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*' } t ••• I i 'LJ-JL jJiiil " * / ' i t*•^«vv^"' "*;* *v;v^. <*sC< i. :' . pamdcalcr », WHIttTKt. g«tfand Publlthw. McHENET, - - ILLINOIS THE NEWS CONDENSED. fglf;.." ; T H E E A S T . tn Wall Street Bank of New Yolk hu cloned its doors. The shortage is said to be about $200,000, and was caused hy the cashier, J. P. Dickinson, absconding with some of the collaterals of the institution. THE New York State Labor Convention, which met at Utica last week, adopted resolutions in favor of a mechanics' lien law which would give mechanics a first claim on hnildings and structures; the abolition of the "truck system;" the adop­ tion of weekly payments; the establishment of a State printing office; the reduction of the hours of work per day to ten; and the prohibition of child labor. It was urged that the immigrant per capita tax be in­ creased to $10, the money to be used for the benefit of the immigrants. THE old Beach Street Theater Building, at Boston, occupied by three manufacturing firms, was destroyed by fire, two firemen perishing in the flames. The financial loss is about $70,000 The business portion of North East, Pa., burned, including ho­ tel*, banks, a church, and other structures, resulting in a loss of $400,000. - .£ • 1 J*r THE WEST. A DISPATCH from Helena, Montana, say*: "Meager particulars are received of another •laughter of horse-thieves in the Mussel shell region, 150 miles northwest of here, last week by cowboys. While in pursuit of 6tolen horses a log-house waV discovered in the timber on the mountain-side. It was secretly watched a day or two, during which time several small parties of men came and went, some by day and others by night, having in their possession horses evidently stolen. It becoming evi­ dent that it was a horse-thieves' rendezvous, the cowboys congregated, and last Monday night crawled up to the house and attacked it. Fourteen hprse-thieves were about the premises at the time. Nine were killed and five escaped. The cabin was set fire to and burned. THE Iowa State Veterinary Surgeon pro­ nounces the disease which has appeared among the cattle in the vicinity of Lemars to be Texas fever. He says that he has no fear of the spread of the contagion if ordi­ nary precautions are taken ...John C. S. Harrison, the Indianapolis banker, has been indicted by the grand jury for embezzle­ ment. His bail is reduced to $10,000, and the police were withdrawn from bis house when the bond was signed by his brother- in-law. THE Treasury Department has issued or­ ders to Collectors of Customs that hereafter when a vessel carrying rags arrives at any port it shall be the duty of the importer to produce positive evidence that the cargo is nom a non-infected port, and is free from the germs of disease. The difficulty of pro­ ducing such evidence virtually prevents the introduction of rags....John B. Dawson, a clerk in the Pension Bureau at Washing­ ton, died last week. He weighed 438 pounds, and his body had to be placed in a grape arbor until a coffin could be made. MRS. SAMUEL BRANCH, residing near Wyandotte, Kas., heard screams for help from the room in her residence oocupiedby Henry Glass, a friend of the family. She pushed open rounded by f fire. He was was dragging reached a si The gun \ as&'&i r and found Glass sur- his bed having caught to move. While she of the room the fire ding in the room, charged, the contents the face and in- wound. Glass may survive. among army and navy officers, and some of the latter, and even Gen. Hazen, think that cannibalism was almost unavoidable unde. the circumstances. There is no doubt that there will be a Congressional investigation. ORDERS have been sent from Washing­ ton to many postmasters in Southern Illi­ nois to discontinue the use of the patent revolving wheel at the general-delivery window, as it violates the law by making a public exposure of letters. i]g POLITICAL. WIHE Democratic Statu* Convention of Georgia met at Atlanta and made the fol­ lowing nominations: Governor, H. D. Mc- Daniel; Secretary of State, N. C. Barnett; Controller, W. A. Wright; Treasurer, B. A. Hardman; Attorney General, Clifford An­ derson. The nominees, with the exception of Hardman, are the present incumbents. ....The Bepublicans of Michigan, in convention at Detroit, nominated Gen. B. A. Alger for Governor and C. A. Luce for Lieutenant Governor. The rest of the ticket stands as follows, the incumbents being renominated in each case: Harry A. Conant, Secretary of State; Ed­ ward H. Butler, State Treasurer; William C. Stevens, Auditor; Gten. Minor S. Newell, Commissioner of State Land Office; Moses Taggart, Attorney General; Herschel Gass, Superintendent of Public Instruction; James M. Ballou, member of the State Board of Education... .The Democratic State Convention of Missouri, in session at Jefferson City, made the following nominations: For Governor, J. S. Marmaduke, of St. Louis; for Auditor, John Walker, the present in­ cumbent; for Register of Lands, Robert McCullough, present incumbent; for Judge Of Supreme Court, Judge F. Black The Republican State Central Committee of Arkansas nominated a full State ticket, as follows: Governor, Thomas Boles; Secre­ tary of State, Paul Graham; Auditor, J. R. Berry; Treasurer, S. A. Duke; Land Com­ missioner, J. A. Barnes; Attorney General, £acob Trieber; Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. B. Ward. SOLON CHASE, the noted Maine Green- backer, has written a letter indorsing the candidacy of Blaine The Rev. Mr. Ball, of Buffalo, the Baptist clergyman who was partly instrumental in placing the story of Gov. Cleveland's immoralities before the public, has brought suit for libel against the Boston Herald for having published a dis­ patch which insinuated that he was not a clergyman in good standmg with his de­ nomination and other matters derogatory to his character. Damages are laid at $25,0<K).... A Buffalo dispatch