The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918, October 30, 1886, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SCOUT, JONKS ic CHATVCIIY, I'libllaliers- UNION, OREGON. nit: amy iietviix to ironic. TlicGtrat Strike In Chicago a Tiling o; the Vast. Chicago special: Tho Rreatstrikc, involv Jng over 20,000 men, which has been ir. pro gross nt tho stock ynrds for ton dnys. carao to nn end Into this nftci noon, the tdiikcra Agreeing to return to work on a basis of -ten hours a doy, withoutcxacting itnv con ditions. Tho settlement was unexpected and in ninny respects a remarkable one. It is well known that several persons of nn- nrelilslic tendencies liavo been urging the wen on and pressing tliom to remain out, nnd tlio return of tho strikers to work is a decided set-bnek for tlicso agitators. Tiio largo body of conscrvulivo men among tlic strikers viewed with (lis tuny the rapidity and ensu witli which Armour was lllling his houses with green hands, nnd appreciated tho foreo of Ills statement that it would only tnko a littlo time nnd pulienco to mnlto lliem as prolllclcnt as tlio strikers. This, it is thought, had much to do with the final decision of tho men, which was made nt a largo mass meeting held on tho jirnlrio beyond tl.o stock yards this nflor noon. Tho intervention of tlio Richmond delegates nnd commlttecmuu wnH as com pletely ignored by tho inn-ting ns was tho ml vino of professional agitators, and Mr. Dm try had nothing to do at 1 p. m. but to go Wore Mr. Armour and annomico to trim that tliiiHtrllio wuxolf uncondilioiml y. Thu inon will rt-ceivo nn nvi-rago of llfty oentH a day more for tho extra timo they -will work. WHAT AIlMOUIt'S BTATtlMn.VT WAS. "Thorn has beon no compromise, nor set tlement," nntd Mr. Armour this noon. "Armour fe Co. wouldn't know there was a ftlrike if it hadn't, boon for the numbers of men that como hero loiikiug for work." "It is announced that tho striko is at nu end. What is tho barn's of tho ngree moat?" "What? Thcro is nono. Mr. Harry sont mo word asking if I would bo in my ollico at 4:30 o'clock this nllernonu. I said I would. I expect lie w ill bo hero, but thero will bo no conference, no council. There is nothing to settle. Tho men want to go Iwiek to work; that's all." "Will you dismiss n-iy of tlio new mon to make room for tho old onus?" "Pcsitivoly no. lain a civil service re former, and bollove In standing by men that stood by mo. This Is not tho way wo do business. Do you think tho house ol Armour it Co. would bo whoio it now Htnuds If it hiuln't prineiplo? No, sir. Wo will discharge no man unless ho proves in- competent, nnd wo had men enough, good mou, too, tlin-o days ago, to start up just tho Hamo as if nothing happened. You hco thcio Is nothing in our IjiisIiichs rrpiiilug any particular skill. Any handy m an can 1m taught tho business in a little while. Hut the old mon forg.it this. They forgot Dint otheis could bo instructed in the busi ness just us well as thoy were, and th-y -went nut. Hut Armour it Co. havo no ill feeling uL-ainst thorn. Wi could not j lolil to -tlio eight hour plan it would not pay. That'sall thoro Is to it." "Jlow many men havoyou now7" "A full lllteon bundled, tho full coiuplo inent of buiehoiH, and with a littlo pa tiouco they rnudo tho work just as well an tho old bauds. Just to show that this is "tho case, for tlio last threo d.iys wo havo loaded 100 cars a day with beef. Wo "haven't killed any hogs, but wo could if thcro was a demand." "Thon your retaining thrso now mon will noresHarily end in ruf using tlio old ones cm jilo.vtnunl?" "Not exactly. Wo treat all men nllko. Tlio new inon havo positions. They will bo "kept so long ns tholr work is sntisbntory Tho old ones, no doubt, will get. somet lilu; to do, as the busy siiiinou is approaching and if they don'tseciiro work from Armour Al'o,, they very likely will fiom some other llrm. UI rourso nouio titssatismcuoii ex ists. Wo liavo bona paying out GT.000 ivt-ry week, mid this inouuy is distributed principally among thu st oroueopurs near tho slock yards, and so, naturally, tlu-so men do not want to hco this money fall into tho bunds of strangers, lint, bless you, thoro was no trouble; thoro could bo nono, for wo could got all the men wo need, in fact moro than wo need, to go on with tho business." THE VOSTVFF1CE DEI'AIITSIEXT. Jin Orxler From Aiijit-WntVottViit Jameson. 'Wellington Special: General Superbi iondout Jameson of tho railway mall ser vice has Issued tho following older: I' lolllco Dopnrtmont of thn Oeneral Hiipoiiutemlont of tho railway Mull Service: Tho continued violation of various sections o! tho instructions to railway postal clerks, notably 741), 751, 751. 