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shutters, and Hill will let us have something
else" Witness added, Il would like to have
it come out that way"
Mr.. Coleman-We will bring that suit out
in due time.
MR.. HILL DOESN'T REMEMBER.
Supervising Architect Hill took the stand,
and was asked by Mr.. Alexander, of the COM
mittee-"How long was it between the open
Manly, Cooper d Co. that they must submit
to a test?' Answer-"I think about four
days"
Question Coy Mr.. Coleman)-"Did you
know of the bribery charger Al did"
Q.-"Did you speak to Damon about it?'
Al did, and he denied it. l think he
did in writing; if SO, it is on file"
Q.-"Was any one present when you spoke
to Damong' Al don'tremeInber."
Q.-"Do you recollect what he said?' A.
Il don't remember"
Q.-"How long did the conversation last?'
Al don't remember"
Q-"Where did it take place. Al
don't remember.
Off YOU knew the United States Com
pany had offered Manly, Cooper & Co. 5 1900
to withdraw their bid, why did you not, in
making a contract with them, give the
government the benefit OF that amount and
fix the price as that much less than their
bid?' Al did not pay much attention to
the charge of bribery. I did not AXE any
stock in it."
Q.-'Did YOU show Damon the written
statement of Manly, Cooper & Co. in which
they charged bribery. Al did, and
Damon did not even read it."
Q-'Did you call the attention of the
Secretary to it?' Al did"
Odd you show him the written
charger Al don't recollect."
Q.-"Did you tell him the amount which
it was alleged had been offered Manly,
Cooper & Cop Al don't think l did"
Q.-"Did you max any effort yourself to
investigate the charge of Manly, Cooper &
Coz" A.-"No, | did not, without first call
ing the attention oi the Secretary to the mat
ter
Mr.. Coleman said the prosecution claimed
that since Hill came into Office the United
States Company controlled tire contracts for
shutters for public buildings, and it had been
impossible for any other company to COM
pete, and called particular attention to the
fact that notwithstanding Manly, Cooper &
Co.'s bid was 81 500 less than any other, Hill
gave the contract to the United States Com
pany. which had offered; Manly, Cooper &
Co. 81, 500 to withdraw their bid. Ad,
s0Urned.
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Loriuard,s Colors to the Front.

LONDON, June M.-Racing at Stockbridge
began to-day. The race for the Stoekbridge
cup value $500, was won by P. Lorillard's
Iroquois, nominated by he Prince of Wales.
Prince Soltykoff's Scobell was second, Sir J..
Chetwynd's Magician third. Only three ran.
Betting at first was six to five on IroQuois,
five to one against Scobell, nine to four
against Magician. Iroquois won by three
lengths.
The race for the tombstone plate, handi-
cap, 100 guinies, was won by Z. Lorillard's
Aranza; J. A. Craven's The Duke second, t.
Harding's Wellington third. Ten started.
Iroquois was ridden by Cannon, Scobell
by Rossiter. and Magician by Archer.
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STORM n FLOOD.
A Further Rise of the Rivers Feared with
Great Loss of Property.

A Further Rise of the Rivers Feared with
Great Loss of Property.
ST. LOUIS, June 21.-The river has risen
about seven inches since last night, but
otherwise the situation here is not material
Iy changed. 1t was expected he water
would come to a stand to-day, but advices
from the north and west note heavy rains
along both the Upper Missouri and Missis-
sippi rivers, and it is now feared that a rise
of another foot or two will come down.
Should this be the case there will be great
destruction of crop and farm property along
all the streams of this State. Already a
great amount of bottom land on the Mis-
souri, river is overlowed and crops ruined,
and farmers have been forced to abandon
their homes for higher ground. Farmers OPP
posite Herman are reported to be damaged
over $50, 900, and other bottom lands
in the same county have sustained
like losses. In Galloway county,
opposite jefferson City, the bottoms
land along the Usage river is inundated, and
settlers are moving to safer places. Forty
miles of bottom below Ashland, on the Mis-
souri, river, are overlooked, and great loss OF
wheat and corn is reported. The Madison
dyke, above this city, still holds, and has a
couple of hundred men working on it.
The Nedringhaus rolling-mill in the north
down this evening, on account of the
en~croachment of water, and two or three
other manufacturing establishments in their
immediate vicinity were obliged to do like
wise. This was oceasioned by the breaking
of a little private levee at Kenneth street,
which, besides forcing these mills to close,
damaged property to the amount of $4,000.
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He was born i'll Rochester, N. Y, was the
son of DIR. Backus, OF hat city, and his fam
lily connections and antecedents were among
the best in that part of the State. He made
his first appearance IN the stage in amateur
entertainments in his native town. His first
professional appearance was at the old Cen
ter-street Theater, Cleveland, where, as Jerry
Clip, in the "Widow's Victim" he gave an
exhibition of his powers of imitation which
caused a theatrical sensation. This was in
1851. Later he went to California, and. after
a time went to Australia, and returned to
New York, where he became a partner in
the minstrel firm of Birch, Wambold, Ber-
nard & Backus. This was the original of the
San Francisco Ministries. He was thrice
married. Five years ago he married a lady
of Niagara Falls. In 1870 Backus went to
England and appeared at st. James's Hall,
London. He sprang into popular favor at
once. He was made acquainted with the
Prince of Wales, the Earl of Northumber-
land, the Marquis of Queensbury, aRd
Others of distinction in royalty and politics,
and the reports of his funny sayings and do
iugs even crept into so sedate a journal as the
London Times. He left London in the glow
of his popularity and returned to New York,
where he and Billy Birch revived the San
Francisco Ministries and have since re-
manned
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GentIemen,s Driving Park.
st. Louis Races.

