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ILLINOIS "l1 "Jl - EAST. Tttl IMI decision in the case of Cyrus fck, of Chicago, vs. The Penn- Ceotro) Road has just been ren- New York Court of Appeals, extending over a period of years. In March, 18ti2, plain - [ transportation at Philadelphia and during'a dispute about Bg of his baggage the started, upon which the of the railroad refused ider the property or give Iherefor. Fire in the Chicago next day destroyed the baggage, consisted of costy clothing, dia- gpMffa, etc. Mr. McCormick brought suit, aadhis executon have boon awarded $10, - ISL19 for value and interest. This case |Ofs on record as probably the most de- pmnined and stubborn fight ever waged by one man against a railroad. GEOBOE STOSSON, of Chicago, is now the champion of the world at balk-line billiards, having defeated every competitor and not losing & game in the New York tournament. The contestants were Klos- •00, Schaofer, Daly, Sexton and Dion. The champion made the largest ran nndthe ' avenge of the tourney. The last i 1if the series waa between Slosson and old-tixM antagonist, Sohuefer, whom defeated by the one-sided score of 500 > 310. An immense amount of money is •k": Said to have been wagered on the game. TWENTY-FOURdeaths from a disease re- * •ambling typhoid-pneumonia occurred in -;-"®ne day in the mining town of Plymouth, ' y*. Seventeen hundred citizens are said ' to have been attacked.. The Russian cnrette Strelok arrived at New York, the Other day, cloeely followed by the British man-of-war Garnet. The former carries ' 1 jguns and has a crew of 160 men. The shipping interest has some fear that she *ill pick up a transatlantic steamer should %rar be declared. in the 'A' * THE WEST* incomes of smoke belching ##© m the cellar of the Lindell Hotel at St. Louis fcaused a panic among the guests, resulting Jhi the wildest commotion, but all escaped. The fire was confined to the basement an 1 first floor, the mosaic pavement of which tumbled into the cellar, the loss being placed at $100,(KM). Many of the firemen were suffocated, but were rescued and re­ suscitated ... .John McCullough. the actor, who is now at St. Louis, is get­ ting worse, and, while meandering about the streets, imagines himself oft­ entimes in Chicago or Cincinnati -Save in one county in California the wheat ^jrield, owing to decreased acreage, will be only from one-quarter to three-quarters of 'met year's crop From six to twelve ,j , inches of enow fell throughout Northern •>" "Michigan on the 28th of April Conrad •1.:? '?3Wkert ex-Governor of Indiana, died at his .home in Indianapolis, of paralysis. He ^ " studied law with Thaddeus Stevens in - 'Pennsylvania, and of late years had been a partner of Thomas A. Hendricks. gsi;;;, : V * ^ * 5& * *•*<> CHICAGO'S new and magnificent Board «f Trade building was formally dedicated with inyx>sing ceremonies on Wednesday. ft,"- . ihe 89th nit. The great Hn.11 was packed ...' ^rifh people from Chicago and delegates *from other organizations, every inch of the .. 48,000 square feet of floor being occupied. 1 „ ( After an invocation by the Bev. Dr. Clin- tan Locke, John E. Bensley, on behalf of ®e Board of Real Estate Managers, surren- ' • *dated the keys of the building to President ;1 Wake, who accepted the trust in a snit- . able address. The oration of the day was ?• wtti delivered by the Hon. Emery A. Storrs. 1 JToilowing this came congratulatory ad- 1 „ dresses by the representatives of the corn- ^ ' S"8®' organizations of Boston, Liverpool, "f, \ New York, Montreal. St. Louis, Cincinnati, gft Philadelphia, Han Francisco, Minneapolis, P.W *nd Baltimore. In the evening the mem- <%*? - *ers and their distinguished guests sat down to a banquet at the Grand Pacific, where more speeches were made and the health of the Chicago Board of Trade quaffed amid general enthusiasm. As A north-bound passenger train on the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Rail­ road stopped for water at Harrodsburg, And., about midnight, a masked man, armed only with a green hickory club, entered the baggage-car. Instantly he fractured the sftknll of the express messenger, George K. /Ifems. and followed the act by shooting Jum in the head with a revolver snatched jftom his hand. The baggage-man, Peter "Webber, was forced to open the safe, irom which about $3,000 was taken, and :|was then given a bullet in the left side of the head. The robber palled the bell-cord - and made his escape as the train slacked up At Bloomington. The first information of , ^ , the erime was given to the passengers by £- the wounded baggageman. Davis was mor- , ' tally wounded. Webber will recover. ; '* AT a largely attended meeting of North- r? . western lumbermen, at Minneapolis, it was 'decided to advance lumber from 50 cents to U % $1.50 per thousand... .A tornado at Pleas- Hill, Mo., wrecked houses, blew thir- teen freight cars off the track, badly wounding three men who occnpied the ff" < * caboose, and killing a number of hog* with r̂hioh some of the cars were loaded. A childwas killed at Holden, and property in (he vicinity suffered severely. i ... THE sotm '; en' _ Btatjjant of th* Controller oftheCum>ncy showing file am«*its of atMobal-bank and legal-tendfer notes outstanding at the dates of thepassage of acts of June 20,1874, Jan. 14, 18715, and May 31. 