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IOWA REPUBLICANS. I.ootl Nominations and Platform. Des Moines, la , August 25.—The Re publican State convention met this morn ing a nd after the appointment of the usual committees adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon. Senator Geo. S. Kison was nominated for Jupreme Judge and Henry Sabin for Superintendent of Public instruction. Governor Wilseand Lieuten ant Governor Hall were renominated by acclamation. The platform adopted says the question of a tree ballot and honest count in the ^oiith needs to be settled, where the sup pression of the blaek mau's vote is a national wrong and a bold and successful attempt is made to make one vote in the -oath equal to two in the North. It favors a protective tariff, a practical redaction of the National and State debts, a revision of the revenue laws of the State, and advo rates a strict enforcement and improve ment of the civil service laws. The sixth danse ot the amendment condemns the i.iliuinistration of Grover Cleveland for its .hameful abuse of the soldiers, the despotic of the veto power and the attempt to reverse the verdict of the war by the sur render of the rebel battle flags. The tenth danse expresses sympathy with the people «{niggling for home rule, whether they be Irish led by Gladstone or the people of this country deprived of home rule by partisan , jjustice ol die Democratic party. MARYLAND II El* I HI. ICANN. I i t- PlatLirm and Nominations. Baltimore, Md , August 24. — The State (invention of the Eepublican party to nominate candidates lor Governor, Comp troller and Attorney General met in this city at 1 50 o clock. temporary organization was effected and committees on permanent organization an d resolutions were appointed, after which , recess was taken to afford time to report. The plat bum demands a radical reform I, the civil service and that the power of removal for cause shall accompany the pa- er of appointment; declares that the action of the President regarding federal appointments is conclusive evidence that his professions of civil service reform are hollow and delusive; that Congress should pass the Blair education bill or some equiv alent; favors some measure for adjusting the difference between capital and labor; for the passage of a law protecting Ameri ( ,.n labor, and for the passage of a stringent law against the use of money at elections. The balance of the platform deals with local questions. The following nominations were made: l\jr Governor, W. IT Brooks; for Comp troller, It. B. Dixon ; for Attorney General, Francis Miller. After the nominations were made, J. K. Cowan, a prominent leader of the reform movement of the Democratic party, was intr xlueed and in a strong speech pledged the Republican ticket the full support of the independent Democrats. Terrible Railroad Accident. Jr v. Col., August 25.—An accident occurred to the east-bound Union Pacific express at the {Sandy creek bridge, ten miles east of here, last night, resulting in the death of engineer Masterson and seriously wounding three train men. The Union pacific and Burlington bridges cross Bandy creek almost parallel and within a feet of each other, and when the engineer of the Union Pacific, which leaves here about thirty minutes ahead of the Burlington, was within a few feet of the bridge, he was horrified to see that the Mood of the early part of the evening had washed away the middle section. The fireman jumped into the stream. He stuck and was taken out a half hour later in an unconscious condition and may die. Masterson grabbed the lever and re versed the engine just as it jumped into the water, with the baggage car on top. His body was buried in the sand and has not yet been recovered. The engine is completely submerged in the sand. Bagg ageman Breedlove was badly injured by falling trunks. A German woman living near by, hearing the cries of the frightened people, rushed out with a lantern and stopped the approaching express on the Burlington road within a few feet of the bridge, thus probably saving other lives as the bridge of this road was also in a dangerous condition. Increase in 1'rice of Composition. Nkh Yor.K, August 28.—Typographical I uion No. 6 held a meeting to-day and dis cnssed the practicability of demanding 50 per thousand eius for setting type, besides 50 cents an hour extra for work ai '* r ~ a m. The general sentiment was *a Savor of demanding the advance. I ailure of a Stockbroker Firm. New York, August 25.—The failure of Groveston & Pell has been announced on b e Stock Exchange. It is stated that the r |? ° we s $165,000 in the Stock Exchange, ' 1 ia ^ outstanding loans with 30 « ban king institutions will aggre it yaking the total liabilities . 65,000. It is thought the assets will * oetween $200,000 and $300,000. Admitted to Hail. Bloomington, Ills., August 20.—Judge Beeves this afternoon admitted to bail in the sum of one thousand dollars Timothy Coughlin, the section foreman of the Toledo, Peoria & Western railroad who was held responsible lor the wreck at Chatsworth, bv which nearly one hundred lives were lost. Fatal Explosion. Shenandoah, Penn., August 29.— Hobt. Martin was killed, George Lawson fatally and four other miners seriously injured by an explosion of dualin at the Draper Col liery, in Gilberton, this morning. Martin was handling a stick when a spark from his lamp fell on and primed the end and exploded it, blowing him into an unrecog nizable mass. Another Aerial Jump. Bock a way Beach, N. Y., August 29.