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r OMAHA DAILY BEE. SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA. THURSDAY MQRNING. AUGUST li : 1887. NUMBER I * DEATH OF THOMAS MORTON , The Pioneer Publisher of the State Passes at Nebraska City. A SKETCH OF HIS CAREER. Elmer E. Thompson Dies At Fullerton - ton From the Effect * of Ills Inju ries Mrs. General KauU' Condition State News. A Pioneer Gone. NEimASKA CITV , Neb. , August 10. [ Special Telegram to the BEK. | Thomas Morton , the pioneer publisher ot 'the state and owner of the News ot this city , died this evening at 8 o'clock after confinement to his bed for many months , Ho has been ailing tor over four years. RKKTCII OP HIS I.1PR. Thomas Morton was born In England , March , 17,1829 , and came to America with his parents when an Infant. They first located at Columbus , O. , In 1800 , whore ho lived until 1844 , when ho went to Louisville , Ky. , and learned the printer's trade In thn Democrat office , working there until 184U. From there ho went to California and stayed until 1853 , engaging In mining. Ho returned to Columbus and stayed a few months , then going to Louisiana , where ho remained until 1854. .lie then returned to Ohio , and In July came out to St. Mary's , Iowa , where he worked on the St. Mary's Gazette until November , 1854 , and then moved to Bellevue , Neb. , where ho took charge of the HI mechan ical department of the Nebraska Palladium setting the first column ot reading matter ever set In the then territory of Nebraska , ( November 14,1854) ) . He remained at Bellevue - vue until March , IMS , when he went to Ne braska City and had charge of the Nebraska City News for a year , when he and Hon. J. Sterling Morton purchased it He did the early territorial printing and was one ot the judges of the first election held at Bellovue. Ho was married In Cincinnati , O , October 31 , 1859 , to Caroline WoodrulT , a native of New Jersey. They have three children , Jean , Otoe and Elizabeth. Mr. Morton was treas urer of the Old Settlers' association of Otoe county , and at the tlmo of his death was postmaster of Nebraska City , having been appointed to that position by President Cleveland. _ Killed by Lightning. GOIIDON , Neb. , August 10. ( SpecialTele gram to the BEE.J During an electrical storm last evening a farmer named Wesley Illbbs , while oiuaged around a threshing machine , ten miles northwest of Gordon , was struck by lightning and Instantly killed. Several others were shocked , but will re cover. Illbbs came here from Iowa only three months since. Ho leaves a wife and three small children. Last Thursday , fourteen miles north of here , on the reservation , a half-breed named Pike Garmilz. together with a horse , was struck by lightning ana killed. Condition of Mrs. Kautz. FOUT NIOBIIAUA , Neb. ( via Valentino ) , Aug. 10.-Speclal | to the BEE. ] The Valen tine dispatch In yesterday's BEE Is not true Mrs. Kautz , thanks to Dr. Wllcox , is doing as well HS possible and the officers of the post do not blMiie Lieutenant Hutcheson. AUGUST V. KAUTZ , _ Bvt. Maj-Gen. Hannders County Prohlbitloniata. WAHOO , Neb. , August 10. [ Special to the BKK.J The prohibitionists of baunders county held their county convention hero yesterday and nominated a full county ticket. There was a large attendance and their actions were characterized by harmony ant showed that they were a well organized body. In the evening State Organizer Hawley - ley and Wolfenbarger , of the New Republic addressed a mass meeting In the open air nnd arrahned the old parties In the most ap proved prohibition style. They are organlz ing prohibition clubs In every precinct In the county , and It Is believed that they will pol a heavier vote this fall than over before They -assert that they will carry enougl votes this fall to defeat the republicans am elect the democrats I The candidates noml listed are : For county treasuter , J. L. Ma pee , of Valparaiso ; countv clerk , S. M. Hill , of Wahoo ; register of deeds , D. S. Kthel ; county judce , Truman Knowles , of Ceresco ; clerk of district court , J. V. Smith , of Wahoo ; county superintendent , J. A. Smith , ot Wahoo ; sherlir , A. Reasoner'com- ; misgionor , S. P. Meyer ; coroner , Dr. Mai- lory , of Cedar Bluffs. Dawns County Crops. CIIADIION Neb. , August 10. | Special to the BKK. ] All crops are better than last year. Harvest Is slow , but the small grain yield will bo far superior to that of last. The greatest'Improvement is in corn , which will average 50 per cent over last year's crop. The average Is three times that ot last year. Oats are the lightest of all small grain crops. Died From Hla Wounds. Fuu.KiiTON. Neb. , August 10. [ Special to the BEE. | Elmer E. Thompson , the young ranchman who was recently wounded by the accidental discharge of his gun , died at 3 a. m. to-day of hemorrhage. Thompson was a young man of brilliant prospects , owner of an extensive ranch , and was married but a tew months ago to Adele Picot , of St. Louis , ills wife was a constant attendant at his bedSide - Side , and everything that human skill could conceive was done to aid in his recovery , but all without avail. Thompson was about twenty-fivo years of aeo. The remains will bo taken to Maryvlllo , Mo. , for burial. IRON AND STEEL. Remarkable Increase In Imports the Past Year. PHILADELPHIA , August 10. The bulletin ot the American Iron and Steel association , In commenting on the statement of Imports and exports of the United States for the fiscal year lbS7 , ended on the 30th of June , says : "Tho figures relating to our Imports of Iron and steel have never been exceeded In magnitude except In the fiscal year 1880. The total Imports In 1887 were nearly 100,000 tons greater than In 1885 and 18 6 united. In 1887 , wo Imported 1,524,604 cross tons , against 1,445,941 tons In 1885-80. Our Imports of Iron ore in lhS7 were also lar ger than In both 1885 and 1880 , amounting In 1887 to 1,141,774 eross tons , against 1,1'-7,118 tons in 18S5 and 18bO. The foreign value of the above Imports in the fiscal year 1887 , amounted to 843,251.5s5 , but to this foreign cost must be added the cost of freight and Insurance , duties and brokers' profits , making a probable addition of 60 per cent to the above figures , making a total of about 563,000.000 , as the actual cost to our people of one year's Im r-f * ports ot Iron and steel. It must bo noted that the figures we give do not include the imports of machinery , tire arms and other manufactures ot Iron and steel , the valuu of which , If given , would very considerably Increase - crease our last year's contribution to the Iron and steel manufacturers of Great Britain and the continent. " The Siamese Princes. NKW YOHK , August 10. Prince De Va- \vongso and the four little Siamese princes , with their suite , left the city this morning on the Albany day-line boat. Fiom Albany they will go to Niagara Falls , and thence across the continent to San Francisco , stopping at some of Uia principal cities cu route. At aan Francisco the party separates , Prince Do VawougKu with tho- four little princes going toBlna. and the Slame.se minister and his UlU > returning to London to reside. FOOLISH FELLOWS. A Tory Lord Made Out a Commoner Lost. [ Copi/rtoM 1837 6Jamu | Gordon Detm M.1 LONDON , August 10. | New York Herald Cable-Special to the BKE.