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EMPORIA, LYON COUNTY, KANSAS, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1889. NO. 266. A THE PRESIDENT AND PARTY. NEWS N0TE8.

INDIAN CUST0AL8. HAVOC BY RAIN. THE im CONGRESS, Seventeen Contested Election Oases Require Adjudication. WARNER ANJj SIOUX. The Indian Commissioner Talks on His Successful Trip.

grade, thus giving those who hare served on the frontier for a number of years an opportunity to have some of the pleasant duty of the army as well as the practical experience which has been their case for years." Army officers of late have been looking into the causes which depopulate the army. Late statistics show that desertions are on the increase. During the six months ended June 30, 189, the records show an increase of 258 over the number reported for the corresponding period of last year, or the past six months of the present year. There were 1,437 desertions again st 1,209 for the same period of 1888. Fully seven-eighths of the desertions took place during the first year of enlistment The importance of these figures is appreciated by General Schofield and Adjutant-General Kelton, each of whom has given the subject much Thought and discussion lately, and some plan of action, which will look toward the modification of existing articles of war, will receive Entertained By Senator Hale Arrangements to Return to Washing-ton.

Ellsworth, Aug. 13. President Harrison, Secretary Blaine and Mrs. Blaine, Secretary Tracy and Mrs. Wil-merding, Private Secretary Haiford, Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge, Walker Blaine, Miss Blaine, Lieutenant and Mrs Mason, Major and Mrs. Palmer, Charles How, Mr. and Mrs. Ouernee and Mr.

and Mrs. Jay were guests yesterday of Senator Hale, with whom they dined and stopped over -night Before leaving Bar Harbor, the President received the mayor of Providence, R. and two other gentlemen of that city, who extended to him an invitation to lay the corner-stone of a Christian Association building in Providence. The President will be in Bar Harbor to day in time 'for luncheon and will leave there to-morrow morning for Bath, and Manchester, N. H.

Thursday morning he will visit Concord and after a reception there by tbe Governor and Legislature he will begin his return trip to Washington, leaving at 2:50 p. m. The New Cattle Tar iff. Kansas City, Aug. 13.

The Santa Fe's cattle tariff went into effect yesterday. Declining from this on to prorate with any road having its teiminal here, the question is, what will the Santa Fe do with all the cattle it brings in, not selling here, and is unable to carry forward to Chicago? Yesterday the Wabash refused SSTeral CS.T loads of cattle turned over to it from the Jsarillg.lt might be braced up before the Federal Rl- road Commission as the Rock Island has done the Alton for accepting the Kansas City-Chicago proportionate, which is claimed to be less than the published tariff. The Chicago Alton folks say they have received no notice of the Santa Fe's new tariff and bad the cattle been turned over to tbem they would have sent them on their way to Chicago. The fact is that in freight circles among the railroad people, a tumult a trouble and a railroad war is feared and it is said to be at hand. A general demoralization is expected at once.

Emperors Meet. Berlin, Aug. 13. The Emperor of Austria was met at the station here yesterday by Emperor William, Prince Henry and Prince Bismarck. The weather was fine.

Tbe 'imperial party took carriages and drove to the castle by way of Thier-garten and Unter den Linden. Troops were stationed along the route to the cast'e and the houses were decorated with flags and bunting. Large crowds cheered the Emperors as they passed. Salutes were fired by the artillery in honor of the Emperor of Austria. The meeting between the two Emperors was of a most cordial character.

After Francis Joseph and Prince Henry had exchanged salutations, the imperial visitors shook hands with Prince Bismarck. Upon arriving at the palace the Austrian Emperor was welcomed by the Empress Augusta. Trainmen to Blaine. Topeka, Aug. 13.

Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held in tbe case of L. M. Courter, the express messenger killed Sunday in the Rock Island traio disaster. William Haggerty, the engineer of the work train, acknowledged that be was only looking out for the Denver express and did not consult the time table to asoertain when the St Joseph train was due. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that Cotirter's death was due to the carelessness of the engineer and conductor of the work train.

Monday's Base-Ball. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Kansas City Kansas City, 10; Colum bus, 1. St Louis St Louis, 11; Brooklyn, 0. Lonisville Louisville, Athletics, 9.

Second game Louisville, Athletics, 10. Cincinnati Cincinnati Baltimore, 7. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Boston, 5. Chicago Chicago, Philadelphia, 1L Cleveland Cleveland, New York, 4.

Indianapolis Indianapolis, Washington, 8. Row In the Convention. bpringfield. Aug. 13 At a mass meeting held here yesterday to elect dele gates for a Republican Senatorial convention, ex-Mayor Snyder denounced the work of tbe convention, claiming it was run by General Bustraell, who wants to be the next United States Senator, and other bosses and accusing them all of being fools.

The convention came near ending in a free-for-all fight, during which time the words "you're a liar" were freely used. A Child Infamously Treated. New York, Aug. 13. Ida Harris, an attractive girl of fourteen years, who had been missing since Saturday, was found by detectives yesterday in a pitiable condition in a Hester street tenement Mrs.