says: "A local commit­ tee composed of John M. Cowie and fif­ teen other Independent Republicans of this city have issued an address to the Inde­ pendent Republicans of the nation giving the result of their investigation into the Cleveland scandal. They say that they have felt it their duty to examine these stories in detail, not to satisfy themselves, but to satisfy others. .. They say that the general charges of drunkenness and gross immorality which were made against Gov. Cleveland are absolutely false. His reputation for morality has been good. The charge that he has recently taken part in a drunken and licentious debauch in Buffalo on the occasion of a visit here is entirely false. The facts of the Halpin case show that the woman was not seduced and that the allegations respecting her abduction and ill-treatment are entirely false. The cir­ cumstances occurred years ago. The woman in question was at that time thirty or forty years old and had two children." A WASHINGTON dispatch to the Chicago Times says that Gen. Grant will support Blaine and Logan, and will, in all probabil- ito, take an active part in .the campaign. "Mr. Conkling," says the same authority, "has absolutely refused to have anything to do with Blaine or his canvass. He is re­ ported to have said some kind things of Logan, who is one of his old and warm friends, but for Blaine he has only the bitterest and most biting sarcasm. Conk­ ling is rather incline to favor Butler's candidacy." MB. BLAINE attended the opening meet­ ing of the Maine Republican campaign at Lake Maranacook, and made a short speech. Among the orators of the occa­ sion were Emery A. Storrs of Chi­ cago, Col. Snowden of Philadelphia, Gov. Robie, and Congressman Dingley ... The Democrats of the Seventh Illinois Dis­ trict nominated James S. Eckles, of Prince­ ton, for Congress. The Republicans of the Third District of Michigan placed James O'Donnell in the field... .The State Execu­ tive Committee of the Indiana Prohibition­ ists decided to put an electoral ticket in the field. THE Hon. W. E. Fuller has been nom­ inated for Congress by the Republicans of the Fourth Iowa District... Maj. Conger, of Dallas County, was nominated for Congress in the Seventh Iowa District by the Republicans... .A. J. Holmes has been renominated for Con­ gress by the Republicans of the Tenth Iowa District. He beat John Clig- get, Democrat, in 1882 by 5,000 votes Preston Stevenson was nominated for Con­ gress by the Democrats of the Fifth New Jersey District. INDIANAPOLIS dispatch: "A decided sen­ sation has been created in political circles here by the filing of a suit for damages for libel, in which the Hon. James G. Blaine is plaintiff, and John C. Shoemaker, of the Indianapolis Sentinel, is the defendant. On Aug. 8 the Sentinel copied from the Chi­ cago Times a Mro-cotamn Mtfcte, ~iti whftti Mr. Blaine was charged with gross im­ morality while holding a chair in a Ken­ tucky military institution. Together with the reprinted story, the Sentinel published an original comment, in which the honor of Mrs. Blaine was as­ sailed. Damages are placed by the plain­ tiff at $50,000." The Prohibitionists of the Springfield District of Illinois nomina­ ted George P. Herrington for Congress. The Republicans of the Eleventh Ohio District put forward Alphonso Hart. Theron P. Keator was nominated by the Republi­ cans of the Twelfth Indiana District. Roger O. Mills and Joseph D. Sayers were placed in the field by the Democrats of the Ninth and Tenth Districts of Texas, re­ spectively. ttEXERAL. THE SOUTH. Minnesota, Gen. Chetlaln of Chicigo, Bishop Ireland, ex-Senator Ramsey, Ig­ natius Donnelly, and Col. Jacobson of Chi­ cago. Gen. Shennan was re-elected Presi­ dent, and the society adjourned to meet at Chicago on the second Wednesday of September, next year. FOREIGN. TM oongress revising the French Con­ stitution has rejected amendments abolish­ ing the Presidency, that the President be elected by universal suffrage, abolishing the Senate, and the amendment forbidding princes of former dynasties from residing on French soil. QUEEN VICTOBIA, through Mr. Glad­ stone, prorogued the British Parliament Aug. 14. Her Majesty regrets that the franchise bill did not pass (that is to say, the Gladstone government regrets it), re­ joices at the renewal of tliplomatic relations between and Mexico, laments the failure oy Qte European conference on and rejoices at the .a of loyalty in Ire­ land, V which are most microscopic.... Stanley, the explorer, pronounces in favoi oj the Congo country being declared a free state. He denounces England's opposition to the project Camille Farcy, a French historian, died at Paris in his 78th year. G. E Htii/L, A Co., of Louisville, have addressed a circular to the pig-iron men of Pittsburgh, asking them to bank all the fur­ naces in the country for four weeks, in or 4er to increase the price by a restriction of die production A fire which broke out in a warehouse at Catlettsburg, Ky., de­ stroyed five large brick buildings. James McKenzie, David Kinner, and John Gra­ ham were caught under the falling walls of Die burning buildings and killed. Robert Xiller and Samuel Kelly were fatally in­ jured. Some others were seriously hurt. IN the Frankfort (Ky.) Penitentiary a prisoner received permission to place a trundle for mailing outside the gate, and while the guard was attending to him he Was struck from behind by a bottle in the Ikandg of another convict. A rush was made for the arms by other prisoners in the plot, and a battle resulted, one of the convicts being severely wounded and two of the prison officers badly hurt. Three convicts •escaped. The engine-bell was rung for help ftrom the citizens, and for a time the wildest excitement prevailed. WASHiivcrroiv. THE Postmaster General will personally Inspect the factories at Hartford and Springfield, where stationery is made for e Government under contract. It is be- eved that frauds to