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RED CLOUD CfflEF A. C. HOMER, Proprtotor. &ET CLOUD. NEBRASKA CURRENT COMMENT. Loud Dcnraven has decided that bis yacht Valkyrie shall not visit Jkmerica. Gexekal PuiLiroviTCH, the Russian -conqueror of Bosnia, died in Prague, Bohemia, recently of apoplexy. The wheat harvest in Austria Hungary is said to be somewhat defi cient There will be but little for ex port. Owing to the small supply of raw sugar obtainable the great refinery at Greenock, Scotland, has been shut down. A fatal disease among horses is prevalent in the vicinity of Montgom ery, Ala. Tho malady is called albu minuria. The hop crop of Central New York has beea badly damaged by blight and in very few cases will be any thing IOdo a fall yield. The statement that oil has been found in Chicago will doubtless as tound many people, but nevertheless it is said to be true. The Cincinnati saloonkeepers ar rested for violating the Sunday law agreed in court to observe the law if released without being fined. The wheat crop of Illinois is threshing out seventeen bushels to the acre. The grain is of unusually good quality. The aggregate yield is placed at 34.000,000 bushels. The Iowa Railroad Commissioners l&ve decided that they can not estab lish a joint tariff. The Iowa shippers complain that the result is a discrim ination in favor of inter-commerce. Dr. Robekt Longfellow, professor of dermatology in the Cincinnati Col lege of Medicine and Surgery, has conducted a series of successful ex periments with Brown-Scqunrd's dis covery of the elixir of life. The editor of the Citizen (the Do minion Government organ at Ottawa, Ont,,) claims to have received scores of threatening and insulting letters from the United States as a result of a recent editorial published on the action of the United States' aggressive move ments in Behring sea. A ljttle daughter of Mrs. Ballard, oLSavhnnah, Ga., found a box of ar senic pills the other day and thinking they were candy distributed them among eight other children. The children were all taken violently ill, but by the prompt use of antidotes their lives were saved. Mrs. Amelia Spears and her daughter were ejected from the ladies1 car on a Tj-bee train near Savannah, Ga., tho other day by the conductor, who was under the impression that they were colored persons. The ladies talked of bringing an action for damages against the company. M. SruLLEK, French Minister oj For eign Affairs, in reply to a communi cation from M. Dclyannis, the Greek Minister to Paris, says the insurrec tion in Crete will undoubtedly give rise to a grave question. The French Government, he says, will give the matter feuch attention as it deserves. The forthcoming annual report of Acting Commissioner Stone of the General Land-ofiice will show that dur ing tho fiscal year ended June 30. 1889, there were certified to railroad com panies under various grants a total of 425,046 acres of land or 404.115 acres less than the total certifications of the previous fiscal year. TnE San Francisco Chronicle claims to have discovered that Thomas E. Plunkctt, the defaulter who mysteri ously disappeared from Hartford. Conn., and whose supposed death in Mexico was telegraphed over the country from Hartford the 17th of last April', is to-day alive and is a res ident of the City of Mexico. Three St. Louis physicians went re cently to Warsaw, I1L, the scone of the mysterious plague that has cost many lives, Warsaw is on the Mis sissippi river five miles south of Keo kuk, Iowa, and has a population of about 3,00a The business part of the town is on low ground, but the resi dences are on the high bluffs back from the river. Two weeks ago a family was almost wiped out by a vio lent intestinal complaint, and since then tho disease has spread until more than fifty people have died. Before leaving Buenos Ayres for home United States, Minister Hanna wroto a short report to the State De partment on immigration to the Ar gentine Republic. He said .it was set ting in from all the countries of Europe md tho great number of arrivals was marvelous. They were generally as sisted by the Argentine Government to tho extent at least of having their ItaMagcs paid from landing point to destination in tho interior. The amount thus paid in March alone was tistimatcd at 11,000.000. Already this vat influx, tho Minister said, was be ginning to toll on theoxports of grain. Mt year tho country shipped 445,000 tons.' Tbb year it will go above 2, 000,0001 NEWS OF THE WEEK. GlMMd by Talagrapii and Ma& PERSONAL AND FOUTICAE. Elections occurred ia Kentucky oa the 6th for neaUri it the Legislate! 