The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1877-09-05
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ed operation OF the Commission that was
to treat with him 10 cross the British lire
into Montana. as he has come to Fl Peck,
himself Fears are entertained that ! gen.
I eral outbreak will occur In Montana BY
| the Gros Ventres, Assinaboines and Pie
gans. The Nez Perces have foni6ed 1. !
Lava Bed. The hostiles are moving to-
wards the the Grow country en- the Vel.
lowstonc; they are in no hurry, nor seem
to avoid fight. Freight trains haye been
met and destroyed BY the fleeing Indians.
"a train Of cars on the Chicsgo a Rock
Island Road went through bridge on
Four-Mile Greek, seyen miles east Of Dcs
Moines, last Thursday. The entire train
except thesleeping car, fell Into the stream.
Barnun's show car was attached to The
tram and every person il It was killed e :
ccpt one. Twenty dead bodies were taken
from the wreck, and more supposed 10
have been los: The channel cf the stream
was 40 feet wide and Is fifteen feet deep.
One mother was killed sitting bsswesn
two children who escaped unhurt Mem
lad to go mile to farm house to pro-
cure an axe to rescue the living. There
was heavy thunder storm prevailing !
the time Of the accident, and the occur
renee seemed terrific.
The famine in India Is assuming hor.
rible features One Of the relief commit
tee says that ssthe population Of Southern
India, more Of less afflicted by famins,
numbers "A 100000. IN the most favor.
able circumstances, at lesst one sixth viii
die Twenty-three people in III have died
of starvation in Bengal In Madras no
camp Of 5000 rises morning after morn
ing without leaving Is many 4. thirty
corpses. One gentleman passing down
the valley in the Wyland District, counted
twenty dead bodies on the road. \
coffee planter seeking shelter from rain
IN hut, found six decomposed corpses in
it On any day and every day, mothers
may be seen in the streets Of Madras offer.
ing their children for sale, while tie
foundling portion Of the poor house i talS
Of infants, found by the police, deserted
by their parents. Since the famine began,
100000 people have died. The Arst big
tragedy may be expected in Mysors; IN
that province, indeed. information has
reached me from Bengal Of two cases of
canibalisM.
New York the scene Of q fearful con
fagration, coupled with death and destruc-
ton. J. p. Hale's piano factory, the ca.
tire block between Tenth and Eleventh
avenues, also NJ. Connolly's barrel facto-
", j. Grahsm 3 Co.'s silk factory and
several houses sdjoining on the south, ].
Walkers charcoal factory north Of Thir.
lty-ffth street, aud block Of frams houses
on Tenth avenues between Thirty -ffth
and Thirty sixth streets, besides numer-
Gus business houses and tenemena arc ~
duced to RUNS. 1t is not known hoxma
lives are lost, but statements arc that 200
men in the piano factory have al been
burned, with comparatively few excep
Itians. A strong wind prevailed q the
time, which whirled fragments Of burn
ling material in all directions. I il re-
ported that % or 30-girls employed in ths
upper stories of Hale's factory, have per.
ished. Over ffty buildings were destroy
ed, and the loss is very large, viii ;;lsur-
ance probably covering half the amount
Some of the most terrible scenes Of the
fire occurTN in the tenement houses
One man rescued N infant md it help.
less father from . fourth story door, I'D
found another child just expiring from
suffocation