Hannah Pearstin, in whose apartment she was, was arrested for kidnaping her, as were Julius and Solomon Pearstin and four others for criminal assault The girl told a horrible story of treatment Sullivan and Kit rain. Purvis, Aug. 13. District Attor ney Neville was asked last night if Sulli' van and Kilrain had been indicted and on what charge. After a few seconds pause.

he replied: "Well, on three or four differ- ent counts prize fighting, assault and battery, gambling, etc." The indictments may not be presented to the court until late this afternoon. Train Wreckers In New York. Rochester, N. Aug. 13.

An attempt was made last night at Shortsville, on the Auburn division of the New York Central railroad, to wreck the train which left here at 8:30 m- The switch had been tampered with, but no clew to the mis creant has been found. All the cars but one were ditched. No one was injured. Casualties at a Dog- Fight. Milwaukee, Aug.

13. At an early hour this morning the police raided a dog fight in the upper story of a house in the I outskirts of tbe city. The men jumped out of the windows. One man was killed, two others bad their legs broken and sev eral others were badly injured. Martin Burke Fully Identified.

Chicago, Aug. 13 Martin Burke, the Cronin suspect was yesterday identified by Mr. and Mrs. Carlson, the owners of the cottage in which Dr. Cronin was mur dered, as the man who rented it from them, giving the name of Frank Williams.

Swimming Contest. Asbury Park, N. Aug. 13 The swimming contest (or the Bradley medal was won easily by Corporation Counsel J. F.

Hawkins. There were eight competitors. The distance was 400 yards. Time, 4:00. The gross earnings of the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe railroad for July were $1,878 399; decrease from same month last year, $170,738.

Gross earnings of the rail roads in which Atchison has a half In terest, decrease, $12,800. Ex-President and Mrs. Cleveland are summering at Sou 'h tor Mass. The Ancient Order of Foresters is in annual convention at Minneapolis, Minn. The water of the upper Mississippi is lower than for years and navigation is seriously interfered witt Premier Salisbury an.

junced in the House of Lords that the gWnh policy in Egypt would not be alterec particle. J. T. Sullivan, of Pueblo, ot, committed suicide in Gainesville, 'i recently by taking morphine; ca -e, family troubles. iron rolling mills of Lam cter, Pa-, which recently increased wsgt 35 cents per ton, have authorized a furtnei vn crease of 6 cents.

Five thousand dollars was raise at a picnic at Philadelphia on the 12th the Clan-na-Gael to aid the prosecuti in the Cronin case. A collision between passenger tn is occurred at East Moore. town, N. other morning, but fortunately no o. was seriously hurt The Massachusetts riflemen who bad Just returned from succ sses in England were recently entertained at breakfast by Mayor Hart, of Boston.

Private Thomas Thompson, of the fourth infantry, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment and forfeiture of all pay due him, for desertion. Bishop Amadens Reinke, of the Moravian Church of New York, died at Herrn but, Germany, recently of apoplexy. rratxrie Senior Bishop ST the church. ua.iu at mrucr, oi yv-arers of sausage casings, who dtfi a large business throughout the West have failed with heavy liabilities but ample assets. The members of tbe French Ministry have requested Mr.

Gladstone to postpone his visit to tbe Paris Exposition until the President and all the Cabinet can meet him. At Rockland slate quarries, near Rich mond, Quebec, the other day Frederick Lacomb was caught in a revolving wheel and before it could be stopped was cut to pieces. Abu Yezd, formerly an officer of tbe Khedive, who headed the dervishes in the recent battle, has been captured, court-martialed and shot as a deserter and traitor. Not a bid was received for tbe construc tion of a Wood bridge ten-inch wire wrapped steel rifle for the army, though the War Department was to have furnished the principal parts. Mr.

Tenor, agent of Lord Cianricarde, while riding to Woodford, Ireland, at which place a number of tenants were to be evicted, was fired, npon by some unknown person. Mr. Tenor escaped injury, but bis horse was killed. The Riverside Oswego Woolen Com pany, of Providence, R. has made an assignment The liability 8 of the concern are a round as far as can be learned.

Tbe assignment was connected with the Brown, Steese Co. failure. The two Hoi lis brothers, who criminally assaulted and then murdered Mrs. Gellis and her two daughters in McDowell Coun ty, recently, have met a just fate. Tbe two men were captured by regulators.

strung up by the heels to tbe limb of a tree, and then shot to death. MARKET REPORTS. Grain and Provisions. Kansas Crrv. Aug.

13. FLOUR Weak: XX 90c: XXX, 11.00; family 11.10: choice, fancy. tl.M Wheat Steady No. 8 red, cash, 64c; Ausrast 64c: September, 64 ic. No.

3 red, cash. bid, 58c asked: September. 63-4C No. soft. cash, 67c: August, 67c; September, 67c CORN Nominal; No.

i. tasb. 25c bid, 35VC asked August ic asked. Na white, cash. SSc bid, i'4C asked.

