The Bessemer indicator., 1893-06-24
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her father and stspmothef.
The 0ladstonisas have lost asas IN he
CouuoAs by recent election
W. H. Prescott has becn re-elsctsd prcsi-
dent Of the typographical Uniou.
Ex-Ptesident Harrison will spend two
months at his Cape Nay summer home.
Vice President Exeta OF Salvador has mar
ried Miss Ida Dent Wright Of New Yotk.
Evans and Sontag. the notorious California
train robbers, are both badly wounded and
under arrest.
Tho condition Of President Carnot Of
France, Is believed to be serious. lie suffered
d relapse on the 10th.
1t is stated that President Cleveland Is tax.
Ing treatment for obesity, as he has been get
ting very fat of late.
A terrible epidemic OF typhoid fever IL rag
ing In lronwood, Michigan. There are ak
to ten deaths daily.
Attorney General Little says that the eight
hour day Is the only legal one In Kansas un-
der the law In that state.
President Cleveland has appointed twenty
army officers To serve us Indian agents at
various Western agencies.
United States Scnator STANFORD died sud.
denly at Menlo Park, California, on the 2lst.
His death was caused by apoplexy.
The Supreme Court of Missouri has de-
clarcd the statute respecting the sale Of per-
sons for vngrancy unconstitutional.
Justice Samuel Blntchford of the United
States Supreme Court wns stricken with
paralysis on the 18th, and the result will prob
ably prove fatal.
An exact counterpart Of the ships used by
the Morse Vikings who landed on the Amerl-
can coast 500 years before Columbus, reached
New York from Norway on the l1th and was
given royal welcome.
The Mesaba range In Minnesota was swept
over by fire on the 18th. The town OF Vir-
gina was nearly destroyed and the people are
In deplorable condition. A great amount OF
property was destroyed, including forests.
Complete official returns of the Chinese
registration under the Geary act have been
received by Internal Revenue Commissioner
Miller. They show that out OF 10000 Chi
nese in the United States IS, 179 registered.
Mgr. sntolli and his party at the Catholic
University left Washington on the 10th for
the extended tour through the West which
has been arranged for him. st. Paul will be
the first point visited.
The cattle sanitary board of New Mexico
has instructed all inspectors to collect fee
OF three cents head on all cattle shipped or
driven out OF the territory, and to collect ten
cents for every hide inspected.
Indian tribes in the province OF Lola, EcuA.
dor, near the Peruvian frontier, rnided the
village of Seamore on the 10Th. They killed
all the male Inhabitants and carried of the
women. Troops have been sent In pursuit..
A colonel and ten other officers from rail-
way regiment of the German army have start
ed for the United States, where they will
study the system Of railways there. Each off,
Ger will trayel through an exclusive district,
to which he will be assigned by the colonel
The departures for Europe on the 18th by
the large fleet of transatlantic steamers were
fully as large as those on the previous Satur-
day, and exceeded 1000. The eastward traffic
secms to be In excess of the west, and so fas
the expected Worlds Fair rush has failed TO
materalize.
Miss Emma Hutchinson, the Denver horse
woman who entered to ride In the cowboy
race from Chadron to Chicago, arrived there
on the 10Th Miss Hutchinson says she eI-
poets to ride over the course, starting on the
10Th, and expects to beat the time of the VIM
ner of the race.
The Duke of Veragua has decided to re-
main In this country until July. Princess
Eulalie is In New York on her return and
will take part In whatever demonstrations
may be made In her honor: The duke's sec
retary, Marquis de Villalobas, says tho prln-
cess will sail on June "a.
May Calvin, female horse thief, and her
partner, Mary Modeker, dug a hole in the
brick wall of the Jasper county jail, at Car
thngc, Missouri. on Thursday night and made
their escape. They let themselves down from
the opening. distance of twenty feet, by
tying their blankets together for rope.
A dispatch from Provo, reports the finding
of the body Of Thomas Jensen, fisherman
famillarly known as Tommy Trout" after
two hours absence from his home In the
canon near Battle creek, with cash four
inches long In the back of his head, very ap-
parently inflicted with a sharp-blnded instru-
nent. Deceased leaves a wife and child.
A government powder magazine few
miles from Athens, exploded on the 10Th
Twenty persons, including officers and SOL
dicrs, were killed, and great damage was
done to surrounding property. The crown
prince has gone ID the scene to aid the suf-
ferers. The loss Is estimated at 5000 900
francs. The magazine was located at Scara-
manga.
1t has been n considerable time since rains
OF any consequence have fallen either In
Great Britain or France. The drought has
been accompanied by heat almost tropical In
Its intensity, md much suffering, incon-
venlence and damage to certain crops have
resulted The gravest anxiety Is felt In both
countries.
portion Of Schneldumenbuhl, a nanufac-
turing town OF Russia, Ia sinking In conse-
quence of the boring of an artesian well.
The inhabitants of the district, which covers
several squares. Will be compelled to leave
their homes. Three government engineers
have gone TO the scene to try to prevent the
ruin of tho town.
kilograms have been received at Topeka
stating that officers had captured the three
robbers who held up the Santa Fe train Mt
Cimarron q few days ago, near Henessy,
Oklahoma territory, One of them is recog-
uiZed MS Bob Wyatt, notorious train robber,
who has terrorlzed the people along the from
tier for years. He was formerly member of
the Dalton gang.
Four banks at Los Angeles closed their
doors on the 2lst. They were the First Ma
tional, Southern California, Broadway and
East Side banks. This action was brought
about by protracted run on the banks. The
banks all appear to be In excellent condition,
but they could not stand the. temporary pres
sure. As n result of the financial trouble In
Los Angeles three banks at San Diego also
closed their doors.
The trial OF Armenians accused of being
concerned in rioting at Cesarness, Marsovan,
last spring has just been concluded at Angora.
Seventeen of the prisoners, Including Profess
sor Thoumaian and Professor Kayana, we're
condemned tc death; six, Including the Pro-
testant pastor at GImerlc, were sentenced to
fifteen years. imprisonment; eighteen were
sentenced to imprisonment for terms from
seven TO ten years and fifteen were acquitted.
W. p. Disart, a Philadelphia burglar, held
| 100 armed men Mt bay NIL night Mt Chcswick,
Pennsylvania, and only surrendered when
| fifty determined men burst in the doors Of the
| building he was In and overpowered him.
For ten hours steady fire was kept up on
| both sides and when captured one Of the rob-
| ber's eyes had been shot out and his left arm
disabled by bullet. Dlsart Is supposed to
have been implicated in the fifty robberics In
| Western Pennsylvania during the past two
| weeks
| The weather bureau dispatches from New
| Orleans say that at O'Clock Thursday morn
Ing the water In the river was seventeen feet
| above low water mark, or only six-tcnths Of a
| foot below the record Of the highest flood
ever known there. The river is four feet
above danger line and still rising The cause
| Of the rise is the clogging of the government
| jetties built to keep the rivers mouth clear,
and unless the river cuts a deeper channel
for itself, Signal Service officer Dunn says the
existence Of the city Of New Orleans may be
seriously threatened.