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WICHITA, KANSAS. SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17, 1886.
WHOUB NO. 756.
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This will be a Great Week witlrUs.
Greatest
OF
Fine Wraps!
Our Styles and Shapes are Entirely Differ
ent from Any- Others, and
Exclusively Ours.
GREAT
BLANKETS!
BEGINNING
Monday
fe
SANSON
Philadelphia
Corner Douglas av. and Market St.
SPECIAL
THIS WEEK.
200 Pair all "Wool
Scarlet Blankets at
$3.50 Per Pair.
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Worth Fully $5.
For This Week Only.
A. KATZ.
S. W Corner Douglas Are. and Market St.
MoMMARA.
Main Street.
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SALE OP
Mornin;
If,
Opening
ioMl
Store
SALE
Terrible Loss of Life and Destruc
tion of Property in Louisiana
and Texas.
Nearly Two Hundred Persons Re
ported Drowned or
Missing.
a wnoic uisu-ict .Devastated, ana a
Village Swept Away by
tlie Storm.
Thousands Without Homes ox Pro
visionsAll Previous Estimates
Entirely too Low.
From $75,000 to $100,000 Required to
Relieve the Necessities of the
Stricken Peonle.
Weather Report
Wasiiixgtox, d. C, Oct. 10, 1 a. m.
For Kansas: Generally fair weather with
southerly winds, nearly stationary tem
perature. For Missouri: Fair weather except in
extreme northwestern portion, local rains
and southerly winds, slightly wanner.
WIND AND WATER.
Johnson's IJayou, Louisiana, Sword by
a Tidal Wave.
Nkw Orleans, Oct. 1G. A dispatch
to the Times-Democrat, dated at Johnson's
Bayou, October loth saj-s: The village of
Johnson's Bayou is a high ridge on the
sea coast and the bayou from which it takes
its name runs through the inhabitable p:irts
of that section of settlement in which is
also situated a postoffice known as Bed
ford. They are in Cameron parish, on the
Louisiana .shore, sis miles east of Sabine
Pass. The bayou is nineteen miles in
length and varies from one to four miles in
width. Bidges face the gulf twelve miles
above the sea level, and in the rear is a
dense, impenetrable marsh. The popula
tion of last Tuesday morning numbered
1,200 souls. Today eighty-five of that 'lum
ber are counted with uead. Forty of these
bodies have been recovered and consigned
to graves in shell reefs, while the decom
posing corpes of the remaining forty-five
lie iesicrmg in uie marsnes. ucutoru was
very thickly settled and populous. It
boasted of its cotton gin and cotton and
cane plantations. It was the head of navi
gation and stores were many. Principally
among these were those run by J. Pavute,
who also operates a gin which turned out
annually 800 bales of 'cotton produced in
that section. Other stores owned by A.
B. Smith & Co. and J. Griflilh, general
merchandise, aud other small mei chants
constitute tne commercial community.
Handling of cotton and sugar cane pro
duced in the district was the principal in
dustry. 1 hese riugcs are composed ol the
richest and most fertile grazing land in
the country; 8U00 head of horses and cat
tle being owned by this thriving commu
nity. Communication with the outer world
was had through two 'steam vessels, both
owned in Johnson's B:ryou and Bedford,
while a licet of trading vessels plied the
waters of the bayou.
Thus pictured is Johnson's Bayou, or
rather series of ridges over which 1,200
population v. ere scattered on the inornm
of Tuesday last.
Happiness and contentment was the lot
of that people until four o'clock that eve
mg. Wiien the storm descended upon
them, everybody took to houses and waited
with banrcd breath the late which they
foresaw.
When the waters began rising the wind
swept through the lower stories of the
buildings, driving the affrighted people
into the attics and upon the rooiu.
By 10 o'clock the lirst ridge, which was
twelve feet above sea level, was ten feet
under water. House after house fell in.
and was swept away, either burying the
drowned people m the debris or hurling
them into the hissing waters.
