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ttrg paintUalcr I. VMM tLYKC. Cdltor and Fubllihw. TtfcHENBT, ILLINOIS Wife THE NEWS CONDENSED. THE EAST. BOSTON papers publish an interview with Dr. Dewey, of that city, in which he says hat Maxwell, or Brooks, the supposed murderer of Preller, when in Boston asked l»i» to get him a human body, and that be­ fore he left the city he came to the Doctor S 5 S and told him confidentially that he had got- ten one. Dr. Dewey suvs that Maxwell seemed to be possessed with the idea of iSsfi; getting hold of a "stiff," but gave no hint ,t why he wanted one. The Doctor told him S# that it was impossible in that city. Max- I tx well then left town for a few weeks, and on vvk his return surprised the Doctor on the street one day by saying that he had got­ ten a body and wished him to come to his room and inspect it. Dr.. Dewey says that he did not accept the invitation, but in view of the developments in St. Louis he now wishes that he had done so. The invita- y! tion to see the body was given only two or *'< ' ' three days prior to Maxwell's departure for , the West PKOCEEDINGS have been instituted by the , Attorney General of Pennsylvania to re- strain the Pennsylvania Company from purchasing or acquiring control of either the South Pennsylvania or the Beach Creek " ' Railroad. The bill is based upon"a pro­ vision of the State Constitution probibit- rfv/.- - iQg the consolidation of competing railway companies... .At Newport, R. I., Theodore j-'f'r. Frelinghuysen was married to Miss Alice Coates. daughter of a wealthy Scotchman. The bridegroom is a son of the Lite ex- Secretary of State In a letter at Chau­ tauqua the Rev. Dr. Newman compared . Gen. Grant to Wellington, and said his in­ tellect was one of the greatest the age has % produced... .Ex-Gov. Reuben E. Fenton died suddenly at his desk in the First Na­ tional Bank at Jamestown, N. Y. THE Pennsylvania and the Delaware and Hudson Companies have reduced the price of coal, but the Reading Company an­ nounces an advance on stove and egg. The ; two former corporations favor a suspension of mining, but the Reading is opposed to a stoppage... .Albert D. Swan, a prominent and wealthy resident of Lawrence, Mass., was shot and killed at his office in that city by Henry R. Goodwin, who surrendered at once to the authorities. The tragedy grew out of business difficulties between the two men. THE VEST. SHl C!" M- « fj. x White, charged with counterfeiting Bra­ zilian paper money, was held in $10,000 bail at St. Louis. His brother, who was ar­ rested in Wfcoo, Texas, has also been called on to furnish bonds in the same amount A colored murderer named Henry Burnett, 18 years old, was hanged at Lonoke. Ark. Frost in Virginia did considerable dam­ age to late crops. Y - : WASHDiOTOIV. THKBE were killing frosts over the great­ er portions of the Northwest Territory, ex­ tending southward to the northern part of Minnesota, on the night of August 24. The temperature fell to 25 degrees at some points.. Adiutant General Drum has re­ ceived a dispatch from the officer com­ manding in New Mexico saying that the Southern Utes in that Territory were starving; that they had no supplies, and were unable to procure any; and that un­ less food was immediately secured for them they would go on the war-path. These are the same Indians that a few weeks ago were reported to be without food and in a starving condition. Tempo­ rary relief was afforded them by drawing on the military stores. THE Indians are still "raising Ned" in Arizona. A recent dispatch from Tomb­ stone says the reported murder of three Americans and eight Mexicans at Basachu- igp *; ca, by Apaches, has been confirmed. , Sixty Apaches made a raid on rV ranches near San Pedro, Mexico, if; forty miles south of Tombstone, and carried off a number of horses. The raid V*" was witnessed by a squad of Mexican sol- v* diers, but no interference was attempted. , San Bernardino Ranch, famous in connec- £{ ' • tion with Indian hostilities, had been aban- doned, owing to the bold depredations of the hostiles... .Mr. E. Burge. Master Me- ^ , chanic of the Cincinnati Southern Road, j was prostrated by lightning at Cincinnati '-Jii: the other night and recovered the use of his right arm, wfuch had been palsied and f. * powerless for five years. FBEEMAN S. CABGAN and wife were, nine years ago, in Saginaw County, Michi- . I gan, sentenced to life terms in the Jackson ; and Ionia prisons respectively, for the mur­ der of Charles Smith. They were convict- * ed on the testimony of Smith's widow, who was herself condemned to ten / ., years' imprisonment aB an accessory. Just before her death, which occurred recently .$ • in the Detroit House of Correction, Mrs. jy < Smith confessed that her testimony against f- the Cargans was a pure invention. Mrs. ~ Cargan's sentence has been commuted, and i- >1 it is expected that her husband will soon ji "' < receive a pardon.... Policeman Fred Gall, of Springfield, 111., is dead, being the third victim of the recent tragedy in that city. AT Sturgis, D. T., Corporal Ross Hol- lis, of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, who as< sassinated Dr. H. P. Lynch, was hanged by the citizens. THE Cincinnati Price Current says: The total number of hogs packed in the West last week was 70,000, against 120,000 for the corresponding week last year. From March 1 to date the total is 3,435.000, com­ pared with 2,945,000 a year ago. The move­ ment of hogs since March 1 at the more important points is summarized as follows; Chicago, 1,840,000; Kansas City, 585,000; Milwaukee. 