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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05

A SENSATION was caused in the
Royal Hospital at Berlin the other
day by the appearance of the Crown
Prince as patient. He had accident
ally burned his hand, and instead of
sending for a physician to dress it
chose to avail himself of the services of
the hospital physicians. His injury
was slight The students were noisily
demonstrative over the visit of the
royal patient, and treated him to a ire
mendous ovation.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05

HERR FISCHER, the African explorer,
reports that he has reached Wanga,
north of Pangini, with the remnant of
his expedition, after journey of ex-
tremc hardships, lasting thirty-two
days. The members of the expedition
suffered severely from hunger. OF the
two hundred and thirty natives who
accompanied the party fifty-one died
from disease and starvation or from
wounds received in battle. Herr
Fischer has secured valuable botan-
ical and pathological collection. He
will proceed to Zanzibar from Wanga.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05

The marriage of Nine. Christine
Nilsson has been postponed for the
present in consequence of the Vatican
raising objections to granting dis
pensation for it unless the contract of
marriage shall be amended to suit the
wishes of the Pope.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05

The latest high life innovation in
fashionable marriages in Paris is the
display of the BRIDES wedding outfit on
dummy figures ranged on a platform,
as was done at the late reception for
the signing of the marriage contract of
the daughter of the Countess de P.
Assistants from the dressmakers who
had produced the toilettes attended to
point out the beauties of their crea-
fiOn
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

TIE Deficiency Appropriation bill a.
passed by the Senate shows an increase Of
81, S02, !95 over the aggregate appropriation
made by the House bill, making the tota
appropriation for deficiencies, $7,S07,15S.
Tue pallium was conferred upon Arch
bishop Fabre at Montreal recently by Car
dinal Taschereau amid great pomp and
splendor. There was an attendance oil
about 1900.
M. BALMACEDA has been elected President
of Chill.
Public PRINTER ROUNDS has sent in his
resignation to the President.
TIE Irish Parliamentary Fund Associa
ton has refused to join the New York Mu
nicipal Council in the reception of Michael
Davitt's delegation.
Mrs. Folsom, the mother of the Presi-
dents bride, arrived in Washington on the
18th. She will remain until the President
goes of for his vacation and accompany
the party.
PRINCE ALEXANDER, of Bulgaria, has pro.
hibited the circulation of Russian coin in
his country.
THE Senate Committee on Postoffices
and Post Roads has ordered favorable re-
port on the House bill to extend the free
delivery system.
THE Salisbury Cabinet as announced on
the 2Sth, was as follows: Premier, Earl
Salisbury; Secretary for War, Right Hon.
William Henry Smith; First Lord of the
Admiralty, Lord George Hamilton; Lord
High Chancellor, Lord -; Secretary
for India, Right Hon. Frederick Arthur
Stanley; Lord President of the Council
Viscount Cranbrook; President of the Lo-
cal Government Board, Right Hon.
Henry Chaplin; President of the Board of
Trade, Right Hon. Edward Stanhope;
Postmaster General, Lord John Manners;
First Commissioner of Works, Right Hon.
David Plunkett; Attorney General, Sir r.
E. Webster; Lord Chancellor of Ireland,
Lord Ashbourne.
WILLIAM II. FOSTER, secretary of the
National Federation of Trades Unions,
died at Philadelphia on the 18th. He was
very prominent in National labor affairs.
THE President has nominated George A.
jerks, of Pennsylvania, to be Solicito
General.
JAMES H. MCLEARY, of Texas, has been
confirmed as an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court Of Montana.
THE President has approved the Lesisla
tive Appropriation bill.
THE announcement is made that James
Baill.e Hamilton, of Worcester, Mass, is
about to wed Lady Evelyn Campbell,
fourth daughter OF the Duke of Argyle and
sister-in-law of Princess Louise.
THE Secretary of State has received a re-
port from United States Consul Lynn re-
garding the case of Francisco Rasures, the
American citizen who was sur
to the police authorities at Pied
ras Negras, Mexico, as horse thief and
executed by them. The Secre-
tary has directed a thorough investigation
to be made of all the facts in the case.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05

THERE are fourteen Presbyterian
theological seminaries in this country,
with Libraries aggregating 20S, 900 vol
umes, eighteen Catholic with 1876, 1000,
ten Congregational with 1885, four
teen Baptist with 5000, twelve Epis-
copal with $4,000, thirteen Lutheran
with $4,000, one Reformed Dutch with
81, 900, and six Methodist with 5000.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05

