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FOREIGN.
Over Five _ Hundred Incendiary
Fires -in Russia Last
Month.
The Emperors of Germany and Austria
; .to Meet in Gastein in ,
■ August.
Saymond, the New York Forger,
Arrested in Condon.
Palis Streets Being Beoiuistened wMi Ee
pablican Barnes.
PRUSSIA.
INCENDIARY VIRES.
Si. Petersburg, July 25.—The Minister of
the Interior reports 3,501 fires daring Jane,
causing damage to the amount of 12,000,000
rubles; SOS of the fires were incendiary.
Further particulars of the fire at Noni Nov
gorod on the 19th of the present month state
that while the fire was. raging fourteen explo
sions occurred in the bazar, killing and injuring
forty persons.
• The< theatre in the Kremlin, at Moscow, was
. burned by the Nihilists.
THE NIHILIST TRIALS. -
Be Cable to Cincinnati Enquirer.
St. Petersburg, July 25.—The Nihilist trials
qre proceeding at KharkoS and Warsaw. At
both places the prisons are full, and the general
drift of popnlar sentiment is so hostile to the
Government that the garrisons have been again
reinforced, and troops line the streets leading
from the Jail to the Court. The convicted will
be sent to Sagbalien and Siberia, —those consid
ered most dangerous to the former and the
‘ others to Siberia. The populace are sullen and
discontented at KharkoS, with the exception of
the students, who have but little hesitation in
avowing their sympathy with the accused.
These students are the sons of residents in the
city and their relatives, who remained after the
University was forcibly closed after the demon
strations of last year.. In at. Petersburg the
Military Governor has reduced the number of
house-porters specially detailed to guard the
streets at night and prevent the placarding of
Nihilist documents. The business depression
still continues, and is aggravated both by the
political situation and the conflicting-news of
. the crops yn Southern Russia.
GERMANY.
MEETING OF EMPERORS.
London, July 23.—The Emperors of Austria
and Germany are expected to meet at Gastein
next month.
SINS FAILURE.
London, July 26.—The career of the Interna
tional Sank or Hamburg, which has decided on
voluntary liquidation, has been one of unbroken
misfortune since the financial crash which fol
lowed the war. Its capital,
LSOO.OOO, has been expended In railways, bank
ing, and load schemes long since collapsed.
MINISTERIAL CHANGES AND THE MILITARY
RAILWAY SYSTEM—TUB IMPOSITION OF THE
NEW CUSTOMS DUTIES.
By tiabU to Cincinnati Enquirer.
Berlin, July 25.—Van Maydoch has been
placed in charge of the Imperial Railway Sys
tem. It has been planned partly in the interest
of commerce, but always with a view to ulterior
military operations, the importance of which is
magnified by the present coolness between Ger
many and Russia, and the prospect fore
shadowed by the press of both countries of a
Franco-Pi ussian alliance. Concessions are also
expected to be made to the prevailing sentiment
in Alsace after the autumn maneuvers. Gen.
Francke, In command of the Imperial Army
Corps, is to be removed. This will make the
appointment of a new Cabinet officer necessary,
pod-it Is-believed Yoitred will be given the
portfolio of the Ministry of Marine.
The new protective 'duties on iron, hops,
petroleum, and tallow imposed by the tariff
adopted by the Reichstag are now in force; -the
additional duties imposed upon coal and wood
wiil be levied In October; those upon flax in
July, 1880, and ail fathers in January, ISStL
FftANCE.
THE TUILLEBIES SHINS.
Versailles, July 26. —1 n the Chamber of
Deputies the motion that the ruins of the Tuil
leries no rfaed was referred to a special com
mittee;
TOO MUCH WATER.
The rivers Aisne and Seine are rising rapidly.
The waters in,the north are subsiding, but the
country is much damaged.
THE PRESS LAWS.
Paris, July 23. —The manager of the Lanieme
(newspaper) has been sentenced to four months’
imprisonment and to. pay a fine of 4,000 francs
lor publishing false mews and libeling public
functionaries.
STREETS RECHRISTENED.
Paris,' July 26. —The Municipal Council has
rebaptlzed a large number of streets, including
the Boulevard Haussman, named during the
reign of the Bonapartcs.
SOUTH A3IERICA.
THE PERU-CHILL WAR.
London, July 26.—Advices from Valparaiso
report that large reinforcements have been sent
to the Chilian army on the Peruvian frontier.
AUSTRIA.
A WEDDING IN PROSPECT.
Vienna, July 25.—The King of Spain Is ex
pected here in August to ask the hand of Arch
dueneu Marie.
GREAT BRITAIN.
FORGER ARRESTED.
London, July 26. —William Fish Raymond,
the New Tork forger, bas been arrested.
A, WELCOME RAIN.
Special Dispatch to The Tribune .
Washington, 1). C., July SO.—There was a
very hear; shower Here tin's evening, which is
the first rain of any moment in this vicinity for
six weeks. The rain fell in perfect torrents,
and has had the beneficial effect of cleaning the
streets and clearing the sewers. Some portions
of the lower part of the city were Hooded, and
In front of one of the depots the water is said
to have been three feet deep. The contractors
for the new sewer in front of- the President’s
grounds bad a large force out in the pelting
rain digging channels so that the water would
sot spoil their work. It is possible that this
rain may prevent the entire.failure of the corn
and tobacco crops, which had been feared.
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.
New Yoke, July 28.—Five hundred and
thirty-nine Immigrants arrived this morning and
started West.
Special Dispatbh tn The Tribune.
Milwaukee, July 26.—Archbishop Heoni
nas concluded the investigation of the charge*
against Father Valiev, of St, Patrick’s Ctmrcb,
and'hia finding completely exonerate* the
reverend gentleman.
FINANCIAL,
t&eiUti Dispatch to The Tribune.
Joue*T, liU Jalf 36.—The trustees of the
estate of B. Martin, of LocKport, the
great-bantro p* . yesterday paid the final and
onlv dividend of :6 per cent which has been real
ized from xbe assets. His total indebtedness at
thertime of the collapse was $212,000. Of this
amount some $12,000 was secured.
CANAL REPAIRS.
Special Dispatch to The Tribune.
Joliet, HI., July 26,—The appropriation
Aade by the last General Assembly for the
preservation of the life of the canal from the
assaults of the railroad companies, gives the
canal- managers courage to undertake needed
repairs witbont fear of not being able to com
plete them.
The repairs now in progress are as follows:
The two locks, Nos. 1 and 2, In the vicinity of
Lockport; of these -all the stonework at each
end Uto be removed. The cost of ibis work
will be between $8,009 and $9,000.
The aqueduct over the Fox River at Ottawa is
to be repaired.. The stobe lor'this work is now
cut at Sanger’s auarrv. The work to be done
will cost about SIO,OOO. r
The aquedact over the Vermilion at LaSalle
is to be repaired at a cost 0r53,000. j
■ The lumber for Doth "of these worka'was
bought last fall at a cost of SIO,OOI The
State owns four repair boats and seven flat
boats.
Siipt. Thomas keeps these in constant and
active service, and is determined, as far as in
his power, to keep the canal in a first-class con
dition-and- ready to- do its share toward ravine
the people in Northern Illinois 8100,000 annually
In reducedfrelghts. :
CRIMINAL NEWS.
ASOTHEU nORRIBLEMURDER.
