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New-York tribune., 1885-09-17
JUDGE ROBERTSON SENT FROM wEsTc HESTER.
The Rennhlicnns of The lid Assembly Dis

trict of Weschescr County held convention yester-
day at Pines Bridge choose delegates 10 the state
Fcnatoflal and Judicial Conventions The state dele
gates are W. II. Robertson James ". Husted, john j.
Nahaney. Henry W. Bischod and James i. iced. Ihey
were unnstruetcd The Senatorial delegates are Henry
W. Norton. j. D. Madden, Cyrus Lawrence, Joseph Bar
rott. and Charles II. Madden. Their hTst ch)lcc IOf
senator is G X-CollcclOr Robertson.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-17
coNcrRr TO HELP THE FUND.

PuIAbELPHIA, Sept 1G (SDeaa0.-A con-
cant n o bc eivon tomorrow afternoon no the Chestnut
eet Oper House On AID Of the Grant Fund u this city.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-17
4 ooNrRA oTOR oUITINa MS TAROAE

WRIGnIsvILLE, Penn, Sept. 16 (SpeciaD.-
Reuben H. Myers, age forty. OF East Prospect, this
county wealthy builder and contractor entered an
outbuldng on the property OF W. sweeney this after
noon and cut his throat With pcnknifc.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-17
DRowyED IN THE soHUrLKrLL.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 16 (SpeciaD.-This
evening Wesley Luthy. age nineteen, was rowing tho
sehuylkll In n shell and when opposite South Street
Bridge he upset and the boat oyerturning on him he
N. 4 nrOWned
New-York tribune., 1885-09-17
suonrING nus MISE AND HIMsELF.

r,o,,,,u,,a ohio Sent l6-At an carly nsar ,n, .na.
mornng thomas Hyland policeman OF Nof.n ~ ~ So shot
hus slot AID instantly killed his vile aho 'lN
himself Il tie LETT breast He wil dia
New-York tribune., 1885-09-17
AGENTS OF THE LAND OFFICE.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-R. A. Van Cleave,
OF Mississippi and A. l.. Duncan OF Pennsylyana,
have been appointed special agents In tile Land or
New-York tribune., 1885-09-17

Carl Won Bosch Brooklyn y. D. the receipts Of an en-
teranment gwen by the children of his neghborhood -
BIZ Drerei, Morgan d Co.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-06-27
THE WHEAT CROP.
No Longer Any Denbt ~ 10 ihe Damage
and Loss 70 the Winter Crop
The Failing on
Estimated NJ igO,O00.0O0 IinaheIs, a
Calamity That "a Unprecedented In
the History Of
Wheat Raising In the United States TAI
madge's Second Estimate Cotton
In Arkansas.

MILWAUKEE, June 26.-s. w. Tai
mage has prepared his monthly crop re-
port and second estimate on the probable
wheat yield OF the United States for
1885. He says there is no longer a ques-
ton as to the damage and loss 20 the
winter wheat Of this country A falling
off OF l60, 900, 600 bushels in winter wheat
from last year is a cAamity and is I'M
precedented in the history Of wheat rails
ing in the United States. The present
condition Of spring wheat is good, but
there must be favorable weather until
harvest to produce the amount of wheat
shown IN the present estimates, as they
are based on the present condition The
acreage in Minnesota, Nebraska and Wis
consin is somewhat decreased. Illinois
Is about the same, and Dakota slightly
increased.
The estimate, as tabulated by States
and Territories, is based upon late in
formation from the State agricultural
departments and other reliable authori-
ties, and are as nearly correct as esti-
mates of this nature can be. The esti-
mate shows the probable yield OF spring
wheat to be III, 100000 bushels; winter
wheat. 2l0,000,000 bushels; total spring
and winter, 81 100000 bushels. From
these feures it will be seen that the crop
of 1885, compared with 1884, will show a
shortage in winter wheat of 100000, 600
bushels; spring wheat, 22,000,000 bush
els; total shortage, spring and winter,
Is, 200, 900 bushels.
The average wheat yield of the United
States Tor five years past is 46l 900, 600
bushels. The estimate shows shortage,
compared with the average five years
past, of 10000, 900 bushels. The report
is supplemented by estimates of the yield
by States. The estimates agree closely
to those sent out by the Associated Press
from the Earniers' Renie,o June LIST.
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NEW NAVAL VESSELS.
Plans and specifications Received az
the Department..


