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Mmim XLU3T0IBL ELECTRIC FLASHES. %9M Latest News by Telegraph "£• ' ^from All Parts of the World. IMftfeal Gossip, Railroad Hotes, FM> wifinl Hfpntlfrn, AND OCCDITBIMSM F 4 , \r U|M"" • -INP-M-I-VMJ SU&U ' •; » • $r • «f Lesser Ifete. "* - 4 < HONORING THE DEAD. Sheridan's Remains--Only the Family View Them. LARGE crowds thronged St. Matthew's Church in Washington to view the cata­ falque in which rested the remains of General Sheridan, but none were per­ mitted to look upon his face and the «asket was only opened for the family. For a few moments the church was cleated and Mrs. Sheridan was left alone with her dead. The salute at the grave consisted of, first, seventeen guns from the light batteries,_ and, second, three salvos of musketry from the battalion, followed by "taps" from a cavalry trumpet. CROPS AND BUSINESS. V'V of the Department of Agrlcultate for ;;Y- -Inly- . « THE Department of Agriculture reports a small advance in the condition of crops. It says: JJTCorn IHAS advanced from 03 last mouth TOFE.5. Bains have baen generally seasonable, though in excess in some district* and deficient in some Others. In KaLBiK, tho Caroliims. Delaware, and New York tbe condition is reduced by local droughts. In the Southwest, •where droughts sometimes occur at this a^on, there has been an imorov ment, and a large crop is already in­ sured. In the corn surplus States high condi­ tion prevails, with some advance over the fig­ ures of last month. The perceut-gjs of the fctales of the central valleys are: Kentucky, 86Ohio, 98; Indiana, to: Illinois, 96; Iowa, 'Mi; Missouri, 84; Kansas, 91 ; and Nebraska, 66. There will be a heavy crop in this region, as ia usually and n&tur&liv exacted in a seasonable year following one of extreme drought. Hich condition of maize also prevails in the northern boxder states and Territories, Dakota standing lowest at 84.* Dun an J lirtuls treet's agencies re­ port a general improvement in trade, and pros­ pects Oi business activity are very encouraging. POSTALTREVENUES. A Varked Improvement During the Part Year. THE Postmaster General has transmit­ ted to the Secretary of the Treasury the annual report of the Second Assistant Postmaster General, which shows a defi­ ciency for railway transportation of i?5C2,- 482. This deficiency was caused by an in­ crease of 12,70-1 miles in the railroad ser­ vice, or 6,264 miles more than was esti­ mated at the beginning of the year. The Postmaster General, in transmitting the report, says: The returns of business of this department lor tbe past fiscal year justify the gratifying comment that the liberal and unprecedented in­ crease of service has been followed by an equally unprecented increase of postal revenue. The excess of cost over revenue for the past fiscal YEAR will be less by several millions than in any YEAR in the history of the department since the Redaction of the rates of postage. > AROUND~THE BASES. *1 * *rariBent Ball Clubs Competing fbr tts Championship. THE following table shows the relative standing of the various clubs competing for the championship of the associations named: liMtfEIMk NevYar) . aamianee Company, and er ft* *100; Drama * heavy blow the sloop Flora B., of Pennsville, capsized near New­ castle, Del. She had on board Mrs. Elijah Wheaton, Mrs. Jonathan Turner, Mrs. Samuel Wheaton, and the latter's daughter, about 9 years of age, and Mrs. Thomas Finnegan, all of whom were in the cabin at the time and were drowned. The bodies were recovered and sent to their homes in Pennsville. AT the dairy farm of E. Hill, West­ chester County, New York, about fifty cattle infected with pleuro-pneumonia are being killed daily. HON. JAMES G. BLAINE and family have returned in safety from their foreign visit, looking and feeling better than when going abroad. They were received with honors by their admirers, when land­ ing at New York. It is expected that Mr. Blaine will take an active part in the approaching campaign. AT Pittsbnrg the East End Electric Light Company's plant, valued at $25,000, was totally destroyed by fire. Fully in­ sured. ..... - ,"**• ""WEST. i*ok font othen and of four Frenchmen afterward tMMSDEAD. canteen of the Italians, and also Coequett'a FOUllCS. . THE Republican Convention oi the Sixth Congressional District of Iowa, Unanimously nominated Mayor John F. Lacey, of Ottumwa, on the first formal ballot. Lacey is a leading lawyer of Iowa. The Democratic Convention of the Second Congressional District of Nebras­ ka nominated G. W. Hastings, of Valine. THE Republicans of the Second Con­ gressional District of Iowa have put in nomination for Congress Col. Park W. McManus, of Scott County. THE Democratic Convention at Brink- ley, Ark., renominated C. R. Breckinridge by acclamation for Representative from the Second District. THE Democrats of Georgia, in conven-. tion at Atlanta, nominated the following for State offices: Governor, John B.i Gordon; Secretary of State, N. C. Bar- Unexpectedly Called Away * His Cottage at Nonquitt, Massachusetts. J net; Treasurer, R. U. Hardeman; Comp • ft terrific thunder-Storm, tlie troller, \V. A. Wright; and Attorney Gen­ eral, Clifford Anderson. Resolutions were Woo. Lost. ..27 as Indianapolis Western. Won. Lout. ....47 ...43 ....40 ....33 ,...33 ...31 BL PAUL.. 44 1)M MOINES 48 OMAHA 43 KANSAS CITY. 35 SIOUX CITY 13 MILWAUKEE 84 SI Minneapolis.... .as American. Won. Lost. ST. IONIA 56 27 BROOKLYN...... .54 ATHLETIC 51 CINCINNATI S3 BALTIMORE. 38 a* 43; Cleveland.... 421 Louisviil*. 