-The ] radicals have to-day a loathsome political scandal in their mouths. Two months ago Edward Fellowes , a wealthy , aged and Indeed dying man , was made n jubilee peer. It was al leged with good reason that the absurdity of placing In the house of lords a dying man was simply a cover for his son , an M. P. for Huntingdonshire , who had married Lord Randolph Churchill's sister. It would , of course , never have done to raise this young M. I' , to the lords. The government , In adding ono more tory to the upper house , will now undoubtedly lose an other niembar of parliament , because the tory majority at the latest election In the now vacant division was only 305. The now Lord Kamsoy' * brother Is to bo the tory can didate , and the Rcaudal will taint him. Spaldltig , where the Oladstonlans lately made such a laruo ialn and won a great vie- lory In a bye election , ( s n neighboring di vision to the ouo now vacant. The Gtad- jtono candidate has run before In the latter division and Is popular. Buffalo BUI Will Not Move Yet. [ Copi/rlgM lS87buJamei Oorclin llcnndt. ] LONDON , August 10. [ New York Herald Cable-Special to the BKK. | Hearing that a dispatch had been bent to New York as serting that Colonel Cody was about to re move the Wild West exhibition from Its pres- mt grounds , I Interviewed that gentleman , who don led the statement , but both himself and Nate Salisbury expressed themselves de sirous that the BKK should state that they would gladly sever connection with Mr , Whlttoj If their contract did not bind them. Said Colonel Cody : "Tho Wild West con stitutes the whole American exhibition. There is really nothing else to exhibit but that. " Created a Sensation in Paris. ICnpjyrff/Ji ! 1887 by Jiimot Cordon Ucnnctf. ] PAIIIS , August 10. [ New York Herald Cable Special to the BEB | Lollllero's diary , accounting his extraordinary experiences In Dr. Talret's mad-house , has been cabled to Paris verbatim and reprinted In Gallenant's Messenger , the national Paris Temps , the Sou , and nineteen other papers , causing a sensation. A rigid Investigation into the Inside history of all Paris mad-houses will bo commenced. The Delelan Fires. tCof/rt0M ! US7 t > v James Oonl'mJcnncff. . ] BuussKLS , August 10. [ New Yqrk Herald Cable Special to the BKK. I Some rain having fallen to-day , and the military rein forcements having been dispatched to the scene , the forest fires are checked In progress to-night on the Belgian sides and hopes are entertained of subduing them. Across the German frontier , however , thn conflagration Is still extending alarmingly northward. Crowds of sight-seers froui all parts of Bel- glum are gathering. Threaten to Mutilate the Dill. LONDON , August 10. A number of the tory peers threaten to reject the amend tnonts to the land bill introduced In the commons , especially the clause providing for the revision of judicial rents. They have also warned the government not to attempt to deal witli the question of arrears. The at titude of those lords has paralyzed the cabl- riot's action In further amending the land bill to satisfy Parnellltes. The Gladstonian whlgs have sent notice to members In the country to be ready to return if the peers mutilate the bill and thaParnell- lies have been ordered to remuster In full forco. Lord Salisbury and all the minister ialists are exerting the utmost pressure to suppress the revolt of the peers. Will Proclaim the Iieaeuo. LONDON , August 10. The lord mayor's an nual banquet to the ministers was given a' ' the Mansion house this evening. Premier Salisbury , In a speech , Bald that the government had done everything to give elfect to the country's man date to preserve the unity of the empire. Extra powers had been placed a the government's command and the country had a right to complain If these powers were not used discreetly but firmly. This Is be lieved to signify that the government wll" ptoclalm the Irish National league. The Crown Prince's Throat. LONDON , August 10. The German crown prlnco arrived in Edinburgh to-day am spent the day In sight-seeing. Before the prince loft London , Dr. MacKcnzlo per formed another operation upon his throat Electricity was applied to the larynx , and the last traces of excrescence in the throat were successfully removed. Royalty Charged With Shoplifting. PARIS , August 10. The Russian Princes : Vranzenskl , and her companion , Mile Fonune , have boon tried before a police tribunal for stealing from shops In the Louvre. The princess was discharged , bu Mile. Fonune was found guilty and sentenced tencod to one month In prison. Cholera Uavajres. LONDON , August 10. Twelve new cases o cholera and twelve deaths were reported a Malta during the past twenty-four hours. THE CABLE WAR A Still Greater Cut Threatened By the Commercial. NKW Yortic , August 10. Victor De Clastro vice president of the Commercial Cable com pany , said to-day to a reporter that his com pany had decided to wait two weeks longer for other companies to act regarding tb pool. It at the end of that period , or say by the close ot the month , opposition lines fai to restore cable rates to 40 cents , then th Commercial Cable company will drop to 1 cents per word. This action may cause others to reduce to 0 cents , and In such oven the cable war will become very disastrous Eckcrt , Chandler and Barlow , the committee which has been at work calculating on the division ot the pool receipts , have also struck an obstacle. It is openly