The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-12-23

WAsHINgTox, Dee. 1e.-FrienEs Of
the iats General Hancock have de-
cided % purchase a residence here and
present 6 % Mrs. Hancock
WAsHTE0roN, Dec. IA general
army order was issued TO-DAY adding
southern California % the department
Of Arizona under cemnshnd % Gen
erai Nelson A. Miles, and renewing
bis hesdQ1arters from Prescott,
Arizona, % Los Angeles, California
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. I0.-Fuily for
tylhve passengers and crew Of the III
fated steamer J. n White are still
missing. OF these thirty are negro
labOrers, who took passageat the land
ing. iust where the accident occurred.
10 Is believed at least twenty % them
persisted. Sailor Persons conduct
was most heroic. He saved fifty-tWO
persons with q row boat. Capt. Muse
said last night be did not think more
than five Of the cabin passengers and
ten Of the deck hands perished.
Kansas CRY, Dec. IA. r. Law.
ton, vino was charged with completely
In the blowing up the court house
y
destroy the county records, " as after
ward reported 10 have died or CONF
United suicide at Cincinnati. There
has always been some question &c 90
his death and the body Of the man
buried at Cincinnati was brought here
to-day. An examination will be held
tomorrow In the presence Of Law
tone brother and Others to determine
the fact and the liability Of LaWtOn' Is
bondsmen.
KANSAS CITY. Dec. 1T--Syivester
GFauda alias 8randers, under arrest
for completely Ia the Haddoek muir
der, win be taken 90 Sioux City TO
night. The Star viii publish 4 con-
feEsiOn made 20 day. IN which Grsnda
admits he was with the party and
drank with them. They had agreed
to attack Haddock and another prom
inent prohibitionist. ArensdoFf. be
says, fired the shot which killed Had
dock. Granda, with his wife and
KOshnitzki, who ara now under ar
rest at Sioux City, fiOated down the
river In q fiat boat, and kOshnilKki
went on 10 California.
CHICAGO, Dec. l6.-The patriots'
league, organized here with the
ayOWed purpose Of combating the ef-
forts to spread socialism and anarchy,
has issued an address 10 the public
asking the cooperation ofall good eiti-
Zens in a movement TO aid in dis
seminatlug thoroughly accurate and
pertinent information, and declare
that Il ought TO meet the approval
and hearty cooperation of every one
who has an interest in the peace and
prosperity Of the country, sr who has
az heart the welfare and Improvement
Of the condition Of It's lahOFing classes
In this work the league earnestly 50
licits the active cooperation Of all
good citizens, and requests that all
communications be addressed 10 the
Patriots League, Chicago, Ills
KANSAS CRY, Dec. 17.-Roll, Thay-
er d Williams, dealers In dry goods
and notions, at Twelfth and Main
streets, assigned to-day to Michael
BrOeker, their head bOOk-keeper. No
statement has been made, but Il Is
thought that their assets will reach
one hundred thousand. with liabilities
considerably larger. Attachments to
the amount Of eighty thousand dollars
have been levied. The failure is at
tributed 10 an endeavOT to carry on a
large business with insufficient capt.
tai. One hundred persons are thrown
out OF employment The members Of
the firm decline 20 say anything for
Ii Is not known wbeth-
er or not there will be an effort made
to resume. Their rating at the BUSH
ness agencies has been "fair"
NEW YORK. Dec. I3.-Henry NJ.
The African explorer, received
q csblegram from the king Of Belgium
him 10 return at once. He
was also further advised thst this un-
expected summons was OccasiOned bv
trouble with predatory Arabs ia the
Free Congo state. A baud of Arabs
under Ben MOhammed, embroidered |
by the absence Of Stanley, having en- |
Tered the Free Congo state and mas |
sacred the garrison at Stanley Falls. |
Al every village where they found 1
white families the men were killed /
and the women aud children carried /
sway. The Arabs number 500 men. /
have been made to check /
heir advance, but without success.
II am well acquainted with Ben
- said Stanley, "having
Known him since 1867, when 1 made
contract with him 10 accompany me
With a force OF men for fifty days. We
re good friends aud / presume King
leopold wants me to go and put stop
o his inrOads."