Abilene Daily Reflector from Abilene, Kansas • Page 2

NEWSNOTES. THE CHEROKEE STRIP. TANNER AND VETS. BARRISTERS MEET. AGEST BLAIR.

nnd Hieir wivi, tho seats being reserved fortbeni Tho bjtt'e wns a grand stec-tacle, lo ng part iclratfd in by about sixty ssl, beeides a military fWt end 3, "0 infantry. Th-r w-re fl. Ty0 rounds of mm-k-try and Nhell- 4.fi -0 rockets and WW rounds of Ibew rns were exp led. The piau of the baitle was an ctcick I ho tile fle and repulso by th hore batteries sup-porte i by tho mfni.tr y. Th line ot ba fleet whs b-d by the United Stntes man-' f-war Michigan end revenue cut-tern Andy J.

husou and Fessenden. Tho signal was -n at it o'clock, and as if by mngic the whole -ky was illuminated and the spectators could see the animated movements of infantrymen, artillerymen and seamen as they got ready for the conflict. Then darkness succeeded as the line of battle flout gracelully maneuvered, engaging the shore battoiies as they passed, and tho latter returning the fire. It was a splendid spectacle which the spectators aaw as the vessels poured In the port fire ami tho batteries returned their fire. Hat teries, motors and gunboats all were pouring a deadly fire at their enemies, liurning kerosene barrels were utilized to make it appear that the destroyed hnscIs wore gradually succumbing to the deadly fire, until only an occasional battery wns heard.

The deadly filM of the fl et apparently si-lono-d every tiling on shore and the marines were pi eparing to leove the infn-of-WHi-in sinill boa's. Put the beleauured city was not ready to surrender. The infantry force tlp.t had remained in reserve pressed lorward on the I front of 1 he batteries, ready to meet tho landing force. As they poured their steady fire, round nfter round, into the midst of he appronching I oats, the ronr of musketry supeiH-Mhid the boom of the cannonading, the invading party was repulsed and retreot' in confusion. Two vessels were so badly disabled that they were blown up with powder.

A magnificent pyrotochnic display followed the Boslo i wi.l be tht p.aea for tha next Grand Army encampment. The charter was defeated at the election at Oklahoma City, by an overwhelm ing vote. The estate of Henry Shaw, valued at $1 500,000, has been left almost entirely to the cdy of Si. Louis. Ex-President Cleveland has expressed his willingness to act with the World' Fair committee of New York.

The Citizens Bank, of P--'rle City, Jasper County, Iowa, has in- ith liabilities estimated at from 1 Governor Mellete, of North Dakota, baa called an election for State and county officers the first Tuesday In October next. The Brazilian Government has nego tlated with the banks of Hio da Janeiro a loan of $10,000,000 at 4 par cent, per an num. The village of Tscherlach In St Gall, Switzerland, was destroyed recently by the fall of a portion of Mount Kulbisberg, The villagers escaped, A crowded meeting of Protestants) was held at Belfast recently, to protest against Mr. Balfour's proposal to endow a Catholic university in Ireland. The Government of Paraguay has accepted the invitation of tb" United States to attend tho congress of American States in Washington In October.

Rev. Dr. Yost, Chancellor of the University of Florida, has presented to Hei-delburg College, at Tiffin. a museum of curiosities valued Ht Miss Annie Jones, who had been an invalid for seventy years and confined to her bed for sixty, died recently at Liver-more Fails, ng- eighty-seven. The value of the personal property of the late Charlemagne Tower, of Phila- delphia, has been found to be Jfi 41.004, while the real estate is placed at $9,000,000.

H. H. Warner, the head of the large proprietary medicine estal lishment of Rochester, N. has agreed to sell the business to a British syndicate for 1,000, 000. The guarantee money has been put up.

Two freight trains on the Buffalo, New York Pennsylvania road came together at Cole Grove station, near Bradford, recently. The engine of one of the freight trains and three tramps were buried under the smash A series of typhoons, unprecedented In their urv and dost rue' i venes, have swept over Japan and pari of China. The damage to properly is incalculable, and the lowest estimate of tho loss. of life by drowning places it at 5,000. Two Indie, Mrs.

Dodson, of Wnuwa-tosn, and Mrs. Den net, ol West Granville, were killed at Milwaukee, while crossing the iet s'reet crossing of the St. Paul raihoad. They were sisters and were visitors to the encampment On August fl the Hush captured the Brit- war. ish 8t'ftllnff schooner Lilv of Vancouver while taking seals in the Bdiring sea.

