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THE OEEGON SCOUT JONUS A: CIIANCUY, Publisher. UNION, OREGON HEWS NOTES. Minneapolis dispatch: New wheat coining In very freely. Tho condition I good. Tho kernel Is hardly so plump as last year, but It is centrally dry and free of damage from rnlns and consoquen sprouting. On account of less plumpness there will be a smaller per cent of No. 1 hard, as much of it will go into tho 1 north ern grncrn. For tho reason that, so much hard whent lacking plumpness to grade 1 hard will bo inspected 1 northern, tho lat ter will bo a favorite milling grndethUyear. It is probnl lo, nowever, that it will bo sampled so closo the grnded bins will run pretty thin. From some partB of North Dakota como reports that the yield is no so larce nn was expected, tho blight hnvin: Affected tho crop. Reports to the same effect nro received from northern Minncso tn, but as threshing is not yot finished no csUmnle oi the suoringc is given. A convention of tho western tobacco men la being arranged for, to be held In the near tuturo at Jnnesville, Wis. Tho members of conercsH and state senators from Wlscon sin and northern Illinois will bo asked tobs present. Tho principal business nl thecon ventlon will bo to discuss tho.tmestion o the importation of tobacco from Sumatlu, anil itt her important points Tho Union Pacific Railroad company's earnings for July from tho wholo Hystem wero ?2,.'1(M,900; decrcaso from July Ins year, $70,001); expenses, $1,200,2:10, an increase of Slf7.:i09: surplus carnincs $1,012,7G0; decrenso, $228,308 for soven monuiB to iuiy ux; gross earnings, jfL-i, fi20,i"i20, nnincrensoof $100,803; expenses $0,252,374, a decrenso of $173,140; sur jiius earnings, $-i,utw.-i4G, a decrease o $313,315. At Oshkosh n flro broke out in tho sasl anddoorfnctoryofF.lt. McMillor it Co und beforo the flames could bo brought nndcr full control tlio fiercest flrosccn thcro slnco the great conflagration of 1873 was experienced. Tho combustible material contained in tho factory und adjoining warehouses, togotlior with a strong wind prevailing, rendered tho llro an alarming ono and dispatches wero sont outsido tho city for aid. but after thrco hours of des- pernio work tho llromon succeeded in get ting tlio lire into Hounds. Tlio loss is con fined wholly to McMillan & Co., and will not bo much Icbb than $1,000,000; insur unco, ?r0,000. Thrco companies of regular troops have boon sent to Kock Springs, Wyoming, tho ccno of tho nnti-GhihCBo demonstration, not to quell riots, but to protect public property should such protection bocomo necessary. An Ottawa (III.) special says: Tho su premo court this morning overruled tho motion for a rontinuanco in tho caso of Jo- soph C. Muckin, convicted of perjury in election cases. It was urged that as Muck in wns under sontonco in tho United States court a decision in advnnco of ono pending in tho United States supremo court would provoko iv conflict of jurisdiction. This and another point regarding Macula's uoiKisnien was ovorruiod. Tho Now York City Grant fund commit tco rccclvod a letter from ono of Qon. Grant's old soldiers living In Michigan City. This pnssngo occurred in it: "Tho feeling is pretty gonorul in tho west that as tho Empire City has socurcd tho remains of (Jon. Grant over tho protost of nlno-tonths of tho citizens of the United States, sho is in duty bound to plnco a monumont over tnogrnvooi tlio grand old commander at hor own oxpenso, and second to no other monument in the country, but superior to nil others." Tho Loudon Times assures Mr. Pnrnell that Irish independence is an impossibility. lUvernnd hnrborapproprialions of $18,- 000. 000 to $20,000,000 will bo asked for the next fiscal year. Gomiino hog cholera prevails In Kssoc county, Ontario,, and three-quarters of tin hogs will die. Tho hog cholera is causing great loss of of hogs in Montgomery county, Illinois, and threatons to bocomo epidemic. Tho mnlady is tho worst in tho northern part of tho county, where largo numbers of hogs havo died. Employes of tho l.tttlo Rollings Mills at East St. Louis tothu number of 350 struck against a reduction In wages. Tho striking barb-wiro men at Juliet havo decided to accept the 10 por cent cut and return to work. Five thousand machinists at Elswlck, near Newcastle, England, struck berauso of tho refusal of their employes to dismiss two obnoxious managers. A muss of loss rock fell from tho shaft of a mine near Wllkesbnrre, l'a., and striking iv cago lilled with workmen killed four o" them and wounded six others. Ilotween trains, John L. Sullivan, tho pugilist, took breakfast at an oyster housa at Clovu'aud tho other morning, but boforo eating his meal throw $20 on the counter 1. nd ordered tho barkeeper to give every body in tho room a