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,z'aae Presidential Succession.

The Law regarding the succession to tho
Presidency ID contained in the third title
OF the Revised Statutes of the United
States. The sections are az follows
''sEc. lts. Iii case OF removal, death,
resignation, or inability of both tbs Presi-
dcat and Vice-Presdent of tho United
States, the President Of the Senate, OF If
there ia none, then the Speaker of the
House Of Representatives, for the time
being, shall act as President until the dis
ability il removed OF Il President elected.
''sEo. 1T. Whenever the offices of
President and Vice-Presiient both become
vacant, the Secretary Of State shall forth
with cause a notification thereof to be
made to the Executive Of every State, and
shalt also cause the same to be published
in at least one of the newspapers printed
in each State.
'.sEC. 146. The notification shall spe-
city that electors OF President and Vice
President Of the United States shall be ap-,
pointed or chosen in the several States as
follows:
First. II there shall be the space OF
two months yet to ensue between the date
| Of such notification and the first Wednes-
day in December the next ensuing, such
notification shall specify that the electors
| shall be appointed or chosen within thirty
| four days preceding such first Wednesday
| in December.
| ssSecond. If there shall not be the space
Of two months between the date OF such
notification and such first Wednesday in
December, and if the term for which the
President and President last lii office
were elected will not expire Oh the third
day of March next ensuing, the notitica-
ton shall specify that the electors shall be-
appointed Or chosen within thirty-four
davs preceding the first Wednesday in
December III the year next ensuing. But
if there shall not be the space Of two
nlnoths between the date Of such notifica-
ton and the first Wednesday in Decem-
Der the next ensuing, and if the term for
which the President and Vice-Presldent
last in Office were elected will expire on
the third day of March next ensuing, the
notification shall not specify that electors
are TO be appointed or chosen.
SEC. 149. Electors appointed or cllo-
sen upon the notification prescribed by the
preceding section shall meet and give
their votes upon the first Wednesday in
December specified in the notification
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Malaria i'm the white House.

NEW York, July 25.-The Tribune says:
-Four Of the persons.in attendance on the
President have been seized with malaria
since lie was confined to the White House.
This is the pleasing result Of Congression-
III inactivity. 1t is Of a serious Importance
now because constant doses Of quini.e alone
will probably ward off the same trouble
from the President. When Congress
meets next winter we shall doubtless see
something done about the Potomac flats.
Bit legislative inertia brings heavy penal
tv when It endangers the health and even
the lives Of fhe President and family.
Last week closed with an unusual ex-
eitenent III the stock market. It cannot
be said that the unfayerable news as to
1.-THE Presidents condition, though greatly
exaggerated i'll Wall street, was il any
proper sense tI1e reason forany such de-
cline .as occurred. For some weeks q pow
erful combination of spectators has been
laboring TO depress prices, and with con
siderable success.
Accounts have been widely circulated
Regarding the crops and the relations q
| the trunk lines, which though il some 1e.
sI,ects exaggerated or faIse, had enough
basis of truth to cause considerable appre.
lhension as 10 their future Vitlue. Most q
| the powerful he ders Of stocks, whether
they share tl1ese appfehensial.z q sr'
merely permitting the market " set over
sa=s! as d basis for i neV advance, i1lad'
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aEEsfas, fsse ESzss.7s

New YORK, .Tulv 22.-Ilao Sur says;
There j u general belief Ill the 4tll ward
that Billy the Kid was born and brought
Up II that ward. The dispatch a2nounc-
iug 'sjs .leatt, reported That biz real name
was Mccarthy. The 4t'l war'ler's name
was Mccarthy. 4 Sun reporter last night
talked With some 4tf vartlers, ALI Of whom
had known Mccarthy. and trey were all
of the opinion that nc and Billy the Kid
we're identical. :.3rhere. is one way to make
sure of it, said one Of the gang. Me
Cartl1v, when ten years cid, was badly
burned wit2l acid. lie was treated at The
Chambers street hospital, but | think he
must have the sca1. on the upper part OF
one Of his legs and on his body
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A j japanese Punishment.

An English resident in Japan records
the horror which he felt when, immedi-
ately after landing, he met a wretc!ied
criminal walking about Toxic, in mid
winter, naked, with his hair tied back 50
tightly to a beam of wood laid across his
to which his arms were stap-
ped, that, no matter how far back he strained
his head, his hair was almost torn from his
scalp. On inquiry, he found that the tor
ttlre was inflicted on the criminal to indi-
cate the adherence with which the law re-
gardetl the robbery Of the scanty earnings
OF the helpless poor. The miscreant had
picked the pocketof a blind cripple.
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Speech Of Sitting Hsu11.

