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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1894)
1 I If i '1 t f 1 -V 1 Tha Sioux County Journal l 4. UIKOKIti Proprietor. HARRISOX, NEBRASKA. s; STATE NEWS ITEMS. Russian thistle are going to seed ia Hayes county. Artificial rain making at Ravenna is a riat failure. The potato crop 1q Lincoln county U turning out joo!y. Superior has 640 people of school age, as shown by the latest census. Three divorces were granted at the last term of court iu Kurt county. A prohibition paper has been started at Santee Agency called the Knox Ad vocate. A little child at Fremont swallowed a dose of London purp e. The doctors came in time. Columbus is enlarging its water sys tem by the addition of thirty-rive hydraulic wells. The subscription price of the Wahoo Wasp has been reduced to 1 1, cash in advance or no paper. A. F. Harrington of Benedict Store was robbed last mouth. whose offers $100 for the scalp of the thief. Logan county ia r-joicing in an abundance of moisture and a glorious prospect for a big crop of corn. A Hitchcock county farmer has sola a remarkable double-jointed bull Culf to an eastern meuagerie owuer. A farmer passed through Cozad the other day with a colt having five feet and the animal was active on its legs. E. A. Gerrard thinks he will oe elected governor If the Lord is on his ide, whether be gets any votes or not. While playing a scientitic game of baseball, Sam liadinger of Oak, Nuckolls county, dislocated his shoul der. Ed Catron of Grant county is under bonds of $500 to appear at district court and answer the charge of graud larceny. A drunken Indian terrorised the town of Bloomfleld until the marshal arrived and ran him out of town at the point of a club. A burning wd from a gun caused the destruction of the granary and Stables of George Rueinhart at .Ne maha city. A man sent up for druukHimess for five days at Grand Islaud refused to eat the jail fare and fasied until his term expired. Billy Mostin of I'lattsmouth, who threatened to kill his wile and boy, has been placed under 8100 bonds to keep the peace. While walking in his sleep, Edward Kearney, a Jackson banker, fell from a second story window and received serious injuries. Will M. Maupin has published his declaration of intention to be the next secretary of state if the republican party is willing. The Deshler Herald is no more, having been merged Into the Citizen, an independent paper having no politi cal creed whatever. The old National hotel at Kearney which was recently damaged by fire, has been condemed and will be moved away from its present location. B. II . Goodell of Elm Creek is a temporary piiysical wreck as the logical sequence of a frightful runaway. The hubs of the buggy are practically as good as new. ' While bathing in a lake iu David City park Philip Darling was drowned, lie was a recent graduate from the Fremont Normal and was employed as a stenographer. Two commonwealers convicted of stealing Union Pacific rolling stock escaped from durance vile at Ft. Sidney and the cruel minions of the law are after them in force. The proposed irrigating ditch south ofO'Neil will water 10,000 acres of land, and the contract for its com pletion was let at $15,650, George Rheinhart, a farmer living near Nemaha, lost his barn, a lot of hay, grain, farm implements and other fixtures by fire. Tbe cause is unknown and there was no insurance. Fallerton this year has made wonder ful progress in the way of erecting fine business buildings, and now she pro poses to put in a fine system of water works, which are very m uch needed. A special election held in Deuel county to locate a county seat resulted In Chaphell receiving 275 votes, Big Springs 288 votes and Froid 150 votes, ' Another lection is called for, to be held July 81. A special election was held in Fuller ton to vote bonds in tbe sum of 113, KJO to construct a system of water works (or the citv. About three (smiths the vote was polled. One of 230 votes east forty-three were against the proposition. A Utile child of Mr. and Mrs. Sextet ftawat three years old wandered from ' tikltr ho Bse near Proseer tbe other day mi got lost The parents and Heigh ten searched the country far and near -Jsjetaboat dark Ned Currier found the tot asleep in a corner of their rmifttM. atari? Ave