drink. Sullivan; who wan perfectly sober, spoke contemptuously of McCaffrey's lighting tactics. FOItEIUN INTELMUENCE. Foster, the American minister, spent m fortnight at the royal palaco at La Granju do Ban Ildefunso. Ho had frequent Inter views with SenorOlduttyon, minister of for eign nffulrs, on the subject of tho proposed new commercial treaty botwevn Spain and tho United States. It Is understood that though tho treaty Is not signed an agree nient was reached between tho representa tives of tho two governments by which the reciprocity provisions contained In the for mer treaty wero abandoned. Tho now treaty is confined to reforms in the Cuban custom laws. Spain accepts tho interpre tations of tho modus vlvendt signed in l-eb-ruary, 1884, which was contended lor by Uie United States, und a settlement ol the claims ol American cltliens against tin Bpanish government arising trout Insurrec tions in Cuba is provided (or, During a torchlight procession at Gal way, in honor ol 11 mo thy O'Connor, number ol the processionist uttacked detachment ol Yorkshlro soldiers on jurrl ion duty there. The soldiers' coturudes, (searing the noise, cume to the scene und o tenerul riot ensued, lusting lor lour hours. Clubs und stones Mere freely used on both tides, mnnr windows smashed and a lurgt number of persons Injured. The police, aided by the military nut engaged In th riot, dually quelled th disturbance. The Prussian government has ordered nil Russian and Austrian Pole to quit Dun before October- The decree siempU vttlvn previous to lHtil, temporary sojourner und those who nerved or whuee lotu Mryd lu the Ueriuun army. It is Boml-offlcinlly stated that the French government hns requested England to in vestigate tho circumstances attending the alleged murder of Oliver I'nino by British ofllcers in tho Soudan, and to obtain the fullest possiblo information concerning the whole subject. The London Times, commenting on the nddress mado by United States Minister Phelps on tho occasion of thoworklngmen's club at Rugby, says: Ho is treading with success in tho footsteps of Lowell. Ho has n readiness in tho uso of speech and a re markablo power of interesting his auditors on public occasion, and may bo congratu lated on his manner of avoiding utterances of anytnlng which could glvo offonso to cither political party or to tho country as n wnolo. Thonttltudo of tho French embassy at Constantinople regarding tho mission Wolff is nggrcssivo. Further advices con firm tho statement that Franco will not rccognizo any settlement of tho Egyptian question which fails to satisfy l'rencnln- terests in kgypt. Germany will arm tho proposed military stations in Zanzibar with Krupp guns Tho German traveler Weiss, Just arrived from Zanzibar, has in his possession the treaty with tlio sultan of I'angaiii, placing Panganl, which Is north of Usugarn, under German protection. A sensation wiib caused on tho receipt ol tho Important news from tho Carolino islands that tho Spanish war ships had reached Yap, ono of tho islands, on the 21st ult., and now occupy it in tho namo of Spain. Tho Spanish officers wero dihi' tory In landing troops, and on tho 24th of tho samo mouth tho German gunboat nr rived. Although it was 7 o clock in th evening tho German commander instantly landed a body of marines and sailors', and hoisted tho German ling over the island Tho Spunish officials made an energetic protest against this action, and on the latter's refusal to reecdo from his position telegraphed to Madrid for instructions A conflict between tho Germans and Spnnlsh thcro is feared. Tho excitomoii in Madrid is intense and tho populaco is filled with rage. A largo crowd gathered in front of tlio (icriiinn embassy, attacked the building, lore down the coat ol arms and dragged It through tho streets to Puerto del Sol, where they burned it front of the offices of tho minister of the in tcrior with yells of "down with Goriiinny After venting Its anger the mob proceeded to tho r reach omtmsHy and cheered iranti cully. Tho National Zeitung, commcntlngon th scenes enacted in Madrid on receipt of tho nows of tho German occupation of Yap says Spain must give Germany necessary satisfaction lor tho events of Inst evening Tho other nawspapors are silent in regard to the affair. NATIONAL CAPITAL H0TES. Washington dlspntch: An Installment of lOO.OW postal cards from the new contractor arrived at tho city post office. The new cards fllller considerably from the old cards In ap' ncarancc. The slzo Is cxactlv tho samo and the design Is printed In a light brown color, Instead of tho hend of tho Goddess of Liberty n Vlgnctto lu tlio corner appears n fine on- graving of Jolferson's head. Instead of tho monogram U. S. tho new card lias nn It tho words "United States'' printed lit leu 'th. On the