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Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1886-12-08

som James Monroe. BuchanasS : s 9 uu
gefar $500, 200 da han dog, q 8 incoll
efterlemnande uugefar $lO0,6 n Gran
ruinerades genom frman GRAM Ward
konkurs. men f6rsaljningen hs me
moirer har ipbringat enken en- nsrrmillion
President Garfelds DO var icke vsrdt mel
an $40 900, men otaliga gafvor till enkar
har tiodubblat denna summa.
"Antl Saloon Republican New
York afholls onsdags slit statekonven
Cirtlaudt, N. Y, hvara bland snnat be-
slutades, att de fortfarande skulle kalla sis
"New York State Temperance Lesgue'
och hafva till NAL att verka for hog Licen.
Sc, sasom det enda medlet att befordra nyk.
terhetssaken.
Pastor j. A. Frost ooh miss Hill.
ma Lager firade den innevarande dec
slit brollop Geneseo. Akten forratta-
des j sv. ev. luth. kyrkan at pastor Bro
dine. Utom dc talrika br0llopsgasterna
fyldes kyrkan anda till trangsel az nyfik-
ma askadare. Forsamlingens sangkor
sjoug tvenne val valda sanger. Etter
vigselaktens forrattande holl astor Bro
dine EFT kort anslaende tai ofver Herrens
fraga till Petrus: Alskar du mig? Efter
aktens slut kyrkan samlades gasterna i
brudens foraldrshem hos mr.. och mrs.
Lager, hvarest det unga brudparet till
onskades ,ycka och valsignelse slit nya
stand icke tlott af de narvarande CASTER
ma, utan ock genom manga valont knings-
telegram, som ing&tt fran hera hall. Att
aftonen tilibragtes pa angenamaste eatt
och att brollopstartan var "flafn", derom
vittnade den glada staining, som ra1de
bland unga och gamls. Inpan upp-
brott skedde g8fvo pastorerna Martin
frau Sioux City och Nystrom fran Aug.
Coll. hvardera EFT kort tanksprAk till de-
unGa tn, stud. Chsllman upplaste ett po-
em, och pastor Brodine slutade med att
rigta nAgra hiertligs afskedsord sarskildt
till bruden som nu komme att uttrada
ur den krets. hvarest hon varit ca hogt
varderad och hvarest hon skulle sd myc-
ket saknas. Pastor Frost underlat icke
cit uttrycka sin och sin unga bruds tack
samhet mot de narvarande for den upp-
marksamhet ooh kGrlek SAINT de manga,
varderika och smakfulla gafvor, som de
fatt mottaga.
Brudparet antrader borjan of ingasn-
de yecka resan till slit tretliga hem At
water, MINI. Manga vannsrs varma
lyokonskningar folis dem.
Lycklig blitve deras seglats Diver liz
vets oroliga haf!
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1886-12-08

