The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-11
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

A cable dispatch from London states
that news had reached there from China,
to the effect that Charles Seymour, Of Wis
consin, United Consul ut Canton, had been
assassinated by a mob of infuriated Mongols.
Dissatisfaction with what was deemed by
the Chinese tho too light sentence imposed
by the British Consulate upon Tidewaiter
Logan, who was tried as the ringleader In
the riots of Sept. 10, had embittered the
native population OF Canton against
all foreigners Unfortunately. The
mob finally vented its blind fury by the muir
der in cold blood of a man who had taken no
part in the existing troubles and given no
ofTensc, but who, in the eyes of the mob was
guilty of the high crime a being a foreigner,
and, therefore, worthy of death. Mr.. Sey-
mour was Postmaster at La Crosse for many
years, and during his entire residence in Wis
consin he has been prominent in the work
ings of the Republicans In the Congressional
district in which he lived. He was n public
speaker OF considerable power, and stumped
the State for Garfield during the late Presi-
Dental campaign.
The dry-goods store of B. Loewen-
was totally destroyed by fire, the loss being
100000.
John Goode, formerly member of
Congress from the Norfolk district of Vir-
ginia, publishes an address 10 the people, in
which he brands Senator Malone rs liar.
A blaze at Dallas, Texas, originating
in Howard g. Co.'S elevator, spread in three
directions, consuming a cotton-yard, the
electric light works, and many frame houses.
The loss is estimated ut s75O,s0O.
The Northern Pacific Directors, at n
meeting In New York, reelected the board of
officers, and authorized the issue of $40, OOo,-
600 of second-mortgage bonds, subject to the
approval of three-feurths of the stockholders,
with which to pay the floating debt and equip
the road.
The German citizens in various parts
of the country have been celebrating the
20Oth anniversary of the founding of Ger
mantown, Pa, by Francis Daniel Pastorius
and a body of German pioneers There were
appropriate celebrations in Chicago, st. Louis,
Cleveland, Philadelphia, New York, Milwau-
kee and other cities.
The business portion of the village of
Passumpsic, VT, was destroyed by fire.
Cheese, brought from Vermont, has
caused many cases of poisoning, none fatal,
at Boston.
Another addition has been made to
the ranks of the 2-cent dailies. The Philadel-
phia Press has knocked off Il cent.
The wife of G. p. Huntington, the
railway king, died suddenly in New York
She was the daughter OF William Stoddard, of
Cornwall, CT.
The Mormon Conference at Salt
Lake, was attended by 10000 persons. Eighty
elders were appointed TO missions in Europe
and the Southern States, and one was sent to
Indian Territory.
At Pittsford, Mich, one freight train
crashed into another standing on the track.
Three persons in the caboose were instantly
killed, and the fire which followed burned
their bodies beyond recognition. Two other
persons were seriously injured.
Col. James Tullis, Special Land Agent
Of the Government, who has been nyesti-
eating frauds in the Rocky mountain region,
says large tracts have boon patented in VIC
lation of law. One man residing near city
in Montana fenced 5000 acres of public lands
and pastured The COWS of citizens at 81 per
month.
The French Civil and Military Chiefs
in Tonquiu announce that military opera
tons now are impossible owing to the condi-
ton of the roads.
The son Of the Greek Minister at
Paris accidentally killed himself while hand
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