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The following ib from the Francibco J'oslot August 1st. inn San Mr. Center, mentioned therein as going by the steamship Australia, instead came to Honolulu by the Mariposa : "William Center, a director of the Oceanic Steamship Company, owned by J. D. Sprockets & Co., left to day on the steamship Australia for New Zealand, -where he goes as a representative of his company to confer with the Xew Zealand govern ment, regarding a proposition to establish a line of steamships be tween that country and San Fian cisco in place of the Pacific Hail. "Yes, sir; Mr. Center goes to New Zealand with full instructions and power to act for the Oceanic Company," said Mr. J.D. Spreckels to a 1'ost reporter to-day. "We have been requested by the New Zealand government to put in a bid for the carrying of mails and the maintaining a line of stcaincis be tween here and that country, tho Pacific Mail having withdrawn and being no longer a competitor." " "What would become of the Sandwich Island trade in the event you should establish the New Zea land line?" "We would put on two largo extra steamers, using one as an interme diate between San Francisco and the islands. The three other steam ers, touching there on their voyage to and from New Zealand, would give bi-monthly communication to the islands." The company have the refusal of two line vessels, and should the New Zealand government be liberal enough, the line Mill be established at once. It will be remembered that when the Pacific Mail first threatened to withdraw, the 1'ost said that others stood ready to put on a line of steamers. srissinv ro-mvm.v nr.rrsi.n. Postmaster-fleneral Vilas has ab solutely refused to reconsider his decision not to divide the mail sub sidy between the half dozen com panies clamoring for it. The Pa cific Mail Steamship Company has refused to take South American mails. It was reported they would refuse Australian mails likewise, but this was not credited in San Francisco. Postage on letters by London and Brindisi has been re duced fioin 15 to 12 cent', making it as low as the rate by San Fran cisco. J)KATJI OK ii:XF.ItAL JHA.T. General Ulysses S. Grant died at Mount McGregor, New York, at eight o'clock on the morning of "Wednesday, July 23rd. Early on the previous evening the use of hot applications to keep wauuth in Gen neral Grant's extremities and vital parts was resorted to, with some slight temporary effect. Hypoder mics of brandy wero frequently given to stimulate tho Hugging physi cal powers, but later on this failed to nlfcct the patient, whoso vitality and physical forces, were so far spent us to furnish lio footing for rebound. Indeed the cl forts oi tho medical men were being made be cause none could stand by inactive without the liial of an expedient that might prolong lile an hour or even minute. Ab the houi'n wore away it was evident that the hero of the nation was rapidly approach ing his end. Tin: iii:athui:u cci.m:. A few minutes before eight o'clock on Thursday morning Doctors Doug las, Shrady and Sands were standing on the cottage verandah, convening about the condition of General Grant and discussing tho probabili ties of Jiifa death and the limit of life left him. Mrs. Sartoris and stenographer Dawson wore convers ing ti little distance away, when llonry, the nurse, stepped hastily upon the piazza and spoke quietly to the physicians, lie told them he thought the General was very near to death. The medical men hastily entered the room where the sick man was lying and approached his tide. Instantly, upon scanning the patient's face. Dr. Douglas ordered the family to be summoned to the bedside. I last o was made, and Mrs. Grant. Jesse and wife, U. S. Grant, Jr., and wife and Mrs. Colonel Grant were quickly beside the doe tors at the ick man's bed. Airs. SailorN and Mrs. Daw-on had fol lowed the doetois in lrom the piazza and the entile family was piecnt except Colonel Grant. A hasty Munitions was sent for him, but lie enteied the sickroom while the mes senger was searching for him. The Colonel sealed himself at the head of the bed with his left arm resting on the pillow above the head of General Grant, who was breathing rapidly and witn Miglitly gasping respiration. Mrs. Grant, calm, but with intense agitation, took a seat close by the bedside. She leaned slightly upon the cot. icsting upon her rigid elbow, and gazed, with tear-blinded