The Red Cloud chief., 1885-11-13
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Dr.. BRoCKMAS, q delegate from 'he
Transvaal, has arrived at Berne % con-
cluIe n commercial treaty between S~iiz-
erlard and the South African Repabiic-
THE Pope is negotiating with the Chinese
Government with a view TO inducing toe
latter 10 aIlow the Vatican sole authority
over Roman Catholics in China.
AT the meeting Of railroad managers a.
Chicago. on the 9Th, it vas decided to al.
here 20 the carload rate system.
SICK and wounded Abyssinians were re-
| ported dying daily by scores. and all are
suffering for want OF provisions, and an
attack on Assouan was feared
A COLLISION occurred on the East Ten.
nessee, virginia & Georgia Railroad. near
Talledega, Ala, the other night Thirteen
cars we're wrecked. Four men were badly
injured. one dying soon after the accident
The New York Dqiiy Commercill Bull
letis. in its monthly summary Of fire losses.
estimates the fire wastes in the United
States and Canada in October az -. 5000
which is less by : 24J),oD than the average
OF October fire losses for ten years past.
THE Norwegian bark Aquilla founderei
of G~ottenburg recently. Twenty-Five per.
sons were drowned.
a TERRIFIC explosion occurred the other
evening in the laboratory az William Akin
* Co, Evansville, Ind, which wrecked the
building badly and scaliei several per-
sons, three OF them fatally.
A DISPATCH from Tacoma. W. T., states
that Chinatown. situated near the lower
depot and wharf Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad, has been burned hy IN" mob.
Two colored men, William kinnetrcad
and Philo Johnson, well digSerS. We're
blown To atoms recently by an explosion
of blasting powder AT atlanta, Ga. They
were down a well, when u premature blast
occurred.
IT was alleged i'm Washington that the
results In the recent elections were due 10
the secret organization known as the
knights of Labor.
THE ST. Louis police have arrested David
Keenan,, w. L. Sears, T.. S. Burns, N.
Weathers and Master Workman Pinker-
ton, OF the Knights of Labor, all street
men, for being engaged in the re-
cent explosions on the street car tracks.
Another man, named John Shaughnessv,
was also arrested, aud the police think
they now nave the entire gang.
GRE improvements are being effected
i'm Venezuela. The work OF building a
at La Guayra, on the coast, is
TO be commenced at once 10y an English
The entire breakwater will
cost ~S4o,0co,o0o. Blocks of concrete, weigh.
ing 800 tons each, will be laid in the sea.
The erasure of the name of Prince Alex.
4 b.. Al Dbl. .--.. r.. E
sted a sensation even in St. Petersburg,
is believed to indicate an absolute
between Russia and Bulgaria.
THE Farwell building, 223 To 2i3 Monroe
street, Chicago, was on fire the other day.
The losses footed up 100000.
A SPECIAL from Aurora, Ind, of the 9Th
'The fine Ohio River steamer j. W.
iaff and Mountain Girl collided two miles
here ut an early hour this morning.
people on the Mountain Girl from
Holland & McMahn's circus are reported
The boats were badly wrecked"
The appointment of Colonel HYDE as
postmaster of st. Louis, was reported at
Washington on the 9Th as having been de-
ermined upon.
\ ravaged Carmi. Pittsiield,
and Springfield, H., on the
tn. The greatest damage was lone near
where an old man was killed by a
wing raftcr.
THE JourRdi DIES DcJo,s, of Paris, SAYS
lat the triple alliance has been ruptur.d
that Austria and Germany have Joined
France aud Italy against Russia
n the purpose Of forcing Russia to accept
le decisions of the Balkan conference.
BUSINESS failures for the seven Iays
nded November > numbered for the United
l5i: for Canada, -: total, IL: as
)mpared with pol for the week previous.
ABOUT 1900 men quit work in the Hook
IL Valley, Ohio Central and Shawnee
alleys, o., on the 9Th. The operators say
ley will shut down the mines rather than
ny the advance demanded. :
REPORTS from Burnt Prairie Township,
the northern part of White COUNTY. ILL.,, .
ate that the cattle were dying rapidly =
some disease thought TO ba>D milk
ckness. :
AN express train wA:% 1arded recently +,
!, a party of brigands ne. Naples. Italy, 4;
shot a guard dead md -..cured 1900 i,
ancs in money. The bbbers. after :,
,ickly completing their work, jumped :
om the train. =