1878, together with the amounts outstanding at date, and the increase or decrease: National-bank notes--Amount outstanding June 20, 1874, $349,894,182; amount outstanding Jan. 14, 1875, $351,861,450; amount outstanding May 31, 1878, $322,555,965: amount out­ standing at dite (circulation of national gold banks, $450,839, not included), $320,- 451,8f>7; decrease during the last month, $1,302,885; decrease since May 1, 1884, $21,994,212. Legal-tender notes-- Amount outstanding June 20, 1874, $382,- 000,000; amount pntstanding Jan. 14, 1875, $382,000,000; amount retired un­ der act of Jan. 14, 1875, to May 31, 1878, $35,318,*984; amount outstanding on and since May 31, 1878, $346,681,016; amount on deposit with the Treasurer of the United States to redeem notes of in­ solvent and liquidating banks, and banks retiring circulation under act of June 20, 1874, $38,017,792; decrease in deposit dur­ ing tha last month, $1,400,235; de­ crease in deposit since May 1, 1884, $2,254,432... .Commissioner Black has de­ cided to grant a pension to the widow of Lieutenant Commander De Long, of the Jeannette, on the ground that the deceased offioer was in active service. i ' '*'• -**>» ! * A S N M U K T I C A * * ! ' THE President has MADE the following appointments: Charles L Scott, of Ala­ bama, Minister Resident and Consul Gen­ eral of the United States to Venezuela. Warren Green, of Kentucky, Consul Gen­ eral at Kanagawa, Japan. John E. Bacon, of South Carolina, Charge d'Affaires to Paraguay and Uruguay. To be United States Consuls: Berthold Greenebaum, of California, at Alpa; Albert Loening, of New York, at Bremen; Joseph B. Hughes, of Ohio, at. Birmingham, England ; John H. Putnam, of Ohio, at Hon­ olulu; Victor A. Sartori, of Pennsyl­ vania, at Leghorn; Robert E. With­ ers, of Virginia, at Hong Kong. Also John S. Williams, of Indiana, to be Third Audi­ tor of the Treasury Department, vice E. W. Keightley, whose resignation has been accepted. W. H. Faulkner, of the Indian Service wa» appointed a special agent of the Interior De­ partment, to condnct the removal of the Nez Perces Indians from the Indian Terri­ tory to Idaho and Washington Territory. In view of the excellent records and dis­ tinguished service of the following named Consuls the President decided they should be retained: W. F. Grinnell, at Bradford, England: Lyell T. Adams, at Geneva; Sam­ uel W. Dabney, at Fayal. AMONG the appointments of postmasters are the following: Michinnn--Dearborn. William M. Hatton; BaJcta, Henry W'elis; Linden, James B. Moshier. Intra--Thornbnrgr, Francis Hamilton; Foote, Mies Maggie liock: Noble, John E. Wittruer. I n d i a n a -- I'ittsburgrh, Laura J. Edwards; North Salem, William H. Fleece; Hazletou. J. H. Briner; Trafalgar, John C. White: Bluff Creek, James \. Kobinson: Spearville. John M. Fry; New Middleton, Stephen 15. Adams; Sprintj- ville, James Chestnut; Selvin, Mary Armstrong; South liethany, John M. Hawkins; Westland, John M. New; Carrollton, Lawrence Boring; Burkft, Adam Horn; Palestine, E. W. Up- linuer: Quincv, Rankin MoClaren; Winstow, John McConnell; Union, James F. Klme; Ray­ mond, John Ilium; Castleton, William F. Wads worth: Leopold, Ellen Ward: Bristow, Smith McCailister: Haskel, Andrew Ward; Leato, James M. Davis; Memphis, Ambrose Hurle; Nabb, John Hollenbecto; Hardensbursr, Han ford E. Mcintosh; Kossuth. Martin Kebe- lin; Crothersville, John D. Durment; Houston, Charles W. Thompson; Bockford, Frederick Hoover. lllhiois--Lenzbertr, John Huebner: Pleasant View, Warren Hallory; Darmstadt, August C. Schulz: KHiottstown, Way McMerry; Bhumway, Jonathan A. Arnold. ANTHONY M. KEILET, of Virginia, who declined an appointment as Minister to Italy, has been commissioned Envoy to Austria It is said that the State Depart­ ment has discovered that, after all, it has been misled as to the appointment of Mor- gau as Consul to Australia. Since his com­ mission was delivered to him the fact was developed that the pamphlet written by Morgan, of which so much com­ plaint was made, appeared after the nom­ ination of Blaine for the Presidency. Had this been known positively by the adminis­ tration earlier perhaps Morgan would not have received his commission. The Presi­ dent and Secretary of State were assured on behalf of Morgan that the pamphlet was written prior to Blaine's nomination, and was not designed to aid him int <im dential race. OWIi W w accuracy of Gen. Komaroff's report of the *•(#« on March 80, on the Knshb River between ti» Rusetaaa and A%fc*»a. Gen. Kara* adariU that he bud nerved an orderfr^n theBttaian ww ofBce, previous to the halite, ttet to ooeupy Peujdeh, kmt Bays that the othMr flfflcers on the frontier had not yet been advised of the receipt of such an order. Referring to the alleged ad­ vance of Russian troops previous to the fight, he says that only a company of Tur­ coman's had advanced toward Penjdeh, but they had no intention of attacking the Afghans, and withdrew when the latter ap­ proached them in a hostile attitude. Gen. Ko mar off reiterates 1iis former assertion regarding the audaeity and arrogance of the Afghans, their dauy drawing nearer to the Russian camp, their occupation of a commanding position on the left flank of the camp, and other events which led up to the battle. THE British budget for 1885 was sub­ mitted to the House of Commons last week. It shows a deficit of £1,049,000. Mr. Childers, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that the Government did not propose to cover the whole of the deficit this year, nor to let the whole charge fall upon prop­ erty. It is proposed, he said, to raise the inooaae tax to eight pence on the pound* &5T v, Vy r. A DISPATCH from Vieksburg says the people of that city, to the number of 2,000, followed to the cemetery the remains of thirty-two victims of the recent fire. Thirty-seven people are known to have lost weir lives by this disaster, only bare mention of which has been made in the telegraphic coluipns of the daily press. AN overflow of the Red River him sub merged a portion of Fulton, Ark., and the §£% - KV? surrounding country is inundated, causing » hsasry low in live stock. Cultivated lauds axe under water and railway tracks and bridges have been washed ont. In the Arkansas Valley heavy rains have caused serious damage. WAiHUGTOX. Tin President has appointed the fol'ow­ ing Collectors of Internal Revenue: Cor­ nelius Vorhees for the Fourth District of Missouri, vice David A. Stewart, resigned; John Whiteaker for the District of Oregon, vice John C. Cartwright. suspended; D. Frank Bradley for the District of South Carolina, vice Ellery M. Brayton, suspend­ ed; Hambleton S. Shepperd for the Sixth District of Virginia, rice William E. Craig, suspended. He also appointed John Hob- eon to be Collector of Customs for the Dis­ trict of Oregon in the State of Oregon. SENATOR VAN WVCK has called the at­ tention of the President, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Attorney General to {befactthat several citizens of Nebraska lUljUni leoently been murdered in conse e of their attempts to establish homes the public land laws within the in- re known as the Brighton Ranch, in iska. The Senator urges the admin iion to take arbitrary measures under I authority of the anti-fencing law to re toe. fences and open the public lands ifettlement. He thinks the slow and un- gtmte processes of the courts do not meet jlt jftgaivementfl of the case. llfepa to<al issue of postage-stamps, Masked envelope*, and postal-cards dor- jj CEMEBilI. "GKK. GBANT apparently oonts^mes to improve," says a New York dispatch of the 30lh inst "The ulcerated portions of the throat, from which tissue has been sloughed off, have materially improved. The cancerous trouble at the base of the tongue is simply quiescent. Meantime the general system is improved. The General has so far improved physically that his mind is be­ coming engaged wilh the blocking out of work upon his book. He remarked last evening that he felt better, and was bright and cheerful throughout the day, spending some time in looking over the unfinished manuscript of his boo It" TBADB and labor notes; The window- glass trade is reported as unusually dull, with several factories closed, and, unless business improves, several others will BUS peed operations. Militia are on duty at the coal mines near Streator, 111., to pro­ tect persons wishing to work from the violence of the strikers. A Chicago dispatch says: "The First Illinois Regi­ ment has been ordered to Joliet. A conflict with the strikers i6 feared. The Governor has decided that the property of the quarry owners and the men who de­ sire to work must be protected at alt haz­ ards."----The Pennsylvania manufacturers having claimed that, because of low wages, Eastern men could manufacture iron for $10 or $12 less than it could be turned out in Pennsylvania, by what are alleged to be authoritative figures, a committee of the Amalgamated Association showed the manufacturers at Pittsburgh that there was in reality a difference of f8.79 per ton in favor of the Western mills. THE trouble on the Isthmus of Panama has been settled by the complete collapse o£ the rebel cause The Lake Superior section of the Canadian Pacific Road has been completed. Manager Van Home states that by the close of May the company will be able to transport troops from Halifax to Vancouver in the event of war with Russia.... Jose M. Tinoco, Guatemalan Consul in San Francisco, has made application for special letters of administration on the es­ tate of the late President Barrios, of Guate­ mala, for the purpose of bringing suit against J. C. Morrill & Co. to recover $15,- 0(H) which, it is claimed, the firm appropri­ ated from the proceeds of a consignment of coffee Barrios made them early last year. ADDITIONAL NEWHt % A CABLE dispatch of the 2d inst. an* nounces that "Great .Britain and Russia are considering the wisdom of submitting 'to one of the crowned heads the question whether the convention of March 17 was bioken by Rnssi.i. The King of Denmark is the most likely to be selected as arbitra­ tor.". .. . The Suez Canal Commission, com- po ;c<l of irepresentatiees of the powers, and appointed to fix the status of the canal in Ine event of war, will be dissolved, siys a Paris dispatch, immediately upon the decla­ ration of war between England and RussiiC. ABOUT one hundred clerks are engaged in the work of counting the coin, currency and securities in the United States Treasu­ ry... The President has appointed E. J. Hale of North Carolina to be United States Consul at Manchester. Eng., vice A. D. Sh-iw; John Goode of Virginia to be So­ licitor General; vice Samuel F. Phillips, resigned: William M. Merrick of Maryland to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, vice Andrew Wylie, resigned; and J. B. Baird of Georgia to be Superintendent of the Dead-Letter Office. THERE were 167 failures in the United States reported to Bradstreet's during the week, against 198 in the preceding week, and 151, 132, and 96 in the corresponding weeks of 1884, 1883, and 1882 respectively. Bradstreet reports that the general tenor of the advices regarding the trade outlook "corroborates the view taken early in the year, that, while the spring season would be likely to result in a mod­ erate degree of commercial activity, which, by comparison with the win­ ter's dullness, might suggest a trade revival, the volume of merchandise dis­ tributed would fall behind the total during the like period in 1884, and the end of the season would bring no prospects of a re­ vival in the near future. The last week re­ vealed no gain in the distribution of mer­ chandise in any line, with a possible ex­ ception in favor of boots and shoes from Boston. Dry goods are as slow of move­ ment and as unsatisfactory as to the mar­ gin of profit as heretofore. The sxles of {groceries and provisions have not increased The general industrial situation is practical­ ly unehiingad, interest entering on the ap­ proaching contest between the Western iron and steel manufacturers and the Amal­ gamated Association of Workingmen. Raw wool is in little better demand, if any, not­ withstanding the improvement in the re­ quest for certain lines of woolen goods. The prospective pressure of thenew clip prevents a gain in prices The movement of grocery staples is still disappointing. Coffee and tea are lower. Sugar advanced on speculative buying. Dairy products are lower and quiet." SPECIAL advices to the Chicago Times from the spring wheat belts of the West and Northwest show the area sown to the cereal to be considerably less than that re­ ported last ye tr. Rumors of an impending uropean war came too late for farmers to prepare their ground for larger crops. The seeding in the Red River Valley is ten days earlier than at this time last year, and the acreage has been largely increased, owing, it is said, to the development of the coun­ try and the bountiful yields harvested in past years. In Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin unseasonable weather has retarded farm wArk. The acreage of spring wheat in these States will stiller a decrease of fully 15 per cent.. and in some counties seed already planted will have to be plowed np, water from swollen streams having soaked into tin ground and destroyed the germ. A RECENT dispatch from Portsmouth, Pa., says: "The plague here is increasing in horror daily. Fourteen funerals were hel^ yesterday. Seventeen hundred per­ sons are now under medical treatment, and the physicians are exhausted with their la­ bors. The water is believed to be impreg* nated with the germs of typhoid fever." tfei H«r» m.u. old on; aaniTemaijM many oities throughout played, and people oelebi & vapprvMi BirtMajr. sixty-thtee yearn oi itpril. and the ,r ma celebrated in informally observed Flags were dia- boomed as when the victories during THE MARKETS. 