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Griggs courier., 1890-03-14
KILLED IN eATTLE.

Desperate Fighting Reported In the AZ.
rlcan Province of Dahomey-Fr French
Troops Win Big victory-In an En-
gagement with tho Natives Four Hum
dred of tho Latter, Including Several
of the Kings Female Warriors, Are
Slain. -
PARIS. March THE Soleil has re.
ceived information that another battle
has been fought. between q force Of
French troops and force Of the troops
of the King Of Dahomey. Eight Of the
combatants were killed and many Of
them were wounded. A number Of
Frenchmen and other Europeans were
captured by the Dahomians.
Other advices received here state that
after the fight the Dahomians made .
second attack upon Notonon. They
were finally repulsed, leaving 400 Of
their number dead ON the field. Among
the dead were found several Of the fe.
male warriors of the King Of Dahomey.
tDahomcy is kingdom Of Western Africa,
having an area Of about 14,300 square miles.
Tho population is zoo, coo, Of whom only about
10000 are free. The country is fertile and high.
y cultivated. The Dahomtans are pagans and
their worship fetish. The power Of the King
is absolute, extending to despotic control
over the lives and property of his subjects.
During the reign Of the present monarch fright
full atrocities have been perpetrated whole
sale murders forming the principal part
Of all state and religious ceremonies,
SO that II any members of the
invading French force have fallen
prisoners In the Kings hands, as indi.
Gated in tho above dispatch, their fate is not
likely to be pleasurable one The King has
for years maintained female army, composed
OF muscular young women, formed In regiments
and armed with swords and muskets, and
from the dispatches it appears that some Il
these Amazons have died like true soldiers in
their country's defense. The Paris newspapers
have recently been suggesting the propriety Of
France annexing. the King of Dahomey's domin.
ions to her African possessiopsl
Griggs courier., 1890-03-14
HoLzHAY.s --LATEST eReAK..

Tho Imprisoned H1ghWayMan Torrorixea
Aarquetts Penltsntiary for . Couple oi
Hours and only Surrender After -Four
Fingers Of Hls Right Hand Arc shot
Away BY the warden.
MARQUETTE, Mich, March 7.-Rei-
mund Holzhay, the train robber and
murderer now serving life sentence at
the branch prison here, will never pull
trigger again. All four fingers of his
right hand are shot away.
The prison officials have been keep
Ing close watch on Holzhay, and for
some days Deputy Warden Hawley has
suspected that he was meditating some
desperate outbreak. Wednesday after
noon he sent Keeper Polliser to
bring the convict to his Office
for search. Polliser unlocked the
cell and told Holzhay to come
along. As Polliser turned to lock the
cell door Holzhay threw his left arm
around the keepers neck, and, drawing
understanding knife, pressed It
against his throat He then drew
Polliser toward the gate. Deputy
Warden Hawley drew a bead on the
convict, when the latter held Polliser
in front of him so as to form
q shield. He continued this device for
some time, stepping out and daring the
deputy warden to kill him, but lodging
behind Polliser and holding his knife at
the latter's throat whenever the rife
was aimed at him. Finally Polliser
broke away and ran around the cell
block, with Holzhay in pursuit.
Seeing that Polliser would ESCAPE.
Holzhay seized q convict named Meier
vey, who happened to be loose in the
corridor, and repeated the same game.
For two hours the warden stood at the
gate trying to get a chance to disarm
Holzhay or to induce him to drop the
knife. II would have simply rushed
in," said the warden, "but was afraid
the fellow mig,t DO insane, and that
aay attempt to do so would simply re-
sulf in Mezervey's death. At. last,
by sending Deputy Warden Hawley to
talk with another convict ON the other
side of the cell block, distracted his
attention for a moment. His right hand,
holding the knife, lay on his knee. I
took steady aim and planted bullet
right in his knuckles. He got up and
called out: Well you've done it, and
walked toward his cell.
The heavy bullet from the Martini
rife tore away all of his right.hand
fingers and smashed the metacarpal
bones; only bis thumb is left. Itgrazed
Mezervey's leg, but he was not hurt.
Holzhay was seen last evening. He lay
groaning with pain and refused to an
swer questions. "
By his GOODNESS and good marksman-
ship Warden Tompkins certainly
saved Meservey's life. Public opinion
here would have sustained him fully in
killing Holzhay, who has openly de-
clared that he would, not stay in prison
two years. n
Griggs courier., 1890-03-14
LIVES CRUSHED OUT

