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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. FIFTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , FittDAY MORNING , AUGUST 7 , 1885. NO.II A SHROUDED CITY. Preparations Nearly Complete For the Funeral of General Grant , The Civic and Military Order of the Procession , Immense Crowds View the llcmains In City Hnll Socncn , Incl- ( tcntH anil Orders , VIEWING TUB KEMAINS. CROWDS FILING I'AbT THE CATAFALQUE. NEW YORK , August 0. People loitered in the city linll pirk nil night. They wore first In llco who soon after 0 this morning began filing past the remains of Gen , Grant. Thcro were , however no great throngs awaiting ad mission , tlicro being at 0 o'clock nbout a thou sand persons nnxious to view the remains. Inspector Steers wn.i in charge. Two lines of policemen were placet ! across the plaza from the city ball entrance to the fountain , These two lines formed a passage way through which four mon might walk abrcat , and along which visitors to the remains should piss ( JUicers of the Twenty-second regiment who had been on duty through the enrly morning were relieved by cllicors of the Twelfth regi ment. Sergeant lliley with thirty mon picketed the corridors through the buildiuc , so as to form n channel through which the throng should move to exit on the court house tide of the city hall. Grant post had mounted od n detail at G o'clock to servo till 8 , These men weio placed nearest the catafalque , and the two lines of visitors passed between them and the casket on either side. All within the gloomy corridors wna in readiness , The clocks pointed 0:00 : o'clock and at the inspect or's orders the iron gates were thrown open and ton or twelve hundred people awaiting outside began to flow past the casket and through the building. During the first min ute only eighty four passed Ihu casket , but the number soon Increased to 101 per tnimito : The procession was almost a lock stop nnct the tramp wag quick. At G.25 the pulse of public curiosity had sunk to CO a minute , and at G:2S : the rnto was 52. At C:10 : thu rate was 01 per minutn. The total number that passed wni about 2 ; > ,00i > , with the channel full and no crowding. The hour from ( i to 7 o'clock was employed by workingmen , women , bays and girls in view ing the remains all through the hour. The formation of tliu line was near the fountain , and the time of waiting not moro than ton minute * . After 7 the personnel of the line changed. There were fewer women and girlj and moro men. At 8 o'clock persons were mnving paBt thcicaskot at the rnto of 110 to 1120 per minute , nnd the police were rein forced and nt that time there were 1ST men on duty and the channel of police was uxtendo t bsyond the fountain. Within the city hnll , the guards at the caskets wore hastening people ; ICO per minute were vitiw- iug and hurried through at nine o'clock. By the remains the U , S. Grant post hod mounted another detachment of thirteen men , Wheeler 1'ost of Saratoga and the- military order of the Loyal Legion were likewise represented. Every car and train coming down town added its riuotu to thoRO anxioua to view the gen eral a face aud the crowds wtro fast becoming n throng and worn hurried through the hall nt the r.tte of 1-10 per icinulo and at ono time parsed by at the rate of 175 per minute. At cloven o'clock about 1)1,000 ) persons had passed the casket and viewed the remain ; . THE FLORAL 01TEUINO of the board of nldormcn was sot up during the mor ing beneath the rotunda doing where the light streamed upon it. The central col umn rose ten feet and was flanked by stands of colors , The base la n bed of fores and palms mnong which huge rows of white buds. Mayor Grace this morning sent the commis sioner of public works the following : "In deforenca to the expressed wish of some friends of Gen. Grant you are hereby dlrcctod to re move from the Iront of city ball the verses in scribed thereon. " Gen. Gordon , of Georgia , who at Spottsyl- vania court house , Virginia , checked Gen. Hancock's advance through the captured Sal ient on tbo 12th of May , ISO ! , and who com manded ono wing of Lee'u army nnd made the last assault upon Grant's lines nt Appomnt- tex , 1msbeen appointed aide to Gen. Hancock for the funeral ceremonies at the burial of Gen , Grant. The board of uldermen at a meeting to-day roBulvod to attend the funeral in a body. The passage of people by the casket at one o'clock averaged about 109 n miuuto and at that hour OGO persona had viewed thu TO mulnr , several hours having been occupied in so doing. At midday nnd during the early lunch hours of the early afternoon many letter vnrripio passed Into the hall and yleivcd the remains , 111K BURIAL HITS , NEW VOIIK. August C , Counsel .Tncombo to-day sent Mayor Grnca a communication regarding the resolution pnsud by the board of aldermen regarding resigning of a plot of ground in Kiversldo park fur Gen , Grant's sepulture. The corporal ion counsel hold that the land referred to Is not an absolute fee but n fee in trust f > r certain purposes nnd cannot bo civon nway by the ulty , nor if it were held in fee simple absolute could it Lo BO. The common council sinkinp fund coimnistilon only could convey It , but under the provisions of tha ttato law must bo sold at public auction , Gouniol is of the opinion that if a resolution were tigned by the mayor it would bo legally iuoprrativo to effect a cession of the ground proposed , The park commissioners have power to grant the right of sepulture , and of course thu assent of the board of health was a necessary I rereriuHitoJto any burial within the city limits. A committee has boon appointed by the ox- confederate toldlen to represent the southern soldiers nt the funeral. TUB ritoomioN. Col. Hedges , who has charge of the recep tion and traiuportotlon of ctliclal cuests , has nearly completed hn arrangements. There will bo about three hundred carriages in lino. The carriage in which President Cleveland will ride , will be drawn by si\ black horses. Immediately beh'nd'this ' carriage will follow lix other open carriage * , containing the vice- president and members of the president's cabinet. Behind this will follow it carriage drawn by four horses , in which will be seated Kx 1'renldfnt Hayes nnd