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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. FIFTEENTH YEA.R OMAHA , FKIDAY MORNING , AliaU&T 28 , 1885. NO. GO POLITICAL OorS.sltr Slate Hcpnlilicacs ComplM f Gil-Performed Labir , Larrabeo Leads the Ticket as Nominee for Q-ovoinor , A Platform Adopted With a True Bepublioan Biag , Dem Amltng ft Fair Trial of tlio Liquor linw and Firing Hot Shot Into the Prcsunt Administration. IOWA REPUBLICANS. TIIK NOUINBIB OK THE TARTY FOR THE CCJI- INO STATE CONTEST. DES MOINES , la. , August 27 , Tha ropub- licin state convention reassembled at 9 o'clock this forenoon , Hon , P. M. Sutton was elected permanent chairman. Ho made a speech urging solidification of the party. An Informal ballot for governor was taken , reanlting , Larraboo , 708 ; Hull , 37-1 ; necessary to choice , t43. Larabna was declared a nom- nee bp acclamation. The ballot for lleuton- ant-governor resulted In n unanimous vote for Hull. For supreme conrt judge the pres ent Incumbent , Judge Beer , was re-nomi nated. The nominee for governor Is State Senator Wm , N. Larrabeo , of Fayotto county , an the nommco for lieutenant governor ia J. A T. Hull of Polk county. J , W. Ackers , Professor Sabin , of Clinton and Professor Werln , of Plvmou b , wore pu In nomination for superintendent of publl instruction , Ackers , tha incumbent , was ro nominated , Tha committee on resolutions then reports the platform a minority report on th temperance question , favoring local op tion for counties where pron lion was not onforctd , called out a spirltoc discussion by representatives of the rive towns and interior counties , The minorit report wai lust by n vote of 821 to ifiO. Th platform was then adopted. Senator Larrabeo was then introduced an acs'pted the nomination in a short speech The convention then adjouined. THE PLATFORM HEADS AS FOLLOWS : 1 Isaacs growing out of the war can neve ba called settled until they re settled right By tumping nnd absorbing tha rights of dls franchiaod colored men , the white men of th southern states are exerting double the politi cal power of the white men of tha neither state > , The rebel soldier in the louth is thu enabled to wield twlto the Influence in th nation that th * union toldlor in the soul can wield , Wo protest against the union soldier having ono vote and the rebslllag having two. Si The menace of this crime against tin ballot in the south.ia alan a menace to th free icen of the north. With the black rabbet of the election franchlte , their power tc protect themselves is gone , and southern white men can degrade thorn into any form o cheap labor. Labor in the south cannot bi pauperized without the wages of labor in the north being necessarily effected. It's ' already driving southern blacks to the north to hm both liberty I1 and employment , and i has received thousands of snch men who have sought and fount : freedom and work at good wapes , The re publican party declares in the Interest of hon est labor and sale government ; that there can not be political Inequality maintained among the citizens of this tno repablia and that there cannot ba a minority of white men In tha south ruling a majority of white men in the north , 3 Adhesion of tha democratic party to the doctrine of state rights is evidenced by the character of diplomatic appointments inada by President Cleveland , We are euro tha selec tion of persons to represent this government at tha courts uf foreign countries , who deny the indusoluble unity of th s niition , who dar ing the rebellion either fought for its success or instilled the principles on walch it WAS bised will still continue. We biliove hla con duct in this regard is all the moro cffemivo by his persistent removal of disabled union soldieis from government appointment ) , by moans of the disropntablo devises of tffeasive partlsinshtp promulgated by his postmaster general , and practiced by other heads of de- paitments and the president himself. 4 Time does not bar the claims of soldiers who fought down the rebellion from the grati tude or justice of the country , thsreforo we demand such modification of the pension laws as shall secure equal treatment to all sue ! : soldiers entitled to pensions under tbo raid laws by commencing payment f i om the date of disability , increase of widows' pensions $8 to $12 per month , and grant ing n panolou to all such sol diers as are disabled from tecuring support by tholr own labor , aud those who served in the war with Mexico. Wo condemn the re moval by President Cleveland of the medical pension examiners appointed by Lincoln , Grant and Garfield , who have been sturdy friends of union soldier * , and their replace ment by men who generally opposed the pas sage of the penal * ! ! laws. 5 Ameriajn labor I ) a unit In the prosperity and stability of tha n-pubiia. Tin old world theory of clikivtB ia ubhorn-ut to the American mill1 ! . No ppasint o uas can ba creittedjn America The republican party lnu protected ima fostered labor la this country , so that its ooir.pouflitlon is larger than realized in any other nation. It guaided aud saved It from thu degraded com- patitlou of contract labor f rum China ; it is pledged to proteu ; It from the pauper labor of Kurope. Wei demand that ample provision be mtdo by law for the protection of labor and capital and their varied interests , luch laws to provide for a state Loard of aibitratlon for the adjustment aud settlement cf deputes between labor nnd capital , includ ing the quoition of scroonlngtcoal , and others pob-ullai to the mining iutereUj of the state , in order that miners may ba aoiured of pay fur work done by them , and labor should have Its just proportion of representation on such board. We further declare that provision thuuld bo made by law whereby convict labor thould not ba brought in competiou with oth r labor within tbo aUte. fi-We are opposed to the British policy adopted bv thu democratic puty In this country under the RU | B of u tax for revenue only. lha ErJBlUh theory of free trale. which has dligrnoert iti labor at home , and has bit n so successfully uaod as a means of doalioylnp the Industries and oppressing the people ut Ireland , cannot ba Impojed for Ku- glibli intercut on the people of iho United States , We Invite all people of Irleh blood , who know the wrongs i f their native country under Jlogllih rule , to Join Its fate with the republican partyaud thu great body of Amari * can workingmea in resisting the Introduction of a free trade policy In America , 7 Wo favor closer commercial Inter- coutao with all nallouf , and the extension of American commerce tu all possible quarters. We etptcially uiga the eitablUbmentof better commercial relation ! and iho enlargement of our trade with South America. We favor an increase of American shipplcg by practical means. 