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y skiing rsparasioo for The resent muroes
Of American oailors in Valparaieo.
The minister of foreign AFFAIRS replies GO
The government Of the United States lorna!
demands and advance threats, that wlthoos
being CT hack with acEimony are NOS &C.
csptable, nor could they be accepted in the
present case Or m any other of like nature
He does mot doubt the sincerity, rectitude or
expertness Of the Investigation on board the
Baltimore, but will recognize only the jnris-
dictaou and authority of his own country to
Judge and punish those guilty in Gillian ter
ritory. He says the administrative and judi
cial authorities have been investigating tho
affair. That the judicial investigation under
Gillian Law is secret, and that the time has
not arrived to mako known the result. When
that time does arrive he will communicate
the result, although he does not recognize
any other authority competent to Judge of
criminal cases than that established by the
Gillian people. Until the time arrives to
disclose tho result of the Investigation, he
cannot admit that the disorders in VALPARAISO
or the silence of his department should ap-
pear a. an expression of unfrienoliness to-
ward the government, which the United
States might put in regard to friendly rela-
tions between the countries"
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LONDON. October 3.-Dispatches were 10.
ceived here from japan announcing that the
telegraph wires beyond Hiago and Osaka
were down. It was added that there had
been an earthquake at Hiago, and rumors
current that great amount of property was
destroyed and the loss of life considerable.
Hlago is seaport town of Japan. on the
island of Hondo, Is situated about twen-
ty-two miles By rail from Osaka. The popu-
lasion IN 1884 was 10000. Osaka is also on
the island of Hondo and ON the sea, thirty
even miles southwest of Kisto. This city
has many theaters and other places of amuse-
mont, and 1t also has /, 800 places of worship.
In the point of size it is the third or fourth
city IN Japan. but IN social affairs, fashion,
commerce and industry it takes first rank.
A private telegram, dated Hisgo, received
in this city, confirms the report of the earth
quake, aud says q severe shock was also ex-
of both life and property was very great. So
severe was the shock that . number of houses
were thrown to tho ground and many of the
occupants caught in the falling buildings
and crushed to death.
large number of persons succeeded IN
escaping from their lettering homes only to
meet death in the streets to which they fed
for safety from the falling debris.
There 10 no means at present of estimating
very meager, as all the telegraph wires are
broken IN the districts affected by tho falling
poles. The above mentioned dispatch, how
ever, states that it is known that in Osaka
alone the death list contains the names of
800 residents of that city.
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Settlers League Again Wins.

Settlers League Again Wins.
WASHINGTON, D. c., October 29.|ustice
Harlan, in the United States supreme court,
rendered an opinion reversing the judgment
of the circuit court of the district of kansas
in the case of the United States VS.. the Mis-
souri,. Kansas IL Texas Railway company,
brought by the government to secure the
cancellation of land patents alleged to have
been issued to the railroad company without
authority of law. Part of the lands were
even numbered sections within the place
limits of grant to the Leavenworth, Law
renee & Galveston Railroad company and
part were within the common indemnity
limits of both roads The contention of the
United States was that the even numbered
sections within the Leavenworth, Lawrence
q Galveston grant had been reserved to the
United States and that therefore the def
cheney of the Missouri, Kansas Texas roads
grant could not be made up out of these lands.
The courts opinion holds that the govern
ment's contention is correct as to the lands
within the original or place limits, but not
. to the land within the indemnity limits of
the Leavenworth. Lawrence d Galveston
railroad. As to these indemnity limits, how
ever, it holds that the settlers who occupied
The lands before the selections were granted
TO the railroad company have rights prior to
and superior to those of the railroad COM
p0ny.
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Municipal Ownership.