WASHINGTON, June ga number
Of plans and specifications for the new
naval vessels provided for at the last ses-
sion of Congress, have been received at
the Navy Department. In the circular
calling for the plans and proposals, See
rotary Whitney specified that they should
be submitted by July 18th. The circu-
lar called for plans for four vessels. The
Bureau Of Construction and the Bureau
of Steam Engineering, of the Navy De-
pertinent. will submit plans for them all !,
the former for the hulls and the latter
for the machinery and engines. 1t is not
known that any other service will offer
plans for the entire number Several
plans for a single vessel will be submit
ted by naval officers, and it is expected
that plans will be received from ship
builders. Naval Constructor Mintonye,
of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, will furnish
plans for three vessels. The first is to
cost about 81 100000, to be 356 by forty
eight feet, and to run eighteen knots per
hour. Her armament will consist of
twenty-seven guns, and she will carry
about 400 men and officers. The sec
ond vessel will be 325 by forty-fve feet,
and her battery will consist of eight
cen guns. The third vessel will be 225
feet by thirty feet, carrying an arma-
ment of fourteen guns. The vessels are
modelled after the English cruisers. The
enterprising but imaginative individual
has also been submitting propositions.
One offers plan for a vessel that will
float on top Of water, beneath it and in
midair Its sails will be wings, and will
make greater speed than any bird or any
thing that man has invented" Others
are submitting similar impracticable
schemes for parts of vessels. Secretary
Whitney is not DESTROYS OF experiment
ing with new schemes. He rather favor:
the adoption of the models of the best
cruisers built by foreign powers, with
such improvements as can be added by
American ship-builders.
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AN EXCITING TRIP.
A Young Girl MysferIOusIy Shot in n
SIeepinE-Cer,


BATH, N. Y, June aa.-Mrs. G. NJ.
Rowell, Of Oakland, CAL, arrived in this
village few days ago on visit to rela-
tiyes, after trip which was attended
with many exciting incidents. The wife
and thirteen -year-old daughter Of DIR.
Francis Pinkham, of Sacramento, and
Mrs Eunice johnson, teacher in a San
Francisco school, were passengers on the
train with Mrs. Rowell. Mrs Pinkham
and her daughter occupied seats in the
Pullman car sdioining the partition OF
the gentieman's apartment. Mrs. Rowell
and Miss johnson sat near them. Sud
denly there game 2 noise which Mrs.
Howell says sounded like the falling of a
window, She looked quickly around and
saw Miss Pinkham, who was facing the
partition, jump from her seat and fall
with a Shrek on the floor. The other
passengers rushed to the srot, The
Fri was dead, ana an examination
Showed that a bullet had entered her
breast and lodged in her heart, ThsTs
was hole in the partition opposite to
where Miss rinkham had been sitting,
which had been made by the bullet, No
one was found in the apartment and the
train was stopped and backed to small
village which it was passing when The
shooting occurred. 1t was learned that
a man had jumped from the rear of the
train after it had passed the station, but
no trace OF him could be found, and no
passenger with ticket for any station
east Of there was missing. DIR. Pinkham
was notified by telegraph of the tragedy,
and Mrs. Pinkham left tho train to re-
turn home by the next one with the body
Of her child. The mystery of the shoot,
ing was not explained.
Miss johnson, the San Francisco young
lady, was so overcome by the tragedy that
she became insane, aud grew so violent
that she had to be removed from the
train at Reno, New, where she was to be
cared for until the arrival of her friends
from San Francisco, who had been tele-
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-06-27

