| Show BY A AMERICAN kerl KERI oan CAN NEW nev yorm YORK Is 13 tho the national cotton exchange beganics began its con today to day the annual report of the executive council declares that during the last five years cotton culture in the united states has hae outs outi outstripped tripped the motet sanguine san ean guine expectations the problem of free labor haa baa been virtual virtually y solve boive dand the south must be regarded as the future reliance of cotton thiers of both america and europe taking the average of the past tew lew years but 31 per of the cot lon con crop la Is manufactured in the united states 69 per ceu turm turn woid wold boing 9 to feed the mills of great B and anti the tho continent of europe captain caplain webb accomplished the feat of swim swimming ming from saudy sandy hook hoot to manhattan isaah coney ills leland n idi ho he was expected at 6 b but reached the breakers at 2 being thus ahead of bf time he be remained out till tho appointed hour to fulfill fulfil the contract A washington ole oie patch says it ir it dr cabell president of 0 the national board of henith health tl aith nith and dr turner secretary will on the fifth dinst five hundred immigrants arrived today to day mostly for the west wasal KaroM ron EON 13 captai u eads now here haa baa received rece reca ived a communication from the governor of cali call borolo asking him to accept the of ete ste state to engineer or take charge of the work of improving the sacramento biver river he con ninna finna the report of the government engineer relative to the c complete success of the jetty j tty system nt at the mouth of 0 the thu mississippi and ano anjel expects the commit commission sion to improve the mi nii will be equally suc ces ced ful fut if it the sam bamm 4 urh urn applied the members will ex the river frum dt 61 paul to us its mouth the plan is to deepen the chau chan channel nel nol prevent the banks from caving hi in give it uniform width and lim protect the country on each side from the annual dis astraus overflows caused by flod fiod fl odb oda 3 the state department says germany is dib dle posed to regard favorably the tho propos proposals ils of thia government for further joint consideration of the bi subject and hopes the present predent efforts will result in a bl metallic congress in which all the leading states stales of europe will participate the united states consul at manchester england says the failure of chopa la is much more serious than is to generally supposed abroad the demand ih in england for meats and grain from the united states will bo be enormous business is greatly depressed BOSTON 13 wool unchanged medium grades in demand and command lull prices considerable inquiry for fine fleeces fair business doing Calif california ornia orntA spring 20 a 30 super irand fRand I 1 B and X pulled in fair demand 35 0 45 it ia Is report reported ud here tonight to night that the yacht startle which had been hired by a party from haverhill capsized off lodge in the harbor this afternoon and several were drowned the cargo of tho the steamer semira mide sunken by collision was com gilded of 46 bushels bushela of corn and 40 cases of domestic cottons B R L I 1 13 anex an extract holu liOi juh jUt a private letter from mrs william sprague to a friend givel given for public makes reference to tho the now notorious outbreak at the mansion near pier she says spragues Spra gutia causeless pert bil Sti cution of the childrens ia Is literally true as be he toils tolls the story the tha attempt to 0 complicate conkling with this matter is absurd the greats of tho the bouso were rem moved oved under gov 8 rogues threats of murder to be done mrs sprague explains the case casu agn aga against ilist irist the trustee of the bankrupt estate in fu which sprague bad had rought nought legal counsel of Conklin Conkin gand says as her had been cut off bhe behe requested conk couk ling who had already been consulted by sprague to beo see him and try to ascertain what results were likely to follow the proposed cabe case that would benefit or provide for the children had bad stopped at for this thia par roseand po seand was awaiting Spra guma guya when the thu outbreak occurred if any hostile hostilo words worda were exchanged between conkling and abd ti prague at calion Cation chet they thy alone klow klow what they were for no one else heard beard them in the village I 1 do not know mrs in revere terms to her husbands life and habits which long iong ago interrupted their marital relations and blighted their domestic life MF MEMPHIS 13 twenty three new cabes cases in all were reported to the board of health today to day seven whites and 16 colored two addi have occurred nuttie nottie forbes and carrie doyle the latt named co colored loral all the prominent sick eick were reported doing well tonight to night J D PJ fl preel president denb dent of the state rotate board of health telegraphs telegraphy from that the resignation of hon john johmson teu tou derel dereu this morning wms waa not accepted by the board the thermometer today to day bab baa ranged from 68 to 83 balt Bilt baltimore imore 13 the spanish steamer entique nrique has arrived from havana with one case of yellow fever mobile 13 quarantine restrictions against new now orleans will