St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 23, 1887

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GOODS of the season D RICES. Wa t money is saved in houses. — — œfl— a jometers | nometers. co., ETS. Alec BREVITIES. Simla state that the Ghilza will reassemble at Berlin in November. hanged himself in the all last Saturday night ft London for Paris last Satur- tha number of prominent ofthe Cri du Peuple and an Settle, fought a duel near ues to insist upon the resig- Hohenlohe as Governor of be inaugurated Lord Mayor Year’s day. Mr. Gladstone > attend. yesterday morning at East from a shot received at the own party. men at work tn a Montatare er nent of the Oise, a roduction of wages. of Iowa will be put forward Republican Convention as ‘the Presidential nomination. e- President of the French Pa- PT ovgorod. at St. Petersburg. that at the request of the Par- 7 ernment has consented to ion of action in prociaim- ke a number of Alsalan — 1 at Mayence charved to a secret society with treas- esterday a meeting of Irish- which resolutions —— — the Irish N ted. N 000, 000 Contederate for payment of same by the vernment. and James Goddie, two half- dat uple, Manitoba, were wiston, Mont., after consider- ith the refugees. fin honor of Cuauhtemotzin, killed Stillion Early in self- Headquarters, miles in the Cherokee Nation. himself to the United the Crown Prince's that his and that he will completely recover his for- case of yellow fever was - * * > 254 | sick, 0 vee sven on board = arbor, Me., yesterd iy Norty Atlantic — * 0 retary ey received, „% wife of 4 Chester. : ‘Dean, who wee ¢ 4 the ae Prot t missionaries in the 2 bats : é ; 1 for an unofficial | | EVENING PAPER. © | THE POST - DISPATCH. VOL, 38.—NO. 44. ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1887. PRICE, PIVE CENTS. BY CARRIER, FIPTEEN CENTS A WEEK. NAV .O. R.. . . Sprinkling Better To-Day!! No Sun!! It Ralns !! With the temperature down to 68° a seasonable word might be said on Blankets, Bed Comforts, Flannels and Skirts !! Crawford has the banner stock of these goods in this city. He bought them away in the dog days, when the sight of such goods might cause sun-stroke, and when the prices were at low tide!! Now they have stiffened, and prices are consid- erably higher! ! He proposes now to early pur- chasers to give them the full bene- fit of his forethought, and to sell them Blankets, Bed Comforts, Flan- nels and Wool Skirts at lower prices than they have ever seen them !! . He never had such a full and oom - plete stock of these goods before, and he feels proud of them, and proud that he is able to serve his employers—the public—so well! ! He guarantees his prices to be far below all competition, and says that if any make the mistake of buying Blankets, Bed Comforts or Woolen Goods of any kind outside of the Great Broadway Bazaar, they are doing themselves a great injustice! ! Crawford's is the only store keep- ing a full range of the far-famed “North Star” Blankets, acknowl- edged by all to be the Best All- Wool Blanket in the World!! n Crawford has now opened (his basement is almost filled with them) 150 bales Bed Comforts, which he offers at 50 cents, 65 cents, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, and up to $3.00 each. The dollar Comforts are lined with Turkey red!! In Grey Blankets Crawford al- ways leads the van, and this sea- son more than ever!! He will sell you Grey Blankets by the pair or dundred pairs from $100 to $8.50 apair. Crawford has in stock Silver Grey Blankets, Oxford Grey, Blue Grey, Royal Blue and Scarlet. Full ranges of each. 1 Crawford shows the White Wool Blankets, mixed with cotton, at $1.15, $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00. The celebrated “North Star” Blankets are all wool,and Craw- ford proposes to let them go at a bare commission. He hopes to reap his reward in the enormous quantity he proposes to sell !! He offers N orth Star Blankets, all wool, full sizes, from 53.756 to $20.00 a pair. - Odorless Live Geese Feathers fom 50 cents to $1.00 a pound. Feather Pillows, best ticking, tom $2.00 to $4.00 a pair. Crawford has now opened up his fll Winter Stock of Flannels, Vhich he thinks is the best he has ter had; and, like the Blankets, bs motto will be: Small Profits tad Big Sales !! He offers Grey Mixed Flannels fom 12 1-2 cents a yard up. Red Medicated Flannels,25 cents, 80cents and 35 cents; all 15 per cent below what same goods may be had elsewhere l! : “~ Navy Blue T willed Flannels from cents up. Full range of Fancy Shirting Fannels of every grade. 