the extent of hun- of thousands of dollars have been rpetrated, with the collusion of Govem- jjuent inspectors. GEN. HAZEN was interviewed at Wash­ ington concerning the stories of cannibal­ ism in connection with the Greely expedi §ion. Although the reports were somewhat Exaggerated, he said, there was no doubt tfiat there is considerable foundation for them. He said that it is not <4jrae that Capt. Schley told himself «nd Secretary Chandler that the sur­ vivors had eaten the bodies of their associ­ ates: he refused, "however, to say that the Wtories already published were not true. He b*d heard rumors at Portsmouth that Pri­ vate Henry had been killed and that the sur­ vivors had eaten his body, but declined to give such facta in the case as came within jMf knowledge. The stories find credence LIEUT. GBEELY has made the admission that by his orders Private Charles B. Henry was shot dead on the 6th day of June, for having persisted in stealing from the lim­ ited supply of provisions held by the expe­ dition. A detailed report of the execution has been forwarded to the Secretary of War. With regard to the rumors of cannibalism, Lieut. Greely says if anything of the kind occurred it was an individual act.... The American Bankers' Association met at Saratoga. Lyman J. Gage, of Chicago, in calling the convention to order, urged, as a remedy for panics, the keeping of cash re­ serves considerably larger thaq 25 per cent., a repeal of the usury laws, and the adop­ tion of uniform rules as to loaning freely in times of distrust. A resolution was adopted favoring the discontinuance of the coinage of standard silver dollars.... The International Traveling Passenger Agents, in session at Denver, elected A. S. Webster, of Buffalo, President, increased : the annual dues to $5, annulled the con­ tract which made the Railway News of Philadelphia the official organ of the asso­ ciation, and adjourned The Nationla As­ sociation of the Ex-Union Prisoners of War met in convention at Detroit last week. C. C. Shanklin, of Cleveland, was President. THE survivors of the arctic expedition will soon be restored to good health, but the Secretary of the Navy will permit none of them to be interviewed. A grand wel­ come was extended to Lieut. Greely at Newburyport. Three brothers of Lieut. Kislingbury caused his body to be ex­ humed at Rochester, the result being the horrible discovery that the flesh on his breast and back had been cut out with knives by his starving comrades. AT the meeting of the Irish National League at Boston, the treasurer reported re­ ceipts of $42,529, of which $29,763 had been remitted to Ireland, leaving a balance of $12,767. The resolutions indorse nell; protest against England's usurpation of power; and deeply regret the death of Wendell Phillips. Alexander Sullivan was elected President, but declined, when Pat­ rick Egan was chosen. Father O'Reillv was re-elected Treasurer, and Father Rogei Walsh Secretary. THE annual reunion of the Army of the Tennessee was held at Lake Minnetonka, Minn. The members of the society were called to order by Gen. W. T. Sherman who read a brief letter from Gen. Grant expressing regret at his inability to be pres­ ent. Before reading the letter Gen. Sher­ man feelingly referred to Gen. Grant's present feeble physical condition and to the recent financial troubles in Wall street. The speaker said no one believed Gen Grant was in the remotest degree person­ ally responsible for the trouble, and said the respect and love he had won on the battle-field would survive long after Wall street was a name held to be synonymous with gambling in gold and credit. Gov. Hubbard, of Minnesota, delivered the address of welcome, to which Gen. Sherman responded. At the banquet speeches were fcade by Gov. Hubbard of ADDITIOHAL NEWS. £u GEORGE and Buck Gehrhart fought twenty-seven rounds with bare knuckles for $700 at Lawrenceville, Pa. Gehrhart won, and his opponent was so weak that he was unable to leave the room... .The Rev. Dr. John Brown, the oldest Protestant Episco­ pal Minister in New York ||tate, passed away at Newburg, aged 93. THE Northwestern Base-Ball League vir­ tually disbanded at Milwaukee, and a new organization, composed of the St. Paul, Minneapolis, Winona, and Milwaukee clubs, was formed. A new schedule was also ar­ ranged.... The township authorities at Clinton. El., killed fourteen head of in­ fected cattle, for which $400 was paid to the owners. THE Republicans of the Fourth Michigan District nominated Julius C. Burrows for Congress. The Democratic convention in the Second Maryland District took 1,408 ballots and and left a selection to the State Centril Committee. C. R. Breckin­ ridge was renominated by the Demo­ crats of the Second Arkansas District.... The Democrats of the First North Carolina District renominated Thomas G. Skinner. ... .Mr. Cooper, Chairman of the Pennsyl­ vania State Republican Committee, says that Senator Don Cameron is not a candidate for re-election. A FLANGE on the forward trucks of a lo­ comotive, pulling an express passenger train, broke between Zionand Verona, Ky., and the engine dashed down a fifteen-foot embankment, dragging with it the postal, baggage, and two express cars, and derail­ ing the whole train. The engineer and fireman were caught in the debris of the engine and seriously hurt, but no other persons were seriously injured, though the excitement among the rudely awakened travelers was intense for a time. GENERALLY speaking the Canadian crops this year are much better than they were last This is the case especially with the barley, pea, and bean crops Rumors come from the City of Mexico that several prominent citizens have been arrested for conspiracy to depose President Gonzales and assassinate Gen. Diaz... .The Supreme Grove, Order of Druids, held its annual session at St. Louis, and adjourned to meet at Chicago next year. A PETITION has been presented in the Paris courts by Mme. Patti