AN auction of farming effects al
Longford, Ireland, lately, was rendered
fruitless by the conduct of the farmers
who attended. They refused to bid
unless the auctioneer joined the Irish
National League. He refused, and the
vendue had to be declared off for the
time bciny,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05

POSTMASTER GENERAL Villas has ap-
proved new design for postal cards.
They are to be printed in black on
white paper with head of jefferson
on the upper corner, The new design
was prepared at the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing, and is generally con-
sidercd an improvement on the cards
now in use.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05

GEORGE w. CHILDS and A. j. Drexel
have completed arrangements for the
erection of a tablet to General Grants
memory at the Episcopal Church at FL
boron. The memorial will be of brass.
similar in design to the one erected in
the same church to the memory of
President Garfield. 1t will be placed
above the pew occupied by General
Grant at Elberon.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05

LONDON is going to celebrate The
one thousandth anniversary of the res
toration of the city by Alfred, King of
The West Saxons, in $50, after il had
been destroyed by the Danes and other
barbarians in S39 A. ID,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05

George Fullmer. Of Sunbury, Pa,
on Sunday after church took q book.
and, seating himself in swing in his
yard, read and idly swung. The
swing, made of an upright post and a
heavy crossbeam resting on tree, was
old. the upright gave way and the
cTosspiece came down, and, striking
Fullmer on the head, killed him.
Pittsburgh Post.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05
1T is difficult to get a drink in Min

1t is difficult to get drink in Min
neap9lis on Sunday, but a shrewd fell
low got one the other evening. He
went into drug store with a big bug
in his hand, asked the clerk what it
was, went into raptures over the rare
specimen he had found, and bought
ten cents worth of alcohol to preserve
il in. Then he went out and had his
drink. Chicago Herold.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Australian colonies are legislat-
ing against the Chinese.

The new directory of Detroit has
just been issued, containing 76,O64
names, representing population of
not less than 220, 900, or an increase Of
1900 over last year.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05

QUEEN ELIZABETH, of Roumanie,
has brought out two neveIs--"Astra''
and ''Dcs Deux Mcndes''- she
signs "Dito" and "Item" in order to
disguise her authorship.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES,

THREE young men from New York, who
were on boating excursion to Gutenberg,
N j., were recently capsizedtn North river
and drowned.
AMERICAN securities were in demand and
firm in London during the week ended
July 81. The Paris bourse was reported
with an upward tendency. German money
markets were steady.
THE Delaware rolling mill at Phillips
burg, N. j., has been shut down indefinite
ly. The mill is owned by the Howes, of
Reading, Pa.
luton for the appointment of committee
tol consider the feasibility of National
exposition to celebrate the centenary of
the constitution and the four hundredth
anniversary of the discovery of America.
The House refused to agree to the confer
ence report on the River and Harbor bill
The House passed the bill prohibiting
aliens acquiring public lands in the Terri
tories. The vote stood 209 to 6.
1 ANOTHER riot took place at Belfast on
the Slst, Orangemen and Catholics again
coming into collision. Several houses and
a tavern were wrecked.
| CLEARING house returns outside of New
York for week ended July 81 showed an av-
erage increase of 22.S. In New York
there was q decrease of 10
| A SCHOONER yacht upset in a storm near
Sandy Hook, N. Y, on the 31st, and six
ladies and one young man were drowned.
| No. mill Of the Indian Orchard Mill
Company at Springfield, Mass, was de-
stroyed by fire recently. Loss, 100000.
" 70 fo1 T
the Governor of Newfoundland said he had
reason to believe that the reports of starv-
alton among the people of Labrador were
without foundation.
The weekly July 81 statement of the
New York associated banks show the fol-
lowing changes: Reserve, decrease 81 $751;
AS. Loans, increase S523. 400. Specie, in
crease $293, 800. Legal tender, decrease
81, 1851, 900. Deposits, decrease s1,l0S,-
600. Circulation, increase S36, 400 The
banks held s12,S7S,7e5 in excess of the 25
per cent. rule.
Able FRANZ LIST, the pianist and music
al composer, died at Bayreuth recently
He was born at Sezegzard, Hungary, Octo-
Der %. 1911.
HosMER, of Boston, beat Lang, of Mont
real, in boat race at Coteau Landing,
Que, the other day.
A TRAIN of cars was wrecked in the re-
cent storm at Marion. o. So Tar as known
no livos were lost by the storm, although
many houses and barns were unroofed
Two French sub-oficers Of the army sta
toned in Algiers became involved in
quarrel recently and a challenge to fight
duel resulted. The weapons chosen were
sabres. The head OF one of the combatants
was cleft in twain.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05

"A simple test of the quality OF
leather belts is thus given by the Lon
don Mechanical World: A small piece
Of the belt is cut out of the strap and
put into vinegar. If the leather is
thoroughly tanned and OF good quality
it will remain unaltered, and even show,
after some months. only somewhat
darker color, while if it has been in
sufficiently prepared with tannin the
fibers swell and are converted into q
gelatinous mass in short time.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05
The Old Milkman.

