THE COUNTRY'S INDUSTRIES.
-One of the Moxt Important Considered by
Men in Convention Assembled.
Members of the American Agricultural
and Dairy association met in Philadelphia
-on the 15th in their seventh annual con
vention. After a few preliminaries James
H. Real ! opened the convention with a long
speech. Hestated that the convention was
-called to celebrate the most important vic
tory ever won for agriculture the pass-
-age of the oleomargarine law ; to take ac
tion toward restraining and increasing tho
strength of the agricultural interests in con
gress and in state legislatures , and 'to dis-
cuss tho j" > ral interests of the farmers for
the purpose of adjpting measures to pro
tect and advance them. All associating
conventions , he said , had been attended by
representative men in agricultural and kin
dred pursuits and they had been represen
tative in character. Tho speaker then re
viewed at length the work of the associa
tion since its organiz ition , and pointed out
"the benefits accruing to the agricultural in
terests from tho agitations set on foot by
its members. Referring to the oleomar
garine bill he said :
It was the first contestfor national legis
lation made in the history of the country
by the farmers and they were victorious ;
for it was they who fought and wonthebat-
tle. It was not money ; it was not argu
ment ; it was not party politics. It was the
irresistible power of the organized army of
farmers , marshalled up to thedoors of con
gress , that secured the law ; it was the ex
pression of their will by letters , petitions ,
and personal .interviews that beat down
the walls of prejudice , forced n practicable , '
sensible and useful interpretation of the
constitution and overcame the power of
the millions arrayed against them.
He urged his hearers to foster and en
courage the dairymen by every means in
their power , and declared that they were
much indebted to the grangers of the coun
try for the victory gained in securing the
passage of the bill taxing adulterated and
counterfeit butter. The approval of the
bill by the president , he said , was prompted
by an earnest desire to serve the best in
terests of the farmers. The speaker re
turned his sincere thanks for the generous
and unfailing support that hud been ex
tended by the dairy farmers and produce
merchants in the recent campaign against
bogus butter. Referring to tariff laws ,
Reall declared that it was to the interest
of all farmers to see that they were directed
toward the advancement and protection
of American industry , and so framed as to
give the farmers the best home markets for
their produce. Then t' ere would be just
enough protection and a similar amount
of free trade. Continuing , he said that im
migration should be regulated and confined
to an acceptable class pledged to become
citizens ; that the land laws should be re
vised , and sales in large bodies to aliens
prohibited ; that a reasonable and practi
cal regulation of inter-state commerce was
necessary , and that the Cullom bill for the
establishment of a national railroad com
mission , now pending in congress , would
seem sufficient to accomplish this purpose.
In conclusion , tiie speaker urged the farmer
and every man interested in the agricul
tural interests of the country to see that
his vote was cast this fall , regardless ol
party , for the members of congress who
voted for the oleomargarine bill , and in
case they were defeated for renomination ,
to select the best of the two candidates in
the field.
"A majority of the national congress , "
he added , "and a true friend in the execu
tive chair , are with as , and let us be sure
v * " -we keep both there. "
H Mr , Reall was frequently interrupted by
( r ? applause during thedelivery of his address.
Forty odd delegates were present , repre
senting mainly Pennsylvania , New York ,
i ew Jersey. Delaware , Ohio , Virginia , Mary
land , Geogia. Iowa , Kansas , Massachu
setts and Canada. President Cleveland
ent the following :
SAKA.VAC IXN. Sept. 9,188G. Joseph H.
Reall , Esq. , President , Etc : Dear Sir
Your letter of the 3d instant , supplement
ing our interview , nnd containing an invi
tation to attend tho national convention
of the American Agricultural and Dairy
association , is received. I should be glad
to accept the kind invitation tendered and
avail myself of the opportunity the con-
vention'will afford to meet the representa
tives of an interest so important and val
uable as that which the farmers and agri
culturalists of the country have in charge.
The relation of this interest to the welfaro
and prosperity of our land is so intimate ,
that its proper and legitimate care and
protection is , in my opinion , a patriotic
duty. The consideration elevates the re-
sporuibility of those in any wise intrusted
f. ? with our farming industry beyond the piano
of mere selfishness and should induce con
servatism and moderation. Demands
made in such a spirit cannot fail to exact
a just nnd appreciative response from
those who make and execute our laws.
I hope that the coming convention may
be productive of the best results to the
agriculturalists as well as to all the people
of our country , and though tho plans al
ready made and engagements already
agreed upon will prevent myaccepting
your invitation to be present , I shall be
much interested in its objects and pur
poses. Yours sincerely ,
GRGTZR CLEVELAND.
HAD MAN WITH A RIFLE.
* Youngster Attempts the Arrest of Hit
Father from an Officer.
