Nebraska Newspapers

    THE WILL OF SIR. HLDE1T.
Relatives Liberally Hemembered and a Good
Deal for Public lientflt.
New York dispatch : Tho will of tho late
Samuel J. Tilden was read at Greystone
this afternoon by Lawyer James C. Carter ,
of this city , in tho presence of all tho rela
tives. ' 'Colonel S. J. Tilden , who spoke for
the family ; said that not a word about the
will could be given to tho press. The fami
ly had decided , ho said , that no intimation
he terms of the will should bo mado
public until it was offered for probate , and
as tho date had not been fixed for that , he
could not say when it would bogiven to the
press.
LATER.Hon. . John Bigelow was seen by
a reporter nt his home , No. 21 Gramercy
Place , and from him was learned the fol
lowing facts about th * will :
Andrew H. Green and George W. Smith
are named ns executors and trustees. All
, of Tilden's kindred are generously pro
vided for in this way : The whole estate is
placed in the hands of the executors as
trustees. Each heir is to receive an equal
t- share in the lino of his or her consanguin
- ity ; tha't is , nephews and nieces equal
amounts , and _ their children certain
amounts , but they are to receive only the
income derived from an equal , separate ,
specific sum , the principal at their death to
be disposed of in a manner which Bigelow
could not state. None of his relatives , he
said , except Mrs. Mary B. Pelton , his sis-
* ter , aro given any specific bequest forever.
To her lie bequeaths tho residence , No. 38
West Thirty-eighth street , and the sum of
$100,000 to live upon. All of his real es
tate except this is placed in his executors'
imnds to be disposed of as they see fit ,
either by sale , rental , or exchange , Grey-
stone and Gramercy park properly falling
under the same rule. The executors are
first charged with the duty of setting apart
for his relations the sums named for them
from which the several incomes aro to be
derived. This done , it becomes the duty
of the executors and trustees to carry out
his wishes regarding certain public benefi
ciaries. They are charged with the duty ,
first , of establishing a free library in
his native village , New Lebanon , also in
Yonkers , and , if in tho discretion of the
trustees they choose to establish a freo
library in this city , they may do so , and if
not , they are at liberty to uso the funds
I that a freo library would cost in the pro
motion of the educational course. A great
deal is left to the discretion of the trustees.
In general terms relations are handsomely
taken care of by receipt of special incomes ,
which consume , Bigolow says , an amount
not to exceed his estate. All tho rest and
residue is devoted to the public good , and
the trustees are charged with the responsi
ble duty of choosing such methods as shall
prove of the greatest good to the public in
the disposition of this property. The
estate is not as largo as estimated by some
people. Its value had been placed at § 10-
000,000 , but Bigelow says this is double
its actual value.
CATTLE ON THE RANGES.
TIic Condition of SlocJ : on the Feeding
Grounds of the West.
Chicago special : John N. Simpson , pres
ident of the live stock association oLTexas ,
is at the Palmer , having just traveled over
the cattle country from the coast to Wy
oming. He was asked last night about the
condition of things in that section. "There
has been an unprecedented drought , " he
replied , "all the way from the gulf to Brit
ish America west of the Mississippi , and
the effect in some sections , especially in the
southwest , is that there will be no cattle
from that region this year I mean from
Texas , New Mexico and parts of Arizona.
Farther north the cattle are getting fat
and are being marketed from Montana
now. My observation in Wyoming was
that there was good fair range and that
the cattle were fat and looking well. There
is plenty of grass now , but it. will be short
there next winter. A revolution isgoingon
in the beef business. There will bo a change
from shipment of live stock to a shipment
of dressed beef , and in my opinion it will
come from the'Missouri river points Kan
sas City and Omaha and also St. Paul.
Eventually meat will be dressed there and
shipped east and the stock-yards business
of Chicago will be affected very muchBut
I do not know that it will hurt tho large
slaughter houses here. They are supplied
by a large district of corn-fed cattle. Ar
mour , Swift , Morris and Hammond draw
their pupplies from it and are not depend
ent on the west. In truth , they are almost
independent of the range district. "
JUMPED TO HIS DEATH.
KANSAS CITT , Mo. , Aug. 11. The Tima
says : About 7 o'clock yesterday morning
John Powers , a wealthy cattleman , killed
himself by jumping from a fourth story win
dow of the St. James hotel. Mr. Powers ar
rived in the city Sunday and registered at the
St. James , giving his residence as Mobectia ,
Texas. He had been drinking heavily , and
at once placed himself under the care of a
physician. Monday afternoon he had re
covered " somewhat , but his physician or
dered him not to drink anything. Monday
night , it is said , Mr. Powers disobeyed his
physician , hired a hack and took In the
town. Yesterday morning he was in a bad
condition asain , and was locked in his room.
About 7:30 o'clock he called to a
chambermaid who was passing alone
to unlock the door. She did not do it ,
and a few minutes later a porter who was
standing in the basement area in the rear of
the hotel saw Mr. Porter climb out of his
window and attempt to grasp the waterspout
which ran within a few feet of the window.
