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SELLS STEAMSHIP TICKETS.
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IL 1. 1L OEHMIICII, Vicc-rrca't.
C. A. NEW v! AX. Cash'er.
DANIEL SCHItAM. Ass't Cash.
STOCKHOLDERS :
C. n ShoUlon, J. P Becker,
Herman V. ILOehlrich, Curl HJonko.
Jonas Welch.
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Gerhard Loetko.
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Brief Compendium of the
Busy World's Events.
CHINESE fanahcism.1
MORE
OUTRAGES UPON CHRIS
IT1AN MISSIONS.
lEvea the Gt. of Christians Dese
crated hy the Heathen-Said t Be a
net ef Secret Societies to Cover a
Insurrection.
Late steamships from China bring the
news of more outrages upon for
eigners in that kingdom. -At Nanking the
Methodists girls' school has been attacked,
pillaged and burned. The China Nan of
of June 11 says that twenty rioters were
captured at Wuku and the viceroy was
glren permission to have the leaders put to
death. Information of outbreaks at var
ious places continue to come In. At Tay
nang June 1 a mob pillaged the missionary
buildings, overpowering the mandarin and
soldiers. The Christian cemetery was dug
up and the heads piled in a heap and the
mandarin dragged to the spot by bis queque.
The governor of Annam reports the behead
ing of twenty-five ringleaders in the
trouble. At Pekln placards have
been posted by the secret societies
threatening to massacre the foreigners.
It is said that the Chinese officials are hon
estly anxious to protect the foreigners but
have confessed themselves unable to do so.
The under officials aro suspected of dis
loyalty and some of the soldiers are inclined
to support the rioters. The outbreak is
said to be the work of secret societies, the
prime object being to entangle the Chinese
government in foreign complications in the
hope that thereby a successful insurrection
may bo started.
Will Settle Paraeir SUtas.
Mr. and. Mrs Parnell will leave England
about the middle of August for this
country. They will remain here until after
the Baltimore convention of the.Irish Nat
ional league, which Mr. Parnell will attend.
The convention, it Is believed, undoubt
edly determines Mr. Parnell's leadership,
and what is done in regard to him wllL be
followed by the Irish at home, no matter
how be may be opposed politically orotber
wle. Fifteen Tears for Bardsl.y.
Ex-City Treasurer Bardsley, of Philadel
phia, was sentenced to fifteen years solitary
confinement in the penitentiary and to pay
a fine of $237,530, equalling the sum to
which he pleaded guilty of embezzlement or
misappropriating.
IN THE EAST.
The business failures for the first
six months of the present year, reported
by B. G. Dun & Co., number 6,074,
against 5,585 during the same period in
1890.
President Harrison has issued a
proclamation providing for granting
copyright in the United States to citi
zens or subjects of Belgium, France,
Great Britain and Switzerland.
Ex-Citt Treasurer Bardsley, of
Philadelphia, was sentenced to fifteen
years solitary confinement in the peni
tentiary and to pay a fine of $337,530,
equalling the sum to which he pleaded
guilty of embezzlement and misappro
priating. At a meeting of prominent Irishmen
in Philadelphia a resolution was unani
mously adopted to affiliate with the Irish
Federation of America, which was or
ganized in New York a few weeks ago,
and cut off connection with the Irish
National league.
Jcia Adams, of Beadfield, Me., has
taken no food whatever and only one
swallow of water for twenty days and is
yet able to sit np and says she does not
feel the need of food and has no feeling
of faintness. During this time she has
not slept more than two hours in the
twenty-four and says she does not feel
the need of sleep.
The president has approved the rules
and regulations prepared by the civil
service commission which from October
1 next will govern in the appointment of
Indian agency physicians, superinten
dents, teachers and matrons of schools.
The rules are in nearly all other import
ant features substantially the same as
those governing the department service
generally.
Assistant Secretary Nettleton has
decided that the two Japanese men im
ported by Mr. Wolf, of Chicago, must
be returned to Japan. Mr. Wolf im
ported from Japan two vehicles known
there as jinrikshaas and two Japanese
men to propel them by hand, his inten
tion being to place them in the public
parks of Chicago for the purpose of
hauling children free .of charge.
Copies of the full text of the second
memorial presented by HerrCahensly
to the papal secretary of state, Cardinal
Bampolla, has been put Into circulation.
The greatest importance is attached to
the memorial. If, as it is hoped, the
holy see can be induced to carry out its
recommendations and appoint a large
number of German clergymen as bishops
in the United States, the German influ
ence across the Atlantic country will be
vastly increased and will redound direct
ly to the growth of the home German
government in American affairs. Hcrr
Cahensly indeed appeals for aid to other
foreign governments, Italy, Austria,
Spain arid Canada, promising them in
return a due share of the prestige which
will come from a division of the episco
pal sees of America among1 the repre
sentatives of the different classes of im
migrants. The war on "Irish bishops"
in America will be prosecuted with
vigor. It will be no fault of Herr Ca
hensly if he fails.