Spokane Falls ( W. T. ) special : A terrible
double tragedy occurred in Grand Coulo ,
half way between Spokane Falls and
Okanogaii. A man named Paine commit
ted murder in Missouri several yearsago
and was sentenced to hang. He made his
escape and came to Wyoming territory and
settled in Okanogan county. His where
abouts became known and a requisition
was sent to Spokane Falls and placed in
the hands of Jake Hubbard , a constable ,
to serve. He took a deputy named Faikin
and left Sunday morning for Paine's place ,
110 miles distant. He secured Paine with
out trouble and placed handcuffs on him.
Be asked permission to bid farewell to his
wife in secret , which was granted , and the
two officers and the prisoner started on a
buckboard for Spokane Falls about noon.
Toward dusk a so'n of Paine , aged twenty
years coming on horseback , overtook the
officers and began firing with a Winchester
rifle. The third shot hit his father , who
died in ten minutes afterwards. The offi
cers returned the fire with revolvers , but
the range was too short. The fifth shot
struck Hubbard in the chin and he fell to
the ground ( lead. Faiken then whipped his
team but went only a short distance when
one of the horses fell dead from a rifle
wound. Young Paine made his escape. Tho
old man as he was dying confessed the
crime , and told Faiken that when he bade
good-bye to his wife he told her to tell their
son to rescue him even if he had to kill the
officers.
SATED HIS NECK.
Baltimore special : Henry Myers , who
murdered his son about two months ago ,
died in the city jail to-day ol starvation.
Two weeks ago Meyers apparently made up
his mind that he would never be tried for
his crime and set about starving himself to
death. Since then he has refused all food
and this morning he was overcome by syn
cope and died at 10 o'clock.
I PROMINENT MEN AND WOMEN.
President Cleveland is steadily gaining in
weight.
( Miss Minnie Palmercared nothing for the
Belfast riots. She held the stage all the
/same / and did a rushing business.
I Mrs. Alices D. Lee Plongeon , wife of the
j Yucatan explorer , has led an eventful and
stirring life. She is an accomplished lady
and a graceful writer.
I Eugenie , the once leader of European
fashion , loves the Isle of Wight , but she
likes to be near the widowed empress of In
dia , who is her devoted friend.
Mme. Albani is to appear in one of Wag
ner's operas in Paris , and the French are
too partial to the diva to express their dis
like to the great German master.
Of the $01,000 which Sarah Earnhardt's
company . "took in" at Rio , § 20.000 fell to
Sarah , and she was fairly entitled to it.
But for her thereceipts would have been
nix.
TheRev. George O. Barnes , the mountain
evangelist of Kentucky , says that he has
made his trip arounil the world with his
wife , son and two daughters entirely on
faith.
Miss Gilder writes that Americans are the
rage in London , but that they are regarded
more as curiosities than as friends. It
serves Americans right. They should en
courage home industry.
At the singing school of Mme. Desiree
Artot in Berlin sixpupils have been offered
engagements in opera at Paris , Stockholm ,
St. Petersburg , Berlin and New York. A
good teacher ie half the battle.
Josh Billings' monument , a huge oblong
block , on which are carved the names
" Wilson Shaw" " "
"Henry and "Josh Billings.
will presently be placed over the quaint
philosopher's grave at Lanesborough.
Sunset Cox will leave Havre for New York
on the steamship La Champagne , Oct. 2.
He is coining home on a vacation and will
improve the opportunity tolook after his
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election to congress from the Ninth district.
Miss Ida Howgate , daughter of the
famous embezzling captain , hasgreatly dis
tinguished herself in a civil service exam
ination. The captain is an able man , if he
is a defaulter ; so she comes by her talent
legitimately.
AU1 UMN POLITICAL CONTESTS.
Tlie Result in Maine as Shown by the Totf
on the 13th.
Portland special : The dny has been pro
pitipus for the election in this state and a
fair vole has been polled. Returnsfrom
thirty towns give Bodwell ( republican ) 11-
365. Edwards ( democrat ) 8,978 , Clark
( prohibitionist ) G71. The vote in these
towns in 1884 was : Robie , 12,740 ; Red
man , 9,181 ; Eustis , 259 ; greenback , 5G3.
These figuresindicate 1,172 republican loss.
The following is the vote returned from
fifty towns : Bodwell , 15,008 : Edwards ,
12.G73 ; Clark , 835.
The first congressional district gives 1- ,
200 plurality for Reed , and the indications
are that the other districts will give much
larger republican figures.
Two hundred and twenty-three towns
give Bodwell ( republican ) 48,033 ; Edwards
( democratic ) 39,021 ; Clark ( prohibition
ist ) 2,373. The same towns.in 1884 , gave
Robie ( republican ) 55,839 ; Redman ( dem
ocrat ) 41,809 ; prohibition , 840 : two green
back candidates , 2,093 ; and scattering , 9.
