Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-09-29
AfrIcan Explorations.

/ trlct IN congress.
! African Explorations.
NEW YORK. September ga letter
] from Albert Bushnell, dated Gaboon,
Africa, August 4th, to President Daily,
of the American geographical society,
/ states that the German exploring eXpe-
/ detion had left for the interior, with the
intention of crossing and establishing
communication between the eastern and
western coasts of Africa. The English
Livingstone relief expedition was at st.
| Salvador, the ancient capital of Angola.
The French expedition is at manga, on
the Ogio river.
The president of the first national
bank here urges the immediate resump-
ton of specie payment on the ground
that such an action will add eighty mill
lion dollars positive relief to the money
market.
Prospect Park Races.
New YORK, September 2S.-At the
Prospect PARK course yesterday two
races were trotted. In the first race, for
$1,000, mile heats, for horses that have
never beaten 2:47, there were eleven
starters. The first heat was won by Ev-
erett Ray, and the second by Miss Mil
Ter, when protest was entered, by gen.
tleman connected with the course,
against the apparent jockeying of the
driver and owner Of the horse Hopeful.
The driver of the latter horse was then
changed by the judges, and Hopeful
won the last three heats and the race in
2:25, 2:27, and 2:25. Time of the first
two heats, 2:30, 2:31!. The horse Hope
ful, his owner and driver were ruled of
all tracks recognized by the national as
sociatiOn forever. The second race, mile
heats, for $1,000, for 2:2l horses, was won
by Csmors, beating Sensation, who won
the first two heats in 2:20 and 2.24,
Huntress, w. H. Allen, and Gazelle-
the two latter distanced. Time, 2:23f,
2:223, 2:244.
RiIkIe COIIins's Reception.
New YORK, September 2S.-At the re-
ceptiOn of Wilkie Collins st the Lotus
club Saturday night a remarkable scene
followed bis introduction. Charles Brad
laugh, late in the evening, at restau-
rant, referred pointedly 10 the fact that
class distinctions in England were so
great that this American club had given
him, on foreign soil, the
first opportunity of his life
to meet a countryman whom he
was glad to honor, and even say word
III HIS DIdA5Gs lhCtt was LlO Nlhb III
England,n said he, ''that would give
me equal privileges.n The speech was
received with a wild burst of enthusiasm,
and prolonged cheers were given even
after Bradlaugh had returned to his seat
at the table beside Collins. The crowd
continued cheering until he came for
ward and spoke briefly.
Murder-POIsOn-COIO Mckenzie.
ST. LOUIS, September 2S.-A diff
Guilty between Nathaniel Daniels and
Fred Houston, at Platte City, Missouri,
| Friday, resulted in the killing of Daniels
and wounding of Houston.
The family of Mrs. Silvers, living at
| Lexington, Missouri, were poisoned a
| few DAYS ago by drinking coffee in which
boy. Three members of the family are
not expected to live. The poison was
given to the boy by negro who had a
grudge against the family.
Colonel Mckenzie, who raided the
| Kiekapoo Indians in Mexico some
| time ago, has arrived here from Fort
| Clark. He states that only part of the
! KickapOos have left Mexico for their
old reservation in Kansas. The other
part of the band have gone still further
| into Mexico, but it is expected they will
return and cause more trouble on the
border.
| = Mining Town Almost Entirely De-
strOyed by Fire.
DENVER, Col, September 2S.-Two-
thirds of the f1ourishing mining town of
| Fair Play, Colorado, was destroyed by
| fire Friday ufkht, last. The fire
originated in tlls Fair Play house, and
spread rapidly in every direction. All
the stores, printing-office, United States
| land office, pOstoffice, express office, hO-
tells and other business places, with two
or three exceptions, were entirely de-
stroyed. Many lost stores, stock, dwell
ings ,and everything, excepting the
clothes on their persons. Much suffer-
| ing will result, as the season is too far
advanced for rebuilding, and the wealth
er is already extremely cold. News re-
| ceived here at one o'clock last night
some of the churches took up cOllec-
tions for the sufferers. Other measures
of relief will be taken by the people of
Denver Monday.
Right Reverend Geo. Randall, Epis-
copaI bishop of Colorado, New Mexico
and Wyoming, died at his residence in
this city at eleven O'Clock this morning,
of typhoid pneumonia. His loss will be
deeply and generally regretted.
The New York Catholic Union.
New YORK, September 2S.-The New
| York Catholic union met here last night
at the residence of Archbishop Nc
| Closky, and letters were read on the
subject of the proposed union from
Dublin, London, Paris and Rome. DR..
| Anderson, of the Catholic p-OtectOry,
occupied the chair, and in his opening
| speech said that the main object of the
/ gathering was to consider the practica-
bility Of pilgrimages in America. He
| said if pilgrimage could not be con-
veniently madein truth and in fact, he
| admitted of its accomplishments in spirit.
| The doctor proposed that the month of
| October be selected for pursuance of
spiritual pilgrlmages in the United s ates
The archbishop objected on very essen
tial grounds, as October would not give
them time to inform his holiness, nor
themselves an opportunity of procuring
the plenary indulgence already given TO
those who have undertaken a pilgrim
age, actually or spiritually. Mr.. Ander-
son explained that it was the object of
THIS pilgrimage TO unite all Catholics in
prayer for the recovery, of the usurped
liberties of the church, and TO exercise
in the Union moral influence over the
enemies of CathOlicity.
National Agricultural GatheriBE.
CHICAGO, September 28.-The State
central committee of the Illinois State
farmers association, have issued a call
to the farmers clubs, Oranges, farmers
associations, agricultural societies, boards
of agriculture, and other organizations
of the industrial classes of the United
States, and requesting them to send
from their own members, and identified
with their interest, one delegate from
each such organization, to meet in Chi
cago, Wednesday, October 22d. AT
ter the purpose of discussing the
prevailing over-charges in tTanspor-
tation, to incite and perfect the
organization of the agricultural
and other industrial classes which chief
ly suffer from these charges in every
State, Territory and province in the
country, with the view of throwing q
combined overwhelming influence
against their future depredatiOns, and
to take such measures as shall secure
prompt and efficient legislation that
shall end in the complete extinction Of
all railroad or other monOpOlies now
preying on the productive interestsl of
America.
Charles Bergenthal, the young man
who was shot in saloon on the corner
of Madison and Clarke streets some
weeks ago, died yesterday of his
wounds, his survival this long with a
bullet in hia head sheing regarded as