Special Dlrpatch to The TYitmne.
Atlanta, Ga., July 26.—The city was shock
ed ' this morning br . the Dews that Mr. James
Defoar and wife, a wealthy and well-known
couple living near Atlanta, had been murdered
in their bed. They were assaulted by some one'
.with a heavy as, quil their heads almost sever
ed. The bcd-clotbcs were not disordered, and
the assassin had evidently struck but one blow
for each. He had then thrown the blooky ax
in the fireplace, ani after rummaging over the
house, bad left. Nothing was missing save
Mr. Defeat's boots and a little money..
The boots were found near the house. A
number of tracks made by a barefoot man and a
man with old shoes were found near where the
boots were left. Trained'dogs were put on these
tracks, but lost the trail. A great many parties
are out scouring the woods,'and the detectives
are busily at work. Suspicion has been directed
to two tramps who visited the bouse the even
ing of the murder and insolently demanded
food and money. They were driven off, and it
is now held slipped into the house and made
their way un-stairs, where a muddied bed gives
suspicion that they had suent part of
the night No guess can be made, however,.as
to whv the tramps should have killed these old
people, who were asleep, and who conld have
made no resistance if they had awakened. The
matter is an impenetrable mystery so far, hnt
there are some ugly suspicions floating - about
To-morrow may bring something definite. The
excitement is intense, and, if the murderers are
caught they will have a swift trial and short
justice. '
COOK’S LATEST confession.
' Boston, Mass., July 34.—Charles W. Cook,
whose testimony banged Buzzeil as an accessory
to the murder of Sasau Hanson after he had
been acquitted as a principal, has made another
confession. It will be remembered that Cook
sworcon the second trial of Buzzeil that Buz*
zell first hired him to shoot Miss * Hanson, and
then, when, on the last moment, his (Cook’s)
courage failed. Buzzed threatened to shoot him
unless he fired. Then he shot Miss Hanson as
she sat in a room of her bouse with her mother
and brother. After Buzzell’s conviction. and
sentence to be nausea, Cook made an affidavit
that his confession was perjurr, and bad been
extorted from him by two Boston detectives.
On the strength of this last confession strenu
ous efforts were made to save Buzzell’s life,
without avail. Now that’he is hanged, Cook
has sent for bis counsel to tell him this time the
troth about the murder. He save that Buzzeil
did hire him for SIOO to shoot Miss Hanson, and
that the money was never paid, but that Buzaell
was not with him on the night of the murder,
and that be did not Sec him till daylight next
morning. This Accounts for Buzzell’s refusal
t o deny that be had something to do with the
murder while always insisting' that he did not
kill Miss Hanson.
FINED 9900.
Bpodal Dispatch to The Tribune.
Fond du Lac, Wis., July 26.— George T.
Farmer, of Chicago,has been on trial here for do
ing an illegal insurance business. This case is an
important one, and attracts all insurance men
Atty.-Gen.'Wilson proseuc rl, together with
P. L. Spencer, Insurance Coumissloner,' and
Congressman Gabc Bouck defended. Former
was chaiged with writing policies from his Chi
cago office and collecting premiums without
paying the State license. There are more like
him. His is a test case. The jury found him
guilty without leaving.their seats, and he was
fined S9OO and costs. The city will now sue
him, for the 2 per cent .tax on premiums which
Is devoted to the firemen.
BUSHED UF.
Fall Riveb, July. 26.— The Treasurer of a
mill in the north part of the city, becoming in
volved by speculations in cotton, used the money
of the,mill. It is said that property sufficient
to secure the mill has been turned over by the
relatives, and the allair settled.
The name of the Treasurer involved is George
B. Durfcc, of the Mechanics’ Mills. His total
loss in speculation is about $120,000, but be only
nut up $33,000 as margin. -
ught-fimtEukd gentry. ~
special Dispatch to The Tribun*
Clinton, 18., July 23.—Pickpockets made a
big haul to-day out of the country peonlo who
attended Van Amturoh’s circus. A man named
Cox had a valuable watch and chain taken.'wbile
other parties suffered' the loss of their money.
No clew.
WILL HIE.
Special Dispatch to The ITOuiu.
Grand Rapids, Mich., July 26. —McDonour,
the man whom Thomas Hyst cut so badly on
Thursday night, haj been given up to die, and
probablv will die within afew hours. The crime
occurred in Ottawa County, and the officers there
have been notified to take care of the case.
STARVING HIMSELF.
New Tore, July 26.—Frank Porteilo, the
murderer of Michael Bolander, has not eaten
since be was locked up Thursday. When pressed
bv the Warden to eat, he ronlied,' “Me no eat:
me no care.” Ge still gloats over taking the
life of Bolander.
DECISION REVERSED,
Trenton, N. J., July 28.—The Court of Er
rors and Apneals has reversed the .decision of
the loner Court in the cose ol Mrs Smith and
“Cove” Bennett, convicted of the' - murder of
Policeman Smith, in Jersey City.
A JAILER KILLED.
Clark, Tex., July 36.—A Jailer named Thopa
as Ranqailla was instantly killed by Pedro Gar
cia, whom he was taking to orison. The Deputy
Jailer was severely cut. Garda escaped.
HANGED.
Vicksburg, July 26.— Jlenry Miller, colored,
was banged yesterday at Jobusonville, Sunflower
Countv, for the murder of Henry Murphy,
colored.
CATTLE-DISEASE.
Special Dispatch to The Tribune.
Lincoln, Neb., July 28.—A fatal epidemic
has made its appearance among the cattle of
this vicinity, crincipally among milch cows. The
disease culminates in death at the end of fortv
elght hours. Probably fifty head die every
twenty-four hours. Stringent measures will be
taken to prevent the malady from spreading.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS.
New York, July 26.—Arrived—'The steamship
City of Berlin, from Liverpool.
Queenstown, July 28.—Arrived—The City of
Chester, from New York.
Liverpool. July 28.— Arrived—The Minneso
ta, from Boston.
OBITUARY.
Omaha, Neb., July 28.—The Rev. W. B.
Slaughter, D. D., author of the “Modern Gene
sis,” Presiding Elder of the Omaha District of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, died at his
residence in this citv at 6 p. m., after a abort
Alness. Funeral-Mbnday afternoon.
SUICIDE.
Ex*eA<H DUnalcU tc Dt* Tribune.
uFort Watnb, Ind.. July 26.—Frank Em
. eriefc, nf Cedar Creek Township, hanged him
self last night in a fit. of insanity. He was 23
years old and unmarried.
A Russian Murderer.
LieuL Laudsberg, of the Russian Imperial
Guards, has confessed to bavins murdered Mme.
Viasoff and her servant in SL Petersburg. . The
object of the murder was to obtain from Mme.
Vlasoll a bill of sale which sbe held on his prop
erty. Landsbeir was considered In.SL-Peters-,
burg society to be one of the first bfficersdn the
Imperial Guards. In Prince Mestcbersky’s
History of the RasssoTurkish War,” recently’-
published, his portrait figures frequently in-thei
illustrations of the siege of Plevna, in which bpr
earned'promotion and several honorable die-.'
tinctious.
iSij CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JULY 27.
The Panoche Grande Case Before
the Interior Department.
Another Decision Adverse to the
New Idria Company.
Exports and Imports of Merchandise Dur
ing fhe Past'Tear. .
