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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1885)
iKia Wm v v .ss&SKKVJwps s: 4 is: V 4 . & ir" ' l4- t w- - Si. &" Hi " '- -Jcft.TSl - s&37LjSL -" VC5-5- .vs'i THE RED CLOU) CHIEFJTHE WORLD AT LARGE. i C. KOSHER, Piblisker. tF.p n.or,D. XERRASK CURRENT COMMENT. The South American Commission was cordially received by the Govern ment at Montevideo. The Commission iras asked to use its influence in favor of extending the American cable sys tem to Urujruav. Adjutant General Dkum has com pleted a list of the casualties during the rebellion. The number of deaths was 935,496. Of these 29,498 occurred in the rebel prisons. The total number of troops engaged during the war was 2,772,408. 3.11. Ruttek, President of the New York Central Railway, died recently at his home in Irvington, N. Y. Mr. Rutter liad been ailing more or less since 1881. Three weeks ago bis disease (diabetes) caused blood poisoning, from which lie died at his home in Irvington. The Surgeon General of the Marine Hospital Service has notified the health officer at Baltimore and the officer in charge of the quarantine station at Cape Charles that the ship Jupiter had left Valencia, Spain, where the cholera is epidemic, bound for Baltimore. Secuetakv Bayard and his private secretary, Mr. Bryan, who returned to Washington on the 12th, expressed themselves as highly gratified with their trip to Missouri and Kansas and de lighted with their cordial reception and hospitable entertainments by the citi zens of Kansas City, Columbia and .Lawrence. A terrible occurrence was recently reported on the railway from Kostoff to KostoiT, on the river Don, Russia. A bar of iron was placed across the track by robbers, and the train which came along was thrown from the rails and demolished, the number killed or wounded being seventy. The robbers who were waiting for the smashup, plundered the train. An account of the early life of the Rev. John Harvard, founder of Harvard College, is promised by Mr. Rendle, of Soutbwark, London. He has found a record of the date of Harvard's birth, parentage and family residence in the parish of St. Savior, and has traced the breaking up of the family in the great plague district. He has also brought to light other incidents of Harvard's life. Patents were issued recently for a new system for production of spherical and conical projectiles by a new pro cess. The old and tedious method of turning in a lathe to reduce to the proper shape is avoided, the product coming perfectly formed direct from the bar. "The Secretaries of War aud Uavy thought so highly of its value that they asked to have the patent put through as quickly as possible. The inventor is V. G. Simmons, of Fitch burg, Mass. The newspaper men of London have appointed a committee and are raising funds to erect a suitable monument in St Paul's Cathedral to the memory of the special war correspondents of the .London press who were killed in the Soudan. The list includes Edmund 'Donovan, of the Daily Sews; Frank Ifizitelly. of the Graphic; Colonel Bur naby and Mr. Herbert, of the Morning Jwf; John A. Cameron, of the Stand ard, and Frank Roberts, of Renter's Telegram Company. The New York Board of Trade re cently voted in favor of the proposition contained in the memorial of the Mari time Association, that thirty cents per ton be granted to the Government for every thousand miles sailed by sail or steam vessels built or owned in the United States and engaged in foreign commerce for ten years, after which the payment be reduced ten per cent annually. The board recommended the early consideration and adoption ff this method, by Congress. . There was much excitement re cently in Minneapolis. Minn., over the discovery that a volume of forty thousand gallons of water per minute yns escaping from the water power of St Anthony Falls from an unknown outlet Government and city engi neers had various theories regarding it The opinion was expressed by the authorities that the new sewer being constructed above the falls was respon sible for the water waste. Some theor ists hold that the Hennepin Connty lakes were being drained through a subterranean channel. Water-power owners, mill men and citizens gener ally were greatly agitated. The commission appointed to open bids for furnishing distinctive paper for Uaitcd States National Bank notes and other securities have made a report to the Secretary of the Treasury. The usion recommended that samples ibmittcd by Messrs. Crane & Co.. of twelve pound bank note paper, fin- on both sides with a blue silk thread, so placed there that one thread will run through each note or certifi cate, be adopted for National Bank aotes, United States notes and certifi- that similar paper, with one 'blue silk thread, as the Secretary M. the Treasury may determine, rnn jHBg through each sheet shall be adopted for the otherobligatioas of the Covernment except checks; drafts and stamps, and that paper of similar char acter and finish, not exceeding twelve in weight, with cither a blue thread ct water marks, as the may determine, so placed that .it may show npon each check or draft, be adopted for r -J iu 'i" .. . . " A Summary of tba Daily N FKKSOXAIj ASH POLITfCAZ. Gladstone tendered the resignations of himself and colleagues to the Queen on ts 9th. The Stock Exchange was greatly de pressed in consequence. The death in announced of Robert Schla gintweit, the German traveler and natural ist. Jakes Russell Lowell left Liverpool on the 10th for the United State, aboard the steamship Scytbia. At the Republican convention held at Springfield, O., Judge Foraker was nomi nated for Governor on the first ballot. The other nominations were: General Robert P. Kennedy, Lieutenant Governor: Judge G. W. Mcllvane, Supreme Judge; John C. Brown, Treasurer; J. H. Moblen, Attor ney General; Wells 8. Jones, member of the Board of Public Works. Deputy Semor Dorriters Errauriee fell dead in the Chamber of Deputies at Santiago, Chili, recently. He was one of the most influential and respected mem bers of the Liberal party. Colonel Edward E. White, United States Consul at Puerto Cabelia, Vene zuela, died at his residence in Philadelphia On the 12th. MlftCKI.LAXKORS. A monk named Father Emanuel died re cently at Getbsemane, Ky., alleging that he had been cruelly treated and starved by the 'Abbot. The latter stated that Emanuel was of unsound mind. A Coptic merchant who recently arrived at Cairo from Khartoum said it was not definitely known that General Gordon had been killed. His body wsa not found, and ha might possibly have escaped to tho south. Dr. Holt, President of the Board of Health at New Orleans, said recently that there was no yellow fever within the city limits or anywhere near the city. A dispatch from London says that after a collision between the American ship Clarissa B. Carver, from New York, and the British steamer Glamorganshire the Clarissa B. Carver sank. Joseph Rensojt, while suffering, from delirium tremens recently, blew up his sa loon at Newport, R. I. He was terribly burned. Three other persons were in jured. The steerage passengers of the steamer Weser, numbering 687, among whom small pox made its appearance, were all taken to Ward's Island and quarantined on the 9th. At the examination of the charges against Assayer Harrison at Helena, Mont., a number of witnesses testified that Gov ernment money was used for speculation in private enterprises. Harlem, Spencer & Co., grain dealers, St. Louis, made an assignment recently. The assets assigned, were valued at $100, 000. The liabilities were unknown. Commissioner Sparks recently ad dressed a letter to Secretary Lamar, re questing him to call upon the Attorney General to institute legal proceedings to set aside the Maxwell grant in New Mexico, upon allegations of fraud. Tho grant com prises two million acres and originally be longed to ex-Senator Chaffee. A fire the other night in Chinatown, San Francisco, burned the interior of the Chinese theater and destroyed several ad joining buildings. Loss, $64,000; insur ance, unknown. Six persons escaped from the coynty jail at Charleston, W. Va., the other morning. Among them were James Parker, convicted of murder in the first degree, and Joseph Reese, charged with the same crime. Suffolk, Va., was recently damaged $300,000 by a fire which destroyed a num ber of buildings on Washington square. Genenal Wolseley, in recent dis patches, warned the English Government against the evacuation of the Soudan, say ing that the whole province would be given up to anarchy and would revert to barbar ism. It is estimated that the result of the re cent elections throughout Austria will give 88 deputies to the Liberals, center 20 and tho other factions 13. S. H. and Dean Denman, father and son, were killed recently by the bursting of a boiler on their small steamttoat on the Cedar River, a few miles below Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Tho father was thrown 150 feet and killed instantly. A large dredger accidentally sank in the middle of the Sues Canal near Port Said. Traffic would in consequence be suspended for at least two weeks. A fire at St. Cesaire, Quebec, the other night destroyed a number of stores, ho tels and dwellings. Loss, $150,000; partly insured. It was reported at Washington recently that Commissioner Sparks was formulating an order cancelling all withdrawal of land by the United States for the protec tion of the indemnifying limits of railroad grants. The effect of such an order would be to restore to the public domain at' least 50,000,000 acres and would undoubtedly lead to litigation. Frost was reported as occurring in the western part of the Michigan on the night of the Sth. No damage was done, how ever. The iron manufacturers of Yoangttown, O., hare decided to go into the steel busi ness extensively aad will change their plant accordingly. Tux Oriental Exhibition store, New Or leans, burned recently. Loss, $50,000; in sured. All the Pittsburgh, Pa., gambling houses have been closed. Ax accident happened daring st recent performance of the Thalia Opera Company in the Exposition building at Chicago. Some trestle work, insecurely fastened, gave way, and three chorus girls were in jured.. The British residents of Cashmere re ported that earthquake shocks continued with great severity. The towns of Bora-' malla aad Soper have bean ntterly rained aad 400 persons killed. A Tombstone, A. T., special of the th says: John Slaughter and J. J. Pattoa, who arrived to-day from Swisshelms, re port the Apaches killed four soldiers be longing to Captain Lowdea's command Tuesday last, in .Oaadaloupe canyon. A Mexican nassed Oshew was killed last night by another band of Apaches, six miles south of Bisbee, in the Whetstone Mountains. a snuauE epizootic nrose out la ine TtalSwJS J"!?' I ??fJW,a?t!liaJ.t,plTO-.Tfce .... uciv jrias w w h- " controllable Tke defaulting postsaaster, Hibbs. late of Idaho, vu rmnaeUA villa fe f...nr .t i sn.mwaii . z-:2-v i V!. f 4o0 miles front Victoria. The New Hampshire Senate and Hoase net Jn convention oa the 11th aad pro ceeded to aa electioa of State officers, with ,.. , ... ... . . T T ; T2TT "S f" . x. AuowpMm; owe mater, joaa , I eftatwlV 0aAa - - e a . X"', ;-"-' " '- '.rr -- .iTTrS. 