FtoRT BuFoRD, July 2l.-The surrender
Of the notesI chief continues TO be the stlb-
iect of interest here and il response to
your telegram hasten to telegraph you
the incidents Of yesterday when council
was held with Sitting Bull and his chiefs,
III the course of which Major Brotherton
made known TO Sitting Bull the course
which the Government intends 10 pursue
towards him and his tribe, Tho Major
said he would join 4 large portion OF his
tribe at Fort Yates, and that 80 long as
they were peaceable and behaved them
selves they would be treated kindly and
considerably.
Sitting Bull was accompanied by hisson,
six years Old, and after surrender1ng his
rifle to Major Brotherton, through the
hands of the child, he said: Il surrender
this rifle to ,you through my youngest son,
wIlon I desire to teach in this manner
That he has become friend of the Ameri-
cans. | wish him to learn the habits OF
the whites, and to be educated rs their
sons are educated. ! wish it to be remem-
harcd that was the last man OF my tribe
to surrender my rifle. This boy has given
it TO you, and he now wants to know how
he is going to make a living. Whatever
YOU have to give or whatever you have to
sav,I would like to receive or hear it now,
for don't wish to be kept In darkness
longer | have sent several messengers
in here from time to time, but none OF them
have. returned with news. Other chiefs,
Grow King and Gall, have not wanted me
to come. and have never received good
news from here. / now wish to be al
lowed to live this side of the line or the
other as I see fit. wish TO continue my
old life of hunting, but would like 70 be
allowed to trade on both sides Of the line.
This is my country and don't like to give
itup.'
He then said he would like to have his
daughter, who ID at Fort Yates, sent up to
visit him, and that he wanted to get his
people together again and live in peace
witt, the white man. After the council
the Indians were given blankets and placed
in charge of Capt Clifford, who will look
after them until they are sent to the Stand
ing Rock Agency.-Speeial Dispatch Il
the -Bismorrb: Tribune.
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very little resistance to tbs depression, and
some Of them have materially added 10 It.
These influences had brought the nlal-
ket into such d condition tlata vigorous
attack upon almost any pretest, or with
cut any, was likely to cause some decline.
The sudden change i'll the prezident'e con-
dtion gave 4 puotext Of especial effective
ness; the market was vigorously attacked,
and something very like a panic Of stock
holders followed.
Whether the spectators gain or lose,
tile condition Of the country Is s5ot such as
to Justify any apprehension. The Presi-
dents death would be q great calamity,
but it would hardly effect the public credit
or the financial situation in the least de-
gree.
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RECORDED.

The Rev. Mr. Vetterling, Detroit pas
tor, got drunk on an excursion steamer,
was caught kissing a girl, got Il violent
blow from another whom he tried to kiss.
and was finally arrested.
Vassar has one smart girl who will in
hereafter be heard Of in women's rights
societies. She described ssstraw'' as be-
ing hollow thing with ten-cent man on
one end Of it and a twenty cent drink on
the other end.--Ex.
A lady who occupied cottage at mount
Desert last summer had a box made for
her jeWelry in imitation ola Bible. While
absent one day some one entered her house
and carried off her silverWare, but her box
ofjeWelry was undisturbed.
Miss Proudfut is one of the loyaliesf
girls in Southern Kansas, and i year AGO
was the recipient Of much adtnfring at
tention from the opposite sex; but now
there is = dlsh sition on the part OF the
young men to stay away from her. The
change is caused by the fact that three of
her suitors have received gunshot wounds
while IN her company. Il is not known
who the assassin is, but he is supposed to
be somebody who, being unable to secure
the prize himself, Is determined thatno-
| body else shall do 50.
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No matter how aeiduious joke ii, the
cream Of it should never be aonr.
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a n Nv Editor
This port.