miles from wiwwe started. Father and Mother cried fcf fcy Whoa they found thair babe. ' I, Eat Aaauv-Eteacarlau refugee lot notxltaara Nipert their la f & nummtst afpaodttaia of ? '." ' - A" . Bb 4raat Pertl. DrLUTH, Minn, July 19. All day Dulutb and Supeiior have beeo ob scured by heavy clouds of smoke car ried before tbe southwest winds Mow ing from the forest country, where bif fires are raging. Only heavy rains be fore there is a change of wind can pre vent great destruciiou of standing pine and other property, in addition to tba heavy damage that has already been done. From all the roads entering Duluth tbe report Is one of forest fires all along the line. Carlton and the village near it on the Northern Pacific are threatened, and the tire is close to Fond du Lac and 81. Louis, and New Duluth. Heavy winds or a change in the direct iou would make their danger great. The forests along the south shore of the lake are burning and the iuuica'lons are that the tire extends well back towaid the villages which were burned last year. On ttie Mesaba range tires are burning in every direc tion. '1 here are numerous mining towns thtr, all hasti y built and ne.r y all without adequa'e tire protection. They were wiped out of existence a year airo under conditions similar to those which now prevail, and a repeti tion of the calamity is possible. A. Superior the suburus were threatened and the tire department was used to keep the flames out of the city. Hutm Imt-kuig itm Tr.lni. FoitT Wavnk, lnd., July 19. Occa sionally stones are being thrown at trains passing through the city, but no passengers or trainmen have been hurt. Two strangers were arrested for stoning Pennsylvania east bound train No. 8. Charles ileis, ex-employe of the Nickel Plate, with two others, gave George Baldwin, a swi chaian recently em ployed by that hue, a terrible beating, and when the police undertook to ar rest Hess, he shot at them twice before being overpowered. All of the Fort Wayne military companies are at Hammond, having gone there on a special train via the Fort Wayne road. FiTTMU'ito, Pa., July 19. When tbe Chicago limited pulled into the Union station from the west, one of the vesti bule cars had four windows broken. This damage was done just as the train pulled out of Fort Wayne. It is not known who did it, but it is .supposed that boys who are in sympathy with the strikers stoned the train. No one was hurt, but the attack caused con siderable commotion among the pa sengers. FluUhed H Coar.f. Cincinnati, Ohio, July 19. Louis Laferdette was lynched near Burling ton, Ky., at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. A week ago Laferdette, who was a de serter from oue of the Coxey common weal armies, was ied and lodged by Alfred Wbitlock, an oh! farmer. The next morning Laferdette tried to mur der and rob Wbitlock. The latter was injured, but has recovered. Lafedette was caught near Cincinnati, was taken to Burlington, and put into jail. Twenty-five masked men surrounded Jailer Chrisler's home at midnight and forced him to surrender the keys. They took Laferdette into the country and swung him to a tree on John G raiues' farm. LawleasneMS at Kold. GrjTituiK, O. T July 19. Telegrams came lrom hnid to Acting Governor Lowe stating that affairs in Enid and Round Pond are hourly getting worse. The track has again been blown up in several places. Tbe handful of soldiers there are powerless and are laughed at. Certain men are reported being ctiusrd out of town by Winchesters, and a kill ing would have occurred had it not been for the cool heads of several city officials, who advised moderation. A number of deputy marshals were sent to the scene of the trouble by Marshal Nix. All passenger and freight traffic is at a standstill. The violence is all done by secret organizations. Towni Withering Away. Mab.sillion, Ohio, July 19. Just three families remain at Grovrs Hatch, five months ago a prosperous raining village, in consqueuce of thfc strike, which is five mouths old. Pigeon Hun is almost deserted also. There is no prospect of a local settlement. United States Marshals were withdrawn from the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway. A Complete Freeieoar, Oswkoo N. Y, July 19.