150,000; Indianapolis, 138,000; St. Louis, 133,000; Cedar Rapids, 130,000; Cleveland, 102,000; Cincinnati, 74,000. A gigantic scheme for the counterfeiting of Brazilian treasury notes in this country has been unearthed bjj Government detecfives. Lucius White, the supposed prime mover, is in jail at St. Louis, and several alleged confederates have been arrested at other points. They are supposed to have allies in Brazil who were to put the bogus money in circulation. IF the WTabash Railroad Company will agree to reinstate the Knights of labor dis­ charged June 16 last it is said the strikers will cease all efforts to make trouble along the line... .Butler, Peters & Co.'s saw­ mill at Tallman, Mich., was destroyed by fire, together with a large amount of lum­ ber and five freight cars. The loss is $80,- 600, with insurance of $30,000. A. IMfKAxa made by the First Comptroller of the Treasury is to the effect that the employment of twenty-four persons borne on the pay-roll of the Court of Commis­ sioners of Alabama Claims is without au­ thority of law. Among the individuals who will be deprived of a sinecure under this ruling is Mr. Walker Blaine. A WASHINGTON telegram says: The pension laws provide that soldiers who have lost a leg at the hip joint, or an arm at the shoulder joint, in the service of the country, snail be entitled to pensions at the rate of $37.50 per month, it has been the custom of the Pension Department to construe this law strictly. There are less than a dozen cases on the pension rolls in which the amputation has taken place exactly through the joints mentioned. Commissioner Black, in ruling upon the two last cases brought before him, declines to hold to the strict letter of the law, and allows the full amount of pension, though the amputation did not take place at the joints. He holds that if the amputation is so neat the hip or shoulder as to render the stump unserviceable, the pensioner is en­ titled to the same compensation as if no stump Were left. This rule will apply to a considerable number of pensioners who have been receiving pay at a lower rate. A WASHINGTON dispatch announces the arrival in that city of A. M. Keiley, recent­ ly appointed Minister to Austria. When asked by a reporter if Mr. Keiley had made a report to the State Department, Secretary Bayard said: "No; Mr. Keiley has no report to make. He has not been recalled. He is still United States Minister to Austria. His return from Europe is en­ tirely on his own motion. We have not asked him to come back here. The Govern­ ment since making the appointment,^hns been entirely passive in the matter, air. Keiley's position as United States Minister to Austria remains unaltered." "And the United States Government remains pas­ sive?^ "Entirely passive." "And you have not arranged to replace Mr. Keiley by any other man to represent this Government at Vienna?" "We have not thought of suelx a thing. The matter remains unchanged since Mr. Keiley received his appoint­ ment." Daniel N. Lockwood, of Buffalo, who made the speeches nominating Mr. Cleveland for Mayor. Governor, and Pres­ ident, is mentioned in connection with the Austrian Mission. roijricAL. SABATOGA special: The latest sensation in political rumorB here, and one that en­ gages the attention of almost all the visiting statesmen, is that Postmaster H. G. Pear­ son, of New York, is about to be promoted to a place in President Cleveland's Cab­ inet, vice Colonel W. F. Vilas, who is to be sent to Austria as Minister. The quid­ nuncs further declare that the President intends to put a Brooklyn Democrat in the New York Postoffice. CONRAD B. DAY, of Philadelphia, was nominated for Treasurer of State by the Pennsylvania Democrats at Harris burg. The speeches and resolutions were severely denunciatory of the deal between Vander- bilt and the Pennsylvania Railroad Com­ pany. The platform indorses the admin­ istrations of President Cleveland and Gov­ ernor Pattison, favors a revision of the tariff, and condemns sumptuary legislation. THE Iowa State Republican Convention assembled at Des Moines and nominated the following State ticket: For Governor, the Hon. W. M. Larrabee, of Fayette County: Lieutenant Governor, Capt. James A. T. Hull, of Polk County; Judge of the Supreme Court, the Hon. Joseph M. Beck, present incumbent; Super­ intendent of Public Instruction, John W. Akers, present incumbent. The platform, which is very lengthy, pro­ tests "against the Union soldier having one vote and the rebel soldier having two;" denounces President Cleveland for the char­ acter of his diplomatic appointments; op­ poses the Democratic policy of a "tariff for revenue only;" indorses civil-service reform, and favors the creation by Con­ gress of a national commission for the su­ pervision and regulation of interstate com­ merce. As to the liquor questioo, the platform simply declares for a fair and thorough trial of the existing law, and al­ leges that "the Republican party of Iowa has never made support of prohibition a test of party fealty." THESOVTU. THE Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company has increased its subscription to the American Exposition Company from $18,000 to $25,000. The available space of the Exposition is being rapidly taken up.... The path of the cyclone which vis­ ited Charleston, S. C., presents scenes of desolation and ruin scarcely less appalling than those which followed the bombard­ ment during the war. A local journal esti­ mates the aggregate loss at $1,123,000. As A passenger train on the Natchez xailroad was crossing Bayou Pierre, near Jackson, Miss., the engine left the rails, tearing up seventy feet of track on the bridge, and finally went to the bottom of the bayou, a distance of thirty feet, killing the fireman, the en­ gineer, add a brakeman instantly. The tender and a coal car jumped comnletely over the engine and stopped on the wrest bank of the bayou. The mail oar went down on the front end and the baggage and express matter went through the partitions, burying the mail agent in the wreck. Both he and the express messenger were fatally injured. The smoking-car followed, crushing through the mail-car, reducing the two to a pile of splinters. All the passengers in the smoking-car were hurt, several serious­ ly. The ladies'-car was derailed, but did not go down with the wreck... .Lucius A. to his constituents in Northampton, Xr. Bradlaugh ciu»s for their emulation the ex­ ample of the voters of Middlesex in con­ tinuant to^-return John Wilkes, notwith­ standing Jais repeated expulsions from the House, jratil they forced a recognition of their rights. A tjABTjB dispatch says the Spanish Gov­ ernment has closed the doors of the Army and Navy Club at Madrid because officers belonging to the club have returned their German decorations and because the club has struck ftom its list <*f honorary mem­ bers the names of German officers and that of the Crown Prince of