| Show BY BB WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH USE LINE A AMERICAN X it it 11 C A N NEW YORK 7 from over crop reports from all parts of the country the rural now new yorker concludes that the winter wheat crop is on the whole good the probable able yield will be bushels against bus bushels liels in 1885 with a slight increase in the acreage the spring wheat has been considerably injured by drought and blight the yield will probably be bushels against last year the total wheat crop will probably be bushels against bushels last year n oats there has been a slight increase crease in the akerege though the crop ts Is considerably injured by drought and insect pests and will probably yield bushels against ti bushels in 85 of rye and barley there will be excellent crops on a slightly increased area there is a grand stand on corn and the outlook is excellent for a fine crop NEW YORK 7 the failure of W H beede cotton broker is announced announced this morning CHICAGO 7 during duriac the first hour on change there were some wild scenes in the wheat pits august opened at 82 an avalanche of offerings were brought out which worked the values down a little but the scouts came out in force and with almost no stops augast advanced to 83 the market was greatly excited the rapid advance roused suspicion of john W rumsey ramsey an old member of the board the amount involved cannot be yet learned there has been within a week a straight advance in wheat of 8 cents per bushel washington 7 the president has approved the act to forfeit lands granted to the atlantic pacific railroad co to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from th the e states of missouri and arkansas to the pacific coast and to restore the same to settlement WAsai TOTON TG tox 7 the senate committee on finance will as soon as a report on the subject can be prepared propose several amendments to the fractional whisky bill already on the senate calendar this will embody substantially ly former legislation with the exception of the provisions relating to adulteration of wines they will confer the privilege of fortifying sweet wines with grape brandy free of tax of fortifying wines for export when alongside the out going vessel and of warehousing to three years of all of fruit washington 7 the president today sent to thy senate without his approval a bill granting to railroads I 1 the right of way through the indian reservation in northern montana Mon the reservation referred to the president says stretches across the extreme northern part of montana with Brit british lish america for its northern boundary it contains an area of over square miles it is dedicated to indian occupancy by the treaty of oct 17 IM 1855 and the act of congress of april A no railroads are within the immediate approach of i ts boundaries and only one as shown in the recent maps is under construction in the neighborhood leading in its direction the surrounding country is sparsely settled and aid I 1 have been unable to ascertain that the necessities of commerce or any public exigencies demand this legislation which would affect so seriously the rights and interests of the indians occupying the reservation the bill is in the nature of a general right of way for foi railways through this reservation the indian occupants have not given their consent neither have they been consulted regarding it nor is there any provision in it for securing their consent or agreement to a location or coasty construction action of the railroad if the united states must mast exercise its rights of eminent domain over the indian territories forthe for the general welfare of the whole country it should be done cautiously with due regard for the interests indians and aid to no greater effect than the exigencies of the public service requires the president Preside ut then states that bills tending somewhat in the direction of this general character of legislation affecting the rights of indians recert jed ed to them by treaty stipulation have been presented to him during the present session of congress which have received his reluctant approval though be is by no means certain that a mistake has no been made in passing such buell laws without providing for consent to such grants by tile the indian occupants cu pants and otherwise more closely guarding guar dirig their rights r i trident abts and interests 1 hope the ie president 1 says that each of the bills as aa it received my approval would be the last of the kind presented he says in conclusion the bill now before me is much more general in its terms than those which have preceded it it ignores the right of the indians to be consulted as to the disposition of their lands it in vates la general gendral invasion of the indian country I 1 am impressed with tue belief that the bill does not sufficiently guard against an invasion of the rights and disturbance the of the peace and quiet of the indians on the mentioned noram nor am I 1 satisfied that tile the legislation is demanded by any exigency ot public 0 bublic welfare nominations NOMINATION 4 the following nominations mad to days clay i jeremiah i Henne hennessa white sulphur springs montana K R K van vandever raton N M julan john A harris cheney W T J J muller ellensberg ellensburg Ellens Eilens burg W T TUB THE