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Chicago Cattle Market.

CHICAGO, August 7, 1901.
Receipts OF cattle for the week end
ing August 7, 1891, GJ,OOO hoad. The
weeks business was disastrous TO tho
sellers. Prices declined from % to 90
cents per cwt.
We quote prices ut tho close OF tho
market August 7th. as follows:
Ezra, 13002l5OO lbs. extru choice,
&.90@s6.0O; Prime Export S.GO@
1870; Roughish export, s5.OO@s5.4O;
Good TO choice, l3jOGl5Oo lbs, S5.OO0
S5.4o; Medium to good, 1i5oa 1850 Ms,
si.0@S4.50; Common, l05OQl35O DE-,
e. 25@E3.50; Choice hciferR, 3.O0@
1925; GOOD COWS and heiiors, S2.OO@
s2.25; Farr TO good COWS, S0o@lo5O
tbs., 81 5O;@sl.75 Common to fair
cows, sl.259sL6o; Stock steers. GOO0
500 MS, s2O09s225; Feeding stecrs,
si06l2O lbs, @s3U1s3.5o; Veal
calves, i00@3W IDs., k3.00@Si.5O;
Mich cows, pcr head, sl5.O00S3OnO.
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Hcvada's Representation .

Governor Colcord Thursday, up
pointed the following thirty gentle
mon To- represent Nevada at the Irri-
gution Convention to bs held in Salt
Lake City IN September 10, lGand Il:
Thomas Wren, George W. Cassidy,
A.C. Cleveland, " ID. Foley, G.. II.
Sproule, Charles Kaiser, Z. ID. Boyle,
j. +. Bradley, II. A. COIN, C. w.
llinchclltTc, ID. l.. Bliss, II. l.. Fulton,
Sam Longabaugh. D c. McQuitty, II.
Springmeyer, George Ernst. +. d.
Kelley, E.P. Lovejoy, Angus Mcleod,
Geo. S. Nixon, John Dennis, james
.McFndden, A. w. Gecr, d. b. Park,
Lem Allen, j. N. jones, George w.
Crumm, Geo. Young, A.. J. Mccarthy
and j. g. Ford.
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[Fnon wEDsEspAris DAlLr.l
SALMAGDNDL

The School of Methods is running
along smoothly.
James Campbell returned from 2an
Francisco this morning.
John Craig offers his house and
lots for sale. See notice Sin another
column.
Cursor had a shooting scrape Inst
week in which IN Italian WAS shot
through the leg.
The Union Cattle Co.: of Wyoming
shipped a lot Of steers to Chicago
tbnt averaged loss pounds. They
sold for. A.40 and Melted over go per
head. ':-2 -
There are two cases OF small pox at
the Indian School Mt Carson. Stunt.
Gibson has ordered q peat house
built and the place quarnntined.
The Indians have nearly all lett the
school.
In another column will DO found n
notice OF the meeting or the Board of
Equalization on Monday, the 18th OF
August. All parties interested will
govern themselves accordingly.
Jailor Jones is doing good work
with the prisoners confined in the
County Jail. The sagebrush on the
vucant lots between the court house
and the school house has been all
grubbed up and burned.
Silver State:--P Paradise Valley wns
visited by u lively snuw-storm yestcr.
day which whiteucd the foothills and
mountains for n short time. A snow
storm in the fore part OF August il a
novelty To say the least.
A census bureau bulletin giving
the statistics OF public school finun-
ces In several states gives the follow.
ing: Neruda-pupils enrolled, 1902
amount, sl,is7. 40; per capita pupils
enrolled, s2o.s4. Total expenditures,
including salaries OF teachers, per
capita population, 1927.
TIE Council Bluffs Globe says: In
the first eleven months Of 1890 before
the Mckinley Lill took effect We e1-
ported corn To the enormous value OF
So,2IS,227. For the eleven months
ending May 81, 1891, under the Nc
kinley law, We exported corn only 10
the value OF sl5.GI5,ss5. A decrease
in the export Of this single product
in eleven months OF 500, 1872 ,3o2.
Reno Journal: George ". Ruther.
ford is mentioned as the probable
successor OF the late a. L. ellison, in
the Winnemucca postofice. He
fought Indians in Humboldt in early
days; proapec,ed new mining camps;
lived on bacon and beans for months
at n time; served rs n high private in
the Buena Vista Guards in 1863, and
deserves Office from the Adminietra-
ton for his persistency in defending
its every act.
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TIE WEEKLY IEDErENDENT.
IFNoM SATURDAYS DAILY.l
S.ALAiAEUSDI