Cotton gins and stores nerd succumbed
and Bedtord and Johnson's Bavou was
destroyed as completely as if an invading
irmv hail done the won: it was a niinit
of terror, and was described by the t.ur
vivers as appalling.
Peonlc could ouiv cling to each other
and prav for mercy for the souls of these
hose despairing shrieks rang in their cars.
For twelve hours the storm raged over
the settlement. Then there came a lull.
Hope soon revived, as the v, aters receded
and the storm passed away.
lhe survivors gathered on the most ele
vated points viewing the scene of 'desola
tion around them. Houses that had stood
the action of the storm were completely
gutted.
There was no food nor drink, salt water
having invaded everything. Then the
search for the dead began.
Those whose bodies lay pinioned by the
ruins of the houses were speedily recovered.
From out of the marshes more corpses
were taken and buried. The death roll
was then made up as follows:
Mrs. Frank Turner, and two children.
Locke, wife and seven children.
Old Mrs. Locke. '
llrs. W. Ferguson, and three children.
Bradford Berry and daughter.
Mrs. Albert Lambert, and two children.
Samuel Burwicks, and eight children.
Sirs. Shell Wallev, and four children.
Geo. Steven3, and four children.
Mr. Frank Hall, wife and grandson.
Mrs. S. Gallier and four children.
Lonzo Smith and child.
Mrs. Toochakcs and four children.
Jack Toochakcs and seven-children.
Mrs. Hawkins and three children.
Dr. George Smith, wife and four child
ren. All the above were white people. Fol
lowing is a list of colored people whose
bodies were recovered and identined:
Blrncr Johnson and wife.
Jack Lewis, wife and brother.
Richard Hambrick. wife aud Sve child
ren. Yesterday morning the regular packet
stern wheel steamer Emily P arrived at
John-on s b-.you, and brought to Orange
as many as she could carry about sixty
people Net one of them had any
thing but what they stood in. Many were
minus hats, shoes, coats aud drcsscsr
Their wants were promptly supplied by
the good people at this place and the refu
gees were made comfortable for the night.
This morning (Saturday) the Emily P
and the steamer Lark wilTreairn and from
thence will make regular trips until all are
brought to a place of safety.
The people, save a few who have large
stock interests, say they liave abandoned
the place forever. They are descendants
of a race of people whoin the past made
Johnson bayou a vast orange grove. Frost
came and ruined them; then they turned to
cotton and sugar and stock raising, only
to meet the fate of their forefathers.
Of 8,000 head of stock of which once the
bayou boasted G.000 are drowned, while
the remainder will die of thirst as all the
water is salt.
' FROM OTHKII TOIXTS.
IIocstox, Tex., Oct. 1G. The follow
ing was received from Beaumont late last
night: A- tnun which went toward Sabine
today as far as the track allowed returned
hcrc'at 8 p. m. Fifteen bodies were re
covered on the high land called Back
Bidge. west of Sabine, and buried.
Six bodies of women were recovered on
the west shores of the lake, two colored
and four white, ono being Mrs. W. A.
Junker, ot Sabine. Mr. Junker is still
missing.
Theteamer Emily P has returned from
Johnson Bayou, La., to Orange, and re
ports that "those drowned at that place
were chiefly colored.
The deaths at Sabine Pass and vicinity
will aggregate more than ninety and at
Johnson's bayou about eighty-live. Only
three houses are left for human habitation,
though perhaps a dozen are standing in
a precarious condition. The people who
escaped are completely ruined financially,
the majority not being able to provide
themselves with the bare necessities of life.
A telegram from the merchants of Gal
veston to the relief committee here says:
"Galveston subscribes $1,000. Draw "on
Hall, Hutchings & Co. for that amount."
The Mexican schooner Hercules, is high
and dry at a point called Oil Ponds. Her
captain Joseph Guibelondo, reports that he
was bound for New Oilcans with a cargo
of mahogony logs, and all arc supposed to
be lost. The captain and crew were fur
nished by the railroad company with
passes to New Orleans and left tonight.