8 The lepubllcan party Inaujuritail civil seivice refoira , enacted the prtucut civil ser vice lawn , and It will faithfully maintain and cheerfully ld tny needed tintndmtnta to give it full force. Wo look with ngret ru the failure of tte present administration tu prfinoto reform of the civil service , so aus piciously begun under tepublican adrniniitM- tlon. 0 We demand that the public domain , In cluding fotfeltal and unearned lands within limlt of grants mad * to railroad * , shall be diiposed of only to uctuil tattlers in limited quantities provided by law , Nominal tet'.l rs t'l ) unnamed lacds within thi limits o ! ) ha ! Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad com pan should have their rights amply and speedll provided for by prompt enactment of law by congress , To effect thii result , wo are op posed to the acquisition of the public landr , o any part thereof , by non resident alien * 10 Wo oppose any change In the laws o currency and finance that will increase th burdens of the debtor class. Wo favor a ro viflou of the patent laws for n batter defons of the people against the frauds now prac ticed thereunder. We favor such practlca improvements in national waterways as shal secure competition in the transportation o the country. Wo favor a rigid enforcemon of all Inws for tha suppression of polygamy. 11 The ropubllcAn party in Iowa , whil steady upholders if the right and duty of th state to regulate the traffic in liquor , by tuch methods at will tupprois most of its ovllt hare never m-vdo the support of prohibition a test of patty fealty. It pledged its houor to enact and afterwards did enact a law whicl the people of Iowa had ordered by an ucqucs tionod majority , that came alike from tb votes of republlcins and democrats Wo declare now for a fair and thorough tria of that law. that it may havn time to demon strate its efficiency or inefficiency , before I Is repealed to give way to some other hones and earnest method In the line of finding n true and successful system of dealing with the 1'quor ' traffic. Wo arraign and condemn the democratic party in Iowa for itn action in declaring for a 8250 license , compulsory In every community regardless of local opinion ; for legalizing again in Iowa the sale of whisky and all other alcoholic liquors , and for removing al restrictions from saloons , giving a freedom in the liquor trullic that has not existed in Iowa for thirty years. 12 Wo hold steadily to thn doctrine of control and regulation of railways by the people ple , as first established by a republican law in Iowa , which was finally approved by the u prema court of the United States , This principle gives to the general assembly power to regulate state commerce and to con- press tha regulation of tlnter-statt commerce. Under republican rule ant ! republican methods the ccst of transporting produce his been decreased from thrco cent ! per ton per rallci in 1870 to tight cents per ton per mlle in 1885 , We are opposed to all un just and arbitraary discriminations , J pooling , and combinations which prevent legislative cpmpetitlonor | work nnjnstico to communi ties or individuals in the state , The full measure of prosperity for the agri cultural and manufacturing , commercial nnd mining interests of our state depends on a just and impartial service from the great railway systems permeating ulthinglitB borders and holding their privileges under its statute ? . The policy of railway management should bo designed to embrace no single industry of our common wealth for direct benefit. Cor responding interests nlsawheie nro fit subjects for legislative inquiry , and in its lr.qu.iry and correction wo favor the creation by congress of a national commission for tha supervision and regulation of Intel-state commerce. Wo favor the election of the railroad comrrissiouera by the roopln. 18 The importinco of tbo live stock nnd dairy interests of the state are such nj to call for additional legislation for tha protection of their interests. Wo noad further etato and national legislation to more effectua ly stop the spread of cattle plagues , and provide far their eradication. 14 Wo favor such legislation aa will keep litigation with corporations doing business in this btate in our state courts. 15 We endorse the action of the Grand Army of tha Republic in their last etato en- iimprnenr , asking that thn legislature at its itxt session shall pais a bill and make an ippropriatlon for the establishment nrd naintenanca within the elate of Iowa of a lomo for ditabled volunteer soldiers aad sall- > rs. 1GIn tbo death of Gen. Grant the nation iaa lost ouo of thn greatest and best men cnowu in history. F r bis services to the lation we express our unbounded gratitude , or his death our profound sorrow , and to his vldow and f imlly we extend our uincarest jmpatby and condolence. liABOIl TUOUBLES. HE WABAStl DIFFICULTY THOUaHT TO BE BET- METTLED. NEW YORK August 27 Secretary Turner if tbo executive board of the Knightaof Labor aid this afternoon that a member of the loard would retain the headquarteis at tha Utor bouso uatil to-morrow evening. Ho xpscta by that time to receive an answer rom A , A. Talmadgo , general manager of the Vaboeh railroad , whether or not the company fill reinstate the Knights of Lidor discharged 'line 1C. If the company agree to do this all ho trouble will be virtually at an end. Turner urther said tbat the executive board had not nado any dtmand fer tha difbarge of thoao nen who have been employed In the place * f the Knlghta of