88 44)Kansas City.....25 33 32 sa 47 51 54 67 Resembled Dynamite. THE Municipal Labor Committee of Paris is arbitrating between the navvies and the masters. Premier Floquet has received deputations of workmen and em­ ployers and members of the Labor Com­ mittee. The bomb which was thrown in the Place Voltaire was similar in construc­ tion to those employed b v American anar­ chists. It contained a substance reselnb- ling nitro-glycerine. Condensed News. ED MEBCEB, of Somerset, lad., and P. P. Mast, of Springfield, Ohio, claim to have proof to their heirship to a portion of the Mercer estate in New York Citv, valued at $1,000,000. DIXIE LEE and Tegar Whiting, promi­ nent young Virginians, were preparing their weapons for a duel at Buckroe, Va., when the Sheriff arrived and arrested Lee and his party. Whiting escaped. F DISABLED VOLUNTEERS. Bttt Houses Agree on a Bill Providing for Their Belief. ' WITHOUT discussion the bill to regulate COM­ MERCE canied on by telegraph was passed by tbe Senate, the 10th. lit is the bill introduced by Mr. Spooner on Jan. 2J, 18>}3, and reported back Horn the Committee ou Interstate Commerce with amendments, on the loth of July. The fol­ lowing bills were passed: House bill appropriat­ ing #100,030 for a marine hospital at Lvansville lnd. (With a formal amendment); Senate Mil to ratify an agreement with the Indians of Fort Berthold agency, Dakota; Senate bill appropri­ ating *26,000 to improve and encourage the cultivation and manufacture of flax and hemp. The House consnmed the Whole afternoon in the consideration of • war claim bill, the discussion turning upon the loyalty of tbe claimant. No action was taken. The Senate joint resolution authorizing the President to present a gold medal to Francis Josephs for his services in perfecting life-saving apparatus was passed. Tbe House passed forty-one pension bills, thirty-five of them being acted upon at the evening session. Both houses agreed to the conference report on the bill grant­ ing aid to State homes for disabled volunteers. The provisions of the bill are extended to terril torial homes, and. its benefits are confined to homes entirely under the State or territorial control. Dt city school building at Anthony, Kan., was struck by lightning and completely destroyed. Loss, about $40,000; partially insured FRANK J. CHAMBERLAIN has died at Marietta, Ohio, of typhoid fever. Of those who partook of the college alumni dinner June 27, residents and visitors, more than twenty have been seriously ill with typhoid fever. Chamberlain is the third to die, following George P. Dyke and Prof. Bench. Others are dangerously sick. Outside of this dinner party Mari­ etta has no typhoid fever. This fact is startling and directs especial inquiry to the cause. COIIONEIJ GEORGE GIBSON, Fifth In­ fantry, U. S. A., commandant at Fort Bliss, died at Las Vegas, N. M., where he had gone for rest. JOHN H. HARMON died suddenly of paralysis at Detroit, Mich., aged 69 years. Few men were better known in politics than Mr. Harmon. He was, during the days of Dem­ ocratic ascendancy, previous to the wtr, a trusted friend and counselor of Presidents Van Buren, 1'OIK, Pierce, and Buchanan, and held in high esteem by Ca*8, Douglas, Marcy, and all the older line of Democratic statesmen. He took up his residence in Detroit in 18:17, securing •employment on the Free 1'irnn and was for a long time Scate printer. He was twioe elected Mayor of Detroit, and was appointed Collector of Customs by President Pierce. Mr. Harmon sold tlio Free Prrss to the late Wilbur F. Storey and retired froui journalism. Be was well known as a lobbyist. Mns. JULIA WOODFILL, of Gosport, Ind., has been arrested on a warrant from Xenia, her former home, where, it is charged, she killed her own child, Feb. 14, 1888. BY a cyclone near Wellington, Kas., whole fields of corn were torn up by the roots and the stalks stripped and ears husked. Many chickens were found en­ tirely devoid of feathers miles from their homes, and other strange freaks are re­ ported. One girl was hurt, but no one was killed. Half the tombstones in a cemetery were blown entire away and can­ not be found THE council of the Sioux Commission­ ers with the Indians at Standing Rock Agency, Dakota, has ended, and the In­ dians dismissed after their final refusal to sign the offered treaty. FOUR of the finest buildings in Macon Mo., have been destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $100,000. The property was insured for $50,000. AN awful railroad accident occurred near Morgantown, Ind., otS the Fairl&nd & Franklin railroad. The train was the usual accommodation, several freight and one baggage and passenger car, thirty- five passengers being in the latter. While crossing a trestle it gave way and the passenger coach was hurled down a fifty-four foot embank­ ment. The injured were: Mrs. Lyon, daughter and son, of Kentucky; Mrs. Voyles, Martinsville; Mrs. T. Han­ cock, Morgantown; Tom Kennedy, mail agent, Martinsville; N. S. Hicks, Nicho- lasville; JaeobEchert, Indianapolis; Tom Summerville, conductor, Martinsville; Rev. Stark, Georgetown; Mrs. William Morgan and three children, Indianapolis; William Griffith, Needmore; Miss Prew- itt, Martinsville; Harry Matthews and daughter, Indianapolis; Mabel Rund, Brown County; unknown lady and daugh­ ter, of Indianapolis. Of the above num­ ber at least ten cannot live. A BOLD mail robbery was committed on the Missouri Pacific road between Jefferson City and St. Louis in which over $17,000 were stolen, of which $5,000 Was from the State treasury. The dis­ covery of the crime was accidental. Two farmers were approaching a suspicious- looking man on the highway when he be­ came frightened, and in attempting to flee dropped a large package. The farm­ ers secured it and at once discovered that it was plunder from a mail robbery. They turned it over to tbe postmaster, who notified the postal authorities, and a se­ cret service agent from St. Louis has reached Jefferson City to hunt up the robbers. WHEAT is reported to be ooDflid^rsbly damaged in the Turtle and Pembina Mountain district, Dakota; slight damage about Devil's Lake and Minnewauke and St. Vincent, Minn. AT Dayton, Ohio, by the crossing of wires, the full power of the electric street railway dynamos was turned into the Telephone Exchange, setting it on fire and destroying all the telephones in the city-- about 600. | ; adopted indorsing the Democratic State administration and the Democratic na­ tional platform, laying special stress on the tariff-reform plank and the Presi­ dent's message. THE Republicans of Indiana, in con­ vention at Indianapolis, nominated the following ticket: For Governor, AlvinP. Hovey; Lieutenant Governor, Ira J. Chase; Secretary of State, Charles F. Griffin; Auditor, Bruce Carr; Treasurer, Julius A. Lempke; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Harvey M. LaFollette; Attorney General, Lewis T. Michener; Reporter of Supreme Court, John Grif­ fiths. The convention indorsed the Chi­ cago platform. DB. W. W. ROOT, of Mason, Mich., has been nominated for Congress by Sixth District Prohibitionists in convention at Lansing. ' A THE Republicans of Michigan met in State Convention at Detroit, and