-Under Sheriff Enoe has assembled all county deputies at tbe Standard Oil Works. Captain Hall received orders from Brigadier General Doyle, af tbe State militia, to call on tbe nearest military troop (or assistance if the situation be comes serious. The Standard OH Com pany announces that no more lumber will hereafter be brought here by water. This action is looked upon as being a complete freezeout for the longshore men, as three-fifths of tbe lumber re ceived at this port goes to the Standard Oil Company. All tbe man and boys have quit nnloading lumber. ateaaaer St reeded. London, July 19. Tba German steamer Edward Bohlen la stranded at the mouth of tbe Congo river on the coast of Africa. Ceaajiaj Their Chare. Cleveland, Ohio, July 10. Tbe from tbe St Stanislaus Ito- Catholic Polish Church oontem plate a revolution In Roman Catholic ism which shall be national i( not world wide. They have appointed a Polish national church committee and will Issue a proclamation to dissatisfied Met all over the United States, In viting them to flock to tbe standard ol other eharea which will nrooaMy M that of the Armenian Church. WH1TECAPS WHIP WOMiN. As Indiana Mob Applies the Switch te Blind old Men and Helpless Wo i en. THEY ALLOW ONE TO ESCAPE. The OetUtre ere IdrutiSrd and will Proe-at4 te the rail fcsteat of lb lmm. Coli'mbus, lnd., Jnly 2). In John son Township, Brien county, a brutal whitecap outrage was rpetrated. The whitecaps lirst visited the home ot Mr. and Mrs. Perry Broomfield, and easily gained admission. With switches cut from a hillside Mr. and Mrs. Broom field were unmercifully whipoed. Rrooiulisid's father, who is blind and lives with his Son, protested, but he, too, whs frightfully whipped. From the Broom field home the whitecaps went to the home of the Stevens brothers, who live in oue large house. The two older brothers and their wives and the wife of the youngest were cruelly whipped. The youngest brother attempted to escape through a window and in doing so was shot through the right ankle and thus became an easy mark for the white-cappers, who ran him down and applied the switches vigorously. Tin re is no known reason for the outrage. The victims claim that they identified their assailants and criminal suits will be filed, also suits for damages. Three other families in the immediate neighborhood received notice to leave at once or abide the consequences. The time for their de parture wss fixed at ten days. The grand jury will investigate the wh,p- IndtHD roubles Feared. , Oklahoma. O. T., July 20.-Jasper Jennings, a reliable scout and cowboy just in from the Cheyenne and Arapahoe country, reports serious trouble between the Indians and the settlers. An outbreak of the Indians is momentarily expected, and the ranchmen are preparing for a conflict. The trouble has been brewing since April last, when two Indians and a white man were killed In an affray which arose over the question of rights to certain lands. The seat of the pre sent trouble is Ked Moon, a hamlet in Mills county, and the dissatisfaction extends to all the Indians In G and Washita counties. It is a sparsely set tled region in the western part of Oklahoma, and is the wildest in the Territory, i here are more Indians than whites in the three counties named, which accounts for the alarm felt. The settlers in the neighborhood of Red Moon recently purchased 300 Winchesters, and are resolved to de fend their homes independent of Uuited butts troops, the nearest post being two days' travel away. The Indians claim sovereignty over the lands, and permit their cattle and horses to roam at will, to the damage of settlers' crops. A Hntlleoienl Burned. Ego Haiuiou City, N. J. July 20. The forest fire in the vicinitj of Bridge port the past four days swept down on Greenbush and destroyed the settle ment. The men fought the flames until exhausted from the heat. The women carried their household goods to the open field. William Irons car ried his sick wife into the corn field wrapped in a blanket, and ran back to save his money, but was too late, ilia house and barn, with the contents, were burned. The schoolhouse went next, nnd then the lumber yards and the house owned by Watson Bartlett. Tbe loss to buildings, cranberry bogs, and timber is estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars. The largest tracts of cedar and oak limber in South Jersey are in Burlington County, and