— Thomas S. Baldwin, the San Francisco • ronaut, repeated his feat of jumping from a balloon here this afternoon. When 1,000 feet high lie made the leap. His parachute remained closed for the first 300 leet and he descend d at a fearful rate of speed ; then the parachute opened. He sailed down ; i-ily, diopping into the ocean, from which he was picked up unhurt. Firemen Arrest« d on the Charge of Arson. Pi.ainit ici.i), N. J., August 28.—Eight tuen, all meinliere of No. 2 eDgine company, were arrested to-day on the charge of arson. Dae of them confessed that they had set fire to a number of places by using kero sene. ■ j • j ; a of of to be to of a a ; RAILWAY INVESTIGATION. Statement from Commissioner I*atti son. Philadelphia, August 24—Ex-Gov. Pattison, President of the U. B. Pacific railway Commission, arrived here this evening. He was shown a dispatch ielat ing to his request to President Cleveland to employ counsel for the government in proceedings against Senator Stanford in the San Francisco courts. He said the Commission understood it would have a week's time to prepare the case, but the hearing was suddenly precipitated last Wednesday before Judge Field, and not withstanding the fact that President Cleve land had telegraphed the Commission to employ counsel, it was not able to do so on account of the short notice. Senator Stan ford's attorney argued that the Senator should not be compelled to answer all questions propounded by the Commission inasmuch as Congress could not delegate its inquisitorial powers to persons outside that body, and for the further alleged rea son that the government being a creditor of the Pacific roads it could not demand an account from the company until the ma turity of certain bonds, which would oc ■ cur in 1896. The Commission filed a briet j with the court and it expects a decision to be rendered next week. There is another • case to be decided by the San Francisco j corfrts in which the Commission is inter ested. While one of the witnesses was about taking the stand to testify to certain matters, there was an injunction issued re straining him from giving his testimony. The Commission means to have that in ; junction removed and will employ counsel. SOUTHERN PACIFIC. Report of the Company for the I'ast Year. San Francisco, August 26.—The an nual report of the Southern Pacific Rail road Co. for the year 1886 was issued to day. During the year the total number of miles of Central Pacific lines operated were 1,340; leased lines in California, 412; Pacific system ot the Southern Pacific, 1,396; Atlantic system of the same road, 1,G9T ; rnakiDg the total 4,846 miles. Dur ing the year 100 mile? of road were built in California. The total gross earniDgs in round numbers were $31,000,000; earnings over operating expenses, $13,000,000; bal ance surplus, $11,000,000. Out of which was paid the net profits of the Central Pa cific lines of $11,326,908, interest on bonds of the Central Pacific fund, leaving as surplus proper $180,000. The transcontinental rate war, which continued through almost the entire year, caused the net results to fall below those of 1885. The total stock of the svstem amounts to 1,141.529 shares, costing over $88,000, 000. The total assets are $99,000,000 ; authorized capital stock, $100,000,000 ; cap ital stock outstanding, $88,000,000; total liabilities and capital stock, $98,993,906 ; surplus of assets over liabilities, $364,829. Secretary and Comptroller Miller leports the gross earnings of the Central Pacific to be $11,800,000 ; operating expenses, $5,900, 000, which leaves a small sum lor earnings over operating expenses; of the leased lines in California, $ 2 , 400 , 000 ; ol the Pa cific system of the Southern Pacific, $4,000, 000; of the Atlantic system of the South ern Pacific, $2 000,000. French Political Allairs. Paris, August 25.—A conflict is immi nent between the government and mnnici pal council. A decree was to day pub lished annulling the latter's resolution in viting delegates from all the municipali ties in France to a grand congress here, but the municipal committee had already issued invitations, and a large number ol towns are certain to respond. The gov ernment announces that it is determined to prevent the congress, which will be the first step towards a federation. The Communes Paris says: Tirms of agreement have been reached on the New Hebrides question, and are only awaiting the signature of the proper official. Our Il a g will be hauled down and our troops will evacuate Port Sandwich and Port Habaunah, in obedience to the yelling Australian colonies. Supporting the Crimes Act. LONDON, August 25.—Mr. Bright, in a letter supporting the crimes act, says : ''No government would risk the unpopularity arising from snch a measure unless con vinced that it was a necessity." He farther says: ''No Minister bas done more for Ireland, and I am almost ready to think that in despair he is willing to hand them over in future to the tender mercies of the men who gave him so much trouble dur ing his tenure of office in 1880 and 1881. ' Stay of Proceedings for Juke sharp. Whitehall, August 25 —Judge Potter has granted a stay in Sharp's case. New York, August 25.—Judge Potter, in his decision, says ; Having become im pressed with the clear conviction tha the court fell into error in the admission of some of the evidence offered by the prose cution, and that for those errors the appel late court must grant the defendant a new trial. Bourke Cochrane, this afternoon, stated that the case could not come up till the general term next October. Application will at once be made to have Sharp releas ed on bail. Death mid Starvation. Minneapolis, August 26.