Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 August 1887 — Page 1

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FASTEST MII E

AU Records Beaten oa Out- Track Yesterday by Raven Boy.

Better Raees Than Ever Seen in the State and Only a F«w Pejsons See Them.

The Events of

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Second Day of the I

diana Horse Breeders' Meeting.

THE SFOOND DAY.

Fattest Time on the Track—A Great Day for tbe lloriM. Ihi eeccnd day of the meeting of the b.-eeder^ association, wcs a success in point of racing and speed, but a failure in the matter of attendance. The races of yest»rday were worthy an audience of 5,000 people, but empiy seata by the hundred, looked down fiom the srnphi th ater upon Riven P.oy the beautiful p:.cint "tallion, when he covered a mile in 2:173 in the free tor-ell pice the fastebt mile ever trotud or raced in the state of Indiana, and Billy a close second. It is to be hoped something near aTerre Haute audience in number?, will be present to day.

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first race culled yesterday was 'he stake for 3 year oid colts nod fillies. Oat the ten entrhs, as published in yesterday's paper, but two of them faced the starter, viz: Mikea?en, bay colt by Onward, dam by Woodford Mambrino, owned by John B. Rose, Madison, Ind., and Jean Wilkee, bay filly by Red Wilkes, dam by Hambrino, owned by M. N. Smith and entered from Warren Park farm, Terre Haute. Since the publication of the ei tries for this meeting, June 1st, this 3 year old stake has been discussed by moBt of the Indiana borseraen. rieveral of the col'B entered were known to b« fast for the class, anywhere outside of Kentucky and California, and a close race was anticipated by the tiorae men. The breeding of the colts pub lished with the entries showed such sireB as Dictator, Nutwood, Rid Wilkes, Egbert, Hambrino, Onward, HambleIonian Downier, Roger Hausen, and others all of them among fho most fashionable bortes in the siud *rnl sires of a large Dumber of horses in the 2:30 list. The ."-year-olds bad a fight to trot fast, if troitiog blood counts for anything, and their pedigrees tell what claes cf youngsters are growing up in Indiana. The race ia describeJ in a few words, and one heat told of the other two. Jean Wilkes won three straight heats, Mikeagan a good second in all of them time—2:46, 2:42, 2:50. Mikeagan has shown miles close to 2

if given an opportunity. He

is a spi^ndid colt in siza, strength, finish, gait and speed and closely resembles his Fire, Onward. He is also a magnificently bred colt, being by Onward, one of tho best bjed sons of the mighty George Wilkes, Onward's dam being the famous Matron Dolly by Mambrinj Chief, she being the dam of Director, record 'J :17, 'fhorudale, record 2:223 and Onward, 3:25J. This colt's dam, by Woodford fc/vnbrino, record of2:21i, sire of Pancoast, accord of 2:21 (sire of the great 6-yp«r-c4d horse Patron that beat Harry Wilkes at Cleveland last week, trotting the third heat in 2:14j), and of Princeps (sire of frill net, 2:14, and thirteen others in the 2:30 list). This colt Mikeagan is a great addition to ihe stock hoises cf Indiana, and Mr. Roes has found an investment that will pay him well. The cott promies to make a sensational trotter, for when he gets more *,®e and strength and is able to handle his big giit and speed, he will improve rapidly. Mikeagan, (the eilt is worthy of a better name) made bis debut to the public yesterday, and Indiana people should make a note of his eppoarance forjn two or three years hei ce, he will in all probability be one of the most famous stallions in Indiana, aa a trotter, and in seven or eight years, noted as a sire of trot tern.

Jean Wilkes is a very pretty b9y tiliy about 15 hands high, built on the form 0* whalebone horses. It is almost impossible to fault her except in sii**, and that it about right for a

campaigner.

She is a rapid gaited

filly and full of determination and stamina. All of Red \Vilkes' get a~e amply endowed with great power cf endurance, and this filly gets still larger inheritance of this quality from ber dam, she beirg ly Hambrino, record 2 2 }, a 2vorse known bv every breeder and trainer of horses in the Tinted State# as one oi the gamest, most resolute acd untiring horses that the trotting turf has evxr known. The filly did not draw a long

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any m«^ than a short jog after any of the heats jeaterday. She can trot seven or eight hea.\s. right at the to& of

speed, has never sick or off a day since she waa taken "5? fifteen months ago to be broken to always feels good and alwaya "ready." She will be a great "campaignah" if she learns to trot i*st enough to KO in good companj*. Mr. M. L. Hare, cf Fisher's Switch, Indians, the owner of Hambrioo, the sira of Jean Wilkes' dam, is at the meeting, and says the filly resembles Hambrino greatly in form and style, and has his it.ick cf laying back the ears one at a liafe, or pitching them forward, appa•featlV in an efhrt to find oot the whereabouts 01 horse# bar1? cf them. Competent judgw predict a great future for the filly.

SUMMARY.

