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WASHINGTON.
?bt trsalOeBt Itluai a rrociaaalls* PrsniNttiac
tta Eriotioa of r«DDta A round tua FuSUo Do
main-in* Xb provrnieat of Blaora aad
Huber* in Scuth oaroUns. Bte.
.TVsihisotox, August 10.—Tbs president to
day Issued & proclamation prohibiting tbs
erection of fencaa around tbs public domain;
and ordering the removal ot fences at pres
ent existing, without legal right.
The state department is informed of one ease
of cholera at Malaga, and four at Gibraltar.
WssBixctox, August 10.—Captain W. if
Bixby, in charge ot the improvements on the
rivers end btibors in North and South Caro
lina, has made hie annual report to General
Newton, chief of engineers. He recommends
tbe following appropriations for the fiscal rear
ending June noth, 1881:
CuMtntia creek, 6. C„ $30,000; Trenton,X,
C., $10,000; Neuse river, X. C„ $00,000; In.
laud line of navigation, Newborn, to Bsaulort,
S. C., $50,000; harbor at Beaufort, $81,000;
New river, N. C, $10,000; Cape
Near river above Wilmington,
$00,000; Cnpe Fear river below
, ‘Wilmington, $3S0,000; Great Pedee river, S.
C., $00,000; Waceemaw river, 8. C., $03,900;
Georgetown Harbor, 8. C., $20,000; Santas
river, 8. C., $80,000; Wateree river, S. C.,
$30,000.
In relation to tbe improvement oi Capo Fear
river, below Wilmiogton,Captain Bixby aaya:
Tbe recommendations for future work are at
follows; That tbe Improvement aa orlginatly
projected be completed by completing the un
finished dike aenth otJenrUland, so aa to
thoroughly etcure Smith’s island, from fur
ther erasion by tbe cccan, by wideniog and
deepeniug tbe existing river channels, to their
full dimensions ot two hundred and sevouty
feet width, and sixteen feet least
depth nt low water; and by
further protecting them against .subsequent
deteriorating by aubmerged stone dikes when
necessary. It ia further recommended that
the present projects be lurtber extended ao aa
to deepen tho bar entrance to at loaat sixteen
feet nt lour water. Tbe commerce of this bar
bor, now eighteen million dollars, ii
regarded as sufficient to justify
an expenditura of several hundred thouaaud
dollars lor this improvement. The recom
mendations for future work above Wilmington
are that tbe improvement be complotea ac-
cording to the approved project, so as to insure
a thoroughly cleared four wot channel, front
Wilmington to Elizabeth town, a distance of
seventy miles, thence a similar threo Wot
channel, forty-two miles further to Fayette
ville. the Improvement to cost $200 000 in
yearly eitimatcs of $00,000.
Tho proposed improvement on the 8antee
liver is to secure an outlet through Mosquito
creyk, seven miles long thirty feet ride and
eix feel deep. On lVaccomaw river,No aecure a
channel of twelvo fret deep, at main
low water, with eighty feet bottom width
through tho mouth of the river, forty-one
miles to Buckavlile; thenco a channel ton loot
deep with eight feet bottom width, twenty-five
miles lurtber to Conwayboro; tfienceatbree
foot channel twenty.four miles to Reeves’
ferry; theuco a clearod natural channel
filly-four miles to Isko ti'accomaw, Off
tho Great Fadce river, .to., oeciire
x'indfoot channcViihTf .'one inlThi’t’o SUIT:*.*r
in ills; thence three nnd ono-halt feet 192 miles
to Chernw, nt all stages of water. On house
river to secure a nine foot channel eixteen
miles to Xowburn; thence tour feet fifey miles
to Kinston; thence three lest MS
miles to Smlthficld, Proposed
Improvement nt Beaufort harbor will protect
Shackleford at Fort Mtcon from further era; ion
and will dredge the channel loo feet wide,
tour feet deep at low wator, from Bulkhead
channel to Beaufort city. It la also recom
mended that eighteen feat of water be secured
on the bar entrance to Beaufort barber, as Was
tbe cue In 1737 and 1830.
WxininoToa, August 11.—W. E. Curtis,
Secretary ol tbe South American commission,
has returned to Washington. In nu interrlew
today he said; "Of all the men we met on
our vialttothecountrieeiouthofthe United
Btatea, General Barrios, tbe late president of
Guatemala, wu by far tba greatest. Ife was
aa great in his way at either Grant or Napo
leon. He possessed all the natural gifts which
tended to make a great loader, nut ho wu
lacking in tbe advantages of education. He
wu one or the bravest ol men. An attempt
wu made to auasimatc Barrios try throwing
a tomb at him. It foil at hfa feet, and he
quietly pat hie foot upon the fuse and extin
guished it, remarking ns he did ao:
"These people don’t know enough to kill
me." i
In tbe conference lut March betwten tbe
coramiselon and Bsrrios, the little seven-year-
old daughter, aeatod upon her father'a knee,
acted at interpreter. At this meeting Barrloa
eaid:
"When you go back to your people, tell
them I am with them, and intend to become
oneot them. After 1 hare accomplished the
reunion ol the Central American states, I in
tend to go to New York to ruide there sod be
come a citizen.’’
An Ineident occurred in Gnatemala the
night before Barrloe lett for the war. A grand
celebration was held in the opera house in
his honor. AU tho military bands ot tbe
country were invited, and randared n march
composed in honor of him by tho greatest mu-
aictl leader. The building was filled to ite
utmost capacity and tbe greatest eathusiuin
prevailed. In the midst hi the celebration a
largo banner or screen wu lowored over tho
front of the stage, containing tho inscription;
"Vive la union do Centro Americano. Vive Ia
J. Itufino Barrios, hefo milltar."; The excite-
meet was intense as this inscription
met the eyes oi the audience.