Labor men. They simply eqneated that the diicharged men be re-in- tated. Members of the executive board of the Cnlahta of Labor were Bent for this afternoon iv Manager Talaiadge. Turner and Hughes esponded , and they were informed , In an- wer to their demand mads at Wednesday' * onfercnce , that the official ! were unable yet o state bow many men would ba employed a tha Wabiali shops , Tulmdaga ( aid ho /ould gn to St. Louis to confer ? ith the officials there , then on Thursday of ext week bo will give a definite reply ai to elnitatoment of tbo msn. " 1'ho mtprvlow was very satufactory , " saij lecretnry Turner , when it was ended , unil fum added : "Of mmau thera Is not work > ral ! the diicharged men , but ulljthatcau o employed will ba taken bick. I think tatters ara practically adjusted. " Th * Knights left towa to-night. A GENERAL HTRIKE ON A TEXAS EOAD. GALVESION , Texas , Auguit 27. A gonercl trike among the m chialats , carpanters and iborera In tha shops and yards along the line ho lina of thu Uulf , Colorado & Santa F < 3 > ilroad took pluce at noon lo-d y , an order a that euTeo ; having been Issued by the grand ouncll cf tha Knights of Ltbor , applying to U line ) , workmen on which hid just grfev- ncofl. The S inta Fo was Included in this lass of corporate oUanilers on the ground that he men on tha line earned loss pay than hose workln ? for the Missouri Paclfiarallroid ampany , and tint they had not been honestly ealt wltb. In this city an attempt ras made to prevent the departure ot the vening train by blockading the track Tha olicf , however , ioterlerrod acrt removed the bstruction without opcosltion Trains are ow luuninjr at uatml , but thus far the effect ? f tbo Btrio hava been perceptibly felt. At 'ortb Worth aod oilier prominent points on 10 road the strike was ganpru ! . Tna condi- on of aif iH at that lilac * looks serious and lough the tailwiy oificUIs appear to tr at the latter llifiitly , indication * are that they will 3 forced to accept the strikers' torm. Honors From nth cr Nnllot H CITV or MEXICO , ( via Gal vest on ) , Augutt 7 , Memorial services , under the auspices of is city government , in honor cf tbo late Gen , itant , were held last evening In the hall cf ingrero , in pretence of all the chief officials both lederal and city government ; , and 18 elite cl Mexican society. This morning ia Municipio Libre , organ cf thu citv ROV- nment , publlthes a portrait cf Gen. Grant ith an olqiient tkftch ol his life , while the tu neutrally pay tribute to tha dead Amer- KU hero , ho llbtlroad O.uunilbilun tttColuni- but. pecial Telegram to The DEE. CoLDunus , August 27. The Nebraska stale Ilioad commhslon is In th'.a city to-day. I BO builoeis men of Colarobui have a great any complaints to lay before then for con- deration , and expect ( ? ) ioma material bene- ; i to result from their vilit. A prominent iiloeta man , commeuting on the commis- on' < presence here- , remarked to-day that they were created by Jhg Ifgielatnre , la 'our terest , ' you know , " FIEND'S FURY. Eight Horrible Mulders Committed to aTfiasBrnlclnOncDa ? . His Violims Leave Twenty Or phaned Children , Deeds of Dynamitards on a Colorado rado Eanoho , A. Cool Murderer at Liuvroiico Musi , The Daily Ilcoord ofOrlmo mid Criminals. S KILLED EIGHT I'EOl'I/E , THE APPALLING CRIMES OP ONE AL LOCKIE , A FARMER OP BLANCO C00NIV , TEXAS. AUSTIN , Tex. , August 25. Mr. L , K. Dockory , of Johnson City , Blanco county , just aritved In Austin , states that Al I/ockio , an old citizen of extoniivo connection , had n st p daughter living with him , whom ho to- duced several years ago , Lately big own daughter was apparently pregnant , and this i s been disturbing his mind , as his relations attributed to him the crime of seducing her. Yesterday , between 2 and 3 o'clock p. m. , 10 left homo , intending , nj ho avowoi to go o John Qreon'a placa to barrow a sum cf money. Green and family were away , Ho entered the house and took Green' * Winches ter and returned to the residence of his broth er , Barry Lockio. Ho then shot and killed ieriy and his ( Berry'a ) wife. A neighbor named John Nicholson rode up uit then. Ho forced Nicholson to go with ilin to Mr. Stokes There Nicholson was lost sight of. His lorso was tied there when found , and it is upposed he was also killed , jfrom tlioro Lockie went to his own home ind shot and cut the throat of MM , Henry jockio of ] 51nno county , wife of hla stepson , who was on a visit to him. Ho also shot and killed there Mrs , Stokes , wife of the Stokes he had killed just previous 3 the killing of Mrs. Henry Lockie Then ho killed his daughter , Mies Locke , aid to li pregnant by him. Hq then attempted to kill his wife , but his attridges being exhausted ho could nut fin nether abut , and fha escaped. Ilavicg failed to citoh and kill his wife he cut hla _ uwn thro it , mounted his horse , and tar ted in the direction of Johnson City. After riding a few yards ha met Thomas Srunawlck , whom he attacked , and into whom he plunged a knife , Uflictlng fata ! wound. ! . Tha murderer then rodn toward Jqhnaon 3ity , and was arrested within two miles of t. He was still alive at 3 o'clock this morning. With the exception perhaps of the murder md cremation of the Lynch family near iunpntead soms yearn ego , this is the most lorrinle net of ci linen nver committed in this tato. Possibly the United ata'.op , in all ita ategoty of crime ? , has no parallel to this , ibout twenty children are left orphans by aia horrible and infamous monster. DYNA.BUTB DBVllr * . WO DBOTI1ER3 KILLED , A THIRD WOUNDED , THEIR CABIN BLOWN TO ATOMS. pacial Telegfam to the BEE. DENVER , Col. , August 27.The details of dastardly aud murdorom outrage perpe- rated in Garfield county , which haj been ro- orted heretofore , but not fully , have been re vived in this city. Tha crime is one of the nest horrible in the history of Colorado , a Piceance crnek , in Garlield county , lived ireo brother * tiamed Reigan , and their cabin ome was the econe of the dynamita-uY devil- y. They were successful in killing two of IB brothers , seriously wound iucr n third and lowing their cabin to atoms. So far as earned , the following ara the