Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 June 1882 — Page 1

14 'Mi' v INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1882. YOL. XXX. NO. 21. WHOLE NO. 1623

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WASHINGTON.

The Adjournment of CongTess Really ot Fixed Upon. Washington, June 2G. Although the House adopted Mr, Kelley's joint resoluion fixing July 10 as the day of adjournment, there 13 necessarily no day fixed upon which Congress will adjourn. The Senate mnst agree to the jointresolution, and even then there is no assurance that the adjournment will be made on the day stated, as this is the third time the adjourn, merit has been fixed upon at this session and the resolution of yesterday is nothing more than a substitute. Un December 19 a resolution was passed namitg May 22, 182, as the day for adjournment On Arril 91 nitlipr rpsnl ntinn. rnn-

) earring in the first, was passed- and now

comes the last one. Many members have safd that they cannot see how a day for adjournment can be set until all the appropria

tion bills are passed by both rebranches of Congress, as there is so much

business to dispose of in the meantime that everything i3 now at sea. It is not believed that the Senate will take action on the Kelley resolution until certain measures, which will occupy considerable time, are disposed of. So, while a day has been designated, there is no especial reason to oelieve that Congress will adjourn July 10. Workmen have been busy in the Senate Chamber to-day completing the laying of carpets and arranging for the comfort of the Senators during the heated term, which fact does net argue an adjourn ment very soon, nor augur a concurrence in the ioint resolution passed by the House yesterday. Expenses In Contested Elections. A report has been made by the Election Committee cf the House of the claims filed in contested elections before the Committee, which have not been referred to the proper Committee. When claims for allowance of expenses are filed before the Elections Committee they are in the form of accounts with the United States, and eo to the Committee on Accounts until the Congress from which they arose expires, when they are again referred from the Com mittee cn Elections to the Committee on Claims and assume the form of claims hen the Committee on Accounts or Claims pass upon the accounts or claims they are reported to the House, from whence they go to the Committee on Appropria tions lor final action incorporation in ap propriations. The report just made by the Committee on Elections refers only to those going to the Committee on Claims, they all growing out of former Congresses, as follows: From the Fortieth Congress, one claim; Forty-first, Itwo; Forty-second, one; Forty-third, three; ( Forty-fourth, three; Forty-fifth, eight; For I ty fixtn congress, three claims, mating in all twenty-one claims, aggrei ating $(J7,CJO.G7. I These are the old, doubtful cases. There is 1 no telling how many thousands of dollars I have been allowed as current accounts on other cases growing out of these Congresses. TVi a nrioo rnontirinoil nrn fiirrmlir th nnttled balances. In the report of the Committee on Elec tions is this paragraph: "Hon. Geroge W. Julian amount of claim, $3.054. This claim arose in the Forty-first Congress in a contest with John S. Heid. It is claimed that nothing was at lowed on account of expenses, and that under the practice and rules of the House a snm should be allowed on account of ex penses incurred in tbat contest commen surate with the amount expended.' The Committee on Elections, from the meager investigation made, believe there ought to be made an allowance in full for all such expenditures, and recommend $2,000 be allowed said George W. Julian, in full payment of such expenses " This is merely the recommendation of the Committee on Elections to tlie Committee on Claims, and is not a final decision on the Julian claim, but it is more than likely the amount recommended will be reported by the latter Committee. Another item in the report of interest to 1 Indiana: "James McCabe amount of claim, tow, 01 wnicn me report says xae committee on Elections of the Forty-sixth Congress recommended the allowance of $000, but it appears the same was not paid. Of the John Enos Neff claim, of which these dispatches have heretofore spoken, the Committee on Elections, in asking reference to the Committee on Claims, says: "Claim is for expense? of contest, $3.343.50, and for salary from March 4, 1373, to December , 1373, the date when contest was determined. This arises out of contest of John P. C. Shanks vs. John E. Neff for seat from Ninth Indiana District in Fortythird Congress. In this case the seat.was awarded to Shanks." It will be remembered that this contest was field during the salary-grab year, and Mr. NefFs salary would reach about $0,000 for the fractional year, which increases the claim to about $9,300. What the Committee on Claims will recommend, and when the report containing the recommendation will be rendered, are uncertainties beyond anticipation. Republican Legislation In Favor of Capital. That class of individuals who favor the abolition of National Banks and the payment of the Government debt will not find any consolation in the Utterances of Republican Representatives during the debate on Mr. Kelley's bill revising the revenues. Several times these members have stated that the revenues derived from the revenue taxes are growing so enormously large that oar surplus in the Treasury is becoming al most alarmingly corpulent, and it is believed that the best way to distribute this surplus is by the abolition and revision of certain revenue Ux'fcj. Green backers declared that this sur plus should be applied to the payment of ihe public debt, which throws the Republi cans back on the protection of the National Banks by replying: "We can not pay the public debt without decreasing the amount jof outstanding bonds and contracting the capital of National Danks. The mediocrity will scarcely get any com fort either out of the Republican proposition to abolish taxation of money on deposit and the capital of National Banks a discrimination in favor of capital the argument being tnat if you want favor in legislation yon must have your money under a National Bank charter. The proposition to abolish the stamps on bank checks does not meet with much opposition. - ,Bepabllcaa Making a Political Job of the River and Harbor BUI. When all the amendments to the river and harbor bill are submitted in the Senate it will be one of the most complete pyramidical monuments of jobbery the country has eves seen. The fact of there being about f $2i)J,000,Ci00 surplus in the Treasury seems to

