Evening Gazette

              Cf, PA., FRIDAY. APRIL 10, potsto: 1865. ! two rim 1 Ten Ctlll; ler Week. NUMBEB 800. I Weakly IMUUMd 1800. ( A WOMAN TO A WOMAN. I T: C THE QUEEN'S 8YM- Bat Senator Chaff*, whoabortly wards re'jurned to the home and left again after 10 o'clock, said' the general waa deeping. When a gentleman, who loat htacradulity in medical bulletions whan OaMd died, said that it was strange how the general could sleep all Bight and then fall asleep again after a few hours of wafcefulneM, Senator Chaffee said: 'Cpe was Riven aa anodyne." When this is remembered the*e will be found no glaring Inconsistency in the bulletins, end it is easily understood, as was said later in the Afternoon, why tho general dozed all day long before his wood lire or dreamed in the sonny corners of his room. Gen. Grant took nourishment before he dozed away, the doctor said, with a relish and that when he awoke later on he felt so Kmeh-«e(reBh3d that he walked across the floor of his room. Certainly there must have been a surprising change in tho condition of the patient, for the doctors decided that it would not be necessary for Drs. Douglrs and Shrady to be present all the time. It was agreed that Dr. Douglas should leave in the morning and return at 2, Dr. Shrady remaining, and that Dr. Sands, Dr. Barker and the two other physicians be present at £90 o'clock, when a consultation was to be held. TO BUY OtJR VESSELS. STRIKERS FIRED UPON. TBE LEGISLATURE. RUSSIA DRAWS Bl.OOD. ne only practicable road tear a large military force l» Herat. Sir Peter has with him about 1,200 British and natives, and the ameer's forces oapable of concentration: at this point number between 10,000 and 12,000 men. Tho pass Is 900 "feet high and the monntaitft are impracticable for even a small force. Hie country east of Robat pass and south of Penjdeh, lying between Herat and Penjdeh, is held by the Afghans in considerable force, and is so difficult as to be inaccessible by any force not holding the fords and passes. The government has received advices from ils representative at St. Petersburg stating that the war feeling at that capital since tin receipt of the news from the Afghan frontier has greatly increased, and that the Russian officials jnaka littl# or no effort to con ceal their gratification at the outcome of the fight between the Russians and Afghans on the frfctier. Press dispatches say thutTthe news caused but little surprise In official circles, and it is evident tbat such an event Has been looked for for some time. Mnkerton Policemen Deliver m Volley In Chicago. AN AFGHAN OUTPOST DRIVEN BACK PATHY TO MRS. GRANT. RUSSIA PURCHASING AMERICAN VES- SELS FOR CRUISERS. Chicago, April 10.—On Tuesday morning I notice was posted at tho galcj of the Mc- Oormick reaper factory announcing that April 9 would be pay day for such of the itrikors as would not return to work. While the work of paying off was going on about S00 of the strikers were in the immediate neighborhood discussing affairs. About noon a bus containing ten Pinker ton policemen irove from the works, where thev l ad been to assist in protecting property. On reaching the crowd the Pinkerton men suddeuly openod Are upon them, and valley after volley of ihota was fired in rapi'f succession. STATE SUPERINTENDENT HIQBEE'S WITH MUCH 8LAUGHTER APPOINTMENT CONFIRMED. Morphia* the Only Thins* Keeping the General Alive—When that Loses Its ntHMT the Bad Most Come. The ©aneer'e Progress. rhsy Will Be Fitted Ont and Try ami Slake it Interesting for British Commerce — lDoe» Brl taunta Kale the Wave T MaraftaflT-KuMtMH port«4- Adjourned m AmmuI of U«. Uranl. ' The Char's Ministers late One Last Chance to Explain, If They Can't Do That They Most Fight—All Knglaad Clamoring for War. London, April 10.—During Mr. Gladbone's statement in the house of commons regarding the battle in Afghanistan, his manner, even more than his words, etnpiianitwl the gravity of the situation. Most of the facts which he stated were quoted from an official report just received from Gen. Sir Peter Lumsden, the British boundary commissioner, who Is now at Gulran, on tile Here Rud river, 60 miles west of Herat, with an escort of 8,000 Indian cavalrymen. Xt been learned Gen. iAimsden's report was based on the statements of Col. Ridgway and Capt. Yale, of his staff, who were witnesses of the fight on the Kushk river from beginning to end. When the Afghans retreated Col. Ridgway and Capt Yale accompanied them for a short distance, ami then galloped to Gulran, a distance of about 180 miles, to make their report to Gen. Lumsden. The idea that they asked the Russians for protection against the Afghans is absurd. They had been comrades and active nlliai of the Afghans since last January, when they were sent by Gen. Lumsden to give the native garrison of Penjdeh the benefit of their engineering skill in strengthening the fortifications of the town. New York, April 10.—Tho mophte flowing through the blood of Gen. Grant was the unBeen power which closed his eyes and kept him dreaming all day in his easy chair. Every one remembers the first time the drug was Injected into the TJeneral's arm, and the bulletins spoke of it-' The bulletins do not speak of morphia now, for the doctors know that, although they have given the General larger and larger doses, the time has very nearly-arrived when the power of the drag will depart, wheirthe terrible reaction will come, and when the last hoon of the soldier's life will be, fraught with agony and pain—greater pain ttian if the cancer had been allowed to eat its way and kill him in its own w*y. 1 "*" "** New York, April 10.