Show isa Ism clan cian crAL borup torup TO THE DESERET NEWS ab g of drova ph GE GENERAL N E P A L ht st louis louls A private dispatch to io the tl e memphis packet company says baya the steamer stonewall wag was burned this morning near adar neelley Ne elles eliea landing on the mississippi Riv river biver erand and that forty passengers and three of the crew were saved the stonewall left hereon tuesday for new orleans with a hundred and sixty cabin and deck passengers I 1 the inference from the dispatch is that all but those mentioned perished new york receiver jordan of the gold exchange bank makes a statement to judge cordela Cor desa today to day desiring to turn the bank over to the sock hold hoid ers of the bank he has left of its iti half million capital and has claims on the brokers amounting to of which is considered good washington D 0 information has been received from wilmington N 0 to the effect that the crew of the cuba were shipped to new york yesterday morning in the steamship ashland by bi their officers or by the agents of the cuban authorities in this country san ban francisco 28 the united states steamer resaca Rc saca li has made a trial of its new two bladed propeller it averaged ten ton and three quarters knots an hour and made six knots in thirty minutes new york 28 the investigation which solicitor banfield has been making with regard to the charges against gen butterfield was concluded yesterday morning mr banfield was crose close closeted ted with judge pierrepont and facts have haye been disclosed which banfield baya saya makes it improper for gen nutter Butter butterfield hAla to remain at ht the sub treasury so it is almost certain his resignation which has been tendered will be accepted yesterday the general was busily engaged signing gold certificates and appeared in no wise concerned by ye reports ports mr banfield left last evening for washington ellas elias was arrested yesterday with over ten thousand dollars worth of human hair manufactured into various shapes in his possession it is believed it has been smuggled cincinnati hon george H pendleton has been appointed president of the kentucky central railroad about 3 yesterday morning torning a meteor passed over Dayt ongoing north east it had a train and was accompanied by a rumbling sound and sulphurous smell at the same hour an enormous meteor passed east over a station of the danton and michigan railroad rall Bail road which resembled a locomotive head light with a long train and a bl booming roar it shook houses and broke windows awakening the people by three heavy explosions chicago specials from new york say that several prominent catholics have expressed sympathy for father hyacinthe they say circumstances compelled him to raise the issue with the church and they declare the day for regular orders in Catholic the church except for missionary assisting secular and parochial priests has passed and a motion will be made bv by advanced catholic bishops in the ecumenical council to abolish most of theordors the orders now existing several beveral merchants of jersey city have signed a request for the appointment of dudley S gregory as aurer in the place of Butter eid seid eld washington A wholesale seizure of illicit stills was made at brooklyn yesterday it had been for some time in contemplation and an organization of roughs boughs to protect three stills had been discovered and whose localities and modes of operation had been carefully ascertained the authorities placed s seventy eve nty picketed men at the collectors disposal who extirpated the stills the locality hns has long been regarded as one of the worst in the country new york A washington dispatch states that information has been received that the state of north carolina is on the verge of bankruptcy its state bonds are selling at 38 cents on the dollar some of the political parties in the state are con conniving hiving at the repudiation of the state debt I 1 J washington the department of agriculture reports thattie cotton crop is is amply sufficient clent for all the wants of the country james M wilson one of the pacific railroad rail Bail road commissioners hiis has resigned the supreme court has only partially decided the various legal cases brought before it last wint erand then only went so far as to sustain specie contracts made at dates anterior to the passage of the law eti iti i iem leil tenders had been offered and refused thelmam question now before the courtis courvis the tho constitutionality of the legal tender act it is be lieveld in the city on this very important issue that a decision will be made some time in december the case caie was argued at thelast th term of the court and comes up on appeal alfen the t g lower court decided the fhe act in questa n unconstitutional washington upon the recommendation of the secretary of the interior the president has accepted sixty three miles of the western pacific railroad and has ordered the bonds due on account of of the construction thereof to be issued to the company general belknap arrived today to day richmond col burke inspector of internal revenue has had several tobacco manufacturers arrested today to day they are held to ball bail charged with conspiracy to defraud the government by means of counterfeit tobacco stamps stamp st louis 