A POWDER DISASTEK.
A. KKUJKS OF TJSni' FATAL JSXPZO-
SlOlfff.
Yen or a Dozen i'eoplo Killed and
Others MO Badly Wounded Tlint
TJtoy Will Die The Director Gen
eral vf the World's Fair Issues a
Circular to the Press What the
President Snld In Ills Speech ut
Terre JEaute , Ind.
Disaster Visits the Dupont Powder
Works.
WILMINGTON Oct. 8. Several start
ling explosions in quick succession ,
some counted five , others seven , at
3:30 announced to Wilmington a. dis
aster at the Dupont powder works on
the Brandywine. A rush was made for
telephones , but nothing could bo as
certained beyond vague reports of the
damage.
LATEK A messenger has just ar
rived with the following despatch ,
which shows that the worst has not
yet been learned of the powder mill
explosion : 4'Ten killed and twenty
wounded. Rockland is is a complete
wreck. None of the houses arc left
standing. ' *
Rockland is a village on the Bran
dywine above the scene of the explo
sion. It comprises a large paper mill
owned by the Jessup & Moore compa
ny , and about fifty dwellings , in which
chiefly reside the mill employes. Its
population is about two hundred. Ev
idence of the destruction ay that dis
tance leads to the belief here that the
number of killed and wounded has not
yet been ascertained.
The Ihipont powder mills extend
along the Brandywine and are chiefly
on the west bank and close to the
water for about two miles. They are
divided into the "upper , " "Hagley"
and -lower" yards. The former is
three miles and the latter five miles
from Wilmington. The report of dam
age done at Rockland proves to be in
correct as to the locality , the name of
Rockland being erroneously used for
buildings clustered around what is
known locally as the "upper yards. "
There are some fifty houses , inhabited
by employes of thb powder mills , clus
tered here , and these were all wrecked.
The office of the Dupont company is
a complete wreck and the six mills are
in ruins. Several members of the Du
pont firm Avere injured by falling Avails
and broken glass , but none of them
seriously.
The dead Avero all employes of the
company and Avere in and about the
mills that exploded. SeA'eral Awork-
men are missing and are believed to
Lave been bloAvn into fragments.
A Circular from , tue World's Fair
Director.
CHICAGO , Oct. 8. The following
was issued last night :
To the press of the United States :
The undersigned has been elected to
the position of director general of the
world's fair of 1893 by the joint action
of the national commissioners and
board of directors. In accepting this
important , position he accepts all its
responsibilities and trusts. With the
aid of the press of the country this
great international exposition may
prove to be such a success as Avill be
creditable to the American nation. By
act of congress it is provided that the
buildings for the Avorld's fair shall be
dedicated October 12 , 1892 , and the
xhibition be open to visitors May 1 ,
1893 , and closed not later than Octo
ber 30 thereafter. Thus Ave have two
years in which to arrange the grounds
and erect the buildings and seven
months additional in Avhich to receive
and place the exhibits. So far as this
country is concerned the undersigned
feels justified in the statement that the
presentation of agricultural and stock
products Avillbe in every respect super
ior to any previous exhibition ; also
that in manufactures and inventions
the progress of the United States Aviil
be indicated in a most remarkable man
ner. There is every reason to antici
pate exhibits in large numbers from
every other nation on the globe , it be
ing estimated by practical experts that
the total number of exhibits Avill not
be less than 50,000 , divided equally
betAveen the United States and all for
eign nations.
It is proposed to make this exhibi
tion specially interesting in all that
relates to manufactures by the pre
sentation of the most important pro
ft cesses in active operation. In com
parison Avith these Avill be presented
the methods used in other countries
400 years ago. Already there are in
dications that nearly every state and
territory in the union Avill be fully rep
resented and that large appropriations
will be made at the approaching ses
sions of the different legislatures. Cir
culars and blank applications for space
will bo forwarded in due season to all
intending exhibitors.
The xindersigned Avould call upon
the press of the United States to hold
up his hands in this great interna
tional undertaking , which , if success
ful. Avill establish the United States of
America as the first nation on the
globe. Respectfully ,
GEOBGE R. DAVIS ,
Director General.
The President at Terro' Haute.
