The weekly Oregon statesman., June 15, 1877, Page 3, Image 3

WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN.
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EASTERN.
The Time editorial thinks, with few ex
Mptions, the civil service reform is a failure.
Tt continues: We confess to a fooling of
profound disappointment at the tardiness of
the President in devising and enforcing a
system of apiKiintmunts which shall abso
lutely exclude the evil influences tliat have
prevailed. The country had a right to ex
poet from his rujieated voluntary aBHuraiic
that the reformation of the public service
would lie one of the first and chief object to
receive the attention of hi administration
The reform element of the country to which
he must chietly look for support is in no mood
to lie put on with isitty sentiments fir ght-
taring generalities. Enemies of the public
service are only to lie routed tiy a direct at
tack. The fusilade of fine wordti will not
daunt them in the leant. The I'resident has
made a mistake in tomiiorizing. He can re'
iiair the error only ly forthwith adopting a
system of appointments which shall proceed
ly exact ami rigid methods, which shall
open the public service to competition, not to
putty Militicuuis ami hummers, but to all
honorable men who chose to enter the list,
which shall protect the public officer in his
position so long as his personal character re
main uiitumishcd and the jierformanee of
his duties satisfactory, which shall, in short,
make the public service honorable, efficient
and permanent.
Kevr Yoitk, June 4. A special to the
World from Washington says General Ord
does not think the Mexican raids have tieen
exaggerated either in numlier or importance,
The Texas border is over 1,200 miles long,
and many raids are never heanl of through
the press. Twenty 01 thirty persons have
been killed during eight mouths, and the
raids are increasing.
Kiw YoltK, .Inne 4. The World's Wash
ington special says: ficn. Crook, now here,
has been requested to investigate the
Utah troubles. Sheridan thinks they are
greatly exaggerated anil no troops are re
quired.
The President goes ti Boston on the 17th
to witness the graduation of his sou from
' Harvard law school.
W AMiiiNttTuN. .lime 3.- Copp's Ijuid
Owner for June, reports a decision of
the Interior iKpurtment in substance as fol
lows: The burden of proving that lands in dis
pute excepted from railway grant is usu
him who affirms the existence of valid pre
emption claim thereto at the date the grant
took effect. He must bIiow that the pre
emptor not only initiated a prior valid set
tlement but that he possessed all the re
quired crsoiuU qualifications for tiling of
record, the prima facie evidence of valid
right as against the railway, and to "ecu re a
tract, proper evidence must lie furnished by
, the company to show that the pre-emption
claim was aliandoncd or invalid at the time
the right of road attached. After lands
have tieen offered at public sale and then
i withdrawn, they may lie restored to home
stead nd pre-emption entry. Until they
have again lieen ottered at public sale, they
are not subject to private entry.
The Commissioner of the General Land
Office has a right to correct what be consid
ers an erroneous decision without first giving
uotice of such intention to attorneys of
record in the case, but as a matter of cour
tesy such notice should be given when the
interests of the government will not he in
jured. A deputy mineral surveyor must enter
into bonds with two more sureties in the
sum of (10,000 for the faithful discharge of
his duties. In the survey of mining claims
a survey under mining act disss not with
draw the land eutered thereby from sale or
guljseqnent survey unless followed by an ap
plication for patent. A arty having no in
terest in mining application but standing in
the relation of amicus curia, friend of court,
lias no right to appeal from any decision in
the cast:.
Washington, June .1. Mr. A. M. Gib
son, Washington uorresinndeut of the New
York Hun, has addressed a card to the gen
eral agent of the Associated Press in answer
to the card from General Garfield denying
the authenticity of a letter recently pub
Imbed in the New York Sun, purporting to
be a letter of the J resident to General Gar
field. Gilison says it was not pretended
that the letter, as published in the Sun, was
a literal copy, but substantially a correct
version of it. The intention of General
Garfield, as his letter plainly shows, was to
deny that any such letter as the one pub
bailed in the Sun, was ever written him. I
maintain that there was, and that General
Garfield deliberately suppresses the truth in
Ins card, which is as bad as willfully titter
ing a falsehisid. The letter written to jell.
Garfield by the President was shown by him
to a score of ierson within a few hours af
ter he received it, and among those favored
with its niHal were three reputable coitcs-
pondoiits.