'ia for State Treasurer. The State at. large gave the bshbI, Democrat to majority, though Repabliean legiHattre galas were reported, doe to local ceases. Tbb Greek Government has sent to the Powers a circular note demanding that they intervene to restore order ia Crete. Otherwise, the note says, Greece must take action to protect her subjects oa the island against the Turks. . Cardinal William Massia died at Naples recently. Thb Washington Constitutional conven tion by a vote of 47 to 23 has decided not to Incorporate a clause establishing a rail road ootntaissioa. The Gentiles carried the recent election in Salt Lake City, Utah, and were much elated over their success. Contrary to first reports, which seemed to show the triumph of Chief Mayes and the Downings in the Cherokee election, later developments showed that Ifayes was overwhelmingly defeated and that the next Council will be composed almost solidly of Nationals, who are in almost every respect opposed to the present Chief. Th President and party left Washing ton oa the 6th for their trip to Bar Har bor. Me. Thb Pennsylvania Republican State convention met at Harrisbarg on the 7th and Senator Delameter was elected per manent president Henry E. Boyer was nominated for 8tate Treasurer. Chablxs Francis Service, of Spring field, Mas, has beea appointed superin tendent of the Haskell Institute, at Law rence. Kan. Mr. Meserve is a graduate of Columbia University. Maine. Tbb trial of General Boulanger com menced ia the High Court of the French Senate on the 81 h. 8ecretart Noble has requested the War Department to take necessary steps to keep intruders from the Sioux reserva tion. This action was taken in anticipa tion of a rush of settlers now that the suc cess of the Sioux Commission is assured. The President and party arrived at Bar Harbor, Me., on the 8tb. Ho was warmly welcomed and was the recipient of much ovation while en route from Washington. Harrington. Home Ruler, made an at tempt to assault Mr. Balfour in the Brit ish House of Commons recently. Much uproar occurred before the excited mem ber was suppressed. General Henry Dcpont. since 1850 head of the extensive gunpowder manu facturing firm of T. L Dupont, De Ne mours & Co., died at Wilmington, DeL, on the 8th. Leqitiiie's Government has delivered to the United States Minister $7,500 as compensation for the seizure and deten tion of the steamer Ozama at Hayti. The money is on board of the Kearsarge with view to safe keeping and at the request of the Minister, and is subject to orders of the State Department On the 24th of July. Admiral Gherardi. in command of the Kearsarge, at Port-au-Prince, participated in the celebration of the birthday of the Queen of Spain, with a Spanish cruiser, and fired a na tional salute of twenty-one guns at noon. A special meeting of the Naval Ad visory Board has been called for Wash ington August 23. MISCELLANEOUS. The steamship Montreal, of the Do minion line, from Montreal to Liverpool, was wrecked recently on Belle isle. The passengors and crew were saved. The arbitration committee of business men, to whom was referred the wage dis pute in tho Streator (III.) coal fields, ren dered a decision, fixing the price to be paid workmen at 72"i cents a ton. The demand of the miners was for 80 cents. The prisoners confined in Fort San Juan De Ulloa at Vera Cruz, Mexico, recently revolted against the officials. Tho troops on duty at the fort shot twenty of the prisoners and quelled the uprising. Tax Galveston News has published the last of its crop reports. The reports were almost unanimous in chronicling the best corn crop for years, while the yield for other grain was fully up to an average. The cotton crop was a splendid one. The report of Captain Sbepard, com manding the revenue steamer Rush, in re gard to the British sealer Black Diamond, which was mailed at San Francisco, has been received at the Treasury Depart ment Acting Secretary Batcbeler re fused positively to give it to the press, but admitted that it confirmed substan tially the newspaper reports concerning the seizure. A dispatch has been received at New York police headquarters from Detective Phil Re illy, dated Panama, announcing that he had given up all hope of recaptur ing Busbnell, the defaulter, and that he was on his way home alone. A loss of about $150,000 was caused by a fire which started the other night in A. C Trentraan's building, on Calhoun street, Fort Wayne, Ind. On the night of the 6th the Rio Grande Western train