In all there have been fourteen sealers boarded by tho ish and warned oat of the Behring te besides six captured. Dr. Nathaniel Km mous, formerly of Delaware, who bad for twenty years been a leading dentist of Valparaiso, Chill, dld there Juno fl). He was a Grand Army veteran and his last request was for a Grand Army headstono for his grave. MARKET KK PORTS.

Grain ami rrovl.lnnn. Kansas Oitv. Aug. W. F1.01111 Weak; XX, Sic: XXX, 9 family, IU 5: choico.

tl.li'i: frinriv. fl.IV). Wheat Weaker; No. a reil. cash Autrust.

C4c. No. red. cash O'o. No.

soft, cash OCc: August, die uskeil CORN Nominal No. v. No. 2 white, 27c. Oats No.

cash, Ind, 17c asked. RYE Mo. cash, SI tic hid, asked. Phodijck Hulter. weak; funcy creamery, 18 (fftl4c (food, IKitlc; dairy luncy, llj12c.

Eggs, weak at Y.ic. i Provisions Hams f.uRor cured). Hot" breakfast bacon, 9l4e; dried beef. He: clear rib sides (smoked), H7 1 4 long clear sides, I5.7S; shoulders. f.VU'4; short clear sides.

16 50, mess pork. 10.M: tierce lard (pure). WV2V i Weak: butchers'. f3.2r..?4 On: cows, tl.5o'M5: Mockers and feeders. Shkep Weak: sales at HOOS Firm; mixed 3.80j,4.aj; llht, 18.80 I ST.

Lotus. Aug. 29. i Very firm XXX, fc! S) fami-lv, "92.C5; choice, la.75Z4.0; extra fancy, Wheat Cash excited and hiKher: No. 2 red, i cash, 76'4c asked: August, Sep-; tember.

75tiT(70(i7Hlic; December, 77t.c; May, Sil)? iKll'ic, Corn No. 2 mixed, cash, August, ai(3lc; October, De cember, HUViMl'c; May, 8-ic. Oats Firmer; No. 2, cash, 17S418tici May, Ryb Nothing doing. Pkoduce Hutter.

unchanged; creamery, 15 1317c dairy, 9gl4c. Eggs, steady at 18c. i Provisions Pork, jobbing, HO.00. Lard, prime steam, Dry salt meats, boxed I4M; longs and ribs, IS.10S5.12H. Hams, at ill 8.vais.25.

Whisky Steady at 1.03. Cattle Lower and dull; choice heavy no. tlve steers, I4.1(a4.40; lair to good, 13.60 4.10: stockers and feeders, Sfibep Steady; fair to choice, 18 Hoas Steady; fair to choice heavy, 14.00 4 20; packing, fs.9J34.15; light grades, 14.2 (34.40. JniCAao, Aug. 29.

Flour Unchanged: new winter, 14.00; spring wheats, patents, tl.30(ft!S.70. Wheat Active and higher! No. 9 spring, TB No. 8 spring, 2 red, 78c Corn Lower; No. 2, ISHo.

Oats No. 3, Itlio, Rye No. Produce Uutter. fairly active: fancy cream ery, fine, 16c; dairy, 132140. Eggs, fair demand at 14c.

Provisions Mess pork, 19.85. Lara, I6.0t4 $.6.05. Short rib sides, loose, 14.88. Dry salted shoulders, boxed, steady at tl.62tfQ4.73, Short clear sides, boxed, Whisky Distillers' finished goods, H.OJ. Cattle Weak and lowor: beeves, 14.4011 80; steers, fe! Ki24.30; stockers and feeders, I1.90Q 2.90.

Sheep Slow and steady; natives, I3.40a4.80l lambs, (4. 5035. TO. Hogs Lower: mired, I8.30a4.25; heavy, 4.11; light, QJr4.66. New York, Aug.

28. Flour More active: low extras, t2.Gbda.26; winter wheat, low grades, K. 0043.16; fair to fancy, f3.2nQt.no. Wheat Dull: new No. 9 red, No, 8 red, c3c; ungraded red.

7J88o; steamer No. red, No. 2 red, August. 86t4atSo December. 80 May.

Baffiaartc Corn Stronger; No. 43t4c; No. 1 white, 4SH846C; ungraded mixed, 4H144Ko. Oats Weaker; No. 2 white, mixed western, 23'-'8c; white western, ia 8c.

llYi Western quiet at BsaMc. Pbodcce Butter, choiee, steady; wssrorn dairy, IHtHHo; do. oreamtry, llftisuo. Enri Arm; western, 171840. Provisions Pork, strong; mess, Inirweted.

tu.ou. Middles, dull: short elear, K.4B LfrS dull; western steam, tn.2',gi9.4,t. Cattle Active and firmer: untl. ata f3.30(&S.U). utl' Han.

i. Carllnli in-fends Chief Mnyes I The KlKht of Kinmeiit Iiomitlu May 1Irhihp ot Mrip. 1 Wichita, Aug. HO. Concerning Cherokee affairs, Jinn.