{ Banan nellan Breckenridge och Abel
deem d T. tros blifva fzrdig ON iva vecko
och 400 man srbeta matt och dag for full
bordandet af sparlaagningen.
TOg fUrgift. Miss Mamie Magratle
81 ar gammal, fran town af Warran begicl
forlidsn vecka sielfmord genom intagande
af forgif. Ingen orsak ar kand. Fore eli
dod omtals de hon for sin far att hon sjel
intagit forgiftet
Druckna indianer. Todd County
tidningen Argus omtslar att G. w. Tabe,
harom dagen anfolls af fem indianer mar,
Gull River. IRE af dem voro mycket druck
ma och han maste hota dem sin bossa fol-
att kunna freda sig.
SjelfmOrd. Hans Severson begick
ohsdi igs sic fmord EFT hus pa South From,
str. nara Warren's Creek teiegraferas frar
Mankato. Den olyck ige brot EFT ben har
omdagen och var derfore fortviaad. Har
var ungkarl och efterlemnar en- broder hal
| landet.
Eldsvada. Frank Arnolds mi6layarn
tre mil porr ON St. Cloud nedbrande fre.
days. En- nattvakt Gus. Krause blef I'd lila
brand att han aHed l6rdags. F6rlusten
uppgar till $45 900. Forlusten ar svar for
platsen, da Diet var den e. ds qvarn inom q
/ mills omkrets fran St. Cloud.
EkonOmiskt. DR.. Eaton Benson
ar "Juslics OF the peace"lika val som Iska.
re. Folket trakten soker ON m6jligt stal.
la Diet ed, da han ar kallad ut Alta till tic
mil for medicinisk behandling, att han pa
ssmma gang kan at giftaslystna knyts
hymens band.
NY receiver vid TayIOrs Falls.
Pre- identen har utnamnt Or. ERNEST, A.
Umland till receiver vid Tsylors Falls
istallet for Peter III. Stolberg. Mr.. Stolbera
hsr naturligtvis afskedsts derf6r att han var
republi ansre och for SIT gerum at en-
embets hungrig tysk demokrat. Irlandske
grossorsmagnaten Kelly sEges afsen hafva
haft sin hand med spelet.
Nya planer. Pioneer Press omtalar
att EFT rykte ar omlopp att de skandina.
viska delegaterns legislaturen skulle h fvs
for afsigt att f6rena sig med demokraterna
och invalja Knute Nelson till senator.
Vagen skulle harigenom blifvs oppen for
Charley Gilman Wi tro dock, att hvsrken
Gilman eller Nilsson gjort upp denna plan,
som ALA hsndelser voro I'd godt som om6i-
lig att realisera. Skandinaviske delegaterna
lata inte muta sig.
PensiOner har beviliats folja nde per-
soner staten Louie, Legsss g. PAUL: Je,
rore B. Hatch, Litchfeld; L. A. Carlson
Beaver Falls; Lewis Bates, Marshall; Jo
seph Cobb, Owatonna; o. A. Blethen,
North Minneapolis; Charles A. Horn,
Minneapolis; Horace G. Bennett, Minnea-
polls, Daniel III. Freeman, Dvlano; Elijah
Biddle, Benson. Pensioner har forrokats
for foljande: - Mack j. Kennedy, Fair
Haven; samuel Taylor, Preston; Abram
PluGer. Winnebago; John Ker. Anoka
James Cramp. Spring Valley; George L.
Bartholomew. Blue Earth City; Edward
Stevens. Fountain.
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1886-12-08
MINI ESOTA.

~ Var god och t,asdnd of6rt6fuad,
r.numsrationsafgiften. VI dro
behof Of penningarne och dc prenH
nacrantsr, som restera med afgiften,
bords icks u, psAguto ldngre med
betalningen. Sand derJ6r kquidsr
snorost m1ligt under adress:
SKAFFAREN,
231 Il. 7th 81
st. Paul, MINI.
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1886-12-08

En- SignalstatiOn konmer at uppfo.
ras Litch6eld.
Red Wing har en- taboggan Climb med
stt medlemsantsl af tjugo.
MeIrOse har beslutat inkorperera sig
sasom en- yilla.stad.
Omkring 10000 bushels hvets har
redan salts denna host vid Croo kston.
Ny station. En- jernvigs station haller
nu pa att uppforas vid Kimball Prairie.
POstkOntoret vid Hickory. Aitkin
Co. har upph6rt.
K6lden Pipe Stone county var f6rli-
den vecka rs grader under0.
vargar lara fnnas mingd skogen
langs med st. Paul och Duluth bansn.
: KOmmissiOnen for bestsmmandet al
det tredje hospitalets lsge har redan kosta,
staten 100.
vid statsfHn geIset Saltwater finne,
f0rnSrvarande 39i msnliga och qvinliga
f&ngar.
Arbetet har paborjats att lagga grun-
den till de nya Milwaukee verkstaderna vid
Austin.
Funnel barnlik. Under en- brygga
vid MAnkato hittades h&rom dagen liket
efter EFT tva veckor gsmmslt barn.
OwatOnna har nu fat Elm publiks
skola fardig och ar af Guvernoren f6rklarat
6ppnad for mattagsndet af skolbarn.
TObOggan sluttningen vid Hastings 81
nu fullbordad och haller 6fyer 1900 fot
langd.
Nya pOstmKstare utnilmningar
U.i Northcote, WI. Ross; Gu and, O. c
Melbone; Rushford. DR.. Murphy; Under,
wood. T, sjords.
vAlgXrenhct. For de genom bagel.
stormen Argyle lidande har erhallets fol
omkring 81 900 varde af klsder af frikostig,
menniskor.
Brand AggrIra. Bragg & Cos
Jordan stora lager af 10000 dussin aag
BILE fvo jemte magasin forst6rde harom
dagen genom eldsvAda.
FOIL af taget. En- bromsare viz
Northern Pacific ba an foil harom dsgeI
af en- godsvagn vid Big Lake och blef genas
d0dad
HI6rdare skyldig. Kartserski. son
ank agats for att hafv4 f6rgiftat ain hustru
forklarsds da ma'et forekom i r VIM
sig sky dig och d5,ndes till lifaidstangelse
Insn0ad. En- femton arig ficka VII
MANN Gil sett gick Wise under storm en-
tisdags vid Windon pa vag hem fran kyrkal
och har annu Ell hittats.
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1886-12-08
u It'll A N D E T.

