HE OMAHA DAILY BEE. FOURTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB , , FRIDAY MORNING , SEPTEMBER J2 , 1884. NO. 71 L'A CRIMEAHD A CURSE , " ' Arraign- Congressman Finerty's Cntting lent of Groror Gloyelanfl. In the Name of the Irish-Ameri can Vote , The Brilliant Legislator from Illinois Follows the Standard of the Plumed Knight And Denounces the Democratic Candidate As an Knciny of the I'eoplc A Sni.i- ixij'tcr of Pauper Ijabor. Special Di-ipatch to Tnu ] ) iu. : CiltCAfiO , Boptember 11. The Cili/.en , Iho leading Irish organ of the West , owned by Congressman Finerty , will to-morrow say : "Ueg.trding Grover Cleveland as nn enemy of thopmplo , it is proven to hi ] sntisfnctiou by liia record. Mr. Kinorty declnrjs that the election of such a man to the otlico uf chief mjg'utrato of this republic would bo a crime , A blunder A cuiwi : . It would bo Iho promoUou of narrowness , uf bigolry and of mediocrity , over expanded in- Intellect" , tried stitesmnuship , imd unqucs- tionod gomiis. Without surrendering n prin- ciplothatho has over held , without nbandon * ing the paoplo tlia indepoudont nnd honest people who have trusted in and elected him , Mr. 1'inerty , on the broad ground of American citizenship and American glory , heicby deeUros his preference for James U. Elaine , as tlio presidential candidate , llu de clares against Cleveland , bocauau ho baa prorod himself AN 1LSKMT OK T1IK LADOUKIl and the mechanic , the ally of the monopolists , the self constituied judge of the constitution ality of the me.v-mrers , Intended to benefit the people , the barefaced dodger of the vital ques tion of protection to American industries ( ind tlio champion , nccoptod and ratified , of a for eign interest on this continent. Blr. li'incrty will never bo found voting for nny dubious American who lias the unqualified supuort of the Times , the Telegraph , the Standard nud tha Nuwa , of Jjondou , HE BniTOUTS JAMES 0 , DLAIKK because , in declaring npauly for protection agaluat Europe , nud froa commerce with our American neighbors on and below our south ern frontier , ho advocates the true American policy , and the only ono by which our coun try cannot only remain great , frca and proa- porous , but nlao by which she can cprend the influence eho ought to pos- cs8 on the two cis-Atlautic con tinents nnd maiutain tbo letter of that demo cratic Monroe doctrine which says to Europe , "Hands oil" nnd of whish Mr. Bhiiue , al though a republican 13 the T11UE8T AND JI03T GIFTED living exponent. With him nt thobead of Ihe nation there would bo ift > fear that the Pan ama canal shall emer degenerate into a European , water waj' . " lUcCollouuli'a find Condition. CONKV IBLAND , September 11.Last even ing a strange man wai discovered atlempting to walk the trestle work of the Marine rail way from Manhattan to Brighton , Beach. An oflicer put him aboard a train , when a man recognizwl him as John McCollough. Watch waa kept on him as it wn : fojied ho would commit tuicido. After the train started Me Colloagh attempted lo jump oif , but was pro- vented. On his arrival at lirighton 13each ho complained of his head aud the fearful heat of tbo past few days. It was evident that the eminent nclor was suffering terrioly , and a close watch was kupt ovur him until ho reach' id f i lends in Now York who had been noti fied uf his condition. It seems that McCol- lough fancies ho ia followed by men who wnut to kill him. He kec s dodging imagi nary foes constantly. NEW YOKK , September II. John McCol- lough , who was reported to hava been prostra ted nt Manhattan Buach yesterday , ii > eaid by hU fiiondH to ho all riht ( ; to-day'nt his hotel in this city. TJio Mail and Kxpress , luwdvcr , sayi ! that he ia contintd to hid bed , and ] ihy- 8ici.ui ) refuse to i tate \vhit : is bis malady. ANOTIIBIi VEIISIO.V. The Tribunu nays : "Mr. McCullough dined at the Manhattan bea-jh AVcdnusdiy evening with Wright y.inford , W. K. Connor nnd Borne other members ot thft Hluo Itibbou. brigadu and lemun dq with which the fiugnj rejia-ii was washed Jutvn , in accordance with thu invariable cu-t m of tlia party , was of pe culiar potency , whether there w.n.s : i trifle too much hugaror whether tholuleful lemons had been Mlpplled with too liberal a hand , JOIM not appaar , but cerlnin it is it alfcctod the digustivo orgaus uf thna pro.sent after a marvelous fashion , Mr. Me Oullough In fact ruse from the tablu while uightwaayet young , nnd nuirmuilng Homo- tlung about "That Infernal lub-tor calad al * wayu plays tha doucu with mo , " wont fur a short walk. While courting the balmy evening - ing brcuzas alongbhoiu , ho wa < approached by a _ considerate stranger who knew him by light. Thu atrnugor look his arm , and no ticing ho w a hutfuriiiff from what veemod nn ovcrdo o of quinine , tenderly put him on board a houiaward IMIUH ! tram and sens his liluiHing nnd n dispatch tu a Now York newspaper speeding after him slmulU > neoiifly. McC > fluuy leauhud hin hotel , the St. Juinoa is uuffty and felt so far recovered yesterday morning that hu breakfasted with hia manager , Joseph Brooks and proposed to recall hU cancelled dates end begin the Beaiou next Monday , ttnrtitu ; for Chicago this morn * ing , That was , however , impossible , but it waa decided that hu would oiicn In thu west next Thuruday , playing in Chicago the Mon day following. " ' " " "Tho World * ays ; KTw " Thu Bonsational stories about John McL'nl- lough , Iho tragedian , are found , upon invest ! . gallon , lo be utterly witduut foundation , Mr. Mcl'ullough is in Ihn best health niul spirits this evening nnd will start out onJhU profci f ional tour next Week. Till I. I.KXIXUTO.V UACM , LKxiNflTON' , Ky. , September 11. Track fast.lilo and nn eighth Deb Milo < won , Light nnd Kansas ran n dead boat for the second plncos time , Ij'i'J. IvPtitucky atnllion stakea threo-year-old Audrian won , Hosjiry WM Iho only oilier slarlcr ; Ihno , ; tiaj : , Mih1 , s ° lling allownnceaVrft won , Itllvo second , Neophyte third ; time , 1:11 : , Owners' liAinlicap milo nil ngoa Aleck Auiunt won , liz.lu S second , Vanguard third ; lime , 1:13 : } . TUOTTINO IIHKEIIKIIS MUUTIXO , The ( Ighlh annual meeting uf the national association uf trolling her e breodcra closed nt the I\ow York driving club park to-dny. The 1'illoy Helenn , by Meredith , walked over for the annual nursery stakes. The Manhattan ntakoa were won in ttraighU by Miss 1.eland beating ISattouno 1'riiico in 1:3I'J:33nndli3l ! : : ; | . 1'roiluco otakuj valued at § 175 , wcru won by Olympia , Temple nnd 1'atrlcla were distanced in tha flint licat. Time , 'J:4UJ. : MAHAOAN3KTT 1'AHK HACKS. I'uovtUKsci : , September 11.Tho Nnrr.v ganpctt paik truck was excellent to-d.\y. The 117 ! ; clans , unlini > hed ywlcrday , Uess o M. won , Lorlno 2d ; Mnsdna lluy ! * d ; time 2:15. : In the po'lpnned 2:23 clnts r.ica Iho judges anmmncod the suspension uf Toner nnd driver ( Rollins ) of Montgomery , fur dishonest driv ing.Tho The summary of the -.23 clasi , uufiniahod vostorday , i as follows : Montgomery won ; Iron Ago ld ! ; ICItty 1'alchcr 3d ; Don Carlos 1th ; best time ' 'ilH. In the 2:17 wco Harry Wilkca won , Clem- mio fid ; I'hlllia 3d : lir ! : > 5 , 2lIJ ! , 2:10J : , 'Jl7i : , S:1GJ ! : , ail. : ! In tbo fiee-for-nll uaccrs , Westmont won ; Jewolt M ; iilly S. 3d ; time 1:15 ! : , UUOJ , 2:13 : ? . DHinllTOK 1IKACII HACIW. BuiaitTON UKACII , September 11. Track fast. Three-quarters milo purse Nellie Glon- inn wuu , Day -M , ISonnio Chief 3d ; time , 1:18. 1:18.1'ursp 1'ursp selling milo nnd n furlong Musk won , Klnherly 2d , Buttercup fd ; time , lf)7J. : ) I'urso handicap nil j\ges milo nud three furlong Edwin A. won , Wave o' Light 2d ; time , L':22J. : I'urso for non-winnera nt Brighton in 1S8I ono milo Hnledon won , Gloudower 2d , Clnrnucu 3d ; time , 1:1U. : 1'iirso Boven furlungs Klorenco M ! . won , Jim Carlisle 2d , SiiiKjon 3d ; time , 133. ; I'urso handicap steeple chase short course Charlie Eppa won , Hanger 2d ; time , 145 ; . BllKEI'SHKAI ) HAY IIACK3. iKAn BAT , Sept. 11. Track fnst. 1'uiso for two yenr old , aolliut' , 3 milo , Sussex won. Joy Boll second , Miss D.Uy third ; time , Handicap sweepstakes , milo nnd a furliing , Duplex won , Furg Kyle second , l > igun third : time 1:553. Bridge handicap , 1J miles , Wntor Lilly won , Louisetto tecond , Bla > a third ; time 2:33. llnndicn ] ) BweoD tuke ? , all ages , ] ? miles ; Mnnitor won , Clonmet aecoud , Dutehcss third ; time 3:05. : Thrcn-quartcrs milo purse , threo-yearolds nnd upwards , selling , 1'inafora won , Medusa second , Galaxy third ; time llij. ( Steeple clniEO , [ short course , Quobeo 'won , Charley Epi > 8 second , Disturbance thud : time , -1:13. Tlio AVc-atlicr To-ilnv. WASHINGTON , September 11. For Upper Missisaippl valley : Fair , variable winds , slight rise of temperature. 1'or .Missouri valley : Generally fair , slight tieu of temperature , southerly winds. Fair CoiimiisBtim 1'orTowa , CKDAII HAVIDS , September 11. The Worlds Fair commission for Iowa closed a buccestiful meeting hero to-day. There was a largo at- lendanco of prominent men of the state , nnd the proceedings leave no doubt but that the fund for defraying the expenses of the Iowa exhibit will bo raised. A proclamation by Governor Sheiman was presented , ho.irtily en dorsing thu project , and commending thu plan for raining funds. A A'ictlinor September 11. Lizzie Sheriff tbovictimof a terrible -mault near Six milo ferry Iho night of July 20h , in hopilujsly in- sauo. Sha was t.roiK'lit hfru from her homo in Syracuse , N. Y. , to testify against the par- tics nccit'ud of making the assault , but her condition is such tint her toi'imouy cannot bo taken in