THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. A T ? OMAHA , MONDAY MO11NING , AUGUfcT 3 , 1885. NO. 37 A FAMILY FAREWELL A Sad and Solemn SMalt in the Col lage onto Dial Preparations Complete for the Westminster Memorial , Htalo anil City I > clcK tloiiR Appointed to Attend the Fiincrnl Tlio I'rciinrntloitB , ln New York. BA.UHA.TiI ON THE MOUNT , ? IE > IOIIIAL I > .U IN THE COTTAfJB OP TI1K DEAD. MOUNT McGnioon , N. Y. , August 2. This him been a memorial day nt the Qrnnt cottage and the family hnvo been saying fare well to the dead. This afternoon the jwidow nuked that Dr. Newman should ba aunt for. When ho cam a Mrs. Grant reminded the pastor - tor that her dead would ba hor'a only n little while longer nnd asked him to bo with the family whllo they gathered in the cottage par. lor to Bay their farewells. Thus It was that about 2 o'clock Mrs. Grunt nnd her daughter and each ol her thru a BODS nnd their wives woio In the room with the dead. Dr. Newman and wife wore nlio present , The family nrroundod the catafalque. Mra. Grant , from n table , brought her dead hus- band's blblo , which she opened nnd passed to Dr. Nowman. It was found the book was opened nt the llth chapter of Job. The chapter was read and theu the clergyman ro-roud the IGlh nnd 17th verses , aud then a prayer of gratitude was offered up gratitude for the beautiful character of the eilent ono. After thia the entire family there alone withtielr pastor entered with him into n religious can * vorsation , nnil then each nnd nil dwelt upon the reminiscences recalled of the genernl'ii last gickiiois. Dr. Newman , nfttt carefully scan ning the gonernl'ii face , expressed satisfaction at itB appearance , and the opinion that the nnialns nro in a condition of perfict preservat ! < n. FUNERAL PUBIM.UAZIONS. VHEHEOllANTAS1IOIIN. . CINCINNATI , Augusts. It la reported hera that Mike Jferech , owner of the building at 1'ulnt PJoaannt , Ohio. In. which Gen. Qrnnt was born , sold it for 57,000 cash. If true , the building , which is of { tamp , will bj removed to ono of the New York parks. THE FlTNKR&t , TIIAIN. FouaiiKKEi'siE , N. Yi , Aug. II. The tlmo table for Ci < in , Uraut'n funeral train hai been Issued. The tntin Will leivVe Albany at 12:1U p. , in. nnd arrive at the Grand Central depot , Now York , atC p. m , GEN. JOHNSTON HETUltXlNO WAsniNcioN , Aug. 1. The president lo- dayroceived a telegram from Gen. Joseph JI. .lolmstou Bajiug he wns in Portland , Oregon , when ho received word of hii selection as nco of Gen. Grnnt'a pall bjarflrs and thai In had started Immediately for New York. TUB I'JUYKn I'OK ' I'EACK. LANCASTER , Pa. , August 1. Gon. Simon Cameron rent the following telegram to Col. Grant to-day : "I am clad to know Genornla Johnston , liuckner , and Gordon are to act us pall bearers with Sherman and Sheridan. Your father's prayer for p ° nce to his country his been naawerod , and tdn lait bitteinojs of the wnr wiped out forever. " MINNESOTA'S DELEGATION , ST. PAUL , August 1. Gov. Ilubbard to-day designated twenty prominent citizana of this state to represent Minnesota nt Grant's fune- ral. The moat prominent are ex-Cjngrosi- raon WashburnKenaWra Sabiu nnd Mo Mil- , Inn and the entire congressional delegation , The g ivorpor else designated company D ( first regiment , fort 7- five rant and fl'e , to at tend tbo funeral This Is the , company which a year ago' ' defeated the Celebrated Washing ton Kill's | n a prize dilll nt Lake Minne- tonka Tntjatvpirtie all loayo Tpeaday cyenr ing for New York. I . SX lllE IUENrs JO BEJNV1TKP , , < ! , NKW YOHK , August 1 Gen. , Hancock has notlliocl the X'Xrprosiaenti < ih\tj president ' Cleveland desires their presence at' the eer- f vices Ex-l're denti , Arthur and [ Hayes . have been Invited , ' ' 'A ' DHLtOATJQN FROM $ r. I.ODIB. ST. T-ouiti , > Mo. , Augusts. That the city of St. Louis which was fur a number of yeajs the tcMdeuco of Gen1 , Grant , and where he had ninny old an intimate friends may bo di- rcctly repief tilled In the funeral obsequies of the dead Boldier and statesman , Mayor Fran cis lian appointed a deli gallon of some thirty loading citizens to go to Now York nnd take jroi t In the solemn ceirtnoniesof next Saturday. Thin delegation will leave hero Wednesday in a special pull a mil car. The mayor has also risked eomo twenty prominent St. Lonlnians nnw in the emit to inert tbla delegation nt the Fifth Avenue hotel , Friday mo nlcg and join them in paying the Intt tad tribute to their old and honored friend. General llano ck has been uotGed of the appointment of thia delegation nud linn been requested to give it a suitable place in the procession. T1IK I'llKPAlUTIONS FOK THE hKRVlCES A LKTrER FtlOM I.ObI ) WOLSKLEV , Special Telegram to The BEV. LONDON , August 2. The arrangements for the memorial services to Gen. Grant nt West minster Alloy on Tuesday are practically complete , Daan lirailly haa i.lways * met the often anticipated withes of tha American committee , a great part of whoso work has bean done aud well done by the American minister and uccretnrlea of the legation. The decision of ( net Baturd y'd meeting at th * American Icgat'ou to hold no public meeting is , I bellovo , expressed by every loading Am erican in London Ic wna frit that nothing could ndd to th < < imprcssivonejs of the cere mony in Westminster Abbey. The service will bo at it o'clock , the dean conducting it. Archdeacon Mirror deliver ) a discourse. Tickets [ ulmiUlnH to the choir are limited to one hundred. Other reserved seats number ICO , and the rest of the abbey will bo open to the public , There nra appllo.tiona lor ten times the whole number. A single house np- plied for 1,510 , There am no Invitations to of anybody. The prince of Waloa haa signified a wish to attend if ho la In town , if not , ha will send Sir Uijzhtou Probyn to represent to him. The duke c ( Cambridge , commander- In-chiof of the Hritah army , will be present , accompanied by icembpra of his stall and other ( Uitinguiihed ollicera. Lord Wolifly coaioa * v ljat.don on Tuesday