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Cmxmrifkl; I--* fy Thr x. ,* .york rHfrwas.
I, 'i len. Adc. ll.*?Various accounts of '-Tr
Blaine's arrival .-h*.,1 r,.ption nnd ol lin* parade
Hie night before have been cabled hera. ""Ths
Tunes" ,*o:-i s: m.,',]..? speaks ol enonooua crowds
i,n,l grcnt enthusiasm ;ti thc parade, "'lix
Standard" mys il araa beyond dispute a picturesque
rmi enthusiastic display. These correspondents,
however, bbusI !>?? roniancing. for tin- impartial
nnd fair-minded correspondent of ??'liic Daily
Fews*1 ,1,*, l:i:<s thal "tin- l('ii;:-t ilked-of reception
cf Mr. Blaine lal ra I :i Bal..liv Times'1 1ms
ii column of comm, nt on the event, with sane
characteristic flings at Am;*rlean customs imt mys:
" lliis ovation, iss,*nt n',iy republican i? ll* Iib
pensive simplicity, makes it clear timi Mr Blain*
st ill bolds tim lirsi place bi iln- Iniaginatioo of
his patty, :iinl bolds it easily "
Our E!ij*!!-l! friends l.oxvi-vi r. cut li ti|) readily
pr.ou.-h iiiiti-Hi'i'tiEliciiti Innis from the Other
tide. Not liiii,- ago they echoed tin- Mugwamp I
cry thal Mr. Blaine x-.as politically and morally
demi. Bnt, ash obstinat ly declined to bc buried, I
Uiy bave now discovered that li - esE?, much ali*-,-, i
*** ?L-tiit rnl Harrison," silters "Ihe '1 iin-s." "iii-1
thoagb no),mix* doubts him to be aa excellent babb
arith nothing In particular against him. is not* ,
cxiicily ih* nm:: to organise victory, and is ?
probably aware that he ptoya aceond Addle to the i
great conjuror ot vi.Es. Il eitel, tl IV Bl di til. he
xviii he constrained by the opinion of his party
ta offal Mr. Hiain,- die position of Secretarj ?.f
Btate, inui. la ease of his acceptance, the Cabinet !
xviii be ti Blaine rather than a lian ison Cabinet." '
How Mr. Blaine'a present political supremacy is
to bc reconciled xvith the theory thal ii few weeks
ti_n he wes no.ni Hy and politically dead, is not
explained. N,*r. Indeed, xxas ii "Tho Times"
Whieh Invented that theory, which hears n New
-oiK e.trmar).
Another curious change has come over British
opinion Mr Ch relaad'a re-election xv:i> some time
since ccrUiin, though after it hecame certnin his
chimes continued to improve. Now ?' The Times'*
thinks thut the chances of ii Presidential contest
nexer hung mote undecidedly in the bahu.ee.
" We do liol desire," O0(tclndes this journal, " to
ex preta strong sympathy with either party in
the impending contest The people of the I'nited
Btates un- inclined to resent, anything which n;>
|K-urs even remotely like Intervention in theil
politica, and an- apt to quote foreign opinion
against the very candidate whom it. waa Intended
to encourage." In this they pre tty well resemble
oth'-r nat ions; certainly Englishmen, who do
not care to hear from Mr. Blaine or anybody
else bow Ireland ought to lie governed, and do
not even admit the civilized world ? whatever
that may mian to be competent to give them
advice upon their own atTaiis.
"The Saturday Review" seizes the occasion of
Crcneral Sheridan's death as a good one- for
another explosion of Ito old sympathies with the
Rebellion. This is followed In the same article
Ey an elaborate aita,-k on Senator Hoar, to
xvhom this accurate er,tc* it-signs bhe authorship
of Senator Blairs Canada resolution.
"This resolution," says " The Saturday
Review" in its mild way, " is not
liss a deliberate insult to England because it is
apparently an unconscious display of obtuse dis?
respect.'' It is described in the course of the same
article as an unprovoked afTron!, the most out?
rageous proposal that ever assumed diplomatic
form, a WBBtoB insult to a friendly Power, a mo?
tion which in Europe xvould have been regarded
ns it threat of immediate war. a threatened outrage,
a declaration of hostility, and so on. Its author,
Senator Hoar, whose name is repeated ft dozen
times in the article, is. says " Thc Saturday Re?
view," .1 politician of long experience and of con?
siderable influence, for many years a leader of tho
Republican party. Then comes this interesting
innuendo: " It is not known whether he has con?
certed his wanton attack OB England xvith Mr.
Blaine, who will he the principal manager ol Gen
eral Harrison's campaign'1 ; and this still more in
lereating expression of British confidence in Mr.
Cleveland's i-egnrd for British interests: "As
long as Mr. Cleveland is I*resident. any request of
thc kind will bc summarily rejected."
The Berlin and Vienna echoes of Lord Siilir
bury's Mansion House speech are all Battclng
enough. Vienna naturally, as ihe capital most
concerned with Bulgaria, is surprised by Lord
Salisbury's optimism, but hops il is till right.
Berlin thinks Lord Salisbury has coma round to
lTince Bismarck's view respecting Bulgaria. Tins
touches John Bull on a sore point. " We would
suggest, with all due deference," observes one
powerful journal, " that it is BO! a function of an
English Minister to sny ditto of Prince Bismarck "
But this is an OppoaitloB journal, whose business
it is to gTumhle. Th" speech on the whole is
well received in England. The pretence of the
English organ of Russia lhal Lord Salisbury les
adopted the Russian policy is too Rimal to
impose on anybody. It, is Russia, unless she is
playing false, who has ceased for awhile to he a
firebrand, and promises to leave Bulgana to work
out her own destiny.
The Parnell Commission bill paaaed its second
reading in the House of Lords after it debate
chiefly remarkable for a Speech from Lori Her?
schell. Whoever rends " The Times'* must have
noticed a tone of daily growing confidence in
proving il*, rase before the Commission One
explanation is that the conductors of tins journal
?dnily receive i,flers of evidence, much of which
they believe genuine and extremely Important
Another is that they bad already much teatimonj
which it xx.is not thought neecaaary io mention ii
thc Attorney-Oi in-iiii s speech in O'Donnell vs.
Walter. A third is thal even xvith respect to tin
alleged letters ,*i Mr. Parnell iii*ir position ha,
lately heen strengthened. 'I hey believe, in short
that they shall prove their case. Tivy hav,
had, 1 now hear, the leticia nearly three y,ar'
in th'ir possession. They long since look th,
best advice, both legal and technical, in ihe ki,,.*
dom, and they are convinced thal t!?* totters ur,
genuine, ihe expression "aeewadary evidence,'
of which so much has beea made, was iii";, ut ions
The writer who used it never supposed it wouii
b< taken to Imply ? suspicion of their anthea
Hetty. He meant simply tiwi, oilier cvid.-nei
wo-ild presently ba seen to he of primary im
pori, ll' .