Mot'KT C'akmki, June 4. A terrible
storm struck this city to-day, by which 16
men lost their lives and $.HfO,(tOO worth of
property was destroyed. Among the killed
are Alderman Watkins, Win. Newkirk, Mr.
Goodrich. Burton, Masterson, ( 'hild, Fred
Goerke, Geo. Moore, George Hrins, J. A.
' Kdgar, Charlie Norman and John Tennis. A
large number are wounded, several of whom
will undoubtedly die. The bodies of four
of the killed were burned. There are at
least 'Jo still missing.
Later information says four more bodies
have been found and two of the wouuded
have simw die!. The ruins of buildings are
burning, threatening the total destruction of
the whole town.
Caiko, HI., June 4. Private telegrams
srtate that a tornado struck Mount t'arnuel,
111., al"iit 4 p. .., causing great loss of life
and property. Twelve are known to lw
killed, thirty wounded and twenty mining.
Among the buildings destroyed are the Pres
byterian aud Methodist churches., two school
houses, court house, several storm uud msi.
4r.n:e.
NrV Y nHK, June 4.- The Time' Wli.
arigton special says Gen. Smejuily of tht
CVi'wn ri-, rovetit Ii'k-", said lb. :;l!.n
army was from 15,000 to n,wv strong.
Three time that number could be put in the
held if he had arms and ammunition. ith
proper artillery and assistance 20,000 Amer
icans could utterly destroy the Sanish
army. The Spanish forces number 140,000,
of whom 12,000 are in the hospital. Cu-
Imuis command the country outside of cities
lctermmed to attaia liberty at all hazard.
Chicaoo, June 4. The Journal's Wash
ington special says the Court of Claims to
day decided that a person suspended from
office under the tenure of office act during a
recess of the Senate and who was after
wards restored to his office by reason of the
Senate refusing to consent to his suspension
is not, hut the person who is apjmmted u
fill the office during said suspension is enti
tled to the salary.
Washington, June 4. The President
has signed the commission of Wm. Ware
Peck to he Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of Wyoming, and T. Gaines to be U.
S. District Attorney for Montana.
The Times has a special from South Caro
lina and Mississippi showing that Republi
cans are persecuted in tlnwe States, and no
white dare pronounce himseit a iiepumican.
Chicaiio, May 4. The Inter-Ocean's
Washington special says : Secretary Mc-
Crary says the letter instructing Gen. Ord
concerning Mexican troubles expresses the
deliberate and carefully formed determina
tion of the President and Cabinet. It means
neither annexation nor war, but means a
irpecdy and effective suppression of M exican
rams across me noruer ai any wl j i is ny
no means the object of the President, as
some charge, to stir up outside troubles in
order to at tract attention from internal af
fairs. He never thought of such a thing.
Washington, June 4. The daily requisi
tions upon the third assistant Postmaster
General for postage stamps and stamped en
velojws lately, show a steady increase indi
cative of the marked revival of business all
over the country. To-day exclusive of postal
cards, tberequisitions filled by thedepartment
aggregated 6,217,200 stamiis and stamped
envelopes of various denominations with
fat value of $147,759.
John G. Thompson, of Ohio, is here, and
says 1 lemocrata will indorse Hayes at the
coming convention, and will carry the State.
Hayes policy is in harmony with Democratic
principles.
Senator Conkling's recent visit here is said
to he for the purpose of purchasing a resi
dence, for which he paid twenty thousand
dollars.
New Yoijk, June 4. -The National Ex
change Bank was robbed of a package con
taining 10,000 Saturday afternoon. A
young Isiy entered the bank and made some
inquiries oi me cannier, w men neoesMtaiea
the cashier's ojiening the gate, and while his
back was turned for a moment the lxvy got
away with the money.
J lie trial of Peter is. Sweeney was begun
this morning in the supreme court.
Airs. Josephine M. eith, administratrix
for Christian Veith, has brought an action
in the Brooklyn supremo court for the re
covery of $!i,OU0 against Sheridan Shook and
Alliert M. Palmer, lessees of the late Brook
lyn Theatre, for the loss of Yeith's life dur
ing the great tire.
Ruklinutok, Iowa, Juno 4. A water
spout this nioruiug flooded the country for
miles northwest of tin's city, causing Haw
ley creek suddenly to overflow and do sev
eral thousand dollar worth of damage to
the foundry, inachiiic shops aud agricultural
works.
