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fgtjwe flainflcalcr ). VAN StYKE. IAM MM 1 Publisher. KcHENRY, ILLINOIS. NEWS CONDENSED, KAST* IN contrast with the depression and ' fcbor troubles at virions points, there COmes the report from Pottstown, Pa., that Ellis & Leesig hare notified their heaters, helpers, rollers, and others working in their mills that their wages will be in­ creased, the increase in some cases reach­ ing as much as 20 per cent, with the pros­ pect of the mill going on double time and plenty of work Three brothers named Ruby, of Martin's Valley, Pa., met with violent deaths within twelve hours of each Other, and the shock so prostrated their mother that her life is despaired of... .The skeletons of nine adults and five children, •apposed to have been Indians, were un­ earthed by workmen who were excavating In Dorchester, a Boston suburb. HOKATIO SEYMOUR was elected PRESI­ DENT of the New York Canal Conference at ITtica. Resolutions were adopted demand­ ing the perpetual preservation of the canals bee and in a condition to satisfy the wants of commerce, and the passage of a law forbidding discrimination by railroads •gainst shippers who use the canals.... At a meeting of striking Polish, Hebrew, •ad German tailors at New York, at which OTer 3,000 were present, it was stated that • number of men worked ten hours per day for six days and earned less than $4. The men demanded $15 per week. All the leading cloak and clothing manufacturers me affected by the strike A sailor from Ihe schooner John Gibson, which recently arrived at New York from Cienfuegos, was found in Battery Park, very ill, and taken to a hospital, where he developed symp­ toms of yellow fever. He was removed to quarantine, and precautions were taken against the disease becoming epidemic The National Association of ex-Union Prisoners of War held its twelfth annual session at Philadelphia. The report of the President showed that the orginization made little progress during the past year. .... .The population of Albany, the capital of New York State, according to the re­ vised censns, is 9fi.336.... There are 190 Jjfe prisoners in the New York peniten­ tiaries. THE approaching match between Sulli- • *an and Ryan will be with small gloves to a finish, according toVrevised Marquis of Qneensberry rules, and will take place at . some point in the Ea8t, \s yet unannounced. Both men are in training... The Hou. D. J. Morrell, ex-President c|f the Iron and i Association, died at Johnstown, Pa. THE FOBT BOWSE ( Be has just come i command of Maj, Indians, killed others, and capture Chi cation of railroad and manufacturing en­ terprises there is great activity, and the outlook for industrial interests is paiticu- ly promising... .By a collision on a coal niiroftd near Chnrlestown, W. Va., four men were killed and several others injured. A BAND of disguised men entered the city of Dalton, 6a., and, proceeding to a honse of ill-repnte, dragged seven occu­ pants from their beds and administered fifty lashes to each. They afterward caught Tom Carver, a noted thief, and beit him to death, winding up by ordering several per­ sons to leave the place immediately, on pain of similar punishment... .The Sheriff of Beeves County, Texas, John Morris by name, while an a spree used his revolver freely. An attempt was made to arrest hini, and during the fracas the Sher­ iff was killed, after having shot one man dead and'seriously wounded another. * WASHINGTON. GBKEHAXJ MILES has been ordered by the War Department to hold the troops at Fort Reno in readiness to enforce the Presidential proclamation relative to the removal of cattle from the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Reservations. The time granted the mnohmen will expire Sept. 4.... The Postoffice Department has been informed that the Pacific Mail Steamship Company will continue to carry certain mails until the expiration of its contract with the New Zealand Government. THE commission which recently visited the Central and South American States in the interest of more intimate commercial relations between these countries and the United States has submitted a report of its work in Uruguay and the Argentine Re­ public. The insignificaut share of the United States in the commerce of the River Plata territory is attributed to the lack of regular steamship Communication. In both countries the commission was warmly received, and the Argentine Gov­ ernment is represented as anxious to join with the United States Government in sub­ sidizing steamship lines to ply between the ports of the two nations. MR JOHN H. OBEBLY, the new Super­ intendent of Indian Schools, has made a report to the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the condition of Chilocco Indian Industrial School, located in the Indian Territory, and the Haskell Institute at Lawrence, Kan. At the Chilocco School the report states there are 176 pupils. They have only two teachers, both young ladies, and Superintendent Oberly says they are overworked. The male pupils are taught farm work and the females are taught housework, sewing, cooking, etc. Super­ intendent Oberly speaks in the highest terms of the Haskell Institute, where he says the pupils are rapidly acquiring a knowledge of the English language, and are doing as well in their industrial and mechanical training as in their, studies. POI4TICAL. • dispatch: "ScoutLes- and reports that the iDavis met a party of ef Nana and seven eighteen squaws and Chief Geronimo and one buck. Geronimo is badly wounded." Fort Reno (Ind. Ter.) dispatch: "News has been received of a desperate fight between a number of cow­ boys, occurring at the ranch of Frank Mur­ ray, thirty-five miles southwest, in the Chickasaw Nation. A party of twen­ ty-five cowboys rode up to the ranch and fired about 100 shots at the boys inside the ranch cabin, with whom ttey had a quarrel over stock. The boys inside, being well armed, returned the fire with deadly effect, killing Dick Covart and seriously wounding Dick Jones and Bob Woods, of the attacking