tire has never been through these tracts before. The fire is now forty miles in length, extending from Bridge port to Waretown. If the wind con tinues from the south there will be no more danger, as the fire will burn out when it reaches the. barren places. Constable Mortimer rode into Port Republican on horseback for aid and the citizens turned out to assist the Bass River men save the town. The people of Little Egg Harbor. Bass River, and Woodland Township bsve been in constant anxiety for the past four days, and tbe citizens of New Gretna, Bridgeport and Greenbush are exhausted fighting the flames. Dastardly A Hemp I at Train Wreckiat Mcncie, lnd., July 20. A dastardly attempt to wreck a Big Four passenger train opposite the White River Iron and -teel Works, a mile west of Muncte was discovered just in time to prevent a terrible catastrophe. A heavy oak plank bad been wedged into a switch hog at tbis point. An Iron-worker from the mill discovered the obstruc tion and, with assistance, succeeded in removing it before trains Nos. 7 and 8, each due here at 8:30 o'clock arrived. For some reason the matter has kesn kept very quiet. Had an engine strack the obstruction It could not have helped tumbling down an eo baokment. Tbe company now has Bight watchmen patrolling all tracks. WaaU a Oaarde. ' BuzzAau's Bat, Maes, July 20. Mrs. Cleveland denies the published story that she has asked (or polios protection, (earing that her children May be kidnaped. She says the hat no (ears (or their safety, and she has personally requested that a special officer, annotated by tne selectman of Boarns to watch the locality, ho re. called if his Services concerned her welfare. Many tramps have been Id the vicinltv. bat to far they have proven Inoffensive. He CI. e Il-or.. Mwiicie, lud July 17.-Manr o( the groceries, meat shops, aeloesis, cigar stores, fruit stores, and tuber basluess bouses that heretofore have never ob served Sunday, kept locked Sunday. Recently tbe Ministerial Association has been attempting to force tbe board of jtoliee commissioners to enforce the Sunday law, especially with reference te tbe wideopen saloons. Last Friday tbe board was induced to issue the desired order as the result of the preachera" threat to prosecute tbe board if they did not make the police close the stores. The order caused a general howl from the business iun, and Fri day afternoon the board recinded the ord-r. This caused the ministers to publish a card warning the men who transae'ed buslne-w Sunday to be care ful, intimating that they wouid be pro seouied. A majority of the stores of all brauches heeded the warning and closed, but there were several . meat bops, groceries. Ice cream saloons, randy stores, and soiu saloons that did uot close. It is likely that tomor row will be a busy day iu police court. Every minister had something to say in the pulpit on Sunday violations by Muncie business men, nd the preach- j er say they will r form the wicked city if they have to go into the courts, j Some of the closed stores bore very J comic cards on the doors. The citizens ' generally are much worked up over tbe matter, and if pushed, as promised, the livery stablas, street cars, etc., will be prose u ted with other. Gave op Tbelr Charter. Mckphysboko, 111,, July 17. The A. R. U. strike on the Mobile aud Ohio Railroad was declared off. It is re ported on good authority that at the A. R. U. meeting it was decided to throw up their charter and return the books of the lodge to Debs. Many of the Mobile men have a bitter feeling to ward Debs and the managers of the Strike because of the humiliating posi tion they are placed in. This road made a contract not to haul Pullman cars or boycotted freight at tbe start, by which Debs agreed to allow the men to work, but either the switchmeu located at East t-t. Louis or the mana gers at Chicago violated the contract and would not allow them peaceably to continue running the trnins. The en gineers and most of the firemen re mained loyal to the company, and after staying out for about ten days to give the A. R. U. men time to insist on their being allowed to run, gave them up, and the road was run under protection of United States Marshals and deputies. Two men have beeo sent to Spring field for assaulting new men, and half a doieu more will probably be