placed in the field the following ticket: For Governor, Cyrus G. Luce; Lieutenant Governor, James S. McDonald; Secretary of State, Gilbert R. Osmun; Treasurer, George L. Maltz; Auditor General, H. H. Alpin; Land Commissioner, Roscoe D. Dix; Attorney General, Stephen V. R. Trowbridge; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Joseph Esterbrook; member State Board of Education, Percy F. Power; Electors at Large, Russell A. Alger and Isaac Cappen. The convention indorsed the Chicago platform and pro­ gressive temperance legislation favoring local option. JUDGE C. A. 0. MCCLELLAN, of Au­ burn, Ind., has been nominated for Con­ gress by Twelfth District Democrats. GENERAL." > DtRECT steam communication between San Francisco and Australian ports will be cut off in November, on the expiration of the present mail contract of the Oceanic Steamship Company with the Colonial Governments, by the with­ drawal of the compauy's line of steamers. The intention of the New Zealand and New South Wales Governments to discon­ tinue their annual subsidy of £30,000 and the fact thnt the only aid granted by the United States Government is $20,000 an­ nual sea postage, are together said to be responsible. THE President has approved the Far- well bill for an appraiser's store in Chi­ cago. The measure appropriates $200,- 000 for the warehouse. In addition to this there is $135,000 proceeds from the sale of the old Bridewell after the site had been bought for the new warehouse. This gives a total of $335,000, which it is thought will be enough to put up a build­ ing suitable to the needs or Chicago. L. A. WILLIAMS, the trainer of Fred Sanborne, the wrestler, while on his way to Pittsburg, where the latter was to have a set-to with James Connors, fell from the train and was killed. AT a meeting of the directors of the Canadian Pacific Railway at Montreal, Mr. Van Home was elected President to succeed Sir George Stephen, resigned, and Senator D. A. Mclnnis was elected director to succeed the Hon. Levi P. Mor­ ton. , MRS. JOSEPH JJ. SWIFT, a renowned hospital nurse during the war, died at Chelsea recently, aged 55. AN Ottawa, Ontaria, special says: A Yankee boat has been captured by a gov eminent cruiser near St. Andrews, New Brunswick. It is a sloop-rigged craft, of fifteen-foot keel. The report of the seiz­ ure has not yet been received by the de­ partment. MB. SOLOMON RICHARS, of Bacine, Wis., has received a letter from his 19- year-old son, Fred, dated at Plymouth, England, in which the young man states that he was pressed into the service of an English vessel off Portland, Oregon, and compelled to do all the dirty work aboard the ship; and that he was half-starved and maltreated by the Captain and men, and was still held a prisoner. The mat­ ter has been placed in the hands of the authorities. MARKET REPORTS. 1 » ^ CNITAGO. GAMXB--Choice to Prime bteers.$5.78 EAST. . .. A NONQTTITT, Mass., special of the 7th The funeral party bearing the re­ mains of General Sheridan will leave hero Wednesday evening for Washington, where the services will be held at fit. Matthew's Church Saturday, conducted by Cardinal Gibbons, fol­ lowed by interment with full mil­ itary honors in Arlington Cemetery. ( The following gentlemen will act as pall- Gon. AV. T. Sherman, Marshall I? f Chicago; Gen. Hawlev, of the United States Senate; Speaker 'Carlisle, Vice-President Frank Thomson, of the Pennsylvania Railroad; Gen. Wesley United States army; the senior "Hoer of the Grand Army of the Republic the District of Columbia, Secretary Gen. McFeeley, Gen. Joseph , of St. Louis; Secretary Endi- Md George W. Childs. main building of Wells College, Aaron, N. Y., was burned at a loss of ibost $200,000; insurance about half. AT New York, the Sinking Fund Com- Mrs have authorized the issue of 9,000 worth of bonds, exempt from for dock improvements. iron mills of Graff, Bennett 1., Pittsburg, were sold at auction to - vr*' SOUTH. A FEARFUL fire occurred at Chattanoo­ ga, Tenn., which destroyed several blocks in the business center of that city, caus­ ing a loss of $1,500,000. Five men were killed by the falling of a wall, and several firemen were overcome The following parties were burned out: M. Black Drug Company, the Bradt Printing Company, Gibson & Lee, wholesale queens ware; Roseau, Crutchfield & Co., wholesale dry goods; Bankrupt Clothing Store; M. Rosenheim & Co.; A. T. Scho- pik, wholesale liquor dealer; N. Deautzen A Bro., wholesale and retail grocers; A. T. Schinik, baker and confectioner; How­ ard Shelton, wholesale and retail harness. LABOR V'fc* • AT a meeting of the Union and United Labor parties in Cincinnati, Ohio, at which one hundred ot the leading spirits of both parties were - present, a resolution was adopted and signed by all present whereby the United Labor party of Ohio is consolidated with the National Union Labor party. The resolution was offered by Dr. A. S. Houghton, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the United Labor • FOREIGK ;' J: | A PABIS special saj's th^t at Laon, in the department of Aisne, the Frenchmen engaged at work on the Braz tunnel went on a strike because of the refusal of the contractor to discharge an Italian. The ^ contractor later assented to the dismissal of the man. The com­ rades of the man, seventy in number, thereupon make an attack upon' tbe t ? « » > - ' v - , . « • * « . . * y , IV •. .* V 1, - Good Common HOGS--Shipping Grades Bhkkp WHEAT--No. 2 K«d CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 ; BYK-NO. 2 BUTTER--Choice Creamery Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, flat. EOGS--Fresh POTATOES--New, per bu.. PCBK--Mess MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Wnite Byk--NO. 1 BABLE*--No. 1 POBK--Mee4 CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. S Bed COBS--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Mix d.. * Hoos ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 CORK-- NO. 2 OATS--No. 2 P.VK--No. 3.... BAHLET PORK--Mesa NEW YORK. CATTUB..., HOUB I SHKEP.. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed... CORN--No. 2... 