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f ' ' / rt L THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ELEVENTH 'YEAR OMAHA , TUESDAY MORNING , JULY 12 , 1881 , NO. 18 FAVORABLE FACTS. Telegraphed From the White Sick Boom The President's Fever Increas es in the Afternoon But Finally Disappears. Dr. Bliss Expresses an Opin ion As to Where the Bullet is. Several More Crazy Individ uals Arrested in Wash ington. 'George Franols Train "Write ! a Xiotter io Gaitoau Offering Hla Services an Comuel- IHB REFRIGERATING APPARATUS A SUC CESS. WASHINGTON , July 11. The success achieved by the refrigerating apparatus insures the uniform temperature of the sick room and adds another fea ture to _ the favorable circumstances surrounding the cose. By moans of a steam fan , air is blown ever tons of ice , and the air comes immediately into the room , and it is possible to re duce the de temperature to fifty-four grees. This morning ii is at seventy- five degrees , and the doctors have or dered the engine to run slower , as the room is cool njwouuh. ; None of the other appliances will bo used , vsiiv IITTIE DANGER FROM SECONDARY HEMORRHAGE. WASHINGTON , July 11. The doc tors are free to say to-day that the danger from secondary Hemorrhage , if not quito past' , is now very slight. Indeed , only some unforsoon accident is likely to precipitate that trouble. The doctors have the very best anti septic dressing at hand and the most improved instruments of all kinds for any emergen cy. They do not expect pyemia as a direct result of the wound since the channel made by the ball is so isolated by nature as to forofond tiiat complica tion. The pus corpuscles are too largo for absorption into the virus , hence -only an accident will produce trouble from that quarter. Thus it will bo seen that the immediate danger of tha presidents condition is virtually past. Tlio healing process is progressing as far as the ureljminary inflammation is concerned and all the patient needs is Aa have his system kept up to an im- ,1' proving standard , and havo' close , watch kept on every symptom and bo made as comfortable as possible. His nourishment ia continued in grad ually increased quantities. Ono or more of the physicfan's is constantly near him and no efforts have been spared to add to his comfort. This thorough system will bo continu- * 4ed indefinitely and its effect in If the opinion of tho. doctors will bo the patients final recovery. MORE "CRANKS" IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON , July 11. The name < < cranks" is having a national ventila tion lately. They are showing up at the capital promiscuously. The latest -arrival is Matilda Bascomb ( colored ) , who was arrested on the square front ing the White Housp tris morning. She had been lumping around the White House grounds for some time , acting strangely and talking wildly. She was taken to the police headquar ters , where she declared herself asa -a warm personal friend of ex-Prosi- nent Hayes. The latter , she main tained , was still president. Her busi ness with him was to collect the in terest every week on money loaned Mr. Hayes by her shortly after ho entered upon liis administration , Gen. Garfiold's wound , she claimsj vas by no moans as represented. It was only a flesh wound , but the phy sicians had exaggerated the case to make political capital. She was Bent to the insane asylum. Another of the same kind , Hannah D. Klungor , came to the police head quarters and inquired for directions as to how she could find the attorney' general. The woman , whonquostion cd , said that she had been swindled by lawyers out of all her property in Bay City , Mich. , and that sno had name hero to BOO the attorney-general to * compel him to have it restored , .Sho said she know ho would do it because President Garfield had refused od to do what was right and had boon punished and that the same would be fall officials who would not listen to the cry of a distressed people. A letter to President Garfield was found amongst her baggage , which contained the clause ; "I kindly ask you to send seine Christian preachers to look after the wicked town of' Buy City , Michigan , and rofdrm its ainful citizens , The rest of the story was composed of attacks on Attorney-Gen- oral McVoagh and President Garfield , and threats against them , mixed with mourning over the sinful lawyers of Bay City. A still moro peculiar specimen was a late caller on the police to-day , This man was a well-dressed negro and docs not wish to