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DAY DISPATCHES.
Another Fatal Railroad EX-
ploslon.
Crops Destroyed or Injured by
Frost.
The Willard Party in Port
land, Oregon.
MISCELLANEOUS. ETC., ETC.
MISCELLANEOUS. ETC, ETC.
Fatal Railroad Collision.

Fatal Railroad Collision.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 1O-A collision
occurred to-day On the Western Mary
land railway, twenty three miles from
this citv, between a locomotive COM
ing east and an excursion train from
Washingto for Pennsylvan a with
several hundred persons, including
many ladies and children. The COL
lision occurred through a misunder-
standing of orders. and in a narrow
cut near Patapsco station. The loco
motives came together with a terrible
crash; the one running east jumped
entirely on to the other. They Were
wedged so tightly together that at a
late hour tonight they had not been
separated A man , AIMED >jmOns, on
the east bound engine, was killed out
right. James McGuffin and Edward
Jewett, engineers. were both horribly
scalded by The escaping steam. The
track was ebstructed all day, 81 that
the passengers had to be transferred,
the excursionists from Washington
remaining at the wreck till 5 o'clock
this afternoon, when they were
brought back, and proceeded to Wash
ington. None Of the excursionists
were injured.
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Wizards Party.

PORTl AND, Or, Sept. li-preSl-
dent Willard and party reached iof'-
land during the night. All are en-
thusiastic over their trip, which ms
been full of interesting incidents. put
free from any serious accidents. Port
land is preparing to give her visitors
a grand reception. The city Is
deliberately decorated. \ proces-
sion, speeches and banquets are d
part OF the programme. Several days
will be spent in Portland and vlc'il-
ty. From the point of the last spiAe
driving to the present terminus there
has been a repetition f the pres
ent lavish decOra ions at all cities
and towns passed and the SAME "ailn
welcome.
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Riot.

LONDON, Sept. 1.-the riot in
Canton vas caused by a number of
Portuguese sailors killing a China
man. The affray caused a great SEN
sation in all the large citi 8, and will,
it is feared, result in a collision be-
tween the French and Chinese. Two
war steamers started from Hong
Kong to protect life and property at
Canton. During the riot the mob
threw the contents of a building at
tackled upon the wharves and Looted
them. The riot tasted several hours.
Order was not restored until the ar
rival of Chinese troops. The natives
are so exercised against the foreigners
that a renewal of the riot is momen-
tarily expected.
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French Matters.

PARIS, Sept. ia London dis
patch states that Lord Lyons, British
ambassador to France, will shortly
return to Paris, without finishing
his furlough. The Dispatch states
that there is reason to believe that
after a preliminary understanding
relative tothe Tonquin question shall
be arrived at by France and China,
EngIa d will tender her offices for
he de!ineation Of the Tonquin
frontier.
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II credit be given where it is due
then George Francis Train should
have the honorof originating the idea
ofa transcontinental railway. Train
also introduced the surface railroad
system into England, or as it is called
there, the tramway; but he was de-
feated by prejudice. After his de-
parture local spectators took up the
idea, and they are now to be found
on most of the London suburban
roads and in nearly every part of the
provinces.
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Chinese on Their E'a,,

LONDON. sept. IA dispatch from
Hong Kong states that a Chinpsa
mob 1T Canton has burned the h nsa,
of several opium merchants and Ihp;o
wharves, causin. great cOnsteruation
among the foreign residents. mast of
whom sought refuge aboard the yes.
sells in the river. No violence was Of.
fered to persons. and d force of Chi.
nese troops was ordered ont which
quickly dispersed the rioters. On1p.
ceipt Of the intelligence at Ham,
Kong, several gunboats immedja,plr
were sent IT, Canton to afford protpc.
ton to the foreign merchants.
All the entries of }. Il. keene for
the Don. aster meeti1 g a,e SCRATCHED
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An exchange wickedly remarks /:
An Ohio man is said to have struck
l%ubricating oil near GAINESVILLE. 1t is
believed, however, that this only a
cipher dispatch intended 10 convey
the intelligence that a Republican
"bar'W is need d in Ohio with plenty
of contents to "lubricate" the election
machinery. Oil is used in Ohio and
''sOapn in Indiana.
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South American News.

