Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 50, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 August 1889 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER. C. DOAXK, Xuhlihtr.

JASl'KK. IK 1)1 AX A. The ampreia Conclave of the Knights t Sherwood Forest eoavened at MImuhpolte, Mian., on the UHii, with about fty delegate iresent. The Thirteenth regiment N. G. N. Y. 8. left Brooklyn, on the lSth, for a week' tour, going first to Cleveland, 0., aud thence to Hamilton, Out. Ilt'B Rkvaud's trial began at Purvis, Miss., a the 2Ut, but the eourt-room was almost deerted,the interest ia the prizelight oases having died out. Robert Makveu of Indianapolis, lad., utter a fast lasting sixty-seven days, died, oa the 30th. aged eighty-five years. Mr. Marvel ate his last meal Juue IS. Fred Gillam, while carrying the mail between Pearde aud K.len, La., on the Sfok, when about fourteen miles from Yazoo, was met by Henry Gordeu., who, after some aagry words, shot and killed Jhim. The town of Moscow, O.. on the north feank of Ohio river, twenty miles east of Cincinnati, U ander a reign of terror, resulting from the ravages of a dreadful epidemic of diphtheria of the most fatal ferai. The State Departmut has been notified that Dr. Horatio Guzman, the NtoaraKuan Minister at Washington will represent his government at the International American Congress to be held next October. The sentence of Commander Harrington to two years suspension for running the Constellation ashore, had not, up to the BKh, been acted upon by the Navy Department, despite all reports to the contrary. The proposed WorldN Exposition in commemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America is already attracting considerable attention on the part of the English press and that of the continent. The effort to eutoree the Sunday law -as reasonably successful in Indianapolis, Ind., on the 18th. Several of the saloon men undertook to defy the officers, but fire of them were arrested, and the others then closed up. The Attorney -General as expressed . Aivinn that Cantata Duvertze. who is under sentence In Madagascar for killing' a UBlinl !M8lS tumivi i - ideally free if brought to this country to serve out Ids sentence. Pkeswemt Harkiso.v received a hearty welcome to hi old home on the occasion of his return to Indianapolis, Ind., ou the 21st, to take part in the monument exercises in connection with the reunion of its regiment, the Seventieth Indiana. The victorious Massachusetts rifle team, recently returned from England, were entertained, on the evening of the 20th, by the Boston Press Club. The occasion brought together a large number , . , . 1 .1.1 I... . .ill of joaraalists and distinguished guests. The article on State, school and grantlands was before the Washiu"Jt Territory Constitutional convention on the lth. The debate was on the school lands. It was finally decided that there shall be no policy of'retaialng them engrafted in the constitution. The new cruiser Charleston was given a trial run In San Francisco bay ou the 17th. No Government officials were -aboard, and the trial was simply to test seme alterations which had been made in Iter machinery since the official trial trip three months ago. A .new journal called the CronacaNero bas been started ia Rome. The policy of the paper is opposition to the Vatican and defense of the lower grades of the clergy, who, it Is alleged by the promoters of the enterprise, are sadly ia need a fearless champion. lx delting among the records of hts face, Solicitor of the Treasury Hepburn has discovered proof of unpaid personal judgments due the Government aggregating 3S,000,(KK), the great majority of them secured prior to 1S)1. He will attempt to collect them, and Is hopeful of eucce&s. Atehkikio hurricane swept over the southern part of Spain, on the l"th,causiug Immense damage to property. A xiuatbcr of houses and churches in Granada were wrecked, and part of the dome of the famous church of Sau Felipe was blown down. The Alhautbra was also damaged. ii The directors of the New Orleans Cot ton Exchange have invited all exchanges and boards of trade to send delegates to a convention of cotton interests to be held in that city September 11, to agree upon a uniform method of adjusting the difference In tare between cotton and jute bagging. The Thirteenth New York regiment re cently applied to the State Department for pcawslon to visit Hamilton, Ont., under arms. Their application was re ft; r red to the British Minister, and a re ply was received, on the 20th. by the de pertinent front the Minister, stating that the request had been granted. The Washington Territory Constltti tlonal coaventiou, on the l'Jth, defeated the article on State, school aud granted lands, and ordered the committee ou lands to report a new article. This will delay adjournment several days. The convention adopted a State seal an I an article denning the State's boundaries. The finance committee of the proposed "World's Fair committee of New York City met. ou the 20th, at the City Hall, Mayor Grant presiding. Among those preheat were Messrs. Gould. Rockafellar, .Belmont, Seligman, Iuman, Steiuway, Mills and Kelly. Several plans weredU cashed aud referred to an executive com Kittee. Thk health of the Pope Is catising conalderable uneasiness ia Europe. It is known that he has 1m; eu Buffering with n complication sf disorders for some time past, and now the announcement from Rome that, owing to the Pope's continued ill-kcaRh, all receptions at the Vatican have been discontinued, naturally excites the gravefct fear. 1 ' i A rkxkatio has been caused lu Vienna by the disclosure that Prlncj Sulikowi.ky, who was uutll recently eonftned In the aristocratic lunatic asylum at poebllug, on biilhg ptonoUticed sane found that there was absolutely nothing lest of hi estates, hi wife, during his oenfiucMieHt in the asylum, having fcMaered every thlaie.