Germany. The press and army are disgusted by the amicable attitude that has been suddenly displayed by the Cabinet toward Germany. It is reported that King Alfonso has sent an autograph letter to the Crown Prince Frederick Will­ iam asking him to mediate in order that friendship between Spain and Germany may be maintained. It is also rumored that King Leopold of Belgium and Em­ peror Francis Joseph have been asked to act as arbitrators. Prince Bismarck, it is stated, favors the latter, and desires a de­ cision in favor of Spain in order to escape from the difficulty..S. S. Cox, United States Minister to Turkey, was accorded a private interview with the Sultan Aug. 27, and received for himself and Mr. Abraham S. Hewitt several valuable presents. THE DARK CONTINENT. LIGHT frosts are reported from various points in Wisconsin and Iowa, the dam­ age to crops being inconsiderable. The weather has been exceptionally cold for the season throughout the West. A dis­ patch from Br.iinerd, Minn., says: "This morning uncovered a frost for near­ ly the entire region of Northern Minne­ sota, which is repeated again to-night for a considerable area. The damage so far is undoubtedly severe to com, and in particularly exposed places the destruction is complete. None of the crop was far enough advanced to escape injury, and the very latest planting is well nigh ruined, ex­ cept in regions protected by woods, as is the case in the timber districts in the rear counties. Ice is forming to-night." At Harvey's Lake, near Wilkesbarre, Pa., snow fell at intervals during Wednesday, Aug. 25. In sections of New England the mercury fell as low as 45. SENATOB LOGAN, of Illinois, and wife, had a narrow escape from death by drown­ ing on the River St. Lawrence, where they have been spending the summer. A dis­ patch from Alexander Bay, Canada, gives the following account of the accident: Oen. and Mrs. Logan are visiting Mr. Marsh at his summer home on one ot the Thousand Islands. Mr. Marsh Rave a private ex­ cursion in honor of his gaeHts. The party numbered about thirtv, and were conveyed in three steam yachtH to Stave Island, where a picnic dinner was served. After luncheon a photographer, who was making pic­ tures ot some of the scenery of the river, hap­ pened upon the company, and a ((roup was made. In order to give prominence in the pict­ ure to the distinguished guests, (Jen. and Mr'. Logan and Mr. and Mrs. Marsh were placed in a boat just off the island. As the proof was about to be made, in some manner the boat was overturned and the occupants were thrown into the river. Oen. Logan was the first to reach the water. He went down like a stone, quickly followed by the rest of the party. Consternation seized the party on th bank*, and it was several moments before any h' lp was rendered to tRose in the water. They were finally rescued wi ll much difficulty. The ladies were well-nigh exhausted. Ths General being a good swimmer was the tirst to rise to the surrace, and he immediately struck out vigorously to the assistance of the ladies, who were both terribly irightened. He supported his half-faint ng wife to the xhore aaa clam­ bered upon the bank with his burden on his arms. Mr and Mrs. Marsh were rescued by the boatman. THE programme of the new Brazilian Ministry, as announced in congress, in­ cludes reform in the system of slavery and modification of the financial organization of the empire. The Liberals have moved a vote of want of confidence in the new Cabinet.... Spanish fever has broken out among the cattle of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and Erie County, Pennsylvania. FOBE1CX is slated at Berlin that neitbfefr Ger­ many nor Spain has mooted the question of arbitrating the Carolines dispute. Ger­ many claims to have declared the protector' ate believing the islands unoccupied. Spanish irritation at the seizure is evinced in various ways. Gen. Salamnnca has re­ turned tha decoration of the Prussian Red Eagle, and the chief towns of Aragon are boycotting German bee v... .In a manifesto ~ ADDITIONAL NKTOH Ijf uttetffpting to arrest three men at Cape May for passing counterfeit money, Mar­ shal Holland was beaten into insensibility, and several persons who went to his assist­ ance \vc;e roughly; handled. One of the miscreants was captured. AT an early hour in the morning City Marshal Evans and Poundmaster McNott were found, one dying and the other dead, lying in the main street of the Town of Geneva, Kane County, III. It is not known whither they killed each other or were kuled by burglars, though the latter theory has most acceptance. Each man was shot through the breast.... Owing to disappointment in a love affair, a so.i of Gen. O. O. Howard shot himself in the breast iu the Yellowstone Park, inflict­ ing probably a fatal wound.... The West­ ern Iron Boat Building Company of Theo­ dore Allen and H. W. Blaisdell, of St Louis, has made an assignment. DUIILIN is agitated over a scandal in high life. Mr. John Pollock, a magistrate, who had been enraged by stories connecting the name of his wife with those of two gentle­ men, assaulted each of them in turn. The first of these, a Capt. Barry, Mr. Pollock beat severely, and the second, n Mr. Al­ bert Blakeney, Deputy-Lieutenant for the County Gal way, he gave a horse­ whipping in front of his residence.... An extensive manufactory of surgical in­ struments and druggists' sundries in Lon­ don burned, causing a loss of $250,000, and depriving 400 men of employment.... The British ship Cilurnum, from Newcastle for San Francisco, burned at sea. The crew are at Pernambuco.... Admiral Cour- bet's remains were interred in the Hotel des Invalides, Paris, a large assemblage attending the ceremonies Russia is said to be making overtures for an alliance with Turkey. A CHATTANOOGA dispatch reports that a train on the Georgia division of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway ran through an open switch near Rome, Ga. The engine plunged down an embank­ ment. Williams, a section-hand, was in­ stantly killed. John Bower, the engineer, had one leg broken, and was frightfully scalded. Fireman Bellow had a leg broken and was badly injured about the head. John Thomas, the train-porter, had both legs broken. No passengers were in­ jured.... A