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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1892)
& " "-"I THE BED CLOUD CHIEF. C. HOtMIR, PuUllthar. RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA, CURRENT COMMENT. TitK Swiss guards, u part of tho popo'B household, urn to Ins dispensed with. Thiikr Trench oIllcerBiindnlady'havo hceu arrested as nplvit nt Myslowlt7, Blkala, -; Tlir. standard yard of America Is said to bonne-thousandth of an Inch larger than Its British parent. Tin: Chinese, Japanese, Malays, Siamese, Now Zouhiudors unit tho North American Indians are all lieanl lowC " , . Duittnn tho first buven months of this year'Franco Imported from tho United States more than three times tho value of goods sho sunt here. ExoLlf-if medical mithorltles are com ing to tho conclusion that tho smoking of puns opliim Is not nearly so Injurious to Chinamen as has 1een supposed. MANurACTiriiKin of obituary monu ments In tliu United States have tho right to remove, their htindlworlc from graves In tho event of Its not belii paid for within six months. Mns. El.,KN IlAimift. of Philadelphia, who organized tho first woman's aid society In tho country, soon after Tort Sumter was llrcd on, Is living ut Flor ence, Italy, ot nn advanced age. It Is thought that tho widow of (Jen. John A. Logan will be chosen president of tho Woman's Relief corps at thu meet ing In Washington. She has consented to tho use of her name for this purpose. Rannoch Loitoi:, tho flno country place In Scotland now occupied by An drew Carnegie, who leases It from Sir Robert Menzles, Is thirteen miles from a telegraph olllco and twenty-three miles from n railway station. I mi) IlRiifciiKi.i., tho now lord chan cellor of Great Ilrltaln, and incumbent of that oillco under Gladstone's lust ad ministration before this. Is not directly descended froln,tha great astronomers who bore that name, but Is of the same family. The Horseholls are of (ierman origin. Miifc A. E. W. IloiiKinso.v, of Musco gee, I. T., bus completed the transla tion of thu new testament from the original Greek into tho Creelc language Tho university of Ohio lias conferred upon her tho degree of doctor of philos ophy In recognition ot her scholarly at tainments. Sin Gr.oitOK Otto Tukvklyan, who is secretary for Scotland in the now Brlt ish cabinet, is 11 lirphow of Lord Ma cauloy, arid with his mother, who was Macnuloy's favorite Bister, wrote tho historian's life and edited his letters. Lord Mucuuloy thought a good deal of his nephew and, first und last, did much for him. Annk Hatha way's cottngo on Strnt-ford-on-Avon is now national property, mo jiruisii trustees Having taken pes session of it. Sentiment does not usu ally enter into real estate deals, and it is thereforo Interesting to learn that while the trustees paid JL'l.UOO for tho property the father of the present ten ant bought it fifty years ago for U15. Notwithstanding, tho recent fuiluro nnd disbanding of tho Galveston organ ization, which was formed for the pur pose of preparing an exhibit for Texas nt tho world's fair, that state is likely to bo creditably represented. Tho Texas County Exhibitors' association of Dallas, formed originally In tho in terests of the state, fair, has taken tho matter in charge and promises a tine exhibit at Chicago. A novkl fcaturo of tho Springfield, Mass., street ear system Is tho letting of electric cars to parties who wish to hire. Tho price Is I'J an hour. It Is convenient for a party to thus chartor a car aud rido as far as they desire. A car can bo run over any of tho lines, us they uro under one management. When a car is thus hired u sign, "Special car" Is placed on tho car. Many have boon hired this summer to run to different points of Interest I'noF. Huht G. Wii.ukii, of Cornell university, recently sent to II, C. FrlcU a copy of Charles Reado's "Put Yourself in His Place," ".lust now," ho said, in a note to Mr. Frlek, "you tire In a position to appreciate It Did mv means permit It, 1 would have a supply placed with union and non-union men alike." In acknowledging the receipt of the book Mr. Frlek said: "I read it over twenty years ago and shall act on your suggestion aud seo that n number nro distributed." Cit.uil.KS SiiM.NKit, says tho Chicago Tost, carried all his aristocratic tastes aud associations with hliu Into the free oil party in 1847. Ho became tho scholarly, statesmanlike advocate of emancipation, and yet it Is declared that ho grasped no black bund in friendship and remained always the friend, but not the brother, of tho ne gro, tho aristocrat to tho end of his days. 