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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SEVENTEENTH YEAE. OMAHA. MONDAY MORNING , JULY *> 5. 1887. NUMBER 37. NEBRASKA CITY'S ' LYNCUING. Additional Details 6 ( How Lee Shellen- berger Was Strunc Up. THE MOB WELL ORGANIZED.- VlKllnntc . * Slaroh With Milltnry I'rc- clalon - to tlio * Jnil ntul Lcnvo Sing * ln > - a German Song After the The Shcllcnhergor Case.- Nr.wtAsKA . CITV , Neb. , July 24.fSpeclal Telegram to Tlio UIK. : | It wns after2 o'clocki- hLs morning whun thu mob hung .Miellctibergcr reached tlio court house , and within half an hour after tlio murderer was strung up. Tlio mob had gathered during tlio fore part of tlui night In Wyuka cometry , about a ! mlf a , milo southwest of the city , nnd- it was douo so quietly and secretly that very ftiw citizens know nnjlhlng about It and those who did know > descrcetly remained silent. The vigilantes wuru fully SOU in num- ber ¬ , arn.ed to the teeth , and were perfectly , marching with military piecUsion- to tin ; jail. Kvery face was securely masked. The first Indication of their presence te- a snnll number of people who had caught on that something was up was n cant ; of about tifty masked and armed men nulling into the llehlcd hall of the court house. A gray- bearded guard who was stationed In the hall was BO completely taken by surprise time tic had but time to glvo one wild cry of tenor when ho was caught and a guard placed over nlin. In an Instant the bull ropes ana tele- phone ¬ wires wcro cut. A large number of the mob stationed themselves at Intervals around the court house wall to keen out per- sons ¬ who might want to enter theard , while another party was endeavoring to force an entrance through the heavy Iron door on the t-outh side ofthncnmt house , but which resisted all their elforls. The crated window of Shlllon- benter's - call was next tried , but this , too , took too much work , wlimi some one, evi- dently ¬ the loader , gave the older to break Into the sheriff's ' ollloo , and cut through the floor. In n very short tlmo hole three by six tcet was undo directly over thn cage In the cell. A ladder was chopped through and a number of men swarmed down It , meeting no resistance. . nnd with heavy sledges In less than ten minutes the door of the eago was broken open nnd Len taken out. lie fotiglil desperately, ami It wns not until the rope was around his neck , which was ifjmcklv douo , that ho seemed to acknovvl- edun - tfmt his Kamu was up. lln did not spenk a word until ho was forced through the hole in tlio floor , u lien lie cried out , "Oh , Clod Almighty I" Ho was pushed and drag- Red out through the hall and to the foot of a tree not over twenty leet trom thn front door of thn court house , when n man sprang up the tree , rope In hand , nnd swung it over a- limb. . Then there was a cry ana a shout of "Pull him up. " Then there was another wait of a min- ute ¬ , the rope was adjusted around his neck , and he was asked If hit had anything to say or confess. Ho answered that hu was Inno- cent ¬ ot the crime of which ho was chared and convicted , and that his brother should bury him in the orchard of the old home- stead ¬ south of the city, until ho was proven Innocent , when they should bury him by the Mdo of his father and like other people wore burled. At hrst ho bogged hard tor his life , but when ! io saw that his case was hopeless ho became Tory nervy and never faltered onco. A strom; pull on thn rope nnd Shellen- berger died , with a cnrsu upon his lips , as hu said , "I'll haunt you s of b s If 1 can. " The body was hauled up about eight fret , when It was lowered and the rope fixed better around his neck nnd then was pulled up again and left hanging. Sholleuberger did not struggle In the least. There was no increment ot thn limbs and death seemed to have come almost Instantly. The couunnnd watt tiiven and the mob formed In line and In mllitarr order marched out of the southwest gate of the court yaru singing a Herman song. During the whole proceeding everything was ijulet , and the worK was neatly performed with such pre- cision ¬ as to indicate a thorough understand- ing ¬ and good leadership. Several of tlio mob wern Identified. It was known to have been composed mostly of Germans , chlellv from tlio vicinity of Shelleubergor's former homo. Deputy SlierllT Hubert , who was one of Iho guards at the jail , had all the Ite-vs In tils pos- Hcssion , but was not asked tor thorn , the mob evidently thinking their own way the best , nnd tlio demitles hud the good sense ' .r know they could do nothing to resist such n- crowd. . The body remained hanging until Go'clock when Coroner tirauer cut It down and held an ln ] ticst, Several witnesses wore exam inetl and a vordlct returned In accordant with the above facts. Ibis afternoon tlio body was taken to tlu old homestead and will be burled a- ho desired. Not one word ol sympathy or regret for the dead man wa ; heard on thn streets this mprnlng. but every- one expressed themselves pleased with UK- night's work. There was to have been ar- ntlemnt made the night previous , but tin sheriff having gotten wind of the scheme had Ilia jail ton well guarded. When thli was learned the mob changed their pro crnmme , quietly dispersed , and surprised thi Jail when they were not expected. U was rumored on the streets to-night tna warrants would be sworn cut for the arres- of n number of members of the mob , and i number of Herman citizens expressed tliel determination to contribute to the dofenEe o- anvono who might be arrested. A larg number of viewed the body as It wa hanging this morning. Among them wcr noticed quite a number of women- .airs. . . ShHIonhcrgcr Honrs the New * LINCOLN , Neb. , July 24--fSpecial I the lire. ] 'Ihu news of the lynchln- of Lee Shellenberger nt Nebraska Git was tlio topic of conversation In Lincoln tc- day. . Since the trial of Mis. Shcllonburge for the samecilmo at the recent term of th- dlstilct court hero , Lincoln people learned directly the story of the atrodnu crime and not aoico was heard deelnrln- on the streets against the mob nnil Us worl but to the contrary the opinion was irencr ; that bliullonberger had received hi lust de.seits and would not inn break Jail and escape punishiiicn- Mrs. . Shellonberger who conttntii- mi Inmate of the county jail hern slncn tl- juiv In her trial dbagn-ed , was told earl > esti'iilay the l.tct ot the bnchiug of hi- liusbiml. . Slioiecelved the news with tt same calm demeanor and unmoved expro- slnu nt teatmcs llmtshu maintained throu ,: out her trial. She shed no tears nnd f- uressed noie rctsor words of sorrow ovi- ttiu occuruncc. blie stated that Leo was tl ono to hu punished tor the crime , hut did m- i to think Ijnch law was the propi- method. . Sun I hy Mr * . Thnrlier.- JIHSI . : : Cm , N. JJuly24. Thnpcenerf- itngo propjrtlp- , costumes , otc. , of the Nn tonal Opoi.i company haut hern I thc'slieiul. Mrs. II. K. Thurber , of Ne York city , loaned S.W.OOO to the rompan- ami sln | lns : Instituted suit to iccover tl- amount. . The paper- , have hel'u snrved Din etor ItucKlev , ot the company , nl Pati- Mm. . and tlu * sheriff levied on the cued uio in storage- .VcntlHr . Indication" . Km Ni-nraskv : Cooler , fail VM t nblii - . winds , Leiiernlly southerly Korlovva : Warmer , fail weather , vai.r' winds ircnornllvontlicih. . b'orKi tcrn Dakota : Highertomp In noithorn portion , lower tomiwct- MMithtrn portion , fair vvcatiier , wl'ids generally southerly- .Uuntli . of General Dunn.- WAMUNOTON . , July 21. Urlninlier- SVilllaiu MuKfo Uunn , United States artr- rvtircd , late Judge ndvowto general , died his conutry Tertldcnce , : ! , Kairf lounty , Virginia , tills morning , In 1 - SUNDAV AT LiUNG PINE- .Intcrcstlnc . Exerclicg at ihe Mew Chnutaiiiia ] AsBcmtily.- Loxn . PINE , Neb. , July 21. | Special Tele- gram ¬ to The UiB. ] The crowd at tlio as- somhly - to-day ntimberod In the thousands. The success of thlj organization Is unpre- cedented ¬ since the opening of Chaiitnunua- assemblies. . People not being educated to what they ore exactly, don't como prepared to stay, but ns soon as they arrive on the etounds nnd behold the splendor and become accustomed to the workings they Immediately prepare to enlist nnd nro going to stay to Ihu- end. . It Is astonishing to think that an organization that only started a few months OEO, and with only $1,000 to start with could have seemed such valuable assistance. ' The work of Prof. McConnell and Miss Hogers , of Chicago , In the musical depart- ment Is Invaluable. Itev. John Askln , of Kearney occupied the 10 o'clock hour to day , and his subject WAS "John the Baptist , " lie Is nn able talker and appeared to speak ex- tempor.ineortslv. - . Ho intoie-Ucd the congre- gation ¬ to such nn extent that they would have listened to him with the greatest of ease tor four hours. Kcv. Dr. Kviuib , of Chicago , oc- cupied the 'i o'clock houi , and thn knowledge that the doctor Is going to speak always brines the largest crowds , ills subject was the "Sources ot Our Culture, " and ho handled U with a masterlmnd and held his audience spell bound until ha tittered the Hst word. The subject required the handling ot thn classics considerably. Hev.- Dr. . . Lemon occupied the 4 o'clocK hour , lie is a very Interesting talker. He gave au- enltonilcd history of the church work In- Nebraska. . As ho has been thirty jears In chinch work tor the M. K. church In Ne- braska. ¬ . It was very Intorestlug indeed to hear him tell of his travels hundreds of miles overland with his family , and how ho taught his children in the rudiments of un educa- tion ¬ In a small buggv as they traveled alone.- Kev. . . Dr. Marsh , of Nellgh , occupied the ovonlnic hour , and this concluded tour good sermons In ono day.- Mrs. . . Woodward , the great temperance worker. Is on the grounds. Monday Is tem- perance ¬ dav. at which tlmo she will occupy tic time. The Long Pine band , diessed In their beautiful uniforms , aio on the ground plavlng every day , which adds materially to the entertainment. York Welcomes the Victors.- YOIIK . , Neb. , July 1M. [ Special to the Ilr.i.J : This city was alive on Saturday ntul Its heart was aglow to welcome our victorious hook and ladder team returning from the tournnmcut nt Kearney , covered with glory , laurels , prizes and belt , and tlio pride and envy of all the stay-at-homos. The were astir early and at once produced a cor- ner ¬ on brooms , bunting and llas , and set themselves at placing the city ID holiday at- tire. ¬ . A triumphal arch wes erected on Lin- coln ¬ avenue of greens and flowers , with the motto : " 411-5 , " tvhluu was the most conspic- uous ¬ (nature. In fact those Hymbolic figures mot ono at every turn. The boys arrived on the 1:10 : p. m. train from the west. The people from the city and surroundlnc country for miles wore on hand and met them literal )' with onon- arms. . A procession was formed , headed by the York cornet band , nnd about fifty or more of the lady trlnnds of the team on horseback , each one of whom wore a broad sash with the Inscription 'wolcoine. " The line of march to the court house and around the square was one grand ovation. Speeches were made bv ox-Speaker Hnrlan , Mayor Scotland other promlnentcltlzons , coneratu- latlni - ; the boys on their well and hard earned victoiy , which gives thorn not only the title of champions of Nebraska but of the world. Nothing was too good"for them , and after the speech- making WOK over they were escorted to the Dlodgett bouse , where an elegant banquet had been spread by the ever popular "Dad" . Alter doing lull lustlce to the dinner , nnd several toasts had been wade and responded to In the most happy manner , the balance of the day was given up to tolling their admir- ing ¬ friends nnd neighbors how the victory was won. The only regret was that enough entries could not have been made to have run the free-for-all race , as the boys have just that amount of confidence In themselves to believe that the S500 prize and thu ndditional- clory would have buuu tiottlug homo with the rest. Charged With Kllllnn Her Hnshnnd. HASTINGS , Neb. , July 24. Mrs. Fred Dick- man , of Harvard , Clay county , Is under ar- rest ¬ , charged with the murder of her hus- band ¬ , and n coroner's Jury Is now Investi- gating ¬ the caso. Dlckmau formerly resided here , and a short time ago remarried his divorced wife. Uecently his wife sent word to friends here that her husband had died suddenly. A number of them attended the funeral , and while there wore Informed of- clroumstinces which aroused Ihf ir suspicions that Dlckmau had not died a natural death.- Thov . returned homo , but finally concluded that the c se ouuht to bo Investigated. Ac- cordlnclv - the body was exhumed and upon examination , the neck was found tohavo been broken just holovv the base of the skull. From all appearances the blow that brokn the neck was made by a heavy Iron bar. There Is croat excitement In both Adams and Clay counties , and If the coroner's jury develop any facts tending to show the suspicions well founded there will undoubtedly DO a lynch ing. Mrs. Dlckmau's alleged paramour is also under arrest as an accomplice. Another Kront Tumble *. Br.ATUicB. Neb. , July 24. | Special 1'elo- pram to the UF.K. ] At 3 o'clock this morn'- Ing another front fell out of the brick blocli which fell yesterday. No one was near anil consequently none were hurt. The blocl consisted of tour two-story buildings. 