PARTICULARS OP TUB TBlOEDr , Halned from Mr. Robert Reigan , a brother f the twj men who were.killed : Tha two brothers that were tilled were eeping iu the same bed and Kobert in the ar end if the building , and his life WAS saved y some sacks of oats that were piled up be- veen tb two beds. When ho firet heard 10 explosion , and from the timber rattling own all around him , he rupppsed the build- cg had been struck by llgntaing , Un yelled o bis brother ; and asked them if they were afe , and received n reply from one ot them , ettinq to hr ho found the man in n terrible oridltion , and the other brother deid. Doiog hat llttlo he could for the live man , HE WENT I'Oll ASSISTANCE , ut the neighbor retuined with lived some wo miles a way , and it rook considerable mo The two men then did all ( hat was oaalble for the dying man , but in about fit- ecu minutes the spirit lofc the broken body. When the horrlbta crimn became leu own to IB ranchmen in the vicinity the nowi ap- mared tu stun them. The murdered men vero all known in that sparsely settled coun < ry as bonost , sober , law-abiding men , and hy thfy should have been murder * d in this .owardlyjmauner none could Imagine. l < Yr , tlma a rumor got afloat that them had been ome difficulty over a ra-jch , bnt the brother rbosa life was soared aiya there has been joining of the kind. The assaeMns some lime during the day ook the precaution to poiaun u dog belonging o the Relgaos , so that the faithful animal ould not w.irn the brothers of approaching anger They have a host of friends iu the ( strict , and how anybody cou'd find it iu heir heart to kill them is a mystery to every iQdy. The theory thit they were killed for heir money Is not a plausibli ) ouo , from the ict that only three weeks before the brothers Qturnfd from Utah , where they had pur- based quite ) a drove ot cattlo. A BUSINESS NE BAT BTATK BCB1NSB3 MAN' rUWTUKES ANOTIIEII Tnnouaii THE HEAD. LAWJIENOK , Maes. , August 27. Albert D. iwnna , ono of the most prominent and woal- hleat citizens heie , was shot In tin hick of be hrad and killed by Henry K. Goodwin 110:33 : this : morning. Goodwin entered the ffice of the L. Sprague Manufacturing corn- any , of which Swann was the treasurer , at bout 10 o'clock , President Cobuin and the itter being in theotficu at thotimo. Good- rin had been in the employ of the Molecular 'elephone company of New Yotk , of which warm was the general manager , and came to hoodies to claim several thousand dollars he kid wai duo him from the company. After brief dlscusiion , Goodwin drew a Smith & Vuton 32-oallbre revolver , and ( hot Swann i the back of the hea-i. Hwann reeled , nd sll to tha ilior dead. Goolwlu thenvtepped } the talepliona and nolfi d the pollco et- Ion to tend an ollicer to arrest him Ha stated ( hit Swain tobied him of all he ad. aud there was a period In.n mau'j life hen he c uld stand DJ mure , Ha reached iiat point and wrnt to tbo mill to ( land tha raterjuences. He t tar ted tha telephoon uiioeis here , Rod later sold out to Swnn end Is partner. 8 wan ava < a prominent b inker f thi ! ttate nud New York- , and was un- mally eiteemed. Murder t North Bend , pecial Telegram to the Bcr , Noimi BKND , Neb. , August 27. During a icaislon Among lome laborers near thii place i-d y , Alexander Klmbraugh itrnch Wll- > m Kspper in the cbot nith a chisel , kill ing him almost Instantly. The crime was committed about nine miles from tha Tillage , whcre'a gang of laborers weto employed. The men were resting nod conversing during the noon hour , when the subject of the negro was brought up , There was sorre difference of opinion among the men ts to what risht and privileges tno col ored man should have , when R&ppor remarked to KImbrough good natnredly : "He Is asirood as you , if he only behaves himself , " K'm- brough jutnpal up excitedly , nnd , without n word , rusheil up to liappor and drove n chisel into his breast , making a terrible wound , Ho then fled from thn scene aud has not sloca been capt ured. liappor lived only a moment after he was struck. Tbo Brazllllnn oountorloltors In Oonrt , ST. Louis , August 27. Lucius A. White , charged with attempting to counterfeit Bra- zllllan treasury notoc , was taken before United States Commissioner Cullen this after noon for examination , but at the instance of United States Attorney Bliss the hearing was postponed ten days , and the prisoner re manded to j nil. Ho has not yet employed counsel. _ Whlto still iierttsts tbat the notes he had printed hero were designed to be used as cigar box labels ; that ho had not the re- motist Idea ho was transgressing thojaw , and he made no concealment either of himself or his business. Ho also claims that the notes are only cigar labels , and savn great quanti ties of them ore used for that purpose in Bra zil. He expects his release by habeas corpus prrcjtdlugs In a day or so. Further advice from Waco , Tex , is to the effect that Joseph H. White , arresied there Monday last , not only received a largo amount of bogus noton. but had also received a stamp by express with which to placa the number on the notes. Two Crooks With Several Crimes Hnnglnc Over Them. ST. PAUL , August 27 , Telegrams from Superintendent Walling of New York to Ch.ef Clark of St. Paul indicate that the burglars , El wood and Wilson , captured there , ere tha burglars who robbed the residences of Oakcs and Merrlam hero. Mer- rlam'a diamond ecarl-pin woa found in their possession , and a pawn ticket taken at Detroit for Morriam'a diamond mend collar button was also found on them. A reqaiiition ia to bo taken out here to inter cept iho prironora at Toledo , where they have been taken for the robbery of JLSnuingartnor'a residence and the murder of a policeman , with the view of bringing them hero in case they cannot bo held there on the evidence. Confessed tbo CM mo. CniOAao , August 27. Detective Matt Pin kerton returned hero to-night with the CDnfea- don of Marshall Barker that he murdered Harvey Keith in Bloomingdale , Mich , , in July , Barker and his brother are in jail at Paw Paw , O. The wives ef tha Barker brothers bnticod Keith into a hnuso for the purpose of blackmailing him , but Barker