—The rumors regarding Russian negotiations for steamships with the American market, which have floated around the exchanges for a week or two, materialized after the arrival of the news o' the fight between the Russians and the Afghans. The agents for the Russian govrrn*nTt are Barker Brothers & Co., baa.kors, of Philadelphia, the firm who a number of years ago purchased for that government the Columbus and the new Pacific Mail ship State of California, which was then not quite completed. This firm also contracted for the building of an unarmored cruiser, which was built by the Cramps, and named the Mischief, only the name was translated into Russian. The American ships which the Russian .government is now seeking to purchase are the San Pablo and the San Pedro. The San Pablo came out last year, and is a firstclass steamer, thoroughly built, and having a model that gives stability and speed, although she was originally designed for a. coal carrier for the Pacific coast trade. The chief advantage which these two steamers have is in their coal endurance or ability to stay at sea without going to a port to coal up. It is said that either ship could cruise for 160 days if properly fitted out. They have sufficient stability to carry modern guns on the upper deck, and although they cannot steam over 15 knots an hour, in a spurt they would bo able to overhaul the thousands of British tramps that are now doing the carrying trade of the world. These steamers are owned by Huntington &nd his associates, and.can be purchased at a reasonable advance Over the cost price, although they have been very profitable in the Pacific trade. The Senate thia mania* ooafimed all all peadia( aomiaatioaa hjr the Goreraor, iecludiaf Dr. K. E. Bigbee to be SlffiMiataadeat of Public Inntructioa. Upon hta MM • wparate rote waa takes at ft* fluff eetion erf Senator Humes, who eaid • few worda, ha fell constrained is the iatereet of the department coacerned to take iemis with tbs Governor, whoa he admired far heaeety and upr'fhtneea and as the eslr fnead of the new feaetltutisD Who has filled the •ubernatorial ehair. For hanaoay's take he would content himielf with votiOg ao oa Dr. Higbaa'a eooflrmation. The vote for eontrmaden was M to 4. Oaly Humes. Kiag, Helheimer and Wafaer Toted ae. Roes, of Greene; Roan, of York, und-Wolrerton. refaeed to vete. The ether nomiaatieaa were uaaaimously ooafirmed. r Meet of the day in the Senate waa Con turned ia diflcueeiaf the bill claaaifjinf the eouafeea aad fixing the salaries of the officers. It was to amended that probably few wltT vote for it finally, and wae laid aver far the pnoeat. The traces of 'IB bullets were found in the adjaoent houses, some of thenibarelyjniraing women and children. One of the bullets ■;u uck an aged man, George Roth, one of the strikers, who is- now lying at tho point ol death in his house, 659 Biuo Island avenu". That more people were not wounded or killed is almost a miracle. The men were dumbfounded for a moment. Th?a they stornw d after the vehicle, firing several shots. Officer Kglley, who was on the spot, gave the alar&Jfor the police jflrol, and the Pinkerton men were taken to the Hinman street station, where it was thought advisable to transfer the prisoners to the Twolfth street station. ' Active war preparations are still going on, and it is reported that orders for the immediate construction tDf several ironclads have been sent to the Rossi an agents in America. Then thing are known too well to be delied. The jx iple who stood in front of the jrownutone mansion and looked up where Che white lace curtains of the sice room fluttered, knew It and sympathised with, the dying man. The sympathy which the woee of the soldier has excited is not confined to this ooun- Indsed, during tho morning hours it was said that Gen. Grant had rallied surprisingly, that his pulse was steadier and fuller, that Ids temperature was normal and his mind in acheerful frime. As a proof of this condition of affairs in the house Mrs. Sartoris and Mr?. Fred Grant came out at 11:80 o'clock and went caiTiage-riding in Central park. A nurse, girl with Fred Grant's little goldenhaired girl sat in the carriage with tho two ladles. George W. Childs, of Philadelphia, sent his box of flowers as on the previous day. The expressman taking them in met Jesse Grant and his wife coming out. The latter two walked to Fourth avenue and took, a car down town. KATE SMULSEY DEAD. For Nearly A Yemr She Kxlrted Without Crowds of excited men followed the patrol to both stations. Four of tbe prisoners were identified as having fired in the direction wliero Roth felL A hoavy Colt flve-shooter revolver of 44 calibre was taken from each of the prisoners. Two or three chamber* were empty in each weapon. The prisoners, John Lyons, Robert MeCallom, John Coleman and Richard Hughes, are held in 110,000 bail each, furnished by Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr., and Superintendent Robertson, of Piukerton's agency. The Pinkertou men claim that the strikers stopped the horses aad triod to overturn the'bus, and considering their lives in fired. At 7 o'clock four Fiu&erton men ordered a bus at the agency's headquarters. Driving to tbe Hininan street station they took cn Copt. O'Donnoll and six policemen. From there they proceeded to th3 Reaper works to guard the property. When within 300 yards of their destination a mob opened tire from shot guns and revolvers on the bus, and then upset it, capturing two ctsjs of Winchester rifles. Upon recognizing O'Donnoll tho mob desisted and assured that official they would show all due rospect for the law. The Pinkerton men wero taken away in a patrol wagon to avert further trouble. Troy, N. Y., April 10.