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I 1 II li ir u'-a. Ml LL J-L ESTABLISHED 1877. 1 ii COLTJMBUSef irfinjIANA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24. 1892. i'f PEICE 'WO CENTS.

I'nI Latest tL 5. Gov't Report xiighest of all in Learening Power, granted within 'a reasonable penoo. tie advocates an amalgamation of the various railroad organizations, and he fur formed into promissory i notes, as is usual in the "land skin game." I She pays her own bills and her purpose in TIE-UP COUPLETE. i "3 i 1 OYER THE OCEAN. 1 -7.

Important Events Across the Atlantic' very likely, it is certain that he preferred to take a story ready to his hand rather than invent on. All the good stories. Indeed, seem to have invented themselves A the most obliging manner omewheril the morning lot the world, and to have 4een camp followers when tb famous march of mind set lout rrom the offering to purchase the land has. not yet developed. The woman is about sixty years of agei, of Scotch extraction, and speaks with a pronounced dialect.

She is pleasing in manner and displays excellent judgment of land values. In one place she laimed to be president of the National Woman's Relief Corps and has made many palpable misrepresentations. KNIGHTS OF I PYTHIAS. Doings of the Grand Encampment at Kansas City. Kansas City, Aug- 24.

The first iday of the grand encampment proper of the Knights of Pythias passed off in a very creditable manner, and the people of Kansas City have no regrets for any blunders or annoying "contretemps" of any sort. Something bike 15,000 men are in camp at Camp Shaw. Yesterday morning at 9 o'clock a reception to the supreme lodge was given at the Grand opera house. Major William Warner eloquently welcomed the knights to city in behalf of the knights of Kansas City. Governor D.

R. Francis welcomed them on behalf of the Grand lodge. Responses were made by the supreme chancellor, and impromptu addresses by other members of the- supreme lodge. The supreme representatives immediately upon the conclusion of the reception proceeded to Scottish Rite hall, where the opening session was held. In the afternoon the supreme lodge witnessed the grand parade and the supreme chancellor and supreme lodge officers occupied seats in the grand stand as the parade went past.

Last night the first of the grand dis play of fireworks took place at the exposition park. The display was the finest ever seen in Kansas City. MUTINOUS MEN. Twenty-Six Sailors Kept in Irons for Three Days. San Francisco: Aug.

24. The whal ing bark Northern Light has just arrived from Ounalaska. On April 5 she struck on Middleton Island and then sailed for Ounalaska. She leaked badly and pumps had to be used constantly. At Ounalaska she was patched up, and Captain Simmons decided to start for the Arctic ocean, but most of the crew refused to aro with her Captain Evans.

of the United States cruiser Yorktown, was appealed to, and he ordered her to ce taken to ban Francisco. The York-town then left harbor and the whaler's crew still refused to sail with her. The United States steamer Ranger was also in port, and her captain being apprised of the mutinous spirit of the crew, placed twenty-iour or them and the third and fourth officers in irons. and kept them on bread and water for three days. They then gave in and brought their vessel safely to port.

She leaked all they way down, and pumping was necessary all the time. CLOUDBURST. Great Damage Done and One Life Lost at Roanoke, Virginia. Baltimore, Aug. 24.

It has just been learned here that a cloudburst visited Roanoke Monday night about 11 o'clock and in half an hoar over $100,000 worth of damage had been done and one life, if not more, had been lost. In' the business portion of the city, which is on the low lands, were the principal stores. Every store on Salem avenue and Jefferson street were flooded and their contents aadly damaged. A large sewer is being built along Salem avenue, and this ditch was soon flooded with water. Barney Smith, a blacksmith, fell into it and was drowned.

His body was It was reported that two other bodies had been found, but it is impossible at this time to verify the report. Rain fell in torrents during the night. Many sidewalks are washed away, and the electric light plant has been flooded out. Valuable Find of Silver. Denver, Aug.) 24.

The biggest strike in the territory of Creed was made yesterday in the Shallow Creek district, on the property! owned by C. J. Roy, and named -'The Old Judge." Roy has a lead of quartz rich in sulphurets, which assays from. 860 to 1,530 ounces in silver. It is a well defined vein between walls.

Roy has' been in this district since last March, and has confined his operations exclusively to it. German Expedition Killed. London, Aug. 24. A dispatch from Zanzibar says it is reported on good authority that Baron Paul and four leading members of the German expedition sent to punish the natives have been murdered at Kilimanjaro.

