SOLEMNLY LAID AWAY.
Hie Remains of America's Great Soldier
Rest in Their Narrow Home.
jjjyfc ' A. Fnncral Pageant Sack as "Was Never
' Before "Witnessed In Tills
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Xhe Procession and at the
New York dispatch : Tho crowd on Fifth
avenue remained on the sidewalks with re
markable persistency until the > long parade
had passed. There wereafewcaaes ofpros-
tration in tho ranks , but so far as known ,
none fatal. The regimental ambulances
trero called into requisition for slight causes ,
perhaps half a dozen times. At the corner
of Fifty-seventh street , where tho line
turned to the west , the crowd swelled from
the side to-the open way and blocked tho
thoroughfare on twenty occasions. There
was some trouble when the catafalque
reached that point. Everybody Aras more
interested in tho approach of this than in
any other procession. It was watched for
blocks away , its conspicuous height mak
ing it plainly visible as far as about Fiftieth
street. As it neared the corner ttio crowd
naturally bulged to the sidewalk , and offi
cers had to threaten with their clubs to
make the spectators recede , and it was a
difficult process. Tho people were standing
' eight and ten deep , and some
of those in the front rank had
raised their umbrellas to keep off the
sun's rays. Some women stood with babes
in arms and fathers had hoisted their little
ones tojtheirshoulders. Obstructions were
numerous , and those at the rear were be
coming indignant , but as the catafalque
came up the annoyance was forgotten , and
only respect was felt. As it was tho leaders
of the horses were ordered to make a
sweeping turn , and that was the only way
in which the interested gathering could be
driven back. People fell back from the
borses as though a spirit had appeared
and ordered a retreat. With a spontaniety
that told of then ? reverence , every man
raised his hat as the first horse came
abreast of him , and remained uncovered
until the body had passed him.
After the president , tho cabinet , judges
ol the supreme court , senators , members
of the house of the house of representa
tives , governors and the staffs , ex-presi
dents , foreign ministers , diplomatic officers
and representatives of the army and navy
lad passed , the procession began to break
up. The veteran and civic organizations
left Fifth avenue by any of the streets be
tween Fifty-third and Fifty-ninth streets
and gradually fell out of line.
From noon to-day on for hours into tho
afternoon the vicinity of the tomb and
Riverside park was a scene of discomfort
lor the waiting thousands. Heat followed
the cool of the day and the succeeding
lours added heat , and hundreds and thou
sands of people. The latter suffered much
in their cramped positions of waiting in
the blazing sun there. One o'clock came
and went , but the funeral car was yet a
long way off and moving very slowly. Be
neath a fir tree at tho crown of tho knoll
rested a small charcoal furnace , and ncarit
were tools and materials with which to seal
the leaden lining of the cedar case into
which the casket and remains of Gen.
Grant should be placed. Down the slope
nearer the vault was a portable furnace ,
such as is used by workmen for heating
bolts. In a group near by were five men ,
mechanics , who should rivet fast he steel
casket within which both coffin and cedar
box should finally be preserved. The steel
ease rested upon two marble blocks two
nnd one-half feet high , three feet wide and
eighteen inches thick. Similar marble
? - tblocks have been sunk in the floor , flush
ji - irith the surface , and upon these the re
mains of Mrs. Grant are expected to re
pose. Many persons were permitted to
peep into the tomb where the steel recep
tacle was waiting the body then being
borne up town.
Soon after 1 o'clock the dram's beat and
blare of trumpets was heard from the lower
end of the park and a carriage came into
view. In it was Gen. Hancock. He was
the only occupant , and stood erect.
Trooping behind him , on horseback , were
the members of his staff. The general rode
to a point near the tomb , when he alighted
and was met by Superintendent Murray ,
Commissioner Crimmins and others of the
park board. Gen. Hancock's staff and
aides swept past. There were among them
Gen. Fitz-Hugh Lee , and Gen. Gordon ,
whom Gen. Sheridan met so warmly , in
other times and underothercircumstances.
Upon a commandingslope.ahundredyards
.north of Gen. Grant's tomb , the staff offi
cers and aides drew rein beneath a clump of
spreading trees. Meantime helmets were
glisteningTand plumes wavingovertheslope
to the southward ; the trapping upon the
many horses shone in the sunlight , the can
non and limbers , drawn by horses that
were ridden by artillerymen , came over the
brow of the slope , and orderlies galloped to
nnd fro , and sabres and accoutrements clat
tered and rattled. The regulars and
marines with light battery "F" of the Fifth
artillery , were coming down the drive.