—Kate Sraubey, the Fort Plain faster, died without a struggle, in the presence of her family and physician. The funeral will be held Sunday ac 11 A. M., from the German Luthern Church in Fort Plain, Rev. M. King officiating. An autopsy will be held at the request of medical men from all parte of the country. Over a year ago Miss Smulsey contracted a mysterious disease, and from a few months after that time to the day of her death she partook of scarcely any food. Dr. K%J-ler and scores of persons erf repute will vouch for the truth .of this statement. Miss. Kmulaey had been lying in a comatose condition for several days, otherwise there was no change from her general condition and death was expected at any day, but she gave no indication of it until the last moment. Shs had kept up courage from mere will power in the hope of fecovery. There is no doubt that from March 11, 1884, till the day before Thanksgiving last she did not eat anything. Upon that day she experienced a peculiar sensation, like the breaking away of something in her stomach, and since then she had been able to take a little nourishment in the shape of wine whey. She was very much emaciated and weighed scarcely 26 pounds. The family are Gorman Lutheran*. She was born at Fort Plnin, Oct. 24, 1864, being 80 years, 5 months mid 1C days old. The family do notjdesire a postmortem examination. It tflll be remembered from accounts already given that shi had been ailing from a weakness since October, 1883, and that her disease had baffled al! physicians who visited her. She was at first attended to by Dr. Snyder, and upon hideath by Dr. Ayers and other noted physicians from abroad, who all expressed them selves as having never seen any case liki hers. She leaves an aged father and mother, a brother and two sisters. Katln* H0U8I or Itll'KCflENTATTVSa. Is hit •petto? prayer this morning the chaplain of the House referred to the fact that to-day vas the anniversary of the surrender at Appemattox, tad lavokedjthe Divine bleating upon the belt) of that great event, who wm now ttruggllag betweea life aad death. Mr. FhUnce, of Philadelphia, preeented a petition of citizene of Philadelphia taking for the pattaga ef a law authorizing that city le borrow t sufficient mm to provide fer a preper incmaa of ite water npply- Among the numerone bilk reported from committee waa one providing that the ooestable* se'ecied by Magietntee in BMadeipkie to terve processes, eta, thall receive $1,300 a vear and that the fee* shall be paid into da* State Treaeury. The 8mM» bill waa finally paaaed abe'-'shing the oflce license tax. The bill provdinj for the isstst neat aad oalleetion of mercantile and other 8tM» llmaa* taxet came up oa second readiag, and an tmendment irereaaing the taxee on Merchants fifty per cent, gave riar to a—atder able ditcustien, but waa lnallr rejected. Mr. McGewao olered a resolution for the sojournment of the Legislature frosa the 18th * to 18th of April, to enable memhere to be at their hemes on Arber Dty. Objected to. The bill waa paaaW flaally apptoprlatlag $8,217 for the salary oI tbe Secretary ef tbe Cemmissioaer in Lunacy. Mr. Brown thought that the House could appropriately beaor the anniversary of tbe surrender at Appemattox by pasting tbe tct providing fer tbe celebment ef a Soldiers' Home, aad ha requcetod that,that action be sow lakes. The requeat was icoeded to, aad the bill Anally passed. Mr. MeOewaa moved tbat eut of meesory to the victory o( twenty year* ago, aad oat of respect to the dying here, the House adjourn, wbioh motion waa at 4 o'clock carried. trya lone, as is demonstrated below. This was what Queen VMoria sent to show .that she had not forgotten the simple gentleman who came with his war laurels still green and fresh from the presidency of the United States: CoL Ridgway highly eulogises the gallantry of the Afghan troops during the action. He says they fonght under every disadvantage, and the fact that they held their ground as long and stubbornly as they did in the faoe of terrible slaughter and almost certain defeat shows them to be possessed of. splendid courage. They were taken by surprise, being attacked in the absence of any declaration of war and on ground which they believed was admitted to be theirs. They Were vastly outnumbered, having only 1,500 men, with poor artillery, while the Russians had 3,000 well armed regulars, besides a force of Turcomans. Aix Las Bains. Afcrtl 8,1985. Mrs. Grant—Gen. Grant. New York: The Queen, who feeli deeply for you In your sax t. tie J, commands mfe to inquire after Oen. Grant. Dowaoer Harcriohks or Btr. The latest bulletin reads as follows Gen. Grant has been very quiet all the evening. His pu'sc Is 61: temperature, 99, respiration, Id": He Is now sleeping quietly. To this cable the following reply was sent: Nsw vornc. April *. Dowager Marchioness of Ely, Alx Lea Bains, France: Mrs. Grant thanks the Queen for her sympathy and direct* me to say that Gen. Grant Is no better. Col. Gbant. Why a Town Treasurer Disappeared. Bahoor, Me., April 10.—The cause of the disappearance of J. W. Waldron, late town treasurer of Oldtown, who left town the day utter his successor was elected, has been explained. His acoountg were short 94,000, and it has been ascertained that he has been speculating in stocks for six years, aud owes some $80,000 borrowed from friends in sums from $85 to 11,000. Waldren is 50 years old, and has a wife and four children. He had always been an exemplary man, -a church member and superintendent of a'Sunday school, and had the confidence of bustttess men. It is reported that he has gone west, where he has a rich relative of whom he ext., Not only the English queen in her French chateau thought of the general slowly dying here in New York, but the crowned heads of Germany and Austria through their envoys, the former represented by Baron von Alvenslebon and the latter through Baron von Schaeffer, asked whether Gen. Grant was amy better. The answer in Col. Fred Slant's cablegram told the