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tax dispute, in accordance with tho invitation of ■ yesterday. There is now every proe|>ect that the dispute will be amicably settled. Quarrel Among the Nationalists. Dublin, Am?. 0. —A bitter political and personal controversy is now going on between Mr. j Michael Davitt and Mr. William O’Brien, editor * of United Ireland. Mr. Parnell's organ. Mr. Dav- ; itt accuses United Ireland of maliciously at- ! tempting to place him in a false position before tho country, and Mr. O'Brien warmly denies it. Tin; WAR AT PANAMA. No Present Indication that the Revolution will Soon Ik* Suppressed. Panama, July 28. Late news from tho seat of war is not such as to inspire hope of an early conclusion of the struggle. The rebels abandoned their camp on the island opposite Calamar, whence they had made several attacks on the government forces, and moved up the river on the 18th. An intercepted letter from their commander. Camargo, says that he had determined to change completely his plan of operations. This letter does not state what hia intentions are, but it is addressed to the commander of the revolutionary contingent at Barranquilla. urging that officer to join him with his entire command without delay. The sanitary condition of the isthmus has not improved. The condition of Colon is something terrible, and a perfect plague seems to have stricken the place. There are sometimes as many as twenty-five deaths per day. In a popu Lit ion of less than 10,000 that death rate is decidedly startling. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. Desperate Itiot Among the Miners in Derbyshire. London, Aug 6. —The coal and iron miners of Ilkeston, in Derbyshire, have been rioting all day. They have already caused great damage to property in the parish. In one of their battles against tho police this afternoon the rioters were driven back several miles from tho town, contesting every foot of tho way. During this engagement a great number of miners wore disabled and injured, and nine of them were dangerously hurt. The Field Banquet. London, Aug. 6.—At the Field banquet, last evening, at Richmond, the Lord Mayor of London, in proposing the health of Mr. Field, said that the world at large was proud of him as an illustrious benofactor of the human race. It was fitting to recall the statement made by Lord Derby that honors would have been conferred by the Crown upon Mr. Field, if he had been a British subject and not an American. The following dispatch was received: “Avgusta, Me., Aug. 5. “Cyrus W. Field, Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond, England: “I thank yon for the agreeable surprise of your message. The failure of the first cable; the general amusement of Do Sauty’s straggling dispatches; the incredulity of the American public in ocean telegraphy in 1858. are fresh in my memory. Tho discouragement would have broken down any man but one of your energy and faith. Let ine propose to your distinguished company the health of the Field family, eminent in every profession to which they have devoted their powers. James G. Blaine.’’ The Standard this morning says that, the history of telegraphic cables is more interesting than many a romance, and that Mr. Cyrus W. Field is its hero. Meeting of the Emperors. Gastrin, Aug. G.—Emperor Francis Joseph and Empress Elizabeth arrived here this evening. Emperor William received them at the entrance of the Bado.schloss, with greetings of affection, kissing the Austrian Emperor three times. William wore an Austriari uniform, and Francis Joseph wore a Prussian uniform. The town is illuminated, and thronged with people heartily cheering the emperors. The Emperor and Empress of Austria, on leaving Emperor William’s hotel, considerately requested him not to accompany them, in order to spare him fatigue. The two emperors made a tour of the town to view the illuminations. The town is gaily decorated with bnnners, arches, etc. The weather is lovely. On the first visit of Empress Elizabeth to Emperor William the latter had all the pictures removed from his rooms except the portraits of the Austrian Emperor and Empress. Comment on the North German Gazette Article. • Paris, Aug. 6.—The newspapers continue to comment upon the recent articlo in the North German Gazette attacking France. They all consider that the article foreshadows an increase of Germany’s military strength, and that it was addressed to the Reichstag rather than to France. The Cologne Gazette contends that the North German Gazette will strain the friendship between Germany and England by warning Franco against a policy of revenge. Yellow Fever at Mexican Ports. City of Mexico, Aug. f>. —Yellow fever has ippearod at Mazatlan and Tohuantopec. At the formor place the disease is not violent, and the physicians havo good success in treating it. At the latter place efforts are being made to stamp out the fever. Many persons deny the efficacy of Dr. Carmoned’s vaccination process, and tho Doctor is expected to publish soon a defense of his system. _ Freemasonry in Peru, Lima. Aug. G.—The bishop of LaPaz, in a letter to the President, declares that the progress ©f Freemasonry was an evidence of shameless neglect of duty on the part of the government, and he called upon the President to suppress the order. In reply the President said that freedom of thought should be supported. Whereabouts of Mr, I’arqulmrsou. Dublin, Aug. 6. —The detectives have now ascertained that Robert Farquharson, tho defaulting manager of the Munster Bank, sailed for Spain on tho night of his flight from this city Cable Notes. Spanish refugees*crossing the Pyrenees are sent back to Spain. 