WISHMEN THREATEN ORANGEMEN.
DUBLIN , July 12. An Orange soiree waa
given In tbe rotunda this evening and was at
tended by 2,000 persons. The hall was guard-
ed by police. Thousands'of nationalists sur
rounded the building. Many placards were
posted with the InscriptionWe will pay you
Orangemen dogs In Irish coin the long debts
which Ireland owes all braggarts of the
lioyne. "
LEGISLATIVE NEWS AND NOTES.
4. Record of Proceedings in Jioth Uranchcs
of the U. S. Congress.
SENATE , uuly 10. Senator McMillan ,
from the committee on commerce , reported
back the house bill authorizing the Chicago ,
Burlington and Northern railroad com
pany to erect a railroad bridge across the
MississippirivernearDubuque , la. Passed.
Senator Hour's resolution calling on the
president for information as to the seizure
or detention of American vessels in foreign
ports , was taken up and adopted. The
river and harbor bill was then taken up
and Senator Miller addressed the senate in
support of the Hennepin canal appropria
tion. He read resolutions of the New York
. legislature June 29,1885 , in favor of the
measure , and gave it as his opinion that
the best judgment of commercial leaders
and commercial men of New York favored
it. Ho denied that canals were not active
factors in transportation , and asserted
that the Erie canal regulated railroad tolls
over all the country. Senator Mitchell , of
Oregon , spoke in favor of the amendment.
Without reaching a vote the senate went
into secret session and afterwards ad
journed.
HOUSE , July 10. Mr. Morrison of Illi
nois , from tho committee on ways and
means , reported back adversely the Ran
dall tariff bill , and ifc was referred to tho
committee of tho whole. Mr.Burncs , from
the committee on appropriations , reported
back the general deficiency bill , amended in
accordance with instructions. Theamend-
mcnt striking out the extra clause was
agreed to 73 to 31. The bill wns then
passed yeas 163 , nays 57. Mr. Morrisoc
of Illinois , from the committee on rules , re
ported the following resolution : Resolved ,
That Tuesday , July 13th , be sot apart for
the consideration of such business as may
bo presented by tho committee on ways
and means , not to include any bill for rais
ing revenue , and if any bill shall be under
consideration and not disposed of when
the house adjourns on said day , considera
tion of mud bill shall be continued from
day to day until disposed of. After con
siderable debate the resolution was
adopted.
SENATE. July 12. Tho chair introduced
n bill , by request , to stop all payments of
public money to James B. Ends , his asso
ciates or assigns , for past , present or future
work at the mouth of the Mississippi river
until further ordered by congress. Re
ferred. The house bill gran ting pensions to
soldiers and sailors of tho Mexican war was
reached on the calendar and passed. The
bill as passed directs the secretary of the
interior to place on the pension'roll the
names of the surviving officers and enlisted
men , including marines , militia and volun
teers. The senate then resumed considera
tion of the river and harbor appropriation
bill , the pending question being on thellen-
ncpin canal and Michigan and Illinois canal
amendment. It was agreed to yeas 31 ,
nays 22. Allison , from the committee on
appropriations , reported back the sundry
civil bill with amendments. Ordered
printed. The senate then adjourned.
House , July 12. The bill was passed
authorizing tho secretary of war to loan
tents to the Southwestern Iowa and North
western Missouri Soldiers' association , and
to the Tri-State Veterans' association of
Ohio , Indiana and Michigan , for reunion
purposes. Under the call of states the fol
lowing bills were introduced and referred :
By Hall , of Iowa For the relief of settlers
on the Des Moines river lands above Rac
coon Fork. By Robertson , of Kentucky
Appropriating § 10,000 for the erection of
a granite shaft to mark the birthplace of
Abraham Lincoln. By L-overing , of Mas
sachusetts By request , to abolish the im
portation of Italian or other slaves or la
borers under contract and held to involun
tary servitude into the United States. The
house then went into committee of the
whole ( Blount , of Georgia , in the chair ) on
the legislative appropriation bill , continu
ing thus until adjournment.
SENATE , July 13. The chair laid before
the senate the resolutions of the conven
tion of republican editors of Ohio , urging
an investigation of charges as to the elec
tion of Senator Payne , and two other me
morials on the same subject. Referred to
the committee on privileges and elections.
Among the bills on the calendar passed was
the following : Appropriating $25,000 for
a monument at Stony Point , New York , to
commemorate the revolutionary battle
there. The senate resumed the considera
tion of the river and harbor appropriation
bill , the pending amendment being to strike
out the provision to prevent the dumping
of detritus from hydraulic mining into the
Sacramento or Feather rivers , in Califor
nia. So ordered , yeas 31 , nays 10. On
motion of Conger a provision was inserted
authorizing the secretary of war to estab
lish harbor lines at places where they have
not been established , and also to establish
lines within which deposits of material may
be made without injury to navigation.
The bill being completed as in committee
of the wholn was reported to the senate.
