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THE TKIBUNE. F.XL. . & E. ar. KIBOIEIX , Pubs. McCOOK , NEB NEWS Off HEBBASKA. A WOULD-BE SUICIDE. The woman who took poison on tho train between Omaha and Lincoln Saturday night was taken , to the medical institute Sunday morning , at the request of tho proprietor of the Arling ton. She stayed thero until yesterday morning and grew better so rapidly that he was able to walk down stairs. Yester day morning she was taken by a gentleman and his wife to their own home , where they propose to take care of her. After becoming rational she gavo her name as Gertie Chamberlain , but refused to tell w here she lived. She said her step-fa ther drove her from home and some one whoso name she would not give betrayed her. Sho said that she had taken lauda num , but if she had been better acquainted with the effects of different poisons she might have saved herself the trouble of this little falsehood. Laudanum could not have produced the effects which her case dis closed. Tho Commercial people are quite sure that she is a woman who was at the hotel during tho srongerfest with a man who reg. Utered as her husband , but who deserted her while she was there. Her bill was paid by another man , and she was subsequently asked to find accommodations elsewhere. Bhe protested at the hospital that she was anxious to do nothing but what was right henceforward , and the frionds who have taken charge of her evidently believe that ihe means what she says. God jrant that ihe does. Lincoln Journal. . THE OREGON BONANZA. The ores brought , in by Mr. J. B. Huntington , from the new , gold fields on the Oregon Short Line , were' thoroughly tested at the smelting works in' this city Thursday. The samples consisted of 3,000 pounds of rock taken from claims belonging to Mr. Huntington , and were in the form of white quartz , "blue" stone , and black sulphurets mixed with iron pyrites. The main object in sending tho ore to Omaha was to determine the mode of treat ment required to extract the metals in the most economical manner , and decide whether it would pay to sack and ship the rock in bulk to Omaha. The result was astonishing even to the managers of the smelting works , who have been handling rich ores for years. The poorest samples yielded 32 ounces of gold and 17 ounces of Silver to the "ton , a value of $610 , while some pieces were so rich that it would require but ono ton of rock ' a year to'make the owner happy. The yield of $610 was not obtained by assaying small samples , but by the reg-ilar mill pro cess. About 640 pounds of this "low grade" rock was handled in one lot , the product-being bought by Mr. Barton for $200. Most of the ore proved to be of the free milling variety , and even the most ob stinate required but little roasting. When refractory quartz , yielding but $20 a ton , is worked at a profit in many places , the value of the Huntington rock is apparent. Even the "tailings" from the new fields are richer than the best pickings in many first- class mines. Some white quarts , whichMr. Barton thought was worthless , and in which not a trace of gold could be seen , yielded at the rate of $80 a ton. This quartz was knocked off from some of the poor samples , and tested merely to deter mine whether it contained any gold or not. [ Omaha Herald. -MISCELLANEOUS STATE MATTERS. THE Cleveland and Hendricks club' of Wymore had a meeting the other evening , and after discussion on general topics re- eolved to continue the organization , even though the next national campaign is some what distant. SHE railroad commissioners found the business men of Hastings wanted nothing on the occasion of an official visit made the other day. AT Lincoln , on the 30th , John Boland , a stone cutter ; was overcome by heat , from the effects of which he died. Two FATAL cases of sunstroke occurred near Staplehurst on the 29th. Both were working in the harvest field. PETER HABEGGER , a man working on John Thimra's place , twelve miles north west of Beatrice , left the field and was not eeen again until evening. He was found dead in a field of millet , about half a mile from Mr. Thimm's. . It is supposed he died from the effects of heat. AT the fair in Omaha , occurring from September-4 to 11 , $6,500 is offered for gpeed and $12,000 for farm products. HASTINGS' gas contractor expects to have the works in operation in sixty days. INTERNAL revenue collections for July in this ( Nebraska ) district were $195,340.74. THE board of public lands and buildings have just appointed as appraisers of the ealino lands to be Boon sold , S. S. Chase > Bartholomew Cox and George P. Tucker. These are the lands for the Bale of which provision is made in the Saline bill passed at the last session of the legislature. They are agricultural lands set apart for the benefit of the saline land fund and thefe are over 13,000 acres of them located in Lan caster county. THE creamery loss at Auburn was fairly adjusted by