J. Il. Bradley, OF Dceth, is in town
to-day.
The valuation OF the G. y. K. X.
in this county, rs fixed by Assessor
Esger, is S2,U2Gy3op.
Geo. Spencer, OF Huntington Val
ley, came in Yesterday and still tar.
rcys n; tho county scat.
Mrs. Dauihcr, OF Curlin. and Misses
CroHseu and Armstrong, OF Star Val.
10y, gave the INDEPENDENT Office II
p]inasnnt call to-day.
Tho festival given by tho young
people at freeman Hall last evening,
Melted sloo.5) which will DO applied
tDwnrd painting the fence and pro.
curing water for the cemetery.
Charlie Henderson left on No. 4 to-
day for San Francisco Shere he will
sp.ni IL few days visiting his mother,
"ftor which he will entor tho Univer-
fiiy Of the Pacific ut San Jose, Cal.
Tho Reno journal says: Two men
attempted Ia rob Bruoks MrLane's
hHrkcep"r AT Wadsvorth. They we're
arrested, pleaded guilty and fined $50
each 10y Justic. Farwcli. The men
pad the fine and LEI, town.
Reno Gazette: &C. W. Erum, OF
Hattie Mountain, has n sample OF rye
which produced % stuckS .nyer al
fn't high from ono grain without II
drop OF irrigation. He has 30 tons OF
alfalfa stacked up, which has never
boon irrigated. II cut ~ tors To the
acre an'l Tn" boys say he will get au-
other crop Thcs. figures moan un
limited wealth for Nevada il il can be
hund that tho land generally can do
this Mr.. Crnm's iieId would stuggor
tho oll-timors who think nothing can
TO raised without irrigation.
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Change of DiyisIOnS.

Tho change Of divisions on tho G.
+. will go into effect on the 18th OF
this month. Truckee division undc.
Superintendent Agler will extend
from Truckee TO Carlin and tho Salt
Lake division from Carlin to Ogden.
This experiment WIS tried two
years ago with n loss TO tho Company
Of S2,Oo0,OOn but us this road 10 run
on tho "People DO damned principle"
tho public will not care how much
loss the Company uiny suffer by the
present experiment.
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HARRIsoS's CIVIL SERVICE.

1t IL evident that Mr.. Harrison hus
stirred up a pretty row in New York
by freezing out Collector Erhardt and
handing the collection OF the customs
revenues over to Tom Platt. The
Tribune, which is ut present an all
lengths Plntt organ, is attacking the
deposed Collector IN IL ferocious man
g 1t calls him IAN odd combina-
ton OF Mugwump Pharisee and Tam
many Boss" says he was compelled
To resign, that he held "uuwurthy
Democrats in the Offices they had i'm
properly got under the Cleveland Ad-
mlnIstration," and that "a largo
quantity OF Democratic rubbish will
soon be swept from the Custom
House, as it should have been swept
long ago" This can mean nothing
else than that Collector Erhhrdt OBJ
served the Civil Service law and that
Collector Fassett is expected 10 vio-
late it. There will be work for Civil
Service Commissioners Roosevelt in
the New York Custom House soon.-
Buffalo Courier.
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NcW yourself
Copyright, 1850

ILCP Jo"IsCu
if you're n suffering woman, with
the medicine that's been prepared
especially to help you Doctor
Piercc's Favoritc Prescription.
II will do il where others fail.
For all the diseases peculiar to
tho sex - dragging down pains,
displaccnents, aud other weak
nesscs, it's n positive remedy. 1t
mean q new life, and u longer
one, for every delicate woman.
In every case for which it's rec
commended, it gives satisfaction.
It's guaranteed to do SO.
It improves digestion, invig.
crates the system, enriches tic
blood, dispels aches and pains,
produces refreshing sleep, dispels
melancholy and nervousness, and
builds up both flesh and strength.
1t is n Legitimate medicinc-not
q beverage. Contains no alcohol
to inebriate no syrup or sugar
To sour or ferment i'm the stomach
and cause distress. As peculiar
in it's marvellous, remedial results
rs in its composition. Don't DO
put of with some worthless com.
pound easily, hut dishonesty, rec.
ommendcd to DO "just as good"
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IFRon MosDAr's DAlr.Y.l
SALslAGUNDL

