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entire control of the works was given to English, French and American engineers, constructors, forge masters, machinists and metal-work-ers, and their services were rewarded by large salaries. The best machinery and the latest inventions were purchased and placed in the shops, and an immense quantity of monitions of war was accumulated. You can judge of the extent of the works from the fact that the number of natives employed has varied from five hundred to three thousand, and of Europeans from forty to one hundred. The imortance of Foo-Chow as a manufacturing center must not be over, looked. Among its products are paper, cotton porcelain, salted and dried pork, meats, fish and shell fish, gelatine, glue, spices, tobacco, glass, potash, lead, sweetmeats, copper, bronze and steel. It is also the center of the Yu-Nung mining country, which extends for 150 miles, and which is fairly rich in veins of lead, silver and copper ore and in excellent iron beds. The quality of the metals is good, though the mode of wonting the mines is very primitive and insufficient. “China would suffer as much from the loss of Foo-Chow and the arsenal as America would from the loss of Philadelphia and the navy yard, in case of a war between America and a foreign couutrv. The indemnity demanded by France is much less than the value of the arsenal and the navy stationed there. As for the munitions of war, I understand that they have been removed to Fu-Hing.” AFFAIRS IN EGYPT. A Report that Gordon ks Gained a Victory Over the Mahdi. London, Aug. 27.—Major Kitchener telegraphs from Dongola, that a spy brought in a report that Gordon 'EaS gained a great victory over the rebels Aug. 11 ah 4 12. The rebel leaders ware killed in the engagement. Rumors are current that Egypt has notified England that she has been bankrupt since yesterday and has trouble to meet current expenses. General Wolseley will start for Egypt on Sunday. proceed to Cairo, assume immediate command of the forces in Egypt, and direct operations for the relief of Khartoum. All the newspapers approve the dispatch of General Wolseley to Egypt to assume chief command of the troops there. The official announcement of his appointment says the preparations which have been in progress for some weeks for the expedition up the Nile resemble, in some degree, those adopted in 1870 for the Red river expedition, which gave Wolseley an experience which no other officer possesses. There is some reason the hope that Major Kitchener's mission to Dongola will shortly afford means of opening communication with Gordon again, but the government is of opinion, having . regard for the approach of the cool season, that no time should be lost in proceeding to Kitchener's assistance in case his mission fails.

The rebels attempted to capture Khartoum on the 13th inst., and continued the attack until the 14th, when General Gordon cleverly flanked them. Many rebels were killed. Canadian Voyageura for the Nile. Ottawa, Aug. 27. —The Governor-general has been ordered by the home government to secure the services of six hundred Canadian voyageurs to go up the Nile to the relief of General Gordon at Khartoum. The class of men required is those whose constant occupation has been running timber on Canadian rivers. They are needed to take flat-bottomed boats up the Nile and making portages round the rapids, and will hare to sail from Quebec on the loth of September. It is intended to take three hundred men from the Ottawa district, and the remainder from Quebec and the St Maurice regions. Already applications are rushing in. Indians will be eligible. The Governor-general has written to the militia department asking for tiie names of some militia officers whose services can be obtained to take charge of the contingent of Canadian voyaguers that will be sent to aid in relieving General Gordon. Preference will be given to officers who served under Wolseley in the Red river expedition. Some French-Canadian officers will also be taken, as it is expected that a majority of the voyaguers will beifyench GShsdians. An advertisement calling for volunteers will be issued at once. * THE CHOLERA. The Effect of a Report that Quarantine Would Be Established. Rome, Aug. 27.—A false -report got abroad in Civita Veechia yesterday that the government was about to establish a quarantine of fifteen days against that city. This created excitement among tourists and visitors of all classes. Eighteen hundred persons of all §orts, including even the hotel waiters, besieged the railway station and took a freight train by storm. Five hours were spent in passing over the thirtyeight miles to Rome, where they arrived in the most forlorn and demoralized condition. They were angry and indignant when they learned that the report had no foundation. King Humbert and Prime Minister Depretis arrived yesterday at Busca, a city of LO.OOOpeo pie, in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont. They visited the cholera patients at the hospitals, and left $2,000 for the relief of sufferers. The Italian peasants in the cholera districts repel the doctors, and prefer to trust in charms and superstitious observances. At Busca a girl was "found dying in a filthy room, in which two sheep were feeding from a nasty trough. The sheep were allowed to ho here because of a superstitious belief that their wool would absorb the disease. The peasants are profound believers in the powerful efficacy of processions. A serious tumult occurred yesterday at Lucca, because the prefect prohibited a procession; it was necessary to call out the military to quell the disturbance, and several rioters were wounded. The following bulletin shows the progress of the cholera in Italy in the past twenty-four hours: Deaths, 38; new cases. 78. At La Spezzia in the past thirty-six hours there were seventeen deaths. Germany submitted a proposal to the power* that there should be at Duez a strict quarantine of three weeks for ships from cholera ports which pass through the canal.

