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THE EED CLOUD CHIEF. A. C. HOSMER, Publisher. RED CrX)UD. NEBRASKA CURRENT COMMENT. Tiiher boys have been arrested at Croydon, England, for the recent at tempt to wreck the Eastbonrne express They liavo confessed. Tiik new university of Chicago has closed the purchase of the library of S. Simons, of Jterlin, comprising 280,000 volumes and 120,000 pamphlets. 15isiioi CiKAFTOX, of the Episcopal diocese of Fond du Lac, Wis., speaks strongly in favor of opening at least part of the world's fair on Sunday. The supplies at Chilian centers are said to be so large that the merchants who made importations during the war and did not sell out are in danger of bankruptcy. Sknok Moxtt, the Chilian representa tive at Washington, excuses the attack on the ISaltitnore's sailors by the charge that Minister Egan and the 1'altimorc had betrayed the congressionalist plans to ISalinaceda. Kino JIi'muekt, of Italy, will pay an oflicial visit to the queen of England in March, on which occasion there will be n reviow of tho Italian and English squadrons at Spithead. King Humbert will be accompanied by the members of his household and a brilliant staff. A Mei.iioi'knk (Australia) lettersays that the beauty show in the Olj'mpic theater was completely wrecked by an enraged mob. An immense crowd was present on the opening night and the style of beauty on exhibition not being np to their expectation they wrecked the place. The police were powerless. I.N the Choctaw nation on Ifluc river the other day, Mrs. Peering carried her child Into the front yard and, placing her on the ground, returned to the house. Some time later the mother went for the child and found a large snake coiled around her neck. After uncoiling the snake and killing it, Mrs. Deering found that tho child had been strangled. Tin: gap between Waco and tho coast over tho San Antonio & Aransas I 'ass railroad was closed by torchlight nnd the first train arrived at Waco, Tex., shortly after 9 o'clock. The closing of the gap gives the Chicago, Kock Island fc Pacific access to the (Julf of Mexico and the Rio Grande and it affords a new competitor to the Could roads in tho southwest. Tin: Enrlish liberal organizers, con vinced that the result of the election will be largely dependent upon the rural vote, will arrange a series of laborers' meetings, culminating in a conference of agricultural delegates, at which Mr. Gladstone will deliver a final address beforo starting for Italy. The conference will be composed of three delegates from each rural district in Great Itritain, and it is expected that K00 delegates will attend. The sheriff of New York recently went on a hunt for a lot of skeletons under a writ of replevin for about .UMl), which the National Hank of De posit, of New York, obtained against tin firm of Sardy, Coles fc Co., who failed a few weeks ago. After n long search the sheriff's ofiicers discovered in Maiden lane four entire articulated skeletons, eight skulls, innumerable bones and other portions of anatomy, which they were very chary in hand- Aimrr.ESof incorporation of the New York fc Hrazil Steamship Co. have been filed in the office of the secretary of state of West Virginia. The concern is composed of New York and Brazil ian capitalists and has an authorized capital of Si, 000. 000. The president is ludgo A. .1. Dittenhofer, tho vice-president ex-Postmaster-Gcneral Thomas L. .lames, the treasurer .lohn N. Howard and the directors Messrs. Dittenhofer, lames. Hay ward, Frank S. Gray. Unfits II- Wilson, Wylio .1. Ponsc and Meyer Hillman. LIEUT. -Cou Kimitnd Rice, of the Nineteenth Massachusetts volunteers has been awarded a medal of honor under the act of congress approved March :., 1S03, providing for the pre si'ntation of medals of honor to such commissioned and non-com missioned officers and privates as have most dis tinguished themselves in action, for conspicous bravery atGettvsbnrg. This is the sixth medal awarded to members of the Nineteenth. Col. Rice is to-day a captain in the Fifth infantry. United States nnnv. Liei't. Vakoks has just made a re markable trip on horseback across India, traveling often far from rail roads, where the people see very few white men. Ho says the peasantry of Bengal wore discourteous and exorbi tant in their charges. Ho was often ompelled to pav four or five times the price of the articles he needed. Their Iniiospitality was in marked contrast with the friendliness of the peasantry of other places. In the central prov inces everyone helped hira readily, and in many instances tho people declined pay. What is bruited abroad as an auto graph letter of Cristoforo Colombo has lieen found between the leaves of a Spanish Bible, buried a fathom or two in the sands 6f Funta Rassa. It is even asserted that the Bible in question was the one in which Columbus read for consolation during the dark days of his first great voyage. Of courso the prob abilities are against tho authenticity of either of these relics. And in the mean time Mr. Bernard Quaritch, of Picca dilly, has had his own genuine blown-in-the-bottle and trademarked Columbus letter insured for 1.000 and proposes to exhibit it at the Chicago fair. Uxitep States Revenue Coli.kctor. Uei.t. has arrived at San Antonio. Tex., from an extended inspection trio alonir the Rio Grande bonier. He says that a large number of bandits have for some time been engaged in smuggling opera tions along the border, near Roma. Tho custom house guards aro unable to prevent thiaviolation of tho law. The smugglers are desperate characters and well armed. They are terrors to the custom house guards and to honest cit izens. Most of the smuggling which is carried on is into Mexico and not into the United States as formerly. The increase in tariff oa certain articles is responsible for this change. Louis Duffy, a fireman on board the steam whaler Grampus, who has ar rived at San Francisco from Ounalaska, brings confirmation of the news that the crew of the Grampus have been massacred by the natives. He says that he deserted the Grampus, at Port Clearance on account of ill treatment and Mt&kt.