story better than any other words could. He was no better, and that, by thene who know the inside history of the ease, really means that he is worse. The doctors Jtnew when In the dawn at that awful Thursday morning the life of the (antral was fading away like the darkness, and the hypodermic injection of brandy brought back the color to the cheeks that there was only one drug— could Aake the general live a few days longer. That Thursday evening at 10 o'clock th. morphia was injected and the, bulletins mentioned the fact and since then, although the drug has been used again and again with larger and more frequent doses, the bulletin? have been as mute on the subject as the front of the brownstone mansion. "The general has slept," the bulletins have said, and then later on the bulletins have said that the general is stronger and better. | On the Atlantic coast there are a number ofBrrt class steamers of 3,000 tons and under that would prove terrors to' the slow going British tramp steamers. The Kallory line, the Morgan line, the Alexandre line, the Savannah line, and the Vera Crux and Havana line, U is said, will each receive offers for one or more ships. The Louisiana of the New Orleans line is the fmteet ship hi the world in proportion to the amount of coa) she consumes, only 80 tons a day being required to carry her from New York to New Orleans in • little over five days. Hlf the RuMians succeed inbuylng half a dosen of these small American steamers," *aid a prominent Broad street steamship man, "they will make British commerce sick. The British will then have no resource save in Qttlng out the fast Liverpool liners like the ■ Oxygon, the America, the AuranUi and the Q*y of Rome. TTieae ships could capture C61. Ridgway says that the retreat of the Afghans was conducted with perfect order and sullen deliberation. It - was impossible, however, to concentrate for the defense of Penjdeh, and it is probable that that important position is now in the possession of Gen. Komaroff. There is widespread belief here that the Russian* have acted with duplicity not only in the field but also in the embassy at London. The news of the battle on the Kushk river was known at the Russian embassy at an early hour Wednesday, and still, with this startling information in his possession, Baron de Steal continued his assurances of the pacific intentions of Russia. RIEL'S PFBELLION, Tallow Calf and Old l it-pul Hack on Their poets to get money to settle his accounts. The town will not lose anything, as his bondsmen are good, and even they will hot lots, as he has sufficient property to secure them. WrmriPEO, April 10.—A dispatch from Regena says the Blackfeet Indians have gone back to their reserve, and are quieted down. Yellpw Calf has goni to his reserve a Crooked Lake, and Old Piepot and his Indians are on their reserve alio. Ho trouble is feared frflan this band. Reservations Again. Gov. Fletcher's Mysterious Trip. The feeling in parliament on .this branch of the subject was shown during Mr. Gladstone's statement in the house of commons. He naively mentioned that M. de Giers, the Russian foreign minister, had expressed the hope that the battle would not impair the friendly relations between Russia and England. This statement was received with roars of derisive laughter, which were started by the Tories but which soon spread to the Lifattal tenches when the full absurdity of the statement was realized. The war feeling is universal in London. It is felt that the government cannot now yield an inch, and it is generally hoped that will not yield, but will stand up for a square fight, and every* Englishman is confident of the result. Everybody seems permeated with Lord Dufferm's beliof—that war is inevitable and that it had better come now than later. &r. Louie, April 10.—Ex-Go v. Fletcher, whose recent mysterious absence from home alarmed his family, arrived here yesterday. He says that he started to go to De Soto»JDut was induced to go to Mexico by a gentleman whom he met on the train, in order to secure valuable testimony in the Weil-L'Abra land claim then pending in the United States senate. The stranger paid his expenses,•and was to give him a large fee, but on arrivh£*«t Gen. Middleton'd scouts are doing' good work under Capt. French. His chief aides are Hon. Maurice Gilford, brother of Lord Gilford of Ashantee fame, Hon. C. Fiennes, grandson of Lord Saye and Sele, an9 Mr. Brittlebank, an Englishman. the American-built ships in a fight, but the iiffical ty would be in finding them aftor they Cr«ra once at sea. The British navy is neithei speedy nor able to stay long at sea. The Pall Mall Ooaette recently asserted that not one 1 NDZAjr apolis, April 10.—The civil servie# law is indefinite as to the class of clerks in the larger post offices that are subject to removal at will To settle the question the local board of examiners at this office addressed a letter to the commission at Washington. The following reply has been received:Very Important to Postmasters. A company, numbering 35 strong, from High Bluff, has joined Lieut.'Col. Scott's battalion, completing the battalion's strength, which now numbers 400. They are held here under orders, Gen. Middleton having seat word that he will not need them at present Flnnnelnl aad Commercial. Bnt the thin mask was torn aside by the hand of Benor Romero, who recognised that his old friend dying there in his easy chair was not growing better, but was being drugged better; that he was not sleeping seven or eight hours, but was lying senseless. That was all. Matamoras the preparations to take the testimony were incomplete and, before they could be finished word was rnmt that the senate had adjourned. Ha then wanted to come back, but ran out of money and was delayed. He filed telegrams to his wife on starting and during his trip, but they never reached her. of the IvnirlilllflMli'jnfflrlmit cod endurance to carry her to New York, and it was true. But the Russian ship Mischief—I forget what It is in Russian—can steam 16X knots an hour, aud at moderate speed has a co*l endurance of 00 days. The British can guard the channel, but Britannia doesn't rule all the waves so much as people think die does." NBIV YORK STOCK [Aa iv ported by Jmid, Nre ft Oe, Broken, Scran too, Pittaton akti Wilkes-Barre, over their private wire, enabling them to execute orders instantly. ] Ottawa, April 10.