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JplKSSfe NEW ORLEANS, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1885. NUMBER 217. VVOLUJIE XLII. 1 MIML'S BABY CARRIMES tTl. ivurt mid iiu prices tho lowest.

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fewest chaise ta the city tor nist-elSM P. Ulaloney, D. D. CFFICai 8TSKKTL Ml '84-ljUtp A and Velocipedes. BUGGIES AND HARNESS.

COOD WORK. nwTmm IIOUSB OP TUB SOUTH. REPOSITORY, opposite St. Charles Hotel. THE Star Shirt The best made, best fitting and most economical Shirt.

This make of Shirt has a reputation unequaled. We have sole control of the sale of these in this citv. We sell the Star Shirt, open back and open front, at $1, $1 25, $1 50 and $2 each, small plaits, solid bosom, with and without collars, a variety of styles. We have a few All Linen Shirts, tm-laan dried, at $2 each, THE STAB WAISTS AUD XTBTDEB-WEAE. Sogers, Feet make of Clothing also sold by us exclusively.

We have reduced the prices on different lots of Suits, odd garments, eta, to close out with the season. A full line of Boys' Clothing, Hats, Underwear, Umbrellas, Bubber Clothing, etc Ho Sold on Sunday. H. D. McCown, Clothier, Cr.

St. Charles and Common Wfw ELK1N lOO -Conal Invite attention to tlieli jPreea ImportAtlonJi of jonrruss, damask, and kxtha QUALITIES CHINA MATTINGS Ail ratletlee of OAJtPKTZNO at TtxrJ' Prloea Oil Cloths and English Corticlnes, Window Shades, Curtains. Etc pmnnuji pnsmY. DR. 1.

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A Technical Embezzler of Pension Funds. Germany ReacMn? for the Central American Trade. Btlnralaxlnc the Amerlcma KxpoeitloB. 8PKCIXI- TO THI PICATTT3TB.7 Was ii IMG tom, Aug. 28.

A. WUoon Norria, late penaloD agent at Philadelphia, baa gotten himself Into txocMe--at the Treasury Xevartmont br aflore to oetue hi aoooont lor the month of Jane laac orrlo'o oao- oesaor was appointed on July 7 and under date of the 18tli Inst. orris was called apon by the Third Auditor of the Treasury to forward bis account at once. His attention was at the same time called to his delay. He did not respond, aaa on toe 36th mat.

was again reminded and the request repeated to forward hie aeooonts at onoe. At this time his nodes was called to these points of Kertsed Statutes setting forth that officers of Ms class must report monthly, especial attention being directed to the boo tlon which provides that failure to report monthly, unless time to do so has been ex- tenaea Dy toe eereutry ox tne Treasury, shall be proof of embezzlement and the officer deemed guilty of that crime and fined in a sum equal to the amount embezzled, and shall be Imprisoned not leas than six months or more than ten years. If orris's sureties are Win. R. Leeds, Wm.

E. Littleton and John L. Hill, of Philadelphia, B. F. shelman.

of Lancaster, and Wm. Nolan, of Beading, Pa. As the matter now stands. Third Auditor Williams says, orris is technically an embeszler, and it he escapes punishment Is will be through leniency on the part of the Secretary of the Treasury. The announcement that the German Government has appointed a commercial commission to visit the countries of Central and South America lu the Interest of Qermany's foreign trade, attracts considerable attention here.

It Is the gener al Impression among those who have given the subject attention that the activity of Oennaay In this direction will act as a stimulant in the matter of the American Exposition this winter. Commissioner Anderson said tonight: "No intelligent and patriotic American can read this news without being Impressed with the business necessity for and national 1m port an ee of the American Exposition to bs opened at New Orleans In November." He predicts that one of the principal topics of debate at the next session of Congress will be more intimate commercial relations with Spanish America. He t-hinire the two will endeavor to oatbld each otler in the advocacy of this popular measure. By Associated The QaeMlea of Amhrlty Betweea Bccre lary Lincoln aid Gen. Sheridan.

Washington, Aug. 28. Some time ago a statement was telegraphed from this city that a conflict of authority had arisen between Secretary Enoicott and Lieut. Gen. Sheridan.

