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lb . 1® s>^ • a®# llf--- I$t* <• ttk\ '. fr,'r fv fei - : f. WlttT**, Publish*;. UlcHENBY, wftessssaa^ ILLINOIS. NEWS CONDENSED. IWBEAiT. TMT J. NORTH, o^e of the oKtest «n! moat widely known circus riders in the world, died in Brooklyn, N. Y., from a cold contracted while attending the funeral of Frank Pastor, a brother of Tony Pastor. Horth was bom in 1814, and was a public rider at thirteen years of age. He traveled all over this country and Europe, and ap­ peared before Louis Philippe, Queen Vic­ toria, and other sovereigns. He acquired • competency in his profession, which he invested in a theater in Chicago and • farm near that city. His theater was burned in the great fire and he was obliged to again enter the ring.... A double-scull race for $500 a side and the donble-scnll championship of America will take place on the Charles ltiver, between Aug. 11 and Aug. 24, Gaudaur and Hosmer being matched against Courtney and Con- ley. .. . An autopsy of the remains of Com­ mander Gorringe at New York, showed that the spinal cord had been destroyed by soft oancer, that cancerous deposits existed in the lungs, kidneys, liver, and other organs.... Leading Salvationists at Plymouth, Pa-, have been imprisoned for a refusal to pay • nominal fine inflicted for declining to abandon their street parades James Kane was hanged at Philadelphia for the murder of his brother, Jauuary 11. EKOXIISH dairymen have just purchased from Collins P. Huntington a dairy farm of 600 acres, lying partly in Orange County, New York, and partly in Sussex, New Jersey, paying therefor $50,000, be­ sides $5,050 for twenty-one head of regis- J tered Holstein cattle Miss Bessie Hincks, a prominent member of Boston j society, was walking in that city, when her dress caught fire from a smoldering fire­ cracker, and she was horribly burned, death following in a few hours. WHILE preparations were making for the funeral of Henry Hollowbush, a deceased octogenarian of Frederick, Pennsylvania, who was supposed to have died in destitute circumstances, several thousand dollars were found scattered about his house. m to* tap. t^r theft went to Campbell's houso. Campbell fired upon the mob, wounding one of diem, and they then shot him to death." ETHEII, a Jersey cow 24 years old, owned by Mr. McEwen, of Columbia, Tean., ac­ cording to an official teat, produced in seven days thirty pounds fifteen ounces of batter--beating all records for the same age... .A new comet has been discovered by Prof. Barnard, of the Vanderbilt Uni­ versity observatory at Nashville, Tenn. THE WEST. THE great strike of the conductors and drivers of the Chicago West Division Rail­ way Company is over, and the cars of the various lines are again running. The strike lasted eight days. At the outset the em­ ployes were treated with the most haughty contempt, were grossly insulted by having a communication reciting their grievances torn up in the presence of the messenger bearing it, and the officers of the company refused every tender of mediation or ad­ vice from the Mayor and other officials looking to a settlement of the trouble, claiming that there was but one side to the question, and that they would never yield or treat with the strikers. Mean­ time the strikers stood firm, public sym­ pathy Bided unanimously with them, the railway company found it impossible to re­ sume operations on its lines, notwithstand­ ing 400 policemen vere placed at Its dis­ posal, &nd finally unbent so far as to hold a conference, through its President, with the strikers. An agreement was im­ mediately reached by which the conductors and drivers returned to work. The sub­ stance of the arrangement was that the charges against the sixteen men whose dis­ charge caused the strike were to be in­ vestigated by the President, and, if not sustained, the men to be reinstated. GREAT improvement is reported in the condition of corn in Northwestern Iowa, Northeastern Nebraska, Southwestern Da­ kota, and Southeastern Minnesota. The Indiana Farmer estimates the wheat crops In Indiana at sixty-fonr per cent of an av­ erage, in Illinois at forty per cent., and in Ohio at fifty-eight per pent The prospects for corn, oats, and hay in the three States AftnUVOTOX. TftE eatl for a statement of the COtifJTllon of the national banks at the close of busi­ ness July 1 contains for the first time a note to bank officials asking that under the head of specie they report*the amount of silver dollars separately, instead of the aggregate, as always has been done. This request is made with a view to getting accurate statis­ tics as to the location of silver Land Commissioner Sparks has made a complate list of cases where the public lands have been improperly fenced, and in every in­ stance the parties have been notified to re­ move the fences It is reported that in case the Astrian Government refuses to recognize Minister Keiley officially, James Fenner Lee, of Maryland, Secretary of the Legation, will be authorized to perform the duties of Minister. ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND has de- dided that a lease for a postoffice cannot be effected for a longer period than that for which money is appropriated, the effect be­ ing that all leases for more than one year which were effected prior to the enactment of the recent law which fixes a five years' limitation are void The Commissioner of Agriculture has appointed Prof. M. S. Kern to be Forestry Agent for the Agri­ cultural Department THE protest against the award of the contract for stone-work on the Govern­ ment building at Peoria to the lowest bid­ ders, on the ground that tbey employ con­ vict labor, has been held to be invalid by the Treasury authorities. m m rnmmi Spain, witnessed Dr. Fewan's inocnktion opHations and is sk*ptfoal as iothe effi­ cacy ofthesame. Meanwhile deaths by <P hs||tftod fKie *epMted the scourged i^atiff.. ilifedon police have been or- Awa&fo suppress the street sfelas jf the GamMe containing th« MtUIes din the oitjf'fSet vices. A nuimterof news-venders have been arrested.... Sditions of the Neve Freie Press? and Deutsche Zeitung, of Vienna, containing attacks upon the Austrian Government, have been confiscated by the authorities. .... Gen. de Courcey telegraphs from Hue that the Frence are absolute masters of the situation there. The Royal Palaoe, con­ taining 5,000,000 francs in bar silver, be­ sides nure artistic treasures, is intaot. The Annamite foroas are dispersing Herr Wodioner, the Anstrian financier, is dead. IK Paris