PANQCEfE GRANDE.
DECISION ADVERSE TO THE NEW IDRIA COM-
PANT
■Washington, D..C-, July 33.—The Secretary
of the Interior to-day rendered a decision in the
long pending application of the Now Idria Min
ing Company of California' for a review of the
Department's decision of 1871, which rejected
their, application for a patent of 480 acres of
mineral land in California. Secretary Schurz
concurs in the decision of 1871, in -holding that
a larger quantity of land is embraced in Ibis
application than was. contemplated or author
ized by law.
By the decision of to-day the New Idria Com
pany, by its purchase of the property, did not
acquire the right to have or take a, patent lor
more'than ICO acres of land.
Following is an abstract of Secretary Schurz’
decision:
After reviewing the previous decisions of the
Department, and proceedings of the Supreme.
Court, the Secretary- says the latter determined
that the Panoche Grande claim was
FRAUDULENT AND INVALID, - '
and that McGarrahan had no richt to any land
thereunder. No action having been taken, by
Congress looking to the further suspension of
proceedings In the case, the Secretary thinks
the application should be taken up, and the
questions involved decided. The first objection
to the application was that some of the neces
sary steps in the case were taken in direct viola
tion df.the orders of the proper officers of the In
terior Deportment, said objection referrinsto the
action taken by the Surveyor-General of Cali
fornia, and Register of the United States Land-
Office at San Francisco in causing the survey to
be made of the tract claimed, and in receiving
application to purchase said mineral lands, and
publishing the notices required by ■ law. Said
survev,* the reception of the application,; and
publication of the notice were made contrary to
instructions Issued by the Department, This
action was very improper, and should have.been
visited with such punishment as the Depart
ment at that fime had the power to inflict. •
The Secretary says he thinks it is clear beyond
a reasonaole doubt that said mineral claim is
not within the boundaries of the Panoche
Grande ranch as described in the petition of
Gomez to the Mexican Governor for the grant,
nor in the decree of the District Court which
was
SUBSEQUENTLY SET ASIDE.
Here follows a description of the tract • bv
Gomez, and the decision of the court and de
scription of the patents to the grams adjoining
said tract. '
- The Secretary concludes that the lands upon
which said mineral claim is located never were
within the limits described in the petition of
Gomez for.the Panoche Grande ranchc, and had
said ranche been confirmed it could not have
been located so as to include said mines.
. The testimony submitted to remove the sec
ond objection of the decision of Aug. 4,15T1,
in so far as it relates to the posting of notice
and a diagram upon the mine, is still defective,
not showing the date upon .which said notice
and diagram were posted upon the mine, and
the date upon which it ceased to remain so
posted.
The objections contained in the last clause of
the decision of August, 1871, relate to the proofs
of the citizenship of claimants and amount of
land included in the application.
The condition of things wnich existed In the
mining district prior to the passage of any act
of Congress on the subject must he taken into
consideration in construing this law. Through
out the whole mineral region, adventurous per
sons bad explored for mineral wealth. In some
instances they bad
LOCATED VALUABLE MINES,
and In order to protect their mines and their
rights thev.had adorned rules, laws, and regula
tions, which were enforced by the miners with
great rigor. In this condition of things the act
of 1806 was passed, and the language used, in
my opinion, fully justified the conclusion that
Congress intended that locations made under
circumstances above mentioned shonld stand. It
they conformed to the rules and regulations of
the'particular mining-district in which the mine
was situated. This view of the law is confirmed
by the provisions of the act of May 10. 1873.
H. F. Pitt, P. C. Collins, and H. Ct. Bal
lenger seem to have thought they could take
under their local rules a tract of
land which would include ,as much in the ag
gregate as they could take separately, 160 acres
for each, and, in pursuance of such understand
ing, made a location embracing 600 acres, which
was subsequently
CUT DOWN TO 480 ACRES.
Secretary Schurz decides that Pitt, Collins,
and Ballehger. as an association of persons, had
a right to locate a tract of land, including 160
acres that bore the kind of ore mentioned in
their local laws, but bad no right to locate any
greater quantity. Their location, therefore, is
voidable as to the excess Included therein.
The decision concludes as follows: “The
New Idria Company could acquire from them
no greater rights than they possessed by virtue
of their location, and by its purchase, thcrctorc,
did not- acquire the right to have or take a
patent for more than 166 acres of land. I must,
therefore, agree with the Department decision
of 1871 in bolding that a larger quantity of
land is embraced in tins application than was
contemplated or authorized by law.” The ap
plication for a reconsideration of the Depart
ment decision of Aug. 4,1871, and the issuance
of a patent to said Company for the tract
claimed, is denied for the reasons stated.
NOTES AND NEWS.
RIGHTED.
Special Dispatch to The Tribune.
Washington, D. C., July 26.— Dr. Cox,
United States Commissioner to the Australian
Exhibition, was entirely successful in the nc
exeat proceedings in Court to-day. It appears
that bis landlord bad spoiled for the writ of ne
cxeat, on the ground that rent was due him; but
Dr. Cox was able to show in Court that he
not only did not owe the landlord rent, but that
he had overpaid him SIOO. The proceedings
evidently were' inspired by malice, and Dr.
Cox starts for San Francisco to-nigiit to connect
with the, Australian steamer. Before leaving
Dr. Cox stated that the nrospects for the
Australian Exhibition were very good. The
United States exhibitors have been awarded
one-tenth of the space, and from 250 to 800
citizens have already made arrangements to be
exhibitors. Dr. Cox will be absent two years.
GRANT MOVEMENT.
Jodge Zettle, United States Judge of Florida,
known as one of Grant’s particular managers in
the South, la here for a few days. He favors a
thorough organization of the South in the inter
ests of Grant.. Judge Zettle’s friends are
strongly supporting him for the second place on
a ticket with Grant.
> caPt. baps
has sent a private telegram here stating that he
has finally decided .to accept the appointment
on the Mississippi River Commission. The
Commission meets at SL Louis, Aug. L ’
EXPOETS ANP.IMPORTS.
Toths Western Associated Press. ,
Washington, D. c., July 28.—The values of
Gxuorts of .domestic" merchandise during the
fiscal vear 187 S were $630,709,285; in 1379, $693,-
834,951. Values of exports ol foreign merchan
dise for the fiscal year 1878, $14,150,498: in
1879, $12,003,792. Values of imports of mer
chandise during the year ending June 80,
$437,051,532; June .30,- 1879, $445,792,141. - The
total value of exoorts of merchandise : for the
year ending June 30,1879. exceeded the value
or imports of merchandise $264,636,602, as
against excess of exports over iranorts the pre
cedin'; year amounting to $257,814,234. Ex
ports of coin and bullion the last fiscal year,
$24,996,641. Imports of coin and bullion, $20,-
293,000, During the preceding fiscal year the
exports exceeded the imports of coin and bull
ion $3,918,81L
STATISTICS OP IMMIGRATION.
The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics fur
®«hes the following information derived,from
official returns in regard to immigration into the
Pbrtof. New York. There arrived at the port
of Isew York during June, 1879, 19,254 passen
geis,*ls,9S9of whom were During
the-corrdsoonding period of 1878 the totalnum-
JperTQf .psbseneers arrived at the pore was 12,-
521,-cf whom 9,506 were immigrants. The ar
rivals during the twelve months ended June 80,
IST9, as compared with the corresponding period
of 1878, were as follows:'-. _
. . 1879. 1878.