16.00 0 6.80 4.50 & 5.25 1.03 1.0i!a 1.01 (g 1.05 m .59 m -66 @13.00 .68 .48 12.60 - FOBE1GII, ; • A PAWS dispatch aaya the Bo»0ore- Egyptien affair has been settled through the intermediary offices of England upon the following basis: Egypt apologizes to M. Fallaudier, the French Charged'Affaires; the office of the Bosphore-Egyptien will be reopened and the journal allowed to reappear forthwith, and France aban­ dons her demand for the recall of the officials who forcibly entered the Bosphore- Egyptien office, in view of apology... .The National Zeitung, of Berlin, says that Germany remains neutral in the present crisis in the relations of England and Rus­ sia, and that no request has been received for mediation. TBB Russian Gen. Komaroff has made » 5. so 6.25 4.75 4.25 4.60 4.25 1.02 .49 .36 .68 • .64 .23 .1« .10 .05 .11 .45 11.00 .80 .48 .36 .70 .61 11.00 .93 .63 .37 & ft. 00 (d) 5.75 <S) 5.25 & 4.75 & 5.00 & 4.75 & l.«8 & .49% .37 .r>9 .65 .25 .20 .11 .06 .13 .48 <££11.60 <3 .90 & M & .37 <A .72 St .62 <911. ta 0 .93H .51 .38 1.053i<9 1.0614 .47 Ji .48 & .40 i9 .63 @1100 .38 .61 11.50 1.08 .54 01 1.0AH @ .66 .88'$$ .40?$ 1L75 @12.95 5.69 LOS .62 .40 12.50 <& 600 & 106 @ .5* a .41 C$18.00 NEW YORK. BEEVES. HOGS WHEAT--No. 1 White............ No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2. OATS--White POKE--New Mess...: CHICAGO. BEEVES---Choice to Prime Steers. Good Shipping Mealum.. :.... Hons FLOUB--Fancy lted Winter Ex!. Prime to Choice Spring. WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 RYE -NO. '2 BAKLEY--No. 2 BUTTEH--Choice Creamery...... Fine Dairy. CHEESE--Full Cream. Bkimmed Flat Boos--Fresh POTATOES--Choice, per bu...... PORK--Mesa !? MILWAUKEE. WHEAT -No. 2 Conn--No. 2 OATB--NO. 2. RYE--No. L . , BARLEY--No. 2.. ..."* POBK--Mesa..... ~ --'TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed •CORN--No. 2 « OATS--No. 2 ~ - 8T- LOU1& WHEAT-NO. 2 Bed.............. CORN--Mixed OATS--Mixed RYE PORK--Mess _ CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Red. CORN OATS--Mixed. POBK--Mess. 'A....: DETROIT. FIXJUB. WHEAT--Na 1 White CORN--Mixed OATS--No. 2 White. PORK--New Me?B INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--Na 2 Red CORN--Mixed OATS--No. 2. BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 hard CORN--No. 2 OATB--No. 2 White EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Bert Fair Common Hoos. SHEEP CHICAGO WOOL MARKKT. [Reported by KMKUMAN HAI.L FC Co., Ctiii-apro, 111 Pr . es for I'liwaohed Wool (old flip) from Indiana. MlohlK»", IlhnoiH, and Iowa have bct*ii tor th6 part week: Clotluni?--Fine, l'ftau-j Fine Medium, }i-bloo<i,i:0©22c; Medium, 21023c; Low Medium, •Jlr; Ooaive. 17r«20o. Delaine--Fine, 'MC't'Hc ; Medium 2M«21c. Oiinhinu' -Mf'dnm,. 22<i'24<-; Low Medium 2(" 23e; C-iarsc, 1DC<>«1<-: lira id lTf-tUlc. Tutal rectipta of Wool have been for the pant week 2-t;!,C72 ft*; and einoe January 1, p>H. The mark* t lor all CIHHKM of Unwaatad Woo In lias tieen avtive for the pant week, at full prices. and ai the clotte tradu wa* luuck restricted by depleted alocka: the supply of de«lr«ble Unwaahed Wools be- tax virtually exhausted. 1.02H® 1.03* .*» ® .51 .37*0 .87* l.M .88 .41 6.28 5.25 4.25 4.75 4.50 f 108 & .08 & .42 <$ 7.00 (4 6.00 m fi.oo @ 5.25 & 5.00 The M and Shot: In and ft Qompawiflffl . Wffubi the war, or when they gathered in great crowds to welcome him on "his return from his trip arodnd (he world. Thousands of congratulatory messages were sent to the old commander, and his name was on all lips. The event was quietly observed by the family of -the stiicken General at their Home in New York. On. Grant's Family. ' It is a curious fact that the General and his wife, formerly Miss Dent, never lost a child. Of the four that bless their union all are alive, and have been with him throughout his dangerous i lness. They are Col. Fred Dent Grant, aged 34: U. S. Grant, Jr., commonly known as "Buck" Grant, 31; Nellie (Mrs. Sartoris), 28; and Jesse Grant, youngest, who is but 24. All of the children married, and all have chil­ dren. Col. Fred Grant m irried Miss Idt Honore, of Chicago, in 1874 or 1875. They have two lovely children, a little girl of 5, Julia, and a little boy, who bears the name of his grandfather, IJ. 8. Grant. Ulysses S., Jr.. married, in 1881, Miss Chaffee, a daughter of the Senator. They have two children, one a boy and the other a girl. Jesse R. Grant married Miss Chapman, of San Francisco, within three months of the mariiage of bis brother, U. 8., Jr., to Miss Chaffee. Jesse has a charming little daughter about 3 years of age. Mrs. Sartoris has three children--the eldest, a boy of 9, is named Algernon after his father. The other children are a little girl of 5 and the "baby," a strong, healthy child, 2 years old. The vigorous blood of the Grants asserted itself in the third gen­ eration, for they all bave the marked physi­ cal attributes of the General's family. Three Score and Three. , I. . Three acore and three! Oh, God, to Thee " We render in ousaMnhide Warm thanks, tor trulr-Thoa artfoodi v Thou'st swept the clouds from oat otir skies. Thau'st wiped the tears lroin put our eyes; Thou>t R i ared to us our Grant, the great, The good, the ornament of atate. it Thiee score and three! Happy are we. The nation 1* happy to-dav The great God heard the uatien L And answered, and has oriven us j And given to his lite a lease Who went :lown to the gat~s of death And tastad eternity's breath. & m. . §|.