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The sun., 1893-08-31
RIOT IN IENVER.

Denver Aug. 99.-Tbere was small
riot when work was resumed on the
North side sewers this mcrLing. The con-
tractor had arranged to pay $140 for
eight hours work and umber of men
took Up their picks and shovels when
time was called. The crowd of strikers
who are holding for $1.75 per day set
upon the men in the trent hes, ard. after
a lively skirmish, drove them eff. There
were several Italians in the attacking
party. One italian who was at work in
the trench was ain ost completely covered
with earth thrown upon him by strikers,
and was pretty badly used up when taken
out. The police were early on the Scene
and made three arrests. Work was
suspended to prevent further trouble.
The sun., 1893-08-31

Savannah, Ga, Aug. ga hurricane
struck Savannah yesterday. The wind
blew ffty-four miles an hour during the
day. Sunday night at o'clock it reached
seventy miles an hour. The barometer
fell to 2S.31. A large number of build
ings were Inroofed. Many trees were
uprooted. Seventeen lives We're lost on
the river, Hutchinson island and Tybee,
so far as heard from. 1t is Believed that
at lee st forty were killed. One of them
is g. A. Ullmer, assistant cashier of the
Central Railroad bank, two others We're
white men and the rest negroes. The
names of the white men and negroes have
Lot been obtained. One man was killed
by trolly wire in Savannah. Eleven
vessels are ashore in Savannah harbor,
eight being barks, one schooner, one
steamboat and one oyster boat. Six YES
sells were wrecked outside the harbor.
Their names are unknown. The names
Of the vessels wrecked in Savannah
harbor are barks Harold, Linden, Elma.
Mexico, Royal. Andsia: schooner Leila:
steamboat Abbeville and oyster boat
Fred f. Lewis. The cyclone also struck
Charleston, s. c., causing great destruc-
ton to property. Many lives were lost
'here md at other puiuts. The storm
which had been predicte1 by the weather
bureau for several days began early in
the afternoon and increased from then
on until it reached the climax between
IL and II o'clock last night, having blown
for eight hours in o terrible hurricane
1t began raining early in the morning,
but only in gusts. After the first fall it
ceased entirely for several hours, and did
not begin again until after noon. Then
the work of destruction began and lasted
until the storm had spent Its force at
midnight. All the wharves along th.
river front and Ocean Steamship conf
pany and Savannah, Florida & Western
railway wharves were under water and
the tide was still rapidly rising A view
of the city at daylight this morning re-
vealed scene of wreck and ruin that
surpassed that of the great hurricane of
1881.
The sun., 1893-08-31
CASUALTIES.

The electric light plant at Franklin,
knd., was destroyed by n boiler eX-
plosion. The loss is $4,000.
Two sons Of J9Iip Manli, aged three
and two years, Of Qsceola, Mich, were
burned to death by the explosion of a
lamp.
During a sham battle at Portland,
Or. G.. Il. Nelson was shot by q Cat
ling gun. receiving a wound which
caused his death.
BY the collapse of an eighty-foot scat
fold at st. Louie, Charles H. Fred
erick was instantly killed and Albert
BertOn was 50 badly hurt that he may
die.
Prof. +. G.. Anderson, an aeFonaut,
made IL parachute jump from O cliff
at Snoqualmie Falls, Wash, expecting
to alight in the water He struck O
rock and was dashed to pieces. His
leap was 2G0 feet.
Representative George w. Shell of
South Carolina was knocked down by
q cable train at Washington and trun-
died along beneath the Tenders of a
car for some distance. He was badly
cut aDouC IHf Hedat' anu SuheIS WIFI
conclusion Of the chest.
Steamer Gayhead, which arrived at
New Bedford, recently, reports seeing
the famous steel schooner yacht Volun-
teep on the rocks at the entrance to
Halley's HaFbor, Naushon. The Vol
unteeF which had been riding out the
gale with topmasts housed and both
anchors down, had evidently dragged
ashore.
The sun., 1893-08-31
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