Also that a similar conniet had occurred between ex-Secretary Lincoln and the Lieutenant General of the Army. It was also stated that the ex-Secretary wrote a letter to tien. 8heridan dennlnr the authority of both. All of these assertions That ex-ttecretary Lincoln did eommnnt cate with Gen- Sheridan on the subject Is shown by the following letter, dated Jan. 17 last, which will be published to-morrow by the Army and Navy Journal General About a month ago I had occa sion to ask yonr consideration of the question as to whether in issuing an order to a Cjnartermaster General yon had not overlooked some considerations as to the proper channel ot command, for the overlooking of which by him in the ease of an officer of his department detailed on the stan of Major Gen.

Hancock, you had sharply criticised the Quartermaster General. I said then: I see no reason to dissent from the remark made by your alrectlon that there were haonelsof command to a staff officer serv lng with troops one through the line ot general offlcers, and the other through the chief of their stall deparment, in so far, at least, as the command relates to or would Interfere with or obstruct the transaction of any business wtuch by regulation orders has been committed to officers of the line in the command of troops but I wish to invite your consideration as to whether, in making the order of Oct. 29, 1884, to the Quartermaster General. Instead of recommending to the Secretary of War action by him, you have not yourself overlooked the application of your remark to the ease of the Quartermaster General who has not been and could not be detached from the staff, to use a military phrase, of the Secretary of War, and authorized to obey the orders of any oflieer of the army whomsoever, without the abandonment by the Secretarr of War of the duties specifically imposed upon him bylaw. He and the subordinate omcers of his department not detailed to settle under commanding officers, are necessarily under the sole direction of the Secretary of War.

Not having heard from you to the contrary 1 supposed you had acquiesced in my view, that the Quartermaster General and the officers of his department not ordered by the Secretary of War to report for duty to military eommanders were not subject to the orders of the Lieutenant General, and the same principle applies to all stan departments, wnoee heads are chiefs of bureaus of the War Xepartznent, excepting the Inspectcr General and the Adjutant General. Recently the Commissary General of Subsistence having In a communication to me, taking exception to receiving orders from the Lieutenant General, you remarked thereupon as follows: "I have no further remark to make on the disrespectful attitude assumed by the Commissary General of Subsistence. It does not admit of argument In regard to the relation he bears to the Commanding General of the Army further than that he Is part of the Army of the United States, and that the President placed me in command of the army by an order dated at the War Department, Washington, on Oct. 13, 1883." I do not care to make any point uon that fact that the only expression of your view on the subject, made after my letter to yon. disposes of my remarks in that letter in so brief manner, but I deem It my duty to point out to you that In my opinion your claim to command every officer in the army, as the army is described In section 109, R.

under the terms of assignment to duty under which you are now acting. Is not tenable, and that if it wore tenable It would be an imperative duty on the part of the Secretary of War to recommend to the President such a chantre la the toxins of your assignment to duty as would prevent the possibility of such a claim. The claim made is, so far as I am advised, without precedent In our history. I do not find in the statutes any dennltlon of the duties of the Lieutenant General, or indeed any general officer other than chief of bureaux, who have by law the rank of general officers. There is of coarse a perfectly established understanding as to the duties which may be appropriately assigned to them, and tbe present organisation ot military commands is such that an arrangement ia appropriate under which all Brix-adler Generals, not chiefs of bureaux, are under the command of the htajor Generals, and all Major Generals under the command of the Lieutenant General, now the highest officer in the service.

The Secretary quotes at length from preee-denta and general orders showing that chiefs of staff corps, departmenta and bureaux were considered as withdrawn from the orders ot the commander of the army. He considers that the Secretary of War la by law charged with civil matters, of which the principal relate to the river and harbor works, and alee with many matters growing oat of the late rebellion and the general fiscal administration relating to the army through the bureaux of the War Department, smd the chiefs of these bureaux and fielr suboidlnates must necessarily be under the exclusive orders of the Secretary of War. As to the duties ofthe Commanding General. Mr. Lincoln considers that officer the adviser of the Secretary of War In a multitude of matters in which, however, final action must be on the responsibility of the Secretary.

