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CUT AND DRIED.MHO WHITE AOnJXATKIt ATROCH-

ESTER Off THE HECONIiBALLOT.

-•;\u25a0•'\u25a0\u25a0;'A Dearth of l^olliualHSU),a l»e»ith of Ex-

citement, a Dearth of Resolutions, and aDearth of Dunnell Delegates— AScanty

Supply of Everything hut Wlndom'sSwag—Tale Bncaks Away Likea Flagel-

lated Canine— Dunnell Disgusted and

En Rome to Washington— DissatisfactionIn the District at Hlu filanghter-Piof.

Morey Punctures the I./'.'*l.at« st Politi-cal Canard— Will Theio Be an Independ-ent Candidate

The Convention at liochcster

[3pecial Telegram to the Globe.]Rochester, Minn., July '20.—The day

opened bright and warm after the storm oflast night, and the delegates and candidateswere bestirring themselves early to do morefighting. As the convention lias settled all thatmatter, Idonot need to indulge in morningspeculations.

The convention was called Io order at 2.30by Senator Morrison, and Mr. Wilkiu ofMower county moved that A. P. Collins ofFreeborn act ub temporary chairman, and hewas unanimously elected. He made a. fewopening remarks, in which lie said he hopedharmony would prevail and that a nomineefor congress would be selected who wouldunite the somewhat discordant party. Healso hoped that legislative tickets would beselected favorable to the return of Hon. Win.Windom to the senate. [Applause]

W. L. Henderson, of Mower, was electedsecretary. Mr. Wilkin then moved a com-mittee of seven on credentials, which waspassed, whereupon the chairman gave awaythe

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CUT AND DBIED I'KOGKAMME,by pulling a listout of bis pocket, and bayingthat as they had agreed upon the committees,he would read the list. He then attemptedto do so, but as he had not rehearsed thething he made bad work, aud had to be cor-itcted by delegates on the floor who knewbow the thing had been fixed.

After about twenty minute* of deliberationC H. Conkey, chairman of the committee oncredentials, submitted the repoit which adruittcd the so-called regular delegates fromOlmsted and Steele.

When he completed the reading Iaskedhim ifthere was any contests presented to the« ominittee, and he said one.

The report was then adopted upon whichthe cut and dried chairman dryly Baid, "Gen-tlemen, you may as well proceed with tb<business you came here for."

He had no sooner uttered the words than H.A. Kckholdt of Olmsted popped Dp out of Bfront seat and nominated

Mll.O WHITE FOR CONGRESS,

from which 1 infer that in the eyes of thegang the object of the convention is solely tonominate White.

Kckholdt's speech was simply dibh water,.'udge Bassett, of Fillmorc, seconded White'snomination, and thought he bhould go tocongress because he gives farmers fullweightin buying produce. He was in favor of civilservice reform, and weuld reward no one withan office for political services, or turn any oneout except for cause. This sentiment elicitedvery feeble applause. They proposed to electtheir man without the aid of Democratic votc-s.

John Edrmind nominatedYALE,OF WINONA.

Judge Barbour seconded Yale's nominationand in doiug so said there was S.OOO Repub-lican majority in the district and they didnot need any Democrats to vote for thenominee of tnis convention. He then pro-ceeded to denounce as false an article iv thismorning's Pioneer Press giving what pur-ported to be an interview withProf. Morey, ofWinona, representing Yale as plotting andforming an alliance with Dunnell. He didn'tbelieve Morey had ever said co, and in any« vent the statement wad false so far as Yalewas concerned.

Mr.Murdock, of Wabashaw, nominatedSENATOR LAWRKNCK •

of that county. Ja6. O'Brien then nominatedEdThompson, of Houston, declaring that hewas the only fitman of all those named.

Prof. Morey, though not a delegate, askedpermission to reply to the Pioneer Press lie.He said he had a casual talk witha reporteron the cars yesterday. He reported that theinterview was a gross distortion and exaggera-tion of mere speculations. He had never saidor believed that Mr. Yale would make analliance withDunnell.

A man of Fillmore opposed allowingProf.Morey to speak. He said the Dispatch wasas bad as the Press, and they had attended tothat in their county.

An informal ballot was then taken, result-ing'

White 34 Yale 14Lawrence 9 Thompson 6J. A.Leonard 7Stcele county voted forJ. A. Leonard, of

Rochester. :.-:The first formal ballot was:

White 37 Yale 16Lawrence 9 Thompson 0Leonard 7

Thirty-eight being necessary toa choice, thesecond formal ballot was taken, resulting asfollows:White 48 Yale 16Thompson 6 Leonard 5

The nomination of White was made unani-mous amid applause.

Mr.Mann moved that a district committeelie appointed by the chair. .

The motion was put mechanically and thecut and dried chairman drew a paper out ofhis pocket and read the following cut anddried committee: . i

W. T. Wilkin, of Mower, chairman; J. H.Wagner, of Olmsted; W. Williams, Freeborn;I! A.Mann, Fillmore; G. J. Lowman, Hous-tor; R. B. Bassford, Winona; E. C. Severance,Dodge, E. C.Geary, Wabashaw; W. H.Sperry,Stcele.

MiloWhite was then introduced and pull-inghis extemporaneous manuscript from Inspocket, he spoke in ahalting, hesitating man-ner as follows:

\u25a0white's SPEECH.Mr.Chairman and Gentlemen of the Con-

vention: Ithauk you as heartily as my feeblewords can express the feeling of gratitudefor the high honors you have done me ingivingme the nomination for congress fromthe glorious old First district of Minnesota,the highest honor you can give and much thehighest one of mylife. Itake this gatheringof the leading men, the representative men ofthis district, to mean that yeu are here to de-liberate upon the wants, the wishes andieeds of our people, and let us hopethat we may be able to accomplish someListing benefit and increase the prosperity andhappiness of the people of thi6 district andttate by our action hare to-day.

In accepting the high responsibility youhave seen fitto confer upon me let me assureyon that none of you can regret more thanmy self the lack of greater ability and strengthof mind with which to serve you. But, if itshould be my fortune to be elected, Ipledgeyou all the sound 6ense, good judgment: allIhe time and talents vouchsafed to me 6halltie at your service.Iwillnot attempt here at this time to give

you my views to any great extent upon thequestions which at this time call for thought-tnl and careful consideration and broad andtrue statesmanship to solve. But Imay saythat in a time of great or even general pros-IH?rity there is great danger of extravagant ex-iß-nditures of governments as well as individ-uals, and if there was collected from the peo-ple last year $400,000,000, and if it is truethat the present session of congress hasheen the moat extravagant inappropria-tions of any one m the history of thegovernment, is it not safe to presume thatnearly one-fourth of the amount named hasteeu given to enterprises which should haveuo f-laim upon the government, and conse-quently wrongfully taken from the people?Ibelieve in an economical administration of

the government. Ibelieve honest toil shouldhave proper reward. Ibelieve the poor shouldhave the protection of the strong arm of thegovernment as well as the rich. Ibelieve thetariffcan be made much less burdensome thanitnow is, and still yieldsufficient revenue, withthe tax on spirits and tobacco, to meetallreasonable demands upon the treasury. 1

believe in civilservice reform. Ihave a warmside for the Monroe doctrine. Finally, lam aRepublican and all that the name implies, if itmeans what Itake it to—all things whichconduce to human happiness and progress.

Again,Ithank you, and will proceed to theharvest which is crowding upon us.

Atthe conclusion there was very feeble ap-plause.