LIMA. via GALVESTON, Sept. H.
The Ell Bien Publico says: 1.-The
vari'u populaces IN Coneta have
recognized the authority of General
l!esias. The military forces in the
district OF Pacant have adopted reso.
buttons to the same effect. A ,ele-
gram from Mollendo says Count Mar.
tero has rendered his resignation as
chief council minist r, bat it has not
been accepted.
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The Chinese Ambassador

LONDON, Sept. IA dispatch from
Paris states that Tseng, the Chinese
Ambassador, prior to leaving Paris
for London, communicated With
Challemel l. tcOur. the French Minis.
ter Of Foreign Affairs relative to re.
Inducements for t e French force in
T0nqnin. In reply Chdll-mel Lacour
says lie cannot stop the dis patch Of
r-lnfOrcementS while there is danger
of war, and .his can only he removed
by the settlement Of some basis upon
which a treaty can be made.
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Car Burned.

JACKSONVILLE, Ills, Sept. 10
While a freight train was coming
west, three miles east of this city to-
night, a stock car containing two fine
horses was discovered In flames. The
train was st"pped, and a man sup
posed to be Scott Fickerell, who had
charge of the horses, proceeded to the
car, when he was in some way over
powered by the smoke from the burn
ing straw or probably injured bv
OF the horses, and burned to death to-
gether with the horses. The 8 ock
was consigned to Scott Pickerell.
Alexis. His, from B ffalo, Ills.
There has been but little if any
damage to crops in this vicinity by
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M ETC. ETC
Li7dell and Hire's Confession.

Li7dell and Hire's Confession.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. lin conse-
quence Of the recent publication of
Dick Liddell's statement regarding
the history of the James gang, Po-
lice Commissioner Craig, of this city,
has given out the confession of Clar-
ence Hite, made to the officers at JET
ferson City, and published here to-
day. Clarence Hite is the youngest
member Of the band, and was cap
tured in Kentucky shortly after Lid
delrs surrender, being convicted by
Liddeli's evidence of his completely
in the Winston and Blue Cut train
robberies. He pleaded guilty, and
was sentenced to twenty-five years
Imprisonment. This confession was
made before Governor Crittenden,
Commissioner Craig and Sheriff
Undertake, of Clay county, soon af-
ter Hite was i~ncarcerated in the
Denitenti Try, and before the death
of Jesse James last February.
Hite was psrdened on account of fail
ing health and died soon after max
ing the statement. The statement
which was published at the time or
responds substantially with that pub
lished to-day as given by the officers.
This account of the movements of
the gang during Hite's connection
with it, corresponds in all essential
particulars with Liddle's story, and
corroborates in detail Liddle's testi-
mony at Gallatin, duplicating Frank
James in the Winston robbery, and
it also recounts Franks par. iclpation
in the Blue Cut robbery as told by
Liddell and tor which James is yet to
be tried. Charles Ford took part in
the Blue Cut robbery and is expected
to test fy as also will Lidaell when
that ease is heard.
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The Huron (Dakota) convention
was attended by about 400 men,
among whom were many of the lead
ing men of the territory. It passed
a resolution providing for a constitu-
tional convention and the formation
of a state constitution, preparatory to
the admission Of Dakota into the
Union. Those South Dakota men
are fond of playing with the forms of
statehood.
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Foreign.

! ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 11.-There are
mum. RUS attacks of cholera still. but
| the average daily deaths are reduced
to four. The mortality In the prov
| inces is also diminishing.
MANCHESTER, Sept. 1.-THE Lam
cashjre T.. ton Spinners' Society
has passed resolutions declaring that
| the depre. SID state of tie cotton
goods traue demands q reduction in
botn t .e spinning and weaving de-
partments.
LONDON, Sept 11.-Eleven thou
| sand six hundred and twelve bales Of
New Zealand and Port Phillip wool
were sold to-day.
PARIS, Sept LITTLE Figaro says
Countess Chambord authorizes the
! publication of the statement of her
| decision regarding her position as
| chief mourner at the funeral Of the
| Count that it implied no refusal on
! her part to recognize the indispu. ed
rights of the Orleans princess.
VIENNA, Sept. 1.-THE Minister
of Foreign Affairs sent ,ispatch to
all representatives Of Austria abroad,
Informing them of the preclsr status
OF the insurrectiOnary movement in
Croatia and announcing the determl-
nation of the government to use ex-
IRENE measures in suppressing the
rebellion forthwith.
VIENNA, Sept. H. Bicentenary,
]iberator of Vienna, by Sabieske. be-
gun to-day by unwilling the memo
rial table. The principal ceremonies
commemorative of the triumph Of Sa-
bieske, take place Tomorrow, which
is the anniversary OF his final victory
over the Turks.
BERLIN, Sept. 1.-THE s%ignatories
of the treaty of Berlin, are debating
whether they shall enter a protest
Sgain It the entrance into Bulgaria of
q Russian officer in disguise.
LONDON, Sept. 1.-THE spread Of
the cattle disease in every portion of
England is causing great uneasiness
in some sections. Only American beef
can now be obtained. Repor's from
Scotland state that the disease has
not yet appeared there.
Moscow, Sept. 1.-THE chief or
gan of the Nihilists recently snp-
pressed by the government, has again
resumed publication.
AaRAM, Sept. l 1.-The Mayor has
issued a proclamation forbidding the
assembling of groups of persons for
any purpose and prohibiting the
people from walking abroad after
dark. The Hungarian Prime Minis
ter has summoned the principal no.
tables to Agram, including the former
Ban, to consult upon the situation
and advise means for suppressing the
PARIS, Sept. 11.--Riots on the
northern frontier of Croatia, where
the peasantry are rising and insult
ing the PRIESTS.
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Nitro Glycerine.

LONDON, Sept. 1.-THE govern
ment has obtained from detectives
Just returned from Antwerp import
ant Information regarding q LARGE
supply OF materials for making nitro
glycerlne shipped from that CITY. II
IS probable that witnesses will Short
y arrive from Antwerp to testify in
tho trials OF the Liverpool and Glaa-
cow dynamite eenspirators.
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San Francisco Notes.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1.-THE
case of ex-senator Sharon arrested
last Saturday on the charge of adu'-
terry, was called up in the police court
this morning. At the request of his
counsel the case was continued five
weeks.
There are at the present moment
thirteen murderers in the prisons of
this city awaiting punishment. One
of them has been waiting for three
years, notwithstanding the fact that
the murder he was charged with was
concIusively proven.
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Fire Record.

sAR .ToGA. n. Y, Sept. 10.-Nia.
night-C~dar Bluff Hotel, on the east
bank of the lake, the II osac tunnel
Company its owner, is in fl mes and
the destruction of the property IS in
evltable
WILKFsBAkHE. Pa, Sept. l0.-C.M.
DOdsOn Il Co.'S. coal breaker at
Beaver Brook is burned. Four hun
dred miners are thrown out Of Work.
ST. JOSEPH Mo, Sept. l0.-The
warehouse of the Cons0lldat Il Tank
Company containing 800 gallons Of
Oil was entirely destroyed this morn
ing. Insured for S2O,OOO. he st.
Joseph Steam Printing House was
also damaged $4,000 by the fire this
morning. Fully insured.
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Mr.. Willard and party reached
Portland in safety. Great prepare
tons are being made to give him a
grand reception. Can't our web
footed brethren invite the party to a
spike-drivi.g ceremony of some SORT?
We have popularizeG the festivity
over here.
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RumOrs from China.

LONDON, Sept, 1.-the British
Admiralty is informed of an occur
renee of slight disorder at Cant. n,
but no orders have been transmitted
to the English fleet in Chinese
waters in connection Herewith, the
Admiral in command being left to
act as he thinks best under the cir
cumstances.
1t is stated that the Marquis Tzeng.
who has arrived in this city, will
have an interview with Lord Gran
vile, Secretary of Foreign Affairs,
before returning to Paris.
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T = Asst SPIKE.