They marched out upon the slope , where
Hancock's staff were halted , and there the
infantry and marines assumed positions of
rest in the shade and out upon the slope
toward the Claremont hotel , which was
covered with black drapery. Mounted
men with plumed helmets , marines with
the uniforms of the tars , the United States
marine corps with bright uniforms , sad
dled horses , with ridders dismounted , but
holding their bridle rein , cannon muzzles
thrus1. . vom behind the lower bend of hil
locks , pyramids of stacked guns with glis
tening bayonets interlocked along the drive ,
solid walls of people upon centering lines of
bobbing umbrellas ; through the trees a
vista in which the brown and rugged rocks
of the palisade pierced the woods and
jutted above the river ; the Hudson , too ,
glinting and flowing in the sunlight. So
looked the scene northward from the tomb.
The Twenty-second and Seventh regiments
marched up from the east and down by the
tomb and were drawn up in lino on the
brow of the bluff overlooking the river.
The line reached beyond the view from the
tomb around the slope. The two regiments
stacked arms and were at rest.
A 4:20 : p. m. a strain from trumpets , and
poon the sound of muffled drums. The car
riages came in sight , and rolled slowly
through the park to the tomb. Dr. New
man and Bishop Harris occupied the first ,
and clergy and then Drs. Douglas , Shrady
and Sands ; the pall bearers came after
these. Gen. Johnson rode beside Gen.
Sherman , and Buckner and Sheridan were
paired , then Gen. Logan and ex-Secretary
JBoutwell followed. Distinguished men came
also. The pall bearers and those invited
alighted and took places near the tomb.
David's island band playing Chopin B
"Funeral March" came next in view , while
behind black plumes of the funeral could be
seen. The car stopped abreast of the tomb.
The guard of honor ascended to bear down
the casket. Col. Reck formed his two com
panies of escort in ahollow square between
the tomb and the hearse. The family car
riage had drawn near , and their occupants
alighted and took positions near the foot of
the steps of the car. So they stood while
the casket was being removed from tho
car and when it was borne into the
hollow square toward tho vault
the relatives followed in thia
" - order ; Col. Fred , wife , Mrs. Bartons and
tho colonel's children , Julia and U. S.
Grant ; U. S. Grant , Jr. , and wife , leading
little Nellie , daughter of Jesse Grant , Jesse
Grant and-wife , U. S. Grant second ( son
of Orvillo Grant ) , with Mr. Fred Dent and
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wife , Dr. Cramer and wife , Potter Palmer
wife , and Hon. John A. Cresswell and wifo.
The cedar case rested on supports at the
door of the sepulchre and the casket was
deposited therein. Meade post No. 1 , of
Philadelphia , represented by fifteen , cir
cled the casket. The commander took hia
post at the head , with officers and post
commanders at the foot and the colors
were placed in front. The ritual service
was then performed by Post Commander
Alexander Eeed , "assembled to pay the
last sad tribute of respect to tho late
commander and illustrious comrade , U.
S. Grant , let us unite in prayer.
The chaplain will invoke Divino bless
ing. " Post Chaplin , C. Irvine Wright : "God
of battles , Father of all , amidst this
mournful assembly , we seek Theo with
whom there is no death. Open every eye to
behold him who has changed tho night ol
death into mourning. In tho depths of our
hearts we would bear the celestial word , 'I
am the resurrection and the life. Ho thai
believeth on me , though he were dead , yet
shall he live. ' As comrado after comrada
departs , and we march on with ranks
broken , help us to be faithful unto thee and
to each other. Wo beseech theo look in
mercy on tho widow and children of ourde-
ceased comrade , and with Thine own ten
derness console and comfort those bereaved
by the event which calls us here. Give them
tho oil of joy for mourning , the garment ol
Eraise for the spirit of heai ciess. Heaven-
j father , bless and save our country with
the freedom and peace of righteousness , and
through Thy great mercy , and a savior's
grace and thy Holy's Spirit's favor , may
we all meat at last in ioy before thy throne
in heaven , and to Thy great name shall be
praise forever and ever. Amen"joinedjin
by all the post.
A dirge was played , after which the ser
vice was continued by Post Commander
Alexander Eeed.
When this was concluded Rev. H. Clay
Trumbull offered prayer. Tho buglo call
"rest" was then sounded. Dr. Newman
and Bishop Harris then read tho ritual ser
vice for burial of the M. E. church. Di
rectly behind the burial party stood Gen.
Hancock. At his elbow were President
Cleveland , Vice President Hendricks and
members of the cabinet. Near the head ol
the casket on the right , Sherman and Sheri
dan in full uniform were uncovered during
tho entire service. At their sides were ex-
Presidents Arthur and Hayes , and Sher
man. On the other side of the casket. OD-
posite , were Admiral Jforter , b'ltz Hugh
Lee , Gen. Gordon and Gen. Buckner. When
the religious services had ended tho
trumpeter of the Fifth aitillcry stepped
close to the casket and sounded the "tat
too. " Little Julia then laid on the coffin a
wreath "To Grandpa. " The guard of
lion ore bore the remains within the tomb ,
and , at 5:03 o'clock , placed them within
the steel case , the sealing of both the leaden
lining and steel case then being performed ,
as indicated above. The family entered
the tomb , remaining only a few moments.