sent to Springfield this week under warrants now on the way. A. B. Mintoti, who is managing the strike locally for the road, informed the A. R. U. committee that he would receive them as em ployes, but not as A . If. U. representa tes, aud will take the men back the same as other new men on application when needed, but the road would stay by the new men who were competent and wished to continue with the road. The fruits of the strike locally are' half dozen men gone or about to go to' rspriiigfield charged with contempt of court, loss of position by a large num ber of men who were in good standing with the mostiudulgent rsilroad mana gers of the country the breeding of ill fveHlug and personal trouble taking ears to blot out, and the almost ruin of some and thousands of dollars loss to others of vegetable fanners south of tbis place. Killed In h. lrl.... London. July 17. -A -Pl patch to the limes lrom Chemulpo says that fresh trouble has broken out In the district in Corea where tbe re cent uprising occurred. Christians are Involved in ihe trouble, and several of them have been killed. The French fathers are now threatened, and a sun boat is proceeding to the maritime point nearest tbe scene of the disturb ance, where it will either furnish pro tection to or be the means of escape for the threatened foreigners. A dispatch to tbe Standard states that the North German Gazette, a semi official organ, commenting upon British mediation in the Chinese-Japanese dispute regarding Corea, says that such mediation does not neces sarily mean a settlement of the question as it is perfectly clear that Japan wants to profit by the troubles to push tne Chinese out of the peninsula. It Is a warlike symptom that Japan lately not only chartered transports, but bought them at any price, as tbe chartered abips must be restored to their foreign owners In the event of war In order to avoid a breach of aeatrality. Will rardoa the veaeteS Lokdom, July 17. A dlspasa io the Standard from St. Petersburg says It It stated that the Ctar haa announced his Intention to pardon, on the occasion of the wedding of tbe CzarowiU and Musses Alls of Heeee, a large number ( persons oonvleted of political ofleoses. The Czarina, it Is also aaid, will found a charitable Institution in honor of tbe marriage. Teea the Ooatraeti Low. . Tiui Haute, lnd., July 17. Ooorge M. Pullman s statement that he bid low on tbe coo tracts tor cars taken this year Is corroborated by Pres. Meat Louis J. Cox, of tba Torre Haute fUar Works Company, who says: "I Wd affalaat Mr. Pullman, and I was surprised at the figures at which be took the contracts. They war far be low mine, and I made mine very lev owtag to the u BIKERS' RIOT IN AlABAIJ Strikrac Miners Attsck Working Ma and Pick Them off With DtPUllES COME TO THE RESCUE. Shoetteg te Kill with Wlaaw Ieputl .rB ia and ee Troop Ordrred Out. Memphis, Tenn.. July H.-A special to the Commercial-Appeal fro.n Hir miugham, Al i., says Uerca b-iltle oc curred Monday ateru'wii at 4 3) o'c.ock at No. 3 mine at Pratt's, be twien mobs of sinking inner and tm itii. in uliii h kix men were killed an neany a s-ore wound 1. The full lis of dead and maimed coul I not on sTtrel, as the bodies w-re carried off qu ;kly att-r the li.'Hl occurred. A j m s meeting of s;nking miners was he i on the creek near the Pratt mines ! an., it was decided that the law shuuli j be taken imo their own hands una thnt ' they woiild kill or be k'iied. j .ibout 4:W o'clock, the time when ! tin employes of the nine quit work 'an fjuie out of t!i mines, a mob of i mr:i was secreted in the wood near by. As the uegros wouid come out one by one, a shot wouid be set.', at them, and thev would drop to the ground either fatally wounded or dead. .After the third negro had failen the deputiiS opened lire on (lie mob, and a fierce battle took place. 