Norwich, Comi.. .June 4. At the mu
nicipal flection the Republicans elected Col.
H. H. Osgood mayor and a full ticket,
by an average majority of 5TK). Democrats
tarried the city last year.
CilAiii.iXTos, S. C., June 3. A fin; broke
out in tlie town of Union to-day in the store
of W. II. Jiriggs. Under the high wind
half the best business portion w as swept
away. Isias, ?100,000; insurance $30,000.
The IVmncratic members of the South
Carolina legislature have resolved to pre
sent Senator Gordon with a gold medal as i
memento of their appreciation of his services
in obtaining the recognition of Hampton by
the administration. It is notable that al
though Gordon has lieen a warm supporter
of the President s Southern policy, and has
recommended numerous persons for appoint
ment to federal offices in Georgia, up to
this time the President has not appointed
single one of those recommended by him.
Sr. Loi rs, June 3. As the express train
on the St. I u is and San Francisco railroad
reached a isiint near Woodend station, 50
miles from St. Louis, last night, the en
gineer saw obstruction on the track, and in
stantly applied the brakes, but not quickly
enough, for when reaching flic sjiot inhere
the olmtructiou as the engine and baggage
car left the track and plunged down an cm
hankmeiit40 feet high. Samuel Richard
son, fireman, and Dr. K. I.. Atkinson, win
were on the engine, were instantly killed,
and Prank Catoii, engineer, was badly
wounded and died m two hours. Condu
tor Wilson heanl pistol shots, and a ball
pasned through his hat. Several ot her shots
were tired, and the passegcrs say they saw
live men standing near, who were revealed
by Hashes from their piste Js. On examining
the track it was found t hat the hsh bars con
ncct in v the rails on both sides of the tracl
had Iw-eii uujointed and the ends of the rails
moved so that the train would run down the
embankment. There is no doubt that a din-
Isilical scheme had been planned to run the
whole train down the bank, rob t he express
and plunder the passengers. No clue to the
perpetrators of the liendinh aot.
Nkw Yoiik, JuiieO, The World's Waeh
ington siieeial says a delegation culled on
Butler to bespeak his influence for a candi
date for office. P.ulW wiid :
'Gentlemen, you have coiee to the wrong
wan, I have no influence at the White
House, and no disposition t ask u favor of
the 1 'resident. It vou want your friend ap.
pointed go ask Corcoran, Gen. Gordon, and
other of their patriotic antecedents. 1 be
Pti ident sent for Corcoran, und requented
hiru to name t he msti he wanted for Coni
ruisoioiie'vhip. and be modestly mentioned
Archbishop Campbell, for ho is a great
st4t.'..iman. lie barf iuilUntod a new dejwi--tlll-e.
o inorc, moiiev to be spent ou elee-
extent of my means for the purchase of lan
terns and painting transparencies, but thi
tax is no longer to be endured. People are'
hereafter to rush greedily at the polls,
trampling over each other. If you don't
want to ask Corcoran, or ask the President,
a it is cenerallv understood both Republi
can and Democratic parties are dead, and
the old AMiig party is born again, go out to
some grave-yard and transcribe the names of
defunct members of that organization from
their tomlistones to your petitions, ana you
will stand the chances of getting what you
ask for. I did ask one favor of the Presi
dent. When I went to New Orleans, I had
assigned to the care of my staff and self, a
listiinruished surgeon. He fell heroically at
his post a victim of his professional and pat-
A. -v- a i i : i -
nox-ic uuxy. xoi jong ago j rwueivu vouch
ing letter from his son, asking for an ap
pointment to Annajsjlis. I went to the
l"resident; showed him the letter, and told
him the story of his father's life and death.
I said to him, I have a nomination m my
district, but would have to smuggle the boy
through. Others do this, I won't. The
President said, I have three appointments;
this boy shall have one of them. I left
satisfied. The appointments were made,
but this boy was not one of them. The
fathers of two of them had contributed
about as much for the preservation of the
Union as Corcoran or Gordon.
of
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"pent
if l.er-ik.foi g-uh-umlo-l to 1.1
1 fie President to-day expressed supnse
and regret to two lllinoisans that Governor
Cullom vetoed the Illinois silver bill. He
expressed himself positively in favor of the
restoration of the old trade dollar. He said
Cullom should have respected the manifest
wishes of the people and allowed the bill to
become a law. Its operation as an exiien-
ment would have benefited the whole
country. He said the subject of remonitiza-
tion required the discussion of many grave
questions. The first is, what should be the
conditions of coinage, w hether the govern
ment must furnish the facilities tor coming
in quantities, no matter how smalf; 'la,
w hether the dollar fhould be of the present
standard fineness, or should contain more
silver; 3d, what ratio gold and silver shall
hold to each other. He surprised his inter
viewers by his knowledge of the question.
