Show by telegraph y AMERICAN lie 24 john and jas sweeney 3 desperadoes who have hare been raiding the counties along the southern border for thelast the last three years yeara were arrested and brought diere tere today to day cincinnati 21 24 the enquired Enquire pys rys a berkly springs special says S W crawford quack doctor confined in jail jall recharged the with poisoning wm win johnson Joh naon a respectable citi 1 zen aen two weeks ago was taken from the jail jall by a mob of masked men last night and hung sioux CITY la ia 24 dispatches from fort sully state that the conduct of or the tho indians has become delicate within the last few days in marked contrast to their former in leo iso lence leuce many of them voluntarily coining in and delivering up their baim taim arms s it is supposed they are influenced fluen ced in this by the news of reverses to sitting bulls bulfa bands which could easily reach them by this shorter and more direct line of communication with the hostile camp ST JOSEPH mo luo 24 4 J john ohn S phelps democratic candidate for governor of this state opened the canvass today to day at easton where there was waa a grand bar bacue at 1 I 1 which from to people were present alluding to bethe the scandal in circulation regarding his si action toward some ladies on board the steamer andy jaanson Jb Anson last july col phelps briefly denied a thero there was any truth in the scandal i 02 02 0 24 the opened the campaign in this rt talt city o night by a very large meet ling ang mid and torch light groces procession sion slon th the e Inthis in this city eity an outdoor meeting was held in inmond bonu meru al park and addressed by Gouert Geu eri 1 garfield who spoke an hib lib hout bout our and a half the speech was rece jece received ived carl schutz spoke in german to a crowded house at the globe theatre he said washington T 24 21 A A general order just issued from the war de directs col ruger upon assuming command of the delia department rt of the south on or about be september to to transfer the hm headquarters au arters of the department to atlanta go ga the companies compani ea of tile the sixteenth infantry now la in that department will be transferred to th oytt oyie nf of the tha gulf 24 great swarms of f grasshoppers are flying ahl abl about out in tilis this vicinity chiefly going south no damage yet yeL CHEYENNE wyo 25 A party of fifteen men on their return trip from deadwood were attacked by indians on the dinst ten miles beyond sage creek where taylors company of the lafan try itry is if stationed two horses were skilled three wounded and six ss tolen stolen the men escaped unhurt linto the station and taylor sent beut out a detachment which re covered the wagons and property the latest news by the black pioneer published at deadwood is encouraging beyond mea hare hure aurer eight hundred ounces of gold dust arrived in this city today yesterday a solid piece of quartz was consigned to the pacific coast for exhibition which bristles with free gold all over the piece weighs about twenty five pounds and is estimated to contain one hundred dollars in gold this is 1 from theo the alpha mine and s specimens ec I 1 of the same ore are now on exhibition in philadelphia in the name of W C bennett the telegraph line which has been making rather slow progress owing to the absence of an escort for the working parties paitie s is now making headway all the poles be jing set to hat creek fifty five miles beyond fort laramie Ia ramie and athe the work of stringing the wire has begun the first communication 0 n was received last night from river Ciri cirl CHICAGO CAGo 25 the peace commissioners ners some half dozen in number arrived here today to day en route to omaha and points west to taik tsik talk with the sioux indians bishop bishov whipple will arrive and join them this evening and they will leave within twenty four hours on their mission they are furnished with instructions from the interior department to inform the indians that they must not leave their reservation and must stop depredations on the black hills miners pr or submit to extermination mi nation NEW bolm 25 one dundr and fifty masons and stonecutters stone cutters sailed yesterday for scotland under contract with josiah coghill to work on the parochial buildings at Gie gle greenock enock they are to ten pence per hou hour r for eight hours a day one hundred and fifty more are to bli sil sail soon for scotland wall street markets are in a whirl of excitement again this forenoon particularly in railroad and miscellaneous shares which are more actively traded in than at any time this year and showing wider fluctuations the market opened weak and feverish at a general decline from last nights prices WHEELING I 1 W va 25 T the be heaviest rainstorm for several years passed over this section tonight which lasted three hours without intermission houses House sand and cellars on main maln street were flooded causing considerable loss to mer chants whose goods were stored in them ahe tho bridges in some portion of the city were washed away and the corn throughout this section is badly damaged cincinnati 25 jas murphy nineteen year i old was wag hung at dayton U this afternoon for the murder of wm vm dawson of this city in ia 1875 SAN sah FRANCISCO 25 A victoria dispatch