court. Preparations nro being made to have her place in thu insana asylum. Carl Soli u ron tlio Stump. CHICAGO , September 11. Carl Schurz , nt the Central Music Hall to-night , delivered an mldrcfs on political topics. The aii'lii nco was limited to thu seating capacity of the hall nnd numbered 2fiOO. Tin on or four hundred others ile irons of obtaining admi-ijion were turned awny. Dcniooriitlu Non-VotOH. WASHINGTON , September 11. The democ racy of tha DIstiict of Columbia ratified thu Humiliation of Cleveland and llondriuks by a grand ojien air dumonstrati > > n -night. . Theru \vas a i ar.nle with some -1,001) in line , of the- hial democratic organizutiou and demucrntic clubs from thu country. CINCINNATI , O. , September 11. To the losses by the Hhhop lire hut night tihould bo nddedtwentyfivo thons-md on Iho building owned by August liccker , fully iiunrod. Biuhops claim tlu place was sot on lire and Ray thuy will h > ld the city rosp'Jii iLlo for Un > lo-M > s as they , 'nkcd protection homo llmo ngo and woru denied. Ko arrcati have yet bom made , A Tclctfrunli Miuldlo. WALL SriiKUT , Soplomber 11. It was re- liorted on board that the -Baltimore ( c Ohio telegraph compuiy has given nottc.i , tu lliu United teleeraph lines that it will withdraw f'Oin Iho pool unless the bankers nnd mer- chuntH' dilllculty iaudjiistuii nt ouco. A Count Tovii TalkOii. LOKIION , Soptoinbsr 11. Adviies from Ta- matavu , Kludngascar , All-in : 3'Jth , statu that thu French had bou.bardod and tomporallly occupied Mahatiora , a town on thu coa .t , fcomo distanca south of 'J'umatavo. nnil Cliliut. I'AIIIS , Septumbor 11 Thu government de nies that China ban declared war , The cham bers will not bo summoned to meet before Oc tober 10. The pnmo minister luw returned to Paris. NOTKH. Thrro were only two deaths from cholera nt Naples yesterday. Several phynlciniia of Homo nro to bo pro o- ciitrd for refusing to attend cholera cased. Olh'clnln of aovernl provincial towns Intro been dlsmlised for neglecting the public health. Cholera is spreading through the province of Spain. At Olcan.N. Y.yoterday during a lliundfr shower several t.inks of i > otrolomn containing .V'iCM ) gallons wotu struck by lightning and burned , John Wunssner a prominent' citizen nnd banker of Corpui Chrlnti , Tcias , milcldod yesterday. No cau o is Apparent but financial dlllicullies are stupectvil , General Biillcr nnd mxtrwn ethers upoak nt nn open nir mnsa mcolliig in Xowurk un the 15th ins t. The Northern Pnclfic railroad yesterday nb * tallied an attachment agaln > t property in Now York stnto belonging lo David K. Swan , cash ier of Iho company nt St. 1'aul , .Minn. It h charged that Swim wrongfully appropri ated $ . ' 1,000 of the company's money , In the suit before tbo Now York courta of the IVoplo of Illinois against Henry Hilton nnd William Libbo , ilungo Donohuo yestor- May decided tbo plaintilf nhoiild give bond in the Rum of 87CO ai security for coUs. The Gowl Templars of Illinois held their state convention yesterday at BloomingUm. The total number uf prostrations by heal In thia city to-dny number 18. There weio M prostrations In Brooklyn , three of which were fatal. _ _ A Shanghai dispatch to thp London Tinier says that the KuRiian Mag fillip has been f ecu anchored in the Coroan pint , while thu Hoot remains at Nngrnvpakl , awaiting orders , There have been 27 deaths all told in Men- forlo , Spain , sincu Iho outbreak uf cholera thoro. The 1'yroiinrs ii'jfion in southern Franco reports 21 do'iths from cholera , Wednesday. The opposing factions in Iho Colorado re publican convention , now in session nt Colora do Spring , nru iiicntiffcd ns "tho Hill" nnd " .lull-Hill. " There were two cholera deaths in Marseilles yuaterday. ( \ Telegraph Company's mem. Special toTmiBm : . Niw : YOUK , Seplcmljer 11. The meeting of Ihe Bankers & Morchanls lelegraph peolo | to-day is reported to hnvo been lo consider plans for a way one of their financial dillicul- lies. The result of the meeting is enid lo bo that Bonanza Mnckoy has promised to take earn of the Indebtedness , but that it has fiuco swelled from nbout S-00,000 at that time to § 300,000 or more. It was stated nflor tha meeting that the company baa not yet com plied wi h the conditions of thu Baltimore & Ohio and that road fravu notice yesterday of withdrawal from the pool. Mnckey's represen tative does not pccm willing now to assume the increased responsibility. An American Consiil'a Nerve. WASHINGTON , September 11 , Acting Sec retary of State Davis Bent the following com mendatory letter to Consul Frank H. Mason , who has remained at Marseilles during tbo cholera epidemic in that city nnd Toulon : "I take pleasure in expressing the high appre ciation of thu department for the courage and devotion you have evinced by continuing at your post during the provalenca of the SLOurgo which has visited these cities , nnd in the face of thu danger with which you wcra surround ed since its outbreak. Your report h exceed ingly interesting and the information it con voys is of a rory , u eful charact'fr. " , 4 , Cnso Hall. ' At Cincinnati Cincinnali 11. Allegheny , 1. 