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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1882)
I ELEVENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , SATURDAY MOANING , JUNE IT , 1883. 300. FLORENCE GUT-OFF , 1 Visit to the Scena of That Very Important Railroad Work , Shortening the Line Between Omaha and St. Paul , And Reducing the Grade One- Half. Nooonsity and Advantncoa of the Cat-Off. Progress of the Work and Data of Its Completion. For the past two years a great deal haa been said , written and published < abuut the "Florence cut-off , " but it has generally boon from hearsay , and probably not twenty-five persons in this city know the extent and impor tance of the work , that for over a year has been in progress within ton miles of the metropolis of the state. Some of our merchants may guess at it vaguely from the trade it throws into their hands , for all the tools and supplies tor the camp are purchased in Omaha , and there lias been not a little money thus brought into the ! coffers. There have also from timi to time appeared advertisements fo : men and toninc , and occcsionally i brief announcement of the progress of the cut off , a report of eomo ncci dent up thuro and BO on. Once th > small pox broke out at a farm house no'v tar from the line and then the Florence cut-off folks go a benefit. Accidents will happen it the best regulated families , and despite spite all obstacles this work has boon prosecuted inch by inch , foot by foot and yard by yr-rd , until , at bust , the blind can see how- enormous the job is , the end of which is just beginning to bo Been by the manager ? . A few days since a BKK reporter was detailed to go out and see WHAT TEE FLOHKNCB CUT OVF IK and dish it up for the thousands of readers throughout the city and state , and ho found is by no means an easy job to perform , the magnitude of the undertaking exceeding all expectations over formed of it. And it may bo well to explain right hero wliat the cut-off is , to do which intelligently will require a brief reference to the past history of the line of which it is to form a part. When the road w.is first built , many years ago , Douglas county was asked to vote $120,000 in bonds to aid the company. In order to bo able to do this lawfully it was necessary to have so many miles of aoad in the various townships through which it was to pus. Now by adher ing as nearly as possible to an uir line it would bo impossible to get the requisite length of track on the given amount of soil and as it was "NO TRACK , NO BONDS , " the company had to do a little maneu vering to get around the difficulty. Accordingly af tor reaching a point on Mill creek , a few miles west of Fior once , the Omaha & r < orth west ern lailroad , as it was then called , took a serpentine c urso through Union township by which they got in the desired number of railed and for which they got their bonds. This deviation forms a com plete horse shoo bend and made the rofid just five and a half miles longer than there was any nocessi y for. On this eleven and a half mile curve , the gradp is 110 to 122 feet to the mile and it has always been impossible to haul a train of any size over "OAMKL-BAC'K " THE - , as it is called , seven cars being about M much as one engine could manage. Whenever there was a heavy run on iho line , an engine had , and still hai , to be sent up to Oalhoun as u helper. After the money had been secured and the road had passed into the hands of a live railroad company , the "Camel-back" became an oyo-aoro to them and it was datorminod to remove it. This could bo done by cutting through the hills across in a north westerly direction and intersecting the line at the point whcro the curve was finished and the genuine and legitimate course resumed , On the 10th of Duocmbor , 1880 , the new company MQNl'II THE t'ONHUUr with Mitchell Vincent to do the work , and after foino uuavoidabhi delay tlio first shovel-full of dirt wus finally thrown on the 20th day of Muy , 1881 , by Mr. James P. Vincent , General Kuperin- cudent und Purchasing Agent for the