Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 3 July 1891 — Page 6

©he JJerrurcrat übjcXturTind. *, BLACKBURN, ... PububhXK — ----- —-..TOUR NEWS SUMMARY. TO STOP THE MARCH OF THE CHINESE HORDE. 'Twlxt Life and Death—Taken Out DeadBan a Stick in Her Mouth— Short In Uli Accounts—Her Clothing Ablazo. GUN-BOATS To Stop the March of the Chinese Horde. San Francisco special: Advices per steamship Batavia, which have arrived at Victoria, B. C., state that Admiral Belknap, commanding the Asiatic Squadron, received a dispatch from United States Consul-General Leonard at Shanghai, dated June 1, stating that the band of Chinese which destroyed the French Mission at Woo Sich on the night of the 31st were reported to be at Soo Choo, on the direct route to Shanghai, and that the indications pointed to their making an attack on the French Missions eighteen miles from Shanghai and and at Sacbaker, four miles from Shang- * hai. . , Consul-General Leonard stated that one Russian and one French gun-boat were arriving to go up the river, making nine gun-boats for the river, and that one British and one German gun-boat and the Alliance are at Shanghai. A dispatch was received by Admiral Belfenap from Capt Curley, of the Alliance, June 9, confirming the report of the destruction of the Woo Sich Mission, and stating that the situation was regarded at Shanghai as serious. Her Clothing Ablaze. Ct New York special: Mrs. Elizabeth M. Haslett, wife of Samuel A. Haslett,ja retired merchant, living at No. 138 Remsen street, Brooklyn, accidentally set her clothing on fire and was so badly burned that she died within two hours. — Mrs. Haslett in her fright jumped from the fourth story of her house to the roof of an extension, one story lower, and lay there, frantically endeavoring to tear the blazing clothes from her person, the wind all the time fanning the flames. When the member? of the family reached the roof of the extension Mrs. Haslett’s clothes were burned completely off her, only her shoes remaining. The Account Short. St. Louis special: The officers of the American Express Company are investigating what appears to be a good-sized deceit on the part of Charles F. Bigelow, heretofore an employe, and who has for several years been assistant cashier of the company. Mr. Bigelow left his home a few days ago, and, failing to put in an appearance, his books were hastily gone over and enough evidence was found to warrant the belief that he was short in his accounts. He was arrested in Chicago and brought here. Hiram Perry, a clerk in Bigelow’s office, was also arrested and kept in the sweater all day in the hope of Wringing a confession from him. He Married Another. New Orleans special: Miss Beta A. H. Kaesman,'of Baltimore, brought suit in the United States Circuit Court for 6100,000 for breach of promise against Brownlee W. Taylor, a prominent merchant of this city. Taylor is the head of the large wholesale shoe house of John - Henry & Co., and made the acquaintance of Miss Kaesman in Baltimore in , July, 1888, promising to marry her. The wedding was subsequently put off from month to ifionth on various pretexts. A few days ago Miss Kaesman learned that Taylor secretly married -another lady in this cityj in April. - Hence this suit. &• An Armory Burned. A lire which originated in the attic of the Seventy-first Regiment Armory New York,. spread rapidly and almost Entirely destroyed the structure. The building occupied the entire square bounded by Forty-forth and Forty-fifth streets, Seventh avenue and Broadway. The upper floor the armory and there were numerous stores on the ground floor. A number of rifles were burned. The total loss is about 6200,000; insurance, 6100,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. ’Twlxt Life and Death. Wilmington (Del.) special: James McElhenny, who was shot by William J. Dunseith in an altercation over the building of a partition railing between their house frpnfs, did not die as was prematurely reported. He was thought to be dying and.