1.At At Toledo Toledo , Athletic 2. At Philadelphia Philadelphiaa 2 , Chicago 19. 19.At At Baltimore Unions Baltimore 2 , Cin cinnati 11 At Washington unions Nationals 3 , Pitta- bmg3. Gaino called on account of darkness. At Louisville Louisville , Mclropolilans 3. At Boston Buffalo , 1 Boston 0. Gntno called on account of rain. At Prouidcnco Providence ! ( , Cleveland 1. At Now York- Now York 2 , Detroit 1. At Columbus Columbus 13 ; Brooklyn 10. At Indianapolis ludlunapuha , Balti more 2 , A Nlliillht Wins AW , September 11. Thousands of copies uf the Nihilist proclamation nro dis tributed , nigncil by the cunlrnl committed of Skurnovic. The proclamation B&ys : "In the struggle to sustain the people ugaim > t the rule of thu czar , wu ought t3 have recnurao to the same weapons hu uses. Our fight is now as it uver was , a latitrauco. Wu have donu justice to Jumiiiiiist tikiript/.yk , whoau death was wrongly attiiouted lo tha violunco of thieves. Ho w.a-i executed by us ni f. Rpy. No traitor escape ] . " The polica have failed to di.-cover thu Minrco of the proclamation. Tha police , howuver , i-ei/.ed a Nihilist nt thu railway Btntion difguiaed as mi olliccr's ( juaid. Aincrlcuio Ciiiiudti Yloo Vcrnn , MoM'iiiCAi. , Kci > tomberll. Alfred G.lrnac son , notary public , and until lately junior parlner of the firm of J. II. & A , G , Isaac Km , has absconded. It is understood that bu is a defaulter ' to a Inrgo amount of money ontriiblod to h'im for investment. His decep tion was kept up for nearly a year by paying , ho intercut on thunu monuys , lie is alee ae- cined of forgory. Ho is bufiuvod to bu in Now York. _ _ /V Fatal Drunk , Specinl Dispatch to 'J'llK liii : , KIAIINIV : : , Neb. , Septumber 11 , A man named .Ia ol > Witmer waa killed and a Gor- mun woinun had her hhoiddoc fractured by a wng'n uinetting yesterday , as limy weroro- linniiii' liuino from Kearney in nn intoxicated o'li'lition. ' They lived twenty inilus north uf town. Till ) Tccnnnry WASHINITON , Seitembor | 11. Itls rumored hero that thu president has d-cidud to nppoint General Grorgo H , Hlmrpo Hecretary of the treaKiiry. ( Joiieral Kliarj u was rucently ap pointed as a member of thu coinmisi < ! ijn to visit iSoulh America. liiiiilciii'Gnno , WAHIIINOTON , September 11 , J. II. Hqul a private banker who made an alignment short time ngo , committed sulcidu thii mur ng by cutting his throat with a pen-knife. THE CARNIVAL OF DEATH. ATOODIT the Yioe-Clail Hills and Citron * - . Groves of Italy. The Terrible Travesty on Na ture's ' Surrounding Beauty , The Remorseless Advance of the Deadly Plague , JL'lio Appalling Death Eato at Naples , Panic and Eiot ] Bender tlio La v Poworlosu , Dcvolliiii to Ilia Sub JcctH Tlio Honrt-llciulliiK no. tnllH train Alli'olnlj. NAI-LKS , September 11. The eitunllon in this city it growing woreo. For Iho 21 hours ending at nlno o'clock this morning , there were UA7 ficsli casoa of'cholcrnnnd 803 deaths. iVH the ministers have earnestly urged King Humbert to leave the city but the king re fuses. The kiug will visit the populua qnar tore of the city. WhlloUlthig to-day thu king met an arch blnhop wlu wna upon the same errand of mercy , Tha meeting of the king and pielato ia described as very interest ing and touching. Thu inlninteia of the inte rior to-day received a visit from the relief committee and suggested to Hi mcmbora vari ous cifectUBl pinna for the relief of the sick in the poorer quarters of the town , A number of butchers have left off work and it way feared that the meat aupply of Naplea will bo nloppod , bn : a linn of army contractors at Genoa have undertaken to lurnlsli ample supply. Thj pinic baa ex tended to the prisons , and c.iminals confined in the Carmine jail combined to etfect their escape , aud the military wna called upon , and the outbreak waa aupprossot ! . A number of experienced attendants frou the hospitals of Mnroiolld are coming to Nnpliii. The minster of war baa ecnt a number c' .Indents from the military medical school to ; . ! st Iho physici ans of Naples , nnd SIgnor Mayllani has handed - od over to the relief funtho ' emu collected nndjircscnted to him as a < uiimial gift in rec ognition of his public ecrvicos. Thu situation hero continues of most dis tressing character. Thu dreadful epidemic increases hourly In Us ravages. A fooling of the deepest gloom pruvadca the city.i The misery and sulToring amor fj thu poor Is simply appalling. King Humbert yesterday was prevented - vented from visiting the poorer quarter of the city. THE scouiiac Timorot r ITALY. In this city for the 24 hours ended at 0 o'clock this u veiling thuro weiu % fl fresh cases and 328 deaths of cholera , Ir * . other parts of the province for the same time thorn were U fresh caies and 14 death ? . > At Avcllino there were 4 fro-h casoa and 2 dtaths ; at Bergamo , 11 frojh case ? , ! ) deaths ; at Cnmpubasao. 