the Niagara and Western In surance company paying the assessed $3,600. A MAD dog running through the streets of Hastings caused considerable fear and con sternation. It was killed under the porch of W. C. DDlworth. CENSUS SUPERINTENDENT LANE has been to Hastings investigating the returns from that place. Tho people of that city , it is said , are ready and willing for a thorough investigation of the matter of population. TEE teachers institute at Auburn was a success. One hundred teachers were en rolled. ' "LOKO NOSED CHARLEY , " a frontier des perado , passed through Omaha a few nights ago in charge of officers. He was going west to bo tried for trainwrecking , and doubts were expressed about his ever reach ing his destination. THE railroad commissioners held quite a Bcssion in Seward. They were met by a largo number of citizens and grievances in the ehapo of discriminating complaints were largely indulged in. H. BLAKcnAHD has been appointed post master at Wakeficld. THE state and other fairs in Nebraska this year are expected to be largely attend ed by par ties who saw the etate's exhibit at New Orleans last winter. THE bam and granary belonging to John C. Robertson , who resides three miles north of Waco , with their contents , were totally destroyed by fire. Loss $1,200. GOVERNOR DAWES has appointed the fol lowing gentlemen delegates to the north western water-ways convention to beheld at St. Paul , Minnesota , September 3d , 1885 : At large Hon. M. K.Turner , Co lumbus ; Hon. A. J. Sawyer , Lincoln ; Hon. 0. P. Mason , Lincoln ; Hon. J. M. Thurs- ton , Omaha ; Hon. John A. McShane , Omaha ; Hon. C. A. Holmes , Tecumseh ; Hon. J. W. Elle ? , Fremont ; Hon. J.M. Lee , Oxford ; Hon. L.W.Gilchrist\Vahoo ; John A. Vandenburg , Minden. First district Hon. John R , Clark , Lincoln ; Hon. T. W. Pepoon , Table Rock ; M. Brown , Beatrice. Second district Hon. W. T. Scott , York ; Hon. E. M. Carroll , Hebron ; Hon , F. M. Sentor , Do Witt. Third district Hon. M. P. Kinkaid , O'Neill ; Hon. Win. Robertson , Madison ; J. P. Hartman , Kearney. Ho has also appointed the following delegates to the American forestry congress , to be held at Boston , { Massachusetts , September 22 , 23 aud 24,1883 : Hon. George L. Mil ler , of Omaha ; Hon. Robert W. Furnas , ol Brownville ; J. D. Beam , of Broken Bow. THE contract has been let lor tho building of the new packing house atNebraska City , and work will begin at once. THERE are fields of wheat near Brown ville that it is claimed will yield ns high as thirty-eight bushels per acre. G. H. BETHARD , ex-minister , ex-lawyer , ex-soldier , who was arrested for sending obscene letters siijough the mails , was lee off with a fine of $200 by the Omaha court , in which ho wastried , * and plead guilty on Thursday. THERE is over $1,000 appropriated for the speed department of _ the Fairmount fair. THE Knights of Labor'of Hastings intend to boj'cot every [ business man who signed an agreement to .close his place of business and then refused to do BO. A VISITOR at Chadrou counted sixty-four pistol shots tho first two hours of his stay in that town , which just at tho present time is said to bo unusually quiet. THE naked body of a young man aged about 20 was found floating in the Missouri river at Bellevue. The body was badly de composed. MR. NEVE , a jeweler of Blair , went to a lake a short distance from that town to go in bathing , taking with him his rifle. In attempting to draw the rifle towards him by tho muzzle , it was accidentally dis charged , the contents passing through his arm , tearing the flesh in a horrible manner and fractnringthebone. The doctor thinks the arm will not have to be amoutatcd. WASHINGTON special : The following post masters have been commissioned : Fred George , Sr. , Clarks , Neb. , Ezra Van Metre , Kenesaw , Neb. ; Harris Gray , Hastings , Neb. ; Merit Jamison , Wapello , Neb. ; Levi Page , Rcmsen , Iowa , and George C. Rem- bough , Winfield , Kansas. THE republican state convention will be held in Lincoln , October 14th. NEBRASKA CITY specialTheboy Thomas Williams who fatally shot his uncle , Babe Carper , last night , near Dunbar , gave him self up this morning to Sheriff Canada , who had run him down. The quarrel started over family matters , and all parties were sober. Williams claims that Carper started to attack him , when he drew a revolver and fired three times. Only one shot took effect. Williams seems perfectly uncon cerned , and says that while hiding last night he slept well. The parties are all substan tial farmer ? , but of quarrelsome disposi tion. tion.THE THE Nemaha county fair and driving park association has been organized at Au burn. The grounds have been selected and arrangements are being perfected to hold a fair beginning October 6 and continuing for four days. THE creamery which was burned a short time ago at Auburn will be rebuilt , but will not be ready for business this year as the season is now more than half over. GEN. GRANT