-.ptae months , among the natives at Cape Prince of Wales, and says three natives from Point Barrow related how the crew of the Grampus had abused native women whilethe ship was fast in the ice at the month of the Mackenzie river. The hasbaad and friends of the women attacked the ship, killing all but a few on board and took complete possession of the vessel. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Gleaned By Telegraph and Mall FERSONAL, AND POLITICAL. Dispatches from Russia tell of anti Jewbjh riots in various places. In Tchernigoff fifty Jews were killed and hundreds were wounded. The forests are full of Jewish refugees, who are dying of starvation. . Cojpc.- Ireland, has been the scene of disgraceful riots between the home rule factions. Many persons were se verely injured. Troops were ordered out Saiiah Winnkmucca. tho Piute prin cess, is dead. She was well known in the cast, having been on lecturing tours. The Chilian government declined to assume responsibility for the attack on the American sailors and the Balti more's men have been notified not to land at Valparaiso. The situation was considered grave. Immiohation Commissioner Kcinp ster, just back from Europe, charges Russia with cruel persecution of Ger man settlers, who are leaving by hun dreds. The Northern Society of Georgia de nounced John Schriver, correspondent of the New York Mail and Express, for his account of the Grady monument dedication. Tiieub is a rumor that, there has been an engagement on the frontier of Guat emala and Salvador between Salva dorian refugees and Salvadorian troops and that the former were defeated A statue to William C. Wickham, the confederate general, has been un veiled at Richmond, Va. A. mono the passengers of the Alameda, which arrived recently at San Francisco from Australia, were John L. Sullivan and party. I.v the French senate Minister Roche made an able plea for a lower tariff on American salt meats, and tho senate voted to act on the bill at once. EX-CONHIIESSMAN LA Foi.I.ETTE, of Wisconsin, charges United States Sen ator Sawyer, of that state, with virtually attempting to bribe him to influence his brother-in-law, the judge before whom the state treasurer's case was to have come. Mr. Sawyer denies all wrong doing. The grand jury at San Francisco has returned an indictment against State Senator T. D. Harp, of Stanislaus and Modesto counties for accepting a bribe for his vote on tho bill by which Glenn county was formed. A plot to kill William O'Brien is al leged to have lecn unearthed in Cork, Ireland. The police were guarding the gun shops. The excitement was in tense. The situation at Santiago. Chili, is decidedly critical and more trouble is likely to occur at any time. The Bal timore's men are all armed whenever they go on shore on business. Chuel persecutions of tho Babi sect in Persia arc reported. Several have been beheaded or strangled and scores are rotting in prisons. The French senate has fixed the duty on American salt meats at 25 francs. This is a half way reduction. Dhhino the review of a democratic parade in Baltimore, Md., the stand gave way and Senator Gorman, Mr. Brown, candidate for governor, and others were injured. Hexky Van Bkunt, of Kansas City, Mo , has beeen appointed one of the committee of American architects to arrange for tho world's fair conven tion. Pkok. Thomas R. Evans, dean of the Baltimore school of medicine and a prominent physician of Baltimore, Md., died recently. It is rumored that the Guatemalan arm3' will rovolt against the Barillas government The resignation of Secrctnry of State Chapleau, of Canada, has been accepted and the placo offered to Col. Quimet M ISCKLLAXKOUH. The steamer La Gascognehas reached New York after a stormy passage. Tho passengers included James Gordon Bennett and Rudyard Kipling. Destkuctive prairie fires arc re ported in Oklahoma. Guthrie was filled with smoke and many of the set tlers hail to abandon their homes. It. was feared there was loss of life. Shocking cruelties are reported at the Presbyterian hospital in New York. Fouu bodies were recovered from the wreck of the Margaret John, off the coast of Sussex, England. Tho ship went down in the recent storm's. Tiiiiek persons were killed and several injured by an explosion in tho United States mine supply works in Cleveland, O. Palo Alto, Senator Stanford's great stallion, lowered his record to 2:10 on the kite-shaped track at Stockton, Cal. The New York court of appeals has disposed of the Tildcn will case by de claring the will invalid. The hoirs ob tain the entire estate and there will be no public libraries as intended by the testator. The New England Card & Paper Co.'s plant at Springfield, Mass., has been destroyed by fire. Loss, S2T0,000; in surance, S205.000. The steamer Teutonic of the White Star line from New York, October 21, for Liverpool arrived at Qaeenstown on the 27th. Despite high seas and rough weather the Teutonic beat the record from New York. The exact time con sumed in making the voyage was 5 days, 21 hours and S minutes. The grand jury of the United States district court at Boston has indicted the officers of the Louisiana lottery for illegally using the maiK A TouNAno swept over tho town of Conneaut, O., recently, destroying 80 houses. The loss was about SIOO.OOO. A little girl was hurt Five persons were killed by a col lision on tho Soo line