party. This makes four that have been killed over the trouble Dt this ranch since April. " ; THE Indiana State Board of Agriculture Jjptimates the corn crop of the State at 4,000,Otto acres, averaging forty bushels to file acre, or 160,000,000 bushels. Hogs and cattle have been fed for two years past on com from other States, and the difficulty this year will be to find storage for the im­ mense crop. Chicago elevators contain 14,521,262 bushels of wheat, 779,872 bush­ els of corn, 199,296 bushels of oats, and #6,955 bushels of rye; total, 15,547.385 bushels of all kinds of grain, against 3,878,007 bushels a year ago A prize­ fight of 149 rounds occurred near Braid- Wood, 111., for a stake of $50 between two Miners, named Patterson and Muivey, in ' Iftiich the latter was the victor. MBS. JOHN IMLEB was attacked by a vicious bull near Lima, Ohio, and a young Wan named John Horring stopped to help her, when the animal turned and gored him in the groin, producing a gash from which the entrails protruded. There are bat slight hopes of his recovery.... The •opposed murderer of Arthur Preller, known as Maxwell, has been fully identi­ fied as H. M. BrookB, of Cheshire, En­ gland. He now protests his inuocence, and say9 that Preller's death was caused by an overdose of morphine, which he frequently used to relieve insomnia. This will be Brooks' defense at his trial.... H. A. Tretz, the absconding agent of the American Express Company and St. Paul Road at New Albin, Iowa, was captured after a chase of over two thousand miles Route Agent Flvnn, and was placed in W1 at Waukon, Iowa, in default of bail. ... .Eipnt men were out fishiug in the .Illi­ nois River about three miles above Peoria when lightning struck the boat, instantly killing three of the party, the names of two of whom are Schofield and Murphy. ....The Oklahoma "boomers" have dis- ffirsed in good faith, owing largely, it is »id, to President Cleveland's proclama­ tion ordering the cattle syndicates out of Xbdian Territory. * * ADVICES from Minneapolis, Minn., state that "the dullness in the flour market is Wndered more intense by the decline in Wheat. Buyers are few and far between •ud fight hard for all sorts of concessions before placing the few Rmall orders now received. The Eastern inquiry is rather better, but the figures offered are below the views of millers. The rise in ocean freights has cut off the export demand." From "March 1 to date the total number of hogs packed in the West amounted to 3,365,000, against 2,825,000 for the same time last year, THE Maumee Valley Monument Asso­ ciation was organized at Turkey-Foot Bock, twelve miles frpm Toledo, the site of the battle of Fallen Timbers, in which General Wayne won his decisive victory over the Indians of the Northwest. Con­ gress will be asked for an appropriation to mark the historic ground with suitable monuments The body of a richly . dressed and beautiful girl, about twelve years old, was found floating in the Ohio jRiver near Louisville. A towel was bound around the head, with the ends drawn through the teeth and fastened into the mouth. There is no clew to the cirl's identity* THE SOUTH. |r> sw-v'"' hK I ti REPORTS concerning the whole South, from Virginia to Texas, show that the pros­ pects for the crops and the outlook for business in that section are remarkably jjood. Not only is the acreage of the cot­ ton, corn, and tobacco crops the largest on record, but the reports are almost unani­ mous in stating that the yield of these crops, as well as the smaller crops,excepting wheat' will greatly exceed the best crgps ever be­ fore produced. It is also shown that the crops have been made at a lower cost than in any preceding year, and the liens on crops for money advanced to the farmers is much less than heretofore. Stimulated by the unprecedented crops, business is already showing decided im­ provement, and the prospects throughout the South for fall ana winter trade are re­ ported as unusually good. In the organi- GENERAXI FIELD, of Georgia, and Samuel Donelson, of Tennessee, will be candidates for doorkeeper of the next House against Appointment Clerk Higgins, of the Treas­ ury Department s IN the Iowa Democratic Convention at Cedar Rapids, the Fusionists carried the day, and the Greenback nominees for Lieutenant Governor and Superintendent $t Public Instruction .were placed on the ticket. Charles E. Whiting, of Monona County, was nominated for , Governor, and W. F. Brennan, of Muscatiue County, for Supreme Judge. The resolu­ tions heartily indorse the administration of President Cleveland; demand the repeal of the prohibitory law and the adoption of a law fixing the liquor license at $250. with power reserved to local authorities to in­ crease the license to $1,000 within their respective jurisdictions, and denounce the removal of Auditor Brown by Gov. Sher­ man as "disgraceful and tyrannical." The Mississippi Democrats, in convention at. Jackson, renominated Gov. Lowry by ac­ clamation, and adopted resolutions indors­ ing the national administration, and ap­ proving Secretary Lamar's appointment to a Cabinet position. EX-CONGBESSMAN FOLLETT, of Cincin­ nati, presided over the Ohio Democratic Convention at Columbus. Governor Hoadly and Lieut. Gov. Warwick were re­ nominated by acclamation, and resolutions were adopted congratulating the country upon the election and inauguration of a Democratic President and Vice President; indorsing the administration; favoring an amendment to the State constitution au­ thorizing tbe licensing of the liquor traffic, and expressing regret at the death of Gen. Grant. Elias Doty, of Cedar Rapids, has announced himself to the GreenJ>ackers of Iowa as a candidate for Governor. The Ohjo Republican State Central Committee, at a meeting last week, selected Jud^e Win. T. Spear, of Warren County, as a candi­ date for the vacancy on the Supreme bench. ' A LABGE number of forged Canadian bills are repotted to be in circulation, and the Dominion Finance Department has come to the conclusion that the bills were obtained from a form taken