Oats No. 8 cash, 18c bid, 19c asked; Au gust 17V4o. Rti No. 2, cash, 33'c bid. Sic a-ked.

Produce Butter, weak; fancy creamery, good, dairy fancy. Eggs. nrmatl0'4c Provisions Hams fsnear cured), 11c; breakfast bacon, 9'ic; dried beef. 8c: clear rib sides (smoked), (6.25; long clear sides, shoulders, S5.374; short clear sides. 50; mess pork, tierce lard (pure).

9ft.i. Cattle Slower; butchers. "3.054 30; cows. 1JXX2.2.40; rangors. v2.5(X&3.0a Sheep Firm: sales at iS 30.14.00.

Hogs Steady: packing and shipping, f4.t03 4.35: Inferior. Ki.45u4.05. ST. Louis. Ana.

li Flour Quiet: XXX, K.30"t2.9J; family, tiCO 2.70: choice, ri 403.3.01. Wheat Lower: No. 2 red, cash, 73c; Aumist, T273V4c; September, 734 (ITSSc; December, T5X276Xe: May. 81 'it Corn Lower and quiet: Na 8 mixed, cash. S3c: September, 53i33c: October, S2Sa S2Xc; December, 33l4c; May, Oats Lower and Na cash.

19e asked; August 19' ie asked; May, 83 Jie asked. RTE No. 8 3S3gc. Produce Butter, firm; creamery. lS-jnc: dairy.

Eggs, easy at 13c. Provisions Pork, H1.S5. Lard, prime steam, 16.00. Dry salt meats, shoulders, 14.874 longs and ribs, t5.6505.75. Hams, til 85 Gil.

25. Whisky Steady at fl.fti Cattle Strong; choice heavy native steers. 13.60(2.4.5 fair to good, 13.25 3.5 stockers and feeders. 0Jii2.7V Sheep Strong at $4 104.S!V. Hogs G.

od demand at (4.9514 57H. CHICAGO. Aug. 13. FLOUR Quiet; southern winter, 10c lower: new winter, (4.00; spring wheats patents.

11.30 5.70. Wheat1 weak and lower; No. spring. 75Xc: Na spring, 70 72c: Na red. 75 a CORN Lower; Na 8.

-554a Oats Na 8. 19 Sc. Rye Na 8, 4843c. Produce Butter, fairly active: creamery, IS et6c; fine creamery, 13414c; dairy, fair to Kood, Eggs, good demand at 12-4 c. Provisions Mess pork, tin.5510.60 Lard.

$6 3746.40. Short rib sides, looe, (5.40 '5 5a Dry salted shoulders, boxed. (4 87 tt5.00. Short clear sides, boxed. OX Whisky Distillers finished roods.

(l.n Cattle Steady; beeves. 50t165: steers. t3.5024.40; stockers and feeders. t8.S5S3.80. Sheep Steady; naUres, I3.50&4.60; lambs.

per head. HOOS Higher for light; mixed. (4.85&4.60; heavy, (4.154.40; light. (4.40Q4.87. new York, Aug.

is FLOUR Dull and heavy; low extras. f8.G5 3.85: city mills, 4.5iV44.70: winter wheat low grades. 92.65fr3.l5: fair to fancy, (3.20 a4.l. Wheat Lower: Na red. 85'ia8Gc; Na red, 82 '4c; ungraded red.

75390c: Na 8 red. August December, 86 7-163 86c; May. 91i9isc. Corn Steady; Na 8, 43hc; ungraded mixed. 43348c Oats Dull and steady; Na white, 33Hc; mixed western, white western, S4i40c Rti Quiet; western, elKKc, Produce Butter, extra, firm; western dairy.

100 12V4.c; do. creamery, Ul7c. Erics firm; western. 15i6c; lair 18HQ14C Provisions Pork, quiet; inspected. 12.00,2,12.30.

Middles, quiet; short clear, (6.25. Lard, dull; western steam, I6.706.724. Cattle Firm: ordinary to prime native steers sold at (3.00 4.80. Sheep Lower at 14.0055.25; lambs, H.0OQ f.00. The Marriage Rites of the Musko-kees and Choctaws.

Bomuc in the Catnp th Ked Mm -How the Vou( Warrior of Two Voted Tribes Woo Their Brides Religious Ceremonies. J. F. Cooper, in his "Leather Stocking tales, and Longfellow, in "Hiawatha," have made all the literary world acquainted with the traditions, customs and manners of life among our Northern Indians, writes Mr. II.

Pax son in the Kansas City Times. So long as these books are read, so long will live the beautiful, fanciful imagery of these tribes. But the Indians whose homes were further south, who subdued later, have been neglected. Little bas b-en written of the tribes who for so long wandered through our Southern States, peaceful when unmolested, and ask ins only to be allowed the free range ofrtheir bunting ground. Most of these tribes of the South are now into the territorial land given h--n by the Government In the mi-civilized state of society in this tion, there is little to recall the i "iance and sentiment usually con-n ed with thoughts of the rmi nu- A civilized Indian possesses but litt attraction to the casual observer.

