I THE M'COOK TRIBUNE
F. ITI. KIMiTIELIi , Publisher.
I McCOOK , NEB.
I STATE NEWS.
1L NEBRASKA MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
I Gcndva expects to show a popula-
I tion of 2,000.
I -The. state supreme court lias nd-
I journed until September.
[ Tho actual resident population of
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| North Platte is 3,300.
I The railroad valuation in Adams
. county is $808,000.87.
II Tho Blaine
county republican con-
vention will be held July 14th.
I The census of Lancaster county
j shows a population of 75,000.
I Diptheria has caused several
I deaths in tho vicinity of Chambers.
I . There are 200 acres under cultiva-
. ll0n , lt tfle Kearney industrial farm.
I The crop outlook in Koya Paha
I' ' county is of the most satisfactory char-
acter.
I Tho Masonic order at Valentine
has received a charter from the grand
lodge.
I Tho Omaha coliseum property
was sold last week to satisfy a small
judgment.
I A side track capable of accommo-
dating one hundred cars , is to be built
I at Talmage.
I Farmers in tho vicinity of Anselmo
are talking of organizing an agricul-
tural association.
I Public improvements willbecom-
menced at Wahoo at onco , costing not
less than $15,000.
H ' Lee Hennenhofer , an Omaha car-
penter , in a saloon row , was fatally
Etabbed the other night.
I The organization of the Polk
county veterans' league will be per-
fected at Osceola July 12. " '
H Th& Lincoln News offers a reward
for tho discovery of Dr. Slominski ,
who sued that paper for libel.
I Tillio Carlson , an Omaha girl , has
I been held to the district court for steal-
j Ing flowers from Prospect Hill cemc-
tery.
B While celebrating the glorious
H Fourth at Tobias sixty people were
H seriously poisoned by drinking lemon-
Hi ade.
I ; Tho postoflicc at Gaslin will soon
H be discontinued , tho people in that
B vicinity getting their mail at Brady
B Island.
B Rev. DeWitt Talmage , on the oc-
B casion of his visit to the Beatrice cha-
B tauqua was listened to by a very large
B audience.
B Tho Osceola creamery is running
B seven days in the week , night and day ,
B and is turning out 2W0 pounds of but-
B ter a day.
B The farmers arc busy harvesting
B small grain and many report that the
B yield will be much better thau at first
B expected.
B Mrs. Henry Gorgen attempted sui-
B cide at North Bend by taking strych-
B nine , but was pumped out in time to
B save her life.
B In twenty days in June the gov-
B ernment rain gauge at TekamiAi showed
B a total rainfall of seventeen and one-
B third inches.
B The Superior Journal says a tele-
B phone lino between that place and
B Nelson would be a good investment
B from the start.
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B Almeria has spent considerable time ,
B and money preparing a race track and
B ' now has one of the best to be found in
B the Loup valley.
B ThL'xrGS entered the residence of ,
I Fred W. * % \ Omaha the other day
and carried vr * jT&3 ssorth of jewelry ,
I and other valuables *
I The new mail line & & ? • ? * , sron-
der and the Indian agency is i * & > kt
I operation. Mails arrive daily at 10 a.m. i
and depart at 1 p.m. <
I The ten-year-old daughter of Lewis 1
Habcckett was fatalVr injured in a run- 1
I away accidewt at TJlyssea on the eve- !
I ning of the Fourth. J
I The republicans of Otoe and Cass
I counties will meet in Nebraska City i
I July 26 , for the purpose of nominating i
I a float l'epresentative. 1
I Tho summer meeting of the Nc- ]
braska state horticultural society will
be held at Crete Thursday and Friday , 1
I July 31 and August 1.
I The apportionment of representa- 1
I tives fixed upon by the democratic cen- '
I tral committee will make a convention '
H of about 600 delegates. ]
I A Hastings minister narrowly .
I averted a $500 fine by carrying a mar-
I riage license without making return
I longer than is allowed by law. '
I It is said of a Chase county man - (
I that he bought one dollars worth of ]
I sugar on time and sold it for fifty cents
cash to buy his way into the circus. ,
I The lightning rod swindler con-
I tinues his perambulations , but Ne-
braska fanners generally are too well
I posted to be done up by the rascals. ,
I A steer weighing 2,000 pounds was
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I condemned by the stock inspector at j
I South Omaha as being lump jawed and j
I sent back to the shipper at Stromsburg.