Fob the first time in the history
of this country we are to have a
series of naval maneuvers involving the
problems of actual warfare as presented
in the attack of one of our great mari
time ports by a foreign naval force and
its defense by the American navy. For
years past Great Britain, France, Italy
and other European naval powers have
annually practiced similar maneuvers,
sometimes, as in the case of Great Brit
ain, at heavy expense, bnt the results
have been so important as to justify the
expenditure. In the case of the United
States there has been since the war no
naval force adequate to carry out
maneuvers of any value. The squadron
of evolution was formed with such a
purpose in view, but until recently it
was not sufficiently numerous to under
take the solution of the larger naval war
problems and its operations were lim
ited to great gun practice and fleet evo
lutions. With the recent additions to
the naval list, however, this obstacle has
disappeared, and Secretary Tracy has
prepared a scheme to carry out his
views which will be given effect at once.
Siqnb of improvement in baaiaew
grow frequent and distinct, thoaga
there Is nothing like a rawieal change as
yet. The situation whlch'haa prevailed
during the year gives way-hut slowly to
aereased confidence, the more -slowly
Decease of a few failures ia woolens at
Philadelphia and in leather aad shoes
hi the east. Yet the soundnesaof the
coauMrcial situation ia generally recog-
nlzed, end the hesitation which remains
is rightly attributed mainly to uncer
tainties regarding the demand for gold
from Europe and the financial situation
there. Hence dispatches announcing
the settlement of difficulties which have
been hanging over the London market,
and which were supposed to affect one
or more houses having large interests In
this country, are regarded with satis
faction. While gold continues to leave
England for Russia the banking institu
tions of western Europe are well sup
plied, and in this country treasury dis
bursements have been enormous. The
one point of danger is still the exceed
ingly strained condition of credits
abroad on account of past disastrous
speculations.
The recent movements of the Stand
ard Oil trust, whereby it has seized con
trol of the markets of Germany, Italy
and other European countries, are sug
gestive of the international character of
the monopoly. Compared with the
Standard Oil combination all other pri
vate trusts in this country sink into insignificance.
IN THB WEST.
In a recent report on "Flax Culture
in Russia" by Consul Hcenan of Odessa
there are some valuable suggestions to
the farmers of America, and especially
to those of the northwest. In Russia
the flax industry is an important one,
more than 3,000,000 acres being under
cultivation, and yielding an annual gain
of about 8112,000,000. The point made
by Mr. Heenan in his report is the im
mense possibilities for the cultivation of
flax in this country and the wonder that
it has not long ago become an estab
lished industry. The raising of the
plant for seed, which has been carried
on to some extent in America, is the
least lucrative branch of the industry,
and where it has been undertakcnAec
fiber has been left- to rot, although its
value per acre is almost four times that
of the seed. There arc so many ways in;
which this industry, carried to its full
possibilities, would work to the benefit
of the country as well as of those who
were occupied in carrying it on, that it
seems as if it must in the near futuro
become a feature of American enter
prise. Dr. John P. Williams, who was one
of the physicians of the Omaha medical
institute, has commenced suit for 75,
000 damages against the World Publish
ing company, publishers of tho World
Herald, Omaha. The suit is the out
growth of that paper's treatment of the
recent investigation of the medical in
stitute. In his claim for damages Dr.
Williams quotes the reports of tho paper
on the investigation of Richard Melody
and Belle Beaver's deaths. Ho alleges
that all of the paper's reports were pub
lished "with the wicked and malicious
design to cause the public to believe the
plaintiff had been guilty of the crimes of
malpractice and robbery."
Judge Clifford, at Chicago, ren
dered a decision of interest to railways
and thoso who travel by rail. A Mrs.
Mitchell, in the course of her travels,
lost her trunk and brought suit against
the delinquent railroad for the value of
it and contents, 350. It was shown
that one of tho conditions on the back
of tho ticket was that the road should
not be held responsible for loss of bag
gage to the amount of more than $100.
The court held that as Mrs. Mitchell
signed the ticket she had accepted the
condition, and rendered a verdict for
S100.
The jury in tho murder trial of Cul
bcrtson, charged with being ono of tho
murderers of Few Tails, returned a ver
dict of not guilty. The prosecution
was vigorously conducted, but with the
memory of tho release of Plenty Horses,
the murderer of Lieut. Casey, fresh in
their minds it was not expected a jury
would bo obtained who would convict
the slayers of Few Tails. Mrs. Few
Tails and other Indians gavo direct
testimony which if believed by the jury
would have convicted the defendants.