from a genuine plate and tiansferred to steel... .The Gov­ ernment of Guatemala is financially embar­ rassed, and has suspended the payment of interest on its bonded debt for one year from August 1. .. Another outbreak is feared among the Indians and half-breeds in the Northwest Territory. .. .The outlook for the iron trade is said to be favorable. PERUVIAN insurgents surprised the Government forces at camp, defeating them in a battle which lasted five hours. Lieut Col. Bustamente, of the regulars, com­ mitted suicide during the engagement The losses on both sides were heavy. IT is announced that Mr. Yanderbilt has secured control of the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad, and will incorporate it into the West Shore Central system. Ten thousand English agricultural laborers will be settled in the Northwest Territories if a suitable point of land can be ob­ tained from the Dominion Govern­ ment .... The important announcement comes from Corralitos, Mexico, that the Mormon colony which recently located there have discovered a sil­ ver bonanza iu several old mines which they pumped out. The colony was located as an agricultural colony, and the colonists were selected with this view; but a few old miners among them took poorly to agricul­ ture and bought five abandoned mines that were worked over a century ago. After clearing away the debris in the largest mine, and following the dip of the vein, they claim to have uncovered an immense ledge of very rich ore. Following this vein they estimate nearly five millions of silver already in sight Word has been sent to Utah and a great influx of Mormon miners is anticipated. JOHN H. LONGNECKEB, of Bedford, Pa., was elected President of the National As­ sociation of ex-Prisoners of War, in ses­ sion at Philadelphia. The next convention will meet at Buffalo, Aug. 20, 18S6 .The British vessel Haddingtonshire, bound for Liverpool with a cargo of flour, has been wrecked on the Pacific coast, forty miles from San Francisco, all on board, except one sailor and a cabin bov, being drowned The ship and cargo are a total loss. .A fire at Montreal damaged the Bell Tele­ phone Works and the premises of the Bank Note Company to the extent of $80,000. report the arrest of a supposed Hussion spy, who wore the garb of a Catholio priest and who is believed to be Pain. THE first person to be arrested in En­ gland for violation of ihe criminal law amendment aot is John Coulbertt, of Lon­ don, who is charged with having abducted, for immoral purposes, a girl Under 13 years of age. Coulbertt has been shadowed by detectives for eighteen months as a dyn­ amiter... .The recently published state­ ment that 50 per cent, of the European em­ ployes in the Congo region have died is confirmed by a member of the international commission. THE cholera epidemic in Spain is con­ fined mainly to the poorer classes, the only wealthy persons attacked being public offi­ cials who have exposed themselves in the infected districts. Many who fled from Madrid are returning, as they consider the city safer than the provinces. It is alleged that the number of deaths at Marseilles has been almost double that officially an­ nounced. The sanitary condition of the city is alarming, and the epidemic is spreading northwest.. Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales have started for Norway on one of the royal yachts... .The Italian expedition for the relief of Kassala will march early in October... .The expulsion of Bussians from Eastern Germany continues. ADDITIONAL NEWS. • . A GENTLEMAN holding confidential rela­ tions with the President says his policy regarding the Oklahoma lands contem­ plates their purchase from the Indian tribes interested, and speedy opening to settlement. A RUPTURE in the diplomatic and com- nurci 1 relations between Spain and Germany is imminent, owing to the seizure l>y the latter power of the Caroline lslinds. The excitement in Spain is in­ tense. Priuc J Bismarck's reply to the Spanish protest is couched in friendly terms, and proposes a settlement of the affair by arbitration. It is rumored that two Spanish war-ships have occupied the chief island of the Caroline group.... The Salvation Army in England is en­ gaged in raising $10 >,000 to send fallen women to the United States and Canada, that the may reform and live respectably. The appeal for monev is said to be meet­ ing with much success.... The repoit comes that the State Bank of Russia, at St Petersburg, has been robbed of $143,000. It is supposed/that the rob- l>e.y was committed by min&r employes of the bank Dis{Satehes fro n i L o n d on state that Lord Salisbury and M. d« Giers have reached a definite agreement with regard to the Afghan frontier svstejn.. .yGermany will indemnify tjie Saltan ofZanzibar for the loss of the native soldiers killed in the East African expedition. THE Northwestern Lumber Dealers' As­ sociation met at St. Paul, with representa­ tives from Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Investigation revealed the fact that less lumber was left over this season than last, and rates were advanced $1 per 1,000 on all grades Parsons (Ivan.) special: Notwithstand­ ing the many* discouraging / drawbacks the fanners have experienced/this season, the outlook is brightening up/a great deal. After careful inquiry and clpse observa­ tion, it is evident the valuerk the crop at least will equal that of last/seaV>n.... The net earnings of the St. Paivl, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad d umurt tl year were $2,483,552. At the anSrniiKme^tj in, last week, the old officers were elected. A FIRE, causing a loss of over $100,000, broke out on the steamer Colorado, lying off Plum Beach, Long Island. The flames spread to the Minnesota, Susquehanna, Congress, South Carolina, Iowa, Lotta G.ant, and Fairplay, all with the exception of the last two having formerly belonged to the United States Navy, and they were burned to the. water's edge and sunk. Franz Josef Pemetkey, a Prussian, was hanged at Auburn, N. Y.. for the mur­ der of