address sldo of the Did card li printed "Nothing but tho address ran be placed on this side." This expression Hub hImivb neen criticised a little as persona could write iiuvlhlng tlioy elu.se on that side, though tho e r.ls might not ho received at the lo.tolllee. The expression has been changed on the new card so ns to real ns follows: Nothing hut tlio address to hu on this side." Treasurer Jordan says tho policy adopt ed by tho treasury department to securo a bettor circulation ol silver coin is meeting with gratifying success. During tho month of August just ended thoro was paid out from the dilfereut sub-treasuries $1,007,- 144 in standard dollars and $1,405,002 In fractional silver coin, which amounts were argely in excess of tho Issue of sliver during the corrcspondini: month of Inst rear. Mr. Jordan says the withdrawal ol ono and two dollar notes from circulation was innilo necessary by tho rapid accumulation of silver In tho sub'troasuries. It was ox- pected In this way to croato a demand for silver coin. That tho plan wns successful Is shown by the largo output of silver during tho past month, bo fnr no formal com plaints or protests against tho withdrawal of ono and two dollar notes have been made. Applications have, however, been received lor largo quantities oi small notes. In each caso tho answer has simply been made that the Issue of these notes has been suspended for the present. Treasury officials express themselves as much en couraged by the present state of finances anil predict an improvement in the gciurnl liusiiiess ol tho country. Ono of tho effects of the withdrawal of $1 add $2 notes ft am circulation is shown in tho Increased demand on tlio treasury for S5 and S10 bills. It has been found neees nary to transfer a laru'O amount of these notes to .New torn. They wero tnKcn mere v it special committee of treasury clerks. Treasurer Jordan prefers this method of ransportation whore largo amounts nro moved. The caso ot John H. Dlckerson, ex-super- lutondcut ot tho Washington pension build ing, charged with stealing a ling, was before tho court, lint tho government failed to prove Its charge. Dlckerson was acquitted. Adjt.-Gen. Drum is authority for tho tateiucut that there is no foundation whatever lor the published report that an tagonism exists between Secretary Endl rott and Liout.-Gon. Sheridan. He Bays their relations are ol the pleusuutest char acter; that nothing nl nn official nature has occurred to make thorn otherwise. The Newark MuehlnoCompnny ot Colum bus, Ohio, has just entered suit in th United States Courts against quar, Scott it Co., ol Richmond. Indiana, for. the use ol certain patents on thoClover Huller manu factured by tho latter, which tho Newark Machine Company claim to be intrlgements on their patents on the Victor Clover Huller manufactured by them. This is nn important suit, for, II it is gained by tho Newark Machine Company, they can pur sue all tho clover hollers built by Guar, Scott it Co., and can collect damages Irom any ono using them. A iliMitWt, whoso sk II nt tc-.aUi mill- nj: is only t'i Hilled by Jus quickness nt vimnoo, wns rccoiitiv wmtmi upon uv ti wnjf i-uiryiiir mi old ytitihni rsike. "Doctor," said lu. want vou to mill u tmiiplo of ttuitli (or iiih " "vori well," ivphod tlio doot ir, "tuko u hunt in that elm if und show mo the tuotli. ' Wtill, il' tor.' stud tliu WMjf. "I wiiul .vmi to mill tlieeii two brukuu ut!i out of thU niKu." I or u m muni llio tle lor won lionpl imI by Hit jokii, h I riivu eriiiL' li nuwlf lit mibeiiy jiullnd lliu liuilli from tlio ruke, uiul lliun tlu IllUllduil U llvUV) fuu, which (hu W'UJI JiUld et II Ilium tubuilj, THE SITUATION IN SPAIN. The AiilNUennnn Movement Genuine and Popular Among All Classes. Vorty TlioiiMMitl itlcn Parade Hie StrcctN Willi I!iitlitilantlc Tread. J7ie Ultimatum Venpatched to tirrmany. Madrid dispntck; Tho polico and troops showed by their good humor yesterday that they sympathized with tho rioters. Tho government and royalist organs only aro timid and urge moderation. Tho anti German movement is genuino nnd popular among all classes. Tho polico Saturday afforded only feeblo resistance to tho nt tacks on the German embassy, whero all tho windows wero smashed. At midtiightn procession of 40.000 men pnraded the streets, receiving cheers everywhere, espe cially at tho military and naval clubs. Over 5,000 troops turned out to prosorve order. Increased discontent has prevniled to-duy because tho government withheld the decision of tho council. Tho opinion ol tlio mob is that tho government hesitates to sever relations with Germany. Count Ucnouinr, Spanish ambnssndor at Ilcrlin, telegraphs that Count Von llatzfeldt, Ger mnn foreign minister, declares that the Gcrmnn gunboat wns forbidden to hoist tho German