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Peculiarities of the Plague.

Cable Special
At time of the year when the cholera had
only taken few scores of lives in Toulon and
its suburbs, and had just made its appearance
in Marseilles in 1884, there have l\n 4,2oO
deaths reported from eight provinces OF Spain,
which is much more than half the entire number
of deaths in ali of France last year. From the
start the rate of mortality in Spain has been far
greater than it was in France, and latter!y it
has become greater than it was last year even in
Naples The average ratio of deaths to cases
now is about four in nine throughout Spain.
Roughly speaking the death ratio was two in
seven in France last year and three in seven in
Italy. Within the last week. and notably has
this been the case in Murcia, more than half the
people attacked have died. and IN the new
provinces where the pest has appeared within
the last few days escapes have been the excep-
ton.
All the features of last years siege, either
essential or eccentric-and who shall say in this
strange disease which is which-are being re-
peated The fearful experience at the AK mad
house finds its parallel in asylum outside of
Madrid, where the luDatcs are dying like sheep
in murrain. The peculiar susceptibility of
young soldiers to cholera which noted at
Toulon and in Campobasso last year, has been
| exemplihed again at the Toledo barracks. The
deaths among the sisters OF charity now rs
| then are almost wholly confined to peasant
| women II the less exclusive OrQerS ike the
Augustinians. The plague finds ninety-nine in
| hundred of its victims in the slums or poor
villages where hygiene is an unknown word.
| A wine merchant who has just arrived in
| London from Murcia tells that it is abso-
! lutely impossible to describe the natural panic,
loss of nerve and reason and the frenzy Of local
/ quarGntines. Not only has this feeling Of panic
paralyzed the business of Spain, but it threatens
| to work more evil by derapging the food supply
than even the cholera has worked or may yet
| work.
1t is interesting here to note, in considering
tho theory that The spread of the disease is con
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LABOR AND WAGES.

A Portion of the Employees of the Cleveland
Roliin ng-Mm Make Successful Strike.
CLEVELAND, O., July Last night notices
of a general reduction were posted in the iron
mills at Newburg, signed by General Manager
Chisholm, of the Cleveland Rolling mill Com
pany. The notice stated that the reduction
would go into effect to-day 1t is understood
that 10 per cent is the amount of the reduction
During the night the men expressed much in
dignation. and after consulting the Booth mill
employees, gave notice at 4 o'clock that unless
tho reduction was declared void they would
strike. No agreement could be made at that
early hour, and after working the last changes"
all the men left the mill. Their course proved
an incentive to the employees of the nail-rod
hoop. puddle. bar. guide, blooming and butt mills
and the Semens- Martin steel works, which
were shut down, and the workmen
departed to their homes in body. The only
departments which continued operation, We're
the Bessemer steel works. and the wire and
brick rod mill Later the boiler makers and
yard brakemen struck. Manager Chisholm had
a consultation with the brakemen at A. NJ, and
promised to restore the drop in their wages
They then returned to work At 0 the Bessem-
er steel works men decided to follow out and
the works shut down. Fully 500 men were
idle at this time. The rail mill men were told
at about 10 o'clock, that if they would return to
work their wages would not be reduced. Their
success was received by cheers from the men
still oat The boiler makers struck at about
o'clock With the exception of the rail and
blooming mills, no concessions have been made
and ali the other departments of the mills are
closed.
An approximate statement of the number of
men out on the strike and the wages they re-
ceived is as follows: Rail mills, 20 men, 81. 20 to
81 80 per day; two rod mills, so men, 81. 40 to 50
per day guide mill, IA men, 81 to s. rs per day.
puddle MILL 26 men, 81 40 to So so per day; hoop
MILL 80 men, 81. rs to So per day; Bessemer Steel
Works, 80 men.
1t is predicted to night that 1900 men in the
wiremils will quit to morrow. None of the men
who struck in 1882 are employed at Newburg
now, and no labor organization of any kind
exists
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THE OSGO0D LYNCHING.
The Mayor and Clerk of the Town, and Two
Other Men, Indicted for Murder.
ial to tho lndianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENvILLE, O., July 1.-The special grand jury
which has been in session since Monday morn
ing. reported at o'clock this afternoon. 1t was
empanneled particularly to investigate the Os
good murder, on the night of the 11th ult. All
four of the alleged murderers, viz. Dr. Greer,
Job Gosley fmayor of the town. j. N. Medford
and Clerk Winan Mills, have been indicted for
murder in the first degree. The former two
were committed to jail without bail at the pre-
liminary trial, last week, and the latter two were
sseleased on bail of IS, 600 and So 000 This case
is growing more and more interesting The
sheriff started this evening to re arrest Medford
and Mills. These four men also have three other
indictments against them--riot, shooting to kill
the murdered woman's husband, and destruction
of property 1t is now believed that several
more citizens of Osgood will finally be impE
Gated In the murder as Mrs. Dr. Greer is re-
ported to have said, in talking of her husband
and Gosley being recognized while wearing
white hats that night, that there would be three
or four more white hats and black hats, too, fol-
low him before the great trouble was ended
Ditmer, who is in Jail at Georgetown, was in
dicted for forgery; also one man for larceny, and
one for carrying concealed weapons. Eighty
witnesses were examined.
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UNDERWOOD'S ENCAMPMENT.
Matters Moving in Very Unsatisfactory
Manner, and the Outlook UnfavOrable.