I The resident travelling men of Fre-
I mont are endeavoring to organize an
I association. Their number has been (
I variously estimated at from fifty to 100. t :
I A lady of high standing living at j
I' Rising City used a blacksnake whip to a
I good effect upon L. H. Rhodes , who i
II called to give her a piece of his mind , a
I A brakeman at the B. & M. yard
* * in Omaha received injuries the other r
fc day while in the performance of his e
duties that it is thought will prove 1
C- fatal. •
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Tho Western freight association \
t has given notice that rates between s ;
je Chicago and Missouri river points will a
& be advanced August 1 , to nearly the %
W _ same schedule that existed before the v
§ * ; war that reduced first and second s
| h * classes to 60 and 40 cents. j 1
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Tho number of young people cou- '
pling up in and around Bennett leada
tho Union of that placo to believe
jnarriago is not a failure in Lancaster
county.Mrs.
Mrs. Rose , of Union accidentally
thrust both blades of her shears-into
one of her legs the other day , making
a painful but not necessarily dangerous
wound.
Charles Strand , a watchman at the
Florence water works , was drowned in
one of tho reservoirs the other day ,
having , it is supposed , accidentally
fallen in.
The entire property and franchise
of the Hastings improvement company
has been sold for $50,000 to S. W.
nayden , a capitalist of note from Hart
ford , Conn.
Tho Young Men's Christian asso
ciation in Omaha is in a little finan
cial strait , and an effort is being made
to raise a few hundreds to clear up tho
indebtedness.
The B. & M. is enlarging its pas
senger depot at Aurora , and putting up
offices for tho assistant superintendent ,
telegraph and dispatch , and other divi
sion officers.
- Much , damage has been dono to
tho corn crop in the vicinity of Liberty
bythe recent dry and hot weather.
Early planting especially ia damaged
very badly.
The Lincoln base ball club known
as tho Giants has ceased to exist and
the boys are now willing to accept a
job at anything that will keep the wolf
from the door.
.The postmaster's salary at North
Bend has been increased from $1,000 j
to $1,100 , under readjustment of sala
ries of third-class postmasters for tho
next fiscal year.
Mr. Louie Taylor of Plainview ,
while looking at a game of baseball
got a little too close to nn excited
battel * , and as a consequent was batted
across the mouth.
J. C. Wilson , a carpenter of Lin
coln , is behind tho bars of tho city
bastile awaiting a hearing on the
charge of attempting an assault upon
the person of Mrs. Pasby.
Jessie J. Rooks of Lincoln , who
is supposed to have been under the in
fluence of liquor , fell from a third-sto
ry window tho other day , receiving
injuries that proved fatal.
Mattes brewery at Nebraska City
was entirely destroyed by fire the other
day. Tho loss is $25,000 ; insurance ,
$4,000. Developments show that the
fire was of incendiary origin.
Lightning struct : the chimney of
Chauncey Abbott's house in Schuyler ,
tearing it down nearly to the roof. " It
also went through tho , roof , but no
demage was done on the interior.
A. L. Pound , of Charles Powels-
son , a young fellow whose genius it
seems has in the pasi run to counter
feiting the coin of Uncle Sam , was (
captured in Lincoln the other day.
A Mrs. Johnson of Omaha , who
was subject to epileptic fits , fell across '
the kitchen stove the other day while
engaged with t r household duties and
was so badly biir-xs . * &at she cannot i
live. 1
During the moith of June the <
Fairmont creamery purchased 130 , - 1
000 gallons of cream , for which it 1
paid $13,000 , and paid for labor $4 , GOO ,
making a total for cream and labor of <
$17,600. ]
George Martin and Lee Finney of
Nebraska City , colored burglars , were J
bound over to dibtrict court in $300
each. They told where the stolen '
goods were concealed and all were re * ]
covered.
Petitions are being circulated in
Madison to have the management of '
county business by a board of super- *
visors abolished at the polls , and tho '
election of a board of commissioners '
to take their place , as per the old ,
style.