Wilson Armstrong, OF Deeth. IL in
town to day.
org IN Shearer, Of North Fork,
cnme down yesterday.
Tramps and drunken Indians were
numerous in town yesterday.
John NJ. Dorsey, Of Fort Haileck,
came in yesterday uud returned
this morning. I
S. W. Knapp, Superintendent Of
the Salt Lake Division Of the G. 2. il
in town to-day.
Paul Bray, OF Silver City, Lyon
county, was adjudged insane last
week and taken TO the asylum at
Reno.
There nro i90 names on the assess-
mont roll OF Lyon county for the year
1891 which is u slight increase over
lust year.
Mrs. J.|R. Bradley aud her duugh.
tor Maud who were visiting relatives
aud friends in Elko last week feft
for their home at Reno yesterday.
The School otMethods opened this
morning with Stisses f. r. Owens, OF
Wianemucca, Ida Dakin, Of Lamoille
and Nevada Hardesty, OF Deeth. in
attendnnce in addition 10 those OF last
week.
Fred Wilson, OF Tuscarorn, and
State Stunt. Ring, who crossed the
plains together Is thirty years ugo,
nc; in ElBo yesterday for the tirs,
time since their arrival on the coast
AS mny be- supposed, they spent the
evening in recalling tho incidents oil
the trip.
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lFRoA TUESDAYS DMLY.l
sALMAGUNDI.
I. n. Sherwood is in ,oun to-day.

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l.. n. Sherwood Is In town to-day.
Winnemueca hass case OF diph-
iberia
E. NJ. Baum, OF Palisade, came up
ON No. 1 this morning and returned
on No. 4.
j.. c.. MeCoI. Of South Fork, and
John +. Baker. OF Mound Valley,
T in town to-day.
Ferd Ried, OF Wipnemucca, hns
been appointed Deputy Internal
Revenue Collector for the entire State
OF Nevada. ,l.-
j. II. Day, Of the Ogden Marble
and Granite Works. is at the
Depot Hotel Anyone needing
work in his line n save money by
seeing him.
Hi Suckers and George Grants
teams left for Hamilton yesterday,
heavily loaded with lumber and
merchandise. The INDEPENDENT
congrutulates the boys on the success
OF their enterprise.
Two women trumps worked Winnie
mucca yesterday, and secured cash
enough to take them to Battle Noun
tain. They will probably be here in
a day or two. Don't give them any
thing.
Judge Rives, Of Eureka, who is in
town attending to legafbusiness, gave
the IL rkPLNlLNT tnire n pleusun
call this Afternoon. The Judge does
not think that the action OF the
school trustees Of Eureka in dis
charging their well tried teachers was
for the best interests OF the school.
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Drunken Indians Arrcstcd.

Two Indians who had imbibed too
freely in fire water were arrested
by Constable Tripk,. last night on a
charge OF being drunk and disturbing
the rence. They were locked up uu-
til this morning when they were
taken before Justice Henley and
sentenced to pay u fine Of go or the
usual alternative " ten days in the
county Jail. Not possessing the
necessary coin to pay. their fine they
will serve their tinlein the chain gang.
A few doses like this will pu. m and
to Mr.. Los b~oistsrous conduct near
town. This is the first time. We be-
lieve, that the red man has boon cotu
PEELED TO work in the interest OF the
county and henceforth all drunken
Indians will he subject to the sumo
treatment, as Constable Triplett is
determined u break up this business.
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Notice.
CLERKS OFFICE,
COUNTY ot EI.Ko,
STATE OF NEVADA,