He failed to catch the spout and fell to the
pavement a distance of sixty feet , striking on
his head and shoulder. He was dead when
picked up. His body was removed to Carlat's
undertaking rooms , where it was embalmed.
It will be shipped to Texas to-day.
Mr. Powers was estimated by those who
knew him in this citv to have been worth
from 5200,000 to $300,000. He had a wife
and family in Mobeetie.
OF A DIPLOMAT.
CITT OF MEXICO , Aug. 11. The public sen ra
timent here in regard to the Cuttings case Is
fctill aroused , owing largely to the threats of
war from the state of Texas. In an interview
to-day a European diplomat said : "The Uni
ted States and Mexico certainly should be A.
able to settle the case in dispute , even if they
have to resort to friendly arbitration. It is
certain that the state of Chihuahua has ai E
good a right to her peculiar code as has France ,
from which country she has taken her exam s ;
ple. It is not likely that the United States , IB id
a case of similar kind with France , would id3d
make a peremptory demand for the release of
3d
. The United '
her citizens. States' view of
this case will not be the view of European .ti
countries.FOUR TRA3IPS KILLED. frtl
Red Wing ( Minn. ) dispatch : Sheldon & tl
Co.'s elevator at Eggleston , eight miles tlni
from here , burned last night. The burning niai
debris fell upon a railroad track. A freight fro1
'
train was thrown from the track after the o1hi
hi
engine passed and catching fire seventeen hihi
cars loaded with merchandise , machinery tl <
and ties were burned. Of nine tramps in tlsi :
box cars four were burned to death , three Wi
seriously injured and two escaped unhurt. Win
The only name of one burned ascertained st
was B. W. Martin of Hlihois. The injured fei
are James Cummings , New York ; P.
Thompson , Chicago ; Adam Young. Ger
many. Loss on the elevator and contents
is § 3,500. Tin loss to the railroad is un
known. re
THE NEWS Uf BRIEF FOBX
Mary Carrier sues William Benson , a De
troit capitalist , for bastardy.
An Irish loyalist delegation is coming
over to explain their position.
Fowler Bros. , of Chicago , lost § 13,845 in
checks stolon from a messenger.
A-Fairchild , Wis. , Methodist church was
burned down by incendiaries.
Tho unionists aro charged with tho re-
ponsibility of tho Belfast riots.
Tho Irish Parliamentary Fund associa
tion has § 53,000 in a New York bank.
Tho Connecticut state democratic con
vention is booked for September 28th.
"Buffalo Bill" is likely to win his suit for
§ 15,000,000 worth of Cleveland propertj.
Six lumber , hard ware and furniture firms
Sailed in Boston. Combined liabilities ,
5500,000.
George Lester , of tho woll known minstrel
company , is charged by his wife with aban ]
donment.
Miss M. Cole , of Shenandoah , Ia. , jumped
between the cars of a movingtrain and was
killed. Insane.
An effort is being made to boost pine
lumber prices on tho strength of tho Wis
consin conflagrations.
T. D. Sullivan , M. P. , counsels tho Irish
to feed and clotho their families and pay
the landlords afterwards.
Ex-Governor John W. Stevenson , of Ken
tucky , died suddenly at his home in COY-
ington , Ky. , aged 78 years.
Zimmier , Herman & Co.'s brewery at
Woodstock. 111. , burned. Loss , § 70,000.
North Carolina republicans will do with
out a state convention this year.
Tho boiler of a thresher exploded near
Lake Mills , Wis. , and killed Anthony Klein
and his son , Joseph Lester and his boy and
Joseph Haas. Two others were fatally
scalded.
The state department has not received
Minister Jackson's resignation , but it is
learned from some outside source that
Minister Jackson has for some time bean
anxious to be relieved , as his family are
disinclined to remain in Mexico and he
does not wish to be separated from them.
THE ETIDENCE IS ALL IN.
The Defense Finish Tailing Testimony In
the Trial of the Anarchists.
In the anarchists' trial at Chicago on the
10th the defense called W. A. S. Graham , a
reporter for the Times. Witness inter
viewed Gilmer near the oflice of the chief ol
police in the city hall May 5. Graham
further testified that Gilmer told him that
tho man who threw the bomb also lit the
fuse , also that tlio man's back was turned
toward him , but he thought he wore whis
kers and that he was a man of medium
height. Gilmer also stated the man wore a
slouch hat. On cross examination Graham
said that Gilmer said that the man who
threw the bomb stood in Crane's alley at
10:55 p. m. Capt. Black announced that
the defense had concluded.
Judge Chester C. Cole , for eleven years a
member of the supreme bench of Iowa , tes
tified he had known Gilmer personally for
a long number of years and his reputation
was good. He said Gilmer had been at
his house a number of times. The
cross-examination only tended to con
firm the statement that Gilmer had
borne a good reputation. Edward R.