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CAnue--Prime Fair..... 4.50 3.00 6.00 8.00 .86 .45^(0 •28 (<$ .47 © .17 & •14 & .13 & .40 0 14.00 9&as (ft 5.7FT & 4.50 & C.75 4.50 <<9 .87 •46 VJ .49 .18 .16 .09 .14 .47 014.25 .81 & .81)6 .45^© .46 .36 © .87 & .48. m .61 & 14.50 47 60 14.00 .84 ® .84K .48>£<gi .49hi .33 & .35 5.50 & 7.00 .84 .44 A3 .44 .75 14.75 ©15.25 6.0) & 6.00 6.U0 © 6.75 4.00 © 5.50 .06 © .88 .56 0 .58 • 42 © .48 14.75 (£15.25 5.75 6.00 8.00 & (0 & 5.25 <S 6.75 © 3.50 .48 .31 150 6.25 3.5) 4.00 4.50 8.25 4.25 .02 .02 & .575 © 6.75 ® 4.50 © 5.25 0 5.50 © 6.00 © 5.00 MM .53* J*' ••pirhm StLf.'iXlj. ? i'JJi Hoos BHZKTi.......... ,: it , * i- • t ' V"; «• J ^ . .„,iL 8.25 4.50 8150 6.2> 4.35 & 5.80 © 4.75 © 4.00 © 6.75 © &00 Ilie Gallant GeneraTa Last Hoon- was the 'sues Sktteh of His lift Deeds. [Nonquitt (Mass.) special.). G&. Phil H. Sheridan is d&& the end came suddenly and unexpectedly at his cottage at Nonquitt, Mass., Sunday night, August 5th, at 10:20 o'clock, from heart tiouble. Previous to the sudden appearance of heart failure, at about 9:30 p. m., there had been no premonitions of any unfavorabe change in his condition during the day. The weather had been wai nier than usual and the General was at times a little lestless, but seemed generally bright and cheerful. His voice was stiong, he took a full supply of nourishment, slept occasionally as usual, and the doctors and his family were in hopeful spirits. At 7 o'clock Mrs. Sheri­ dan and tfte doctors went to the hotel for supper, and soon after their return the usual preparations for the night were made. At 9:30 symptoms of hetirt failure sud- first . bMl - oecurst say moment. thevtolsiir _ effect of tbecn en tne heart was meet alanntaa. Mrs. Sheridan received with composure t£E news, and exerted herself to make as eomfortr­ EBLE as possible tbe last houra»F her husband's life. • The renewal of the cooghinf spells in the and they were brought into the sick-room. Col Mike Sheridan was also present, as were also the physicians. None of them left tbe TIT all through the day. AT each successive attack of coughing the Genexal grew weaker. For seconds at a time his heart ceased to give evidence cf pulsation, and again aad again did the physicians believe that the last moment liad arrived. Then there would be a feeble flat ter, anl instantly the oxygen and electrical troalmeno would be renewed. The General was consc oua up to within a few hours of kis death He HAD, biwever, 1 -at the power of speech, and indicated by signs his desires. Mrs. Sheridan sat at the bedside. Next to her was CoL Mike, and ranged around the bedside were the four children. AT» o'clock tbe General gasped as if trying to cough. He was unsuccessful, and seemed to be awfully distressed at some internal attack which he could neither relieve nor indicate to tbe physi­ cians that they might apply remedies. He gradually sank into a stupor, and remained unconscious to > ho end. Mrs. Sheridan held his hand, and Dr. O'Reilly noted the fluttering' pul­ sations of the heart. They became weaker un­ til 10 .-20, when the heart eeased to beat forever \ P* ' . - • "4 * . . ^ denly appeared, and Drs. O'Reilly and Matthews, who were with him at the time, immediately applied the remedies which proved successful 'in all similar previous attacks, but this time they were without effect, and despite all that could be done the General gradually sank into a condition of complete unconsciousness, and at 10:30 breathed his last. Mrs. Sheridan, the Sisters Maban and Justin­ ian, and the faithful body servant were at his bedside throughout his dying hour. Air THE DEATHBED. - Review of the General a Illness and the Event* of the Lsiit Hours. General Sheridan was ttken ill on Monday, May 21, being attacked by what is known as valvular trouble of the hear . He came near dying that day, but rallied at night. He suffered a second sinking spell on Tuesday, but recovered •when evening came. The following Saturday his death was momentarily expected. Fiv<l army surgeons watched by his bedside night and day. He received the last sacrament of the church from his pastor, who also remained with him throughout these trying moments. He was perieetly conscious and devoid of all fear and excitement. He made his will, and, with the utmost coolness, completed all arrangements to provide for the worst. Tbe subsequent days were filled with care and anxiety for the faithful wife and the doctors, who clung to their posts at the dying General's side. They watched even- svmptom and became alarmed at the slightest sign of anything un­ favorable. For days they continued their vigil, bottling bravely with the angel dea h, which seemed determined to grasp the old hero from their loving arms. It was such a fight as a sturdy constitution and science can make when put to such a fearful strain and test. He bore his illness and suffering with great heroism and made a gallant Cifht against death. Oiten he was thought to be dying, and oniy his courage and determination preserved and prolonged his life. Gen. Sheridan was on his deathbed when Congress, June 1, passed the bill to give him four stars as Gener­ al. He took the oath ol' office that day and also signed his name to a letter of thanks to the Pres­ ident. June 30 Gen. Sheridan was removed from his residence in Washington in a Bed Cross ambu­ lance to the United States steamship Swatara, which set sail the same day, and proceeded by slow and easy voyages for Nonquitt, Mass., on the shores of Buzzard's Bay. The vessel arrived in New York harljor the evening of July 6. It proceeded to New London and dropped anchor off Nonquitt the afternoon of July 8. The Gen­ eral was accompanied bv his wife and four small children--three girls and a boy. The stricuen soldier and his family occupied a new and pleasant cottage near the shore of the sea, under the grateful air of which he seemed to rally. When the General left Wash­ ington ho was considered by the army phvsi- cians who were in attendance and the local doc­ tors who had occasionally been c -lied into con­ sultation as in a precarious condition, and the voyage to Nonquitt was undertaken only as a last hope. For the first eighteen days after his arrival the change of climate und surroundings worked a fictitious improvement, whi h the physicians eager, y proceeded to bullotin to the/world as the normal and h'ealthy stages of progress in bis case whicli would lead to ultimate recovery. Dr. Ilobert O'lieilly, who had been in charge of the case since the first attack, accompanied him to that place, but he remained only a lew days. He returned to Washington, leaving only Drs. Mat­ thews and Yarrow in charge. A few days ago it became evident that the General was really retrograding instead of pro­ gressing. The reaction which had been occa­ sioned by the change of climate hod been ex­ hausted, and symptcms of rapid decline were noticed. Dr O'lieilly was hastily summoned, and on his arrival acknowledged "that the case was hopeless. He at once sent word to Dr. Pep­ per, of the University of Pennsylvania, the spa- cialist who had bten called into the case when the General was at Washington and dissolution seemed imminent. It was, however, given out to tho publ?