11. W. Tierce, the coi inlander ot the deputies, fell to the gn and. A Winchester ball had pierced bis oody just about the he iro. Almost at .he ilslaut oue of the strikers was seen to fall, but he arose azain to his knees, nnd, taking aim with his Win ch sier, tired four limes at the depu ties. The deputies kept reloading their guns aud tirim.', and the mob began dis persing. The deputies then madw a tour around the wounded striker, who was still tiring, and alter a time they succeeded in silencing his gun. He proved t be a Frenchman. Another sec ion of the mob made an attack on a tiaiu which was carrying the negroes from mine No. 4 to their I homes. Th re wore several guards on the engine, and the attack was answer ed with a fusilade of bullets. The first shot from the strikers went through the cab window of the engine and just missed killing the engMioer and J.J. Moore, the superintendent at the mines. Telegrams weie Kent to tho town In haste for help, and Sheriff Morrow summoned twenty-live derm ties. Governor Jones, who is still in the city, has summoned the Birming ham battalion of state troops. At noon the Second regiment was relieved from duty. The Eustlake company is still in camp, guarding the Utits, and they were marched to a train and hastily carried to Pratts with the deputies. The governor ordered the Sacond regi ment into camp and closed all tbe saloons. One of Pratt's possies were hastily formed and the woods were scoured (or miles, but the miners had made good their escape. The work of hunt ing up the dead and wounded then be gan. Ten men were picked up, and six are dead. The names of the ne groes are not kuown. The French man's name was Juan Jailer. George Campbell (colored) had bis leg broken, and a bullet went through his chin. He says thai the strikers came on him after he was down and kicked him ami fired another shot into Ins nose. Tho negroes are terror stricken, aud am running wild. The streets about town crowdeJ W(th pp, aml a,j gorU 0f rumers are flying about. A courier j ljMg ju))l retured from . ,.,, , j eV(.rTthinif iH weU guarded there for another attack shoold onx be made. The bodies of two white men and one of the negroes have just been brought to the city, and the undertaking shops for blocks are crowded with a surging mass of humanity. The Third regi ment of state troops has been ordered into camp here, and by morning more than 500 soldiers will be on the scene. The report Just comes th-it a dead negro was found one mile from the scene of the battle on the Kansas City tracks. Want to t jueh l heir Chairman, Pullman, III., July IS Chairman Heathcote's interview published in the Chicago paper has created intense feel ing among the Pullman strikers. Meet Ing after meeting was held to discus tbe altitude of tbe chairman, and tbe strikers were unanimous In repudiating the statements made. At a meeting of the ceutral strike committee held in Turner ball, Ken sington, resolutions were adopted de nouncing the sta'e ments made as false and unauthorized. It was also an nounced by the committee's chairmsn that any letters or comniuuicationi alleged to have been sent to President Debs, asking him to declare the strike off, were wholly unauthorized. Tbe strikers ere greatly excited and there has been considerable talk on the part of Irresponsible strikers of lyuchlng tut chairman. Patiiac srihe K?ll Itey. Washington, July 18 The investi gation of the Carnegie armor plate (reads which was to have been resumed by tbe bouse committee on naval affairs will be postponed until the committee hat settled Its differences with the senate over tbe naval appropriation bill. When the inrjnlry it takm up again the first witness will be Mr. Hun ticker of the Homestead works. An In vitation will be extended also to II C Trick. Cbla.aea At VicrosuA. B. C, July It Hoe Koug pep "rived D to" Otoaaier Ti -stis chronicle a earteoa street -1 1 wo ladles' ot the AoMrieaa Pres. eyVTian mission at Canton on June It, as tbe result of which it is slated eae efioe ladies may die. Miss Beemler and Miss lUlvers'one are the names of tbe unfortunate missionaries of mercy, wh"M mishap was solely due to their mistaken ministrations. They were walking In Ikmfiui In the afternoon and came across a Chinaman evidently in a dying condition by the side of the road. With tender care they raised him and procured a cup of tea, while one of the ladies applied smelliug salts to the man's nostrils and conversed with him. They so far revived the man as to enable him to walk a few yards with support, but while convey ing bun on a Mian, witii the intention af placing It i tn in a hospital, some Chinese who had gathered around, aked if aiiitlniig had been adminis tered to h::u by the -(oreien women." When they learned thai Sinelhlllg had j, lor tii" infortunate in in they speedily made demonstrations of resent meat, and ui. happily at tins ninnieu- t:ie o'ij-'-i oi th la4iT aun lion eipired. Iinv'mtiy they were em broiled iu a wordy .niercatlon with the surrounding mob an 1 in a moment or tw) the ind.giiH'ioii ot the crowd vented iueif Willi lir.itai lo'ce. M.si lleeinler es-aped, nan! and t.leding, after re ceiving a stab in tne thigh, to a friendly Culnaiuan's shop, out it looked like a desperate case for Miss Hlreretone, who, torn and wuiiud.