was an honorary member of G. A. Custer post , of Omaha , having been mustered in on his last visit to that city , on his return from his trip around the world. A RAILROAD grader named Regan , who was struck on the head with a monkey-wrench by another grader named Black , some three weeks ago at Gordon , died last week from the effects of the injuries. THE population of Buffalo county , as shown by the recent census is 14,543 , an increase of 7,012 since the census of 1880 , a gain of 94 per cent in five years. THE Seventh Day Adventists are about to spread'their big tent at Kearney. A WASHINGTON special says it is rumored in the interior department that the Valen tine land office will be taken up at an early day. FOREPAUGH'S elephants went swimming in the Platte at Fremont and taried so ong that it was at one time thought the Omaha date would have to be cancelled. A YOUNG man working in the barb wire : actory at Beatrice was taken charge of on the presumption that he was crazy , jut he was only sufferine from the heat. AT Omaha tho other morning Robert Thompson , a laborer in the tin works of the Union Pacific shops , left his home for iSs daily toil. About a half hour later his dead body was discovered lying face up wards , he having been struck by lightning. The only marks of violence found on tho remains was a small and newly made aper- ; ure on the top and right side of the head and a small hole between the second and ihird toes of tho right foot. Tho dead man's clothing were torn into shreds. His ; ossamcr coat was a web of tatters and lis shoes had been rent into a thousand pieces. WORK on the grounds of the inter-state fair to be held between this place and Bluo Springs , says the Wymore Wymorian , the latter part ol September , is being pushed ' " * ' ' I r' , - , f * , v with vigor and everything will be in readi ness long before the exhibition opens. Al of the committees are composed of gooc and energetic men who are sparingno pains to make the fair the finest and best in this part of the state. THE Grand Island Times says that las ! week George Graves and wife were arraigned before Esquire Wilson , the former for sell ing his wife's virtue and that of a niece , and the latter for what makes a woman con temptible , and being detected by the police , the police judge fined Graves $15 and costs , and Mrs. Graves $10 , and in default o : same were committed to the county jail. Mrs. Weatherford , mother of tho boy drowned near the smelting works in Omaha last week , has returned from Bellevue. She says the body taken out of the river thero Tuesday was f hat of her son , but as it was buried before she got there she did not think it best to disturb the remains. HASTINGS is boomingwith new and costly residences rising in all parts of the city. GEN. McCLELLAN passed through Lincoln a few days ago , and expressed astonish ment'at tho wonderful growth of the capi tal city. AT Omaha on the 6th District Court Clerk Ijams made out the commitments for the eleven persons convicted of felony at the present term of court. Two of theso processes are made out for each prisoner. One is given to the secretary of state and the other is filed with the warden of the penitentiary. Sheriff Miller , Deputy Sheriff Crowell and Eugene Neville took them to Lincoln and turned them over to Warden Nobes. These officials also took two per son ? adjudged insane and consigned them to the asylum. 9 SEVERAL burglaries have ol late occurred in Beatrice. THE reunion committee will furnish free to business men envelopes with the follow ing printed on them : "The seventh annual reunion of old soldiers and sailors will be held at Beatrice , Gage county , Nebraska , Setember 7 to 12 , inclu sive. All are cordially invited. " 1 INTERESTED parties feel confident of es tablishing a street car line at Hastings. PROFESSOR RETS of Hastings , composed a march especially for the Grant Memorial services. A GENUINE phenomenon , says the Chad- ron Journal , was the hot wind which blew on Monday evening directly out of a heavy and cool looking rain cloud. The day had been very hot but the evening was cool. The wind was quite strong and as hot as the blast of a furnace. THE dirt is fly ing rapidly between Chadron and the Cheyenne river. Several miles of the grade out from the former place are nearly completed , but it is not absolutely certain that this grade will be railed this season. THE state penitentiary received twelve criminals from Douglas county last w eek. BRAD P. COOK , ex-assistant adjutant general of the G. A. It. of the state of Ne braska , has been appointed to the vacancy in the land commissioner's office caused by the resignation-of A. E. Harrington. The next meetfng of the reunion commit tee will be held in Lincoln instead of Beatrice , in order to accommodate more of the members. THE compiled stautes of 1883 , by Guy A. Brown , are now ready for distribution. A QUARREL occurred last week among the paupers engaged in building the poor- house near Pleasant Hill , in which a man named Step struck another pauper on the head with a hoe , inflicting a dangerous wound. WORD comes from Scoville , in Hamilton county , that John Stewart , a farmer , was killed by lightning. Stewart , his son Dun can , and a man named Case , w ere standing in the barn-door. Stewart was killed in stantly , and Case was stunned and re mained unconscious for sixteen hours. Duncan was also severely injured. ORD was recently visited by a destructive rain and hail storm. 