mob of seventy-five per­ sons took from the jail at Blanco, Texas, the murderer Lockie and hanged him. Lockie was the man who a few diys ago killed eight persons, including his daugh­ ter and step-daughter. His deed was one of the most cruel on record, and is sup­ posed to have been done in a fit of mad­ ness. .. .The losses by the recent storm at Charleston and Sullivan's Island. S. C., are now placed at $1,000,000. The work of repairs is rapidly progressing. Three pilotboats hailing from Beaufort, S. C., were wrecked iu the hurricane, louiteen lives being lost. DURING the week 154 business failures were reported in the United States and Canada, about 82 per cent being those of small traders. During the corresponding week of 1884 the number of failures in the United States and C ma da was 183. Brud- Htreet'a, in its weekly summary, says: While the general trade situation continues to be favorable, there is le-m to be saH as t > the indications of permanence in the increased ac­ tivity shown. In addition ' to what has been said in the improvement in textile lines, the demand for pig iron at Philadelphia, and gen­ erally west of the Aliegtimies, except at Cleve­ land, has shown some gain. In the Kast this is not the ease, and, while there may have been some improve i.ent in the inquiry, there is none in price or demand. Notwithstanding ttie con­ tinued strength in the Kastern dry-goods mar­ ket and the upward tendency of prices, some manufacturers continue to curtail production. There are others making ) reparations to en­ large their output. The strength of prices leading lines continues. In grocery staples sugar ha< shown an imirove ment, but tea and coffee are still be­ hind last year. Dairy i roducts are improved and higher. Wheat has been somewhat stronger at times since the severe depression of the two succeeding weeks. The small advance made has served to check exports and stopped business sufficiently to indicate that however short the crop may be toreign consumers arc not ready to asotBt in a material.advance. .Resolutions recognizing the valuable work done by the United States Coast Sur­ vey, and deprecating the judgment of such work by other than scientific men, were, after some debate, unanimously adopted by the Association for the Advancement of Science, in session at Ann Arbor. 5.75 5.00 4.00 6.35 9.50 „ 4.50 4.25 an 5.00 5.00 rn 5.25 •i.u <3 «.as .79 (9 .80 ,43 © .45 ie <8> - .W (SO ... .«S id .72 .18 ?20 .13 <$ .16 .09 .03 t<4 ."04 .11 €» .12 1.00 1.15 8.50 & 0.00 .26 67 .79 & THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. Bras,,,,... .....$6.00 <«6.75 HOOS , 4.50 @5.00 WHEAT--NO. L White............ .89 EJ .91 No. 2Red................ .91 @ .92 CORN--NO. 2 .54 t«s .55 OATS--White .37 & .49 POBK--Mess. 10.25 @10.T5 CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. Good Shipping Common Hoos.... I.'.. FLOUB-- Fancy Red Winter Ex.. Prime to Choice Spring. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring CORN--No. 2. OATS--No. 2. .. RYE--No. 2 1.. UAULEY--No. 2 BUTTER--Choice Creamery...... Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, new....... Light Skimmed........ EOGS--Fresh POTATOES--New, per brl......... POBK--Mess..... MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--NO. 4 CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 RYE--No. 1 PORK--Mess ' TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2.... ST. LOUI& WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--Mixed OATS--Mixed IJORK--Mess XT CINCINNATI.' WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--XO. 2. OATH--Mixed RYE--No. 2 PORK--Mess DETROIT* " FLIOUR. WHEAT--No. 1 White....'."." CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 White POKE--Mesa. , 10.25 ME'SO „ ^ INDIAN APOLIgi ® BEEF CATTLE WHEAT--NO. 2 Red. CORN-Mixed. OATO--NO. 2 "" EAST LIBERTY. CATTLB--Best Fair Common Hoos .26 .56 .80 0 .45 & .26^ & .57 8.60 & 9.00 .86 .45 .26 .89 .41 9 .90 - <9 .42 .23 9.00 & 9.50 •8i> & .91 .47 <4 .48 .26 .57 & .59 9.00 & 9.50 A Mohammedan Chieftain in Central Africa Waging a Religions ̂ i • .* War, • g| Sweeping ̂ r^lrtlil ̂Be­ fore Them--An Imitator of the £*flt King of Assyria*. ' tf, . fWashlngton Milegram.1 Secretary of State Bayard is in receipt of a dispatch from Sierra Leone, West Africai giving accounts of the movements of -M» army of 100,000 men in the interior of Africa. The disnatch is dated July 14 last and was sent by United States Consul Lewis. Mr. Lewis says: "I have the honor to bring to the notice of the Department of State the fact of an extraordinary movement among the Mo­ hammedans of the Nigritian regions, ex­ tending from Timbuctoo to the West Coast. It appears that in 1880 a Mandingo named Saumdu, of extraordin irv in­ telligence and energy, conceived the idea that he was called of God to wage n war for the suppressiOn of pfeganism and for the opening of the roads to the coast, which in certain districts have been for generations subjected to excessive black­ mail and to the plundering of vagabond tribes. Duiing the last five years he has collected an army consisting of foot and horse of about 100,000. Mohammedan youth, wherever he goes, flock to his standard, anxious not only to secure the reward in the hereafter pronaimd to those who fight for their religion, but to Htffy off the rich spoils which these expeditions that battle for the faith are sure to win. "It is said that Samudu's army 19 "divid­ ed into three portions. One is operating near the headwaters of the Niger. This portion recently drove certain French troops from the gold regions of Boossa, of which they had taken possession. Boossa iB a large town, the capital of a province of the same name west of Soudan, on an island in the Niger, about latitude 10 deg. 14 min. north, longitude 5 deg. 20 min. east, and at ono time had a population of 20,000 souls. Here Mungo Park met his death. Samudu's followers are now besieging Bammakkoo, a large town on the Niger, in the State of Eambarra, occupied about three years by the French, who have erects ed fortifications there. "Another portion of the army is operat­ ing in the regions east of Liberia, and, by suppressing the disturbing elements, unfet­ tering trade and introducing a knowledge of religion and letters, is