asserted that noth Ing can be done with the Baltimore < fc Ohio and that the negotiations just as they scoiucc about to be closed arn liable to bo declaret olf. The Postal people blame Garrett for cut ting rates and say that the only thinz left fo them to do Is to join with the Western Union and give him ail the cut rates he wants. The Union Labor Party. llociiESTKn , N. Y. , AugustlO. Theunltci labor party convention In this city \vascalle < to order at two this afternoon an tils attendei by delegates from various parts of the state The majority of delegates are Knights o Labor. The object of the convention is to secure the union ail labor organizations In politics. When the convention was called to orde the platform ot the Cincinnati convention was read and referred to the commltteo on resolutions to bo appointed. A recess wa taken to name the members ot the commit tees. SclontlstH In Session. NKW YOHK , August 10. The thirty-sixth meeting of the American association for th advancement of science began this morning In Columbia college. The oponlnz sesslot was held In the great hall of the library am the various cla s rooms are used as lecture rooms. Steamship Arrivals. Qur.i'.NSTOVf.v , August lo.-Speclal [ Tele gram to thoBEK.--Arrived | The Italy , from Nevy York. SouTHAMPTON , August lO.-Arrlved-Tho Valemlue , from Philadelphia for Antwerp DESTRUCTION BK FLAMES ; Poreat Pires Temporarily Checked In Wis consin and Michigan. OTHER FIRES AND FATALITIES. Three Persons Killed by a Crumbling - ling 1'oanut Stand In St. Louis Two People Killed at a Brooklyn , Iowa , Fire. Forest Fires. MUSKKOON , Mich. , August 10. Tlio mill fires In this city Yesterday resulted In a loss of over 5,000,000 feet of lumber owned by Stlmson & Fay , Mann &Co. , Meckley & Co. , and others. The losses aggrcgrato nearly 8130,000 , on which there Is fair Insurance. BKLLKVILLK , Mich. , August 10. Forest fires arc raging two miles south of here and many acres of timber have already been de stroyed. DETIIOIT , August 10. A gentleman who [ ravelled through the burning "thumb" of Ihu lower peninsula says meadow and bush lires are everywhere. Acres of cut grain and miles of fencing have been destroyed. Sev eral barns and a number of cattle are re ported burned In the Interior , but definite news has not yet been received. Farmers are suffering greatly. At the straits of Mack inaw the snioko Is so dense that much trouble Is experienced by vessel men in mak ing the passage. In many parts of the state lires are small and scattered , but the total loss will be heavy. MILWAUKEE. August lO.-Last night's storm was pretty general throughout the northwest , according to reports received at the railway otllces and government signal stations. At Milwaukee. Green Bay and St. Paul a quarter Inch of ralu fell. At IMiluth and La Crosse only a slight trace of rain was reported. Kaln was re ported this morning from the Hastings and Dakota division of tde Chicago , Milwau kee & St. 1'aul road. The lone drought In this state may bo considered broken. Iteports from lumber districts where forest ( ires were razing are to the effect that the rain has checked the progress of the fires and given relief for the time being. The Evening Wisconsin's specials from the Interior of the state indicate that the wind storm which accompanied the rain was very violent and that much damage has re sulted In consequence. In the vicinity of Wnupun haystacks and barns were levelled on all sides and a number of buildings com pletely destroyed. Frank Johnson , a farmer living two miles south of Waupun , was buried under the debris of his barn and killed. At Portage a number of buildings on tno fair grounds were demolished and the corn crop In that section almost ruined. A number of bridges In Fen du Lac county were swept away. At Herlcon a number of buildings were unroofed. A regular panic ensued on the ilorlcon marsh , which was filled with haymakers when the storm struck , ana tents , wagons , haystacks , etc. , were sent ( lying In every direction. One repott says six men were killed. Ignatius Jantz , a farmer , was killed by lightning near Kipon. Apple and other trees In the path of the storm wore stripped of their fruit. The rain has swelled streams in Eau Claire county. A Fatal Fire. ST. Louis , August 10. At a tire which oc curred this morning at 0 o'clock , three tire men were killed and four badly hurt. The walls of Bishop & Spear's peanut warehouse fell at 9 o'clock and carried with them a portion of J. Alklcr & Co's wholesale grocery house adjoining. IB the ruins were buried a number of firemen , two of whom were taken out dead. Another Is burled be neath the debris and beyond all probability Is dead. 'A spectator Is dying at the city hospital and several firemen at their homes or engine houses suffering from severe Injuries. A number of liremen were engaged In raising ladders to get water on smouldering peanuts when all at once the east and west walls of Bishop & Spears' building wavered , crashed , followed by sev eral other walls. An the middle and north walls came down , the front of the peanut warehouse fell out , and the extra pressure from the sidewalks forced the debris out Into the street. Thcro was a great cloud of dust and smoke from the burning peanuts. When the first shock was over It was found that Barney McKer- nnn , Frank McDonald and Chris lloell were killed , James O'Bricn fatally Injured and two or throe others not so seriously hurt. Destructive Fire In Chicago. CHICAGO , August 10. The prairie fire which broke out this evening In the vicinity of Eighty-ninth and Halsted streets rnsultw In the total destruction of the Weber wagon werks at the corner of Eighty-first and Wai lace streets , the Auburn school build Ing , and several dwellings near by. The total loss aggregates 8105,000 , with about 875.000 on the wagon works. The prairie fire which started early In the after noon west of the stock yards burned over a district three-quarters of a mile wide and a mile long , but were subdued by the Lake fire department before any buildings were reached. Just as the firemen were preparing to leave there after t lone battle In the terrific heat and dense smoke , the fire started at Eighty-ninth street and soon after com municated to the blacksmith shop of the Weber works. The employes endeavored to check it , but the wind carried the llamcs to the main building , and when the