assassinate anybody. The tables have been turned in this case , and the poor negro fears ) that ,1 certain white man named Webb in tends to assassinate him for express ing his admiration of the president y > aud his hopes for his recovery. The "crank" remarked from his cell : " ! don't want the man to bo hung or imprisoned , but I merely want to bi allowed to say what 1 please in regard to the president without being in dan ger of my life. " DR. BLIbV OPINION ON WHERE THK IJULLETI8. Tlio physicians in jtho president's case seem to leave most of the talking to Dr. Bliss , but they "agree with hin iu its general aspect and almost ever } particular. His latest remarks on the special features of the case havo'beei in regard to the location of the ball llo ays tlioro arc now certain indications - cations which tnnko it probable that they can rmnovo the ball without dan- . "At " the doctor for. present , says , "wo doom it prudent to withhold thqm , but they are such as tu make it clear that the track of the ball was rightly stated in the first diagnosis. Wo know where the ball entered Iho body. Wo have felt and developed the course of the ball so far. Where It wont wo do not definitely know , but from the direction of three inches of the course , which has boon ascer tained , it is certain that it must hare llied the liver and probably passed en tirely through the abdomnal cavity and it in lodged in the interior wall of the abdomen. That ia where I think it it now , in the interior wall of the abdomen and not in the abdominal cavity. The ball entering the body where it did , and passing inward thrco inches , must of neces sity pass through a portion tion of the livor. At that point of the body the liror lies close nlongsido of the ribs and a ball could not penetrate the body at that point and enter so great a distance ami atriko the livor. The liver is there and must have boon hit. Even if the ball dropped downward aftorwardSt must have grazed the liver in its lownward course , but , as I saidj the ndications of which wo have private y advised Drs. Agnotv and- Hamilton > y letter , arc that the ball went .hrough . tlio liver to the abdomina ) ' cavity and is lodged in the interior wall of the abdomen , as at first sup- rased , and it will bo easy , when , the ime comes , to remove it- from that mint without danger. During the afternoon the urcsident las had considerable fever-but it has > eon the outgrowth of tho''inflaming > recess.of heating the preliminaries if which has boon noticeable for wonty-four hours , and is consequently lot of an alarming nature. It had an ncroasing affect on the pulsation , respiration and temperature , but it vas accompanied by no un- avorablo symptoms , and caused no alarm to his physicians. : t subsided a little towards night und' ' oft no bad traces. This fever was caused partially by the experiment under which the president labored while the cold air apparatus was bo- nsj brought into his room. Ho notic ed the noise of the pipes and was an noyed by it. It was for a long time hought that it would bo noceasarjr to ; ivo up the whole plan of ventilation ) ut a remedy was discovered and the irosidont became calm. Dr. Bliss aid to-night that when ( a patient's mlso had boon up to 1GG 10 called it a very small natter to bo worried about the pulse when it waa 108 , and as to the torn- poraturo , ho1 should , not bo alarmed until it roachVd 103 , and then only unless it was accompanied byvthcr unfavorable symptoms , such aa fluctu ations. No changes wcro to bo or- iccted in the case , and wcro riot to b& 'eared. Dr. Woodward was asked in regard to the president's outward symptoms. Ho said : "Wo can tell letter to-morrow what this increase neans , if indeed it bo one. Wo are in hopes it will prove only a local in crease , " Such , too , proved to > bo the case. The president fell asleep soon after the examination , and it was deemed to bo inadvisable to Wait to take the temperature. Later , how ever , if.was taken , and showed a perceptible decreao. It fell about three-tenths in half an hour and the pulsation dropped to 100 in ; ho same time. The conclusion was ; heroforo reached that the increase lad been temporary and had no seri ous significance. While this anxiety was at its heicht the cabinet and ; heir < wives happened to bo at : ho White House. After the second iost of temperature they all _ wont lomo in good spirits and continued lope. Dr. Woodward's attention was called to the fact that the pulse of ho nation fluctuated with that of the president , as indicated on the bulletins ind that continued high state of ; omporaturo axd pulse was the occa sion of much unfavorable comment. MONDAY'S BULLETINS. Nation * ! Asnocktod I'reu. WASHINGTON , July 11. 