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Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
HEAT And STORM.
Midsummer Weather East of
the Rockies.
A Hot Wave Sweeps Over the
Northwest.
Severe Electrical Storms Follow the
Thermal Wave.
A Disastrous Tornado Strikes Ashland, ;.
Wis.-Many Buildings Wrecked.
Several People Crushed
to Death.
Associated Press Dispatches.

ASHLAND, Wis, August S.-This after
noon there was disastrous wind and
rain storm here. The Swedish Baptist
church was torn from it's foundation !;
the roof was blown off the Fifield block !;
many small buildings were blown from
their foundations, and half dozen
yachts moored in the bay were torn
from their fastenings and wrecked upon
the shore. At Washburn, on the oppo-
site side of the bay, circus tent col
lapsed, and in the panic which ensued
among the spectators in the tent,
two small boys were crushed to death
and number of people seriously in
jured. The postoffice building also col
lapsed, two women being injured, one
seriously. The roof of the Omaha ele-
vator was torn from the building and
deposited in the bay. Many thousand
feet oflumber were blown into the water.
The derrick and hosting engines at the
coal docks were blown away. The esti-
mated damage at Washburn is $50, 900.
CHICAGO, August S.-This was the
hottest day of the year, so far, here.
The thermometer reached 95 degrees,
and there we're several cases of prostra-
tion.
MINNEAPoLIs, August 8.-The heat,
yesterday, was excessive. Two cases of
sunstroke are reported, one of which
will probably result fatally.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, August 8.-The hot
test weather OF the summer was expert
enced here yesterday and today, the,
thermometer ranged from 80 to 100 de-
grees.
Ada, Mimi, and Groton, s. D., report
a local storm, yesterday, doing much
damage.
ST. LAWRENCE, S. D., August 8.-The
hottest weather ever experienced here
has prevailed for three days past. So
intense has been the heat that men and
animals have succumbed in many in
stances, and harvest work is entirely
suspended through the middle OF the
day. A pm. yesterday the mercury
rose to 10S and ITO in Che shade. Late
wheat suffered terribly, and some fields
will not be cut. Other wheat is all
right. Corn is suffering for rain. I'm
less showers come soon or a cool wave,
but little will survive the ordeal.
WARREN, Mimi, August S.-Yester-
day evening the worst storm of the sea-
son, of wind and rain, prevailed here,
laying grain fiat. Lightning struck
several places, and considerable live
stock was killed.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
FORCED TO THE WALL.
The Masonic Bank, of Louisville, KY,
Compelled to Assign.

LOUISVILLE, August S.-The Masonic
savings bank assigned today to the Ger
mania Trust company. No definite
statement of it's assets is yet obtainable.
1t had deposits of 100000. The as
signment was not unexpected. During
the stringency last year, the bank re-
quired the aid of the clearing house, but
on the 1st day of January its statement
showed deposits OF million and a
quarter. President Kreiger, by care
full management, succeeded in restoring
the confidence of the depositors. In
March, however, the failure of the
Schwartz bank once more startled the
depositors, and the matter was not
quieted down until July 1st, when the
directors hoped the crisis was
finally passed. Then came the
Falls City failure, and the de-
positors were once more alarmed.
The Masonic bank was also carrying the
Jeffersonville bridge project, and when
the depositors began to withdraw, the
directors gave thirty days. notice. They
have made desperate efforts to right the
concern, but concluded today to assign.
1t is asserted the bank will pay dollar
for dollar.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
THE CATHOLIC CENSUS.
PoRTER'S ENUMERATION OF THE
44s CHURCHES.
The Total Number of Catholic Comm,ni-
cants in the United States is Six
Millions and Quarter-Church Prop
erty Valued at $lls, ,51e.

