included in this organization, Slstors of St. Francis Convooation, Dis Morxss, Ta., July 25,—[Special to Tus Bee.|—A rather unique convocation is now being held at Dubuque. It is a gathering of the Sisters of St. Francis trowm all parts of Towa. Thoy came together for their annual retreat. Tho presiding ecolesiastio is Father Alphonsus, of Mt. Calvary, Wis, The mother house of this order is at Dubuque, and there are hundreds of the sistors there now. Bismarck expelled tho order from Germany some fourteen years ago, and two communities were oestablishod in 'the wost, one of them at Iowa City, which two years later removed to Dubuque, The order has & number of missions and schools in Towa now, and more will be cstablished this fall. During the retreat the sisters will devoie themselves to religious iustruction ana med- itation. olutions. uly 28, —[Spelial Telogram to Tuk Bee.|—Robert Anderson Post G. A. R., of this city, has adopted resolutions call- ing upon Commander Smith, of the depart- ment of Towa, to recall his circular advising. non-attendance at the national encampment. The reasons assigned arc that it is an in justice to the comrades at Milwaukee, and if successful will prove a death blow to all fu- ture encampments; also that it is an attempt at u boycott that places the originator in a bad light before the country. The resolutions further express confidence in the loyalty of Commander Smith to the order, and_sympa- thy with him in his resentment towardsthe roads for their breach of faith, but believe that the steps taken are ill ndvised, It is al8) stated that the attendance from this post wiil be as large as usual. WarerLoo, I An Indignation Meeting. WarerLoo, Ia., July 28.—Special Tele- gram to ‘e Be.| —The indignation meet- ing called for last evening to protest against the proposed change of location of the post- ofice in this city was postponed, to be held on call of the committee. It is believed that an investigation of the matter will be made by the dovartment. The citizens of the wost side are becoming very furious over the mat ter and declaro that if they are not given a chance to make o showing they will carry the trouble into politics at the coming elec- tion and knife the republican candidates at the polls, In this they claim that they-are supported by the entire south part of the county. The Mississippi Editors, WarenLoo, Tn,, July 27.—[Special Tele gram to Tk Ber,|—The Mississippi editor- ial excursion will reach this city to-morrow over the Illinois Central road. They will be given a ride around the city and a banquet atthe Logan house at noon, Hon. Matt Par- rutt, editor of the IReporter of this city, and £. M. Carr, editor of the Manchester Demo- crat, will meet them at Manchester as a com- mittee of the Jowa Editorial association and escort thewm through tho state, Dying In the Pen. Sioux Crry, Ia., July 28.—[Special to Tun Bee,|—Sherift Magee to-day received a lot- tor from the Fort Madison penitentiary say- ing that George Tront, who is serving a lite sentence for the murder of 11 Hateh two years ago, is in the lust stages of consump- tion, and can only live a fow weeks at most. Trout is a noted gambler, Ten years ago he murdered an old man at Denver. e is snid to have killed asother man, also a gambler, at Omaba several years ago, Reducing the Police Force. Ciry, In,, July 28.—[Special to Trg :.]—Three months ago the Sioux City © was reduced by the dismissal of one- third of its members. The chief of police says that further reductions can now be made. The six months last past have been the quietest in_the history of the police es- tablishment, averaginyg less than ninety ar. rests per month. A Distributing Station. WateRLOO, Ta., July 28.—[Special Tele- gram to Tne Bee.)—'The Consolidated Tank Line company has mado arrangements to es- tablish a distributing station in this city for the entire north part of Towa. An extensiv plant will be put in here by the compa and it is said shat it will bo the largest piant of the kind in the state. e WYOMING OLL FIELDS, Their Wonderfal Resources at Last Being Recognized. Casper, Wyo,, July 27.