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An Aff a | ( Charity.
To the Editor of the Bee : In your
l t * r of Friday you call attention to the
mSSmng condition of some sixty fanii-
I lie * ux Keya Paha county andinapor-
j t m of Cherry county , and suggest that
tin governor designate the cliaunel
through which contributions might bo
xmultf for thair relief.
1 have received a communication from
• T. K. Evans , chairman of a relief com-
xutt g , and D. T. Garden , secretary , of
X M iftB , K ya Palia county , appealing
f * r & # { . i"ho condition of these fumi-
hta in deplorable. The hail storm de-
| * ir * y d ovary vutitige of their crop.
Tkqy ai t * l to me to furnish aid from
I ibe bitite , but that , of course , is not in
| i y power to render , but in their behalf
f I appeal to the charitable public to make
fc ch contributions as they feel able to
pive. The call is urgent , and I hope it
* will be Hberallv responded to.
As the Bee was so ( successful in secur
ing a large amount of aid for the school
teachers who suffered so terribly by the
- * blizzard last winter , I respectfully aug-
f gest that the Bee be the channel through
| which contributions may be forwarded
for the relief of those suffering families.
Persons living in that portion of the
• state might contribute directly to the
officers of the relief committee above
named. Very truly yours ,
Jonx JM. Thatek.
7xas Fever in Omaha.
On last Sunday the Bee's special tel
egram from Chicago told of the cxpcrl
ment made by veterinary surgeons in
determining the danger of allowing
Texans to associate with native cattle.
Cows of both breeds were placed in the
same pen , and it was found that after a
short time the natives had contracted
the fever with which the others were
afflicted. *
In talking with Dr. Ramacciotti
about the subject , a Bee reporter
learned that about a week ago three
Jerseys belonging to Herman Kxmntzo
died from the same disease. A fourth
cow had been placed with them in a pas
ture near the B. Sc M. road , and after a
short time she too died. The hist men
tioned was a native which Mr. Kountze
had taken on trial as a milk-giver. But
she died before he was satisfied to pur
chase her. How they became affected
is a mystery. They had not come in.
contact with Texans , and it could
scarcely be belieyed that the disease
had originated in them. One theory is
that some Texans must have been driven
from the B. & M. road across the hills
to the stock yards , and that the stricken
animals had come in contact with Tex
ans which were passing in the cars and
were thus affected. But this idea re-
| ceives little support.
I "When the autopsy was performed , Dr.
| Kamacciotti found the spleen of each
i animal to have greatly enlarged while
i | before death each one displaj-ed the
I lack of spirit , the arched back and the
\ dry nostrils peculiar to cows affected
5 ; ? ith the fever.
I Dr. Bamacciotti Bays pathologists
I have yet a great deal to discover re-
| garding Texas fever and thinks the in-
vestigations now in progress in Chicago
: will develop new facts in connection
with it. Omaha Bee.
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$ . ' Killed by a Runaway.
I " Dxvid City , Neb. , Aug. 10. tlis city
1 end community was greatly shocked this
I i morning on learning the particulars of an
I accident which occurred about three miles
couth of here last night Drs. J. H. Calkins
end T. J. Murphy left the city last evening
at 7 o'clock to attend Mrs. Bucknor , resid
ing south of the city , and who had quite
I unexpectedly and unattended by any one ,
I felven birth to twins yesterday before noon.
1 They Tisited the lady's homo and started
back about dark , and while ou their way
{ the team , which was a fractions one with
a runaway reputation , became unmanage
able and started across the prairie at t
iearful rate of speed. Dr. Calkins , who
was driving , was thrown from the bugsy
and was no doubt killed instantly. His
neck was broken and everything
indicated that he had not at
the ground.
tended to move after striking
I Dr. ' Murphy was thrown ' out soon after ,
i and received serious injuries. Several ol
I his ribs were broken ; sad he was insen
sible for some time. On recovering con-
| sciousness he made his way to a house and
S informed the family of what happened
\ Dr. Calkins' fate was unknown until 2
( ' o'clock this morning , when the searching
i party succeeded in finding his cold and
[ lifeless body on the prairie. The deceased
man was very highly esteemed by all , and
his death is sadly lamented. The remains
| were sent to Mertin , Wis. , to-day for inter-
s ment. A wife and one child mourn his de-
I - parture. Dr. Murphy's injuries are not
! • oasidered fatal , although they were quite
I ierious. Mrs. Bucknor , the lady whom
I Ihey attended , has since died.
i i STATE JOTTINGS IN BRIEF.
! Sheriff "Wilson , says the Wahoo
| Wasp , returned Tuesday from Kansas ,
j . where he went with a requisition from
[ • Governor Thayer on the governor of
I Kansas for one Oliver Ellis , who is ac-
cused of stealing a horse from Henry F.
Whitten , of Valparaiso , on the 16th day
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of March last. Sheriff Wilson fouud his
man in the hands of the law at Cotton
Wood Falls , Kansas , and brought him
back with him.
Dr. Harrison , of Wood River , was
called to see a patient west of town and
on his return was accosted by a stranger
! who grabbed-his horse and requested tho
I doctor to giye him all the valuables iu
his possession. The man of medicine
I brought forth a Colt's revolver of the
I first-class pattern , when tho would-bo
9 highwayman beat a hasty retreat.
R Tramps are becoming so numerous
§ and bold at North Platte that something
ft is to be done for protection againsf
I them. Becently they built a fire iieai
a the city that nearly resulted in a disas-
I trous conflagration.
1 ' - Preparations go forward for the
a coming Nebraska state fair at Lincoln.
I Bad weather is the only thiug that can
J ; ' interfere with making it the biggest and
I ' best exlAfoition ever held.-
If The Ainsworth agricultural imple
ment dealers have sold thirty harvesters
the present seasou.
The Ainsworth Journal has started a
relief fund for Anderson , the man who
spent nine days in a well.
Falls City's new educational struc *
• ture will be ready for pupils in the early
i . days of November.
' Texas fever has been discovered ir.
: some cattle near Omaha. Three died
• from the disease.
There was , a mad dog excitement at
E- : • Lincoln the other day. The canine was i
I" killed before doing any damage.
