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THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 21), 1893.
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PERILS OFJTHE SEA.
HAYTIAN WARSHIP GOES DOWN AND
1 EIQHT LIVES ARE LOST.
A Tlrskeman's Mnniler Citutei n Auful
Wreck on the WftbMh At Klncibitry,
Intl. EtTon l'ernonf Kilted nd RUny
Other Injured.
New York, Sept. 24. First Officer
Newman of tho Princo Wilholm I., wlio
brought tho nows of tho foundering of
the llnytian warship Potion nnd tho re
ported loss of 80 fouls, including mnny
diplomats, was 6Con nbonrd tho steamer
fwhlchis lying nt Woodward Stores,
South Brooklyn. Ho gnvo furthor im
portant particulars, which prochidosn
doubt of tho catastrophe Ho likonod
the Borrow occasioned to that caused in
England by tho I033 of tho Victoria. Ho
aid: "Tho general opinion Rooms to bo
that tho engineers woro to blntno. Tho
regular French engineers had boon left
behind and n couplo of engineers only
experienced in plantation machlnory
woro substituted."
Tho Potion was built in Tonlon,
Franco, four months ago. 8ho had been
in commission n month. Sho was of tho
Mitralleuso typo of gunboat, about 100
feet long, with only fivo foot draught.
Her armamont consisted of n cannon at
llio bow mid two revolving ones nstorn.
A steal ram was applied to tho prow.
Clio was regarded ns ono of tho most
formidablo wnrships in tho navy.
Terrible Collision Occur on Hie WnbMlu
KlNOsnuitY, Ind., Sept. 21. Klovon
persons lost their lives in a collision bo-
tweon n froljiht train and tho Toronto
And Montreal oxpress on tho Wabash
railroad at this station Friday morning.
A scoro of othors wero injured, many of
whom will dio. It was tho worst wreck
tho Wabash over had. To add to tho hor
rors of tho terrible collision tho boiler of
the passenger cngino blow up, Bcattorlnpc
human bodies niul wrcckago in all direc
tions. Lint or the Killed.
.T. H. McKKNN'A, butcher, of Hydo Park.
llAitnv Fm:X(;it, 13 years old, memher of
Orphan Jcltrlngor, London.
CiiAtil.KS llKitno, San Francisco.
Miss Auck H. Hkiiii, Hast Huston.
MlssXi:t.MK 11.TUCKKU, Newton, Mass.
CondI'ctok Jamks Cout.TUit of passen
ger train.
Knoin'kkr .Inns ORKCS, Ashley, Ind.
Waiiiiks 0. Hidkii, l'lmmlx, Arz.
P. C. Zr.Li.i:. Uerlln, (Jurmany.
Uagoaukman Lvoxs, passenger train.
J. I). HOUXDV, I.amollle, In.
lroperty IWortti 1,000,000, Destroyed.
St. Jobkm, Mo., Bept. 27. Thrco
solid blocks of tho llnost business housos
of St. Josoph nro in ruins, and $1,100,000
Worth of property has been destroyed.
About tO o'clock Monday morning C.
A. Purdy noticed n thin curl of smoko
coming from tho top floor of tho 8-story
department houso of To wnsond & Wy att.
By tho time ho could turn in nu nlarm
flames burst from tho onliro top floor.
Whon tho flro department arrived it was
found tho water pressure was bad and
the firomon fought nt n disadvantage.
The entire building was soon in flamos
and Chiof Kane saw there was nochnnce
tosavo it. A strong wind from tho
north carried tho llatnos across tho street
to tho magnificent Comiuorcial bank
atructuro, and It was toon in flamoH.
TIio Central Savings bank went next
and then followed tho Central Mock.
CONSOLIDATION OF LAND OFFICES.
Statement From tho Secretary or the In.
terlor Concerning the Stutter.
Wabihnoto.v, Sept. 28. Itoplying to
a resolution of inquiry concomlng tho
consolidation and discontinuance of tho
laud offices in various western statw, tho
secretary of tho intorior sent a state
ment to tho somite, showing consolida
tions had boon made ns follows;
Colorado Central City with Douvor,
Gunnison with Montrose, Hugo with
Lamar, Steiiding with Akron.
Kansas y.iliiin with Topoka, Kirwin
with Oborlin, with relocation nt Colby,
Lorned with Golden City, with reloca
tion at Rldgo City.
Nebraska Uraml Island with Lin
coln, Neligh with O'Neill, Chadron with
Alliance, Dloomlugton with McCooU.
Nevada Eureka with Carson City.
South Dakota Yankton with Mitch
oil. Wyoming Lander with Buffalo.
The secretary transmit with his re
port a lottor from tho commissioner of
tho land office, stating that tho various
consolidations wor6 mado necessary by
tho inadctiuucy of appropriations and by
the law requiring such nctlon in cases
M a prospective dollcioncy.
Aimol Cor.nrll of tho V. O. A. M.
DE9 MoineiS, Sept. 27. Tho national
council of tho United Order of Atnoil
can Mechanics met in nnnual session
here. Thoio was n public parado. Tho
insurancfi and military branches will
incol hero ycdnesday.
New finder Illgeini DhtriTfrcit.
