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WASHINGTON.
Postal aater-Gonoral Key Fore
tells a Democratic Split
in Tennessee.
The Amiable Confederates of That
Region Bent on Repu
diation.
Bad Blood Overheated in the Dis
cussion of Fltz John Por
ter’s Case,
Report, Showing the Wages Paid Work
lag People in Ireland and
Scotland.
GEN. KET.
SIS OPINIONS REGARDING AFFAIRS Uf TBS-
NEnSBB.
Special IHnateh lo Tho TMt tins.
Washington, D. C., Aag. 4.—Postmaster-
General Key savs tho Democrats of Tennessee
will next fall bring about n division in their
ranks growing out of the repudiation doctrine
held by a majority of their number regarding
the payment of the State debt. The argument
of the Democratic statesmen there, Judge Key
enys, is as follows: “Who bolds your bonds!
Northerners, altogether,—moa who murdered
your fathers and sons, ami robbed your house
holds, i. To par their bonds would be an out
rage.” Tho belter class'of. Democrats, said
tho Postfkaster-Gcncral,'repudiate such senti
ments, find arc. going to cut off from
all political offllUlid/is With those who
--uphold such doflrlnos. ,' Jodgo Key says there
Is no preventing ft splli in the Democratic party
in hls When they, elect thdr Judges and
•mcmCers oil'fcongrcts ant fall. In reference
to the! recent victory claimed by the Green
backer i at.
THB ELECTION IN MEMPHIS,
•nst Friday, ho ridicules the Idea that there was
any political significance, lu a national point of
■view, to be attached to it It was a mere com
bination of both parties upon purely local ques
tions, and, if any victory at all can be claimed,
bo says, it may he looked uoon as an indorse
ment of the present National Administration for
the manner in which it has bestowed the official
patronage of the State. The Postmaster-Gen
eral expressed great satisfaction at
HBNATOH LAMAR’S DETERMINATION
In opposition to the shot-gun policy In Tennes
see, as published in Saturday’s Tribune, and
said Mr. Lamar and bo agreed on tills point,
and were both of the same way of thinking re
garding the future of the South, ile said If
Mr. ijunar only stood Arm in the position ho
has taken, and he believed be would, he will
arouse such a support in Mississippi as never
since the War has rushed to the aid of good
government for all the people throughout the
tiuuth.
EXPLANATIONS.
WHEREBY A DUEL WAS RENDERED UHNBCBS-
suit.
Special Dlnalch to The Tribune.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 4.—A number of
persous iu Washington acquainted with tho
facta bare been for some days past expecting a
challenge to pass and a duel to follow between
two well-known gentlemen, growing out of
pending controversies over IhoFltz John Porter
case. Some days since, the Capital printed a
very severe attack upon Gens. McClellan and
Porter. Subsequently, In an Interview with
Gen. Beverly Johnson, an ex-Confcderate Di
vision Commander, printed in the Pont, he was
represented os saying that no believed tho first
article to have been written by a gentleman
who figured conspicuously in the court-martial
of Gen. Porter, and that the indi
vidual was not possessed of nervo
enough to attack any one except In an
anonymous newspaper communication. It
bcctas that tbo friend of Gen. T. L. Smith, for
merly of Gen. Pope’s staff, and now a Paymaster,
construed this as an attack ou Goo. Smith, and
the latter
GALLED UPON COL. MOfIDT
os his friend to visit Gen. Johnson and Inquire
of him whether tho paragraph in question was
designed (or Gen. Smith. Moiby assumed tho
rule of “friend” la the matter, and called upon
Johnson to make the desired inquiry, and was
informed by the latter that, as a matter of fact,
he did not have Geu. Smith in mind In the re
mark complained of. This being entirely satis
factory, the matter passed without further pro
ceedings.
army; reorganization*
THE COMMISSION.
special Ditpatcfi to T-\e Tribune,
Washington, D. C., Aug. 4.—A belated mem
ber of the Army Commission came straggling
in from the Virginia seringa a day since, and
was very indignant over the statement that the
obligation of tho Secretary imposed on the
various members of the Commission was simply
for the purpose of covcrlug up a good deal of
humbugging in connection with the meeting.
Heat ouce authorized a formal denial of all
statements reflecting upon the great Importance
and wonderful success of the Commission, but,
in splteofliiH efforts, all that leaks out litre of
their doings fends to confirm the statements
which have been thus denied.
CONGRESSMAN STRAIT.
Sr Paul, Minn., Aug. 4.—Maj. Horace B.
’BtralP, Member of Congrcea from the Second
District of this State, has returned from a meet
ing of the Commission for tho reorganization of
tho army at White-Sulphur Springs. Ho says
Gjc sessions of tiie Commission were harmo
nious, and that a 1)111 fur the purposedeslguatcd
will bu reported to Congress when it meets In
the fail,
A T»VET/I>MANAGED BUREAU,
ONE VltAll'S OPEIUTIOMS USDBIi MU. U'I'UBIUON
—MOUB WOUK AT LUSS COST TUAN USUAL.
W*siuM(iroN, D. C., Aug. L—Mr. Edward
McPherson, Chief of the bureau of Engraving
and Printing, has made up the figures for his
annual, fjlpgfhlu bs sent to Congress hi Decem
ber. Mr. lj Mi*Pberson has been lu ulllce a little
over a yfcir.’apd the, iSgurt*, given below will
show to what purpose he bus worked.
Compared with .the Bscal, year of
the «no jmt doted showing creditable Increase
in ibc amount of work qxuciucd by the bureau,
uud u very large decrease ro cost. During the
year muled Juno UO. aggregate ex-
Vtmlliucq uf Uic bureau woa lltoi.'ibh During
tiiovrur iu.>i dosed it w«i» S9&MUB. a decrease
of of the amount actually expended,
s3i'J,lu7 will bo repaid by other bureaus for
which the Printing bureau has executed work.
Thu ,uct expenditure from the labor and ex
pense appropriation of $300,000 for the support
of tho bureau wai thus 1106,510, showing a
saving to the (iovenmieut of $00:1,481), an
amount e<|ual to about twuThlrds of the appro
priation.