0 Gambia 1 Ambrose Adam, a member of tho French Senate, is dead. Tho Pope has suspended audiences on account of tho neuralgia from which he is suffering. The French government grants a credit of 000.000 francs for cleansing Marseilles. The rumors of a conflict between the Afghans and Russians at Merutchak, are untrue. The marriage is announced of Jacques Stern, a Berlin banker, to Sophia Croizette, the actress, Archbishop Walsh left Rome yesterday. Ho will take a short vacation at Engadine before returning to Dublin. Lord Wolsoley resumes the position of Adjutant-general, which he held prior to the late Soudan campaign. The Greek government has increased the quarantine ordered against arrivals from Marseilles from five to eleven days. The conflict between the two French Chambers in regard to the repeal of the duty on paper has been settled, the Senate yielding to the Deputies. Admiral Honk, of the German naval retired Ist is to proceed to Zanzibar, where he will act as the political agent of the German East African Company. D rex el, Ilayos fc Cos., Paris, have been appointed European treasurers of the Grant monument fund. They have headed tho list with a subscription of SI,OOO. Mr. Gladstone recently meditated a visit to America instead of cruising in the yacht Sunbeam, but he found that he would not bo able to crows the Atlantic. A meeting of agents of stenmpship lines was held at Liverpool, yesterday, with a view of calling a conference of agents of ail steamship lines in tho kingdom. The meeting resolved to

propose an increase in the steerage rate to America of one pound, and to arrange a minimum rate for freight. Sir Moses Monteflore's will was executed per sonally in 1882. lie bequeathed largo sums of money to various charitable institutions, and left numerous legacies to faithful servants. Europe is full of rumor3 concerning the coming meetings of tho Emperors and Premiers Tho latest report is that the Marquis of Salisbury and Prince Bismarck will meet at Yarzin. Tbe English admirals, Hewitt, Hoskins and Hopkins, declared at a banquet given by the Empire Club last night, that the British navy, despiU: its failings, was equal to those of any two other nations combined. The government of New South Wales has sent a telegram regretting the inability to join the Australian Federal Council, because it disapproves of the form in which tho Federation bill passed the House of Commons. The Vienna Abend Post says that the meeting of Emperor William and Francis Joseph, at Gastcin, will strengthen the close friendship between Germany and Austria, and will be a sure guarantee of the peace of the world. Advices from Cabul say that the Ameer of Afghanistan has laid aside large sums, which he intends to devote to the enlargement of his palace, and of the barracks and forts of Herat and elsewhere. War councils are held weekly, and after each council a courier is dispatched to Earl Duff trill. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department, * ) Office of the Chief Signal Officer, > Washington, Aug. 7, la. m. ) Special Indications for Indianapolis and Vicinity—Local rains, stationary temperature. [Note. —These indications are for tho twentyfour hours commencing at 7 a. m.] For tho Ohio Valley and Tennessee—Local rains, variable winds, stationary temperature, For the Lower Lake Region—Local rains, southerly winds, nearly stationary temperature. For tho Upper Lake Region—Local rains, variable winds, nearly stationary temperature. For the Upper Mississippi Valley—Local rains, southerly winds, becoming variable, a slight rise followed by lower temperature. For the Missouri Valley—Local rains, variable winds, stationary followed by lower temperature. Local Observations. Indianapolis, Aug. 6. Time. Bar. Ther. Hum. Wind. Weather Rain. 6a. m.. 30.00 63.2 63 j S'east Cloudy lO a. M. .j 20.05( 71.8 57 South Cloudy 2P. M.. 129.83 j 73.2 81 j South-Lt. rain. 0.03 6p. M..j20.84! 72.8 00 South Lt. rain 10P. M.. 129.821 69.6 98 | S’east jLt. rain. 0.08 Maximum tomnerature, 78.0. Minimum temperature, 61.2. General Observations. War Department, I Washington, Aug. 6, 10 p. m. S Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. W H £ 2 £? *T j? oo£. ® 3 2b o 5= b i p r? ? STATIONS. f § i S r $ •®: ? a ; •2• • U ■ • j • • a> • New Orleans. La.... i29.051 82|South Clear. Vicksburg, Miss 20.03, 81 (South i Clear. Fort Smith, Ark 20.801 82jSouth; Clear. Galveston, Tex 20.05 84 South! Clear. Little Rock, Ark.... 29.82 jB4 South j. Clear. Shreveport, La 29.881 87 South | Clear. Cincinnati, O. 29.89' 70|Swestj .71 Lt. rain Indianapolis. Ind— 29.83] 70iSouth] .07 Threat’g Louisville, Ky ;29.88j 76|S’east] .24!Cloudy. Memphis, Tenn ]29.86| B(>|South| (Fair. Nashville, Tenn ;29.89 81 S’east' (Fair. Pittsburg. Pa ‘20.06 71 (Calm 1 (Cloudy. Ch cage. 11l 29.80 72 South! .01,Cloudy. Cairo, 111 (29.84] 821South] (Lt. rain. Davenport, la 29.70: 72jSouth| Fair. Des Moines, la 29.74] TOjS’east (Fair. Keokuk, la 20.72] 73 Bast ICiear. LaCrosse, Wis -0.751 69] s'east (Clear. Moorehead, Minn... 29.69: OHlN'east (Fair. St. Louis, Mo 29.70] 80jSouth 'Clear. St. Paul, Mind 29.75] 72 -S'east Threat’g Springfield, 111 29.70, 73 ( South .00 Cloudy. Leavenworth, Kan.. 29.70 83]Calm Clear. Omaha, Neb 29.73] 80. North Cloudy. Yankton, Dak 29.71 j 75 S’east Clear. Bismarck, Dak 29.09 74 South Threat’g Fort Buford. Dak... 20.051 67 Fast . ... Fair. Ft. Ass niboine.M.T 20.09: 71 S’east Cloudy. Deadwood, Dak Fort Custer, Mont.. 29.55 77 Calm Clear. Denver, Col 29.691 72 South ] Fair. Dodge City. Kan 29.