—Reports from Calgary tend to confirm information already received by the government regarding the hostile movement of Indians in the westers section of the coon try. Later advices stats that there is beyond a doubt a large movement of Crees toward the international boundary south of Fort Leod, at which paint they are crossing into Montana, hoping tc induce the Sioux Indians to return north with them. From authentic sources it i: learned that Riel and his followers have devastated the country north of Humboldt towards Prince Albert, raiding every store, house and bam where plunder could bs found. Sir: Tours of the 21st of March baa remaiwd unanswered until now by reason of the need of consulting, the president on the questions raised. It has now been docidoJ that the only places which can be filled at your office without examination are the following:•VNkwYou, April 10 - Stood told to-day at the New York stock exchange u follow*: Stock* Open- Ctbi'g Slockt Oprn Clot'* ing Bid ing Bid D. 4H.C . 7tU 7»H Nor. West.. M MM D. U * W 106*2 10* Nor Weatpf Ml ill* N.J Central 84* MU M . K. A T. 17W 17W W. Union... 6® 57 Mtofa. fDn.. _ —— ntPaul.com 70* 70% Phlla &B*d. II 18 C. n.C.*I. SI 81 HY OiW — frte........ UJS 12?4 Panada P... 1*H MV LAkeShore. tstt 5•« Can.. 90 $X .e*^.p„5lflc D'% D. £ R G., 7M  Senor Romero laid that the General was under the influence of morphia all the time. The bulletins only mentioned cauaJly that morphia had been used, and they had added that he was without pain. This was true. Gen. Grant was and is now without pain, but as soon as the drugs grow weaker then the pains, more terrible than can be imagined, afflict him. The cancer, Senior Romero said, has been maldng steady progress, eating its way further and further towards vital points, and approaching those organs, which when once attacked will grant the wish of the soldier, and the disease will carry him to his friends beyond the grave. It was rumored that John" Roach's apathy over the refusal of Secretary Whitney tc make the final payment on the Dolphin was due to an offer from Barker Brothers A Co. in behalf at Kuala, but this was authoritatively denied. Tennyson to Brooklyn School Children. New York, April 10.—The pupils of a Brooklyn public school, who sent Tennyson a Christmas present of manuscript oopies made by them of parts of his works which pleased them, have received the following acknowledgment: It is rumored in well informed circles that the government has arranged with Italy to supply the entire foroe necessary to garrison Egypt and the Soudan. This would enable the British troops to be withdrawn at once for service in India and Afghanistan. ~Assistant postmaster and cashier, retail stamp clerk, chief of money order division, superintendent of mails, chief of registry department, superintendent of carriers. The effect of the war news In shipping circles waa electrical. Shippers who had been boldiqg back for better rates at onoe began to look around. There were Increased order for grain tram Ike other side, and the demand for room stiffened rates at least 30 per cent, on the average. There was a rumor that English insuranee companies had telegraphed orders to their American agents to refuse to take any more risks CH English bottoms, but this, rumor waa untrue. War rates, however, will be demanded at once on receipt of further news of hostilities. :'Aldworth, March, 1885. Onion Pac. 4.* L. . Hash I K lD N Psc.com I7)J R. bland... 114 114 N "c pn-t I MM in 0»n«rmJ ■  Oen. sa it Chic. & O. — JLP.XD*. OIK «« C. tO.pnT  Can Pacific 87 87 C,. B. & Q ltt 181M Wab Pacific S 6 Rt P M 3- — W Pacific pf 1IU 1IU NYCAStL » T» Orf*.Train lig I2« W.g. Hd«.. SOU »H Krie 2nd... U 64JJ Pao. Mail... tig MM CHICAGO GRAIN AND I'ROYtSIONS. As rrcelT«d over prirate wire by Jlidd, Njra ft 3o., Hrokrra, 1st National Bank Buiidinjr. Hcranon, Brown's Building, Ptttaton, and 7 South franklin l-treet, Wflkes-Barrr, Pa. April. Man. June. July. m m m m »- " " it— D«% The intelligence department of the Horse Guards has dispatches giving the estimated strength, as reported by spies, of the Russian . forces ready for an immediate gdvance in foroe on the strategic points on the Afghan frontier selected for occupation, namely, Pul-i-khatun, Zalflker and Pul-i-khisti. fbe number is placed at upwards of 95,000 men of all arms. Of these, one division 66,000 strong is reported to be already in motion with their faces toward Chamenibed, and the remainder are advtocing south along the roads bordering the Persian frontier east of Sarakhs. The spies report that the main bodies of both these divisions are within 200 miles as the bird flies from Herat, and that two columns 10,000 strong are within five marches of the Russian advanced poets on the Uurghab river in the east and the Hari Kud on the west R. D. Graham, Secretary. "My Dear Young Friends—I thank you heartily for having taken so much trouble to show me that what I have written gives you pleasure. Such kindly memorials as yours make me hope that, though the national bond between England and America was broken by the stupidity of some of Qeorjfe IIL's ministers, the natural one of blood And language may bind us close? and closer from century to oentury. Believe me your true old friend, "Tennyson." It will be seen that this decision comes directly from the commission after special consultation with President Cleveland, and it is therefore not only important As to the office here, but establishes a precedent for all other officer* within the classified civil service. Causes of the Hooking Valley Strike. Columbus, April 10.