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7 f-aMmFaatsMM ,. s BED CLOUD CHIEF A. C.HOSMER, Proprietor. en not'u VPA" CURRENT COMMENT. It is announced that the German officers in the Chinese service will re sign. , An explosion of fireworks at a fact ory in Paris recently caused the death of about twelve persons. An outbreak of black diphtheria was reported at the village of Al bany, twenty miles west of St. Cloud, Minn. Mrs. Bukxett's new play "Phyllis," which has been produced in London, is pronounced feeble and unlikely of suc cess by all critics. A movement is on foot for the or ganization of an international associa tion of ticket agents at a meeting to be held at Cincinnati. THEMontanaConstitutional conven tion organized at Helena with the election of Democratic officers. Hon. V. A. Clark was elected president. John Snyder, a poor emigrant from Pennsylvania, died in his wagon near Danville. 111., the other day. of hydro phobia. His family was left destitute. President Harrison, while at H. C Bowen's residence at South Wood stock. Conn., during the festivities of the Fourth of July, planted a tree in memory of the event. Preliminary legal proceedings re cently were adverse to the Chicago Board of Trade in withholding its quo tations from the public under the pre tense of freezing out the bucket shops. Dr. William Robinson Finlet died At Altoona, Pa., recently, aered seventy-eight. He had practiced medi cine over half a century. He was a prominent Mason, widely known throughout Pennsylvania. A comparison of the business done in the local print cloth market at Fall River, Mass., for the first six months of 1889 shows a considerable increase over the business done during the cor esponding period of 1888. An unknown man was taken sudden ly sick recently in Scioto County, O., and expired in a few hours. Two doc tors found the patient's limbs cramped and contorted. They pronounced it a genuine case of Asiatic cholera. The Evening Critic, of Washington, has consolidated with the Sunday Capital, and appears as the Capital and Critic Evening editions of the new paper will be issued during the week and a morning edition on Sun day. Uxcle Johnny Hanks died at Metlin farm, near Decatur, 111., recently, aged eighty-eight. Ho was born in Kentucky and was a full cousin of Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, and was a long time friend and companion of the martyred President. Governor Beaver, of Pennsylva nia, has sent a communication to Mayor Grant, of New York, stating that the relief committee had ex pended nearly a million dollars for the Johnstown sufferers in food, clothing, shelter and furniture. No distribu tion of money had been made. A conference has been held be tween Lord Salisbury and Minister Lincoln on the subject of the Behring sea question. It is understood that they have practicallj' agreed upon terms which will avoid further con troversy over the interests involved in connection with these fisheries. TnE fiscal year of the Northern Pa cific Railroad Company ended on June 30 and the work of making up the an nual reports is in progress. Returns already in show that the company will have a handsome profit from its branch roads based on the whole mileage of freight handled originating on the branches. In answer to an inquiry whether he would go into the saloon business, as reported in a Chicago evening paper. Joe Mackin. the pardoned election fraud worker, said that ho most cer tainly would not have any tying to do with the saloon business but would go into the real estate business which he left when he fled from Chicago, In the British House of Commons Sir James Ferguson, Under Foreign Secretary, in reply to a question as to the terms of the treaty recently con cluded on the subject of Samoa, stated that the report that England had agreed to retire from her position as one of the three protecting powers and act 6olely as the umpire between' America and Germany was entirely without foundation. Judge Bond, of the United States Circuit Court at Baltimore, heard re cently the habeas corpus petition of Lewis O. Shaner, of Lynchburg, Va., which turned upon a question of the legality of a tender of Virginia cou pons as payment for a fine and costs upon a criminal charge in that State. Shaner was arrested for assault and was fined 200 and costs. He tendered coupons in payment and the magis trate" refused to accept them. Judge Bond decided that the tender was a legalonoaBd discharged the obliga tion, - NEWS OF THE WEEK. GlMUMd by Talegraph and M-H. mtSONAI. AMD FOLRICAC General B. F. Butler, ia speaking apon the annexation of Canada at Water ville. He., recently said he