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BjV " * . i ui i ii i ' * 'V , i I il'i IJfftW Wll1lllll1ll lll ill It UmAlFMm ItCWfF H P * SEJiTATIEf I * * ! ttvjt * of I'rezt + diitfjt In. tint 3nut4 and mf IIuum if KciirtiHHtatlvf * . Mf Howje. In the house on tho 25th ' m\ \ tue senate bill was pasted amendatory B | ol tke set authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi river K = * StLouis. . 3Ir Itogcrs of Arkansas , ( . CrontUbe cotntnitteo on. judiciary , re- Kf ' ported a resolution which was adopted , B. * * * * a substitute for the oae offered by Bf Mr. Dubois of Idaho , calling oa tho at- mi iorney general for information as to tho uaib r of convictions that had been B Mtad © for tke offenses of tiolygamy , B' * -adultery aad unlawful cohabitation in Bf Utah aad Idaho , and as to the noraber B- -of pardons granted to the persons coui K dieted. A resolution to go into com- B -aaittee of the whole on the deficiency m * appropriation bill disclosed the fact that m [ "there was no quorum present Mr. Bl Payson of Illinois offered a resolution B revoking all leaves of absence except B | tho&e granted for illness , to take effect B Monday. Mr. I'ayson , in supporting B the resolution , severely arraigned the W absentees for dereliction of duty. His B remarks were htrongly seconded by Mr. B& Blount of Georgia , who referred to the B important business which remained for B -congress to transact. Bl Senate. The committee on public B ( Ihh.Ih reported bock senate bill to forfeit i > land * granted the state of Michigan to V * i < l it the construction of a railroad from jh M z { M tte to Qntonagon , and Plumb I gtt * notice that , in a few * days , he Avould I ask the senate to take it up for considerj 1 hU * a. The resolution heretofore offered I \r \ Stewart , calling for copies of reports , B' HJStUTifeand communications oa which I" tin * < - fc i iKsioner general of the land I -oHf baaed his letter to Burns on the II - * bjt-rt of timber depredations , was then 1' take * up. The following bill was re- * l- lH rted from the committee and placed 1 ' on the ealendart Senate bill authorizing -citizens of Colorado , Nevada and the f territories to remove timber frpm the I public domain for mining and domestio purposes. \ Hocae. Under the call of states a -number of bilb and resolutions were in- I\ { tr d ced. Messrs. Hovey and Matson , -rivul camlidates for governor of Indiana , -were granted leave of absence amid | much good-natured railery. The house i "thon went into committee of the whole -on the deficiency appropriation bilL The decision of the chair ruling out of t the bill the French spoliation claims 9 was sustained by a vote of 108 to 59 , and ihe provision was eliminated. After * speech by Vost , of Virginia , scoring * democrats for defeating the Blair edu- , f v rational bill , the deficiency appropria- w iiou bill wns rei > orted back to the house t- with certain amendments. The house * 'hen i > Hwd the bill without the spoila- | * L lion claims section. % f Hotse. In tho house on the 2Sth , B 3Ir Holmnn of Indiana introduced arcs- ; H -olHtion to suspend all laws touching the If disposal of public lands except the home- In stead law. Referred. Monday's record W * % in the Bynum-Cannon controversy was \J corrected in accordance with the notes IK of the official stenographers. The house jy then went into committee of the whole Hv on the Oklahoma bill. Mr. Payson of W Illinois took the floor in support of his 11 amendment requiring that land thrown I open to settlement shall be disposed of We by homestead entry , and not sold bypre- li eruption , as proposed by the bill , so as If to secure enongh money for the satisfac- tion of the Indians for bonds relin- WL -qnished. I * Sesate. In the senate on the 2Sth w\ ihe resolution offered by Mr. Hoar last Wf Friday , calling on the president for all correspondence between the United States and Great Britain in regard to the fisheries troubles , together with the I amendment offered by Mr. Edmunds , I was agreed to. The senate then pro- * . ceetlgd to a consideration of the confer- ence report on the sundry civil appro- 5 priation bilL and was addressed , at i length by Mr. Allison. In the closing \ portion of Iiis speech he stated that the ' total appropriation for the current fiscal 3ear , not including what are called * * * I > eriBanent appropriations , " would amount to 6300,000,000 ; that including permanent appropriations they would amount to $421,000,000 , and that the es- ) timated revenue would be § 440,000,000 , , or only $19,000,000 more than the ex- ! penditnres. Both the receipts and ex- | penditnres of the postoffice department j , . -are included. Senate. In the senate on the 29th ; consideration was resumed of the con- t ference report on the sundry civil bill , ,1 "The questiou of appropriations for pub- j lie buildiugs was again taken up and • discussed. Gorman addressed the sen ate in reply to the speech of Allison [ ' -and other republican senators , in which t the administration was charged with the * "too lavish expenditure of public moneys. I Gorman took issue with tho Iowa sena- tor. and then entered into a wholesale i -defence of the administration. He i -closed by saying that the speech of Aliij . ' son showed" degree of partisanship which he trusted his friend from Iowa would regret and nevojr repeat. After further debate George assented to a re- ' quest of Allison to have a vote taken on the sundry civil appropriation bill , and f the report was agreed to. Allison then i asked for a further conference , and Al- r lison , Hale and Beck were appointed , -conferees. House. In the house on the 29th , Forney , of Alabama , asked unanimous - consent to introduce for immediate con- , sideration , a joint resolution to provide . temporarilyuntil September 15) , for the expenditures of the government. He explained that all the appropriation bills had passed , with the exception of the army and sundry civil bills , and that the resolution only applied to those two ob- ' " jeets. Passed. "The house then resumed , ir- in the committee of the whole , and in 1 ' • consideration of the morning hoar , the bill for printing government