1 StapUtoa, of Colorado, to ae nssJtar U the! ukhw ocBfeaiaia a iseavstw V.A rnOQLAMATJOK 1 deckristae8tateef Tke Hessian ily was reported doia much damage to wheat in the upper coun ties of Virginia. The epidemic at Plymouth, Pa., was re ported decreasing. The plague, however, had broken oat at Sugar Notch and Warren Ren, near Nanticoke. Sevexteen-year locusts in countless numbers have made their appearance in Fayette County, 111. The peats have began to work on fruit orchards, and fanners are beginning to view thetu with serious ap prehension. The concession granted by the Mexican Government to the Mexican Southern Rail way has been declared forfeited. Captain Lawton's Bupply camp near Cloverdale, Ari., was surprised by the Apaches recently. Of the eight soldiers in charge only three eseaped. The ammu nition was exploded during the fight, but the Indians got everything elite. A tornado struck Masaena, Cass Coun ty, Iowa, recently. Damage, 30,000. The International Invention Exhibition building caught fire in London recently. A great amount of damage was done, but the fire was kept out of the main building. Serious anti-prohibition riots recently broke out at Spring Vale, Me. The win dows of five or six dwellings weresuiashed, but the principal damage was dono to the office of the Advocate. The change of Government in Great Britain was unfavorably regarded in Rus sia. Many fishermen lost their lives by. a re cent storm off the coast of Newfoundland. H. C. Du Aiina, who some weeks ago at ! Washington caused the arrest of the Com missioner of the Land OSice for assault, was recently dismissed from his position as Timber Agent of the Land Office. Secretary Whitney has ordered another trial of the dispatch boat Dolphin, considering that the previous trial was valueless as to the vessel's ability to stand a heavy sea. Archbishop Gibbons, of .Baltimore, has received a cablegram from Rome announc ing the appointment of Rev. J. Sullivan, of Washington, to the vacant bishopric of the Mobile diocese. The Queen accepted the resignation of Gladstone .on tho 12th, and called upou Earl Salisbury to form a new Cabinet. An earthquake occurred in the Eastern Caucasus recently. The town of Sikuch was completely swallowed up and the township suffered damage to the extent of several million roubles. A construction train going south from Somerset, Ky., was thrown from the track two miles north of the ne.v river bridge by striking a cow recently. The caboose and seven cars were ditched and five labor ers were killed. 'John L. Sullivan, tho pugilist, became drunk at Philadelphia the other day and put the inmates of several saloons to flight. A dozen of his friends overpowered him and by main force put him to bed. At Washington, ou tho 12th, Daniel Car rigun, ex-Chief Clerk of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the Navy Depart-, ment, who had pleaded guilty of fraud, was sentenced to six years in the Albany penitentiary. The business failure's for week ended June 11 were: For tho Uuited States, 185; for Canada, 22, a total of 207, against 223 the week previous. Albert M. Chandler nnd Henry Bos ener have been appointed receivers of tho Postal Telegraph aud Cable Company for tho State of Ohio. A north bound fast freight on the Penn sylvania & Schuylkill Vulley Railroad re cently crashed into the rear end of a local freight which had stopped at Spring Mill station, near Norristowu, Pa. The con ductor and fireman were fatally injured. A tornado threw a passenger traiu from the track nine miles north of Sioux City, Iowa, on the 12th, injuring a large number of persons. The some evening the Deaf and Dumb Asylum nt Council Bluffs was destroyed by the wind, and in Omaha a man lost his lifo by a building being blown down. At Paris, recently, Madame Nilsson gained her action against her late hus band's relatives, who bavo beeu ordered to pay her tho sum of 8,400. One man wns killed, two fatally wounded and several others injured in a row be tween town and country negroes at a camp meeting held at Mount Zion Church, nine miles from Yorkville, S. C. Charles Fitzpatrick and J. H. Le mieur, of Quebec, liavo beeu definitely re tained to defend Riel. He will, plead in sanity, and it is presumed a number of wit nesses will be summoned to prove that Riel was insane while he was at Beaufort Asylum. ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES. The glass workers strike at Pittsburgh, Pa., has collapsed and the men have re sumed work at the reduction. The struggle lasted six months. The Dorrance shaft of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company '8 mines at Wilkesbarre, Psw, caught fire recently. Two hundred men were thrown out of employment. A dispatch from Plymouth, Pa., of the 14th said that it was thought the typhoid fever scourge had ended. Tmk clearing house returns for week ended June J3 showed an average decrease of 1&9 compared with the corresponding week of last year. In New York the de crease was 23.1. In Kansas City the in crease was 42.0. A party of Englishmen in a coach near a French race track displayed a Uaioa Jack recently. French betting men sur rounded the coach, captured the flag; and would have roughly treated the English men if they had not been prevented from doing so by the soldiers. Trainmen on the Buffalo. NewYork 4k .. Philadelphia Railway struck recently for bach pay and against a redaction in wages of twenty-five per cent. Prince Frederick Charles, nephew of the Emperor of Germany, has had a stroke of apoplexy with symptoms of paralysis in one side. The Secretary of the Treasury has no tiled the custodians of public buildings throughout the country that the appro priation for payawnt of janitors for the current year-is exhausted. The Presbyterian Church at Sfcippaaa-berg-. Pa., caagbt f re recently aad was, burned to the ground. The building; was one of the finest in the Casaberlaad valley, aad cost 126,009. The iasarance was $10, 000. Harrigan, the St. Louis Chief ef Police, has been reinstated, having pledged hian- MirtAth ttrwtMt iiIiim . .t mX W ...ww wvwa.wuw nau rales in the f stare A "n, British steasser. the 'Spake Hall, was recently wrecked by crclone ; k- ri; rv. . r-j .