—A Winnipeg special says: Letters from Frezer and Stewart, dated at Fort Chippewyan. July 5th, state that they reached that point after many hardships, forest fires being numerous and destructive. The destitu tion at Fort Chippewayau last winter was terrible, and several eases of cannibalism are reported. One old woman at Little Ked river admits having killed and eaten her whole family. Starvation and canni balism are also reported from McKenzie river. ^ Mineral Surveys. Washington, August 25.—Acting Sec retary Muldrow to-day, in the matter of the Lockolade claim, in the California min ing district, Leadville, Col., decided that a United States mineral surveyor may make a survey in the district for which he is ap pointed, provided he appears in no other capacity than that of claimant. Governor Bartlett's Condition. San Francisco, August 25 .— Governor Bartlett is apparently much better to-day. The paralysis is disappearing and his phy sician believes he may ultimately recox er. San Francisco, August 2-.-Governor Bartlett to-day slightly recovered from his relapse of yesterday and is to-night resting comfortably. Fast Trotting. Freeport, 111., August 25.—At the driv ing park to day Jay Eye See made a mile in 2:121. THE L I ES. Serious Trouble Feared. Denver, August 25. —Gov. Adams, ac companied by Congressman Symes, Attor ney General Marsh and Hon. Win, Byers, left this morning for Meeker to hold a con ference with Colorow. The Governor stated sincerely that he hopes to be able to iuduce the Indians to return to the agency and end the present troubles. Denver, August 28. —The situation of the Ute war, as far as cau be learned, was unchanged yesterday. Word has been re ceived that 600 Imlians camped near the battle field Thursday and were held back by two companies of colored regulars. It is known that the Indians who took part in the fight were the True Utes of White river and LTintah Utes and Uncompabgre, and that if necessary over 1,600 reinforce ments can be raised from this tribe. The Uncompabgre Indians are a very hot headed race ard if any of their people were killed Thursday it is feared the en tire tribe will take matters up and pre cipitate the State into a long and bloody war. If the Indians do not attack the whites at KaDgelv before the arrival of Gov. Adams and GeD. Crook to-morrow, there are hopes that the trouble will he settled! Lit-ut. Folsom, of Aspen, who was wounded seriously during the engagement, died Friday morning. TROCHEE AT HAVANA. Great Excitement and a General Up rising ofThe I'eople Feared. Havana, August 28.—Great excitement prevails here on account of the recent acts of Captain General Martin in taking pos session of the Custom House and placing the officials under arrest. The city is in charge of regular troops and the situation is becoming more desperate, recalling the events attending the massacre of the medi cal students in 1871. A reign of terror prevails and it is expected Havana will be declared in a state of seige. Already several conflicts have occurred between the troops and civilians, resulting in the killing of some and wounding of others. The Cap tain General has issued a proclamation calling on the rioters to maintain order, otherwise severe measures will be adopted to uphold the law. A general uprising is imminent. The city is placarded with a call for a general mass meeting at the Park to-night, requesting all to bring arms. So far the Captain General controls the situation. Artillery has been placed in a command ing position while the troops stationed in the towns ad joining the city are kept under arms, ready to move at a moment's notice. The (Jtfccu's regiment is under arms at the Cabanas and Costilla Del Principe. Saratoga Racing. Saratoga, August 26.—There was a j fair attendance at the races to-day. The j weather was fine and track, though slow, I was in better condition than yesterday. First race, three-quarters of a mile, Mat tie Louram won, King Crab second, Duneel la third. Time, 1:19. Second race, one mile and a furlong, Alaric won, Hypasia second, Tramp third. Time, 2.02|. Third race, tbree-qarters of a mile, Little Minnie won, Swift second, Mamie Hunt third. Time, 1:17}. Fifth race, one mile and seventy yards, Orlando won, George L. second, Moonshine third. Time, 1:55. Correcting a Mangled Report. San Francisco, August 26.—The report of the Southern Pacific should read "Bal ance of surplus $11,000,000, out ot which was paid a net profit to the Central Pacific lines of $1,324,998, as interest on bonds, to gether with the Central Pacific sinking fund and other expenses, leaving as the surplus proper $180,000." The total mile age should read "four thousand eight hun dred and forty-five." Captured a Bandit Murderer. Brownsville, Tex , August 26 -Laren/o Vila, the celebrated bandit recently cap tured up the river, was brought hack yes terday and placed iu jail at Matamoras. This man, and Bill Cruze, a noted halt breed Mexican, and a negro ruffian troin Austin, Texas, were the men who murdered sheriff Martin and collector Henry of Starr county several years ago, for whom a re ward of $1,500 is offered. They are said to have been under the protection of the state authorities at Temaulipas ever since. They a.e to be incarcerated on a gunboat down the coast. The Georgia Convict Lease System Doomed. Atlanta, Ga., Augnst 26.