ezprettly to attend tha servlcoj , He wtote to to a member of the committee : ' ! am grate ful fur the opportunity of paying the latt tribute of reipect to one of the gieateat sol- dieiB of our time and ul slewing to the people ( of the United Slates how kincerrlv we feel for them ia the lo.a they have luatoined. Ai a loldler , I cannot but feel that ouo of the ir.oat brilliant leader * haa been removed from the world. " Mr , Gladstone will be present. thl TOUOMTo'd UliriZH. to A UlhASTBOCd KIUG MAUIKQ HAU' A JIILE Of TOIIONTO , Ont. , Auguit 3. Ono of the mcetUeatriutlvo lirca that hag ever taken placa In Toronto coinmensed about 12:30 : thi * inornlcg in the large btlck building erected by the Toronto Sugar Kfmlcg company on the cspUnade , A strong wlad b'.owlog from the eait carried chunks of the burnlrg timber s'D along the eiplauado t ? the adjoiog builnlpgl It f r we t a five or i * blocVs. In a ihott time nothing w s loft of the weat rsfinerylll but the walla and smokestack. The building ; of Saulter , Evans , Ueikes , Guniell and. Abbotson , all boat bnllder. , Held & Co. , nd Welch k Oo < lumber mtrchsnta. Currie , Martin & Co. , boflermnkefa , and oth r bn Id- Inua are In flamea , and unless the wind changes the whole south side ol the esplanade will have to auccumb. Spatka aio fljiug nnd lodging on the roufa of the largo wnrehouies on Front and Wolllnitton itreeU , and fcarj nro entertnlnod that several of them may tike fire. The fire btinortti nio out nnd have working mnifully.but > lr eff.rt4 seem pow- } drlesi. Thd strecla nr < 3 linedlwltli thouiauda of people The ln > 4 will ba onoru.ouj. Schooners nra b'irneJ to the water a edge. Thn fire Is now halt n mile In length , , The work of'destruction on iheespunado etlll goea on , having reached the foot of Yon- go Btreet , all Intervening building * nntl whixrvea having been burnt to the Krpund. The Great Western freight sheds , formerly the passenger station , on the north aide of the planade , is in Imminent danger , and It is ex pected It will bo in lUmcs every moment. The steamer Chlcora is getting up st ara to go out Into the lalto. The stoMner Ontario began to tow out the steamer M zepp ( but n schooner blocked th way and they could not got ont. The MnEirpahu caupht fire and All three will1 have to succumb to the iiamcF , Unless the wind ci nnges the whole south tlio of the csplonadi as far na Union stati n will undoubtpdly polish , Showers df sparks are being earned to the opposite side of the atreot nnd If the buildings there catch fire the o ia no saving what Immense d mngo will bo dono. The ( ire hrigailo la absolutely powerleaa. It la feared the watchman north ot the sugar refinery factory haa lokt his life , sa ho has not been seen since the fire started , Williaui McUoilum , a eeamnn ol the ichonner Annie Mulvcy , ii dangerously burned ubjtlt tbo head , Several elevator * , coal yards , sshoocerr , warehouses , and many boat homes are among the property destroyed. The loss BO far ia estimated at over a million dollars. OIUUAGO'd SIX INCHES OF MAIN IN TWKLVR IIOUIW. CmcAno , 111 , , August 2. Commencing shortly after daylight this morning rnin has fallen hera without Intermission , Ktrlyin the day the rain poured down In torrents and hardly slacked up to what could ba called t drizzto until late In the after noon , Now (10 ( p. mi , ) the etorm is becoming heavier , tilling tin people with apprehensions of a dehigo and indications seem to point to a steady ponr nil night. In twelve hours from the commencement of tbo storm the eiznal service offica reported n- rain fall of 0 IS inches. At tlitt hour the amount must bd quito G inches. The iHinsgo to prop prty in the city through flooded bjsements I grcnt. SmcO early thy evening the department pollca hnvo bueu in rccoipt of n constant stream nf reports of ditnnga of this nature. At C o'clock tbd clovators in the nbiv opera houen building nt thti comer of Clnrk and Wnahington streets censed to run , TIiji water in the bisomont h.\d put out tha firei nnder tbo boilers , Thcro nro similar complaints from many sources. AN S\FJtRUtEKTAL STATION ESTABLISHED AT AU110HA , ILL. WASHINGTON , Atigujt ii An agricultural station has b.on established at Aurora , 111. , in connection with the entomological division of the department of agriculture. Nuleon W. McLain has been appointed to take charge of tha station , and Prof , lliley baa instructed him lo pay particular attention to the follow ing fiubjects : To secure the introduction and domestication of the races df bees as are re ported to possess desirable traits and charac teristics ; to teat the cln'mi ' of , such races of baea ns to oxco lence , and to prove by ozperi- ments their ' value to .osrtlcuUurista of the United St'rtes , and their ndabtatlon to Our climate and honey producing ilittc to make experiments in the Grossing , and mingling of races and by proper opulication of the lawa of breedingendeavor to secure the typo or types b'set adopted by habit and constitution to the use , of practical bee-keepera in t ho i United Statca ; to'uiako experiments In'the methods of artificial fertilization , also to teat the varl- ous'jnethpds pf preparing- bees for winter ; . , to gather statistics concerning tbo bee keeping industryjInthoUmtelS ( , tales ; tOjmake experi ments nnd bbsorvatloW concerning th'o Va'ritjes of honey producing plants fonhso forage ; to study the thio cause or causes of diseases' yet .Imperfectly undarat ; od , and to tb'aln incjn- tcatlblo roeulta > by intulllgsnt o-iporimeata upon ccientifio methods aa to the capacity tof beoa'under exceptional circumstances ( o In- juro'fruit , f , o. , to set at 're ' t the ever-dls- ciiaaed question of bees ya fruit , .CBANDLiEtl'S NAVJ3B. NBt'S COl/BSE / , ' ' Spe'cla'l Telegram to The 13KK , WASHINGTON , August 2. Ex-Secretary Chandler is here. Ho thinks that Secretary Whitney's attack on the four cruisers will prevent him from building the five now ships proposed. Chandler saye ; "I will say this , that I bellovo Whitney's hostility toward theeo