HOUSE , July 13. On motion of Ryan , of
Kansas , the senate bill was passed author
izing the secretary of war to credit the state
of Kansas with a certain sum of money on
her ordnance account with the general gov
ernment. Thehouse then resumed tho con
sideration of the senate amendment to tho
legiftlatve appropriation bill. At conclu
sion of consideration of the amendments ,
a-conference was asked upon the amend
ments which had been non-concurred
in. Thehouse then went into committee of
the whole. Crisp , of Georgia , in the chair ,
on the joint resolution directing the pny-
ment of the surplus in the treasury on the
public debt. The following is the text of
the resolution : That whenever the surplus
or balance in the treasury , including the
amount held for the redemption of United
States notes , shall exceed thesum of § 100-
000,000 , it shall beand is hereby made the
duty of the secretary of the treasury to
apply such excess , in sums of not less than
§ 10,000,000 per month during the exist
ence of such surplus of excess , to the pay
ment of the interest-bearingiiidebtednessol
the United States payable at the option ol
the government. Pending discussion the
house adjourned.
SE.VATE , July 14. The following houso
bills were passed : Establishing additional
l >
aids to navigation at the mouth of the
Mississippi river with amendments. Sena
tor Logan introduced a joint resolution
directing the secretary of war to accept the
deed and conveyance of the land known as
the Brightwood tract , near Chicago , dona
ted bv tho Commercial club of Chicago for
militarv purposes. The senate took up the
river and harbor bill. The amendment
proposing to appropriate § 350,000 for tho
purchase of tho Portage Lake canal and
Lake Superior and Iron Company's canal
wns agreed to yeas 35 , nays 21. The
amendment in relation to the Calumet
river was agreed to. The amendment ac
centing the grant of the Illinois and Michi
gan canal and for the construction of the
Hennepin canal was adopted yeas 27 ,
nays 20. Without progressing further with
the bill , the senate adjourned.
HOUSE , July 14. The bill was passing in
creasing to $250,000 the limit of tho cost
of tho public building at Galveston and ap
propriating § 100,000 for a public building
at OshL-osh , Wis. Tho bouse then went
into committee of the whole for the consid
eration of the surplus resolution. Morri
son , of Illinois , offered the following amend
ment : The surplus or balance herein refer
red to shall be the available surplus , ascer
tniucd according to the form of the state
ment of the United States treasury of as
8ctn and liabilities of the treasury of the
United States employed Juno 30 , 1S8J
The resolution , Hewitt said , provided that
whenever the surplus exceeded § 100,000-
000 , calls for bonds should bo made. The
result would be that if there was § 101-
000,000 surplus a call must be made ami
thus the reserve would be reduced to § 91-
000,000. The amendment offered by Mor
rison this morning was adopted uithoul
division. An amendment offered by Gros-
venor , of Ohio , providing that nothing in
this act shall be construed to convey to tho
public any doubt as to tho wisdom , patri
otism and integrity of the president or
secretary of the treasury , was ruled out on
a point of order. The joint resolution was
then passed yeas 207 , nays 67.
SENATE , July 15. In tho senate Pugh ,
from the committee on privileges and elec
tions , presented a report in the election
case of Senator Payne. Hoar , on behal
of himself and Frye , presented the dissent
ing views of the minority. Evarts made a
separate report , presenting the views ol
himself , Teller and Logan. All the reports
were ordered printed in one document anil
were placed on the calendar to be called at
any time as privileged matter. Wilson , ol
Iowa , offered a resolution providing that
the iiiaugur.il addresses , aunual messages
and such special messages as may be
deemed of general public interest of the
several presidents of the United States be
arranged in chronological orderand printed
as senate documents. Referred to the
committee on printing. Allison submitted
the conference report on the legislative ap
propriation bill , the committee agreeing
upon all points of dispute between the two
houses except as to tho following points :
Clerks for senators' ( not chairmen of com
mittees ) salary , assistant treasurer of Bal
timore , appropriations for three clerks for
the civil service commission and relating to
the compensation of internal revenue
agents , surveyors , etc. Tho river and har
bor bill was then considered until adjourn
ment.
HOUSE , July 15. Randall , of Pcnnsyl
vania , from the committee on appropria
tions , reported the joint resolution con
tinuing in forco until July 31st the pro
vision of the joint resolution providing
temporarily until to-day for tho expendi
tures of the government. Passed. On mo-
lion of Price , Wisconsin , the bill was passed
providing for holding terms of United States
courts at Eau Claire , Wis. At its evening
sessions the house passed the folio wing bills
from the committee on labor. To prevent
the employment of convict labor and alien
labor 011 public buildings and other public
works. Amending the act to prohibit the
importation and immigration of foreigners
and aliens under contract or agreement to
perform labor in the United States. To
protect mechanics , laborers and servants
in the District of Columbia in their wages.