CiifVKSNft, Sept. 21. Placer diggings
linVo bColi discovered on thft Big Horn
river near tho Hot Springs. Tho dis
covery was mado by nccldent and is
creating ninth escltomcnt in that part
of tho 6tate.
More Yellow Veer Cases.
Biiunswiu'k, Sept. 25. Two now cases
of fovor nro reported, Mrs. J. E. Mullin
and danghter, who were reported is
imsplcious cases Sunday. Four casus
were reported well and discharged.
ITutiham Ulvorcc Cute Decided.
Canton, S. D., Sept. 24. Tho sensa
tional divorce caso of Mrs, E. W. Dun.
hamaga!n3t It. W. Dunham of Chi
cngo has been decided in favor of tho
plaintiff.
Adrtreiied the rnpolUt.
Missoum Valley, Sopt. 20. Ralph
Beaumont of Washington, D. 0., Bpoko
on tho political issues of tho day from
tho Populist standpoint in this city.
Tho California I'lght Knded.
' Chicaoo, Kopt. 24. Tho into war bo
tween tlio Atchison and Southorn rncl
flo linen has boon ended and ratos will
t'o lack to their old basis iu October.
BANDIT8.
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Train ItohhlnK Industry Ii
(Ironing
lliuaidoin.
St. Jostl'JI, Mo., Sept. 25. Tho Kansng
City, St. .Too nnd Council TllufTs railroad
foiled nn nttempt to rob ono of its passen
ger trains, killed two of tho bandits nnd
captured thrco others nt Francis, one nnd
a half miles from this city. Tho dead nro
Kd Koblor nnd Hlgo Indall. Tho captured
men nro Frederick, llcrsh nnd Harvey.
Trnln No. 8 wns the intended victim. It
loft Knnsns City nt 0:05 last night and ar
rived hero nt 12:80 this morning.
Ofllclnt Ifnd Ileen Notified.
The ofllctnls of tho road had boon noti
fied that tho robbery of tho rond had been
planned nnd they no tilled tho police.
When tho trnln arrived here a dummy
train was mndo up nnd slxtcon pollco offi
cers under commnnd of tho chief of police
were put aboard. In order to thoroughly
deceive the robbers tho train was mndo nu
exact duplicate of train No. n, and con
sisted of nu cngino and tender, an express
nnd bnggago car and tho usual coach and
Pullman.
Tho Itolibcri llluln Operation.
When tho dummy reached a point two
miles north of St. Joseph the ciiKlneer's
attentlou wns arrested by n lighted lantern
moving to ami fro between tho rails. Ho
obeyed tho signal nnd six masked men
Burrouuded tho cuglno. Ono of tho six
mounted the engine and, presenting one
revolver nt the engineer's head and an
other at tho fireman's, held them iu sub
jection whllo tho otlior fivo men bnstcned
to rob tho express car. They ordered the
messenger to open tho door, which bo did
forthwith.
KurirUcd, but Opened Ftro.
Thrco of tlio bandits entered tho car,
Icailngtwo without to keep gunrd. Tho
policemen who were guarding tho trnln
wero distributed In tho various tars, the
majority of them being concealed iu the
express car. Upon tlii thrco bandits who
had undertaken tho work of robbing tho
car entering the door, tho pollco within
ordered thorn to surrender. Tho robbers
wero tnkon completely by surprise, but
they opened Are nt onco upon tho police.
The police relumed thu Arc nnd a general
fusillade followed. About twenty-live
shots wero fired on both sides.
FOUR ROBBERS IN THE QANQ.
Two of Thoto Cnpturcd Who Attnchvd tho
Train nt Crntmlln.
Chicago, Sept. 22. D. L. Jones, of Ox
ford Mills, la., who carried n card from n
Kansas City Switchmen's union, which
denies that such a man Is a member;
James Harding, of Danville, flls., nnd
ChnH. O'Dwyer, of Centralia, aro tho
active participants In the attempted train
robbery nt Centralia, Ills. Jones hns mado
n confession of tho crimo and says there
was a mnn named Marlon, of Duqitoin,
implicated but not on hand the night of
tho nttnek.
It seems thnt the robbers did not dlsablo
Fireman McDowell, and he grappled with
Jones and knocked him 8nselens with a
monkey wrench, which resulted in Jones'
capture. O'Dwyer escaped to his homo in
Centralia, but Inter uavo himself up. Tho
man who was wounded by Saunders, the
hunter who caino to tho relief of tho con
ductor nnd express messenger with n shot
gun, gotuwny. When Saunders enmo up
Conductor Oduni was nt tho mercy of ono
of the robbers, who had a pistol leveled at
him.
In shooting tho robber Sanders slightly
wounded Odun in tho Imiid. Thero was
no other hhooting In the express car, (bo
other robber and tho iness-cugcr being on
Killed lun hnud-to-hand struggle. When
Sanders shot thu robber both of them
jumped olf nnd ran nwny. KiiKhiecr
Young was wuunded twice, onco In the
shoulder and onco iu the hip. Tho wound
Is bevcre, but not fatal.
FIVE KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION.
The Deadly Mine flits tinea Homo Horrible
Work In l'eiiniylviinln.