eyes, into the General's face. She found there, however, no token of recognition, for the sick man was peacefully and painlessly passing away. Mrs. Sartoris came behind her mother, and loaning over her shoulder, so witnessed the close of the life in which she had consti tuted a strong element of pride. Directly behind Mrs. Grant and airs. Sartoris. and at a little dis tance removed, stood Drs. Douglas, Shrady and Sands, spectators of the closing life their efforts and counsel had so prolonged. On the opposite side of the bed from their mother, and directly before her, stood Jesse Grant and U. S. Grant, Jr., and near the corner of the cot on the same side as Josc, and near to him, was X. E. Dawson, the General's stenographer and confidential secre tary. At the foot of the bed, and gazing directly down into the Gene ral's face, were airs. Col. F. Grant, airs. U. S. Grant, Jr., and aits. Jesse Grant, while somewhat re moved from tho family eiielellenry, the nurse, and Harrison Tynnell, the General's body servant, were respectively watching the closing life of the patient, their master. Dr. Newman had repaired to the hotel for breakfast and was not present. Tho General's little grand children, U. S. Grant, Jr., and aiollic, were sleeping in the nursery room above. Otherwise the entire family and household were gathered at the bedside of the flying- man. The members of the group had been summoned not a moment sooner than was prudent. The doctors noted on entering the room and pro ceeding to the bedside that already the unmistakable symptoms of dis solution were strongly marked. Tin: i:n'. The morning had passed live min utes beyond 8 o'clock, and there was not one of the strained and waiting watchers but who could mark the nearness of the life-tide to its final ebbing. Dr. Douglas, who noted the neatness of the supreme moment, quietly approached the bed side and bent above it, and while he did so the sorrow of the gray-haired physician seemed closely allied with that of the family. Dr. Shrady also drew uear. It was seven minutes past 8 o'clock and the eyes of the Gcneial weic closing, His breath grew more hushed as the last func tions of the hcait and lungs were hnslcnad to the closing of life. A peaceful expression seemed to be deepening in the firm and strong lined face. A minute more passed and was closing as the General drew a deeper breath ; there was an ex halation like one relieved of long and anxious tension. The membcis of the group were impelled each a step nearer the bed and each wanted to note the next respiration, but it did not come. It never came. Thcicwas absolute stillness in the room and a flush of expectancy, so that no sound broke the silence save tho singing of the biuls in the pines outside the cottage and tho meas ured throbbing of the engine that all night had waited by the mountain depot. "II is all over," quietly spoke Dr. Douglafa, and there came then heavily to each witness a realization that General Grant was dead. Then tho doctors withdrew, tho nurse closed the eyelids and composed the dead General's head, after which each of tho family group pressed to the bedside, one after the other, and touched their lips upon the quiet face so lately stilled. Dr. Shrady passed out upon tho piazza and as he did so lie met Dr. New man hastening upstairs. "He is dead," remarked Dr. Shrady quiet ly. The fact of having been absent from the side of tho dying man and his family at the last moment was a cause of sorrow and l egret to the clergyman who had waited all night at the collapse. He had been sum moned a moment too late, and reach ed tho cottage only in time to minis ter to tho family sorrowing, and gaze upon the scarcely hushed lips of the dead General to whom Dr. Newman's love had bound him in such close lies and relations. last wmin. The last woid ultoiod by the General wa "Water." in reply to a question of Col. Fred Grain al three o'clock in the morning. The doctors said the General had above all dreaded pain, and had re ceived their promise that he should not be permitted to suffer. Within twenty minutes after (rant's death, Kero Geihardt, a Hartford sculptor, who had been making a study at Mount McGre gor of the General, took a highly successful mask of the dead man's face. ilAOSiriCI.M t (II UN. A Rochester, N. Y., despatch of Julv -'.ith savs: An order was re ceived to-day by the Stern Mnnu facturing Company of this city for the casket in which the