CHICAGO, july 25.-postmaster Frank
W. Palmer to-day assumes the editorial
management Of the morning Herald. In
anedtorial announcing the fact he states
chat the paper will favor Il free, untlam-
lnelled ballot, the protection Of citizenship
Of I'll classes and quotes from speech
made by himself III Congress eleven years
ago, in which he forecasts assassinations
and intimitlations Of blacks and whites Of
the South for their opinions, and says this
il no time for the abatement Of the advo-
casy Of equal rights, when the worst ap-
prehensiolls have been realized. Ile says
the paper will advocate the hands off,
policy as to finances, and will encourage
protective tariff; will counsel unity in the
Republican ranks, such AS now seems fpas-
ible. The Herald has heretofore been in-
dependent II politics. but will now be
strongly Republican.
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New Railroad Lime TO California.

san FRANCISCO, July 26.-Articles Of
incorporation of the San Joaquin and
Mountain divisions of the California Cen
trail railroad have been filed here. The
roads connecting run from MrBride's
Pass, on the State line, a little south of
west to the southern terminus Of the pro-
posed San Francisco and Ocean Shore
railroad at Santa Cruz. This Is under
stood TO be ia flntherance OF tile-scheme
announced in the Chicago Inter Oceans
despatch from Council Bluffs Of July I'D,
ito build i trunk from Palranagat valley,
Nevada, to San Francisco, for the joint
use of the Atlantic 6 Pacifie, Texas Pa
s.ific and Utah Southern roads. Engineers
are now making surveys all along tile
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A ssaizraasz Extended

ST. LOUIS. July 26-A dispatch from
Greenville, Texas, says it is now assured
that Jay Gould will change the east lines
and the Red river narrow guage road, re-
Gently acquired by him, to a broad guage
line and extend it to Dallas. This road
runs in between and parallel to the trans
continental main line Of the Texas Pacific,
and when completed to Dallas will be 200
miles long, and that Gould's object in
changing its guagc is so as 70 enable him
to get more extensive control of the Texas
& Pacific by threatening to construct a
competing line to the Pacific coast, using
the East line and Red river road as a nu-
cleus to be opened in harmony with the
Iron Mountain.
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Press Comments ORA ConklEs.g

New EoRK, July 23.-The Times says
of the Albany election: Every one Of
the Senators and Assembiymen who disre-
gal..itd the will Of their constituents and
chose rather to obey the hehestB OF a man
WHO had Abandoned his trust and betrayed
his party should be content with back
seat until he has shown unfeigned repent
auGe an,l brought forth fruits worthy Of
ii.
Of Conkling il says: He has kept the
Legislature ii session TWO months longer
than was necessary for its legitimate work.
lie has ruined The political prospects Of at
least thirty Of irs members. He has alien
Hted the entire Republican party from
himself and has failed iii every effort he
has made, either TO advance his own inter-
ests or revenge himself by injuring the
party. lie could not lead. New York has
two Republican Senators Of mediocre
ability, one Of whom, 1t least, has not
kept himself free from the reproach Of pre-
ferring self interest to public interest,
where the twe were conflicting; that both
are likely to be far more faithful to fhei'
duty ~ Senator's and Republicans than
their predecessors have shown themselves
The World and San also criticise the ac-
tiot Of t9OnI5Iing
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& Sya3s.

AsnlsGros, July D. Ex-senator
{ ,onkling, accompanied by Senator Jones
Of Nevada, called at the Executive Man
sion at d. w., au1 IL now in The cabinet
room. lie remained Is or 20 minutes At
the Executive Mansion. f. told Bliss
tEat ttta recent unt;lyoraI}le rtnn il the
President : ease had been q source Of great
#nxia1y TO bin, a'1si he called III person to
inquire. UpaH being informed That the
symptoms were more encouraging. he cx-
pressed bis gratI1icaGi0u.
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AZ az GsaGT s. .

New YoRk, July 26.--all sorts Of al
rumors concerning the Presidents
condition are flying about today and great
is felt throughout the city, The
crowds around the bulletin boards are
greatly increased and people have a de
pressed look. The Associated Press dis
patches up to This time z p. nl.) do not
confirm the liseol;ragif1g reports. DIR.
Howard expresses the belief that the Pres
i.itut already has pyHrnea.
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NeSF z 0wsk ESetlsa.

Troy, Jaiy 25.-N+m. GAyil while sof-
te1;ug from ueliriunl tlemenS, leapel head
first this morning from a precipiee 125 feet
higll to tIlt rocky bed OF the L'oestinkill
creek ana Was terribly Git and bruised,
but will probably recover. His escape
was miraculous.
New York, July ..5.--Tl1e railroad tick
ct War continues. all the trunk lines are
now selling. tickets 70 Chicago for nine
collars.
Judge Robertson this afternoon took the
oath Of office as collector Of customs fol
This port.
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re6sus zsn4ax NOTES. 0s, NEWS.