9 a. m. The president ) says ho feels bettor to-day und thinks ho is getting well. Dr. Bliss sayn the president is right. July 11 ! ) a. m. The official bul letin just issued gives the president's condition at 8 a. m. as follows : The president has passed a comfortable night and his condition shows an im provement over that of yesterday. Pulse 08 , temperature 09 , respiration 22. [ Signed. ] Dr. Buss , Dr. J. K. BAHNES , Dr. J. J. WooDWAim. Dr. R. REVBURN. July 11 , 8 p. m. The president has had rather more foyer this afternoon. In other respects his condition < is un changed , liis pulse is 108 , temperature turo 102 , respiration 24. [ Signed. ] D. W. BLISS , 1 J. K. BAHNES , J. J. WOODWARD , ROUT. REYBURN. July 11 , lip. m. The president's temperature has boon reduced to 102 5-10 , and pulsation to 100. All the doctors say there is no cauao for the relinquishment of hopn in any de gree. July 12. 1 a. in. At this hour the preiident is rostidg quietly. No change in his condition smco the last report. A LETTER FROM OKOIUJE FKANCJ8 T1UIN. This morning District Attorney Corkhill received "in his care a postal card dated Madison Square , New York , July Oth , addressed to the "Citizen assassin , " reading as follows "Citizen Assassin : Having aavee the party cabinet and Star routes smashed' atalwartism , 'kill ) d the democrats ocrats , immprtalized Garfield ; smothered orod Grant , Arthur and Conklingistn collapsed Dopew , brought tears'to tin whitOjhouso , obtained a quarter of i million gift for the family of the president , ho should pardon you as His friend. In the name of Zion , for quoting three columns of the bible before the revision to save Woodhul from Bccchor , declared of unsound mihd , thoiight harmless by the high est medical experts , iu no ono seems your fricndjttrill you accept my ser vice M counnel. Success guaranteed in advance.W * ( Signed ) JgGKo. FRANCIS TRAIN , Aa Interview "With OXenrjr. h'ntlon.l AMocktod freM. NEW YORK , July 11. Dan O'Loary , the veteran pedestrian , arrived in this city to-day by the steamer Arizona , [ rein Liverpool , Mr. O'Leary made liis trip for the purpose of witnessing the match between llowell and Wos- : on. It was not much of a match , 10 said , for it was all one-sided , llowoll was so far ahead of Weston after the third day , when the latter gave up , that the walk was discoii ; imiod. \ "To what do you attribute Woston's ailuro. " "Ho waa troubled with dizziness in .ho head , a disorder of winch his laughter , who accompanied him , also complained. " "Did interest yoifofesorvo any great est in the match on the part of the London people. " " " "Takihg'into consideration that the milding .OUnhan was fully four iiilos frpin. London Imdgo , there was ; rcat interest Ynamfcstod from the irst night. "When you consider that , hOrd were only two men in the race , [ was surprised'that tho.match was so wall attended , but _ from our ox- ) orienco iu 'this country , the match vas a dooidodfailure. " . ' ' 'To whit iM you attribute the do- cliilo of public interest in walking natchest'Si ' ' /IllnoaSTtbf Veston and lack of irdpor nccbnioaation for the pnblio. " k'Havo you' any engagements on. land in' the pedestrian line just / "None whatever. I leave for Chicago " ' ' * ' cage , tomorroW. \ The chanipion was evidently much mprov d-by 'his trip , having gained ourteen pounds in weight. A Bin Storm Thrtmgbont Iowa. DBS MOINES , Iowa. , July 11. A erritic rain , storni passed over this city and vicinity early this morning. 3 rent damage was done to the North western road , ! washing out several lundred yards of road bed and > ridgos. The 'Dos Moines river hero s at flood i tide to-day. . The storm waa a 'regular ' water 'apput. At Marshalltown the water raised over some flat' cars standing on the track. At Colfax the water is run- ling over the track on the Rock Is- and road * The train which loft hero i at noon otf the Rock .Island for the east got only to Kellogg and returned loro. From -Kellogg to Wilton Jiinc- ionljha. track i * badly washed , but no mdgoa'gorio In control Iowa the wires , ace down badly and it is im possible to go particulars. Beaten to Death Bjr Her Htul > an& 1'reM. NKW Y6RK , July 11. The dead jody of Mrs. Margaret Johnson , aged 22 , was found by a policeman in ono of her rooms in Brooklyn