found it n.pro convenient to obtain his money by committing muider. The detective obtained the confes sion by pretending to ba a lawyer anxious to defend .barker. A Sliip'a Crew Under Arrest. NEW YOIIK , August 27. A letter from Havana , dated Augmt 22 , says : Capt , Rob inson nui the entire crew ot the American brig O. S. Packard , which grounded recently oil the entranca to the pare of Sagua. have been arrested on a charge of attempting to burn the vessel. It wan discovered that n Urge quantity of petroleum had been poured over tbe brig , A pactlnn of the cargo was discharged nnd aba was floated. She sustained no damugo. v . A Small Crliucs and CasualHca. Henry Fould , postmaster at Lanark , 111 , , Eommittoa eu'clde ' last evening. He was Found at ( :30 : hanging by a rope in his birn. K. A. Purdle died at Limont , 111. , jester- lay , from Injuries received during tha progress if a eliam battle In which he topK part ua a member of the Illinois stata militia. Thomas McKoan broke Robert Boyoln'a neck by throwing a beer keg at him and itriklug him on tha head yeaterdey at Minntiif. Ill , McKean escaped. v LUiu-glyconno explosion blow Roberts & Jons' building to atoini ac Bradford , Pa. , yesterday. Israel Woismau and wife , of Dodge City , [ a , were gain % aboard the Hamburg steam * iblp at Hoboken , N. J. , to-day , when lerael va arrested on the charge of h vlog swindled ] ! ray , Baker & Co , and Marsh < fc Co , of that ; ity out of 51.C03 worth of silk. The property VJB found among his baggage. GBNEItAL LOGAM'3 BATH. JfAllKOW KSCAPK FROM DROWNINQ IN THE ST. LAWIIHNCB niOTOOBArilBD IN TUB ACT. Special Telegram to the BKE. NEW YORK , August 27. Gen. John A. [ jogau aud hia wife decided qulto early in the eaion that they would spqud at leaat part of , ho heated term at the Thousand Island ] in the river St. Lawrence , accepting the bospl- ; alltyol M. 1 $ , Marsh , whootvus Cherry ts- and , ona of the ft nest on the river. Tha visit if Mr. nnd JHra. Lggan to the ielanda was looked upon as mi honorjito thosa who have lummor Domes there , and they Immediately began to vie with cacti other la giving recep tions and excursions. Ycnttrduy afternoon a private excursion and picnic was given to , 'oneral and Mrs , Logan and thlr- , y other guests by Mr. Marsh. Ihe party was conveyed in three steam yachts to Share island , a pictureirjue spot In .ho Canada channel of tha liver , rioou after uacheon tha photographer , who it matting pictures of soruu eceoery among the islands , lappeued upon the company and proposed to , ako tha group'j photograph. Ilu peralatol md it was decided to allow him to test his tbility , In order to give prominence iu the ilrturi ) to th9 distinguished Ruehts , Gen , and Mrs. Logaa and Mr. and Mrs. Marsh were ilaced in a boat just off the iilaud. Aatbo iroof was about to bo made the boat vaa overturned by thoao sitting on ha rail and the cccupanti were thrown ute deep water. A scene of tha greatest ox- : itemont followed. Several sturdy oarsmen vho were with the party took to thn water md madohsroio efforts to retcue thefour peo- ) 'o who were struigling in their eiTorta to each the shore. Mrs , Logan was the first to IB raicued , borne in tha strong grasp of one if the pilots of Mr. Marsh's yacht. Mr. and kin , Maroh wora BO cm on the ehora , while the general seemed to enjoy the novelty of an nvoluntary bath and piddled leisurely ti dry and , detpltetue inconvenience of hi * cloth- ng. Mm. Logan was pretty badly frighten- ill , but eoon pamtd her composure , he general admunlshlng her to keep nol. Dry clothing was soon furolihed by Jbe etidents of the cottage on tha neighboring aland and the yachts were turned Into tem- lorary dry rooms. Tha festivities were on. inued despite the fact that four of tha party > ad barely cto&ped drowning. The picture ras taken jusc as Iho boat capslzjd and the listingulsbed people were thrown into the rater. _ It presents a Judicious ecene. Gen. jogan is understood to hava ordered a nura- er of tha photographs to present to his rienda to preserve as a mou-entoe of hla first iiit to tbo island. The Wcailicr. WABIIINQTON , August 27 , Uppar MUsis- Ippi : Fair weather In southern portion , local tins in northern portion , variable winds , Ren- rally iioutherly and nearly stationary tein- tratnre , Missouri Valleyi Local raios , light variable mds aud nearly stationary temperature ) . Landlord Gluihor Dead , pecial Telegram to The Uzc. COLUUBOS , Neb. , Augusts ? . 0. D. Clother ied at 2:10 this morning : . He was an old Ident of tha city nnd proprietor of the' lothtr houia. ] L BUSINESS HEWS. Cattle Receipts at Chicago the Greatest Since Oping too Yar s , Large Oonsignments Go Over Without Securing Said Oorn and Wheat Meet a Firinor Marketi TtioVcetorni VclB'it fool Comiuls- oloncr Issues Instructlona to SIilppcriana | OntUAGO L1VI3 STOCK. CATrLE. Special Telegram to The DEE. CHIOAOO , August 27. HeccipU to-day numbered 12,500 head , breaking tha record of roeipts at the Chicago yards elnco tboy were Incorporated by 503 head. With these enor mous receipts and 1,000 head left over from last night , prices declined 10@20o on good grades and fully 2J@30c on all others' . There was a larger per cent .of natives among the fresh arrivals than for any day this week , and common to medium , such as had to compete with northwestern rangers , had to sell at ex tremely low figures. Texans nro about as low as they can go , but north western half breeds and natives must sell considerably lower befora the @ 4 CO. Tbrouph Tex s cattle 16@23o lower ; 950 Ibs. § 3.00@3 COj 750 to 900 Ibs , S2.CO ® 3.15 ; COO to 700 Ibs , S225@2.7G. Western rangers dull , 1C@2C3 lower ; natives and half breeds. ? 3.7C@4 7fi ; cows , § 2.75(33 ( CO ; win tered Texans , $3. 