The House of Commons luis grown weary o
legislation with th* thc ammeter iii rb. __p& wj|
adjourn on Monday nil November k All parties
even thc Irish, Hunk the Beadon hus beted kmi
enough. Iha Isteeness of the debates ,.n th,
Parnell Corr.nission hill baa exhausted xvi at cacti]
the House hud left. All busii, ga is iioxx- of i
routine character. Thc Irish contests ur<- , .trrn-,
ou outside. -'Ihe 'I lines'' hu*, gol a letter fron
Manchester which proves, until it is contradicted
tliat Mr. |{> e-lmeiiid did know Of Mr. Burke's murdei
His asse-tion that be did not (.ave rise c, y\r
.Morl ?:'*, charge thut " The Times'1 had been guilt;
of the deepest infamy by en Ung to Insert hi
itatirmeat thal be did * ?
The l.iiile.v iBQUoal continues in Ireland will
tl..- usual direct conliiet nf testimony. Mr. 0 Kelly
|C P., get* four months for a four minutes' ipeech
Mr. Balfour ia in Dublin looking after QmU
-natta--, but ^ot-. home -hoitly for ? Willi QBIDhi
racattOB. Nothing has .'.cl ben seen of tbe prom
Bed 1 lianilierluiti-l'iirnell l.ttorn.
T],a r'itl Importance of tba naval manoeuvres
s slightly obacared by Admiral Sir George Tyrcn'a
laborioua pkaaantriea His letter to tha Liver?
pool Mayor i- menai t,? bc witty. Il ancceeds in
I'-in- silly, tie is ;i good lij-hting Admiral, not
i good writing Admiral. Thc BXtNBBC scrimis
aeaa of the situation oamaa oat more strongly
rvery day. Sir George Tyron's brilliant ninn
oenvriag hai left the West and Baa! coasts alike
at his narroy. What pussies naval everts is
thai no effort los been mada in the bal titres
,' ys to |>rot ,t any un noi tn nt Seaport on either
of those coi, -ts. T'i breakdown of Ado i* !
Bot ? bhipa ?".;!: eu thia pi iivco is in port or
In whole. N,,r has any ai1oiiipt heen made t" saxe
thc .hipping i? the Iii h ChaaneL One little
hall seaworthy torpedo catcher, tba Sandfly, has
swept the narrow icaa, heraelf naharmed aad an
punned. What Beems Admiral Bond's fault is
really, sar seamen, the fault Bt Whitehall. It
is the administrative Incompetence of a greai ***
pertinent, not naval Incapacity afloat*, which is
responsible for the present state of things, ihe
capture of Liverpool included Not, only does
linn hincry break dawn bnl then are not officers
? ii,nc h un duty, arni even stokers have run short
The Mini-try have chosen a moment xvhen the j
mix iii lu-'-sii^, of England is suffering to deal a
blow al ii:,- land forces. They have finally re
fused the use ol Richmond Park to :
the National Rifle Ac odatioa. That important
body, driven by the Puke of Cambridge '
from Wimbledon, placed Ita lust hop,- la Rich?
mond Pirk. Lord Wantage and his council wanted
nothing in thc l'ark but the shooting ranges They
arete COBte&t t" cami), as heretofore, on Wimble- '
don Common and maroh (huh- to the l'ark A i
few trw s would luxe been eui down and the pub
lie xvould have been exclude,! a few weeks each ',
year from a portion of the Park where nobody
goes. Thc whole Park covers 2.500 aires The
rifl> men wanted perhaps ten permanently'and five
?r s,x hundred for a fortnight each year. !'.,it
tbe Prince of Wales and Richmond villa,lom have
proved too Strong No other site is known to
exist xvithin reach of London. Mot gate money '
enough can Lo earned for prizes on Ihe pres-nt
sci,le. Tim Association has therefore to choose
betxveen dragging on ,-i diminished existence and
giving up the ghost altogether.
Th" first accident to the Flying Nor'vves'er h..*v
pened on Thursday, Hie fourth dav after thc right
hours' train from London to Edinburgh beena run?
ning : n boiler tube of the engine burst in the effort,
to repent the marv, lieus performance pf the previ?
ous day, when ninety miles were made in ninety
minutes over the steep Shapfe.l grade. The train
was delayed three-quart** rs of an hour, nnd thu
prevalent enthusiasm fer railway racing xvas
rather chilled for the tim,- being.
Mr. Frederick Greenwood's resignation of the
Editorship of " The St James's Qaaette" is CB*
1 Bounced, ile founded this paper and has since
controlled it and remained In control when tbe
i ownership recently changed hands, a certain Mr.
i Steinkopf succeeding Mr. Gibba who is reported
j to have lost a large sum by the pa|)*-r. " I can
I not," writes Mr. Greensrood, " KBWin xvith ?ny
\ credit or any continuance of self-respect." This
i apparently confirms the story, current among
' journalists, that Mr. Steinkopf is only an agent
* or tool of the German Governmeat Mr. Green
j wood certainly is not the man to bc anybody's
tool.
The Bishop of Michigan is so seriously ill that
the doc,ors have given up hope, but think he
may possibly live days or even weeks. (1. W. S.
TO SUE " THE TIMES" IN SCOTLAND.
MR. PARNELL'S SIGNIFICANT MOVE AGAINST
HES POLITICAL FOES.
London, Aug. 11.?Arrestment.s xvere served to?
day upon the Edinburgh nexx-s agents for CSA
each, at the instance of Mr. Parnell, against, tin
proprietor and printer of " The London Times,"
to found a jurisdiction. This is a practice in
Scotch laxv to enable a foreigner to sue in Scotoh
tri!,,mais. Hence, it is obvious that Mr, Parnell
intends to prosecute " The Times" in thc Scotch
courts.
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OVER TWO HUNDRED PERSON'S DROWNED.
RUIN CAUSED RY THE R.TSTING OF A RESER
VOIK IN CHILI.
Valparaiso, Aug. ll. via Calveston.?Thc reservoir
1,,-longlng to the Mena* Brewery hurst at half past 8
o'clock this niornlng. Th" principal streets of the
city xvere flooded and traffic xvas impended. It ls
auppeeed that upward of sion persona wert, drowned.
PARIS RIOTERS SENT TO PRISON*.
Paris Aug. ll.-Tin- sti-ikcrs ld''1 to-day, an-l after
BOUng the decision of the paving and building con?
tractors against muni, I;.ia! arbliratlon, decided to
continua Iha Itrlba. Notwithstanding this action,
tho strikers slioxv signs of weakening. The masons
have rcs,lined xv,,,lc
Folly of the rioters arrested on the occasion of
th,* demonstration at the fnnerai of General Eudaa
have heen sen onced lc terms of Imprisonment vary?
ing from a fortnight to three mouths.
AT THE HOME OE THEIR ANCESTORS.
Amsterdam. Ang ii- The aaembera of Hie Holland
Socieiy of Nexv Yorli flatted Hie Zoological Oardcns
and the Universal Libral*] to-day. In the lihrarv
they examined an Interesting collection of geographical
uni maritime charts oi North America, designed Iii
ibe leveateentb cent ury; also fourteen volumea et
document! i*elailng to the colonial history of New
York, etc.
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IN THE BR1TI8-1 PARLIAMEN***.