remains of General Grant will bo buried. The company is now preparing a metal lic casket of state, which, when fin ished, will be tho finest and the only one of the kind over made. The length is to be six feet and the weight 250 pounds. The shell will be of red cedar covered with tho finest purple silk velvet, with heavy solid silver mountings, handles and portals. The inside metal is to be of highly polished copper, ono oighth of an inch thick, which will be lined with very heavy cream colored satin, tufted and corded. There will be a pillow of the same material, upon which will lie em broidered in ribbon the initials "IT. S. G." There wil be a full-length cover, with thick French beveledged glass. The casket will be air-tight. The outside box of cedar will be heavily lined with lead and with solid silver mountings and corner trimmings; it is pronounced as nearly indestructible as possible. The casket will be shipped to-morrow (Sunday). rin: fi'XKK.vi,. The family chose Riverside Paik, New York, contrary to a strong public opinion in tavor of a spot nearer the national capital, as the place of sepulture for the late hero. To-day, August Sth. was fixed for the funeral, and of cour-o prepara tions for that event were being made upon a grand scale. rXITCIt STATES. Digmtai ies ot the Mormon Church continue to be hauled up in Salt Lake. Gen. McCook is under or ders fiom President Cleveland to suppress any disturbances that might arise in the due cnfoi cement of the laws. The JVcics, the Church organ, on July 2f)lh, had a two-column ad dress from Presidents John Taylor and George Q. Cannon, which says the outrage on the national flag, July -1 til, was but an exhibition of grief at oppression. It claims 200,000 American citizens are deprived of the rights contended for in the De claration of Independence. The document concludes with a pious decimal ion, strting that while the Saints arc willing, if need be, to die for their religiod, they cannot afford to violate their convenants nor perjure their souls before God. Sarah Althca was looking for Senator Sharon in San Francisco on August 1st, it wns feared with dangerous intentions. John Teenier, the oarsman, having failed to get a race with Haitian, has decided to go to Australia to row I3each for the championship of the world. Sir Arthur Sullivan and patty arc at Los Angeles, Cal. Maud S. lowered the trotting record at Cleveland, O., July 30lh. by going a mile over a slow course in 2.08:f, in the presence of 10,000 people. A London despatch announces that aiiss Jlooro, an American, has taken the first prize for singing at the Paris Conservatoire. A rise in securities on Wall street, inducing sanguine anticipations re garding trade, is commented upon sis follows by the New York World of July 29lh: The Wall street boom does not appear to have created any great improvement in the iron trade, and if the bulls on stocks arc flattering themselves that there is a general advance in busi ness interests, they can easily dispel any such flattering illusions by ex amining and hearing the views of iron and steel manufacturers. The heaviest Hood ever known in Cherry Creek, Colorado, occurred July 2flth. It was caused by a cloud-burst, and destroyed property worth 510,000. airs. B. A. P. Futon, wife of the superintendent of schools, was carried away in her house and drowned. Lumbermen in numbers had narrow escapes. The weather in Eastern cities has been extremely hot. July 21st was the hottest day in New York, according to there cords, in forty years." At three v. m. it was 91) degrees, and in some downtown stores 101, The President issued a proclama tion, July 2!)rd, directing tho cattle men in tho Cheyenne ami Arapahoe reservation in Indian Territory to remove their cattlo within forty days. MACKor.i, in Tin: r-Aciric. Tho Portland Oreroman says: Captain Riifus Calhoiin of the bark Ceylon informs Judge Swan of Port Towuscnd that on his last voyage f i out Honolulu in the bark C. O. Whitinnie, about the middle of June, he sailed through an enor mous school of mackerel in latitude 35 degrees north, longitude 135 degrees west, but not having any suitable fishing gear, he was unable to procure specimens. Captain Cal houn will take a complete mackerel outfit with him on this voyage on the Ceylon, and should he bo fortu nate enough to again meet with the school, ho will make it a point to secure 'omo of them to tost their quality. He says they