The Bessemer indicator., 1893-09-16
IcIcsrsphic Brevitiea
Prince Bismarck is quite III.

A tre at Pullman, Ill, on the llth, de-
stroyed lumber valued at $3.50, 900.
Richard NJ. Hooley, the well-lnown theAt-
! rlcal man, died IN Chicago on the sth.
President Cleveland has appointed Albert
! S. Willis OF kentucky as minister to Hawaii.
Barrett Scott the Nebraska county treasurer
who stole Sl04 ,eoc has been arrested In Mc1l-
! Thirteen passengers were killed In an accl-
/ dent on the Boston Il Albany railroad Thurs
day.
The secretary OF the Treasury purchased
I 10000 ounces ~ snNet On the 18th at
! s0.'54c
EA-sserctary OF state Hamilton Fish died
al Garrison, New York, on the sth, He was
! IS years old
Italy is said 70 have ceded an Island In The
| Mediterranean to Germany, and the latter
will fortify it,
The New York banks report that currency
/ II plentiful now aud they are paying all
] checks presented,
1t ha, been discovered that much property
has been stolen from the Kansas state insane
! asylum at Topeka.
| School trustees OF Indiana defy the attor-
ney general They will not turn over certain
surplus school funds
The Adams express Office ut Akron, Ohio,
was entered by burglars the other night and
the safe robbed Of sI 900.
Mr., c Thomas Saws the repeal bill will
I be passed by the Senate before October 10TH
l by majority Of from TO &
The Kansas State bank commissioner has
! closed the Bank Of Jennings, Decatur county.
! Its capital stock WAS S5O,O
| There is au epidemic OF typho.l fever rag
! Ing IN the state prison ut Frankfort Ken
] lucky. Several convcts have died
General A. J Warner The president Of the
! B-metallic League, has decided 10 enter the
Virginia campaign on behalf OF silver
The yacht NiSllant has won the local races
at New York which entities her 10 the honor Of
defending the American cup against British
boats.
Cholera is appearing at various points in
| England, A chnrwomnu who was employed
at the House OF Parliament has died Of the
disease.
Adyices from Johannesburg state that the
output Of gold from the Transvaal mines for
| August was l9b,Ots ounces, the highest out
put by $500 ounces from that locality,
The miners in the Boringe district, In the
! province of Hanault. Belgium, have voted to
go out on strike Immediately unless their
wages are raised. Vast numbers OF people
are Involved in the proposed strike.
Reports from the borders OF the Cherokee
! Strip on the 18th state that the heat was ter
| rible aud that many OF the men in line were
! stricken with sunstroke and several died
! The wOuld-be homestenders arc enduring
| great hardshlps
]
/ serious, a- large proportion OF the ileet haz
| turned on the govern ment No dispatches
/ are permitted to be sent out but Il Is stated on
| good authority that Rio de Ianeiro was bonn
/ bar1ed on the 18th
The foreign Office at Berlin isinformed that
the Chinese government is preparing protest
10 present at Paris against France. new ag-
aressl0us In siam. and has given order, that
the Chinese squadron OF lronclSus be ready to
sail at a moments notice
Adyices received from Belgian officer CON
firm the story OF Emln Pa.hu's death The
Belgian officer says he has found Emln Pa
-has journal, ana that he has obtained pos
session Of the dead explorers botanical col
lection, and thirty tons Of ivory
Riots are reported from a number of Eng
li-h coal mining towns Miners appear to be
frenzied and are destroying the collieries and
other property. Large forces uf soldiers are
being sent to these places 10 aid In preserv-
ing order. The Welsh miners are returning
10 work which Is an encouraging sign,
a correspondent III Rome says the Vatican
IS about to opeu an inquiry Of the most search
ing character into the latest opposition 10
Mag Satnlli IN the Dnteh States, an opposi-
ton with ramlfyiug Influences extending to
Rome itself The Vatican has resolved to act
with the greatest energy Ia the matter
Attorney General Oluey has instructed Uni
| ted States marEhals to take no further steps
for the enforcement Of he Geary law pending
from Washington These instructions do uot
apply however 70 The Chinese already In pro-
grcss Of deportation by due process Of the law
board OF trade convention was held In
Washington on the ETH II was cut and
dried affair arranged for urging the repeal OF
the sherman law. Less than 200 were present
The convention wA- given a rtirr Ing up by l.Afe
Pence and ex-senator y. r lliu, but the re-
suit was not noticeable In the vote on repeal
A letter has been received from Explorer
Nanscu, dated aboard the ship LTSm, ai
CharabUwa August 9 1898 aud Is the last
letter written by him before hi- vessel wa.
caught In the Ice. In The communication he
hopes that the ice when Is then evidently
closing around him, will drift him across the
polar regions. The letter also describes his
eyeniful journey since June ]. aul outlines
his future programme
The statement IS nov made that Austin
Corbin heads the syndicate OF capitalists who
are willing TO put 50 10000 lnto the project
Of giving New Y ork system of underground
railways II T. also -aid Corbln contemplates
another tunnel from Jer-ry Clty TO Brooklyn
with shaft At the Battery. In the end
there would be complete system of under
ground works, Involving an expense of at
least 100000 ,OOU.
The Hughes cpurt-martn al Topeka
handed down a verdict Of guilty Monday
morning. Colonel Hughes is dlshunorably
discharged from the military service of the
state. lie + found guilty on all charges but
Two, these being carrying news to the enc
l my pnd speaking words Of cncOuragcmcnt
| to the enemy the enemy mentioned in
/ these charges being the Republican House pf
/ Representative.
] Ia letter to Robert Eysrctt. Liberal mem-
/ bcrof Parliament. Sir William llatcOurt cr-
] tinguishes The last hope Df The bimctallsts a.
4 To The rcas-emhliug nf The BruS-rl, Monetary
d Conference although the government Is
] willing 10 consider The proposal. Of other
] States 80 he wrote, "ihey viii not encourage
expectations which tney are unlikely TO fll-
/ I'LL" Sir William adheres also 70 his former
declaration that any Interference with the
! single standard as now established In
/ England Is open to the grayest Of objections.
/ Nr Gladstone was publicly insulted while
attending church at Flalrgowle last Saturday
/ The Rev. Frederick Davies who was to preach
! the sermnn, publicly lnsulted Mr.. Gladstone
By refusing to shake hands with the yener-
/ able statesman before the service,
In addition, during his sermon the clergy
man vehemently condemned the people pre-
/ sent for. as he claimed, coming TO church for
| an unworthy motive. to worship creature
| rather than the Creator. The remarks Of the
Rev Frederick Dayie, caused much indigna-
! tIon among the majority Of those present,
Damage to the United states cruiser At
lanta. through the disregard Of some officers
of the navy for the regulations governing the
care and preservation Of ships, will cost the
government 800, 900 900 and deprive it Of the
services Of that vessel for over seven months.
4 detailed report o! the work necessary to
put the ship In condition, including the
water-tlght compartment doors, which were
allowed TO rust to prevent them closing,
and for which no one seemingly can be held
responsible for their disgraceful state, shows
hat over 10000 will have been used when
she Is again ready for service Entire new
decks will be put in and the greater part of
the machinery will require attention.
The new conditions presented by France to
the Slamese government have been made pub
lie. The most important article i the twelfth,
which is so drawn up RS TO evade the most
favored-nation clause contained In Slams
treaties with other countries. At the last CON
fercence between VI. Deyilers and Sanese
ministers the French rcprese eutatIyrs failing