the architect Caudray, although married and having children, maintained a liaison with Mme. Bessier, the wife of a shopkeeper. The other day the lovers quarreled, and Caudray, going to the shop in the absence of Bessier, shot his mistress dead, and then ended his own existence by putting a bullet through his brain. The husband of the woman on learning of the tragedy became a raving maniac... .Chole­ ra, it is rumored, has crossed the Spanish frontier into the Department of thS'Auxn France. IWL9TICAL. Greenbackers, in convention at Des Moines, nominated E. H. Gillette, of Polk County, for Lieutenant Governor, and F. W. Moore, of Davis County, for Superintendent of Publio Instruction, leav­ ing the other places on the ticket to be filled by Democrats. The resolutions adopted reaffirm the Indianapolis platform of 1884; protest against the continuous en­ croachments of monopolies, and declare the inability of the old parties to meet this question; the middlemen who borrow money cheap and lend it at heavy interest to Western farmers are de­ nounced and the system permitting such spoliation Fhonld be reformed; the reserve in the National Treasury should be released, as rain has followed this hoarding; the ex­ pulsion of settlers from Oklahoma is de­ nounced; the next Legislature is called on to pass the Cassatt coal-screen bill, and to abolish the railway commission; corpora­ tions should be required to accept Iowa citizenship, and keep their litigation in the State courts; the Governor is denounced for the "bayonet" removal of Auditor Brown; the temperanee law should be fnlly enforced. THE Pennsylvania Republican Conven­ tion, at Harrisburg, nominated Colonel Matthew S. Quay on the first ballot for Treasurer of State, and adopted resolu­ tions favoring a repeal of the internal rev­ enue taxes except upon spirituous and malt liquors; increased duties upon im­ ports, with a discount upon goods import­ ed in American bottoms; the "establish­ ment of a true system of civil service;" the "preservation of a sound financial sys­ tem;" and "a just regard for our commer­ cial relations with foreign nations, and a closer intercourse with those on the Amer­ ican continent" THE President has appointed William K. Meade, of Arizona, to be Unitef States Marshal for that Territory; Joseph L. Morgan, of South Carolina, to be Secre­ tary of Lega.ion at the City of Mexico; Willis G. Clark to be Collector of Cus- are excellent... .Mrs. John Rogers, of j toms for the Port of Mobile," Ala7;~ Fied- Howden, Ind., made desperate at an as­ sault upon her by her husband, whom she had rebuked for suspicious intimacy with Miss Emma Snell, cut the throats of her two children and then erick Gerker to be Collector o? Internal Revenua for the First District cf Penn­ sylvania, vice William Pollock, sus­ pended; and the following Presidential Postmasters: A. B. Waller, atTuscarora, drowned herself in a water-trough. Rogers ] Nevada; Edwin's. Smith, at South Haven! Si Art lltnn L- - ̂ .. . _ _ _ * has disappeared, and Miss 8ne!l has been ' so prostrated by the tragedy that she may not recover Fire at Cleveland in prem­ ises occupied by the Garry Iron and Roof­ ing Company, the Cleveland Iron Ore Paint Company, and W. C. Langenan & Co., entailed losses in excess of $60,000. IN the United States District Court at Cincinnati, Judge Foraker and A. A. Ferris had a dispute, and Mr. Foraker asserted that a charge made by Ferris was false, upon which the latter struck at Foraker, who, however, warded off the blows. Judge Sage reprimanded Ferris, besides fining him $50 for contempt Jeremiah P. Bar- tholow, a well-known citizen of St Louis, committed suicide by shooting while lying In bed waiting for his breakfast The re­ ceiver of the Vulcan Iron Works at St. Louis has been instructed by Judge Treat to lease the property to an Ohio syndicate for six years at an annual rental of $50,000. GEN. SCHOFIELD advises the War De­ partment that no Cheyennes have yet been in Kansas and no citizens have been killed. A hundred young members of the tribe have, however, left the agency. An order has been issued for the concentration of all troops that may be available in the event of a serious outbreak The Apaches were defeated near Gnasabus, in Sonora, with a loss of forty killed and fourteen prisoners. ?,.• A CYCLONE in three sections swept through Othkosh, Wis., cutting differ­ ent paths through the city and demol- j ishing or injuring hundreds of houses, j The Exposition Building and St. Paul's Church are in ruins, and St Peter's j Catholic Church is badly wrecked. Roofs were blown from stores, the rain dam­ aging the stocks, and all the smoke­ stacks in town were leveled. The greatest havoc was wrought in the lumber dis­ trict, and in the residence section some dwellings are barricaded by fallen trees. Twenty people are reported injured, one or two fatally. In the district north of the town farm buildings, stock, and crops suf­ fered severely. A storm at Waupaca, Wis.. , destroyed several small structures and blew down trees, and chimneys. Nineteen bams and six houses atLind, Wis., were wrecked, and crops destroyed. The cyclone fol­ lowed a path six blocks wide at Madison, entailing heavy damage to buildings, resi­ dences, and churches. At Sparta several structures were leveled, and at Plainfield numerous houses were blown down or un­ roofed. Tobacco shops at Edgerton and •toughton were razed, a number of horse:» and cattle being killed. A cyclone effected Eeat damage in the vicinity of Allegan, ich. , and a fnnnel-shaped "whirler" near Uonticello, Minn., shattered buildings and fore up the prairie in spots, manv persons Staking narrow escapes with their lives. Mich.; John O'Donnell. at Mitchell; John Pepper, at Boscobel, Wis.; Adolph Pien- ing, at Manitowoc, Wis.; Joseph Van- nahme, at Eist St. Louis, III; D. A. Sulli­ van, at Spring Valley, Minn.; Benjamin Harrison, at Palatka, F'a.; Mary M. Force, at Selma, Ohio; John C. Wise, at Mankato, Minn., vice L. Punt, suspended; William F. Avera, at Camden, Ark., viceH. A. Mel- lin, suspended; C. S. Stoy, at Butler, Ind., vice Miss Idi Carpenter, suspended; Eli W. Brown, at Columbia City, Ind., vico J. W. Baker, suspended; Jonah T. Howe, at Trumansburgh, N. Y., vice D. S. Briggs, suspended; Kobert W. Speer, at Denver, Col., vice Robeit Moms, suspended; Michael W. Ryan, at Medford, Wis., vice S. H. Keeler, suspended. " THE SOUTH. ' IOMR MARTIN, one of the two escaped negroes implicated in the outrage and mur- jler of Mrs. Hazell, at Elkhart, Texas, was taken out of the Grayson County Jail and lynched. This makes six victims of Judge jfiynch for the murder of Mrs. Hazell. A GRENADA (Miss.) dispatch reports Ibat "the mob that hanged McChristian and Velix Williams started after two other men implicated in the same murder by Williams in his confession. They were Bartley lames and John CampbelL The mob found James at his house and carried him to Union Church, about ten mdes from THE Mexican editors now on a sight­ seeing tour through the country, made a pilgrimage to Mount MacGregor and paid their respects to Gen. Grant They re­ mained a very brief time, fearing to over­ tax the strength of the General, who, so far as he was able, exhibited his apprecia­ tion of the honor paid him. Augustin Arroyo de Anda made remarks in Spanish, which were interpreted, and the General in response wrote the following: My great interest In Mexico has dated hack to the great war between the United States and that country. 