Mason , clerk of the United States
district court of Des Moines , Iowa , said
Gilmer had always borne a good reputa
tion. Ex-United States District Attorney
Tuthill , of this city , and a number of other
witnesses also testified that the reputation
of Gilmer for truth and veracity was good.
At four o'clock in the afternoon the state
closed its case. The defense had nothiuj
to offer in rebuttal and Ihocourtadjourned
until to-niorrow morning to allow counsel
time to arrange the course of their speeches.
The testimony at the close was devoted
wholly to two subjects evidence in rebut
tal to prove the good character of Gilmer.
an important witness for the state , and
that of ten or twelve police officers , whc
were present at the riot , who swore thej
had neither revolvers nor clubs in theii
hands before the bomb exploded , and saw
none in the hands of the other officers.
Among the witnesses who testified to the
good character of Gilmer were six or seven
residents of Des Moines , la. , among them
being ex-Governor Samuel Merrill and ex-
City Marshal George Christ. It is expected
the arguments of both sides , together with
the judge's charge to the jury , will occupy
nearly , if not quite , three days , and that
the jury will retire Friday night and possi
bly return their verdict Saturday morning.
THE HOMESTEAD LAW.
As affecting many settlers in Nebraska
and elsewhere , the following item will be of
interest , since it is now a law :
An act to protect homeste'ad settlers
nrithin railway limits , and for other pur
poses.
Be it enacted by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of
America in congress assembled , That all
homestead settlers on public lands within
the railway limits restricted to less than
sno hundred and sixty acres of land ,
ivho have heretofore made or here-
ifter make the additional entry
illowed either by the act approved March
thiid , eighteen hundred and seventy-
line , or the act approved , July first , eight-
Jen hundred and seventy-nine , after having
made final proof of settlement and cultiva
tion under the original entry , shall be en
titled to have the lands covered by the ad-
litional entry patented without any fur
ther cost or proof of settlement and culti-
ion.
Approved May 6 , 18SG.
A YOUTHFUL SLATER.
. Hoy Harries a. Woman Tii-enty Years His
Senior and Kills Her.
New Haven ( Conn. ) special : Robert in
Drakely , of Baltimore , 10 years old and
said to be worth § 50,000 , took up his res
idence in Woodbury , Litchfield county , six
mouths ago. Five weeks ago he married
Mrs. Warwick , of that place , who was
twenty j'ears his senior and was divorced
'rom her first husband
some years ago.
Hie marriage was considered strange by
the people of Woodbury , and they were is
lot surprised when it was seen that Drakely
md his wife lived unhappily together , with
requent quarrels. Last night , at 11
'clock , Drakely shot his wife through the
icart , killing her instantly. He then shot
liinself in the hand and foot , perhaps acci-
lentally. He gave himself up without re
sistance to officers whom he met as they
vere going to the house to arrest him. He
idmitted the killing , but would make no
itatements of his reasons and expressed no
eeline in the matter. a
Through the Influence of Prince Bismarck , a
German firm Is said to have obtained an eight-
rear monopoly of supplying rails for Japanese
oads. * p
FITE FIRST-CLASS WAR SHIPS.
For Whicli "Contracts are to 60 Let at a
Early Day.
Washington special : Tho secretary o
the navy will probably authorize to-mor
row tho publication of advertisements for
five new first-class ships of war. Four o
these ships were appropriated for at th
last session of congress , and the fifth is on
of tho new vessels provided for in tho bil
to increase tho navalestablishment , whicl
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became a la * last week. The bill includec
in its provisions one double-bottomed pro
tectcd cruiser of not less than 3,500 tons
Secretary Whitney had already determiuee
in his own mind to adopt for this vesse
the plans prepared by Mr. White , chief con
tractor of England , some time , ago for tho
Spanish government before he was appoint
ed to his present position. No vessel has
as yet been constructed from these plans
but tho vessel has been designated for some
time as "Number 27" by naval men and is
so known on both sides of the water. She
is to bo a twin screw vessel of 4,400 tons
and 315 feet in length. She will be heavily
armed and is expected to develop
a speed of nineteen knots an hour and to
be tho fastest cruiser in tho world. Secre
tary Whitney has determined nottowaH
longer in tho experimental stage of nava1
construction and to take the very latest
and best ideas that ho could obtain
abroad. The copy of tho Nnniwaskan ,
which is to bebuilt as ono of tho other four
vessels , will follow exactly tho plans fur
nished by Armstrong & Co. , and is ex
pected to develop a speed of eighteen knots.
The plans for the other three are as follows :
One , a 4,000-ton ship ; one , a 1,700-ton
ship , and ono an 870-ton gunboat. They
were prepared at tho navy department ,
and all five vessels are to be built of stee
and to bo armed with a full complement
of steel breech-loading heavy guns and
light machine guns. Tho other vessels.
authorized in the bill , that has just become
a law , will not be contracted for until the
plans shall have been prepared , and this
may occupy several months. There are
also to be one torpedo boat , a dynamite-
gun cruiser , and two armored cruisers of
large tonnage. They will all doubtless bo
contracted for within tho coining year ,
When they are completed we shalll have
substantially a new navy and they ought
to be ready within three years. The Atlan
tic , which is just having her steam trials at
New York may be considered the first of a
fleet of eighteen new vessels counting in the
five double barreled monitors which are
now to be completed at last.