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A second O. A. TX. post has be p
organized at Tecumseh. starting oui
with a membership of fifteen.
Pat Brown fell from the Omaha and
Council Bluffs bridge tho other day and
was killed.
A fire of nnknown origin occurred
in York last week. Tho less was nboui
8500.
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A barn on tho farm of TJ. Barnes ,
near Central City , was struck by light
ning last week and burned.
Joe Armstrong , formerly editor ol
the York Democrat , and son of tho old
gentlemau Armstrong , whoso murder so
agitated that community several years
ago , suicided at Long Island , Kan. He
had been accused of embezzling a largo
sum of money , and although another
party was afterwards suspected of the
offeiihe , the accusation so weighed upon
hisnmul that temporary insanity ensued
and ho sacriliud his own life.
The Keith County News says of the
doath of Mr. Bndeliffe , of that county ,
who was killed by the kick of a horso :
"He was , with S. S. Eynn and Mr. Mug-
gleton , seated near tho i-ear of a team of
horses. Mr. Pouwick passed between
the horses and tho gentlemen named
when it appears one of tho horses mudo
a vicious kick , apparently at Mi % Fen-
wick , who had just passed , but missing
him struck Mr. Badcliff with full force
near the upper portion of the jaw bono ,
close to the ear. He never uttered a syl
lable but expired in a few moments. "
A numbor of glandorod horses hare
recently been discovered in Douglaa
county and slaughtered.
Prohibitionists of Pawnee count3
have made nominations for representa
tives in the legislature.
Waverly was visited by a vory severe
hail and rain storm last week. Hai
stones were picked up tho size of wal-
nut& Several windows were broken anc
considerable damage to crops is reported.
This storm seems to have visited only t
small strip of country.
The two canneries in Plattsmoutt
have packed this season 14G.000 cans ol
peis : and beans. They nro now ready
for the corn crop , and will put up 10.00C
to 15,000 cans a day. Both institution"
are in a flourishing condition.
A man named Balph , living near
Elkhorn , was nabbed in Fremont last
week for horso stealing. He was jailed
at Omaha and iu time will probably
fetch up in the penitentiary.
At Grand Island the other dajThos. .
Miller , nged about 4o years , was kicked
in the face l > 3' a horse , tho kick breaking
his jaw and causing concussion of tho
brain. The unfortunate man has lain
unconscious ever since and his recovery
is thought to be extremely doubtful.
Tho Ohio soldiers resident of Ne
braska will attend the national encamp
ment at Columbus , Ohio , in a body. E.
P. Koggen is making arrangements to
this end and will get rates , and special
cars will be procured. A largo number
of _ Ohio soldiers residing in Iowa will
join the Nebraska delegation. There
are 3,000 ex-Ohio soldiers resident of
Nebraska and it is expected that 800 will
go on this trip.
The reunion of old settlers of York ,
Seward , Butler and Polk counties took
place on the 18th inst. near Gresham ,
York county. The gathering Avas full of
interest and good feeling.
Lincoln had an insurance test of ils
water w orks the other day. and it was
so satisfactorj- there is hope of a
reduction iu rates.
Mentioning that tho wheat , oats and
other small grain has been harvested ,
the Madison Chronicle .says the yield in
that locality will not bo more than half
a crop. Bust and chinch bugs did the
mischief.
Officers of tho Madison county ag
ricultural society are putting forth
strong exertions to make tho forthcom
ing exhibition a success in its every
feature.
During tno recent electrical storm
L. K. Mote , living near Wauatah ,
Dawes county , was struck by lightning
and nearly killed. Ho was engaged m
building a fire when the storm came up
and had his hand on the cover lifter ,
when the lightning came down the stove
pipe , crossed the stove and went up the
lifter and the arm of the unfortunate
man. Mr. M. is badly paralyzed , but
nuty recover full use of his limbs in
course of time.
Two of Fremont's oldest citizens
one 72 and the other 78 had a scrim
mage the other day which might have
resulted seriously had they not been
separated. Both wore arrested.
Wolstoiu & Co. , wholesale liquor
dealers of Nebraska City , mourn the
loss of their traveling salesman , Max
Miller , and about $100 in money.
The dwelling of Chief of Police B.
P. O'Niell , at Grand Island , was struck
by lightning last week , the roof being
torn off , a part of the siding torn out
and the building generally demoralized.
The stove and other utensils in the
kitchen were scattered around lively ,
and the electric bolt finally passed out
of the kitchen down a well curb , and
neither Mr. nor Mrs. O'Nieli , who were j
in the house at the time , were injured.
Lincoln is said to have a female de
tective.
tective.W.
W. C. Henry , commander of the
Department of Nebraska , G. A. B. , has
issued a general order designating the
Burlington as the official route to the
twent\-second national encampment ,
G. A. B. , to be held at Columbus , O. ,
September 11 and 14 inclusive.
The oats market , says the Strang
Becord , opens very low this season , but
fifteen cents being offered and that only
on contracts to be delivered before the
15th of August.
Mrs. ( jlaasen , a Prussian woman
living on a farm about three miles north
of Beatrice , committed suicido lost
week by jumping into tho river , near
her home. She and her son , a young
single man , ha3e lived together. The
son was absent during tho day working
in a field. When he came home last
evening he found a note on tho tablo
from his mothor , telling of her inten
tion to drown herself. The neighbors
were called and the rivor dragged , re
sulting in finding her body.
Daniel , James E. and D. A. Baum ,
of Omaha , have filed articles with tho
seoretary of state incorporating the
Baum Iron company. The company
authorizes $100,000 capital , .divided into
shares of $100 each , and tho indebted
ness at no time to exceed $33,000.
The Gage county fair will be held
3eptember 4th , 5th , 6th and 7th.
Tho camp meeting of the State Hoi
liness association will commence at Ben
nett , August 20th.
The new church at Lambert , Holt
county , was dedicated on Sunday last.
Those from abroad who attended
through tho week tho campmeeting at
Fremont were disappointed -account
of frequent rains ,
The Fremont cannery is preparing
L000 cans of sweet corn dsily.