A circular will be addressed by the
finance committee to the principal business
houses in the leading trade centers of the
country. While subscriptions from local
and neighboring points have been free and
liberal, thej are sufficient only to supply
the requirements of a few days". It is de
sired to urgently impress upon the people
of Texas and elsewhere, the immediate
necessity of responding at once to the de
mands of this calamity. Conservative esti
mates place the loss at such figures that it
will require from 75,000 to $100,000 to
meet the emergencies of the case.
Galveston, Oct. 10. Further particu
lars of the great disaster at Sabine Pass
and Johnson Bayou are constantly being
received. Turkey buzzards are soaring
over Sabine for miles around on land and
water. It is one vast chaniel house. The
town is swept out of existence. "What was
a prosperous village last Tuesday, is now
a scene of wreck and desolation.
One hundred and twenty-seven persons
are missinir and are supposed to he dead.
Only twenty-five bodies are so far recov
ered. There is not one sound house in .the
town of Sabine. The residences of Dr.
Gilliland and Editor McClanhan are the
only ones that can be repaired. Every
other house is an absolute wreck. J nu
merable touching and heait rending inci
dents are related by survivors. One house
containing fourteen coloied people was
seen to go down with a crash and every
one wasTlost. Incidents are related of hus
bands lashing their wives and children to
lloatiug wrecks.and then seeing them killed
by heavy logs being driven down against
them.
The damage to property can only bo es
timated by the value of the town, for all is
lost.
The Sabine aud East Texas railroad
track is washed out for a distance of ten
miles. The ties have floated off and the
rails are twisted like wire.
As a rc&ult of the great hurricane mil
lions of deal flsh ha, e been cast up by the
waves, and thousands of birds also strew
the ground.
A young woman in a perfectly nude
state was "found roaming around on the
prairie yesterday live miles from Sabine.
She was demented aud could not tell her
name.
"When the government tug boat Penrosse
reached Sabine .yesterday, Columbus Mor
ton was found roving around the delta
looking for the bodies of his family. He
said: "Myself, wife and three chil
dren were clinging to a lloatiug
roof which was gradually breaking lo
pirces. One of the little ones went and
then another. I was holdiug the youngest,
and soon my wife said, 'Good by, husband,
1 am going.' I could not reach her. The
piece of roof supporting her broke off and
i-he sank bcfoic my eyes. 1 held on to the
youngest child named Pearl, some time
longer. The child addressing me, said:
'Papa, I is tired; won't you walk with me?'
Tiie piece of raft I was on was now
crumbling to-piecc. I told the little one
to kiss me, and she put both her little arms
around my neck, gave me a squeze, and
jubt then a wave dashed us olE and I saw
her no more. Great God! win didn't I go
down to?"'
lie was pressed to go on board the Pen
rose, but refused, sa3ing: "Here among
the lagoons are the bodiw of my wife and
childicn, and here I will stop till I can
find them." " . ,
No tongue can It'll how the people have
suffered during the past few days. In
many cases the . dead ones are considered
the lucky ones.
Later reports from Johnson's bayou bring
the terrible intelligence thai eighty-five
persons are now known to be lost and it is
greatly f wired the list will be swelled to a
hundred or more, thiH making the total
number of victims by the hurricane fully
00.
Reliable information from Johnson bavou
arrives slowly, all roads being impassable
and only two boats running to that section.
The destitution of the survivors, of whom
there arc over one thousand around John
son bayou, and Bedford village, Is de
scribed as something awful. They lost
everything and ere without food, drink or
clothes.
Galveston, Oct. 16. Nothing has so
profoundly affected this city in many ycars
as the receipt of the final particulars of the
terrible disaster at Saline pass and John
son's bayou. Hundreds of Galvestonians
have near friends or relatives among the
lost and the disaster comes home tolhem ,
with keen anguish A meeting w.o-J
held last night at which j
a committee to get relief was appointed. j
The committee collected $3,000 today and 1
large quantities of clothing, food and
household necessities. The schooner
Adeiia was ioided with supplies and to
night she started tip the coast for Sabine.