ling whero the Spanish flag floated, nnd hopes that tho incident will not interfere with negotiations of cordiality between tho two nations as Germany would havo prevented any occupation ol tho Carolines if it had been possible tn com municato witli German cruisers after the receipt ol the Spanish note claiming the island. A council of ministers, with tho sanction of King Alfonso, has been formed and dis patched to tho German government ns nn ultimatum, requesting Germany to evacu ate the Caroline islands. Spain will refrain from a material occupation of tlio islands and thus afford basis for further parleying. Total number of arrests mado hero in con nection with the demonstration against Germany is 18-1. Tho German consul at Valparaiso re ceived tho same treatment at tho hands ol the populaco as tho German embassy nt Madrid. Count Von Hatzfelt in his statements to Count Ilcnomau regnrding orders given German gunboat nt .Meant that gunboat had been forbidden to hoist tho German Hag whero the Spanish had already been hoisted, he said thedisobeyancoof tho com mander of tlio gunboat would not nffect the situation. Dispatches just rend regnrding tho Ger man occupation of Yap stato that Span iards on the island had hoisted tlio Spanish ll'ig and had lowered it at sunsot for tho night, ns is customary, and that immedi ately afterwards the German gunboat ran into the harbor and landed marines nnd sailors, hoisted tho Gcrmnn colors and formally occupied tho plaeo despite protes tations Irom the bpnnlards. Prince Ilismarck offered to withdraw tho Gormnn forces from Yap provided Spain would not occupy it ponding diplomatic ot thesolution (iticsliou asto bpntn s claim overthoisland. Germany will acknowledge Spanish occupation of lap provided spam proves that the Spanish Hag had been hoisted on tho island before tlio Gcrmnn gunboat had arrived in tlio harbor. Tho excitement in Madrid over tho alfair has quieted down, and everything was tranquil last niglit. FA YOKING PURE FOOD. Commissioner Column's Address to tho Agricultural Chemists. XUtublUliiiiciit or lUctlioda for Detec tion of Adulteration. frauds I'ritctlcctl Upon the I'ublte. Tho association of official agricultural chemists met lu agricultural convention at tho department of agriculture, Washington, on the 1st, tho vice-president, Prof. II. C. White, of Georgia, in the chair. Mr. Col umn, commissioucrof agriculture, delivered mi address in which, alter declaring his en tiro sympathy and that of tho farmers ol the country in tho object of tho association, hich is to secure uniform analysis of fer tilizers, ho expressed the hopo that tho association would extend its deliberations to the methods of chemical analysis. Ho thought tho association should also fix n standard of purity for dilfereut. kinds of food and establish methods tor tho detec tion ot adulterations. Ho thought the general government might to co-operate with tho respective stato governments in passing tho most sti iiigeut laws against thu adulteration ot food. "In so simple a matter as the adultera tion of milk it would be hard to secure conviction in a court of justice for any person practicing it, because of the absence of any official standard by means of which the extent ol tho adulteration could lie measured. It should not only be tlie ob ject of the chemical control of agriculture that abundant crops should lie produced, but also to see that products of tho tlelds should be delivered to the commisMouers free of any cheap or deleterious adultera tion. In tho (liiestionnf food adulteration, I havo long been givat'y interested mid nm anxious that nonr' (-tens may be taken by means of which the ej.tont of it maybe diminished, I have already directed the chouiist of this department to give atten tion to the adulteration of foods. The frauds that aro practiced upon the public lu adding cheap and harmful ingre dients to food wo cat in order tn make greater profits, ought to bo exposed in no uncertain way and tho perpetrator of them held up before tho public ns oh- ccts ol ecorn and detestation. To sum an extent is tho adulteration ot butter and manufacture of the counterfeit article car ried on that tho great dairy interests of our nation are now almost prostrate. "ine Honest producer ol a pure article is mpovcrished. while the uiauufncturtrs of und dealers in the fraudulent article are enriched, some ol them having become mil lionaires liy this Illegitimate work. The same may bo said in relation lo tho adul teration of our sugar und syrups. " At the conclusion of Mr. Column's ad dress, reports of committees unpointed ut me lust meeting ol tnoassociationuiion the best method of determining phosphoric add nnd potssh in fertilizers, were read and debated. Prol. T. S. Gladding rud u paper ou each ol the