Shakespeare's Simplicity. Many of Shakespeare's contemporary poets must have had every advantage that he had in practical experience of the stage, and all of them had probably as familiar an intercourse with the theater as he. But what a difference between their manner of constructing a play and hisl In all his dramatic works his skill in this is more or leas apparent. In the best of them it is unrivaled. From the first scene of them he seems to have beheld as from a tower the end of all.

In "Romeo and Juliet," far example, he had his story before him, and he follows it closely enough; but how naturally one scene is linked to the next and one event leads to another. If this play were meant to 11 lust rate anything it would seem to be that our lives were ruled by chance. Yet there is nothing left to chance in the action of the play which advances with the unvacillating foot of destinity; And the characters are made to subordinate themselves to the Interests of the play as. to something in which they have all a common concern. With the greater part of the secondary dramatists the characters seem like it-practiced people trying to walk the deck of a ship in rough weather, who start for everywhere to bring np anywhere, and are hustled against each other in the most inconvenient way.

It is only when the plot is very simple and straightforward that there is any chance of smooth water and of things going on without falling foul of each other. Was it only that Shakespeare, in choosing his themes, had a keener perception of the dramatic possibilities of a story This is ther declares in language, which shows that it is not the mere expression of a haphazard opinion, that the i trouble so far from earing a termination is only at its commencement. AT HOMESTEAD. Three Thousand Dollars; a Day Paid to the Locked-Out Men. Homestead, Ang.

24. Te Homestead lodges of the Amalgam ated association are spending in the neighborhood of $3,000 per day to snpply the wants of those; who; are entirely dependent upon these resources for -their sustenance. As yet there hasasn no short-; age of funds, and all demands upon the committee have been met promptly. The committee claims, that its resources are such that this means of support can be relied upon for: six months, or longer if necessary. 1 The committee is paying the rent for many families, 1 while in some cases those dependent I upon the committee are living much more com-i fortable than they did prior, to the lockout.

-1 I Eighty-nine new men were taken into the works yesterday. Several families of the non-union men moved into the company's houses. 1 i 1 Eleven heats were made in the new' Bessemer mill last night. I 1 The advisory committee officially deny and are quite indignant at the report that a boycott has been inaugurated against any Homestead merchant on account of having sold provisions or other merchandise to families or individuals who are identified with the non-union men working in the Carnegie steel works. REDUCING MINERS' WAGES.

Pittsburg Operators Will Fore Reduction of One-Half Cent. PrrrsBURo, 24. The meeting of the river coal operators at the Coal exchange yesterday was largely attended. Very little of the proceedings can be; ascertained beyond the fact that the proposed reduction from three land one-half cents to three cents per bushel in the price of mining was discussed at length. The operators will hold another meeting, but the date is not given.

One of the operators intimated yesterday evening that the mines will simply be closed down indefinitely in order, to give the diggers a long siege of idleness; then by the middle of September, when the men are on the rocks financially, the operators expect that there will be no difficulty in inducing the men to accept a three cent rate. The supply of coal in the down-river markets is very large at present; nearly all of the empty craft is tied up in lower ports, and business at the mines can not resume at any extent until there is a sufficient rise in the river to bring the barges np. Quiet in the Coal Country. Knoxville, 24. The war is considered over in the mining regions Kvery one is settling down to business in this city.

Bud Lindsay, has turned state's evidence, and not hang unless a mob should form. Governor Buchanan will return the convicts to Tracy City, Oliver Springs and ji Inman at once. A change of venue will probably bring the arrested miners from Anderson county to Knox for trial, 'Squire Kincaid is holding court at Coal Creek this morning and several miners; have been held to court while others fhave been dischaxcedi All; ob stacles to civil prosecution have been removed by appointing Brigadier General Carnes deputy sheriff of Anderson county. State's Attorney Pickle is conducting the prosecution with plenty of assistance. Miners unable to give bail, and few are, will be brought to Knoxville for safekeeping.

ienerai uames says he expects no further trouble, yet troops still gen-ing to the front. company from Jackson, passed through here yesterday. HEMATITE. TRAMMERS. A Hundred Strike in the' Great Lake Sujerior Ishpemtnq, Aug.