contractor , and since that time he has missed but three working diija , sum mer and winter , pushing things for all they were worth. The advantages to bo gained by the cut-off , which moans cutting off the hump or bond , are very great. In the first plncu , it shortens the line five miles and a half , reducing the cur'vo from eleven and a half to six miles. It also JIKDUCK3 THE O1IADK to uixty-five foot to the mile , or nearly ouo-hulf , and it makes it possible to haul an average train with other roads. It is claimed by the otlicara of the company that they will save $500 per month in the item of fuel by the completion of this cut- ofF. At this rnto the work would pay for itself in five years , as it will cost them about § 30,000. Tlio cut-off is , Tn , in exact figurua , six miles and two feet in length , and is divided into two sections in about thomiddlc'honorth half , which is easy grade work , being sub let by the contractor to Franklin Force , ' and is now nearly completed the moat oi the remaining work to bo done being on tno couth half mile , where it joins the half in charge of Jnincs P , Vi'icont , Force working toulhworfl aurt Vincent northward. A D1FFIITLT .1011. The south hnlf is one of the most difficult pieces of iwd over built in this western country ! ns will bo srcn from the fact that wtilo the ovorngo amount of earth lowe removed per milo on western roai5 is 8,000 jards , on this line there ii ] 570,000 yards to bo removed on tjc oix mtlcs , or nearly 100,000 yards per mile , and of this 20,000 yards are to bo ( moved upon ono milo of the work , Upon the south half are two grjht cuts , ono of which is 2,700 feet it | length and ! > 5 foot docp ill the center ; the other l.IHIO feet in length * and 55.4 feet deep in the contort Thorp is Iho usual amount of fillinjS bridging , etc. , to bo done , and along Kho entire line the force are S WOIIKINO LTKE IHOJANS. Taking the mornini train on the Milwaukee , St. Paul , fclinnoapolis & Omaha road one day this week , the reporter found himself Ibout 9 o'clock at Florence station , irhero ho vas mot by Mr. Vincontj who kindly offered to show him ovef the ground. Taking a buggyho , waw driven along the county road , whicb follows the track for about two injlcs before it voprs off to the northwest. At ihis point a switch has bcon - ut in by the railroad company for the use of the contractor in transporting his supplies to the ocone of operations , and which will bo the initial puint of the cut-off. A car of iron , ono of coalandanothor of corn Wore standing to bo unloaded and the contents hauled lo the camp , which is nearly a milo away. Iioro about two and a half feet of filling only is required to bring Iho switch t the grade of ' TI1K NEW LINE and west of the siding , about six hun dred feet of fill lias boon thrown up A little further on , standing up iso lated from all tracks or fills , is t bridge about nine feet high , and still further the dump or end of the fill , which is being rounded up day by day in the direction of the bridge. From this point a narrow gunge road , eighteen inches wide , runs to the center tor ofitho big-cut , where the men are at work , and from which the diet tak en out is hauled on diminutive cars to tha dump , which oxtondlgVadnally ! towards the six hundred feet , of grad ing fisrt mentioned. A little further in and at the mouth of the cut wo arrive at THE CAMl' at which Mr. Vincent and his assist ant , Mr. 0. Salmon , book-keeper and paymaster , make thoic headquarters. Tins in quito a little village with refreshing frontier look about it that is quito inviting. On all sides are hills , some thickly wooded and others bald us a billiard cur , except of a bright emerald covering of grass. Eight or ton rudely constructed buildings of piuo boards and tar paper , and two or three canvas tents , make up the camp , a street running through the center. A now stable is in process of erection , thu old ouo being surrounded by mountains of manure accumulated during the past winter , uH , bel too unwieldy to remove the barns are rat- moved from it. A roughly carved " ' ' "WELCOME HOME' adorned the corn-crib , and , in fact , the boarding houses , grocery store , bleeping houses , blacksmith shop and olDco , made it a motto applicaclo to about the largest family the reporter has seen in a good whilo. The camp is on the east side of the track , and every few minutes a train is heard rushing down or being run up the hill. These trains are composed of four small dump cars each , of the Poteren patent , carrying exactly a yard of dirt to the car. They are mounted on a single four-wheel truck and emptied like all dump cars. They run down grade by their own weight and are hauled up by relays of mule ? , , changed at short distances , and some times boirg a team , at others a single mule. On the down grade they are controlled by a brakomun , who sits on the hind end of the train and uses a lever brake. Once in a while they get away , and occasionally .IUM1' THE TIIACK , but not often. The rails are very small indeed , being fourteen pounds to the yard , with as small as eight pound iron in some places. There are povoral miles of this track with switches at frequent intervals nnd it is necessary to run as regularly as on a railroad in order not to blockade the road. There are about ono hundred and thirty-Uvo cars in use and forty temm of mules , with perhaps five teams moro of odd mules , while the working force of men when the re porter was there numbered 17& . 'iho bnmo evening brought an addition of y5 Sivodoa from Sioux City with teams , swelling thu cntiro working force to the proportion of a snnill army. After inspecting thu camp and being introduced to MM , Vincent , a fine looking and warm hearted lady who would make homo pleasant in n much moro inhospitable region tlmn this , the reporter , accompanied by Mr. Vincent , TOOK THE TllAIN for the scone of action. As the oars climbed the grade behind a fine team of mulos. Mr , Vincent called attention to the ditches on either side the track , flowing with streams of the clearest water. They have had great trouble with this water flow which has con- Mnuod all winter. Last fall but about 15 feet of the surface had been removed - moved when the water was struck , and ic was the same all along the lino. It ia pure , crystal spring water , but it is also a pure nuisance. Ditches hud to bo dug everywhere and the gtpund was so wet thai at times it was dMaost impassible to work it. Rubber oota were furnished the men the eumo as shovels and many a time it has been necessary to pull the laborers out by main force and generally MINUS T1IEIK BOOTH which will bo dug up by future gener ations , and exhibited as some defunct species of the reptilian ago. The width of this road bed wus originally fixed at twenty feet , but the wet ground caused the caving in of the banks to such an extent that it was this spring ordered to bo increased to thirty-eight feet , which works to Iho great disnavAtitafjo of the contractor , Of this , twenty feet is the reid proper , and on unch aide are lo bo ditches and n "bench" to ni rest the land slide nnd facilitate the removal of the earth. The work of cuttiui ; away thu two big hills was kept up all winter , nt times front being in the ground to n depth of over two foot , and making it very expensive work. Mr. A. J. 1'orxa was the first foreman whps gang the visitor mot with , ho liavin charge of the south side of this cut and Mr. Ooorgo II. Day of the uortl sjdo. Both work on the same gen cral principle , and in fact the work i much the same on all of THE rOUE. SECTIONH in which the south three miles i divided. Aftnr making a start hit the hill with scrapers , taking elf tli surface , a square excavation is mad into the side of the hill largo onougl to admit ono of the dump cars. 1 hopper with trap bottom is fixed obov this excavation , and the teams witl : scrapers are driven from the freshly plowed ground ever the hopper intc which the contents of the scraper arc diimpcd.lt takes BIX scrapper loads to fil the hopper "and then the driver call out hopper" and down it drops int < the car , just filling it , and onejinoro of the 000,000 