preferred tke alliance of the entire English-speaking races. Such alliance could be accom plished without arousing the antagonisms which would inevitably follow the attempt to break off a fraction of the British Empire. The Rome correspondent of the London Chronicle says: MIa receiving the Span ish Ambassador the Pope alluded to his possible departure from Rome. It is cer tain that arrangements for his refuge in Spain have been completed," John Rcsein, the celebrated author, was reported quite sick at Brentwood, En gland, Rxv. Dr. Thomas Davies, of Philadel phia, has accepted the Protestant Episco pal bishopric of Michigan, subject to the approval of tbe general convention. The Berliner Tagblatt says that En gland, Germany, France, Portugal, Bel gium, the Congo State and Italy are mak ing arrangements for a conference to set tle the limits of their respective settle ments in Africa. Colonel Wodehouse and his Egyptian troops defeated tbe Arabs near Wadv Haifa recently, killing and wounding COO and taking as many more prisoners. Egyptian loss, 70. The Jmparcial, of Madrid, asserts that tbe Government, having received a tele gram from tbe Vatican authorities inquir ing whether the Pope would be allowed a place of refuge in Spain in the event of bis being obi ged to leave Rome, Premier Sarasta, after consultation with the Queen and Ministry, replied in the affirmative, granting tbe Pope an asylum in Va encia. How. Edmund Rice, a leading St Paul citizen and ex-Congressman, lies in a very critical condition at the Spau'ding Hotel, at Dulutb, Minn. He went there on a fish ing trip and v as taken sick. Frederick Douglass called on tbe Pres ident to thank him for bis appointment a Minister to Hayti, and to recommend Charles S. Morris for Minister to Liberia. Mr. Morris is recommended for this place by General Alger, of Michigan ; General Bradley, of Kentucky; General Knapp, of New York, and by several State dele gations, besides those of Kentucky. It was expected that he would get the ap pointment. The Russian press declares that in tbe event of war between Buss'a and Ger many. Denmark. Russia's natural ally, would range her forces against Germany. Tbe Danish papers treat the subject very gingerly, but protest in an exceedingly cautious manner against Russia's as sumptions. The English have removed the French flag from the bouse of Sultan Bountonkon at Grand Balsam, Upper Guinea. France clalm a protectorate over the Sultan's territory. Negotiations concerning tbe matter are proceeding between England and France. Chauncey M. Dbpew and family were passengers on the steamer Adriatic, which saN d for Liverpool un the 3d. The delegates to the North Dakota con siiiutioaal convention met at tbe Capitol building, Bismarck, on the 4th and were called to order by Secretary Richards. Temporary organization was effected by tbe election of F. S. Fnncher, of James ton, as chairman, and J. A. Rea, of Bis marck as secretary. President Harrison was the guest of H. C. Bowen, at Woodstoik, Conn., on th 4th. Tbe exercise were marked by an address frcm the President and the read ing of an original poem by Will Carleton. The South Dakota constitutional coa vention met at Sioux Falls on the 4:u. Judge Edgerton was temporary chairman. Tammany Hall, New York, celebrated its centennial on the 4:h. Guoolt Khan, tbe Persian Minister, has declared bis intention to quit the United Slates. He was in high dudgeon over tbe flippant criticisms of tbe Amer ican press on his royal master and him self. Thomas E. Sherman, o.dest son of tbe Gt-neial, was ordained -a sub-deacon in the Catholic Church at Philadelphia on tbe 8th. A scheme hatched out at Chicago re cently among certain Irish-Americans to obtain Lower California or some portion of Canada to found an Irish republic. Money was to be obtained by mortgage to equip an army and a navy. Portugal, it is stated, has agreed to submit the Delagoa bay dispute to arbi tration. Theiie was such a tumult in tbe Spanish Chamber of Deputies on the 5th that the police were summoned to quell tbe dis turbances. MISCELLANEOUS. The Minneapolis flouring mills ran a little stronger last week. Tbe aggregate cutput was 115. OjO averaging 19,167 bar rels against 100.800 barrels the previous week, and 162 5U0 barrels for" the cor responding time in 1&8S. An awful colliery accident occurred at St Eiienne. France, on the 3d. Two hun dred lives were reported lost. Prince Fleming nnd Richard Jordan were banzed for the murder of John Taylor at Quitman, Miss., recently. All the parties were negroes. Theodore Schmidt, the Dutch Consul at Hamburg, has failed. His liabilities amount to 12,030,000 marks and his assets to 