—At last the axe has fallen and the iniquitous convict lease system of Georgia wi'l have to go. Bv an executive order, signed under excite ment, Governor Gordon has called the lessees of the penitentiary and companies numbers two and three to show cause why the lease should not be annulled, and there is no doubt as to the Governor's intention to declare the lease annulled, owing to a violation of its provisions by the lessees. Presidential Appointments. Washington, August 26—The ActiDg Secretary to-day appointed Frank McDer mott to be inspector of boilers for the dis trict of Williamette, Oregon, vice James Leland, resigned. The President to-day appointed Alex. McCue, of New York, the present solicitor of the treasury, to be commissioner of fish and fisheries, to succeed the late Prof. Baird. The appointment will not necessi tate the relinquishment of his present position. It is not known who will be appointed secretary of the Smithsonian Institute in nlace of Prof. Baird. Grand Parade. Wheeling, W. Va., August 25.—A grand parade of the various trades was the prin cipal feature of the reunion of the Army of West Virginia to-day. Twenty thou sand people listened to the annual address, which was delivered by Hon. A. W. Camp bell. Gen. George Cook was elected presi dent of the society. A long list of vice presidents were elected, including Generals W. S. Rosecrans and R. B. Hayes. Large Laud Oiler. Rome, August 25.—The government of New South Wales having offered 300,000 acres of land to aDy mission society that will undertake to ci\ ilize the natives, the Pope has directed immediate attention to be paid to the offer in order to forestall Protestant societies. N. P. Indemnity Lands. Washington, August 25.—The attorney of the Northorn Pacific railroad has filed with the Secretary of the Interior an appli cation for a rehearing in the matter ot the revocation of the order of withdrawal of its indemnity lands. Boat Race. Obilla, Ont., Augnst 25.—The Wise Gaudauer race was rowed this evening. Wise won by two lengths. Time 14:02. CHINA AND JAPAN ADVICES. Massing Russian Soldiers on the Chinese Frontier. San Francisco, August 25.—An Associ ated Press correspondent at Tokio, Japan, writing under date of August 4th, says The conference for the revision of the trea ties has been adjourned to an indefinite period. It is said that the negotiations have been greatly embarrassed by the de mands of some of the treaty powers with reference to the new code oflaw for Japan. These demands appear to have amounted in certain cases to an assertion of right to participate iu the domestic legislation of Japan. It has been authoritatively stated that the present decision of the Japanese Cabinet to temporarily suspend negoti ations is «lue to the fact that they do not admit that foreign powers have this right, and they consequently prefer to postpone the completion of the treaty revision until the codes have been promulgated. These laws, they claim, will be in harmony with western legislation and will themselves supply all the guarantees which can rea sonably be demanded for the protection of foreign rights in Japan. The decision of the Cab |" et 19 supported by the intelli j j I gent public opinion. Several commissions are engaged in the revision and codification of the laws, and amoDg their numbers are a number of foreign specialists San Francisco, August 27.—The steam ship Belgic arrived this afternoon from Hong Kong and Yokohama, having made the voyage from the latter port in fourteen days. Mail advices from China state that 2,000 soldiers have been dispatched to join the Tartar general forces in Hi, the report having been made to the throne that there were 10,000 Kussian soldiers ou the frontier. The Chinese papers speak at consider able length of the proposed American Chinese bank. The negotiations lor estab lishing the proposed bank is said to have been successfully conducted by Count Metkicivicz on behalf of a Philadelphia syndicate. The capital is to be half Chi nese and the management jointly Chinese and American. All government loans are to be negotiated by the bank, and all pay ments for war material, public works and foreign embassies are to be made through the bank. Paper money is to be issued under government sanction and the mint is to be under charge of the bank. The same syndicate is given large privileges lor the conduct of telephone business. Yokohama advices state that the draft of the Japanese civil code having been compiled and printed is now being trans lated into English and French. This work must be completed before the revision of the treaties can be resumed. White Cross societies have been formed in Yokohama and throughout Japan to reform the social evils of the country. The members of this society wear a silver cross on their breasts as a sign. Itou melia BULGARIAN AFFAIRS. :i50,ooo Beady to Pay T nbute. Constantinople, August 28.—M. Vul kovitch, the Bulgarian representative here, has informed the Porte that the Bulgarian government is ready to pay £150,000 on account and to negotiate for the re mainder of the Roumelian tribute and to contribute to the Turkish debt charge. Baron Blanc, the Italian Embassabor here, had a private interview with the Sultan yesterday. It is reported that he urged the Sultan to sanction the appoint ment of Prince Ferdinand and thus termi nate the trouble. England and Austria support Italy in this policy. Berlin, August 28.