<: that Dr. Pepper's Tisit was uot occasioned bv any alarming change in the Gen­ eral's Crflttlition. It was believed by those who hod followed the ease closely that the General bhd been attacked with a sudden relapse, and that lieroic methods were necessary to prolong his life. Col. M. V. Sheridan, brother of the General, was reticent about the condition of the and the life of the gallant General of the ARMY Was ended in peace. LIFE OF A GREAT GEMKRAX* From tbe Ranks of tbe People He Rose to Distinction. Gen. Sheridan was born in Somerset, Ohio, March 6, 1831. His parents were poor. John Sheridan, Phil's father, tried to make some money as a railroad contractor, but invariably met with ill-luck. Phil Sheridan as a boy had but few opportuni­ ties. His school-days were few. At the age of 12 Phil had to go to work. He fonnd employment in a hardware store in tho village, kept by John Talbot, with whom he re­ mained four months. He then obtained a place as a clerk for Fink & Dittoe, in the dry goods business, remaining with them until 18i7. He seemed pretty well satisfied with mercantile pursuits until he read one day of a vacancy at West Point, which half the fathers of the "dis­ trict were begging Gen. Bitcbie, the Congress­ man, to fill with their boys. Phil sat right down and wrote Gen. Bitchie a straightforward ap­ plication, without anybody's indorsement or even advice. Bitchie knew who the S her id an s were, tho Irish were becoming quite numerous among his constituents, and be thought it would be a happy idea to let it go abroad that he had appointed one of tbe race to the military S hool. The appointment was quickly made and widely announced. The young cadet's education being limited, he at once went to work to prepare himself for the examination. An old man of the name of Clark, who was considered a fine mathematician, as- s sted him. In three months' time he was ready for his examination, ana left Somerset for West Point, where he was admitted, in 1848, at the as?e of 17. While there he was put BASK a year )or whipping a higher classman. Thus it took him fire years to graduate, but still he was only 22 when he came out, graduating in 1853. Upon his graduation be was assigned to the infantry branch of tbe service, serving two years in Texas, and from 18561 > 1851 in Oregon. At the commencement of the civil war he was appointed Quartermaster of the Army of South­ west Missouri, his rank, being Captain. May, 18(>2, the Governor of Michigan appointed him Colonel of the Second Michigan Cavalry, and July 1, 1862, he was commissioned as a Brig­ adier General of Volunteers, and was soon in command of a division of the Army of the Ohio. At the battle of Stone Biver, December 31, 1862, he saved the army from rout bv his stubborn resistance of the enemy's onslaughts. For 1his he was made Major General. In tha march to Chattai:o >ga under Kosecrans h ) was exceed­ ingly nctive, und wh n nnv necessity seemed to demnnd it exposed hims. If with an abandon at d r<c'iloseness that wen the admira i >n of hi* soluiera and gained lor bim the sobriquet of "Fiy^ning Phil." In the bat ljof Cl,ickamaug>, though swe. toT the f.ell byth j bre iking of tl'e lines, l.e leco^red himself und retu ned with his (ominund and t-ome o.her tioops to the svpiort. of Gtn. Thomas. In subse­ quent actions about Cnattanooga he distin­ guished himself, and was regarded i<8 among the most accomplished and successful soldi.rs of the West. In April, 1864, he was called by Gen. Grant to the Army of the Potomac anu put in com­ mand of the cavalry. During the months of May, June and July, besides protecting the flanks of the army anu reconnoitering the enemy's position, he was in eighteen distinct actions. The 4th of August he was put in com. mand of tho Army of the Shenandoah, an! soon after of the Middle Military Division, where he succeeded in completely routing Gen. Early, for which he was made a Brigadier General In the regular army, and in November a Ma;o" General. The campaign again*t Early over, and in full possession of the Valley <f Virginia, he destroyed the m lis and rendered it impossible for Leo to longer draw sunplies from this fertile region. He then made a cletour around Richmond, joining Gen. Grant at City Point, from whence he starter), March 28, 18)5, to strike the fatal blow for the over­ throw of Lee's army. Ho fought the battle of Dinwiddie Co .rt House March 31. Five Forks April 1, and compelled the surrender cf Lee April 9, 186.5. In his military career Gen. Sheridan passed through many scenea of danger and daring, but the incident by which he gained greatest fame was his ride from Winchester. After the return of the troops to Washington Gen. Sheridan wa • assigned to the command of the Military Division of the Southwest, June 3, and of the Divisi >n of the Gulf, June 17, 1805. Upon the reorganization of departments and (listrietP he was assigned to the Department of the Gulf, Aug. 15, lHOti, and March, 1867. to tha Fifth Military District UI1!!,IV,FTRRIV,,U 'U"Nonquitt,"but finally I TEXASJRBUT/DISP^'ASIIVRIVEVIDEL^T^ John" on,^ he admitted, it is snul, that the General was in ] «aR" * a bad way. This was really the first intimation which hod come from the sick man s cottage of the serious condition oc the General. _ Throughout Kulurdiiy und Bi.turday night Gen. Sheridan waH attacked with those violent fits of coughing which so alarmed his physicians in \V ashington, and in which it was supposed he would die. The physicians resorted to the use of oxygen to sustain life and frequent applica­ tions were given him. They relieved him for a short time, but did not have the good oilect which invariably followed their application when he was in Washington. Then the electrio battery was called into requisition, and from its frequent use momentary