Stakes for 3 year olds. Jwn Wilkea, b. {., bj Bed Wilk», 4am by Hambrino Wutn

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Mlkaaran, b. bj Onwmrd, d»m hT Wood turd Masibrino J. B. Kum. 9 9 0

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within the last few days sirce he has been here, and Jaan Wilkes went miles in 2:36 and 2 o7 last week, going the last half of a mile in 1 The track ie bad, horsemen say three seconds slow, and it could not be otherwise, with no rain on it since the first cf June, but the principal cai ee of Mikeegan's fnilure to trot within from sir to twelve seconds as fast as he can trot, and has trotted, is, that this was his lirBt race, and he was extremely unsteady. He broke frequently, and most of the breaks ccsthim a great deal cf space. The race wi9 also the first one for the filly, except her trot alone for the cup for 2-year-old.", at our fair last lull. While she did not break but a frfw times altogether 6he was excited and increased the height of hor .action oO per cent., reducing her tj^ed considerably. Still she 11 liBhed each heat io a Blow trot, eppeciaily the sec nd hent which WHS the f&etest oje She jogged iu from half way to distance stand and could have gone faster. The big colt showed great speed when ho would get settled, and brush up to the tilly and it is safe to prcdict that a" soon as he has had few racee, and gets steady, he will beat 2:30. He may do it this season, buS will certainly accomplish it as a 4-

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The second race was the stake for 4 year-old pscsrs, and bronght out R-d Bird, bay colt, by Red Wilkea, dam hj Blackwood, Jr., owned hy J. N. Dickerson, North Vernon. To see a horseman by the name of Dickerson owning or ertering a pacer was a great surprise to all Indiana horsemen.. Lady Knox, roan mare, by Copperbottom, dam byT*ttle', owned by W. Kinser, Terre Haute. Ambrosia, bay mare, by Hambrino, dam by Middleto»n, owned by M. H. Hire. Red Bird won the race ia thiee heat1, with Lidy Knox a close second. Ambrosia finished a poor third in first and second heats, and was then drawn, she being out of fix and unable to go the pace by the others. The time was 2:30£, 2:38,2:35

Red Bird ia credited with bf-ing able to do hia miles clcse around 2:25. Considering the condition of the track, l-ady Knox ehowtd her abilitv to beat 2:30. Mr. Kinser bought her in Vincennes abont two years ago, a green filly, and is entitled to the edit of de veloping her himself. He has a handsome, speedy filly, and if but a few months actual training enables her to pace in 2:20, as a 4 year-old, it reasonable to expect her to be in company with the "big guns" in another two or three years. Tom is a good horseman, aa he is a good anything he turni his attention to. Red Bird is a powerful colt, and a smooth gaited one, is bred for a trotter, but will "lock." These trotting bred pacers will sire great speed. Delineator, record 2:18, owned by another one of the "Dickerson boys," is also trotting bred. They are after speed that will come quickly, down around Vernon.

SCMUARY.

Stakes for 4-year old pacers. Red Bird, by Red Wilkea, dam by Blackwood, jr. J. N. Dickersoil Lady Ki.ox, by Copperbottom, dam by Tattler T. W. Kinaer... Ambroeia, by Hambrino, dam by Middtetowo M. f. Hare

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Tim9—2:80%, 239, 2:35. The third race was the free-for-all pace and was a sensational race. The entries were Riven Boy, black horse, by Pocahontas Boy, dam hy Legal Tender Billy bay gelding, by Land Pilot Charm, chestnut horBe, by Leioy, Ham by S'evens Uwbarrie Dude, bay gel ling, by Biue Vein. Raven Boy walked off with this race in straight heats, BilJy F. hardly a fair second, and Dude and Charm a poor third and fourth. Riven Boy performed the wonderful feat qf pacing a mile in 2:17$,

lb. i„.», _p.«d o, in Indiana. Jennie Lind paced our track last October in 2.18.1 which was the previons best pacing record, aud Arabtrott'd it this spring in 2:18. which beat Joe Divis'msrk of 2:18.} in the spring of 18S6. The track was three seconds slow yesterday in the opinion of experienced horsemen, and Raven Boy paced two-thirds of the first quarter on the extreme outside of the track, making tbe smallest allowance that conld be reasonable. There was at least three if not four seconds difference in his mile yesterday and a mile with the track in good shape, and gnin* the entire distance at the pole, or on the ineide of the track, which would make the 2:17J, equal to 2:14}. The horse had no bharp or thorugh prepara tion for a race, in fact has neve been in bet few races. It takes races to fit a horse for a race, not training alone, and Raven Boy has had but he race this year, that was not a rac, he beating some other horses on the Fourth of July in three heats, none of them as fast as 2:30. A few races a season in the hands of some competent driver through the circuits and Raven would be going in 2:12, and bothering even Johnston, the king of pacers. He is a handsoihe rangy black horse, 9 years old and gaited FO that his speeding is not hard work. He is by Pocahontss Boy, sire of Buffalo Girl, record 2:12 \, and some twelve other acets with records better than 2:30. Dam is by Legal Tender, sire of Red Cioud, record 2:18 and other fast ones.

SRUMABY.

Free for all pace. Raven Boy, blk g, by Pocahontas Boy dam by Legal Tender W. A. Jones ..111 Billy F., g, by Land Pilot J. H. Wilaox

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Dade, g, by Bias Vein F. Bennett .. .8 8 4 Charm, ch b, by Leroy, dam by Uwharrie Chaa. Br.ckly 4 4 8

Tine, 2.17^,2.2a%, 2.28)4. The races to-day are stakes for 4-year-olds, in which there are eight entries stake? for 2 year-olds, in which there are six entries, and Columbus Buggy company stake, in which there will be several starters.

In the 4-year-old stake there will be three starters, viz: Warren Park farm chestnut filly Nemes s, by Nutwood Curtis & Son's. Claytonia, l.v Hamhle'onian's Downing and J. L. Bradiey's Ervin, by Jim Ervin, and possibly others. This will be a clote race, though on public form Claytonia ought to win.

In the 2 year old stake there will be three star'ers, and they ere "hummers." They arp T. Buford's colt Chevenoe, by Nutb me, Warren Park Ferris' black filly Reina, by St. Arnand, and (4.

Gifford'a colt Imprint, by Onward. This will be a grent 2 jear-old race. The Columbus Buggy company stake for slalliona eligible to 2:30 clue will be a close and exciting race. This is the last day, and the races will be worth seeing at double the expense of time and money. Everybody go out and help the association out of a financial hole.

FUNERAL OF MISS REYNOLDS.