Yet hen the inner life of the people is react, when the outer form of stolidity Is pro. 1, and the real heart of the peopla revealt there is still much to attract the Xpmanc The In are very fond of recalling many of exploits of their ancestors, and when gather around the camp- fires at nig. J'ipe are lighted and many tales are tol i the strength and prowess of their cuiel former days, before the pale face ma. women of their braves. carefully in-i by which tbe tribe There the yout structed in th was formerly go Among tbe mus teresting of these or-i extinct, was the mer customs, now marriage ceremony.

i bis differed widely. Among the Mus the ceremony loving youth to his wigwam in the different trii kokee or Muscogee was quite amusing, desirous of taking some captivating, tu -eved maiden first went to the fat. of If the girl be could and bargained for h. rive a sufficient num of ponies ut the woo-As human white as not 'trence. the contract as concluded.

lag of the girl wa yet to -l. nature is much the same, he or red, it is supposed that the totally ignorant of her lover's But, true to her feminine uh sttv. would not betray her knowledge. days the lover comes, riding his rt pony and leading another. These in a clump of trees some distance fn.

house of his bride. Then beein a of action showing the natural lore otAT Indian for stealthy action. Tbe famih expecting him, and have prepared upp for him; yet be approaches the Lut a though bis life depended cpr.n conieal- ment No foe ever invaded an enemv camp with more caution. Springing frcm one tree to another, hiding behind bushes, crawling across open spaces. Le approaches nearer and nearer.

When fur ther concealment is impossible he ristw erect and walks ta the hut or tent He is invited to enter and eat He no sooner accepts the invita tion than the girl, who has watched him in supposed ignorance of his mission, takes a gourd and goes to tbe spring for water. She is soon followed by the lover, who picks her up in his arms and carries her to where the ponies are tied. Off they go to his borne and peopla, and the brave has married a wife. The Chatah or Choctaw tribe bas a more public ceremony. After the preliminaries have been arranged with the parents, the friends of the families are called together in some pleasant grove near by, and a certain distance is marked off on the smooth, level ground.

The girl is given a start of a few yards, and at the signal begins to run to the end of the course, the lover in close pursuit If he avertakes her, be must carry her back to the starting point, notwithstanding her struggles, and she is then bis lawful property, being captured in the chase. It may be presumed that when tbe young brave has found favor in her sight, the girl would not run very fast; but if be chanced to be old and ugly the girl sometimes showed great fleet ness of foot. The religious ceremonies of the tribes are many and interesting. All worship a supreme being, and have much the same' ideas of Heaven as the happy huntucc ground, and all of hell as a place of tor ment The great religious service of the year is known as the "buskin season, or green corn dance. Not an Indian eats a grain of corn until after the celebration.

The men prepare for this by a system of purification, eating of bitter herbs and taking of medicines. This sometimes makes them very sick, but is always rigidly adhered to. On a certain appointed day all the tribe gather together in one place and a sacrifice of Thanksgiving is offered to the Great Father in the burning of a fish, tbe heart of a deer and an ear of corn. Then the dance begins. There are separate dances for tbe men and the women, and another dance is participated in by all.

In this last dance the inner circle is for the women, the next for tbe men and the outer one for strangers. These lines are strictly watched, and any unwary stranger who in his curiosity oversteps his line is immediately besieged until be pays one dollar, or an equivalent. The dance is kept up during tbe entire day, and at night, tired and happy, all return to their homes. A Mixture of Relationship, A rare and curious mixture by marriage and inter-marriage between two well-known families of Rahway and Plainfield, N. J-, was further mixed recently by the union of Joseph W.

Savage, of Rahway, with Susan Pike, of Plainfield. Tbe groom is the son of ex -Mayor Joseph Sav-age. His father was married three times. Noah W. Pike, the father of tbe bride, bas been twice married.

The first wife of Mr. Pike was the daughter of ex-Mayor Savage by his first wife. The second wife of Mr. Savage was the sister of Mr. Pike.

Tbe- son married last week was born of the second marriage, and became the husband of the daughter of Mr. Pike by bis first marriage. Thus ex-Mayor Savage was Mr. Pike's brother-in-law; ex-Mayor Savage's daughter, by marrying Mr. Pike, became sister-in-law to her own father; young Joseph Savage, being the son of Mr.

Pike's sister, is his nephew; being the half-brother of Mr. Pike's first wife, he is also his brother-in-law, and by his marriage last week to Mr. Pike's daughter became his son-in-law. Thus Mr. Pike is uncle and brother-in-law to his son-in-law; and the recent bride, Mrs.

Joseph W. Savage, is cousin and niece to her husband, and consequently her own aunt. Much Damage Done in Kansas and Missouri. TRUCKEE, REPORTED 05 FIRE. Narrow Escape of Senator Blackburn From a Burning; Hotel Fall of a Bridge A Missing Bark.