Tho Beatrice Express says that wife
jeating is-beginning to * grow monoton
> us in that town. Tar and feathers is
iuggested as a remedy. .
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Tho watormclon crop it is said will
be good. Tho supply will be so plenti
ful that tho small boy can help himself
without danger of being shot.
Tho Wahoo sohool board hns made
arrangements for a 600 pound bell to be
placed in the school house tower.
A DISCUSSION ! N THE SENATE.
In Which tho KpltheU af TaH7iee , "ltebcl , "
ICtc , Are Jlauilled In ltittl Tamper.
Wasiiinook , Aug. 15. After passing a
few unimportant bills tho senate resumed
consideration of tho fisheries treaty , with
Morgan speaking in favor ot his motion to
postpono further consideration until De
cember.
After some allusion to Yankees on tho
one sido and ex-slavohohlers on tho other ,
( between Senators Morgan , Frye , Dawes
and llawlcy ) , Morgan said : ' 'you have
not hesitated to Bneer at us and to say wo
are rebels , traitors ; that wo all deserved to
bo Imaged , and that we are li\inz u w by
jour mercy und jrrace. I have only eiid
that yon did not dnre to hang any of us. "
Teller , replying to sonio statements in
Morgau's speech , said during Arthur's ad
ministration there never had been a acir.nrn
of a Hingle American ves-ci for violiii : iu of
the treaty of lfc'GS , hut siuce the present ad-
miimtration came into power there had
been more than 400 American reaseb
seized. More than 2,000 boarded by Cana
dian and British authorities , the Hag hud
been hauled dowu , and no apology had
ever heen made for it.
Vest said his judgement vas that no
treaty which could be negotiated by Cleve
land's administration with tho British gov
ernment could be rati tied by thesenat- .
Referring to a recent speech of Senator
Stewart on the Chinese question , he pro
ceeded tonrpue that tho uuti-Chinese lrgis-
lation in the senate iu 1881 and lcc'2 had
come , not from democratic , but from ro-
1 u iliean senators , and particularly from
llarrison , tho republican candidate for tho
presidency.
Stewart said Harrison had not during tho
discussions of tho anti-Chinese measures
uttered one word in fiuor of"Chinese immi
gration , and .his votes had simplybeen con
formable to tho treaty. His iec > rd was as
satisfactory to tho people on the Pucitic
coast as if he had abased the Chinese lor
forty years.
Beck allied attention t the speech re
cently made by Senator Voorhees in Torre
llautV , asseiting that Harrison had voted
fifteen times against tho bill to restrict Chi
nese immigration , and said the statement
had not been contradicted.
Dolph denied that Harrison's record in
congress would show that he had ever been
in favor of the admission of Chinese labor
iu the United States. The people of the
Pacific coast were not to bo deluded in this
matter.
Mitehell also defended the record of Har
rison ou tho Cluneso question.
Allison said ho desired to put in his most
emphatic protest against the at
tempt made by Vest to draw
a distinction between tho two greal
political parties on the subject of Chinese
immigration. Ho would say for himsell
that after Senator Morton's report in 1878
or 1S79 , and after debate in the senate in
1879 , his mind was clear that it was the
duty of the government to exercise its un
doubted power in the most appropriate
way to secure tho prohibition of Chinese
immigration. He did not believe that
Harrison entertained any different senti
ment. He did not speak for Harrison. He
would defend him on all proper occasions
as respected his votes iu the senate.
Allison presented the conference repori
on the army appropriation bill , which ,
without hoing read , was ordered to be
printed in tho record , to be acted on to
morrow.
Adjourned
Tlio Otitipnlgi : in Nebia-Uji.
Two-thirds of the people ot Nebraska
are republican ? . It is safe to predict that
Harrison and Morton will carry the state
by from twenty-five to thirty thousand
majority. This majority is assured even
if every republican paper and every repub
lican campaign orator remain mute on the
national issues from now until the third
of November. But there are issues vital
to the people of this state which must be
fought out in the open arena. Iu this ir
repressible contest party lines cannot
safely be drawn.
The people of Nebraska are confronted
with grave problems with which the next
legislature must grapple. Nebraska is one
of the most taxridden states in America.
State taxes are higher in Nebraska than in
any state in the union , excepting alone
Nevada. With a debt of less than half a
million , of which over four hundred thous
and dollars is held by the permanent school
fund , Nebraska last year levied a state
tax of eighty one cents on the hundred
dollars of assessed valuation. The state
of Louisiana , with a state debt of nearly
twelve millions , levies a state tax of only
eixfcy cents on the hundred dollars. North
Carolina with a state debt of over fifteen
millions levies a state tax of only twenty-
five cents on the hundred dollars. The
state tax iu Iowa is twenty-five cents , in
Kansas forty-one cents , Minnesota thir
teen cents , nad Wisconsin fifteen and
three-quarters cents on the hundred dol
lars. The ordinary running expenses of
thi.s state Tor salaries and maintaining
state institutions are over one million a
year , and the lust legislat ire piled up ap
propriations for another million a year
which have to be wrung from a people
heavily burdened with county and munici
pal txaes. How ia this exhausting drain
to be checked ? How are the people to se
cure tax reduction and a more equitable
distribution of the burd ens of taxation ?
Can these needed reforms be secured unless
the next stato ofiicers and legislators are
mon of integrity and men who cannot be
swayed from their duty ?
This is only one of the issues. The ever
pressing and ever present railroad issue
must be met and the liueA must be sharply
defined between honest men who will faith
fully represent the people , and venal
rogues who want to sell out or intend to
use their positions for levying blackmail.
Brazen throated railroad politicians and
professional jobbers will , as usual , howl
themselves hoarse over the national issues
in order to beTog the taxpayers , and seek
to keep the issues in which the people are
more vitally concerned ip tho background.
They will discuss protection and free trade
when the peopls want to hear about re
vision of the state assessment laws and
railroad regulation. They will fight over
the battles of the war. but make no refer
ence t the scandalous dehnui-hery of our
legislature and tho law defyin. ! course of
the railroads. It remains to be seen , how-
over , whethor tho people of a state that
proudly boasts its intelligencec.au be de
ceived and distracted by such tactics. It
remains to be seen whether tney will
blindly support "yellow dog" candidates
because they were tagged and labeled
straight by a packed convention. The
campaign in Nebraska is already begun.