8,000.000. The German gunboat Wolf has been dispatched to tbe Marshall islands to take back King Malietoa to Samoa, whom tbe Germans carried off a prisoner two years ago. About 15,000 people participated in a grand demonstration of twin city labor ing men in favor of the eight hour ques tion at St. Paul on tbe 4th. Ex-Confederate veterans from all parts of Arkansas met at Little Rock on ths 4 h and arranged to establish a home for disabled soldiers. An excursion train oa tbe Chicago. St Paul & Kansas City road while proceed ing to Twin Springs, thirteen miles from Dubuque, Iowa, collided with a freight train on the night of the 4th. A brake man named Corrigaawas instantly killed, and it was reported three ethers were se riously injured. Two unknown mea were fastantly killed recently at Camden Junction by tbe Chi cago express on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Their bodies were taken to Baltimore, Md. SrvEimr-rrvK people were seriously poisoned at Adair, Iowa, on tbe 4th by eating ice cream whiea was atade ia ves sels that had not been properly cleaned. Several, it was thought, would die and all were suffering badly. John H. Maomikis, president cf the Ma einnis cottoa mills. New Orleans, was killed bv a stroke of lightning the other day at Ocean Spring. Miss. H was well known in New York, being a son-in-law of tbe late William M. Tweed of that city. bow occurred at Wheeliag. W. Va oa the aight of the 4th between Irish, Italian and negro laborers. One man was fatally beaten. Ail the police of the city were required to suppress the riot. Willie Oates, a youag man twenty five years old, son of Captain Dennis Oates, of steamboat fame, was drowned in Red river, at Texarkana, Ark., recently while floating a raft of logs down the river. The raft struck a snag. He and two other men in a skiff attempted to dis lodge the raft, when the boat capsized. Young Oa'et, b;ing unable to swim, was carried down stream. A serious accident occurred at Okla homa City. L T., on tbe 4th, caused by the collapse of the grand stand. One hun dred persons were injured, many of them seriously, a child being instantly killed. The immense Falk brewery at Milwau kee, Wis., was burned on tbe 4th. The loss was estimated at $700,000. There was a collision on tbe C, B. & Q.. near Fairfield, Iowa, on the 4th. Much damage was done and William Black burn, express messenger, was fatally in jured. An excursion steamer was wrecked at Winnipeg, Man., on the 4th. No loss of life occurred. Proctor Knott defeated Spokane in hollow style at the races in Washington Park. Chicago", on the 4th. A partt of four girls and two young men were boating on Duck creek, near Pittsburgh, Pa., on tbe 4th when they were capsized and all of the party but one of the young men were drowned. Psotta, the American amateur cham pion, was defeated by Nickalls. of En gland, in the final race for the diamond sculls at the Henley regatta. A bill has been filed in the circuit court objecting to the annexation of the town of Lake to Chicago as declared by the recent election. The Goodyear Rubber Boot and Shoe Company, of Providence, R L, bas made an assignment, tbe attachment placed on them by the Sears Commercial Company being followed up until $716,000 attach ments swamped the firm. Business failures (Dun's report) for the seven days ended July 4 numbered 202. compared with 215 the previous week and 214 tbe corresponding week last year. The statement of earn-ngs and expenses of tbe Chicago. Burlington & Quincy for tbe month of May shows an increase in the net earnings of $674,742 62 and a decrease in the expenses for the same period of $ol5,C6aS6. Tbe first five months of tbe year show a net increase of earnings of $204. 10ft 59. Fbask Hott. paying teller of the First National Bank, of Hoboken, N. J.,basbeen arrested on tbe charge of having stolen $18,000 from the bank. TnE midge-fly has made its appearance in tha fail wheat fields of Ontario and threatens to ruin what was before a promising crop. A special from Sumter, S. C, says that four negroes forced an entrance into tbe dwelling of an unprotected woman in tbe suburbs of that"place and subjected ber to the grossest abuse. The assailants were arrested. It was probable that tbe ne groes would be lynched. Sergeant Kaucher and Officer Ward man of tbe coal and iron police, while at tempting to arrest two tramps at Reading, Pa., met with a d sperate resistance. Wardman was shot and bad his log broke.i and Kaucher was shot in the bead aud terribly beaten. A recent Are in the Commercial docks. London, caused a loss of $300,000. The pr.ncipal part of Ellenburg, Wash., was destroyed by tire on tbe night of the 4th. Tbe loss amounted to 2.000,0C0 and many persons were rendered houicloss, two hundred houses heing burned. A Mrs. Ward, a Mr. Keating, a nurse and a child were killed nt a railroad cross ing near Long Branch, N. J., recently by c mting into collision with an express train. The parties belonged to New York. An exploiting mortar at Salem, Mass., on the night of the 4th killed two boys and badly injured several other children. While celebrating tbe Fourth at East Boston a signal bomb exploded in a crowd of children, killing two and shockingly in juring others. ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES. BAKuiii-im). Ca.., was swept by tire oa tbe 7th, eighteen Mocks being wiped oat; lhe loss was $1,259,000: insurance, $100, 000. Charles Ide and bis sweetheart, a Miss Langdon, were drowned while boating near Minneapolis, Minn., recently. Clearing house returns for the week ended July 6 showed an average increase of 27.5 compared with the corresponding week of last year. In New Yoik the in crease was 37 3. Eight persons were killed and eleven injmed by a collision near Cologne. Ger many, on tbe 7ib. caused by tbe blunder of a switchman. Prof. David P. Tood, of Amherst Col lege oLsarvatory, has received from Washington notice of bis appointment as chief of tbe expedition to observe tbe to tal echpso of tbe sun, visible December 22 ia Southwestern Atrica. A large party of scientists bealod hy Prof. Todi will leave New York for St. Paul de Loaudo aboat October 1. George O. Jones, chairman of the Na tional Greenback party, has ordered con ventions of the pat ty in the various States on or before September 4 nextto appoint sine delegate and one alternate to attend tbe National Greenback convention called to meet in Cincinnati September 12. The Rome correspondent of tbe Inde pendence Beige says tbat tbe Pope at the recent consistory advised tbat Cardinal Lavigerie be seltctod as his successor. The laboring toon's strike at Dulutb, Minn., culminated in a fatal riot on the afternoon of the 6 b. The strikers made an onslaught on the men working in tbe sewer trenches. Revolvers were used and tbe result was the killing of two men and tbe wounding of many other per sons, several being policemen. Tbe riot was quelled by Company K. State militia. The other night a party of four young men of Buffalo, N. Y., took tbe yacbt Gaanet and started for Dunkirk. Since that time nothing bas been heard from them. The party consisted of Richard Tolmic, Leopold Shine and two others named Joslya and Winne, all of Buffalo. It is feared they are lost Miss Millie Jones ad Miss Nettie Davidson, aged respectively fourteen and sixteen years, were drowned in the Sacaa daga river at Conklinville, sear Saratoga, N. Y., the other night. They were boat ing with a party oi friends whan the boat was overturned. The Inter-State Commerce Railway As sociation was on the 7th generally be lieved to be at tbe point of dissolution. The withdrawal of the Chicago & Alton, notice of a similar action by tbe Denver & Fort Worth and the prospective with drawal of t'te Uaioa Pacific were foanda (ions for this belief.. Henry and Dick Watson, of Monticello, Ga., " recently set upon Warren Waters, who nad assaulted their mother, and liter ally cut him into pieces. The parties war j all on their way to charca-at the time. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS. A destructive wind storm visited Bloomingtontbe other night. Tbe most serious damage was done to the Ad vent Church, which was blown over and one end and side crushed. W illiam John son's residence bad tbe front blown out A part of the north gable of tbe new brick butter and cheese factory was blown in and part of tbe metal roof blonn off. A number of bains, oui-houses and wind mills were destroyed. About twenty-five wind mills wera blown down between Bloomington and Hildretb. Gerd Steenbeck, who bad been accused of complicity in the recent murder of tbe two Leavitt girls near Gresham. was found hanging in his barn about nine o'clock the other nighr. He left a letter written in German saying tbat, as ho bad a very poor knowledge of English, he bad made some blonder in his tes'iinony before the grand jury which might lead his neighbors to suspicion him of the murder, which was more than he could bear. Judge Hopewell, of Om-iha. recently rendered a decision to tbe effect that the act of 1887. which provides tbat every person who steals property of any value by taking from the person of another with out potting him in tear sha 1 be deemed guilty of grand larceny, and upon convic tion shall be punished by confinement in tbe penitentiary not less than one nor more than seven