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prey upon the bonesty and sensibilities the Republicans. and if the present Congress had not brought to the surface every contrivance that ingenuity and desperation can conceive of to filch the Treasury, there is no such thing as job bery. The amendment now increases tne appro priations to near $23,000,000, and they are coming in very rapiaiy. it is uirecuy charged that the Republicans propose to load on enough jobs in the shape of small appropriations for insignificant n vers, canals, etc., to carry the doubtful Districts to thus Indirectly help themselves to office via the Treasury. It is calculated to carry through these jobs by attaching them to the meritorious appropriations. There is merit in about $7,000,000 of the appropriations those relating to the Mississippi and her tributaries, but there is a clear slide of jobs in those that will consume probably this much more ot the total amount. The Democrats of the House have discovered the scheme of the Republicans in tacking on these little riders, and the amendments will be refused by them. NEABXNG THE END. Guiteau At Last Seriously Considers His Case A Short Respite Asked Reed's Last Move. Washington, June 21. Guiteau was re ported by the Jail officials to-day as unusually serious and uncommunicative. No person was permitted to see him but bis spiritual adviser, who spent several hours with him. One of the officers remarked: "He has an anxious, haggard look. I think he begins to realize that he is doomed." Warden Crooker stated .the execution would be a private one, and only a few members of the press and Jail officials will be permitted to witness it. The gallows was erected some days ago in the east corridor of the north wing. Miss Chevallier, of Boston, Secretary of the National Society for the protection of the Insane, had a short interview with the President yesterday in reference to Guiteau's case, and arranged for an audience with the President to-morrow, when Dr. George M. Beard and others will advance arguments in favor of a short respite, in order to allow a proper Commission opportunity to fully investigate the question of Guiteau's insanity. Washington, June 21. Guiteau's counsel called at the Department of Justice to-day and had a long consultation with the Pardon Clerk. It is understood that he will ask the President to commute Guiteau's sentence to imprisonment for life. Reed has in his possession a preat mass of letters from prominent physicians throughout the country protesting aeainst the execution of Gui teau on the ground of insanity. These letters he proposes to file with tne President when he makes his application for a com mutation of the sentence. Rev. Mr. Hicks says Guiteau will never repent this side of the grave. A Delegation Waits Upon the President Urging Him to Orant a Respite. Washington, June 22. Miss Chevallier, of Boston, Secretary of the National Society for the Protection of the Insane, accompanied by Dr. George M. Beard, of New York; Dr. W. W. Gottling, Superintendent of the Government Hospital for the Insane, and Rev. W. W. Hicks, pastor of the Tabernacle, and who is now acting as Guiteau's spiritual adviser, had an interview with the President this afternoon by special appoint ment, and presented a petition praying for a reprieve in the case of Guiteau, and for the creation of a scientific commission to determine upon the sanity or insanity of tne condemned man. ice petition i signed by a number of medical experts. who state their conviction that uuitcau is insane, and urge the propriety of such com mission. The Committee are now, at 2 p. m., with the President, who was not able to receive them until a few minutes before 2. They waited in the President's library from about noon. Drs. Beard nd Golding advanced arguments in support of the petition. One of the points made by Dr. Beard was that Guiteau really had no trial, the so-called trial being merely an exhibition. He said it was the strongest case of insanity ever before a Court, and was l03t only through the incempetency of Seovill, which was as phenomenal as the insanity of his client. The President listened patiently, and taking the papers said they would be considered. They will be referred to the Attorney General for report. All other papers previously received bearing on this case have been siniiliarly referred. Gniteau Will Hang; on Jane 30, According to Programme Executive Clemency Refused. Washington, June 24. The Cabinet baa decided not to Interfere with the sentence of Guiteau, and the Attorney General this morning instructed th Marshal of the District and the Warden of the Jail to keep the prisoner in clote confinement and allow no one to tee him except his spiritual advisers, his physicians and officers of the Jail. The Attorney General, to whom all the appeals and petitions presented to tbe President bearing on the Guiteau case had been referred, submitted an elaborate report to the Cabinet last evening, revlen in; all the points presented in favor of a respite, on the ground that the sanity of the prisoner had not been fully established at the trial. The report was generally discussed and unanimously approved by the Cabinet, all the members of which were present. An understanding was reached that nothing should be disclosed as to the decision of the Cabinet until alter it should be made known to the prisoner. Rev. Mr. Hicks called upon the Attorney General this morning, by appointment, and was Informed that the Cabinet had decided not to Interfere with the execution of Guiteau's sentence. Hicks thereupon drove to the District Jail and Infomed Guiteau of tne decision. Guiteau has sent the following message to his spiritual adviser: "Kev. Mr. Hicks: "Go and see Arthur and shake your fist la his face. Tell him 1 made him President by my Inspiration, and he mnst Rive me an unconditional pardon; and If he does not God Almighty will blast him forever. I tell you. Brother Hicks, 1 am God's man. and God takes care of His own." Friends of the condemned man still profess hope. Keed says he does not despair and he will make another appeal to the President at the earliest opportunity. Dr. Beard left here for New York last evening, but is expected to return. Miss Chevallier will have a conference with Dr. Gooding and Rev. Mr. Hicks, this evening, to determine upon their future action with a view to obtaining stay of the execution. Guiteau said this morning to the guard at his cell door that he was prepared to go, and would just si leave be hung to-day as to wait till Friday. At this time the news of the adverse 'iecMoo on the petition for a respite had not n ached the Jail, but he did not seem to be in any way interested lu the result. Rev. Dr. Hicks called about 11:30 and remained an hour. He informed Guiteau of the result of the efforts In his behalf. This announcement did not seem to have a depressing e fleet upon him, and he talked as cheerfully as ever. He expressed some feeling because the President had referred the subject of bis respite to the Attorney General, saing President Arthur should have taken the responsibility himself; that he (the prisoner) had not appealed to the Cabinet, but to the President, and as hit act had made him such it was the least the President could do to respite him for a short time till the case could be heard in the Supreme Court of the United States. He then repeated that he was God's man and was in God's hands. Dr. Hicks, who will be at his side when he la hanged, said he would die for his Inspiration, feeling that God wouM Justify him In the other world. He bad now no personal la terest In the matter, but be felt for the Nation which would suffer In the event of his belie hanged. The windows on the wet tide of the south wing of the Jail in which Guiteau's cell is located has beea curtained to shut out the light. This morning the rope which is to be used in the execution was put op for the occasion. It Is a fine piece of