He Incloses a memorandum list of orders which he considers as having been regularly Issued by the Commanding Gen-eral, and concludes "I have no wish to aggrandize my own exclusive functions or lmtn1 your command. My personal friendship as well as my high respect for yon as an officer would alike prevent such action, but'lt is a duty I cannot avoid to preserve intact the exclusive authority required by law, the regulations and by-custom to be exercised by the Secretary of War and to take such measures as will without fall aeoompUsh that end. I trust that this letter will be the only meae-nre required for the purpose. Within the past few days copies of the above communication have been sent to the Lieutenant General of the army and the Generala commanding the various divisions. Mr.

Kelly la WaahUgtoa. Washington, Aug. 28. Mr. A.

M. Kelly was at tbe State Department to-day, settling up his accounts. He has not yet resigned as United States Minister to Austria, but will do ao. He does not deelre a reappointment In the diplomatic service- In fact, it waa at his own suggestion that he did not go to Vienna, when opposition was shown te nun, but returned to this country. Mr.

Kelly's appointment to the public service was first solicited by himself. He was indorsed by the entire Virginia delegation. The President appointed him as Minister to Italy. That government sent a protest to the authorities here against the appointment because of his speech, a number of years ego, at Bichmond. against Victor Emanuel.

After the presentation of the protest, Mr. Kelly voluntarily resigned, saylxur that he did not wish to embarrass the administration. He was then appointed Minister to Vienna. JWlthln two days after the appointment was announced, the Austrian Minister, then in the city. Intimated that it would be disagreeable to Mr.

and Mrs. Kelly to live in Vienna, because the latter was a Jewess. Secretary Bayard sent a communication to the foreign representative, in which he spoke only of the complaint against Mrs. Kelly. The letter was earnest and dignified, taking the ground that would naturally be taken ogainst ouch a Afterwards came a cablegram from Mr.

Lee, Charge d'AlTatree at Vienna, saying that the Austrian Government had refused to receive Mr. Kelly and had declined to give any reason for its action-No intimation or the cause has been received here. There is a suspicion, however, that the Italian Mlxister at Vienna is tbe direct cause of the Austrian Government' final actian. The question of whether or not some one shall be appointed United States Minister to Austria bad not been considered by either the President or the Secretary of State sine the refusal of Austria te receive Mr. Keily.

An Kx-Pension Agent Making Tronble. Washington, Aug. 28. It Is stated at the Treasury Department that A. Wilson Norns, late Pension Agent at Philadelphia, is causing the accounting otfieers of that department no little trouble because of his failure to forward his accounts for the month of Jnne last.

Mr. orris was removed July and, ae-cordln to the Treasurer's report, had up to July 21 failed to account for advaaoea amounTing to $176,117. Judge Williams, Third Auditor of the Treasury, has several times requested htm to forward his accounts for examination, but so far Mr. Norrls has not taken the slightest notice of his letter. In making his lst formal request, the Third Auditor called Mr.

Norris's attention to sections 3622 and 5491, of the Revised Statutes, which require that all officers who hold public funds for disbursement shall render a monthly account within ten dav after the expiration of each successive month, and provide that officers who fail to comply with this requirement shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement, and subject to fine and imnrisonment. This letter, it is said, is produced no better effect tbaa Its predecessors, and the department officials are in romdwhat ot a quandary as he to proceed. There are no Imputations against me official iategrlty of Mr. Norrls. Toe Arcoaato of tbe Coart of Alaboinaa Claim.

Washington. Aug. 28 Judge Asa P. French, of the Court of Alabama Claims, arrived in the city to-day. In regard to the recent decision of the Comptroller, Judge Durham, Judge French eald that the Question as to the right of the court to employ the necessary assistants was considered when tae old court was organized, and It was decided that they had the authority.

The new court waa modeled upon the old. with the exception only that there were three Judges instead of five. Secretary Fish and subsequently Secretary Frellnghuysra, Comptroller Lawrence and the other officers having charge of the accounts, decided that the court had the right to employ assistant counsel, clerks, etc Judge Cresswell, the special oounsel, says the question was thoroughly discussed and tbe authority of the court conceded. It was Impossible, he said, forthe court to do otherwise than employ assistant oounsel to cross-examine witnesses in various parts of the country. He says that Secretary Fish at one time decided that the United States Minister at the.