25 3 75. Sales 235 Idaho , 1,188 Ibs. 5403 ; 277 Wyoming Texans , 91 1 Ibs , $5.85. Many largo droves were unsold at a late hour. lioas , At opening there were a few loads of choice light and choice heavy that sold at about the same as yesterday , but in reality the market opened and ruled C@10c lower on the entire Hit , and to cloced with a large taumber left , Hough and common sold around about S3 90 © 3.95 , and fair to good picking sorts § 1.15 ' < 4 435 , with best heavy at § 4 5 Kg 4 CO. Pack ing and ehlppint , 250 to SOU Ibs , SI.20@iG3 ; light weights : 120 to 170 Ibs , S4.50g-l.8jj 18 J tu2l01b9l.00@450. TUE GR MN PIT. WHEAT. Special Telegram to The BEE. CHICAGO , August 27. Thera WAI a good speculative ) business transacted In wheat to day , and the feeling developed was strong. The umal bear influences did not appear to affect the market. The fact that 50.COO bush els of wheat had been posted out of condition at New York had only a temporary fleet , There was a good demand , and nith very llttlo wheat on sale , and "shorts" displaying gome anxiety cover , values improved. The Influences creating thi firmness were chiefly reports of wet weather abroad and firmer pri vate cables. Utceipta at winter wheat points also show a falling off , and this assisted the fumneas. Market opened | @ o higher , but rjuickly advanced and rallied in all Ijjc , closing on regular board to higher than yes terday. There was still another advance of Jo In the afternoon , market closing firm. , CORN AND OATS , There was a fair demand for corn , and In- Hunced by smaller receipt ) and tbo firmness In wheat , ruled stronger. Freight engage ments for 410,0110 bushels may also bavo had Bomo effect The market hnally closed about &c & higher than yesterday. Receipts of oats were liberal , bnt the marke ruled firm. The August option ruled firm , and iSJc higher than yesterday. rnovistoNs. Mesa pork opened 10@15s lower , declined I0@10o additional ; ruled steadier , but closed it ineide figures. Lard was quiet and steady , FOOti TAIU1 < 'F. PAITHOHN'S INSTBUCTIONS TO snirrEns AND AQENTS. 3p3cial Telegram to the BEE. CHICAGO , August 27. Commissioner Fait- iiorn of the Western Freight association , rives notice that on and after September 1 , iiisiness destined to Council Bluffs , Ia , , Dinahs , Lincoln , Divld City , Hastings , 3rnnd Island , Kearney , Beatrice , Blue 3 , > i Icg , Fremont and Norfolk , Ntb. , or any joint reached via tha Union Pacific , In No- -iriakn or Wyoming , delivered to the lines in ; he association at junction piints , originating it common points in the states of New X0 ? ' L'enntylvanla , Ohio , and Woat Virginia , nay be forwarded upon the following baal ? : dines upon which the traffic originated ore at ibsrty to qunto from competitive points In ow York. Pennsylvania , Ohio and Weat /irginia to any point on tha Mi s- stippl river , from Dubuque , Ia. , o Hannibal , Mo. , inclusive , rates iiid the classification which may bo current rom such common points to the cast of St. liouis , provided suoh rates to the Mlesisisppi iver ara divided ay as tc allow the lines in hla association from the point of delivery to he Mississippi rlvar proportions bajed ujon ha percentages adopted by the Clove- and meeting last week. Business abject to the Western Freight as- nciatlon , originating east of BufTiIo , Suspension bridge , Black Rock , Dunkirk , I ! rip , lalamancu , Pittsburg , Wheeling or Purkers- lurg , at points which do not take the seaboard alee , charged at local rates to the terminal lolnts named and rebilled from there , may ba reated the same as business originating at IIPBO terminal points , co far at relates to atea and divisions thereof to the Mlxsistippi Iver. Rates to ba applied from east baak of lleslgfipnl river to points in tha territory do- crlbsd above will bo shown in tariif No , fix. rom St. Louis , excepting on salt , C. L rated ipon which will ba 15 cents per 103 pounds rom the Missisiippi river to Council Bluffs nd Omaha. For convenience In figuring di- isions of rates to the Mississippi river , the allowing rule has been established : All factions under 25-1CO of one cent to ba rapped , and 25(00 ( and loss than 70 ; 100 to 3 called one-half of a cent ; 73-100 or over to > e called ono cent. Through rates and divi- Ions should be noted on expense bills of ines delivering property to associated loadr , liowing proportions accruing to lines ast nud west of junction points. Jnes wpst of tuch junctions will hen add their proportions to tbo Miscitsippi iver to tha Western Freight association' * atea from the Mississippi ilver , and way-bill t the rates thus ascertained , Riving full par- Iculara on the waybills In caee * wcoro trough rates and diviilon are not shown on onnectlng lines' expense bills , the property rill be charged at tlia eatabltihetl ralo from tii polut at which the freight is rccaived , Commissioner Midgley hat iisuad similar irculars regarding business from the Middle bates over the lines of the Southwestern Rail * pad association , the Colorado-Utah assoc.a- ion , and the Pacific Coast association , tboByatomofVelglilnu ; Gr\n At Chicago. CHICAGO , August 27 , The Chicago Grain Liceivan * association met to-day for the pur- oio of hearing the report of the committee appointed to look up a moro accurate sjsten of weight : * grain , seeds , etc. , than the pres ent ono of track scala weights now In usi hero , on all bnt one of tha railroads. Th < present system has been found so Inaccurate that considerable trouble has boon exper ienced by dealets on the board ol trade , on account of the short age In weights. The committee recommended that tin pi oscnt system ba done nwav with , and tha system now In use by the Lake Shore t& Michigan Southern railroad known as the Hopper system , bo aJoptod in Its stead , TLo president and directors of the board of trade were diredtod to report to the different boards of trade throughout the coutnry , and also to the railroad companier , A committee ot two members from the Receivers' astochtloo , and two from the Ship- pcrc , was appointed to confer with the trans portation committee of the board and take Bomo steps tu stop the present discrimination ngainst Chicago In freight rate ? , and alleged ovtrchargos by the rtvlroal for transporting nnd twitching grain.horo , UaUota's AVIicnt Crop , MILWAUKEE , Aubutt 27. T , W. Tallmadco is to-night In receipt of tha following report from James Bayner , statistical agent for Da kota : ' In tbo majority of counties threshing is proving the wheat a vertigo twenty-five pti cent less than last year , and the quality Is nol so gooil , Smut is increasing in the territory , and much complained ot by buyers. There Eomo wheat that ihowa Injury from heat by being ahrlvellod. This bung true , together with the fact that there have boon so many storms slnco tha last report and before ha.