be removed alter after friday BAN 13 E B J baldwin whose distillery at santa anita ranch los angeloa county was seized and himself arrested nested for violation of the revenue laws waived examination today to day and was beld held to answer in the sum of 33 in n examining witnesses in the case to fix the amount of bili bill hald Bald baldvins baldwins wins testified it bad been a regu lar lair custom to refill the stamped packages for fur retail business and that baldwin said eaid be he was paying the government well enough and it stood him in baud to get gut the bust best of u them when be could NEW YORK 14 speaking of evarta letter ietter on polygamy the tribune bays says it id Is in effect a friendly reminder that the comity of nations has been violated but now BOW that it has been sent more vigorous action la justified and these mor mon mou missionaries who bring back to our shores these deluded conver convex converts to can be arrested at our ports and returned with their victims as fe lolic the directness and justice of this peculiar mode of procedure are evident from the fact that the poly ga twists of utah are eigners foreigners fur five years ago the population of salt lake city contained literally not a single american cox convert ivert thea were english Eug llah scotch I 1 norwegians Norwegia ns and danes with their children norn born in this country reared and educated to the faith and practices of this most degrading of ail all social conditions it Is hardly fair that america should bear ibbe the and moral degradation from thio this plague spot of brutality and vice which of right bt balonga longs to other nations whenever the influx of foreign bigamists biga mists Is checked government can deal successfully with those at home the times says we hav have not much faith in the ef efficacy fleacy of diplomatic circulars sent forti forth to invoke the aid of foreign governments in drying the channels by which mormonism is largely fed from abroad the assassination of the mormon missionary by georgia run ruf flans ruffians and the imprisonment of a mormon dignitary on a civil suit have nothing whatever to do wita with the attitude of the government towards the insolent bigamists biga mists of utah territory but the laws of the united states must be enforced in that territory juht juet aa as they are iu in arizona or idaho the law of 62 is merely a enactment reenactment re into the united states statute of the common jaw against bigamy tobay to say bay that its ita enforcement Is to a persecution tio is the fallacy and to t pl plead that religious belief sanctions concubinage audy andy and therefore exempts the offender is to put an argument into the mouths of any ano may object to the laws jaws of any civilized community and who urge tho the rights of conscience in extent aaion the fight against the practices of mormonism niem is not a new one the complaint that the mor mons will wiil be compelled to abandon one feature of their religion or to tight is well grounded whay thay must accept the alternative sooner or later the correspondent states thata cabinet officer apprehends trouble growing out of the mormon question it appe appears arbs arts as 83 if the government would woula bave havo to put its foot down with emphasis there are aro six companies of the infantry at port fort douglad douglas and more could bo be readily concentrated there rhe the rho tenor of the dispatches from utah show an irritated condition of the people and now that the intentions of the administration are known they are not calculated to soothe the feelings of the tho mormon elders tho the worlds washington is special ecial bayt hayti A movement is on da foot to make evarts republican nominee for governor of new york its ita pio hectora thinking escapade will leave nim dim out of prominence in politics fur some boma time it id niso also thought thia this would harmonize the party both in new york and in the nation the world has the following special from pier no jsu one hern appears to entertain any special regard for either party nor in to there much sympathy sed to for either reither olanner has oot out made frie frio friends auti anti mrs spragues in discretions indiscretions have given her 0 o noto notoriety biety which has reached the tho earm ears of mis president hayes il it appears and caused her to take lake up the baube ol 01 the late chief justices daughter sprague ri prague himself is regarded as a lest lati man his conversations convers alluna of late have been terrible and a re mark to one of his bis cousins recently goes te to show that heist beta eally lost to all bente of decency since last lut friday however it id ia just to eay that ri prague has been conducting hlin blin pelf seif very becomingly new disclosures in luo tho A T stewart cae ewe appear briefly as follows patrick id jones ex post master and ex county re giter of newyork new york is th the lawyer through whom the grave robbers have endeavoring to degoti it the sie bie bale baie of the remains remaina for on re their communication accompanied compa nied by the coffin plate and anti the handles handies which they forwarded to establish the g genuineness cuine D e es of or their offer jones confined conf ened with the police a superintendent u perin ten dent placed the