maoflla, originally seven-eights size, which has been stretched until It Is now but three-fourths size, and is forty-six feet long. After havlivg been Had out the ends were nrmly bound with twine and knotted. At the same time tbe pinioning cords of stout cotton twine were prepared. There are four in number to tie the arms and

hands beaind the back, and are three or lour leet. respectively. The only preparation was cutting the cord In proper lengths and carefully wrapping the ends. The death warrant has been prepared by the Ierty Clerk of the Court, and will be signed Monday and sent to Warden Crocker. The time designed for the execution is between the hours of noon and 2 p. m., June SO, lasi Rev. Mr. Hicks Frotests Against the Re moval of Guiteau Tbe Death Warrant Signed. Washington, June 25. The Star publishes the following: "Rev. Dr. Hicks, of the Tabernacle, prefaced his sermon by asking the prayers of his congregation for Chas. J. Guiteau, 'who will.as I believe, be hanged next Friday. Pray that his mind may be spiritually and truly illuminated, that God may have mercy upon him.' The Doctor added that he desired here and now to enter his solemn and earnest protest against the blood-thirsty, vindicitive.f.endish spirit that seems to have taken possession of so large a portion of the people of the country. lie denounced this almost national clamor for Guiteau's blood as being not only unchristian but hekthenish and inhuman. It is murder under the cover and protection of the law. Guiteau's death warrant was signed by Clerk Meigs, of the Criminal Court, this morning, the seal of the Court attached, and the document forwared to Warjen Crocker at the District Jail. Tbe warrant is as follows: In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, May Ivsi. United States against Charles J. Guiteau No. 11,056 Murder The Presidentof the United States. To the Warden of the United States Jail of the District of Columbia, greeting: Whereas, Charles J. Guiteau has been Indicted of felony and murder by him done and committed, and has been therefore arraigned, and upon such arra!gnment has pleaded not gnilty, and has been lawfully convicted thereof; and whereas, judgment of said Court has been given that the said Charles J. Guiteau shall be hanged by the neck until he be dead: therefore, you are hereby commanded that upon Friday, tne 30th day of June, in the year of our Lord 182 (A. D. 1SS2) between the hours of 12 o'clock meridian and 2 o'clock post meridian of the same day, him, the said Charles S. Guiteau, now in your custody in the Common Jail of the District of Columbia, you convey to the place prepared for his execution, within the wa'ls of the said Jail of the District of Columbia, and that you cause execution to be done upon the said Charles J. Guiteau. lu your custody so being, in all things according to said judgment, and this you are by no means to omit at your peril; and do you return this writ into the Clerk's office of said Court, so indorsed as to show how you have obeyed the same. Witness: D. K. Cartter. Chief Justice of said Court. Guiteau said to Dr. Hicks: "Do not go to President Arthur any more. Let him come to you. I have nothing more to ask of him. If he has irrevocably decided, I appeal to a higher Court. God will judge between him and me." Three suspicious looking persons called at the Jail last night. They were very anxious to be admitted. Dr. 0. P. Hathaway, of Chicago, writes Miss Chevallier, strongly approving her efforts to secure a reprieve. THE STAR KÜLTES. Fine Against Sub-Contractors Remitted and Retained, by Dorsey. Washington, June 2G. In the Star Route trials to-day Mr. Ingersoll resumed the crossexamination of sub-Contractor Anthony Jasysh. Several letters from the sub-con tractor to Dorsey were read. Nearly all were appeals to have the service increased to six trips per week. The weight of the mails is represented as excessive, and the condition of tbe roada as extremely bad. He also complained he wa-t compelled to carry the accumulated mail of several other snow-bound routes without extra compensation. Pedro Jaramillo, a Mexican sub-contractor, testified he had made a contract with John W. Dorsey in the latter part of the year 1879, to carry the mail on the route from Ojocaliente to Barrot City. Owing to the excessive weight of mail he had often failed to make trips on schedule time of fifty hours. The enow at times was np to his breast on portions of the route. His fines in one quarter amounted to over $400. For the quarter ending June, 1880, he had not received one cent for compensation. He paid $500 to get a release from the contract. The Court Let me understand you. Did vou carry the mail for nothing, and pay $000 in addition? Witness Yes, sir. Totten objected. The evidence was irrelevent, because these matters referred to a turnpike business agreement between John w. Dorsey and witness. Bliss replied he wished to show $1,000 of $25,000 fines imposed for the two last quarters Of 1880 had been remitted by the Department, and that the sum remitted had been kept by Dorsey. After some further argument the Court said inasmuch as the evidence might tend to show the expeditions ordered were shams and the fines were remitted in tbe interest of the ring he would admit it. Mr. Bliss read a number of orders for fines and remissions, and a discussion sprang up as to the necessity for their introduction. Judge Wyne said: "The indictment charges a number of contractors in the city of Washington banded together to secure unnecessary expedition on certain routes. That expedition was ordered, and when shown to be impossible the sub-contractor was forced into utter ruin and his fines sub sequently remitted. If it be the case that these men were in combination to have the expedition ordered where impossible. and have the loss thrown on the sub-con tractor, then securing the remissions and pocketing them, the papers are good evi dence in the case. The necessity forreadins all these loose papers does not, however, appear." Mr. Ingersoll asserted nothing of the kind had yet been shown by the testimony. The Court decided to admit only those papers which were directly applicable to Ihe route under discussion. Mr. Bliss then read indorsements upon orders. "Deep snow," "No forage obtaina ble," "No tra'l broken," "Stock gone out," were the reasons usually assigned for failure. Judge Wylie remarked that, in his opinion, all of the fines should have been remitted. He had strong doubts as to the competency of this kind of evidence, or whether it was necessary to spend time upon it. He thought the prosecution should go back of orders and show expedition had been ordered by Brady, knowing it to be impossible. He therefore decided the papers not competent evidence. Postmaster True, of Animas City, in his testimony said matters had somewhat improved, for, when a courier failed to come m, the citizens clubbed together and employed men to go out and bring in the mail on Bnowvhoea. Adjournment. ' Washington, June 23. Leading Repub licans in conference to consider the question of adjournment sine die decided that the business of the House could be disposed of by the 10th of July, and that the House could be ready to adjourn by that day if it is fixed upon, provided the Senate gets through with its work. It was the sentiment of the conference that there would be no necessity for Congress to remain in session beyond the 15th proximo at the latest.