When the entbnaiuu wu at its
height the banner auddenly split
in two thorough tho nnmo of Barrios, and the
lower half fell to tho floor. Had an earth
quake occurred the effect could net have bean
greater. The cheering was instantly turned
to walling, and many peonle left tbe nuildiag
believing thla an evil omen. Among them
Wit Barrios’s wife, who slid tho death of
her hutband wu near at band. Barrios wu
absent from tbe celebration. The next morn
ing ha left at four o’cloek for tho wsr and wu
killed in battle.
Wasuixotox, August 11 Secretary Bayard
teday received a telegraphic communication
from tho American consul at Guayaquil, Ec
uador,(saying that be had positive information
that Nantes nad been liberated. No details
were given in the telegram.
weionixo tbi sold.
It la laid at lha treuury department that a
count by weight, ia the proper way of deter
mining the value end amount ol coin on hand
in tho aub treuury at San Francisco, and ia
certainly more expeditious and ufar than by
any other method. The stand taken by tho
outgoing official is fraely criticised, ana As
sistant Secretary Fairchild hu consulted with
Solicitor MeCue as to his powers in tha
premise#, and will instruct the newly appoint-
«d assistant tnaaurer in accordance with the
nolle!toi ’• decision when rendered.
Washixctox, August 14 —Colonel Wright,
remmiuioser of the labor bureau, today nad
the appointment of O. P. Judd u special egent
of tho bnrean revoked, bees use of hie recent
arrest in Colorado on the charge of horse-
stealing, and he admitting his guilt end also
that he had served two tqrmi in
the penitentiary lor tho issis offsntei.
The Ster this evening says:
Judd was ncommendrab; Senators Teller and
Bowen, ex Senator (!. M. ctiilcott.Hejre entauret
8. W. Green, o!St. Louis, and f>. M, Bear, of Ham-
lln, Kan. Colonel Wrlvht said tha moraine that
he did not believe tnat any of tbcae Beutlesaen
knewol these lads in Judd’s
e uentle;
They
i career.
In makings r<
not vouch to;
canKMneas
that he desire , . . ..
irg their names whenever au unlit appoti
was made. Her-" T * r
the position ol <
and when be fat
became an apMl -
bad been at work for a couple ol mouths, and had
sent in reporta oi what be had ~
which showed that he bad
vi ry Istr work. None ot the msterlal
furnished by Judd would he used. In reasrd to
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
J, C. Gaston, a Prominent Lawyer of South
Carolina, Shoots ilimseir.
J. C. Gaston, a prominent attorney of Che;
ter, 8. C., suicided Saturday in a room in the
Beid house, 155 Marietta street.
Tbe suicide wu deliberately planned and
cooly executed.
About one o'clock a stranger entered tbe
Beid bouse, 155 Marietta street—the old Chif.
holm borne—and asked lor a week’s board,
This strarger wu ,T. C. Guton, and- his re
quest lor beard was granted. He had no lug
gage with bim, but was shown to his roam on
She si rend Hear. Soon after Gaston was
shown to bis room a servant was lent to it
with a pitcher of water. When the servant
entered the ro .m Guton wu standing in the
floor near the bed. Ho watched the nrvant
u the deposited the pitcher on the stand and
started cut. When the girl reached the door
she turned abour and uked:
"Do you wish anything else? 1
"No, nothing else. Pleato get out quick
that’a all," remarked Gaston, advancing to.
words tbe door. , > .
As the‘girl stepped out of tbe door Gaston
-clued it with a banc and instantly looked it.
He ‘ then r walked- in front‘of the mirror, and
pulling out-a pistol'plhced the muzzle in his
mouth and pulled the trigger. The report
that enaued wu heard throughout the house,
Beversl Jodies wera silting in the hallway be,
low and beard tha report. At tha same time
they heard
eouxthixo ran. Hzavinr urox thk iloos
above. They were frightened and gave
tbe alarm. Several gentlemen quickly ns-
cended tbe stairway, u they went up tho
smell ol powder attracted them towards the
room to which the stranger had boon ahown.
They attempted to enter the room but the
door was locked. By stooping down and
looking under tho door they could ae* the
men lying on tho floor. They wore
all aatis tied that the shot had had aaerious ef
fect and Captain Mitchell o! Augusta, forced
the door open. As the door flew open, a mpst
horrible spectacle was presented. Tho man.
wss lying flat upon hit back. Uls lace was
covered with blood while a pool of blood was
gathering about hie head. In hia right hand
was a brand new double acting 38 calibre bull
dog pistol. T.iie was extinct. The blood on
the floor near tbe droning cue abowed that
the man had stood in front of tho mirror when
he fired. ip
No one in the room knew the man and with
a view to ascertaining who he was'someone
went into his pockets. Betters bearing' the
Guton name were found and then someobe
waa sent for Dr. Guton. He arrivod and
xnurrim| tji* man
aa hia brother. A thorough search ot the dand
await*tanki'arevealedSwa rda. fiif -4-*1
intended lor Dr. J. Mo. P. Gaston and road:
’Money nnd watch in tho value. Money in
theexprisa office-’’
The other piecoof paper wu more in the
ahapocf a memoranda than a note. It read:
Pulse 170 Fever high. It I live it will be aa a
lunatic or imbecile.
Corontr Haynea wu noliflod of tbe violent
■loath and held an iaquut. Tho verdict waa
suicide, and today.tha remalua will be for
warded to Chester, S. C., lor interment. I
J. C. Gaston wu a prominent citizen in
South Carolina. He belonged to ono of tha
oldeat and most respectable families in that
state. He graduated In law at tho State uni
versity at Columbia several years ago, and
met with great aucceu in his profession. For
three successive terms be waa elected solicitor
of bis circuit, and left the office with a line
reputation. A lew years ago ho wu promi
nent in iwlitica in the Falmclto
state. The congressional convention
which nominated tha Hon. J. C.
Hemphill, the riling young Carolina on-
grssunan, a few years ago, cams within a lew
votes of selecting Guton as their atandard
bearer. In appearance Guton wu pleasant.