- n - vwt wwpm wm vaw swuus w- caped. wl Tbr-brakeoaen on the Baltbaere 4c Ohio general strike en the Itauread went oa 39th. The trouble was the resale et a re dectioaet forces en freight traJae. A gen eral redaction was asade, reawias; tai front brakesnen of all trains drawn by Mo gul engines. Intimidatkin was practiced at ,'- .Newark, 0 resaltiar ia two arrests. .-.,,. w. .-. t.iw T" eav -a. -m i ir-irw with stealms more than 0 toI Chicago Bh3c Iibraiyi has A JJcxux dispatch states the saail sraia, wtiile xoiaffataaiga issjeea, wore own Detwean Jnauew charged nates irons hecside- tTraieev Itwaereporsed'-taat NK bKASKA STATE JCKlVS. Crooks and confidence men bold nightly ssatineea in Valentine. Recextlt George Sannerwas suffocated by the smoke of a powder blast in a well near Valentine. The Fremont National Guard has just re cti red h handsome and costly silk banner from Columbus, Ohio. Twestt-six thousand dollars worth of new machinery has been added to the plant in the B. & M. shops at Plattsmouth. Merrick County farmers are confident of a bountiful harvest. The prospect at the present time surpasse the record. The Board of Assessors have completed the railroad assessment of th Stat. The total assessment is $1S.T34,7&.03, aa increase over last year of i,23304.ff.. Tho average assessment per mile is $3,702.18. It is reported that a peculiar fever has become epidemic at Wayne aad bos extended to Wakefield. It hss already carried off several couples, and others are afflicted. It is called wedding fever. Eugene Bisbee, son of Captain Bisbee, post commander at Fort Niobrara, has re ceived the appointment of postal clerk from Missouri Valley to Valentine, vice L. L. Luntry, resigned. The Elkborn Land & Town Lot Com pany, capital $j(JO,0J0, has been incorpor ated by John I. BIsir, William W. Waiter. DewittC. Blair, Clarence G. MicLell uud Samuel P. Wisuer. Besides the loss of life in the late cloud burst at Indianola $mQ in greenback in the pockets of one of the victims, and 800 in gold in a coffee pot, were carried away by the flood. Only two of the bodies have been found. It is supposed tho balance are cov ered up with dirt and rubbish aud may never be found. The Papillion Times says the statement that bog cholera caused a loss of &,00Q to farmers in Sarpy County is borno out by tho Assessors returns. When the assessment was taken last spring there were 14,201 bogs in the county, assessed at ,0iu; now there are 8,135 hogs, assessed at $12, 44S. This gives a decrease of $17,0)0 in valuation, as compared with last year. Hogs are certainly not assessed at more than one-fourth actual value, and at this rate the loss in the county since last spring foots up $,000. A faithless lover was thecause of Annie Johnson trying to leavo Omaha and the rest of the world by the morphine route recently. Although not successful it was a close call. The other day William Gerkie, of Omaha, bade his friends good bye and started for the Missouri River declaring he would drown himself. He changed his mind upon contemplating the raging Big Muddy and crossed over to au Iowa town and sent word back that he was not dead but dead broke. It is stated that Nebraska post-ofliccs are being filled at the rate of four per day. Montague, the temperance lecturer, worked a week in tho town of Schuyler for the sum of $3.S". A Kansas cattle company purchased sixty carloads of cattle last mouth iu the counties of Platte and Stanton. Eiguty-four citizens of Blair signed the protest against the reading of the Scrip tures and praying in tho public schools. Norfolk has made preparations for a grand observance of tho Fourth. Senator Van Wyck will be tho orator of tho day. The Congregational Church at Fremont has just been completely finished at a total expense of .2tJ,000. In the Campttell-Drayton defamation of character suit at Neligh recently, tbo plaintiff, Mr. Campbell, was gjven a judg ment of one cent. Tho costs wore tuxed against both parties equally. The other morning tho six-year-old daughter of Mr. McVeigh, of Ohiotown, was instantly killed by the occidental dis cbarge of a gun which she and a little brother got hold of. During the year ended June 1 thcro bnd been received aud forwarded over tho Union Pacific and St. Joe & Westrn Rail roads at Grand Island 100,033,000 pounds of freight, or 83,022 tons. At 20.000 pounds to the car this would make 8,301 carloads ro ccived. Freight forwarded up to the sumo date, Cti,03!,140, allowing 20,000 to the car would make a total of 3,302 cars forwardod. Total number of cars received and for warded, ll,t!03, which would make a con tinuous train of cars Mi miles in length, or would be equal to "i0 trains of 20 cars each. The Attorney General, Secretary of State and Auditor of State, constituting the Board of Railroad Commissioners, under the act of the late Legislature, met re cently and organized by the selection of Hon. E. P. Roggen as Chairman for the first six months. The following gentlemen were named under the act as Secretaries: First Congressional District, C. II. Gere, of Lincoln; Second District, Charles Bus chow, of Red Cloud; Third District, Ben jsmin R. Cowdrey.of Columbus. The Sec retaries filed their bonds, approved by the Governor and qualified according to the act. All communications to the Commis sion should be addressed to Board of Rail road Commissioaers, Lincoln. The absconding