3 fresh caaes , ,2 deaths ; af-'Gosfrtn , 13 fresh ' cnfecs , C , de'atli8.ntCroiri ; , ; i 2 IWM'I ' - > / , 3 deaths ; at Cimoo , 12 freJh cases , lO'doatlm ; at Genoa , 3(5 ( fresh caaej auk 21 deaths'at ; Spezia , 20 fresh canes , 17 deaths ; at Carrara , 0 fresh cases , 2 deaths ; at Parmea' 8 frush cases , 2 deaths ; nt Ifeggio. 2 frrsh cases , 1 death ; ulNetira , Putonza nnd Salerno there has been ono dealh in oacl > place , ritorosiiu KXCUIISION , It is announced that n grand trans-conti- ncn'nl ' excursion hat been arranged to start at the close of this week. Tlio members of the American nnd British association will bu giv en an opporturnity to visit the Hocky moun tains at low ratus. Tickets to Denver and return - turn , good for thirty days , can bo purchased for tlio remainder of thu wuok at 805.05 for the round trip. Opportunities will bo offered for vifiting Pikes peak , the Garden of thu Gods and other points of interests. The situation is slightly improved. King Ilumbcit today again visited Iho hospitals and also the cumps of the poorer classes , The municipal aulhoiitiei' , with Iho approval uf the archbishop , prohibited all religious pro- eo'sumn. Two hundred voiunleers offered their services in the cholera hospitals. Flood nainii oH in WlHuoiiHin. KAU Cl.AlllE , September 11. ] ! otb , the Uau Claire and Chijipowa rivers began falling nt noon , after reaching tlio unprecedented height > f 20 feet , which U higher than thu tlood | of 18SO. JJvcry brldf > o on the Chippewa has gene out , five railroad and fivn wagon biidges. In this city the lois of property is appall- ing. No satisfactory CRtiinatu can bo niado at this lima. In and hntwoan ( jhippuwu Kalis and Kin Cllaro the hiss will not fall short of SI f.H,000. ( ) nnd may greatly uxeeod that mm. Tim I'luu Clare gut cmnpany lones three hun dred and fifty tons of coal and all thu build- ingi , valued at $15,01)0. ) DuainCBS houses on nllmdoiof tlio two liver * are eubinf-ig'id. Great apprehension IH felt that when the water roccdes the foundations may bo so impaired as to crumble thu walls. Two hundred houses have boon mvopt away here. Only ono bfo lost no far as hoard from. TlioSliiuliw1 ( if Coining : KvorKH. PmHiiuiia.Si'plomberll. On account uf the depression of trade , Kdgar Thompson , of thu Steel company , to-day notified the employes that unless they accepted n induction of wages , suspension of npaintion will bo neces sary. Thu firm employs nearly fi,000 men The probabilities nru that tlio reduction will bo acct'ptoil us slio number of idle men in this vicinity is greatsr linn at nny time dur ing thu past ten years. Only about half thu mill' ) and glass factories uro In operation. There is meat ilistr.sH niri'ing ' thu poor and in consequence , the poor-hoard olliclals Imvo nearly exhausted thu appropriations fur out door relief ami six month * yet to run. It is estimated tuat there nru 1,000 vacant rooms in the city , on account of the poorer classes doubling up to leetcn expenses , On Tlip Br , 1'At'i. , SoptembcT 11 A BpocinI t the livening Dispatch from Man Ulairu says tlutt booiiij on I'olnt Creole tubutury to thu Chip- pown river wont out lulu lust night nnd thu water in tha Hlver rose rapidly. This , witli Hunting logs curiiod nwny the ujipur bridge o .ho WIscon In Contrnl nt Chlppown Valla nud n ! n the lower bridge U'lwoon thoio nnd thin city. The Milwaukee & St. 1'nut brldgo nnd nil the city bridges hero nnd the jelly bridge at Chippown I'Vlla nro nil carried nwny. Tlio Omhn bildgont the latter plnco ii not yet ; onn but there Is no tolling what may hnppeu f the water gets nny higher. The Omaha ruilroid bank is being badly washed , The vntor i Hooding the tivots of this Hty doing ; roat damage. JjATKlu The Ivan CIniro nnd Chippow/iy Ivera nro higher than was nvcr known before , -hu water ( lowing over thu principal itroots , ind many buildings on the lower grounds nru loating nwny. Half a million feet of n logs invo broken from Iho boom tioar 1'dily Mills lid nro lloating down stream. AVnr AVnntcjl. I'AUts , Soplomber 11 , Admiral 1'oyron1 ulnislcr of the marine nnd colon ! eg , supports ho domnnd nudu liv Admiinl Courbct that ho Kronch ghall olllcially ileclaro war with hinn , na n necessary action to linuro thu complo o Micco aof his naval oiiorntluiif. The .i"ig ro Itntes the I'atonotio ; the Vronch nm- inuwtsndor to China , received from Taung , i Yamen , n declaration war by China , but hn nmba sndor rofured to givn the documoiit illlclnl rncognition , upon the ground that di- ilninntlo usngo