firemen ar rived It was a raging furnace. They had hard work to stop the progress of the flames when they did. Fatal Fire at Brooklyn , lown. DKS MOINES , la. , August 10. | Special Telegram to the BEE. | The little city o Brooklyn , east on the Rock Island , which was so badly burned a year ago , was visited by another severe fire this afternoon , burn lug a largo amount of property , killing 0110 roan and fatally Injuring another. King's new opera house was burned ; loss , 340,000 no Insurance. Stober's harness shop and building ; loss , 84,000 ; covered by Insurance , ( win's olllco.V. . T. Sharp's Implement house , and Itoland's barber shon , damaged to the amount of 53,000. W. M. Crawford was killed by a falling building and Warren Martin was run over by a fire engine and fa tally Injured. A niaze at Hloomlngtnn. BI.OOMINOTON , Neb. , August 10. The fire yesterday morning destroyed property valued at S2.r,000 , with light Insurance. ' The fire stalled in Summer & Plerson's drug store , which was totally consumed ; also , A. K. Frlgley's general store , I. A. Sheridan's hardware store. W. O. Robinson's olllce. In which was also located A. Patch's lewelry store , and Asa Blacklcdge's harness shop. Bwninp anil Forests on Fire. RANK AKKK , III. , August 10. The Kanka kee swamp and surrounding forests are on fire and much farm property is being dam aged. A Strange Case. CIIICAOO , August 10 , Frank Fuller , son of O. F. Fuller , ot the Fuller & Fuller Drug company , whoso mysterious disappearance last Wednesday caused great anxiety to hi friends , returned to his father's residence this morning. Beyond the fact that he re membered enough of his Identity to find hi ; way home the young man seems to have los knowledgeof himself and his surroundings It was only by apparent great effort that Tu recosnbed members of his father's family , lie can give no account of himself during the past week. The only other noticeable feature Is his IntenRedrowslness. He Is now sleeping In his room and physicians believe he wliriiave regained his normal condition when be awakes. Tha cause seems to bo sunstroke received several weeks ago. Cholera Victims. . ROMEAugust 10. The receiver of registers t Adetno and his family have fallen victims to their devotion to cholera patients. Of the wools family only lltU child survive * , "THE nnOTUBIUlOOD. " A nival Secret Or uilcatlon of the Knights of Labor. BOSTON , August 10. [ Special Telegram to the BKE.J A new secret organization of labor known as "Tho Brotherhood , " and In many respects similar to the Knights of Labor , has boon formed and has already grown to considerable proportions. The Brotherhood has been In exlstenco now over a year. It was formed In May , 1830 , and has gradually extended until It has established local counsels In many of the cities and towns of this and other New England states. Its organization Is kept a piofound secret , and when spoken of Is never alluded to by Its name. In consequence It Is Impossible tote to say who are Its officers , where Its head quarters are , or whether It has extended Into the west and south. Last night It was as certained that a local counsel of the Brotherhood was organized Monday evening In one of the western towns of Massachusetts , presumedly Plttslleld , with several heretofore prominent Knights of Labor as charter members. The urlnclnals of this new secret organisation aio contained In a printed circular. The circular begins with the announcement that the organisation docs not believe in strikes , hut uses the bal lot and co-operative Institutions as weapons of warfaie. Then follows a novel and strik ing demand for the abolition of all laws that tend to create aristocracy of olllce holders and a demand for the passage of laws coin- pelllngcurporatlons to adopt such measures as will protect the lives and health ot thulr em ployes. It would also provide for the enact ment of laws compelling employers and em ployes to arbitrate all differences and to en force the decision of the arbitrators. The last plank In the platform provides that the government shall obtain possession by pur chase , under right ot eminent domain , of all telegraphs , telephones and railroads , and hereafter the government shall issue no char ter or license to any corporation for the con struction or operation ot any means of trans porting Intelligence , passengers or freight. THE DAVION ROAD. The Work of Straightening Out the Difficulties Begun. NEW Yomt , August 10. The directors' committee and creditors' committee held a joint meeting to-day at the olllco of the Cin cinnati , Hamilton & Dayton railroad for the purpose of ascertaining , if possible , the exact financial condition of the road. The com mittee also called upon Messrs. Stayner and Ives. The situation of affairs Is said to ba much complicated owing to the close ref lations which this road had to the Vandalia line , composed of the Terre Haute & Indian apolis road and Its branches , the financial transactions of which were carried on through the banking house of Ivcs & Co. Members of the committee to-day said that not less than two weoKs'would be required to straighten out tbo accounts of all their con- lllctlng interests. The announcement that a block of stock belonging to Ives would bo sold at auction drew a number of Wall street men to the real estate exchange to-day. The stocks represented a monetary value of 8635,000. The auctioneer was about offering them for sale when he was requested by a party Interested to withdraw them , which was accordingly done. The reasons for the withdrawal were that Ives had made satis factory arrangements'with the Cincinnati , Unmllton & Dayton people. The investigation by the Cincinnati , Ham ilton & Dayton committees was continued to-day , but the work of tracing preferred stock was suspended and attention turned to the affairs of the Vandal In line. Counsel for the committee states that Ives Is Indebted to the road for a very large amount of money , but whether * 1GOOCOO or. notas the street has it , ho declines to stbte. Negotiations are now colng on for t air I Mr up all Ives' loans secured by Cincinnati , Hamilton & Dayton collateral , and one creditor Irving A. Evans has been paid $286,000 and left at once for Saratoza. William Fellows , Morgan A Co. , who carry the 33,000,000 loan , were asked to compromise on their claim , but refused. The other creditors' are now