Tiie senate bill providing for the payment
of per diem to government employes for
decoration day and the 4th of July. Direct
ing the commissioner of labor to make an
investigation in regard to convict labor in
the United States. _
" ' '
SENATE7JTily"l6. The house bill in'crc'as-
ing the pension of JohnRyan and the sen
ate bill granting a pension to James Noyes
were taken up and passed. The next bill
passed was a house bill granting a pension
of § 25 monthly to Miss Mary A. Thomas ,
who had acted as a volunteer army nurse
and superintendent of nurses at Frederick ,
Me. After ten more pension bills were
passed the senate resumed the considera
tion of the river and harbor bill. Several
amendments were adopted and others re
jected , after which tho bill passed. The
senate then took up the navul appropria
tion bill. The committee amendments
were all agreed to and the bill passed.
HOUSE , July 1C. Watson called up the
veto message on the bill granting a pension
to Elizabeth Luce. In this case a majority
of the committee recommended that the
bill pass , notwithstanding the veto of tlu
ircsidenr , while the minority report that
; lie bill should not pass. The speaker an-
lounced that the question was upon the
inssnge of the bill over the veto , and it was
lecided in the negative yeas 11G , nays
L24 not the constitutional two-thirds
voting in the affirmative. Tho next veto
nessage called up was that vetoing the
pension of Catherine McCarthy. On this
luestion also the majority of the commit
tee on invalid pensions recommended the
> assage of the bill , while the minority
recommended sustaining tho veto of the
iresident. The house refused to pass the
> ill over the veto yeas 122 , nays 97 , not
the constitutional two-thirds in the affirm
ative. The next
message called up was
ihat vetoing the bill granting a pension to
Joseph Romiser. In this case the commit-
: ec on invalid pensions is unanimously ol
the same opinion and tho bill was passed
over the veto yeas 175 , nays 38.
MUST PAT THE PENALTY.
Maxicell Sentenced to Hang in. the Latter
Part of August ,
St. Louisspecial : Hugh MottramBrooks ,
ilius W. H. Lennox Maxwell , was to-day
icntenced to be hanged August 27 next for
.he murder of ArthurPreller , April5,1885.
Che prisoner received tho sentence in his
isual stolid manner. There were few per-
ons present , the fact that sentence was to
> e passed being concealed from the general
> ublic to avoid a rush of the curious ones.
Che attorneys for the defense asked for an
ippeal and stay of execution. The appeal
vas allowed and a stay of execution granted
mtil October 20 , 1886. The grounds on
vhich the state supremo court will be
asked to reverse the decision of the lower
court in the case are the same as were
nacle the basis for tho application for a
lew trial before die criminal court.
Maxwell was brought into court by order
of Judge Van Waggoner by two deputies.
Je appeared less hopeful and indifferent
aii lie did during the trial and before his
counsel's motion for a rehearing in his case
vas denied. He has also grown paler and
rears a careworn air. He has not entirely
ost hope , he says , for he still has two
ihances to escape by appeals to the state
supreme court and the United States
iiprcme court. This hope stood him in
good stead to-day , and when sentence was
ironounced the expression of his face
: hanged scarcely at all. Motion for appeal
; o the supreme court will be filed in a few
days.
TWO MANY PASSENGERS.
New York dispatch : Yesterday the cap
tain of the Atlantic steamship "Nevada"
was arrested and taken before the United
States commissioner in this city on the
charge of overcrowding his vessel with sec
ond-class passengers. The "Nevada" on
lier last trip from Liverpool broughf over
799 emigrants. Her licensed capacity is
754 second-class passengers. The penalty
tor violating the law is a fine of § 50 for
each person carried in excess of the num
ber allowed.
BIG FIGURES TO CONTEMPLATE.
Money Appropriated for Seeping Govern
ment Machinery in Motion ,
Washington special : The sundry civil ap
propriation bill was reported to tho senate
this afternoon. Tho following are among
the principal changes made in the house
bill by the senate committee for public
buildings : Buffalo , increased from § 5,000
to § 10,000 ; Cairo , 111. , § 25,000 , instead o
the unexpended balance of § 2,000 ; Chicago ,
for extraordinary repairs § 65,000 ; Ft ,
Wayne , Ind. , § 20,000 for heating appara
tus , elevator , etc. ; Jefferson City , Mo. , in
creased from § 7,500 to § 11,000 ; Nebraska
City , decreased from § 7,500 to § 5,000 ;
New Orleans , ( for marine hospital ) stricken
out , for mint building repairs , § 2,300 ; New
Bedford , Mass : , § 30,000 ( new appropria
tion ) ; Pensacola , increased from § 5,000 to
§ 10,000 ; Qnincy , 111. , increased from
§ 5,000 to § 9,000 ; St. Paul , Minn. , § 40 ,
000 ( new ) ; Troy , N. Y. , § 100,000 ( new )
Washington , D. C. , to put tho treasury
building in a proper sanitary condi
tion § 120,000. Tho house provisions
for public buildings at Brooklyn ,
N. Y. ; Charleston , S. C. ; Denver ,
Col. ; Detroit , Mich. , and Galveston ,
Tex. , is stricken out. Lighthouses , bea
cons and fog signals : Florida Mosquitc
Inlet , light station increased from § 30OOC
to § 50,000. Rhode Island Castle Hil"
light house and fog signal , § 10,000 ; Gul
Rocks light house and fog signal , § 10,000
Gould Plank light house , § 10,000. Massa
chusetts Deer Island light house and fog
signal , § 35,000. Minnesota Two harbor
liht houses , § 10,000. Wisconsin North
Point light station , § 15,000 ; steam tender
for the fourth light district , § 6,438. The
provision in tho house bill that no portior
of the appropriation for engraving and
and printing notes shall be expended for
United States notes of larger denomination
in lieu of notes of smaller ones cancelled
wns stricken out , but was subsequently re
stored and remains as in the house bill.