The industrial classes must do their duty.
Let them rally and unite , regardless of
party , to elect honost , competent , and un-
purchasable men to tlie next legislature.
The Bee proposes to do its full share of
the work to redeem the state from mo
nopoly misrule. With this end in view it
will labor earnestly until the legislature
convenes. We want to place a copy of the
Weukly Bee in the hands of every farmer
and mechanic and appeal to friends of
good government to aid us. Wo will fur
nish the Weekly Bee from now until the
end of tho year for thirty-five cents , or in
clubs of ten for three dollars. Address all
orders to .The , Bee Edblisuing Co. ,
Omaha , Nob.
A Vessel Held in Quaranlino.
Washington , Aug. 17. Surgeon Gen
eral Hamilton has received a telegram from
tho assistant surgeon at Fortress Monroe ,
Va. , saying he had quarantined tho British !
ship Aahens , seven days from Ponsacohi to
Newport News. He cays a case of hotua-
temesis with collapse was found on board ,
tho patient being too ill for transportation.
The vessel is being fumigated. General
Hamilton telecraph d to hold herin quar
antine for Author observations.
A CORRECTED LIST OF THE LOST.
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New York , Aug. 17. A corrected list
of tho lost is .105 , as given by Captain 'Mul-
ler , of the steamer Geiser. The Geiser
catried ninoty-three passengers and a crow
of forty-three. Ol tho passengers fourteen
were saved and of tho crew seventeen. Tho
agents of tho line at Worcester , Mass. ; St.
Paul , Chicago and Philadelphia have been
notified to send on their lists of tickets
sold on tho Goiser.
At 10 this morning tho agent for tho lino
received a dispatch from Captain Lamb
that tho Thingvalla had arrived safely at
Halifax. Captain Mailer , of tho Geiser ,
went before the Danish consul this morning
and swore to his statcmont of facte o.m-
uecUd with the collision. The consul
staler tho circumstances attending the
collision will .ho investigated here
on tho airival of Captain Lamb ,
instead of at Copenhaven. as the principal
witne-ses can be more easily reached iu
Nov York. Captain Muller states that at
the tine of tho collision he was about thirty-
fivo miles south of Sable Island , and about
185 miles off Halifax.
The passengers of the Thingvalla were
registered in Castle Garden to-day , and on
ly await tho arrival of their bnjjgage. A
number of women seem not to hav fully
rev-Mvared fro a he shock.
Tho Story Kotolcl.
Halifax , Aug. 17. The Danish steamei
Thingvalla was signalled off the harbor at
o'clock this morning , iu chargo of a pilot.
She crawled along at the rate of two miles
an hour , and three hours elapsed before
she arrived at the wharf of Pickford
& Black. The Thingvilla presents
a strange spectacle , with nearly
tho wholo of her bow torn away , leaving an
immense hole exposed to view. The pow
erful iron plates were broken through and
snapped off as if they were of card board.
Crowds flocked to the wharf to see
tho steamer , and wonder is expressed
that she ever reached port. After
repairing she is to reload her cargo and
proceed lor New York. Captain Lamb , of
the Thingvalla , lias imposed silence upon
his seamen as to the disaster , but has him
self prepared a statement of tha details of
the collision as he knew and saw. This ia
thk captain's stoky :
It was about 4 clock on tho morning
Tuesday , tho 1 th. v hen my second oilicer
came down and 1 a keil him how the
weather wa > . iio said It was raining , but not
not foggy. A lew minutes later
I hcaru ths telegraphic signal lor
the engines to reverse. Leaping from
my bertti , I ran for the dek. . As I was hur
rying up the collision occurred. It was a ter-
rilic shock , the steamers coming together
with a rightiul cia Ii. ± tu. hiug forward , I
found the Uhingvalla to be lueked with
anotlur steamer , which I did not then
know. As 1 approached I siw a
man who I a.terwnrds foand ti be tho
Geiser's second oilicer , jump onto my deck.
My blearner had cut rignt iniough fits room ,
where ho was sound asleep , and lie leaped
out of his Lunk to the Thingvalla's'deck. I
went to quiet my pas engera , who were
ciowdeJ o.i dck , Bhoium and crying
with fear. The offi ers were already en = ageu
in cutting away and launching the life boats.
One of the'i'hingvallas boats had just been
lowered when the other steamer went down
stem first. Ths ! scene was
A FHiiITFUi ONE.
Some of her j-assengers were rushing mad
ly about her deck , whlleothers were crowded
in be viral boat * iu the water. I think many
p.isacniters must have been killed in their
bunks by tlio force of the collision. As the
steamer plunged beneatli tho water ,
ca. lying down those on toard , sue
cap > i/.ed the boats that had got
away. The air was rent with agonizing
shrieks and prayers. Most of the people
proLauly went down with tht Geiter. Thoy
wcriuliowed soon after by the ill-atjd : souls
in the boats , who must have been sucked
under as the ship sunk. The cries of tho
dying still ting in my ears. Three ot"our
boats were already launched and trying to
save as many as tney could from th doomed
L.e.bcr , but it was alow work , as compara
tively lew managed to keep uiloat alter tho
steamer ' s disappearance. Ttis two vessels
were not more than one hundred feet
anurt when tho Geiser went down. Tho
-reams of the drowning lasted probably two
minutes , and suddenly all became quiet.
Our tnree boats returned loaded with tho
saved , who had been picked up in the water
or off tho bottoms of their cap > izod boats. I
hemtheni back to continue the search for
survivors , but tli y returned with only tho
corpse of a woman.