Hawaiian Islands could receive fees from the court fox services rendered as special counsel. Cessplytao: With Secretary EadIeotts Order. Washington, Aug. 28. But three of the army officers affected by Secretary Endlcott's recent order, sending men on long detached duty back to their regiments, have complied with the Secretary's instructions.

These are Capt. M. w. Wherry, of Gen. Schofield's staff, who has been on detached service for eighteen years and three months; Lieut.

C. B. Schofield. of Gen. Schofield's staff, on detached duty for six years and nine months, and Capt.

J. 8- Wharton, of Gen-Hancock's staff, on detached service for seventeen years. Several of the officers whe have not complied -with the order have telegraphed here asking that exceptions be made in their cases, but their friends in Washington have replied that no exception will be made. It Is reported that some of the officers, who have been on long detaehed servioe, will reels from the army before they will Join their regiments. An Interest ia Point la the Katarallzulen Washington, Aug.

28. An Interesting point In connection with the naturalization laws has Inst been settled by the Secretarr ot the interior disposing of the case of Ross vs. Poole. Roes made a pre-emption filing while an alien, supposing that the declaration of the Intention of his father, who had not been naturalized, was sufficient to qualify him as a pre-emptor upon attaining his majority. Before he discovered his error and filed again for the tract, Poole made a homastdad entry upon it.

The Secretary held that the removal of the disqualification came too late to Invalidate the intervenin rights of Poole. The Removal of taw CaUlemen. Washington. Aug. 28.

Only four days remain of the forty allowed by the President's proclamation for the removal of the cattle and cattlemen 10m the Indian Territorr. The War Department waa Informed to-day that no preparations nave ooen raaae ior expediting the departure of the cattlemen, as all concerned are freely ton preened with the Idea that the cattlemen will move oat ot the Territory in good faith and with all expedition possible. Reports have been received at army head quarters that one of the principal lessees has already removed his entire herd beyond the be and ari es of the Indian Territory and that all the others appear to be moving aa rapidly as possible. Ex-IHInister Lugston's Clalaa. Washington, Aug.

28. A claim has been filed In the Court of Claims by John M. Langston, ex-Mlnlster toHayd, for a balance aUoged to be due him from the United States on account of salary. Bis petition recites that the salary ot the position Is properly 97500, but that owing to a failure of Congress to appropriate the ne nessary amount he received during the last three years and twenty-four dayo of hie servioe only asooo per annum. He ones for the balance, 97668.

Louer Carrlere Lenreo. Washtngtobv Aug; 28. Sixth Auditor MoConvWe has rendered an opinion in regard to the letter carriers' leaves ot abeenee. lie decides that they are entitled to fifteen days leave in each year, bat that the time ot leaves is In the discretion ot the Postmaster at the office where they serve. Notes tress the Wort owl Capital.

Washington, Aug. 28. The Treasury Department has paid out about 910,000,000 on account of pensions so far this month. It is therefore expected that the decrease In the public debt lor August will not be as large aa usual. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has epproved the renom rp epilation of the District Attorney at Cincinnati that the offer of Maddux A Hobart to pay in compromise of the government's claim against them for the balance of a tax due on spirits falsely gauged be accepted, and the case Is now before Acting Secretary Fairchild for final action.

The President has decided to support Mr. Julius Staehl as Consul General to Shanghai, China. Mr. Staehl Is now in Washington, on a leave of aboence. Ho hao served in the consular servioe In China for ten or twelve years.

The Secretary of the Interior has' decided that county judges of Colorado sjay admit aliens to citizenship. There appeared to be a conflict between sections of the Federal statutes- limiting this function to courts having a clera and seal, the Colorado statutes authorizing tbe merging of the offices of judge and clerk In one person, but the Secretary holds that In these cases there; Is no conflict. The Acting Comptroller of the Currency to day authorized the First National Bank of Belleville, and that of Anthony, to begin business, each with a capital Of (50,000. Acting Secretary Fairchild has rejected tbe offer of Julius A. Rhomberg to pay 95100 in compromise of Judgments amounting to $103,000 obtained on his distiller's bond In the Circuit Court ot the District of Columbia seven years ago.

