The leader., 1897-08-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

THERE were ia business failures IN
the United States for the week ended
the 18th, according to Bradstreet's re-
port, against POS for the corresponding
week of last year.
THE family of George Rogers, of Chi
cago, consisting of eight persons, were
poisoned by eating bologna sausage.
The father and eldest son, it was
thought, would not recover.
THE men employed in repairing IS OF
the public school buildings at Chicago,
to the number of $500, struck on the
18th. The strikers wanted only union
men employed.
FIRE on the 18th burned four build
ings at Ironwood, Mich. Henry Lensol
was suspected of starting the fire and
a crowd gathered and attempted to
throw him into the burning buildings,
but the firemen turned the hose on
them and they desisted and the pris-
oner was taken to Jail. 1t was said
that he made full confession that he
was hired by Charles Ross, who owned
the buildings, to set them on fire.
Ross has also been arrested.
TIE north bound passenger train OF
the NJ, X. & L. was derailed near Cad
do Mills, Tex, early on the 18th and
w. II. Rollins. baggageman, was killed
and three negro passengers slightly
injured. The rails of the track had
been misplaced by somebody.
BALD, Cooper, Loughead, Kiser and
Sanger have been matched for bicycle
race on the Buffalo, n. V, athletic
field, August "a, for a $1,000 purse. The
race is to be in mile heats, best two
out of three.
ACCORDING to the records of the
treasury department the percentage Of
imports carried in American vessels fol
the first six months of this year was
1885 and in foreign vessels S465, the
British carrying 3D. 50 per cent. OF do
nestle exports only $40 was carried il
American bottoms, 9l.Sl being carried
in vessels of other nations, British YES
sells carrying 6s.23 per cent. of tn,
whole.
The 14-year-old son of Richard Bell
living south of st. Charles, Ia, wa
moving weeds when he struck a mes
of rattlesnalles and was bitten tire,
times. His father went to the littl,
town to get supply of whisky t.
counterfeit the effects of the poison
but was unable to do so, the county
being strictly prohibition. The boy
died.
TOMMY MARTEL wagered hat tina
he could ride q mile down River hill
the highest mountain in Livingston
county, n. ", on his bicycle in min
ute. He did the mile in 80 seconds
He lost control of his pedals, bu
chung to his handlebars and reached
the foot of the hill badly scared.
SOME negroes, who had been confined
in the Jail at Chelsea, l. T., on theil
liberation made an attempt to blow i
up with dynamite. One side of tn,
place was damaged, but none of tn,
inmates were seriously injured.
DAVID DIETRICH and wife were found
murdered in their home near Belle
fontaine, O., and the house ransacket
throughout.
QUARANTINE has been established "a
the National stock yards. East St
Louis, ILL.,, against cattle afflicted nth
Texas fever.
SECRETARY BLISS has published AT
official notice warning all persons go
ing to the Klondike gold fields of the
dangers to be encountered at this
season of the year, and the gravity Of
the possible conseq uences of being de
tanned in the mountainous wilderness:
during five or six months of an arctic
winter where no relief can reach them
however great the need.
INFLUENCED by a strong protest from
both the politicians and business mer
of the northwest portion of the Do
minion, the Canadian government ha,
decided to abandon its scheme to fore,
miners of the placer regions of the
Klondike to pay royalty of 10 or Il
per cent. on all gold taken out there.
A MOB battered down the Jail door a
Asheville, N. c., to get at a negr'
named Bob Bracket. who was unde
arrest for assaulting a white woman
but when they got to the cells the negr,
was not there. The officers had spirit
ed the negro away, but the crowd wen
in pursuit and got the prisoner ant
swung him up.
A BOILER exploded in Morrison
planning mill at Mena. Ark. wreckint
the building and blowing the head of
of Engineer Nelson.
The officials at the miners head
quarters at Pittsburgh, Pa, were KEEP
busy on tho eth answering appeals fol-
food for the strikers families. 1t wa,
said that hunger was doing more in
jury to the cause of the miners than
any other one thing.
THE American Association for tho
Advancement of Science convened al
Detroit. Mich, tie other day with q
good attendance, 20 delegates from the
British association occupying seats on
the platform