Mrs. Pauline Froitzheim in June, 1883. He admitted the crime, but claimed that it was don - in self-defense, the woman attempting to shoot him because he refused to elope with her.... A sailor from the ship John Gibson is ill with yellow fever in a Philadelphia hospital. The case is a mild one, and the physicians say there is no cause for alarm. THERE have been 110 deaths from small­ pox in Montreal since the epidemic broke out in that city Gen. Middleton has recommended that a medal be struck for the volunteers who took part in the North­ western campaign. . .An application has been made to the President of Mexico for the extradition of Anfdemorte, the ab­ sconding cashier of the New Orleans Sub- Treasury, who is under arrest at Monterey. ... .There were 18 ) failures in the United States reported to Hruilxtrtet'n during the week, against 160 in tbe preceding week, and 176, 179, and 132 in the corre­ sponding weeks of 1884, 1883, and 1882, re­ spectively. About 80 per cent were those of small traders whose capital was less than $5,000. In the principal trades they were as follows: Grocers. 32; general stores, 18; liquors, 15; manufacturers, 15; hardware and implements, 10; books, stationery, etc., 9; tobacco and cigars, 8; hotels and restaurants, 8; shoes, 8; furniture, etc., 7; dry goods, 6; clothing. 5; drugs, 5; prod­ uce and provisions, 5; grain and millers, 4; hats, 4; markets, 4; millinery, 3; jew­ elry, 3; lumber, etc., 3; fancy goods, 3. POKGlCiK. THE British Embassy at Paris is guarded by police because of threats made by an­ archists who hold England responsible for the death of Olivier Pain, the Mahdi's ad­ viser. Meanwhile advices from Forabej THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. FLEEVES.... Hons ....;.. \V IIEAT--NO. 1 White No. 2Bed............... CORN--N'o. 2 OATS--White POKK--Mess CHICAGO. BEEVES-- Choice to Prime Steers. Good Shipping Common Hoos FLOUli--Fancy Bed Winter Ex.. Prime to Choice Spring. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring CORN--NO. %. ...I........... OATS--No. 2. RYE--NO. 2 BAKLEY--No. 4. ....... BUTTEK--Choice Creamery Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, new. Light Bkimined Eoos--Fresh ".... POTATOES--New, per brl PORK--Mesa MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. A CORN--No. 2. . OATS--No. 2............ .. KYE--No. 1 PORK--Mess --.... TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Red COEN--No. 2 OATS--No. A 8T. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--Mixed OATS--Mixed POBK--Mess -J... CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. A Bed, New. CORN--No. 2.... OATS--Mixed BYE--NO. 2 Fall 1'OM-Me" Wiitoii: FLOUB. WHEAT--No. 1 White CORN--No. 2-- OATS--No. A WHITE PORK--Mess ».....„ . BEEF CATTLE INDIAN APOLia WHEAT--No. 2"Red. CORN- Mixed... OATS--No. 2.... EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best Fair Common Hoos $S.OO 4.25 .93 @ 6.50 (3 6.00 @ .95 .9S'<i<£ .52 .53'a .37 .42 @11.25 CJLTOM..... HooO. ... SHEET. BUFFALO. 10.75 6.75 5.00 4.00 4.25 5.00 3.75 .80 .45 .25 .50 .44 .18 .13 UK) .03 .10 1.25 9.25 .79 .46 .25 .M 9.00 .88 .4C .26 .92 .42 .23 9.25 .92?, . .45 , .25 , .60 . 9.00 . 5.50 . .85 . m .35 , 10.25 4.00 .87 .46 .23 8.50 •.00 4.00 4.60 4.00 4.60 4.25 *00 ® 6.03 & 5.50 4.50 (31 5.00 CM 5.2 5 4.25 <3» >1 .46 .23 .57 .45 .19 .15 .095$ .04 .11 1.40 & 9.60 @ .81 & .46 & .26 0 .57 <9 9.23 Tarrible Explosion on Board tho Phila­ delphia and Wilmington Steamer Felton. Tbe ]g|pi««tTe Placed by Some Mbcreaftt Btreetly in the Head or lie Belter. ttl ei$?o!loŜ >ccurred on the BtMttefr B. M. Ft lton just after slio had left her dock this morning on her trip to /Wilmington, Del. As she was opposite Pi^r No. 8, south wliarve-i. the jiassengers and crew were startled by an explosion which shook the boat from stem to stern', and when the smoke cleared away it Was found that the entiie forward Dart "of the vessel above the WHter-line had been badly damaged and a number of passengers | injured, some of them severely. The pilot house and the entire upper deck were lifted and fell to the lower deck. The bow presented a scene of complete wreck. Tugs proceeded at once to the injured vessel, and with the assistance of the police tug William S. Ktokley, which was lying near by, at once proceeded to remove the injured. The ambulance of the Pennsylvania Hospital \Soon arrived and took most of the injured |o that institution. The list of wounded numbers sixteen, as follows: Jesse Brad­ ley, of Philadelphia, ankle dislocated; J. B. Chester, of Chester, side injured; Geo. Cocknine, of Philadelphia, back and thigh hurtlby falling woodwork; Samuel Cooper, of Fraukford, hurt about the chest and head; George Erwin, a deck-hand, severely injured in the sido; James E. McDonald, a child, of Chester, leg broken; Silas Keed, of Philadelphia, slightly injured; George Mitchell, deck-hand, of Bridgeton, N. J., right hand severely cut and ankle sprained; John McCusker, passenger, in­ jured about tho breast; Edward Spear, of Philadelphia, injured internally--it is thought he will die; John Stevenson, of Camden, N.J., slightly injured; Charles Quinlan, of Philadelphia, badly bruised about the body; James Valentine, of Wil­ mington, Del., engineer of the Felton, cut about the head by flying glass; John L. Vantine, of Chester, Pa., complicated dis­ location of ankle; Edward Young, of Wil­ mington, Del., fireman of the Felton, in­ jured about head and face; George L. Wil­ son, the engineer, who was standing on the wharf when the explosion occurred, was thrown backward over a bench, and sustained injuries of the right wrist The passengers were mostly women tak­ ing babies for a fresh-air trip on the river. Their escape is accounted for by the provi­ dential fact that but few of them were in the forward part of the steamer, as the forward canvas awning had not been set, and the sun shiniug there made the passen­ gers seek cooler spots in the stern of the boat. Edward Young, the fireman, says that when the exp'osion occurred he was carry­ ing only thirty-five pounds of