The republican plurality this year in these
towns is 9.5G2 , against 14,030 in 1884 ;
being a loss of 4,468. A similar loss in the
towns yet to be heard from will give rt
aggregate vote of 127,000 , divided as fol
lows : Republican , 68,500 ; democrat , 55-
200 ; prohibition , 3,300. The labor ticket
had no gubernatorial candidate nor con
gressional candidate in the fourth district.
Returns from the majority of the towns
in the Second district show that Dingley
( republican ) has been re-elected to con
gress , by over 7,000 plurality , over Gar-
celon ( democrat ) ; 300 majority overall.
A large number of democrats voted for
Eustis. the laborers and prohibition party
candidate.
Franklin county elects the republican
ticket , including senator and four represen
tatives. Later returns may possibly give
one democratic representative. The re
publican majority is about GOO.
LATKH. Returns from over three-fourths
of the Second congressional district give
Dingley ( republican ) , 14,421 votes ; Gar-
celon ( democrat ) , S.GG1 : Eustis ( liberal
and prohibition ) , 3,328. A large number
of democrats cut Garcelon and voted for
Eustis. Dingley runs ahead of his ticket.
Dingley's plurality will be about 0,500 and
his majority about 3,000.
The Lewiston Journal has tabulated the
returns from the clerks of 273 towns with
the following result :
Total vote , 101,107 ; Bodwell , 53,823 ;
Edwards , 44,415 ; Clark , 2,869 ; Bodwell's
plurality , 9,408 ; Bodwell's majority , G- ,
539. The same towns in the last of the
year of 1882 , with which the Journal's
comparison is made , voted as follows :
Total vote , 108,078 ; Robie. 56,438 ; Plai-
sttd , 50,193 ; scattering , 1.447 ; Robie's
plurality , 14,798 ; Robie's majority , G.245.
jifFAIRS IN IRELAND.
London special : In the house of com
mons this evening Mr. J. J. Clancy ( Par-
nellite ) , for Dublin county , charged the
government with a failure to pay even the
slightest attention to the Irish members
when urging the application of remedies for
the local grievances of tlie Irish people.
Lord Churchill declared the accusation
to be wholly without foundation. The
government , he said , was eager to remedy
any reasonable grievance , and for that
purpose intended to develop the forma
tion of a local government board of public
wards in Ireland , in accordance , if possible ,
with the views of the Irish members , and
to make the proposals at the earliest pos r
sible moment for placing all questions .com :
ing under the purpose of the local govern
ment board and the board of public wards
in the hands of the Irish. It WPS only fair
therefore for the Irish members to give the
government time fortheincubationof these
projects , instead of protracticg the busi
ness in and by the discussion of the details
and constant repetition by every imag
inable grievance.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach also complained
of the constant reiteration on the part of
the Irish members of the subjects under
debate , with the evident purpose of delay
ing business.
Mr. Clancy said no one asked the govern
ment to complete hastily , or to complete e
at all for that matter , any proposals for a I
local government board in Ireland. c
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WAR PREPARATIONS.
London dispatch : Great excitement has a.
been caused at Chatham by the unexpected
receipt of urgent orders from the admiral
ty to expedite the completion of the man-
of-war. Relays of workmen are to be em
ployed day and night if necessary. This
action is regarded as an indication of pos
sible continental complications.
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FEARFUL ACCIDENT ON THE RAIL.
Many Killed Outright and Others Injured
JSeyond Hope of Recovery.
Buffalo ( N. Y. ) special : A fatal acciden
occurred on the Nickel Plate railroad , near
SilverCreek , this morning. The excursion
train from Erie collided with a west-bounc
train. The excursion train consisted o
one baggage car , a smoker , and eleven
coaches. Only those in the smoker were
hurt , it being telescoped with tho baggage
car. The train with which it collided was
a local freight train and engine. The en
gineers and firemen both escaped by jump *
ing. Only a partial list can be obtained o
the killed. Several are mangled beyond
recognition. The names of the killed are
as follows :
W.'W. Loomis. of Erie.
Henry Medhart and son.
John F. Mediiiirt , of Pittsburg.
Stephen Cameron , mayor of Waterford ,
Pa.
Pa.John
John Suder , of Pittsburg.
David Sharp.
W. W. Rostatter.
Charles Hirsch , of Erie.
Mr. Lyphir , of Erie.
William Reynolds , Dunkirk , N. Y.
John Meyers , of Erie.
Aaron Parkhurst , Maysville.
The fatally injured are :
P. Harrington , superintendent Erie Forge
company.
Louis Lancey , Erie , legs and arms crushed.
G. W. Marble , Erie , legs and arms horri
bly crushed and brused.
Charles Schendler , Erie , same injuries.
Henry Hart , of Sterra Hania , same in
juries.
Martin Rostatter , Erie , same injuries.
Phil Linton , Erie , same injuries.
Win. Zimmerly , Kersage , same injuries.
Samuel M. Tracy , Kersage , skull crushed
and arms and legs broken.
