The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-10-08
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dam, will be prosecuted by the Bel.
gian government on the Charge OF
having manufactured explosives at
Antwerp.
THE steamship Hope. with Lieut..
North Sydney, C. B., on the 26th, and
left for the United States on the 2Tth.
The trip was singularly free from ac-
cidents, and was successful in every
thing except the accomplishment of
the principal object of the trip, which
was to bring back Acton meteorite
previously discovered at Melville bay.
MOUNT HoLYoKE college, at South
Hadley. Mass, the pioneer institution
for the higher education of woman,
received a severe blow in the burning,
on the eth, of the main building, with
a probable loss of over $50,
A PLAYHOUSE in the course of cree
tion in New York city, and which had
already gone up two stories, fell, on
the 26th, killing three men outright.
The big wooden elephant which was
built some years ago for use as hotel
at Coney Island. n. Y, was burned to
the ground on the night of the 27th.
A DISPATCH from Shanghai says that
everywhere throughout Thibet the
revolt against the Chinese government
is spreading.
AS A result of the gales on the French
coast the steamer Magdalen foundered
on the 27th, near Bayonne and the crew
were drowned.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN EZRA CLARK died
at Hartford, Conn.,, on the Goth, aged
JOHN BOYD THACHER has declined
the democratic nomination for gov
ernor of New York.
The Indian bureau was advised, on
the 2sth, by Agent Teter, that the Sho-
shone Indians who were hunting in
Jackson's Hole, Wyo., were returning
to their reservation under escort of
the Indian police.
THE United Association of Journey
men Plumbers, Gas Filters, Steam Fit
ters and Steam Filters Helpers opened
their seventh convention at the Build
ers' and Traders exchange in Milwau-
kee on the 2sth. The convention rep
resented both the United States and
Canada.
ON the 2sth the comptroller of the
currency declared second dividend
Of ten per cent. in favor of the credi-
tors of the Wichita national bank of
Wichita, Kas.
LAzARD FREREs, of New York city,
received $4,000, 900 from Europe, on
the 2sth, which was deposited in the
sub-treAsury in exchange for green
backs.
NEARLY the entire business portion
of Dushville, . small town near Shep-
herd, Mich. was destroyed by fire on
the night of the 2sth.
AN embankment of earth on Fifth
avenue, New York city, on the 2sth.
caved in, killing Patrick Quinn and
iniuring Andrew Reilly and John New
man, laborers, who were digging q
trench.
The cruiser Cincinnati reported at
Ponta Delgado. island of S9h Miguel,
Azores, on the 2sth, and left there for
on her way to join the squad
ron in the Mediterranean for duty in
waters.
ALL the railroad telegraph operators
ON the Pacific division of the Canadian
Pacific railroad went on strike, on the
Goth, in obedience to orders from T. II
chairman of the grievan ce
at Montreal. Trains were
as usual on the Pacific divi-
sion, and it was not thought any seri-
ous stoppage of traffic would result
IT was announced in Paris, on the
29th, upon semi-oficial authority that
foreign diplomats at Constantinople
were unanimous in their support of
The attitude taken by NJ. Cambon, the
French ambassador to the porte,
which they believe is likely to reduce
The acuteness of the situation there.
The net gold in the treasury at the
close of business on the goth was
bl22, ,O63, ,613. The days Withdrawals at
New York were s150, 500 There was
deposited in exchange for currency at
New York on that day s9Oo, 900 in gold.
FIRE, on the morning Of the Goth. de-
stroyed nine business houses in Cadil-
lac, Mich, among them the telephone
exchange, causing a loss of $50, 900,
partly covered by insurance. The
cause of the fire is unknown.
DURING the performance in the Peo-
ple's Palace variety theater in Aber-
ieen, Scotland, on the night of the
3Oth, q fire broke ont and the audi
ence was thrown into panic and
made a rush for the exits. It is stated
that at least forty persons were in
jured, four of them fatally. while .
number of others who arc known to
have been in the theater when the
fire started were reported to be miss
ing.
In Alexandria, the Virginia suburb
of Washington, just across the Poto-
mac river, the damage done by the
storm, on the 30th, is estimated at not
less than 100000, and at least two
ives are known to have been lost.
Nearly 200 houses were badly dam-
l9ed by the tornado in its course.
OHE of the worst wrecks that ever
in that section happened on
The Lehigh Valley railroad short
distance east of Batavia, N. Y, on the |
10Th. As q result one man was killed |
md another probably fatally injured. !