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VOL. XXVIII—NO. 1(55 COLUMBUS, OEOHOIA: TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 1*86. PRICE FIVE CENTS The Senate Adopts the Hennepin Canal Amendment. The Bill Orantlng I'oniloiiH to tli<> Veterans of tlie Mexican W»r I’issee the Senate—1'he House Considers the Legislative Ap|irnprlatlou Bill— Hugh Thompson Installed In tHHee, Kte. Washington, July 12.—The speaker laid before the house a message from the presi dent announcing his disapproval of the bill for the erection of a public building at Ashville, N. C. Referred to the commit- tee on public buildings and grounds. Under the call ofstates a number ofbills, etc., were introduced and referred ; among them were the following: By Wheeler, of Alabama, declaring it to be the sense of tho house that congress should not adjourn until it has enacted a law appropriating a portion of the surplus money in the treasury to assist states in the great work of education. By Levering, of Massachusetts (by re quest)—To abolish the importation of Italian or other slaves or laborers under contract and held to involuntary servitude into the United States. The house went into committee of the whole upon the senate amendments to the legislative appropriation bill. In nearly every ease the recommendations of the committee on appropriations were agreed to without debate and the amendments either concurred or uon-conourred in. A ! good deal of discussion, however, j arose over the amendments designating ! by name the various employes of the sen ate and house which were finally non- concurred in with the exception of that designatingA.il. Pickens and H. T. Lyle as chief pages of the house, the value of the services ot these officials being pre sented by Cannon, of Illinois, and Comp ton, of Maryland. The committee on appropriations recommends that the amendment relative to the publication oi the records of the war of the rebellion and providing that evidence taken by the court martial in the trial of Fitz John Porter, together with the report thereon by Judge Holt to President Lincoln, shall be printed in connection with the matter already printed concerning the proceedings of said court martial, be concurred in with an amendment providing for the printing of any papers on behalf of the defense in that court martial directly connected with the proceedings of the same and contempora neous therewith whichhave not been al ready published. The republicans desired to concur in the senate amendment, without amendment, and a motion to this effect having been defeated, they manifested some disposition to flllibuster, but finally allowed the recom mendation of the committee to be agreed to with an understanding that the yea and nay vote should be taken upon it in the house. The senate amendment increasing from f4000 to f'5000 the salaries of the commis sioners of pensions and patents was con curred iu. The consideration of the amendments was completed in the committee, but pend ing action by the house an ;adjournment was taken at 5:20, St- n tit.'. Washington, July 12.—The chair (by request) introduced a bill to stop fill pay ments of public money to Janies B. Eads, his associates or assigns, for past, present, or future work, at the mouth of the Missis sippi river, until further ordered by Con gress Referred. The house bill granting pensions to sol diers and sailors of the Mexican war, huv- "1th as much Interest, os the beginning of a great commercial transne i.m, as the in auguration of the Eri ■ evnai was now looked back upon. T,.„; canal had been fought with as much bitterness as the Hen nepin canal was fought now. Platt complimented Miller upon his able speech, but said it had failed to convince him that he should sup port this amendment. He questioned the assertion that railroads could not transport grnfh as cheaply as canals, and said that it required no prophetic vision to Bee that be fore the canal could be built the railroads would be able to transport ns cheaply as canals, although they may not do It. Vest said that notwithstanding the long and intricate arguments made to-day, he New Zealand Shaken from Confer to Cir cumference by Earthquakes. Violent UonTnlhUu" or »l»t* I*Uh>! tlmt Strike Horror to tilt* of lie InlinoitnutH—!>!*• tro*ftiu< Sivm** Hint Hi'fy uo«»n Sjiriu* Into KiUtviuv atttl Cover the Top* oHIoUm'S With Blue kUti. -...ij a v i u i. i—tj * \ i Sax Fhancimco, July 12.