TEUKE HAUTE , Ind. , Oct. 9. The
president , on his journey to Illinois
and elsewhere , was given a hearty re
ception at this place. A stand had
been erected and fully 10,000 people
assembled to greet the party. * The
arrival of the train Avas heralded by
the Avhistles of every engine and fac
tory in the city. The noise Avas deaf
ening.When the Bpeaker's ' stand was
reached it was fully ten'minutes before
the thousands of cheering people could
bo quieted. Mayor Daniels Avelcomed
the president to the city and introduced
him to the people. The president in
responding said he very heartily appre
ciated this largo gathering and the
welcome which the kind and animated
faces , as well as the Avords of the
mayor , had extended. Terre Haute
had always been the homo of so.me of
his most cherished personal friends ,
and he Avas glad to know that the city
is increasing in prosperity and the
people contented and happy. "I am
glad to know. " said he , "thatthe local
industries Avhich have been established
in your midst are today busy produc
ing their various products and that
those find a ready market at remuner
ative prices. I Avas told as we approached
preached your city that there Avas not
an idle wheel in Terre Haute. It is
very pleasant to know that this pros
perity is generally shared by our pee
ple. Hopefulness and cheer and
courage tend to bring and main
tain good times. Croaking never
built a city We differ Avidely in
our vieAvs of public policies , but I trust
that every one of us is devoted to the
flag Avhich represents the unity and
power of our country and the best in
terests of the people as Ave are given
to see and understand them. We are
in the enjoyment of the most perfect
system of goA-ernment that has ever
been devised for man. We are under
feAver restraints , and individual facul
ties and liberties have a Avider rangq
than in any other land. Here the sky
of hope is arched over the head ol
every ambitious , industrious and aspir
ing young man. There are no social
conditions , no legal restrictions. Let
us continue to cherish these institutions
and maintain them in their best devel
opment. Let us see that as far as out
influence can bring it to pass they are
conducted for the general good. [ Ap
plause. ] It gives me pleasure to bring
to your city to-day one Avho is the suc
cessor of the head of the navy depart ,
ment of that distinguished citizen ol
Indiana Avho is especially loved and
revered by all the people of Terra
Haute , but is also embraced in th
Avider love of all citizens of Indiana-
Colonel Richard W. Thompson. Lej
me present to you General Benjamir
F. Tracy of NCAV York , secretary oj
the navy. " [ Cheers ] .
Secretary Tracy made a brief ad
dress , after which the journey Avas re
sumed.
The lionlsiana. Lottery.
LINCOLN , Neb. , Oct. 10. The fol-
leAving letter , Avhich is self explana
tory , has been received at the attornej
general's office :
STATE OF LOUISIANA. ATTORNEY GEN
ERAL'S OFFICE , NEAAT ORLEANS , Oct. 2 ,
1890. [ Hon. William Leese , Attorn03
General , Lincoln , Neb. ] Dear Sir
The Louisiana lottery , being UOAV for
bidden the use of the mails , advertises
that it Avill use the express companies
as a medium of correspondence for the
transmitting of money and tickets ; that
circulars announcing the result of
draAvings may be had k-om the express
agents , through Avhom tickets may be
procured. In short the express com
panies are made agents of the lottery
company. Can they be prosecuted and
punished by your criminal laAVS ? Can
' 'the charter of express companies be
forfeited for doing this business ? If
your criminal laAvs apply , Avill you
kindly call the attention of your-pros-
ecuting attorney to the matter ? Please
advise me as to the status of your crim
inal laAvs in this matter. Very re
spectfully ,
WILLIAM VANCE ,
Assistant Attorney General.
A Knockout on Depevr.
NEW YORK , Oct. 8. The republican
county conA'ention last night , by a vote
of 166 to 43 , refused to nominate
Chauncey M. Depew for mayor. It
Avas a battle straight out against the
fusionists an angry , turbulent , and at
times almost riotous contest. The
fusionists Avon , and DepeAV Avas beaten.
DepeAV Avas not present , although he
had been elected a delegate , and did
not knoAV that his name Avas to be used.
Harper's Magazine for October is a
most interesting number. Among its
contents are : 'Antoine's Moose-yard , "
by Julian Ralph , Avith twelve illustra
tions by Remington ; the story of a
hunting expedition into the feeding-
grounds of the moose in Canada.
