The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-07-31
RESUME OF THE WEEKS NEWS.

RESUME OF THE WEEKS NEWS.
Lady Anne DeGrey, eldest daughter Of Earl
DeGrey, is dead.
1t is stated that the Government of Greece
will shortly call out the reserves.
The official figures of the census H. the pop
ulaiiOn Of Little Rock at 1919.
Abraham Martin. aged sixty, murdered his
wife at Abbeviiie, 8. O., on saturday.
Marcy Macy, aged LOG. died at the County
Farm, near Ruddeli'7 Mills, KY, Saturday.
Anthony Miller, tailor OF Chicago, COM
mite d suicide Saturday morning by shooting
himself.
The MormoDs OF Salt Lake city on Saturday
celebrated the thnty-f,u rth anniversary OF
the Mormon In the valley.
Joseph Ward, OF " ebsieI. Ind, hung him
self on Friday night in that village. Tempo
rary aberrntion Yves the cause of the deed.
Abdurrahman Khan. the new Amer of
Afg aniStan. ex rlaIns that urgent necessity
alone made him raise forced loans in Turkes-
tan.
in the East Indies, on Thursday, which de-
strOyed several Government build pgs and
other Houses. SOno natives were killed.
General Coz zalez has been elected President
ofMexico. He was shot at July Ii while re-
| ceiving an ovation. Several rebelliOns have
| broken out in different parts of the Republic.
Inspector General Dumont has privately
| visited and inspected eight New York excuf-
! sion steamboats,, and found all fully supplied
win everything required by law for saving
| life.
There has been rise In American securities
| at Loedon. due in a considerable degree TO the
apprehension that the state of exchange will
| soon necessitate shipments or money 10 New
| York.
| at Wilmington, Y. G, for beating Lucy
! PbiDney, his mother -in-law, to death last
Friday night, and fatally beating his wife and
\ his father-in law.
| Jal;n RI KraeheI formerly Rrooklyn corpo-
ration Counsel, has left for New Mexico, and
| over Sl00,O00 which had been entrusted to him
| for investment by different friends, including
| school teachers, Is unaccounted for.
| The Spanish authorities disclaim all inten-
| ton of any Insult 10 the flag by the recent
! firing on two American schOOners, and declare
| that the vessels were within three miles of the
shore, and therefore under Spanish dominion.
| Manchester, n. H., was visited on Thursday
| by an earthquake OF sufficient violence to shake
| down dishes and pictures. This Is the second
| shake that that city has experienced within a
short time. sharp SHOCKS were also expert
enced at Milford and ContookOok, In the same
| State.
Tao proposal to place memorial to the
| French Prince Imperial In Westminster Alb
| hey, London, has been withdrawn, and Queen
Victo Ia has offered a site in st. Georges Cnap.
| ell, Windsor Castle, where the monument will
now be erected.
General U. 5. Grant has been elected Presi
| dent of the San Pedro and Canon Delaqus
| Company, which owns 10000 acres of land in
New Mexico, Including copper and gold mines
Eastern capitalists are largely interested In
| the enterprise.
The owners of the f. A. Merritt, one of the
| vessels fired upon by the Spanish cruiser say
the statement about the location of the vessel
when fired upon is untrue. They claim thei
vessel was fully seven miles from the Cubar
coast when the outrage was committed.
The London Standards financial says tina
il is understood that the rate OF exchang
between Paris and New York now admits o
gold shipments and it Is reported that con
\
bought in open market at London for export
The census returns give Utah a population
of $4,000, an increase OF IS per cent In ter
| years. AT the last April Conference the Nor
mons reported their population at liz, 600, leav
Ing 30 900 Gentiles. In lS70there were less thai
10000 Gentiles. Their increase is 200 per cent
| and that of the Mormons 40 per cent.
| At Ellenville, Ulster County, New York, OF
Sunday az ernoon, Frederick Barnard, min
| years old, was drowned in the canal. The DO,
rode q big Newfoundland dog into the water
wafer for the boy. but as the latter had n,
clothing, failed to rescue him. The dog CAV
warming aud the body was recovered. A few
days before the dog bad rescued a boy by seiz
ing his hand with his mouth.
The boiler OF a steam saw mill, near Barnes
Vile, Charlotte County, Virginia, explOde'
last Saturday, killing one colored man, fatal.
verely scaiding and woundine Ave others. Tn
body OF the man who was killed was yer,
much mangled, and pieces thereof were scat
1
eng ne, weighing 5000 pounds, was blowl
twenty yards away.
The mother of General Skobelof, chief ex
ecutive OF the Government of Russia, was at
tackled in her carriage by armed men, while
| on the road to Leehrpan with money and med
ical supplies for a hospital, last saturday, ant
murdered A steward and q cOachman wer
also fatally wounded. A Russian Captain
named Mussof, who committed the crime, h.
been captured When arrested he shot lin
self, and Is not expected 10 recover.
During the enthusiastic reception of the Cor
nell crew at Ithica, N. Y, last Wednesday
night a skyI Ocket miscarred, and was dis
charged into a stage loaded with fireworks
and also containing the COMMITTEES. A ter
rible explosion followed. Two men leapel
from the burning vehicle, and were seriously
injured III. F. Hibb ard, Of the savings bank
Ithica and Sayre Railroad telegraph operator
| received internal Injuries.
The arrangements for the annual Conven
tion OftGe American Bankers Association arr
| nov complete. Secretary Sherman hal
| promised TO address the Convention upon re
| sumption and TefundiDg. The meetings are L
be held In the Town Hall, Saratoga Springs
! n. Y. august IL, IL and IL, and a large and in
| fluential representation OF the banks In al
| the states is promised. More than 1900 invi
| tatiODs have been issued to banks and bankers
| at home and abroad, and a great number o
| replies have been eived. The proceeding,
OF the Convention are to be printed and wide
| ~ distributed in Europe, as well as in tho
| United States.