FOREIGN MISCELLANY. A French Paper's Conjectures as to German Motives. Paris, Aug. 27.—Le Paris’s Berlin correspondent attributes the attitude of Germany towards England and France to Germany’s designs upon Holland. Le Paris has reason to believe that China will not declare war against France. Measures will be taken, the paper says, to provision the French fleet in the event of English ports being closed, and the French will work the •nines at Kelung until China pays the indemnity. Delinquent Bank Officials Punished. Paris, Aug. 27. —The trial of the directors and managers of the Banque Lyons et Loire, which failed two or three years ago, concluded yesterday. M. Savary, ex-deputy and at one time Under Secretary of State, was sentenced to five years in prison, fined 20,000 francs, and to suffer for ten years suspension of his civil and political rights. M. Zeilinski, manager, was sentenced to five months in prison and fined 8,000 francs; M. Bellantan, sub-manager, to four months in prison and fined 5,000 franc. The rest were only lined, the amounts ranging from 1.000 to 10,000 francs. M. Savary, the chief offender, fled the country. A Russian Polar Exploration Scheme. Sr. Petersburg, Aug. 27.—The Ministry of Marine has issued to several learned societies a plan for a Russian polar expedition. The idea is to have several large parties start from Jeannette island and proceed entirely on foot across the ice, leaving large deposits of provisions in the rear. It is thought there are many islands north of Jeannette island that could be utilized. Gladstone at Edlnsbnrg. Loudon, Aug. 26.— At Warrington, to-day, Mr. Gladstone addressed .the people. He said the government would do its duty, but in a national crisis the issue depended upon the action of the country. At Edinburg preparations were

made far a grand welcome of the Prime Minister. The windows and balconies of business S laces and residences throughout the city were ecorated. and visitors in large numbers are arriving. Gladstone acoepted an invitation to attend a meeting of workingmen in the market on Tuesday next, and ten thousand tickets of admission are already sold. The Insanity of Hans MaVari. London, Aug. 27.—Very melancholy reports are received of the condition of Hans hlakart, the great Austrian painter, who recently became deranged. He is impressed with the delusion that his head is a color box, and that if he could extract the pigments from their cases he would achieve the greatest work ot art that the world has ever seen. The physicians, however, do not consider his malady hopeless. They insist upon a cessation of his artistic labors, and counsel a few months of absolute idleness. A Croatian Deputy Expelled, Agram, Aug. 27.—There was a violent scene in the Croatian Diet, to-day, over a motion to expel Deputy Starcevie from the chamber for using insulting language. The gendarmes were called in. The President of the Diet resigned on account of the violent attacks upon him by Starcevic's friends. Starcevie was finally expelled. A Commercial Panic in Vienna. Vienna, Ang. 27.—The sugar trade in this cityis passing through a crisis. The failure of the firm of R. Weinrich, caused a panic on the Bourse yesterday. The failure is due to rash speculations. A year’s respite was granted the firm, and in that time it is hoped it will right itself. Those interested in the firm aro doing their utmost to support it Raids on the Anarchists. Berne, Aug. 27.—The police yesterday raided houses of certain well-known Anarchists in this eity, made several arrests, and secured the stock of highly inflammatory placards ready for posting. Ths Swiss government announces that measures of increased stringency will be enforced against the Anarchists. The Russian Naval Maneuvers.

St. Petersburg, Aug. 27.—The maneuvers of the Russian naval forces to-day produced a favorable impression upon the distinguished naval military officers present. In addition to three iron clads ordered to reinforce the Russian fleet in China, the land forces on the Corean ( frontier will be reinforced. A Reported Franco-German Alliance. Paris, Aug. 27.—A dispatch from Berlin to LeMatin asserts that a Franco-German alliance has been arranged, France to obtain certain territory, on condition of not opposing Germany’s claim to two points on the North sea Both countries are to assist each other in caring for colonies. De Courcel’s Conference with Bismarck. Berlin, Aug. 27.—De Courcel will return tomorrow from his conference with Bismarck, at Varzin. His visit followed an invitation given at his own request, and the greatest significance is attached thereto, as it affected the FrancoChinese difficulties. Cable Notes. The Berne cantonal authorities have resolved to impose a fine of 200 francs or three days' imprisonment upon violation of the order prohibiting Salvation Army meetings. Richard Tweed, eldestson of the late Wm. M. Tweed, of New York, died in a Paris mad-house, yesterday. It is Understood he left little or no property.