'Every window ex posed to the hail was smashed , tin roofs were torn loose and shingle roofs were de molished , and some buildings blown down. Crops , trees and all vegetation in the track of the storm were literally annihilated. THE Seventh Day Adventists will hold a camp-meeting at Kearney from August 12 to 18 inclusive. * THE Weeping Water Republican says a new enemy of the farmer has made its ap pearance in two or three corn-fields in that localiti' and is doing some damage to the jrow ing crops. It is a small white worm , whose base of operations seems to be at the roots of the corn , which it eats off , al- owing the stalk to fall to the ground for want of support. DAVID GINGER is held for murder in the jail at Sidney. The killing took place in Rushville last month , David Shafer being bhe victim. THE Valentine Reporter savs that during the time the Indian commission was taking testimony at Pine Ridge agency the Indians aecame excited over some matters in refer ence to McGillicuddy and at one time it was feared that there would be an outbreak , aut Agent McGillicuddy quelled it. Hoi- man , of Indiana , turned pale and thought it was not a very safe place to be. The commission made but a short stay and concluded that "it was dangerous to lie bafe" on the reservation. A ooon deal of petty thieving has been going on in Atkinson , and the Graphic urges that something be done to put a stop to it. G. WILLIAMS , working on a house three miles northeast of Hubbel , fell from the scaffolding of the same and broke both hla legs. Uiirelliny a Monument. At Fremont , Ohio , the soldiers' monu ment erected by the people of Sandusky county was unveiled with imposing ceremo nies. The shaft stands in Stephenson park , on the side of Fort Stephenson where Major George Croghan with 100 men defeated 1,200 British and Indians under Proctor. A great crowd of people was in town , and ex-President Hayes was presi dent 6f the day. TENDERLY AND TEARFULLY. 27i Distinguished Remains of Gen , Gran .Borne Toward thd Grave Scenes and In cidents Along tha Route. Albany dispatch : The files of people which began passing the remains of Gen Grant yesterday , when the doors of the capitol were thrown open , had not dimin ished at midnight. The solid tide of visi tors entering from Washington avenue split at the foot of tho casket , and in two files streamed out through the State streel portals , until 1 o'clock this morning Showers fell , but the throng maintained without diminution. After 1 o'clock the crowds began lessoning until 4 o'clock when the stream had diminished to a suc cession of stragglers ; then there was com- parative respite until 5 o'clock , when the stragglers were reinforced , and at G o'clock 51,200 persons had viewed the remains and the solid tide was again flowing and two streams of visitors were surging past the casket. The line outside the building increased with the hours , and at 10 the people , four abreast , reached down Wash ington avenue for a block , to where the coming throngs were formed in line by a strong force of police. At 10 o'clock it was estimated that the remains were being viewed by one hundred persons per minute , and that up to that time 60,000 persons had seen the face of the dead general. At the executive mansion the sons of Gen. Grant , with Drs. Douglas and Newman , breakfasted with the governor. Day had dawned bright and farmers with their fam ilies , had come to the city early to visit the great dead. Trains from the east and west added to the number and the morning boats brought many more. A committee of one hundred prominent citizens of New York , appointed by Mayor Grace to repre sent that city at Albany and to accom pany the remains to New York , arrived. Across the lapel of the black coat of each member of the committee is a white satin badge bearing across the top the words "City of New York , " underneath this are the arms of the city , and still lower tho words "General Grant. " Tho committee wear white hats with black bands. The delegation will assemble in the city hall this morning and be assigned places in the procession to the railway station. Tho cars to accommodate the New York com mittee will make the total number of cnrs composing the funeral train eleven. While the remains have lain in state in Albany the funeral car has been safely guarded in the West Albany shops , and will be until called out to convey the re mains to New York. Speculators have made