WASHINGTON, D. c., October 31.-The
commission appointed some time ago by
President Harrison to investigate the streets
and subways of Washington, under the act
of congress, have submitted their report to
the president.
The ground idea of the report is that the
municipality should own the streets and
everything on or under them. The city of
Paris owns all its tramways, and every ten
years the entire system is leased out to the
highest responsible bidder. The result is
that the city receives an annual rental of
100000 francs: that street car travel IN
Paris is cheaper than in any other city in the
world, and that transit is more rapid and in
every way the public is better served.
The city of Philadelphia is cited in sup
port of the Recommendation for the munich
pal ownership of gas works. The city has
received handsome revenue, and has be-
sides saved the enormous sum that would
have been paid for the city lighting to pri-
vate companies.
In the matter of owning waterworks, the
city of Baltimore is quoted to show that with
municipal ownership the supply of water is
far more generous, quality for superior and
expense stfikingly smaller, and that in such
cases the city's own supply for sanitary and
fire extinguishing purposes is out of all pro-
portion to those cities where private corpo-
rations control the business.
The proposition is advanced by the COM
mission that the granting of franchises to
street car lines, water companies, gas com:
panies, etc, is the most fruitful source of
corruption in legislatures and councils.
Rarely, it is claimed, are these franchises
granted without the expenditure of vast sums
OF money among those entitled to vote away
those franchies.
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CHICAGO, October &.-'Tn the course OF
Few years the locomotive of to-day Will %
but rarely SEEM" said General Superintend-
mt Collins of the Chicago, Milwaukee d St
Paul road, in speaking of Inventor Edisons
latest project in the way of electric motor.
s4Companies will take it up for their own use,
% every one is on the alert for progression.
and win gladly welcome anything new and
practical as think this motor is"
Assistant General Manager Wood OF tho
Chicago 4 Alton road, thought the invention
would revolutlonize traffic, but the cost it
would save would be needed to keep the
road beds in repair.
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Wreck In Arizona.

FLAGSTAFF. AR1z., October ga serious
wreck occurred on the Atlantic d Pacific at
Pine Vetas, sixty five miles west of Flagstaff.
The San Francisco express coming east was
fhrown from the track while running at the
rate of forty miles an hour. One day coach,
q Pullman, q tourist sleeper and the baggage
and express cars were thrown down the en-
baukment on their sides. Almost every per-
800 on board received Q severe shaking up.
while some were more or less seriously in
jured.
Mrs. Mary Kistler, of KinRman, Kan, q
consumptive, received such severe shaking
M that 1t il thought that she viii die.
Among those injured are: L Heather, OF
81. Louis. Mo-, scalp wound; George Eckart,
ST. Louis, cut about the head: Pullman
potter, leg fractured; Mrs. Isabella RUSSELL
man. Allentown, Pa, bruised; Mrs. ID.
Norge, San Francisco, Mrs. John Ihomp-
con, Salem, H., and James Williams, Abu-
queroue, badly cut about the head; J. n. Ly-
ous. fireman, and ]. n. Killen, engineer,
slightly injured.
The wreck was caused by broken RAIL.
Chief Surgeon Simons was on board and
did all in his power to alleviate the sunerings
Of the injured passengers.
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The Great French Preacher.

Tho Great French Preacher.
PARIS, October 2s.-Pere Hyacinths deliv-
ered an address in the Gallican church In
Paris on behalf of the movement for the re-
vision of the concordat. There was an im-
mense audience present. including many
member of the senate and chamber OF Dep
In his address the speaker disclaimed any
intention to attack the Catholic religion, put
Condemned superstitious abuses such - the
Tonrdes vision and the Treves coat, and
made a vehement attack on the pope,s TEN.
porai power agitation a. inconsistent p xitn
his nriestly Office. He said he honored Pope
Lao for his exemplary virtues and courage,
but not as q pretender to the possession OF
italian soil and to the right to enjoy excep-
tionaI laws which would recognize him as an
earthly potentate. Plus TX. he regarded as
a sincere man, but Leo was too vigorous a
dipIomatist He would do wisely to heed the
Italian people and submit to the country's
laws.
The address was loudly applauded.
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Missing Links.