'Port Tarascon : The Last Adventures
of the Illustrious Tartarin. " by Al-
phonse Daudet , translated by Henry
James ( fifth instalment ) , Avith fifteen
illustrations. "NeAV Moneys of Lin
coln's Administration : Their Origin ,
GroAvth , and Value , " by L , E. Chit-
tenden. "A-Flaggin' , " a story by S.
P. McLean Greene.
A Chicago baby was killed by having
its "breath sucked by a cat , " accord
ing to a coroner's verdict.
The supreme court of Minnesota has
decided that upper berths in spleeping
cars must bo closed when not in use.
Gold quartz in paying quantities is
reported near Saratoga , Carbon coun
ty. Wyoming. It is thought much Avill
run $1,500 to the ton.
The London Times says there is no
reason to quarrel with the United
States over the McKinley bill , but the
less said about friendliness and kin
ship betAveen the two countries the bet
ter. The article urges Canada to adopt
free trade , as she will then be able to
practically exclude America from com
petition.
THE FORU3I for October has for its
contents Social Problems and the
Church ; the Decadence of New Eng
land ; Formative Influences ; The Work
ing of the New Silver Act ; First Steps
ToAvard Nationalism ; The Future ol
Our Daughters ; China's Menace to the
World ; The Idea oi Life After Death :
TAVO Forces in Fiction ; ThetZpdiacai
Light ; Climate and the Gulf Stream. . . ,
Mexico Wants Reciprocity *
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Oct. 18. Sec.
rotary Blaine has received from Carlos
Gris , a citizen of Mulhuatan. State of
Oaxaca , , Mexico , and a representative
of the agricultural company of Oaxaca ,
an interesting letter on the subject of
reciprocity. Mr. Gris says :
"Tho treaty of reciprocity betAveen
the United States and the Sandwich
Islands has built up a trade Avhich in
the year 1889 amounted to $16,183.780.
I do not know why a reciprocity treaty
such as that negotiated for Mexico by
Messrs. Romero and Grant Avould not
produce equal , if not greater results.
If so , the trade between Mexico and
the United States if increased in
the same , proportion as that with the
Sandwich Islands , might in a short
time come to amount to $1 , 500,000,000
or $2,000,000,000 a year. The agricul
tural , commercial and industrial char
acteristics of Mexico and the United
States are so different that the tAvo na-
tipns complement each other so to
speak. We Mexicans now purchase of
CA'ery species of commodities manufac
tured in the United States. We cannot
purchase in largo quantities because
Ave have not the means of paying. It
is unquestionable that such a tveaty as
that signed by Messrs. Ramero and
Grant would enable us to exchange
products. I have hero upon my desk
documents Avhich would amply prove
that all the North American products
find a good market in Mexico. I must
not in this letter point out the dissimi
larity betAveen the products of the two
nations , since you uro no doubt per
fectly aAvare of it. As a journalist and
merchant I have studied almost every
portion of this country , and I be
lieve I A'oice the general opin
ion in assuring you that Mexico desires
the greatest possible freedom in its
commercial relations Avith the United
States. 1 have likewise traveled in the
United States , and it has seemed to mete
to be entirely clear that that country
needs and desires freedom in its com
mercial relations Avith Mexico.
"Some American papers , " continues
Mr. Gris , "urge the objection that
Mexico can produce everything the
United States produces. This is true ,
but itAvould not pay Mexico to produce
Avhat the United States produces , nor
Avould it pay the United States to pro
duce Avhat Mexico produces. It Avill
never pay us better to make ploAVS or
make cotton cloth than to plant coffee
and caue sugar , and the United States
Avill find greater profit in groAving
plantains than in soAving Avheat. Each
of the tAvo countries is especially Avell
adapted to produce Avhat the other
lacks. The importance of reciprocity
is therefore evident. "
In memory of Patriots.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 13. An organ
ization has been perfected here to be
knoAvn as the Daughters of the Revo
lution. Its object is to secure and pre
serve the historical spots of America
and erect thereon suitable monuments
to the heroic deeds of men and Avomen
Avho aided the revolution and served
the constitutional government in
America. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison
has been elected president and General
and Mrs. Flora Adams Dareling vice
presidents at large in charge of the
organization. Other officers'Avere also
elected. The first undertaking of the
society Avill be the completion of a
monument to Mary Washington , mother
of President George Washington , and
every American is asked to send a con
tribution to the treasurer , Mrs. Colonel
Marshall McDonald of this city. A
resolution was adopted favoring the
passage of the house bill arranging for
the marking by the government of his
torical spots of the revolution , setting
apart October 11 as a permanent anni
versary or meeting day for the society
in commemoration of the discovery of
America , and requesting that a special
building or space be set aside in the
world's fair for relics and other things
JllustratiA'o of the revolution , each ex
hibition to be bought after the fair and
made permanent.
