The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-22
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY
BY rELEeRAPH TO DATE.

Michael Dayitt has taken leave of the
! United States.
Private advices indicate that the Suez
Canal viii be reopened to traffic forth
with.
Seneca, Kansas, was visited by heavy
wind and rain storm on the 11th. Fruit
was damaged but other crops were bene-
fited.
At II o'clock noon on the 18th several
flags of truce were flying from forts and
city of Alexandria and the town was on
fire in many places.
Jack Harris, the best known gambler
in Texas was shot and killed at San An:
tonic on the 18th by Ben Thompson, the
famous marshal OF Austin.
Statistics show that the condition of
stock in Iowa is less favorable than in
previous years. The decrease In hogs in
the last year is lie, 900.
VIM. Ritter, a negro, was taken from
Jail in Henderson, KY, on the 18th by a
mob and lynched. His crime was that
of raping and killing mulatio girl IL
years old.
The London Times says it is contem-
serve to take the place of unlearned men
belonging to the regiments prepared to
proceed to Egypt.
John B. Gaines, editor of the World,
and Col. Sears, of the Post emptied re-
volvers at each other at Louisville on the
10th as a result of an editorial contro-
versy. The only result was a slight
wound In Sears foot, and two bullets
under the skin of an unoffending witness
of the fusilade. Both were arrested.
A very high wind storm passed over
Marysville, Kansas, on the St. Joseph &
Western railroad, 100 miles west of st.
Joseph, on the 11th. From the fact that
wires are all prostrated it is thought SER
ious damage was done to the town. A
heavy storm also prevailed at Lincoln,
Nebraska, and through that section of
country.
Everything is quiet at the mills of the
Cabinet iron and steel company at South
Chicago, although a large crowd have
gathered around the depot awaiting ar
rival of trains. Preparations are being
made to start up three of the sixteen fur
naees with non-union men. Officers of
the company are present aud there is a
large force of police on hand. About
Fifty specials have been sworn in Union
men claim they will not make any
trouble.
A very heavy rainfall at Lebanon, o.,
on the 10th raised Turtle creek to an
unprecedented height. The reservoir Of
the hydraulic works broke its banks and
the lower portion of the CITY is inundated.
Several small houses were carried away
and all the bridges in that part of the
city were washed out. Thousands of
sheaves of newly cut wheat were hoated
off. The loss is variously estimated from
$50, 900 to 100000.
At meeting of the Colorado Press
association at Denver on the 11th Col.
John Atkins of the Rocky Mountain News
was elected president, W. E. Paber Sec
retary, Grayson Macarthur correspond
ing secretary, and r. H. Tilyey treas
urer Fifty new members were elected.
Capt. j. T. Smith delivered the grafton.
F! Eugene Field read poem, after which
they banqueted at the st. James hotel.
The association accepted the courtesies
extended by the G. B. 4 @. railway and
about rs members with ladies left for
Chicago to be absent week.
| The main building for the mining and
industrial exposition at Denver is about
completed and articles for exhibition are
arriving in considerable quaint sies The
work of arranging exhibits will be COM
menced next week. All departments
will be we'll represented. The machinery
department will be exceptionally large,
having nearly hundred entries. There
will be no delay in opening on August
1st The fine art department will be the
most complete and will contain about
400 works of high order of merit by
American and foreign artists.
A correspondent on board the Helicor
sends the following The loss of the
Egyptians must be dreadful A number
of shells repeatedly struck the works JUS
about the guns and threw up volumes o.
yellow dust. It was often thought the
guns must have been demolished, bu
they appeared uniniured when the smoke
had cleared away. The funnel of the Su
perb is pierced, and the plate below th.
foremast o the Glacis torn away. On,
of the boats of the Infexible is useless
and others badly damaged. The Infiex
ible bore the brunt of the fire of the ives
end of the Ras el-Tin fort for three and
half hours. The Sultan has shot clea
through her funnel The harem adjoin
ing Ras-el-Tin. and an diacent riff
tower, continued to burn all night.
A correspondent on board the U. S
steamer Quinnebaug says: The Egypt
ians fought splendidly and ships behave
magnifcently. The Quinnebaug al
chored only five cables away on the POI
beam of the Temeraire and had fin
view of the contest. Shells from til
forts frequently fell quite close. A col
respondent on the Invincible telegraphs
s"The fort and batteries on the sea wa
are heap of ruins. The Egyptian
stuck to their guns until the forts wer
crumbling The aim of Egyptian gur
ners were chiefly against the Penelor
and Inhex1ble and they fired principal
round shot Their elevation was bat
, The Invincible was seldom hit. Tt
armor of the Superb was penetratet
Egyptian officers set good example
the men, often jumping upon the parap
to see the effects of their fire. The parl
) of marines which landed from the Invil
chile to blow up Fort Mex saw sever
dead inside the fort. The Egyptians ha
no shells. which fact accounts for Il
\ small number of casualties on Britis
vessels. At 5:15, on the 18th, the Hel
con approached the Invincible with of
cials from Dervish Pasha, who had bet
!. trying to find the flag ship at night, wi
i letter from the ministry to Seymour
d offer to dismount guns: Admiral Sc
i mour replied that the time for negoti
r. tions had passed. The Ras-el Tin pala