'Warm personal friendships be tween black and white men were most frequont in tho south and In "uluvery days," . It in more than lldely that In thlc country tho custom of granting ninety sine year leases originated in the city of Baltimore, where ground leases luivo been in vogue since tho beginning of the present century, but that tho prac tice antedates that period iu England by many hundred yearn is unquestioned. It was, only a few months ago that u floating, newspaper punigruph an nounced tto cxplrutlon of a ODD year leaso mode Swing tho reign of Alfred tho C-reut , A more striking exuinplo of 4he stability o a government und tho .-perfect legality ox' long term leasehold!! ould not be given. N)WS OF THE WEEK. Gleaned By Tolograph and MalL lTHHONAI. ANI IOMTlC.U Oi:n. Pitixui:, 8M years old, n man who was said to 1h) ii retired American army ofllccr and a classmate of tho Into (ion. Robert II. Lee, committed suicide at Morley's hotel, London. Cot. S. II. Itovi), minister resident ut Sintn, arrived at Kan Francisco. Ho was on his way to his home in Missouri, having been granted leave of absence on account of ill health. T. M. Halt, of Philadelphia, 1h tho new president of tho Irish Catholic Bo novolent union. Tilt: Washington Star declares that Senator II 111 demands tho treasury portfolio as tho price of his support of Cleveland. I)il Dan.i:.. W. Shea, A. M.,Ph. 1)., of Harvard university, has accepted tho chair of physics in tho University of Illinois, to which ho was called somu time tifc'o. Much dissatisfaction is being mani fested In India nt the notion of tho government In failing toolosa thomlnte to tho free coinage of sliver. Tub Canadian press, with the excep tion of tho Toronto Mall, which thinks there Is nothing sorloun, Is bitter in de nouncing I'resldont Harrison's action In levying a toll on all vessels passing through Snult Sto. Marie canal. Tiiur.nt.ooi), of Massachusetts, was chosen president of tho International peace congress, which opaned in Berne, Switzerland, on the U'Jd. Tin: queen has elevated to tho poor ngc Sir Lyon I'luyfnlr nnd Mr. Cyril Flower, nicinlxT of the house of com mons for tho Luton division of Hod ford shire. Sir Lyon IMnyfalr and wife will sail for the United State. Jakk Gai'dawi, tho oarsman, wants to row O'Connor on some Amortcau course. Tub reported retirement of I'resldont Roberts, of the Pennsylvania road, is denied by Vice-President Frank Thom son. l)i:onoi!A Ha Fonsf.oa, the first pres ident of the Brazilian republic, Is dead l'UKNinr.NT Haiiiiihon has ucceptud an invitation to visit Potsdam, N. Y., within a few weeks. Coi. E. C Smki:i), chief engineer of tho Union Pacific, is dead. Gi.aii.sto.nk was olccted to Midlothian without opposition. Mit (i..iisroNR has sent a letter to Mr. Labouchorc, saying that ho nlono was responsible for not presenting Mr. Labouehero's namu to tho queen, and that his reasons for not appointing Mr. I.abouehero In no wise reflect upon Mr. Labouehero's public character or scr vices. Giiiimany's now army bill provides that tho whole people shall boar urms. Thk Argentina crista continues. Tho ministers state that tho present situa tion Is intolerable and that I'resldont Pelligriui must resign. Sknatoiih Mills anii Coku, of Texas, have both declared for tho Hogg ticket MI8CICLLANUOV8. A it.tition bus Iteeu presented to tho London council asking It to stop tho Mormon work Ixilng currlod on there. Till: 2..0th anniversary of tho Uni tarian church nt Gloucester, Mm.., wtus celebrated recently. A Br.ni.tN lieutenant mado slighting remarks coueeruliig n club to which uu artist and a sculptor of that city bo longed. On being challenged to a duel with pistols ho wounded one and