Aslen. Koleran ostra Asien synes nu
minskas nagot. I Japan hafva af males
$1,000 insjuknads personer $1,000 aaidIt.
I Korea var dodllghetssiffran vida Store
ehuru ingen bestamd uppgift forsligger.
Ensamt | hufvudstaden Seoul, som rak-
mar 25O,000 invanare, hafva $4,000 dott'
och dodligheten landsortsn Or jAmforel.
sevis lika stor.
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1886-12-08

sB- vara prenumeranter torde noga Sc efter
att numret den r0da adresslappen andras med
ika manga hummer som liqvid insandts for.
Delta Or det enda qvitto som lemnas; visar sig
ingen andring i siffrorna sd skrif ON ett par
veckor.
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1886-12-08

Ryssland. Underrattelssr fran TiHiss
naeddela. att stor rorelss hsrrskar Kau-
kasus pa grand at ryska regsringsns ~
garder for sksttehojningen. De muha-
nedanske infodde vagra att efterkomMa
smbetsmannens pAbud, och mycken ung-
dem har Aytt till skogarne. Truppsr
hafva utsandts ALA riktningar for att
ingifvs befolkningsn fruktan, men utan
framgang. Man tanker pa sllvarsam-
ma oroligheter, ON regeringen skulle
grips till tvAsgsatgarder. - 7 TRyssland
finnas cit mycket stort antal tysks lksr-
brukskOlonier, som b8ra tysks nann.
Generalguvern0ren Kisv har mn kun-s
gjort cit beslut, enligt hvilket IL slaAna
kolonier lankskspet Volhynien, hvilka
hafva b6de tyskt och ryskt namn, hAdan-
efter endast skulle benAmnas med d0t se-
mare. For de 80 &terst&ends tyska ko-
loaisrns lsndskapet haf.a de tyska
namnsn ersatts med rysks, hvilks skola
anvaudas officiella skrifvelser och ALA
affarsforbindelser. Fragan ON ett
ryskt protektorat Diver Korea, har lange
staff pa dagordningen. Enligt de senar-
ste underrattelserna gifver den ryske
ministerns Seoul hAllning ny naring 81
dessa rykten, hvilka mycket sroa Kina.
De kinesiske ambetsmAnnen iakttaga ss-
dan tire manader en- angslig vaksamhet.:
Man f0rsakrar {. 0. M, att den kinesiska
regeringen all hemlighet samlat b.ty-l
dande stridskrafter. sA att man uppskst-
tar antalet af trupper grAnsprovinserna
till Korea till 10000 man. Dessa trup-
per skola vara bevapnade med gevar af
nyaste system. Man ber8ttar dessutom
ON, att en- klnesisk eskader visat zig !
Koreas farvatten, som kryssar der Tor att
forebygga en- ofverraskning fran ryska!
fottans sida. Konungen at Korea ar,
ehnru han for sin person anses s&som
suveran furste, dock kejsaren af Kina
underdanlg och betalar arlig tribut till
honom. Man fruktar nu, att kcnungen
med tanken pa keisarens af Kina ung-s
dom skall lata f0rma sig at Ryssland
stt neka denna trihut. Man f0rm0dar,1
att Ryssland &stundar afslutande Rf
handelsf0rdrag med Korea blot : Mi
kunna ing6 EFT yarkligt f0rr
yttersta andamal wore ett 7
yer landet. 18
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1886-12-08

gen rattmatig grund att tviia I'd, stt s
Englands tankeeatt troget foretrades az
utrikesministern lord Iddesleigh de
europeiska msgternas".

