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Resolutions Adopted by the River I'm.
proyement Convention.

In the Mississippi Valley Interstate
River Improvement Convention held recently
at New Orleans, the following resolutions
were adopted:
WHEREAS. Tie Congress- OF the United
States, by an net passed and approved by the
President Juneg -. lss0, created the Mississippi
River Commission, composed Of engineers
ana scientific experts, whose duty II was 70
make. take i'm consideration and mature such
plan or plans as will connect, permanently
locate and deepen the channel and protect
the banks o. the Mississippi River, improve
ana give safety and ease 20 the navigation
thereof, and for other purposes and,
WHEREAS, said Commission, after q careful
survey, have made a detailed report as 70 the
most practicable. feasible and economic
method Of improving the navigation and
commerce Of the Mississippi River; and,
WHEREBY, a bill. No. 6,s45. has been intro
duccd and II now pending I'm Congress, framed
IN accordance with plans, estimates and spec-
fhcations, u drawn IN accordance with tho
report. Of said Commission therefore be Il
Resolved. That this Convention cordially an.
prove the report Of said Commission and
earnestly request Senators and Members or
Congrcs. from the states included In the Mis-
sissippa .ailey 70 use their best efforts 70 Sc
Resofred, That we recognize the improve.
ment ~ tributary streams A. second only IN
Importance e the main stream. and that Il Is
the duty and interest Of the Government 10
inaugurafe a general system Of river i'm
provcnents embracing the whole system OF
nsers IN TIE Ntilcy OF the Mississippi.
Resotged, That the Legislatures ~ states.
Chambers OF Commerce. boards of Trade and
other commercial and municipal bodies in
every city and town on the banks 81 the Mis-.
sissippf River and its tfibt1 aries. be and they
are hereby requested 10 take such action ~
aid ~ the passage Of Bin No. 6.s2G, and
now pending before Congress, for the i'm
Resotred, That the Department Of Govern.
mens having charge Of snag boats in the Ohio
and mississippi Rivers shall. AS far as practic.
wrecks % a. 20 make a clear channc OF at
Rfsotred, That with a view OF facilitating
and extending commerce between the states
o. the Mississippi Valley, West Indies. Mexico.
central and other South American states and
Brazil, this Convention do recommend toCon-
grc-s such legislation AZ shan tabiis and
X and continuous mail service
between New Orleans and such ports and for.
rign countries herein named NJ tile poefmns.
YER. General may deem best suited to TIE "a
'srests Of trade and commerce..
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.

LATE Dublin dispatch says: Ac.
counts received from various parts Of Ire
land by agents for property represent that
the state Of the country is still more dis
turbed and dcmoralized. The combination
against the payment Of rents is extending IN
70 districts hitherto peaceable. Tenants who
do not pretend to be unable TO pay their
rents meet their landlords defiantly,
and IN some cases decline to pay al all, or
demand an arbitrary abatement. Five per-
sons have been arrested near Loughrea,
County Galway, for assisting 70 reinstatc q
Family In a house from which il had been evict-
ed. All were remanded for trial. Apollce-
man was shot and wounded AZ westford,
County Clare. Farmers have combined and
will prevent hunting there this season.
The custodian OF a farm near New Pallas,
from which a tenant had been cyicted. was
shot and badly wounded. The Irish Land
League has invested its funds in foreign
securities and deposited them in a CONT
mental bank, to forestall seizure.
DIR. THOMAS WooD, an eminent sur
gcon Of Cincinnati, died a few days ago from
the effects OF blood poisoning, caused By at
tending TO the wounded in a recent railway
accident while suffering with chapped
hands.
SIR ALEXANDER CocKBURN, Lord
Chief Justice Of the Queens Bench, died
suddenly at London, on the 10Th, from heart
disease.
ARTHUR LIEBERMAN, a Polish Jew.
who recently committed suicide in Syracuse,
n. H.. was actively interested In the Mill
lit movement in Russia and was compelled
flee from that country on account Of his
incendiary publications. lie was a native
OF wilma, and a man Of fine natural powers
and literally educated.
A 4 at Adrian Mich College. on
the 2ist, destroyed the entire north wing.
containing the department for I35 theologi-
students. Loss, so, 900; insurance.
5000.
The British steamer Mildred, from
New York for Marseillcs. foundcrel ia the
Atlantic. The crew, - In number, were
drowned.
The number Of deaths by the Mime
Insane Asylum fire Il now fixed At
weniy-seyen.