London, Aug. ll.-The Parnell (oiinnlsslo-) hill
passed Hs th id reading In thc House of (.mils to-day.
in iii*) House uf commons Mr. John O'conner an,*
Mr. Thomas I'oxvcr O'Connor mad-* .perches In refer
euee to Hie race of Mr. Janies O'Kclly, Member "I
Em ham' nt, xvho xxas sentence,! at Hoyle, COunl]
Roscommon, yesterday to four months' Imprisonment
They protested apalnst lils aihltiary arrest, declare.
that ius tr al xxas conducted by a Mar Chamher Court
constituted hy nu Iniquitous law, and denounce-,
his Imprisonment
ANARCHIST PLOTS IN PARIS,
Paris, Aug. ll ?Revolutionary proclamations hav,
been seized at lin- bOUM of f-oiiilcx , (le- Anairhls!
hailer who was arrested daring th" riots of Wedaei
dav on iin- ,?, a-ion of iii'- funeral of General Bodes
11 ls rumored that Hi'- Anai'Mst- bad Metaled i
Ihouaand revolver! In th'' Lahor Exchange a*..l iha
ibe Govi rnmenl only prevented a rta ag bj tba
of tlc- Exchange. _______
WHISTLES, THE ARTIST, MARRIED.
London, Aug. ii- James Whistler, the an ki, wa
mulled to-day to the xxldow of Georgi (.odwln, Hi,
architect, v.ho died In January l-vs,
A MEDAL FOR AN AMERICAN PAINTER.
Munich, Aug. ii.-a liri elaaa.pi Ba modal baa baei
aman|e,i by Ihe Jury at the Art Exhibition here t'
, ihe American painter Garlmelehera.
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.1 BIREE TALLA900 PEET.
troheebarre, Aug. h.?ono ,,? those horrible icc!
dents xv')!, h ex, :-,* DOO and IbCB -'artie IbC people
| of tba coal regions is reported from Nant Bobe today
? John M. Ibamaa, a eompan] ha,ul, age thirty, was a
i Warh UnlBg th" ah way itt the head ,,.' sii.--.fi No. 1 a
tba Mis'iu- lianna Coal Oompaay, In some manner
as y,! t:ii'Xpl!ili.e,|. he stepped fiom th* plat foi ii
I upon whieh lie was standing aol Ell headlong dOWl
' the (baft, a dis,anec ,,f ,,i*ei IM m , fee,, te, Ihe bottOBl
sinking a mas of roe li mar whaJ ls knox*, n aa tb
'-.-ump.'* In Hie fall through th*, shift, which I
lli.,-,t willi pla,ilis aiel rough hoar i- t!,-- h.nix wa
completely itrippad ol ail n eluthlag, lava bera a,*
Ibara a baad ahoal tba ankle Br wrist, ami one -I.,.
still r lingi na to Un- foot. Tba bod] wa, mutilate
beyond .-iii human semblance.
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< a co- i, BOMBER T" cum i ir, mt: un.sf.
Mount BterUag, Ky., Aug ie?"j,? ' Lewis, charge
arllfa Hi'- imn i al Mis- Anster lt Horgna Oaum
hi-, si,,*,,*. te!ar*ed lu bli hom* n, *.. ?,*, g, \g
*...,! aanotn I lhal br would , nr-i s'.ii.--s , ? ?', ,,,
il,- dlaappeaied anddaaly. Taaieedty ins lei*!*, ai
found With 'xx,, I.uliei (mles |n i|,i- hack of the hea,
He ha<i baan dragged u haadiad >ar,is ami throw
over a precipice ievBoty.gva laei high. Three ,
., . .ns, 'Have" and "Ar L-vvhi aub a Ui_i_,o
aio KUbj)L-cteU ol thu ciiino.
AME BIO AB HOME nu lp: rut wo,
IR CHAMBERLAIN TELLS WHAT HE RLALLY
SAll) UN THE SUBJECT.
IF. THINKS THAT AMERICANS FAVOR SELF
GOVERNMENT, RET XE'., ,'PPiiSE!) T?> M IL
GLADSTONE'S SC ll EMF., AND !>'> Wt
FAVOR A.NVTIIIN-. LOOKING TO
THE DiaiRTEORATIOR <?F THE
BRITI8R EM i'i. '.!*.
,'nT CABU TO TIIK TR!llt*Vt*.l
CnTr\trii,ht I lisa ? Hu Ihr Btu Torie Tribune.
Tp tko Editor of Tkt Tribune.
Sir: In rt report cable,) to this side it is st.'.ted
hat. in thc Senate, th., dity br fore, my friend
Senatot Sh iiiiitii. referring to thc Uah oueath-n,
iaid:
Mr. Clinmberlnin Wtia mistaken when he s-iid
that the leading men of the United States were.
apposed to th,* idea of Home' liule
Will you permit me to say that the honorable
leatleman has been entirely misinform'*!. I basts
never said arba! he suppocea, which WOBM have
heen contrary to the truth, for my experience
nf the public men of America xvas that they xvere
Simon! to a man in favor of Home Bale. What
I did say was that the majority did not approve
thc policy of Mr. Gladstone as developed in his
bill. My exact words x.-i-ro; " 'Ihey are in favor
Of the largest possible extension of self-govern?
ment, but thej nre altogether opposed to any
policy that does lead or ran bf any possibility
hud in ihe direction of tlie disintegration of a j
great* empire. The Americana very naturally set |
before themaelvcc as ihe iyi>c and model of a j
iK-rfcct nnd satisfactory representative government
their own system, and especially their system of
Suite Rights: but. they arc opposed to any policy
xvhieh xvould make the States Independent of the
Federal authority, and they xvould repudiate xvith
Contempt any proposal xvhieh would deprive tba
lahabitanla of them Slates of representation in
tba Federal Coagri ss.-'
I have noticed cn previous occasions a misap?
prehension of my opinion, due, I Imagine, to some |
Incorrect report; bat I have not thought it neoes?
sarv to BOtiee thc mistake until I found that it
xxas shared by so distinguished a public mau as
Senator Sherman.
I am, sir.
Yours faithfull**,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
London, Ang. 11, Iggg,
THE RIVER ANI) HARROP RILL A LAW.
MU. CLEVELAND DID NOT SION IT AND XVAS UN
XVILLING TO VETO IT.
Washington, Aug. ll.-The Uiver and Harbor
bill becomes .1 law withiiit the President's igna
ture. No memorandum is wiltten. but the Presi?
dent staled this afternoon that, while thc bill
*onttini-?l Beana to xvhieh he could not sign bis
approval, the great bulk of the work provided for
ia so Importna! Io the best interests of the eountry
that he waa unwilling to obstruct it by a veto.
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RARELY E.SCAFIAG A CH ABBE OF MURDER
A DB8POBDEBT TO BBB MAN -shoots HIMSELF
AND THEN ACCUSES HIS MISTRESS.
RufTalo. Aug. ll iSpcclal).?Ida Mollison had a nar?
row escape this week from being tried for murder.