steam to the square inch. Andrew Linker said to-day that he in­ spected the boiler last May and found it in good condition. The iron was tested. It is stamped 50,000 pounds, and broke at 50,000 pound*. The indentation in the head of the boiler, however, shows beyond doubt that the explosive force came from without, and not from within. Capt. Wiley, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Mer- shon. and Mr. Linker made a careful ex­ amination of the wreck for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of the explosion. The investigation established the f .ct that the explosion was caused by dynamite. The explosive had been placed forward, directly in the head of the boiler. The steamer came "up from Wilmington at 8:30, and lay at hsr wharf until 10 o'clock last night. She lay at Wilmington in charge of Andrew Jones, of Bridgeton, N. J. He could not be communicated with to-day, but Capt. Wiley says that if a stranger had boarded or attempted to board the steamer last night the watchman would have in­ formed him of that fact. While the steamer lay at her wharf this morning the pnssengers came aboard and took ohairs on tho 'hurricane deck or aft. The officers and deck hands were busy, and no attention was paid to the move­ ments of passengers. Several of them car­ ried baskets, BO that a bundle or package might have been carried aboard without attracting attention. The official report made to H. F. Ken­ nedy, Superintendent of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Com­ pany, uuder whose supervision the steam­ boat is operated, says: "The head of the, boiler was indented and cracked about a/ foot in length. The explosion is believe® to have been caused by a cartridge of some kind placed under the head of the boiler maliciously." Detectives have been put on the case. Tbiylrrival in St. Louis 4k>uthern Hotel Trui Murderer. & .93 .44 C<9 .24 ® 9.75 :<a> .93-'. @ .46 (ft .26 & .67 & 9.50 & 6.00 ® .87 @ .47 & mo. 75 & 4. SO (St .83 & .47 ® .24 0 6.50 0 5.50 @ 4.80 0 6.00 0 4.7S 0 6.00 0 6.00 0 6.75 Bogm Beer Stamps. [Washington special. 1 The officials of the Internal Revenue Bureau are working with the officers of the secret service in the investigation of an ex­ tensive system of frauds in New York City. So far their attention has been particularly directed tc the counterfeit beer stamps. Up to within a few weeks ago there was not the slightest suspicion that anything of a "crooked" nature was going on, bnt an ex­ amination of the receipts of the local internal revenue office showed quite a falling off. A more care­ ful examination developed the fact that it was confined exclusively to the brewers. Then came the discovery that counterfeit beer stamps were in use. Up to date about $14,000 worth have been seized, and the end is not yet. The officials here are very reticent over the affair, and decline to give out the particulars for pub­ lication. It is learned, however, that they have discovered a conspiracy in which brewers from nearly all the principal cities of the country are concerned. The evidence is now being gathered, and it is understood that at the proper time there will be a series of arrests and seizures which will partake of the most sensational description. rBt. Louis special.] i « Walter H. Lennox Maxwell, alias f, M. D'Aughier, alias Hugh M. Brook*, the sup­ posed murderer of C. Arthur Preller at the Southern Hotel in this city on the 5th of last April, arrived here on Sunday from San Francisco in charge of Detective Tracy and Officer Badger, of the St. Louis police force. A crowd of from 2,000 to 3,000 men, women, and children were at the depot when the train arrived, and there was a great scramble among them to get a view of the prisoner, but good order was pre­ served. The accounts of reporters who rode in from Halstead, Kan., on the train with Maxwell, and had free access to him and to the officers in charge of him, are to the effect that he absolutely refused to talk about his case and positively Vsserted that he has at no time or place mad£ any state­ ment in regard to it, or in any way ac­ knowledged that he had anvthing to do with Preller, or knew anything about it. He says all stories to the contrary are wholly untrue. Detective Tracy thinks that further developments will show Max-, well to be a weak man, mentally, but thaP he has got the one idea wedged into; hii • mind that his safety depends onvhi9 silence, and that ho will startle No­ body with a romantic defense. Tracy thinks he killed Preller for money; that the few admissions he has made point in that direction; that his voyage from St. Lours to Auckland Was a money- spending debauch, and not ajwell-plannedj escape from justice, and, that it was tho j luck that takes care of drunkards and fools that stood him in stoad, and not any good management of his own. Maxwell was in Chief Harrigan's office an hour or so-this afternoon, find a large number of callers were introduced to him. but nothing regarding his case or what line of defense he will pursue was obtained from him. Charles Bleger, the trunk- maker, recognized Maxwell as the man to whom he sold the trunk in which Preller's body was tound, and a porter at the South­ ern Hotel recognized him as having been a guest at that house in April last. Maxwell will be turned over by the police authori­ ties to-morrow to the Sheriff and will be placed in jail. What other, if any, legal acti on will be taken, has not yet been de- termined. GRANT'S TOMB. A Tut Throng at Riverside Park on Snn- «lay.