The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-29
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Attendance at the Worlds Fair is con
stantly Increasing.
The pension Department hss stopped pay
lns the s7ss pension ~ Justice Long, OF the
Michigan S-prcme Court. His salary i
1900
vsosernor Markham, of California. has ap-
pointed Ex-Governor George e, Perkins
United States senator to succeed the tate ie-
land Stanford.
NJ. j, Bowling, editor oi the Reuyille, Min
ncsota, Star, man with neither legs or
hands, has heen arrested by order of the VII
laIe rcaech for not working poll tax.
| Siam has agreed to part OF the french de-
mands. hut this is not c>r-,iercd satisfactory.
and the French -.lSfster at Bangkok has been
ordered rs Withdraw. A war may cnsue.
the bulletin OF the American Iron aud
/ Steel Association says the total production of
pig iron for the first half Of 1898 was 3.,D2,4ls
gross tons, showing a decrec.e As com.
\ pared with the first hait OF lsS2 OF 2OG,I06
tons,
A San Francisco paper states that 1overnor
Markham, has dec,icd 10 sapoint Irwin e.
Stump to succeed tho late Senator Strnford.
stump was chairman of the Republican state
commlttrc during the last campaign,
| In purchasing silver buln.r On the 2lst at
| So 10 per ounce, the treasury department paid
a lower price ,nau It has ever paid for the
commesi,y. The highest price paid for silver
J b~l'ion under the sherman law was 81 20 per
ounce.
. special from Topeka says that the Santa
/ Fe management has lust aueNrthcd extensive
/ frauds on that division Of the road included
between Topeka and Chicago. The frauds,
It Ia said, have resulted in loss 70 the road
Of Ct 900 a month.
! On the a5th Goyrrnrr tewclilng, of Kansas.
ordered eleven companies OF militia 10 be
/ ready Tor service on three hours notice. He
I Fears further trouble with coal miners, The
linz
the strikers places.
AT Grand Forks, y. d, a case Of genuine
lcprosy has been discovered 1Se Victim Is
/ q. H. Nelson, 20 years ni' VINO came from
Norway three y.srs ago. DIR. Engstad, OF
that city, called TO investigate the case and
pronounced 1t genuine leprosy.
I Opinion Is general here that Slam rlh fay
In full the indemnity demaedrt by France
1t is doubtful, hew-rrf, that the French
claims TO ter-'tr.y viii be allowed. Much
depends epon the response Of Great Britain
to 'he effort slam is making to gain her moral
or material support.
Notwithstanding the official ienials rf The
Italian government, Of the reports that shol-
era had appeared in itaiN i . Known that
the disease Is prevailing - afCssaudria, cnpi-
tai OF the p.,,virre ~ That name in Piedmont
Ma,g chclefG cases have been reported there
and new cases are OF daily occurrence. The
disease Is not confined 10 Alcssandria Gases
are reported ia number Of place..
The American line -,c-msnip Paris has
broken another re--.ri. She was reported oil
Fire Islnnd Al 4:2a O'Clock this afternoon.
having made the run from Southampton In
six days, nIuc hours and thirty minutes.
This is nearly two hours better thnr ,nc "ec-
ord made by the Hamburg llrc .t--,,iier Fucrsl
Bismark, In April, 1872 tte Paris also hold.
the record between Queenstown aad Nes
York,
ny t.e dcrailment Of Worlds Fair cxcur.
Sion train near Akron, Ohio, on the 2sth
tweniy-one persons were iai1ect; lIrce OF
them fatally The pa"ty was from Washing
ton, II frcrrsls are true the accident was due
tc 10 negligence on the part Of those whose
business II Is 10 keep the track In repair. The
train was going around . sharp curve when
the accident occurred The accident vac dut
to defective ties st this point
At Hastings. Nshrr.ss, Thursday evening.
gang Of snyrhty-fvc men took possession OF
, burlington freight train, and when the con
ductor undertook 20 eject them they resisted
successfully. When the superintendent wac
notified he directed the night yerdiras'cr al
Lincoln to make up special trni- ~ ptsiy:y
box cars and nec'm-'ria.c everybody who
cared I, fidc The train Will be run A. far a,
ire IOWA line. The men claim u come frou
I Denver
] On the twcnty-Erst the pr-ri 'yis ing wheel
of the Memphis eip-t"tt power house exploded
into huSd-e''. ol pieces. tearing up the build,
"s $40 killing Engineer McDermott Instant
ly. The wheel was four feet ucrass ,lnenr
feet in diameter and weighed 2,ieh pehnis. II
became wild and rcoer.sre from some un.
known cause rrNolti ihS a, an Incredible speed,
ard hct'ts Il could be stopped the e-rlas.5n
Resulted from centrifugal for-t.