{ •m Tlue-j score and thr^e! !5 •rj' Landmt the tree,' ¥hy.banner floats high on the Hiph o'er all the land and the seas. Thy captain, tliy savior doth live tfj. Who gave thee 11. Now thou dostIgtft Homage to the God who gave him Ali| hast heard oar prayers to savi ' ' •*? iv. # ,* Three score and three! 1? Behold, we see = All wounds healed, and all gulfs bridged o'er; All united from shore to shore; For the 81011? has been rolled away And the unael of love to-day Presses her white feet on the sod Redeemed by man and blessed of God. --H'. in Chieagu Inter Ocean. BL'RIED ALIVE. iMgfctrul Besnlt of » 8now-311cH» Hi ̂ Col­ orado. (benver special.] A felegrnm from Tennessee Pass Bays news reached there at midnight of a snow- slide near that place ir which eleven miners are supposed to have perished. The men had been working in the Homestake Mine, and, nothing having been heard of them for a fortnight. Frank Sanderson started out to ascertain if any harm had come to them. On arriving at the fiat, where two cabins had stood, in which the men lived. Sanderson found everything buried by a deep snow-slide, that evidently came down in the dead of night. Not a sign of life was to be seen io any direction. A special train from Leadville earned a re ief party. Arriving at the point nearest the mine the party was met by a crowd of excited miners, who informed them that it was useless to nttempt to reach the mine thvough the wilderness of soft suow, even with snowshoes. at that time of day. The next day the searching party beg in work, and found ten bodies in the cabin. They had been crashed to d»;ath by the snow- slide. The victims are Martin Borden and bro her Sylvester, of Nova Scotia; Horace W. Mattbews and brother Jesse, of Iowa; John Loc'< and John Burns, of England; Charles Richards, of Nova Scotia; Chris Harvey, of Leadvitte; Robert Campbell of Red Cliff, and John Bums, of San Fran­ cisco. Homestake mountain is the highest in that part of the State. The side of the mountain on which the mine is located is ver.,• precipitous. The great avalanche must havo literally fallen upon the cabin of the unsuspecting mineis. crushing it to atoms. Crop Prospects. C. A. King & Oo., of Toledo, publish 900 crop reports from grain dealer*) in Ohio, Indinna, Illinois, Michigan, Kansas, and Missouri, received during the preceding five days. One-third report prospects fa­ vorable for winter wheat, one-quarter poor, and the ottiers very poor. Illinois and Kansas promise the poorest crop and Mich­ igan the best, being better than last year's crop. One-half report the prospects better than a fortnight ago. one-quarter say they are as good, and one-quarter worse. Illi­ nois is the only State which does not report improvement. The latest reports are the best, especially those from Kansas. One tenth report half the old cro;« remaining, one-third repoit one-quarter, one-third 10 to 20 per cent., and the others leBs. 8er en-eighths of the formers are disposed to hold, owing to poor prospects and war ru mora. Bloomington, Ind., wad the surrounding Country were last week thrown into a wild •tate of excitement over what is probably the most daring robbery ever committed in the State by any one person, the facts of which constitute a Btory of crime almost anequaled on the frontier of the far West, and revive memories of the dar­ ing deeds of the James boys sod their fellow-bandits. Shortly after mid­ night, near what is known as Smithville Hill, express train No. 3 on the tfonon Route, which left Louisville at 7 p. m. for Chicago, was robbed by one man, and two men were shot so badly that neither will recover. The train was running slower than usual and just entering a small rock out, when the bell in the engine was s<jund- ed and the engineer stopped his train. Con­ ductor Chambers, in charge, was in the ladies' coach and passed through the smoker into the baggage-car; There a fearful •cene met his eyes. Two men, the bag- gagemastef and express messenger, lay on the floor covered with blood. The safe of the American Express Company was open and everything was in confusion. The i situation needed no explanation. A robbery had been committed, and the men, faithful at their posts, had been shot down like dogs. The train was at once run to Blooming- ton, where an alarm was given and the wounded men cared for. George Davis, the express messenger, was unconscious, and speaking most pitifully the unconnect­ ed thoughts that rushed through his shat­ tered brain. Peter Webber, the baggage- master, though bidly injured, was at all times rational. Both were taken to the Orchard House, a short distance from the depot, where beds were prepared and phy­ sicians summoned. An examination proved that Davis had been shot through the head, and that two other ugly wounds had been inflicted by a blunt instrument--one on the forehead and another on the left side of the head. The ball from a revolver had entered an inch and a half above the ear and in front, going through the head. From the wound clots of brain were slowly oozing, while blood was flowing from the other injuries. Webber's wounds were less serious. A bullet entered high up on the neck, just below the ear, and, ranging down, lodged on the other side. Though the in­ jury is serious, it is thought he will recov­ er. A wound on the head is not very seri­ ous, though it bled profusely. Webber's story of the robbery, from which he barely escaped alive, is substan­ tially as follows: "The No. 3 night express, bound for Chicago, started from Louisville on time, and when about eighty miles out, or just before we came to Harrodsburg, there being nothing to do only at Bloomington until we got to Greencastle, Davis and I fixed up a little couch with coats and wiav s upon which to lie down and rest ,In doing so we placed our heads toward the south. In a short time somebody entered the south door from the smoking-car, and I, think­ ing it was the conductor, as