Dimug tho greater part of 1877 there were
employed between l,soo and 1,800 persons; lit
1378 only sus persons. While this large amount
ol work has bueit executed at a less cost in the
aggregate; the iml/vlduals uf the grade who do
the work, that Is to say, the numherers, exam
iners. trimmers, separators, perforators,
counters, etc., have under the piece system
been able to earn more than they weru formerly
paid, having averaged since October last, when
this system w« Introduced, about SI.BO per
dav, end having worked uu un average five hour*
end Hi tv minutes dally. Tney weru formerly
paid $1.60 per day. The superintendents uud
the clerical and tnessepgsr force, hit the ottffer
hand, have be unreduced both in numbers and
and pay, the eullro redaction from thlesyiuvu
Lung abbut
ttAILUp^V'ACCOUNTS. i
JJHMU9UMIMJ »BNT OUT to LipXMIiUKT 00 M
Fi.tUant^UMTI^U.tWfORMATIOM,
WajwiaoTo*, Ayfrl.—Ur. Frcjicb, th? uaw
Auditor u! Uallroad AccoudU. b*j ju*s
Uie.oiatuluuUou ol Unt financial touudiUuaol Iblo
lory-four railroad which. battr bctu
lamU by tho ÜbUuJ fllauu, or -rtcalvod
-ioaaadu tbu »L»|>e *A tlw bovarmanut** fudutaj
incut ol Ibt'ir.bMtuliu . U*.t>» acnt wit tv all of
tbc touiwauios Hank (orws. wtict, wtcu ailed
oai, fill tuow.tM ac-wly «* uuv to wto tire iio
on nor* ui tL« read* and who are tty •tockbuld
t-r#. Tlle NoVlberti ' Fui-itlu Uallroatt Cotutauy
Laa coiuullod wilt ttle circular, and itc Ual v(
hlocatoldcrs make* a formidable lio-.uinciu. An
other blank tx-i U'cu sent out oaklu,' fora aUtc
incjt of rci-»-ipu for tevcial yr.ir* t.i-.-h Jiom
"4V aud Uuou.o aai
alio receipts from freight. Part of this last
named blank provides for a statement of re
ceipts under the head of earning* which mar
hare been Invested by the respective roads in
bonds of other roada. os veil as Investments of
whatever character. The Government will
count these Invested earnings ns to much cash
on band. The railroad companies hare signi
fied their Intention of taking Issue with the
Government respecting Us right in this particu
lar. Another call la to be made on the roads to
furnish the Auditor an exact copy, on balance
sheets furnished them, of the credit sod debit
sides of their books at a given time, optional
with the Bureau here. The right to maks this
csll will, U ia said, be questioned by the com
panies, - It (a understood that the Central
Pacific Railroad Company Intends contesting
the constitutionality of the act of May I>,
1878, under which tbla Auditing Bureau is or
gaolxcd. _
1 COMMERCE.
AMERICAN COMMERCE COMPARED WITH THAT
OP GREAT BRITAIN.
Washington, D. C., Aug. I.—JosephNlmmo,
the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, states that
the annual report of the British Statistical De
partment for the calendar year 1877 show*
that thevalue of Importaof merchandise reached
the highest figure ever known In the hlstorj'of
the country, . byt that the exports
allowed -ft 'alight falling off. The In
crease of imports was £19,000,000 (192,-
403,000), or 5 per -cent over 1870; the de
crease of exports £1,74(5,000 ($8,480,900), or
nine-tenths of t PtT cent. The total value of
Imports of merchandise Into Great Britain was
last year £i8M.420,0U0, and of that amount
nearly £165,000,000, or 41.8 per cent, was due to
Impoctftof articles of consumption retained for
hotne uaer Tha fact Is noted that tho “foreign
manufactured ‘goods are finding larger and
larged markets (n Englapd,” and, further, that
“the commercial results for tho year 1877,
though not without hopefulness, are of neces
sity gloomy.”
Per comm, the foreign commerce of the
United States shows a erattfyingstateuf things.
The domestic exports of merchandise for the
eleven months ended May 81, 1877 and 1878* re
spectively, were: In 1877, $388,813,018: In 1878,
$649,710,ui4,—the Increase being $00,897,001, or
an Increase of 10.34 per cent, the Imports of
merchandise for tho eleven months ended May
81, 1877 and 1878, resi«cUvcly, were:
In 1877* $403,097,523, In 187tL_ $401,-
410,738,—a decrease of $3,286,731, or
0.30 per cent. That the magnitude of the pres
ent large export movement will be sustained
appears probable to the Chief of Statistics from
tho fact oft be annual increase In crops, tho
vast undeveloped resources of the oounlry, and
the stimulus which tho exportation of all sorts
of food products, especially wheat, com, ani
mals, aim other provisions, has received from
reduced cost of transportation irora the interior
to the seaboard. This latter circumstance has
greatly Increased the ability of America to
compete in foreign markets. The cost of
transporting grain from Chicago to New Vork
has fallen Irum an average of Si cents per
bushel In 1872, and 19 cents per bushel in 1873,
to 9 cents per bushel according to the latest
advices. This la the lake and canal rate. Rail
road rates have fallen correspondingly. The
statistics of exports show that cheap transpor
tation, which has come about In the natural wav
through competition, has accomplished all that
was expected by the Senate Committee on
Transportation In 1878.
SCOTLAND.
THE WAGES AND CONDITION OF TAB WORKING
, CLASSES.
Wabhinoton. July 81.—Mr. JohnT. Robeson,
United States Consul at Leith, reports to the
Department of State, at considerable length,
numerous statistics and facts regarding labor
and trade throughout Scotland. Among the
Lotldans ha gives tho income 'of farm laborers
as, in 1878, s3lß.4oper annum; in 1878, $342.40.
In the Southwest of Scotland In 1873, $311.20;
in 1878, $330.40; women in 1873, 1137.30; In
1878, $144. In tbo northeast counties, men, in
1873, $107.13; In 1878, $331.13. Female kitchen
servants received in 1878, besides board, $.10.30
per annum qln 1878, $70.00. In extreme northern
counties, men, in 1873, $170.30; in 1878,
$187.30. Day laiwrers get from 48 to ?J cents a
day, an Increase of 13 per cent since 1873.
Specially skilled ortrustwonhymen and women
receive higher wages than those above specified.
In most eases married men are paid monthly,
and single men half yearly. Married servants,
who occupy cottages as a rule, live a comforta
ble, happy, and mural life, giving their children
a good elementary education. On the railways
the wages per week are: For passenger con
ductors, $0.46; freight conductors, $7.30;
porters, $5.04. Sunday labor is paid for at ex
tra rates, engineers receive SI.OB per day; fire
men, U 0 vents; laborers, 73 cents. Men
in tho linen works earn (0 per week;
women, $3.05. A week la So>£ hours.
Carpenters are paid $1.35 per day;
blacksmiths, $1.05; masons, $1.30; laborers, 80
cents. A dav is ten honra, except with ma
sons. whose day la nine hours. Bookbinders
earn SB.OO ner week; shoemakers, $0 lor sixty
hours (as a rule, they work by the piece); cabi
netmakers, $7.30; printers, newspaper night
work, make from sll to $lB a week, or more;
day-wurk,s7.Bo (day-bands work flifty-one and a
half hours, nlgnt Hands forty-eight hours, per
week); In publishing-houses they earn $0.75
per llity-four hours; painters get 97.05 for fifty
one hours: plumbers, 17.30; tailors, generally
by the piece, average $6.75 per week. The ad
vantage in artisans* wages has not Inured to
their benefit so greatly, as In tho case of tho
farm laborer, the latter being much better off
with board and lodging provided. Paper
money U of the same valuo os gold and silver.
Clothing is no dearer in Scotland than it was
Ihirtv or fortv years ago, but tastes have
changed among the people, and there is a great
er display and variety or dress than in former
years. But for this extravagance a large amount
of money might bo saved among Scotch lorm
servants. Ills pleasing to say that many do
lay up a little, but the majority squander all
their earnings, and are, on the whole, the oppo
site of saying and thrifty. Servant-girls might
dress respectably and store up a little of their
uurnings, but their surplus melts away In dress.
Within the last live years the incomes of all
classes have increased 10 per cent, and the cost
of living 15 per cent. Formerly, something was
saved, but now comparatively nothing. The
great Importation of cattle and dead meat has
not diminished the prices, bat has prevented
their increase, strikes are frequent In all trades,
but, as a rule, result in the lm|K>yerishment of
the workmen, tho tendency of wages being
downward.
AMERICAN HAMS.
AN ATTEMPT TO I'UOUIUIT THE IB INI’OETATION
INTO AUSTUIA.
Wasucnotok, July 81.—Mr. Philip Sidney
Post, tho United States Consul-General at Vi
cuna, communicates to the Department of State
Information of au attempt by the Austrian
Government to prohibit the Importation of haws
luto that country from the United States.
