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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. FIFTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , SATURDAY MORNING , AUGUfcT 15 , 1885. NO. 49. THE QUEEN'S OWN. The Loyal Legislators of Brilaiu End Their Labors. Zing Oholera Continues the Enl- ing Monarch in Southern Europo. . Gorinnnj'rt OlalniB Kccngnl/.cd In r A. Varlnty of For eign Cables. PAHZiIAMENT I'UOUOGUKD. THK QtTKKN AND HBrt rZOFLE. LONDON , August II. The queen In the course of her speech proroguing parliament , said : "When you atsembled in October , I in formed you that an expedition waa advancing up tha valley of the Nile to relieve Khartoum , Thrco mouths later , with deep sorrow , which was shared by all my people , I learned that Iho expedition arrived too late. The heroic Gordon with companions had fallen and my troops were ultimately with , drawn from whole eastern Soudan except Suakim , nnd from western Soudan down to Alashyart. Although the objects of thla expedition - pedition were uuattained , I have great reason to ba proud of the bravery and endurance displayed by tha soldiers aud Bailers , ncd tha skill wherewith they have been commanded. " Referring to the present situation In Kgypt her majesty s y : "Tha death uf El Muhdl will probably f liable mo to perform with lest difficulty the duties toward the ruler and people ple of Egypt , which ovonta Imposed upon mo , I eholl not relax ( llorta to place the government and Rood order In that couutry upon a firm foundation. " Continuing , eho says : "My'relations with other oowera are of a friendly .nature. Difficulties which wore atone ono time of au anxiou * character , arose be tween my government and Ilusaia , concarn- Ingtho limits of the territory of my ally , the ameer cf Afghanistan. Tlio negatiatlnna for their adjustment continue , and vlll , I trust , load , at an early period , to a satisfactory set tlement. Tha progress of events in South Africa compelled mo , In tha interests of the native raced , to toke under my protection Ucchmnal and certain adjacent territories I am taking the necotsary stops to place the northwcatarn frontier of my Indian empire In a condition uf adequate defento In the absence of which the property nnd tranquillty of _ my Indian subjfeta nro liable from time to time to bo intemipiodnnd disturbed , " In closing , her majesty says : "I pray the blessing of God may rest upon the people's extended liberties and that numbers who am called upon to exercise new powers will use themwitb sobriety and discernment , which have so lone marked the history oE thla na tion. " THE 2ULFICAII PASS DISPUTK NOT SKTTLBD. LoNPON , AuRuat 14. In the house of com mons to-day , b f ro prorogation , Churchill , reply Icp ; to a question , said the Dutch Afghan boundary ccmmltsion had not yet been com pleted , nnd the government did not intend to withdraw the commission. Col , Ridgway , chief of the commission , and others connected with him were doing useful work. The dis pute with Russia about Znlficar pass , the secretary said , waa not trivial , but tha gov ernment was not altogether without hope to arrive before long at a satisfactory eettloment of the point In dispute. EUROPE'S aCOUKGE. TAK UNO us incoTEi ) FIELD. MADRID , Aug. 14 , Iu Granada tha chol era la increasing fearfully. In tbo province outside of the city there h.tvo boon reported to-day 218 deaths and 4S5 now cases , and in the city 213 deaths and 150 cases , Tha popu lar agitation aguinat saaitary intelligence has been renewed In Seville. Tno local authori ties all resigned. Shops are closed and no business is done , and the scourge has an un obstructed field. CHOLERA NOTEH. LONDON , August 14. The English govern ment issued an order prohibiting the impor tation of rags from France. MADRID , August 14-Incomplete cholera returns for yesterday ehow 3035 new cases ; 189 deaths throughout the country. GENERAL FOREIGN NEAVS. A WARNING TO ENGLAND. BERLIN , August 14. The Krttiz Zeitung , referring to tbo Xinzbar question , says : "Tho moment baa come to end the intrigues nf Sir John Kirk , British consul general at Zanzibar , well known for his anti-German sentiments. The friendly relations between England and Germany will undergo the first and perhaps decisive test in cast Africa , England must remember that Kirk's attitude may prevent a satisfactory understanding. ' ' BERLIN , Aug 14 , Admiral Paschon tele graphs to-day that the sultan of Zanzibar haa eivon unconditional atsont to Germany1 ! claim to protection over nil territory ocuplec iu Zanzibar by German subjects. The sultan ordered his subject * to' keep peace with Ger many , and he has withdrawn nil troops from the now recognized German tenitory. THE ZANZIUAR INCIDENT. LONDON , August 11 Official advices con firm the repnita that the sultan of Zanzibar recognized the claims ol the German subjects In Zanzibar. DKATII Of A LORD. LONDON , August 14 Lord Vane Tempesl isoead. He served with distinction in the federal army during the late war in America , KQYIT'B COTTON cnor , CAIRO , Auguat II The Egyptian cotton crop la expected to ba very abundant. A HOW ON TUB UNEU'BR. CoNHTANTiKOi'iE , August 14. The popu lace of Kretnrutchooy , a Ruaeian city on the Dnelpsr , In I'altava , to-day attacked the Turkish residents of the town and at tempted to dilva thorn out. The military restored stored order with much difficulty. During the not n great nunibar were wounded Thirty of the native leaders have been arrested. This has angered the populace and it is feared they will In revergo again riee against the Turks and the authorities also. SIGHT 1'101'LK DROWNED. PARIS , August H. An excursion boa upset to-day at the town of JliWAn at the mouth of the Gironde , and eight passengora were drowned. , UAILUOAD R "THINGS WERE VERT LIVKLTT. " iK , Aug. U. The Central Trail ! association , which ia composed ol all railroat lines bound east from Chicago , met at Com missioner Flnka cfficn this afternoon. In tb language of one of the gentlemen present "Things were vary lively , " The result