first four ships will be fatal to his five ships. The firiit group wore well designed by the most capable persona in the country and are all well built. Now when it appears that they are to be rejected fur political reaeoni , no shipbuilders will risk their capital and reputation in similar wark'm the future. They will see that any ships built by the democrats will ba severely crit icised , and I dpnbt if Whitney gets five ship ! built , which will be a misfortune , because we noad thorn , With the builders reluctant it will bo nbiurd to try to conttruct them at the navy yarda. Hveti Kogjand finds that irn- practicable , and it would be nongsnjo for this country to try that plan , , M. I [ 'Iiolan. ' 1'lTiHBimo , Pu , , Auguit 2. The lit , Kqv. Kichard Phelap , of the Cithollo diocese of Pittsburg , was to-day ordained tutelar bbhbp of Phrygla , a ceremony which ia very Impos ing , It took place in St. 1'jul'd cathedral and was witnessed b' over 5,000 people. Arcli- by blshop Itvao , of Pliiladelphla , ctliclated in the consecration , and liUhop Watterson , nf Cn- , lumbu * , Ohio , delivered the oration. Visit ing clergymen and prelates -were , 'present from all parts of the country. There was no ya- cinoy in the tplsconory hero , but on account the reiloiu aud long illnesi of Bithpp fjingp , it boc me ncccscary to appoint a qo- ia uajutor , nd Vicar General 1'helan wai rnispd , the bluhoprio of Phrygi * and coadjutor ' got biihop of Pittiburg , ' A llnuQ Ho\v in Nnv OHLKANS , L , , August 2.A spec'nl tha Times-Democrat , from Vickaburg , sayt : At a meeting of c > lored citizsna held In for the third guporvisor'ti district , held In tll ) < Wbrren ) county last night the following was of adopted : lUuohed , That threats that are made by some whltu men of this district have causpd eeneral dl atiifaction among the o ilored people ple of thU dlttrict rod that if we am not pro-r has tootrrl liy ttiu land owners nnd merchants tif < ci'iiuty end city we will ba bauod to Ko muu other county. * ttifSFJTS V , ItOBERTaoN , Chairman ' sult \V \ . II. tjimi , SeCidttry. b ; tay Hohooncr , and CIIAIILSSTON , S , 0. , Auguit 2. The schooner Margaret Ann left Charleston on April 1Mb last for liiunsuick , Ga. , or for pal Feiuandlna , Fl * . The craw consisted of tlon Peter Johnson , Ilant Ileljenn , Andrew Han- iu , Gladda Olonsfn and Captain Bcumaker. July Nothiocr his lioca betn heard of the vetiel. new 1 * believed ebe Ii loit with all on board. A 'POOR' PflOSPECT. . The Gwwlli , Earnings , and Expenses of ' American Railroafls1 in 1884 , I I A Train of Evils Switched on tlio Nicklo Plato and VjT ° 8t Shore i Uhninislicd BttslncHg and Na OlvJ- UciuJs Tlio Central's Now * , Oommcnt on the Outlook , LAST XE.Mt'3 llECOBIt IN DETAIL. Special Tcle nm to Tha BEE. Nuw YOHK , August 2. The Introductory sheetaif "Poor's Knllroad MnnuaHor 18Sb" are ont , The total number of miles of rail road in the United States at the close of 1881 was 125,370 , of which 3.977 miles were con structed during the year , rate of increase being 3 17 per cont. The number of miles making relurnn of their share capital and funded and floating debts equalled 125,152 , against 120,552 for 1SS3 , tha increase being 593 , rate of increase being SS percent. The share capital of the mileage in operation In IBS I equalled ? 3,702,010,080 , against S3 7f 8ObOC8t ; in 1883. the Increase equalling | $34,536,103. The funded debts of all tne lines at the close of the year aggregated S3.6C9- 115,772 , n film $ 03.235,858 in cxcets of the tntal of 1883 , an Increase of nearly o per cent. The gross earning ] or receipts from all lines from which returns were received for the year equalled 8770,081,003 , , of which $200,790,701 was received from traiuportation of freight , and $53,710,907 from the transportation of mulls aud expieea matter , fr m investments and from the sales of laud applicable to the payment of interest or dividends. The gross earnings of all of the lines fur the year ending Upcombsr 31 , 1832 , exceeded thosofor 1881 by SD3,183,010. The net earnings of nil lines tor 18S1 equalled $268,100,238 , against $293,367- 285 for 1883 , the rule f ducrea'O b ing abjut OpTcent. Ths amount p id in dividends In 1884 equalled $93,214,83' ; against $102,052,548 in 1883 Tlio manual saya that the general demorali zation which has prevailed In railroad circles it due rncrn to the construction of the Nicklo Plate and Wist Shore roads , nnd to the ill feeling which attended them , than to any other cause. Their f-licet hua been to stop altogether the payment of dividends which had been paiJ for a long time by the Like Shore nnd Michigan Central.companies. The opinion Is advanced tbnt tlfe nou-com- pctinz linen mnit await the steady and certain increase of general business of the country. The competing ouos mujt bo taken up by the the lines they parallel and used ns tide tracks or made servioeable in some mannur a ? best they may. THE bOUIHEnN ROADS. The holders of the stocks and bonds of the southern railroads are finding much encourage ment in the present cotton crop prospects , The August report of Bradstrect'j show ati improvement over the close of July , when the condition WAS moat promising Dry weather is complained of in some of tin states , but nnwhero has it assumed the proper tions of a drouth. Trio plant Is now at UH moat critical stage. Tha lait two ccnpj were cut short by drouth. Three ehott crops in Huccestion , however , have niver been known , It i * therefore held that this year the crop must bo n big one. TUB WKST MHOnE SALE. In Wall street circles , the West Shore set tlement has continued the chief topic Socks have held their own , but it is seen by wise heads that the circumstances whi .h have com pelled the Now York Central to assume 850- 030,000 of ecurities on which it must pay 4 per cent before paying dividend on' iU stock proper , are not calculated to increase confi dence In railway securities as a property. Tbo new schedule of raloj Is awaited with intense - tense interest. An ugly feature is the