yards is out , each team making from forty-fivo to sixty cars per day. In this cut they have to go twenty feet down still , besides widen ing it twenty to thirty-eight foe all through. A short distance froii : hn mouth of the cut is the til' through a culvert in which PONCA CUEEK flows. This culvert was built will twenty-two inch tile to drain a milo equare of territory , and is already doubled down and practically ruined by the pressure. The saino state of affairs exist at another culvert further on , where a big twelve foot ditch is being dug to carry elf the surplus water. The engineer who was re sponsible for these and other bad breaks has long since resigned - by re quest. The valley of Ponca crock is a beautiful ouo , and the company anticipate ticipato grading about the hills and following the meandering of the creek and running a track to Rocky Point , on the river about four miles away , where there is a fine gravel bank from where they will draw from to ballast their track , the largo amount of "wasto" or surplus earth from the cuts being moro than sufficient to make this , EXTIEA KAILUOAD. Beyond Ponca creek Is Norton cut , which was all done by scraper work , being Mr. Vincent's first piece of work on the line , and beyond this is a bridge 200 feet long and very high , the fill at the south end being 20 foot. A short distance beyond is the end f this division , whore piles have boon driven for a bridge 384 feet long , the fill at the south end being 20 i feet deep. Hero the dirt from the no th end of the big cut is dumped from tlio trains , as that from the south end is dumped below the camp. West of this to the end of the three miles , is divided into two sections like the first , the apex of the second cut being the dividing point. John Hardy is fore man of the north end , and Morris Casey of the south half. Hero wo mot Mr. J. 0. Murphy , the "walking boss , " who has charge of the quartette 3f foremen and oversees the work on tHB ENTIRE LINE. Ho is next to Mr. Vincent in uithority , and is ono of the best rail road men , nt his work , in the coun try. Mr. Vincent says ho would not part with him for his weight in gold , rhoro are the same embankments , litchos and wet lands on this end of the road seen on the first and a short bridge ocross betoro reaching the cut , which , is stated , is shorter and shallower : han the first. Hero is another mnp , with boarding houses , tents arid ( tables , while there are scattering .ents und ranches all along the lino. SVork is progressing finely in this cut , .ho clay being stiller , and gunpowder jlusts being necessary to loosen the ; arth from the sides. This is the icono of the accident which happened 'rom u caving bank lust winter , and is Use in sight of the Griffin farm , vhero the small pox broke out in the attorpart of the cold season , and DEMORALIZED THE WO11K 'or a while. A fill 2,700 foot long wrings the line to the bridge dividing ho tnrtion of the cut-off described , 'rom the Force sub-contract , the last lump being the deepest on the line , i.8 ] feet , und the south end of the Bridge being just 17,500 foot from the iDUtli switch , where it leaves the main ino , the canter of tlm bridge dividing he Vincent and Force territory. \nother camp is found hero und from i delicious spring nour by u moat ro- rushing drink cun be hud. An inquiry of Mr. Vincent us to lie probable date of tlio completion of lis work und the opening of the cut- ill' brought the answer , "Well , wo vill do well if wo get through I1V NOVEMBER FIHHT. The widening will take extra timo. it has certainly boon a big undertak- ng , und thu work haa boon pushed nth great energy by Mr. Vincent ind Ins assistants , who ono and all lesorvo great credit. Mr. Vincent ia been in this work for 35 years , .nd ho can't discounted . by any mo , as the many important jobs ho liis completed in the west , in Mill- ipsota , Iowa and Dakota , and now in Nebraska , will testify , A walk back ivoa the line , a rousing good dinner nth Mr. Vincent and his excellent nfo , and the reporter left for the "loronco depot , pretty