Winnie Davis Will Not Wed.
BOLOXI , Miss. , Oct. 13. A call upon
Mrs. Varina Davis at Beauvoir leaves
no doubt that the engagement of Miss
Winnie to Mr. Wilkinson of Syracuse ,
N. Y. , has been broken off. A card
from the neAvspaper man brought a re
quest from Mrs. Davis to be excused
on account of indisposition. He sent
her a note of inquiry regarding the
AA-edding. She replied by note :
"If you please , I Avould prefer to
say nothing for the press , this being
noAV a private household. I do not
knoAV of any coming" Avedding. You
may say I am on the eve of leaving
home for an indefinite period. "
It is understood around Beauvoir that
the engagement is broken off , Miss
Winnie having severed it o-ut of defer
ence to her mother's Avishes. Miss
Winnie has not enjoyed good health
since her return from Europe , and
after her mother's visit to New York
to look after their interest in connec
tion Avith the publishing of the history
of Mr. Davis they Avill go to Mexico ,
Avhere they Avill remain several months
in the hope of gaining complete health.
No Extra Session Probable.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 13. Despite the
continued talk about the probability of
an extra session of congress there is
very little if any reason to expect one.
A cabinet officer Avould not be better
authority than that given for saying
that at least up to the present time the
president has had no idea of calling
theFifty-first Amgressin extra session !
Residents of Washington of course de
sire the presence of congress as much
as possible , but in official circles it is
stated that since but
two Aveeks or a
little more Avould be
gained by an ex
tra session to convene about the mid
dle of November the president does
not desire to assume the responsibili
ties for such a small advantage.
THE NEBRASKA COUNT
TUB POPULATION OF TIIK STATE
OVUM OXK 3OILLIOy.
An Iiicroane that Insures Six Itcpre-
acntativcB In tlie Lower Branch of
Congrcnn President Harrison' * Visit
to Galcsburjj , 111 A Great Throuff
Greet the Chief Executive of the Na
tion Ho ITIeqts With. Hiirilvoro of
Ills Old Brigade.
Nebraska's Population 1,055,793.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 10. The censun
ofQco has completed the count of the
state of Nebraska and announced the
population of the first supervisor's dis
trict by counties. The returns for the
entire state show a total population of
1,056,793 in 1890 , against 449,390 in
1880 , an increase of 607,413 , more
than 135 per cent. This incruasjjo in
sures six representatives in the lower
branch of congress for the state after
the next apportionment , even though
the basis of representation is fixed as
high as 180,000. There is a possibility
that the basis may fall considerably
below this figure , in which event Ne
braska's membership in the national
legislature will be correspondingly in
creased as well as her representation
in the electoral college. The popula
tion of the counties in the First dis
trict are as follows :
President Harrison's Visit to Galcs-
fourgj Ul.
liALESBURG , in. , Uct. y. Hie pres
ident Avas met here by Mayor Stevens
of the local committee , Avho acted as
his escort to the Union hotel. There
was an enormous croAvd at the station
and on the streets , and the progress of
the procession of carriages through
the streets Avas marked \vith continued
cheering. The president attended the
exercises of laying the corner stone
< Df Knox college , and after that Avent
to the opera house Avhere the reunion
of the brigade to Avhich he belonged
Avas neld. Here Colonel Dustiu , ad
dressed the president , .announcing to
him his unanimous re-election
- as pres
ident of the association.