killed tho other. Tin: Amalgamated association has lost Its strike Ugalust Hughen fc Patter son, Philadelphia iron men. Tim: German Krlegerbund will meet next year in St Louis. At Pittsburgh, Pa., tho crow of tho towbout George Shlras, Including tho ofllcers, deliberately stood by and saw Fireman Cookas, who had fallen over paid, drown without helping him. The coroner's jury ceusurod them. A hyhtkm of wholesale robbery on tho Central street railway of Peoria, III, has been discovered and half of tho con ductors on thu lino tire now searching for other jobs. Thk Canadian Pacific is said to bo ar ranging' for a terminus nt New York. Judok McCoiiiticK, of the United Stutcs court at Dallas, Tex., ban ren dered a decision against tho Texas rail road commission and granted an in junction restraining them from making unreasonably low rates. Thk British steamer Roma, from London, for llrlsbnue, has been wrecked near Algoa Hay, Africa. It Is sup posed everybody on board of hor was drowned. Fnici) Sjiitii was killed by a llvo wire at Pittsburgh, Pa, Ho was an employe of a tiro escape firm. A CLOuniiuitsT occurred at Koanoke, Vtu, and within thirty minutes over JlOO.uoo of damage had been done nnd at least ono,llfo lost Tho business portion of tho city, which is on low land, was the principal sufferer. Consul Osoah Williams at Ilavro re ports an epidemic of Asiatic cholera ut that place, with many deaths, and ud vlses an Inspection of tho vessels from that port arriving lu tho United States. Thk Iron Hall is now in tho hands of a receiver in tho person of James F. Falley, a well known manufacturer of iiunnnnpoits, lnd. Thk Lackawanna switchmen struck nt lluffiilo, N. Y.j on tho U3d, puroly out of sympathy for the other strikers. It Is officially unnouncod that there snot a single caso of Asiatic cholera. In Holglum. All of tho suspicious cases so far reported wcro merely cases of cholera nostras. Aftkii ,u conference with the heads of other railway organizations at Huffalo, IS. on the 'J4th, Grand Master hweenoy declared tho switchmen's strike off. A Nkw Yonic firm has ordered 11.000,000 in k" vmu jor snipment to Europe Tin: convicts have Keii ordered t iirf1jiikfl it li returned to Oliver Springs, lman n,m Coal Creek, Tenn. Thk tivasury department haa prohib ited the importation of foreign rnftH lifter Scpteinbor.20 beeaiuo of cholera, Gituiiai; Gould Is said to bo phmntn j to secure control of tho Wnbash rail road at tho next annual moctliii, Titr. Otoes, lowos, Potieas and Osogos nro dancing near Pone.a, I. T. Consul erablo anxiety Is felt in tho neighbor hood. Thk striking bollermnkers nt Little Rock, Ark., have returned to work without prejudice, nt tho old terms. A I'ot.tCKMAN named Price Is to bo hanged in October nt Pino lititff. Ark., for killing u man whom ho was arrest ing. A rare caso. A HAiir was caton nlivo by a lynx In tho woods near Saginaw, Mich, Wahd nnd Franklin, train robbera, were convicted nt Helton, Tex. A qui:i:i( controversy as tho authentic ity of supposed "cables" is going on between the New York Sun nnd World. At Richmond, lnd.,' Lylo Rodger died from blood polnonlng. nis left arm 1cgnn to rot, and finally his entire system was permeated His physician said the poisoning curao from handling ice. A MUMiiim of colored men of Chicngo hate organized tho Northwestern Im migration association for the pnrposo of aiding and nsslstlng the colored peo ple to leave the southern states and find them homes in the north. Hotii packing houses at Sioux City, la,, have temporarily shut down. Tin; state of Illinois has stiod tho Louisville, New Albany A Chicago Rail road Co. for 1240,000 taxes, Tint saw mills at Eau Claire, Wis., are still idle. A nr.PALCATioif, whloh it Is said will reach 120,000, has been discovered In tho office of Street it Smith, publishers of tho Now York Weekly, and tho orlmo has been fastened upon Alfred J. Price, cashier. Tim Hritish ntoamor Atiglom, bound from Calcutta to Englnnd, eapsiaed in tho Hoogluy river. Thirty-two of hor crew were savod, but fifteen are miss ing. In a coal pit at Swansea, Wales, as ten miners were descending in the cage part of tho pit