yesterday. Soar it were the woman's two chil dren. Her sister eaid her husband choked and boat his wife to death over a quarrel for money to buy iquor. It appears that the couple wore both intemperate. Twenty Case * of Sunstroke at Cin cinnati. s Jatlonil Anoctatcd Vrcu. ' CINCINNATI , O. , July 11. Twenty cases of sunstroke have boon reported o-day , which proved fatal and the actual numbers is probably much arger. Nearly fifty cases which did not provo fatal , nro also reported. Amonc the fatal cases were John 0. Molcnhoff , merchant , Clement Os- Icamp , jeweler , and Col. Williamson * . rOREIGN FRAGMENTS- Nation * ! AuocUteil I'rua. LONDON , July 10. Should the land bill pass a convention will bo hold for the object of concerted measures to wards the operation of the bill and its working. A dispatch from Calcutta says that Ayoob Khan's prospects are moro hopeful. Ho has left hero with a largo force and it is supposed ho is moving on Cabul , A struggle is expected pected soon. The Standard's Constantinople cor respondent learns that the sultan wil ! certainly pardon Midhat Pasha fan" other parties , but will banish them to some remote comer of the country. It is expected that the sultan will give to Turkey a now constitution. LONDON , July 11. A dispatch fron Algiers says there was a desperate fight between the Bcnobuali and Bon- ibupasha tribes in Arabia , in which ICO were killed. A dispatch from Tunis says the Arabs are assembling largely in coas districts of Tunis and a serious disturbance is imminent. 2,00 ( French troops arrived at Monolja. CONTANTINOJ'LE , July 10. Mu surus Pasha , the Turkish ambassador at London has telegraphed the sultan that a bad impression prevails in En gland regarding the trial of the murderers dorers of ox-Sultan Abdul Ansiz ant implores the withdrawal of the sentence tence of capital punishment , FHENCII PJI/JKIMAOK I'OSTJ'ONKI ) . ROME , July 11. French pilgrimage has been postponed for fear of hostile demonstrations by Italians against the pilgrims , TIIK AUSTUUN JIAIlVEar. VIENNA , July 11. The Austriai harvest promises to bo fully up to th average. THE WILIIERKOHCE LII1EL BUIT. LONDON , July 1 1. There was quite a sensation in the Wilbprforco libu cose to-day. The plaintiffs counse announced his retirement from al connection with it in consequence o the receipt of letters disproving the pluintiiTs statements. Those letter were from Senator Morton , of Indian apolis , and from Dr. Sandwich , and i brother of Gay , a correspondent o The Daily Telegraph. WANT ANOTHER CAUCUS , The Stalwarts IBSUO a Memor ial Stating Their Reasons For Not Attending the Caaous. Which Was That Two Vacan clos Would bo Created in Congress. Chairman of the Caucus Committee Thinks Anoth er Caucus Would Raise Now Complications , Kumora Again Current That Conkling Will With draw. 3nt Hi * Friends Most Enphtvtlc- dljr Deny Snob to be tlio Cose , AI.IUNY , July 11 , The joint con- ontiou resumed ita session at noon o-day. No compromise has yet been effected between the half broods and talwarts. The joint ballot for a suc cessor to Conkling resulted : Conk ing' 38 ; Laplmm , t50j Cornell , 10 ; Hamilton Fish , 1 ; Potter , 48. Total , 138. ' The joint ballot on ft successor to . 'latt ' resulted : Miller , 01 : Wheeler , -8 ; Rogers , 3 ; Adams , 3 ; Fish , 2 ; Chapman , 2 ; Staron , 1 ; Kornan , Dom. ) 48 ; Evarts , 1. Total , 138. 'hiswas , within nine votes of cloc- , ion. The convention adjourned till noon to-morrow , , THE STALWARTS WANT ANOT1IKRCAUCU8. AtiiANV , July 11. The information omds that the stalwarts to-day in truded a special committao of tivo to ssuo a memorial to the caucus com mittees of the senate and assembly , fating tlio reasons for which the stal warts insisted upon a full and regular caucus. The memorial states the exact - act position assumed by the stalwarts , mainly , that the election of Lnpham and Miller to the sonatorship would create two vacancies in ho house of representatives , hits giving the ' democrats i majority , or Ut the very best afford- ng the democratic clerk of the house an opportunity to onsuro'tho organiza- ion of the house by his party friohda hrough the simple niothoU of rcfus- ng to recognize any successors to , and Miller , who may bo ihoiou by election on the 8th dayt Sbvemberj the firat\dayr \ upon whtclt am election . can "bo hold. The memorial is brief , cites -a sum mary of the laws equitable to the cose. in point , and qrgos Iho caucus coin- mitteus to unite on a call for a gen eral republican caucus , promising to abide by the result. Senator Me Carty , half breed , chairman of the caucus committee , issued n reply sfating that the conference or caucus at which Lapham and Miller were nominated for senators was celled over the signatures of sixty republi can members of the legislature and was amended by sixty-six members and no formal complaint had been made of irregularity. Furthermore , ; hat sixty-eight members com prised two-thirds of the ro- Dublicans in the legislature and the call of another caucus would do- velopo ' complications heretofore avoided , and hence it was deomud unadvisable - advisable to open a question decided liy so larqo a majority. Rumors aru current to-night that Mr. Conkling lias withdrawn from the contest. They cannot bo traced to a reliable source. Conklin 's friends deny that ho has issued any letter of withdrawal and that no concessions will bo mad . CONKLINO'fl VniESUS DENV THAT UK HAS WITHimAWN. NEW YOBK , July 11.Tho only caller ox-Senator Conkling admitted to his room at the Fifth avenue hotel last evening was Mr. Louis Palmer of Brooklyn. All other cards were re tained mil a stooruotypo return mes sage was sent : "Room No. 38 is not in. " Those who are supposed to bo close to the stalwarts ex-senator , de ny in the most emphatic terms that Mr. Conklinir has written a letter witlidrawingTiis nimo from the can vass at Albany. They agree that if such a stop was contemplated it would bn only on condition that Conkling should name hU suc cessor with a further agreement thut his colleague should bo a man in every way acceptable to him and developed in a caucus called in the regular way. It appears to bo a Bottled fact that neither ox-sonator Conkliug nor Vice President Arthur will return to Albany , the management of the canvass being left to Jacob M. Pat terson and Jacob Hesi , who will _ receive - coivo instructions from time to time by wire or special messenger. Mean time Conkling will remain in Now York _ _ PACIFIC COAST NOTES. National AmocUted SAN FjiANciuc'O , July 11. Kdward Bowers , an old citizen of Mariposa , quarreled with D , K. Pitzor , a neiyli bor , about a line fence , and attempted to shoothim , but was overpowered , The next day , PiUor drew a revolver when they mot and shot Bowers 'thrqugh the heart. A quarrel about a pawned watch lot to the death of John A , Noyes in Ne vada , Francis E , Johnson shot him through the heart , after being van quished in a fist fight. James Gannon , Jr. , on of a well- known politician , accidentally killoc Wliito Hunting , near Duncan Mill Bin Fire. JoLiETTEy Quebec , July 11. A fire broke out yesterday which at ono time threatened the destruction of thowhoh town. It was not chocked before li valuable buildings were consumed , Loss $100,000. The Show at Red Oak. l | lchto Tim-nmi. USD OAK , la. , July 11. Red Oak ii to-day a surging mass of people. Such acrowd , was never scon before in this town. Coup's ahow is the at traction. Barnum's exhibition is eclipsed , for without doubt this is the greatest of all shows. Eight pick pockets have been arrested to-day nhilo operating on the streets and in the tent. Neon From Hong Konir. XiUoual AnoctatMt I'rrw. SAX FKANOISOO. July 11. The steamer Oceanic , from Hong Konp , brings tlntoi up to Juno 14th. It h now stated that the wild rumors lately current in regard to the dangerous illness of the young emperor are the L-rossost exaggeration. The emperor has recovered from the attack of smallpox , and the western empress is very much bettor. Fresh attacks are ( ii i made upon Li Huing Chang , the viceroy \ of Kgypt , who holds the keys of the eastern part of the ompirci , A cabal , which it is" boUovod * ho will overcome , has boon instituted by the pahco party against him. SnbficripUann to the Oarfleld Fund- National AuorUtotl Trow. Nrw YOUK , July 11. Additional subscriptions , amounting to $5,009 , were rucoitod to-day for the benefit of the wife and family of President Garfield - field , making the total received to date , 9122,755. LAID AT REST. The Obsequies of Senator Hitchcock Yesterday. Remains Followed to the Grave By Many Friends. The funeral of the late Hon. P. W. Hitchcock took , place last evening at live o'clock. The remains , hand somely encased in a rosewood casket , rested in ono of the parlors of the family residence at Twentieth and Dodge streets. Religious services were hold at the house , which was filled for an hour before the funeral by many of the best known citizens of Omaha , and quito a number from abroad. Aftoran