Judce li<i66ett then offered the followingresolution, which was adopted, and formedthe entire platform of the convention:

Resolved, That we, the Republicans of thiscongressional district indelegate conventionassembled, recognize in our nominee, the Hon.MiloWhite, a gentleman of tpotless charac-ter, purity ofpurpose and high mental attain-ments, in whom we have full confidence, andpledge to him our unanimous support to se-cure hi6election.

On final ballot White received the full voteof Fillmore, Mower, Wabashaw and Olmstedcountiee,also eight from Fieeborn, three fromDodge aud two from Steele.

After passing the wonderful platform res-olution the convention hastily adjourned.

TALE TOOK TTfE FIR&T TRAIN

out of town. The convention did not evenhave the courtesy to invite him to exhibithis wounds and pledge his support to thenominer.

DUHIfSLLwisely decided not to ailow his name to bepresented in the convention and left forWashington before the convention met.There is great dissalibfaction felt over his \u25a0

slaughter and au independent ticket withhimat the head would sweep the district.

H.P.H.

A PLAGUE STRICKEN POUT.

Silks. Alaekn, in a Bad Way From the Jlav-Hses of niseane.

I'oKi Town^end, July 26.—The btcamrr 8.L.Mastick arrived from Sitka. The Wachu-setts dropped into Sitka June 17. Rigid quar-antine was enforced. After coaling she Bailedfor Wrangel Juue2l, taking both surgeonsand leaving no medicine for the Bick. Anum-ber of the guards hay* been attaked. Deathamong the Russian Creoles from the plague, acombination of scarlet fever and measles, con-tinue, cQusißß much destitution and want ofactual necessaries of life,and only a lack ofmaterial willcause a cessation of the mortal-ity,which is simply fearful. Much indigna-tion i3 ftlt at the course of Com-mander Pearson in not leaviog amedical officer at Sitka. He wasfully conversant -with the situation, puttinghis vessel in cloee quarantine and sending hissurgeons ashore to investigate the trouble,and they repoitc-d disease on the iDcrease.No brandy is obtainable ,which is much need-ed. If a man importß gin or brandy intoAlaska to r.avc a dying chiJd, he is liable to besent to the penitentiary.

MinicEBatten look favorable. Placers areturning out well, and a new digging is report-ed to have been discovered Dear Bemar bay.A large number of miners'caine up on theIdaho.

FKENCH ELUCIDATES.-

Inforiualiuu for Commissioners by theAchi-i.'iit Secretary of the Treasury. "

L Nft Branch, N. July 20.—The _ tariffcommission held a loop publicconsultationthis morr.inr: withHenry F. French, assistantsccretaiyof the treasury. He stated he hadmade \u25a0 few brief notes as to the importance ofsimplicity in the arrangement of tables andclassification, especially with a view to avoid-ing ambiguities. The duties of customsofficers wore essentially the classification ofgood« add valuation of goods. Thefirst was the duty of the collector.The sfcoiid was the duty of the ap-praiser. From the decisions of"a' collectorthere was an appeal to the secretary of thetreasury. He (French) had charge of thoseappeals us assistant secretary, aud generallydirected them in conjunction with the head ofthe custom division, but where the point in-volved was of great importance he submittedit to the becretary of the treasury, who ifindoubt takes the opinion of the attorney gen-eral or solicitor general. The matter is fre-quently brought for final decision to thecourts and the result was often differentin different jurisdictions. That is, in NewOrleans there may be one decision of a ques-tion, and inNew York there may be a differentana contradictory decision. He thought thecommission should be able to arrange duties(on iron.and steel for instance) so there shouldnot be the inconsistencies which now exist.

Referring to the ,question of /the tariff onBilk, which provides a duty of GO per cent, onarticles maue of silk or in which 6ilk is acomponent .part of the chief value, he re-marked that it ap|>eared simple enough, andyet it had given the department great diffi-culty. Jt was hard to find out the actualproportions of silk and other materialsinan article, and then the question arose as towhat the chief value meant. D.d it mean amajority or a plurality? That

'is, must the

silk be ofmore value tnan any other materialin the article, or must itbe more than all thematerial in it.s Finally the department hadgiven its decision in the first of these proposi-tions, but itmight be set aside by the courts.There was another difficulty—inregard to cot-ton goods— which he detailed. He thought,while a new tariff might not escapesimilar difficulties, still the list of knownambiguities in the present tariffmight enablethe commission to avoid these old questionsat least. He exhibited specimens of cottongoods and explained how the custom househad tried to classify them and how JudgeShipman, of New York, had set aside thatclassification and laid down quite a new rule.He apologized for using ho much time onthese preliminary matters but he thought itwell to have them understood in advance.

He proceeded to speak of the immensenumber of appeals coming up from the cus-tomhouse to the secretary of the treasury.During the four years that Sherman was sec-retary there were no less than 18,000 such ap-peals.

The consultation with French was sus-pended until to-morrow.

Among the communications received to-daywas one from the Illinois Watch companyasking to have the enamel for watch dialsplaced on the free list.

DeWitt C. Ward, chairman of the InitedStates Maltsters' association made an argu-ment, claiming that the present advalorem duty of 20 per cent, on malt does notprotect the maltster, but that the dutyshould be a specific one of 25c per bushel ofthirty-four pounds. He gave several advantagesthat Canadian maltsters had over American,and said in one year he himself had lost $150,--000 by reason of under- valuation and under-selling ofCanadian malt.

Charles A.Stadler, secretary to the associa-tion, gave the annual import of Canada barleyand Canada malt at from six to ten millionI>ushel6, and stated that theCanadian government levied aspecific duty of 24 cents on each bushel ofAmerican malt against :u per cent, advaloremlevied by the American government on Cana-dian malt. The request was that the duty be-tween the two countries should be equalized.

Phillip A.Bour, representing the Pennsyl-vania ealt manufacturers' industry, spoke forthe alkali industry of the county.

John Campbell, representing the importersand manufacturers of analine of colors anddye stuffs made an argument in favor of thereduction ofduties on these articles.

Everett Bpooncr, repn senting the New YorkFree Trade club, addressed the commisison.What he and those with whom he co-operatedunderstood as free trade was fair trade, animpartial and equitable system of taxation.The great object which they had in view wasto reiieve the manufacturing interests of thecountry by diminishing or abolishing alto-gether the duty on raw materials.

A CARDINAL AT CHICAGO.The Pope Will Present Archbishop Kee-

han With a Cardinal* Hat.Chicago, July 26.—The statement cabled

here to-day and published to the effect thathie holiness, the pope, had decided to cenferthe cardinal's hat on Archbishop Feehan, ofthis diocese, caused much comment. The an-nouncement was received withmuch pleasureby both the clergy and tbe Catholic church asa fittingrecognition of the commanding posi-tion of Chicago, in the religious as well asthe commercial world. The archbishop de-clined to be 6een, of course, but his privatesecretary stated that no official notificationhad been received.

A Fair Oiler.Jersey Citt, July 26.—The Erie Railroad

compaßy offers its striking freight handlersthe increase/demanded on condition that themen abaudon their union. The condition wasrejected.