11 y interest was increased when lour European monarchies attempted to set up their institutions on this continent, selecting Mexico, a territory adjoining us. It was an out­ rage on human rights for a foreign nation to attempt to transfer her institutions and her rulers to the territory of a civilized peopie with­ out their consent. They are tearfully punished lor thejr crime. 1 hope Mexico may soon begin an upward and progressive departure. She has the elements of success. She lias the peo­ ple, Bhe has the soil, t-he has the climate, and she has the minerals. The conquest of Mexico will not be an easy task in the future. The Rev. Father Didier, of Baltimore, also called upon the sick soldier. In re­ sponse to the priest's statement that they were all praying for him, the General wrote: Yes. I know, and I feel very grateful to the Christian people of the land for their prayers on my behalf. There is|no sect or vel gion, as shown in the Old or the New Testament, to which this does not apply. Catholics, i rotest- ants, and Jews, and ail the good people of the nation, of all politics as well as religion, and all nationalities, seem to have united in wishing for or praying for my improvement I am a great sufferer all the time, but the facts I have related are compensation for much of it. All that I can do is to pray that the prayers of all these good people may be answered so far as to have us all meet in another and better world. I cannot speak even in a whisper. Two OF the editors recently arrested at the City of Mexico have been sent to the Belem Penitentiary. It is rumored tw the government threatens to withdraw the appropriations from all technical schools on the ground that they are "nurseries of treason," and donate the money to primary instruction.. . .Five thousand citizens at­ tended a meeting called to express sympathy for Louis Riel, at which a subscription was ; opened to defray the cost of his defense in j the approaching trial. Considerable sums have already been pledged A revolution has broken out in Venezu la, and the in­ surgents have seized the steamer Liber- tadon, with several government chiefs on board. ADDITIONAL NEWS. A OOMMIS8IONEB has been appointed in Philadelphia to take testimony regarding the mental condition of John McCttllough, the actor... .Oil has been struck at a depth of one hundred feet, in Saratoga County, New York, the drill having passed through a stratum of salt and a vein of gas. SECRETARY WHITNEY contemplates an entire reorganization of the nine Govern­ ment navy-yards in a short time, and an investigation of their books and papers, with this end in view is now in progress. ... .Col. John Gibbon, of the Seventh In­ fantry, has been appointed Brigadier Gen­ eral m the regular army, vice Gen. C. C. Augur, retired. THERE were 170 failures in the United States reported to Bradstreel's during the week, against 192 in the preceding week, and 194, 140, and 124 in the corresponding weeks of 1884, 1883, and 1882, respectively. About 83 per cent, were those of small traders whose capital was under $5,000. In the principal trades they were as fol­ lows: Grocers, 24; general stores, 12; liquors, 18; furniture, 9; manufacturers, 9; paper, books, stationery, etc., 9; produce and provisions, 9; clothing and cloths, 7; drugs, 7; hardware, 6; tobacco and cigars, 5; jewelry, 5; hotels and restaurants, 5; hats, 4; harness, 4; bakers, 3; carpenters, 3; crockery, 3; dry goods, fancy goods, 3; snoes, 2 The June wheat report of tho National Ag­ ricultural Department estimates the aggre­ gate yield at 363,000,000 bushels. The condition of corn is higher than in any year since 1880 (1883 excepted), and cotton has materially improved... .Public senti­ ment in Mexico is said to be such that a sale of any of the Northern States by the administration is practically out of the ques­ tion.... The half-breed rising in North­ western Canada has been quelled, and the troops under Gen. Middleton are on the homeward march... .Two men were in­ stantly killed and a third badly injured by a boiler explosion at Hamilton, Ontario. GEN. SHERIDAN has left Washington for Fort Reno, Indian Territory. Advices re­ ceived by the War Department indicate that the situation at that point is extremely menacing. A dispatch from Wichita, Kansas, says: "Advices received from In­ dian Territory leave little doubt that the situation there is more menacing than has been admitted by the authorities, and prompt action by the department is neces­ sary to prevent an outbreak. Agent Dyer, under instructions from the Com­ missioner of Indian Affairs, under­ took to make a census of the Cheyennes, but was stopped by the 'dog-soldiers,' who threatened with death any who should report them for enrollment, at the same time placing tw o of their number as guards over the agent's office. They stopped work on the farms and threatened Dyer witl* death if he persisted in carrying out his or­ ders. They openly declared that Dyer must go, as he restricts their liberty. Dyer has simply been trying to keep them at work." ... .Nine hundred striking lumber workers left .Bay City, Mich., in barges for East Saginaw, where they paraded the streets, carrying banners inscribed "Ten Hours a Day's Work!" and visited a number of mills, compelling the employes to leave their saws. A foreman who confronted them with a drawn revolver was knocked down and roughly handled. Most of the mills on the Saginaw River closed. THE Anamite troops at Hue have , sur­ rendered their arms to Gen. de Courcey. All who were engaged in the recent attack upon the French troops, with the exception