Spring wheat prospects in central
Minnesota, owing to the rains, are from
fair to good and ahead of an average in
every way except as to lateness. In-
southern Minnesota the harvest will be
earlier than usual, many fields having
already headed out. In North Dakota
there has been plenty of rain, the water
still standing on the low lands. The
weeds have been developing fast. Wis
consin reports the last ten days more
favorable for growing crops, which are
thin and backward.
The commissioner of Indian affairs
has received advice from Agent Bennett
in Indian territory, stating that after a
thorough investigation with the assist
ance of 100 Chickasaw scouts, covering
a territory of fifty miles, he found only
nine intruders in the Chickasaw nation,
six of whom were given ten days' notico
to gather their cattle and leave.
An Englishman wants to sell a por
trait of Columbus to the World's Colum
bian exposition for 910,000. Tho por
trait, it is claimed, was painted by
Chevalier Antonio Moro about 1570 from
a miniature of Columbus painted from
life especially for Queen Isabella, and
which is still in possession of the royal
family of Spain.
Secretary Rusk says that the results
of the pork inspection at Chicago have
been very satisfactory. The proportion
of animals found affected with trichinae
is less than was expected and he be
lieves less exists than in the hogs of any
other country.
THE SOUTHERN SUMMARY.
During the visit to Jackson, Miss., of
Polk, Livingston, McDowell and Willets,
the big alliance lights, some interesting
developments came to the surface relative
to national alliance matters. U. S. Hall,
president of the Missouri alliance, from
the inception of the subtreasury meas
ure has been one of its strongest oppon
ents. When" he was elected a member
of the legislative 'cOnraiittee it was re
garded as a victojji fir tire anti-sub-treasuryites
.an'rPnefb proclaimed.
Hall, after his electKwtf'commcnced to
work against the .scheme, and with his
coadjutors had succeeded in organizing
a movement covering the entire southern
states, as is shown by a call for a meet
ing of the Anti-Subtreasury League- at
Dallas, Tex., July 10 next. Within the
last month remonstrances have been
sent to Hall by members of the legisla
tive council, and members have also
urged upon President Polk the necessity
of taking action against Hall. Polk has
submitted to him two alternatives,eitber
to cease his opposition to the subtreas
ury bill or tender his resignation. In
event 'of his non-compliance he was
given plainly to understand that he
would be suspended. Those who know
Hall assert positively that he will resign
and fight the subtreasury scheme harder
than ever.
The Tradesman'! report of the new
industries established in the southern
states during the second quarter of 1891
shows a total of 892, against 1,350 for
the same period of the year previous.
The paper says that while the number
of new Industries established for the
second quarter of this year is not np to
that of the corresponding period of 1890,
still the industrial interests of this sec
tion are la a very healthful condition
and the noticeable feature for the
past
three months has been, the amount of
capital iavested In enterprises.
THE GREAT NORTHWEST
THE LATEST NEWS OP GENERAL
INTEREST.
8asall Itesas ff Crltasw aad Casualty 1b
8vth Dakota Improvement Ketes
Thrwva-howt th. Commonwealth Va
rious Event. ar Mere Tfcaa Usual Im
pertaae. Lieut. George U. Harris, one of the
three commissioners recently appointed
to investigate the condition of the Sioux
Indians, writes from Pine Ridge as to
the vain efforts to get Indians to enlist
as soldiers. The government has been
endeavoring to civilize the red man by
thus inducing him to take np a semi
warlike occupation, but Mr. Harris
writes that the Indians think a soldier
has to many hardships. They arc spe
cially averse to becoming "walk sol
diers." A few have enlisted as cavalry
men, but up to date only one Sioux buck
has enlisted as an infantryman. A com
pany was created for him and he is tho
sole member of Company I. He is tho
only Ogaialla infantryman in the world
and unless some remarkable mental up
heaval takes place there will "never be
another one.
Frost Has a Story.
Frost, the young Dakotan, whom La
Cointe shot a few weeks ago in Wash
ington, claims to have been played for a
sucker. His version is that ho spent
the evening in question with Miss
Eaton, and left at 11:40, promising at
her request to return twenty minutes
later. He returned at 12:30, when Miss
Eaton dared him to put on her Mother
Hubbard. He went into a back room
and did so, when La Cointe appeared
upon the scene and did the shooting.
Frost says ho hopes to sec La Cointe
hanged.
, Valuable Discovery of Lignite.
Lignite has been discovered four
miles south of Hermosa, S. D. Tho vein
when discovered on the hillsido was only
two inches in depth, but now ajunncl
has been run into tho hill, following tho
vein to a depth of fifteen feet, and the
vein at that depth is twenty inches
thick. Tho quality is also greatly im
proving as depth is attained. Experi
enced coal miners say that it is one of
the best prospects for an extensive mine
that they have ever scon.
Sustained the Grand Jury Law.