NOW FOR THE OTHER SIDE.
The Prosecution in the Case of the AnarcJiista
Through With Testimony.
In the trial of the anarchists at Chicago ,
on the morning of the 31st , the court room
was crowded as usual. The first part ol
the session was taken up in the reading of
articles in the Arbeitcr-Zeitung , which ap
peared before the massacre , urging working-
men to arm themselves and advocating the
use of dynamite. The , issue of April 2 re
ferred to the street car strikes in New York
and Brooklyn , in which it was stated that
the month of May mightbring about many
things undreamed of that day , and the
workingmen were called to buy arms as tho
1st of May was coming. April 27said that
police and soldiers must be met with armies
of workingmen , and vdioevor of theso had
not money to buy arms were called upon
to sell their watches and chains and buy
them. The issue of April 30 spoke of the
secret orders the police had received for the
trouble expected on the following Satur
day. May 1 called on comrades to destroy
all rolls of membership and minute books ,
and to clean their breech-loaders and arm
themselves.
There was lots of other matter of this
kind read , after which Detective Bonfield
was recalled. He had searched the Ar-
beiter Zeitung office and found a number of
banners. These banners were brought into
court and placed in evidence. Most of
them were red. The mottoes wore peculiar
and the witness read them off. When
called upon tlie witness testified that he
found the banners in the Arbeiter Zeitung
building in the small room that was used
as a library. The prosecution then rested.
Captain Black and the other attorneys
for the defense said they would like tha
court to instruct the jury to bring in a ver
dict of not guilty in regard to Oscar Neebe.
There was no rase against Neebe , and noth
ing in the evidence to show that he nas in
anyway connected with the massacre on
Haymarket square May 4.
The judge , after listening to the counsel
for some time , said he was not inclined to
interfere in the case at all.
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Mr. Solomon then made the opening
statement for the defense. He presented
his case in a clear and concise form. He
claimed that the defendants were not on
trial for being socialists or anarchists.
They simply belonged to an organization
which was opposed to the existing laws of
society. They w ere charged with the mur
der of Officer Dugan , but tho throwing of
the bomb was not contemplated by them >
and they could not be held liable as con
spirators. On this principle it might bo :
held that they wero accessories to tho man
who threw the bomb. If this principle
could not be proven they could not be held
as accessories. Mr. Solomon said they ex
pected to prove that FiMrlen fired no shots
and never owned a pirto , that Neebe wns
was in no way concerned , that Spies
did not fire the fuse , that Gil-
mar lied' and that Lingg was at
home on the night of May 4. They also
proposed , he said , to show that Engel was
at home on that night , and that none of
the defendants knew anything about bomb
throwing. The ' meeting at Haymarket
square was a'peaceable one and was held ti ;
under the right of American citizens to dis
cuss topics of the day. The police went
there with an express purpose of killing
some of those men. The defense expects to
show that the bomb thrower was a crank
and was not acting under the advice of the
lief end tmts. ,
THE DIAZ REGI3IE UNPOPULAR.hl
A correspondent at Brownville. Texas , ? : *
says in an interview : Gen. Ignacis Marti tc :
nez , director of the El Mundo , a revolu tl :
tionary organ published here , said there ia tl ;
much dissatisfaction in Mexico , especially
Nuevo Leon and other border states , . OI
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and he expects that within two months the
country will be up in arms against Diaz , as
everyday his government grows more un
popular with the masses , and at an early
day there must be a new regime in Mexico.
Private advices from the country state
thatrevolutionistshave captured and hold
Morelas. A dispatcli also says that a
prominent lawyer from the City of Mexico
in Brownsville to secure extradition ol
Martinez , in view of the attitude of the
United States ia the Cutting affair , and
Martinez cxprebses the. opinion that he
may succeed.
JCV THE WAT OF SPARKS.
General Sparks , the commissioner'of the
general land office , has recommended the
dismissal of Mr. Seth W. Clark , the re
corder of the land office. As Mr. Clark is Pi
Pib
presidential appointment the recommen sy ;
dation will be referred' to the president. tlci
The salary of the office is § 2,000. Mr. ci
Clark has been in the office for the' past cia
twenty-one years and has held his present BC
position since 1876.
TILDEX'S REXAiyS LAID A WAT.
President Cleveland and Other Notables in
Attendance at the Funeral.
Yonkera ( N. Y. ) dispatch : Tho sorrow
that has shrouded the city for three days
reached a clinrax to-day. Grief wus marked
on every hand. Public buildings wero
closed and badges of mourning were dis
played on house fronts. Early trains
poured hundreds of notable citizens into
the town , and all bent their steps in onot
direction to pay tha last honors to ono
who had been high among thorn. Residents
joined in tho pilgrimage and the host of
mourners that found its way to Greystono
filled to overflowing tho ample mansion of
the late statesman , Samuel J. Tilden.