Henry Olmer , a farmer living thir-
tctr. lAlrs north of Pawnee City , was '
cutting grtiittlih. . a binder when his
team became frightened and ran away , *
throwing him in front of tho machine (
and cutting him so badly that he died
in a few hours. • *
An Omaha Bohemian baker diedt
from the heat the other day. The
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man weighed about 3 00 pounds. He
was baking his daily , or rather his i
nightly batch of bread , and the intense r
heat literally suffocated him. He died "
with his boots on. r
A sad accident occurred just at f
the close of the celebration at Ulysses j
on the 4th. Lewis Habeckett started t :
home with his family , when tho team r
ran away , overturning the wagon and t ;
fatally injuring his 10-year-old daughj
ter , who died within an hour. j
Professor E. T. Hartley , whoh&sv
been superintendent of'the city schools i
3f Lincoln for seven years , and who c
ivas recently unanimously re-elected r
for another year by the board of edur
nation , has resigned his position to atc
Lend exclusively to private business. 1
Hyannis and vicinity is the parao
lise of the stockman. There is plenty t ;
sf good hay in the valley and a dec :
Lightful iange for stock. There is also
plenty of surface water and an excel-
ent quality of wwll water which can
ae had at from five to Mincn feet in the
t-alley. *
A man by the name of John Nice r
ivas seriously injured at Milford while 8
jperating a Jones corsheller. The
umbling rod became loosed from the o
iacks and swinging ai'ound with great " *
velocity struck voung Nice in the I
nouth , breakinghis jaw in three places 1
ind fracturing his skull. C
The lady who teaches the school
lear Shephard's fai'm has great pres- *
mce of mind , says the Scotia Herald. >
diese hot days in tho morning sho J
jlaces her scholars in a row on the *
vestside or the schoolhouse , in tho ° )
hade , and hears the lessons. - In tho *
ifternoon the you g idea is moved to 6
he eastside and the exercises contin-
led. Thus she avoids tho heat of the
schoolroom and makes comfort for
lerself and her charges. E
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CONDITION OF CROPS.
TUEIIEVOJIT OF T1IE DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE. *
Some Advance Shown in Comparison
With , tho Former Statement Pro
ceeding" of the National Educational
Aflftoclallon , In Session In St. l aul ,
itllnn. ArcI < # 2shop Ireland' * * First
1'apcr About Member * of Congrcxs
A Ilccr War In Chicago.
The Crop Bulletin.
Washington' , D. C , July 12. Tho
July winter wheat report of the de
partment of agriculture represents the
crop as harvested in all but its more
northern latitudes. It shows some ad
vance in tho condition where it was
lowest in June in Michigan , Indiana ,
Illinois and Maine , and a slight decline
in Ohio , Kentucky , Kentucky , the Paci
fic coast and in the southern states.
The general average is 76.2 against 78.1
last month. The spring wheat aver
ages are advanced from 91.3 to 94.4.
Tho averages of tho principal states
are : Wisconsin 93 , Minnesota , 98 ,
Iowa 95 , Nebraska 88 , the Dakotas 94 ,
Montana 93 , Colorado 90 , Washington
93. Taken together the winter and
spring wheat makes an average of 82.1
instead of S2.4 in last month.
In Michigan , Indiana , Illinois , Mis
souri and Kansas tho least injured
fields manifestly improved during the
last month and promised good results
in the spring , while the badly winter
killed were worse blighted and more
chaffy than expected. The average
was slightly advanced in all the e
states. The wide range of local condi
tion increases the difficulty in report
ing the true average , which may be
more closely approximated after
threshing.
Spring wheat in the Mississippi river
states havo had abundant moisture ,
while there is considerable complaint
of drouth in the Missouri valley.
A small increase of corn is reported
of about .6 per cent. lihe largest pro
portional extension is in the north
west. There has been nearly 1 per
cent increase in the south. The con
dition averages 93,1 per cent.
There has been a severe decline in
the condition of oats , which have fallen
from 89.8 to 81.6.
The condition of rye is 92 , nearly
the same as the last report.
Barlev has advanced from 86.4 to
88.3.
88.3.The
The acreage in potatoes has not ap
preciably increased. The average con
dition is 91.7.
The condition of pastures are high ,
averaging 96.
Educators of the Nation.
St. Paul , Minn. , July 12. In the ses
sion of the National Education associa
tion the subject of ' 'Compulsory Laws
and Their Enforcement" discussed.
Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul read
the first paper on the topic , ' 'the state
school and the parish school is union
between them impossible ? " In his
opening speech he declared his loyalty
to the constitution and said he upheld
the parish school but would have all
schools state schools * The imparting
of instruction to the child was primar
ily the function of the child's parent.
The state intervenes whenever a family
could or would not do the work needed.
The state must come forward as the
agent of instruction or ignorance will
prevail. In the absence of state action
he believed universal instruction in any
would never bo possible. He unre
servedly favored state laws making in
struction compulsory. Instruction was
bo much needed by each citizen for his
own sake and for that of society that <
tho father who neglected to provide ;
for his child's instruction sinned
against his child and against society
and it behooved the state to punish ,
him. Of course , ho said , tho parent ,
enjoyed the right to educate his ,
shild in a manner suitable to himself , .
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provided always , that the education .
fiven in this manner sufficed for the j
ulterior duties of the child toward ,
himself and society. The compulsory \
faws recently enacted in certain states j
jf the union were objectionable only
in a few of their individual clauses.
rhere was dissatisfaction with the <
state-school , as at present organized. ,
rhe stateschool , it is said , tended to
ihe elimination of religion from the
jiinds and hearts of the youth of <
he country. This , he said , was his {
the state-schools of
grievance against - j
oday. Tho state school is non-reli- 3
jious. It ignores religion. There
s and could be no religious teaching (
vhere the principle of non-sectarian- ,
sm ruled. It followed , then , that a j
: hild would grow up in the belief that {
'eligion was of minor importance and
'eligious indifference would be his J
: reed. The state need not teach re-
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igion , but , for the sake of its people ,
md for its own sake , if should facili- ]
ate and permit the action of the r
hurch. _ (
TTestcrn Absentees. 1
Washington ; July 12. There .are i
but few than J
iow in Washington more
1
lalf of the members of the house of
epresentatives perhaps 175 in all
ind it is impossible under this state of
iffairs for any business to be trans
ited. Among the absentees from the I
western states are Messrs. Henderson , (
3ill , Lane , Springer and Lawler of II- t :
inois , J. B. Brown , T. M. Browne ,
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2oppen and O'Neill of IndianaBrewer ,
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D'Donnell. Tarnsey , Wheeler and Whic
ing of Michigan , Kellcy and Turner .
f Kansas , Struble and Kerr of Iowa ,
layes of Ohio , Clark of Wisconsin. [
barter of Montana. Gifford and Pickler .
f South Dakota , Hansbrough of North { ]
Dakota , Hall of Minnesota and Town- g
end of Colorado. ' f
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Down Goc s the Beer.
Chicago , July 12. A'local ' paper
ays a . big fight is ont amongthe I
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brewers of this city. It lies botwecn
tho English syndicate , which has
bought up a number of tho largest
breweries in tho city , and some of
the smaller breweries , and the * result
of tho fight so far has been the drop
ping of prices from $8 to $3.50 per
barrel. Outside brewers arc inaugur
ating cuts.
Another Asnintaiit Secretary.
Washington. July 10. Tho legisla
tivo and executive appropriation bill
contains a provision for the appoint
ment of an additional assistant secre
tary of the treasury. Such an officer
has been needed for many years , as tho
business of that department has
reached a magnitude beyond the capac
ity of the secretary and his two assist
ants. Tho secretary of state and tho
postmaster general each havo three
absistants and tho treasury department
is larger than either. Under the pres
ent division of labor Mr. Tichenor , tho
first assistant secretary , has charge of
tho collection of tho revenues of the
government , while Mi' . Bachellor , the
other assistant secretary , has charge of
the disbursement of tho appropriations ,
the bureau of engraving and printing ,
the bureau of currency and other
branches. When tho new assistant is
appointed there will be a reapportion
ment of tho duties. It is understood
that Secretary Windom has already
selected General Nettleton of Minne
sota for the new oilice although ho will
have two vacancies to fill , because Mr.
Tichenor has been appointed one
of the appraisers under the new ad
ministration customs law. General
Nettleton was formerly connected with
the banking-hoube of Jay Cooke &
Co. , and was conspicuousMn tho or
ganization and construction of the
Northern Pacific road. After the
failure of Jay Cooke he settled in
Minneapolis , where he became the ed
itor and proprietor of the Tribune.