Charles Dillon , Erie , same injuries.
The severely injured : A. W. Cobury , ol
Titusville , crushed ; A. Campbell , Erie ,
arms 'broken ; John Sherling , Erie , arm
broken ; Charles McSparren , Erie , badly
bruised.
There are various causes given for the
fatal wreck. Engineer William Harris ol
the freight train is blamed. It is said that
he had orders to meet the excursion at
Irving. He failed to obey the instructions
and was running at full speed when the
collision occurred. The train men will not
talk regarding who is to blame. A gentle
man who was on tho excursion train says
that the freight train had orders to go to
Silver Creek and the passenger train to
Irving , which is this side , and it was these
orders that caused the collision.
The accident happened at Silver Creek , a
smairstation jnut east of Dunkirk. Here
the engineer received orders to run ahead
regardless of the local freight , No. G , which
the order stated would side track for him
below tlie station. He accordingly pulled
out his train of eleven cars , loaded to the
fullest capacity , and had proceeded as far
as the curve , a few miles below the station ,
when he saw smoke floating over the hill
top around which the curve went. The
locomotive sounded warning whistles , but
it was too latefor the local freight , running
twenty miles an hour to make tlie Silver
Creek side track , and it collided with the ,
passenger train , causing one of the worst
accidents ever known on the shore of Lake
Erie since the Ashtabula disaster.
As soon as the engines came into col
lision the shock lifted the baggage car of
the excursion train from its trucks and
drove it backward into the smoker , filled
with passengers. Starting in at the for
ward end of the caritliternlly mowed down
the seats and crushed the occupants er
ground them into an unrecognizable mass
upon the floor. Out of the thirty-five oc
cupants of the car but two escaped with
slight injuries.
At the wreck the sight was horrible. The
smoker had been burst by the telescoping ,
and from the cracks in the corners and
seats on the floor oozed blood in streams ,
making large pools upon the ground. One
boy about 18 years of age was caught be
tween the telescoping cars and the window
casing , his body-half projecting out into the
air through the window. His legs were
crushed to a jelly between the cars , and he
called piteously on the bystanders to put
him out of his misery. From all parts of
the car came the moans of the dying and
injured. Theinjured were at once taken to
Erie in the hospital car and are being
treated at the St. Vincent hospital in that
city. Over two-thirds of the Injured will
die.
die.Tho
Tho responsibility of the accident is hard
to place. Engineer Brewer has disap
peared. His firemen claims that he had or-
ders to run to SilverCreek regardless of the
local freight , while the engineer of the height
exhibits orders entitling him to the right of
way as far as the side track west of the
station. The agent at Silver Creek saj-s
that he knows nothing of any-order enti
tling the passenger train to run by Silver
Creek. The accident is one of the dnest
misfortunes that has ever visited Erie and
the town is clothed in mourning.
"I AM FERD WARD , CONVICT. " ?
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Partners in Crime Fall Out in the Peniten-
tiary.
New York special : Ferdinand Ward was
asked at Sing Sing prison about the letter
lie had written to President Cleveland , giv
ing reasons why James D. Fish should not o
be pardoned. In replying , Ward said , r
among other things , "Fish has tried to ap C
pear an my dupe , tried to saddle me with y
the whole trouble. I blame no one for dis- in
believing me. I am Ferdinand Ward , con-
vict. I do not expect them to credit me ,
but when I back my statements up with t
figures then I challenge the world as to
their correctness. I have all the papers c
and I have every transaction compact.
James D. Fish knew I had no such business j
as I professed. They all knew it was not w
square. Mr. Fish's story of the canvas ]
bag is absolutely false. No man can make t
mo believe that he thought the business fi
was fair when he was receiving from 20 to d
35 per cent a month for money. Fish used e
to send up just as regularly as clock work fi
for his little divy , and no amount of perf
suasion could keep him out of it. I don't t
propose to open my mouth about this
matter unless I am attacked , and then I
shall defend myself. I do not desire to a
> ose as an angel. I did wrong and am reh
eiving my punishment for it. The cause ii
of the whole trouble was this : I got into r
straights and tried to make up out of o
stocks. If I had succeeded I should have
jeen .Ferd Ward , the great banker. I failed
and am a convict. I deserve what I am
getting , but J. D. Fish and others deserve
is much. I warn persons connected with a
the firm of Grant & Ward not to attack c ;
me. I have every letter I have received a
ind they have not been published. I shall TU
use them some day. "
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FOUL PLAY FEARED.
Milwaukee special : Advices from Flor
ence , Wis. , state that considerable appre
hension is felt there concerning the fate ol ;
Samuel Crawford of Point Ison , Va. , who
disappeared mysteriously from that region
about a month ago. He went down the ;
line of the Milwaukee & Northern road to ;
explore some lands. Helms not been heard
trcin since. His money is still Jn the bank
at Iron Mountain , and his overcoat and
sfctchel are at the Florence hotel. Craw
ford was 55 years of age , short and portly ,
with a clean shaven face. Poul play is
ieared.