Osterrike. Till 6sterrikes framstallan
hos ryska regeringen, rorande Bulgarien,
sallar sig nu Englands och Diet ofriea
Europas, sasom bebadadt var1t. EnliRt
den officiosa "Presse" Wien akola
"makterna, pa Englands tillskyndan,
smart rlkta en- f0rfragan till Petersburg,
hvad Ryssland egentligen will Bulgari-
en-" Under de senaste dagarne har''frAn
annat hall" (Osterrike- Ungern) EFT lik-
nande steg tagits, blott att delta senare
endast gallde en- forfragan ON Rysslands
kandidat till bulgariska tronen.
Mellan ryske konsuln Nekhudof och
tyske konusuln v.Thielmann har uppsatt
missamja, emedan den ssnare UNDER
stodier osterrikIske konsulus ryssfendt-
iga f0rfarande.
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1886-12-08

Hollan Den af hollandska depu-
teradekammaren tillsatts arbetarkomiten
har utfardat etr cirkular till arbetar- ech
Observation-Disclosures, hvari begares svar
pa en- mangd frAgor r0rande arten al
fabriksarbeten, lonerna, arbetarnes
fysiska, morslisks och intellektuell
standpunkt SAINT ON olycksfall och sjuk.
domsf0rhallandena.
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1886-12-08

Pyskland. Socialdemokraten, bygg-
mastaren Kessler, hvilken fnrut utvisats
ur Berlin, Brsunschweig ooh Branden-
burg, har nu afven utvisats ur hela ko-
nunRariket Bayern. Han amman fore
lagga for tyske rigsdagen en- utf0rlig
redogorelss af utvisningarna. Under-
handlingarna mellan den heliga stolen
och Preussen for upprattande at regel-
bundns forhkllanden mellan staten och
katolska kyrkan landet fortskrida pa
ett tillfredsstallande satt. Kardinal
Jacobini undertecknade harom dagen
ofverenskommelse, som tranats med DIR
Won Schlosser angaende den preussiska
regeringens for dram, att pafvsn skulle /
forvag underratta ON de prasterliga ut
namningar som komns att goras Preus-
sen. - En- minnesbild har nyligen
aftackts Magdeburg af Luther utanfor
Johsnnesk eskyrksn, fran hvars predikstol
Luther den 26 juni 1894 forkunnade
evangeliet. Den enkla, gripande hog
tidhgheten, som inlsddes med afsjungan-
de "VAr Gud Or oss en- valdig borg,
bevistades af ofverpresidenten v. Woll,
neutrality-suspicious. v. WedellP PiesdorM
m. Il. Skolungdomen bildade On tat
krets kring statyn. Statyn Or nodellerad
af Hundrieser.
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1886-12-08

Frankrike. En- tullkomite har blifvit
tillsatt at ministern for do offentlga
arbetena Baihaut kort fore hans aftra-
dande. Den skall hafva att taga Diver
vagande de forandringar, som kunna va.
ra behofiga afseende pa taxorns for
import, export och transitohandeL -
Franska regeringen har bifsllit forslsget
att framfor Tuilerierns uppfors EFT min
nesmarke af den foreta franska revolu
tionen. Invigningen skall ske ar 1855
men fore allmanna utstallningens opp
made. Man will, som kandt, icke afven.
tyra de europeiska monarkiernas delta
gande i utstallningen genom att ALT fol
oppet satta den i sammanhsng med der
stora revolusionens jubeIfest.
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1886-12-08

Bulgarien. Tillst8ndet i bulgarien
skildras mycket m0rka farger. Pa
grund af de politiska forvecklingarna ha
landets vigtigaste Daringsgrenar sasom
jordbruk och boskapsskotsel lidit myc.
ket. pa samma gang som handeln och in
dustrin kannbart rubbats. I Ostrumeli-
en- raider fullstandig panik, och man har
j Adrianopel till och med belt ON att
turkiska trupper skola inrycka for att
aterstalla lunget. - Nikolaus af. Min
grelien Or Rysslands kandidat for den
bulgariska furstetronen. Ryssland har
visserligen ioke vidtagit n8gra atgarder
hos makterna denna rigtning, men hos
fursten. hvllken for narvarande vistas j
Kavkasien, giort forfr8gan, huruvida han
Or illig att antaga anbudet. For ungs-
far 20 Or sedan var fursten standig SOM
margast Homburg och Wiesbanden.
D8 det kavkasiska furstend0met blifvit
inforlifvadt med Ryssland, fingo furstin-
nan och hennes barn, Nikolaus, Andre,
och Saline, EFT arligt underhAll p& nAgra
millioner rubel af Ryssland.
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1886-12-08