securities in the highest style of the art. After [ some unimportant amendments it was * passed. f Sen-ate. In the senate on the 31st the house joint resolution to extend un- til September 15 , the joint resolution of Juh * 31 , to provide temporarily for the jxpenses of the government , was re- > ortedand passed. The resolution of fered by Cullum concerning transit in ooud without the pa3ment of duty of jroods from Canada contrary to law was considered and after short debate went jver. The senate then resumed consid eration of the fortifications bill , and after one amendment had been adopted the oill was passed. The house joint reso lution to authorize the secretary o the interior to certify lands in the state of i j llansas for the benefit of asriculture and ; L.mechanical arts was passed. t House. In the house on the 31st the bill granting a pension of $3,500 per an num to the widow of the late General i Phil H. Sheridan was considered , i ( ; Cheadle , of Indiana , objected , and ] 1 raised the point of no quorum ; but he ] ' was willing that it should be made the special order for some day when there should be a full house. Mr. Bingham then asked that the bill be made a spe- ' I end order for to-morrow , but to this ' ' • Kilgore , of Texas , objected , declaring ' - ' frankly that his purpose was to defeat • ' the bilL Bingham thereupon withdrew t the bill , and it was allowed to retain its 1 place on. the * calendar. 1 mi Ilotfss. TIjo house on tho 30th after rontino business went into cotnmittco of ] tho whole on tho Oklahoma bill. An amendment ' was offered by Mr. Ander son ' of Iowa , providing that honorably ! discharged soldiers and sailors of the late war shall bo permitted to enter lands ; in tho proposed territory without payment ; of tho purchase prico provided for : by the bill. After some timo had been spent in securing a quorum the amendment i was rejected by a vote of 72 to 92. Mr. Springer of Illinois , as a privileged ] question , offered a resolution directing < the sergeant-at-arms to tel egraph < the absent members that their presence 1 is required immediately in or der ' that public business may be tran- i acted. Mr. Cannon of Illinois doubted the < efficiency of a telegram. If the ut terance 1 of a leader in the house ( Mills ) , made : in Chicago recently , that the Brit ish i lion was to be taken by tho snout , would not bring the members back , why would a single telegram do ? Tho resolution wns ruled out of order , and the 1 house adjourned. Senate. In the senate on the. 30th consideration ' was had of tho president's' retaliation i messago , after which was taken | up tho fortification bill with amendments recommended by tho com mittee , on appropriations. Mr. Cullom offered < a resolution , which was laid ovsr < , directing tho secretaiy of the treasury ' to inform tho senate whether transit ! in bond over or across the United States ( without payment of duty ) of ( goods , wares , and merchandiBo com ing j from Canada had been permitted fiince ( July 1 , 1885 , when article 25 , of . the | treaty of Washington , and section 3 of tho act of March 1 , 1873 , are said to j havo ceased to be in force ; if so , to what extent and by , what authority of law. j LIVELY TIMES AT AN INDIAN POVV-WOW. Home of the Influential Jted Men Don't Want to Styn. A Crow Creek ( Dak. ) special says The council yesterday evening was an exciting one , and finally resulted in se curing nearly ono hundred signatures. The council was called at a Into hour , and Chief White Ghost was tho first speaker. He dodged the real question and devoted some time to old questions and old complaints. He was followed by several other chiefs , who followed the lead of White Ghost. Judge Wright then made an eloquent appeal to the Indians to take advantage of this act and secure an undisputed ti tle to the land. The Indians had made a request that a large number of Indians at Standing Bock be moved upon this reservation , but when the question oi signing was raised they at once set up the plea that they had no land to sell : that they needed it for the rising gener ations. Judge Wright.asked why they * wanted these people to come down here if they were short of land , and said it looked : is though the Indians were not playing an open game. Major Anderson informed the Indians that the time for signing had arrived , as a number were anxious to sign and re turn to their homes , and he could no longer hold them back. White Ghost sprang to his feet and declared that he was not ready to sign , and would not do so. He was followed by a number of other chiefs , who made similar declarations. The real sensa tion of the day came when Bowed Head sprang into the circle and delivered the following urgent appeal to the Indians : "I am on a different path from some of the rest of you. I am not one of the chiefs sitting there , but I am a member of the tribune , and I want to make a lead for the children. I am not a bit afraid j of you because j'ou are men. The only man I am afraid of is God , in whom I believe. While on this earth if there : is any salvation to save souls I want to save the young generations of this ' tribe. You chiefs have spoken of our ' forefathers and their graves upon J the hill , and what did they do for us ? They left behind an old camp fire , where even now grass does not grow , and ' old buffalo bones are all that we can ! see on the prairie. That is all that is ' left of their work. Young men , do yon : wish 3our children to go in this way ? You chiefs , my brothers , mj * cousins ( , my relatives , I say jou have j merry yonng people who are beginning life and have no propert3 * to start with. Come forward , you chiefs , and set us an example. We are waiting for you be cause ( you are chiefs , but if j'ou do not come i forward we will go forward re gardless { of you. " . A young Indian by the name of Wil liams said that in the presence of older men he uncovered his head. He then made the most telling and effective speech that has j-et been delivered by the j Indians , calling on the Indians that if . they loved their children and wished them to become educated and made prosperous J and happy to come forward and sign