The formal driving sfthe last spike
on the Northern Pacific railroad has
been accomplished and the road is
now practically open for through
business from Lake Superior to the
! Paci fic Ocean. OF course it is well
known that more track laying and
more spike driving must be done be-
fore the road can be considered COM
ple,ed through Montana. This. will
be effected by the middle of next
month when the track will be laid
through Mullan tunnel and the over
head line di-pensed with. The con-
summation of this great enterprise is
a source of more satisfaction to the
people Of Montana and is fraught
with more importance to them than
to the people of Dakota, Oregon or
Washing. on Territory. The latter
named State and Territories have
long since received and felt the bene-
fits of railroads and have been for
years building themselves up at the
expense of this more isolated portion
of the great Northwest. With the
completion of the road a new impulse
will be given to the settlement and
to the development of the resources
Of this Territory. Home seekers from
the East will not be compelled to
stop short of Montana in their search
and the twenty millions of unoccu-
pied rich agricultural land lying
within its borders will not remain
long untenanted and uncultivated.
But amid the general rejoicings
over the completion of the grand I'M
dertaking a due need of credit and
honor should be awarded to those
who have made that completion pos
sible. It was not an uninhabited
wilderness the Northern Pacific
found upon reaching the Dor
ders of this Territory. On the
contrary it found a people
who had been battling against their
isolation; who had fought and
driven a savage foe from their I'M
protected homes; who had cut roads
through mountain defiles; who had
bridged impossible streams; who
had opened up mines of fabulous
wealth and added millions to the
treasure of the country; who had
builded towns and cities and school
and churches Throughout the
broad land; who had already carved
the way for one railway to the heart
of the territory, and who by their
courage, their energy, their self-de-
NAL aid sacrifices had made it posi-
BILE for another to pass through it. To
these the undaunted pioneers
of Montana WHO had blazed
the trail and hewn the
way for the iron horse, is the
Pacific indebted for the
present completion of its great enter
prise. And yet we did not hear one
Of the speakers who aired their elo-
quence at Independence creek refer
to the fact, with the single exception
Of General Grant. The old veteran
this truth, and in plain
word' surprised the ears of Mr.. Viii
lard's foreign guests by stating it. 1t
Is u truth uttered at the proper time
and proper place, and amid the full
some adulations bestowed upon a sim
gle individual it read like a precept
from Holy Writ pasted in a dime
novel. The pioneers of Montana
'ound a spokesman in General Grant.
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PARIS, Sept. lit is reported lna'
the successor to King Leduc, OF Al,
nam, will receive the Grand Iolu,'li
OF the Legion of Honor from lDe
French government; the two ni,nls,
tiers who signed the treaty OF llut
will be made commanders OF t1a'
order.
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A railroad Belt Co.-The Corean
Embassy.

OMAHA, Sept. 11.-Articles Of in
corporation of the Omaha Railroad
Belt Company were filed to-day;
capital stock, $500. 900. with authority
to increase it to $1,000, 900. General
Manager Clark, of the Union Pacific,
is the leading spirit in the move
ment. The railroad will be built all
around the city, and will connect
with the new stock yards and the
new suburban town of New Edin-
ourg, in which Scotch capitalists end
cattle owners are the principal own
ers.
General Manager Clark and Cen
eral Traffic Manager Vlning, Of tn.
Union Pacific, left to-day for San
Francisco to attend the pool meeting
of transcontinental lines which takes
place Sept. 20.
Col. James F. Gregory, of General
Sheridan's staff, arrived here this
morning to meet the two Corean am
bassadors, who passed through this
evening on their WY to Washing
ton. This is the first representation
ever made in this country by Corea,
and the American Government de-
sires to show it particular courtesy.
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Account of a Wreck at Sea.

HALIFAX, Sept. 1.-THE wreck of
the steamer Rhewindada, of Cardiff,
which went ashore near Farboy, on
the 10Th of June 25th, has gone to
pieces. Nothing has been seen of
her since the 10Th ult.
The schooner w. A Smith. on
which Warren Smith, the oarsman.
Is a passenger, is supposed to he lost,
as it has been out since August eth.
having sailed from Terreuce Bav
two days before the great gale.
The bodies found by the schooner
Restless have not been recognized.
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New York Stock Market

New YORK, Sept. II Mining
stocks active. Eureka Con-, $50;
Horn Silver, 700; Father De Smet,
4.25; Standard. $50; Iron Silver, 800
and 3.05; Chrysolite, Ito; Bodie. 75c.;
Little Chief. 40 and Soc; Robinson
Con-, 80 to 4Oc. Sales fer the day,
81, 700 shares.
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VIM. NJ. Evarts thinks the next
Republican candidate for President
will tie either Arthur, Edmunds,
General Sherman or Blaine. Now
if his guessing gun had been aimed
at Grant, Logan and Conkling at
we'll as at the Others he might posi-
bly, have hit the right one.
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The Dakota Constitution.