WlLKKsUAIUlK, Sept. 22. Uy nn explo
I'on of una iu the Luuco colliery No. 11, of
tho LchlKh nnd Wllkesbarro Coal com
pany, at Plymouth, fivo men wore lu
staiitly killed nnd live others seriously In
jured. Tho names of thu dead arc: David
M. Jones, cimtiactni; William Joiich,
rock miner, WilktbbHru-; John Flanagan,
mason, Wilkeshurre; Owen P. Jones, I'ly
mouth; Joshua Collghtly, I'lyinouth, an
histunt in Inn foiemnu. All thu men are
married aud have from two to six children.
Tho injured are: Owen L. Evans, rock
miner, arm dislocated; Thomns Williams,
rock miner, ribs broken; I), n. Davis, rock
miuer, shoulder dislocated; John Cum
mluRK, mason, leg broken by flyluir debris;
James Morgan, miner, fnca cut and scalp
wounds, 'i'bo nccldent wns caused by
JiishttbGollghtly, who entered a body of
gas with his naked lamp. A terrific ex
plosion followed.
Mrs. Grant to VUlt (he fair.
NewYouk, Sept. 22. Mrs. Grant has
btartcd for Chicago. Sho was accompa
nied by her daughter, Mrs. Nelllo Grant
Snrtorls, nnd the hitter's pon nnd dniiKh
ters. The family party will visit the fair
nnd will remain at Chicago two or three
weeks nsthe Ritcst of Mr. and Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer. Thoy will then return to
Cranston's, where Mrs. Snrtorls and her
children will spend a few more days pre
vious to thfir departure for England.
Colonel FriM Grant and his family will
remain at Cranston's until nftet their re
turn from Chlcngo.
To Abolish I'runr of I.nj.Mty,
WASIIJKUTOS, Sept. 2) Tho houso Judi
ciary committee lias ordered nfnorau1e
report on tho bill introduced by Oites, ic
pealing that section of tho statutcM which
requlrrr proof of loyalty during tho wnr
of tho rebellion us a perquisite to bciug
lestored or admitted to tho pension roll,
Proof of loyalty Is also dispensed with In
applications fur bounty lndn whero the
pioof otherwise show Unit tho applicant
Is entitled to It.
Kloped nllh the Hired atnn.
OAULAKU, Ills., Sept. 22. Wesley J.
Orr, a wealthy farmer residing near Ar-
clln, passed through here iu senrch of his
wife, who ran away with his hired man.
llcfoto leaving Mm, Orr took fl,2UU which
her husband had drawn out o( tho bank
tho day before, Tho eloping couple aro
said to bo In Terio Haute. Orr la 71 years
old while his wife is 10. They woro mar
ried about two mouths t(oat Chicago.
Frnuli Collier Declared Snno,
Ciiit'Aiio, Sept. W. Tho jury iu tho case
ofjl-'rank Collier, the ir ratio liuvynr, has
xeudered u verdict declaring him snue,
LOADED FOR
THOMPSON FORGOT.
DRAKEMAN'S FEARFUL BLUNDER
COSTS ELEVEN LIVES.
A rnonCr Train Mutism Into is Stnnd- (
Iiib Freight ami Only Ono Conch Icnpei
Demolition Tho Mnn Who Cnuncd tin
llnvoo DUnppenrs.
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KNOSl.UliV,Ind.,Scpt.2.l.-Elevenbol
resting upon improvised sluts nnd table!
under the roof of tho modest Masonic hall
of this village, and a Bcoro of injured re
ceived ns inmntcs of tho city Los;ltnl ol
Peru, soventy mile dlstnut, tell tin,
story of tho latest of railroad horrors, ol
which this village has been the scene.
Tho revised list of dead and injured is ni
follows:
Dead J. II. McKcnnn, butcher, Hydt
Park, Mass.; Harry French, aged 14, ol
tho London Charity school, London, Eng
land; Charles lllrbco, Han Frausiscoi
Alice Heed, East IJoston, Mass.; Miss Nel
lie 1). Tucker, Uoston, Mass.; Warren G.
Itydcr, Phoenix, Ariz.; 11. C. Zelle, Ger
many; J. D. Itoundy, La Moltle, In.; John
Green, engineer passenger train, Ashley,
la.; J. G. Coulter, conductor pnssongct
train, Detroit; V. X. Lyon, baggago mas
tcr passenger tralu, Detroit.
Injured Frank P. Dow, Fair Haven,
Wash., scalp wound; Miss M. A. Kelly,
Drookllne, Mass., bend cut and bad!)
bruised; Otto Huck, Hamburg, Germany,
bruised nnd ankles sprnlucd; G. S. Hod
Bon, Dover, N. H., chin gnshed and injuries
to back; Mrs. S. A. Seavy, Somcrworth, N.
11,, back injured, general contusions and
nervous prostration; Mrs. G. W. Ilurbank,
Now Orlcnns, right arm and both legs
broken condition critical; Mrs. H. V.
Ilyder, Phoenix, Ariz., face mid body cut,
right leg broken; Simon Cauflold, Iron
wood, Mich., contusions of limbs aud
body: Mrs. Cnuflcld, wife of above, left
arm broken, contusions on bend; Mrs. D.