The accounting officers ot the Treasury have declined the application of Lieut. Clayton MoMlchaeL formerly Regimental Quartet master, for a reopening of his accounts, and the case has been referred to the solicitor for action In the courts to recover the balance alleged to be due the government. EMPORIA. Minnie Wallace Does Net Testify She will Probably he Held for Trial. Special to tub Picatttne.

Expokia, Aug. 28. There Is nothing new in the Walkup ease to-day. Minnie was taken to the courthouse in a carriage this morning and appeared before the Coroner's fury, she was neatly attired and looked very pretty and charming. Her counsel stated that at their Instance she would net testify at present.

Messrs. Griffith and wight Bell were sworn but nothing new was elicited. Bell was Walknp's partner in the coal business. The opinion of all concerned with the case is that Minnie will be held for trial on the Doctor's testimony yesterday In regard to finding arsenic. ALABAMA, BIRMINGHAM.

Tronble with the Hlnere New Eatrr-prioes. Special to the Picatcne. BisxiKQHAif, Aug. 28. A small mine as Stockton, five miles from Birmingham, recenlty changed hands, and the new operators, who commenced work only a few flays ago, put In non-union men.

The displaced union miners have been constantly threatening the new men. who are negroes mainly, and a piece of incendiarism at the mines last night is attributed to the farmer. The chute, trestle and scale house were destroyed Some of the union men a few nights ago beat another of their class badly, thinking he was one of the new men. It is thought the old force is encouraged in its course by the miners organization hereabouts. Preliminaries are under way for the organization of a company with 9100.000 capital to plant a bolt and nut lock factory here.

The stock is to be made up here and at Atlanta, St. Louis, and elsewhere. The company will take the name of one of the St. Louis stockholders a Mr. Dodson.

The 9100.000 subscription of stock In behalf of the extension of the Georgia Pacific Railroad to Columbus, has been virtually completed. X.OTJIST A NA. SHREVEPOBT. Cooamlosloaer Barrow's Appeal for the Sx-poolfion Well Received by the Bed River People. Bkkcial to the Picayune.

8HSKVEPOKT, Aug. 28. The Police Jury convened this morning at the Court-house, pursuant to adjournment, to consider the budget finally and to fix rates of taxation, Eugene Barrow, Special Commissioner of the Exposition was Introduced to the Jury. He asked that encouragement be extended to the Exposition. At hi request H- Shepherd addressed the Jurors at length and demonstrated.

In a clear and lorciole style, the advantages that would accrue to Caddo parish and the city of Shteveport. The Police Jury passed a reioatton indorsing the movement and expressed a readiness to vote an appropriation for the purpose of collecting exhibit. a committee of five was appointed to confer with the City Council and the Cotton Exchange and devise come plan of gathering exhibits, and ascertain what amount is to be appropriated. Commissioner Barrow leaves In the mern-in for atiTin- He has met with considerable, encouragement In the river parishes below this city. ALEXANDRIA.

SouMfaay School Picnic. Special to thb Picatunk. Alexandria, Aug. 28. The St.

James Episcopal Sunday School Guild gave last night their moonlight picnic in the beautiful yard surrounding Mrs. E. Mathews's Female Academy, which was largely attended. The proceeds will be donated by them to the rectory fund. They have already given a great deal toward the cons traction of quite a nice bnlkllng In the church square.

Mrs. Mathews and John 1C Barrett, the principal of the Sunday School, dlsplayedja great deal of energy and taste In the arrangement of the whole affair, which shows they are pleased most when their folks are enjoying themwelvesv ROUGE. Loire of 0000001 Special to thb Picattjhx. Baton Rougk. Aug.

28. The Governor has granted a leave of abeenee to Jas. af. Thotnpoen. Jndsre of the Elrtteearth Judicial District, for forty days, to date from Sept.

1885. MZSSISSZPFI. VICRSBT7RG, Arrest of a Negro Praaiea Swtadler iieakn Uavlng aaoT Cot tow Special to thb Picattjitb. VICK8BTJKG. AUK.

