The Bessemer indicator., 1894-05-12

Mayor Hopkins has announced hi
intention to nominate President Har
per of the Chicago University to fill
vacancy on the city school board. Th
idea of the mayor is to establish
close connection between the publi
school system of the city and the uni
versity. DR.. Harper has intimatet
that he will accept.
The State National bank at Wichita
Kansas, closed its doors on the eth
At the close of business Saturday thu
deposits amounted to S207 900, anc
the assets to nearly 800, 900. 1t il
the general belief that the depo.itorl
are quite safe. From the best infor
nation obtainable the suspension i,
due to trouble among the stockhold
ers.
The noted Kaba Rega, king of the
African tribe of Unyora, has been de.
feated by British forces. They estab.
| lished a chain of forts from the Alber,
Nyanza, on the banks of which Kaba
Rega's headquarters were situated, to
Uganda. 1t is expected that the sue.
cess of the expedition will prove Q
deathblow to the slave trade of this
region and will bring Arab influence to
an end.
An explosion, the fourth within a
year, took place Monday afternoon at
the Cordite works, near Waltham Alb
bey, thirteen miles from London
Thousands of jars of nitrate and sui
phuric acid were in some unexplained
manner exploded Four persons were
killed and thirty injured. Most Of the
persons injured were struck by falling
glass and debris. Their injuries in
most cases were slight. Portions Of
the bodies of the four men killed were
found at great distance from the spot
where the shed was located.
Advices have reached Berlin from
Stephanie, town in the governme Mt
Of VolhyuiH, Russia, showing that
the whole village has been destroyed
by FIRE, The chimney of one of the
houses caught fire during high wind,
and the sparks were carried to the
roofs of other houses, setting fire to
them. The flames spread with great
rapidity and the place being very def
cient as regards means for fighting fire,
little could be done. A terrible wind
storm afterwards completed the ruin
On April 23rd a party of sever
tourists entered the wonderful stalac
tite cavern at Sauraich, Austria. Ow
ing to sudden rise .'of water, tn,
mouth of the cavern was shut up, anc
was afterwards blocked by timbers anc
stones. Efforts to rescue the party
were for time Intellectual The gov
ernment then sent engineers to releas,
them, and, after long delay and exer
tion, they finally succeeded. Thi
was accomplished by blasting with dy
Mantle. A diver got into the caverr
on the 9TH and found the party alive
and later they were rescued They
fortunately took with them large
supply of food, They came out great
ly reduced
There was a terrible riot at Scottdale
Pennsylvania, on the 4th, between
lot Of Polish men and women and thu
men at the Mcclure coke works. Tn,
fight was started by a lot of Polisl
women, who attacked the works anc
tried to drive the workmen away
They were armed with all sorts o
weapons and fought like furies Ever,
person in the assaulting party hat
some sort of striking weapon, ever
| the children, screaming as they -four
| ished sticks suitable to their size
Many of the women bore axes, anc
some of the men of the mob carried
ball bats and hatchets Deputy Whit
was the first at the yard, on whom ;
blow fell Mrs. Sconesky bore a clul
and her husband welded an ak Dep
uty White and another man were Sc
verely beaten and are in the hospital
In the course of the battle severa
Poles we're shot. There is prospect
of more trouble.
The Supreme Court of South Caro-
lima has declared that there is no law
allowing the issuing Of liquor licenses
and that it is contrary to law to sell
without license. Therefore the state
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