28 sir lir mr phel phelps s a planter of Shreveport who has arr arrived F ved from the wreck of the stonewall furnishes the following brief particulars of that terrible disaster he says the boat caught fire at half past six on werries wednesday evening about forty five miles abaye cairo on the mississippi river the fire was caused by a candle which some deck passengers had near some hay while playing cards the steamer waa run aground on a bar the pilot sup posing the passengers could wade ashore but unfortunately at the end of the bar there was a slough the larger number of the passengers thronged thron ged one end of the boat and she only ran out upon M the tho bar about two wo feet and the shallow est water about the boat was waa nive five or six feet there being so much hay aboard the boat burned like tinder the beile selle memphis came up at half past nine and rendered all the assistance possible of two hundred and fifty two passengers and crew only thirty are known tobe to be saved when captain scott beott was floating down the stream on a log some people at a village ran with a light and hastened to his assistance one man rescued sixteen people with a skiff had it not been for their help all atwould ouid have been lost A gentleman from paducah Ky swam ashore with a lady lade and at her entreaty returned to save her child and in swimming ashore wa was grasped by a drowning man and would have been drowned himself had he not shook him off one man was taken from the wreck so badly burned that he died as soon as he reached the shore there were thirty nine cabin passengers and a crew of sixty there we re quite a number of ladies on board who are probably all lost loat except one the pilot and carpenter were the only ones of tho the crew saved the Sone ivall wg wag owned by captain john shaw and dennis long I 1 nashville the bill calling the state convention was up before the house today to day it elicited considerable debate the proposition to amend so as to confer the privilege of voting for members upon ali all cithens cit eit zens of the united states 21 years old was the point of contention the original bill allowing those only to vote under the existing franchise laws no decision is yet arrived it at new york the strike of the franklin I 1 I 1 a telegraph operators has terminated in an advance of bf wages and the reinstatement of all who went out washington treasurer spinners annual report shows the the internal revenue for the six months tending lending september to be 42 04 being an increase of nearly twenty one and a half millions over the portion of the previous year the expenditures tures are three millions less than last year nl washington ashington 28 the department of agriculture has just issued a preliminary report on the condition of the crops it says the great agricultural lesson n of the season inculcates the necessity ty of dra draining ining lulng and thorough culture and it is not an exaggeration to estimate the reduction this season from alternate drouth and scorching of farm ships at sat ast two hundred million dollars the general apprehension 6 a of serious difficulties with the corn crop in the more northern states has been materially teri ally modified by the sunny weather in september and the exemption from killing frosts to october fira first early frosts in some portions of the eastern andi and middle states have h ave checked the ripening and left the frosted fields in an immature and damaged condition but the injury to the corn is positively slight and limited in area As a whole the crop had an unusually favorable maturing season resulting in a very gratifying gratify ing amelioration in the prospects for the supply of this important staple the aggregate will attest a moderate yield amply sufficient for all the wants odthe of the bon bou country had sad the spring wheat been equal to the winter the whole crop would be en enormous 1 throughout the south the yield ia is unusually lt large rge except in teas texas and mississippi which are somewhat less conspicuous in this I 1 improvement in pr 0 v em ent than the oth other er states in that sec bec 4 cotton cultivation has increased fully sixteen percent per cent more than a ammil arail million ilou liou acres b have ave been add added ed to the cultivated area fertilizers have been libe liberala raly used in the atlantic states and improved implements have extent been employed there has rarely been a better season for oats very few states returning a less increase than ten per cent some giving thirty or thirty five per cent the season has been too dry either in the south or on the atlantic coast to new york the crop is universally ver sally good in the west with the exception of minnesota the product of sweet potatoes is manifestly increasing an aggregate of the number of fattening cattle as well as the average condition is reported chicago an au omaha special says that a man named john tustin whose family was aboard the passenger train was killed billed in the collision at evanston the other day aiso also miss percy young a lady passenger was beverly cut in the head it says the engineer of the mormon emigrant train disregarded the signal which was properly placed to stop him three mormons cormons Mor mons were killed billed and five wounded wilmington the argument in