France denies that she intends 20 con-
quer Tripoli.
-Four hundred Arabs were killed at the
CAPTURE of Sfax blythe French.
Alexander, of Bulgaria, has returned TO
sofia amid the cheers Of the porulacc.
Deaf, Stanley died in London july 18th,
Of erysipelaa. He Is to be buried ia West
minister Abbey.
Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, has
been expelled from France for meddling
ii, Legitinist politics.
Tile Boers refuse to accept the debt
award OF the British Commissioners. and
more trouble is probable ii the Iransvaal,
Attempts to bear" American securities
in England by sensational reports III re-
gard to the failure Of our crops still com
lin9le.
The Russian Minister, General'lglatieff,
is daily threatened by Nihilists. Govern
ment detectives, also, are being murdered
In the country districts.
Large numbers of agricultural laborers
in the district Of Macroom, county Cork,
have struck for higher wages, and are
marching through the county compelling
others to strike.
It seems to be the current opinion now
that the Lords will not make any fight over
| the Land Bill. They feel assured that it
will amount TO little Mr.. l'arnell and his
associates have made last fruitless stand
against the emigration clauses OF the bill.
III Russia affairs seem to be drifting to
/! anarchy. The Gear is still q prisoner at
Peterhof. The peasants are desperate, and
no longer expect any reforms from the
Government. The Siberian plague has
also broken out in various parts OF the
country.
There was disgraceful riot in Rome re-
Gently as the remains of Plus the Ninth
were being removed from St. Peters to
san Lorenzo. The Pope and Council ot
Cardinals are much incensed and excited
at such an irrelgious demonstration on the
| part OF mob.
The London STANDARD, commenting up
Oh Jefferson Davis new book, 1.-The Rise
and Fall Of the Confederate Government, =
says: I'VE give him recognition rs 3
straightforward and sincere chronicler ol
memoirs alike interesting to all English
and American citizens. y
At Colon, on the isthmus Of Panama, re-
Gently, the railroad authorities had 4 seri.
otls disturbance with q number of Janlai.
clans and negroes engaged in the banana
business. Colombian troops were called
in to quiet matters and q British subjec
was unfortunately shot.
1 Anti-cIerical disturbances continue a
i Rome. The men who were imprisoned
for disorderly conduct when the remain
4 of Pope Plus were removed from St.Peter'
have been presented with gold medals
One paper regrets thatthe body was no
thrown into the Tiber, and advocates th.
fexpulsion Of Papaey fron1Ronle.
Mr. Wu. n. Armstrong, the Hawaiian
q Minister Of State accompanying Kin
KaIakaua OH his visit to England, says tina
the runor published il the United State
I regarding the proposed sale of the Hawai-
ian Islands TO England or France is friyol
j Gus and utterly false. King Kalakaua vi
! return home via the United States.
! The latest adviees from Bogota are tlls
I the Senatsof the United States of Colon
hfa had appointed s commission 10 Yiaitth
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uksio5aI RuIaestls.

1yAsHlsaToS, Executive Mansion, July,
IS, $3.50 a. n.--T'E1e Presideat was come
What restless during TIL tight and the
fever, whic'l had sisfss1tsssst3 after our last
bulletin, rose again ,sbotiS midnight and
continued until about 3 a. m,, after Which
it again suhaided. He is noH- about rs
we'll rs yesterday at the same hour. Pulse
lo2, temperature, 9S.4, respiration Is.
[5ignsd.] D. ". BLISS,
j. K. BARNES,
j. j. WOODWARD,
ROBT. REYBUgs
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Libel Suits.

DENVER, July 22.--Two more libel suits
for $l0O, 900 each have been entered against
the Tribune Publishing Company. There
are now four suits foran aggregate amount
Of 800, 900 filed against the Tribune, one
having been filed BY Tie Denver Y New
Orleans Railroad and three by ex-'5oVefn-
or John Evans, its President. The suits
are based on the Tribuue's attacks on eN-
Governor Evans tn the management OF the
road.
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Mining Excitement in " .o1saissg

GHE4 ESsE. July .. The discovery Of
copper and silver bearing orc near Fort
Laramie is creating immense excitement.
Miners are stanpediilg to theme dlstflct'
which is about six miles wide and swarm
inc with prospectors, all of Wnoln are
making locations. Surface assays vary
from $50 TO $le0 per ton. smelters will be
erected at once. The town site OF Hamll-
.ton has been laid out and buildings are al-
ready going up. Emigration has set IN
from this city. Miners are getting. = per
.5iav. ..ttnderteet Sd, and there IS 2 pig
enaa1ld tor labor.
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Another Surgical Operation

WASHINGTON, July 26.-Another, opera
ton was performed Oh the President by
DR.. Agnew this morning. 4 piece OF the
fractured eleventh rib and one or Two
small pieces Of bone We're eut away, the
operation being made through the incis-
ion cut Saturday. The unfavorable symp-
toms last night ana this morning are said
by the doctors to be due TO Irritation OF
the wound by particles Of bone III it.
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Vessel Reported Hsssrzsed.

