The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-22

THERE were two earthquake shdekl
in central New York on the 18th. They
were distinctly felt in Montgomery,
Warren and Otsego counties.
The loss in northern Mississippi by
the floods has been estimated at 81, 900,
600.
By the explosion Of a powder mill at
Wilkesbarre, Pa, seven men were killed
on the 18th.
The Olympic club, of New Orleans,
has t~elegraphed to Jim Hall and Bob
Fitzsimlnons that it would offer a purse
of $40, 600 for a fight between them pro-
viding they would arrange to have it
come off the same week as the fight be-
tween Sullivan and Corbett.
SEcRErA1EeMR directed the de-
not qy6rtdi st. Louis to send
mnedia1ely 500 ter8 to the mayor of
Columbus, Miss, for the benefit of the
sufferers from the recent foods.
CHEMICAL analysis shows that sufa-
Gent poison was found in the stomach
of Gamble Weir, late Superintendent Of
police of Pittsburgh, PAID have caused
death, but the chemist y ppt confident
that some Of the poison found by him
had not been used by the embalmer.
The main building of Clarke univer-
sity for colored students, near Atlanta,
Loss, 800, OOO.
~ A SEVERE blizzard ragged ihthe north
west on the 18th. AT Boom, Ia, the
snow fell to the depth of eighteen
inches.
A RELIGIOUS procession az Cadiz,
Spain, on the 18th was interfer6 with
anarchists, who threw two tetards,
= b injured q number, but nobody
W. lowest estimate placed On the
loss Of life in the flooded district in
Mississippi is $50, all Of whom an me-
groes.,
ADYNAMrER's camp, with a quanAty
of dynamite and bombs, has been d.
covered in the midst of a dense woods
several miles back of the village a
Brockport, Monroe county, n. Y. \
A MAIL and express car on the Illi-
nois Central railroad on the evening of
the 18th, when Newman's Mill, La,
about seventy-seven miles from New
Orleans, was reached was entered by
robbers and about 8, 900 taken.
FORTY-FIvE of the warning cattlemen
in Wyoming with their horses arms and
ammunition were held by the military
authorities.
ITALY received $4,000 from the
United States for the families of the
victims Of the New Orleans tragedy.
The Distillers' & Cattle Feeders Co.,
the whisky trust, reelected the old Of
fcers rs follows: j. H. Greenhut, presi-
dent; L. H. Green, of Cincinnati, vice
president; j. c. Hennessy, of Chicago,
secretary; W. N. Hobart, Of Cincinnati,
treasurer.
The directors of the Southern lum-
Der manufacturers association have
raised the price of yellow pine lumber
6ftytcents q thousand, to take effect
May1.
A AHORrAGE of $4,000 in the funds of
the kipgsessing Building 4 Loan as
ISOLATION of Philadelphia has been dis
covered Two expert accountants have
been at work ON the books for some
time. At the annual meeting Of the as
sociation they reported that there vas
q deficiency Of $1,000 in the capital Of
the association and the entire earnings,
amounting to $4,000, had disappeared.
A GRIEVANCE committee Of the street
car drivers of New Orleans demanded
Of the various companies q reduction Of
hours from seventeen to twelve at the
same pay-s1.65 per day. This was re-
fused and an offer made of an increase
in wages, amounting to IS per month,
with the former hours. The men re-
NAMED firm, however, and to prevent q
tie-up the companies conceded all de-
mands and the men remained at work