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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-10-13
C2rt2 de Cuba
De muestro cOrrespossGz en- cGnepaf5G
Guantanamo, Octubre de 1895.
DE REGRESO

Hoy dia s, de mi expedition Guam
tanamo y salida de operaciones sin impre-
stones fuertes, regreso esta, donde he
hallado ell san noUedGd de costumbre. Es-
tamos en- Cuba mejor que en- JaujS
OTRO SINIESTRO
La unica nota que he hallado y bien
siniestra y fatal pOr cierto es la p6rGida
del crucero de guerra "Cristobal Colon,
en- los baios Colorados, cerca del cabo San
Antonio en- Vuelta Abajo. El TELEGRAPH
les habra adelantado los detalles de ese
desgraciado suceso.
Desgraciado esta siendo ell 95 para
nuestra marina de guerra.
El cafonero "Legazpp en- Filipinas;
ell "Tajo" en- las costas cantabricas; Ell
''Reina Fegente" cerca de Marruecos; el
''Sanchez Rarcaiztegui'' en- la boca del
Moro de IA Habana y ahora el "Cristobal
Colon. -.
lOinco barcos perdidos en- estas cir
cunstanciss!
iParecs que Dios pone & veces & prueba
Ia paciencla y ell valor de las naciones!
CAMPAMENTO INsURRECTO
A falta de mejores noticias de mas
sensacion, voy darles algunas, adQuiri-
das por esos mundos de Dios, respecto &
un campamento que tienen los insurrectos
q pocas leguas de Cuba, segdn datos de
uno que al1 ha estado y lquien sabe ST
Parece que & poca distancia de la vi
liza del Cobre y por la parts de Berraque-
ras, hacia la escabrosa Sierra del Cobre,
tiene sentados sus reales ell cuartel gene
raj de Ia zona insurrecta de Brazo del
Cauto.
Tras varias avanzadas, estrat6gica-
mente colocadas para evitar una sorpresa
que pusiera en- peligro sus narices, est& Ell
campamento donde viven gordos y felices
$50 insurrectos, de g6nero pacffico, al man
do del titulado Teniente Coronel Beat6n,
jefe INFERNO de la zopa por haber sido des-
tituido, por falta de energia, ell jefe en-
propiedad, titulado coronel Higinio Vaz-
quez, que mardaba Ell battalion insurrecto
denominado de Alfonso G0WLet.
De I'm momento & otro esperan como
jefe de zona al SnsSgne coronel A. Chevre-
co, compaf1ero de Flor Orombet y Ell cual
ha sido dado por muarto durante mucho
tempo. En- Sac del Indio empez6 ooIeor
de nuevo.
En- esq campamento Sc dice que esta
Quintfn Bandera cur4ndosa unas nigias y
aprendisndo & cantar ell DAMON titulado
"Quien ttene nfgIG, no pus oonaSnd
En- esa especie de Arcadia feliz, con
rihetes yepuhlicanos plat0nicoa, 40 couce-
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tee una crisis ministerial, pues, aunque Sc
desmlntleron los rumores que circularon
hAce dias sobre tiranteZ de relaCiones en-
tfe los ministries de Ultramar y Gracia y
Justlcla, resulta ahora que "El Nacional",
Organo de este ultimo en- La prensa, publi-
ca un embozado articulo contra ell prime
70, y este parece estar resuelto plantear
la question en- el primer Consejo que SO &C.
lebre, 81 en- 81 seno del Gabinete hay algnn
ministro que Sc haga solidario de 10 que
"El Nacionar ha dicho publicamente.
Por otra parte, el mismo peri6dico asegu-
ra que el sefior Romero Robledo, que va
ahora Antequera llavar sus hijas,
regresarA en- seguida San Sebastian, don
de permanecera una larga temporada. Es
ta noticia Ia traducen muchos como 81
anuncio de La dimision del sefior Romero
Robledo, q 10 que SO asegura que dicho
sefior esta completamente decidido. POGO
falta va para que salgamos de dudas.
La reacci6n politica sigue hacienda
progresses en- Portugal. El ministerio lu-
/ sitano sigue llevando la practica dicta-
torialmente el plan de reformas que hace
/ meses Sc indico. Ell "Diario do Goveruo"
public6 ell dfa 26 los decretos por los cuales
Sc reforna Ia CSmara de los Pares y 8
convocan Cortea CONSTITUENCIES. Desapa
recera la parte electiva de la mencionada
Oamara, quedando esta constituida scla
Tnente por los pares de derecho propio y
los que nombre Ia Corona. Los ministries
| podran mandar las camaras cuando 10
Juzguen convenionte altos enpleados de
sus respectivos departamentos para que
intervengan en- la discussion de los proyec
4os de ley; So establece la comisi6n mixta
de ambas cemaras para decidir cuandC
aQuellas est6n en- desacuerdo, y Sc confiare
al reY la facultad de resolver con su vote
los empaees que Ocurran en- dicha comision
Las Cortcs Constituy yentes Sc reuniran er
Lisboa g. IA de Noviembre proximo. Antel
de ega fec IA, 81 rey don Carlos SO propont
hacer un 7iaje por ell extranjero para visi
tar algunos soberanos de Europa, entire
los cuales SO cuenta la Reina Regente d.
EspGha que recibira la vista de tan illus
tire viajero antes de regresar de San Sc
bastian.
El rey Leopoldo de B6lgica esta haze
algunos dias en- Paris, hacienda ALI una
vida sin ostentaci6n y como podrfa hacer
neza del soberano bslga agrada mucho el
la capital de la Repdb!ica Francesa, cuyt
preaidente ha obsequiado mucho al ilustrt
huesped.
Las fiestas del 90 de Septiembre pasa
ron en- Roma sin que Ocurriese nada dignt
de contarse. Las protestas de los cat6li
COS Sc redujeron mensajes escritOs diri
jidos s. s., nj de parte de estos nj de
gobiernO italiano hubo acto aIguno d.
7iolencia. Fu6 sin embargo muy signif
cativo ell hecho de que ninguna de las EN-
baiadas acreditadas en- Roma, m6nos Il
embajada inglesa, pusiesen colgaduras 81
los BALCONIES nj iluminasen la fachads pc
La noche, segdn SO acostumbra.
Una noticia triste para concluir. E
dia 26 por la noche, sin que haya podi
do averiguarse Ia causa que clio 1e in
dujera, SO suicide en- Barcelona tirandos
dos tiros de revolver, ell general del arm'
de ingenieros sef1or Osorio. Urbdaus.
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De pol1tica, apenas si hay alqo que
contar. Por clertas c0nversaciones que
algunos corresponsales 0e periodicos han
tenido cou Ell sefior Can ovas, SO sabe Que
81 Jefe del gOblernO no p1ensa ahora en-
NADIA que no sea facilitar por todos los me-
dios posibles la pronta terminaci6n de la
guerra do Cuba Dice el sehor CanOvas
q1e hasta que aqueila termine, por 10
menos que SO yea muy. pr6xino ell fin de
las operaciones, no le parece convenien-
to reunir las Cortas, por el peligro de
tica, indiscreta, de lugar discusiones
que puedan hacer mas daf1o la eau
So nacional en- Cuba que las balas de
los enemIgos. Aha para fines de aflo, pa.
ra cuya facha espera el lseHor Canovas que
suceda 10 quo dejo dicho respecto q la ter
minaci0n dc la gnerra, sera OCCASION de
pensar en- la reunion de las Cortes, has
ia de dAterminar 81 han de ser las aotua-
les 4 otras nuevas las que Sc reunan.
Pero los politicos de ofcio no Sc dan
por este punto de reposo. Por esos mum
dos de D1os andan la mayor parte de ellos
preparando, como ellos dicen, los respec
| tivos distritos, y reclamando cada paso
del Qob1erno, los que son ami gos suyos,
/ medldas de protection que Ssiempre SO re.
| suf:lven en- suspansiones d9 aicaldes Y
Ayuntamlentos y en- traslaciones de iue-
| ces magistrates. Lo que no ha habido
este verano es esa propaganda ruidOsa que
otros ahos sofia hacerse en- meetings y
banquetes. Solo Nocedal en- Valladolid,
Silvela en- Malaga Maura en- Palma han
pronunclado sendos discursos de violenta
oposici6n al gobierno, singularmente Ell
dltimo de ellos; pero como ell espfritu 7
la atencion del pats estan hoy fioa en-
cuestiones de mayor importancia que todo
ESQ, las lamentaciones de les descontsntos
no han tenido eco alguno nj en- la opinion
nj en- la prensa.
De 10 que s6 SO habla hoy con alguna
insistencia, es del viaje Madrid del sefor
Romero Robledo, que llegara hoy mismo s
.esta Corte. Pasado maf1ana vendra tam
bi6n ell Presidente de gobierno, y probable
mente 81 martes se celebrara Qonsejo de
Ministros, Diceaa que en- 81 QuizA 80 plans
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CARTA De MADRID
Septiembre % de 1895.

S0pbIenDr6 20 uo $780,
Sr. Director de LA CORRESPONDENCE.
Como 81 una legion de malos hados Sc
hubiera pueste de acuerdo para lamar SO
bre Espa1a una interminable serie de con.
tratiempos y desgracias, apenas pasa dia
sin que pueda registrarse un nuevo infor-
tunio. Hijos rebeldes de esta madre ge-
nerOsa 40 allan en- arnas coQtra ella en-
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Sc encuentra en- esta Capital hemos
tenido mucho gusto en- estrechaa SD ma
no, nuestro estimado amigo Ell senior inae.
micro don Roberto Graham, representanta
oe Ia poderosa casa de los se1ores ManIo-
We Alliot y Oompahfa, de Birmingham 1n.
0laterra y
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Dice un reciente despacho de MadfId.
que el Ministro de Marina SO ocupa de 49,
tudiar la forma de convertir en- barcoa de
eombates para el case de eualquieT eueegv
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-10-13

Con carga general para varios Y pro.
cedente de Vigo y escalas, entr6 esta ma,
1ana al puerto de esta Capital, ell vapor
correo "CataluIa"
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AgTlCIAs GEkERALEs

LA CORRESPONDENCE DE PUERTO
Rico Sc complace y la vez cumpIe con
un deber, dando pdblico testimonio de
gratitud hacia los sefores que han con-
tribuido para nevar efecto un rancho
extraordinario los soldados del bizarro
Battalion de Leon," que en- breve marcha-
ra para Cuba, con especialidad los mu-
chos que xpont8neamente SO han acerca-
do q esta redaccion pidiendo Sc incIuyeran
sus nombres en- Ia lista de subscription.
Siente LA CORRESPONDENCE que ell dona-
two no hubiera ascendido, como 10 desea-
ba & mayor suma, pero Ia buena intenci6n
y el patriotismo no Sc aquilatan por Ia ma.
yor menor cantidad, y c$benos Ia satis-
faccion de haber sido los iniciadores del
pensamiento y de que ell citado batall6n
haya sido obsequiado como merece por
su brillante historic.
Tenemos en- cartera una interesante
carta de nuestro corresponsal en- Madrid
ell sef1or Pardo, que publicaremos maffa-
ma. Dicho amigo, rehriendose al canje
de In moneda, dice que Ell Ministro3 tiene
va resuelta la forma en- que ha de hacerse
Ia operacion, pero que es un secreto lag
condolences en- que Sc hara. Esto, sin ena-
barge, de que ell sef1or CanoVas diio an
San Sebastian q varios periodistas &c que
la soluci6n sera pronto serfa para Puerto.
Rico y Filipinas una moneda unica." Ri
se1or Pardo dice que en- Madrid Sc aseeu.
ra que ell canje SO hara principle de afio,
pero cree que 81 antes sobreviene La crisis
que Sc espera, todo quedar& en- proyecto.
Segdn nuestras noticias, ell battalion
de Leon no SO embarcara hasta mafiana &
las tres de la tarde. va hemos dicho que
pasara por las GALES de San Sebastian.
San jose, San Francisco y Tanca,
-%$-
G0
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felie viaio y gran cOseoha de glorias mi
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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-05-01
The News Of the Week.
BY TELEoRAPH AND MAIL.
ERoM wAsnlNc-cn


The major generalship of the army
made vacant by the retirement of Maj.
Gen. McCook, has been filed by the ap-
pointment of Brig. Gen. Wesley Mer-
ritt
Washington dispatches of the 25th
state that when the United States
supreme court on May again takes
up the income tax question it will once
more go into the merits of all points in
volved, and will not confne the argu-
ments to the question whether or not a
rehearing of the cases shall be granted.
The bureau of engraving and print
ing is engaged in preparing the worlds
fair diplomas awarded exhibitors whose
exhibits were favorably mentioned
and they will be sent out in about sixty
days, together with the medals struck
at the Philadelphia mint. The diplomas
will be elaborately engraved and
printed They will contain the name
of the exhibitor, the article exhibited
and the comment found. About $4,000
will be exhibited.
On the 26th ult the treasury gold re-
serve was increased by $413,S41 to $91,-
176, 251, $4,000 of which came in the
ordinary course of business and S44S, ,S51
from the Acknowledgment syndicate.
The syndicate still owes the govern
ment over $4,000 on its contract.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-05-01
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

A Cape Town, Africa, dispatch of the
95th says that William A. Lippert, who
was eXtradited from the United States,
after having been arrested in Cincin-
natl in December 1894, charged with
having committed forgeries to the
amount of $s43, ,675 in Cape Colony, has
been sentenced TO seven years penal
servitude.
The hungarian towns of Musrin, Ku-
toz, Vilova and Rudolphsgrad have
been destroyed by floods and many
persons and hundreds of cattleswere
drowned. The damage amounts to
nearly 10000, 900 forins.
On the 26th ult. an explosion of fire.
damp took place in colliery at Denny,
near Sterling, Scotland, while III men
were working in the pit. Thirteen of
the number were killed and several
were hurt.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-05-01
LATER.

AT Brussels, while large force OF
workmen were busy on an immense
new building in which how repre-
senting the city of Venice is TO be
given, the roof collapsed and many OF
the men were buried under the wreck.
Fifteen of the victims were seriously
injured and several others were badly
hurt.
THE superintendent of printing
house at st. Louis, No., has invented a
machine which stamps steel engraved
bank notes by steam, the first of its
kind in the world The steam process,
while more costly than the old process
by hand, turns out ten times as many
notes in the same length of time
r. r. TREssELL, a leading citizen of
Canton, o, while filing hay shutes in
his stable on the night of the 2Sth ult.
was burned to death. He fell into one
of the shutes and his lantern ignited
the hay.
THE mangled remains of Amos Rob
erts, of Galena, o., were found on the
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago IL st.
Louis railway tracks near Columbus,
on the 2Sth ult. 1t is believed that the
man was shot and his body placed on
the track to conceal the crime.
GEORGE w. BosTwICK, national secre-
tary of the Naval Veterans of the Uni
ted States. died at his residence in
Brooklyn, N. y, on the 2Sth ult. He
was born at New Haven, Conn, in 1915,
where he resided until 1861, when he
enlisted in the navy.
: AT Washington on the 27th ult. a mo-
tion made in criminal court for re-
duction in the amount of bail in the
case of Capt. Henry w. Howgate, was
granted by Judge Cox. lie reduced
the bail from 5000 to $4,000, and it
is likely that Capt. Howgate will secure
bondsman. The second trial of Capt.
Howgate was fixed for May 49,
On the 27th ult. Mrs. Zella Nicolaus
retained Alexander Simpson, of Jersey
City, to bring suit against George Gould
for malicious persecution. She claims
| $50, 900.
On the morning of the 2Sth ult. Fred
Boebel, a contractor, was riding on a
freight train from Crestline to Mans
field, o. In the car were some tramps
who murdered and robbed him and
then threw his body off the train,
where it was discovered and brought
to Mansfield The murderers secured
about S400 in checlks
AT Columbus, o., on the 27th ult. the
republican state central committee
fixed the date of the state convention
at GAINESVILLE, May Ss and 30. Senator
Sherman was chosen temporary chair
man by the state central committee.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-05-01
TAlLORS STRIKE.


Two Thousand Coatmakers Go Out at New
York-2,OOO Women, Girls and Boys Rem.
dered Idle.
New YORK, April 24.-Two thousand
tailors on the East Side went on strike
at Z o'clock yesterday morning The
strike was declared by the Tailors' Pro-
gressive union Some 1000 women,
girls and boys, whose work depends
upon the tailors, have also been thrown
out of employment. The strike is con-
Quoted in an orderly manner and no
trouble is expected. The tailors on
strike are those who produce the high
est grade work on ready-made clothing
Up to the present time they have been
receiving 81 for making coat. A good
workman, it is said, can do this work in
six hours.
The tailors, after the strike of last
September, signed an agreement con-
senting to work for these terms. The
agreement was to last until May 1. The
employees want to extend this agree
ment for another year, with the excep-
tion of an increase of 10 per cent. in the
pay for making sack coats and Is per
cent. on overcoats, Aletter requesting
this change was sent by the tailors to
the contractors week ago. The en-
ployers have declined to pay the extra
10 or Is per cent.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-05-01
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax.
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation,
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-05-01
wife Muraerer RaAred.

COLUMBUS, o., April 26.-Gov. Nc
Kinley having refused yesterday to in
terfere with the death sentence OF
George Geschwilm, he was hanged ir
the state prison soon after midnight,
,Geschwilm, who was about SO years
/ old, killed his wife at the house
of her mother in this city on the night
of March s, 1894 He was cruel to her
and she left him. He called at the
house the night of the tragedy with a
butcher-knife in his coat, having delib-
erately planned the murder, apparent
ly, and while she was talking with him,
stabbed her to death.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-05-01
WEST AND SOUTH.

D. A. Potter has been arrested at
jackson, Mich, on charge of swim
ding numerous postmasters throughout
the country by fraudulent representa-
tions.
The twenty-fourth annual convention
of the Women's Presbyterian board of
missions of the northwest met at De-
troit, Mich, on the oath. There are
1000 societies under the control of this
board.
Three masked men entered the Nickel
Plate depot at Dunfee, Ind, on the
24th, overpowered o. s. Smith, the
ticket agent, robbed the safe and de-
parted after stealing Smiths gold watch
and $1OO which belonged to him
The executive committee of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, in session at
Indianapolis, Ind, finished its work on
the oath and adjourned, A motion was
adopted exonerating President Nc
Bride on the charges of bribery in the
settlement of the miners and Hooking
Valley railroad STRIKES.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-05-01
MUST LEAVE THE X. OF /.