. PORTLAND, (Or.) July 26-1t il reported
from T7illarwo!ll bar thata u vessel was seen
on fire in the of1ing some days ago and
that charretl pieces Of wreck came
ashore. The matter has nor been fully
confirmed and nothing learned as to the
name or nationality Of the vessel.
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4 bride died in San Francisco last Weel

A bride died in San Francisco last week
under peculiarly sud circumstances. With
the consent Of her parents she had been
married. to an esfiinable young man At her
fathers house. The marriage was kept 4
secret, to indulge the innocent Wtlam Of
the lady, who wished to surprise her
friends by the announcement Of her we'd
ding reception. But a day or two after
the wedding she fell Downstairs and was
10 seriously injured that she died. The
cards that had been prepared for her re-
ception mere sent around among her &C
qs1aiatanees sHmmoning them W her fl
neral
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Foreign Negg s..

BERLIN, July 25.-Baron Won Geypo, a
young officer Of much promise, has been
shot dead i'll i duel with brother officer.
Two students Of Gottingef1, fought q
duel with pistols, Thursday last, and one
was MORALLY wounded.
GrBRA1TER, July 25.-A duel took place
last evening within the Spanish lines be-
tween a Spanish captain and q lieutenant.
The captain was killed and the lieutenant
seriously wounded
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Aapraasn Succeeds GozshaEag.

A1BASr, July 22.-In Joint convention
Lapram was elected Z. S. Senator to sue
ceed Conklips. Lapham received IN joint
convention the full Republican vote, the
Democratic vote being cast for Potter.
There il much cheering and enthusiasm
over united Republican party.
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petl,l cf The Presidents recovery,

azzaE@azazzaszssseza=zss
still hopeful of The Presidents recovery,
and see 10 reasons 10 he tlismared.
Executive Mansion, Is y. ,n.--Bliss At
is p. III. reports that everything il going
well. There has been 40 reappearance Of
fever anE the Presidents sleeping quietly.
WAsHtNGroS, July 25.--It il learacti
that Dr. Agnew i very anxious TO locate
thc bullet and remove ii if possible. lie
experimental With Prof. Bells elects5eBl
apparatus on an old soldier, bat didn't
agree with the electricians, that ii hast To-
Gated the bullet III tile veterans body.
Some physicians begin to think the bail
n1ay not have touched the liver but lodged
III the muscles OF the lower part of the
back,
WASHINGTON, July 25.-Conkling, after
talking with private secretary Brown a
few minutes, went into the private part Of
the Mansion to see Mrs. Garfield, remain
Ing some time.
Bliss, this forenoon, said he didn't be-
ieve pyamia would show itself. The
s.hi!Is Being like what would attend blood
poisoning, excited the fears that had oc
cured. never thought so, though knew
It was possible. None Of the conditions
favored blood pojsoniitg, The patients
system wHS healthy TO begin with and has
never been dangerously reduced. lie has
t,i.,,, ,,,,. 4a,f y, ..,o:,r 1;An,1oh
to prevent that. The temperature and
ventilation are the bc51 possible, and the
treatment has been soothing. We have
guarded against py@mil formation. This
pus cavity il not surprising, ana it is lot
improbable that another may form. Of
coarse the President is d very sick man and
not out of danger, but he is Oil the right
track again.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.
Executive Mansion, Z p. m.-I'he PEesi-
dent las done we'll during the day. This
afternoon tile fever did not come on until
after three o'clock. It is somewhat higher
than yesterday, but there has been no
chlls. At noon the pulse Vas 1O4, tenn
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w Dr. Bliss 70 DC IL every way tAs'l S't''s
ana encouraging. ''1 '9''' "'''''' 't,''s
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4 Distinguished Jsotl ;ss!e Dead.

PORTLAND, Me-, July 25,.Tustiee Ma
than Clifford, Of the U. S. Supreme Court,
.IinL II Cornish ut o'cIoHk.
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No matter how aeidulous 4 joke ID, the
cream Of it should never be sour.