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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-11-30
Port Arthur EnIIa-

Dispatches have been received at Che
Fvo stating that the japanese captured
Port Arthur on Wednesday, after eigh-
teen hours fighting. The japanese fleet
did not take part in the engagement,
though the torpedo boats attached to the
feet did. The japanese are now leaving
Port Arthur.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-11-30
Seven Fircmcn Hurt.

Seven firemen were injured, three of
them seriously. while working at a fire
Friday night in the Chicago lumber dis
trict. The men were i'm an alley sur
rounded by blazing piles when one of the
piles toppled over on them.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-11-30
IRON TO HAVE A BOOM
ENGIAND'S SUPPLY is NEARLY
GONE.

Treasury Nets Big Premium for the
New Bonds-Probing the Kicks RuI-
ings-Resurrection of an Old Penn
syIvania Law Turks Indignant.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-11-30
Roupbt Religious Paintings.

Bishop Keane has purchased for the
Baltimore Catholic University the colec-
ton of religious paintings by Italian ar
fists which were on exhibition at the
Worlds Fair. They were collected from
the descendants of old families of Italy
and blood connections of pontiffs and no.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-11-30
Car Barns DESTROYED.

Fire broke out in the barns of the Al
legheny, Pa, Traction Company. Forty
nine horses, seven horse cars and seven
electric ears were burned. Three dwell
ings adjoining were also destroyed. The
entire loss is about $4,000.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-11-30
Dark plot Laid I'm Chilli.

A secret pamphlet is being circulated
in Chill against the conversion scheme,
and calling the people to arms. The min
listers are advising Montt TO resign.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-11-30
Cattle Plague Breaks Ont.

The foot-and-mouth disease has broken
out among cattle at Falmouth and Sit
tingbourne England and the Board of
Agriculture have been notified of its ex-
istence
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-11-30

Miss Stevenson. daughter of the Vice
President passed a restful day Sunday
at Asheville, n. c., and is slightly inn
proving.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-11-30
New Minister TO Washington.

The bundesrath has appointed DIR.
Pioda Won Locarns to be Swiss minister
TO Washington. He is now councillor of
the Swiss legation at Rome.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-11-30
Chicago Man Donates $4,000.

The Board of Trustees of Fargo, y. D.,
College accepted Il cash donation of $50
600 toward an endowment fund of 5000
600 from DIR. ID. *. Pearsons, of Chi
cago, conditioned upon its raising $780,
600 i'm addition. The institution is now
running, and has fine building and
.rrnnnha
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-11-30
No CauI,Iinu Pcrmittcd,

Business men of Denver petitioned the
Governor and chief of police to permit
the gambling rooms to run under restric-
tions by the police. but the request was
denied.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-11-30
Rev. X. Kelley Falls Dead.

Rev. II. Kelley, hero of two wars, local
preacher, twice sheriff of Brown county.
aged 7S, fell from his horse dead on the
roadway at Nashville, Ind.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-11-30
Biggest Wind in Twenty Years.

The most terrific and destructive wind
storm known in Dunkirk, y. Y, in TWEEN
~ years prevailed all Tuesday night, do
ing great damage throughout the entire
section.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-04