24. Forty- eight trammers employed in a hematite shaft of the Lake Superior. Iron company have struck for an increase from $1.55 to $1.70. This shaft produces soft ore for which there is said to be no demand. The company claims to be only anxious to close this shaft and will not pay the increased demand.

The strikers marched to Section 16 and induced brother workmen not to go to work at night. Night-shuc trammers ih the hematite shaft also struck. The miners are all working in the other shafts. 1 The Lake Superior company employs 1,200 men. It claims it will not be affected by the strike.

About one hundred trammers are now out. Brewers Go Oui. Albany, Ang. 24. The Knights of Labor in Granger's brewery went on a strike yesterday because of Mr.

Granger refusals to reinstate a discharged knight. His place had been filled by a Knight of Labor, as agreed between the proprietor and the knights, but the men went out, nevertheless, on Mr. Granger's refusal to re-employ him. Guarding- an Armory'. Pittsburg, Aug.

24. Colonel Norman M. Smith, of the Eighteenth regiment, last night asked for detectives to guard the regiment armory, which is situated in theneart of the city. Colonel Smith, says that on last Wednesday night an attack was made on the armory hall by some men with the purpose of securing the arms stored there. Monday night the windows were broken and Colonel Smith decided to call for police protection.

A force has been detailed to guard the approaches to the armory. National Banks. Washington, Aug. 24. The Third National bank, of Sandusky, capital $200,000, has been authorized to begin business.

1 The corporate existence of the First National bank of Lebanon, lias been extended to 1912. 1 -t Celebrated His' Ninetieth Tear. Blaikstown, N. Ang.i 24. The Hon.

John J. Blair celebrated his ninetieth birthday yesterday at his home here. Hundreds of people called to pay their respects, and a pleasant 1 day was spent. Mr. Blair enjoys good health.

1 r- Sensational New Haven, Aug. 24. Harry Brooks, a man of good family, and social standing, was arrested yesterday for burglary, He confessed to four burglaries, among them three committed Saturday night. The thefts aggregate several! thousand dollars. i Later in the day another young man! well known about town, was arrested for the crime.

He was stylishly dressed and. carried a blood-stained revolver. The evidence against him is said to be positive. r. 1 More Switchmen Co Out at 1 I TWO, MORE ROADS AFFECTED.

The Hen are Out. on Every Bead Cen tering- in Buffalo Tha Strike Extending- Along- thai Lackawanna i System. Another Man Shot Other Labor News! Buffalo, Ang. the side of the strikers the material events of yesterday have been the accession to the ranks of the switchmen of the" Delaware. Lackawanna and Western, and; the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg, which completes the tie-up, if such it may I be called; of all the roads centering in Bnffalo.

h-i -j -f The men of the latter road who emit work I late in i the afternoon are not numerous and their relation does not rut any as the road terminates in Buffalo on the tracks controlled by the Buffalo Creek Terminal company, whose men were already out. Its only significance lies in the fact that the Rochester, and Pittsburg is the great soft coal carrier for this and the up lakes territory and. with it in the all the coal roads centering i at the port of Buffalo are The Lackawanna addition to the in volved roads is of -more importance, as its tracks and trestles are numerous, and will have to have protection if there is a continuance of the tie-up. In addi tion to its loading trestle at the mouth of the harbor and- its extensive freight docks at the foot of Main street along the water it has a big storage trestle east of the city line in Cheekto- waga, in about the same location as that of the Lehigh 1 Valley, which has, been under guard of three companies of the eeventy-fonrth regiment for the past this post being an isolated one about three and a half miles east of the city line. i All reports to the contrary, up to yes terday afternoon there had been but two cases where strikers or mischief-, makers, have been actually hit when shot at by the troops.

Late yesterday afternoon, however, the Twenty-second regiment, stationed at the Tifft farm, where the 'Lehigh Valley docks are located, had a brush with strikers, one of whom was shot and so badly wounded bv a soldier that he is likely to die. The affair grew out of assaults on non-union switchmen, and several arrests were made. The soldier who did the shooting went 1 with the police to make a state ment and was himself made a prisoner. As may be imagined Colonel Camp was not long in making it evident that the Twentyisecond regiment did not relish such treatment by the cfVil authorities and when General Boyle told him to take all the men he wanted to recapture his soldier and take possession of the Solice headquarters if necessary, the or-er was obeyed with alacrity 'and things looked decidedly interesting. A large sized incident spoiled, however, when the policse released the soldier before his comrades arrived to rescue him.