of a few ringleaders, are offered amnesty if they surrender Within twelve days A Cairo dispatch says that unless measures for relief are taken before Sept. 1 Egypt will be completely bankrupt... .At Black Rock, Ireland, during a musical entertain­ ment, the British flag was hauled down and replaced by a gree-i flag ... Negotiations with Spain concerning a new commercial treaty with the United Stites have been suspended... .Dispatches from Madrid state that the cholera is less violent and a geneial decrease is reported in the provinces. Dr. Ferran has arrived at the capital and entered a protest against the Government's stopping other doctors prac­ ticing inoculation... .Galicia, Poland has been visited by destructive floods. Large portions of the pity of Cracow and the town •of Skavina were under watar. • THE MABKET& NEW YORK. BBvn HOGS "WHEAT--No. l White No. 2Bed. CORN--No. 2 OATS--White PORK--New Mess. f. Lard CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. Good Shipping Butchers' Fixiui--Fancy Red Winter Bx'! Prime to Choice Spring. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring Cons--No. 2. OATH--No. 2. RYE--No. 2 BAKIJEV--NO. » HUTTEK--Choice Creamery Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, new....... Light Skimmed ECJGS--Freah POTATOES--New, per brl PORK--Mess LARD TOLEDO. WHEAT--NO. 2 Red CORN--NO. 2 OATH--No. 2.... MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--NO. 2 ". CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IlYK--No. I.. BARLEV--No. 2................... I'OHK--Mess ST. Louia WHEAT--No. 2 Red Coux--Mixed OATS--Mixed RYE HAY--Timothy PORK--Mess ............ 1 CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN OATS--Mixed RYE--No. 2 Fall PORK--MOM DETROIT. FI-OUB. WHEAT--No. L White t CORN--No. 2 f OATS--No. 2 White v PORK--New Mew 1 INDIANAPOLIS. _ . , T WHEAT--No. 2 Red. A HE cholera continues to rage with great CORK-Mixed. violence in Spain, and since the outbreak of the epidemic there have been ten thou- OATTLS--Beet sand deaths. I Fair . --_ I fAmmffli A FBENCH physiaiau. Dr. Gibier, who Hocw. 16. SO 4.25 M # 7.00 <B *: .75 & 1.01 .98,'£@ .VM .53 & .53)4 .40 tft, .45 11.23 (411.50 .06)£<g .0034 C.25 & o.«0 & 5.00 <S# *.£>0 m 6.50 <3 4.50 (® .8flV£ .48 & .81 & .5i) <& .91 IS .17 # .15 <$ .08 .03 .03 !£ • 10&@ .11 3.25 <ff, 2.50 9.50 (&HUM) 6.25 & 6.50 6.00 6.60 4.60 4.25 6.25 4.00 .86 .47 .31 .57 .49 .16 .13 .07 Personi Who Have Improperly Ap- prvtprbted feblfc Unit VotilM . ^ Gen. XcCook Exposes the Illegality *f Seal Estate frem the Indians. A Series of Sensational Occur- P fences in Various Quarterf of the Country. Enbraetnr the Romantic, Ce«ic> and " b a i l e P h a s e s o f E r a y - O a y h K • 5 Existence. i 8.76 @10.00 FOBEieR. [Washington telegram to Chicago Tribute.] Gen. Sparks, Commissioner of the Gen­ eral Land Office, has had a complete list of all the cases where the public lands have been improperly fenced made ont, with a statement of the present status of affairs. In all of these cases the parties have been notified to remove the fences. In some in­ stances they have consulted attorneys iriio have held that a reasonable number of openings in the fences is sufficient. In such cases the openings are guarded, and to all intents and purposes fences still ex­ ist. The total amount of land that has been appropriated in this way is between one and two million acres. Secretary Lamar has received a letter from Gen. McCook, ex-Governor of Col­ orado, relative to the power of the Govern­ ment to prevent illegal occupation of lands in Indian Tetritory. The writer asserts that the law declares that the Secretary of the tort- has full control of all Indian affairs Voder the laws, subject to direction by the President; that certain contracts may be made by individuals with Indians relative to services in procuring the pay­ ments of olaiuis, but no authority exists for making contracts of any other nature, and, if made, they are null and void; that no purchase, grant, lease, or other con­ veyance of lands or of any title or claim thereto from any Indian nation or tribe of Indians shall be of any val­ idity in law or equity, unless the same shall be made by treaty or convention, entered into pursuant to the Constitution; that only the United Slates can make any contract with any Indian nation or tribe affecting lands, whether by purchase, lease, or other­ wise, and the United States can do so only by formal agreement; and that the President mny employ the military to remove tres­ passers from the Indian lands. Gen. McCook substantiates the above points by citations from the Bevised Statutes, and declares that the United States can make agreements respect­ ing Indian lands only with the Indians themselves, and not with third parties, and only with the Indians by agreement ratified by Congress. Notwithstanding the positive prohibitions of the law against the leasing or conveyance of lands by Indian tribes, substantially all the lands in Indian Territory set apart for exclusive Indian oc­ cupation, General McCook says, are in the possession of white men, under leases from Indians who had no power to lease, and with the tacit recognition of the Depart­ ment Of the Interior (under a former ad­ ministration), which he believes had no {tower to recognize or assent to any such ease or possession. XJST OF THE IJESSEXB. The following is given as a partial list of parties in occupation of such lands in the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Reservations in Indian Territory, and the amount of land controlled by them and embraced in their designated boundaries: Hampton H. Denman of Washington, D. C., formerly member of the Kansas State Senate, 55,0(10 acres. Edward Fenlon of Leavenworth. Kas., and William C. Mallelly of Caldwell, Kas., each 564,800 acres. Robert A. Huuter ol St Louis, Mo., 500,000 acres. Albert G. Evans of St. Lonis, Mo., 456,- 960 acres. Lewis L. Briggs of Maseoton, Kas., 318,720 acres. Jesse S. Morrison, of Darlington, L T., 138,240 acres. Unknown lessee, teasing Oct 15, 1883, 714,000 aares. Tc*iil TWbove parties, 3,832,520 aeres. THE NOMINAL RENTAL. "Briggs, a member of the Kansas State Senate, 1881-85, and E. M. Hewins, and others, in trust for the Cherokee Strip Live-Stock Association of Kansas, a Kan­ sas corporation, leased for five years from Oct. 1, 1883, 3,000,000 acres, being nil the unoccupied lands conveyed to the Pawnees, Poncas, Nez Peroes. Otoes, Missouris, Osages, and Kansas Indians. The rental is lij cents per acre. If the Indians had Eower