CURRENT TOPICS.

TH XEWg II B1IET. PERSONAL ANO GENERA!., One of the grandest assemblages of Odd Fallow ever seen on this continent will be that which wilt be witnessed at Columbus, O., during the week beginning September 1& The Sovereign Grand Lodge will then be ia session, aud the Patriarchs Militant, the uniformed portion of the order, will be there in numbers estimated at from ,000 to lO.OOd. Fouk of the Kings Mills (O.) powdermills exploited, on the evening of the 17th, shortly after all the employes had quit work. JCn lives were lost. Loss to property, W.000. 0.v the night of the 17th lire was discovered in the curiosity store of II. D. Hill, on the assembly grounds at Chautauqua, N. Y. The Are spread to H. H. Otis book stare, and from there to three cottages owned by the assembly aud conducted aa boarding-houses. A bill to provide for the extension of the White House, with a view to giving the family of the President more room for domestio purposes, will probably be introduced by Senator Cameron this winter. The Russian Government has ordered the construction of two more iron-clads of the first-class, made alter the pattern of the most powerful vessels of the English fleet, and several torpedo boats, all of which are to be completed as soon as possible. Johv L. Sullivan, the pugilist, was, on the 17th, sentenced, at Purvis, Miss., to one year's imprisonment in the county jail for participation In the late prizefight at Rlchburgh. An appeal was taken. Tub body of an unknown man apparently sixty years old was found drowned in Brooklyn n the 18th. An Italian merchant of that city, whose card was fouud in his pocket believes him to have been an agent for P. II. Hart wan. a Cincinnati liquor merchant, to whom he gave an order a few days before. The British bark J. C. Williams from Buenos Ayres, June 12, for Barbadoes sprung a leak while at sea and foundered. Her crew arrived at Barbadoes on the ltttlt. Madame Adxuxa 1'atti arrived at Southampton, on the 18th, and proceeded to Craist-y-Nos. her castle in Wales. The Unlonville mills, in Montville, Conn., have shut down, owing to financial embarrassment. About 2T0 hands are thrown out of work. Chas. T. Loving, president of the Point Pleasant (Va.) Electric Light and Power Company, left his home some time ago to visit Pittsburgh and New York to purchase a new dynamo and other machinery. On the 17th his wife" received a letter saying he would never return and would never see her again. He had a good deal of the company's cash with him, and the corporation Is seriously crippled. In the Montana Constitutional convention, on the 17th, the revision and phraseology committees having completed their work, and the constitution being finished, the convention adjourned sice die. Ix the race at Newport, R. I., on the 19th, for the Corinthian Yacht Club sweepstakes, only 40-footers competing, the Minerva won, the others following iu this order: Papoose.Gorilla, Lirls, Helen, Alice, Tomahawk aud Marquita. The funeral of General T. L. est took place from the Laugham Hotel, in Washington, on the lHtli. A large number of frieuds and acquaintances attended the funeral aud the remains to their last resting place in Arlijgtoa National Cemetery. The President, on the HUh, commuted the sentence of Lluden S, Clark, of Richmond, Va., to three years In the peniten tiary. Clark was convicted of making false entries in the books ot the First National Bank of Richmond. Civil-Service examiuatlons for appli cants for the railway mail service will be held in the following-named cities ou the first Tuesday in September, Tucson. Am.: San Francnco. Cal.; Sac ramento, Cal.; Los Angales. Cal., Denver, Col.; Pueblo. Col.; Boise City, Idaho; Spokane F.ill. W.T.; Miles City, Mont.; Helena, Mont.; Carson City, Nev.; Albuquerque, N. M. ; Portland. Ore; Rosebitrgh. Ore.; Salt Like City, Utah; Seattle, W. T and Cheyenne, U vo. J. C. LroXS was killed outrig'it, C. W. Pauly fatally tnauglod. ait engine and eight cars wrecked aud a large mimuer of cattle killed iu an accident at Montgomery. Ind., on the Hth. Thk Pennsylvania Railroad Company is about to e$tablWh a pension system for its employes. The system will be tlu first of its kind in this country, ami is ilk-sly to attract widespread attention. Assistant Sbckktarv Batch Eixkr says that the wife of a Cliineso merchant. who may himself bo entitled to exemp tion from the provisions of the Chlueso Restriction art by reason ot his former residenc-j in the United States, can notb admitted to entry wliou coming for the first timo to the United States without the production of the required ideutlfiea tlon certificate. James S. Gordon-, a well-knowu uew.spapor man of Ohio, oncj a member of the Ohio Legislature, died, on the ISUi, at the Fordham H ospital. New York City, or consumption. His body was cremated. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Bitcheller has notified all custodians of United States buildings that accordiug to law thev are rentiired to cause the rev enue flir to ftv from custom-houses and the United States standard from all other public buildings during business hours. Kkcrktarv Wisdom left Washington, on the lSUh, for a two weeks' vacation in MasHachusett. He met his family In New York and then weut to Newton, his wire's in the Berkshire hills. John I SULUV.vx arrived In New York City, on the 19th, and was atouoe taken ia idmriro hv Wakeley. Johnston and others ot his cronies, and proceeded to have a pnnil time. The application of Receiver Gray of the North River sugar Kenning uompmunction aualnst the corporati.ma comiHislne the Sugar Refineries Trust, waa dented by Judge Ingrahatn of Afr L1?. AZ.lt .U kJ, v..rv rittf on r "I , lh lUlll. A bkcki'TIon was held at the Vatican, on the Ittth. the anniversary of the Feast of St. Joachim, the fete-day of Popa Leo XIII. The visitors Were entertained uy His Holiness In his private library, n.v the Mh Past Mastor Dr.md Com mander Wm. H. Peckham, Thlrty-thlrd detrrer. reflsfiied his membership 111 Cet' neau C(mtl"4toiy No. 1, Thirty-second dogree, of New Yor1. City, thus sevtsilug his counectloa with Scottish Kite Masonry, bceause of the afllll ttlou of tun Buprentu Council of that body with tho Uratid Orient of France, which dees not recognise the existence of a personal Uod, anil is coHenuat)y nuder the bin of aMaaeulc latereourse.