They found the President agreed with them.
and were convinced that Sherman alone op
poses a law making silver a legal tender for
the payment of all debts.
Wa.-hinuton, June 5. The President to
day appointed Phillip P. Wilcox, U. S. Mar
shal for the district of Colorado.
Omaha, June 5. Private telegrams from
Atlantic City, Wyoming, state that the Sho
shone Indians are in almost a starving con
dition. J heir supplies are lying at Green
River and Bryan stations, and some one is
responsible for the delay. Some fears are
entertained by settlers that the Indians will
lie driven to commit depredations to keep
from starvation. .
St. Loris, June 5. The St. Louis
San i'rsncisco K. K. t.-i. has ottered a re
ward of 11,000 for the apprehension of the
gang of desperadoes who attempted to
wreck and rob a train on that road Sunday
night last.
Cincinnati, June 5. Mount CarmeLIUs.
which w as struck by the tornado last night,
is a thriving town of about 3,0tX) inhabitants
on the Cairo and Vincennes railroad. The
most prominent buildings destroyed by the
hurricane were the court house, two newspa
per offices, three churches (one the finest in
Southern Illinois) and two school houses.
About 20 business houses and about 100 resi
dences were destroyed or damageib, either by
wind or hre. 1 he Joss is estimated at d0U-
000 to "00,000. The same storm damaged a
number of buildiugs m other towns lying in
its pathway. At Mattoon, Ills., the resi
dence of Willis Walkup was thrown into
the street and turned bottom side up, wound
ing Mrs. Walkup seriously.
The Commercial has the following account
of the disaster at Mount Canned, Ills.: A
terrible tornado passed over the town at the
south eud of Cherry street, and passed al
most due north, taking in about one square
east and west, destroying almost everything
in its course. Twenty -two dead l odieshave
been found thus far George Watkins, Wm.
Newkirk, Geo. Ry an, S. Goodrich, Fred
Goeck, J. Materon"s child, John Kennis,
Mrs. Burton, John A. Edgar, Chas. Moore
harts, C. Norman, Benj. Ballard, G. Moore,
Willie Wallar, John fjong, James Higbee,
Miss Stockmycr, James Peel, Mrs. Dolph,
Dyer Lothrop, D. Ibaniier, and C. L.
Toole. The damage to property is estimated
at ."100,000. The fire was finally subdued
after six hours steady work by the firemen.
Many w ere wounded w hose names cannot
now be ascertained, as many fanners were in
from the country, w hose teams were scat
tered among the debris. Physicians were
brought from Carmi and adjoining towns, by
special trains, to awit in the care of the
wounded.
Nkw Oklkans, June 5. Gov. Nichollw
has signed the death w an-ants of the follow
ing murderers, w ho w ill lie hung here June
loth: Adrian Kveguc (colored), Richard
James (colored), Joaquiu Plorozo(Chinaman),
George Morris (colored).
Inpianai-oi.is, June 5. A public fare
well will lie given !ov. Hendricks More bis
departure for Kuinjie.
Senator Morton aud other meinliers of the
Glover investigating committee luavc here
to-morrow via Indianapolis, Bloomington &
Weston, and Chicago, Burlington it Qtiim-y
railroads for Portland : Senator Salisbury
and niece, Senator and Mrs. Morton, ex
Gov. C. N. Stagg, phonogragher, and Sen
ator McMillan, who joius them at Omaha,
constitute the party.
Ciuc.uio, June 5. The Journal's Well
ington special says: Kx-Keprescntative
Knnsou wijl sail for Spain this month.
Washington, June . The Secretary of
the Treasury prohibits district attorney
hereafter from receiving over $4,000 in few.
At a Cabinet m-i-ting to-day, it Was de
cided to appoint Thomas l!. Ryan, formerly
of Chicago, but for several years past a resi
dent of this city, Coiiiinisoiiei' for the Dis
trict of Columbia, vice General J. It.