CHICAGO, July ga milk wagon with
corpse in the drivers seat was the CHASTITY
sensation to which the residents of West
Twelfth street were greeted this morning,
For years Samuel d. Newton, a milkman.
residing at "A Rubles street, delivered milk
to the good housewives along west Twelfth
street. Ills horse and cart became familiar
objects as they drove from door
to door in the early morning.
The horse, by reason of his frequent
trips knew the route as we'll as his master.
The surprise, therefore, of the patrons Of
Samuel was great this morning when the
horse would stop at bis ole places but no
master would descend from his perch. milk.
can in hand, as was his usual want, and
the old horse too seemed wonderfully
surprised for a few remaining min
utes near the curbing without seeing
his driver he would prick up his ears, evil
IDENTIFY thinking he had made mistake,
and start off again. An officer, who was
perfectly familiar with Newton and his cart,
noticed that something was wr0ag and in
vestigated. He halIOoed to Samuel. with
out the least attention being paid to him.
Coming alongside the horse he stopped him.
There sat Samuel as Of old, lines in hand
and looking straight ahead. He an
swered no questions, nor did he appear
to notice the officer. The eyes were open
and the face pale. Thinking tile milkma
sick the officer shook him and he fell back.
ward among his cans dead
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05

VANDEyERE, the murderer of W. r. Da-
Wis, was seen the other day in the south
west part of Finney County. He said he
was going to Lakin to get his wife if he
waded through blood. It is said that Van.
devere answers almost exactly the descrip-
ton of the murderer of the victims in the
Coolidge train robbery, and it is thought
he is the man.
TOPEKA, it is said, is to have a cable rail-
way.
Corn crop in Sheridan County good.
WHILE the st. Joseph and Topeka ball
clubs were playing at the latter city the
other day foul ball sent among crowd
struck colored man named Mukes and de-
stroyed his right eye.
Hon. THOMAS RYAN announces that a
competitive examination of all applicants
for West Point cadetship from the Fourth
Congressional district, consisting of the
counties of Shawnee, Usage, Wabaunsee,
Norris Lyon, Coffey, Woodson, Green.
wood, Marion, Chase and Butler will he
held at Emporia, Tuesday, the 18th day OF
August, 1856, in the State Normal School
building, at ten O'Clock a. m.
THERE are sS5 prisoners now confined in
the penitentiary.
HARRY BRowN, Of Auburn, Shawnee Coun
ty, was arrested and brought before Justice
Clark, of Topeka, on q warrant sworn out
by Miss Haidee Reishe, charging him with
seduction under promise of marriage. The
couple eloped about three months ago. and
as the girl thought were married at Albu.
querque, n. NJ. After taking in San Fran
cisco they returned to Topeka, stopping at
q hotel as man and wife. Brown deserted
the girl next morning and refused to ac-
knowledge her as his wife. The girl charges
that he deceived her by mock marriage,
and he is held in bonds to Explain matters.
Mrs. Smith, of Girard, was probably
fatally burned the other dag while trying
to light g fire with coal oil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-16
PUSHING THE GEORGE CAMPAIGN.