500 dozens New Felt and Flan- nel Skirts from $1.00 to $3.00 each. . CRAWFORD & co. Oldest Established House in the City. Ak WALKER, Removed to 17 N. Broadway, bosite the Court-House. S ; : Le : of dai ‘ and Fieia” 6 ngs, rile Pel a SS * . * 2 > 4 ; — >. _ —, — Cutlery. over firms who pretend to carry Cutie can possibly be produced. I carry the a specialty of FINE GOODS. TT — — Experience has taught many that there is no economy in buying cheap, trashy Manufacturing and dealing exclusively in Cutlery, I have this „ that I can sell you a good article as low as A. JT. JORDAN 612 WASHINGTON AVENUE. © cen tnd heed SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND. Culery. Lüner EDITION FRIDAY’S DIVISION. EXTREMELY URGENT SUMMONS SENT OUT ON ALL SIDES. 1 A Coalition Government Predicted— Russell to Stump Ulster Against the Government —English Members Excited Over the Proc- lamation of the League—A Canadian Naval Officer Disgraced—The Ameer of Afghanistan Dying—Prince Ferdinand at Sofia—Foreign News. Special Cablegram to the Post-Dispatch. LONDON, August 23.—A coalition govern- ment is now certain. I know for a fact that one of the leading Unionists in the Commons, | has written to his election agent, telling him y to make all preparations foracontest. This meens only one thing. How it will affect Chamberlain nobody seems to know. The general comment on his speech of Saturday is that it would be impossible to sit on the fence more gracefully. Socially, in the Com- mons, he is gradually assuming a friendly at- titude toward men with whom he has not been on speaking terms for months. FRIDAY’S DIVISION. Extremely urgent summons bave been sent out on all sides forthe division on Friday on Gladstone’s protest against the proclamation ofthe League. Some members actually be- lieve the Government will be beaten because of abstention of many Liberal-Unionists through disgust at the land bill. This, how- ever, is extremely unlickely. Unionists like T. W. Russell hold that having supported the Government in passing the crimes act, they are logically bound to supportthem in using it. Russell's secession, by the way, is exert- ing the strongest influence, and among nis friends he denounces the Government in even stronger terms than in bis letter to the Times. Hetold me yesterday that he would stump Ulster against the Government, and there would not be asingle Conservative regurnea from Ireland atthe next elections, but only Parnellites and Unionists. ENGLISHMEN EXCITED. Theproclamation of the League excites En- glish members far more than the Irish. The vantage gest assortment in this country, and make — EMPIRE SOAP CO., ST. LOUIS. SEA BATHS *saing our GENUING SEA SAL T. Prickly Heat“ Pie 2-Ib BIB, 15¢ Each formerare offering to take a series of wild steps to show their sympathy, such as resign- ing their seats to offer themseives to Irish constituencies whose sitting members may be imprisoned; joining the League in large num- bers and obstructing to the utmost every vote ofsupply. In consequence of this the last closure will probably be applied in a few days, as, although more time has been spent over the supplies than ever before, only 75 votes out of 191 have been car- ried. in ik) 1 . i GLADSTONE’S DEBATE on Tuesday will have littie interest except his speech. Churchill is in the Tyrol,and Morley at Riffie, where he spends his days taking long walks with Frederick Harrison. ARBITRATION. A memorial to President Cleveland and Con- gress praying for the establishment of a Board of Arbitration between England and America, has been signed by 200 members, including many of the most influential. It will receive many more signatures and will be presented at Washington about the middle of October. The markets are steady and American secu- rities weak. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. Planning for Active Opposition to the Gov- ernment’s Coercion Campaign. Special Cablegram to the Post-Dispatch. Loypoy, August 23.—Nearly all of the Irish members are absent from London, planning for active opposition to the Government's coercion campaign against the National League. Mr. Harrington, M. P., the Secretary of the League,in an interview to-day ex- plained the plan with which the League pro- — —— —ñ J. L ard Furniture, 11116, 113 ana latest desi ANS, FOLDING BED K STOVES, and EVERY SPECIAL PRICES and on HASY Call and inspect our beautiful TERMS as any house in the world. Open e Mexander’s the Acid Phosphates of Iron with Containing —2— ALEXANDER’S With Pure Fruit Mellier Drug Co., 711 Washington Ay. 1115 Franklin Avenue. We are now prepared to furnish ONE ROOM or an ENTIRE HOUSE with the in FURNITURE, CARPETS. STOVES and HOUSEHOLD GOODS of every Ree including PIANOS G S., GASOLINE ST S HIN d needed in HOUSEKEEPING, at and we wilt ntee CHEAPER PRICES and as FAVO very night unt 9 0 * N. W. Corner Broadway (Fifth) and Ora as s heaithy Nerve Tonic. Ice - CREAN SODA. WATER, Vichy, Kissengen, Saratoga and Other Mineral Waters on Draught. LATEST NOVELTIES — 2 — PRINTS &(GINGHAMS poses to meet the present situation. He said that while the Lord-Lieutenant was empow- ered, under the sixth section of the crimes act, to proclaim the League on the ground that it was either (a) formed forthe commission of crimes, or(b) for the carrying on or opera- tions for or by the commission of crimes, or (o) encouraging or aiding persons to commit crimes, be had not taken advantage of these powers, although the grounds on which the act itself had been obtained fromthe House of Commons consisted of the allegations on the part of the supporters of the bill that the National League had been guilty of all these things. Indeed, the Government had hesi- tated to use the very powers on which they had formerly insisted as vital for the effectual suppression of associations antagonistic to them, and had weakly fallen back upon two minor sub-sections. „This, said Harrington, ‘‘is to me evi- dence that the Government have no confi- dence in their own measure and that they are too conscious of its powerlessness to accom- plish the objects which they are aiming at to put the whole section into force. If the Gov- ernment believed, when the bill was before the House, as they say they did, that the Na- tional League encouraged persons to commit crimes, why bad not they the courage to pro- claim it now on that ground?’’ VAGUENESS OF THE PROCLAMATION. Being asked what reply could be made on behalf of the League to the allegation contain- ed in the proclamation that the organization was one which, in parts of Ireland, promotes and incites to acts of violence and intimida- tion, and interferes with the administration of the law, Harrington said that the terms of the proclamation were too vague to controvert in detail until those parts of Ireland in which the acts alleged to have been committed were specified. Hecould no more than deny in general terms that any such acts were counte- nanced by the League. A great deal depends too, upon the construction of the phrase, Interterence with the administration of the law. What the Government viewed as inter- ference with the law might de considered in quite another light by the National League. So far from encouraging the commission of crime, it was a matter of common knowledge that time after time the Central Executive of the League hed had to exercise its disciplinary powers to prevent the name of the League being used to cover proceedings which were offenses against common law. In- deed, on several occasions the Central Execu- tive had been forced even to suppress refrad- branches of the League for disobeying its Stove and Carpet Co, , OR- TOVES, REFRIGERATORS, PAY clock. Drug Store Olive St. ALEXANDER’S NEW SUMMER DRINK, MANDARIN, nge, a delicious beverage, recommended by Syrup, is unrivaled. tory a orders In this respect. The League had always The Government will not succeed in suppress- ing it, no matter what the ground be on which they proceed against it. The National League will flourish when the Conservative Govern- ment is dead and forgotten.’’ The Freeman’s Journal of yesterday stated that eighty mémbers of the English Gladstone Liberals have signified their intention of definitely joining the National League. England. SIX BODIES RECOVERED. LONDON, August 23.—Six bodies of the . vic- race on the Thames yesterday have been re- covered. France. A FRENCH HINT. PARIS, August 23.—The Republique Francaise says an entente cordiale between England and France, in respect to the New Hebrides, could be easily secured if England were willing to stop the absurd calumnies and rodomontades of the Australians. England, who divided New Guinea with Germany, cannot oppose the annexation of the New Hebrides to France, but she can demand that the French shall not send there recidivists and convicts. The Iput- ual exercise of good will would banish the present irritation which ought never to- have existed. Bulgaria. PRINCE FERDINAND. Soria, August 23.—Prince Ferdinand arrived here at ö o’clock yesterday evening. Russia. GOOD CROPS. Sr. PETERSBURG, August 23.—An official re- port says the prospects for the Rassian wheat crop of both winter and summer whgats are favorable in most districts. In the province of Taurida, however, they are unfavorable. Germany. A FATAL MISHAP. BERLIN, August 23.—The scaffolding on the new city hospital collapsed yesterday killing six workmen and badly injuring several others, including the architect. Austria. AM ARCHDUCHESS DYING. VIENNA, August 23.—The Archduchess Maria Josepha is dying [rom puerperal fever. Afghanistan. THE AMEER’S DANGER. Sr. PETERSBURG, August 23.—A telegram from Merv says that the Ameerof Afghanis- tan’s life is despaired of. One of his feet has been amputated, owing to gangrene, and it is feared the shock will result in his death. * The Dominion. A NAVAL OFFICER DISGRACED. CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edwards Isiand, August 23.—The Examiner prints this tele- gram from Souris: Between sixty and seventy sail of American fisher- men arrived here on Friday night in an- ticipation of astorm. The cruiser Vigilant was among the fleet. About 800 men came on shore and began drinking at the hotels. The some of the drinking parties and was drugged. Sbortly after he was seen lying on a pile of rubbish behind the ‘‘American Eagle,’’ and while in this condition his buttons and bands were torn off. Neither the rank nor the insignia of his position protected the unfortunate young man from the jeers and insults of the rowdy mob. Collector Foley telegraphed to Capt. Gordon of the condition of affairs, and Sunday morn- ing the Acadia arrived on the scene and straightened out matters, taking the Vigilant away and replacing her by the cruiser Critic. The unfortunate young officer is veryſpenitent, crying like a chiid over his mishap.’’ CANADIAN SEALERS SEIZED. OTTAWA, Ontario, August 2%.—The fisheries department have received information of the seizure of more Canadian sealing vessels in the North Pacific Ocean by United States cruisers. It islearned thatthe commanders of the United States cruisers that are in the Alaska service have been ordered to seize all sealing vessels found in Behring's Sea unless they are the property of the Alaska Fur Com- pany. THE MURDEROUS HALF-BREEDS. An application for the extradition of two half-breeds who were recentiy arrested in Montana on suspicion of having been con- cerned in the murder of Hector McLeish, near Wolseley, Northwest Territory, has been made to the Washington authorities. WOMEN AND CHILDREN DROWNED. MONTREAL, August 23.—Mesesrs. Lefebre and Lafleur, accompanied by three ladies and four children, were crossing the river near Boucherville yesterday, when their boat up- set. The men swam ashore, but the women and children were drowned. Six bodies of the victims have been recovered. A COLD WAVE. Temperature Lower Than It Has Been in August for Fifteen Years. The drop in the temperature last night caught many people unprepared, and when to-day opened cloudy and cold there was some consternation. The temperature has been very low in the Northwest for sev- eral days, and the high area accompanying the low temperature reached St. Louis last night almost without its approach being noted. To the East, about ew York, Philadel hia and along the coast of the