WEALTHmamasZIBTOF ITEMS INTHE BIKER AND

HARBOR BILL

Which Fasted Congress Yesterday— ABig

Lotof Bullion, and .Where ItGoes— TheMississippi Receives Its Progressofthe Star BoatcTrials- Nearlng the Kndby Slow Stages— To-Day Will Concludethe Testimony of the Prosecution— A

Fraudulent Census Report -AnAgedIn-vestigation—General Capital News.,

$18, 743,8 75 For Rivera and Harbors.. WASHiuoTON.JJuIy 26,—The river and har-bor bill as amended by the last committeeconference and finallypassed byboth houses ofcongress, appropriates $18,743,875. The billcontains the following items, as appropria-tions for surveys and improvements ofriversand harbors: \u25a0/ ;

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Elk river, West Virginia.'. $2,000Great KanawharivejPßTest Virginia,

continuing operation of works.. 2,000Continuing improvement of the Lit-

tle Kanawha river in West Vir-ginia to complete lock and dam as . .".,.*-,<estimated for by the engineers.... 31,000

'Guyandotte river,West Virginia.... 2,000White river above Buffalo shoals, ,

Arkansas 4,000White river, between Jacksonport

and Buffalo [shoals, Arkansas ... 6,000Arkansas river atPine Bluff,Ark... 2,000Arkansas river, between Fort Smith

and Wachita ......... ..r..... - 3,000Black river,Arkansas and Missouri. 1,CCOFourche .Lefevre river, Arkansas.. . 4,000Oaachita river, Arkansas and * :

L0ui5iana......^..... ....:...... .000Saline river..... 4,000Little Tennesee9 river,Tennessee ... 5,0-0Southford Deer river,Minnesota 3,000Duck river, Tennessee • 3,000French Broad river,Tennessee . 5,000Hiawasso river,Tennessee 1,5*0Tennessee river, above Chattanooga. 7,000Tennessee river, below Chattanooga,

continuing improvements, in-cluding Mussle shoals and shoal

*at Reynoldsburg. ;..... 25,000

Big Sandy river, Kentucky 25,000Kentucky river, Kentucky,continu-

ing improvements frommouth of-

riverto Three F0rk5...... 225,000Tread water river, Kentucky 35,000South Fork, Cumberland river..... 3,000Improving the Mississippi riv«r, r

from the head of the passes-to

Cairo, . including the harbors ofNew Orleans, Natchez, Vicks-burg and Memphis 4,133,000

Improving the Mississippi river \u25a0

from Cairo to the Illinois river,including the Alton harbor 600,000

Improving the Mississippi riverfrom the Illinois river to DcsMoines rapids 200,000

Harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio .... 20.000Harbor atBlack river, 0., improve-

ment 7,000Harbor at Cleveland, 0., improve-

ment 175,000Harbor of refuge near Cincinnati. .. 18,000Harbor at Fairport, O 10,000Harbor at Huron, 0..:. 2,500Ice harbor at mouth of Muskingum

river, O 40,000Harbor at Port Clinton, O 6,000Harbor at Bandusky City, O....... 10,000Harbor at Toledo .... 50,000Harbor at Vermilion. 0.... 3,500Harbor at Michigan City, Ind...... 20,000Hennepin canal survey, 111 30,000Harbor at Calumet, 111 35,030Harbor at Chicago 200,000Harbor at Waukegon, 111 2,000Qnincy Bay, Illinois 15,000Harbor at Au Sable, Michigan...... 5,000Improving ice harbor refuge atBelle j~~j.'\u25a0' '\u25a0..:•.-'

river, Michigan :.:..V...".7::.vr: . 5,000Harbor at Black Lake, Michigan.. 10,000Harbor at Charlevoix and entrance

toiPineLane, Michigan......... 10,000Harbor at Cheboygan, Michigan.. 10,000Harbor at Frankfort, Michigan 15,000Harbor at Grand Haven, Michigan. 40,000Harbor at Lake Huron, Michigan.. . 15,000Harbor at Ludington, Michigan...

'12,000

Harbor at Manistee, Michigan 15,000Harbor at Monroe, Mich 10,000Harbor at Muskegon, Mich : 25,000Harbor at Marquette, Mich 16,000Harbor at Ontonagon, Mich 20,000Harbor at Pentwater, Mich 10,000Improve mouth harbor of Crado

river,Mich ;.. 15,000Harbor at New Buffalo, Mich 5,000Harbor of Refuge, Portage Lake,

Kich ....'. 25,000Harbor at St. Joseph, Mich........ .12,000Harbor at Sangatuck, Mich 8,800Harbor at South Haven, Mich 10,000Harbor at Thunder Bay, Mich 15,000Harbor at White river,Mich....... 12,000Harbor at Ahnapee, Wisconsin 2,000Harbor at Green Bay, Wisconsin... 20,000Harbor atKenosha, Wisconsin 6,000Harbor at Kewaunee, Wisconsin. ... 12,000Harbor at Manitowoe, Wisconsin.. 10.COOHarbor at Meoomonee, Wisconsin. . 15,000Harbor at Milwaukee. Wisconsin. .. 10,000Harbor of refuge. Milwaukee bay,

Wisconsin > 100,000Harbor at Oconto, Wisconsin ...... 15,000Harbor at Port Washington, Wis-

consin 17,000Harbor at Racine, Wisconsin ....... 7,000Dredging Superior bay, Wisconsin. 40,030Improving harbor at Sheboygan,

Wisconsin.... 30,000Harbor of refuge at the entrance of

Sturgeon Bay canal, Wisconsin.. . 20,900Hog Lake channel, Saulte Ste Marie

river : 200,000Harbor, Two rivers, Wis 15,000Construction of a harbor of refuge

on Lake Pepen, Wis 20,000Improving Chlppewa river at Yel-

low Banks 30,000Improving Pcnsaukee harbor, Wis. 10,600Ice harbor at Dubuque, la 20,000Harbor at Duluth, Minn. 45,030Harbor at Grand Marais, Minn..... 20,000Improving Ohio river 350,000Sandusky river, Ohio 4,000Clinton river, Mich 6,000Detroit river, Mich 60,000Grand River,'Mich., from the

mouth ofthe river tocity ofGrandRapids 15,000

Saginaw river, Michigan 185,000Improving Chippewa river,Wiscon-

sin continuing improvements.... 35,000Improving Fox and .Wisconsin

rivers, Wisconsin 200,000Improving Bt. Croix river below ;..--

Taylors Falls, Minnesota andWisconsin 30,000abash river, Indiana and Illinois. 70 000

White river,Indiaha. 20,000Improving Illinois river, Illinois... 175,000Reservira at head waters Missis-

sippi river.. 300,000Improving . upper Mississippi

(operating snag boat) 25,000Improving Mississippi above \u25a0 Falls

of St. Anthony, Minnesota 10,000Improving Mississippi river from

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St. Paul to DesMoines Rapids ... 250,000Construction of a dry dock at !Dcs

Moines Rapids canal .....:... 30,000Improving Dcs Moines Rapids in

lowa and Illinois 30,000Improving Gasconade river, Mo ... 10,000Cuivre river, Mo., from mouth to

Chain of Rocks 5,000Missouri river,frommouth toSioux

City,10..... ..:...... 850,000Missouri river from Sioux City to

-Fort Benton ." IGO.OOO

Survey, Mo., from mouth at FortBen ton, M0ntana................ 40,000

Red River of the North, Minnesotaand Dakota

—10,000

Constructing dam, Goose Rapids,Red River of the North 30,000

Improving St. Anthony's Falls, iv.Minnesota..... ............. "

25,000Allegheny river,Pa........ ........ 15,000Examinations and surveys and for -"i-.-.'\u25a0

contingencies for incidental re-pairs of harbors, for which there •is no special appropriation ...... . 150,000The billprovides that th« work of improv-

ing the Mississippi from its mouth to DcsMoines, lowa, shall be prosecuted under theMississippi river commission, as originallyproposed by the house, instead ofby the sec-retary of war, as subsequently proposed bythe senate. The appropriations for the sur-veyof the Hennepin and Delaware and Chesa-peake canals, were finally fixed at $30,000 forHennepin, $10,000

'for Delaware and Chesa-peake. • ";• . ; -, -

.•\u25a0There was a proviso added ineach instancethat the government shall not be committedin favor of the construction of the canal.' *"

Trial of the Route Gang.. Washington, July 26.—The star route trialwas proceeded with:to-day. , The testimonyduring the early part ofthe day was withoutinterest. Bliss gave notice to the court of hisintention torut ia evidence those portions of

the reports of the postmaster general referringto the orders for all increase aad expeditionmade since 1872.

