The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-10

The mill and lumber yaras Of the Eddy
Manufacturing Company, three miles from
Ottawa. Ont, were burned recently. Loss
On mills, 5000, and on lumber, $4,000.
William Hobbs, aged eighteen, was burned
to death and several men were badly
burned while escaping from the mill.
JOHN HAeGERr has been appointed Post
master General Of Canada, and Hon. Ed
ward Dowdney Minister of the lnterioE
and Superintendent General of Indian Al
fairs.
A CONFERENCE Of the executive com
mittess Of the Union and United Labor
parties was held at Chicago on the LIST "a
Sc il some settlement Of their disagree
ments could not b reached. The Union
Labor men would accept no compromise
and the United Labor committee Therefore
withdrew.
DURING the gale of the 3lst at Tifin,O @. the
west wall Of the nail works was blown
down and other buildings damaged greatly.
Tho tents of the Transatlantic circus
were blown to shreds. Thousands Of dol.
lars worth of damage was done In the
country 10 outbuildings and the fruit and
crops.
The Austrian Government has IN.
nounced that it will join the sugar bounties
convention il the United States and Brasil
do.
THOUSANDS Of death. from choler. in
Chang Chon, China, have occurred in the
last three months.
TRIALS by jury in the cases Of Anarch.
lists in Austria and Hungary have been
suspended for a year.
GENERAL DRENTEIN. Military Governor
Of Kie1, Russia, has been murdered by .
Nihilist.
The catch Of fish in Canada last year
was valued at SIS, $4,000. The exports to
the United States aggregated =, 1900.
IT Is announced in Berlin that the EN-.
per0rs Of Austria. Germany and Russia
will meet OIL the Austrian frontier in the
fall.
NINETEEN Chinese pirates were killed
recently by Chinese troops. They had
been the terror Of the seas for five years.
THE Turkish Government has sent q pro-
test to the powers against Italy's occupa-
ton Of Massowah.
THE seizure of railroad property by the
Peruvian Government caused energetic
protests. The roads were built entirely by
foreign cspital, q good deal of which wal
American.
The Parnellites left the House of Com
mons on the close of the debate on the
Commission bill on the ID, after HealyA
amendment had been defeated by 2S3 to
2lO.
A RUSSIAN cruiser has been ordered to
Behring's Straits, to prevent English and
American vessels from fishing in Russian
waters.
A DISPATCH from Berlin reports terrible
floods In Silesia, the worst for t~hirty.years.
By an explosion in q fireworks factory
in a suburb of London recently several fe-
male employees were killed.
GLADSTONE declares that his political ca.
reer will be ended when he secures home
rule for Ireland.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for tho
seven days ended August 9 numbered 16e,
compared with 2.l the previous week.
The Canadian Government proposes to
prevent Mormon settlers in the Northwest
Territory from practicing polygamy.
HALF q million dollars worth Of damage
has been dom by forest fires in the vicinity
Of Ottawa, Ont.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
August 4 showed Al average decrease Of
1913 compared with the corresponding
Of last year. In New York the de-
csease was LIS.
PRICES were firm but business was dull
on the London Stock Exchange during the
ended August l.. The bourxe was
and dull at Paris, the strikes and
threats having a depressing
effect. The German bourses were quiet
steady.
Ncv, Zray .~n sIr;ca, ,o- A. ,L;- Ga.
IF Greece went ashore near Adelaide har.
DOT June 20. The captain aud sixteen
,thers were drowned, the first and third
'~ficers, four men and four apprentices DO. |
ng saved.
and inundated the country about
Minsk, Russia.
THE LATEST
FIvE nsw yellow fever cases have been |
reported at Manatee, Fla Twenty sup. |
posed cases existed at Pine Wood; also |
me cass at Sanford.
A LARGE body Of French laborers in the
8rsxe tunnel struck work recently to en-.
orcs their demand for tho dismissal Of an
Italian contractor. The demand was COM
'lied with, when the Italian workmeu at
acked the Frenchmen. In the fight which
'nsueA one Italian was killed and four
italians and four Frenchmen were
rounded.
n United Labor party has merged
tseh into the Union Labor party, salts
actory agreements having been reached
q the land plank.
German Socialists have been sen.
enced to long terms Of imprisonment for
insulting the imperial house.
Two Maine fishermen have been can.
and taken to st. Andrews, N. b., for