at Thorson station near Glenwood, Minn. A heavy explosion occurred in the factory of the United States Supply Co., at Cleveland, O., blowing the roof near ly off and shattering the walls. John Fing, aged 14; Alfred Schaeffer, aged 17, and Paul Pfaunkuche were killed. Bi'SHNEi.i. !fc Bi'SHNEi.L, well known real estate dealers of St Paul. Minn., have assigned. Liabilities estimated at $500,000. A xewly constructed wall at Tunis, which had been undermined by the re cent heavy rains, collapsed, burying a party of thirty natives who were as sembled in an adjacent house to cele brate a wedding. Scores of lives were lost and incal culable damage done in Japan by an earthquake. The famous grenadier guards of En gland are reported to have mutinied for the fourth time because of poor and meager rations. Fike at Virden, Man., destroyed a dozen stores'and burned twenty horses imported from England. Loss. SSO.OOO. C B. Stoddard, who forged his way out of a Tennessee prison, has been caught at Jersey City. He is wanted "at various points on different charges. Judge Taylor, of the Indianapolis supreme .court, .has rendered a decision denying the right of the tax board to de mand from bankers lists of depositors. Forest and prairie fires were re ported raging in southern Indiana, Arkansas asd Texas. H Two wealthy Mexican sheep raisers were shot dead by two cowboys ia saloon in Holbrook, Ariz. The Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail way has effected an organization for Texas. At Raleigh, N. CL, Mrs. Hawkins was to ascend in a balloon, carrying a dog that was to descend with a parachute. Anthony Jordon, colored, was- caught in the rope and was carriod dp sixty feet when he let go and fell, receiving fatal injuries. Mrs. Hawkins (fame down without injury. Denver property owners are much worried over a deed made by a man who claims to have pre-empted thirty two years ago what is now the heart of that city. Mason, the British subject at Shang hai, pleaded guilty to tho charge of having been in league with Kolao II ui (secret society) men and to having transported contraband arms consigned to the insurgents. He was given nine months' imprisonment Ix a collision at Taopi, Minn., two men were killed and several injured. New York merchants interested in the Chilian trade look on tho present trouble with grave misgivings. Some believe that England is behind it alt The handsome Mississippi river steamer, Oliver Bierne, was destroyed by fire at Milliken's Bend, Mis. Twenty lives were thought to have been lost Incendiarism by deck hands was charged A yopno couple who took their bridal trip in a balloon at Birmingham, Ala., are missing and fears for them arc felt John R. Ford, county commissioner and prominent druggist of Aspen, Col., is missing, and is charged with many forgeries. He was formerly a Kansas City man. Lodi, a small town near Champaign, 111., has been ravaged by fire. Architect W. J. Ediirooke. who is looking after the construction of the world's fair government building, has found that the work so far done is not according to contract It is said that fivo men were killed in a shooting outbreak over politics at a Farmers' Alliance meeting in Union county. Ark. Dr. Bk.iah. chief of the medical corps of tho French colony in Madagas car, and eight soldiers have been killed by native bandits. Dux & Co.'s weekly report is of the usual encouraging character, especially from tho interior cities. The Minneapolis flour output the past week was 205,720 barrels, over 9,000 barrels larger than ever known. The mills are all sold up. The free miners about Briceville, Tenn., have released tho convicts em ployed in the mines and fired the stockade. Gov. Hoog has offered 1000 reward for the arrest and convictiou of each member of the mob which at Lindon, Cass county, Tex., took a negro charged with the murder of a family of whites from the jail, chained him to a tree and burned him to death. The dead body of Father Ildcfonsus was found in his cell in the Cistercian monastery of Aquebelle, near Monteli mar, France. Burglars had succeeded in their purpose of robbery. They had rilled a safe of its contents and escaped "with the plunder. Business failures (Dun's review) for the seven days ended October 2'J num bered 255, compared with 24! the previ ous week and 218 the corresponding week of last year. The balloon bridal party who nia'le the ascension at tho state fair at Bir mingham, Ala., came down safely in the mountains soventcen miles north west The Texas lumbermen have agreed to give as their donation to the world's fair movement all the lumber neces sary to construct the Texas buildings, aggregating in value about S0,00D. Three thousand lives were lost in the recent earthquake in Japan. A xr.MntcR of prisoners broke jail at Jasper, Ala. The raisin shipment from California this season is expected to be 1,000 car loads 150 more than last year. The St Paul chamber of commerce has inaugurated a movement to secure increased immigration. Clinton. Hunterdon county, N. J., was visited by a destructive fire, nine teen buildings, including society halls store houses and dwellings, being burned. The loss was estimated at 5100.000. MiciiAEl.Is Simpson and Theodore Weiss (known as Simpson fc Weiss), cloak manufacturers of New York, have failed, with liabilities estimated at SI $0,000. The firm began business in 1870. Lee HroiiES, colored, was hanged at Brenham, Tex., for tho murder of his wife. Orders have been issued fur the doub ling of tho force of men employed on world's fair buildings. Majunga, an important town in northeast Madagascar, has been de stroyed by fire. Loss, $200,000. ADDITIONAL DISPATCUK, Gen. Gomez is dead Gen. Jimenez is dangerously sick. Both were prom inent men of Mexico. Henry