PHILADELPHIA, July 1.-Ten thousand people
to the drill grounds of the National Military En-
eampment Four batteries consumed nearly all
the afternoon in competitive drilling These
were the indianapolis Light Artillery, Captain
Curtis; Battery A, of Kentucky, Captain Mum
ser; the Fifth Ohio Battery, attached to the
Louisiana Field Artillery, Lieutenant Thomson
commanding. Each battery used but one gun.
Towards evening the first and second regiments
from Ohio were reviewed by Adjutant-general
Finley of Ohio.
After the review of the Ohio troops there was
dress parade in which the entire encampment
participated. 1t was followed by an exhibition
drill by the Busch Zouaves, of st. Louis. Their
performance was received with great enthuSl-
asm by the spectators.
Matters are not moving in very satisfactory
way General Slocum has been here since
Tuesday, but has not assumed command. The
understanding is that he is not pleased with the
arrangements. Colonel Hedrick OF the Second
Ohio, who is in command. is going away to-
morrow. and Colonel Crump. of the Kentucky
State Guards, says he will order his men to break
camp before he will assume com
mand. The feeling is that neither tho
military nor civilians of Philadelphia
and the State have lent Governor Underwood
proper help or encouragement and that if the
$40 GOO in prizes and 81 900 in other expenditures
are to be paid the public must respond more
literally than it has done so far.
Tomorrow the infantry will begin the COM
petitive drilling. The first three companies
to contest will be the Lomax Rifles, from Mo
bile; the Houston Light Guards, and the Alex
andria, Va, Light Infantry
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Cable Notes.