— It is rumored here that Russia has decided to take independ ent action in regard to Bulgaria and to send a governor there, unless Turkey in tervenes quickly and puts an end to the crisis. According to the published interview Prince Ferdinand complains bitterly that he is now in a difficult position, beirig de etrted by those who advised him to go there. ^ _ THE TEA TRADE. A Direct Shipment of 18Ö Car Loads Coming Over the N. P. Tacoma, W. T., August29.—The Ameri can ship A. G. Ropes, 4,200 tons burden, the largest ship that ever sailed into Puget Sound, arrived at Tacoma yesterday morn ing, 29 days from Yokohama, with 3,771 tons of tea and other merchandise for Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia mer chants. The ship Alexander Gibson is due in a few days from the same port. The arrival of the A. G. Ropes is the be gining of the direct trade between Yoko hama and this port. The cargo goes east ward by 130 cars of the Northern Pacific railroad. The value of the cargo of the ship A. G. Ropes is $1,500,000. Arrested for Extortion. Topeka, August 29. — United States Deputy Marshal Geo. Sharret arrested Dr. G. Abodelat, one of the board of pension examiners at Lawrence, Kansas, to-day on.the charge of extorting money from claimants. Sbarret said the Pension De partment had been quietly investigating the condition of things throughout Kansas and some further developments are likely. Captain Gray Found Guilty. Washington,, August 29.—The findings of the general court marshal, which tried Captain Cyrus N. Gray, of the 25th Infan try, has been acted upon by the President. Gray was found guilty of conduct to pre udice good order aud discipline in appear ing at the inspection at Fort Mead and for duty as an officer ot the day while drunk. The sentence was a dismisal from the mil itary service. The dismissal will tal.e place September next. Postal Treaty Ratified. WASHINGTON, August 29.—Acting Post master General Stevens and Viscount Dos Xogueros, the Portuguese Minister, to-day exchanged ratifications of an additional postal convention between Portugal and the United States. The convention modi fies the system of keeping money order accounts, and it goes into effect October 1st next. International Medical Congress. Washington, August 29.—President Cleveland will be present at the opening of the International Medical Congress, on Monday next. On the following evening he will receive the members of the con gress and ladies accompanying them at the White House. About 400 physicians and from 2,500 to 3,000 of this country will be in attendance. Arrested lor Stealing. Buffalo, August 26.—John G. Lock wood, claiming to be from San Francisco, was arrested to-day charged with stealing several hundred dollars worth of jewelry at the Genesee hotel. Loan Subscribed For. London, August 25.—The new loan of the Argentine Republic has been subscribed several times over at 91 2-5. THREATENED BEEF FAMINE. Heavy Losses and Other Consider ations Hear Out This View--A Chicago Monopoly Mak ing all the Money. Chicago, August 26.—A morning paper says : "It is assured in many quarters that a beef famine is not far away. Estimates of the destruction in the Northwest last winter are that in Montana there were lost 400,000 head ; in Idaho about 100,000 ; in Wyoming about 300,000 ; in Colorado about 500,000; or about 850,000 head iu all. During the summer, on account of excessive drouth.it is estimated the losses in the beef producing States will swell the total to 1,500.000 head ot beeves. But this is not the main fact which indicates future famine. It is now known that from 50 to 95 per cent less calves were born this j spring than is usual, uwiDg to climatic i causes, which must have ils effect in time. | To this must be added the fact that the | cattle producers have been rushing their surviving stock on the market at an un- j paralleled rate, and from these and other causes many ranchmen are discouraged and are going out of the business. Great uneasiness, such as never before character ized the cattle business, is manifest in busi ness circles. The producers find not a dollar profit and more often heavy losses charged against his account. The market prices have been lower on account of the glut, for in Chicago alone over 200,000 head of cattle have been thrust on the market during the last thirty days. The consumer, however, gets beef no cheaper because the producer sells it for so little. It is hinted that the profit goes | to the dressed beef monopoly, who lash both sides, the producer and consumer alike. On every bullock there is a profit of ten dollars to the monopoly and either a loss or an even thing for the producer. The consumer pays the monopoly the ex tra ten dollars profit." ARCTIC PERILS. Rescue of the Crew of a Lost >> haler. New Bedford, Mass , August 29.—Chas. D. Kennedy, third lieutenant of the United States steamer Bear, now cruising in the Arctic oceaü, writes to his lather under date ot Port Clarence, July 10th, and gives faint hopes that some of the crew of twenty-two men belonging to the whaling bark Napoleon, of this port, lost in the Arctic regions in the summer of 1885, may yet be alive. The letter says that informa tion received through an Indian who came aboard of the whaling bark Hunter in June last leads to the belief that J. B. \ incent, one of the crew of the Napoleon, is some where in the vicinity of Cape Navari, in Siberia. Lieutenant Kennedy says they will make an effort to rescue the unfortun ates, and on their return will go up into the Arctic regions as far as possible and re turning reach St. Michael's about the 25th of August aud Ounalaeka about a week laler. The Bear will probable return to San Francisco late in September, or much earlier than usual. BEECHER'S SUCCESSOR. Arrival of the Rev. Joseph Parker. New York, August 28.