Thk healtk of the Pl hi exelL Hi exerciwM ia the Vatican gar lea aa hour each day. John Simoxkh, tenyar-oW boy of Dubuque, Ia,, recently witnessed a parachute descent from a balloon, and thought ho wouhl imitate it. He b ensured aa umbrella, and icoing to the top of tho house, spread his Umbrella and nuule the map, landing oa the ground with both arms krokMtt, his head badly cut and otherwise iujured. The New England Cracker Bakery ia New York City caught fire in the base -weuUm the Mh, which quiokly communicated to the first floor. On- the floor above over sixty girls were at work. They were paaie-strkkea, and for a time it was feared that they would perish. The flames below were fortunately quickly extinguished aud the girls escaped without injury. The Democratic State convention of New York will be he Id at Syracuse on September 1. Bert Miller and John Olcott, ten-year-old sons of prominent men at Pomeroy, Ia., were smothered to death in a bin of flax in the elevator at that place oa the 19th. Bids for the construction of a postoffice building at Bridgeport, Conu., were opened at the Treasury Department on the 20:li. D. J. Curtis, of Springfield Mass., was the lowest bidder, at ll)l,300. Bond offering aud acceptances at the treasury, ou the SOth, aggregated I10.0J1 as follows: $7,0X1 registered 4s at lJt aud $8,000 coupon 4 s at KNJ'.'. It is understood that the report of the court of inquiry which Investigated the mishap to the cruiser Boston ia Newport (R. I.) harbor, exonerates .Captaiu O'Kune from all responsibility, the vessel having struck a sunken wreck not down in the regular charts. W. T. Hic.GtxB, a local Republican politiciau, widely known on the Pacific coast, died at San Francisco on the 21st. Thk first State uomiuatiug convention of North Dakota met in Fargo on the 21st. Judge Cochrane was elected temporary chairman and II. A. LPby, temjwrary secretary. Numerous severe hailstorms are reported from different points ia Austria. Many people hare been killed and much damage has been done to pnqwrty. The Keystone Furnace Company of Beading. P.u. operating two large fnrnaceis with a capacity of 4.V) tons par week, roads an assignment oa the 2lst. Dr. E. PaksonS, sail to be the oldest practising dentist iu the United States, died at his home in Savannah, Ga., on the 21st. Dr., Parsons was hrn in Northampton. Mass., Iu lSr3, was educated iu Cincinnati and Philadelphia, and had practised in Savaiuih"slnce 181.1. Hi invented a number of instruments used by dentists. BOM) offerings and accptancJS at the treasury, oa the 21st, aggregated 57."1.1).J, as follows: W.W registered 4? at 12, and SOl.lO) registered K at 105';, The abandonment by the British Government of ths Tithes Riovery bill is followed by a wail o! despair from th1 clergy in Wales, who have been for years in a condition bordering ou destitution, owing to their inability to enforce the payment ot their tithes. While spoaking in a session of the Grand Lodge I. 0. O. F. at Rome, Ga.. on the 21st, Colonel Adolph Brandt fell dead of apoplexy. He was a prominent lawyer of Atlanta and was well known