ailed in tho water precisely likojthe schools nf niackotel in the North Atlantic. Tin; Hosin.n immans. Indians of Geranium's band wero reported from diffeient sources, be tween the 22nd and 2(ith July, to be in the border mountains of Arizona. It appears that the killing of F. ai. Peterson, sub-contractor and carrier of mail from Crittenden to Lochiel, on tho 23rd insl., was the work of Indians. His body was found near the old afowry mines pierced through by two bullets. The mail bag was cut and filled, and the letters lorited into bits. The harness was cut tip and the horse stolen. Citizens followed tho trail for two days, when it was taken up by Cnpl. Law ton and live scouts and followed toward the Iluachucas across the upper pait of San Rafael Ranch. The latest news is a despatch from Fort Huaehucas, Arizona, July 30, to Capt. Roberts, Fort Bowie, signed by Lieut. Col. Forsyth, command ing: Mr. Levis, one of the citizens who was with Captains Wood and Hatfield, left them on trail Tuesday, sixty miles in aiexico, just at the summit of the Covauo Mountaius. Trail hot and troops in full pursuit. In my opinion this band of ten or twelve Indians is the only one that has been on our side of the line, notwithstanding the other reports. They came up to steal stock, but havo had to drop nearly all of it so far. Since Wood has been on their track they havo dropped forty head, which citizens have picked up. Wood's scouts played out and came back. Fortunately Hatfield's were mounted and are with command. The lightning smashed our telephone yesterday and we have to send to siding for despatches. mou ijki.i: in Tin: soiriu. J. L. Milam, a railway passenger agent, went to Waterloo, ottth Carolina, recently, to obtain the transportation for six" negro women to Atkansas, where they were to meet their husbands. On arriving, the women met him and told him they were afraid to talk' with him, as the white folks had threatened to kill the first negro who attempted to leave the place. About an hour after this conversation a mob of sixty men was collected by a man named Casper Smith, aiilam asked the mob what were their intentions, and the only reply was thatanemigrant agent stood a bad show in that coun try, air. Pard, the depot agent, advised him to leave, as the people there nau sworn to Kin tne nrsi man who attempted to persuade the ne groes to leave that country. A few minutes later the proprietor of the hotel was called out into the yard by three men, and on his return he warned Milam to leave at once, and showed him the way out, by a back gate leading to a cotton field and that to a swamp. He had scarcely left the hotel when the proprietor nave a loud yell, which brought the mob in pursuit of htm. About twenty shots were fired at him, the mob yelling at the same lime "Kill him! Kill him!" The mob finally came up with him, tied his hands and beat him unmercifully. After doinjj; this they made him walk four hours alongside their horses through the woods, and finally left him with the threat that if he ever came into that portion of the country again he would bo instantly killed. Before leaving U103' gave him a farewell reminder in the shape of several kicks and cuifs. After walking through the woods the greater part of the night Milam fainted from sheer exhaustion. He was picked up In the woods by a farmer and taken in a cart drawn by an old negro to tho nearest station, where ho boarded the train for Atlanta. Ho reached there in a serious condi tion from his wounds. 1'AIMJIU: OV JOHN ItOACII. Secretary "Whitney has wtitten to the assignees of John lioach, in answer to their request that he should make some suggestion as to the method of dealing with the whole subject. Ho declares that he cannot see his duty to be other than to insist upon the strict enforcement of the contract obligations, without regard to tho consequences. Tho business method, he says, "would be, first, to become satisfied that tho assignment was made in good faith, and then consider tho best method, from a business standpoint, of bringing about a settlement of tho current and incomplete contracts upon a fair and just basis for both parlies. If I have tho power, there fore, I will enter into consideration with you of the point to which con tracts have been performed, and endeavor to '-dtlo upon some just and fair basis for a disposal of the matter." Secretary Whitney decribes the position of tho matter in these words: "The very liberal treat ment which the contractor has here tofore received has left the Govern ment without sullleient margin of moneys reserved to enable it to pro tect itself in the present situation. Tho contract piovided that 10 per cent should be retained from the bills as they caino duo and held as security for tho completion of the woik. At Hie present time those roson.ttiniis would hac amounted to 8210,710. They haw boon sur rendeied to the contractor under cir cumstances not inportant to consider, with the exception of S2(!,070. In addition to this small sum of 82(1, -(570 in our hands there are unpaid bills for extras claimed on the ships amounting to $20,00!), and in dis pute on the Dolphin S2!),9Ii"i. Alto gether (mostly in dispute), 883,301. As against this the four ships are in your hands, upon which over 82, 000,000 has been paid, which must be completed to be valuable, and liable to greater deterioration by neglect than all the moneys unpaid and in dispute would repay. It is of the utmost consequence to the Government, as it is to yourselves, that a just soUloment of past trans actions should bo had and a now departure made. I suggest as a practical method of arriving at a solution of the matter, a meeting of yourselves and your counsel and the Attorney-General and myself, at which some practical method of deal ing with the subject may be arrived at which shall be within my legal authority." The annual picnic of the Socialists and Anarchists of Chicago was held at Ogden's Grove, July 2Cth. Three thousand persons joined in the parade to the grounds. Numerous banners and transparencies were carried. One of the former a largo one of flaming red was borne by the wives of four ptincip.il local socialistic agitators. On one trans parency was the inscription, "We mourn not so much General Grant as a little child who was starved to death yesterday." Scvctal fiery dynamiters essayed to speak at the grounds, but the influence of the green grass and trees robbed- them of the audience. The Baker Citj' (Oregon) jail was burned about July 28th, and five prisoners, including John Coolcj', murderer of James Lowery, perish ed. Fred Winkleman, theniurdeier of Allen and Rivers, there is no doubt, set fire to the building. He was seveiely burned before being icscued, and may not recover. CAXAB.t. iiii.u. of Tin: Rtmr.i. cmr.r. The trial of Ricl was resumed at Regina, N. W. T., July 28th. One juror was challenged by the crown, and five by the defense. On the 30th the case for the de fenso was opened by Grecnshields, a leading aiontreal barrister, who said the chief line of defense would be to prove the prisoner's insanity. Father Andre, of Prince Albert, testified that he believed Ricl was insane on religion and politics. Dr. Roy, aiedical Superintendent of the Beauport Asylum at Quebec, testi fied to the same effect, basing his testimony on his observations when Ricl was in the asylum from 1870 to 1878. Dr. David Clark of the Toronto Lunatic Asylum shared the same beliefs. Dr. Walikc, of the Hamilton Asylum, believed the piisoncr was sane. Ricl was very excited during the examination as to his sanity. a ficiiu.Mt: ok (ioui.i) i)i:fi:atki). A aiontreal special says : It is stated here, on what is considered reliable authority, that tho Canadian Pacific Railway will very soon open its immense telegraph system to the public. The "Western Union and its attachment in Canada, the Gieat North-western, have for some time been most diligent in their attempt to "gobble up" this company's witcs, but their efforts have been ineffectual. A cablo fiont British Columbia to Australia is spoken of. At a recent session of tho Dominion Legislature nearly 1,000,000 was voted as an additional subsidy to the Canada Transcontinental Railway, for perfecting its telegraph. The system is now said to be in a posi tion to compete with other corpor ations. nitrnsu coi.umiha. The extensive Chinese mercantile house of Tai Chong Yuen, Victoria, mado an assignment on July 29th. Liabilities 50,000. Their losses arose from the failure of a firm of railway contractors. Tho steamer Ancou arrived at Victoria July 28th, bringing a large excursion patty and 100,000 in gold from the Treadwell quartz claim. Tho mill ran twenty-two days to obtain the 8100,000. Tho weather continues sultry, and the forests everywhere are on lire. The telegraph Hues aro completely destroyed. TnitlilUM. lOI.l.tslON. A fatal collision occurred, July 29th, twelve miles from Victoria be tween tho steamers II. P. Rithct and Enterprise. 