Dugau Auderntd, Pennsylvania, slight
bruises; W. J. Asklns, residence unknown,
left leg fractured, Infernal Injuries un
conscious; Edward Hush, London, E"K
Jand, youth, aurfaco contusions; William
Evans, London, England, youth, both legs
broken; Albert Moltou, youth, London,
England, right nrm injured; Hattle
Hutchlns, child, Phoenix, Ariz , Internal
Injuries; Mrs. D. C. Hill, Soiueruworth, N.
II,, left thigh broken; Aunlu Hill, same
address, slightly bruised; Henry Volklng,
fireman of freight tralo. scalds and con
tusions; John il.irbcr, fireman passenger
train, scalds and contusions; Engineer
Whitman, o( freight trnln, right arm
broken, hurt iu back.
Ono Moment of Forgot fnliioan.
A moment of forgctfulut-ss or nbsont
mindedncAs on tho part of a brakeman who
is given tho best of reputation by tho Wu
baBh officials tells tbo story of tho seconds
that preceded tho catastrophe. As to tho
facts themselves there is no room for dis
pute. Freight train No. 4, enstbound,
from Chicago, was duo at this point at 4:20
a. m. It was under orders to tako thu Hid
ing and await thu arrival of westbound ex
press No. (-S, which nccordlng to the sched
ule should lmvo passed tho Kingsbury sta
(Ion at 4:40. Tho express, however, was
nwny behlud time, mid owing to tho henvy
travel growing out of tho World's full- It
was divided Into two sections, tho second
section running twelve minutes behind
tho llrst. Doth sections were made up nt
Uuflulo, tho passengers including people
from thnt city us well us from tho various
linen centering iu it from Caundu aud the
cast.
Whut Wui Urnkciunu Thompson Dolnc?
With tho knowledgo that under tho
schedule, ho had twenty minutes to spare
Euglnecr Whitman, of the freight tiain,
proceeded up tho siding to the main lino to
tnku water, the nwltch being thrown opon
by Herbert Thompsou, head brakeman of
the freight. After tho cngino had taken
water tho freight was backed to tho sid
lug, and Thompson closed the switch. Re
garding this latter fact there is no room
for quostlon; for nt C:10 tho llrst section of
tbo express, thirty mlinitcs late, swept
past on tho main track, Hiving tho usual
signal long and two short blasts to Inti
mate to tbo freight that a second section
wns following close behind. What wero
the movements of Urnkeman Thompson
in tho next few moments remains to
bo developed.
For tho Dcndly Switch I Open.
Certain it is tliHt when twelve minutes
later the second section of tho westbound
express camo thundering along at a speed
of forty mlleii an hour tho switch was open.
Iu the early dawn tho red lights nt the
tnt Itch and tho target were hardly dlscerna
ble, and It Is n question whether either the
engineer or flremnnof the passenger looked
for them, secure In their knowledgo that
week in nnd week out they had swept ovoi
the same ground without hindrance. Like
a Hash of lightning, therefore, tho train
took the siding, nnd almost before the
engineer and fireman realized that thoy
had missed tho main track they hud
Crashed Into tho waiting freight.
Shrieks mid Oruiins Fill the Air.
A second later and the air waw filled
with shrieks, groans, moans aud piteous
appeals for help and assistance, Tho pas
senger train consisted of a baggngo car,
three ordinary coaches aud two sleepers,
nnd tho forco of the collision was such
thnt only the rear sleeper csenpod injury,
Tho locomotive of tho freight wns drivun
half way iuto tho car in its rear, nnd the
baggngo car of thu passeugor train was
thrown to one Bide, whllo tho passenger
coaches partially telescoped each other,
and tho Grand Trunk coach cut into tho
Bleeping car "Kausns," carrying away the
smoking compartment nnd sections one
and thrco as clean its though they had
been trimmed with n razor edged nxe,
Tho forward conches wero completely
wrecked and tho occupnuts burled in the
debris.
Thompson, the llrahctunii, (lono.
Where Thompson, tho brakeman whe
caused (ho wreck, is nobody knows.
When Engineer Whitman had succeeded
iu extricating himself from tho debris ot
tbo meat car Into which ho had been
driven by thu forco of tho collision he
found Thompsou on tho track as pale as a
ghost and ttembling In every llhro,
"What havo you doner" demanded the en
gineer, whobo right arm hung helpless at
his side uhllo the blood pourul from a cut
lu his head.
"I must havo left that switch open,"
was Thompson's reply, aud without an
other word ho tool; to his heels aud dis
appeared on thu stdo of tho wreck.
Mitchell Accepts thu NuTulimllon.
DttJ Moisis, J.i Sept. 2-J. Denjamlu F.
Mlttlull of Crawford county, who was
nominated by the Prohibition Republicans
of lowu for governor, has accepted the
nomliiatiuu,
THE SILVER DEBATE.
It fitlll Oceurlc tho Tlmo of tho United
Stnte Mcii.itc.