Long before tho funeral servico began tho
casket that was to contain Mr. Tilden's
body reached the house. It is madein two
parts ; tho interior is of copper , with a
glass door its entirelength. Tho interior is
decorated with white tufted satin. The
outer part is of red Spanish cedar and is
plainlv r.'jamented with oxidized silver.
The pl&te is of that material and bears
simply the name "Samuel .1. Tilden. "
At 8:30 the public were first admitted to
the mansion. The remains were placed on
a catafalque situated in tho centre of tho
bluo room. The drapery of the catafalque
was black crape and cashmere. Meantime
friends of the family began to arrive. The
firat train irom Now York to bring any
number arrived at 7:15. From that time
people came by the scores. Among the first
to arrive at the house were Gen. Alexander
Hamilton , Charles A. Dana , William H.
Barnum , Samuel J.Randall , Treasurer Jor
dan and ox-Collector Murphy. Andrew H.
Green received all and ushered them into
the parlor. When tho people generally wero
admitted to view the remains they entered
the east door , passed through tho first par
lor on the right to the blue room and
thence through the hall to the west or rear
entrance. A bouquet of calla lilies and
white roses lay near the head of the casket
and at the foot was placed a wreath of
palm with smilax and Victoria regina. All
bhe flowers came from Mr. Tilden's hot
liouses. The last named was from a plant
of which there are bat threo in America.
By 9 o'clock several hundred persons had
viewed the remains. The pall-bearers wero
Samuel J. Randall , John Bigelow , Daniel
Manning , Smith , M. Weed , Dr. George L.
Miller , William Allen Butler , Daniel Magone ,
T. B. Trevor , Dr. Charles E. Simmons , and
Aaron J. Vanderpoel.
The funeral train left Yonkers at 11:15.
At nil the stations along the railroad
crowds assembled to witness its passage.
As the train drew near various places the
men raised their hats and remained uncov
ered until the train passed by tiie station.
At New Lebanon it was heavily draped.
[ t wns precisely 3:45 p. in. when the train
rolled up to the station. Nearly all tho
citizens turned out to pay homage to the
listinuuished dead. Around the station
; he people gathered in large numbers and
vwaitcd with solemn demeanor the re-
noval of the remains to the little Congre-
gationalist church opposite the old Tilden
lomestcad. Business was almost wholly
leylected. A deathlike stillness prevailed
vhile the bier wasbeing carried to tho plain
icarse in waiting. Conveyances were also
n waiting for relatives and friends. In a
ew minutes after the arrival of the body
: he cortege was on its way to the church.
Vt church the Rev. Mr. Burrell , the pastor ,
assisted by the Rev. W. J. Tucker , officiated.
4fter the .services the remains were allowed
; o lie in state for ono hour and.
ill who wished to view tho remains were
illoxved to do so. Fully 5,000 people took
i last look at their distinguished fellow-
citizen. The casket was then closed and
arried to the hearse , and the mournful
> rocession moved off toward the village
[ raveyartl , about a quarter of a mile be-
ond the village. When the procession
cached the grave it was just 5:40. Mern-
> ers of the family assembled at the head of
, he grave , and with tear-bedimmed eyes
azed upon the casket , as the Rev. Mr.
Jurrell offered a prayer. Twenty minutes
ater the casket was lowered into the grave ,
'he marble slab was then placed over the
omb and the family sadly retraced their
tens. The villagers who had crowded
round the grave then drew nearer , and
fter glancing at the place in which the re-
lains reposed , sorrow fully dispersed. This
nded the sad rite over all that was mortal
f him whom New York is proud to claim
sone of the most distinguished of hersons.
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AS TO THAT 3TAX CUTTING.
Tie is Still Held in lUvxico , Vut an Amicii'tle
Settlement is Expected.
El Paso ( Tex. ) special : Excitement here
ver the Cutting case has received : i quietus
y the absence of any war news from Wash-
igton or the City of Mexico. Things have w
bout resumed their nominal condition
nd none of the noisy crowds and sidewalk P
atherings that characterized the past few w
ays , at which the wildest possible rumors
vere seriously discussed , took place , and s
xcept for the extra policemen which have
een put on by the city council to prevent
ny rash outbreak El Paso was like herself
for thefirst time since the
o-day impriso-1-
ment of Cutting.
On the other side of the river the same
; ate of tranquility prevails. However , in
pile of all these indications of peace , it is "
vident that people here do not trust too
inch to appearance , as It is generally ad-
nitted that only by a miracle can war be
ivoided , though it may take some time he-
ore tho end of peace is reached , in cpnse-
pjenco of which the company o' ' minute
ncn has organized itself in the use of the
epeating rifle with which it has been
irmed , and a great many citizens are get-
ing things in shape for a hasty move.