Harrison, member of parlia men for Tippcrary, writes from Mrs. ParneU's Brighton address that an authoritative biography of Mr. Parnell will be published as soon as possible. Latest reports in regard to Japan's earthquake are that 5,000 people were killed on the island of Honda and over 5,000 at Gifu. Carter Harrison has assumed pos session of the Chicago Times. H. A. P. Carter, Hawaiian minister, died at New York on the 1st Senator Quay has instructed his at torneys to sue the chairman of the democratic central committee of Penn sylvania for SI00.000 for libel in connec tion with the Bardsley certificate. Beveri., Mass., has suffered from a 200,000 fire. The wife of Mayor Williamson, of Hatticsburg, Miss., was assassinated in her room by an unknown man. A dm Irwix, commandant of the Mare island navy yard, California, de clares that the United States has more than enough vessels to handle Chili easily. Masked outlaws woke up the cashier of the bank at Homer, Neb., at his home, carried him to the bank, made him open the safe and decamped with Si, 000. The stock markets of Europe were all dull last week. American securities in London were especially dull, but re newed activity is expected at any time. The Maverick national bank of Boston has suspended payment A telegram received at the Russian embassy in Paris announces the issue of a ukase in Russia prohibiting the exportation of all cereals excepting wheat Vessels still loaded will be al lowed to complete their cargoes provid ing they sail within three days. Preparatory to the reception of the czar in France all Russian refugees are to be expelled Tom Williamson was hanged at Se dalia. Mot, on the 31st for the murder of the Moores, father and son. Wil liamson confessed to having killed his wife and six or seven other persons be fore he murdered the Moores, and in addition was guilty of innumerable lesser crimes The third United States deputy mar shal in one month has been killed in Oklahoma SERiotia charges are preferred by a committee of the council of Allegheny City, Pa-, against Mayor Wyman of tha; city. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS. Nine hundred head of steers will be fattened at Ewing this winter. One ranch in Lincoln county has raised S.COO bushels of potatoes. rr. 1 1 ...: nt M.n f southeastern Nebraska teachers' asso ciation was held at Beatrice hoTcmbcr 20, 27 and 24 It Ls reported that John Tremayne, of Stanton county, has left for parU unknown and that numerous creditors mourn his departure. The contract for Dakota county's new court house has been let The building Ls to cost about 515,000 and to be completed by April 1, lb'J Henry Miller died at Columbus re cently of lockjaw. Several weeks ago he stepped on a naiL Some ten days later he was taken ill and never got up. James R. Smitil head clerk in S. Schwab's clothing store at Lincoln, has mysteriously disappeared No reason could be assigned for his disappear ance, and foul play Ls feared William Lyons, a brakeman, on the Fremont Elkhorn .fc Missouri Valley road, was recently caught between the bumpers of a freight train at Blair and probably fatally injured Mrs. D. A. Booth recently died sud denly at her home at Fremont during the "absence of the family. She was found lying dead on tho floor. Death resulted from heart trouble. A large portion of Blaine county has been swept by a prairie fire. The fire was started by a boy tramp Thousands of acres of grazing land have been swept over and hundreds of tons of hay, tho property of ranchers, consumed by the flames. Thomas Dorflinger, defaulting treasurer of the Pittsburgh, Pa., board of education, was recently arrested at Omaha as he was stepping from a Bock Island train. He at first gave his name as Henry W. Jones, but afterwards ac knowledged hLs identity. His shortage is about $40,000. Great damage was recently done by prarie fires which swept over the coun try south and west of Arnold and Gandy, in Lincoln, Logan ami Custer counties. Thousands of tons of hay were destroyed and many fanners who had not yet threshed their grain in the stack lost their entire croji. The case of Cashman against Milne, a contest for the office of county treas urer of Greeley count3 resulted in favor of Milne, the holder of the oflicial certificate of the canvassing board. A i order of ouster was immediately issue 1 anddelivered to tho sheriff of the coun ty, but he refused to serve it. A FHEAK has been discovered in Lin coln in the shapo of a colored girl six years old who Ls gradually turning white. For the past six months her skin has been turning from black to white, commencing at the foot The cntiro limb is now white. The phy sicians of tho city arc greatly interested in the case. A late fire at Fremont destroyed tho warehouse of the Fremont Hemp & Twine Co. The building was filled with binding twine, there being about 250,000 pounds of the finished product in the structure. Very little of the immense quantity of twine will be of any value. The loss was from S20.0jO to S25.000; fully Insured. Catt. Johx Hammond, a pioneer resi dent of Platte county, but of late years of Grand Island, died in the latter place the other day from an overdose of mor phine. The deceased was appointed commander of tho soldiers' home at Grand Island in the early part of Gov. Thayer's administration. He was re moved about two years ago. The grand lodge I. O. O. F. at Lin coln elected the following fllieers: Grand master, George L. Loomis. of Fremont; deputy grand master, A. II. Weir, of Lincoln; grand warden, E J. O'Neill, of Pawnee City; grand secre tary, J. P. Gage, of Fremont: grand treasurer, Samuel McClay, of Lincoln; grand representatives, J. S Hoaglaud. of North Platte, and G. 11. Cutt'iig, of Kearney. The celebrated