Waeiiinothos, Sept. 21. Morgan In the
fiennto presented n petition from Alabama
for tho unconditional repeal of tho Slier-
Jrmn iftW( knylng that as It emanated from
KCv York capitalists It wns rather nn or-
dor from them than n petition from Ala-
bama. Voorhces did not propose his long
fessions resolution, nor did Plate his clo-
t(Jr(J propo8,tlon. 0eoro of Mississippi
enoko ,,nUI,t tjle reneal bill. In tho course
of a debate on tho quorum question Teller
said ho did not pioposo to acquiesce In
anything that would limit tho
tho minority for "obstruction."
power of
Then tho
repeal bill talk went on, Gcorgo yielding
and Gray, Hoar and others speaking, after
which tho senato adlourucd.
After a hot opposition by tho Republic
ans iu tlio house, during which tho speaker
refused to entertnlu "dllutory" motions
nnd appeals, tho rules commlttco's report
providing that the speaker shall entertain
no motion whatever uutll tho roll of com
mittees for report is concluded, was adopt
ed, nnd the eltxtlon law repeal bill re
ported and placed on tho calendar.
Wasiunoton, Sept. 22. Piatt offered
tho cloture resolution in tho sounlc he
gavo notlco of Tuesday and mndo n speech
thereon, declaring the 6cnnto in tho power
of any minority thnt had determination.
Pcllcr introduced his bureau-of-loans bill.
White argued against tho repeal bill, say
ing that it did not cove- tho Democratic
platform promises. Voorhces tried to
forco n voto on a motion to lay on the
tnblo Pefler's freo Bllvcr amendment to
the rcpoal bill, but gave up tho tight after
n little filibustering nnd appealed to tho
minority to ngreo to a voto nt Bomo time,
but thoy would not.
In tho housdlteed called attention to the
journal, which said that Crisp has refused
to cntertnln "dilatory" motions, whllo
Crisp had uedulously avoided that dread
ful word. Crisp took tho matter under
advisement nnd tho journal was not ap
proved until tho last thing. Tho commit
tco on rules reported a cloture resolution
providing thnt the election law repeal bill
shall bo taken up Sept. 20 nnd voted on
Oct. lu. 1 ho resolution wua adopted with
out trouble.
Washington, Sept. 28. A blllwiw intro
duced in tho senate by Allen, Populist of
Nebraska, providing for freo coiuago of
gold and silver at present ratio with n
chnrgo ot 10 per cent, of tho bullion as
seigniorage, which is to bo coined and
covered into tho treasury. Wolcott spoko
on tho cloture resolution and said ho was
willing to tako a voto on It without a
moment's delay and would offer no ob
struction. Toller followed and Bold ho
would light cloture with every wcanon
the senato rules put into bis bauds.
Stewart mado another speech his third
or fourth-ogalust tho repeal bill, nnd
Gcorgo nnd Hansborough also took tho
freo silver Bide. At Vourhees' suggestion
without objection daily sessions will next
Monday begin nt 11 n. ni.
Tbo houso adopted Paynter's substituto
for tho committee report on clerks for
committees denying clerks to a dozen
committees of llttlo Importance No bug
uess ot interest was transacted.
Washington, Sept. 2o. Stewart intro
duced in the senato a resolution declaring
the independence of tho oo-ordlnato de
partments of the government, nnd nn
uounccd thnt ho would speak on It today.
The resolution h aimed at tho nlleaod
pressure of tbo executive on tho legislative
department. Turplo opposed tho cloture
resolution. Ho opposed obstruction also,
nnd said a middle ground could bo found,
Dubois and Call also opposed it and It was
referred to tha rules committoo on Piatt's
motion. Then nu exccutlvo session was
held an tho sonato adjourned.
llretz of Indiana iu tho houso wanted nn
inquiry iuto why tho fourth assistant
postmaster geuernl failed to "bounce." the
Republican poktmastor at a v 1 11 ago Iu
Uretz's district, which "bounce" had been
repeutedly requested by Llretz, hut Tracy
of Now York objected to consideration.
Tho VIII to remit tho penalties for delay iu
tho construction of thu Vesuvius and tho
printing bill wero debated without action.
Wabiunotov, Sopt. 20. As soon ns tho
senato was ready for business Stewart
took tho floor and criticised tho president
for alleged contempt of congress, nu ex
pressed, according to Stowart's view, in
his Into speeches and letters, iu one ot the
latter of which Cleveland had said ho had
''a session ot congress on hand." Stewart
did not finish. Cameron opposed tho re
peal bill and advocated u gold loan, the
gold to be kopt ns a rcscrvo to sustain sll
vcr nnd paper. Date declared that S1
grains of sllverwasluimutnblyflxed by the
laws nnd constitution as tho standard of
value, regardless of the priuo per ounce
An executivo bchsIou was held.
The session of the houso was an unevent
ful one. Without n quorum, oxcopt when
tho roll was called, It attempted to con
sider the printing bllL Without dual ac
tion on tho measure the houso at 4:20 ad
journed. Laborers Actually Starving.
FltESXO, Cal., Sept. 22. Fivo hundred
laboring meu, who uro" absolutely starv
ing, have arrived by the Atlantic nnd
Pacific road at Mojavo. Tho trainmen be
ing uuablo to keep them off their traius
wero instructed to bring them up tho val
ley. Tensions Granted Hlnoe March 4.