in one sense opening the country for negro immigrants of intelligence and energy from America to frash out from the African-American repub-io to the healthy and fertile regions of the interior. In another sense it is forestall­ ing the whole region for Mohammedanism, and making it difficult, if, indeed, it is d - sirable, to convert that country to the faith imported from America by the immigrants. "The third portion of the army is ap­ proaching the coast a few miles northwest of Sierra Leone. It has secured fho sub-^ mission by force or by voluntary surrender of aU the tribes on the way for -500 miles back. ^ ' "The largest and most important pagan kingdom on this side of the Niger was Soolima, of which Talaba, a large commer­ cial city, was the capital. For the last Bixty years the Fulah Mohammedans have been trying by diplomacy and by arms to snb- due this city to the faith, but it has always successfully resisted both diplomat and warrior. Last year Samudu's army itf over­ whelming numbers surrounded it and ca led upon the king to surrender and pro­ fess Islam. This he refused to do. The town was then invested and after a terrible siege of five months the king assem­ bled the royal family and principal chiefs in his powder-house and informed them that he could hold out no longer, aB his resources were exhausted; but having for more than two hundred years belonged to the ruling element, he was determined for himself and family to die rather than come under Mohammedan rule. He gave the chiefs their choice, either to die with him or go out of the town and give them­ selves up to the enemy. They decided to die with him. He then set fire to the powder and they were all blown up. This ended the Soolima power, which for more than seven generations had influenced the trade and politics of exleneive districts, and had commanded the principal high­ ways to the coast. "Another very important achievement of this army is the destruction of the Hooboo power, an irresponsible organization, which for thirty years has been a source of an­ noyance and loss to caravans passing from the interior to the coflst. Samudu gave or­ ders to attack them in their mountain strongholds, which until then had proved; inaccessible to the neighboring forces,! They were surprised, their chief, Abal, w.«f, captured and decapitated, and his aims aS& legs, severed from the trunk, were sent to the various countries whose inhabitants had suffered from his predatory and mur. derous proceedings. The Hooboos are described as renegade Fulahs in rebellion against the King of Timboo. The roids have now been cleared of these thieves and murderers, so that an unprotected child or. female may travel in safety all through that district. * "These operations will not be without a salutary effect upon American commerce, for there is in that country an increasing demand for American productions.and many of the articles produced by the people are valuable in American itraw. : Samudu's army is now only a few miles from the coast northwest of Sierm Leone. It is said to ba their pnTpose now to deal with the Timuch and Sherbro countries, whose .constant wars keep the maritime regionB Jb 'such a state of ferment that often the cara­ vans have struggled through obstructions for hundreds of miles. They find that their greatest difficulty is among~th»eoast tribes and often fall viotiuw to the iRtter." LIFE-TAKING, A TerrttjJe Tragedy Enisled of the lllino* State Capital ra Btatpatttf © PMleemen MuriWei Character--The Assailant Also r-v,K Killed. , f (UD^edal1 A ctouble tragedy occurred here this morning, horrible in its details, resulting in the almost instant de*ta of two men, one 4 policeman and the other a citizen, and the wounding of another policeman and a negro woman, A man named Leonard Gardner, owner of a candy store and a restaurant, was ar­ rested last night on a peace warrant for beating his wife, and lodged in the city prison by Officers William J. Camp and Fred Gall. Early this morning Gardner procured bail and was released. He proceeded at once to a store and pur­ chased two forty-four caliber bulldog re­ volvers, saying that he proposed to kill the two policemen on sight that arrested him. To several persons during the day^ he made a similar assertion, saying as he flourished the revolvers that he guessed the police would not arrest him now. About seven o'clock this evening Gard­ ner took his position in a hallway on Washington street, between Sixth and Seventh, and as Camp and Gall came up %he stepped out and fired at Gall, who re­ ceived the ball in his groin and fell, but waB unable to get his revolver. Gardner then fired a fatal shot a| Camp, the ball taking effect near the heart, but the plucky officer returned the fire after he was shot, emptying four chambers of his forty-four-caliber Remington into Gaird- ner'8 body before he (Camp) fell and ex­ pired in the arms of Officer Jones. Each of Camp's shots took effect in Gardner's body--one in the arm and three in the region Of th^ heart-*--and he expired on the spot. - ( A stray shot fired by Gardner struck a negro woman who was passing in the calf bf jfo Jeg, if is jeeporJ^d, ^jeterijig an artery. Gall was taken to the Leland Hotel, where he fou^d> have surgical attendance, and an examination snowed that the ball took a downward course through the right groin and lodged, and hopes are enter­ tained for his recovery. The bodies of the two dead men were conveyed to police headquarters, where a heartrending scene occurred when Officer Camp's wife entered and threw herself on ihe inanimate form of her hnsban<L Camp leaves a wife and five small children in al­ most destitute circumstances, who have the sympathy of the hundreds that have con­ gregated to talk of the horrible affair, but not a regret is expressed for Gardner. Such a tragedy Was never before known in Springfield, and never before has a po­ liceman been killed while on duty. Camp and Gall wer% considered two of' the best men On the fo?ee. F ^^KEAIILTT RAILWAY ACCIDENT. hiatal Wreck Near Louisville, Ky., In Which Thre < Men Were Killed, ^ [Louisville (Ky.) speclaLl V A fatal wreck occurred on the Chesa- Cke, Ohio and Southwestern Bailroad night, near Pleasure Bidge Park, about twenty-five miles from this