1 hre- of the fronts haVe fallen nnd the fourth 1' cracked and will need to bo taken down If I docs not fall. The men injured yesternaj are doing well and will recover. Iho core tier's jury meet again to-morrow moinlng tc look Into the matter further. The examina- tion Is being conducted by County Attoinoj- Uebb. . _ __ - Cliangns In tlio Northwestern.C- UICAOO . , July 24. | Special Telegram t the lii'.K.l U Is announced that a number o highly important changes In the manage nieiit of thu Chicago & Northwestern Kail road company will bo made September 1 Marvin Hughltt , who has lately bcon pro moled to the presidency of the company , wll the title of general manag- M. er. Johi . Whitman has been appointed genera minacer , to taUo eltect Scptembci 1. Mi Whitman for several years past has beei general superintendent of the Council Bluff and Iowa lines ot the Northwestern. Ho vvll have charco of all operating and constmctloi- on tUi ! N'or hwestem svstem. C. C.Vheelr will bo succeeded by bherhurn Sanborn ,a present assistant ireneral superintendent. II- C. . Wicker , ireueral trallic maunsor , will con Untie In full rhiirgu of the traffic of the com panv , nnd will report direct to the president II. ( i. 15urt , superintendent of the low n dl vision , will assume the duties of chief en with headquarters at Chicago. ( tc Oo the n. & O. , . . PnTsia'iui , Pa. , July 21. An accommodr- w tlon train on thn Baltimore & Ohio rallroa- icllnmilsh run Into an open switch just after leaving th station this nf It moon and was precipitate over nn embinkment twelve fret high. Tli- inglne , combination bacgace r nd Miiokln- car. . nnd ono pas-cnirer coach vvere also con iilctely wrecked. Engineer J. J. Moore an Fireman Frank Hughes wern thrown froi the rail nnd Indlv hurt. The former was tc- iltily c-tlded nnd will probably die , lluchi- hul OIHnnn brol.en nnd was badly brulsci- Ml ot the pissenuers escaped unhurt In- i , who jumped trom the train when U tin i , It the tracks ro- i ? Sui-pi'HiMl Ity the Proclamations.L- OMIOV . , July 24. The Dally News saji The Dublin proclamation * surpike eve llioso who believed least In tha sctnnntosll- al ot tbc i > ic5out Irish governmen- t.Kwitorlmiil . swept Ily Hall.- Us . J.O.MWY. July 24 , A heavy hall btonu hi swept over Swltwrland , doluj , ' great damns lo the crops liLucutie. . BOODLER H'CARICtB ' ESCAPES He is Probably Safe in Canada Bjr This Time. THE SENSATION OF THE HOUR. , SlicrlfT .Matsou Allovv4 Htm to Take- n Unth , Hut He Took French Leave Instentl Ilntncrj of- Ohlcnco is Cicllcrt.C- UICAOO . , July 2) ) . iSpeclal Telegram to the UKK. I The sensation of the hour Is the escape of ex-County Hospital Warden Mc- Oirlgle - , the convicted boodtcr , from Iho cus- tody ¬ ot the sheriff- .It . appears that for some tlmo past Mc- iangle - ( has been ( piling n eoo I deal nbout his tormcr boon compuilons to State's At- torney ¬ Grlnnell , amihen the conferences were held between thorn Sheriff Mntson and n deputy would take McUtulgle out In n buggy to his home In Lake View , where ho had un interview with Orlnnell nnd n visit with his family. Ono of the conferences was arranged for last evening , but thu state's attorney was not feeling well when the boodle tilal adjourned , and sent woul that the meeting would be postponed until about GSO : In the evening. However , McGaiUlosent word to the sheritl that he itesliod verv much to visit his IIOIHO , and that kind hearted ofllcial brought his buggy mound and took McOarlglo aloiu without any accompanying deputy.- At . riving at his house the convicted boodler spent a few minutes with his wife and chil- dren ¬ , and then asked Sheriff Matsou's per- mission ¬ to take n bath. ThU was granted , nnd lie entered the bath room and closed the door. Soon the water could bo heard run- ning ¬ Into the tub. and tlio vigilant sheriff sat dovv n to rest- .He . waited what seemed to film an uncom- mon ¬ length of time and then rapped at the bathroom uoor nnd called McGarlgle. Xo answer was returned , lie then rapped at the door of the sleeping nuartmunt , and soon Mrs. McUarigle appeared on-dlshnbllo and yawning.- "Where . Is McCiarlglo , " snld Matson- ."Why . , Isn't ho In tlio bath ? " said she. Matson didn't wait to talk , and nfter looking around the housea little drove down to the jail like mad. As soon as possible tlio heads of the police and detective depnit- monts - wuro summoned , togetliei with the state's attorney. Kvery available itacctivo was at once put on thu cisu , but , thoiuh this wns before midnight Saturday , no clue ns to- thu whereabouts ot the fugitive has been ob- tained ¬ up to 10 o'clock to-night. Thn mattei was kept extremely quiet by the ofllclnls , and only leaked out by accident this afternoon.- It . Is believed by everybody to liavo been thu culmination ot a well laid plan for the re- moval ¬ by the gang of a dangerous Informer bv getting him out of Urinucll'sclutclius and out of thu country. Al thu snmo time , n sig- nificant ¬ fact In connection witn this Is that "Uuck" McCarthy nnd Harry Varnell , the boodlers , called on McOanglo last evening about seven o'clock and had a protracted conference with him nnd It was after their departure that ho asked to be- taKen IIOIIIP. There was another rumor that the flight Is apart of ono of State's Attorney Grinnell's deep laid schemes which have before this repeatedly confounded the boodlers , but in this latter leport them Is not much cre- dence ¬ placed. The police authorities have very little to say about the matter , but .seem- to think the fudtlvn took to the lake and is safely on his way to Canada. Nothing elan- Is thought or talked ot in local ciicloa to- night. ¬ . it Is stated this evening on the authorltv of the st te's attorney that though McCarlglo has been convicted , his bonds of SoO.uoO are yet held and that the bondsmen , Mlko Mc- Donald ¬ and others , will bo hold liable If ho does not return , A novel theory to oxnlaln the disappear- ance ¬ of McUarlule was quite generally dis- cussed ¬ ihis availing. The Idea was nothing loss than that McCarigle had been kidnapped. His former companions in Ilia boodle ring were suspected of making way with him. The motive asciibed is tor fear that McGarli- de. - . whom they undoubtedly know was no o- tlatlni - : with the states atloi nev , would mttko such disclosures as lo beyond preadvenluio send nil Iho Indicted commissioners to the penitentiary , and also involve persons not In ofUco , but ot Iniinitoly greater Importance than any yet brought to- book. . The state's attorney acknowledged to-night that the sticking point m Ihe con- ferences ¬ between himself and McUarlgle was the refusal of the latter to say ho would glvo Information implnciillug M. C. McDonald.- To . bear out Iho kldnapinc theory , attention was called to numerous suspicious circum- stances ¬ , slight in themselves , lint thn greatest slress Is laid on Iho fact that recapture meant to McUarlgle n rlgoious prosecution on- twentyone additional Indictments , while the disclosures such ns vvoio desired guaranteed him freedom nnd no risk except trom Ihe anger of tits associates. The Informallon lliat Slales Atlorney- Urinnoll could not Keen Iho engagement with McGarlirlo was , It seems , communicated lo Mcliniiglo before G p. m. McGarigle was deeply disappointed and pleaded with the sheriff to be taken homo anyhow. Chief Clerk Doherty would be there , McGariglo said , to make a final settlement of the ex- wnrdon's - accounts. Doherty was not at Me- Garlglo's - residence and lo-night denied hav- ing ¬ had any appointment with him. This fact , coupled with the statements of neighbors that a horse nnd biuey vvere In waiting last night nnar house , torn ! to confirm the popular belief that mat- ters were preariangud. As the reMdonco is within fifteen minutes' ride of tlio pier at- Kvanston , where a tue inUht easily have been taken , ihe Inteienco Is drawn In home nmirteis that MeGariL'le Is afloat on Lak ( Michigan sale on bis way to the straits ol Micklnaw.- linNOUNCI.NC . * Culmination of a How In the Chicago "Circle Francois. " CUICAOO , July 24. JSpecial Telocram t ( the UcK.1 A pretty row has been brovvliu- In the French colony since July 14 theli- nallonal felo day , which has culminated am- burstcd. . On that day a grand picnic wa1 held miiicr the auspices of a society , styloi- Iho "Cercle Krancnis. " The Idea , as m.idi public , waslomakoa grand demonstration and It was noised about that the oecusloi would be taken to make a great spluiun eve lloulanger. The French consul , M , D- iSurrel , was InItcd to bo uresent as Iho otll- cial representative ot the French covet n- ment. . but smelling a llnulanger iiemonstra- tlon trom afar he stayed away nnd had hi reply to thn invitation printed in Iho foi in o- n circular teller. In which ho denounced tin factional fmhls which have been aititatlni- thti colony here , and upbraided then lor their Uoulanglstic and coiumunlstii- tendencies. . These circulars ho caused to b distributed liberally on the grounds am when some of Iho olllceri of llio"CercIi- Franenls" discovered them there was i tempest. . Thu row hnally culminated In at the circulars being gathered into n pllo ant dramatically burned. Since that day tin members ot the "cercle" hnve been studylni the best moans to get even with Consul d- ihurrel and the lesnlt of Ihelr labors appeare- itoday in n circular letter ot great lencth. li which they retnto his accimtlons am- cliames ot factional lights nnd add that the' will forward copies to llio Fionch nmbisia- dor nt Washington and Iho ministers of th foreign office and of nubile Instruction li Paris as well as to the French pre s. It naid every effort will tie made to have D- Surrel temoveU in disgrace and sent back t- Franre. . the Imkc.- DKTP.OIT . , Mich. , July 24. The Free Pro' special from Amherstburg , Out , says : fli Steam barge D. W. Powers , of East Sa ? pissed up this morning and reports the los of the barge Theodore Perry , of Haileau , at- o'clock Saturday morning during ner heavy gali * . Captain McConmcl ; , of :> IE- nnw , a crew of tour , and two youag me- ftuiu Kaijluaw ueio droriucd , D1MCOVEHUD A TUICK. How Conuulsslonor Sparks HOB Kvatlcd the Olvll Service WASHINGTON , July al. [ Special Tclegrnm- to the Ur.K.J William Andrew Jsckson Sparks , commissioner of the general land ollleo , takea no more stock In the civil service law lhan dons Hon. George Ezbcrt faenoy , of Ohio , nnd while ho U fully aware of the fact that his Imperial fatness , Grovcr Cleveland , was elected president because of n few mug ¬ wumps believing he thought more cf civil fcrvlcu reform that; he did of a good dinner , tllll William Andrew Jnckion Sparks lieed * It not nnd consldets It the helidit of patriot- ism to evade them whenovcr ho can. It U a fact that since ho took charge of the general land office mor thin two years ngo , though ninny InveSbeen the changes In the personnel of the force under him , not a single requisi- tion ¬ has been nude upon the civil service commission tor's new clerk , nor lia any ono but a democrat , whose pnrty fenlty Is unquestioned , been glvon a place under him , He hit upon a trick ol uvndltiB the law soon after his cillery Into the position l.o now ( ills. The lowest grade of clorksnlo in the oft'.ce- Is ' that paving a salair of il.Wi per year. In- tlio p ttunt olllce , which occupies lla moms adjoining the o of the general land olllce- .theio . ate to b found all the lower grades of- clerkships. . The plan of Spirks ins been to- havobon'o clerk In the patent oltlce trans- ferred ¬ to the general land office whenever a vacancy existed. The rules ot the civil "Pr- vice commbbion permitted this practice so long as the employes were within the classi- fied ¬ service. The vacancies thus caused in the Patent olllce were lil'ed ' bv the selection of persons from the lower grades , fvhloli weio constantly bulni received from favorites of certain democratic sunatois nnd lemesentat- lvcs. - . The civil service rules do not permit any ono to be given a place as a S'UO ciurk or ono of the hlgliur grades unless hu or she has passed the civil fcrvico examination , but there was a provision allowing special exam- inations ¬ In dlffmont departments , nnd when- ever - a pnson who hut boon clven ouo ot the minor placns In the patent ollleo was found to bo suitable lo Ihe democratic chief of the olllce , he suouhl be submitted to the special civil service examination , and without delay derided to bo eligible tor n regular appoint- ment ¬ within the classified seivico mm pin- motion nlso if n vacancy occmred an > where. Sparks would have such persons as he cho >o- glvun ono of the small salaried places in thu- pitent otlice. nnd then hn would hive a spec- ial ¬ examination , ana as soon us possible so- curu - tlio transfci ot the man to his own bmcaii. Tlio attention of the civil sciviee commission has been called to this nalpalile fraud , nnd it has just ordered the dlscoiitiiiu- nnee - of special examinations. Hereafter them will bo somn limit to thn business of fraudulently uetting pooplu Into phcoj under- cover ot tlio law- .Immlurntfoii . fitntistics.W- ASHINOTOM . , July 24. ISpeclal Tile- gram to Tlio Dm :. The report of the imrenii- of statistics on luilgrutlnu ditrini! thujear- ondimr June:5 : () , Ib87 shows some interustlng facts concerning the growth ot oui alien population. Tlieso statistics are especially inpnrtint just at this tlmo when the subject is receiving so much cniofnl attention. It- nppearb that Ihe total immigration during tlio pist twelve months has beun 48UO against 2SS9 durins the last fiscal jeai , an Increase of about M per cent. This lb a much greater Incron-io oven than was nntlclpntod earlier in the season. It Is most notlcnblo in the case of Italians , the Im- igranls - from Italy having boon 21,50 ? In 18S 5 , and 47ri4 in 1S 87. a larger Increase relatively than any other nationality is cred- ited ¬ with. The Gormnn propar shows nnly n- slighl increasu while the Anatjians have almost doubled. Tli's irnmlgrnnbi from Ire- land ¬ vveru Os.itO : as . ila > t'4J ,190 In IteC. The lucreise in Knglisi. and Welsh Immigra- tion ¬ is larger , amounting to nearly M per- cent Thn Scandinavian Immiciutlon Is also increasing rapidly , the Iigiues for 1S87 beintt 68,711 , nd tor IbbO , : w5. ( Of tlio tolal Immigration 370.0UJ , or morn lhan three- quarters , entered at thn port ot Now York. Boston comes next with . ' ! 