-At last the oil flelds of Wyoming are beginning to be de- veloped in the right direction. Herctofore the country has been, to a certain extent, only fooled with. Claims have been taken up at random without any regard to the indi- cation of oil. [The party locating these claims generally acted for an association of eight, seven of whom never saw the ground. These petty associations took up this land for speculation, never intending to make auy development, aud in very many casos, where the work has been done by agents, the ground has been only scratched, and con- sequently such claims are open to relocation, More stringent district laws, to be framed and enforced this fall, will wipe out a good many stock and claim peddlers, With the exception of the three wells bored 1n 1885 by an Omaha firm, there has been no attempt at material development until this yoar. There might, without much doubt, have been oil struck last year by an outfit boring .fifteen miles west of here, but it is admitted on all sides that bad management and noglect of superintendence on the part of those imme- diately charged to see the thing through caused the collapso of the machine the failurc of the company. Now th fair prospect that the result of this ye operations will show the country to be rich in the productionof oil. ‘I'he Northwestern Coal and Oil company, with first-class drilling machinery, i8 boring in the Rattlesnake district and is down bout 800 feet, with y ind fon of striking oil in abundance, Bessemer Town Site conpany is_work- ing steadily and_is down 900 feet. On yes terday the nachines of Messrs. Crane & Moffatt arrived here from "Oil City, Pa, It is all new and of tno latest and best design, Inone week from wow it will beop the ground and boring will have commenced thina fow days after. Thore ison the road trom Penusylvania anothor driliing outfit, which is expected here about the middle of August, and it has made arrangements o put down @ well on Salt creek about thirt miles north of thistown. Javerything ponmne and product gh the field during this fall, me to be a good future in store for this town, 1t is all che time _steadily increasing. There is no boom, but the i is surely making progress. There are atpresent threo buildings, one @ brick, being added, aggre- gating in’ cost about $7,000. Ranches are numerous around, and and cattlo shipuents this year v 1 $3,000,000 to” $5,000,000. an not be surpassed and its situation olightful, being on the Platte river at the foot of the Casper mountains, from which flow streams fed by canyons, ravines and waterfalls, The chmate of dibasinis A Reward for Bushiri's Capture. Zaxzivan, July 28— ptain - Wissmaun offcrs @ reward of 2,000 rupees for e cap- ture of Chief Bushiri, Bushiri witu his own band murdered an oficer of tue Fast Africa company named Nielsen, a—— NUMBER 40, THE ABORIGINES ( OF ALASKA An Investigation Into Their Habits and Customs, THEY ARE PROVING PROGRESSIVE The United States Sonatn [Committee on Indian Affairs Makes a Visit to the New Metla kat Savages. Miner Bruce Heard From. Juxrav, Alaska, July 23, (via Tacoma, W. T.,) July 28.—[Svecial Telogram to Tum Brr]—The Britsh floet—Swiftsurs, Am- phion and Iearus—steamed into Gustinean channel, at the head of which bay lies; the chief mining town of Alaska, and on the op- posite bank Douglas City, the scat of the celobrated Treadwoll mine, about 5 o'clock onthe afternoon of July 91, and as they swung into their moorings a black cloud of smoke in the east announced the ap- proach of a steamer supposed to Lo the tourist snip Corona, due from San Francisco on that day, but which proved to bo the \lbatross. the United States fish commis- sion steamer, with the sonate committee on Indian affairs on board, consisting of Sena- tor Dawes, chairman; Senators Manderson, of Nebraska, Joncs, of Arkansas, and Stock- bridee, of Michigau, with Colonel Cauaday, sorgeant-at-arms of the senate, Anzi Smith, superintendent of the senate document room, Private Secretary Nolan, Mrs. Manderson, Mrs. Dawes and Mrs. Jones. They are on their return to Port Townsend, whero they will go at once, thence to Portland and thence to the I lathead Indian reservation in Montana, thence east. At Now Metlakat, situated at Port Ches- ter, Alaska, the committee commenced their first inqiiiries into the condition of the com- munity of Inians under tho charge of Mr. Duncan, the English missionary who has been umong this tribe for the past thirty years. Thero are about twelve huudred of them. On ac- count of his very liberal religious teachings ho incurred the displeasure of the English church, under whose control he had been, and in order to enjoy more religious freedom, moved his Indwns into United States territory a fow yoars ago. The come mittee was disappointed at finding Mr. Dun« can away, but they made a thorough in- vestigation into the condition of the In- dians and found them living in an apparent state of entire contentment and engaged in almost all tho pursuits of the whites. Their execution of artistic designs upon silver, wrought by themselves into bracelets, rings and all kinds of jewelry, is marvelous. Baskets made in