751) and 7G1, has compelled the department to take decisive action to tho end that tho clerks may understand that these instructions must bo compiled with in every inslnuco. Within tho last few days the salaries ol five clerks in the sixth division have boon educed from $1,000 to $1100 per annum lor tho months of October, November and Dcrouibor, for falling to perform services oyer lb" entire length of their lines and jiropeily recording their anivals mid do nurtures. Tho salaries of two rleiks liavv lR-eii reduced from $000 to 30110 in-r mi lium for tho sumo period for II K e (itfiiiiNns. Another clerk has been induced from $1100 to $000 for tint mouth of October, for sinn ing the arrival and departures for u fel low clerk, and being u parly to tho carry ing ol an uniuithoiitcil person in a mad car. Another cleik has been reduced from $1,000 to $00(1 for three mouths for cur rying an iiuiiulhorlzed person in Ills cur, also lor cany lug liquor in Ids cur nnd using It to excess. Several clerks havo been suspended from tlmservlro for from two to six days for j cureless handling of registered matter, nnd in this connection I denire to again impress upon all employes in this service I ho neces ti'ty for iieing tho utmost caution In hand ling Una valuable mutter. Clerks should never receipt for registered packages, pouches, or sacks without cur billy com jmi lug to seo that thoso received are the ones sl.mod for. and that they am properly addri-snt-d. They should nevor depend upon a inrmoraiuliim or list furu'shtsi by the dispatching postmaster, nnd ll it can 1m proven that liny clei k Is guilty ol otto-1 IcrtMiie-H in this ttipfct his leiiiova) fiom the service will speedily follow, Tho tie linrtuieiit raiiiiot. and will not, allow Mi property of lis patrons t j bo jonpanliicd by the iiiiclcasiieos and Inattention ol its employed. jn.tiy o.v Titi.iT York special to the Omaha live: A clnireb trial In being held here tonight to inqniro into the conduct nf tho recuully deposed Udder Ilurlon, of the Christian cliuicli The elder wits re'unisl a t-ont In a lato statu mtsulliig of the inlnUtcrs o tho church and n nlllrlal trial onleivd, which is being bold tonight with closed do'-rs. Tlneo unknown digiiitiirles of (ho church lire present to rondurt t tie proceedings. Heusatioual do vtJojimcnU are oxjicctvd tomorrow, EFFECTS OF THE CHEAT STOIISI. Further Inresltaatton Slimes TlitU the Slfu ciffoit ifM noi ceil Icaageratctl. Heaiwioxt, Tnx., Oct 15. The first reports Of the great disaster at Sabine Pass were not In the least exaggerated, In fact they underes timated tho number of deaths caused by the itorm. The death roll now reaches ninety with a number missing, and it Is thought that fully 100 jicrsdiis met their deaths on tho night of the gale. The relief party that went down as near .Sa bine as possible on the Sabine and Kast Texas railroad could not get within twelve miles of the ruined town. Over a dozen tow-boats have been gent liicro ami are at worK saving lire ana proje erty There Is considerable back water yet at Sa blue, hemmed in and held there by tho rail road embankment. Tho most intense excitement has prevailed here since tho first news of the fearful catas tropin. J no jwopiu liao ne tlier nlu nor slept and crowds havo suirnumk-d the depot and wharves waiting for the return of tho train or the boat from the devastated town The steamboat 1,. Q, C. Lamar lift Orange- Wednesday night at 10 o'clock with a relief committee on board. When she would return no one knew; hut a coutsant watch was kept at urange and Here. Till! ltr.MUl' IIOAT IlKTt ltXS. At exactly midnight List night the whistle of i no i.uuiar was iit-uni. l lie people muncu Hel ler skelter to hear the news and receive the sick and destitute. The lellef committeo aboard the I.amar eon Bitted of twenty citizens fiom Iicmmioiit and anout loriy iroin urange. ihe, traveled up mo scenes river ucnvoen i anu nniliilglit, which was an extnuirilhiarv tilp fraught witli r,...r.tl.i iv. ....... ... . . .1 iL-aiiui iiiiii:ei. i weni -live oi mo coimmii.i were icit at, naimio nts.s to ricuver muiio o the bodies, many of which are reiioited to luno been washed a dozen miles over Into Lou'slana. This members of the relief committee w ho returned weio so tired and worn out and so ovcicoiiii; by tin; horrible devastation that thev witnessed that .t n.is next to unposslblu toget coueri-ni stories irom lliem, anil ascaeliol the reteucd refugees wim surrounded by about a lmiidred people It was equally Impossible to gei uetiineii accounts irom any ol lliem. 'J'ho exact extent of tho storm swept district is jet unknown. From reoris brought by the column ire. u is eer:am mat mo Hooded dis trict embraces an cxpamro of country many times larger than at first sunnoscd. Tlio lrulf seems to liavo moved over ilio land for tnlleb in one High unbroken wall or water. OVCIt A ilUN'Dlll'.l) LIVKS LOST i no coiiuuuiec report mat lul persons nro missing, ninety of whom are known to have been (It owned. I hlrl v II vo of tho victims were white and llfty-llvc colored. Joteph, known as ' Alllirator." Smith was f-upioed to be among the lost, as peoplo on tho relict train saw lilm driving before tho gale on l.ako Siihlne at the rate of twenty-live miles an hour, clinging to his skill and calling loudly for help. Great was the surprise theie fore when "Alllirator" oveihaiilcd the steamer nu its return, bringing with hlia In his sunt 1 boat unco person whom he hud rescued in me swamp, .iiauy oilier miraculous escapes were rccomeu. Niuety-ono half chul, shivering, wretched victims of tlio storm were brought up on the I.amar. iiiankcts nnd bedding were Immedi ately gathered from house to house for tho comiort ol tho heart-broken sullerers. every one of whom has some dear friend or relative among tho dead. Neaily all tho refugees aro sick ami prostrated from exhaustion and hun ger. 