consider ! tic the offers iiuule , It Is expected that all Ives' claim will bo paid un In a few days , but the largest creditors Insist on payment In full. The English Turf. LONDON , August 10. At the Uodcar meetIng - Ing to-day the great national breeders'foal stakes for three-year-olds , one mile , straight , was won by It. Vyner's colt Ulorlatlon , 11. Smallwood's colt King Milan second , J. Hammond's colt Aintree third. At Kempton park the great International breeders' foal stakes , for three-year-olds , was won by J. U , Houldsworth's colt Cactus , Lord Hartington's colt Isosceles becond , Baron do Rothschild's filly Simmons third. There were eight starters. National Firemen's Association. NKW YOISK , AugustlO. At Us convention to-day the order of American firemen adopted a constitution providing for a national asso ciation , fraternal and social In its character , but not secret. Any white man , now an ac tive fireman , or who has been honorably dis charged from any fire department , Is eligible to membership. The color line was drawn because of the prejudice of southern firemen , among whom it Is desired to spread the or ganization. < Tracts ForSmoking Cars. ST. JosKi'H , Mo. , ( August 10. [ Special Tel egram to the BEE ] . W. F. Merrill , genera manager of the Kansas City , St. Joseph & Council Bluffs railroad , has granted permis sion to the W. C. T. U. of the Fourth Mis souri congressional district to put boxes con taining temperance literature on all smoking cars on his road. This Is the first railroad in the United States to grant this permis sion. The Pacific Investigation. SAN FIIANCIBCO , August 10. Before the Pacific investigation commission Lloyd Tovls , president of the Wells-Fargo express gave the terms of the contracts by which the Pacific express company went out of exist ence. The one-third of the Wells-Fargo stock mentioned yesterday went to Stan ford , Bacon , Crocker , Hopkins , lluntinglon and himself. Slnco tbo consolidation the Wells-Fargo company had the exclusive- ex press business over the Central Pacific. r A Hemp Hurrah. Cnr.STON , la. , August 10- The male resl dents of Decatur City are scouring the conn try for the beastly tramp who assaulted and outraged Miss Cooser , Monday morning. Ho was traced to the timber within two miles o Creston , but has managed , up to tills time to elude his pursuers , If ho is caught It Is certain that the formality of a trial will be dispensed with. 1 Hcnlling Stakes Up. NEwYoitK , August 10. The Turf , Field and Farm has received final deposits for the sculling races between Bubear , champion o England , and Wallace Koss , at Saratoga 01 Friday , and between Turner and llanlan at Toronto on Saturday. Fire at St. Thomas. ST. THOMAS , Ont. , August 10. The mills of M. & J. Odenell , situated east of Brlgden , were lenlted by bush tires this morning , ant the sheds , together with 2,000,000 feet o matched staves , were burned. Loss , Weather Indications. For Nebraska : Fair weather , northwes winds , becoming variable , stationary tern perature , slightly cooler. For Iowa : Slightly cooler , fair weather preceded In extreme southeast portion by local rains , variable winds , generally fron north to west. Socialistic Itnights Win. CHICAGO , Augnbt 10. District Assembly No , 24 Knlphts of Labor held a convention to-night to elect delegates to the Mlnnoapoll convention. There was a strong contest be tween the consei viitlvrs und socialists. Rob ert Nelson. Ueorco Schilling , Charles Solb and Jack ilahoiu-y were elected delegates. DIDN'T ' MARE GOOD THE LOSS , laJor Bash Suspended From tha Army By trio Secretary of War. ORDERED TO RETURN HOME. Account of the Robbery At Antnlopo Springs Which Caused the Re- moral Other News From the National Capital. Paymaster Bash Suspended. WASHINGTON , August 10. By direction of the secretary of war Major Genoial Bash , paymaster of the United States army , Is sus pended from duty and Is ordered to his homo to await further orders. Major Bash Is the officer who was robbed of S7.8PO at Antelope Springs , Wyo. , March 18 , by Charley Parker , a cowboy. It Is understood that Paymaster Bash Is relieved from duty until the amount Is made good to the government , this being the custom in the army In such cased. ( The particulars of the robbery which caused Major Bash's suspension are as follows : Major Ba h was on route for Fort McKlnney to pay oil the troops there and stopped at Antelope Springs to cat din ner , leaving his valise containing the money in tno coach , which stood a few steps from the building and In plain view of the major and his escort as they sat at the table. Daring the progress of the meal n stranger who had arrived at the station that morning and was present when the stage came In , ran to the vehicle and seized the valise , jumped on a horse standing near ami was oil like the wind. The paymaster's party sprang for their guns and ran out , firing .several shots at the Hying desperado without olfect. Counting the stage horses they followed the fugitive , who turned In his saddle and fired several shots , which wore returned by his mruers with Interest. The robber's horse , lowever , was far superior to those on which the paymaster's party was mounted and ho was soon lost to sUht. Following his trail .ho valise was found , from which the lobber lad removed the monev , also a pair of pants nlnus one leg , evidently utilized by the fugl- : ivo as a sack in which to cairv his cash. 1'ho thief was a cowboy named Charles I'arker , who has been on a ranuhe on the Cheyenne river. The money taken amounted o $7,500 , SiiO In silver , the balance In bills. Major Bash ottered a reward ot 81,000 for the capture of the robber or the return of the uoney , but so far Parker has remained at ibcrty. A court martial was held , and Major Cash's escort , composed of a sergeant and one private , were dismissed from the service , and the major ordered to make good the amount of money stolon. ] Pensions Granted Westerners. WASHINGTON , August 10. | Special TelO' cram to the BUK. ] The following No- iraska pensions have been granted : L. V. Humphrey , Atkinson ; S. L. Learning , Decatur - tur ; J. S. Inzraham , Nea ; H. P. Williams , Omaha ; George Furlong , Trenton. Iowa pensions : Wesley Dern , Slgourney ; Charles Sodahunter , .Palmyra ; John Fry , Montlcello ; Adam Wassein , Fort Dodge ; Itodnoy S. Brown. Creston. Increase : John L. Williams , llawarden : Edwin R. Wood , Sanborn : Henry M. Waldsmith , Sanborn ; ford. DCS Molnes. Restoration and increase : Ell Ballot , Montrose. Illvor and Harbor Recommendations. WASHINGTON , August 10. Captain W. T. Marshall , United States engineer , recom mends the appropriation of $35,000 for next year's expenditure upon Improvements in the harbor of Waukegan , 111. ; 820,003 for Kenosha harbor , WIs. ; 810.000 for Racine , WIs. . harbor , s : ,000 for Milwaukee ; 82UO.OOO for the harbor of refuge at Milwaukee bay , and 8200,000 for the Improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers , Wisconsin. The Horse Voucher Disallowed. WASHINGTON , August 10. Second Comp troller Butler has disallowed the voucher for S850 In the accouut of Lieutenant Colonel Batchclder , of the quartermaster general's department. It Is the amount paid for two horses purchased from Hon. Robert T. Lin coln for the use of the quartermaster's de partment. The horses were appraised by a board of officers and they were purchased by Colonel Batchelder by a direct order from the quartermaster general. Colonel Datchel- durpleads this order In defense of his action. Two Convicts Pardoned. WASHINGTON , August 10. The presldenl to-day acted on applications for pardons In three cases. William Sweeny , convicted In February , 1883 , for robbery and sentenced to live years In the Albany penitentiary , was pardoned on account of his good war record , Ills first crime and the fact that he was the support of an aged mother. Leonard Smiley , counterfeiter , sentenced In 18SU to five years In the Detroit house of correction , was par doned on account of the convict dying from consumption. Application was denied In the case of Oscar J. Bosey , sentenced for stealing money order funds In Texas. Bonds Offered. WASHINGTON , August 10. Four andahal per cent bonds to the amount of 85,403,000 were otlcred at the treasury department to day at prices rangln g from 110 to 112. The secretary this afternoon accented the offer of the Sutfollc Savings bank of Boston 200.000 registered , at S110 fiat. All othei proposals were rejected us the rates were not considered favorable. Postal Chances. WASHINGTON , August 10. [ Special Tele gram to the BEK.J The following Iowa post masters were appointed to-day : Henry W. Abbey , Knox , Fremont county , vice J , B Knox , leslgned , Ida T. Jeffers , Valley View Harrison county , vice Wlllars H. Griffin , re slimed. The post office at Cedar. Wood bridge county.lowawas discontinued to-day , Free Delivery. WASHINGTON , August 10.-The free de livery system has been ordered to bo es tabllsheil at Jatiesvlllo , WIs. , the service to commence October 1. Cleveland Will Visit Mninphls. WASHINGTON , August 10. The preslden to-day assured Senator Harris he would vlsll Memphis , Tcnn. , durlnr his western am southern trip this fall. Prepayment of Interest. WASHINGTON , An 'st 10 , The treasury department to-day received applications for the prepayment of Interest on bond amounting lo 83,310,550 , making a total to date of 80,822,800. At the Whlto House. WASHINGTON , August 10 , The president spent the day at the white house , Trottlnc at Rochester. ROCHESTER , N. Y. , August 10. The at tendance at the driving park to-diy wa 4,000. The 2:21 : class , unfinished from y ester day , was won by Charlie Hogan , Loretta F second , Skylight Pilot third , others dls tanccd. Time 2:19. : SB7 : class : Annlo King first. Belle Ogl. second , Faro third , Lucelle's Baby fourth 3:33 : class : Favornla first , Astral second Garnet third , Alroy fourth. Tiine-2OJf. : 3:18 : pacing : Only onn heat was ruu , wblcl Argyle won. John nrennnu for Chairman. ' DKSMOINES , la. , August 10. [ Special Tele gram to the BEK. | The republican state ecu tral committee announce the selection o Hon. John Brcnuan , the eloquent Irish orator tor of Sioux City , to bo temporary chairman of the republican state convention , which meets In this city August 34. Died of Ills Injuries. NEW LONDON , Conn. , Augus3 10. K. C Whlttlesey , business manager of the Day who was shot down In his office by Frederick A. 8. 1'ciry , the crank , died this afternoon NEGRO ItlQllTS. They are Vigorously Discussed by the Colored Press Association. LOUISVIU.E , August 10. The National Colored Press association closed its work to- lay. The discussions of the day brought about a division as to which party the color- el people should support and an animated Icbatc ensued. Among other speakers Alexander Clark , of Chicago , said the icgro who deserts the republican party is a raltor to the living and the dead. t > . A. tuad said on the contrary the negro owed no allegiance to any party , for every service the euubllcans had done them they had done ho republicans two In return. Profcs- or P. li , Murray. of St. Louis , cvorely criticised a St. Louts paper which advocated the unloading of the colored men n to the de moctatlc party. He was tired ot ho negro being a bonu of contention bo- ween the two parties and this should bo read out of politics as an Issue. A resolution endorsing the Blair bill and one extending sympathy and greeting o lieland were endorsed. The report of the committee on resolutions lomands equal and and common privileges for all nationalities In place of public In struction , Indiscriminate rights on common carriers and in places of public accommoda- lon and entertainments and dc- lounces the acts of the legisla tures of Indiana , Virginia , Tennessee and other states making Inter-marrlagcs of colored race with other nationalities , a penal ) lie use. especially whilst crimes committed > y white men against colored women are overlooked. The 1)111 recently passed by the juorgia legislature making It n felony for any person to teach a colored child in a white school or vice versa was vigorously denounced. The fourth resolu- lon says that "vrhllo organization Is he way to utilize strength , wo deem t impracticable to attempt national irganizatlon of colored people to work po- ItTcaily , but rather favor the commencement of local organizations adapted to the peculiar circumstances of places and pee ple. The establishment ot n latlonal bureau of Information was recommended , "to ascertain the extent und nature of lawless and mob violence against colored men and adopt menus for the betterment of the present unfortunate state of affairs. " NEWS FKOM HONOLULU. The Now Party Preparing For thn