28. A. R. TJ, formerly a colored Justice of the Peace am a prominent politician in the days of reconstruction, and, at Lake Providence, United States Collector of Pensions for the widows and orphans of deceased colored soldiers, was arrested at Lake Providence to-day by Deputy United States Marshal Weeks, charged with forging the names of a deceased colored widow to pension vouchers, aa well as the Barnes of the identifying witnesses thereto, and causing said vouchers to be presented to the Pension Agent at Knox vibe torjpayment, and also with forging the names of a claimant and witnesses for restoration-to the pension rolls after she had died in the insane asylum some months prior, she having seen interdicted prior to that tone. Henderson figured extensively In the pension collection business, and devoted much of his time to soliciting and urging the colored widows to institute rooeedings against the government, in all of which he acted as their counsel and attended to the preparation of their claims.

His headquarters were generally at colored churches, where he oonoocted his schemes by prey lng upon the credulity of the colored widows. Henderson wm be conveyed by Deputy Marshal Weeks to Monroe, La, for examination before the U. 8. Commissioner. The caving at the lower steamboat landing continued up to noon to-day, and has caused the wharf boat to be moved ta a point some distance above.

The land which ia caving belongs to the Land and Wharf Company. The bank is caving rapidly Immediately In front ot the Refuge Oil Mill, and la rapidly reaching the track of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railroad. The management of the road are working a day and night force In the tunnel, which is being constructed to avoid the danger of the river. It is expected to have It completed by the 1st of November, Information from lower Bast Carroll parish and from a section of the Deer Creek: country Is to the effect that the cotton la shedding rapidly, and that the cotton worm Is doing serious damage. BILOXI.

The Port of Ship Island. SPECIAL TO THB PICAYUNE. Btloxi. Aug. 28.

The American schooner Ella M. Hawes, which left Colon July 23, arrived at Apalachicola Aug. 17 but, not being permitted to land at that port, sailed for Ship Island Aug. 19, arriving here on tne 27th. She went into quarantine and ia seeking a charter.

GALVESTON. The Kffeel of the Railroad Strike Halcide of a Traaop Peddler. Special to thb Picatune. Galveston, Aug. 28.

The strike of the Knights of Labor on the line of the Golf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway still continues. The mail and passenger trains have not been interfered with and are running as usual- A freight train of forty ears pulled on to a side track In the yard this afternoon and was immediately "killed." All the locomotives In the roundhouse are dead except one, and It la being pumped up to take oat the mall train at this evenlng-The strikets are determined, but are quiet and orderly. There are no persons at work in tbe shops. There is no excitement In the city. Last night a man named Frank Owens, alias "The Gladiator," went Into a barroom at the Intersection of Bath Avenue and Church streets, and getting a glass ot water, poured in a quantity ot morphine, drank it and sat down to a table.

Some hours after, when the bar keener attemnted to awaken him it was discovered that he was dead. He waa reputed to be from Indianapolis, where his father is a druggist, but drifted to Gal-veston a few weeks he had been a sort of tramp peddler. EL PASO. Yellow Fever la Mexico Highwaymen en the Border. Special to th Picattjne.

Kl Paso, Aug. 28. Yellow fever hao been rogtng for some time in the large oltlee of Mazatlan and Tehuan tepee. having been conveyed from Vera Cruz. Some of the smaller towns of the republic, located far inland, are also suffering from the Invasion of the scourge.

Thenealth departmenta ot the two dues named have circulated reports to the effect that the fever ia gotten under control. They are In much higher altitude than Vera Cruz, bat the report ia improbable for the better Class of residents eontlnne to flee. The fever hao not abated any at Vera Cruz, and In spite of the comparative cleanness of the city ur deaths are occurring. Tehuaatepeo and Mazatlan are dreadful filthy. The most dannjr piece of robbery that haw disgraced the Mexican border for some time occurred in Paeo Del Norte last nlaht.

George Smith and George Magtn, two confidence men. who doubtless stand in with the local officers, held up and seized, eight hurdrtd and HI teen dollars from J. Roahe. Roake makes a business of repairing telegraph lines in Mexico, and is well mown in the Southwest. WEATHER.

Re porta treat the NorthweoC, Chicago, Aug. 28. The Associated I Press correspondents throughout the Nortaweot were instructed to-day to wire this evening whether frosts had been reported, and lr any damage to crops had resulted. Afl dis patches received indicate that up to dan there had been no general frost, and that In the scattered localities where it has been observed the deposit, as a lule, was light. Inflicting little or no injury.