She told her story to Coroner Kenney thl- afternoon
she ls twenty-two years old. Ifl the last yeai- her
lover has been Peter Asmus, a youth Hbo Worked for
ih? New* York Centiai Railroad. Ho xvas recently
discharged hecau-e tn. had contracted had hiblts. He
was insanely Jealous of ihe young woman and repeat?
edly asked her to marry him. She refused because he
could not rapper! her. She said:
"Peter called on me In the evening and came to
my mom. He took out his revolver and put 1
cartridge Into lt. I wa,s afraid, and BShai him to put
th'*- revolve) away or give ll tn nie and let me put lt
away. Ile finally la!d the revolver on the bureau
and took out a bal of cartridges, saying: *I paid '.5
cents for thoso cartridges lo-day. Don't touch them,
they are mine.' Then he talked tn me as good and
kind as ever he did. and never ^aM a word about
shooting anybody. After a while he took Hie revolver
up and began lo put In more cartridges. 1 stood Just
on one side ol the dresser from him, with my bach to
him at his right fide. Ile stood right before the mir?
ror, facing lt. When the report came 1 turned. He
hain't fallen then and his hand was still lifted with
lin- pistol grasped. Then he fell,
"Wa had not quarrelled and he liad no cause unless
lt was Jealousy of me. Ho had never given me anj
money. Ha had threatened once to kill nie and then
kill himself."
On his deathbe-d Asmus made an ante mortem state?
ment, In which he arr used Ida of shooting him. and he
clung persistently io the story until Just before he
ili'-d, When the woman was taken to him In the hos?
pital. Asmus then confessed that lie flied the bullet
Into his own brain. Then he died. There were no
oilier witness*., to the tragedy, and the coroner thinks
that the woman could have been convicted but for her
lover's wi, hdi aw al of his accusations.
ERIDGE JUMPERS INCBEAS1R0.
TXVO MORE ATTEMPTS XVERE MAD)-; YESTERDAY
-ROTH MEN ARRESTED IN TIME.
The recent aueeessful Jump fnun tho Brooklyn
BridgS ha* aroused ancxv the enthusiasm (,f aspirants
for fame and fortune, and another epidemic of Junij)
ers !eems to hax-e spining Int., existence. Two at*
tempts xvere BUdC lan- yesterday aft.*i mion. both ol
xviiirh were, however, frustrated lo tbe rlgUanei
of the bridge police. Al aboul half pas! .*, ycstenlaj
afternoon some one told Hie Eridge oftldals that ar
attempt wai. to !?? madu before night lo Jump fniir
the lirldge by som,* om- timm Roehaway. An ,-xtii
force of police xvas linnie,llately slaHOBBd upon tin
roadway and Instructions wait given to all to fmt*
a sharj' l<"li"ut. At alxuit a Quarter past ,*, a close,
canlagn drove on the Bridge, and when about I "*,?
feet from Hie Urooklyn end a young man h-aped ou
and started to climb o*<t lbs Eridge railing.
Acting ; Bundsmaa O'Briea, who was oa duly nea
hy, saw him Inmiedlaielv, and drawing his revolve
shouted m him to stop or he would shoot. The mai
hesitated a niom**nt and acied in a <lar,ed manner
before he could again mouin the rall, Iho rouiulsiiiHi
and ofheer Duryea hail seize.1 him, and after a strug
gie arrested him ar.d took him to tba Second PlCClnc
l'ollco Station. Here lt. was learned tliat hi- nam
wa* o.car Engels, ur** twenty Hine, a life -axer a
Ruiand's Hotel, at Rockaway Bes* h. The earrtage
which he hil.,1 in Mi,!--!, was drives i,y Thoma
Hogan, of Bu. 870 Realist, Rew-Tork lt wa
learned Hut Rngala was In Brown*! Ilolel, In Bandi
st., during tin- afternoon and bpealed t<> lae bar heepe
that he would jumr Irma Oe, Illidge on a xv a-ri
Alter his aires, j,,* deni d having nada such a stall
nieni, but refused to say a:,) thl,in am*.
iln- sr,,,:.d BttSmpI USS rn*-'!' at about fl o'clncj
-when John Jacati.?, of No. HIT Dajan! st.. Mao Tori
a laborer, age twenty eight, was s'-en by < 'dicer Co
lo climb bom th" yronieiiade out over the souther
railway. Tlie odlrer rushed after him, and caugh
him as he was rllmblng tile outside rall. Ile xva
al-o lo, ked up. He was Intoxicated at ihe lime BB
Ottotad to h<-i ihe oflleer xvho %rn>?trd bini BUM) tha
te- eould make tht Jump sucesMfulIy.
THE BOORT TULL IfCRDKH tRQUBST.
From thc evidence adduced by OoreBCT .'uh
Calder at tba li?|iie-i yes,clay la the taae "f Man
.loins, th- ? I :til,-'-n yeai old color..! giri abo xt _
found iiiii'dereil on Friday -Barning at Richy lill
L. I., then- ls little doubt thal thc nolle- have tli
Bl Ul dBi tit lu 'I'0 pm BOB of Mit. Emilia ( **,,i -ii
i Fletcher, alias " AinuC Johnson. When she he
I -.elf took the aland la bar >>x> u dafanea ibi * outradlett
henel! on many nial petals. Tbs uti.it wltaasai
! t-stiii ,1 and tbs eas, wa, adjourned until lo-day. Tl
: munle,rd (tiri x?l!l be burled thia aft. -moon al pu bl
ahpeaae, in tba plot sci apart bb her grandmother
acre ul ground as a c,ni.t.-ry, where twenty-elgl
of ),, i an. ? siois an- buried
TttBOWS FROM HIS Itvc.CiY ivj> BTLLBD.
Oeorga Hoyt, of xv.-t Mount Vernon, a fui-nltui
dealer In thl. city, xvas throws from his bu v. .
Mount. Vernon yeaterday afternoon and "i.tanti
killed.
?-.
1 AEI'F.T WEAVERS ,>N A S'illlKE.
Palmer, Mass , Aug. ll-I he weaver* ut tho Palme
Carpal Mill an- all out 1. still.e, and tn- mill ls ab
down. 'I ho weaveih BBaBri tiiat lliey raoiu.t live
present pr.ee* ami will nol ie.-.am wurk mull ptta
e .-..it.
Ml.. OljAAEtEi oldiv)- _v ihjui.
IDBBOUNDBD UV (ALEERS EARLY.
^ONE TO MANHATTAN BEACH FOR SINDAT
AVoIDIM. BBfRRKMCE IO POLITICg.
ll xxas saderabood on Fridiiy night, that Mr.
r.hiipc should have yeeterday to himself for rest
ind re *r,*alion. This xvas his mra intention ami
the denise ?f hi* friends, but it was only partially
realize,!. lhere Wt rc, to Ix*- sure, no elaborate
re, options ond enthusiastic ,l,in,,tis'*-:i'iotis. such
as characterized the day of his arrival, but furn
the early boura natl] he ami ins family -tarted
for Manhattan Beach iBbfl in thc afternoon,
?',. ,-o ?nt, i st i ',- itteai i ' f visit, ra to his rooms
la 'h" Fifth Avenue Hotel. Most of them wera
it'dixidual callers. The principnl delegation that
wailed upon him xvas from the Chicago Blaine
flub, which started fnr home yesterday.