he often passed through the car, raised my head to see, when a man rushed up and struck me a terrible blow over the head with a heavy stick he carried in his hand. I fell to the floor unconscious from the shock, and from after indicatibns suppose that Davis and the robber engaged in a scuffle, as Davis has three cuts on the head, but the villain succeeded- in Bhooting him in the head and he fell to the floor. By this time I had recovered myself sufficiently to get up, and was doing so when the man pointed a revolver at me, and commanded «e not to say a word or I should share avis' fate. Then he said he would shoot, me unless I gave him the key. I told him I did not have it, when he said to get it or he would kill me instantly. Davis had the key in his pocket, and I turned him over and took it from his pants. Then the thief commandad me to unlock the safe, threatening to shoot me all the time. When I had done so he took the key, put it in his pocket, and com­ manded me to stand still, and, with the re­ volver pointing at me, with his left hand took the money packages from the safe. As he took the last one out he said he was going to shoot me for fear I would tell. I begged him in the name of God to spare me, when with an oath the murderer pulled the trigger and I fell to the floor. I soon got on mv feet again, when I pulled the bell-rope. The robber faced me, looking as pale as death. He did not say a word. As the train stopped he went out of the door, shut it behind him, and stepped off to the west. He was tall and slender, with a light mus­ tache--that I think artificial. He seemed about 30 yearj old. 1 would recognize him at once." This is substantially the story of the only man who witnessed the robbery, Davis hav­ ing been shot and being unconscious at the time. What mav have occurred between D avis and the robber while Webber lay on the floor from the shock of the first blow, of course no one knows. THE CONDUCTOR'S 8TOBY. Conductor Chambers, of the robbed train, says that the first intimation of the affair he had was when Webber, all bloody and .bUeding, ciime stumbling into the sinoking-car. When the train stopped he rushed forward to learn the cause, and there met Webber. He could give no connected account of the tragedy, and the conductor went forward into the baggage-car. where Davis lay groan­ ing and gasping. In the corner was the open safe, and by its side the club of the robber. Davis' pistol he had taken with him in his flight. Webber told various stories of the affair, in one of which he claimed that he had *hot the robber, but this did not appear to be The true version of the story. The place where the robbery occurred was in tLe midst of the woods, and it then being iui Inight all thought of seeking for the bandit was abandoned, and the train drew , on to Bloomiugton, where Davis was left ri a dying condition. AN EFFICIENT MESHENOEK. The officials of the road fe-1 very badly over the murder of Davis, as he was one of the most popular and efficient messengers in their employ. He has been wounded several times duriug his services. In the accident near Salem, Ind., about two years ago, when a train went through the biidge, Davis saved all the valuables by throwing his safe into the river while the (rain was going through. He paid for his devotion to duty to the neglect of self by having a ^houlder and two ribs broken. Admiral James £. Jouett, commanding the United States steamer Tennessee, who tevas recently dispatched to Panama with instructions to protect American interests there and keep the route across the Isthmus open to traffic, entered the navy as a mid­ shipman in 1841, and served as such on the Decatur, under Commodore M. C. Perry. He afterward served on the John Adams, and during the Mexican war commanded a company of riflemen for the relief and sup­ port of Gen. Taylor. In 1855 he was pro­ moted to Master, and commissioned as Lieutenant the same year. He took part in the Paraguay expedition of 1858, and'in 1859-60 was engaged in the suppression of the slave trade off the Cuban coast. He took an active part in the naval operations during the war of the rebellion, and achieved a reputation for bravenr and ef­ ficiency. At the fight in Mobile Bay he was selected by Admiral Farragut, with his ves­ sel, as the consort to accompany the flag­ ship Hartford through the engagement, the two vessels, according to the plan of the battle, being lashed together. He was highly commended by Farragut, in his offi. citd report, for brave and efficient condnct in that affair. THE number of railroad accidents in the United States during 1884 is given at 1,191. Of Iheee, 445 tffero collisions, and (181 de railments; (ij are reported as "various. There we e in all 389 persons killed and 8,760 injured. EX-PKESIDEWT Arthur it still suffering Atom an attack of sciatica. Price of Lumber Raised* -- (Minneapolis iMinn.) special.J 1 ' ' Eighty prominent lumbermen of the Northwest met here, and, after discussing the condition of*the trade, voted to raise the prices at Minneapolis, St. Paul, Still­ water, Duluth, Winona, Eau Claire (Wis.1, Clinton (Iowa), and other points 50 cents to $1.50, according to grade. A re-solution was passed asking the railroads forming the Southern pool to give lumbermen here an outlet, aid allow them to compete with other dealers from Omaha to Southwestern points. Af .er the meeting the Minneapo­ lis Exchange voted to increase the price of common lumber fl. MRS. MAUY MCNEELY died in Watauga County, North Carolina, recently at the age of 111 .years. She was born in that county in 1774 on land then owned by Daniel Boone. A FIKE-ENOINE company 'of Fairhaven, Mass., stopped to elect a fbremln pro tern, in the street close to the bnrn ng building before putting a stream o 1 the flamesu KINO LEOPOLD, of Belgium, is now to be recognized as King of the Congo. E» P* C» ---------- £*••• Minister to fortugit Edward Parke Custis Lewis, who hae been selected as Minister to Portugal, was born in Virginia in 1837. He was tanning in that State when the war broke out, and served in the Confederate army, rising to the rank of