Prof, licschl, of tho Vienna University, in a
letter widely circulated, asserted that while of
Westphalia hams only lout of 2,000 or 2,500
contains trichina*, of American hams 1 out of
every 6 to 10 U Infested, and the probability
exists that several eptdumtca owe their origin
to this fact! The City Council forwarded a
petition to the Government asking tbat ibc
lintmrlallou uf American bams and sausages
l>u prohibited, . Suou alter Prof. Uusthl’s let
ter haou appeared, Mr. Post requested tho
ITofcsiiuttoaathetitlcate his statements. He
was compelled toadmlt that ho had no personal
knowledge uu the subject; that hla statements
were based uu eertalp German reports ul 1374,
ana tbit no had never seen an American ham.
ilu was therefore Invited to examine some
American hams, and, after a careful examina
tion, he said titeru weru certainly no triehluiu in
them, and that thuv weru sound and uood.
*ihu Professor, lu Ills letter, remarked that in
America bogs are fed with the refuse of the
great slauglitecing-houses, whereby trichina*
uru propagated. lu Germany, he said, one hug
In 10.UJO was trichina*, while ol tho hams and
hacou from America from 2>f to 5 per cent eon
tain IrUhlmu. The Consul-General kqggests
that some proper means be taken to contradict
such erroneous report*. Thu aUcmptto-crustu
a pirludico against food luiporlaUotw from
America is uu Injury to the pour and a crime
against humanity.
IKISLAXn
LIIIOJLiXaJUtiBS IX TUB £U£iUUXULX.
.United Stales
Consul at Dpbllu. has forwarded to the, Depart
ment ol State a very full and iDtvrcsuuft report
on thv rat«j otWigv*
lubla'dJsirkW ttfit MK»hcx and elauUU&ioo Of
holidays Ip m-Q t pror|ucp Of Ireland, fnuual
average amount.of - tby cuxuiaiiua- of .the its
banks of tsshelii Ireland, V'Tcturji* - of Joint
•*ipUi batik* doing
(lllky saving* banks, maroa qf ‘distilleries, etc.
From this report, |j wpuarf that
mccbamc uct» per day iss lid. and the unskilled
’inecluutc re*’cin*B 17s M per week. AgrUmiturai
labortis ar« paid i>er day from U lid to Cd
pcniiaucut, and from da dd lu ds ikl lu the bu>y
fcusuii the rale uf naacs varying very u»utu
uwvur 1 tu loi-sli;> au'l :iu»Ju. Near luruc
wjoi.j tuc lain L» u.i... li.a.i lu U;c
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNEj MONDAY. AUGUST 5, 1878
country districts; also, In spring and harvest the
rate Is higher than at other seasons. The price
of wheat per 113 pounds, taking the average of
six principal markets In 1851. was H« Od, and the
price obtained lo the ssmn markets for IS7B was
10s 3kd. Oats have varied during the same
period from Bs B>tfd to 7s OXd; potatoes from Hs
lilt'd to its 9d; beef from £3 3s 3>fd to £3 Its
3d, In each case the quanlltv from which this
average is taken being 112 pounds. The amount
of the State circulation of the six hanks of i<stie
in Ireland In the jear 18(53 was .C3.1W0.030, which
was .15307, M4 under the Issue fixed by the act,
and In 1877 the State circulation was £7,409,183,
which was £1,1*5.000 over the Issue fixed by the
act. In 1874 the number of depositors In the
Trustee savings banks lo Ireland was 80,831,
and the amount deposited was £3,410.730, while
In 1876 the number o( depositors had fallen off
to 56,840, aud the amount deposited to £2,178,-
206.
Mr. Lewis Richmond, United States Consul
at Cork, In Ida dispatch of June 27, to tho De
partment of State, gives tho following Informa
tion: Agricultural laborers got 48 cents a day,
coal-heavers, machinists, gsstlttcrs, and bakers,
11.09; masons, shoemakers, painters, and join
ers, sl.ll On public works, laborers earn from
48 to 00 cents a day. On the railways conduc
tors receive $4.88 to $7.89 per week; engineers,
$1.21 to $1.70 per dav. Last summer the rail
way employes struck for an advance, but loll
ed. The cost of tiring to the laborer and me
chanic Is about SB3 per annum. Trade Is much
depressed, with many failures. Wages and cost
of living have Increased about ono-slxth since
1873. Tho amount of paper money In circula
tion to Ireland is stated at $33,000,000, with a
reserve of coin in the banks of $14.30(5,389.
Paper monsy and coin are on a par. The trade
of Cork foots up: Whisky, 8,01(1 puncheons
and 0,931 hogsheads; butter, 500,000 firkins,
with large quantities of pigs, sheep, cows, and
calves. The importations of wheat and Indian
corn ore very large*
NOTES AND NEWS.
A SO9PICIODB FEMALE.
Hredal Ditoaieh to Tho JYibun/.
Washington, D. C., Aiig. 4.—A curious case
of arrest occurred hero yesterday evening. A
young gentleman bad accompanied a lady to a
schutzen(est,botb being parlies of high respect
ability, and, upon thelr.rcturo, she missed her
pocket-boos containing a considerable sum of
money, and, concluding Hint be must have
taken It, bad him arrested and locked up at
police headquarters. About three hours after
wards the lady appeared with a statement that
she hod found her pocket-book with the money
In it safe at home, whereupon the young gen
tleman was released.
SBCRBTART SHERMAN.
Washington, D. L\, Aug. 4.—lt Is said at the
Treasury Department that Secretary Sherman
may remain irom Washington the greater por
tion of this month, and will make occasional
visits to New York from wherever located to
give attention to public business.
LAItOR ORBENP ACKERS.
A meeting Is to be hold hero this week of rep
resentatives of different sections of the Labor-
Greenback partv, with the object of systematiz
ing their operations, and to establish here a Na
tional Committee.
YELLOW EEVEU.
CAIRO.
S!*Hal DlsiMUrh lo Tho Tribunt.
Cairo, 111., Aug. 4.—The steamer Golden
Crown, Capt. Walker, from New Orleans, with
300 passengers, arrived here lost night, but woa
not permitted to land. Three miles below she
was Inspected by Quarantine-Physician Dun
ning, who reported one ease of yellow fever
aboard,—a lady who took passage at the mouth
of Red River. This patient bo pronounced very
tow, and expressed the opinion that she would
not llvo an hour. Tbo Crown anchored in front
of the city, and. In addition to supplies, took
aboard Capt. Walker’s wife .and child, who came
down on the Golden Rule to meet him, and tho
wife of Capt. Shlnkln, of the Rule, who will return
to Cincinnati on her. The action of tho Cap
tain In allowing these people to board bis boat
is accounted for by tbe fact that he expressed
tbo opinion that the sufferer aboard did not
have fellow fever; tnat sbe tad been sick all
the way up, and that the qniiantloo physicians
at Vicksburg and Memphis orooounced it in
termittent lever. She left.ltere about 11 o'clock
and attempted to land at Mound City, but was
prevented by the authorities’. ; This morning a
dispatch was received by (bo Mayor from Qratid
Chain, on tbo lino of tbo Cincinnati & Vaudolia
Railroad, stating that tho Crown landed at
Caledonia, six miles from that place, and
this morning buried some doe,, supposed to be
tno body of tbo lady who was sick hero, and put
off three sick persons on mattresses, who. at
that time, were lying on tho bank helpless,
without attention, and exposed to the sun. Tho
truth of tho laid dispatch is very much doubted
bv the friends of Capt. Walker in this city.
Later Intelligence contradicts tnu report of
the discharge by the steamer Golden Crown of
three yellow-fever passengers at Caledonia.
Severnf persons cot off, but all were well.
Cairo, ill., Auc. 4.—A» a further precaution
against tbo yellow lover, after to morrow pas
senger coaches from below will not be trans
ferred across the river, but posaengera will
change cars at tho transfer steamer.
NEW ORLEANS.
Special Ulipatcb to Tin Tribune.