opening prayer by Rov. W. \ Harsha.'tho anthem , " 0 , Para dise , " was. rendered by a choir con sisting of Mrs. M. Latoy , Miss Maul , Sir. Frank Smith and Mr. J. L. Smith. After another brief prayer Ilov. Mr. Shorrill said that it was hardly the time nor the occasion for nn extended address on the lifo and tublic services of ) the deceased. Other lands would pen the worda ot eulogy , nd other lips speak the praises which vould bo road and hoard over the whole country. In a community where Mr. Hitchcock was so well- mown and respected , with whoso in orcsta ho had been so prominently dontified and in a state for whoso welfare ho had striven so long and so earnestly any studied address would bo superfluous. It would only bo appropriate , said the speaker , to call attention to a few of the prominent characteristics of the deceased. Chief of these was his practicality. Ho was eminently a practical man , devoting much time to work , and little to moro talking. If 10 had boon identified with the church 10 would have boon found among the workers and not among the talkors. His strong devotion to friends was another prominojit trait of the deceased , but nbovo all was his strong affection for homo and family. It was a com mon remark among his friends that ho died of a broken heart. The death ol a wife whom ho loved with tender affection , and of a daughter of when lie was proudly fond , had woighet upon his spirits and seriously impaired od his healtli % . After referring to Mr Hitchcock's services to the city am state , Mr , Shorrill closed with u beau tiful prayer of consolation. ' After another hymn , "Tho Pity ol the Lord , " having boon sung by the choir , benediction was pronounced by Rov. W. J. Harsha , after which ai opportunity was given to everybody to view the remains. The body rested in a casket , whicl was placed in the center of the room The casket was of rosewood , olegantl , mounted in silver. Immediately in th contro of the lid was placed i silver plate boaringtho simple iimcrip tion"I' "I' . W. HITCHCOCK , On the casket were laid a wrcatl and an anchor of evergreens am immortelles. The face of the ( lea senator looked perfectly natural , an it was a subject of general roniar that his Hovero illness had caused s little apparent change. After th friends had ( ill taken tlioi last view , the lid was fastene down and the remains transferred t the hoarse , The pull bearers were J II. Millard , J , N. H. Patrick , P. L Porrino , L , P. Konnard , J. T. Slice ley , W. J , Konnoday , Chauncy Wiltso 0. E. Yost , O. A , Abbott and O. I Davis. The remains wore followed t their last resting place in Prospoc Hill cemetery by a largo number carriages. AN ADDRESS In Trinity on the President's Recovery Sunday. When wo were gathered together icro in God's homo on Sunday lost , awe struck , and alarmed by an awful criino and an impending peril , little lared wo hope that light would begin o soon to dawn upon our darkness. And as wo tried then , as Christian looplc , to take our stand upon the vorlosting hills of God's righteous- 101 * , notwithstanding wo were sur rounded by the mysterious depth of is great judgement , so now nny wo o-day comfort ourselves by the tightness that already tinges the louds that overhang us. Though our special prayers of lianksgiving to-day are for the begin- ng of the recovery of Jho . , preai- 0 ' if * * . i rwwi ' * ' . * * wV - * * . ) - - out , and for the hope that God has given us , that a ifo precious and 'valuable to the ation , and to the world , is , after all , o bo spared and saved. This is T > y 0 means all wo are to bo thankful or in connection with the events and icidonts of the past week. What a rand and magnificent spectacle has oun vouchsafe ! to us of human nipathy , and of.tho God-likeness of 10 nature that lie boars. A spectacle liat but for the great calamity our ision might never have boon blessed vith. and our minds could never ave conceived of it. A whole nation 1 tears , a whole wide world moved ith Bincerest compassion. "Tho iost far-rc&cliing and wonderful mani- ostation of national brotherhood and eve that the world has over wit- ossod. " Is thi not something to bo linnkful for ? All discordant voices , over the whole and , husho'din the presence of a great ational sorrow ; all the turbulent raves of party strife dying away in lence at the foot of a prostrate ruler ; 11 the genial , tender , holier feelings I men's hearts ro ossorting thom- slvca in spite of post aninositios , nro like touched by the sight