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MEXICO'S NEW LAWS.
Text of the Report Received From Consul
General Stilton.
WAsniyoTOX , D. C. Sept 14. A report has
been received at the state department from
Consul General Sutton at Matamoras embodjr
ing a translation of. the new law pro
mulgated July 7 , relating ; to the rights of
foreigners. It provides that any foreigner
may be naturalized in Mexico after two years'
residence upon furnishing proof that he is in
the full enjoyment of civil rights in his own
country and that he has a business or an in
come sufficient to provide him the necessaries
of life. Colonists coining into the country by
virtue of contracts executed by the govern
ment and whose transportation and settling
expenses shall he p id by the govern
ment shall be considered Mexican
citizens. Foreigners shall enjoy all the civil
rights of Mexican citizens , subject to the
power reserved to the executive of banishing
those whose residence may be considere'd
pernicious. Vacant public lands or real es
tate or vessels may he acquired by foreigners
without a residence in Mexico , hut they must
abide by the restrictions imposed upon them
by the laws in lorce. Any release of real es
state made to a foreigner for a term of more
than ten years shall be considered as a trans
fer. The ledcral law may restrict the civil
rights of foreigners to the extent of subjecting
them to the same liabilities which the laws o ;
their own countries impose upon Mexicans.
Foreignets shall contribute to jmblic
expenses in the manner proviueu for
by the la\vs ; ' they shall submit to the
decisions and 'sentences of the tribunals
" \\ithoutapDlyingto different' rccources than
those permitted bv " the law of the Mexicans ;
they shall apply "to diplomatic intervention
only in cases of denial of justice or voluntary
delav in the administration of the same ant
after having tried in vain all the different
means afforded them by the laws of the re
public and in the manner determined by in
ternational laws. The compulsory matricu
lation of foreigners is repealed.
This law does not repeal the t\venty league
frontier limit or the live league marine limits ;
consequently to purchase real estate within
twenty leagues of the frontier the permission
of the"president is still necessary and to pur
chase landed property within five leagues ol
the coast permission must be obtained by
special act of congress.
MATTERS IX TIIE OLD WOULD.
Dilke has returned to London and it is
announced that he will re-enter public life
as proprietor and editor of a London news'
paper.
The Pall Mall Gazette is indignant at Sir
Charles Dilke's hardihood and publishes an
article calling upon the queen "to vindicate
the purjty of English homes and the sanc
tity of the judicial oath and remove Sir
Charles Dilke's name from the roll of the
privy council. "
The Political Correspondence says : Gen.
Kaulbars , military attache of the Russian
embassy at Vienna , who was summonec
from Galecia while attending the Austrian
manoeuvres to Brest Litovsk , Poland , by
the czar , last week , has been appointed
Russian diplomatic agent at Sofia. If BO
the appointment must be considered signi
ficant , as Kaulbar.s is admittedly the besl
imformed foreigner living concerning the
military affairs of Austria.
The cholera is gaining ground in Austria.
It is the worst at Lie , a village neat
Agra in. Of nine hundred inhabitants in
the village , ninety have been stricken down
and twenty-eight of them died almost im
mediately. The people distrust the doc
tors and conceal the sick as long as possi
ble. The doctors ire frequently stoned in
the streets. In one house a mother and
daughter were found half naked on the bare
floor , writhing in the agony of death , am ]
in another room lay the body of the father ,
upon which had been thrown the corpse ol
a sou. The villagers are too much fright
ened to help one another.
A telegram from Eleobyan , west coast ol
Africa , reports conflicts between Spaniards
and Frenchmen owing to the hoisting ol
the French flag alongside of the Spanish
flag on some west coast territory. Accord-
ing to the latest advices natives on th
west bank of the Muni river , opposite Fer-
nado Po , hoisted the Spanish flag and a
Spanish gun-boat was sent to protect it.
Tho authorities of the French colony of
Gaboon therefore dispatched a gun-boat
to the spot , the captain having instruc
tions to claim the Muni country aa French
ten i tor v.
HE IS IN EUROPE.
Tf Jlcyorts are Correct He Will Probably Stay
There.
Baltimore special : Baltimore was stirred
to its very centre to-day when the Sunday
papers reached thousands of families.
They published the biggest sensation that
has occurred here for many a day. Harry
Bottomer last Monday filed a bill for di
vorce from his wife , Mary A. Bottomer , on
the ground of adultery. Mr. Bottomer is
a well-known shoe dealer on Saratoga
street. His wife is the adopted daughter
of Dr. Eshback. Mr. and Mrs. Bottomer
reside'd together until last Monday , on
Colton street. They were married twelve
years ago and have five children. For the
past eight years Mr. and Mrs. Bottomer
have not lived very happily together , on
account of the latter's gay disposition. A
year ago they had a serious quarrel , and
the husband sought the services of Brother
Aznrius , president of the Roman Catholic
college at Rock Hill , as a mediator between
him and his wife.
