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INDIAN ArFAtRs.
Ceroa,.uo BADLY Wounded and Captured.
Tribal War threatened.

(;erou,.uo BADLY Wounded and Captured.
Tribal War lThreatened.
FoRr BOWIE, AM, August ls.-scout
Leslie has liasS come in and reports that
tl.e command of Major Davis met q party
Of Indians onytise 7th, killed Chief Mana
and seven others and captared eighteen
rouaws. Chief Geronimo and one buck.
Geronimo Is badly wounded.
FoRr BowIE, ARIZONA, August lS.-Caps
tain Davis, otthe Fourth Cavalry. reports
that Lieutenant Day struck Geronimo's
camp, northeast Of the Nakayi, on August
9TH, and killed three bucks Q squaw and
Geronino's son, aged Is. He also cap.
tured fifteen women and children, and
among them three wives and five children
(ot Geronimo. Geronimo was wounded.
Besides him only two other bucks and
one Equaw escaped. Everything IN the
camp was captured. On the 10th uit;;
Lieutenant Day ambushed o party Of
fourteen Ohiricahuas, killed two and cap.
tured alllthe horses and supplies. a
RIRdlSIA Cry, No., August 1s.-A few
weeks ago o sPiute Indian was killed by Q
Washoe Indian, which at the time 1t was
believed would certainly lead 70 g war be-
tween the two tribes. The matter was,
however, amicably arranged, A few days
ago Pinle relative Of the man killed was
beaten to death during 9 aght with 9
Washoe brave. The excitement among
both tribes now runs high, and a sanguin.
ary outbreak Is expected OF any time.
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MAXWEi.L q IDENTIFIED.
rs proyes to be IL. N. l,rooks-His Line of
a..Ia-L. .. r Y y nnkanLa I.-.--

& j.. IL s.H .
81. Loug, August 1s.-A letter is pub
lished here to-day, Sunny Brook, Hyde,
Cheshire, england, July 13, 1885, and
signed Samuel N. Brooks" which speaks
Of fhis son, Il. NJ. Brooks, having gleft home
last January, on a business trip to ireland,
and that no word had been received from
him since. 1t had been learned, however,
that he had the curate Of the adjoining
parish for acompsnion, and that they had
indulged in various extrnyagances, and
Brooks name had got mixed up with the
.St. Louis trunk my ystery, = and also mixed
up with Doctor Maxwell. Tho letter
shows great distress on tho part OF the
writer, and makes an urgent appeal for
informatio ion in regard TO the persons con-
cerned IN the murder.
Apart OF this letter was shown to Max
well, aud he recognized the signature as
that Of bis father, and desired the pos.
SCISSOR Of the letter to write his father and
tell him that he (Maxwelll was innocent
Of the murder ofSPrcller, and that he had
a;perfectiy good defence. In the course of
aconyersatioa, Maxwell-or as lie is now
pretty definitely identified, Brooks-said
that Preller was troubled with Insomnia,
and that he had prescribed chloroform for
him on several occasions, and with benefit
preller, however, has heart disease, he
said, and intfmated that he bad either
taken, or had had administered to him,
on this occasion, an overdose with fatal re-
suit. This will be Brooks defense when
h, aa ,stat, IL, trial 81 - ls trlls,4,
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Jsn. Dawn, Thanl.s.