'I he Rithot struck tho Enterprise forward ol the wheel house and stove in her side. The greatest alarm prevailed on both steamers and many jumped over board and were afterwaul picked up by the boats. The mails. 100 passengers, twenty-nine head of cattlo and 11 largo amount of I tea sure were on the Entoi prise. The cattlo woio lost, aiiieh of the mail-! and baggage and all Ihe ti casino were saved in :i damaged condition. Two Chinamen weic dtowncd, but it was hoped no white people wen hut. The slalenioiils of passengers des cribe a fearful scene of panic women and children screaming and praying, strong men wringing their hands and shouting, and Chinese and Indians jabbering. The din, heightened by the escaping steam from both steamers, was deafening. The Rithet's boats could not be lowered. Better luck attended the Enterprise's boats, all but one of which were lowered. One, a me tallic life-boat, had been stove, but it was kept afloat by lulling and saved several lives. Aboul twenty passengers jumped overboard and clung to tho bales of floating hay and debris from the Enterprise, which was stove from her bows to the wheel-house. The steersman of the Enterprise had an arm and two ribs broken, but he clung to the wheel till forced away and placed in a boat. Bishop, the purser of the Enterprise, observing two men struggling in the water, leaped overboard and saved them both. When drawn out ho was thoroughly exhausted. When the boats were lowered the Chinese made a rush and got into them, refusing to come out when ordered, to make room for the ladies. They were pitched out head over heels. The white men passengers acted bravely, refusing to enter the boats until all the women were safe. The Chinamen then at tempted a corner in life-preservers and some put on two or three, which they afterwards surrendered on de mand. The Enterprise is a total wreck, lying stranded on the beach, and is a dead loss to the company, who were their own insurers. The En terprise was built in 18G0 to run be tween San Francisco and Stockton, and was afterwards sold to the Hud son Bay 'Company. She was tho property of the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company at the time of the disaster, and was valued at 850,000. EKYl'T. The report of El aiahdi's death is confirmed. He was ill only two days. There were no doctors pre sent at the time of his death, which occurred on June 20th. The Mahdi enjoined that his successor continue to wage war with the Christians. His disease was small-pox. Kassala still vigorously resists the attacks of the Arabs. A condition of complete anarchy reigns throughout the province and city of Dongola. The new Egyptian loan of 815, 000,000 was to be issued at the end of last week. The price will be 95J. The Italian Government is prepar ing the draft of a convention with England in reference to the suppres sion of the slave trade on the Ited Sea coast. The fleets of both coun tries aro to have the same privileges. MIAXOK AXI C1IIXA. Gen. Do Courcy returned to Hue, July 22nd, from his conference with the French General at Haiphong. He has issued an order to the French troops to prevent marauders at Thanhoa from effecting a junction with the Black Flags. The Chinese Government has in formed the French Ambassador at Peking that the chief Black Flags have been withdrawn from Tonquin. A Paris despatch of July 25th says Gen. Dc Couroy telegraphs that the partisans of Thoyot are desert ing him. De Courcy has arranged to occup3r Thanhoa, a rich province devoted to Thoyet's cause. On the 30th he telegraphs from Hue that affairs are improving in Anatn. He has recovered 82,500,000 in treasure from Shunmet, whose father led the teccnl attack on the French Legation at Hue. Shtinmet's father has been captured and is now a prisoner. On tho 17th, President Grevy re ceived the Chineso Ambassador with militaiy honors. Tho Ambassador assured Grevy that it was tho firm desire of the Empress to be at peace w ith France. The commission to delimit the frontier between Tonquin and China will consist of two civil officers, one naval oillcer, one military olllcer and the Plenipotentiary Minister. i:uitoii:. Tin: cnoi.r.i:A. Tho number of new cases of cho lera throughout Spain, July 31st, was 20,491, deaths 819. In tho city Vfh V4 vr Writ' .. . V- WWi k' - ':&A8&--j v4C J'ferf, 4' A