tho paper , and then walked bravclj j * up to the table , and , regardless of threats , placed his name upon the bill. At this action tho entire mass of Indians sprang to their feet and for a J moment a fearful silence prevailed. Then the friends of the bill , including two j chiefs , gathered about the table , and . their opponents seeing the folly of interference ' , quietly withdrew from the council. ' About sixty names were enrolled at the | council and about thirty more later on i at the rooms of the commissioners. The Yellow Fever at Jacksonville. A special from Jacksonville , Fla. , says : The situation to-day is not only nobetter , but worse. The great jump in the number of new cases caused dismay among the people left in town , and the trains out were crowded from 10 to 2 o'clock. Health certificates are now issued daily by the board of health. It has been decided here by the auxilia ry association to try to get the people to move out to a camp so as to depopulate the place more , and by this means en- deavor to check the fever's course. The poor who are unable to go will be assist ed , and every effort made to get rid of a large number of the people. Xew cases lo-day spring up right and left , and the prospects are good for an increase in the Dumber of cases to-night. Thirteen cases were reported up to noon , with three deaths. This rapid increase helps on the exodus , and will carry out 1,500 people this week. All that possibly can be done has been done already upon the Grand Union hotel and adjoining prem ises , but the infection still appears to crop ' out in that neighborhood with alarming frequencynnd violence. One ( gratifying feature of the situation is the mild fonn of many of the new cases. ; There are striking exceptions to this rule , however. A Jackson , Miss. , special says an or- ! der from the state board of health for- bidding entrance to the state without a health officer's certificate was to-day ap- ' proved by the governor and was issued. ( i AYhfle a party of young people wer j returning homo from a picnic on the I Chicago & Northwestern tracks they were caught high trestle on a near • > Zanesville , Wis. , by a freight train and < Miss Maggie Punzle , ageCQ years , wai < knocked from the tres'le ai.i instantlj | < killed. The others escaped , ] THAT MESSAGE AND THE TARIFF. two Snlijret * Touched Upon by Judyo Tliur- tiutn In a Itrcisnt Speech. Judge Thurman , on tho occasion of his recent visit to Chicago , discussed the political issues of tho day. Having boen introduced by Judge Truraball , Mr. Thurmuu said : Friends and Fellow Citizens : Allow mo to first express my thanks to Judge Trumbull for tho kind manner in whioh ho has presented mo to you. It is my purpose to-day to speak upon tho tariff , but before I proceed to that subject let me say a word on another subject. Yon . have within tho last few days heard not a littlo about tho message of the presi dent to congress on the rejection of the fisheries treaty. I have no copy of the fisheries treaty in my possession here. I therefore cannot discuss it , and I have no copy of tho president's message , therefore I cannot quote from it. But 1 vant to say that some years ago this country was greatly agitated by a party called the knownothing party. It was a party to whom the Irishman was an abomination of abominations , and if he were a Catholic Irishman . he was the ac cursed of tho earth. But now , strange to say , these men who a few years ago were knownothings , and tho most nbus- iyo of men , of the Irish , of Germans and all foreign born people , but of the Irish especially are seeking to court what is called tho Irish vote against a man who stood by them in defense of their rights , and in defense of every thing that was alleged against them. Now theare seeking to get their votes by misrepresenting Grover Cleveland and asserting that ho is under British in fluence. There never was a more false assertion. You might as well tell me that Washington was under British in fluence. If any man thinks thero is any thing in tho charge let him read tho mes sage the president sent to congress Jhis week. Grover Cleveland knows too well what are the interests of this country. He has too much sympathy with the American people , native and naturalized , to be under any false or improper influ ences of an3 * country , and now I come to the tariff question. The tariff is a tax imposed by the gov ernment upon goods , wares and manu factures imported into tho United States for sale. The effect is to raise the price of everything upon which it is put. It does not raise the prico on beef or pork packed in Chicago , or wheat that is sold in Chicago , for we do not import these commodities , but on which we do im port and similar articles manufactured in this country , the tariff raises the price and makes it cost as much to the con sumers , and yet this tax is said to bene fit the laboring man. How can a man lie benefitted by a tax that begins ntthe crown of his head and taxes everything he wears down to tho soles of his feet. So far as it is necessary to raise money to cany on tho government , to pay tho pensions of the gallant men who fought for its preservation , the people willingly pay the tax , but when you tax the peo ple moro j'ou are robbing them of the money that belongs to them. This col lections of surplus revenue has been going on for some years , and although the amount thus collected has , to some extent , been reduced by buying bonds at an enormous premium , there still re mains in the treasury $115,000,000. How can you have an honest government with this amount in the treasury for which it has no legitimate use ? Every body who can suggest some scheme for spending this money goes to work to do it , so appropriations are made that are utterly disgraceful. Our forefathers in tended that we should have an honest , frugal , economical republican-demo- 3ratic government. They never in tended that we should collect $115,000 , - DOOandL.jn squander it extravagantly in order to get rid of the surplus. now can this surplus be reduced ? The answer is plain. Beduce tho taxes. Now the issue is fairly made up. The democrats say reduce the taxes. Of