satisfactorily. Besides the Elk stations
FROM which alarms eau be seut from
different parh q the city thcfu De- n boil
lu the chiuis house and cue also lu tlU
round house at tue shops. When ru
alarm ~ turned tn the fire bell nu1
these gongs are sounded sud On iu Iioa.
tor ut the city ball SHOVE from VIVA.
district the alarm c0mes. Tho 'iremau
ami the c0u1Ciimen are poi VOL .l.HH.I
with the system that there be- tllk Ui
having nu UuunCiatnr ui cHd Bon tho
uuw boss huusu H1 that thu location OF
the Gre will Dee registered there a8 we'll
as at thu c,iy hlll.
On saturday night O. stranger walked
iutO w. j. -tovuualu's Jaw tnleH It
E.1ampn, Mont, uud orlpfcI ,hp law .
yer o. wutu $40 lli iuvit, ine substance
u which wa, that tnr stranger, who
gave The name of lt.bpTt button, was
guilty 20 ihg murder Of au oiI farmer
aui ME wi.c 10 Bump'Uu, near 20
routHi Canada, Iast fall such n muir.
der was committed ut the timo men.
tlotcl AMI a man named MgWhirfel
is under s.uieucl u' death or .he
crime DItnu explained that he
mHlu Goo at.l ayitt1 Euup uu innocent
muu itGm being hanged. after slEr-
ins iu, paper hr backed cut % the
lawyers Office, ordered him 20 Keep
hA mouth thut Tor % limo anu disnr'
puNtDd. Stevenson turUui the paper
over l0 ihu officers md Ravca drscfil.
ion 90 Duit0u, but hucaunpt be- found.
~igvcnsuu b. a min OF good standing
aud thU officers are convinced that hr
bal tuch n visitor as Dee reported, but
10 not know what 10 make OF the cnsu.
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90 save MuWhirro', 1r tUo fellow my
have told The truth.
a story b. being tod in the r. rs
house 90 Hnl FmuUINC9, says tic
Chronicle, 90 the sudden dlupp.uHuDc
OF guest The muus ulWp Do q.
Dtscumu anu hc registered from NrF
York up1u his arrival ni thu bot .u
tho llth uf lBst month. SOM what
over week ago Detective 5iivoy called
at tho i,ubs house nuui uisivuwuu ME
Desclmh. He had with him 81 photo.
graph anu 20 letter lI1W "a woman iu
New JufHuy iu which che Offered 500
reward Cor amy luiUrmati0u respecting
the Whereabouts Ui uur husband,
DgcJmu WIS permitted 90 ttu tur
PINOT graph and was uHbCd % 10 we hut
nu0u Likeness Of bimsuiI lie ipH.iud
that hu did not think 10 waf, aud us.
serted that Dee was business man OF
New York aad had no vito iu Sew
jersey. Teen ME siiyey went outside
TO convince himself that ho hnu found
tho fiyht muu, nui " en- hv returned
Mr. DrComh was misdug. Ten jays
have now elapsed ans DrU1mu is slill
atfvuL iu forgot 90 take Two vulis,a,
two pl,U Uith.ub q hat ana un um.
hrUlla With him,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-04

And boz accordance with Jaw cod tHe Crirr ROO
hn uoHf1 ~ uT .iIu made au Goo -gfuun
rafrsl of suu.s q. maF Ug nrH,HHarT, uII Uu
cold ut Ono once ~ Goo Secretary go tun.utl
ton uuUlInE Hat iukr coy, iuH. uu Mon
COY, tHr fourth daY "f u1'gm.er L.ai D.
u. tu UHF tnU delinquent Hurff UrHi, together
WIN mo 'otH o.. hifeifia..HE .ul gslgn.g OF
once room lI uoututul0a ua.IIug. salt
lltu cts. luH.
At a meeting Of ho board Of directors af
tNU HtrIUT Mining HuT mII IuH COMPANY N".I
ut ihr Iih ls1 "I sos mNcft I.'. IN" dHir .Nf
uuiWe 0.a iat 70 ut.aH1er $50, at4'p. ia.,
" y. HEAriE. secretary.
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y. lir1 ihr 10 Doc, l,n'. IHg u1'r fgr iho Hlio
Ni tIo above tlu"a WHa .HfHHurI until tNu
h dlg ~ January iai az ppm, % tie
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uI aIHtrftHr. $50. postponed until Ihc lst
1HF of March, l-3s 90 .t m. 90 uc above
W. uTAriE.
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-04

Manufacturer and doalor In all kinds
Of Metallic. Wood and Cloth Covered
Collins and Caskots.
Fun limo Of CONN Furnhhiugs lop,
constantly on hand.
Telephone and telegraph e-lors
promptly hllod.
open Day and Night.
Factory aud WNrorooms No. 2S3 i. lst
R0uIh, - blocks cas-. OF heutoE
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-04