0209. Baltimore leeched about the same number auU Phila- delphia ¬ blood fouilli with lil.Oiy. THE WKBK IN WAI.Ij STRKHT- .Dnltlrnoro . ft Ohio Negotiations Were the Only Interesting Konturr.- Nr.vv . Yoiuc , July 24 , [ Special Tele- gram ¬ to the Hun. 1 The week was a very dull ono on the stock exchange nnd but for the varying phases of Iho Hnltlmoro it Ohio deal would probably hnvu boon the most uninter- esting ¬ on rocoid. Summarlzlnc the coursn- of prices in the s'.iara list , It can be said Hint al first there was a show ot hi uincss , which was quickly followo I by n decline of Jto UJJ- points. . Thou camn an advance which cai- rled - n number or stocks up to the Inchest figures of the week and later a reaction which lapped off some of thn improvements. Liberal purchases of Western Union byS. V White , and of Richmond Turmlnal by John Stn > back made the bust stocks conspicuously slron ? at Intervals and led the street to ba- llovo - that the Baltimore & Ohio negotiations had reached or nearly reached a successful consummation. TMs idea , however , wns speedily dispelled by Garrutt's Icttor announcing that the pending deal with the Ives syndicate wns olT- .A . rush to soil followed this , but It was over nlmost In a moment , and then it was that the best quotations wore attained. In most in- stances ¬ the re nons for the suddxn lotiirn to- tirmnrss vvere first that thenllmlnntlon of the Ives party as u factor had removed a heavy incubus trom th market , and second iv belief that other and prominent capitalists would form n .syndicate which would be acceptable to Garrott. In tacl repoils ot conferences held for the formation of mich a syndicate were treoly current late In the week , and found considerable credence. 'Ihey were sulllcient to keep the market firm tor a while In the hope of favorable developinciitsiuthatd- irection. . Thu bulls as a rulehuld on to- thnir stocks , and the bears covered nnd vveru chary about putting out fresh lines , althoiich some of the trad- ers ¬ ventuied to sell moderately near thn- close. . The expectation of sdtlumenl of thn- cablu war In'snmu shape , accompanied , of course , by an advance in tolls wns n sustain- ing ¬ power at dilfoient periods , when reports to that effect wern in circulation. Advices reporting damaitfl to crops in the west nud- nnd northwest by heat and drought were succeeded by dispatches nnnounelni ; refresh- ing rains in ( host) sections , and those affected the grangers pro and con and biou ht n few more orders into Iho market trom Chicago , the first to sell and then to buy. Outside of the comparatively .small poitlon of nsuilly active stock , thn tluctintlons wore contiucd within n nnrrovv r.iuiro and the rallies .verc brief and frequent , lllustratlnz Iho charactei- of the market Movements In railroad bond's were gener- ally unimportant. Government bonds were exceedingly quiet and the changes In prices were InsUniheant. Foreign exchange showed morn steadines- nnd rates wuru hlvher , nlthotnih thn ad vancein Bctunl figures were meiclj- fractional. . Thngrent lailnro In Iho cotton tiailev lulu It naturally excited some com- ment , bad no appreciable effect on the mar kot. Tlio monetary situation was casj throughout and the ureat bulk of Ihu busi- ness was douu al 4'il' per cent. Tim GAUM : WAI : . Vice I'rosldent Do Castro Denies Thai It llna Itcon Knitted.I- vnvv . Ynuic , July 24. [ Special Telerjrnn- to the UUK.J The settlement of the Idle graph war Is undoubtedly nearer than It eve was before , but only In point of time. Vic President Do C stro , of the Commcrcln- Cnblu company , slid last cvenlngjlia th published"rumom worn nosolutely unfrii- bo f i r ns Ills company was concerned- ."Durintt . his here , " 1m said , "Macka had no conference with Gould , and so fai a 1 know there IM-CH no overtures fo peace on either § 'de. ' I think the cahlo wa must nnonlio enileiHis the , lutes' of the per art * certunl | > the ( est o- lioini ; business. Wo xhall not aflvancu ou rUb buyoud Hm orUlnul cqo of .luity cents wotd. " IN THE FIELD OF SPORT , Whittaker Easily Defeats Ashinger in the Five Mile Bicycle Race.- A . VERY INTERESTING CHASE. Wichita Coiner Into the Wcitcrn League llnstlnn-i Wins nt Knn- ns - City Lincoln Knslly De- feats ¬ St. Joe Sport *. Iho Itlcyclo Hncc. The sport nt the bill pirk jcatcnlav after- nuon - did not attract tlio usual Sunday crowd , tlmro not being over MO or COO people pros- ent. - . Tlio weather was all that could be de- sired ¬ , but the sport was draigy and nnlntcr- citlng - until the tlnnl event the 400 match race between Whittaker and Asulnuer. The afternoon's programme opened with a- oiicqtnrter inllo foot race with P. J. Klrby , 1. H. McDonald and W. 11. Dwldson as the entries. Klrbj won the race In two stralsht heats In Holland I:04V. : The second event , ono half inllo dash , pro- fessional ¬ toot rate , DuUvecn Cicorge Kondiill- ami A. llymes , Kendall winning easll ) In 312 . T. W. Kek imdc nmlln on alrleyclencnlnstt- lmo In 3:15 : , near ! } one-halt minute slower than the record. John Uovsteu nnd Charles PKIcy , mile bieycle dash , Kovsten glvluir Plxluy 5U jards- start. . Won by Uoysten in :! : 'J4- .Knupp . then attempted to give Eckn handi- cap ¬ of ' , ' 00 > nnls m a two milo professional b.velcln race , and gel badly woialed In 0:02 : ; . This brought tlio spoil down to tlio attrac- tion of the day. the live mile bycicln chase between ( } . S. Whittnker and Charles Ashinei , Ashlngei to lido four and three- iiiHrter - ( miles nnd Whittakor live mlle . Tom Cotter , ot tlio Chronicle , was chosen referee , nud Mr. J. it. King, of the Herald , wild Mr. Tom Ulnckmore , judges. The con- oral opinion that prornllod was thai Ashlngur had a clear "cinch , " but it was soon demonstrated after the rldi'is got under way , that Whittaker had a walknvvnv- nnd - after nn uninteiesliiitf and unenthuslns- llc - stnwlo ot 15:0. : ) 1-5 Whlttakor crossed the chalk linn nearly ono halt lap nhead ot- Ashinger. . For n brief moment theio wns n wild outburst ot enthusiasm nmotiK Whit- taker's - ti lends and thev nicked him up nnd ( Milled him iiiound toi n few moments , but , the crowd tailing tu become infected with the excitement , they dropped him- .It . vv.is n deid tqunrc race , them is no doubt as to flint , but a very "dub" one in mine particulars ( Inn ono- .IVIi'liltn . in tincitorn Ij-M > ir n. KANSAS Cnv , Mo , July 24 [ Special Telegram to Tlio UKI :. I'rc-sUleut Meimos leeched a telecnun to-night stntln : that WIchlti had accepted the iiiojioaltlon of the Western leacuo to tike Iho place of Luaven- oilh. - . The hist [ Mine will be pi ijod wltli 10 Lincoln's at Wichita Tuusdny- .DnfoutH . Itiuinnw City. KANSAS CITV , Mo. , Julv 24. [ Special Telegiam to the Uiu :. ] To-doy' > game be- ween - Kansas Cty : and llastlncs was n- Mindly ol errors , tlio homn team making ilrteon and the visitors fourteen. Hastings .cored ten runs in the Hist live innings and Causas City four , but in Iho two succeeding unities the homo team scored elcht runs and he visitors ono , giving the former a load ot- mniun. . Two morn runs raised the t-com to- onrtecn , but In thu last half of thn ninth lastings mulit three runs nnd tied ho score. Kansas Cily was blanUed lu lie fust half of thotanth inplng nnd a fum- lo - ) by Graves , who played at third , and nn- np.xcns.iblo muff by McKIm gave Hustings- be needed run. McKim was knocked out of- ho box in the second Imiintr. and subso- luontlv - fined 910 101 bad playing , wns- Ichlv deserved. The scoru wan us follow * : Kansas City. . .2 014l- astniKS . 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 ii 1-15 Earned iiuiH Kansas Oiw 0, HastniBs7. Two b-iso hits McKeon , Ulugn , N'ichols , "inches. Tluoobaso hils Lunm in , Pooples. . .oft on hases Kair.as Cltv in. Ha. " tings 10- .Stinck . out Mniisoll , MoKIm , Hughes. " ) oublo jilays Hinifo to MeKoon twice. First base on tnlls Lllllo ( (3) ) , Hassimor , Mansoll , Curtis, Welch , Kbngnt , _ .. ., .- - , Lumian. First haso on enors- Cnusas City 0, Hastings 0. Passed balls ( irnvestt , Leg ; 1. Timn ot game " hours and 11 mlinites. UmpIiH llaxeii- .liincDln . Doioniri St. .To" . ST. JosEi'ii , Mo. , July 21. iSpeelnl Tele- gram lo Ihe Ilr.i : . ] The irnmo to day at ..ensue pails was ono of thcpietticst contests seen on the homo grounds this season , lloth pitcheis worn well supported. Lincoln ilaylng nn errorless1 gamn. The aeoio was as- ollovv.s : St. Joe 0 02000210-5 Lincoln 20000150 311- Hattenes nnd Ilullmnn , Unit ind Hoover. Hase hits bt Joe 13 , Lincoln 13. Errors St. Joe !i , Lincoln 0. The AniorlcHii Association.- Vr.w . YOIIK , Julv 22. The game between he Ilrooklyu and St. Louis teams to-day re- sulted ¬ as follows : Uiooklyn 1 002000003S- t. . Louis 0 000400 00 4 Don th of a HOMO H.UIInt- .Pn . rsiiuito , July 24. Telegrams iccelved- n tins city to-nielit announce the death ot- A. . L. McKinnou , first baseman of the PlttsI- mrg - basn ball club , al his horn" in Cum- Jirnlge - , Mnss. , wheio ho has beun ill with Ij pliold lovoi tor nbout two weeks. Another rdophonn Invention. July 2l.Nev | Vork Ileiald Sable Special to the Ilii.l : : Two Uolginns , Colonel I'enard amiMr.. Noithomb , tlio latter professor ot technical tola craphy. unvo just inaJo known a wonderful discovery , namely , n portable telephone , wherewith telephoning Is easy on openaround from anywhere to any w hero by means of n copper wlro worked by n small but nstonlsliluely powerful electric generator. Ilegiinonst- In warfare could carry n who and bu able lo- comiiumlcato vvitli each other by simply thiowlng the wlro on neil and lolling it round a sword llxeJ In tlio pound to form n circuit , and then speaking through a small box. The slid tolophonu also nets as n tolo- gianh - and can be used nsn substitute vvhor- over the telegraph wlrus ; uo cul. 'Experi- ments ¬ made between IJitmelsfiml Antwerp bliovv that llioliaiismlsslon Isso perfect that a sound is heard even ut several j aids trom the receiver. A portable telephone already ex- Ists - In ( lermnny , but tlio cost Is so dear nnd- It so constantly gets out of order ns to be Impiactlcnbl- e.O'nricn . ou the hand Dill. LONDON , Juiy 24. An Intervlovv wag hold to-day wilh William O'nrlen , M. P. , ami editor ot United Ireland , on thu subject ol- Ihe Irish land bill. O'Brien said that the first etlect of the measure would bo to bank- nipt - ami destroy the majority ot the land- lords in lieland , and the next oiled to de- stroy the government , which had purchased I'm oflleo with concessions deslincthn lo llu- conservallvo pxrly. After n bitter strugirli- ot six months , Mo said , thn ministry hail adopted Parnell's bill , und It was the plan ol campaign Dial had forced them lo pursm their present couiso. Counties nnd Towns Proclaimed.- Duni.i.v . , July 21. The counties of Cork Llmorlck , Kilkenny , Tipperarj , Waterford Wlxford , Doneiril nnd ilonnghan hnve beei- proclaimed. . The following towns Invo nisi biwn pioclalmcd : Duulln , Cork. Limerick Waterioid. Loudnndf rry , Kilkenny- Droghed , llelfast , Carrlckfcrgus and Uulvva- yKllltnl a ( Joloi'iid I'rQaqlior.S- JTAHKVII.I.E . , Mich ,, July 21. Uov. W. 11- intlin ( , a colored pastor , was tjiot nnd kllle- itoday by otlicera were nttr-mpting t- urrwt liim. lie bore , a coud cUaraoter , TIIK ItKCOllU , monetary TrAiiwnctiom In the Coun- try ¬ DnrltiK the Past Week.- Hosro.v . , Mns-t. , July 24. ( Special Tele- grain to thu IlKi-l The following table compiled from special dispatches to the Post from the managers of thu leading clear- ing ¬ houses of the United States shows the gross exchaiiKes for Iho week ended July 311 , lsS7 , with comparisons with the correspond- ing ¬ week last vear : CHOI' CONDITIONS. Humm.iry of tin : Situation In- WoHtcrn the States.