of th meeting was a decliion to form a grots money pool , all settlement * to date from August 1 The quebtion of percentages will be decidei later on. A board of tflicen waj elected am given power to confer with the trunk llnea committee. D1NIE3 THE CIIAHOK. LOUISVILLE , Ky , , Aug. 14. The Lonisvill it Nashville gem ml freight agent denies tha hia load hat made complaint to Pool Commit iloner Power * , charging the Cincinnati South ern with cutting the grain rate from Indian spoilt to Atlanta , and says there me no grounds for the statement tent from Atlanta yetterday , DIFFKBENCES UKALKD CtmiNO IIATK8. CHICAGO , Augutt 14. The Grand Trunk railway to-day notified all its connections at Detroit , Port Huron , aud throughout ths wf et that it la now prepared to deliver to thu Weit Shore road all ahirnnenta consigned to that route. This ia au official announcement of conciliatory arrangements : between the two ends , which , ai heretofore reported , have baon in process of formation for several days last. To-day eatt bound freight rates are lollovod to have touched the bottom. A urther reduction on grain and provi lon to onrteon and reventcn and one-half cants respectively to New York was made , which unounta to a total cut ot lix cents on the ormor and eovon and one-half on the latter rom the tegular tariff. SPORTING EVKNTS. HACINO AT SARATOGA. A , Auftuttll. Three-quarters of a mile : Gleaner won , Tartar aecocd , Mono bird. Time , 1:18 : . Throe-ipMartera of a mile two-year-olds : Quito won , Rock and Rye second , Lfattlo Carlisle third Time , 1:101 : , Mile and three-quarters ages : Rob Stiles won , Euclid atcind , Van Guard third. Time , 3:13g. : Mile : Carrie Stewart won , Minnia Meteor econd , Leroy third. Time , 1.S. Steeple chase about a inlio and a half : At ho first fence Wish I May thiew bis jockey , nd at the next fence Abram fell . At tbo first wall in tha watt field Driftwood fell breaking Moany's right arm. Repeater won , Mytllc ccond , lolantho third. Time 3:03 : J. Pope , who rode Abram , had his nose broken. KACINO AT imtGHTON BEACH. BRIOIITON BEACH , August 11. Attendance oed ; track heavy. Three-quarters of a railn Maldoca , two- car olda : Ben Pryor won. Petticoat second , Vertigo third. Time , 1:221 : Seven-eighths of a mile llolbox wrn , .TffT Harrington second , Hoata third. Time , 1:37. : Milo Maty Hamilton won. Ollvotio sec- nd , Ulucbell third Tuna , 1:181. Mlle nnd ouo-olgh'h Regret won , Executor econd , Bonnie Australian third. Time. 2:04 : Miln and a quarter All ntr.cs : Dutch Roller on. Kansas second , King Fan third , Time , :1GJ. Stcoplo chase Short course : Shortcake von , Jack second , Ecuador third , Time , :20. : 13ASE HALL YtSTKRDAV. At Detroit : Detroit , 3 ; Chicago , 5. At New York : Metropolitans , 7 ; Baltimoio , ; ten innings. At Buffalo : Buffalo. 0 ; St. Louia 0. Ot Impnrtniico r Insurance CINCINNATI , Aug. 14 A decision of inter- at to insurance companies wai rendered in bo United Statea court by Justice Matthowa in suit the fire nssocia- o-day , a brought by - ion of Philadelphia against John H. Law & Co. , Insurance agents of the city , for money ue. In the answer and croaa petition of jaw & Co , it Ia stated that they wcro until ecently general agents for the Philadelphia nrnpany for the states of ChioIndiana , West Virginia nnd a portion of Kentusky , nnd in hat position they had establi > had a valuable business in this toiritoiy , which the fire a so- iation now threatened to destroy. They herefore raised a question na to whether they could be disturbed in the possession of the ; oed will nivi business represented by sub- agencies they had established , by the recent action of the association in requesting sub- igonciea to deal directly with the homo firm ostead of through the Cincinnati house aa prmorly. Justice Matthews decided that ' . .aw & Co , could recover damages against the ire association. The Heavens Opened. READING , Pa. , Aug. 13. List night a tro- mendoua water cloud burst over Greenwich townsbip , this county. It fell with terrific 'orco , washing out fields and swelling streams. The Schuylki'l river to-day is four feet higher ; han yesterday. The storm waa confined tea a small section of the county , and lasted only an hour. NEW YORK , Aug. 14. The storm last night on Long Inland caused great damage. Barns were blown down , dwellings unroofed , trees uprooted , and many small crafts driven ashore on the coast. NORTH CONCORD , N. H. , August 14 , The worst storm for yeara visited this placs yester day , greatly damaging highways and parts of .ho Ogdensburg railroad. The storm also did considerable damage at Plymouth and other places In the state. Cnvington Disowns Him. CINCINNATI , August 14 A Washington special having stated tnat William B. Flem ing , of Covington , Ky , , about whoso recom mendations for appointment President Cleveland - land wrote a caustic letter to a Cincinnati man , it bai been ascertained that there ia no Wll- I.im B. Fleming in Covington. General W. Finnel diya Mr. Fleming , who was appointed late in July to a judgeship In New Mexico , ia a resident of Louisville. Ky , , and he adds that he ia surprised that any one should regret buvlng recommended him , AU Qulot ftt Knit SaRlnaw. EAST SAOINAW , Mich. , Auguat 14. Repre1 asntative 'l , B. Barry was arrested in Saglnaw City just before noon on arrival of the Jack son train , At last ascounts ho had not sue ceeded in obtaining bill. The charge ta incit ing conspiracy. All quiet hero. 0. L. Grant & Co , 'A roll ! to-day decided to take ton hours anil reduced pay , and eleven hours ; lnd proportionate pay , Nineteen mills are nowlrunnlng eleven hours , and seven on ten hour/ . 