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-04

ahHrmltof. E % Matthew. aHd Van
lha''iy Corporation, ncfcudlut
THo People of Ho Territory Of Uah send
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ui bln, 90 t1 answer iln complaint u.ti
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defendant smith 90 UlatHun 60 have claims -
defendants declared junior and interior TO
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closed ana saii promises sold, anu proceeds
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plil uaIluru and Tor other relief
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4uHtc required thu aaId pIaInun will arply N
the court Tor tho roliof demanded thurcin a
witness tho Hen samuel A. Merritt, Judge,
and tHu zeal OF Tie district courtaf
tNr Third Judicial District in and
IsTkL Tor thO Territory ut tuU. thH Ia
uIY OF March, In the yuHr.st oas
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and ninety FOUR
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-04

ATuIiHT TUrI.N hHN IfI1NgI iHI orr.
gu"HH. .H"m.H. 'UEIU|uH I.. ....ut. 1EHf
October I. I.. H.tt.H. ....Uit 100 u.nu lH
on. HHfu.. ui uu REFLECTIVE rHHIuuII'grH as
IatHEH.
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SUMMONS.


thc District Court, in and fdr tlo Third ju.
uIriHI uIHfu"tuf lfHh rrnuorY, County
of sails Lake
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Do tIc District r0uHIIH HHI for dc TtIri Judi
ylI Distinct uf ltHH Territory
County Hf suIt Lake.
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PILLS.

For sale bY an Drurrifis Price - per bort
buErs Tor o,r Or aea BY rail, postage frrt.oa
rocuipt Of pras. DILL sclsnek a aaa. pnild's
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il ua Probate Court 90 ant Tor san I..l.
County. Il.IHrr ui Utah.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-04

40 af..Unu.HuU be- made,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09
such fury and robbed brave Lieutenant
John McGinn of his life.
More Fiery Ruin.

such fury and robbed brave Lieutenant
John McGinn of his life.
More Fiery Ruin.
On Thursday night at about the same
hour and for the second time within
twenty-four hours the Blue Island ave
nue. lumber district was swept by a
maelstrom' of fire, and but for the favor
able direction of the wind the loss
would have teen even greater than
that of the previous night.
Engines were responding to an alarm
of fire on West Van Buren, street
shortly after o'clock when a watch
man for the Mclean Cedar Post Com
pany at Ashland avenue and the west
branch of the river saw flames shoot
ing up between two piles OF lumber in
the yards of the John Spry Lumt er
Company. Second and third a a'arms
had already been sent in for the West
Size fire. aud when the box at the Ash
land avenue bridge was pulled By Nc
Beans watchman il created consterna-
tion at fire alarm Headquarters.
Ten minutes later second call for
engines came from the lumber dis
trict and this was soon followed by a
third call.
Special calls were now being turned
in by Chief Swenie for the fire In Van
Buren, street. as the blaze threatened TO
sweep large portion of the West Side.
Special calls were coming in to head
quarters from the lumber district and
the West Side fires at the same time.
In less than an hour from the time OF the
discovery OF the fire In the lumber-yard
thirty engine companies and five hook
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

81, 500, 900. Three men were killed and
eight others injured during the prog
ress of the fire. Chief Swenie was
obliged to call out fifty engines and
both fire-boats, the largest force ever
employed at a fire in any city in the
world. The wind, which at times was
almost a hurricane, scattered the blaz-
ing embers in all directions and added
greatly to the difficulty of fighting the
flames. 1t was only by the greatest
efforts that the flames were prevented
from crossing the river and extending
into the residence district.
According to Chicago dispatch the
300 acres lying between Hoyne avenue
on the west, Ashland avenue on the
east, Blue Island avenue on the north
and the Chicago River on the south
are desolation, desert OF ashes ana
blackered embers. Wednesday this
space resounded with the hum of in-
dustry. Whirring machinery filed the
air with its noises, some 3,0OJ men were
the ground and at the docks lay
few smoldering heaps Of char
coal are ali that remain of
the millions of feet of lumber. Broken
and twisted cogwheels and shafting in
closed by crumbled brick walls mark
the sites of the big mills and manufac-
tories, and the ships are gone. OF the
long trains of railroad cars that stood
on the tracks in this great area, only
the wheels and axles remain. Every
thing combustible perished in the
flames that swept with bosom of de-
struction this busy spot.
Seldom has property been so COM
pletely annihilated. Acres of the
burnt district are entil ely bare, except
for the deep carpet of hot ashes that
covers them. The largest lumber piles
were reduced to small hummocks OF
blazing charcoal, on which the worm
out firemen threw streams OF water all
day Thursday. In one OF the canals
lay the fireboat Geys er, almost wreck.
Every pane of glass in her upper
works was b.cken and the wood at her
sides was scorched and blacked by the
flames that beat over the vessel with
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