It mav be assumed that the militia will be kept here until the close of the week at least unless the strike is sooner declared off. On thia phase of the ques tion the expected meeting between Messrs. Sweeney, Sargent, Clark and Wilkinson, representing the switchmen, firemen, conductors and trainmen, is expected to have an important and there is no. ground to change the belief of twenty-four hours aero. The three; last named orders will find no reasonable ground for joining in a gen eral strike.

General Porter and Captain Lus- combe, of the Thirteenth regiment, were conversing, when the subject came np of several men whose positions had been taken away from them as a result or their absence rrom civil duties. Said General "This matter must be looked into carefully and the men must not suffer." An; instance was cited where a man held a position as teller in one of the New i York banks, and notice had been sent him that his place had been filled General Porter and Captain Luscombe expressed great indignation over the fact action of this sort shotrld be taSn. General Porter said so far the instances were not numerous, and in ftery case the employes would be trfged to take the honorable and magnanimous course. ALONG THE LACKAWANNA SYSTEM. Considerable Excitement at Scran ton on Account of the Buffalo Strike.

Scbanton, Aug. 24. The strike of the Lackawanna switchmen at Buffalo and laying oft of crews at El-mira is has caused considerable excitement in this city, the central point of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western System. All last evening there were gathered groups of switchmen and discussing the situation, bat what their line of action will be is not determined. It was a general mystery as to what took the Buffalo switchmen from, their posts, and until this is fully known no positive action will be taken in this section.

Past Grand Chief Thurston, of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, came bereyesterday to confer with General Manager Halstead, of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, concerning the discharged telegraphers at Elmira And the pay and working hours of similar employes uponthe entire Lackawanna system. Mr." Halstead, however, having been apprised of the intention of Thurston to visit him upon this matter and having no arrangement for such a meeting, went to New York Monday night for the purpose, it is believed; of conferring with President Sloan regarding the telegraphers. Chief Thurston and the members of the general protective board of the order, who are also here, are confidant of favorable conclusion of their mission, they will remain in Scranton until they have had a conference with Mr. Halstead. 1 1 -1 i PRESIDENT GOMPERS IN CHICAGO.

Be Thinks the Buffalo Trouble Has Just .1 Commenced. Chicago, Ang. 24. President Gom- lpers, of the Federation of Labor, who has been in this city since has had some important 4 communications with the leaders of the strike at Buffalo. What the exact nature of these communications are, the president declines to state, but he is willing to admit that the Federation intends taking part in the dispute.

What the result of the Federation's part in the struggle between the New York Central and its employes may I it is impossible for the moment to say. Judging from' Mr. GompeTs' 1 own words, its possible effect will be to prolong 1 the battle till the demands of the men are conceded, and possibly to cause a general strike if their demands be not laronest east. James Kussell Lowell in 1 ..1.. How the One 'Fossnm Became Nina.

The fact that the opossum is a marsupial does not seem to be common knowledge. Anyway It was revealed to a man who lives on Long Island in an odd manner not long ago. He killed one of the animals for his garden with a gun and dragged the carcass to the house, The hired, man told him that by taking it to the magistrate at Patchogue, some five miles distant, could get a bounty of fifty cents, whtels was offered by the county. The man did -not at the time have any occasion to go to the town, so offered the opossum to neighbor who drove by on his way to Pat-ehogue. This man didn't think that halt a dollar would pay him for the trouble Involved, so he declined the gift with thanka.

That afternoon It occurred to the wife of the man who had killed the animal that she would have to drive to Patchogue to make some purchases. She suggested that her husband throw the body Into th bottom of the buggy under the seat, as bm might as well make the fifty cents as not. He did and they drove to town together. After attending to their shopping they stopped in front of the magistrata'a office and the husband alighted. He want behind the vehicle to take oat the opossum, when, lo and behold! he found eight little ones beside the old animal.

1 The mother had tucked them all into tint pouch under her breast at the sound of danger and they had remained snugly bidden until shaken out by the jolting of tha buggy. The amateur nimrod therefore brought down 94.50 with his shot instead of one-ninth of that sum, as he had at first' supposed. New York Tribune. ODDS AND ENDS. Iron pavements were first laid In TMffl in 1817.