fact that the public have been accustomed to lower rates both for freight and passengers. I met George H. Blanchard , late vlco president of the Erie rod and asked for his opinion on the subject ; Ho , said the trouble Is that the railroad situation is petting bigger nnd bigger all the time , whi'e ' the men don't cot any bigger. It ia significant that such man an F. it. Thurber 'are ' , not now | in favor of government interference of any sort. They lire of the bp'lnlon th t' ' the unchecked cupidity of railway exploiter i fast provifl- Ine an adequate remedy for railway extortion , Tha recant developments in the northwest , the further oxtenfion of rival lines , go to con firm the position recently taken by such agi tators as Mr. llmrbor. Five years ago 119 and his clnss were demanding legislation fix ing maximum rntes. Mr. Pick nnd hu crowd are now demanding that minimum rates bo fixed. THE TIQKII AT J THE QOHaEOCSNKSa Cf OAMULINO ROOMS A POLIOS iiAii ) . Special Telegram to The UEE. YORK , August 2 , A police raid on i\ gambling houjo at Lcng Branch is the first Indication of what is likely to became a noteworthy - worthy fuht between the gamblers of that resort and tha other summer residents. The place invaded was an insignificant kcno con cern thronged by negro waiters nud rough Btableunen , aud the movj Is construed at , n vvouk etfort on the part of the police to shpnr mock disposition to repress evil At the saoio tlmo the policeman , detailed aa usual for t le duty , was stationed in the hallway of Phi Daty'd famously gorgeous Pennsylvania1 club to iralutaln order and din ct' strangers tat the tables. Gambli 17 lias this season grown to enormous proper tions. Travelers cay that neither Monaca uor San Carlo equal in amount or lavuhness tjho present exhibition at Long Uranch , Nina bouses , Including two of the handsomest vll as along the ehoro nnd nearly all on conspicuous sites nmouK the abode of wealth and fashion , arj openly devoted to gaining , Flags iUuut d y tbo namea of those place ? , and clectfic lights advortiw them by night. There Is no j ctretnoniousnoes about -the , admltslon. . Tlip . t - 1 Hi .t - < doors ara widn open and the sounds of the games go out through the windows , The piny ranges from faro and roulet at $1 per cheapest chip , to keno and dice ratneB whertiu n dime can be risked , but tin hulk of the plav U in such a style that an investor ct less than 10 regarded with open disdain , and a man can rid of S100 in a j.fff. I THE I'UIIUO DEBl1 , ' ' In > , , TUB JULV REDUCTION NO RinCOriON AT AIt ) , Special Teleeraui to Tlie.BKE. , WASHINGTON , August 2. Tbo atatemetit tha first month of tha new fucil yoir shows an alleged reduction ia tha public debt 68,002,790apalcet about 84,000,000 for J uly , 1881. The rodustlon for the month joist closed doea not affect the principal of the bonded debt , ant ] as a matter of fact there been no reduction whatever in tha tenie that the general rtader would auppoie Jn reading tha ollial ! Aunouocement of the re of the government fiical operations fpr Um July , The retried reduction was obtained payment of interest on the debt , that in to , during the mouth of July interest due per payable and that accrued amounted to a certain turn , which waa of course added to the treigury obligations , and on that amount about $3,000,000 was paid , leaving the prlnu of tha debt precisely in the same condi. nj on uce ISO. The net cub the treasury ( how * a Joia compared with were 1 , ol abiut 52,600.100. , A uoording to the method of arranging the debt statement Adopted by Treaeurer Jordan the ca h nvail- able for the payment of the publlo debt la now $44,052,020 , against S10.67C.P30 on July J. Thia apparent incrento Is really n totf , be cause the balance for Auguit 1 Includes SG.OOO.OCO received from the Now York clearing house association In exchange foraliku amount of fractional silver coin. The gold fund foots up 8249,367,605 , an in crease of about $2,310,000 during the month , The outstanding gold certificates nntount to $123,239 000 , a deorcano of nearly 82,500,000. The not gold Is 8120,093,505 , an Increase of I nearly $6,000.000 since Juno 30As already explained , this' iricreaia carna from _ the w- change of gold lor trnctional silver coini , AT AMES. THE 16WA TOIIAL eOLMSQE hOW. , Iowa August 1. To the Editor : Thd juniors nuil seniors of the IOWA ngrictil- tural colUgo hare quietly 'withdrawn from tbo college. Pretident Hunt expelled two sectors for an offense committed during vacation. The students claim In the first nlnca that the punishment is too severe , and in the second piece that ho has no jurisdiction over the case , us It was done in vacation , when these students were at the institution simply hs boarders , Furthermore , Pretident Hunt expelled those two seniors without the content of the faculty or the judiciary committee ; nud at the tlmo he expalled them the majority of thn faculty kunw nothing of the expulsion or the case , Taking these facts Calmly Into considera tion , thu juniors and seniors , In a pleasant manner , nnd with nil duo delcronca to thn president , asked ta that the * entence bo com muted. But the president nersitted In ex pelling the two members. Under the above conditions the juniors nnd seniors nt once withdrew from the institution. The Btudents claim that they nre tiied of one-man power , and that no college should ba run after the manner of an absolute monarchy. The majority of the membura of the two classes have crone and are nwaitiue the action of the board of regents fron whom they expect to receive juatics , not from one man but from several cilm nud cuu sidernto men , CALCITJT , POUNDBO PUGILISTS. | COLORAPO AND WrOSUNO 1'ITTKD IN 7.HB RIKO AT HAM-LIN 3 , KAWLINS , Wyo , August 2. The secpnd prize fight hero this season came off last even ing in the presence of 1,500 people , drawn from the neighboring country and cities. Tlio fight was between J. 1' . Clew , cf Denver , nnd II. P , Hynds , of Cheyenne , for the champion' ahip nf Colorado and Wyoming , and a puree