Atchison, Aug. 13. The worst storm ever known here occurred yesterday-afternoon, playing sad bavec in this E. Winkler, a merchant doing business across the river in Winthrop, Ma, was standing on a porch when lightning struck the building, tearing down a quantity of brick which came rushing down npon the porch, knocking him down and badly injuring him internally. He was carried home where he now lies in charge of a physician.

Miss Kate Sheehan, blinded by rain, lost her footing, fell into tbe street gutter ana was carried rapidly toward tbe sewer. When about three feet from the manhole she was rescued by two men who caught her by the feet, saving her from certain death. She was uninjured. Tbe top was torn off tbe Missouri Pacific roundhouse and the machine shops flooded -with wttnr -r It is reported that' tne 'cut throughout the county was badly damaged by wind but to what extent is not known. The damage is estimated at many thousands of dollars.

BROWN COUNTY SUFFERS. Hiawatha, Aug. 13. Brown County was visited by a very severe electrical storm, followed by heavy rain' and bail, yesterday afternoon. The electrical disturbance was preceded by; extreme darkness.

At Hamlin J. P. Harper, a farm hand employed by J. P. Kerns, was struck by.

lightning and killed while attempting to leave the field where he bad been at work, and reports from Robinson, eight miles' east state that several houses were dam-! aged. Following the display of electricity came rain and bail, which completely ruined the corn crop of the northern Dart of the county. At Padonia the hail was especially severe, breaking windows and doing much damage. Three miles south of Hiawatha the hail demolished several tents in which camp meeting was being held. Bridges were washed out all over the county and in many places live-stock was drowned.

RAIN ABOVE KANSAS CITY. Kansas City. Ma. Aug. 13.

The rain and electrical storm of last night appears to have been confined wholly to the west, and while it did considerable damage elsewhere, no effects from it were experienced in this city. Outlying town, telegraph wires and the railroads suffered considerable inconvenience. All the railroad wires to the west were completely knocked out and trains from that direction were laid out for several hours. The Missouri Pacific train from Omaha, due at 8:20 p. was stalled at Leavenworth by the blowing down of an ice house, the debris from which completely covered tbe trucks.

The train had not been able to get through at a late hour. Passengers over the City, St Joseph Council Bluffs report an excit ing time. The train was an hour and a half late in getting in, having been de layed by a water spout between Rushville and Sugar Lake. The tracks were soon under water and the rain fell in torrents on the cars. killed by lightning.

Olathe, Aug. 13 Fred Case, about sixty years of age, one of Johnson County's oldest and most prosperous farmers, living one and one-half miles east of this city, was struck 'and killed instantly by lightning last evening about seven o'clock. Mr. Case was standing out in his yard feeding his pigs when the electrical current struck him. The unfortunate man leaves an aged wife and several children.

BLACKBURN'S NARROW ESCAPE. Paris. Ky- Aug. 13 The Hotel Arling ton at Blue Lick Springs was burned last night shortly after midnight Among the guests were Senator Blackburn and his family and ex-Justice Hargis and his family, who narrowly escaped with their lives. Mr.

Blackburn was badly scorched. Over 150 guests were in tbe house, none of whom were injured, but they lost most of their clothing and valuables. given up for lost. Halifax, N. Aug.

13. The bark Mi nerva, Captain Sanue, hich sailed from Liverpool May 23 for West Bay, N. has been given up for lost It Is feared, that she foundered in the hurricane that swept the Atlantic June 19. Captain Sanne was well known in Halifax. TRUCKEE IN FLAMES.

San Francisco, Aug. 13. It is reported that the town of Truckee, Cat, was con sumed by fire last night Owing to the partial interruption of telegraphic com munication it is impossible to get further details. FALL OF A BRIDGE. Wiixiamsport.

Aug. 13. The Phil adelphia Erie railroad bridge below this city gave way yesterday and eighteen freight cars were precipitated into the river. Two trainmen were slightly in jured. No Use For New York, Aug.

13. The Central La bor Union has adopted a strong and bitter resolution in connection with Furlong, of St Louis, who is seeking the position of ohief of the secret service bu reau. The resolution claims that Furlong is an enemy of labor. It was decided to notify President Harrison of the views of the New York laboring people. Dastardly Work.

Cressonia, Aug. 13. Emma Spacbt fifteen years old, was attacked last night by three Italians while on an errand ana brntallv choked and gagged. Oue of her assailants cut off her hair. The mis creants were discovered and a crowd of fifty men pursued them for a mile, but they escaped.

Declared For Resubmission. Wichita. 13 O. H. Bent- ley, a staunch Republican, has addressed an open letter to the chairman of the Sedgwick County Republican committee denouncing Drohibition as a farce and a fraud, and recommending the resubmis sion of the prohibition question.

Rev. Flemon Acquitted. Edgefield, S. Aug. ML The trial of Jhn YeldelL alias Rev.