Robert Burns was the son of a plowman in Ayrshire. 1 The notation system of writing musta was invented in 1070. 1 Six thousand Ctdnese coins go to make, one English sovereign. Valparaiso, has a horsethief who is bat seventeen years old. Peroxide of hydrogen diluted with ammonia will bleach the hair.

Statistics prove that the negro in the south lives longer than the negro in the north. i Twenty-five lines Of street railway are to operation in New York city, -including the elevated. A tiny electric light, attached. to a pencil, enables French reporters to take notes. -in the dark.

Those "who talk the most abont going abroad for the summer generally wind up in the mountains. i The menhaden fisheries of the United States annually yield 13,000,000 worth of fertilizers and oil. The longest-animal known to exist at the present time Is the rorqual, which averages 100 feet in length. The Japanese women adopt the singular method of gilding their teeth, and those of the Indians point them red. 1 Of the 11,000,000 women in Italy, about 2,000,000 are employed in Industrial labor and over 3.000,000 in agriculture.

1 Men are all the time "sacrificing health and life in their desire to get rich and do not seem to know how poor a bargain they are making. A postage stamp of the original value of about sixteen cents was sold at auction in London recently for $240 dollars. It was a Moldavian eighty -one paras postage stamp. A peculiar boycott is in progress at Fargo, N. D.

The business men of the town have boycotted the Northern Pacific railroad because the company won't build a new station and hotel there. They have issued a circular to all their business Connections asking them to ship their goods over other lines. The Distance That a Snake Strikes. The idea that a snake can strike for its fall length or a greater distance, and that, too, from the coil, is a popular and very erroneous belief, and must be quickly dispelled on consideration by every thinker. If a snake struck from a coil of two or even one and a half convolutions, it would of -necessity have to make one and a halt': turns or' more' of its head.

To illustrate this plainly, let any one flex the elbow, i resting the finger tips on the shoulder, then present the finger tips from you at an ob-V ject, straightening the arm. It will 1 be seen at once that the hand has to make half revolution in describing the semicircle in order to have the fingers still in position Ft with palm of hand presenting down. Of course a striking snake does not direct hi? head away from the enemy, but the prin- ciple is identical, and any thinker will see that it is impossible for a snake to strike any distance from a coiL The fact is no snake in America that I have met with can strike half the length of the body, any way, counting from a standard or central point of the coil. 1 Of course the innocuous species lack the dash and vigor of the poisonous ones 'in attack, but any person can readily verify what I say in the following lines by taking observations, on any small streaked snake and settle a point to his satisfaction, A massasauga twenty-four inches in length -can strike from a central point about nine or ten inches, but rarely more, and a' large rattler six feet long could cover three feet or less. I have repeatedly irritated blacks shakes and blue racers and caused them -i to assume the defensive, and do not think one ever reached over two-fifths from a.

central point, that is, two feet in a length of five feet. Dr. Morris Gibbs in Forest and Stream. 1 Good Ballast. She Why do you take Mr.

Spindle off sailing so much forf He isn't a bit good -company. 1 He I use him for ballast. I She But the man is as thin as a railj He True. But you forget that he always takes hi winter ulster with him. Clothier and Furnisher.

akin Poiudev: -i- r. I WILL FIGHT IT. Almond-Eyed' Emlfrsott Will Oppose I I 'J-- Bes-lstrjN Chicago, Aug: 23. Sam Moy, promi nent in the local Ctiinese" colony, surprised, the government officials by informing that 'orders have been received from Carina not to obey the law reauir- ing Chinese residents to take out certifi cates of residence. i He said the eovernment of China has sent an' official to this country to fight the law the courts.

This emissiarv was in Chicago ten days ago, he said, and informed him and others of the wishes; of the Chinese government. 1 he representative from the Celestial empire has gone to Washington to se-curetthe best legal talent to 1m had, and the law will be tested in the United States supreme court. A test will be made of the arrest of Chinamen in Detroit, where they were held on the charge of violating the exclusion law passed by the present congress. I in this way the exclusion act ana the provision compelling Chinamen; to take out certificate of residence will be tested together! Until a decision is ren dered, he Chinaman in Chicago will take out a certificate. Many of the Chinese living in 4 this district are opi posed to the requirements: or the law.

and most or them will probably follow the advice of the Chinese representative Some of the most intelligent of the race nave, however, called on utuector War ner and asked for particulars conrning the law. ONE IN ANOTHER OUT, Escaped Work House Prisoner Captured I but Another Escapes. PrrrsBUKO, Ang. 24. Charles Havres, the man who escaped from the work house after brutally 'beating the watch man and who; has committed naif a dozen robberies and assaults since his escape, was caught yesterday on Herr's Island by a farmer named Joe Richard- son- The latter knew Havres before he commenced his criminal career and rec ognized the fugitive on sight Richard son gave an alarm and pursued Havres.