Seven Persons Killed and E1ftesn InJgfel
In : Railway wrsck Nsar. Hambsrs.
n. Z.
HAMBURG, n. z, March Train
No. 10 on the Lake Shore railroad from
the West, due in Buffalo ct 9:10 3. M,
and running very fast to make up lost
time, broke in two near Bay View about
$50 o'clock last night The front part
OF the train, consisting Of engine,
tender, smoker and two day coaches
was quickly brought to . standstill.5
The rear half, composed Of Ave heavy
Pullmans, came on down the grade and
crashed INTO the second day coach. The
Pullman, being the heavier, lifted the
day coach into the air, and they now lie
one on top of the other, both having
telescoped the first day coach. &
As near as can be sscertained seven
persons were killed and fifteen injured.
The train parted some miles west Of
Hamburg, the coupling between the
last day coach and the first sleeper
breaking. The first section went
on ahead and was stopped
when Conductor Houghtaling pulled
the bell-rope. Most Of those in the last
day coach were notified in time to leave,
but those in the first Pullman had no
warning and the cars met and telescoped
with terrific force. The Pullman was
completely buried beneath the other
car. An engine was dispatched. to Buff
falo for aid, ]. E. Minnie, who had his
arm cut of, being taken along.
1t was two and half hours be-
fore the physicians arrived. A wrecking
train preceded the relief train and tho
work of extricating the imprisoned sui.
ferers was begun. The killed are: Mr.(
J. E. Stewart and Mrs. J. e. Stewart,
Rochester; ]. Swan, sleeping-car porter,
Salamanca; Mrs. j. d. Baucus, Saratoga
Springs. skull fractured, died Of iniur-
les; three unknown men. Those in.
jured are:
Rev. johnson Meyers, Cincinnati, cut in head:
.. A. Coombs, Philadelphia aged IS, head cut;
w. n. Fisher, Boston, bruised on chin and leg;
julia Healey, Boston, injured In head, frac.
tured rib, fracture Of right arm; J.C. Arm.
strong Rochester, cut in head and neck;J ]. D.
Baucus, Saratoga Springs, face and leg
bruised; w. W. Branch, Charleston, W. Va.
left arm broken; Charles Barch, New York.
ankle sprained; 81. F. Jaegar, le1 South Good.
win street, Rochester, ankle sprained; L. F.
Haupt, 264 Sumner street. Buffalo, wrist badly
cut; George E. Allen, Boston, sprained leg;
Henry Rubrich Rochester, injured In knee:
Julius Siegel, New York City, injury to left
arm; George s. Thompson, Rochester slight
sprain Of leg; George E. Martin, Boise City. Z
T., brutse Of chest.
Griggs courier., 1890-03-14
EIGHT HOURS At MILWAUKEE.

Building Bosses Say They VIII Grant the
Demand without . Controversy.
MILWAUKEE. Wis, March IA de-
cided revolution in labor matters that
will be enthusiastically greeted by
,working-men the country over will
be inaugurated here May /. It
is now for the first time positively
known that the eight-hour day de-
manded by the building tradesmen will
be granted by the bosses. Nearly all the
contractors in the city have declared
that they would grant the demand with
out controversy. Tho workmen, Of
eourse. are celebrating the good news.
Griggs courier., 1890-03-14
SHE'S GOT THE CASH.