Business which was being seriously affect
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ion. Cutting has apparently been effected
jy this general peacefulnefes and is quietly
vwaiting developments in his cell in the
Paso del Norte jail. Judge Zubia , before
vhom Cutting was tried , left this evening
in the Mexican Central train for Chihua-
ma , it is supposed to assist the supreme
ourt in examining the papers and in view- ;
ng the Cutting case which conies before it
o-morrow. It is positively known that
he judge was summoned to Chihuahua by
he governor of the state.
The report that SOO Mexican troops wero re
the way to Paso del Norto turns out to re
e an unfounded rumor. ;
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LORD CHURCHILL'S IRISH DILL. bi
Dublin dispatch : The Irish Time" , con lo
servative , states that it is reliably in- tl :
iormed that Lord Randolph Churchill is w
sngaged in drafting a bill intended to solve se
the Irish problem. The full text of the
CI :
bill , the paper says , will not be completed CIbi
before next February. "But , " adds the bi
paper , "so far as it has gone it has been biw
submitted so the marquis of Salisbury , the w
marquis of Hartington and others , and is
jroad enough to satisfy all moderate Irish- tt ;
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A PRESENT TO THE SPEAKEU. se
As a recognition of the courtesy and im ll )
partial and uniform consideration snown
Speaker Carlisle toward the minority of ai
the house , a number of prominent republifcc ;
an representatives united in purchasing a ]
n cost of about § GOO an elegant tablo 01
jervice , which waa then presented to tho
speaker. tl ;
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THE EXPECTED YIELD OF COBX.
Littlo Improvement Oeer the Situation
Since the Last Report.
It its weekly report on tho condition of
the corn of the west tho Cincinnati Price-
Current says : "A portion of tho corn-bolt
has had beneficial rains the past week , and
the position of tho crop as a whole is but
little if any less promising than a week ago.
In some of the northern counties of Ohio
the crop is quite backward , and has suffered
from dry weather ; rains in various locali
ties havo given roliof during tho week ; other
portions of tho state generally promising
well. Recent rains in Indiana havo been
helpful , and although tho average condition
of tho crop is not high , it is little below an
average. In Illinois tho situation has not
improved during the week , excepting in lim
ited areas , and thegenernl position is poor ,
indicating that an approach to an average
crop cannot bo reached under any circum
stances. In Iowa no important relief has
been given by rains during tho week , al
though reported from various portions of
the state , and the general situation is much
less favorable than a week ago. The crop
cannot be considered as capable of exceed
ing three-fourths of an average production
for the state , and without an important
change in the near future the outcome will
be even less favorable. Some further rains
have fallen in Mi.ssonri , giving needed relief ,
and a portion of the state will yield well ,
but an average production can hardly bo
realized. R ceut rains in Kansas havo
greatly improved the condition of corn ,
and a fair yield is now expected in a con
siderable portion of the state , but theaver-
age may be regarded as not promising over
threo-fourths of a good yield. In Nebraska
rains have been less general , and the crop
is seriously impaired , so that the outlook
is not for more than three-fourths of an
average pi txJuction at best : Michigan and
Kentucky afford a fair promise , and Ten-
nes.see is poor. The promise of corn as a
whole justifies an expectation of 1,500-
000,000 to 1,600,000,000 bushels. "
A FAIR FIELD OF CORM
Tlie Drought Has Not Done as Much Damage
as at First Supposed.
Tho Chicago Times publishes a very full
report of the corn situation , covering the
states of Illinois , Kansas , Iowa , Missouri ,
Nebraska , Ohio , Indiana , Michigan , Wis-J
consin , Dakota , Tennessee and Kentucky.
Tho report brings out these facts : That
up to the fourth day of July the general
corn prospect of the country east of the
Missouri wero exceptionably good. West
of that river the corn situation , compris
ing the states of Kansas and Nebraska ,
had been reduced more or less by dry
weather. The corn season so far had been
a very peculiar one , starting out , as it did ,
under the most favorable circumstances
the month of June dry and cool , with just
enough moisture to keep corn growing and
put fields in condition for uninterrupted
cultivation until July 1. But ever since
that date the corn crop has been subjected ,
with the exception of some limited areas in
Ohio and Indiana , to such extremes of dry
weather and heat the general prospects to
day point to a crop reduced in quantity
and quality.
Rains during the last ten days have been
copious in Kansas and Nebraska and a
farther reduction to thecrop-from drought
has been stopped , but the season is now so
far advanced that no amount of rain can
bring the corn crop up to the condition of
July 1 , 1SSG , and frosts before the second
week in September would cause inoic than
the usual destruction to the crop.
Intimately connected to the corn crop is
the grass crop and tho Times report shows
that tho crop was a fair one in many local
ities but as a whole a little below the yield
of the grass crop of 1855. Grass was
pecured in exceptionally fine condition.
The quality of the hay this season is un
surpassed.
The oat crop , owing to the corn and pas
turage situation , has not and will not
move very freely under existing circum
stances.