'I hey aro b,-lng tenderly eared for by tho CUIfcUUB ui jicauuiuiii. Awrti, roiicn OK Tun STOIIM. Irom all the nccounls gathered language could not exaggerate tho state of albtiM nt Hnbliio 1'iiFS. Out of more than 150 houses In the village less than six remain standing, and they are ruined. Wives and children were swept away and drowned In tho piosenco of ineir numiiiiiu and lathers, w ho were power loss to save lliein. Tho waves hro:,o against tho lighthouse In solid walls llltv feet high, tearing out the windows at tho very lop of tho structure. Coipses havo been picked up at a iii-uiii. u ui in. i ijf nines irom me scene oi tho uisasicr. I in iids and relatives of the drowned resi dents nr.- coming into Oiani-o and lleaumoiit oy every tram, ilio steamboat I.umar took on bnaid a earg i of fool Ininkots and cloth ing, ami aiso it in sn rel.t-r committeo, and at daylight this morning started down the scenes 10 succor the uufoi lunate. She will probably reach here on her return trip about midnight, run i-i:cuniahv loss iikaw. Iho pecuniary damage at tsibiiie, IncluiUnir that to the goyerniiieiit winks, will nggitunto in-ill ly W00,O0J, as manv of tho nemhboi lug iilanlatons Mist hied seilous Iniiiry. Tho latest list of those known to have tie, n drown ed Is as follows: Mrs. W. A. .IiinUe, U. U. .IimKe, Mrs. i. R McDnnotigh, Mls Me DonoiiLdi, Mrs. Coiunhtis Mateo and child, Mrs. I'ahner and ihreo children, Mrs. (,, l'umcroy and child, Mrs. Mulligan and four chll.lrcu, Mrs. Van Duav and three children. O, 1'. Hrtmn, Mis. Cliambers, Hover King, wlfo and child, two children of Wdban Shaw, a child ol Captain Stewait, Mrs. Waiting, John Wilson, Benjamin Kolev all white per son'. 'Ilio nanus of thn' tirt-flvo colored vlct'ms havo not been ascertained. Dr. II. K. Calhoun, one of the relief commit tee, sa.ts thero aro many terons In tho vicinity of Sublno Pass who am utterly desti tute, tiei-itr without clollriig to cover their nakcdiiess, anil requests aid for the destitute, lie says it will mnfio no dlirereiieo what Is sent, whether food, clothing, medicine or money, as they need thcin all. l)r. Calhoun Is mayor of lleaumoiit and ho will dlhtllbuto through committees whatever la sent. an r.niToii's mtu-iito ctoiiv. Oiianoi:, Ti:.., Oct. 15. Tim lollow lng lato account of tin destruction by the stoim at S.thlno l'assuud .Iohnoii lt.ivuu Is given by the d tor of tho 'rilmitt. who was wilh thu re lief (arty on tholxut; "Tno rel of sieamer made good time and wo were soon on the him', crossing nun recrosiug ami dropping ho skin's and other bouts with a man nnd nio- vlslons at every iKilut where It was thought eople might likely be found. Slim tlv niter dat light we reached Sabine 1'iws, having pick ii on u iitiuiiier oi men on uie way, ami the Itiht hero presented to view was ti'ulv d plor ble. Tho littlo town Is n total wieol;. llm i uildlngs left being twisted and llattcned in till manlier of tdia, 04, some coiuplctt-lv upset ami removed fiom their louudatlons 1 'to -I in) Muds. There Is uut ono Inhabitable homo In tho plaeo. i:vi:uvTntso comi-lutkly lost. "Not even tho slim of a store tin Mine iviiilil ho found, and not a tlollai'i worth of goods so far as wo could leani was saved by all tho merchants coiabln-tl. The Jetty compaut's anil every sldpwats. tho wharves of thopoit v, yKv f w,wty U gone. All the houses looking (mm the pass toward tho lighthouse ic con pieieiv gone, nave the Ph-savlng sta tion which Is biullv wrecked. The llghthouM break Is swept awuv nnd the lighthouse la M-rlously damaged. The schooner Silas lies out on tho land about -tl'O artls fiom tho water, and Is a total loss. Tho railway for six miles Is a twisted muss of Iron. . M)MB or 111B I'owm:i. 1 he folkuMiig aro tlio names of t-oino of tho itersonsdrovMieit: Mis. Whiting, Mis. Aithur Mclteynolls, Mrs. Martha CliNUiis-rs. to ilnlibeii of Mr. Shaw. Homer King, wife and child, Mrs. Otto llitmu's throe children, Mis. James Vondv and llntv chll.lren, Mrs, tiiHirge Toim-rov and clilld, Mrs. Wlddow I'omoiof and three children, Mrs. Cilumnis Marteo nnd chl d, Mrs. McDnao igh nail dittiyhtcr, Mla Jacl Mrs. W. A. Junker mid sou Charles, "Mrs. Trunk Mllllcan and her five children ream. mil in their house until It was swept luto tho sea. I'lfti-llvo tioKtoes mo alo known to have been dro nl. The h e of life Is greater (ban brio stnttsl but In the t fusion a full list of the names of tlio kl was unobtainable. I'lt KtKO VP Ttir. suitvivou. ' Our Kssiner found the itmia nlug luhab Itanti sulteilng for lots) nnd wntw mid fioui the ulifhts of ten I bit) exposure, and the work of rrllevlug them was utoueo liogun. The water in the treeti of tho town wa from one to two fimt doct. All Iho ulTerra vrv gotten aboard tho trtvamvr at SKcdlly as i-oM- ble and their wants sunnl'ed ai best we rould. When all were aboard the sb-amcr put oil for the light liouso tower out of which a number of sullerers were taken. "Hero a email craft was sighted out in the gull. Ihe steamer went out and picked up eight men, the crew of n Mex can schooner which was swamped about ten miles oft the pass. Having supplied all who were hungry and thirsty, wo fet out for llenumont with ninety-three residents of Sabine I'ass abroad mostly women anil children. Un the way across the bay Mrs. Otto Ilrown and a number of others were nicked un. havlug been rescued by the boats diopped by the steamer lu tho morning. joiin-soxs nivoi; ai,o nsTiioTi:i. "Beaumont wus reached at 'i o'clock and here the peonlu proceeded nt once to provfd for the fin flier comfort of the sufferers. The steamer will return at once to the pass and then proceed to Orange, after doing all lu her tower for the tllstr. sscd neoble. "A t mall boat sent out to Johnson's Uaynii