—The committee oi the Ohio legislature which was appointed tC inquire into the causes of the Hocking valley strike hare agreed upon a report. Whilt they condemn what Is known as the ironclad contract aa one of the primary causes ol disaffection with the miner?, and think, 11 possible, It should be prohibited, they make no recommendations and submit no pro vis tons looking to rectification of the differences constantly arising. One of the visitors to the house said that very often the physicians' prophecies were not fulfilled and the power of the drug was lost before the expected hou£ and then the general was in the mojf intense agony until another injection had been administered. Nxw York, April 10.—The members of both the produce and maritime exchanges were pleased over the intelligence given Dy the cable dispatches in regard to the battle on the Afghan frontier. The effect of the dispatches upon the freight market Was considerable, and whore owners of vessel property were anxious to secure a charter at two shillings for petroleum to a direct port on the other side; they peremptorily refused to close this morning at 2s. fid. Wheat went up flvepence per bushel. There is a large number of unchartered vessels in port, but none are desirous of obtaining business unless at a considerable increase over the rate of freight offered by shippers. Produce exchange merchants say that already the demand for cargoes by cable is increasing. Several large shipowners of Nova Scotia have telegraphed to their agents here to purchase as soon an possible any or all craft offered for sale. D Tassel Owner* Glad at the News. The most comfortable people at the Marttime exchange were the agents of the Garman lines. These and the French line t- Havre and Bordeaux expect to carry the transatlantic passenger traffic, as well as the freight, or as much of tt as theij ships will hold. The impression of most of the people who came out of the house was that the general was better, but thoee who looked below the surface understood that this better condition of the general did in the eye* of tbe doctors, and that Gen. Grant was rapidly sinking into his grave. Atlanta, April 10.—While Henry Schram of Charlotte, N. C., was sitting in a Richmond and Danville car just as the train was moving out, a panting stranger dropped into the seat beside him. In by a Sharper. Whsat— Opening. Highest  Lowes*. M M Closing. Or*—Opening . Highest.. -?.Tr.. T,owe«t  Closing  Oats—ripening.. HlghesS  Lowest . Closing  Pork—Opening.. Highest....7??. Lowest  Closing.  ' a*»—Opening.. Highest  Lowest  s a s* s* ii- 9r a a 9t w a 3* 1 sf IS 16 12 85 11 S« It ITU 11 IS 11 SO 11 40 It 6ltf 11 16 HI 10 91 IU 11 S7W It IS II IS It SB 11 47$J • SS • S0 70S 7 15 IH 7 0SW 7 UH 7 17K St# SSS T«C 7 16 The project of establishing an American line to Liverpool of fast ships en the Lundberg model will be pushed, and merchants ■aid that the stock would all be taken in 34 hours after the declaration of war. To Succeed Minister Faster. "Good Lord!" said he, 'Tve forgotten my ticket, and have nothing with me but this check for $000 on the Bank of Corsicana, Tex. Can you lend me $50 on it until I can arrange mattersr' Niw York, April 10. -The Times' Washington correspondent says that the Kissoarians expect that Gen. Reynolds, sow a member of the South American commission, will succeed Gen. Foster as minister to Spain. Gen. Reynolds is now on his way home frorr South America, having been obliged to lasrv t the tropics on account of his wife's health. He is strongly supported by Senator Vast. Thj British forces actually mobilized and ready for the front are 80,000 men at Rawulpindi, 37,000 men at variqus strategic points on the Candahar road, and 85,000 men at Quetta, making a total of 02,000 men, oonsis ing exclusively of British and picked troop* of the Indian army. Of these troops 70,000 can be on the route at a few hours' notice, and two divisions, one from the Pun- Jaub and one from Quetta, each about 10,000 strung, are already awaiting the Word to march. It i* feand that Russia has taken advantage of the diplomatic  posed to prevent an early conclusion of peace negotiations lnnrder to bring up sufficient troops for a dash on Herat before the British are well on the way to Candahar, but they will find every practicable pins between them and- Herat strongly held by tbe forces of the ameer, whose object iAI be to hold them until a flying column of British troops can mako their way to tbe front. The admiralty lords met, and consultatioiu were subsequently held between officers of the navy and the war office, orders being telegraphed to all ships of the cruising squadrons within reach not to leave port Until further orders. The board are understood, to hare' submitted a report for the concentration of powerful naval forces in Turkish and Russian waters. It is stated at tlx war office that the Indian government has reported taking the IniUatlve by "Ordering the formation of a flying column for immediate However, such a sleep as it was. Gen. Grant fell into it at 11 o'clock on Wednesday evening and did not awake until 7 o'clock yesterday morning. The slumber, or the senselessness, had been disturbed now and again by coughing, but the night was comparatively one of quietude and peace. Mrs. Grant was sleeping in her room, and only -Br. Shrady sat by the library table, ready tdt any emergency. Col. Fred Grant, Mrs. Sartoris and Jesse were all asleep, and the doctor dosed away, too, so that the only one awake in the mansion was the nurse, Henry. He sat by the chair, open-eyed and expectant.The susceptible North Carolinian did sow "Thanks," said the delighted stranger. "I'll go for the conductor and fix it up." The Guarantee oL the Grant Fund. New York, April 10.