subjects. REGULATION OF UUIIURATI0X. Circular ly Arllnff Narretary l'li child llesurdhitf tlio .Matter. Acting Secretary Fulrchlld hut 1st utxl n circular to the commissioners ol einijra' Muu and custom officer tn regard to the lauding of prohibited emigrant. It stij thut in view nt th dlfllrultirt that hiivr nrUeti III regard to the construction nl a illicit ot section 3 ol "An act to rvgulute liiimlfratlun," approved Aufiitt 01, load, u rti to th landing ol com let, lunu in, lliun. ur pertoni uintui to car ol lliviiilir mtliuut birumiuK u publlv vur. it has been deemed ndrisablo to make other rules in relation to the regulations heretofore made on tho subject. One ot the new rules provides that "all immigrants arriving at ports ot the United States shall not be reenrded as in fact landed within the meaning ol theeecond section ol the act referred to so long ns they are un dergoing the examination of tho commis sioners ol emigration, ot tneir agents or representatives, and so long as they nr temporarily in charge of thoso officers, nnd anv temporary removal of prohibited im migrants from on board ship to any place convenient, for examination, caro or treat ment as incidental to such examination shall not bo considered ns landing until such officers shall have discharged audi im migrants or returned them on shipboard Cattle on tlio Motc. Reports received nt the war department from tho Indian territory indicate thut tho terms of tho president's proclamation in regard to tho removal of cattle is being fully complied with; that tho cattlemen are moving tho cattlo ns rapidly ns possible As long ns thonuthoritiesarc satisfied that the cattlemen nro acting in good faith in tlio matter nnd using diligenco in moving the herds no interference will be allowed; but if it is found that they unnecessarily prolong tho departure and wilfully disre gard the proclamation United States troops will be ordered to drivo them and their cattle from the territory. The Galveston News' Dallas special snys Col. Herring, of tho Dominion Cattlo com pany, just in from tho Indian territory, says that all the cattle have been removed from tho territory in conformity with Pres ident Cleveland's proclamation except a few that may have strayed oil during tho round-up. Vegetation on the Karth. Tho densely-luxuriant tropical plants, with their lofty palms nnd wilderness of creepers ; tho more open woods of oak, elm or pine, and tho plains of grass or heather of tomporato climes; tho mosses and lichens of tho far north, and tho millions of minuto nlg:o on fields of snow ; tho enormous masses of marine plants, and tho multitudinous green threads of every pond or rivulet, aro ono and all continually engaged during tho hours of daylight in tearing from tho atmosphere its carbon, and in suck ing from Iho earth or sea its water (with tho mineral substances dissolved in it), in order to build up now masses of organio substanco from theso purely inorganic materials. Tho quantity of living matter thus daily formed may bo truly termed enormous. Tho dry land of tho earth's surface is estimated at 22,392,'130 squaro miles. Lotus assume that of this 15,000,000 squaro miles (or n littlo over two-thirds) aro clothed with vegetation negleoting altogether tho vegetation of tho ocean and let but tho 8G5th part of an inch bo tho growth of this sur faco daily, nnd every year will bo formed a moss ono inch thick and 15, 000,000 squaro miles in extent, which would make a solid cubo of vegetablo matter about fifteen miles in extent in each dimension. It is thus no wonder that wo should havo accumulations of vegetable debris in tho form of coal in somo parts of tho world (as in Pennsyl vania), which may bo in alternating beds seventy feet in thickness, and ex tending over an area Wger than that of Yorkshire. Tho wonder, ot first sight, is rather that tho sizo of tho solid earth does not, in succeeding ages, notably increaso at tho oxpenso of its fluid and aeriform matter. But fast as organic matter is thus accumulated by so enor mous and incessantly acting a manu factory, its fabric is nevertheless much liko tho web of Penelope; for close up on lifo follows death, nnd with tho death of nil organisms, their substanco (by decomposition) returns again for tho most part (as water, carbonic acid, am monia and various gases, etc.,) to that organio world whouco it wns originally derived. Youth. There is nothing liko youth. Tho stuisliino streams upon tho flowers. Tho blood rushes wildly through tho veins. Tho air is full of music, and echoes of happy laughter aro borno on every breezo. All the world seems wrapped in golden mist, and hope, n white-winged angel, shines in tho rosy heaven of tho futuro. For ago, tho rustle of the dead leaves I For sorrow, tho wail of tho autumn