Immigrants.. . 99,22-4 - 72,163
Citizens of United States re- o * _ c *
. tamed, ; ... 3G,408 25^/06
Sojourners 6,249 5,1.93
Total
POLITICAL.
IOWA GREENB ACKERS.
Des Moines, la., July 26.—The State Leader*
of this'clty (Democratic), 2 said in its issue to
night that the Marshalltown Greenback *Ciub
State or frhat is known as the Brick
Pomeroy wing of the party, will withdraw Dan
iel Campbell as candidate for Governor
and nominate P. P. Ingalls' in his stead.'
If gives the report./that. Campbell will
voluntarily give way and .that Ingall% wlll.be
nominated.because of being, a stronger man.-
The whole statement on the part of the Leader
is pronouncedby Mr. Welsh', editor of the lowa
Peope, the State Greenback organ, and other
leading Greeubackers here as being wholly un
founded and untrue. The Leader's statement
had its origin in a visit to this city bv GcorgeJl.
Wilson# of Oskalooso, Chairman of the State
Committee of that wing of the Party. Mr.
Welsh and other Greenback leaders here say
that no such thing was talked of. They also add
that the following of Pomeroy as leader Is les- •
sening and growing weaker in this State, al
though the club plan itself Is very popular.
INSIGNIFICANT, BUT IMPORTANT.
Boectal Dispatch to The Tribune.
St. Louis, July 26.—A political event, insig
nificant In itself, but important in Us ocarings,
occurred In St. Louis to-day In the election of a
School Director to fill a vacancy In one of the
wards. A determined effort has been made for
two years to discontinue German in the public
schools, but the study, has been retained by a
ftare majority in the School Board. To-day at
the election the issue was made squarely on the •
, German . question, and the fight was a bitter
; one. Ex-Lieut.-Gov. Charles P. Jobnson was
the candidate ‘in the*, interest of the German
language, A. W. McCann was the Anti-German
and regular Democratic nominee, and there
were two or three Independents in the field.
The result ot the vote was McCann’s election by
a very small majority.
SECRETARY SHERMAN.
Water ville; Me., July 26.—Secretary Sher
man addressed to-day several thousand people,
representing all the counties In this section of
the State. Special trains arrived from Skow
hegan, Belfast, Monmouth, Anson, Augusta,
and all way stations. Various delegations, ac
companied by six bands of music, marched to
the Colby University, where the meeting was
held. On the stand were Senator Blaine and
ex-Senator Morrill.
At the close of his address here. Secretary
Sherman went to Bangor and spoke there in
the evening, Senator Hamlin presiding.
CAMP COLLIE.
The Christina Work Assembly at This
Forest Park on Lake Geneva.
Special nmcatch to -The Tribune.-
Lake Geneva, Wls., July26.— ln a grand old
park of forest-trees, on the brow of a " hill ris
ing a hundred feet above the lake, the speakers’
stand is erected at Camp Collie. The contour
of the ground seems complete in Its adaptation
for an auditorium, the" slope being sufficiently
steep to bring an audience' of twelve hundred
people immediately before the speaker, so that
each listener can hear bis volce distinctly.
The topic for yesterday afternoon was
HA IIP WORKMADE EAST,
by K. A. Burnell, of. Aurora, who said
that, since the day's J the forbidden fruit
was eaten in the! 'Garden of Eden
to the presept hour, hard work has been the
rule, and success alwsys and everywhere has
come from hard work, 'afid hard work only. It
is said that Thomas jef ferson was not once
found In bed at sunrise for a full half-century.
Next to the "Word of‘God is Bunyan’s “ Pil
grim’s Progress,” written in prison at the end
of unmeasured toil," aifd surrounded by the
most adverse circumstances. £libu Burritt,
the learned hla'cbfipi(b l %iqsey'Eminently serv
iceable life has but just/jiosed, was h man of in
domitable bard work, and acquired a real love
for toil. John Wanamaker, the acknowledged
American merchant, loVesdetail and the closest
application. 'He told u|;a few weeks since that
he. was happy in bls . 'work, and felt that
be was horn for business and its care.
The theme is “ Hard Work Made Easy,” and Mr.
Wanamaker is a case that notably illustrates,
indeed to a greater- - degree than any other
known. Nineteen years l ago the speaker first
saw the girlish-faced young man as Secretary of
a T. M. C. Association-Convention in New Or
leans, and heard bis eleifr utterances as he read
the reports of the various sessions. A few
years later is seen the cheerful and contented
face in the midst of all-fhe care of two immense
mercantile establishmentSj and on the Sabbath
the joyful leader of Bethany Sunday-school.
Incur late Ceutcnniai,_,of the week’s stay, the
Sabbath was the day of days because of the 5,000
people looked upon and • addressed at Bethany.
A knife in the pocket never corrodes; lose it
for a few weeks and every blade is rusty. A
farmer’s plow in motion has a smooth and glis
tening mold-board; the wise plowman, when
seeding time is past, carefully shelters his plow
for autumn service. The house when closed
and furniture unused goes more rapidly to de
cay than when in the hardest service of, a large
family of rollocking boys. The carpenter’s
tool-chest seems to have indolence and inaction
written upon every instrument when for
months the" chest is unopened. The fanner,
speaks of the soil as being in good working con
dition; the wood-workman, of his timber, says
it weeks well; the ironsmitb, of his tools and
the metal, they, work well; the founders and
smelters, referring to his ores, they melt well
and mold nicely. Work, work, work is the
watchword in any and -all directions. As wo
look into the animal kingdom where can inac
tion be found! Who has not a thousand
times admired and wondered at the dili
gent faithfulness of a herd of cattle, as
almost unceasingly they feed and feed from
morning to night, and,"in large part, the same
is true of its sheep, whence comes the wool for
our best clothing in the severe winters.
The human bouse in which we live demands
motion; it may be said the more of it the better.
The walking of both men and women the past
few years has shown most conclusively that long
walks and long hours are promotive of health.
William Cullen Brvant, up to his 61th
year could not afford to ride on horse
cars; iu all kinds of weather taking the
long walk both morning, and night between
home and office. • William E. Gladstone, the
worlu’s statesman, chops trees and rejoices in
hard work In bis 70th year, in late journey tags
in tropical climes, Die’indolence, thriftlessncss,
and shlftlessqgss of natives were the noticeable
features. Singapore is said to be the handsomest
spot In the world, and there, In tne bazaars, we
found the natives sellingand eating green cocoa
nuts and some few other native fruits that
grow without cultivation,- and the rich soil re
mains as it has remained for thousands of years,
the raggeu, lazy, unclean, eoppei-eolored sous
and daughters of that charming region leavtagthe
deep, rich soil in its almost endless productive
ness. How otten and with what fitness has the
Divine plan been noticed and commended in the
.Mayflower landing on the shores of sterile New
England rather than in the semi-tropical region
ot New Orleans. The farmer’s son, wearied un
der the burning sun, exc|aims, ‘‘ O father, why
did the Lord allow so many weeds to grow and
make the hoeing such hard work!” “To give
you perseverance and a love for bard work,”
was tlic quick reply. Forty years later this son
returns to the" mountain farm, after having dis
tinguished himself in the great city, to warmly
thank bis father for his early experiences of
hoeing the weeds. There is *no place along
the line of tall where hard work is made easy, in
the true sense, as in the case of the mother
with her lame family ot children,never off duty,
and never complaining. Between the cradle
and the grave there is nothing at all compara
ble to the mother’s love of hard work because
of the undying and unc?Suig love ot the child.