roof fell in and the men wero caught under the falling earth ami rock and seven crushed to death. Tub stables at Southslde park, near Columbtu, Tenn., were burned recently by an jncendlary fire. Among the val uable horses burned was Hosa Q., 3:V0, valued nt 1.1,000. A whiti: woman named Raphael wan stripped and whipped by four men at Now Iberia, La., "to reform her morala." The supposed riillhina were arrested. Ah a result of Grand Mnster Swoenoy declaring tho switchmen's strike off ivt ItutTulo, N. Y., ho was assaulted by a man named Qulnu and severely beaten. The crestfallen switchmen were greatly mortified nt the collapse of the strike. Gkktii: C.vnMo, an aeronaut waa killed at the exposition grounds, De troit Mich., by the balloon striking thu high tower nnd knocking tho girl from the trapeze. . Skeletons of glgantlo staturo and other signs of a buried city have boon found near Proetorvllle, O. A NEW French company, with a capi tal of f.'!0,000,000, has undertaken the completion of tho Panama canal Tint differences existing between the Union Pacific and Its mechanic wcro amicably udjusted. It is said iu Texas that the commis sion is only restrained from making rates on tho Gould Hues and tho Suutu Fe. Thk reported murder of four hunters in thu Indian territory is suld to bo u fake. Hilly Ai-tko, ii well known prospector of Idaho, will probably die from the re sult oi injuries inlllclea by ravenous buzzards. He was sleeping off the ef fects of whisky und morphluo when the disgusting birds attacked him. A m:uiio uprUlug is reported at New Smyrna, Flu. ADDITIONAL VISTATCHMt Tni'iiK was ti terrible b-ttlo foupht In Vene.'.uebi recently. A hund-to-hund conflict raged for hours, renultlug In the death ot 1,500 of the combutuuts. Thk Titus Salt SoiufcCo. manufactur ing concern, Bradford, Eugland, U con sidering h winding up, couhuquunt upon the plush trade being ruined by the Mo Kinlcy bill, us t.lUjfed. PnKHinr.NT Hauuison met the old sol diers at tholr camp ut Mttlonu, N. Y., on thu UtUh. A shockino loss of life occurcd by an explosion In a coal mine near Uridgcnd, Glamorganshire, Wales. Of 110 men only two wero rescued alive. Two deaths from cholera at Gravcs end h:i:i greatly ul united the English health authorities. It was considered almost ceruiln that the plague would enter London. Thk steam yacht Waplta went down In a gale off Colllugwood, Out Kight lives wero lost, Including Hiram W. Sibley, n New York capitalist ud members of his family. Sknatou Dawks has declined to be a candidate for re-ejeetlon before tho next legislature of Massachusetts. Clkaiii.no house returns for the week ended August M allowed an average in crease of 0. 7 compared with the corre sponding week of lust year. In New York the increase was 4.1. (ov. Eaqi.i:, of Arkansas, is danger ously ill ut Richmond, Ky. Thk trial of Ltzzlo Korden, charged with murdering her father and step mother with uu ux, has begun ut Full River, Mass. Clifkoui) St. John, a militiaman, wur accidentally shot dead at Des Moines, Iu., by Horace Smith, another militia man, who was handling a gun. Cinnr .Tustick Iuvino, of tho First judicial court of Maryland, Is doud nt Princess Anne. Thk drought in northern Mexico end cd with unprecedented rains. Twenty tntlro of thu Mexican Central's track woro washed away. Thk sawmill and other striker in northern Wisconsin have all left for the Dakota harvest fields. Thk people's party has established eastern headquarters ut lloston, aud will put u full state ticket In the field in every Ktato whoro it has organization. Thk Nutlomii jhuik oi .-Mexico, as sisted by merchants of tho City of Mex ico, hasudvauccd tho government credit to tho extent ot 000,000 without be curlty. Thk product of tho northwestern Hour mills tho post week largely ex cccded thu sales. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS. IlANcnorT has voted In favorof water works. Mils. Caul SciiiioKor.u, living seven miles southwest of Randolph, wai struck by lightning early the other morning and instantly killed. She had gone up stairs to get some Hour and whllo there tho house was struck by lightning. Tin: Wood river ilourlng mill, located five miles north of Kearney, owned nnd operated by S. Hearss, was destroyed by fire the other afternoon. Loss, about (3,000; no Insmmnce. The fire is sup posed to have been caused by over heated grain. .1. 