Colonel. After the"war he re­ moved to New Jersey, and has since resided in Hoboken. He is of old revolutionary stock, his grandfather, Lawrence Lewis, being a nephew of George Washington. Mr. Lewis has been a member of the New Jersey Legislature and of the Democratic State Committee. ISAAC BELL. to the MetherliUklKk Hon. Isaac Bell, Jr., appointed as Minis­ ter to the Netherlands, was born at New­ port, R. I., in 1840, and still resides there. He married a sister of James Gordon Ben­ nett, of the New York Jlerald. He was recently the Democratic candidate for United States Senator from Rhode Island. THE YICKSBURU HORROR. funeral of (be Victims of the Becent lire. [Vicksburg (Miss:) dlsnatch.1 This has been a sad day in Yicksburg. The funeral of the thirty-two victims of the horrible^re of Tuesday night last took place at 4 o'clock, and was the largest turn­ out of people ever known in this city. Mauy persons were present from the surrounding country. The remains of W. H. Phelan, J. M. Dent, W. R. Mulcahy. Daniel O'Keefe, and Peter Barber were all identified. All were members of the volunteer fire department of the city. Their bodies weri all taken out of the ruins of the building occupied by Mrs. Rosa Bloom, a dry goods store, and were placed in handsome caskets and laid in state in the halls of the various fire companies of the department. The cask- cts were covered with rare flowers. The remains were borne to the cemetery in four hearses. The fire department headed the procession, followed by at least two thou­ sand people. Six of the remaining twenty-seven bodies have been identified, all colored men, resi­ dents of the city. The remaining twenty- one have not been identified. The re­ mains were so charred that it was impos­ sible to toll whether they were white or colored. The tofal number of bodies recovered is thirty-seven, and it is known more are in the ruins. The work of exhuming the vic­ tims was suspended 3-esterday evening, having been conducted np to that time by the Firemen's Charitable Association. Two other white persons known to bo lost are Claude Sipes, aged 17, and Charles Hanley. Seventeen of the bodies recovered are un­ known, but six of tha crew of the Belle Memphis, who werfc from St. Louis, are among them. It is impossible to get their names at present. One of the unidentified victims was a woman. A commercial trav­ eler, who had registered on the Bel e Mem­ phis, and put his baggage on board her. was among the victims. It is believed that his name was Middleton. KJELJ, of motor failure fame, has at last discovered a new power, which he says con­ sists of "interatomic air" or "luminiferons ether," and dynamite is as a parlor match o it ALABAMA physicians say that pneumonia is now worse in that State than at any time within thirty or foity years. THE Emperor of Austria gave (he Pope u an Easter offering a chandelier for 600 candles. THE banking capital of tfee.United States to-day is $738,000,000. ..v- . n» Btapcndou Fiepftratioai of BotfcPoweis fcr the Straggle That fleeaa ' 'XwvftaMa. ______ : The European war cloud grows darker day by day, and it now seems almost cer­ tain that the lion and the bear wfll soon en­ gage in a death grapple. Mr. Gladstone has given the world to understand that England will make no further concessions, and right on the heels of this comes the statement to Parliament, from the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, that tha Gov­ ernor of Herat sends word that Russia {ias advanced upon Meruchak and is oonstruct- icgaroad to Herat, and the statement is confirmed by news from Sir Peter LnmBden himself. It is also stated that the Ocar has sent an ultimatum.to Great Britain demand­ ing that the latter shall accept Russia's proposed boundary line between Turkestan and Afghanistan, and 'that if Great Britain refuses to accept this bound­ ary Russia will proceed to ocoopy Herat. This not only shows that Russia, while ne­ gotiating about the Fenjdeh affair, has been moving her troops a long distance south from their original position at Puli- Khisti, but that she has invaded territory which is indisputably Afghan and whicit England has guaranteed the Atoeer she will protect. This is certa'nly an aggressive act, and it establishes beyond question the certainty that Russia is actually moving on Herat. Meruchak is on the Murgbab River, nearly twenty-five miles south of Penjdeh, and is nearly half that distance south of the boundary line aB claimed by Russia herself. In a direct line it is only about 120 miles from Herat, with a level country all the way. until the pass in the Paropami- 6an Mountains is reached. """ . 1 * „i J Fnrarlag for the CoHiQst . Meantime the war preparations befog made by both powers are on a (rigantlo scale, so that when the clash of erms does come 1» will shake the whole of Europe. Russia has ordered the mobllzation of her southern army. It is thought that 200,000 soldiers can be made available in a month. The pay of her sailors has been raised to war rates, and she fs reported to have purchased Ave additional steamers from Americans. JChe arsenals and shipyards are overwhelmed with work. Military orders have been Issued calling into service all men liable to duty in the first reserve. Eleven vessels of the Cronstadt fleet have gone to the Baltic. Fifty heavy guns have been sent from Kieff to Finland. The Czar has signet! orders for the equipment of the whole Iinssian fleet. The Minister of Marine has com­ pleted an inspection of all the forts at Cron­ stadt. All bnsinesa transactions now being en­ tered into at Russian ports are undertaken sub­ ject to heavy war risks. The Government has ordered the Southwestern Railway to prepare ssveral hundred railway carriages, and bave them ready at as early a moment as pos­ sible, for the purpose of convevina troops. England has ordered into commission several of her torpedo-boats, and forty others are being made ready for the Government by two firms at Cowes. The offer of the New South Wales con­ tingent now in the Soudan for service in India or elsewhere has been accepted. The various coaling stations are beinii stocked