The president , in response to the
mayor's address of Avelcome , said :
"Mr. Mayor and fellow-citizens : The
magnitude of this great assemblage
fills me Avith surprise and Avith con
sternation , as I am called to make this
attempt to speak to you. I came here
to meet Avith the surviA'ors of the old
brigade. I came in expectation that
it Avould generally be spent in their
companionship and in the exchange of
those cordial greetings Avhich express
the fondness and love Avhich AVO bear
to each other , but to my surprise I
have found that here today the First
brrigade for the first time in its histo
ry has been captured. [ Applause. ]
One or tAvo I have been able to take by
the hand and some of them I haA'eseen.
as they marched to the revieAV stand ,
but they seem to have been sAvalloAved
up in the vast concourse of their Avar
comrades and of their fellow-citizens
of Illinois. I hope there may yet be
time during the day when I shall be
able to take each of them by the hand
and assure them that in the years of
separation since muster-out day I have
borne them all secretly in my affec
tionate remembrance. They Avere a
body of representative soldiers coming
from these great central states of Ohio ,
Indiana and Illinois , and as the bor
ders of these heroes and patriots Avere
touched in the great struggle for the
union [ applause ] Avho- should say Avho
Avere the bravest Avhen all Avere brave ?
The distinction that Illinois may claim
in connection Avith the organization is
that , giving equal courage , fidelity and
loyalty to every man , Illinois furnished
three-fifths of the brigade. [ Applause. ]
But possibly I should withhold here
those suggestions Avhich come to me
and Avhich Avill bo more appropriate
when I meet them as separate organi
zations. [ Cries of "No , go on. " ] I
have been greatly impressed Avith the
assemblage in this beautiful city , in
this prosperous state. The thought
has occurred to me , and the more I
thought of it the more sure I am of
the conclusion that no Avhere on the
face of the earth , except in the United
States of America , under no other flag
that kisses any breeze could such an
assemblage as this be gathered. [ Ap
plause and cheers. ] * Who are these ?
Look at their faces. See the evidences
of contentment , thrift , prosperity and
intelligence that we read in all these
faces. They have come from all these
homes of villages , cities and farm and
here they are to-day , the strength and
rock of our security as a nation of people
ple who furnished an inA'incible army
when the flag Avas in danger , a people
upon Avhose enlightened conscience and
3od-fearing hearts the country may
rest Avith undaunted hope. [ Applause
and cheers. ] Here is the ultimate dis
tribution of government power. Of all
efforts of presidents and cabinets and
judges and armies ever to main tain this
country , to continue it in this great
career of prosperity , it is by this great
law-abiding , liberty-loving people bj
whom they are chosen to these import
ant pfllces. It is the great thought ol
our country that men shall bo governed
as little as possible , that full liberty
shall be given to individual effort anij
that the restraint of law should be re
served for the tuibulent and disorderly.
What is it that makes your communi
ties peaceful , that makes these farm
homes safe ? It is not the policeman ,
it is not the soldier. It is this great
and all-pervading American sentiment
that exalts the law , stands with a
threatening warning to the law.
breaker , and , above all , it is the per
vading thought that gives to everj
man what is his and claims only what
is oursv [ Great applause. ] The wat
was only fought that the law might
not lose its sanction and its sanctity.
[ Applause. ] If we had suffered that
loss , dismemberment would have been
a lesser one. but we taught those who
resisted the law and taught the world
that the great sentiment of loyalty to
our written law was so ' strong in this
country that no associations , conspira
cies or combinations could overturn it.
[ "Good , good , " and applause. ] Our
government will not fail to go on its
career of development , in population ,
in wealth , in intelligence and morality ,
so long as wo hold up everywhere in
localities , in communities and in the
nation , this great thought. Everyman
shall keep the law , which secures him
in his own rights , and shall not tram-
pie upon the rights of others. [ Ap
plause. ] Let us divide up on the tariff
[ laughter ] and finance , but let
there never be a division among the
American people on this question
that nowhere shall the law be over
turned in the interests of anybody.
[ Great applause. ] If it fails of a ben
eficent purpose , which should bo the
object of all law , then let the people
modify it , but while it is the law let
us insist that it shall be obeyed. [ Ap
plause. ] When we turn from that and
allow any other standard of living to
be , where is our security ? If my con
venience , if the convenience of a class
to which I may belong , is to take the
place of law , where is your security ?
