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leak and the pumps could not keen The
water down The loss was about
ESQ. 900.
A TUNNEL was being constructed hy
the Mexican National railroad near
Monterey when a premature explosion
OF n blast occurred. killing four men
outright and woundirg ten Others <cri-
ouslv.
THE stables % Dr. W r. Fradv near
Marietta, Ind, we're drstroscl los gr.
the other night and ~ horses In his
care for training and eight Of his own
horses were crcmated.
UEoRGE MoReAS was hanged a, Oma-
ha, Neb, on the Ssh Tor the murder Of
Ida GaskilL lie died protesting hi,
Innocence
AT country dance a. Grecnville.
Ala. William Esof shot a man dead
for dancing with his sister and also
killed another man who attempted TO
arrest him. lie then escaped, but was
thought 10 be badly wounded. a, sew
cral dancers fred at him while getting
on his horse.
HENRY SNttH. aged four, was left to
take care Of his baby brother while hi.
parents went 70 the fields To- pick cot
ton near opelika. Ala. but he wearied
Of his task and killed the badly with a
stone.
THE Indian government. in reply to
further pressing invitation bv tho
English cabinet to consider senator
Woleotts proposals, has answered that
II cannot reopen the question Of the In
dian currency. aud il will not be a
party 70 the reopening of the mints
for the free coinage of silver. la WE'LL
informed English circles, correspond.
eut said. senator Wolcott'~ mission was
considered nbortive.
THE livery barn of George Martin. at
Allison. la, burned the other moraing
and nine fine horses pcrished.
FI.R at Medford. ols.. DESTROYED
nearly all the west side Of the public
square. Loss, $4,000. with little m
surauce.
Mrs. ELLEN MctirNrY died in great
agony Of hydrophohia. at Decatur. IL.
ON the 5th. Last November she was
treating pet dog or the mango. when
he bit her on the left forearm. tearing
out piece Of flesh about three inches
square.
a PORTION Of the platform OF the
Kansas City & Independence Rapid
Transit railway depot at Kansas City.
Mo. gave way. ON the evening 10 the
9Th, owing TO the rotten piling. and
fell e5 feet. carrying 80 people down.
on these 81 were known 10 have been
injured and four deaths at least may
result from the accident.
THE -. Louis and Chicago express
ON the Chicago u Alton railroad was
held up near Kansas City. Mo. ON the
night of the 9th by eight masked men.
The bandits made some Of the train
men hand over their own money. \
freight train came up soon afterward
and frightened the robhers off. Eight
sticks Of dynamite were found in the
express car and fuse which had failed
to work Nothing ot much value was
taken in the express car.
FIVE hundred thou SAID acres of tine
land along the Zig Pinev. La barge
and fontanelie creeks and Green river,
Wyoming. which have recently been
surveyed. will be thrown open to set.
tlement under the United states land
laws after November I.
THE g. A K. Of Oklahoma i tryins.
to get the abandoned military reserva-
tion near Oklahoma City for a soldiers
home
THE Flower parade took Place at
Kansas City, Mo. ON the 9th. 1t con-
sisted Of handsomely decorated equip
ages filled with beautiful women. The
Priests of Pallas ball took place at
right
Az Moscow. Ia, two men were in
stantly killed. another will probably
die of his injuries. and four Others re-
eeiyed painful injuries. as the result of
an explosion of the engine boiler in n
mill
BY the explosion of u gasoline stove
at Chicago two women were probably
fatally burned and another one serious
ly injured.
The Priests of Pallas opened the au-
tumn carnival at Kansas City, Mo. on
the night of the 5th by n grand pag-
cant OF 20 floats. representing sub bjeets
from Andersen's fairy tales. The num-
Der of spectators which viewed tho
procession was estimated at 200. 900.
THE October term of the United
States supreme court will begin on the
ilth. There are 466 cases on the
docket, as against 6i6 at the beginning
of the October term last year, OF which
3s3 came over from the last term and
- have been added during the courts
vacation.
The convention of the Association for
the improvement of Western Water
ways opened in Davenport. Ia, with a
fair attendance. All the heavy
river interests were represented. the
delegates being from Pennsylvania.
Mississippi. Louisiana. Arkansas, Ten
nesSee, Texas, Missouri, Minnesota,
Illinois and Iowa
SoLLY SMITH, of Los Angeles. Cal,
was given the decision over George
Dixon, of Boston. in n 20-round fight
the other night at San Francisco. The
match was virtually for the champion
ship of the feather-weight class, and
Smith is now Mt the top.
NJ 1%-NNa VI tA1
International brotherhood of Black
smiths took place at New York on the
5th at Teutonia hall. John Slocum. Of
Kansas City. grand president, in his
report. made two important recon-
mendations. namely, that the organ
ization should join the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and that il take up
the eight-hour question
HENRY GROWER, n negro, was taken
from the court room at fernando,
Miss, at $3.50 a. IN. of the 9th by mob
of s5 men and lynehed. He ruined
l5-year-old girl
THE University medical college foot
bail IL was defeated on the Exposition
gridiron at Kansas City. Mo. on the
9th by the Kansas university team
The score was - to &
THE anarchists in Chicago asked the
Federation of Labor TO take part in
the demonstration in memory of the
men executed for the Haymarket mas
sacre. After half hours violent de-
bate the federation fatty refused to
take any part in the exercises