years, is unconstitutional inasmuch as it is in contravention of that section of the Constitution whicti provides that no law shall be amended unless the new act contains the section or sections so amended. Dan Couojilin, of Grand Island, road master on the second division of the Union Pacific, is believed to be insane. Ho had a quarrel with his landlady, and one of tbe boarders taking her part, Coughlin tried to brain him with a hatchet. He was promptly knocked down and is now in jail. An effort is being made at Kearney to have the Western Union establish an up town office. Contracts have been let for a sewerage sys em at Grand Island to cost $33,217. Two unknown men were instantly killed and Frank McEIroy fatally injured at Omabo the otber morning by being run over Ly a Misouri Pacific engine. Emil Srcltz, a young blacksmith, was killed at Ken e saw on tbe Fourth by the explosion of a keg of powder in his shop. Tho shop was wrecked. Congressman Dorset has issued a cir cular notifying Candida ts for appointment as cadets at West Point from tbe Third Congressional district that a committee will ba appointed to conduct an examina tion of such candidates as may attend, which committee will meet at Fremont, July 30, 18S9. Ha will recommend lor ap pointment the candidate who stands first, and as alternate be who stands second in the class. The successful candidate and alternate must report at West Point, N. Y., on the 25th day of Aucust, 18s. While a herd of 200 steers were recent ly being driven over tbe bridge at Grand Rapids HoltCouuty. tbe cattle stampeded and the stiucturd fell, precipitating a largo number into the river. Tbe cattle were saved, but tbe bridge was wrecked, entailing a heavy loss to tbe county. Luring a quarrel at Fremont tbe other evening between Benjamin Josephson and his wife, Mrs. Josepbson, after being brutally beaten about the bead hy her husband until she was covered with blood, drew a revolver from brr pocket and shot him. Josepbson fell to the floor, wbero he was found groaning by neigh bors who, bearing the shot, called in ti pee what the difficultv was and found Mrs. Josepbson and tbe five children also in a state of groat excitement over the tragedy. The natnre of Josepbson's wound was not known, but if he recovers n ben he again undertakes to thrash his wife be will see that no pistol is about the house. Henry Reed, a prosperous farmer from the vicinity of O'Nci 1, was recently con fidenced out of $100 at Omaha by a young rascal who took bim around to show bim the sights, and who the old farmer said in relating tho story, "was so dinged polite that be would have leaned bim a thousand dollars bad he asked for it" An extensive programme has been pre pared for the summer meeting of tbe Ne braska Horticultural Society at Fremont July 17 and 18. Many prominent horti culturists will te present from otber States, and the meeting promises to be the most successful one in the history of the society. The total assessed valuation of York County is $3 188,741, an increase of $26,064 over last vear. A petition bas been filed in the Cass County dis rict court contesting tbe la'.e bond election, alleging frauds of all kinds, illegal voting, bribing, and among other sensational charges, avert that tbe board of electors in one of tbe wards of Piatts mouth on election day drank intoxicating liquors. The annual reunion of the soldiers and sailors of North Nebraska will be held at O'Neill from August IS to 25. and prepar ations nave oeen made to thoroughly en tertain all comers. I Nebraska Litt dry goods dealers have recently been troubled with kleptomaniacs, mostly women and children, and some of them members of well known families. TnE harness store of D. A. Hopkins, at North Bend, bas been closed on a chattel mortgage for $U,7j2 in favor of Rome Miller, of Nr.'olk. A Friend man has invented a new stvle of bai bed wire and a company has been formed to manufacture tbe article at tbat place. Dr. G. L. Shinkle committed suicide at Sterling the other day by taking mor phine. It was said tbat trouble of tome kind led to drink and finally suicide. He left a wife and two children. Corporal Tanner, Commissioner of Pensions, received an ovatioaat Omaha and Lincoln during his visit to the State. While Sperry Rnffner. of Plattsmoatb, was recently playing with a toy pistol he shot his little sinter Ella. They were play ing in tbe hammock and in scuffling the pistol was accidentally- discharged, tbe ball striking Ella's right thigh, penetrat ing an inch and rebounding oat It pro duced a painful fle-h wound which bled freely, bat was not fatal. Pistols are in nocent playthings to give children while