Tombstone epitaph., 1891-09-06
NEWS BY WIRE.

going at full speed collided, killing four men and demolishing both trains.
 PARIs-The official estimate of the damage by the recent cyclone which swept over the Island of Mar inique places the amount at $lOOOO,OOO ant says 37S people lost theiI lives. PI,ei- dent Carnot has signed credit of S2O0, 900, which sum is to be used to assist the Martinique sufferers.
 ST LoUIs-The Globes Democrat has 'pecial dispatches from all parts of the cotton belt, showing that cold weather and worms in Texas and the Mississip. pi Valley and excessive rains in the southeastern states have been disas- trous to the cotton crop.
 SAN FRANCIsco-Census Agent Pet rolf has returned from Alaska, having completed the census of that territory. The following figures closely represent the population of 1890: Aliens 900, Indians 5000, Esquimaux l8,0O0, Chi- nese 2,3OO, whites 4SOO, total 31 900.
 PHILADELPHIA-A mile in 39 g. 5 seconds, or at the rate of ninety miles per hour, is the fastest run ever made by railroad train. This unparalleled feat was accomplished to day on the Round Brook railroad between Nesh- aming Falls and Donghorn by engine No. POS, drawing two ordinary coaches and President McLeod's private car Reading" which is equal to coach in weight. The fastest five miles were made in 3 :26 4-5 seconds.
 MINNEAPOLIs-A special to the Jour. nal from Faulkton South Dakota, says :: All of the northwestern part of Faulk county burned over last night by 8 most destructive fire twenty miles wide and extending from Faulkton fifty miles northwest. AS far as the eye can reach, the sky was lit up, burning stacks of hay and grain The farmers are ruined. For a space of twenty miles not foot of grass is left for stock that escaped the flames. The damage cannot be estimated yet. A heavy gale famed the flames.
 WAsHINGToN-Senor Montt to night received the following cablegram: IQUIoUE-To Dom Pedro Montt, Washington :-The triumph in Pla- cida has been complete. Commander Mont communicates that the troops of Balmaceda numbered l2,0O0. Three thousand prisoners and all of his ar tillery have beel taken. The torpedo boats Lynch and Aldea and all are in our power. Valparaiso was occupied without resistance. Vicuna, Godoya, Banados, minister of the interior and intendente of Valparaiso, have fled to foreign vessels in the harbers. Our losses have not been considered.
 ST. LOUISA dispatch from Austin, Texas. says the board of education has granted certificates. to twenty-one sisters of charity to teach in the free public schools of Texas. This is new feature and is in accordance with the late rulng of the attorney-general that they are entitled to certificates as long as they don't teach the doctrines of their church in the schools.
 Bread riots are occurring in Russia |
 Creed Raymond will deliver lee. lures on Jaw at the Stanford univer- sity.
 If the armor plates arrive from the east in time, the coast defense ship | Monterey will be completed in Octo Der.
 The new rifled field pieces adopted ny the United States army are said to be the best ordnance of the kind in the world.
 Postmaster-Gene Wannamaker has asked each county seat postmaster to visit each postoffice in his county at his own expense and report upon