The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-01

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Nothing official has yet been learned
Of General Crooks movements since he
entered the Sierra Madre mountains in
pursuit of the renegade Apaches about
month ago. and in army circles there
is a disposition to discredit the state
ment that battle was fought about
the 18th instant. Those best qualified
to form an opinion are confident that
the general will not permit his COM
mand to become prey to the cunning
of the savages.
The official journal of Mexico pub
fishes a contract between the Mexican
Government and Jay Gould and Gen.
Grant, consolidating the Mexican ORR
entail and Mexican Southern Railroad.
The Mexican Southern, formerly with
out subventiOn, will receive $4,000 per
kilOmetre when constructed. The for
fixture clause is modified in the interest
of the railroad company.
Henry Watterson, of the Louisville
Courier Journal. delivered an address
before the literary societies of Wander
bilt University, at Nashville, Tennes-
see, on 1.-The Homicidal Side Of South
ern Life" While admitting that there
is much crime in the South. Mr.. Wat
terson claimed that the North was
equally bad, and that nowhere else in
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cure as they are in the South.
A cyclone swept through western and
central Indiana Monday evening, with
which is not yet fully known. The
greatest havoc was wrought at Clay
City where twelve persons are said to
have been killed and a large number
hurt, while many buildings were wreck
ed. At Meals mill seven people were
killed and several injured. Much dam
age was done to farm property and in
some villages in Shelby county, and
across the line in johnson county the
town of Edinburg sustained considera-
BILE injury.
Information that has the appearance
of authenticity has reached the Next
can Consulate that a desperate battle
was fought last week near Guacanope
between General Crooks command and
the fugitive Apaches. The scouts were
first caught in an ambuscade, and sew
eral are said to have been killed. The
entire command then advanced and en-
gagged the hostiles, of whom thirty were
killed, the remainder taking to fight,
with the troops in pursuit.
About one hundred and fifty women
the wives of striking coal-miners, Mon
day morning visited several of the prin-
cipal mines in the Belleville district, in
st. Clair county, Illinois, where work
was in progress, and by threats COM
PEELED the men to leave the pits. On
application Of the operators, three COM
panies of militia were sent to the Rein
ecke mine, which they reached at dusk.
A number of strikers who took I'D a
position in front of the mine defied the
militia, and after some parleying the
officer in command gave the word to
fire. A volley was discharged, killing
one of the rioters outright and mortally
wounding another. Six other members
of the mob were hurt, and about thirty
others were captured. The rioters are
alleged to have assailed the militia with
stones, bricks and Jumps of coal as soon
as they disembarked from the cars, and
when the soldiers did not retaliate such
OF the mob as were possessed of fire.
arms discharged volley at them. In
the Collinsville district there were
threatenings of riot. but the firmness
of the deputy sheriff was effectual in
dispensing the disturbers without re-
sort to force.