throughout the State of Georgia. The creditors of the IM iy Company, of Lynn, Mass., dealers in stores, hard ware, eta, on the 2lst accepted a secured offer of fifty citits on the dollar, payable iu nine mouths. The Pojie, on the 2lst, received Abbe Vou Schrader, hitherto professor ot theology iu the Cologne Seminary, who hK been transferred to the Washington University. His Holiness expressed him self as gratified that Abbe Von Schrad-sr had accepted the xt lu America. About 400 cigar-makers are on strike at Jacksonville, Fla., for a change In th system of paying wage. B ith fides are firm, but the strikers are .said to oe wiw out fuuds. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Ex-Se.nator Maiioxs was unanimously nominated for Governor by the Virginia State Republican convention at Norfolk oa the 2td. Commander M. L. Johnson has twen ordered to command the Monocacy. at Yokohama. He will leave Sin Francisco by the mail steamer on September 10, 7r., tha I Likute.nant T. A. l.yon-8 wa 23d. appointed a member of the Board , ,

hiction Of Merchant ve3 at fl.w j WM larly Btwded. Zaxcs F. Wu.aUR, pcrhnjw tho mmt i i)tu cw. L FuvreilKU had a startlingImportant witness In th Governmeat'a ; ativontim. with an Insane man recently, suit against the Bell Telephone Com- , , , jmir Adolph Ruth, a well-

pany. was found dead la his bed. in Denver. Col., ou tho s'Jd. i ue ueam o j resulted from hard drinking. Thk English, Scotch and American collegeIn Rome have united In send ng to the Catholic university tu - itnrble bust of St . Thotnns Aquinas. Tut r. u innR of a magnificent abaft, to rise OT feet from tha center of Circle Parte, in InUianapoiis, i.. to tha fallen heroes ot the rebelbm from Indiana, was laid with interesting nu fectiug ceremonies ou the 2i.l. The International American v"ui,i"i will meet at Washington at noon uu wutober22,and will be attended by from fifty to sixty delegates, manning noma i the most distinguished men iu Central aud South America. Thk United States steamer uispaion, wkh Secretary Tracy on board, sailed from llostou for Newport on the 2 2d. Two memorial lirasnea or tlie iv asniitgton family have been ntolen from the parish church of sulgrave, .xirtuanptouBhlre, Kngianu. A train containing a select party or excursionists, composed of members of the City Council, the Board or ruouc Works, representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and the very flower of tho business and professional men of Knox ville. Teiln.. (he guests of the Kuoxvllle, Cumberland Gap Louisville Railroad Coiimnnv on the first train over their i

uewly-crnpletd road, weut through a ; jwrsons wero aeriotisly Injured, trestle at Plat Gap creek, twenty-three j Tin; (Jreensliurjr (1, A. R. post lias demiles from Knoxvillle, ou the 22d, and ; lo 1,,I1 a general soldiers' reunion

three or neir tum.r were K.i.eu .. thirty eieht seriously Injured. I'mrsidknt IIar rison made a imtrlotic aud feeling speech at the dedication of the soldiers' monument at Indianapolis, liid,, ou the Sid. Speech aud speaker were enthrtslatle ttly received by the aseniblcnl multitude. Jons O'CosnoRi geil eighteen years, a jMirtor on the propelor Chicago, fell overboard at lraffalo, K. YM on the 22d, and was drowned. He was from Chicago, where his step-father keeps a cigar store end Is said to bo wealthy. Thk description of the photomlcro graph HpparatHs ticeupled the attention of the MieroecoplsU' coarentloM, at HuKa lo, N V oa the ate d, The working et lag of thsi sechsty wa4 held in the after mm. '

STATE IKTBIiUGENGtt Hmwakh LUK'sharn, wear HhalHyvill. waa ssUor 11 r aad burned. !., no insurance. llowAito Ros waa run ovtrand killed by a Clvr l.oaf train the othi-r night, at Linden. Ax abortive attempt to burn a prominent business Work at ShtrlbyvUlit was rtiaic at an early hour the other morning. A woman is petd of havingstU Are to tho building. Thhki: mn wr fatally crushed umlor falling- walla at l't. Wayne. At Ft. Wayn Nicholas lllrecuauer was shot in th hip whilo attempting to take a handkerchief from a pocket In which h carried a revolver. Ed Davis and family wero poisoned by eating stale flsh at .lortVrsonvUle. They were brought around with much v'fmVulty. Thk question of tha annexation of the suburbs or Crawfordhvllle is belnK agitated. There aro six suburb' . view. Highland, DRrhamvlllo, 1'alrvlew, Kng-lewood and Fiskovllle. Pisbu is to have a paid flro departmen t. HK.vmtiCKR CoiWTV has tho largest number of Sons of Veterans camps In the State, Thk date of the soldiers' reunion at New Albany has been changed from September 11 to September IS. Ax attempt was made near Homo City to wreck a passenger train on the Orand lipids and Indiana railroad.