- fNew York telegram.] It is estimated that at least 40,000 people filed past the tomb of Gen. Grant last Sun­ day. It was the greatest crowd that has visited Claremont sinc9 the funeral. The visitors came by every road leading to the park, and began arriving early in the morn­ ing. All the surface roads leading any­ where near the park were crowded, and the elevated lines ran extra trains. Thero were a number of extra police as well as many detectives in civil cloth­ ing, but there was not the slightest disor­ der. and there was no occasion for their services at any point in the neighborhood of the tomb. J3y noon the crowd had so increased that it was necessary to form the people in line. The stream stretched over the hill for a quarter of a mile, and the vis­ itors filed slowly past the entrance to the vault three or four abreast. That Clare­ mont has a charm of its own aside from its being the resting-place of General Grant was shown to-day by the numbers who lingered there after passing the tomb. Thousands walked to the top of the knoll beyond, and then spread over the lawn above the bluff which commands the magnificent view of the Hudson. Some of the paths of entrance and exit about One Hundred and Thirtieth street are steep and dangerous, and it became necessary to-day to close them. The people take a great interest in the camp of the regular soldiers on guard, and come as near to the tents as the guards wfll allow. To-day a double guard was on duty, and only friends and families of the soldiers were admittal. One of tho visitors to Capt Fessenden wag Leu- tenant Brownell, who killed the man who killed Ellsworth at Alexandria. jruu G. A. R. The Cholera. ' [New York dispatyji.] A Washington telegram says: "Surgeon General Hamilton, of the Marine Hospi­ tal, said that there is as yet nothing to alarm the people of the United States in the reports coming by cable of the spread of cholera. Despite all that has been saiA about the probability of the epidemic reaching our shores this year, he says there is not a single circumstance to render the risk greater than it was last year. There is every indication that this year's outbreaks are to follow the course of those of last year, the localities suffering most severely being those which have not taken the most ordi­ nary precautions of cleanliuess and disin­ fection. Dr. Hamilton says America's danger is mainly from cholera in England or in Cuba. It has been his impression that if it comes to the United States it would come by way of Cuba, and for this reason the efforts of the service have been directed mainly against contagion in that direction." Claiming Everything. [Houston (Tex.) special.] Three huudred and eighty suits have just been filed in the District Court in tiiis county for the heirs of Mary E. Weather- ford, of Tennessee, which embrace 335 acres of land in this city and three blocks on Main street. Suits for 27,000 acres of land in Cherokee, Henderson, Rusk, Cor­ yell. Bexar, Medina, Lampasas, and Hous­ ton Counties, and $10,000 worth of prop­ erty in Austin, have also been entered. OFLB of General Santa Anna's widows is still living in Mexico, and is bright and in­ teresting as ever. She 'was married at the age of 13. THERE are 500 persona employed ia the United States signal same*. Proposed. National Monument to Grant. [Washington dispatch. General S. S. Burdett, Commander- in-Chief of the G. A. R., has returned here from the G* A. R. encampments at Gettysburg and Springfield. To a re­ porter Gen. Burdett to-day said that at each of these places he spoke to the veterans re­ garding the erection of a monument to Gen. Grant, and they were unanimously in iavor of its loc ition in Washington. "It would have done you good," said he "to see the enthusiasm that was awakened at the chance given the boys to honor their dead commander. The Grand Army pro­ poses to subscribe 10 cents from every member, and there are 300,000 of them throughout this country. They mean to erect a monument to Gen. Grant in Wash­ ington, and I don't think the day is far di^ tint when Gen. Grant s remains will be placd for final rest in Washington. In reply to Gen. R. B. Hayes' letter suggest­ ing that the authorities of the Grand Army of the Republic encourage their comrades to contr.bute to the building of a monument over the crave of Gen. Grant, Gen. Burdett says: "I have been unable to bring my mind into ac­ cord with yours on that point. I hold to the opinion that the Grand Army will de­ sire first of all to erect its own distinctive monument to our comrade, not at a great cost, but for thut purpose raising only such sum as, composed of the equal contribu­ tion of each individual comrade, shall be within the reach and the glad gift of the poorest. The national monument to be erected to General Grant should be of such proportions and cost as to bo bayond the reach of private benevolence, and of right and propriety ought to be ordered by tho Congress of the United States and paid for out of the National Treasury, and that con­ sequently the Grand Army should not be be called upon for the effort you indicate." ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS. Enormous Increase of Population In tbe Two Cltl«a Since 1880. [St. Paul special.] After long travail St. Paul and Minneap­ olis have brought forth, and the population, according to the State census is: St. Paul, 111,397, and Minneapolis, 129,200. Be­ tween 1870 and 1880. a ten-year period, the population of St. Paul increased flom 20,0.!0 to 41,473, a gain of 21,- 443, or 107 per cent. In the same time the. population of Min­ neapolis advanced from 13,066 to 46,887. a gain of 33,821, or 259 per cent. In the live-year peiiod from 1880 to 1885 covered by the State returns St. Paul's population has risen from 41,473 to 111,337, a gain of ti9.924, or 1(58.6 per cent. That of Minne­ apolis has increased according to this au­ thority from 46,887 to 12;),200, a gain of S2.313, or 175.5 per cent The increase of population in Ramsey County is 70,313, or 153 per cent., and that in Hennepin is 81,- 722, or 122 per cent. ONLY three Pullman sleepers have ever been seen in Columbus, Ga., two on Mar- di-Grns excursion trains, and one occupied by Jantiuschek. TBE Adventists have settled, it The end of the world ia now positively fixed for May 14, 1886. EDWARD REMEXYI, the violinist, le an a conoert tour in China. Go*. Martin, of John A. Martin was bom March 10, at Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa. While a mere lad he learned the trade of printing in the office of the Brownsville CUpper. In the spring of 1857 