The Warsaw police have posted placards in the public places announcing that the Czar will arrive there at the end of the month, and giving the people permission to decorate and illuminate their houses on the occaseion. The burgomaster of Brussells issued an order forbidding clerical meetings on the same day with liberal meetings. The Journal des Brux" elles urges the clericals to ignore the interdict prohibiting meetings of clericals and liberals on the same dav, and invites provincial Catholics to assemble in "Brussels on Sunday next. A telegram from China states that the French landed 500 troops at Kelung and took possession without opposition. The fever from which Princess Victoria, wife of Prince William, of Prussia, is suffering, continues unabated. The Princess passed a rest less night. Advices from Madeira state that Dr. Natchchild. German commissioner for the west coast of Africa, had annexed the coast line south of Cameron’s river, as far as Battona. He also hoisted the German flag at Malimba and at Little and Great Balauza. Advices from Calcutta state that a famine at Mysore is inevitable, owing to the drought. The authorities are taking no steps to provide relief. A.t Toulon the mistral is again blowing. There have been no deaths from cholera there since morning. There were two deaths from cholera at Trouves to-day, and one at Laseyno. B. A. A. S. IN CANADA. The Opening Session, with Addresses of Welcome and Congratulation. Montreal, Ang. 27.—The fifty-fourth annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science opened here to-day. The weather was fine, being cool. This is said to be the largest, most representative meeting tho association ever held. At 1 o’clock the general committee met to arrange business for the association. The report of the council of the British Association shows anew departure in holding meetings out of England, which is likely to prove a success. The council has felt bound to restrict the entrance of new members, owing to the inducements offered to make the journey to Can ada. The council have invited the standing committee and fellows of the American scienee as sociations to attend the meetings as honorary members. Anew section in biology has been formed. Dr. Hunt and Chaureau, repre sentatives of the Royal Society of Canada, read an address of welcome. Dr. William Thompson replied. He rejoiced at the eordial unanimity existing between the two groat races which inhabited this country. In the name of the general committee lie tendered thanks for the cordial welcome. Tho treasurer’s report showed a total membership of 705. Captain Bediord suggested that two very distinguished American visitors, Lieutenants Greely and Ray, who were not members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, should be honored by being elected honorary members. At the mention of the name of the great explorer there was long-con-tinued applause. Mr. Bonney said he bad already taken steps to see that this honor was paid these gentlemen. The meeting then adjourned. A reception was held at Queens’s Hall, when Mayor Read made an address of welcome. Sir Wm. Thompson replied. Sir John MacDonald then addressed the association, and received a perfect ovation. He said Canada considered the visit of the British association an honor to bo proud of. The meeting then closed.

Train-Wreckers Arrested. Memphis. Tenn., Aug. 27.—The Appeal's Duckhill, Miss., special says: Detectives J. H. Allen and J. H. Reed, who have been engaged for some time in trying to detect parties in this neighborhood who, on Beveral occasions, wrecked trains on the line of the Illinois Central railroad, succeeded, last Monday night, in arresting Edgar Lott, Crawford Lott, Levi Lott and Armistead Collins, the three last named colored. The motives of these train-wreckers was robbery. Positive proof of their guilt has been obtained. Premature Loss es Hair May be entirely prevented by the us© of Burnett’s Cocoaino. The superiority of Burnett’s Flavoring Extracts consists in their perfect purity sud strength.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1884.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS Attempted Suicide of a Prominent Attorney at Fort Wayne. The Northwest Methodist Episcopal Conference— Escape from Jaii of Prisoners at Hartford and Crawfordsville. INDIANA. A Fort Wayne Lawyer Attempts to Commit Suicide by Cutting His Throat. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Fort Wayne, Aug. 27. —At 5 o'clock this evening Hon. Jerome O. Stratton, a criminal lawyer of much prominence, stabbed himself in the throat with a pen-knife, in the room where he had been lodging since his separation from his wife and daughter, who are in the Weak The cuts were superficial. His groaning attracted the attention of a renter of a room, who opened the door with a pass key. Stratton was found on the floor in his night-clothes, with a Bible in his hand, and the floor covered with blood. His dull knife missed the carotid artery by an eighth of an inch. He was removed to the hospital, avowing that he would yet end his own life; that he had suffered from Bright’s disease, which no doctor could cure, and he preferred to die rather than live in perpetual anguish. He was the attorney for Fred. Richards, the Adams county murderer, recently convicted, and the failure to succeed in his defense, with his domestic troubles, are supposed to have deranged his mind.