the case of the officers of the closed today to day the decision of the court will be rendered tendered tomorrow to morrow the times comments on secretary boutwelle Bou Bola advocacy of paying the national department in gold which it considers very necessary and that such advocacy is a proof of the strength of the repudiators the times thinks the best policy for the united states will be to pay the debt in coin washington general Butter butten fields resignation will not be accepted until a successor is appointed which will take place in a few i clays days st louls louis it is the opinion of mr lyon second engineer of the stonewall that very few or none of the crew or passengers as succeeded in getting ashore below landing and a gentleman of judgment having a knowledge of the ri veris inclined to the same samo opinion foni ioni which if correct will verify the estimate of the lass of life the carriage factory of jacob dunn at the corner of ad avenue and st was burned tonight to night and all its contents lost the value of the stock was of the building raleigh th negro military excitement continues unabated but nothing definite can be ascertained in regail to gov goi holdens boldens Hol dens intentions it is stated on good authority that a body of left the city very secretly last night for orange co where arms it is supposed had bad been previously sent for their use A train was sent to goldsborough yesterday to bring a large number from the eastern portion of the state but though it is past due it has not yet returned the governors official organ says bays this morning that no troops have been sent off as yet wheel wheeling ing cretu returns ans from the election are received very slowly As far as re celoud they show a democratic gain ovel over the presidential vote but a loss over the election of delegates two years ago Nash nashville vilIe the house today today to day dai adopted an amendment in the convention allowing citizens of the united states twenty one years of age having resided in ill the state six months prior to the election to vote for delegates the convention atlon bill then passed its third reading 9 st louis geo W fulton chief en engineer neer neen of the stonewall has arrived and gives some further particulars of the disaster sixteen persons were saved by clinging to a stage plank and sixteen more swam ashore there were in all between and souls on board of w whose ose positive safety there is no not ta any ny c certainty er int one man was picked up tip and brought ashore but he died boon eoon after the only officers offic erB of the boat known to be saved are geo W fulton chief en fulkerson pilot and E P watson carpenter three ladies ladles were aboard but only an one e was saved captain scott was last seen floating on a spar men on shore rowed seven miles down stream in hopes of finding him but he was not found the scene aboard was heartrending heart rending in the extreme tha the flames spread with wonderful rapidity under the action of a strong wind the passengers gersin in wild terror crowded the forecastle until they were forced overboard in a mass and drowned each other in a desperate struggle to tree free themselves e lives ilves otters others would jump into the water whirl around in the strong current for an ing ina instant tant and then disappear forever mr fulton jumped overboard and attempted to swim ashore but coming in contact with a number of mules swam to and climbed on the wheel of the boat while there thebe the steam pipe burst the wheela ed three times and he clung to it ii however he be was finally taken ashore Ina in a skiff shiff chas williamae Willia mra maa deckhand deckhard deck deek hand says he tried to smother out the fire when he first discovered it bets but failed in his ert ue ibe also tried to bring a hose to piry play on the fire but a crowd of nten frenzied lied passengers rushed with such an Ir irresistible i force upon the men having it in charge that they were obliged to give it up williams liams then hen t threw overboard a bale of hay and getting upon it 1 drifted astern of the boat where he e encountered the boats yawl containing six men and a woman and was taken in they having no oars could not stem the current and williams and the woman were put ashore while the remaining men made another attempt to reach the steamer using slats of the yawl for paddles but the current was so strong that they were carried down the stream and were seen no more williams thinks that no more than thirty persons were saved but hoped many were able to reach the shore philadelphia general grant was serenaded last night at the residence of ex secretary secretory borie he appeared and returned thanks for the compliment washington it is reported that minister mema mcmahons Mahona Mc hons course in paraguay had haa been approved by the state depart dept and it is even intimated he may be returned to his late position his recall was ordered by washburne while secretary of state owing to his being appointed to succeed Wash burns brother buffalo A large audience attended the first meeting of the free trade association so last night several able speeches were made and resolutions adopted calling senators and representatives senta tives of congress to urge the repeal of 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