Tlie Heartrending Grl of Her Parents Keiolatiou* of Kciptct The funeral of Miss Hattie Rsynolds took place from the family residence on east Liberty avenue yesterday afternoon at 3 o'alock. The services were largely attended. They were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Kirtley. Many floral offerings from friends of the unfortunate young lady were received. Among them are elegant designs from the members of Miss Reynolds' clars in the Hi^b school, with bom she

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a universal favorite.

The father, Mr. Oacir Reynolds,

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completely prostrated with grief. The receipt cf the sad news and the trip to Michigan for the rt mains was a severe strain upon him. He bore up bravely until })is return. Mrs. Reynolds was so skoc&»d by the news of her daughter's death that on Sunday she was in a dangerous condition. The funeral wa» one of the maddest that has taken place in this city. Tbe street was lined for equares pith carriages and buggies and the sidewere crowded with persons wbo came to par their respects to the nnfor tunatedeaa. Among the saddened concourse there were but few dry eyes as the casket was N^rne from the residence and placed in the hearse. A long line of carriages followed the remains to their last resting place.

A Narrow Eawp*,

On

Tuesday Frank Gwin, of th* Revenue office, was ridiQjt (|i bioycle on Poplar street, when In oroamg tbe tracks he ran in frost of freight ears being backed slowly by the engine. At the next track hia wheel ran iuto an euine and he was thrown upon the back. Had it not been for trainmen polling him oft tlw tnck he makl hay* tweanui rw

MR. CUTIS EMITS A W iL

The Civil Service Reform League Gives Cleveland up as Lost.

Alter More Than Two Years' Trial They Abandon Him as a Reformer.

As a Mater of Silf-Defense, They Say He Means Well. But is Overpowered By His Party.

AN IDOL SHATTERED.

Georg* Wm. OnrtU' Lament -Address Before tha Civ^l Service League. NEW POET, Ang 3.—George William Curtis, president of the National Civil Service R-Jo League, delivered the annnal address before that bsdy to-day. In referring to the public interest in the cause of civil eervice reform, he ss-id: "The movement of public sentiment may be meaaured in many ways, especially in the discussions of the prees and in public speeches. Uatil the pen sion vetaes and the rrcent orders in regard to the return of the rebel flig«, partisan hostility to the present admiois tration expressed itselt chiefly in ceosure of its failure to conform to an absolute standard of reform—a conformity, how ever, which the censuring party does not affect to maintain wherever it has control. Ttois censure and the continuous discussion imply, ard imply justly, a general and profound interest in the subject. The division in the administration party, which is obvious and undeniable, springs from the came question, and is another striking illustration of its strong hold upon the public mind. Moreover, the possible success of the Democratic party in the election of next year undoubtedly depends upon its renomination of the president, who is identified ia the pnblic mind with the cause of reform and it is equally DJyond question that if tbe president should formally renounce the reform principles that he has' declared and which he honestly cherishes, aid should frankly announce that the general political reconstruction of the civil service, which I regret to say has taken plsce under his administration, is due to a

of the spoils system, be would be abandoned by so large a body of citizens as to bring his re election into seriou peril."

Mr. Curtis then reviewed at great length the progress of reform in the national service. He said "Two years ago, five months after the inauguration of President Cleveland, I reminded you that in considering the condition and prospects of reform, we viewed the question not as supporters or opponents of his administration or of any administration, but solely as friends of civil servi' reform. I said also that reform had never been the distinctive policy of either of the great national parties. Now that two years have passed and more than half the term of the administration has expired, it is in the same spirit and with the same conviction that we are to look at the situation. It is now possible, I think, to judge correctly the course of the administration in regard to reform, and I regret to say that during the two years and five moolbs of its existence, while the reform law has been respected with its limited range, and while there are unquestionable and encoui aging signs of progress, yet, according to information which is undoubtedly authentic, there has been a veiv feignificant change in the civil service. In some of the departments at Washington this is less apparent than others But iu a survey of the whole service there has been almost as complete a change as was practicable, since an entirely new force of totally experienced officers would have prevented tbe regular transaction of public business."

Ihe speaker then gave miny figures to illustrate the scope and significance of the changes. He said that if in the postofflee department the same rate of change continued during the next two years as during the past two, the entire body of postmasters, with very few exceptions, would bo politically changed, and with the postmasters all the employes dependent on them.

Substantially the whole of this vast and unusually diffused service, whose smaller offices are the 1 cai headquarters of the administration party, ajd are cften given to local editors whose newspapers are thus subsidized bv the government, would have undergone a complete partisan reconstruction. Practically, I repeat, there hag been a very general reconstruction of the national civil service. But while such a change was the undoubted desire and expectation of a large and important part of the supporters of the president at the polls, I do not believe that it was desired or anticipittd by the intelligent sentiment of the count.y. If the persistent pressure of this mand had been resisted firmly, and if no ^change had been tolerated beyond that equitable division between parties, which,although wholly indefensible npon sound principles of reform, might have been accepted as a permissible compromise und«r very difficult circumstaEcrs, the reform system would have been so strongly intrenched in public approval that at the en^ of a second term of the administration which had established it no succeeding party or president would probably have ventured to disturb it. But while we may be lieve, as I certainly believe, that the tresiiknt is an upright magistrate, who, ooking at the vast and ctiuplicated range of his duties as the chief executive of a great nation, has been unable to accomplish in this department of hi? duty all tn»t he could have gladly done— hile we may willingly acquit him insincerity or indifference, we must be just to onrselves as to him. It would be a great wrong to the cause cf which the league is the autboriz national representative, if it did not plainly and emphatically declare that it does not regard the administration, lioweyer worthy of respect acd confidence many reasons, as in any strict Bense cf the word a civil Eervice rtform administration."

