The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-10-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
The News from All Parts of the
World.
ABROAD.

hiding In the brushwooi suffered some GEO of
the French forces TO land and come within
easy range of their guns before they appeared.
The Chinese General Tso then led an attack
rron the rear of the French forces. which be-
came panic stricken. The Chinese forces killed
20 men and captured one gun. They also be-
headed - French cOrpses, but dcsSted from
that horrible work upon the protest of the
British Consul. The Chinese loss was POO killed
and wounded. The fighting lasted five hours,
al the end of which time the French retired to
their ships. This victory was, however, more
than counterba.ancel by French success a
few DAYS afterwards .. Chu, in which the Chi
nese were utterly routed. The French are very
jnbilaut over the affair. which according 10
their statements oniy entailed 4 loss OF 20
killed and % wounded, while the Chinese loss
is rut down az 5000 killed, including the chief
commander The French also claim that this
victory has destroyed the flower of the Chinese
army-the troops engaged being the best in
the Empire. perfectly armed and equipped and
manuveged in European style This victory Will
sto2, for the present at least, the Chinese inva-
sion of TonqG;n. There is probably little truth
in the French version oi the fight at Chu, but the
exaggerated report was most likely made with
a view 10 cover the recent disaster st TaA5Qi,
and 10 put the French Chamber of Deputies III
humor 10 vote money for carrying on the war.
The French position is IN reality q critical one,
and without large re-cnforcements are sent
soon there danger of them being overwhelmed
b. the vast number Of troops China IS able 10
place IN The feid.-Gen. Gordon has been ac-
lively engaged during the past week i'll fight
ing the rebels. He has been bombarding Ber-
Der Delyeeg, and Meumeh, and returned iii
safety To KhartoaGl.-The marriage of Miss
Ida Thelcse. daughter of Capt. Foote, of the
United states Navy, TO Lord Montague Paulet,
sen Of the Marquis of Winchester, was cele-
bratei on the 18th inst. at London, England.
-. IF,l--
TO some extent. On the 10Th inst. there were
100 fresh cases aud % deaths in that country.
Six officers of the Russian army and two
women were hanged for political otftnses III
the Citadel at st. Petersburg on the 18TH.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
On the 18th inst about 20 miles north of
Jamestown. Oak, the wife and three ear-od
child OF Carl Schroeder were burned to death i'll
q prairie Ere, which the woman was trying to
prevent destroying her wheat stacks.-Dur-
ing severe thunder storm at Joliet, ILL.,, on
the 10Th inst. Mr.. William Grace and an UNI
known man were killed by lightning.
city of Lawrence, Mass, was shaken TO its
foundations on the 10th inst, by an explosion
in the naptha house of the Central Pacific
MIL. Two men were probably fatally injured.
a farmer and two little children, crossing
the railroad track in a wagon, near Red Mills
Nd, were struck by an express train, and
Cornelius +. Dacy, the contractor engaged i'll
building the water works at Wellesley Mass,
was hobbed and imprisoned in shanty last
week, by d gang of his Italian laborers, for al
legged failure to pay their wages due. A detail
OF police from Boston went 10 Wellesley and
released the prisoner, AT the same time arrest
ing % of the offenders. Nineteen OF the ltal-
ians were fined SO each and costs.-Nuch
damage was caused last week by forest fires in
New Jersey, aud great deal of valuable tim
Der destroyed. The fire started about four
miles below Hammoaton, and was, il is thought,
Started by hunter TO drive deer TO a
good shooting place. 1t is raging in what is
known as the Big Deer woods, the largest for
est IN the State. composed mostly of pine and
cedar timber. At one time the fire swept
through nine miles of woodland in two hours.
So great breath has not been known for 20
years, and streams through the cedar swamps
that were never known to t::i! are now dry
An empty coke train on the Pitts5urg, Vir-
ginia and Charleston Railroad ran into a steer
which was walking on the track on the 18th
near Monongaheia City, Pa, aad the engine
and twelve cars We're derailed. The fireman,
Geo. Jarrett, was instantly killed. Engineer
Frank White was fatally scalded and Brake
man Frank Hatton was seriously injured by
being crushed aud scalded.-Two children of
Jarrett Wiseman, living in Mitchell County,
\. G., were attacked and killed by a large cata-
a wood near their home.--The tobacco fac
tory of c. 4. Jackson < Co., OF Petersburg, Va,
was burned on the 18th, involving a loss of
Si40,000-0n the afternoon of the 18th inst,
while watching the thrashcrs at Geo. Riy's
farm, near Bass Lake, Rx's two sons went into
the NOW to play. One of them, aged 10 years,
tumbled into the mouth of the thrashing ma
chine and was Immediately swept in and torn
to pieces.
INDUSTRIAL.
The New York, Ontario & Western Railroad
on the 18th inst. flied a mortgage in the Regis
ters Office on its main line, extending from
the city OF Oswego to the village of Middleton,
IN Orange, and other railroad property and real
estate in New York and New jersey, in the
sum OF $i,000000. to the Mercantile Trust Com
pany of New York city. The company has is
sued bonds of $1,000 each. payable in 80 years,
end as security for the payment Of the same
have made the mortgage TO the trust Company.
The money has been borrowed 10 equip and
operate its lines. The business failures
throughout the countries occurring during the
seven days ending on the 18th inst. number
for the United States and Territories 1872, and
for Canada % or a total of 2IS, as against a
total of 220 last week-The imports of dry
goods at the port of New York for the week
ending on the 18th inst. were -, 01010 and
the amount marketed S2,023,759. The total
imports since Jan. / were $99, 266. 7s9 against
Sl02, 49, i7 Cor the same time last year, and
the amount marketed $91, 15i 40, against $102-
190,300 for the same time last year.-Thrty-
one cotton mills closed in Massachusetts on the
18th inst for one week, which win throw out
If employment for that time more than 10000
persons. Unless the market improves the shut
down may continue indefinitely.
POLITICAL.
At Montpelier, on the 18th inst, Senator
Morrill, was reelected TO the United States
Senate.-Gen. Logan left Chicago Sunday
last for Dubuque, where he will begin his
western speaking campaign, covering the
States Of Iowa, Illinois and Indiana He will
be accompanied throughout the tour by Col.
Patrick Donan, of Dakota, and one or two
,ther speakers.