New Ouusanb, La., Aug. 4.—ld the past
twenty-four hoars twenty now coses were re
ported ond eleven deaths. The weather Is un
favorable to Invalids,—dry, wet, hot, and cold
at Intervals of a few minutes. Tills accounts
for tho increase of deaths, though the disease Is
on the decline. Tho fears of tho disease as
suming an epidemic lonn are allayed. The quar
antine Is rigidly maintained, and no yellow
fever Is Introduced from without. Ice sells at
S4O per ton, under a combination of dealers and
manufacturers, headed by Jones, of Nevada.
TEXAS.
Sr. Louis, Aug. i-A dispatch from Texas
shows that quite a considerable number of rail
road towns and cities of that Blste sre thor
oughly quarantined against New Orleans, and
that It la tho determination to keen tho yellow
fever out of Texas It possible. The Interna
tional <b Great Northern Hallway Company re
fuses to take any passengers, freight, express
matter, or mails from New Orleans over their
road.
vicicaiiirita.
Vickauuuo, Miss., Aug. I—Morris Mayer, of
New Orleans, waa lined ssso and ordered out of
town for a violation of (be quarantine regula
tions. lie came from New Orleans on tho
steamer Cannon, ora tho 2d lost,, and appealed
from Mayor O'Leary's decision to the Hoard of
Alilermuu. They beard the case last Right and
sustained the Mayor's decision.
THE WEATHER.
Opnci op tub Ciiißr> ißiobal Oppickr,
Washington, p. C.» Aug. s—l a. m.—lndlca*
tlons—For the Tennessee Rod Ohio Valleys,
portly cloudy weather, occasional rains, variable
winds, stationary pressure and temperature.
For the Upper Lake region, Upper Mississippi
and Lower 'Missouri Valleys, partly clohdy
weather, occasional rains, variable winds, and
stationary or lower pressure and temperature.
The Lower Oulo will rise.
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CASUALTIES.
A Church-Tent in Philadelphia
Struck by Lightning.
A Little Girt Killed end Two
Children Dangerously
Injured.
Fearful Prostration of Several
Other Persons——A Nar
rative.
Death by Tire of a Manlao in Bos-
ton—Drowning*.
LIGHTNING JN PHILADELPHIA.
seKlat DUeoleA l* TAt iVtMiiie*
Philadelphia, Aug. 4.—During the storm of
lightning, thunder; add rain that came upon
this city this' afternoon the gospel tent
of tho Ridge Avenue Methodist Episco
pal Church, at the northwest corner
of Thirtieth strict and Ridge avenue, was
struck by the electric fluid at a moment when
a number of parsons happened to be under the
canvas. Of these, Mary Elfrey, 10 years old,
was Instantlv killed. Walter Elfrcy, her broth
er, 8 years old, aud Ettle Burps, aged 0 years,
were knocked senseless and dangerously pros
trated, William Adams, 10 years old,
was made unconscious, but not seriously
Injured, and Charges ‘ 11. Wltsou, a grocer,
waa also struck squamosa and left suffering
from severe nervous prostration. None of the
other occupants of 1 the., tent were touched by
the lightning. and Its furniture were
set on fire, butflames were extin
guished before ,iuucu, damage could be
done. More lhad thousand excited
persons wore soon congregated at the spot,
rendering It rather alflfcijlt to carry the victims
to tbeir homes, whldh are In the Immediate vi
cinity, Edgcly street being a short thorough
fare, running at right angles cast from Thirtieth
street The teat stood within pistol-shot
of the East Park reservoir. It was
□ear the eastern extremity of a great open area
that la houseless and almost without trees.
The bouses nearest Its site are those of North
Penn Village, which begins about a stone’s
throw to the north. Suit further
Increasing tho liability of the tent
to bo struck by lightning was
Its location upon a considerable eminence, and
tho looming up of several tall poles that sup
ported the canvas at tho centre. The tent was
erected about three months ago as a temporary
place for worship fur about a score of persons,
who had scccdcd from the membership of the
Twenty-ninth Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, and who intended, as soon as practica
ble, to erect a permanent temple of their own.
The tent contained seating accommodations for
about 050. Tho statement of C. 11. Wilson is
as follows: "The little fellows, Walter Elfrcy
and Willie Adams, took seats side by aide on
a beach close to one of the
centre-poles. Mary Elfrey, the dead child, and
Elite Burns were standing a fow feet from
them, near the door. 1 bml got all the curtains
fixed, and was sitting about a yard from the little
girls, with my feet upon a chair, Wc
fire were therefore ’ grouped rather closely
Mr. Connor and the other children were all, 1
think. In a distant part of the tent It woa
about 1 o’clock, about an hour and a half too
early lor the opening of Sunday-school.
The close proximity of their homes accounted
for the presence of these cnildrea. The
lightning was as vivid as any 1 bad ever seen,
and the thunder sometimes appalling. - Thu last
circumstances that I remember were a remark
from little Mary Elfrey that the rain
was still coming In. and a reply
Irom myself that tho storm would
bo soon oyer. Tho last word bad
hardly passed my Ups when I suddenly felt os
if paralysed, and then fell souseless to the
ground. As 1 have since learned, U was about
five minutes afterwards when I recovered suffi
ciently to see that 1 was lying beside the pros
trate forms of the two little girls. I arose
to my feet, but staggered and reeled. My face
felt as if severely burned ell oyer, but you see
It Is not Injured. 1 thought that my head was
all cracked and split, but, lo spite
of toy pains, 1 helped to throw water
upon tho burning tent, while persons
wore carrying the (our other victims to their
homes. Even twenty minutes later, when I got
to my house, I asked my wife to look and 101 l
mo whether my head was all broken up or out.”
After tho accident, the Rev. Mr. Williams.
Uklag advantage dt the occasion and
tho crowd, preached a sermon oo death, taking
for his immediate subject tho tragic occurrence
of tho hour before. A throng of fully 1.000
people listened breathlessly to his discourse,
and It ’a needless to say he mode hi* talk effect
ive and dramatic.
drowned.
fpteial DftpateA to Tho Tribune.
TstinsliAUTß, Ind., Aug. 4.—'This afternoon a
party of boys went into tbo Wabish River for a
Lath, and Charles Dalrd, 15 yean of ago, got
beyond hts depth and was drowned, lie was of
a very worthy family.
New Vouk, Aiur. 4.—James Jones and Ed
ward Dunn, boatmen, were drowned In tho
Hudson River to-day.
A STORM.
Special Dlipatcft (a 77u Tribunt,
Akka, 111., Aug. 4.—A terrific, storm visited
this place to day at 8 o'clock. Jho tin roofs
were stripped oR of four of our largest and
best business houses, and water damaged tbo
goods and buildings to tbu extent of about
SB,OOO. Reports from the country report the
corn crop to bo badly damaged olso.
AX INNOCENT PERSON BURNED.
Boedal Duoateh to Tho Tribuiu.
Indianapolis, Ind., ,Aug. 4.—Joseph llacy
attempted to fill a burning cosl-01l lamp last
night, and tbo explosion so burned bU wife
that she will die.
A MANIAC’S DEATH.
Boston, Aug. 4.—An insane daughter of
Tl.addeus Frost, aged 27, roared kerosene over
her read aud clothes, sat lire to it, aud burned
to death. . ,
TUE SHERMANS.
A (tough and Unfafr*tltt(lolsm of the Sacra,
tary of the Trotafciijf and General of (ti«
Army, ,
/nftrritu) in (As nifetfslpAhs TJmss.
“John Sherman alu’lj'p bod sort of a man.
Every dollar he'* got no made while In alike.