of Buffering nd the thought of death. For all IOBO manifestations of a nature , that ith all its feobloncss is yet allied by 10 incarnation to what is still divine. Vo thank Thee to-day , Oh ! God and Bather of all. Moro still is tlieru in the history of ho post week to call for our thanks- iving. What a week of earliest , anx- DUS , incessant prayer it has boon to ho ono only Power that can control and order all things , ' What an oxid ation it has been of'th6 religion and ho faith of the nation , in the faca of ho fact that brilliant blasphemers vould have us belieVe that the idea of itn over-ruling God is tast fading from ho consciousness of mankind. How nanyhundrods and thousands of men , rein the Atlantic to the Pacific , whoso /oicus are seldom raised in prayer , lave in the past week cried out in heir hearts , if not with their lips , as hey wont to their work , or walked by ho way , or sat in the silence of their saddened homes , "Oh ! God save him and spara him ; . " thus recognizing in heir distress an Omnipotence. Bluss- ng themselves by the very act of sup- ication and holpnu' in some inscruta- ) lo way that wo tlo not now inider- tand , to move the very springs of n livino providence. For this unmistakable recognition , > y a stricken people , of a God above who can hear and answer our prayers. We may well bo thankful to-dayi And lioro is another thought that wo may commend to the consideration of the devout and boloiving mind. Was hero over a man BO prayed for since , lie world began , or was tlioro over a rescue from tha very grasp of death seiko iko a miracle ? Can wo not say here s an evident and direct answer to grayer that ought to biing convic tion to every heart and silence forovo the cavils of every doubter. For tin evidence ot the truth of what wo believe lievo all Christian people should be thankful. But perhaps you may say : Suppos the prosidont'n lifo should not be spared after all these numcroui supplications in hla behalf , what be comes of your theory of the ellicacy ol prayer ? " Why ! I should ttill cling to the thought of God's everlasting righteousness , and hold that the buna fits that the calamity brought to us al in the special calling to the front o the devout traits of our nature ; in th tlio wonderful display of political an public trust in God ; in the calinin down of the wars of parties and fac tions ; in the still ana silent resolve ; of an imperiled poojilp for moro elevated od and patriotic public lifo , were compensations ponsations sufficient for the few yean that illicit yet have lonminod of th lifo of the president. I should stil hold that in all these ways God hai answered our prayers in the manner that was best for us , oven'though ho still allow the bullet to do a fatal work. I believe that God can arrest the evil efl'ects of tlio man's insanity and violence in a thousand other ways than by a visible interposition that would say : "Touch not mine anointed and do my chosen servants no liium , " There fore , whilst our present prayer is thut ( jed will ruiso uj the president from his bed of suiioring and grunt him a longer life among us , wo must not let go the thought thut even should ho ordain otherwise , there will bo lessons of discipline , of warning , of human brotherhood and loving sympathy of individual and of national chastening , and of elevation in this sad event that will be of use to us as long as wo live and as long as the nation lives. Nor should wo distress ourselves needlessly as to how wo shall bo able to bear any disaster , personal or civil , that may yet bo in tlio future. Wo have the gracious promise to rest on : "As thy day thy strength shall bo. " You romcmbcr the beautiful story of Dean Stanley , told him by a rough spa-faring man : "Ono of the few survivors of a great wreck , which took place a few years ago , when a crowded steamship foundered on tlio stormy waters of the Bay of Biscay. Aa soon as these who had escaped from the sinking vessel found , themselves in a small boat on the racing sea. they discovered that their chief danger came not from the marine twcop of the mighty waters , but from the short and angry waves which dccondcd upon them from time to time and against which every eye and hand had t watch with unabated attention. An the shades of evening grow on , tlio sailor said that his heart sank within him , at the thought that in the dark ness of the night , it would bo impos sible to BOO the murderous breakers , and that sooner or later the boat , would bo engulfed by them. But