Storbritannien, Gladstone har pA de
bulgariske sobranjsned edlsnmarnss adress
sfxfvit EFT svar af foliande innehAll:
"Hans &sigter och 0nskningar rorands
de fran turkiska riket frigJorda eller
med sjslfstyrelse f0rsedda provinser aro
oforandradt de samma som tillforsne'
Det var en- adel handling af kejsar Alsx-
ander III att f0rvarfva at Bulgarien fri
heten, under f0rbeh&ll af vissa berattiga-
de f0rphgtelcer; men delta aielmod
skulle f6revlnna, derest nuvarande ryske
kejsaren icke skulle blifva de traditio-
ner trogen, som inbragte at hans foretra-
dare ara och tacksSm1et. Han, Glad
stone, hado icke ansett com sin pligt att
under nuvarande f0rhRllanden uttala sig
/ denna SAX, emedan han trott och ALT
frsmgent tror, att England icke r&der
Iaxon menipgsolikhst ON Bulgarien och
deryarande forhallanden. Han hade in,
The National tribune., 1886-09-02
The Texas Storm.

Accounts from Galveston report the recent
storm as the most severe and disastrous ever
known there. At Indianola during the hight
Of the storm lamp exploded in the signal office,
and the building was set on fire. Capt Isaac
A. Reed, the Signal Officer, and DR.. III. Rosen-
Grams persisted in the flames. The fire extended
for blocks on both sides of the street, destroy
ing 10 houses. AT Indianola 22 lives were lost
There is great restitution there among the
poorer people, who have lost everything they
possessed. The depth of water is reported as
great as it was during the great storm of 1875,
when Indianola lost nearly 200 of her citizens,
they being swept away. The flood of water
over the doomed town was so rapid that within
two hours after the first apprehension was felt
every street was submerged many feet
AT San Antonio the loss 10 property is $780,
600. AT FlOresville the loss is 100000. Never
before was the Lower Texas coast visited by so
terrible and destructive storm. 1t extended
for 200 miles inland, destroying thousands of
houses and involving pecuniary loss of many
millions. The entire crop of the present year
is practically gone, and vast deal of suffering
must ensue, especially among the negroes most
Of whom are without means of any kind.
1t is feared that more persons were drowned
is completely washed away. Many persons are
missing, and nothing definite can be learned
until the waves recede. The storm came in
the shape of hurricane. The waters of the
gulf rose, and in three hours the whole
peninsula, on which Indianola is situated was
under 10 feet of water.
The total loss as now known, to Texas from
the storm is 81 100000 on crops, So, 400 900 to
city and town property, and 100000 to ship
ping and harbor improvements. Thirty-eight
human lives were lost
The National tribune., 1886-09-02
A Hits Sad Work.

There died day or two ago at the poorhouse
at Tyngsboro, Mass, q man with mOurnfnlly
strange and romantic history. His name was
Willard Pierce, and he was SO years old when he
died He had been in solitary confinement in
O cell eight feet square for 40 years, his food
being passed to him through grating. He was
would sit all day long on stool in one corner
with his face buried in his hands, but if dis
turbed he would growl and snap at the intruder
dog fashion. His hair and beard attained an
extraordinary length and hung in a matted
raven mass over his shoulders. Despite his age,
it had not turned color a particle. His hands
from confinement and the manner in which his
nails were allowed to grow had a close resem-
blanee to the talons of q monstrous bird, and
his wizened face and eyes, glittering with in
sanity through his thick beard, gave him q
wild, unearthly appearance that, once seen,
could never be forgotten.
1t is said that in his young days Pierce, a
Harvard graduate, taught the district school at
Tyngsboro, and while there fell in love with
the acknowledged beauty of the village. She
smiled graciously upon him and the couple
were engaged to be married. Pierce went TO
Philadelphia to teach school, with the idea OF
soon marrying and taking his bride to the
Quaker City. Illness came and his money
dwindled. After his recovery he returned to
Tyngsboro TO find his afianeed untrue to him.
The shock occasioned q relapse, from which
his reason never recovered. His tickle sweet
heart went to New York city to queen it as the
wife of Wall street broker, while he dragged
out 40 years of O miserable existence.
The National tribune., 1886-09-02
lRaIust Convict Iabor

A number Of prominent manufacturers from
all over the country assembled last week in
Chicago to consider the subject of convict labor
and devise means of employing prisoners con-
fined in the penites tisries. Communications
from wardens of penitentiaries in various States
showed that the boot and shoe, wagon making
and stocking manufacturing interests were
most interested in the labor question. The
wardens differed in their opinions on the SUBJ
ject of the damage done to honest labor by the
convict system, but the weight of opinion
seemed to be expressed by one who said: Il can
conceive of no branch of labor which is per-
formed by convicts at wages Of from 10 to 60
cents a day that cannot be performed by honest
wOrkingmen and pay them 10 times the wages"
The chairman said that it was impossible to
compete with convict labor under the present
system. He thought il might be good idea to
adopt suggestion offered him by a prominent
manufacturer, who said that convicts should be
confined as they are at present, but that all
machinery should be taken out, leaving the
convicts to manufacture goods on the "o old sys-
tenn" That idea would encourage honest
young men to learn trades. Another idea, and
the speakers favorite one, was to put the pris-
oners at work in improving and matchmaking
the public roads.
The National tribune., 1886-09-02
American Securities Abroad.