with fuel, and every department is w orking .night and day to hurry forward the preparations. The steel man- cf-war Howe was launched at Pembroke, Wales, the other day. This new addition to the Brit­ ish navy carries ten guns, and will have a crew of 445 jnen. The Howe is a twin-screw, steel armor-plated barbette ship of 9,751 tons burden and 7,500 horse-power. The Admiralty is nego­ tiating for the purchase of twelve ot the best available steamers, to be converted into Mi* boats. • ,»•; Mr. Uladatone's Speech. The speech of Mr. Gladstone ifi the House of Commons upon the vote of credit of $55,000,000, says a cable dispatch, was received with pro­ found interest throughout all Europe, and was published in full In ail newspapers. - It has dis­ pelled rny idea that may have been entertained heretofore that England will make concessions to Russia. The general opinion of the press is that the speech makes war certain. The news­ papers are filled with discussions of the proba­ ble alliances the resr ectlve belligerents mav form in the event of the war, now thought so near at hand, not beintr confined to Asia bat be­ ing extended into Europe. The British Press Hot An* War. The London Font says it thinks the time has come for the diplomatist to stand aside, and that England, if she wants to guard her own Interests, besides iui tilling her duties to the Aimer, must have recourse to the sword. '1 he Times, in a review of the n^cent past ac­ tions of Russia, says that the spirit thus re­ vealed leaves little hope that Eng:and's last overtures will recetve a satisfactory reply. A refusal to treat upon that basis will involve a diplomatic rupture which Is but little removed from actual war. Tiie Standard , referring to the occupation of Meruchak by the Russians, in an editorial says: "There can be no question ot Afghan provo­ cation in this instance. The occupation of Meruchak stands out broadly and undlsgnised- ly as a clear invasion of the territory of Afghan­ istan. without even the pretense of military ne­ cessity. Assuming that the news ot' the occu­ pation ot Meruchak is correct, there is little rooiu for doubt that it can be considered any­ thing else than a deliberate act of aggression, and this act ot aggression has tiie appearance of being specially chosen, in order tiiat there may be 110 possibility of lnrther mistake. It is a deliberate breach of a solemn covenant--a flagrant violation of Russia's promises aud &$~ surances." _____ England's Quick-Firing Onn. A recent dispatch trom Ijondon says:MVlte guns now preparing for the royal navy and the merchant cruistrs include a largo supply ot the new six-pounder quick-firing vims. In appear­ ance the weapon resembles a light held gun. but It tires a metal cartridge like a rifle or carbine, and it is loaded at the i reecb. It is capable of tiring ten or twelve rounds per minute. Tha gun is more, than seven feet long, and weighs seven hundred weight Its barrel has a bore of two and two-tenths inches, and the cartridge, which ts more than a foot in length, is pre­ vented from entering entirely by a project­ ing rim, which is caught by au extractor for the purpose of dislodging the emnty case after tiring. The gunsare chiefly intended as a defense against torpedo boats, and they will be mounted on the upper decks and turrets, and, if necessary, in the rigging also. Good progress is being made in the manufacture of the live- inch breech-lsading guns at V\ oolwich for the • armament of merchant cruisers and the ships of the royal navy, a oonsiderable number hav­ ing already )>een completed. This gun is eleven feet seven and one-half inches long, and seven­ teen and one-halt inches in diameter at the breech. It has a five-Inch bore of a length of twenty-five calibres It is constructed entirely of tough steel, and consists of an A tube and jackct w ithout the usual intervening tubes and colls, the joint being bound by a key-ring cov­ ered with a hoop. Shells for this gun. weighing fifty pounds, are also being made in great num­ bers. , Kaisla'iDcbt The debt of Russia, as stated in the Tear Boric for 1885, is a* follows: Foreign loans, interest from 3 to 5% per ct it .....fl.ftt4.96e.000 Domestic loans. 1,333^50,000 forced loans, or paper currency.... S7S,ooo,oco tiailway debt 7so,ooo,ooo Total ......$3,610000,009 The foreign loans of Russia were issued at a ruinous d boount, that of 188: bringing but 55 per cent, of its face,-and previous issues being taken at from 61 to 75 per cent, of their face. Debts so contracted are as ruinous to Govern­ ments as to individuals, and iudteate a condi­ tion not far removed from bankruptcy. Neutrality. A Berlin disnatch states that France. Ger­ many, and Austria have been discussing a project lor the promotion of a neutral league, and bave Invited Italy and Turkey to join them, but neither of the latter powers hae as yet given - decided reply. Sweden and Norway are urging upon Den­ mark the expediency of uniting with n»m in the issue of a proclamation, m the event of war. declaring a strict neutrality. Ireland's Opportunity. A long Interview with John Boyle O'Reilly, of Boston, on the relations of England, Ireland, and Russia in the event of war, is telegraphed from that city. He said it would aiiOrd Ireland its grand opportunity to demand home rule, and thtt if It should continue two years with­ out some concession like this Ireland would de­ clare her independence, lu the event or this concession England would find in Ireland a brave assistant against the Muscovite. Looking to England. A Rawll-Pindl letter states that the Ameer ot Afghanistan regar n the Russians as enemies anx'oua to secure Herat. The whole po pie ot Afghan-Turkestan and Badaksh^d, therefore, look to England, apparently in all sincerity, to aid the Ameer in repelling Russia. No Hopes of Fence. The Russian advance south of Penjdeh and the occupation of Meruchak. rays a London dia- • '<» :' patch, is retr ied in parliamentary circles as " dispe lin* the last hopes or pe.tc \ and as a pre- 'J cu sor cf a ltU'Sian advance upon Herat. Db. MARY WALKEB is taotwing iB * Chicago dim# museum. ; : >! ;iy;p