-the last sacrament was administered, but his physicians entertain hopes of recovery. Dunseith and his wife are held without bail to await the result of McElhenny’s injuries. Chill’s New Cabinet. The Bureau of the American Republic at Washington has received information that the Republic of Chili has organized a new cabinet, as follows: Interjbr, Don Julio Banados Espinosa: Foreign Affairs and Worship, Don Manuel Maria Aldunate: Justice and public Instruction, Don Francisco Javier Concha; Finance, Don Manuel Aristides Zanartu; War and Marine, Gen. Jose Velasques; Industry and Public Works, Don Nicanor Ugalda. A Smash in Hell Gate. New York special: The steam yacht Peerless collided with the Thomas Y. Boyd in Hell Gate. The tug was so badly damaged that she sank within a few minutes. Three of the ejew with the captain were rescued by the Peerless, but the cook is missing and is believed to have been drowned. Fratricide Pardoned. Sylvester Bassett, of Shelby County, Ind., convicted of the murder of Albert Bassett, in 1887, and sentenced to eighteen years’ imprisonment, has been pa- - roled by the Governor. Albert, while drunk, assaulted his father, and this led to the killing. Taken Out Dead. The remains of James Dobson, the last of the six victims of the recent cyclone at the Patterson Coal Company’s breaker, have been found. One hundred men worked’hard in the hope of finding Dodson alive. The Italian has been • Identified as Bernard Koskintz, of New York City. Kan a Stick in Her Mouth. While at play, Jennie, the 5-year-old daughter ofzJohn Kennedy, a farmer living at Selma, Ohio, fell on a sharp stick, which entered her mouth, tearing the palate in a terrible manner. The child will recover. * Catholic Knights of St. John. The Supreme Council Catholic Knights of St. John, in session at Fort Wayne, Ind., elected the following officers: Supreme President, F. P. Bradley, Cincinnati; First Vice President, G. J. Rosenffeld, Columbus; Second Vice President, W. W. Cheezum, Indianapolis; Supreme Secretary, Timothy Nolan, Cleveland; Supreme Treasurer, George Mathison, Wheeling; Grand Commander, Col. W. T. MeGurrin, Grand Rapids; First Vice Grand Compiander, Capt. J. W. Drury, iletrolt; Second Vice Grand Commander, Maj. J. A. Bronner, Cincinnati. The’ repost shows membership era

— <8,411, a net gain during the year of 1,254. The Supreme Treasurer's report shows receipts for the widows* and orphans' fund to be $11,814; disbursements, $11,200. Toronto was selected as the place for holding the next annual convention. LAID TO BEST. ® The Last Sad Bites Performed Over the Remains of Ex-Senator McDonald. Indianapolis special: The funeral of the late Joseph E. McDonald occurred from the family residence. The Hendricks, Cleveland, and Gray clubs; the Marion County and Indianapolis bar associations, the city and State officials all turned out en masse to attend the obsequies and the procession included fully five hundred carriages, wagons and buggies and the funeral was the largest seen here since the burial of Vice President Hendricks. The floral tributes were profuse and beautiful, and came from every political organization in the city irrespective of party lines. When the hour for commencing services arrived the house was crowded and hundreds of people packed the yards adjoining and streets for three or four blocks in each direction. Perfect order prevailed, however, and the occasion was quiet and most impressive. The funeral ceremonies were conducted by the Rev. Jos. A. Milburn, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church and the Rev. Dr. M. L. Haines, of the First Presbyterian Church. A selected quartet sang“ Rock of Ages,’’and “Nearer My God to Thee.” These hymns were sung at the funeral of Mr. McDonald’s first wife and other members of the family and were special favorites of the ex-Senator. feee-fok-all Fight In a Michigan Synagogue Between Opposing Factions. Traverse City (Mich.) special: Ever since the Jewish synagogue was built here, over two years ago, there has beeji a continual rivalry among the adherents. One taction claimed that the rabbi in charge mingled more freely with one class and procured another rabbi for their faction. This embittered the other faction, and trouble has been brewing ever since. The other night while one party had possession of the synagogue and was attending to its devotions the rival faction marched in and a free-for-all fight ensued. Axes, chairs, clubs, and chandeliers were freely used and many heads were battered and cut, some seriously. The officers arrived on the scene as quickly as possible, and after a hard struggle quiet was restored. The following were seriousiy hurt: A. Cohn, deep scalp wound, condition critical. C. Cohn, scalp wound. Louis Steinberg, cut about face. S. Yalomstein, scalp wound. - Many others were less severely hurt. A number