They then sought their carriages , and , when
entering , the Seventh and Twenty-second
regiments , in line on the bluff , fired three
volleys toward the river , after which a bat
tery of the Fifth artillery fired three salvo's
from the knoll toward the hotel. The fam
ily carriages drove away , but were not out
of sight when persons attempted to deface
the tomb by writing their names on it. A
guard of regulars was mounted at once and
the military marched away. The dignita
ries rode away and the long chapter was
ended.
MURDEBED FOR INSURANCE.
Investigation of a Suspicions Case at
Hunter's Point , 1,0115 Island.
The coroner of Paterson , N. J. , accompa
nied by the chief of police and the coroner of
Hunter's Point , Long Island , and a couple of
physicians , went to the Lutheran cemetery
near the latter place to exhume the body of a
woman. On the way Chief of Police Grant
told a representative of the Associated Press
the following story : For two years pasta fam.
lly named Bauer , occupying a highly resp.ecta-
ble position in society , resided at Haledon ,
near Paterson.
The Bauers had rreviouslv resided in New
York City , and appeared "to be people of
wealth. Earlvlasf June Mrs. Bauer was ta
ken sick , and afbr ten dav's illness died , as
certified by the attending'physician of peri
tonitis. Mr. Bauer seemed to" feel the loss of
his wife deeply , and hail an expensive funer
al. The memory of the late Mrs. Uauer had
almost died out when some strange rumors
pot afloat which startled the community.
It w.ns learned that Mrs. Bauer had been
heavily insured in several compa
nies and some peculiar circumstances
surrounding her illness and death led to the
suspicion that she had bscn murdered in or
der to obtain the amount of insurance and
defraud the companies. The total amount of
insurance on Mrs. Bauer's life was § 53,000.
It is understood that the Equitable and New
York life Insurance companies paid the
amounts of their policies before rumors of the
fraud got abroad. The officers of the Mutual
Reserve company , after consulting other com
panies decided to refuse payment until
thorough investigation had been made. The
ories when advanced that Mrs. Baner had
been poisoned or that she had been taken
away and another body or dummy buried in
the cemetery.
Arriving at the cemetery the coffin was ex
humed and opened. Upon being measured
the body was found to be six inches shorter
than Mrs. Bauer's when she was alive. One
of the physicians who had examined Mrs.
Bauer when the application for Insurance was
made , said she had a pug nose and light
hair , while the corpse had a Grecian nose and
dark hair , but he would not be positive of all
the particulars. Drs. Sattefthwalte and
Chesman , of New York , then opened the body
and took out the intestines , which they ex
amined and sealed up. They refused to give
the result of the examination In New York ,
where the entestines have been taken. The
body was placed airain in the coffin and re-
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inte'rrcd. "Louis Bauer the husband , to whom
all ttie policies are payable , carries on a gro
cery in New York.
GEJT. GRANT'S MONUMEHT.
Kew XorJcers Satisfied With the Progress
Tints Far Made.
i New York dispatch : The contributions
received by 'the Grant monument commit
tee on the 14th amounted to the sum of
581.35. The secretary was asked if funds
werenot coming in too slowly to satisfy the
committee , but he replied in the negative.
' 'You see , " he said , "most of our wealthy
citizens are out of the city at present.
Then the committee has not had time to
form its plans. It appreciates the magni
tude of its work and has no idea of adopt
ing any course without due consideration.
It is no Chicago monument the committee
intends to erect. It has been said that
Chicago has already raised $40,000 , while
New York has only raised $38,000. That
is true , but Chicago started out to raise
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§ 40,000 , while this committee intends to
raise 51,000,000. Chicago has worked
hard to raise its little fund , while very lit
tle work has been done here yet. It was
impossible to make any headway while
preparations were in progress for the funer
al of Gen. Grant. Now that that is over
many of the committee are put of town ,
probably half of the executive committee
iire absent , and it is not likely that plans
will bo adopted for raising the necessary
amount until after the meeting of the gen
eral committee Thursday , The committee
is satisfied with the outlook. "
Gold and bead embroidered galloons
are used to tr.m lace dresses , as well
as those of wool or sUk.
GEN. GRANT'S GREAT QUALITIES.
As Set Forth 6y Mr. Mains in His Memorial
Speech at Augusta.