The provision in the house bill relating to
silver certificates is amended to read that
"The secretary of tho treasury is hereby
authorized and required to issue silver cer
tificates in denominations of § 1 , § 2 and
§ 5 , and silver certificates herein author
ized shall be receivable , redeemable and
and payable in like manner and for like
purposes as provided for silver certificates
by the act of February 28 , entitled 'An act
to authorize the coinage of standard silver
dollars , and to restore its leual tender
character , providing that Bruno denomina
tions of § 1 , § 2 and § 5 may be issued in
lieu of silver certificates of large denomina
tions in the treasury , and to that extent
said certificates of larger denominations
shall be cancelled and destroyed. "
To the provision for lighting rivers the
committee has added the St. John river ol
Florida and tho Columbia and Willamette
rivers of Oregon , and increased the appro
priations from § 170,000 to § 200,000. The
appropriation for parties expense for coast
survey is increased from § 95,000 to § 100- ,
000 ; and an appropriation of § 8,000 is
made for continuing the physical hydro
graphy of New York bay and harbor. The
provision in the house bill forpostoffice
buildings in Philadelphia v,1 stricken out , as
is also that for changes and repairs in the
Philadelphio mint. Ten thousand dollars
are appropriated for a fish hatchery on
Lake Superior near Duluth and § 10,000
for expenses of tho national board ol
health. For the Brooklyn navy yard an
appropriation of § 125,000 is made and
for the naval training school , Coasters'
Harbor , R. I. , § 8,000. To defray expenses
incident to the landing , housing , projecting
and inaugurating upon Bedloe's island ol
the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty and for
construction of platforms and repairs ol
wharf , and for incidental expenses of the
ceremony of inauguration the senate com
mittee provides § 565,000. The provision
for protection of public lands from fraudu
lent entry is reduced from § 90,000 to § 60.-
000. The appropriation of § 55,000 for
the completion of tho Washington monu
ment is stricken out. An appropriation of
§ 50,000 is made for survey and the prepa
ration of plans for a Lincoln-Grant monu
mental bridge from Observatory point ,
Washington , D. C. , across the Potomac to
Arlington. The appropriation for the con
struction of buildings , etc. , at military
posts is increased from § 178,000 to § 250- ,
000. An appropriation of § 50,000 is made
for an industrial home in Utah , designated
as a place of refuse for women who desire
to escape from polygamy. An appropria
tion of § 70,000 is made for construction
and repairs at tho southern branch of the
national home for disabled volunteer sol
diers.
KEEP CLEAR OF POLITICS.
And Thus Secure the Approbation of the
Chief Executive.
The following executive order was issued
jy tho president on the 14th :
EXECUTIVE MANSION , WASHINGTON , D. C. ,
July 14. To the Heads of Departments in
: he Service of the General Government : I
deem this a proper time to especially warn
all subordinates in the several departments ,
and all officeholders under the general gov
ernment , against the use of their official
positions in attempts to control political
novements in their localities. Officehold
ers are the agents of the people , not their
nasters. Not only are their time and la-
jor duo the government , but they should
scrupulously avoid in their political action ,
as well as in the discharge of their official
duty , offending by a display of obtrusive
partisanship their neighbors who have rela
tions with them as public officials. They
should also constantly remember that
their party friends , from whom they have
received preferment , have not invested
them with the power of arbitrarily manag
ing their political affairs. They have no
right as office holders to dictate the politi
cal action of their party associates , or to
bhrottle freedom of action within the party
lines by methods and practices which per
vert every useful and justifiable purpose of
party organization. The influence of fed ;
eral office holders should not be felt in the >
management of political primary meetings ;
and nominating conventions , and the use
by officials of their positions to compass
their selection as delegates to political con
ventions is indecent and unfair. Improper
regard for the proprieties and requirements
of official place will also prevent their
assuming the active conduct of political
campaigns. Individualinterestandactivity ;
in political affairs are by no means con
demned. Office holders are neitherdisfran-
chised nor forbidden the exercise of politi
cal privileges , but their privileges are not
enlarged , nor is their duty to party in
creased to pernicious activity by officehold- *
ing. Just discrimination in this regard be
tween the things they may properly do and )
the purposes for which a public office should
not be used is easy in tho light of a correct
appreciation of the relations between the
people and those entrusted with official
place , and a consideration of the necessity ;
under our form of government of political
action free from official coercion. You are
requested to communicate the substance of
these views to those for whose guidance n
they are intended.