About fifty people started the chase, After a long rap Richardson-grasped Havres in his arms and him until a patrol wagon was summoned, and the police officers relieved him of his pris oner. i Another work house prisoner, named Parsons, a vagrant, escaped yesterday morning from his keeper; who was in charge of a gang of thirteen men doing outside a a River Bank Cavert In. JNEW uslcaks, iAng. A. serious caving of the river bank occurred at cjouthport.

Sonthport i is above the city and 'is the; site of the Mississippi Valley railroad wharves and elevator, The cave is 185 by. 80. feet, and 'that much of the wharf and warehouse sunk into the nver. The company does not think that there will be any further damaere. It has ample Wharfasre facili ties above and below and commerce will not be interef ered with, i The immense Sonthport elevator has not-been injured.

Lawyer and Politician Suicides. Search, Ark Aug. 24. Judge J. F.

Rives, a well-kwown lawyer and politi cian of this city-, shot himself to death early yesterday morning. He had been drinking and neglected, his business. Deceased had filled the position of coun ty judge for this county and was in the legislature of 1883, He was very popu lar in central i Arkansas. He leaves wife and five little girls. Inman li ue London- Aug; 24.

The chairman of the Southampton Tramway company announced a meeting yesterday that the negotiations with the Inman line with the object of having the Inman vessels stop at. Southampton were near ly completed and; the arrangement would come into operation at the new year. j-. Murderess and Victim Both Dead, Saratoga, Aug. 24.

Mrs. Francis McCrathy, who shot James Bryant in Schnyleryille -three weeks ago, died in Ballston i jail at 3 o'clock yesterday morning in childbirth. Six hours later her victim, who has been hpvering be tween life and death since the shooting, aieL at his home in schuyiervuie, ft 1 Shipping Shattered. St. John's, N.

24. A serious hnrricane is reported from the French Island of St. PierreJ The storm played havoc with the vessels at anchor in the roadstead. The French brigantine Hasparren was 'driven' Ion shore, but without loss of life. Two schooners, the Fernand and Vannest, were driven to sea, and much other damage was done.

No lives are reported lost. 1 I Teagh Prisoner Escapes. Maysvhxe, Aug. 24. Charles Warner, a negro, was arrested here for grand larceny.

He grappled Frank Perrie, a deputy jailer, and nearly choked Perne to A door was standing open 'and Warner made his es cape. 1 i I i After the Money. Paris, Aug. 24. The governor of Uruguay will negotiate a loan of $5,000, 000 in this city.

i I 1 11 I Tailoring- la Eng-land I 14ONDOM, Aug. Kt. a number or employing tailors otjened their doors to the journeymen yesterday, notwithstanding tne general iockoux aeterminea upon by tne master ttuors. in Liondon, laver pool and some other places, work: went on as usual. 5 A I Xili i mm Canadaktoa, 5 N.

24. Ex- Governor Myron H. Clarke died jat h. home in this place yesterday. Decease was born' in Naples, Ontario county.

in 1800. He was elected on the Pro hibition ticket as governor of this state. in 1855. i' JBhooting- In CoLtruBCS, Ang. 24.

A stranger in Charles Terry's saloon, at High and Third streets, shot mt Frank Beck and hitEdHilLof 1185 Hildreth street, in the leg. Indieatioas. I Increasing Cloudiness I and showers; cooler weather: soatheasterly winds, be ill nvrr li A BATTLE IN AFGHANISTAN. The Ameer's Troops Defeated and are Now in a Serious Condition, Being; Greatly In Want for Food Disasters at Sea Ravages of Cholera Other Foreign Mews. Simla, Aug.

24. Advices from Afghanistan how that another engagement has occurred between the revolting Hazara tribesmen and a force of Afghan troops under command of the governor of Candahar. The ameer's army was defeated and it is said they are now in a critical position and suffering from scarcity of food. The tribal levies made by the ameer are not proving very successful, the so-called loyal tribesmen objecting to fighting against the Hazaras. Embryo Bank Breaker Done For.