The Crown Prince and Princess of Germany
yesterday gave a reception to United States
Minister Pendieton and wife.
Piqua Houe editor of the Journal de Rome
the Ultramontane organ, has resigned at the re-
quest Of the Pope.
The Paris Gaulois prints letter from Editor
Houe, announcing that the publication of the
Journal de Rome has been stopped and that the
whole staff are coming to Paris.
There were twelve suicides in Austria yester-
day, The country has long been noted for the
large number of suicides during the dog days.
but the epidemic seems worse than usual this
summer.
The post of governor of Alsace-L Lorraine, va
cant by the death of Baron Won Manteuffel, has
been abolished The commandant of the Fif-
teenth Army Corps succeeds to the military com
mand of the provinces, while the civil admins
tration will be directed from Berlin.
A steam tug, the name of which is at present
unknown, last evening landed at Folkestone sew
eral passengers and some baggage thus evading
the customs officers. The police Of London have
been ordered to make a strict search for the tug
boat and to ascertain the destination of the pas
sergers and baggage.
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yesterday, and there is vacancy among the
consulates in the Indian Ocean"
II suppose you have great many men who
come in here with swelled heads after having
been appointed consuls, who return very differ
ent men after awhile, do you not!"
''Well," he answered Il will give you an
instance. Some time ago a gentleman from
Boston. having all the evidences of Boston
culture, and his mind fraught with big ideas,
came to Washington. 1t was during Stewards
administration He did not inquire around
among those who might have been able to give
him some information as to the various con-
sulates, but he went to the blue book
He there found the name of consulate
in Turkey which he thought would suit him. 1t
was Cio He went to the Secretary of State in
person and took with him some of the best
papers thatI ever saw He was ndorsed by three
senators and six representatives. Their indorse
ments were simply irreproachable. He got the
consulate. Then he thought lie would go and
pay visit to the consular officers of the State
Department The first thing that the chief of
the consular bureau said to him was: My dear
sir, may inquire why you want to 60 to this
placer
1t is because it is a nice climate and the
salary is quite comfortabls-$3O 900 a year. l see'
Three thousand dollars year said the
official why, they haven't taken in 8 600 cents
there in ten years
why, but, my dear sir, you are entirely
mistaken, replied the newly fedred consul. The
blue book shows that it pays $4,000 year
You should not place your trust in the blue.
book, was the reply, turning to the page that
is for guidance of the officials of the Department
and not for the general public. Unfortunately,
Typographical error has been committed in the
last blue book, and the figures So, 900 have
dropped down from the line above. 1t was even
left blank. The words fees were not inserted,
because we did not know that the fellow who
was there ever got any fees but, in fact it is the
most Insignificant consulate there is or the
list
'The Boston man was dulnfounded and would
only be convinced when he saw the original copy
of the appropriation bill, and that the consulate
at Clio was not even mentioned in it. Then he
stormed He thought ne had been deceived, and
that the senators and representatives had been
led into indorsing him for the place by a crime
OF the State Department the Public Printer
He went to Seward for redress, The Secretary
said to him simply; My dear sir, gave you all
you asked for l could not give you anything
more He applied for other consulate, but
went home disgusted. We have these expert
ences every day. The appointment of consul
to Rio Negro, Brazil, was made few months
ago. He has just returned after having been
gone about six months. When asked how he
liked the place, he replied: Like it, why, - it,
have been hunting for it for six months and
have not found it yet"
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A DISTRESSING CASUALTY.
Two Children and Young Woman Lose
Their Lives in Burning Building.

CLEVELAND, o., July IA disastrous fire oc
cured at BAT and 351 Broadway this morning at
o'clock. Two families occupied second floor
apartments. Mr.. Cohn, with his wife and four
children, occupied the front rooms Cohn
jumped from the burning building and his wife
dropped the children on bedding she had thrown
Out. Mrs. Cohn was slightly burned Mrs.
Rosenberg, with her three girls. and Miss Rosa
Meisel. occupied the rear part up stairs Dlrs.
Rosenberg escaped with her fourteen yearo,d
daughter while two younger children, Fanny
and Beckey, aged nine and eleven, and Miss
Meisel pcrished in the flames. Their bodies
wererecoveredand taken to the morgue. Mr. Tray,
a travelling man who boarded with Mrs Rosen-
berg, jumped from his window aud had his arm
broken and face badly cut. He and Miss Meisel
were TO have been married next Sunday Mr.
Tray was almost insane when he learned the
fate of his intended bride. The current belief
of citizens and fire department men is that the
IRE was incendiary This belief is all the more
plausible from the fact that the stalrways were
learly consumed when the fire was discovered
The loss on the building is nearly $780, mostly
,oyered by insurance.
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nected closely with the water, that Murcia and
Valencia are the most plentifully irrigated dis
tricts in the south of Europe. The system of
supply dates from the time of the Moorish occu-
patton of Spain, and for scientific utilization the
water supply there is still unrivaled in the
whole world. The city of Murcia is not so des
perate slum as it formerly was, since, after the
great food destroyed the lower part of the town,
it was rebuilt with more regard to sanitation.
But the people are distinctly of the lowest type,
mental and physical, in Spain. But here, as at
Valencia, the city is surrounded by perfect net
work of crowded hamlets, constituting one vast
tropical garden, irrigated by system which
permits not drop of water to reach the sea-a
system which is most marvellous from the en-
gineering point of view, but is simply murder
Gus now when the summers sun makes every
Refugees from the cities were quick to spread
the disease through these villages; now, more
slowly, but not less surely, they are dissem-
mating it throughout the peninsula.
When we consider the total mortality at this
early date, it is frightful to contemplate what
the total for Spain may be, and almost surely
will be, during the four or Ave torrid months to
almost certainty, of the speedy outbreak of the
plague in other southern lands. No case has
been reported from Marseiles During the week
there have been rumors OF sporadic cases on the
coast, both in the province of Barcelona and
near Port Vendres, in France. but it has been
impossible to get confirmation of the rumors.
The authorities at Marseilles, Toulon, and Cette
are doing what can be done at this late day to
guard against the scourge, but there is still
antine rather than upon that of cleanliness.
The belief is general that an outbreak of cholera
in the provinces bordering on the Pyrenees Is
now only matter of days.
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KELLEY AND THE ITALIANS.
What Might Have Happened if the Virgin
ian Had Appeared in Italy.