Ketehuui re.iigned. No oilier opjioiiitmoiit
Were, determined upon. M'jst of the sessiou
was ocwipv-if by diacuiou ii).'ii needed re
rtn in the custom and jevetmc service
tor the purpose of carrying out such reform?.
Various reduction in the offices, of T. S.
MaMisU UiiMu-'liont the fl-mofv wo-v !.,-
discussed with a view to reducing expenses
in tins nraiicn ot tne public service.
The Tribune publishes a minority report
the silver commission. The report
strongly condemns the use of silver as the
principal medium of exchange, denouncing
the so-called double standard as an illusion
and impossibility. The recommendations of
the movement include the making of silver
dollars legal tender for any sum not exceed
ing 'JO, aud tei any amount in payment ot
dues to the Government except duties on
imports; coins to be issued only in exchange
or one and two dollar notes which arc then
to le destroyed. This and the coining of
half eagles almost exactly equivalent of the
pound sterling and cancellation of $3,000,000
of paper money each month are the principal
features of the plan.
The Times editorially says the President's
position in regard to the silver questiou is
either purposely misrepresented or he is
prepared to make concession to one of the
most foolish and most dishonest financial
theories of our time. The restoration of the
old silver dollar would simply mean an effort
on the part of the United States to regulate
its monetary concerns without reference to
thoxe of the rest of the civilized world; to
drive what all civilized nations regarded as
coin out of the country, and to render the
promise of resumption in 1879 impossible of
fulfillment. It would mean further a delib
erate attempt to cheat the foreign and do
mestic creditor by paying him in depreciated
coinage; eneai lanor ny lowering me vaiue
of its accumulations in savings banks and
purchasing power of its wages; that people
who, unable to pay 100 cents on the dollar,
wonld be sensibly relieved by permission to
pav 93 cents on the dollar, is somewhat
visionary. The expectation that both mer
cantile and national credit would suffer from
any such experiment a shock from which
neither w ould very soon recover, seems to us
too plain to require demonstration. If the
rresidenf be really a convert to the silver
delusion, he is certainly not the first public
man w ho has done good against paper infla
tion, who in ah.iut to lend hnnselt to an
equally dangerous proposal, and for deterior
atinc our currency by unlimited introduc
tion of silver. That is a kind of business
which ought to be left to fraudulent debt
ors, deniaaogues and Democrats, and which
can only be carried out successfully by po
litical combination, mainly composed ot
these three elements. We have the word of
John G. Thompson, of Ohio, that Democrats
of that state will demand among other
things, an unconditional repeal i the date
clause in the resumption act, and the res
toration of the silver dollar to lie a legal
tender for all debts, public and private.
1 hey expect to be able to carry Ohio on
these issues, and they probably w ill, if the
Republicans attempt any weak temporizing,
after the fashion of Indiana, with such pesti
lent demagoguism.
Boston, June 6. The Journal says Gen
eral N. P. Banks went to Washington to-day
in response to a telegram offering him the
French mission.
New York, June G. The Sun says: The
President last evening sent a confidential
friend to various newspaper offices to infonn
correspondents that he had a ibstinct recol
lection of all the contents of his letter to
Garfield, save the concluding sentences.
One of the first acts of the House of Rep
resentatives, after organization in October,
will lie to pass a resolution raising the com
mittee on privileges and directing it to in
quire whether or not there has been any de
cision on the part of the Executive power to
use its influence to effect a choice of officers
of that body or to interfere by the dispensa
tion of federal patronage with the rights of
the House of l!epresentative8. The letter
of Garfield will of course, lie demanded, and
it will be established by competent testi
mony of at least one sjiecial agent of ths
Treasury Department now traveling in the
South, that he was appointed solely to find
a Democratic Congressman w ho could be
purchased by federal patronage, or otherwise,
to aid the administration to secure the or
ganization of the House.
The Times' sjiecial printsa letterfrom Gen.
Butler to Wrayne McVeigh. It is a long and
characteristically caustic document, in which
the points made in the previous letter arc re
affirmed. New Y'ohk, June C The Sweeney trial
is before Judge Westbrook to-day, and
counsel for Sweeney are in consultation
with the Judge in regard to a settlement of
the suit. The Kxpress says $400,000 will
probably lie the amount agreed upon.