all inventions ever devised to shift the burden of taxation from the rich man's shonlders on to the shoulders of the poor man , this tariff tax is the most in genious and insiduous. • Now , my friends , I am going to stop , in order that the grand old man who is 3Tour can didate for governor may be heard. A Wild man Captured. Birmingham ( Ala. ) dispatch : Late last night Deputy Sheriffs F. Smith and Owens , of Shelby county , passed through this city en route to the insane asylum at Tuscaloosa in charge of a wild maniac. The wild man was captured Friday in the woods near Coosa mountain , Shelb3' county. Ho is a raving maniac , and no one knows his name or where ho came from. He is about 50 years old , and his hair and beard have grown to a great Thomas Jeffries , a pit boss at the Lamont furnace , near Uniontown. Pa. , shot and almost instantby killed .lacob Pollock , a miner. The parties were fox hunting and Pollock assaulted Jeffries because the latter slapped a boy in the face. All were intoxicated. Jeffries wandered in the mountains , but cape into town next morning and gave him self up. He claims that the shooting was in self defense. rxEB MARKETS. OMAHA. Wheat No. 2 C2 (3i 02 % Coim No. 2 mixed 29 @ 20 Oats No. 2 30 @ 31 Rye 35 @ 35fc BAnLEV 48)4(0. ) ( 49 BoTTEit Creamery IS @ 20 Burma Choice roll 15 @ 1G Egos Fresh 35 @ 16 SpringChickens per doz. . . 2 50 @ S 00 Lemons Choice , perbox. . . 4 00 @ 5 50 Ohangks Per box 5 00 @ 0 50 Rtkixo Uuanb Porbti 75 @ 100 Onions Per bu 3 25 @ 175 Potato lis New 50 @ 75 Tdkxips Per bu 25 ( a ) : t0 Appi.es Per bbl 2 00 © 3 00 CumoTS Per bu 75 @ 85 Tomatoes , per bu 1 50 @ 2 00 Wool. Fine , per lb 13 @ 2 < > Ho.nkv 14 @ 1G Chopped ' Feed Perton..l7 00 @ 17 50 Hay Bniied 5 00 ® G 00 Fi.ax Seeii Perbu 115 ( S ) 120 Hoes Mixed pnckiiis G 10 @ G 20 Hogs Heavy weights 6 25 @ G 35 Beeves Choice steers 4 50 ( u ) 5 25 Sheep Fair to medium. . . 3 50 @ 5 00 NEW YORK. Wheat No. 2 red QScb 9S7J Wheat Uiiarniled red S3 @ OS Conic ' No. 2 58 @ 5S ; Oats Mixed western 26 @ 33 Tonic J4 25 @I5 25 Lahij 9 25 @ 9 30 CHICAGO. Wheat Per bushel- 90 (3 ( - . 91 Coun Per bushel. 44 @ 44J | Oats ' Per bushel 25 @ 25 } $ Pone 34 27 @ 14 50 Laud . 9 32J < @ 9 35 Hogs Packing ( shipping. 5 80 @ > 6 40 Cattle Weatern Rangers 2 50 @ 4 90 Sheep Natives 2 50 @ 4 75 ST. LODIS. Wueat No. 2 red cash 94 @ 94 % ConN Perbushel 40 > C@ 40 Oats Per bushel 25 @ 25 > j Hogs Mixed packing 6 25 @ 6 50 Catti Feeders 3 GO @ 4 70 Sheep Western 3 50 @ 4 50 KANSAS CITY. Wheat Per bushel 74 @ 74 # CbBN Perbushel 36 @ 36J Oato Per buBhel 20 @ 20J Cattle Native steers 5 00 @ 5 75 Hogs Good to choice 6 25 @ 6 40 ' " " • " " " - * "r-r NEW YORK REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. K'arren Miller Nnmltutted for Governor and Col , CaHiiev far Zleitlenant-Govtinior , The New York republican state con vention was called to order shortly after s noon by Chairman Knapp , of tho state republican committee. General Benja min F. Tracy was elected tomporary chairman , and on taking tho chair ho ad dressed tho convention at considerable length. The secretaries and committees were then named and a recea was had until 4 o'clock. The convention , after a resolution of respect to Sheridan's memory , proceed ed to nominations for governor. State Senator George P . Sloan first gained the floor and placed in nomination Hon. Warner Miller. This name was second ed b3' State Senator Bassett. There was no other nomination and Miller was chosen by acclamation , and pending tho nan/Hda.ta'a annAarannfl nroui/Iontial olnn. tors were chosen. William H. Seward , of Auburn , N. Y. , son of the late secre tary of state , is one of the electors at large. Upon being presented amid cheers to the convention , ex-Senator Miller , after accepting tho nomination and thanking tho delegates for it , said that ho accept ed only because ho felt that the republi cans of this state wore then and now a unit for the coining contest. He con- gratulatedhis colleagues that tho com ing campaign was to bo ono of princi ples , and tho party was to bo congratu lated that tho Chicago convention had given a platform of tho broadest Ameri canism , and one which distinctly an nounced tho doctrine of protection. Out of the four candidates for lieuten ant governor , Col. S. V. E. Cruger , one of tho old Knickerbockers of New York Cit3 % was chosen and ratified by accla mation. Judge Kumse3' was nominated for judge of the court of appeals. After accepting the Chicago platform and ratifying the nominations of Harri son and Morton , tho platform says : The republican senators in congress , in re jecting the treaty relative to tho fisher ies negotiated with Great Britain , acted in accordance with the dictates of just patriotism , and correctly asserted Amer ican rights and national honor , while the messago of President Cleveland , transmitted on the 23d of August , is a a confession that his administration has been grossly negligent of its duties in the protection of the American fisheries , and has invited * and new nnuo3nnces ag- gressiors on the part of the Canadians by a failure to make manful protest and to emplo > peaceful means of self-de fense. The republican party favors a foreign polic3' which shall do no wrong to the weakest neighbor , and shall brook no indignity from any power on earth , and by insisting on fair phuon sea and land , shall , through justice , insure peace with all nations. The fourth plank commends the acts of the legislature of 1838 in enacting laws for the best interests of tho pcoplo , and then sa3s : Tho examination into the conduct of tho affairs in connection with the New York aqueduct , still in progress , has already exposed abnses which call for reparation , and has given warning how the camp&ign expenses of the democratic governor may be met out of contracts paid lw the taxpayers. Fifth The purity of the ballot , secur- ity of elections , and a guarantee of hon est returns are the foundation of our free institution , and good citizens of all par ties should gladly aid in all practical measures for promoting these conditions and for checking all hostile and corrupt ing influences. The republican party favors the payment b3 the