No. 3, known as the Modoc, was held up near Thompson's Springs by train robbers. Efforts to break into the ex press car failed, and they secured only about $1,000 and some jewelry from the passengers. The committee to report on the books of E. H. Stedman, county treasurer, of Des Moines, Iowa, report a deficit of $11,500. The wreck of the steamer Montreal in the straits of Belle Isle was due to an ice berg, which forced the steamer aground. Tbb finding of the dead bodies of Ollie Jones, bis wife and two other persons was reported from Corvallis, a small town in Butterrot valley, in Western Montana. A young girl, who had been hot in the hip, was also found on Big Hole mountain. All of them had been shot in the back. Eben 8. Allen, president of the Forty second Street Car Company, New York, has been arrested for forging certificates of stock for about 700 shares. The amount of his defalcation is stated to be $125,000 or $130,000. The money was probably sunk in a worthless fire escape patent A determined effort is being made in Chicago to abolish the illustrated police newspapers. Benjamin F. Bpandauer, who was the principal witness agaiast Mrs. Serrat hanged at Washington in 1865 oa the charge of conniving at the assassination of President Lincoln, died recently ia the Maryland penitentiary. Tbb annual convention of the American Catholic Total Abstinence Society closed at Cleveland, a, oa the 8th. Rev. J. M. Cleary, of Wisconsin, was elected' presi dent Tbb Columbus Iron Company, of Lan caster, Pa,, recently posted a notice of an increase from $3.50 to $&8t for puddling and other wages ia proportion, thai keep twh.n7. advance wages to tha old staBdard, ing cue promise made lour months ago The great tunnel at Cumberland Gap, which traverse sections of Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia, has beea for mally opened. The Wisconsin Central passenger train was robbed by one man near Chippewa Falls early on the morning of the 81 h. A 'special from Laredo, Tex gives a description of the Tascott suspect under arrest there, tallying more closely with that of the much-sought fugitive than has been the case in any previous capture. Tax American Consul at Ottawa, Ont, has again drawn the attention of the Do minion Government to a discrepancy in the customs tariff as regards the importa tion of certain articles of forest products, which, he believed, should not exist The coke strike, according to a report from Everson, Pa., ended in favor of the men, who obtained an advance averaging about 20 por cen. The finding of bodies at Johnstown, Pa-, is yet a daily occurrence. The body of a fifteen-year-old girl was found on Locust street near the business part of the town. At a meeting of business men it was de cided to heartily support Messrs. John Thomas & Sons in their suit against the South Fork Fishing Club. -Postmaster Lewis and the Republican leader. Colonel Buck, were burned in effigy at Atlanta, Ga,, the other night in the presence of about 10,000 people. This action was the result of the appointment of a negro in the delivery department where a white lady was employed as clerk. Peerolbum has beea discovered ia Ta basco, Mexico, and valuable coal deposits ia the State of Guerrero. Two mines" of mercury and one of anti mony have been discovered in Cuba, but are not being worked for lack of capital. Owing to the opposition of proprietor Warren F. Leland, of the Leland House. Chicago, to the extension of the Chicago Exposition building along the lake front the exhibition and fat stock show this fall will wind ap the annual displays. Georoe Duncan Bryson. a Montana murderer, was hanged at Boulder the other day. He bad killed his mistress. The book bindery of John Anderson 8s Co., in Chicago, was damaged by fire the other morning to the extent of $25,000. A gigantic syndicate having in view the control of the sugar markets of the world, is said to be ia contemplation. Lawyer Frank Collom, the forger, hat been placed in jail at Minneapolis. It is said that 112 of the forged notes were afloat The Chinese are swarming in by every Hong Kong steamer bound for Mexico. No less than 'sixty came a week ago, all destined for Mazatlan and Panama. They 1 have no difficulty in crossing the frontier. Admiral Kimberly reports great dis tress among the natives of Samoa, which he has partially relieved with ship stores. Letters received from Crete tell of the terrible condition of affairs on that island. Massacres have been renewed and sev- , veral villages have been burned. While a caboose containing Conductor