days work was offered in the Senate
by Mr.. George.
PADDY DALTON, an ex-prize fighter
and well known In variety circles,
dropped dead at Denver, Col, from
heart disease.
IN letter to Col. Sexton Gov. Alt
geld censures the rigid discipline at
the Soldiers Home in Quincy and says
it must be modified.
CLYDE earrings, a 12-year-o'd boy OF
Reynolds, Ind, fell between the cars OF
train on which he was trying to steal
ride and was cut in two.
EMMA FABER, aged 20, Mary Faber,
aged Is, and Dorothy Faber, aged 4,
were drowned while bathing in Sproat
Lake, near Nanaimo, B. G.
THE call has been issued for the
quarter centennial convention OF North
American bee-keepers, to be held at
st. Joseph, Mo-, Oct. IL, IL and Is
A RESOLUTION directing investiga-
tion of the charges made by exhibitors
against the Worlds Fair Committee on
Awards was referred in the Senate.
Gov. STONE has asked Senator
George to investigate the claim OF
Chief Hazen that the special warrants
being issued by Mississippi violate the
law rgainst counterfeiting.
THOMAS HANLoN. 20 years of age,
once wealthy and influential broker,
but recently an employee OF the CASH
ier's Office of the Mutual Lie Insur-
ance Company, committed suicide at
his home by shooting himself In the
head and left breast
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

Chinese navy. Their loss will seriously
cripple China on the water and materi-
ally increase Japan's advantage. A
harder blow could hard Y have been
Ndealt China in a single battle than the
destruction of their two cruisers and
= the. big warship Chin -Yuen. The loss
of life is insignificant compared to it,
Z although that was severe for a naval
battle.
&The Chen Yuen was G battle-ship OF
6,400 tons displacement, carrying l4t
inches compound armor at the water
line. Her battery included four p
inch guns, protected by an armor
breastwork, and two smaller Krupps
She was also furnished with eleven
Hotchkiss cannon and tubes for White
head torpedoes. In addition, the Chen
Yuen had two 8t-inch and 6-inch
Krupps in her main battery and a Sec
ondary battery of Hotchkiss revolving
cannon. The Chen Yuen was built for
China at the Stettin Works. She was
a sister ship of the Ting Yuen and was
the most powerful warship in the
Chinese navy with the exception OF
Ting-Yuen.
Japan's OncIal Statement.
The following official statement of
the difficulties betweeen China and
Japan. which led to the outbreak of
hostilities between these two coun-
tries, has been issued by the Japanese
Governments Japan and China we're
approaching settlement of these diff
ficulties, when China suddenly request
ed japan to withdraw her fleet from
/. Corea and TO give formal compliance
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

To many thousands of persons in the
suburbs it appeared Wednesday night
as though all of Chicago was burning
up. The flames, reflected on the clouds,
were seen more than fifty miles away,
and recalled to many the terrible fire
Of 1871. The conaagration, which
proved to be the most destructive
known in the city in over twenty years,
started in the lumber yards of the S.
X. Martin Company at Blue Island ave-
nue. and South Lincoln street, and, be-
fore it could be gotten under con-
troll, swept over district four
blocks wide and nearly a mile
in length. About ten million feet Of
lumber and the plants OF dozen man
ufacturing establishments were de-
stroyed. The estimated loss is over
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