Don Jose Galindo, mayor of Valencia,
Spain, has been sentenced to fourteen
years each on PIT indictments for falsi-
flying public documents, or 3,O3S years
in all.
A South Carolina man. living In
Charleston, sent an inYalid's chair Of his
own invention to Queen Victoria, and
he has received an acknowledgement
of the gift, accompanied by Il portrait
of her majesty.
Mrs. Sophia WanSir of Sheboygan,
Wis, has grown rich by a peculiar in
dustry. She built Il gas works several
years ago and sold it to the town at
Il great advance. Now she is building
the city water works.
The town of Barnwell, S. c., reports
n negro boy, twelve years old, with
wonderful memory. He read the book
of Genesis once the other day, taking
three hours to do it, and, it is asserted,
then repeated it, forgetting only some
half-dOZen WOrys.
Gov. Tillman of South Carolina has
just pardoned n negro murderer, Of
the justice of whose conviction there
was some doubt. In granting the par
don he observed that the unwritten
law on this subject applies to negro
as well as to Il white man.
Andrew G. Curtin of Pennsylvania
William Sprague of Rhode Island and
Frederick Holbrook of Vermont, all war
governors, have been invited to be
guests of the New Hampshire Veteran
Soldiers association at its coming re-
union al Weirs, Lake Winnipesaukee.
Mr.. Labouchere announces in his pa
per that Mr.. Bayard, our ambassador
to England, obtains a great increase in
precedence by being promoted from the
rank of minister of legation. Mr.. La
boueheFe declares that ambassadors
have precedence over dukes, and seem
to think that Mr.. Bayqrd ought to be
much elated oyer the fact.
Mrs, Bayard. the wife of the ambas-
sndor to England, has already been
successful In her appearance at court
She made a pleasant impression during
her stay at Windsor, and her charm of
manner and brilliancy of conversation
have won her an enviable place in the
best London society.
The will of the late DR.. Hamilton
Griffin, the step father of Mary Ander-
son, was admitted to probate at Louis
vile recently. DR. Griffin left all his
property. consisting of several houses
| and lots In various parts of the city,
to his wife, and at her death to his four
| children. 1t Is noticeable that no be-
| quest whatever Is made to his step
daughter, Mary Anderson Navarro.
The sun., 1893-08-31
IN GENERAL.

A death from cholera is reported in
New York harbQr.
Gov. Boies of Iowa was renOminated
for governor by acclamation.
A case of yellow fever is reported at
Brunswick, Ga.
Iowa Prohibitionists will probably
nominate q state ticket.
Thirty miners at Virginia, ILL.,, struck
because of an increase of work at the
same pay.
Gov. Russell of Massachusetts de-
clares that he is not a candidate for
denomination.
The property of the company plan
ming an electric road between Indian
apolis and Chicago has been attached.
The Minonk, ILL.,, coal and coke mines
have shut down, throwing 500 men out
of employment.
Freight handlers in st. Louis, Mo-,
failed to strike, as was expected, on
account of reduction in wages.
The largest lawn party ever known
was given on the worlds fair grounds
in honor of the West Point cadets.
An encampment of the National
Farmers Alliance began at Mount
Gretna, Pa.
Carter Harrison would Danish the
financial stringency by at once putting
into circulation the $143, 100000 silver
now in the treasury vaults.
A wild rl1mor comes from Aspen,
Colo, that the Bank of France intends
to establish a branch at Denver, and
thus boom silver.
The Standard Bicycle Manufacturing
company of Indianapolis has failed.
The assets and liabilities are each $780,
600.
Five Chinese, arrested at San Fran
cisco for being Illegally in this coun-
try, have been released on bonds fur
nished by the Six Companies.
Bank Examiner McHugh took charge
of the First National bank at Dubuque
and said that the bank is solvent and
he sees no reason why it should not re-
sumo in few days.
The Mercantile State Bank of Denver
has resumed business. The date of
the opening of the State National bank
has been set for Sept. 5. The Com
mercial National is expected to reopen
early in September.
DR.. Richard Holmes of Pittsburg de-
livered the baccaiaureate sermon to
the '93 graduates Of the Chautauuua
Literary and Scientific circle at Chau-
tauqua, N. Y. His discourse was con-
fined to a consideration of three car
dinal conditions or asrirations, viz:
fortune, education and character.
r McCoy's chimney factory at Elm
wood, Ind, employing 300 hands, will
resume work next Monday. McBeth's
chimney factory will start up eight-five
hand shops two molds tomorrow. The
remainder will begin work as soon as
possible. The plate glass situation is
unchanged
VkkkeEt ~!
The sun., 1893-08-31
FUN FOR EDITORS