ST. LOUIS, June 21.-The races were we'll
attended. the weather clear and warm, the
track in fine condition and the betting lively.
The first race. a dash OF one and one-eight
mile, was won by Owen Bowling; Black Gal,
second. Time, 2:0f.
The second race. hotel stakes, dash one
mile, Bob Miles was first, and Bitterwater
second. Time, 1;46M.
The third race, handicap. one mile. was
won by Carson in i:46H. Brad second.
The fourth race was g walk-oyer for Blan-
ton.
The sfth. an extra selling race. one mile,
was won by NJ. Harding; Joe Starks second,
Flanders third. Time, 1:46L.
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CRIMINAL OCCURRENCES.
More of Abortionist Hathaway's Deviltry
Brought to Light.

More of Abortionist Hathaway's Deviltry
Brought to Light.
PHILADELPHIA, June 21.-Portions of the
human remains found yesterday in a house
formerly occupied by DIR. Hathaway we're
examined at the coroner's office by a physi-
clan, and the collection pronounced to be
total bones. He expressed tine opinion that
they were probably the remains of a dozen
babies. The authorities will make an in
vestigation of another dwelling on Sixth
street, recently occupied by the Doctor, and
it is thought it will be another charnel
house. A search of the premises on Bristol
avenue, near Fifth, occupied by DIR. Hatha-
way at the time of his arrest resulted in the
discovery of a small leather satchel filed
with walls containing liquids and powders.
A surgical instrument was also found which
the Doctors wife (who lives in the house,
said he used in his nefarious practice. An
account book was found which covered the
period extending from May, 1876,
to July, 1882, and contained the names and
addresses of about 200 females, with the
amount for services written on the margin.
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GENERAL CHARLES EWING.



Character and Soldierly Virtues.
WASHINGTON, June 2f.-General Sherman,
the day before leaving Washington, on his
extended tour through the military posts of
the Northwest-his last tour of inspection
as head OF the army-wrote a letter explain
ing the necessity which called him from the
city almost at the moment OF General Chss.
Ewing's death, and paying deserved tribute
to the character and public services OF his
dying comrade. Following is an extract:
am dreadfully distressed at the sudden and
wholly Unexpected danger in which the life. of
GeneraI Charles Ewing is at this moment. and
equally embarrassed by my own position, which
forces me to leave the city tomorrow morning
a. $3.50. Ihave long since made appointments
at Buffalo, Detroit, Sanlt ste. Marie, Duluth, Sc.
Paul and BOzeInan, IN Montana. which | must
keep and | have to-day revised the time tables.
and find that | mnst take the train l have named
IN order to keep these appointments, and even
then it will be a close fitting of time, for | have
along and hard journey before me, with limited
time, and have already postponed my departure
to the last Instant of possibility. He has all the
care and attention that man or woman can give.
i, by remaining, can be OF no real service.
though I shall hope tfl the telegraph announces
his recovery or his death. Death to us Is a
familiar word He and l lived in its midst till it
was shorn of Its terrors, We first saw it at Lin
delPs Grove, at ST. Louis, before we knew the
civil war had begun. At Vicksburg we saw a
ditch literally filed by the dead bodies of our
cherished comrades, and she glaeis blu with
the Victims of war. SO at jackson, Coilterville,
and on Mission Ridge. He was with me in all
the Atlanta campaigns, the march through
Georgia and the CarOiinas. and to the end of The
war. Then. he resigned his commission and re-
snmed the practice of law, which he had quilted
TO serve his country in her hour of need. I
merely refer TO these incidents, familiar to you,
20 show that | bear his military history
In memory, ana yet | cannot help thinking of
him as a bright, CHEEKY youth, who so promptly
and so uuseltshly cast aside the brilliant pros
poets of a young lawyer at St. Louis in 1861 TO
embark in the perllous business of war. He
was a captain, and when 1 commanded the
great Western army he WAS inspeetor-general on
nay staff. At the close of the war be was =
Briga~dt2rgeneral. Though he was nv
hr0therin-law, lido not believe a single person in
the army ever Thought he owed
his deserved advancement to the fact of rela-
tionship, but rather the contrary, for in war and
since I am accused of leaning against, rather
than in favor, of my relatives. But now, THAT
the war is far III the Dast, I am only toe willing
20 hear stimOn to his merits, his courage, his
naBlfness, and 70 those best of Gil qualities,
good sense ana cheerfuluess under any and all
circumstances.
Afectionately, etc.
w. +. SHERMAN.
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4 St. Louis Girls Catch.

