THE OREGON SCOUT.
JONES A: CQANCKY, Publishers,
UNION.
OREGON.
THIS OMOTXAK TH III TF. J.V.
Prepartny for the Centennial of the
Pro.
tnulyatlon of the Conntitatton.
Philadelphia dispatch: As a result o!
the movement upon tho part ol tho cliicl
inn gist rates ol tho thirteen original states
even governors ol ns many common
wealths mot here to-day to arrango for ft
fitting observance of the centennial anni
versary ol the promulgation ol tho consti
tution ol tho United States. New Hamp
shire, Massachusetts and North Carolina
were not roprcsonled, hut probably will bo
by to-morrow. Tho following governors
tvoro present: I'attison of 1'cnnnylvania,
Lto of Virginia, Lloyd of Maryland, Stock
ley of Delaware, Wetinorc ol ltlioilo Island,
McDnnlel of Georgia, and Sliophnrd of
South Carolina. New York was represented
by Lieutenant-Governor Colics; New Jer
sey by a committee ol tho stato legislature,
and Connecticut by cx-Govcrnnr Bigelow.
At tho Continental hotel Governor I'atti
son delivered u brief address of welcome
Thero were present also many other distin
guished vlMitors from various slates and a
citizens' committee of entertainment.
Alter Governor 1'attison's speech tho
party divided into pairs and inarched down
Chestnut street to t lie old stato house.
Here tho party halted in tho inom whero
tho Declaration of Independence was
signed and. standing under a canopy ol red,
white and blue, they listened to an address
ol w-ctcomo by Mayor Smith.
Carpenter hall, theold hallwiierc, in J 874
tho first colonial congress mot, eleven
provinces being represented, was the next
plnco visltod. At this place also a meeting
was held. The governors ranged them
selves around a largo table near tho center
of tho li'ill. Itiehnrd K, Hulls, one ol the
oldest, members of I hoCnrponlcrs Company
of tho City and County of Philadelphia,
welcomed tho visitors and briefly reviewed
tho history ol tho lime worn meeliug place.
Hampton L. Carson then delivered an ora
tion. The business meeting of tho governors
was called to order by Governor 1'atlisou.
Governor Lee ol Virginia was invited to
toko the chair. Carson was elected sere
tary. Letters wore read fr in tho gov
ernors ol North Carolina, Now Hnumshiro
and Massachusetts, regretting their ina
bility to lie present, and assuring tho gov
ernors that tlioy were in sympatliy with
the movement. Colonel J. H. Peyton, who
originated tint idea of (ho celebration,
and who has rliurgo ol tho arrangements,
was invited to take the stand to make
any suggestions which might have occurred
to him. The colonel, in reply, said
that it would be a good idea to have
every sluto in tho union represented at
the celebration next September by a regi
ment of soldiery. It seemed to him that
the young men in tho various states would
gladly avail themselves of this opportunity
to participate in tho celebration. On mo
lion of Governor 1'at t ison tlie-orgauizntion
wiih also Hindis permanent. Tho governor
suggested also that n committee, consisting
ol the governors of tho thirteen states and
representative citizens, be appointed to
ptupnro for tho celebration. On motion of
Governor Stockier, ol Delaware, the chair
uppoinled ii committee, consisting ol live
members, to draft a plan. Tlie governors
of IVunsylvaiin, Delaware, Hhodo Island,
Maryland and Georgia were appointed. A
recess was then taken to euab.o tho com
mittee to prepare a plan.
During tin session in Carpenter's hall
resolutions were adopted that each statu
and territory be Invited to join in prepara
tion for the proper national celebration ol
the adoption of the federal constitution, to
bo held in tills city in September of next
year, and that tho president bo invited to
formally rouimunicato to congress at their
next meeting llio (net that his administra
tion closes the first century ol the constitu
tional government, and to uige upon that
body tlio propriety of celebrating an occa
sion ol such dignity and importance; thai
tho executive ol overy statu and territory
, in tho union be formally coiumuulcated
with nnd urged to press upon the attention
of their people tlio Illness ol their hearty
uo-oporatioii. A rcsnluio i was also passed
requesting I lint delegates from the different
utat.es nnd territories bo sent here to meet
on December 2 next, to organize a permit
neiiiit organization worthy of the event.
Kosolutlniis were also adopted looking to
tho appointment of a committeo of citizens
to co-operate with the permanent organiza
tion, extending sympathy to tho earth
(Ilia ho Hiilferers in South Carolina and
thanking the Carpenter company for tlio
use of the hall.
OATIIOIAVS ASKKl Tit VOXTItl ItUTK
An Appeal to Them (n llehalf of the Karth
fmi.t, luffererii.
Now York special: Tlio following appeal
from the right roverend bishop of Charles
ton was read from the pulpit of the Catho
lic churches in New York on Sunday last by
direction of Archbishop Corrigun:
Catiii:piui. Guotmw, Cium.iTON, S. C,
September 19. Reverend Dear Sir: 1 have
waited a week until time should have al
layed tho excitement attended on the earth
quake lately experienced by this city, and
bavo enabled us to estimate with some
degree Die Injuries wo have sustained be tore
making nil appeal to the charily of the
faithful. It is unnerersiir,. to describe tho
terrors of the oartlnpiitko that shook this
city or to detail the ruins it wrought.
