The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-25
KAILROfD NEU,.S NOTES

"6 " II ~ ~ W. tn.
The Mount Sterling Ky, II ccommouation,
going to Lexington, ran into the rear Of a
train on the Kentucky Central ~ Winchts-
ter Crossing Friday morning, exploding lOU
Kegs oi giant power The depot wa
wrecked and the engine blown To atoms.
Engineer Schuler was not found The ward
master, Randall, WAS killed. Conductor
McMichsel was fatally injured. and others
are supposed tO be killed. fhe powder was
lgnlfed from sparks from the engine. Per.
haps the most terrific explosion ever k own
IN America followed. Debris was throw u
80 high that il did not come down for fully
Ten minutes, and people rom five miles ia
the country rushed in to see if Winchester
hadi suddenly become MI lschia.
Paul Schulze, general land agent of the
Northern Pacific and Portland arrived in
ST. Paul oil the 10th. He says that bat
thirtyiwo miles OF track hav. yet 10 be
laid to complete The Northern Pacific from
81 Paul 10 Portland. The iron is being
rapidly laid and viii be- Mi down by the
I'D inst. On the IN, the men on the
west end laid two and hali miles of track ,
anu 'hose Oh Tie east end three miles The
grading between the present terminus has
been completed, and with the exception ui
a few Insignificant tFc~tlvs the whole pap is
IN readiness for the iron.
The morning train on the Wabash rail
way from 81. Louis arrived AT Omaha three
hours late on the lGtb inst, having made
part Of the run with great caution, by rea-
son of "A warning that train robbers were ly.
ing in wait for II IN the vicinity ot Mex
mathe. The conductor received dispatch
at St. Charles and informed the passengers
who secreted their valuahles Nine men in
the employ Of the railway, all heavily
armed, boarded the tram nj Montgomery
and the robbers did not appear.
II is reported that ~ soon ~ tle com.
petion Of the Northern Pacific shall have
been supplemented by n connection with
California from Portland, trains Will run
through from St Paul TO San Francisco via
Oregon in the same time now made by the
Union and Central Pacific from Omaha to
San Francisco. The distance from 81. Paul
to San Francisco via Portland will he 2, 700
miles II can be made In four days at an
average speed Of less than thirty miles mn
hour
The tNorthern Pacific railroad will be
opened formally by President Willard on
Sept. =. 1t will be actually completed on
Aug. 25. There will he over 300 quests
present at the opening services.
The earnings Of the st Paul Il Duluth
for the second week Of August were $50 =.
907.97, against Sl3, l37. "a Tor the same peri
Od OF time in 1882, an increase of f7, ,G70 63.
EHIEf tbEt|GN NEUS.
A mon oi 700 men ut tackled the Jewish
quarter in Prague on the l7th. The rioters
were dispersed before doing much harm.
Frequent riots are causing much alarm
among the authorities OF Austria. The DO
lice and military officers are ordered to
crush with the utmost energy every out
break, however small. Forty of the pop
nlace and six police were wounded in the
riot at Agrsm. The mob subsequently
forced the jail and released the rioters.
Riots are reported AT Karis,adt and Ssset,
Croatia. Al Agrsm n mob threatened the
custom house, railway and archbishop :
palace. The streets are now guarded by
heavy patrols
Official advices irom Fooie, the newly
appointed United States minister to Cores,
state that he lad taken up his residence in
the capital of that iitilc-tnown country,
but lie there, is attended With many dis
comforts. The only house he had been
able to obtain IL rude. of wood aud paper.
with paper windows. sud IL srlstei in Al
undesirable location In the midst of hoy
vels and filth. The climate IL marked by
great extremes Of heat and cod. The only
fuel obtainable consists of boug hs of pine
trees, and everything in the shape of food,
except the simplest necesssries Of liie has to
be- brought from abroad.
Newspapers at Madrid declare that French
spectators raised 10000 francs for the pur-
pose Of corrupting the Spanish srmy aud
bringing about an uprising The papers
making this assertion promise TO give more
particulars concerning the scheme when
the censorship OF the press is abolished. A
semi.of official journal admits there may be
some foundation ,Or the story. The Span
ish consul at Perpisuan, France. report
that many persons, supposed To be tarlists
including "A so-Caled bgipsdier, twelve ma
jors and twelve captains, have been iHteri &C
by France.
Toe king of Coiea isa young man, with
frank, prepossessing face, slight OF build
and smaller than most OF his subjects
When the American envoys wer presented
TO him recently he Worea winged cap yer,
much like the caps OF his ministers his dres
consisted OF a single garment OF bright rec
ilk, with long flowing sleeves reaching t.
he floor: at the waist IL was secured hy ,
belt Of crimson and gold On each shoul
der and on the breast OF his garment wer
large dragons in heavy gold embroidery.
A British Jew, representing Raphael
Tecki & Sons, q business firm Of London
and who arrived at st. Petersburg provides
~SIith proper British passport and creden
tsls TO banking firms, has been expelle
froriN Russia nv order az the authortier
The nawspaper, Jewish World, OF London
has aivines that Count rO's,oi, Russia
minis er OF the interio-. ns, o,dered the en-
!. torcement Of the decree iorbdipg JEWS