state of legi timate expenses for ballots and their dis tribution , and punishment by disfran chisement and other severe penalties of bribery and fraud at elections. The ef forts of the last legislature in this direc tion deserve commendation , while Gov ernor Hill merits censure and rebuke for his veto of a measure aiming to purify the ballot and to assure absolute inde pendence to vote at the polls. The timo has come for an appeal to the people and for action to secure elections free from the control of money and guaranteeing , to every elector the right to vote as he pleases and to have that vote bonostlj" counted. Sixth The republican party unequiv ocally condemns the course of Governor Hill , in obstructing by his vetoes , acts for increasing fees for licenses , by Avhich the larger share of the cost of the gov ernment might be levied on the liquor traffic , and we approve the efforts of the republicans in the last legislature upon the liquor question , especiall3T on the passing of an act nullified by such execu tive action to restrictthat traffic by changes which would lift some of the burdens of taxation caused 1)3T the liquor traffic from the home and farm , and we believe that such changes should be ad vanced to the standards similar to those successfully enforced in other states un der republican control. Seventh The recent investigations have made clear the necessity for the effectual enforcement of a law for the prevention of the importation of con tract labor. The national administra tion is grievously at fault for this failure to guard against the degradation of American labor. The republican party demands further legislation to prohibit the influx of pauper and criminal immi grants , whose incoming brings to our people competition both unjust and dis astrous. Eighth In view of the recent show ing the abuse of our naturalization and immigration laws , we desire and urge a thorough revision of said laws , in order that our country and fellow citizens may be protected from the pauper and criminal classes of other countries. Ninth We favor the enactment of prison laws , which , while providing for the employment of prisoners , shall pre vent the product of their labor from competing with that of wage workers. The reading of the platform by Chair man Pa3Tne was received in silence by the convention , but when Chairman Batchelloa put the question there was a terrific shout of "ayes" and the conven tion adjourned sine die. Worked Off a Worthless Drafl. A man calling himself E. S. Burns and representing himself to be a lawyer for Savage & Green of South Omaha , bought 138 steers from Cunningham & Haas of St. Paul. Burns is a very smooth talker and presented a draft on Savage & Green for $3,374.20 in pay ment for the steers. He then disap peared and sold the steers , realizing a nice little sum by the transaction , though he could afford to sell them for a loss , as the draft wliich he gave proved to bo absolutely worthless. Savage & _ Green disclaim having any such man in T' their employ , and know nothing of the transaction. A warrant was issued , requisition papers on the governor of Nebrn-dca were made out and Detective : Dan > 'Connor started for Omaha , hav- : ingle-imed that Burns had fled to Ne braska. Drowned Herself and Child. A special from New ldsbon , U. , tells of the sad suicide of a woman named Thompson. ' She had recently given birth to a child and her husband cele- brated the event by getting intoxicated. This so preyed on Mrs. Thompsons mind that she arose from her bed with the child and going to a small brook near the house drowned herself and child. i MISCELLANEOUS NEWS AND NOTES. Advices from Lprcnzo-Marques , n Portugeso town in Africa , say that a mu tiny has broken out among tho soldiora of the garrison nnd that tho marines ! havo been landed from tho war ships to quell it. Tho Dublin United Ireland sa3's thai the rampant American senate , in reject ing tho fisheries treaty , gavo England n terriblo proof of tho power of retalia tion of the greater Ireland across the sea , whoso vengeanco Balfour's coercion polioy has aroused. Tho last span in tho great bridge across the Hudson at Poughkeepsie , N. Y. , was completed on tho 29th , tho event being celebrated by the firing of cannon from tho top of tlie bridgo. Whistles along tho river were blown nnd thero were other demonstrations over the ovent. Major Guy Henry , of the 9th cavalr3" , has been ordered as inspector at the rifle match at Fort Niogaro , N.Y. Seven handsome gold medals are to bo awarded to tho winners , and tho contest begins September 11th. Thirty recruits havo boen assigned to tho Seventeenth in- fantr3 * . The annual report of the superinten dent of foreign mails shows that tho to tal cost of the service was § 490,007 , of which nmonnt $20,049 was for the trans portation of mails of foreign origin. The total number of pieces sent to for eign countries was 89,220,934. The to tal number received was 70,030,008. Representative Trac3' , of Now York , has resigned his membership in the house committee on Pacific railroads , and coinage , weights and measures. This action results from tho treatment by tho house of tho report of the con ferees on the Small bill containing pro visions for the equipment of the Watcr- vliet arsenal in which Tracy was deeply interested. Tho first shipment of standard silver dollars for storage in the largo new treasury vault wns received at tho de partment last week. It came from Phil adelphia by express and amounted to $500,000. Tho coin was packed in 500 canvass bags , each bag containing 1,000 pieces. The bags were opened separate ly at the department , their contents weighed on scales evenly adjusted for the purpose , nnd if found correct the coin was replaced in the bags and piled up in the vault. These shipments in lots of $500,000 will continue dnhy for about six months until they aggregate $100,000,000 , the capacity of the vault. Joseph Breed , cashier of the Hartford National bank , suicided in the bank building by cutting his throat. Mr. Breed came down town in the morning from his residence at 8 o'clock , and called upon his brother George , who i. bookkeeper in nn iron store. After a brief