Washington, Sopt. 22. An official state
ment of tho pension bureau shows tho
total number of pensions granted sluco
March 4, 180.H, is 65,81)0. Of theso 4,123
havo been issued slnco Aug. 20, of which
1,712 were original and 1,407 increases.
HUty Lives Lust.
Victoiiia, D. a, Sept. 25. The Northern
Pacific steamer brought word of tho burn
ing of tho Russian steamer Alphouso
Zuuvecko with the loss of sixty lives,
THE DEATH RECORD.
John G, Diii:w, lately ossoclato editor
of the Irish World, at Elizabeth, N. J.
John II. CltAto, leading attorney of Ke
okuk, la.
Dr. FitCD Peck, oldest Odd Fellow iu
Kausns, at Kausiis City, Kan.
Judgo Aluiiiu' Ml I.I.Kit, a pioneer of the
Saginaw valley, at Ray City, Mich.
Captain William C. Muiiuow, of the
Cleveland Grays, at Cleveland, O,
AANL'it Klltuv, ex-mayor of Milwaukee,
well-known all over Wiscousin, nt Mil
waukee. John W. Tuoui'bon, pioneer citizen of
Tuylorville, Ills.
Eliza PoitTini, uged 101, at Atchison,
Kau.
Thomas Lynch, promlueut distiller ot
Chicago,
Thomau S. Collieii, poet and hlsiorlau,
nt New Loudon, Coiiu.
CiiAULiis T. briiATTON, prominent roll
rwad attorney, ut Chicago.
IIISTORY OF A WEEK.
Wcdncvlity, Sept. 30.
Crlppen, Lawrence fc Co., loan agents
at Denver, linvo mndo an assignment.
Their ussuts will reach nearly $1,000,000,
with liabilities much less.
Tho English yacht Valkyrie, about'
whoso safety fears havo been entertained, I
was flighted 8-tturdny morning 430 miles
east of 3audy Hook.
Tho Duke of Westminster hns .spent al
together upward of tO.000,000 ou rebuild
ing Eaton hall. With tho exception of
Longlcnt and Chatsworth, it is now the
most palatial residence lu England. I
Samuel Arrlton, of Monroe, Miss., re
cently saved four persons from drowning.
Mrs. Field, wife of a son nnd namesake
of Cyrus v. Field, has become a partner
in n millinery establishment in New York.
Tho Rev. Ulntto Monsznro, n natlvo Af
rican evangelist, who has been doing Hal-
titnoio, contends that both Solomon ntid.
David wore blaok,
Princo Frederick William Louis Alex-,
auder, of Prussia, Is 73 yeais old, aud his
young wlfo, whom ho lias recently mar-1
ricu, is i,nnu a onnrmmg souurcttc or tlio
theater in tho Gartner Platz.
Thursday, Sept. 31.
Tho president has nominated J. W.
Nlchol, of Indiana, to bo deputy second
comptroller of tho treasury, aud William
H. Urockcu to bo internal revenue col
lector for the Sixth Indiana district.
Scuntor John L. Mitchell, who ban been
ill for n time nt Washington, Is reported
recovered sufficient to attend to his sena
torial duties. I
A homoless wretch rushed at n lady on
West Third street, St. Paul, Minn., nnd
kissed her twice, whereby ho gained a term
ot ninety days in tho work-house, which
was what he wanted. i
Nenrly tho wholo of Owlngsvllle, Ky.,
was destroyed by flro. The total lo.sswlll
roach tC3,0u0, with insuranco ot ubout
50,000.
Nouo but American citizens will here
after bo given work In the big plnnt of
the National Rolling mill ut McKccs
port, Pa. i
A St. Louis electric car struck n farm
wagon aud killed William Eastmlllcr, fa
tally wounding Isaac Eisst, nnd injuring
three othors.
"Chick" McMullen, a Chicago tough
who "never will bo missed," hns been fntnl
ly shot by policemen after shooting two
officers, one seriously,
Friday, Sopt. 84.
Abucr Klrby, at ono tlmo 6cnIor mem
ber of tho banking firm ot Klrby, Carpen
ter Si Co., nnd an ex-mayor of Milwaukee,
Is dead, aged 75 years.
It appears that in tho caso of tlio
Northwestern Guaranty Loan company of
Minneapolis, Insolvent, that ono Joseph
Shaufiold, tho office boy, wua induced to
sign u quantity of tho commercial paper
which hns sluco turned up, $1,700,000 of
which 1b absolutely worthless.
Attorney General Molonoy, in responso
to an Inquiry by David Gore, president of
tho Illinois state board of agriculture, has
prcpartd nn opinion iu which hu hold that
tho board may pcrmaueutly locate tho
Btate fair.
There is a reward ot 3,000 for tho head
of Kid, tho renegade Apacho scout.
Mrs. Ulount, tho ex-minister's wife, says
that some of the native women alio met in
Honolulu were as cultivated aud refined
ns any women sho ever saw.
Dr. F. O. Vincent, who killed his wlfo
because sho refused to support him and
applied for a divorce, has been scutenced
to hong by a Fresno, Cnl Jury.
Huurday, Sept. S!3.