city, which re­ sulted in the death of three men. A severe storm had been raging in thd vicinity early in the afternoon, and a large tree was blown across the track at the foot of a steep grade. About 6:30 o'clock the local freight coming toward this city reached that point. The train was traveling at a rapid rate of speed at the time, and as it was getting dark the engineer, Tom Sherrill, did not see the tree until he was too close to stop. He re­ versed the engine, but it struck the obstacle with greit force and was thrown from the track, seven cars piling up on top of it The froAt brakeman and fireman were in the engine with Sherrill at the time, and all three were killed almost in­ stantly. The engine and cars were smashed to pieces and the track torn up. The names of the killed are aB follows: Tom Sherrill, engineer; Ben J. Peak, brakeman; Tom Filburn, fireman--all of Louisville. T. A. Goodman, the conductor, was injured in- ternnlly and his back severely strained. All the men were terribly scalded about the head and face, and terribly mangled in the wreck. SECRETARY MANNING!. V & 6.00 _ .85 9 .46 .87 & .38 .84 0 3.50 .87 .40 .23 @ 5.50 & .89 & .42 e .34 BUFFALO." CATTLE.... Hoos siiBKP :::::: 6.50 0 6.50 6.00 0 6.50 4.00 & 4.50 4.60 & 6.00 4.00 0 4.76 6.00 0 6.00 4.36 @ 6.00 He Want* to Abolish the Silver, Goti), and Currenry Certificates. ,? [Washington special. J # - One of the most important financial propositions seriously consffleretTS^ Sec­ retary Manning previous to his departure was a recommendation to Congress looking to the abolition of the silver, gold, and cur­ rency certificates. This radical change would be due to the theory thatthe coinag® should only be sufficient to meet the de­ mands of business, and the people instead of the Government should be the custodian of the coin. In the language of a prom­ inent official, there is $j0,(100,000 of coin in the Treasury Department wnich should not be there. Carefuily prepared tables have been submitted to the Secretary to show him the cost and inconvenience re­ sulting from the present svstcm, aud it is said that he strongly inclines to the opinion that the present crowded condition of the mints and sub-treasuries, involving great inconvenience and heavy expense, affords a strong argument against the s orage of the coin. The arguments made go back to the ^proposnion that there can be no au­ thority tor the issue of coin from a mint for any other puipose lhan to meet public demand, and that the storage of immense quantities in the public vaults, with no prospect of their issue, is assuming a re­ sponsibility, in case of burglary or other loss, which is far from good policy. THE sales of pistols and revolvers have fallen off 20 per cent during the last year The shotgun and the razor are now the fa­ vorites. * 4.26 4.76 JOHN B. GOTJGH, who has just com pleted his 68th year, is said to be Seriously failing in health. EX-COMiBCTOB BOBBBTSONI OF New York, has resumed hi# law practloe. A DRUNKEN MADMAN'S CRIME. After Shooting: Four People, One Vrokably Fatally, He Blows put His Brain a. [Salem (Ind.) telegram.] A terrible case of drunken madness oo- purred to-day. FrSd Berkey, Jr., a son of one of the leading citizens of this place, while intoxicated, appeared in the streets and began an indiscTiuiijanto fusillade. He 4ir4d nine shots, aiming at whoever hap­ pened to be in range. Laura Kleiner re­ ceived two balls, one in the wrist and one in the shoulder. William McOJanhan was shot through the hand. W. S. Perciso sustained a flesh wound in th* thigh. Jordan Payne received a ball through the body just below the breast, and will probably die. Payne when shot was in a ^uRjgy with a eompanioa. Dragging Payne from \ the buggy, Berkey compelled the othet man to drive on, and attempted to es- juape. .< Finding this impossible, he placed a pisio'. to his head and firecl. The ball took Effect, and the young man died in fif­ teen minutes. No cause is known for the bloody work, except that Berkey was completely mad- Qened by the liquor-he had swallowed. .!vvi t . m II SPAIN'S SCOURGE. m 'errlbl* iiavagei of the Cholera. fMadrid dispatch. , Throughout Spain yesterday the;e were 5,073 new cases of cholera and 1,723 deaths from the disease. Since the beginning of the epid?mic there have been l5t>,079 cases and 61,521 deaths. During the past twelve hours 16 new cases and 6 deaths were re­ ported in this city, and in the province out­ side of the city 118 new cases and 38 deaths. The cholera is assuming a form which the doctors are ittflUs to oa|M, Villi, the victims die suddenly, without the ^ occur­ rence of diarrhea or vomiting.. The pa­ tient feels a coldness which nan siot be counteracted by the use of reactlres or even by the most violent friction. Two hours after death the body becomes Magk^ 'Although the epidemio is not contagions!^ is feared that ono hundred deaths daily will soon be recorded. Senor Villaverde, the Minister of the In­ terior. Who went to Granada recently, took with him $20,000, which will be used fn relieving the cholera sufferers and estab- lithtttg'hospitals and cemeteries. COLORADO. K Th^ first S^tefo Report lij ninl Onfius. (Washington dispatch.] {Secretary Lamar received an iron box to­ day containing the census returns of Colo­ rado. The law requires that States thatf expect Government aid iti the taking of the interdecennial oensvs must send in their returns before Sept 1. Colorado is the tint to report. The population, of Colorado has increased frpm 194,327 in 1880 to 243,9(1) in 1885, a gate oF 49,583. The number of fanners iu the State is nearly doubled, there being 8,474 to 4,506 in 18801S The 559 man­ ufacturing establishments in 1880 havs multiplied to 1,004. . OOONXZK the fainqqsjiplade' bqpt ky Jay Cooke, has become a young ladies' semi- #aiy*v Itcort $1,100,000.- - r:\ GEN. LEW WALLACE'S story, "Bon Hnr," paid him $3,200 last year In royalties. 