HkkmaXX Caiih, of Columbus, is the possessor of a chicken hen which re- i centlv laid a remarkably largc-sied eg. The ejrg is eight and one-half inches in diameter lengthwise and six and one-half inches the other way. The actual weight of the egg Is live ounces. Ki RitoKi:, of Rrazil. had an arm broken by his horse taking friphtand upsetting tho buggy. The horse had a leg broVen and was shot, while the vehicle was a total wreck. M. G. STJMWxnt.L, of Indianapolis, nus liien ----"int'"' ",, ' ' company at Ft. Wayne, vice C, O. Eig, resigned. Kuwaiu) Tit.vix, a wealthy farmer, living one tulle south of Winamae.wliile fecdlncr his cattle was chased into a foneo-corner by a ferocious bull and gored almost to death. I'wn i-nu-tt Htl t wiiiitli from the ' tho bite of a mad dog. Tin: President has appotntfd John W. Siders postmaster at Plymouth, vico Goo. Reynolds, resigned. Gun: worms are doing much damage to poutoes in the vicinity of Broad Ripple. Albert Milllu, of the Indianapolis Wire Works, on thu 18th left hia hotel for his room, and that was the last seen of him. Tin: Indianapolis police authorities have been requested to look for Charles Axle St. ""Jerongue. who was last seen east of that city, vowing he would commit suicide because crossed in love. FitKD Fn.l.MoitK was killed at Monton, by falling on a huge knife in a stave factory. TitK following fourth-class postmasters wjre appointed on the-Oth: Hremen. Marshal County. David C. Smith: tallamer, Whitley County, .1. A. Schaump; Hillsborough. Dearborn County, W. W. Withrow; Farmers' Itetreat I)earbrn County, Chas. A. Opp; Ilym.T., Sullivan County, M. N. Zenor; Montex. Cuss County, Samuel Ilindman; Now A lease, DearlMirn County. Lawrence Andwan: Ualnsvllle Warren County. V. M. .lone; Rossville, Clinton County, Win. A. Ball. Thk Post-office Department has ordered the establishment of the free delivery service at Madison after October I. Thk President has appointed Isaac Davis postmaster at Greenfield, vice Noble P. Howard, jr., removed. The survivors of the Sixty-eighth Ini fantrv held their annual reunion at Kushville. on tho -20th, it bIng the an . iiit.-.r..ar f the hat tie of Chb':amr,uga. Judge Cronof Council Blulfs, la., deUvered the address. At thecamp-fire. S "VT S P R of An- . known citizen, entered liorst a drug I store, in the southern limit of Indianspoil, and, after looking about for a ' moment, he .suddenly bean breaking show cases and bottlen, and when (!co. i jhtrst intrrfcrcd he attacked the; latter with a knife and chased him into a rear , .... ....... room. Horn oioseu tne tioor, nut wii.s was broktn down. He then took refuge in another room, where ho was again successful in earring the door. Tho tumult aroused Dr. Fletcher, living closo at hand, who came to Rorst's assistance, and after a lively struggle succeeded in disarming Ruth and quieting him down. Tho physician then persuaded Ruth to take a buggy ride with him, Intending to deliver him at the police station, but en route Ruth and the physician had another struggle, which lasted until tho latter was almost worn out. Fortunately an athletic bla'-k'stiiith recognized tho fighting1 parties while they were still in tho vehicle, and. surmising that something Was wron with Ruth, camo to Fletcher's assistance and the matiiay Was finally subdued. Rusinoss reverses are the cause of insanity, Uuth at one time being very prosperous. A PAS-i:,iK:t train went through M. A'. ........ t t . ftl(!r(t mhiV Hnd t.'iiAXt.r-s II. Lnwts, of thu Detroit Free Prt"s, wliose humor Is so peculiarly Atuer lean lu quality, Is a slender man of forty, with good fc.ituros, clear, merry eys and a rtjwly sinlk. He began life as a printer on tho Free I'ress, and wan bloiVn into the tidltorlitl room by tho explosion of nn Ohio stenmboat, aided by the fasnlity with which he described his UnusUiU experience, KhtcO then Mn Lewis has continued to iinilifto A merle over tho signature of M. Quad, ant has cotifincd his talenU to the paper whkh first reeosnized them. Bbttkk to ur.e tlieold, cc-s:Ued chairs ami fatted two ply carpet, than tremble at the bills sent bonie from the phsstefors fer the miosi elegant parlor-set ever made.