st. Louis Post Dispatch.
A cablegram from London announces that
Miss Eva Frost, fourth daughter of General
d.. NJ Frost, of this city, is engaged to be mar
ried to Beresford Hope, eldest son of a
wealthy and member of the Brit
ish Parliament. Miss Frost is at present in
England, the guest of her sister, Mrs. Moles-
worth, nee Jennie Frost, wife of the eldest
son of Lord Lewis Wordsworth, of Cornwall.
General d. NJ. Frost has been a resident OF
this city for a great many years. He served
with distinction as a general in the Confed-
crate army during the civil war. His son is
the ~well-known ex-congressman, R. Graham
Frost.
Beresford Hope, the prospective bride
groom. is a son of Alexander James Beres-
ford Hope, M. P, an author and connoisseur,
son of Thomas Hope, the amous millionaire
and novelist, author of "A1astasius; or Me-
moirs of a Modern Greek" published in 1919.
Byron said he would have given his two most
approved poems to be the author of "Anas-
tasius." He married, in 1907, Louisa Beres-
ford, a daughter of w. Beresferd, Archbishop
of Tuam, from whom his son and grandson
derive their names. He died in 1881, leav-
ing one of the largest estates ever owned by
a commoner, and one of the most magnii-
cent private dwellings in England The
father of the young gentleman to whom Miss
Frost is engaged is himself an author of no
mean reputation. His principal contribu-
ton to literature is a work entitled THE
English Cathedral in the Nineteenth Gem
tury."
The Boston Advertiser will state. on good aa-
thorIty, that the Northwestern, Southwestern
and Erie telephone systems, recently acquired
by the Lowell syndicate, are to be consolidated
INTO one grand system, with a capital of
100000.
A BOTTLE of Samaritan Nervine enables one to
defy asthma, nervousness and general debility.
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DEMOCRACY AND ILLITERACY.
Fables showing the Percentage of Ifiteraey
in All the States.

Washington Special.
Figures are strange things in many ways,
especially as they sometimes appear in news
papers on the morning after an election.
Republicans boast that theirs is the party of
intelligence, and certainly the reports of the
Census Bureau would establish the fact The
States where illiteracy is the greatest, as a
rule, roll up the heaviest majority for the
Democratic ticket. In 1880 there were in
The United States IL, 243,0 05 white males of
twenty-one years of age and upwards, Of
whom SS6.6 were returned as unable
10 write. The States, arranged in the order
Of their percentages OF illiteracy of white
males of voting age, would stand as follows:
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The Lake Calumet Regatta To-Day.

CHICAGO, June 21.-The waters of Lake Cal
umet, yesterday, were placid. and the occa-
sion was improved by the scullers who con-
template entering the great rowing contest
and Saturday. Among the arriv-
ais yesterday were William Elliott, ex-
champion Of England. whom Hanlan defeat
ed on the Tyne course in England in 1879,
and James II. Riley. OF Saratoga, who had
the honor of rowing Hanlan a dead heat at
the Barrie regatta. The prospects now are
that sixteen men will start sad while Han
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Base Ball.