bays says earl remark as to the abandonment of the railroad referred only to that see section on vanc vane vancouver auver island the pacific mail steamer oily gily of new york arrived today to day from sidney via honolulu Honolu luy lug bring the british mails malls news meagre the australia victoria budget says saya the cold season reason in victoria has been beon very disastrous to squatters two million sheep died in Ri verina for want of grass the schooner brilliant was wrecked ou off cape byron the state of the crew is uncertain particulars of the queensland floods reports the loss of life at warwick and rind the rescue of seventy one persons at dalby daiby ah 1 I n portions of the country the floods were the ilig lila highest hest ever known new now zealand the great question now before new zealand parliament is the financial separation of the islands with the federal government at wellington on the resumption of the land fund the severest shock of earthquake ever felt at wellington for many years occurred on july it was preceded and accompanied bj loud joud rumbling NEW washington special say saya a ope olae of the results of randalla Rand alus alUa economy in the expenditures of the public gen ger service money will bo to reduce the term of tile the public schools of this district from ten to eight months the amount expended last year for school purposes exclusive of the expenditure for new school buildings was and the total amount appropriated this year is leaving an increased cost of maintaining these schools arising from the natural increase of pupils in considering this reduction of the school appropriation the district commissioner and the schoor trustees have based M air estimates for a school term of eight months thus depriving the children of the district of the benen benefit t of two full months education the estimates of the school authorities for el eight ht months are in excess or ol 01 the appropriation made for the school years of ten teh ten ml months oaths they promise to reduce these estimates if practicable in order that the schools may be left open for eight months butia further reductions cannot be made the school term will have to be further shortened thus in order to add to the footing 0 their economic tables the house of tives have thrown the school children of this district into the he streets for two months the worlds washington special i says morrill has had to succumb to the pressure and today to day demanded the resli resignation nation of H emihl 11 jones who for twenty five years held the position of deputy first comptroller of the treasury the position de do mands ex experience erle erie nce bubb but the exigency dm demands n 8 a pliable republican and jones is a denio denlo democrat crat it is stated that don carlos has been annoyed recently by the coh conduct of persons who have followed him whenever he ho left his hotel he complained of this tins to justice casmiro yesterday stating staling that he was not afraid of ar ail N j vr t sonai encounter but he be UK rueall lelu leiu s ilu elu these persons had no good into intuitions 1 actions toward him he concluded tu tv make no formal complaint it was has las promised however th tho iho police should give h him IM any necessary prot prof protection bation the pacific mio mao which sailed from in here august for aspinwall returned today to day in a dialled condition after being three days out A terrific explosion took place followed by a great rush fush of steam which completely enveloped the vessel causing much excitement cit ement among the passengers after some time it was discovered that tint ono one of her boilers had burst and two men had been killed the chief engineer one fireman and several passengers were scalded the colon hoisted signals of distress which were observed by the steamer etna and the disabled vessel was towed into port later the elpi explosion obi an occurred at ila iia 11 a in on sunday during the religious services tile the concussion threw many persons off their feet and fora time a scene of the wildest confusion prevailed john bunting was the name of the en killed and james farrell the 11 fireman reman the bodies were burled buried at sea the vessel was badly damaged by the explosion and will take several days perhaps weeks to repair the pao passengers will leave for aspinwall next monday the week after unusually active and exciting events now bids fair to close comparatively quiet bank statement boans loans Jn increase crease legal tenders decrease deposits increase circulation decrease reserve increase CHICAGO 26 06 A special to the timea frob from tb the e yellowstone expedition tion steamer josephine near I 1 the mouth of the yellowstone august via bismarck 25 says since the junction of crook and terry it has been hoped to overtake and force a fight with the sioux the command moved west to thie the big horn mountains where on the a trail five or six days old and two miles wide the heaviest yet seen on the prairies was discovered this trail finally separated and the indians were found to be bb in full retreat one band heading north towards the british possessions with the probable intention of crossing the line the other going south along niong the little missouri for lot the purpose of crossing the missouri kiver above