There is not a building in tho city that Is
not injured and few that are not seiini.sly
damaged. The churches have all been inn
tetially injured. The orphan homes and
infirmary will need extensive repairs. Homo
of the school houses are cut I rely destroyed,
and we have been compelled to dismiss the
the touchers ol the male schools. Tho resi
dences of tho clergy are much Injured and
the KpUcopal residence irreparably so.
The clergy, tho sisters, tho orphans, like tho
largo majority of the inhabitants of tho
city, slep in tents. The holy sacrifice is
dally offered up in a rude died on the
cathedral lot in tho midst ol tho camp,
where tho people are gathered together,
Wo aro utterly helpless to repair or rebuild,
while tho people whosu property has been
destroyed are asking for breed.
With tho inoiuory of our many previous
trials, and in the midst of the ruins of this,
the most terrible of all, we beg you in the
name of our Lord and charity s sake to
ciime to our relief, May 1 beg you to read
this, my appeal, th the revoioitd clergy
under your )iiridictiou and through them
to the faithful; to those w ho are willing to
have a part in our efforts to relieve our
(offering people; to proUdo for tlio pro
tection and care of our orphans; to reopen
our schools and to repair our churches;
that we may once moio give to Almighty
God becoming worship and service. May
God bless thiiHO who help us in this, Hi
work. Very sincerely In Christ.
II. P. Noimuiur, Bishop of Charleston.
Collections will bo taken in all tho
churches throughout the United States
in behalf of tho stricken city. Tho Rev.
Father fihundler, of Charleston, is at
present in New York making arrangements
with the pastors of the churches here.
Justin McCarthy lint tailed from Queens
town, IreUud, for New York,
ot.n ciiAttTim oak lrnncieno.
Prrthl'tit lt"rlhntnmw of Tfilt Great III'
nuranee. Company a Henry Defaulter.
Hartford (Conn.) special : George M.
Itnttlmtntncw of this city, president of tiic
Charier Oak Insurance- company of Hart
ford, is a di'fatillfr In the sum of $127,000.
Of thN sum $1(15.000 is in actual enshand
$'22,(100 in paper, stneo llio rt-organua-linn
of llio Charter Oak In 1878 Mr. Hnr-
tlioh mow has had solcchargo of tho affairs
of llio company, never being obliged to
make any report to tho directors. Last
Saturday ho informed tlio directors Hint
owliiir to tho embezzlement of Thonins
riunkctt, in the Ilnttford Silk company,
nnd other concerns in which ho was inter
ested, howas unable toincet his obligiit'otis
to the Charter Oak. Ho placed the amount
atSlDO.000.
Tho directors asked lor his resignation
mid it wns eivcri Monday. Tho directors
ilisnovored two notes, amounting to
000. which lie lind discounted and llio pro-
reeds ol which ho had used. Mr. llnrtho-
loniow kit Unit afternoon for Now 'wk.
and has not been heard from hincc, though
it is said that his family hat learned that
he is in Canada.
An it I ml icii t ir ii for receivers for llio Chnr-
ter Oak comnnnv was made tills morning,
1 mid Judge Pardee
Into tins afternoon, up-
no tiled Messrs. Drunks anil Hteiltniin us
senior nnd Junior receivers lespectlvely
The assets ol tho company, it is thought,
wl'l with piopcr management tealizo
Sl.n00.000. Tho property is located in
eleven states and vaties greatly in value.
It was known that Hurt holoinow was
affected by I'lunkctt's operations, but it
was believed that be would pull through
nnd have a largo surplus. J ho announce
ment of '"is downfall creates a great sen
sation. He is connected with ninny large
institutions and is endorser of a great deal
of pupnr. Ho had lived lioio about fifty
yeais and was one ol tho loading business
I men of the illy. Yesterday he resigned the
presidency of tho Hoiyoko Water Power
company of Ifol.voke. lie Is heavily con
nected with the Florida Construction com-
tinnv. lie is a heavy indorsee for tlio
llnrl'oril Silk company anil tho Union
Maanfactiii lug company. So far aH can be
learned $3(50.000 of the Iliii'Uord Silk
imp"!1. 8200,000 of the Union company
liaper, $200,000 of tho Schuyler Elect l ie
Light company paper, a consiilornblo
amount of Charter Oak and some IIol-
yoko Wat or Power company paper had
come lo light.
This paper turns up in ninny different
sections of tho country oifsldo of Hurt-
Ion!. report coming in iroin I'lillailelpliiii,
Now lock, Huston, Providence, Holyoke,
New lln veil, New Loudon and other places.
A director of the ( hnrler Oak company
said t his evening that tlio first iiitluiai ion
lie had of tho terrible state of the com
pany's flniiuces was at Saturday's meet
ing. Mr. Hut tholoinew then said Unit he
had sulllcient capital to refund all he owed.
lie gave no explanation us to what lie had
douo with the money. lie claimed to liuvo
been promised aid from Cyrus W. Field
unit oilier New York capitalists. Ho went
to New York ostensibly to sco them ami
lias not been heard of since.
Anol her director said I hat the company
is completely wrecked. There' is no money
lo ils eiedit, and several drafts have
ulioaily been protested,
Mr. Ihirllioloiiiew is president of Ihc
Sihuyler Klcelrio Light company. Tho
hcciotnry of the company said that tho
company was sound The employes , were
paid yesterday, tlio regular pay-day, and
received only 10 per cent of their wages.
Mr. Ihirtlioloinow is president of the Wat-
klnson library, a trust of considerable
mugiiil tide, but Mr. Triimbail to-uight mid
he hud no reason to believe that anything
was wrong in the luunagoment of t lie binds.