relumed to the steamer m the aiiernoon with the most iHstrcf-Miic? rcoorts from that com munltv. manv ocsons being drowned as well as fearful and complete destruction ol prop el tv. Including thousands of head ol live stock. The Cameron Ueach hotel wits serf ouslv threatened, but was saved by cattl crotvdhig Into the lower story thereby pr'-vent Ing the bid d ng from llo.it. ng off with Its upper stories filled with terror stricken hu inanity." nitr.AT NTrn or assiotanck. it Is safe to fay that lo such destruction of life nnd proix-rtv was over Known ueiore on the Gulf of Mexico and help will bo needed nnd Is asked from nil quarters of the country. The people aic without clothing or shelter and the surrounding country Is too poor to supply their vcrv urgent neeus. At the latest six bodies had been picked up at the mouth of tlio Sabine liter, bavin floated aero's the lake, a distance of thirty miles, llnceof them liavo been ideiitilied, being the bodies of Mrs. Mulligan and child nnd .Mr. Whiting. The Kmlly it. has just arrived with sixty-two survivors. Thbtt-scven bodies of persons diowncd at Johnson's u.-iyou have been re covered and slxtv-fivo aro still mlsing, but their names can' not yet bo given, rrevlous accounts have not been exaggerated. 1'ho le lief part reports fearful devastation. Tho Government lug IVnio.se has aUo ar rived, bringing the body of Mrs. Junker. Those on boaid give gloomy accounts of tho situation at the pass. MiitAcui.ous nscAi-ns rito.M iwatu. At places theio tho water was never over eight Inches deep slneo Snb.no rass was bet tied two years ago the Hood wn nine feet deep. Tho new house of Ur.idlej (iaruett was sweiit. away witli his lam ly or live persons. After floating several miles the house landed on a itdge hack of the town all Intact with mil io Iv hurt. Mrs. John Steward and her daughter were separated at their homo when the jlood struck the town. The daughter se zed a feather bed nnd the mother a window frame and thus sup ported themselves. Alter being out nil night they landed nt Aurora on the lake shore with in a half a mile of each other, each supposing the other had been lost. I net traveled lllleen miles before they were found. Postmaster Ward of lleaumoiit has tele crraiihcd Postmaster General Vilas, asking nor mission to distribute the Sahlncr.iss ma 1 Irom Ilcauuiimt, as the postmistress and her assist ant at Sabine aro both reported drowned. To give some Idea of the velocity of the wind a bilvcr snoon was blown from the rest denco of William Harris a distance of twelve miles. INCIDKNTS Or Till! STOKM. Mofc Ilroussard lost SDO.ODO worth of cattle. All tho cattle not lost wi 1 die. as nothing Is left for them to subsist upon, tho salt water covering everything. Mrs. into ilrown boated thirty miles on a featherbed. She had her child wilh her but It got benumbed and died In a convulsion. During its struggles It knocked the lumber Into the water ' The waves pitched .Mrs. Ilrown back on the bed. She was finally found In a little Inlet and was saved. Caiitnln 1'. A. Illatt and William liny re port that they had a singular experience as members of the i cl Ic' committeo on their way to the Pass. 1 lie train nn which they weie traveling stopped on a dump live miles Irom the town. The water around this neck of land on which was placed the tract was fully eight feet deep. '1 lie bunds of Messrs. Hlatt ami Guv weio blistered fro.n lighting snakes which literally covered the dump for a distance ol live miles, ineic were inoiisnmis m water moccasins Irom the oveillowi il ilist let taking refuge on the narrow stretch of Ian 1 and etery step across It had to bo fought through tho twlstfng serP' nts. many of them the tlendb sliuiipt ill d moccasins, larger tlinn n man's aim. Wildcats also fn n.ie.l at the water's lurv rush liell-n-e I uimhi pedestrian while coons and everv variety of iiiilin Is snapped at passers-by witli h.iiropiiuinc --ago. ItEF.tVI.TEn nit.tlH.EY AttUKSTEV, Cleveland dispatch : Last Monday a well dreBod man about forty years old accom panied by his wife arrived at Silver Thorns, suburban hotel nt Itocky river, six miles from Cleveland. To-day Matt Pinkcrton of Chicago placed the mini under arrest and at 13 o'clock this morning le't on thn I, alio Shmo roatl with him bound fur Chicago ITio man proved to bed. I". .1. Bradley, the tlebiulting manngerot tlio ruiluiau sleeping car company, who disappeared last. July utter having embezzled "jlifi.iiuu Irom tho omp.in.v. Itrmlley formerly had rhnrgoof the I'lillman interests at Chicago and Detroit. ixni.ix ii:rni:n.t rio:r. Helena (Mont.) special: A Iienton special to tho Independent states that Lieut. Hencon has returned to l-'t. Shaw, having successfully traveled autl overtaken the baud of Indians wh raided the stock of tho wlnto settlers in tho upper portion of the J iitl it Ii vnlley. Lieut, Hencon re covered about twenty stolen horses and captured live ol tlio Indians. The stock .vi I bo returned to tho owners, nnd the In linns hidd until it is determined whether they shall bo handed over to the civil itiilborities for trial or bo dealt with under military rule. Two companies of Infantry that have been siaiiontsi at iiennap in auiicipauon it an attack upon tho Indians ol that post iv the Illootls. Iron) luivouil tlio Hiilinli liii", have neon recalled but the cavalry will r- mnin thero for tho present. Scout- ng nn riles fruiu the north teport tliat no signs of tho