The report also brings out the fact that
the winter wheat crop in quality is excel
lent , threshing out a little better than was
expected before the harvest. Tho move
ment from the threshing machines nex'cr
was so large as it has been during the last
forty days , and a much larger percentage
of the crop than usual will have been mar
keted before the opening of 18S7. r
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THE RAPIDS.
Another Barrcl-Jioat Successfully SJcims
Niagara's Whirlpool.
Buffalo ( N. Y. ) dispatch : The turbulent
waters of the Niagara whirlpool rapids
were again navigated in a casket to-day ,
the perilous feat being successfully accom
plished by two men. The daring voyagers
were William Potts and Georxe Hazlitt ,
two coopers , who are em ployed in the samo
shop with Graham , who made the initial
trip three weck.s ago. The barrel-boat was
ten feet long , conical in form , built of the
best locust staves and was supplied with a
hteel rudder , bcrew wheel and turret with
plascovered peepholes. About three hun
dred pounds of sand ballast kept it right
right side up most of the time. The two
men lay back to back while passing the
more turbulent waters clinging to handles
made fast to the sides of the cask. Each
man likewise kept on his own side of the
cask by means of a canvas sling made fast
to staples.
The start was mntle from the Maid of tho
Mist landing on the Canada side at 4:25 p. n
m. A rowboat towed the cask to a point
just above the cantilver bridge where itwas .
Lurned adrift in middle stream. The craft
tvas submerged about half the time while diP
riassiiig through the rapids , but while cir- P <
umscribing the outer circle of the whirl- di
Tool its occupants thrust their heads secc
through the opening and Potts calmly cc
smoked a cigar. A successful landing was <
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made nt Queenstown , on the Canadian side , scA
live miles from thestnrtingplace. Thevoy- A
ige occupied fifty-five minutes. The feat ui
vas witnessed by no less than 13,000 spec- si
ators. siSI
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COIlIi AGAIX Z.V TROUBLE. tlul
Chicago dispatch : Congressman Cobb of ulr
Indiana , prominent at tins time from his r-
recent fisticulf with Janice Laird , the rep-
esentative from Nebraskaabout the 10th til
nst. Ilis call to the city came about in Cl
is wise : His wife and daughter have
jeen in Chicago for the last six weeks. They
edged in the home of Dr. Mine. Fenney , nt
he corner of Oak and North Clark streets ,
vhere Miss Cobb , who is the victim of some
severe nervous disorder , underwent treat-
nent at tho hands of the woman physi-
ian. Several weeks passedind no note
vas made of the fact that the items of
joard , lodging and medical attendance v
vere running up to a good score until
vithin a day or tx\o , when Mrs. Cobb sud-
lenly announced her intention to remove
the home of friends at No. 154 La Salle
ivenue. Dr. Penney then presented her
rill , but Mrs. Cobb was not prepared to
lettle , whereupon restraint was laid upon
ler baggage. The congressman's wife at
jnce repaired to Justice Kersten's court Df
vhere , with the assistance of a constable ,
ind a , writ of replevin , she obtained power i
remove her luggage. Dr. Miller qualified
ipou the bond of Mrs.Cobb to the amount
§ 4,000. The case was set for the 16th (
nst. , and Mrs. Cobb wired her husband
he facts.
THE A"arr s WAR STRENGTH.
New York special : Commodore Chandler ,
of the navy yard , takes a happy view of
tho probability of a naval or military con
flict between the United States and Mexico.
When questioned by-a reporter ho pleaded
ignorance of preparations being mndo to
ship ammunition from this city to Sun An
tonio , Texas. If it is true , ho remarked ,
that a number of gun carriages is to bo for
warded to-morrow , I know nothing of it. I
do not attach any importance to tho ship
ment , for it is a frequent occurrence. Tha
report that nrms are to bo shipped from
Rock Island , I feel certain is untrue. There
is neither cannon nor ammunition there.
We fell easy over hero on tho possibility ol
war with Mexico. It would be a one-sided
combat and no honors or credit could be
claimed by this country. We aro a triflo
too largo for them and I dare say they
know it. "
"In tho event of war is this country pre
pared ? "
"
"Decidedly. Within a fortnight alter tho
declaration of war wo could havo at least n
dozen war ships in the harbor of Yen Crui
and a good sized ilotilla about tho Gulf ol
Mexico. The North Atlantic squadron ia
within easy cnll. Tho lleet is composed of
the flagship Tennessee , first rate ; Brook
lyn , second rate ; and Twatnrn , Alliance ,
Galena and Yantic , of the third class. Then
we have at the yard here tho Powhattan ,
Enterprise , Mystic and tho now Atlanta.
All of these can be gotten in readiness at
short notice. The new cruiser Boston ,
building at Chester , could , in an cmenjency ,
be ordered to sea in a mouth's time.
wASHKfGToy GOSSIP.