A prominent director of the Charter Oak
company said to a loporlor to-night that
the gentleman who audited tiie accounts of
the company had known for some time
(hat Mr. Ilarlholomew was ip debt in large
amounts. Charles .Willard, secretary ol
the company, on being informed o( this
statement said tlint'ho did not. torn mo
ment bel eve thul there is a collusion be
tween niiditors and the missing president.
" hirthnlnuiow." be continued, "was rec
ognized by all 111" olllcers and stockholders
as llio financial tmrkliouo ol 1 lie company
hear, but I do not know personally, that
i lien tho annual examination ol the con
cern's condition was innde any shortage
would be explained by Hart holoinow. Mi
this way he said Unit lie hud placed money
in the bank in Ills own name to protect it
from attachment, but that it was at the
service of tho eoinpnny at any tlmo. As
for myself I know nothing about the liuau
ces of tho riiimmnv."
Mr. llaitlioliimow is a prominent Eplsco-
pnliiiu. His outstanding personal paper is
estimated at SI, 000.000. tlo is now in
Montreal.
okkoximo's cosnirioxs.
Gen. Mile Han .V( .Vinifl Ilk Official lie.
port of tho tiurreinler.
Washington special; No detailed report
ol the surrender ol (ieroniiuo nnd Ids com
panions has yet readied tho war depart
ment ami department officials are still in
doubt as to what the conditions of surren
der wore. This report, however, tlio de
partment is informed, le now on its way to
Washington.
That thero wcro condi'lons, or promises
ol some kind, thoro is no longer any reason
to doubt, notwithstanding thofnet that the
tlrst illspatch of Gen. Miles to Ken. Howard
stated that Geron ino surrendered uncon
ditionally. Tlio fact that Gen. Miles paid
no attention to tlio older from the depart
ment leaven the Impression tluit he was
bound by a promise ol some kind to to
novo the surrendered Apaches from Ark
zona. He requested permission to lake
them to Ft. Bowie, El Paso, or Florida.
Ho was ordered to lemovo them to tlio
nearest fort, whatever it might lie, and
keen them under guard pending orders as to
their tlniil disposition. Notwithstanding
the orders ho started thorn to Florida and
then notified tho department, id.it lug that
they could bo stopped at San Antonio.
I hey were stopped at that place and are
thero now.
JiiKtuss lKtt rusTiririKs.
St. Loin, .Mo., Sept. 17. The series of fall
festivities which aro to continue until the end
of the frtr, October It), were Inaugurated to
night hi n ixirmlo und drill of the St. Louis
Hiunheuti iHitiillliiu mid the Athletic nmoela
t on, i-oinpilslng the various riming, foot ball
unit oilier chili. The pyrotechnic dltplav ot
the l'liiiiibemi ihih mis verv line and was
witnessed by tens of thousand of citizens
and lsltorn. Another parade of tliese IhhIios
wllli mtr next Krlduy evening iu tin iiecoin
piinlnieiit In the ceremonies of the Knight
Templar.
M.titri.s moss ahuhstkik
St. Louis dispatch: Martin Irons, Wader
of tho Knljhtrt ot Labor strike on tho Mis
souri Pncille railroad lust spring, was ur
inated in Kansas City last night, and will
be brought to this city to answer t lie
charges found agHitiht him in an Indict
ment for complicity in lapping private
tolfgraiih wires running into Yioo-Preah
dent Itoxle's resilience. Owing to the re
cent ill-bvhaior of tho muster workman
his boniUim-u have withdrawn from his
bond, and he will be keut under arrest
until his case is tried.
COXCHltXlXIl THIS PVltt.W domaix.
A
Statement of ltn DlnpotalA to l'Utro-
l'nntmualnThe .( Scrrtrr.
Washington dispatch: A statement oi
tlio disposal ol tho public lands for the fis
cal year, which ended Juno 30, 1SSG, has
been prepared by Commissioner Sparks. It
shows the total number of entries to have
been H'M 171, embracing an urea of 120,
5)01,1)07 acres, for which was received 71U,'
707. Tlio following table shows by states
tho area disposed of and the amount re
ceived :
Nnmoof Stato. No. of Acres.
Alabama 22(,K2S
Arkansas 1277.281
Arizona filM.KSO
California l.:tl8.(!7.S
Amount,
570,582
05,202
70,8(5(5
7,232,850
52(5,28(5
1,477.399
Colorado 1,282,071
Dakota.
.'1,075,08."
231. 799
Florida.
M7.7CJ
Idaho 272.019
10(5 (50-1
Iowa.
l.:i:!7
3, 19H
1,310.37(5
71 5(5(5
Kansas
Louisiana ..
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
.Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
5,0:10,82 1
I I 2.501:
j op, pt;:t
117.7:52
175,02(5
2(59,0-15
911,57:5
a,511,518
71.911
250,51 1
52,501
53,143
21(5.570
1,190, 442
75,7(50
125,930
280,1)98
Now Mexico 202,850
Oregon.
501. S02
V52.51G
(59,534
Utah
Washington Ter.