'A Bulletin from UIMI. JInncnclr , NEW YOHK , Auguat 11. General Winfield 3. Hancock , having completed the duties Im posed npon him In connection with the repul- chre of Gen , Grant , issues a bulletin thank ingln detail all organizations and comnmnd- c , military , naval , veteran * , civic , munlci pal , etc. , that assisted. His obligations to the members of hia staff nn acknowledged by came , and thepresanco of Gen , Gordon , ol Georgia , und Gen , Lee , uf Virginia , is spoken bf as especially gratifying. B Ahiluctlon Case , CHICAGO , III. , August Ii. In the case of Bertha Lehman , tbo young girl whote abduc tion and subsequent recovery wore mentionet in theao dispatches , the court to-day decldec that in view of the important interests a gtako in a OMB of thli hint ] , even thougt evidence had beeu furnished indicating tha the girl was not an unwilling victim , the two men aud women implicated should ba held to the grand jury In 81 , COO each for the men and § 5CO for the wcman. Stint Wlitlo Trying to Xiaoaiio. ! LANCASTER , Pa. , Auguat 14 , The sheriff o York county , accompanied by a detective , ar rested Hiram Frantz , a notorious character Subsequently Frantz eecaped from hia captor and started on a tun , The therlff fired a bin ) , shooting him in the groin , inflicting a fatal wound , The ( hooting greatly enraged the rolling mill men , who threatened to lyncl the officer ? . The latter hurriedly left town. A Two Year's Sentence , ST Louis , Anguit 14 , J . Beauchlclgh alias "Johnny the Snake , " a national notorl ous confidence man , and wanted In near ) ; every Btato in the Union , waa found guilty this moroing of swindling a man two yearn airo , uctl sent for two yeara to tba poulten tiary. It Ii laid crooks in all parti of the o t smd Canada ent money hero to asiist fn hia defense * . Failures anil Bad Oil ore , NEW YORK , Auguat It Henry Brine as signed to day , giving preferences ol § 20,722. Dr , Edion to-day seized 7000 pounds of de cayed full and nix tona of bid fruit in th Hebrew market. The stuff was dumped & the offal dock. NATIONAL NOTES. The Secretary of War and Adjutant General on Army Changes , Alaskan Seaa a Grave for Twenty- Two American Soauien , Ocncrtl Washington Dispatches Knllroiul Nowa Kftstcrn Wasti- outfl Sporting Events. AUMY CHANGES. KNS1IILE UTTERANCES FROM SECRETARY ESDI- COT f AND ADJUTANT-OENHRAL DRUM. NEW YORK , August 14 , The Army und Tavy Journal , In addition to the list of army officers who will bo ordered back to their rcgU mentr , having boon on detached service moro bnn four years , sent In these dispatches last night , publishej the following list of officers who will bo exempted from the operation of ho order , having been put on detached ser vice by the secretary of war : Col. John 0. ? ibba' ' , Firjt artillery echool , eleven years , hrromontha ; Lt. Col. Kibt. W. ScottThlrdnr- illery , war record , seven years , eight months ; Major llichaid Loder , nrllllcrv echool , six ears ; Capt. A , B , Blunt , military prison , ijjht yearn , three months ; Capt.F. V. Grceno , nllltnrv academy , thirteen yea's , two months ; /ipt. Ktchnrd II. Pratt , tenth cavalry , Indian chool , ten years , four mouth ? . Tha same paper adds : The conclusions of he secretary of war ad to army administration ro further indicated by his reply to friends of n officer who wrote aaklng that his apsisn- nent to a station mipht be changed. This equest the secretary declined to grant , and n answer to one ef the letters he had ro- : eived , announced hia determination to en- orco the order , saying , "You will pardon mo f I say a single jvord , I find it VERY COMMON IN THK ARMY when nn officer ia relieved for proper reasons , ndoed for necosaary reaons , for him and Ins riends to remonstrate as if ho had a peculiar ight to perform a particular duty , and his riends are very apt to think that because ho loea not like removal , that Eomo personal in- nry Is cast upon his character or his services , iuito the contrary. Kemovala nnd appoint ments so far as I know anything about them or have anything to do with them , are made imply bec.vjBO the good of the service required hem and this is one of thoio cases , and in volves no discredit to the officers. " The Journal also publishes a letter from Adjutant General Drum to a congressman , uppreealng the name , in which the congress man's rrquest that n young lieutenant , just out from West Point , who had been assigned .0 a command in a colored regiment , be BELIEVJCDOFTHAC COMMAND , and cent to a white regiment , ia denied , The general eays tbo war department knowa no difference between the status of white and colored soldiers ; thit they are on a perfect equality before the law ; that they are equally entrusted with the keeping of the flag and with the honor of the country , nnd it ii aa mportant that the colored regiments thould M well officered nnd well led on all occasions as other regiments. While under the law ; hey are maintained as a part of the army of ; ho United States , the eecretary of war can know no inequality and it ia his duty ( p assign officers to tntin upon the same principles which govern assignments of all officers. The good of the so : vice , the provision of the law , : ho discipline of theaimy ! , and the unhesita ting obedience to orders , demand that officers shtuld acquiesce when assigned to such a regiment. , TKKAOHEUOUS ID ! TWENTY-TWO SEASIEN JIKET DEATH IN ALAS KAN WATERS. WASHINGTON , Aug. 14. The acting secretary of the treasury baa received report from Capt. Healy , command ing the revenue steamer Corwin , in regard to is cruise in Alaskan waters. The report is dated Port Clarence , A. T. , July 10. Lieut. Benham and two men were left on Otter eland early In the crulao for the protection of seal ? , relieving Lieut , Cintwell from that duty. No evidence of illicit trade wax found among any of tha whaling vessels. Informa tion was received of the loss on iho ice of the aarks Napoleon and Gazelle in latitude 30 north nnd longitude 177. All tha boats wore manned by their respect ive crew ? , and an endeavor made to reach a place of safety over the Ice. Two of the boats were lost , and all on board , numbering eighteen persons , perlahod. Fout of the men in tbo other boats were frozen to death. The steamers Balaona and Thrasher nnd the barks Atlantic , Arnold , Dawn , Young Phtunix and Klfzi , were also badly damaged by the Ice. The agents at St. George and