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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1888)
v- .SO p- i r u t I m m J- I a 111 n ii i' f a lw BED CLO0D CHLE1 t At.,wt9MPMMIWf sPfGPflaWSf i CUlUUDrr OOMMSHT. Sm Amnnr IMmkave, f QueewlafcsV Australia, al e tkeitk Governor died end InW'ttii-sMs polk have selxod all tlM MfhW f Mm paper containing the tete ICmiwht Fredericks diary ox- Tm, VrwUMMflMMrtmritoned ex- LlFiKiWJttK4H, (i. Wilcox, of tho amy. He tm (4 prison for luUcat- Tnc (thb4 Jury of St. Clair County, TIL, ba returned an ImHotmontchniK tnfr Slovta Honey, cx-supcrvlsor o! Cn holria township, with thu ottboxxle nn of HO.OQO. . A AB In pnnaenRTr rntoe to the 'IImI mi- tMMgrfttod at Denver on tho 6th, which tent rate to Missouri rlvor points down nearly one-third, and proportionately to other Kaslorn errrrjrt - newspaper inffn btiia on- or tno iimiL'iitoror general .v. ." " - . - r .. ', l- Boulanger to Ctipttiln Hrlant, which has recently ooii announced, repre aenta the triumph of thu lady's views ever her futhurV wishes. Mtu. Cu-.VKr.AW, her mother and tho faintly whom they were vlnltliitf In Now York, occupied a box at Talmer'H Thttticf"lijb "other evening'. tJonerml Shertnan and a number of others paid tholr respects to them during tho evening. TJMvotUffMlottto tbe. cause of th'Mr.4rt oi'tfco llidUiMro & Ohio- rnllW-TieM- 0ltkerrff Ue other nlKnTroy which' three iersohe wore killed, has been conrluded. It wan de veloped that tho trnln men on thu freight had gone to sleep. Tiir 8punh. lAmerleaa Literary Society has appointed a committee under tho name "Cuban Hollof Fund of Now York," with headquarters In room 14, No. 10. Beaver street. The fcjci si toj ratio funds to rollers sufferers by the Inst cyclone in Cuba. Tnr. Secretary of tho Interior finds In tho caso of K. r. Waterman, of Marlon County, Kan., who claimed )780 for depredations committed In 1864 by Kiowa Indtun, that ho lost property to that amount, but tho claim not being premmted within tho period SfcsVMrt'lnw, -he can not allow tho at.? V m iljTi Uplt twriV fartoqTt Hart ford, Conn., will soon begin the nanufacturo of II vo thousand nnvy re volvers for tho United Sttitos (Jovern tnent Tho now piece is a (Ivo-shooter 88-caltbcr. Boaldes boing nel flock ing, all tho cartridges may bo In stantly removed by a slight pressure of tho thumb A' Yff-E grndtiate, who wits a sttt "iehtrbout thirty years ago, said, In peaking of changes that had taken placo since his time: "I never knew whethor to attach uny slgnlllcanco to It or not, but when I was there tho law school adjoined tho jail, tho medi cal college was next tho cemetory, und tho divinity school was on tho road to tho poor house." J The "Fito Election league'' Is said tohavqbmnchca In ovory county and precinct In Indiana. It hits no connec- k tlon whatever with tho "Committee of One Hundred," whose officers recently received a donation of foOOfrom Chair man Huston, of tho Hepubltean State Committee, but hs In view tho same results. Colonel Snnuiol Merrill, of Indianapolis, Is president, nml Captain JolmU. Connoiyot the Indiana Farm r, gocfoury. - lilifcT7'3foiiH, if "tho ' Union rocinc, thinks that tho Intor-Stutolaw Is greatly responsible for tho demoral ization in railroad nlTitlrs ami that ex perience has shown that It Is not based upon sound principles, Tho Inability of roads to make lower rates on tralllo between largo commercial center than between Intermediate local points, ho ays, has Uio effect of driving tho busl neis'awny from largo points mid' the prohibition of pools Is leading to a general consolidation of roads. The weaker linos being unable to compete against strong lines on 'oven terms will bo forced out ot'exlstonco and the, trong linos will absorb them. TnE election of members of the & Ilayti Assembly with power to elect a f VX5&i& Wis the Constitution ? lMJIwrtair rtuUed Utfavbr of ex- fcnasfr Jf. Ik Lafltlke, Cieneral odlo Dolmaquo, tho other candidate for the Presidency attacked tho Palais Na- tlonale at Port au Prince at tho head of about four thousand men. Tho pro- ,tuioqu Uovemmcut defondod the palals with regular troops and the rortau I'rlneo mllltlu. (Senerul Del maquo was killed durinir tho attack. and his troops were immediately dis- msduvu ano puDiic oruer waa restored. General Logltlmo is now tho only can didate and will bo elected by tho Na tional Assembly. Ah important engineering enterprise now in progress Is a railroad in tho Arctic circle, Tho Swedish and Nor wjiflMtOjalirpnd now building from Unea, Mthe Gulf of Bothnia, to Loffo jfcn, onio Kortk'Ma, is partly sit tinted within tho Arctto circle, und is omo twelvo hundred miles further north than any railroad in Canada. An Interesting meteorological fact stated is toUsttoB to this, work is that the snowfall la found to be actually leu than In somo moro southern lati tudes, while the darkness of tho long winter nights has been partly com pensated by the light of the aurora. The object In view in constructing this line is to Up the enormous do posits of Iron or in the Gelltvara mountains, tho aroxlmate eshaua Uea of ths ore' In the Bilbao (Saaln) VsHrlet reUerutg ry desirable a new ! of wm-phosphorio ore suitable tor . , . , WmaUXJlk - NKBMASKA sPDC! Sa asM!!! !s4. ---- NIWS OF THE WEEK, t I!MM try TeHtrl. MU lte coxsmauioNAb U the Hoaate oa Us Mb IU conference report on the Deficiency Mil u srvMnted srnt after Hcnator rMmnnds fcsfl laqulrcd why tfaa Item Mlag to ik widow o( Chief Juilies Wsii the bslsnee of hit jrtsr's MUsrjr bsd ta (track out ths rvport m sctcM to. The Mil as to tho eminilst ef Mi cleeuml vom ssasMeli alto the but to eositltnte Uneola, Neb., n port of entry. Realtor Kdmumtt Intro ottccd a bill to py tas widow of Chief Jui tloe Wslte W as the bslsaos ef yrr' Mlary. It was refermd to ths Judiciary Committee, wsleh lannedlstely rrported It for puiiit, The Tariff bill waa tlioi takes ap aaa Heaatar lllsoock a-idrt-MPrt the Matte. AdJeurneA ...In the tloswi by unsBlawu rontent the bill spprnprlatinit avi,ao to enlnres the Chlnem Kiclmlon bill SMasl. The bill ptrorlallnff I'.Mmi la mmn to Un Cht-riikcn frredmen thrtf portion f certain procrnl of lamt ulo patted. Ths conference report 0:1 the bill to ellow pertons who hare rtillnijuUhrj hnwr lead eatrtei to make anotlirr asret-d to. Pendlns cnaitttlcration