Judge Haney, at Aberdeen, S. D.,
has decided that indictments found and
returnd in tho regular way by grand
juries under provisions of the now law
arc good and defendants must prepare
for trial. Appeals from his decision will
bo taken at once. The points involved
will doubtless arise in every circuit in
the state, and the decision will be a
most important one.
The Klver Cutting.
The Missouri river has carried away
twenty acres of timber land near "Elk
Point, S. D., and it is still going.
THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA.
Events Great aad Small of Interest All
Around the State.
In spite of years of adversity and
great discouragements tho farmers of
Nebraska have held their heads above
water and in many instances quietly
pocketed savings year by year. Local
newspapers of tho agricultural counties
abound in stories of successful farming
which many careful farmers are truth
fully able to tell. Tho following extract
from a letter written by a Kearney
county farmer will be an encourage
ment for the newcomers and illustrates
the possibilities of strict attention to
business in Nebraska:
"I want to write you something about
my experience since I came from Swe
den to America. I arrived in the state
of Indiana in 1860. My money was ex
hausted and I had not a dollar left. I
hired out to work on a farm at 20 per
month. I worked five years at that
price, then rented a farm one year. At
the end of that time I had saved SGOO.
In 1877 I came to Kearney county, Neb.,
built a sod house, bought a team and
wagon, a few household goods, having
only a few dishes and as many farming
implements as my pile would admit of,
reserving a portion to live on till I could
raise a crop. I took a homestead and
timber claim. By the time I had made
final proof on those claims I had accu
mulated quite a stock of horses, cattle
and hogs. I therefore bought another
quarter section of land and have it ail
paid for but one payment, and have the
stuff ready to make that payment when
it becomes due. I have attended strictly
to farming with no outside speculation,
and what I have made here cannot be
bought for 15,000. There are scores of
my countrymen within my acquaintance
who havo done equally as well as I.
Some came too late to get homesteads,
but have done quite as well, considering
the chance they had of getting land. In
fact, all have made money here (except
where they had some extremely bad
luck) that would make money any
where. If we had staid in the old coun
try it would have been all we could do
to earn enough to eat, and wear very
poor clothes and keep out of debt."
Nebraska at Eastern State Fairs.
The plan of advertising the agricul
tural resources of the western country
adopted by some Nebraska counties in
collecting and arranging a display of
grains, grasses, vegetables, etc., and
placing these in charge of a committee
of their citizens, to be taken east and
exhibited at several of the leading state
fairs, has proved, in every instance, a
winning card for the county. As a re
sult of this experiment other counties
will arrange this year for similar exhi
bitions. Independent State Convention.
The committee appointed to select a
point for holding the next independent
people's state convention of that party
in Nebraska decided on Hastings. The
time for holding the convention is fixed
for August 18.
Reducing the Whisky Supply.
The whisky trust has notified the col-
,trii nt fninrnal rovftnup that. t.fiA rmt
put of the Shnfeldt and CalumetJUi(fl
leries has been reduced. At-rooria I
similar reduction has taken place and
the same is true of other distilleries in
the trust. The trust officers claim the
decrease in the output from Shufeldt's
distillery is because of the usual summer
stagnation, but as the trust distilleries
are universally restricting their output
those who are in a position to know say
the trust don't intend to waste its money
when this Is unnecessary.
The presence in Italv of SIg. Corte,
Italian consul at New Orleans, who was
given leave of absence by his govern
ment that he might return to Italy and
lay the facts of the lynching affair be
fore the authorities, has attracted al
most no notice. One seldom hears now
any allusion to the New Orleans lynch
ing. Few American tourists are now in
Rome. The shopkeepers complain of
their losses by reason of the diverting of
American travel to other countries.
Frederick Schumacher, Henry Knu
soman and Albert Schling have been
arrested for attempting to wreck a pas-
fsenger train on the Great Northern road
the evening of June 19, near Ada, Minn.
They are boys only 16 and 17 years old.
FOREIGN JOTTINGS.
It is useless for the English liberal
leaders to attempt to conceal tho fact
that Gladstone's condition gives rise to
genoral anxiety. As to the fact of his
ailment, too much mystery is kept up,
which only adds to the anxiety, and that
anxiety is deepened by the remembrance
of the issue of reassuring bulletins dur
ing his attack 'of influenza at a time
when it is now confessed ho was seri
ously ill. His age in itself is sufficient
reason for feeling uneasy when he is
ordered prolonged rest. He will not
again be allowed to address meetings
for some time to como. His political
activities, unless a general election
should be sprung ou the country, will bo
confined to a consultation as to tho pri
vate leadership of his party. Perhaps
at no time during the last five years
could he be better spared than now, for
there is a lull in the political contro
versy. Thero Is nothing pressing which
demands the attention of the leaders on
ono side or tho other, but Gladstone
occupies a unique position. His growing
years makes his followers despondent
whenever it is stated he is ill.