Mr Curtis t\ en criticised the action of the president in the Benton and Stone cases. In regard to the "circular" of the president on the subject of interference in politics by federal office holders, the speaker said: "Of other effisers befides M*. Benton and Mr. Stone, wbo, in disregard of the circular, have taken part in the maaipu lation of party primary meetings and nominating convention, as well as directors of party action, none, so far as I »m aware, have been lemoved. The circular, as a warning, therefore, has been neglected with impunity, and as an order it is a dead letter. Ver* recently it has been oatentatiously and flagrantly defied ja Baltimore, and should the defiance pass nntomared, the circular may be regarded as withdrawn."

A Blob \Tumi DruokttJ. KKTT Yoas, An gnat 3 —Miss Marie

Irene Hoyt, nghter of the late mil lion aire, Jesse Hoyt, who noeoceesfnlly wmw the ftof bar taUte1!will,

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and whese eccentricities have been tbe sou-ce of much newspaper comment, will shortly appear before ths COmmi sionen appointed by the supreme conrt and sheriff's jury, who an to icq aire into her fxcsbsiye nse of intoxicating liquors. Judge Donobue to day ap pointed as commissioners Geo. H. Foster, Dr. Anderton and Richard C. Morse. The order of ihe court says that "it presumptively appears that to the satisfaction of the court she is an habitnal drunkard." The application for the commission was made in behalf of Mies Hoyt's mother.

HOOSIER FIGURES.

Patents Isined—Iudlana aa an Internal Revenue Tax-Payer. Correspondence r.f Indianapolis News. "WASHINGTON, July 28—A statement prepared in the patent office shows that during the past year 699 patents have been issued to citixsns of Indiana, which is an average of one for every 2,830 of population.

The necessity for s^me reduction of tbe receipts of the government and the suppoit given to the plan to remove the internal revenue taxes, that on whisky excepted, hps led voar correspondent to make some investigatior as to the direct results of such legislation on Indiana and ber peoole. Firsi of all, it is of interest to know how many persons in the state pay an interne 1 revenue tax. There are, then, in the state, 24,516 individual who are Gp cial tax-payers of tbe government. They are classed as loliows:

Rectifiers, 13 retail liquor dealers, 6,082 wholesale liquor dea'ers, 77 manufacturers of cigarB, 474 dealers in leaf tobacco, 92 dealeisin manufactured totacco, 17,403 manufacturers of tobacco, 16 peddlers of tobacco, 28 brewers, 51 retail dealers in mult liquors, 171 wholesale dealers in malt liquors, 109 In addition there are twelve graiu distilleries in the state and thirty-six fruit distilleries. The amount received last year from the tobacco tax was $177,006 63. Since the institution of the internal revenue syttem the people of Indiana have paid to the government the sum of4118.612.237. The largest amount paid in any one year was in 13S1, when the tax amounted to $7,281,253 48.

A great deal of fun is poked at the government abont its publications and many even essay to be ironical io criti dim upon the value of such books, but the truth is that the most of Uncle Sam's documents are much sought after by the collpges and librariee, and, strange aa it may appear, none teem to be more acceptable than the Congressional Record, containing these brilliant efforts cf commonplace congressman that Judge Bingham, of Ohio, us* to say, "would go thundering down the ages." There iB only one diffl jcltv, and that is the documsats can not be furnished fast enough, at lea so the officers charged with their distribution

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Under the law certain

designated libraries and colleges are supplied with the surplus governmental publications, and it may be of sufficient moment to give a list of such of them as are ia Indians, as it may be of value to many who through business or pleasure would like to consult the official record. Tnere are fifteen points in the state where the documents are preserved for reference, as follows: Sta'e library, Indianapolis DaPauw university, Greencastle State university, Bloomingtoo Public library Evansville Vincennes university society of mutuul history, Brookville Franklin college, Fra^plin public library, Muncie Butler unireisity, Irvington Wabash college, Crawfordsville public library, Lafayette Northern Indiana normal school, Valparaiso public school library, Huntington Catholic Library association, Fort Wayne and University Notre Dame du Lac, Notre Dame.

The reports from the county correspondents of the department ss to tbe condition^of the corn crops ere favorable, as a rule.

The general claanicg and overhauling at the capitol preparatory to the meeting of congress has commenced thus early. Th^p are, though, no special improvempntasio be made tnis time, nothing being dode beyond the cleaning away of tbe accumulate dust and the upholstering of the furaita^e.

BURNING BOARDS.

LambOT Fire at Evani-vlile—Twenty Acres Harnrrd Over.

EVANSYI.LE, Ind., August —This morning at a quarter past 12 o'clock fire broke out in the stables of the Armstrong Furniture company, near the factory, corner of Franklin and Seventh avenues. TQ$ watchman, after some delay, turned in an alarm. The department responded promptly. When it arrived the building was a mass of fl tines, and the lire spread to neighboring lumoer piles, notwithstanding tbe efforts cf the department, and soon nearly every pile of lumber in the yard, containing 5 000.000 feet of ash, walnut, gum and poplar was on fire. Theytten spread to the lumber yaid of John A. Rjitz & Son, containing 5 000,000 feet, principally poplar, la a few minutes the blaze covered fully twenty acres of ground. While the department was fighting the rapidly spreading fiime?, they caught fifteen c.\r loads of bnlk wheat on the Peoria, Dicatur A Evansville railway track, and then spread to the storehouse and roundhouse, while all attention was directed to saving Armstrong's factory, now nearly surrounded by tiames. Armstrong's saw mill and a double temement dwelling on tbe edge of the lumber yard were destroyed. At S o'clock the department succeed in getting the dames under control The losses are esti mated at follows: Armstrong Co., lumber, 950,000 insured for $10,500 in the Mutual of Chicago stable anl contents $3,000 dwelling $4,000 sawm'11 $7 000 damage to tbe factory by water $10,000, the latter partially insured total loss, $74,000. Jobn A. R-ita & Son's loss is $65,000 ins ired for $30,000 The Peoria, Decatur A Evansville railroad's io«9 on round house and store house is $8,000 loss on cars and freight $35,000 partially insured The fire was tbe hottest ever seen in thia city. The department conld not get within one handred yards of the flames. Before the fire got under control a call waa made for

Tolntwn to reiieva the firemen, assay of whom were overcome by the heat, was willingly responded to. The firs ie sap posed to be the week o( an ineeadlary.