good results were ob­ tained. Tho General gr«sw weajier all through die day and night. The distressing, suffocating tough, which resembled a violent, unsuccessful retehing after veimituig rather than an attempt to raise phlegm or clenr the lungs, continued all day, growing more and more violent and alarm­ ing at each repetition. The frequency with which they ooeurrcd was a sure indication to the physicians that dissolution was at hand. Throughout the night Drs. O'lieilly, Yarrow, Matthews and Pepper worked earnestly with the patient. The General's devoted wife was con­ stantly at hia side ministering to his vmnts under the direction of the physician!. The trained nurses from the Baltimore Cou- vent and Colonel Mike Sherielan were also in constant atteudance. The suc- eess of th« oxygen treatment in v as transferred, Kept. 12, 18 ;7, to tho Depart­ ment of the Missouri, which he continued to command until March, lH ilt, when, by the pro­ motion of Lieutenant General Siierm 111 to Gen­ eral, he became Lieutenant General, assuming command of the Wes e*rn und Southwestern Military Divisions, with headquarters in Chi­ cago. Here ho resided until the autumn of 18K), when, by the re'tireincno of Gen. Sherman, he became Cominander of tho Army cf the UniUd States. Gen. Sheridan married Miss Irene Kucker about 1872. Mrs. Sher dan might be called a daughter of the army. She was born at old Fort Un_on, N. M., a few years afttir that vasr. region and California became part of the United Kttfteu. Her father entered the military service from Michigan as Liou t;naiit of elragoons in 183T, and served with disiinctiem on th J frontiers. A few weeks before his aeath Gen. Grant was sitting on the piazza of his temporary residence at Saratoga, with him was his friend James N. Matthews of Buffalo. Phil Sheridan was the topic of conversation. "Sheridan," said Gen. Grant, "was a great soldier. Ho was as great as Caesar, or Von Moltke. Yea," he added, after a moment's pause, "he was greater than Caesar or Von Moltke. He was great in the field, great at the council board. He could not only plan bottles --ho could take the field and win them.* JOHN LYNCH, 25 years of age, fell over* board from the excursion steamer G onion ill Whiifcijull llav AnJ ^MA]|fkA4 W«fk q| the Senate and H«m ottitop- resentatives. IN the Chaplain's opening prayer LA the Sen­ ile tbe ,6tb, was an indirect but feeling allusion »the death of Gen. Sheridan. As soon as the 'ENDING of the journal was CONCLUDED, Mr. Ed. Edmonds rose and siid: "task unaniasoos con­ tent to offer at this time resolutions on a subject whieh e-rery Senator will understand: A«auk>ed,< rhat the Senate has learned with profound regret of tbe death of Philip H. Sheridan, late General of the armies of the United States.! Resolved, That tbe Benate hereby expresses its grateful sense of bis gceat and patriotic services in the cause of his country, its deep sensibility ot the loss which the nation has sustained in bis death, and its sympathy with bis family in their bereavement. Henotved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the family of the deceased. The resolutions were unani­ mously adopted. \ bill was intro­ duced by Mr. Farwell, and referred to the Committee on Pensions, granting a pension of $5,000 a year to Mrs. Sheridan. The President's message announcing the death of Gen. Sheridan was read. In compliance with resolution, the Chair appointed the following Senators as a committee to attend Gen. Sheri­ dan's funeral: Hawley, Manderson, Culloni, Stewart Hampton, Gibson and Gray. The Sen­ ate then adjourned. In the House similar reso­ lutions were adopted and like action taken, and after spoeches of eulogy that body adjourned. SENATOR SHEBMAN addressed the Senate pi op­ position to the fisheries treaty, the 7th. He said among other things he would have been glad to see in tbe pending treaty a settlement cf'.f tho controversy with Great liritain, because he. regarded a controversy with that nation as more'- injurious than a controversy with any other country, for of all the people who iLhabit tiiesjj globe the peoples cf tue United States and Great Britain were the most intimately allied.;: The Senate bill appropriating #10,0JO for a post-office building at Mammoth Hot Springs, in the Yeilowstone National Park, was passed, j The resolution offered by Mr. Jones, of ATKaunas, instructing the Committee on Finance t > make , an investigation of the cotton-bagging pool was! taken up and adopted by the Senate. The" Speaker has appointed the following members etf the Military Committee as the Houso conferrees 011 the army ax>propriation bill: Mr. Townshend of Illinois, Mr. Maish of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Laird of Nebraska, T.ie House tp.'nt the day in discussing the Sjnate bill making an ap­ propriation to enable the several executive departments to participate in t e Ohio Centen­ nial Exposition to be held to Columbus in Sep­ tember and October next. Amendments were adopted providing that any surplus of the ap­ propriation remaining unexpended shall be used to enable the department to be repre­ sented at the expos tions to be held at Augusta, Ga., and Richmond, Va., appropriating t'iO'.t.OOO to aid the colored race exposition to be held at Atlanta, Ga., in 1889 and 1890, appropriating $40,000 to enable the department to be repre­ sented at the Kansas City exposition, to be held in September and October. The question then recurred on the third reading of the bill as amended, which resulted, yeas, 68; nays 91; no quorum. The House then adjourned. THE speech in the Senate on the fisheries treaty was made by Senator Evarts, who spoke for over two hours, and then postponed the re­ mainder of his remarks on aceount of the beat. He ridicules Obe idea of reciprocitv between the United States and Canada. Tbe Senate 'passed the Chin se prohibition bill without di­ vision. The bill provides that from and after the date of the exchange of ratifications of the pending treaty between the United States of America and his imperial majesty the Emperor of China signed on the 12th day of March, 1888, it Bhall be unlawful for any Chinese person, whether a subject of China or of any other power, to enter the United States except as in this bill provided. The Senate passed the bill directing the Secretary of War to place on file in the War Department the nameB of 1 he officers and members of the frontier guards mustered into the volunteer mil­ itary service of the United States under Capt. Jam38 H. Lane of Kansas, and is­ sue discharges to them. The bill is to involve no pay, allowance, bounty or pension. The House discussed trusts and the means to abol­ ish them. The majority of the speakers favored the Springer bill to tax'the products of trusts. A resolution appropriating $5,000 for the ex­ penses of tbe Committee on Manufactures in its investigation was passed. The House debated the French spoliation claims clause of the de­ ficiency bill again, but adjourned before reaching a vote. MB. PALMBTT introduced a bill for the pur­ chase of the Portage Lake and Biver Improve­ ment Company's canal, etc., in the Senate the 9th. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Mitchell offered a resolution calling on the S'ecretary of the Interior concerning his recent decisioa in the Guilford Mill land case af­ fecting tbe title to the Northern Pacific lands. Agreed to. The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of the fisheries treaty in open executive session, and Mr. Evarts concluded nis speech against its ratification. After further debate and sharp passages between Morgan Of A abaraa and Blair of New Hampshire the eiiy's discussion came to a close and the Senate adjourned. The Speaker laid before the House a communication from the Commissioner of Agriculture, transmitting a report of the expenditures and results ob- ta ned by tbe Ladies' Silk Culture Association of California in experiments for the develop­ ment of the culture of raw silk. The report snows that the orchard near Oakland contains about (>,000 trees from one to three years old, and as many cuttings. .The work of the society in raising worms has necessarily been limited to experiments. Mr. Dibble, of South Carolina, submitted tho conference report on the bill for tho erection of a public building at Sioux City, Iowa, and it was agreed to. It fixes the limit of cost at $150,000. The House then adjourned. Social Progress in India. Some enlightened natives of India are taking active steps to put an end to the scandals of infant marriage and en­ force widowhood. Legislation has hitherto been withheld on this subject in deference to what has been conceived to be the customary and religious law of India. The learned Brahmins of the reform party now maintain that true Hindoo law is repugnant to these scandals, and call upon the govern­ ment, if it will not so declare, to ap­ point at least a commission to inquire into the true state of the case. A memorial is being signed by the na­ tives, asking the appointment of a commission composed of Hindoos and Europeans of opposite views, official and non-official, old and new Sanskrit pundits or learned men, to ascertain whether the principles of a bill sub­ mitted with the memorial are not per­ fectly consistent with the Hindoo law. This bill would date the marriage from the time when the bridegroom took home his bride, instead of from what is practically only a betrothal; and thus :it one stroke would afford relief to mil­ lions of uahappy Indian women--Chi­ cago Neics. Falling Out of the Eyelashes. Just as some of the hairs of the scalp fall out from time to time--and this may be taken as a natural process--the eyelashes may be observed to become detached from the eyelids in varying numbers; this is physiological, and un­ less caused by some apparent disease of the lids, involving the roots of these hairs, they are replaced in a period of from three to four weeks. 1 The oculist is often asked: "What can be done to promote tbe growth of the eyelashes and to make them beauti­ ful?" It may be disappointing to have to say that there is no method of ac­ complishing this when nature has de­ creed otherwise, bftt sncli disappoint­ ment will be far less tlian that which follows as a result of cutting them. A little white vaseline applied in a very small quantity occasionally may in­ crease the beauty somewhat by pre­ venting excessive dryness; but beyond this the eyelashes should not be inter­ fered with in anyway. The most fre­ quent cause of diminished bettnty of the eyelashes is disease of the eyelids. THIBET, most of which is just be­ coming known to Europeans, is divid­ ed by Gen. S. T. Walker of the Royal Geographical Society into a southern zone 10,000 to 12,000 feet above the sea, containing all the towns and villages of the settled population; a middle zone, 12,000 to 14,500 feet high, comprising the pasture lands of the nomad Bodpas, or pure Thibetans; and a Northern zone, 14,000 to 17,500 feet above the sea, partly occupied at certain seasons by Turkic and Mongolian nomads, but mostly abandoned to wild animnln The country is about 1400 miles long 1 i.,1 * '• m. iiijl A.C\j . l~t. ,,A. J 4 Tbe Old at Cm) ftp Heart enne, •f Gen. Explained hf a Holed Physician. -'J (Cheyenne fWyo.) special.] "William P. Davidge, leading old man of the Palmer company, en route to San Francisco, died suddenly at Cheyenne; Wyo., the 7th. Death was caused by ^ heart failure, superinduced by altitude. Mr. Davidge was well known to the> playgoers of the country, although be> was not conspicuous of late .Tears. He- was a star as far back as the "50's." He- was under contract to Mr. Augustin Daly ? and Mr. J. M. Hill before he joined Mr. A. M. Palmer's company, to which he be­ longed at the time of his death. He played Capulet in the Margaret Mather production of "Borneo and Juliet," but. -v-i - 'M his impersonation was so 'olti-Jasfiionedl that he was given the part of 1 Peter, a change that did not please him. Last summer he was the Doctor in "Jim the Penman." His be6t bit of * acting of late years, however, was two summers ago, when ho played the old sot K in "Saints and Stnners." It was then that the fiftieth anniversary of his going £ on the stage occurred. The celebration of it was postponed until the autumn, when he had a benefit in New York which wa»v not a success. Mr. Davidge was a mem­ ber of the American Dramatic Associa­ tion, the assets of which, amounting to $60,000, are now in litigation. He op- ' posed the proposition to give the money to the new Actors' Fund. Mr. Davidge ; leaves two sons, who are in the dramatic ' profession. His friends expressed sur­ prise on learning of his death that he- should at the ago of 74 have attempted so; i long a journey as that across the continent- ? William P. David .re was born in London April 17,1814. At the age of 1C he made hi< first ap- *> pearance on tha stage at Drury Lane Theater, Rusteinin; tbe small part of James in "The Miller's Maid." His first regular connection withe the stage commenced June '2\ 18 Jti. ids debut oc- ; curring at Nottingham, England, whan ho ft' essayed the character of Adam Winter-ton it* >' "The Iron Chest." Ho soon afterward became-, attached to one of tbe Loudon theaters, and con­ tinued to act with success in London and tb» v principal cities of Great Britain and Ireland until the year 1850, when he came to the United States. His first pppoavance in Auierica wa» made at the old Broadway Theater Aug. 19, 1850, in the character of Sir Peter Teazle. He remain ed at. ths Broadway five years, playing an exten $ . 