conversation he went to a hard ware store next door to tho bank and purchased a razor. He then went into the bank and , in a hallway at the rear of the building , cut his throat , dying in twenty minutes. He leaves a widow , but no children. Mr. Breed was a trustee on three estates , nnd it is ru mored that his accounts were , or had been , short on all three of them. Iowa Democratic Stale Convention. The democrats of Iowa , in conventioc at Des Moines , were called to order b3 Chairman Huuter , that gentleman intro ducing Heaby , of Fort Dodge , as tern- poraiy chairman. After his speech , committees were named. The committee on resolutions was composed as follows : J. J. Serels , Dei Moines count3 * ; Irving B. Richmond Muscatine county ; Cato Sells , Black hawk couutjJohn ; F. D. ton , Allama kee county. L. G. Ivinne , Tama conn t3' ; C. H. Mnckey , Keokuk county : G. W. Crozier , Marion count3" S. L. Bes tow , Lucas conut3" ; W. G. James , Pot- tawattomie county ; B. F. Jordan , Boone county , and J. C. Kelly , Wood' bury county. George 0. Heboiling , of Jackson , was nominated for secretary of state ! and Daniel J. Ockenstein , of Montgom- eiy , for auditor. The ticket was com pleted b3r the nomination of the follow ing : Treasurer , Amos Case , of Chick asaw county ; judge of the supreme court , Patrick H. Smith , of Burlington attorne\r general , Joseph C. Mitchell , of Lucas county ; railway commission ers , Peter A. Dey , of Johnson count3" ; Charles L. Lund , of Kossuth county ! and Herman Wille , of Clinton count3\ The electors-at-large chosen were : Jno. F. Duncomb , Ft. Dodge ; Judge James Grant , Davenport. The platform adopted is as follows : The democratic party of Iowa , in con- vention assembled , proclaim the follow- ing platform of principles : First We approve the platform adopt- ed b3r our national convention at St. Louis , and heartily endorse its nomi iuees. Second The wise , patriotic and cour- ngeons administration of President Cleveland meets our earnest approval , and the interests of the people demand that he be again placed in the highest office within their gift. Third We congratulate the people ol Iowa upon the passage b3' the populai brauch of congress of the Mills bill foi a reduction of taxes on necessaries , and accept the issues between it and the ( Chicago platform , offeringj free whisk3 * . 3 We arraign the republican party of tins J state for abandoning its repeatedly ex- } pressed opinion that the inequalities oi ' the tariff should be corrected , and also l for accepting the new doctrine , which • ' means a continuance of the existing war J taxation. ' Fourth The doctrine originalby enun ciated and always adhered to 03 * the 1 democratic parti" , that "corporations created In' state authority are subject to ' state control , " has stood the test of I maii3" legal contests , and has been unic formby sustained b3' the courts. It is t here reaffirmed as a cardinal article ol 1 parf3 * faith. This control should be ex- \ ercised intelligently and firmly , not foi D the purpose of depriving capital of its t just and legitimate earnings , but that ] the public in its dealings with corpora- tions may be protected from unjust dis- { crimination and unreasonable exactions. Railroads : , like individuals , should be " ] held strietlj * amenable to law. ( Fifth The democratic party , now as g heretofore , declares itself opposed to ' prohibition , and strongly condemns the c same ; as injurious alike to our business interests , and the cause of temperance. We recognize in the death of Phil H. , "Sheridan < a national loss , and hereby S extend our sj'mpathy to his bereaved a family. - The Sheridan resolution , which was not a part of the' platform , was unan- * imously adopted by a rising vote. 1 The convention then adjourned. 1c Through the death of an older broth1 er ' , the husband of Nellie Grant has { gained abundant riches. 1 The secretary of the navy has con- J eluded to emplo3 * Ensign E. W. Sutphin t in the tests to be made to discover - \ which are the best torpedoes for naval warfare. Ensign Sutphin was appointed t to the naval academy from Omaha , and he has shown remarkable abilitin the study of high explosives. j i wmmiW ir iTTf riiTiimwn1il1iit-fitrrtWMii Mi m mini WAS IT MUnDER OR SUICIDE. Ihe Mytteru Surrounding the Killing of it 1'ioinlnent Clilattjo Man. Chicago dispatch : "Whothor Freder ick Schunoman , who wns found dead in an allo3' in tho rear of tho Snoll mansion ' 1 earby this morning , committed suicide or was murdered by footpads seems an . impenetrable mysteri * . A detail of do-1 j tectives from tho central station wero working on tho case all day long , and to-night Lioutonant Fifo stated that the mystery was a darker ono than at 0 o'clock in tho morning. Briefly stated the facts concerning tho appearance of of Schuneman as he was found uncon scious in tho alley back of tho Snoll residence at 1 o'clock this morning are as follows : Ho was lying on his back with a bullet holo under his right car. His right arm was flung partly across him , and his left was stretched l > y his side. Tightly clasped in his loft hand was a revolver. Ono chamber was emp ty and had jest been fired , for tho bar rel of the weapon was still warm. It was a new revolver of large caliber. His clothing was not torn , but his pockets wero turned inside out and empty all but ono pocket which contained a small revolver with all its chambers lillod. It ho carried a watch it was gone , and 11 watch chain dangled from ono of the button holes of his vest. Tho chain wan not broken. No papers and no purse was found near him. Schuneman was 11 man who had 11101103 % nnd was apparent- I3 * in niii'thing butneevby circumstances. He had nothing to wony him except ill health. He wns not moolby or disconso late. On tho other hand the facts which scun to favor the suicide theory are that at tho timo of the shooting 11111113- of tho peoplo of the neighbor hood were awake. Mnn3' windows were wide open , so that probably twentj' per sons heard tho shot that killed Schune man , but none of them heard of a strug gle. Not one whom the police could find heard loud cries or aii3' other sounds except tho single