No living man can speak of hard work and in
tense and continuous application to be com
pared with the motner,who is on duty from the
hour of the birth of her child to the moment of
the child’s or the mother’s departure. The
mother ot John and Charles Wesley, who train
ed seventeen" children for most remarkable
Christian usefulness, died at three score and
ten, with the vigor of • many at 50. She was
haunt’ in her work, and with truth it has been
said that she did more for the world than a
score of conferences or a dozen Bishops; The
farmer’s work is never done; the ten or eleven
hours in the field must bo prefaced
1879-SIXTEEN PAGES
ana followed by - the chorea that
consume a loner hour, oftener an hour ana a
half, making fourteen hours of dragging wonc;
when eight hours in the field and the "time ncces
sarvfor chores would give ample opportunity for
reading: and rest,Thus rendering the hara work
bright and cheerful. It Is pitiable to witness
the conflict between capital and labor in our
own and other lands, and the wretched strikes
in so many cities, the strikers always losing,
for the simple reason that It is no true way to
remedy a wrong. Strikingly Is this true ins the;
loug-planned and now in force Fall River strike..
have in'large pari been running on
half and two-thlrds.iime, and the strikers, fam-.
ily after fatntlv, have left the city dishonored
in their trades, with all the expense
of change and months of lost time..
The only.perfect being that has ;i ever walked;
the earth, the Divine Redeemer Himself, said,;
u I am among you as one that servetD.’ He;
took rhe place of* a servant, washed the Dis-«
viplcs’ feet, and has said ;to us, U 1 have given:
you an example thdt ve should do as I have’
done unto you.” The question of the dignity
of labor has long been a settled one, but hard
work made easy and victoiw in ."toil* iff one that
is far from being settled, as the premature
wrinkles on man? faces and the. stoop shoal-;
ders of many mechanics and artisans hear sad.
testimony. Stand erect in the midst of toll;
give the lungs a'chance to admit the pure:
air that is everywhere seeking admission;
afford the blood its .longing opportuni
ty to .freely J course .. its ' way through
the heart and out into the extremities; make
daily use of the abounding water, that, like the j
air, is the freest of God’s gifts, remembering
that “cleanliness is akio to godliness.” How
many times, on late trains, wc have entered our'
own and foreign cities to witness the long row
of six and seven story windows where printers 1
toll all the night long that the multitudes may
early the next morning have the world’s news.
To the printers and policemen, who turn night
intoday, and the groat multitudes who do the.
bard work, may we say that live years on a!
mountain farm, with tnree months of winter
school, seventeen years as apprentice, journey
man, and master-house builder, twenty-two
Tears of a thousand miles per .month travel,
gives forty-four years of hard work, with per
fect health at fifty-five years of age.
.141,031 103,032
TUB SUNDAY-SCHOOL IN ITS DELATION TO OTHEB
M. C. Hazard.ot Wheaton, 111., editor of the
yalional Sunday-School Teacher , gave an ad
dress upon the Sunday-school in its relations
to other agencies, in which he said that man,
in climbing his. genealogical tree, found so
many Smiths and Joneses that he made nphts
mind that be was -related to about all the
world, and so the Sunday-school may
ho - said to be related to nearly
every ■ other benevolent effort. t am
convinced that if the true attention is given to
the children thev. all will be converted to
Christ. Dickens tells of the boy who, when
the policeman told him to move on, replied.
“ I’ve been moving on all ray life, where shall I
move to!” The progeny of’ one bad woman in
New York numbered n'earlyOOOl What an ex
pense to the State, which might have
been saved if that woman bad been con
verted , and her great household of
thieves, murderers, burglars, and villains
turned to good citizens. Five Points, in
•New York City, is a comfortable place in which
to live now, because of the mission-work accom
plished there during the past twenty years. The
outlook for temperance was never so promising
as to day, and the war upon tobacco is in the
near future. The cigar l Is the Devil’s pillar of
cloud br day. and pillar of fire by n ght. The
Sunday-school should be more intimately re
lated to foreign missions. A little girl, when
asked what disposition she made with the
15 cents given her, replied that she ex
pended five cents for candy, five for ribbon, and
five, were wasted upon the foreign missions!
The Sunday-school, in its relation to the church,
is illustrated too frequently by the fact that a
few are called Sunday-school men or women,
when all in the church should not only beTn'the
church but heartily and faithfully engioged in all
the details of its work. The Sunday-school
children should all be in the church services,
and should not say that the ministers should re
member their presence. is it not written twice
"‘Feed rav lambs” with but once “Feed my
sheep”! Is it not now true that the benedic
tion is the most pleasant portion of most church
services!
The programme for each day of the coming
week will be very interesting in' the Christian
Work Assembly at Camp Collie. The’bttehd
ance on Sunday will be large, and many-dis
tinguished workers are expected to arrjye this
evening at the camp. " ; ’
Sunday, 37th msl., preaching by the Key," H.
M. Case at 11 a. m. Song Service, conditcfed bv
H. C. Paddock, at Bp.ro. ■. • j
Mondav, 2Stb, concert at 8 p. m., cohffhcted ,
by fl. C. Paddock, assisted by botfie tsJeh't'-'"' ‘ j
. Tuesday, 2Dth. Bible reading by the 'EavtoH; !
W. George, of Huntley, Hi; ssKer':.’
"Wednesday, 30tb, at 3 p. in.. talk hW-KvA.
Burnell, of Aurora, upon China and tbe-gihi-'
nese. ' • ■ Uteu '
Thursday, 81st, at 3 p. m.', address- by-PrOf.
De Motte, of the Delavan Deaf-Mute-A’syliim,
upon the topic, “How to Make Money afldHow
to Keep It.” - -
Friday, Aug. 1, at 3 p. m., preaching by the
Rev. W. B. Willard, of Dundee, HI.
Saturday, Aug. 3, the International Sabbath
school lesson. - .
Bismarck, D. T., July 28.— A courier arrived
to-day at Fort Buford, two days out" from : Gen.
Miles’ camp, reports the command in camp on
Beaver Creek recuperating. AH the talk about
Miles being in danger of the fate of Custer is
simply nonsense. He has artillery sufficient to
stand them off. He is only in that country as a
patrol, and not as an attacking party. . A
steamer left Bismarck,to-day with commissary
and grain for bis command. Additional troops
will also be forwarded.
Office op the Chief Signal Officer,
Washington, D. C., July £7 —1 a. m.—lndica
tions : For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, partly
cloudy weather, and'no decided change in tem
perature, with southwest to northwest winds,
and slowly-rising barometer.
For the lake reffion, westerly to southerly
grinds, partly cloudy weather, slowly-rising
barometer, and slight chancres in temperature.
For the Upper Mississippi and Lower Mis
souri Valleys, cloudy weather,- westerly to
southerly winds, light rise, followed by slowly
falling barometer, and no change in tempera
ture. ...
The Cumberland and Ohio Rivers will rise,
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.