JJny wai just beginning to break when tho
collision occurred. It was raining , as tlio
second oilicer told me just before. Jt was not
lojg.v. Tho assistant engineer was h.ived
wliti abrokon nrmwhilehis , tuo companions
were lost. In my opinion nearly all
the p. 'op-c on the Geiser's deck and in
the boats sank with the steamer ,
K * ery tiling that we cr.uld do po-sibly to save
them was done. After the Goisir disap
peared we began jetticoiiingthe cargo to keep
ihc Thingvalla atloit. hetwt.en 'J and 10
o clock we stopped throwing cargo over and
gottoworkshoningiipthccoiupariinei.t : ; . Wo
were leaking badly. At 11 o 'clock the sU m t
Wielantl hovoin sight , and wo transferred all
the io-cued passengers as > ell as our ou n .jj
pas enters to her. The Wieland pro.-teJed
about3 o clock in the aiterm.on. having us
fleering for .New Y/ork. Wede-ided to nead
for 11a ifax. ' ! he Geiser had Lcen seen by our
first onicers.
SHVritATj MINUTES
before the collision. She was nearly straight
ahead of as. hut a little on tlio port bow. She
starboarded to get out of the way , and wa
ported. She should have ported likewse. ;
uur whistle was not blowing at the time , as
there w as no need for it. "
From Captain Lamb's statement ol the
disaster it would appear tho fault lay with
those on board the Geiser , who put her to
starboard instead of to port. Tho Gei3er'a
officer , who wa * on watch at the time of
the collision , was among thoso who por-
ished. Capt. Lamb himself does not
express an opinion ou the cause of the dis
aster. He says ho will leave that to bo
found by official investigation. First Of-
dcer Peterson has been asked to make a
statement , but says he does not wish to
do so.
Investigation of Immigrant Abuses.
New York , Aug. 17. Tho investigation
of immigrant abuses was resumed to-day
by the congressional committee at WestJ
minster hotel. Superintendent Jackson ,
of Castle Garden , secretary of the immigra
tion commission , testified. He said tha * in
busy times about 4.000 immigrants land
daily. The largest number lauded in any
one day was 9.000. Ho explained the
workings of Castle Garden in detail. Last
year 360 immigrants were returned to
E i rope.
Walter Mcintosh , secretary of the United
States watchmakers' association , testihea
to 6overal case3 of importation to this
country from Switzerland , under contract
to work in tho watch case factory of tho
Waltham watch company. Passage money
was advanced to these men , which they
agreed to pay back in installments. Eng
lishmen wero brought over to work in the
same factory under like conditions. Wit
ness fortified Ins testimony by exhibiting
documents showing the contracts enteted
into. Witness said importation ot foreign
engravers and watch case makers had
tended to drive American mechanics into
other associations.
Captain Francis W. Bell , the pilot of
seventeen years experience , testified that
he had knowledge of tho practices of
Charles Xockwood and William McKay in ,
securing neutralization papers " for natives .
of Novia Scotia , and then pkicing them in
command of American vessels within two <
weeks. They received $10 a head for tho i
service. Lockwood told witness he was (
enabled to make citizens in the time men-
tioned because of his friendly relations
with the son of Judge Moore , of Brooklyn. '
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New York , Aug. 17. Orders wero re
ceived at tho Brooklyn navy yard yester-
day to fit up tho cruiser Boston for sea
without delay. She will join the Eurol
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SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A. Synopsis of VrocerdUijs in the Senate and
Jloitue of Uepresenlalict * .
Senate. In the senato on tho 18th ,
the resolution offered last week by
Edmunds calling on tho attorney gen
eral for copies of correspondence be
tween the department of justico and tho
supervisor of olections in the city of
New York , on the snbject of registration
and election , was taken up , and its pur
pose was explained by him. After brief
discussion the. resolution was adopted.
Tho senato then resumed consideration
, of the fisheries treaty in open executive
session , aiul was addressed by Call in
support of its ratification. Discussion
then ensued on postponing consideration
of tho treaty till December. Tho matter
finally went over one day and the senato
adjourned.
IIouse. In tho houseon tho 13th Mr.
Dubois , of Idaho , offered a resolution ,
which was referred , calling on tho at
torney general for a list of tho pardons
grantod by tho president to persons
convicted of unlawful cohabitation in
Utah and Idaho since March , 18SG. Mr.
Davidson , of Colorado , introduced a
joint resolution appropriating S200.000
to aid in suppressing infectious diseases.
Referred. Bills relative to tho District
of Columbia wero thou considered. The
senate bill was passed increasing to 830
a month tho rate of pension for total
deafness. Unanimous consent for tho
immediate consideration of tho depen
dent pension bill was asked but Mr.
Walker , of Missonri , objected.
Senate. In the senate on the 14th ,
the house bill granting the right of way
to the Yankton & Missouri River railway
through the Yankton reservation in Da
kota was passed. Tho resolution offered
some time ago instructing the select
committee on Indian traders io continue
its investigations 'during the recess was
reported back and agreed to. The sen
ate then resumed consideration of tho
fisheries treaty in open executive ses
sion , and was addressed by Morgan.
Having quoted from Chandler's speech
some extracts reflecting ou the secretary
of state , Morgan said the tongue of scan
dal had been let loose in this debate in a
way which might convince tho world
that when the senate sat with closed
doors nothing but scorpions were ap
plied to the backs of American citizens
who had been nominated for office or
who had taken pnrt in the treaties. In
the discussion of the question of foreign
fish , Morgan said that the New England
senators and the owners of fishing ves
sels had thought they were putting up
the smartest sort of a job in hying to
use the treaty making power to issue
proclamations of the non-intercourse as
means of prohibiling the introduction
of freo fish.
House. In the house on the 14th , the
senate bill to regulate commerce carried
on by telegraph was referred to the com
mittee on commerce. The house com
mittee on merchant marine and fisheries
of Alaska is directed to ascertain whether
contracts which have been made by the
government with any persons or compa
nies have been violated , and report
whether any legislation is necessary for
the _ protection of the seal fisheries.
O'Neill , of Missouri , rising to a question
of privilege , sent to the clerk's desk and
had read an article in a Washington pa
per to the effect that the effort of the
democrats to pass a bill for the relief of
the Cherokee freedmen was the result of
a bargain with J. Milton Turner ( the
freedmen's attorney ) and was intended
is compensation to him for his services
to the democratic party at the Indiana
polis colored convention. O'Neill said
lie desired to brand the statement as an
ibsolute lie from beginning to end.