- Cincvoo. . . July 21. The following crop suinnmo will be printed in this week's edi- tion ¬ of tlio Farmers' Hovlow : While local rains In .some localities have como In the nick of tlmo to keep the corn crop , our re- ports ¬ this week Indicate that drought has lownred the average condition ot the crop In almost all Iho stales reporting. The vvinlor wheat yield In the different states , according to reports , is ns follows : Sixteen counties in Illinois have nn averagn of 10 % bushels : ten Indiana counties , 102 5 bushels ; ton counties In Missouri,10 > u bushels ; fourteen counties In Ohio , 15l f bushels ; cloven Kansa'i counties , 14 busbnls. The average condition of sprimr wheat In eleven counties In Iowa report an average condition of 06 per cent : Floyd and Buchanan counties n total destruction of the erop by chinch buu's ; and more or less damage has been done bv those Insects In- Allaiuakeo , Uremer , Diibuauo , Franklin , Ida , Keokuk. nnd Pnlo Alto counties. Eight Minnesota counties repoit the average condl- ion of their spring wheat crop at 77 per cent.- inmge . ) bv chinch bugs nnd di ought has eon done In t-evur.xl countle1. Nine of the ountles in Nebraska report nn average cou- Ittion - of 04 per cent. Some damage has been one by bugs and drought. Six Wisconsin onntie.s leport the avnrage ns low as 52.8 per }er cent , the dannueby chine.i buic * bavin g- ecn severe. Eight counties In Dakota place ho nvcingc condition at 03 pur cent , nnd no- omplalnt of datunjo by insects. Tlio avert- rn - condition of the corn crop is ns follows : .nfhteen counties In Illinois placit the ave- rgeats'iuorcent - , mid nearly all require rnlu- or the crop. Nine Indiana conn- led report the average condition ut bO- ter cent , and inoro or less damaged y drought. Ten counties in Missouri re- ioil - nn nvorni-H of 10"i per cent. Thirteen ountles In Ohio report thoaveiaiie condition li per rent. Haln Is needed. In s emu ot- hu counties. Twelve Kansas counties re poll Iheii averacoat 03 per emit. There Is- Inmage by drought in nlnn counties. Nine Mlchlgxn counties report nn nver- ngo - of 101 per cent. Sixteen lown- ountles place tbo averavo nt ( K7 per cent , ind snmo damage by ilrought and ehlnch bugs , 'en counties in Minnesota report the uvor- ign - condition at 07 tier cent nud some Inmngn by dionght. Nine Nebraska coun- ties ¬ have nn nveraite of 102 per cent, Italn Is- rt nulled in some localities. The condition of crous Is above the avoia o in Wisconsin nnd also In Dakota. Weather Crop nulletlh. WASHINGTON , July 2t. The weather crop bulletin , issued by thu signal office lo day or Ihu week aiming July 23 , 1SV7 , Is as fol- ows - : Diirlmr Iho week ending July 23 the rnln- 'all ' has been In excess over Now England , ho middle Atlantic Males and Interior ot tnu- outli , Atlantic nud east gulf slates , ns well ns in tlio greater part ot Nebraska. Mailed seasonable deficiencies of rain fall yet obtain , amounting ton Indies r morn in Iowa , the Mississippi vnl- cy - , Georgia.7 In Iowa Oils deficiency wns steadily increased during the jast month , bill In the other regions named he deficiency hns slowly diminished. While he high tempointuio tends to rapidly mature the growing corn , yet inoro rain must hnvo- bren needful from Kansas , nnd low a , east- wntd - to ludlnnn- .MABSACHUSKTTH . FLOODS. The llimvy RnliiH Cniiso ExtonHlvo- Dctit ruction of Properly. LAKE PMASANT , Mass. , July 2J. This hns been the most severe rain over known In this vicinity. The wntei In Lake Ploasanl- is Ivvoleet higher than cverbnloro. The roar of mountain streams .sounds like thai of Iho ocean . nnd can be henid from three lo four miles. Them wns n rlsn In Iho Conneclicut- rlvci of ten feet In ouu hour nnd twenty min ¬ utes. No trains have passed hero since morn- ing. - . A washout is lepotted on the Pittsburg road near Iivinu 100 leet long nnd twenty flint deep. All cirriage roads In this vicinity nro damaged , and many bridges carried n way- .SiMtir.rir.ir . , Mass. , July 21 , A special from drent Harrington reports night live lost by the flood. Particulars hnvo not been received. It is reported that two dnins gaua- w. iv In Wllliamsburit this evening- .liosTov . , July 24. Krports continue to be received ot great floods thromrhoul New Knglami occasioned by the Incessant rains. During torts-eight hours nenrl > eight Inchee- of rain hns fallen nnd the streams uveiy- vvharo - me out of their banks Immense Jam- ngo - hns been Riistalncd. Later A dispatch from ( Jreat Hirrlngton- savs thai but ono Illn vvnslosl. I'r.mk Charlo Drum , of Orarvllle , cllmhed Into a rnllroul tank to iscane the flood nnd wns drowned Twentjtlireo bridges nro gone , besides giisl mills and dams ami factories- .MarinliiK . Donrh I"at ( , CIIIOAOO , July 24. ISpeclal Telegram to- llic Hut :. ) Tnero wore inoro deaths la tin city for the week ending jesterdav tlian foi- liny week In the history of the munlciiiality , and the rate was nlsn the highest cvoi- reached. . The tot deaths were 720, ngalns4- SS for the previous wek and 291 for tin corresponding week aear niso. Of the mini her :! il-nearlv one-half died last hundav which Is also the highest leeordevernttmnei- In any one day. This is tlm direct result ol- thn teirlblo he.itotl spell which passuil est the city , _ _ _ A Uuinst r.tililliMl. Tfi.i.AHOMTenn , July 21IV.cl Hoover, n IICRIO ; ailst | , who o-utrnijpdn nen- womaii ueni Fasten illo 1'rlday ovaiilm ; was siiiroumled by n bony ot tingrOiQim U- iilnyut lU'd'clock ' , ivyo mlh-s nvd n htilf lion ' , aud tlddJea itu bullcu. VERY POOR MAIL SERVICE , A Shameful Condition of Things in Iowa'a State Capital , THE STATE UNIVEHSITY ROW- .It . Is in n Fair Wny to Itlow Over An AgUntloti For Itriluocd- Knllrotul Fare Other NCVVH In Iowa. How thn Mfttlfl Are Drs Moixr.s la. , July J4. [ Special to tin While In the business of kicking against the administration , n vigorous full- grown kick can very properly bo applied to the pojtoftlco deputmuut for the outrageous way In which it servos the mall In Iowa. Moro complaints have bcon umdn In the last few weeks lhan were hoard lu us many years under republican rulo. The ncvv.spapnr of- fices ¬ suirei thn most, tlielr malls being do- laved , inissont or lost altogether. Dally papers of thu state turn no two or thrco days Into, while the state papers come bunching la- In twos nnd three. The UIK : ruachos this city on thu day of publication nbout thrco times a- week. . The number of letters that hiivo been mlssont or lost entirely Is quite appalling. The local mall service Is In keep- ing ¬ with the rest , A case was iccently mentioned in which a letter was sent from oun ward to friends In another ward announcing the Illness of n- relative. . The sick person crtsw worse , died , and was burled botoro the Icttor wns deliv- ered ¬ n dozen or two blocks nvvay. Carriers have been put Into the oltlce whose Ignoranca- Is positively shocking , and lo these bunglorM- nro entrusted the Important mall business oC- n city of 40,000 people. The luipiesulon pre- vails ¬ prcttv generally that the postmaster Is morn bent on making hid ollleo servo the democratic ptity than the publio. The peo- ple - of lovvu will bo mighty glad of n chntiuo that will turn the incompetent In the mall sorv ice out , and restore it to Its old tlmo otli- cieucy - under republican dliectlon- .nn.SCAN . : n.NiVKiisirv iiiouiiCiK.- Tlie. . trouble at ihu state nnlvfisity is in a fair way ot blowing over , now ttiat now pro- fessors ¬ have been chosen to fill the places of- thn deposed professors. The now men are all on the yoiingoi sldo of middle life , lull of energy nnd ambition , and give uroinisu oC- uront success In tholrrespectivodepartments.1- 'rol. . . Follow s ono of the deposed who has been uru-eil by indiscreet friends to make a- IIHS over his displacement , has honslblj con- cluded ¬ to do nothing ot thn kind. Ho ban declined the nomination of the prohibition * ists to lie.Mtato supoilnlendunt , nnd it Is in- timated ¬ that hn will bo acniidldatu for thai nomination at the republican bfati ) conven- tion ¬ , seeklnir In this way n vindication ot his coursn at the unlveisltv , nnd n balm tor his wounded feelings.I- '.NCl.K . HAM At A rAYMASinll. When tlio state of lowax responded to the call of Undo Sam for help In putting down thn rebellion , it didn't slop to think about being paid buck for what it paid out. LIut the Tonerablo ; unele , though n little slow , Is- n good paymaster. The uovernor has ro- cenlly - been Informed that the sum of- S10TI.51 has been allowed In the third audi ¬ tor's olllce on a claim ot tlio stntn for ex- penses ¬ Inclined In inKIni : volunteers during ho war. General Bellcnap , who represents ha state in these claims , says that ho ex- x ; > cts olhors will bo allowed and paid ifter In a HOttlement of the old account :) . HKIHICKI ) IIAII.KOAI ) KAUK- .Thnro . is an Interesting tudUtlon of the iiihjectof lower passengei fares going 011- iv r the state. Many people nnd papers are n tavorof.liuvliiR thu legislature rtduce Kl- lassenzer fares to tvro cents a inllo. Since the pass astem has been abolished , the rail- roads ¬ tire Miiving thousands of dollars extra and can afford to innko some sort of division ,vlth the public. At present three cents la- he minimum and that only on roads bnlont- ng - to the first class. The railroads will un- doubtedly ¬ tleht a two cent tare , and thafe- tvould bo a pretty big drop from thulr piesenfto- vnnuH. ; . Hut It Is not unlikely that a com- lironilso - on two and n half cants for first lass loads nmy bo reached , particularly II- ho next legislature should have n largw- cprnontaton ! of the granger and autl- monopoly elements.- A . OOOl ) SHOWING. The annual report to the governor of the upervlMirs of the various counties of tlio- itate , makes n very eood ohowlng for the general prosperity ot the people of lown. Tha whole number of Inmates In the poor housefl- of thoBtato Is but 1,754,1,031 males , and 093- females. . Foi a population of nearly 2,000,009- a showing ot one pauper to u thousand peo- ple ¬ is not very bad. During the past year , tlio dlireiont county supervisors paid out fps thn poor who applied for relief either tndl- viduallv - or through the poor houses , a total amount ot $M5r 4t ! 01 , or an aveiuge ol about } .wo per county- .Arrastrd . For Infnntlclilo.- SiorxCiTY . , In. , July Si. Sioux City on- cers > jestcrday wont to the farm of L. O- .Hrotiett . , near the city, and placed Mr. and Mrs. Hronett , their daughter ( Mrs. Frank Collce ) and Louis llronctt , their son , under arrest , charged with infanticide. These parties , . who are quite wealthy, are chargeA with murdering the illegitimate child of c- Kreoch girl , Elba Klvorn , who'was a servant In tlio family. Khe licensed JUmtls Bronett of being the father of the child. It was taken from the mother n few minutes after blrtli and thrown Into the river , hut wns after- vvaids - found and burled. The crlmo was concealed for several weeks- ."WHITK . CP8. " They Arc Attain nt Their Villainous Iwllaim I nriiirrs.- Nivv . : AI.IIANY , Iml. , July 24. [ Special Telcsrain to the IlKii.J The White Caps were again nt thulr villainous work In- Oiango and Crawlord counties yesterday.- Thoiuns . liurton , aied thhty , a married and law-abiding larmer , was compelled to leavra his homo nnd come heio lor safety. The Caps thiPntoned Ills life If he did not Icnvo Thursday night. Wesley Kcllly , ot- Unlonvillc , was taken fiom his bed to the woods and received n terrlblo beating with switches lor some alleged family troubles , So unmercifully was Keilly whipped that hid lifo Isdlspalrcd ot. .Insured of the pence and constibles bceui to bu in sympathy vvltfc those panu's of outlaws , now nuinburing over 100 in those counties , and make no cflort to arrest them. Allah * nm now in Mich n la- ment ¬ ible condition that farmers will l o com- pelled ¬ to leave theii homes , ( jovornor Ciray will be called upon bj a committee ot fann ¬ ers nnd nsked to takn Kinie union. The farmers will recommend the ordonnr out ot the state troops , that belntr denmed the only meanby which the scoumlieJs can bedrlvou- trom thu comninnll ) . A UHAMT. roil A UUCI- I'rtMiuh . Ijditor ItnnilyVorilH Whloll- HfwiiliH lii n ( halli'iiKC.- Pviifs . , July ! MM. . Caisannac has pub- liihed - a flat denial ot the fltorj thatelght- tour ueneiaU proposed H coup d'etat to ( inn- oral lioulanger ana tlnllenged Ln Kranco to publish thulr names. Lx ; I'rancu has asked Cicntrnl Kcrron'.s pcrmi&nion to puhilnh the names After dvinlng thn hluiy, M. Cas- bv - unc urinted nn article lieadul "Covvnrd , Liar. etc. " 'Iho resuit IR that M. lam , ndmiUin ,: himself to bo tin ) nutlior of thoonginnl Intteib tufeiilngto tin ) matter , has elnillciigLd M. Cuss.ignno lo light ili'i'l. La Jus'iititoiisldcit the lutlurs- of too hm.'ili consequence to bo worth any botltei , anil it expanses the onlnlon that too gienl llbrrllns have laen taken In Ivvtstltig Iho vvoids of Ocri-lal lioulivnger In tlio Inti- nneor tin'houm ciiele. li Franco is now tint ot tire ntfilr. Only Sl IluiVVUCtl- i UK July vi ! on boaru tlo- i M.flirati ; , vslllch touiulnrril' Oil Puliit , vvi-rii-'avctl six , '