At tho Grant memorial services held in
Augusta , Maine , tho following eulogy was
delivered by Hon. James G. Blaine : "Pub
lic sensibility and personal sorrow over
the death of Gen. Grani are not confined
to one continent. A profound admiration
for his great qualities and a still more pro
found gratitude for his great services have
touched the heart of tho people with true
sympathy , increased even to tender emo-
Uons by the agony of his closing days , and
the undoubted heroism with which ho
morally conquered .a last cruel fate. The
world in its hero worship is discriminating
and practical if not , indeed , selfish. Emi
nent qualities and rare achievements do
not always insure lasting fame. A brilliant
oixtor enchains his hearers with inspired
and inspiring gifts ; and if his speech be not
successfully used to some popular recollec
tion , his only reward will be in the
fitful applause of his forgotton audi
ence. A victorious general in a war of mere
ambition , receives the cheers of the multi
tude and ceremonial honors of the govern
ment ; but if he brings no boon to his coun
try his fame will find no abiding place in
the centuries that follows. The hero for
the ages is ho who has been chief and fore
most in contributing to tho moral and
meterial progress , to the grandeur and glory
of the succeeding generation. Washington
secured the freedom oi the colonies and
founded a new nation. Lincoln was the
prophet who warned the people of the evils
that rrere underminingourfreegovernment ,
and the statesman who was called to the
leadership in the work of their extirpation.
Grant was the soldier , who by victory in
the field gave vitality and force to the poli
cies and philanthropic measures which Lin
coln defended in the cabinet for a genera
tion and tho security of the republic.
Monopoly of fame by tho few , in this world ,
comes from an instinct , perhaps from a
deep-seated necessity of human nature.
Heroes can't be multiplied. The gods of
mythology lost their Bacredness and their
powers by their numbers. Tho millions
pass into oblivion , the units only survive.
Who asked the great leader of Israel to con- '
duct the chosen people over the sands of
the desert and through the waters of the
sea into the promised land ? Who marched
with Alexander from tho Bosphorus to In
dia , and who commanded the legions of
Ceasar in his conquest of Gaul ? Who
crossed the Atlantic with Columbus ? Who
ventured through the wintery passes of the
Alps with the conqueror of Italy ? Who
fought with Wellington at Waterloo ? Alas ,
how soon it may be asked who marched
with Sherman from the mountain to the
sea ? Who with Meade on the victorious
field of Gettysburg ? Who shared with
Thomas in the glories of Nashville ? Who
went with Sheridan through the trials and
triumphs of the blood-stained valley ? Gen.
Grant's name will survive through centu
ries because it is indissolubly connected
with the greatest military and moral tri
umph in the history of tho United States.
If the armies of tho union had ultimately
failed , the vast and beneficent destinies of
Lincoln would have been frustrated , and ho
would have been known in history as a
statesman and philanthropist who , in the
cause of humanitv , cherished great aims
which he could not realize , and conceived
great ends which he could not attain ; as
an unsuccessful ruler whose policies
distracted and dissevered his country ;
while Gen. Grant would havo taken his
place with that long , and always increasing
array of great men who were found want
ing in the supreme hour o ! trial. But a
higher power controlled the result. God in
his gracious mercy had not raised those
men for works which should come to
naught. The expression of Lincoln , no
human counsel devised , nor did mortal in
their accomplishments. Those human
agents were sustained by something more
than human power and through them great
salvation was wrought of the land. As
long , therefore , as tho American union
shall abide with its blessings of law and
liberty , Grant's name shall be remembered
with honor. As long as the slavery of hu
man beings is abhorred , and the freedom
of man assured , Grant shall be recalled
with gratitude , and in the cycles of the
future the story of Lincoln's life cannot be
told without associating Grant iu the en
during splendor of his own great name.
Gen. Grant's military supremacy was hon
estly earned , without factious praise and
without extraneous help. He had no in
fluence to earn his promotion , ex
cept such as was attracted by his achieve
ments. He had no potential friends except
those his victories won to hid support. He
rose more rapidly than ever military leader
in his day , from the .command of a single
regiment to the supreme direction of a
million of men , divided into great armies ,
and operating over an area as large as the
empires of Germany and Austria combined.
He exhibited extraordinary qualities in the
field. Bravery among army officers is a
rule which happily has had few exceptions.
A general said , "Grant possessed a quality
above bravery , ho had an insensibility to
danger , an apparent unconsciousness of
fear , and besides that hepossessed an even
ness of judgment to be depended upon in
sunshine and storm. " Napoleon said ,
"The rarest attribute among generals is 2
o'clock in the morning courage. I mean , "
he added , "unprepared courage , that
which is necessary on unexpected occa
sions , and which , in spite of the most un-
forseen events , leaves full freedom of judg
ment and promptness of decision. " No
better description could be given of tho
type of courage which distinguished
General Grant. His constant readi
ness to fight was another quality
which , according to the same great
authority , established his right as a com
mander. "Generals , " said the exile at St.
Helena , "are rarely found in the eager din
of battle ; they choose their position , con
sider their combinations , and their indeci
sion begins. " "Nothing , " adds this great
est warrior o ! modern times , "is so difficult
as to decide. " Gen. Grant , in his services
In the field , never once exhibited indecision ,
and it was this quality that gave him his
crowning characteristic as a military
leader. He inspired his men with a sense of
their invincibility and they were thencefor
ward invincible. The career of Gen. Grant ,
when he passed from military to civil ad
ministration was marked by his strong
qualities. His .presidency of eight years
was filled with events of magnitude , in
which , if his judgment was sometimes ques
tioned , his patriotism was always con
ceded. He entered on his office after the
angry disturbance caused by the singular
conduct of Lincoln's successor , and quietly
enforced a policy , which had been for four
years the cause of embittered disputation.