It appears that instead of endeavoring to
beal tlie breach between the husband and
wife , Brother Azarius assiduously made
love to Mrs. Bottomer. Mr. Bottomer ,
two weeks ago , found a packet of about
forty letters from Brother Azarius ad
dressed to his wife , couched in the most
endearing terms. Mrs. Bottomer was con-
Fronted with these letters Fiiday , and con
fessed < that the priest , on his second visit
to her , kissed and hugged her. The letters
were filed in court to-day.
Mrs. Bottomer is a handsome brunette
about 30 years of age. Brother Azarius
has an universal reputation for great learn
ing and zeal in the cause o ! religion. The f
reverend gentleman is at present in Europe E
on a special mission.
INDIANS ON THE MOVE.
Albuquerque ( X. M. ) special : Gen. Miles
arrived here this evening to meet 400Chiri-
cahua and Warm Spring Indians who will
arrive here to-morrow on their way to Ft.
Marion , Fla. , via St. Louis. They com
pose the war element of the Apaches and
heir removal rids the southwest of all the
Indian troubles.
Gen. Miles contradicts the statement
nade by the Army nml Navy Journal , that
he Chiricahua and Warm "Spring Indians
were never disarmed and were not prison-
srs of war. These Indians were placed on
he reservation contrary to the wish of the
nterior department , and it is well known
hat their removal will aid the work of
3en. Miles , who has been perfecting ar
rangements for five months , against much
opposition.
WHOOPING COUGH is quite prevalent
imong the little ones at Hastings.
CORN IN WESTERN STATES.
Indications that the Yield Will Exceed
Expectations ,
Chicago dispatch : Tho following crop
summary will appear in this week's issua
of tlie Farmor's Review : The corn crop
had a week of hot and crowding weather ,
and tho majority of reports received at the
close of tho past week indicate that the
corn crop is well past any serious danger
of frost. In portions of Illinois , Missouri ,
Kansas , Iowa nnd Wisconsin the grain is
already sufficiently matured to resist any
injury from light frosts. The general av
erage indicated by tho reports during tho
past four weeks have not changed in any
particular degree. In a general way the
prospects are still very good for a full av
erage yield in Ohio , Michigan , Indiana and
Minnesota. The average prospective yield
is the lowest in Illinois , Wisconsin , Mis
souri and Iowa , and ranges low in Kansas
and Nebraska. The averages given last
week are varied only slightly.
For Illinois , according to reports from
twenty-two of'the principal corn-growing
counties , theaveraga is between G2 and 65
per cent , and five of the counties report
that the corn is out of all danger from
frost. The most encouraging reports from
Illinois come from Lee and Morgan coun
ties , and they are the only ones reporting
prospects of a full average yield. Tho av
erage is the lowest in Edwardsand Mercer
counties.
In twenty counties of Iowa the general
average ranges from 59 to 63 per cent. In
Cass and Carroll counties reports show
that the crop will give a full average yield.
In Madison , Deentur , Mivon and Appa-
noose counties the average falls from 20 to
35 per cent of an average yield. The tele
graphed average of Gl per cent sent last
week should have applied to Iowa instead
of Ohio.
In .Kansas the lowest average reported is
25 per cent and the highest 100. The av
erage for the state ranges from GG to 72
per cent.
In Missouri tho average for fifteen scat
tered counties falls below 50 per cent , with
a general average of 58 per cent.
In Wisconsin some of the counties indi
cate very low averages. In Grant , Fon du
Lac and Sheboygan counties the yield is
phiced at from ten to fifteen bushels an
acre. The average for the state runs very
low.
low.Fully
Fully olio-half of the counties of Minne
sota predict a full average yield. In Pipe-
stone county the yield promises to be the
largest ever known in that county.
In Michigan it will probably exceed the
yield of a year ago.
In Nebraska the yield will be fully 85 per
cent of an average yield.
Reports continue to indicate that early
planted potatoes promise a fair yield , whilo
nearly all the late planted potatoes are
very poor , indicating generally less than
one-fourth tho usual yield. The acreage for
the total crop will exceed very little more
than one-half the usual yield.
The late rains have improved the pns-
tures somewhat in Iowa and Illinois , where
grass in many sections is reported short
but green. In other large sections pastures
are reported dry and short and cattlelean.
In many portions of Illinois , Missouri ,
Iowa , Minnesota and Kansas , corn is being
cut in large quantities for fodder.
Hogs are reported light but generally
healthy. Hog cholera is reported in Jas
per county , Illinois , and in Osage county ,
Missouri , hogs are dying from unknown
diseases.