John G. Carlisle, who has jnt return from Mexic Ci'y, says: 'l think 1h-ro is no question but that it will Im open to settlement, but just when i a ij iei Ion 1 am not nb! to answer, although I think will so'tte it Hiis wini r. The HprinipT b.It, which inc.urle.I the Strip nl-o, 1 with the last session of Coiigi e-, but it is safe to prHuni thnt a ri'W hill of the samn nature will liitroducd ihi winter and; will have to go hi on hi the uual fn' inula. I notice that Chief Mayes is receiving a great deal of censure lr in the press that ik nncnlled for. iWirc to the Ifici tnai nn i-rmutive rtllieer his actions in the' matter of disponing of the Chemketi Strip are controtlMd by 1 lie Constitution of thu Chorokee Nation, hirdi iectly forbids the selling of this Strip, I saw it stated that a treaty was made in IMTU, authorising the Chief of tho Cherokeo Nation to sell tho Htrip, If the Constitution was In vogue nt that ma the act was unconstitutional, and if tho institution was adopted since it nnnulled that net, so you see it aces Chief Mays tn a position wherein he run not di-pom of the Strip when tho Cherokee I'islnturo meets this win cr, tiiat body will so alter the Con i Mit ion thnt the sale will bn made.

If not the Comjiii nt wi.l probably condemn the Strin, Appoint appraisers nnd take possi-ssbm of the land upon the fame princiiilo thut property is condemned for ml road puriosos." MEXICAN VETERANS, IIlKClnsvllle tin- Sprue Itrunlon i' tent us. Ilnnii.Nsvn.i.ic. Aug. iio. Six v-ona veterans of the Mexican war, inumhora ol the Htftto Association of Mexican wiir vet erans of i entral isstmn, as einoiei the city hall ymteiday moining niui- o'clock and innrched to the fur ground fn body.

their arrival an exhibition of old time army dull according to Hcoti' tactics was given by Comrades Uledso and nfter whi'di Mayer J. W. Hranch delivered a sho-1 address of wol-come, which was answered by Secretary Thomas 1'. Hoy. A short address was delivered by lion.

J. C. Tarney. At twe p. in, the ass eintion for business and after hearing the reports of the president and secretary elected tho following officers: T.

W. Smith, of Wnrsaw. president; T. K. Staples, of Nelson nnd II.

M. Died-soe, of Pleasant Hill, vicx-presidents. Th president reappointed Thomas V. Hoy, ol Hoi aha, secretary nnd ti eu-urei'. A tei the nppoinlinents of special commit te and adoption of appropriate rosolut lon the association adjourned to -ot at Fayette, September VA Thursday's lluse-Ittill, AM KMC A AKHOCIATION.

Baltimore linltiinoro, Brooklyn, 4. Columbus Columbus, Athletics, 1. national r.KAmrrc. rittsburgh Pittsburgh, Chicago, a. New York New York, liostmi, (i.

Washington Washington, Jli; Philadelphia, 4. Cleveland Cleveland, lndiaunp-olis, 1. KIIN ASS'ICI ATP Denver lii'iivcr, li; Snnix City, Cmahn -Ouuihn, St. Jos ph, 0. Minneapolis inncapoj Des Moines, 11.

Milwaukee- Milwaukee, 4: St. Paul, 0. Si-purii I riu Is li el used. Cine a in, Aug, 10 -Jude McCoiuiell has der ided that aM the defendants iu the Cronin trial musi be tr ed togtdlier, with the exception of I'miik Woodiulf. H- said that in view of Woo huff's confession it would be manilestly unlnir to nllow him to i on trial wP I lie ol hers.

Ad I ho de fendants but Woodruff took exception to the ruling, ami the granted twenty days in which to lib) bills of exception, ihe attorneys for thi various defendants then zi rcHfod heni-'ijl ves as ready to proceed with ihe trial. lien dine Itroken. Lyons, Aug. The dondlcck in the Twentieth judicial district convention continued inlil fi.VI ballots were taken, when Clark gained one- vote from Sta (ford. Adjournment for supper wns imni'MiinCdy had, amid great excitement During recess Nimocks nnd ltn effected a compromise nnd upon reassembling the nnnct of Clark was withdrawn.

The (i'i'th billot resulted in foriy-threo votes for J. W. Hose, oT Stafford County, buin; a unntii-mous vote. College CtoHed. I.oniHVU.i.E, Aug.