thoroughly im- iroesed with the magnitude of the irork whoso result * ho has tried to ivoto the roadorsof THE BEE that they nay know what a big work is going in at their very doors. Train Wrecked. lational Associated Trow. BEIIKOUD , Ind. , Juno 10. The pas- onger train on the Louisville , Now llbany & Chicago road was wrecked tear hero last evening. Engineer 'onnony was killed and twenty porous ous injured , STEAL-CLAD KNIGHTS , Tlio Mail Road Agents of Bygone Days Oonfldont of Victory , Their Ill-Gottou Grxino Prove $ .9 Eileotutil in Woohington no in Nebraska , u And the Trial Will ' Throuqh Summer Daye , Ending in a Faroe. The Tariff and Utah Oommie oionora Boleoted and Sent , to the Benato. \ . The Widshr InTORtigation Tarn * Oat a Dooliloillr Dry Aflatr. The Bank Charter Bill Consldorod In the Sonata The Harbor Bill in the .IIouso. CAPITAL NOTES. THE BTAH IlOUTCnS , National Associated Progs. WASHINGTON' , D. 0 , , Juno 10. The star routes proceedings consisted of a contest of the accuracy of maps of the routes offered by the govern ment , and offering the ovidcnbo of money paid for service not performed , The greater part of the afternoon was occupied in submitting docu ment ? . From the ill feeling between the opposing counsel , which frequent ly developed , it is estimated the trial will continue all summer , and the general opinion is the jury will never usjreu on u verdict. VK.UT.D. The postofilco department U draped and will bo closed to-morrow in re spect to the memory of ox-Govoruor iJtinnison , of Ohio. TUB W1IIHKY KINO. Before the Windom committee to day Harrison , managing editor of The Critic , refused to give the iiamu of the writer of the interview alleging cer tain journalists were in the pay ot thn whisky ring. W. H. HobArt , treas urer of the Western association , and Jacobs , treasurer of the Kentucky association , both denied the use of any money by distillers to influence lega tion. nnilQUANTH. During the month of May 141,035 immigrants arrived in the United States , making a total for the eleven months of 085,034 against 503,157 for the sumo period last year. TUB WHISKY JJILT , . Treasury officials say the failure of the whisky bond extension bill will not compel the withdrawal of moro than ono million gallons this year , but an immense amount next. NOMINATIONS ' * * of members ot the tariff commission in place of Wheeler and PJiolps , declined clinod : A. R. Hotelier , of West Vir ginia , and William H. McMahoii , of Now York. To bo members of the board of rog istration and elections in Utah : Alex Ramsey , of Minnesota ; Algernon S. Paddock , of Nebraska ; General God frey , of Iowa ; Ambrose B. S. Carleton - ton , of Indiana , and James R. Potti- Dtrew , of Arkansas. CONGRESS. National Aegoaiatad Press. SENATE rnOOKEDI.NaS. WASHINGTON , D. 0. , .luno 1C. Iho bill regulutint : the mode of presi dential elections was referred to the ju diciary committee. The anti-bollum southern mail : laims were debated during the morn ing hour and wont over. The bank charter bill was taken up. I'lio first seven sections of the bill was igreod to substantially as reported , by \ vote of 35 to 21. Ddbato ensued on the 8th section und pending motions to strike out portions of the section ind the whole section , n motion wus iiado to go into executive session and : arried. When the deere were opened at C:25 : ) . in. the uonato adjpurned until Mon * lay , IIOUtJK I'ltOCKKIHNdH. The consideration of the river and inrbor bill was resumed by paragraphs n committee of the whole. A num- > er of amendments were offered and , -oted down. The section of the bill rvhtch states that such portion of the mm appropriated for the Ohio rivo- w is necessary for Iho improvement ) f the Davis island dams and Indiana : huto wiw stricken out and the whole lum , § 350,000 , is left to the direction > f the onginucra. A long discussion ensued on thn motion of the bill providing for the soiidomnation of land for reservoirs it the headwaters of the Mississippi iver , pending which the ese and the house adjourned Tbo Head Tax National Associated I'tuti , ' NKW