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in the Roane mines, near lockwood, Tenn,
caused by an explosion of iire-damp. They
we're ali ultimately rescued. The damage
lone was considerable.
The United States steamer Juniata. which
was sent TO inquire into the detention Of
certain American vessels ty the Portuguese
custom officials on the east coast of Africa,
has cablei her arrival NJ Mozambique.
OFF the coast Of Maine, near PASSPORT,
! during IA fearful gale on the I'D. n party of
men. numbering tn or twelve. were
drowned on the wreck o. the Spanish
steamer Humacoa. lost Elk weeks pre-.
viOus'v.
CRETE, the large island in the Medi:er-
ranean, belonging 20 Turkey, was reported
i'm "A state Of revolt.
The schedules in the assignment OF Kos
su,h. Adolphus and Jacob Marx, compris-
! ing the firm Of kossuth. Marx q Co., jew
.lers. OF New York. show liabilities, ~I23,-
SO: nominal assets, $50, 80; actual assets,
$3.50.
THE noted tro:ter Goldsmith Maid died
at New York recently at the age OF
:~wenty-eiCht years.
THE Bul-arians were reported as IN
censed against Russia, who was reported
as having demanded the deposition OF
Prince Alexander.
THE gIassworkers' strike al Bellaire. o.,
ended on the 2ith by mutual concessions.
FURTHER riOting took place al the CleVe-
land fO.) rolling mills on the 2ith.
ADvICEs from Peru state that the In
dams are committing fearful atrocities IN
the city OF Huarez.
SoXE time since Dornan Il. Eaton, Chair
man Of the Civil Service Commission, ten
d.rcd bis resignation 10 the President.
The latter, in reply, thanked Mr.. Eaton FOR
his services in the cause Of civil service re-
form, and hoped the resignation would he
deferred until November.
THE town OF SanbOrn, Oak, was nearly
totally destroyed the other day by fire.
which was supposed to have been started
by tramps. The hotel, five business houses
and several OF the hest residences were
burned. Loss $1,000, mos, OF it covered
by insurance.
THE price of wire was advanced recently
bv tn. manufacturers, who met in New
York recently, from 10 to IL per cent.
PEACE has been officially announced in
! EcuhiDE. III IfD"iSh ds INF o't Supli s''
THE trial Of the cavalrymen who particle
pated in the anti-German riots at Madrid
has been concluded. One sergeant was
sentenced to death, and the other offenders
were sentenced To various terms Of I'M
prisonment. The court advised the Gov
eminent To pardon the sergeant.
JAMES &. PUSEY, the defaulting clerk OF
the Kansas Penitentiary at Leavenworth,
pleaded guilty 70 embezziement and was
sentenced to eight years imprisonment.
In the Supreme Court at Boston, on the
2ith, Franklin j. Moses, Ex-Governor OF
South Carolina, pleaded guilty to an in
dictment charging him with obtaining
money by false pretenses from ex-Mayor
Cobb and others, in February, lSSi. He
had hut recently served out a term in the
Middlcsex County Jail for a similar o'fense.
AT Battleford. y. ". T., on the 18th, sew
eral Indians were sentenced to be hanged
and to various terms of imprisonment for
murder and other crimes committed during
the recent troubles with Ricl and his fol-
lowers.
BUSINESS failures throughout the coun-
try for week ended September II NUM-
bered 49, against is the week previous.
THE lumber yarl of Gardner ~ Co, Chi
cago. was recently in flames. For n time
the fire was 50 threatening, spreading to
al Looming yards, that many persons feared
a repetition of the disaster OF 1871. Loss,
Sl00,0Co.
THREE coaches of Il passenger train con-
tanning over 100 persons were thrown
! down a high bank near Warm Springs, y.
g.. recently. Twenty people were injured.
William Connolly. J. II. Winning and Miss
Brayles, of Ashviile, received fatal in
juries.
REPORTS were received recently of a cy-
clone n: Calcutta, in which several ships
foundered and a great many persons were
drowned.
john MoREISSEY, of Washington, u. C.,
was killed and three other workmen in
jurei by 4 dynamite explosion recently at
York Haven, near Harrisburg, Ia.
STATEMENT prepared 10y Superinten-
lent Bell, of III" Foreign Letter Mails
Bureau. shows that the weight OF the for
cign letter mail decreased 80 pounds
during the last fiscal year. while the weight
of the printed matter increased 3I,3l3
pounds. The cost of ocean mail transit
was S:2.,l.,. or just $3.50 less than the
cost during the preceding year.