William McClosky, Homan itliolic Itislmp of this diocese, tins ordered the closing of St Joseph's Cnllegu ot Hardstown. The reason is thnt faculty such as desired could not be mado up for he ensuing year. Rev. C. J.

O'ConnuU lesignod tho presidency some time ago to give his time to his duties as priest. A Ktrcittur Wreck Vietlm Omaha. Aug. 110. Hugh Kiloy, tlrnnd Army votoran, who left thin city some weeks ago, was passenger on tho Wnnta r'e train wrecked at Stroator, ill.

His wife's first intimation of the fact wns a tolegram lust night asking her to goat once to Ikdoir, whore her hu-baud was dying from injuries received iu the wreck. l'VII Over ami Drowned. Lincoln, NK, Aug, HO. A man nnmed Martin Uloch was walking across he Burlington Missouri bridge when the switch engine and cars nppronclied. In stead of attempting to get out of the way he stepped aside, lost his balance and fell the creek.

He could not swim nnd was drowned, ruck lly a Train. Laiinhv Aug. IK) J. H. Leggltt, of Kdwards County, was sorlously injured her1.

He was crossing the Santa Fe tracks and was struck by a train, throwing him from his wagon and breaking aoveral rib tloi'key Injured, Marhhai.u Aug 3). During the performance here "Little Tom, "aged about eighteen years, one of the jockey riders In Sells circus, was thrown from his horse and seriously injured. No Dttngpr nt Helens. Hfi.kna, Aug. ltd.

The fires which have prevailed near Helena have subsided, and there is now no danger to the city. Timber llres in other parts of the ate are still burning, however, tiemoveit to Woking. Lonoon, Aug. U0. Mrs.

May brick was rin -ved to Woking prison yesterday. Bhe wore the regular convict di ets during her Journey. She looked well. CoI1hi in Cream, Faribault, Aug. 110.

Uutaler operators of creameries, assigned 9 erdnT to HefvWnb, LmOUtli I Report ou tha Pottawatomie, Klcknpoo find OLIior Indians. THE FEELING Rr.G.lliMSC Continued Heavy I'm hate of Ciovc. went BoihU The Injury to the J'lilmi Comparatively HllKlit. Washtkotom, Auk- .10 TVair, agent of the J'uttawntoinhi and Ureal Nemaha Indian nRnncy, ntnkeH i i annual report to the bureau. Kive Irihns rom-pone the Agency the 1'rairie Land, Kick-apoos, Iowas, HacM nnd Fox, Cnlppowa and Christians in all Wi.

Mo rueom-mnnds that J'ottawalouiies residing in Wisconsin Hhnuld be returned 1o the reservation, as there is much time and money wasted in uMtless vinittntf. 'I ho reserve of thene Indiana in Jackson County, Kan. Tim Indian, he report, cultivate imtirt.vH thnir IhtiiU uiidifttur and thore are no mfHunderstand intf an to prop- rtv riRhts, The agent think the Communion np- pointed under an net of Out In. oopies to allot land1 Imlonging to the Pottawatomie and Kh-kapcm, and to purchase what remains after allotment, will fail in Us purpose. The Indiana decline to listen to any proposition to null, The Iowa favor allotment, and the agent recommends it bo mnde at early as practicable.

The Hacs nnd Fox nlso desire it. The Chtppewns and Chi in) inns urn living on allotted lands, and the n'en! recommends that they be cifix mix m1. They nNo want their fund divided innong thrn. 'J he lands are generally of an exeolletit character, and all of the tribes within the agency are fanning and selling produce. All the tribes nrn teinperat" but th" Hues and Fox, who live in IN' hi nKka, and me addicted to drinking, and whon cmen nre taken into the court- they receive slight attention.

Many of thorn hnvo embraced the Christian religion. HchooU are conducted in all of the reservation, pxcnpt the Chippewa and Chrltius, who send children of a school ape to the llakell institute at Lawrence. Increased accommodations nro quired for the 1'ottawatoinfcs in respect to school. At all the schools but the H'ics nnd Fox and the the attendance hat been good, and the educational interests have been advanced. 4V tiik runniAHK or iionhs.

Wahhinoton, Aug. Mf. Anatn the bonds purchased by the Treasurer were large In amount, This made the amount purchased in the tiiree days nearly 1, For theso bonds the Government paid about $14,000, unO by the addition cf premium. The effect upon the surplus of the recent heavy purclmtses fs notable. It was $70,000,000 ten days ngo, but has now decreased to about $42,000,000.