middle A tic States, there were heavy rains last night, and even as far west as Chicago there was one-half inch infall. The Signal Service this morning predicted fair, colder weather, and missed it on the fair, as there were several showers during the morning. But to-day the promise for to- morrow is the same as to-day’s§prediction— fair, colder weather—as the weather all through the West and Northwest is fair. deg. The 6 o clock a. ing yesterday was 74 deg and this morning 64 des. The maximum reading yesterd was a4 deg., and the? o’clock p. m.;readin ay Tus f o’ciock p. m. readifig to show. rd of does not g in August as low as the 2 o clock reading to-day. A Farmer Fatally Stabbed. Prrrenun, Fa. August 23.—Thomas Dott, a farmer of Gibsonia, Fa., sixteen miles from here, wasfatally stabbed this morning by a German farm hand, whose name is not Dott discharged him because there was no work, and the German, without any mn, drew a large knive and % Abdomen. He then fied tims of the accident to spectators of a boat | |chiet oMeer of the Vigilant tell a un CHASING COLOROW. THE HOSTILE UTE CHIEF AND HIS FOL LOWERS STILL EVADING PURSUIT. Sheriff Kendall and Posse on the Upper Mills Creek—Colorow Near Meeker Awaiting Them—Women and Children Being Re- moved for Safety—Fears Entertained for Chepita—Gen. Terry’s Telegram—The In- terior Department Calls Upon the War Office for Action. DENTER, Colo., August 23.—The following were received by Gov. Adams last night: A Courier is justin. He left Meeker Sunday morning. Kendall with seventy-three men has gone out toward Upper Milk Creek. Gen. Reardon and command were at Morgan’s ranch yesterday morning. Maj. Pritchard, chief of scouts, struck afresh Indian trail nine miles southeast of Morgan’s ranch. It was a small * supposed to consist ot three braves go- g west. S. A. SHEPPARD, Assistant Adjutant. Glenwood Springs, August 22. The same Official also sent the following tel- egram: ’ Adjt.-Gen. West, —— Slattbrand and Ham- mond, Lieuts. Parmelee and Essar, with an escort of ten men, started to Meeker th afternoon. There is no news from the fron other than that Colorow is in force near Meek- er awaiting the approach of Sheriff — party. Mr. Elliott, in from Bear River, that all the women and children in that die- trict have been ordered to Rawlins Springs for safety. I will report to you daily. I send regular couriers forward each day at 6 p. m. Ido not deem it advisable to call out the Chaffee Light Artillery. The line officers who have gone forward will greatly serve Gen, Reardon. Glenwood Springs, August 22. COLOROW'S WHEREABOUTS. OMAHA, Neb., August 23.—A dispatch from Maj. Randlett, commander at Ft. Duchesne, Utah, was received by Gen. Crook, in which he gave an account of an unsuc- cessful attempt to find Colorow for pur- oses of negotiation. Indian Agent syrnes, in charge of the White River Utes at Uintah agency, senta white man and Elney, Colorow's son, to a place near Meeker, where it wus thought Colorow would be found, but upon arriving there it was plain to be seen that the Indians had decamped in haste. Young Colorow thought that the cam had been attacked by cowboys. Gen. Crao says he has no definite information that there has been any outbreak at all, and is strongly | inclined to believe there is nothing in the fe- ports. Maj. Randlett to Gen. Terry. WASHINGTON, D. C., August 23.—The fol- lowing telegram bas been received atthe War Department from Maj. Randlett, commanding Fort Duchene, Utah, dated August 19th, through Gen. Terry: ‘*Colorow has his followers with him, about 150 in all. They claim that Colorow’s camp could not be found. Fear oi citizens kept them from search. Great anxiety is manifested con- cerning Chepita. If the cow-boys have harmed her, I anticipate it willendin serious trouble. I say to the Indians that 1 hope she is with Colorow or maybe is a prisoner at Glenwood Springs. Wish the latter could be ascertained. This is the first time that the name of Chepita has been mentioned in any of the reports from the scene of the reported Indian troubles. CALLING ON THE WAR DEPARTMENT. The Acting Secretary of War is in receipt of a communication from Acting-Secretary Mul- drow stating that a telegram has been