Wii-cousin
299.77(5
51 1.828
2:57.585
153,572
240,015
195,420
202,920
Wyoming
Total 20,99 1,907 f 7,4 12,707
The original homestead entries were
01,738, covering an area of 9,145,135
ncies. Tho list of selections made by rail
wny companies under tho dill .rent grants
aggregate 2,315,577 acres. The number ol
limber culture entries iniido was 34,990,
amounting to 5,389,309 acres. In nddi
lion to tho area above given final prool
was made upon 19,350 homestead ontries,
embracing an area of 2,(5153,532 acres, and
upon filial timber culturo ei tries number
ing 10,0151, covering nil urea of 14 1,091
acres. In these tables are not included the
disposal ol Indian lands, amounting to
1 5,502 enl lies, with an a tea of 1,132.590
acres from which woie received $1,007,729.
Commissioner Coleman, of tlio depart
incut of iigricultm e, lias been notified Hint
pleuro-pneiinioiiin lias again broken out in
Illinois, and he has disputchcii Dr. buluion,
ciuoi oi tlio imniiu ot niiiinnl industry, to
Chicago, the seat of the disease, to examine
und leport to tho department, whether tho
reported disenso is really pleuro-piieumo
nin. If it is, (ho commissioner says that
in; will take the most decisive steps that
tho law permits to thoroughly stamp it
out. Thegoveriior of Illinois, however, has
not yet accepted tho conditions proposed
by the commissioner lo the governors of
the states for the suppression ot tho dis
enso, ami tins will ho accessary helore gov
ernment net ion will be taken toward slump
ing out the disease.
Since the letter sheet envelopes hnvobocti
placed iiponsale at thediuerentpostotlices,
alioiit a month, oxer ,uuo,uuu have ineu
disposed of. New York alone taking over
lOO.OOO. All the indications point lo
their becoming popular and, in a measure,
superseding postal nurds.
Advance iiguies ironi tno report ot f-cc
oad Assistant Postmaster Gciictul Knott
show that thu cost of the star service for
the year ending .Itiuo 30, 1885, wns 5,
4 11,801. The cost of th" same service for
the year ending .1 ti no 30, 1880, was 8i,-
.552. 181, a decrease of $02,(523, or of 1 .57
per cent. The cost of tlio steamboat ser
vice on .1 lino 30, 18S5, was $5,503,002
ami on Juno 30. 188(5, $5,4 1(5.410, a de
crease ol M 1(1,1)83, or ot i. i 1 per cent.
On July 1, 1885, when the net, contracts
for tho year were let. the total cost of tho
star service, including the new service put
on, was $5,(553,(500, but by the end of tho
fiscal year it was i educed to $n,352, 18 1
llio serviro now going into operation
I hrougliout the west, including Arkansas
Louisiana, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska. Col
orudo, Oregon, Nevada, California, and nil
territoi ies mid Al iska w as let at a saving
of $200,000 over the Inst fiscal year. It is
thought, however, that the cost ot the rail
way service, which has been extended na
the star service has been decreased, will
show an increase over last year.
vi:rt:it it. r.i:r.
Lincoln special: Peter 15. Lee, who has
had a national reputntiouasa tramp priu-
tor for twenty-fivo years and whoso death
by accident and otherwise Iiiih been report
ed a half dozen times, died suddenly of
heart disease, in this city this morning.
'lo-night Typographical union No. 209,
numbering about seventy members, es
corted the leuiiiins to thedepot, where I hoy
were taken charge of bv J.V. Lee. a brother
of tho deceased, who lives at Heat i ice anil
will bury him there.
Potor learned the printing trade in 1819
and has been tramping for tho hist thirty-
lour yearn.
Coiiklintr'.s Popularity.
The New York correspondent of the Times-
)tmocrtt, of New Orleans, kuvs: -'l"ou have
any Idea how thoroughly (,'oiikling has become
iileutllled with New York, or how familiar and
p pillar he has become with the nubile of the
metropolis. No llguie Is better Know n on the
streets, In the car or among ine i generally
than the tall. Malwart. frec-t-wlni'luironeof
t.'ie ex-t-onator from I Ilea, once known as tho
'xeiiiplar ot all that was haughty au I over
hearing. Whether It lie that his old rcputa
ti n did him injustice, or that In his pic.-eut
private itie lie is aiiauie anil ealtv approacha
ble, he picks uii acnuaiiitauees easily about
the couitrtxiins and law ulllces, and takes
pains to rciueuilK'r them when he meets
llieni. NowMKiix'r men like to tie assigned
to Interview him. lie will tell them little to
pilut, but much for their cnjoyinent or cdlll-
intlon. lie Is a marvclouslv irood talker on
every Mibleet under the sun, except nlltics
nun, ue ueciares, no miows iioiiiiug aiHiut anil
wishes he knew le..).. There seems tube no
reason to doubt the Mnocrlty of his repeated
uecjariiiious nun ue is out oi lHiuiies iierma
nently, but, all the same, there are men who
are very much out who would sleep sounder at
nights could they get rid of a fear that i-omo
duv he will enter public life again. Certain tt
is inai ue is iiccomiiign popular idol in .New
York ami vlelult.v, and that he Is acquiring by
this a power which If lie ever does use it. ft
will enable li I tit to everlastingly biunsh things
lu the machine depirtment of politics. For
th? consolation of tho men who turn the
crunks, however, It may be stated that Mr.
i oiiKiing still lasUts that "having Won lu
1 truu'd by three successive presidents of tho
I'lilted Mates." he has hadciauichof politics.
and profeis to avoid for the future all contact
with elides of society "where men's words
urv as weak as their baeklKiiw."
Luilit's in Men's CI tiling.