Tim*. ) Bar, Wind. Vet. Rn . Weather
0:53 ft. HL 29.785 70 68 5.W....*~4 Tin Clear.
11:14 a.m. 28.7 a 79 43 W 10 Clear.
2:00 p. m. 29*745 81 42 W 11 Fair.
3:53 p. m: 20;?43 81 42 w..io Fair. ‘
9:UOh. m. 29.792 75 56 N. W... 4 Clear. '
10:18 p. m, 28.814 74 53 N. W... 4 Clear.
"Martmnm. 82: minimum. 07.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
Chicago. July 26—10:181>. m.
Motion*. .[Far, Ihr. , Wind. _ Haiu^Weather.
Albany 29. 78 64 S. E., light. .88' Lx. rain.
Alpena 120.72 .02 W.,gonile.. .60,Clear.
80i5ec1tv.;..30.02 78 N, W.,fresh Clear.
Breckinridge 28.79 «2 S. W.. treah Hazy.
Buffalo 29.71 72 S.W.,gcn. Clear.
Cairo 28.K5 77 W.. gentle ’Fair.
ChcycDuo.... 3 ».l3 no N.K.. gent. .04 Lt. rain.
Chicag0......*29.8! 71 'Clear,
Cincinnati... 29.83 79 X.W.«il9h» 'Clear.
Cleveland... ,29.78 70 S.,pcntio IClear.
UaveiiDort...l*29.B7 GO N.E., pent ;Clear.
Denver..., v . .sn.U 00 S. E..gent. ....Jcicar.
Dcs Moines .29.89 71 Calm .....[Clear.
Detroit ‘29.74 69 W Gentle ICloar.
Dodge City... 29.58 74 S.E:, brisk.i Lt. rain.
Doluth *29.74 CO W.. fresh... Clear.
Erie ;29.73 71 S.W.,nent, -Clear.
Eacanaba ... 28.75 65 N. K.. fresh'......[Clear.
Grand Haven 29.77 67 W. fresh.;. 1..,. Clear.
Indianapolis..29.B4 76 Calm Clear.
UcoKuk 29.88 73 N.W., light idear.
La Crosse.... 29.81; 68 N.W,,11ghc.!...-.. Clear.
Leavenworth 29.03 74 N.W., light' Fair.
Madison *29.721 6* W., fresh.. Clear.
Marquette ....29-721. 84. Calm .......'...... Clear. •
Memnms 29.44* bu X. \V 1...... Clear.
Milwaukee... 29.791 07 W.. fresh*..*...... Clfear. *
Nashville:... 79 Calm.; JFalr. t
New Organs. 29.931 82 S.W., gea.,; 'Cloudy.
North Platte. 28.03! 59 S. E.. fresh .02, Clear.
Omana 28.851 71 W.,fresh... ......iClear.
05wez0....... 28.73;* 69 S., gentle.. ! Clear.
Pembina 20.69 .01 S.r-gentle..i ,19‘ilazy.
Plociie..' > 75 V. \v„ fresh;......[Clear.
Pittsburg.....
Port, Huron. 29.71 70 W.Jresh... Clear. •
Rochester.... 29.71 70 S.W.,light. Fair. .
Sacramento...29.Bß 74 S,, irosh. Clear!
Salt L*lce 73 X., fresh... Fair.
San Francuco aj.HI as S. W.,fre3h; Fopgr.
Shreveport... 09.93 : 79. S„ light. Fair. -
St. Louis uu.uu 75 N.\v.,tresh Clear.
SL Paul .. C 7 S.W.,fresh. 1 ;.. Cloudy.
Toledo 109.77 73 W., gentle.;. F«lr.
Vlctcsoarg.-... 29 98 so Calm.-. ;...... Clear.
Vlrglula City 09.81 S 3 s. K-. freahl Clear.
Wlnncmucca 09,98 Tl K.. Ire-.1i... 1 ■ Clear.
Sprlugfleld...'o9.9a T-* W..gentle ■* 'Clear.
A Coon-Hnoter's Estimate.
Anderson (3/b;) Xetes,
They tell a characteristic story of our friend,
Mai. Walter Taylor, of Jefferson County, Ken
tucky, who;.besides being a nephew of one of
tlie Presidents of the United States and a hos
pitable Kentuckian, Is also a great cdon-hanter.
A lew years ago the Major- had - a Qno piece of
land near the city, which he desired to sell. He
told a friend about it, who remonstrated with
him, and said: “ Why, Major, you ought not to
think about selling that property now; ItwHl
be very valuable some day.” ‘‘Valuable the
devil,” rended the Major, {jtl’ve not caught a
coon off of that land lor ten years.”
AGENCIES.
INDIANS.
*Miles Heard From.
Special THevatch to The Triburie.
THE WEATHER.
THE RAILROADS.
Proposed Reorganization of the Indian
apolis, Cincinnati & La
fayette. '
The Kansas City Passenger Bates
Again Break Down.
The Hew Railway O’ossification: How in
force in lowa,
INDIANAPOLIS, CINCINNATI <6 LA-
FAYETTE. ' c •
The affairs of the Indianapolis, Cincinnati,*
Lafayette Railroad Company have for a long
time been in a state of bankruntcy under a load
of indebtedness. In order to relieve the corpo
ration and place it in a solvent position a reor
ganization is proposed, with a funded-debt of
*7,500,000 first consolidated 6 per cent bonds,-
due in 1919, to be secured equally on the entire
line of road from Lafayette to with
all equipments and property and *4,000,000 in
capital stock. The following classes of bonds
arc to be exchanged for the new bonds at their
face value: ’
IndianadoHs & Cincinnati 7s, 522*522
Cincinnati & Indfanaopli* first 7s, 189— • 600
Cincinnati & Indianapolis second 7s,
1882-87-92...: ... 1t.501,000
Ftfnded coupon bonds. • **,uw
Indianapolis, * Cincinnati & Lafayette
7s, 1897 2.800000
■Funded coupon bonds <y » uuu
Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette ,
equipment 7s, 1883 362,000
Total.; ..$6.885,000
New bonds to be issued. 7,500,000
Surplus of bonds... --8 615,000
The other securities are as follows:
Indlananolls, Cincinnati A Lafayoite _ -
7s of 1869. $2,087, ,o 0
Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette ,
funded debtTa 1,419.300
(In this latter is included the preferred
stock)' 1 * 1 - -
Common stoc& 5,587,150
The above-named 7s of 1869 are to receive 70
per cent of their face value in stock, and the
funded debt 7a (or preferred stock) 40 per cent.
The balance (1615.000) of new bonds above, and
tne remaining $2,029,045 ol stock,is to be offered
for three months, aa follows: To the 7s of 1859,
10 per cent in bonds and 30 per cent of stock for
10 ; per cent cash*; funded debt 7s, 20 per cent
bonds and 60 per cent In stock for 10 per cent
cash: to the common stock, 3 per cent bonds
and 6 per cent in stock for 2 per cent cash.
If not taken to three months it will bo offered
pro rata for thirty days to prerious purchasers
It should be remembered .that “funded debt
7s” and preferred stock are practically the same.
The Purchasing Committee have issued a circu
lar stating that the success of the agreement
for reorganization of this Company has been
assured bv rhe assent in writing of the majority
of the holders of the two classes of bonds re
quired, namelv, the bonds ot 1869 and the fund
ed debt bondsj and all the parties are requested
to send in their bonds. The common stock has
only six new shares for 100 of the present
and', to secure this SIOO cash must be paid on
each 103 shares, for which a SIOO 6 per cent bond
of the Company will be given.
