The Progress., 1894-11-10

case the Chinese were repulsed with
q loss Of sixty men.
The American board of commission
ers of foreign missions at boston,
Mass, received cable message from
Turkey reporting a great fire at Had
lin, by which 20O0 people were rem
dered homeless.
Jacob Swartz, a laborer employed
on the stock farm of G. II. Cook, at
Belle Meade, n. D., was crushed and
gored beyond all human semblance
by an Infatuated Holstein bull, one
night recently.
The steamer Tonnes struck crow
rock near Milford Haven, Conn, one
night recently. Twenty-one men in
Guiding the captain and officers were
drowned. Seven of the crew were
saved.
President Cleveland's candidate Tor
senator from Georgia, Henry &. Iur-
ner, was defeated by the free silver
man, o. A Bacon, 90 to -. Senator
Walsh was renominated for the short
term.
The shah of Persia is the owner OF
Shetland pony which is only twelve
inches in height, two inches smaller
than the famous miniature equine
Belonging to Baroness Burdett Coutts.
A special dispatch from Shanghai
says the young empress OF emma mas
committed suicide. She was rebuked
by the emperor, who slapped her face,
whereupon she took poison.
The special correspondent OF a New
York paper, in Japan cables that
England has promised Corea's King
that she will help him If he will give
her Port Hamilton.
Miss Mary Ziebold, St. Louis girl
who gas been studying at Milan, Italy
made her debut there recently as a
public singer and scored most pro-
bounced hit.
There was a disastrous fire in South
Omaha, Neb., recently which cost the
lives of two men and loss of prop
erty estimated at about $500, 900.
At Buffalo, N. Y, recently, without
known provocation. William Gipp shot
his mother to death and fatally wound
ed his father, at their home.
During the campaign, j. Milton
Turner, a coIored Democratic orator.
who attempted to speak in Indiana,
was stoned from the stand
It is rumored that Gen. Doe, OF
Evansville, Wis, may be appointed
Judge advocate general of the United
States army.
A Newark, N. j., peddler, profess
ing to doctor q horse, tortured it tc
death by pouring oil on it and setting
it on fire.
At Tangier, Ind, recently, William
w. McCord, merchant, killed {
burglar and was himself dangerously
wounded.
1t is reported that III persons per
ished by tho wrecking recently of th'
steamer Wairapa on the coast of New
Seland.
Benjamin Merritt, OF Sawyer, Neb.
Democratic candidate for representa-
tive, was murdered near Atlantic
Iowa.
An effort was recently made to ar
rest President Cleveland for an allege
violation OF the Maryland game laws
Unknown robbers at Saylor Springs
H., tortured an old farmer with fir
in an effort to get his hidden money
:, I"' Two members OF the notoriou
Cook gang of train robbers wer
captured by citizens of Gushing, 0. !
People of Oskaloosa, a., are niue
excited over the appearance of a
alleged ghost which defies capture.
The dividends of ono national ban
in the city of Philadelphia for tn
month of September was s625,oO0
Denver, COL, has "Dick, tn
choker." Two unfortunate wome
, have been choked to death so far
, Recently three masked men hel
up train in Mississippi, but got oul
s. worth Of cheap jewelry.
Western railroads have decided
fight the matter of absorbing shi
ping charges in the courts.
Silver Spring,a coasting vessel, hs
been wrecked near San Francisc
: Cal. No lives lost.
Unknown ghouls recently robbie
9 graves in the ancient cemetery
i Wethersfield, Conn.
4 Bank clearings for the week sho
q very heavy gains in the southern ire
producing centers.
g Sixteen persons persisted in a hot
e that was destroyed by fire recently
j Seattle, Wash.
II The necessary naval appropriation
> for next year are estimated at near
' $3l, 900, 600.