Representative Chlcagoans Satisfy the
Worlds Fair Committee of the Garden
Ctty's Ability to Make q Success of the
Big Show.
WASHINGTON, March 1--WE had q
very satisfactory meeting" said Con-
gresham Gambler (Mass.), chairman
of the worlds fair committee.
Thursday night, Immediately after the
adjournment of the conference between
the special worlds fair subcommittee
and the delegation of the representative
men which arrived here from Chicago
during the afternoon to confer with the
committee in regard to the worlds fair
bill. -. 4i
The conference, which was of an in
formal character, lasted about two
hours and was held in one of the parlors
of the Riggs House, The time was
chiefly consumed in an explanation of
the financial situation. Mr.. Lyman j.
Gage, president of the First National
Bank Of Chicago, explained this to the
members OF the subcommittee. He
said that Chicago had q subscription of
more than $1,000, 900, which was ool-
lectable under the laws Of the State of
Illinois. He read the list of subscribers,
and said they were all known men of
wealth and standing. Mr.. Gage then
said that in about ten or twelve days
the fair organization would be incor-
porated and would begin work. There
was no doubt that as soon as this was
effected it would quickly secure sub
scriptions for $1,0OO,000 or more. This
would make from $4,000, 600 to $1,000
900, and WAS all that was neces-
sary at present With this amount
in cash there would be NO difficulty in
raising by means Of bonds or otherwise
the $10, ooo, 900 which Chicago had guar
anteed. As to the Government appropri-
alton Chicago's representatives said they
had nothing to say. They left that en-
tirely with the committee and with
Congress. "
The question Of postponing the fair
until 1893 was mooted, and 1t was evil
dent that there was q strong sentiment
in favor Of the proposition, though in
this matter also. the Chicago men
placed themselves entirely in the
hands Of Congress. While they were
willing to defer to Congress as to the
time for holding the fair, they wanted
1t expressly understood that Chicago
did not ask any postponement Chi
cago, 1t was said, could finish her build
inRs and make the fair success if held
in 1899.
With respect to the Government ap-
propriations Chairman Gambler said that
1t had been understood in committee
that 81, 500, 600 was the outside limit
which would be recommended for this
purpose, and the amount which the
committee would name in the bill to be
expended upon the Government exhibit
would not exceed this sum.
Griggs courier., 1890-03-14
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
JUDGE DANIEL B. TILDEN died 1t his
home in Cleveland, O., on the 4th. He
was "a years old and was member Of
Congress during the Mexican war.
The third annual convention at the
National League Of Republican Clubs
met at Nashville, Tenn, on the 4th.
Mr.. EDWIN COwLEs, editor of the
Leader, of Cleveland, O., died at his
home in that city ON the 4th, aged e5
years.
WILLIAM B. ALLISON was ON the 4th,
by the unanimous vote of the Republic
an members of the Iowa Legislature, re-
elected United States Senator. In the
Senate 2S votes were cast for Allison, 20
for Bestow (Dem. and for Larrabee.
In the House Allison received so votes.
Bestow Al and Larrabee 8, making q
total of 7S votes for Allison, 81 for Bes-
tow and 8 for Larrabee.
The Rhode Island Democrats in State
convention on the 5th at Providence
nominated John M. Davis, of Pawtucket,
for Governor.
CAPTAIN SAMUEL B. WAsHBuRN.
member Of the noted Maine family Of
that name and part proprietor of the
Washburn mills at Minneapolis, died
on the 5th at Avon, N. Y.
Ar the National convention Of Repub.
lican League Clubs in Nashville, Tenn.
on the 9Th John NJ. Thurston,. of Ne
braska, was reelected president. The
resolutions declare for protection. up
hold the National Administration and
Speaker Reeds position, denounce Dem.
ocratic frauds in the South and plead
for recognition Of the Union veteran and
the claims Of American labor.
Griggs courier., 1890-03-14
LATEST NEWs
In Favor of the Republican,.

WASHINGTON, March s.-The senate
committee on privileges and elections
has decided to favor the seating of the
Republican contestants from Montana
Messrs. Power and Saunders. The
Democratic members of the committee
will submit a minority statement in
favor of the Democratic contestants
Messrs. Maginnis and Clarke. The
vote was taken on strict party lines.
Senator Turpie does not agree with
either and will probably submit mi
nority report giving it his opinign that
there has been no legal election.
Griggs courier., 1890-03-14
WILL HAVE TEN CLUBS.

The National League Directors Unable
Either to Buy or Freeze Out the Indian.
spo,is Club-The Schedule Adopted.
CLEVELAND, O., March 7.SAfter .
fight of two days at $50 Thursday even
ing schedule was adopted for ten
clubs The league magnates are dissat-
isf1ed with the schedule and in not se-
curing an eight-club circuit: Brush, Of
Indianapolis, emphatically refused to
sell out and that settled it.
According to the schedule adopted the
season will open April 2e and close
October II. The opening finds Boston
at Philadelphia, New York at Brooklyn,
Chicago at Cincinnati and Cleveland at
Pittsburgh. indianapolis and Wash-
ington do not play until April 90.
when they open with Boston at
Washington and Cincinnati at Indian-
apolis. The Western clubs will 20
East May Q and remain until Nav 81.
The Eastern clubs come West for the
first time June 2s. Decoration-dav
games are to be played as follows:
Chicago at Brooklyn, Cincinnati at
New York, Cleveland at Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh at Boston and Indian-
apolis at Washington. / Fourth-of.
July games are: Boston j at Chi.
cago, Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, New York
at Cleveland, Philadelphia at Cincinnati
and Washington at Indianapolis. The
season closes with Boston at New York.
Philadelphia at Washington, Chicago at
Pittsburgh and Cleveland at Cincinnati
Griggs courier., 1890-03-14
DOMESTIC.