1 f A ^Hiii,vf>EZiPHCA girl, 12 years old, is ft WESTERN GOVERNORS. Gov. Ojtlesbjr, of Illinois. Richard J. Oglesby was born in Oldham County, Kentucky, July 25, 1824; settled iu .Illinois, at Decatur, in 1836; received lest than a common school education; was A carpenter for two years; studied law is 1844, and was admitted to the bar in 1845; served one year in the Mexican war ; wait­ ed two years in the mines in California; was elected to the State Senate of Illinois in 1860; served one session, and resigned to enter the volunteer service in 1861, at the commencement of the war for the sup* press ion of the rebellion; was chosen Colonel, afterward appointed Brigadier General, and 111 IHoJ Uo take rank from November, 18(52) a Major General: resign­ ed in 1861. and was elected that year Governor of Illinois for the term which"ex­ pired in January, 1869; was re-elected Governor of Illinois in November, 1872; entered upon the duties of his office January 13, 1873, and on the 21st of the same month was elected to the United States Senate as a Republican, to succeed Lyman Trumbull, Liberal. In 1884 he was again nominated for Governor by the Re­ publicans and elected, defeating Carter H. Harrison. He was inaugurated in January, 1885, and his term will expire in 1889. <iov. Sherman, of Iowa. Buren R. Sherman, Governor of Iowa, was born in Phelps, Ontario County, N. Y., in 1836. In 1855 the family removed to Iowa and settled in Tama County. In 1860 young Sherman removed to Vinton, and entered upon the practice of law. Upon the break­ ing out of the civil war Mr. Sherman en­ listed as a private in the Thirteenth Iowa Infantry, and was sent to thef front. While at Jefferson City, Mo., he was promoted to Second Lieutenant. At the battle of Shiloh Lieut. Sherman was dangerously wounded, and his life despaired of--but after severe illness, during which he was commissioned Captain, he recovered sufficiently to return Photo, by liuv.l, lies M., I. to his company, although still compelled to use crutches in traveling. He remained with the command, doing what service he was able, until the late summer of 1863, when his wounds having broken out afresh, and threatening fatal result, he was obliged to resign the service. He has never fully recovered, and yet carries his cane, a con­ stant reminder of his part in the great war. He returned to his former hom£ in Vin­ ton, and was afterward elected County Jpdge, and then for four successive terms elected Olerk of the District Court, which position he resigned on his election in 1874 to the office of Auditor of State, to which he was twice re-elected. In 1881 he was elected Governor of Iowa, and on the expiration of the term in 1883 was re-elected to that high office. Gov. Sherman was married Aug. 20,1862, to Miss Lena Kendall, of Vinton, a lady of rare accomplishments, who has done much toward the very successful carcer of her husband. mottMSa Paper from Sugar Cane. Until recently sugar cane was looked npon as practically worthless also, and was permitted to go to waste by the thousands of tons. In pursuing some investigations a short time ago for the purpose of discovering, if possible, whether the fiber of the cane conld not 1% used in the manufacture of bagging, a gentleman found properties which convinced him that paper could be made of the stalk if suitable machinery could be devised for reducing it to a pulp. After many discouragements the task was accomplished, and of the first batch of pulp manufactured a Northern paper mill recently made enough sugar cane paper to print one edition of tlio New Orleans Picayune. A copy of the paper now in hand is substantial and tough, with fair color and smooth sur­ faces. It is claimed for it that it will be specially desirable for use on fast printing presses, and that its manufac­ ture, which is now regarded as a per­ manent'enterprise, will add largely to the wealth of Louisiana, as well as tend still further to simplify the problem of paper making. -- Chicago Herald. . -- , r Proverbs. ' It is easier to tell a lie than it is to catcK a fish. A woman's bonnet must be orthodox, before her prayer-book is. Winter sets in when poverty come3. Principles, not pulpits, make a church. • The knife that cuts a custard pie may also cut a throat. * The best fitting coat is one i hat is paid for. God makes the roses, and tiie devil puts the thorns on. The hand opens when the heart does. . The sculptured face on a gold coin may be beautiful, but neither tears nor smiles ever break its monotony. Hearts build religion, for braiqg to tear down. i Qirls think men are all soul ; women know they are all stomach. . The preacher turns young love's dream into a nightmare. Fortune feeds soup to most men with a fork.--Merchant Traveler. A ROGUE being indicted for stealing a man's hat off his head, confessed the fact; but insisted that the hat was not the property of the person who wore it, according to the maxim "the things above us are nothing to ns." MUE. PATTI is at her castle vU* Wales, where shs will remain until Novembsx, FURIOUS GALK. Onft-Foorth of the Houses in Charles­ ton, S. &, Uarooftd «w Wlad. -Sp.' BviHvao's Island Partially Submerged and a Summer Hotel Leveled f» «he Gnrand. * ̂ v •lesion (8. C.) dispatch.! Charleston was struck by a cyclone tbis morning, and one-fourth of the houses in the city are unroofed. Parts of the spires of St. Michael's and St Matthew's Churches were blown down, and the spire of the Citadel Square Baptist Church is demolished. The wharves and warehouses are badly damaged. At Sullivan's Island two steamers are aground, and the New Ashley River bridge now constructing is swept away. Four vessels which arrived yesterday are wrecked. The telegraph wires are down and there are no cars run­ ning. The loss is still estimated at $1,000,000, including wharves and churches. Mer­ chants are already rebuilding. The phos­ phate works near the city are but little in­ jured, except the Atlantic, which loses its acid chambers. The Norwegian bark Med- bor, from Liverpool, was dismasted in the storm, and the German bark H. Peters was driven ashore. The German brig Freiheit was sunk in collision. The dry-dock schooner William E. Lee was blown ashore and the Norwegian bark Veritas-and the Italian brig San Prisco are ashore at Cas­ tle Pinckney, with a three-masted Bchoon- er, name unknown. No lives were lost. A number of houses on Sullivan's Island were blown away. The New Brighton Hotel had over a hundred guests, and great feare were entertained for their safety. At 9 o'clock this morning the stonn reached its greatest velocity. At that hour, while the hotel