rondi'ra it necessary that nucli i declaration should bo mndo direct to the b'roucli ( uivernniont at Van's , Klccli'lcliuiH UronlliiK n Word , IMiiLADKU'iiiA , September 11. In to-dny'a icsslon uf the United States electrical confer. unco there was a long discussion upon the imb ed of adopting the word "wAlt"ns the stand- nd meaauni of power. A similar proposition VBB rejected nt tlio 1'nrU nmforonce , the Ccr- ! nans objecting to further KnglUh Innovations u their language , and thn I'leiich having no _ etter "w" in thoiis. I'rofexBur 1'reeci' , of .ondon , nrciifil that "vvntt" wns n nnicli American ns Kuglixh , nnd there could bo no cavilling nhout ilia term hero. It wns finally arranged that the matter nhonld bo rofeired to \ committco to report. M ut , I'llll.AiiKt.l'illA , SoplombDr 11. At to-day's ess ion of the Amcrloau Feicutisti , 1'rofossor Morse ropurtal that thu committee in relation , o duty on Hcientilie books had every reason o feel a sin red that great relief miiy nhortly W expsctcd fn > m thu governmonl for Importa- ,11111 of sclentllii ! books to bo used in collides uid instltutiuns of learning. A commltto was nppomtod to memorialize conpress tn supply nouns with which Kclontliio researches in the natter of fermentation unit its olfecta 'can bo irosocuted. A $ UOOOO ( Vim. ISAWIUOliE , September 11. The factory of , ho Knglish furniture worka. D.Vilf son & Son proprietors , in South lialtimoro , burned ihla nfternoon , Thu walls of the factory fell. : ta destruction Is complotu. Thu building , > csidcs the machinery , contained n largo quantity of finished nnd unfinished furniture ind lumber , none of which was saved. Thu iroprioturs now estimate ; the damagu nt S200 , ' K)0 ) upon which them is only n partial insur mice. The lire origlnrted in the drying room over the boiler , Jny 15yc-Sco in 1'ralnliiK. KAIASIAZOO , M ich. , September 11. Mr. Bither , trainer of .Tny-lCyo-Soe , snya that thu ; clding is in the | ) ink of jondition. Horse- nen from hero nnd nhfoad looking on , nru expecting u great mile. _ tust hero Satunlay. Dnriiif tlio uxorcisos this afternoon Jay-Kyu- 3co made the lastiiuartur nt ilU ! : , the fastest [ quarter over made in Michigan. JCxtra touches nro being put on the track , and uvury effort is buing made to lower tha rncord til M ud S. .Iny-lCvo-Seo make" no other np < lioincinon'i in Michigan , /-T - NuhrnHkn I'roliiblllotilHtfl. LINCOLN Nun. September 11. ThoStalo Prohibition convention mot 1'erj to-day am ! .irgsnized , electing C. 1C. Ucntly , temporary chiiirman ; ( leorgo K. Bitrlow SecjI. . O. Miller wni selected permanent clulnnati nnd Mr. Jtowaltnnd G , Wolfonb.irger , SecyJ ( } . Miller was nominated for ( Jovenor by nc clamatiun and II. H. Shodd tha rupubllcan iiominru cndursod for hiout Governor. 1'ivo it. John presidential electors wuro also Holec : ud. 1\V. O. T. U. .v , D. 0. , September 11. The annual meeting of thu Wumens' Christian Temperance Union began to-day at the Clar- lield mcmoriiil church. Mrs. Clara L. Jtoaeh was elected president for the ensuing year , ind then a ski-teh of the organization anil linlii of work was described. Kav. Mr Power lolivorud an ndiln.-H of welcome thirfuvuidng , wliieh wns rnspondud toby Mrs. Chapln of South Carolina. Carolina."I "I Toledo. TOI.UIIO , September 11. General John A. Logan wni present this afternoon on the , , rounds of the tri-stnto fair association ami nailo a speech to an audieneo numlK'ring 7,000 or K.OUO. llu Hjioko about half an hour upon the commercial , inannfactuiing i.nd agricultural interests of Ohio and their wonder ful growth. TrniiHlt , Kiw YOHK , iSeptpmber 11. A meeting uf nteiustod persons , residents of Now Yoik nnd liiiilon , xvai held to-dny to dovi moaiiH by which the 100 miles between the two cities can bo traveled In thruo hours. Itisonli- muted that thu necessary double trnekio.ul could bu built for twenty-livo million dollars. Alnjorlty. 1'OllTI.ANI ) , September 11. A mioclnl to tin 1'rotH from Augusta says : The total vote o : the stain will reach Hi.1 10 , mid Jlobio's ma jority over Hedman is 20.1110. This is Iho Jaigest inajority over given it candidate for governor in thin Hlato In it pru > idential year. Divlilcil loiniiratH. ) Kuw OIII.KANH , Sc-plembcr 11. Dispatches ropoit that thu domocrntic congrusblonal con ventiun of the Fifth district is divided , OIK faction rO'iiiifninatlng J. 1'luiyd Kin , nm thu others Chailes. ) , lioatner. 