Dreessen murder ease ended at Valentine by the jury acqu' ting Dreessen, but bringing in a verdict of manslaughter against Mrs. Dreessen for the murder of the twelve-year-old boy, Theo Dreessen. When the ver dict was announced Mrs. Dreessen fell to the floor in a dead faint, while her husband, on his knees before the judge, pleaded to be sentenced too. saying sho was not guilty. Judge Crites sus pended sentence, pending a motion for a new trial. On a crowded thoroughfare at Lin coln the other afternoon J. It Lemist, local agent for a coal company and a prominent society young man, was horsewhipped by Mrs. E. I. Hancock. Two years ago the woman was the wife of an estimable gentleman and business man and alleges that Lemist led her astray and promise 1 to marry her as .soon as she got a divorce from her hus band. This -she did and declares that he refused to fulfill his promise. Hence the whipping. Qlmte a number of Sioux Indians wero recently at Chadron trading. Among them was an Indian girl seven teen years old. Her native curiosity led her to look into the window of a restaurant where "Calamity Hank." a broken down gambler, was eating n lunch. Hank turned upon her as a joke, raised his arms and with a terrible yell started toward the girl. She turned pale, and with a moan dropped on the pavement unconscious. She was taken to her parents' tepee, where she died at two o'clock, literally scared to death The large sorghum wo rks of F. S. Bible at Madrid were destroyed by fire the other day. The proprietor and two employes were sleeping in the building at thetime and narrowly escaped death in the flames. The loss was estimated at $7,500. including several vehicles. Four masked men entered the ortice of the Ames avenue barn of the Omaha Street Railway Co. at one o'clock the other morning, and at the point of re volvers, compelled Superintendent Beals and two assistants to throw up their hands while the burglars pro ceeded to blow open the safe with giant powder. They secured :,200 aid made their escape. Tnn two-vear-old child of R- J. Tripp as recently killed by the cars at Gib- w: b n. i!v th.exnlosion of a gasoline stove ith which she was preparing dinner. wi Mi rs. Corcv. ot ClaramoaL nau. ner ua blown from he bly. By a recent wreck on the Union Pa cific road, near Millard, Engineer John Reed was instantly killed and several other trainmen injured The ten-year-old son of Charles Baxter, a plumber, was recently killed bv a motor car at Omaha. He and other boys were jumping on and off the car when he fell and was run over. William H. Keckley. of York, father of Hon. Charles Keckley, died recently after a long illness caused by wounds received in the war. He repre sented York county in the legislature of issa Rev. Stewart McCoy, an Episcopal minister, "electrified' his congregation at Omaha a few Sundays since by advo cating in a sermon the opening of the world's fair on Sunday and character izing the opposition to the idea as a hundred years behind the times. . It is stated that fully 100.000 per bLtis have visited Nebraska's esh.!?,. tion train during U$ eastern torn; MADAGASCAR MASSACRE. French Solill-ra Attarkr.l lly Native unit tetrojrel. PAULS Oct SL The Petit Journal publishes news from Madagascar of a massacre by natives of French soldier forming the escort of a medical officer. Dr. Beziat, chief of the medical staff of the French colony at Suborvieville.-i was ascending the Bctsiboka river, c-1 cortcd by eleven native .soldier form ing part of the auxiliary French force, on his way to Majunga, when the party was suddenly attacked by Madagas can bandits, who opened fire up on them from the river banks where they had ambushed them selves so successfully that the French doctor's party was right under their rifles before the presence of the bandits became known. The native soldiers forming Dr. Bcziat's escort be haved bravely and promptly returned the fire. They here, however, at great disadvantage from the fact that while they formed a clear tirgot for tho bandits the latter were so effectively concealed that the escort was only able to aim at puffs of smoke and flame from the bandits guns. The doctor's boat was kept going down stream as fast as possible while the escort an swered the bandits tire. Dr. Beial was one of the first to succumb. He was shot through the IkxIv as lie was emptying his revolver at the natives hidden on the banks. As he staggered and was on the point of falling, a second shot him, causing him to fall into the river, where he was subsequently dispatched with assegais, thrown by the bandits from their hiding places. Eight native soldiers were also kilted The bandits plundered the baggage of the doctor and took possession of everything port able. FALL OF NOTABLES. A Ki-vlfwlin; stiiinl. at It.iltliuore litl, Hrrjlii; Hum it Mmiiv I'roiiiiiit-ut !Vr Min senator (iiinn.iii Anion;; tlir In Jurr.l. Baltimore. Md.,(t St. During the democratic parade last night a review ing stand at the corner of Eutaw and Madison street occupied by about 200 persons, including I'nited States Sena tor Gorman, Frank Brown, cnudidate for governor. Congressman Barnes Compton, Robert M McLane, ex-minister to I 'ranee, and J. P. Roe. candidate for attorney-general, who made up the reviewing party and occupied the center of the platform. Surrounding them were a number of ladies, includ ing Mrs. Frank Brown and her niece. Mrs. Clifton W. Phillips, of Pittsburgh As the head of the Calumet club, the leading political organization of the city, approached the s!und and the band which led the column struck the first notes of "Hail to the Chief," the crowd on the platform pressed forward to join in the cheers for Senator Gorman. As they did so a loud cra.