London. Aug." 24. A youth named West, aged eighteen, residing in Kensington, was wanted on a charge of robbery. When an attempt to arrest him was made he fled to the roof of the house. Two pursuers followed him to the scuttle, through which access was gained to the roof.

Young West, drawing a revolver, fired at them. His aim was bad, and the bullets imbedded themselves the roof. The men, undeterred by the shots, had just reached the roof, when West, who could not reach the roofs of the houses near-by, turned the weapon against himself ana blew his brains out. Steamer and Bark in Collision. Aug.

24.. The British steamer Iyanhoe, bound for the Clyde has put into Kingstown, Ireland, with her bows stove. She reports that she was in collision with the British bark Wave Queen, and that the latter vessel was so badly damaged that she sank shortly after the accident occurred. The Ivanhoe stood by the sinking ship and took off all of the crew. Steamer on Fire.

London, Aug. 24. The British steamer Carado, from Oran for Newcastle, has put into Spithead roadstead with her cargo burning. All efforts to extinguish the fire have proved unavailing and it is probable that the vessel will have to be scuttled. She is a steamer of 861 tons register and is owned in North Shields.

She is twenty years old. Cholera in a Severe Form. Simla, Aug. 24. Cholera in a severe form is ravaging Afghanistan and Turkestan, and many deaths have occurred.

A number of cases have been reported in Cabnl, the capital of Afghanistan. 1 Resignation Withdrawn. Buenos Atres, Aug. 23. Pellegrini has withdrawn his resignation as president.

It is said that President-elect Saenz Pena objected to taking office before the constitutional period. TELEGRAPHERS' BROTHERHOOD. I An Effort to Better Their Pay and Honrs of Labor. New York, Aug. 24.

The Tribune says: The commercial telegraphers of the United States are engaged in forming a national brotherhood. A committee call has just been issued for a meeting of representatives in Kansas City on Sept. 2 to form such ah organization. For some time correspondence has been going on in relation to the subject, and interest is being manifested in all parts of the country. O'Reilly, who took an active part in the telegraphers' strike in 1883 and who is now an assistant editor of The Knights of Labor Journal, is in the city conferring with JNew York leaders on the subject.

He was seen by a Tribune reporter and spoke warmly of the project. He said that the telegraphers had either to organize or submit to the Western, which, he alleges, has pursued a policy of reduction during the last six years. says that the average salary of a telegraph operator is less than $53 per month, and that the amount necessary to maintain a decent existence has to be eked out by extra work, at the cost of health, comfort, independence, and even life. A telegraph operator, he said was a highly skilled workman. Not only must he know how to a message, but he must be an encyclopedia of information, so as to deal intelligently with all subjects.

No operator should be required to work, O'Reilly thinks, more than eight hours a day, and first-class operators should receive not less than $100 per month. The operators were organizing to maintain their standing as a proles sion; not to threaten Or intimidate, but to educate. They realized that the only way to gain the respect of the companies is to maintain a solid organized front. O'Reilly said that a meeting was held in Philadelphia on Sunday at which delegates were elected to attend the convention at Kansas City, and that meetings were held on the same day to discuss the subject and elect delegates in New York, Boston, Jersey City, Pittsburg, Baltimore, Richmond, Nashville, New Orleans, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago and other cities and towns.

Local unions have been formed in twenty-seven cities already.and after the convention six commissioned organizers will be in the field. The national asscK ciation Will invite all these and make a powerful organization. O'Reilly will start for Kansas City at the end of the week to attend and take active part in the national convention. A secret meeting of the New York operators will be held on Friday night. A -MYSTERIOUS WOMAN.

From Her Actions She Wants to Bay the Whole State of Indiana. Kokomo, Aug. 24. A mysterious woman, giving the name of Emma Powell, claiming St. Louis as her home and boasting of fabulous wealth, appeared in the eastern part of Howard county some three weeks ago and created a stir among land-owners by offering to purchase at good, round figures a large lot of land, claiming that she wanted to establish a stock farm.

She contracted with James Loop for 106 acres, and with others for smaller lots; amounting in all to about 700 acres. Two weeks ago she left, ostensibly for St. Louis, agreeing to send her agent back with the money to close the trade. Neither the agent nor the money has yetput in an The woman has since turned np in Cass county, and again in Miami county, where she made the same offer to fanners in different parts of these counties, and again: disappeared. She does not ask for any money, or any written contract which might be tran- STATE DISPATCHES.