A financial dispatch from London, England,
says: The advance in the Bank of England rate
it is believed will be sufficient to prevent a re-
newal Of the American gold demand for some
weeks. The American grain and cotton ship
ments although unusually early. are unlikely
TO affect trade balances sufficiently to cause
bullion remittances. The Bank of England is
i'll prepared, however, to stand a further gold
drain If the stimulus of increased activity in
trade in America, which has passed the con-
lecture stage, reacts il is believed it will, on
English industries resulting in an important
revival Of trade in Europe. American railroad
securities were firm during the week, influ-
enced by the early movement of American
crops. 1t is believed that American breadstuffs
will find good market this year in Europe,
where the harvests on the whole are disappoint-
ing. Quotations have stood the pressure OF
dearer money, and great confidence is felt as to
the future
The National tribune., 1886-09-02
The New Jersey Soldiers.

The review of the Second Brigade of the
New Jersey militia at Sea Girt Aug. 90 was a
spirited and effective military display. Thou
sands of people witnessed the manuvers of
the well-drilled regiments. 1t was a proud
day for Gen. Sewell, the Brigade Commander,
who rides well, and appeared to great advan-
tage on fine, spirited horse. His efforts and
energy have been strenuously directed to make
this brigade what il is now-the crack body of
citizen soldiery in the State. Gov. Albeit ex-
pressed himself as highly gratiied at the splen-
did showing made by the brigade. A great
many prominent people drove from Long
Branch and other resorts and witnessed the re-
view seated in their carriages. At night there
was n reception and military ball at the Beach
House, which is situated on a slight eminence
on the edge of the sea. Colored lights were
fixed to the ratings surrounding the extensive
grounds, making long lines of light, and Lam
terms were hoisted on the masts of the yachts
which ornament the lawn on the land side.
The National tribune., 1886-09-02
A Milllonaire's Will.

The will Of Gen. James II. Van Allen, who
recently committed suicide from the Steamer
Umbria, was probated before Judge Baker in
Newport, r. l., Monday. 1t makes, under GER
tain contingencies, munifcent provision for the
Metropolitan Museum Of Art The testator
leaves his only child, James T. Van Allen,
100000 and his Newport and other property,
and the residue, which is very large, to the
United States Trust Company, to be divided
into three subdivisions, two TO be $3.50 900 at
least. for the benefit of his two granddaugh
Mary and Sarah Steward, and the third subdi-
vision and residue goes TO his granson, James
Lawrence Van Allen. These three grandchil-
dren are also grandchildren Of William Astor,
of New York. Provision is made that if the
children die before coming Of age and leave no
will then the Metropolitan Museum OF Art is
to have the whole of such property. The be-
quests 10 the grandchildren and those TO the
Museum of Art were understood to exceed
81 100000.
The National tribune., 1886-09-02
Christians Looted In China.

A letter from Rev. Frank d. GamewelI, q
missionary, now in Chung King, China, under
date Of July 9, says: 1--WE have been passing
through some trying experiences. A few days
ago infiammatory placards were posted up all
over the city saying that on the first day of
Chinese sixth h-to-day-theywere going
TO destroy our place in the suburbs We re-
ported the placards to the officials, and hoped
there would be no trouble. Yesterday morn
ing, however, the work began-a day earlier
than appointed. By night seven places, six
places missions and the British residents place,
were destroyed. The method was to loot the
premises. which WAS done successfully at each
place, and then to tear down. The Catholic
cathedral was burned, but most of the other
places were torn down, as firing would have
injured the whole city. In almost every
case foreigners saved nothing but the clothing
worn. There is cause for gratitude that no
foreign life has been lost. Though the officials
made no effort to save our property, they tried
TO protect our lives. Though we were in dan
ger, the mob seemed intent mainly upon ruin.
ing everything"