YOIIK , Juno 10 , The board if emigration commisaionera to-day irdered Gastlo Garden to bo closed iftcr Saturday next to ull emigrants unded except by any other steamship : ompaiiy than the French line , which ilono agrees to pay 50 cents per head. Fires. National Auociatod l'rc H. New HAVEN , Conn. , Juno 16. I'ho car trimming works wont do- itroycd by h'ro will' a loss .of $5,000. , Mass , , Juno 10. The , upholatoriiiK and furntshiug ihop of the Osgood lintdluy 'car com- iny , with four cars , was destroyed by ire. Loss , § 30,000. Rut on S'atlniml Atwoclated I'uta. Onic'AOo , .luno 10 , An important igruoment utl'ectiiiL the public us wull is railroad companies bus been roach- : d by tho. several managers of all southwestern railroads , by which pas. itongcr rates over the routes bo'.weon Chicago and St. Louis and Mi'sour river points shall bo advanced on Juno linth. The no\v schedule is as follows Chicago to Kansas City , 812.00 ; Chicago cage to St. IJ-MM.I , S7-f > 0 ; St. Ixntls to Kansas City , 57.Cl ? ) : outstanding un limited tickcUJjald in blockao \ pocu- latora dining tncf Dftsaongor war are to bo good over any line which is patty to the ngrccmon * irrespective of issue. This settles n mutter which has been pending over a your. Ibo Mnlloy Trial. National Associated l'r < * s. NKJV 1L VKN , Juno 1C. Tlio Mai. ley trial was nupuriiod till Tuesday. Turor Turmnn's daughter is dead. Obltnnry. National Apoclntod 1'ress. Uiu.sTor. , Pn. , Juno 1C. Charles I. Grodell , cashier of the Farmer's Na tional bank , died ( his morning , ngod 77. The Labor Trouble * . National Associated 1'rc-M. PirrHiiniio , Juno 1C. The labor situatioti is unchanged , Reports that mills are starting with non-union tiands are denied. Everything is ready for the labor demonstration to moriow. National AiuaclatoJ Pirns. Auiuo.UEno.ur : , Juno li. ( Miller Varborry was hanged for the murder if five men , ono of whom , Charles limpboll , was a stranger to lim. Ho killed thorn just for fun. PlNCKNEYVlLtE , 111 , JuilO 10. Jamea Vaughn was hanged this after- loon for the murder of William Watt ? , narshal of Tamorara , in August , 1881. Bane Bnll. iatlonil AmocJMud I'rou. WoncKSTius , aiasB. , Juno 10.Wor - cestors , 3 ; Buffalos , 4. Wroolt. National Associated I'toM. ST. JOHN , N. B , Juno 10. During heavy thunderstorm this morning at Lunmond , Kings county , two houses tyero alruck by lightning and do- troyed , and Reuben Broiv.i , a farmer , ailed. Ho loavoa five children. Two hundred and fifty passengers , vho were passongorfl on board the wicked steamer Canadian , passed through Iioro en route to Boston. Texan Doiugi. National Associated 1'rcjw. DALLAS , Tex. , Juno 10. A San Antonio special says that on Wcdnes day evening Col. Holland , supnrin tendont of Flower's ranche , was mur- dorcd by two Mexican hordcru in Flower's employ. They split his head with an axe and otherwise mutilated - atod the body , pillaged the premises , atolo two horses and escaped. A report is just received of a wind slwin in the locality of the railroad camp on Pecos river last night. Many sitloons , restaurants and several hun dred tents were blown down. Ono man was killed and throe others in jtifd. Damage , $1,000. 1 The Iron Strike. National Associated 1'roes. PmsnuHG , June 10. In two mills a sufficient number of men to run the mills agree to go to work at the old price. Ono mill will resume next week , and the others as soon as enough orders have boon received to justify resuming. The condition of the iron trade can bo inferred from the fact that to-day a representative of an English firm sold 100 tons of icon to a broker at 3jc , when the card rates hero are -t i-10j. AS20O.OOO DWELUNG. Rosa K. Wlnixns to Build a Houeo In Baltimore That Will Rival Mr. Van- dot bllt'a. Baltimore Da ; The proverbially lavish taste of Mr. Ross R. Win ana has again been dis played in a HOT building which is in courjo of erection on the cast side of Paul street , between Diddle and John streets. The structure is intended as i private residence , to bo occupied by Mr. Winans and his family , and it