-Items Gathered, from Different Indiana Toyns. MYSTERIOUS ACTING WOMAN. She Probably Wants to Bay XT the Entire State and Make an loaeni Cattle 'farm of It Various frther State News. Indianapolis, Aug. 24.

Before 6 o'clock last night the Order of the Iron Hall was in the hands of a receiver. In the morning the plaintiffs concluded their case and the defense announced that it would require but a couple of hours for their evidencef which is prin-, eipally the cross-examination of Cashier Davis to be taken. The- defense also intimated that it would be willing to submit the case without argument. As a premonitory sign of. the action that Judge Taylor would take, he, upon motion of the plaintiffs counsel, placed all the property and offices, including papers and books of the order here, in the custody of Bailiff Bruce, and they will be kept tinder lock and key until further orders.

The plaintiffs claimed that Somerby and others were removing papers that were of great importance in settling the At the completion of the argument Judge Taylor appointed James IT. Failey, a well known wholesale miller of this city, as receiver. The order's affairs will be wound up at once. Mr. Failey's bond will be $1,000,000.

A NOBLE EMPLOYER. TrOTliions Made for the Widows and Or phans of His Ill-Fated Workmen. Hartford City, Aug. 24. At "the recent accident here at the glass works, four or the hve men killed were married, Alexander Moore leaving a paralytic wife with three children.

The contractor, J. V. Smith, was -away at the time of the sad occurrence. He came home at once almost broken hearted. He saw that all of the dead were properlv cared for and buried and then he promptly sought out the bereaved widows and orphans and supplied tneir every want, ana to mase them -comfortable in the future, gave to each widow $1,000, paid all expenses, and placed them on the pay roll.

This, even after the coroner had rendered a verdict of an unforseen and unavoidable acci To say that Mr. Smith has exalted himself in the estimation of every -one reeoiy expresses it. Diphtheria in an Orphans Home. Kokomo, Ang. 24.

Malignant diphtheria has appeared in the orphans' home, at this place, and much concern is felt for the thirty inmates of that institution, ranging in years from one to fourteen. Up to this time there are four well developed cases and five cases of a suspicious character. The diphtheria patients have been isolated, and the es tablishment is rigidly quarantined, but there is little hope that a spread of the contagion will be averted, and it is feared the scourge will sweep the insti ration. 1 he building is a poor sani tary condition and after repeated appeals the board of managers, the -county commissioners have just given orders to have it repaired. -Town and Country Fight.

Bourbon, Aug. 24. A fight oc curred last in which twenty or thirty took part. Marry Wiiford and Charles Shull got into a fight late in the afternoon, bhull being a town boy and "Wiiford a country lad, citizens and farmers took sides. The town has been in a confusion 'since then, Fights oc-curred on every corner, and it was im possible for hpnrs to quiet down the mobs.

Two men who were in the fuss are Btill unconscious and-their recovery is doubtful, besides there are a number who are just able to walk. A 44-caliber revolver was found in the street, but no firing was done. The looks of several Wounds show that "knucks" and billies "were freely used. A Typical Dance Harder. Ind.

Aug. 23. Another murder is reported in Perry county. At Derby; a smp.U town in the eastern part of this county, Jim Carr killed Cal Bryant by stabbing him four or five times with a knife. Carr and Bryant had been old enemies, and while at a dance eneracred in a fierht.

Brvant linsr ered about an hour. Carr, immediately after the killing, crossed the river into Kentucky and has not been captured. sheriff Uonway and two or three depu ties are after him1 Shot by a Tramp. A villa, Aug. 24.

A man named Kelly, property man of Ringling Brothers circus, was fatally shot at Garrett last night by a tramp. He died an hour Two of the. gang which did the shooting have been apprehended. incitement among the showmen ran very high and it was with difficulty that a lynching was averted. The murder was the most cold-blooded ever known in this section.

ALT ON HALL. The Day of His Execution Bapidly Ap- preaching. Johnson City, Aug. 24. The day for the execution of Talton Hall, the noted Virginia murderer, who is purported to have slain ninety-nine men, willJae next Friday, between the hours or iu ana js, at wise (Jourt House, va.

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