Northwest M. E. Conference, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Attica, Aug. 27.—The thirty-third session of the Northwest Indiana Conference commenced at the Methodist Church, this morning, at 9 o’clock. Bishop R. 8. Foster is present, and is accompanied by Bishop Bowman, who will remain until Friday morning. Tuesday was spent in the examination of the different conference classes, and also examining candidates who desire admittance into the conference. The annual conference sermon was preached on Tuesday night by Rev. G. M. Boyd. The ministers of the conference were nearly all present at the calling of the roll. Two have died during the year. The prominent characters of the conference aro all here, and were iu their usual places. At the organization of the conference Dr. J. C. Reed was elected secretary for the twenty-first time. The usualcoromittees were appointed, and the regular work began. Rev. J. W. Green made his report of the Crawfordsville district, and the ministers responded to their names and reported their benevolent collections. Rev. J. H. Claypool reported the Lafayette district, L. C. Buckles the Greencastle district, and F. M. Pavey the La Porte district, and the ministers of their respective districts made their reports of collections of moneys for benevolent purposes. Considerable miscellaneous business was transacted, and the conference adjourned at 11:45 a. m. Never in the history of the conference was as much business transacted in so short a time.Not many of the visiting brethren aro here yet, though Dr. Hartzell is here and spoke to-night on his special work of the Freedmans Aid Society. He will also represent the Church Extension Society. Dr. Aaron Wood will preach the centennial sermon on Sunday afternoon,after which will occur the ordination of elders.

Mr. Miller Breaks Jail, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfokdsvills, Aug. 27.—James Miller, who has been confined in jail here several months, on the charge of forgery, broke jail yesterday evening,' by letting himself down from a window in the upper corridor. His wife had called to see him, and, as is the custom, the prisoner was allowed to come out into the hall. He got possession of a rope, made of bedclothes, and made an excuse to go up stairs, where he fastened one end of the rope to the stairway, broke out the window, and escaped. He was pursued several squares by the daughter of Sheriff Harper. A reward of SSO is offered for his return to jail. Decatur County Fair. Special to tho Indianapolis Journai. Greensburg, Aug. 27.—Tho second day of the fair was well attended. Premiums were awarded for jacks, mules, heavy horses, eta. In the three-minute trot Smuggler won first money, Grafton second, Bonnie C. third. Time—2:43, 2:50, 2:46-}. In the 2:40 pace Sue Grundy took first, Mack second, I. Jolly third. Time—2:so, 2:45, 2:45. All departments are well filled, more fine stock than ever before being present. There were to-day ten entries and eight starters in the three-miuute trot, and seven entries, all starting, in the 2:40 pace. Both races were very exciting. To-morrow and Friday will be the big days. Escaped from Jail. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Hartford City, Aug. 27.—William L. Hart, the Jew, who was arrested at the Dunkirk fair, a few days ago, and lodged in jail for robbing a Delaware county farmer, broke jail last night He effected his escape by raising the register, passing through the furnace-room, the doors of which were negligently left open, and passed out through the cellar doors, which constantly remain open. The jail has not been in a gqpd condition sinco last spring, when five convicts escaped in tho same manner by breaking a couple of the locks on tho furnace door.

A Soldier of 1813 Dead. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal Madison, Aug. 27. —Mr. William Robbins, formerly of Shelby township, and familiarly known as “Uncle Billy,” died at the residence of his son, Aaron Robbins, this morning at 5 o'clock, after a long confinement to his bed with Bright’s disease of the kidneys. He was a sol dier and pensioner of 1812, and ninety-one years old. He was born in Shelby county. Ky., on the banks of a creek called the Big Bull stream. His parents moved to this State. Fire at Gwynneville. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Shelbyvii.i,E, Aug. 27.— About 4 o’clock this morning the storo of Daniel A. Kennedy, m Gwynneville. was totally destroyed by fire. The alarm was given and the villagers did ail they could to check the flames. Mr. Kennedy's residence also caught fire but was not damaged much. Loss $1,600; fully insured. Indiana Fateuts. Patents have been issued to Indiana inventors as follows: John A. M. Cox, Indinnapolis, evaporating apparatus; Hugh F. Hogan, Albion, refrigerator car; W. P. Jenkins and J. L. Streeter, Muncie, \ive poultry car; Daniel D. Mayfield, Pleasantville, weather atrip; E. Neff, Rochester, pump; Jas. S. Ostrander, Richmond, feed regulator for lamp; C. C. Polk, Richmond, railway crossing; R C. Reid, Lyons, roller skate; John Secrist and E. VaoCannon, Marion, brick machine; C. S. Upton, Rochester, rubber boot or shoe; George W. Warren, Bristol, vehicle spring. ‘ Minor Notes. The police of Lafayette recently arrested a man who had on his person a revolver, several rings, a razor, a number of white-handled pocketknives, etc., and the officers believe that tho