Kx-Preaident Arthur , Other civil guests will follow In the older named balow : United States sonata r , 1C carriages. Members of coiiRrtus , ) li carriages. Admiral Jouttt , 1 cirtitgn. Commodore Chandler , Icnrmpo. Foreign minUterr , M carriages. The cabinet of den , Grnut , I carriages , Itotlred army olliers , 10carriages , Gen. GrtnUitaff , 2canl ge . The family nnd relatives , 7 carriages , The clergy cirrlages. Attending phy iciam > , 2 carriages , The paU-b'tirers , G carriages , Gan. Sheildan and staff , -I carriages. Chiefs uf bureaus , war department , 4 car riages. Gen. Schofield and stall , 1 carriage judges of the supreme court , 0 cmUgei ; the gover nor of Illinois and utalf , H carnages ; Michi gan , 3 ; Wiiconiin , 9 ; Massachusetts , 10 : New Hampshire , 3j Connecticut , 4 ; Maine , 2j Ver mont , 4 : Pennsylvania , 12 ; New Jersey , ID ; Kboda liland , 4 ; Iowa , 2 ; Dakota , C ; Virgin ia , 3 ; Indiana , 2. The legislature of New York , SO carriages. Gen , Franklin , pretidont of the soldiers' homer , 1 carriage. Mems , Drexel and Childs , 1 carriage. Hoard ef Indian coimnutionerr , i car- rloaei , Tha mayor nd representative of the city of Brooklyn , ID carriages ; Now York city , 35 ; Ilotton , G ; St. Loni , 10 ; Hartford , 3 ; New Haven , 2 ; Jersey City , 12 ; Kllzabot ! ) , 2. Order of the Cincinnati , 5 carriages. Wheeler and the Grant posts , G. A. K. , four carriages , THE GRANT FAMILY spent A quiet day at the Fifth Avenue hotel , Gen , Sherman called In the morning , but there were no other visitors during the day , At 9 p. m. the procession of the people to the hall WM moro dense than nt any time during tha day nnd it was composed mostly of working peoplo. OmrlAt ORDERS. Gen. Shnler istuod the following orders for the formation of troops nnd civic socie ties on Saturday ; Urbanizations composing ho escort column In the obsequies will be formed and deployed in line on the o st side of Broadway nt 0 a. m. I The division of the Now Jersey National Guard consistinp of two brigades of Infantry , of -Gen. 1'luino the left under command MajGen. . , resting on city hall nt Chambers street , 2The veteran Xotmvoa { Independent } UrDvt.-Brig.-Gfn. J. Madison Brake , will report to den , I'lumo for position of 1'no ' , : i CompanyD , Flrat Minnesota Guards , Capt Bear , leftreiting below Grand street. -Capital City Guards , Cnpt. F , S. Kelly , left routing on Grand street. D Union Vftnran Corps , District of Col umbia , Cnpt. S IS. Thompson , First Com pany , Capt , II. K. Vrell , resting on light of the Capital City Guards , 0 Batallion of four companies of Virginia state troops , Liout.-Col. M. S , S. 1'ottswood , resting below nnd near Broomo street. 7 First llegnnent Massachusetts Infantry , Col. A. K. Wellington , left resting on Broome street , -Second regiment , Connecticut National Guards , Col. Walter L'nvanworth , on the light of the First Massachusetts. 'J-Gato City Guard ; , Atlanta , Ga , , Lieut , W. M. Camp. 10 First Pennsylvania regiment , Col. Theodore 13. Wcldorshelm. II Second Division National Guards State of New York , Maj. Gen C. 13 , Mollneaux. 13 Three companies of veteran zouaves ( colored ) , Columbia Guards , Gnrlbalrtl Legion , Italian Kille Guards , Columbia Guards.second company Washington ContinontalfJGo.irds , Tenth association , Veteran osaoc'ntlon. ' llntti rpgimont of New York volunteers , Governor's Footguards , of Hartford , Conn , , and the old guaru of Mnj McLean. 13 First division National Guards state of New York , Gen Shaler. Left resting on tha north side of Fourtsenth street at Union square. United States troops , consisting of infantry marines , bluejackets and artillery of the navy , constituting n brigade under com mand of Commander II B , Robinson , U. S. N ; Capt. lludolph's light battery and four companies of foot artillery ( Fifth United States artillery ) under command of Maj. Wildrcclr , U. S. A. , nnd a battalion of United States engineers will bo formed in column on Broidwayjwlth head resting near Pnrk Place. Should the veteran organizations of Grand Army posts under command of Mnj . Gen. D K Sickles , desires to cross the line formed on Broadway for tha purpose of occupying the west side , every facility for doing so will bo given them. When Gen , Hancock , com manding the escort column proceeding the column of Uuitod States troops , has passed up Broadway nnd Fifth nvenuo nnd cleared the right of the Hue , it will break Into column nnd commence to march. In pnssine the Fifth avenue hotel nil bands will play. Uniformed firemen will bo stationed nt each of the fire alarm boxes on the line of march to send nmbulnnca calls should they bo required. The regiments of infantry f'om the first division N. G. , S. N. Y. , nnd United States battery and artillery , will fire three- volleys and salvos upon the completion of the ceremonies. The procession nt city hall was doubled into fours nt lUdnight , THE CROWD STOPPED. NEW YORK , August 7. At 1 o'clock the crowd was stopped and the corpse was loft in chnrRc of thirteen veterans of Grant Post No. 237. THE a. A. R , MONUMENT. BALTIMORK , August G. At a gonernl meet- ingof the various poats of the grand army of the republic in this city ti. night a resolution was adopted commending the suggestion made by ex-President Hayes thatthegrand'armyof the republic men erect a national monument to the memory of Gen. Grant , The resolution suggests the monument bo eroded at Wash ington , and that S3CO.OOO ba raleod by an assessment of ono dollar on each member of the organization. AN EXVCDTIVK ORDER. WASHINGTON , AusjuitG. The president to day Issued the following executive order : "It is hereby ordered that the eevornl executive departments , department of agriculture and the government printing ollico bo closed to morrow at 8 o'clock p. in , , to onnblo such em ployes as may desire to at'end the funeral of the late ex-president of the United State ? , Gen. Grant , in New York. ArreHt of Strikers , PITTSIIURG , August 0 , Eight strikers who opposed the running of double-headers on tbo Baltimore & Ohio road , nrrestod last night , had n hearing this morning on the charge of interference with employes nuJ conspiracy. Kach was held in $1,003 ball for trial nt court , A Mlsslnir Mnri With Money , UCKLINOTON , Kn3 , , August G. D , V. Mott , the mieslng treasurer of this county , left hero n week ago for Topcka. Ho expressed § 5CCO to the state treasurer before leaving ; hero and nbout $8,060 In drafts and money nway , Many believe ho has banu murdered , other. wise lit ) has nbicondpd. It is rumored that a hasty examination of his books show n short nge of $40,000. _ Tlio Catholic T. A. Union. NKwIlAViN. Conn. , August 0 , Tha Oath- olio total abstinence union of America this af ternoon elected the following otliccrs : presi dent , the Hev. Jnmei M , Cloary , Kenoihn , Wis , ; vice-president , thoKev. T. J , Conatz , Worcester , Maes , ; treasurer , the Hev. J. D. Bowles , Vermillion , O. j secretary , Philip A , Molau , Philadelphia , Pa. The convention will probably meet at Notre Dame , Ind , , next " " " * Wrecks In tlio Arctic Circle , SAN FRANCISCO , Cal , , August C. The Com mercial News tomorrow will publish the nr- rlvaloir the coait this evening of the schooner GarDold , twenty-six days from the Arctic , with news that the bark Napoleon , of New Bedford , had been ciushcd In the ice nnd twenty-two lives lost , Including that of W , Krgera , of Bedford , first ollicer , and Thomas Pease , of the same place , third ollicer. The Gazelle , of San Franchco , wnnnlso crushed In Iho Ice. The crew were saved. The atenraer liacient , also ot this port , was sieve by ice , but has been tufllcieutly repaired to finish the cruise. The season WAR stormy and late , with an unusual quantity of Ice , Ifovv Ilntilo uronu Bliido SI.OOO.OOO , NEW YORK , August G Mistress Hettle Green hat been bulling the stock of the Louis ville & Nashville railroad , She la tbo con trolling spirit in this railroad , She owns enough of the stock to inaka her an autocrat In ita affairs. There ban been a solid 10-paint rise in the Louisville & Nashville , and fills- trtsa Hettio is $1 000,000 better off for U. She engineered the advance henelf. and showed that thn was a rood a manipulator as any man in Wall street , Her plan of operation' ' bai bean a simple but effective one. When the whole list was goln ; up she would trust to Louisville k Nashvilla goiog up In sympathy with the otber stocks. When stocks were de clining the would buy COO ahares of Louisville k Nnihville every eighth down , and thus prv vent anything but fractional declines In tha stock , She did not aik any help from the men in the market , bat executed her pe nloue , | CHOLERA'S CUKSE. Frigutfol Baroges of the Plague in llie Interior ol Spain , Marseilles Again Envelopsd ill tlia Shadows of Death , Town and Country Depopulated by the Fatal Scourge A General Vftrlctyol Foreljjn News. THE HKftDLY Till : CHOLEUA. BPnBAniKO IK MAUSEILLIK , Aug. 0. The sanitary councl ! of this city telegraphed to-day to M. Lrgnrd , minister of the interior , n statement certifying that the cholera in Marseilles wna sporadic only. This nctton , however , is known to hnvo been resorted to for the purpose of con cealing the alarm felt by the council , nnd to nvold being held responsible for neglect ol sanitarian , which has caufed n recurrence ol cholera in this city. The municipal council of Marseilles are much perplexed from want of funds. They have no appropriation avail able for expndlture for cholera purposes and dare not usk for funds for fear of creating alarm by Implied acknowledgment of the ex istence of chotern In epidemic form. Thirty-three deaths from cholera were re ported In this city to-dny. THK TEHninLE CONDITION 0V SPAIN. MADRID , Aug. G. A panic has been caused by the rapid spread of cholera. In the caun- tiy It la increasing , Entire ullages have been deserted by their Inhabitants , who have fled for safety from the dreaded disease. In many cases the doctors and the municipal authori ties have been attacked by the Hcourgo and the side hnvo been nbaudoned nnd the dead left unburled , Itenorta from several _ places state it is Impassible to obtain provisions or medicines , 'Ihomisery throughout the coun try is great. ITALIAN PRECAUTIONS. KO.ME , Auguit (5. ( Vessels arriving nt Italian _ port ) from French potts will be quarantined ono week if they hnve clean bills of health , nnd three weeks if they have nn- clean bills. Hallway travelers inspected of bcintf infected with cholera will be fumignted , GENEll.UJ FOUKtCJN NEWS. THK PKI.VCE AND THE LILY. LONDON , Aug. l > A society incident that has caused quite n fluster happened recently in Kotteu Haw. The Prince of Wales was driving along with his sons , nnd they met Mrs , Lnngtry , who nleo was out for nn airing , nnd , the goesips say , "with n knowledge of coming events , " As soon ns the prince recog nized the Lily bo left his sons nnd joined her , nnd nccompinied her through the park. The atrical speculators declare that this royal favor cecurcs n boom for the Lily during her next professional tour. The Prince of Wales , it is enid , has can celled nil the invitations which had been ex tended to Sir George Chotwynd nnd Lord Lonedalo to attend receptions nt Mnrlborouch House , the princa's city palace. This notion was taken because of their fiat fight over Mrs. Langtry the other day. The prince , it is said , was very nngry when ho discovered that both gentlemen claimed consideration from the beauty. ANOTHER WARNINO TO FRANCE , BERLIN , August G. The Cologne Gazette publishes nu article similar to that recently published In the North German Gazette and advises the maintonnuca of friendship between England nud Germany nnd warns Franco against the policy of revenge. THE MEANING OP IT. PARIS , August G. The newspapers con tinue to comment upon the North Gorman Gazette articles nttacking France. They con sider that the article foreshadows nn Incieaso of Germany' military strength and that it was addressed to the Iteichstag rather than te Frnnce. 5HCJ.I5E3AL CAVrAIRN. LONDON , Aug , G. Leading members of the Inta cabinet are conferring nn the electoral programme. The greatest Uilllculty has arisen in connection with the ! nnd question. At present a common platfoim eeemi impossible FAIigUAHAHSON'.S WHKHKADOCTH , DtmUN , Au . G Detectives ascertained that Farquthnrson , of the Munster bank , sailed for Spain en the night of his flight hence , THE CHOLERA. MADRID , August G. There wore -1,201 , new cases of cholera and 1G'S ' deaths reported throughout the kingdom yesterday , THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE. UOMHA'i , August G , The Gnzetto states Vakoob Key's son , with Uussinn assistance , occupied Knshgar in Chinese Tuik stnn , nnd that ho is now menacing the Koolilj * province cinlmed by China , RIOTINO MINERS. LONDON , August ( i , The coal nnd iron miners ofllkeaton , Derbyshire , have been rioting nil day , canting Brent d.