(lll 82 S'east jClear. Fort Elliott, Tex... 29.601 84 South Clear. North Platte, Neb.. 29.64] 76 S'east 'Fair. Las Animas, Col 29.62] 79 Swest Fair. Fort Sill. Ind. Ter Fort Stockton, Tex. 29.74 j 87 S'east Clear. El Paso, Tex 29.07 90 Nwest Clear. Lamar, Mo 29.77 79 j South Clear. Brownsville, Tex —I Salt Lake City, U.T. 29.59 72' S’east I Cloudy. Duluth. Minn 29.78i GLN'east (Cloudy. Escanaba, Mich 29.87] GljS’east; .13,Lt. rain. Marquette, Mich 29.871 58] S’east] 'Cloudy. Milwaukee, Wis 20.78] 64 S’east] .01 (Cloudy. Toledo. O 29.93, 00 East ] .63 Hv Rain Oswego, N. V 30.08 56 N’easti Cloudy. New York City 30.00] 67 N'east] Clear. Washington, D. C.. i30.07| 70 Ea-4 I (Clear. ’ Thunderstorm. The Indian Territory Cattle Men. St. Louis, Aug. 6.—11. M. Pollard, one of the gentlemen who recently presented a memorial to the President in relation to the removal of cattle meti from the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservations, returned here tonight, and says if the President concludes to order the removal of cattle from the Cherokee strip, the lessees of the land in that section of the Indian Territory x\ ill contest his action in the courts. They claim that the Cherokee Indians have a right to lease their lands, under their treaty with the government, and it the lessees are disturbed they will make a contest. Mr. Pollard als6 says that the removal of cattle from the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservations has practically commenced. Colonel Hunter, of this city, has already arranged by telegraph for the removal of 1,500 head per week, and other lessees are actively at work. Large numbers of these cattle will be thrown on the markets at once, and others will be driven to other fattening ranges. Wedded Again at Eighty. Ocala, Fla., Aug. o.—This community has been all excitement over the rumor of a marriage that would even surprise cities of millions of peo-. pie, and which has no parallel in the history of the land of flowers. The event was the marriage of Thomas D. Prentiss to Mrs. Annie M. Butt, both of tins city. Mrs. Prentiss was the estimable wife of tho late Dr. Z. Butt, a long resident of this city. Two more moons will place her among the round numbers of eighty years, while the groom is a young man of scarcely twenty-four summers. The event took place at the residence of the bride, Rev. Mr. Wilmer, of Grace Episcopal Church, officiating. Mr. Prentiss is from Charleston, S. C., and is a son of Rev. Mr. Prentiss, Episcopal minister of that city. Mrs. Prentiss, by the death of her former husband, is entitled to an estate estimated at $200,000. Deaths l'roiu a Gasoline Explosion. Philadelphia, Aug. O.—A slight fire, caused by an explosion of gasoline, occurred in a provision store in Germantown, yesterday afternoon. Four people were burned by the exploding oil, and three of them have since died. John Gansert, a driver, David Richer, the errand boy, Frank Rief, an attendant, and Johu’Kratz, also employed at the store, were in the cellar at tho time of the explosion, and all were severely burned. Rief died during the night, and Rleber and Gansert died this morning. The case of K rats, nr ho is seventy-four years old, is hopeless. Suicide of a Boy of Ten Years of Age. Reading, Pa., Aug. 6.—Llewellyn Scarlet, aged ten years, hum? himself this evening in bis father's stable, on Seventeen and a half street, tiiis city. His father had ordered him to weed tho garden, and then started for Philadelphia. Scarcely had the latter disappeared when the boy wont into tho staid© and committed the rash act. Tho lather heard the news just as the train ©as leaving for Philadelphia, and tho train was stopped bo ns to enable him to go home. The coroner held an inquest to night, and a verdict of buicido was rendered.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, ISBS.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States. The Warren County Tragedy—An Infant Monstrosity—Farmer Shot by a Bnrglar —Homicide Near Virginia—Crop News. INDIANA, Details of the Tragedy at Marshfield, Warren County. Attica, Aug. O.—A shocking tragedy was enacted at Marshfield, Warren county, yesterday. Since last April Dr. Orm Aborn of Marshfield, has been insane. Last week preparations were made to convey him to the State Asylum, and he was to have been taken there yesterday. The Doctor heard of the arrangement, and went to Williamsport to stop the proceedings. He was taken in <h irge by Dr. C. R. Boyer, a life-time friend, who conveyed him back home, and to satisfy the family agreed to stay with them all night. At midnight Dr. Aborn got out bis case of surgical instruments, ostensibly to show them, but when they were opened, he seized one of the sharp two-edged knives and started for his wife’s room. Suspecting his intentions, she had fled from the house when he first got out the instruments. While ho was out hunting for her, A. B. Cronk bite, who was present, went out for assistance, and when Aborn returned to the room only Dr. Boyer remained in the house. Walking up to Boyer, tho madman drew the knife across his friend’s throat. Boyer then grappled with him, and a death struggle ensued. The knife again descended with vicious force, striking across Boyer's breast and in the back, over tho shoulder and under tho arm. Boyer is a delicate man, but the knowledge that it was a fight for life gave him superhuman strength, and he finally got hold of the knife with both hands. In the struggle for its possession, Aborn turned it about and the sharp edges gouged Boyer’s hands until they were nearly cut in two, compelling him to let go. Aborn then stopped for rest, and Boyer made his escape. His garments were soaked with blood. Aborn held possession of the house for some time, though the street was full of men. He finally walked out in the yard, plunged a knife through his own throat, and drank a quantity of iodine. He lived several hours. Boyer was taken to Williamsport, in a dying condition. An Infant Monstrosity. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Munoie, Aug. G.—Yesterday morning a child wa3 born in this city which is certainly entitled to be classed among the most remarkable of monstrosities. Its hands and feet are split and the toes and fingers on each foot and hand united into two groups, opening each way. giving them the appearance of the claws of a crawfish. On the back of the child’s neck is an aperture, which seems to communicate with the organs within and is covered externally by an elastic flap. To add to the distortion of this child’s body, nature has allowed it to come iuto tho world a hermaphrodite. In all other respects the child is well formed, and may live. The parents are of good form and health, and this is their first child, and they are greatly grieved that nature should have served them so badly. Governor's Day at Camp Kirk. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LaPorte, Aug. 6.—The rain interfered greatly with the programme of Governor's Day at Camp Kirk, but Governor Gray and staff were formally received in camp at 10 a. m., and reviewed tho troops in front of the square this afternoon, in the presence of a large crowd. Governor Gray was tendered a public reception to-night at the residence of Mayor Nye, who is entertaining him. Barn Struck by Lightning and Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Elkhart, Aug. G.—The large barn of Jacob Scharb near Wakarusa, was struck by lightning and burned, together with a large quantity of grain. One horse was also burned. The loss is about $3,000, with a partial insurance in the Farmers’ Home. Burglary at Ivnightstown. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Knightstown, Aug. G.—The residence of Henry Walls, at this place, was entered to-night, about 8 o’clock, while the family were away from home, by thieves, who secured $875 in money. Murdered by a Burglar. Scottsburg, Aug. 6—Early yesterday morning. John C. Brody was murdered in his houso by an unknown burglar, who oscaned. Mr. Brody was a farmer, living fivo miles from here. 31 inor Notes. The six-year-old daughter of John Deeds, of Terre Haute, while drawing water from an open cistern, fell in and was drowned. The County Commissioners havo appointed James Owen as trustee of Needham township, Johnson county, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joseph Kerlin. The Crawfordsville fire companies have passed a resolution asking the City Council to put in water works, or they will resign and leave the city without fire protection. There are four propositions before the Council for consideration next Monday evening. At Terre Haute a horse thief who gave his name as Edward Hummel lias made a confession by which nine stolen horses will be recovered by their owners. Among those from whom the horses were taken are S. S. Brown and Marion Plummer, of Loogootee, this State, and Mr. Heskinier. formerly an I. & St. L. official. Three suits for damages havo been filed in the Daviess Circuit Court against the Buckeye Cannel Coal Company, of Cannelbnrg, the aggregate sum demanded being $20,000. Two of the suits are brought by Lucinda, widow, and the other by Eddie, son of William Edlin, who received injuries in the company’s mine on August 8, 1883. from which he died four davs later, The son, Eddie, was also severely injured and disfigured for life. He sues for $5,000, and the widow for SIO,OOO damages on account of the loss of her husband, and $5,000 damages she claims to have sustained by reason of injuries to her son, who is seventeen years of age. ILLINOIS. A 31 aa Assassinated by tho Brother of His Sweetheart. Virginia, Aug, G.—Thomas Chapman, a farmer living five miles west of here, was shot and killed by Elias Davi3, a neighbor. It was said that Chapman had for several years been paying attention to Davis’s sister, and Davis repeatedly warned him to desist, but without effect. Last evening Davis camo upon them while they were sitting upon a log talking, and without notice, raised his shot gun and fired. Tho load entered Chapman’s body near the right nipple, causing death within a* few minutes. Davis then went to a neighbor’s, told them what lie had done, and where they would find the body. It is reported that Davis is in town and will surrender himseif to officers. The Crops in Effingham County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Altamont, Aug. 6. —Oats are harvested and being threshed. The average yield will not be less than forty five bushels per acre. Effingham county will this season produce by far the largest oats crop in its history. The hay crop is also excellent, and is put away in good order. TUo rains for the last few weeks have boen