—Further dc- 1 ^ of the earthquakes, in.New Zealand day, namely: That the days of canals were numbered. If a system of large canals were inaugurated, canals that would float bouts of 500 or 700 or 1000 tons, such canals might compete, to a certain extent, with the railroads, but those small eanais, (floating boats leas than -S00 tons,) were going out of existence, and did not form even u factor in competition with railroads. This amendment, he be lieved, to be the kraut courier of a propo sition to unload the Erie Canal on the gen eral government. He was of having the oommittei ,ick and tired on com merest state thuL the most, violent disturbances were felt iu the neighborhood of Ratona. The severity of the shocks led many of the people to belies e that the island would sink into the sea. The sensation experi enced is said to have been fearful beyond description. Immediately after the first, shock tho inhabitants rushed frantically in all directions. When the second shock came the entire country for miles around was lit up by the glare from a volcano wiiich had suddenly burst into activity. The scene was as grand as it was awful. Huge volumes of smoko illuminated railed. At noon to-day an engine with forty cam, many of them loaded with bridge pilings for the Northwestern Bridge Co., was going north. At Forty-first street just as a part of the train 1, d -assed, a man ran out from a»i alleyway am) turned the switch. Fifteen or twenty of the cars ran onto the Rock Island main track and several of them were derailed and the main tracks of the Rock island and Lake Shore railroads were blocked. The safety lock of the switch was broken and consid- abie other damage done. The Strike at Augusta. Augusta, July 12.—The strike at the Augusta factory continues. There is no change in the situation. TROOPS FOR CHICAGO. . ...-1 i. * , . — tbVWUA. i i licit tw.iiiiics vi omwivu Iiiuiui.iu made the ciumping ground of every sickly, j w itli flames siirmlcaixo.ously burst ft broken down scheme of internal improv meat, and he did not propose to allow the improvidences of the states or individuals to be unloaded on the treasury, if he could prevent it. Plumb argued against the amendmen’t ll:i calculated that at the rate of $300,o;i9 a ear as proposed in the amendment it will L’tll from r. range of mount’) hu> over sixty in length, and above’ the smoke could be seen huge musses of firs resembling meteors rushing through the sky. The natives who had escaped death gathered iu groups, and filled with abject terror, held it ligious ser vices, but when another shock would cause I,no earth to tremble, they would full with ...... ... .... .... ...... .. win me cartn to trcmoie, w. v wouia iuii wan require thirty «r forty years to complete I their faces t.o the ground, quivering with tuis work, in tho course ox Jus argument gument f e . ir he complimented the committee on the ] As scon as the news of the fearful occur- •lure of the work on Galveston harbor, | ren ,, e waH received at Auckland, the gov ernment agent made immediate pvepura- and said that the government had been lending army engineers to school there at a cost of several million dollars. The whole system, he said, was wrong. Army engineers lacked the judgment ami lions to go to the relief of t he sum-ring. Wagons Vera started and filled with pro visions and clot lies. Johnson, the govern- .is arrival at Itotona, sent account: The scene among the mountains, as viewed from Wurvoa road is terribly grand. Flasher-of lightning, peals of thurnlenand shocks of earthquake are incessant, , . , - i while dust ’ is falling in heavy managed in a shpsnod way, millions being | showers. Iu addition to these inconveni- ■spent tor materials and no account kept j ence s, the roads throughout, the entire Army engineers iacken the judgment an<J • )nen t u^eut on ilia nn professional skill that were necessary, and I hack t he following ae v\ liatc\ er success they did hive in such j ‘-The scone amomr works was the result, oi' their employment of engineers in civil life. He complained thaM.hn whole business of public work' rrled on in the war department was country are covered with several feet of Conger defended the engineer corps, and j Wue c i av mud ejected from the volcanoes, claimed that it performed its duties sldI- A U vegetation is destroyed and the aspect) fudy and faithfully. i of the country is entirely changed, Blue Plumb insisted that ot all the abuses in lake and lake Jtiilakakuhi have been trans- t«e country the greatest existed m the en- [ formed into mud baths. The outlet of the gineer bureau of the war department in ■ i atlcr i a i ie j 8 blocked up and bridges which nrV “”' I cross the lower end ave covered with mud. the river and harbor improvements. » x Y'*,/ ^ tlie two principal noteis, as are neany he amendment, although he thought that : a u ot her buildings in tbe town, are com- t.he distribution in the bill was not fair. Finally the discussion closed and the sen ate proceeded to vote on the amendment. It was agreed to—yeas 31, nays 22, as fol lows: Yeas—Allison, Blair, Brown, Butler, Cameron, Conger, C'ullom, Dawes, Evarts, Gibson, Gorman, Hale Hawley. Hoar, Kennon, Logan, McClellan, Mahone, Manderson, Miller, Mitchell of Oregon, Palmer, Payne, Ran som, Sawyer, Spooner, Stanford, Teller, Van Wyck and Wilson, of Iowa—31. Nays—Beck, Berry, Blackburn, Cockrell, Coke, Edmunds, Frye, Gray, Harris, Hurst, uuhe, i'jumuuab, r ryt*, vrray, rmrrib, riursb, Ingalls, Maxqy, Platt, Plumb, Pugh, Salis- iry, - ” . Walthall and Whitehorn—22. An