Following the'oxperiraents of Fctch
ncr in applying ciectricity to vegetation,
a Russian agriculturist, M. Spcchncif, is
reported to havo mado a trial of seeds
which he had electrified for two minutes
by means of a current, repeating tho
operation ten times upon peas, beans,
rye, etc. He found that generally tho
clectricization of seeds nearly doubled
the rapidity of their growth. He then
tried to cicctricize the earth, lie toali
large plates of zinc and copper, 72 centi
meters (28 inches) high and 1" (IS
inches) wide, which were sunk deep
into tho ground at the extremity of flat
Jron bars and connected above the
ground by an iron wire. The cfiVct of
this continuous current is stated to havo
been prodigious upon vegetables. A rad
ish grew 44 centimeters (17.3 inches) in
length, with a diameter of 14 centi
meters (5Jf Inches), and a carrot 27
centimeters (10.6 inches) in diameter
weighed 3 kilogrammes (0.0 pounds),
nor did this excess in size detract from
their good quality.
Santo Domingo reciprocity is likely
to come closely on tho heels of the
Spanish Cub.m proclamation. It is un
derstood that tho details have gone for
ward to the point where tho formalities
of ratification may soon be exchanged
between the two countries. Mr. Galvan,
the special commissioner from San Do
miugo, had several interviews with Sec
retary Blaine before tho latter was taken
sick, and the foundation was then laid
for reciprocal trade. Santo Domingo
has a population not far from 425,000.
Its chief exports arc coffee, tobacco and
sugar. To keep its sugar market in the
United States and possibly enlarge it a
reciprocity arrangement was necessary.
In return it will make customs conces
sions on grain, breadstuff, canned
goods, machinery and cotton manufac
tures, all of which arc among its main
imports.
The decision of the czar as arbitrator
of tho dispute between France and
Holland in Guiana is a great shock to
tho French. It was thought in Paris
that a great diplomatic advantage had
been gained when the czar was accepted
as umpire by Holland, and his verdict,
which deprives them of rich and coveted
territory, has disappointed them bitterly
and has filled their minds with doubts as
to the sincerity of that Russian friend
ship of which they felt so secure. Thoy
wcro encouraged a littlo by his tardy
consent to pay an informal visit to tho
French exhibition in Moscow, bub arc
beginning now to fear that in doing this
his object was not so ranch to please
Frrncc as to excite tho apprehension of
Germany and gain a point in the econ
omic negotiations going on between St.
Petersburg and Berlin.
A dispatch from Naples gives meager
details of a terrible accident which oc
curred on Mount Vesuvius by which a
Brazilian traveler lost his life and an
other was rescued with difficulty. Ac
companied by a guide they made the
ascent and were noticed standing near
the crater, gazing into its mysteries.
Suddenly the whole party was enveloped
by a dense cloud of sulphurous smoko
which so stupefied the travelers that one
of them reeled for about a minute then
staggercdand fell into the crater. Tho
guide who accompanied the men had in
the meantime caught hold of the second
traveler and dragged him to a position
where the crater fumes could not reach
him, thus saving his life.
Reports which continue to come to
tltis country from the wheat sections of
Asia indicate that the stories of short
crops are understated rather than over
drawn. While tho recent article from
the pen of Erastus Wiman, in which he
predicts a heavy advance in the price of
cereals, was at first believed to be over
drawn, it is now thought that the Euro
pean demands will stimulate prices of
American grains to such an extent as
to make his predictions come approxi
mately near the truth.
Union of Catholic Workmen.
Cardinal Manning is forming a
union of Catholic workmen on the lines
laid down in the recent encyclical of the
pope. The society embraces the entire
English-speaking world. Cardinal Gib
bons is working in conjunction with Car
dinal Manning in organizing the Ameri
can branch of the union. The organiza
tion is open to both skilled and unskilled
labor. A small entrance fee will be
charged. The aims of the organization
are to oppose socialism, to wean mem
bers from socialistic bodies, to maintain
a good standard of wages, and to find
employment for members. Membership
in the union does not involve resignation
from other trades unions unless their
tenets are opposed to the letter or spirit
of the pope's encyclical. Cardinal Man
ning is very hopeful of good results to
flow from this movement. He confers
daily with representatives of Catholic
workmen with a view of obtaining their
views on practical questions of organiza
tion. Eight hours will make a full day's
work at the world's fair. When the
carpenter's union found-that men were
being worked ten hours a day, instead
of eight, by the contractors, they sent a
delegation to protest to the board of di
rectors. That body decided that the
eight hour rule must be strictly followed
by the contractors.
THE MARKETS.
CHICAGO.