The best dressed women i ,o now patroulz
lug men' bootmakers jii'.as they patronize
men's tailor. Tho mo', wonderful Knits lu
all the world aie those iqmrted by the ladlos
who k a Newinnrketlng. Ladio are to
upiH'sr more manly thsu ever tills year. The
mere covert cost Is to give way to it coaching
c at of the Mime material. Tlie mains will be
struppier, the buttons pearlv, ami the cut
Inixv. As iMiicomtlaiit to this verv sporting
garment we may look for a tMVer'uako hU
8 me silver gray twin-d. to Im worn by lovely
women In the earlier day of autumn, are verv
charm tig. Improvers have been Imistiyed oil
the garment of woman, and good tailor-made
rirrtt U a work of art aud a Joy forever.
Vtnl an in' .Iftiiii'iNC
AX IX FA. lift VH VMM I!.
Ttie Terrible Treatment of a Young Ctrl
1'roni Town.
NonART, Neij., 8tpt 18. -Yesterday J. 11.
Lloyds, Judge Albert Kerry and Dr. Dltumorc
of this city, In company with C. W. Shteve
and W. H. Forncrook of White Cloud were
huntlnfr on the Indian reservation three and a
half miles north of White Cloud nnd about
five miles cast of this place. While pass
ing through the woods they heard a
noise as of tome one groaning in an old dilap
idated dugout. On Investigating they found a
young lady, perhaps 18 ".cirsoid, handcuffed
and chained to a log which formed part of the
wall. Near her was a pall of waicr and tome
stale bread. Her clothes were nearly torn
from her and she was nearly dead from ex
posure and hunger.
nr.covKu avav iit urn iir.TiioTiicn.
With sobs and groans the girl told the fol
lowing pitiful story: About live weeks ago she
was enticed from her homo in Iowa by a
younir man to whom sho was engaged to he
married, and wlien alxnit ten miles from home
they were Jolr.ed by three other young men.
She thought nothing of this as she supposed
she was going to bo married. '1 hey I raveled
all n cht and when morning came thev went
Into the woods and camped. "During the day
the young lady became suspicious and began
to question her lover, who told her not to he
uneasy as ho would see to her. When night
came on they resumed their journey nnd
when morning came crossc;l tho river and
traveled until about 10 r clock, when thev
came to the place where the lady was found,
where, she stated she had been kept for ncaily
five weeks.
ritlOHTFL'I.l.V MAI.TIttlATEP.
The poor gill was repeatedly ravished and
not a day passed but that the monsters made
her Milnnlt many times to their brutal p.isslon.
She was unable to walk atsl it was dllllcult
for her to sit up when found. Dr. Dinsinore
gave her stimulants and such food and nour
ishment as the Hunting party mm with them,
but finding her unable to travel, seut a runner
to White Cloud for assistance.
Drs. rugslcy and .Mintoii went at once to the
place supplied with the necessary tonics and
food.
The cirl savs her name is MarvLathron. and
that she lives near Kldnebeek, la. She also
gave the names of the miscreants who assault
ed her, but the gentlemen who found her will
not state them at present as a lynching party
has been organized, and It Is feuicd the guilty
parties may be on their guard.
A 1AXCII1NG l'AHTV OltO ANIZIII).
As soon as the lenort was Miread throuch
the town the greatest excitement prevailed.
and a large party wns at once formed to go to
the scene, heade 1 by J. O. Stone. If the
brutes arc found Judge Lynch will pass judg
ment on them.
The lady will be removed to White Cloud as
won as she can he. In the meantime ail will
be done that can bo lorendei her comfortable.
a fa roiiAiuj: siiowisa.
Vvrshlent Ailanm' Itepnrt of the Condition of
the Union l'acljlc. Itailivaij.
Tho directors of tho Union Pacific Hail
way company have received tlio statement
from President C. F. Adams, Jr., of the
financial outcome of tlio business of the
road for the six months ending June 30,
1880, as compared with the six months
ending at the middle of this your was $1 1,
00(5,088.07; expenses of entire system,
$7,9 14.705.S1; taxes, oiitirosysteni, $500,
0(50, leaving as the surplus earnings of (lie
entire system, $3,1(51,322.2(5. Hesides this
the company received from investments
oiilsido of llio system, $290,017.01; pro
cecils of miscellaneous land sales, $S, 101.53
profits on investments, premiums, etc.
$489,00(5.27; from trustees of Kansas Pa
cific consolidated mortgage, $013, 230- Pa
cific Lxprofs company, ttcttlomcut of old
contract, $111,075.33, making a total in
como of $1,701,015 40. The company ex
pended on bonds $2,599, 307. 83; discount
and interest, premiums, etc., $01,002.23
sinking fund requirements, company
bonds, $330,395; interest on bonds of
operated roads, S000,085; land taxes mid
land expenses, Union division, $35,80(5.11!
making a total expenditure of $3,089,
1(5.52, which, subtracted from tho total
income, leaves a surplus ot !? 1 , 01-1, .18. h8.
The latter amount, less tho United ytates
requirements of $225,001, leaves a surplus
ol $789. 327. S8. Instead of a surplus for
the first six months of 188. there was a
deficit of $4 27,121.52.
Mr. Adams reportn that thero is an uu
usual amount ot repairing now going on
The company's contracts for steel for the
current year cover an aggregate of nearly
00.000 tons, or nearly three times the
ordinary annual average, and during the
year nil iron rails will lie removed from the
main tracks ot tho Liilon I'acilic. Tho out
lay during tlio months of May, Juno and
Inly for repairs of locomotives, cars, re
newals of rails, rail fastenings and bridges
wns in 1881, $007,431.52; in 1885. $830.