asking for a di­ vorce from the Marquis de Caux. It is thought that the petition will be refused on technical grounds... .Three peraous recent­ ly died near St. Petersburg from the bite of flies which had fed on cattle infected with rinderpest... .Irving and his theatrical com­ pany will sail for America Sept. 18....A dispatch from Berlin states that Abbe Frai^z Liszt has become blind, at Bayreuth. NEW YORK, telegram: "Third "Officer Kelly, of the steam?r Bear, says the reports of eating the flesh of Lieut. Kislingbury and Private Henry were true, as the survivois, when brought on boird, were all but delirious, and admitted tint they had to eat the dead bodies to preserve their own lives. The cook of the Bear said that all the survivors said they had to eat the flesh of the dead, as all their food, except a little leather or sealskin, had given out. All the man on board the Bear knew that the bodies had been eaten, but were told not to speak about it when they got into port." BOSTON dispatch: "Gen. Butler's letter of acceptance, or address to the people of the United States, has been practically completed, and, contrary to general expec­ tation, it may see the light before the pro­ duction of the anticipated epistle from Cleveland. The Butler manifesto is said to be a document of great length. The Gen­ eral takes in the whole vocabulary of na­ tional questions, from Mormonism down to the preservation of the Mississippi levies." @ w oo lit <$ 6.U0 <<t> .92 ('J6 .03 Ml .4ft <« 17.75 & 7.25 tjj) li.90 r..r>o e< .".no /»• 8.0 > <FI .51 & .2". ,5S ® .63 A HUNGARIAN woman carries off the championship of the mucli-married of her sex. Mrs. Amalia Pro bald (omin­ ous name that, its literal name being "try it"), of Sanct Job, liasjust been united in wedlock to her eighth hus­ band. THE MAEKET. NEW YORK. 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New­ ell; Attorney General, Moses Taggart: Superin­ tendent of Public Instruction, Herschel Glass; Member of the State Board of Education, James M? Ballou. The following platform was adopted: The Republicans of Michigan, in State con­ vention assembled, declare anew their devotion to the principles and organization of the Na­ tional Republican Convention uoon questions of national policy, and pledge their utmost efforts for the snccess of its principles and can­ didates. [Here followed the platform adopted by the National Republican Convention at Chicago.] The Republican party recognizes the need of more efficient laws to protect the rights of the laboring men of the State tn obtaining just reward for their la­ bors, and tt therefore promises that it will favor the enactment of such lien laws and other meas­ ures as wUl carefully guard and promote the in­ terests of the laboring men. The Republican partv pledges itself to resist the practice of im­ porting Into the State convict and contract la­ borers ot other States, Territories, or countries to be employed in competition with the laboring men of this State. The Republican .party al­ ways recognizes that the unrestrained manu­ facture and sale of intoxicating liquors are pro­ ductive of evils of the greatest magnitude, and that It is the duty of the law-making power to adopt from time to time such measures as are found most practicable and efficient for the re­ straint and removal of such evils; and it now reaffirms that its policy will be in the future to accomplish the same great result by enactments of snch laws as experience will show to be best adapted for the purpose. We invite in this work the aid and co-operation of all who recog­ nize the existence of such evils, whatever be their respective views upon the wisdom of par­ ticular measures, to the end that the best meth ods be found and the greatest good accom­ plished. The people are the sovereigns and sources of State power and authority, and when any considerable portion of them demand an amendment to the orgnnic law of the State in regard to any general pol­ icy thereof, it becomes the duty of the legislative body to grant the people an opportunity for an expression upon such subject in a constitutional manner. For thirty years the Republican party has administered the affairs of the State with such wirtdom, integrity, economy, and efficiency as to insure prosperity at home and honor and credit abroad, it has fostered and promoted educational and charitable institutions, it has sto >d for the integrity of the nation and the lib­ erty of the individual. It has developed all the rreat resources and industries of the Stat?. The liistory of its administration of the State in the oast is its best pledffe and promise for conduct in the f uture. Missouri Democrats. Ex-Gov. Charles H. Hardin presided over the Missouri Democratic Convention, at Jefferson City. The following platform was adopted by the convention without dis­ cussion : 1. That the Democratic party of Missouri in­ dorses the declaration of principles made by the Democratic convention recently held in Chicago, and pledges its earnest support to Grover Cleve­ land and Thomas A. Hendricks, the nominees of that convention for I resulent and Vice Presi­ dent ot the United States. 