d WASHINGTON, August 8.-The census
bureau today issued a bulletin giving
statistics OF the Roman Catholic church
and all other Catholic bodies histori-
cally related to it which are, represented
in the United States, viz: the Greek
Catholic church, which acknowledges
the sovereignty Of the pope; the Rus
sian orthodox church, the Greek ortho-
dox church, the Armenian church, the
old Catholic church and the reformed or
converted Catholic church.
Roman Catholic was the first Christian
worship established in the territory now
constituting the United States. The
first Catholic see was that of Baltimore,
which dates from 1889. In 1909 it was
constituted an archdiocese. There are
now thirteen provinces and metropolitan
sees, being those of Baltimore, Oregon,
st. Louis, New Orleans, Cincinnati, New
York, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Phila-
delphia, Milwaukee, Boston, Chicago
and st. Paul, which were created in the
order named. Connected with these
provinces are sixty-six dioceses, five
vicariates apostolic and one prefecture
apostolic.
The total number of communicates is
6,25O,O who are attached to 10,221 or
ganizations Churches, chapels and sta
tions).
The total value of church property,
including edifices, ground on which
they stand, furniture, etc., is $118, $751;
SIG. The see of New York has property
valued at nearly $9,O0O,000; Chicago
second, So, ,457 .064; Boston third, $6, &c.,
O7S; Brooklyn fourth, $5,751 ,9O7; New
ark fifth, $4,297 ,482.
In the distribution OF communicates
the archdiocese of New York comes
first, with 472, ,S06; Boston second, 419,-
$50; Chicago third, $780, Philadel-
phia fourth, 251, ,162; Brooklyn fifth,
22S, 765; St. Paul sixth, 203, ,4S4; Balti-
more seventh, 1921 In the states of
New York, Massachusetts, Pennsyl-
vania, Illinois and Ohio there are
3,128,772 communicants, little more
than half of the total for the whole
church, and there is church property of
$62 2,006,71 which is considerably more
than half the total valuation.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
RIDICULOUS REVOLT.
AN AMERICAN CONSUL'S OPINION
OF THE WAR IN CHILE.
The Forces of the Two Opposing Factions
700 Miles Apart and Unable to Come
Together-Deserters From Balmaceda's
Ranks in Custody in Peru.

WASHINGTON, August S.-The Post
this morning printed an interview with
Aquilla j. Dougherty, United States
consul at Callao, Peru, who has just re-
turned from that country, in which he
says:
"The present war in Chile is the most
ridiculous revolution ever knew or read
of. 1t does not deserve the name of a
revolution. The revolutionists are sta
toned at Iquique, several hundred miles
from Santiago, where Balmaceda has his
quarters. Balmaceda has force OF
10000 men at his command, and the in
surgents have 1000. Between the two
capitals of the opposing forces lies a
mountainous range that is simply i'm
passable by any armed force. There is
absolutely nothing upon the barren
range of rugged mountains to sustain
an army, and it is impossible to carry
across it that which is necessary to
support an army. The in
surgents have no ships with which
to carry their men by sea, and
if they had they would soon be de-
stroyed, for Balmaceda has the whole
coast protected by torpedo boats. Bal
maceda is well supplied with the sinews
of war, and goes on with the government,
ignoring to great extent the efforts of
the insurgents. The idea of party of
revolutionists being 700 miles away from
the people against whom they revolted,
and totally unable to come nearer to
them, strikes an American as being very
far removed from what we would call an
insurrection or rebellion. In the mean
time, while the opposing party is in
power, the insurgents are living well and
seem to be prospering. They occupy the
rich district of Tarapaca, with her bound
less quantities of nitrates-the territory
Chile years ago wrested from Peru. From
the large revenues they derive from these
nitrates they are enabled to feed them
selves and live comfortably. Merchant
vessels put in at Iquique and trade in
this product, as they did before the re-
bellion, and the money thus brought tc
them is the chief income of the insur-
gents"
The Chilean Congressional ENJOYS in
Washington today received from Err
razuriz, minister OF foreign affairs OF the
government at Iquique, the following
telegram:
"a number of officers and men of Bal
maceda's army who escaped from Tacns
into Peru, disobeying the order of the
Peruvian government, took forcible pos
session of the steamer Mapocho, de
tanned in Callao. The Peruvian author
tiles obliged them to land and turned
them over to the courts"
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09

was caught by current OF air and
blown sideways, striking telegraph
poles. The couple were sitting on the
trapeze, which began to sway to and fro
in a frightiul manner. Miss Dewey,
thinking it safe to drop from the bar be-
fore being thrown therefrom, lowered
herself by her hands, hung for mo-
ment and dropped, landing on the
ground unhurt. Released from her
weight the balloon shot upward, and
Higgins, getting entangled in the tele-
graph wires, was swept off the bar and
fell, striking on his back and receiving
injuries which resulted fatally In few
moments.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
BOGUS INDIAN sCAREs.
There Are No Apache Marauders In
Southern Arizona.