Let me »ee, bo went (otq Congress la 1354, ami
baa never been out of a place since. I do be*
lleve be U an honest man; yes, air, I do,lope*
cuntarymatter**, andX*.believe be wrote tbe
Weber letter. There w*a nothing lu It out of
order, and It was due tboao fellow* down there
who aloud by the party.- lie's a good buatueaa
man. I believe he madi bU money by elinply
being a good Investor and trader. There ain’t
dvo ounce* of cordiality hi bis entire carcass,
and 1 have doubt* about one ounce of grati
tude. Jf you ever trade boraaa wltb him beep
both eye* wide Did you noth* that
15,000 be borrowed through bla (mutant
to grease the Louisiana Comrolaaiou witbl
Yea, be bq\ it of Ylrst National l|aok’of
New York* of Uakeyj ibe CasUkr. Well, one
pf the Jay Cooke crowdda at the bead of that
bank./ Do you know that they are making a
wagon-load of mouey dally out of the Treasury
Department lu tbe sain of bonds! An iuvcstf*
palipu of tbe way government money la Iclt on
fleposit lu tbw uipik for utoutb* at a time Will
,explaJu.hoW. next winter you will sue bow. 1
dpU’t tbtyk bp works Hayes fur anything, lie
Is supreme lu hlspwu Department, permit* uo
interference. Yes, sly. be mane the ilangv*
j>ur CuCom-npiue Ulegraubol to-day. Mr.
*£vaft» undoubtedly puuoicd'lluyca uu to in
sisting, V ut fibcruiau did the Job. jlo ain’t
afraid ofwyoody or anything. and bo’* *u able
iu*n,-rwllh (bacxceuiiQOol McCrary, tbe *Ue»t
iu tbe Caplati- Bojdes, bo and liuyc* bare
several apley Ip the Cpitopidlouae who |>o*t
phem, Yes, MejCrofy la . obi aoegy. Uia
word Is worth |U . Weight lu goty—and
lie’* Vot brain*.. ile’s out 7u lowa
uayr. lie won’t *Uy long In tbe Cabinet. You
•ee lowa Republicans dead against Hajcs.
McCrary bus a future, and a big one, lie must
get awar from Hayes, ur it will ruin him. Uuu
ining <iu«er be did. .He' caused.(l suppose
‘Cutupscv’ >vss at tbe bottom of it)
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regiments had bwa honorably engaged to be
stricken from the Army Register. This he mult
explain fully, or the lowaos will 'sit down oo
him.’
“ Yon sav you think Gen. Sherman will be up
for President next time I Indeed, bosn I Sher
man, W. T., the General of the armv, unless all
signs fall, and the groundhog ain’t footed me,
and Dayboll’s arithmetic ain’t gone , queer with
tbs weather, after this Congress will be
an ex-Qoneral of thn army. It will be
sort of hard on the old man, but he
will havo to stand the racket, lie’s got to go.
Ills complaint Is too much brains and month
for this small country, where there sro already
more Shermans In iho field than there Is field
for Shermans. You see 'Cumpsey” Sherman
believes ha Is a great statesman as well as he
undoubtedly was a great General. You recall
In 18U5, at the time of his capturing Johnson’s
army, (he political treaty he entered Into with
him, which was rejected with a howl of indigna
tion the land over. Well, old Tom Ewing, then
In his dotage, Ida father-ln-law, who hod been a
giant intellectually, talked Sherman into that
thing. You see Sherman, an old graduate when
the army was moat all Democratic, and after
wards a teacher In a Southern school, where
politics were of the first Importance and a mao’s
best recommendation, bsa always been Im
bued with tho vilest State's rights doc
trines. In 1873 he got scared. The coun
try was fast becoming Democratic, and the
I’rcsldcntial strife went far toward confirming
this. Cumpsey saw that Democrats didn’t like
soldiers, snd especially the ones that put down
that little Democratic dlvertlsement called the
Rebellion, ana with further alarm ho discovered
that the negro rote South has failed to connect,
and that the Southern Rebels, In the majority
In tho Democratic party, were going to run tho
machine In the future. This discovery doubled
him up like a good square colic. It bit him all
agoc. Ho rallied and wont for his strategy.
Hrother John, high In favor with Haves, woa
the man. Haves was taken In hand by these
hungry brothers and initiated. Cumpsey, as
sooo as Hayes reached Washington (John hav
ing primed him la Ohio the month
before), became his bodr guard. He Im
pressed him with the beauty of reconciliation,
and that .tho soldiers must not la the future
be used as police In the Southern States, and
that the army should be withdrawn from the
State-Houses at New Orleans and Columbia,
and ho convinced him of these things. Tho con
dition In which Hayes has placed tho Southern
Rebel States, as far as their control and future
Is concerned, Is Just the same as they would
havo been if the Shcrman-Johnston political bar
gain had boon carried out in 'os.—that Is. that
the Rebels were to have control of them. Comp
any then talked Haves Into a big Rebel in the
Cabinet, ana dispatched a messenger to Ocn.
Joseph E. Johnston, at Richmond, asking him
to bo Secretary of War. Cumpsey argued this
way: ’lf t can got Johnston at tho head of tho
army ho can hold my head on my shoulders
with his Rebel friends. Resides, ho can tell them
how much they are Indebted tome for the auton
omy of the Southern States In tho withdrawal
of tho army.’ It waa shrewd, but Johnston
did not bile. Yes, this country owes Ocn.
Sherman a debt of gratitude for ids gallantry
during the War, but ho should retire to quiet,
well-earned repose, to bo brought out and fur
bished up on Stato occasions, llko other relies,
that tho people may yell and cheer at him; but
Cumpsey won’t down. Ho rises on all occasions
and says a fow words. I notice tho other day
ho bellowed about non-combatants. He’d bet
ter shut that up, because without tho non-com
batants, who put up the money and backed the
men In tho field, Cumpsey wouldn’t have fig
ured much. A few soldiers such as McClellan
would have ended the war quickly by stooping
It and giving the Rcbs their own terms. Be
sides, there are now ten non-combatants to one
combatant. Nobody can show any difference
between tho present policy of Hayes and tho
political views of Bhcrmau In 1803, as shown In
tho Johnston treaty. No, Gen. Bhcrman will
not bo the candidate of the Republican party In
1680,”
BLAINE’S KEYNOTE.
Full Text of til* Speech llefore the Maine
Convention.
Sin. CHAIRMAN AND FBLLOW.CITIZVNS * The
people of Maine arc distinguished, X think, for
two characteristics; one Is a high sense of
honor, ami the other la strong common sense.
[Applause.] They do not propose with a high
sense of honor to. repudiate any obligations.
They do cot bcliove,wUh their strong common
sense, that stamping a piece of paper creates
value. And they remember a lesson which
can never be forgotten, a single Incident which
covers In Its scope, and. Us m6anlng the entire
greenback discussion. When I had the honor
to enter Congress from an adjoining district,
tners were 1160,000,000 of legal-tenders In
this country, and they were worth
$147,000,000 •fu ' gold dollars. 1 staid there
myself, voting for legal-tender bills until we
had 9550.000,000 of legal-tenders, and tbey were
worth 9145,000,000 In gold. Wo had throe
times as many paper dollars, and the aggregate
was worth 92,000,000 less than when wo began,
and If wo had doubled the amount tbey would
not have been worth anything at oil.