goose werejstolen. The man gave the name of John Donovan, and is minus the forefinger on his right hand, The Saluda farmer's annual meeting will be held in Swain’s woods, near Madison, on Saturday. It will be very largely attended from all parts of the county. A safe in the office of the Shifting-rail Company was blown open, at Goshen, on Tuesday morning, by burglars, but they succeeded in gating only a small amount of money. The Hendricks County Teachers’ Institnte convened at Danville Tuesday. The instructors are Prof. E. E. Smith, Snpt. 11. B. Jacobs and S. 8. Thompson. The attendance is better than usual. A misplaced rail caused a serious wreck of a freight train at Morris, eighteen miles east of Greensburg, early yesterday morning, by which eighteen cars were demolished. Two tramps who were riding in a car of wheat were smothered to death. Trains were delayed seriously until this evening. Andrew Robinson, who came to Deeatur county in 1823, and has lived on the same farm, near Kingston, ever since, died yesterday. Although he was ninety-two years old, his mind was unimpaired until the last week. He was a soldier of 1812, and for the past eight years has been blind, but always cheerful. The coroner’s verdict in the case of the shooting of the negro, Noah Wilson, in the jail corridor, at Logansport, by Policeman Griffin, is to the effect that the shooting was felonious and not justifiable. Griffin was arrested yesterday afternoon, and is now in custody of the sheriff. He will have a hearing, a writ of habeas corpus, to-day. The case ereates considerable excitement.

Preparations are making at Lafayette for the establishment of a zoologicaßgarden. The capital stock is placed at $50,000 at $25 per share. The stock is being rapidly taken by the leading citizens. The very choicest specimens of tho animal kingdom will be secured, and artificial lakes, barges, electric lights, etc., will add to toe attractions. The gentlemen having the matter in charge afford ample assurance of the success of the project.

A queer case of somnambulism occurred on Monday night near North Vernon, which was a narrow escape from death. J. S. Thompson and his son, a youth of sixteen, of Spartansburg, S. C., were en route on the east-bound train from Louisville to Cincinnati. When the train arrived at North Vernon Mr. Thompson missed the boy, and he took the return train to Louisville to look for his boy’s remains, as no one doubted but he was either dead or dangerously wounded. The boy was found about sixteen miles from North Vernon. He had walked out of the car and off the train, without hat or sho6s, when the train was running about forty miles per hour. The fall knocked him senseless for some time, bruising and scratching him badly, but otherwise he was uninjured.

ILLINOIS. Conversion and Consecration a Coro for Physical Ills. Hillsboro, Aug. 27. —The Free Methodists of Holiness are holding their district camp meeting at Niece's Grove, fifteen miles east of here. The attendance has been very large from this State and Missouri, the crowd yesterday being estimated at 6,000. Twenty-flvo conversions and several miraculous cures are reported. One man who has been afflicted with rhematism for nineteen years, stated that since his consecration he had felt, no pain. Another, a born stutterer, can now talk fluently. Both these reside in this vicinity, and their cases, it is said, can bo sub stantiated. A Train Derailed and Fireman Killed. Soeolat to the Indianapolis Journal. Mattoon, Aug. 27. —To day, at noon, at Gay's Station, six miles west of Mattoon. on the Indianapolis & St. Louis railway, a freight train was derailed. The engine and eighteen cars were ditched, and August Fritsche, the fireman, was instantly killed. A Boy Burned by Powder. Special to tho Imllanapolie Journal. Mattoon, Aug. 27. —This afternoon Frankie Williams, aged eight years, had several fingers torn off and his face fearfully burned by the explosion of a bottle of powder which he attempted to empty upon a fire. Brief Mention. Thomas C. Page, of Dubois, has been remanded to the Sangamon county jail in default of SI,OOO bail, for counterfeiting. Joseph Crawford, president of the Lee County National Bank, at Dixon, fell from his carriage while out riding in the country, and broke bis collar-bone and injured bis back. He was unconscious for some hours.