He' was about five lest nine Inches, and
weighed about 100 pounds. Hia lace wu
pleasant and wore an intelligent look.
Teemba and Davis,
From tbe New York Times.
Robert Toombs ia mellowing wltb adrencing
years. Hia mind hu been cleared oi Its hopeless
gloom and Irreconcilable animosities. He reuone
now where he sued to me, and he analysts, com.
pares, and dlrcrlminatu In respect to matters
which formerly drew from him only ptctureiquo
denunciation. He can now admit that “General
Grant wu the greatest eold!er produced kg the
war.” Be wu "simple minded and honest, and
had no more animosity toward the south than to
ward the north."
This Just anddlspuslonitaestimiteofarant Irom
the Ups el Robert Toombs Is worthy to be men
tioned with the presence of Johnston with finer-
men end Buckner with Sheridan In-the funeral
march u an evidence that the war of tbe rebellion
hit altogether passed Into history and that tiara
has stilled Rebates. Tha figure ol General Toombs
wss not licking In a certain grandeur while he
stood In proud and unbending protest against lata
and the reunion of the states. But ft is pleasanter
ana mere wholesome to ice him u he now is.
We must protest, however, against tha rugged
old general* judgment ol Jefferson Davii, who,
now that Toombs yields to the iorcee ot recen-
struction Is left to spend a sour old age In lonely
dissent from the views of hia fifty-five million
fellow countrymen. General Toomhs_d!slikei
deracy wu
Ibor.
Jowell.ofIllinois; Lee Crandall. Jade? George
UeMUwelic,vlLake Msw.CJij AU
and that the
throttled tor"th - e*"WflrtPolnt?deti" Of Mr. 1 Den*
is the fcert that General Toombs can ity of him.
It Jatruethat the enterprise In which Me. Dtelt
and bis associates embarked ended in t pretty
complete failure, but ft can hardly be eald that ee
1» chief be waa “thoroughly incompetent"
ua not be outdone m polite*
While tbe southern leiders arc
prai«I»f the courage, ikill and magnanimity of
tbe general* of onr armlee it will not be out of
piece to i dm If that on their part they bore them-
ftelvee with such stcadlneis in what ii now iome*
timet pleeiantly called tbe Bnmtcr Appomattox
affair ae to make their*abdafng a matter of no
little inconvenience to the north; and eome pert
of tbe credit ia without doubt due to Jefferson
Parle.
One other remark about Jefferson Davie cal la for
_ word ol comment: "Hie forte waa review writ*
ing.“ eaya General Toombs. “He would have been
a tuccoifnl magazine man.” Now, war bat it*
honor*, and no one can adequately expreu tbe
nation’* regret for tbe blood and
treasure poured out in tbe war of
>u. But it mmt ba let down a* one
.... ... eolation that tbe cant Incidental to
the chief magistracy of tbe ton federate state* kept
Jcffcncn Davliontof tbe business of magazine
writing, In the old days when sprightly disquisi
tions upon the Deipnnaopblsts, forty five pawei
long.and squally light and fascinating esklys
open the return of tbe Herakieldat made tbe ap*
fmt
to Imagine a condition ot American (site and ol
the Ametictn mind which (would ban allowed
L.m m >-.come • « msgulu*man”let*
conceive for ihfs great people a state of decadent*
and crticgrearton which tnecenroryor two would
have landed ns la care dwellings, with aklu lor
m euu wwtai tam i«i »« auxurei*
THE OLD WORLD.
WHAT THE ROYAL HEADS AND
THEIR SUBJECTS ARB DOING,
a Kenler Annul (or Crowned Beilis- Lard
woiiies Elevation. Two rnnoh Soldiers
Killed by the XzplostoA of A BouMhtll
— CAot.rs la rrnao. and Bpata.
Bsaux, August 11.—Tha National Gazette
aUtcs that l’rinee Dolgorouki, aide de camp to
the czar, and tbe military attache of the ltUs-
aian embassy at Berlin, hi, gone to'Gutein to
arrange lor the meeting between the Emperor
William and the cznr, after the meeting of Ike
latter and IhoEmperor Erancia Joseph oi Aits,
tria, at Kremtier. General Fosiiet, Russian
minister is already at Waraaw making preps
rations forth, czar’s visit to the eniperor oi
Aualria and tbe eniperor oi Germany. The
army is being mobilized to occupy the dilTer.
ent liner ol railway to bs traversed by the
czar, and to guard the bridges, tuunela and
crossings. The military precautions taken
lut year to protect the czar against an out
rage by the nihilists arc being repeated on a
larger scale, owing to the authorities having
received information to tbe eilect that the nt
bilists In Europe bavo recently shown glint
activity and have plenty ol money.
Wadzid, August 10.—There were 4,171 new
cases oi cholera aud 1,SI I deaths from the
disease reported yesterday throughout Spain.
Gianada ia today in a most desperate con
dition, a result of the ravages of cholera. The
stats of sfialrs thero is really worse then j it
wu in Naples last year during the cholera
epidemic in that city. Them zro“uo doctors
cow in Granada, and tho dud bodies ol. the
cholera victims 11a unbttried in lha struts, j
llADcif, August 11—Thlrtf-flve hundred rind
ten new cases of cholera and thirteon hundred
and forly-threo deaths from the dlsuu were
reported throughout Spainyuterdsy. Titpie
•tatistira. however, do not convey the whole
tiulh about the prevalence of the scourge, ee
they are not complete. Cholera hu mado Its
appearance in Barcelona, Bi’boa, San Sibil-
tian, Santander, Uueica and Toloaa. .
The relatives of tbs cholera natlents {in
many Spanish provinces usault fit. doctors
in Ibe belief that they poison their pstlenta.
The archbishop of Seville died or cholera
yesterday.
TSOOI'I AVI MOVED WITH CHOI.EZA..