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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.SEVENTEENTH YEAE. OMAHA. MONDAY MORNING , JULY *>5. 1887. NUMBER 37.

NEBRASKA CITY'S' LYNCUING.

Additional Details 6( How Lee Shellen-berger Was Strunc Up.

THE MOB WELL ORGANIZED.-

VlKllnntc

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* Slaroh With Milltnry I'rc-clalon

-to tlio* Jnil ntul Lcnvo Sing *

ln >- a German Song After

the

The Shcllcnhergor Case.-Nr.wtAsKA

.CITV , Neb. , July 24.fSpeclal

Telegram to Tlio UIK.: | It wns after2 o'clocki-hLs morning whun thu mob hung.Miellctibergcr reached tlio court house , andwithin half an hour after tlio murderer wasstrung up. Tlio mob had gathered duringtlio fore part of tlui night In Wyuka cometry ,about a !mlf a, milo southwest of the city , nnd-it was douo so quietly and secretly that veryftiw citizens know nnjlhlng about It andthose who did know > descrcetly remainedsilent. The vigilantes wuru fully SOU in num-ber

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, arn.ed to the teeth , and were perfectly, marching with military piecUsion-

to tin ; jail. Kvery face was securely masked.The first Indication of their presence te-

a snnll number of people who had caught onthat something was up was n cant; of abouttifty masked and armed men nulling intothe llehlcd hall of the court house. A gray-bearded guard who was stationed In the hallwas BO completely taken by surprise time tichad but time to glvo one wild cry of tenorwhen ho was caught and a guard placed overnlin. In an Instant the bull ropes ana tele-phone

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wires wcro cut. A large number ofthe mob stationed themselves at Intervalsaround the court house wall to keen out per-sons

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who might want to entertheard , while another partywas endeavoring to force an entrancethrough the heavy Iron door on the t-outh sideofthncnmt house , but which resisted alltheir elforls. The crated window of Shlllon-benter's

-call was next tried , but this , too ,

took too much work , wlimi some one, evi-dently

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the loader , gave the older to breakInto the sheriff's' ollloo , and cut throughthe floor. In n very short tlmo hole threeby six tcet was undo directly over thn cageIn the cell. A ladder was chopped throughand a number of men swarmed downIt , meeting no resistance. . nndwith heavy sledges In less thanten minutes the door of theeago was broken open nnd Len taken out.lie fotiglil desperately , ami It wns not untilthe rope was around his neck , which wasifjmcklv douo , that ho seemed to acknovvl-edun

-tfmt his Kamu was up. lln did not

spenk a word until ho was forced through thehole in tlio floor , u lien lie cried out , "Oh ,Clod Almighty I" Ho was pushed and drag-Red out through the hall and to the foot of atree not over twenty leet trom thn front doorof thn court house , when n man sprang upthe tree , rope In hand , nnd swung it over a-

limb. . Then there was a cryana a shout of "Pull himup. " Then there was another wait of a min-ute

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, the rope was adjusted around his neck ,and he was asked If hit had anything to sayor confess. Ho answered that hu was Inno-cent

¬ot the crime of which ho was chared

and convicted , and that his brother shouldbury him in the orchard of the old home-stead

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south of the city, until ho was provenInnocent , when they should bury him by theMdo of his father and like other people woreburled. At hrst ho bogged hard tor his life ,

but when ! io saw that his case was hopelessho became Tory nervy and never falteredonco. A strom; pull on thn rope nnd Shellen-berger died , with a cnrsu upon his lips , as husaid , "I'll haunt you s of b s If 1 can. "

The body was hauled up about eight fret ,when It was lowered and the rope fixedbetter around his neck nnd then was pulledup again and left hanging. Sholleubergerdid not struggle In the least. There was noincrement ot thn limbs and death seemed tohave come almost Instantly.

The couunnnd watt tiiven and the mobformed In line and In mllitarr order marchedout of the southwest gate of the court yarusinging a Herman song. During the wholeproceeding everything was ijulet , and theworK was neatly performed with such pre-cision

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as to indicate a thorough understand-ing

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and good leadership. Several of tliomob wern Identified. It was known to havebeen composed mostly of Germans , chlellvfrom tlio vicinity of Shelleubergor's formerhomo.

Deputy SlierllT Hubert , who was one of Ihoguards at the jail , had all the Ite-vs In tils pos-Hcssion , but was not asked tor thorn , themob evidently thinking their own way thebest , nnd tlio demitles hud the good sense '.rknow they could do nothing to resist such n-

crowd. .The body remained hanging until Go'clock

when Coroner tirauer cut It down and heldan ln ] ticst, Several witnesses wore examinetl and a vordlct returned In accordantwith the above facts.

Ibis afternoon tlio body was taken to tluold homestead and will be burled a-

ho desired. Not one word olsympathy or regret for the dead man wa ;

heard on thn streets this mprnlng. but every-one expressed themselves pleased with UK-night's work. There was to have been ar-ntlemnt made the night previous , but tinsheriff having gotten wind of the schemehad Ilia jail ton well guarded. When thliwas learned the mob changed their procrnmme , quietly dispersed , and surprised thiJail when they were not expected.

U was rumored on the streets to-night tnawarrants would be sworn cut for the arres-of n number of members of the mob , and inumber of Herman citizens expressed tlieldetermination to contribute to the dofenEe o-

anvono who might be arrested. A largnumber of viewed the body as It wahanging this morning. Among them wcrnoticed quite a number of women-

.airs.

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. ShHIonhcrgcr Honrs the New *

LINCOLN , Neb. , July 24--fSpecial Ithe lire. ] 'Ihu news of the lynchln-of Lee Shellenberger nt Nebraska Gitwas tlio topic of conversation In Lincoln tc-

day. . Since the trial of Mis. Shcllonburgefor the samecilmo at the recent term of th-dlstilct court hero , Lincoln peoplelearned directly the story of the atrodnucrime and not aoico was heard deelnrln-on the streets against the mob nnil Us worlbut to the contrary the opinion was irencr ;

that bliullonberger had received hilust de.seits and would not innbreak Jail and escape punishiiicn-Mrs. . Shellonberger who conttntii-mi Inmate of the county jail hern slncn tl-juiv In her trial dbagn-ed , was told earl> esti'iilay the l.tct ot the bnchiug of hi-

liusbiml. . Slioiecelved the news with ttsame calm demeanor and unmoved expro-slnu nt teatmcs llmtshu maintained throu ,:out her trial. She shed no tears nnd f-uressed noie rctsor words of sorrow ovi-ttiu occuruncc. blie stated that Leo was tlono to hu punished tor the crime , hut did m-

i to think Ijnch law was the propi-method. .

Sun I hy Mr * . Thnrlier.-JIHSI

.: : Cm , N. JJuly24. Thnpcenerf-

itngo propjrtlp- , costumes , otc. , of the Nntonal Opoi.i company haut hern I

thc'slieiul. Mrs. II. K. Thurber , of NeYork city , loaned S.W.OOO to the rompan-ami sln| lns: Instituted suit to iccover tl-

amount. . The paper- , have hel'u snrvedDin etor ItucKlev , ot the company , nl Pati-Mm. . and tlu * sheriff levied on the cued

uio in storage-

.VcntlHr

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Indication" .Km Ni-nraskv : Cooler , fail VM t

nblii- .

winds , Leiiernlly southerlyKorlovva : Warmer, fail weather , vai.r'

winds ircnornllvontlicih. .

b'orKi tcrn Dakota : HighertompIn noithorn portion , lower tomiwct-MMithtrn portion , fair vvcatiier ,wl'ids generally southerly-

.Uuntli

.

of General Dunn.-WAMUNOTON

., July 21. Urlninlier-

SVilllaiu MuKfo Uunn , United States artr-rvtircd , late Judge ndvowto general , diedhis conutry Tertldcnce , : ! , Kairflounty , Virginia , tills morning , In 1

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SUNDAV AT LiUNG PINE-

.Intcrcstlnc

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Exerclicg at ihe MewChnutaiiiia] AsBcmtily.-

Loxn.

PINE , Neb. , July 21. | Special Tele-gram

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to The UiB. ] The crowd at tlio as-

somhly-

to-day ntimberod In the thousands.The success of thlj organization Is unpre-cedented

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since the opening of Chaiitnunua-assemblies. . People not being educated towhat they ore exactly, don't como preparedto stay, but ns soon as they arrive on theetounds nnd behold the splendor and becomeaccustomed to the workings they Immediatelyprepare to enlist nnd nro going to stay to Ihu-

end. . It Is astonishing to think that anorganization that only started a few monthsOEO , and with only $1,000 to start withcould have seemed such valuable assistance.'The work of Prof. McConnell and MissHogers , of Chicago , In the musical depart-ment Is Invaluable. Itev. John Askln , ofKearney occupied the 10 o'clock hour to day ,

and his subject WAS "John the Baptist , " lieIs nn able talker and appeared to speak ex-

tempor.ineortslv.-

. Ho intoie-Ucd the congre-gation

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to such nn extent that they would havelistened to him with the greatest of ease torfour hours. Kcv. Dr. Kviuib , of Chicago , oc-cupied the 'i o'clock houi , and thn knowledgethat the doctor Is going to speak alwaysbrines the largest crowds , ills subject wasthe "Sources ot Our Culture, " and hohandled U with a masterlmnd and held hisaudience spell bound until ha titteredthe Hst word. The subject required thehandling ot thn classics considerably. Hev.-Dr.

.. Lemon occupied the 4 o'clocK hour , lie

is a very Interesting talker. He gave au-enltonilcd history of the church work In-

Nebraska. . As ho has been thirty jears Inchinch work tor the M. K. church In Ne-braska.

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. It was very Intorestlug indeed to hearhim tell of his travels hundreds of milesoverland with his family , and how ho taughthis children in the rudiments of un educa-tion

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In a small buggv as they traveled alone.-Kev.

.. Dr. Marsh , of Nellgh , occupied the

ovonlnic hour, and this concluded tour goodsermons In ono day.-

Mrs..

. Woodward , the great temperanceworker. Is on the grounds. Monday Is tem-perance

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dav. at which tlmo she will occupytic time. The Long Pine band , diessed Intheir beautiful uniforms , aio on the groundplavlng every day , which adds materially tothe entertainment.

York Welcomes the Victors.-YOIIK

.

, Neb. , July 1M. [ Special to the Ilr.i.J:

This city was alive on Saturday ntul Itsheart was aglow to welcome our victorioushook and ladder team returning from thetournnmcut nt Kearney , covered with glory ,

laurels , prizes and belt , and tlio pride andenvy of all the stay-at-homos. Thewere astir early and at once produced a cor-ner

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on brooms , bunting and llas , and setthemselves at placing the city ID holiday at-

tire.¬

. A triumphal arch wes erected on Lin-coln

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avenue of greens and flowers , with themotto : "411-5 , " tvhluu was the most conspic-uous

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(nature. In fact those Hymbolicfigures mot ono at every turn.The boys arrived on the 1:10: p. m.train from the west. The people from thecity and surroundlnc country for miles woreon hand and met them literal )' with onon-arms. . A procession was formed , headed bythe York cornet band , nnd about fifty ormore of the lady trlnnds of the team onhorseback , each one of whom wore a broadsash with the Inscription 'wolcoine. " Theline of march to the court house and aroundthe square was one grand ovation. Speecheswere made bv ox-Speaker Hnrlan , MayorScotland other promlnentcltlzons , coneratu-latlni

-; the boys on their well and hard earned

victoiy , which gives thorn not onlythe title of champions of Nebraskabut of the world. Nothing was toogood"for them , and after the speech-making WOK over they were escorted to theDlodgett bouse , where an elegant banquethad been spread by the ever popular "Dad" .Alter doing lull lustlce to the dinner , nndseveral toasts had been wade and respondedto In the most happy manner , the balance ofthe day was given up to tolling their admir-ing

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friends nnd neighbors how the victorywas won. The only regret was that enoughentries could not have been made to have runthe free-for-all race , as the boys have justthat amount of confidence In themselves tobelieve that the S500 prize and thu ndditional-clory would have buuu tiottlug homo withthe rest.

Charged With Kllllnn Her Hnshnnd.HASTINGS , Neb. , July 24. Mrs. Fred Dick-

man , of Harvard , Clay county , Is under ar-

rest¬

, charged with the murder of her hus-band

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, and n coroner's Jury Is now Investi-gating

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the caso. Dlckmau formerly residedhere , and a short time ago remarried hisdivorced wife. Uecently his wife sent wordto friends here that her husband had diedsuddenly. A number of them attended thefuneral , and while there wore Informed of-clroumstinces which aroused Ihf ir suspicionsthat Dlckmau had not died a natural death.-Thov

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returned homo , but finally concludedthat the c se ouuht to bo Investigated. Ac-cordlnclv

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the body was exhumed and uponexamination , the neck was found tohavobeen broken just holovv the base of the skull.From all appearances the blow that brokn theneck was made by a heavy Iron bar. ThereIs croat excitement In both Adams and Claycounties , and If the coroner's jury developany facts tending to show the suspicions wellfounded there will undoubtedly DO a lynching. Mrs. Dlckmau's alleged paramour isalso under arrest as an accomplice.

Another Kront Tumble *.

Br.ATUicB. Neb. , July 24. | Special 1'elo-pram to the UF.K. ] At 3 o'clock this morn'-Ing another front fell out of the brick blocliwhich fell yesterday. No one was near anilconsequently none were hurt. The bloclconsisted of tour two-story buildings. 1 hre-

of the fronts haVe fallen nnd the fourth 1'

cracked and will need to bo taken down If I

docs not fall. The men injured yesternajare doing well and will recover. Iho coretier's jury meet again to-morrow moinlng tclook Into the matter further. The examina-tion Is being conducted by County Attoinoj-Uebb. . _ __ -

Cliangns In tlio Northwestern.C-UICAOO

., July 24. | Special Telegram t

the lii'.K.l U Is announced that a number ohighly important changes In the managenieiit of thu Chicago & Northwestern Kailroad company will bo made September 1

Marvin Hughltt , who has lately bcon promoled to the presidency of the company , wll

the title of general manag-M.

er. Johi. Whitman has been appointed genera

minacer , to taUo eltect Scptembci 1. MiWhitman for several years past has beeigeneral superintendent of the Council Bluffand Iowa lines ot the Northwestern. Ho vvllhave charco of all operating and constmctloi-on tUi ! N'or hwestem svstem. C. C.Vheelrwill bo succeeded by bherhurn Sanborn , apresent assistant ireneral superintendent. II-

C. . Wicker , ireueral trallic maunsor, will conUntie In full rhiirgu of the traffic of the companv , nnd will report direct to the presidentII. ( i. 15urt , superintendent of the low n dlvision , will assume the duties of chief en

with headquarters at Chicago.