Cards began to be sea! up shortly after break?
fast, which xvas not eaten until after io o'clock
Ct,vernor LoUBabury, "f ConnectlCBb and Sena?
tor Spooner, of Wisconsin, xvere among the
earliest friends that xvere received. They found
Mr. Blaine ns fresh and vigorous us though he
luid landed ns quietly as' the most, unronspicuous
passenger on the City of New-York General
Harrison's law partner, Mr. Miller, dropped in
a little later and fpent over an hour in BOBVCtBO
lion with Mr. Hlaine. Galusha Grow, of IVnn
t_ ixaniii, xvho xv.-is Bpeaker of the Bouse "f Ben*
res,mn!ives over tx quarter of a century ago.
received a cordial welcome.
BOMB OP Bil MANY VISITORS.
The Philadelphia x laitora Included Charles Emory
Smith. Alonzo Shotxvell and Hamilton His>t,*n.
Mr. Di.-stun oxvns thousands of aires of land in
Honda, a Stale thal Mr. Blaine believes 1ms a
great future. Ile talked a long time about ita
development and half prom-Bed Mr. Disston 1h.1t
he would take ii trip down to see what baa been
done iii tin* cray "f sugar euiiure and reclaiming
waste lands, ir is- no! .vet settled whether a
delegation from Philadelphia will accompany Mr.
Blaine in his }onrney home tomorrow. In thc
Bourse of the conversation, Mr. BhotweO, who is
an ardent admirer of the distinguished lender,
maiie s,,m* remarks of a political character, but
Mr. Blaine turned the discussion into another
elmond St once, lie could no!, however, prevent
Mr. Bhotwel] from s->xiii_:, "Well, we are glad
io have yell bari, again, bul our cu;* of co t BtBV nt
is not yu, lull, nnd won't, be until xv,- bob you in
the White Mouse.**
Other visitors were J. P. Sanborn, the member
of ihe National Republican Committee lrmn
Michigan; ex-Congressman Conger, of Ohio, an
i thor National Committeeman; Colonel R C.
Kerens, of St. leonis; cx-Congres-man W. D. Wash?
burn, of Minnesota: Henry Gleason, of iii- Bepub?
Ucan Club; Mr. Crapo, of Massachusetts; and
Stephen B. Elkins and ex-Senator Platt, Colonel
Enoch Ensley, of Tennessee, aini s. T. Houser, ex
Governor of Montana. The Inst txx*o are Demo
crate, bat like Henry Watterson, win, called hue.,
are wann persona] friends of Mr, Blaine. Cap
lain A. S. Bushnell and F. W. Holls dropped in
just lief,.re luncheon.
STAItTINd OKF FOR THE BBACH.
It xvns just 4 o'clock xvhen Mr. Blaine nnd his
fri. mis 1,-fi the Fifth Avenue Hotel by the Twenty
thiol-st. eiiti-niic-. It was not generally knoxvn
that he xvas goiBg at that hour, and QOBSeqacatly
only casnal passers by observed the party leave
the hotel and there were n, demons'rations.
With Mr Blaine were Mrs, Blaine, Emulous and
WaHor Blaine. Miss Harriett Blaine, Miss Dodge,
SX-fl tiator and Mrs. T. C Platt, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Pl;,if nnd Colonel Copping?r. They entered
a couple of carriages mid were driven to the
Thirty-fourth Street Ferry. When Mr. Blaine
left the cirri i.e In- xvas at once recognize!., and a
erowd followed him. lb- nnd his Meade entered
the Indie-' etc iti and the Other side of the boat wa!
immediately des. ried. Old smokers denied thein
aelvra th- solace of their cigars, that they might
sc- the n nowie*,! Republican lender. Mr. Blaine
is used to being stand at and didn't mind it*. Ile
stood up all tin- arny over; chatting with some ac
qnnfntanc. whom he met on the lent.
Arriving at Long Island City the party entered
the siiecinl parlor car "Jockey ('lu*,.'' xvhieh is
owned by the Coney bland Jockey Club. The
rule io Manhattan Beach xx-as uneventful. D xvas
BOl known at thc way stations that Mr. Blaine
xxas on the train Bat the other passengers xv. re
nxvare of it and when the train drew ap af the Man?
hattan Bcaci, Hotel, tiny hung about fin- platform
with the expectation of grafilying their euri, sj ty
by a good look at him as he left the car. They
were disappointed. The special parlor car was
detached from Hi" rest of the train and drnxx-n to
the Oriental Hotel. Several people in the rotunda
raised their hats as Mr. Blaine and his friemLs
possed through.
THK ECESTS OF EX-SENATOR PLATT.
They went at once to the rooms engaged for
them by ex Senator Platt, xvhose guests they are at
the Oriental. In a few minutes Mr. Blaine was
downstairs again, and, with Mr. Platt, took a
walk on the pronvnad.- and snuffed the briny odon
of old Neptune, xvhieh are better than a tonic for
putting a keen edge on an appetite. They xvere
joined by Chairman Quay, of the National Com?
mittee, but. he had to start soon for the city. He
will run down to the hench again to-day. Din?
ner was served in a private room Senator and
Mrs. Cameroii xvere the only additional guests In
the evening the whole party went over to thc
Manhattan Beach Hotel t,* lu ar the music. Mr.
Blaine's friends will do their best to secure quiet
for him ter day.
THE CHICAGOANS SAY COO!) HVF.
The Chicago delegation consisted of E. It.
Norton, acting-president of the Blaine Club, an
organization tliat hus over 1,200 members, E. H.
Cray, H. G. Teed, P. O. Roxve, George H. Waite.
J J. Miller. L A. Islands. B. N. Taylor and
C. B. Beardsley. They called about 3 o'clock
and were received by Mr. Blaine with m irked
cordiality. " We un* about to .start for home
! Mr. Blaine," said Mr. Norton, xxho acted as
j spokesman, " and we just wanted to my good
' by,- and Invite yon to com,- and see tm" Mr,
? Blaine made a graceful reply aud asked how
'? Illinois xxas going t" go this full.
??oh," sani Mr. Norton, "Illinois is solid
I Von folks lake ean Of tl)e East and we'll loni,
after the Weat"
" I suppose,'1 responded Mr. Blain,* xvith a smile
"you m-au that ii wc xviii carry Connecticut
Ne xv Vork and [few-Jersey you will take car,- ,,
Indiana."
'lier* xxas a _e,ie.;tl laugh. Mr. Morton sail
some* bin r i'b ut Maine. "Oh, I see, yu want u
to do something tiis, f mid Mr. Blaine, " Well
xx' will try and . bilge you.''
A hearty invite!.tn x isit Chit ago waa then ,-x
t'inl-,1 to h;iu lo* Mr. Mci",i and he promised t
accept it if bc weal West, whicb is highly proba
hie.
TO STAItT FOR HOSTON TO-MORROW.
To-morrow morning, Mr. Blaise and his famil;
will stan on the ll o'clock expeeea over tl?
