Show bv y 1 A M AMERICAN gen Ir culton yesterday afternoon fired the hitro glycerine in the rocks of the river the report shook the lower part of the city 1100 pounds equal in power to pounds of gunpowder had been deposited in drill holes and a spark from the electric battery blew into the air a volume of or water and a large amount of rocks and boulders which resembled the eruption of a volcano the water towered up in the shape of a cone and fell in spray on recedia receding til them there wasa vasa was a heavy swell and the W waves av cs dashed against thea the anchored vessels a as in a storm at sea after the tile explosion the boatmen on tho the iver lver picked up a large number of fish and two dead sharks edward upton and thos con helby were arrested today to day charged with complicity in forging bonds of til valley ada itis it is said sald worth have been forged but noi not not many uttered dr elisha ellsha harris secre secretary tary 0 of f the american public malt health h association cia cla tion ilon lim has sont bont a personal contri b btitton lu tio n of ono one hun hundred d dollar dollars 3 to vr LSE mim alm and add d aho and an am urgent request that the howard associations of that city elty and vicksburg and new orleans shall send and supervise the requested number of nurses and hospital su supplies plies glies and provide for all the sic sie siek sick and that the authorities of caddo parish take tako speedy measures for the quiet removal and proper treatment of the unprotected who have not yet fal fai fallen failen en by tho the pestilence dr harris recommends a removal beyond the first line of chaplain tha the plain and hills that thata skirt kirt the red bed river leuver in that re region giona and adds that flight to a gr great at distance will ddll not give ther the kind of security that can be obtained at a small cost and in less than three hours travel if five thousand dollars and an effective organization of nurses toge togo her with a well devised plan for removing the unprotected were to bo be brought into effective service in shreveport today to day the panic and pestilence would soon cease the cotton brokers will telegraph their contributions by money orders th through rough the howard Mso association clation ofner orleans business on wall street is attended it with ith great excitement at it intervals and a large business has been done on the stock exchange tiie tho cause causo was the announcement of the suspension of the N Y and oswego railroad which has bas lately failed to meet its ita outstanding paper the sus suspension penion of ir payment began thieo three weeks ago geo goo opdyke has been president of the company for some months past and the bears took advantage of this circumstance causing a ge general stampede of bulls bulb and a depression of market prices declining from 4 to 71 7 per cent the cause of the suspension of the N Y and oswego railroad was the failure to raise ralso in ise lse funds by the proposed syndicate for tile the completion of the road to buffalo many rumors are in ili circulation affecting the credit of firms considered unimpeachable pea chable but most of them are believed to be without foundation 17 thore there seems to be some decrease in the tile number of new now cases in the sickly parts of the city to day but an incle incie oise cise in the suburbs where there have ilive been but few cases heretofore A meeting in aid of tho the shreveport sufferers will bo be held beld hero this morning four thousand do dollars jars have been subscribed and a committee has been appointed to make further collections OXFORD N Y 17 tho rho balloon city of buffalo which aseen ascended ded dea from buffalo yesterday pm after a voyage of or much interest landed in post rost creek valley vailey sik six ix miles from corning tho the balloon was moored at that place pince durin during duning the night aud and at noon to today day ig took ook a fresh start and after a m most delightful sall sail landed this pm about 6 unlock near oxford at a ai meeting of the nail association of pittsburg Pit rit it was decided owing to tho great demand and small stock on hand to advance nails 12 cents a keg ail ati all ali round eue EuF buffalo palo VALO 17 the balloon passed warsaw N Y at pm yes yesterday ter and tind at pm was reported passing north Cos hoton it was about a quarter of a mile up and they were throwing out ballast and moving very slowly up to one today to toky day nothing later had been received LATEM tho balloon which ascended from herm hero yesterday pm made a safe landing last night on Ferren bough farmin farm in post creek valley town of NY tho greatest altitude attained was ono one mile and a quarter they had under consideration the making of thi this s pm CHICAGO 17 at half past two this p pm m the tile fire firc alarm sounded fron the box abb aub the tile corner of wright and morgan street streel and hal it was quickly ulc kiy kly followed by a second tuen and then a third alarm the flames first appeared in ilia tile chicago burlington ling tort and quincy quiney railroad Bail nall road rond transfer