-imago to prop erty. In ono of the battles against the police the rioters were driven back several miles from town , contasting every foot of the way. During the engngemtnt a great number of miners wtro disabled , and nine dangerously wounded. THE BMl'KKORS. GASTKIN , Auguat G llmperor Francis Joseph nnd Empress Elizabeth arrived hero this evening. Emperor William received them at the cntrnnca of the liadoechlcss with greetingu of affection , kissing the Austrian emperor three ll'mes. 'William wore an Austrian uniform nnd Francis Joseph were n Kussinu uniform. The town Is illuminated and throrged with people heartily cheering the emperors. DOWN BOUIU , REVOLUTIONS , HOWS AND I'L&Ql'Ea MULTIPLY ING. PANAMA , August G , Late news from the Lboatro of wnr is not such aa to inspire the hope of nn enrly conclusion of the strutrglu. The rebels abandoned their camp on the island opposite Calamar , whence they had made several attacks on the government forces , and moved up the river on the ISth ult. An intercepted letter from their commander , Comargo , says that he hia di tar- mi nod to change completely his plan of opera- tionr. This letter doea nut state what his intentions are , but as it la addressed to the commander of the revolutionist contingent In JiarranqU'lla , urging that oliicer to join him with lila entire command with nit delay , It is evident he contemplated active operations. General Hoyes , of the government farces , tnya Coinargo cannot mus ter mere than 2 COO men , Including the crows cf seven river steamers , Ono of the best of this fleet , the Medillln , waa burned and blown up in the battle of Tamalarnelque , nnd two prominent rebel leaders went down in her Uenernls Herandiz and Ynrgas Santos , The sanitary condition of the isthmus has not im prove j. The condition of Colon Is something terrible and a perfect plague seems to hnve stricken the place. There nro sometimes as many ns twenty-five deaths per day. In n population of lees than 10.COO that death rate 11 something startling. News from Lima is to the effect that all efforts at reconciliation between Igleslna and Caceref are nt nn end. The peace commis sioner of His Jplealai government , Mom. Tovar , succeeded in Interviewing Caceres and presented ps&ce proportions , They were In effect that Cacaros' army bo received Into the government nrmy without change in the rank or pay ; that Cacero' acta bo recognized nnd his debts ncunmed nnd thati n new elec tion bo called , This did not suit Cacores nnd his followers , who proposed even more humil iating terms to the government , ntd the in terview ended , THE NATIONAL ! OAl'ITAti. KIII.Y RAIIRED OUT OF VIENNA. WASIUNUTON , August G. The department of state is in receipt of n cablegram from Lee , secretary of the American legation nt Vienna , saying the Austrian government positively de clines to receive Koily ns United States min ister. The authorities of Austria give no rea son for this notion , and merely say they will not receive him. Kelly is now in Pnris , where hohas boon some weeks. Ho has been In formed of the decision of the Austrian gov ernment , Lee has been designated ns chnrgo iV allairs for the present , Al'l-OINTMENTS , The president nopointod the following post masters to-day : Kichard P. Uolme > , Natchez , Miss. , vice William McCarey , suspended ; Wllllnm M. Gay , Wilson , N. C , , vice Mr * . Virginia Sharp , suspended ; J. E , Jones , Port age Wis. The president to-day mtulo the following appointments : To be collectors of internal revenue , John Dowlin , for twenty-second dis trict of Pennsylvania ; Frank Schlarilocker , for the nineteenth district of Pennsylvania ; to bo surveyors of custom" , John T. Gnth- right , for the port of Louisville , Ky > ; Leon Trousdalo , for the port of Nashville , Tenn. AITOINTMENT3 AND PROMOTIONS. WASHINGTON , August G , The secretary of the treasury to-day promoted James A. LaVe , clerk of class , to be nsulstant chief of the customs division ol the secretary's olEce. He also directed the dismissal of the inspec tors of foreign vessels nt Now Orlenns , San Francisco nnd Philadelphia , Joseph Col- burn , of Denver , Col. , was to > dny appointed n timber agent of the land department , THE NAVAL BOARD , The board appointed to examine plans and specifications for the proposed cru'ter ? , has adjourned subject to tbo call of Commodore Wnlker , president. The ncceptablo portions of the various nlans examined , were placed in the hands of Commodore Goodrich and Naval Contractors Howies and Galewood , with In structions to embody them in one plan , T11K COAST iURVK\ . The report of the committee , consisting of Messrs. Thomas , Garrison nnd Huntingdon , upon their investigation of coast surrey , has been submitted to the secretnry of the tren- nry. It stntes that they took possession of the bureau on July 21 , aud conducted an In vestigation leaving nn ground for doubt that the actual condition of the survey was ono of demoralisation , nnd its workngs inefficient , unjust nnd to come extent disreputable. The regulations nro partially to blame , but the late superintendent is chnrgeabla with a willing ness to avail hinuelf of opportunities for con tinuance of nbusos , woikness and procrastina tion , favoritism nnd arrogance , disregard of refutations nnd notorious use of intoxicnnts , This combination seems to hnve been demoral izing to subordinates , The investigation showed n largo number of Irregularities which are pet forth at great length nnd which involve - volvo reckless extravagance nnd groes mismanagement. The committee find that Prof. Hilgard's habits and meth ods , his failure of family or perversion of moral eenso unfit him fora po sition of responsibility. The report says the dismissal of Colonel J'utllle from the services is perhaps undeserved , but his restoration to his former place is deprecated , Kestorntion by A. Saeemuller , would , it Is claimoJ , be detrimental to the morals of conit survey. Evidence was given Indicating W. B. Mor- enn's neglect to call attention to the unuiual nnd apparently unnecessary charges , while disbursing agent of tbo bureau , and the re port alleges that ho has become addicted to tlm use of intoxicants. His restoration to duty is not recommended. An early change is recommended in the interests of morals and discipline in the clerk in charge of the draw ing division now held byV. . T. Bright. The report vindicates M , A , Xumbrock , of the electrotyplng room. THE CABINET. There wna n full cabinet meeting to-day. The session was short , The Keiloy uiattnr , it is understood , was discussed. The secretary of state , when naked this afternoon nbout the matter , replied there was nothirg to say. Adolph Erdman , of Missouri , and James Dugan , of Mississippi , were to-dny appointed special examiners of the pension office. Reprosontntiye Morrison of Illinois , who has been suffering very severely from neursl- gin , Is much better to-night , THE CHICAGO HARBOR , The Illinois Ceutral railroad company nnd other corporations are building piers , driving piles , dredging and dumping tana into the lake nt nnd near Chicago for the purpose of build ing islands to be used as pleasure resorts , which work is said to threaten the navigation of the bnrbor Secretary Manning's attention having been called to the subject , bo referred 11 to the first comptroller , who gayo an opinion to-day that n3 the works in question tended to obstruct navigation , the general government can by oroceodings , instituted by the attorney general , prohibit the contiunnca of such work. 11 o holds , however , that ns the secretary of war ban charge of the improvement of rivers ncd harbors , it in hi * duty to take hold of the matter and do whatever may bo necessary , ROBIIINQ rosTomcKS. The postoflic3 department has bern in. formed that the postcllico nt Turner , Illinois , was robbed by burglars on the night of the 1th inct. The safe was opened and its entire contents cf money nud stumps taken. The poitrnastornt Southport , Illinois , lias telegraphed to the postotlico department that his ollico was entered by burglars laft night and his safe blown open uud robbed of its contents. TARRED MAIL UAC" , The Italian postnuster general has notified the postollico department that owing to the prevalence of cholera in that part of French territory through which the mails from the United States c'estined ' for Italy must pase , that nil mall sacks of the ordinary kind will be fumigated. Ho suggests that to avoid deten tion for fumigation tarred mail eacks bo used. The superintendent of foreign mails has Issued instructions carrying Into elTect tint sugges- : lon , Another Smith Gone. CLEVELAND , O , August G , Myrtle HOBS , n mudiome nnd respectable young liJy of 224 Qnmilton street , made arrangements towed Samuel Smith last night , The guests assem bled , but Smith did not appear , To-day it van learned that he fled the city , and that he lad n wife in New York , ANejjro Starvcu Ills Children. LYNCIIBURQ , Vn. , August G , William 'arks , n negro , residing in Amherst county , Virginia , has been arreeted on the charge of starving his children to death , Within the last five months , four of Parks' seven children mve died , and the remaining three , it u barged , are emaciated for want nf food , the athor not only refusing to provide for them , rat prohibiting the neighbors from giving hern food , It l charged further that Parks wants to marry again and that the woman he itpiroa to win refused to accept b'm while ho md o many children. Caught and Killed on n. WHEENINQ W. Va , August G , This after noon Mrs , Samuel McEIroy , with her two ittle boys started for St , Olairsville Junction , Ohio , to walk along the Baltimore & . Ohio aliroid track toward Bellaire. While they vere on a bridge near the latter place the > ast bound fast passenger train cama around he bend nnd caught them before they could each the other end. Mrs. McEIroy was hockingly mutilated and Instantly killed. One of the boys was fatally hurt und ba * died Ince. The second boy was badly Injured , le cannot recover , A MAN OF DEEDS , Tliongh His Words Were WistoLailED , Effcctiyc and Brief , Vice-President Heudrioks'Tribute ' to General Grant , Political Subjects SIlKhtly Touched Acqulln Jones' Endorsement. A TAIjK W1TU THOMAS. A IiniEP INTERVIEW WITH THE VICE mESIUKXTi Special Telegram to The BKB , CIIIOAOO , III. Atig G. In an interview hero to.dny Vico-Prosldont Hcndiicks slid : "I nlwnya had n hlghlrcgnrd for Gon. Grant ns n man nnd great admiration for his ability ns n toldier nnd n statesman nlwnya composed firm nnd Eclf-relmble in battle , In high places of responsibility and oven up to the moment of his death , bo never made n speech , oven If but ono or two lines in length , that waa not full of wfidom , and whatever ho said was effective nnd hold the nttontion of the public. Yes , I ceo the senate will bo ropre - sontod by n delegation , and 1 nt first consid ered this sufficient , but my regard for Gen. Grant's memory and consciousness of duty I owed to my present position impelled me to cut short my vhlt to the northwest and go to New York to ndd my tribute to the spontane ous demonstration in honor of our greatest citizen. " Departing from Iho subject of the General Grant obsequies , in which Mr. Hendrlcka evinced sincere sympathy nnd deep interest , your correspondent ventured to nsk the vice president if ho npprohendod any new move ment of grent public Importance would nriso during the continuance of the present demo cratic administration ? "No , I do not , " answered Mr. Hendricks , "unless eomo now move in the direction of re- lormiog the tariff when congrecs meets should create an Issue. It is n long time , however , before 18SS. " "How do you consider that the acts of the present administration hnvo affected the country to date ? " ' "I should say favorably : decidedly none of our material interests have suffered , as pro- dieted by the organs of the opposite piuty prior to the Into election. Some outcry is being - ing raised nbout Itcnch , but it is mere par tisanship. " "Have you paid any attention to the out come of the investigation by the civil service commission of