THE BIG MUDDY. AhhhhI Kprt ol the MihhH Ktre (JoiwihIoIhh KhhUs PrsUt'illy ts hH4tfl whM No Work io l'iHKre Wherr IH ,iriprimtH Has HtmH KpKHltmt KHMHlHHlltlttH HHtl Ktt f.r the NVtt JKIsmmI Vr. Wahhimitov. Aug. VI. The animal re. port of the Missouri River ComtuisloH hss been rt'eeived by the Chief of KmkIneers. It slates that at the date of their last annual reiHirt the funds In the hands of the commission were practically exhausted, aud no work was in progress. Out of the $t,QQO,00 appropriated by the River aud Harbor bill for li&S-M 77fi,000 was specifically assigned to eleven different localities between Sioux City, Ia., aud the mouth of the river, while from the (KV) mnaliuug the commUslon were obliged to provide for two luijMirtant works, viz: The iuiprovemeiit of the river above Sioux City, Htid the removal of obstruciious. which had always heretofore n been provided for by sieclal approprlatioiiH. When these works aud the Missouri liver survey had been provided for, the small sum remain' ug available was alloted to Kansas City, the special approprition made for that point being considered Inadequate to tjie maguitudn and importance of the work required there, and partly executed In former years. The $225,000 left within the juris, diction of the commission, was alloted as follows: Improvements above Sioux City, $60,003; surveys above Sioux City, Jfi1,0J0; surveys below Sioux City. $8V OOd; removal of obstructions, fLI.OOO; Kansas City, Mo., H".000. The commission deemed it a matlurjof groat importance that the getieral survey of the river should be pushed forward rapidly, aud

preparations were made In the fall ot i&sfor beginning this work at as early a date as possible. Two parties have been constantly at work, and it is expected that the 1,.V24 miles to be surveyed will be covered this season. For carrying out the work of improvement the following estimates Hre made by the commission: Between Forts Benton aud Carroll, to oinnM work under the present project, 4.VJ,(W); for fiscal year ending .June A), is!l, 12 000. Removal of snHg between Fort Benton, Mont., and Siout City, Ia., per annum, ifiO.OM). At Sioux City, to complete, . iSOO.OOO; for ftscal year. jPn.OOO. Omaha, j Neb., to complete, jj.'i'.'i.OQ): for fiscal j year, JjfiO.Wrt. Plattsmoutb, Neb., to com- ! pk'te. 467.1 000; for fiscal year, $100 WO- ; Nebraska City, Nob., to rotupUqe, .-f.W,W, for fiscal ynnr, SloO.W. Rule, Nob., , 'onndete. smoJ: for fiscal year, 101.000. St. Joseph, Mo., to complete,! -.V i,V.(rT0: for fiscal year. SloO.00), l.eHv j euworth, Kas.. to complete, i4W.0)0; for fiscal year; r0 0)). Atditso i, ICis., to complete, $W7.0OO; for fiscal year, S17S,OflO. Kansas City. Mo., to complete. &mOGO; fr fiscal year, S17.0fl). Miami. Mo., to complete, WWW; for lisc.u year,, 7."i,0tk). Arrow Park. Mo., to complete during fiscal year, 500 0), For removlug suags. $01,003 ier annum. The concluding portion of the report is a sharp criticism of Congressional aetiou iu past apptopriatlous. It is as follows: Since the dntc of tt last rrwrt the act of Aujfiixt 11, ls, has lxeomo a law. Uruleethe trovi.lons of thU act till turtherrarry ngon IliC l'Uii and the. programme heretofore re"oinmeinl'ct by the cowmiiston for tho Improvement of the Missouri bee iw practically lmpoltle; and it way In inferred from this i that the plan has been Indefinitely rejected by Coaure1. The commission revert to tills uhject with much (Prudence, but it hcllcres that It wanlit Iw ev.iilinx lti duty, ns the professional imv cer of congress, were it to fall to point out wbs i the .gee', upon navfjfstten ami eoBiMieree will e If the policy outliweit la that act 1) permtincntly ailojteit. It craves the forbearance of Comers, if tn the fotlowlnic remwrkx it appears to m antutnir a point which that iHXly has already dee'det). It Ih actuated tyno contentious motive, but merely hy a desire to prevent the (Usupimintment ot Conrtre which mtiit attend a falfhre of the worK. The rommiMlen hsti nlwayn umlerMftoil from tho wordlnjc oMhe onratito act of July 3. mu that the primary ohKclof the pimpntio w.s to tieneat the commerce nntl itavlgatioa of the 1'illtcl State, I mi not to wrotect private, corporate or mu! ! ipa! protwrty from tho ravairs of the river. If J tins Istter could tedow iBchlcntally, as a part ' of the ireneral lnikr--.vcri'Jnt, no much the tj ter. mi it was not primary ohji-c, Thu river can no contmiemnuy iijavumuw , ' out, improvement. If left free utonopo'.nt tt . niay ap'irwK'li a Improve 1 portion tlow In tlietaanmjr.tot'uNed for It. Or In Some entirely , different and unfoi even wav. The com mission ; doe not desire to h" understood a expre log , th' opinion that there are no points upon ; the river whirh khoUM ho protected by