shot. The clothing found on Schuneman did not look if ho had in * as engaged 11113 strug gle. There wero no marks of a strug glo found in tho dirt in which he was bying. Schuneman was a burly man , and if assaulteel 1 * would > 3 footpads pro- bably have attempted to defend himself. Tho police believe that if he had done so people in tho surrounding houses would surely have heard a struggle. Tho theo ry at first advanced by tho police , however , that Schuneman was despond ent on account of trouble with his wife , does not seem to be borne out 1 > 3 * the facts. It is true that Schuneman and his wife wero at ono time separated foi two years , but according to the informa tion obtainable the separation was canst d 1)3 * ill health and not 113 * domestic trou ble. Tho3 * have lately been living to- gether.and 3esterdii3 * being the twent3'- sevonth nnniversaiy of their marriage , Mrs. Schuneman reminded her husband of tlie fact and he kissed her just before leaving tho house to which no never re turned alive. BY MAIL AND TELEGRAPH. Black measles of a most virulent type has broken out among tho negroes on the rich lands on the Santeo river in Ohio. FiHy deaths have already oc curred and the disease has become epi demic. It has created a panic. Fred Overkampf , arrested a few days ago for wholesale stealing from letter boxes of Chicago , was taken before the United States commissioner. He made no defense , and was held in bail for the action of tho federal grand jury. Tho steamship Trave from Bremen ar rived in New York on the 24th. Among the Trave's passengers was the Princess Henrietta , mint of the Emperor "Wil liam , and sister of the late Emperor Frederick. She was accompanied b3 * her husband , Prof. Von Esmnrch , ono of the most noted surgeons of Germany. They will he the guests of Dr. Frederick Lange of that city. Consul General Raine of Berlin was also a passenger. Jacob Moxter , a prominent dealer in pianos at St. Louis , sat down to ono of his pianos , played the "Dead March , " and then blew his brains out. Moxte * ; was unable to meet some notes that fell duo the first of the month nnd Bent a man east to secure au extension. The Steinwa3s became alarmed , and at once sent one of their men who took charge of the business and has been running it for three weeks. Moxter thought he was ruined and was melancholy all the time. In the grand lodge , Sons of St. George , at Portland , the committee on the endowments department was or dered to be wound up. The matter of amending the constitution so as to per mit tho formation of lodges for juven iles was brought up , but deferred. The revision ; of the new constitution was ; then continued and various minor amendments agreed to. Also an amend ] ment making one section read : "Each state i in which five or more subordinate lodges ' are established shall form a grand ! lodge , " etc. A special to the Evening Winconsin from j Menasha , Wis. , sa3's : Business there j is suspended to-day. The funerals of ten of the victims were held to-da3 and the funeral of tho other four will take J place to-morrow. Tho city de- fr 3ed the expenses of the funeral. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of acci dental eleath. Owing to the excitement yesterday there were a number of errors in the eleath list. Fourteen persons were killed. Three or four were baelly injured. Twelve or thirteen are suffer ing from broken limbs or serious bruises , and a good many others bruised or burned. Three of the wounded are very low and are "not expected to live. Ma3Tor Hewitt , in a letter to Leonard Wales of .Baltimore , by whom ho was nominated at the recent convention of the American party , says : "If you hael consulted me I should have asked you to refrain from using my name , inas much as I do not consider the present timo propitious for the organization of an intlependent part3 . In my dispatch to the chairman I stated distinctly that I thought the issue in this campaign was revenue reform , and I do not think an3 other epiestion woulel have a chance of serious consideration by the people. The time will come , however , when tho question of home rule will have to be settled in favor of the doctrine that 'America should be governed b3 Ameri cans. The Disease Undoubtedly Contagious. A Shebo3'gan ( Mich ) dispatch sa3s : Since the last reports were given ont about the cholera nothing from any ( definite source has been received. The , Advance , the only paper published in 1 Presqne-Isle county , says the disease is 1 undoubtedly contagious , and all means ( of its spreading will be prevented. Man3 * persons have died , and man .y are j hovering between life and eleath. There , is no telegraphic communication in the whole of Presque-Isle county , and no ' reports have been receiveel from the in- . terior for several elays. The late frosts : will undoubtedly allay fears of its : spreading and kill the cholera gernfs if the3 really exist. ' Henry Rochforfc waa fined 5,000 fnrapj ' August 9. ' < - - m I IB ' If FACT AND FANGY. . _ | g Mrs. Jlcnry Ward Bccctier will b th I guest this summer of Mr. II. W. Saza , * l \ Ithaca. \ Rev. J. A. M. Chapman , or Philadelphia , - \ will probably becotuo president of Dlcklnioa I college. ! t Justice Bradley , of the Supremo Court of * j the United States , has gono up Into Vermont 11 for a vacation. " H y Miss Ella Lebea has been elected suparls- \ Jj ' tendent of city schools la Portland , Orejjoa , " j and will receive $3,000. I Mr. Gladstone gave to a poor church ths I mm received for his recent contributions to j The NintUtnlh Ctnturj. I M. Houzeau , the eminent Belgian aatrono- • . I mer and " naturalist , and ex-director of tba . I Brussels observatory. Is dead. , | | William Henry Ilurtbort , formorly editor . I of the New York World , has written a book , - - I entitled "Ireland Under Coercion. " i | ! | Dr. Edward Everett Hale Is practically the | 'j I head of the Chautauqua Assembly at Weirs , , / jf" , I N. IL , and Is lecturing there dally. ff * ' I Mrs. Col. Lamont , her two children and a I' I nurse have arrived at Bar Harbor. The Col- 3 I onel will join his family in a few dars. ill Washington society Is looklnir forward to f-j | | the coming of Chief Justice Fuller's eight j I accomplished daughters with much Interest. , I Mr. Price , of Macon , Ga. . tho other day I killed a lig ! wild turkey with 1:1a pistol , 1 and the bird was eightyards off and up a ; l tree. j I Tho female editor of a temperance ( inner I at EiriiiL'liam , III. , publishes every month a I ll.st of the men seen drunk Ju the streets of I the town. Sturgeons of enormous slezo are occasion- I ally caught in the Caspian sea , some of them 1 I measuring 20 reel in length and weighing I 2,500 pounds. * - W. K. Vanderbllt has bought 1.000 acrea I near Ashvllle , N. C „ and will erect a hand- I some residence to be ready for occupancy I next summer. I Four gentlemen came to Gainesville , Ga. , I not long since , to kill alligators at the sluk. . I In twenty daya they killed 000 , an average of thirty per day. I B. 