Coming Election. SAN FHANCISCO , August 10. The steam ship Australia arrived from Honolulu this morning bringing advices from that king dom down to August 3. No disturbances of any character ro reported. The now min istry Is In complete control and the chief In terest centers In the first election under the constitution. The now constitution party has already held a number of caucuses and placed In nomination candidates for the nobles and representatives. Of the nomina tions thus lar made all are men ot property or old residents of the island , and uencrally of American birth or parentage. The king's chamberlain has issued a public notice that after August 1 , no debts on account of his majesty King Kalakaua and the royal house hold will bo recognized unless authorized In wrltlnit by the chamberlain. Just prior to the sailing of the steamer F. H. Haysclean , son-in-law ot ex-Premier Gibson , was ar- lested on the charge of forgery. The pre cise nature of the charge against him Is not known. _ _ ORAVEVAUD DESECRATION. Workmen Dig a Trench Through Cemetery in Boston. BOSTON , August 10. The Evenlnz Record 'publishes an article charging that horrible desecration of the graves ot the dead In the heart of the city of Boston has been going on for nearly a week. A week ago an electric light company began to dig a trench along Boylston street for the purpose of laying their wires. As the workmen ascended the hill they encountered the tops of graves and vaults which extend from the burial ground on the common under and into BoyhUon street. The roofs of graves were broken in und their contents thrown out on the side ot the street with earth , brick and stones. "Scat tered all along the side of the trench , " says thoKecord , "may be seen leg , thigh and arm bones , ribs portions of skulls and other parts of human skeletons. Some of these bones have been hung upon the fence of the com mon where they are the subjects ot scurril ous jests and are pointed out to the passers- by. Workmen have been selling skulls to whoever wished to purchase. WILSON CltKEK ANN1VEUSAUY. IOWA Veterans Commemorate the Event at Muscatinc. MUSCATINK , la. , August 10. I Special Tel egram to the BEE. J This is the twenty-sixtl anniversary of the battle of Wilson Creek Mo. , and In commemoration of the event the survivors of the First infantry of Iowa are holding their fourth annual reunion at this place. Several hundred veterans are present and a campfire , banquet and oration are among the features of the day. This fore noon Colonel Merrltt , postmaster of DCS Molnes , responded to Mayor Gobble's address of welcome , and this afternoon a banquet was given at the Commercial hotel , toasts being arranged as follows : "General Lyons and the First Iowa , " General George A. Stone. of Mount Pleasant ; "Muscatlue County in \Var"Governorex-Kirkwood ; "TlioMom- ory of Our Departed Comra/les , " Theodore ( itielch. of Biirlinzton ; "The Ladles , " John H. Stibbs ; "The lowaCavalryuian"Kov. W. . 0. Wilson. * Brighton Beach Kaccs. NEW YORK , August 10. The weather ai Brighton Beech to-day was pleasant , the track good and the attendance fair. Fol lowing Is the summary : Three-year-olds , live-eighths mile : Dongar won , Voung Duke second. Breakdown third. Time 1:04 : % . Three-year-olds. h'volirhths mile : Cicorglo C. won , Bonnie Steel second. * Kingbird third. Tlmo-l:05K. : Three-quarters mile : Elsie B. Won , Gold star second , Hellovlow third. Time 1 :18. : Onouille : Leonard won , Jim Clare second end , Anarchy third. Time l:43Jf. : One and one-eighth mile : Adrian won , Willie Palmer second , Neptuuus third. Time l:57Jf. : One and one-sixteenth mile : Florence M. won , Pink Cottage second , Tolu third. Time Killed Ily the Cars. ST. Josr.ru , Mo. , August 10. | Special Tele gram to the BEK.J This morning a fatal railway accident occurred on the St. Joseph & Grand Island road a short distance from the city , as a result of which Mat Anderson , a farmer , will die. At the place named there is a big cut , and just at the entrance to it a crossing. Andert > on was walking along the road on his way homo and had a jug ot mo- la cs over one shoulder and a sack filled with groceries over the other. He did not see or hear the train and was struck and thrown several yards to one side half way down the embankment. His Injuries are such that he cannot recover. No blame Is attached to the railroad company or employes. Patriarchs Militants. ST. JOSEPH , Mo. , August 10. | Special Tel egram to the BKB. I- Colonel E. Wilkinson , of St. Louis , was to-day elected brigadier general commander of the u-rand department of the Mississippi Patriarchs militants. Colonel 11.V. . Pond , of Fort Scott , was the opposing candidate. The votes Were can vassed In this city to-day by It. M. Abcr- cromble , assistant adjutant general of the department. The grand department of the Mississippi includes the states of Missouri , Colorado , Texas , Louisiana nnd Arknngas. To Join .Mr * . Cleveland. NKW liKproiiii. Mass. , August 10. It Is positively htatud that thu piesldent wilt join Mrs. Cleveland at Marlou durlui ; the last few days of her stay. IDE AUGUST CROP REPORTS * The Drought Ravaging Com and Ha Holds and Potato Patches. CUTTING DOWN THE AVERAGED Despairing News of the Torrlblo and Drought Front the Immonsg ' Ucctlous HuffcrlnK From the Lack of Rain The Coming Harvest. . \VASIIINOTON , August 10. Tno prospect i month ago was for a heavy crop of corn , am the rate of yield about thn average. Its cod dltlon In all .states of the Atlantic coast li now unimpaired and of very high promise In Texas and Tennessee- the condition de cllned materially. In the central corn region however , In the valleys of tliu Ohio and Mia sourl , where two-thirds of the crop Is growl and the commercial supply Is procured , averj heavy reduction has taken place , which hai mtulo the national averace 80.7 , Instead o U7.7 last month. Thn cause Is longcontlmict drought , which has been the severest In Kan sas , Illinois , Indiana , Ohio and Michigan. Nebraska has been scorched on the southern border , and Iowa and Missouri have escaped with comparatively slight loss. The corn surplus stands as follows : Ohio , 82 ; In diana , G4 ; Illinois , C5 ; Iowa , W ) ; Missouri , 80 ; Kansas , GO ; Nebraska , 75. Thccomlltlnu of spring wheat , reported very low last month from the ravages ot the chinch bugs , is not improved In the