.the (overmriHi in PWioj-nt v o xm ;,.',, 0liaM, of ,e Stato niilltia. p.e- , navisnticm infrest. That Is a ipuMida . , , MPrn., i,i which wero Preil-ofpnb.i"5h-yb,nt which 1 Jailgment has I ! " i i Ll Zl

not been asltcrt. Hut tt feel, i.ooi to say tn iifunds applied in that way cat pot he coMd ercd ns applied to fie h-ie(H of m iViKitnoti. V.wty allotment from the futid for the tenerttl Improvenient made to detached locality reduces that fund, and tlrers the retilt;ng honefit to navigation leoportionntely it, as in tha act of August 11, Ms, nearly the cntln fund be alloted to wJdely-s"prated localities, thrj Improveraetit to navtoil oa U pra.-ttea'ly Mopped. It Is iheoiiimon of the commisim that an indefinite number of millions of dollarsthey can not cuesS how tunny can be expended upon tho river in that way without henellttlng navluat -on eipccialty. Whether other interests will rcee vc tin a JiMuat" return from i such expenditure is not noir tlm question; hut t tt is ccrtiin tnat iiiiv rattoll will not. If, as tho t oininlslon Mippones the primary object of the work is to improve ijie navlsat on of tne river, it can nofpossildy succeed If carried on in the manner rendered neccary for Hie J operations of this year by the act of August u. I8W, m I'.i viiiciits mid I'cunltles. Wa-siiinoto.v, Aug. 21. The Acting Secretary of the Navy. Commodore Walker, .yesterday approved severnl large payments on the new vessels now building for tho GovoruuuMit. A check for .1112,000 was sent to Cramp Bros., of Philadelphia, as the sixth payment on the cruiser Newark. Two checks for 11,MOoach were sent to N. J. Palmer, Jr., &Co.,of New York, the proprietor or the Qnlntard Iron Works, as the eighth payment n tile gun-boats Concord and Bennington. On tile 1st ot September this firm will begin payiuu penalties of twenty-five dollars per day, and this will continue for six months, whoti fifty dollars per day will bo the penalty. It Is expected, however, that tho vessels will bo completed before six mouths have expired. am" - Only ti Private, but or Reputable 'ar acter Wa iiixoto.v, Aug. 21. Thi rule which has hitherto obtained in tho Pension Office regarding proof of origin of disability, under which the evidence of one cnmmlssloued officer or one ordurly wn-t accepted, while iu tho absence- of that evidonco the testimony of two private 'soldiers hm Wen required, was yo.dordav so far modified by ('oMwMsimtor Tattiier thnt, in the tWmco of the uvi denco of (he comHss'iHletl officer or tlia orderly .sergeant, the origin shall beheld to be proven o4 thu evidence or tna claimant and oti private, provided the claimant ttd private bsnwuef repSita ble eharacter.

THE PRESIDENT'S THIP. Ah I.HHrmHi rHHeearitw f IhjI Wnl. eHMH t mh I'rmltleHt la C'Ih.'Ihi.hI I IuMh KoexpllHHH et the tutller Ui rhaR hhiI lh fhitmlmr hT !timiHerie 1M foe lHilMHHHdl. Cintunxati, Aug, St. The Prexldeut train ' i th Cincinnati, Washington & ltaltliitore railroad did not reach the Contral Union elation until 10:11 thU morulug, three hourn behind time, Tiie unexieoted delay tended to iuerenne the site of the great crowd tf people wmeinbled. Thousiiude of jwrKous lined Central avenue, Third and Fourth utreeti, and iu ta -t the whole vicinity of the depot. The tolloe were good-uuturad, but firm, aud held the crowd bud, Tho reeeptk.n committee, lieuled by t'ouiptroler Stevens, with Mayor Monby and (iorernor Poraker, met the President on the Month platform of tlm oar and escorted him to the lltiruet House. Hatx, ilag4 hu1 liaiidkeroliiefi wero waved and thu l'reiident wats kept. iucesHautly raining hU hat aud recognizing the plaudits of the multitude. At many plnctw the crowd blocked the way In their eagerness to get a sight ot the ruler of the N.itiou. O t aVrival at the hotel the mayor delivered a speech of welcome, to which the President feelingly replied: "l thank you for your cordial welcome. I Khali not attempt u fitting reply, but will only aay that of all tho cities of 1 lie We -tt Cincinnati Is uoareet to a home city to me." After holding a short rocoptlon the President was escorted to the Huilders' Exchtinge, where a great crowd, largely compimed of Indies, had assembled to. greet him. Tho hall ami Htajfa wero handsomely festooned with bimtlng. Law. reuce brace introduced the honored guest,, aud Jame-J Allison made a speech ot wel come. The President responded, saying: "1 have laid upon myself an injunction upon the trip to make no speeches but lu this iiiHtniico I am coustialuod to make a departure, I am impressed with the Importance and determinatio'i ot the people to enforce the laws and to lend their niil In making the Natioti happy und proapwu. I rejoice lu the evidences before me of the prosperity of vour beautiful city. This is a country where thrift, Itapplue-ct nul prosperity i within reach of the rich aud poor alike. I thank you for your cordial greeting." The reception at the Chamber of Commerce was a trying ordeal for th President. Fully three thousand people shook him by tho hand. The- cerem my lted about one hour, and when the Hue was