of the confrrrn rcKirl on tkn Deltrlnnry bill, the point of mi quorum wa raised sad Ue llnute sdjournrd. latlisHenste on the loth a number ef rrmlutlone wern Introduced nml ailotrtrd aflir which Uie bill to pay the widow of Chief Jiutlcn Walts UMTS, ths balance of a year' aalary, waa tskin up sad pmied, Ta o other Mils of a local aature were prturd when thn Tnrlff bill was taken up and Hcnator llatn addressed the Hetiate lit opposition to tho Hrnate substltuto. Adjourned., .The House agreed to the confer ence report oa Uie Denclesey Mil. shlrh dis poned of all approprlatlnn Mils) also the con. femes report on the Mil granting the right of way to s railroad through thn Yenkten rest-nation, and adjnurru-d until Friday. Taa Kennts on tbe I lib passed the House bill appropriating avi.uo for tho enforcement (lf tho Chinese bill. Henntor Mitchell addreed the Hi-nate on his bill to redurn letter postmen toorMfent. and when the Tariff bill was taken up Henatnra Cullom and I'latt spoke In fnvur of It Adjourned ...The House was not In ses sion. Boo after meeting on the 12th the Ken ntn resumed consideration of thn Tariff bill aad Senator Chace continued his remarks. Af ter an Inquiry by Kmintnr llolph ns to thn tariff on roul ami n reply by Hcnator Allison that conl slack had been placed on tho friM lltlthrotiKh nilttakr, und the Intention Is to rnakn all conl pay a duty of seventy-flTo cents per ton Senator Call nddressod the Hoimle, anil Senator llawlny thoiiKht It waa unnct-ssary to farther discuss thn tariff at this time. Herrral conference reiwrts were airoed to and the Hen ate odjourneil until Monday. ...After iweeelnK toons or two conference reiorts, onu lielnKto retire General I'lcasanton with thn rank of Major. Uie House went Into tVimmlttoo ut the Wholo upon thu I'rlviito calendar. Thn point ofnoquarum was raised and tho llousu ad jourard antll Monday. PKKfiONAt. AND l'UMTICAI. HRNAToa lUts's report on tho clvll-arr-vies wns presented on thn 10th. The re- Cirt severely censures l'resldent Clove nstand thn administration for alleged flotation of the principles of lbs clvil-ssr-vice. Ho. Jamks (. Hi.ains Hike to an lui nenss sinllenoo at Imllannpolls, Iml., on the evening of thellth. There was a great parade and dauiouttrstlon previous to tho peaking. Hia MoniM. Mackrniik, ths English surgeon of the lato Ktuperor Frederick of Uermany, In his book un tho enss blames l)r Bergmann, of llsrlln, as ths cause of the KratK'nir's early demise. TlIB Inter-Htste Coimnorcw Commission has requested a conference with Clislriiinn ImmIs, of ths Tranicoullneiitnt Associa tion nml C'linlrnmii Mldgloy, of thn Wont cm Freight AssiMlntlon, In regord to the tariff ulilcli recently called forth such vigorous pShteits fremCiilcai;o tucrcliantn. Tammanv Ham. has nominated Aslibel Fitch to (Congress front the Thirteenth dis trict of Now York sndHuiiset Cox from thu Ninth district. TlIK report that Monanta Flood had died In (lermnny waa denied later. Ariantl-lloulanglftt mooting In Purls on tho 11th was disturbed by IliHilnuglsts and a fffcht ensued In which miiny persona were Injured, In tho Interview between Ktnpernr Wil liam and tbo Pope at Home, thn Utter pleadod for a return of his teniornl sov ereignty. Ths Kmeror replied Hint t would bs tistter Instead if the 1'opo alilixt those having charge uf tho conservation of society. NlfloTIATHiNS have been entered Into by the Uerinsu representatives in ..-inrllinr with a view of settling ths illlforences with tbs natives and preventing further outbreaks, MIHCKLLAMROUI. Thk Vail Mall llmttte cbnllenges the Qeriuun authorities to carry out tho thrrnt made through tho .Wlchrlihtrn '.dtuwj to Institute proceedings to prevent tho pub lication in Iindou uf the late Kmperor Freilerick's diary. Tho (Imettt warns Prince Itisiusrck not to attempt to extend ubroad ths tyranny over tbe press which is exercised In tier many. Km-, probably caused by burglars, de stroyed A. rltreet's gun store, H. M. Fry's atovo storo and tho Urnnd Army and ths Knights of of Honor bulls In Usllus, Tux., tho other morning. Loss, $i.t,MiO, TllK Nntlonnl linn Mtinmshlp Queen col lided with a French fishing schooner In n fog off tho banks of Nowfouiuttmid recent ly. Twenty of the ttiifoitunnto lUheriueii worn drowned, the reumlndur being ivs cued. Ahsknsuh Lkwih HwrrcT, of Park Cltv, Mont, was shot dead bynu unkuoun as sassin tho other night. FlVTV-Klve Uvea were lost In tho disaster on tho Ihlgu Valley rond at Mini I tun, Pa., on ths night of tho 10th. Knrtv otlntrs vscro seriously Injured, several fatally. It was tnimgut me engineer of the colliding train was to blame. Twrntv thousand Yorkshire (Kngland) colliers have given notice to their em ployers that they will go out on a strike unless thoy are conceded a ten tier cent, advance In their wages. It Is expected that rw.OOO utber colliers will also give no tice to tbs ssme effect. Juour Hawybb, of ths United Htat-s Circuit Court at Han Fraacliro has issued two writs of habeas corpus designed' to test some of the questions to be raised over the right to land of Chinese arriving hers after ths Exclusion act went Into effect Otis writ was for a Chinaman arriving by tho steamship Ilelglo whu had a return certificate and tbe question raised is whether Congress can constitutionally deprive Chinese hoMlug custom bouse certificates of tho right to return. A motion was mints in tho Hupreme Court at Ihiffalo, N. Y on thellth for a commission to take tho testimony of President Cleveland In a suit of Huv. Dr. George H. Hall against tho New Yoik Arriiiiiu Ji for libel. Tho motion was denied. Tho suit grows out of IUv. Hall's scandal charges in tho last Pi evidential election, Thk committee of Irishmen collecting money for l'uiuell's litigation with the Loudou Jiiiics have socured $i.0O0 so far, but need lusch moro and appeal especially to Americans, A rime which broke out un the steamer Harris at Ureonpolnt, I 1., tho other morning spread to adjoining vessels and to the Htandard Oil shipping department, causing a loss of oo,00a Kivo urenien were severely burned. A northbound passenger train on ths Cleveland, Loralne & Wheeling road and a freight train collided near Uasstllon, O., on ths Uth, aad both engines, two passen ger coaches and several freight cars went completely wrecked. A b'ekeatan aad a passenger were