depot ac at tile the halstead alstead If Hals tead toad viaduct and unar under tho the pre phe pressure arc of a stiff wind from tho the youth west very rapidly this vicinity waa waz built up with t two wo aud three story building which from the recent dry wi weather cather bave have grown to be like tinder boxes at ct half past ast five live tho ahro firn was under control cont rol iol elve five ive lve blocks solidly built contain in ing lug 9 about abort daj DAY h houm houk dudt dult uri uki i wro gro to des dee destroy ed tho the loss cannot bo be estimated at present MEMPHIS 17 the noon uinins leaving this city were as badly crowded as those of yesterday ami anil from present indications the departures tonight to night will equal those of today to day tile the howard association have furnished quite a number cf ct nurses for happy hollow this afternoon the various relief committees of tile the odd oad fellows and masonic societies will meet and mako make arrangements to secure additional nurses for ney new nev orleans and other cities the tho poor will for the pre provided for by our c citizen eizens but hut the balance may require aid from sister cities should the scourge continue entire families are reported dead in happy hollow and many others are to down the number of deaths since I 1 pm is awen ty two the tho following order was waa issued by the mayor today to day the memphis water co having tendered the free freo use uso of water for washing purpose purposes washing will commence tomorrow to morrow morning ili in the first ward under the direction of the fire department and S a street force at 7 am the resi resl residents denti on the streets and alleys are respectfully fully requested to render suh buh assistance as they can by sweeting ing the gutters from their premises signed jonn JOHN jolt Joir 31 NEW ORLEANS 17 lothe lotho the tho picayune special from shreveport says the number of c cisek isea of yellow fever today to day is less tha ifor idor several preceding days and the fell fro in 33 yesterday to 25 today to day I 1 it is not thought however that there is any abatement but the material for the fever to work upon is considerably sider ably diminished the number nu mix mim r of deaths is fearful to contemplate the mortality is beyond precedent pie and it looks as though but comparatively few would get well thus far VZ very few have got about while some linger niong along between illo life and death and in s bome some me few instances whole families b have ave avo been swept out of existence in the short space of one wf week ek the sudden change in the weather on sunday night sent a large number to their beds which accounts for the great number of interments inter ments the last day or two sacramento 17 the tho attendance at tilo tile F fair air toddy today to day realizes tho highest anticipations the I 1 patronage it 0 is larger than ever before tile the defiel deficiency ency oncy of receipts receipt 13 on the first day is explained by tile the issue of seven hundred new membership tickets this year yesterday da the tho total receipts at tha tho park and Z pavli pavil pavilion loll reaal reached led which moro more than balanced the tile apparent denci eney ener of the tile first day A largo large number num berof of prominent people including and politicians Maris mails from all palts of the state are in the tho city ex governor stanford Is in tho the reporters stand to time tho tilo achievements of tile the wonderful occident ho iio pronounces tho chances one in tell ten that lie ho will equal his best private time tho the first race is the tho trotting tro eting match for 2000 ili til ilist first st horse 1400 second third 2 ogo the tho competitors are george gcorge treaty treats may howard sal bal purdy and dexter westfield and tyrant withdrew on the pools pooh purdy sells for one ono hundred to i twenty on the tile field and a largo amount is pending on the result tho the first heat was dwon won von by purdy IN may 1 a y ilo iio 1 howard 10 va rd second treat waa was distanced time 2231 the tho second heat beat was V is t taken aken by purdy my mor moy howard second time 11 tho the afternoon Occide occident nL undertook under tool to beat tile tho best time over ever made in tho tile st state tto tte which was vas I 1 by 1 goldsmith maid tho the association offered a plato plate prize of 2000 for beating divia div occident W wn 1 warmed up epand and in the tho first trial made the mile in 2165 b 0 A hickok tho the driver of lucs lucy and a barge largo number of other eastern peaple people held watches and all ag agre tho the time is about as good as any on record after the tile pacing nace race occident was brought out f ut again at the earnest request 0 of f Stan forde forda friend friends and trotted a second heat beat in 4 aith Alth although lough making a bety ecy vex bad break on cholack the tho back baek can be jo no doubt doubts about tho the tivio made I 1 J t 1 i i 4 somebody homebody altes alyes the tac definition of nowhere A tiace place where eherd no yanked has hab hi avor boen been b anu auw be br i I 1 |