PASSENGERS in a sleeping-car passing
through the Baltimore tunnel, the other
we're robbed Of 5000 in money and
faluables in the most mysterious manner.
JUDGE McCRARY has refused 10 trans
er 70 the courts Of Colorado the case Of In
liam Agent Berry.
A LIFE-ISsURANCE fraud has been de-
at Reading, Pa, involving promi-
ent physicians, through whose certificates
'olicies 10 the amount Of $2G,OO0 Were taken
ut on a con>umptive woman.
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o7o; Burnes, Dem. e.c54; Davis, Green's t.
s,ii3; total, 1851; Anderson'ss plurality,
25Ai6; majority. 1898. second District
Haskell, Republican. 81, s5s; Green. Fusion.
3S,'S'; total vote, A,i95; Haskell's MAORI
~, 1921. Third District-Ryan. Republican,
4l,0s4; Mcdonald, Democrat, 1926; Mitch
ell, Greenbacker, 9,&6; total vote,
67,sG6; Ryan's plurality. 2i.1fs; majority,
l4,7s2. Total vote on members Of Congress.
lo9, saS. The vote on the Constitutions
amendment was-prohibilion, for. 9l,si3;
against, s3,96s; majority for, TIA; total
vote, ls5,7il. constitutional Convention
for es,5si; against, li4,47O; majority against,
1867. The total vote on state officers was
a little over sol 200.
Minnesota-Onicial: Garfield, 93,903. Han
cock, $3.50; Gardeld's plurality, 40,5s7.
Congress-Dunnel's plurality. SGT; straits
majority, $3.50; washburn's II, 624-all Re-
publicans.
Mississippi-Oficial; Hancock, 1852:
Garfield. 3i,Ai; Weaver. 5,7s3; scattering,
$40. Hancock's plurality. iO,99s.
Nebraska-Complete returns show Re-
publican majorities ranging from %. GIG TO
24,955; Greenback vote. $500. The total
Of the state is $500; total vote in 1876,
+
New York-Garfeld's plurality 20, $40.
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WASHINGTON. November rs.
THE following statement OF the condition OF
corn, tobacco and potato crops was issued to
day by the Department 81 Agriculture.
The crop Of corn shows no increase over that
OF last year. but rather n sigh; decline for the
whole country. The Atlantic States all show
an increase. particularly the States o. New
York New Jersey. Pennsylvania and Virginia.
The Gulf states suffered from drought IN the
spring and too much rain during the summcr.
except the State Of Texas, which almost
dcs'bles her product. In the states north of
the OHIO river, Ohio and Michigan increased
their yield. while Indiana and illinois de-
creased. West or the Mississippi River. Iowa
alone Increased her yield On the Pacific Slope
shows an increase.
There was less land planted in tobacco this
year than last. The decrease was principally
IA the states Of Maryland and Virginia. Ia
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin there was
. decided increase. Early in the season the
weatbw was not p%ropitious, but in August
and september IL was very favorable. The
average yield per acre, a. reported November
!, y 40 pounds, against .gj last yea.
The area planted In potatoes was this year
about equal 70 that planted In 1873. but in the
total crop there - quite a decline. The yield
per acre u reported this year at an average Of
VI bushels. against Is la 1879 aud o. in ISIS.
Only three states-Tcxas. Arkansas and Cali
i~ornia-report an increase In the yield. All
others report q decline, more or less. Insect
injuries are not Of genera complaint, but
drought Is almost universally mentioned
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James Il. N-Gnl. grandson ~ 4 well known
colorsd r. de,t Of Baltimore.
SEEaEsSr BrRNE. OF the Leadyille
police force on the night OF the 18th at
tempted 20 arrest two thieves ~ the Denver
and Rio 6ranie Depot. One OF them drew
= revolver and fired Al the officer, bur missed
his aim. The latter then bred in the dark
ness az his adversary. and unfortunately
shot . woman. Mrs. Murdoch. wife Of one
OF the railroad employees. The wound Is a
serious a and not unlikely mortal. The
thieves escaped.
One Of the young highwaymen re-
Gently wounded and captured near Dallas,
Tex, turns out 70 be II. II. Brycrly. a son
81 . wealthy and highly respected citizen OF
Collin County, and brother OF q well known
Methodist preacher now stationed at Paris,
Tex.
The St. Louis Smelling and Refining
Works, located At Cheitenham, inthe south
western suburbs, were entirely destroyed BY
fire on the 18th. John williams, engineer
Of the works, lost his life. Property loss.
about 100000; insurance, S4s.7oo. Some
% hands were employed. The work Of re-
building will begin Immediately.