Last Saturday, at Channalion, Mrs. Gaskili fell down stairs at the home of her step-son, George Gaskill, and was instantly killed. Her neck was dislocated and her skull fractured. She was seventy years of age. At Red Bud, Monday night, robbers blew open the safe of the station and express agent, expecting to get a large amount of money which had arrived that evening. Tiie agent had got rid of it, however, and the robbers found but S3O. Officer Starin, at Lincoln, has arrested a tramp who had concealed on his person a small bag of silver coin. He claims to be a resident of No. 2207 Monroe street. St. Louis, and when arrested was taken off the front end of a baggagecar. Ho came from the north. The police believe he is one of a gang who divided the proceeds ot a robbery.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Lieut. Greely left Portsmouth, N. 11.. yesterday. for Montreal, to attend the meeting of tho British association. The Swaim court-martial has been postponed until Nov. 5, as Gen. Swaim’s chief counsel will be unable to appear before then. Daniel Wilkinson has been sentenced to hanged Nov. 20, 1885, for the murder of Policeman Lawrence, of Bath. Me., last September. At Scranton, Pa., Christina Sehwenker, a widow, was grossly insulted in her own house by a tramp, who then robbed the house of what money he could find. The country round about is being scoured. The Baltimore & Ohio railread elevator at Sandusky, 0., containing 42,000 bushels of wheat, was completely destroyed by fire last night. The fire was caused by a hot box with machinery in motion. It was fully insured. At Philadelphia a writ was served upon Archbishop Ryan, to-day, by the counsel for Mi’s. Annie Turker, who has brought suit against the Church of the Annunciation to recover $5,000 damages for personal injuries, caused by a fall on an icy pavement The Milwaukee Encampi lent. Milwaukee, Aug. 27.—The feature of the encampment to-day was a prize prill participated in by the Detroit City Greys, ZanesvjUe Guards and Warsaw Light Guards, other companies being ruled off the ground while these were drilling. The general opinion seemed to bo that the Detroit City Greys were in tho lead, and the Zanesville Guards second. Other companies will compete to-morrow. The Veterans’ Reunion at Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 27.—Ten thousand people, including 5,000 veterans of the late war, enjoyed the various pleasures of tho reunion of the soldiers and sailors of the Northwest at the Driving Park to-day. The’pripcipal events of the programme were a grand parade and competitive drill, in both of which the old vets made a very creditable showing. Steamship Arrivals. London, Aug. 27.—Arrived: Pawnee, from New Orleans. Baltimore, Aug. 27.—Arrived: Braunschweig, from Bremen. New York, Aug. 27.—Arrived—St. Laurent, from Havre; Bohemia, from Hamburg; Kronpriaz Friederich Weihelm, from Bremen. Result of a Gasoline Explosion. UHBtOHSViLLK, 0., Aug. 27.—A gasoline explosion in the hardware store of M. lioebletz, fast night, set fire to the building and caused a five which destroyed the building and also the stores of Tribley, Kumer & Hardman nnd Uhrich & Smith. Loss, $35,000; insurance, $26,000.

GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH RATES. Special Agent Whitney Defends the Western Union Against Its Opponents. Washington, Aug. 27. —1n the report given to the press generally, last night, by the Baliimore <6 Ohio Telegraph Company, of tho conference of representatives of the telegraph companies with the Postmaster-general, relative to fixing rates for government telegrams, for the current fiscal year, is toe following: In reply to a question, Mr. Whitney stated that the government received the benefit of the lowest rates given by his company, the Western Union,to the public., This assertion was disproved by figures presented by both the Postmaster-general and Mr. Bates, etc.

This report is incorrect. My Assertion was not disnroved, and cannot be disproved. The Postmaster-general did not claim that the Western Union charged more for government than for messages of the public. What he did say was that he thought the rates of his order of last year, which was then under consideration, would permit companies (not the Western union particularly, but all companies) to charge more in some instances than was charged to the public. In reply to which it was stated that a proviso m the order itself stipulated that the government should not. in any case, be compelled to pay more than the public. Mr. Bates, who represented the United Telegraph lines, then stated that the Mutual lines had cut uncter tho rates of his own company, and had offered to send messages for the public to Chicago for twenty cents, and gave that as an instance where toe public had the benefit of lower rates than the government. I asked Mr. Bates if _ the Mutual Union lines were not subject to government rules, and if the government did not get the benefit of the reduction. He said: PAh, that is theory.” I replied: “It is practice with us,” and that is the extent to which mjr assertion was disproved. The estimate that the government telegraph amounts to half a million of dollars per year was made by Mr. Bates. When asked how he made it. He said he ascertained toe amount paid by all the departments at Wash mgton and jumped at the rest. When asked how big a jump he made, he said he found tho amount paid at Washington to be $170,000 (which includes all the telegraphing done for the Signal Service all over the country), and thought there could he enough more to make the half million. The statement that “the great bulk of this amonnt goes into toe coffers of the Western Union company at rates fixed by themselves,” is notoriously untrue. For thirteen years the rates have been fixed by the Postmaster-general. If the bulk of government business lias been given to the Western Union, it is because government officers chose that channel for its transmission. Leonard Whitney, Special Agent Western Union Telegraph Cos.