She will reach the pass at daylight tomor
row and will then proceed up the Sabine
nver to Johnson Bcvou.
In a Critical Condition.
Sedalia, Mo.. Oct. 1G. F. M. Huekcs,
a merensne oi iamonte, m getting oil a
train at that plice this evening fell and
was badly, if not fataliy injured. He was
picked up in an unconscious state and is
now in a critical condition.
A
The Death Hate in Corea Estimat
ed at One Thousand a
Day.
The Congregational Council
Chicago Opens Its
Session.
at
Striking1 Switchmen in Minneapolis
Killing Engines and Interfering
With Moving Trains.
Woman's Equal Suffrage Convention
in Session at Hutchinson, With
Large Attendance.
Nothing of Importance Accomplished
by the General Assembly .of
Knights at Richmond.
Knights of Labor.
Richmond, Ya., Oct. 1G. When the
general assembly ot the Knights of Labor
resumed its session this morning, the dis
cussion of the report of Mr. Duvey's plan
for the establishment of a labor journal as
an orgrin of the order, was resumed. It
was expected that the debate on the subject
would not be permitted to continue long,
aud the reports of the committees on law
and the revision of the constitution, action
on which has been interrupted by the elec
tion of general officers, would be again
taken up. It is rumored that the commit
tee on law had th mged its ret o t on the re
vision of the constitution as originally sub
mitted by a special committee on the sub
ject, so as to preserve intact the district as
scmblies as they exist at present, and thus
remove the objections raised against this
clause of the revised constitution". General
Treasurer Turner left here this morning
for Philadelphia, where more than .$20,000
worth of money orders are awaiting his
signature. He will return on Monday.
The discussion on the newspaper project
was brought to a close by the adoption of
a motion to lay the matter on the table.
The committee on law again got the
floor and that part of the report on the re
vision of the constitution relating to the
duties of general officers was adopted.
The discussion of the clause relating to
State Assembly was in progress when the
hour for the noon recess arrived and it
was resumed at the afternoon session.
Mr. Powderly has not been feeling well
today and was absent from the convention,
remaining in his room the greater portion
of the day and in his absence General Sec
retary Liichmnn presided.
At the afternoon session the consideration
of the report of the revision of the eonsti
tution as it came from the hands of the
committee on law was continued. Section
1, relating to name, jurisdiction and mem
bership, passed without action. Section 2,
treating of meetings of general assemblies
and representation, was amended so as to
change the basis of representa
tion from one delegate for each
one thousand member.- to one fr
each three thousand, and to make an allow
ance for mileage, payable by the general
assembly. It was then adopted.
Section 3, treating of the general assem
bly, was adopted after two clauses had
bsmrnmended so-iw-to rertd:'-"Aiy ge
eral otlicer, whether a representative or not,
is eligible to re-election, and any leprcsent
ativc or past representative to thi-. giii- r.d
assembly, or past general officer, is eligible
to election for any office in the
general assembly, except that cf general
mast-r workman." In the case of section
4, relating to the duties of officers an
amendment "was made by which in
case of death or resignation, or removal of
the general master workman, the general
worthy foreman shall succeed and perform
all duties of aud become general master
workman until the next session of general
assembly, when there ill all be an election to
all the position. In section 9, relating to
State assemblies, amendments were adopted
by which the formation of State assemb
lies is made optional instead of compuhJary.
Further amendments were adopted by
which the jurisdiction of an existing dis
trict assemblies remains unchanged unless
they themselves consdnt to the change.
The general assembly is also not to iider
fere with national trades districts and
amendments to the section relating to
them was adopted, providing that no local
assembly shall be compelled to join a dis
trict assembly, thus permitting trade local
assemblies to retain their independence.