tbo charges ngainnt Aqulln Jonec , postmaster * at Indianapolis1 "Yep , I read their report exonerating him with great satisfaction , Mr. Jones is an able ind honorable man. He Is not mcch of a nwyer but n good business man and will do wbnt is right in tbo office , performing his duties to the public in a eatUfactory manner , while conforming strictly to the letter of the aw. I am glad on his account the commit tee returned the report nbout which fair- nindod people will not cavil. Mr. Hondricka took his departure this after noon for New York. Tire jntiiTAiiv TKLEGUAPIIEKS. A MEJIORIAt IIEETINQ IN VARIOUS CITIES Of THE COUNTRY. CHICAGO , 111 , , August G ; Pursuant to call of William It , Plum , president of the society of military telegraphers of the Into war , the union , to take action on the death of Gen. Grant , by courtesy the Western Union Telegraph company , n telegraph meet- ng of survivors corps was held to-dny , Mr. Plumb presiding nt ChIcagoW. | B. Somerville it Now York , Itobsrt B , Lines , president of District of Columbia branch , nt Washington , T. A. Davin nt Boston , William B. Wilson at Now York , Joseph Anderson at Buffalo , George Cole nt Columbus ; T. K , Mooreland at Pittsburg , L C. Wior at Cincinnati , L. A. Somers at Cleveland , Duncan T. Bacon nt Indianapolis , E , M. Thane at Milwaukee , Isaac MoMichaol at Minneapolis , C. W. Hammond at St. Louis , L. II. Korty presi dent of western branch , at Omaha , J. H. Nichols , president of the Colorado branch nt Denver , D. E. Mnrtyn , president of the Kan sas City branch , nt thnt place , and Col. It. C , dowry nt San Francisco. The president submitted resolutions which had been prepared for that purpose to the members assembled nt the nbovo named cities , and others on various telegraphic circuits , and received most hearty and unanimous endorse ment thereof. At some of the local meetings 10 was advised by local presidents that many ieoling nddretees were made. The following is n copy of the resolutions , Whereas. For o quarter of n century wo lave watched with the greatest pride the : iueer of Ulysses S. Grant , nnd over found in , n'm the elements of successful general and statesman , nnd of n true citizen , devotedly attached to hia country and his fellows as well as bin family ; and Whereas , During the rebellion the military telegraph corps was an Important department of the army on the Gold , nnd was used to an extent greater than before or since ; nnd Whetoas , General Grant , kindly remindful of our services , has testified repeatedly to the efficiency and integrity of the corps of milita ry telegraphers , who were hourly entrusted with the most confidential information , dur ing those many years of war , nnd Whereas , It Is fitting that wo who were honored by hia friendship and grent confi dence , should have part in the general expres sion ci grief at the loss of ono whoee pure nnd lovoablj character added lustra to the fame of America greatest citizen aud soldier ; therefore be it Hesolved , That our secretary be Instructed to purchase n picture of the great commander , cause theeo resolutions to ba written thereun der , nnd to frame , drape , aud produce the pamo at all our re-unions as a token of our af fection for.thehero ot.'Apppmatlox , disnvoJly twice president of the United Wtatea. Keeolved , That we extend to' his bereaved family our most sincere sympathy. NElJBASKAOITi' , A bMALL LATCH OF INTERESTING ITEMS FROU THE ANCIENT AND HONORABLE. Correspondence of the BEE , NEIIRAHKA CITY , jNeb. , August 5. Our now packing homo' loometh up already , at least the work on the same does. The con tracts have all been let mostly to My me- chonlca n creditable part of the operations , Messrs. Beckel fc Sons having the brick con tract , Joseph Burr the stone work nnd David O'Brien the grading and excavating , The latter gentleman now has a rninature army of laborers at work upon his part of the contract , The Chicago lumber company of this city alto secured the contract lor furnishing all the lumber to bo used In the Immense concern , The first shipment of half a million feet la now on the road , The now packing house will be erected as one compact building In stead of two connected buildings as those of the N. and L P , Ca. are. Thu building will be ol brick and clone , 140xltG ) feet and three stories In height. The stock yards to be bcllt in conjunction with the new packing house , work upon which has also been commenced , will cover sixteen acres of eround , and will coit In the neighborhood of $100,010 , The cooper shops for supplying our packing homes is to bo n private concern built by Air. A. Schafer , of liuiliccton , IOWA. Size of same 00x120. This latter Institution will employ seventy- tivo hands on the start October 1st and in crease to over 00 in the busy winter seaion , Thin wo boom. Work upon all thrio new enterprises Is progressing tinolr , giving em ployment o many of the laboring class. The CASPER Ml RUKn Is Iho all-absorbing topic of conversation on our streets. As the readers ot the BEE bnvo all doubtless read the particulars ns found in the dispatches. It is useless to fill this space with n recital of the same. The murderer , lorn William ; , was brought in from the scene of hia crimo-Bcrlln-yenterday nnd i < now confined in our county jail. A mclimmnry trial is to bo held before County Judge Mor- pan to-morrow morning. The immlerer , Tom Williamf , la but n boy 111 years of ngo nnd docs notecem to realize thu enormity ol his crime , NOTE * XkUSY AXfl OTHERWISE. Manager Burke of the telephone exchange , has attached one of his patent fire alarms to the city fire boll nnd in future nil fire alarms can ba Instantly rang from the telephone ex change the moment notice of a fire n received nttliootlico. John J. McCartin , nn attorney from Cin cinnati. Ohio , Is the latest nddition to our professional mon. Charles Marsh ! ! of Syrncunc , has rented the Morrison block nnd will shortly open out n line line of boots nnd shorn , The Nebraska City Electric Works Is n now institution cnengod in the manufacture of Burko's pUont Klectric bolts , which are now being introduced to the trndo nnd are soiling rnp illy. Mr. W. K Burger , of Chicago , the architect of the now packing house , arrived hero to-day and will remain the summer