Where is mine when some one else
makes convenience more sacred , more
powerful than the law of the land ?
I believe today that the great rock of
our security is this deeply imbued
thought in the American heart ; that it
is not here as in many of our Spanish-
American countries , Avhich sometimes
give their devotion to a man , for we
give our devotion to the law , to the
constitution , to the ilag. [ Great ap-
plause. ] So it was that in the hour
of gloom , when the richest contribu
tion of all gems that Illinois has set in
our national diadem Abraham Lin
coln [ prolonged applause ] fell in
that hour of the consummation cf his
* work , by the hand of an assassin. Garfield -
field , who was to meet a like fate ,
might well say to the trembling and
dismayed people on the streets of New
York : 'Lincoln is dead , but the government
still lives' "
ernment at Washington
[ Great applause and cheers ] .
President Harrison at Atchlson.
ATCHISON , Kas. , Oct. 13 When the
president arrived here at an early hour
in the morning he was met by a crowd
that filled the streets for fully a square.
Being introduced by Col. Dorris. the
president said : My fellow citizens : You
are glad to see me in this hour of the
morning. If you are so kind and'de-
monstrntive before breakfast how great
would have been your welcome if I
could have come a little later in the
day [ applause ] . I beg to thank you
who are so much inconvenienced at
this early hour and who have turned
out to speak these words of welcome
as I pass through your beautiful city.
' * I am glad this morning to have a
brief and imperfect opportunity to look
upon it. Many years ago I read of St.
Joseph. I knew something of its story
when instead of being a railroad city ,
it was a place for outfitting those slow
and tiresome trains that bore the early
pioneers towards California and the far
west. Those days were days not to be
despised. Those means of communi
cation were slow , but they bore men
and women full of courage and patriot
ism to do for us on the Pacific coast
and in the great west a work of peace
ful conquest that has added mightily
to the glory and prosperity of our
country and I congratulate ourselves
that these swifter me ns of communi
cation have taken the place of the old.
We congratulate ourselves that these
conveniences , both of business and so
cial life , have come to crown our day
and act in the midst of them enjoying
the luxury which modern civilization
brings to our doors. Let us not lose
from our households these plain and
sturdy virtues which are essential to
the American citizenship. Let us re
member always that above all sur
roundings , above all that is external ,
there is to be prized those old and es
sential virtues that make home happy ,
that make our country great. "
We are here as American citizens ,
not as partisans. We arc here as com
rades of the late war , or if there are
hero those who , under the other ban
ner , fought for what seemed to them
to be right , we are here to say to one
and all that God knew what was best
for this country when He cast the issue
in favor of the union and constitution.
[ Applause. ] Now again united under
its ample guarantee of personal liberty
and public security , united again under
one flag , we have started forward , if
we are true to our obligation , upon a
career of prosperity that would other
wise have been impossible. Let us ,
therefore , in all kindliness , and faith
fulness in devotion to the right as God
shall give us light to see it , go forward
in the discharge of our duties setting
above everything else the flag , the con
stitution and the law upon which all
our rights and our securities are based.
[ Applause. ] Now , comrades of the
Grand Army of the Republic and fel
low-citizens of Missouri , again I thank
yon and bid you good bye. [ Cheers. }
NEWS sunnAIIY.
The frco delivery mail service is to
bo established at Nevada , Mo. , Nov. 1.
Over 7,000 veterans of both sides ,
attended the reunion at Knoxvulo ,
Tenn.
Nashville , Tenn. , is to have a kite
shaped race track by next spring. It
will cost $40,000.
Eleven people were killed in the
Dupont powder explosion near Wil
mington , Delaware.
*
The bill removing Oklahoma's capi
tal to Oklahoma City passed the Ter
ritorial legislature.
Isaac Frazier , a colored man who
claimed to bo 106 years old died at
Montgomery , Ala.
Ten thousand iron miners of north
ern Michigan threaten to strike for
shorter hours of labor.
The Rev. Dr. Henry White , chap
lain of the British house of commons ,
died suddenly in London.
The clergy of Troves , Germany , have
denounced lawn tennis as an unbecom
ing game for German girls.