Senate. In the senate on the 17th ,
tho bill amendatory of the act of June
18 , 1G8G , relating to postal crimes was
then taken up and after being amended
so as to reduce the penalties , passed.
Ohandler gave" notice that on Wednes
day next he would ask the senate to take
ip the resolution in regard to the inves
tigation of the Louisiana electiou. Tho
senate then took up the fishery treaty ,
; he pending question being on the mo-
iion submitted yesterday by Gibson.
Mr. Frye asked unanimous consent for
m order of the senate that at 1 o'clock
jach day debate on the treaty shall pro-
jeed , and shall close on Monday next at
5 o'clock , the friends of the treaty hay
ing the last two hours , and that on Tues-
lay next at 12 the final votes shall be
: aken on all amendments , motions and
resolutions of ratification. It was so
irdered.
House. In tho house on the 17th ,
senate amendments to the sundry civil
appropriation bill Avere non-coucurrec
in and a conference ordered. The honse
then , in consideration of the mornins
liour , resumed consideration of the res
olution assigning certain days for gen
eral pension legislation , the pending
question being on the demand for the
previous question. A call of the house
showed there a\\is no quorum present.
Further proceedings under the call were
dispensed with. Pnyson , of Illinois ,
asked unanimous consent that the hour
should be extended until the resolution
was dispensed Avith , but tho demand foi
the regular order operated as an objec
tion.
An Alleged Pension Fraud.
Waco , Tex. , Aug. 19. W. D. Stark
was brought here to-day under arre3t by
Deputy United States Marshal J. H. Bull ,
and placed in jail , on a capias from the
federal court of Kansas , charging him with
trying to defraud the governmQat
in applying for a pension as
i woundod union soldier. He is 50 years
) ld , a German by birth , is married , and
aas a small farm near Merridian , in
Bosquo county , which his wife cultivates ,
is ho i-s too weak to do much manual la
bor. He says he sen-ed in tho 12th Illinois
infantry , company A , and was Avounded
lurinij an engagement on the Biitish road
between Johnson and Schofield. He made
Application for a pension , and it
was granted in 13S3. While he Avas a res
ident of Kansas in 1S32 he mado an appli
cation for an increase , and ia lwSa. after ho
had romoved to Texas , he was arrested on
i charge of attempting to defraud the gov
ernment , and was carried to Kansas.
There he found that the charges
igainst him wero that he was
lot W. D. Stark ; that he never
; ervod in the war , and Avas not wounded.
He produced his papers to show his iden-
; ity and serviee , was examined by the phy-
iicians and the case against him was dia-
nissed in April of this year. Not having
eceived an increase ho made another ap-
jlication with the result as abeve. Ho is
mite infirm.
Joint Discussisn of the Tariff.
Washington , Aug. 17. The Star this
venint ; has the following : "A proposition
9 under consideration by the democratic
ampaign managers to arrange for a joint
iiscassiou of tho tariff question by Speaker
Jariislo and Mr. Blaine. It is proposed to
hallenge Mr. Blaino to meet Carlisle and
iebate the question in alternate speeches
a tho twelve principal cities of tho union ,
ix to be named by Blaine and six by tho
peaker. The opinions of a number of
rominent democratic coDgressmen as to
be advisability of such a course have been
sked and there is a very general concur-
ence of approval.
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TERRIBLE STORM IN CANADA.
Ztohlnhtj ; Fires Hundreds of Uoxtset and
Many hives are Lost.
Montreal , Aug. ia. xiio thunder
storm that passd ovor eastern Ontario and
tho whole of Quebec Thuri > dny uight
und early yesterday morning mw
tie most terrific ever known hci - . Hun
dreds of houses and burns wire 1 l.iun
down or burned. Crops 'nro iu many
'pi ices destroyed. Horses and tattle
by tho hundreds have been ki.iud. ami
and many pooplo bavo been ! < . . Ala
small village called St. Louis tie t..it..miio | ,
Captain Louis SatiA-e , his wiir , hoti a : t
daughter wero struck by li hsttui , . il.t
lather , wife and son were ktllc.i , ami iU-
daughter cannot live. A liilaue. - euij.lo ; . . d
du the Sauve arni was al.o ! .i m s v
lightning. At St. Jguaee ( Jeui o L i..i.r
was killed by the falling of a . . • nj . .n
him. in St. Hyacinth a sn of lie put . i.-
Btor of a small hotel was killed whili ; . . •
iog his windows. A repott tunas hum
Clatidicro that two lumbeimcii were sv.t-pi
over the falls Avhilc crossing the nvc. i. c
hotel at Smith's Tails waset tin lire and it
was reported that thu wi. . . of the : tit . nuiji
died fiom flight.
From all over Quebec come ioi.iii : ol
houses being set on lire and lamil.ri.ti. . g
loft destitute , and itf n small pae ! c. .lU-.i
L'Origiual Parish tho clinuh Mami nek lii
lightning. Tho place was full of pe. > i > le at
the time who AA-ere prayiug lor piou-ttiou
Iro.n the storm. A panic ensued and mai : . \
people Avero seriously injured liy Leii.
trampled upon.
| In this city nil tho electric li ht-t wuit
out aud in the big hotels there Avere panic *
among the guests. Several buil.lin were
• truck by lightning , tiecs were lorn u ; > , tel
egraph poles blown doAvu aud iniU oi " tuie-
grapb , telephone and electric b.ht wiiea
were entirely burned out by the lightning.
It is estimated that the damage il-nc by
the storm in this provinc ; alone w. 1 recti
aver $1,500,000.
Beporta from Vnl ! < > yueld , Boauharnais
county , fwite that five men have been
killed by lightning in that vicinity. Great
damage has hteu done along the St. Louis
river. Houses and barns have been swept
away or burned , and it is impossible to ap
proximate the damage.
WILL KEEP WHAT SHE HAS GAINED.