people were at breakfast, the Ca­ sino fell with a great crash. Fortunately, all the rooms in that building had been va­ cated. There were grave apprehensions that the dining-room and main building would soon succumb to the violence of the storm. At 9 o'clock the wind changed from the southeast and the storm increased from the southwest. When the Casino fell it is thought that the maximum of the Btorm was from sixty-five to seventy miles an hour. The main building of the hotel is intact, having stood the storm without very serious damage. At 1 o'clock it was en­ tirely over. The loss to the New Brighton will be $30,000. There has been very gen­ eral destruction of property on the island. The island was in the main submerged, but when the wind changed the waters receded. In the vicinity of Savannah, Ga., the storm was very severe. At Tvbee a dwelling house was blown down, but no one was in­ jured. The Caroline Chalmers went ashore on the knoll iuside of Tybee, and the bark N. Mosher on the north beach, half a mile south of Tybee light. At Mayport, Fla., the Atlantic House was blown down, and Mrs. Gilbert Hunter severely injured. All the guests of the house, about thirty women and children, were exposed for hours to the furious, driving wind and rain. News from Fernan- dina shows great damage done to buildings, boats, and shipping, and the guests at the Strathniore House, on the beach, were driven into town for refuge. No lives were lost there. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. A Staling That Will Embarrass the Court of Commissioners for Some Time. rWashingtontelefrram.] The First Comptroller of the Treasuiy to-dav made a ruling that is likely to em­ barrass the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims for some time to come. It is in effect that the employment of twenty- four persons borne on the rolls of the court is entirely without warrant of law, and that no payments can legally be made from the Treasury on their account in the future. Mr. Andrew H. Allen, disbursing agent of the court, recently made requisi­ tions on the Secretary of the Treasury for $9,000 to meet the current expenses of the court. In the usual course of business the requisitions came before the First Comp­ troller, and he decided to make an investi­ gation of the affairs of the court before authorizing the issue of the necessary war­ rants. His conclusions are summarized in the following statement, prepared by him for publication: The Court of Commissioners ot Alabama Claims was created in 1874, to hear proof ot claims to he paid ont of the $15,000,000 awarded by the Geneva Commission, and was continued by various acts until Deo. 31, 1877. It was con­ stituted of five Judges, with an annual salary ot $(5,000 each, a clerk at $n,ooo, a stenographer at $2,500, and an attorney to represent the United States at $H,()00. Provision was also made for rent of court-room, furniture, stationery, fuel, and other necessary incidental expenses, all of which was to be paid ont of said fund before judgments were paid. The court was reorgan­ ized in 1882, with the same officers and salaries as before, except that the number of Judges was reduced to three. The Comptroller, in investigating the case, found that outside of the above-named officials there were on the pay­ rolls the names of assistant counsel for the United States, clerk to said counsel, experts, clerks to experts, messengers, watchmen, etc., whose aggregate salaiies amounted to q,bout fctt,500 per year. He also found in the quarter­ ly returns that there has been paid to other as­ sistant counsel over $8,000 tor the quarter end­ ing December HI, 1884, and about $7,rx>0 for the quarter ending March 31, 1885, besides other al­ leged illegal payments. He says he finds no law authorizing said payments, and after con­ sulting with the Acting Secretary of the Treas­ ury and with the Solicitor of the Treasury, he has decided to stop all future payments Of th# same. COMMISSIONER SPARKS. He Proposes to Restore a targe Tract of Land to the Zuni Indiana. y. [Washington telegram.] A report from the Land Office of con­ siderable interest to Illinois capitalists comes in the statement that Commissoner Sparks has determined that the boundary of the Zuni Indian Eeservation in New Mexico has been wrongfully construed, and, without inquiry or survey, he will simply so change the line as to restore to the Indians a large tract of land recently taken from the reservation by Executive order, and upon which Mr. Tucker, of Illinois, and a number of others, including some promi­ nent army officers, have asserted extensive claims. The exact results of this change cannot yet be determined. The Land Office is co-operating with the Indian Office in, a determined stand against- the methods em­ ployed by the Indians for themselves or as the tools of scheming white men to secure lands to which they are not entitled. It is claimed that in Northern Dakota and else­ where Indians have obtained public lands under the citizen claim, which they have promptly disposed of. Other similar sharp practices have been discovered in which the red men have been the sharpers an& the Government the victim. EXPLORING ALASKA. PragnM Made by the Party Under Chare*' of Lieut. Stoney--A New Yolcanow [San Francisco dispatch. 1 Lient. Puree 11, who went with Lieut. Stoney to Alaska to explore the Great Put­ nam River, returned here yesterday on the whaling tender Thomas Pope. * Purcell reports that before proceeding ilp the river the party visited the newly found Bogoslar volcano. They noticed little change in it, except less smoko and a sand-spit was forming to the westward of it. July 8 Stoney reached Hotham Inlet, into which the Putnam Hiver empties. He intended to ascend the river as far as his large steam- launch would carry him and then go into winter quarters. The party would then divide up into sledging parties for the pur­ pose of exploring Northern Alaska as soon as navigation reopens. He intended to come down the Putnam Hiver and explore Noatak River, which empties into an inlent north of Putnam. Purcell reports the partv all well at the time he left. The ex­ pedition intends returning here next fall. NIOOUNI is said to have once danced at­ tendance behind a iac. '1 .