2. We indorse the action of our United States Senators and members of the House of Repre­ sentatives in the Forty-eighth Congress. We indorse the economical administration of affairs by our present State Government in all its branches, and point with pride to the record of the Democratic party of Missouri in the administration of our htate Government; that in every portion of Missouri the laws have been faithfully administered and all persons are alike protected in person and property; that the people enjoy peace, order, prosperity, and plenty, while honesty and economy have ob­ tained in every department of the State Gov­ ernment since it passed into the hands of the Democratic 1 art v. 4. That the Democracy congratulates the peo­ ple of the State on the reduction of our State debt about flit,iiuo,(00, or nearly one-half; in the enlaftcement of the public school fund, and in the material reduction of the rate of taxa­ tion, and pledges itself to the same strict econ­ omy in future. fi. The Democratic party, which originated the Dublkftaciiool system in Missouri, stands fedgl* t*Miaintaia popular education tnuuf tate. r. That the Democracy is the especial chmn- pion of ttie people; reiterates its intense hos­ tility to the monopolistic tendency ot the times, and' declares its purpose of battling for the ma-ses in their struggle for supremacy. Candid ttes for State offices were nomi­ nated as follows: Governor, John S. Marmaduke; Lieutenant Governor, A. P. Morehouse; Secretary of St ite, Michael h. McGrath; Tfeasurer, James M. Sie- bert; Auditor, John Walker; Register of Lands, Robert McCullough. Georgia Democrats The Georgia Democratic Convention met at Atlanta to nominate a St ite ticket. The administration of Gov. H. D. McDaniel < indorsed by a renomination. The ticket was completed as follows: Secretary of State, N. C. Barnett: Comptroller, W. A. Wright; Treasurer, R. A. Hardman; At­ torney General, Clifford Anderson. FAMINE'S FRENZY. Shocking Story of Cannibalism Among •' Greely's Starving Party in Greenland. Borne of the Explorers Killed and Their ^Bonee Picked Clean with Belish. .21 <3> .17 (fit .10 & .<»6 L" 15 ic<. ..">0 <"23.00 .Wb .78 [New York special.] Written documents now in possession of the Navy Department at Washington add to the record of miserable human suffer­ ing, already published in connection with the finding of the Greely reUef expedition, the most shocking stories of inhumanity and cannibalism. All the facta^ have been in the possession of Secretary Chandler for nearly three weeks, but so closely have they been guarded, and so strictly have the naval officers and sailors maintained the silence imposed on them, that not even an inkling of the true and horri­ ble condition of affairs has yet reached the public ear. The sufferings and privations of the men in their hut dur­ ing the long bitter winter of 1884 have not half been told. It has been published that after game gave out early in February they lived principally on seal skins, lichens and shrimps. As a matter of fact they were kept alive on hnman flesh. When the res­ cuing party discovered the survivors, the first duty was to look to the two men who were insensible from cold and privation, even to the point of death. One of them, a German, was wild apd delirious. "OIL" he shrieked, as the sailors took hold of mm to lift him tenderly, "don't let them shoot me, as they did poor Henry. Must I be killed and eaten, as Henry was J Don't let them do it. Don't do it.' The sailors were horrified, bnt at once reported the man's words to Commander Schley, when the horrible reality was brought out before an investigating com­ mittee. Commander Schley instractedfcwo or three gentlemen, among whom was Dr. Ames, the surgeon of the Bear, to make a careful examination and put their conclu­ sions in writing. This was done, and the reports are'now in the hands of the Navy Department. Lieut. Greely was decidedly averse to having the bodies of the buried dead dis­ turbed, but the bodies were dug from their graves. Most of the blankets contained nothing but heaps of white bones, many of them picked clean. By inquiries Com­ mander Schley discovered many of the sev­ enteen men, who are said to have per­ ished from starvation, had been eaten by their famishing comrades. It was the one last resort. It is reported that the only men who escaped the knife were three 01 four who died of scurvy. The amputated limbs of the men who afterward perished were eagerly devoured as food, whether the four bodies that were swept out to sea and never recovered would have added fur­ ther evidence to this story of horrible cannibalism cannot be learned now, though the papers in the possession of the Navy Department give all the particulars as told by the survivors. Charles B. Henry's death was particu­ larly tragic. Driven to despair by his frightful hunger, Henry saw an opportunity to steal a little more than his share of ra­ tions, and he made the attempt. He was found out and shot for his crime. In the pnblished official report, the death of this man is set down as having occurred on June 6. When the body was found his hands and face, though shrunken, were in­ tact and recognizable, but nearly every­ where else the skin had been stripped from him, and the flesh picked from the bones. Even his heart and lungs were eaten by his comrades. The body was in this condition when it was interred last Saturday. The letter his friend, Mr. Robert S. Oberfelder. of Sidney, Neb., is daily looking for, will probably never come to light. ARCTIC SECRETS. Private Henry Shot by Order of Lieut. Greely for Stealing Food. <«- ,yr. .57 IRTL.V75 .5 ".50 <<* .4(J & .as .51 @18.U0 [Boston special.] Notwithstanding Secretary Chandler's ex­ press orders and the vigilance of the Ports­ mouth Navy Yard officials, Lieut. Greely has been interviewed concerning the charges made by the New York Times. He frankly admitted that Henry had a military execution the 6th of June. As early as March it was suspected that Henry was stealing the limited food which was appor­ tioned out to the survivors for their suste­ nance, and this fact being finally and posi­ tively ascertained, Lieut. Greely had there­ after hard work to protect the man's life. It became necessary, in order to keep up the discipline, to inform Henry that he would be shot if the practice continued, and that a similar fate would be meted out to any other member of the party who should be detected in a like crime. After and in spite of these warnings Henry was again detected ste iling the provisions, among the food tiken being two pounds of bacon, the eating of so much of which made him Kick. A feireh was then instituted, when it was found that Henry had. among other