| Show byi TELEGRAPH H AMERICAN WEST POINT V N Y 16 the hearing in the fitzjohn john portor porter case cam was resumed in the academy library today to day the first witness called was waa chas cha 0 williams aide d decamp de ecamp camp e of the rebel general jones he is now a lawyer at richmond va he testified tied as have the other witnesses as to post in front of porter on the and gave details he also BISO corroborated other witnesses in say bay jno juo it was only artillery firing on th the except that hood had bad several fights near sundown sun eun down but he made no reference ence enee to any general engagements in reply to general schofield Scho neld ho he baid eaid the principal firing was the artillery when hood and B evans bvans vans were engaged tl mr wilcox of washington atou commanding p n division of corp s and numbering about wath wash wa the next witness and te stifled that his troops were in excellent condition OH ora the of august his division did not fire a shot that day which showed that there could not have been a combined engagement as was emphatically stated by pope in his dispatch to halleck robert rpbert Thom thompson pyon pion president of the philadelphia railroad company who was lieutenant colonel of the regiment of volunteers pat gersona ler ter sonya sona brigade tho division testified that the night ig ht of the of august was a very dark on oneana v anu and it would have been very difficult to make a march from warrington junction to bristol starting at 3 in the morning C this evi dence was introduced to corroborate other witnesses whose testimony thus far has inclined to back up lip porter in his delay in responding to popes orders to maren march at I 1 that night he thought nothing could be gained by starting before daylight he did not know of a general engagement on the W when tien he was cross ex he be said that if it he had received orders to march at 1 on the nic nit night lit of the he would have tried it for he always obeyed orders A communication was received from col marshall of baltimore making some comparatively ORLEANS 16 before the potter committee subcommittee sub today to day testimony was taken tending to show that certain supervisors had bad made false returns that the returns were altered to favor the republican can dilates and that the affidavits sworn to by some persons regarding intimidation were prepared in tho the custom house and never read by those who signed anem the witness denied the substance of most of the affidavits when read to them by members of the committee saying they never would have signed the documents had they known what they contained some alt AIt witnesses nesses swore to having joined the democratic clubs before the election and arid to knowing of maily many other othen colored persons wiio did the same thing CHICAGO 10 16 reports fro from M points throughout the northwest give accounts of the terrible effects of the heat beat in dewitt iowa lown charles Hel hei heleker ckel ekel lundh and H rollf germans died from the effects of the heat at galesburg illinois several deaths and many many cases of sunstroke are reported at deb dea moines captain james may of rock island ifland well known in political circles there and at ul lies in a critical condition froni the effects of a sunstroke o yesterday at bloomington michael oneil mollie hoghn hogan jesse jesser and an unknown Ja borer laborer were struck by the sun bun and soon died twenty other cases none fatal are reported today to day and horses suffer terribly these are but isolated cases taken at random for nearly every town in this section has one or more cases to report thermometer has ranged from goa 90 to A tribunes city special says that at 8 30 this evening the tho weather suddenly changed the wind began blowing irom the north and aud the thermometer dropped twenty degrees in two hours houis ST LOUIS 16 there has been a slight blight diminution of the heat this afternoon after noon noan caused by 1 a nide fido breeze with some invigoration qualities in it yet et tho mercury has ranged high reaching degrees in many places the tho cases of sunstroke have also decreased there having been but 2 22 11 at the city dispensary up to six 0 clock titis thia evening and wt four deaths mr boj chofe abst k sst hupt at the tho mo ii g u ue who w hohas has been on continuo continuous ui d 2 t d day ay and night since friday succumbed to the heat beat at noon and lay jay lit fit an un unconscious conscious a tato for several hour his c condition ondi tion was re carded as very critical but ho he was finally anally restored to consciousness and sent to the hospital ed lawman kewman a barkee barkeeper ery erl a very bad caes case was bent sent to tho the bo hospital spital where he will probably die among the cases not treated at the dispensary were dan Ii dooley ooley who died at hla hia home 2 mary fortune was found d dead ead in her bed this morning elizabeth bacherig died at her residence after medical treatment james byan ryan cousan cousin of bishop ryan died at hil hll bis his resilience ce without medical attend anoe ance the wife and dau daughter daughten abter of prof prof malmene I 1 the weir weli known musician were prostrated p at their home and at last accounts were in a critical condition J D father rather of the