Otto Sanders, Brakeman Mark Christ man and W illiam Garren, was lying on a siding of the Lehigh Valley railroad, at Penn Haven Junction, Fa., an engine dashed into it wrecking the caboose to splinters, killing Garren and fatally in juring Christman. An explosion of natural gas occurred at Pittsburgh. Pa., on the afternoon of the 9th. Two men were killed and many se verely injured. The accident was due to the bursting of a pipe by compressed air. The alleged epidemic of dysentery at Warsaw. IiL, is officially reported not nearly so serious as correspondents at that point have made it uauv , , Chee Gono. a Chinaman, was hanged at Portland. Ore. recently for the murder of L9e Gick.a fellow countryman, two year ago. Prof W. K. Perry, of the American Balloon Company, made an ascension at Mount Holly, N. C, twelve miles west of Charlotte, the other day. He was severely injured in descending. Blondin, the daring tight rope per former, has accepted a wager of 4,000 to walk on a cable stretched from the Eiffel tower to the dome ot the main exhibition in less than five minutes. ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES. Considerable ceremony occurred aa the 10th over the launching of the steam ship Kansas City, to ply between Savan nah and New York in connection with the Memphis railroad. The vessel was chris tened by Alice Moore, daughter of L. R. Moore, of Kansas City, Ma Kino Kalakaua. of Hawaii, objects to Mr. Severance, recently appointed Consal- Gtneral by the United State. The reason assigned was because Mr. Severance bad been dismissed by Hawaii as Consul at San Francisco for cause. THiRTT-riVE members of the Salvation Army were arrested recently in St Paul Minn., for parading the streets. A report was current that the Russian fAtrarmtiAtif u-a mwa ? Ua Vam Servla to expel ex-King Milan from that : country Emperor William was greatly Im. KSl 1th ?. -" "?' ! ZZZTZ. "!ru Tv - I" m" M- I . vi iug uniisu ucou av iu, in m letter to his mother, that it was a surprising 1 proof of the strength of Great Britain, conveying new idea of ber preponder ance of power throughout the world. The losses by the big blaze at Spokane Falls. Wash., have finally been estimated at $8,000,000. Preparations for rebuilding are to be seen on every side, and the town will soon be better than ever. Cardinal -Layigierb has abandoned his project to bold an European anti slavery conference at Luzerne, Switzer land. A large nnmber of fine cattle have died at Clarendon, Tex., of splenetic fever. Tnx President took an ocean boat ride at Bar HarLor. Ma, on the 10th and bad rather a rough trip. It is learned that the Wisconsin Central train robber has been identified as James McCune, a notorious woodsman with sev eral aliases and well known at Chippewa Falls, Wis. President Harrison has made the fol lowing appointments: Samuel F. Phillips, of North Carolina, Commissioner on the part of the United States under the Ven ezuelan and United States treaty concern ing the adjustment of claims; Charles G. Hope, of Missouri, Consul at Toronto; Richard G. Lay, of the district of Colum bia, Coasul-Geaeral at Ottawa, Two freight trains were wrecked at Whlstletown, Pa the' 'other morning. Bert Anderson, a brakeman was killed in stantly and two engines and twenty-five cars were wrecked and burned.' .. The orphan asylum at Augusta, Gsv, wae burned recently. All the children escaped. Two firemen were Injured by falling timbers. Loss, $100,000; insurance. $80,000. , Tbb report extensively circulated that Congress mnst ratify the 8Ioax treaty be fore the lands are thrown opea is a mis take. It will only need the President's IPcr - oamxeuiBiaaasapario.wep.0 - NEBRASKA STATE NEWS. Last winter a hungry tramp drifted Into York. Several parties gave him a square meal and paid his fare to bis des tination. The other day the York philan thropists received a check for the amount expended with interest The other afternoon a a young man was attending to some horses in the barn of John M. Eberts. at Cozad, ho dixcov ered the corpse of James Clement Iving upon the hay in the upper part of the barn. Clements was a German, about thirty-five years of age. a butcher by trade, and his death was thought t hnve been caused by whisky, a hit employer gave him money to purchase some in the forenoon. Dodge County's $."jO,000 court house bonds were sold to the Central Trust Company, of Kansas City, for a premium of $250. The bonds are five per cents., running thirty yearn, with optional pay ment after ten years. A woman with a dying child in her arms was hear tie