1. O. O. 1 < \ CIIIUAUO , Sujitaiubur 11. About 'JOO inmn bors of Iho Sovereign ( I rand Ledge , I. O , O K , , from all portions of the world , have nt lived nnd will talcespecial train for Miimeaj oils to-night , whoru u tiosslon of the lotlgo wi bo licld , Homo Tlircntoiied. HOMI : , hoplenber ; 11. Another death , HUH pucted to have been caused by cholera , has occurred in this city. The Kvctlantint ; Jloroy Tjottcr. NKW YOUK , Sfptembrr 11. The oxnminv Ion of Henry H. Had Icy on n judgment gnlust him , wns continued to-dny , The outisol for llndloy claimed the procepdlnui cro merely for thi > purpose of making politi- il capital , llndloy win asked tha data of is report to thu democratic national cominit- eo of his Investigation into Ida Mercy loiter intter , Ho could not remember tha ditto but o would fnrnUh the record of the committco , 'ho next question was aito the natutu of the ervlces rendered the commlttfo by Hndloy. lo answered that John I , Davrnport had ktid him n similar iiuention in 18SO mid that had gathered up nil meniorandn on the nblect In Ilia pmscssion nnd In thu posne sion ( tlio committee. llu wns asked further ncstions nbaut the money ho Imd received rum the commlttcn nnd BAI | that it wns from -lfiO i to S2f)00. If the counsel were fnir nuil list ho ft.tld they would look nt the records ho mmiiv'il t. ) produce , which give nil such in * ormation In detail. The counsel sold ho did tot want the records. To another ipieation 10 said , John I. Davenport h.id In 18 L paid ilm SIT)00 for pnch facts us the information 10 possessed in lefjard to the Mun-y letter , AVIiy wo Are Sick. No device that can add to the comfort mil convenience of n dwelling is omitted n our modern nrohitccturo , nnd money a not regarded whan tlio luxury of cloth * ng or bottuty of poraounl ndornmont is in ucstion. Honca vro nil live in but tor .oinoo nud wear bolter clothca than did iur iorufiithora. Why oliould wo not nko the lumu bolter care of our health ? Vhy oluuild dyspepsia , nnd the train of iacnaoa tlutt follow it , almost unknown n the olden time , bo so prevalent now ) ply bccaueo of the poimmoua nnd in- liCBtiblo | traah which in thcao dnya ia orcccl upon thn public ns guiutlno lood , ir used tu ndulturnlo thoau nrticloa Unite ; o to innko up the dully bill of fnro of ov- iry houBohold. Our forufnthura vroro ontout to mnko nunioy byplnln nnd lion- Btmolhoda ; but the hot , computition of ho present day nnd the atrifo for rapid ichea Imvo called forth nil the ingenuity f modern science to doviao cunning do * opliona thnt slmll uimblo the nvoricioua lunlor to inororapidly Increase , his profits , von though hit doatroy the health of the nibliu theroby. The consuciuonco ia \diiltcr.\tcd , impure , poiconouannd bogus oed on ovcry hand. The people buy thcao ndultcrnt.id rticloa uf food because they nro chunp , ntiroly ignorant ot their poisonous qunl. tlco. A few yunra ngo this evil had reached atich nlarinint ; propoitlona in En * Innd thnt the public acntiinont doinnnd- od legialativo intorforcncu , nnd pnrlla- nont unnoted the moat Hevero repressive a wo. Dr. Small , U. S. A , , nftor nn ox- ntninntion recently mndo under the di rection of the war department , concludes .hut the ndullernlion of food ia ua great n thiii country to-day , nnd of ua danger ous a , character na it wan in England nt the time referred to. No nrticlo enter- BO generally into the food of every 'amily has boon founcl inoro vilhtinoualy adulterated than baking powder. For .ho purpose of undorooliing W nbaoluto- iy pure powder liku the "lloynl" which has bocoinu the utnndnrd for puri ty nnd atrongth in baking powders liundrcda of dealers nro putting up baking' powdora with cheap and adul terated croata of tartar uonti\\nia liiuo , , uurth , otci , adding ationgth by the free uao of alum. U'iiuoo powders nro oold aheap , but thnir uao ia expensive , for they are ono of thp cliiuf causes of the dyopepein from wliieh tlio American pee * , ilo aroBuIloring. This species of adul teration , nt least , can bo avoided by fol lowing the ndviao of Prof. Mott , the chemist lo the government , who rccom- ncnda con&umora 'when purchasing jaking powders to nolect ono ntandard lewder , us the lloyal Ihking Powder , ' ralhorthnnto rink purchasing ndvonturoua comjiounda put upon Iho market by pur- aona who have no higher motive than dollars and ccnta. \Vu \ hnpo to ECO congrcna take hold of .his important matter in n anfliciently vigorous manner to put an end to Iho whole iiefarioim biiuincen. In the mean- .itiio , if iiooplo will bo nn careful to buy .hi.