tho well known dr was found dead in his bed this M morning Solo solomon inon egan fell on the street and wab waa taken to tho the dispensary in a very dangerous condition having convulsions twenty four bodies which had been at the morgue gue yesterday without being belig clat claimed meds were buried in potters totters field late last night they were terribly swollen and discolored and presented a most horil horrible ble bie sight the whole number of burial permits issued today to day were 49 of which 28 23 were persons whose death was caused by the heat this is but a trifle over one half of the death rate yesterday the heat beat this afternoon was more moderate and tonight to night there is a fine breeze which has cooled the atmosphere considerably the whole il number aber of cases treated at the dispensary today to day were about 30 philadelphia IT 17 wool continues in good demand demaud at 20 6 25 for fine and medium california and IS 18 20 for coarse A special from tram Lacros lacrosse sLl wisconsin says dispatches received there today to tc day and yesterday from various points along the line of the southern minnesota railroad rail Kall road show that the severe rain and wind storms with the intense heat of the past w ek have baye reduced the prospects aith of the wheat and oat crops about one I 1 at JS rt ut age DENVER col IG 16 negotiations were concluded today today by which the hon hori W A H loveland has bas become sole owner and proprietor of the rocky mountain which will issue hereafter as a democratic paper SAN sax francl FRANCI FRANCISCO fuco FECO 16 A portland dispatch sayd saya the following dispatch has been received from gen wheaton dated umatilla Dm atilla atilia agency the the hostiles ho stiles are reported to be moving from their position near the head waters of mckays creek I 1 send forsythe with a cavalry column in quick pursuit and will follow him with miles column mcbean the iho indian interpreter with the umatilla scouts are now fighting the tho Bann acks raiding parties and the chief ezan egan are reported killed A gentleman who arrived here from yakima valley brings the following news concerning the state of affairs at the agency there are 2000 S mchoes there commanded by chief joseph squires but he has little or no influence with the tribe they hava have a few arms and no ammunition and even if so inclined could not offer the hostiles ho stiles battle thus far they are peaceably disposed and agent wilbur apprehends no danger from them although some of the renegade anu anti disaffected Indian indians shave have been missing of late chief Mose with all his quin Quintal ll cams are camped in Kit valley and the settlers are afraid they may conclude to commit depredations in ill consequence of which they are peeking the protection of the towns yakima city on the boun boundary lary iary of file simcoe reservation is full of people last wednesday thirty hostile Banu acks and snakes cross edithe edthe lower end of the reservation stealing and driving away stock they shot at a boy on horseback who returned the fire killing one of the redskins red skins he escaped by boise city dispatch it is not true that tho the have joined the hoi hol bo tiles stiles on the other hand warriors have joined col forsythe and fought the ho hostiles hos stiles tilea yesterday and brought in twenty two scalps and li horses borses NEW KEW YORK 17 the tribune hays cays HB its washington dis dih dispatch atch that it is ascertained that chairman potter will probably not go gorto to new orleans the work at ati atlantic antic city may require a fortnight and the tho sub subcommittee in louisiana will be likely to have returned turned by that time the visiting statesmen are to be examined at atlantic city tho the report of the committe enay engy not bo be made until next march the tribunes washington f nisay the opinions at the war department apart ent with ie legard regard ard to the indian ind d up war wan have hava again faced about the T e trouble lesin leBin aln ain the northwest north west wesl are now spoken of as wearing a PL serious aspect the fact that the war do apartment part ment opinions are generally about one day behind those expressed in the newspapers leads to the suspicion that the former are now or original loinal sherman bherman ia is now hastening in to forward forwald r to the west all the tro troops ops aps available for that purpose garrisons on the tho seaboard have been withdrawn and heavy artillery ery regiments have been armed and drilled as infantry and are ate en route to the boat seat of war an official list of the stations of the troops shows that today to day there ia only one regiment i east easo of the missouri the infantry it ii Is i i intended to order that west also official reports show ghow that heavy artillery de armed with mus muskets keth are performing effective service rhe fhe tribune has hag the the nonee nonce kiven given by the pacific mail co of its intention to cancel the contract for freight and passenger truffle raffle with the U PR P E lit jet co was discussed at tho the office of the latter yesterday joseph richardson one of the directors of the railroad company baid bold that such notice had been received during the absence from cit city of president dulon he denied that the union co owed a