The Bessemer indicator., 1893-09-30
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nj once with the conditions OF the treaty,
ST Joseph, Missouri suffered from 81 900,
0OO lire on the 25th, and the hre department
had TO work hard To save the business portion
of the city
Four steamers OF the Belgian Anti-slavery
society have been lost on Lake Ianganyika
Central Africa, which greatly hampers the
work of the society.
By the carelessnes. OF mine foreman an
explosion of gas caused in Plymouth
mine at Wnkesbarre, Pennsylvania, on the
2lst, In which dye were killed and six ia
lured.
The English yacht valkyrlc, which comes
TO compete with our crack vessels, arrived at
New York on the 22nd after being out thirty
two days. She experienced continues.
storms.
The anarchists at New York have been
making threats against the Fifth Avenue mill
lionaires and The latter are hiring large num-
hcrs of special watchmen to guard against
bombs
Governor West, of Utah, has declined the
Invitation to send delegates to the meeting of
the Pan-American Bimetallie Association TO
be held at ST, Louis. He thinks IL might do
more harm than good
Archbishop ireland says that the Earl
bault plan for partial union OF Catholic and
public schools has not been abandoned Ia
Ninne7ota, although IL has been suspended in
the town OF Faribault itself,
1t is reported tha: the Haytlcn war ship
Alessaudre Petlon suddenly sank near Hayti
on the 9Th Of September, aud that a'l but one
on board, numbering eighty, %ere lost, The
cause is unknown, She was a new vessel.
President Bonney chief OF the worlds fair
congress auxiliary, has refused TO allow the
international congress OF fre.-thlnkers the
use Of the art institute The frce-thinkers
have secured another hsll however, and VIII
meet October |.
The United States fishery steamer Albatross
arrived at Victoria British Columbia. on the
2+th. She reports having made deep sea
soundings of the coast OF Alaska, reaching a
depth of $500 fathous, the creates, depte
ever reached.
meeting Of the American Protestant As
sociation at Kansas City ended in a fight As
the members reached the street they were at
tackled by a crowd of Catholics In the fght
which followed several were hurt ard num-
her Of arrests made
James j, Corbctt, the pugllst, signed the
formal articles OF agreement at Asbury park
Monday morning to fight Charles Mitchell,
the English champion, before the Coney Is.
land club sometime in December Mitchell
had already signed the articles
John NJ. washburn, treasurer OF the Old
Colony railroad, with headquarters In Boston,
has been found to be defaulter 10 a large
sum. He has been stealing for several years
in order. to speculate. He has been treasurer
OF the company for thirty years.
dispatch from Rome says that the Vatican
has dispatched note to the powers protest
ing against allowing Free M,sous TO cstab-
lish grand lodge in the Borghese palace
which formerly belonged to the pope, This
Installation Is declared to be a direct insult to
the Vatican.
The recent train robberles at Kendallville,
Indiana, apd Hallack, Michigan, have
aroused the Canadian express companies TO Il
lively sense OF the dangers thai threaten
that side of the border. It has been decided
10 arm crews on every express train with
Winchester rifles.
Six robbers attempted to hold up express
train No. on the Kansas City, st Joe *
Council Bluffs road, one mile north of ST.
Joe at ! o'clock Monday morning, The rail-
road officials had wind of IT and sent out an
exact duplicate of train No. loaded with
policemen. Two robbers were Killed, three
captured and one escaped,
The st atement Of the New York banks for
week ending September 23rd shows the fol-
lowing changes; Reserve, Increase, 81 00S,-
$50; loans, decrease, s735, ,200 specie, in-
crease. g, sos, 200; legal tender, increa.e, So
lation, increase, fss6,100 The banks now
hold Sl' ,609 95l in excess of the requirements
OF the % per cent. rule.
In the District court at Wichita, Kansas,
Judge Reed has declared the eight.hour law
unconstitutional. Judge Reed is the first dis
trict judge to pass on this act. He holds the
law contrary to both the state and federal
constitutions, and declares 1t q restraint upon
the liberty of action. Claims asgregating
hundreds OF thousands of dollars for overtime
under this act are pending In every county
and city In the state.
The suffering of the Cherokee Strip set
tiers from the recent drought and lack OF wa
ter was relieved Thursday night by a copious
shower OF rain The rain Will at once relieve
the water fhmluc, lay the dust md prevent
The recurrence of the fearful sand storms of
the past two weeks, besides putting the
ground in condition for the pillow. The rain
began falling at ) O'Clock and eontiuued for
six hours.
For the first time a speaker in the parlia-
ment Of religions was interrupted Wednes-
day by those in attendance who took eYcep-
tlons to what he was saying, Mohummed
Webb the English convert to Islam, raised
storm by attempting 10 defend polygamy.
the subject In despair. In the yells OF pro-
test many female voices could be plainly
leard above the din.
A disastrous prairie fire occurred In the
western part Of the Cherokee strip Wednes-
lay, and scores of settlers lost their property
and narrowly escaped with thclr lives. Mrs.
j. 5. Kennedy and two children were badly
burned. John Baker and a Mr.. Thomas and
family were burned TO death. Two children
of Mrs. George Harrison are missing and It is
feared that they also pershed. Mr.. Thomp-
son and two children were fatally burned
Most Of the men were absent at the land of
fee to file on the claims, and the women and
children struggled against the fire alone.
The intimate friends of Prince Bismarck
say that the old statesman was greatly pleased
and touched with receiving the emperor's
message of sympathy aud the oi'er OF n resi-
dcnce in the imperial castle, and Is most warm
IN his expressions Of appreciation OF the
kalscr's generosity. The emperors telegram
10 the ex-chsncellor is discussed everywhere.
Nothing that the emperor has done since his
accession TO the throne has contributed so
much TO his popularity as has this recognition
of the man who did so much for the building
up of the empire.
Senator Wolcott is daily In receipt Of let
tcrs from various parts Of Colorado urging
him to push the bill he recently Introduced
to extend for one year the assessment on
mining work. He has been doing this most
earnestly In committee and expects TO have
favorable report made to the Senate within a
few days. Mr.. Wolcotrs bill provides that
the provisions OF section 2,334 OF the revised
statutes, which requires that on each claim
located after May 10, ls12, and until patent
shall issue therefor, not less than 500 worth
of labor shall be performed i'm proycmcnts
made each year, be suspended for the term OF
twelve months from the time when such work
and labor should he completed under the pro-
visions OF that section, and that the further
provision that on all claims located prior to
May 10, 1879, $40 worth of labor shall be per
formed or improvements made by June 10.
1874, and each year thereafter, for each 100
feet In length along the vein until u patent
has been issued therefor, be suspended for
the term Of one year from June 10, 1898.
senator Don Cameron on Monday broke his
usual silence and delivered a short speech on
the financial question. II was a rem arkable
speech, coming. as IL DID. from . man who
rarely makes speech aud when he does can
scarcely be heard in the galleries. The
speech was a succession Of ter-c, logical SEN
tences favoring the free coinage Of American
silver and the levying of small duty on the
impo products Mr. Cameron said his
state was opposed to anything that would
harm other5 and believed in the building up
policy rather than the policy of disruption.
For that reason he could not vote for any