-d, was endeavor lug ton Hch the customs station close at hand. Fortunately, Mr. J. H. Bar ton, one of the olliceri at the station, observed her predicHineut, and hurry ing to the scene was able to rescue her, he, too, being wounded. Miortly af'er wvrds party of customs oillcsrs re scued Miss lieemler, who was in tbe Chinaman's shop, in nointtiitary danger of being astacked bv the natives out side. The mob followed, howling Mid shooting, until the mission house was reached. Mws Beemler's wound has since given her trouble, while her com- ptnion has completely collapsed under t)IH mental strain and lie at the point of death, Ihe alTair has cau sed uiuoh excitement at Honaiu, aud apprehen sions ot further trounle are entertained, so much so that the British gunboat Rattler has been anchored close to the shore to be ready should emergency re quire it to protect the foreign residents under her guns. Chinese suerstitioiis conect the mis sionaries with the appearance of the plague, and their pruists are preaching the extermination of the while crusad ers. A Prrah Iudui of Trouble. Wasiiiyoton, July 15. The olllcial at army headquarters were somewhat chagrined aHer they had reached the conclusion that lawlessness in ths west growing out of the, strike has txwn overcome to learn of the development ot a fresh focus of trouble in the sout h west. It apjiears tlmt the disorderly element which was cowed and dne ruptuh at 'J rmdad has extended. Its operations couthward into Arizona aud New Mexico. General McCook St I Denver has reported to army head quarters that the situation at Williams, Winslow and Peach Springs is so critical that he has ordered three ln fatitry companies from Whipple bar racks, iu Arizona, to lake stage at those points and move from point to point on the Atlantic t Pacific road as It may be deemed necessary Tbis is the only movement of troops reported to day. Ulrpit'che received at the Postoflloe departiin nl il.inng the day reoort that the iuurruptions of the mail service are rapidly d-creaslng and tfmt tbe strike is practically ended. Ifeporta from Chicago aud other points In the west indicate a general improvement iu the mail service, and postal oflicials express their relief as the withdrawal of practically all the obstructions to the trausmUsioii of the mails except in California. Mill Make InmMfmt lonl Pa am, July 16 Ths minister of ma rine, M. Faurie, has left the city, and it Is believe that he has gone to Toulon In order to direct the inquiry Into the cause of the fire involving a loss of several million francs, which occurred at the arsenal there last Monday night. The authorities of Toulon are con vinced that this conflagration was part of a huge snerchistic plot. Investigation of the Are on board of the war ship Carnot, during her launch ing last Thursday, shows that the an arebksia bad asso arranged te have tbe Oaraet fall from the slips as the was launched. This plot was dieaovered and frustrated, aad then It appears the eoneptrators set Ore to the ship by poarlng a quantity of turpentine over woodwork in tbe hold. Prairie rirea Ha (tag. Pikhk.8. D.July ld.-Prairle 6 res are yet burning oo the aaded lands. Tbe treat bo roes over measures fifty ay seWMKy-Ovs tallas. a sVsaatan set Uernent en Yellow Medicine creek bat been wiped out. several set tiers were orlooaly owned and the damage ueoants to tboaaeees of dollars. rieeee a Meriaee oa tkM Beae. Milwauxes; July 16. A mortgage was Bled in tbe ornoe of the register of deeds by the Milwaukee Belt aad Tbr mlud Railroad company to raise the am of 2,500,000 by au latue of I per osot flfy year gold bonds to carry en the eoostr notion. The mortgage ia given to the Union Trust comdaoy of Jlew York. Tbe officers of the rail way company ore Henry I. Travis, prostdent. and Thedore X Talnot. ascreiarv. v : A" K3.