BosToN, June 21.-New York 5, Boston 4.
BUFFALO, June 21.-Buffalo II, Chicago 0.
BAY CRY, June 21.-Quincy A, Bay City 6.
CLEVELAND, o., June 21.-Cleveland 5, De-
troit4 4.
ST. LOUIS, June 21.-Metropolitans ., st.
Louis l.
CINCINNATI, June 21-Cincinnati 5, Ath-
letics IA.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, tune 21.-Peoria 0,
Grand Rapids5.
EAST SAGINAW, Mich, June 21.-Saginaw
IA, Fort Wayne /.
LEXINGTON, KY, June 21.-Cincinnati Fa-
vorites II, Lexington G.
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CENERAL AND PERSONAL.
Resignation of Treasury Ohicials to Take
Higher Positions.

WASHINGTON, June 21.-James Wheeler, of
tennessee, an agent Of the Internal revenue
e%~rvice, at present on duty in Ohio, has Of
erred his resignation to the Commissioner of
internal Revenue, to take effect July 1, to
accept the position of deputy collector Of
Internal revenue at Greensboro, KY.
General w. I. Clark, of Texas, chief clerk
pf the Internal Revenue Bureau, has re-
iigned, to take effect on July 1, and will be
appointed revenue agent, vice Wheeler, re-
dsned. The vacancy in the Office OF chief
Jerk win be flied temporarily by Walcott
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Road Agents Rob q Montana Coach.

HELENA, June 21.-The Butte coach, with
eight passengers, was stopped by road agents
this side OF Bow1der mountains, yesterday.
The passengers were searched and robbed of
all their money and valdables. The rob-
bers took the treasure box; the amount of its
contents is not yet known.
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RICHMOND. Va, Jun N-Warrants were
issued this morning for the arrest of Richard
f. Beirne, editor of the State, and w. C.
they were about to break the peace by en-
gaging in a duel. The issuance of the war
rants is due to a denunciatory editorial in
the Wsig this morning, in which the editor
of the State is called a liar. No arrest is yet
made, as neither gentleman is in town. Elan
is also Secretary of the Commonwealth of
Virginia.
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teamshi Arrivals.

QUEENSTOWN, June 21.-Arrived: Servia,
from New York,
HAMBURG. June 21.-Arrived: Suevia,
from New YORK.
NEW YoRK, June 21.-Arrived: State OF
Pennsylvania, from Glasgow.
LONDON June 2t.-Arrivsd: Austrian,
from Boston; Belgenland n Wyoming, from
New York.
MONTREAL, June 2t.-The steamship Daniel
Steinman, of the White Cross line, between
Antwerp and Montreal, arrived on her first
voyage.
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BUSINESS DIFFICULTIES.
Chicago Has Regained Its Usaaa State Of
~Equanimity.

Chicago Has Regained Its Usuaa State of
Equanimity.
CHICAGO, June 21.-The excitement of the
past few days on Change was followed by a
season of comparative quiet to-day. Trading
in all commodities was again unusually heavy,
but the market was steadier, with the ex-
ception of pork, which was up and down and
fuctuated wildly during the greater part of
The session, but closed about the closing fig
ares of yesterday. No additional failures
have been reported, although g number of
rumors prevail, but the experience of a Ger
tain correspondent in sending out the names
of prominent dealers as having failed, while
has dulled their afdOr somewhat. One large
firm here, in an interview published, threat
ems to institute libel suits for the free use of
its name in q certain journal.
As evidence of returning confidence on the
Board of Trade, arrangements we're COM
pleted to-day by which two firms will re-
sume-George Stewart & Co. and NJ. S. Mich
OILS & Co. The terms of resumption of the
former are not definitely ascertained, As
to Nichols & Co., John C. Black, vice-presi-
dent of the Continental Bank, will pay all
differences against the firm at the office of
the company tomorrow, and any trade
which do not bring up" George G. Walker
Il Co. will take at the market price, and
Nichols & Coz will pay down to the market
on the same. Thus everybody will be paid
dollar for dollar, and it is understood Mich
OILS & Co will haNe cash a balance of 5000 0
left.
George C. Eldridge & Co. to-day began an
attachment suit against McGeoch, Evering-
ham e. Co. for $93, 343, the amount said to be
due complainants in deals on grain and pro-
visions.
1t is said a representative of a single En-
glish firm has bought 5000, 900 worth of pro-
visions for shipment within the past three
days.
A Milwaukee telegram says another at
tachment was to-day filed against Peter Nc
Geoch's property, and was accompanied by
descriptions OF some lots attached on Monday
by Ellis & Lightner. The present suit is be-
gun by George E.. Eldridge, Nathaniel s..
Jones and Chas. ]. Singer, VIC make a de-
mand for $93. 400.
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The Nail-works win Not suspend.