-di was hoard and the platform settled a few feet when suddenly the whole front gave way and the mass of the people standing tin it were precipitated poll mull into the street The reviewing party fell in a heap nnd Mrs. Brown nnd Mrs. Phillips went down with them. The crowd be hind shouted, the ladies screamed and many fainted. The police who were keeping the crowd in front of the stand out of the wny of the parade at once went to work to extricate those who had fallen tinder the timbers. It was found that all of them were more or less injured, though mine seriously. THE JAPAN EARTHQUAKE. At I. oast Tlin-e Thitiivwnl IVnple Killed iiml ,rnii l)rtriiitini r I'mprrty. LovnoN, Oct :!.-- Dispatches received here from Iliogo, Japan, say that the earthquake which occurred in that country on Wednesday last destroyed the towns of Xagoya, Gifu and Ognki. All of the public biildings and most of the smaller structures in these places wero thrown down. A lire which started among the wrecked buildings in Xagoya completed the work of de struction in the most crowded quarter of the place. It is estimated that the total number of persons who lost their life by the disaster exceeded 3,000. Many vessels are reported to have been wrecked in the vicinity of Iliogo, and during the seismic disturbances the waters in the lakes in the surrounding country were violently agitated. The nrious wagon roads are block aded 13" the immense heaps of debris. Traffic on the different railroads is sus pended nnd all the telegraph lines are entirely prostrated, thus shutting off almost all communication with the de vastated places. In consequence full de tails of the catastrophe cannot le learned for several davs to come. CONVICTS RELEASED. Trimi'tx'f CikiI .Mliirr ICrl-ai ("uu irtu :it Itrirrvllie iiml Kuril tlir Miirkiulr. Knoxville, Tenn., Oct 31. Last night the convicts in the branch prison at Briceville wero released and their stockade burned. Pavsengers on No. 20 from Ilarriman report a big fire in the direction of Briceville from C'inton. Wires are down between Clinton, Coal Creek and Jellico. A gentleman just from Briceville confirms the reports of the release of convicts. Three thousand miners sur rounded the stockade nnd the guards gave up the convicts, who were given citizens' clothes and the stockade burned. The miners were surrounding Caimba stockade when the informant left They were armed with Winchester. No one was killed. One hundred and fortv one convict, have already been released :ool vfioirlnc for the i:nrlluc'n. Chipaoo. Oct 3: A cood .howing is made by the Chicago. Burlington .t Onin.-y railroad for eptemler. The gross earnings for the month amounted to c3.713.135. an increase as compared with the corresponding period lat year of StW : net earnings after deducting operating expenses and all fixed charges except dividends SM'n'M:, an incrca5e of 2$,","0. For the nine months ended September SO the gross earnings .show a decrease a compared with the same period laAt year of 51,513.W3. but operating ex penses were so reduced as to IcaTc an increase in net warnings of S174. Killed Her Hntrn.l. New York. Oct 3L Last night James R. Walden. 20 years old and his wife Annie, were seen talking excited ly together on a street corner bad j denly the report of a revolver was I heard and the man fclL ' A police officer canzht the woman. , who still held the smoking pistol in her i hand She was greatly excited, bor ( dcring oa hysterics, and at once handed , the revolver t the officer. The nan died an bosr later, j At the home of the dead man it ws. said that Walden did not support his j wife and that he frequently abused her. J To YteU KbmU. j London. OcL 3L The government I beside stationing a eonssl at Kxsbrar. has Mint thither a military agent cnAer I the assent of China. The war cornralt ! tee is setting Lahore to prepare a plan I for theraobUixationox taeiroopou -ac northwest frontier. An aray railway corps has been lormea v relieve we lines having terincs at Peshaer. These lines are connected with the sea-TVM-t of Knrrehts and Linde at Feroie- I pore. Crsballa and Gbaziban with the great railway systems ox incta. iac preparations" iadicate a series cf -f-fenive operations in the case of war. FIRST COMPTTOLLER'S REPORT Jnilge Matthew I'olnla t Where tne Reform Mishl Ite KflVrtetL Wamhsoton. Oct 34 Ftrt Comp troller Matthew, In hi annual report U the secretary of the treasury. refr j to the difficulty of enforcing the act of March jcJsS7, in regard L suit againt I'tViJ I'nited States, and say that If It i should appear tinwi to rrpral the ! it should at least le amended v that govcrnmrnt official fchall bo rr juired . to present their claim to the account , ing orlicer for adjustment and payment ' before bringing suit I"i tho court of I claiuiv He ays the oIK-isl would then ; be obliged to make it armatlve'y ap- J pear la court that tho item had been ' presented to tho accounting oCic and j rejected br that office, lmfurr his cae could lw heard la this way duplicate payments could be prevented. Ia p- i port of a rceoiumendnti nhatcogres ; make some limitation as to tune hen claims against tho government howM 1 presented for payment Judge M.t- thews says that to adopt sone reason. able limitation Is Init to fo ltw the ' practi e of the clvilued world Judge Matthews als rvonnmend legislation by congress in t:e matter of double compensation to federal oiUeialv ami srs that no rean i known to evist why a cimimivti mtr or ele-k should receive more than th jdg of the e urL On the uliieet of edtetl-w of bal.iftees duo to the t'ttitel Mates, the first comptroller ss. "1 WihU1 earnestly recommend thnt the register of the treasury and the auditors who are charged with keeping the accounts le required t-i report at least oiuv a year a I balances due to or from the I'nited States in their respective lo ks to the secretary of the treasury, under such rules as he may prescribe " Judge Matthews suggests that prqer autlurityof law be granted for eovir ing back into tho general treasury the large balance now Man ling to the credit of the impropriation known a "deposits by individuals for surveying public lands," amounting to s-j,hs. By the act of February 21, tsuj, the salaries of the several judges ot tho distrl?t court, after tie date of the pavsago of the act, was iIkcI at the rate of $5,000 per annum Congress, however, failed to make the proper aj proprmtmn for the remainder of lh fiscal year l-.'l. anil, as a consequence, the judges could not 1h paid for the period commencing r'cbruarv. 