forger. Beverage, who was reported as having been captured at Harper, Kan., has again beea reported captured at Detroit, Mich. He bids fair to rival the notorious Bead er family in ubiqui ty. James A. Templar, son of C. Templar of Omaha, was recently killed near Long Valley, Cal., by being thrown from his horse. The other evening the house aad bara of James Moore, who lives two and a half miles east of Firth, were totally destroyed by fire. His horses, together with a large amoantof grain, burned. The loss will amount to two or three times the amount of insurance. John I. Patnter, proprietor of the Occidental Hotel at Omaha, aged sixty four years and ia feeble health, was at tacked by roughs the other night aad seriously injured. Wayne is to have a new jail. Amono the corporations whose article were filed with the Secretary of State1, re cently were: The Dawson Coaaty Bond ing aad Loan Assodatiaa of Plumb Crek, capital stock limited to 1,600 shares of $S each. The South Piatt Loan aad Trasl Company of Holdredge. paid ap stock $14,000, authorised stock 430uyO. It is stated teat Gordon land sharks are as keen aad napriadpled as their species foaadia other rapidly settling localities. They take the pilgrim sucker aad local hiatoa leads located a year age, aad charge aim anywhere from 1 to $ tar their services. Firth proposes to celebrate the Fourth ia xraad style. Tax exaauaation of candidates for the Aaaaaelis cadetship took place at Fressoet a the Sth. Thacoatest was very ctese be tween Off rer W. ChOds, ef Norfolk, aad Matt H. Segaor, of Flam Creek, the farsser landing; with aa average of 8L22 pr ceat, ia aO branches, the latter receiving a slight forastieaaverja per ceat. Mr. Ckibfa was, taeretvA. the KSeefal applicant, aad h Dorsey te Secretary Whitney f or aab Baton bright yeaac year old, aad ef -. FoaTTea nVwere ahfaned frees Grate ia tww days Tht STEAMbH.I SUBSIDY. Fset tr Geaeral Mas 0J tkCM(UwrH Washinoton, June 13. With the an froval of the President, the PostroaOer General decided sot to advertise fer bid h .np fntrt &nfi-r4a fnr f h tranaiMirtstina f for-Im malt, nnon the basis under authority conferred by the act of Conrrcse of March 3, 18S5. The subsidy act has been under consideration by the cabinet some titse. asd the con elusion above noted was reached after the presentation by the master Ccnrr.il of an exhaustive i argu- nirnt covering the whole matter. The Potmater Genrral holds ajl shvws by statistics, that the present rate of com peosatton Is a just one, and pays carriers more than any other freight of like char acter; that the money appropriated l not intended a a subsidy, because to ubl dlze at the rate allowed in the act would take over Sl,oa0,000, wherran only M00,00 is appropriated, lie think (lie rewl wiii continue to carry at the present rate, and If they jould refuse, could be com pelled to do so, as common car riers receiving just coiuprnstIon. He is inclined to the opinion that the money appropriated should be returned to the Treasury, aud summons ai his argument the follo.ving: It is uot necessary to make Midi contracts iu order t piovide for the traniortaUon or these malts, and rates nw paiJ give adequate compensation wherever mslb are of any considerable volume. i Iiile previous statutes afford r.Il atitiioiity to the department necessary to provide for other ensrs. This being so, authority could only he exercised with a view to the distri bution of raouey unnecessarily, hi fact to conienate mail carriage for the purpoe af aiding American steam ship companies. Desirable as Is the development of these lines, the act docs not profess to put the money at the Postmaster (ieneral's disposal for any other purpose thau to rarry the maiL Besides, If so to be d stributcd no reason for, nor rule j ui uim:iiiuiii.uuii ucintcn uiui;iruk Aincn- can lines is provided, and yet it would re quire nearly three limes the authorized sum to give all existing liars a rate ef fifty cents per mile. No ether means of discrimination are given the Post master General, except to reject bids in his discretion, and, as there are but two in stances of American lines so plying between the stme ports as competitors, he must therefore either choose some line for favor able consideration, rejecting the bids and claims of others, or enter into a general un derstanding with all ssible bidders before their bids should be made to fix a limit such, that while the contracts should absorb all, they should not exceed the limit of the appropriation. The former course would bo chargeable as unwar ranted favoritism; the latter as indecent abuse of authority, professedly designed to be so em cloyed as to exciti not to destroy competition. Neither course could fail doing injustice to the steamship lines or to the public; or promise any development of the steamship service, or increase of mall facilities. If the general distribution of our appropriation among the American steamship lines, on the basis of mileage, went to be mad the amount to each would be so small as to avail nothing as a stimulaut to increase the num ber of vessels or frequency or speed of their voyages. In fact, f the whole of the appropriation should be distributed on the present number of vessels nnd mileage, no inducement would remain for au increase It hits seemed, therefore, better to remit the subject to Congress for more explicit legis lation, that no attempt to distribute a large sum of public money not in fact required for the purpose for which it was appropri ated, merely lx-causo the act of Congress gives us a license. -- AN IOWA STORM. A Passenger Train Il!wo from the Traek The Htorin at Omali. Sioirx Citv, Ia., June 13. Two men ar rived last night from nine miles north