St. Paul report that nn maraud ing vessels bavn been aeon BO fur this season. The natives at Cape Prlnca of Wales , and on tha Diomeda idinda wcro found peaceful and thriving , At Hathan inlet , Lieut. Oaldwell and three men were dispatched with a steam launch to txploro the Kowok river , and II possible reach its headwaters. Another ex pedition waa dispatched under Second As sistant Haglneer McLeuagan to explore the Noyatag river , Surcesatul results are ex pected trom both , Up to July 3rd nothing had been hoard at Hathan inletof theschooaqr Kicking , having on board tba naval cxpedi tion u ider Lieut. G. M. Htorey. The Corwin will extend her crulee to Kotzjbue sound , WASHINGTON WAIFS. CAPITAL DREVITItS. WASHINGTON , Aug. 14. liobert N , Sims , of Greenville , Mies , , bai been appointed cus todian of the abandoned Tliornburg mllitar reservation of Utah , with a salary of SCO per month. Col. Wright , commissioner of the labor ireau , today revoked the appointment ol 0. P , Judd as special agent of the bureau , because of hla recent arreat in Colorado on the charge of horse stealing , and his admitting his guilt , and also that ha had eerved two terms in the penitentiary for the same offense. An officer of the marine hospital service has been ordered to visit the cities ol Tamplco and Bigard , Mexico , near the Teiau fron tier , to investigata the report that yellow fever pievalla in thoio cities. "Counsel iu the Ontonngon land cases ol Michigan to-day finished their argument' , baRun befora the secretary of the interior day oofore yesterday , and were given fifteen days within which to tile hrlefe. Flnt Comptroller Durham eays he is not exactly patUfitd with Mr , Loriug'a explana tion of big ncoounta as commissioner of agti culture , and that unless ha can offer better reasons for the expenditures for seed , etc. , than have yet beeu submitted , he , the comp troller , will have to refer the cast ) to the solic itor ol the treasury for the Institution of legal proceeding. PROTECTING PDDLIO RIOHTH , ActingCommiisioner Walker , of thegonera land cilice , declined to iiaue any moro patents to the Northern 1'aclfio railroad , pending a decision fixing the legal statin of the road. Thi question at iitue la that the reid waa not completed within the time required by law , and that until congress takes definite action iu one way or other , ho aaya no itepa will be taken to plae It beyond the power of the ley Ulative brunches of the government to protect public rlfjhtt. THKAStmV NOTHS. It is understood that the newly amnintet aulstant treasurer at San Francisco has beeu instructed by Acting Secretary Fdlrchlld to take pcsteaslon of the aub-tretisury there , aoc o continue the count of moneys and socurl- Ics in such a manner i may be deemed to bo hi best Interests of the service. The acting secretary of the treasury to-day ppointod William K. Grubb to bo niperln- endont of public buildings lit Frankfort , Ky , , ice Mr. Murphy suspended. The acting secretary of the treasury has re ceived n report from the tuperintendent cf lublio buildings In New York to the cfloot hat the custom house , postolfica and ap- iratter's office are each in a very bad condi- ion nnd In gicut need of Immediate and ex- enelve repairs , RTERNAL REVENUE DECISION CHOLRRlAT MASEILLKS , Flrat Comptroller has given a deciaion un- ler the Act of March 3rd , 1SS5 , making an appropriation for the collection of internal revenue. Agents of that bureau are only en , itled to a per diem of throe dollars in lieu of substance while travelling and away from ionic on duty , and are not entitled to that whnn nt homn. United States Consul Mason at Marseille ? , n a cablegram to the secretary of state , to day , says the cholera in that place is Asiatic , and very fatal , Deaths number forty dally. Dha disease is spreading to the Interior. AN EtTORT TO TREAT ALL ALIKE , WASHINGTON , August 14. An order timilar o that recently issued by Secretary Kndlcott will shortly bo sent out from the ttavv ile- lartmont. The uavy regulations require that mval officers shall servo three years at sea and hreo on chore , returning at ho end of the latter period o sea duty. Complaint has bean made by some officers that they did not re ceive full time on shoro. To remedy any such ivil that may exist , two officer" , one from the ino and one from the staff , will probably bo lotalled nt an early date , to keep a record , bowing what kind of work offcera are em- iloyed at , and thn length of time they have joen engaged , When three yoara of share iuty have elapsed , officers will be sent to sea , A RUMORED APPOINTMENT. It Is announced unofficially that Gen , iuUior M , Meiley , of Limn , Ohio , bai been appointed a'sistant commissioner of the gen- ral land office aud will a > sumo the duties of he position on September 1st , the date when .ho resignation of Luther llarriiou taken of- tct. Gen , Meiley ia a native of Ohio , and orvod in the nrmy on Gen. Vnndovpr's staff. Yt the cloaa of the war ho practiced law until .878 , when ho was appointed ndjut nt-gen- orul of his state under Gov , Bishop , ' A NEW DEPARTURE. It Is contemplated to appoint an army officer to perform the duties of Indian agent ipou the San Carlos reset va tion , Homo time ago Secretary Lumar expressed a conviction that au army officer should ba designated to represent both the Interior nnd war depart- nouts , and tbo secretary of war recommended to the president that Capt. F. E. Plerco be issignnd the position. The president ha > not ret eigniiied his purposes In regard to the natttr. A nio IILAST. Gen. Newton , chief of engineers , in hla nn- lual report on the removal of obstructions at : Iell Gatr , iu Now York harbor , spaaka of .ho tunnelling In the reef and the drilling of loles for the great blast. The charging of the loles waa commenced during the month of July , and it Is expected will be completed about October , at which time the blast will be fired. The explosion will be about 225,000 lounda of rock powder and about 0,000 xmnda of dynamite No. 1. About 50,000 : opper cartridges