Flemon, colored, of Pittsburgh, for the murder of James S. BlackwelL in October. 1884. ended in bis acquittal. DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST NOTABLE.

Serions Increase of Army Desertion! Secretary Proctor to Reform Abase Crop Keport For August. Washington, Au. 13. There are seventeen election contested cases awaiting the action of iue next Congress, all of which have been brought by Republicans. Of this number three of the cases are located in each of the States of Virginia, West Virginia and Mississippi; two in Alabama, and one each in Indiana, South Carolina, Maryland.

Tennessee, Florida and Arkansas. There are two additional cases, swelling the total number to nineteen, but these nave been withdrawn by the contestants. One of the cases wh ch will furnish the most sensational evidence is thit of Wad-dell, against Vis- in the Third Virginia district. Waddell savs in his letter preferring charges against Wise that be-fcMes acfs of intimidation, bribery and suppression of votes by ordinary means, which is tb burden of all the petitions of contest, Wise's men challenged ignorant voters with silly questions to kill time, by which means but a few of the Republicans were allowed to vote, as the coming of sundown closed the polls on them. Waddell then held an independent election at night, taking the votes of those deprived of the privilege during the day.

This action was. of course, illegal, and the results got from it can not figure in causing the seat to be given to him. On the other hand Wise charges Waddell's men with having circulated bogus election tickets of the Democratic party with the name of Wise omitted, thus intending to deceive the voters. In the case of John M. Langston against E.

C. Venable, of the Fourth Virginia district, the latter is charged with having received a majority of the votes dis-Bonestly. At Lewiston it is claimed one of the Republican supervisors was made drunk and those receiving the votes put some in the ballot box while others went into their pockets, and in BrunswickCounty there was a wholesale transfer of votes cast for Langston to the credit of R. W. Arnold.

The sensational charge to be developed and to be proven in the case of Henry Bowen vs. John S. Buchanan, of the Ninth Virginia district, is that the Democrats promised to protect the illicit distillers in their places of business in the mountains if they would vote for Buchanan, who received the majority of the tickets cast. In the case of Kernaghan vs. Hopper, of the Seventh Mississippi district, in the language of the contestee: "Everything is alleged except seduction." At Canton he says that the United States supervisor was, before the election, ordered not to appear at the polls on election day on pain of bodily harm; that the box was stuffed; that many Republicans duly registered who offered to vote, were told they could not do so, as their names were not on the poll books; that railroad men who did not pretend to be registered were allowed to vote the Democratic ticket, and many who did not vote were marked as voting and tickets placed in the box to correspond to the records.

Mr. Hooper declares these charges to be all false, and says that even were these acts committed it would not have elected the Republican ticket. Francis B. Posey, who will contest with William F. Parrett for the representation of the First Indiana district, charges that there was open purchasing of votes, and that by a conspiracy the returns were held back and changed.

James Chalmers, the well known Mississippi Republican who is contesting with J. Morgan for the seat in Con press from the Second district of his State, says Morgan declared "that the ne groes sliould be met at the polls as they were met in 1S76, and with clubs in hand driven away." Representative Elliott, of South Caro lina, who last year had a fight with Rob ert omaus on nis can as, will this year have to meet the charges of Thomas E. Miller. The latter says there was decep tive management on the part of the Dem ocrats, and that in consequence of a con piracy with the Governor an illegal cer tificate of election was issued. xnecnarges in an ine cases are very uniform and include Intimidation, pur chae and suppression of votes.

The tes timony is very verbose, and in the case of Goodrich vs. Bullock, of Florida, two boxes of tickets which were sunken in the lake of the Second district have been sent to this city and are now awaiting ex ami nation by the committee. The attempt to get rid of them was due to the fact that they contained evidence of fraud. Another interesting silent witness to irregularities is an interesting looking tin Dox irom a western mate wmcn nas a rounded lid and the opening into which ticKets can be dropped can be made very deceptive by being surrounded by a tin Jacket which will allow the ticket to enter the drop or fall down its side unseen by the voter according to the will of the per son depositing tickets. These boxes will be brought before the committee and to gether with the balance of the mass of evidence will have their weight in deciding the issue.

Most of the cases are ready for the Committee on ect ions, the testimony having been printed. In the Wise-Wad dell case the testimony covers 1,600 pages of closely printed matter, and some of the cases will make 2,000 pages of printed testimony. The entire number of cases will embrace over 20.000 pages of printed matter for the committee to wade through. ARMY MATTERS. Washington, Aug.

13 The Herald says: "Secretary Proctor has been look lng into the question of the detail of army officers for duty in the War Department, with a view of acquainting himself as to the length of time such officers have been stationed there, their particular duties, and whether or not the time of duty and absence from their respective regiments have not exceeded the limit allowed. It is generally understood in army circles that upon the return of the Secretary from Bar Harbor next week a general shaking up of the offices will take place. Where the lightning will strike no one seems to know, bat the general impression is that the electric current will be well charged. Of course, this does not include the officers of tho Adjutant-General's department, or other staff officers. It is intended for officers of the line especially, a great many of whom are on special, duty, and, in a majority of instances, hard duty.