Cattle Common to prime. $ 3 35 a 5.!u
Hogs Shipping grades 4.40 4.SJ
SHEEP ) 0 w
Whxat Cash 9llAQ .91
Cobic Cash . -5T34
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raJaXCa -- .t5 H 0
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Butter Western dairy 14 .17
Eggs Western 11 3 .15
SIOUX CITV.
Cattle Fat steers $5.00 6.00
Cattuc Feeders 3.00 a :;.".
HOGS - ' 4- - q
OME-E-P-- - 4U.V fte V
YsLAX --- -V-
Oats a5
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KT-bVX 1 .01
OMAHA LIVE STOCK.
CATTLE CoiilUi'JU to prl-.-.? 3.o'J 5.7
HOGS Shippers 4.25 & 4."0
NEW YO&K PKODITCS
Wax-T S i.o & io;-
0JS Western .35 c .ii
I!HE IOWA SUFFERERS.
VEST INDIA DUTCHMEN COM
ING TO THB PAIR,
OCT. -KH-ES ARUX) FO ATJ-,
11m F.sal. f - Asked Assis
diusTs-s Fwiwi -a Ckwrk
Gov. Boles, after surveying the flooded
district at Cherokee, Iowa, Issued the
following proclamation to the people of
the State:
TO THB I-OI-B OV THB STATB OF IOWAI
You have heard of the afllctloa which has
f allea uaoa some of the towns of our State.
I have made a personal examination of the
condition in this city by co-aing here aad
going over the flooded district, aad tad
that at least seven ty-tve f asalUes have lost
everytalag aad some twenty-are atore
have ks moat of their hoasehold goods aad
BB-cho. their cjothinff. while their dwell
ings have been greatly tajared by the
looea, la addition to this lam of homes
aad furniture aad clothing the county at
large ha. suflered greatly la the 1cm of
nearly every bridge, both Iron aad wood,
wltala its limits,
A careful estimate places the number of
families which require help at once at 1M,
thus making a population of about 69 that
require aad will require for a considerable
leagth of time to be cared for by the char
ity of oar people. Ia addition to the above
many of the surrounding towns have also
offered greatly, and will necessarily be
compelled to appeal to the people of the
State for aid.
In Tlew of this calamity I recommend
that the Mayors of the several cities of the
State aad all other caantaoiy cu-poaea
persons Immediately take steps to organise
proper ooeualttees to solicit aid for these
unfortunates, aad see that the t saase is
promptly forwarded to David XL . Bloom,
Mayor of Cherokee, for dJstrlbutfcm among
those of this city who have suffered. loss.,
and to such persons as may be named by
the I soper authorities of the other towns
which have suffered from the same calam
ity. All contributions so forwarded will be
faithfully applied to the purpose for which
they are mat. Let contributions be prompt
aad liberal Horacb Boras.
At Dubuque a public meeting was held,
and $2,000 will be forwarded to the re
lief fund.
F1ERCK LABOR MOTS Hf WASM-WO-TO.
Several -Ive. lost bt m Eattte -.two
Striken aavl Xew-Ts-ksa Mmm.
Matters at tho Franklin (Wash.) coal
mines have assumed a still more threat
ening form, and Colonel J. C Haines
wired to Seattle for another company
of militia to report at once and to
bring ammunition, camp equipage, ana
rations for a' week's service. Porter
Robinson, one of the mine bosses, was
brought to the City by a military guard,
charged with killing Tom Morris and
Ed J. Williams, leaders of the riot.
The first authentic Information con
cerning the riot was received from
Franklin. At least 1,000 shots were
fired during the riot, which lasted about
thirty minutes and resulted in the death
of Tom Morris, a white striker, who
was killed Instantly; Edward J. Will
iams, who was shot through the abdo
men and died six hours later, and tho
wounding of four strikers, two women
and one colored guard. The trouble
commenced with tho return of the train
at 7:40 p. m. from New Castle, which
contained a number of Pinkerton men
who had escorted a load of negroesto
tho latter mining camp. The guards
say that when the train was pulling Into
Franklin ltwas fired upon by some of
the white miners in ambush, and that
whllo no ono was hurt ballets whistled
through the windows of the train at a
lively rate. Tho guards returned the
fire from the window?, and the engineer
seeing the danger put the train under
fnll head and ran it to the depot, which
is inside the dead line.
When the train had stopped the white
miners commenced firing upon the ne
groes' camp. They were between two
.cs, as the outside niiners were situated
on the flats below and on the hill above
them. The negroes went perfectly wild,
and all the efforts of the guards could
not restrain them. They kept within
the camp lines, and poured volley aftor
volley upon the miners on the flats, whe
replied with equal iy as much vigor. The
miners on the hill kept up a good fire,
but were answered shot for shot by the
negroes.
After the shooting intense excitement
prevailed among the negroes, and they
gathered about their camp in groups,
threatening to mako another charge
upon tho whito miners. They were
finally quieted by the officers of the
company. Thrco companies of militia
ro now camped between the strikers
id the negroes.