amnsing themselves. The dwelling house of Joha Bacey was totally destroyed by fire the other day Bear Staplehurst Insurance, $1,200. It caught from a defective flue. Chase Countt was recently visited by a most destructive bail-storm. Tbe crops on a strip aboat ten miles long and four broad, were almost utterly destroyed. Much in jury was also done to stock. The contract has been let for erecting a Lutheran college boiling at Wayae. It ia to be fifty feet square, a three-story brick and Is to be finished ia ninety days. Alfred Renner. an employe of the brick yard pit at Seward, while recently engaged in digging sand, was caught by the caving dirt and baried. The deceased left f par motherlfis chjldrea. MAO STRIKERS. Dotath Strikers Fight WltH Poll rloiw ResalU Two Killed and Maajr la Jared. Duluth, July & Saturday afternoon at fouro'clock the police were at Fifteenth avenue and Michigan street guarding the men who were at work in tbe sewer trenches. The strikers started from Twen tieth avenue, while anotber body came down from Third street by Fifteenth ave nue and made a rush with clubs and rocks. The police stood their ground and then the carnage began. Tbe strikers did the first firing. As the strikers made a rub a single snot was fired; then crack, crack, crack went the rifles or the pot ice, fol lowed by a fuiiladu from tbe sti iters' re volvers. Af-er the first fire came an awful crash, as though the combatants were appalled at the awful result of their work. On the walk in front of Piedmont as it joins Gar field avenue, lay a man shot through the heart and several more bleeding from ghastly wounds. Then hell broke loose aga:n end the strikers, stationing themselves around the building' in d fferent parts of the Mock between Garfield and Eighteenth avenues, poured in a steady fire on tie police, who were stationed near the sewer ditch. Fiom four o'clock until after five the horrible work went on and ttie battle did not withhold its fury long enough for tho wounded to leave the Held. It was after five when the la-it ht was fired, and ter rible indeed has betn the result. Over fifteen are known to have been wounded, and two innocent victims who were only there out of curiosity paid for it with their live. Following is a list of tbe dead and wounded; Ono striker, shot thiouzh tbe heart; Tom Fitzimmons, shot through tbe bai k. can't live but a short time; Of ficer Kilgore. shot through tbe shoulder; George Cos tin, s'reet car driver, shot through head; Otlicer Me?, shoe through the hip; Oilicer Dmoran, shot through tbe face; Officer Komine, shot through the hip; bystander, fingers shot off; Ed Cumnungs, cut by a bayonet through the groin. Captain DeWitt, of Company K, Second regiment M. N. G., early in tbe miming re ceived orders from Governor Mrriam, in St. Paul, tli at would allow him to co tc tho scene whenever needed. The big deep bass whittle of Elevator D, bad been I chosen as a signal to call the soldiers to- I gether, and about 4:30 this was sounded. i in a short time they were hutling for the armory, an I in ten minutes were bu-it led into the busses and oa their way to the scene of the disturbance. A succession of taps on tbe fire Loll also nidoJ to call them together. By five o'clock they werent the tronch where tho tragedy bad alrtady taken place. At five o'clock Company K arrived and with bayonets drove the crowds from Michigan street At six o'clock the strikers bad dispersed. At least thirty-five men are badly wounded, and it i fearci, fatally. Five strikers were arrested, all being ring leaders. Tbe situation is still ominou. There are rumors tbat tbe rioters will be rein forced from neighboring towns and armed with Winchester rifles will again attack the police. There is littla foundation for the reports, however. With a hundred well armed special policemen on duty, it is believed tiie authorities, with tho as sista'icd of the militia, will l3 able to withstand any attack. Last evening Sergeant Frank Clements and a tinman discovered a box lt by 10 incites full of dynamite cartridges nnd fuse, and the report spread that tbe rioters-were going to b'ow up building. How ever, it is c.'aimed by some that tbe dyn amite was for tho legitimate use of tiie laborers, although the plio received in formation that much dynamite was I secrete 1 over tbe street car btrns. A search failed to reveal tbe explosive, but tbe police have not reluxel their vig i nnce. It has been formally decided that no parades of strikers will be hereafter al lowed nnd the police think they have solved mush of the difficulty that bas mjt them. MISSOURI RAILROADS. Assessment Showing; an Increase of $34.