Sr. Ixil'lH, June C The superintendent
of the St. Iuis and San Francisco Railroad
has information that the train wreckers who
ran the train off the track near Woodend
station last week, have lieen arrested, and
are under strong guard at Richland. A
partner in the villainy 1ms confessed ami
given the names. He says an ex-convict
put up the job, and that the object was
plunder.
New Y'okk, June C. JinW Westbrook
announced that the amount to be paid is four
hundred thousand dollars, which is to 1k;
handed over by Hugh Smith, executor of
James V. Sweeny's estate, after a reasonable
time. If restitution is made according to
pniiiii!', au eases against Sweeney will be
lormally dismissed.
It is said that Oakey Hall w ill probably
return now, and that Tweed, who re
ceived the news of the proceedings to-day
with pleasure, has a better chance of speedy
release.
jm iijkk, .nine u. ino ."sun says
Csreline Calvert Du Buseier, as executrix
of lu r mother, Nutlc-y Ann Conn Holladay,
has jiuikI her father, Ben Holladay, and
other. The object is to set aido the
probate of a will by her Mother, made
prior to that i mile i' Vtkicli die claim as ex
ecutrix. , ,
Nkw Yi i, Jum- 0. lsttci-s from liarba
di state that wi,!l known Kdward Trow -briilcc,
c.nuMil thereunder Lincoln, who ren
dered jjoihI service in preventing coufi -derate
cruisers from getting xupplios flu ro, died of
hycivphobia May 12th, a. pet dog having
l'i;.;en uiui ust JViareii.
Iiorwvfll.K, Jniie 0. Th t.enwn! Sci re
b,?V '"irj'eey.e v the YoRtg l.-nV O.r'i
tian Association of the United States and
British provinces adjourned to-night. The
conference was the most successful ever
hold. To-morrow the 22d animal conven
tion of the Y. M. C. A. of the United States
and British provinces convenes in Library
Hall. Alsiut lour hundred delegates are
present.
Chicaco, June 6. In a detailed report
from General Miles of his engagement with
Lame Deer, on Mav 18th. he savsthnt in the
captured Indian village he found many tro
llies ot the t uster massacre, and several
scalps of white men and women.
Before the custom house committee to-day
Mr. Miller, owner of a bonded warehouse,
testified that Superintendent Russell's work
in the warehouse department w as to collect
subscriptions for political purposes. He
never visited the stores to make an examina
tion of the warehouses. Witness fpaid six
ubscriptions for political purposes, but cot
no returns, and is satisfied a million dollars
has been abstracted from the Treasury
through the damage allowance law. Honest
and better paid appraisers should Is; employed
for that department.
i he commission then went Into secret
session.
Washington, June 6. The State De.
partment is in receipt of information that the
Spanish government has promulgated a de
cree oiiening to free trade all ports of the
archipelago of Sooloo.
The report that the administration had de
cided to make a change in the missions to
Portugal and Itally is auttiontiveiy denied.
New Orleans, June 5. White laborers
gathered in a demonstration to-day and pre
tested against the Mayor signing an ordi
nance recently passed, that the city work
should be done by contract alone. They
fear the employment of negroes if the con
tract system prevails.
Colcmbus, June 6, The State Greenback
Convention was a small affair to-day. The
resolutions denounce Loth great political
parties for bringing no relief to the country,
and reaffirm the greenback platfonn of 1876.
Among other resolutions, is one favoring the
remonetization ot the silver dollar. Stephen
Johnson was nominated for Governor, John
B. Powell, Lieutenant Governor, and other
State officers.
Louisville, June 6. The International
Typographical Union to-day resolved to send
a delegate to the Paris Exhibition next year,
to represent the American compositors.
The twenty-second International Conven
tion of the Y'oung Men's Christian Associa
tion met here to-day. John FarwelL, of
Chicago, was elected President.
St. Louis, June 6. The Republican gives
the names of twelve killed in the cyclone at
Mt. Carmel, and says two of the wounded
have since died, but their names are not
in ven, the most seriously wounded are as
follows: Mr. Bricker, Tlios. Stone, child of
Thomas Higbee, fatally; John Fennis, fa
tally, wife of Clias. Burton, probably mor
tally; Mrs. Duerer, fatally; M. J. Hobber
ton and Robt. Parkinson, both old men and
will probably not survive. The total number
wounded is not reported, but will probably
reach seventy or eighty, lhere are eighty
five buildings in ruins, a number of them be
ing among the largest business houses in the
place, containing valuable stocks of gotsls.