Holmnn hns introduced n bill In congress
which makes it dangerous for a candidate
for offico to glvo bis political friends a
cigar, so strict nro its provisions against
bribery, etc.
The Bteumer Michigan foundered thirty
miles nbovo Point Sable, Ls.ke Superior.
Her crew was saved by the City of Naples.
Tbo latest report from llrazll Is that tho
rebellion Is confined to part of tlio fleet
alone, all tho states being with Pclxotto,
Tho Louisville and Nashville railway has
announced that the striking shopmen will
not lio taken buck uow, and that it will
proceed to obtain now meu at once.
Union Pucltlo railway employes havo
voted nearly unanimously against a re
duction of 10 per cent, in wages and n
strike is looked for.
Tho Vnlkyile, Lord Duuraven's cup
hunter, has arrived safely at New York
and will prepare to rnco with tho Vigilant,
the cup-defender. Tho first raoo takes
place Oct. 5.
Monday, Sept. S3.
Whitccaps are running things iu east
ern Mississippi aud western Alabama.
Tho man who dares to sell his cottou at
less than tho price fixed by tho whitccaps
has his gin burned.
Ten employes of the Chicago "Alloy L"
bavo been indicted by tho grand jury for
stealing tickets, tho thefts having been
jtolng on since last April.
Populists havo nominated a ticket at
Chicago, John G. Douahuo having been
put np for circuit court judge
Clinton Hatch, of West Groton, Mass.,
aged 7 years, was stung upon tho tongue by
a yellow wasp. The tongue begun to swell,
the swelling spreading to tho roots. Heath
fi'jm blood poisoning followed within a
few hours.
The troubles of tho Strip "sooners" aro
juBt getting ready to begin. United
StateH officials aro identifying them and
when it comes to proving up claims thero
will bo much wrath.
Will Uray, aged 17, living near Hums
vllle, Tenn,, quarrelled with his sister
aged 10 aud striking her in tho breast killed
her. He is under arrest.
Tuesday, Sept. 80.
Georgo It Cowles, of Taconia., Wash.,
claims to havo invented a machine to
make gas from wood.
N. W. Cuuey (colorod), collector of cus
toms at Houston, Tex., has begun suit
for 5,000 damages ngnlust tho Pullman
Pulaco Car company for refusing to give
him n berth In a sleeping cur.
DovII'b Lake, N, I)., had an Inch of suow
Suuday morning.
Tho Russian warship Pousalka, Twlth
teu officers and 150 seamen, foundered In
tho Gulf of Finland, and all hands are re
ported lost.
Tho Russian steamer Alphousc Zecvecku
is reported burned, with the loss of sixty
lives.
A young man named Ralno wns In a boat
ou tho river nt Marlon, Intl., whllo a
brother ou tho bank was throwing btoaes
to splash water upon him. Ono of tho
stones struck tho boatuiau ou tho head,
fracturing tho skull, aud ho may die.
Upon thu recommendation of nil thu gov
ernors of Russia tho czar has ubolUhul tho
uuo of thu knout lu tho empire, as ho
found it had bwn greatly abused.
CONDITIONS GENERALLY FAVORABLE
Italm thLAt Week l'repnrcd tho Ground
Tor 1'liming and Seeding.
Washington, Sept. 2o. Tlio weekly
crop voimrt of -tlio weather bureau snyjfc
Iowa All crops eufo.
tfortli Dakota Abnortunlly cold; wlljl
high winds nil wcok, hlndoring farm
work; fall plowing greatly dolnyod for
wnnt of rain to softon ground; threshing
nenring completion.
South Dakota Nothing damngod
from hoavy frotf of tho woek; rain
needed for fall plowing.
Nebraska Drouth remains practical
ly unbroken; fall plowing nnd seeding
suspended; killing frost3 worogonornlon
tho night of tlio 24th, doing llttlo or no
dnmngf ; corn beyond dnngor.
Kansas Lato crops, pastures, stock
water nnd plowing much improved in
rnln district, where wheat sowing la
progressing.
Oklahoma Twenty-si days' drouth
broken on 23d by abiitidnnt rains, which
wore exccsslvo in eastern portion, in
juring cotton.
Colorndo Good weather for harvest
ing, which is nearly completed.
RECEIVED BROKEN HEAD9.
Wot Caused Orer ltcllRlnus Matters at
Kaunas City, Mo.
Kansas City, Sopt. 24. Tho third
riot between tlio American Protective
Association, an nnti-Catholia eocioty,
nnd men who nro supposedly enemies of
thnt socloty, occurred hero. But for
polico interference tho result might have
been many lives lost. As it was, ono
Connor, nn Irishman, wns shot through
tho hand by Jnincs Drown, n member of
tho Amoricnn Protcctivo Association,
nnd many men rccoivod brokon bends
nnd bruised fncoi. Tho mooting wns
held nt a hall at Twenty-fourth and
Ucllovno strect3. A similar mooting nt
tlio Baino placo wns brokon up a week
ago. Tho American Protcctivo Associa
tion, anticipating trouble, called upon
Chief of Polico Spoors for protection. In
consequence, n big squad of ofilcors woro
present. Many members of tho society
went to tho meeting armed, somo carry
ing shotguns and rifles on their
shoulders.