New-York and New-HaveB Bailroad for Boston
Dr. T. L. Burden, chairman of the Mfl-BBBChusetl
I;??publican Slat-' Committee, xxiii accompany thea
Joseph Manley Intended to go, bal said last nigh
that be would aol bfl able io get away from ber
lor a lew days. No stops xviii be made eX0C|
those regularly made by the train, which ar,- i,
Stamford, Bridgeport, Norwalk, New-Havei
Springfield, Meriden, Wooster and Sooth Framinj
ton. 'I h<- ira.ii v 1 be run "ii sri. di,le time,
possible, bute Mr. Salas will probably appear i
the various .stations, but it is not. his intentio
t" maka any speiches,
tin arriving ?., Boston, 'la- party xvii', be take
to th-- Vin.lome Hotel, whare Mr. Blaine xviii b
serenaded and when ii is expected he xviii deliv,
,n addreaa At noon on Tuesday tin- puny xxi
? '.nt for Augusta -The members of the Republics
< lui, ,f portland will ;.*i i Ihe train *ii that poi,
ami escort Mi. Blaine the rest "t the waj ,
afterward thrungli tl,*- Biala, rhe damunatr
lion in Attguala, Mr. Manley Mya, xviii h.- oin- i
tl,- .Teni, _i ii ti ii tory of the oi ty. On Wedne
l**|. .ell ', !'. .II!' .till Ifl . .. .1,
.is-.-iiiei-I ? ; I'.l I'i-#!.ilm
iii; I?/'.?? i tl.,.* Pl i BVEDEBD TATE* BORORRl
Host,,n. Aug. ii.-Nicholl. Murphy, a ualchaaen
Tea Wharf for llit- last Uv,- ii-urs, luis, duilng th,
, e.i ii,e lives of ibo pamape who hgva fail*?
uvL-ihoaixl, Tain lil! i-ini'h jets presented him wi
-liver medal from the Ma=sa*chiis?iia minnnie .-.*-,.,,.
THE UM URIA I ISA RLE I).
HGBTKD DBM-B BAIL OKF PIES ISLA!tD-Tr08
OOIMJ DOWN TO -fan HKR.
The famous Cunardcr. the I'mbrin. has nppar
?iitl- np t with ii serle,us accidcni to her machinery.
BepOTtS received yesterday afteraOOB stilted that 1
-li** was off Fire Island in B disabled condition, ln-r I
machinery having broken down. She was then j
pp" c. ding under sail at a rate not above two 1
miles aa hour. The stomer Lu BoargOgBO passed I
within three miles of ber yesterday BVBBll-g, '
xx'n.n the Umbria xxa-s heaO.Bg toward '
the beach, at g r^int about U*n nubs I
east, of Fire Island. The Umbria at that time ,
displayed ao signals of any kind, nor did thc | 1
Iji BourgoBBC aoeak with her. It waa conk etated
that the object ?t the Umbria in getting into '
shore xxas that, she lilith) anchor. '
At .r>:30 p. ? the big Cun..i*d,-r xx-as Hil mil-s ]
east of Fire Ishim!, and iin hour lalor she xxas n-- I
ported " ui'i'.i r wag Steaming toward Nexv-York." j i
Thc "steaming" xvas due, ii appuirs, to the help
Bhe xvas receiving from some big tugs. The agents i
of the Cunard line had disrntched the tin-.noun ,
t i-s, tin Yosbiirg, Daile] atid Ocean King, lo |
give assistance ta the disabled 0Q8WB nicer. On
the Vosburi: were Vernon H. Brown, the ag, ni of
thc Cunard line; Pis, tiger Agent Floyd and I
Business Manager Smilli. i
The pulling tugs made fast to ihe big ..hip and ,
towed her to just outside the bar, where she an- ; ,
choied to await a favorable t'de. This xvas at i
10 o'clock Half an hour later the steamer
Fletcher na sat d by Quarantine with tin* Umbria's
mail. The damage, xvi: a lever it may be, cannot)
amount 1o much Neither waa mere any scare .
among tin- passcng'-rs, ns the steamer wah not
overdue. Ii* is assumed that the steamer must
have been disabled shortly before being .sighted
from Fire Island.
TUE STEAMER HAY Bl DOB BURNED
A BAI-KEEPEP. LOST IN TIIE FLAMES.
HOW IT STA.VTED IS ROT KNuXVN-TllE 11DAT A
TOTAL LOSS.
Tho steamer Ray Kldge. owned by Fouls Hermit,
proprietor of the bands point Hotel, I.. I., wa* div
-troyed by Are early yesterday and Frederick Fan?
ni.-,.. Hie bartender, was burned to death. Tin* boat
was moore,', to Glenwood, doak at Qlm Cove, and the
officers and crew wee: sleeping on board whon, at i
about 1 o'clock, the cook .aw tuinlic and iliur.es is- 1
suing frem between decks above the boiler room, ahe
aroused all the men aboard, except the barkeeper, who
made no response la repeated calls. There were no
facilities at hard f.,r suidulng the flames, so the boat
xvas cut loose from the pier. She llo,itel out Into the
channel and was burned to tho water's edee. The
sight was a magnificent one, hut the people Wha had
turned out to reider aid had no lime t,, enjoy lt, aa
tho flames hail spread to the pier, freight house and
xi-ater tank, all <f which were considerably damaged,
including a quantity of aierehatidlse. Tho steamer is
a tola! los*. The twenty-tlxe ir.cn of tho crew who
escaped with their lives lost their effects. The dam
BgB is heavy.
Lanmau, the barkeeper, who lost his life, wm
fifty-flvo years old and lived In (Henwood with his
family. Ills body was found, but was so bailly burned
as to ho unrecognl7.al.ile. Coroner Hall will hold an
lntj-iest. Tho Hay ltidgo was one of tho llne-st pas?
senger steamers plying between this city and North
Shore villages. Sho xvas a three-decker, licensed to
carry 1,500 passengers, and ran In opposition to tho
Idlewild, making two trips dally. Friday night sho left
her pier at Thirty fiist-st., East River, at 0-.ao, and ar?
rived at Glenwood about two hours later. Bhe was
fully Insured. The cause of tho Aro ls not
definitely known, but It ls thought that the fire* were
banked carelessly and that the flames bogan In the
boiler-room. The City of Albany will take the place
of the Hay Kldge to-morrow, and other arrangements
will be made for the rest of the season.
Captain Eractus (Jeer, of the burned boat, sent a
report to tho local Steamboat Inspector's ofllre yester?
day. Every effort was ma-de, Captain Geer reports,
to extinguish the flames, but the labors of the crew
were Ineffectual. The hawsers parted and the steamer
drifted about thre"-ipiarters of a milo
out In the Hay and sank In twelve feet of water. The
captain tried to scuttle the ship, so thai she would
sink close to the shore, bu' was unable to do so
on account of the (julck spreading of the flames.
The vessel, which formerly belonged to frederick
Da Bary, and ran lo the fishing grounds, waa ie.
fitted within a year at au expense of $-.10,000. Tho
whole cost of the vessel was ostlinated at $05,000.
BUKNED TO DEATH IM THEIR DFUNING HOME.
Grafton, Ont., Aug. ll.?A house occupied by a
French family named Totisslna, roiiilstlng of father,
mother and eight children, was discovered to be on
fire Ibis morning. Two of the children, age four and
six years, were burnell to death, and another, age
eight years, was so badly burned that it cannot re?
cover. The rest of the family barely escaped With
their lives. Tlie house and Its contents wei,, entirely
consumed. The cause of the fire ls unknown.
CLEARVSG VP A HERDER MYSTERY.