FoRF WORM, Tex, August ls.-The
following letter was received yesterday BY
Chairman Van zandt, from Jefferson
Davis, in response to the resolution tele-
graphedsto him during the recent great
Confederate reunion here; a
f.BEAuyolR, Miss, August IS.
My DEAR SHY Your telegram OF the
OH was forwarded by mail from Missts.
sippi City, We have no telegraphic sta:
ton here, and therefore the receipt Of
your dispatch Waa delayed and Tor the
same reason j could not send you an ail-
swer 60 % 70 reach you before the meet.
ing; had adjourned. The kind words o.
the ex-C -Conieae aerates, my comfadeg and
friends, are 70 me most gratifying. As iai
as poeRblei please assure Al ssociated
with You Of the cordial apprecia ation and
sincerity With which i am ~ (
~ ~ Faithfully yours, Il.
sl4li JEFFERSON DAyIs.''
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ment about the Prohibition campaign
having been run with Democratic money"
In reply Mr. Calderwood acknowledged
tile Renuineness Of his lstterto the Com
msreial Gaselse, of July 20, and,le insisted
that that statement can be verified: "The
best way to get at the data respecting
moneypatd by Democrats to our party
(not to me alonel Is to look at the Books
at Reinhsrd's bank, the aote-boo Of
John g. Thompson, sot Clark Irvine and
of Rev. l.. U. Snead, manager OF the Pro.
hibition organ, the Alliance Netul."
st, John, aince then, has written to CAL
ierwood, advising him TO pay no attens
tion TO tile criticisms of the press, and sug-
gesting that he take part in the Ohio cam.
paign.
letters from "worEdngo Ohio Prohibition
isis, begging him to desist from making
further exposures. One of these writer's
admils iliat in previous Prohibition cam
paigls Democratic Doodle played q big
part, but he expressed the hope that
thero had been q reform :. otherwise, he
went on 10 say, he also would be forced TO
cut loose, as an honest nan.
On July %. Mr.. Calderw ond published q
letter In tiie Chicago IatSr 0esu1, over his
own name, IN which he fired the follow
ing red-hot SHOT: ..,
alsa,ns q pfelibition Pfohibitionist, and
not a Democrat or Republican:
81 am forced, by reason OF this whole.
sale abuse, 10. tell the people OF America
that the Loyetand Convention was man.
ned, stlyertised and paid for with Demo
cratic money"
a challenge q denial.
"Many ot the lecturers in attendance
rot free passes and each from Democratic
fnantpulatots.
aIchsllenge o denial.
.sTwenty Thousand copies Of the Anleri,
can Prolti6iiioniS. containing artic cles against
Governor Foster and the Republican party
were mailed from the Democratic head
quarters 10 Republicans In Ohio, and the
Democratic state Central Committee paid
the bill.
"I challenge q denial.
"Fitty thousand copies OF the Alliance
Ne,rs, the organ Of the Prohibition State
Committee, vert sold to the Democratic
toEate- lUeQtfIl tIuuulkkeV.s hna t449 stsstA
was paid over to the Rey. u. U, Saeat, as
mahagcr.
II challenge q den;al." ."
The truth hurts; and the managers Of
The Ohio Democratic Aid Society are howl.
ing like a pack Of hyenas alter Calderwood.
st. John with The wisdom ot serpent,
seeks to smooth things over, and tells
Calderwood not to mind his defamSrs, but
to "ioin the gans"-that Is the meaning
oft6e letter in effect. ST. John knows
that the prohibition racket has been
bonanza for him, and he can'taee why
Ca!der8ool can't be hypocrlte like him
and get come OF the "sugar." Inhisletter
To Caldsrwood, st. Johu inclosed ono.of
lis circus tickets good on any but "bens.
Hn nights.
The New York Ioice has jumped TO the
rescue of the Ohio boodleites, and has
been making the wire sizzle with Catch"
questions to Callerwooi, but that gentle,
man sent such straight goods in reply that
the Voice gave it up.
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..LlnELous,, ASSAULT.
a Charming specimentoi the cc,nmeset
Gaxstte,s Variety Of Libel Suits.

a Charming Specimen of the Commercial
Gaxstte's Variety OF Libel Suits. !
WASHINGTON, D. O., August 1s-Mr.
Cunningham, Of Ohio, recently appointed
chief Of a adiyisian in Sixth Auditor Me-
Convillo's Office, feels that his reputation
has been badly damaged by recent let:
ter in the COMMERCIAL Gasstie from steu,
benyille. He estimates the injury at slo,-
900 and as there is no insurance, he has
decided to collect that sum by means Of a
libel suit. In al note written to-day, hesays:
NJ have sent the following forimmediate
action; 4i
.Hon. O. II. Trainer, Steel1eariAe, o.:
nCommence action at once sginst Com,
msreial Gasstts, Cincinnati, o., for $4,000
damages for slanderous and Elibellous pub
"Chief Division"
The Cnamerti1l Gdsetis has bad q variety
Of libel suits, but IL has never yet been
arraigned for "lihelious'' assault on Its
ie!lowymep, It's altogether evident that
Mr.. Cnnningham's ability 70 spoil hes
been in some way damaged 70 an extent
for which a claim Of $4,000 Is certainly
very modest. q - y = :,
Ar. cunningham may esteem himseli
fortunate in two respects: s
II. That the position OF Chief OF piyi-
sion does not fall within the Civil Service
rules, and makeail e4aniinat ion negefsary.
2. That 1t is not now deemed necessary
10 select as Chief OF Division in the Sixth
Auditors office men who can write the
English Language. 81
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pernrl.n y, ~, r.r.s. YRhlppI.ea.