brilliant col- ors, from stripped reeds, constitute a beauti- ful and artistio employment for most of the women of the tribe. The particular griev- ance is their anxiety to posseas lauds 1 severalty, or to have cer- tain parcels sot aside for them, that they may cultivate and hold individua right, and modestly usi that the whole of Graviur island be given to their tribe. They found the state of the morals of the Indisa women at New Metlakat far above the aver- age of Indian women of this territory, At Sitka the committee visited the habita- tious of the Indians, and learned from personal intorcourse into their habits and needs. At this place, as well as the different points yisited so far, they have failed to earn of a single case where an Indiun womaa or girl has been forcibiy taken from her parents and made to submit to the brute passionslof men. They have, however, learned that the companionship and virtue of the women is & matter of dollars and cents, and not dificult to negotiate for. Ou the night of tne arrival of the Alba- tross a vortion of the committee were brought ashore, under the guidance of Colonel Canaday, at a late hour, and from & fair distanco behind pillars in front of the rudely constructed dance houses watched fora few moments the dusky maidens as thoy whirled through the dizzy mazes of the waltz, and as soon as tho waliz was over saw them accompany their white partners to the ba where they immediately commenced to suck the juice from the orange, which s disteib- utad as their portion of the treat after each dunce, whilo their b s swallowed the regulation ‘“forty-rod.”” They were surprised to find such an apparent frecdom from row- dyism, quarrels and disturbances of any character in any portion of the territory, and remarked the entire absence of six-shooters about the person of a swglo individual, a featuro ulways so promincnt ‘n the mming camps of the west. Their in. quiry into the titles of real estate disciosed the fact that in this town of & thousand inhabitants not & foot of land owned in fee simple, but that buildings and improvements pass from ono to another by simply a bill of sale, aud this practice is uni- versally regarded as in overy respecta com- plete and perfect title, At a maeting in the town hall on the morn- ing of July 23 it was packed with Indians, and some invividual complaints were made as to the bad treatment received by the male members of the tribe from the whito men; but_disclosed no outrages upon the women by force or intimidation. Ata public mecting of the citizens po concen- tratea or defined ideas were expressed upon which all scemed to agree as to their needs, but the extension of the homestead laws to the territory was argued, territorial organi- aation permitted and some means by which tho title to lands and especially to town property will be arranged, " Later in the day the comuittec listened to the arguments of a committee of citizons, urging the extension of the ws into their territory, and the question of terri- torial government was discussed and urged a8 nmuch needed want. The volume of busiucss done on the Sab- bath at Juneau is regulated only by tho physical ability of the laborers and business men to cngage in their avocatious seven days in tho week, After attending religious scrvice at the Indian mission the senatorisl delegation olled among the places of business, se- lecting curios offered by the vendors in rare profusion and purchased handsome and ex- pensive furs to adorn tueir eastern homes, When Senator Dawes was asked if he was in the hubit of doing his shopping on Sun- day he remarked that the difference in time between his home and here would make this day, and he was traveling by eustern Mk W, Bouce, L WOMEN, LED BY The Striking Miners at Kangley Threaten Trouble Srraren, 1, July 25.—~The riotous pro- cecdings of the striking miners at Kangley last night hias caused consideravle apprehen~ sion. Headed by 150 women, the whole mining population of the town wmarched to the shaft of the Star coal company, and armed with various weapons dared tie mi- ners at work below to oome up tho shaft, When three men elimbed to the mouth of t pit they were roughly bandled, and the others were afraid to come up, The deputy shoriff who went from this City to disperse the mob could do nothing Lo quiot the excites ment, and had it not been for the extreme lightfiing and_rain storm which came up se- rious trouble would have rosulted. A renews al of the riotiug is feared to-morrow, - Steamship Arrivals, At New York-~The Umbria, from Liver- pool; La Hourgogne, from Hayre; the Neus- tria, from Naples; the Anchoria, from Glas-