Binghamton, N. Y., Aug. ll (Special).-Since the
finding of thc body of the antidoted girl, Emma Jane
Baldick the greatest excitement has existed In the
vicinity of Oxford, (henango County, where the deed
xvas committed. It now appears that " Hank-* Crosby,
who was mpposed to have eommlttad mleMa about
one tech ago, knocked the girl down and choked and
pounded ber to death, and dragged her about a half
mlle to the lonely spot where the body was found.
lt ls also (nought fha.t Mrs. Crosby and Charles Mahan
ha>l a hand In the murder, and that they were the
murderers of Crosby also, and afterward hung him up
In thc shed where he xvas found to Indicate suicide.
It. ls supposed that they feared he WMlM thi-ough
jealousy give away the murder of Hie Ilnrdlck girl,
even thouch a principal li. lt. Doth Mr>. Croftby
and Mahan BBB uml-r arrest. Tho Hurdlck girl xx xi
inutile red last September.
Fr.\E-f.tr, of pori nenin or the flori n.
Philadelphia, Aug* ll (Special).-Every Inhabitant
of pennsxllle, N. J., and vicinity, xvii,, could pat
business and domestic cares aslih- for an hour lins
morning flocked t" the houses of (aptain Wheaton and
Mrs. Finnegan, to attend the funerals of four of the
x lc,lins of Hie capsized yacht, Flora II. In all ihe
history of halon (ounty there xv,-re never mort!
largely attended funerals. At the bert axed captain's
hoii-e services xt,-r<- held over tlie bodies of Ettssbeth,
lils wife; Mrs. Samuel Wheaton, his daughter; Mis.
Samuel Wheaton, his daughter-in-law, and his llttlo
lillie year o|,l granddaughter. Captain Wheaton xxas
almost erased xvith grief over the sudden disaster
which robbi! him of thi-ee members of his household
Ills family xvas om- of th** olde-st In the county, and
had a wide rapntallofl :>>r charity. Th'* body of Mis,
Juna,han Turner, tba tilth victim, will bo burled to?
morrow afternoon.
FOCXliTO HAYE BEEK A DEFAULTER.
Chicago, Aug. ie?a d ipateh to "Tke tmwo* from
Montreal says: ** Henny, McPherson A Cu., large hard?
ware merchants, havo Just discovered thal their
cashier, L C. lloia, who so mysteriously disappeared
a year ago, and BrhOBC bed] w?> subsequently found lil
Hie canaJ, had during ten ycart he was in their cm
ploy carried ,,:i a system of fain Heat1' ,*, and baud,
by xvhieh tbey had been rtetlmlSBd to Hie extent ol
SJ", int). After Hose left __ linn he Waal Into the
xx hob-tale clothing business. In partnership xvith a
ican Barned Brown, lt xvas while engaged la this
bu 'ness thnt he disappeared. An sndU of tba beela
showell th:it lie had also iliad.? false cntrl s theta
nii'l 'le'f'imie ii hla i .littler io it eenaldarahla antoni, ll,
left SOflBB it-.il estate, which has been tra,,sf.*n-?-il ti
Henny, Mel'he.soti A Co.. lo cover the defalcation.'?
PROVISO TEXAS FEYER TO UK OORTAOtOV*
Cl,leal;,,, Aug. IL?TIM experiments xvllh Tex*
laver ara progrssitai at the stock yalda on .lui,
18 five native cattle ware placed la a pen pravtouslj
oecBp'ed bj Texas ea,tie. They appeared to main
ta'.ii theil le a'lb md tie.!, until AngBBl ti. xvii.-i
syspioui ,,f _ vas laver begaa ,<> be BMtnlfestod
Tba next day one al Ibeai lied and another xx a, uiiini
ami yralei lay tba raamimag throe died. Aa rna
nattou al tbe dead eattla ahas ,i anmleiabibia -
of naas leven, Aaether expertmeBl wm begaa Jul
"(l. lOBM Ital.ve cult I" BUTS pine ,1 li, .1 pen xvii
len Texans, which xveni taken out at tho sad of
Xi .ell. Ile object was lo s-*e If *,*, xxe?*k's contact I
enough to transmit tint Info.-, on. The native radi
used in this c.xycrimcnt du uot yet ahoxr any sign
ol aiaci-kt*
PUSHED AGROUND IN EWE BASIN.
UK PASSAGE tOOUM HEM.. GATB MATTI
WIT HO IT DIKEICCT.TT.
All along the witter, front from BoD Gate to th!
lattery yesterday crowds wn: watching for thl
.'?ary raft from Nova Scotia. She had been at
nedor all night off OoDsfB Point, as stilted ie
??st,'.day's Tm rn; NH, after the Hu days' voyage
rom JoggjBQ with Hie infeniion of |*?-*mii(
btOBgh ll'-li Gate al noon estenl-iy and fnii*hln|
B r trip. AI- ng the maali a the tu"* eame in aighi
; ..... j ., h.stem1 | t , join le ihr.ngs thal
?er,* watching from the piers and tlmusand-- Leon
ll parta of the city followed thc course down tin
.list Uiver.
By io o'clock the tugs w< re in po*?oeii, and al
i WOSd from Edward E'i':kenhac)i. who had tokeq
'l.arife in person, ths b:g raft, with the Beet push,
ng and pulling it, moved daWB the stream toward
Iel! Gate II- progn ss was slow at first, the rat!
Et exceed nu three n-il--s an hour. 'Ihe Hood title
aaa ruahlag itt afalaai the ratt, but it enabled thi
ugs to hold the big mass in control and direct itl
Jourse I otter than if it -.vi re I.* ing carried alon|
W tin- current. In this way. it xvas calculat"!
Hell Cate xvould be reached at the fl.??_? 1 tide, ther!
nouhl bc no obstruction and the raft would pas!
through without dillie thy. This proved to bi
he case in spite of all predictions that the hug)
BOM of log** would be stranded on thc rocks an'l
he gateway to thc city Irom the Sound blocked
The tug Underwiiter, from Boston, which had
helped to bring the raft from Nova- Scotia, UA
the way, cartx ing a heavy hawser, BCVB-BI hun.
1n*,l fe,f in advance of the raft and direciinj
ts ours*'. J In- Scandinavian. Captain Humphrey
/"ins; ,he* Baltic i'i,ptain Butinc: and the Rn.
rk-r, Captain llcnnet-ur, three ol LuekenbachJ
lugs, took positions atong tito sides Of the taff
iud pushed the big cigar-shaped craft along while
the dean K1112, ti,,: eons, ri, ol the Underwrite!
111 the 01 eau voyage, pushed from thc stern. Al
Hallets Point the Mary Clinton and the Johtj
I't-att. txvo more of thc Luckenbech tug** came
np ami lent their aid and the whol'- flee! reached
Flood Hock at noon and passed through Hi U
Liutc with,mt any difflcolry,
HO AUDI NO THE HAFT IN MIDSTREAM.