Ohkcek and Lac reuse. Wis l'ght frost with trifling damage. Biooniorcuai, ILL. say the froot in the vicinity yeeterdo was harm! eta. In Iowa, Davenport and Keokuk report no frost yet, and from Wino na, Yankton, and Omaha, come telegrams showing a preciaely bimilar condition of affairs.

Milwaukee Up to a late hour to-night no reports of frosts have been receiiroa in this city from Wisconsin points. Throughout the State the wsaiher is cool and clear, with a temperature gradually becoming milder. ReneJrias; the Rm rosea of the Cyclone at Charlootoow Charleston, 8. Aug. 28.

The revised estimate of the losses by the storm is including HOOJOUQ along the wharves and 1850,000 of private property. The remainder includes losses on shipping $200,000, on 8ut 11 van's Island 00.000, cotton prosoeo asaXM). and city property, churches. raUroada and phosphate mills $50,000 each, and mlseella-neooa tlaS.000. The work of rebuilding Is se active that all business now offering is fully accommodated, and In the next ten days the facilities will be as good as ever.

FIRE RECORD. Tnllnsoo, AUefc. Manistee, Mich. An. 28.

Butler Peter's saw mills, at Tallman, burned yester-tnowtherwith a larxe stock of lumber and shingles. The loos Is estimated at $80,000 insurance rao.ooo. TRADE AND TRAVEL The Week's FaBavesw www- Toxx, Aug. 28. The buoineee fall-nres occurring throoxhoat tbe country dar-tnr the last seven days, as reported to S.

O. Dun A number for the United States 163 -rt for Canada 2. or a sow ox iw iauima, aa eonrparea witn a sow ox ii iaos wpd 6 the week provloas. CAPITAL, AND LABOR. A Labor Swindle SxpeoeoV Chicago, Ang.

28. One or more employment agencies in this city have advertised ot late for large numbers of laborers to- go to Manitoba to work on tbe Canadian Pacific Railroad. The statement is given currency here today that vast numbers of laborers nave been. -recently shipped Into that far away region only to discover that It was Impossible to procure work there. They declare that this shipping of laborers Into that locality results only in great disappointment and die tress to tbe victims of what they look upon ao an organised In a published statement, Frank MsCarv thy, of Ban Claire, says of the ad ventures of oo men whe were taken oat try an agent: "Nobody would give us work of any kind.

Only a. portion could even get shoveling. The contractors said they knew nothing about no. We had great difficulty In getting back over the leoo miles to WlnnrpegagAln but managed to get passes as far as wlnni- PThere were about 300 of us back In Winnipeg by July 20, with no prospect at all of work of any kind. The public authorities) fed na -until Aug.

2, when we had te look oak for ourselves. Only comparatively few of us could get away. Some of my companions pawned their watches and their tools to get money to get back to Eau Claire. Knlahto of Labar nant the Wabaik St. Lotns.

Aug. 28. The result of the conference in New York between General onager Talmage, of the Wabash Road, and the National Executive Committee of the Knights of Labor was received with satisfaction by the local members of the organization. It ia stated that at the conference to be held here next Thursday, the knights will demand the reinstatement of all metnbera of their order who were suspended or discharged on June IS last, and will require a pledge from Mr. Talmage.

approved by the United States Court, that the term of the agreement ''rill be kept inviolate. The' Knlajhco Demand mm the Tea St. lrmlm Galveston, Aug. 28. A special to the News, from Tyler, says The Knights of Labor held an enthuslastle meetlnK' in their hall this evening.

They demand from the Texas and 8s. Loula Railroad company the thre months' wages now due. The oompany has about ooneeded their demands, and the men will resume work as soon as they can arrange matters so as to act with uniformity. The Knights have been remarkably quiet and orderly since the beginning of the Btrtke. THE HANGMAN'S HARVEST.

I The Blanco Harderer Lynched, New Yoke, Aug. 28. A dispatch printed here, from San Antonio. Texas, says Information comes from San Marcos that a mob of 75 persons at Blanco on Wednesday night went to the Jail and demanded of Sheriff Jackson the keys. Jackson said he did not have them he also declared that he could not procure them.