ORGANIZATION GOING on rVERYWHERE-MR.
GEORGE SPEAKS AT Az oPEN-AiR MEETING.
The Henry George campaign paper will be
called The LeGde. All the arrangements have bceA
completed brng out The first number on Monday next
At the Coonnalc Hotel the number OF visitors Is in
creasing daily. Among those who called yesterday
were W. Conlon. OF Neweaste-on lyme, c. Stone. Ed
ward j. Nieuland r. y 3. Pneips D. Healy, W. f. Dema-
rest and Daniel W. Martin Many letters were received
containing various small sums Of money congl"tait-
pagn committee IN East Eighih-st the boom was re-
ported CLUBS OF al Municipalities are being
iornes in various OF tho city, Hungarian cub
has been formed at No. So AttOrney-st,t Austrian
club at No. 1i2 Do.ancey ST., and Hebrew cHo no.
The la YIN Districts, and neary all OF the Ia@h
socetics have declared Tor CORE rT"'ts ss
favor of Mr. Grorge IN CO ann eu'oria.
The work of the Naturalization Bmretu Ia goln4
on satisfactorily. From Eighth street Bureau $40
tickets now been issued, and from the heOre"
An husisstic meeting was aidressed by Mr. George
last nigh at West Broadway aud Ch"morrs-st hMy
In the evening torchight procession 'narcueu n'o
the and when 1t rrtnrned 10 tho zee
there were about 1000 people assembled Jeremiah
Murphy managed the freiSht-haniers stIike som
years ago. Gale. The meeting TO order MI George
SAID, among other Things:
lam, lanor,s candidate "A voice" God bless you" Ny
election means hencefoward labor must be recognized
That's the reason we have dick,s Nomalter how
many m nv, r.ne labor and the candidate OPP
labor This class movement working cas- lno,"
We begin revolution not bloody one put pca.ela'
against legitimate property but against stolen prop
tuInnlis will ] wish TO say word Of Ihe LgGon
Tnes The Tnnes right when 1t says m thls
movement will strengthen Gladstone and PaneL a Vol,
cheers Gladstone and iarneiL hey WEI csN'
will, Will MI George joining IN We VIII carry the s'Aiii
ard of the land o t. people raised 10y Michael Dayit
eBnti have achieved victory.
Other speakers addressed the meeting
Bali a DOZEN other meetings were held I'D various
parts city and there about fifteen set down
for tonight Tie mort important are the open AIR
meeting OF the George men IN the lXth Assembly De
trct AT Abingdon square ami the festival OF the AA Ia
District in suffers Harlem River Park. botp OF when
Will be addressed by Mr. George. He delivers his lect-
ure on Nloses' at Nilsson Hall tomorrow afternoon
ard in the evening speaks the Rev. Dr. Mccarthy
CONGREGATION No. 81 Union square on Inc cross oil
the New Crusade"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-16

In state bonds Virginia IS deferred receipts were
active up 1888 but closed unchanged at IN Of city
bank stocks Commerce sold "a al 172t Butchers and
Drovers' 225) at 100, aud metropolitan $500 at $50
32i2.
Tue bond market quiet and easy, respond
ing to tho influences whicn affected the share
market. Atlantic aud Pacific incomes were special
feature; they from 2s1 12s to 3o4 and tue first
MORTGAGES were up b Al $685. Erie SECOND consols de-
IS were s. sig and tie 81 were Il lower at s75
Central OF NewJeTeys were iower on Tue
that an attempt VIII be made to reorgsnizs inc com
ny BY sealing the interest CHARGES cAnad soasass@
: :ssrsa.sa up ,:;i
YORK Chicago and St. Louis a,t receipts wsrs strong
up 10 91ae97is against 96A YESTERDAY pG r.,
per cent at 95 seconds 52 cent at ~ and incomes
~ pn5 G srss a. .s s5 aud oa:sa Fo.
Worth and Denver nrsts we're active aud closed ~
OF unlisted securities dealt in at the stock Exchanse
cottonseed oil cerIincates sold S20oOl at ol%goS3'
HewYSI4 oy anu ana a. sos a o
Pier and Navigation GOO at65s D. Brookyn hleyasea
nr.ts $4,000 q d n .sa5 BUS aud seconds
CSS2 900 at 49i2 d50Q497s
Money ruled easier to-isy al 6G7 per cent uo"h !"
4 a . per cent AMI closed offered AT p,r cent
The OF the suOrreasury for the week ending
OF SIT, 7ss2 6l Leaving the sensrAi balance $751;
1851 40. against Sls9 72o9i9 Oot%oor showing ~
apparent loss OF 81 257sO9 but, deductng from tne
ymeu sl.5s75oo wncn only Affects tao SUP !.
nTy account S ws tue @ "a1 ~. includes inc
eipt OF 100000 Tor exchange GU Ne",orleahs'
! lO-lays
81 So Isl; payments. s2.936.95o currency balance.
| sos los, S4S coin, sl62 ,2y2.
/ me Clearing House tcment to-day was AS toho"s.
| Exchanges, Sl32.O6l. 435 balances. $I2ol,aIu
| Inc United states treasury AT washington receVea
| 81 on 600 National bank notes for redemption.
The custom, receipts we're So7SloS aud the in'e'nai
| revenue receipts S3l2,ois -, ,,.. -.
bills against specie imports anu rates were aa'ancsu
We reyise quotations for business AS follows; bsnkeC
nils ~ 81 and "a Si tor long aud short sterins re-
spectvey 522is aud ol9 Tor francs et'2 -no W LUZ
rrichparks: 397s and t0ls lot guiiiets. -, -. AN,
lrtt. n a
declined To 100 lll6 Tor money aud loo% 1oi
Bar silver WAS of ll6d TO 10 3loi per ounce. "s
standard Money quiet ant sesiy Al 80 per so as
IN the open market American railways wes" u
fractonaly lower, closing irrcxaiAr ot - n 40 a
steady Al Paris French per conts declines 30
and sgnt exohang 20 London WAS stcAay q" -"o- -
to tn 4.
Imports OF dry goods at New York; ,ss, 1880
,,,.ra, ., ,,o NOR, 500 ioi sLois5s7 s2,os9, %!
Throwp ON maIket. 20aS959 l.sl'.elo 2vz''io'
Entered az Tas 50 il6Scs Ss ~ %,
Thrown on market...-....e4a6l52 40 s'isS@'' 0'o'-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-16
IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IN ALASKA.