of Sioux City. They were passengers on tho Sioux Falls train on the Chicago, Milwaukee A SL I'aul Itailroad, due here at 7:10. The train was struck by a cyclone and every car thrown from the track ami smashed to pieces. There were three coaches sad a baggage car. A large number of persons were Injured. There were ltwct'ti sixty aud seventy passenger In the cars, but most of them miraculously escaped with slight Injuries. The storm was a very se vere one, and the telegraph wires are pros trated in all directions, except aleng the line of the SL Paul Head. Six miles of wire are down on the Pacific llailroad. So far as learned there was no serious damage to crops or buildings. No hail accomianied the storm. Omaha, Nrn.. June 13. The most dis astrous storai of wind and raia that lias been seen hers far years passed over this section last night. It struck Omaha be tween sevea ami eight o'clock, the heavy rain and hail being followed by a terrific wind, which left more er lees damage lu its wake. The principal damage dose here was the destruction of a large fear-story brick building ia the course ef erection aad ready for the roof. It was totally wrecked, and Peter OJsoa received fatal injuries by being struck on the head by falling brick. Lea. 910,0M. The building belonged to C. IJnqnesL At Council Bluffs the lava Deaf and Dumb Asylum is destreyed, the three apper stories being entirely destroyed. Luckily, however, none of the inmates were injured. The damage is estimated at 97.00. m CHEAT FffiE. Tfca lateraatiMMl lavsattos EzaiMUaa a rira la fjommmm. LoxDoy, June 12. The Issaiense build in; occupied by the Interaetiaeal iaveatkms exhibirJea is-an fire aad harakat farieesiy. It Is feared that ssest of the larentieaa an exhibition will he totally destroyed. The entire secthm devoted to exhibits has been totally eestr-yed, together with the chef dining satoena. Fifty en gines are at work and the firemen have gained eeasiderahly an the fiaaws It is believed that a yortlan ef the strae turewlll be saved. There were bat few visitors in the building at th eassmeace asent ef the fire. Tmy. wrth the atteadsrta, succeeded ia maklsg their escape. Catfttof na Espwaasa. WAsmsfrrox, Jnne liThe reilactJon in the pay roll of the Agricultural DraarV Best for May wasaliuie ever S3,eae aa eeaipared with the arerioes ssoath's aver age. Addltioaal reaaetiem far Jsse, asseuutfnc to abaut tA,tat, bare beea made, aad atbec: are thought to he Inevi table bs atder to prevent a eeaciaacy. The warkiag faree ef lae statist irsl barean bat already aeea greatly redaced, bataeleat eompataUaa aistlsiea the fact that ase avsilable fanda on band are isuafSeknt to carry tlje wark threach the tsaotb seen that the dlaarge er the saspeasien ef the sf.tasnfe.7eta tm aarUt 4 air a ..lsw-sa, v , I Mmm9 m wi ! iih ,& . amrBHH aa.taiianaiaa aarwa aaaia ai ibvj , vsca laualaTaata, rTasmxatox, Jane IS. The Searetary a il ii Tsisisiean a aVsasm taifitn J saat Vr Pskssauasasw ea ajaasV a. snaasawvaj aaanav aaaaawa a aaaasjarnan j e guardsaa ef tha near ai PlttetssaJi. Pa, wbe seat an sasieted amixraat freea Ptto acrzh to Wsahkagtoa far kaa varaaar. aaav Jaw aaaaasa W 9aaasVAa anaTr naaaBsajf wl aW fsutper taHBigraat act, that the D sert- eea net eensiaer the ssarirag at a faaryy f rasa ana dty to he a tardea cty aatsatr way af t saffian taa law la aaeatfwa. He ia aba arfavssed that the beaMa amiaeilfiai at hsataa. at wak aaid la hare toaded, aae avartnfaatlastoial .rtJNE CROP- REPORTS. Ottoa Cr ravarahU-Tlia Wlwsl Crp OeaUrmWa Otkwr Cra rale to MidSllac. WAsmxnTOJf. June IL The June croy report of the Agr.cultural Depsrtaieut etl- utca the total wheat crop of th? country 3W.000.O0O hwheta. of which 207.000,000 is winter: 153,000,000 spriac. The condl- tion of winter wbnrt is tower than ever be fore in June, being r.ow ftl against 70 la May. The condition ef spring wheat Is en couracing. The June report of the Depart- I merit of Agriculture will make an iacr , ia the cottou arva of 5 to 6 prr cmL Vir- i ginla, 107 per cent.: North Candlnx. 1: ixuth Carolina, 103; cvJ4, lot; rioraia. 102; AUhama, 103i IuUlaui, 107; 3IIM1 ippi. 10;TcxaA, 110; Arkau.ax. 1W; Trn nosre, 101. I he total are etcer: IS. 000,000 acrrv The plant i. in Iwraltby growth and nearly the avrragc. Tire staml Is ood. Where rrcont rain have been rx ccsslvi the crop is in the grxv. The gru- rat .ivni. ' hifh l h!i.hfr hl:hrr than in Ue precnllnr yrars In June. There b an ungual uniformity in condition, only Ten- n.. !,-!,- rtM than Mi The Stal . --- -- - -,- ---- average are a follower VIntiula, 9S; North Caro ina, OT; Jsiutli Carolina, tW; 7f.ircla, !5; F.orida, ttt; Alabaaia, 9ll i Mississippi. W; luUlsna, W; Txa, 90 ; Arkansas. HI: Tcnrirvo, Si. The condi tion of winter wheal is irported lower than ecr before in June. Ine general letcent age has declined from 70 In .May to 62. The averages of the principal Mates are: New York, 01; I'ennsylmnta. 67, Ohio, .V); Michigan. 1M: Indiana, M; Illinois, 40; Mis souri, A2; Kaitoas, A; California. A. In some States there has been a greater loss of area t an was anticipated In previous re ports. The average yield wiUfthlei.Uy be leas than tea bush Is per screP The prob able product of the winter wheat utei, according to these returns is irduced to about 207,000,000 bushel. Hut none of the Territories are Included lu the winter heat area aud the report of spring wheat Is more favorable. The dUjKJsitlon last au tuimi to reduce its breadth on account of the low price was chrcketl by the loss of the winter wheat area aud later by the Kusslan rumors. Substantially the same area has been seeded as last year, about 11,000,000 In Northern Wisconsin. Minne sota, Iowa, Nebraska and all the Territories. The percentage of lat year's area Is 95 In Wisconsin, 99 in Minnesota, I0i lu Iowa. 94 In Nebraska, and 10U lu Dakota. The con dition of spring wheat is 97, aud Indicates a crop of about IM.000,000 bushels. The average for Wisconsin Is S; Minnesota, IU; Iowa, 100; Netinnka, lOi; Dakota, 101. The present report therefore, Indicates a wheat crop of .10.000,000 bushels. 