articles, stolen and secreted a pair of sealskin boots, which had belonged to the hunter of the party. Lieut. Greely was therefore force J, in order to maintain military discipline and to protect the lives of his' other comrades, to issue a written order that Henry be shot, which order was carried into effect June 6. Lieut. Greely stated with r o.siderable emphasis that if it had not 1 - n for his own physical condition he sh'n d hive him­ self killed him rather than L .ve delegated the duty to others. As to the alleged cannibalism, Lieut. Greely says of his personal knowledge there was no act of cannibalism by the party, and if anything of that kind occurred it was an individual act and entirely unauthorized "and 'deprecated. This statement is con­ firmed by Sergt. Brainard and all the other surviving members of the expedition, who are still at the Navy Yard Hospital. EARTHQUAKES. Bant. [New York telegram.] On Sunday daring the fnneral of Lewis Ingler, Jr., the young man who committed suicide at Amityville, L. I., an extraordi­ nary scene occurred. As the minister was about to kneel in prayer the shock of the earthquake shook the house. A large mir­ ror, which reached from the ceiling to the floor, was cracked in two from the top to the bottom, and the walls of the room were cracked in two places. The flowers were shaken from the coffin and the silver handles on the sides oi the casket rattled. The minister and several of the mourners fainted. When the shock was first felt nearly every one in the parlors remained motionless. Then there was a stampede to get outside, and one lady jump­ ed through an open window and sprained her leg so that she had to be carried to hex home. The women who fainted were car­ ried outside to the open air. The ministei was unable to go on with the service, and the mourners and others remained outside while the pall-bearers re-entered the hous< and carried the coffin out to the hearse. A broom-handle can be laid into the cracki in the wall. The earthquake caused the brick chim­ neys of two houses to fall at East Norwich. The Presbyterian Sunday school at Ja­ maica had its walls serried by cracks, one tc two inches in width, extending from its roof to its foundation. A colored camp- meeting in Fleetwood was broken up by th€ shock, and all in attendance being on theii knees at the time, jumped up shouting, and ran from the woods to their homes. Mrs. Charles Scheler, of Plainfield, N. JM was so affected by the earthquake that she died in a few hours. & .82 «J> .57 & .34 mi. 50 & .07VJ & 6.75 & .uo C<9 .56 <A» .33 @17.50 <a .78 .56 .U 6.7T 6.M 4.75 6.75 4.23 Every Postoffice Will Signal Cold Wares. A Washington special says: "In connec­ tion with the farmers' bulletin published jointly by the War and Postoffice Depart­ ments, it was decided to-day to exhibit a cold-wave flag from each postoffice in the United States when a cold wave is approach­ ing. The flag will be of white, with a black square in the center, and will be displayed from prominent places on the postoffices. The news of an approaching cold wave will be telegraphed bv the War Department to all the postoffices on telegraph lines, and those offices will communicate the news to interior postoffices. It is thought that the news will be of material interest to farmers. SENATOR HALE, of Maines, does not like .newspapers, and rarely reads theny MORMON ELDERS KILLED. Two Missionaries Slain Whi^e Proselyting in the South. [Nashville (Tenn.) special.] For some time past a number of Mormon elders have been seeking converts-in severe] of the southern counties in Tennessee, as well as in Northern Georgia and Alabama. Much opposition has been manifested, and the elders were driven from many counties. In Lewis County, Tennessee, yesterday, a Mormon meeting was being held at the house of , a man named Conder, three Mormon elders being Eresent, one of whom was named Gibbs. taring the meeting teu or twelve disguised meu went into <the house and ordered a young man named Hudson and a son of Conder to surrender. They both showed fight, and one of the masked men struck young Conder and broke his skull. Hud­ son then fired and killed one of the masked men, who proved to be David Hinson, from the adjoining county of Hickman. The masked men then began firing, killing two Mormon elders and shooting Mrs. Conder, behind whom one of them had taken refuge. The third elder fled to the woods, but was pursued, and firing was soon after heard. , CHIPS. SMUGGLERS have been carrying watches into Canada hidden in holes scooped in copies of the Bible. YELLOW FEVER, which is now raging epidemic in some parts of Mexico, hae shown its eccentricity by attacking cattle. A CALIFORNIA Indian recently took over $7,000 worth of gold from a "pocket" he found in the mountains of Shasta County. . AN insane inventor in Connecticut has invented a locomotive which will allow two trains to pass each other on the same track. NF.KvovS "Boston ladies, left without male protectors in the house at night, make themselves secure by sprinkling the stairs with tacks. PAPER money is 10 per oenk more able than coin in China. CURIOUS AJlDjCERmFIC. _ PETSoLBtJM, as a fuel on the locomo­ tives of Russian railways, is said to be 50 per etntk cheaper than coal or wood. IT IS held that some of the rays of electrio light are hurtful to vegetation, but those may be held back by trans­ parent glasses. WIRE lath are now being used instead of wooden ones, and it is a very impor­ tant step in the direction of making buildings really fire-proof. DR. VERMKOFF is reported to have discovered in Central Asia the horse, the camel, and the goose in their wild state. They manifested no fear, even after some of their number had been shot. HERR J. WORTMANN produced curva­ tures in growing plants by oausing ra­ diant heat to strike on one side only. Sometimes a plant bent itself toward, but in other instances the plant curved away from, the course of the