pro-euco on this side of tlio lino olanv of (ho ( auud nn reilsi, us liad been discovered north of the Milk river. The hornes stolen from tho sco-iting party of troops near tho lluld nmtinhiins were tv- ovcrcd in the hills, nut inn Indians escaped b separatliu and taking to tho timber. nro .vom; co.i:t:sstos. Pes MoiutM dispatch: At it Into hour to night tho coufenitioiis of two more of the men eimcerntxl in thu Haddock murder at Sioux City wore made pitblif. Tliewo nrr Albert Kosebniski, known as "ltiumarck," and Otto Griebor. "Ibsniarck" was cap- tuied In Situ l'raip Uco, brought hero an I made a confession to tho governor and at- toi'iiey-gfiwrnl last week, which has been kept Mfc-rot till now. lit) corroborates the coufevsion of Lent It t already made, and says Hint ho saw Usury Pti'ors. nnd that Aieasilorl, tho burner, shot lliiiblocK, He implicates one Trulwr. a ssloonlseeptir nt Sioux City, hs Hit) principal instigator ol Hit) plot tonUHel; llitdil'U-K. "ItlMiiarvW hays be mum ono I to Itutvo town and was I si ii jshuii to go uity. (iritfhvr whs another eye witiies-4 to the murder. Ho implicates on Sylvo-Ur Guil tier, known as "Siesuiliont Churli." as di rectly t iiinicttl witli iht crime. The lailie are M-aiililMg now for Guilder. The Iho rtiufessltius sliouiug that t 1m murder was ins lotted by tlio saloons anil onrrletl out by them form the most important evidence yet obtuiuetl, ,t l'OSTAL HEGULATIOX. An Onltr From l'oftmusler Oeneral Vilas. Postmnster General Vilas has Issued nn order that whenever any letter prepaid nt less than ono full rato of postage, o; any third-class mutter not fully prv.iid, of obvious value, ' such ns mngazi-.es, music, pictures, books, or pamphlet'', scientific or otherwise, likely to bo of po'.mancnt uso or personal vlIuo to tho addresses; or parcel of fourtn-clnss matter not iully prepared and being otherwise mailable, Is deposited in any postolllco and addressed to any other postollico within tlio United Statcs.it must bo post-marked witli tho dato of its re ceipt, indorsed "held for postage." nnd, ex cept in cases mentioned below, the addres see notified by tho next mail by an official postal card, and request to remit sufliciont postage to fully prepay it to destination. Such matter should then bo held two weeks for reply, and if, nt tlio expiration of tiiat time, the required pn.--tr.ge has not been re ceived, it should be marked unclaimed mid sent to tho dntl letter office as unmailable. Matter directed to places so remote from tho mailing office that tho notico cannot bo returned to tlio ad dressee in two weeks, may bo held not longer than four weeks. Uut upon the re ceipt of the proper amount of postage, t lie stamps should be affixed to tho matter so ns to rover but a portion of tlio words "held for postngo" and properly cancelled before forwarding tho same. When held for postnge matter bears tlio card or ad dress of a scnticr from within tho delivery of tlio mailing office, it should bo immedi ately returned to such bender for proper postage. Notico of detention must not bo sent to tho addresses of matter properly held for postnge which is directed to foreign countries; but if the name of the sender bo unknown it should at once be sent to tlio dead letter of lice. If a sender himself pays the postage beforo tho addressee, tlio letlcr will bo indorsed "Postngo subsequently paid by tho writer, " nnd 1 lie ndditiounl stamps afllxcd. Should tlio postage bo nllerwards received from tho addressee, it will bo promptly returned to him. A rewnrd of 200 will bo paid by tho postollico department, upon conviction in I lie United States court, for each person who may have been engaged in robbing or attempting to rob tho United States mails, by attack, wbilo tho mails nro in transit upon any post route. This offer is appli cable to offences committeed during thu fis cal year ending Juno 30. 1SS7, ami the re ward will bo paid on satisfactory evidence, to tho person causing urrest and convic tion. Tin: NEirs ix a xutsiiell. The Windsor hotel at Ilosollo, N. J., wns destroyed by fire last week. James Commeo's saw mill at Port Arthur wns burned with a loss of 5100,000. The Paris Liberate accuses England of trying to create enmity between Germany nnd France. A. Rockendorf, of Hampton, In., dropped dead at Aurora wliilo in conversation with n liveryman. Iroquois sold by Piorro Lorillnrd for $20,000. William II. Jackson, of Nnsh ville. Tenn , wns tho purchaser. A herd of cattle was driven away by thieves in Western Nebraska. The cuttle were discovered thirty miles away. The Iowa W. C. T. U. held memorial ser vices for t lie Uov. Mr. Haddock. Tho or ganization wus declared to be non-parti san. Tho reports of tho storm on the Gulf have not been cxagjenitod. There is great suf ferlng nnd destitution and contributions are being sent. Donovan, the newsboy who jumped from Brooklyn bridge, is making prepations to repeat tlio feat at Genesco falls, wheio Sam Patch lost his lifo filty years ago. Two Americnn and ono English company are contesting tho contract to bo awarded for tlio tli ninnse of tho Valley of Moxira. which will involvo an expenditure of $6, 000,000. Tho report of Lieutonnnt Governor Dewey etntos that the schools of the territoiics are in good condition, that the land being rapidly broken for cultivation nnd that the Indians are contented and cheer ful. Pirst Comptroller Durham hns submitted his annual report to tho secretary