BURMESE REvoLT.-A dipatch from Ran
non. Burmah, states that the Burmese are
firing of British rule and that a general re-
volt Is imminent.
USED MoRPH1NE.-It Is now said that the
late General Boulanger was terribly addicted
% the morphine habit.
General Dodge. formerly president OF the
Denver Fort Worth, is to be made presi-
dent of the Union Pacific system.
VILLAGE BURNKD.-Pine Grove, q village
of Kentucky, has been swept away by fire,
only one building being left standing. The
fire originated in q grain elevator, occupied
by William n cEwan. The total loss Is about
$4,000.
LOTTERY LAw.-Juan Hart, J. d. Ponder
and Thomas OKeefe, proprietor, editor and
business manager of the Ell Paso Times. have
been arrested for violation of the anti-lot-
terry law.
He Was AT WoRK.-A body supposed to be
that of Charles Brown, an engineer of Long
Island City, was identified by his wife ano
carried to her home and crepe hung upon
the door. While Mrs. Brown was weeping
over the body Brown returned from his work.
The name of the corpse is unknown.
SPOKE ToGETHER.-Messrs. Cleveland and
Hill, of New York, spoke from the same
platform to park meeting OF business men.
Cleveland presided.
BUYs CHEAP S1LyER.-London buys silver
in New York every month after the treasury
has purchased its regular 1850, OOO ounces,
and the price goes down. AS soon as Lon
don's purchases, and the approach of the
next buying period by the treasury braces
up the price London quits buying, and some
times sells some at the raise.
THIEF ON TR1AL.-The trial of ex-State
Treasurer Woodruff, who stole $50, 600 from
the state of Arkansas, is going on at Little
Rock.
Corn DUTY.-It is rumored in the City of
Mexico that the duty on corn will be re-
moved, on account of the short crop raised
in Mexico the past season.
FLY-WHEEI.-Thef y-wheel at mberley's
rolling mill, at Greeneville, Pa, exploded,
severely injuring Ave men, two of whom will
die.
TRAIN MEN.-Al Harris, Santa Fe freight
conductor, ehot Jack King. passenger
brakeman, dead in q gambling den at Las
Vegas, N. NJ, and then fled.
OCEAN RAcE.-Four sailing ships left San
Francisco recently for an ocean race to Lv-
erpool, Eng, the most prominent among
them being the American (wooden) ship
Shenandoah and the British Cron) ship
Streathern, both heavily freighted with grain.
GOLD QUARTz.-A vein of gold quartz is re-
ported to have been struck at Chandler, o.
T, while digging a public well. The vein is
only fifty feet from the surface.
rCoTToN F1RE.-At Birds Point, Mo-, the
Iron Mountain Cotton Belt railroad depot
and about eighty cars, many loaded with
cotton were burned. Loss, $4,000.
FIFTEEN KILLED.-A passenger train on
the railway between Lyons and Grenoble
was derailed near Moirans, France. Fifteen
persons were killed and fifty injured. OF
the injured fifteen are in critical condition.
The train jumped down forty foot embank-
meut and was crushed into shapeless mass
below.
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From Senator Brice's Town

From Senator Brice's Town.
Kxoxv1ILI, Tenn, November 3.-The
Briceville stockade, with the exception of tho
north wall and rife pit was burned. Ten
eight-room houses and large dining hall
inside of the Enclosure went up in the gener-
al confagration.
At the lower Coal creek stockade, the ee.ss
building was burned and tho guard house de-
molished. The interior of the convict's din
ing hall, sleeping room, hospital ward and
kitchen were filed with broken furniture,
shattered glass and queensware. The store OF
Warden Jack Connolly was rifled and 81 500
worth of goods destroyed.
About $50 o'clock 200 men descended
Walden's ridge, approaching the stockade
from the east, and called upon Warden Cross
to deliver the keys of the prison. While this
was going on the magazine was blown up
and the stockade surrounded by $500 men,
and Cross gave up the keys, and when the
al convicts were released they assisted in
burning and destroying the property. Tho
attacking party then moved Oh the Coal
creek stockade.
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Bold, But Bad.

OMAHA, NEB., October 2S.-Four masked
men entered the Office of the Ames avenue
barn of the Omaha Street Railway company,
ut 1 O'Clock in the morning, and at the point
of revolvers compelled Superintendent Beals
and two assistants to throw up their hands
while the burglars proceeded to blow open
the safe.
They drilled hole and filed it with giant
powder. When the explosion occurred the
safe door was blown twenty feet and the car
cleaners and others employed in the barn
proper rushed up to the Office to see what
was the matter. 80,
They were met at the door by two OF the
burglars with drawn revolvers, who instructed
them to return to work. which they did.
The safe contained 81 200. all of which was
taken. The telephone lines into the city had
been cut and the polics were not notified I'M
til an hour after the burglars had escaped.
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Chill Sauce.