There Are No Apache Marauders in
Southern Arizona.
SAN Francisco, August 8.-Colonel
d. S. Gordon, who is stationed at Fort
Huachuca, in the very center of the
country in Southern Arizona which has
been reported infested with Apaches, is
here. "Apaches p he exclaimed.
"There are no Apaches in Southern Ari-
zona. No outrages have been committed
down there. The soldiers are not sup
pressing facts. On the contrary, there
are no facts suppressed. There has not
been ball fred near Fort Huachuca in
years. Women ride out alone. No
men have been killed in Southern Ari-
zona. We heard rumors to that effect
several times, and have sent out de-
tatchments. However, it has been
proved that Mexican outlaws were the
marauders."
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
The Salmon Pack.

ASTORIA, Ore, August 8.-Salmon
fishing ON the Columbia win close at IL
O'Clock midnight on Monday next. The
total pack on the river is 900 cases,
a shortage of 10000 cases on the pack Of
80. The Astorian has an authoritative
dispatch from New Westminster. B. c.,
that the total British Columbia pack,
including the Frazer, Skeena and Mas
rivers and inlets, is 100000 cases. The
British Columbia pack OF 80 was 410, 900
cases.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
A Fatal Prize Fight.

MANCHESTER, Eng, August S.-A
prize fight took place near here last
night between two local sports, named
Henney and Swindelle. The men were
matched to fight to finish for sovereign
side. After savagely lighting for an
hour, Swindelle dealt Henney terrible
blow on the head. The latter threw up
his hands and dropped like a log. At
tempts to revive him failed, and there
is no doubt that he died instantly.
Swindelle and those who brought about
the fight have been arrested on the
charge OF manslaughter.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
Chronic Alcoholism .

TRUCKEE, CAL, August S.-The autopsy
performed today on the body of Michael
Lanahan showed that he died from
chronic alcoholism, and not from
wounds inflicted by Malcolm McDoug-
all. Lanahan died in July last, and
McDougall, with whom he had fight,
was committed on the charge OF man
slaughter.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
DESERVING ParnelI.

DUBLIN, August S.-A telegram re-
ceived in this city from Belfast states
that Dillon and O'Brien have persuaded
four Irish members of the house of COM
mons, who, since the disruption in the
Irish parliamentary party have followed
the hardships of Parnell, to secede from
the Parnellite section and cast their for
tunes with the McCarthyites, or the Sec
tion that opposes Parnell as a leader of
the Irish cause
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
STILL AT LARGE.
The Ohio Bank Robber Successfully
Eluding His Pursuers.

The OniO Bank hODD0r successfully
Eluding His Pursuers.
LIMA, Ohio, August Sat IL O'Clock
tonight the Columbus Grove bank rob-
ber is still at large and the chase has
been abandoned until daylight. The
desperate is known to be alone and on
foot. Nearly the whole population of
the northern part of the county is as
sisting to hunt for him, and it is not
thought he will be able to escape.
William Vandemark, the farmer shot
by the bandit, was not killed outright,
as stated in previous dispatches, but he
cannot recover. Cashier Maple will re-
cover. The robber had been in the
town day or two before the robbery,
claiming to be silk hat mender.
Mr.. Vandemark was assisted to doc
tors office by his son, and while there
saw the robber tearing his way through
the streets by means of a drawn revol-
yer, and disappear at the railroad cross
ing some distance down the street.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
Chinase Hishwayman.

SAN Francisco, August S.-George
Ross, a we'll known shipwright, who re-
turned from Forest Hill, says that last
Thursday he was held up near Auburn
by two masked highwaymen, dressed
like Chinese. One carried double
barreled shotgun and the other revol-
yer. One of the men spoke Chinese.
The robbers secured $44.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
An Aeronaut Killed,

LONDON, August Sat Leeds today a
balloonist named Higgins was killed,
and Miss Devoy, who accompanied him
in the ascension, narrowly escaped
death. The couple intended to give
trapeze performance while ascending,
and afterwards descend by means Of q
parachute. In the ascension the balloon
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
Mrs. Gala Entitled to Salary.