wind, tho sad November twilight, and tho lonesomo splashing of tho mini What havo ago and sorrow to do with lifo? Let them thrust away their doleful gloom whilo for youth mid beauty, and lovo nnd mirth, tho silver bolls ring, tho wiuo sparkles, and tho earth is strown with rosis. William Il'infer. THE MARKETS. OMAHA. TTiikat No. 2 IUltl.KV No. 2 Kyk-.No. 2 63 57X 424 28 r,H 20 i;in pj 13 4 TS 3 25 2 ,M 0 00 3 .V) 0 4l) 51 3 25 2'JI 1 4) 7il) 6 0J 3 III 8 00 42 it 2Si Cons No. 2 mired Oats-No. 2 IT dS IIutteu l Miioy cresmory.. IIuttkii Choice iluiry llt'TTKU Uest country A 12 10 is 4 IX) :t to 2 00 8 a) Kg as Fresh UNIONS Per bbl chickens ler iloz.. old.., CII1CKKN8 Per dot, young-, I.kmo.ns Chnlco , llANANAS ChoicO Ohanoks Meslna 6 OJ I'OTAIOKS .NOW 40 Giikkn At'n.Ki Por Ubl 3 00 hKKiis rtinotlir 2 1.) 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A'o Arretl ai Ttt 2 fade. Rock Springs (Wyoming) special: The riotous outbreak made here yesterday by white men against the Chinese rn!nei Is much more serious than was nt first re ported. There is not a Mongolinn, either malo or female, left in the plnco, and things look extremely desolate for the heathen to day. Kvery building occupied by Chinese people has been reduced to ashes, and sev eral persons perished in the flames. At a lato hour this afternoon fifteen charred bodies bad been recovered from tho ruins, and it is believed there nro still many more. One woman nnd a child wero shot. All of the others fled for their lives into the surrounding hills nnd mountains. A largo force of men lias been out all day gathering them up nnd taking every ono they could find toEvnnston.a point thirty miles west of hero. At this writing every thing is quiet, but only becauso there aro no Chinnmcn to bo seen by the rioters. The first difliculty aroso over a quarrel between two white men nnd a Chineso miner In No 0 Rlinft. vcatordnv nfternoon, as to which should occupy a certain work room in tho mine. Tho two white men came clown into town from tho town, armed themselves, and swore that they would see who wero going to rulo tho camp, whito men or Cliinnmen'. When told tho other whito men what had occurred, not more than thirty minutes elapsed before thcro wero at least 125 in the party, nrmeci to tho eyo-teeth with guns and revolvers, and they marched townrd the mines. Somebody had given the Chinamen warn ing nnd very soon they collected in gangs oi no nnd 100, tnlking wiiuiy ami iiying about in tho most excited and disorderly nianner. For a time they undertook to stand ngal ist nnd show defiance to the mob that wns going for them, but being un armed they soon discovered that this would not do. As the mob approached and tho Cliinnmen saw them, there watf i' scattering for tho hills nnd such u flying in tho air of queues ns marked their flight has novcr before been witnessed on this conti nent. A hundred or more shots were fired nftcr them by the white men, but without serious effect, except as stated beforo to ono woman and n child, who wero hit in tho buck and instantly killed. Then tho mob, which by this time had beenmo wild and reckless in its desires to clean out tho celestial race entirely, turned its nttcntion to the qiinrters in which they lived. Every building occupied by China men, about 100 in all, was set fire too and burned. Forty-four of theso buildings be longed to tho Union Pacific Railway com pany, nnd tho balance wero poorly con structed frnmo nhnntics. In them at the timo wero many feeble men nnd women, Bomo of whom, though hardly able to move, mannged to escape, but it is believed that thero are not less than twenty-five or thirty who wero ronsted. Sheriff Young, of Green River, is hero with a posso of deputies, but ns yet no arrests havo been made. However, thepresence of tho sheriff and his men, has been the mennB of preserving order and quietness to-day. Division Superintendent Dickenson and Division Superintendent Murtle of the Un ion Pncific, nro both here. They have been sending food all day to tho starving China men in tho hills. It is believed that the Cliinnmen will never come back to work in theso mines. The final outcomo ot this af fnir remains to bo Been. Many of these Cliinnmen havo been hero ut work for ten years, and thia is tho first trouble of any kind. SIX PERSONS DROWNED. Onhkosli, WIcoii1ii, tho Scene of s Terrible Drowning Accident. A horrible drowning accident occurred at Oshkosh, Wli., Sept. '.d, at the St. Paul roll- rond bridge. The draw beltnr open eleven persons, nlue girls aud two men, attempted tocross the channel In a boat aud were caught In the swells ot a tug which ha.l just passed and the boat upset Only tiro of the whule number were rescued. The names ot the drowned are Johanna Matsotue, Gusta Wlcse, Emma liauer, Lena Maid, Louis