1). Ttritit, a German farmer alout 70 years old, hanged himself the other afternoon at tho residence of his son-in-law, Herman llclneman, residing about five miles west of Pender. Ho was found hanging iu tho woodshed by some children. I'ktkh Rank went Into tho cellar of his saloon at Schuyler tho other night and struck a match. Instantly tljeru was an explosion of gns which had es caped from a barrel of gasoline. Mr. Rank was so seriously burned that ho died soon after. Mklhouhnk, the rainmaker, recently attempted to produce ruin ut Grand Island, fora valuable consideration, but made a miserable failure. Not oven a cloud "no bigger than a man's hand" was produced. Ho throw up the sponge, a very dry spongo at that Anton Wksskll, ii farmer living about thirteen miles north of Harttng ton, met with u fatal accident early tho other morning. Whllo driving to St Helena his team became unmanageable and ran Into a fence, causing instant death. His body was found ncxtiuorn lug by farmers. CitAiii.r.s S. Tknny, a farmer living west of Crelghton, was found dead on tho public highway tho other morning. Ho hnd toon to the post olllco for his mall, und was returning home, when he met his death. Tho verdict of the jury was that he cumo to his death by falling oil a horse. Fmi:.n.s of .Indgo Clarkson, who lately disappeared from Omaha, have nearly all concluded that ho was not drowned, us was reported, but took n sudden fancy to play tramp, as ho had onco expressed a deslro to do, und that ho is now wandering about in a cheap Bult of clothes with his whiskers shaved off. At Omaha the other night Mrs. Annie Swestka, a Bohemian woman, died from tho effects of a doso of poison taken with suicidal intent Tho causo of tho act was attributed to stories told about her by a married daughter, who became nngry at hor mother for refus ing to let her havo money to pay off a mortgngo. YoitK county's wheat crop was never known to bo better tlmn this year. Tho largest yield reported is that raised on tho farm of A. H. Test. Mr. Test threshed from thirty-eight acres 1,900 bushels, making an average yield of llfty-onc and three-fourths bushels per acre. Several farmers have threshed fifty bushels per acre. Thk prohibition state convention met at Hustings on tho ISth and nominated C. E. Hentlcy, of Lancaster comity, for governor and .lames Stevens, of Mer rick, for lieutenant-governor. Mrs. Hello Hlgelow was nominated for su perintendent of public Instruction and Mrs. M. M. Laiitou was chosen ouo of tho presidential electors. St. Paul was recently much excited over n fracas lu which H. D. Smith, of tho Press, attempted to shoot .1. G. P. Hlldebrand. It appears from reports that nn unsettled account between ex Editor Hlldebrand and Mr. Smith brought on u controversy in which lire nrina wcro used. Tho Interference of friends prevented anything serious. Ilr.NHY Hanson, a German 23 years old, committed suicide the other morn ing at his homo two miles wes,t of Pen der. He was found iu a shed with u bullet hole in tho center of his fore head. Ho had been sick for several years anil hud been lu Oregon for some i time for his health, only returning a! few davs nrcvious to klllliiff himself, "" - - ". . - clogged and Wurz went In front of it to clean It out Tho horses gavo a sud den start and tho needle camo over, striking him between the shoulders and going clear through his body. Ho leaves n wlfo and young child. Ari'LlCATiONH havo been mado to tho reunion eommltteo at Grand Island from vnrinus portions of the state for quarters for moro than 12,000 veterans, members of tholr families nnd friends. Tho domnnd for booth privileges Is also moro active than over before aud every thing indicates an attendance of at least twenty-flvo per cent over that of any previous year, and tho eommltteo has found It necessary to Increase tho tent order to a very considerable extent Two supposed small-pox patients con fined in