The sun., 1886-08-26

The sensation OF the day in Paris is the
presence oi Prince karamoko, third son oi
King Samary, a negro chief, who formerly
ruled powerful tribe on the upper Senegal
river, but who signed away his independ-
ence to France last year. Thegovernment
pays the princes expenses at the Grand
hotel. which amounts to over 500 a day.
Treasurer Jordan denies the rumor oil
trouble between himself and Acting Secre-
tary Fairchild. He will not resign.
Senator German always wears q nutmeg
hung by a cord about his neck to ward of
neuralgia.
A Spokane Falls, WASH, special says:
The country hereabouts is being overrun
to an alarming extent by drunken SCALA
wags of Indians, who have no respect for
the property or lives OF the white settlers.
BY an elevator accident in Milwaukee,
Miss Emeline Blum was killed. Her whole
right side was torn Off. NJ. kuersehur,
Charles Riebe Mathilde Blum, f. Lahse,
Therese Dole, Max Robens and Annie
Feely were injured moro or less, none fatal
ly, however.
Acting Secretary Fairchild says that no
policy has been determined on by the de-
partment with regard TO future calls for
bonds. The call for $40, 900, 900 which
will mature Sept. Is, was made because it
was deemed wise and expedient. Future
calls will be determined solely by the state
OF the finances.
Prof. John Dickinson, a brother OF Miss
Anna Dickinson, has accepted the chair ot
geology and mineralogy and curator OF the
museum in the University OF Southern Cal
ifornia, at Los Angeles.
Ex-Mayor Smith Ely OF New York is at
Saratoga, nearly blind and very frail, with
Nv nrptty nipceS with him
The following persons have been admit
ted to practice before the interior depart
ment: Charles G. Rodolph, Muscoda Wis;
Reuben ID. Blanchard Boscobel, Wis; Sid
ney Williams and Isaac Balthis, of the
firm OF William & Balthis, Colfax, Iowa.
The president has appointed John Goode
OF Virginia to be special consul on the part
of the United States in the suit instituted
at Columbus to test the validity OF the
patent granted the Bell Telephone COM
pany.
There is much excitement in telephone
circles over the report that Prof. Gray 8
original application for n telephone patent
had been reinstated at the patent Office.
The reported action is not equivalent to
issuing a patent to Prof. Gray, but it re-
opens the case in the patent office indie.
pendently of the suits in the courts, and
the Pan Electric people confidently predict
that decision favorable to Prof. Gray
will be had in the department before the
matter is settled in the courts.
Old time boatmen say the Missouri is
lower now than before in 2S years or since
1858.
Senator Van Wyck wants to be re-elect-
ed by a popular vote.
The Chicago newspapers figure up pop.
ulaton of 703, SIT for the school census
just completed.
No immediate danger now exists to the
towns IN north Wisconsin included in the
track OF forest fires. Heavy rains fell in
sections of middle and northern Wiscon-
sin, and while not extinguishing the flames
snbdued them considerably.
Senator Jones of Florida has finally con.
cluded to open a law office in detroit.
Jonas Window, an old and highly re-
spected citizen, and brother of ex-senator
William Window, died at his residence in
Sterling, Ill.,, after a long and painful i'll
ness.
Capt. Watts, ex-Confedel ate, at the sol
diers reunion at Meyers Lake, Ohio, was
presented by Capt. Knapp OF the One Hun
dred and Fourth Ohio with his sword
Knapp captured from him during the war.
At Graysville, Tenn, on the Cincinnati
poutItIh bOu vi hCN. L
Bandy, Baptist minister, attempted to
whip John Davis, q young man, for visit.
ing his sister. Davis fatally wounded
young Bandy. Then the old man took a
hand, and in y duel with knives he and
Davis were fatally cut.
William B. johnson OF Rockford, Mich,
was shot and killed by John Boyd.
One Sunday recently 1000, 900 pounds
OF fish were landed at Gloucester, Mass.
Since July 1, lice have killed the entire
hop crop of Central New York.
Ed Kent, well known stone mason in
| Eau Claire, Wis, while in state of into x
| ication, deliberately discharged a muzzle-
| loading shot gun at his wife twice, one
| charge passing through her clothes and
| some of the shots lodging in her lower
| limbs. He then went into his room and re-
loaded the gun, placed the muzzle to his
neck and discharged it, and died.
Count Won Wedel, an aide OF Emperor
William and military attachs to the Ger
man embassy at Vienna, has been appoint
ed to succeed Gen. Won Werder as military
attache to the embassy at st. Petersburg.
This shows that Gen. Von Werder was not
recalled on political grounds and that
Germany's g relations with Russia are en-
tirely unchanged.
The queen held q counsel at Osborne cas-
| tie with members Of the ministry. The
| terms OF the queens speech, to be read at
the rcassembling OF ps sliament, were agreed
| upon.
Mr.. Gladstone is in London, busily pre-
| pairing for the new session of parliament.
| He has written to the mayor OF Cork say
| ing that he cannot visit Ireland. He adds
| that he hopes for short holiday on the
| continent.
The American consul at Apia. Samoan
Islam Is, left for San Francisco July 23, and
| instructed the king and cabinet to shoot
down anybody that attempted to haul
down the American flag during his absence.
| Gen. Boulanger, French minister of war
has prohibited the publication giving his
biography and referring to a scandal with
which his name was connected.
| At Boston Mckee, Minchew & Taylor
manufacturers OF furniture and mirrors
have failed and gone into insolvency
| Their failure 10 due to the complications
of P. F. Williams, A. Noble and Others.
The president has appointed John T
Doyle of New York secretary OF the civil
service commission and Henry Ehninger o
New York United States consul at Cir
Feugos, vice William p. Pierce, suspended
P.J. Fallon of Hollyoke, Mass. became
insane from overstudy, while qualifying fol
| the priesthood and ran about the country
naked; and was with difficulty captured.
There is rush Of prospectors to Socorre
county, N. NJ, where ON the east slope ol
the Magdalena ridge vein Of free gold six
feet wide has been struck. d
Tt ia learned at the treasury department
thgt the new silver certificates authorized
at the last session OF congress will not bt
ready for issue before November. The IL
certificate contains vignettc Of Martha
| Washington, the 81 certificate vignette
of Mai. Gen. Hancock in full uniform, and
the $40 certificate vignette OF Vice Presi
| dent Hendricks.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, government
| director of Pacific railroads, who left
Omaha recently on his annual inspec
ton tour over the Union aud Central Paci-
fc railroads, is laid up at North Platte.
having been seriously prostrated by heat
He will be obliged to abandon his inspec
| tion. trim, and will return East as soon III
| he il able to travel. He is seventy mine
years old and in feeble health. q. ~.
Business circles OF Boston were surprised
by the report that William Gray; treasurer
| Of the Indian Orchard y Atlantic cotton
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