The loss in property is variously estimated
at from one to five hundred thousand dol
lars.
Chicago, June 6. The Inter-Ocean's
Washington special says : Secretary Mc-
Crary has just saved the government a large
amount of money by annulling a contract
for building the War Department edifice
and renovating it. Owing to the vast
shrinkage in prices of material and labor,
the shrinkage is about one-third.
Attorney General Devens has summoned
District Attorney Howard from Utah. The
latter is now en route hither to consult
about the Mormon trials.
Washington, June C The Secretary of
the Navy has directed the commanding offi
cer of the U. S. steamer Lackawanna, now
stationed at Acapulco, to search for the rock
near 1 artar shoals, upon w hich the steamer
San Francisco struck. When the locality of
this rock shall be ascertained it will be prop
erly buoyed and notice given of its exact po
sition. Chk u;o, June 6. The Journal's Wash
ington special says : Gen. Butler authorizes
the statement he has not determined to an
tagonize the administration in Congress. He
says he intends to give President Hayes'
policy a fair trial, but to stand by the lie
publican party at all hazards. It will be
the fault of the I'epublican administration
if they do not stand by the Republican
party.
Nkw Yoi:k, June 6. A Washington dis
patch to the Bulletin says the Treasury is
paying out now only large U. S. notes for
drafts. This is the beginning of the move
ment intending to place the U. S. Treasury
circulation upon a F.uropean footing. With
no small bills in existence and w it h specie
as a medium of small operations, the idea is
to get silver in as large quantities as the
treasury can apply, and also to make the
people prefer small bank notes to large legal
tenders.
tion of a durable peace may be secured from
their efforts.
A semi-otlicial journal, the Dcg Peters
burg, adverting to the peace rumors, snysdi
plomacy had better not pronounce in favorof
any definite plan of termination until sonio
decisive events havo occurred on the battle
fields. The terms of peace must depend ou
tho course of the war.
IxiNlH). June B. A dispatch fjom Ra
gusa dated Tuesday, says the Turkish at
tack on Montenegr i from tho Albanian side
has commenced. Ali Saib with tho entire
of his forces advanced from Spurz up the
Soeta valley, his object being to reach Dam
logsacl. The Montenegrins met the attacks
on the Hill of Moljot Fi.'hting is still go
ingon, but tho Turkish assault was repulsed.
Five hundred Turks had lieen killed. The
Montenegrins fight against enormous odds,
there being 3.1,000 regulars and irregulars
against them on their side alona.
An official report, received at Coiintauti-
nople to-dny , from the governor of Herzo-
govina, confirms the reported defeat of Mon-
tcnegrinsand Herzogovinianson the 4th inst.
at the defiles of Krestos, with heavy loss, hy
nulim&n Pasha.
A Vienna dispatch says: Since the com
mencement of the great heat, the health of
the Russian army has become worse. Finan
cial difficulties are apparent. For the last
fortnight the troops have not received addi
tional war money above their regular pay.
Russia owes 12,000,000 francs to the Rou
manian railways. Russian bonds for con
tracts are made payable at Kischiueff, and
the JBanmto de Itouman pays them at 30 per
cent, discount.
The recent peace rumors arising from
SchouvalofTs visit to Berlin are unfounded.
Bismarck offered at the interview to me
diate between England and Russia. Schou
valoff positively refused to make any agree?
men without an unconditional guarantee of
neutrality from England; agreeing that he
would guarantee that Russia would not ex
tend her territory in Asia further than Kara.
It i3 significant that nothing was said alsiut
Constantinople, which question still remains
open.
The war feeling here is toned down under
the influence of Gladstone's speech. It is
said the Queen recently advised the premier
to use moderation and avoid war if consist
ent with the dignity and interests of Eng
land. The army is gradually being placed
on a war footing, notwithstanding assurances
to the contrary in Parliament.
Constantinople, June -6. The Khedive
has intimated to the Porte that in view i f
Earl Derby's dispatch to Lord Lyons, the
British ambassador at Paris, which was laid
on the table of the House of Commons yes
terday, if the Porte determines to refuse tho
Russian navy the right to pass through the
Suez Canal it must send men of war to de
fend its entrances.