DIehtl, and Bhllllp Berryam, aged from 12 to 20. The bodies of all have been recovered. The girls drowned were of poor German families em ployed In the match factory. It has been the custom for the hrldsro tenders to row the working girls across the width of tho brldgo draw to save them going roundabout across the regular city brldse. lierryam, one of the men droiiel, was night bridge-tender, and was rowing the boat. As sooii as the boat began rocking lu tho swell left by the passlmi tug the girls became lrightened, btood uo auu cluug to ouo uuotber, wtil. li upset tho boat only a few feit fro'ii the end of tho draw. Persons ou the draw were able to reach two girls, and stved them. A man jumped In irom mo nriuire auu saveti two more, ana one man swam to the pUr of the bridge, lu the meantime, tho shrieks of the girls lu the water were piercing, Millie they dun' to B.-rrvam and nulled him down to a watery grave with them. ah uappenca bo quicKiy inai ueip wun boats was Impossible. The news spread lik wlldtlre, and fully live tbousind people gath ered at the scene. Grappling commenced, and one ait'-r another the bodies were pulled out aud laid In a row oil the bridge, surround ed by weeping anl walling relatives. It be came charged that that day the brldje tender kept the draw open for the purpose of col lecting a pittance for ferrying passengers ncrose, snd threats of lynching him wero so frequent that he kept concealed. The names of the saved are: Anna llartwlir, Tollle Utache, Louisa Morris, Amelia Paulsen and Win. Wolff. THE CHOLERA IN FRANCE. Tho Itrport of Couaul Vinson llecelved by tlio Stato Department. The secretary of state has received de tailed report Irom Consul Mason In regard to the cholera nt Marseilles. Ho comments on the lalse policy ot tho authorities lu en deavoring to suppress tho truth as to the existence ot the disenso nnd speaks of the sensation caused by the rfldeawnkenlng on the 11th ult., when the community was shocked by the announcement that un epi demic prevailed In their midst. He say further that then the city renllxed that it was in the 11 rut stage of an epidemic of the nwl Attirttic cholera, which had not been Imported from Spain or elowliore. Most ol the elementary principles ol unnitary cleHiillneMit are unknown In MnriteilWs. The gutters ot the wtreet (low with the veriest lilth, uiul ihmiiiU und sewers are tiitfwtml. On the eutru side ol tin urn vort Is one huildhitf whleh rmiUlus Mveu hundred liiliuhituuU who UMiwiimitu are thrown into the rwt- ol the stairways, llvhlml tins Is it svlioul lor mm fins, iiouonwi ny rinuiuiuuis irom lis vuulU o uviguburini; closvU und aired by windows opening upon a dark and closed court which is n veritable sink. From tho 1st to tho 19th ol August ther wero 721 deaths, or nn averngo ol eighty three per day. Tho mnlady has been rela tively moro than last yenr to Bailors of vessels in tho port, and been particularly Rcrious with steamers from England and Scandinavia. Tho dlscnso manifests its characteriBtlc preference for the dissipated, insane nnd unclean. Thepresent situation nnd record of past secondary epidemics in dicnto that tho scourgo has perhaps reached its maximum of fatality and will gradually subside to a finish in October or November. GUARD AGAINST INFECTION. Tho Illinois Live Stock Commission Re port on Plctiro-Pncumouiii. Localities AVlicro tho DItcnno Frevnll In Epidemic Form. II Vial tlie Commission Recommends. Tho Illinois live-stock commission hae. mp.do its report aud recommendations to the governor rclativo to the status ot pleuro-pncuraonla in other states. On this a proclamation of quarantine will bo based. Tho report says: We beg leave to report that wo have re ceived reliablo information to theeffectthat tho disenso known as contagious pleuro pneumonia among cattlo now exists and is epidemic in the following named localities, viz.: Tho counties ot Now York, Rich mond, Kings, nnd Queens, in the stato ol New York: tho counties of Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Union, Hunterdon, Camden, Burl ington, Hudson, nnd Middlesex, in the stato of New Jersey; tho counties of Balti more and Princo George's in tho stato ol Maryland; tho county of Fairfax in Vir ginia; tho county of Harrison In Kentucky; tho county of Montgomery in Ohio; the county of Madison in Tennessee, and tho District of Columbia. We there fore recommend that you issuo your proclamation, scheduling such infected lo calities, and absolutely prohibiting tho im portation of cattlofrom bucIi infected local ities into the state of Illinois, according to. tho law entitled "An net to revise tho law in relation to thesupprcssion of contagious and infectious diseases among domestic an imals." The commission also recommends thut the governor establish