BLOWN TO riECES.

The Town of Emmettsburg, Iowa, Wrecked by a Tornado, and 100 People Killed. Des Moines, Iowa, June 24. A dispatch just received by the Register from Ft. Dodge says tbat the M. and St. L. dispatcher says tbe town of Emmettsburg, the County seat of Joloalto County, was blown to pieces this xaorolng by a tornado, and over 100 people killed. Tbe Illinois Central and Chicago and Western trains were blown from the tracks. The Milwaukee and St. Louis Koad was wrecked by a washout north of Forest City, and there ' is reported that three or fcrnr more towns In the locality were blown to pieces. The wires north ot here are ill de wn aad It is impossible to get more news. Yankton, June 24. There was a violent wind storm at 5 this morning. The Pres office was partially unroofed. A dozen ,or two chimneys were blown down around town and tiiras scattered in all directions, and great many hhade trees destroyed. Several wind mills were demolished. Chicago. June 24. The Des Moines Agent of the Associated Press telegraphs as follows: "We nre not able a yet to set any news of tne reported disaster at Emmettsburg. as the wires are so badly down, and Emmettsburg U naturally somewhat Isolated, but f have telegraphed every point near the place to give full details." Kockkof.d, 111., June 24. A terrible hail storm and tornado visited this place to-day, doing great damage to crt ps and fruits. A ST.CÜÜ cherry crop was totally destroyed. Cornfields in the course are entirely ruined. Hail stones fell as large as hen's eegs. Windows were broken from nearly every building in the vicinity. No lives lost. Reports of Destructive Storms In tbe Northwest and East. . Minneapolis, Juno 21. The rain storm last night was the hoaviest ever known at Owattoma and other points along the line of the Winona ' aud St. Pierre Road. A Tribune special shows great damage to crops, destruction of buildings and washing away farm machinery. An accommodation train bound west on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Bail way, struck a washout culvert near Owattoma, Minn., at 3 o'clock a. m. The engine and three freight cars were wrecked. ; The engineer, named Musser, was smashed ' to a jelly under the locomotive. The fireman was seriously injured. No passengers were hurt. The river rose twelve inches in five hours at Owattoma. At Hooper's on the C, St. P., M. and O. Railroad, eighteen frei ht cars were wrecked by the storm. The depot was blown down. The telegraph lines arc down for a mile. , The storm extended several hundred miles from Dakota across Southern Minnesota. Dcbcqce, June 21. Reports of the cyclone at Emmettsburg. Iowa, telegraphed to Fort Dodge this afternoon prove to be greatly exaggerated. It was a severe storm, and four or rive buildings blown down, but no one killed. Siocx City. June 24. A cyclone hurricane struck Hoopersville. fifty milej northeast of Sioux City, at Go'clock this morning, and destroyed the Presbyterian Church, school house, a carpenter shop and twentyfive residences and barns in Hoopersville and immediate vicinity. The hurricane lasted only fifteen minutes. Henry Gault, a farmer, was fatally injured. The course of the hurricane appeared to be from West to Eist, and it swept a path from about five to fifteen miles wide. A report came to Sanborn Station on the St Paul and Milwaukee Road, twenty miles northeast of Hooper's, that Primgar was wrecked by a storm and six people injured. Primgar is eight miles south of Sanborn and the County-seat of O'Brien County. It as about 300 people. Surgeons: from Sanborn have gone to Pnmgar. A farmer came to Spencer, a station twenty miles east of Sanborn, with a report that in his neighborhood six were killed and forty injured. It is be lieved at Spencer that lorty dwellings had been blown down in that County (Clay). These points come by the courtesy of train dispatcher. Every effort has been made to get something definite, but the wires aloffg that road were down early in the day and were working badly. Thenton. X. J., June 2o. This city was visited this evening by a terrible wind, hail and .. thunder storm. The Globe Rubber Company's building, Titus Woolen Mill and a number of dwellings were unroofed. In the Northwest of a Very Damaging Char acter, Ueaaltlng In Great Loss of. Property. Minneapolis, Minn., June 26. The Trib unes advices snow tne storm or iriuay night extended over Minnesota, Northern Iowa and "Western Wisconsin. At all points the rain came down in torrents. At Ellenton, Dakota Territory, several small houses were demolished, and passengers and freight cars at the depot overturned. Throughout Southern Minnesota streams rose suddenly overrun their banks, swept away considera ble stock, and did other damage. Growing gram in some places was leveled to tne ground, but not seriously damaged. There are reports of losses of