I do not, however, with all due respect to my
honored, valued, und eloquent friend, have the
slightest apprehension of the repudiation of the
grccnbackdollars of this country,not the slight
est. 1 beg to say distinctly that there is noth
ing In the situation to-day, If ho wilt pardon me
for differing with him, to create an apprehen
sion, with sound common sense governing us,
that wo are to travel the road with the National
lugal-tomlcr note that was traveled by the Con
tinental currency of the Revolution. Our fore
fathers Issued 9&l,000,(X)0 of legal-tender paper,
and they did not have over dve hun
dred and tlfty millions of property
In the entire thirteen colonies. [Ap
plause.] To put ua on the same perilous edge
wo would have to pul out 9d<bUd,o(X),ooo of legal
tender paper before we got to the point they
reached. Suppose the Continental currency
had only reached tbo aggregate of 930,000,000,
Is there a man here who believes that with the
victorv end peace of 1783 there would bate
been a solitary dollar left ! There would not
have been a dollar of It loft behind. So that
while 1 agree, and 1 am sure that the great
mass of the people of Maine agree, that an en
larged and lullatcd issue of paper money In
time of peace Is not only unconstitutional but
Is wild and visionary, and would end la the de
struction of the whole mass, Ido not believe
that with a property running up to 950.000,0u0,-
UOU this day, the United States arc (u the slight
est danger of repudiating a solitary penny of
the 9u,OUO,UOd that Is stamped upoa their
honor.
Mr. Darker—Suppose they Inflatol
Mr. Dlaino—Ah! says the Chairman, suppose
they Inflate. That reminds mo that wheu wo
had reached tho point In 1801 of H00.00U.000
legal-lenders In circulation and $50,000,000 of
reserve, and tho danger of rapid depredation
was such that wo were on tho road toward the
Continental result of the Revolution, the Con
gress of the United States, speaking fur you
and lu your name, speaking to Us creditors of
both Continents and all nations, said, aud put
on your statute book, that the amount of legal
tender notes Issued and to bo Issued should
never exceed 1400,000,000, and 1 charge the
Ureenboek agitator not only with standing ou
an absurd and visionary theory, not only with
Hying in tho face of tho experience of all
nations In all centuries, but I charge him with a
still more serious and still tgore flagitious
courso of action. I charge plm with inviting
vou and me to violate a solemn, and repeated,
unit emphatic pledge given by this Nation In
urtlculo mortis, as we thou (eared, given with
as sacred a will as tho man who, in drowning, to
save himself from destruction beneath the
waves, should say, “Save me and 1 will keep
this pledge.”
The United States, In Us hour of peril, said to
tho whole world, wo want vour treasure ; we
are in a struggle for nationality and existence;
we will give you our bunds, and we pledge you
uu tho honor of this great nation, speaking
with unanimity through both branches of
Congress, all parties and all sections, we pledge
you we will so entirely protect the currency in
which our obligations ■hall be paid that we will
never penult tha amount of legal-tender cur
rency to be Issued lu exceed $400,000,000, I
charge the Greenback agltalur, standing sale ou
the soil of the country, beneath Its flag, saved
by an honorable Pledge, that he tu-day asks
you and me to joiu with him lu violating that
.pledge.
Hubert llarlln—Wc shan’t do It.
Mr. Rlahw—The people uf Maine will never
do It,—uaviT, never, never, ’
808 INGERSOLU
' 1 Spttiat tHipqtch to tht TViSuns.
Ngw Yokk, Aug. 4.—Co\. Hubert 0. Ingersoll
sailed from New York’yesterday with' bU.’.wlfo
and twadaughters. Ho will return at tno end
of September, and begin bla IcCturo tour at once.
Mr. Jautes Uedpath baa engaged him for 100
mubta fur f 25.000 and expenses. Cul. Ingersoll
will deliver only literary leelure* : under this
contract, and be goes to Scotland fbr tha sole
purpose of obtaining material* foa a lecture on
Jlobm liurns, the poet. Tula lecture will be
delivered lu Chicago evly : fu the season.
An Economic^*'MloUter.
The conduct of our BlioUtor to Brutl, tlio
llou* ilcory W. UiliUxil, tnjri the Cluciuuiti
L'ummtrcial, abow« Uut he boa at leajt tbu ayirit
of ciouomy. IIU aalarv U $13,000 a year; aud
ho ha* ouo room, lu which ho alccpi, drcaaca,
aud traoiicta busiuca#, Lccplu/ UU cspvuac*
within $3.50 per dav. In going about the city
ho takes the second-class street-cars. Such are
the stories told In’ American residents, who do
not approve of Cirll-Scrvlce reform so far aa it
has been made manifest to them. The President
should remove Hilliard, and appoint Dennis
Kearnej.
DERBY VS. SALISBURY.
Extracts from the Detmte In the lloase of
Lords on Jaly 18.
Lord Derby—When I quitted tha Cabinet in
the last days of March, I did so on account of a
decision at which It had arrived, viz.: that It
was necessary to secure a naval Station In the
eastern nart of the Mediterranean, and that for
such purpose it wss necessary to seize upon and
occupy tha Island of Cyprus, together with a
point on the Syrian coast, and that was to be
done by a secret expedition sent out from Ko
gland, with or without the consent of thcjSultan,
although, undoubtedly, a part of the arrange
ment was that full compensation should bt
made to tbe Sultan for any loss ot revenue
which he might sustain. Now, ray Lords, 1 will
not argue In detail against the ‘scheme,
but X will oolr now ssy that 1
cannot reconcile It to toy conscience,
either os a matter of Justice or policy, in time
of peace and without the consent of the Sultan,
to bo a party to the seizure or occupation of
hit territory by a friendly Power. [Opposition
cheers.] Nothing, to my mind, except abso
lute necessity, could Justify such an event, and
no such necessity wax cither alleged or could
be proved. Mv Lords, I believe, that If the
step had been taken when It was llm determin
ed upon, U would have startled Kliropc. It
would undoubtedly have thrown Turkey Into
the arms of Russia, and It would have brought'
about precisely the complications which fur
months before we had been doing our utmost
to avert, and which mv noble friend claimed
credit for efforta in averting. Undoubtedly
it would have been followed by a Russian army
entering Constantinople. It Is more
than three months since T ex
pressed a fear which, judging from
subsequent events, docs nut seem to have been
unfounded, that the Government were not
merely drifting but rushing Into war. [Hear,
hear.] I endeavored at the time to Induce the
Government to reconsider their decision, and 1
am heartily glad that that unfortunate resolu
tion was modified. 1 need hardly say that my
ilos were closed on that subject so long as the
negotiations were going on. [Hear, hear.] I
have the most extravagant and Improbable
reasons assigned for mv retirement, hut now
time tbe matter has been settled, and there Is
no harm to be done by stating what Is merely
an historical fact, I thought I owed It to myself
to avail myself of the discretion which Is always
given to on outgoing Minister to state what my
reasonswero. [Hear, hear.] As the occupation
has now taken place with Uie consent of the
Sultan, no doubt tbe great objection which I
entertained Is largely mot. . . .
lord SALisuunr’a dxnial.
Lord Salisbury—Now, my Lords, 1 go to tbe
Island of Cyprus. In respect to that island, w o
have the advantage of some more revelations from
the dark interior ot tbe Cabinet.* la fact, when
ever mv noble friend speaks be has some reve
lations to produce, and ho brings out la Install
ments everything which has occurred in that
fata! cave. The same objection occurs to me la
regard to my nobiotrlenu as was made to Dr.
Oates, os be was bringing out successive frag
ments of the plot, when be wss taunted with
out having brought out some portions of it be
fore. Ou being asked the question, Dr. Oates
replied that he did not know bow mach tbs
Jubllc would endure. [Cheers and laughter.]
ventured to point out on a previous occasion
that there is “a great inconvenience In these
revelations from the interior ot the Cabinet.
Of coarse my noble friend Is at liberty to
treat these matters in the wsy be does,
but 1 would uk him to consider tbo po
sition in which bo places himself. Ido not know
whether ho desires to announce to every person
who may hereafter succeed him la the Cabinet
that he must bo prepared to have everything re
produced. In the present case 1 can only say
that the statement which my noble friend made,
to tbe effect that a resolution had been come to
to take tbo Island of Cyprus and a position on
the coast of Syria by a secret expedition, and
that that was the ground on which ho left tbe
Cabinet, Is a statement which, so far as mv
memory goes, la not true [Oh I obi and "order"]
—well, U not correct.