His election to the presidency proved in one
important aspect , a landmark in the his
tory of the country. For nearly fifty years
preceding that event , there had been few
the union had not , in some degree , "been
agitated , either by the threats of political
malcontents , or in the apprehensions of
timid patriots. The union was saved by
the victory of the army commanded by
General Grant. No menance of its destruc
tion has ever been heard since Grant's vic
tory before the people. Death always holds
a flag of truce over his own. Under that
flag friend and foe sit peacefully together.
Passionals stilled , benevolence restored ,
wrongs repaired , justice done. It is impos
sible that a careerso long so prominent , so
positive as that of Gen. Grant , should not
have provoked strife and engendered en
mity. For more than twenty years , from
the death of Lincoln to the close of his own
life , Gen. Grant was the most con-
Boicuous man in America ; one to
whom the leaders looked for leadership ;
upon whom partisans built their hopes
of victory , to whom 'personal friends
by tens of thousands offered their devotion.
It was according to tho weakness and
strength of human nature , that counter
movements should insure thatGen.Grant's
primacy should bo challenged , that his
party should be resisted ; that his devoted
friends should be confronted by jealous
men in his own ranks , and by bitter ene
mies in the ranks of his opponents , but all
these resentments are buried in tho grave
which to-day receives his remains. Conten
tion respecting his rank as a commander
ceases , and unionists and confederates
alike testify to his powers in battle , and
his magnanimity in peace. Controversy
over his civil administration ceases , as
democrats and republicans united in pro
nouncing him to liave been In every act ,
and every aspiration an American patriot. "
WAS PRELLER THE JUAN MURDERED ?
An Interview With th ? Individual Who is
Alleged to be the Murderer.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat's San
Francisco special contains an interview
with Maxwell , tho alleged murderer of
Preller , found in the trunk at the Southern
hotel there last spring. This interview is
vouched for as correct , and was obtained
by an ex-government detective on the eve
of Maxwell's departure for that city. Hav
ing been asked , after a long talk , to speak
freely of his future course of defense , Max
well said :
"All I can give you is an outline , and
that is more than any one else has got out
of me. They brought in here Gen. Clunie ,
a lawyer of this city , who offered to get
out habeas corpus papers for me to-mor
row , and who was eager to go on to St.
Louis as my counsel. He may be square , but
it wouldn't do for me to trust a stranger
with my secrets. No , I prefer to wait
till I get f o St. Louis before engaging coun
sel. Here is the gist of the St. Louis mys
tery , which has puzzled the country for
four months. Preller and I were old friends.
We came to Boston together on the steamer
Cephalonia. We were constant compan
ions , and made arrangements to meet at
St. Louis at the Southern hotel , and there
to carry out a scheme which Preller had
devised for getting insurance on his life.
We met according to agreement. We were
in room 144 in the hotel for about all tho
time we spent there , but , mind you , Preller
was at the hotel only three days. He re
mained in seclusion for the remainder of
the mystery at the Southern hotel , and he
left St. Louis alive and well on the same
day that I started west. That wasn't
Preller's body found in the trunk at tho
hotel. When the case comes up for trial I
shall show proof of where the body found
in the trunk was procured , who it was
bought of , at what hour it was brought to
the hotel , and all the details of the plot. I
can tell you now that body was brought to
the hotel in broaddaylightand was carried
up to room 144. Everything was ar
ranged to give color to the theory of sud
den murder and hasty flight. Nothing was
omitted which I thought would add to this
misconception. My design was to get clear
out of the country before the body
was discovered , and once in Australia
I thought it would be easy to bury my
identity in the East Indies until things
had been forgotten. I will show you how
entirely I trusted Preller and how com
pletely I was his assistant in this scheme ,
when I tell you that to-day I don't know
how large an insurance he carried on his
life. I knew it was for a big sum and gave
my help in the enterprise solely because he
was an old friend and associate. Where ho
is , or what arrangements I have for com
municating with him , of course 'tis out of
the question for me to tell , but you can rest
assured of the accuracy of these facts I
have given you , and that they will all be
proved on the trial. " Having been asked
why ho changed his name , Maxwell gave
the following explanation , which is clever
to the least "You can't
say : blame me lor
lying to these people. Here is a crowd of
reporters , some of whom try to wheedle
and others to bully my secrets from me.
