The Red Cloud chief., 1891-07-17
MISCELI.ANEOCs.

THERE was a riotOuS strike recently
among the reapers in the Volletri dis
trict, Italy. The troops who were sent &c
the spot shot two of the rioters and
wounded a number of others in guelline
the disturbance.
The steamer Danube has returned to
Victoria, Il. C., with Is, 900 sealskins
gathered from the Victoria feet which
are in Behring sea She reports tina,
all the vessels will continue sealing de.
spite the order in council.
JEWS to the number of about 900 left
Lithuania, Russian Poland, the other
day. The police Of Smolensk ordered
them to embrace orthodoxy, but the
Jews assembled in the synagogue and
vowed that they would not abandon
their faith. They then sold their
houses and in two days left the coun-
try.
The Reichs Anzeiger publishes the
new income tax law. A stringent pro-
vision compels foreigners engaged in
business in Germany for one year or
more TO pay the same tax AZ Germans
have to pay.
DURING the height of a torn at Chi
cago the captive balloon at the worlds
fair grounds, recently imported from
Paris, was struck by lightning and de-
stroyed. The French aeronauts, God
dard and Pants, were both severely in
jured.
Four murdcrers we're successfully
electrocuted at Sing Sing, N. Y, or the
7th- They were Slocum and Smiler,
two wife murderers and Jugiro, q Jap
anese, and Wood, a negro, who had
killed men in ~quarrels.
THE Robert and Minnie schooner,
libeled for violating neutrality laws In
connection with the Itata, has been dis
charged by Judge Ross at Los Angeles
Cal. Officials of the government were
considerably surprised at the decision.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY NErrLEroN
has appointed Taylor Faunce and Law
renee E. Brown, OF Philadelphia, special
agents of the treasury department TO
investigate the cases of the Keystone
and Spring Garden national banks of
Philadelphia
hNSSiaN uosC NoNCu du-
vantage of the scarcity of rye to create
a corner" in that commodity. Cor
nering" is illegal. but can be pursued
with impunity by bribing officials The
famine is SO serious that the grashdan
thanks - German cha ,cellor for insti-
tuting a prohibitive tariff which stops
the export of grain from Russia.
A DISPATCH from Rome says that the
villagers on the slope Of Mount Vesuvi-
us are abandoning their homes and
vineyards, fearing that one Of the
greatest eruptions in the history of the
mountain is impending.
The secretary of the interior has ap-
pointed rs trustees for town site entries
of lands in Oklahoma John Foster. w.
S. Robertson and A. c. Smell, all of
Guthrie. to be known as board No q
THE general executive board of the
Knights of Labor has decided upon To-
ledo. O., as the place for the next ses-
sion of the general assembly. The time
is Tuesday, November 10.
The building occupied by Burkhardt
& Co, fur dealers Cincinnati. and ad-
joining premises were DESTROYED bv
fire on the night Of the sth. The loss
was put at 81. 900. 900.
Two freight trains on the Cleveland.
Canton & Southern railroad collided
lear Newburg. o., and a number of cars
were smashed into kindling wood. Five
men We're badly hurt two Of them
probably fatally.
CALCUTTA correspondent says that
owing TO the partial failure of the mon
soon l0.oo0.0W people are threatened
with famine in Madras
SUMMIT, Miss, was visited BY two
cyclones the other day. They were
about eight miles apart Many houses
were destroyed and q number of people
injured and one child killed
ARAB slave traders have been totally
defeated by troops of the Congo Free
State.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended July Q numbered
247, compared with ss7 the previous
week and 1917 the eorrespouding week
Of last year.