BUSINESS TROUBLES. A Receiver Appointed for a New York Brokers’ Firm. New York, Aug. 27. —Judge Allen to-day appointed Haliburton Fales receiver of the assets of the late firm of Jones & Cos., brokers. The receiver was appointed in a friendly suit brought by Wm. Yoong, who was for many years a customer of the firm, and has a large quantity of securities on deposit there. Both members of the firm died in May last, and suit was brought to enable the plaintiff and other creditors to ob tain possession of their stocks in order that they may sell them. The firm is admitted to have been perfectly solvent; and the assets af believed to amount to $250,000. Bank Failure at Xenia, O. Xenia, 0., Aug. 27. —The Second National Bank closed its doors this morning. Cashier Ankenny had been engaged in grain transactions with R. M. Smart, to whom the bank, through Ankenny, made large advances Smart gave a mortgage to secure this money, but the directors were not satisfied, and demanded Ankenny’s resignation. He went West the next day and this caused the run of yesterday. The stockholders are regarded as able to meet all liabilities, though the amount is not made public. The Comptroller of the Currency telegraphed Bank Examiner Ellis to take charge of the bank and report its condition. A New York telegram says: Mr. Garland, of the First National Bank, one of the correspondents of the Second National Bank, of Xenia, states that he teuspension of that institution will have no effect in financial circles here. Its account with tiie First National was very small, averaging only from SIOO to SSOO. It is stated that the bank examiner has found that the bank's losses through Ankenny, the cashier, do not exceed $60,00(1 Defalcation of a Goniidential Clerk. WiIkesDARRE, Pa., Aug. 27. —The community was startled this afternoon by the announcement of the defalcation of Samuel Roberts, late paymaster for Charles Parrish & Cos., coal operators, to the amount of between $50,000 and $75,000. Roberto has been the confidential clerk of Charles Parrish for twenty years, and is widely known throughout tiie State. He transferred his property, which includes stock'in the Red Ash Coal Company, to Parrish, and the latter authorizes the Associated Press to state that a settlement has been effected. Roberts sunk money in household extravagances, and religious objects. He was superintendent of the Memoral Sunday-school. He recently resigned all offices for the purpose of going to Europe, and is prostrated "owing to the exposure. It is learned that the money was obtained by Roberts through carrying fictitious names on the pay-roll of Charles Parrish & Cos., for five years past. The irregularities will in no way affect either the Lehigh or Wilkesbarro Coal Companies, in the employ of which Roberts lias been.

Assignment of the Lancaster Watch Factory. Lancaster, Pa.. Aug. 27.—Assignments in bankruptcy have been filed on account of Abraham Bitner and the Lancaster watch factory. Bitner has been manager and the principal Stockholder in the watch factory and a large real estate owner, but his estate was heavily eheum bered. The liabilities of tho watch factory consist of a mortgage indebtedness of $50,000, and other debts aggregating $27,000. Tho manager claims to have stock on hand which cost the company $60,000, in addition to the real estate. The watch factory had a precarious and unprofitable existence of eleven years. Over SIOO,OOO has been invested in the concern since its inception. Suspended Brokers Arrested. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 27.—N0 statement is yet made of the collapsed banking firm of Ladner Brothers. Several creditors to-day secured warrants for the arrest of William H. and Louis J- Ladner, and both were taken into custody on the same cases, and plueed under bail for a hearing on Friday. In one case they waved a hearing ami were held to bail A Louisville Man’s BhlcUlc. Louisville, Aug 27. —John Cromie, president of the Northern Lake Ice Company, committed suicide to-night, at Rufere Hotel, by shooting himself through the brain with a pistol. Despondency by drink was the cause of the deed. Croroio was a very wealthy and well-known property-owner in the North and East Arrest of the Alleged Murderer of Hubbart. St. Louis, Aug. 27.—Thomas J. Chapman, the alleged murderer of the wealthy bachelor farmer, Nicholas Hubbart, near Charleston, 111., was arrested at Poplar Bluff. Mo., yesterday, and is now en route'to Charleston, in custody of Deputy Sheriff Johnson. Chapman formerly lived at Poplar Bluff, and he started for that place, where his wife now is, immediately after killing Hubbart He doesn't acknowledge or deny tho murder, but there seems to bene doubt that he committed the act Enriching the Vocabulary. Newark Advertiser. The suggestion that the word “malaria” be complemented by “bonaria," to express the idea of good air, meets with general favor, aud the