Then come detectives , and say this thing
and that has been discovered ; we have all
this circumstantial evidence against you ;
what can you say to it ? Knowing every
fact in tho case as I do , I know that they
are lying or are on an entirely wrong scent ,
so I simply puzzle them more or stuff them
with new inventions. They have all got
one theory , and they are trying to fit facts
to that theory , instead of making a theory
from the facts. They have been in here to
night with certain articles , and have said ,
'You did this at such '
a place'when I know
very well thatno such occurrence ever hap
pened. They have traced me very well in
my first visit to this city , because I made
no effort to cover my tracks. I used the
same name and the same disguise as a
French officer all through , from the time I
left St. Louis to the time I boarded the
Auckland steamer and throughout the voy
age. It came into my mind on the train
because the people asked me questions , and
it was amusement to mystify them and
tell them stories. This was the origin of
the French captain and all his exploits. It
was simply a blind to preserve my identity
unsuspected and to allow me to reach the
colonies , which , I thought , could be easily
done before any news of the St. Louis affair
could reach them. I didn't know that
cable communication was so perfectorthat
the news could possibly be sent to Auck
land before the steamer reached there. "
CHRONICLES BY CASKS.
Miscellaneous Matters of Interest Perlatotug
to Foreign Countries ,
A seaman who arrived at Bristol , England ,
Aug. ? t'i ' , irom Marseilles , France , became ill
and was seized with vomiting and died. The
medical officer of the board of health de
clared that the man was suffering from chol
era. An inquest was held and the jury ren
dered a verdfct to the effect that the symp
toms were very much like that of Asiatic
cholera. Precautionary measures are being
tafcen to prevent the spread of the disease
A decree ordering general elections in
France has been issued. It designates the
4th of October next as the day.
A man named Dempsey , of Hamilton , On
tario , his sister and her child while crossing a
railroad in a buggy , were struck by a train ;
Mrs. Sands' head was severed from her body ,
which wa ? found twenty yards away. The
child's body was found on the pilot of the en
gine , and Dempsey'a seventy-five yards dis
tantWest
West African letters report the suspicious
death of Mr. Blair , the British consul at Oil
Rivers. He recently started to see King Be-
vin , but was compelled to abandon the trip by
the natives. He returned home in good health
but died the next day , from poison , it is sup
posed.
Lord Randolph Churchill , speaking at Win-
born Minster , denied that he had a persona
feeling against Earls Spencer and Ripon. He
assailed only their ideas and methods of gov
ernment as revealed in Ireland and India. He
denounced the radicals for consenting to the
liberal proposal to tax the poor man's been
which was as much an article of food as
bread. He defied the caucus arrangements
of the liberals , and expressed his belief that
the conservatives were certain of victory in
the general elections.
A London dispatch said : "Wolf , the Brit
ish Special Envoy to Turkey , -Instructed to
offer the Porte facilities for occupying and
governing the Soudan , and temporarily some
points In Egypt , but no share In governing
Eirypt , in return for an alliance against Rus
sia. "
The London Times publishes a letter from
Meshed , Persia , in which it is stated that the
Afghans are acting iu such a way as to give the
Russians no possible excuse to make any at
tack. The writer says the ameer's troops do not
pass the frontier which Russia admits Is Af
ghan ; that they refrain from movins toward
the Russian positions and from strengthening
their own outposts. The letter also says that
the excitement among the Turcomans recent
ly attributed to the alleged brutality of the
Russian soldiery toward the native women , is
really due to the warlike preparations which
Russia la ma&ing throughout the Turcoman
teritory.
GENERAL NEJTS AND NOTES.
Xitlcrs of Interest Touehed Upon by Preu
News Gatherer * .
The American Dental Asiociation at Min
neapolis elected the following officers : Pres
ident , W. C. Barrett , Buffalo ; Vice , L. C.
Ingersoll , K eokuk , Iowa , and A. T. Smith ,
Minneapolis ; Secretary , A. W. Ilarland ,
Chicago ; Treasurer , George W. Keeley , Ox-
lord , Ohio. The selection of the next place
of meeting was left to the Executive Com
mittee , to be made hereafter. Adjoured sine
die.
die.At
At Lafayette , Ala. , Win. Hancock a farmer
aged 57 , and son , Wm. Hancock , were part
ners In a threshing machine. They
quarreled over the division of tolls. The ol < ?
man got a gun and made threats of assail } *
against the son , but no violence occurred.
The father with another son named John then
went to William's house , and soon after that
William arrived. He procured a gun and told
his father he was ready to fight. The old man
raised his gun to fire , but William being
quicker fired first , striking , but not disabling
his father. The old man fired without effect >
and William fired his second barrel , killing-
his father instantly. John Hancock seized
his father's gun and shot his brother under
the eye. William drew a pistol and be < ran
firing while John ran. One shot took effect
in John's side. William overtook him and
carried him back home. William has been
arrested , and seems to case little for his ter
rible deed.