seasonable. The corn crop now bids fair to be tho largest for years. Farmers are in excellent spirits at the favorahlo outlook. Brief Mention. A four year old boy named Harrison, living south of iitreator, was killed by being kicked by a horse. Wm. T. Boyd, who has been conducting a creamery at Pecatonica, is missing, leaving many debts behind him. The date of the .To Doviess county soldiers’ and sailors’ reunion has been changed from Sept. 10 and 17 to Sept. 1 and 2, at Warren. DeKalb people are talking of having a grand Interstate horse sale of thoroughbreds, with horse races, ball-games, and a baud tournament the week preceding the State fair. James Baline. a young farmer living near Hammond, met with a fatal accident, Tuesday, by the discharge of a gun. The entire load of shot entered his head and neck. He was twenty years old. L. D. Dimick, a liveryman, possessing an invalid wife at Rook Island, has disappeared with five horses worth s!>7s, and vehicles, $1,500, and it is rumored that he has eloped with a woman named Maud Terry. At Lanark, David Wolf, a grain-buyer, and Amos \\ olf, a banker, wei-e thrown from a carriage by a runaway team. The former was bruised about the face and head and the latter was dashed against a post and severely hurt. Mary Klenan, the remarkable character convicted of an attempt to poison the family of her sister. Mrs. I'ieres. at Rosehill, was taken from the jail on Tuesday at Joliet arid sent to the penitentiary. Upou leaving the jail, she was very much affected and somewhat hysterical. Kate Brennan, a domestic employed at No. Northwest street, Rock Island, was the victim of attempted abduction the other night The would be abductor seized her as she was entering her employer’s house and carried her some distance, but was driven off by the appearance of the girl’s lover, who was summoned by her outcries. A cast olf suitor is suspected. Hon. Francis Colton has been appointed executor of the estate of the late C. S. Colton, of Galesburg, his father. The will was admitted to record, but its contents are kept secret from the public. It was made nineteen years ago, and only one of the witnesses who signed it still lives. There are four heirs, all living here. The property is estimated to be worth $250,000. John Nelson, a farm-laborer at work southeast of La Salle, while driving a mower fell under the machine aud was cut and mangled in a sickening manner. Ilis intestines were strewn around, and his head was found one hundred yards from the machine by the farmer, who, having noticed the team standing by the fence for some time went over to ascertain the cause. A th.eshing machine engine at work on the farm of William Browning, nine miles northwest of Yandulia, blew up, injuring Griffith Wright, Georgo Durr and John Phillips. The first named is badly injured, a largo bolt being driven through his leg, lacerating it so badly that amputation was necessary. Ho also received serious injuries about the breast and head. The other two were only slightly hurt. Carelessness and iuexperience were the cause of the disaster. The citizens of Tuscola are maxing extensive preparations to hold memorial services on Saturday, and it is expected they will be the most impressive ever witnessed at that place. The band, the G. A. R. post, tho Sunday-schools and secret organizations will unite with the citizens in a parade, during which the various church and school house bells will be tolled. The funeral sermon will he preached by Rev. J. J. Lockhart, assisted by Rev. Mr. Tuil, of Newman, followed in shoit speeches by a number of citizens. The mayor has issued an order for the various business houses to close from 2 to 5 o’clock r. m., and it will be generally oboyed. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Dr. Galusha Anderson, president of Chicago University, has resigned. Nearly a year’s salary is due him. Coopie Barehead, a young Creek outlaw, was executed at Eufaula, I. TANARUS., yesterday, Indian fashion, being shoe by a detachment of the Creek Light horse Guard. Christian Schenck, Adolph Heyler and Martin Hughler, were struck and killed by -a freight train at Engleside station, on the Pennsylvania railroad, at 10 o’clock last night. W. G. Anderson, a prominent planter residing six miles west of Mexia. Tex., was shot and killed yesterday by S. C. Lewis, a tenant. Lewis claims he did tho shooting in self-detense. The district convention of Knights Templars (colored) for Missouri, Kansas, lowa, Nebraska and Colorado, began at Macon, Mo., yesterday. Tne general officeis were installed last night. At Prestonbury, Ky.. on Tuesday evening, during a disturbance caused by drunkenness, Proctor Arnett was killed, Leo Patrick fatally wounded, and two others injured. Thirty or forty shots were fired. Tho men were all colored. Owing to the fact that the Baltimore & Ohio road failed to respond to the circular letter sent out recently by the chairman of the east-bound passenger committee, calling a meeting for yesterday, at Chicago, for tho purpose of discussing tho establishment of a penalty tor rate-cutting, no action was taken. Committees from both tho Democratic and Republican county committees of San Francisco waited upon Colonel Den by. the newly-appointed minister to China, on Wednesday evening, and invited him to make a visit to Chinatown during both the day and night. He accepted the invitation without setting any time. The 1?. & O. and Jersey Central Railroads. Baltimore, Aug. G.—ln answer to an inquiry as to whether or not there was any truth in the rumor that the Baltimore Sc Ohio railroad had, in agreeing with the Reading for an entrance into New Yoik, guaranteed 4 pet- cent, interest on New Jersey Central stock, First Vice-president Spencer to-night telegraphed the American, from Deer Park, that the Baltimore Sc Ohio had not made any such guaranty. Mr. C. K. Lord, an officer of the company, admits that this coinpan}* lias a satisfactory arrangement with Reading for a New York entrance, but says the terms of the contract have not been made public, and are known to no one but the contracting parties. The South Pennsylvania Railroad. Philadelphia, Aug. G —Tho Record tomorrow will say: “Mr. Andrew Carnegie has cabled to bis representative in Pittsburg to forward to Mr. Vanderbilt his proxy representing the $1,000,000 of subscription he has in the South Pennsylvania railroad. It is believed that work on the South Pennsylvania railroad will not be continued much longer than next week. Two of the most prominent contractors on the line visited New York during the early part of this week, and had a conference with Mr. Twombley. who advised them to go as slow on the work as possible, so that a suspension could be easily effected when it was ordered. An Inhuman Father. Lynchburg, Va., Aug. o.