s. 1881. was favorably reported.
DOMESTIC.
GOVERNMENT officers on the Sd seized
three large illicit distilleries in No
Mans Land.
SEVEN men and boy were suffocated
on the Sd in burning mine at Wilkes
barre, Pa.
The building at New York occupied
By NJ. & c. Mayer, hosiery and gloves,
and Bason & Eaton, umbrellas and par
asols, was burned on the 4th, with loss
Of $500, 0,0O0
ANDREW ALEXANDER was burned to
death in his saloon at Woodside, Ind,
on the 4th, and it was thought the build
ing was fred by men hostile to the
liquor traffic.
FREEZING weather in Alabama had on
the 4th destroyed early vegetables, the
loss to Mobile County alone being placed
at $500, 900.
WILLIAM H. Pope, teller of the Louis
vile City National Bank of Louisville,
KY, was on the 4th said to be $50. 600
short in his accounts. He had fed.
THOMAS BISHOP, Mexican war vet
eran and pensioner, about so years old,
was arrested at Petersburg, Va. on the
4th ON suspicion of having murdered his
wife.
CONGRESSMAN f. W. WHEELER's nam.
moth ship-yard at West Bay City, Mich,
was reported on the 5th to have been
cold to an English syndicate for s., $780,
900.
REPoRrs concerning the alleged
scheme to colonize Oklahoma with
negroes had on the 4th aroused the set
tiers to high pitch of excitement.
3. B. DoNNELLEY & Sons, printers of
the city directory, and one Of the Oldest
printing and publishing houses in Chi
cago. failed on the 5th for 500, 600.
The jewelry store of B. j. Dunning at
Kansas City, NO., was robbed Of SIS, 900
worth Of diamonds and watches on the
6th.
AT Jefferson City. Mo-, it was official.
~ stated on the 5th that the alleged
shortage Of State Treasurer Noland
would reach over $30, 1000.
MRS. CATHARINE DRAKE was burned
todeath on the 5th 1t GAINESVILLE, o. She
was s4years Of age. Her clothes caught
fire from crate.
The first snow-storm of the season
at Charleston, w. Va, occurred on the
9Th.
The State Temperance Alliance Of
Iowa In session ON the 5th at Des
Moines elected j. A. Harvey, of Polk,
as president, and adopted resolutions
against the repeal of the present prohib.
ltory law and favoring third party in
politics.
A NEGRO while plowing in field on
the 9TH near Nashville, Ark, turned up
. jug containing $4,000 in gold.
IHE large sanitary pottery Of Mad
. dock, Sons q Co., at Trenton, N. j.,
was burned on the 5th. Loss, 500, 600.
AT New York on the 5th a number of
supposed packages Of maoaroni from
Mediterranean ports were found to con-
tain fine shawls. There were 14o boxes
4 and ten bags seized, all being con.
aligned to Chicago.
An underground route" for SMUGGLING
Cinnamon into the United States was
discovered ON the 6th at Port Huron.
Mich.
8 FoUs workmen were killed and a
Z many injured by an explosion ON the
Sth in . coal mine at Plymouth. Pa.
,PREsDEAT HARRBoN on the 5th an.
B proved the act providing for an As.
slstant Secretary Of War.
The mercury ranged from IS to 40 de.
erses below zero at Ashland. Wis, on
~ 6sh. and registered 20 below at Che.
bey9sn. Mich
Griggs courier., 1890-03-14