A RATHER HASTY MARRIAGE.
Tlie Son of a Diitinijuiihcd Politician
Quickly Jiecomcs a licncilict.
New York dispatch : James G. Blaine ,
Jr. , youngest .son of ex-Senator James G.
Blaine , was mariied in Hie rectory of St.
Leo's Roman Catholic church in this city ,
last Monday afternoon , to Miss Maria
Nevins , of Columbus , Ohio. The ceremony
was performed by Father Tlios. J. Dncrey ,
pastor of the chitri-h , the contracting
parties having satisfied him that there was
no impediments to 'the
. ' union. There was
no one else present. Miss Nevins is of one
. of the oldest and most distinguished fam
ilies of Ohio. Her maternal grandfather
was . Hon. Samuel Medary , long editor of
the Ohio Statesman and territorial gov
ernor of Minnesota before its admi-sion as
a state , and territorial governor of Kansas
tinder Buchanan. Young Bl.nno is the fav
orite son of his distinguished f.iiher , is
about 20 years old and lias not vet com
pleted hit , college course. Miss Nev-
i ins is a young lady of 19 , with fair hair ,
handsome 1 : pre.senceun < I exceptionally beau
tiful face. Shew-as educated at the convent
ts the Sacied Heart in Cincinnati. S'-a ' is
said by her fiiends to be a voung hid. of
many brilliant mental and social accom
plishments. Miss Maria sometime a-o
adopled the Catholic : faith. The Tribune
has the following special from Augusta ,
Me. : James G. Blaine. jr. . left ; Augusta to
day for Xew Yoik. After the uoddiii" ,
which was unknown to any other member
of the family , he ictt.r.ird to Augusta , leav
ing his wife in New York. Hiaccompanied
his father to some of his meetings hist
week. The family were greatlv astonished
to learn of the wedding. The young man is
only 18 years old and he was expected to
return to college this month. The biide is a
young lady whom he met in Augusta this
summer while the family were at Bar Har
bor , and it is not known what the future
plans ofthe couple are and few persons in
Augusta yet know of the wedding.
GERONIMO'S CONDITIONS.
Gen. Miles Has Not Made His Official Re
port of the Surrender.
Washington special : No detailed report
of the surrender of Geronirno and his com
panions has yet reached the war depart
ment and department officials are still in
doubt as to what the conditions of surren
der were. This report , however , the de
partment is informed , ic now on its way to
Washington.
That there were conditions , or promises
of some kind , there is no longer any reason
to doubt , notwithstanding the fact that the
first dispatch of Gen. Miles to lien. Howard
stated that Geronimo surrendered uncon
ditionally. The fact that Gun. Miles paid
no attention to the order from the depart
ment leaves the impression that he was
bound by a promise of some kind to re
move the surrendered Apaches from Ari
zona. He requested permission to take
them to Ft. Bowie , El Paso , or Florida.
He was ordered to remove them to the
nearest fort , whatever it" might be , and
keep them under guard pending orders as to
their final disposition. Notwithstanding
the orders he started them to Florida and
then notified the department , stating that
they could be stopped at San Antonio.
They were stopped at that place and are
there now.
DAMAGED HY A GAZE.
COXET ISLAND , N. Y. , Sept. 12. A heavy
southeast gale , accompanied by rain and thun
der , struck Coney Island about dark thiseven-
ng. Awnings , signs , etc. , were blown away.
The glass pavilion , Brody's pavilion and Per-
rv's and other hotels were damaged slightly.
The new archuay and frame of the depot at
the Boulevard terminus on the Sea Beach rail
road extension were leveled to the ground.
THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
A Circular Respecting Designs for New War
Vessels.
Washington dispatch : A circular to
naval architects has been issued by tho
navydepnrtment respecting the designs ad
vertised last week for two armored vessels
of about G.OOO tons displacement. It em
bodies in detail tho conditions to which
those who submit designs must conform.
The design must be a substantial improve *
ment on existing designs , and unimproved
copies of well known designs will receive no
consideration. It must bo sufficiently in
detail to enable the department to clearly
ascertain its value. Tho general features
to bo embodied in tho design for the ar
mored cruiser are : Hull of steel ( not
sheathed with wood ) , with double double
bottom , and divided into numerous water
tight compartments fitted with a complete
and powerful pumping system and with
drainage and ventilation throughout ;
ram bow and steel-armored deck
running the wholo length of tho
ship ; boilers , engines and ammunition
rooms being underneath ; two-thirds of
fulll sail power to be carried on two or
three masts , each with protected top , with
one or more machine guns mounted there
on ; four ten-inch guns for main battery ,
each weighing twenty-six and a half tons ;
ten rapid firing Hotchkiss guns ; eight
Hotchkiss revolving cannons , nnd four
Galling guns ( one or more for top ) , for
secondary battery ; six torpedo tubes , one
bow , one stern , and two on each Hide ; four
teen torpedoes , each sixteen feet long ; four
electric search lights. The ship must bo
driven by twin screws , and when fully
equipped and with all her weights on
board must be able to maintain a rate of
seventeen knots per hoir on measured
mile. Slie must have quarters for 270
officers and men , with provisions for three
and water for one month. Her maximum
draft must bo twenty-two feet and dis
placement about 0,000 tons. The general
leatures about the armored battle ship are
to be similar to those of the cruiser. Her
armament is to be twelve-inch guns for
main battery and twenty Hotchkiss and
four Gatling guns for secondary battery.