a tent near Lincoln attacked one of their three guards whllo tho others wero asleep tho other night, beat him Insensible and escaped. Tho mon wero token ill while confined In tho county jail on three charges of burglary, and were manacled together. It transpires that each had rubbed himself with croton oil and eaten soap, successfully fooling tho doctc:, who pronounced it small-pox. The guard, J. F. Adams, was in a critical condi tion, his skull isslug fractured, Thoy woro subsequently arrested, after hob bling eighteen miles. ' W. II. IitviNi:, confined in tho jail at Lincoln for tho murder of Hanker Mont gomery last May, is reported to bo very 111. Tho other night he received a tele gram announcing tho death of his father nt Marion, lnd, as nn indirect result of tho tragedy and ho broke down completely, cried like a child for hour, and was seriously ill with brain fever. Thk other day whllo hanging up a quarter of beof Orrln Andrews, a Syni cuso butcher, slipped from tho chair on which hu was standing aud caught his wrist on a meat hook. Ho remained suspended until his younger brother could secure It-dp to take him down. Thk other day Herman War, resld-; not ui me uugnes sieei woniH aim cor ing near Kearney, was fatally injured lleries near Mariupol, originated in the by being caught with tho needle of a J ungur among tho lower classes by the self-binder. Tho machine beenmo ' precautions taken ugalnst cholera. A FEARFUL DISASTER. Appnlllnff Loss of Llfo Dy Explosion In a Wolsh Colllory. ONLY TWO OF TUB MEN RESCUED. Wreck of i l'lrnsnro Yncht In tho lporliii Itnr nnd Death or Mlltlotmlm Hittley and 1IU rnnilly ami Other. Lonpon, Aug. 27. At tho Park Slip tnine, near Hrldgton, in Glamorgan shire, Wales, this morning, soon after tho day tdilft of 1.10 minora had gono to work, an explosion occurred and caused the earth and rock to fall. Tho mouth of the pit was closed boforo any men hnd cseaecl and it is fenred that thoro will be great loss of life. HuudrodM of the miners iu the vicinity volunteered tholr services for relief work. At 0 o'clock this evening a rescuing part' asx-ended to the surface bearing with them two men whom they had found near tho bottom ot tho pit Hoth men wore badly burned and uncon scious. The physicians hold llttlo hopu of thulr recovery. Shortly after theso men wcro brought up flume from the burning pit ascended nnd set lire to the structures at the pit head and nil hopo was abandoned. Those who escaped death In tho oxplo hIoii have certainly been suffocated or burned to death. The disaster Ls ouo of tho worst that Iuih occurred lu tho mining district for many years. A l.iike llrtr. Saoinaw, Mich., Aug. 27. Tho stenm yacht Wapita, which left hero two weeks ago on a pleasure trip, is reported lost In Georgian bay. It Is said that she went down In a gale yesterday near Colllug wood, Out, and that eight persons on board wcro drowned. On board were Hiram W. Sibley, n New York capitalist, his wife, son and daughter and two ladies of Rochester, N. Y. Cnpt. Ellsworth, tho engineer, fire man and cook aud one other person were saved. Tho yncht belonged to Isaac lterlnger, u partner iu lumbering of Mr. Sibley. Two years ago the yncht was built In Cleveland at a cost of JUS, 000, and was then named Straight Away. After coming into the possession of Mr. Hor Ingcr It was then mimed tho Wiipltn. Sibley and Herluger have largo pino in terests in Michigan and Canada, tholr headquarters being in this city. Tho captain and engineer of the ill fated boat are from thifi city, while tho eook nnd fireman are said to havo been Bhipped at Mackinaw. Luter news In regard to tho wrecking of the steam yacht Wupltn Isns follows: George Sherman, eook on board tho yacht Wupltn, telegraphed from Col llngwood, Ontario, to-day: "Rout wrecked; two of tis saved, all tho rest drowned." Tho Wapita loft hero about ten days ago on a eruiso up thu hikes. She had on lKMird II. W. Sibley, millionaire cap italist, of New York, his wife, son, daughter und two lndv friends, Miss M. H. Pond and Miss F. W. Durbln, of Rochester, N. Y. Tho crow was com posed of ('apt. JtimcK Eldrldgo and En gineer Walter