The officers of the North Dakota Fire
mans Association have decided to hold
the tournament of 1890 at Fargo in
stead of Devils Lake.
1T was announced on the 9th that the
Great Northern (Manitoba) Railway
Company had secured terminal facilities
at Seattle and would at once extend
their iron to the coast.
FIRE at Detroit, Mich, on the 9th.
destroyed the six story furniture facto.
ry of Gray & Baffis, causing a loss of
$3.50, 900.
The remains Of Judge Daniel S.Til.
den OF Cleveland. who died on Tuesday.
were cremated ON the sth at Buffalo,
N. Y. The incineration occurred in an
hour and was completely successful.
ANNIE CHoMo, under Indictment for
murder at Norristown, Pa, committed
suscide on the 9th in her cell by hang.
inf herself with silk handkerchief.
THE United States new gunboat Con-
cord was successfully launched on the
afternoon of the sth, at Roach's ship
yard, Chester, Pa.
NEW coal mines were discovered on
the Sth, near Chamberlain, S. D. or the
Sioux reservation.
A CHICAGO stable has offered 800, 600
for the two-year-old running horse, Ell
Rio Rey,
The Minneapolis Jousnal is sued Sae
5000 for alleged libel.
Griggs courier., 1890-03-14
All but Ten Kilied.

SAN FRANCISCO, March e.-Advices
from China by the steamer Belgic state
that the aborigines of Fermoss banded
themselves together and offered so de-
termined opposition to the Chinese
troops that were trying to quell the
Formosan riot that the commander Of
the Chinese forces, after 200 of his men
had been led into ambush and all but
ten slaughtered, gave up the campaign
againt the rebels and opened friendly
negotiations with them.
Griggs courier., 1890-03-14
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
CONGRESSIONAL,

CONGRESSIONAL
4 4 BML was passed In the United States Sen.
.Ate on the8d fixing the salaries Of United States
district judges at 5000. Bills were introduced
TO repeal tho long and short-haul clause and
the pooling section Of the interstate commerce
sct; to inquire into the advisability Of increas.
Ing tho duty on imported hops from eight cents
70 twenty cents por pound. In the House
bills were introduced appropriating $4,000
Tor Q monument to the division Of
regulars on the Gettysburg battlefield; to regu.
late the appointing Of fourth-class postmasters
~ competitive written ana personal exam1na-
zion, ana giving tho POSTMASTER General the
appointing power. MI. ODonneH presented
petition OF the seventn.Day Adventfsts pro-
sestne against the enactment OF any law IN 70
eard 70 ssDDatn observance.
THE time Of the Senate on the 4th was mostly
occupied In executive session discussing the
accounts published In the papers Of matters
which wero under consideration in former ex-
ecutive sessions. A bill was passed appropri.
ating $4,000 for monument to commemorate
the battle Of Trenton, N. John the House .
OIL was introduced 70 increase the duties on
osfley. barley matt, oeans. peas nops, pota-
toes, nay, Moes. eggs ana appies' ana 10 take
tne ousy on binding twlne. The consideration
OF the Arkansas contested election case OF
Eeatnerstone va. GAZE occupied nearly the en-
ure aS.
TN bill appropriating 100000 for public
building at Lafayette, Ind, was passed In the
Senate on the 6th. Senator Stockbrtdge pre-
sented two circumstances against any bill In
regard to the observance OF the Sabbath or the
adoption OF any resolution for the amendment
Griggs courier., 1890-03-14
Murder Mystery Twenty-Four Yesrs
Old Cleared Up by = Confession.

a MuFueF myst6fy TWenty-FOur Years
Old Cleared Up by Confession.
NoRRIsrowN, Pa, March 7.-At Lower
Merton. Pa. twenty-four years ago
DR.. Joseph lowering was shot down
in cold blood. Efforts to trace the mur-
derer were unavailing. John g. Hem
derson, wealthy and respected citizen,
who had never been suspected Of
any knowledge Of tho crime, died Tues
day evening, but before. breathing his
last confessed having killed the doctor.
The confession has caused rs much ex-
citemcnt in the place as was given rise
to by the murder at the time Of its oc.
currence. He gave no r4sson for the
deed
Griggs courier., 1890-03-14
MlCHlGAN'S PEACH CROP.
It Suffers Severely During the Recent
Cold Weather.

1t suhers severely During the Recent
Cold Weather.
KALAMAZOO, Mich, March s.-Jpter-
views with leading fruit-growers here
who have large interests throughout
the great peach belt, as well as infor-
nation from Allegan and South Haven.
indicate that the severe cold has dam.
aged the peach crop badly. The mild
weather heretofore has brought out
the buds to twice the size they
should have been, and had the cold held
of the crop would have been enormous.
An entire loss of the fruit crop this year
means failure and loss of farms to .
great many Of the fruit-9rowers