GEOVER CLEVELAND.v
SCHEME OF TILE GRANGERS.
A scheme is on foot to hold a farmers' '
convention in St. Paul
August 25 , with a
view to effecting a permanent organization ,
and to have headquarters in Washington.
The principal object of the organization <
will be to look after national legislation
bearing upon agriculture and labod
POLITICAL NEWS AND NOTES.
Thf Ohio democratic convention takes
place in Toledo , August 17th.
It is reported that tho North Carolina re
publicans will hold no state convention.
Soloman Chase , the Maine greenbacker ,
falls into lino with the republican parti' .
General Chalmers is again a candidate for
congress in the Second Mississippi district.
TheMussachusettsrepublican convention
will probably not ineetbefore the middle o !
September.
St. John is said to bo willing to a opt a
prohibition nomination for congress in the
Second Kansas district.
The Savannah News points out that pro
hibition is more successful presented alone
than when joined with other issues.
The Virginia City Enterprise denies that
Senator Fair and Mr. Maciay have ad
justed their differences and become friends.
Gath says a man without foruvio does
himself great injustice in going to congress.
Unless he has ample means he has no show
to be very useful or to rise above tho lower
level.
A citizens' committee has been formed in
Washington to receive voluntary contribu
tions for campaign purposes. Tho depart
ment clerks don't know just what to do
about it.
The strength of the prohibition move
ment in Pennsylvania was recognized by
tho republican convention when it adopted
a resolution for the submission of a pro
hibitory amendment.
Congressman Dingley has been a life-long
prohibitionist and one of the most effective
temperance workers in Maine , bub tho pro
hibitionists have nominated a candidate
for congress to oppose his re-election.
Washington special : The senate has
passed McPherson's bill to equalize the pay
of graduates of the United States naval
academy so that officers of tho line shall
receive as much compensation as is paid to
officers of the staff of relative rankaitd ser
vice. Since 1870 the order of promotion
in the line has been very slow , so that offi
cers of the staff are drawing very much
larger pay than those of the line , who wce
their classmates at the academy.
A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
A Fearful Hurricane Passes Over the Cll'j
of Cliicuyo.
CHICAGO , July 13. About 3:30 o'clock thlf
afternoon a heavy rain and hail storm struck
the city. Immediately after the storm a
cyclone struck that portion of the cityfronting
on the lake between Twenty-second and
Thirty-fifth streets , but extending very
little west of Cottage Grove avenue. At the
foot of Twenty-fifth street was located
the Lakeside sanitarium , an institution
where during summer days mothers brought
their babies , who were cared for by trained
nurses in the employ of the Sanitarium society.
The Sanitarium consisted of a raised platform
150 feet long , over which was built a roof sup
ported on posts , the sides being open to
the breeze , though awnings were provided
as a protection from the sun. Upon this
roofed platform were hammocks , swings ,
rocking-chairs , and at either end of the
pavilion was a small , frame building. Sixteen
babies were being cared for at the 'sanitarium
when the hail storm came up. They were
quickly taken into the frame building at the
north "end of the pavilion and were scarcely
under shelter when a cyclone or whirlwind
struck the pavilion and wrenched the posts
from the ground , carrying the entire struct
ure several feet and setting it down again.
Though the roof was blown to pieces and
scattered far and near ; and badly wrenched
by the storm the building was not blown
down or unroofed , and no one in it
was hurt. The news of the demolition of the
pavilion soon spread , and anxious mothers
who had left their babies at the
sanitarium hastened to the scene with ter
rible apprehension for the safety of the little
ones. Their fears were soon allayed
and they took the precious bun
dles of humanity , hugged them
close to their breasts and left with joyful
liearts. All alone Cottage Grove avenue to
'
Twenty-second to'Thirty-fifth streets may be
seen the ravages of the small tornado. Trees
of a quarter century's growth lie uprooted in
ihe street or were broken off. Much damage was
done to window glass by the hail.
Mr. Adam Bluinenschein , a florist at No.
2910 Cottage Grove avenue , has green houses
nnd flowers damaged by the hail to the extent
"
of 51,000. Other "florists in the neighborhood
ilso sustained considerable losses.
SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The Otoe , Missouri and Omaha settler
ind purchasers bill extending the lime of
mymcnt as amended in tho senate went to
he house and was referred to the public
ands committee. Senator Dawes has re
called the bill and will ask a conference com-
nittee in the senate which will take it from
under the heel of the house and some sort
of a bill more lenient than that passed by
tho senate will be the result.
Nominations : Receivers of public monies
Daniel W. Hutchinson , Pennsylvania ,
Bismarck , Dakota ; Sterlings. Smith , Devil's
Lake , Dakota ; L. Foster Spencer , of New
York , agent for the Indians of Rosebud
agency , Dakota.