His early editorial experience was in
the office of the Register at Sandusky ,
Ohio. He is an intimate friend of
Mr. Windom , and although not a
candidate for office , will , it is under
stood , accept the position. No one
has yet been mentioned for the va
cancy to bo caused by Mr. Tichenor's
transfer. There is also to bo an assis
tant-secretary of tho navy , an office
for which Professor Soley of the na
val observatory has been mentioned.
Omaha' * Public Building.
Washington , July 14. The super
vising architect of the treasury views
with favor Senator Manderson's propo
sition to double the appropriation for
the construction of the public building
at Omaha and put up a structure for
the future instead of the present alone.
The senator wants the appropi'iation
increased from $800,000 to $2,000,000
for the building , looking to the growth
of Omaha during the next ten years as
being proportionate to the past decade ,
and the supervising architect says the
proposition is wise. He , however , be
lieves that $1,600,000 will be sufficient
for the purpose and says that that
would put up a structure 210 by 230
feet on the ground floor , three stories
in height with basement , attic and
tower , the building to be of brick with
stone facingo and all completed in a
first-class manner. The supervising
architect has made fxo. estimate of the
space needed for the government offi
ces at Omaha and estimates the amount
of space needed ten years hence and is
a strong argument in favor of Senator
Manderson's proposition to enlarge the
scope of the work.
Liquor In Original Packages.
BniDGKroitT , Conn. , July 14.
Judge Kalsey of the city court gave a
decision on the question of the sale of
liquor in original packages. Y. H.
Case , proprietor of a saloon , who was
refused a license , claimed he had been
selling since July 1. The evidence
showed that a bottle of ale and cork
screw had been given to a customer
and Attorney Judson claimed that such
a sale was in the original package
form and came within the recent dec ; .s-
sion of the supreme court of the
United States. Judge Kalsey held tlu.t
in this case the original package was
the bottles or barrel in which the bot
tles of ale were shipped and fined Case
$125 and cost. <
"Western Freight Kates.
Washington , July 10. Railroad '
companies having presented their ar
guments in opposition to the contem- "
plated order of the interstate com- ' •
merco commission , reducing freight ]
rates on grain shipments in the west , i
on the ground of want of jurisdiction , i
Ihe commission was to-day in session ,
hearing arguments from persons of the
Dpinion that the proposed reduction
and even a greater one should be or- '
lered. When the commission met to-
Jay there were present G. M. Lambert-
son of Nebraska , representing the state
farmers' alliance ; H. F. Dousman , '
member of the Chicago board of trade ; (
George T. Anthony and James Hum- ]
phrey , Kansas railroad commissioners. ]
ind Spencer F. Smith , railroad com- '
missioner of Iowa. By common agree- *
ment , Dousman made the opening ar- )
jurnent. ;
The President to the Alliance.
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14. The Journal
Chicago , July j
under the date of
publishes a telegram j
Carlisle , Pa. , giving the text of a lett
er written by President Harrison in -
response to an invitation to attend the (
national granger exhibition. In it he l
in -'the tariff is
says , part'the question
.he most important of the day , and
leople should b3 thoroughly educated
m k. As there is no doubt the farm- :
ng element is the backbone of this or c
other free it is neeess >
my government , neees-
,
ary that they should understand this
juestion so that they can distinguish *
jetveen free trade and protection. *
The Italian government has asked
England to cedcSuakim to Italy. z :
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MISMANAGED E0ADS ,
A STATISTICIAN FUTS FORTH SOME
INTERESTING STA TEMENTS.
Ilbw tho Linen Could Do A May With
TJnneceswuryF.xpeiiNe amlTIiu * Ben
efit the Public at Large What It
Conta to Bun Trains Frlghtrul Kx-
ploslon on the Steamer Tioga Of
Thirty-eight on Board Only Two
Could be Found Who "Were Unin
jured.
A Statistician "Hake * Some Interest
ing Itallroad Statements.
Chicago , July 12. Tho Railways
News Bureau says : Auditor McNair of
the Interstate Commerce Railway asso
ciation has added to his reputation as a
railroad statistician by showing the
senseless waste indulged in by compet
ing railroads , especially in tho passen
ger business.
Mr. McNair starts with the proposi
tion : That the cost of operating roads
is generally paid by tho public goes
without saying.