West Superior. VS.. Srpcial-W. F.
Boland, principal owner of the Daily
Call, has served a rotice On Henry g.
Schultz, late business manager, threaten
ing to bring suit for slanter against him
for $o,OOO, and against the Call Publish
ing company for $500 on the slme
charge. This mornings Leader ridicules
the idea and uses such strong language
that Judge Boland las instructed his at
torney to commence suit against it for
$l0,OOC damages for defamation of char
acter Considerable excitement is prom
ised before the end of the fight Ii
reached. Singularly w. II. He.nessy,
managing editor for Boland, has suit
against Publisher Flower for $4,000,
and business Manager Benjamin, of the
Call, threatens to make Flower suffer
with aI.other snit.
The sun., 1893-08-31

mentary rule required the final vote in
the Lee Mantle case to be taken on the
original resolution as amended, and it
was agreed to-32 to 20. The vote ON the
right Of j. b. Allen of Washington, un-
der like circumstances, was precisely the
same-32 to 20 The result of the vote
is that thost senators are declared not
entitled to their sests. The house bill
to repeal the Sherman act was reported
TO the senate at $50 and was referred
to rhe fntnce conmittee-Mr. Voorhees,
stating that there would be meeting of
that committee to-day, and that there
would be prompt action on the bill in
connection with the measure already re-
ported from the finance committee.
The sun., 1893-08-31
MINERS FIGHT

Weir City, Kan, Aug. 29-While re-
turning home from work Miners James
and Francis were assaulted by strikers,
among whom were several women
Francis defended himself with a revolver
and shot one of the women in the arm
Several negroes came to town to-day
from the Kassa and Texas stockade
Strikers gathered in a crowd to assault
them. A shotgun carried by one of the
strikers went off by mistake and slightly
wounded four strikers.
The sun., 1893-08-31
FAMOUS ORGANIST.

New York, Aug. 20.-Among the pas
sengers on the French steamship La
Bourgogne to-day was Alexander Gull
mant, organist of the La Trinitie, in
Paris. He is on his way to Chicago,
where he will give a series of organ re-
citals at the worlds fair. He will per-
form many of his own compositions, but
will by no means confine himself to them
Every school of organ music will be il
lustrated. He will leave tomorrow for
Chicago, where he win give his first re-
cital on Saturday afternoon. He will
afterward play in other cities.
The sun., 1893-08-31
M,IYER,S SERIOIS LOSS

Hincklry. Minn... Special Burglars
entered the home of Dan McIver last
night ard stole vest containing $685.
The noise of their escape awoke McIver
who gave chase, but WAS caught by his
clothing in neighboring yard and the
thieves got away. The police were i'm
meliately notified of the theft and are
utter the supposed burglars. MeIver
had received the money after the bank
had closed, and interded to deposit it
this morning.
The sun., 1893-08-31
500 EyTENS10N

Winnipeg, Aug. 20.-The connection of
the 500 extension was made at the
boundary Saturday. There still remains
a distance of seventy miles between
Estevan and Pasqua to be ironed on the
Canadian side, and the work is being
pushed ahead at the rate of about five
miles day. There will be no regular
service inaugurated urtil the line is COM
pletcd to Pasqua, and then a daily ex-
press will be put on making close con-
nections with trains to and from Winni-
peg and the Pacific coast.
The sun., 1893-08-31
STRIKE SETTLED.

Kansas City, Aug. 29.-The strike of
the Schwarschild & Sulsberger packing
house employees was settled to-day, the
house agreeing not to make the 10 per
cent cut in their wages. The strike be-
gan last Monday and fifty butchers were
involved. The strike of the butchers at
Swift's is still on but tie company is
slaughterins about 500 head of cattle
daily with new smen.
The sun., 1893-08-31
SEED WHEAT NEEDED.