Kopresent-ations have been made to Acting Secretary Bachelor that it would be well for the Government to ndvnuco its buying pricos in the face of these Inrge offerings as otherwise a sudden reaction will lei felt which will result in the refusal of the bondholders to sell. Mr, Bachelor, however, takes the ground that in the bonds coming In are offered by Hrnm of the highest financial reputations, and under rircu instances which mnko it man ifest. that they Are not pinched and compelled to sell, they must have reached the conclusion that It is the best, thing to do Therefore lie Is rnlli'T more inclined to lower than to advance the prices, and that no harm would follow if the predicted riso in the market rulB oc curred, as the depart ment would 1)0 ready for a breathing spel'. TIIK BOSTON'S INJl'HIFS Wariiinoton, Aug. id).

Captain llenrdn- 1 lee, president of the board of survey of the United States steamer lioston, in an olllcial report to the Navy Department, states that the injuries to the Hostou by the recent Accident are slight. In all, eight frafne are injured, nnd four plates will have to be replaced. The estimated cost of the material to be used in the repair of the Uoston is stated at HMD, and the coat of the work in nil A PEMOcnATlO OIU1AN. 'Warhinoton, Aug. Hi.

A company known as the National Democratic Publishing Company, In which a number of leading Democrats nrn stockholders, has been Incorporated under the laws of West Virginia, for the publication here of a weekly Democratic paper for national recirculation. The new paper will nppoar next week nnd will be under the charge of Edwin Hudson. The London 1'eeinployeil. London, Aug. lid.

A mass meeting of the great army of the unemployed wns held yesterday. About 4,000 strikers were in attendance. John Burns addressed them, predicting that their dt iu mds would be acceded to to-day. IU said that all the Indications pointed to a victory for the men if they were firm nnd united. The wharfingers have offered to employ the dockmen on Independent docks, but this proposition has not been accepted, The strike Is seriously uffeoting the northern coal trade.

Klre nl Knchelt llurhur. Watkhtown, N. Aug. at). The business portion of the historic villnge of Hackett Harbor burned Wednesday night.

There was no fire department, ami the United States regulars nt MndUou bit-racks, with an obi fashioned hand pump engine saved the village from entire destruction. The lire is supposed to be of Incendiary origin. Loss, Insurance, $16,000. California Wine. Ban Francisco, Aug.

IW. The Merchant and Vltlculturlst estimates that the wine prod not of California will not exceed this year. This a reduction of 6 OOO.OnO gallons from early estimates. The reduction Is due partly to damage by unhnrn and mildew. The sura a paper estimates that the State will produce gallons of brandy this year.

M'un lly the Irishman. Newport, N. 1 Aug. 3). The professional tennis match between the chnmpU ot Ireland, lleorge Kerr, and Tom Poiiit, the American professional, enme off yesterday morning and was won by Kerr, 0-3, 6-1, 01.

Ken fs playing at all times was tha hardest hitting ever seen in America. Ills judgment was unerring. Fettit did not play in his usual form. Died of Hydrophobia. Omaha, Aug, 80 The nine-year-old dan; nter of Cyrus Bardean.

of David City, waa bitten on the ear two months ago by a pet 4s and Wednesday died of hydrophobia. A caff belonging to Bar. An start dlarl with sTrautoina of th asm dtimi. Tffi wbTc4 fr loppoiell td Longthy Dlnnunflon In tlio O. A.

B. EiiBiiiDEB Mootintr. THE COMMISSIONER INDORSED. Onicer rtrd (irnnd NhVuI llipluy nn the talff The Sons nf VfUTitiiH Nut Jtecognicd '1 hi! Women's Corps. Mii.wa;kkk, Aug.

50. At yester-lay morning's kcsmoii of tho National Kncainpmcnt the election of officers for tho cimiing year wns completed. Dr. Horace I. 1'orior, of Kansas, was chosen Burgeon-getierai VV.

JI. L'hilders, of Kentucky, chaplain and Comrade liovett, of New Jersey, vie commander. The en-Cfiiiqiment refused io recogn izi he Hons of Veterans as nil auxii iniy of the A .11. bfciuso of disturbing faction in the foi mer. Instead of giving tho two womeiis' ot ganiz itious tho Doyal Ladies of the (i.

A and the Woman's H-lief Corp tm mill iudornempnt, which would lio fonirary to tho rules, it was recum-nionibtl tic encaqipmont bid them (ii-d piM'd In he work. (ien'-rnl Alger, president of ihe Ijngan nionuui'iit i ml, potted thnt the b'ctionsto ilato 01, A committee nf live wa- authorized io place It fore Congress a proposition to sot tipnrt portion of the 0J np)ropriated for the site to be a Ided to tho fund lor the monument. (ieneral Warner ft the chair nnd mado a strong appeal for the monument schemo. He suggt'Si ed that Die couiimttee en-lorgi tl to include one representative trom each dt pan ne nt, with instructions to push the wmk unt I tho monument was tin nlly at Washington. '1 In chief event nt the meeting of the (1 ra ml Army del gates was a rod -hot me over resolutions indorsing Pension Commissi oner Tanner.