Benson , the supposed murderer of
Mrs. Mettman of Leavenworth , Kas. ,
has been arrested at Camden , N. J.
At the Ducey lumber company's saw
mill four boilers exploded , wrecking
the mill and severely injuring six men.
Jonas G. Clark , founder of Clark
university. Worcester. Mass. , has mudo
another gift of $50,000 to the general
fund. § * 'I
Captain Bullin , acting Indian agent
at San Carlos , Ariz. , denies the report * N
of recent killings by Kid , the Apache
hostile.
Sixty leper convicts confined in New
Caledonui , ' the French penal settle
ment , have escaped and no trace of
them can be found.
The shortage of ex-City Treasurer
Fitzpatrick of Terre Haute , Ind. , had
been fixed at $15,522 , divided almost
equally between his two terms.
Judge Charles C. Goodwin , editor-
in-chief of the Salt Lake Tribune , was
nominated for congress on the first
ballot by the liberal territorial con
vention.
The secretary of war has turned over
the unoccupied military posts of Forts
Totton and McDowell 'to the secretary
of the interior to be used for school
purposes.
Director General George R. Davis of
the Chicago world's fair has issued an
address to the press of the country to
render all the assistance possible to the
great project.
Ellen Gregory died at Knoville ,
'Tenn. , aged over 100 years. She
came from County Kerry , Ireland , 45
years ago and had children in Lynchburg -
burg and Tiffin , Ohio.
John Eastman , full blood Sioux In
dian , is serving on the Unfted States
grand jury at Sioux Falls , S. D. This
is the first time a full blood has ever
served in such a capacity.
At his home , near Worthcn. Ga. , J.
Thomas Tanton , a prominent and in
fluential citizen , was assassinated as
he was reading his paper. It is not
known who committed the deed.
Governor Campbell has issued a
proclamation convening the Ohio leg
islature in extra session October 14 ,
to consider legislation relative to the
city government of Cincinnati
The secretary of the navy has
awarded to Cramp & Sons , of Philadel
phia , the contract for two coast line
battle ships to cost $3,020,000 each
and one armoured cruiser to cost
$2,725,000.
The acting Indian commisioner has
issued a modification of the circular of
March , 1890 , in regard to the removal
of stock from Oklahoma and the In
dian territory , extending the time to
November 1.
Ex-Commissioner of Pensions Tan
ner has accepted the managing editcr-
ship of the Republic Magazine , a New
York Grand Army publication. He
will not relinquish his pension busi
ness in Washington city.
The annual report of the Western
Union telegraph company shows a sur
plus of $10,052,983. The increase of
profits was $1,094,683 compared with
the previous year. The gross revenue
shows an increase of $1,603,834.
The Union.Pacific railway company
has had is right confirmed to $60,000
worth of property in Omaha claimed
by the heirs of Henry B ! Mayers of
Chicago. The road had held undis
puted possession for over ten years.
The war department has ordered the
dismissal of Clarence McDougal. a pri
vate of company B , Eighth infantry ,
stationed at Fort Niobrara on the
ground of enlistment under age with
out the consent of his parents or guar
dian.
dian.At
At Normondale , Dodge county , Ga. ,
J. C. Forsythe , secretary and treasurer
of the Normondale lumber company ,
and one of the best known men in
Georgia , was shot and killed by an
unknown assassin while sitting in his
parlor.
Chief of Police Marsh of Chicago
has sent notice to the police officials of
all the cities of the country that the
Chicago police will not make-arrests
for outsiders hereafter unless criminal
proceedings have been begun in due
form.
The acting Indian commissioner has
issued a modification of the circular of
March , 1890 , in regard to the removal
of stock from Oklahoma , extending the
time for the removal to November 1.
It applies also to all cattle ( except
those owned "by Indians ) in the Indian
territory and Oklahoma.
The United Veterans , cpmposed of
soldiers who fought on both sides in ,
the late Avar , met in Washington and
reaffirmed its declaration of principles ,
to which objections were made by u
number of Grand Army of the Repub
lic posts. The clause to which objec
tion was made declared that men who
did their duty as they saw it , which
ever side they were on , were deserving
of honorable recognition.