—William Parks, a negro residing in Amherst county, Virginia, has been arrested on the charge of starving his children to death. Within the past five months four of Parks's seven children have died, and of t e remaining three it is charged they aro emaciated from want of food, the father not only refusing to provide for them, but prohibiting the neighbors from giving them food. It is further charged that Parks desires to marry again, but the woman he aspires to win refuses to marry him while he has so many children. Jail Delivery at Austin, Tex. Austin, Tex., Aug. o.—Four murderers, confined in the county jail here, attacked Jailer Hornaday this evening, took his revolver, and escaped Three of the prisoners were recaptured after an exciting chaso. Os the three recaptured, Charles Yeager, under life sentence for tho murder of United States Marshal Goslin, is one. and Dick Brannon, his confederate, another. The prisoner still at large is Tom Pearson, the murderer of Dr. Stovall, of this city. A large posse is searching for him in the suburbs. Clubbed to Death by an Officer. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. G.—Officer Thomas Bender attempted to arrest an unknown man, who was drunk and disorderly on Carson street, to night. The man resisted, and the officer struck him twice with a hand billy. The man fell on the pavement, and shortly after died. The officer surrendered himself aud was locked up.

LABOR TROUBLE3. The Striking Brakemen of the B. i*. O. Held to Bail. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. G. —Light of the striking brakemen who were opposed to the running of double-header trains on the Wheeling division of the Baltimore & Ohio road, and who were arrested last Dight, had a hearing before Aiderman Reilly this morning, on a charge of interfering with employes of the company, and with conspiracy. The evidence against the parties was rather weak, but they were all required to give bail iti SI,OOO each for trial at court. Everything is quiet on the road to-day. The strikers held a meeting to night and resolved to hold out. There are indications that the strike will extend over tlie whole Pittsburg division. The crews on all trains made up at Connellsville struck to-night for shorter hours and better price. Trouble at East Saginaw. East Saginaw, Mich., Aug. 6.—lt is reported that an attempt will be made to shut down the mills of Rust Bros. & Cos., and Eaton. Potter & Cos , which started up yesterday at 11 hours. Tho police of both cities and the sheriff have been notified. About 400 men, many of them idlers and not mill workers, attempted by force, this afternoon, to shut down the mill of Rust Brothers & Cos. The mob were armed with clubs, and gathered near the mill, and then man-bed down toward the mill entrance. The sheriff ordered them to disperse, but they jeeringly refused. Then the mayor read tho riot act, and called on tjiem to return to their homes quickly, which they declined to do. A squad of nine policemen thereupon charged upon the mob, clubbing them right and left, soon putting them to flight. Three men were arrested on the spot, and three others subsequently. A few of the mob were wounded. The mill continued operations, none of the men being among the strikers. Ail is quiet to-night. News from the Arctic Seas. San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 6. —The Commercial News of to-morrow will publish the arrival off the coast this evening of the schooner James A. Garfield, twenty-six days from the Arctic, with news that the bark Napoleon of New Bed ford, has been crushed in the ice and twenty two lives lost, including that of W. Rogers, of New Bedford, first officer, and Thomas Pease, same place, third officer. The Gazelle, of San Francisco, was also crushed in tho ice, but the crew were saved. The steamer Baclent, also of this port, was stove in by ice, but has been sufficiently repaired to finish her cruise. The season was stormy and late, with an unusual quantity of ice The Barb Wire Syndicate. Chicago. Aug. G.—The National Barb Fence Company held a meeting hero’ to day ami ap pointed a committW of five to arrange anew price list, the same to be not less than 15 per cent. higher than the present schedule. All inanufactur-rs will he requested to close their factories until the new organization is completed and everything in working order. The amoust of cash stock to be used outs’de that hold by the manufacturies in the association is not to exceed $250,000. Another meeting will be neld soon to receive the report of the committee on prices. The Irish National League in America. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 6.—A call for a meeting of the national executive committee of the Irish National League of America, consisting of one delegate from each State and Territory, has been issued by President Egan, the meeting to con vena in Chicago on the morning of Aug. 15. The executive expects to be able to place before the meeting a communication from Parnell, stating his views on important Irish matters. Catholic Total Abstinence .Society. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 6 —The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America this afternoon elected tho following officers: President, Rev. James M. Cleary, Kenosha. Wis.; vicepresident, Rev. T. J. Conatha, Worcester, Ma<s.; treasurer. Rev. James D. Bowles. Fremont. O.; secretary, Phillip A Nolan, Philadelphia, Pa. The convention will probably meet at Notre Dame, Inu., next year. The Iron and Steel-Workers. Wheeling, W. Va., Aug G.—The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel-workers today referred to a committee the proposition to change the time for holding the annual conven tion on the first Tuesday in June, and to hold a scale convention at the same time, and to abandon the district convention. The committee reported favorably. Action on the report was deferred. Steamship News. New York, Aug. G.— Arrived: Rhein, from Bremen. Plymouth, Aug. G.—Arrived: Tha Bohemia, from New York, for Hamburg, London, Aug. G. —Passed the Scilly islands: Assyrian Monarch, from New York, for this port. FAMOUS FUNERALS. Magnificent Pageants in Honor of Departed Heroes. Boston Advertiser. To a philosopher, of course, the disposition of the lifeless human body s* ms a matter of small moment, but to the great body of the people the funeral rites and last resting place of one of its great heroes are matters of keenest interest. In view of the approaching obsequies of our own great national hero, it will be interesting to recall the honors paid after death to the remains of some of the great captains of history. Two long years were consumed in the formidable preparations for the funeral of Alexander the Great. Dying at Babylon, he directed that his body, which was immediatdly embalmed with elaborate care by Egyptian and Chaldean adepts, should be deposited in the Temple of Jupiter on an Egyptian oasis. Undeterred by the enormous distance, the procession set forth, an army of workmen having been sent forward to repair the roads and bridges. The funeral car v\as drawn by sixty four mules, chosen for their strength and size, splendidly caparisoned. The car itself was of surpassing magnificence, the spokes and naves of the wheels and ends of the axles being covered with gold, the platform upholding a royal pavilion incrusted with gems, supporting a throne and a coffin, the latter of solid gold and filled with costly spices. But the body never reached its destination. Ptolemy arrested its progress and buried it at Alexandria, which city may be said to have itself proved the enduring monument of the conqueror. Very different was the funeral of Julius Ciesar. The circumstances of his death were so tragic, and such enormous crowds gathered to the ceremony that they could not be formed into a procession, and the different classes of people were accordingly asked to come together under their appropriate insignia in the Field of Mars. The body of the great Roman was exposed, lying upon a gilded bed. covered with scarlet and cloth ot gold, and placed under a magnificent canopy in the form of a temple. After tho funeral ceremonies were over a question arose where they should burn the body. Some suggested a temple on Capitoline Hill; others suggested the Senate house where lie had fallen. The Senate, less willing to pay him extraordinary honors, proposed a more retired spot. The discussion was fast becoming a dispute, when two soldiers, with drawn swords and blazing torches in their hands, forced their way through the crowd and sot fire to the bed. In a moment there was the wildest excitement. Tho multitude fell to work directly building the funeral pyre upon the spot. First they brought fagots and then benches from tho neighboring porticos, and next any combustible material they could find, and at length, as the excitement grew, the soldiers threw in their arms, the musicians their instruments, while others stripped down and threw upou the flames the trappings of the funerai procession, fierce was the fire that it spread to the neighboring houses, and was only w ith thegreatestdilliculty extinguished. Asa fitting monument, the people erected to tho “Mighty Julius” a lofty column surmounted by a star. Coining down to modern times, the accounts of the obsequies of the “Iron Duke,’’ perhaps the greatest ever known in England, and the second funeral of Napoleon must still be borne freshly in mind by many of the veterans of to day. The Duke of Wellington, after lying in state five days at Chelsea Hospital, wau borne to his last

resting place in St. Paul’s on a car drawn by twelve horses, accompanied by a vast military and civic concourse, the latter including Prince Albert, both houses of Parliament, judges, nobles, public bodies, tho mourning coaches of the and royal family, aud an innumerable tliroug of the people. Napoleon’s funeral, as a parade, remains unparalleled in our time. The cherished remains of their hero, having been received by the French from the English nineteen years after his death, it was not so much a funeral as a vast triumphal procession that followed, during which all I ranee resounded with booming cannon, tolling hells and strains of martial music, while the excited people lined tha banks of the Seine ami tilled the air with frenzied shouts and cries and sobs of joy and gratuiation. The resources of funeral art were exhausted upon the pageant, and the imagination is unable to distinguish the details of a procession in which the catafalque, the central object of interest, was borne on a moving mound of gold and velvet drawn by sixteen black horses, and guarded and escorted, it is said, by an army of 150,000 soldiers. Compare with these splendors the quiet and simple funeral rites of our own Washington, so befitting republican simplicity and the character of him who was, nevertheless, “first in the hearts of tiis countrymen.” A gathering of the dignitaries of the neighboring towns of Alexandria, with tho militia and Freemasons, his friends and neighbors, his own war-horse, duly caparisoned, led in the midst, one vessel in the river hard by firing minute guns, and the whole procession confined to his own private grounds, where his tomb was made and still is. AN UNCONSCIOI S BIGAMIST. Story of a Man Who Lost Ilis Memory Through an Accident. Denver News. The following remarkable story was told to % News reporter yesterday by tho hero or victim of the strange circumstances which befell him. His story was as follows: “I was a building contractor in St. Louis for a number of years, was doing a thriving business .and making considerable money. 