efforts to secure possession of the catafalque and funeral car after the re mains depart. An offer of $5,000 has been made for the catafalque. As they are the property of the national government , how ever , it is not likely that relic hunters will obtain them. The steel casket , built at Troy , was completed last evening at 6 o'clock. Thousands of people have visited the works during the past faw days. Niijht and day work has progressed , and neither time nor expense has been spared to com plete the work successfully. The casket was shipped this morning. Every effort is being employed to pre serve the remains of Gen. Grant in such a condition as will make it possible and pro per to display them in New York. Those in charge say there is no doubt but this can be done. The remains will doubtless be displayed to-night in the city hall New York , but this is obviously contingent on the care exercised in transporting tho re mains over the pavements of New York. At 10:30 this morning tho capitol doors swung shut and the compact line of wait ing visitors wa& shut off and none but tho guard of honor from U. S. Grant post. Wheeler post of Saratoga , and six men of the military order of theLoyal Legionwere allowed to remain. The undertakers then took charge of the body , and so far as pos sible prepared the remains for the laststase of the journey. Outside the capitol mili tary aud other organizations were forming , and preparing to move at the word of com mand Slowly the funeral car , drawn by six alack horses with mourning trappings , noved to the State street side of the capi- : ol. Gen. Hancock , mounted upon a black charger and followed by his staff , ap- aroached the capitol as did also Gen. Farnsworth and staff. Governor Hill and staff had gathered at tho cpitol and were n waiting. Eleven o'clock had passed and it was half an hour later when ; he great doors of the capitol swung jpen on the State street side and the guard of honor from U. S. Grant jost were seen by the waiting crowds nrith the remains inside the corridors. At ; his moment the guard of honor moved out to low strains of music and the sound of trumpets upon the upper steps of tho capitol. Thirteen men were touching the : asket and so surrounded it as to almost lide it from view. The sombre car was waiting at the foot of the steps. Four men inside the car assisted in lifting the re mains to the black dais w ithin the mount ed catafalque. Col. Black and Maj. Brown arranged their companies of regu'TS on either side of the car , and the Grand Army ; uard took position. A blare of trumpets rang out , and the procession started at a measured pace down State street , the vari ous organizations falling into the proces sion , re.iching Broadway amid the dull ) Oom of cannon and tolling of bells. The ine of tho procession to Steuben street and ; hence to the depot was densely thronged. The sons of Grant and theircompanions of esterday w ere driven to the depot where lie long black funeral train Was waiting its mrden. General Hancock and D. M. Ken- Irick were in charge. Guns boomed whilo ; he remains were being placed on the car 'Woodlawn , " and the bells tolled slowly. The committee from New York entered ; heir cars , Gen. Hancock and staff were aboard , regulars were quartered and tho ; rain started. The remains were viewed in Albany by 72,000 persons. As the train started , a dirge by the band of the Jackson corps reached the ears of all n the train. Hundreds of people nearest ; he track placed coins on the track to have ; hem flattened by the wheels of tho train carrying Gen. Grant on his last journey. ) n the roofs of houses in the vicinity hun- [ reds witnessed the start , and as the train > roceeded across the long bridge of tho ludson , it was between two dense lines of > eoplo who filled the foot-paths on either ide. Across the river were crowds of peo ple. Shops , stores and factories had losed their doors to business , and tho whole population stood with uncovered leads as the train passed by. AIT AGRICULTURAL STATION. Establishment of the Same at Aurora , III. , and What It is to Do. An agricultural station has been estab- ished at Aurora , 111. , in connection with ; he entomological division of tho depart ment of agriculture. Nelson W. McLain ias been appointed to take charge of the station , and Prof.Riley has instructed him ; o pay particular attention to the follow- ng subjects : To secure the introduction and domestication of tho races of bees as are reported to possess desirable traits and characteristics ; to test the claims of such aces of bees as to excellence , and to prove iy experiments their value to agriculturists of th6 United States , and their adoption to our climate and honey-producing flora ; to make experiments Jn the crossing and ming ling ol races , and by proper application of the lawa of breeding endeavor to secure tho the typo or types best adapted by habit and cpnstitution to the uso of practical bee-keepers in