to make leases, and if the Interior Apartment had power to assent to them, what can be said of such an execution of a public trust, supposed to be cre­ ated for the purpose of protect­ ing Indian rights and interests, as the acquiescence in a lease of lands for a term of years at a rental which is nothing more than nominal? Is that the way the Government of the United States should care for its wards? If such leases were legal--if authority existed to make them--they would still be obtaining from tike Indian wards, with the assent of their guardian, valuable property rights and privileges for a pittance. If the legality of the leases were doubtful they should not be permitted the countenance of an admin­ istration pledged to set its face against cor­ ruption, collusion, and wrong. Being, as they unquestionably are, wholly unauthor­ ized and illegal, as well as improvident, should there be an instant's hesitation in disavowing them, and in the summary ex­ ercise of all the power and authority of the Government in dispossessing the holders under them?" TRESPASSERS. Continuing his argument declaring the illegality of the leases, Gen. McCook says: "Both under the common law and the enactments of Congress all parties other than Indians occupying these lands are trespassers. The intention of the law set­ ting apart this domain was that it should be enjoyed by the Indians for the purpose of making to them civilized homes, en­ couraging them in habits of industry, and elevating and improving their condition. Ths actual facts now are that, instead of the Indians possessing and enjoying the benefits designed for them, the r coun- fry is overrun with speculators and ad­ venturers of every degree, who have de- Spoiled them of their property, and prac­ tically sequestrated their birthrights, de- stroyitog their opportunities of self-sup­ port, and leaving them nothing for the fu­ ture, while keeping them dependent in tho present. These men, who for the last three years have enjoyed covert protection, and have boldly insisted upon an official recognition of their claims, are, in many instances, foreigners who owe no allegi­ ance to this Government, and in all cases evade every duty and obligation which the laws impose upon American; citizens. This part of the Indian' country to which 1 have called your attention is a country where force reigns and rapine dwells, where unscrupulous men ask the support of the Government and the army of the United States to protect them in violating the law and avoiding any responsibility for their acts. These n.en nre apparently the representatives of great official and finan­ cial influence, and seem to have behind them an autocratic element, mysterious as it is powerful, which banishes from the face of land they now hold every American citi­ zen who is not with them or of them. As trespassers, their representations to your de]>artment are not the prayers of the weak appealing for protection, but the demands of the strong, who from a ripe experience evidently believe that the future and the past will be the same." SENATOR PLUMB, of Kansas, is said to be engaged in a careful study of Southern scenes and life, and the horrible possibil­ ity is suggested that he is going to write a book. " A NEW BEDFORD woman has taken to playing the cornet. The question of woman's suffering is widening. HELEN GARDNEB claims to bo the only PRESIDENT CLEVELAND wears a white woman infidel is the world. Derby hV , Lynched by a Mob. . feGirard (Kan.) dlsratcW At Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, a girl fourteen years old, was waylaid, rav­ ished, and terribly maltreated. John Law­ rence, colored, seventeen years old, was arrested for the crime and brought here and lodged in jail. When the train from Bax­ ter Springs reached here about twenty men got off near the station and scattered through tho town. Ha'f an hour later a number of armed men made a dash for the jail, broke down the iron door, took the prisoner out, marched him up one of the main streets, armed men surrounding and keeping citizens from interfering. They took him two blocks from the jail, and hanged him to the rafters of an unfinished house. Then one of them, said to be the father of the girl, emptied his revolver into the body. Members of the mob then walked oat of town, and returned to their homes. A Mysterious Disappearance Cleared Up. [Cincinnati telegram.] Fifteen months ago Mr. John Van, aged forty-eight, half-brother of Marie'Van, the vocalist, drew eight thousand dollars from the bank, carried it about his person sev- eial days, and then was suddenly missing. Detectives were employed, but finding no trace the family mourned him as foully murdered. He was a prominent Mason. Last Saturday an excursion of Mason visited High bridge, over the Kentucky River, and going to the Shaker village saw Mr. John there, a member of the community, which he had joined att?r leaving Cincinnati, turning liis eight thousand dollars into the village funds. There was cordial hand­ shaking all around. Mr. Van has always been peculiar. He ran away from home when ten years old and went to sea. where he remained ten yeais, and then suddenly, at the age of twenty, returned to his home. He is a confirmed Shaker now. The Utah Insult. [Salt Lake telegram.] The indignation over the Mormon act of placing the flag at half-mast continues un­ abated. Excited groups of Gentiles dis- cusse 1 the affair all day. An old veteran stood in front of the City Hall looking at the trailing flag, while tears streamed from his eyes. Shaking his fist at the Mormon policeman guarding to see the flag wan not raised, he exc aimed: "How long, O Lord, how long!" and declared he would leave the nest of treason within forty-eight hours. Horace E) dredge. President of the Deseret National Bank, the United States depos­ itory here, says half-mast was the proper place for the flag, as "we have not more than half our rights." The Deseret News, the church organ, fully justifies the half- masting of the flag in a five-column edito­ rial, conclusively showing it was under church authority, and claiming it was right to do it because liberty was dead in Utah. Xerrlflc Explosion. [McConnellsburg (Pa.) dispatch.] A dynamite blast at the east end of Sid­ ing Hill Tunnel, on the South Pennsyl­ vania Railway, caused the death of John O'Brien, heading boss; Christ McCormick, and John White, colored. Four others were seriously injured, two of whom, an Italian and a negro, will probably die. James McManus escaped miraculously, re­ ceiving, apparently, the whole force of the blast. He was covered from head to foot with painful wounds, but, notwithstanding his condition, went into the tunnel and lo­ cated the pos.tion of the men at tho time of the accident. Wm. Hunter was also badly wounded. A gang of twenty-five men had just retired, otherwise the whole party would have probably been killed. O'Brien, it is said, caused the premature discbarge by pounding down the explosive before the arrival of the man that usually did the firing. ______ Tragic Death of MIHS Besale Hincks. [Boston dispatch.] While Miss Bessie Hincks, daughter of Gen. E. W. Hincks, was walking with a friend on Brattle street, her dress caught fire, it is supposed, from a smoldering fire­ cracker. Two gentlemen living near by rushed to Miss Hincks' assistance and man­ aged to extinguish ths flames, but not until she was so burned that she died within a few hours. Miss Hincks was 20 years old and had just completed her first year's studies at Harvard aunex. She was the only daughter of Gen. E. W. Hincks, for­ mer commandant of the National Soldiers' Home at Milwaukee, and was known and highly esteemed by a large circle of frionds in that city. She graduated from the Mil­ waukee Female College with high honors in 1883. Bodies Taken from the Water. [Parsons (Kan.) dispatch.] Beports from all points make the damage by flood very great. The Neosho River is five feet higher than was ever known be­ fore. Many farmers who had their wheat cut and in the shock report almost a total loss, while others have lost hogs, sheep, and cattle, and in many instance ; houses and homes have been swept away, the families barely escaping with their lives. The losi of life has been greater than usual. Three bodies at Parsons, three at Chanute, and three at Neosho have already been found, and other* are missing. No attempt has been made by the railroads to cross the Neosho since the 1st inst Cowhlilin ̂and Suicide. [Portland (Oregon) special.] A remarkable case of suicide occurred at Corvallis, Oregon. E. Rosenthal, a pros­ perous young Jewish merchant, lost his wife, and his father-in-law and mother-in- law, named Kline, insisted that he should marry his wife's younger sister. This he refused, and they had frequent quarrels. Last night Mr. and Mrs. Kline went to his store, where tho quarrel w as renewed, and ended in the old folks cowhiding Rosen­ thal. He thereupon wrote a note saying they had driven him to the deed and blew out his brains with a revolver. Lnmdes'S Decoration. . [Cable dispatch from St. PetersburgJ The Russiau press comments at consid­ erable length upon the conferring of the decoration of the Order of tho Bath upon Sir Peter Lumsden and the reported inten­ tion of the British Government to appoint Sir Austin Layard as Ambassador to Tur­ key, which aie considered direct demon­ strations against Russia. The Government is urged to demand the strongest guaran­ tees Irom En-land with regard to Afghan­ istan. In well-informed circles, however, it is stated that the frontier negotiations continue smoothly on their foratwc L^sis. The Cotton Crop. ' [New Orleans special.]. The monthly report of the National Cot­ ton Exchange says, concerning the growing cotton crop: There have been no very wide variations from the normal rainfall and temperature over the cotton belt during the month of June, and the condition of the crop, which was 91 at the close of May, is now advanced to 92, against 81 and 8j for the corresponding months of last year. The plant has progressed well, and has coined some in poi^t of growthand health- fulness. The "Pall JfeU GaaetteY ̂ Create * Great Sensation inTtto British metropolis. A Remarkable Letter from Sparge** ea , Sabject--Suppressing tfce Sale of the Paper. f -t- • :> [London spedaL] The Petti Mall Gazette sensBttbn con­ tinues. and a third course of horrors was served to-day. This installment deals with the abuse of children far below the age or puberty, who are systematically bought and sold to rich scoundrels, both young and old. Five pages are devoted to the details of transactions of this kind. Every case is so clearly described that the guilty parties could be located within twenty-four hours by a detective of the most ordinary intelligence. Every possi- * .? w /8 .g'Ten except the names of the principals. The editorial arti­ cle which accompanies this dose is short, but is more aggressive than any other that has been printed since the exposures be­ gan. The editor not only defies but invites prosecution; but he warns iutend- mg prosecutors that many names will nec­ essarily be revealed during the trial of any cases brought against him. Some men, he says, will be spared until the last on ac­ count of their honest wives and the worthy sons and daughters of whom they are un­ worthy fathers. If such men choose to lead the attack, they will be sheltered behind the petticoats of women whom thev know they are unworthy to touch. The only persons who have thus far come within the clutches of the law on account of this sensation are a few news­ boys. The cumbrous machinery of the Home Office for the suppression of a newspaper cannot be lightly put in opera­ tion, but any inspector can order the ar­ rest of persons selling what he deems an obscene publication. Hence it happens that, whi e tbe Pali Mall Gazette's presses are running night and day nnd the papers are being sold by the truckload for circu­ lation throughout the three kingdoms, ten news-venders have been arrested on the charge of selling indecent prints. The prisoners were taken before Lord Mayor Fowler, and were promptly released or ra- manded under nominal bail. The Lord Mayor expressed the opinion that the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette was actu­ ated by the highest motives. He said that if a crime had been committed in pointing out a nest of crimes the publishers should first be dealt with, after which it would be lime enough to prosecute the men and boys who had bcught and sold the paper in the ordinary course of trade. Tho office of the Pali Mall Gazette is in a state of siege. A shrieking mob of rowdies has possession of the sidewalks. News venders, regular and irregular, are pressing forward to buy copies of the pa­ per at one shilling apiece. Eight police­ men are on duty forming the purchasers into line. They are admitted at one en­ trance, where tickets for papers are bought, and, as soon as they have received the pa­ pers called for by their tickets, they go out at another door and begin to sell the papers at almost any