A. Henry, of this city; Jeromo O'llnre, deck hand; fireman, namo unknown, and George Sherman, cook, who was shipped at Mackinaw. The yacht left Muekluaw on tho 2lst for Georgian bay, and Is reported to have gone on tho rocks where it wont to pieces. Mr. Sibley was 45 years old nnd a son of the late Ilirum V. Sibley, of Roches ter, N. Y. For a year or so p-ir.t ho has resided in New York city. Ho was largely Interested with Isaac lterlnger, of this city, in pine lands and lumber and in 'mining property in Mlnuesota, as well us in real estate in Saginaw. SERIOUS OUTBREAK. SniiRitlnnry Cilllloiis In llulii (Ivor Choi oru 1'rerautloiiH Several Jew .Muf IitpL St. Phtkhmiuiki, Aug. 27. Tho recent ! . . ... . t ' j ... , mob stoned policemen who woro taking n woman to a hospital, and a detach ment of Cossacks was dispatched to pro tect the police. The mob resisted thu .Cossacks with stones, cudgels und iron rails, one officer being knocked from his horse and severely Injured. Tho Cos sacks utt acked tho people with swords and flcrco flghtlug ensued, 200 rioter aud twenty soldiers being disabled. The crowd then attacked tho hospital. Later in the evening tho mob excited by drink tried to set fire to thu village. Tho rioting was resumed next morning when a mob of 10,000 terrorized tho village, killing several Jews. Thoy burned a village inhabited by peo ple employed in tho Hughes works, their lives being spared. Tho damage amounts to several million roubles. Order was not restored until tho third day, when two regiments and a battery of artillery arrived on tho sceuo. Thu agitation continues and is spreading to tho mining districts. Further troubles uro feared A Chicago Improvnmrnt. Chicago, Aug. 27. Tho North Sido street car system is aliout to abandon the hone as a motive power and adopt the Helglan steam motor. Several de vices for rapid transit havo been tried lately, umong which are underground electric wires, the Connolly gas motor, tho Helgian steam motor and others. In tho Helgian motor President Yerkes be lieves ho has found tho practical solu tion of rapid transit and thu company's present horso enr lines will lio equipped with engines tin fast an they can bo manufactured. Senator D.iwes hii6 declined to Ikj n candidate for re-election before tho next legUluturo of Masaachusetts. Tho Ninth Missouri democratic pri maries went In favor ofClurk as against Norton. Gov. Eagle, of Arkansas, is danger ously ill ut Richmond, Ky. TRYING TO GET HOME. The Cholera flritre tlniHlrifr Amrrleaa Tourlut to Mnko u llinh For If omn How nn OiiMircnk Would Altrct tho World' Fair. Wasiunotok, Aug. 20. "Not a steam er hailing from tho continent of Europo will bo permitted to enter an American port until after her passengers havo been rigidly Inspected and hor b.iggajfo thoroughly fumigated," said tho soe tary of the treasury yesterday. Quarantine hn been established all along the Atlantic ccaat and every pon Bible precaution K being taken to pre vent tho introduction of cholera into the United States. It is learned that tho Hrltish steamship lines refuse to take any passengers for tho United Stotes from the continent und no Ger man jr French Bhlp from tho Infected ports la permitted to touch at ltrltlh port. Westward bound steamers from Great Britain arc reported to have their sa loon and eeeond cabin accommodations ngaged to their utmost capacity for Mouths ahead and many Americana who. Bailed for Europe a few months ago in UU) rooms are only too glad to got ac commodation Ui tho steerage on tkwir return. It la believed that tho precautions now being token In Portland, Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore will rwult in keeping cholera from our shores this year, but It will surprise tho ofiiclals oi the murine hospital sorvieo if the great influx of visitors in 1SUC is not followed by an outbreak. WOULD 11U1N TOR WOllLD'fi I'AUt. Chicago, Aug. 20. Dr. W. F. Rollly, secretary of tho Btote board of healtli, says that If tho disease should secure a. foothold In this city it would meoa practical ruin to tho world's fair; that one or two caseu would bo almost as in jurious as a great many, as