anything like to the panama railroad ball Eail road and pacific mail jointly and he said dillon stated a few weeks ago that the amount of indebtedness debt edness was small richardson claimed that the Pacific mail mali would be t the he greater sufferer by cancelling the contract and he believed that the union pacific co get along very well without any alliance with the pacific mail mr ham after conferring with president dillon Dil nil ion Jon said bald it js is true iati attio slavo given us notice of their desire to cancel caneel the contract con tract entered into in to two years ago we do not anticipate any tiny trouble over the matter and the probability is that the differences will be amicably settled in a few day and contract be continued in force dillon is a peaceable man mail but if he ho is forced to fight he will do so it is to the interest of both companies compa compan ies its to settle fettle the dispute in a friendly way james gordon bennett and miss J bennett his sister arrived here herb today to day on the steamer st Lau rient from havre bt LUUIS 17 the heat has been so great the past few days that almost every one has become alarmed and hund bund hundreds reds of mechanics and laborers have ceased to work A number of manufacturing establishments of the city are closed and many others running on oil short time to ease their employees several builders and roo loo rooters have refused to allow nilow their men to work at all until a change in the weather takes place the city has stopped some of its public works and some are carried on only at night in order to save the men from sickness or almost certain death several livery stable owners refuse to hire horses until sundown or late in the afternoon one stable lost five horses on sunday valued at iko 1000 and others have suffered 1 similar losses leavenworth try Irs Ks ICS 17 gen john johs meneal inspector of indian affairs in company with H W jones Indian agent arrived yesterday from the indian terr territory tory for the purpose of removing chief josephs band perces prison ers era now in camp at fort leavenworth to the qua paw indian agency about IS 18 miles south from baxter springs and adjoining the territory now occupied by the mo docs doce the removal will take place in a few days two companies 0 kj lii of the infantry under command of col B R will next saturday for fort hayes the detachment tach ment will be joined at fort hayes by company biow en cia route from fort dodge on ther their anival lt itt col dodge will assume command of the post the weather has been extremely hot for several days fourteen cases of sunstroke bec occurred u r re d between saturday and monday evening at bix six x resulting fatally the bir air is cooler however and the impression is that the most moat dangerous part of the hot season is past washington I 1 17 7 t the attorney general has sustained tho the view taken by the second mist postmaster general that tho law passed at atthe the last session of coh cob congress gressa au all tho rising iho the payments by the post office department directly to sub bub for tor carrying iii fil mails malls alls ails ia applicable to contracts existing atthe date of the enactment of the law as well as to those of subsequent issue san QAN FRANCISCO 17 mrs ta timothy lynch died yesterday from wounds rounds inflicted with jack ajack a knife by her husband last saturday in a be fit of drunken frenzy both parties are sexagenarians the murderer was a wood sawyer I 1 FO FOREIGN REIGN LONDON 16 an official dispatch from the marquis of salisbury Sali Lury to the ministers who remained in london dated bellin berlin july is published lord salisbury says modifications at the congress are very large and affect almost all the articles of the treaty they have recovered a large territory for the ultan and tend to assure the stability and independence of turkey the dispatch combats the allegation that the dhe government had bad abandoned the policy indicated in lord Salis sails burys circular of april for this purpose it compares point by point the policy indicated by the circular with the decisions adopted by the congress the comparison shows that the object of the british policy namely the prevention of russian derance deran cei cej has been substantially obtained lord salisbury especially points to the fact that the pecuniary indemnity has been altogether excluded from the treaty of berlin the congress having declined to revise the arrangement which being no infraction of the treaty of paris it was within the competence of independent powers to conclude the result of the declaration made by the russians russ Buss ians fans in the congress that they would neither claim terri I 1 l wy i ak ot khe nor prejudice the claims of other creditors is that the payment of the indemnity is postponed to an indefinitely remote period Bali Ball abury concludes whether use uee will be made of this probably the last opportunity port unity obtained for turkey by the interposition of the particularly by england depends on the sincerity with which the turkish statesmen now address themselves to the duties of a good government i 16 the publication oi of the correspondence that took place between mayor beaudry and hon mackenzie prior to the has 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