life in interior points in Southeastern Dakota and Southwest Minnesota, but nothing reliable. Chicago. June 20. The cyclonic storms. which have for the past two days traversed and desolated this section, seemed to have followed no particular course, but to have dipped down here and there at points as widelv separated as cities in iNebraska and Michigan, and as Dakota Territory and Southern Indiana, while the ravages in Iowa have been the most serious to life and property. The aggregate losses in other Iarts of the territory are very heavy.. Among tne casual i ties wnicn nave not been. already mentioned the following may be given as indicating the general character and violence of the elements: At Osceola, Iowa, yesterday, Adam Miller and Wm. Lome were killed by lightning. A severe rain and wind storm visited Albia yesterday evening, with accompanying hard thunder and lightning. Trees snapped off like pipe stems and many pranks were played by the wind, but no loss of life resulted, lne storm appeared like a cyclone. Trains are detained in tne reeion ot jnicGregor, Iowa, by disasters to the tracks and bridges. Much damage was done Saturday in the neghbornood ot bioux Kapids and Matiorn, in the northwestern part -of Iowa, between Morrison and Round Grove, 111. Two thousand six hundred feet of the Chicago and Northwestern track was washed away. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy suffered even worse west of Mendota. In Nebraska yesterday morning a terrific storm gathered In Butler County, swept southwest through Saunders, Lancester, Cassaloe and Nekama Counties, doing the greatest damage in a belt twenty-five miles wide between adoo and eston. Corn was ' badly beaten , down in the southern part of Saunders County and small grain utterly ruined. Two houses were blown down in Wahoo; a twostory barn was carried fifty feet though the air. A herd of 125 ponies were swept by the storm eight miles southward over nills and through wire ferices. Not a pane of g:ass was left in the windows facing the west. The school house at Clear Creek was completely wrecked. One man was killed and five in jured near Talmadge on the Missouri Pacific while seeking shelter rnder a ireignt car, which was hurled a gains! them. Corn will be put back two or three weeks. A number of cattle were carried down stream and drowned. Near Lanesboro,

Minn., the roada were stripped ot bridges and made inaccessible, and the crops damaged somewhat, and hay most severely. One man was drowned in Udolph, Minn., while rescuing stock from the Moods. There was a tornado at Marysville. Kas., yesterday morning, and one also reported at Kerwein. Ditroit, Midi, June 21 A terrible gale of wind passed through Brighton Township, Livingstone County, Saturday afternoon about 5 o'clock, doing a great deal of harm in the southeast part of town, destroying fences, outhouses, crops and fruit trees. At W. H. Segar's place a barn was destroyed and the bouse unroofed. In the barn were four children and two horses. The latter were badly injured and tbe cniWren severely bruised, one being insensible for some time. At other places more or less damage was done to cattle. At the village of Brighton L. C. P-att's barn and woodshed were demolished, and C. Morgan's house unroofed. The track of the storm was about 100 rods wide. Fithian, 111., June 2a This place was visited laat evening by a brief but terrific wind storm, moving houses from their foundations, demolishing chimneys, stables, fencing and shade trees. It blew a horse and buggy against the public well, ruining tne buggy, hurting the horse, and worst of all the owner. George Jenkins, in trying to disengage the horse, was struck in the stomach and seriously, though it is hoped not fatally injured. " Milwackee, June 20. The heavy rains and terrible storms of last Saturday are just reported to have caused much damage in crops iu the valleys of the Mississippi and Wisconsin Rivers, in the vicinity of Prairie Du Chien, Wis. A special states that farms in the vicinity are covered with a j oating of clay washed down from the hills to a depth ranging from oue to three feet. Side hill farms have crops that are completely ruined. Lincoln, Neb., June 2G. Three or four violent storms jsed over this section about the same ht ur Sunday morning, doing serious damages to the crops over a limited area. The air is filled with a thousand wild rumors. Four men are reported killed at Wahoo. Loss of lives is reported at other points. Rising City was damaged $2,000. The crops are entirely destroyed in a strip five miles wide across Butler County. A woman had her leg broken, and four houses were blown to pieces at Rising, and hardly a window is left in the town. One mass of ice crashed through a house and fioor which weighed twenty-seven pounds. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