WASHINGTON, August 8.-The attor--
ney-general has given the opinion that
there is no legal objection to the pay
ment of salary to Mrs. Susan Gale as
secretary of the board of lady managers
of the worlds fair, and her claim for
compensation for such services should
be allowed by the board.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
SUGAR BOUNTY.
1t Is Estimated to Amount to S1O.229,-
37b This Year.

WASHINGTON, August 8.-A revised
statement has been prepared in the
internal revenue bureau in regard to
domestic sugar production, based on the
latest returns. The producers esti-
mates are: Sugar, cane, 45S, ,257 200
pounds; beets, 30, 900 pounds; sor-
ghum, 2,510,000 pounds; maple, 8,000,-
600 pounds; total, 567 ,977 200 pounds.
This estimate is considerably in
excess of that of the treasury
department.. Estimating that beet and
sorghum sugar will polarize 80 degrees
or over, and be entitled to the bounty of
2 cents per pound, and that three
fourths of the cane sugar will polarize
80 degrees and over, and one-fourth be-
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
s.--TwE PAGES.

tween 80 and 80 degrees, and that all
maple sugar will be between 80 and W
degrees, the amount of bounty to be
paid will be as follows: On cane sugar,
$3.50 1875; on beet sugar, $500, 900; on
sorghum sugar, $4,000 on maple, $140,-
600; total, SIC, ,229, ,375.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
a TragadY on q Train.

LONDON, August S.-A tirst-class car
riage on an express train running from
Leicester to Bedford was yesterday the
scene of tragic incident. In one OF the
compartments OF the carriage was found
we'll dressed young lady, suffering from
terrible shot wound. She told story
of man who shot her from the foot
board OF the train. She is an actress
named Leonore Maria, with connections
in New York.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
successfui Fishing.

CAPE MAY POINT, August S.-The
president went fishing today. The trip
was great success, the party bringing
back quantities Of game.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
Drunk on Duty.

PREsooTT. Ariz., August s.-A mill
tary court was convened at Fort Whip
pie this afternoon, with Lieutenant G..
E. Mcmahon Judge advocate, for the
trial Of Lieutenant Miner on the charge
of being drunk on duty.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
Carnegie LAYS a Cornerstone.

LONDON, August 8.-Andrew Carnegie
of New York today laid the foundation
stone OF the public library building at
Peterhead in Scotland. He had given
100000 towards the library.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09
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for them over all premiums received
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enough to pay all taxes and expenses}
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Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09

Herr Steiger, chief engineer of the
Boschum association, has suicided. His
mind became weakened after the scan
dal caused by the trial of officials of the
company, charged with fraud in affxing
the governments mark to inferior steel
rails, which had not been legally in
spected.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
CONGRESS.

THE senate met on the morning OF the 2lst
wh~n Senator PETER announced the sudden
death of his colleague, Hon. Preston B. Plumb.
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of respec which were
adopted. The vice president appointed
Senators PETER. Dolph. Paddock. Ransom
and Palmer committee to attend the
funeral and the senate took a recess until
for the funeral ceremonies. The house
OF representatives, the judiciary, repre-
sentatives of foreign governments. the
executive departments, cabinet officers,
and many friends of the deceased senator
were present. The funeral ceremonies
were very impressive, at the conclusion of
which the body was conveyed to the depot
for conveyance to Kansas. and the senate
adjourned .. The house was not in session,
but the speaker appointed Messrs Funs-
ton and Frederick, of Kansas; Cate and
Peel, of Arkansas; Youmans. of Michigan
Post, Of Illinois, and Cogswell, of Massachu-
sets. committee to accompany the re-
mains of Senator Plumb to Kansas.
SEVERAL petitions were pres ented when
the senate met on the 22d and Mr.. Stanford,
of California. was sworn in for his new
term. The house concurrect resolutions
for the payment of the December salaries
Tuesday, January 5, were presented and
utfve session and as mark of respect to the
memory of the late representative Ford
of Michigan, the senate adjourned In the
executive session Stephen b. Elkins was
confirmed as secretary of war;. The house
was not in session.
THE senate held only a brief session on
the 23d and adjourned until January s.. The
the list of committees adjourned until jan
uarvH
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-31
BANDIT MURDERERS.