This being the case Mr. McNair in
troduces its corollory that tho constant
and successful attempts of tho public
to secure lower rates of transportation
has its legitimate end in reducing the
quality of tho train service and equip
ment.
This stato of affairs is seen every-
Avhero on poorly patronized roads.
Among the so-calied strong lines , how
ever , Mr. McNair shows that their
trains are run under a system of waste
ful extravagance born alone of compe
tition. Under this competitive system
the public complain of high rates and
at the same time compels the law
makers to vote for their continuance
by refusing railroads the economy of
combination.
Ho reasons that rates can never be
higher than they are ; that they have
decreased sreadily about 65 percent
during the last 20 years , and now
that many of the roads are almost on
the verge of bankruptcy they must
look to a cutting down of expenses
in order to pay any dividends at all.
As an illustration he cites the pas
senger traffic between Chicago and
Omaha ; said he , "The four roads
leading the passenger traffic between
Chicago and Omaha run 22 trains a
day and 4 trains 6 times a week one
way , and convey an average of about
200 passengers of all classes one way. "
He figures that one train each way
on each road would handle the whole
business and pay $2,540,876 in train
expenses. Doubling tho number of
trains in order to better accommodate
local traffic and still $1,364,210 would
be saved , a goodly share of which
might be divided with the public in
the way of cheaper fares.
It now costs $2,800 to take a pas
senger train between Chicago and
Omaha and return. Tho same fig
ures and waste apply between Chica
go and Kansas City as they do to St.
Paul , except that the cost of running
the train is about $700. Also the
same figures apply on the freight bus
iness , except that it costs more to run
an average freight train than a passen
ger train.
.By combination the roads could en
tirely do away with such expenses as
outside Agencies and miscellaneous ad-
vertising. It costs the prominent
roads in the west over $5,000,000 i
yearly for these purposes.
In tho way of commissions , espe- ]
cially , millions of dollars yearly could •
be saved. Mr. McNair believes the i
total waste in this useless competition 1
throughout the United States will reach ]
$200,000,000 annually , almost all of ]
which could bo saved by a legalized <
division of tariff. Could such an end ]
be reached , Mr. McNair concludes that j
the results would be : . ]
1. Lower rates to the public. ]
2. Permanent and satisfactory rates , j
3. Enable weak lines to sustain 1
themselves. ;
4. Enable strong lines to figure on 1
the future. ]
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A Michigan Steamer Horror.
Chicago , July 12. A frightful ex
plosion occurred to-night on the steamJ
er Tioga , one of the largest vessels on (
the grand lake. Thirty-eight people - ,
were aboard the steamer at the time.
When the work of rescuing the sur
vivors , which commenced almost inJ
stantly , was well under way only two
persons could be found who escaped
unhurt. To make matters worse , fire (
broke out on the vessel and huge vol- *
umes of flames and smoke impeded the I
searchers for the dead and dying. The i [
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bursting of the steamer's boilers was 3
the cause of the catastrophe. It was I
at the Chicago river at the foot of < ;
Washington street that the explosion s
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occurred. This locality is in the heart (
of the business section of Chicago and c
the explosion brought people running
into the route of the tall buildings from I
blocks away. Most of the victims were ji
Chicagoans , stevedores who were un- *
loading the vessel. Only three of the j
J'ioga ' s crew were reported on the list.
The fire proved a stubborn one and J ]
made it impossible at the time to verio >
fy the report that the boilerrs had ex- * " .
ploded. A statement was current that
the explosion was due to another cause v
the accidental lighting of a large (
juantity of combustibles in the narrow i >
confines of the Tioga ' s deep hold. ! Jj [
In the hold near th < ) steamer ' s stern c
ivas where the fire held sway. i S !