Tmieaw, August it.—Cholera and dysen
tery are causing great mortality among the
Hussion soldiers on the Afghan frontier,
especially at Fonjdeh. Twenty-eight thousand
Russian infantry and IB.osto cavalry are niw
in the trans-Caapian territory.
Tim ('holeba m riaxcst,
MARszitLsa, August 11.—Thero were tbit .
niuo deaths from cholera in this city today.
Fourteen now pationt# were admitted to ‘
Pharo hospital. Several cues of cholera
reported from the Basiu Alps.
1'aais, August II Four French soldiers
while eroding a field at Foutalnbieait today,
found a bomb shell. They attempted to un
load it. it burst and tbe fregmenta cut two
of tbe nten to pieces, and tore tho arm oil an
other.
Pams, August 11.—Further advices from
Tonquin sav that tho bishop of flninhon re
ports that over II),(10(1 Christians hitve been
massacred in tile provinces ofBiendiub -nd
•VilWh-wVur-lezMMgluoonjiiarr tires'-.tt,^.
dHW'omnrCnco. Thevicormtolias boon *n-
nihilalcd.
Boxnox, August 11.—Lord Wolsely hu bun
elevated to tbe rank oi viscount.
I.oedou, August 13.—The Fall Mali Gasetto
this afternoon uyat A well known gentleman
who was recently appointed a member ot the
royal commission, waa met on the alaircue
of bis office In Eut India avonuo today, and
soundly flogged by 'a gentleman
who publicly accused him of having uduood
hia daughter. The thruhing wu preceded by
a violent aiuult, tbe at ~ 1
the betrayer of hia child
rat. Tha father then flogged him until his
stick broke, when the bystanders interfered.
I’asis, August 13.—The Republlque Pyrin*
csite maintains that an Anglo-Chiuese alli
ance, offensive and de ensive against Russin,
bss been perfected. Tbe Journal contends
that if England conelndu a similar alliance
with Turkey, warwith lluiila will be immi
nent.
Los don-, August 12.—Mr*. Mark PsUlsou,
tbe fiancee of Sir Charlu Dllke, is in India on
a pleasure tour. On learning of the scandal
with which tho name oi her intended husband
ia connected, she immediately telegraphed
Sir Charles to announce their engagement
publicly.
Sir Charles Dilka has engaged Charles Rut-
•ell as leading counsel, and Mr. Surle u
, uniorcounsel. Hia solicitors have demanded
:he plaintiff to file details of hia cue. Tha
ilainlKTa cue, it is lurnod, hu
rein strangtbened by the evidence of
tba pbyiicTan, who wu called to Sir
Charles Dilke’e bouaa, when Mrs. Crawford
seemed to la amising under a prolonged hya-
tern, cauitd from an altercation with the
French iniitnii of Sir Chariot. Tba council
of the liberal aiiohlatinn ia divided whether
to ask Charles Dllke to retire from public life
until after the trial of Ihedlvorce esse.
Mr. Puree, of the firm of Eldera, ship
builders, ia the hero of the Pall Matt Gaxetle
assault story.
Caino, August II A fearful itile of an
archy prevails in Kordofen. Thera ia a fam
ine alio at the piece.
Faraua, August 13.—Tha editor of the Star
and Herald raceived a notification the other
day to tbe eflect that he ihould publish no
utora war nawaor matter relating to govern
ment iSkire, ublSAS the ume wu eent direct
from the dlflerant eecretarluof the govern
ment in the pnblic departments, to which
such milters related. The reason alleged wu
that that abut waa hostile to tha govero-
ment, and martini lew allowed the latter to
muule the preu. The Star and Herald
published this notification, end informed its
rudere - tbit hereafter no news of any
sort relating to Colombian affairs, either of
ficial or otherwise, favorable or unfavorable,
would be admitted to lie columns. Denied
the right of free speech, no official uttarancu
would be *
amu'eta lo preserve them from diaeue.
Priests and sisters of charity are assiduous
night and day in attending to tbe wants of the
sufferers. The archbishop has sold hia eqttl
•gea to obtain funds for tho relief of tha aul
ering people, and has given hu palace for an
hospital.
Tams, August IS Reports received today
from Marieilles, slate that tho cholera there
has received a fresh impetus owing to the ex
tra report that a number ul cases Eu steadily
increased, that the diaeue is unusually fatal
in consequence of tho heat.
Pams, August 13.—The French newspapers
comment on the great number of German epics
discovered receuuy in various parts of Franco,
it ia reported that tho govern mint hu decided
to order tho expulsion trom Fran .o of all Ger*
mans who can bo proved to bo spin, or who
can reasonably bo auapeetod of boing such.
Haobio, August 13.—Somo excitement has
been created here by a report to the eflect that
Germany bu occupied the Caroline islands,
which aro claimed by Spain..>
Tha seiaure ol Caroline island by Germany
is protested against by Spain, which hu
ordered two war ahipi to prbeoed at onee to
thodiaputed ground.
F-tais, August 13.—Tho reports of tbe mu
sscro iu Annam wera greatly exaggerated,
Instead of 19,000 it ia now atated that only
few hundred Christiana were killed.
Luzon, A ugiiit 14.—Advices from St. Paul
de Loende, West Africa, under date of July
15, report that tho petty king Coonha'ma
Hirlife, died recently. The natives attribute
bis death to witchcraft of the whitu. and
uiaucrtd twenty Europeans, including three
French mlasionariu. The ume tdvieu state
that M. de Brazza ia still in the interior.
ion nos vies.