Lord Derby—l wish to ask whether my noble
friend intends to impute that 1 have btated that
which is nut true! [Hear.]
Lord Granville—l wish alio to express a hooo
that whatever statement tbe noble Marquis
makes will be In accordance with The practice of
this House, and that he will nut use unpar
liamentary language. [Opposition cheers.]
Lord Salisbury—The only answer 1 huyo to
give is that the word I used did not necessarily
San Imputation on tbo voracity of tbe
er. .
' Lord Selborno—What I to say It la not true I
Lord Salisbury—l substituted tbe words
11 not correct," and I certainly Old not ioteud to
cast any Imputation on tbe veracltyof my noble
friend, but I wish to say that this Is not merely
uiy own view,—if it was. 1 should have more
hesitation In putting It forward. 1 may state,
on behalf ot my noble friend, tbo Prime Minis
ter, the Lord Chancellor, tbo Secretary of State
for India, the Chancellor of tbe Exchequer, tbo
First Lord ot tbe Admiralty, the flume Secre
tary, and my noble friend the President of tbe
Council, that the statement msdo by tbe noble
Karl lately tbe Foreign Secretary, la not cor
rect. . . •
TUB CIIAHOB RBITBRATXD.
Lord Dcrbr—-May 1 be allowed u iron! or two
of exolanatlon upon a personal matter! My
uoule friend who has Just spoken has made a
statement which bears upon myself. While X
readily accept the correction of his words, when
he said that be Intended to charge me with
nothing more than a want of accurate recollec
tion, 1 think that ths meaning of the language
which he used carried him couslderably beyond
that point. Hut, my Lords, 1 take no notice of
anything which baa fallen from my noblo friend
which his deliberate Intention and Judgment
would not support. What I have to deal with
Is the question of accuracy, and 1 am bound to
say that 1 distinctly and positively re
peat the statement which 1 made os to
what passed. One knows that business of the
kind which wo have been discussing is never
put upon paper, and, therefore, there may be
room for considerable confusion and am
biguity. Dut when 1 retired from tbo Cabi
net I did so under the Impression—which 1
still bold—that the decision of the Cabinet
was what X stated a short time ago. That de
cision may have been mudlHed In various ways,
and some ipembors of the Cabinet may not
have given It their absolute sanction; but i
have stated whet passed to the bust of my
ability. That i am sure your Lordships will
be ready to admit. [Cheers.] 1 have only
two remarks to make. The tint Is that as tins
was the decision on which 1. left.the Cabinet,
it is not likely that! would forget it; and the
next is that I may be able within a few hours
to produce a memorandum of what X under
stood to be the policy of the Cabinet.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS.
Nbw York, Aug. d.—Arrived, tuo Ancboria,
from Glasgow.
Boston, Aug. 4.—Arrived, the Batavia and
Bavarian, from Liverpool.
London. Aug. 4.—Tim steamship* Bt. Lau
rent ami Lessing, from Mow York, nave ar
rived ouL .. *
New York,* Aug. {.—The steamship, CUy
Chester, ou dry-dock for the bast week receiv
ing a new propeller, left toHlsy for .LWof pool
with a large passenger Hat. Among th^,. prom
inent passengers were James A. KcUlfly, - Agent
oi MclUorv, the English railway, uiaguate, the
Uev. S, T. ITUs, umj Daulsl K. Beatty.
’ CHICAGO FIRES.
Tbo alarm from Box 018 at 5:45 yesterday
afternoon was caused by a Are in the two-story
frame bouse No. 209 Mohawk street, owned and
occupied by Joseph 11. Meyers. Damage, $lO.
Cause, a child settles tire to a bed.
The alarm from Box 131 at B:4Slast evening
was caused by a fire In the residence of D. J.
Ureghoru, No. 410 Twenty-fourth street. Cause,
a curtain catching tiro from a light.
pz.Gov. Fomas' Affliction,
1 Ex-Got. Furnas, of Nebraska, bad a baud-
Rome /ano 1b wblea be took great delight*.' but
bu found It a too great burden, and »u obliged
to sell it. He has also sold bis town-residence.
These are bis expression* of regret at tbe tnU
tortuue: “ For sixteen long, long .rear* hate 1
struggled to malm these two homes. : It was toy
awbltlooso barctlio largest and best orchard
god nursery lu the btato; and I bad
pUabed my aim. bad just beguu to reap the re
word or my Incessant labors, and now It Is my
misfortune to have it turn from mei I tell you
cgudialy, next to tbe death or in v children, Ibis
la tbe saddest aUlletlou of uy life.’ 1
Tbe Harbor* of Cyprus.
’ Tliore are many lolly ysebtsmeu Id tbe Jlouj#
of Commons who have truiscd uo and down the
Hcdlternipefln. and, wheu the cession ol Cyprus
was auuouhvhd, they knew befuru Uw Ministry
suspected it that there was not u harbor on the
Island, blr Alexander Gordon asked, would
Government place a chart lu the library showing
the harbor of Cyprus) At LhU there was a titter.
Mr. Ki'crlou qullu ehecrfully, and as If be did
not see tbe trap, replied that a chart had already
teen huug lu the rcaJiug-rowm. Then Sir
Julian Coldsmld let the cat out of th*
completely. “ Will the honorable c ,.,nu ?
man aay that thera is any harbor a i lii
In the island 1" This time there Wn ,
round of laughter and cheers. Mr. Egcrton hi i
to admit that, as he put It, •• technically,” n.' *
was no harbor; bnt ho added (in doleful at,,,]
cetlc tones), “ There are three good nnchur.v-r*
from which It Is always easy to land.” a *'h7
ot “ Not Bo> not .0,” (mm
yachtsmen. right and left of the clin(«-, follow n 7
by renewed peals of laughter mid dic-rltu.
completed the discomfiture of tho Tr,. a- „‘;
Bench. A harbor can bo made, however al ;
cost of from $5.000,000 to $10,000.00J. j t ,f
alleged that tbe Immediate outlay on Cyprui
in order to effect the Government plans *»,!
Its fortification, will ho about sls,oiX),uk) ni ‘.
that tbe cost of Its military occupation aii.n.
will be over $5,000,000 a vear. An bland win, 9
out a single available harbor will make a ~hC IV
naval station.
THE RAILIIOAES.
TIIK DETROIT «fc MILWAUKEE
The Detroit A Milwaukee Railroad mill en
gages the attention of the courts. Another
phase In the foreclosure cose of this road cameup
a day or two ago, It will be remembered that
nlnc-tcntbs of the bondholders consented lf)
the reorganization scheme proposed by the
Great Western Railway, and, in accordance
with that scheme, a decree of foreclosure and
order ot sale were taken In the Wayne Circuit
Court some time ago. Under this order, the
road U advertised to bo sold next Sentvuibvr.
Sidney D. Miller, solicitor for tho
the tlrat'morteage bonds, fought the (ir f:tt
Western scheme and tbo decrewf the Court hr
which it was to bo consummated. When that
decree had been taken, * A. 11. Slhicr, i,„.
of tho trustees of. the flrsL-inortgttue bond,
gave notice ot an oputal, Air.
acting as bis solicitor. Before this appeal bjj
been perfected, MaJ, Sibley died. The otli-r
trustees, who wore not In sympathy with Mij.
