The Bessemer indicator., 1893-02-11
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The business portion OF Alton, Iowa, has
been destroyed by hrc. Loss $4,000.
By an expiosiot ii w. boilers near vicks-
burg on the End, two men were Killed.
Mrs. W. [. Whitney died at New York on
the 5th. She had been Ill for some time.
Four eolored people were burned to death
III theit cabin IN Kansas City OH the 'th.
The pope has appointed tho archhish OF
[.epssto an apostolic delegate to the United
States.
The new First Methodist Church at Duluth,
costing 800, 900, was dedicated Sunday, free
from debt
Professor Wooster of the Union Theological
Seminary dropped dead at Lakewood, New
'ersr.i
Anna Dickinson has sued the people for
damages who put her In the insane asylum.
She wants $l25,OO0
Eighteen miners were killed by an cxplo-
tion Of fire damn IN scoal mine In Wcstphhlia,
Germany, ON the Isl.
The financial scandal In Italy is assuming
serious proportions and the prime minister
Glollttl Is compromised.
Jamee Mitchell, his wife md child were
itozch to death ii th6lt house ''eof Topchei
Kansas, a few days ago.
The Nebraska Republicans have nominated
y. NJ. Ihursion 10; senator, but haven't
enough votes TO elect him.
a company has been incorporated at Chlca-
go to manufacture IL new telephone. They
have capital bi 50, ,bip 00a.
Thirty Populists and Democrats in the
North Dakota legislature voted for Mrs. Me
cormlek for United States senator.
The roof, OF several u the Wnrld's Fair
Buildings are leaking very badly. II 'hr-
are not fixed the exhibits will be ruined
General Tres has been court martialed and
shot Mt Euayn,as Mexico, for refusing TO at
l,ch a party o, miraudins Indians ~hb bud
stolen lot OF plunder and horses.
The Pacific steamer, City of Pckin, which
was two weeks overtlnc, reached San Fran
cisco on the 9th. She had broken her shaft
and had tn come 300 miles under sail
Tic indiana Supreme totiri hiss dcrIdcI
test ease for the collection of taxes from rail-
roads, against the railroads. The result Will
be the payment of 81 SOC, 900 a year in taxes.
a train ran down party of men in the
suburbs Of Syracuse, New York, Saturday,
killing fnur and badly i'iiuring two Others. 4
neavy snow storm was raging and thoy did
not hear the locomotive.
The Pacific mail steamer City of Pcklne
from Yokohama TO San Francisco is overdue
about two weeks, and the owners are anxious
for her. Another steamer has been sent from
San Francisco to look for her
4 dispatch from St Thomas says that the
IIottcntots recently attacked Mossnmedes in
Lower Guinea. The Portuguese drove them
back after stubborn fight, in which inc
Hottentots lost their chief and fifty men.
Three thousand c5lJnists In the province of
Santa Fe, Argentine, armed with rifles aid
also having possession Of some canon, have
risen in revolt against the wheat tax. body
of troops with artillery has been sent to santa
Fe to Guell the insurrection
iustife Harlan of the United States SUI
premc Court, who Is In London, was intro
duccd Tuesday by Lord Chief justice Colc.
ridge to the barrlstcrs of the Court of Queens
Bench, and was invited TO and occupied
seat on the bench with the lord chief justice.
A passenger train on the Big -Four road was
dtchcd by a broken rail near Pnna, Illinois,
Tuesday night. Fire then destroyed the
whole train, including two sleepers. the en-
gine ONLY being saved. The baggagemnn
was killed, six passengers seriously injured,
and dozen more slightly hurt.
The state legislature Of Pucbla, Mexico, has
enacted law nbollshinI bull-fghting. An
effort Is being made to induce Congress 10
abolish bull-iightlng in the federal district
and territories. 1t is believed that such ac-
tion wound cause all the states of the republic
to pull into line with Puebla.
A meeting of the leaders of the stalwart
wing OF the Democratic party of Kansas has
been held and 1t was decided to continue the
fight against the regular state organization
which still favors fusion with the Peoples
Party. 4 call was issued for a state convcn-
ton TO be held in Topeka, February IS
The latest tests with the pneumatic tubes of
The cruiser Ncsufius Serc even more success
ful than those made heretofore. Shots fired
from the same gun cOnsccut'vely were abso-
lutcly accurate. Had the test been made on
shore the shells would have fallen IN the
same hole. The shot fired for a range of
2,00o yards fell directly on the lines.
The Rev. Thomas II. kilecn read the de-
clsion of Mgr SatOll on the charges preferred
against Bishop Wiggcr by him from his pull
pit in fsciY York during the services last sun
day. Father killecn loii his congregation
that the decision wiped out Cahcnsleyism and
decided that there shall be no German or
French or Irish Catholic Church In America,
but only the American Catholic Church.
The British forces making war upon the
Kachyen tribes have won decisive advantage
over the enemy by capturing their stockades
In the sma district The stockadcs were
carried by assault. and the kachyens made
fierce resistance, but were finally overcome
with los. 10 the British Of two killed and
six wounded. Tweniy-four Of the kachyens
were Killed.
Governor IIogg OF Texas has issued nstrIc-
tioHs 10 the sheriff OF Lamar county TO arrest
every person connected with the burning OF
the Negro Smith ut Paris. Governor l1ogg
says that he does not intend to let such a dis
play of bnrbarlsn pass unpunished in Texas;
that he sympathiacs deeply with The bcreavcd
parents, but he as governor OF Texas. proposes
to enforce the laws
Circus men are taking steps to form a trust
or combination OF circus interests as
they are pleased to style II. The circus men
say they are In many parts Of the country i'm
posed upon. and they propose an lronclad
combination for protection. The movement
is among the smaller shows, Of which there
are between forty and fifty IN the West, South
west and South.
Governor IIogg, in special message 10 the
Texas legislature, recommends new laws to
discourage mob evidence. He suggests laws
providing for heavy damages against any
county In which II man Is lynchcd, the re-
movid Of sheriff who allows prisoner to be
taken from him, and for n change of venue
from such counties Of eases against the
members of mob.
A noted gcologist Of Paris, NJ. Lagrange, is
making scientific researches In the valley of
the Santa Cruz. Arizona, aad has made the
astonishing discovery that bipcd lizard -stcg-
osuatis, only known hitherto among the rocks
of the siurian epoch, Is found in living spcci-
mems in the valleys thereabouts The only
change In the creature is in the size, other
wise the prehistoric and modern creatures arc
identical.
Advlces from Alaska state that the citizens
of that territory are earnestly working for
home rule. A convention will meet In Juneau
this month 10 elect delegate who will carry
10 Washington a petition asking the following
Legislation, delegate in Congress- home
rule modification of the present prohibitory
liquor law, and law by which the public
lands may he taken by actual settlers.
The Republican members OF the Senate
who want the Sherman silver bill repealed
have been polling the senators, and find that
there is little prospect TO being able to pass
a repeal. According to common report these
senators have discovered there are only about
eight members on theDemocratlc side who can
he depended upon TO vote for the repeal, and
that the result is even more discouraging on
the Republican side.
Governor l.. Bradford Prince, president OF
the Transmlssippi Commercial Congress has
been In consultation for some time with the
the other ofllcers regarding change of the