A terrible acci.lent occurred at the residence
of N. B. Rankin. near Ennis , Texas , a fe
fchrhts aso. Rankin , bein < r in feeble health ,
sent his two daughters , aged 19 and 17 years ,
to the crarret to draw some liquor there. Hold-
'n ' < j the candle near tho faucet in the barrel
caused an explosion , killing one of
the pirls and fatallv burnins the other ,
who died next day. The hous" * . with its con
tents , was burned to the eround. Rankin
rind wife are dangerously prostrated from the
effects of the calamity.
The paper manufactory of Alexander Bal- _
four , in Philadelphia , who has the contract
for makini paper for f'e internal revenue de
partment , was burned : loss , $22,000.
Two men , named Jo n Fix ami Fred Schu-
mer , encased in paintinc the dial of the oTock
! u the tower on the Second Street Methodist
ihurch. Grand Ranids Michigan , fell to the
ftound. a distance of seventy feet. Both men
were killed.
The jurv returned a verdict aeain t Mr ? .
Frankle Morrison , who has been on trial at
Erie , Kansas , for the murder of her mother ,
Mrs. Painsett The latter's wife was insured
for Sln.rOD and the insurance comnanies con
tested the pavment. Mrs. Frankie Morrison ,
who was found cuilty of the murder of her
mother , was married the same evening to
Harvey D. Copeland , of Wichita.
A shocking tragedy occurred at Klcin-
mann's park , Chicago. During the progress
of the shooting tournament , just outside the
fence , were Wm. Rees , aged 13 , and Clark
Kimball , a youth of 16 years. Each were
armed \ \ ith a shotgun and both intent on se
curing the first shot at any bird which
had been missed by the shooters within the
grounds. A pigeon made its appearance fly
ing slowly towards the boys. It alighted on
the fence about one hundred feet from them ,
and a race was commenced for the prey. Kim-
ball was ahead , being the fas test runner , when
suddenly the report of Rce's gun was heard ,
and Kimball fell backward to the earth. A
crowd quickly gathered and medical aid was
summoned from Grand Crossing. The injured
boy lay upon the ground in an unconscious
condition , with his life's blood issuing from
his head. The entire charjre of shot from
Ree's gun had entered the back of his head ,
making an ugly wound. Dr. Pease arrived
soon aftoward , but too late , as life was al
ready extinct
Mrs. J. 8. Soutz , a lady living ten miles
from Logan , Ohio , was choked to death by
her false teeth dropping into her throat while
coughing.
There is renewed trouble in the Hocking val
ley at New Straightsville , Ohio. The miners
demanded an advance of ten cents per ton to
take effect at once. If refused the state con
vention will be called to make arrangements
for uniform action. The operators intimate
that if the miners persist in their action that
the Straitsville mines will be closed.
The N. Y. World announces that the task
which it undertook a little less than five
months ogo to raise 5100,000 to com
plete the statue of Liberty is finished-
Total amount collected was § 192,000.39 , con
tributed by over 120,000 persons. The Wash
ington cent was ssld to Miss Helen Dowray
for S1SO.
A few nights ago an escaped convict from
the Tennessee penitentiary , named Mynott ,
shot and killed Mrs. William Mairgatt , near
Platte City , Mo , who was a relative of his
dead wife. The deed was done in revenge
because Maggatt and his wife had given in
formation as to Mvnott's whercalouts , which
led to his extradition. He , however , managed
to escape his guard while being taken back
to Tennessee , and making his way to Mis.
souri , called Mrs. .Maggatt to her door and
shot her dead. The country is armed and in
hot pursuit with a lynching in prospect. The
matter has been kept quiet , fearing that its
publication would assist Mynott in escaping-
Perez C. Gooding , recently the Chicago
manager of the New York Hektograph
company , is charged with embezzling § 3,000
from the company. The defaulting manager *
it is said would collect the amounts due from
customers in Chicago , but only remit a por
tion to New York. Charles H. Green was sent
on to look into his affairs , and Gooding de
parted without leaving any address.
'
Mr. Burbridge , deputy minister oJ Justice ,
from Regtna. It
has returned to Montreal
Richardson fixed the date
appears that Judge
of Kiel's execution for Sept 18 , so as to per
mit time for the hearing of an appeal before
' bench lor Manitoba ,
the court of queen's
which opens Sept 2nd. Seventy prisoners
were held for trial , and forty of these have
pleaded guilty to the charges of treason ana
for which Is
punishment
felony , the maximum
death. Several half breeds taken at Batouce
will be tried when the court resumes its i
tinza. Poumlmaker and his company \
braves will be tried on the charge of murdd
There is stromr documentary evidence against
Poundmaker found among Kiel's papers.
XS3S BEAT OS" GOVERNXENT.
StttoeOaneova Matters of Interest at Ot4 V-
i tlonal Capital ,
FIUXK AnMSino.vo , who recently investi
gated the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian
agencies and whoso report thereon has
much to do with the issuance ol the proc
lamation ordering the cattlemen off those
reservations , will soon proceed to the
Apache agency for the purpose of making
an enrollment of the Indians and ot inquir
ing into and reporting the condition of af
fairs among the Apaches.