heat. A VESSEL twenty-five feet long by five feet breadth of beam was recently launched at Petersburgh. She is built of paper. Her draught of water is very small, and she is well adapted for sail­ ing in shallow rivers. Her motive pow­ er is steam. AUSTRALIA carries off the palm in the production of useful trees. One furnishes a good substitute for butter, another has seeds from which meal is ground which is good food, and another from its pods produces a mass of fibers which, like cotton, can be used to stuff mattresses and oushions. RECENTLY the oil region in the Cau­ casus has been found to be of immense extent, covering an area of 1,200 square miles. Wells have been opened in this region which promise to far exceed the Pennsylvania wells in productiveness. The export from Baku has increased at the rate of 1,250,000 barrels in two years. A PROFESSOR in tho University of Upsala offers to freeze any person who will volunteer, depriving them of all appearance of vitality, and to bring them round again at the expiration of two years without injury. No one has consented to do the experiment, and it is proposed to try upon some con­ demned criminal. THERE is a good deal of testimony to prove that birds and insects dissappear from localities about to bo afl'ected with epidemic diseases. More atten­ tion should be paid by medical men to the collection of meteorological 'infor­ mation and collateral data during the prevalence of epidemics. It is nearly a verified field for scientists. FAME and fortune await the discover of an efficient method of so consuming coal that none of its constituent and combustible particles can escape Jnto the atmosphere of large cities, with the two fold result of preventing pecuniary loss and sanitary degradation of the air. It is estimated by competent experts that London alone losses every winter $25,000,000 through imperfectly burned coal, not to speak of the damage done to buildings and the injury dona to the public health through the breathing of a polluted atmosphere. A Young Patriot. : Richard Lord Jones was born at Col­ chester, Conn., on May 15, 1767. He enlisted at Hartford, for the term of three years, in Capt. James Watson's company of the Third Connecticut Reg­ iment, commanded by Col. Samuel B. Webb, the father of the venerable Gen. James Watson Webb, and was the youngest enlisted person on the pay­ roll of the Army of the Revolution. He TOM ,i---- mSUmkmlf , pl«ccd und^ tli« charge of Bandmaster Ballentine, and instructed to play the fife. The regiment was at one time en­ gaged in an enterprise having in view the destruction of a large quantity of lumber on Long Island. But the col­ onel and a number of men, among whom was Richard, were captured while returning, after a successful expedition, by the British sloop of war "Falcon" and taken to Newport. Upon the arrival of the prisoners at Newport, they were taken before a British office; for examination. The colonel, being called forward, was fol- \pwetl by Dick, who was anxious to learn what his own fate was to be. The British officer, noticing the little fel­ low at the heels of his colonel, sternly inquired: " Who are you ?" "I am one of King Hancock's men," answered Dick, straightening himself proudly. "What can you do for him?" asked the officer, with a smile, and so strong an emphasis on the "you" that Dick answered defiantly: "lean fight for him ?" "Can you fight one of King George's men?" "Yes, sir," answered Dick promptly, and then added, after a little hesita­ tion, "if he is not much larger than L" The officer then called forward the boatswain's bey, who had been curious­ ly looking on; then turning to the young continental, asked: "Dare you fight him ?** Dick gave the Briton, who was con­ siderably larger than he, a hasty survey, and then answered: "Yes, sir." "Then strip," said the officer, and turning to the British lad, "strip, and do battle for King George." The boys divested themselves of all superfluous clothing as rapidly as possi­ ble, and went to work at once, and in dire earnest. It was a "rough and tum­ ble" fight; first one was on top and then the other, cheered in turn by cries of, "Give it to him, King Hancock!" and "Hurrah for King George!" It was a memorable encounter for both contestants, but at last the cour­ ageous little rebel got the better of his adversary. The young Briton shouted "enough," and was rescued from the embrace of his furious antagonist. With a generosity natural to great minds, but seldom displayed during the War of Independence, the British offi­ cer ordered the discharge of our young hero, for his pluck, and he was set at liberty.--"The Youngest Soldier of the Revolution," by IV. W. Crannell. A Would-be Pensioner. At a club dinner in New York an ex­ amining surgeon related the following incident, showing how the Arrears Act developed pensioners out of sound and undeserving men. During the war he was surgeon] of an infantry regiment. When the regiment first went into bat­ tle he observed, sitting behind a big tree, at a safe distance from the fight­ ing line, the captain of one of the com­ panies, "What are you doing here, Captain?' asked the doctor. "I'm not feeling well," replied the officer, in a doleful voice. The surgeon was too busy looking af­ ter the wounded to stop and inquire to his complaint. A few weeks later the reginent again got under fire, and the surgeon found the same captain skulking behind a burn. V.M "Hello! sick again?" he .exclaimed* "Well, the fact is, doctor, I'm not ex> actly sick. I may as well own up that. I'm a coward. There's no help for it. It must be constitutional. Now, doc­ tor, what's the use of my 'staying in the* army ? Won't you help me get a dis­ charge?" The surgeon thought he was doing the country a service wheij, a few day» afterward, he recommended that the man be discharged on the ground of general disability. He heard nothing of the captain until sixteen years later,, when he recaived