—Report* have been in circulation that the fund of $250,0CV) which was'subecribed for Gen. Grant a few years ago, and was invested in Toledo and Wabash second mortgage bonds upon the guarantee of ef-Gov. Morgan, was insecure because the guarantee was loosely drawn. Mr. George Jones said yesterday that the interest on tbe bonds had been paid so far, and that if it should not tie paid by the company at any time within 10 years of the date oi contract the Morgan estate would pay it. When the conductor was asked about ft he smiled a smile which told the young man that he had been taken in.- One of Arthur's Acts Illegal. Closing. « 95 7 00 7 10 7 17tf A Desperate Thief. Washington, April 10.—Attorney GfDn eral Garland has rendered a decision In whtpl he holds that the Winnebago and Cio* Creek Indian reservation belong; to the Sioux TnCn«n« by the treaty of 18ti8, and thai the order of Resident Arthur of Feb. lil, 1885, throwing said reservation open to settlement was and void. tETROLBtTM. OtlCitt. April 10—Opening.. Portulkd, Ore., April 10.—A. B. Dimmiek, charged with being one of the men who set fire to the town of Weston, Ore., a year ago, when $800,000 worth of property was burned, was discovered in Gervalis, Ore., Tuesday night. The sheriff, with a posse of six men, made an unsuccessful attempt to arrest the fugitive. The sheriff presented a double-barreled shot gun and ordered Dimmick to surrender, but Dimmiek sprang on him, tore the gun from bis grasp, and oovering the crowd with it made his escape. Officers are in close pursuit. Dimmiek says he will fight to the death. He is also charged with robbery and horse stealing. Highest 1 BWfit. i New Orlkans, April 10.—Colorado's exhibit at the exposition was completely destroyed by an employe of the State Commission, D. G. Grimes. That gentleman, with money advanced by the exposition managers and subscribed by private individuals, had put together one of the finest displays in the building, a portion of which was a large painting representing the Mount of Holy Cross. Mr. Grimes has been expecting that the Colorado legislature would come to his assistance with an appropriation to reimburse his for his trouble and expense, and add to the exhibit. Whon all hope from this quarter failed, he determined to distroy tbe display. With this object in view he gained admittance to the building under the pretest of some improvements, and smashed tbe article* displayed in such a manner that they cannot be replaced. Destroyed Colorado's -Exhibit. Closing D•4 s I • — »••• Later on Dr. Shrady looked at the general 'and noticing bow well the drug had done its work he, too, went to bed for the night. At 8:80 o'clock came the official report of how the general had passed the night. It ran as follows: OH! MYIACK Etctj strain or nM ilHiti task uC nearly pmtntM J*. Nxw Haven, April 10.—Doable gangs of dialled workmen are turning out breach- Icviing rifles at the Whitney Anna company, lor Russia, it is reported, though this is denied. The Winchester Arms company is also running full blast on guns and cartridges. Mew Haven Onn Factories at Full Blast. Jouet, 111., April 10.—Fifteen huntlre. rtone quarrymen at Lemont struck when tbt Joliet strikers arrived there. Several of tbt foremen were handled pretty roughly. Tin condition in this city-is unchanged. except that one quarry—Wonberg & Co. 's—has ac ceded to the strikers' terms, and its men have gone to work. The Striking Illinois Quarrymen. Oen Grant slept eight hoars during the nigh _nd awoke feeling much refreshed. His pulse ls6jsnd reasonably full. Temperature normal. There is no doubt bnt that the family believed that the general was better, that the vigorous constitution had rallied and perhaps, a caller said, down deep in Mrs. Orant's heart there was a belief that' the general would gome day leave the sick chamber a strong man again. The early pedestriani through Sixty-sixth street saw the face of the general's wife and that of her daughter, Mrs. Sartoris, at the window above Qen. Grant's room. It was not quite the same as the sad face of a day ago, which came to another CONDENSED NEWS. Keforin In the 1'ost oftlet Department The board of orerseers of Harvard bar decided that undergraduates must attend prayers. Washington, April 10.—Postmaster General Vila* has appointed Chief Inspector Sharp,' Inspector Henderson and Mr. Van Hoake of the topographers office, a committee to confer #with the supervising architect of the treasury, relative to plans for the new post office buildings throughout the country. The law require* these plans to be approved by the postmaster general, and heretofore this has been dono without question and as a nutter of course. Postmaster General Vilas proposes to inquire into the suitability of plans for post office buildings before approving them. Chicago's Ballot Hox Stealers. It is said in Chicago that the president is Interested in seeing ffm. R. Morrison elected senator from Illinois. Chicago, April 10.—"Dutchy" O'Keefe, a saloon keeper, has beau arrested, being reoognised by a hack driver as one of the men wlfc broke the window in a livery stable andstol* a ballot box. The other man has not yal been captured. aerrico, the trcfope selected for which will - parade f r marching orders at daylight. Thane troops will be followed by another divtton within a few hour*. The oonoeotration of troop* on the Punjaub and in the Quetta district ha* been accelerated. Orders have bean wired to Gibraltar, Malta and all point* In India (topping the reliefs and changes of The boiler in a machine shop at Cynthia, Ky., "exploded severely injuring two men and wrecking the building. Washington, April 10.