of tho treasury. The number of accounts settled by the first comptroller during tlio past fist calyonrwas 27,479. Tho number of vouch ers examined wns 272.920. Tho amount involved was $2,890,735,55 1. Comptroller Durham recommends the enactment ol a general statute of limitations fixing a time whou claims against the government be come void. He asks legislation respecting the delivery of drafts to nttornoys for claims nnd Hie assignment of claims against the United States. THU EE HVXnttED MILES. TulklngOrer Wires from Wathlnuton to Xnr York. Washington special: A very Interesting and satisfactory, test of a long ilistanco tel phone, the invention of W. C. Turnbull of Baltimore, wns made heio this afternoon over a Postal Telegraph company wiro ex tending from Washington to New York, u Jlstuuco by tho route ol tho wiro of more than 300 miles. Count tie Mitkiewitch, ono of thn promoters of tho Turnbull tele phone; E. T. Dm linree. it prominent dec 1 1 it-In ii (d Now York city, who londucled Lheug Tsao, tho Chinese minister, ami tho other meuibeis of tho ( Inn so Icgati-m, and n number of Wnshiuutoii correspondents and jourmilists weie present. Several hours weiospent con veiling u ith inieresttiil visitors at the ;ew iirk end of llm line. At that end, btwidis a niiinlter of bit -rested ;eutleiiiou autl fiitmds, there were present the Chinese roii-lil-genct-iil and his staff, ami the 'phono was utilized in talking Chi tiiMO back and forth from New York to Washington, greatly to Hie surprise and pa I intuit ion of thee representative id tlio Flowery kinmlom. AH piesent iiL-rwd in pronouncing t lie results ob ainetlmore than 3tt) miles w th respeit ol louduens of voice and distinct art iculnl ion vastly su perior to tltooo of ovt-ry day ordinary tel ephones on biiort city lines. Fit ex at si tx is rans mis tax. I'aiiis, Oct. IS. A seveio contest took place lu the cJiumU'r nf deputies this evening over the order of the tlav w hich related to mea ures concerning the ftilke at Vleraixi in Cher The chamber debated the strike and voil the order of tlit day pure autl eiinpl -, ..oplte the jtuvei UHictut's object iou. M. Sarrien mlnbter of tbe inlcriur; M. Do -Us, milliliter of agrl t allure and M. HadianL luinUter of i-tihlle work, r )Mrt suiting the uiodt-ruto clement lu Hit) government, at on cm reatftued. Tlw bond amen of Hanrr L. SavUs. una of U boodle ahimnuu ol New Vork. iwkl fM.. (XX) forfeited bail to the court of geucral ICiCIOUfi. TUE CZAH OF IWSSIA. Zinffcuforn Tliat he Contemplates rreclirt tatlmj Mar. Washington special: In a private letter recently received hero from Odessa, llussiu, from one peculiarly fitted nnd nblo to judge of matters political and diplomatic, tlio statement Is made tho most emphatic tliat a terrible European wnr is inevitable a war which Hussia will provoke. Tho cor respondent further states that it is gener ally believed by foreign diplomats stationed in the southern cities of Hussia that it is a matter of short timo until tlio czar shall occupy all of the territory bordering on the Ulnck sea, and eventually, Constantinople. Tho feeling of good will existing between Russia and the United Slntcs is well exem plified by tho treatment recently accorded an American in that country, and tho len iency shown by the Russian authorities in this instanco in view of the European diffi culties of tho present timo lends increased significance to this episode. Tlio story told by a prominent Wnshiugtoniati who arrived homcduring the week from an extended trip through the cznr's dominions, is simply this: An American citizen nnmcd Conradi, a Hnptist minister, nrrived in Hussia in Jussia in July on a visit to friends in the Province ol Taurida. Tho Russian laws prohibit ministers of any denomination visiting tliat country without special pass port, nnd under no circumstances nro they permitted to cither preach t,r convert. Si beria is tho penalty. Tho evangelist in question hud no permt to enter tho coun try, but ho entered it boldily, and forth with began preaching nnd baptizing. Ho was arrested instanter nnd tho horrors of Siberio were imminent. He wasallowcd to send a letter to tho nearest American con sul, who interceded, and in a few days tlio reverend gentleman who had been guilty of a serious offense ngainst Russian taws was released. Tlio achievement of tlio consul was widely commented on by nil the for eign diplomatic representatives in tlio prov ince, nnd it wns publicly btated tliat had tho offender been other than an American, nil Europo could not havo saved him. THE OLEOSlAIW.l IllXE T,A W. Washington dispatch: Collector Slonf of Chicago arrived horo last evening in re sponse to an invitation fromC'ommiNsionct Miller to haven conference witli him re garding tho oleomargarine law, and lie spent a part of to-dny with tho commis sioner, and whilo tho matter was gonorally considered no conclusions were renched. The delay in tho department of justice in deciding tho question submitted to it re garding the tnxt.tinn ol oloo oil lias greatly inconvenienced tlio in ternnl revenuo bureau, lor the law goes into effect in fourteen days, and tlio commissioner, ofcourso, wants the final instructions to be in tho bunds ol every collector early enough to give time for tho explanation of every point about which there is doubt in tho mind of any collector beforo tholawgocsintooperation. As Collector Stone was tho only collector who hail ideas of ids own