sly ejected from a room at Omaha the other d:iy. The woman, on account of the illness of ber child, a baby boy two months olJ, was unable to earn the money due for room rent, and was ac cordingly forced to leave the quarters, wretched as they were, and go into the street with ber babe in ber arms. An other woman gave her shelter and she had only time to place ber sick baby ia a bed before it died. The Central Nebraska Circuit Fair As sociation has issued its programme for this year's meetings. They will be held at Hastings September 17 to 20; Minden, September 24 to 27, and Red Cloud, Octo ber 1 to 4. Purses amounting to $4,000 are offered. Cclbertson and Trenton will contest for the county seat of Hitchcock County oa Septdmber9. Carl Madson has been arrested at Sco tia for trying to cut his wife's throat There are 170 lodges of O Jd Fellows ia the State. A new town has been platted six miles north of Platte Center, on the Union Pa cific, and has been cbristend Burrows. , Burglars recently ransacked the store of Rittle & Tasdeman. at St Edwards, securing about $300 in cash and goods. Nels Jorgenson, a nine-year-old boy, was instantly killed near Minden the other day by the accidental discharge of a gun, which tore off one side of bis bead. He was accompanying bis father and sev eral others to the country and was sitting in the bottom of the conveyance back of the seat holding the gun, when by some means it was discharged. J. R. Crittenden, superintendent of the Condpas Cattle Company's ranch on the North river, has been arrested and taken to Sidney charged with embezzle ment The company bad about $15,000 in vested in the ranch and stock, and an in vestigation shows that it has nothing left but the land. A band of the Brale Indians from the Brule agency passed through Norden re cently on their annual hunting expedition in tho southwest part of Nebraska. There were nine lodges. They were accompanied by a white woman who is their teacher and a very accomplished young lady. She has been with them for three years. She states that the Indians are making great progress towards civilization. She lives with them and they are very attentive to her wants and wait upon her as if she were a queen. Tub excitement over the coal find at South Sioux City does not diminish. An other hole has been tank about 170 rods from the first group, and coal was found a tjtt . .u . . .. """" """ "".""" a"er PneiruunS !ul"wmu1 ,..,.. . There are in Nebraska tho following tracts or lands yet open to settlement: In the Grand Island district, mostly in Gree ley County, about 33,000 acres; Broken Bow district, Cu3ter County, about 1G.000 acres; O'Neill district, largely in Holt County, something over 50,000 acres; North Platte district embracing the counties of Lincoln, Perkins, Keith, Logan, Mcpher son, Arthur. Grant, Hooker. Thoma-, Blaine and the west half of Custer and Dawson Counties, about 2,200.000 acres; Cbadron district, embracing the counties in the western part or the State, about 200.000 acres. Lightning played bavoc during a re cent stoim in the vicinity of Wahoo. A Bohemiin farmer's house was struck by lightning and burned. Mrs. Thompson had a mare k.lled, N. B. Green had three horses killed and Joseph Graff lost a fine mare. Dan Anderson had bis barn de stroyed and three horses kil'ed. The rain ! fell in torrents and crops were badly dam aged. J. C. Bradley and wife returned the other day from Nebraska City to Dntchess County, N. Y., in charge of aa officer to answer the charge of grand larceny com mitted there last spring. They had made good their escape, but since coming West the wife had fallen from grace and was K!XL!?i0!.h!..baJ '"V! her "; luiwiuni iu, wn lur oiucers J asked them to come after himself and u R Xve hCerU,froCtC ? w'ors? fate! THE B.&M. Railroad coal house at Palm sr burned the other day, together with about two hundred tons of coal and some bridge material in the yard-. The St. Paul fire company was summoned and prevented the spread of the flames. Loss about $4,000. The other morning a Union Pacific freight train ran into a washout about three miles west of Weston, wrecking the train. Mr. Conlclin, the yardmaster at Valparaiso, was instantly killed and Eu gene Mitchell fatally scalded. He was t pinned between the drive-wheel and cab for four hours and was being slowly scalded all this time before be could be removed from the painful situation. Fire man O'Farren was badly scalded from the knees down and may lose his leg. Fireman Rosier was also scalded and cut about the head. During a storm at