The purpose of the Secretary, as near as can be ascertained, is to supplant these officers with others of the same the to the in to he 3 In ADVISABLE TO POSTPONE 0PE5ISG. A Good Thins; For Indians as Well Whites Chief Mayes Said to Have a Policy of Delay. Kansas Citt, Aug. 13. Major William Warner, Comminder-iu-thief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and a member of the Sioux Commission, which has just completed its mission in Dakota, arrived in the city yesterday morning and was seen at his home last evening by reporter.

'Yes, "said he, in answer to a question asked by the reporter, "the Commission has been a success, and contrary, too, to the expectations of President and Secretary Noble. In fact the general public had about reached the conclusion few weeks ago that we would not succeed. The fact of the matter is, it is no easy matter to secure the signatures of 75 per cent of all the Indians over eighteen eSTs 61 Sgfr iC-S 2rUS8 4 caj 1 r-'iv er a ter" iitory as broad as that of the Sio' reservation, and numbering in all 25,000 persons, to any proposition, no matter what it might be. Even here in Kansas City, submit a proposition, no matter how favorable it miojht be to all concerned, and' it would be difficult to get three-fourths of the voters to agree to it" ''Does this end the duties of the Commission?" asked the reporter. ''No.

we have yet to make our reports to the Interior Department, and to do this we will have to go to Washington. This will probably be in two or three months. We will aim to be there while Congress is in session. All of the signatures to the agreement will have to be copied in triplicate, and both the English and Indian names given. for one, know more about the Indian question now than I did before was put on the Commission, and we have seen where many reforms can be made in the management of the Indians which will be better for them as well as the Government and which can be effected without additional expense.

"The success of the Commission will result in opening up a country for settlement which is one-half as large as the State of Indiana. I consider that this will be a splendid thing for the Indians, better, in fact, than for the whites. We are not particularly in need of land at present but it is time the Indians were taught to earn their own living. Each man, woman and child will be allotted, on an average, 500 acres of land, which will be fair start in life. Even now there are some among them who are industrious and show an accumulative a number of them have good sized herd), which are fast increasing.

If they are given to understand that they must work and earn their own living I hey will do it I know a good many white fellows, who, if they were assured they would be provided with, plenty to eat and wear, would do mighty' little work, and it is not strange that the Indians are chronically lazy. "The towns which will be most benefited by the opening of the reservation are Pierre and Chamberlain. Their entire future depends upon the development of this country and the outcome of the negotiations was greeted by the citizens of these places with great joy. Pierre is admirably situated and I regard it as one of the best towns in Dakota. "Secretary Noble, in his congratulatory telegram to the Commission, said that he regarded the successful termination of the negotiations as of more importance to the Government than the Samoan treaty.

A few days ago Governor Mellette, of Dakota, told me that while be was in Washington Secretary Noble had informed him that he did not expect the Commission would succeed. There are 5.600 Indians on the reservation over eighteen years of age and we had secured the signatures of 4,232 of them before leaving. The lists were left with the agents and it is expected that many more will sign now that they know that enough has already been secured." 'When do you think the President will issue his proclamation opening the country for settlement?" was vasked by the reporter. "As yet the land is unsurveyed and a survey will be necessary before settlers can go in. I should think that the President would delay issuing his proclamation' until spring-, for if he doss not many will flock in there at once, and will experience much hardship during the winter." Major Warner had little to say concerning Grand Army matters.

He said inter est in the National Encampment was increasing, and he had no doubt but that there would be a large attendance at Milwaukee. CHIEF MATES' POLICY Tahlequah, Aug." 13. For the last week the Commission has been waiting for Chief Mayes' reply to the Government's offer of 1.25 per acre for the Strip. No answer has been returned. Chief Mayes and his Cabinet were in consultation yesterday and the reply is almost sure to-day.

bat he will reply is believed to be substantially known. His policy will be one of delay. He will say that nothing can result in further negotiations now as the Constitution of the Cherokee Nation forbids the sale of any of the Nation's lands He will also ask the Commission to make its proposition more specific, that when be and his Cabinet bear it before the regular meeting of the Council next November there will be no misunderstanding. The refusal of Chief Mayes to treat with the Commission further is regarded with apprehension by some of the prominent Cherokees. Complications are liable to arise on every hand when the Commissioners visit other tribes.

The Cheyennes and Arapaboes claim part of the Strip and are eager for a visit from the Commission to present their claims. Had the proposition of the United States been well received the Cherokees would have been freed of any future entanglements. The Commission will probably leave here soon to visit the other tribes of the Territory. The delay wh ich Chief Mayes has imposed may also induce Congress to take speedy measures and settle the wild tribes on the Strip according to the treaty of 1816 made with the Cherokee Nation. Foreclosure Suit.