Chii eho, June 6. The Tribune's London
correspondent predicts that though the Rus
sians have given out that they will not cros
the Danube until the middle of the month,
they are secretly preparing for throwing di
visions of the army across at Ibrail, Giur
gevo, Kabrahsp and Turneverin. This pre-
liction in based on reliable telegrams trom
the front. Two battalions of Bulganau
Christians in all have joined the Russians.
London, Juno 5. The reception given by
Pierrepont to-night in honor of Grant was
most brilliant affair. The house was su-
perbly decorated with flowers. The large-
drawing and reception rooms wero crowik-d
from 10 to I o'clock. At least thousand
persons were present, comprising all the best
and most distinguished English and Ameri
can society in London. Grant received witl
Mrs. Pierrepont and shook each person by
the hand. Pierrepont received with Mrs.
Grant. All the members of Her Majesty'n
cabinet were present except Lord
Beaeoiistield, who is ill. Almost the
entire diplomatic corps attended,
the Japanese and Chinese ambassadors being
especially remarkable. A large numlier ot
members of Parliament, John Bright, Glad
stone, Tom Taylor, Wm. Black, Monsieur
DeConway, Prof. Sehliemaim, the Earl and
Countess of Caithness, were among the dis
tinguished guests. Nearly as many Ameri
cans as Englishmen were present.
Paris, lunc 5. Thers is excitement in
consequence of the arrestof Puverdier, Presi
dent of the M unicipal Council. It is quitt
legal but most unusual to arrest people for
an offense by writing or speech. Offender
in this way are generally left at lilierty till
trial, even without bail. Iu this case even
bail was refused. Duvordier denies the
charges agaiiiHt him. The impression pro
duced is bad, as the prisoner is popular with
the lower class. He is a man ot education
and independent means. He is ehnrged with
insulting Marshal McMahon ;:-id inciting
civil war and assassination.
FOREIGN.
Paws, June 0. The malinger of the Mar
scllaise has lieen sentenced to pay 5,000
francs aud to three months' imprisonment
for insulting MacMahou.
Romk, Juno C. The Pope ha.s conferred
the Criws of the Order of Pius IX on Presi
dent MacMahou aud Count LarLsoh. The
latter is the special envoy w hom the Em
peror of Austria sent to the Vatican to con
gratulate the Holy Father on his jubilee.
The. Pop -., ri-cciving Polish pilgrims, in
cluding Ijddochowsky, alluded to tho diffi
culties of their pilgrimage in consefuncc of
the persecution to which they were sub
jected. He advised them to overcome per
sccntioii by prayers, which, sooner or later,
would fall like coal of lire ou tho heads '-t
their pursccuturs.
Vii'Msa, June C. In military cii jles here
tlie opiuion gain ground that the Russians
will not cn-ss the Dunul-e. They expect sucb
deci:v-' r",.i:"eie-i?- A -'.a thsi, on rv conit'-
PACIFIC COAST,
Nkw Y oiik, June 6. The Trils; ic's Salt
I -uke special says a delegation of Reprveon
tntives of uou-Monnou citizens waited oa
Crmik to-day in regard to tho concentratio
of triMipti of the United States in the Terri
tory. 1 n regard to tho story that Ilrigham
Young in arming his people to make tight in
case he is prosecuted for complacency iu tho
Mountain Meadow massacre, tho dnlegatiost
told Crook they apprehended no danger of it
general uprising of Mormons againnt ha con
stituted authority, but say they did fcir ai
outbreak in case Young was brought to trial
for murder. Crook replied that it would bf
time enough to provide for trouble when a
indictment had Wen found. Meanwhile, he.
said, some coin wines of the 14th mfHatry
now in the Indian country will naturally re
turn te regimental headimarterrt when pres
sure rvliovcd them, and perhaps they wi!
conic very soon, t 'rook make a Very short
iav here. He will return Kaf t ou tin) t'th
Thrre is no occasion for a longer rty sA
present as the Territory is Ui t aud the
viMnd jurvhas adjourned to tlm lTiili oi July.
The disturt attorney htm gone ti Wa-hiip-I
ton. I Iu was siuinmu.rd thiter by :U)tif
I i !em nl Devon. The ivsift he will J
! :. I - ' ret ;hi is aw .titd i.i-fw?.