Mr. Perkins, of Kansas, introduced a resolution heartily thanking the administi at on of President Harrison for the honor it lias conferred on the O. A. K. in appointing Corporal Tann-T as Pension Commissioner, and heartily Indorsing his conduct of the bureau, because it was erected fur tho benefit of the soldiers and sailors of the late war; and denouncing tho bitter and matlguaut criticism of thu pnm uj on his official conduct, treneiiit Bninum, of New York, offered a Mibstituto to the effect thut notwithstanding the assaults rf an unfriendly pies-, the encampment declared its belief in the integrity of Tanner and its approval of his efforts to do nil for tho soldiers ami sapors tha I be buvs will allow.

Caniptil), of ICau-ns, agreed with (funeral Bunium in his ideas as to the proper wording he resolution, nnd unul; Don't take a Imsiy vote. We can afford io stay lu re ten hours to settle tills lm-I fin quest on and motile it right. For tlliccn yours have buen detdaring ami ol h'jrs hnvo In 'on ttnring a sont ini'iit thai the country can never pay tho debt due (he 1 Id it; i-but Corporal Tanner Is iht) liint ollic thnt has nuido that spti-t iiiient upon a pract cnl reulii I bul cvo it is Ihe high duty of this enenmpment to stist tin him in working out that sentiment. Jf the (Jnuid Army of tho ever had a duty to perform, looking neither to tlie right nor to the left, to tho en mini I iee that is investigating he of the Pension Bureau or to the Commissioner it is now. and we ought to pass tliis.

lestj'utiou. The substitute ddl'ei wit it in but, one particular. It expres ei bid iof iu the in eg idly of I 1 1 111 ado Taiiu -r nn I ou it not in-U notice 1 action of tho (dinigcd with th; investigation. It may be than nn indoi seinent bko tint off rtd in the original resolution, but we should make our in iorsemont strong enough Th' original resolution expresses our s. ntimeiiL cxuetly.

It Tunner is dishonest or hns dono any criminal act we shall find it out wnon the committee ikes its f'-poit. The presumption ot law is that every man is inn c-nt until he is proved guilty, and as tarns I am concerned I wid make thnt pn sumption go to the fullest Aleut in this case." A ibi egate from Minnesota said he wool I no more dare to go back to the so diers of hi.s Stale nfter Imrmii a hair of Tannei's head than to ride thruiigh a band of Sieux Indians with their war He ured the encampment to stand up to the rack and say that the O. A. H. will stand by Tanner till something wrong is cleany proved hi 111.

Another delegate said: "A resolution of confidence hk-) the subsiHute should pro-vok'i 110 opposition, but when it Is made a ma 1 tor of judgment it becomes a club in tho hand; of Tunnel 'a enemies. Who knows any tiling about his administration of the Pension Buroau? It is not his enemies, but his that are investigating him. We should m.t tiy to force the Administration to siiMpeud this Investigation. 1 wns in Washington last we and I heard it charged upon the streets and everywhere uts1, that men employed in tho burouu were nil getting their cases made special and taken up immedintoly and rorated much higher, while the poor devils of the rank and lilo have to stand bck and wait. I to them thnt it was lie, but if he fins done that nnd wo pnsa tho original resolution wo indorse su-di notion 011 his part.

Tho substlt ute is broad onough. This enenmpment knows noth ing of the details of Tanner's work and can not pass judgment upon it. We may believe it is nil right but we don't know. If we pass the original resolution and the committee of investigation should exonerate him the opposition press would say that the Administration dare not oppose the U. A- nnd they would have good reason to say It," After further discussion of the Tanner resolution the encampm-nit adjourned until three o'clock.

At the afternoon session Barnum'a sub stitute was redrafted to read ns follows: 'That we thank President llarrUon for the appointment of our comrade, James Tanner, as Commissioner of Pensions, and I that, notwithstanding the assault made 1 on him, we declare onr complete confidence iu i integrity and our approval ot his endeavors to do all that can be done under 1 laws for the veterans of tho wnr, anil in onnectiou with him we ask a full invest gallon of his administration of the affairs of the Pension Bureau." It was adopted under su-peusion of tha rules unanimously amid great cheering. THE NAVAL It ATT I.E. Milwalkrk, VA Aug. lid Yesterday wns the g.vat ifsy of the encampment a regards 10 crowds. Tho trains brought in latitat additional visitors, mostly rum Wisconsin and Illinois, the great at traction boing the naval battle tn Milwaukee bay.