THE following naval board has been ap
pointed to meet at the Delaware Iron
works , Chester , Pennsylvania , to make an
examination and take an inventory of tha
three cruisers Chicago , Atlanta and Boston
which were being constructed by John
Eoach : Assistant Naval Constructors J.
F. Hanscom , J. B. Poovcr , Kichard Gate-
wood and Lewis Nixon.
' WASHINGTON specialThe guillotine ol
First Assistant Postmaster General Ste
venson was again at work to-day and a
hundred postmasters' heads dropped into
his basket. Among the appointed were
George F. Scott at Taylor , Nebraska , vice
Rush lelt the place ; John W. Thorn at
( Grandin , Dakota , vice Taylor resigned ; A.
C. Bailey at Westport , Dakota , vice Hem-
'street ' , abandoned the office.
HON. BAKNEY CAUL.FIELD , Q ! Deadwood ,
[ candidate for governor of Dakota , has
[ gone to lied Sulphur Springs with his fam
ily to await the president's return when he
will again camp in Washington until the
administration recognizes his claim.
THE postmaster general has appointed
William Duff Haynie , of Bloomington , 111. ,
chief clerk to First Assistant Postmaster
General Stevenson , in place of James H.
Marr , transferred to another position. Mr.
Haynie is a lawyer , and is an estimable
friend of Mr. Stevenson.
THE attorney general has decided that
pension agents are not entitled to a fee for
paying pension attorneys their dues. The
law passed last winter fixing the compen
sation of pension agents repeals laws in
force which allowed them a fee of thirty
cents in such case.
SECOND COMPTROLLER MAYNARD has dis
allowed an item of § 376 in the accounts of
Pay Director Wallace for the purchase of
one year's stationery for the use of the
navy yard at Norfolk , on the ground that
every safeguard is provided by statute and
the navy regulations relating to purchase
of supplies in open market and in event of
public exigencies , appeared to have been
disregarded in this particular transaction.
XHEFEXf.ESKTVyZir TO GO.
For President Cleveland Publicly Proclaim *
to this Hffect.
The following proclamation has been is
sued by the president :
WHEREAS , Public policy demands that
public domain shall be reserved for occu.
pancy of settlers in good faith , and that
our people who seek homes upon such do-
muin shall in no wise be prevented by any
wrongful interference from the safe and freo
entry thereon to which they may be en
titled ; and
WHEREAS , To secure and maintain this
beneficient policy a statute was passed by
the congress of tho United States , on the
25th day of February in the year 1885 ,
which declared to be unlawful all inclosures
of any public lands , in any state or terri
tory , to any of which land included within
the inclosure , the person , party , associa
tion or corporation making or controlling
such enclosure , had no claim or color of
title made or acquired in good faith , or an ,
asserted right thereto , by or under claim
made in good faith with a view to entry
thereof at the proper land office , and which
statute also prohibited any person by force ,
threats , intimidation , or by fencing enclos
ures or other unlawful means , from pre
venting or obstructing any person from
peacefully entering upon or establishing a
settlement or residence on any tract of
public land subject to settlement or entry
the public land laws of the United States ,
and from preventing or obstructing free
passage and transit over or through tha
public lands , and
WHEREAS , It is by the fifth section of
said act provided as follows : "That the
president is hereby authority to take such
means as shall be necessary to remove and
destroy any unlawful enclosure of any of
said lands , and to employ such civil or
military force as may be necessary for that
purpose , and
WHEREAS , It has been brought to my
knowledge that unlawful enclosures and
such as are prohibited by the aforesaid
statute exist upon the public domain , and
that actual legal settlement thereon is pre-
vented and obstructed by such inclosures
and by force , threats and intimidation.
Now , THEREFORE , I , Grover Cleveland ,
president of the United States , do hereby
order and direct that
any and every un-
lawful inclosure of public lands , maintained
by any person , association or corporation
be immediately removed , and I do hereby
torbid any person , association or corpora-
tion from preventing or obstructing by
means of such inclosure or by force , threats
or intimidation , any person entitled thereto
rom peaceably entering upon and estab-
lishing a settlement
or residence on any
part of such public land which is subject to
entry and settlement under the laws of the
United States.
And I command and require each and *
every officer of the United States upon t
whom the duty is legally developed to cause
this order to be obeyed , and all provisions
of the act of congress therein mentioned to t
be faithfully enforced. , \
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set I J
my hand and caused the seal of the United "T-f
States to be affixed.
Done in the city of Washington this
seventh day of August , 1885 , and of tho
independence of the United States of Amer
ica the one hundred and tenth. <
( Signed ) GROVER CLEVELAND ,
" 1 *
T. F. BAYAKD. Secretary *
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ular styles and are in soft tones. ' :