3 Sive round of characters and supporting all tli& great uotors and actresses of the day. After leaving tbe Broadway he played in Cleveland,. and afterward in all tho larger ci fes of tin J |! Union, finally returning to New York. When ^ ' Augustin Daly formed his firstcompany in lSiS- '5i Mr. Davidge was one of its leading niombersi and added greatly to its first successes. He continued with Mr. Daly during all theups and - • downs of his management until 1877, when Mr. -I; Daly abandoned temporarily tho managerial : field. During the "Pinafore" rage he played with great success the character of Dick Dead- eye. When Mr. Daly reorganized hi» company in 1879 Davidge rejoined bim, remaining a year,, when he accepted an engagement with J. M. Hill, with whom he remained flvevears. sup­ porting Margaret Mather during a part of the . , time. In November, 1885, Mr. DavMge cast in > *? his fortunes with Mr. Palmer and the Madisou ; A Square Company. Mr. Davidge was married it» " 1842. His heme was in Brooklyn. One of hia - ' sons, William Davidge, ,Tr., is an a'tor of gocid repute ; another is a Bi. oklyn dentist. In his." time Mr. Davidge played many parts; to be ex- «• act, 1,019, of which he preserved an alphabetical V record. They embrace every degree of comeiv £" character, from Hir Peter Teazle to Caliban, from * ; Max Harkaway to Dick Doadeye, and. in all hs» $; • scored the highest success. t ' m :• t '£ DR. PEPPER S DIAGNOSIS, Noted Physician Explains the- CsMUWO* > Gen. Sheridan's Demise. [Bar Harbor (Me.) special.] >" Dr. William Pepper, of Philadelphia. - was much surprised when informed of Gen. Sheridan s sudden death, as when he visited him only a few days before v f y , • < death he was improving rapidly and felt £ most sanguine and continent of his own < recovery. The Doctor gives the following * . official opinion of the case and its treat­ ment: At the time of the early attaoks the heart fail­ ure was so intense that the walls of the heart contracted very imperfectly, and the cavities - became rapidly and greatly dilated. Th s wass , much increased by the mechanical obstruction due tp tbe organic disease of the valves of tho heart which had existed for many months. In > this state some heart-clot must have formed, ; and for some time alarming attacks re- ^ curred unexpectedly, apparently due to 5 • the sudden eietachment of portions of clot, -f which were carried fjrora the right side of the f - heart into the lungs. Tbe most alarming spell « was connected with the development of an ex­ tensive infraction of the lower lobe of the right- lung, followed by the development of aneurisms around it. For weeks this was a constant source< 1 of anxiety, but gradually it cleared away, the> heart gained power, its cavities contracted bet­ ter, anel the spells above mentioned grew leee apparent and serious. When the heart trouble was at its worst grave' symptoms of congestion showed themselves. everywhere. The brain sufiered, the liver and • stomach were so much engorged that hemor- rhages e>r-cuired mid were a mott fatal. From the . shock the kidneys also suffered, as was shown by a scanty, albuminous urine and swelling of the feet. But as the heart slowlv improved all these complications tubsided. 'fhis was grati- p fying, and justified the hope that gradually i there would be a return to better $ w' health if no untoward complications should 2>- occur again. But inevitably a patient ! with extensive organic diseaso of tbe heart (as in all probability existed here), with fragments of heart clot adhering to the lining, is continually in danger of fatal heart failure, and of sudden detachment of fragments of SUCH size that if car­ ried to tbe lungs almost immediately fatal re­ sults will follow. On Kuud*v evening, at a time when all the General's symptoms were more en­ couraging than at any pre\ ious period, the above* occurred with such severity as to make a!l ef­ forts to sustain the hexrt and lungs unavailing " vj •• ' STEVENS COUNTY DESPERADOES . - .... .1. -..•RSISY*', Leaders la the Recent Outrages Taken to> Topeka far Trial. , f Sam Robinson, C. E. Cook, Oltin Cook,. A--< J. H. Chamberlain, M. Rigely, A. McDon­ ald, and J. W. Calvert, the parties ar~ , rested by the United States authorities at ' Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas, as implicated in the murder of Sheriff Cross and three deputies, have arrived in Topeka v in charge of United States Mar- shal Jones. The charges against them * are conspiracy and attempt to restrain -/ others of their liberty. The troops will ^ remain in Stevens County for about a week ' ' or ten days and will then be sent home, with the exception of two companies who will be stationed respectively at Hugoton I and Wood <dale, and will st iy there for six -r weeks and longar if necessary. The State authorities seem determined to break down the disturbing element and prevent a re­ currence of the horrible tragedy in the neutral strip. ^ l! Lite Mews Notes. Tin summer shutdown of the flint glue factories of the country has ended, and 120 factories, employing 6,000 men, havo- resumed work. UNITED STATES cavalry troops ur& ejecting from tho Indian Territory non- citizens who refuse to pay the cattle tax levied by the Chickasaw Nation. AN oil fire near Parkersbnrg, W. Va., at tbe Argttnd Oil Works, destroyed 91,500* worth of property. Manley Harris and George Hayes were terribly burned, Har­ ris probably fatal. Their clothes were sat­ urated with the burning<J«. iif 9^ r ^ 114 ... "J <•!>» IM: