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81 Louis Jail. on the morning Of the
esth. for the murder Of Mose Hodges.
November ;. isg3.
An exploring party Of prominent
men was descending . mine in West
Pittston. Pa. on the esth, when the
e2ge fell 20 the buttom- Col. A. q.
Mason, superintendent Of the Lehigh
Valley Co, was instantly killed. and
three others sre believed To be fatally
injured.
THE Bennington sailed from Ia Lib
ertad- on the .sth, for San Francisco.
via Acapulco. with Gen Ezeta and three
other >alvsdorean refugees on board.
PRoF. FkLB, the Vienna earthquake
expert. prophecies that New York city
will Be destroyed By seismic disturb
anee August IL.
CoxET has abandoned his deluded
followers and gone back 10 Ohio. where
his private Affairs imperatively demand
his attention
Three men were arrested in Denver.
and three at Colorado Springs. Col. on
the 18th for completely in the tarring
and feathering Of Adjt- Gen Tarsney
AZ Colorado Springs
As attempt Was made 70 wrrck the
midnight express west-bound. on the
Detroit. Grand Haven a Milwaukee
railroad at Nuniea. ten miles from
Grand Haven Mich, on the night Of
the 18th Rail. had been Laid scrsSss
the track, bat were discovered by the
engineer just in time to stop his train
Discharged employees are suspected
By the explosion of the boiler Of n
traction engine. which went through n
bridge near Reedsburx. o.. on the 18th.
Henry Garnes was instantly killed
In . similar accident near Lodi. o, on
the esth, George Hart was killed
IL the general term Of the New York
supreme court. on the 97th. Justices
Brown. Cullen and Dykman denied the
motion for new trial for John Y.
Nekan-. the ex-boss of Gravesend, N
Y. thereby Affirming the decision of
the lower court
MAYOR HOFKISs Of Chicago said. on
the s7th. that If the Pullman works
were not started within few days he
would withdraw the militia
On the 9Th the house labor commit
tee adopted . favorable report on the
Springer ball creating n national boarsi
of arbitration for the settlement Of all
labor troubles, strikes. ste
HoLDkEs Of New Iork's municipal
bonds received 9 shock. an the 9Th.
when they Rad in the newspapers the
story Of Maj Matthew J. O'Roarke 70
the effect that the city had been pay
ing interest ON S1s.aso. 600 frzudulen.
bonds for a quarter Of a century. aud
that the bonds w~re held by people in
the city ignorant of their worthless
character
ONE Of the ma~t disastrous effects Of
the great strike N Chicago. il : feared.
viii he the disinsegratiou Of the great
plants at the Tni5n stock yards ON
Account Of the labor anious whieh exist
there il is said that the intention Is %
scatter the pAeking-hoaS
MRs- TErxroS. BEkLE- daughter Of
the late James g. Blaine. while hath
ing at santa Mouiea Reach. Cal. or
the esth- narrowly escaped drowning.
She venrHr~d beyond her depth. and
was only saved from death by the ef.
forts Of Proprietor Jones
THx venerable Ellen l. Bowman Vail,
widow II the late Bishop Vail. the first
bishop Of the Episcopal church in Nan
sas. and daughter of the late Szmnel
Bowman of Pennsylvania. died at To-
peka- HAS. On the s7th Mrs Vail Was
for ifteen years totally blind
FOEEsr fires have been producing
great suffering and loSs throughout
Wisconsin,. and railroad companies have
never before experienced such damage
from fires. On the Wisconsin Central
road for several days, il was imPossi-
bic to move trains
RrxoR has IL that there has been a
second right at sea between japanese
and Chinese w~rships- A Japanese
cruiser Is said to. have engaged a Chi
nese cruiser. on the 18th while ths. lat
ter was conveying a transport. sinking
the cruiser.
EAgTRQCAKE shocks were feIt in
Macedonia Old Servia and Eastern
Bulgaria on the >7th- Many houses n,
Varna. Bulgaria. were damaged and a
number Of people killed as a result oi
the shocks