PIrTsBURe, June21.-A special meeting of
the Western Nail Association was held this
morning for the purpose of considering the
ACCESSIBILITY of curtailing production by the
suspension OF operators. After discussion
the matter was postponed until the next
regular meeting in consequence of some of
the manufacturers desiring time to replenish
their stock. Reports show that stocks are
light, the demand good, and prices I'M
changed.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn, June PA negro
named Miller MeClain, about twenty-one
years old, was arrested at Martin, Weakley
county, yesterday, by the own marshal,
and brought here to-day. He is charged
with the brutal outrage of a white girl, ten
years old. in Wayne county, a short time
ago. The girls father will be here to-mor-
row to identity him.. If identified, and an
attempt is made to convey him to Wayne
county for trial. it is a%pprehended he will be
seized, by a mob en- route, and hanged.
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Fire and Explosion at Salt Lake.

SALT LAKE, U. T., June 21.-Fire early this
morning was discovered in the Clawson
wagon depot. 1t spread to the old Council
house and Savage's art gallery, which were
consumed. Loss. 300, 900. During the fire
a heavy explosion of powder took place, de-
molishing plate-glass windows, sash and
doors. The loss from this explosion is esti-
mated at 500, 600.
The losses by the fire this morning were
$40, 900; insurance, $4,000 The Mormon
tabernacle caught fire twice from flying
sparks, but was put out with
little loss. The loss in glass by the
explosion is $4,000, the Cooperative alone
losing 81, 900 in broken windows. Ealf a
ton of powder exploded, %wounding twelve
persons and knocking many down. The
streets were crowded at the time, and escapes
from death were remarkable. The Mormon
Council house, where they hold their secret
meetings, suffered a total loss of $4,000.
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BosToN, June 21.-The failure of Cook &
Co, of Foxboro, created some excitement.
No meeting of creditors was held. 1t is
thought the firm will be able to pay so per
cent. The headquarters of the firm have
been in New York State. Cook & Co. stood
high as manufacturers, and the firm has
been rated at the agenc1es from $l25, 600 10
5000, 600. The failure is probably due in
part to the dull and unusually late spring
trade and changes in fashion.
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Another Missouri Cyclone.

KANSAS CITY, jun 21.-The Times's Chilli
cothe, Mo-, special says: "a tornado struck
the south part of this county about fifteen
miles southwest of here last night, in what
is known as the Low Gap country, and
swept away twenty-five of thirty farm
houses, spreading havoc in its track, Two
men were killed and fifteen or twenty in
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A Horrihle Crime In Ohio.

YouEGsFowN, O.. June 2t.-A Hews-Regis-
ter special from Hubbard, Trumbull county,
says that yesterday a girl eleven years old,
while gathering flowers in the woods, was
b~rutally outraged by Bill Parsons, aged
eighteen. The little girl is in a terrible con
dition, her body being bruised and her
clothing almost torn from her person. Par
sons escaped into PENNSYLVANIA.
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The Louisiana shooting by a Preacher.

MANSFIELD, La, June 21-The preliminary
examination of the Jenkins brothers for the
murder of J. Lane Borden has been in prog
ress to-day. Thu testimony shows that after
Borden had been shot down and was appeal
ing to Jenkins not to shoot him again, Jen-
kins walked up to Borden's feet as he lay
upon the sidewalk, and deliberately fired a
fatal shot into his forehead. The examina-
ton had not concluded when the court adj
imIFned
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Assignment of q Pennsylyania Furnace.

PrTTsEURG, June 21,-An Indiana, Pa,
special says the Mahonlng Furnace Com
pany of Armstrong county, mad an assign
ment to-day. Liabilities, $40. 900; assets
claimed to be $4,000. Z. II. Wilson, cash
Ter OF the Indiana County Deposit Bank, one
of the principal members of the furnace
company, resigned his position last night,
and to-day judgments amounting to So, 900
were entered against his personal property.
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New York, June 21.-The cases of the
Woodruff sisters, who, as alleged, were at
tempting to abduet the old millionaire Gill.
for ~assaulting a son and daughter-in-law of
the latter, were tried in their absence, found
guilty, and counsel instructed to have them
in court on Thursday next for sentence.