( tc Oo the n. & O., . . PnTsia'iui , Pa. , July 21. An accommodr-

w tlon train on thn Baltimore & Ohio rallroa-

icllnmilsh

run Into an open switch just after leaving thstation this nf It moon and was precipitateover nn embinkment twelve fret high. Tli-inglne , combination bacgace r nd Miiokln-car. . nnd ono pas-cnirer coach vvere also coniilctely wrecked. Engineer J. J. Moore anFireman Frank Hughes wern thrown froithe rail nnd Indlv hurt. The former was tc-

iltily c-tlded nnd will probably die , lluchi-hul OIHnnn brol.en nnd was badly brulsci-Ml ot the pissenuers escaped unhurt In-

ii , who jumped trom the train when U tini , It the tracksro-

ii? Sui-pi'HiMl Ity the Proclamations.L-OMIOV

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, July 24. The Dally News sajiThe Dublin proclamation * surpike evellioso who believed least In tha sctnnntosll-

al ot tbc i > ic5out Irish governmen-

t.Kwitorlmiil

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swept Ily Hall.-

Us

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J.O.MWY. July 24 , A heavy hall btonu hiswept over Swltwrland , doluj ,' great damnslo the crops liLucutie. .

BOODLER H'CARICtB' ESCAPES

He is Probably Safe in Canada Bjr ThisTime.

THE SENSATION OF THE HOUR.,

SlicrlfT .Matsou Allovv4 Htm to Take-n Unth , Hut He Took French

Leave Instentl Ilntncrjof-

Ohlcnco is Cicllcrt.C-UICAOO

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, July 2)) . iSpeclal Telegram tothe UKK. I The sensation of the hour Is theescape of ex-County Hospital Warden Mc-

Oirlgle-

, the convicted boodtcr , from Iho cus-

tody¬

ot the sheriff-.It

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appears that for some tlmo past Mc-

iangle-

( has been ( piling n eoo I deal nbouthis tormcr boon compuilons to State's At-torney

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Grlnnell , amihen the conferenceswere held between thorn Sheriff Mntson andn deputy would take McUtulgle out In nbuggy to his home In Lake View , where hohad un interview with Orlnnell nnd n visitwith his family. Ono of the conferences wasarranged for last evening , but thu state'sattorney was not feeling well when theboodle tilal adjourned , and sent woul thatthe meeting would be postponed until aboutGSO: In the evening. However , McGaiUlosentword to the sheritl that he itesliod vervmuch to visit his IIOIHO , and that kind heartedofllcial brought his buggy mound and tookMcOarlglo aloiu without any accompanyingdeputy.-

At.

riving at his house the convicted boodlerspent a few minutes with his wife and chil-dren

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, and then asked Sheriff Matsou's per-

mission¬

to take n bath. ThU was granted ,

nnd lie entered the bath room and closed thedoor. Soon the water could bo heard run-ning

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Into the tub. and tlio vigilant sheriffsat dovv n to rest-

.He.

waited what seemed to film an uncom-mon

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length of time and then rapped at thebathroom uoor nnd called McGarlgle. Xoanswer was returned , lie then rapped at thedoor of the sleeping nuartmunt , and soonMrs. McUarigle appeared on-dlshnbllo andyawning.-

"Where.

Is McCiarlglo , " snld Matson-."Why

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, Isn't ho In tlio bath ?" said she.Matson didn't wait to talk , and nfter

looking around the housea little drove downto the jail like mad. As soon as possible tlioheads of the police and detective depnit-monts

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wuro summoned , togetliei with thestate's attorney. Kvery available itacctivowas at once put on thu cisu , but , thoiuh thiswns before midnight Saturday , no clue ns to-

thu whereabouts ot the fugitive has been ob-tained

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up to 10 o'clock to-night. Thn matteiwas kept extremely quiet by the ofllclnls , andonly leaked out by accident this afternoon.-It

.Is believed by everybody to liavo been thu

culmination ot a well laid plan for the re-

moval¬

by the gang of a dangerous Informerbv getting him out of Urinucll'sclutclius andout of thu country. Al thu snmo time , n sig-nificant

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fact In connection witn thisIs that "Uuck" McCarthy nnd HarryVarnell , the boodlers , called on McOanglolast evening about seven o'clock and had aprotracted conference with him nnd It wasafter their departure that ho asked to be-taKen IIOIIIP.

There was another rumor that the flight Isapart of ono of State's Attorney Grinnell'sdeep laid schemes which have before thisrepeatedly confounded the boodlers , but inthis latter leport them Is not much cre-dence

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placed. The police authorities havevery little to say about the matter , but .seem-to think the fudtlvn took to the lake and issafely on his way to Canada. Nothing elan-Is thought or talked ot in local ciicloa to-

night.¬

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it Is stated this evening on the authorltv ofthe st te's attorney that though McCarlglohas been convicted , his bonds of SoO.uoO areyet held and that the bondsmen , Mlko Mc-Donald

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and others , will bo hold liable If hodoes not return ,

A novel theory to oxnlaln the disappear-ance

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of McUarlule was quite generally dis-cussed

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ihis availing. The Idea was nothingloss than that McCarigle had been kidnapped.His former companions in Ilia boodle ringwere suspected of making way with him.The motive asciibed is tor fear that McGarli-de.

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. whom they undoubtedly know was no o-

tlatlni-

: with the states atloi nev , would mttkosuch disclosures as lo beyond preadvenluiosend nil Iho Indicted commissioners to thepenitentiary , and also involve persons notIn ofUco , but ot Iniinitoly greaterImportance than any yet brought to-book. . The state's attorney acknowledgedto-night that the sticking point m Ihe con-ferences

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between himself and McUarlgle wasthe refusal of the latter to say ho would glvoInformation implnciillug M. C. McDonald.-To

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bear out Iho kldnapinc theory , attentionwas called to numerous suspicious circum-stances

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, slight in themselves , lint thn greatestslress Is laid on Iho fact that recapture meantto McUarlgle n rlgoious prosecution on-twentyone additional Indictments , while thedisclosures such ns vvoio desired guaranteedhim freedom nnd no risk except trom Iheanger of tits associates.

The Informallon lliat Slales Atlorney-Urinnoll could not Keen Iho engagementwith McGarlirlo was , It seems , communicatedlo Mcliniiglo before G p. m. McGarigle wasdeeply disappointed and pleaded with thesheriff to be taken homo anyhow. ChiefClerk Doherty would be there , McGariglosaid , to make a final settlement of the ex-wnrdon's

-accounts. Doherty was not at Me-

Garlglo's-

residence and lo-night denied hav-ing

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had any appointment with him.This fact , coupled with the statements ofneighbors that a horse nnd biuey vvere Inwaiting last night nnar house ,

torn ! to confirm the popular belief that mat-ters were preariangud. As the reMdonco iswithin fifteen minutes' ride of tlio pier at-

Kvanston , where a tue inUht easily havebeen taken , ihe Inteienco Is drawn In homenmirteis that MeGariL'le Is afloat on Lak (

Michigan sale on bis way to the straits olMicklnaw.-

linNOUNCI.NC

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Culmination of a How In the Chicago"Circle Francois. "

CUICAOO , July 24. JSpecial Telocram t (

the UcK.1 A pretty row has been brovvliu-In the French colony since July 14 theli-nallonal felo day, which has culminated am-burstcd. . On that day a grand picnic wa1

held miiicr the auspices of a society , styloi-Iho "Cercle Krancnis. " The Idea , as m.idipublic , waslomakoa grand demonstrationand It was noised about that the oecusloiwould be taken to make a great spluiun evelloulanger. The French consul , M , D-iSurrel , was InItcd to bo uresent as Iho otll-cial representative ot the French covet n-

ment. . but smelling a llnulanger iiemonstra-tlon trom afar he stayed away nnd had hireply to thn invitation printed in Iho foi in o-

n circular teller. In which ho denounced tinfactional fmhls which have been aititatlni-thti colony here , and upbraided thenlor their Uoulanglstic and coiumunlstii-tendencies. . These circulars ho caused to bdistributed liberally on the grounds amwhen some of Iho olllceri of llio"CercIi-Franenls" discovered them there was i

tempest. . Thu row hnally culminated In atthe circulars being gathered into n pllo antdramatically burned. Since that day tinmembers ot the "cercle" hnve been studylnithe best moans to get even with Consul d-ihurrel and the lesnlt of Ihelr labors appeare-itoday in n circular letter ot great lencth. liwhich they retnto his accimtlons am-cliames ot factional lights nnd add that the'will forward copies to llio Fionch nmbisia-dor nt Washington and Iho ministers of thforeign office and of nubile Instruction li

Paris as well as to the French pre s. Itnaid every effort will tie made to have D-

Surrel temoveU in disgrace and sent back t-

Franre. .

the Imkc.-DKTP.OIT

.

, Mich. , July 24. The Free Pro'special from Amherstburg , Out , says : fliSteam barge D. W. Powers , of East Sa ?pissed up this morning and reports the losof the barge Theodore Perry , of Haileau , at-o'clock Saturday morning during nerheavy gali *. Captain McConmcl ; , of :> IE-

nnw , a crew of tour , and two youag me-

ftuiu Kaijluaw ueio droriucd ,

D1MCOVEHUD A TUICK.How Conuulsslonor Sparks HOB

Kvatlcd the Olvll ServiceWASHINGTON , July al. [ Special Tclegrnm-

to the Ur.K.J William Andrew JscksonSparks , commissioner of the general landollleo , takea no more stock In the civil servicelaw lhan dons Hon. George Ezbcrt faenoy , ofOhio , nnd while ho U fully aware of the factthat his Imperial fatness , Grovcr Cleveland ,

was elected president because of n few mug ¬

wumps believing he thought more cf civilfcrvlcu reform that; he did of a good dinner ,

tllll William Andrew Jnckion Sparks lieed *

It not nnd consldets It the helidit of patriot-ism to evade them whenovcr ho can. It U afact that since ho took charge of the generalland office mor thin two years ngo , thoughninny InveSbeen the changes In the personnelof the force under him , not a single requisi-tion

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has been nude upon the civil servicecommission tor's new clerk , nor lia any onobut a democrat , whose pnrty fenlty Isunquestioned , been glvon a place under him ,

He hit upon a trick ol uvndltiB the law soonafter his cillery Into the position l.o now ( ills.The lowest grade of clorksnlo in the oft'.ce-

Is

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that paving a salair of il.Wi per year. In-tlio p ttunt olllce , which occupies lla momsadjoining the o of the general land olllce-.theio

.ate to b found all the lower grades of-

clerkships. . The plan of Spirks ins been to-havobon'o clerk In the patent oltlce trans-ferred

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to the general land office whenever avacancy existed. The rules ot the civil "Pr-vice commbbion permitted this practice solong as the employes were within the classi-fied

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service. The vacancies thus caused in thePatent olllce were lil'ed' bv the selection ofpersons from the lower grades , fvhloli weioconstantly bulni received from favorites ofcertain democratic sunatois nnd lemesentat-lvcs.

-. The civil service rules do not permit

any ono to be given a place as a S'UO ciurk orono of the hlgliur grades unless hu or she haspassed the civil fcrvico examination , butthere was a provision allowing special exam-inations

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In dlffmont departments , nnd when-ever

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a pnson who hut boon clven ouo ot theminor placns In the patent ollleo was foundto bo suitable lo Ihe democratic chief of theolllce , he suouhl be submitted to the specialcivil service examination , and without delayderided to bo eligible tor n regular appoint-ment

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within the classified seivico mm pin-motion nlso if n vacancy occmred an > where.Sparks would have such persons as he cho >o-

glvun ono of the small salaried places in thu-pitent otlice. nnd then hn would hive a spec-ial

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examination , ana as soon us possible so-

curu-

tlio transfci ot the man to his ownbmcaii. Tlio attention of the civil scivieecommission has been called to this nalpalilefraud , nnd it has just ordered the dlscoiitiiiu-nnee

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of special examinations. Hereafterthem will bo somn limit to thn business offraudulently uetting pooplu Into phcoj under-cover ot tlio law-

.Immlurntfoii.

fitntistics.W-ASHINOTOM

.

, July 24. ISpeclal Tile-gram to Tlio Dm : . The report of the imrenii-of statistics on luilgrutlnu ditrini! thujear-ondimr June:5: ( ), Ib87 shows some interustlngfacts concerning the growth ot oui alienpopulation. Tlieso statistics are especiallyinpnrtint just at this tlmo when the subjectis receiving so much cniofnl attention. It-

nppearb that Ihe total immigration duringtlio pist twelve months has beun 48UOagainst 2SS9 durins the last fiscal jeai , anIncrease of about M per cent. This lb a muchgreater Incron-io oven than was nntlclpntodearlier in the season. It Is most notlcnblo inthe case of Italians , the Im-igranls

-from Italy having boon 21,50 ?

In 18S 5 , and 47ri4 in 1S 87. a larger Increaserelatively than any other nationality is cred-ited

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with. The Gormnn propar shows nnly n-

slighl increasu while the Anatjians havealmost doubled. Tli's irnmlgrnnbi from Ire-land

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vveru Os.itO: as . ila >t'4J ,190 In IteC.The lucreise in Knglisi. and Welsh Immigra-tion

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is larger , amounting to nearly M per-cent Thn Scandinavian Immiciutlon Is alsoincreasing rapidly , the Iigiues for 1S87 beintt68,711 , nd tor IbbO , :w5.( Of tlio tolalImmigration 370.0UJ , or morn lhan three-quarters , entered at thn port ot Now York.Boston comes next with .'! 0209. Baltimoreleeched about the same number auU Phila-delphia

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blood fouilli with lil.Oiy.

THE WKBK IN WAI.Ij STRKHT-

.Dnltlrnoro

.

ft Ohio Negotiations Werethe Only Interesting Konturr.-

Nr.vv.