tho United United ; to make experiments in the methods of artificial fertilization , also to test the various meth ods of preparing bees for winter ; to gather statistics concerning the bee-keeping indus try in tho United States , to make experi ments and observations concerning tho varieties of honey producing plants for bee forage ; to study the true cause or causes ol diseases yet imperfectly understood , and to obtain incontestable results by intelli gent experiments upon scientific methods as to the capacity ofbeesunderexceptionnl circumstances to injure fruits , i. e. , to set at rest tho ever-discussed question of bees vs. fruit. THE ELEMENTS ON A VENDER. A Cyclone Stceeps Up the Delaware Rtcer with Dllastroits Resitlls. Philadelphia dispatch : A terrific cyclono sweeping up the Delaware river this after noon , struck this city , near Greenwich , de molishing a portion of tho works of tho Pennsylvania salt manufacturing company and injuring several employes. It then took a course across the river , wrecking tho river steamer "Major Reybold" and tho ferryboat "Peerless. " The storm blew tho pilot , Emery Townsend , and Capt. Eugeno Reybold , of the steamer "Roybold , " into the river , drowning the former and pain fully injuring the captain. The "Peerless" was Buept clean almost to tho water's edge. When the "Major Reybold" left the dock for Salern , N. J. , she had about fifty passengers , although , as no tickets were Bold , it is impossible to ascertain tho exact number. Thero were also fourteen officers and deck hands. Of this number of peopla on tho wrecked boat it does not appear that any lives wero lost except that of tha pilot , although it is not impossible that some of the passengers were washed off and lost w ithout any ono knowing of the fatal circumstances. B. J. Warner , one of tha passengers , describes the scene. He waa standing on tho upper deck and saw a black storm approaching , but as it moved rather slowly he supposed it was a rain Btorm. When itstruck the boat he discov ered that its immense force camo from its rotary motion. He and several others wero thrown through a hole to the lower deck , and all the upper works were swept away like chaff. The confusion among the pas sengers was" indiscribable , and several jumped into the river , but Warner believes that all were rescued. While the cyclono was upon the vessel , everything was black as the blackest night , sofas were broken to splinters and carpets torn to shreds in tho cabin as if they had been paper. Tho cyclone , he thinks , lasted about a minute , and after it passed the vessel rolled ingreat waves and came near swamping. The storm then passed over to Jersey side , striking John Diatogries' ship yard , below Kai < * hns Point and destroying the buildings of the establishment , then took a course along the New Jersey river , demolishing all buildings in its path up to Bridge avenue , Camdcn. At this point tho cyclone took an easterly course to Fifth street , Camden , embracing in its path all that section of the city between Second and Fifth streets , to the Delaware river , which washes tho northern section of the city ; passing over the river , skirting Petty's Island , the storm passed over to that part of the Twenty-fifth ward of Phila delphia , known as Richmond. In its ravages in Camden scores of dwelling houses were unroofed and some of them thrown down and the damage to business property along the riverfront is enormous. Hundreds of families are rendered home less , and one victim , Charles D.iizey , was killed outright. At the American Dredging company's wharf another , Harry Stevens , had his leg out off by a flying piece of tim ber and will probably die. The track of the storm through Richmond is marked w ith death and destruction. Its track was almost due north from the Port Richmond coal wharves. About 130 dwelling houses were wrecked , also many damaged so bad ly as to be rendeied unfit for habitation and two hundred families were driven from their homes to be cared for by neighbors. A number of persons w ere seriously and some fatally injured. A girl of 10 years , Lizzie McVeigh , was killed at her home , 1721 Melvale street , in sight of her mother , who was herself pinned to the floor by fall ing rafters , a few feet from the dying child. The cyclone is described by those who wit nessed its progress up the river as an im mense cone-shaped cloud , with the apex resting upon the water and the basi ming ling with the rain clouds which hung in flense masses from the sky. It is impossi ble yet to estimate the amount of damage done. THE CENTRAL AMERICAN WAR. It Is Said to be as Yet Far from Settlement. Panama dispatch : Late news from the theatre of war is not such as to conspire lope of an early conclusion of the struggle. The rebels abandoned their camp on the island opposite Calamar , whence they had made several attacks on the government forces , and moved up the river on tho 18th. An intercepted letter