IgI.4lMA, Angus. 1s.-0n the 18Th inst.
tile Government troops occupying Canta,
consisting Of $50 infantry and 100 cavalry,
were surprised by the rebel forces, num-
bering from l,s0O to 1000 men, and said
to be under command Of General Caceres
or Col. Marles Bermades. The battle last
tedsfiYe hours. When the Government
troops had exhausted their ammunition
aud their miitraiiiouse had been disabled a
bayonet charge was attempted, but with
out utsuccess, and they retired in confusion.
Lieut.. Col. Bdsteine nente, seeing that all
waslost, shot hirnselI. The glcssaB on both
sides were very considerable. Two hun.
dred iusitiyes Of the Government forces
have arrived Of Lima and the enyirons.
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STANLEY says thata man may live in
the Congo country as well as in the Ar
kansas bottoms. He has himself gone
without tsyerIor ten months, and one Of
l,ts mon for eighteen. Thissesuit was &C.
complicated by packing the system with
luinine. II man has the good fortune
10 have aliberal share Of ulcers he may
escape fever entirely.
Stanley Gays further that United States
Commissioner Tisdel got only within 125
miles Of the valuable part Of the Congo re.
gion. Tho great explorer thinks there Is
a rich trade in the Congo State Il Ameri'
can enterprise viii seek IT, and he in,
stances his own purchase Of American
-four in Liverpool ttobe sent to Congo,
There was 4 time when We had ships and
enterprisethat sought the uttermost parts,
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sIe,s I'm. y, IYa,nti sseln.lan.

MINIATURES, Wis, August fS.-No con-
tirmation Of the rumors indicating Post
master General Villas to be seriously III, is
to be had here. Intimate friends Of Col.
Villas declare these reports to be ground
less and believe the story 70 have been
started from the fact that Villas has kept
himself closely within, doors since his ar
rival at Madison has been visited by
his sinhmaie friend Dr. Fox.
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'PARKrRsBuRe, w. Va. August 49,,
While W. W. cele's circus was coming
through q tunnel near Cairo, on their way
10 this city, last night, three cages struck
the roof oi the tunnel and were COM,
pletaly demolished. "a number OF ami
malls were liberated. The train stopped
in the tunuel and all was confusion owing
to the darkness. All the animals weye.
finally recaptured and Gagged. One kanga-
roo was killed aud Mrs. Richards, wife Of
the press agent, was injured by striking
her head against the side otthe sleeping
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APowDERHoRS.
And ItsY nlssstreasiy fatal I.tIsets on a
y N7ll ~ r p yam. .iafa Family. +l 4

And ItsY nlssstreasiy fatal I.tIsets on a
Louiliana Family. 1
:Nxw ORLEANS August 1s.-A terrible
accident q rePolsed from Little ealllow
TeEre home Parish q few days ago.
While Emile Litette was engaged IN,
moulding bullets ioF hisIgeag sparasory
to joining i number q his friends IN 9
large shooting he asked his wife TO Gllihis
powder horn ieshim aAesas Aoiae ten,
ortyelye ieet from the lire place where
few Goals were anouldefing. The tss.. ".
was but half completaa wien . gust Of
wind suadA.ir; , ciiowing through heopen
door sent spark straight 70 the
Ipowdbr which ignited and q terrific
explnaion followed. The roof Of the
dwelling was torn off and three childreu
were Instantly gillod. The mother re.
ceiyed such Injuries that before many
hours siie too was dead, while the huss
band and iather aud two children were
badly wounded. TlienoiAc oil the explo-
sion brought number Of neighhorsto the
scene where the bruised and biackcned
bodies Of 4 whole family told the sadatory
oi the fearful havoc wrought by q spark,
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Denies iIe Is brooks.

ST.. LOUIS August 1s.-Maxweil will
publish a card denying intoto that he has
given any reporter any outline or idea Of
his defense as published this morning,
aud referred to in a previous dispatch.
He furthermore denies having acknow.
ledeed, that bis name is Brooks, and
says no matter what Is published lie
viii not talk about his case
or give any one any, idea OF what his de.
fense will be. The letter previously re.
,isrred 10, signed Samuel N. Brooks, is
genuine, however. Il was received here
by John d. Yincel, q high officer in the
Masonic order. Sir. vincel has replied
10 IL, and is daily expecting another letter
from the same person. Maxwell was
placad In the Sheriff g custody to-day and
pat in isil. 81. i g IN
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DARplEgs, whose appointment in the
phlladslphia Pension office raised so great
ostor,n, has shown himself more of'a man
Alan he was thought to be. Realizing
how ,listastsful he was to pensioners and
% very many others, he resigned. His
superior officer, General Davis, is very
careful to have 1t understood that he did
moi ask for Darbiere's resignation aud did
MT intend TO revoke his appointment. II
4 very clear now that General Davis is
the man upon whom war ought to have
iser made, with some attention TO tie
President for permitting such things.
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TrtesiIe ia Young alrls.

