The Washington critic., 1888-06-15
wAsHINGToN CRITIC
NEWS or THE DAY.
Important Events of the Past Twenty
FINN. LIa..u.

village OF tast hawdO ", Hunts County,
Nova Scotia, on Wednesday. Twenty
dwellings and stores together with the
mill crlsher ana hoisting gear were de.
stroycd. Forest fires have done enormous
damage in Newfoundland and the beau-
tiful Colds Valley has been stripped of its
splendid timber and left q charrcd wilder
ness. At Halls Bay a southwest gale
drove the flames with tremendous fury.
Mothers with babes pressed to their
bosoms and halfnaked children clinging
TO their clothes, fought their way through
binding smoke and scogching heat.
lad named Carpenter wrapped his coat
around his invalid and half suilocated
mother and carried her on his back, and
little brother under his arm TO a place
of safety and shelter one mile distant.
The mothers head was badly burned.
A Mrs Manning and two children were
burned to death. The husband and ia.
ther lost five children by diphtheria last
fail, now his entire family is annihilated.
John Driscoll saved part of his furniture
but was burned to death in his efforts to
save an old trunk. The fire has left 200
people homeless and destitute
Charles Labelle, the opium smuggler
captured In indianapolis on Saturday last,
made full confession to Collector Kuhn
yesterday. He said that he had been em-
ployed by Ontario parties since January
last to follow up and forward consign-
ments of goods to California, and during
that time he had forwarded two consign-
ments from 1T. Wayne, one from Iogans-
port, one unusually large one from Gin
clnnati one from Columbus, Ohio, and
one from Lansing, Mich, and was about
to forward the one from this city when
he was captured by the United States of
fcers. The gang first began shipping ;li-
rect TO California but afIerward through
Oregon, and successfully through Vic
toria, Winnipeg and Ontario. Labelle
still claims that he was ignorant of the
fact that he was forwarding smuggled
goods, and says that the capture in Indian
apolis was the first knowledge that he was
engaged in a criminal business
The Amalgamated Association of Iron
and Steel Workers Convention in Pitts.
burg has adjourned until tomorrow. The
different committees at once began pre-
pairing their reports. The wage commit
ice, at 2 O'clock this afternoon, began
their conference with committee of the
manufacturers. Every iron and steel
mannfaoturer in this city attended n
special meeting this morning, nt which
the scale prepared by them week ago
was unanimously reailirmed. The man
uiacturers conference committee will
therefore insist on the adoption entire by
the Amalgamated Association of the
scale drawn up by the Western Iron AS
sociation. This means general reduction
OF rom 10 to 50per cent, and five dollars
Tor boiling on two.cent basis. The man
uiacturers say that if their terms are not
accepted they will close down their mills
indefinitely and that lockout will occur
never before equaled in this country.
Prominent citizens ofthe Chckasaw Ma
ton in the Indian Territory have arrived
at sherman, Texas, and say that all able
bodied men in that nation are assembling
at 1ishoming, the capital under arms, in
a IN N
Guy, for the purpose of enforcing the cat
tie tax required under the law OF all non
citizens in the country. The non-citizens
owning cattle are rallying at the towns of
4 rdmore and Oborbrook, also under arms
They are about 500 strong, and battle is
inevitable, notwithstanding the recent
order of United States Indian Agent
Owens at Muskogee, commanding the
non-citizens to submit to the tax law.
The boom holding the immense Jam
on the st. Louis River at Cloquet, Wis.
gave way yesterday afternoon. The jam
is estimated to contain 100 million feet of
logs. Grave fears are felt as to the safety
ofthe ST. Paul and Duluth bridge across
st. Louis Bay here, and large force of
men is stationed to prevent q Jam form
ing. The loss to the lumbermen at
Cloguet will be enormous, as the logs
will have TO be all picked up when they
reach the, lake by tugs, and it will be inn
possible to save them all.
A diver searching for wreck at Pointe
au Irene, about forty miles from Sault
te.sMarie, Mich, on the st. Mary's River
found at the bottom of the river yesterday
an iron-bound box, heavily weighted and
securely fastened, which when opened
disclosed the corpse Of young woman.
Who she is or how she came to be buried
in the river so near the shore are ques-
tons .shrouded, in mystery. The impress
sion is general that murder has been
committed, and an investigation will be
made.
AT Henderson, KY, twelve miles below
Evansville Ind. yesterday afternoon, a
bold dash for liberty was made by the
prisoners in the Jail. The jailer was alb
sent and Officer Turner was left in charge
When he went inside to feed the prison
ersr Cherries Baxter sprang at Turner's
throat. The latter drew hls revolver and
fired at Baxter, the ball entering the
breast, causing a fatal wound. Prompt
assistance arrived, but three of the prison
ers escaped, two oflwhom have since
been captured.
The recentinternational cycle races az
Berlin, Germany, attracted large num-
Der of spectators. Herr Lehr of Frank
fort, the winner of the Emperor's prize
andpowj champion Of Europe fell in the
race, and was not much injured. In the
can, Woodside, was second and Temple,
another American, third. In another
bicycle race for professionals the first
prize was won by Temple, the second by
Allard of England and the third by
Woodside.
Martin Kenny, a cobbler living at No.
1852 West Second street, South Boston,
had been drinking heavily for the past
few, days, and had sold most of his
leather TO get money with which to buy
Liquor. Yesterday afternoon his wife
Mary aged SO years, attempted. to pre-
vent his leaving the house with piece
of leather, whereupon the husband atr
tackled her with a cobbler's knife, in.
flicting deep cuts, each four inches long
in the right arm and right thigh. Kenny
fled and is still at large. The woman
was taken to the hospital. Z
The report of the committee of Har-
ward Faculty appointed to investigate the
question of college athletics and the re!
suits was accepted by the faculty Tuesday
and by the board of oyerseers yesterday.
The report Is n most exhaustive one, con.
tanning history of Harvard athletics and
tables showing the comparative rank Of
students engaged in athletic sports. AS a
whole the report Is favorable to athletics
and fayors leaving the management OF
them largely in the hands of the students.
The Nebraska State board of equalza-
ton that has the liking OF the value of
railroads in the State for taxable purposes
returned their report yesterday. The
board found 1902 miles of road in the
State, and the total valuation of roads is a
trille over S2S,000,0 900. The highest value
placed on any line is the main line of the
Burlington, which Is assessed at Sl2, 600
FER mile. The increase in mileage Is
large.
Roy MoLain, cashier of the Wells Fargo
Express Company in Dayton, o., met
terrible death the other evening while on
loaded truck of freight in the Central
passenger depot An incoming Pan