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TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, 1HCJKSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 18*7.

IS KENTUCKY. REPUBLICAN

W. O. Bradley, the Candidate for Governor, Claims That He is Elected.

The ifemoerats Do Xot Claim Orcr Eight Thousand for J"helr Candidate.

Nothing But the Official Return From Back Counties Can Determine the Result.

LEXINGTON, Ky., August 3.—A private dispatch from W. O. Bradley, today, says: I am elected governor of

Kentucky by 5,000 majority." This indicates the Republican claims as to the result of the election. Until to-day the Republicans conceded the election of Buckner on a small majority. Reports are in from all counties with telegraph communications. The Democratic loss as compared with the vote four years ago, in nearly fifty counties, is 18,000. The coun tics heard from are nearly all Republican, Counting them as such, barricg an es'imate on attainable figures, General Backner's majority is net less than 12,000.

CINCINNATI, August 3 —The Commercial Gazette's* Louisville special received at midnight says tbe news from seventy, three counties show gains of 24,000 for Bradley, the Republican candidate for governor. The remaining counties which ere more strongly repub­

lican will probably elect him if the proportion of gains hold out. Fox, the Prohibitionist, will probably get 14,000 votes. The -mocrats have reduced their claim to 8,000 majority for Buckner. Oaly the official count can remove the present uncertainty.

LOUISVILLE, August 3.—The CourierJournal's returns from sixty-four legislative distiicts show the election to the house of forty Democrats, thirteen Republicans, one Prohibitionist, and one Union Labor candidate. There are thirty-six districts yet to hear from, which will largely increase the Democratic list General S. B. Buckner, Democrat, is elected governor by a reduced majority, the Democratic vote as indicated by ratums now ingoing very light. Bunkner's majority is no* estimated a' 20,000 to 25,000. [Tbe above was received early in tbe af'ernoon. Nothing later came from that source.—Ed. Express

SHOTGUNS AT THE POLLS.

A Furious Fijjbt at a Krntnrky Kleetion and Six Hen Killed. LOEISVILI.E, Ky., August 3.—During the election at Manchester, Clay county,

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The statbtiean of the agricultural department furnishes the followingestimate for July of the average condition of the crops in Indiana: Corn—Acreage mpared with last year, 101 average condition. 98. Wheat—Average condition. 89. Rye, 93. Oats, 92. Barley, 95. Potatoes—Acreage compared with last year, 102 average condition, V0. Sweet potatoes—Acreage compared with laet year, 101 average condition, 92. Beans— Acreage compared with last year, 98 average condition, 93. Sorghum—Acreage compared with last year, 96. average condition, 94 TobaccoAcreage compared with last year, 92 average condition, 85. Wool— Amount cf wool sheared compared with last year, 95. Clovfr—Average condition. 95 timothy, 89 apples, 45 peaches, 70 grapes, 85.

furious affray broke out between the Democrats and Republicans. About sixty were engaged in the fight. Clay is a mountain county in the extreme south east of the state on the headwaters of the Kentuoky, and not far from those the Cumberland. It has only two or three hundred people, and has of late been orderly. According to the mountain custom, many voters came in armed with guns, levolvers, and bowie-knivee. A quarrel aroae which brought a shot. A general fight fo lowed, involving thirty on a side. Pistols were emptied, and clubs and knives flashed. When quiet was restored six were found dead. They were Jack Hecker, Dow White, John G. White, Dale Little, and two countrymen from a remote part of the

county. Four

or five leave families. Manchester was the home cf John D. White from his boyhood and while in congress, aid the Whites are his coussns. White has gone to Manchester.

BILL HICKS.

Hii Ab*enc»s from Home Always Coincident with Bnrglatld*. Bill Hicks will be held in jiil until the September term of circuit court unices he ia admitted to bail and that ia not likely. Although it may have no significance it remains to be seen whether or not there will be any more burglaries committed in the city while the wily Bill is in il. The evil of circumstantial evidence seems to be drawing closer about Hicks. It has been ascertained that Hicks was seen early in tbe morning by a colored woman net a great distance away from tbe Rosa' residence on Seventh street. Hicks at first denied haying come from the hedge fence on Sunday morning bat later admitted the fac\ When asked what he was doing behind the hedge he said be was looking for a pair ofg'oves"bis lady had dropped while walking past the hedge." Hioks represented that he went to see "his lady" quite often, and did not return home until a ver late hour. The police have ascertained when Hicks was known to have been away from heme at night, snd by an examination of the record learn that burglaries were committed on ibosa nights When taken to police headquarters Hicks said he had changed clothes on Saturday night. When asked how it came that the soles of his stockings were dirty, he replied that he had worn a pair of shoes aboot the house of' which tbe soles were worn off. Bill must have "smelted a moufe" while he was being watched. An officer in citizen's dress was detailed to watch his house. He made arrangements with his landlady to cook what food he bronght home. She states that he rarely purchased anything in the provision line, and got his existence on a small fare. The burglar at Roes' helped himself to a liberal repast on frnit, jellies and other eatables, and this is one of B11V habits.