fatally Injured and anoth er man had both legs broken. Loss, kl. 000, p C. a DBA, private secretary of Major Joaa A. Adaass, ef Little Rock, Ark., has goes to Canada because of defalcations for an unknown amount He recently f alls4 la m attssapt to kill hlausU. Tri Karl of Wlaehsstsr and many meav era ef the Kogllsh clergy have coatrik t4 to the relief ef the poor la Ireland. Hbriouh washouts caused by Roods were reported from ths province of Naw Brans wick recently. Ths fall rains were un precedented. Tnr bottom of ths Rnbsrt II. Carson, an Ohio river cattle steamboat, collapsed tbs other night and ths vesssl sank near Xvansville, Ind. The crew escaped. Urb hundred persons wern killed In re cent disorders at I'ort au Prince, llaytl, A MAimiti dltpatrh says thore lias been a renewal of the conflicts between Morocco aad tho United Mates. Tho latter de mands that tho authorities at Fer. Im pun ished for ths anest of tho Ametlcnn Consul's protege and that Indemnity be paid. Tnr. Vandalla freight depot st Ksst Kt. Louis, III,, vias hurned ths utber night. Loss, tVI,0UO, TllK I'loslilent has vstoed a Henatn bill granting restoration of pension to Harsh A, Wooitlirldgii on thn ground thnt the precnilriit ought not to ho i-stnlillsht-d of gtantlog a riislim to a soldlor's widow after a ruumrringn, wheli tbo second hus band still survived. Two men gagged I ho night clrk In chnrgn of thn post-iiflli.ii at Houston, Tnx., on ths morning of Mm l'.'lh and robbed ths mall IKitirhns, of how much wns unknots u, AN oil woll has b.ien struck near Find lay, O., which eclipses any thing In thn history or tho Ohio Hold. It Is estimated to flow ll.isa) barrels ht day. Iiiwa hml two bnnk failures on thn lltli. Tho lloyer Valley lUnlt, of VV'iHMllilne, and the Caldwoll Hank, at logati, closed their doors. AT the Intersection of tho Walnut Hills cable road and the Park arriiun linn of horse cars, Cincinnati, recently, a collision occurred lietween cnblo nr I.TI and l'.itk avenue car No. I'), cnuspil liy thn Inability to work thn track brake on thn cable car. There were about I. ) passengers on both cars, but no one wai seriously Injured. Two iMigus notes, nno for ;IWI and an other fur HoH.O, Usmi'l by nliscouiltng treasnrer llosiortli, of tho Htntrord mills, at Fall Itlvir, Mass., hsvn lieeii fiiiniil, bringing up l:U iltifulcitloa lo HVoei, A ItRrrniTof yellow fovnrat (Irseii Corn Hprlngs, Fin., has been received at tho Marine Hospital Human, TllK President has vetoed tho bill nutho--Itlug tho Hpcictury of tins Tiensiiry to set tlo thu claim of Juuifs Sf. Wilbur for ex tra work in laying tli tiling In thn New York post-olllcn building In 171. The claim amimntotl to admit tl.1,('X. China advltes statu that on tho night of August 111 a Hood cnosad by great rnlus Inundated twenty vlllnges, drowning more thnn ten thousand peisonsnnd largo nam-U-rs of animals in thn l.eii 1,1 llo district. HAMMtlNil, lleriunny, has eeaied to boa free port und has Iktoiiio a luemlmr of the Kollverelu. flremun will shortly follow her exnmpln and tho last relic of the Hansentlu league will thus bo removed. Ci.kaiiIKO lioiisn returns for the week mini October l.'l show ml an averago In crease of fl. I computed with tho corre sponding week of last year. In New York tbe Increase was 0.1. TwKNTY-riVK pursons were killed re cently by an explosion of gunpowder in a village festival in tho province of Madras, India. A MMii'K of snvon-story buildings In Iluchauau street nnd a three-story hlock opposite wern destroyed by Urn In (Huh row, Kcotlnud, on tho lit Is. Tho loss was VK,00l. TllK t'hlcngn stieet car strike ended on the 14th, Mr. Yerkes agreeing to pay an advance of six per cent. Mayor ttocho was mainly lustiumcnlul by his untiring exertions III bringing tho strike to an etui, ANiiRnsiiN, Acting t'umiuhsloncr of tho (leneral I.aud-olllce, has received Informa tion of tho conviction of Charles II. llench for subornation of perjury in connection with tho entry of fiT.UiH) acres of udtooil timber land in California estimated liy one of tho Interested purtles to bo worth til. OOO.IXX). TllK coroner's Jury In thn case of Thomas Wardell, tho conl operator killed liy sti ik ing milium nt llovlor, Mo., found that be was slnln bv unknown purlins lu self de fense. lU'Mits from tho mluesof the llth showed n cilllcnl state of alUirs with trouble certain if new men were brought I u. A I.ahiir crack, duo to improper cooling, has been discovered in tho steel stem post uf thn new ciuisnr llnltlmoro, which wns recently Inuncbed nt t'liilnilnlilila. ThrNoiIoii (llnghnm nnd Cheviot Man ufacturing Company, of Walpole, Mass., has assigned with ffM.h) liabilities and unknown assets. It started Inst IVIninry. Fuhtii.h Investigation nf the terrible disaster on thn l.ehlgli Valley road nt Mud Hun, I'.i., put tho hlumo upon lliakvumn Haniilgau, who wns sunt back to stop Cook's trnln with a lantern. Instead uf doing so ho remained In lllit with sumo gills nt tho windows of tho cars which wern aftrtwnrd wrecked. AIHIITIONAL. OlirATCHES, Advickm from Hnmon dated Octolier state that Malietoa's partisans had burned Tamstseo's rusldeiice and were Isisleglng his adherents nt Mullni point, Tho latter wsro without fivxl and water ami the Her mans worn then trying to eupply them. Itv tho misplacement of n switch in tho station at Canton, Mass., tho other morn ing, a Fall Hivvr train ran Into a Middle boro train, smashing four cars and driving one through a foundry wall. No ono was hurt Kancwaii natives have uttneked and de stroyed Madunoloa, n Oerman station near llagamaio. Br a collision between a freight and an migrant train near (llcudlvo, Mont., tbreo ladies warn badly hurt and much property ruined. John H. Knai!, president of tho great lumber Hrm of Knspp, Htout & Co., died at Msuomlnee, Wis., recently of can cor of ths face. His wealth was placed nt many millions. llT the fall of a block of buildings In Glasgow, tjcotland, rocontly .W,W0 dam age was dene. The story that three Usrman sailors bad been eaten by Zsnzlbsr natives proves un founded. They wera killed but not de voured. Tkb vetoing of pension bills occupied tbs attention of the rienste a part uf tbe tints un tbs I.Mh, the Mary Ann Dohrrty case being tho principal mnttvr, Thn Tariff bill wns fuither debated. In the House Mr. Oates Introduced a joint reso lution