Yoiuc , July 24 , [Special Tele-gram

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to the Hun. 1 The week was a very dullono on the stock exchange nnd but for thevarying phases of Iho Hnltlmoro it Ohio dealwould probably hnvu boon the most uninter-esting

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on rocoid. Summarlzlnc the coursn-of prices in the s'.iara list , It can be said Hintal first there was a show ot hi uincss , whichwas quickly followo I by n decline of Jto UJJ-

points. . Thou camn an advance which cai-rled

-n number or stocks up to the Inchest

figures of the week and later a reactionwhich lapped off some of thn improvements.Liberal purchases of Western Union byS. VWhite , and of Richmond Turmlnal by JohnStn > back made the bust stocks conspicuouslyslron? at Intervals and led the street to ba-

llovo-

that the Baltimore & Ohio negotiationshad reached or nearly reached a successfulconsummation. TMs idea , however , wnsspeedily dispelled by Garrutt's Icttorannouncing that the pending dealwith the Ives syndicate wns olT-

.A

.

rush to soil followed this , but It was overnlmost In a moment , and then it was that thebest quotations wore attained. In most in-

stances¬

the re nons for the suddxn lotiirn to-

tirmnrss vvere first that thenllmlnntlon of theIves party as u factor had removed a heavyincubus trom th market , and second iv beliefthat other and prominent capitalists wouldform n .syndicate which would be acceptableto Garrott. In tacl repoils ot conferencesheld for the formation of mich a syndicatewere treoly current late In the week , andfound considerable credence. 'Ihey weresulllcient to keep the market firm tor a whileIn the hope of favorable developinciitsiuthatd-irection. . Thu bulls as a rulehuld on to-thnir stocks , and the bears coverednnd vveru chary about putting outfresh lines , althoiich some of the trad-ers

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ventuied to sell moderately near thn-close. . The expectation of sdtlumenl of thn-cablu war In'snmu shape , accompanied , ofcourse , by an advance in tolls wns n sustain-ing

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power at dilfoient periods , when reportsto that effect wern in circulation. Advicesreporting damaitfl to crops in the west nud-nnd northwest by heat and drought weresucceeded by dispatches nnnounelni ; refresh-ing rains in ( host) sections , and those affectedthe grangers pro and con and biou ht n fewmore orders into Iho market trom Chicago ,

the first to sell and then to buy. Outside ofthe comparatively .small poitlon of nsuillyactive stock , thn tluctintlons wore contiucdwithin n nnrrovv r.iuiro and the rallies .vercbrief and frequent , lllustratlnz Iho charactei-of the market

Movements In railroad bond's were gener-ally unimportant. Government bonds wereexceedingly quiet and the changes In priceswere InsUniheant.

Foreign exchange showed morn steadines-nnd rates wuru hlvher , nlthotnih thn advancein Bctunl figures were meiclj-fractional. . Thngrent lailnro In Iho cottontiailev lulu It naturally excited some com-ment , bad no appreciable effect on the markot. Tlio monetary situation was casjthroughout and the ureat bulk of Ihu busi-ness was douu al 4'il' per cent.

Tim GAUM : WAI : .

Vice I'rosldent Do Castro Denies ThaiIt llna Itcon Knitted.I-

vnvv.

Ynuic , July 24. [ Special Telerjrnn-to the UUK.J The settlement of the Idlegraph war Is undoubtedly nearer than It evewas before , but only In point of time. VicPresident Do C stro , of the Commcrcln-Cnblu company , slid last cvenlngjlia thpublished"rumom worn nosolutely unfrii-bo f i r ns Ills company was concerned-

."Durintt.

his here ," 1m said , "Mackahad no conference with Gould , and so fai a1 know there IM-CH no overtures fopeace on either § 'de.' I think the cahlo wamust nnonlio enileiHis the , lutes' of the per

art * certunl| > the ( est o-

lioini ; business. Wo xhall not aflvancu ourUb buyoud Hm orUlnul cqo of .luity centswotd. "

IN THE FIELD OF SPORT ,

Whittaker Easily Defeats Ashinger in theFive Mile Bicycle Race.-

A

.

VERY INTERESTING CHASE.

Wichita Coiner Into the WcitcrnLeague llnstlnn-i Wins nt Knn-

ns-

City Lincoln Knslly De-

feats¬

St. Joe Sport *.

Iho Itlcyclo Hncc.The sport nt the bill pirk jcatcnlav after-

nuon-

did not attract tlio usual Sunday crowd ,

tlmro not being over MO or COO people pros-ent.

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. Tlio weather was all that could be de-

sired¬

, but the sport was draigy and nnlntcr-citlng

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until the tlnnl event the 400 matchrace between Whittaker and Asulnuer.

The afternoon's programme opened with a-

oiicqtnrter inllo foot race with P. J. Klrby ,

1. H. McDonald and W. 11. Dwldson as theentries. Klrbj won the race In two stralshtheats In Holland I:04V.:

The second event , ono half inllo dash , pro-

fessional¬

toot rate , DuUvecn Cicorge Kondiill-ami A. llymes , Kendall winning easll ) In312 .

T. W. Kek imdc nmlln on alrleyclencnlnstt-lmo In 3:15: , near ! } one-halt minute slowerthan the record.

John Uovsteu nnd Charles PKIcy , milebieycle dash , Kovsten glvluir Plxluy 5U jards-start. . Won by Uoysten in : ! : 'J4-

.Knupp.

then attempted to give Eckn handi-cap

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of ','00 > nnls m a two milo professionalb.velcln race , and gel badly woialed In 0:02: ; .

This brought tlio spoil down to tlio attrac-tion of the day. the live mile bycicln chasebetween ( } . S. Whittnker and CharlesAshinei , Ashlngei to lido four and three-iiiHrter

-( miles nnd Whittakor live mlle .

Tom Cotter , ot tlio Chronicle , was chosenreferee , nud Mr. J. it. King, of the Herald ,

wild Mr. Tom Ulnckmore , judges. The con-oral opinion that prornllod was thaiAshlngur had a clear "cinch , " but itwas soon demonstrated after the rldi'is gotunder way , that Whittaker had a walknvvnv-nnd

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after nn uninteiesliiitf and unenthuslns-llc

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stnwlo ot 15:0.: ) 1-5 Whlttakor crossed thechalk linn nearly ono halt lap nhead ot-

Ashinger. . For n brief moment theio wns nwild outburst ot enthusiasm nmotiK Whit-taker's

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ti lends and thev nicked him up nnd( Milled him iiiound toi n few moments , but ,

the crowd tailing tu become infected with theexcitement , they dropped him-

.It.

vv.is n deid tqunrc race , them is nodoubt as to flint , but a very "dub" one inmine particulars ( Inn ono-

.IVIi'liltn

.

in tincitorn Ij-M > ir n.KANSAS Cnv , Mo , July 24 [ Special

Telegram to Tlio UKI : . I'rc-sUleut Meimosleeched a telecnun to-night stntln : thatWIchlti had accepted the iiiojioaltlon of theWestern leacuo to tike Iho place of Luaven-

oilh.-

. The hist [Mine will be pi ijod wltli10 Lincoln's at Wichita Tuusdny-

.DnfoutH

.

Itiuinnw City.KANSAS CITV , Mo. , Julv 24. [Special

Telegiam to the Uiu : . ] To-doy' > game be-

ween-

Kansas Cty: and llastlncs was n-

Mindly ol errors , tlio homn team makingilrteon and the visitors fourteen. Hastings

.cored ten runs in the Hist live innings andCausas City four , but in Iho two succeedingunities the homo team scored elcht runs andhe visitors ono , giving the former a load ot-

mniun. . Two morn runs raised the t-com to-

onrtecn , but In thu last half of thn ninthlastings mulit three runs nnd tiedho score. Kansas Cily was blanUed lulie fust half of thotanth inplng nnd a fum-lo

-) by Graves , who played at third , and nn-np.xcns.iblo muff by McKIm gave Hustings-be needed run. McKim was knocked out of-ho box in the second Imiintr. and subso-luontlv

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fined 910 101 bad playing , wns-Ichlv deserved. The scoru wan us follow * :

Kansas City. . .2 014l-astniKS. 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 ii 1-15Earned iiuiH Kansas Oiw 0, HastniBs7.

Two b-iso hits McKeon , Ulugn , N'ichols ,"inches. Tluoobaso hils Lunm in , Pooples.. .oft on hases Kair.as Cltv in. Ha." tings 10-

.Stinck.

out Mniisoll , MoKIm , Hughes." ) oublo jilays Hinifo to MeKoon twice. Firstbase on tnlls Lllllo ((3)) , Hassimor , Mansoll ,

Curtis, Welch , Kbngnt ,

_ . . ., . - - , Lumian. First haso on enors-Cnusas City 0, Hastings 0. Passed balls

( irnvestt , Leg ; 1. Timn ot game " hoursand 11 mlinites. UmpIiH llaxeii-

.liincDln

.

Doioniri St. .To" .

ST. JosEi'ii , Mo. , July 21. iSpeelnl Tele-gram lo Ihe Ilr.i : . ] The irnmo to day at

..ensue pails was ono of thcpietticst contestsseen on the homo grounds this season ,

lloth pitcheis worn well supported. Lincolnilaylng nn errorless1 gamn. The aeoio was as-ollovv.s :

St. Joe 0 02000210-5Lincoln 20000150 311-Hattenes nnd Ilullmnn , Unit

ind Hoover. Hase hits bt Joe 13 , Lincoln13. Errors St. Joe ! i, Lincoln 0.

The AniorlcHii Association.-Vr.w

.

YOIIK , Julv 22. The game betweenhe Ilrooklyu and St. Louis teams to-day re-

sulted¬

as follows :

Uiooklyn 1 002000003S-t. . Louis 0 000400 00 4

Don th of a HOMO H.UIInt-.Pn

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rsiiuito , July 24. Telegrams iccelved-n tins city to-nielit announce the death ot-

A. . L. McKinnou , first baseman of the PlttsI-mrg

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basn ball club , al his horn" in Cum-Jirnlge

-, Mnss. , wheio ho has beun ill with

Ij pliold lovoi tor nbout two weeks.

Another rdophonn Invention.July 2l.Nev| Vork Ileiald

Sable Special to the Ilii.l: : Two Uolginns ,

Colonel I'enard amiMr.. Noithomb , tlio latterprofessor ot technical tola craphy. unvo justinaJo known a wonderful discovery , namely ,

n portable telephone , wherewith telephoningIs easy on openaround from anywhere toany w hero by means of n copper wlroworked by n small but nstonlsliluelypowerful electric generator. Ilegiinonst-In warfare could carry n who and bu able lo-

comiiumlcato vvitli each other by simplythiowlng the wlro on neil and lolling itround a sword llxeJ In tlio pound to form ncircuit , and then speaking through a smallbox. The slid tolophonu also nets as n tolo-

gianh-

and can be used nsn substitute vvhor-over the telegraph wlrus ;uo cul. 'Experi-ments

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made between IJitmelsfiml Antwerpbliovv that llioliaiismlsslon Isso perfect that a

sound is heard even ut several j aids trom thereceiver. A portable telephone already ex-

Ists-

In ( lermnny , but tlio cost Is so dear nnd-It so constantly gets out of order ns to beImpiactlcnbl-

e.O'nricn

.

ou the hand Dill.LONDON , Juiy 24. An Intervlovv wag hold

to-day wilh William O'nrlen , M. P. , amieditor ot United Ireland , on thu subject ol-

Ihe Irish land bill. O'Brien said that thefirst etlect of the measure would bo to bank-nipt

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ami destroy the majority ot the land-lords in lieland , and the next oiled to de-stroy the government , which had purchasedI'm oflleo with concessions deslincthn lo llu-conservallvo pxrly. After n bitter strugirli-ot six months , Mo said , thn ministry hailadopted Parnell's bill , und It was the plan olcampaign Dial had forced them lo pursmtheir present couiso.

Counties nnd Towns Proclaimed.-Duni.i.v

.

, July 21. The counties of CorkLlmorlck , Kilkenny , Tipperarj , WaterfordWlxford , Doneiril nnd ilonnghan hnve beei-

proclaimed. . The following towns Invo nisibiwn pioclalmcd : Duulln , Cork. LimerickWaterioid. Loudnndf rry , Kilkenny-Droghed , llelfast , Carrlckfcrgus and Uulvva-

yKllltnl a (Joloi'iid I'rQaqlior.S-JTAHKVII.I.E

.

, Mich , , July 21. Uov. W. 11-

intlin( , a colored pastor , was tjiot nnd kllle-itoday by otlicera were nttr-mpting t-

urrwt liim. lie bore, a coud cUaraoter ,

TIIK ItKCOllU ,

monetary TrAiiwnctiom In the Coun-try

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DnrltiK the Past Week.-Hosro.v

., Mns-t. , July 24. ( Special Tele-

grain to thu IlKi-l The following tablecompiled from special dispatches to thePost from the managers of thu leading clear-ing

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houses of the United States shows thegross exchaiiKes for Iho week ended July 311 ,

lsS7 , with comparisons with the correspond-ing

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week last vear :

CHOI' CONDITIONS.Humm.iry of tin : Situation In-

WoHtcrnthe

States.-Cincvoo.

.

. July 21. The following crop

suinnmo will be printed in this week's edi-

tion¬

of tlio Farmers' Hovlow : While localrains In .some localities have como In thenick of tlmo to keep the corn crop , our re-

ports¬

this week Indicate that drought haslownred the average condition ot the crop In

almost all Iho stales reporting. The vvinlorwheat yield In the different states , accordingto reports , is ns follows : Sixteen counties inIllinois have nn averagn of 10% bushels : tenIndiana counties , 102 5 bushels ; ton countiesIn Missouri,10 > u bushels ; fourteen counties InOhio , 15l f bushels ; cloven Kansa'i counties ,

14 busbnls. The average condition of sprimrwheat In eleven counties In Iowa report anaverage condition of 06 per cent : Floyd andBuchanan counties n total destruction ofthe erop by chinch buu's ; and more or lessdamage has been done bv those Insects In-

Allaiuakeo , Uremer , Diibuauo , Franklin , Ida ,

Keokuk. nnd Pnlo Alto counties. EightMinnesota counties repoit the average condl-ion of their spring wheat crop at 77 per cent.-

inmge.