he went to Pittsburgh and worked at his trade for a short time. In October of the same year he emigrated to Kansas. ^ He located in Atchison, and for a short time set type for the columns of the Squatter Sovereign. He purchased the Squatter Sovereign in February, 1838, changed its name to Freedom'tt Champion, and on the 20th of the same month commenced his long edito­ rial career in Kansas by the issue of the first number of the paper with which he has since been so honorably identified. Since that time he has been elected to sev­ eral offices, filling them to the utmost satis­ faction of his constituents. He was Sec­ retary of the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention, and was eleoted State Senator before he was twenty-one. He served ae delegate to the Territorial Convention, at Lawrence, of April 11, I860. During the summer of 1861 he assisted in organizing the Eighth Kansas Infantry, of which he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel. Early in 18i)2 he was appointed Provost Marshal of Leavenworth, and in March of the same year his regiment was ordered to Corinth, Miss., and thereafter during the whole war it served iiji the Army of the Cumberland Lieut. Col. Martin was promoted to be Colonel on the 1st of November, 1832, and was Provost Marshal of Nashville, Tenn., from December, 18o2, to June, 1863. The regiment under his command took part in the battles of Perryville, K.v., and Lancas­ ter, Ky.; the campaign against Tullahoma and Chattanooga; the battle of Chicka- mauga; the siege of Chattanooga; the storming of Mission Ridge; the campaign in Eastern Tennessee in the winter of 1863-4; the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta; and the subsequent pursuit of Hood northward. Col. Martin commanded the Third Brigade during the siege of Chat­ tanooga; and commanded the First Brigade, Third Division, Fourth Army Corps, from August, 1864, until his muster out at Pu­ laski, Tenn., Nov. 17, 18(54. Returning home, he resumed control of the Atchison Champion early in January, 1865. He has been Commander-in-chief of the State Encampment, Grand Army of the Repub­ lic ; a delegate from Kansas to the National Republican Conventions of 1860, 18C8. 1872, and 188!); a member of the United States Centennial Commission and one of the Vice Presidents of that body; was elected by the two houses of Congress one of the Board of Managers of the National Soldiers' Homes in 1878, and re-elected in 1882, being Second Vice President of that body until 1884, and was elected Mayor of Atchison in 1865. He was elected Governor of Kansas in 1881, defeating ex-Gov. Glick, the Democratic candidate, by 40,000 ma­ jority. Gov. Dawes, of Nebraska. James W. Dawes, Governor of Nebraska, was born at McConnellsville, Ohio* on Jan. 8, 1845. Removed from Ohio to Wisconsin in 1856, locating in the town of Newport. Received a common-school education; worked on farm summers, attending school winters! From October, 18t>4, to October, 1868, clerked for G. J. Hansen & Co., gen­ eral merchants, at Kilbourn City, Wis. Studied law at Fox Lake, Wis., and was admitted to the bar Jan. 10, 1871. Was married at Fox Lake, May 11, 1871. Lo­ cated at Crete, Neb., Sept. 5, 1871. En- gaged in mercantile business from Sept. 5, 1871, to March, 1877. Was elected State Senator in 187(5. Engaged in the practice of law since 1877. Held the position of Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee of Nebraska from May, 1876, to September, 18^2. \Eleeted delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chi­ cago, June, 1880, and was named by dele­ gation as member of National Republican Committee for Nebraska for term of four years. Trustee and Secretary of Doane College, at Crate, Neb., since 1875. Elected Governor of Nebraska November, 1882, and re-elected November, 1884. Why Hotels Are Objectionable. . What I mainly object to hotels for, says a writer in tho San Franciseo Chronicle, is their singular capacity for spreading whispers. They are re­ gular whispering galleries. A diligent searcher alter the truth concerning his neighbors, of which description of men and women there are entire nations on the globe, can lind it one of the most simple and pleasaut occupations possi­ ble in a hotel. The walls are always thick enough to need a door, but they are ' never thick enough not" to be penetrated by the ear of a far-hearing woman. In one of our hotels their lives a charming girl, who has a sweetheart. He is no great shakes, to use a colloquialism, blithe has an unfailing belief in him­ self. He is a dude and he's glad of it. The other night two sentences were caught. Thev were enough. "Oh!" she said in an impassioned tone, while the sound of a smack--well, it was more than that, it was a full- r gged ship--came after each word. • i ou---are--just--the sweetest--thing --in life!" "I know it--but don't give it away! CORN that is thoroughly ripened on the stalks in the field, well dried in the sun, traced up and placed in a room, possesses remarkable vitality. Some seed corn was disposed of at an auction sale in Vermont in the spring of 1883 said to be thirty years old, but it sprouted readily and produced n large, crop. WHITE rabbits are fashionable pets in Paris. A Runaway Goal Train Jumps the Transfe, Oauung the Death of Half a J Dozen Men. [Charleston (W. Va.) spusia!.] A fearful accident occurred on the Cabin Creek Railroad, resulting in the instant death of the following persons: L. S. OAKFORD, Superintendent of the works here. " "" J- " THOMAS PEACOCK. '* - AMOS MITCHELU . • JOSEPH HAI,I„ At the Bame time three other men were seriously and perhaps fatally injured, among whom were Mr. Thoman. Superintendent of the Co tl Valley Coal Company. The men with Mr. Oakford were on a train of cars proceeding to the mines, when six of the cars broke loose, and, running rapidly down the incline, jumped the track, causing the cars to be piled un in a broken mass. There were nine men'on the fugi­ tive cars, four of whom were dead when found, and three others are so badly in­ jured