nnd tuuorin'.cnd the work uuon the building. Banner Post , G. A , K , , Is making elaborate preparations for memorial services on Grnnt'd burlaldny. _ The arrangements are under the direction of three of our moit prominent pro fessional men , Hon. A. S. Cole , Hov. J , M. Whitehcad nnd Dr. H. C. Bishop , n guaran tee that the exercises will bo such aa will re flect credit on Nebraska City. A small blaze waa discovered In the roof of the tmoko houeo of the N. & L. P. Co. , yes terday , but by the prompt application of the hose and fire grenades , what might have proved a disastrous fire was "nlpnnd in the bud. " , _ KV.ESEE. SL'OUIING NATTKUH. THE TCRF. SARATOGA , N. Y. , August C , Weather clear nnd cool , nttendnaco good , nnd track fair. fair.Mile Mile Strathspey won , Mittio B , second , Loman third. Time , 1:10 $ . Milifnnd n half Euclid won , Koaciugko second , Bootblack third. Time , -lli. : Milo nnd nn eight Col. Sprogue won , Al- bln second , Couklin third , Time , 2 minutes , Vivo furlongs-1'illicp , two years old ; Scot tish Lass won , Mamie Hunt second , Bella of Louisville third. Time. 1:01 : Three-quarters of a mila Rnilnh won , Sam Powcre second , Marquis third. Time , 1:1SJ. : OTTAWA , III. , August ( i. Two-year-old colt race postponed from ycstordnv Sirnh Consack won , Gettysburg second , Dictrictia third. Time , 2:001. : Class 223 : Pacing ; Silvprtail won , Daisy D second. Lottie P. third. Best time , 2:23 : } . Class 2:10 : Trotting ; Moody won , Al 11. second , Sentry third. Best time , 2:2 : . 1'our-voar-old colts Trotting ; Superior won. A. G , Dnwey second , Mabo distanced , Best time , 2:1.7 : } . ItociiE-iTEit , N. Y. , August (5. ( Attendant large , track gocd , weather quito cool. Un finished -'L : class : Adelaide won , Judge Davis second , Montgomery thud , licet time , lUJt | Class 2:20 : Pacing : Jordon won , Messina Boy second , Marlow third. Best time , 2:18 : , Class 2:27 : Henry lloberts won , Kit Sanford - ford second , KingsUy third. Best time , 2:211. : Class 2:23-TJnmished : ( : William Arthur won first heat , Dabarry third hent , Nobly second. Best time , 2:21 : , IUSB BAIL , CINCINNATI , August C. Cincinnati 7 Pittaburg U , four Innings ; rain. PilllAlKLl'HiA. ) Pn. , August C , Phila delphia 0. Buffalo u. Niw YORK , August G. Now York 1 , Chicago cage 0 , ten innings. BOSTON , August G. Boston fi , St. Louis 2. PROVIDENCE , August Providence 3 , Detroit 1. BROOKLYN , August C. Brooklyn2 , Athletic 3 , thirteen innings. Yellow Jack la the Nock. CITY or MEXicoviaGalvoston ( ) , August (5 ( , Yellow fever has appeared at Mo/.ithn and Tehauntopec. At the former place the disease U not violent , nnd physicians have good suc cess treating it. At Tehnuntepec efforts nro being inide by the municipal authorities to stamp out the Cover. Many persona deny the efficacy of Dr. Carmonn's vaccination process , and he if expected soon to publish n defence of his system , A. Nobrnslcnn Threatens Cleveland. KANSAS CITY , Mo. , Aug. G. William Kearney , an insane man , who lives near Hum- Ijoldt , Nebraska , nnd owna n fine farm there , wa3 arrested hero to day. Kenrney said he wita on II'B way to Washington to kill Prod- dent Cleveland , uKuintt whom ho had n fan- clod grievance , Ho had a revolver nnd nbout seventy-five cartridges nnd waa well supplied with money. A Mob Put to EAST SAOIXAW , Mich , , August G. About four hundred mon , many of them idlers , nnd not mill workern , attempted by force this nfternoon to shut down the mill of Runt Bros. & Co. The mob was armed with clubs and [ fathered nar the mill aud then marched down towards the mill entrance , The sheriff ordered them to disperse , but they joerlngly refined. Then tbo mayor rend the tlot act , and culled on them to return to their homes quietly , which they declined to do , A squad of nine policemen thereupon charged on the mob , clubbing thorn right nnd loft , BOOH putting them to flight. Three rnon were arrested on the spot nnd tlirio otheia subsequeii I ly , 'JColoRrnph Kotcs. Humors of deaths from cholera prevail in Paris. The district convention of the colored Knighta Templar of Missouri. Kanea ? , Iowa nnd Nebraska Is in session nt Mncon , Mo. Chrittinn Bchenk , Adolph Hoylor nud Martin Hughler were strm-k link killed by n freight train at Engleslde elation on tbo Penn sylvania road last night. R. E. Gilson , Gainesville , Texas , ux-confod. prate , imbliihei a card calling on thu people of Texas to honor the memory of General Grant by eubtcrlbing for n monument to him , but to have the monument erected in Texas , M , Kntkoff nisorts in the Moscow Gazette that Kusxia is resolved to rottlo tha central Asian difficulty finnllv. Ha says tbo present negotiating between England and Kusnia are moro trilling , Drexel. Haves & Co , , Paris , hive been np pointed European treasurers of the Grant monument fund. They have headed the lint with a subscription of Sl.OCO. IVorirnf the AVatcr , The heavy ralno of yesterday rnornlni ; played tail h&voo In portions of St Mary 'a avenue \rhoro the street haa been cut down for grading purposes , So ttroug , swift and voluminous wai tbo ruth of water that It washed out the main newer a distance of 100 foot , to a depth of three feet , and the lateral sewer trench , which h twelve fcot deep and forty feet long , haa been swept out down to the pipes. In the Gisi inatanco the city la forced to bear all expense- for ro- palrj , but In the last caaa tha partloa who built the sewer will bo held rotponalble. The work of repairing waa begun yester day and will bo ehoved to completion , BO that the street paring operations will not L)9 ) delayed. I A FEEBLE SPURT. Corn anfl M Forced Up a NJlch or Tw in Chicago , While ttio Wheat Pit Bomaino Practically Lifeless , Bern ! ) battle a Market Dru , will ! First Ornilcd In Demand A Hliliimont from IVnihinj- ton Territory. THK CHICAGO MAUKKT ? , ORAIN AND ritOVI.HIONH , Special Telegram to The BEE. CHICAGO , III. August 0. Provisions nmi corn wore nbout the only articles In to-day'a markets attrnctiug any attention , both recov ering from yesterday's depression nnd ruled fairly firm , Receipts of grain were more lib eral , but wheat was uncalled for. Cahlca were heavy nnd helped the local doprcsilon. Wheat was almost entirely lifeless. No such depression