A Worktraln on the Manitoba Line Wrecked and Seven Persons Killed. ct. pacl, June 24. An accident is re ported on the Manitoba Line, near Atwater, Minn., of a most serious character. The worktrain, consisting of the engine, caboose and twenty-two ordinary flat cars, such as are used for hauling gravel, eigh teen miles an hour, less than is allowed working trains, was backing toward the gravel pit, at Atwater, for a new load. Without any cause the engine and tender, caboose and five fiat cars jumped the track, and, turning on the embankment tweive feet high, tumbled into a tea-foot pool of water, when an indescribable scene of con fusion ensued: ihe following are tne casualties so far as is known, although great difficulty was experienced in securing names, the workmen being Swedes and Norwegians: the killed. George Fiord, engineer. J. O. Dahl. Andrew Johnson. " S. Thompson. Torson Berkland. Christ Stifle. John Holland. Injured James Wilson. C. Santberg. right side bruised ;H. Stausen, badly bruised in back; Peter Rusmusson, right ami broken and internal injuries; the fireman, whose name is unknown, had both arms broken and amputated. The Company is sending out a relief train, and is taking the wounded to Witmar and giving them every attention. It is believed there are others under the cars in the pool, and workmen are at the wreck searching for the bodies. Sale of Short Boras. Locisville, June 25. The annual series of Short Horn sales was begun Saturday at Woodlawn farm, the property of A. J. Alex ander, near Spring btation, K y. Tbe first animal brought to the stand was a magnificant Thorndale Rose, an imported roan cow, by the Sixth Duke of Oneida, dam by Third Duke of Geneva. Bidding at once began spirited. From the first bid at $1,000 it quickly rose to $5,000, and was knocked down to A. J. Alexander for $.5.000. A red cow calf of tbe same cow, by Grand Duke the Thirtieth, sold immediately after for $2,025. The nett was another Korndale Hose, selling to Alexander for $1.000. The next three were Heyden Roses, selling to the same party for $1,800, $725 and $900 respectively. These were followed by Roses of Sharon, bringing $425. $525, $700, 710, $400, $425, $625, $550, $315 and $530. No. 13 of catalogue, thirtieth Duke of Airdrie, 7,45", excited lively competition, being of tbe celebrated Ducbess family and topped by 7th Duke of Oneida, Royal Oxford and other noted sires. It was soli for $1,125 to J. G. Duncan, of Missouri. After a number of marts, fillies and others were disposed of at prices from $100 to $300. a handsome red bull, tbe thirty-third Duke of Airdrie, imported, of the Duchess strain, topped by the second Duke of Barrington, twenty-fourth Duke cf Airdrie, and sixtieth Duke of Thorndall, was brought forward and after a lively contest was awarded toT. W. Harvey, of Chicago, for $2,000. . Another Of the same family sold at once after for $3,700. Another imported bull, "Viscount Oxford 5," sold to Palmer & Bowman, of Virginia, for $1,025. Several of the Minna family sold realized $300, $365, $300 and $310. Three Miss Balys were for $500, $500 and $300 respectively. The Miss Wyhes were not in very mucb demand, but sold from $100 to $300. Two Vellums completed the sale, telling for $90 and $235, the offerings aggregating $36,530. The bulls average $1,373. and the cows $397. Curtis' Keply to Oubbell. New Yobk, June 25. George William Curtis, in reply to the recent letter of Jay A. Hubbell, Chairman and Treasurer of the Republican Congressional Committee, says: i.T . i l . j i .i. i : . : t tnuouDlvuiy lucre are legitimate pouuutu expenses lor every party, ana in a iree country everybody should be at liberty to aid or refuse to aid his partv, but public employes of the Government are usually selected in a way which practically de prives them oi the liberty of giving or withholding such aid at their pleasure. If a man knows he holds his place by a personal favor, he will naturally nropitiate that favor in order to retain bis place. It was the knowledge that the liberty of the officeholder in this matter is thus impaired which led Congress to pass the act of protection to which our circular refers. That act recognizes as universal, and experience and reason of a case show, that a Government employe whose family depends upon his wages, is not deluded by the phras 'voluntary contribution,' and fears