Sioux FALLS, Sept 1.-THE Pro-
hibltlonists are making Roadway in
the convention. The people will
probably have to meet the issue at
the polls when the constitution Is
submitted. Numerous prohibition
petitions were presented to the con-
vention to-day.
A meeting of the delegates and
other citizens of South Dakota is
called for the purpose Of adopting a
protest to the President against the
appointment of Gov, OrdWav.
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Rebellion

AMMAN, Sept 1.-THE peasants
between Glatlns and Petrima are in
1ull rebellion. The movement is d.
rected Chiefly against land owners.
A strong military force has been dis
patched to the scene of the disturb
ance. No particulars have vet been
received.
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The Winston Brothers, having
completed their long contract, are
disband1ng their workmen and get
ting ready to rest from their la6ors
for q tune. Their army of horses
and mules will be wlntered in the
Yellowstone Valley.
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A POkCINE PEER.

Under the above caption the Nev
York World of a recent date has thu
following to say concerning one O
Mr.. Wizards foreign guests: "Fron
Chicago there comes a painful story
that one OF the most distinguished o
the many distinguished guests of Mr.
Henry Willard, to-wit. the noble
Lord Onslow, has been acting in 8
most shocking manner. He invited
himself ON the excursion and secured
invitations for three friends; now he
wants a whole Pullman car for the
quartette. All plebeian excursioni>ts
are to be excluded from his ear. They
are to be relegated to other Cars,
where they will share the accommo.
dations with my lords flunkeys,
whom he has also q%uartered on Mr..
Willard. The British peeraee con-
tains a larger proportion of snobs,
cads, rakes, libertines, bruisers,
drunkards, noodles and blackgaards
than can be found outside of a rat
pit"
What the World says may be true
in every particular. The British
peerage may contain all that it as
serts, but had the writer of the above
been on the ground at the driving of
the last spike he would have seen
how little the men of Montana rev.
erence or even respect titles. On the
grand stand Mr.. Wizards foreign
guests were kept intact from tie
touch of the plebeian crowd which
swarmed around it, but when they
all descended from their perches and,
led by Mr.. Willard, made their way
toward the point at which the final
ceremonies were to take place,
the crowd broke in upon
them with a rush and a vim which
must have destroyed their faith, it
they ever possessed any, in the ser
Witty OF free born American citizens.
Earls and c,untesses, lords and la
dies, right honorables and other for
eign dignitaries, were pushed and
crowded here and there, now wedged
among hard listed ranchers and
miners. and again squeezed by cow
boys and Indians. 1t was a truly
crowd they found them
selves in; good natured and accom-
medating, but entertaining as little
for the titled ladies and
in its midst as some of
these same ladies and gentlemen
showed respect for it. They proba-
bly, retired to their sumptuous homes
with the conviction forced upon their |
minds that America is the last coun-
try in the world in which a man |
be selected for honor merely !
because he has. a title. The rever-
ence for a title il a sentiment which
spreading with uncomfortable rap
and instead of being saddened
We are always delighted when the
bestowed on a British peer
because he is peer is checked
~ the discovery that social homage
las been paid to a titled ass.
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Republican Tactics.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept. 1.-THE
Republican senator's caucus resolved
that twenty-ene 8. majors should be
present on Tuesday, and then
immediately adjourn t, Friday; hen
meet Friday and adjourn to tn. sday,
and neither make speeches them
selves nor allow any by others, nor
entertain any propositions or resolu-
tons whatever; that nine senators be
relieved alternately to go home, or do
with themselves as they see proper.
Twe' ty-nine senators were present
on Thursday to finally pass the ap-
preparation bill.
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Turf Notes,

SHEEPsHEAD BAY, Sept. 1.-THE
weather is cool, cloudy and threaten
ing. The attendance was fair at the
first ACT. The three-quarter mile
was won by Fair Play; p zarre, End;
Little Phil, third; time, 1:l61.
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New York Money Market,

New YORK, Sept. 11.-Money mar
ket easy at y; prime mercantile pa
per, 5!@63; sterling exchange bank
ers' bills quiet at 49,; sterling ex-
change demand, S4.S5i.
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A man named Harris was arrested
at Benton last week charged with
stealing sixteen horses from Godfrey
Brothers at Judith Gap.
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ST. JOINS, Sept. 1.-THE cattle
schooner Mary Ellen. from st. Johns
for Antagonist, sank with all hands
In the storm on the 3Oth of August.