U'liutthe Emperor'Of ( lermany Said in a lie-
cent Speech ,
Berlin. August 18. Tho Emperor
lunced to-day at headquarters of tho first
infantry. In a speech in response to a
toast to his health , he said Germany would
keep what she had gained , and expressed
conviction that the army was able to meet
all comers. The Ianguago of the
Emperor , although no immediate
menace , is not to bo attributed to
his habit of expressing himself bluntly. His
speech at Frankfort was premeditated , if
not A-erbally prepered. The emperor'h
crow has heen excited by the Kinsian goA- -
ernmentpermittingorinviting the press to
raise the Kcblcswiiz-Ho'stein question , Avith
the additional contention that the czar , as
the representative of the house of Holstein
Gotterp , claims the spec-al right
to support tho claim ot Denmark
The press concur in regretting the
futility of the Feterhof and Copenhagen
visits. It says that within four Aveeks
after the interview between the czar and
Emperor William , tho tension of the situa
tion tbreatouB Europe more than ever. The
sweeping changes in command of
tho army are impending. Nine
more generals , nine lieutenant gen-
rals and a number of major generals
will retire. Gen. Von Scbellendorf's suc
cessor as minister of war Avill he Gen. Von
Cayrivi. Gen. Von Scbellendorf gets com
mand of tho First army corps. Feverish
activity prevails in every department of
the army. Notwithstanding the Avido op
eration and brusque character of these
changes the war office is confident that tho
army will be kept every moment Avell in
hand. "
NOTES FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The house committee on pensions has
agreed to report with favorable recom
mendation a substitute for Mr. Buchan
an's bill to pension members of the life-
saving service.
A favorable report has been made
from the senate committee on judiciary
on the bill giving Idaho territory an ad
ditional associate justice of her supreme
court.
On the 13th , Senator Paddock from
the committee on public lands , called up
and had passed the house bill for the re
lief of settlers upon the old Camp Sher
idan military reservation. The bill now
goes to the president for his signature.
.Bread-stuffs exports during July ag
gregated inalne $7,881,794 , against
$15,7.j,219 ! ) for the same month last
year , and for the seven months ended
July 31 past , $ r)77,272 , against $100 , -
418.04S during the corresponding seven
months of 1887.
The secretary of the treasury has is
sued a circular to collectors of customs
notifi'ing them that existing regulations
relating to collection of duties on mer
chandise arising by parcels post from
various foreign countries are extended
to merchandise coming to thi.s country j
in a similar manner from Mexico.
The postmaster general has recom
mended an additional appropriation ol
$5G2,4S2 to meet a deficiency for the
transportation of mail on the railroads ,
due , it is stated , to an increase in the
volume of mail by reason of the 2-cent
poBtage and the increase of population
in the Avestern and northwestern states
and territories.
Senator Paddock has introduced a bill
directing the secretary of the interior to
refund to the settlers upon the Otoe In
dian reservation in Nebraska and Kan
sas the excecs of money paid for their
lands over the appraised value as shown
by the records of the land office. The
imount of all such rebates thus refunded
is to be deducted from the principal of
the fund placed to the credit of the In
dians in the treasury department. A
similar bill avsis introduced in the house '
= ome time ago.
A dispatch from Minneapolis to the
2vening papers of Washington gives an
account of the formation of an immense
( umber trust , Avhicli is to control the (
iimber output of the entire northwest. '
Stephenson of Wisconsin
Congressman , j
svho is the largest lumberman in the ]
liouse , says he knoAvs nothing of this (
combination , and that it does not in- i
jlnde any of the timber interests in his
riart of the state. It is the general im- ,
iression here among the members of
(
jougress , even the high protectionists , (
: hnc the formation of this trust at this j
time ATill have the effect of stimulating (
: he senate to reduce the duty ou timber t
in their forthcoming bill , even if they
lo not cnt it off entirely. Against thi3
proposition strenuous objections have J
ueen raised , not only on the part of the J
aorthwestern senators , but by senators |
from the southwestern states , notably \
Messrs. Call and Pasco of Florida.
Brother and Sister Killed. ,
Greenfield , Mass. , Aug. 17. Deacon
Lovering , aged 90 , his sister and house-
ceeper , Mrs. Eichardson , living in Gill , j
, vere instantly killed by lightning last
light , and the farmhouse , barns and out- f
juildincs burned.
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PERSONAL AND OTHER MATTERS. jfc
Mayor Howitt is in douhfc whether he j ! i
will again run for mayor of Now York.
At least six ci iea havo already pro- , I
posed to erect monumonfcs to Genera )
Sheridan.
English gossips still claim that Joseph * '
Clinmberlain and Miss Endicott ore to- ' v
bo married in tho fall. . ' .
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Ex-Speaker Handall is slowly recov
ering , but is not yet able to ait up. He- j *
has lost a great deal of flesh. * l-
Sheridan's illness lasted eighty-five .j * i
days , Garfield's seventy-nine , Grant's- j [ ,
and Arthur's about twelve months. X'
Lady Jnno Henrietta Swinburne has jl ,
entered her 00th year. Sho is the- f.
mother of the poet and critic , Mr. Al- n
gernoti Charles Swinburne. ( - •
Colonel Samuel Scott , of Kansas Cityr. |
has subscribed tho largest amount to-
the republican national campaign fnncT \ ) <
of any ono save JJOA'i P. Morton. 1 }
Beforo his death General Sheridan
called Dr. O'Eeilly to him and said he
AA-ould like to appoint him to his per- J ,
sonal start. Tho physician did not feoB J {
ho could accept tho honor. I
Gonernl Sherman , who has lived iu ft . I
hotel e\'er since ho Avont to Xoav York , ,
has just purchased a liouse on Se\'ent3-
first street betAveen Eighth and Ninth J
avenues , paying § 35,000 in cash for it. x
Mrs. Langtry has grown quite stout. > . J
Sho iioav weighs 185 pounds , and is stilB
growing * When Mrs. Langtry reaches-
200 ponuds sho Avill be obliged to aban
don the titlo , "Jersey Lily. " One can < (
not conceivo of a fat lily.