to adjourn on tho 17th, which was referred. Colomki.x Hunoan II. Cooi'Rit, Hpurrrll Hill and John W, Chlhlross have pur chased tbo Nashville (Tenn.) .tmcridin and will mnko It a tariff loform paper. tiik Treasury liepnrtmvut has decided that liupoitod fancy boxes containing holiday presents which can lm used for utber put poses tluin us coverings for articles must pay duties of 1UU per cent. ad valorem, Thr rlloux chiefs Interviewed Hccretary Vitas nt Washington en the Kith. Hitting Hull, John tlrass, Mad Hear and other chiefs explained their opposition to tho act opening their reservations, Aiivicks from Java state that a con spiracy against the Dutch resldeutsbas been discovered. Forty-two of tbe Hag leadors lu ths movement wero arrested and slsven others, who refused to sur render, were shot Hobrht Davidson, a saloon passenger on tbs steamer Kthloolu, from Glasgow! Is supposed to bavo committed suicide by Jumping overboard, as he was not seen after ths Uth, Davidson was a resident of Washington. Bomb valuable records In tho assessment division of ths Internal lleveuus llureau at Washington were destroyed by tire the othsr svsolng aad tbe matter was being Investigated. It was believed that tbs i nre was tne result oi an accident Ths I papers can he replaced. NEBRASKA J3TATI NEW naoaoR IfoLMDAT, a farmer living near Cairn, started to flrend fslsad ths other morning with a load of tiotatoes. Ifn was found about two miles from town In nn un conscious condition, snd died soon after. Apoplexy vi at the cause. A Vamily named Itlchter, living be tween lleneva and Ohlnwa, consisting of the husband and wife end live children, were all burned to death thn other night with the exception of the husband, who was so seriously burned that be will prob ably ille, A tiamp who was spending ths night with thntii wns also hurned to death, llio origin of tlxs Urn Is unknown, but the trump had been around the neighborhood for sofiw llinnand was iliiiuk nnd Itlchter had nlsu Ik eu drinking nnd It Is supposed Hint thny went to sleep while smoking and tho llr i! thus originated. H. H. Atkimsov, a draymtn of Daykln, seven miles south of Tobias, was shot sod kilted by Patrick Hhell, a saloon. kocper of that plain, thn other afternoon. Hheil was drinking nnd shooting off his revolver when Atkinson told him to be careful or ho would shoot sum one, Mliell, replied, with an oath, "I will slirxit you," and fired, the ball entering Atkinson's left breast, causing Instant death, Hhell gave himself up. Tho deceased leaves a wife and several children, IIkatiuck has had seventeen 'rases of typhoid fever recent)), Thn physicians attributed thn prevalence of thn disease to the removal of arth In many parte of tbs city on account of grading snd sewering. Hkcrnti.v Frontier County was can vassed by n man whu had a largo amount of counterfeit money to sell, lln would visit men at their houses or at work, exhibit rolls uf spurious money, telling at what priest ho Mould sell It, sus, lug it wasnmdo from plates stolen from tint (lovernment. It Is thought ho sold a largo amount of ten and twenty dollar bills. One lunn has run nwny, leaving a very sick wife, and from his huvluj; exhibited n lurgo roll of tho stuff, Is supposed to ha o guiiit Into tho business. TllK other day whlln two men wero burning weeds on a fin in iieurHlunrt, tint lire got beyond their control nnd inn hut a part of tint country whvtu thousands nf tons of bay was in ricks. The Urn spii-nd over a spam two miles wldw by four miles In length lioforo it could ho controlled and fully twu thousand tons of hay buiueil, .lftll.tr llr.NKY, a oiini: innu, twenty four years of ugn, employed us n flwltchmuii on the Union I 'ad lie nt Omnliii, was crushed to dentli tlm ut In. i day by tint cars. TllK Judgment lu thn casu of Henry fleers, the vouiitr innti who inunlereil Jo hanna Augusta Heifeit near l.lucolu iiboiit a yenr ago, ami who was sentenced to bang on the l.'lth of last April, hnn Imii ruvcised by I he Suju t-iiio Court ami it liuw tiinl or del Ml, A mam was married nt Norden thitotlmr day after twenty yeuis of couttshlp con ducted through tint malls. Hhoiild tho let ters ever bo published lu hook fouu they will mnko iiinuy intvu-stliig volumes for future generations. IIaiiiiv l. Haco.v wns convicted of for gery at Madison the other day nnd sen tenced to nno yea i- in tint penitentiary. TllK t-'lllmoiti County old settlers' meet lug and reunion wns held at Fairmont in cvntly. There wns a lingo iittundiiiico notwithstanding tho tluontiMiliiK nppenr aucn of Hut weather. Addiesses wern mints by (Inveruor Thayer, Hon, James Lnlrd, llou. J, It. Ilallnid, James II. I.lttln Hlld otbei'M. Mllh IlKUTItUIIK 1'iiommmoi.Z, an old ins blent of Humphioy, now on a tour through Kurope, has been presented with a modnl by tint l-hupnror of (lrinn.uy for rescuing a young lady fioui drowniug lu tho llalliu sen. TliKcltlrens of Campbttll bad a severe sliugglo with a prulilo tli tbo other day and iiiauiiged to stop Its piogit-ss Just III thnn to savn tho town, John I'ahkv, a llutler Cnunty farmer, sold tb'd worth of hogs tho other day unit put the money In n l,uicuu iliuwer,' ills hired lunn, named Kelly, dlscoveied the money uud dlsappcaiKit with the IkioiIIo In Ills possession. Haiiuki. J. Jdhnhon, n wealthy fanner roslding near Oakland, has been convicted by a Jury of Indecent assault upon tho per son of his own dnuglitcr, Thk other moiuiug Thomas For, Jr., tweuty-tbreo yours old, who lived with his family on the old homestead seven miles southeast of ln Id t.'lly, was found dead III his hod by his brother, who slept with him. On uwnkenliig young Fox was shocked to Und his brothur's hand cold, and on further examination his body was found Inanimate. TllK Mux ciop lu Cheyt'uuo County will roullu fi mil ,S tol'J uu ncio. TllK faruierH of Cedar lllulT neighbor hood, Dodge County Imvo orgaulod nil el evntor company and uro erecting tho nec essary buildings. A can of pjwilor and lighted pipe com bination knocked n Inborcr lu I (recti's quarry, near Hprlugttcld, Into u cocked bat tbo other day. A cavi of Modorn Woodsunni has been Instituted nt I'lmdren with tweuty-ouo charter inembcrs. (iKOiniK Di'itl.KV, of Norfolk, recently played tho good Samaritan net for n pen niless stranger and now- muurus the loss of a couple of watches, A i.atk