he can not refuse to pay without taking the

riSh. OI UlSmiS.tai. It is rofnuil inriMri would not be alleged as the reasnn hnt it would be the reason, and tn asv t an am. ploye, as tha circular of the Congressional Committee says, that his contribution will iu uts uojecieu to in an omciai quarter, is merelv to tiphtpn th xtpw it v.?rt n him that the demand is known and ap proved by those who can dismiss him. You assert your willingness to ask tbe President to ask the opinion of the Attorney General, but yoor circular has been sent to employes in the Attorney General's office, cod it distinctly assures them, by neceseary irsplicaiion, that the holder of the office does not object. If you read the papers carefully, you are aware of the very ge.-eral public condemnation of the practice of po tit ical assessments, and they are condemned for the r.ri such assessments are not what they pretend to be 'voluntary eonrrihnti ftTV. Ii TAH ask jue to contribute to your treasury, I am a prraie citizen, and 1 can give or ref ase without 8uffTine. but if vou and vour as sociates ask my neighbor, who is employe! in the Custom House, lor contribution, he feels he is in dinger if he declines. This is au infringement of the euai liberty of citizens, which makes this practice odious, while its- inevitable consequences make it threatening to the public welfare. The Association, of which I have the honor to be President, will spare no lawful effort to restore equal liberty to every citizen," THE STKIKK FROBLKM. Ilalf the Miners In the Clearfield Region Go Oat The Labor Issue at Otner Points. PaiLADXiPHiA, 'June 26. About half the miners in the Clearfield region are on a strike to-day, six mines being idle m the vicinity of Heutzdale and a few near Phil lipsburg. Complete suspension or resump tion of work, it is thought, will be decided on in a few days. The operators claim they are unable to advance wages on account of the decrease in prices of coal, which is almost fifteen cents per ton at the mines, and thirty to forty cents at tide water. Baltimgek, June 2aThe granite block street pavers employed by the city and those employed by contractors on city work struck to-day, the demand for increased wages being refused. They demand $4 per aay. Bostox, June 26. About 300 girls employed by the Columbia Rubber Company have struck against a reduction of wages. Nkwi5CR;h, N. 1., June 26. Freight handlers here, sympathizing with their fel-low-iaborers in New lork and Jersey City, reiused to unload six barges containing 1,-1X1 tons oi west-bound freight sent here by the trie for transportation to destina tion. JeeseyCity, June 26. Governor Ludlow to-day issued the following proclamation Having been by the proper authorities Informed oi ine danger oi tumult ana disturbance In the County of Hudson, I deem it advisable and prop er to notify all persons concerned that for the honor and prosperity of the State, the laws must be obeyed, and all unlawful force or violence must be prevented. The power vested in the civil authorities of tne several localiues is great. and must be used for the protection of persons ana properiy. t pon we locauues wui lall tue loss resultiuK from riotous actions, and nnon tbem is the burden of preserving the peace. The military power of the State will be promptly used to aid tbe local authorities la their efforts to preserve public peace and protect property. I give this timely nonce to avoid any misunderstanding, l leei too mucb confidence in the good sense, good judg xnentand good conduct of the people of the County of Hudsou to believe that resort to such extraordinary and harsh measures will be made necessary. Chancellor Itunyon to-day issued an order warning all persons from interfering with the Management or doing injury to the prop erty of the Central Kailroad, New Jersey, During the afternoon a delegation of 200 strikers attempted to visit the Erie yards and induce tne men to strike. Tney were ordered away by the police. An effort to prevent a freight train leaving Jersey City was also frustrated. It is -reported the coal heavers of the Morris Canal Company have struck for increaEed wages. The switchmen in the yards of four Companies demand tne restoration of 10 per cent, taken from the wages some years ago. The switchmen propose also to do no work until the freight handlers gain their point They held a meeting to-day, a number of speeches were mane call ing upon the switchmen to be firm as they were parctically masters of the 8itvation. One speaker said the switchmen were the - keystone of the strike, and without them the whole structure of the strike would fall to the ground. All men on the Weehawken branch of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railway have quit work. This will make necessary the shutting down of the large oil refineries at Weehawken. Cleveland, June 26. To-day a few stones were thrown at the Cleveland Holling Mill Company's rod mill, the first ripple of a disturbance in several days. Ilalf a dozen police were detailed to prevent a repetion, quiet prevailed. A large force of police still escort the non-union men to and from work, but the number of the detail for this purpose will probably be reduced half soon. The Frei cht Handlers Strike. Jersey City, June 24. The strike of the 'longshoremen and freight handlers is unchanged. The strikers are well behaved. The switchmen and brakemen employed at the Jersey City Yards of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railway, the Penn sylvania Central Railway, New Jersey and Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Companies to-day organized a protective union. At the meeting speeches were made and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed. Commitiees were appointed to wait on the men employed by the Trunk Lines. Resolutions were adopted calling upon the men to continue to manage the strike as they had done in the past. to consider themselves bound as good citi zens to keep order and prevent tbe least outbreak of lawlessness, which would do ' untold harm to those who are most concerned. A Committee was appointed to take charge of the door at meetings and refuse admittance to any person showing signs of excitement or intoxication. A call was issued for a meeting on Monday of switchmen and brakemen employed on the Jersey side of the river. The night switchmen and brakemen of the Central Railway, New Jersey, in Jersey City Yard, joined the strike last night and demanded uniform restoration of 10 per cent, taken off their wages a few years a?o. The men state the reduction was made to a chosen, few, lucky enough to have relatives in power or to have political influence. The abolition of all Sunday work is spoken of as next to be demanded by the men. The Storm at Muncle. Mr nci c, June 25. This evening, between 4 and 5 o'clock, one of the most frightful storms ever witnessed in this locality passed over the city. The warerooms of James Boyce were unroofed and buildings otherwise damaged. Loss between 3,000 to $4,000. Cole's circus tent, which was erected here, was literally torn to pieces and greatly damaged. ' Shade trees and chimneys were strewn over the streets. The house of George Hawk was struck by lightning, knocking the family senseless, with but litttle damage to the house. Farmers are greatly distressed. The 1 wheat, which ia nearly ripe, was blown down.