DUTCH CO-.O.HK8 AT TBTJE FAIB.
They Pr-m'se to Make a Most Iaterest-BK
Exhibit of Their -lateral Wealth.
Lieutenant Roger Welles, Jr., of the
United (States navy, Commissioner to
Venezuela and the neighboring colonies,
reports that the Governor General of the
Dutch Colonies in the West Indies, com
posed of the islands of Curacoa, St. Mar
tins, Bonaire, Aruba, St. Eustache and
Saba, has accepted the invitation to
participate In the exposition, and has
appointed a commission to take charge
of the work.
Phillip Walker, formerly chief of a
division In 'the Department of Agricult
ure devoted to experiments with Ameri
can silk, has been placed In charge of f
preparation of the extensive exhibit
that industry which the department pro
poses to make at the World's Fair. The
work will bJ under the supervision of
Assistant Secretary Willetts, and will be
done In the museum of the Department
of Agriculture.
At a meeting of representative shoo
and leather men held in Boston it was
decided that New England could raise
$15,000 toward the construction of the
shoe and leather building at the World's
Fair, for which subscriptions aro being
received frost all over the country, and
the committee made plans for securing
the necessary subscriptions.
OH
OVSASD ACMES OF FE-IMES.
Tesrlfel Wbm am Big Kaaehe
-Tear Sa-
Rafael, Cat.
The eastern slope of Mount Tamal
pias, California, on which arc many
magnificent summer homes, wat report
ed to be on fire. The San Rafael fire
department was called out and a large
number of volunteers started out to
fight the flames. The lire started
on Barber's ranch, and burned
about sixty acres of bay. The
flames spread rapidly to J. J. Kittle"?
grounds, which were soon a mass ol
flames. Williams Gulch, two mi'es from
Boss Station, was on fire, and the flame:
ran np the side of the mountain. The
fire covered an area of about 1,000 acres.
The crackling of the flames could be
heard a mile distant, and the air was
filed with cinders and ashes.
Another brush fire started east of
town near the Hotel Rafael, and fifty
acres of eucalyptus burned- The whole
town turned out to fight this fire. As
there was no water It wa3 necessary to
Ight It with branches and sacks.
tt, AVmsta Visited br a Quarter wMHse
L'e'lar Elaze.
The wholesale and retail grocery estab
lishment of David Nicholson, St Louis,
Ma, was completely destroyed by fire.
The heaviest loser was David Nicholson,
whose stock, valued at $.!", oco, was al
most totally destroyed. Tb insurance
$175,000,
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NEARLY A LYNCHING.
MURDER BY A NOTORIOUS DBS
MOINES MAN.
Frank Pierce fatally weaadedK. H.
vfMhart, at Dee Moines, and narrowly
iscaped lynching. Intense exdteseeat
prevailed when he was arrests-. aa4
;rles of BrIag a ropel and -Lynch
Mmi were heard on every hand. Forty
Elkemea were necessary to escort aim'
the jail. The feeling Is so strong
against Pierce that trouble may come at
sny moment. WUhart was ait by foar
bullets, and a crowd of 500 people gath
sred at the City Hall when Pierce was
placed In jalL For three years Pierce
was the leader of the Des Moines searck
jrs. He has shot several persons in that
city, and on three occasions ntobs have
been organized to lynch him. The ci
af Harry Lloyd aad Terry Chai
attracted great attention at the tli
Another of his vlctlsss Is In the Insane
asylum from injuries received at Pierce's
hands. Heretofore Pierce has received
Ihe support and sympathy of the tem
perance people, but this crime Is the
.ast straw which any kind of public
.pinion can stand.
Fierce, who is a scavenger, drove one
Df his wagons toward the customary
Jumping grounds on, lower West Ninth
street The officers had notified hist
chat he had no right to use the ground
used by another or that which was
owned by the city. Driving down Ninth
itreet, he came about opposite the new
srematory. Mr. Wlshart, who Is the
egal guardian of the property In behalf
.f the city as foreman of the crematory, -ordered
him not to dump there.' On
Wishart'a coat was the star of his au
thority as an officer. The two men fell
nto a sharp dispute. Pierce ordered his
aaen to dig again. They hesitated. Mr.
Wlshart, a revolver banging at his
lide, said; "I am an officer of the law.
I have orders to allow no man to dump
in the street. They are going to pave .
and will aot allow dumping." Pierce
said he had a right to dump sossewhere,
and that he would tear down the fence
which blocked the street. It being still
unopened. Wlshart said: "I have no
authority over tho fence. You can tear
that down at your own risk, but the
street I am here to defend." Pierce
seized a shovel and made an attempt to
dig, when, his rage overcoming him, he
whipped from the holsters at his belt two
revolvers and jumped toward Wlshart
"Consider yourself under arrest" he
screamed. "I'll shoot you or any other
man that tries to stop me," and fired.