Notice In hrroby given that tho M.
E"',Smcnt roll OF Elko county, Nevada,
for the ycar 1891, together with all
statements madc by Taxpayers Of Enid
county, haSs this day boon delivered
L" mo 10 rcmuln IN my Office until
tho meeting Of tho Borrd OF Equniiza.
ton at Id o'clock A. NJ, Monday,
August II, 1891. Said roll aud said
Rtatomnnts Hre nov opon to public
inspection md for examination by
anyone who may 10 Interested there.
IN.
L. y. HEapEnsoN,
Clerk.
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AdVertiSing

Il 10 said will sell anything, this 70
true In a measure; but for staying
qualities mort Is tho tcst. Extensive
Advertising may sell anything whore
Il " now or unknown, but after 10
comes into general use, II 10 Judged
according to its worth. The continued
and steady growth Of Swifrs Specific
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&&&sM

IA tho best evidence Of ita excellence.
II Is most popular whore II is best
known. Every bottle sold, sells ton
others. Every ono that takes II 10
comes its friend, and recommends II
TO their hcguaintanceR.
Treatise on blood and Skin Diseases
nailed FREQ.
bwlrr SPEcIpIo Co., Atlanta, Ca
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Ono stone house OF three rooms, in
block NJ, town Of Elko. together with
n e,one leo houso and n good wood
sliod, will ho sold chonp for cash.
For further particulars enquire OF
JoHH CRAtd,
Elko, Nevada.
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THE
Bishops School for Girls,
RENO, 80 NEVADA.
Tho Sixteenth foar Begins
September 2, 8 |.
Supcrior Advantages,
Superior Advantages.

Tho School has been roorgnnizcd and
offers u homo with the best Of care, in
II Christimn fHniIy. Opportunities
equal TO tho best on tho Pacific
CUast.
For Catalogue and other iniorma.
ton address
MISS MEOQUIER, Principal,
I'll l;ono, Nevada
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Yours,
Traveller

For tlnc,jo work como TO tho IN,
DEPENDENT Office. We guarantee
satisfaction.
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Notice TO Teachers.
a public examination OF applicants
for teachers certificates will be held
at Elko, Nevada, on August 9th,
10Th and Goth. All teachers whose
c~ortiHcates have boon fsnewod twice
will 10 expected TO DO present.
MIS-. JosEfuNx TAYLOR,
Co Sup't 81 Sphpols,
E'Eo, July u, 1891.
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w. w. BOOHER,
LESSEE aud EDITOR
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
ADVERTISING T

mn be usds As low A. - eousistent With
sound bn-Inesr principles. ApVdJ ct tho "
q . for terms.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-20
Shot in Cold Blood.

BEDFORD, Fla, July 20.-A special to thu
Euening Telegram says. Passengers arrV.
ing here on steamer Belle of the suwsnao
report oowardy murder committed neo,
Mundin's Point. on the Gulf Of Mexico. mt
fer from the mouth OF the Suwanee rvar
w. q. Brsden. contractor, has camp IN
the forest back of the points, he being en-.
gagged with gang OF men in getting out tel.
egraph poles. or late the camp has bes,
short Of provisions and there has been di,.
satisfaction among the men on tina, account
The steamer should have brought dow,
some provisions on Friday, but failed to m
and one of the men named Higgenbo,hsn
went to Braden yesterday and told him that
he had come either to get rstiops or to kin
him. Braden told him the rstions had M,
come. Higgsnbothen then told Braden IN
get his gun, for he was going to kill him
aud fred. filing Brsdeu's breast with buck.
shot. Higgenbothen Immediately walked
off and has not yet been arrested Bfsden
died almost instantly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-20
Rivers and Harbors in Virginia