of S503. Clew is of Irish descent , U2 yeara of ago and went into the rinp at 167 pounds. lie holds the title of champion middle weight , ot Colorado rado , and is the possessor of the Police Ga zette medal fur the champion boxer of that state. state.Hynds ia an Iriah American 24 years old nnd fought at 1G7 , and this was hh sacond ap pearance in the ring. Four rounda were fought , and in the last one Ulow struck his opponent in the face , a frightful blow , knocking him down and out. Hynds was unconscious for somu minutes after tha sponge hail been elnvateil by hii peconds. Koth pupiliita are badly bruised It ia said 620,000 changed hands on tha re sult. ' Jlorriblo Murder in KALAMA/OO M'ch , . August 2. Harry Keith , ogcd 21 , son of n prominent farmer in "Vun Buren county , disappeared Tuesday Saturday his body was fouud in Mask's lake , the body bruised and horribly mutilated. The evidence taken before the Coroner's jury im plica tea a man nnmnd Marker , who found Keith with his wife and atsaulted him , Marker protests that ho Is Innocent. A brother of Marker is said to hnvo come iacen. tivo to tbo deed. Murker lias bean arrested. The murder la the most horrible one over committed in Van Buren county and oxcito- ment is intense. " | Critters'Strike. EAST SAOINAW , Mich. , Aug. 2. The strike of the lumber mill employes still continues and no ono fan tell anything about its termi nation. Some of the sawyers and engineers stated they would accept a reduction of 7 l)0r cent in tha wagrs of all earning more than $1.50 per day , but there is no probability th.it the mtU owners will entertain tha proposition a moment and thayholo matter has become a question of endurance , Some mills will in ho event start before September 1. The DoubldjHcadcrfl CLEVELAND , O , , August 2 , The freight brikemen of the Mahonlrjg division of the New York , Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad met bore to-day to consider the recent order of the company regarding douhlo headers. It decided to make no objection if crews of three men were put rn double head trains , but if only two men nro allowed they will ro- fuiotorun. It is not known whether the company will nccedo to these terms , MIM Ovcrlmxilln Nnvnl WASHINGTON , August -SeTotary Wliit- noy nai appointed a boird of officers , com posed of Commander B. II , McCalln , Lieu , tenant Commander Charles J. Train , and Lieutenant P. II. Buiklngham , U. S. N , , to convene at thu navy department on the 16th inst. for the purpose of considering and re potting upon the general system of neJmim's tration of the business of the department. Tlio Idaho 1'oatclllco Yhluf. PORTLAND , Ore. , A'igmt 2. In the HJbbs case 'yesterday , at Victoria , Justice Crease gnvp judgment surrendering the prisoner'to ' the custody of the Upltad Statqi authorities. Hlbb' , howaver , lion retained counsel and the casa will beappnaled to the supreme caurt lit Ottnprn , Uanudn. Hlcl'H elIltpnoc , nt , August 2 The conviotjon nnd seuterjco of Louis Kiel U the nil-absorbing topic to-day. Orangemqn nnd English eijb t generally consider'It-righteous' judg moiit , while amen ? the French-Canadians cormdernule excitement and indignation * is lu.liufected. tt or Tlio KANSAH CITV , Mo. , Aijautt 2 , iMajor Moore , ex-Mayor B llen , , nnd Dr. Morrison Mumford , representing the cltiz na poujmitlee behalf of. the axtennon of'tlme ' for vncatint ? V0 pl'py 000 and Arapahoe ranges , Uft for Washington to-nlbht ThVy'wiTf b"a Joined at ? Wai reuaburg by Senator Oockoio " vt " " " Killed in n VTr/oolr / , 110 Ills , Augujt 2. An Illinois Central to freight engine jo t leaving for the north this ofternoon'was ' thrown from the troV by a Tl awitch breaking. The euirina and three ciirs cei wont down the nn\ankmnit \ ) , Knglneer 1'red ttt Hortrnau , while jumping f ram tha englna. was wt caught under tbu wreck uud Initintly killed. , tr The police , pinched Mat liyan aud John bu Daily , ( wo of the most notorious toughs > u ol ha , last night and gave them , teropornry Mr ijuarteia in the city baitile. They had a dea to te struggle with Kjnn , before gettiujf him by locked up. $11 CharltaLang , of North Bend ; Chan D. Gardanler , Joho UIoli , and GUI Kerliow , of tig Bcribner , four prominent Nebrmk * democrats , hei ia Omaha the Utter part of the week. but with Furnltnra Jn iQatallmentB at J , o ke BonuerV. the SATURDAY SALAD. TkeErentsofaDayRedacciltoaDJ fi& tible FdCDs , Paragraphical Facts Devoid of Fancy s Eufflosi Trial ntl Conviction or lllol , the Onnndlnii HnlfDrocd The Gov ernment and itunuli Other AlAttcra , II NOTES. ALL WARtEM. The association of Qortnan-Amencin teach ers is in session In St. Louis , The Commercial btnk , of Suffolk , Va , lias collapsed , with S.0u , Oil m deuositi. Henry Scherer ww tuffoc.\ted by foul BBS while cleaning n cUtru in Cincinnati , Twelve hundred miners nre out on a strike against a reduction iu the Massillon distnct of Ohio. Jamtm F. Foran , of Clevrlond , declines to allow thu mo of his uamo ns a candidate for governor , Col , Asbury I ) . Porter , of Mount Pleasant , In , ono of the oldest eo'.tlf rs in southwestern Iowa , Is dead. There is great excitement in Ashland , PA , , over the continued water foniino. The supply grows less every day , The noted Sarah Altbca Hill Sharon is going to stump California to raise funds to prosecute her eutt against the senator , The commission appointed by the supreme court has reported in favor of cable roads in New York city. It includes twenty-nine routes. Two balloonlata who ascended Bt Chelten ham , En < , , for a race , collapsed when 1,300 feet In tha air , One of the ballooniats was killed. Patrick Condon , ono of the persons Indicted for theft of the ballot box from the third precinct of the Third ward of Chicago wns ar rested ut Princeton , III. A four-year-old daughter of James Tiennot , of New York , a tuaiuier resident of Hoslyu , L L , fell into a bath nf hot water Tnursday night , nnd was an terribly scalded that aho died Immediately. Thopoatinaster-general succeododin sending