fives, skies, eights. tens, and fifteens,
which are now in use, will be contin-
ued. The present 80 and 80 cent ordi-
nary stamps probably will be discon-
tinued, and so cents and 81, So, and S.
stamps will lie aade1 to the series.
1t is intended to reduce the number
of denominations of the newspaper and
periodical stamps from twenty-four to
twelve or thirteen. The 81 stamp, now
printed for the first time by the Bureau
OF Engraving and Printing, is the
doubtful one, but it will probably be
finally decided on favorably to its con-
tinued use. The new denominations OF
the series, either now printed by the
bureau for the first time or to be re-
issued later, are 3, 25, and 80 cents,
and 81, 81, So, SIC, $40, $50, and 800.
Those to be dropped out of use are 3,
4, 6, 3, II, "a, 80, AZ, 60, ~, 81, 96 cents,
Sl.92, SO, Sc, so, Sl2, S24, s36, $4s, and
$50. All the postage-due stamps have
been re-engraved under the present
contract and slightly reduced in size
from the former output OF tn . contrac-
tor. All these changes have been prac-
tically approved by the officials, sub
ject, however, to modification If deemed
advisable.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

with the Chinese demands by the 10th;
otherwise the whole Chinese forces
were to land and a sea advance upon
the part of China was to te made.
The Japanese regarded this as an ulti-
matum; but. acting under the ADVICE
OF the friendly powers. they agreed to
the proposals in principle in amended
form, at the same time declaring that
II the threatened Chinese advance was
made on the 2Oth il would be regarded
as an overt act.
1t Is conjectured that the Japanese
naval commanders were instructed to
be on the watch for the Chinese war;
ships and, seeing the latter advancing
on July "a, they opened fire.
The japanese do not believe that the
Kow Shung, the Chinese transport
sunk by q Japanese cruiser. was flying
the British flag, but were that the
case they regard IL as being ruse.
The Japanese Indignantly deny the
charges OF brutality brought against
the officers and crew Of the cruiser
which sunk the transport. No Official
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09
CRAWLING. MICHIGAN THURSDAY. AUGUST 8, 1894

and ladder crews were on the ground.
The fire boats Geyser and Yosemite,
which had done such valiant service
at the previous nights fire, were also
there. The wind was blowing from
the north, and it was in great meas
ure due to this fortunate circumstance
that the entire lumber district along
Twenty street was not laid in
ashes. Had the wind shifted to the
west or east, no fire department in the
world could have stopped the flames
that wound through the millions OF
feet Of dry lumber.
The John Spry Lumber Company,
which fortunately escaped the fury OF
the flames Wednesday night, will lose
800, 200 by Thursday nights blaze.
The insurance is nearly double the
amount OF the loss. The burned dis
trict is about 600 feet fronting Ashland
avenue and 200 feet in width. Between
5000, 900 and 100000 feet of lumber
was destroyed. This was about one
third of the lumber contained in the
Yards
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

The Japanese have been victorious
In the first big naval battle of the war
over Corea and hcve sunk next to the
largest batt.eship In the Chinese navy.
The battle was fought Monday and
was desperately contested, both ma
tions being represented by large and
strong fleets. The Chinese, however,
did not understand the handling OF
their ships as we'll as the japanese,
and that put them at a serious disad-
vantage.
The full details of the fight are not
at hand, but it is known that the Chen
Yuen was sunk and two other large
Chinese vessels, believed to be first
class cruisers, we're either captured or
DESTROYED. The loss of life was great
also. The Chinese fleet carried nearly
1000 men, and few, if any, escaped.
Two German officers, who were in COM
mand OF the Chen Yuen, are reported
TO be among the lost also.
Throughout the engagement the
Japanese showed greater skill and
ability in the handling OF their boats,
and consequently had things much
their own way. Their work with the
guns was effective. and they also
showed that they thoroughly under
stood the handling of torpedoes. The
Chinese did the best they could, but
they were lacking in seamanship and
also in ability to handle their guns ef-
fectively. They demonstrated the
truth of the claim that they have
nothing like the ability and training
of the Japanese seamen and gunners,
and are at big disadvantage on the
water.
Cruisers Built by the Armstrong;.
The two cruisers said to have been
captured or destroyed are believed to
be the ones built for China by the
Armstrong; They were modern war
vessels and among the best in the