Another amendment wa3 adopted provid
ing for an interchange of cards w th trade
unions agreeing to reciprocate by receiv
ing Knights of Lauor cards.
The general rssemblv adjourned until
Monday, when such portions of the re
vision of the constitution as it is deter
mined to act upon at the present session
will be disposed of.
Business was transacted with Hich dis
patch in the afternoon that some of the
delegates entertain hopes of an adjourn
ment Monday evening. A number of the
delegates left here fcr their homes today,
but the great majority will carry out their
determination to remain until the work of
the convention is concluded.
A Terrible Epidemic.
San Francisco, Oct. 1G. Private ad
vices state that cholera is still raging fiercely
in Corea. Xo idea can le formed of the
extent of the scourge. It lies more than
decimated thefcapital, where out of n pop
ulation of 200,000 the death rate rules at a
frightful average of 1,000 a day. About
as many Coreans as there arc people in the
state of California have been swept away
already, and it is hard to say where the
plague will end. Xcver was there a more
frightful record of the ravages of disease
of mankind. Tiie story of the plague of
London is leggared by'wbat is now going
on in Seoul. Thev arc bcm'nnine to give
over the task of burying the dead, and the
city is threatened with positive extinction.
The Congregational Council.
Chicago, Oct- M When the Congre
gational Council was called to our to-elny,
Prof. Bruncr. president of the Silt Lak?
academy, spoke ac&lnil poligatiiy. The
following -was adopted.
Resolved, That we recogni with re--qvet
the loyal and intelligent minority
residents in Utah, and we protest, in ad
vance, acaiast the admission of L tah as a ;
State at anv time, without the crnscnt of
tint lovai minority. A short report on the
Xew V.'est Education Commission was
read and church'. were arged to lake more
interest in assisting the work of education
in the West.
At the openin: of the afternoon sea-ion
Rev. Cobb, D. D., the secretary of the
American Congrfg-UioBal union, read are
port covering the last three years, which
was adopted. The report fhowa average
receipts per year of fS3.7S SO, which is
larger than the receipts for any previous
three consecutive years. In 1SS4 102
churches received aid In building hobses of
worship and the number for the succeeding
years foot up an average of seven buildings
for church use every three weeks. The
report shows a falling off in the receipts of
the union from 1.232,310 in 1S64 to
230.590 in 1SSG. Lately, however, re
ceipts have begun to increase again? Two
hundred thousand dollars a year is urgently
needed and applied for.
In the committee on Dr. Cobb's reports
is reported the following resolution:
Resolved, That 30,000 is needed an
nually for the next three years for the im
portant work of this societv, that it may
mcet the regular demands upon its trcas-'
ury, and advance the new works which
the providence of God are laying at their
door. Ten thousand dollars of this sum is
to be used in helping the new Swedish
churches on the frontier, and 10,000
during any similar period. The number
of acres of land cultivated by them has
risen from 200,421 to 276,ls3S,about 30 per
cent. The number of day schools had in
creased from 10li to 192; of bearding
schools on reservation from G-i to 30. The
report closes with a set of resolutions ex
pressing gratitude on account of the atti
tude ot the government toward the In
dians aud asking congress to provide for
their admission to citizenship. Mr. Ehr
man, a Dakotah Indian, was introduced at
this point and gave, through an interpreter,
an account of his conversion,
for the new great work in our great cities.
This last sum is to be raised bv contribu
tions ia large sums from individual do
nators. Rev. W. II. Ward, D. D.. read the re
port of the committee on Indian affairs. It
is exhaustive and presents an encouraging
aspect of the situation. During
the period from 1881 to 1SSG the
Indians had made greater progress than
The question of ministerial aid was then
discussed at considerable length, the Rev.
Fairlands of Vermont, and J. II. Ycrgnu,
D.D., of Xew York, taking part in it.
After a desultory discission of the sub
ject of mormonisiii and the holding of a
vacusus, the committee adjourned till
3londay.
The Rev. Dr. Dexter presented a resolu
tion, which was adopted, thanking Hon.