Sterling on tha morning of the 6th Benjamin Archer's barn was struck by lightninc William Hartley and Fred Mohler were sleeping in if, and Hartley was burned to death. Mohler was awakened by Hartley and made his escape, but for some reason Hartley failed to get out Three head of horses, two mules, 450 bushels of oats, a corn planter, buggy and corn shelter and a lot of hay were consumed. Tbb slaughter and ice house owned by Mallins & Dora, at 8onth Sioux City, burned a few days ago. Loss. $1,500; bo insurance. It was supposed some one set fire to the buildings. Rev. Lamar, an ex-Confederate officer, delivered aa eloquent speech at the Long Pine Chautauqua on G. A. R, day, which was well received by the old veterans preseat While three yonag men of Lexington were recently heating a careless shot from eae of them took effect in the faces of the other two and W. H. Liadermaa will probably lose aa eya rtM0thaothsrday, ; . Thomas Skoda, aEclL section hand, ROCK ISLAND WRECK. Frightful Collision of a Construc tion and a Passenger Train. The Expresa Messenger Kltied and Other Trainmen Injured Steamer oa lire Altoa, Kan., lluraed Etc. Topkka, Kan.. Aug. 12. At 2:30 yester day atternoon n frightful collision oc curred en the Rock Island road one mile eat of the city between east-bound pas son ger train No. 2 from Caldwell and a construction train lund west with the "Captain," the company's huge pile driver, bound for Valencia to repair the washout Tho result was the total wreck of two locomotives and half a dozen car, including the pile driver, tho in stant death of L. M. Courier, ex press messenger; the probable fatal injury of Pat Barney, fireman on the express and the serious injury of Lon Bailey, of Troy, Kan., belonging to the bridgo gang that was on the construction trnln. Courier is a resident of St Joseph, where he has a wife and child. No. 2 was due in Topeke at 2:40 p. m.. and was run ning on time at th rate of twenty milos an hour. The construction train was made up here In the yard and was trying to make Valencia ahead of the vestibeled express, totally forgetting there was sach a train as No. 2 oa the line. The collision occurred ia the aristocratic suburbs of Pot win place. As No. 2 rounded on the curve the engineer saw the coming train, reversed his lever, pulled the throttle wide open and jumped, escaping unhurt His engine. No. 2fi plunged into the pile driverwhich No. 414 was pushing, with dreadful force. The tank telescoped with the combination bagagoond express car, was driven clear into it and crushed the partition. The "2G" landed ia the ditch with the bag gage car and pile driver on top, hiding the engine completely from view. Fireman Barney was pulled out of the wreck badly scalded bis collar bone broken and injured internally. Btiley. the bridge man, bad one leg crushed off. Railroad men say they never saw such a wreck. It was a miracle scores were not killed, but not a passen ger was hurt. Train No. 4 came up a few minutes later and tho passengers were all transferred around the wreck, which was not cleared away before this morning. Thousands of citizens visited the sceuw and watched the wrecking gang at work till dark. It is conceded that the exist ence of No. 2 ras forgotten by the crew of the construction train. The body of Carter is now lying at Undertaker Palm er's awaiting the inquest ESCAPE OF A STRAMER. New okic Aug. li The National Line steamship Queen, which Thomas J. Mooney, dynamite crank, attempted to destroy by throwing a I ottle of explosives on deck August 3. 1&7, again narrowly escaped being destroyed by lire this morn ing at pier S, North river. The night watch discovered a fire iu the wheel bouse on the forward deck at throe o'clock. He bad looked in the wheel house a few minutes be fore and saw no signs of fire there. When he reached the forward deck be discovered the fierce fire raging in the house. The ship's crew were called out and in a few minutes extinguished the flame, but so rapidly had they spread tha'- the wheelhouse wa gutted. Chief McGill made an examination but could not detect any odor of oil or explosives. He could see no reason why a fire should occur in such a place. It is thought that another attempt bad been made to destroy the ship. KANSAS TOWN BURNED. Downs. Kan.. Aug. 12. News has reached this city of a destructive fire which occurred Saturday night at eleven o'clock at Alton, a town on the Missouri Pacific, twenty-six miles wot of this city. The large general merchandise store of T. M. Walker was totally destroyed, nlso the stock and building of D. W. Milne & Co., druggist?. Four buildings were burned and a fifth badly injured. The losses are as follows: T. M. Walker, building and stock. $23,000; in surance. $10,000; D. W. Milne, drugs, loss 55.000; insurance. $4,003; J. R Buell. building. 