1 bad a comfortable home rear tho outskirts of the city, and a dear little wifo and one child, and was as happy and contented as a man could be who had everything one could want in this world. The chain of events which altered all this was the most peculiar, and I doubt whether you have ever heard of anything so strange. One day, while upon the scaffolding of a building I was erecting a heavy storm of wind arose, and before I could descend some of the supports gave way, and I was precipitated to tho ground, a distance of forty feet, strikit.gr upon my head. For a long time everything was a blank. From what 1 have since learned, however, it seems that I hovered for weeks between life and death, and when I finally recovered from the physical injuries I had received, my mind was entirely gone. At times I was so violent that it became necessary to place me in an asylum. How or when I escaped from the institution I do not know, but escape 1 did, taking a western-bound train and coining to Denver.' Here 1 secured employment, aud worked along quietly for some months, apparently as sane as ever, but, strange to say, iny memory was entirely gone and the past was all a blank. The loving wife and child, the beautiful home and friends, all were as if they* had never existed. It was perhaps three months after my arrival that 1 became acquainted w’ith a young lady living on California street, rear Fifteenth. In a short time we were engaged, and the wedding followed soon after The very night of the wedding, however, while walking on Fifteenth street, I was felled by a blow on the bead from a footpad and was carried home insensible. “It was some days before I recovered, when, strange to say, the memory of my old and other life returned. Oh, the horror and agony of the moment! I had deserted a good wife—innocently, it is true—and had unwittingly committed bigamy. It was some time before I dared to face my second wifo and tell her the truth, and was at times tempted to adopt the cowardly expedient of silence, and endeavor to forget those to whom I was rightfully bound i>y every* tie of duty and love. I fought off the horrible temptation, however, and summoned up courage to see the woman I had so unintentionally wronged. She came into the room where I was lying, and I shall never forget the painful scene that ensued. ‘Of Charles!’ she said, coming up as it to caress mo. Then followed a look of wounded love and pride as I turned away coldly*, with a guilty feeling mixed largely with fear. 'Am I not your wife'?’ she pleaded in piteous tones. ‘Why do you treat me so?’ “Finally I told her the whole dreadful story. With blanched face and staring eyes she sat like a statue through it all, and then giving one mighty shriek, fell to the floor in a swoon. The r ext day she left the city, and, in spite of every effort to find her whereabouts for a week, I was compelled to abandon the search. I have written home to St. Louis and shall leave Denver to-night. It will be as if I had arisen from tho dead when my dear ones see me.’’ The Government Bee Bureau. Philadelphia Times. It is quite time to recognize the principle that what can bo done by private or associated enterprise as well as by the government should be left to the former. Tho subject of bee culture can be unraveled and discussed to the full by agricultural journals and scientific institutions, and those who want the facts collected can pay for the collecting. The fabric of our government will not totter to its foundations if the Department of Agriculture lots bee culture alone and hunts up some other excuse tor prolonging its existence. The Freedom of the Uulpit. Philadelphia Record Rev. Sam Jones failed as a lawyer. Tho rules of court do not. permit the prancing around that is readily excused in the pulpit. A parson may lav about him w ith promiscuous inculpation in the church which he would be unceremoniously kuocked down for outside the church. There is no man who enjoys so large a liberty of objurgation as the pulpit orator. During the season of heat and biting insects it is humane, as well as profitable, to furnish farm animals protection against both when not grazing. Fairly dark sheds will do this. A M ill iTobated. The will of Granderson Guthrie was yesterday probated. It gives all of bis property to hi*! widow for her own use and benefit during her life. After that the property goes to tho children. Francis M. Hollingsworth qualified aa of the will. The property consists of small personalty but considerable real estate. Injured by s Falling Bridge. George Clarke, an unmarried colored man, while yesterday working or. the State ditch, had his scull fractured by a piece of timber falling from the bridge at tho Delaware street ciossing. He was taken to the City Hospital. Ho will probably recover, although ho is dangerously hurt. Most perfect made Prepared by a physician with special regard to health. No Ammonia, Lima or Alum. PRICE CAKING POWDER C 0 CHICAGO. ISOLD UM.V IH U.'iS.J bi\ LOUIft