tire at Valentine destroyed a bilslunss block valued at y.M.UOil. Whiuk n young man was recently pass lug till ough thn glove just uoithof Shulton ho was attacked by a wild cut, which toro nearly nil his clothing off, but the youth succeeded lu frightening tho animal away before it did him any bodily injury. Tho people turned out to hunt down tho allium!, but did not succeed lu enptur lug It. At Lincoln tint other night a six-year-old son of Charles Meyers, a saloonkeep er, was killed by n fall, He quurreled with n colored lad over au opening in thn Prohibition tent during tho speaking. The negro struck him uud h fell upon his tern- file, receiving injuries which proves fatal n a few bonis. TllK supervisors of l'latto County havo employed counsel to test the validity of the lOO,o,M bonds voted ill 11711 to aid tho Lincoln & Northwestern uiilroad nud In structed the county treasurer to pay no mo in Interest coupons until the mutter has been decided. Hauvauii has a new hotel. Thk dwelling houso of Frank Sherman, a Dixon County farmer, was destroyed by lire tho other morning and a little two-year-old child was buinod to death. Mr. ami Mrs. Sheruinu wero at woik in ths burn nt tho tlmo and did not discover the names until too lato to save any thing. There weio thieo chlldum in tho house, but tho two older ones escaped. Jiimi llVKU-s, a stone cutter, was ejected from n saloon at Ncbiaska City so forcibly the other night by the bartender, u-imed lllchurd Scheduler, ns to lue.ik his arm In two places. Mult for $-niM dumnges will ho commenced. Tho trouble aioo over the price of a beer. Lauuk gray wolves are having a plculo In the Hand hills ef Sheridan County, do vourlng a Inrgo number of young cattle, John Thomas, n nrtcen-ycar-oid I'latts mouth Ky, who was slippered to have Ih-cii drowned while skating three years sgo, returned home the other day. He bad ran nwuy and wandered atuuudths oauntry as a bootblack ever since. Ihvin H. KhTCOCHT, clerk In the drug department ef J. W. Ingles' store was se riously, If not mortally, wounded nt Pleas. aut llltl the other day by the bursting of a gun while huutlug. His left arm was blown off and his skull fractured. A rosT-orriCK has been established at Karatoga, Holt County, aud Michael Mo Carty appointed ttostuiaster. Kbv. D. a Davis, of York, w 111 be a cs. dldate for chaplain of tbe House of Uprs itati- nf xt wlntsr. CORONER'S INQUKST. Tstlawaf nf th Tralaasea MetenMag Iks Mod Ksaltlsaster. Msirca Ciil'ik, Pa., Oct. It When tbe coroner's jury Investigsting the Mud Run accident resumed Its session yssUtdsy af ternwm James Hsrrlgan, ths brak'asa-i on sskHoii I, Ustills-I that bs wnt back with red and whits light and torp.lot, hut said he nver knew of tbo rule which required brakmtiea U go heck half mil and did not think it was necessary to walk that far. When bs got beyond the plat form of thn station his heard one long whistle and thought It was an answer tc bis Itng, but when tin taw tbs train com ing at what he Judged to ho twenty inilci an hour lie II re-1 his ningsfirin. Cook, the engineer of thn first englnn, tsstltlnl that he was running at Ihn rate ol twelve or fourteen miles an hour Imt saw no signals at thn station. When rounding thn curve be heard two blasts fioia tin engine lhlnd hitn. which signified "All right" and he went on, coming to the sta tion at ten miles an hour. Whmi still nearer the station he saw a white signal being swung violently across thn track nnd npplled the brakes t his engine, but It wns then too lato to avoid the. rrnsh. Ho declared positively that If Major, thr engineer of Ihn rear engine, hml applied thn air brakes thn train could have b.t.-n stopped, but Instead Major pulled open thn throttle when Wltblu a quarter of e lull" of the station. Other witnesses UstlHed that the train wlncli rim into the forward section was running from fifteen to twenty miles an hour, ami one witness, who was onvths fourth section, says that hn saw thu led light being waved twu or three hundred yards back of his train. Most of the evi dence of passengers In thn two sections corroborated narb other in declaring that tint trail was iiiuuliig ntn high rate of speed, and that tho pioper danger signals wern displayed. Olllceis of thn road gave Immaterial tes timony nud thn cm imer adjourned tho hi.trln,,' until Wednesday. Tho coroner's Jury taking testimony In tho Mud Huh wreck went to lletliloliein Hntuiday nnd took thn testimony of Ju.ipli I'ohl, llreui-iu of the eligluo that ran Into the fourth section and whnlsnt present receiving treatment nt Ht. Luke's hospital fur Injuries sustained In thn uc cldeut. Ho stilted that he was sitting in tho cab looking out thn window nml that hn saw- the whlto target nud artei wards called to tint engineer that ovury tlilii,--was nil right. Ho thn rested Ills heud on bis hnnds and the next thing ho heant was the wblstlo for ilotsn brakes, saw- tho en gineer put his hands on tho lever, but could not statn positively whether ho tin mil It or not, after which he jumped fiom tint train, rolling down thn tuiibiink iiieut and receiving a broken leg, Hn also stnted that hn had Ih-en on duty from llvo o'clock Wednesday morning up to ths time tho accident occurred. DENIED BY MILLS. A Nlntritirul Mode My Mr. Illislnn nn His Authority or Allison llrnlrit liy (. II. .Mills. Kvanhvim.k, Imt., Oct. l.Y-Thn follow ing litter was written to IMwln Taylor, chairman of tho Democratic county com mittee uf this county: M.w Ai.iunv, hid , Oct. 11 You culled my attention today us I sm Icitlntf i:r.nsvllln to the Mutetnciit of Mr. Illulint In bis speech ul (ioslicn, 1ml, In ttlilclilie iisi "I lie president of the sun.ir trust (Mr. Iliiiemejcr), a well klionu lleinornit of New York, appeared tm. furiului Vn nii-l Means (,'otninltteo mid uc rrinllng to the statement inudn lu llic open Senate liy Mr. Allison, uf Iowa, obtained siuh a riiteiitilutyaswiiseijiilviileiit to Hl",o Hatha fHirUets or the trust. IT, therefore, the price has been unduly mil unn-.l tu Hie cnusuuier, the re spotisinio patties jiTonlliik' lo the I'restilent's iloelrlaes are the lnslilent himself and Ihn Was anl Menus Committee, who concocted the Mills hill In tint interest of Hint trust." The statement of Mr. Illulmi Is devoid of truth. Mr. ll.armi'M'r inner nppeiirvd ln-foru tho Ways nnd Means Cotiimltteo lit