The continuance ot tho agitation against the
more flagrant forma or London vice, aa re
vealed by tho Fall Mall Gasetto, Is wearying
and diegustlng the people, and is beginning to
meet wltb general condemnation. The con
servative press ia commanelng to dacry the
bualaeu, and a number of aatabliehad church
organs are following suit. The archblshopi
of York and Canterbury, nnd other leaders of
re ligicua thought, are waning in their support
of We agitation. On tbe other hamLhowevpr,
the IVolcyani, radicals , aud other
•reociatcd religious bodies are pushing the
•gtlation with all their might, and endeavor
ing to enliat popular sympathy by muni of
great public demonstrations. AU the Influ
ences possersed by the dissenting religious
organizations seam to bo at present in use to
make tba Hyda ' Park meeting a monster suc
cess. The ronnell list foa this 'meeting In,
eludes Professor Newman, Hon. James Stans
fold, .radical member of parliament for
Uelifax, President Roberts, of the Weslaykn
conference, ex-Prcildont Griffith, of thd Wos-
fryan conference, Michael Davit!,-,' Canons
wilberforco aud French, and many other
Clerical diesenting notables.
Pams, August 15 —La lutranaignent, Itocho
fort's paper, will tomorrow publish a Uttor
which, it is alleged, will prove that Olluer
Palie, the Frenchman who was reputod tha
military adviser of El Mabdl, wu executed
at the ieatance of the British officials in
Egypt. This letter will say that the British
put a price on I’aina’e head, that he was
tracked and arreeted, and then summarily
execuled by order of theatail of the English
army engaged at lha time In n war against
El Mthdi.
I.ozdoe, August 10.—Tho marquis of Salis
bury’) dcrarturo tor the continent lias boon
postponed, owing to the Eulflrar diaputo. Tho
latest dispatches trom St. Petersburg to tho
allowed space in Its columns. The
mover) against Iree press uriously contem
plated suppressing that paper, bnt they wore
nformtd (bat it belonged to an American
company, and they would consult tho best
interests of tbe country by luving ft atone.
I’axaui, August 13—The stumer Lima,
just arrived from tbe cent, bring) news oi
another eruption ol tho voleeno ot Cotopexi.
A telegram unt this morning from Chimboto
to Uutyiquil, statu that ia that city, situated
simoat at tbe foot of tho gigantic volcano,
there wu a tearful overflow ol leva. One
hundred house* were deatroyed. Tbe num
ber of persons killed is not known.
Mantle, August 13 —There ie greet excite
ment In Seville over the government proposal
to abolish the power of tba local authorities
during tbe prevalenu oi cholera, bee suss ol
their inefficiency in unitation, and lo itulf
inume direction of tbe eity’e local affaira.
Tbe populace ere boatlle to Ura doctors aad
avaru to nay interference ia family attain,
and they itroagly support tbe local authori
ties. Greet rrowda assembled in ell the public
placu last evening to discus me situation,
end the civil guard was tailed upon to dieperae
'em.
I be ranges of <-b«ltr* in Granada are hor
rible. Seorte ol victim) of the dilute drop
and die in the itreeta where In many caua
tbty remain for hours before they ere gather
ed up at night for hurried and unceremonious
burial In a common trench.
Tbe people of Grenada attribute the vitita-
lion of chetem to latrine wrath, aad wear
of tbo Ruisian engine)!
district, and a noto Irom M. PeGiers, propos
ing a new frondor iico through the district.
The uaturo oi thla proposal promises an early
settlement ol tbo dieputo.
I.oxnox, August 10.—Tbo question of the
mstrlite, or tbo matrimonial intentions, o
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge Is shrouded in
impenetrable myatery. ‘ The object of the
iicuey ia explained by the attitudo of hie
children toward tha match. Ills'sons ore
known lo be bitterly opposed to ■ ft, and hia
oniy daughter baa bun estranged from bim by
bis fierce opposition to her own marriage
with Mr. Adams. On that occasion she
dutifully invited her father to be a guest, and
ha dlrdalnlully refused. It Isnot atall im
probable that abe would turn the tables upon
him If she were invited to his wedding, and it
ia almoit cortain that bit sous would find ex
cuses for not attending. He might, therefore,
have to face the scandal ol a pnblic wedding
at which his own children would ha cjnitfleu*
out by their absence. On the other hand, hia
fiancee hu bun pressing bim with threats or
e breach of promise anil, and is laid to have
documentary and other evidence which would
be'Very effective in court.
Manaio, August 1$.—Returns Irom the
cholera Infected districts ot Spain, shew the
total number ot now cues on Saturday of 4,-
700, and tbe total number of deaths from dls*
eaio of 1,758. Tho plague has mads III ap
pearance at Barcelona, where twenty-throe
cates and eixteen death! ora reported.
Msasaiuas, August to —There were twen
ty-seven deaths In the city today from chol
era. At tho Pharo hospital, nineteen cues
were admitted end seven died, while seventy
remain under treatment.
Msxsmte August 10,_The British steamer
which arrived at Algiers yesterday, was for
bidden to enter the port, u (here had been a
death on board. Tha iteamer wu ordered In
quarantine, but raturnad to Maraeillu instead.
In the meantime there had bun another
death on board. Tbe health authoriUu here'
have accordingly enforced tha quarantine
regulation* sgolnst the atumer.
I.oxnox, August 10.—A lat'ar from Saigon
reports that eix hundred French soldiers
have died of cholera in Formosa and Peach a-
derea, that tba hospital# era' overflowing with
sufferert, and that the epidemic ia incrui-
Naw York, August 10.— 1 The county com-
mittco of the prohibition party held * eoiiie-
whet stormy meeting in Parepe hall tonight.
Tha question that created disaeutba was on
the chairman. The committee had ulacted
M. L. Ritchie, but She delegates from the
twenty-third and twenty-fourth wards Ob
jected to tbo choice ae being arbitrary. Tha
temporary chairman, T. J. Ellsworth, refuted
to entertain the protest, aud Ritchie was
fleeted. Tbedelegatiou from the wards named
then withdraw. The mooting indorsed Rev.
T. PeYVilt Talmago at a candidate for gov
ernor.