—Rev. Dr. Joseph j Paiker, of the City T impie, London, and a bosom friend of the late Henry Ward Beecher, arrived this morning on the steamer Umbria. He will deliver a series of lectures this fall, but says the primary object of his visit is to deliver a eulogy on Mr. Beecher, at the Academy of Music, in October. He reports that the ship encoun tered two heavy cyclones on the voyage. The captain of the Umbria says it is the worst trip he has bad in a number of years during the summer months. The Duke of Marlborough was also a passenger on the Umbria. He comes on a pleasure trip. Irish Eviction?. Dublin, August 29.—A large force of cavalry, infantry and police have left Lim erick for the O Grady estates, where they will be encamped while evictions are being made. Captain Plunkett urged Mr. O'Grady to settle with the tenants on his Herbeils town estates, but without success, and the evictions will commence to morrow. One hundred soldiers and three hundred police are in readiness to protect the bailiffs in their work of evicting the tenants. The houses of the latter are stroDgly barri caded. Strong Language. DUBLIN, August 29.—Healy addressed the League meeting at Cork to-day. He said the people would wipe their boots with the government's proclamations. The Irishmen, with the support of the English democracy, despised the government. Co ercion would entail suffering on the people but would prove a blessing in digui3e. Michael Uayitt's Address. Dublin, August 28.—Michael Davitt addressed the Bray branch of the League to-day. He said the only crime in Ireland was eviction, and that the people would continue to boycott sneaking thieves and land grabbers. Special Court Term. Albany, N. Y , August 26.—Governor Hill to-day granted the application of the District Attorney and made an order con cerning an extra general term of the su preme court for the City of New Y'ork, on the 7th day of September next, for the purpose of securing prompt hearing and decision iu the Sharp case. Celebration Forbidden. Berlin, Augnst 28.—The police author ities have forbidden the socialists to cele brate the death of Ferdinand Lassalle, on pain of a fine of five hundred marks or two years' imprisonment. New Comet. Phelfhs, N. Y., August 28.—Professor Brooks says the new comet discovered by him recently is now in constellation Cancer near the star Iota, and is moving one de gree a day towards the sun. Extradition Papers Issued. Austin, Texas, August 29.—Governor Ross to-day issued extradition papers for the late county treasurer, Burke, of Gal veston, who is now under arrest in San Francisco. The Nominees. Harrisburg, Pa., August 26.—Simon B. Chase was nominated by the Prohibi tion convention by acclamation for Supreme Judge and Capt. D. C. Irish for State Treasurer. Large Revenue Receipts. Washington, August 29—Notwith standing the large pension payments this month, amounting to $16,500,000, the re ceipts for the month to date are more than $7,500,000 in excess of the total expendi tures during the same period. The receipts have averaged abont $1,000,000 a day. j i | | j IN PARLIAMENT. Gladstone in Defense of the League. London, August 25. Gladstone was greeted with cheers in the House of Com mons this evening, when he moved bis resolution. He said the Irish Viceroy, in declaring that the league had incited to violence, must have acted on information but where was that information? The Irish chief had aright to know the ground on which the government had acted. If the facts were withheld the opposition must forthwith urge three propositions upon the house and government : First—That it was almost an outrage on the dignity of parliament to suppose that it was to discharge such an important i statutory dutv without knowing the grounds. Second—It reduced to utter dstruction and to an absurdity the main contention, ! that the government advanced duiing the discussion ot the crimes act, that the sale guard promised had proved a farce. Third—What could the house think of j information that they must know would not bear the light? Gladstone contended that the govern ment was legislaring against combinations, apart from crime, and now was the time | for the government to show that he and his friends were wrong. But the govern ment shrank from the test and declined the challenge. They had substituted arbi trary will for regular legal action. This principle was most daugerous and | disgraceiul in any country, and especially j in Ireland. Law in Ireland was still on trial. The great, misfortune was that those who administer it, especially locally, were in sympathy with the feelings ot the peo ple. The proclamation against the league is a near approach to a declaration of war ou the Irish people. The people of Ireland generally sympathized with the league, because they believed it had been their salvation. Nobody did anything for the tenants until the league was founded. The government's action absolutely excluded the House ot Commons from anything ex tioninUSo^h^eg^riaTdeJCmbn. volving upon it under the statute, Their recognition of this proclamation was re duced to a mere farce. There would be no jury, judge or resident magistrate, and do parliament to control Ireland ; there would be