Through the bursts of fire could be y
een a great jagged cleft in the Tioga ' s | c >
leeks and cabin , and aloft on the tall h
moke blacks dangled a huge frame j -
vork of timber , fantastically swaying ' c
backward and forward , telling of the ! 1J
erriiic force of the explosion , which v
-2nt it there from tl Srty feet below. c
While the thev.s still in progress
n Associated press reporter met the II [
captain of tho ill-fated stoamor on the
forward deck. Tho officer censdhted
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to stop long enough in his task of <
straightening outtho confusion prevail-
ing to givo a statement of what he . |
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know of tho wreck. Ho said : 1'
"My name is Captain A. A. Phelps. |
I arrived hero last evening from Buf- i
falo , in command of tho Sioga , ard |
wo wore unloading at this dock when f
tho explosion took placo this ovon' .ng. f j
I was in tho f reightshed on the deck * .5' '
when I heard a terrific noiso , and t
running out I saw tho north quarter j
of tho vessel enveloped in steam. All ; j
of tho crew of 25 mon woro either 4
aboard at tho time , or wero on tho ' . j
dock , or in tho frpighthouse. I found " J
after a careful search that all but 8
wore accounted for and safo. Those r
3. all from Buffalo , wero Second-En- \ \
gineer Georgo Haid , Lookout C. Le- Jl
valley and Deckhand William Cuth- | (
bort. 1.
"Besides tho thrco missing who be- j ;
longed to the crow there must havo v
been from twelve to fifteen other men j
killed and probably half a dozen addi- \
tional wounded. Thcso were laborers P
in tho hold who wero doing tho |
unloading. Eight colored men aro J
positively stated to havo been ( (
below and six or soven others L1
were at the hatches aiding their fel- : \
low stevedores lower down. Tho ex- ( r/
plosion occurred in tho hold and not S
in the machinery or boilers , as near as . $
I could ascertain , and was probably ' ,
from sohie combustible freight stored , \
there. " J \
SO.IIK FOREIGN NKWS. j }
It is reported that a girl shot Stam- 1 \
bouloff , tho Bulgarian prime-minister J j
with a revolver at Sofia on the 10th. [
According to advices received in § , )
Constantinople a number of Anne- IS
man peasants at Ananiles , who failed | i
to pay their taxes , were burned alive 1 \
by Turkish zaptiehs. | J
While the fleet accompanying Em- | •
peror William was entering Christiana Ji
the gun on board tho Prederichder- i *
grosso exploded prematurely , terribly jS ( \
injuring five of the crew. M '
Tho Paris correspondent of tho m }
Chronicle says tho pope will convoke ft f
a meeting of the bishops and cardinals jg I
of Rome in the spring to consider tho > 'J '
position of the church and the ques- j I
tion of his successor. \ (
A banquet was given in Berlin in j'j '
honor of the visiting riflemen. Empe- | f
ror William sent a telegram from ]
Christiansane expressing good wishes. , )
Emperor Prancis Joseph , King Hum- J
bert and King Leopold sent cordial * ' ft
greetings. A
A cyclone did great damage in Mus- ' ' |
cat , Arabia , and surrounding country. ] \
Many houses both in tho city and on j j
the plantations were demolished. The I , J
loss of life was appalling. Reports i \
thus far received show that over 700 ' ' if
persons were killed. j
The details concerning the destrue- '
tion , June 22 , of the town of Fort do I
France , in the French island of Mar- '
tinique , have been received. Immc- j
diatoly after the catastrophe Governor |
Casse of Martinque sent an appeal for \ ,
assistance to the government of Trini- J ;
dad , assuring him that three-quarters / il
of the town had been burned and that * ! j
more than 5,000 persons were without 1 A
homes and food. The legislative coun- \ [ j
cil immediately voted $2,000 in aid of \ | J
the sufferers. A
Lord Wolseley in a letter received j j |
in : Baltimore writes : "The closer the j . :
bonds of union beuveen mother and I *
child , England and tho United States , 1\
the better it will be for both , for our * V
race , and indeed for civilization. Those v
who rant about causes of quarrel be- J * J
tween us are no friends to either na- | \
tion or to humanity. There must \
never be war between us , no matter * ( (
how much either or both may be egged. ,
on by those who hate the English.
race and would therefore like to see us * A
at another ' s throat. We feel quite as .
proud of the United States as any peo- j |
pie can do. Its honor and reputation j
arc as dear to us as they can be to ' (
those on the other side of the Atlantic , |
and I rejoice above all things to think l
that the mutual respect we have always ' ]
bad for one another is now maturing I
into a sincere and mutual affection. " , ' 1
The Turkish government has sent a 1
new note to the British government j )
lemanding that it fix a date upon \ $ \
ivhich Egypt will be evacuated by the f
English troops , without the right of vR
igain occupying that tex-ritory. { | ] '
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