Wilson said if this was done the defenseshould insist upon putting in evidence everypetition upon which orders have been madeby Brady. Bliss explained his object was "toThe u

eBe fl*nrcB ln Lis c'o«iDK argument toThe court said he saw no objection to theintroduction of evidence which he believedwould show that Brady had largely increasedthe service beyond the usage of the depart-ment, but of course the defense would havethe right to show why these orders had beenmade.Col. Totten objected, because he foresaw ifthe evidence waa let initmight, and probablywould, prolong the trial cix moaths. He wastired sitting day after day and listening to thereading of musty old dozuments from the de-partment running away back to 1878.Merrickargued that they had the right toshow the custom of the office, and itwas for

that the evidence wqs offered. Burely, he said,a thoroughly innocent man bad nothingto fear from the exposure of customs. Herequested to show from the books that Bradyadopted a different system of calculation ofthe compensation to be allowed for an expe-dition from that previously used. In fact,said Merrick, quoting from Blies' argument,what was intended for the medicine of the ser-vice was made by Bradyites daily food. ans \u25a0t?After a long ugument court ruled out theevidence. How long had it been, said he,since congress had begun making appropria-tions of scores of millions of dollars for theerection of public buildings and for the im-provement of rivers and harbors. A few yearsago all that was unconstitutional, but itwasall changed now, and so with the postal ser-vice. Power was conferred upon the secondassistant prstmaster general of increasingand expediting the service. If thepeople disapproved of it theymight change itentirely next year. PerhapsBrady had believed the policy of his predeces-sors had been too narrow—believed they|hadnot properly understood the statutory pro-visions. Brady stood charged withconspiracywith the other defendants, and it was notproper to convict because he departed fromthe practices of his official ancestors inin-creasing the service. He therefore thoughtit would only embarrass the issues in the case,prolong the trial,and would not be worth thetronbie of its introduction into the presentcase. It could not be applied to other de-fendants in any event, and altogether believeditbest to exclude it.

After the usual recess Mer.ick oSered inevidence Price's draft on the Corpus ChristiSan Antonio route produced by witness Walshwhen on tbe stand. They had been previonslyruled out, but Merrick declared their com-ictency as tbe evidence was now fully estab-lished through that portion of Walsh's testi-mony wherein Brady refers Walsh to thePeterson and Price drafts held by him asproofs that the contractors had paid him hispercentage. He also pointed out that thedrafts in several instances were drawn foran amount that corresponded exactly with tbeexpedition compensation allowed, althoughthey had been drawn gome time before the ex-pedition was ordered.

The court held, however, that as the draftswere not upon any route tct ou' in the indict-ment, they could not be received as evidence,and Merrick ieminded the court that he hadon Friday last said he would let in thesedrafts if itshould be shown that Brady hadreceived any benefit from them.

Court said he was inclined to think therewas an error Bwhcn he made that decision.Walsh's testimony was so broad as to effectall the routes.

'•> there-fore, did not seemproper to let in matter which, although re-ferred to would not have been, of itself, goodevidence.

The prosecution then called B. U. Kriszer,receiver of tbe German American Nationalbank. He 6aid his books would show trans-actions with Turner, Vail* and other de-fendants, but as he had failed to bring withhtm the books spoken of, his examinationwhs postponed until to-morrow.

Merrick stated bo expected to have one ortwo additional witnesses, but believed theycould close thtir case to-morrow.

Adjourned.

fjueer Census ReportWashington, July 26.—The committee on

judiciary of the house has recovered theoriginal census report through which thecommittee was misled into recommendingthat Nebraska be given an additional repre-sentative in the house. This original censusreport, recovered to-day, is properly signedby John Gasper, as secretary of 6tate, and hasattached to itthe seal of the state. An ex-amination of the report, however, developedtbe fact that there had been several erasuresof the figure "4," and that thefigure "2" had been substituted in orderthat the report would read "census of 1872."The work of erasing was done in a bunglingmanner, and the substitution of the figure"2," for the figure "4" were made with inkof an entirely different shade from that usedin the preparation of the original document.The committee now are endeavoring to fixthe*responsibility for the fraud.

J Late Court of Inquiry.Washington, July 26.—The court of in-

quiry in the case of Gen. Warren finds sub-stantially that Gen. Sheridan was justified inrelieving Gen. Warren from his command atthe battle of Five Forks, and that he did notexceed his authority in so doing. Itis under-stood the judge advocate general expresses adoubt of the propriety of this investigation solong after the occurence, as under our lawsand procedure there could be do remedy onaccount of the statute of limitations, and thedisputed questions would have to remain un-decided.

General. Capital News.AN ACT Or GREAT PROPRIETY

Washington, July 26.—The* committee onnaval affairs agreed to report \u25a0 favorably toappropriating $25,000 f0r removing the bodiesof Lieut. Commander DeLong and his com-panions frem Siberia to this country, i

confirmations.Menit. L.Josclyn, Illinois, assistant secre-

tary of the interior; John R. Bryerly,Califor-nia, collector of customs at Wilmington, Cali-fornia; Lewis Richmond, Rhode Island, stc-retary of legation and consul general of theUnited States at Rome; Gep. M.Babin, UnitedStates district judge, Nevada. . \u25a0-_\u25a0\u25a0

\' . MISSISSIPPI LEVEE RAILROAD.

The house committee*

deferred until itsmeeting, further hearing of persons interested

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in the construction of a railway for the Mis-sissippi levees. \u0084:. ,;•.,.';;.*•

;-..',' _ BANK DIVIDEND.

The comptroller of the currency has de-clared a final dividend,payable to the creditorsof the First National bank of LiCrosse, Wis-consin, making in all a dividend of 4840-100 percent ;a final dividend of 13 per cent., pay-able to the creditors of the National bank ofVicksburg, making inaH dividends of 48 percent. , .

A GERMAN VIBIT.!iAlexan July 28.—An official from theGerman foreign office is "expected to arrivehere to-morrow. His visitwillbe the firstofthe kind since the deposition of Ismael, thelate khedive. Itis understood he is the bearerof important dispatches.

NOMINATIONS.'

-', •J. M. Hinds, Alabama, marshal for the

United States of the northern district of Ala-bama; Harrison Allen, Pennsylvania, UnitedStates marshal for the territory of Dakota.

EBEWSTEB I'IIEFER* AMERICA.

Attorney General Brewster stated todaythat there was not a grain oftruth in the re-ports that he contemplated a trip to England.He was perfectly satisfied with his presentposition] and had no \u25a0 desire •or intention tochange itfor the English mission. \u25a0,

REMOVALS.- .

Secretary Folger has a letter from Supervis-ingSteamboat Inspector Tower, of the NewYork district, declining to resign his office atthe request of the secretary . of.th: treasury. .He willbe removed as .soon as his,successorhas been selected. \u25a0• It has been decided not torelieve Lieut.-Col.Lasalle, as v the command-ant at West Point. .-. \u25a0.. \ :• . •

':.' ratjm's ;report. ,

: Commisfioner Raum reports the entire col-lection of internal revenue taxes for the pastfiscal year j"amounting to;$146,520,293, hasbeen accounted for and turned into the treas-ury. During the past six fiscal months $148,--831,071 hare been collected from internal:rev-cne taxation and paid into the!treasury with-out any loss by defalcation. . .