- beat and purest food n.i they nro to wear the bust clothes and build the moat comfortable liouaca , it will not bo ncceo- mry to nil ; DO fn < | tionlly the quunlion , "Why nro wo HIC ! ; ' ( " Kv ry acioutiilo , est haa proven the "iloyal" to bu pure and T/holoanmo. rtcw Yiirti Oiry'a Icrrllilo llonf. Nr.w YOHK , Hoptumber 11 , At 't n , m. to lay thu thermomelor maikoil 7 < i degree ] , at i v in. 7l ! , at ! ) n , m. 77 , noon 85 , The ! it'h fall from yesterday's U'liipeinturonlfurdcd bn little relief ; although n light lueexe sprung > , p ho people still Hiilfiired severely from thu ef- 'ucts of tinhead. At the coroner's olllcu , bn- Lween thu hours of K and 112 this morning , Lhorn weio 'J5 sudden deaths ru ] > ortrd , many it which woru directly duo to the bent. Iln lcHirvtu : a Miidnl. HOME , September 11 , The general health of tha city is excellent. The Catholic news papers unit ? in eulogizing the bravery of King Humbert during his vinit to Naples. A pub- liu subscription is opened in Milan to present JCing Humbi-rt with a medal commemorating his \isit to Naples. ' An Important , DnolHlon , I'llll.ADKi.l'lllA , I' , Hepteinbor 11. In the criminal priHecntlou of u man to-dny for cut ting the liaxter tnlegrnph and tcli'phono wlics Iho judge Ill-Id tlml the occupants of a house hud the right t' ' cut wires if t-lretclud with * nut permihnlon of Iho occup nit. A < Jell Wave. CiiffcAOO , iS'i'pli'inber 11. The livntu-l Kpoll has bcuu broken by it cold wave last nluht , tiniislng n droji In the thermometer to M ° thin muiiiiug , IIUVJI'H New tJoru Crop. ] ) DJ MoiNi * , Sopl. 11 , The llrst load o ; now crop corn wns marketed hero to-day. It . wm well filled , sound , and very diy , nnd tohl ) for twenty llvo cents per linnhel. CHICAGO MARKET. TMrsflay's ' Business on the Chisago Board of Trade , Oattlo Show a Decided Ad , All Around , c- cr- Western Banco Stook Pro in Bettor Form- Hog Market Aotivo aud Higher for All SortB , The Qovorninent Eeport Helps Wheat Upwards , Corn KliowH to a IinrKO and Hotter OnlH nnd 1'ro- Dull , , Specinl Dispatch ti > THU list. c.vvri.K. CniCAno , September 11 , Among the ro- ceiptB were about 100 c us uf Texans and 100 of tenitorial rnngurn , many dravca of which woru nf a very superior quality. The market Benornlly was ncllvo nnd pi ices ruled strong on nil Burls. Kxportera , shippers nnd dressed beef dealers nil seemed lo have urgent orders. IJeat unlives were icarce , nud wore generally quoted 10j higher. Common , medium nnd second chins native steers were also n thadu firmer. The boat jnngors were In nctivodu- inand. Nalivo butchers' stock waa slendy. Stockers nnd foedera were In good demand nnd firm. Ihoro is a strong inquiry for stock calvoj , and the heavy receipts of Iho week have boon dinposud of nt nalisfaclory figures , but not qulto na high at last week. Kxpott grades , 56 50 to 87 OOj peed to choice , 1S00 ! to 1,350 pounds , $ G 10 to Si GO ; range caltlo firm : Texans , 700 to 1,000 pounds , $3 4t > to 5140. fclnlos : 1811 half-breeds , 1,003 pounds , SI20j .103 thin Wyoming * , 1,120 pounds , ? 110 ; 219 Wyomlngs , 1,1-tO pounds , S3 CO. lions. The [ market < vns activu nnd nt least lOc higher nil nfound owing to light receipts aud cooler weather. There was n bitter demand from shippers , nnd the prmencoof nnother packing on the market , _ nll contributed to ward its'strcngth nnd nativity. The outlook gonurnlly is for boiler prices on hogs , oapeci- idly under Ihoso light receipt ) . Sales nro nt S5 25 to SO 85 for common to choice , heavy , nnd 5T 25 to S ( 10 for common to cholco light ; light , 100 fo 210 pounds , 55 30 to S 10. WHEAT. Thnro was n strong upward movement in whont to ihy on thu opening , caused by n fair number ofontsido orders nnd reported reduc tion In tha nvnllablu stock. The government ulatumont placing Iho crop cstimato J > t not to exceed live hundred millions , was ralso _ n , factor. The prices ross fie , but fell off rapid ly , again fluctuntod awhllo , then advanced Jo iutVT ( Ircobiijinc , nnd closed on tVol regular board jjo over yesterday. At the afternoon session the market ruled easier nnd"51@o lower , cloning nt 77j ) for October , 7 ! > A for November , nud 80J for December. coil.V A l.'trgo buaincos waa trnnsacted in corn nnd Iho courto of thu market was vury irregular. Tim chief interest conteri'd in October futures which early poldatfl.'IJ , then ndil oil IJo In. rapid fimhlon ; later advanced ic , nnd closed on the regular board IJo under ytsterday. Thu weaknefcB in this feature was ascribed ti > a number of "Longs" ro.ilizing. September declined Jo for the day and November roe ic. On thu attornnon boaid Octoberngaindfclined 4o nnd November declined ie , closing nt fiSif for September , tlfi for October , -Jol for Iso- vembcr. OATH inlod onalor , closing at 21 } for September , 24 J for October , 253 'or ' November. I'OKK wni nlmoat HfclefB. 1(1 ( (10 for Soplember , 15 00 for Octubur , 11 ! I5 lor thu year. LAUD was only fairly active , 7 271 for September and October nnd 730 for i\uvcmber. GrciiiilmuSc Nomination ? . HT. I.OUIH , September 11. Thu pioenhnck- cra nomiimtfd W. K. finnby in the 2d district and.f. K .Jordan in the third district of this slate for congress. II alum oriiiiyiiijnrloii ! , iiioUimcrauun bo loniA .u AntUMws' I-eai'l Eakinit I'ou'iler. Ja ijos. -lyPURG. . JiuhiKi'uilorhCil.niultcstlmonlaU r. ' . . iwlTiom f.uch . cJiumlhUaaS. Uannllays.llai. Inn ; u. Deiiilonlaine , 01 t'htri"o ; ; Rml uabUivra liodu , Milwaula-e. Never > , old In bi , , . . ? i ! . V © o nAtimer ,