Hugh Harvey nrd Homer Hansholder, Hjusi
l for the fer oi the thing" shot through
! Nir'Sjw of schaefer's powder magazine neur
huntington. Indiana. rhe shot c>pi1ded
IL r.f
Mantle Harvey ard "ansholicr were both
killed itets". II tho ncIghborhool were
'''d'% by flying bricks, and window.
/ we're broken all over the city, Andrew Her.
/ stog and John Cooley were badly injured b.
l flying bricks,
] So far as the State department is informed
there are no American citizens residing In
Siam except about score of missionaries. II
Is not believed u hc necessary 70 lake any
| special mcmrrcs fas their protection. Tho
] United STAT. has no diplomatic Representa-
I tiVc IN slam. II the welfare Of our ...issiou.
aries should he threatere,., they can seeur,
protection upor application 10 the minister Of
some rttss nation. The commercial interest.
oi the United States arc inslgnidca nt
The guards at shat, NJ, ~, Wier City, Ras.
had pitched battle with mob Of strikrrs at
lOi3o o'clock Monday pisht The mob ap,
proached the iulre tbiStly anil iired into thc
shaft. ncphty Sheriff Grant, who was or
fAtioi guard, returned the fire, and, calling
the other guards, defended the mine against
the mob. Over 100 shots were fired, but mono
OF the guards were Injured. When the mot
saw that the guards were standing theit
ground they fed, II is not known how many
II any, OF the mob were shot
The grand Jury at Washington has found /.
true bill against Crlchel Frederick c. Aims.
WORTH chici 81 the record and pension divis-
nm of the War department; George w Dant,
the contractor employed TO make the cxcava.
Tar sNu.a.. ..N..s Lbs
ert superintendent, and Frank f. sassor, su.
perintendcnt OF the building, holding them
responsible for the old Furd's ,heater disaster
on June 9TH last, In which g persons lost
their lives and large number of others were
injured.
The will of A. j. Drcxel has been offered
for probate. Ills real estate, 1t was stated,
exceeded In value 81 .0O0, 900 and bi. personal
property $1,000, 900. The excess was not stated.
The executors stated ace John Il. Drexel An.
thony J. Drcxcl, lr., George e. Drexel, John
b. Sell, James ". Paul, IT,, George ".
Chllds aud Richard c, Dale. In a codlcil
j. l.. Welch is made co-executor The Ger
man hospital at Philadelphia receives 81. 900, :
600. fund of $1,000, 600 Is established 10
support public art gallery in the city oi
Philadelphia.
Western roads reached an agreement Wed.
ncsdaY evening as to Worlds Fair rates fol
the month Of August. Commencing Angus,
! /, Worlds Fair tickets to Chicago NAV be
sold at one fare for the round trip, plus 50
| provided that the round trip rate from East
81. Louis shall he 50 20, and from St Louis to
Chicago $40. Tickets will be limited TO 30
days. One way rates each way are placed Ms
follows: 81. Louis, $3.50; Missouri River
points, Sl.a5; Denver, Pueblo and Colorado
Springs, Size; Trinidad, sls25; Omaha to
Chicago $50; Chicago 10 Omaha, sT.o5.
The round trip rate TO The Missouri river from
Colorado lie placed at 81 25 and the one W.. =
rate sl2.
The government has begun an investigation
into the immigration Of Chinese al New York
Extensive frauds are charged in the admins
tration OF the Chinese exclusion act and hun
dreds OF Cinnamon nre alleged to have been
smugged in on franlulent certificates, or
genuine certificates ly perjury and false im-
pcrsonatlon. Charges have l,ecn rr ade agains,
these officials. Its charged further list the