a conditional quar antine against all tho states of Now Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee, nnd also that portion of tho stato of Pennsylvania east of the Allegheny mountains, and that part of the state of Now York south of tho Mohawk river and cast of the Chenango river, pro vided that cattlo shipped shnll be accom panied by proper health certificates. Tho commission also recommends, on account of Texas fover, tho exclusion of all cattle south of tho thirty-sixth parallel of lati tude, such exclusion to bo in force between tho 1st of April and tholst of November. Tho report is signed by Commissioners Pearson and McChesney, but Mr. Smith files the following dissenting communica tion: In view of tho great extent of tho traffic in cattlo between this and tho state of Mis souri, I am reluctant to commend any re strictions upon that traffic which nro not absolutely required by tho necessities of the case; but tho conditions in that state aro such that I cannot at present consent to the cntiro removal of restrictions from the infected county of Galloway and tht adjoining counties of Audrian, Montgom ery, Osage, Colo and Boone. I therefore respectfully dissent from my colleagues so. far as theso counties in tho state of Mis souri aro concerned, but join with them in tho other recommendations above. YOUTHFUL CRIMINALS. Educated by Itondlitg the Lives of Jack Slieppurd nnd Jesse James. Washington dispatch rostofflce Inspector Henderson has ju6t successfully completed a ease In North Carolina which Is unique In tho history of mall stealing. Two boys, George H. Eagle, aged 17, and Jcthro Almond, age IS, the former a mall carrier, tho latter an r mall carrier from Salisbury to Albemarle, are the culprits. Last May complaints were re eclved that registered letters from the polnti named seldom reached their destinations, l'ostofllce Inspector Henderson, was detailed to work up ihc cose, and last month he di. covered a clue which led him to suspect the mall carrier, young Eagle. Several decoy let Liters were scut, and they wero stolen and l'ale was arrested, tut uo traceof the money could bo found u0ii his person. The theory of a confederate was determined on, and from his Intimacy with the boy, Almond was shad owed. From a conversatl n overheard be tween Almond and his lather asto hiding the stolen inoncv, ho was arrested and the monei sent In tho decoy letters and other money U tho extent of $.00 was found upon his person. As soon as Almond's arrest was known Eagle took his mall horse aud fled. The In spectors were placed ou his track and he waa arrested In Arkan as. Upon the Al non.i boy was found a complete set of toils In a small box, with which they opened tho mi:i louches. A jack knife had been converted into a saw with which tho boys sawo.l the riv ets, aud two o'.d ruty pieces of iron with which they sube mently welded them to;eth er. A bottle of mucllcre was alo In ft, which was used to glue the ends of the letters to gether after thev w re Titled. Bo expert had the bots become lu tt elr business that no sus picion of their being thieves wa entertained uv the local postmasters along the route, ihlch was thirty miles long and through a densely woo Jed country. It was In this woods tho pouches were opened. So expert were they that It did not take more than thir ty minutes to rlile the entire pouch and then tlx It again. Not since May has a register. J letter been sent from Stanley county hut what was opened. The aggr. gate sum stolen Is large. In the poikets of Kagle when ar rested were the lives of Jack Sheppard and Jesse James. Inspector Henderson savs that for such oung men Eagle and Almond prom ised to be tho most expert mall thieves In the country, and they covered up their tracks UKe old veterans In the business. Condition of tlio Corn Crop. Tho Chicago Farmer's Review prints the following summary on the corn crop out look based on tho latest reports from cor respondents: "Tho cold, damp weather which prevailed during the past week re tarded the maturing ol the corn crop. Frost has been experienced in ninny locali ties, but none ol sulllcleiit severity to do any Injury to tho corn. At this writing (September 7), we judge that thre fourth of the corn ol th entire country is pant danger frouifrot. Ot the remaining lourtb fully hall U ho far nilvnneed that a frost which would .Imply tut th leaves without Irtwslng the stalk so ns to burst the calls Mould do it no injury ltyond injury to the bidder. This luvw but one-eighth ol the crp in nn.v diuirvr nnd every iUy without h fitwM Ummmiis the drtiijpr. At thu mHUhk the duugvr ol a lr- la nu grutr thun It luu liven ut any tune In thu but Un days, mid we have utroug confidence of a full ma turity til the hrgst crop ol wru evi kuutfu lu thin country,"