The president on the 10th returned to
the house of representatives without his
approval the bill providing for the erection
of a public building at Asheville , North
Carolina.
About a half a million will be appropria-
ed for experiments in torpedoes , etc. , to
e conducted under a commission of three
o be named by the president , the presi
dent of the senate and the speaker of the
louse.
The friends of Oliver Shannon , of North
Platte , are making efforts to secure a favor
able report from the public lands commit-
ee , and his confirmation as receiver
Special : The president Is showing the
effects of the hard work of the longsession.
To is working very hard , indeed. Nobody
jould accomplish half he does without hard
ork. The result is that he is going to
reak down pretty soon if congress does
not get away and give him a chance to re
cuperate. Of course those who see him
daily do not observe it so closely , but
hose who only come and see him occasion
ally observe it readily. A gentleman who
las been here , and who holds a very close
consultation with the president whenever
he is in the city , said after an interview
with him that he was surprised to see the
the president looking so badly. "He has
not the appearance of a well man , " he
said. "His flesh has a flabby look and
'eeling , and it would not surprise me to see
lim break down any time. He does too
much work himself , and the first thing he
nows he will break down just as Manning
did unless he learne to let up on the details
of his work. "
AWFUL SCENES AND SORROW.
Tolcanic Eruptions Among the Most Terriflo
in the World's History.
SAN FRANCISCO , CAL. , July 11. The steamer
Almeda , which arrived to-day from Australia ,
brings particulars of fearful volcanic eruptions
In New Zealand last mouth , which are among
the most terrific In the world's history.
The first reports of the volcanic disturb
ances came from Tauranga In the Auckland
lake district The natives of that village were
Eharply awakened from sleep at 2 a. m.
by repeated vivid flashes of lightning which
continued at rapid Intervals for two hours ,
when a tremendous earthquake occurred , fol
lowed quickly by others. The shocks were so
violent that people jumped from their beds
and fled for their lives in their night clothes ,
making no effort to save or take anything with
them except their children.
AWFUL SCENES AND SORROWS.
The earthquakes continued to follow one an
other In quick succession up to 7 a. m. , when
a leaden colored cloud was observed advanc
ing from the south , spreading out until it cov
ered the skv , and while still moving it burst
with a souud of thunder and shortl/aftcrward
showers of line dust began falling.
Accounts from other points state that Mount
Farewra was the first volcano to break forth
and hardly were flames seen issuing from its
'
crater tha'n the entire Poora range of moun
tains belched forth in sjinimthy , hurling forth
burning lava and stones over the surrounding
country.
THE LAND A MASS OF FLAMES.
For the Srst time in tradition the extinct
valcano of Ruapuhu was awakened into ac
tivity.
The entire country for an extent of 100 miles
long and tweutv broad was nothing but a
"
mass of flames "and hot crumbling soil was
sapped at the highest point by thcTekopa
geyser which is said to have been the grandest
in the world.
During all this time showers of dust con
tinued to fall until it became so dense as to
make the day as dark as night , and not until
the second da3" did the dust cease falling.
SMALL NATIVE VILLAGES UUKIKD.
It was noticed that the dust emitted a strong
sulphuious smell.
Numerous small native villages were totally
destroyed. Waeroa was covered to a depth of
ten feet with dust and ashes. Kat'toniahaha
was completely engulted as were also some
other small villages. >
One-hundred and twenty persons are known
to have lost their lives , among whom were
several English residents.
The less of cattle starved to death from the
destruction of pastures by dust is very great ,
and great distress exists throughout all the
Auckland lake district.
AN OLD CHIEF'S EXPERIENCE.
An old man. a chief at Katorua , was dug oul
alive after having been buried in ashes 104
hours. Every effort was made to save the
lives of others , but in most cases where bodies
were found they were dead.
At the date of the departure of the steamei
Alameda from Auckland the volcanoswere
still very active and the temperature of the
hot lakes was increasing.
THE JULY CROP STATEMENT.
Tlic Deductions Made by Reports Jteceiced
at tho National Capital.
The July report of the agricultural bu
reau snj'S the average condition , July 1 , o :
winter wheat declined from 92.7 to 91.2 ,
and spring wheat from 98 to S3. The
average of corn very slightly declined in
the middle states and in Maryland , Vir
ginia and South Carolina , with some in
crease in other states of tho south. In tht
Ohio valley the acreage is nearly the same
as in 1SS5. West of the Mississippi the in
crease is heavy. In Kansas 20 per cent ,
Nebraska 10 , Dakota 30. Tho total in
crease is 3)per ) cent , or about 2,500,000
acres. Corn is late on the Atlantic coast
from wet weather , cool nights and slow
germination. In many sections the seed
rotted and replanting became necessary.