Topeka, Kan, Aug. %. - Secretary
Mohler, of the state board of agriculture,
has issued an appeal for seed wheat and
money with which to buy it, for the farm
ers of Western Kansas. The appeal
states that the wheat crop is total
failure in that portion of the state. He
says that all the farmers in Western
Kansas whose wheat crop is a failure
are worthy of help.
The sun., 1893-08-31
He WAS MIRnEnnn

San Francisco, Special According to
Ee report of the crew of the British
ship Dunsyre, which arrived Sunday.
Seaman Nils Nilsson, who died Mt sea on
Aug. ii, and was reported as having
died from consumption, really died from
a broken back resulting, it is claimed,
from the extreme cruelty of the mate of
the vessel.
The sun., 1893-08-31
DIED IN AGONY.

st. Paul Aug 29.-Yesterday after
room q laboring man, who, it is supposed,
was John NeiIlsen. died at the city hos
pital from the effects of a dose of poison
evidently taken by him with deliberate
intention to commit suicide. a medical
examination has not yet been made but
the city physicians think Neillsen took
arsenic, as the symptoms during the
mans death struggle were similar to
those of arsenical poisoning.
The sun., 1893-08-31
CYCLONE

kiowa, Kan, Aug 29.-A wind storm
of a cyclone nature struck this city yes
terday morning. Ca,rpbelrs opera house
is a complete week crd the whole front
of the Bank of Kiowa is badly damaged.
Several buildings and outhouses all over
thL city arc down. There are no casual
ties as far as known.
The sun., 1893-08-31
MIIRI,LRERS CA1IGuT

Danville, Ill.,, Aug 29.-CEsrles Harris,
Edas McJunkins. Harvey Pate and
Frank Starr the four h;ghwaymen who
murdered Henry Hclmick, wealthy
fsrner, Friday night, were arrested to-
day. Harris has confcs sed and Me-
Junkins ts expected to weaken. Either
Starr or Pate fred the fatal shot
The sun., 1893-08-31
kxoD1Ts or FOREIGNERS

Pittsburg, Aug. 29.-There is an ex-
pdus of Hungarians flom this section,
the result of the hard times. Within the
LIST six days 9G0 Huns and Italians
h;Iyc left the Gonnellsville coke regiens
for their homes, and since Aug. 10 300
Poles, Huns and Italians have deserted
the mines of the MonOLgahela valley.
OF $500 foreigners who came here dur
ing the last year, 1,400 will go away as
soon as they have means.
The sun., 1893-08-31
IURDER AND SITICTDE

Brooklyn, N. Y, Aug William,
Howlatt, aged thirty, resident of New
York, attempted to murder Mary
Yakesky, his sweetheart, at Williams
burg, to-day, and then committed suicide.
His death was instantaneous and the
girl is believed to be dying.
The sun., 1893-08-31
CHARGES AGAINST THE N P

Milwaukee, Aug. 29.-Frederick Alb
bott, of the Wisconsin Central, has filed
an affidavit in which he charges that the
Northern Pacific has charged the Central
with work that could not properly he
charged to it, under the lease, that it
has not given the Central proper credit
for supplies furnished, and that it has
charged prices in excess of the current
prices for similar materials.
The sun., 1893-08-31
SHOOTJNG CHICKENS

Forman, N. D., Avg. DIT has just
come to light that gang of Minnesota
sPcrtsmen are shooting prairie chickens
in this vicinity for the Eastern market,
contrary to state law. The local sports
men threaten to prosecute them unless
they desist. The shipments became quite
extensive before discovered.
The sun., 1893-08-31
AEpONA1TT uIpT

Peoria, ILL.,, Aug. 2&.-ATichaa Riordan,
an aeronaut, met with possibly fc tai ac-
cidcnt yesterday evening. He made an
ascension and parachute drop during a
heavy wind which hurled him against
brick building with terrible force. 1t was
nearly an hour before he regaiDed con-
sciOusness.
The sun., 1893-08-31
MEXICAN T24pn

Galveston, Texu Aug, ga News San
Angelo special says: Last night MAJ
donia Asala went to the house of Mex
lean woman with whom he was infatu-
ated. Finding Antonio Montez with her
he fatally shot him, then blew off the
upper portion of his own head, dying in
stantlN.
The sun., 1893-08-31
GOODS TAKEN nv TRANTpc

Madison, Wis, Aug, 29-The Fair
vas broken into late Sunday night and
shoes, gloves, handkerchiefs, clothing,
postage stamps and jewelry were taken
to the amount of several hundred dollars.
The morey drawer was also robbed.
Three tramps are suspe ected.
The sun., 1893-08-31
MANNED.