G. M. Murett and the commit tee of the city
of Ley den, Holland, for its courtesy of
placing in the wall of the church of St.
Peter a monumental tablet to John Robin
son, who is held in reverence as the found
er of these churches.
Dr. S. II. Yirgin, of Xew York, re
ported on temperance, and resolutions were
adopted recognizing the unfinished con
dition of the conflict with temperance and
declaring sympathy with all workers seek
ing by Christian methods to destroy the
practice of using intoxicating liquors.
A resolution on the Mormon question
was read by Dr. Moore, recommending the
appointment of a committee to proceed to
Utah and make a thorough examination of
Mormonism and report upon a plan of
action concerning it.
Free Baptists' Conference.
Marion, O., Oct. 10. At the Free Bap
tists' general conference today Rev. Dr.
Long, president of Anliuch college, was
introduced and made an effective address
ou the closeness of his people to the Free
Baptists. Reports from the Historical,
Xecological and Ministerial relief commit
tees were presented. Rev. O. E. Baker
made an address on "The Condition and
Nied of Forceful Preachimr," and a com
mittee of five was named to c nf r
with a siihilar committee from
the Christian bod on the subject
of the union of the two. denominations.
A report from the committee on the min
istry was presented brlts cha!rn1flnrTrrO.'
II. Hall, of Bulfafo, X. Y.. and after a
general discussion it was adopted. It pro
posed action on the part of the yearly meet
ings relative to the ministTy aud standing
of iti ministers, and also urged a generous
support of the ministers and the building of
parsonages b- all churches of the denomi
nation A request came from the Ocean
Park Old Orchard association to hold the
next sess'oii of the general conference at
that place.
The Woinnns' Equal Suffrage Con
vention. Special D!;.atrh to ihc Dally Hsste
IIi'TonrssoN, Kah., Oct. 1G The Wom
ans' Equal Suffrage Convention has Iwcn
in session here during the past two days,
and immense crowds attended all the cession-',
day and evening Miss Susan B.
Anthony aud Mrs. E. S. Saxon are a host
within themselves, and they are very able
and determined in the c-ausc. They
advocate with arguments powerful to ein
vincf. Mr. Sao u a very fluent, im
pressive and entertaining speaker With
the assistance of other noted ladies v. ho are
here, they are jierftctlng an organization in
this, the seventh cnngrcw-ional district, that
will I c thorough in workinc up tvry vot
ing precinct within it. Our people are
much intenst'tl in the movi-nui't.
The inimitable Rev. Blaneliard is boom
ing South HntrhiDson to pome purjxw?.
A 75,000 barb v ire plant will he put up
there at oni e. A foundry and stove works,
nnd nlso a huge canning factory and soup
factory are among the good things that are
sure to come immediately, and thus we
boom.
The Switchmen's Strike.
Chicago, October lG.f-A prominent
Minneapolis miller telegraphs: "The
switchmen's strike here prtmcs to K
long and bitter, and will probably top all
shipments for a while. Xotify your cus
tomers and regulate your sales accordingly.
All mills here are in the same position. ,r
The Situation at Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, Oct. 40. The switch
men's strike stands in statu quo Superin
tendent Eagan, of the Manitoba railroad,
complains that a crowd of 200 ttrikrrs this!
afternoon uncoupled the cars and killed the
engines of a train load of wheit that the j
company was trying to move, aI?o that the j
iwlice "refuse to interfere and 3Iay- j
or Ames cannot be found. lie,
says we have not had anv trouble in mov- j
ing our trains in St. Paul and don't expert
any. Major Rice has ordered his force to j
protect us and our property and tht-v are j
doing it. In 5t Paul the trains arc b'-ing
rr.oTcd and the places of Etrikcr3 filled!
by conductors and brakemen. The trains j
left by conductors are being taken care cf
07 iKgeagctnen. rronunenl men among
the ilmnea polls striken espies? a willing--bcss
to adopt the suggestion of the Jobbers
asForialion, and submit the question to ar
bitration. The striki.i'' coopers are holding out for
their original demand of 10 cents per bar
rel. Gould in Kansas City.