Nicolay Sells at Auctionon Saturday, July i29, eighteen splendid lotson Seventh street- an excellent, safe, and prof-itable inYWtment._/;.--

SUMMER SPORTS-Cleveland Races

Cleveland, 0., July 25.—The twelfth an-nual meeting of the Cleveland club began to-day; bright and warm weather, excellent trackand good attendance.

238 trot,purse $1,500.summary;

Wi150n.."..:.. t^l.lR0ckt0n.".... .......:. ...S 8 2MayThorne.. ..1..... ....... ...2 5 3Gladiator .........6 2 5Ruric Nevi11e.... ............ ........5 4 4King WUkes :.........;..... 4 dist.

Time:|2:sJ2X, 2:24*,2:22^-\u25a0' Wilson was the favorite in the.pools. :Hewon atpleasure. Wilson is a bay gelding, byBlue Bull, inthe stable of Gas. Glidden. Hehad trotted several races in the early summercircuits, buthad not before been sent to thefront.

tret-Purse $3,000.2:23 tret-Purse $3,000.''#J

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- dUMMARI-Jerome Eddy................ 11lMattieGraham.... ....2 3 8Unalala.; ;.......: 3 5 2Minnieß.v......:. ~. 7 8 7Jewett.. 1;;:;..........•............;. 5 4 4Abda11ahi80y.....V.V.:.:v;..^..:..:4 6 5biib5T~7.V...... ...................:«\u25a0 7 6'.Buzz Medium

'and Novelty and Douglas

withdrawn. \u25a0\u25a0•• i.-*. . ,

Time—2:l9,Jerome Eddy trotted the firsthalf of the last

beat in 1:U7*,and the last \u25a0 three-quarters :in1:41. 'He won with ease. Before the startMinnie K. was the favorite in the pools at 100to 15 for field. Jerome Eddy is a bay stallionby Louis Napoleon, son of Volunteer, damFanny Mapes, by Alexander's Abdallah. Hebegan trotting last season and \u25a0 obtained ;arecord of 2:27, which he reduced this year atGrand Rapids, Mich., to 2:24,'.' -. He did sotappear at Chicago. He is owned by Dewey &Stewart, and is entered by C. K. Abbott, ofDetroit, Mich. . :-• - -

W. J. Gordon's four inhand team trotted tobeat {the fastest record, 2:563i. First|heat,2:53. Second heat, 2:48.

*j - SECOND DAT.Cleveland, July . .—Cleveland club

races, second day: Large attendance, fairtrack, fair weather withlight showers.

J. Penoibone, father of the owner of BuffaloGirl, dropped dead from heart disease inthe club house(outside of the grounds, duringthe progress of the races. The judges for theday were Wm. Edward and D. McCloskey, ofthe Cleveland club, and H. D. McKenny, ofJanesville, Wis. Timers, H.C. McDowell ofWoodlake, and Geo. B. Alleyof New York.

2:25 t Pacers—

Purse $1,000. Warriorand Mattie Bond were the favorites in thepools previous to the start. Wonderful, High\u25a0Tack and Thomas L. were withdrawn.

f ', summary: \u25a0

Joe Bowers 2 1 1 1Fuller 1 3 7 5Warrior 4 8 2 2Princess 5 4 5 3Reno 3 7 4 7Felix 7 5 3 6Estella 6 6 6 4Mattie Bond Distanced

Time: 2:17^, 2:18,2:19^, 2:80%.2:29 Trot—Purse $1,500; Rolla and Valliant

withdrawn. BigIke and Overman were thefavorites in the pools before the start.

SUMMARY.

London 1 16 6 2 1Overman 4 7 3 1 1 SKate Taylor 2 S 1 8 6 2Biglke 3 6 5 2 5 roWilldWood 5 4 2 5 3roDick Organ 7 3 4 4 4roLargesse 6 5 7 drawn.

Time, 2:*>K, 2:21,, 2:23, 2:23%, 2:24^,2:25, 2:27,2:27 \.

Free for allPacers— Purse $1,500 unfinished.BuffaloGirl was the favorite before the start.

SUMMARY.Mattie Hunter 1 1 5Lucy 2 2 1Gemv.i*- ...3 4 2Bayßilly 5 3 4BenHamilton 4 7 8BuffaloGirl 6 5 6BorrelDan 7 6dr.

T.me,2:18x .2:17, 2:20%.To-morrow occur the 2:33 and 2:26 trots,

and LittleBrown Jug's trial to beat his recordof 2:ll#.

tiportat Saratoga.

First race, five furlongs— Standc ford Kellefirst. Cecily Johnson second, Hattie M.third.Time, 103.

Second race, one mile—

Warffeld first, LittlePhil second, Bounce third. Time, 111.

Fourth race, steeple chase, about two anda quarter mihs

—Rose first. Post guard second,Disturbance third. Time,2:2Cx.

English. Racing.

London, July 26.—At Goodwood the Sus-sex stakes were won by Conate, AlfredBattle-field second. Dutcher third.

London, July 26.—The Lavant stakes, fortwo-year olds, were won by Expert, Nunebansecond, Lodislos third.

The English Rifle Team.London, July 26.—The following marks-

men have been selected as members of theBritish team to go to America to compete inthe riflematch: Bates, of the first Warwick,Boulter, second Second Cheshire; CaldwellDodds, first Berwick; Godsall Goodear Heap,sixth Lancashire; McVittie Mellisb, secondNotts; Oliver, third Kent; Parry, g«condCheshire,! and Major Bearse. Inthe matchat Wimbledon they shot at 800, 900, and 1,000yards, under conditions corresponding to thoseof the second stage of tbe internatioaal match.

•The following scores were made:Caldwell 73 Dods 63Godsall '>'.< Goodear 65Heap 70 McVittie 78Parry 66

The HUlsdales iiet In.Lonik>n,July 26.'—The entry of the Hills-

dale crew for the Barnes and Mortlake regattais accepted. The Thames and London clubsare entered.

MHtroil Regatta.

Detroit, Mich, July 20.—The regatta ofthe Northwestern amateur rowing associationtakes place in Detroit river, August 10 and 11.The entries closed to-night, and are largerthan for a number of years past.

Junior Singles— lliilsdalee. Centennials-two crews, Gognac of Battle Creek, Minne-sota of St. Paul, Wyandotte.

Senior Singles— Centennials two crews, Far-ragnt, of Chicago, two crews; Grand Trunkof Port Huron, St. Joe, Wayne of Indiana,Chatham, of Ontario, two crews; Nautilus,Canton.

Junior Doubles— St. Joe, Goquace.Benior Doubles— Farragut,Bt.Joe, Chatham,

Nautiluss.Junior Pairs

—Cambridge, ofDetroit; Excel-

sior, ofDetroit, two pairs.Senior Pairs— Excelsior, two crews; Mu-

tuals, of Albany, New York, aud Albany.Junior Fours— Centennials, Pullman ofPull-

man, 111.; Beavers of Windsor, Ont.; Detroit,Undines of Toledo; Wahwahtahazee ofEcorse,Mich.,Chatams, Excelsiors, Gaquac.

Benior Fours— Centennials, Beavers, Un-dine, Wahwahtabazee, Cbathass, Excelsior,Goquac, Minnesota, Wyandotte, Mutual.Albany.

Juniors' Six—Undine, Wahwahtahazee,Excelsiors.

Senior Sixes— Undine, Excelsior, Wahwah-tahazee.

Barges— Centennials, Beaver, Detroit, Wah-wahtahBz;e, Wyandotts.

The National Association of Amateur Oars-men held their regatta here the same week andthe prospects are good for an unusually livelyweek ia rowing annals.