A BOILER in O'Neii's mill, near Stew
enson, Ala, exploded IN the 18th, killing
outright Tom Cowan, James Davis (colored),
and two boys. Two negroes were scalded
and bruised, one losing his arm.
JAMES NEvERsoN and Edward Quer-
nan both colored, were hanged AZ WASH
ington, ID. c., on the 10th, for the murder OF
George II. Hirth, a young merchant, in JAN
uary last
AN express train on the Ohio and
Mississippi Railroad, when near Ewing,
Ind, on the Goth, struck a wagon in which
four men were riding and killed them all.
The names OF the victims are John McAsker,
John l. Robertson, Freeman, and Beverly
Richardson. The three former were killed
instantly, but Richardson lived several
hours. The parties were returning from a
funeral. They attempted to cross before the
train, the horses baked. and the wagon was
struck before the men could make their es-
cape.
LAURA, daughter Of Judge Robert II.
Lamb, OF indianapolis, wa fatally poisoned
BY taking a deadly mixture by mistake for a
dose Of medicine.
ANOTHER mine explosion has occur
at Mons, Belgium, causing the deaths Of
L men and the injury Of a many more.
Ar St. Louis, on the night of the Goth,
, man known As Michael II. Donley shot
lwice a girl named Annie Greaser, and then
hot himself, dying instantly. The girl will
The shooting took place in a dis
house Of which the girl was an in
nate, and was the result Of jealousy. Don
ey was until recently . soldier, belonging
o the FIRST Cavalry. His real name is said
. have been Rehacek, his parents being Bo-
lemians and residents OF ST. Louis. y,
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Col THOMAS A. ScOrT and a party
Of prominent railway officials have been
making = tour Of inspection over the Texas
and Pacific and View Orleans Pacific Dads.
They were Hospitality entertained AZ most OF
the various cities and towns they visited.
A RECENT New York dispatch saws:
The action Of the Supreme Court 81 the
United states, dissolying the receiyership Of
the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway.
removes obstacles that have stood in the way
Of . consolidation Of that company with the
Missouri Pacific Railway Company. Nego-
tizffons for . consolidation Of these compa-
nies have been in progress for some time.
and now the union IS likely 20 be accom-
plished. Jay Gould i President Of both
companies, largely interested in both, and
he fzvors their union.
jar GOULD has purchased the Denver
and South Park Railroad, paying therefor
about $500 90. .
SAN Francisco is threatened with a
coal famine
The recent cold snap did not Sc
riously damage the crops in Louisiana, a.
was II first apprehended.
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IWO leading NIhIlist ~Organizers were
hanged Al a. Petersburg ON tbe rstb.
A-rr.r n 60; ~.r -
s~p1eu Z
porder into . ea1r - III. 49, hals ~
saek. He careIe.siv threw tn wr.nn;nr-
paper that had contained the powder int
the stove. The remnsut Of powder adher-
4 to the pzper eau.ed ! fi.sh which ,rri,ed
the entire mas contained n ~ 40. M
r.us. .ss
otherwise % badly injured that NJ died
within . short time; Calls injuries were e.
we're u not necessarily fatal. Three chill
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Number er Dom rattle Animals In Europe ana
th~ Urssed states.

WAsHfSGTON. November II.
THE Agricultural Department has prepared
a statement giving the number OF domesti-
Gated ani-ials in tho United states and Enrope.
by the table II is shown that there are IN Eu-
rope n .5s3,063 horses. OF which Great Britmn
possesses :. loi, 100; Russia, II. leo. coo: Austria.
l.Sd1,u15; Hungary, l,i5s.sls; Prussia. 2.s.s. ~;
France. 2.sts, 1Os; other countries. less than
1,voo.oOj each. The United states has but To-
$500, or 2o,Glt.9s3 less than all Europe.
Europe has I .i6.0sI mules ana asses spain
having .~.3l9,Si6. Italy. sls.22.: France, .Oi.-
NS' Portugal. iss,6i0: other countries less
than 10000 each The United States has but
l.si3,iO0. or "a .93l less than All Europe.
There are in Europe s9.6ss.e4s horned cattle,
Great Britain having 6.0o.. lOt. Ireland. 4.lls.-
80. Sweden. 2,0,6.3D; Russia. -. 7.o.0 900: Aus
tria- 7,i25-.ie: Hungary.5,s.9 1873: Prussia. s.Gl2,-
$50: Bavaria, a.06s.a1: France, n.7sl.gs:
SPAIN e.e5s .3o3; Italy, 3.fss, rs: other coun-
tries. less than 2.0O0.0o) each. The United
States has Si.sJt,5oo, or 56.4s3.5ls less than
Europe.