will bo used ranging from fifteen to twenty-four inches long and two and one-half inches thick. A Kentucky LOUISVILLE , August 14. Henry Frees , colored , waj hanged at Cittlotsbur to-day n the presence of 3.0CO persons , for the mur der of Charter Hbnnkor , last May. He neither confessed nor denied his Ruilt , merely saying on the scaffold"Frionda , I bid you all good bye. I hops to meet you all in a better world. Good bye " Ilia neck waa not broken , and ho died from strangulation , Lasl May Ilonnker and a party of men atttemptd to pain admission to a house of evil repute at Cattletsburg , and were denied entrance. Their efforts to break in caused the woman to leave the house by the back door , nd go in search nf an officer. Meeting Freenp , eho aeked him to go for the marshal. Ho re sponded that ho was marshal enough for thai party , and went with tha woman to the house , entering through the rear door. Once Inside he fired through the door , killing Honnker and wounding two of his com panions. Ho was promptly arrested , indicted , tried and convicted within a few days. Tina was the only legal execution over occurring in Bc > d county. ABnnilof Indian Blnrauilorn Annihi lated. BILLINGS , M. T , Aug. 14. Ud Gouldlng with two associate cattleman on MusseUhell , yesterday met a marauding band of Pregars between Razor and Half Breed creeks. The Pregare numbered twenty , accompanied by seventy-five stolen horeea. Gouldlng and _ party fired , killing one Indian , but being greatly outnumbered , were compelled to re treat for reinforcements , which they obtained and overtaking the Prrcrais , killed the entire p rty , ami recovered the stolen horses , What effect this battle may have on the neighboring bands Is unknown , but no trouble is antici pated. Another Crookea Barrel Sol/.nro , PHILADELPHIA , Auguat 11. Another car load of Peorla whisky In the crooked barrels WIIB detained to-duy by Internal revenue officials. It was consigned to a firm here Kach day more of the whisky Is found , am It is asserted that nearly every rectifier In the clly has some of it. Rolliol a ItoHtaurnnt. Special Telegram to The BEE , SIDNEY , Nob. , August It. Sheriff George Clarke , of Dowea county , arrived to-day with two prisoners named Jtihn bailey and William Walker charged with robbing a restaurant proprietor at Chadron of tlxty dollars , They were bound over to tbo district court. Tiiolloucli Failure , NEW YORK , August 14 , The schedule o assets and liabilities of John Koach , is ex pected to ba filed this afternoon. It shows the liabilities of lloech to ba 82 223,000 ; nom nal aaeets § 5.108,0.0 ; actual usaeta Si 481,000 NOTES. At a meeting of tbo creditors of the Valley wjrated mill at Providence , H I , , this morn jog , a committee was appointed to examine the statement 'preiented by the mill corpora tion. Also tha swnrn statement mudo in January laat. Liabilities , $212,000. Assistant G auger a Warring end Martineg whose names were dropped from the custom hjuae rolls at New York by Surveyor Beattlo after eix months' probation , have sent an appeal against tha surveyor's action to the civil service commission at Washington , A Cincinnati dispatch eayi ; The society ; o American florists spent to-day in an excuraion co the national home at Dayton. They belt their election and chose John Thorpe for prea ident ; M. A. liuat , treasurer ; and Kli Hill secretary. A man who has inspected tha dutrlct In GUnvillo , N. Y. , damaged by the recen itorin , says the farmers have loit § 290,000 On some farms heavy deposits of rocks am gravel have forever ruined the fertile fields. The condition of Senator Vest , who ha been suffering acutely horn a neuralgic mala dy the pan few days at Helena , Montana , i iinpnned , and tha patient , at 2 o'clock yester day , waiftble to lit up in bed , Sixty-one mllei of ( be Denver Mi myhls & A lautlo railway were euD-let t Belle PJaiue Kaa. , yesterday , to ba completed and ready for operation by December 1 , This ii a portion tion ol tin new road to be built from Deuve to Memphis , direct , Fitzgerald & Mallory have the coutrcct to complete 325 miUt. AM OLD STORY Of Two Trains ToiDg ( o Pass on the Same Tract A Eumored Oaso of Cholera at Oauidon , N , J , V Snno "Woman Confined Thirty Ycnrfl In an Asylnm Tlio Paolllo IMall OondoiiBOil A AD BMASUUP. TWO or KonKPAuan'a cincns TRAIXH COLLIDE. OnumvA , la. , August. 11. A very bad accident occurred near Kddyvlllo , loiva , to day , by a tail end collision between two sec- .ions of Adam Forepiuch'ii great circus trait- Che section which was run into was known as he baigago train , and was made up from tha car as folio we : Caboose , two box cars , and hen tha sleeper * , Baltimore , Buffalo , Wash- ngton and Detroit , in the order named. Ahead of the Detroit were long Hat cara , on which were loaded the wagons containing the ents , seats , etc , The bjx or next to the leopcrs toloacoped the Baltimore , This leeper was occupied by canvaaa men and others. The following men wore seriously njurod : Frank Boyd , of Philadelphia , candy mtchor , lug and arm broken and injured n the head ; Waxey , the portsr on the Haiti- more , log broken near the hip ; August Smith , rain louder , leg broken ; Mike Welch , car repilrer , hond seriously Injured , t'ovcral others on the samn car were seriously injured. Che sleepers ButTalo and Washington had , heir platforms stove up , and their occupants vere badly shaken up , but nona inuih In ured. The Detroit was thrown from the iack and turned upsidodown. It was occu- ried by sixty men , nearly all of whom are mown in show parlance aa "privilego poo- ) lo. " Sid Kdeon , a cone and dance artist , ras the only one eerioualy injured in this car ; 10 received a eovoro cut in the head , and ukull probably fractured. A great many others sustained severe bruises , The flat car ahead of the Detroit had two cages on it which were demolished , One of tticse con fined a troop of performing dogs und oue of ; hem was killed. Swung under ( ho wagons on this car were hammocks occupied by mon , and several of