Officers of the Federation of Labor viii
Not Respect Boycotts Ordered by Brew.
ers Belonging to the Knights.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 24.-The execu
tive council of the American Fedora.
tion of Labor in session here yesterday,
decided against local union No. Is, Of
the Brewery workmen of Chicago, in
the controversy with the National
fnDion and held that the levy of the as
sessment of ten cents per week against
each member of the local union to as
sist the locl1ed-out brewery workers Of
st. Louis was legal and that the local
zion would have to pay the assess
ment, provided that the National Union
of United Brewery WorlSmen withdrew
from the Knights of Labor within a
reasonable time. The federation re-
fuses to enforce the provision of the
constitution relating to the tax until
the requirement is complied with.
This is q radical departure from pre-
vious practices and makes public com
plicated case of trouble between the
National Association of Brewery Work.
men and the federation in Pittsburg.
There are sixteen breweries there
which the Brewers union asks the fed
GRAFTON to boycott. The federation of
ficers say it is simply an attempt to
use the federation for the upholding Of
the Knights of Labor and that they
have been used in this way as long as
they will permit The federation re-
ceived an application from the Typo
graphical union to boycott the Arena,
printed in Boston. A committee of one
was appointed to confer with the pro-
prietors and in case of refusal to give
them until June to nnionize the Office
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-05-01
Rnilrond Company wins.

JEFFERSON, April ga lawsuit in
which the administrator of the estate
of Frank Beckwith demanded $40, 900
from the Lake Shore & Michigan South.
ern Railroad Company for killing Beck.
with resulted in verdict for the dc,
fendant late Thursday afternoon.
Beckwith was elected from the accom-.
mediation train in April, 1892, while en-
route from Geneva to Saybrool1 and was
run down and killed soon afterward by
fast train No. 4, his mangled remains
being found on the pilot of the engine
when the train reached Ashtabula.
Evidence was introduced that Beck.
with was drunk at the time.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-05-01
Dispatches from the Flat Top mining

Dispatches from the Flat Top mining
region in West Virginia says that 1000
coal miners will strike there May /.
Dissatisfaction over the scale of wages
is the cause,
On the 25th the biggest oil well found
in the Lima (0.) field for several years,
was developed OH the Voorhees, farm,
two miles east of that city. The well
when shot sprayed oil over a space of
several hundred feet and began flowing
at the rate of 400 barrels day.
Fred d. Ross, 45 years old, president
of the Sportsman's Review Engraving
Company, at Chicago, shot and killed
himself on the 25th, in the office of the
company. Financial troubles are sup
posed to have led to the act.
While trying to escape arrest for
buncoing a farmer out of $l00, c. d.
Lewis, green goods" man, was
drowned in the river at Buckhannon,
w. Va, on the 25th.
The Denver Col Consolidated Tram
way Company, controlling nearly all
the electric lines in that city, has re-
duced the wages of its conductors and
motorlnen to twenty cents an hour.
William Ulmer started on the Goth
ult. from Bluffton, Ind, to the Montpe-
lier oil fields with 72O quarts of nitro
glycerine in wagon. When two miles
from Bluffton the wheels struck the
root of a tree and upset the wagon.
An explosion occurred, which made a
hole sixty feet across the top and fif-
teen feet deep. Ulmer and his horses
were blown to pieces.
A hail and wind storm passed over
the vicinity of Camden, Ark, on the
Goth ult., doing great damage to prop
erty Several negroes living in small
cabins were killed.
c. w. Rowe, treasurer of Powesheik
county, Ia, has disappeared and with
him $45, 900 of the countys money. He
left wife and two children without a
dollar upon which to live.
Charles Walters and William Kirk
were struck by freight train and killed
while walking on the tracks of the
Lake Shore railroad near Cleveland, O.. =,
on the Goth ult.
Arthur, the 5-year-old son of DR.. j.
A. Matthews, of Arkansas City, Kan,
disappeared on the 22d and no trace
could be found of him. On the Goth he
was discovered at the bottom of an old
well in that town. On being taken out
the boy was found to be uninjured, ex-
cepting few flesh wounds.
At Ludlow, Ky, on the Goth ult. five
men were shoveling sand at the bottom
of a perpendicular bank fifty feet high
when the earth caved in and buried
three of them, two of whom died.
During a recent storm on the Rap
pahannock river, two white men and
eight colored men were drowned by
the capsizing of boat. The accident
occurred near Burham's wharf, Middle
sex county, Va.