i cutoff, leaviug hundreds yet xeeklng ad mission, thy President looice.l ttred. This af frrnoon lie rested awhile at the Unmet lLnUe, and then sut down to dinner with the committee and tho party who came with him from Djjcr Pa -k. Shortly before five o'clock the preidential party left the hotel In carriages for the Cincinnati, Hnmittnu & Daytou, Railroad Depot, escorted by tile committee from Indianapolis, eompo4ed of the following gentlemen: (Sovernor Hovey, Mayor Denuy, Ex-t!overuor William II. English, E. T. Martiudal', Albert Gait, J. 0. Walker, (Jeorge P. McUluuK John Krenzel, J. A, Wildtnnn, K. S. McKee, Henry Juiue-.on, Win. Scott aud peorge (?. Turner. At five o'clock the iary boarded a special train which left the deiwt immediately for Indianapolis amiil the liuz. xahs of several hundred people who h getliered around the train to eat glimpse of tlie President. HOME AGAIN. Arrlvul r Dm PrcMdeot Ih IndtanapoMe III Old IVIIi-Towiibipm reet Ilia i:niiiH.i-iu-.ii). Is'iiian'ai' lis, Ind., Aug. 22. Tins teceptieu last nieht given to President Harrison on hi return home to take part lu the monument exercises after air months absence, was as enthusiastic as were the parting coasratnlatious when lie left for Washington lat February. At the Union htntlott there was a great crowd to greet him, and at nine o'clock, when the train from Cincinnati rolled Into the depot, the clieeri were most cordial. At the same time a battery from tips ar-seual, under cmntid of Captain Hexford, V. S. A., gave the usual salute of twenty-one Kim. In less than twenty minute afteiMlm arrival of the train-tho President and his party wero nt tho New Denisou, the drive there bcitiir wituewod by throng of cheering , e'0.,j0. 0il leaving the station, the Gov ' ' . V . .I.V i u Mnyor Denny, but In the lulei ,l came a j ininureii or nrro oi uiuniirvnuij uw rrfsidiHl's old regiment, Hie Seventieth Indlanii. Following were the carriage or th committee t list went to Cincinnati, uttd the cuminiltue likewise of citizens to inyt the distinguished guests. The lino was headed by a baud, and thus, with the enthusiasm of the popitluuc giving its force to the reception, the mutch coutinued. At the New Danlson thre was a great crowd blocking the utroets and packing the corridors. Alighting, the President was saluted by the GoVonmr'a (Sunrds, which thj President acknowledged, as ho did tho welcome of tho people on the way from the station. Ah he passed Into tho hotel the crowd cheered, and tha President then being escorted to the large parlors, was surrounded by the committee, at the head ot which was Mr. (ienrgo Tannor. president of the Hoard of Trade. Mr, Tanner, in a brief speech, welcomed the President to his old home. General J. R. Cartiahnu then, rtn behalt of the Monument Commission, welcomed the distinguished guest. The 1 resident, in rcspouse, snld ho did not know how-to express l.U reelings t. this return to hi home. Jle did not expect to be with old friends so soon when he left to assume his onerous duties, but ho felt Unit ho could not be absent ou an occasion like thai to be observed on the morrow. Re had always fnk mi a deep Interest l't tho monument to be erected to the soldiers, nnd hoped again to bo with the people of Indhitmpolls when tho capstone Is laid. The President tht lt'dd a abort reception. To-day he will tako pnrt hi laylttg the corner-stone of the monument. The !roler Huston's Mldiup. Wahminotov, Alt?. 22. The rep rt of (hi) court of inquiry which investigated the mishap to the) ernlser Button lu Nowport harbor has been received t tho Navy DMrtmont, lint Commodore Walker, who is Acting Keei-etm'y of tlio Navy, deputies to zWa It to the pruNn. Ho says that h lmn hot axamtnnd the report, wntl, tlicreforo, does not know" wliat ciiiuliisioii tlie court has ranched. HMtko impression, however, that thu onrt recommend tkt w further act in be taken lu Captain 0'Knoi ca ie, for he reason that the grounding of tho losto wj purely Hcetdeiitnl. site Uavlna Mriiek n sunken wnJcl.'i not down on tlie regular .sliarts, ami not Hose Rok. as lepjtteoV : ! '