Instances are known of planting three
times , yet there is generally a fair stand ,
and the crop is growing and healthy , and
with seasonable July weather will make a
full yield. It has suffered as much as on
the Gulf coast , where wet areas are still
more unpromising. In red land it will gen
erally be a vigorous growth , while in gray
soils and bottoms the plants are yellowing
and spindling. Some of the areas have al
ready been abandoned. Some parts of
Texas have been dry , but abundant recent
rains will suffice for a good crop in the
eastern and central counties. Arkansas
shows a liigli condition , but Tennessee re
ports injury from low temperature and ex-
i-essive rains. The great corn belt of the
wet reports a medium to high condition ,
growing better from Ohio to Kansas. The
Mi-souri valley averages better than tho
Oiiio liver and lake region. There is a full
stand in Missouri ; a vigorous and even
growth and ten days earlier than lastyea'r.
Kansas returns are equally favorable. In
sect injuries have nowhere been serious ,
though the chinch-bug is now threatening
some localities in the west. The general
iverageis 'Jo , against 94 last year and 96 in
18S-1. The condition of winter wheat is re
ported for July 1 in the northern districts
is not harvested and in tho southern
states as it appeared at the time of har
vest the average has declined from 92.7 to
91.2. Xew York reports a decline of four
joints , Pennsylvania five , Kentucky two ,
Michigan six , Missouri and Kansas three.
> hio and Indiana remain as in June , and
Illinois gains one point. Spring wheat ; de
clined from 98 in June to S3 , in conse-
Hii-nce of high temperature , drying winds
ind lack of rain. In the principal states
Jie decline lias been : Wisconsin , from 97 to
75 ; Minnesota , 99 to 7S ; Iowa , 100 to 90 ;
Nebraska , 97 to 37 , and Dakota from 99
; o 95.
The condition of oats averaged S3 , a de
cline of seven points. Rye maintained its
josition , averaging 95. The average of
jarley is 90.
THOUGHT HE WAS A SHEEP.
Butte City ( Mont. ) dispatch : Andrew
Fohnson , a cracy stranger , came to Pipe-
stone Springs , twenty miles southeast of
icre , Wednesday about midnight and broke
all the windows out of the hotel before the
nmates awakened. The men captured him
after a hard tussle and tied him up for the
night. In the morning he seemed sane and
vas released. Yesterday noon a boy saw
lim running naked in the timber on the
-ange a couple of miles west of the Springs ,
riiree men went out to capture him and
ound him on the summit of the divide per-
ectly nude , nearly dead of hunger and eat-
ng grass , under the hallucination that he
vas a sheep. He was brought to town to
ny and adjudged insane and goes to the
Varm Springs asylum to-morrow. His
antecedents are unknown.
THE WHEAT CROP.
Prof. Dodge , statistician of the agricul
tural department , says concerning various
estimates made from his last report on the
vheat crop , that though the average con
dition of spring wheat on the first day of
July last was 96 , it fell to SO at the time
of the harvest , which is only three points
ligher than the present condition , mid rep-
Jeaents a loss of less than 6,000,000 bu
shels as compared with the result of last
rear's harvest. The damage occurred in
; he last two weeks of July and later.
There is great risk of further damage dur-
ng July and August , but that already re-
jorted means only a loss of 6,000.000"
shels in spring wheat and 5,000.000 in
winter wheat , or a total loss of 11.000.000
jushels of wheat during June.
"EXGEANCE OF THE LAW.
Tame * Dacy Hangctl for the Murder of
AldermanGaynor of Chicago.
Jim Uacy , tho murderer of Alderman
Gaynor of Chicago , who was hanged at
Woodstock , 111. , on tho 16th , made a des
perate attemptatsuicidotho day previous.
Ho had a pair of largo shears hidden in tho
mattress of his bed , and getting them at
tempted to stab himself. Ho was so vio
lent that a hoso had to bo turned on him
before he could bo overpowered. After this
Dacy broke one of the bed shits and tried
to brain Deputy Harper of Chicago. Tho
prisoner was exceedingly violent. He drove
a priest from his cell , and spent his time in
giving vent to tho vilest imprecations. An
extra guard was placed over him. Sheriff
Udell placed a lino of pickets extending
from the depot to a point half a mile below
the town , because it was reported that
Capt. Dacy , brother of James , threatened ,
when ho went to Chicago , to bring out a
cang of men to prevent tho hanging of his
brother. While it was the general opinion
that there would be nothing to fear on that
score , it showed how much the little village
was wrought up over the expected event.
Dacy broke down lato in the forenoon
and manifested great contrition. He also
asked for his brother , whom ho hitherto rrt-
garded as his enemy , anil expressed a desire
to make peace with him. He was led. in
fact , fairly carried to the gallows. Tho
priests did not administer the last sacra
ment , as they did not believe him sane.
The scene on the scaffold was a trying one.
Fathers Barker. Ryan and Clancy were
with him to the last. The drop fell at
12:34. Dacy died without a struggle.
The crime for which James Dacy suffered
tho extreme penalty of the law was the un
provoked murder of Alderman Guvnor , ol
the Ninth ward , Chicano. the ninlit of May
13 , lS.S4in a South Hulstead.slreetMiIoon.