All Europe possesses iss.0M.2H sheep. Great
Britain having q. .s01: ireland, f.4ss.ooo:
Russia. 46,t2e,0J0, Austria, 5.0e6. jos: Hungary.
i5.use.ys. Prussia. 1864. .5s: France, 25.0s5,-
III; Portugal. 2s0S..ss; spain. :. 81. go: Italy,
e.ssi,o4e. Roumania, 4.1s6.3l. other countries,
less than 2.00t.sc0 each. The United States has
81. Ia, 800. or l5a ~, 90 less than all Europe.
There are in Europe ts.Js5. ts3 swine. Great
Britain having 2.5l9.39D; Ireland. I.O42 "a:
:. sO0O00. Austria. 2,55f.f5J: Hungary.
4,ita.2ss; Prussia. i,.ss.53i; France. 5..5j.655;
Spain. i,a5i,sD: Italy, i~,ss3,5s>; other coun-
tries. less than 1.001.0)J each. The United
states has 34,sc6,I 100, or s.a,l,59J lees than all
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SERIOUS differences are reported "a
exist in The British Cabinet, regarding the
treatment q the Irish lnnd-labor question.
IL issaidthat Nessrs- Bright and Chamber
hin have pronounced absolutely against any
coercive measures.
CHARLES s. FISHER, . prominent
young lawyer Of Cincinnati, and an active
Republican politician, n under arrest
charged with an attempted fraud upon the
beilct-box = the O-fober election.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL WHAR-
rcS says the Republicans viii contest the
seats Of Democrats returned to Congress
from the Fourth and Fifth Districts OF Lou
isian.. and perhaps likewise those Of the
First and second Districts.
The Richmond Wzig. understood to
be the mourhpiece Of Gen. Malone. init
mates hat the Senator will, while shaping
out = new policy for Virginia in National az
fairs. act with the Democrats upon political
questions generally.
The Democratic Editors Of Northern
Indiana met In Convention At Fort Wayne,
on the 18Th 20 consider matters OF interest
70 the profession, and especially the existing
political situation.
ID r. JONES, Secretary Of the Miners
Association OF Pennsylvania, has been ar
rested for conspiracy In calling q meeting
and distributing bills.
GOVERNOR JAMES ID. WILLIAMS, OF
Indiana, died At Indianapolis on the 10th, A.
ferafew week. Illness OF inflammation OF the
bladder, 4 complaint 10 which he had been
rnAa-A< -
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Az idiot who, perhaps, surpasscs all rivals In
memory, and In capacity 70 make math cmat-
icaA calculations I'm his head, was recently cx-
ahmed bcforcthe students OF the Meiico-snr-
gical Academy Of -. Petersburg. lie twenty
seven years old. In his youth he was noted for
M brilliant ability, but was addicted TO the
immoderatr useof liquors, and led a dissipaicd
lie. lie was attacked by an acute disease.
when be recovered he was found 10 have lost
All his mental faculties except memory and
the power Of mathematical calculation.
These increased proportionatcly az his
Understanding and power OF logical
thinking vanished. Now he Il Q
living photograph and calculating apparatus.
IA the lecture room Prof. Mcrjcvsky request.
"a him 70 square number containing five
Or six figures, TO extract the square roos
OF like numbers, and 50 on. All the questions
were correctly answered by the patient In .
few seconds. No mathematician present
could DO anything like II. Then the Professor
requested some one to read poetry aloud for
several minutes, and the patient repeated u
as correctly as a phonograph. The Professor
declared 70 the audience that he was unable 70
explain this psychical phenomenon. This mem
DRY md the calculating capacity OF the patient
are still growing, while IN other respects heis
becoming more hopeless idiot.
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HRmNE.
a fonNkR clerk IN the Dead-Lstter nr.-
relates some Interesting facts about pe,nls
VINO pinndcr. Ne says; "A gentleman trav.
cling ON business sent q letter cont.in,,.
si'ou % his wife NJ home. lie sealed ~
envelope and deposited II m the NM,
without any address whatever. A..
the letter wns opened NJ the Dead Ls,,..
Ohicc we found that he had written bur I ~.
lines, announcing his determination 10 ~
SOUTH not mentioning any destination. Ana
signing '"corse.' There was no clew to truce
ING we ana hut a slight one 10 ind the writer.
After a long search George was aiscover.a
on the Motel register. the only person OUT ~
tnirty-two Of the same name who had merely
signed lis name without saying where b. 49,
from, or whittier going.