Fully D50.0X) people oc cupied the benches and the vast amphi theater on tha hlllitddnf the Lake Kttnr The National Bar Association la Convention at Chicago. THE GREAT POWER OF CORPORATION'S Commercial Convention at San Francisco Maritime Mttl ters Deplored Coast Defenses Needed. Chicago, Aug. 80. When the National Bar Association reconvened in the Methodist Church block yesterday morning, Prof.

Simeon E. Baldwin, of the law school of Yale College, read an address on ''The Centenary of Modern Government" This was followed by reports of committees and miscellaneous business. Charles II. Itutler, of New York, pre sented a resolution pledging the co-operation of the Bar Association iu the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the organization of the Supreme Court of the United States in 170 and asked that a committee be appointed to make proper arrangements for that event The reso lution was passed unanimously. treasurer Howie, from the committee on special legislation, reported that under instructions from the convention last year the committee had gone to Washington to urge upon Congress the passage of necessary laws relieving Ihe Supreme Court of the vat amount of business before it, but owingto the change of admin istration it had been determined to post pone urging the consideration of such laws upon Congress until this year.

The committee was continned for another year. Mr. Smith, of Pennsylvania, introduced a resolution to the effect that the association favored the establishment of an intermediate appellate court to relieve the glut in the Supreme Court This was warmly discussed. Mr. Wilson, of Minnesota, Bald that there was no necessity for such an intermediate court and that the evil, as it at present existed, lay in the too great power possessed by soulless corporations in appealing cases to the Federal court, the obj ct of which was to wear out litignteea.

State courts should have more power and the Federal courts should be restricted in their jurisdiction. The power of corporations was so great that ttie advice generally given to a client in a suit was to settle with the corporation at the best terms possible because the corporations could secure delay by appealing to the Federal courts and a poor man stood no chance at all. Mr. Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois, supported the remarks of Mr. Wilson and urged that a return to the good old law of 1T.M9, under which the country got nlong very well for lD1i Thu tlfty years, should bo made.

The law re ferred to restricted jurisdictions of Fed tral courts to single Stntes. This matter was so warmly discussed that the lawyers postponed the discussion until the evening session. At a meeting last night of the grand council of the association, William P. Wells, of Michigan, was elected president for the coining year. Ho is Judge Cooley's successor as lecturer on const.

tutional law at Ann Arbor University. COMMKHCIAL CONVENTION. San Fkancisco, Aug. 8') The commercial conference called by tho San Francisco Chamber of Commerce some time ago met bore yesterday afternoon, the San Francisco Produce Kxehnnge, Manufacturers' Association, the Chamber of Commerce, the Call for ia State Board of Trade and tho Chambers of Commerce of Los Angeles, San Diego and Eureka being represented. The committees appointed some time ago to prepare papers upon various sub-j cts submitted their reports.

Tue first wa3 of encourngement of maritime commerce ami increased energy in the construction of the navy. It suggests that the law should be repealed requiring vessels In the foreign trade to be built and owned in America before being regis- ered. It appeals to Congress to adopt measures which will secure a portion ot the world's commerce and remunerative employment for the people. 1 he next report submitted was on the prompt construction of the Nicaragua canal as a means of National defense and commercial development. The report declares that it would be a National crime to permit any European power to obtain such advantage as that which would be derived by the United States by the construction of this canal.

Its importance as a naval station and means of quick to the easiern and western coasts ol America as well as its commercial advantages are pointed out. Resolutions were adopted requesting the State representatives in Congress to aid in the construction of tti is canal by any proper legislation. A lengthy report was also submitted on the marine defenses ot the Pacific coast. The fnct was deplored that in the event of war the Pac die coast would be at the mercy of any foreign power and Congress was urged to make the beginning toward the proper coast defense at the earliest possible moment Another report was on the subject of establishing and maintaining permanent ocean Bteamship lines, The first was the mails of San Francisco and Vancouver and China and Japan. Among the other features presented Is the fact that the Australian and New in land mails to and from San Francisco are carried by an American steamship company which receives 521,000 yearly from the Hawaiian Government, $200, 000 from the Australian and New Zealand and about from the United States.

Resolutions were submitted calling on Congress to enact the necessary laws and appropriate sufficient sums to enable merchant steamships to compete with foreign subsidized lines running to China, South American points, New Zealand, Central American and British Columbia points. Resolutions also favor the adoption ot the French scale of navigation, of naval construction, of bounties for ships provided that the ships are built with a view to being enrolled in the naval reserve list All reports and resolutions submitted were referred to committees and another session will be held to-day. The Magdeburg Collapse. Berlin, Aug. The collapse of the Magdeburg sugar syndicate has seriously affected the sugnr refinery at Stettin.