A ile.-1 of Bcveaal hundred Bteaaseaa BB-VbssSl
and rowboata attendetl the raft's progress, du*
terian* around it BB till sides The small boats
pullet fearlessly up beside it and attached theil
lilies, and passing, rs BCIBBBblad up the
side* of the logs and overran every portion ot thl
bulky cruft. Several ladlea were among tin--.
boarders, and long strips of bark xxere pulled from
the logs for them, to bc carried away as souxo.
mrs of thc exploit. A small black mongrel dag
was in one of these excursion parties, and uccomp;*.
nnd his master on a tour of inspection oxer the
ratt. Win ii the visitors had satisfied their curi?
osity they returned to their boats and pushed away.
while th,- raft continued its course down th!
stream. The raft -shows algal lifteen feet ahnxe
the Witter and draxvs txventv-txvo feet. Ihe maia
channel xvas followed as an ll as possible, and ovei
the greater pan of the route tba raft ran ia sisal
to the Kew-York shore. Its great length, BM b-et^
linnie* the va.st body difficult to turn from a dir_t*j
course. Fore BBB aft masts had been rais?*l
dearly forty feet hich on which to sus-jtend light!
iii night. The lights were taken down yesterday,
und iii their places a Union Jack and the Amen.
can Hag Were Hung to the breeze. The rigging o|
all the tugs xxas decorated xx ith Hags, and th*
lied, cs it mox,-d atong; presented thc appsaiBBCI
of ;i triumphal procession.
This appearance xvas mainMined by the s.ilute|
of the steamers as they paaaed. Excursion
steamers, with every deon crowded, slackened
speed as the raft (louted by, und thc iiasst-tigcri
pressed to the guard-rails to gaze at the queer craft
from Nova Scotia and xva ve their handkerchiefs to
the erexv. The steam xvhistles kept up a din, to
which tlie tugs responded, until at times the uproai
xxas deafening, Along the shores of Astoria and
Harlem, ex,-ry available p inf xx'as crowded, tin
factories lent their whistles to the din as the raf!
Boated by, and cannon salutes even xxere fired
from both sides of the stream.
THE RAFT'S ni.t.TF OED CAPTAIX.
James I). I.eary, the owner of Ihe logs, was imf
pres. nt to lake part in the welcome, but the build,
er of the raft. H. li. Rotiertson, a stalwart -ix.
foot Nova Scotian, looked on willi quiet s.-itisfao.
lion at these manifestations. Five Nova Scotian!
eame on with Mr. Itobort-xon to take it apart. Th<|
party was under tha direction of Andrew Jackson
Cutes, a Maine man.
" The city's groxved a good deal since I was
here in Iga!." said ('ates to the others, "but t
guess I xvould have knowed it putty well, as my
memry's good. Tho Statoo of Liberty and tho
Bridge and the elevated roads is aew, but tho
rest is tue same, only there's more of it. Now,
Jake,'' he continued, addressing one of the men,
" tiiiit statoo is 5(10 feet high, and one of the
fingers is twer.ty-lixe feet long."
?? Shore:" exclaimed .lak.* ? I wouldat thought
the sti.too more'n fifty feet high.*1
" Wall, you'll timi it is, and a good deal more,
I swani what la creation ls that thing?''
The attention of Mr. Catea xxas attracted by
the st<j)ii launch Daisy, which came spinning
around the big raft like a minnoxv around a xvhal*,
and after making a complete circle in front of
the raft darted away, leaving a trail af foam lu
ber wake. The entire party climbed to their fe- 6
and gazed in astonishment after the bout until
it wns out of sicht. " Wall." remarked Mr. Catea
reflectively, " I've seen pretty much ali kinds of
boats, but that au's the nearest to greased light?
ning I've siutl vet. Beats all what people S|m.-I1<1
on boats 'bout nore. 'Ihey didn't do so much ol
that twenty-seven yean ago.'
HENNIN*,; ENDER THE BK- BRinCF.
The Bridge was a point of interest thal occupied
much of the atttiition of the party, who lay bael!
on thc logs and watch, d it. It was hulf-iatst L
arbes tha raft and tba tuirs ICBCbsd the great!
structure. Thc promenade was thronged with
sightseers, and the platforms at the tewan were
Crowded With people xvlio were xvaiting to see the
raft go by. The steam* rs, tn-.s and ferryboats
set up ii fresh tama_t, and the tap 01 the r:.ft rv-.
spon,led until tlnir throat!*, xvere hoarse.
Prom th,- Bridge down to tba Battery the crowd
of boats abd sailing craft grew thicker, but the
rait poaeed through them without- difficulty.
The tide had now begun to ebb and 11 wide circuit
nus made paal Governor*1! Island and near Uni.
loxx's Island to carry the raft into the Erie Basin.
A number uf sailing vessels were anchored ncaa
tin- coins- au,! destroyed all calculation!, but
half a dozen mon- tags CBBM t" the BUB-StaBCS
of Ihos, engaged, and the raft w.is at last towed
siif* iy into tlie Baein. She is now aground, bul
xvith th" bel' Of ll" tide xviii be pushed mt,, |,?l
pliii*- on Mi piluy and the task of taking bo piecer
iii*- guilt mass of -J.ono forest trees will tin-ti
be in-guii.
Th. total weight of the raft is estimated a)
ghoul MOO tons By ordinary shipment ____
would coat, it is saul, nearly $'.0,000. The tu.,'.
owners xxho brcuahS the r^ft ure said to gel
Si..."" tacit mak.Bg the cos, of shipnn-nt to Mr.
L.aiy 17,000. This, it is thought, will enable
lum to dispose of the logs, xvhieh are ased mainlv
ii piei-bu liding, at. a lower price ti-uu they could
bc bought at Bangor, Maine
A .VEW PHASE OE THE METRE* COVSTY STRIFE.
Topeka. Kan., Aug. ll (Sp-eiab. CaUBBal samuel
Weed, of Woodsdale. Stevens ObBBty, arrived In town
this ninnilii-, ami saxs the Hugoton people have
sxvo'.n out warrants against a half do.cn Woodsdale
ell liena Weed and ?? Ed' si'ort, the Marahal, am
among Ihe deSBudaala, Woad s-ivs: ?* we mean to
I i\'- Btar aaSSS Bama la an oxa,,filiation. The lin*
paton nien have played rltlht Into our hands, and havo
offered us the means of ol,mining a vindication belora
tba people und In the cuurls. We inx ito and seek an
II vestige!-BU, knowing thal lt will hts proved thal
the Woodsdale men have been, law abiding ami have
never iiatisg,**ss,*,l the law. 1 can pivtve that two
month* agu a SBBtSty xxas organized tn Hugoton lo
murder ct tain tiii/ens of Vt m>tbtUI?. Ihey hav<a
hail BBB winked up to the killing potnt for two month!.
Ex<n O'Connor Blade no s-civt of th- Intention of
Hug.11 people io kill BBB the Mist chance they c, ul.l
safely gt. 1 BOW reiterate I ,1 ti 1 can pmve by te*.
litiiiuiv ili.it .--linet be hui" t bed, that lt has always
leen the policy .md dele, minalton of the people ,*l
Wood tale t<> lani! on their legal E_-t?, Bud ta
: , I, ol..., I g.tl I'll!. elil'S.-*
-_.
SETH CHEES SERIOUSLY ILL.
Rochester. Aug. lt. gath tireen. Fulled State! Fish
Commissioner, iles dangiMMiuly 111 at lits home here.
Tba doctor* fear that hi* deaih may occur at ani mix
.