nnd lethargic looting hns nppenreil in the market for weeks as provnilod It nil through to-dny' morning session. Thcra were no outside orders In , whllo nil local traders vrero disposed to lot it nlono nwaitlnp ; developments of some kind or another. It made little dHferonco what , nil lluctunliona were within Jc. Crop news came in in nbout tha juftl quantity from northwestern point' , tlm julk then indicating dnmago by rain nnd blight. Corn nyernccd higher nnd was moderately jrm. Light receipts of corn tend to renew ; ho confidence of buyers and trading showed some activity. The feeling in tha pit wan very nbly described by ono of the bulls who said that "There Is no old corn in the country ; t Is nil in those hogs that nro earning in here so fast , " Local speculators looked ntit fnvor. > bly pt Iho oponlng pric s , their takings wringing nbout nn advance of nbout Jc , which wns generally amto well sustained , No. 2 cash , sold nt 1G } @ Ili'c. Oats showed tolerable activity with prices ndynncingijgjc , with considerable local in- 11 luiry enrly in the session , but niter tno first * lour or two the market bccnmo a shada j easier , though maintaining the bulk of the adv.iuco , The depression in nil other grains made the market heavy. Provisions were decidedly stronger than yesterday , nil descriptions of hog product re cording substantial advances immediately iftor trading begnn. September pork opened io lower on wcnkor prices for hcg nt tha lock yards. After soiling down about5c , tlia horts became frightened nt the increased buy- eg demand from the south nnd commenced o cover , lending prices wny abotc the opon- nr ; nnd highest point of ynsterdnv. LIVE STOCK , Cnttlo The few loaila of the host corn fed cattle were easily disposed ofjnt S5.CO to 55.85 , mt anything below tlmt was hard to sell and may be quoted 15(2L'03 ( lower. In grasecru > nd rough stock the drop is a big 2.Vpor 100. s'ativo cow stock , nnd in fact nil low grada nntivo stock continues to sell nt extremely low mces. Stackers nnd feeders nro dull. Well ) red yearlings , averaging COO to GCO pounds , may be quoted ut 53.2oL < § 3.DO. A feature oE ho market was thu arrival of ten loads oE : rnud good nntivcs , rnnge fed , from Sprngue , Washington Territory. They attracted unl- vercnl attention nnd were praised for the fine condition in which they arrived , their 1,800 niles of travel not affecting them In the least. They average 1,277 pounds nnd sold for $ .r.2fl. Shipping steers , 1,350 to 1COO pound ? , SO.20 ri80 ; 1'JOO to l. 50 pounds , S5.00@B.35 : J50to 1,200 Ibs , S .3r > < 85 00. Through Tex- nns firmer : "SO to 1,050 Ibs , 83.BO@-1.10 : 750to JOO Ibp , S3.CO@3 75 ; GOO to 700 lb ? , 1VJO@ J 10 , Western rnngors firm , nntives nnd hal breeds , SI.00@0 25. Sales of 205 from Con cord Cattle Co , , Montana , 1,258 Ibs , at 31,05. Hogs This market aenln opened dull with mother drop of about lOc , making thodeclino 'or the week 50@03c. In n general way , af ter the opening nf the down town markets , which showed n slight up turn in products , trade became moro active nnd nt the extreme cloao values ruled n shade steadier and In snmo casoa higher. There were plenty of hogs on the market yesterday nnd to-dny , tlmt they were not Belling for what they cost in the country. Hough nnd common heavy sold nt ? 3.'JO@4 00 ; fmr to good packers , 8 .10@1.20 , nnd best packers , SI 303.1.-10 , with chpico laavy nt $ l.no@I.CO ; packing and shipping. 250 t 310 Ib ? 8:1.15 : ® ! DO ; light weights , 130 to 170 Ibs , 81.00 ® 185,180 to 210 ll , I 10 © . 65 , NEBRASKA'S ' QUARANTINE. A. bettor From uov. Dawcs on tlio Buhjcct c tlio Importation of DlH onsen OatiiO Into Tlilu Htaic. Secretory Wheeler , of tlia Omaha Fain and Exposition , ladaily in receipt of various ottcra making Inquiry about the quaran- Ino laws of Nebraska. The following lotx or from Gov. Jninos W. Dawca fully ox- ilaina the matter : HIOCLAMATION. UNKCUTIVB OITICIS , LINCOLN , Neb. , .Tuly 18. WHKHKAS , The Llvo Stock Sanitary commission of the state of Nebraska , nt a neotlng of of mid commission held at Lin- coin , Ntb , , on the IGth day of July , A. 1 > . 1885 , ndopted the following preamble- und resolution : Wliorean , It lias come to the knowledge oE the Llvo Block Hanitary commistlon of tha etnto of Nebraska that contagious pleuro- pnuiimonia and other contagious diiouscs ex ist among the cnttlo of the following named stntes. vi , ; All of the state of Connecticut , New York , Now .Torsey , Dolnwnro.Marylnnd , Virginia , West Virginia , Ohio , Illinois , Ken tucky , Tennessee , Missouri and the District of Columbia , therefore bolt Kesolved , That his excellency , Governor James W. Unwes , bo and hereby is respect fully requested to issue n proclamation prohib iting the Importation into this state of nil cnt tlo coming from the above named places , or- cept under such rules and regulations ns shall bo proecrlbed by the liva stock sanitary com mission of this ttato. Now , therefore. I , JnmosW. DnwoB , gover nor of the state of Nebraska , complying with the nbovo request , nnd in nccordanco with the Authority In mo vested by the statutes ef No- biaka , do hereby IBEUO my proclamation de claring und establishing quarantine against the introduction of cattle from all or nny of the nbovo named , unless such cnttlo are quar antined at the point of entry into the stata Tor at least ton c nys , nnd retained there until they receive n certificate of health signed by tbu state vetoiinarlnn of Nebraska , or nn au thorized inspector of the stnto , And further , that nil cattle soming into Nebraska from said above named state ? are required to enter tha state at Omaha , PInUsinouth , ISlalr or Fulla City. Tut ) quarantine o declared nnd on- tabllehed will bo enforced by the Llvo Htoclc SQujtary commission ncd the ttato veteri narian , In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused to bo alllxed the great teal of tlio state of Nebraska , JJonoat Lincoln , this IBtli day of July , A. 1) . , IbSI , JAJIKH W. DAWKS. ; ho AVcatlior. WASHINGTON , August G. For the upper Mississippi , local rnlni , southerly winds , becoming coming variable , slight tine , followed by lower tempejnture. For thoMiisourl valley , local rams , variable winds , stationary , followed by lower tun- peiature ,