NEW YoRK, October H.-It 10 generally
acknowledged by the merchants interested
in the Gillian trade that the crisis is an ex-
ceedingly grave one. They scan the cable
reports hourly, and to the most casual OBJ
server it is easily to be seen that exciting and
important news is expected.
Most of them were inclined to scof at the
idea of Chill going to war with the United
States. But The feeling prevails widely that
the Chilians are ready for fight.
'Then they feel sure" SAID one merchant,
''that England would be at their backs. Tho
English have too many interests in Chilli.
They would not let the United States do as
they pleased with her. A war between Chill
and the United States would probably throw
the whole or greater part of South America
into the quarrel"
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Conneaut Cyclone.

CoNNEAUT, O., October ga terrible cy-
clone swept over this town, destroying about
thirty houses. The streets are blocked By
trees and debris from demolished buildings,
and the butter tub factory, owned by g. J..
Record, is badly wrecked.
Thousands of dollars worth of stock was
DESTROYED. Records loss is about $50, 900.
The planning mill of H. E. Pond, adjoining
Records factory, is greatly damaged.
His lumber yard is strewn all over town,
and two smoke stacks are blown down. Many
fine residences suffered heavily, roofs being
torn off and windows broken.
The telegraph lines of the Lake Shore and
Nickel Plate railways are all down. Two
telegraph poles were blown through the roof
of the Lake Shore depot, and the baggage
room was completely destroyed. The debris
from buildings is strewn along the track,
rendering it impossible to move trains.
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in9ton 70 peessut n ultimaeum 10 eejm1a =
nsturally causinR great sxcitamsns in:elnd11
and other circles.
The possibility Of SERIOUS trouble with H
United States he's led the Chillaus into vha4
may turn out to b dangerous delusive BE-
hef. They seem 70 be Of The opinion tha1
should Chill become involved in hostiltiss
with the United States. an alliance with 0reo1
Britain could b formed. Indeed, the Chill
ians are already discussing the possibilities
and probabilities of such an alliance between
Chill and Great Britain against the United
States.
The United States legation 10 again being
closely watched BY the police in the manner
adopted some weeks ago. whom the legations
right of asylum was Questioned. That the
police on duty near tho American legation
are under instructions to make arrests OF
persons leaving that place, in certain contin-
Qancies, is manifest from the fact that two
ladies who were calling at Mr.. E0an's were
placed under arrest a. they came out into
the street. The ladies were CHARTERED BY an
officer, who appeared satisfied himself that
this was not Q casa where his instructions
justified Kim IN holding them prisoners. 90
they were allowed to proceed on their way
without further molestation.
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Railroad Election

ss0ub od0 EJ0CIlOns
TOPEKA. October H.-The stockholders and
directors ct the great Atchison, Topeka Il
Santa Fe railway held their annual meeting
at tho company's general offices in this city.
All of the old board of directors were re-
elected, with the single exception of Mr.. Alb
bolt. and George R. Peck was elected In his
stead.
The present board now consists of the fol-
lowing gentlemen: g. q. Magoun, Allen
MARVEL, Thomas Barring, John G. McCook,
w. z. nbbey, Warren Sawyer. o. W. Pea
body, Alden Speare, B. p. Cheney, C. 4.
Holiday, +. b Purcell, L. Severy, George r
Tho new board met immediately and re-
elected the old officers of the company,
namely:
Allen Marvel, president.
!. W. Reinhart, first vice president.
a. A. Robinson, second vice president
:: u. Springer, third vico president
u. Y. Magoun was elected chairman of tho
board, while John ]. McCook and George R
Feck hold down their old positions as gen.
eral counsel and general solicitor.
Edward Wilder was again 10 elected secre.
tary and treasurer, with L. C. Denning as
assistant secretary and George L. Goodwin
as assistant treasurer.
Jonh P. Whitehead was reelected comp.
troller, and the Boeton Safe and Deposit
company was Designated a. transfer aeents.
The directors did not take trip west st
this time, but returned Immediately east.
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or Course the Grass Burns