—"That interview is bogus from beginning to end; there is not a word of truth in it," was said yesterday at the White House when a Boston paper was shown containing whAt purported' to be an interview between the president and a member of the cabinet, in which Mr. Cleveland is quoted as saying that he reappointed Mr. Pearson as postmaster at New York to repay The President on Peanon'a Appointment. window, the centre one of Gen. Grant's rocta. Mrs. Grant looked pale, and the grief depicted on her countenance was deepsettled. Jesse Grant's face was by his mother's at the window. The postman ran up the stoop with a big bundle of letters in his hand and then the faces disappeared, and down in the library the morning mail was read. Henry, the nurse, came down stairs, and for the first time in months walked a block or two to get up on appetite, he sawl, for his breakfast He knew heny often the morphia had been administered, and knew Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, has issued a general order directing the police to prevent any more sparring exhibitions. Ante-Mortem Wills 1—poratlve. Lanbinq, Mich., April 10.—Hie supreme court decided that the tew providing far antemortem wills to be inoperative and unconstitutional. The la# allowed the will to be probated before the death C* the testator. The United States senate proposal to further economise by dispensing with the services of about 90 of its employes. fJSK ¥ '■ rcooivinx telegraphic offers frcm the commanding cJjcenf ot the auxiliary farces urging the dalitts of the battalions under ttieir orders to volitntesr active service. Returns from the wa- Lightning Strikes Wnahtngtoai Monument. Baltimoreans have been so often swindled by so-called fortune tellers that several ftf them were recently arrested and fined $25 apiece. BKowiii omnou os.'lum«u, mm. ter Mr Mrvicee, and that Washington, April 10.—While a heavy storm was passing over the city the Washingion monument was struck three times by ightning, without causing the least damage. Col. Casey examined the aluminium Up with . powerful telescope and found it us sl.nrp and bright as when It was placed on the summit some months since. Smallpox by Pullman Cars. MeaarajfeCurti*, Schurs, Gedrge Jones and James Gordon Bennett had declined offers of office made by the president. Montreal, April ltt—Several cases ol smallpox have occurred here, ill of which have been traced to two Pullmau car conductors who are said to have bro ight thi disease from Chicago. office show that the lest cull for volunteers fnaa the auxiliary forces and timoexpin d men Was re*pourt»! to by upwards of 70,000 sittC ■ It that an order will bo issued allowing men and men of the auxiliary force* to vo'unte* for active atrvioa , also of those troublous hours when Gen. Grant's senses return to him, and the agonic of his disoase awoke again those passionate Ion-rings for the rest and the comfort Dr. New man prays for. But Henry is a shrewd The son of Edwin Cowles, editor of The Cleveland Leader, who recently insulted a lawyer at a banquet which he was sent to eport, has gone insane. Carter Harrison Grows Virtuous. Chicago, April 10.—Major Harrison, when asked as to his views on the threatened contest, said: "I am most emphatically in favor of it, and will do everything in my power to aasiat in all loyal incisures that will settle any doubts. I would like to hava every ballot box in gp city optned and recounted, and the alleged outside frauds sifted to the bottom. I dont want the offioe and would gladly resign it to-morrow, and wi'J Mt hold a position about which there is a tafat of fraud." Miss Mary Packer, daughter of the late Asa Packer, president of the Lehigh Valley railroad, who was toarried last Tuesday, is said to be the richest woman is America. Her income is $1,000 a day, Withdrawing Troops from the Soudan. London, April 10. — The Morianz Tost states that Geu. Lord Wolseley bw been ordsied fc withdraw one-t&ird of the troops from the Soudan. C WM. GRIFFITH, nurso and knows a thing or two, and all he would say was that the general had passed a quiet night, and that morphine had been injected. He said the general was very weak, but about the morphia nothing. Senator Chaffee left the house a little after 0 o'clock, and said the general was auakr aiid peaceful, and ex-First Assistant Postmaster General Tyner sftJd the tame thing. Chicago, April 10.—The celebrated election conspiracy case of MacHn, Gallagher, Gleason, Biehl, Hansbrough and Shields was continued until next Tuesday in Judge Hawes' court. Mr. Thomson, Mackin's attorney, was absent, and for and other reasons the prosecution desired a oontinoance.The Celebrated Haekin-Oallagher Case. Instructions have been telegraphed to Sir Peter Lumsden to proceed thortly with all the force* at his command t«. occupy Robot MS*, the approaches to which have already Mai torttfled bythe under the direotion of the British royal eug.ueers. Itobatpas* 1* north hf Herat and through fti OIVJX. £KOn9SEH. Broad St, SURVEYOR PHbtw. Pi The moat deairabla building LOTS la Wat Pittaton FOR MLft Tork Am anC Hirer Street. mart* It is estimated that, the extra nail facilities afforded by the new fast trains of the Pennsylvania road, between New York and St. Louis,-will save the merchants of the latter city (00,000 a year in interest on remittanois.llano b*ll. Ha'timorc—Baltimore, 8; Philadelphia, 0. DV"uBhingtou—Providence, 8; Nationals, 20. Lulls v.lie—Louisville, 8; Detroit, 30. Rich iDMud—Virginia, 5; Brooklyn, 4. * **