2.'(,000.000 bushels smaller than that of Ihsl. The general condition f rye Is :; the area of barfey Is nearly the same as In 1ISS4. aud tlie average of condition Is b9. 1 he nereage of oats has lncreasst I ler cent, and the average of condition Is 91. Corn will lx;rvortfd In July, but voluntary returns Indie- - ' si f area. - FRIurileuL. DISASTER. Tnrrlliln Areliletit l m Court Him la rrnnrr Twniljr I'rr.uaa Klllrit Mt IJurl. Paiiis, Juiiq II. The news of a terrible accident which occurred at Thiers, a manu fact ut In town In the Depttmrnt Tuy de Dome, reached here this morning. A large crowd assembled yesterday In the Court Uouc at that placu to listen to thu evi dence In a rather sensational murder trial. The jam in the room was so great that many could reach no further than the stair. The stair case became packed. While uen and women were jostling one another lu theli elforts to get i ura rer the trial, tlu stairs, without warning gave way, canymc lowu hundreds of prople to the lloor telow. Au Imlcscribnlile M-ene took plaeo. The men fought and scrambled their way out over tho bodies of thos. who lay !- neatli. while the ugrmizllig screams of the I wouiuletl rent tne air. alen and women were piled one on top of another over ton deep. Many underneath were suffocated. The jxiSlce were summoned ami, assisted by a number of volunteers, s-xm rotor inI order nud began the work of rescue. Some victims were plnKmed by falling tlmttcrs. Conslderabli) difficulty was e2ierlcnrnl In extricating them. Fifty popt were killed outright. Klghty were wounded, many ot tliem It Is feared fatally. The ontcers arc roundly denounced for the lack of precau tion in allowing the jwople to block th stairs, which they knew could not bear tin attain. A TUNNEL DISASTER. A Tun mil oa th ClneinnMll KnathvrM Rail- t-al : la-sii Killl ant Twaaijr WenBStxI. CiiATTA.toooA, Tnyjr., Juris I2.Nws reached the rlty lt night of a catantrophe on the Cincinnati Southern llailroad, at Kencsaw Illvcr tunnel, one hundred mile from this city, to a construction train In charge of Koadmaster Slmtnonds, whJeb was loaded down with construction hands. While passing tiirough the tunnel the roof and wallj gave way and fell with a erase ujxm the train. All wai confusion, am! tha shrieks of the djlng arnl groans of the In jured Issued frosi tlie mouths of the tunnel. Only meager details have reached this city, but II la known that six men were killed outright and twenty others wera badly injured, fully half ef whMu fatally. The wire are down and no name can ba procured, but It la thought ISnadraAskTSlm- monUS IS amoil f U llie r.nui" mrn had to be dug out of the debris aad 9rte ilead before assistance reached them- The falling masonry completely blocked the tmr' tvI and it will take full twenty hour to clear the track. . ... . Nrw York, Jne l2.Th passewcrr agents met at Coaimlsiser Flak's office to-day ami agreed upmi a plan of arbi tration, and apon a general plan of poHlar, and were iafttractrd to sabsait that agxea Bsent to the executive etnas Ittee of the 'waaagerv The proaased pton ie much tike the eld one, and provides fer pooling bttstoeM befni New Verk sad lioctoa la ,lh Eau aad Chlcg aad St. lyisU bs the West and. Claelnaati aed IJ vllJe in the South. If any atber putA ts d aAJd It will eoasa front the ls Ihdl vSesully later. TaKatrlry East Bwt5fTArrr, Kt Jee li-Ator-ric sbooiix affray mxmi ed kte ytsMiday aftemooa betweea three vTillutai aad Jasses Wilkermn sad Kafne tawaaa, ma. The diScaUy was ever, aaada assee toe faadtiea ef nartiesL They a8 sset to asOle hat iaslead, Jsaw Thaatnsavi aad Wisher sea Iwsoa hegaa AwHag at each ether. aadtaeeeaers Joined in wH gans, aad w iikeraM ia ktltest by Oesvga Tha Lawsm received several dsagefow . J ' tSSad "WWir WVftnlVSnnaV StoIr CmU BtwiKJc Jfo, Jaae li The Lahar sskstoacraf tiMSCale, taa Atearaer7; al aad Caaeeal W. M. VaaeJeee arrited laal asecajag aad aifl iflaaiat to saaae ihaeafaV cahies t&hfhic hetweea tha weators and J. W.Atotthasfassairtagiiabad . It is haed they saw ansae ia eneftabfe nrnlTitaarfiag waamhy Us asay he atortedaau TheaewM ha m traaeai m setsaeg taa ittaseafry, Jf Warn, m. sstiaiy was eaaaancaa Jasvi7amagTriiTa4iasjrya,ta. t. ummmmm aasvatr. a eassc wara riv j.swii m asavair- sar atai saM aW faV a aM .u. t 7 s' sa, ssa asajaav aaaaaaV DSPR00ES SHOT. A frMfc!l JTar ! pr4 la lh lattta Trrttnrr CiUrmmtxi. Colsket, L T. Jan 8. !! morning t Pl Oak iifoTp. t ity m W west of 'tab plac. CapUin JSaro - w. with Policemen I.afion Murray a 1 f,ri t8g. aud C M. MrOUan. a pc- -y-t steckmau of toe (. hrrrr. at ur r tr puralt .f a band of nvn., ht-vic8 hv t: notorious drptad Dk 01. w o ? . been to Dcnison for a won ff w . asd were on their way lack to t' v- Jiolc Nation. The n'tcr h4 h t. a colored spy, to ltvat tlvrc w thl mi done, the oiTtccr' Ml t rr:n tiwd ard jot around ahcat of t'ra aai lected a pJac near tlm nwdwde Ui aia. t their approach. AtrtBt 7 o ciixk t: a grof? came atong. our ilrlrlns t wxri and (.! aanl two other foiiow t .y brhlntt. WhMl xVvn t-n tr I ; n JSIxkilkr Uppol t-nit into th rn a oxtaituandcd thrm t jmrrrndrr, lro.t ... .. ...,.... ... i or dolus so uwy ?wri. J " Dick ran a fw Hep tae iweenll u grt I tins! hi tUtoI eut. antl an he t tlnl to fire the party flreu on them. Uif. . and Jim Johnson were killed. Nmieot" V ' oSJeera bot th driver, slightly wunJ..ig hlw. The ofUren thinking him dead r r sned the tnusinlug ni awl !urerr!