Arpnd Haraszthy , the great Htuiga- j" ,
rian-California Aviuo grower , is reported/ / it
to havo said that pure California wine ' '
could be laid down in New York as- .
cheap as beer. lie and others estimate j
the California wine crop of this year at I '
30,000,000 gallons. J
Tho president has approved the act for Y
two additional associate justices of the '
supreme court of Dakota ; also the act in. j "
regard to tho marriage of Indian Avomen '
and white men , and the act authorizing * '
a bridge across tlio Missouri river neat
Plattsmouth , Neb. \
A rumor avus current at the postoflicfr J *
in Ne- York , on the 12th , that Postmas * J ?
ter Pearson bad resigned. Tho post- .
master quictlj' denied the story and " i
handed tho reporter a statement which
he caid he wished published. The state- I
ment simply denies , and at the same '
time explains , all the allegations brought !
against him as to detention of mails ,
and says that the New York postoffioe- '
is now , and has been since ho had chargo-
of it , in a better condition than it was-
when ho was appointed. '
. A Man Shoots His Wife. ,
Veeona , Mo. , Aug : 18. This morning , f
a few minutoi before 7 o'clock , tho inhabi- }
tants of the nourishing little city of Verona- J
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Avere startled by two pistol shots , and on.
investigation it was found that they j -
came from tho house of Frank.
Cindeuhurg , a German living Avith his-
wife and daughter in the south part <
of town. A few minutes after the shooting : j
several of his neighbors opened the door ,
entered the house and lound the Avomaa
lying in the corner of the room , bleeding j
profusely , and the man sitting ou the edge j
of the bed , looking more like a madman
than anything else. L ndetiburg aud his f
wife had been quarreling over the transfer |
of some land , and he'euded the matter by-
shooting her throu/n the head and then
shooting himself. (
After he had shot his Avife he told i
his daughter that he intended Killing
himself also , and wheu she implored him I
not to do so he said : "I have shot her , and.
it I do not kill myself they will hang me. " j
Then he placed the revolver , an '
old-fashioned German Aveapon to his-
head and pulled tho trigger. The
woman is still alive , nut can.
not live long with a pistol ball in her brain.
'xhe man Avill probably recover , as tho ball I
entered the ceuter of bi3 forehead , glanced •
off the frontal bone and lodged under the , M
scaip at the top of the head. Liudenburg.
has always heen considered a quiet , hard-
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Avorkiug man , and was generally well ' 9
thought of. I
• Affecting Indemnity Lands.
DCBUQl'E , Aug. i : { . Mr. Eishop , of Des- t
Moiue ? , law partner of Attorney General .
Uakcr , was in tho city to-day for the pur-
po o of instituting Buit3 against every rail
road company "doing businesi in Dubnquo , v
for refusing toadoiot the ta iffissued by the- }
Iowa railrcad coinmis-iionera. /
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CirAKi.ESTOS- . Va. , Aug. 17. The- J
boarding house of Summers & Lynch burn- \
ed this morning , at West Charleston. .
Simon Wallace , aged 31 , and his mother , . J
lged 55 , burned to death. %
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA. j
Wiikat No. 2 GC ® GGJt '
Cons No. 2 mixed 32 @ 32 } $ j
Oais No. 2 30 @ 31 .
IUki.ey 4 2 ® 49
lid-rim Creamery 20 ( S > 22 I
Hittiu Choice roll 13 @ 16 j '
E : s Fresh 13 @ 14 1
-I'iiinoOiickess perdoz. . . 2 25 @ 3 00- t
Lkmoss Choice , perhox. . . 4 75 @ G 00 i
Di. 'A\fir.s Per box 5 00 @ G 0 \
'triat. Beans Pcrbti 75 @ 1 00-
DsaiNs Per bit 123 (3 1 75-
[ * ot.itois New 40 ( < | GC-
rrnsips Per bu 25 ( m 30
\ppi.ks Per bbl 1 25 ( 2 50
Tomatoes , per bn 1 Ho (5 ( > 2 0f > j
iVooi. Fine , per ! t > 13 @ 20 ?
: 1 oEA' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ( iu IS-
IaaBailed 5 00 ( a ; 2 00- ;
• Vax Seed IVrbu 1 15 @ 1 20 J
I < , rs Jlixed packing 5 85 tni G IO- ;
l.ics-ili'iivv -itlits GOO @ G 1.3- 1 ;
! r.ivis Choice Hteers 4 50 @ 5 30 |
in : : . ! • Fair to medium. . . 3 50 @ 3 00 '
NEW YOUK. '
Viievt No. 2 red 92 rS ) 92V , „ jjfl
Viu\t : nmaded red So ( To 90V , . * M
iiiss-No. 2 51 tffi 52i 9
) ats Mixed western .ill ( tu 35 *
-aii > 9 00 ( u ) 9 02& *
CHICAGO. '
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Viieat Fprbiisliel. . . S2 (31 82 . , M
" oits Per bushel 4GJ < (5 " 44 M
) at.s Per bushel 24 @ 24 , 5 . fl
oleic..j. 40 f x.14-00 |
.aud S G5 ( a ) S 7Cr \ M
loos PsickiiiR shipping. G 30 @ G 4f- f I
" atti.e Stockers „ . 2 50 @ 3 5"r | jfl
iiiEEl' Natives 3 50 @ 4 50
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st. Lours. > M
Vheat No. 2 red cash 83/di S3W. *
ons Perbnchel 41 ( a ) 42 * ' 9
> ats Per bushel 24 @ 24J . ' * 9
Iocs Mixed packing 6 20 @ G 33 ' { S
Jattle Feeders 2 20 @ 2 50 9
heep Western 3 50 @ 4 50 19
KANSAS CITY. 4 9
Fheat Per bushel 70J @ 70Ji. " * J ' 9
ons Per bushel 35 @ 3ox [ | J9
Iats Per bushel 20 @ 21 * * 9
attle Feeders 1 60 @ 3 65 | 9
Togs Good to choice 615 @ 6 25 19
lT Agents For Fairs j I
AVe want acents to take rnbjcrlptJons for the lead- - 1 9
ig live atoclc and farm Journal of the West at t&o 2 ( tm
ounty Fairs. AVe will ray salaries to pood men. J '
rrlte statins Fair or Fairs you can attend for ua. II
ilary desired , and enclose recommendation from. i 'Jsm
) me rood basinet man. I M
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