MELLO SHELLS RIO AGAIN. ,
Ilebcl Fleet Iu tho Harbor Onco More
Opens Flro on thu City.
Montrviiiko, Sopt. 27. Tlio robol
ileet, which hns been bo long blockading
tho harbor of Rio do Janeiro, again
bombarded tho city under Admiral
Mello'a ordors. Tlio firing was very
sovoro, and tho dnmngo dono cscccds
that of tho first bombardment.
Sovernl women nnd children woro
killed, but tho extent of tho damago and
loss of lifo is not yet known, ns no news
is permitted by tho government to bo
Eont direct from Rio do Janeiro. Part
of Mcllo's fleet is still keeping up a vig
orous blockndo of Santos.
Finally Lynched Iltm.
Roanokk, Vn Sopt. 22. Tho negro,
Tom Smith, who was removed from jail
in order to secure his snfety from tbos
mob which attacked tho jail for tlio pur-fj
poio of lynching, was found where (ho
authorities tried to eccroto him $d
lynched, nis body was nftorwnMs
takon to tho river bank in tho wostorn
part of tho city nnd burned in tho pros
onco of un infuriated mob of over 10,000
men.
Train Itohhi-rs Foiled.
St. Joseph, Mo., Sopt. 27. Tlio Kan
sas City, St. Joe nnd Council DlufTs rail
way foiled an attempt to rob one of its
passenger trains, killed two of tho
bandits nnd captured threo othors at
Francis, ono and ii half milos from this
city. Tlio dend nro Fred Kohlor, and
Hugo Ingol. Tho captured men aro
Charles Fredericks, N. A. Hurst and
William Gnrvor.
Hank I'resldout Oets One Tear.
Wu.BF.il, Nob,, Sopt. 28. John W.
Lytic, formoily president of tho Bank of
Wcstorn, nnd prominent eocially nud
politically in Sallno county, ploadod
guilty to tho churgo of receiving doposits
whon ho know tho bank wns insolvent,
and wa3 sontonccd by Judgo Hastings to
ono year in tho penitontinry.
Threntcnod by Hog Cholera. '
Mason City, la., Sept. 27. Hog
cholera, which lias been such n mennco
to swino breeding, has mndo its nppoar
unco nt Sheflleld, 20 miles from hero,
nnd n number lmvo died, Brccdors ia
this locality viow tho discaso with sorl
ous alarm.
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
Chicago drain nnd FrorUlons.
Chicaoo, Kept W. Thero was nothing of an
unusual nature In thu news to affect wheat.
i Corn was llrm curlv, but later dovnlopod con
, fiilcrnblewuakues nnd clobod with a loss of
Via for the day. Oats wero ijulct but llrm, at
a Knlu of frmn K to He for thu day. In pro
visions nil products clo.-ed luwor, except Sep
tember pork, which was bid up 60c per barrel
vy Armour.
closing Piiicm.
WHKAT-Soptembcr, IflH-1; December,
K8G'jc: May, ToJnj.
UOUN -October, luJSo hid; Decombcr, 41Mo;
.isy, siii,o urn.
OATS -Soptcmbor.
i-Wc; Octobor, S8JJo;
S17.0J; Octobor, $15.00;
1.'J); October, S9.T0-,
Wny. .tHsuVCWc
l'OUK-Soptembcr,
January, $ll.U
IjAHU-HoptciuLur,
January, ivlluslird.
ItllW-fceiitembci-, S10.C0; October, $9.13;
January, $7.3".
Chlcnco Live Slock.
Uniok Stock Yaiids, I
rnwuio, hept. 2a, i
CATTI.K-Rccolpts, 41.0UU head. Common
to extra bteors, S1.0O1.70; stockors and feed
ers. .'.OJO-liOi (oh-h. heifers and bulls, $l.wa
B.'r.; calves, S.r'.,VI.
11003 -U-t-elpu, IS.'Olhead. Hoavy, $1.33
ao.T.'i; common to elioieo mixed, $J.3SA0.0);
cholcu nsiorto-1, SU.iUij7.00. llht, Jfl.50a0.85;
plu'i. i).0iia.W.
SllllUl'-ltecslpts, k0W bead. Inferior to
medium, 5l,a.a"i.); fooJ to choice, JlWOaUvj
lambs, poor to choice, $i.501.7J.
South Omiihu Live Stock.
South Omviiv, Sept. iO.-OA'lThC-lta-relpH.i.'.TiAlhu.U;
I ft I to l.lo.l pjg $4.Jai,30:
11U1 to Ml lbi rl.U0rtt.6); you to 1100 Ibd., fctfi
WI.W1: cboico cow, ?.uiifc!.:5: common cows,
ll.iiuai.O'icood feeder. JJ.WB1.W; couunOB
feeders, tViWWI. Morlcut luo hlisller.
HOIiH-Heeeliit-, Wl bond; ligut, jn.noa
(WJ; mixed, KiSOjjii.ti; heavy, lO.S&SO.&O.
... V."1k;"011 ,llu "IiiIut; closed weak.
aiu.r.i- ncceipix, wj iiea; rauttotli,
'$3.00,
J.-0; lumba, jj.uoai.go. ajurket sUady, y&r