MEN OF THE HOUR. "Some mat ere born grr t. tome achieve areatw9 and tome hart grtalncfs ti.ut tijon ttem'Skak'

fefa MR. CHAS. H. REED, GUITEAC'S LAST LAWYER. By the sale of photographs and autographs Guiteau accumulated a couple of thousands of dollars, more money than he ever had before, and this enabled him to retain a lawyer of his choice. Mr. Reed enjoys a reputation for astuteness as a criminal "lawyer, but his selection to argue the finer points of law involved in the case before the Court in banc, and before Justice Bradley, must be regarded as another mistake on the part of the assassin. Mr. Reed is a resident of Chicago, where he was elected to the office of Prosecuting Attorney, and where he is deservedly held in high esteem. A TIDAL, WAVE. A Remarkable Wave Swept Over the Lake J Front at Cleveland. Cleveland, June 23. A remarkable tidal wave swept the lake front here at 6 o'clock this morning. The wave was about two miles wide and eleven feet higher than the surface of the lake. It came in the wake of a dense, angry-looking, black and gray cloud, which moved sullenly from the northward over the city. There was no wind nor rain at the lake shore, but a dash of rain fell in some parts of the city, and the wind blew fiercely south of town. Vessels parted their lines at the mouth of the river; piers and docks were submerged to the depth of four feet in some places; hundreds of fish were cast ashore; the fire was put out in the Lake Lrie Rolling Mill, on the beach west of the river; a scow, loaded with Band, lying at the break-water, was landed high and dry on the shore; a short stretch of railway near the Union Depot was ripped up; numerous switch shanties and small buildings were overturned or moved about. A tramp, sleeping upon top of a sewer where it empties into the lake, was drowned. One man, standing on the bank, was thrown down and washed againstthe wall of the Union Depot. Another, sitting in a switch house, was buried under the stove. Timber heads were torn out of two scows in the river. Iron rails, twentyeight feet long, piled near the Depot, were lifted up and scattered in confusion. Huze logs were washed ashore. Ihe Life Saving Station was badly wrecked, and much other damage done, , The wave lasted about one minute. Several parlies fishing in skiffs report a sudden rise in the waters and violent commotion like a whirlpool. The skiffs weathered the singular storm without accident. The damage to property on the shore is roughly estimated at $30,000. Steamboatmen who came in this morning report a squall and sudden movement of the water off this port, of which no particular notice was taken at the time. Signal Officer Newlin, who observed the tidal wave to-day, says at 6:10 a. m. he heard distant thunder to the northward over the lake, and, looking in that direction, saw a huge cloud like a thunder cloud, the lower part of which looked like a large, heavy curtain of hanging water, above it a contorted, angry-looking conglomeration of clouds, and north of it a large stratus cloud. It moved very rapidly, and at 6:20 the wave struck the shore. When first noticed the tidal wave was about a quarter of a mile from shore and appeared like a great green wall, ten feet high. The lake had been calm and this was the first disturbance of tbe surface. The wave swept along rapidly and silently until it reached shallow water, when it made a loud swishing noise and broke on the shoal with a great noise. The wave reached from north, northeast, to south, south. After it . struck shore two recoil waves followed close together. At 6:35, a quarter of an hour after the wave reached the shore a shower bepan, which lasted fifteen minutes, during wbich two hundredths of an inch of rain fell. No hard wind was perceivable here, though slight squalls on the lake are reported by incoming, vessels. Sergeant Newman says the cloud was an electric cloud, like ordinary thunder storms, except in its peculiarities as above described. Many of the phenomana are si rr pier to what would be expected to accompanya water spout, but no water spout formed, nor did a hard storm proceed nor follow as usual in cases of tidal waves. After a grand rushing of water, the lake relapsed in re pose, calm and unruffled, as if nothing unusual had happened. The wave was wider reaching than at first supposed. Word comes from havoc with there. Near Olenville that it played boats and boat houses the railway bridge over seventy-five feet Ion? and the river, a log three and a half in diameter was carried nearly 200 feet inland. Bofore the phenomena occurred the wind blew gently from the southeast and soon after the cloud passed returned to the same direction. The water in the lake was about two leet higher than the usual stage and the tidal wave at the lifesaving station reached eight feet and ten inches above water mark. The Egyptian Muddle. Alexandria, June 25. The Khedive has written Ragheb Pasha, President of the Counsel, recapitulating the recent event in Egypt, which the Khedive describes as de plorable, lie points out, notwithstanding his assurance, tbat foreigners contrive to abandon Egypt, that commercial aSairs are at a standstill, that specie is being hastily withdrawn, that there is a complete absence of credit and that enormous loss is thus caused to the country. He declares a strict, searching inquiry must be had, and he commands Ragheb Pasha to earnestly consider the best means of finding out the causes leading to the catastrophe in Alexandria, which, he says, might have been avoided by timely measures. He urges Ragheb Pasha to discover the names of the promoters of the riot and accomplices, with a view to their severe punishment. The Khedive says it is absolutely necessary that measures shall be taken tor the re-establishment of friendly relations between the natives and Europeans for the maintenance of order and for the resumption of business, on which the prosperity ot the country depends.