Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-10-04
GENERAL NEWS.
Operations Of The Philadelphia Mint
Funeral OF the Late Rear.Ad-
miral WlBsl0W-Aid for
Southern Cities.
Serious Row With HOrsethieYes-TWO
MOd0cs COmmuted-Prepar atiOns
Complete to Hang the Others.
Political Dem OralizatiOn Of France
Fatal Boiler ExplOsiOn-Mur-
derers, ETC., Etc.

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derers, Etc., Etc.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.
BOSTON, October 3.-The boiler of the
| hosting engine on Grand Junction
wharf exploded to-day, killing one man
and wounding several others.
! About Two MurdeFers
| WEsTCHEsTER. PA, October 3.-Dan-
lei Jones, who murdered Nelson High
| land, in township Alouth, has been cap
tured. Adersook's trial, on the charge
of numbering Pass, will take place on
the twenty-seventh instant.
serious Row with Horse ThEeves.
BINGHAM, Me, October 3.-Ten men
in pursuit of two hOr Sc thieves, came up
on them Just over the Canada line. At
ter q rapid exchange of shots, the two
| thieves were captured, both wounded,
one fatally. Two of their eaptors were
also wounded.
Aid for ShrevepOrt.
CAIRO, September 3.-Grand Master
Trass. of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows of Illinois, has issued call on
the subordinate lodges of the State for
contributions in aid of the suffering Odd
Fellows in Shreveport and other south
ern cities. A meeting of the chamber
of commerce is called for tomorrow
morning to consider the question of con-
tributions in aid of the sufferers by yell
loW-fever at Shreveport.
Coming Sold.
WASHINGTON, October 3.-The mint
at Philadelphia, under orders from
Washington, is coming double-eagles at
the rate of ten million dollars per
month, and the California mint is rum
ming at it fullest capacity. Gold coin
age, and bullion to the amount of three
million dollars has been added to the
fund of the assay Office ct New York to
pay promptly all deposits of sOvereigns
Funeral Of the Late Rear. Admiral Wins
t0w.
BOSTON, October 3.-The funeral ser
vices over the remains of the late
Rear-Admiral John A. Winslow
took place in st. Johns Episcopal
church, Boston highlands, ard at the
close the remains were taken to Forrest
hill and inferred. In accordance with
the wish of the family Of the deceased
there was no military procession, but a
long line of carriages, containing pro-
fessiOnal friends, accompanied the body
to the grave. Flags on all public and
many private buildings are athalf-mast.
Political Unrest in France.
PARIS, October 3.-The city has been
full of conflicting rumors to-day in re-
gard to the political situation. The
rumor which gained the most currency
and caused the greatest excitement was
one stating that the permanent COM
mittee of the assembly would order that
body to meet on the thirteenth instant,
and that the government officials now
absent from Versailles had been ordered
to proceed there Immediately, but a
dispatch from official sources in Yer
sailles pronounces it untrue.
AEOdOc Sentences COmmuted.
WASHINGTON, d. c., October 3.-The
sentence Of Stoluk and Barncho, Modoc
Indians, has been commuted to impris-
onment for life in AlcatTass Island, San
Francisco harbor, on the ground that
these Indians were not chiefs, but stood
in the relative position of private sold
iers, obeying the orders of their COM
mander, Captain Jack. The cab
met met at noon to-day, Secretary
Robson being the only one absent. The
President expects to attend the annual
reunion of the army of Tennessee at
Toledo on the fifteenth and seventeenth
instant.
Preparation for the Execution of the
MOdOes C0mpleted.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 3.-Prepara-
tions are completed for the execution of
CAPTAIN Jack, Schonchin, Boston
Charley, Black Jim, Barncho, and Sto-
lux, at ten O'Clock to-day, at Fort Kla-
math. The scaffold is q large contriv-
ance, erected just outside of the fort.
Some delay may be OccasiOned from the
fact that the order for the execution
have been translated for the condemned.
They seemed much depressed by the
knowledge of their impending fate.
The execution of the MOdocs will be in
the presence of the Klamoth and other
Indians, for the purpose of making a
wholesome impression on their minds.
Whites from all parts OF the country
will be on the spot TO witness Jacks
death. The remainder of his tribe will
| not be surrendered to the Oregon author
| tiles, but will be transferred to Fort
Russell, Wyoming Territory. The rem
| nant amounts to one hundred and fifty
six men, women and children. Captain
Hosbrouck will escort them to the fort
with the fourth artillery.
Current News i'm New York.
Two OF THE MODoCs TO BE PARDoNED.
A Washington special says that Sta
lux and Barneho, two of the Indians
sentenced to be hanged with Captain
Jack, will be pardoned by the President,
on the ground that they were merely
the instruments of their chief in the
peace-eommissioners assassination.
AFRICAN NEWS.
NEW YORK, October 3.--A special
dispatch says that central Asia is extern
siyely disturbed. A civil war is raging
in Khokon against their ruler, Khudayar
Khan. The Turcomans of the desert
around Khiva are obstinately fighting
the Russians. The Afghans are fighting
the Persians, and carrying on dangerous
intrigues with Emir of BOkhara. va
kaub, bey of Nashgir, is fighting the
Chinese at the extreme limit of their
empire. BOkhara seems to be the point
of contention, and 1t is altogether proba-
bic that the Russian emperor viii before
long take toward Bokhara the same
course he has recently taken toward
Khiva, and permanently occupy the
territory and reduce it to the condition
of Russian dependency.
DETAILS OF THE MooDC EXECUTIONS.
| A Fort Klamath special speaking of
the gallows on which Captain Jack and
his associates are to be executed to-day,
says: s'The uprights stand about seven
teen feet high, surmounted by a cross
beam thirty feet in length, the platform
is set on pine poles, and is eight feet be-
low the beam, with a solid back and
hinged front, IN which the criminals
will be placed standing. The cutting Of
single rope viii upset the three sup
Iporters OF the front of the platform and
give the murdereTs a six foot drop.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hoge will officiste
as provost-marshal, and superintend ad-
justing the moose, by sergeants and nom
commissioned officers. The sentence
and findings of the military commits
/ sion viii be read by Lieutenant Kings
bury, and translated to the Indians by
Ridder, OF Yreka. It's expected nearly
one thousand Indians will be present."
YELLow-FEvER IN QUARANTINE.
At the inspection of the quarantine
stations to-day by Governor Dix, the
quarantine commissioners, large num-
Der Of members and representatives for
the shipping interests were present. 1t
was etated by Health Officer Wander
1 pOcl tuAs yeAio"-leFSI uhu eAlsteu dt
the lower quarantine station at all times
from the fret of June to the first of Oc-
tober, The total number of cases was
sixty -four; deaths, thirteen. Informa-
| ton as to the actual severity of the dis
ease had been withheld from the press
to prevent alarmists iDjuring the COM
meFce of the port, the health-ofIieers
considering that so long as the disease,
imported from foreign ports, was kept
in the lower bay and prevented from
entering the city, It was unwise to need.
lessly alarm the public.
There viii be a great Catholic pa