the Australian mail on thn Pacific mail Bteatnor which Balled fium Sitn Francisco Saturday , by Eoading an n ent along nud checking the bags as baggage. Vice Admiral liowan , compelled by il health , asked to be excused from serving as pall bearer nt Gsn. Grant's funeral The president designated Ks.ir Admiral John J ; Worden to net in his stead. Attorney General Uarland , to whom the secretary of tbo interior referred the question of the power of the interior department to authorize the Indians to lease their lands for grazing purposes Ini transmitted on opinion in effect that no euch power exists under to law. law.A A n official dispatch to the Venezuelan lega 'tiel uttVH the revolution in Venezuela baa been eifectual'y suppressed , nnd that within a very short tiinoof itn outbreak , The whole country hint supported President Craspo. The ISritUh authorities nt the Island lot Tiioidad lent their support to the rebels , but without avail. t An official diepatch from Victoria , 13. 0. , says extradition papers have boon granted in the case of Glbbs. the defaulting postmaster olPI Lewiston , Idaho , and $10 0.0 found on bis. person will also bj turned over , Gibbi in tbo ( man who drew money orders on postoflides throughout the west and decamped with the proceeds. PISI William Canter , n director of the Oceanic Steamship , company owned by Sprecalcs & Co. , left San Francisco Saturday on t hoe team- er Australia for New Zealand to confer with tbo colonial government with regard to estab lishing a lina of steamships between Snn Francisco and hew Zealand in place of ths PdcifioMail. , At Fremont , Ohio , Saturday , a soldiers monument erected by people cf Sandusky county , wan unveiled with imposing ceremo nies. The shaft Btnnda in Stephenson park , on tha fide of Fort Stephcnson , where Mnjir George Croghan with 100 men defeated 1,103 British and Indians under Proctor , A great crowd of people waa in town. Ex-President Hayes waa president of the day. At 10 o'clock In the morning a precision composed of mill- tnry nnd civic societies from various sections of the state paraded the street , and at 1:50 : in the afteinoon the exercise * begai , WASHINGTON WAIFS. Majr Francis L. Guenther , Second artil lery , has been ordered to inspect the Mi > sis- slppi utnto militia nt Vickaburg August 17. Leave for three months , with permission to apply for an extension of ODD month , has been granted Captain Chandler P. Eikin , First artillery. The leave ot absence granted Lieu- tenant Colonel \Vllljam D. Whippie , assistnnt adjutant general , has been extended one month. During the temporary absence of the chief of ordnnnce , the senior officer on duty in the office will take charge aud perform the duties until his return. 11. The debt statement shows the decrease in the public debt during tha month of July to be Si,022,76'J ; cash in treasury , 8483,118.7111 ] gold certificates cutetmding , ? 130,213.0Bti certiBcates of deposit outstanding , $31,080- 000 ; tofunding certificatet outstanding , $22.- DQO ; legal tenders outstanding. 331G)81M ) < 1 ; fractional cur.oncy ( not including estimated aa lost or deslroved ) , $15 337,120 ; sietcaih bil anco en hand , § 11 031 , p29. TIIUJIALK BREED CHIEF CONVJOTEI' . The jury in tbo Kiel casa at Reglna , Man itoba , retired at noon Saturday. The oath was administered to the guard to keep the jury without meat , diinlr , fire or lodging. At 31G | there- was a murmur in court and it was whis pered tha ju > v had agreed. All was buetlo nnd excitement , Ilie.1 prnyedferventlyknoeling In his box , nnd looked unmoved aa the jury entered with the verdict , of guilty , Ifran'cia Cosprovp , foiemuQ , whlla Drying like a child , announced that bo was asked by hia follow- JnroiH to recommeud tbu prisoner to the mercy of the crown , and the jadgegaid ilia recommendation would b ) considered , Kiel was sentenced to be banged on tbo 18th of September , at K-sglna. Judge Jtichardsou said be oould hoJd out no prospect of reririuvo iuterfereuuo by her irmjeaty , Kiel tqok the result coolly , having npalteu two hours reviewing the grievances cf the h lf-breda and troubles of ISO'J , ROACH ANI ) TilK NAVV. Too WMhington Putt prints a statement at prepared at the navy department showing tha amount ' of money Mr. John Hocch has IB- ceived ' for the repair and canstructlon of naval , ela ilncn 1802. In the bureau of steam en gineering § 30,011,000 has bjen expended for now machmeiy , boilers , and the repairs there . Of this amount Mr Kiaih has received being 5I.OJO.OOJ mote than tha given to nny other contractor , Providence Steam Engine company re ceived nearly Sl..QO.OOO , the next highest amount. About twenty contractor ! did the work for the bureau , In the bureau of con struction end repair there la nothing to rhqw thitt Mr. Koach did work for the navy en day bullta , prior to 1673. Since that year about ) 700U0 ( ' haa been erpended , of wMdl , lioach received neatly 81OlOCoO. Thir teen other contractors did work for the bureau , Tha total amount paid Mr , Honch for tbo navy department from 1802 to date is SlOa33,020. a * VOUNQ DBKAM , Oiwpeui , Go. , has n lively lentntion grow- srp ont of tha atducticn of a young gid by till lover , Henry Whi taker was enamored So | Mies Kate Stalling * , only 1C yean old. the alliance did not meet the approval of elrl'd relatives , Whitaker determined not he bo thwarted , and made arrangements for uiorrUge at the house of a friend , The j pretence of a mlniiter was secured , nnd tbo young lover ran from school to the marriage hall. A watchful brother of the girl noticed their departure and pursued. As the services were nbout to begin ho arrived at the gate , forbade the ceremony , and demanded his alstcr. The young lovers otcapcd by a back door , Hod and were pursued , The groom defended hit atreotheart with n knife , and barely misled cutting the throat of hla betrothod'a brother , A friend of the groom camp t9 his nuistatifp , nnd , with his uplifted hnife , htld Stnllings in subjection tilt the lov er * escaped , lloforo thn groom could find an other minister the groom waa arreitod for nb- ductlon , and while In the clutches of the law his lady ION o wni sent ho knows not where , Ho gave bandi to answer the charge ) of ab duction , but a tubseriuent warrant for M- fault nnd battery with intent to kill caused him to hide. The next day Turn Whitaker , a brother of Henry , camo'up from Trough Shoals to thrndi Stslllnga for tbo affiont of fered his brother in refusing his alliance. Tha expeditiui resulted in n fine tf S20 imposed on Mm , Tha most intense excitement Is dividing the community into two hostile fac tious , Ten applications for nrrrst warrants hove been inido tu n justice , and half a dozen affairs of honor are pending. 