fort berthold there is every indication that tho the hostiles ho stiles have been heavily reinforced by the agency indians they have their thein families and evidently intend remaining north this winter the has a difficult pro gramme to td perform it will be almost miraculous if they overtake the savages well weli we 11 mou mounted when the supplies are exhausted the soldiers will have to return to the supply camp general miles commanding the ath infantry returned to the camp on the rosebud on the dinst with instructions to patrol the river north of fort buford and intercept percept t any bands attempting to cross the yellowstone north also to construct winter quarters at the mouth of tongue river for one regiment of infantry i the st steamers far dist joseph ine carroll carrot and yellowstone have llave been placed at his disposal and supplies for his hin command are leing being being rapidly shipped up the river from buford nuford the steamers catrou carroll and far west have been employed em bloyed patrolling A the river G gen en M miles I 1 I 1 e a I 1 command has been reinforced by two companies of df the inoa infantry and other troops giving him a total of about men terrys supply camp has been moved m ov to the mouth of tongue river as the base of supplies during the cam campaign a 1 g n the steamers are well ga guarded r pd e d a and n d the supply c camp imp strongly defended the garrison has hits three gatling guns and several rodman badman guns and the steamer josephine has on beard three galling gatling pieces for the garrison sharp work may be expected on the south lank of tho the yellowstone before the war ends A later dispatch dle die patch dated august 22 nd near the mouth of powder it river niver vr says the practical failure of the campaign thus far has caused a change in the plan of operations and the government will row w continue continuo the war until the indians Indian sare are subdued or return to their reserva it is almost assured that the scout now making by the combined arces forces of crook and aud terry will be unsuccessful saul and the troops will probably return to the mouth of tongue river on the janst the command will then refit for another dash which it is supposed will be more successful general miles winter quarters will accommodate 1500 men and if the troops do n not ot have a successful ful enga engagement e ern ein e n t with the indiana before the 15 th 0 of f september that number will wll I 1 probably be iett left on the yellowstone for the winter the ath 5 in infantry under gen miles and the ath cavalry under gen merritt two of the finest regiments in the bervice service will remain in winter quarters and if necessary additional numbers will be kept in the quarters thus the campaign will be extended late in the season and anti if necessary resumed early in the spring it is thought c lelent sufficient supplies can be forba forwarded rd to the troops before winter sets in A fall campaign will be ful full of hardships but hut not so dangerous as another season seasons murderous work there are evidences of indians along the yellowstone but every precaution is being taken to keep heep advised of their movements and a fight is not improbable the troops will occupy the quarters qu quarters aiters apters on tongue river by sept aca A still later dispatch dated aug via bismarck says saya crook and terry arter after following the trail discovered on the moved thirty six miles down the rosebud the northern trail was abandon abandoned ed on the and the coram command nd pursued the tho southern bouthern trail cr crossed oed tongue river to goose creek thence returned to powder niver biver and followed it to its mouth which they reached on the night of the ith ath where they went hito into camp and will remain till the the wagon train and all the sup Aup supplies plies piles at the mouth of tongue river are being shipped to the mouth of powder River biver and it ia is ex exacted acted the lauon wagon e train will reach there tomorrow m morning orning the indian tr trail all ail diverged from the east bank of the powder river about twenty miles from its mouth south again towards the little missouri whence the command will follow speedily the entire command is short of supplies and unless otherwise or dered terry will march such as are not needed to eort fort A lincoln crooks command will scout toward the black blaek mills vla via fetterman and aud then home crook and terry both think it too late for an extended field of operations the indians on the southern trail are believed moving toward the agencies and terry anvill will if possible intercept them the campaign closed unless lurther luither instructions come from tho the lieu licu tenant general anno ANDO 26 the republicans elected butler delegate to the congressional convention of the ath df district the general required but sixteen additional votes to ensure nomination CLEVELAND 26 the democratic Con convention venion venlon of the congressional district today to day nominated hon rufus P ranney kanney for congress 1 ress by acclamation 11 MILFORD ILFORD pa 26 drake 1 co extensive tanner Berlin Wayne county pa failed reported very heavy philadelphia 26 20 early mirly this mor morning dirig a fire broke out 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