- Soe.eOO in Value. ' Jefferson Citt, Mo,, July 7. After bearing tbe representative of all tbe rail roads and such otber persons as were in terested in the valuation and assessment of railroad property as well as tbe repre sentatives of bridge and telegraph com . panies, the State Board of Equal iz it ion has passed finally upon the valuations. The assessment shows an increase of nearly (4,500,000. Tbe total railroad, bridge and telegraph assessment for 18S9 is $.V.G.".7 279.19 and the total in 188 was $.1.2".l,16i3i There is a reduction on the bridge assessment this year of f4T0,000, by reason of a recent decision of the Supreme Court tbat the Kansas City bridge was part of the superstructure of tbe Han nibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company, and had heretofore been valued as separate bridge propeity and assessed at $500. 000, I tbe court holding that only tbe highway feature of tbe bridge is assessable bv the State Board. Tbe va'uation qt the bridge was fixed at $50,000 thus accounting for the reduction of $4"0,000. Tbe assessment does not include tbe entire value of rail road property, as machine shop, round houses and warehouses are assessed lo cally by county assessors and do not ap pear upon the assessment herein reported. It will be interesting to the taxpayers of Missouri to note the comparison of the railroad assessments in this Stato with those of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Ne braska. In this State last year the aver age valuation per mile for taxab'e pur poses was s'9 400.70 pr mile; in Illinois, $7,I9.15; in Kansas, $3,336.23; in Nebraska, $&S34; ia Iowa, $",1S8. Missouri will bi slightly higher in her average this year. Peace ta Samoa. Sidney. N. 8. W.. July 7. Advices have been received frcm Apia saying tbat a treaty of peace has beta conclnded be tween Mataaf i aad Tamaese. Lieuten ant Thurston has concluded his inquiry into the charges made by Germany that assistaoca bad been given Mataafa by tbe Briti a Consul at Apia. The investigation resulted ia the exoneration of the Consul. aVtwum ea she Striae Hiawatha. Kan., July 7. Ah .Twine Gosling, a Kckapoo Indian, son 'of the celebrated Kansas chief, Keotcak, has begun snit against Letson & fir ggs, who, he claims, have swindled him out of Brown County lands worth $10,000. Ah Twine Gosling claims that W. W. L-stson, storekeeper of the Kieka poos, agreed to obtain a United States patent for Ah Twine's land and asked him to sign a paper giving Letson & Brggs power of attorney. This paper. Ah Xwine. alleges, af.erward tamed oat to be a warranty d-ed transferring the land to Letson & Briggs ia consideration ot $1,000. Ah Twine has received bat SWand has been ejected from the land. ANOTHER BIG BLAZE. Washington Territory Seem to tx Kntrr lac Statehood Throaa-h a Fiery Ordeal Another of Her Cities Horned. Ellensburg, Wash.. July d Ten Mocks Of the best portion of Ibis city are in ashes and nearly one handred families are homeless, and what was Tbur-.diy a. thriving and imposing business center is now a mass of ashes and cinder. Owing to the txcitement and confusion thnt pro vails it was impossible to ascertain how the fire originated, but it is presume 1 that it was tbe reu!t of tho celebration of the National holiday, as it started soon after the inauguration of the display of tire works Thurday evening. The flames stnrtd m the north side of the city about ten o'clock in tho evening. and with a very s'rong wind blow.ns fr :n the northeast th lire department eiuM do nothing to check the rnptd advance of the conflagration, which within an hour spread to the business center. Help was tele graphed for from th neighboring towns, but long before it could reach th- scne the flames had wiped cut the heat t of tho city and bad commenced to spread among the residences on the north sHe. It was not until tbe main portion of the food for tho tire had b?en consumed that there were any sisns of abstenuMit and it was nearly morning before the tiremn scured any refu't from their ceaseless efforts. The cessation of the wind ha I a tendency to aid tbe firemen in checking the progress of the fire. Tbe district burned embraced Main street from Fifth to First; Fourth street from Main to Pine; Third from Wa er to Sprague; Pearl from Fifth to Second covering an area of ten block; in the bus iness heait of the ctty. Two hundred houses were totally destroyed. Tbe loss is estimated at bout $2,CO).00O I three qumfrs of a million in buildings j and a million and a qur.rt-r in gojds. Among the principal buildings destroAl are ttve Stone ltank. Snipes & Co.. tho j Ahler Hotel, the Oriental Hotel, th- Ma sonic templo. tbe I. O. O. F. ball. Gedd