In addition to the foregoing scholar
ships with the privilege of boarding in
the college each county is allowed the
same number of pupils to be boarded in
the town, with the privilege of free tut
ton In all subjects except music and
fine art. The condition of admissions
are that the applicants shall be fifteen
years of age, in good health and shall fur
nish evidence of good characters; also
shall be able to sustain an examination
in the grammar school studies, to-wit:
Spelling, reading, penmanship, descrip-
tive geography, mental and practical
arithmetic, history of the United States
and English grammar. Applicants for
appointment must be made to county su-
perinteudents of education. Examining
questions will be sent to county superin-
tendents of education, who are authorized
to conduct examinations for admission.
In this matter the Board of Trustees and
president repose confidence in those
important officers; when they conduct
the examinations on the questions
sent out from this Office and furnish
the pupil with a certificate that her
examination thus conducted is satisfac-
tory, she will be admitted TO the first col
lege class without further examination.
This will save the expense of any pupil
coming to the college and being rejected
upon the grounds of inadequate prepare
ton. 1t shows also the desire Of the
president and the board to do all in their
power to encourage the schools in the
State, both private and public, and
furnish an incentive to the girls to be ac-
curate and thorough in the elementary
studies. There will be no preparatory
department. The printed circular will
be ready soon this will be mailed prompt
ly te all county superintendents of edu-
cation and to any others who may apply
for il. 1t will give the general method
of organization, the different subjects to
be taught and an estimate of expenses.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-06-27

He Has "A Little Hitch With the Prest-
dent bout Patronage


Washington special to the Philadel-
phia Press: Senator Vest is the latest ad-
ditiOn to the army of Democratic poll
ticians who are disguised with the ad
ministration. Last Saturday the Sena-
tor went to the Postofice Department to
make inquiries about applications on file
for vacant postofhees In his State. He
was told by the messenger at the door OF
the Postmaster Generals room that be
could not be admitted, because Mr..
Villas would not see any callers on Satur
day. He then asked to see First As
sistant Postmaster General Hay, and
was told that that gentleman, not
feeling well, had gone home. Patience
being almost exhausted he next asked
to see the chief clerk Of the department
He was escorted to that gentleman's
Office. and asked of him permission to
see the applications on file for Missouri
postofices The chief clerk told the
Senator that he had positive orders from
the Postmaster General not to let any
person see the applications or indorse-
ments Of any application for a position
under that department.
The little Senator was in a towering
passion, and taking a cab he drove to the
White Mouse, where he related to the
President his experience in the Post
office Department. In plain language he
told Mr.. Cleveland what he thought of
an administration that would not permit
the representative of a State to inform
himself as to the number and character
Of applicants for appointment to the
Offices ia that State The President told
Senator Vest that he did not know what
regulations the Postmaster General had
seen fit to adopt for the transaction Of
the business in lis department, and that
he was unable to interfere in its manage
ment.
The conversation then turned upon
general topics, and the President asked
Mr.. Vest what the people of Missouri
thought of the policy of the administra-
ton since Inauguration. The Senator
said that the Missouri Democrats were
not at all satisfied with the manner in
which the President was doing business;
that a great many Republican offeehold-
ers in the State had not been disturbed,
although the people expected that IN the
change of administration these offices
would be taken from their political enc
mics and given to their friends and the
adheTents OF the Democratic party.
The President said he was sorry that
the people of Missouri were not pleased
with his policy, and that he intended to
90 ahead in the same manner in which
he had begun to discharge the duties Of
his Office. He intended to strictly adhere
to the pledges given by him In his letter
of acceptance and in his inaugural ad-
dress on the subject of civil service re-
form.
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DENIED A NEW TRIAL.
Fish, of the Marine Bank, Evidently
Booked for the Penitentiary.

New York, June 26.-Judges Wal
lace, Benedict and Brown, sitting en- Jdnc
in the United States Circuit Court,
handed down a decision this morning
confirming the tecision of the court be-
low, denying James ID. Fish, of the late
Marine Bank, anew trial.
All the judges concurred in the opin-
ion, which says, in part: 1.-The defendant
answers that the firm Grant & Ward)
was entitled to have these sums credited,
and to draw out moneys, because Fish,
as president of the Marine Bank, had
loaned the sums to the firm. 1t is con-
tended that the defendant was improp-
erly convicted of misappropriating these
moneys, because what was done
by Inn was done as president,
and his acts were therefore NAL admins
tratiOn. There is no distinction between
loan in bad faith for the purpose of de-
frauding the bank and an application of
money with like intent in form other
than that Of a loan. A loan in bad faith
is no loan in the sense of the law. 1t is
simply a fraud" The decision goes
on to say that Fish had authority, be-
tween meetings of the directors.
to make loans to his firm without Sc
curity, and cause such sums duly and
honestly loaned to be placed to the
credit of the bank. THE question was
whether there was bona tide agreement
between the accused and Ward to loan
these moneys, or whether the forms of a
loan were adopted to cover a different
transaction. 1t is mistake to suppose
that there cannot be criminal misappli-
cation of the moneys OF a national bank
by means Of a loan. -
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-06-27
CANCER OF TONGUE.
. x,ase ResembIiug that OF Gen. Grant.