21. 1J1, and ending June M ot the s.ime year, at the new rate. The first c mptroller recommends an appropriation to meet this case. A DOUBLE LIFER. ; I'miiI lliirhwnM INimrs Out of : Oiirrr lic llraiii.'iit t I.ouU I r'oriiirr r.iultr. Bai-mmohe. Md.. Oct. :.- In ls7 Paul Buchwald abandoned his wife and children in this city A few days ngo he reappeared at a house where his wife was visiting and ex pressed a desire to see his children and she gratified his wish by taking him to the various homes. A long talk fd lowed, during which he told his family ! he had lived in Philadelphia since he last saw them, fifteen years ago, but gave no reason for his sudden disap pearance, i This, together with a natural desire by the children to learn more of their father, caused inquiries In the (junker city. They learned that he wni married and had nwife ihmI five chll- ; dren living in Phi'ndelphliL Sunday lnt his two sons. Henry and Philip, who reside in this eitv, paid him a visit In I Philadelphia. Mrs Buehwuld admits her husband has a wife and children In Phi adelphia. All the children hero are prospering in their atf-iirs, FIVE MEN KILLED. Terrlli e shi,tli,c lilr.ir it! io AllUnre .Mn. M.-tlinr In Irkiini. l.irri.i: Boo;. Ark. Oct 30 -News has reached here of a terrible h.ind-io-hand encounter at I'.ueksport twentr ' mile', from Ml Drado. I'uion comity, . at a Farmers Alliance mas meeting i State. Lecturer Bryan, of the alliance, ! was the principal speaker of the even ing. Shortly after he had con I eluded his speech a quarrel took ; place among several of the sporUi ; tors, which whs soon taken up by i many others in the audience Winches ter rifies. shitgms and plt ds were used with dead velT-cL Bur! M 'timing. J II. Teenen an 1 three others who names could not le learned were killed and several klightly wound" 1 Sheriff ! Goodwin, of I'nion county, left LI I Dorado to-day for th kcciic of the I trouble. IJed-hot po itics was the on y 1 and sole cause of th- troible FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. A !aeni;er Trln ' I'relcht Trn Mrrt in ('llUi'in nl n rlC. St. Pa i i, Minn.. eL SO -A serwi railwav accident ocvnrrid this morn ing a Taopi. Minn . which U I'Kl intie south of he-e The Kannas ( ity and the Milwaukee railwav cross at tin point The Kansas 'itr passenger train No. I from Chicago tnrV-d tip and just as it renrhed the crossing a Mil waukee freight train collided with the Kansas City cnc'ic. Kngineer Chaml-'r. of the Milwau kee, wa killed A tramp who wa stealing a rWe un der the forward end of the Kana City baggage car was also killed Fireman Lynch jf the Kaiww City engine was fatally injured Fireman Thron of tit. Milwaukee train was seriously injrod The train men of the Chicago, Mll wanfcee .t L Paal train claim that tfce Kansas City train ran into them. Both engines were ditched farther ir-ln . rln. NrwOnirxs Ort. m THre a been another change in the csdiiWB of affairs at the Preach Market t lime for the worse. Jat tWe ot tfce IMi'sriUc .V- Nashrl!e A. Sowtbera P-ciS- railroad tracks orcr wliK-h trntile has bon resHtned. a ,nw are kxs appeared in wh h water taaling several fc"t dp Toe extreme r4;-e of the bin ha also reomsienerd sink inc. haviar faln tritSfeei iaee daylight th mrnjnr. The wreekiog of the Wharves I b-lsg rp:ly par uncd. and the planking is w owe than half torn a p. Itat-t ! !TleL Bsrliw OrL Kl A pamphlet la circulation defending Ue Jew gait the charge of extorting m one t froca lb Russian peasants Tae writer of the book says that the reai eBear oi the peasant is ihr cla e nek peasants -who in (uorae way hare ac cumulated money asd wl Was It at rates that Jew voeW t .hasae4 to; ask. and they are exacting frss tke j belp'es gricnltart lth princapaJ j and interest to the la.t fartiwag The . extortiooer are knon as "kootxcSe" i and are hated asd dreaded by tWtr rU j tuns Fall Elr WVee 0Jt. Fall Rtrr.R. Mass. Ort. JO Th -..,.-..,-. t-y the Nirr-ar3.aett ofll S. M - rm w s. trsc' work to-day. The nsea allm j that they were nxrable to obtain n ts w-t-es tiver dj-sired for ziakiaf oertaia diuc of kocmL Eighty-are les are j idle. IrjMllr IMpklKert. rn.r-irnra- lad.. trt. "tt. D;&hthri r again alarsxiszly prevalent is Fraak- J lis. Sixteen ca-v; nave ien rpsnJ to the health board. Last sight the little os cf Prof. D A- Owes, of Frank lin college, died, the rt rietls; of tix coad visitation of the dkos this tz. THEY NEVER CAME BACK. A..tr Tell. H" Came l ! Maid. ,. tou never married. you Aunty .... t V-... lvn i iinmi'ion. child. LUtn. and I will tell yon the torv When I wa your age 1 WI manr admirers However, t&ero " two to whom I was partial -Jack IVor , and Fred (.olrlch. One evening Frd ; called and pn'rswed marriage 1 tW " him to call the second ntght following, and I would gitc him hi aawer The neat erening dear Jack called, and "Then Jack wa your favorite Yes. Jack wa mr farortte. Ut 1 didn't know It until year afterward. A I aU. Jack railed, and he ala pn- ------ t ivved. I did not accept hUn. honcrer. M-1 wnw rMm - evening ftUw Jug. but I told answer the U'K.