nothing but the absolute, unmitigated, arbitrary act of the Irish executive, which was necessarily partisan. He hoped the Irish would continue to bear the pressure. They would not have long to suffer. It was certain they would not obey the law through fear, but from strong, vivid, buoy ant hope, which even at the last election was not damaged, and which now was brighter. The Irish believed the government's 1 I ; : 1 ! I ! ' ' ; policy had not the sanction of the British j a convict nation. The government foundation was slipping from under them, aud their action iu reference to the proclamation ot the Leeague showed that their strength was fading. Balfour said that Gladstone would have been wiser had he rested his argu ment on the allegation that the House w T as ignorant of the grounds for the proclama tion, rather than on a defense of the League. There was sufiicient foundation to justify the proclamation in the columns of the local newspapers without going into the government's etcifidential reports. Re plying to questions lrom Harcourt, Balfour refused to submit the documents voted, and the speaker said the secretary was not bound to table confidential documents, but the case was different with official docu ments. Harcourt again asked if the papers were to be tabled. Balfour said no : the documents were both public and confidential papers, and his own note of the people realized the true nature and working of the League. They would support the government. After further remarks by Balfour, O'Con nor and T. W. Russell the debate was ad journed. The Daily News says that Chamberlain, ColliDgs and a half dozen other Unionists will vote in support of Gladstone's motion. London, August 29. —In the House of Commons this evening Mr. Dillon pro tested 3 gainst the constant increase of the police force in Ireland. Although the population had decreased 200,000 since 1880 the cost of the police service had in creased over £250,000. The effect of em ploying the police was to create widespread dissatisfaction and to exasperate the peo ple. Mr. Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, asserted that the responsibility for this state of affairs rested on those who were doiDg their best to foment discontent in Ireland. Mr. Sexton said he believed Ireland was the only country in the world where, with steadily decreasing population, there ex isted a steadily increasing police force to over-awe the people. The debate was on the motion to grant £762,315 for the purpose of completing the credit for the Irish police service. After a nine hours' discussion the vote for the Irish constabulatory was carried by 107 to 50. London, August 30.—In the House of Commons this evening, in the debate on the vote fer the Irish secretary's office, F. M. Healy denounced Balfour as an ignorant Scotchman and careless of the duties of the office. He made a violent attack on Col. King Harman, the Under Secretary, and was called to order for referring to him as He also said that King Har 500 murders to the man had committed 500 murders to the Orangemen's one. i At this point Col. King Harman entered ( the House and denied many of the allega tions made by Healy. The debate became so heated that the chairman called them both to order. Mr Healy resumed the attack, and said j he blamed the government for appointing a notorious lawbreaker and released con- j vict. Col. Harman appealed to the chair, and Mr. Healy repeated the phrase with em phasis, hut afterwards withdrew the ex pression "notorious lawbreaker and releas ed convict." remarking that he knew no legal term that would accurately describe Harman's conduct. Mr. Healy moved to reduce the vote to £2,000. Motion nega tived—ayes 115 ; nays 52. INTERVIEWED TO-DAY. Gladstone Speaksofthe Vote To-night London, August 26.—In an interview with a representative of the press to-day, Gladstone, in reply to the question as to whether he expected to defeat the govern ment to-night, said : "No, we don't expect to do that ; but the fact that a year ago the government was 110 while now the most sanguine Conservatives only anticipate a majority of 60 on proclaiming the League, shows that a tremendous change has come over the face of the country. The change is coming more rapidly than many people imagine, and in fact, quite fast enough. Gladstone seemed to be iu high spirits and declared that he was in excellent health. Railroad Trouble Settled. Toronto, August 25.—The case of Com mee & McLellan against the Canadian Pa cific railway has been virtually settled, each side paying half of the arbitrators fees. j j ; i ! j | INDIGNATION NEETIMi. Proclaiming ol the National League Denounced. London, August 24.—An open air meet ing was held at Westminster at 7 o'clock this evening for the purpose of denouncing the government's action iu proclaiming the Irish National Laud League. Sir William Yeruon Harcourt addressed the meeting. He quoted Chamberlain's statements of Sat urday to the effect that Ireland was free from crime. "Aud yet," continued the speaker, "Messrs. Chamberlain and Collins, who were opposed to coercion after the Fbienix Park murders, countenances coer cion now, when Ireland is tranquil, even without the Tory government, which they formerly insisted upon as an essential ac companiment. Mr. Chamberlain seems to like the principle but not the application of coercion. He ought to have known that to give the Tories a coercion act with advice not to use it would be like putting a tiger in a cage with a man and enjoining the tiger not to eat the man. The govern ment ustd the Unionists as a catspaw to pass the coercion bill. Now they treat their advice with contempt and threaten to dissolve Parliament and annihilate the party if they withdraw their support from the government." Referring to Lord Hartington he said he very much regretted to hear that his ab sorption by the Tory party had already been arranged for, but hoped that Lord HartiDgton would be warned iu time by the sad fate of Mr. Goschen. GOLD S III PM EN I S. K nc ournginj <) ni look Circles. Commercial New York, August 29.