Base BallAtBaltimore

—Baltimore 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 O—TSt. Louis 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0-4

AtPhiladelphia—Metropolitan.... 1 4 0 12 0 0 0 o—BPhiladelphia 0 10 0 0 4 0 1 o—6

AtTroy-Boston 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 I—sTroy 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 o—3

At New York-Olympic 0 0 0 10 0 5 1 o—7Alaska 2 10 0 0 0 3 0 o—6

AtProvidence— Providence 6; Worcesters 5.

obituary!Hon. A.C. Wales.

Steiuknville, Q., July 26.—Hon. A. C.Wales of Massillon, a member of the stateboard of agriculture since 1879, died to-day.He was a member of the Ohio senate duringseveral sessions of the general assembly.

The prohibitionist* of Norwalk, 0., nomi-nated J. W. Bell, of Rockland county, forCODOTM in tb« FourfeenUl district yejterday.

MINNEAPOLISRAILROAD CROSSING ASSOCIATION.The Meeting Held in Turner Hall last

Evening— Address •/ City Attorney Ben-ton—Resolutions, Xte.Ameeting of the Minneapolis Railroad

Crossing association was held in Turner'shalllast evening. The meeting was called toordar by Anthpny Kelly,president, W. J. Ab-ernethy acting as secretary. The first orderof business was th« reading of the generalreport of|the secretary, which specified theprogress made towards securingthe object of the association,the bridging of th« railway crossings of thecity. It mentioned the black eye which theassociation had received from the bands of thecity council, but stated considerable progresshad nevertheless been made. The report wasadopted,

Byron Sutherland offered the followingreso-lution, which was adopted:

Resolved, That the action of the committeeand the officers of the association since thelast meeting of this association is heartily en-dorsed and approved, and that they are bytheir action entitled to tbe thanks of the peo-ple of North Minneapolis.

CITT ATTORNEr BENTONbeing called upon made a short address. Hebegan by calling the attention to an omissionin bis report, that of the fact thatthe matter was still in the hands of tbe coun-cil committee on ways and means, and would.undoubtedly finally result in the end being?accomplished. He thought itwas not aloneto the Interest of the citizens of North Min-neapolis that the crossings be bridged, butthat it was to the interest of the wholecity, because whatever concernsone portion of the city itwas likewise for theinterests of the whole city. It is a .-ingle-corporation, and therefore the interests ofeach portion of the city are identical.

As to the means of getting the desiredbridges, the speaker said, there is a questionas to the propriety of the policy of beingin too much of a hurry. These resultsfor which they were laboring required time.He advocated the continuance of meetingsand the continuance of agitation. But theassociation must not be too impatient andexpect toomuch. He was in favor of accom-plishing a compromise between the railwaysasd the people. The railway companies con-cede the fact that the tracks must and willeventually be bridgod. The question alonelie6in h«w much of the labor of construct-ing the bridge should devolve upon the rail-waycompanies and how much v ion the city.Ithad been urged that it was the duty ofrailway corporations to build itall. But theywillnot do that without a struggle. Ifthecommittee from council in whose hands thebridging resolution now is,wouldmake propo-sition to the railway companies for a compro-mise. He thought the tracks should belowered. Manager Hill has already mani-fested his willingness to lower the trackswithin a certain time. He proposed that tbecommittee use the above resolution as an ex-cuse for an interview with the railway cor-porations and open negotiations for propo-sitions. .

Mr. Kelly stated that he had seen ManagerHill,who told him that while the engineersof the company thought there were many •(>.stacles intne way of lowering the tracks, assuggested by the city council, yet he (Mr.Hilijthought he knew of a way by which itcould be done.

MAYOR AMESwas the next speaker. Asa practicing physi-cian he deemed the railroad crossings dan-gerous and a nuisance. To hisknowledge the Chicago, Milwaukee &St. PaulKailroad company was willingand ready to dowhat is fair and equitable in building bridgesover its tracks inSouth Minueipolis. Intbeevent the railway corporations could not beinduced or compelled to build bridges, if thecity would build them wholly at tbepublic expense, the result must needsbe happy. The property of thecity would be enhanced ten-fold. Hewas inhearty sympathy with the associationand vouchsafed his fullco-operation.

BTRON SUTHERLANDfollowed. He believed negotiations were afine thing, but negotiations would not stop arailroad train which was about to run overyou. He beleived*the only thing for the asso-ciation to do was to punch up theScity councilto active measures. Let the council firstdo what they can to get tlu; railway compa-nies to build the bridges, and failing, thentake measures to construct them by the city.

Mr.Kellyhad little faith in "punching"up. Theyhad bti-n punching for many month j.

Ithad been very unprofitable and unsatisfac-tory. They had onlymade abig fizzle. Speak-ing of the evils of the crossingshe stated that he had repeatedlywitnessed the blockading for many minutesby a freight train, and then when itwas brokenitwould be closely followed by m switch en-gine, without permitting a single team topass between them.

The question of negligence on the part ofthe policemen to enforce the ordinance con-trolling the moving of cars across streets wasbrought up by Mr. Kelly. The mayor re-sponded that he should make an investigationof the matter, and ifhe found the complaintswell founded he should We that tbe evil wasremedied at once.

Mr.Kellyopposed further delay from thefact that damage to many times tbe cost ofbuilding the bridges must result to theproperty adjioning the track*.from the changeof grade which will be made in constructingthe approaches, after fine and costly businessblocks shall have been built.

The meeting was adjourned upon theadoption of a bet of stringent resolutions,toolengthy for publication.

MINNETONKA.BREEZES.

Genial PatDonan showed his smiling facealthe lake yesterday.

Prof. Z. (.1. Wilson and family, of Bt. Louis,hare arrircd at the lake and will remain seve/al weeks.

C. a. Pillsbury and John Crosby, of Minne-apolis, recresented the milling interest at theLafayette Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Wharton and daughter,accompanied (by Miss Carpenter, all of St.Paul, are at the lake.

Captain Perry Harrison and C. 8. Langdon,of the Minneapolis Light infantry, were atthe Lafayette yesterday.

S. M.Rich and P. D.Hall and families, ofMinneapolis, are to spend the balance of theseason in camp at the lake.

The Hattie May was laid up yesterday, pre-sumably fo. repairs made necessary duringthe storm of Tuesday evening.

A large excursion party went to the lake bythe motor line last night, and passed a verypleasant evening on the big Belle.

Another large excursion is expected viamotor line this morning, to go to the upperlake on the Belle. The Bile gets 'em all.

G. B. Hall was at the lake yesterday ar-ranging for his numerous excursions— one totake place in the fall, a full list and pro-gramme of which willbe published in a fewdays.

The steamer City of St.Louis was filled bya party of excursionists from the SeventhBtrect Methodist church, Minneapolis, yester-day, who had a very pleasant day on the upperlake.

The Belle of Minnetonka-Great Westernband-Saturday night-electric light-excursionpromises to be a very enjoyable occasion.There willbe a concert by tae band, dancingand a supper on the boat.

The congregation of the Church of Christ,Minneapolis, to the number of about 100,went to Excelsior via motor line yesterdaymorning, where they took the steamer BelleofMinnetonka for the upper lake. The trip wasenjoyed by the entire party as was the elegantdinner served by Steward Lyda.

The question as to tae relative speed of thesteamer City of St. Louis and the belle ofMinnetonka is at last settled beyond a doubt.Yesterday morning the City of St. Louis leftWayzata several lengths ahead of her op-ponent. The Belle started out en her regularspeed and at no time carrying more than 125pounds of steam sixty-live pounds less thanher license allows— passed the City, arrivingat Excelsior over half amile inthe lead.