Tho receipts of the governments sinca
July 1 have nearly been § 4,000,000 in ex
cess of tho receipts during the saino period
of last year. Tho increase was about
§ 2,000,000 from customs and about
§ 1,800,000 from internal revenue. Theso
figures are said to be indicative of tho good
atate of business throughout the country.
The commissioner of tho general land
office has approved forpatent about 3.GOO
pre-emption and commuted homestead en
tries , 2,000 of which were in the Fargo ,
Dak. , land district. Sincelast January tho
board of review of the general land office
has examined and disposed of over 14,000
cases.
M. Domingo Gana , tho newChilian minis
ter , accompanied by M. Manuel Frcire , the
new secretary of the Chilian legation , waa
presented to the president by the secretary
of war at the cabinet meeting on the 12th.
Tho minister was in full court costume.
Maj. S. W. Clark , whoso removal as re
corder of the general land office was recom
mended by Commissioner Sparks , has been
suspended by the president
A 7JT.VT AT BLOODSHED.
E ! Paso ( Tex. ) special : Excitement over
the Cutting imbroglio is much intensified
to-day. Humors of every kind are heard
but upon investigation prove to bo false.
A passenger on tho train from Chihuahua
city this morning says that it is known
positively that Gov. Maceyra has ordered
the Paso del Norto authorities in case of
attack from Texas to cut off the prisoner's
head and deliver it to tho Americans. Tha
statement is given for what it is worth.
Eight hundred Mexican troops are said to
have left Ligos : for Paso del Norte Sunday
night. It is asserted that a second demand
has been made that American officials bo
notified to leave Mexico. Largo crowds
gather at every street corner and the ar
rival of a company of the Tenth United
St.Uei infantry at Ft. Bliss which was as
signed here two months ago has caused B ,
rumor to the effect that eight car loads of
United States soldiers were on the spot.
The bad etfr-ct of these difficulties upon
business is at last becoming very apparent ,
and everything .looks like war from a Mexi
can standpoint ! They have just called Cut
ting before the court in Paso del Norte , and
Consul Brigham is in attendance.
sc7rnro/j GENERAL OF UTAH.
Salt Lake special : A , pelition signed by
men who represent 5115,000,000 was for
warded from here to-night , asking the pres
ident to reappoint Mr. Dement surveyor
general. If the appointment is not con
sistent the petition asks that Dement bo
continued for the present in office. Tho
petition is predicated on the masterly abil
ity displayed by Mi. Dement in the man-
nzemcnt of his office and because of tho
business now pending in said office. Tho
gentiles are indignant that congress has
stricken out the appropriation to reim
burse District Attorney Dickson for the
money he advanced to carry on the office.
Through such advance Dickson was able to
collect in forfeited bonds anil to pay into
the treasury § 25,000 on Cannon's bonds.
HURRICANE IN FltJNCE.
NANCT , Aug. 11. A hurricane swept over
this town to-day , doing immense damage.
The wind swept the vines , uprooted trees and
leveled houses. One soldier was killed and
many "persons Injured.
.Kailroiia 1'romotions.
Several important changes anil promotions
connection with'the management of theC. ,
1.1. fc P. Eailro.nl have been announced. On
.he 13th inst. Mr. E. St. John entered upon the
luties of Assistant General Manager , to which
position he had recently been appointed. This
leserved promotion is "in the line of faithful
ierviee since 1803 , when Mr. St John became
ronnccted with the general ticket and passen
ger department of the road , comingup through
several grades until January 1,1S70 , when he
vas appointed General Passenger asd Ticket
\gent , which position lie continued to hold-
mtil appointed to the hhjlt and responsible po ,
iition upon which he has just entered. Mr.
. John has thousands of friends in Iowa and
.hroughout the west who will join in congrat-
ilating him. E. A. Ilolurook , late Assistant
Jcneml Ticket and Passenger Agent , has been
xomoted to the position ol Chief of that de-
mtraent , being now General Ticket and Pas-
ienger Agent and succeeding Mr. St. John In
.hat position. George If. Smith , who waa
Jiief cierk in the general oflice. has been pro-
noted to Assistant General Ticket and PiS-
ongcr Agent.
Advice to Spring Poets.
Caricaturists seem to be an exception in the
jperation of the great economiaal law of sup
ply and demand , for the demand for them la
nuch greater than the supply. There is not
man in the country capable of drawing a
Irst-class caricature but is under a long en-
jasement at a salarv which makes other Dranv
irorker's writhe with euvy. Th : Nast gets
510,000 a year from the Harper's , and works
ivhen he pleases. Keppler and Schwarzman
ire becoming millionaires from their profits of
their ownership of Puck , and Gillam , Zim-
nerman and Hamilton are doing almost as
irell with the Judge. After numerous trials
French caricaturists the New York Ttle-
jram at last secured Baron de Grimm , who Is
success , and whom it pays § 10,000 a year.
Matt Morgan is nnder contract at § 15,000 a
pear to paint battle pictures. It would seem
vise for some gentlemen who are starving as
Spring poets to try what they can do with th
pencil. National Tribune.