Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-31
TELEGRAPHIC BRETITIES.

The French elections will be held Sep.
tember %.
The charges OF murder against Justice
Field have been dismissed,
A disastrous storm, accompanied by
floods, is raging at Darkayman, Japan.
The steamer Wyoming of the Guion line
landed 1928 Mormons at Castle Garden,
Tuesday.
Striking Italians on the new railroad at
Lima, Ohio, drove off all other employees,
and several were arrested.
The national bar association began it's
18th annual session at Chicago, Wednes-
day. David Dudley Field is president.
The Select Legion of knights of North
America, a branch OF the A. O. u. w., be-
gan Biennial session in Kansas City,
Tuesday.
The fifth annual convention OF the Ma
tional Educational association began at
Detroit Tuesday. President Bettes de-
livered an address.
Mr.. West and A. Patton, former directors
of the Chicago 'Times," were arrested
charged with misappropriation OF funds
and over-issue OF stock. They were neld in
Sic, 900 bail, each.
Among the passengers on the City Of
Paris, at New York, Wednesday, were Rus.
sell B. Harrison, Andrew Carntge, John A..
Kasson and Joseph Metlill, OF the Chicago
"rribune."
The City of Paris has beaten it's own
record, by hours and "a minutes. It's
actual time from Queenstown to Sandy
Hook was days. 10 hours, and 1S min
utes.
The Columbus Cleaver company factory
at Columbus Ohio the Columbus Boot
Works and the large warehouse in the Ohio
penitentiary were burned Tuesday even.
ing. Loss, 100000.
At 6:13 p. NJ. Tuesday very severe
earthquake shock was felt at Los Angeles,
Cal. Monday severe earthquakes were
felt on the Russian frontier, and in the viii
lage of Kenzoerik 129 persons were buried
alive.
The eight annual session OF the supreme
council OF the American Legion of Honor,
representing about 62, 200 members, con-
vened in Chicago, Tuesday. Little but
routine business was accomplished.
At Matanoras, August 26, during q
shower Carlos Resendenz and three other
boys took refuge from the rain in q stack
OF corn stalks. The stack took fire and all
four we're instantly killed.
Engineer George Moore and laborer James
Moran were fatally, and nine Others seri-
ously injured by an accident to a construc-
tion train on the Northwestern, Burlington
& Missouri river road, near Ridge Tunnel,
Neb., Saturday night.
The vestibule train on the Santa Feroad,
running between Kansas City and Chicago,
was derailed by the spreading OF the rails
at Kingman's, fifteen miles from Streater,
Ill.,, Monday morning. About fifty persons
we're hurt, but none killed outright. though
several will die. Many OF them were g. A.
R. men, bound for Milwaukee.
At Higginsville. Mo-, August 81, at the
reunion OF ex-confederate veterans, Col. j..
T. Crisp, in his speech, eulogized General
Grant, whereupon someone in the audience
called out: whats the matter with JEFF
Davis?" Crisp replied he had no admira-
tion for Davis, when General Jos. Shelby
rebuked him for speaking lightly OF the
president OF the confederacy. An ami
mated dialogue followed, and Shelby and
Crisp nearly came to blows, friends inter.
fering. ..-
Four men who are supposed to be the
gang who held up and robbed the Denver &
Rio Grande train at Thompson Springs,
Utah, some weeks ago, were captured Mon
day night by Depaty Marshal Rush and q
posse OF Indians in the Blue MOUNTAINS, in
the vicinity of Thompson Springs. The
robbers have been followed by the Indians
like blood hounds since the robbery was
committed, and were captured once before,
but made their escape. Four horses, be.
lieved to have been stolen, were found in
their possession.