ILvn?.vs Crrr, Oct. 16. Jay Gould, who
v on hi annual inspection tour of the Hu- j
v.uri Pacifir. wns a virflor on "chan'TC to ,
day and made a brief speech- The Star ,
w 111 Kij : lie aiir.var'is ucsu n cvmc.L ;
with a number of local capitalisti and ro! I
eUate owners at which he adr-nccd a pro
portion to concentrate here the MIoun
Pacific shops, now located at several pom
in this vicinity, to be located In the wt
bottoms, adjoining the city.
m
The President Arrives at Home,
and Makes Several Ap
pointments. Annual Eeport of First Assistant
Postmaster General
Stevenson.
Statistics Showing tho Xumber of
rostofllcca Filled by Presidential
Appointment aud Otherwise.
Secretary "Whitney Issues an Order to
Erase the Suspended List in the
avy Yard.
The Attention of Collectors of Customs
Called to Hxistinir Discrimina
tions lu Duties.
CAPITAL BUDGET.
KEP01IT Q THE FIItST ASSISTANT POST
!ASTnU GENKUAI..
Washington. D. C, Oct. 16. First
Assistant Postmaster General A. E. Steven
son has Mibmitted to the ostmaster general
his annual report upon the operation of ha
bureau for the fiscal year ended J tine 110.
It shows the number bf postotlke-s estab
lished during tho year as :, JS2, number
discontinued as -i'SO; net inca-a., J,5Ki2;
whole number of pa-tollices, 5:!,0t i. mini
lcr tilled by appointment of (he president,
2,21-1; number filled by npaoint
menus of the postmaster general,
o.ini. The appointments made during
the year are given as follows : On resig
nations and comn.is.Mons expired. I'.ll'-,
increase compai eel with the previous year,
2,008; on removals and suspension-, U.OUG;
increase as compared with the previous
year, 8,750; on deaths of postmastcus. 587;
on establishment of new ostofllees, JJ. Is2,
total 22.747. The six states having the
largest numlK:r of postollicvs June 30, lShG,
were as follows. Pennsylvania. -1,001,
Xew York. :5,21."i; Ohio. 2.7(51; Viriritiia,
2.2S1; Ulinois,2.22y,undMivsouri,2.o;7. Ah
heretofore, Xew York hasthelargot number
oilices of the presidential grade, vis. 210,
following by Illinois with ITti; IVnnsyl
ania, I.V.); Ohio, i:j;S, Ma-suchi'sctUs, 121.
aud Iowa. 120. The total number of
money order otliccs at the close of the
fiscal year was 7,8315. an increase of 2.SJ
over the previous year. Of the whule
uumlicr of otliccs of thi.s clas.-, Illinois had
the largest number, o90, followed by Imvn
with 522; Xew York. -ll'G; Ohio, -103;
Pennsylvania, -102; .Michigan. 'M; Kansas,
!M2; Indiana, 313; Mirsouri, 2I'J, and Wis
con-dn, 211.
Omral Stevenson renews his mom
mendntiou of hu-t year, that the gmirn
ment pay tho office rent for postolficrs of
the third class.
i-itusuu:mAi. AProiNTiueicrH.
The prebident to-elny mad' the following
appointments:
Benjamin Polsoai, Xew York, to Ik- ifn
su! at Sheffield, England.
Clinrlw 11. Cruver. of Leavenworth,
Ivan., to be agent for Indians in tln
Pottawatomie aim Great Xemah 3g . in
Kansas.
Prank Jf. Ooodrear.. Jjtdfidp. K Y . l
be commissioner "to Lxwnino itad i ; rt
HjKin a section of railroad, coHstrut u d ?
the Northern Pnciflc mi! road enraixH.y m
Washington Territory.