Ishpeming, Mich, Aug. 29.-The engine
pulling passenger train No. south on
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
road last night jumped the track near
Amberg, cutting off the leg of Engineer
Ainsworth and injuring the fireman. No
one else was hurt, -'"
The sun., 1893-08-31
ASSIGNED

Milwaukee, Aug. 29.-George G. Crib
to day made an assignment to Ephriam
Mariner, who gave $S0c,O0O boads. Mr..
Cribb dealt in agrio ultural implements.
He owes large sum to the Milwaukee
National bark, which suspended recently
The sun., 1893-08-31
MILL nESTR0YED.

Trenton, Ont. Aug. 29-Miller Bres
paper mill at Glen, four miles from here,
was destroyed by fire to-day. Loss, $780,.
coo; insurance small.
The sun., 1893-08-31
ALLOWED To TANO

New York, Aug. 29.-The four men,
bers of the Henry Irving theatrical COM
pany who were detained on the charge of
being contract laborers, We're released to-
day Gnd allowed to land.
The sun., 1893-08-31
NEGRO LYNCHED-

Louisville, Aug. 29.-Leonard Taylor,
a negro, was lynched this morning about
2 o'clock, at Newcastle, Henry county,
XIV.
The sun., 1893-08-31
HOTEL, RATS

Chicago, Specialize Windermere
hotel, Cornell avenue and Fifty-sixth
street, near the worlds fair, went into
the hands Of a receiver to-day,
The sun., 1893-08-31
FORTY PERSONS KILLED
TERRIBLE CYCLONE ALONG THE
ATLANTIC COAST.

Ga, Struck by a Cyclone,
Causing the Loss of Probably FOr-
~ Lives and Considerable Prop
eTty-CharlestOn, .. c.. Damaged.
The sun., 1893-08-31
THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
.. PARTS OF THE WORLD.

Eli Important Occurrences of the
Past Week, Boiled Down aud Arr
nnged for Rapid Reading, From
Home and Abroad.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-11

A happy welding occurred Thursday
evening NJ the hone n SIR. aud Mrs
John De vries u W. 57l North College
ter. Miss Cornrlia DE vries. 20 Albert c.
heprcl a Holland The ceremony took
place in their p@Finrs. decorated with
PAIRS and roses. snd was performed by
the Rev DR.. " Steffens - Holland.
Mich IRE bride vas dressed In white
ak, trimmed with o-png- blossoms. The
bridesmaid was Miss Efie Doornink.
ard groomsmsa A j. DE Nries. Re
frsshmsnts we're served. The couple
took the train for Chicago and Milsau
k~- I'm their return they will make
their home IN Holland city.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-11
aayor ana car onccr-.