them were injured , but noun 3anirerously. Some other cars were damaged. The menagerie of animals is not hurt , Physi cians from Eldyvllla and Ottumwa are on the ground attendjng to the injuiod. IToro- paugh did everything possible to relieve the injured , Ho savs that it is the most serious accident that over happened him , and Mr. O. A. Davis , press agent , informs us that Mr , Forepauuh is unable , as yet , to approximate liis damage. No damage was dona to the col liding section , save that to the locomotive , which'lost its smoekstack and was otherwise badly demolished , A LIST OP THE INJURED. OTTUMWA , la. , August 14. Later news inc - c eases the number of those dangeroualy urt In the p llision of Forepaugh'a show train at Eddyville , Iowa , this morning. The full list of those dangerously hurt .ire : August Schmitt , Frank Unyd , Sid Euston , Lewis Huter , J. O. Coops , Frank Holland , Frank Baker , nnd Lewis LaGrand. They are now on a sleeper , being transferred to the hospital at Davenport , Iowa , CIIOIjEKA'3 COMING. A SinONOLT SCSPEOTID CASE AT OASIDKN , NEW JERSEY. PHILADELPHIA , Aug. 14. The people of Camden , N. J. , are considerably excited over what appears to have been a ddath from chol era , The coroner of Cnmden , who alao is a phjsic'an ' , was notified yesterday morning that Margaret Kealy , a young Irish domestic on the farm of Edward P. Hunt , at Wbitehorse , had died suddenly on Wedneeday evening. Arriving there at noon , the coroner found the body In an advanced utogo of de composition. So offensive was it that it had become necessary to remove it to an open shod. Investigating the case Coroner ner Beal found that tha the dead girl came from Ireland two weeks ago. Her brother , Michael Kealy , of Philadelphia , obtained a place for her with Farmer Hunt , ten days before - fore she died. On Wednesday evening , at a quarter of six , Miss Kealey wai taken bud- denly and violently ill , nnd vomited contin uously until she died , an hour and a half af terwards. The coroner gave a'certiGcate of death from congestion of the brain due to cholera morbus , and the body was taken to an undertaker in Phila delphia , and was to bo burled at orco. The house and corpse were thoroughly dinlofectpd. Coroner Beals afterwards continued his investigations - vestigations , and found that the symptoms In the cuao were identical with those of Asiatic cholera. Dr. Boman Shivers , of Haddon- field , who wai called ia to attend the Kir ) , did not arrive until after her death , but ho is alao of thn opinion that it ia a case of true cholera. A rigid investigation h being made by Dr. Beal to determine the character of the diseaao. _ _ _ _ ov aiisrcuY. THIRTY TEARS PASSED IK AN INSANE AbVLUJI. PHILADELPHIA , August 14 , Mias Adrian ! Phyaick Brinckle has just been released from the state lunatic asylum , where she has been confined for twenty-seven years | on an extraordinary charge of "extravagance and eccentricity. " She H the daughter of the late Dr. William Draper Brinckle , n physl- ctrnn who enjoyed a largo practice , and moved tn the highest circles of society hero twenty years ago. Miaa Brinckle was an acknowl edged belle , a woman of great beauty and ac complishments , and a popular favorite. She was extremely extravagant , bat an uofortu- natadrop in the financial standing of her father made It Impoatlblo for him to pay her bills OB he bad always done , Adrlana was unable to overcome her ex travagant tastes , and without knowing any thing of the law In such casei , ordered a piano and a set of furniture , which eho sold before paying for them This proceeding scandalized the set to which the Brinckles belonged , and aa it was stated at the time , 10 HAVE TUB FAMILY HONOR , ; Miis Brincklo was sent to nn aaylum.enterlnp tbo institution in July , 1858. When the twelfth national conference of charities and conection mat In Waibington last June , one of the delegates made the following state ment ; "A beautiful young lady , used to wealth is extravagant , and her father re duced in circumatancei , finds himself unable to restrain her habit of ipsndiog , con cludes she requires a custodian , places her In a boipltal heedless of her earnott pro test : be dies and leaves her there ; there ahe has been tor nearly thirty years und Is now nearly aixty jeara old , and tttll begging to be released ; but the cuutodUa still thinks the needs a custodian end care , and she remains to this date under tha restraint of her per sonal liberty. This led to an Investigation , and Mial Brincklo was vlelted at the atato lunatic asylum at Ilarrlsburg , and tbo com mittee reported that there was NO X.VIDKNCB OV INHAK1IY In her case , but still no releafo came , andjtho | still unfortunate woman almoit abandoned hope , llepretentatives of the etata committee on lunacy visited her , however , and than n older c tine and ebe was sent out a free wo man , Upon her arrival in thla city the was sent to a coiivaleicent retreat near Glenn I Mllt < , where the U being tenderly cared fur Miss Brincklo Is nn aged woman of 07 , in full poiteuion of all her faculties and in good bodily health. Tlio Paclllo Mail Muddle. SAN FBANCISCO , August 14 Hon. Richard C , Baker , ox-mlnlstor of justice of South Australia , who arrived hero via the last Aus tralian ttoamor , en route to London , WAS In terviewed by the Kxamlner on tha probabili ties ol the withdrawal of the Pacific Mall steamers , and ( aid ; "It Is precisely upon the matter relating to this that I nm niw going to London , I have been cnnmlssloncd by tin Austiallan colonies to po and consult with the homo government relative to an agreement which has been drawn up , by which the IKndlah-American mail service c. n bo let to any steamship com * pany. The agreement ralorrcd to has been signed by North Australia , Norr South Wales and Victoria , and I have roinnn to believe TaMiianis , Quecnstown and West Australia will tign it. Whether Now Zealand will dote to is doubtful Tha proposal it to pay the steamship company so much per pound for mall matter. The contract will