price they choose to ask. The sale of the papers at the office is not only tolerated, but regulated and facilitated by the police but as soon as the vender begins to sell his wares on the street he is liable to arrest. At the clubs the principal occupation iB fitting the names of the accused persons to descriptions given of them in tbe Gazette's exposures. In many cases the descrip­ tions are so accurate that nothing is left to conjecture. In other cases there is a good deal of guesswork--more or less wild. Names of members of the royal family and of tbe highest nobility are freely bandied about. Many aristocrats are howling with rage, and their anger is intensified by its impotence. The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon publishes a let­ ter in the Pall Mall Gazette approving of that journal's exposures of the secret vices of the aristocrats of London. The letter is remarkable in many respects, and the following are some of its expressions: "I feel bowed down with shame and in­ dignation. * * * This is loathsome business, but even sewers must be cleaned. I pray that good may come from the horri­ ble exposure, which, incidentally, must do harm, but whose great drift must result in lasting benefit. * * * I don't think onr churches have failed, for they have kept a pure remnant alive in the land. * * * I believe that many ajre unaware of these dunghills reeking under their nostrils. * * * I thank all co-operators in your warfare. * • * Spare not villains, even though wearing stars and garters. * * * We need a vigilance committee, a moral Eolice, to suppress this infamy. * * * iet the light in without stint" The Gazette bids defiance to the author­ ities who are engaged in the work of at­ tempting to suppress the sale of the last three days' issues of the paper. It claims honor for leading in the cause of exposing the vices of the rich, and declares that the best men of England enthusiastically sup- ! >ort it in its crusade. The Gazette chal- enges the courts of London to prosecute it for the work it is engaged in, and says it might subpoena half of the legislature of England to prove the accuracy of its reve­ lations. The paper is selling at a great premium, and the circulation is enormous. THE CHEROKEE 8TKIP. Secretary I.smar Orders that Opposition to the UM« of Regular Trails Cease. [Washington dispatch.) The reported obstruction of the cattle trails through the Indian Territory by settlers upon the Cherokee strip is engross­ ing the attention of the Secretary of the Interior. In answer to complaints made by drovers that they were not permitted to take cattle over the estab ished trails, the Secretary telegraphed that no ono had a right to dbstruct them. Nevertheless, it appears that officials of Federal courts, whose jurisdiction extends over the Chero­ kee strip, have disregarded these telegrams and persisted in excluding tho Texan cattle, under the act of May 24, 1884, which forbids any person to drive cattle on foot through auy State or Territory, knowing them to be infected with a con­ tagious disease. Secretary Lamar has now requested the Attorney General to instinct the court officers to cease their opposition to those using the established trails, and to refrain from interfering with the cattle- drovers while on the triuls in the Ind:an Territory. _____ The Public Printing OIBce. (Washington soedal.] Speaking of current report that James Elverson, of Philadelphia, had been ten­ dered and had accepted the position of Public Printer. Colonel Lamont said: "The appointment has not been tendered to Mr. Elverson or any other person. The matter has not yet been considered by the Presi­ dent. Mr. Elverson is a candidate." A well-informed Democratic politician remarked, in the course of a conversation at the Ebbitt House, that Mr. Rounds' suc­ cessor would almost surely come from the West, and that he believed the chances of George Clark, of St. Louis, to be better than those of any other aspirant Another San Francisco Scandal. [San Francisco telegram.] Harriet Moore, a middle-aged widow, has commenced a breach of promise 6uit, plac­ ing her damages at $2*25,000, against Moses Hopkins, aged seventy. The defendant is a brother of the late Mark Hopkins, the railroad magnate, from whom he inherited an estate estimated at $6,000,000. WILKIE COLLINS, the novelist, is in very poor health. CAVALCADES ,of gypsies are rooming through Dakota Condition of the Growing Grain Three of the Vbrtirarosterii States. & W. Tallmadfte's IfrebaMe Wheat the Estimate «f HeM wi Country. *<- • " A Comprehensive Bnmmaiy. • i (Indlanapols telegram.] The forthcoming number of the Indiana Farmer will contain fall reports of the condition of the various crops in Illinois, and Ohio. From advance the following is taken: _ We have very full reports of the condition ot toe various crops in the three central Western Mates. It will be nottoed that the condition at toe wheat crop in Indiana does not differ greatly from our June 1 reports, u to per certs. Xarur of our correspondents write that the wheat ha* headed longer tban usual, and that the berry to very fall snd plump, and that wheat will be ot fine quality, weighing heavy. The showers of June contributed to this result largely, keeping the plant growing. In Illinois the reports' pui. the condition lower than neretofore, and ft is quite evident that the crop will be an exceed­ ingly short one In that State. Our Ohio reports are nearly *s last month, as to condition, though it is stated that wheat has filled finclv and will be of good quality, though the crop there will be short, as elsewhere. Beports generally agree as to the fine condi- tlon of tbe corn orop. As stated in the June re­ port the ground was never in finer condition tor this plant May was dry, which caused toe young plant to root deep, and June was very seasonable for fair growth. Reporters mention the splendid rooting of toe plant, and while It nas not grown so rapidly as in some former fa­ vorable years, toe area and condition of too growing crop gives assurance now of the largest ever grown. There have been complaints of too much rain in some counties of Illinois In par­ ticular, where drainage has not been attended to, but from some of these reporters state that corn during the latter part of June was cleaned np of weeds, and is doing well. Oats and hay are both fine. Indeed, there seems to be one short crop--that of wheat, and all else now promises well. We can see no rea­ son for discouragement in the farm outlook. Wheat Summary--Indiana: The June report