- tnnlr llill W Olllll mfcKC II the same evening yeu proroivxl to gie Fred his anwer "Yes Well, the folWlg ereahg thev Uth railed. Oh. what a fl 1 was! I told them that I iJnMtght a much o! one a I did the otlwr, aal that It v a lross.tlJe for t hse l-etween them." "War. Aunty'" "Ye, and 1 UeH ad it lntt rt e- tUUwi With that 1 r-.iHHl i d,Teret sh,,ie ..f nwwM ..f re.t texture, each peee f w htea I el three parts gtflng bl l" '. aid retaining l lu my l"Ve, were to match the i bsd. la erert partiea.ar. and the um w m Hsso.led in maU-Hlag laem arsi w a w ! me as his ItrWL 1 gavw ar sleia protnl that I wld rMin llf until one had matched Uev A fa- a-s they were matched they wr l W sent L me, anl the last lt w rv tat l-o l.nwght by my futi husband " An.! ili.l tber think w H mt Um ,. . "Yes, indeed' Fnwl U he . u..it s.'tjl me a dnpiu-Ate of at tlare i bits tH.fore brMkfasL Jack Haunght It w a a fair proposition, and ll h would get all hw rlbNm in tirt if he had to more llearen ami eartn L oo It They lioth took their teprtnr. KrS'! ,.-itli n KLillim faen iiul Jaek Willi a I . sidemn. sail lHk, w hlen I haH neter forgeL" "Who has the larger nnmlxir ot Wl to his credit now 7" "They Uih hne li snme. "How iiiuiiv bits lwive tlaey matelMwIT" "I have yet to write my tlrsl Wt dear" llnrvev Brown, Jr. In PimT. llrfrrrr.l l Hie ll.lrUl ll..rn- Poet I have a little poout hero. lr, that ha len indlteil Ilditor -Well. sir. I would In. glad Ui see it ecu ?!c !.!, but oau'l try It Life. THE GENERAL MAHKLlii. k Ns. i in fAVt'LK-Miipplnr str .1 ' ItMlrhet l.i .SittlYi. IIim.A ;hI Ih rlHHM hmff iir.r s Xfi't .No. J Meit ... . ... rut .i j Illl.i-Nill ... ,. . IO L-S J tUH It -t'ltinnts pt ... t iney . , .. ..... MV-I!I.U . .. IHri'r. K I'tmHMi ernar . ii i- ;-ri tttMAiHj Ki.i.s a ,le.i .... ... . IIACUS .IUhk StHMi!t-r. ... ... ... ?! I.At iv rLs 74 W ;in M 4 si U l 14 1 1 I r. ; i it u ,, tu to l I l l 1T I t a f tl m - Ml t s sr inis iATri.K - si,ipjii,rf ,iwri in t SJ" '";1' t or to en.." Kigali l '....ee . ... .. "5gs wiikr-.ij rj ;rv 0UN-N. I I- N. I U1K-N 1 ... ill rti.Ki.fmry IMIth Cllir.UMi l'A ri'LK -i iwpiin i"r.... II'h.s . I'jrkit. ttmt tlpin ( HI hill' rrm tilMitg-. . t'UH K W -nt r"l".U Will. Vf -N i tmni .. OlKS . i .... J s j Ill .- N'i lit rntlt-' r-unrr .... s:tf . NKV ViHWC. v rn.r -!. w . iH,si. linr t I til K f-l t e I. I WllhT -. 1 r-i CUIUS ".. l I) 1 S A r.'r- I It 1 i III 1 I I. II - r i-rr tUltk ... I o "German Syrup )) ForThroatand Luncs I ha l-crn ill ir Homorrhngo about fic ycora. ' have hn! tHc let Fivo Yoars. tncltral jtdricr. "anl IlT'ilc thr &; " tkxc in some tkwtltt Tkis iralt "tt! in a frw horsiy sicp Thrrr ' ' wa. no fitrlhtrr brmori hage Vitl w x I "liny, v.bcn I barf a hj;ht attack " which opf"i alnwM immctkatc ' Jr. Hy Ihr ibinl Uy all Uacr A " iikxyi hnl !.apfcxei m I Jbai "recovcrc! touch Hjcath. The "Mtrth Uy i l tip in ltllurf ate " my dinner, the first oM yi ? "two nvwith Stnrtr tiiat tc I "have Kriuailr otUrn t-cUrr arf "am nrm' ztAc In nyvr- Uml lb 'hoc My death wa teily ex " j-ccttti a! tar rectyycry b4 rcr ' a j;rca: urprtc lu aty fnrcl nl ' ' the 6ctcUK There can !- dtmU "abrml the crrt of German Syntp. "a. I hai an aitack jo? pxcro u " its wvr. The mly relief "- after ' the fir: 'i'c J R X-icicitri im.uT Salvation Oil iu .V Common Soap Rot Clothes nnd Chaps Hands. IVORY SOAP POE5 NOT. .:i. .t, " j i j an in ,: . l..it. ih a I Hi IS l I j 4 tit j ,ri ts,j tl. i . 1 1 r-a T f a t m J- ! m I 4 M I a . w , n " !tlrltv She Ytt an very tepr.t didn't krnw y eared mwrh ' yur titwle. 1. ! lie- i iw i. " ' ' keeping Mm l a ! . ' lat yar 1 1 W Hv He- I ilMii'l. iml 1 w-a. i aw xiflnm Um ' fcv left .mm JJJ prre tk l w TVm Tt CaMt (l Mai" Wife! Ir.-o U tff 1 total Prrl'r Vrm Wa ?.? one ! S Y ttw-Vlr I . ,.-. rM iler rrtl - T t " ' . ,. 1 VW 9 v-v im $ a 3 j jt.p., .Ter v'k Ja y pj-r. 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" wf n ' ory I. !..' u. nv e ronni .(via tteell Mine tlranra alna. rinrT w t. aell tKr mirmm ihnt fmym limi Ire nrg--i rttti. WIm ' IrtIV H hv ihnt imm JHi k IH4MI gHl, NiMntim(s it mmy W n MU r l.f lllMllH. ll. mi U ! of I)r I'i-rie' !' l'-rrip- !.! tl. It' a ' r$'n lei r'fM f" l'"l' in ! i .III' to !- If. r PH Jiiat . L" Ami ih ri-' thi' pr.x.f Attv-i all the triedi. iih-s : Lnt latm to nr wonnii jif'iilinr wHikte, irrej iil.'intK, ihmI lnoi, th Knror Itn 1're'WfipJMiii " la tia ottif mIio that's jrMocvftewi. If it l't U all t.kl 9nitrix for it, tf l Utii giv Mtfatjti in iverv eane, voat imv jtnir mmnr Intel. There" lri'iil atnl viffttr for evi-ry Ur! fl fwble wtmKui. lietihh avl a new lif.. fr frvory ileln -tr ani ailing w'iimh anl if lit r- d THI Kr!' r, My, 'i? Sr' KAS8A1 CITY. AtittiiTiM in Here! Winter In Coming t The nucnlion of WARM UDEWUn. WARM HOSIERY. WARM SNOES. WARM DRESSES, WARM CLOAKS, WARM FURS. WARM GLOVES, ll0'rr lOft-f tor th (trnitf t tS f.re. Je ViVl. r immi tM 4 -le.nl 1 v l le ftr bfi; 4 tatffcftg l ! pr t m tU I fOs t ere V f t"'e 0 fsV Cvnu 'e IK irr nnd fXJ e tMe hr'f c K . U j .f fvl rjie t trrt t" m .! a pleei ?'. have rJ ORDER BY MAIL. &J"p' of Or 0ssl r& 7 n,rfi te lo fj , e'tKt ?S. j. KAfcSA) city ovcrj m lrrjproved o 5LICKER t CaraAt-4 . 'H it- O r- v' C' Ci 5oftWooleo fy 2 i'h iJl Collar. BOREl "g& WELLSc? WA -sv Im .Q Hwuwo r ! tr-ssA lit .veH too ft: i Mrwtf Ttri ! Ely's Cf'.w Bain itu. t Mr CATARRH rrmm L u. J t W B3l i " s-e fc jrt ft I it - n A RHEUMATISM CURED. ! Tea - t fie w a r . we tt t tm LI. a m j r- jj immorwut tttie ... km r rAar. ja?x: a' . v.aw . taMt) ' , , I it V7l ( 1 V Ik coi-niuhr'Tiwt x sw ma. IT !-- W i f ?tp 0s''i'''s!((((((((((((((((B 'fcilte A "v-1 V j-.yjffejtV-. .BrifirfS6t5S5S,CW:'!rS,Ca;