-vest bad begun in northern Dakota , I cannot see how the crop was preserved from sersous deterioration in a largo section of the northern county. I think wo will da well now if wo get twenty million bushels threshed , judging from the present outlook. " POREIGN INTELLIGENCE , TIIE EMI-EIIDUS' ' MEETING. MILITAKY HONOI13 ALEXANDER DNEASV. KKKMSIEH , August 27 , Emperor Francis Joseph yesterday conferred the order of the Grand Cross of St. Stephen upon Grand Dnko George , second son of the czar , and also appointed him to a lieutenancy in the im perial Austrian Uhlans. The grand duke is in his sixteenth year , An eye witness of the whole pageant at Kremsior asserts that despite efforts to make it appear that no dread of personal danger to tha czu was entertained , Alexander wna really alert and uneasy , Ho added to the secret precautions arranged for his safety moro than ono device of his own. Ho was pale and careworn during the entire stay He suggested several precautions to tbo Austrian authorities. A few unimportant arrests were made dating the stay. The czar owns n mastiff possessed of uncom mon strenplh and inttlligonca , and ho has been carefully trained as a bodyguard , and is well known in St. i'etoit-buig nud Moaojw. Ho watches bceido his master' * couch every night. Thu dog accompanied the ciiar to and from KtemjiEr. WOIES. SU.NSET l-BESZNTS IIIB CREDENTIALS TO THE 8DLTAN. CONSTANTINOPLE , August 27. United States Minister Cox , in presenting his creden tials yesterday , assured the aultan the policy of the United States waa not to interfere at all In the affairs of other countries , This pol icy bai been found the.most advantageous nnd will always be maintained. The sultan , in a private intrrview accorded yesterday to Oox , at which there were also present U. H , P. Heap , secretary of tha Amer'can ' legation , and Commauder Lucllow.of the United States steamer Quinnnbang , presented him with a set of valuable Turkish jewelry. Ho also gave him a number of raru oriental books for Abram Hewitt , and a sot of others for the national library at Washington. THE CAROLINES INCIDINT. MADRID , August 27. The government sod the doorn of the army and navy clube- becauia the officers belonging to the club r turned the German decorations and atrucB from its list of honorary members the name- of German officers nnd that of the crown prince of Germany. The press and army are disgusted by the amiciblo attitude suddenly displayed by the ciblnet toward Germany. The ministerial papers have adopted a modi- Red t'joa , while the opposition journals attack Germany with increased vigor. The result ic , seven of the latter papera have been seized and will ba prosecuted. Public feeling is more decided than o\er ugainst coucetslon to Germany. ( KINO ALFONSO ASKS TOR MEDIATION , BERLIN , August 27 , It is rumored here that King Alfonso ha * sent an autograph lat ter to the crown prince asking him tu mediate in order that the friendship bat'.veon Spain and Germany be maintained. TUB CUOLKRA. TOULON , August 27 , Seventeen porioni died here yesterday from cholera , MABHEILLIS , Au mt 2r. There wore eleven deaths from cholera hare yoiterday. AGRARIAN CRIME IN IRELAND , DDBLIN , August 27- Agrarian outrages are ncruatimg fmtfulU In Kerry county , rfvery lay rates of moonlight work of iucendiirism ted ham utringiac ; of cattle are reported. No trroata havu bi-n made. WIND AND THE SOUTIIXRN OYCLONB'H DAUiCIE. CHAnLEsroN , S. C. , August 27. Tha doma- : es to wharves will probably roach $500,000 , > ut large gangs of hands are at work , and in \ few days sufficient accommodations for all losilblo business will ba provided , liven now 10 interruption or additional expense to ship- > ors occurt. A heavy rain yesterday after- icon aggravated annoyances to port ona whoso oofs were blown off , but It will not iucroaio materially the general lots , The total loss of he phosphate companies in and around the Ity la now estimated at § 35.100 , Reports rom Georgetown eay that rico is not seriously ojurod , HE TOUTS OV BNOW IN VARIOUS I'lACES. Looc HAVEN , Pa. August 27. A light rest was reported this morning at various arts of this county , but not enough to dam- go vegetation seriously. Slight flurries of now fell hero yasterday. trealclng Ground lor State The Itallrond Commission , patlal Telegram to The BEE. NORFOLK , Neb , , August 27. State Treas ror Willard , Lind Commissioner Sco'.t , ircbitect Kllir , and Contractor King arrived > -day , and will comrncnco throwing dirt j-morrow on tha ttato esyluin grounds for- 30 new bulidlag , Tha railroad iccrctarios , cccompanled by tate Auditor Babock , arrived on a ipecial i a directors' car over the Union Pacific , and rmainoJ only ibout half an hour. They bad nth them plenty of bedding and cooki , and eemed to ba well cued for. They will cou- amo tbo rais of tbo week riding over the oad. Oalvatlonlsla SontUp , CHICAGO , Aurait 27 , Five uniformed aembers of the salvation army were befora a mtico of the peaca to-d y for obstructing the lubllo streets anc. for disorderly conduct. It ras charged by certain residents that tha ual- atlonlsta mode the nights hideous and at- raottd disorderly crowds. They were fined ; IO each and ordered to tha Bridewell. WASHINGTON. The Sranliog ; of Leases of Abssncs Op tional f lib Dcparlment Ms , Mr , Keiley Still American Minister - tor to Austria , An Increase iu tbo Letter Oarrior Fores at Omaha , Notes of Interest from tbo National Capital Spicy Telegrams From Other Polntp , WASHINGTON NEWS , t&AVES OP AB3KJOE OPIIOKAL WITU DEPART MENT HEADS' WASHINQTOK , August 27. Judge McCue , solicitor of the treasury , has given an opinion in regard to leaves of nbtenco of inspectors of customs , which hat a geneial bearing on loaves to nil classes of employes under the treasury department. The opinion , which has been approved by the acting secretary , is as follows : The practice of granting leaves of