'smarck bas given evidence that he is still I a skillful marksman. While practising with I a rifle at 120 yards recently he hit the bull's eye every time. I The highest classical honor In tho London I Unlversitr has this year for the first time I fallen to a woman , Miss Mary Louisa Worley I of Girton College. I Kaiser William's favorite flower h said to I be the blue lobelia , of which masses were I UBcd In decorations at the dinner be attended I in St. Petersburg. I The Meade Center ( Kansas ) Jiepub'tcan I makes the statement that bricks are being used In the new opera house at that place H that cost t0.50 apiece. I Frau Wagner appeared at a public per- H formanec for the llrst time since her lim- ' the " " was bandl's death when "Mcl&tcralngcr" given at Bayrcuth last week. H In Chicago a considerate yonng Swede H sailor who was tired of life committed sui- H clde In a Mother Hubbard In order that a friend might have his clothes. H Fisher Thompson , a student in Bo3ton , H stole 250 silk and 200 cotton handkerchiefs from numerous persons before justice cut H snort his career of kleptomania. H Locusts are so attentive to crops In Indiana H that farmers In certain sections of the state H have found It advisable to cover the most r H valuable trees with musquito netting. J London has fewer Inhabitants to the home H than any other of Ihe great cities of Europe. H Vienna has the most persons to the house , H having live times as many as London. J The recent debate on the Mills bill consum- H ed twenty-three days and elulit evening ses- sions of the House of Representatives. The H total number of speeches made was 151. . M Miss Lucy A. Plympton , of Albany , will be H a delegate from the Dana Geological Society H of that city to the International Geological H Congress , which meets at London In Scpteui- H lor. H The champion fish liar lives at Ironwood , H Mich. He tells of a party of four trouteru H who caught 3,000 trout in three daj3 , gavo H 230 to their friends and ate the others 2- H A spiritualist , who died lately at Texas , ' H Mich. , requested previously that there should M be band music , dancing and other recreations M at the funeral. His wishes were compiled _ M with. - " M Washington Territory leads every state H and territory In tlie Union in the yield of H potatoes per acre. The average yield Is M 152 bushels , while Oregon produces 122 M bushels. B The first things taught Alaskan children H arc to dance , shoot the bow and arrow , and B to smoke. It is a common thing to see a B mother take the child from her breast and B give it her pipe. flj A Tampa ( Fla. ) orange grower experl- H men ted In a small way with packing oranges M in dry sand , and finds that some thu3 treated • H the first of last Dscembcr have kept as fresh H as If just picked. HH A colored preacher near Macon , Georgia , , HH has committed to memory the entire bible. HJ A few years ago he was unable to read , and HH claims that his knowledge has been revealed ! to him In a vision. HJ Gen. Boulanger , on a pension of $1,000 a HI year , pays $2,400 a year rent and spends $30 , - HI 003 a year on himself and an e'jual amount HH on the establishment of his wife and two H daughters at Versailles. HJ Mrs. Rebecca Taylor , mother of the late , H Bayard Taylor , though In her nineties , Is a H well preserved old laay , and visited West H Chester the other day to see the handsome HJ memorial window to her son In the new Pub- HH lie Library. HH "A native author called Roe" was Matthew H Arnond's sneering allusion to the American HBj novelist. Mr. Roe accepted the designation , HH and uses It as the title of bis autobiographic- HH al sketch to be published in the October fll Llppincott's. ! Tony Hart , wno is at present an inmate of HH the Worchester ( Mass. ) Insane Hospital , BH acts as umpire nearly every day for the base fll ball game the doctors and attendants have BB on the grounds , and heis said to make a . BB "fir&t-clas3 one. " BJ In drilling glass sf ck a piece of stiff clay H or putty o 1 the part where you wish to make BJ the hole. Make a hole in the putty the size BB you want ths hole , pour a little molten lead , BB when , unless it Is very thick glass , the piece BJ Will immediatelr drop out. BH The contract for the Sr.ult Stc. Marie BJ water power canal lias been awarded to Mc- BH Arthur Bros.of , Chicago , for 52TO.000. The ca H nal will be three miles Ion ? , will furnish BBJ 830,000 l horse power , and will make the Soo- BJ a rival of Minneapolis in the milling busl- .BBJ BBJ Little Arthur Herberts , of Chicago , is a BB ] marvel of erudition for his years. Although BBJ only ten years old he has read through the BB ] entire Iliad of Homer in the original Greek. BJ and cau translate a passage from an ? ' BJ part of it accurately and without besita- BB ] BJ There are to be two dramatizations of Ame- BB ] lie Rives' ( Mr * . Chandler's ) novel.The H Quick and the Dead , " in the field next season. BJ Mr. C. W. Durant announces that be hast - BB ] cured a copyrighted version with which the BB ] Fifth Avenue theater will be reopened. Miss BB ] Estelle Clayton being the star. And now- BJ Miss Rose Lev < > re states that the bas jest BH comp'eted another , which she cnntrmpl.tte' * BB ] producing during her starring lour , submit BH to the approval of Mrs. Chandler and her pab- HH lifherB. .HH