Slbtey, have petitioned tho Court for the a;,,
potntmeut of a successor. Another nulur
under consideration before the .Court «a* t
motion to substitute George il. Luthroit
solicitor for tho flrtt-mbrtguge' trusl'dci lu
.of Sidney I). Miller. Mr. Miller read ti mnuu.
straace against bis removal at this stage of the
case. Judge Baldwin said a client hud a right
to remove his solicitor at any stage of the ca<«
He ordered Mr. Milter to turn over to Mr.
George 11. Latbrop all tbe papers in nls pusbci
slou belonging to tho case.
THE NOItTIIERN PACIFIC EXCUIb
SION.
Bptdal Ditpalch to Thi TXSuru.
Milwaukee, Aug. 4.— lt has been quietly ru
mored Inside of railroad circles for some time
that the Chicago, Milwaukee & 8U I’aul Kail,
roae Company was negotiating for the control
of the Bt. Paul & Pacific Railroad, running from
St. Paul northwestwardly to Breckinridge ua
the Red Blror, with a connection to the North
ern Pacific, and owning a magnificent hind grant
which extends Indefinitely to Manitoba and also
Into Upper Dakota, Montana, and Idaho. J hat
Inis treaty Is la successful progress is Indicated
by the fact that a party of Milwaukee capital
ists, Including Alexander Mitchell. John Plank
inton, Mayor Jotiu Black, and Harrison Lmill
ion, accompanied by John C. Uault,
Assistant General Manager of the St.
Paul Road, and by distinguished mon
eyed men of Chicago and New York, will
to-morrow start on a tour to the Northwest,
oyer the St, Paul Lines, and from St. Paul over
the St, Paul and Northern Pacific Hoads. They
will extend their journey down the Red River
of tho North to thu British Possessions, and
westward to tho terminus of tho North Pacific,
and wilt thoroughly explore tho resources aui
railroad capacities of tho entire country in
that direction.
EXPECTED COMPLETION.
Sptdai iXtvalen to TA* lYthunt.
ISDIANAPOU3, lad.. Aug. 4,—Thc Directors
of the Cincinnati, Hockport & Southwestern
Railroad bavo determined to complete the road
from Jasper, Dubois County, to tho lino of the
Ohio & Mississippi Road, lu Orange County, the
original northern terminus. The work la ex
pected to be done by November.
ITEMS.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Is reported to have closed a contract lor about
20,000 tons of steel rails at $44 per ton. The
order is divided between tho North Chicago aud
Cleveland Mills. This is a very targe order
for a completed road In a good state of main
tenance, such as the Chicago, Burlington <k
Quincy always has been.
Tho tics for the proposed extension of the
Southern Mlnncsoto Railroad from Fairmont to
Jackson have nearly ail been received from the
Wisconsin Valley rood, and the work will go
as fast at possible. It Is probable that tho line
will be pushed westward another twenty-live
miles to Pipestone Quarries and to a connec
tion with the Sioux City road this fail.
The Indianapolis Journal says: '* Tho effort*
of the Chicago & Alton HoadTo get a portion
of the stock traffic east from SI. Louis have
created difficulty wlth.thc other lines oat of rfi.
Louis and brought on cutting of rates. The
Indianapolis & at. Louis, tho vsmiallu. uud the
Toledo & Wabash wore willing thu Chicago £
Alton should take its share of the live-stock lur
the Chicago market, but objected to allowing It
a portion of tho Eastern tralllc. The mutl«r
was referred to a committee, which has been
unable to adjust tho diillcultles, and tho 4 live
stock war* Is becoming more fierce than ever.
The Chicago & Alton sticks to Its demand, unJ
tho rates have been cut until a cur loaded with
live-stock Is taken from St- Louis to Bulfjlu fm
S2O. Tho contending roads have decided to
select John B. Butcher, thu guncral live-stock
manager of the New York Central, asurbltratur,
and to abide by hi* decision. Some of them
have submitted their claims, and the others will
do so within the next week. Mr. Batcher's re
port will bo submitted to a mooting lie re alter
: to be called."
WESTERN PATENTS.
List of Patents Issued by the Washington
rateat-OUloa to Western Inventors.
ApsciuJ JMtpaieA to Tht Tritium.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 4.—A. 11. Evans A
Co., Patent flollcilors, report tbo following pat
ents issued to Western inventors the post week:
ILLINOIS.
W. ITstkcll. Chicago, peuril-sharponer*.
¥. J. Scybvld, Chicago, Attic-stopper and (sit
John Spencer, Chicago, varnishing machine.
N. a. flilman, Chicago, uut-luvks.
T. O. UowUuUtivr,Chicago, bjdtonUltC'Umps,
U«orgo 11. Uavs. Chicago, flruplscss..i. < •
JJ. W 7 Uurgso, Usllsvifte, graiu-drUls.-m
A. Johnson. Kewaunee, banging wsil-papor.
Harvey Packer, Sandwich, coru-siivllers.
A. B. Warren, AtUs. hedge-olsshtua machine.
A. 11. & Jl. H. Wbktealdo, Oaargs, harrows.
It. Augleums, Itockford, shoes.
11, L. Uttxisr. Aurora, brooms.
JuhnUrclg, Morris, gales.-
W, 11. Watson, Tunica, metallurslc furnaces.
J. T. Uycrsou, Chicago, boilor-lron (trade-mark).
WD»CONII*.
Joseph Ellis sod C. Kobmsoa, EauClslrs, plow
clevises.
J. 11. fluptrsss, Janesville, hackles.
A. Oscar, Jsuesfills, trsca-burkks.
V. A. Ualcb, jUngUam, rtoor-tenthhers.
K P. L. flurstall, Milwaukee, burglar-slana.
A. If. Hog, Usclae, animal traps,
f, L. Mahan, iUydeld, healers, sic.
UUmtUAN.
O. H. Ames, Adrian, car-couplings-
K. W. Uickmsu. Lake. Ors-orouf rooSng.
William Alger, Grand lUpids, current and liJi
U. l>. Bdmoodston, Detroit, spectacle-frames.
O. N. Maher, Albion, putting tools.
MIMNBSOTA.
P. O. Franks. «h Paul, skates.
li. c. Hicks, floss Township. road-snrinca,
J, M. Kuyea, PI. Cloud, stump-extractors.
tows.
W. H. Briggs, Tamars, horio-collars.
M. «. n. Kluar,' Victor, aevd-dropper*.
INDIANA.
William Wltthoft, Indianapolis, odmblnsd am
chair and ladder.
, u. 6. Constant, Dremsr, grain-separators.
. J. 11. Dsgds, Terrs Hauie, car-movers.
T. McYaely. Union City, mlJUioue-diusaers,
M. Jarrali, Tpprotuwu, plow.coiu.-rs,
' 1 • ' , NBUUA9NA.
9, 7. PcJlowi, Weeping Water. typs-wrltsra.
' A Yarn ft* tbe Marines*
■ A Strange Story of the ssa U told by a Captsiu
Just arrived at New York, HU Teasel, tbe Alu
h*h*d. took (lire when two waaka ouv-bouud
from New York. )iuC**lau«d down Ute batches,
soaked lua decks, end wade for the nearest port-
A large force of men dually extinguished the
lire, but the whole cargo bod to.be lakcu out.
Whjle waiting mere to reload* be revolved ihu
Captain oi tbs coal-laden hew KuglUb ship GUu
Ejlchl. wno bad abandoned bU Teasel at sea ou
Drc. After tbe Allahabad set sail agalu and was
well ou her voyage, she cams up with the Uieit
Erieht still adoal. wiib her coals still burning.
bl)o was abandoned lu December, and found m
April. All that time had she been diiftiug about
the waste of the ocean. Perhaps she is dmlm-T
yet. The wood was all destroyed, but ttio true
null was sound aud tight at last accounts.