WHILLA WEIL LA ABRA ABEA CLAIM the report upon the la abra mexican claim prepared by sen senator ator morgan was reported to the senate today it says the country will be satisfied that its honor has been vindicated by the mere rejection of the convention when the vote atthe senate does not clear up or explain the strong array of facts which tend to show that the demand against mexico is unjust and has no substantial foundation senator brown made a long minority report adverse to the bill ST PAUL 7 A bozeman montana special to the pioneer press says at timber line the knights of labor supported by all the nonunion nonunion men today to day decided to resist the coal com banys order that all knights should ahe leave the gulch the company at once closed its store and butcher shop A committee of knights was sent to bozeman for provisions the tion is critical and bloodshed is feared DENVER 7 A leadville special to the republican publican Se says george S sed ed wards who was struck by lightning while crossing iron hill on the ath instant is slowly recovering his case is a most remarkable one and is at tr trading acting considerable attention from scientific men med edwards after the flash lay unconscious for 15 minutes before receiving assistance the lightning struck him on the left cheek knocking ouda number of his teeth it then passed diagonally across his breast to the right side thence to the feet coming out atthe at the right boot having passed entirely through the foot leaving a hole similar to one made by a bullet his clothing was torn into fragments particles being found at a di distance siance of feet from froin the spot and one of the boots both of which were torn into shreds was found 60 feet away I 1 immediately m under where lie he was standing the ground was torn up for a considerable sid erable rable distance its course along his body was shown by a blackened streak one and a half inches wide the worst effect being the injury in his lungs the immediate result was a severe hemorrhage by which a quart of blood was lost in addition to these injuries the surface of his body is almost completely covered with blisters tile the result of the severe burns this is the first authentic record of a person being injured by a stroke of lightn ing at a an attitude altitude of over feet and where the person was affected internally as mr edwards was and not instantly killed SP ENci Bb wis 7 the entire hamlet of borneo to meo was burned at I 1 af this afternoon term a oon including inc including ludin the sawmill saw mill mill feet ot of lumber the stone loe I 1 boarding house and the dwellings of wm van houshar Ho Ha oshar loss insurance the woods are on oa fire and further particulars cannot be obtained wis 7 A romeo borneo dispatch says 11 dwelling houses one boardinghouse boarding house two large barns two warehouses the sawmill saw mill mill two car loads of flour feet of lumber and of shingles were burned today to day the loss will reach insurance sixty men are thrown out of employment and 27 families left destitute the origin of the tire anra is unknown but it is supposed to have caught from a freight train en engine ine the woods south of romeo are wl all on fire and men and women are out fighting it as best they cau can van Hoo mill and building are totally destroyed his loss will aggregate ASTORIA I 1 7 I 1 during a heavy gale which prevailed off the columbia river entrance night before last seven salmon fishermen were drowned the name of only one unfortunate could be learned viz V G four nien men were seen engulfed in the breakers directly beneath the lighthouse on cape hancock k which is precipitous being feet high the storm was so violent as LS to mke mike it impossible to render aid fishing boats were smashed against the rocks locks HENRIETTA texas 7 lewis elmer and james smith brothers were killed this morning in clay county they tried tiled to stop the erection of a fence on a property claimed by them A fight ensued between them and the builders of the fence in which the three brothers were shot to death the dered sarty parly of fence builders surrendered FORT WORTH 7 the suffering from the long drought in western texas is unprecedented rain to any extent not having fallen for 14 months cattle ar e starving in many localities the settlers are selling their farms for mere trifles and leaving for the east in ab eject act poverty DENVER col 7 A breckenridge Breckenrid ee special to the republican ahcan says edward welch a son of judge welch of brooklyn new york was thrown fro in his horse here bere yesterday while riding 1 a race and received internal injures from which he is not expected to recover SAVANNAH 7 wm tilghman owen superintendent of the planters rice mill of this city has absconded by securing advances on bogus warehouse receipts he swindled four of the city I 1 banks out of KEY WEST fla 7 two seamen who arrived here today to day from havana report the loss ot tile the schooner sea gull of key west and all hands on the north side of cuba on june LONDON ont 7 A great selisa tion gaped laere here today to te day by an 1111 no of the flight to the united states ot edward harris member of a prominent firm arai of solicitors besides in cash and various funds belonging to wealthy clients he leaves his bis business in a serious state