THE KANSAS CITY MUDDLE.
The railroads are now paying about $100,003
per annum to Commissioners, Arbitrators, and
thetr clerks to have them see to It that the tariff
rates are maintained and to settle all existing
difficulties. But for all the good that is sccom-
Dlished bv this outlay, the money might just as
well be thrown in the street. The railroads re
eive .the orders and pronnnciamentos.of the
Commissioners and Arbitrators, and quietly file
them away without taking any farther notice of
them. Only a week or so ago the passenger
rates from Kansas City were ordered to be re
stored by Commissioner Fink on the
basis of $24 from Mississippi-River points
to New York. But the Kansas City
rates are again being cat, jast as
if no such orders Dad ever been given, or as if
Commissioner Fink and the three great arbi
trators at SIO.OOO a year each were not in exist
ence. Tickets are again being sold from Kansas
City to New York for $10.50 and to Baltimore
f0r"513.50. Another order from Commissioner
Fink restoring the rates will no« be in order.
IOWA CLASSIFICATION.
The Executive Council of lowa has fixed the
following classification of the raHroada o£ that
State for the year beginning July 4. It is .as
follows:
Class A—Chicago. Darlington * Quincy, Chicago
& Northwestern. Chicago. Hock Island & Pacific,
including also the Keoknt * Des Moines, Kansas
Citv, St. Joseh & Council Bluffs. This includes
all roads with gross earnings over $4.000 per mile
vearly. ■
■ Class B—Burlington. Cedar Rapids * Northern,
Central of lowa, Illinois Central. This inchidea
all roads earning over 53,000, hut less than $4,000
per mile.
Class C—All roads not included in classes A and
B; that is, earning less than 53,000 per mile - .
Roads in class A are authorized by law to
charge threo cents per mile; in class B, three
and one-half - cents: and in class C, four cents,
for adults, and one-half the rates for children
12 years of age and under. Each passenger is
allowed ordinary baggage, not exceeding In
weight 100 pounds. " .- /
DES MOINES & MINNEAPOLIS.
Sveciat Dispatch ta The Tribune. .
Des Moines, la., July 26.—A dccd of convey
ance was filed for record here to-day on'the
property of the Des Moines & Minneapolis Nar-'
row-Gange Railroad to John B. Allen, of Bos
ton, that Martin L.‘ Sykes, Trustees for the
bondholders, lor $408,000, on the road to Cai
lalau, the present terminus, and $1,126,000
when the road reaches the State line. The attor
ney denies that be is a stockholder in the<Chi
cago & Northwestern Road.
ITEMS.
Mr. Charles N. Lee, formerly Superintendent
ot the Hannibal & St. Joe Railroad, has been
appointed Western Passenger Agent of this
road, with headquarters at Kansas City, vice JEL"
D. Price, transferred. ’ "
The Chicago & Alton Railroad is continuing
to do an immense business, and the remarkable
increase of earnings during the last few mouths
Is not only keeping no, out is continually im
proving. 'The increase ©learnings of this road
during the last week over the corresponding
week of last year is $87,000.
Mr. R. A. Parker, General Superintendent ot
the Pennsylvania & New York Canal and Rail
road Company, has sent a circular to the Gen
eral Superintendents of the various roads in
this city, informing them that forged letters
applying in his name for passes have been, sent
to several roads. He therefore warns them to
be on their guard. These forced letters, so far
as known,•» have been written on paper having
the words “R. A. Packer. L. V. R. R.,” printed
in script in the npner left-hand corner. Some
of these letters have been secured, and the
passes Issued on them recovered. The, forger
has been arrested, and is now under indictment.
It is not known how many such letters have
been written, but Mr. Packer requests that it
any have been received bv any railroad manager
during the last six months in the form de
scribed or otherwise to send them to him and
advise him what action has been’ taken upon
them. '
The Omaha Journal of - Commerce has the fol
lowing in regard to the cuttle drive of 1879:
The cattle drive 'of the present season from
Texas and the southwestern ranees is placed at
250*000 head. From Montana and Oregon par
estimate places the crlrc of 1879 at 100,000 head.
The drive of Texas and Indian Territory cattle and
ponies reaches Ogallala in Jane towards the latter
part of the month and continues to arrive-daring
July. Kansas was formerly the northern limit of
the drive* and this gave to Kansas City a consider*
able advantage as a market, but the proportion of
the stock remaining in Kansas is yearly decreas
ing, while that of Nebraska and Wyoraingis nn
nnallv increasing. At Ogaliala on the Union Pa
cific Is now fonnd the great cattle rendeivous
which formerly ended at Abilene on the Kansas
Pacific. Our advices from Otrallaia are not np to
date. Data week since the.arrivals had* reached
7-\OOO bead, and it is fair to estimate them at
100,000 head for this point alone. BwldeaUhe
Texas drive, the mountain drive of 100.000 bead
will reach the Union Pacific, and this route' Will
become the greatest stock thoroughfare in
the world. The demand for fecderaln Nebraska
and lowa is already very great, ago the Omaha
live-stock market is soon to become an important
object of interest between the rival Chicago and
St, Loots lines, when the new Wabash and St,
Loais lines reach Omaha. t , :
Cause of the War Between Fem and Bolivia*
The war between Peru and JJplivia on the ooe
side and Chill on the other; which is now ad
mitted to be a decisive struggle, for supremacy
between the two chief Powers op the west coast
of South America, attracted av the outset so
little attention that a brief account, written by
a Prussian officer living in the. events
which immediately-occasioned the outbreak of
hostilities may lie useful. The Irontier line, be
says, between Cnili snd Bolivia baring never
been exactly and definitely Intel down, both
countries have, since 1838* claimed as their pos
session the portion of the desert of Atacama
lyipg between the twenty-third and twenty
forth degrees of south latitude. For m a £.
years, however, neither country took ant sieta
to enforce their asserted rights; but aftcra
time the discovery of vast saltpetre fields and
rich silver mines in the disputed district led
each State to advance its claims with
increased vigor, and to hint at a poZ
Bibilily of the employment of armed fortT
The threatened hostilities were, however*
averted for a time by the conclusion of a corl
vention, which; eo.ired to Bolivia the adminlstia
tion of the territory between the twenty-third
deg. and twenty-fourth deg. of latitude, on
condition that all revenues yielded bv the said
territory should be divided between Bolivia and
Chili, and that all Chilian capital employed in
the disputed district should remain nntaied for
twenty-five years. 1 -Suddenly Bolivia, beset by
internal financial difficulties. Imposed a heavy
tax upon the export of saltpetre without con
sulting Chili, and shortly afterwards declared
all the saltpetre-fields to be the property of the
Bolivian Government. The nrotests ol Chill
were unheeded, and conseqnenti; the latter
country finally occnnied with an armed force the
territory adjacent to her northern frontier aa
far north as the 23 dee. of latitude. Thereupon
Bolivia declared war against Chili, and then it
’was found that the former State and Peru had
been bound in an offensive and defensive alii,
aoce since 1872. Pern hastened to complete her
preparations for war; declined, in reply to a do
maud Dy Chili, to bind herself to remain ueo
tral; and consequently Chili felt herself com
pelled to declare yyar against Pern.