August returns , but has fallen on" very slightly , the general average being 78.8 , two points lcs { than August returns of last year. Dakota .has nmdo a slight gain and stands highest In condition. The average for Wisconsin li 78 ; Minnesota , 74 ; Iowa. 72 ; Nebiaska , 77) ) Dakota , 88. In the extreme east and on tha Pacific coast the condition of spring wheat U high. There is no report of wlntei wheat , the present month , as It Is too early to obtain the results of threshing. In thd oats crop there la no change. Part of tha breadth was harvested at the last report. The condition averages 85.0 , which Indicates a crop slightly under the average. Tin barley crop promises to yield rather bcttci than was expected last month. The average ) s 80.2 , Indicating a nearly avernga vlcld. The buckwheat area appears 10 the same as last year and averages about : i in condition. There Is a great reduction since the 1st of July In the condition of pota * : oes , almost entirely the result of drougliu The Injury Is severe In the west , the loss during the mouth as reported Is fully 20 pec cent of the prospective crop. The fruit crojj Is very poor. The hay crop is also greatly reduced in the west. The general avcraga Is 80. Drought nnd Desnalr. CHICAGO , August 10 The telegraph wires crossing and rucrosslng the vast area of conn * try that has been parching and blackening for lack of rain brought only news of despair this morning. Messages received from nil the dltlerent sections showed the outlook even worse than twenty-four hour ? before * Then there was word of a sllirht sprliiKlo at DCS Moincs and faint hope * were entertained of a few drops In. places elsewhere. To day's telegrams con tain Information that not a particle of tha longed-for rain lias descended In-all the lm < menso stretch of territory. Added to this the temperature throughout the drought legion Is rising and the expectation of slight showers anywhere is gradually being reduced to a minimum. In reviewing the drought situation tha Journal says to-night : "The outlook for ag riculturists ot Illinois , Indiana , Iowa and tlitf southern portions of Michigan and Wiscon- "sin Is gloomy in the extreme. Those torrl torlos have been subjected for fourteen months to a visitation of drought to which a parallel cannot be found In many years. During the east few weeks this Htatd ot things has been Intensified in tha districts mentioned and much Injury to growing crops bus resulted. So arid a waste Is there around Chicago that for many miles In some directions not a spear of grass Is vis ible and the existence of green vegetables ll painfully minute. In many places th fields are absolutely and hopelessly burned out. The public parks are devastated with dryncss. Grass lands have probably suffered most. The destruction Is not uni form , though where the crops were planted ] lale In the season the owners will proba bly not realize the cost of planting. Of necessary food for live stocM tliero will be an appalling death , and prices of milk , meat , butter , cheese and other farm products may bo expected to rise to an un precedented helghth. The effects for a year to come will be felt In all quarters of trade and business as well as In the agricultural districts. The ) railroads will feel It. Grain will not be therd to ship , neither will fattened stock bo thorn to haul to central markets. Already farmers' are disposing of herds of half fattened swine and even horses and cows are being disposed of at 23 per cent of their ordinary value. The largo burden will tall upon the shoulders of the people next year. The Drought in Kansas. TOI'EKA , Kan , , August 10. The synopsU of a report of the state board of agriculture for the month ending July 30 gives the fol < lowing statistics : Wheat , winter and spring , area sown , 1,372,0133 acres , a decrease of 28 pel cent or 8StfC6 > acres as compared with last year ; area harvested , 774,520 acres , about fA per cent of the area sown , the remaining 44 per ceut being abandoned on account ol damage by drouth and chinch bugs , Tbo estimated production for tin state is 7.470,375 bushels whict precludes the possibility of any surplus ovoi and above the needs of the people of tb4 state for seed and bread. The corn crot > has dwindled from a condfj tlon of from 100 to 150 per cent at the date ot our last month's report to less than 50 pe < cent of the annual product for five years. The continued dry weather and chinch bugs ) have combined to destroy wheat. It seamed ! a month ago to bo the largest crop ot corn Kansas had over produced. The crop will not be sufficient to meet the require * ments of the people within the yean The area seeded was the largest over rej coided , viz. 0,412,93 ! acres and the estimated product Is 75.54'J.BfiO bushels , which will transfer Kansas from the list of biirplut corn Mates for this year. Tim area of oats sown Is 1,405,003 acres1 * which Is2l percent larger than for any tow mer period. The estimated crop per aero la about 28 bushels , which places the product for thn state at 4lSSlvy ; bushels , an increase over that for last year of U per cent. Of rye the area sown IsXll \ acres , the probable product 2,105o : ! < ) bnnliels. Barley , area sown 20,001 acres , product 3Uy,721 bushels. In Illinois. Si'WNGi'nti.n , 111. , Augu&t 10. The August report to the state board of agriculture on > the corn ciop shows a promise of two-thirds of a crop In the northern division , a decrease ) of 33 per cent during July. In the central division the decrease during July has baea 37 per cent , and in the southern division thai grospcct Is for two-thirds of the nvcrngo yield. The Heat in Chicago. CHICAGO , August 10. The temperature In this city rose 20 degrees In seven hours to day , from 70 = at 8 a. m. to 00 ° at 8 p. m. A. stilling hot wind from the prairies south seemed only to aggravate the suffering ) caused by the heat. A Heavy Ruin at Madison , Vf\l. \ MADISON , WIs. , August 10. A heavy ralrf fell this evening , which refreshed corn uut\ \ pastures. Henry Clay's Son Dcnil. LEXINGTON. Ky , , August 10. John , tho' only remaining son of Henry Clay , died at his farm near tills city this afternoon ol heart disease , lie was sixty-seven > ears old , lie had no children. John Clay possessed ! but tew of thti characteristics of his Illus * trlwis inilwr , being a plain farmer , do voting much tlinu in raining thoroughbred horse * , >