LIEUTENANT sTONEY's REPORT OF HIS WINTER At
FORT COsMOs-AN EXPEDITION To THE ARCTIC
WAsHINGTON, Ger. 15.-1he Secretary Of
the Navy has received Official report or Lieutenant
George NJ StOney, showing the results Of Northern
AlasEs Exploring Expedition commanded by him The
report Ia dated Onnas ska. september 6 and contains
accounts OF several sedging expeditions Fort Cos.
mos which resulted In Important discovered H. re-
gard to one of these expeditions Lieutenant stoney
says:
IA the latter part OF February started sclrng expe.
dDn TO the north and east My intention was Ia .r,,s
Alaska 10 the Arctic OCEAN II possible Ie,ri,d
t,,e limit found the htAlwaer- o
large river running north the could not be
iudu, e 10 20 They sand that later. when the river
broke the reindeer. their principal food,
north they would take me 10 the Arctic Seeing the easiu
it of making ttp and being able o 90 with
made with the natives stu further
IN ms rlyer Fort Cosmos 10 take men
To- the ocean, forced march, with some days nve
hours rest reached the fort Apr - Ensgns Howard
In comu,and aud r. j. detailed To TRIP
ON ApT IL Ensign Howard and his party left the
on months provlsions lie maize forced march
those natives before melted accompanies
fhe coast reached June 20 sixty mites Of
Point Harrow pOint ho detained te until
Juy ~ ITO reached Point Barrow on July 10, whore he
found some white stationed for the purpose of trading
ana whaling MT Howard found large river hOwng the
no a.l upun its he arltod 10 tho Arctic. He
for seve days upon tho C0lve River and found ia head
waters MI Howard great credit fOf his work and
the Judgment displayed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-16
OBITUARY..
BENJAMIN A. WILLIS.

Ex-Congressman Benjamin A. Willis died at
his home in the Osborne West Fifty Seyenhst Oh
Thursday morning under circumstances unusually PAIN
ful His death was only made known to flew 10 order
that no know ledge OF it might be conveyed 10 MS WIG
who Law III IN an adjoining chamber His Drother
died only last week Mr.. Willis was confined TO MS
house about weeks by attack o. brights ais
ease His wife, while giving all her attention 10 hiin
was taken with a cold. which resulted In pneumonia
few DAYS ago. while still dangerously ILL., che gave brth
70 twins girl aud boy She is deliriouS mnch OF the
time and Is under her mOtners care III Iuc nome .s
abe constantly inquiries about the condition or Drr nus
band HIS body Will he taken from the house to-u 70
Westbury l. L. and buried tO-norrow from the Friends
Meeting House In that town. . - ,,s,.,,
Mr. Willis was born Of Quaker percentage IN kOsyln'
le 20 in SOL and studied law at Poughkerpsle anu Win
William NJ Ingraham Brooklyn. In e62 he raised
company AT Rosyn ana entered the army ne served
in the 9th York and subsequently IS ColOheI III
the l2tn NewYerk Regiment AMI contn lie In the ser
vice until close OF the war; participating III many OF
the principal battles subsequently ne resumel tne
of his profession and at the time OF his deah he
had an office III Walst. . ,o-, 80 .
lie was elected 10 XLIVth Congress In *! as
liberal Repu lean Endorsed by the Domocrts lie was
reelected two years later over Levi T. MOflOn rUr
some wears Mr. Willis warm friend or SamueI D..
rilden He was a member OF the Grand Army OF inc
Repubic ana of the Union and the MlnlatIdn clnDs.
Last piyht Mrs. Willis considered lnuch DETER
and her children doing we'll Many frlenhs OF the
family called, bat were permitted 10 sec hef.