5S0.01; in 1880, $1,235,211.00. The
liabilities ol tho company for tho six
mouths ending June 30, this year, amount
to $22r.s;S9,rir9. .0, a decrease ot $439.
9 15.53 under tho correspondiugsix mouths
in 1885. The assets for tho first half of
188(5 aro eoual to tlio liabilities. 15y Dee
51, 188(5, the floating debt will bo dis
charged in lull. 'Iho investment account
in bonds and stocks of other railroad com
panies, which was in tlio neighborhood ol
S33, 000,000 .luno 30. 1884, will not be
less than that amount to tho elo-e of tho
current year. During tlio year $510,000
i nited States. 3 per cent bonds hold in the
sinking fluid ot tho company have been
called and redeemed, and tho $510,000 has
been applied to the purchase of United
titatos 4 per cent bonds.
IttSKASKO CATTL1Z XKAll CHICAGO.
reuro-i'iif miionbi .tmonii llerih In an lilt.
null County,
Chicago special: There aro grave fears
that tlio cattle of tlio Harvey farm at
Hidgehmd, near here, have spread pleuio
pi ounionia contagion. When tlio disease
was discovered 'thero tho other day meas
ures wore at onco taken to confine tho dis
ease, ami yesterday tho usual notice of a
quarantine was served on Mr. Harvey.
I hero aro lis head on the farm, mostly
belonging to milkmen, who merely pasture
there, and as there is not much pasture
there the animals have waudorod all over
that soetiou of tho country. Two cows
and a calf have been killed on Mr. Curnes'
farm aud an examination of the lungs ot
one of the animals rhoived an unmistaka
ble evidence of pleuro-pneumouin.
Mr. Ciisewoll. slate veterinary surgeon.
says thero will be a inoi'ting ol the board ol
commissioners early this week, and his
first step will bo uu effort to induce them
to put a force of men at work to watch tlio
home cattle night and day. There was a
possibility lie thought that nil the cattle
would have to be killed, but he could not
tell at present. He is of the opinion that
the pieuro-piieiimoiila Iris Desu titiout tins
immediate region s'uee some time last lull.
He explains the fact that tlio terrible dis
ease has been lingering about town so long
without lining discovered by saying that
the cattle so far alfeeted have been the
proiwrty of milkmen. As soon ns a cow
took tlio disease her milk would full oft
to nothing, and the mtm took no pains to
doctor their stock, for they shipped the
dry cow to the slaughter-houses at once or
traded her otf at a sacrifice, without stop
ping lo mnkeuny investigation of the causa
of her illness. With this view of the case it
would bo a wise cattle man indeed who
would venture to express an opinion as to
how far the contagion may have reached.
mi: asti-saloos hizvvhtacass.
J7ie 1'latorm of l'rtnclile3 rut Forth at
llttlr Convention.
A the first national convention of the
nnti pnloon republicans, held in Chicago on
tho lCth, tho committee on resolutions re
ported ns follows:
Tlio nnti-snloon republicans, by their
representatives in national conference as
sembled, do declare as follows:
First That tlio liquor traffic as it exists
to-day in the United States is an enemy of
society; a fruitful source of corruption in
politics, in behalf of anarchy; a school of
ciime; and with its avowed purpose ol
seeking to corruptly control elections, is a
nieuueo to the public wolfnro nnd deserves
the condemnation ot all good men.
Second That wo declaro war against
salooj nnti .liquor and ho d it to be tho
supreme duty of tho government to adopt
such measures us shall restrict its control,
its influence and, at the earliest possible
moment, extinguish it altogether.
Third We believe that the nationnl gov
ernment should absolutely prohibit the
inaiiiilactiiro and sale of intoxicating
liquors in the District of Columbia and in
all territories of the United States.
Fourth Wo believe that, tho best prac
tical method of dealing with tlio liquor
traffic, in tho several state, is to let the
people decide whethcrit shall bo prohibited
by the submission of constitutional amend
ments, und, until such amendments are
adopted, by tlio passage of local option
laws.
Filth That inasmuch ns tho saloon bus
iness creates a special burden of taxation
upon tho people to support the courts,
jails, and almshouses; therefore n large an
nual tax should bo levied upon tlio saloons
so long ns they continue to exist, and that
they should bo innile responsible for all tho
public and private injury resulting from tlio
traffic.
Sixth That tlio republican pnrty. where
ever nnd whenever in power, should faith
fully enforce whatever ordinances, statutes
or constitutional amendments may bo ex
acted for the restriction or the suppression
of tlie liquor traffic.
Seventh That wo approve the notion of
congress, and of thoso states that have
done so, in providing for tcachiirg the phy
siological effects of intoxicants in our pub
lic schools, nnd that we earnestly recom
mend to every stato legislature tho enact
ment of such laws as shall provido for the
thorough teaching of bucli effects to our
children.
High th Wo demand that the republican
party, to which we belong, and whose wel
fare we cherish, shall tuko a firm and de
cided stand us a friend of the homes and
mi enemy of the saloons in favor of this
policy and these measures, vtopicago our
selves to do our utmost t-o cause the party
to tuko such a stand, and wo call upon
temperance men and all friends ot humani
ty . of whatever party or name, to join
with us in securing these objects, nnd in
support ot tho republican party so far as
it shall adopt them.