amendment tone item of $40,000 for pletel.v wrecked. A bouse occupied by Sirs. Hazard and her family was borne down by the weight of the debris. Mrs. Hazard was dug out alive, but four of her children were found dead. Hazard is missing. Detailed reports of foreign resi dents at other points who were killed have not yet been received. The captain of the steamship Southern Cross, which arrived at Auckland on the 18th reports having felt at sea the eifect of the disturbances on the morning of June 10th. The day following the earth quakes he experienced a downfall of dust from 5 to 10 a. m. There was complete darkness and balls of tire were continually | A Itiuular Army I’OHt Likely In bo F-tihilMlcil Near tho City of Itcnnl Mots. ] Chicago, July 12.—The prospect that * Chicago is to have a regular army post is i now thought to be assured. The secretary of war lias transmitted to congress tbe proposition of the commercial club ] of , Chicago to donate laud on the shores of ; Lake Michigan for the purpose. Secretary findieott’s action is in accordance with General Sheridan’s report, and an elt'ort •a ill be made to secure action by congress this session. The proposition referred to was made to ! the secretary by a number of prominent and wealthy citizens of Chicago, who had obtained options on various tracts of land in the vicinity, on the south and north shores, and elsewhere, and a military com mission was appointed, consisting of Geu- 1 oral P. II. Sheridan, General A. H. Terry, .' and Colonel J. C. C. Lee, to examine the ; various sites which were included in the proposition. They made a careful survey , of the different points, and finally con cluded to recommend High Wood, on the j Milwaukee division of the Chicago and I Northwestern railroad, j The plans for the post have been prepar ed under the direction of the chief quarter master of this division. The buildings cou- i stitutiug the military post will be substan- i tial brick structures, and will comprise the .usual barracks and quarters for officers, n commissary storehouse, hospital,magazine, guard house, etc. The details of tue plans | will not be know until congress acts | upon the secretary’s recommendation ■ and makes the necessary appro- I priation. There would be quarters for ten companies of infantry stationed at the post : and one section (two companies) of light j artillery. This would be over eleven hun dred men, besides officers. Tbe post would ■ be under command of a colonel. The secretary of war to-day sent to the 1 senate a communication requesting legisla tion authorizing the government to accept I the place. It was referred to the coinmit- j tee on military affairs. Further Returns from tho Elections In Great Britain. Tlio Tories (letra Lead tlial Cannot be Overcome— A Coalition Between llartlmrtun and Salisbury— The Ravage* of Cholera In Italy and Austria- Other Hatters oflieneral Interest. HAIL AND ELECTRICITY. Great Hain and Ib-so'.atlon in the State of 1111- bury, fehiuvnau, \ ance, Yest, Voorhees, i playing around tile mastheads. A terrible [rale suddenly sprang up and carried all his canvass away before it taken in. The men were unable to stand the blinding shower • all IllliCIIUIuclIl/ ID all* Il’Llll jjpHJ.tltA/ lUT | rjJJ 1118 1 improving the Sacramento and Feather cou i d be rivers, Cal., was to strike out the lines di- were unable lu VI1= recting legal proceedings to prevent wash, 0 fdust, and the*'vesseUwas put Shout and sluicing, dumningor discharging of debris stoo d a wav to tbe north. 3bns j stood away to the north, but it was not I dlS- i imt.il 11 n’c.lnck of tbp rlnv fnllmvimr T hat . .. . larging caused by hydraulic mining. 1 his was clis- j U ntil 11 o’clock of the day following that cussed at some lengtii by Sanford, Hearst, t| le dust, was left behind, inc been reached on the calender nliiec Edmunds and Ingalls. No vote was had | Reports show that earthquakes genenilly tirni was made bv Teller but on anoca^to ou amendmeiit, ’but McMillansmdhe , prevailed at all points in New Zealand tion was made by ieuer, nuton appeal to would ask tbe senate to dispose of the bill durinp- the Rinnc nerind him bv Wilson, of Ohio, and on a state- to-morrow. during the same period. Allison, from tbe committee on appro priations, reported back the sundry civil bill with amendments. Ordered printed. The senate at 7:3b adjourned. him by Wilson, of Ohio, and on a state ment by Harris that no democratic senator would consume any time in discussing the bill, was withdrawn. The bill was then con sidered and passed with an amendment re ported by the committee on pensions. The bill as passed directs the secretary of the interior to place on the pension roll the names of surviving officers and enlisted men (including marines, malitia and vol unteers), who, beeng duly enlisted,actually served sixty days with the army or navy of the United States in Mexico or on the coasts or frontier thereof, orenroute there to, in the war with that nation, or who were actually