-d ". capturing him after a ra.s of half a n:. e. Alter rvtnrulrur to the placo whe-e In shooting bcirau, they found the drhrr and the Iwrse gone. Uie itageu havmc unwfu down. Two of the police started In insrsuH of driver and horses and after a rae t sic miles iNdlreman Ijifu.rc ertok hirn lr the prairie. Tli negn, reiiic that he was about to be captuml. uwmIq for a Woe a shtitt distance from the rd. but the police man was too qukk for Inm atid eut Mm ott frtuu the tre, and ordrred htm to r rrnderand throw down his gun, He saw the game was up ami threw up hi hands. After returning with ih jr. nt to the scene of ih l.rst enrutintr, lbs bHxtls of tJlas and Johnson aiid Uk twf prisoners were put Into a . u ami brought to Cojber where Us vu fu'y USrnliiit-d by a uuiuler of (utile. STARVING TarrtM tM.rts r riwlM I Vi Vir- PanaKusKi mt. W. X.., June 0. The sltuatimi lu Jackson County Is brenmlng I quite serious. Hnndr-ls of families are Iou the verge of starvation, and unless ad la speedily extended by the rrmslndrr of j the State or the oulldc wirM the in.wl d ' astrous rtssults may t etjeetl, hmw i J the nmre fortunate and Inrttieutul jr,ij f0 .' ' tho county aud other, who lrlievrd ihe condlt'oH of tha ItthaMUnt had Ixru n j agiferate.1, have heretofore dlel t'ifl re ports Uiat from tnn to time hate Uen made public, hoping thlngn ouhl tx Ldt over till the new crop could fje mlel, hut now much alarm prevails, and publk meet lugs am being held In all the llUt- ami i the hHal pajers are printing appals for aid. Isl week meetlMgs were held at WhUrplm and New Ketitm k. at which strorrs of eltUens. rep resenting their rrsjrs'tUc neirfl-lKir hrnxls, tcatlmsil as hi the extent of the famine. Many pitiful stmlr af be ng told. Hiram Couh, tho owner of a mill said people would come at tho rxto of daien a dsy. alter walking dtane, for pint and a quart of oirl, sonxt bringlog half a ixrk of grain or a few ears if cft to be grtjuiid. lie knew men who hud gon for nv das without fo-l. and he hlialt veuld sfionbe a sufferer J. 11. tlanrtt said his ncighbars were ac;ualtyiitarlng. Jthn Smith, tha County Aw'r a!d that ti U knowledge thrv? huitred faudhr. were in danger of starving at Vw Kenlnfk An aprHal for' aid Wm sfcnrtl h Vu reprrtit atives of one hundred fssilIWi. Thee ar but specimen siotUA, Oh fnrnlly s sa if It have uulWl for live day on kit its-, and when found were nearly dxad. ASYLUM 1URNED. Asvlaas at WilttaaMbtirc. - R am -ct. Wli.LTAMncm, Va., JUnm f. A flt broke out al twelve o'clock fat night lu U.t right wing of tin center 1ulldlng of LHa Kastern Lunatic Asylum here, and befor It rould be s-4 under rout ml rterj thing was destroyed. There were 200 fmsle )a!!enlt In the timfl building but all wets rescued ;trept on Ml Smith, of ,P"ti sylvatila County. whr was btiml to drsth. Another tlnit, Mr. Jeffrie, after llntr brought out of Uw building, waudrrM aw ay em! wns found this morning drowint In a creek near by. All ftin fernal patient were taken to the Willism and Htry Col lege, wlwrre they ware trmparj r ea;M for. TIm; oiijcr ward contain! nearly SO patients. Thrse wards weru qafekiy emp tied aud the !ilfortuna-s -nerw lroM !oos, hut AU not w sailer off, UHng gerjer ally tractable, Now? f tlte mi wsr.fs were In danger, they bvfng bxa'rl hr btold lne separate and dlronrie-td trm thw deioyJt ami a strung wind sh Wwwlr.g from them. Tb hs is rUm!ml at frmt iiae.aotta 9t9,oeo; lursr about Me, 08. The fire is lHti u hsr reswIUNj fraa tronhle with the electric light wlrrs. as It was first diseoi-efe! whet tha wlrw entered the right wlsg of th btfUding. Cnecaao, Jaae , Tht Oetral fjsJbr" Unless, whleh is etmpnri nt srsevai tt gs"saUwei of sariatisth: aferMritb ld ideate at OggeeV flrtrra yrtmrtf A pe esasawi wa fonaad Market tfaaae iav the asemlsg, sad after ssaehmg tareagw tha ariaeiaal streets went to aVe crave, ta Uie procradaa was an wnwsual laa num ber tt yomg ssee. earoaiy assa4 Urn Anarchists. On aHmecas rrd aadT sari in ware kssrribed sh rfcararterlsOr aerftaaa aa Mrw wlta tbaTbrna, Mur Altar aad tha Moay ItagV Tratyae red Sag ard a mAmty Uatted Stotot gg wvre rarrkrf. At tke grar Kamael Ktot4 aad Mteaari aatiwaa mt tfrr.b riridrs said that If tW fw w!4 utxtm Urn and rrsit tha rapita&t. thr might have a psea'-e aK U4t Hvaa. I Uwht ttnu tWy atiesptoy tiUS faiitoas mmtlm hat wwatd Seswy the ilre f tefr awksiers. Abaat te taaewaad anstto wryw resaat aad UsVaatd to Kt Vamk Tx, Jane t-Vestovday a Marsaaat bar in taa eanaafalaa att f Um. Mtnlem. hear is &ridto Hae hetaaes tbe Steam e Caaa gaato aad Ja&sa. TheeiTecir vara tssasenae awaalisisa tt esea tha warm trim with h7esliato faeaalsmaedaVwatt iaaJatod piahs juA eahbatow, and left aWatfea sad rubs m their wake, Thrm wsm .t.,.,iv , haaad s rraartod tost, aad it U ferf iataas Hat assy he swevted stia twr heaeUile are haawn. A trrt Tmw ass ats ssseat asmr. itesai Uk-m in laaa aaaaaa: tka m toaattaei 4Ji Jnusctoca. Jioaa g. The hsCahaatnas are smeeh !ea feat saaaaaad. The dass- byihcai are ssaaUr ceeAned ef aWSan Jsaaaun reaarto frjea theta - . -a' t irr rmtlarn jntttLa i waier. Taa laieat ! zl aWnf aafasatoaaMswAw adflV mmi haaaaBBBBBBBaaa 39 sHajrVafC tStmm' K ! i hat ase heartag, viaea InsVahaaaeeaaaaadSaa aa'ai m m. i sanaavsaa) asa '? -- .:'5?;&&S?-ki kiVedaad -'- : twvy?.vv ,-vjei j"! esssiAAww till law: The city was eakt. &KS&&&& ." , n , ' v t lA& . c-. uas. aim?MM&iMWi f. - ": :ir - -. ir kJCM ;VVf."i-. -rfh. -5f ' s'j- srs.,-' - set. :-?l m&szzmzm z& - iftyj;.J'ij,vyv&-' jj $ W-iUl- " - -" w . v-ir."-,'.A . . aVsaVsaV Win 'j '. .-r- .X .s. " r ;.. -i-is ir . &r j- si " .,. aj.s, :k - t