Colonel Hams report In regard to wcrs
on the Potomac states that the Improvement
at Mt. Vernon has been completed. AS com
pleted, the channel is 165 feet wide, With 6
depth Of from to 10 feet at low tide. The
turning basis has radius OF $50 feet, with o
like depth of from s to 10 feet. The improve
ment has permitted the use of larger
steamer which carried to Mt. Vernon dur
ing the calendar year 1890. about IS 900 pee.
pie.
Occcqusn Creek is Davlgable from Its
quan-four miles. Navigation was obstruct.
ed by four bars. which have been improved
by dredging and dlkes 30 as to secure G
depth of six feet at low tide. Last Congress
appropriated $4,000, which is now beng
expended 10 dredging and widening the
channel. It will RI q1ire $35 600 to complete
the work, and that sum Is asked for.
In 1883 new survey of Aqua Creek was
made aud the channel formerly 6redged YVES
found TO he 40 feet wide and tc feet Cesp.
DENTS landing was prcno unoed the highest
point to which navigation oould be main
tanned Sithont great expense. The obsiruc-
tione heloH .hnt were long shasl Of 5oit
mud and ssrl hsr. The lalt Congress- sp-
propriated $40 coo and this is being expend-
ed In procuring channel so feet Tids and
fee. deep by dredging. ct the close ofthe
fiscal year tho channel had been made so
feet wide and feet deep for distance OF
2,670 feet. 1t will require $50 600 to COM
ple.e the work, OF which SIS 900 cen be
profitsbly expended next year.
Nom'ni Greek Is az important tributary
az the Potomac. The preliminary survey In
1872 showed the mouth obslructed by 9 bar
Of oyster shells and Sand. The difficulties
II passing the bar were increased By strong
croEs tidal currents Just outside the month.
10 to 1881 appropriations sgGregasicg S32,
SEQ lad been made The money was used
10 drs6Slng, and chnunel leo feet wide, 9
feet deep and 4 400 feet long was secured
10 1889 5000 more @as apnroprisssd, ard
the last Congress sdGad S. 600 more. Thi-
has been expended Ia deedsing ard the
channel opisi6a of Whites Point Ia $50 feet
wide; inside $50 feet wide, with uniform
depth CT feet nj low tide. There Ia dixie
across the chsprel at BoHhfeld Bay. The
i9iIiea are yet 10 be completed and more
dredging uus. be done. Tue total amount
needed to complete the work Is $50 Geo snd
It cap be proftabIy expended next gear.
In RlppbhenDock rlvsr the obst:rc ions
TO navigation lie between Teppahanncck
and Fredericksburg. slx.y-thrae miles. The
project contemplated channel through the
various hars Of 200 feet vide end Is deep
between Port Roysi and TappabaDnock,
and 100 feet vida by 10 deep from that up,
these channels 20 De maintained by 2 sys.
tenn of wins-dams and training dkes. The
last Congress appropriated $4,000. which
has been used In repairs Of dikes at Freder
icksburg bar, st PoIlook's bar, Bernardo.
Castle Ferry and Spottswood Several O!
them were raised In height. a contract
for dredging was made, and 1t Is proposed
TO dredss channel ten feet deep and az
vide ss the funds will permit.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-20
Lynched.

Jobn Farmer, a negro, charge with having
sssassineted DIR. G. c. Buckner, near Dar-
mott, Miss. and who he'd been bonnd over
10 eWai, the action OF rue grand jury, gas
taken from the calahoose By armed mob on
Saturday and hung to 8 tree. Ii is under
stood that before ke YES hung, Farmer co.,
fssaed to she crime, giving as his reason that
he wanted to marry Oailic Marion, negro
girl who VISA cooking for DR.. Buokuer, aad
that the doctor vas 10 the way. The shoot
Ing, he ss.d. was done with s.guu belonging
to Horace Wade, another negro. and was
.ona 1T the instance of the Marion woman.
Wade and the woman we're arrested, end
barely escaped iynohing.
Near Village Springs, hla., last Tnursdey,
negro assaulted Mrs. Jrmes Oawden. the
vita of q prominent farmer. List Friday
night Mac Brown was &c iured by P posse
aud fully ideDt;6ad. st o'oiooS Saturday
morning, while being taken to jail, Blown
YVES tskep from TIE officers by the posse and
ridd.ed With bullets.
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The Jackson Monument.