'l ' lie AVufttlicr , WASIIISOTON , August L For the upj Mississippi valley , ponernlly fair weather , noitheily wind * , becoming variable , slight ri o In temperature. 1'or the Mi'sourl valley , generally fair weather , northerly winds , becoming variable , nearly stationary tetnpeiaturo , Clearing Ilouao Statement. ItoSTOX , Mas * . , August 2. The clearing houses of the United States report the total clearances for the week ending August let were S735.012,519 , n decrease of 1 per cent , na compared with tbo corresponding week n year ngo. BTJMBLINGS BY RAIL , AChnitgcfn Tlmo Tables as to V.IK- sender T/Alns Note * , Per Honnlif , Etc. A now passenger train tlmo 'tablo went into effect yosterJny ou the B. & M , the "Q. " nud the K. 0 , St. Joe & 0. B. roada. On the former the morning train leaven Omaha at 8:10 : and the evening train ot 0:20 : Instead of G o'clock , aa here- . . I. toforo. The morning train arrives at 10:40 : and the evening train at 0:35 : in stead of CCO. : The K C. , St. Joe & 0. B. morning train loaves at 9:20 : instead of U oVlcic1.nnd the ovmiop ; train arrives nt 7:55 : Instead of 7:10 : aa in the pant. The depsrluro of the C. , B & Q , train In the evening Is changed from 5:35 : to leave at 5:30 : , All the trains arrived end dc parted on echodulo tlmo lubt evening. John A. Guidon , who has faithfully performed the dulioo of storekeeper at the Union Pacific shops for n year or more , called for his "lima" Saturday and will lieucuforth engage In other business. Chicago and St. Loula jobbing mer chants liavo tot up a Quo ccheme whereby they hope to concoct ft system of discrim inations in freight rates agalnat mer chants In Missouri river tonnv , eo as to undersoil thorn and thus burst the com petition. But It will certainly bo a chilly day when that scheme succeeds. Their first move was to got carlo&d rates abolished ished , but that wouldA't work , then the "Southwestern Pool association was Induced to change their classi fication echcdulo eo as to crip ple the Missouri river town : . Now tht y are having their drummers BO euro thu tignatuica cf their merchants In thia teclion to a petition asking the rail to abolish "ilia rate on car load lota. The petition ia cleverly worded , BO thnt the real object Is concealed unless oxa plained. Owing to this it Is being oxIs ten&ivoly signed , western men as a rule balog rfaiy to put their namea on any thing that cameo along. Moot of the algnjra are retail merchants , bnt the shroivd 'eaatertjjrjobbars will hardly toke the troublo'tcjheiplala this when they present the pnTtloti'to the railway man- ogcra. ( ggf ; . * May PJro'lVorlSP. Tfao OinBln ExpbjUlon and Fair asac- olatfon haa completed arrangements to have an exhibition of Day fire works each day of the fair. Speaking of the display as Boon ai AVashington when Cleveland was inaugurate ; ] , the Cincinnati Eaqatror Boys : "Tho programme for the d y fire works ooii talus two hundred and fifty-six pieces , ta be fired nlong the nvcnuu dur ing the proems of tbo praccsjloii. It Includes . bctldcs the various colored bal loons , n number of batnb.i throwing out pigs , fbh , fjlopJunta , oxen , door , hones , crocodiles , coiniu human figure ; , showers of umbrella ? , and various colored clouds and atnokca. Thu&o nro the famous Jap anese D.iy pyiotjchnles. " Cliurcli Dedication. The now United Presbyterian church at the earner cf Park avenue und Gran atrect , waa dedicated to the tvosehip of. God ycstorday afternoon Jn the presence | of a ver/ largo audience , The church la little beauty , neatly finlchod and hund- como'y ' famished. An ortestnn well la being dag at the don ! and dumb institute. Ur , Mercer'd elegant now mansion on tha west eido it rapidly Hearing completion , x.County Commissioner Knight waa the happy recipient , Saturday onnlug , of a very handsome gold watch , presented to him by ilia friends , The committee appointed to drift suitabL and appropriate resolutions on thn death of Gen , Grant will bold a ir.eeelng this evening the Paxton hotel , Henry HlbbarJ was placed under arrest yesterday , charged of having committed grand larceny two years ago , nnd lodged in the county jail , 'It ' The cjncert given nt Jefferson frjuare Saturday evening by the U. P , band , under i. the direction of its now leader , Mr , Ituyner , | was attended and enjoyed by a very large at crowd , The selections were all well rendered , B1 The police had a busy tlmo of It yestor- | W caging blear-eyed drunkards , Burly peace tc p dUttubora und feutlvo vagrants , Up to the 8 hour of going to Jailor press Pioronot had m registered forty names , and waa "holleilrjc cc more. th thV .Several uotlis ago'ttie city council adopted \V resolution ordering the erection in Jeffenon 01 square of o bnudeomo broaza fountain , but rotulution hai not yet been complied with , Such an Improvement at that placa la very uiuch deiircd and would be a great Messing ta was many people who congregate there of an ivouing to get a little fresh air and epjoy themselves , , DECAYING RATIONS. Conlinned FfiahlfDl Ravages of the Cholera in Spaiu , Aud the Equally Priglitftil Dis play of Bad Morals mEnglauch Thrco Iluiulrcd Ktnn BtuilcnlH Itounccil for KcopliiR MlHtroiBCs A General /\Nmirtu > ont of T11K TKUUIDLT3 FBIOHtPl'L ItAVACISS QV TIIK CHOt.tHA IN SPAIN Special Telegram to the