—The Post says : About a million and a half dollars in gold was shipped from New Y'ork to San Fran cisco last week, and but for this exceptional movement the surplus reserves of the banks would have shown an increase of over two million. The amount shipped to California is, however, more than offset by the arrival of $2,249,184 on the steamers and La G M ci«ne thin morni.p thus making the total imports up to July 1 23d $5,232,079. The last report of the Bureau of Statistic show that in the thir teen months up to July 23d the net imports I of gold were $35,491,449, so that alter de ; ductiDg $6,000,000, which came in between : the 23d and 21st of July, we have had a 1 net total of $40,000,000 in gold imported ! in the last thirteen months. Besides this I there is the annual product of about $30, ! 000,000 in gold in the United States, mak ing a total addition of $70,000,000 to the ' circulating medium of the country in ' about one year. These facts, as soon as ; they receive their proper appreciation, will dispel the apprehension of the scarcity of j money, and confidence will reign, the bank credit will increase and expand and prices of securities and investments advance. A DENIAL. Senator Sherman Corrects Misstatements. Certain Cincinnati, August 30. —The Commer cial Gazelle prints a communication from Senator Sherman, in which he makes a de nial of the views alleged to have been ex pressed by him on the fishery question to Senator Ogilvie, of the Dominion govern ment, and extensively reprinted through out the United States. He says : "I had a conversation with Senator Ogilvie in the presence of a number of gentlemen, in which I took exactly the opposite position, that while the Canadian government had a legal right to exclude American fishermen within the three mile limit of their shore, it was an act of bad policy to do so, and that their denial to American fishermen of the commercial right to seek shelter and buy bait and supplies iu Canadian ports was inconsistent with the civilized and generous policy of modern commercial na tions, and that I hoped it would be promptly abandoned as the best preparation for more intimate commercial relations between the United States and the Dominion govern ment. These views in substance were published in the papers at Winnipeg, and I feel quite sure that Senotor Ogilvie never authorized the publication of the statement I have quoted." SHAKESPEARE Oil BACON* A Severe Criticism of the Lite ol the Former. New York, August 27.—The World to morrow will print an elaborate exposition of Ignations Donnelly's attempt to de throne Shakespeare and award the author ship of the plays to Lord Bacon. The arti cle is written by Professor DavidsoD, the well known philosopher and critic, whose opinion carries great weight. Mr. David son admits that if the plays had come down to us without aDy author's name, they would unhesitatingly be attributed to Bacon. The article gives a brief summary of the results reached in Davidson's book, to be published, in which he shows Shake speare to have been steeped in almost every kind of vice ; to have been a fornicator, au adulterer, an usurer, an oppressor of the poor, a drunkard, a systematic liar and a forger of pedigrees, dying at the prime of life from the effects of a three days' drunken spree. He next shows that we have no record that Shakespeare ever owned a i library or even a book, and that not a ( single scratch of his munuscript has come j s oc ,. ess f n j doivn to us, and there i3 nothing to show that Shakespeare was not very illiterate. BRA v im; d anger. Trip Through the Whirl pool. Buffalo, August 28. —Charles Alexan der Percy, a young man 27 years old of Suspension Bridge, made a successful trip through Whirlpool Rapids to-day in a lifeboat built by himself during the past summer. The boat is about seven fee long with air chambers at either end, iu j one of which Percy made the voyage. The j keel was weighted with 240 pounds of iron ; and hags of sand were carried in the hold so it would right itself. An iron weight attached to a long rope trailed from the stern so as to keep the boat straight ahead. Though it keeled in a threatening way, the craft made the breakers without once up setting. Rumored Big Embezzlement. Chicago, Augnst 30.—A rumor reached this city to day from Fort Worth, Texas, that Burton H. Cambell, manager of the Texas State Capital syndicate's ranch, had been arrested here charged with the em bezzlement of $300,000. Inquiry at the office of the syndicate in this city elicited a denial of the anest of Cambell. It was learned, However, that the syndicate had become dissatisfied with Cambell's manage ment and had deposed him. An investi gation of his accounts is in progress bat the officers refuse to make any statement as to the result. Cambell lives at Wichita, Kansas, and is said to have accumulated a good deal of property since he has bee a in charge of the syndicate's affaire.