all. Ha ncter ob tained liny nrniiiKeiiu ill liy which M.nsi.iUI wits put Into tint poc-ki-ts of the suifir trust. Tun kiiirnr trust wns formed utnler Ihn rilsllng tnrlfT mule by tho llepulillran lmrty lu IsKI und when Din lilll, recently passed by thn House, was laid before the Wns and Means Com inltlie for Its nelliiu ciery onnof the lltn lie publican members of t lust romuiltleo voted to slrtko out tint reduction wo proposed uud con tinue tho tariff rates under which the trust waa formed. Vours truly, It. g MiiJjs. m 9 A STRUGGLE. ItrtiirnliiK Strikers del Into a Fracas Wilts the New Melt. Chicaiio, Oct. I.V Notwithstanding thu settlement of thn strike a rather serious conflict occurred this moruiug ulout threa liliKks from the dm Held iivcnuo bams be tween a mob of strikers ami thn new men who were running out cars. Thn llrst car was ruu out and pioceeded on its way without event. Thn next six cars wern then inn out iitld had proceeded tu Center street when it molt issued fiom an alley near by nnd made a savago assault hhiii tbe new drivers and con ductors, Stones and missiles were hurled through tho nlr nud several of the mob touudnd the now men and endeavoied to ling them oir the cars. A hand to bund stiuggle then ensued. Captain Hchnak wnsnotllled of the trouble nnd he, with iwcnty-tlve men, Immediately started for the scene. The mob, which had e Idently vented Its spite ran nwny when thn lollco iptoared. Several of ths conductors and .iilvers wero hurt pretty seveiely. The now men say they recognlted thomnnln the mob us strikers. Ths trouble aroso thiougli the fact that new men, who were retained were concentrated nt thotlnrlleld iveiuin barns and wen tho only men iuu slug curs from that point t'loneer Heed. Kansas Citv, Mo (K-t. l.V-Mr. Itufns Montgall, one of Kansas City's oldest nnd ost respected cltUene, dlr-l yesterday afternoon at his residences He waa Intra In Shelby County, Kentucky, in IHI7, mak ing hi in ssventy-ons years of age at Ihn time uf his death. Mr. Uoutgatl settled m the southern part of Kaw township on llrush creek, and remained on his farm antll 1H.1T, when bs removed to ths old homestead, located at Nineteenth street snd Agnes avenue. Here he lived until six years ago, whea lis removed to his ele gant city home at Thirteenth aud Locust vlrvsts, where hs died. m m The amusements af Halloween greatly cary In ililTeieiit localities and among dif ferent people. In some sections, parties, where nil the ladles aro dressed In calico or n kindred material, and their male at tendants are arrayed in vests, coats ami nccktirs of the sum j materials, aro tho vogue. Frequently thn young ladles send kilttlclcnt material like their gowns for the gentlemen's outfits to the house ef the per son who gives the party. Then, on an evcutug a week previous to said party alt the gentlemen invited meet and select their materials. TliU they have made Into costs, vests nnd neckties without knowing to whom they ure Indebted, Ou Halloween, as each gout walks Into the reception-room, lie selects for his part ner the young lady wearing the gown that matches his coat Thus, ac cording to tradition, be learns his fate In thn lottery of matrimony. Another way is for each lady to make a necktie from tbs material like the gown she Is to wear. All these neckties are put In a box In the gen tleman's dressing room, and each select! wbst to him, is the prettiest and most neatly made'. Hs chooses, for bis partner, the young lady with gown to match. Tbs menu of this feast embraces nuts, apples, doughnuts and cider, aad soasMlmss a simple domestic cake, Tas gsntlsssea of ths party saould, to carry out tbe "idea," crack all ths nuts aad tbea act as waiters, passing ths refreshsaeota to the ladlss. No servants should appear oa the see. TViWi TM; THURMAN'l LCTTER. Otter nf Areolsnr Ik Kteasnevatte ('nSl.asI Uf Vtrs-frr-l 4ist. C'oM'Mavs, II., Oct. t-V Jislgs Thar mtn's ttrr of acceptance was g'.ven to the press last etening. Thn first draft of th- ltter was In ths Ju-tge's handa ritlng and th typewriter copies showed onlv a few changns In punclusllon fiom Ui original. It n-u as foilowst llm V'tlriit ri. I villi" ! t'Xtr; VruUh'l Coi.t'um-s, o. (s.1. ii.-l-tit!rnirn la r N-din. to costooi I trud yon this furml a "ptsnro of my nointnstlon for the -ne of Vice Pn-slitml of the United Htsl's n.sile by tl- Nslional convention of tbo Iv-morrs'.le psrtf st Ht ttttls. Whu you did nw tho lion if n tti up-a inn at Colarnbas and vir.rull notify me rf my nouilnstlMi. t eipreswd tu )ua my tentnotnle llirstion to llif con run lion iind ttstrd Hut, si Ihontli I hil not sourht the iiominjtlou. I did not fit I si oix-rtr. tiieli r the rlrcumitsnce. to Irellno It. I tlioiKhl ll.-n. ss I lUU think, ltut whsb-ver I i-smld rtrly do to pruiiintn tli- reflection of I'lrtkleat ll-scl-n-l I oas-lit to do. Ills s'linlnislrsticn has Nfn in irked by such Integrity irmxl seus, tn.ililj roura.-r and eiallrd pstrtotisui, Ibit plst pirrriAlon of these bltftl ,usllllrs serins to coll for Ids rn-elettliin. I mm sl'.i strongly Impressed will, Se l-liel llist Ins e t, l,.in would wcrfnlt) t-r,d Oi slrmKlhen Ihsl treb tint of frsterntly anions- ll.r Auierirsn i -oit Haul Is so issentlil to their wtlfare, pvoi SMl luppinnts and lo the psrrpetully of the L nlon and our free Insllt Jtluns. 1 spprore Die pisiform of the HI. IxmjIs ion vrnllon and I rm not tisi strongly eipfess my illssnl from the heretical traclilnus of th monoollsk tlmi t welfre nf a people ein tm prmnoieii i,y a ij.irm of einrbllsnt U4ilon far Inrirraa of the w-nts of llm (iosrrnoieut. Tho Mi a llitt a fx-ople ran tm enriched by lnuir Hint tiunecessury tsi.itlou. thai a iimii s condition ran bs Itnpnmd by using boil on all he wears on all his wife sin rliilOrru wcur. on uil 1,1, tiols ami Imp!, uienls of Iniluslry, Is an tibiloiis stnunllty. To till the Vinltsofttie treasury tilth an Idle surplus fcr wlili h the (Inurnment hss nobklt-IniHti- usu und to tbtretiy ib'prlvn thn M-ople ef cuirency heled for their leiilness and Uslly wants snd toi rrste a powerful nnd dsnirrrous stimulus to rsirnirnsniire nnd corruption In Ihe sprnilHures of ihe (Internment seem to me to bo u iwillcy at y.ir.inc-f Willi every n.lltiil I principle of ;iit eminent and of i-tlilirst not, nmy lh tmessity of reduiliu taxation I to I'tvenl such un iu-cuiiiul.,tin