The People's friend., 1894-09-14
MISCELLANEOUS.


were reported raging around Bona,
near Alpiers, Africa The smoke was
co dense that the sky was Obscured
over an area of 60 miles. Inc hedl
from the burning forest was excessive
and could be felt as far as Iunls, oe'
tween 70 and 100 miles east.
PARACHUTE, Col, dispatch SAID
cattlemen swooped down upon three
sheep camps on the mesa west OF there
shot and dangerously wounded a
herder named Carl Brown, drove on
the other herders, and ran the sheep
over the cliffs along Roam creek.
THE steamer Portia from Halifax,
which arrived at New York on the 1lth
with the members of the shipwrecked
Cook Arctic expedition of scientists,
among whom was Prof. Dyche, OF the
Kansas university, reported that she
ran into and sank the three-masted
schooner Dora NJ. French miles from
Cuddyhunk lighthouse, causing tne
death of four Of the five men comprls-
inc the schooner's crew. Inc accluen'
occurred in a dense fog.
WHILE attempting to cross the track
ahead of the north-bOund express
train at Putnam, n. Y, Mr.. and Mrs.
Orson Higgins, of Benson, VT, were
Instantly killed, and little girl, Mary
Manley, was fatally injured.
} THE Oklahoma supreme court mas
declared that no city or county hao tne
rioht to make contracts or issue scrip
or bonds prior to the making OF the
; reUular tax assessment. This makes
} All the scrip issued by every city ano
t countv in Oklahoma the first tve OF
e six months Of their existence illegal
o and will cause banks and speculator'
Who have bought up such scrip to lose
. S225. 900 or more.
9 AT the G. A. r. encampment al rioOs
burrh. Pa, on the 10th the naval VeIer
:, ans paraded. They numbered l,oOo an
= were led by Rear Adm. Osborn. Man
reunions were held during the day o
members of the different regiments.
: A COLLISION occurred late on tn
= ,,;rb+ If +he.Sth between two frelgh
=. trains in the Hoosac tunnel, near Mort
= Adams. Mass. Both trains were badl
y wrecked. Two men were killed ou
- right and three seriously injured
- Ir is reported that Judge Depew,
- +he Newark. n. j., circuit court WI
- charge the grand jury to thorough
investigate the circumstances OF u
,le s;x-round bout between Corbett ar
an Courtney in Edison's laboratory
le- Orange recently, and that he Will
It's struct the finding of an indlctmel
ot- against principals and spectators
90 published reports of the fight be tru
no THE great camp of the knights
ch the Maccabees will hold its annu
lis meeting at Lansing, Mich, CONNER
re- ING the 10th. The delegates TO I
nv GREAT camp number 900. Action
at probably be taken to reduce this DO
TO in the future by organizing forty q
Rae tricts. from which delegates TO
ub, great camp will be elected.
THE British warship Ringaroon
eight guns, a twin screw cruiser
hat 575 tons and 1000 horsepower,
in +a;led for service in Australian waite
vn. was reported ashore on reef on Ms
5 of colo island. New Hebrides, on the
500 THE death list by the terrible Tor
nd. fres in Minnesota has been lncrea
by hv AT least twentythree Chippewa
ndi. dians. who perished between FoAe
rop ma and Homestead. They were ou'
ces- q hunting expedition.
i'm Fo1rR lives were lost IN nre
lere h~olxe ont in a house at kamarous
ing Quo on the 7th The violence o1
fire IND carried the flames to the aoJ'
au- ING houses, three Of wtllcn "ei0
sumed.