The Hamburg authorities have ordered an investigation to discover why the proper otHclals had not controlled' the brokers' trading. MataafM hi HI Kin-. Lcndon, Aug. W). Advices from Apia, under date of July 20, state that King Maltetoa declines lor tue present to as tnnre tbe rffyflj prefTEaiva on tBe ground I tlx tictnvsi ana curt auufira nm rtifcni.

I LABOR IN KANSAS. Inforinittimi Sought I'rom Labor Organizations. ToPfka, Aug. 3 Heretofore the State Labor Commissioner in gathering statistics has confined himself to obtaining report from individual wage woik-ers, irrespective of their being members of trade organizations or not. In this way he obtained views on both sides of every question, but he is now preparing to get an oflkdnl expression from organized labor by sending cut to the oflicers of trades unions throughout Kansas a new circular, hich will be mailed September 1.

In these nine questions are asked, applying to the condition of separate trades fn each town or city nlono. The information fought in-cludus a comparison of the work in ench trade with that of 18H more or loss? How many In each union wore employed full time 'luring the year? Amount of time lost through Inability to obtain employment during the ycai? Average number of lost by each member of union from above cause for tho year? ber of li ou i constituting a day work in each trade? Average daily wages this year? nnd last your? Percentage of trade employ oil iu each local it who are union men? nnd the transients seeking employment in each locality, more or less numerous than last year? Has the average price of board or family expenses increased or decreased, compared with last year? Another Itrown Case. FX ico, Au-r. I0. William Thomas found man wandering nimlessly about near his residence, in South Mexico, Upon investigation ho found him to have a hole knocked in his forehead, his jaw gashed, his tongue cut.

hh wrist sprained, etc. Tho man as brought to the Windsor Hotel and rec -gniZ'd by J. F. Hobertson ns Hu-jh D. of Warrensburg, Mo, a fellow gi admit of the law depart ment, Washington University, St Louis.

He was last heard ol" practicing law in St Louis. His tm morv is gone. The last he can rein- ruber is having stayed a night a Fulton. He don't know what night; also, that he was riding a bicycle, lie graduated last June with high honors. He was pnrtner of George II.

Tassock, of Bt Louis. Nut nnd Itnlt Works llurned. Kansas City, Aug. 3J The rolling mill of the Kansas City nut and Ixd works, locat-d at Sheft'io burned to the ground at o'clock Ins', night, causing a lo-is of on winch there was an insurance of Th-3 fire was evidently the work of nn incendiary and It wns with grent difficulty thnt the rest of the plant was saved from destruction. Turin" Kelorm.

McFai.L, Aug. HO, Fully ten thousand people attended the tariff reform picnic nt th place. Hon. A. M.

Dockery mado a tar, If in i speech. The Pat-tonthurg, Wenthrrhv and Jameson brass I atub contested for tho prize given by the city, which was awarded to the Jameson 1 and. The first prize in vocal music was awarded lo the Stnnberry choir. Appointed Geologist. Jefpkkmon City, Aug.

30. After a tedious session of two days the Board of Mines and (lool igv last ovening appointed Prof. Arthur Winslow, of Arkansas, State Geologist. He author i sod to ex-pond iu makiug a geological survey of the State within the next two years. iKHlonnry Training Ki hoot.

Kanhah City, An. iVJ. The gentle man who has offered to givo 000 and a building si Li for tho establishment in this (dty of mi-Mlonary training school Is lCv. Nathan Scarritt, of Last Melrose. Dr.

Sc.triiit proposes to give a lot 2 0 feet front near the Fust Melrose Methodist Church Sout h. Flro At Weeping Water. Wbkpinu Watkh Aug. 30. A disastrous fire, originating from a gasoline stove, cc.urred here yestarday.

A strong iii'l was blowing, and before the fire was umb control damage amounting to lO.uoi), with little Insurance, resulted. A New tail road. Kinoman, Auh'. 3i. The Omaha, Hutchinson Gulf railroad reached this city yesterday afternoon.

There is much rejoicing among the business men of Kingman, who generally regard the new road as a part the ck Island system. Drowned While Intoxicated. Nubkakka I'll y. Aug. IU.

While Frank Howard and two other men. all in-toxica ed, wero crossing the r.ver iu a skiff vesterday th boat was overturned and Howard was drowned. Old Nettlrra. Cmstov, Aug. 3).

The Old Bet-tiers' reunion at Windsor yesterday was a great success 10.00J people beng on the rou s. Charles Kummern Wh instantly el lv tn HuUler system of PUeblo. cSt.i U1 ttlift bight effic llgHt at hrrit WM aiM Ktttt annul Army mn.