is md to bo the lineat private house south of Now York. From tlio plans fid specifications of the building , the idea of a palnco rather than an Amer ican dwelling is convoyed , Tlio struo- iuro so fur has only boon completed to ht > roof , and is as yet in the rough , jut when iiiiished its magnificence ivill rival anything which has yet j on built in Baltimore. Tlio ( it upon which the houeo stands is l ! > 5 feet front by Iii2i deep. The louse itself is CO foot front by 75 feet leop , and is to bo five stories high , vitli sloping Mansard roof. Thu style a French renaissance , and thn oxter- or , . when coinjilottulrill resemble , 'ory closely an old Belgian or French ihateau , around which fancy seldom 'ails to cluster clinging and historical ineociationB , What remains of thu ot after the building has taken up its luqtu will be transformed by the { ardoner into u htiautiful garden , ivhic , } ! is to cost $10,000. Around iho yard and building Mr. Winans lias ordered a brick inclosurs ton foot jiigh and fourteen inches thick , which is to moot at the northern and south ern corners of the house. The most striking features in the irchitcctural appearance of the house ire two towers , one at the front and tho' other at thu roar , They reach mly a ? far as the cornice , und remind mo of the pictures of Konilworth Jistlo , At the side of each of the towers rise four circular chimneys , .nilquo in design and nnulo of pressed red < brick , with jot black cumont , all jonibinod in ono , The material of which the house is built is pressed briok'nml Lung Meadow brownstone , ind the blending of colors is rich and perfect. Building operations vvoro begun this sprint ; , und the house will bo' finished about November , Mr. Winans is at present at Newport , but ia the winscr will inovo from his llol- linV&lroot mansion and occupy the roaiflcnco on St. Paul street. - Riusla Bahu tins genuine merit * , ai all whoute it will testify , 1'rlco ' Try it. GATHERING OF BIG GUNS. Tlio flaval Strength of European Powers Displayed in Egyp tian Waters , A tnrffe Number of Euglish TroopB Embarked for Alexttndrin. . The Flight of Forolanom Continue Front All Town * . Dlsmarck Kicks tuo HolchettiR tnu the Middle of November. AFKAI1L * ) IN EOYiT. LONDON , Juno IS. The Portu iiai boon notified that if ho refuses to con sent to a conference the powers wll. hold OIIQ anyhow , olsownoro than Constantinople , with or without hi presence. The Alexandria custom house Iiai been reopened. The channel squadron is going t Malta , where a largo number of troopi will bo embarked , and the eipmdroi will then proceed to Egypt. The increased objection to a con f eronco shown by the Turkish ollicials is caused by fear that the result of the conference will limit the sultan's an thority in Egypt. In the housa of comuiona this nf : ornpon , Gladstone , in answer to in quirioa , eaid ho boliovcd the sultar still had the sovereignty of Egyptt and other powers had oonourro'i in thin opinion. OAIIIO , . > uno 10. Four thousand persons loft this city to-day for Alex Aiidria. ALKXANDIMA , Juno 10 ; The khedive - dive has BUinmouod llaghob and Ahmod Kashcd Pashas to form o-niin- atry. They will probably refuse , It is calculated that 15,000 persons lave already loft Alexandria , and the city , owing to-susponaion of businsss , s full of destitution. Eye witnesses state that all persons who took refuge in the police stations durina the riots woru massacred. CONSTANTINOPI.I : , Juno 10. Ik is reported the porto will recall Dervish Pusha , and send Ahmed Muktab Pasha to succeed htm. BEHLIN , June 10. Germany will send two inoro war vessels to Alexan dria , if it is doomed necessary to preserve servo the peace and protect German residents in Egypt. Reichstag haa been prorogued to November 18th. PAUIH , Juno 1C General Docissey Dix is in this city to-day. LONDON , Juno 1C. The American corvettes Portsmouth and Saratoga have loft Spithoad to cruise on * iba French and Spanish coasts. Duownod. KktlonM Awodatod t roan. GuiLKOiii ) , Ind. , 10. Thn racont ttorui , thfi third this yw r-owept the hpuso