absence seems to hava grown up In the department Boivico without special provision of law , and it seems tbat the cus tom lias placed the extent of leave at thirty dajs , except for Illness or other special reason , and no deduction was made from the sjlsrj of the clerk or other employe. Act of 1833 , volume 22 , statutes at large , pp. CCS and 101 , for the first time recognizes an unwritten law on this subject , and provides ) that all absences from departments on the part of said clerks or other employes , in ex cess of such leave of abionco as may bo grant ed by the beads thereof , which shall not ex ceed thirty days in any one year , except In case of sickness , shall bo without pay. This Is the fair intent of the law , therefore , that having a leave of absence , and tbo snmo not exceeding thirty days , the clerk or employe shall during snch leave receive his usual pay. It is to bo borne In mind that leave is simply pormissjvo , and the head of the department has the right to allow leave or not , and to what extent within the thirty doyr , and that all leaves BO granted must bo received upon the understanding that it la revocable within the dlicrotion of the head of the department. The best Interests of Iho government can therefore bo coniidered by this head , to grant leave rr uot , and whether thirty days or not , and the responsibility in relation to the whole subject matter resta upon the head of the departmant. I have had occasion tu consider the subject of thopajmentnf Inspectors and within the limits and directions therein suggested , I see no rantan why the rule established by the net of 1S83 above referred to should not apply. MOBE LETTBR CAItltlEHS FOR OMAHA. The cctiog pontmnster-Rcnernl has author- Izad the employment of additional letter cir- riera after September 1 , as follow ; : At Chi- cjgo S5 , DBS Mciuoa 2 , Milwaukee D , Omaha 2. JillD. KKILEr STIU , THE AUSTRIAN MINIHTKH. 'When asked by n reporter to-nlpht if Mr. K iley bad made a report to the state depart ment. Secretary Bayard said : "No , Mr. Keiley has no report to mako. Ha baa not yet been recalled. He is btlll United States minister to Austria. His re turn from Europe is entirely of his own no tion. We have not asked him to coino back hero. The government , since making Ill's ap pointment , has bten entirely passlvo'Irf'tho matter. Keiloj'd position as Uuited Stated minister to Austria remains unaltered. " "Aud tbo United States government re mains passive ? ' "Ves , entirely pasaive. " "And you have not arranged to replace Mr. Keiley by another mnu to represent this gov ernment at Vienna ? " ' We have not thought of tuch a thing. Matters remains entirely unchanged elnco Keiley received his appointment. " Mr. Keiley Is stopping with the secretary. TREASORV NOTES , WASHINOTON , August 27. Mr. Bell , super vising architect of the treasury , fiicd a mem orandum with the acting treasurer in defense of the specifications iu which proposals were recently invited for safe and vault work dur ing tliH present year. He makea a general de nial of the allegations of Marvin & Co. , and nesesta the specifications were just and fair to all ma'-nfacturers , and ax definite and aa tpccilic as the character of the work required rendered it poaelb'o to mnlio them , Ho sayn further that the bids ot Parrel k Co. aud Hall & Co. , acceptance of which baa been rcommeuded. were exceedingly low and much more reasonable than tbo prices now being paid by tbo posttiBcs department foe Bimilac work. He intimates that theobject is foe thn purpose of securing gratuitous advertising. The treasury department is informed that a party of armed Cubans have left the island of Cuba for Florida Keys , and it la suppoied their object Is toorganizo o filibustering expe dition to overthrow the Cuban government. Instructions havobaon issued for revenue cut- teis to ba en the lookout for the party end prcvouc their landing , rOBTMASTEIlH APPOINTED. The acting postmaster-general h > 8 cppcint- od the following ntined fcurth-clasa past- In Iowa-Kingston , James W. Gibson ; Gravity , Sam Robiusonj Morning Sun , W. A. McCjrmlckj Winficld , J. W. Hanim ; Pleas ant Grove , James P. Mmnrdj Danville , Alice ! M. Wright ; Bonapatto , W. A. Paakerj Brighton , Thomas UuckjSSteamboit Rock , Henry Lucklni ; EUhervlllo. Peter Johnson. In Nebraska-Ulm Creek , H. 15. Boyd ; Missiner , O , P. Miller ; Mlllard , Chorlea btutznsr ; PapHHon , Richard L. Carpenter. niOKERSON DENIES , _ Diokerspu , late superintendent of the pen- imn building , arrived hero to-night and de nies most emphatically that there is any fonn- Jation for the charges made against him. Ho iaya that the trouble iu In the new officials , who do not know whom to find the materials , md that ho will , when called upon to point ; hem out. ITALIAN cnors. The wheat crop this year in Italy U ro- > orted , in un official document to the depart ment of utato , to ba about twenty per cent BUS thin nn average crop. Bilk abont ono- ; hlrd loa > , but superior In quality to the av irage crop. riio Itook Island mid Northern Pnclllo. CHICAGO. 111. , August 27-Prosident Cable. ) f tha Reck Island road , leturned to-day 'rom ' an oxtendetl ttlp to the far northwest. Cn regard to reports that the Rock Island \vaa jjkiDK active steps to fecnre control of the orthorn Pcfl o , he stUed if any of the lliojtors or stockholder ! ot his company weio Bcdeavorin to secure the Northern Paclfio properties , it was uot for him to speak of it. lie admitted thei great value of the eyatem lamed , and benefits were sure to arise from recent changes in tha Oregon short line iMtem , At xega-ds the Rock Island's view , f the recent awards of percontoges in thn aoloiado-Utah traffio Cable aid he had nod fit decided to give notlca of withdrawal from Jiapool , Murderer Bl ok Itound Over , Special Telegram to The BEE , SiDNtT , Nob. , Augutt 27.-Fr nk Black , iccuied of the murder of Doolel Jleagan. waa irraignod befora JudKo Neubauer and bcund > T'tr ' to appear at dUtrlct court. J. II , Loeseke . , of Columbui , while usioff & > iulkyrnkf. , Tuesday the "w , team ran y hrow oK Wm rJown , breaking three of iS orribly diatigurlng htm , m , recovery * la loubtlul.