Wlshart ra'sed his revolver to fire back. -In
doing so his revolver came In contact
with Pierce's and was broken. Whether .
a bullet loft tt is a matter of doubt
Wlshart, seeing his revolver was useless,
let it drop to the ground. The first
bullet of Pierce struck Wishart in tho
arm. But Pierce, socing his victim un
armed, did not desist his murderous
work. Ho tired three more shots, one,
according to the statement of an eye-
witness, after Wishart had dropped to
the ground
To the crowd which gathered and was
gathering in ho said: "Stand back, or
thero will be some more dead men."
With revolver in hand bis wagon was
driven down toward tho river where he
had concluded to go and dump. Tho
patrol was sent for and Wishart was
taken to the City IlalL Doctors were
called in and mado an examination. Be
sides the wound in the arm a hole was
found in his abdomen. One of the other
shots had entered a little to the right of
tho middle and lodged somewhere in his
back. While in tho City Hall Wlshart
lay in great agony on a pallet uati!Mrs.
Wishart arrived. Tho grief of the poor
woman was terrible to see. At last
for the sake of her husband she was. in
duced to control herself. The little son
of tho dying man also was there. He
had happened to bo at the City Hall as
his father was brought in He pushed
up to him to speak. Mr. Wlshart said
nothing, but raised up his lips to kiss
him. He was a manly little fellow of
about twelve yeais and struggled hard
to keep back tho tears. Ho kept con
tinually asking: "Tell me how he is,
please. Will he die?" While Wlshart
was lying la tho City Hall basement the
officers arrived with Pierce. The crowd
had collected In great numbers at the
first intimation that tho notorious Pierce
had killed a man. . They weie jammed
about the City Hall so thickly that the.:
officers had difficulty In opening a way '
through the mob. " As bo sllpped.out of
his buggy tho Marshal demanded his re
volvers. He gave them up. A voice in
the crowd cried out: "Where Is the
rope?" A look of dismay flashed over .
Pierce's features. He gave one lookat
the angry crowd, another at his weapons, .
now out of his hands, and then bounded
up the steps. He was carried down-tho
stairs. On the way ho was cursing and
swearing continually. He said: "You
can't put me in jail. .You've no right to.
1 demand bonds." But, bonds or .no,.'
bonds, he was hustled down: When 'he
came to the door of the cells he was
searched. Tho holsters were still on
him. Then turning to the officers who
were searching him he said: "What axe
you trembling for? Why, you shake .
like a leaf. Does It take six or 'eight .
men to arrest one man? lean arrest
a man alono and he will come."
After a few hurried words, in whlch'he
said ho had acted in self-defense. Pierce
was taken to the cage and put in. When
brought down the lower hall he passed '
by the head of his groaning victim, but
he did not deign to give him a glance,
and seemed actually proud of his deed,
He was cool and collected, having recov- ,
ered from his fright, and continually,
taunted the officers. His lean, cadaver
ous features and furtive eyes did not
quail as he looked at any one, 'and his
whole appearance was one of dare-devil
defiance. ' .
The Meat Congreaa.
The next House of Representatives
under the census of 1890 will consist of
35G members. A ratio of representation
is 173,901 inhabitants. But the law'ls
that those States having a fraction of
half the ratio or more shall get a repre-.
tentative thereon. There were seven
teen such fractions,, and they were ap
portioned to the following States:
Fraction. M.C.
Fraetm.LC..
California ..164.724 1
Wisconsin -.121,771 1
Alabama.... 21,iee 1 .
Georgia. S934S 1
KeataekV...U9.S5. 1
Marvlaad...l7.aM 1
Indiana 1)5,50. 1
Iowa I728fc 1
Maine 13J.3 1
Oregon 139.tS 1
Massac's Its 151,131 1
S. Carollna.L07,7r3- 1
Texas 148.711 1 '
Rhode Isl'ndl71,a 1
S. Dakota... 194,907 1
Virginia..... 961871 a
Vermont. ...159,:1
It will be seen that Georgia nnd Vir
ginia gain each a member on the small
est fractions. New York has an un
represented fraction of 85,219, Arkansas
of 84.773, Colorado of 64.396, Louisiana
of 75,181, Minnesota of 84,519, Mis
souri of 70,669, and West .Virginia of
67,19a '
Ass English judge recently sentenced a
woman to five minutes imprisonment
for bigamy. It is probably the shortest
sentence on record.
Mosstzr turtles are so abandant In
Mafde'eaa Bay, Lower California, that
a company has gone into the bnslness of
canning the extract for exportation.
A valxxv more wonderful thai taV
Yosemite. except In the matter of wamr-'
1 alls. Is said to have been discovered In
King's River Canyon, above the far
famed Yosemite.
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