Mr. Crawford Scott and his little girl saw Hicks at police headquarters Tuesday night. The little girl thought Hicks was tbe man who pulled her ears while he was going through her papa's pantaloons. The child is only 3 years o'd, and it is not believed conld identify Hicks. Mr. 8oott did not see Hicks in the bouse, and consequently cou.d not identify him. If Hicks is the one who has been doing the work, tbe officers are at a lors to account for the manner in which he disposed if the money he *e enred. He claimed tbe $385 found on his person whan arreated was all be had

a person the world The colored people of the citv regard Hicka aa awry had citissa, and he reeaivaa bat little if any sjaipstky boss this soviet

SHERMAN AND BLAINE.f

friiindly Rivalry for ths PrMidtotU) Nottltatlon—Intcrest'nje L«t«r. BUFFALO, August 3—R.cently the Express of this ci printed some remincenees of the Hon. A. N. Co'e, who claims to have been tbe father of the -publican party, end who, for thirty years, has been on more or lees intimate terms with the great political leaders In these articles has been much concerning theee leaders, and it appears that papars containing the* articles were forwarded to John Sherman The latter found time to a rite the following decidedly pertinent letter to Mr. Cole. "I tve read with deep intereet what is said in the number of Jay 10th. is rcfererce to Blaine's opinion of myse'f It is quite tine, as llr Blaine s«»s, that he and I hive *1 ways been on intimate tem, and ha Ye always bad the highest regard for ach other. We were both presented candidates in 1880, but then jme of Mr. Blaine'd friends in Ohio made the fatal mistake of dividing tbe Ohio delegation and refosed to vote for me, but voted for Mr. Blaine. This not only de feated me, but prevented the concentration of the Ohio delegation in favor of Mr. Blaine on the night before tbe last day of the convention, when he said he hoped the Ohio delegation would unite upon me, and if so, my nomination wonld follow as a matter of course, but so much feeling had beeu caused by the division that it was found impossible, and only reconciled by the nomination of General Garfield. It m*y be that the same division will produce the like result in the approaching canvass. I certainly have no objection to the nomination of Mr. Blaine, and if he is nominated I will do what I did in 1184—do all I can to secure his election. He is more injured than benefitted by the activity of his friends ia making divisions in Republican states."

By seme it is considered that the special signiStance of thii letter is the fact that it indicates no change whatever in the lair rivalry and cordial relationship which have long existed between Sheiman and Blaine. Ti is held to mean that John Sherman will get the -publican nomination forpres dent next year if he can, and if he can not, he will be glad to see it fall to James G. Blaine, and that if the honor should fail upon Sherman it may be taken for granted that the Ohio statesman will have the hearty support of Blaine, of Maine.

WATSON-SNEAVELY AGAIN.

The Starling, Illinois afl'-ir Onoa More Before tbe Public. CHICAGO, August 3.—C. L. Watson, the youcg man who after marrying Lillian Sneavely, of Sterling, III, and leaving her again a week later, was supposed to have been a murderer and his wife, the victim of the Rihway mystery has again secured his wife. Monday morning he went to Sterling, where bis bride of a week has been closely guarded against him. He drove to the Sneavely mansion and learned from a servant that his wife was visiting Dix n, fourteen miles away. At this juncture Mrs. Sneavely appeared on the scene and ordered the servant to throw Watson out. He did not wait for their existence, but jumped into his baggy and drove away, shouting beck that he waa going for his wife. A pursuit was soon organized by the Saeavelys and a close race followed. As Watson drew up to the fence of the Jay mansion he saw his wife swinging in a hammock ard shouted to her. "Now or rever," said Watson. '°I have nothing to explain. No other reason to assign except you are my wife, my lawful wife and you desire to'further live with me. Come or never. There is no time to be lost." Without any queries and without waiting for hat or wrap, Lillian llow down the walk, jumped into the buggy and the race was again continued to tl sU'ion. This was reachtd just in time to catch the next train bound for Chicago. Watson and his wife arrived in Chicago jesterday afternoon.

TWELVE MEN CRUSHED.

Caught Under the Falling W.IIs t-t tbe Minneapolis Mill Bnina. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., August 3.—A serious accident occurred this morning at the ruins of the St. Anthony elevator in the eastern subarbs of the city. The elevator burned July 19, and since the settlement was made with the insuiance companies a large force of men has been employed removing the damaged wheat. To-day twelve men were engaged in shovelling away grain from tbe south wall of the elevator, behind which, on the bottom of the bins, was still a great mass of wheat. Without warning the wall yielded to outward pressure and the great stone structure fell on the men, crushing them and mangling them almost bayond recognition. It was several hours before any bodies were recovered. Then those of Geo. Brown, P. P. Anderson, Thomas Dempsey, Ed. Markey and John Johnson were extricated from the debris. Later—Another was taken out but is unidentified. An additional victim, A Ricketeon,yet alive, was removed to his home.

A Hole to th' Ground.

PADCCAH, Ky., August 8 —Just preceding the earthquake, Monday night, a farm, of three hundred acrea in Trigg county, planted in corn and tobacoj, sank from four to ix feet, and the basin began at once to fiil with water. There were two colored families living on the place who did not feel the settling of the earth, but weie awakened by water pouring in on the floors cf their cabins. They reached high ground stfely.

A Procurer Kent Cp.

CHICAGO, August 3.—"Chet" Smith the dramatic agent who WEB charged with sending girls to disrei utable concert halla at Hurley and other towna in the Wisconsin ineries, under the pretense that the places were respectable, was to-day sentecced to one year in the penitentiary. His motion for a new trial was rerruled.