block, the Fish block, the po-.t-otne, the Localizer printing office and the D-xter stable. Only four stores were left. T rt is not a restaurant, hotel or bo trying house left and there are about ISO poop!" destitute. Mayor Abrahams has call i a meeting of cit.zens to take action fur relief. SHERIFF AND DEPUTY KILLED. Anti-Italil Knnntier Kill the Sheriff t Tuner 'oniity ami His Deputy. St. Louis, July C. A special tromOzirk. Mo., says: Granville Vaugh'i, a thor oughly reliable gentleman, who re dJs in this county, has just arrived from Kirby ville, Taney County, with the intelligence that at tbe Fourth of July celebration tbrrr tbe two Miles brothers. Rill and Jim, sh-1 and killed the sheriff of Tnney County, G. E. Brnnon. and his deputy. Ed Funk. The latter was the deputy who assisted Srhoritr Drnn son in the encounter with the burglars at Cumming'.s store on Bear creek last o"k. in which tho alleged detective, Dennis, was kill'd by young Com In. The Miles boys are under indictment for the murder of the Bald Knob leader. Cap tain N. N.Kinncy, atForsyihe Inst Auuust j and were to be tried for that crime nj OlriI!gllUlll 215 BUUri 2,9 lut7 IICYV Ui tlillll.li court there should be organized. Their caes were taken from Taney County to Greon, on a chanco of venue, nnd they bave Leen out on bail for the Ir.st three months. James Berry is still in tht Springfield jail, chnrg-d with being an acce-sory to the murder of Kinnev. Tho nccount of tho double murder at Kirbyville is to the effect that the Mi!eL brotbrs were ordered to disarm by thB sheriff, but instead drew their wenpons and opene I fire on Branson and Funk, and killed them boh. Sheriff Branson was elected last fall, and like all the Taney County officers. was a Rpublican. H.s brother, ft. i? Branson. U tho present county and circuit clerk of Tai:sy. Thw Bransons belonged to the Bald Knob organization and tho Miles brothers to tho Sticker or onti-Knobber faction. The duty of pre sarving th- pence in Taney County will fall temporarily into the hands of Ooroner Mad son Day and it is highly probable that be will have his ban Is full, for tbe dance of death which has been opened up in the last two weeks will stir men to madness. PSHAW THE SHAH. The Perlaa Minister Unable to Stand the Belittling of lilt Sovereign. WniNGTO.v. July 6. Hadje Hasein Ghcoly Khan, the Persian Minister to the TJniiei S ares, will shortly leave for Eu rope. He told a reporter that be would not come back, and tbat he bad been driven out of the country hy the unkind and un generous things which had b-en written about him and bis sovereign in tbe American newspapers. Tim Persian Minister. pointing to a votnme of clippings from tbe papers ia regard to the Sbab, asked whether 'any Minister can stay in this country longer after he sees all these things in tbe American pa pers?" He added: "I tell you. surely, tbengb. that I can not bear all these things to be said about my King, who in his heart lias tbe kindness to favor the American Min ister and ail the American citizens in Persia. When I arrived in thii country I camo by the way of New York 1 saw there the statue of Lib -rty cn ligh'cning tho world. I was glad nnd 1 thought 'here one can live always with out trouble or annoyance. Now, afrr being here nine months, I go away as fast as I ?an. like a prisoner escaping from his prison. "To say thesa things. I res'gn 83 Minis ter from Persia and speak as a pnvat" citizen of tlmt country. As Persian Min ister I could not say thia " The Minister said he had no fanlt to find with tbe Government or its ofScors. Expended Nearly a Million. New York, July & Governor Bearer, of Pennsylvania, has sent a communica tion to Mayor Grant, statia; that the re lief committ.-e had expended neartv a million dollars for "the Johnstown suffer ers in food, clothing, shelter and furni ture. No distribution cf money had yet been autde. The Oklahoma Disaster. St. Louis. July & A special from Ok lahoma City, L T.. says: The number of victims of yesterday' disaster is grca'er thaa was at first supposed. It is now esti mated that about 150 people were more or less injured. Fully a dozen were dangr easly tart and are lying ia a critical con dition. It was rumored that tbroof tbe victims had died, bat diligspt inquiry failed to confirm such report, sever I re ceived serioas spiaal iaiuries from wh ch thesr mar never latlv nmnr. ysvi nt S-everai ot ihe ca-s er ieir (ii-tMt led Caal in placid; tbe injured were placed in the ca-s ?ne Buci.ucrn auu reiurnea 10 ine:r I'omes. Much praise is awarded 8l!a fop hl rrttn aftinti in troops at the scene of the disaster to assi.t is swacaiag lae in juxeJ WW"" mOEPSZ