of sum; s tflteuiirs und tho tuiisuplenlib pletion of t ie clrculAllui iiiihIIuiii is so apparent that no purtf rtures to it, ny it, but when we come to const,!, r the inoiles liy wlurh the n-ductlnn may tin iiiadit wo Unit ii wi.bimitu-milsnt betwei,n our pirn uud thn liinnol-illstle lendi-is of our liollllcul opptiients We seek to rn lure late, Uxiu thu necessaries nf life; our opponents eel to Imrvase them. We say (,lve lo the u,ases of thn people iheup ana rood clothing, cheap blankets, cheap tools and cheap lunilH-r ' the Ileputilli-ins by their plat form nnd thc.r leaders In the Senule. by their proposed hill say Inereasn the tae on rlolh. Iiik' nnd blankets and thereby luereaso their cost, maintain a hUh dulv ou thn tools of thn dinner nml iinchaiilu and Uia the laii.txr huh the) need lor thn construction of their uioib stdwelllnirs. simps uud Inirris und thereby prevent their oliUlnlnK theso nricssurles at rrasonatile prices." Can any s- nslble msn doubt as to where hn should stand In this cnntrovi rj ! Can any well Informed man 1m dcs-elved by the false pro. tense that a sistaiii .! unreasonable and un just Isfnr tint iK-neniof the laboring rniti. Much Is sold ahoul nouiHitltlounf Amertrai Ishorers with thn pmiM-r latsir of r.uroiw, but does any man who IimiUs alxmt him see thai no Immense majority of laborers In America ure not niifiia-nd In what aro called tint pre. trclsdliidiiilrlest And as to those who are emploied lu such Indiistrb-n, Is It not undenb nble that the duties pronosed bv till IKiuo rratlc inrasiirn called llm Mills bill far exceed the difference betwi en American nud Kurnpeaii Wttifes. and therefore If It were admitted Hist our worklm;nieii can be protected by tariffs Mk-ntnst cheaiter l.llxir they would be fully pro tected ami more than protected by that Milt l)oe not every well Informed man know that the Increase In prlro of hnmo u,.iiuf..iluii pnxluccd br a bluh tariff does not co Into thn pockets of the I ituirlug men, but only tends to swell the profits of others? It se nis to la-- that If the policy of the Dem ocratic party Is pi ilnly presented all must un derstand that wn seek to make the cost of llvlnit lets und ul the sunn tlmo Increase the share of the lalKirluir man in the benetlts nf NhIIoimI prospirtty nr.d itrowth. I am very respectfully vuuruhi'illcul servant, Al.l.r.N O. Tllt'llMtX CROP REPORT. Nn miliary nt tbe farmer's llevlew of tho Condition of Crops. Chicaiio, Oct. I.V The following crop summaiv will appear In this week's edi tion of tint A'iMMrr's A'rrfcir; "The short ago in tho wheat crop of IsXNIsdunnot only to decreased acreage, but also to dninngo from various causes In Ohio from winter killing and rust; In Indiana fiom winter killing, chinch bugs nnd, lightly, from rust; In Illinois, principally from winter killing, frost and chinch bugs, though some coun ties ietorl loss from drought nud rust; lu Iowa from chinch bugs, two counties re porting a total loss from this cause, also considerable ilamagn from rust; In Michi gan n consldeiablo -Mtloli winterkilled, but notwithstanding this thn ciop will I nix. ut eipml to that of Inst year; tho Wiscons'ln crop suffered considerably from chinch bugs ami some from rust snd hot weather; In Missouri chinch hugs nnd wet weather nt the time and nftei harvesting eaused considerable loss; in Minnesota tbo chief loss was from clilech bugs, two counties reporting a total loss, nud in some counties ths Injury was caused by hot winds In July. lu ltnfcnta the greatest loss was caused by hot winds, although early frost cut off a poitlou of thn crop. In Kansas little dam age was sustained from any cause aud tbs crop is therefore very much larger than that of lust year, liehrnskn, Kentucky aud Iowa also show an increase," Important I. lie Insurance lleelslon. Chicaiio, Oct II. Mrs. l.lbbln A. Knlr mull sued a life and nccldent Insurance association to recover $isi on tho death of her husband. Tint association refused to pay the death bene lit lascause Kalnnan was alleged to have been in ar rears for his certificate and was In a very Inllrm and sickly condition and hence a had risk. Mrs. Kelrmon claimed that her husband's brother ten dered the arrears of dues to the treasurer, but the latter refused to accept them. Ths court found In favor of the defendant and held that in declining to accept the arrears, unless Knlrman consented to re-examlua-tlon, the tieasurer was justified. He held that thn tender ef arrears while Kali man was infirm and sick was like making au application for a new- insurance. SIS Austrian Afralra. VlK.NKA.Oct.l.V Kmperor Francis Joseph and the other members of thn Imperial family, the foreign diplomatic teprrsenta lives, members of the nrlitocrncy and other notable persons were present at the ops'iilng of tho Uurg Theater last evening. Thn K)ierur received repeated ovations, and the whole company appeared on Ihn stage and sang the National autheui. Thn performance was most successful, and tha arrnugemeuts were much admired. King Milan and Count Kaluoky hvl au Interview- lasting au hour. The I'rttie nsserts that in an Intel view King Milan denied that Austria aimed at annexing Sen la. lleiok warmly of ths friendship of tha Ktuperor. ' A Ulfflrull) Krltlett Port au I'nncx, llaytl, Oct. II. lbs election of numbers of tbs Aatembl y with liower to elect a President and revise tha Constitution of J7, having resulted In favor of ex. Senator F. H. legitime. Gen eral Zedie llettusipje, the other caudldats for th- Presidency, attacked the Palais Nationals at ths bead of about 7 men. Ths provisional Government defended Ue Palais with regular troops and ths port au Prince militia. (Isnsral Uelmaous was killed during ths attack, aad his troops wsrs lauosdlatsly disbanded and public order was restored. Qeasrel Ugltlms is aow tbe only candidate aad will bs slseied by tbe Nstloasl Assembly, A I'AJH OF UOKUOUsS. Appa taff Accident oa tae Leh!gt Valley Railroad. Tssrrosrdd Kscarslon Trains Collide and Ss-oreS nf I'Marngera Are Killed u4 iMjuresl-lrarfnl Arrblrnt at IJstlnry, lit Wlt.KXSRARRr, I'n, Oct It. A Special trnln on the Lsdilgb Valley railroml, car rying a W'llkrstssrro delegation home from llatletou from the Father Matfmw cnte. t ration last evrnlug, was wrttkd nlive I'rnn llavrn and It was re-irtrd that sev eral cars wero cirupletely wrecked