newspapers are talking about the bonaria of their respective neighborhoods. Let the bon! workia go on, and by and by men will be sayin. toat there is no m&iwhiskyia, but that somf whisky is bonwhiskyia than others. Madeira!, good yet. ** DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department. •> Office of the Chief Signal Officer, > w ASHINBTOX, August 28, IA. JL ) For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley—Local showers, partly cloudy weather in the west portion; generally fair weather in the east portion; winds generally southeasterly; slight changes of temperature; lower barometer. For the Upper Lake Region—Occasional showers; partly cloudy weather; fresh southerly winds; higher temperature; lower barometer. Local Observations. Time - Bar. [They Hum Wind. Weather Ra’n. 6:24 a. M-. 30.16 60.0 66 NE Clear 10:24A.M.. 30.14 76.4 34 NE fc. 2:24 p. M. 30.03 83.0 30 NE Fair 6 ; 24 p . M . 30.05 80.0 34 N Cloudy.].'"" 10:24 P. M..[29.98 73.0 51 N Cloudy. ...... Maximum temperature 84.1: minimum temperature, 57.6. General Observations. „ War Dbpatmknt, I Washington, Aug. 27, 10:24 p. m. j Observations tukeo at the same moment of time at all stations. if 1 7? J~ 3 I f* oj? 5 STATIONS. g. | • g @ p ? *■ | f 3 ' i i ; V : | ; Bismarck, Dak 129.86 76 Calm. Clear. 0““’°- IB 30.04 72 S I.22,Fair. Chattanooga, Tenn | Chicago, lll *1.95 70 E .[...‘CWyT Cincinnati, 0 30.03 76 NE ..w.jFair. Columbus, O I Davenport, 1a...... 20.91 70 SE" " AOUtVrein! Deadwood, Dak. 29.80 64 W . . . Clear Denver, Col 2ftß6 74 S .....(Clear] Dee Moines, Is 29.83 70 SE .08 Thr#st’g Dodge City, Ivan 29.83 76 S Clear. * r t. Assiniboine, Mto 1 . Fort Buford, Dak... 29.72 75 NW "...'Fair Fort Custer, Mont.. : 29.75 75 E . ] ]]]'Fair" Fort Elliot, Tex 29.90 76 S ! Clear Fort Gibson, Ind. T Fort Sill, Ind. T ]]] ]]] ]";] Galveston, Tex 30.06 84 S Clear.'" Indianapolis, Ind... 29.98 73 N Cloudy. Indianola, Tex.; | Keokuk, la ...29.86 73 SB .11 Thr’t’g.'" La Crosse, Wis 29.88 71 SE .Clear. Leavenworth, Kan.. 29.80 79 S Clear. Little Rock. Ark..... 30.03 78 Calm Clear] Louisville, Ky 30.01 78 Calm. Cloudy: Memphis, Twin..... 30.04 81 NW ....Cloudy.. Moorehead, Minn... 29.72 70 S Clear Nashville, Tenn.... 30.03 82 NW Fair. North Platte, Neb.. 29.76 75 Calm Clear. Omaha, Neb 29.82 73 SE .01 Clear. Pittsburg, Pa 30.Q8 67 NE Clear. San Antonio, Tex Shreveport, La 30.03 85 SE ... ]. Fair] " i Springfield, 111 29.97 73 S .16 Lt. rain. St. Louis, Mo 29.98 74 8 .01 Clear. ; Stockton, Tex _ St. Paul Minn 29.83 72 SE .....Fair.'”' Vicksburg, Miss.... 30.06 82 K Clear. Yankton, D. T. 29.78 72 SE .....Clear. New Orleans, La.... 30.02 86 N ....Clear. Las Animas, Col 29,78 69 S Clear. Fort Smith, Ark 29.97 80 E Clear. Salt Lake City, U. T 29,85 72 NW Clear. El Paso, Tex .29 92 76|Calm ...Fair. All the newest book cases are without doors and have curtains of plush, silk or velvet iu their place. 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