Moetsiai., August 10.—A meeting iu Riel's
interest wu held at Lacbino tonight, which
waseddreesed by Measra. Rsyal and Gironard,
members of parliament, and otheri. A peti
tion to the governor general, which is being
signed here, praya for a euG
firient respite to enable Riel's
esse to be carried to the privy councl I if neces
sary. It clnima that the jurr'a recommends.
turn to mercy was because ul doubt in their
rninda as to his sanity, and says in conclusion
that tho rebellion of which Louie Riel was fig
urehead, waa a piece of folly, and asked
for lbs iseuance ol a medical
commlaaion to investigate hia mental condi
tion. A number oi French Canadian geutle-
men have perfected an organization to take
such action as it ia deemed neroteary In the
Riel matter. Meetings are lb be held iu tho
adjoining towns.
Ena, Kana., August 10 —Min Frankie
Morris, found guilty of tho murder of her
mother, was married last evening lollarry l>.
Copeland, of Wichita.
Naw Yolk, August 10.—Tho Gate City Guard, ol
Atlanta, who camo to New York to attend arsut's
otsequlct, were entertained at the Bercntk rogl-
mintarmory tonight. The visitors wore shown
about the great armory, aud wftneued a drill liy
(he retlaeot. They expressed gratification ‘ at
tba hospitality shown. - ■ i >:■.!,
reoaiA, lit, August II.—R la slated that
some Peoria distilferiox have been using bar
rels constructed with a thick atnvo onpailte
the bung. The bung atave also was made
thick. The heads of tbo barrel, instead [of
bolrg three-quarters of an inch in thickness,
were only half an inch tbifik.
Those barrels hold from a gallon to a gallon
and a ball more than the gauger’s rod aud cal
ipers show. Borne time ago, aa report goes,
some whisky belonging to a large dlatillWy,
was detained in tho east, for alleged Irregu
larity. Tna barrels were totted, and wera
found to hold more than they gauged. It ; is
reported that several other distillcrlsi wore
using the same sort of barrel!.
Bosrox, August 1!.—Ex Governor Franklin
D. Moses, ol ffnnth Carolina, who wu recently
released Irom custody in Middlesex county,
where ho wa* nerving out a term of Imprison
ment for obtaining money under false pro.
teiues, is egaln Yn trouble, having boon
brought into tbo superior criminal court today
in default of a warrant for obtaining money
from Paini.nl C. Cobb, l-'rcd L. Auios and
uliicrs, of tbit city, by falio pyotoDies In r
meeting that he waa Colonel Sipiuis,
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MoxritXAL, August 11.—Tho seizure of i
(dry which has been smuggled tu tbo dntiiln
it u Irom New York, has been mado by tho
cuitom cfliccrs at tbls pert. It appears a
will drciied woman has been noticed to cross
Hies boundary screral times at dinbreut points.
She was always accompanied by a small
Bzatix, August Ifi.—Tho Notional Zoitung
justices tho annexation of tbo Caroline islands
by Germany, on tho ground that Spain has.
never been in actual pouettlon of them, while
Germany must protect tba branch houaaa on
the islands of German -firms in the Pacific
trade.
Baai.ix. August 10.—Tbe Cologne Gasetto,
In on article on tbo Caroline iatanda, points
out that Germany and England presented a
join note to Bpaln in 1875, declining to raeeg.
Dire Spain’s sovereignty over tbo Uaralldo
island). It ia stated that Germany hu fifteen
and England threo aottiomanta on (ha islands,
bnt She other nations none.
Praia, Auguit 10.—A dispatch from Berlin
to tna Journal Dos Debate lays Germany is
resolved to desputa Bpain’a claim to the Caro
line islands.
The cholera reports for today show that
there were fifteen now cues end twelve
dutbl in the city ol Madrid, and IS now
caret and 30 deaths in tho province. Tho
•light panic which broke ont a low daye ago
boa subsided. Tbe epidemic abowo oo
lurtber sign of on increase. Wherever the
disease prevail) tho most stringent precautions
ore taken to prevent its spread. Some ol tho
moat crowded bouses have boon emptied, and
their tenants temporarily lodged a few miles
outside the city. Tbo public buildings era
dialnfieted Jelly. Tha epidemic is still rava
ging Granada,but ia decreasing in other aouth-
ain provinces.
Rons. Auguit 10.—Somo manuscripts her#
lately l-san found in tho naticoa arcnivM oi
Sextus V.’s time, chewing that that pope had
tbo idea of cutting o canal ocrooo the Suez
isthmus. It i»a tact that Father Ktcbiaardi,
a Jesuit ol that time, tbo author of o treatise
on architecture, gave a lecture on tbo possi
bility ol cutting the isthmus, end foresaw that
thodifliculty would arise, not trom the wetara,
bnt irom tbo accumulation ot tba sands. Thu
waa, In fort, the only difficulty foreseen tad
experienced by Do Deosspo. Fothor Escmoar-
di'a work# moy hove bova known to D* Lai-
asps.
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wore, that the
the dog invariably
were stored.
Aissui-s Fuats, N. Y-, August II.—Presl
dent Cleveland, accomplished by Dr. Want, of
Albany, pusad through hero this morning
reroute for tho Adirondack!. They were mot
at the dopot by Hon. U.D. Gravel and taken
to hia rstidenco, where a abort recoplion was
lven, after w.hicb tbe party waa mat by Paul
_m!th, who will take them by etage to the
Prospsct house, where tho president will
spend ofowwiekt.
Pi.siTiacno. N. Y,, August 11.—President
Cleveland end Dr. Ward reached tho upper
Loniinco lake, their destination, thia altar-
noon. They had a pleasant, uneventful buck-
board ride of forty-seven miles from tbe rail
way terminus at Aurable.