Another case. somewhat similar. was Inc
Following: A letter was written. dated Aston
ftouse. New York. signed sChaunccy.' inclos.
iig two thousand dollars To a lady as a ~
Enumeration for the care with which she had
treated his parents. The letter stated he WI.
eoing 20 Europe. Tho letter was mlsdirccted
and was opened at the Dead-Letter Ofnce. the
Postmaster Of New York was instructed 10
make inquiries at the Astor House for Chaun-
cey, who, after some trouble. was found. ana
tine money returned to him the very afternoon
he left for Europe.
The following are some OF the singular
supcrscriptions ON dead letters:
MARY
"'sal- II you want 10 hear from your DO. YOU
had better come and get this letter
: In this letter there Is twenty dollars for
Bob, and | send IL this way SO that the Posi-
master won't steal IT,
"'Postmasters, please delIver this 10 the
young lady living IN the first house beyond the
wallet factory, that wears n black dress ana
sack, white straw hat and brown face-trim-
mings. Now don't make a mistake"
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SrTKA, Alaska, has had a cyclone,
followed by an earthquake. Many houses
were demolished.
GEN. MILES informs the War DE,
partment that Lieut.. Kislingbury and hi.
small were attacked by the Indi-
ans near the mouth Of Muscleshell Creek.
Montana, on the 7th, and forced to retire in
TO the stockade for protection. Additional
troops have been sent to their relief.
A NUMBER Of indictments have been
brought in by the United States Grand Jury
At fankton, ID. T., against parties engaged
tn making fraudulent homestead entries.
The National Grange Patrons OF Hus-
bandry assembled in Washington. d. C., on
the 18th. The attendance il said to be larger
than ever before, thirty States being repre-
sented. The reports Of officers show the
Grange organization increasing.
A LARGE amount of counterfeit notes
on the Spanish Bank Of Havana, Cuba, was
captured in New York City, on the 18Th. in
the possession Of Stephen G. Bradwell. who
was trapped by the detectives in an attempt
to negotiate the notes. Bradweil was taken
into custody His ostensible business + that
Of . commercial traveller, but he j. known TO
have been previously engaged in several en-
terprises OF a questionable character.
EIGHT hundred and fifty Cinnamon
left San Francisco, on the 18th, in the steamer
Oceanic for Hong Kong.
GEN. CONWAY says 100000 negroes
throughout the South are now organized in
70 various associations, ready to migrate al
a given signal. A company has been or
ganized II the East TO direct the movement,
and already 10000 acres Of land have been
purchased In New Mexico and more will be
added as needed.
"A GILLIAN squadron has sailed from
Valparaiso with troops to bcsiege Lima
A BRITISH regiment at Halifax has
received orders 70 sail for Ireland.
ANOTHER attempt to assassinate the
Gar was recently made al Liyadia. his coun.
try seat. No particulars have been made
public.
The wholesale drug house Of Lord,
Stoutenburgh a Co., 50 Wabash Avenue,
Chicago, was destroyed by fire, together
with its entire contents. on the 10th. One
girl, an employee, was probably fatally
burned. The fire originated d. in the chemical
department, and was caused BY the explo-
sion CT . bottle Of ~suIphuric ether. Total
loss about sz2o,ooo; insurance, $4,000.
LArcocK, the Australian, won the
final heat In the international regatta on the
Thames; Ross second; Hosmer third; smith
fourth. Laycock has challenged Hanlan.
The various divisions Of the Oklaho-
ma Colony viii move simultaneously on the
9Th Of December across the Kansas, Texas
and Arkansas lines. A petition will be pre-
sented 70 Congress and the President, ask
Ink that the army be prevented from OBJ
structing or interfering with the movement.
LATER ELECTION RETURNS.
ccnnecticut-0ficial: Garfeld's plural
Ity, 1865; majority, 1,ss2.
KansAs-The following h the Official vote
n the three Convro4xion. di.fr1~s. 20 -
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An East Boston father discovered
that his daughter, who has a soul for
romance, proposed to elopc. And he
didn't sit up with a bull dog and shot
gun to waylay the fugitiyes. Oh, mol
he went to his daughter and told her
he desired her to marry a young man,
naming her lover, and he would sci
him up In a good paving grocery bust.
ness; and the young lady at once de-
clared she'd die rather than marry any
man just to please her father.
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Tho Harvard Divinity School has
just received q bequest OF $4,000 for
the education Of needy students intend
ing 10 become clcrgymen.