of entanglement bement the total loss is not known but it is supposed suppose d to be about it is believed harris is temporarily insane ST LOTIS 7 judge van wagner ot of the criminal court today to day overruled tile motion made recently by maxwells maxwelll Max wells attorneys for a new trial As suon soon as the prisoner shall have been sentenced an appeal will be taken tu to the supreme court if this shall prove unsuccessful the case will be taken to the united states court on OIL the ground that the state law which allows allow a prosecution more challenges challen zes of jurors than the defense is unconstitutional NEW YORK 7 john warren a mid olle aged canadian who with his son has b been een I 1 living iving in a hat flat on ninth street for a few mo months ts this morning shot his son dead and then killed himself no cause lor for the crime is known WATERTOWN N Y 7 the or oconto loconto was sunk today to day she Slie will be a total loss she is insured for the cargo consisted of silks cotton boots s shoes noes wire and iron to the value 0 of f 0 o the loss on cargo will be at least insured NEW YORK 8 the aus special london dispatch dib patch says an important meeting of the british and colonial chambers of commerce was held today at which there was an animated discussion of the silver question and its bearings upon the commerce of india australia and great britain henry ff gibbs ex governor of the bank of england opened tile the proceedings ce by a speech showing the worldwide world wide importance of restoring tile the monetary value of silver sir robert N fower fawler M P london banker and ex lord mayor opposed the idea and was followed by two indian dian members both of these contended that the effect ot the depreciation of silver must be finally the ruin of the wheat and cotton industries of america and the development of india as the chief wheat and cotton exporter of the world they therefore protested against Eng En glands danals aiding america to restore the value of silver at the expense of the interests of india paul F Ti ollan east india merchant merc nant argued that england had other interests besides those of india which stood sorely in need of the restoration to of silver and trusted that gibbs ideas would be adopted by tile the inc meeting eting bruni crump of th the london times denounced the agitation i tation of the silver question as ta the ee work of the silver miners of nevada and their allies the washington ring moreton drewn pulverized crump in a strong speech in behalf of the lar mers in the west and planters in south america and a resolution was passed by a vote ot of 28 to great excitement declaring that tiza tion would relieve the depression under which trade is now staggering the meeting is regarded as highly higby important and its influence upon the coming silver demonstration in lancashire must necessarily be very stron strong washington 8 representative cole of the third maryland district died this morning at his residence in this city he had been suffering from brights brighta disease tor for several years past and nis his demise was not entirely unexpected NEW YORK 8 in the two million dollar suit ot receiver farnsworth of the bankers and merchants telegraph company against the western union for the destruction of plaintiffs wires jud judge jude e lawrence today to day in tile the supreme court denied the motion of defense to dismiss the case new naw YORK 8 money ay 1 C a 31 34 bar silver 97 as 10 as coupon 2531 25 ays coupon 11 pacific 68 26 central pacific 43 burlington 33 rio grande 15 northern pacific 27 northwestern 12 1 new york central 5 navigation 8 transcontinental 33 pacific mail 55 panama 98 rock island 25 w ft t L S F 25 st P paul a u 1 1 46 texas pacific 10 union pacific pa 1 t 1 56 fargo express 22 western union 66 union VICTORIA B C 8 in tile the elections for local parliament yesterday the returns indicate a great government victory in this city one opposition mud and three rovern government ment members were returned victoria district returns two government members it is believed that esquimalt Esqui malt has done likewise new minster city returns one opposition I 1 I 1 NEW YORK 18 ch editor of the vols Zet tung against whom it is thought the grand jury will find an aa indictment based on his editorial denunciation nuncia nun clation tion of the jurors who convicted eneis boycotters boy cotters has called upon the district atto attorney rupy to today day in reference to the matter martin told him that the subject was now under consideration subsequently ch stated that in the event ot his being indicted he be would likely secure the ser vice general Butle rito defend him the issue will be said he one as to what the limits of the press are all the jurors in the arti articles cies cord com of were referred to in their capacity ty of public officials after termination of the case and heir private character was not brought into question washington 8 chairman matson of the invalid pension committee is deter determined mindol to insist upon the reference of all vetoed pension bills to that committee and when the house meets tomorrow will again male make a motion to refer refe each gangs ase efte d arn tk leaders are resolved to stay here all summer if necessary as one of thew them put it before |