A Great Event for Marlon. NEW BEDFORD, August 3.—Mrs. Cleveland, who is at Marion with Gen. Greely and wife, is avoiding publicity aa much aa poasib but may accede to the general wish for some sort, of a reception. The citizens and summer residents are anxious to do her honor and a public reception would be a great event for Marion.

Uvea on Buttermilk.

NEW ALBANY, August 3.—Dr. W. D. Fouz. one of the beet known physicians in southern Indiaoa, has not eaten a morsel of solid food for six years. He subsists on nothing bnt buttermilk, and ooosnmes eix gallons a day.

Mr. Horace 8tepbenson. a traveling salesman for the boose of B. Monbeimer & Co., of Evaaaville, was drowned while bathing at Golooada Monday sight.

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ANTICIPATING THE INTEREST.

Secretary Fairch'ld Comes to the I Aid of the Wall Street

Gamblers.

The Interest Payment# on Government Bonds to Be Prcpuld on August 15th.

He Will Also Go Into th. Market and Buy the Government Bonds.

AN EXTRAORDINARY ORDER.

The Secretary of the Treaaory Recognizes the Xew York B. ara. WASHraoTON, August 3 —Secretary Fairchild issued a circular to-day, of which the following are the essential fea nres: By virtue of authority contained in section 3699 of the revised statutes of tbe United States, notice is hereby given that interest due September 1 and December 1,1887, on 41 per cent bonds of the United States, October 1, 1887, and January 1,1^8$, on 4 par cent bonds, and January 1, 1188, on bonds issued in aid of Pac fic railroads, be prepaid on or after August 15, 1887, with rebate at the rate of two per C6ntum per annnum on amounts prepaid. Coupons due en the above specified date may be presented for preayment at the treasury of the United tates at Washington, or at the office of any assistant treasurer of the United States.

Notice is also given that in pnrsuance of the provision of Sec. 3,964 of the revised statute* proposals for the sale to tbe government of United Stitee 4I per cent, bonds of 1881, a jts July 14,1870, and January 20.1871, to be applied to the sinking fund be received and opened at the office of the secretary cf the treasury at Washington at noon Wednesday, August 10,1S97, and each Wednesday thereafter until further notica.

Secretary Fairchild aaid this afternoon in explanation of hia action that he did it simply becuise he regarded it aa the best thing that could be done under the circumstances The purchase of bonds, he said, was for the purpose of providing for tbe sinking fund ana the anticipation of interest for the purpose of getting rid of the surplus. The lattei operation was the only way a good business man would do to discount his obligations. The anticipation of interest is one of the means given to the secretary of the treasury for disposing of the surplus funds and he regarded it as the cheapest snd most advantageous. The interest, covered by the circular amoants to $22,319,764. It is impoes b!e just now to state the exact amount of rebate. The linking fund requirements will amount to about $26,000,000 in addition to *20, 000.000 of 3 per cent bonds already applied to that fund. Tho surplus, said Mr. Fairchild, can be pul out only through the co-operation of bondholders and if they do not accept the terms of the proposition made them it would eeera they are not in a very great need of money.

The Rev. Mr. West in Canada. LOKDON, Oat., August 3.—The Rav. William Thomaa Abbott WeBt, who is wanted in St. Louie for the murder of Susie Beck, of Chesterton, Ind., waB seen in this city last Thursday. He hurriedly visited his brother, Peter West, who h»s two of the poisoner's children in his CH re. Peter Wedt said the Rsv. Mr. West paid his greetings to the family, talked to the two children a few minutes and left ng suddenly as he had come. He did not refer at all to hia St Louis trip, but spoke affectionately of his wife. The London detectives are much chaprined, as they had taken no interest in the affair until too late. They now believe he has taken refuge near here with some of his religious associates.

Charges Will Not Be Preferred. NEW YORK, August 3 —A Washington special to the Times says: "Charges will not be preferred against Naval Officer Bazin, Appointment Clerk Higeins or Indian Commissioner ThomsB for undue interference in the lecent Baltimore election, by either of the civil service reform associations of that city, because formal charge? preferred by them two months ago against the collector of internal revenue for Maryland for appointing a batch of convicted criminals to places inthis office have not yet. as they state, received even the courtesy of an acknowledgement from the treasury Jdepartmentconsequentlv they have gone cut of the business of preferring charges."

Moloney in a New Roll.

MONKRKAL, August 3.—Billy Moloney, of New York, while out iu his steam yacht with a party of friends, just abeve the new Canadian Pacific railroad bridge above Lachine rsp ds, saw two men struggling in the water. Their boat had beencepsized and they were in danger of drowning. Moloney's yacbt was headed for them, and he succeeded in getting them aboard and landing them at Lachine a good deal scared but unhurt.

The Chicago Trial.

CnicAOO, August 3—The defense in the boodle trial rested their case this morning. Practically no testimony was produced on behalf of the accnsed ex cept a general denial from esch of them and evidence as to their previous good character. Judge Jamieson immediately limited the lawyers to two hours apiece in pleading and the speeches pro and con began.

Tbe Glenn School Bill*

ATLANJA, August 3 —The bill introduced in the legislature by William C. Glenn, to prevent mixing cf white and black pupils in schools, and providing penalties for violation thereof, was ps8ed by the house, yesterday, the only votes in opposition being those of two negro members-

Krog Gtta Eighteen Year*. CHICAGO, August 3.—Lorenz Krug, the wife poisoner, arrested lor the murder of his niece, Lucy Heidelmeyer, w?s to-day sentenced to eighteen years in the penitentiary by Judge Biker. Krug took it coolly, and was led bick to jail sdll pretesting his innocence.

The New York Soldier*' Home Bobbed. BATH, N. Y., August 3.—At a special meeting of the board of trustees of the New York Soldiers' and Sailora' home, held yesterday, Trnstee Ribie was ousted An examination of hia books showed him to be $9,00*0 short Robie's friends will make the acconnt nood.