TIRES.
IN PHILADELPHIA
PmtADELPniA, July 29.—The Pennsylvania
Railroad freight depot at Delaware avenue and
Walnut street is bnrned. The loss to tht
freighters is not known yet.
AT KALAMA, W. T.
San Francisco, Cal., Jnly 28.—A fire at
Kalama, W. T., last night burned Patterson’s
Hotel, the railroad sawmills, and a number of
stores, saloons, and other buildings. Loss esti
mated at *75,000. ;
CHICAGO.
The alarm from Box 551 at G :25 last evening
was caused by a fire In a hay-shed in the rear of
No. 863 West Madison street, owned by Abcer
Taylor. Damage, $25. Cause of fire unknown.
WEEKS TS. THE “NEWS.”
A Question of Veracity.
Some days ago the Neva charted directly
that the cause of Assistant-Superintendent
■Dixon’s discharge was that Mayor Harrison
had seen him take money corruptly, etc. A
few days later the Mayor denied, exolicitly,
that he had ever said anything of the kind or
that any such consideration had had anything
to do with Dixon’s dismissal. Therefore the
Jfma of yesterday had the following:
A few days aao the vaihj h'etet gave publicity to
a local item in which it was stated that Mayor Uar
rlson had seen ex-Deonty Superintendent of Police
Joseph Dixon, and a detective named Lansing, re
ceive money from criminals for corrupt purpose!.
Since then the Mayor has seen At to deny the troth
of this statement. It is dne to ourselves now to
state that the item was not published in order |p
create a sensation, or for the purpose of injuries
the reputation of the gentlemen whose names.were
mentioned in connection with it. Our information
came from a presumably very reliable source, and
tn inch a way that we felt at liberty to publish it.
In order that we may be rightly understood it be
comes necessary to say that our informant was
Mr.' Harvey T; Weeks, partner, adviser, intimate
friend,- and right-hand roan of the Hon. Carter H.
-Harrison, -Mayor of Chicago,—a gentleman whose
relations with the Mayor are of snub a character
that be would be aot to know what be waa lairing
abont. It is not onr desire to arag Mr. Weeks into
this matter, but we do not propose to allow the
impression to prevail that this paper poblubes
inch matters without having such good authority
for them, as Mr. Weeks might reasonably be con
sidered to be in this case. If Mr. Harrison told
Mr. Weeks that he saw money paid to Mr. Dixon,
and Mr. Harrieon’s statement waa not true, or tf
Mr Weeks lota the Daly Neat that Mr. Harrison
saw moaey paid to Dixon by criminals, w.tbont
proper authority, these gentlemen are welcome to
set themselves right before the public through tne
columns of .tbiis paper, -
A Tbibujtx reporter called upon Mr. "Weeks
last evening to see what he had to say upon the
subject. He was found lingering about a pair
ot steps far from where he lives, and he bad
the article in his band. He wore the air of in
nocence, and was prepared to make a full and
free denial. Said be: “I happened into'Jte
Kites office several days before anything -Wal
published, and ta the course of conversation on
the Dixon-Lanslng question repeated what I had
read in the papers.” 7.
Then yon did not say that Mr. Harrison hid
told yon that he had seen Dixon-take money!"'
.« So. sir; 1 never said anything of the ■ kmo.
I bad read in the papers that he was charged
with this, and had been removed lor it, and this
WSS Jill.”
“ Yon did not speak, then, upon the authori
ty of Mr. Harrison?”
‘ “Not by any means.”
“And yon never heard Mr. Harrison say any
thing of thekind? ”
“No, sir; I never talked to him on the sub
ject. Xdo not, however, remember the exact
language nsed, but I do know that, whatever
was said, X did not say that Mr. Harrison had
told me anything on the subject. Further than
this. I did not pretend to speak for him.’’ ;
“You,are accredited, ! believe, with being s
warm and 1 In tint 21 e. friend * of the Mayor’s!
“ I am a friend of his, of course, hnt the pub
lic are mistaken if they think I have any Influ
ence with him. The facts are that he is mors
shy of me than any one else for this reason.
“ Then you have no influence with him!
“None whatever.” .' r
“ And yon never told the Seva what yon aro
said to have told them! ”
“No, sir.” -, 1
“What did you tell them! ”
. “i dropped into their office, and in the course
of a conversation said that I understood that
Dixon bad been removed for receiving money.'
.‘‘Yon did not say that Mr. Harrison hadsala
he had caught him in the act? ” „ ,
•' No, sir; 1 never said anything of the kind.
This being an emphatic denial of all that was
charged, the reporter left Mr. Weeks to Join
Mayor Harrison and Cant. Connett, who were
anchored on a neighboring stoop discussing the
condition of the.conntry and “the good of the
party.’’
THE WEST SIDE
And lti Street-Railway lines. j
A Tmddjje reporter ran across Mr. Lake, Su
perintendent of the West Division Railway, yes
terday, and asked if he thought the Company
was meeting the demands of the Weat Side. >
“Yes, fnliy,” was the answer. ‘
‘,‘ls the number of passengers Increasing?’
‘.‘■There has been a nerceptiblo increase in the
last three months,—slight, hut gradual; yet
nothing extraordinary.”
“Do the new lines help any?” ‘
d yes. It is mainly from the new lines that
the increase comet, though Madison street is
Improving.” .
“ By what method can you increase the facul
ties, if necessary i” J
“ More cars.”
• “ Can yon carry every one comfortablvnowl”
“ Yes, as comfortable as could be done la anr
other way. There is a rnsh from half-past 5
to a quarter after 6. During that time it Is
practically Impossible to carry eycrv one in »
comfortable way on some of onrilnes, hnt on
otliers there is ample room at all times.”
“Do von think the cars now mooing will ac
commodate the travel for years to come?” '
“No. We will have to Increase. lam In
creasing every year according to the demand-”-
“How many more cars have you on now than
last year!”
“On the various lines twenty-three more
° a “ What is the time on the different lines?” ‘
“ Madison street to Western avenre, 3JC
miles, 35 minutes: Madison street to the park,
4Jf miles, 44 minutes; Randolph street. Smiles,
33 minutes; Van Buren street. 3>4 miles, an
minutes; Indiana street, 3>£ miles, 39 minutes.
Twelfth street, miles. 48 minutes; CansJ
port avenue, 31-6 miles, 34 minutes; Clinton
street, 2X miles, 31 minutes; Ogden avenue,
SV Tnlles, 41 minutes; Bine Island avenue
miles, 57 tnlnntes; Halsted street, 3 3-5 miles,
the time of transit be shortened? ”
“Not by horse-power.” ,
“Is there no substitute for horse-power! _
“Well, steam is used in the Eastern cities
successfully.”,
“Can it be used here? ”
“X think so.” , ' . '
“ Have von an idea that it will be adopted in
Chicago!”
“Yes, in time.”
“ Would elevated railways pay I ” }
“No.” • •:
“Whyno.t!” . :
“ Because the population Is settled too mnen.
Chicago occupies as much territory as London,
yet wo have here only 450,060 people. There is
no qnarterwnere the poonlaiion Isdense enongii
to support an elevated railway.” J
At tins point the reporter had to let Mr. Lara
go, as he was in a harry to get some business
done In order that he might lesye the city m tne
evening.
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