Some ten Yeas ago 1 had scrO fuIous sore ON
my right hand which gave me great trouble, and
supposed / was well. | found, however, it had
only been driven into the system by the use OF
potash and mercury, and in March, 1882, it broke
out in my throat, and concentrated in what me
of the doctors denominated cancer. was placed
under treatment for this disease. Some six or
seven of the best physicians in the country haA
me at different times under their charge, among
them three specialists in this line; bNt one After
another would exhaust their skill and drop me,
through MY cheek, destroying the roof Of my
moutE and upper lip, then attacked my tongue,
under liz eatfsg and half my to tom A essinS
out to the top Of my left cheek bone and to the
left eye From hearty, robust woman of $50
pounds, / was reduced TO a mere frame of skin
and bones, almost unable to turn myself in bed,
L could not eat any solid food. Int subsisted on
n nat anq my tongue wa: 50 far gone sSld
suferings of body which I experienced never can
be revealed. GiFsn mp By. physicians q die, with
sat around my bedside expecting every MON, NJ
e be my last; in fact, Epy hgshand world place
his hand on ne sysFy as~,and TEN to see Whistler
lwss aiire o. not, and at one time ali decided
mat me was extinct, and my death was reported
all over the country.
:, Such was my wEetohed and helpless condition
the first Of last October Qss4l, when my friends
commenced giving me Swlft's Specific. In less
Lhan months the eating places stopped and
healing commenced, and the fearful aperture in
my cheek has been closed and firmly knitted tol
gether. process of new under lip ic yrosress-
tnS hhStgt anu inc tonguef bntc1 NAE almost de-
stroyed, is being recovered, snd il seems that ma
ture is supplying nav tongue. / can talk so
that my frienas Jan readily understand me, and
ca eat solid food again. l able to walk about
wherever l please without the assistance of any
one, and have gained fifty pounds of flesh. All
this under the blessing Of merciful Heavenly
Father is due 70 Swift's SPECIFIC. 1 am a wonder
and q marvel 70 all my friends, hundreds Of whom
have known of my intense s9fferings, and have
visited me in my Affections. While am not en-
trey well, yet my gratitude is none the less de-
yout, and an confident that perfect recovery
refer them to the Hon. John Ii. Traylor, State
Senator Of this district, who is my neighbOr, DR..
I. 5. bradheld, of Lagrange, Ca, or to any other
persons living in the southern part of Troupe
county, Ga. MRS. MARY l.. CONFER.
Lagrange, Ga May IA. 1885.
Sold by all druggists. Treaties on Blood and
Skin Diseases mailed free. a-.-
Call on our Physic' an, No. Ia7 W. ed street. N.
y. Consultation freot frHE SWIgT SPEcIFIc Co.
Drawer 3, AtlaEtai Ga.
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poverty and produces national decline,
aud Eow, within benighted Spain itself,
a strong sentiment is arising against the
mistaken policy of striving to enrich the
people by increasing the price of what
they buy, by taxing it. So strong has
been the pressure of these views, that
the government has been driven to try
to effect trade treaties with foreign coun-
tries. Old habit, however, has proved so
strong that their proposed treaties have
proved unacceptable, and now the advo-
Gates Of more liberal policy are making
themselves heard in Spain. Public meet
ings have been held in Madrid and other
cities, in which the industrious classes
have loudly demanded change in the
national trade policy. One OF the meet
ings denounced the unpatriotic action of
an insignificant minority of Barcelona
monopolists, and formally declared that
there are in Spain more than a million
and half male adults occupied in diff
ferent industries and liberal professions,
and these, with the exception OF some
5000 Galatians, are eager for free trade
while of these Galatians $4,000 are from
Barcelona. Don Gabriel Rodriguez, o
well known advocate of commercial lib
erty, declared that the economic policy of
the present Ministry was semi barbaric.
DO not let US because we are Spaniards
be carried away by passion: let us con-
fess that our government has behaved
disloyally in this question; let us confess
it, and cry it aloud, that all nations may
know the fault is not ours" If even in
Spain, the most unprogressive country in
Europe, light can thus enter, there can
be no doubt that others more enlightened
vail also recognize the great irrefutalle
fact that the true policy for a nation, as
well as for an individual, is to buy where
it can buy cheapest and sell where it can
90 n daorast
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-06-27
SUCCESSFUL SWINDLERs.
The Operations of the Gang Of English
Canadian FOTEers.