The unwilling of the monument 10 Gen.
stonewall Jackson, which will teke place at
Lexington tomorrow. promises to be one OF
the greatest commemorative events ever
witnessed 10 that part of the State. Ger.
James q. Walker will be the chief marshal
OF the parade. Gen. Wade Hampton Will
preside over the memorial meeting. end
Gep. Iubal Early will deliver the Grafton.
The Day on which the monument Till be
unveiled viii he the 30ih anniversary Of the
battle Of Bull Rup, where Gen. Bee gave
J,okson his sobrqust "stonewsll."
The ste re, which s by Valentine, Is IN
h-orz z, ead of heroic eliza. Tie Egnre Of
Jackson ia clad in a full Confederate emit.
His iset are encased 10 pair Of heavy cav
airy boots. In biz right hand he carries HE
field glasses. His head is bare apd bis long
hair is thrown back fro m his broad forehead.
The entire structure Is is feet high.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-20
FOREIGN NEWS.

Emperor William Is getting rid OF the old
gene:a ls In the German army by placing
them on the retired list.
Tbs melIcsl bostd OF the province oil
Hoooyer, Pruee a. have prohibited the use
of Kocn's lymph in hospitals.
Tha other members OF fhe French Council
Of Mlnisters have persuaded M. de Freycl
net not TO tender his resignation.
The TribunG OF Rome announces that
Carolra, Vannutele is to replace Cardinal
Rampoia pspal Seoretsry of State.
A rims .year-old girl at Rottweil. Wurtem
bpr2, drowned her four-yesr-oid brother
b. cause she was tired OF having to take care
Of him.
France and Russia have answered the
challenge OF Emperor william In ostenta.
tiously signing the Triple Alliance treaty on
the eve OF his visit to England, the one by
sending her fleet to Crons.adt and the other
by promising that the Cza;ina shall yialt
Paris.
The Gear, while taking exercise chopping
wood In forest, caused singular tragedy.
The head of so exc few of ard struck en-
attendant. The Gar stopped down to help
the wounded man, when over. jealous guards
came up, and, thinking the wounded attend
art had attempted the life of the Car cut
him down.
The French Chamber OF Deputies has fn-
ally passed the new tariff bill. The decree
resembling the prohibition OF American pork,
which takes Immediate effsot, simply enac!s
that the duty on American salt pork, hams
aud bacon, which paid s! Traces before the
prohibition, will now os 20 francs per 100
kilos. In accordance with the new tariff ell
the prohibitions will be abolished.
There are again rumors OF changes In the
British ministry. Mr.. Smith, 1t Ia said. will
resign the leadership of the House of Com
mons Lord Randolph Churchill bobs up
again es possible substitute. As a result
Of the recent conference between Emperor
William aud Lord Salisbury, 1t is q ated that
the Emperor assured the Eagish premier that
the Franco Russian projects against Eng
lands POSSESSIONS In the East would be met
With Germany's support of England.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-20
From Chill.

A dispatch to the New York Herald from Val.
psraiso says thst tho insurgents plotted TO blow
up tho torpedo boats Lynch and Condell, Balma-
ceda's most important craft. The men wero dis
covered In the plot and executed.
After much thought given to the subject By the
insurgents it WAS decided to gain over certain
number Of men in Balu,sceda's employ by large
ready Access to the vessels named, and, il posabe,
dell. The issurgent omissaries set to work imrne
money aud allowed tho greatest freedom rs to
terms they might make. How Balmacedss Off
GERS cana TO uneGTth tho pot in rot yet known,
bit en- July i thsrc wero sensational scenes
aboard tho two torpedo boats. Ten men were ar
rested charged with tress0n, and they we're exc
Gated on the 14th.
On July a furious portherly gale, accompsn-
ied by heavy rolling sea, swept over the bay.
The British ships Mlriol and Msngalore and the
Norwegian bark Aino fouudered. The crews of
the Mu1ici and Aino escaped harm, but seven Of
these aboard the Mansslore were dro~ned Tho
Gillian ships Amelia and EsperaDzs were wrecked.
The British vessels Mountain Laurel and Ssitona
wore badly damaged.
BY Bslmnceda's orders arrests continue OF pr m
inent persons who are suspected of sympsthy with
tho insurgent cause.
A battlo between Bslmaceda's forces and the in
surgcnts viii take place at Coqnimbo soon.
Four OK tho Chill IN insurgents War chips are
outside C,qumbo, and outbreak is expected
hourly. Int .nso excl, msnt rules in the town,
many of whose residents fleeing to the interior.