36 000; insured; James Smith, building. il.50t; insured. Mr. Grover. oi the firm ct Grover & Search, bankers, was badly burned, but will recover. Mr. Walker was the largest general merchan dise dealer in the county. All have signi fied their intention of rebuilding. THE BABE ONLY ESCAPES. Bloomtngton, IIL, Aug. 12. At Piper City, Fcrd County, yesterday, not no-icing the approaching storm, Mrs. N. Pre men, ber eldest daughter and h-r baby went cut driving. The storm overtook them while they were returning home and a bolt of lightning descended and killed Mrs. Premen and her daughter. The baby, which was tying in its mother's lap. escaped without injury and was taken care of by friends. GREAT nni IN 8WEDEN. London. Aug. 12 Advices iromBake molle, Sweden, report tha. a disastrous conflagration prevailed there yesterday. Forty-six builuin;s were destroyed and the loss will rsach several hundred thou sand dollars. No lives were lost. Fatal Aceiilent on the Koine, Watertowa OgdeBsbnrg Kailmad. Charlotte, N. Y., Aug. 11 Near For est Lawn, on the Rome, Wntertown & Ogdensburg railroad, about eight o'clock yesterday morning the night express train, bound west, ran into the Rochester train, which was backing down, telescop ing four cars and killing two person and badly injuring seven others. Miss Emma Perrin, aged twenty-three, of St Ji'hns. Mich., was killed. Her father and mother were on the train. Mr. Purrin was bruised and in jured internally. Mrs. Perrin had her collar bone broken and was otherwise in jured. Andrew Tiffany, engineer of the steamer Hazalton. of Oswego, was badly injured internal. y and died in a few hours. Among the injured were: Mrs Lewis Moore, of Gratwjck. N. T.. right leg broken; L. C Brown, of Sherman. N. Y-. one leg and the toes ot the other foot cat off. Two are unknown yet Queer Freaks ot Uehtalag. La Crosse. Wis., Aug. 1L During the storm Wednesday night Henry Smith's twelve-year-old daughter 'while running worn the house to the bara was struck by lightning and instantly killed. Ia Chris Mueller's barn, which was struck and de stroyed, was a horse from all four fee: of which shoes were ripped and the horse left otherwise uninjured. e Stabbed Over a Settlement. Gainesville, Tex, Aug. 1L T. M. Up shaw, formerly of this city, bat now m resident of Oklahoma City, stabbed to the heart Bob Deberry. a saloonkeeper ia this setUemeafc city, last Bight daring dispeta ever a BOSTON EXCITED. Tfce Dtaapnearanc of a Prominent Ttasl SMws Nan Cause Orat Excitement wntl Several Hery Failure. Boston. Aug. 10. The wife of G. P. Brown, of Brown, Steese & Clarke, woot dealers, lately failed, is in an almost in sane' condition resulting from suspense caused by the continued absence of her husband, who has not been heard of since last Tuesday. The brother of the missing man expresses tho opinion that the busi ness affairs ot the firm have driven Iiim crazy, while his friends say be bus either committed suicide or "has absconded to m Europe or Canada or else is wandering about the country in a demented condi tion. Not a line of intelligence has been received from him by any one. M. F. Dickinson, Jr., counsel for Brown, Steese & Clarke, said that a petition in insolvency would be filed to-day volun tary as far as Messrs. ijteese and Clark were concerned ami involuntary in Brown's case. The affairs of tht firm were in such a condition he considered that was the only course to take. H had ascertained that the firm's signature was 'on the notes of the Riverside Company for a certainty ot $800,000. He had no precise knowledge of wrong-doing 011 Brown's part and was ignorant of his whereabouts. Dickinson went to Providence yester day to recover $123,000 worth of wool sold by Brown, Steese & Clarke to the River side mill, but the return of th e goods was refused and he entered salt to recover them. A dispatch from Providence says: The Massachnsetts Loaa and Trust Company placed aa attachment for fSu&OOi oa the Riverside mill yesterday. This makes $"12,000 of attachments oa the property here. Nothing is known of the where abouts of Brown, the treasurer. CAC8ED ANOTHER FAILURE. Boston. Aug. 10. George W. H'1 lis, of the Hollis Dressed Beef & WoolCompany made aa assignment yesterday for the benefit of his creditors to Judge Asa French and N. E. Hollis. His