engaged in battle in said war and were honorably discharged, and their surviving widows, provided that such widows have not remarried and provided that every such officer, enlisted man or widow who is, or may be come, sixty-two years of age, or who is, or may become, subject to any disability, de pendency equivalent to ttie same cause recognized by the pension laws as sufficient reason for allowance of pension, shall tie entitled to tho benefits of the act, except where such disability or depen dency was incurred in aiding or abetting tbe late rebellion. The pensions are to be fS a month, payable only after tbe passage of the act. law not to apply to persons already ceivir.g pensions at or over that rate, where persons (entitled under this law arc already receiving pensions !—" + 1 —" a a month, the pension shall only difference up to $8. The house bill for the relief of Alexande K. Sheppard, of Tuskaloosa, Ala., was j states passed with amendments. On motion of Hoar the committee on privileges and elections got permission to sit during the sessions of the senate. [It is understood that this is connected with the consideration of the Payne case.] At 12:40 the consideration of the calendnr was laid aside. Hoar from the judiciary committee, re ported back with a substitute Beck’s bill to prohibit members of congress from acting as attorneys or employes of railroads that have received grants of land from the United Stales. He said he had himself LABOR AND CAPITAL. The Kill 1 i-ou.l Attorney Hill. Washington, July 12.—The senate com mittee on judiciary this morning agreed to report back the railroad attorney bill, a majority of the committee consenting to a favorable report. The bill has been ma terially amended in the committee. Un der its provision congressmen may become attorneys for subsidized or land grant roads in suits between the company and an in dividual, but is prohibited from serving as .Biiiors Protesting Against Negroes Taking Their Places—The Strike ill Augusta—Derailing Trains, Kte. Chicago, July 12.—A special dispatch from Grape Creek, 111., says there is pros pect of a riot over the importation of ne groes by the Grape Creek coa) company to take the places of striking miners. The strikers declare that the new men cannot work under any circumstances, and that they will resist force with force. The sheriff of Vermillion county has forty spe- attorners in cases in which the govern- i •sheriH ot N ermilllon county has torty spe- menthnsan interest. The prohibition is ; cial deputieB on the grouud and will do ail extended to other than railroad interests j iu his power to maintain order if the ne- ! Kankakee, 111., July 12.—Ruin and deso- | latiou mark the course of Friday night’s j storm through a section of country ten miles southwest ot here. Here hail was j the principal agent of destruction. Com- 1 mencing'at a point one mile west of Che- j bang and extending two or three miles ! ’northwest, theu almost retracing its course toward the southeast to a point between Clifton and Asbkunff the storm made a 1 path three to four miles wide, destroying every species of vegetation in its patn. Luxurant fields of corn six feet high were cut close to the ground, timothy and oats were mowed down as though a harvester had passed through them, and scores of farmers are raking up these crops which have never felt the touch of a sickle.* Not only are these crops cut to pieces by hail, but they are in many cases fairly pounded into the ground. Every window on the north side of the buildings in the track is riddled. Houses and barns were unroofed and stock killed. Adam Fritz in ' Pilot township was struck by lightning and killed. In Essex Miss Kate Shannon was prostrated by a bolt which passed down the chimney of tbe house. She is seriously injured. Dixon, 111., July 12.—An electrical storm of a very destructive nature, accompanied by hail and rain, passed through this sec tion Sunday night. Great damage has been done to crops of all kinds, especially the fruit crop, which will be a complete fail ure. Buildings of different kinds and tele phone and telegraph wires have been (down down in various places throughout the country. so that congressmen may not serve any : corporation as attorney whose interests are or may become the subject of congress ional legislation. The bill will probably be reported to-day or to-morrow. (’linnlies in tlic Smiilry t’ifil Bill. .south made by the Semite go work. Then thousand strikers when the present strike begun, | but the number is now reduced to seven or | eight, hundred. AU are destitute and the j condition of many of them is absolutely I appalling, the women and children having w.aprvn™ tiilv 1o -The fnllnwW 1 barel y sufficient clothing to cover them Washington, Jul.v. the tollovMng ; aud httrdl ..sufficient food to exist. The — U”.!!? 1 , 1 ? 8 : 1 c !.! 