articles with him opened a correspondence with the robbers through personals ls in the newspaper addressing hla hia communications to henry B S romaine ne montreal he then saw judge El hillon billon titon ilton who received him discourteously and took up the case himself but up to the present time refused to listen to the sum demand ed jones ceased an active participation in the matter though he hab has been closely watched by the P the tribune today to day baye saye all hopes that a refusal to negotiate for the tho return of the body on the terms named or other than the payment of a reward of which ofner offer jones transmitted by mail to would lead the thieves in desperation to reveal themselves were finally abandoned by hilton about three weeks ago and he bab baa binco bince reopened negotiations this time it is believed with the purpose of buying the body outright and without any attempt to lecure the thieves ivis itis it is clear that all the I 1 me efforts heretofore have been baffled there is no question that romaine is the selected agent of the robbers and has the body in ebara he has carefully conc aled his bis identity and his hand band writing is eo so disguised as to bafile baffle any attempts to him by that means it appears also that mrs stewart had bad been deceived into supposing the remains were reco recovered vered verea and every effort was made to create this im i press iori lori everywhere every where e with the view of brin bringing glug out a communication from the robbers the rims tims prints a romark remark remarkable abio ablo story by an italian sculptor named ala who in his communication with the authorities 1 Is proven to possess a knowledge of the robbery and identity of the robbers he says bays be he will only move in the matter again when the payment of the leward and expenses is assured NEW YORK 14 in an editorial scanning the business prospects throughout the country the herald bays saye 14 railroad people tell us the present year will hee kea ea more miles of new road built than any provi previous ouA our yar year ye ar of its history except one or two and to a great extent the now roads and connections are feeders of well established trunk lines in the west whose competition will open up lage large tracts of new fertile lands to profitable settlement within a year or 14 months it it probable the northern pacific will be in operation having juet juel closed for miles at each end of that road with the promise of 0 filling the tha intermediate space within a year ou oa every hand band citizens are invited to become pud Fud denly wealthy by putting means in la mining and other ventures we vve advise everybody to steer clear of such there la Is no doubt there is money to be made in mines abut but it will ba pocketed not by the credulous public but by a cute gentleman who dis dispo poLes bes of the stock to A B and 0 and special favorite the thu tribune bays says a staff correspondent pon dent who is i a H close observer of the neld held of national politics asserts asser amser tilden will certainly he te a candidate of ther the democrats he is much stronger thau than a ataw fow months ago from the ope opt operation ration of wire pulling agen agee agencies eier cier rne the people scarcely speak of bayard aa as a candidate now adaya Every everybody bod V bees sees that ewing lias destroyed Tb thurman urman general Fre pre fremont bremont mont mOut who started on hid his return to Ariz anzua mr bev Bov several rai ral daye dayl ago has made arrangements for tho toe of 0 cipiti arizona mining enterpriser providing experts r gently lia lis jia pat patched obud obed thither hhall shall leport favorably Co charles arles aries G fisher ex assistant Dit district strict At attorney torne torno convicted of ob buining molle money y on worth checke has hat been bent to the elmira eimira ho ro for matory the atlantic state association has advanced the price of nails nalin to per keg beg net cash ar rr emall lots lota a higher price will bo be charged philadelphia 14 A on th tho thy city narrow guage railroad this afternoon between an excursion train of nine care and it freight train from C ty re bulted resulted in the death of five nive per boua sone and slightly two others the freight train expected to reach clementon cleu Clou aemon to allow the excursion train to pas pasa but nearing hearing clementon the drahas came in sight and the engineers whistled down brakes the freight tain train slowed up considerably but the ex curelop train was going at about fifteen miles an hour when the engines came together the freight train was partly thrown over the embankment but the excursion train remained on the track the engineers and firemen finding a collision coll cull ision inevitable saved themselves by leaping when the whist es blew blow the conductor of the excursion train rubbed to one of the brakes anti and two brakemen en to the others and these iu in the collision were jammed to death together with a deaf mute pass pAsa enger engar stand ing on the platform the passengers in the cars were not it jared injured except two slightly the pa pat engers men women and chil ehli dreu were taken from the cars through the windows some tome continued the trip to the seaside but a far greater number return ml ito home the bodies of |