Topeka, Aug. 13. The Metropolitan Trust Company, of New York, began action yesterday in the United States court against the Chicago, Rock Island Pacific and Chicago, Kansas Nebraska railroad companies for $25,000,000 on foreclosure of a mortgage on the companies' lines. tt-- T. their earnest advocacy and be presented Congress.

The numerous desertions, especially from the larger army posts, are source of much anxiety to the officials the War Department, and they will strike at the root of the eviL if such a thing is possible. Quite a number of officers believe that one of the best ways to break up desertions in the army would be put a stop to the soldier doing so much extra work. When a man enters the army expects to become a soldier. When he finds that in addition to his du.ty ut'drSGi' dier he BfiS tadaaH Jlre-tfork around the garrison and officers' quarters, the soldier feeling dies out and he deserts at the very first opportunity, generally in the first year of his enlistment. A decrease in the number of useless calls now prevalent at army posts will also, it is said, result in fewer desertions.

CROP REPORT. Washington, Aug. 13 The August re port makes the condition of corn. 94.8; spring wheat, 81 spring rye, 95 oats, 92.3; barley, 90.6 Spring wheat has suf fered a further falling off during the month, the decline amounting to nearly points. The condition is now nearly 3 points higher than 1887 and 1 point above that of 1886.

With these exceptions it is the lowest since 1881. Minnesota some improvement since the last report, but in Dakota there is a further decline from the same cause noted last month. Dakota is now the largest spring wheat State and the very low condition there reduces the general average. The rest of the spring wheat district condition is generally good, perhaps above the average for a recent series of years. Averages the principal States are: Wisconsin, 90; Minnesota, 93; Iowa, 94; Nebraska, 91; Dakota.

57; Washington, 75. The quality of the crop will be better than usual especially in the extreme Northwest. TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE. Washington, Aug. 13.

The committee in charge of the forthcoming triennial conclave of the Knights Templars have held a meeting. The reports received from sub-committees are very gratifying. Subscriptions from business men are coming in very fast, and one commit tee will have all the funds necessary. The estimate tha 20,000 Sir Knights will participate in the parade is now pronounced too low, while the number of Knights and ladies who will come here during the conclave is estimated at 60,000. The question of having a competitive drill has not yet been decided, but as a major ity of the commanderies are reporting against it it is thought that it will not be given.

De Molay commandery, which took second place at Chicago and first place at San Francisco, is decidedly op posed to it THE ELIXIR BUSINESS. Two Successful Experiments Oat of Three at Lima, O. Lima, Aug. 13. Dr.

S. S. Her man has made three experiments with Dr. Brown-Sequard's elixir. Two were successful.

The first was made Saturday night The elixir was compounded by the doctor himself. It woman who had been a was tried on a confirmed mor- phine eater for twenty years. The is sixty years of age. She has eaten from twenty to twenty-fiye grains daily for the last twelve months, and for the last six months she has been unable to attend to any work, no matter how light and has eaten and slept the most of the time on a lounge. Saturday night Dr.

Herrman injected two drams of the elixir into her arm. There was no perceptible change in her appearance for several hours. When bedtime came she retired without taking her customary dose of morphine. For the first time in years she slept soundly dur ing the night She awoke Sunday morning greatly refreshed. The old woman said she felt 25 years younger.

She got up, dressed herself, walked to the breakfast table and ate a hearty meal. The elixir brought the color back to her cheeks and the sparkle to her eyes, and seemed to put new blood into her veins. She has not taken a particle of morphine since and says she has no desire for it George Buchanan, a leading business man, was given a dose Sunday. He has been a sufferer from general debility for years, and sometimes is so run down that he can hardly attend to business. An hour after the injection there was no change in either his appearance or bis feelings, but presently his cheeks flushed and a brightness began filling his eyes.

The good effect increased until he was livelier in spirits and acted as though he was a new man. In the third case a man tried the elixir out of and derived no good effects. Several other physicians will make a test of the new discovery this week. The Cost of Boarding: Worms. Washington, Aug.

13. L. O. Howard, acting entomologist of the Agricultural Department estimate that the crops of the United States are damaged annually to the extent of $300,000 by injurious insects. He says the department is doing all that is possible to suppress them and in some cases have imported from abroad insects known to be destrnctive to pests here.

Twelve thousand beetles were sent to California from Australia to destroy the fluted or black louse that is so injurious to the orange and lemon crops of California. The Wanamaker Controversy. Washington, Aug. 13. Assistant-Postmaster-General Clarkson has informed Assistant-Secretary Batcheler that he is in telegraphic communication with Postmaster-General Wanamaker on the subject of telegraphic rates and hopes for a speedy settlement of the question.

To Be Hanged August 28. Liverpool, Aug. 13. Monday, August 26, has been fixed as the day for the hanging of Mrs. Maybrick, who was last week convicted of poisoning her husband, Fire in Switzerland.

Bkbne, Aug. 13. A fire broke out Saturday in Sachsenburg, Waldeck, and burned till yesterday. The village was Entirely destroyed. 1 a a -J 1 a A ith 1.