The Red Cloud chief., 1891-07-17
TEE convent a g. Hil.ire. Que. ha.

The convent u ~ HAIR. Que-, ~
been destroyed by IRE The loss 81
$50. 600 Was about covered by insurance.
TEE influenza epidemic is reported "
have caused scores Of deaths on the
Labrador coast The situation Ii said
TO be deplorable.
An explosion Of gas In the great
Greenridge colliery near Mount Carmel.
Pa, set fire TO the workA- Great dam
age was likely 10 ensue.
Mss. REBECcA RAYMoxD's deaf and
dumb son Arnold was on . bridge n
Olney. Ill, when . passenger train on
the Ohio 4 Mississippi railroad sp'
peared. His mother. seeing the train.
attempted 10 ave hin, but both were
rum over and killed
The superintendeut Of immigration
Of New York reports that -. 464 immi-
grants arrived 1t that port during the
past fiscal year - compared with S2&.
0sl during the previous fiscal year. OF
last years arrivals -, So came from
Germany. 70. i7e from Italy, ss.4e4 from
Ireland, 81, 504 from Russia, and the
others from other countries in Europe
and Asia
The bond of go. 600 given by Marsh,
the fugitive Philadelphia banker. has
been declared forfeited
DIS. AUSTIN FLINT, A. {. Brown and
Robert Moeely a commissioners with
a sherif's jury At New York held an
inquest into the mental condition Of
Herbert Victor Newcomb. the Wall
street bear. and sdjudged him insane.
The Society Of Christian Epdeavor
met in convention At Minneapolis,
Mimi, on the 9th. Over Is, 900 were in
attendance.
The Russian conSul-general In New
York declares that many Russian Jews
who have come to this country recently
are seeking means to retnrn. alleging
that they have not been well treated.
DURING the session Of the lower house
Of the Austrian reichsrath q man COM
mitted suicide with q revolver at the
entrance Of the strangers gallery. lie
was identified as a hunter. lie had
gone to the reichsrath to demand justice
in an imaginary lawsuit with the
ROthschildx
MAJ. JOHN w. RYERsON, u prominent
resident of Simcoe, Ont, and Abel
Bunker, a commercial traveller Of To-
ronto. who had gone to Long Point for
fishing, have been drowned.
THE house Of S. p. Anderson, a Swede
living near Clifton. La. vas struck by
lightning. killing his wife and three
daughters, all that were in the house.
| Anderson was close to the house when
the bolt struck, but the flames were SO
rapid, being fed by the explosion OF a
five gallon can of oil, that nom but the
wife could be taken from the house.
The house was rodded.
M. s.. & j. NJ. Brown, general mer-
failed with over $40. 900 liabilities
Ex-SHERIFr ZACH MUNsEY. OF Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, shot Policeman James
Looney dead. LOoney had attacked
Munsey.
A SHORTAGE of SO, 9s7 has been found
In the accounts of City Treasurer Perry.
of Grand Rapids. Mich The amount
was at once made good.
The Bardsley confession" has been
made public. II duplicates Wanama-
ker and other prominent persons with
acts leading to the defalcations.
GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN Pow
Derby has issued q special circular to
all local assemblies of the Knights of
Labor, declaring off for the present the
proposed industrial conference, which
was to have been held on July 20.
FRENCHY. the New York Jack the
Ripper" has been sentenced to life i'm
prisonment.
The Falls City bank. of Louisville.
KY, has finally closed its doors
The case against President Egan and
Passenger Agent H~"ldredgc, of the
Maple Leaf, for selling tickets at prices
different TO those scheduled with the
interstate commission was decided by
Judge Thayer, at st. Paul, Mimi, in
favor Of the defendants
JOHN HENDERSON and three girls
were drowned while boating on the
Lake at Oak Point They belonged TO
a party of picnickers from the Miles
Park Methodist Sunday school, of
Cleveland, o.
JAMES S. VAN VRANKIN, paymaster's
clerk in the general storchouse of the
Norfolk navy yard, and J. II. Creston.
another clerk, have been arrested for |
stealing composition metal and other
goods from the government of the esti-
mated value of $40. OO0.
A OCTET has been organized at
Louisville called the Kentucky frater.
nal congress. II includes nearly all the
mutual or benevolent insurance orders
and its purpose is to oppose Legislation
and litigation to place these companies
on the same footing IS the regular in
ran companies.
DEPUTY CITY MARSHAL WEST was
shot and killed by J. u. Gaines, q
prominent citizen at Texarkana, Ark.
The men had q dispute about q trivial
matter and the difficulty resulted. West
had fired the first shot