The Horrible Work of the Bob Sims Gan
in Alabama
SHUBUTA. Miss, Dec. 26.-John Nc
MILAN, d merchant of Choctaw county,
Ala, was receiving load of merchan-
disc from the landing Thursday when
Bob Sims, the notorious desperate ap-
peared, leveled Winchester rifle On
the driver and made him unload them
at Sims house and sent Mcmillan word
he would burn his house and kill him.
McMillan's house was guarded that
night, but last night at IL o'clock.
seven of the Simsites. all armed with
Winchesters, fired McMillan's house
and shot the occupants as they ran out
Charley Utsy escaped unhurt
Finellen Utsy was shot, but not
MORALLY wounded
John kennedy, father-in-law of Nc
MILAN was killed.
John Mcmillan was shot three times
and will die
A twelve-year-old niece of Mcmillan
was killed
A ten-year-old nephew was shot in
the house and burned up.
Miss Bell McKenzy, a school teacher.
boarding at McMillans. was shot twice.
in the neck and will die
The outlaws then opened McMillan's
store. robbed it of what goods they
wanted and left it. lighted up and
open, scattering shoes along the road.
They remarked that they would burn
out and kill DIR. Brown and Frank Tato
tonight
Sims daughters, dressed in mems
clothing and armed with Winchesters,
were at Sims house yesterday and are
supposed to be a part of the seven
Sims, who was the lender of a COM
panv of reiigionists in Choctaw county
in the nelghborhood of Womack Hill,
was arrested for running an Illicit dis
tillery which he claimed he had divine
authori TO do Two Of his brothers,
fellow believers, rescued him, killing a
bystander and wounding the deputy in
charge One of the brothers was killed.
Sims a nd mis- brother escaped and have
been hunted ever since
John Mcmillan has been a member
of the pursuing posse.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-31
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

2A]AsSO4S&AA1
j. /. CASE, the noted trotting horse
owner and manufacturer of Racine,
Wis, is dead
THE senate has confirmed the NOM
ination of Stephen B. Ellkins as secre-
tary of war. The president has tele-
graphed the fact to the new official
CONGRESSMAN CRISP was reported
seriously ill from insomnia and neural
gia of the heart. No one was allowed
to see him.
THE Chinese government has sent
a special envoy to the United States to
study the worlds fair prospects.
THE Roumanian ministry has resigned
as the result of defeat in parliament
FURTHER disorders have broken out
in Rio Graude do Sui
THE London Lancet's Italian cores
pondent says the pope's health was pre-
carious and that the event of his death
would be kept secret until certain for
malities were concluded.
THE controversy with Chill was re.
ported rather serious at Washington on
the 23d. The Chilians resolutely re-
fused to submit to the propositions of
the American government.
JOHN A. CREsWELL, ex-postmaster-
general, died at Elkton, Md, on the
23d.
The president has issued an order re-
moving Samuel D. Warmcastle from
the collectorship at Pittsburgh, Pa.
EIGHT of the thirteen mem bers of the
coinage committee of the house are on
record as in favor of free silver.
GEN. BOOTH, the head of the Sal
walton army, arrived at Madras from
Australia and was given a grand well
come by both Hindoos and Christians
and escorted to his hotel by an impos-
ing procession
LETTERS from Samoa report criti-
cal situation. The chiefs are talking
of ebellion.
c. ]. HARRIS has been elected princi-
pal chief ofthe Cherokee nation to sue
ceed j. B. Mayes, who died recently.
Harris has been prominent in Cherokee
politics for the past twelve years.
The London Times correspondent at
Singapore telegraphs news of MALAY
rising in Pahang, state of the Malay
peninsula He states that au English
magistrate has been fired at and also
that body of armed police has been
dispatched from Selanger to quell the
revolt.
MICHAEL DAvITT was defeated at
Waterford. Ireland, for parliament by
John Redmond Parnellite, by $40.
EX-UNITED STATES SENATOR HERE
FORD, of West Virginia, died at his home
in Monroe county, that state, Of pneu-
monia.
The attack of influenza from which
the king of Sweden is suffering is a Sc
we're type.
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN has been de-
cided on as the conservative leader in
the British house of commons.