Bax PsAX' iaCo, August 11.—A lerlours mis
understanding is reported between the out-go
ing end in-coming administration of tba Uni
ted States sub-treasury of this oily regarding
tbe count ol the uioney in tho vtults. Brooks,
the newly appointed aub-trouuror, It williog
to accapl tha count by weight, but Spaulding,
tba present incumbent, loaiata upon every
piece being counted before tho transfer -ft
mado. There ia nlnoty-threa million dollars in
the vaiilla and to count ft all over would take
irom tlx to eight months.
Nnr Yont, August 1|.—Tha total amount
received by the Orant monument fund com
mittee up to thla afternoon !• $33,778. Jinny
new places of subscription# are being appoint.
Havana,August II.—Colose! Angel Rodri
guez, of Ibe party ofl.umbzno Btnchez, and
six bandilz belonging to the party of Borro
Jimenez, have been zhot atUatanzei. They
were eautured while negotiating for a passage
from tbe Izlind.
Mr. Pleasant, Pt, Auguit II.—Orltt fears
« entertained that dysentery wifi became to
epidemic in Bridgeport, a mining village one
mile south of Ibis place. Today over thirty
casts were reported end five deaths ao far. -Dr.
Howell, tha town physician, ia duwn with the
disrate, and like mssy other! alight bopia are
entertained for their recovery,
Daxrza, Col., August 13.—<2. P. Judd, *»o
wss appointed by President Cleveland on May
id Iasi to be tpcc'el agent of the nntiouel
labor bureau for Nevada, and for the terri
tories, wss brought from Alamosa, Col, today
on a warrant' charging him with horae Merit
ing. Judd drew up nnd signed n statement
today admitting hia guilt, aud that ha bad
served e term in prieon at Leavenworth,
Kan., and two terms in tha penitentiary
in Colorado, - for timilnr offenses.
Judd claims tbet hia applicetion for n gov-
penment position was signed by several well
known dsmoernta of Colorado, to which 1 hia
ppolntmsnt it accredited.
MoxiaiAL, Auguit II. — Mr.'Poltrai, a well-
to-do butcher of Montreal, attended the
Cntbolie church on the isle Verrnntton Sunday
lest. He wse suffering nt the time' with
trule crempe in the etomnch, nnd
bsck, nnd when that pert of the aerrlee ar
rived durieg which the congregation kneel he
foutd- himself unable tu do more then aa-
inme c reclining devotional position with one
knee on the floor. Hie actions were noticed,
end Telesphore Medsrd, n church warden,
eiticg with others, had him brought
before the eourt charged with on
art of irreverence, and he was
kmr.il$3ted costa. Poitree' lewyeri bate
written fo the prooeeutiou that unless the
money is returned end on ampin apology
given, actions for heavy damages will ba
entered against ell s-onceruril.
pnrsRO, August 12 —Tba fact ii made pub
lic today tbnt a Chinaman, who ia supposed
Ia K. nlHinlhsI Malik InnSAB* >vf !T|d |ft (,'Oiclj'J
_ Sen Frnneisao.
He was noticed by a gentleman upon whom
be waited and who caYled aesm with a medi.
cal island. This gentleman nt sight declared
tbe Chinaman to be afflicted with leprosy,
fiubisqnentiy, when on investigation was
tamptsJ, tha leper had disappeared.
The department of health hu caused a Med
ical examination to be made toiay of tbe
Chinamen alleged to be suffering Irom leprosy.
Tbe verdict of the pbyaicitna wss to the effect
that the case was net leprosy, bat i malfgutxt
combination of acroftlla and syphilitic
tuberculosis.
City or Mexico, Auiust 12 - At a rcceptlou ac
corded by tbe minister of forelgu relation*, tins*
cleMarficsl, to tbe committee appointed by the
American colony. President Diaz stated that he
was veiy bappy to be able, offlclilly and person
ally, In abow bis respect for General Grant, tba
giut American soldier, statesman and citizen,
and that while recognizing bis superior eminence
si ti;ch be did not forget that General Grant wu
tbe neatest friend Mexico ever bid.
Cnv or Mexico, Auguit IS —Tho czbtuet,
nftar a protracted dlseuuion, haa decided on
tbe nature of tbe reply to be made to tho rep
resentative! of the reilwey companies on the
qusatien of whether railways were to bo ex
empt from tbe operations of the de
nse of June 22d. The govern
ment 1 os decided that no exception thil
be made in fever or the railroad, and that the
law of June 22d shall be enforced to the letter.
Tbe suhaldiee will be paid, and not one cent
out of the custom revenue will be appropriate!
to railroads, which will htvt to submit to the
exigenelei of the eiiustfon. Tho government
maintains that ft owes, the railroads
nothing, except the small amount of subsidy
which would have been accrued to them sines
the publication of tbe decree, and this amount
and that falling due in lulure months, will be
included in the government's floating debt.
The government will not even deliver upon
subsidy certificates to railroads claiming that
roidi have no right lo them, and even if the
certificates were still receivable for custom
duties, the government would not be obliged
lo deliver up more than enough
to keep the railroads supplied
with tha amount required to cover
their monthly subsidies. Tbe government
objects to railroads ama-tiug a large amount
of certificates and using them aa aseurity for
loans, nnd considora that It waa louicnt to tho
C'cnlrol road boforo in permitting tho com-
pony to Issue debentures with the subsidy cer
tificates as security.
Sax Filsnsco, August t$.—Tbe failure of
Hop Keo&Co., ia tho first Cblneio failure
ol any importance that but occurred here.
Hop Kee A Co. were the largest wholesale
Chinese manufacturers of boots and shoes on
the roast. Their liabilities oro $1(0,01111, at-
cels unknown. The firm has a largo and pros
perous branch house at Victoria, British Co-
lumtiin. \VIll'll 11,11 Snu I raneisoohouse got
into financial trculdo the Victoria houso re
pudiated nil connection with It aud dishonor
ed Its draft. Thia was tho Imraedlato cauie of
the fitiluro. The members ot the firm are
•Old to bu.worth over half a million.