BEE , iw Yonn , August 1 ! . A cnblcgritn to the Times from London enyt : lote ? nny one in [ \morlcn fully realize wlmt frightful nxvnRCB the cholera hns already undo iu Spnm , in- chidlug those of Thursday ? There hnvo Leon fully O.DOO doathB in Spain. The ollicinl fiR- urCB are 3S07 , but it ia obvious that those nro fnr below the mark , Two examples umy ba cited to prove thu. It is known from prlvnta letters that In the single town of Monte.t- pnado , in Boris , there wore ono day last week ninety seven corpses lying unburled , nnd that the villages In the vicinity were In nearly na bad condition , yet the returns from Sorin to dnto Rive n tntnl of 123 deaths in the province. K'fugces from JJnrcelonn d ° clnrn thnt the plflRvo ia BpreadiriR daily through OntaUn provinces , with the high death rate , but no catcs have been re ported ollicmlly. Local lazarettos nro do- icriboJ ns voritible hells , full of vermin and filth , where wretched food nnd Impure water which would give a man the cholera If ho were previously well , nro served. The pest has ap peared in liaaquo provinces. The death rate in Spain since the rains had been dally over 1,2 iU. There teems to bo a decrease , ia the ratio of mortality to the total of cases , but the widespread growth of the peat more than makes np , The disease BOOMS nt last to have got a foothold in Madrid and uoit week lii likely to see a grcnt increase there. Alorg the , Vbero nnd its tiibutnries in Sr-rnfrcseu the epidemic has closely rcnembled In its spread the wnyttmanifostcd | itseltjalougtho Pyrrcneca last yeur. The slaughter In the hninletu is terrible here an the dieea'O worked up etrsnin. Indeed , as a general rule , it ia now admitted even by thu French authorities , that deaths have occurred this week In Miiraaillcs from cholera , and theru ran bo no doubt tint Mar seilles is seriously threatened with the plague. SO.WDAL. THREE IIUNUBCD KTOX SrUDKNTS I10UXCEI ) FOtt IJIJIOnALlTY. Special Telegram to The HKE. LONCO.V , August 2. The latest Ecandal effects Kton ccliool , the highest institulloa of the kind in the land , which is situated just across tha river from the royal castle nud park Ol Windsor. It has now been ascertained Oltl that for months past herd s of abandoned women from the surrounding towns and from London have rondezvoui nt Windsor. They were met at night by the echo jl boye , Blxteou or : savonteon years uld.nnd driven around the district in carriages. The oxarnpln of the big boys was speedily imitated by younger lads. Becoming moro daring they invaded \Vind or park with the women , Kihnuntivo secret inquiry followed the dlecDvory of these facts. The result wa9 thnt pearly three hundred boys made full confession , nnd all the guilty ones were forbidden ta return to ICton next 01t term. Tha bead master forbade expelling them publicly to prevent tcandal , and more over the boys expelled from 1C ton are forever Ineligible for appointment In the army , the navy , or church , and have their prospects in life ] ; hopelessly wrecked. Many of the bnya are : connected with the highest English families. GENERAL FOK15IGN NEWS. ' LORI ) COLKninOK TO MAIinYANAMEIlICAN LADV. " LONDON , August 2 The latest society BCD- j ; ration In London ia caused by the r.nuouticu- jj ment that Lord Chief Justice Colerldga is t : about to rcarry an American lady whom ha " first met en the steamer on which ho returned j from tbo United States throe years ago , nnd ' who threatened to bring action for breach of promise if ha did not marry her. So toclcty in much ngitntcd over the approaching event. Ills lordshlp'n cone end daughter nro said to " to be very angry. . A SPLIT IN rAKNHU/S IIANKH. " ' TI1AI.7E , AuRiiat L' , Atn largi mooting of the luipendcd branch of the q loiiguo to day , a , retolutton of deliunco of thacentral committee i waa adopted , attributing the latter'a ' action to v the nipposltion that the Trnlee branch would in tlio general election successfully oppose ' ' ; i I'arncll'x carpet-bag candidntox an 1 vote f jr 't tha candidates of D ' vltt'u party , . ' A nu t. ' TniESTF , August 2. In coiisaquence of a j political quarrel , an Austrian find an Italian t army otlkcr fought a duel In the suburbs of ; thu city tu-dity , The Austrian was mortally . \\oundod , 7I1K nUWblAKH AKI ) AFQIIANS. LONDON , August 3 , Advices from ICuehan , .i via Teherandated July liL'nd.eay It is ruinnred j that a contilct has taken placa between Km- \ slans and Afghans nonr Mniuchak. Whether : true or fulfil th6re tumora are belinved on the \ frontier. Numerous Afghan tradeis have I been expelled from Aikubad owing to the i prevailing Inltation. 1 TUB L'HBKCII IN TONQUIN. - ' . I'AitiH , Augu t 2. The li'ronch troops In ri Tonquln are suflailng terribly from dysentery und lever , Deaths now overage twelve per ' day. The Ttrnpsj cgininentingupon this urges the govomment to recall troops who luvo | eervod eighteen montlm. ' SINKING , 'I A TolCfr iu to 2Ivr J wtliorfiuj'B That Mrr , Jdoliardaoii IM In a Very 1'rccnrlona Condition , Lut Thnraday MM. Kitello son , who Javieiling her sister , ] \Ir \ . Viola Riger , at Lincoln , was bsdly burned nliilo faollug with a cup cf cj I oil about tbo store. At firat it was thought her Injuries were net vezy aorloua , and that oho would eoon recover , but yesterday her father , Mr , Jpioph Smith , who lives ( 1109 Pacific street , looelved a telegram - gram informing him that the had grown worse , waa sinking rapidly and would probably , die bdforo morning , Ho aUrted Lincoln laatoveninr. It Boomathat the acjldcct waa purely the rotultof careless ness. Mrs. Illchardson l.ad out a cap containing coal oil on the pipe shelf of the steve and tbo plpo bcotrno unjolnted. Whllo trying to fix that tbo cap turned over , spilled the oil on the hot steve aud from the bhze it made lur dtca * tklrla caujht fire. AioldIeTof wmpany"ll"F < HirthTiifantryI fluag o'er the world's edge to lubsida in centle rumbles , last night. And ruihed uncere- monlouily up to the cooler , lie WAS nice ihects in the wind and disorderly ,