Cholm In Chill.

NEW YOBK, August 3.—According to official reports, there were 10,536 deaths from cholera in Chili during the period from January to Jane of this year, and the governsaeot expeadsd $1,007,000 ia Sghtiaf tbe epidemic.

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MRS. SARTORIS TO RETURN.

General Grant'* Daughter to Yl»it Her Family Iu America. NEW YORK, August 3 —Rumors have been current among the intimate friends of the family of General Grant for sev. eral days to the effect that his daughter, Mrs. Nellie Sartoris, was about to leave England and t^ke up her permanent abode in New York. S.-me of the storiis told state that Algernon S. Sir tori?, husband, is not to accompany his wif« to this country, but wilt remain

Charles L. Webster, senior member of the firm which published the memoir* of the decersed warrior, said: "I don't believe there ia any truth in these rumors." Mr. Webster told of visiting Mrs. Sartoris, with his wife, at her home in England, and while there Mrs. Sartor it spoke of the stories which had been freely circulated to the effect that she had threatened or was about to leave her husband. The subject waa introduced by h«r without any remarks or questions to bring it up, and she spoke quiie fully and freely about it. According to Mr. Webster, she said th her husband treated her kindly that she had never thought of leaving him, and felt sure there would never be any reason for her to do so. The stories about there being trouble between her husband and herself were originated she said, by a person who had been presented to her and wh mishe had not liked. Because of her coolness this person became angry and salons and sought revenge by circulating these stories.

FELL TWENTY FEET.

Recorder Jauips N. Phillips Mid Sou Thrown From the Loat Creek Krlde*. Recorder James N. Phili pi and son, Frank, had a narrow escape Tuesday evening while driving home north of the city. The bridge over lost creek is situated a short stance north of the county poor farm and it a one span iron structure. At the end of the bridge the horse stepped on a loose plank, which gave way. In regaining its feet, the animal fell against the railine, which fell end precipitated the horne to the sand in the creek bed, twenty one feet below. Mr. Phillips was thrown from tbe buggy, and when he picked himself up found that he hnd falleu upon a barbed wire fence. He was quite badly scratched. The strands of wire broke the force of the fall which probably saved him from serious injury. In falling Frank tught an overhanging limb of a tree. He also landed on the fence and received numerous scratches. Fortunately the crossbar of the shalves gave way, and the horse broke loose from the buggy. The animt»l landed on its back in the sand and was uninjured beyond being badly scratched in falling over the railing. The horse left its "shape" in the sand. The buggy was found hanging to the bridge above by one of the stepB which had been caught as it went over the side. The buggy wan quite badly wrecksd. It is asserted that tbe railicg is much too low and dangerous.

A Jobnt' Lumber Yard Klre. CHICAGO, August 3.—An ugly fire, starling in W. J. Hill's box factory on north Brarch street, this morning, spread to Johns' lumber yard where a large stock of valuable hard wood lumber wag stored. Tte American varnish works were threatened, but at 11 o'clock seemed likely to escape. Hill's box factory and the residence of a Mr. Dunn adjoining are in ruii". Yhe total loss was £30,000, of which $22,000 is on tbe box factory and contents. Hill's insurance is only $0,000

The description in the above was so indefinite that Mr. T. Johns here could not tell if it was his yard. I'p last evening he had received no word

A Fool IrUhman.

NEW YORK, August 3—A ctuy Irishman, whose name the pjl.'CJ have not y«-t disclosed, tried to blow up tbe British ocean steamer les-n," oi the National line, this rfternoon. He rowed up in a small boat alongside the "^ueen aed threw a bottle containing seme kind of explosive on board. An explosion followed, which set tire to the steamer. The flumes, however, were soon extinguished.

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permanently to eniov his clubs and his races very much in the same mrnner as has been his habit for several yearp. Those best informed on the existing sta of affairs hint that Mrs. Sa tor is has si last wearied of her husband's neglec*, and, in spite of the fact that she is al-' most idolized by her father in in law, she has determined to spend the rem dining yeara with ber own family. One intimate friend of Col. Fred Giant is alleged to have said that Mrs. SattorU is to come to New Yoik ostensibly for a visit of a month or two, and that ber ctsy is to be prolonged from week to week an ind» finite time. CI. Frel Grant is at the Grant cottage, Long Branch, and aaid to-night in answer to a question to Mrs. Sartoris' intended viisitto Ng* York: "Yee, my sister is coming tosee us and will be heresome ti ue this month. She does not know any of the detaiis yet. We received a letter from her 6aying that we are not to write to her at ber English address any more as she is coming at once "Does any one come with her?" "Yee two or three of her children will accompany her, and possibly Mr. Suto* rie, but I have no information ss to her affairs. The children are snre of coming." "Is there any truth in the statement that Mrs. Sartoris intends to stay permanently in New York?" "I don't see why she should. Almost all of the property of Mr. Sartoria is in England, the bulk of it in real estate, and I have no knowledge that he intends to dispose of it. Real estate is hard to dispose of now but, as I said before, I have no infoimation of the intentions of Mr. Sartorin."

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Ihe Poor Ftriu Addition.

Mr. Standfield, of the court bonse, has

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measurements for the new addition at the poor farm. He is now at work on the specifications and 11 com plete them shortly. Tho addition wm be of brick and wili be thrre storiei high. The main building is two siorieeOn the top of the addition wiil be paced two large water tanks. Commissioner Black said vesterday that when the tanka were ooostrnctel a water prefsure would be aecured sufficiently string to throw a stream to tbe lop of any P*rt.?. the building. Tbe new addition *j» also add grea»ly to the capacity o! inatitntior. There will be sixteen room in tbe addition.

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