of Michael Power and ho and his family were drowned. Foiaonod by Ball Button National Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA , Juno 1(1. ( Analyti cal Export Oresson reported to the board of health that thn substance which poisoned Mrs. Margaret Shol- len und two daunhtors on Sunday wa artificial butter compounded fromani' inal fats rancid with strong acid , molt ing at OA ° F. , containing bad salfa. The victims urn still in a critical condition. Small Pox. S'atlonal Associated Press. DAVENI-OIIT , IOWB , Juno 1C. Six- : con cases of small pox have developed lore in the past four days. The ilia- : nee is spreading as the hob weather : ontinuos. CHICAGO , Juno 10. For the first ; imo in a year not a single case of iinull pox was reported during the > ast twenty-four hours. A nusonlJy Coumiunity. National Associated 1'roso. SCOTLAND , D. T. , Juno 1C.- Alfred [ Jrown , the notoriou agricultural im- jloniont swindler , who defrauded tacino parties out of over $25,000 , MB boon arrustod hero but his friends ofuso to permit the United States narshal to lake him out of the torri- ordjduclaringtho marshal will bo mur- lured if ho nttumpts it. Tlio Hoosier Capital , latlonal Associated 1'ri'W iNiiiANAi'Ous , Ind. , Juno 10. loncr.il George If. Chapman , a well : nown lawyer of this city , died this ivening. lie was a prominent cavalry ifliner in the Army of the Potoinuc , , ml since the war has been receiver if two imjwrtant railways in this tato. lie has been in bad health 0:110 timo. Mrs. George Wallace , 00 years of .go , v.-ho residua in the eouthorn part if the city , was drowned hito this ivoning by fallinu into her own col- ar , which was filled with water by lie recent ovuilhw. Patrick O'Briwi wus found thin eve- ling in White river , BOIDO distance be- ow the city. Ilia body v. s recovered rom among these who were drowned Honduy at the union depot by falling nto Payno'a run , There tuo two ) there still missing. Inilicntions. Motional Atwocmuu ITcwi. WASHINGTON , D. 0. , Juno 17. For ho upper Miseiuippi mm Missouri . .ilh'yd , in the houtliern portions , partly cloudy weather and rain , A-arm Bouthurly to westerly winds , fulling followed by rising barometer. Tcvriilo Hail Storxa. S'ntlonal Asoccln ted I'ictr , DuiiUQui : , Iowa , Juno 10. A tor- ride lnul storm prevailed hero to-day. IJuil utoiica as largo ua oranges ant woiaint ; from a half to ono pouiu full. The damage to property amount * , o $5,000 Several persons were in jurod. Win , Graham received a scalj wound , F. 0 , FESTNER & SON , Book Binders -AND BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURES. Cor,12tliiFaruainSt , , OM-AHA , . NEB. Magazines of rall kinds BOUND' TO ORDER. Send for REDUCED price-list of Job Print- ing. _ J. T. . . FESTNER , Importer of , and Dealer in Zithers , Zither Strings * uaiu , 1121 FarnamSt , Omahal CHE. o vans. PVTK-dlCD .1CMK3&TI1 , 1878. CAUTION ! Cheap and poor quality gloves are * being extensively advertised as "Fos ter" Lacing Gloves , "Foster" Hook Gloves , etc. , etc. , in a manner calcu lated to make it appear to purchasers , that they are the genuine To prevent deception of this clmrao- or , purchasers of laced gloves are in- brined that all genuine "Foster" 3Iovos are made from the bust quality if real kid , and stamped with a fac imilo of the manufacturer's signature , , hus : FHOMASMSEELL&00lSoloAgts. 314 BROADWAY , N. Y. Je5.17IPJrl mil mm. BOOK STOVE , 'Ilia 1'louoei Q mnloBly Vapor ( w > l : Stuvq tlint tiaa uouq tlin iimt or vii i uliro and " Ov ? 5DDtt , Pnlontiinovnl len dlnlor I nnirftililwtJij Oi-IIU'f , i-rii.1 1 1 . - outlilt' - ' ! lmlf ir".t-IU liln NVirOun V' ' l - Mnrin-r nil C J owr Stuv J . . * rtulf ly IC i-i- > lr. Tr Kiunmer usu tlicso Stovw an ) Indispensable Tin eo .celebrated Slot tu I .lealo by I ) . A , 1' cicy Omahk Ntili. MCCARTHY & BUBKE , General Undertakers , 218 JL ti'je 3EC 83 M ? But Faruaiu aiid Douglas. Metallic , Wood and Cloth Covered GASKETS , COFFINS , ROBES , SHROUDS , OIIAPB , Ac. , distantly ou hand. Order * Irorn tin country gollcUwl , nd prompt'atteuJod to , mSiiu