1,‘\ e , S . f ! a K!u St ... C !U, 1 .men insist that they never will surrender. Most of them are foreigners, Germans V J. stricken out; pensaooia, mcreaseu rrom tier this law; i igQpQ p, ^10,000; Mosquito Inlet light sta- s . less than T.S | jion, qciori d ;i, increased from £30,001) ■ to y I fpO.OOO- ff'he provision in the house bill | business' having greatly fallen off ill cot that no portion of the appropnation for | sequence of a Tong continued strike. A M s?S Vln Lt». a «k,ll P t g exnonded ! «*>? °? spring, opened they reuewe notes shall be expended for printing United States notes of a large denomination in lieu of notes of a small denomination cancelled or retired, was stricken out by the committee, but company! other for work, there not being employ ment for all on account of the company’s on- As d i their demand for "the Pittsburg rate \ of 75 cents a ton and went out on I May 1st. They have since been evicted from the company’s houses and are subsisting in the woods on percentages from the union silver "certificates in denominations of 51, 82 and 55, aud the silver certificates herein authorized shall be redeemable—re deemable and payable in like manner Mrlki-rs Ai’ii’sti’J. Chicago, July 12.—Three men belonging to the steamfitters union were arrested to- interfering with workmen at prepared the substitute which he proposed j and for like purposes as is provided for sil- day while in v to offer for that of the committee. J vter certificates by the act of February 28th, 1 the Mason bunding, corner of r nil p^irn nf Viitnaolf W5W»n 1K78 iiit not. » Hiil horizo the coin- ! and Washing Coke, on behalf of himself, Wilson of i 1878, entitled an act to authorize the coin-! and Washington street. The firm of Kea- lowa, Vest and George, (members of the I age of standard silver dollars aud to re- ! shall Bros., steam titters, employed three judiciary committee) expressed dissent j store its legal tender character, provided men this morning who had been out on from the report of the majority, and gave that said denominations, *1, 52 and 85, may , astrike since May 15, and one named Burk- notice of a substitute which they would ! be issued in lieu of silver certificates oflar- j ger denominations in the treasury, and to that extent said certificates of larger de nominations shall lie cancelled aud de stroyed.” To the provision for lighting rivers the committee lias added St. Johns river, Fla., and Columbia and Willimette rivers, of Oregon, and increased the appropriation offer at the proper time. The bill and all the substitutes were or dered printed, and were placed on the calendar. The senate resumed consideration of the river and harbor appropriation bill, tba pending question being on the Hennepin canal and the Michigan and Illinois canal amendment. Allison argued in favor of the amend ment. He believed it to be as important a provision as there was in the bill. Cullom also,advocated the amendment, and gave some explanations in answer to a question of Hawley’s os to some of the en gineering problems involved. Miller made a speech in support of the amendment, in which he contrasted the j cost of water and " * and gave statistics, read a telegram fre _ existing rates of transportation of gram from Chicago to New York as water, and fifteen' ceifff(or Iwfpir cent southern brnnclTof the National Home for - - - ’ - — dosed by saying ; disabled volunteer soldiers, increasing the nani hardt. was a member of the union who returned to work on the old term. A delegation from the union visited him. and making threats of violence, were ar rested. An Extensive Strike Threatened. Chicago, July 12.—It is asserted to-day _ _ that an extensive strike is threatened in from fi70,000 ‘to" 1200,000. 'fen ' thousand I the packing hous is of this city. The trou- dollnrs appropriated for salaries and ex- l ble is caused by the floormen or side trim- penses of the national oard of health, to ! mere. For some time past they have been defray expenses incident to the lauding, handling 125 head of cattle each day. This A POOR DAY FOR SUICIDES. Onlj Four I'nniniUtfil Iu NViv York In One Day. New Y’oitK, July 12. —Avaian Cruch and his wife, Lucy, aged fifty years each, were found dead in their bedroom at 00 Lexington avenue this afternoon, both having committed suicide by shooting themselves through the bend. They com mitted the act sometime between nine o’cloeK last night, when they were last seen alive, and one o'clock this af ternoon, when their dead bodies were discovert) d. The husband bad sent a bullet through bis head behind tho left ear, and bis wife had shot herself through the right temple. Cruch was a merchant, doing business at No. 55 Beaver street. A man about 30 years old, of ordinary height, fair faced and light hair, stopped in front of tenement house No. 332, East Forty Scvei ., s.reet. at half past 1 o’clock tbi morning, and shot himself through the torch 1 He was unconscious when picki . ■ anu died in Bellevue hos pital sc on alter being admitted. No one knew him. He wore dark clothes and a check-jumper, and was evidently a laborer. Soon after 8)o’clock a full bearded man about 55 years old. dressed in an old diago nal suit and course shoes, without stock ings or hat, sat down on a low wall at 12th avenue and 103d street and fired a bullet through his mouth. He died instantly. Both bodies were sent to the morgue. Des titution and general wretchedness seems to have driven both men to self-destruc tion. FED TO BEARS. London, July 12.