The regular monthly meeting n the
hsssrt e managers % The Womans
hn.ne sad ho~psfai viN - held AZ th~
hafne NJ ~ to~twick street. "a Mon
dtg sfie-aosr. lure Il n 23D O'Clock
a I~s cmi meeting - thc dissertation
vif ~ bell sfter The regular board
meeting ~ 10 O'Clock ~ the satur
place \ iuii stfeniance - desired a.
tus.ne~- q importance ~Ii - dis
cts@ct
The snnuul meetirg q the FREQ Kin.
defzssfea rirrie - thr Kings Daughters
vii - tei,i ca Tuesday. June ~. AZ .
ciock sf the rr@i.ien~e e Mr. J e..
Fitzgerald M - Washinxson street.
Al nsmi ga q the circle and others
No fre Interested n i.s work are Earn.
eFtli reauesfed - he present
Yesterday s't.ssoaa TIE Valley Ciss
fian elet pT1se shsct AZ the Caslstrv
ffnss 90 sfccunf a ran The eortrss
~,ii t@k~ pi.c- next Sssur,iay afierreon
n ~ weather = favorable
Th~ u,onthiy meeting - ne Gran,s
faril@ Deutsi &~e station ~lli - arhi
in So L. 4 tfsens eibC~ nest Tuesday
evening" = Ar~eFsafiv~ Tr-stnrst a
"a, treas Teeth siii 30 the su1irct q
pap. - ~ pvrn.
r. a go. ~''i Speak n founa Nsns
Christian s~esHisissr huiidire cefner
Fear sna inls str@eis th's aftesaoon
~ aelocs 4 special ievitsfis,n " ~.
irnsift iQ ~. voarz men Boilainx span
from Z p - : ~
A. tirefe eesesysl church ne Re-
= Hehts eia prrssn t.sus0ht "a Tbs
fsfrnfiai@ - thfsfiarity. Are We
F-tfi1ne frts fritsrsars~ssss s~irg re
frst 81 fhs rrarur sf ~eFnacos f,9 che
fiaee
Afshar psrkex sirfsi er~sstrr - she
g.rifsr sfstse-. has fs~irnest SO reeiaas
tea - fske Eject est flraisy "
~. - sss~e~esis.i - Bet Nils
he regfiaF snunai m-~isss q sss
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-11
Hill..iale College.

HIrLspsLr. Mich. June lo.-Tomos.
row at 9 y. N. President Mosher will
deliver his haccaleureate address. The
annual meeting OF the board 81 trustees
will begin on the L.. On the same day
the ladies' commission also meets. The
program for the remainder II the week
is as follows: June - literary society
anniversary; June II. society anpiver-
saries: June IL. class day; June IL. com
rencement day 10 a. m. address, by
DR.. L. A. Crandall; p. M. commence
ment dinner. 3 y. m, Presidents recep-
ti0n
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-11

A mar giving the name 81 Ell ri
warfi~ vas found acting strangely at the
to-day afternoon Nv Deputy sherirs
Powers and Cowsn. Edwards wss
dofffng his hsi g. every woman BE- met
and sscssssing them ~ a fsmiliar man
ner. Tie officers took him into custody
ard bis actions we're 20 Suggestive n
tnsanity that he vas locked 10 lsll fnr
safe keeping Edwards hed rapcss Ia
his pocket showing that be vas uasei
inx salesman for Dr kelmer ( Go =
ningbampton. New Nerk re vas veil
dFesscd and bad , : IN money.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-11

Mrs. L. ". Trcat Is giving a weeks
attention 10 tho kindergarten training
school in Columbus, Ohio. July 5 she
viii open a summer school in this city.
A kindergarten Office has been opened
in the house occupied by organized
charity. No 10 Moth Division street
Mrs. Clara Wheeler. secretary Of the
kindergarten association In in charge.
and cordially invites all who wish 10
learn anything about kindergarten work
to call and arc bcr Her Office hours
are from to o'clock in the afternoon.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-11

Hlrh Gehnoi Alsuai ssspciafionsfer he
sfecs,on a o1c~ss vii b h<A II The
Cretyul k.ga srkooi bu,hllns est
W slasedsy svsainx Jras L. u ~
sk<rp
conpsas B. Grad Rapids guAsda.
ui;f uAxch cat South Uisssson street
tsyssd Barsaa sseaue this morning sof
tzvrt practice. The boys sin start ~
8 o'elsek Il the sssthss = favofab's.
The sdjsusoed annual meeting u The
Em<rsoo fnsiastfssi hams Ell h held
a ths sesidenes II Jacob kIeinhaas
Ma lis Jsdssson avenue. Tuesday, Juas
IL 81 3 s'c.oek p. M.
The recsipts ~ the custom once yss'
ters.Ay seTe ave cases % ssrthshxsrs
fron Liysrp.,oi. England. FOE Lsoossd
bsoA 4 Go.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
directors u the beard Il trade wiii h
hsid N ths hoard rooms nett Iussday
night