regarding the proper way of carrying the law into execu tion, and as he will have moio to tlo with executing tho law- than any other internal revenue collector, Commissioner Miller was anxious to have a further conference with him. On the quest ion of taxing oleo oil, Solic itor Chelsey ol the internal revenuo bureau rendered an opinion constructing the law in ils most liberal form, and in accordance not with its letter, but ils undoubted pur pose, nnd so ho hold that oleo oil wns not subject to taxation until it bad been changed into oleomargarine, but ns this construction involved a direct violation ol the language of the act ol congress, the commissioner of internal revenue and tlis acting secretary of tlio treasury folt that the question should bo referred to the high est ollicers of tho government beforo in structions were issued to collectors. TETA.On FEVElt AT 11ILOXT. Xew Orleans Alarmnl at tlio Vromlmllij of tlie I Unease. Now Or'enns Special: Tho alarming in telligence reached tlio Louisnnua board of health to-dav that tlio fever that broke out at Kiloxi, Miss., several weeks ago, and which local authorities declared had been suppressed, was still raging thero, and tliat scores oF cases and twenty or thirty deaths had occurred in the last few weeks. Tills b telligenco was brought by a gentleman from Mississippi City, a resort fifteen miles from lliloxi, who stated tliat a visitor from Riloxi bad died witli tlio black vomit, and that tho wife oi Dr. Lainor, ono of the local physicians, who declared that tho disease was not yellow fover lnt month, died yesterday, nnd that her husband was at last convinced Hint the malady was un mistakably yellow fever. The railroad station ugent at II loxi t legraphed to his supeiior hero that forty cases f yellow fover now exists nt Udoxi; and that one doctor pronounces it yellow fovor, while another declares it to bo bilious. Upon this lestimony the Lou sinnna board bus quarantined lliloxi; and declare that it will not be raised until tliolocnl authorities invite it commission of experts Inon this city to invest igato tho disease Qiiuran tine wns raised a month ago upon I lie ns sum nee of Dr. Godfrey, of tho murine bos. pitnl servne, that the disease was of iv malarial character and n subsequent state ment from tho authorities of lliloxi that the malady had been entirely stumped out. TIIIIITY- Til It EE nouxns. Chicago dispatch: A desperate glove en oiiuuter took plnco last evening In a room not far from tho board of Initio and was witnessed only i-v a select party of board of trade inon and a delegation of Archer nv cnuo saloon keepeis. Tho principals wcro billies Reed of Iluffalo.a lOo pounil pugil ist, and John Hiiudy of Omaha, who weighs 170 pounds. Rcod was backed by a woll-known board of trade man, while stock yards nimi woro behind Ilrindy. Tho stakes wero $250 a side, and tho battle, which lasted through thiity-tivo rounds nnd two hours mid ten minutes, is said to hn e beet, tine of the mo -t tlonperuto thut has ever taken plnco in this vicinity, the iovo it sit i neing ol the skin vnr ety. Tho tlnsi t'-n or twelve rounds were rather tame, the men being wary and leol big eni h other, but niter they went at it hammer mid tongs. RtHil'was noarly kipick-il out twice during tlio twenty first i.ud twenty filth rounds but come too both times in nine seconds, and, though griwy, gamely continued the hntlle. lu the thirly-tlnril loinul both men came up very weak. Heed Ix-ing a trille the 8tmn.i-r of the tun. Hut littlo damage whs iIoiih in the enrlv nnrt of the runiul lull dually Itetxl. feinting with his rin'il. caught Ilrindy a U-irihc ie t handed upper rut on the chin, knocking him into the pes. ncitiiiat which lie leaned for n Ilio. m-nt and then fell heuvilv into tho middle of the ring. Iloth were lutdlv nuiiisliml mid had to Ik) ts ken nu.iy from tbe scone of ac tion ui earring-, while the bide and ceil- tiif of the room in which the light uccurml were euaHer! wilh blood. Tub work of clearing tho right of way for the new M. P. through Nebraska Citvia proi-rcssing rapidly. rotJTics iXExazAxn. Dr , Aubrey Tallcs on the Cause of Gladstone's jirjeai. Chicago special: Dr. Aubrey, the well known Loudon journalist and public speaker, is in tho city on his wny to tho Pacific const. Dr. Aubrey was a Glad stoniau can did it to for North Hackney at the general election in July, nnd suffered defeat with numerous others. He has spent some time in Cunndn, wheraliohns spoken concerning home rule from an English standpoint. In an interview to day on the English political situation, ho attributes the liberal defeat in London inn inly to the fact that the Irish policy of Gladstone wns not tindeistood, and to a fear tliat heavy tuxes would be imposed in order to buy out the Irish landlords. The torico persistently cheered this notion, ho said, although it was flagrantly untrue. Tho torics insisted that three "times the amount named in Gladstone's bill would lie required. Tho tory people wero made to believe that the money would be raised by direct taxation. The homo rule ques tion wns not decided on its merits. Most of tho talk about tho disruption of tlio empire was clap-trap. The real contest centered around tho land bill. Dr. Aubcrry lectured in many Canadian towns mainly in reply to what he calls "tho partial, big oted and misleading statements" of the twoOrnngo delegates from Ireland, Kane and Smith. "My reception in Canada," he