with the darkness there came a corresponding pending safety. Everyone of thos dangerous wavoa as it rolled toward * thomwaa crested with phosphorous light which showed its coming and enabled the seaman to guard against it as carefully as if they had been ia full daylight. The spirits of the little company revived &s the unlookcd , for corru&cations guided them through the night , and m the early dawn they caught a view of the distant vessel that at last saved them. " This crest of phosphorus light on the top of these breaking billows was as the light of dtvino grace , the com pensating power of Providpnco in the darkness of this mortal night on the waves of this troublesome world. The perplexity , the danger and the grief often brings with it its own re medy and Its own blessing. At each bunting wave of disappoint ment and anxiety there is a crown of heavenly light , which reveals the past and shows the way and guides un , through the storm. Out of douot comes faith , out of grief cornea hope , and to the desponding there cometh up hope in daruness. Thus has it over been to those whoso trust is stayed on God , and thus it shall bo witli us in the day of darkness and of sadness. Elder Sklnn' * SloVnau- Rumors wore generally circulated throughout the city yestoraay to > the effect that Elder Moses F. Slunn. was dead. For a long time it was believed that they had some founda tion in fact , but an investigation proved their falsity. Elder Shinn has. boon , and still is , seriously ill. At noon to-day , however , ho was muck better , and , there are still hopes that lie may jive for ypors. A TEMPLE TUMBLES , FrlghtAxiLOM of Llfo by the ingof a BCothodi t Churolu CITV OK MEXICO , July 10. , The details received hero nro very meagre- regarding the falling in the roof of ft. church at San Matteo , on the Oaxaca. district. Reports received here two days ago advanced the killing of 59 worshipers , but later dispatches say the number killed will probably ba much larger , Fourteen bodies have been taken from the ruins. Tha church was in an uncomploto state and workmen were on the roof putting ; the finishing touches to the structure when the frail supports upon which they were working broke and the roof fell into the body ot the church , where , unfortunately , a number of persons had congregated to attend tha afternoon services which usually begin - gin about 5:30 : o'clock. Tha congregation consisted mostly o women , many of whom were killed and wounded. Twenty of the workmen were instantly killed and the rest badly wounded. Tim accident occurred at 5 o'clock and had it occurred half an hour later , when , tlio services which are generally larpo- ly attended , were being conducted , a > terrible calamity would have been the result. Further details are anxiously awaited. Dispatches received at the govern ment palace to-day states that n number of Indians of the Chihuahua tribe escaped from the reservation and at tached surveying party on the Mexi can Central railway now in course of construction in the neighborhood o the reservation , killing two engineers and four workmen. Then they attacked a diligence which was going to Chi huahua , killing seven passengers , and burned the mail and coach. Tha government troops are in pursuit o tlio marauders. TJio government lias closed a con tract with an English fain , for sup plying the city with iron water pipes. Frightful Railroad Collliion. ST. PAUI , Minn , , July 11. A. frightful railroad collision occurred yesterday near Hudson , Wisconsin. The roar portion of a freight train , consisting of fourteen heavily loaded cars broke loose at the summit of a , stoop grade , and ran back toward Hudson with incredible rapidity. Standing on the main track at tha station was another Jroight train of foity-fivo care drawn by two Iscomp- tives. All on the train jumped ii time to save themselves , except En gineer Geo. Tredor who appeared too/ dazed to move in time , and was in stantly Killed in attempting to jump out of the cab window. Tlio track was rooted up for a distance of ona hundred lods. The amount of tha wreckage is enormous , nearly every car being ruined. Both engines and several cars were driven back several rods , und broke through a trestle. Fred. AHUM , Tyler street , Rochester , writes : "Your Si'iUNQ llLOasoM U won derful ; I never uied auythlugthat acted o w ell on the bowel * , and at the tuuue tiinu , wan m > free from the drastic | in" "t' F intxllcfiieH usually' sold for the r .t- I'rJcc 60 ccnUj trial buttles lOccuU.