Owing to the death of an old colleague of
Mr. Gaynor a special election was necessary
to fill tho vacancy. There was consider
able rivalry between the friends of the can
didates. Gaynor supported one and
Dicy the other. One the night prior to the
election Gaynor and a party of friends
happened in the saloon , according to tho
custom of ward politicians , and invited
everyone to drink. Noticing Daev. with
whom ho was acquainted , an invitation
was addressed to him particularly. Sud
denly Dacy wheeled , drew a revolver and
held it close to Gnynor's head and fired.
The bullet nntcred the base of the skullund
lodged in the brain. Gaynor died eleven
days later. Dacy was arrested , and to
prevent lynching by Alderman Gaynor's
friends he was secretly removed to a sub
station in the outskirts of the city. So
great was the feeling against Dacy in the
city that a change of venue was taken to
McIIenry county in June , 188 where ho
wns tried , found guilty of murder , and sen
tenced to hang May 14 , I8S6. Gov. Ogles-
by granted a respite in order that his men
tal condition might be determined. He
was declared a sane man.
Dacv came to Chicago from Buffalo in the
seventies. He was formerly a S'liloron the
lakes. He became a ward politician and
striker on the West Side and frequently
acted ns judge and supervisor'of elections.
MRS. HUNTER'S PENSION
In the case of Mrs. Maria Hunter , widow
of Gen. Hunter , for whose relief the house
passed a bill granting a pension of § 50 a
month , which was vetoed by the president ,
Chairman Matson of the invaird pensions
committee , presented a report to the house ,
in which he sustains the veto. He says tho
effect of the bill would bo to give § 20 per
month more than the sum allowed by the
general law ; that it is not alleged the widow
needs any increase and that the committee
has barely tolerated tho increase of pen
sions of widows of officers. It is also time
that the claimant's application for the
legal rate of pension had been allowed by
the pension office. A minority report ,
signed by the iepublican members of the
committee , requests the passage of the bill
over the veto , holding that it has been the
invariable practice to pension at § 50 per
month the widows of officers of rank simi
lar to that held by Gen. Hunter ; that the
president had signed a number of such billa
during this session , aside from the case of
Gen. Hancock's idow. and there is no rea
son for making an exception in this case.
A TREATY JJADLT NEEDED.
LONDON , July 15. In spite of denials it is
positively asserted that the draft of an extra
dition treaty between Great Britain and the
United States has been signed by Lord Rose-
berry and Minister Phelps and is now in Wash
ington. The prospect of a really effective ex
tradition treaty causes intense"gratification ,
here.
Interviews with Scotland Yard officials show
a consensus of opinion that the old treaty
was almost usele = s as regarded many " of the
worst offenses , not counting political. A vet-
"
eran detective remarked"tbat if the treaty
should be ratified several well known faces in
New York and London would tooa be missiay-
Hospifality Well Repaid.
Twenty-five years ago writes a Troy corres
pondent of the New York Times , Christopher
A. Bunlick , who has bsjn engaged in various
pan's of the country as a teacher of ncnman-
ship , came to Rensselaer county and lived in
various parts of tue county until his death ,
which occurred at Eagle Bridge about eigh
teen months ago. For some tune before hi *
death he had not been at work , and though he
was .supposed to have some money noboJy
seemed to care to make a home for him , and
his requests to be taken in were refused by
several people. He had been several times at
the house of Nahum Newcomb at Pittstown.
Mr. Newcomb felt sorry for the lonely old
bachelor , who was a pleasant man and kind
to his children , and told him he might come
to his house as often as he chose and stay as
long as he pleased. Mr. BurdicK. was pleased
atthis and used to go there quite often. After
his death it was found that Burdick had made
a will , and had given 58,000 to each of the
Newcomb's four children and some money to
Newcomb's wife and his mother. Mr. New-
comb applied to the surrogate oilice to-day foi
letters of guardianship for his children , so
that he might take their bequests in trust foi
them. The estate is sufficient to pay the be
quests.
Waterways vs. Eailways.
A general but erroneous notion that the day
of canals has passed , that they have been ,
superseded by railroads , is vigorously com
bated by Horatio Seymour , Jr. , iu a pamphlet
called "The Canal Age. " He shows that rail
ways never have carried freight as cheaply as
canals , and probably never can ; that the Erie
Canal , far from beiuij a tax , is a profitable in
vestment for the state ; that Germany , Austria ,
Rus.-ia , England , and other countries are rap
idly extending their canal systems ; and that
in the extent of our water routes this country
is relatively far behind Europe. Thus , France
is enirnsred'on four great waterways , for which
S-2X.00.000 ( have been appropriated , and
which will cost much more : Germany and
Hussia arc constructing a canal from the'Baltic
to the North Sea : England is making canals
from London to Liverpool and Bristol _ , and
from Manchester to Liverpool ; while Canada
is spending $1.000,000 to improve the Welland
Canal. Christian Uiiion , Jfetc York.