that but little hopes are entertained of their recovery. The other two men es­ caped with slight injuries. Mr. Oakford was a native of Scranton. [The Cabin Creek Road is seven miles long, and is used for transportation of coal from the mines to the Chesapeake and Ohio track. It is a short distance above Charleston.] HEAVY DEFALCATION.! Investigation slows that a Lately ceased Texas Banker Stole Thirty Thousand Dollars. ' ' tFbrt Worth (Tex.) telegrata.1 A startling rumor spread through this city to-day to the effect that the late John Nichols. Vice President of the City Na­ tional Bank, whose sudden death occurred last Monday at the bank, was a defaulter to a large amount Immediately after his de­ mise the officers of the City National Bank called a meeting of all the other bankers of the city to investigate the affairs of the bank. This committee report that they find the late Vice President Nichols to have been a defaulter to the amount of about $30,000, but the committee consider the baDk sound. Nichols was also City Treas­ urer, but thus far no irregularities in his accounts as such have been discovered. So far as known to-night the outside in­ debtedness of Nichols on individual notes amounts to but $20,000, although rumors are current that his private indebtedness is much larger. Where the stolen money went is as yet a mystery, as Nichols was a matt'of frugal habits, and did not drink or gamble. His funeral yesterday was the largest ever witnessed in this city. His body will probably be exhumed in order to settle the question whether or not he. suicided. THE DEADLY RATTLESNAKE. A Rich Planter of Duncan ville, Ga., ii Bitten, anil l>ien In Great Agony. [Tfloinasvtlle (Ga.) special.] Major J. J. Mash, a capitalist of ThoaiK County, died at his home in Duncanville to-day from the effects of a rattlesnake bite received ten hours previous. He was out on his plantation, about a mile and a half from his dwelling, running a line for a ditch. He was accompanied by a little grandson and a colored man. The place was quite rough, and while making his way through the bushes the snake bit him through the ankle. The Major walked to his horse, but when he got there was too sick and weak to mount. He was assisted into the saddle, and, by leaning forward and clasping the horse around the neck, he succeeded in keeping his position while the horse at full spesd carried him home. By this time he was unable to walk. Stimu­ lates and other remedies were adminis­ tered and ia doctor hastily sent for. In spite of all efforts he continued to grow wors? until death relieved him. His suf­ ferings were intense, but reason and con­ sciousness remained to the last He was 73 years old. THE BULLOCK BARONS OBEY. They Are Disposed to Get Out of Indian Territory as Fast as Possible. TWashington special. I The War Department has received no reply from General Miles to the telegram ordering him to make the necessary preparations for the execution of the Pres­ ident's proclamation commanding the evac­ uation of Indian Territory. No reply was, however, expected, as General Miles has ample force under his,, direction and within available distance of the Indian lands, and is in all re­ spects prepared to forcibly carry out the terms of the proclamation if neces­ sary. From the advices received the Ad­ jutant General does not believe that mili­ tary interference will be required. He is informed that the cattle men scarcely lost an hour's time after their conference with the President It is not expected that the terms of the proclamation as to time .will be fully complied with, but at the expira­ tion of the forty days it is thought that the intruders will be found on the march mov­ ing out of the Territory as rapidly as they could be ejected by the troops, and in this event, of course, there will be nothing for the soldiers to do. IRON-WORKERS. The Outlook More KncoAirafflng. [Pittsburgh special. 1 The iron-workers of the Mahon;ng and Shenandoah Valleys are in good spirits. They look forward to n season of activity among the mills of that section. All the iron firms in Youngstown have signed the scale except one, and this one is expected to de so at an eaily day. "The fact that Brown, Bonnell & Co. ran at such a good profit last year," said a gentleman this morning, "in the face of a declining trade shows conclusively that they can do still better this yenr. There is no doubt but that trade is better. Let it not be forgotten that the workmen have accepted a reduc­ tion in wages. The manufacturer who says that the prospects are not encouraging makes a statement which the workmen, at least, do not believe." President Weihe says that nearly all of the mills in the as­ sociation have signed the scale with the exception of those in the Wheeling dis­ trict. In tbe latter place the trouble is be­ tween the nailers and the manufacturers. AVhen the trouble is settled President Weihe believes that the scale will be sighed there without any objection. A FATAL SPARK. The Explosion of a Powiler-Horn Kill*. Four Persons and Injures Three. ^ (New Orleans dispatch.1 A terrible accident is reported from Little Caillou, Terre Bonno Parish. A few diys ago, while Emile Lirette was en­ gaged in molding bullets preparatory to- joining a number of friends in target- shooting, he asked his wife to fill a powder- horn for hire. She was some ten or twelve- feet from the fireplace, where a few coals were smoldering. The task was but half completed whan a gust of wind suddenly blowing through the open door sent a spark straight at the powder, which ignited and a terrific explosion followed. The roof of the dwelling was torn off. three of the children were instantly killed, and the mother received such injuries that before- many hours she, too, wan dead, while the husband and f \ther and the two other children were badly wounded. - -- SPLINTERS. THE first Atlantic cable was laid in 1866. DR. TANNEB, the fester, is a convert to- the faith cure. BUFFALO has a flm under theuname <£* "Irish A English." ->v . - .V . • - , v , f . • . ' • - " • . .