ReME, August 1s.-Ten arrests have
been made Of members Of acriminal soci-
ETY. which hayelbeen operating in Rome,
Naples and spolete. A search Of The
house ofamember Of the eoeiety, q former
Government official, revealed the fact
that q corrcspo ndence had been carried
on with agents in !. New York for the salA
to Americans Of Italian girls, who had
been bought for small sums in 1.-THE south-
ierns provinces. The prices asked ranged
from GI0 TO ESQ. z. 81 vs. II
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Hntia alaa, otl,srs Arc Sorry.

poa1llsp,, oREeoS, August 1s.-Ex.,
Senator j. Il. Slater, in a card, denies
that he wrote the letter 10 President Cleye-
land concerning certain Federal ap-
pointment which called out tile Presidents.
now famous reply. Mr.. Slater card con-
cludes: II endorse and commend tho
letter Of President Cleveland towhom.
soeyerit may hare been written, and l
am glad lit has been made public IS
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.sIsistons Es6amed.

Bosros, August 1s.-Workmen at the
Boston Gas scompaay's works on Com
mcrcial Point exhumed the skeletons Of 7
adults and s children while making an ex-
csystiou to-day. The bodies appear TO
heen thrown N q tFsuch together, and
we're we're found in heap. It's thought they
are The remains Of Indians, as clam shells
%ere ~ al ioand sIoupd the bodies esit . feast
had taken Place a. the tine 81 the burial.
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Tho FELTON, Rxpioslo,,. .

witMSaTos, DEL, August 1s.-The
steamer s. NJ. FELTON,, on which yester-
days explosion occurred, in Philadelphia,
lies at Pussy 4 Jones' wharyes, where she
will ll5remain until the matter Ii fully in.
yestigated, Whether another official in
quiry will be made than that conducted
by Pinkerton'a detective agency Is not
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meat 1.itel, II J, cholera aIorbn..

DETROIT, MICH, August 1s,-This morn
ing Police Officer Guymsn was taken sick
with symptoms Of cholera. He is still
alive. There d sgreat diversity Of opinion
in regard tG the case, some claiming II TO
be Asiatic cholera, while. others belieye 1t
Is Ia. simplylan attack Of cholera morhus.
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smox Tho Secretary Of the Navy decides
TINT after three years on shore all officers
,ngst 20 TO sea; and since there are not
sbiOs sts enough 10 hold the officers; the
Secretary will probably send the gallant
tara to sea in Stoves. We must "obey
orlers II we break owners"
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A1l,red I.asS Siaa.spy Arrested

BoMpAY, August rs. "a man, appar-
emily a Catholic priest, who recently ar
rived here from Cochin China, was
arrested on suspicion Of being q Russian
spy, Itisnow believed that he is Olivier
Paine, although he denies 1t. Before his
arrest be had visited the principal towns
In southern and western India.
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n DEtRbrF, August is. The JoapiaF sspe-
cial from Tekensha says AZ about 0,
O'clock slasf night the interior Of q. q.
Failineis residence caught iise from q de
ieCtiye chimney. The lather and mother
aud two sleeping children were terribly
burned. g One child has since died, and \
is.thougIt NE injuries Of the parents will
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JUDGE rnoMAN vtNplcATED.
aow he Came to caii Attention to Ills Char.
sc.eris,!o Of "Firnsness.n

now he Came to Call Attention to Ills char.
aeterihtIc of "Firmnoss."
WASHINGTON, August ls.-0ne ot5the
civil service applicants who attended the
examination conducted by Judge Tho.
man at Afartinsburg, w. Va, dsfies The
truth Of the dispatches which pictured The
commission as behaving thersi in rude
and overbearing manner. He esays: "The
examination was conducted in an iinrar-
tiat and business.llke manner. Wewere
Informed in our notification papers that
we wonll be required TO report at 10A. NJ.
Punctually at the designated hour mot at
II o'c!ock, as stately Judge Thoman en-
teXoa the room, and was, aa he himself
eaid, ready for business. He then politely
requested the attention Of the class for q
short time-which attention was not
not given until the Srtquest was repeated
LIN order to explain the mode Of exami-
nation, ardiWhat was expected OF each
candidate, individually. He further said,
during his remarks, II he detected any OF
tho GLASS whispering or looking over an
others papers for the purpose oi gaining
information, he would expel the offender
from the examination. ltwasthen that
li0 remarked:
.5s"If / have ono marked charaeterislici it
rs flrinness, and propose to carry 1t out
here:n
"This was not qaid in q 'grotesque and
pompous manner butinafirm and courte.
Gus tome" The correspondent further
asserts: mAt noon the Commissioner
went out to the hotel and RECALLED himself,
whiic The poor candidates for Government
employment, some Of whom had not bad
refreshments since 8 o'clock nthe morn
ing, were left prodiing away, feeling that
Ithe path to Government office wasno Q
|pleaeant one. Issay enfphatieally that
Judge Thoman was not tout Of the room
ten minutes at any time.
l'As the nearest hotel is three squares
or more away, lie could not possibly have
eaten his dinner or even walked there and
returned in that time.n