Registered at the Lafayette: Mrs. Cbas.Case, Faribault; Miss Minnie Whaten, MissHall, Miss Case, Minneapolis, A. B. Slickney,St. Paul; Geo. Raines and wife, Rochester, N.V.; H. H.Porter and R. R. Cable, Chicago;A. C. Davis, sister and niece, St. Joseph, Mo.;T.T. >Uilb,M. D.s wife and daughter, St.

Paul; Geo. 8. Young, U. 8. A.;- JohnB. Cook and wife, Mrs. Jos. C. Col-ling,Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Young, St. Paul;Edward B. Young, Cambridge, Mats.; A.Theall and wife, Miss AllieSmith, Miss Cius-sey Coffin, Chicago; Wm. Russell Case, NewYork; A. J.Kelly, Bt. Paul; O. P. Bhlras,Dubuque, Iowa;Jos. Mercer and wrfe, St.Paul.

The storm at .the lake Tuesday afternoonwas one of the severest ever known there,causing several accidents. A sail boat con-taining a party from St. Louis, among whomwere Dr. Stevens, Dr. Parsons, M.Udall andHarry Rundell, capsized nearly opposite HotelBt. Louis about 5 o'clock. They battledbravely with the wave6, which were runningvery high, for nearly two hours, when theywere rescued. Another yacht containing apleasure party was capsized in Way-zatta bay. Another party of threefrom Spring park, capsized near HotelLafayette and swam ashore, several emptyyachts were capsized and row boats carriedaway. The Hattie May was caught in thestorm and ran intoa bay for shelter, severaltrees were blownjdowu in Lake Park and theelectric light damaged io considerable extent.

The City ofSt. Louis was out in the stormbut sustained no injury and made al! her land-ings insafety.

The Dr. Parsons party, who were verymuch exhausted by their long butk-t with thewaves, were comfortable yesterday and gradu-ally recovering. The smaller steamers spenta good portion of thejday in picking up strayboats and restoring them to their owners.While the storm might have been more dis-astrous, or perhaps fatal, it was as severeas the average tourist cares toencouHter, and itis earnestly hoped that Min-netonka's summer visitors willnot be treatedto another blow of similar maguitudc.

Hon. Wm. Windom, of Winona, was inMinneapolis yesterday.

The work of laying the cedar block woodpavements was begun in earnest on Washing,ton avenue south, beginning just in front ofthe St. James hotel yesterday.

ALI/ABO1M)THE GLOBE.

ftThe Grocers' association of Cincinnati hastaken steps to 6btaiu legal incorporation.

The Democrats of the Second district, atVincennes, Ind., nominated Hon. Thos. RL'obb for congress, yesterday.

George Bates was fatally shot in Monticello,Ky.,on Saturday by Robert Southwood andManuel Russell, from the effects of which hedteu Sunday.

The safe in the store of 11. Barrow*, atArmadc, Macou county, Mich., was blownopei by burglars Tuesday night and robbed of$2,U00. No clue.

J. ARandall alias Jas. Smith, who mur-dered Frank Armdt, in <>ak Grove cemetery,Springlield, last September, was arrested ivKansas City yesterday.

Two men charged with honse stealing, onresisting arrest were shot and killed i>y asheriffs posse at Haward, fortymiles south ofDeadwood, last Monday.

J. B.H. Bradshaw, a private banker, andlong a prominent citizen of Detroit, Mich.,died yesterday afternoon, after a protractedillness, ofBright's disease, aged about sixty.

Anew engine for the West side pumpingworks of Chicago haa Ueu crdcryl, which,

when completed, willincrease the daily pump-ing capacity 30,000,000 gallons, making aunited capacity of 135,000,000 gallons per day.

The Republicans of the Thirteenth con-gressional district of Missouri, iv conventionat Springtittld yesterday, nominated Col.D. F. Cloud for congress. The resolution wasadopted favoring the holding of a Republicanstate convention.

The paper makers met in .Saratoga incon-vention yesterday and elected J. W. French, ofMichigan, president, and A. K. Harding, ofOhio, vice president. A proposition wasmade to shut down all the milla in the coun-try a short time, to give an opf>orlunity forrates to increase.

State Democratic Convention of MliMourlJbffbrboji City, July 26.—The state Dem-

ocratic convention to nominate a judge of thesupreme court, one railroad commissioner,and a superintendent of public instruction,met here about noon to-day. L. M. Lloyd ofNewton county was chosen temporary chair-man, and A.M. Hough, Cole county, secre-tary. After appointment of the usual busi-ness committees the convention adjournedtill'Z o'clock.

The convention met^gain about 3 o'clockand permanently organized by the election ofJohn T.Phillips, president, and N. C. Dryden,secretary, with five assistant*. Thos. A. Sherwood, the present incumbent, was nominatedfor judge of the supreme court on the secondballot

Tne nominations of James Harding forrailroad commissioner, aud W. E. Colemansuperintendent of public instruction werecarried unanimously, and the convention ad-journed.

Killed His Wife for Money.

Grand Bapids, Mich., July 20.—A worth-less, drunken vagabond named -las. Goggins,who has been an inmate of the county poorhouse and baa been in jai!several times onvarious charges, killed his wife this forenoonat St. Mark's hospital by stabbing her with aUrge pocket knife. He is about sixty-liveyears old, his wife ten years younger. Theyhave not lived together for several years. Shewas a boarder at the hospital, beiug an in-valid. He demanded money of her, she hav-ing recently sold a house and lot for $1,000,and on her refusal, stabbed her to death inthe dining room of the bouse. She died iaabout fifteen minutes. The deceased wasa woman highly respected, (joggins was ar-rested.

Weal lier To-I>ay.Washington, July 27.-1:30 a. m.—lndica

tions: For the upper Mississippi and Missourivalleys: Partly cloudy weather, with locarains; variable winds, mostly southerlystationary or lower temp«rature and pressure.

Marsh* Kemalns Embalmed. ;Home, July

—At the request of the fam-

ilyofthe late Mr.Marsh, American minister,the government has authorized the embalmingof the remains, which willlie instate at Ton-sten institute.

.Potato Experiments.

Dr. Startevant, of the New York Ex-periment station, lately addressed themembers of the Elmira Farmers' club inan interesting, common sense manner.Inhis remarks, he referred as follows tosome of the -things demonstrated in po-tato culture: "Take a potato, peel itheavily, and plant the peeled potato indry soil. The shoots will grow. Thisshows that the potato shoots penetratefurther within the potato peelings. Weobserve that the plant is feeble in earlygrowth, and. late in formation of tuber.Now plant large flat pieces of potato.We observe at date a good growth, mod-erate formation of tubers. Now plantsingle eyes cut deeply. We observe thatthese form vigorous plants, and early andprolific tuber formation. Plant now po-tato shoots laid in the row; we observeveryearly formation of potato, and pro-lificacy, with moderate leaf growth.What do these facts indicate? . This, thatthe depth of the cutting of the eye hasmore influence on the crop than thesize of the seed, in like manner, aswe investigate the potato crop, we secmarked indications at date— at date, forwe are not reporting results, butprogress—

that single eyes, cut deeply, are supe-rior forseed inevery respect to pieces ofpotato 1,or whole potatoes. That thedeeper the cut the better and earlierthe crop, and that hencelarge potatoes, if preferable for seed,probably derive their advantage from theeyes being deeper than are the eyes fromsmall potatoes, for long sprouts give ;usearlier >potato formation than ,*;shortsprouts, and the eyes have certain 1

"ana- :

logical resemblance to the [shoots whichthey originate. Should harvest • confirmthese early indications, then -weicanbroadly; claim that the' farmers in New jYork state, if all should . adopt }these :facts into their practice, would, insaving1,500,000 bushels of'seed *potatoes; gain!much inthe amount ofcrop ealized." : \

"Is he a; German scholar?" theyasked of a Washington belle concerning ;;her lover.>

"Splendid!^TsKia >~- replied.''Qe hold? alady beautifullyand kjoiowg

all tto taasfl.'*

AN ATTEMPTED ATTACK,Th« English Prove Themselves W«iy

Watchmen- rroUctlon of Loyal Natives—The Forte's PUni- The London"Times" on the Sitoat tan— War

Notes— Other Foreign News.