Tho resolutions were received with great
npplnuse, btitupon being taken up seriatim
tho radical prohibition element made a de
termined effort to kill the fifth section,
which provides for a high saloon tax.
Warm speeches wcro mitdo on either side,
but flnully thesection, nsoriginally framed,
was adopted by an overwhelming inajoiity.
Gen. Conway, of Hrooklyu, made an
equally earnest effort to so amend section
lour ns to pledgo the republican party to
.support tlie constitutional prohibitoiy
amendment, but this was also voted down
and thephitfnrni us presented was adopted
with six dissenting votes. It was now
within an hour of tho tini' when tlie
theater was required for tlio night minstrel
performance, nnd after the passage of vari
ous votes ot thanks, tho convention, amid
considerable confusion, adjourned sine dio.
Opinions to-night among tho delegates
ns to the results nccomplislied differ widely.
The rampant prohibition clement contend
that tlio adoption of tlio tax plank has,
by recognising the saloon element as a
taxable commodity, vitiated tho whole
wotk which the convention wns called to
accomplish; while the conservative section
takes the ground that tlio convention lias
placed squarely before therepublicnn party
uu issuo which it will bo forced to meet,
and that it had taken tlio ground which
will bring tho third party bnck into tho re
publican ranks.
so.uii n'ASiirsaios' aossn
Tub present administration bus entered
upon a most vigorous policy of hunting
down thohidden mountain stills and bring
ing to justice, tho men who defraud tho in
ternal revenue by avoiding tho tax on
whisky. Tho forthcoming report of tho
commissioner ot internal revenue will show
that double tho number ol illicit distiller
ies havo been destroyed during tho past
year ns compared with the previous twelve
months. Tho number ol gallons of dis
tilled whisky upon which tax was collected
in 1 SPG was $1,093,327 greater than in
1SS5 and nt a less cost.
Pomi: manufacturers of oleomargarine
liuvo protested to the treasury department
against the construction placed by the in
ternal revonuo bureau on tho second sec
tion of tho act regulating tlio mnnufneturo
of that compound. Tho law imposes on
"oleomargarine, neutral, and other arti
cles ol like nature," a tax ol the same
amount as is imposed on oleomargarine.
It appears that thero aro a number of
firms engaged in the manufacture ot oleo
margarino whose business is to purchase
nnd combine the various ingredients into
the marketable article, and it tlie compo
nent materials aro subject to a tax, as has
beon held by tho revenue bureau, the result
will be to compel theso manufacturers lo
pay a double tax, as they are also required
bv law to place stamps on the finished arti
cle when compounded.
100,000 sTAitrisa FA.vir.n:s.
In
Appeal in Tlieir lUhulf to the People of
Sew i or!;.
Hulfnlo (N. V.) special: Tho Itev. John
Drown, a Presbyterian clergyman ol
Albany, Tex., is in tho city in tho in
terest of 100,000 starving families, repre
senting 500,000 people, who, he says, are
starving in tlie drouth stricken district ot
Northwest Texas. Appeals were iniulo by
him ynstordny iu different churches. Mr.
Drown says that the suffering and distress
caused by the drouth, which has existed
fur the past fifteen months, was even
greater than at Charleotou but that the
railroad authorities, who owned 1m nils
which they whiiUnI to sell to settlers, cnii-
r. pi red to hush up the real condition of the
jusipte. lest tt should iuterfsro wjth im
migration, iiiousamls ot luiniltHS have
not eaten meat this summer, and water is
being hauled thirty miles fur household
Use.
The object of Mr. Hrown's mission, lie
bays, Is to procure 100,000 bushels of seed
wheat, but owing to the Charleston dis
aster lio lind thus far received tons where
otherwise he might have obtained thous
ands of dollars. The tusk was greater
than the people ol Texas could perform
aud in tlie name ol humanity, mercy nnd
charity he appealed to the chanties of the
public to help the starving multitudes.
Pit U31IXEXT .IfT.V AST! TTOSIEX.
President Cleveland is steadily gaining in
weight.
Miss Minaio Palmercared nothing for the
Belfast riots. She held the etngo nil the
tamo and did a rushing business.
Mrs. Alices D. Leo Piongeon, wife ot the
Yucatan explorer, hns led an eventful nnd
stirring life. Sho is un accomplished ludy
nnd a graceful writer.
Kugenie, tlie onco lender of European
fashion, loves tho Isle ol Wight, but sho
likes to be near the widowed empress of In
dia, who is her devoted friend.
Mine. Albani is to nppenr in ono ol Wag
ner's operas in Paris, and tiie French nre
too pattial to tho diva tooxpicss tlieir dis
like to tlio great German master.
Of the SGI, 00C which Er.nih nariihnrdt's
company "took in" nt Itio, $20,000 fell to
Sarah, and sho w.s fairly entitled to it
Hut for her tlio receipts would havo been
nix.
Tho Rev. George O. Barnes, the mountain,
ovnngelist of Kentucky, says that lie has
mndo his trip around tho world with hie.
wife, son nnd two daughters entirely on.
faith.
Miss GTider writes that Aniericnnsnrethc
rage in London, but that they are regarded
more ns curiosities than as friends. It
serves Americans right. They should en
courage homo industry.
At tlie singing school of Mine. Desireo
Artot in L'erlin six pupils have been offered
engagements in opera at Paris, Stockholm,
St. Petersburg, Berlin and New York. A.
good teacher is half the battle.