—The Times says that the British elections amount to a mandate from the people to the conservatives and unionists t.o form a strong and durable co alition government. “Patriotism de mands,” the Times says, “a Hartington Salisbury administration, assuring th6 nation’s future.” ADMITS HIS IGNORANCE. The duke of Argyle in to-day’s Times, writes a letter concerning the United States and Ireland. He says that despite tiie national sympathies there is a pro found ignorance in England and the United States respecting each other’s con stitution. He admits his own ignorance at the beginning of the American civil war in sympathizing with the south. He says the sympathy of Americans for the Irish in their present struggle arises from the error of thinking of Ireland at an American state, and that the English are withholding from Ireland powers sim ilar to that possessed by the different states of the American union. “Nothing,” says the duke, “could bo more erroneous than this idea.” Referring to the right of each of the United States to a due snare of the general powers of congress and v to checks in its powers of self-government which each state allows, he snys: “Glad stone’s proposal violates both these grand principles, for the corrupt and immoral bargain banishes Ireland from the iinpe- ri»11 councils and surrenders the minority entirely into the bands of the local majori ty.” ‘^Americans,” he adds, “would, per haps, hardly believe this, but it is strictly true. The pretended limitations and restrainsts against local tyranny are quite illusory.” The duke then appeals to the Americans to clearly understand the unionist contention, namely: that it has been for Ireland’s sake solely that the un ionists have given opposition to Glad stone’s Irish scheme. The letter concludes ns follows: “It is the unionist and not members of tbe gov ernment who are fighting for tho liberties of the Irish people. Even if Parnell were immortal, or his party represen:e 1 a largir numerical majority of the Irish people than it really does, nether he nor they would have the right to dispose of the constitutional rights of Ireland. We do not desire to see Ireland reduced to a condition of being a tributary province, banished from the imperial councils. Neither can we see her endowed with powers over her owd people which no civilized government ought to have or ask. We desire to see her continue sharing in the deliberations which the eloquence of her sons has so often adorned.” THE RETURNS PROM THE ELECTIONS. The torios now have elected 291 candi dates, unionist 6B, liberals 154 and Par- uellites 74. HARTINGTON AND SALISBURY. Negotiations between Lord Harting ton and Lord Salisbury are in progress. It is reported that Hartington has pledged himself to support Salisbury’s local gov ernment bill and to reject all approaches of Gladstone. If Gladstone remains in of fice the first move of the unionists will be a vote of want of confidence. In a speech foreshadowing the conservative policy, Sir Michael Hieks-Beach said that the tirst measure would be to suppress tile Irish National League, exercise cloture and sus pend Irish obstructionists. Frailer. ARMING HER TROOPS WITH REPEATING RIFLES. Paris, July 12.—The government has ordered 60,000 repeating rifles to distribute among the troops before August. This ac- i tion is attributed to the conduct of Ger- i many, in recently arming her battalions in Alsace-Lorraine, with similar weapons. I A RIOT AT A PUBLIC MEETING. Paul DeCassagnac addressed a public ! meeting at Armeuteereni, in the depart ment of Nord to-day. A riot followed his ' speech. A number of people were injured ' and several were arrested. I PROTESTING AGAINST HIS EXPULSION. I Due d’Aumale hies appealed to the coun- ! cil of state against his expulsion from the | French army. He has also addressed to ; President Grevy the following letter: ; “Three years ago, without pretext or pre- j cedent, you inflicted on me the severest j disciplinary punishment. 