Fifteen thousand dollars will be paid for
each design accepted.
LEARNING LESSONS FROM AMERICA.
A. Graceful Acknowledgment from the Pen
of an Englishman.
London special : I found on Saturday
night and vest rday at the clubs and gos-
Bip resorts but small interest felt in the re
sults of the yacht races. Since Lieutenant
Ilann's start from Cowes there has seemed
to be no attention paid to the matter , it
being here regarded as a foregone conclu
sion that he would be beaten. This view
has grown in strength since the result was
known of the first day's sailing. This
morning's Telegraph has a delightful leader
on the event in the course of which it says :
"We may , from a patriotic point of
view , regret that the old country has not
carried its colors to the front. On ths
other hand it is satisfactory to see tho
craft of yacht&manship so thoroughly un
derstood in the United States. There
seems to us something strmige in the ideal *
of the Americans , whose navy is subject to
gentle ridicule , even by themselves , being
able to trim out and handle a yacht which ,
in a good , honest race over thirty or forty
miles of ser. , can beat the best vessel that
can be sent out against her from these
shores. Lovers of the pas-time in England
can never forget how Americans taught us
almost our earliest lessons as to the faults
to be found in our existing type of vessels ,
when in 1851 they sent over ayacht , which
then created somethinglikeaconsternation
in the English clubs , but we did not fail to
see the superiority of our rival's build and
to imitate her good points. British yachts
have since that date undoubtedly altered
in construction , but tlie defeat of the
Genesra and the Galatea make it somewhat
doubtful if they have been altered enough.
The members of the NewYork yacht club
are indefatigable in turning outyachts with
every improvement that science can sug
gest. It is plain from the late contest that
we shall have to take one or two leaves out
of the book of our victors if we are to re
gain for England the championship of tho
world in the matter of pleasure sailing. "
TIIE NATION'S GROUND.
Washington special : D. W.Wear , late su
perintendent of the Yellowstone park , lias
submitted his report for thelast fiscal year.
The .appropriations for the year amount
to § 40,000 ai I ' .he disbursements to $30.-
000. He reports game more plentiful than
ever before. Accommodations fire ample
and rates reasonable. Travel during the
past season has exceeded that of any pre
vious year. Tlie Yellowstone park associ
ation have leased sites at the Hot Springs.
Norris geyser basin. Fire Hole , and Upper
Geyser basin , for the purpose of eroding
hotels. He recommends the establishment
of a court in the park with exclusive juris
diction over misdemeanors and power to
examine into and hold to bail cases of fel
ony to be tried at the court of nearest jur
isdiction , as tho Wyoming territorial l.iws ,
under which the park was protected , have
been repealed. At > the last eongresre
fused to appropriate for the salaries of
park officials and provided for its being
turned over to the military August 20 ,
Capt. Harris , troop M , First cavalry , took
charge of the park.
THE ISSUE OF MINOR COINS.
Washington dispatch : The director of
the mint has issued the following circular
in regard to the issue of minor coins : Five
cent nickel piecesand onecentbronze pieces
will be forwarded in the order of applica
tion from the mint at Philadelphia to
points reached by the Adams Express corn-
panfree of transportation charges in sums
of twenty dollars , or multiples thereof ,
upon receipt and collection by the superin
tendent of that mint , of draft on New York
or Philadelphia , payable to his order. To
points not reached by the Adams Express
rornpnny and where delivery uml'-r its con
tract with the government is impracticable
the above can. on the same terms , besent
by registered mail at the applicant's rik.
the registering fee on the same to be paid
by the government.
A Good Catcli.
Washington special : The Capital to-day
says that the Austrian mission , which it
has been generally believed would be left
vacant for some time , will be filld. by the
appointment of Col. Belo , proprietor of the
Galvejston News , as minister to Austria.
Col. Belo has been up in the Adirondacks
for several weeks catching fish and hunting
with the president.
Connecticut Cycloue.
A cyclone passed from the southwoet to
the northeast through the edge of Burn-
Bides , four miles east of Hartford , on the
12th. Its conrsa. fortunately , was mostly
through tho woods , where it cut a straight >
path an eighth of a mile wide.
Tun Burlington engineerinz party that
laid out the line between Plattamouth and
Nebraska City has finished its work and
been withdrawn from the field.