what Might Have Happened 1T the Virgin
ian Had Appeared in Italy.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, July lone of tie best consul.
the United States ever had abroad was Mr. S.
III. NJ. Byers, who has been in the consular
service upwards of sixteen years. Not only is
Mr.. Byers an excellent business man and we'll
equipped for the purpose of looking after Amer
ican interests in foreign countries but he was
something of a diplomat and was frequently
intrusted with diplomatic affairs of the govern
ment in the absence of the regular minister OF
charge d affairs. His latest position was Consul
general at Rome, from which he has just been
recalled to make place for Funny Man Alden, of
the New York Times. Byers was in Washing
ton this week, and called at the State Depart
ment to pay his respects, good consul should
He was asked what would have been the result,
in his opinion if the American government had
forced Kelley upon the people of Italy Mr..
Byers replied: italian patriotism was never as
worked up as it is now. Right after our Ameri-
can war we had samples of what feelings would
seize man when q traitor or a copperhead
attempted to say word derogatory to the
government. 1t is just in Italy to day. The
Italians are free from papal power and they
will not hearone word against their rulers or tho
men who freed them AS a result they would
have made it very unpleasant for Kelley, and
feel satisfied that the moment he set his foot on
Italian territory he would have 0eer met with
storm OF rotten eggs that would have lasted rs
long as he remained there"
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John Bright on Commercial Liberty.

LONDON July John Bright has written
letter to Deputy Passy, of Paris, in which he
says: IF European nations would accept
commercial lberty-that is moderate
free trade, or abolish customs-Europe might
soon tend to an era of perpetual peace.
At present all resources are swallowed up by
military exigencies The peoples interests
are sacrificed to the most miserable and culpable
fallacies of foreign policies. The real interests
of the masses are trodden under foot in
Difference to the notions of glory and
national honor. The military system cannot
indefinitely be supported with patience, and the
populations, driven to despair, may possibly,
before long, sweep away the royalties and pre-
tended statesmen who govern IN their names. l
hope your country and mine will remain at
peace and be real friends"
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A Question Which Secretary Manning Must
Speedily Decide.

A Question Which Secretary Manning Must
Speedily Decide.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, July IAN interesting ques-
ton, involving the attitude Of the federal gov
ernment in the matter Of the employment of
convict labor, has arisen in connection with the
award of the contract for an additional story
upon the postofice building at Peoria, ILL., The
original building was authorized several years
ago; plans were prepared and the contract for
stone work was awarded TO Peter 6. Straub 81
Co., of Buffalo, they being the lowest biddersI
Last winter Congress extended the limit and
plans for additional work were prepared. The
bids were opened yesterday. Straub & Co bid
was $12 $780, while Brainerd 81 Co.. of Joliet H.,
offered to do the work for $l1 845 Straub who
is here, at objected to the latter bid on the
ground that Brainerd & Co. are the contractors
for the prison labor of the Illinois State prisons.
He argued that while he pays his stone cutters
So. so per day, Brainerd & Co. get their work
done for GA cents. He asks, therefore, that the
Brainerd bid be rejected and that he be awarded
the additional contract. The question is new
one, and Secretary Manniuss decision, which
will establish a precedent is awaited with eager
ness by every contractor here.
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CONSULS AND CONSULATES.
Illustrations Showing the Importance of
Knowing Exactly What You Want.

Knowing Exactly What You Want.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WAsHINGTON, July LII the applicants for
consulates would make proper inquiry as to the
place where they expect TO CO." said an old con-
sular servant of the government, to-day, there
would be less trouble after they got their ap
pointments. Just before the close of the Arthur
administration-in fact it was as late as the lst
of March, if l am not mistaken-a gentleman
came here from Ohio. or Indiana. who had Just
been appointed to a consular position in the
Indian Ocean. When he arrived here he was
business was at home. He explained, and said
that he could make very nice living, and that
all his associations were there, but that he
thought he would like to 90 into the consular
service why, my dear SIR said tho official
you are going to place where you will starve
to death Living! You cannot make your salt
in that place. The fees of the Office in 1884
amounted to 81. So There is no business at the
place An American never goes there, and
there is no opportunity for you to enter
any other business by which you might
exc out your miserable fees. You had better go
right back and say nothing about your consulate.
Oh, no. said the aspiring diplomat, I am afraid
that tho President would consider it an insult il
should decline the Office after he has given ID to
me, and although 1t may not be just what
want shall az sept it. The gentleman returned
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No French Mourning for the Red Prince.

LONDON July IN. Waddington, French
ambassador to London and his wife, have both
refused, the st. James Gazette says, to appear
in mourning at the court ball. as requested
by the Queen because of the death OF
FRINGE Frederick Charles, of Germany.
NJ. Waddingtons refusal was officially
declared in courteous note sent to her Majesty.
In this the French ambassador expressed to the
Queen his personal regret at being unable to
comply with the royal command, but said he
could not disobey the orders of his government,
to not wear mourning at the death of any enemy
of Franco
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YESTERDAYS APPOINTMENTS.
Another Batch of the Hungry and Thirsty
Provided with Places.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The President to-day
appointed VIM. Dorsheimer TO be United States
Attorney for the Southern district of New York,
and Martin T. Mcmahon TO be United States
Marshal for the same district
Mr.. Mudrow was to day formally appointed
First Assistant Secretary of the Interior, the
new Office created by Congress, and Mr.. Geo A.
jerks, Of Pennsylvania was appointed Second
Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Mr.. jerks
had an interview with Secretary Lamar to-day,
and was introduced to the chiefs Of divisions OF
the department. lie will begin the discharge ON
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Ohin PrOhihitinniafs.

SpRINGFIELD O., July 1.-The prohibition
State convention met at o'clock this afternoon
in the wigwam, with a fair attendance, many
ladies being present Jay Odell, chairman Of
the State executive committee, called the body
to order, and in sho't address introduced Kev.
spoke at length. Mrs Mary Woodbrdee % was W as
appointed temporary secretary. and Mrs E. B.
Lewis assistant secretary Committees were
appointed, and after hearing a number OF
addresses, the convention adjourned till to-
morrow
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

Renewal of Frontier Troubles Between Rus
SLAMS and Chinese.
ST. PETERSBURG, July Ia dispatch from
Blagoyeschensk, town of Russian Asia and
the capital of the Amoor government, says that
fresh trouble has occurred on the Chinese from
tier. According to the dispatch, it seems that
the Chinese government sent a detachment of
soldiers to protect the Argun golden fields from
invasion by unauthorized parties. The troops
were instructed to behead all persons found en-
gagged in mining operations and not having the
necessary permits The Russian government
prohibits its subjects from mining in the Argun
cola fields