1 remained silent until to-day. By striking my name from the army list you interfere with the character of the army without con sidering the titles won in war. Ministers strike men with reproach, men honored for their services and traditional devotions to their country. My counsel will defend my cause, which is that of all officers as well as myself. To you of the general staff, it is my duty to remind you that military grades are be yond your attack.” Due D’Charles, who held the rank of major in the French army, has also appealedjto the counsel of state from a decree of expulsion in his case. ports of the damage by drouth. Advices of earnings received snowed increases and the freight war, it was thought,might soon be settled. The first prices were generally 4 to 1 below Saturday’s final figures. Prices were generally weak from the open ing. Grangers and Lackawanna devel oped special weakness, room traders hammering at these stocks all day, Lack * wanna declining IS, Northwestern 1. and St. Paul S, within an hour. After 12 o’clock almost everything except Lackawanna be came very dull, and there was very little movement to the prices, although a heavy tone continued to prevail throughout the afternoon, and in the last hour Western Union was hammered down 1. The final prices were generally the lowest of the uay. Sales, 174,000 shares. THE OKLAHOMA BOOMERS. A 1'xrt) to Adrsnco on Jolj- 15th—Hoir (hoj Are to ID*Started Out. Chicago, July 42.—A special dispatch from Wichita, Kansas, says the following card appeared iu tlic Eagle yesterday: South Haven, July 8.—Please publish in your paper that there is a party going to Oklahoma tho 15th of this month. If one- half go in who say they are going, and who are making preparations to go, there will be 2500. We will Htart from this place. [Signed] E. H. Nugent. Nugent is one of tlio reported leaders of the movement to Oklahoma and there is no doubt that July I5tli is the time for the proposed advance, that secrecy and caution, which characterized their early effort, is cast aside now that troops are sent among them. They have subscriptions amounting to about 502,000 and a largo amount of ammunition and anus. It is said that the Banner, tlic name of tbe or ganization, will meet with un looked for opposition by Major Sumner, a man 2f°arcd alike by the Indians and white men. His plan is very practicable. He has given orders to the Indians who are located in tho east part of Okolalioma to plow five yards around their ranges, as lie intends to burn every spear of grass in the country except what the Indians require to graze their stock. In this way the invaders will have nothing upon which to feed their stock and prac tically be starved out. BLOWN INTO ETERNITY. A Tcrrltlr and Fatal F\[ilosion I'huhimI Itv CarrlaNa. Pittsburg, Pa., July 12.—At Buchtel, Ohio, Johnson Bros. & Patterson, of the New Pittsburg mine, were preparing to start up to-day. The coal in this mine nas to be gotten out by machinery. Yesterday afternoon a leak was discovered in the compressed air receiver wiiich furnishes the motive power, and Charles II. John son aud Tom Williams wont into the mine about 250 yards to repair it. They neglected to turn off the pressure, and upon attempting to stop up the leak the end of the receiver, burst into f ragments, knocking the machinery about and tearing up things generally. Follow ing is a list of the killed and wounded: Thomas Williams, instantly killed; Okas. H. Johnson, fatally injured; John Itallam, ! fatally injured; L. White, seriously injured. Johnson is not expected to live until morn- I ing. Thomas was repairing the leak and Johnson, one of tlie owners of the . mine, was holding a light and the I others looking on when the explosion oc curred. Every bone in Williams” body was I broken. Johnson was thrown against the ' wall with a large scantling across his j breast. Every shred of clothing on Wil- | bums’ body was torn off and bis shoes were blown over twenty yards. It was a case : resulting from carelessness. The coroner rendered a decision in accordance with the ' facts. TURF NEWS, Till 1 lUriH ut ( ll it’ll al). housing, protecting and inaugurating upon Bedloe’s Island of Bartholdi statue of liberty enlightening the world, and for the construction of platforms, repairs of wharf, cleaning the grounds of unsightly structures and other incidental they claim is too much for the pay, and a committee has been appointed to inform the foreman of the fact and demand that, hereafter they shall he re quired to handle 100 head' per day, and that they shall receive the same wages that they are now getting, 824 per week. whether they d railwav transportation, I expenses, and for the incidental expenses [that they are now getting s I that connS"i<m he of the ceremony of the inauguration, the They also demand pay from Chicago ' giving the ! senate committee provides 55tU.O.)0, 5’so:),- worked or not. What ac f tmnsnorte io g n of grain 000 is appropriated for a wharf at Fortress take is not yet known. action the appropriate * mnnnflunn m -nu/.onu is ! Strikers Derailing Trains. Chicago,July 12.—This mornings switch htu’hefhv railroad He closed bv saving disabled volunteer soldiers, increasing me i on the Lake 'Shore road was turned at that fif^year^hence the inauguration of total appropriation for this institution to street whbe a loe this work would be locked back upon ' $1,681,000. i was pas^iii^ o\er. be\ual ems \serc dc Monroe. An appropriation of $107,000 is made for construction and _ repairs at the j An Inhuman Ontnurf’ hy ti Band tif Strolliau Turks Near Vmmustnnn. Youngstown, Ohio, July 11.