call for a weekly mall of twenty-nine , thirty or thirty- ono days , from London to Adelaide. The English companies taking the mails via Suez rocalvo a subsidy of ? l000,000 a year. Tho'r contracts expire in September , 18S7. The now KRrcement would cotmnocea on that date. " Mr , Baker added thn Canadian Pacific had offered to provide weekly Enqlleh-Auatralian , thirty-day mail service , via Vancouver Island , for 1100,000 per year , and aa the colonloa wore nou paying twice that sum it waa possi ble the Canadian Pacific would secure it , The probabilltioi of their doing so would , ho f aid , ba increased if the Cmadiau government sub sidized a line of steamers between British Columbia and Australia , which , ho under stood , was intended to do. Dcslro. PITTSUPHO , August 11. The trades organi zations throughout the United Statoa will issue a petition tomorrow requesting President Cleveland to call an extra session of congress to bo devoted exclusively to the consideration of moasure.1 for the relief of the industrial classes ef the country and the revival of busi ness. The petition , after cillin ? the attenttou of the president to tha stagnation of business saw The consequences of this depression ore especially Revere upon laboring people , small manufacturers and farmers , who are ivlthout any reserve moans upon which tt live or pay their dobta anc Have their homes and small propertlei from forced rales. Employers and employee ire involved In common disaster , cud bellevec t is in the power of contgresiand the executive ; o greatly rnliovo this depression by wite legislation , It aaka that tha extra session be : onvened on or before the last Monday ol September , 1885. Tlio Eastern AVaHliouts DclajltiR the Mails CHICAGO , August 14. Owing to the wash out on the New York Central railroad , a Hoffman's Ferry , N. Y , , eastern trains whicl should have arrived hero nt 12:35 : today are delayed over twelve hour ? . The postcffici officials hero expect to be awamped with mai matter owing to the delay , and exprota the belief that better management in the eas would have prevented this delay nnd acumu latlon of matter , by taking it back to Now York and forwarding It over some other road The eastern mail received hero amounts to thirty tons daily. Tlio Uolchcr Siifjnr Oninpnny. ST. LODIS , August 14. William Kent Foster , of Now York , to-day filed a petition in the circuit ciurt of this city praying for on order dissolving the Belcher Su ar ReCnine company. The trustees of the company have advertised the property to be sold on the 18tl inst , but Foster asks the court to declare th bonds of the company null and void , and to order their cancellation ; also to dissolve the corpoitaion ; to enjoin the directors from dis posing of any part of the property , and to appoint a receiver to take charge thereof The matter will be given a hearing next week For Suffering motherland , CHICAGO , Aug. 14. The managers of th Irish national demonstration , to be given here to-morrow , announce positively tha Senator Klddleberger will bo one of the apeak era , Mr , RIddloberger waa expected to-night but it is now learned that lie cannot arrlv until to-morrow morning. Prominent Irisl nationalists here anticipate one of the largest demonstrations over held in Chicago , am hope to receive a cable dispatch from Parnel in honor and pertinent to the occasion , Accldcnc to a Liatco Stuamor. MILWAUKEE , Auguat 14. The steamer City of Milwaukee , waa damaged § 2),000 , by th breaking ot bar walking-beam while in mid lake between hero and Grand Haven earl ; this morning. The ehocl : of tb accident awakened eighty or more ot th passengers , who rushed fraoticilly from the ! btato rooms and were with difficulty prevent ed from inaugurating a serious panla , ' ho Went her , WASAINQTON , Aug. 14. Upper Mlasissipp valley Fair weather , followed by local raina variable winds , shifting to southerly , blghe temperature. Missouri valley-Loral rains , southerly winds , becoming variable , Blight rise in tern perature. The Teachers' Inutltato. The Douglas county teachers still con tinuo to flock in to attoud the Inotltato now In Boslon In the High school. Al ready there are sixty-five ) toncherj prot cnt , a larger number than these cnrollcc nt the entire ncsjfoa of last year. Tlio programme ia being faithfully carried the toaohera scorning to show a deep intoroit In tholr work. The follotvin ] are the uow an i vole ; Oarrlo M. Pound , Emma E. Dlxon Louis RichardnoD , Jnme Kills , jr. , Mia Ray D. Packer , ChailiB W. Packer , Her tha Oompton. To-day botwcon twenty and thirty toichoro will bo examined for certificate at the superintendent. office in the oour houeo. There will bo no regular tojslon of the Imtltuta during tno day. Oi Monday a nuw department will bo adde < to the regular institute. Leseons In book keeping will bo given oich day , to all who dealro to take them , at Prof. Rath bnn'a college , on the corner ot Thirteenth toonth and Douglas etroala , The in struction iu thla branch will commence u 1:30 : in tba afternoon and continue for au hoar and a half. James O. JCerr , a rather dudiahly dreisei young man , waa arrested yesterday alternoon on complaint of Joseph Sewold , a Thirteen ! ) street tailor , for obtaining a suit of clothe under false pretonies. He had on the do'.he when aireitcd. Ho will appear befoti JuuV Stenberg thla morning , Articles of Incorporation of. the Worlc Publishing company were filtd In the count clerk's cilice yesterday. T.ne. lucorporator are Frank J. BurkleyVlllIam F. Gurley William V. Hooker , Gilbert M. Hltchcoc and A'frod Mlllard. TLo authorized capita lock is § 16.000 , r'.tvtfed Into 100 shares c $100 each , BEARS ON TOP. The Wheat Market Gave Way , Grins Down Wilh a Crash , A Day of Disaster t ) a Largo Number of Persons V Stoncly Market anil Goo l Prices In tlio Other Articles of Com merce nml XrAtlo. BEITUDDLKD DUMiS. VTHKAT. Special Telegram to Tha BKE. OniCAoo , August 11 When tlio wheat nmtkot opened thi * morning , there wes a elight bullish feeling , which cd few to buy , although Liverpool vna easier and Id per cental lower , lint after it vftln attempt to atom tlio downwaid course I prlcea , tlio whole marltct gave way and rent down with a crash , September opened t S < 8c , sold down tj 871c , rallied to EG Jo and hen broke to SGJc bcfora its prof rcsi could jo checked. An immonao quantity of loan vhaat , held by outaldo parties whoso mart-ins vcro exhausted , came on the market and tlio inly buyera wcro charts , who covered deals at t big profit , but Rnvo no Buataminrj power to ho market by to doing , Never worn a lot of bulls more miatnkon ban those parties who havn boon trying to sustain prices for the last mouth. The bearsi iavo steadily pointed to Ilia 15 , ( 00,000 buunols u ttoro here , nndaaid ihnt ptices could never idvnnco until Homo of that mass of stuff was laid and moved away , and events have shown .lint they reasoned correctly. The unsold surplus of the uld crop has been the milUtono around the neck of trade that has sank the market and lotn of money. It has beeu n day of disaster to a largo number of _ poraone , al though the effect of the depression will ulti mately prove beneficial to the trada. V ; * Cargoes In London were steady , but there ivoro large arrivals elf coast und the weather in England was very iino. Naw York and 3t. Louis are not oppressed with such .1 quan tity in store , and consequently did not de cline ao much. It look ) as though the drop would continue until somebody comes to buy. CORN ttootl up under the collapse in whsat much better than would have been possible under any other circumstances than those which now exist. It It generally understood that the amount of old corn in the couutry is lim ited , and us long as the present demand con tinues a-.d the present Mipply diminishes , prices would be maintained if wheat went down out of sight. Liverpool , however , was o.isior on corn , and Jc per cental lower , bu * atrlvalu oil the coast were vsry light. September opened Jc higher , but gradually fell off ( o 1'j'o , and then rallied a little , while Oat 'bar remained quite steady , around -lljc. Koceipts to-day were coed , but soma still look for "musis In corn , ' before the crop comes into market. OATS. wore ab a lower range than yesterday , owing to the largo arrivals , Lut trading wag on a fairly aelivo ec l > > , aim matnly to fill outstand ing contracts , No. 15 for August twenty-four honra ago wan 2 ic. To-day salea were from 23ic down to 25jjc , ard 2 ic was the closing- figure. September fell jo , and closid at the lowest figure of the day , which was 21JO. nnovisiONB. Trading under this handing was fair , both- for present and future delivery , and notwith standing the shrinkage in the values of wheat , priced of the hoc ; product ruled tolerably steady , and closed at the medium figures ol the day , CHICAGO STOCK. CATTLE. i- Special Telegram to the BEE , CIC.CAOO. 111. , August 14. Under the light receipts and an active demand , trade waa active and prices substantially higher on fat cattle , making an advance of ICc since Wednesday , and also an advance of lOo over the corresponding time last week , Texans are again rather scarce , and sold at an ad vance of 10@l c , .Including a range of $3.GO to SI.20 , Sales of shipping steers , 1,350 to lE001bs. , 55.40S5.65 ; 1,300 to 1,350 Iba. , S4K5,2o ! ) ; 050 to 1,200 Iba , S4.-13@G.OO. Through Texas cattle , actlva and f > @ 10o higners 030 lb . , 84 00@4,20 ; 750 to ODO lb ) . , St50@3.SO : ; 000 to 700 Iba. , S2.30@8.CO. Western rangers , scarce and firm ; natives nnd' ' half Drooda , St25tf510. ( CDWC , $3.40@4 00.1 Wintered Texana , SI.10@4.i5 : ; sales of 152A ; Montanas , 1,1330 Ibj. , Sl.OQ. | lioati , After conaldorablo skirmishing on the part of buyers and sellers , business cot tied down to a steady and active market. Here und there a load or BO may have sold higher or lower than yesterday , but in a general way there was little or no changa. llaugh'snd ' common packers old at from $4.00 to125 , and fair to good at St.30fr4.40 , Sains of packIng - Ing and Bhiniinir. 250 to 300 Ibj , SI 2'fc)4.GO. ' ) Light weights , 131 to 170 ibs , § 1 COS-1.80 ; 180 to 210 Iba , 34.0u@4 DO. A Knllrond Wreck. A collision occurred about G o'clock last evening between a passenger and. a freight train , about nix mllea west of the city , on the Union Pacific road. A Union Pacific freight twin , No. 2G , had been sidetracked at Gllraoro'a feeding yard , and the brakeman had just turned the switch to allow it to back up on the main , tract , when the Missouri PaciQo paesen- fjor came along at full speed , and bo- foio tbo switch could bo turned tt crashed Into the oibocma of iho freight. Oonaldcrabla dntnago was done by the oalllaion , the front of the paisniger ocgino being bidly broken , end the caboose and u Hit car adjoining It being thrown on top of the untUno. Engineer J. B , Dawitt , of the piBitnger train , had his back badly wrenched und wai Injured Internally. Ben Brawn , hla fireman , had ono foot injured and alio received n number of bruises. An engine waa cent to the eceno uf the wreck and brought tbo paetenger train to tlii > city , und the wrecking car proceeded to clear tha road. It Is Bald' that the Mis souri Pacific train was a few minutea ahead of time , which was the ciuao of the accident. A Doul > loTr ue < ly. August 14 The Hallway Npwg Aurora , 111 , tpecial sayc Thomas IlaitlKan , the city bill poiter , has for some time lived , unhappily with his wife , This oveuioK Uort- Igun Btocd In hla back yard and wag teen to rtise a revolver und take deliberate aim and Bend a bullet Into his wlfu'a breast , fiho ftll dead , and placing a plitol oRainat liii teiuplo , killed hlmtelf instantly , Whisky iud jealousy caused the tragedy , Ilravy blilpinuntH of Gold. SAN PiiXNcisco , Augmt U. The govern ment continues to ehlp gold from hero eint. It has shipped thli week , up to to-day , 81,000- 00m fbllown : Tuesday , SUOO.COOj Wcdnoa- doy , $ 00.0i0j Thutiduy , 'liO.OOuj Friday , ( to-da ) } , 93 0,000. 8bl ] > iuouti w ro tnado by mail in leather trucks ,