from their command er , Camargo , said that he had determined ; o change completely his plan of operations. This letter does not state what his inten sions are , but as it is addressed to the commander of the revolutionist's contin- ; ent in Barranquilla , urging that officer to oin him "w ith his entire command with- jut delay , it is evident he contemplates active operations. Gen. Reyes , says Ca margo cannot muster more than 2,500 men including the crews of the seven river steamers. One of the best of this fleet , ; he Medillin was burned and blown up in ; he battle of Tamalameque. and two prominent rebel leaders went down in her , jeneral Hernandez and Vargas Santos. The sanitary condition of the isthmus has not improvsd. The condition of Colon ia something terrible and a perfect plague Booms to have stricken tho place. Thero are sometimes as many as twenty-five deaths per day. In a population of less ; han 10,000 that death rate is startling. Opinion by Attorney-General Garland. Washington dispatch : In reply to a request 'rom the secretary of the treasury for an opinion upon certain points relative to spirits x > nded for export , Attorney General Garland says : ' 'In the event holders or owners of such spirits shall have failed within the seven months specified In the bond to withdraw hem in fact from the distillery warehouse , 'orfeiture of bond follows , and the spirits are not protected thereafter from obligation for domestic tax. The effect of the bond while In force and before forfeiture is to ! ree spirits from such obligation , but this w ill not effect cases upon a lorf eiture bond. Any other construction would be an evasion of the statute. Upon application the princi pal and sureties on such a bond and for good jause shown , the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may , under existing regulations , extend the tune named In the bond beyond seven months. 2. I am of the opinion that spirits covered by exportation bond after a lorfeiture ot the bond Is liable to a distraint under provisions of section 4 of the act of Hay , ItteO. 3. I answer that the condition of .he"bond having been broken by the failure o withdraw the spirits from the warehouse , lie runt of the Government to proceed upon .he bond Is questioned. At the same time of coarse the tax can be collected by distraint , and as the latter Is now the most expeditious would be advisable to resort to it first. V , , : ' , . iyw$83R & 's * * " t * > r i ? t" K _ j _ O2ZERE WILL BE NO GUANOS. to President Clevtland Tall * Emphatically the Cattlemen No ModificationofB * Or der. President Cleveland on the 4th informed the delegation representing the cattlemen that ho would not modify his recent orders- for the removal of cattle from leased lands in the Cheyenne and Arapahoo reservation * within forty days from the date of his proc lamation. Thf delegation called at tho- white houso at 4 p. m. and met the presi- dent in the library. Senator Cockrell in- , , 111 UUilclll UI fcliiAVfcJOW * ' " - - tion , asking for such time to remove the- cattle ns the facts show to be indispensa ble. Mayor Moore , representing tho busi ness men of Kansas City , presented a num- bor of resolutions adopted at a rccenc meeting in that city. Ho said he believed the removal of tho cattle at the present- time would result in great injury to the en- tiro country. Col. Denman spoke as one interested. Ho thought removal would re sult in the loss of over half the interest in those owning tho cattle. Tho cattlemen understood their business. They under stood it better than army officers , better than President Cleveland. They knew what could be done. Cattlemen had gone mto- the country with the encouragement of Sec retary Teller. He had written letters fa voring them. Leases had passed from the original hands into the hands of incorpora- tors. Many widows and orphans were in terested in these corporations , and they would be the losers. Forty days would not be more than time enough to buy horses , employ men and get things in shape to- make the removal. Cattlemen asked that they might be allowed till spring-time- to drive their cattle. Doctor Mum- ford , editor of the Kansas City Times , was introduced to tho president as one who had always opposed leasing tho land. He said he had been opposed to such practices- and was opposed to them now , but busi ness interests demand that consideration should be given to the men who were tlma forced to leave the reservations. Kansas City would be injured by such a removal , and he feared a panic would be the result of immediate enforcement of the order. . "This application , as I understood it , " said the president , after Mumford seated him self , "is that cattle be allowed to remain on the reservations until next spring. " CoK Denman , representing one of tho largest ranches in the reservation , replied : "We- w ill move at once and make such progress- as we can ; we ask time until spring in which to finish our