embarrass ment is caused by the failure of Brown, Steese & Clark. It is stated at the office of the Hollis company that Mr. Hollis' embarassmeat will not affect the company. The assign ment causes considerable surprise. Mr. Hollis being considered quite well to do. The assignee! state that :ais action has been taken because Mr. Hollis had consigned a large amount of wool to Brown, Steese & Clark, on which h had received no advances and hi did not know how much stock he would have to realize n immediately in order to meet notes on. ihich he is liable. KANSAS PENSIONS. The Disbursement at Toprk Over Seven Million Dollar. Topeka. Kan., Aug. 10. Hon. G. W. Click, United States pension agent at To peka, who will soon be succeeded by Bernard Kelly, has ju-tt submitted his an nual report to the Commissioner of Pen sions at Washington. The report is an extended one and its preparation required. much careful clerical work. Tho ti-ca! year closed June 30. 18S0. and the report covers the transactions up to and includ ing that date. The total disbursements from the Topeka olfic were $7.22." J0 4: The payments are classified as follows: Invalids 5I.N"t.n-W Widows 1,1."..M" 01 Minors il"S . I Dependent relatives SJt".n;ji C Survivors of the war of 1812 -iJ 47 Widows of the war or 1812 7 r Survivors of the Mexican war. 2 . C5 Widows of the Mexican war. .:5ii M Surgeons fees oI.TiS i- Total 5T.U3I,".S Ibe sum of disbursements lor th period is over $250,090 smaller than wonld have been, bad the appropriate ot ueen exnausieu lowaru tue close o the fiscal year. It shows the :iHirent monthly rates paid to willows, minora and dependent relatives and the number of pensions at each rate. Twelve dollars per month was paid to 50,099 of the above class. $17 per month to ISO. $20 per month. to 141. $103 te one and $1&1GU to one. There are 5,531 pensions in this class. The different rates of invalid pensions aver age from $1 to $100 per month. One man gets $1 and but one ge:s $190. though there are 29,!$12 pens.ons ia this class. One thousand nine hun dre0 and seventy-nine are paid $2 per month: 5 60'. $4;435. $6; 6V04, $: 2.074. $10; 2.574, $12: L182, $16; 942. $.'. etc The total number of pensioners of all classes was 38.570. Eighty-nine persons failed to claim pensions due them. There was paid as fees to attorneys $121,073.75. THE GRANT MONUMENT. Preparations Fer tfce ITovmllinc at Leaven worth September 14. Fort Leavenworth, Kan.. Aug. 10. The committee appointed by the Grant- Monument Assotiation to make the neces sary arrangements for the unvailing of the statue September 14 is making elabor ate preparations for the occasion, which It is believed will bring together the largest number of people ever assembled at any place in Kansas Senator J. J. Ingalls. Major William. Warner. George R. Peck and General C. W. Blair have agreed to be present and speak upon the life of the great soldier and will be the orators of th- day. It is intended that each will present different periods of the soldier's life. Invitations are to be sent to distin guished people, societies. Grand Army posts and Confederate associations to be preseat at the unvailing. The time set for- tne commencement of the exercises is two o'clock ia the afternoon. This is done to-give-the people a chance to arrive here from distant points in the western and southern parts of this State as well as or Missouri. Application for reduced fares has been made by the committee on railroads to the Western Passenger Association, which is to meet in Kansas City in a day or two and a favorable answer is expected. Beta Generals Merritt and McCookaxe working; to achieve but one end. and that is to make the day a grand success. General Mer ritt, the ex-offlcio president of the asso ciation, will give aa account of the move ment inaugurated for the erection of the statue and tae progress made during that time. A CfclM's Frlchtfal Fate. WicBJTA. Kan., Aug. 10. Was it at tempted murder or aa accident? is the question agitatiBg the parents of the three-year-old daughter of Joseph Hil toa, who was horriblv mangled oa a. street car track and who is now dying ia agony. No one noticed the infant aatil the shriek was altered which told of acute safferiag. Whea the car was stopped and the litUe one WB Plsed nt it was found that the male's hoofs had battered the bead, pen etrated the tender flesh, laying bare the stemaca, aad dislocated one hip joint Suspicions have beea directed against fearteea-Toar.nM k.. u , , i w -j aw ass uuua im tha habit of abasing the child. I I i i i ?? i H'V