Josh Billings' monument, a lingo oblong
block, on which aro carved tlio names
"Henry Wilson Shaw" and "Josh Hillings."
will presently be placed over tho quaint
philosopher's grave at Lancsborough.
SunsetCox willleavo Havre for New York
on tho steamship La Champagne, Oct. 2.
He is coming homo on a vacation and will
improve the opportunity to look after hie
cloction to congress from the Nintlidistrict.
Miss Ida Howgnte, daughter cf tho
famous einTjeing captain, hus greatly dis
tinguished herself in a civil service exam
ination. Tlio captain is an able man, if he-
is a defaulter; so she comes by her talent
legitimately.
msASTHous jtifoiy ix ir.r.isors.
From Fifteen to Twenty IIouuch IVrtcketl, bin
Xoboily Hilled.
Joi.iet, 111., Sept. -0. Tjo scene ot Satur
day night's 'cyclone In tins city was vis
ited yesterday by fully 10.0 0 people. It Is a
remarkable fact that although 15 or 2) houses
were completely demolished and' scattered by
the teintic wind, yet not a single person was
fataliy hurt. Everybody seemed to be aware
of the approach of the cyclone some minutes
before it struck tha city and secured their
safety by lleeiiif to tlieir cellars. The cyclone
came fioai the southwest straight up Dot
Plains river. The constant Hashes of llglitnhn;
lit up the sky so that the fuuiul shaped mon
ster eou'd be plainly seen as it e.une whirling
toward the city with a roar like 100 locomotives
hlow.ng; oil steam. As It reached tho city
1 m tit .t turned east on Monroe street, demol
ishing bouses, barns ami out-houses. The air
ens 11 l.'d with boards, limbs of trees, sections,
if roofs and pieces of lusvy timber. Tho
bridge on Monroe street wns picked u, bodily
and deposited almost i itact two b o ks away.
A hi avy gr.n istone belonging to Mr. Kutnei
was blown 250 feet. The re.-ideiices of the
Sehlim brothers, John Die, Ilol Hrowu, Jerrv
Ituckley, Patr.ck Daly, Peter Daly, William
It.nrc.tt, John Mailer and William Hinds were
-tattered to tho winds. Pieces of sjiiio ot
these houses were carr.ed a quarter of a mile.
A largo number of houses were nure or less
moved from their foundations and wrenched
out ot shape. The house oT Peter D.ily, on
Chicago s'reet, was turned upside down. Tho
roof now rests on the giound and the front
door high up in the air. Telegraph poles were
twisted oil! like plpeatems, the streets being
blockaded with a mass of tangled wires.
Along Fourth avenue great holes were scooped,
out of tho hard gravel road. Eyo witnesses
state .that theso holes were made by balls of
electricity or fire, which bounded along the
ground. The horse and buggy of Deputy
Slier II Ward was hitched in front of his house
when tho cyclone came, a'ul when it hail
passed the horso and buggy had d sappeared.
No trace has yet been found. The damagi
to tho property iu the city is estimated at
too.
A XVCIIO JtllUTK IIAXGEI).
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 17. Three weeks agoy
during the absence of her husband, Mrs.
Thomas Willis was assaulted in her hnuso In
Rogers, on the Central railroad, by a negro.
She defended herself with a gun, which sho
used as a club, but was on tho point of beiue;
overpowered by the negro when a colored girl
armed with an axe rushed to her assistance,
dealing the as'iillaut several blows on the
head, and the two women, after a de.-pcrate
struggle put the negro to flight,
Tuesday afternoon Edward Faye saw a ne
gro who auswcied the description of Mrs. Wil
lis' assailant, and he was arrested and sent to
MIllliiL' for safe Keeping. On his ai rival at the
depot there he was recognized by a lad named
Drlnson as the negro who hail outraged his
sister, aged 11 years, near Milling a year ago.
The girl was sent for and, on seeing tho ne
gro, identified him and fell lu a fainting fit.
It was a foregone conclusion that a 1 niching
would follow and an extra strong guard was
placed about the jail last iiiejht to prevent It If
xssih!c. The prisoner confess d his guilt In
the Hrinsou cae nnd this inoruing ho was sont
to Sylv.inia to be lodged In jail thero as a bet
ter precaution against lynch law. As he was
being taken across the country guarded by
officers they were met by a baud of fifty
masked and w ell armed men three miles from
Milling, who, having obtained osscs!on of
the prisoner, hanged him to a tree near tho
scene of his crime and i Willed his body with,
bullets.
coxaitnssios.t t. r.r.Tintss.
Washington special : t p to this time the
reports from tlie325cougressioniildistricte
iudieate that not over one-half tlio mem
bers of the present housoof representatives
will be re elected this fall. The figures at
the two congressional campaign committee
headquarters show that the ratio of re
turned members will lie even less thnn one
half. Secretary Mcpherson, of tlie republi
can commit toe, thinks there will bo n very
great transformation in tlie next house.
Th enanget? are nearly nil confine! to the
districts which b.ivebeeu represented with
out change lor from one to three terms.
Nearly ail of the old members those -holm
ve been iu the house from eight to tweu
ty years will lie re-elected. In fact, no
over halt a dnieii of tlie older niembew wll
lie kept nt home. The east and south wiir
retain moat of these. In tlie central.
era and northern states the chang- will
uluiokt uiiivuisal
It t pretty dry times when the railroad:
mj.'uate is unable to water hU stock-Xto.'
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