business. We are determined to get out ns soon as we can. " . "There is one point that seems to escape your atten tion , gentlemen , " said the president. "That point is before my eye , and it is the public- interest. We have lately seen x liat fear can be created by thirty or forty Indians. Within two hours a letter has come to my desk from the governor of Kaiwus , urj/ing that the troops on tho border of that state should not bo withdrawn. The highest ojlicerinthe army , one cNperienced in In dian nffaiis , reports the situation in the M territory and says the cause of irritation is the pre&ence of cattlemen. A section of i ! the country containing four and a quarter million acres was set apartforthe Indians. Only one-tenth of four hundred thousand acres is left. They are crowded down to the agencies. Some of this may be bi-ciired with the consent of the Indians. It is- apparent to me , as it is to you , that this state of affairs cannot con tinue. Two interests are in conflict. Which shall give way ? On one- bide we have public peace , public security and safety of lives. On the other side are your interests. The former , gentlemen , must be considered though private inter ests suffer. Tiiequestionof putting off this removal until next sprin ? is inadmissible. The order cannot be modified. I want to see some diligence in complying with the order. Tnelvcdnyshavepassed. Precious time is lost. An effort was made after the- oider was issued to secure an extension of time. A dispatch was sent saying in most positive terms the order could not be mod ified. Here you are after tw elve days have- passed. If any indulgence is shown it must be an application in cases , with evidence- that an effort has been made to comply w ith the order. If your interests led you out of the territory instead of in , I cannot help but think you would find some way out in the specified time. I wish you would co-operate and take hold and try to get the cattle off. No argument will induce me to change what has been done. Some loss and inconvenience will no doubt follow , but there is nn interest greater than yours which must receive attention. " The dele gation , upon conclusion of the president's reply , left the executive mansion. "There's cold comfort in his words , " said one of the- most prominent cattlemen , as he walked through tho white house grounds to the- street. "We walked up , and we walked down , " replied another. The majority of tho delegation started for home at once. They are unanimous- that the cattle cannot be removed without great pecuniary loss within the forty days' limit. O.V THE .Memorial Services in the Cottage at 3IU Mc Gregor by Rev. yeicman. Jit. McGregor dispatch of the 3d : Yester day was a memorial day at the Grant cot tage , and the family were saying farewell to the dead. Yesterday afternoon the widow asked that Dr. Newman be sent for. When he came , Mrs. Grant reminded the pastor that the dead would only be hers a little t while longer , and asked him to be with tho family while they gathered in the cottage parlor to say their farewells. Thus it was that about two o'clock Mrs. Grant and her daughter and each of her three sons and theirwives were in the south room with the dead. Dr. Newman and wife werealso pres ent. The family surrounded the catafalque. Mrs. Grant from a table brought her dead husband's bible , which she opened and passed to Dr. Newman. It was found tho bookfwns opened at the eleventh chapter of Job. The chapter was read and then the clergyman read and re-read the sixteenth and seventeenth verses , and then prayer of gratitude was offered up gratitude for the beautiful character of the silent one. After this the entire family , there alone with their pastor , entered with him into a religious conversation , and then each and all dwelt upon reminiscenses recalled of the general's last sickness. Dr. Newman , after carefully scanning the general's face expressed satisfaction at its appearance and the opinion that the re mains were in a perfect preservation. . Notwithstanding the heavy rain , the trains up the mountain from Saratoga , were crowded , and the single file of those who passed the cottage to view the remains did not cease until 6 o'clock. The programme of saluting with cannon to-morrow according to order of the war department will be thirteen guns at sun rise , thirty-eight at sunset and one gun every half hour throughout the day. After the ceremonies to-morrow the re mains will be taken to the train and con veyed to Albany. General Hancock ar rived here this morning. He telegraphed here from Saratoga that no salutes should be fired in his honor upon his arrival at Mt. McGregor , as it would be in bad taste- The general marched at the head of his Btafi up the slope to the cottage , when ha was met by Colonel Grant. None but tho jeneral and his staff officers were admitted1 to the cottage at that time , but later tho doors were thrown open to the general public. V , * - > r