ENGLISH CAUTION.Alexandria, July 26.— Arabi Pasha has

withdrawn the bulk of his outlying pickets toKafr El|Dewar. A force from the Englishmen-of-war has landed atPort Said.

The British have mined the railway embank-ment at .Ramleh as a precaution against anight attack.

The khedive refuses to entertain the propo-sition to extend an amnesty to the principalrebel officers with a view to induce them toabandon allegiance toArabi Pasha.'

SAVING LOYALNATIVES.Alexandria, July 26, 7 p. m.—The Egj|>-

tian vessel, Charkab, leftthis forenoon to takeon board the garrison at Aboukir, which haddeclared loyalty to the khedive and the laudparty, and to spike the guns on the works.She has not yet returned. The garrison num-bered 2,000 men. The retail trade has revivedsomewhat in Alexandria. The center of thegreat e<iuare is filling with cafes and booths.

AN ATTEMPTED SURI'BISE.Alexandria, July 26, 8:50 a. m.—At9 last

evening a decided attempt was made to sur-prise the British outposts. Under cover ofthe darkness a force of 600 men approachedclose to the British lines when the Thirty-eighth regiment opened tire. The enemythen retreated precipitately. During the re-mainder of the night the Egyptians continuedto move about just beyond range. The at-tempt was preceded by reports that ArabiPasha was attempting to treat for conditionsfor his surrender, and that while the

-flag was

flying over his entrenchments therepot ts were possibly calculatedto lull vigilance. The British to-day surrounded the village of Carmius, be-yond Pompey's pillar,where there is a regularmarket for loot, and seized a tew men.

Twenty-five Germans lauded at Port Said toguard the German consulate.

London, July26. —General orders are issuedfor a large portion of the expeditionary forcetoembark. Acompany.of engineers and part ofthe commissariat, and transport troops leaveto-morrow, the Household cavalry Saturday,and troops from the Mediterranean nextwvek.

A correspondent at Constantinople eaje:"Atthe meeting of the conference Mondaythe Turkish delegates accepted the ad rtftren-dum proposal of the British ambassador tothe sultan toissue a proclamation declaringArabi Pasha a rebel."

Alexandria, July 26.— A dispatch statesit isbelieved that Bedouins and the khedive's <

servants really did the looting at Ramlcu. . ;

Paris, July 26.-The credit voted by thesenate yesterday is 700,000 francs for] navalpreparations has already been passedby ; the chamber of deputies.DeLesseps on his arrival at Port Saidprevented a general landing from all the men-of-war. He also sent for the new governor,who guaranteed the safety of the Europeans.

Madrid, July -6.— circular has been sentto the Spanish representatives abroad, ex-plaining the attitude of Spain with regard tothe Sntz canal.

London, July '26. —The Times in a leadingarticle says: Neither as a sovereign suzerain,nor under any other title; willthere be roomfor the influence of the sultan in Egypt afterthe responsibilities of the sovereign havebeen cynically thrown aside in the hour oftrial. The sultan may have amused himselfby forming new alliances and complimentinghis allies with decorations, but it remains tobe seen what help these sympathizers can orwillgive the porte. England by acting alonewillacquire and assert her right of controll-ingin the future the country she saved.Those who object to that prospect have even'at the eleventh hour au opportunity of sharingthe labor and obtaining a"voice inthe deter-mination of tveuts.bnt ifEngland iBleft toactaloue, the formal engagements she took whenthe situation was wholly f differentwill be abrogated. We

'must plainly

show the sultan and to the powersthat we intend to work thoroughly and retainwhat is done.

Gladstone and his colleagues must yield tothe compulsion of events Our commancingnaval force and well organized army will in-sure the establishment in Egypt of a stronggovernment under English protection if theministry do not hesitate in entering upon thepath which lies straight before them.

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Lonikjn, Ju'y 26.—

The Moat Rev. PatrickA. Feehan, archbishop of Chicago, will beelected cardinal at the ntxt consistory.

INCOMMONS.London, July 26.—1n commous an addrtrs

thanking the queen for calling out the re-serves was approved without a division.

Inthe debate Onslow, a conservative, askediftbe government would not now refuse theco-operation of Turkish troops. Gladstonesaid the portu had now taken one step towarda compliance with the request for troopn, but

he was not aware that the conference had anydelluitive communi< ition from the porte.The government had not receded from any-thing they had done inregard to the requestthat Turkish troops be sent to Egypt, and hewas not in a position to fay they would recede.He intimated, however, that they wonld notconsent to the British force occuping a secon-dary position. The house again adjournedwithout reaching a decision on the motion forcredit for the force forEgypt.

MI LEA I'lN'..

London, July 26.—The Newu Bays: Thestatement that Turkey consented to sendtroops to Egypt is misleading. The porte

has not recognized the appropriateness ofsuggestions to send troops and now proposestodiscuss the conditions under which theyshall be 6«nt, a process which fccarried out inaccordance withTurkish notions ofdiplomacy ,might occupy six months.

IKELiNO.

Dublin, July 26.—The weather in Irelandimproved considerably the past few days

though potato blight has api»eared in badly

drained grounJ. There is a splendid crop inmost parts of the country.

Hon. Francis Fitzgerald, a baron of the exchequer of Ireland, has finally resigned theofllce owing to objection to the duties im-posed on him under the repression bill.

Ocean Steamship ArrivalsLondon, July 26.—Steamships Cimbria,

Donau, State or Indian* and Deryter, fromNew York arrived out.

New York, July 26 —Arrived: Wielaud,Hamburg; Gen. Werdcn, Bremen.

A Klver Disaster

New Orleans, July 26.—This evening thesteamboat Fanchion, for Atchafalaya rivenwhen opposite Louisiana avenue, soon afterleaving the wharf, blew out the head of tb«fore head Hue. E. Quatreveaz, urtt clerk, w»sslightly scalded ana blown overboard, but res-cued; Dave Hawkins, second clerk, was bidlyscalded and cannot recover; MikeFoley, firstmate, was scalded and blown overboard, butrescued. The second mate was also scalded.One colored fireman was killed and fifteen col-ored deck hands more or less injured. Manyjumped into the river and five or six weredrowned.

Enthusiastic Over Wagner's Mew Opeva.

Batreuth, July 20.—The first performance

of Wagner's new opera, "Parsifal," was gitea

n the Wagner theater today. The uorelstage appliances, the beautiful scenery, thenumber of performers, and almost religiousinspiration of the music charmed the audi-ence and aroused indescribable enthusiasm.Wagner was called before the curtain afterthe second act and made a fittingacknowledge-ment for tbe reception of the performance.

I.'uiuntructrtl Delegates.

Caibo, 111 , July '.13.— The Democraticcounty convention met at the Arab eogiaehouse, in this city, at 2 p. ra. to-day, andselected delegates to the state congressionaland judicial convention. The delegates areuninstructed. A mutton to instruct delegatesto the judicial convention to vote for John V.Barton was laid on the table.

DIKD.

FALLON—Inthis city, July 37, at 1:45 a. m.,ofcongestion of the brain, Elizabeth, youim-est daughter of Charles and Mary Fallon,aged 18 years and 4 months.Funeral from the cathedral Friday morning

at 9 a. in.