GUTHRIE, o. T., October 29.-Prairie fires
are raging all over the territory. So far as
heard no lives are lost. Reports from all
important points say that the loss so far a.
hay and grain are concerned is immense.
E. E. Hunter, editor of the Chandler News,
reports that the whole population of that
town turned out and fought the fire for
twenty four hours, and succeeded in saving
the town.
From the high ground of this city fire can
be seen in every direction, but there is no
prospect of people being burned, for in most
places fire guards have been placed around
all the buildings.
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Tilden's Proposed Library.

Tilden's Proposed Library.
NEW YoRK, October 30.-The court OF ap-
peals decided in favor of the contestants of
Samuel ]. Tilden's will, thus defeating his
purpose to establish free library which the
great statesman desired to give this city upon
his death, and which was the pet project of
his decling years.
In the meantime the executors have effected
q compromise with one of tho benefciarles.
by the terms of which $2,e0O. 600 will in any
event be set aside for a library. Although
this 10 not half the amount which Mr.. TIlden
willed should be devoted to the purpose, it 10
still sufficient so place the institution upon
substantial footing.
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A Bomb Thrown.

DUBLIN, October 2S.-Great excitement
was caused in this city by the apparent at
tempt to blow up the Office of the National
Press, the organ of the McCarthyites. Tho
members of the staff of the PAPER were just
on the point of beginning their nights work,
when bomb fell in the area in front of the
windows On Abbey street, where the editors
rooms we're situated. Tho bomb exploded
with tremendous report, but fortunately
at the time, and consequently no one was
hurt. The window glass of the editorial
rooms was broken, the castings shattered and
the furniture in the room badly damaged.
Tho Offices in the basement were also badly
damaged, and the windows in all the ada
cent houses broken.
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The Test Suit.

WASHINGTON, D. c., October 29.-Briefs
for the United States In the cases of Boyd,
Sutton d Co., Herman Sternbach d Co. and
Marshall, Field & Co., appellants, vs.. the
United States, have been prepared by the
attorney general. These are the cases in
which the constitutionality of the Mckinley
tariff act is involved. The appellants con-
tend that the act is unconstitutional, because
of the omission of the tobacco rebate clause
in the bill, as it was signed by the president,
after having been agreed to In conference.
and because it contains bounty and reciproc-
iry provisions.
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Reparation Demanded.

SANTIAGO CHILL. October 28-Ac6ng upon
instructions sent to him from Washington.
Minister Egan presented the Gillian junta
uifh detailed statement of the results OF
- investigation made by Captain Schley
I'd himself. Minister Egan, in presenting
- Gillian junta with a statement of the as
7nnIt on the American sailors, expresses in
7ntinet terms the feeling of great indigna-
a = which the state department at Washing
z156 feels at the whole affair, and especially
- - brutal conduct of the police Of Valpa-
q conjunction with The mob In IL
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Ten Thousand Lives Lost.

Ten Thousand Lives Lost.
LONDON, November IA private dispatch
received here from Japan says that the loss
of life from the recent earthquake, which
shook the island of Hondo and other places.
persons were killed and about 1900 houses
were destroyed.
In addition to the foregoing. 5000 houses
were destroyed and 5000 persons were killed
by the earthquake at Gifu. Fifty miles of
railroad were destroyed.
The total loss of life may eventually b
shown to be over 10000.
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A Kansas Invention.

CHICAGO. November 2-The Stronger Au-
tomato TELEPHONE Exchange company of Chi
cago has filed articles of incorporation at
Springfield with capital of 5000. 900. The
object of the company is to introduce system
of telephone communication which Will do
away with the famous central Office. If it
be successful the telephone girl must 60.
Almon Stronger, of Ell Dorado, Kan, Is the
inventor and patentee of the machine. On
tho telephone key board is a row of keys in
dlcating units, tens, hundreds and thousands,
and the release key. The subscriber taps on
the desired number on the key board,
which, registering ON the automatic machine.
connects the subscriber with the phone he
deaires to reach.