a letter from the Pen-- sion Office informing him that Captain Blank had applied for a pension from the date of his muster-out, and that as. he, surgeon of the regiment, had certi­ fied to his disability, would he kindly inform the Government as to the nature* of the disease from which the officer suffered ? The surgeon replied that the^ captain's complaint was chronic and in- cnrable cowardice, not contracted in the- line of his duty, but constitutional. The captain's name did not go upon the roll, and his plan ior getting some four- thousand dollars for arrears and $20 a month for the rest of his life- came to grief. How many schemes no- less dishonest have succeeded through> the complaisance of examining sur­ geons, less honest than the narrator or this incident, could only be ascertained by a thorough overhauling of J,he whole. Pension List and a re-examinati«n of* the entire army of pensioners.--E. Smailey, in the Century. ? ^ The Colonel's Trouble. ' When the Kentucky colonel Little Rock, about the first objectiona­ ble feature he discovers is the negro policeman. In Kentucky, the town, constable, a man who carries an enor­ mous club with which he strikes the- sidewalk and goods boxes ringing blow®* as he walks along, is admitted into- good society, for his experience in sit­ ting around livery stables enables him to speak of the horse with enviable in­ sight It is an honor to be arrested by such a man, but to be seized by a negro- policeman is a humiliation which sink®, deep into the Kentuckian's sensitive bosom of resentment. Several days ago, Colonel Sarnener^ of Kentucky, arrived in Little Rock~ He brought a few dollars with him, and. experienced no trouble in finding Ar- kansaw men who were willing to join him in the social soaking of "straights"" and flavored spirits. When evening came, the colonel, having devoted him­ self so assiduously during the day, was. weak-kneed and weary. A negro po­ liceman stopped him and said: "Mister, yer'd better go to yer hotel. Dar ain' no usen yer tryin' ter buck agin dem men fur da's at home." "'Who do you belong to, anyhow?'*' asked the colonel, steadying himself*, and regarding the policeman with a. contemptuous expression. "I'd give- $1,000 tor you." The dark guardian of tlie public peace did not seem to be in the least offended at this unkind reference to "previous condition of servitude," but explained the position, telling the colonel to go away somewhere and lie down. Such a suggest on from a "nig­ ger" enraged the colonel and he at­ tempted to strike the policeman, but before he could realize how it was done- the ' big nigger" "tangled a hand i'l. his hair, my pet," wheeled him around and marched him off to the station- house. The colonel called loudly for the friends who had found his company so agreeable, but they merely smiled at* the "freshness" of the blue-grass man, turned away and took a drink with a , candidate. _ > 4 ^ The next morning when tLV coIoriel was arraigned before the judge, he made*] an elaborate speech in defense of hisJ shortcomings, but a mild fine of $10 was- assessed. The prisoner was shocked upon learning that he had spent all his money, and that he would be compelled to scrape the streets with a hoe; but- the deepest humiliation awaited him. The negro policeman who took charge^ of the "chain gang" was once the prop­ erty of the colonel. "Don't you know me, Abe?" asked- tlie dejected man as he threw a shovel full of mud into a cart. "Blebe I does, sail." "You used to belong to me." "I'se micrhty well awar o' dat fact* sah." "I want you to do me a favor. Yon. know I'm proud and that I don't want* to be seen in this condition." ' Yes, sah." v "Now just give me a chance and r*p leave here." "I reckons yer would, sah, but we'se» needin' good han's at de present. Shovel in de dirt, sah, an' doan stop ter talk. It's er bad 'zample fur yer ter be> seed talkin' ter de boss." "Look here, Abe, I wouldn't treat you this way." "I reckins not, sah; 'case yer'll nebet- hab a chance." "Never mind. D--d if I don't whala» you when I get out of this." "None o' yer swearin' 'roun' here, fur I longs ter de church. By de time yer gits through wid dis job yer couldn't whale er grub-worm. Hurry up dar ur I'll hab de jedge stretch out yer string. Now yer's gettin' at it. Oh, de white- folks ken work when da gits dar mines- on it. Seems sorter idle at first, but- Eowerful fine han's arter er while. It ab been said dat de nigger ken han'le- de shobel and de hoe better den de white man, but it ain't er iact. Gin me de white man ebery time. Take up- de hoe, marster, and dig up dat lump. Dat's it. Wouldn't want er better han' den yesse'f is." "I'll fix yon, oonfound your blacifc hide!" ^ "Yes, sah, yes. Now take de spade*, marster. Dat's it. Wouldn't change1 yer fur no udder two men on de fo'ce.' --Aflcansaw Travelei'. Decline of the Cigarette. The Philadelphia Press says: "A. prominent wholesale tobacco dealer* claims that cigarette smoking is dying out, and that 14,000,000 less cigarettes- were sold in 1883 than in 1882. H& says: 'The taste of the American* smoker is improving, and I find the bet­ ter grade of cigars sells more rapidly than the common ones. This means a- fine grade of domestic cigars. The manufacture increases and the importa­ tions are at a stand still, or, if anything, slightly decreasing. New York is the center of the cigar-making trade. She has nearly 4,000 factories, and turns* out 1,000,000 cigars a year. Pennsyl­ vania, Ohio, and Illinois rank after New York. There were made in ttiia country last year 3,177,860,952 cigars, about forty for every pound of tobacco used. How many imported? About 35,000,000, a total of about 3,150,000,- 000, or sixty for every man, woman, and child in the United States, and 250 fif every man over 21 years of age." * MANY sleighing accidents are caused by too close "hitching-up." That is- true." But most couples prefer to take the risk. ;5jJ - ' *<•> . /