put the condition at 61 per cent, of an average crop. Now it is stated at 64 per cent. Illinois: Jnne report 49 per cent., but our reporters think it will not exceed 4t) for the whole State. This is the worst for years. Ohio: June reports put the condition at 70 per cent., but now the con­ dition iB reported at 58 per cent, 'the highest condit on of the wheat crop and the best yield is in the northern sections of the three States. C orn--This crop now promises to be large In. all three States. As stated in our June reports, the area is large, and if the season shall be fair from this on, these States will probably grow the largest corn crop ever harvested. Oats--This will also be a large crop. Juno has been very favorable for it, and all reports agree in the promise of a large yield and good quality. Hay--The frequent showers in Jnne have kept the meadows growing and in fine condition. The yield of the hay crop will be excellent, la the report from nearly all sections. Hr. Tallmadce'a Estimate* IMilwauke© special.] Mr. 8. W. Tallmadge, Secretary of tho Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, has prepared his fourth general report on tho condition and outlook of the wheat crop of the United States for 1885. Notwithstand­ ing the current rumors that the wheat con­ dition has developed great improvement, during the past ten days, the reports show to the contrary. Where slight improve­ ment is noted in some of the smaller pro­ ducing States, other and larger wheat States show a still further falling off in tho yield, and from the very latest advices from the principal winter wheat States Mr. Tall­ madge says he can see no good reason to change his late estimate of 331,000,000 bushels as the probable total yield of win­ ter and spring wheat. The spring wheat States, Iowa, Ne­ braska, and Dakota, report the wheat in excellent condition, with every indication of a good average outcome, but we must not lose sight of the fact that these States bave just entered into the trying month- for spring wheat. Reports from Minnesota show consider­ able damage in the southern part of tho State, while Northern Minnesota shows the crop in promising condition. Many excellent judges say the State will do Well to yieid 33,000,000 bushels. Wisconsin is reported in fair condition, but owing to the decrease in area and al­ most total destruction of the winter wheat the State will not produce over 75 percent, of last year's crop. Eastern Hay Production. The Roston Journal prints estimates of the hay crop in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Maine promises 963,000 tons, a loss of about 15 per cent, com­ pared with the largest crop ; New Hamp­ shire, 401.000 tons, against 447,000 tons in 1884, and 631.000 in 1883; Vermont, 850,- 000 tons, the smallest in ten years, during which the average has been 1,100,000 GEN. GRANT'S BOOK. Text of the Preface to His "Personal Me­ moirs." [New York dispatch.! The preface to Gen. Grant's book will beasfollows: "Man proposes, and God disposes." There ar J but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice. Although frequently urged by my friend-* to write my memoirs, I had determined never to do so, never to write anything for publication. At the age of nearly 62 I received an Injury from a fall! which confined me closely to the house, while! it did not apparently aflect my ireneral health. Shortly after the rascality of a business partner; developed itself by the announcement of a1 failure- This was followed soon after by universal depressions of all securities, which seemed to threaten the extinction ot a good part of the income still retained, and for which I am indebted to th6 kindly act of friends. At this juncture the editor of the Cen- tnry magazine asked me to write a few articles for him. 1 consented for the money it gave me. for at that moment I was living on borrowed money. The work I found congenial, and I deter­ mined to contlnue'it. The event is an impor­ tant one for me,for good or evil--I hope for the former. In preparing these volumes for the public I have entered upon the task with the' sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any > one, whether on the Nat onal or Confederate, side, other than the unavoidable injustice of; not malting mention often where special men- ; tion is due. There must be many errors of. omission in this work, because the subject is/ too lartrc to fce treated in two volumes in such! a way as to do justice to all the officers and; men engage.I. There were thousands of in­ stances during the rebellion ot individual, enm- Dany. rep»mehta), and brigade deeds of hero­ ism wh'ch deserve special mention, and are not here allu ied to. The troops cngiiued In them will h >ve to look to the detailed reports of their individual commanders for the full his­ tory of those deeds. Ti e lirst voli me, as well as a portion of the S"Cond, was written before I hid reason to sup-; pose I was in a critical condition or health.! Later I was reduced almost to the point of! death, an l it li- came impossible lor ma to at-j tend lo anything tor weeks. I bave. however,' regained f-oniewhat of my strength, and ami able often to devote as muny hours a day as m }>» r<*on should devote to such work. I would lava m >re ho[;e of satisfying tbe expectation cf the pnblic if I could have allowed myself! Jt ore time. I have used my best efforts, wlth» the aid of my eldest son, F. D. Grant, assisted/ by his brothers, to verity from the records every statement of fact given. The comments are my own, ani show howl saw the matters treat-, < d of, whether others saw them in the samel lieht or not. With these remarks 1 present) these xolnmes to the public, iifkine no favorJ but hoping they will meet the approval of the reader. U. A GBANT. The Afghan Frontier. Advices from St. Petersburg say that Russians in front of Murghab st ite that the Afgliaus are massing troops on the frontier. The Russians are of the opinion that the Ameer intends to avenge the Penjdeh de­ feat. The Sariks are also excited by th« Afghan movement, which seems likely to end in liussian interference should the Af­ ghans again go to the length of iustifying the Russians in taking notice of their inso­ lent challenge^ A CAREFUL estimate of the wheat crop of Minnesota shows a shortage of 14,000,. 000 bushels. The entire crop of Missouri is estimated at about 11,000,000 bushels. Hundreds of fields will not be harvestet at all, but used to pasture the hogs. THE Lynchburg Virginian wants Gen irly to write a histoiy of the war. Early