aad, some forty or mure -ron killed. H The rumor of thn terrible accident was soon confirmed. The fifth dlvlsiun of th Father Msthew excursion returning from llni.vton wns wrecked and the cars piled up In a sbaMtles mass, one In-lng stos-l upon its end. All the cars wern iTuvsde.1 sod the fatalities will run Into awful fig ures. All the physicians from Whltn I! s.ven and nearby ixiliits are nt the wreck, ss also all Lehigh Valley officials from this city. The iiiimb-r killed Is variously reMirttl from twenty-five to eighty -r-sons. Th ont- Information received hers up to midnight was fiom passeugeis ou tlm Ontrnl railroad trains, who reitoited a boiTible condition of affairs, the groans of thn wuunded bvlng heard across thn river where the tracks of the Central tun. At the depot here hundreds of Iwople gathered on the platform, many weeping for thn safety of their friends supse,l to be ou ths wrecked train. The accident on thn I.ehlgh Valley road et Mud Kiin near Perm Haven Is beyond all uestiun tbs most awful disaster that ever happened In this portion of the State, though no details rmi lw learned there is no doubt that thn tiumtwr of killed will f.-nch nearly eighty nud the Injuted near ly double that number. The trnlus were excursion trains return ing from thn celebration at llaileton of thn annual parade of the t'ntholli: temper anre sta-letles of thn Scraiiton dUK-ese. Thousands of proplo went to llatletou from the towns nf I.iiieriiennd I.ickawnn na Counties. Sevrii trains, wltli the cms filled to the diHMS, pns-eil through Willi., Mnven yesterday morning, taking tho old routn by I'eiiu Haven, On the it-turn tlm tlr-t train left Hnrlvton about Ave p. in., thn others following as rapidly as was deemed best. Thn first three sections cnuio through without accident, thn disaster happening to the fourth nud llfth sections. For some irasou not explained thn fouitli section was standing ou the track live mites below when thn following section swept around the cuive and crashed Into it. Thn cars wire smashed and broken and hurled off the track. Tbe mad lies close beside the lehlgb river, a steep sin tuinkmsnt sixty feet high running down to thn water. Heveral of the cars rolled down this and others were crushed against thn cutting ou tho other side. via iMxi.Krosr. llAZt.r.Tii.v, Pa., Oct II. The big excur sion trains loaded with human freight from the upper end of the couisly and Ncrantou left hern at six o'clock In three ses-tloiis. Near Mud Itun, a small station un thn other side of White Haven, tlm sec ond section ran Into the first section. Tbn engine of tho first section was disabled and before a signal ' could be thrown out tbn second section with Its large number of itasseiigers ran Into it. Thn engineer jumped off just ns they struck. The fireman was seriously Injured. About sixty people were killed and as many wounded. Twenty-five hod- -les have been taken from the wreck. News Is bard to get as there is no telegraph sta tion at Mud llun. A Horror at yulncy. III. Qcixrr, III, Oct. Il.-Flve hundred people were Injured, half of them serious. Iv, last night bythecollapseof thn amphi theater erected to assist In thn annual, celebration of Qulticy, A grand stand with a seating capacity of .000 had been provided for those wish ing to witness tbe pyrotechnic display ami It was crowded when at eight o'clock, just as the first rocket was fired, the suppnrts at the west end gave way and thn entire structure, Ms) feet long, wavered and fell to the ground, carrying with It a mass of I living fielght 1 Tbn night was very dark and through ' all arose thn groans and cries of thn im prisoned multitude. Those who had pres. ence of mind nt once set about extricating those who were secured by the debris, and stretchers were procured as tpilckly as poaslbls) and ths wounded conveyed from thn seeno to adjacent houses, which were chnnged Into Impromptu hospitals. As far as could ln learned there wern. not less than ftno Injured and half of that number received serious wounds. Tho only fatal Injury reported was that of Al bert MVIIs, an attorney of this city, and a candidate for t he Legislature. No hoie Is entertained of his recoveiy. The excitement was so grent all night that tlm streets remained crowded. News paper olllces went ls-slegrd by anxious people who sought the names of friends or relatives who mlht have l-en Injured. There Is nn doubt that n number of those Injured will die. With thn descent of thn platform the electric lights, which wern to light the grounds, but which wern extinguished lo am tne display, were Incapacitated foi service and tbs darkness of thn scene added to its terrors. As the lights of the pyrotechnics lighted up the horrible place the able-bodied .ought their friends, w hile the more humane began the work of aid ing the Injured. Among those seriously Iwounded sre J. W. Htownrt, secretary and tieasurer of ths Comstock Castle stove works, very set lous. ly Internally; Dr. Albert O. Rebuild and wife, legs of both broken; Miss Mary Marks, legs broken; Ferd . Heed and wife, both legs broken; Miss Oeorgle Her ry, bark injured and ankle dislocated; Mrs. Laura Herring, Injured Internally; Mrs. Jacob Fotb, both legs broken; Mrs. UrUwold, internally Injured; Colburn and family, all seriously injured; Miss Van drutsvon, both legs broken; C M. Ilevey, suterintendentKt Louis, Keokuk .. North western railroad, Issdly injured. The American Party. Ai.iusjy, x. v., Oct II, Tlm Htate con Vention ef the American party was held t the Academy of Music yesterday. Thn rlstform advocates the aUilltloii of trusts; opposes Catholic parochial pub lic schools; provides that no for eigner should vote before residing in this country twenty-one vesrs and dis franchises any ono detected In selling his vote. Considerable discussion ensued ns to the advisability of placing a State ticket In the field, but it was decided that, it would U tuiul.M to do so this jenglV was the ssnse oj the convention tlia?f Htato committee should I formed for tbs purpose of naming a Stats ticket next year. Vlshermeii llrowncl. New Yens, Oct It. Ths Nstlonsl line steamer Queen, whick arrived yesterday from Kngland, reported having colli led with ths flsbing schooner Madeline last Friday. Th collision occurred ata.Ms. m. 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