) bv chinch bugs nnd di ought haseon done In t-evur.xl countle1. Nine of theountles in Nebraska report nn average cou-Ittion

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of 04 per cent. Some damage has beenone by bugs and drought. Six Wisconsinonntie.s leport the avnrage ns low as 52.8 per

}er cent, the dannueby chine.i buic * bavin g-

ecn severe. Eight counties In Dakota placeho nvcingc condition at 03 pur cent , nnd no-omplalnt of datunjo by insects. Tlio avert-rn

-condition of the corn crop is ns follows :

.nfhteen counties In Illinois placit the ave-rgeats'iuorcent

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, mid nearly all require rnlu-or the crop. Nine Indiana conn-led report the average condition ut bO-

ter cent , and inoro or less damagedy drought. Ten counties in Missouri re-

ioil-

nn nvorni-H of 10"i per cent. Thirteenountles In Ohio report thoaveiaiie conditionli per rent. Haln Is needed. In s emu ot-

hu counties. Twelve Kansas counties repoll Iheii averacoat 03 per emit. There Is-

Inmage by drought in nlnn counties.Nine Mlchlgxn counties report nn nver-ngo

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of 101 per cent. Sixteen lown-ountles place tbo averavo nt (K7 per cent ,

ind snmo damage by ilrought and ehlnch bugs ,

'en counties in Minnesota report the uvor-ign

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condition at 07 tier cent nud someInmngn by dionght. Nine Nebraska coun-ties

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have nn nveraite of 102 per cent, Italn Is-

rt nulled in some localities. The conditionof crous Is above the avoia o in Wisconsinnnd also In Dakota.

Weather Crop nulletlh.WASHINGTON , July 2t. The weather crop

bulletin , issued by thu signal office lo dayor Ihu week aiming July 23 , 1SV7 , Is as fol-

ows-

:

Diirlmr Iho week ending July 23 the rnln-'all' has been In excess over Now England ,ho middle Atlantic Males and Interior ot tnu-outli, Atlantic nud east gulf slates , ns well

ns in tlio greater part ot Nebraska. Mailedseasonable deficiencies of rain fall yetobtain , amounting ton Indiesr morn in Iowa , the Mississippi vnl-

cy-

, Georgia.7 In Iowa Oilsdeficiency wns steadily increased during thejast month , bill In the other regions namedhe deficiency hns slowly diminished. Whilehe high tempointuio tends to rapidly mature

the growing corn , yet inoro rain must hnvo-bren needful from Kansas , nnd low a , east-wntd

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to ludlnnn-

.MABSACHUSKTTH

.

FLOODS.The llimvy RnliiH Cniiso ExtonHlvo-

Dctit ruction of Properly.LAKE PMASANT , Mass. , July 2J. This

hns been the most severe rain over known Inthis vicinity. The wntei In Lake Ploasanl-is Ivvoleet higher than cverbnloro. The roarof mountain streams .sounds like thai of Ihoocean . nnd can be henid from three lo fourmiles. Them wns n rlsn In Iho Conneclicut-rlvci of ten feet In ouu hour nnd twenty min ¬

utes. No trains have passed hero since morn-ing.

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. A washout is lepotted on the Pittsburgroad near Iivinu 100 leet long nnd twentyflint deep. All cirriage roads In this vicinitynro damaged , and many bridges carriedn way-

.SiMtir.rir.ir.

, Mass. , July 21 , A specialfrom drent Harrington reports night livelost by the flood. Particulars hnvo not beenreceived. It is reported that two dnins gaua-w. iv In Wllliamsburit this evening-

.liosTov.

, July 24. Krports continue to bereceived ot great floods thromrhoul NewKnglami occasioned by the Incessant rains.During torts-eight hours nenrl > eight Inchee-of rain hns fallen nnd the streams uveiy-vvharo

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me out of their banks Immense Jam-ngo

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hns been Riistalncd.Later A dispatch from ( Jreat Hirrlngton-

savs thai but ono Illn vvnslosl. I'r.mk CharloDrum , of Orarvllle , cllmhed Into a rnllroultank to iscane the flood nnd wns drownedTwentjtlireo bridges nro gone , besides giislmills and dams ami factories-

.MarinliiK

.

Donrh I"at ( ,

CIIIOAOO , July 24. ISpeclal Telegram to-

llic Hut : . ) Tnero wore inoro deaths la tincity for the week ending jesterdav tlian foi-

liny week In the history of the munlciiiality ,

and the rate was nlsn the highest cvoi-

reached. . The tot deaths were 720, ngalns4-

SS for the previous wek and 291 for tincorresponding week aear niso. Of the miniher : ! il-nearlv one-half died last hundavwhich Is also the highest leeordevernttmnei-In any one day. This is tlm direct result ol-

thn teirlblo he.itotl spell which passuil estthe city , _ _ _

A Uuinst r.tililliMl.Tfi.i.AHOMTenn , July 21IV.cl

Hoover, n IICRIO ;ailst| , who o-utrnijpdn nen-womaii ueni Fasten illo 1'rlday ovaiilm ;

was siiiroumled by n bony ot tingrOiQim U-

iilnyut lU'd'clock' , ivyo mlh-s nvd n htilf lion' , aud tlddJea itu bullcu.

VERY POOR MAIL SERVICE ,

A Shameful Condition of Things in Iowa'aState Capital ,

THE STATE UNIVEHSITY ROW-

.It

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Is in n Fair Wny to Itlow OverAn AgUntloti For Itriluocd-

Knllrotul Fare OtherNCVVH In Iowa.

How thn Mfttlfl AreDrs Moixr.s la. , July J4. [ Special to tin

While In the business of kickingagainst the administration , n vigorous full-grown kick can very properly bo applied tothe pojtoftlco deputmuut for the outrageousway In which it servos the mall In Iowa.Moro complaints have bcon umdn In the lastfew weeks lhan were hoard lu us many yearsunder republican rulo. The ncvv.spapnr of-

fices¬

suirei thn most, tlielr malls being do-laved , inissont or lost altogether. Dallypapers of thu state turn no two or thrco daysInto , while the state papers come bunching la-

In twos nnd three. The UIK: ruachos this cityon thu day of publication nbout thrco times a-

week. . The number of letters that hiivo beenmlssont or lost entirely Is quite appalling.The local mall service Is In keep-ing

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with the rest, A case wasiccently mentioned in which aletter was sent from oun ward to friends Inanother ward announcing the Illness of n-

relative. . The sick person crtsw worse , died ,and was burled botoro the Icttor wns deliv-ered

¬

n dozen or two blocks nvvay. Carriershave been put Into the oltlce whose Ignoranca-Is positively shocking , and lo these bunglorM-nro entrusted the Important mall business oC-

n city of 40,000 people. The luipiesulon pre-vails

¬

prcttv generally that the postmaster Ismorn bent on making hid ollleo servo thedemocratic ptity than the publio. The peo-ple

-of lovvu will bo mighty glad of n chntiuo

that will turn the incompetent In the mallsorv ice out , and restore it to Its old tlmo otli-cieucy

-under republican dliectlon-

.nn.SCAN.

: n.NiVKiisirv iiiouiiCiK.-Tlie.

.trouble at ihu state nnlvfisity is in a

fair way ot blowing over , now ttiat now pro-fessors

¬

have been chosen to fill the places of-thn deposed professors. The now men areall on the yoiingoi sldo of middle life , lull ofenergy nnd ambition , and give uroinisu oC-

uront success In tholrrespectivodepartments.1-'rol.

.. Follow s ono of the deposed who has

been uru-eil by indiscreet friends to make a-

IIHS over his displacement , has honslblj con-cluded

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to do nothing ot thn kind. Ho bandeclined the nomination of the prohibition *

ists to lie.Mtato supoilnlendunt , nnd it Is in-

timated¬

that hn will bo acniidldatu for thainomination at the republican bfati ) conven-tion

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, seeklnir In this way n vindication othis coursn at the unlveisltv , nnd n balm torhis wounded feelings.I-

'.NCl.K.

HAM At A rAYMASinll.When tlio state of lowax responded to the

call of Undo Sam for help In putting downthn rebellion , it didn't slop to think aboutbeing paid buck for what it paid out. LIutthe Tonerablo ; unele , though n little slow , Is-n good paymaster. The uovernor has ro-cenlly

-been Informed that the sum of-

S10TI.51 has been allowed In the third audi¬tor's olllce on a claim ot tlio stntn for ex-penses

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Inclined In inKIni : volunteers duringho war. General Bellcnap , who representsha state in these claims , says that ho ex-x; >cts olhors will bo allowed and paidifter In a HOttlement of the old account :) .

HKIHICKI ) IIAII.KOAI ) KAUK-.Thnro

.is an Interesting tudUtlon of the

iiihjectof lower passengei fares going 011-

iv r the state. Many people nnd papers aren tavorof.liuvliiR thu legislature rtduce Kl-lassenzer fares to tvro cents a inllo. Since

the pass astem has been abolished , the rail-roads

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tire Miiving thousands of dollars extraand can afford to innko some sort of division

,vlth the public. At present three cents la-

he minimum and that only on roads bnlont-ng

-to the first class. The railroads will un-

doubtedly¬

tleht a two cent tare , and thafe-tvould bo a pretty big drop from thulr piesenfto-

vnnuH.; . Hut It Is not unlikely that a com-lironilso

-on two and n half cants for first

lass loads nmy bo reached , particularly II-

ho next legislature should have n largw-cprnontaton! of the granger and autl-

monopoly elements.-A

.

OOOl ) SHOWING.The annual report to the governor of the

upervlMirs of the various counties of tlio-itate , makes n very eood ohowlng for thegeneral prosperity ot the people of lown. Thawhole number of Inmates In the poor housefl-of thoBtato Is but 1,754,1,031 males , and 093-females. . Foi a population of nearly 2,000,009-a showing ot one pauper to u thousand peo-ple

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is not very bad. During the past year ,tlio dlireiont county supervisors paid out fpsthn poor who applied for relief either tndl-viduallv

-or through the poor houses , a total

amount ot $M5r 4t ! 01 , or an aveiuge ol about }

.wo per county-

.Arrastrd

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For Infnntlclilo.-SiorxCiTY

., In. , July Si. Sioux City on-

cers>

jestcrday wont to the farm of L. O-

.Hrotiett.

, near the city, and placed Mr. andMrs. Hronett , their daughter ( Mrs. FrankCollce ) and Louis llronctt , their son , underarrest , charged with infanticide. Theseparties , . who are quite wealthy, are chargeAwith murdering the illegitimate child of c-Kreoch girl , Elba Klvorn , who'was a servantIn tlio family. Khe licensed JUmtls Bronett ofbeing the father of the child. It was takenfrom the mother n few minutes after blrtliand thrown Into the river , hut wns after-vvaids

-found and burled. The crlmo was

concealed for several weeks-

."WHITK

.

CP8."They Arc Attain nt Their Villainous

Iwllaim I nriiirrs.-Nivv

.: AI.IIANY , Iml. , July 24. [ Special

Telcsrain to the IlKii.J The White Capswere again nt thulr villainous work In-

Oiango and Crawlord counties yesterday.-Thoiuns

.liurton , aied thhty , a married and

law-abiding larmer , was compelled to leavrahis homo nnd come heio lor safety. The

Caps thiPntoned Ills life If he did notIcnvo Thursday night. Wesley Kcllly , ot-

Unlonvillc , was taken fiom his bed to thewoods and received n terrlblo beating withswitches lor some alleged family troubles ,

So unmercifully was Keilly whipped that hidlifo Isdlspalrcd ot. .Insured of the penceand constibles bceui to bu in sympathy vvltfcthose panu's of outlaws , now nuinburing over100 in those counties , and make no cflort toarrest them. Allah * nm now in Mich n la-

ment¬

ible condition that farmers will l o com-pelled

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to leave theii homes , (jovornor Ciraywill be called upon bj a committee ot fann ¬ers nnd nsked to takn Kinie union. Thefarmers will recommend the ordonnr out otthe state troops , that belntr denmed the onlymeanby which the scoumlieJs can bedrlvou-trom thu comninnll ) .

A UHAMT. roil A UUCI-

I'rtMiuh

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Ijditor ItnnilyVorilH Whloll-HfwiiliH lii n ( halli'iiKC.-

Pviifs.

, July !MM. . Caisannac has pub-

liihed-

a flat denial ot the fltorj thatelght-tour ueneiaU proposed H coup d'etat to ( inn-oral lioulanger ana tlnllenged Ln Kranco topublish thulr names. Lx; I'rancu has askedCicntrnl Kcrron'.s pcrmi&nion to puhilnh thenames After dvinlng thn hluiy, M. Cas-

bv-

unc urinted nn article lieadul "Covvnrd ,Liar. etc. " 'Iho resuit IR thatM. lam , ndmiUin ,: himself to botin ) nutlior of thoonginnl Intteib tufeiilngtotin ) matter , has elnillciigLd M. Cuss.ignno lolight ili'i'l. La Jus'iititoiisldcit the lutlurs-of too hm.'ili consequence to bo worth anybotltei , anil it expanses the onlnlon that toogienl llbrrllns have laen taken In IvvtstltigIho vvoids of Ocri-lal lioulivnger In tlio Inti-nneor tin'houm ciiele. li Franco is now

tint ot tire ntfilr.

Only Sl IluiVVUCtl-i UK July vi! on boaru tlo-

ii M.flirati; , vslllch touiulnrril' OilPuliit , vvi-rii-'avctl six , '