After a severe strug-gle Jaekson waa overpowered and the key a were found on hie person. The mob then entered the jail ana took out Locke, the man who committed the wholesale murder In Johnston City a few days slnee, and hanged him, after obtaining -from him a. statement la regard to his crimes. Locke made a fuB confession. He said he had Intended te kill all the members of three or tour families besides those whom ho murdered, and was pievea ted from doing ao only by his cartridges giving out.

A Marderer la Stlaaeoota. Dulcth, 218. A large crowd was present to witness the hanging of Walz man, who murdered Farley last spring and then burned the letter's shanty to hide the crime. Only a few people were admitted- to the lneiosure, chiefly reporters and. hio of neighboring counties.

Waizman slept fitfully last night, hot said he was ready to die. -Precisely at 3 o'clock Sheriff MoQaald sprung the trap and swung Waiamao. into eternity. The fall broke his neck, In ten minutes he was pronounced dead and cut down. A Hanging; at ITnaxovillav, HtTNTSVTULK, Ala Aug.

28. Charlie Towo-aend, the negro whe na ordered an old man named Freeman, at Madison, aboos nine miles from here, was hanged in the county ail yard to-day. 1 Townsend entered the store of Freeman -on, the evening ot Dee. 9, lossi ojjnd asked tor -a nickel's worth of peanuts. Tne old man stooped down to get them out of a barrel, -and while In this position Townsend pro-enred an ax, which he had hid la a convenient place, and struck the old man twice, ent hie throat from ear to ear with a penknife and then robbed him, getting only $23.

Townsend's neck waa broken by the drop, Coluas'o Crfase Expiated. -r, I St. Lotjib, Aug. 28 Samuel W. Collins was hanged this morning at BowllngGreen.

Ma, tor the murder of a man named Owen Utter- back. Mrs. Utterbaek. the widow of the' murdered man, with her two sons, was pres ent at tne execution. The murder occurred In September, 1884.

Collins had heard that Utterbaca- had been slandering his wife, and he sought him oat and killed him for the offense. The execution passed off quietly in the presence of aa immense erowu. TTKAT.TTT AND QUARANTINE. The Cholera la France Pasis, Ang. 28.

There were thirty-three deaths from cholera at Toulon yesterday and nineteen at Marseilles. To ulon, Aug. 23. During the past twenty-four hours thirty -four deaths from cholera have been reported in this city. Marseilles.

Ang. 28. Twenty eight deaths from cholera were reported In this city to-day. At the Pbaro Hoopital four-patients died, nine were admitted, six were aiseharged and 7S remain under trratment. One hundred eomno have been sent from this place to Toulon, the supply as the latter-place being short.

Six on an a v-erage, are reported at Salon. At Gibraltar. Gibraltar, Ang. 28 There has been no-cholera here slnee the 24th until to-day, when a woman waa attacked by the disease in a severe form. Occasional eases are reported at the Spanish lines- There is no cor don.

The weather unfavorable, being; rainy. ABcrtefceoi Twiuirt. London. Aug. 28 The French transport Cba-tpag from Pescadores, has passed Singapore, with forty eases f-csolera on board ten deaths had oocurretL.

The Cholera la SpeJaw Madrid. Ang. 28. In the past twelve law 14 new rosea and 14 deaths have bee 10- ported in salacity, t. CRIMES AND CASTJAX.TIES.

A Myoterieow Doable Knrder. Chicago, Ang. 28 A mysterious donbe murder was committed about 13 o'clock use; night, st Geneva. Kane county, IiU. -vie tmo being two of the three offieera who, constitute the police force of the tow a.

The deed waa committed right in the centre of that quiet place, near the courthouse. Borneo dozen shots in quick succession were heeid by the- residents of the neighborhood as about midnight, bat no attempt was mads to-find out the canoe of the turmoil, and it was reserved for a party of merrymakers re turning from a pienle about 1 o'clock, to fiodl the murdered men and raise the alarm. Officer MeMutt waa found dead, wi to toilet hole in the region of the heart- His revolver, with five of Its chambers woo lying near him. MeKutt lay at too southeast pernor ot the eoorthonae. an I v- CoirttTTfted on XateFao.