New YORK, June ga Montreal
special TO the Post says Information
furnished by the two convicts, Hall and
Fox, to the detectives is already bringing
forth fruit, and has revealed the fact that
the gang Of forgers whose operations have
been so successful have accomplices and
confederates not only in America but IN
nearly every country in Europe. Bent,
now in prison in Toronto for issuing
forged paper on the Bank Of Commerce,
is the person who successfully passed
large number Of counterfeit Bank OF
England notes here last year, swindling
n. Il. Liable & Co. in this manner out OF
Sl2. 600 and french bank out Of $1,000.
He then proceeded 20 Halifax, where he
was equally successful. His accomplice,
White. turns out to be Charles Hender,
whose exploits in London, REV York
aud Montreal are well known. His real
name is Woods He was at one time a
member of the London bar, and served
seven years penal servitude for forgery.
He next went to New York and had to
1e5 for defrauding an insurance company
there by means Of bogus policies. lie
then appears to have travelled through
the New England States, representing
himself to be the agent of a financial
house IL NeW York which was DESTROYS
Of making loans 9Th farmers and real
estate owners. He reeeisea applications
for advances, and in each case exaoted a
deposit of $50 for preliminary expenses
for examining the property and titles
When he had made large enough haul
in this way he cleared out. He arrived
10 Montreal about thrcs years ago and
carried on the same game with won 1erful
success for two years, receiving CORE
sPondeuce from all parts Of Canada and
the United States" He formed a
syndicate and built the CRYSTAL Pal
ace Operahouse, which he ran Cor Q
year with success. About c wear
ago his sWindles were brought to light
here, when he cleared ont and Joined the
gang Of forgers at Toronto. According
to Hall and Fox the head Of the gang is
a rich jew, Of Vienna, who furnishes the
money necessary for putting up the jobs.
They have confederates 10 London who
obtain the water marked paper, and the
engraving is done in Hamburg and Der
lin. Bent Is the same person who
changed the counterfeit Bank of Eng
lard notes in Chicago TO q considerable
extpnt in Nav 1894
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-06-27
JORDAN TAYLOR,
The Brutal Negro Murderer, Hanged
at HOphfnsVilIe, Ky.


EVANSVILLE, IND, June 26.-Jordan
Taylor, colored, was hung at Hopkins
vile, KY, at u 80 O. clock to-day in the
presence of 5000 or 5000 people, mostly
colored. The saloons were open, and
there was considerable drunkenness on
the streets, but order was maintained.
The criminal passed restless night A
squad of forty soldiers surrounded the
Jail yard. Taylor was baptized yesterday
in the river in the presence of thousands
of people crowding the banks. He
mounted the gallows with firm step,
and took position under the beam. The
rope and black cap were adjusted. After
religious exercises the trap was sprung,
and in nine minutes life was declared ex-
tinet. Taylor spent the morning laugh
ing and joking. He said he was ready
to die. The execution was practically
public, as the hills and high buildings
gave those outside of the enclosure
ample opportunity to see. He spoke
five minutes on the scaffold with great
nerve. A terrible rain and thunder
storm followed the execution.
The crime for which Taylor was exc
cuted was the murder of his mistress,
Sallie Sanders, on the 9th of October,
1884, near Casky Station, on the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-06-27
sPAIs AWAKENING.

That Spain is noted for narrow views
and : generally illiberal policy is well
known, and that such a country should
think its interests would be served b. an
exclusive commercial policy, charging
the heaviest possible taxes upon foreign
merchandise imported to its dominions.
was natural part of the general policy
of coneeding as little as possible and
claiming a. much as greed could dictate.
The heavy duties laid by Spain upon
American exports TO Cuba is portion o.
this policy. To give scant fodder and
demand much milk has starvation eff
feet upon the COW. and SO Spain has found
trade decline and its people become i'm
poverished under the very system that
was to bring prosperity. Cuba, in con.
sequence, is covered with debt. and its
people become poorer every year. SINH
lar results have occurred in Spain itself
The citizens there are awaking to the
evil of the policy that entails individual