visitors, would fear ite rcappcaranco next year. ANOTHER STRIKE. An Indignant KnUelim'tn Strike Ornnd, Mnttrr Swwny Kor Orilorln-tl strlko OIT-A nittrr Ft-4-Uoif Ilnvoloprd. BurrALo, N. Y., Aug. W. Tho caU ing off of the switchnicn'a strike has caused much ndverso comment muoug the strikers. Sweeney's nctlon waa received with maledictions by most of the strikers, nnd when he nppeared on tho street ho was surrounded by a crowd of switchmen, who demanded that ho declare a general strike from New York to Chicago. Worda ensued and Switchman Qulnn, of tho Nickel Plate yards, struck Sweeney a. ferocious blow, kuocklug him down. Blood llowed iu a stream from Swee ney's nose. Quinn then got his leader's head ugalnst a telegraph polo and punehod und pounded him until pulled away. ' Mr. Sweeney had his wounds dressed in a drug store. A number of strikers ussuwbltid on the sidewalk in front of th place nnd threatened to do further violence to the grand master. Sweeney was frightened and tho police disporscd the crowd. A bitter feeling against Sweeney has developed among tho late? strikers, who consider that they havo bu duped und betrayed by him. It was stated vaguely hist night tliut tho men who would havo had thu fight maintained are in meutlng in somo null down towards liast Buffalo, nnd there are suggestions even that thoso men wish, without knowlnp; just how, to open up the strike again upon tholr owu responsibility. OFFICERS CHOSEN. i:iortlon of l'yttilau .Siiproinit OlllrrrK-Sn-prrme l.ixlijo l'lniim in Tho SUturhoud Klrct (inlwro, Kansas Citv, Aug." CO. The supreme lodge of tho Knights of Pythias of the World elected this afternoon tho fol lowing officers: Supreme Chancellor William Worthi Bluckwell, of Kentucky. Supreme Vice Chancellor W. B. Pii'chie, of Ohio. Supremo Prelate E. T. Blackmer, of of California. Supreme Master of Exchequer S. J. W 11 ley, of Delaware. Snpreme Keeper of Records and Scab R. lu C White', of Tennessee. Sprucme Master-at-Arms .1. II. Lyon,, of Kunsas. Supremo Inner Guards-Aaron B. Gar dinier, of New York. Supreme Outer Guard John Thomp son, of Washington, I). C. BUl'IIK'Ii: I.ODGK FINANCKS. Kansah Citv, Mo., Aug. U0. Supremo. Master of Exchequer S. .T. Willey, K. of P., boa prepared for thu consideration of tlw supreme ledgo a report showing tho financial condition of tho order. It. gives Uio following tablo of compari sons, showing the conservative man agement of supreme lodge Uuunccs: lUlivnce on hand April I, 18.., 8U,73r 48, Utiluuce on Imnd April 1, 189 lH,fivr 80 ll.lanceon band April t, ItMO CT.lOi S3 UaMuoe on bund April 1, 1891 15,811 00) UiUiiueo on Imnd April 1, I'M 68,191 03 ltiiluuoe on Lund July 1. lbJJ Ti.Wfl 3 Of wlilch amount tliero 1 Invested at 4 pr cnL at to doys' call M.OK) fO. CiiBh in hands of S. M. of K .,.,,8.M S3 PYTHIAN BISTKItS. Kansas City, Ma, Aug. 20. The Pythian sisterhood elected tho follow ing officers for tho ensuing two years: Supreme chief, Mrs. Hattlo A. Robinson,, of Dayton, O.; supremo senior, Mra. Sarah J. Goff, of Central Falls, K. I.; ' Bupreme junior, Mrs. II. W. Dodd, of' Fort Mudlsou, la.; supremo mistress of records and correspondence, Mrs. M. D. Wood, of Kansas City, Mo.; supremo, mistress of finance, Mrs. Emma Bacon,, of Canton, O.; supreme manager, Mrs. Alice BloKsoin, of Minneapolis, Minn.;. supreme protectress, Mrs. Salllo Yoolf of Sau Francisco; supremo guard, Mrs. Anna Hammond, of Boston. Old .Toe Shook. VAbSAii, Mich., Aug. 20. Josoph. Shook, of this place, cannot be per suaded from walking to the Grand Army encampment In Washington.' Ho is ST years of age, nnd ho must uvorago twenty-five miles a day to accomplish tho crazy feat. Ho will carry ii Bilk flag with tho following inscription: "Joseph Shook, uged 87 years, company D, Forty-fourth regiment, Indiana vol unteers. Gen, W. T. Sherman poet, No. 410, Vassar, Mich." If any thlag should befall him on tho way people aro requested to notify tho post in Vassar, and assistance will be bent to thu old man. i ! ' - f 9 I l) v ; d fa$t- A1 &vra1ruTS wvmuiiMmmMAHimw&'jabmm&m' mwiju)ssim','t .Haeuxixw' UaMtMctMMftl T- nwT7iJSHatoasiiisr3aEaaa5S" i ",,i.wlty''lyt,fciMwi.Wi