—A special from North Jackson, this' county, gives the following horrible story: Near this j village a band of Turks, with 'their women I and children and several trained bears, j were camping. Yesterday a young wo man with a four weeks old babe, was sent j out to beg food. Enraged at her ill-suc- I cess the men took the child from I its mother and threw it to the bears, who quickly devoured it. The • screams of the woman brought the farmers i to the camp. They threatened the men, i who explained that the babe was dead. [ Their story was not believed, as some of the farmers had seen the babe alive and well an hour before. A few hours later an effort was made to capture the brutal I'urks, but they fled. Tlie affair created a sensation, and lias aroused the town, and a I arty is iie,pursuit of the Turks, aud threat en to lynch them if they can be captured. THE ELECTIONS IN ALSACE-LORRAINE. Berlin, July 12.—In the elections in Al- sace-Loraine for tho ensuing ryear, twelve Germans have been elected members of commercial council. At the lust election but four Germans were elected. UNDERSELLING ENGLAND. Herr Krupp has contracted to supply China with 1500 tons of rails at a price, in cluding freight, 25 shillings below the low est English offer. Ireland. ROW AT AN ORANGE CELEBRATION. Belfast, July 12.—During the Orange celebration of the battle of Boyne here to day a slight row was occasioned by the passage of the procession through one of the streets.. .One person teas injured. Italy. j RAVAGES OF CHOLERA. Rome, July 12.—Cholera returns for to- i day are, Brendisi, 96 new cases, .35 deaths; | Latiano, 16 cases, 10 deaths; Fontano, 22 ’ eases, 16 deaths; Venice, 10 cases, 4 deaths. Austria. TWO DEATHS FROM CHOLERA. Vienna, July 12.—In Trieste during the past twenty-four hours two denths have oc curred from cholera ami eight new eases were reported. A Fiftal Fall. Fort Monroe, Ya., July 12.- Sergeant John O’Neill, battery M. Third Artillery, fell from the second story of the barrack- last, night and was instantly killed. On ’Cliuinrc. New York. July 12.—News affecting val ues at the exchange to-day was in general more favorable than of late, but there were also especially early iutlie day renewed re- Chicago, July 12.—First race, three- quarters oi a mile; Sunbeam won, Alle gheny 2d, Truant 3d ; time 1:1VJ. j Second race, seven-eighths of a mile ; Warrenton won, Cuban Queen 2d, Nora a bad 3d : time 1:23. j Third race, one and a quarter milts; Benette won by a length, Jim Guest 2d, Buchanan 3d; time 2:07*. Fourth race, three-quarters of a mile; Skoboloff won, Fred \V oley 2d, Moonlight 3d; time 1:48. Fifth race, one mile ; Shadow won, C. and G. 2d, IJera 3d ; time T:14t, A Vcrdiid for llio Plulutifl New York, July 10.—Tlic jury iu the case against the Western Union awarded a verdict for the plaintiff for 8240.000 dam ages. To the amount of the verdict the court granted an allowance of 82,000. Counsel for the Western Union company asked for a stay for the purpose of making a case on an appeal, and the judge granted him a stay of 120 days after the entry of Die judgement. Counsel for plaintiff' moved for trible damages, but the judge denied the motion and exception was taken, and the judge discharged the jury, informing them that under a section of the code he laid made an order giving them extra compensation. It is understood that each juror will receive 8150 for his work. Neither side appeared to be satisfied with the verdict. I (o he llamu'd. Raleigh, N. C., July 12.—To-day in Wake county superior court, Judge Fred Phillips sentenced James Smith and Wm. i Gooch, both young white men, to be hanged here .September lltli. They were convicted of the murder of John Cheut- hum, a merchant of this city, in June of last year. They were sentenced to death, but appealed to the supreme court which confirmed the decision of the lower court. A petition will be presented to Governor Scales for a commutation of this sentence. : This W’ill be signed by many hundreds of persons. A Large Saw .11111 Iturmsl. Wilkesbarre, Ph., July 12.—The large sawmill of Albert Lewis at Meadow Run was destroyed by fire this afternoon. The mill was situated ubout two miles from the encampment of the Ninth Regiment, X. O., of Pennsylvania, and word was sent to the camp. Three hundred soldiers re sponded and were sent to the scene on a special train. After two hours desperate work they succeeded in saving the sur rounding buildings and several million feet of lumber. The mill was entirely distroyed with much valuable machinery. The loss is 523,000, partially covered by insurance. tlauli Thom |>xoti 1 lists Hid. Washington, July 12.—Hughs. Thomp son, of South Carolina, was qualified this morning as assistant secretary of the treas ury, and at noon was visited by all the bureau and division officers of the depart ment, who were presented to him by Chief Clerk Younmns, He called at the white house during the day in company with Comptroller Tree holm and paid his res pects to the paesident.