re- ceived at the Interior Department from Sena- Teller, at Deuver, to,the effect that it the Ute Indians in Colorado are not tothe 2 * | wt be tary Muldrow says: ‘‘The Indians under Colorow have been staying in Colorado on the western border, near the Uncompaghre reservation in Utah, greatly to the dissatisfaction of set- tlers in that locality who have frequently com- plained. It appears from press reports that they are resisting by forcethe civil process of the State authorities, and are creating consid- erable alarm by their conduct. This depart- ment has made several efforts to induce them to remain upon the reservationin Utah. Un- der the laws the Indians are encouraged to sever their tribal relations, and are entitled to seek homes and selections of lands on the public domain. The Department has no information that the presence of these Indians in Colorado is for that urpose. On the other hand, reports hereto- ore set out the claim of these Indians that they were on their reservation, which seems not to be the fact. It is very desirable that these Indians should remain upon their reser- vation, where they can have the care and su- ervision of the agent aathorized by law to ook afterthem. Asthe aid of the military seems to have been invoked to prevent the threathened outbreak, and to preserve the peace, Ihave the honor to recommend that while the force of troopsisin the locality, all — sand means may be used by it to induce the ndians to go to and remain upon their reservation.’’ TRYING TO AVOID BLOODSHED. A copy of Gen. Terry’s telegram was sent to the Acting Secretary of War with instructions to give it the utmost consideration. The meager informaton contained in the dis- patenes from Forit Duchesne is ali of an official nature that the military authorities have to guide them. The reports of an en- gagement between Colorow and the Sheriff's posse do not, in the opinion of the War De- partment officials, warrant the use of troops to suppress the supposed outbreak. As soon as the Indians are attacked by troops, they will not only defend themselves, but will at once attack settlements and settlers, and in order to avoid an Indian war the assistance of troops will be withheld until it is necessary for the protection of citizens, and every effort will be made to induce the In- dians toreturn quietly to their reservation. From the character of the information re- ceived the military authorities are inclined to the belief thatthe State authorities did not exercise the best judgment and were too pre- cipitate in their attempt to serve a civil process onthe Indians. It is hoped, however, that all troubles may be suppressed without blood- shed. THE FIREMEN’S FUND. Subscriptions Received To-Day—The Injared Men Recovering. The firemen’s fund was augmented to-day by receipts amounting to $56. Henry Jackson sent $21, the proceeds ofa party at hia resi- dence on Saturday night. He states there are collections to be made which will swell the amount. J. Tennsfleld contributed &, and J.G. Prather $25, both stipulating that the amounts should be divided ween the fami- lies of Mekeruan ana Hoell. Zimmerman, the fireman who had his arm broken and received other injuries at the fire where Hoell, McKeruan and McDonaid killed is out now, thou arm has not quite healed. another fireman, one of whose | tured in four faces at the same is still confined to his bed in the City Hospital with little hope of release for several months, though he is doing as wel! as be ex- pected. THE SARATOGA BACES. A Clondy and Rainy Morning—Wisners of To-Day’s Events. SaRaTOGA, N. T., August 2%3.—The weather was cloudy and rain fell daring most of the o’clock. The track was very heavy. First race, three-quarters of a mile—The V ur colt won, with Esterbrook second A Fatal Res. — n ws r N r By Telegraph to t he Fosr-Dterarcn. Macon, Mo., August B. —In a row between several Sante Fe track layers, near Mereyville, this morning, a negro, whose nam is un- known, was shot killed by a- countenanced strict adherence on the part of its members to constitutional means to attain their ends, and had denounced outrage and advised on all occasions that they should keep within the limits of law. * VN Won. N — 78 — — *