The presidential huntliffr an 1 li - 1 -party
returned to Washington f.m li .
ncy, W. Ya., at an earlj Imi r t' I, u.
ing.
DISCKIMI.NATION IS DCI''
The acting not-rotary ofths trowirv has
issued a circular calimjr Ihc atu-otfe'ii f
collectors of customs nud other to thr re
cent proclamation by the pn-vuirut regard
ing the dikcrinunation in untie ngainst 'm
importations on Spanish fK Hi nn
that in view of the pio'.b-ions of lhe-pp-laination
the duties ituptcd by Mit'
2501, revved statute, will le levkd. in id
dijion to the other ihttita hnpo-d by Uw,
on all goods import! lat' ihc I mit-d
Sfntp under the Hpauwli ll..g f nm (. ' a
and Porto I If en on and nf' r tbcCOtU'f
this month,
wn.t. DiscoaTiat'j: the k -11 .rir 1 -t
The following order has li n !t r 1,
the coraittaiidanUl of all na. v s rl .
Xavt IWPAKTMfc-'T Vv . tr;rt
Dkah Sia A ottaioin Jr- r :n uu 'n
the ivy yards of having nl.-t f itw n 1 1..
ployed Mpe:lL T!nr- i 1 mjth'-n-,
of htw frr thin, amd yn will - that )
discontinued and all wii !. 1 a l
Yours rvsperifiJlr.
W. C, V-r
frr'yA 1'
The law jirmridcs tin! ii'
shiill ha employed at th
during the rikty day jren.ji
tion, but thl dot- nt .;' U
readr eninlorcd and earrksl a.' n
'.i.
y ? " '
an .
Up.' "!
suspended roil. 1 in above oruT h 1. J- r
stood to le intodi-d to pren-nt an 'Va-' 1
of the law, which is now praaible by l.irm
new mn three nr four month befr- i
election and carrying I hem without jfy
until cl -ctioij time.
Tim riuucd Knight.
Priif.ATjri.iM'iA. Oct. 10. Hon. .Is. (1
w ---i - . . - .
Hlaim; arrived here shortly before i o'lxk
and was quietly taken to tho Continental
hotel. Tonight he will make an aI'lr-a
in behalf of the Republican tae ibkrt
and Monday will fiUart on a tour throti; h
the tatc, winding up Tuesday night at
PilUbu rg.
An immen'sc na' meeting w.n lfld by
the Ik-publicans in the Academy of Mi''
and Horticultural hall tonight In ralif'a
tion of the Republican atalc ticket. IU a
Ja. G. Elaine was ihc principal jp-ak'rat
both ha!U, which were packet! to tLHr ct
mot capacity hours befwrc the s;-akrrs
arrived. Thc'crowd grew !ar;e,r and larger
as the crcnini advanced, and by o'i ' k
the street within throe blocks of tLc tw j
buikh'ngr, whidi adjoined each rihr, ts r
almost i-npawihlr. The speaker wa -ctitied
to and tsrsm hid hotel by lit-pub-V'
duln, and the greatest entlitaWn rn
viil In the long line of prr-riifta Is
addition to the two vrxstchn la tfy J-'--31r.
KUinc zrl&w&sd an hmaeatut thr- r
from the balcony of the fnSon ly-a.
iii!ding,
lynaHM Cltr'a "BlovaioU Hallway.
Kf-iA5 Crrr. Oct. 16. -The fsrfer tat
flevattti railway, exteadiog frost titans
C'Jtr&tTo Kina City. Ksa., to Xoh
Vr'faMJottP. a difttaace of throe aaU. a
hff mi!, wfl! be oj-ent-d to th
public u morrow. TJd4 i U
riri ekrvatcd reed $0 bo operaletl lL
wesi. An excun-ieu Prty went ort r m
road todcr. which iccJtjd-d SenftUjr Xnt
Scaa.r Jjlackbura, of Xew YorV. aul
3!r. and Mr. CJcorre Could. Tlw ct: cf
the road Is $700,000.
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