said, "hns been most cordial and enthusi astic. I liavo every reason to boliovo that by far tho larger portion of Canadians arc in favor of Gladstone's measured, just as I expected to find." GOV. lrAltllEX'S AXXUAL llEl'Oltl. Cheyenne dispatch: Gov. Warren, con cluding his annual report, says: "Immi gration nnd development has been seri ously rclaided in Wyoming by tho non issniinee of patents to public lands. The records tdiow but tw o patents, cover ng 120 acres have been issued (luring thepastyenr, although 3, .100 entries wcro made. Not withstanding the sweeping charges of fraud, thieving and land grabbing made anninst our citizens, not ono conviction bus been made in Wyoming, and but threo causes have been brought to tho oourt. Entries of land convey no title, autl unless final proof is accepted they will avafl tho settler nothing, nnd his rights nre Inttt under the respective land acts, together witli his im provements. Only lifty-ono patents have been issued in this teuilory since Jnniiary 1, lS.s..". Tho final proofs of hundreds id poor settlers havo been rejected on trilling techuncalities. It is true there were nearly six hundred moro entries in 1880 than in 1S3-I, but this increase does not repre-ent tlio new commerce. There are entries inndo by resideuta to sav-i-tlieir rights dining Ilio Inst months of con giebs when the repeal of pre-emption and timber culture acts wero imminent. The loport nbks for liberal treatment of bona fide sett ers and pioneers, nnd not protec tion for illegal holders. A distinction could bo made between the honest and alleged dishonest settler by recognizing, with pat ent, tlio deserving entryrnen. Thorough cxn ininii I ions aro recommended before or nt time of proof. The present rules work against poor settlers in favor id the wealthy. If tho pmpoi tiou of honest en try men in Wyoming is only but two out of .' ,"U0, prosecutions should bo insti tuted. ir.isnixirrox atsstr. Civil. Snuviri: CoMMissniximt ami Lyman have decided that h the examinations of applicants, for appointment or promotion, Onati.Y -tvtofore whether shall be curried on under the superv's'ou of the civil service commissioners at Washington, nnd shall not be I- ft to the discretion of lo cal boards of examiners. MixisTi:it Cox had n second 'nterview w'th Secretary Hnynrd this morning, nnd indicated his desire to be relieved of hit duties as United States minister to Tur k".v. He was informed that he would not be required to return to Turkey as Charge-d'-Affnirs. Attounhy Gi:xi:hai. Givf.n'h opinion in re n rd to tho construction of Peclion 2, ol the oleomargarine act, is in effect that thf oils or "simples" used in the tnanufneture of oleomargarine are not subject to tai unless i nude, in imitation or in tho sem blance of butter. Ciui:r Justici: Whith lins returned from his Alaska trip fully icstnred to health. He is as great a pedestrian its tho formal British minister, Sir Edward Thornton. Ijvery fine dny tlio chief justice walks from his resMcneo in tho Wesl end to tho capitol dining tlio sessions of the supremo court, nnd returns over tliOHiimo route to dinner. Apparently, the chief j istice is in ns good health as ever, and ids spirits nro always good, judging from h's chcprliil manner ol greeting ncquuintances, for lie is noted fox hit, companionable mniiuers. A COSTLY CATTLE DIlIirE. Walla Walla, W. T., Oct. 14. A cattle mnn, jti-t returned from northern on ana, Hates that the Neldring'iause drivo of cattle troui this county to lirit sh Col urn da has rovjd a allure to Ihj St. Louis svnJ cate, of ifhieh N-i Ir nbauso is a m -nih r. For a .1 -ie the drive, consisting of 40,0 0 h a I of attle, pros -ered finely, but as tiio unii-mally ir,' season in Montana progressed, grass be :auio scarce, ai.d streams of water fewer ami aither he w.'en. Tne stock began to weaken in I fall by the ways!d -, aul a the ibiyi paas d bv, food became scarcer,, ami the an raul lied by hundr-d?. Tho herder cvju suf fered great privations for water, and 60 des perate did the situation b'cotnewiien Hearing :he Hrdisb Iiuj ttiatN. drin;hausjor.lered tho Irive abandoned and th.' ucr iersto reach thu Northern Pacific nu '.vty as boit they cnuld. The scene about the dr.ve wns a moot p tiful 'no. The cattle wcro reduced to d; n nnl 3oue, and so weak 'ued by fatigue and want of joar slm. cut that t ley woald stand still t.U ' :hey fell In tholr tracs to d e. Taolr moan ug and bellowing were fearful to hear. A .old, dry phrclng wind which wn sweejlug 3ver the country did much to roitiullcato the dilution Cattle men are of the opinion tbst .he syndicate wonll not I an 2J0 hiad loft nit of tho mira miso herd dr.vm to this coun ry. Tueir loss in thi " It -sph. RUO.COO. THE SALOOXb ALL CLOSED. Ati.nt. G., Oct 19. For tho first tlrot Atlanta to-day is a complete prohibition city. All the bar rooms cloed on July 1, but W ere! wholesale heeuwa held orer. They haw been expiring gradually until to-day. ho then was only oue fu the city, and that wukj have expired ax days from nor, but by a deeUlon of tho tunremii omirt of ' tne it.,.- t,...l.. .1.,.. ....... ........ In nLuirtl. J'v wtwks aim Ihe rite iunii-lt luis. d a I?1 allot In: cltv la.t l the city aliMiluU-ly prohi ! '",tJ aad tbe inl..,ii I. nr.. n.n.tlv nro ilhltlKUW" a" r ihe city brewery to tiaiivcri. .i. oi.pe IH 111(7 to reidi-ucts on order. 4mA:i,riMkfia i trhr vl.m.,i ti... measure, " "'vi) " law Mill be rigidly enforced.