Sr. Louis,' Mo., August 13.—According to n
tci* gram Irom Pin Francisco, published here,
Msxwcll, the alleged murderer of 0. Arthur
I’relier, now says Yhnt In duo time he will Wo-
ilucc Prelfor, olive nnd well, and shew where
he got the body found In the trunk. Max
well ciscrta that tba body In , the trunk was
bought by hlmiolf and ('roller, and left in tha
botal'forlkapurpoeo ot procuring insurance
money upon Prellor'a llta.
Bax Josl, Cal., August 13,—A lentitlon waa
caused hero yesterdoy by tbe bold robbery oi
the San Joso enlo dojmift bank of savings. In
tbo afternoon a man entored tbo bank ami ob
tained a small bill of cxchango. The caihior
anil manager were In the bank nt tho time.
A tow minutes after tho stranger departed tho
conhior mined a tray containing $10,000 in
sold, in twenty dollar pieces. An alarm w.i*
immediately given, and search was made, but
without ienuIt. it Is believed that two or
moro men wereengsged in tho theft, and that
while the attention 0 f the bank officor was en-
g.'igcil l-y Ihc men in Iron!, tho ntlu-rs utoj* I
inndo the counter nnd dole tho money. Tho
bank has offered a reward of $1 000 for tho ar
rest of thieves or the return of tho mcnoy.
Lcribvii.i.r, Ky., August 13.—Mr. Derriak
A. Fsoghcrn, u wealthy farmer of Oregon
township, Inil., wss taken ill aovernl days ago
ol pneumonia. At six o’clock Saturday night
the two physicians who wore in ntteudsnee
1-11 i.i.ur.i i d him ill oil, anil arrangements were
bring mado to prepsro the remains lor the col-
fin. when all atoncothe corpse started up In
Mil end aeked for a glass oi water. In a inert
llmo after drinking the water Mr. l’aughern
breathed freely, and is now declared out of
danger.
Pittsbcxo, Fa., August It—The trades
organizations throughout the United Statas
will Issue a petition tomorrow, requesting
President Cleveland to call an oxira session of
congress, to bo. devoted exclusively to
measure! for the relief of tbe Industrial
claises of tbo country and tho rovlvul of bitii-
ncia. Tho petition, alter calling the attention
of the president to the general stagnation of
business, saya:
''Theeonicqucnrc of nils ileproulon are espo-
rltllyicTcro upon the mooring.people, small
tbi ate and faiwerX, who aro wnhoitt any
icsns upon which to live, and to nay
U and save their hoinee rinfl small prop.
m forced salsa. Employees and (annoy
ed are involved In the common disaster, aud oe-
It oa1(B that the CXltt setsion bo convened
on or before tbe leal Monday in Saptembet.
]:o*To:», Aiigiutlf —The prohibition party of
MgMttthuACtti will pUce« com plot* aUto tic ket
In tho Held, to bo tupported nt tbe poll* In tbe
coning election. *o<j will hoUl lt«»Utoconvcii*
licit *t VioJ' ttu r, September )UUi. i:x*<ioycrii'*r
Ht. John, who wit tbo party’* ctndidatc for pred*
(ltfitfaftt fall, will be patent, ana addreu tbe
ttDVtnUonetlfciigtb, find Ref. Ur. Mlnu. Rev.
Mr. fiiflbfdelioT. Dr. Gordon end JobaK. uougli
Will elioprobably make addrcMCN.
GeOr Hancock acknowledge* hi* indeble.1 non
*&d expresses thanks thanks to tho vsrlout
officers, and mentions by name several inde
pendent commands, among them the battalion
of/cur companies of Virginia, state troops,
Lieutenant Colonel W. 6* Bpoltswood, com
manding, and to the Gate City Guard, At
lanta, 1 Ga., Lieutenant Wm. Me Camp,
commanding. General Hancock says the
recognition of the services rendered Would bo
incomplete without a forma! acknowledg
ment nv then motor general commanding, of
his obligation to his staff, regular and special,
for their uelduoat exert loot in thd r respect*
Ive department of ■ duty* The presence of
General Gordon, ol Geoigia, and of General
)s€e,of Virginia, among the aides de camp wot
especially gratifying.
roRTLAhK. Me., August 16.—The Xattonal
Rank at Farmington. Me., was noatly
swindled out ol 6^,000 thia week by a very
clever dodge. A man celling himself Frank
Wtezvr, Jr., of this city, deposited a sunt ia
the Exchange bank ot Boston, for which be
obteined a certificate of deposit Jand signified
his desire to have it paid in Farmington.
Warmer then went to Farmington and h«d his
certificate ol deposit cashed. Having thus es
tablished bit identity and tho fact that he had
bad dealiogt with a reputable bank in Bos
ton, be soon after laid that be expected $3,000
more to be paid into the Exchange bank, of
which tbe Farmington institution would be
notified by telegregh. The telegram came, but
In ordinary language instead oi in cipher,ss is
ordinirlly tbe esse m such transactions. The
cashier immediately ] aid il by check, a-ii
\N ;i /tr diMpi" Aliii'jet as soon ai u •
ebsck waa delivered tho cashier seems t- in -
hid doubts about tbe transaction, and tele
graphed to Boston, receiving tn answer that
(he Exchange bank knew nothing of Waaztr
beyond tbe tint certificate of deposit.
Prompt measures were adopted to stop the
negotiatiocs of the check. It was at£Grat
supposed that the telegram ia regard t> the
•M60 came from a confederate, but eubse-
! • 1.1 investigation ha* rev**!.- i a lo>p au<l
mtiuDient put Into the wires In the wood*
just outside of Farmington, by m tas of
which Wanzer sent the sump himwIL It
apparently came by way of Portland, aa l
bore the signature of the Portland operator,
and it* tending numbers and ra !» ere tcca«
rate, showing that Wanzer devoted oosii
kbit flojk to the pvrtaciida to hit