of the participants in the row have been arrested and warrants are out for the arrest of fifteen Others. A BOAT RACE. The Cornell Crew Break the Record. NeW London (Conn.) special: The Cornell University boat crew covered themselves with glory by winning from the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia crews in the fast time of 14 minutes and 27% seconds, thereby chopping onds off the best previous time on the Tames River course by any of the college crews. The conditions, however, were favorable for fast time, the water being smooth, a strong current running and the wind blowing so as to be of the most assistance to the racers. Tlie race was probably the most exciting ever rowed here, the Pennsylvania crew developing unexpected strength and the rowing almost bow for bow with the crack Cornell crew for nearly two miles. Nearing the finish, however; Cornell spurted in magnificent form and, drawing away from their opponents easily by four open lengths. Columbia was a bad third, finishing five lengths behind Pennsylvania. The poor showing of Columbia was a surprise as they have shown much better form in their practice. DON’T LIKE SCHOOLS. The Arizona Indians Rebel Against the System. Interior and War Department officials are not a little disturbed over the reports telegraphed by Gen. McCook ol the threatened Indian troubles in Northwestern Arizona. It has been known for some time-Yhat members of the Navajo tribe were protesting bitterly against the government school system in operation on the reservation, but there had been no fear of hostilities unXU the dispatches were received. TheYe are at least 3,000 men on the reservation, and as the majority of them are young men, an outbreak among them would be a serious affair. This reservation adjoins that of the Monquis, and it is known that they are also discontented over the school question. The department has telegraphed Gen. McCook to take prompt and vigorous steps to prevent an uprising. WILL SHE WED? ’Tis So Reported of Mrs. Logan. Washington special: - Rumors are again rife that Mrs. John A. Logan is soon going to marry George E. Lemon, the millionaire pension agent. When Mrs. Logan sailed for Europe some weeks ago she is said to have given a hint of her purpose to a few friends. And now Lemon himself has gone to Europe and before sailing has made no secret of his intention to join Mrs. Logan’s party and travel about the continent with them. The names of Mrs. Logan and Capt. Lemon were linked for matrimopy some months ago,[and idle tonguqsT can now see onjy a marriage abroad-in their presence across the Atlantic this summer. At the time of the report both entered a strong denial. But now there are a great many who believe the report to true. Fell Forty Feet Two men were killed and several injured so badly that they will probably die by the fall of a scaffolding at the Worthington Pump .Works, Elizabethport, N. J., where a new building is in course of erection. Seventeen bricklayers, with their helpers, were at work on the scaffold when it gave way and they were precipitated a distance of forty feet to the ground. The killed are Michael Nolan and Gabrielle Williams. The injured are: Patrick Moler,badly injured; Kemus Humbel, colored, head crushed; James Kelly, badly bruised and cut; Michael McCarthy, slightly injured; , Patrick Jones, slightly injured. A num- ! ber of others received slight abrasions or bruises. The accident is attributed to the overloading of the scaffold. To Ferpetuate the Name. At a dinner given by Mrs. James H. Drew, in New York, to Mrs. Jefferson Davis and her oldest daughter, Mrs. Addison Hays, of Colorado, Mrs. Hays introduced her youngest child as “Jefferson Davis.” The boy is about 2 years old, and was christened Jefferson Addison Hays at his birth. As Jefferson Davis ! left only daughters, Mrs. Hays wished to perpetuate his name by giving it to her child, but her husband and family at first objected. Last winter he yielded, ( however, and the change was made. Ohio Democrats. The Ohio Democratic State Central ! Committee met at Columbus, and upon 1 the second ballot Cleveland as

’ the place for holding the Democratic ; State Convention. July 14 and IS. The I apportionment of delegates was fixed on ■ the vote cast last year for Hon. T. E. i Cromley, for Secretary of State. This I will give the convention 700 delegates. Hamilton County gets fifty-nine instead of eighty-two, as selected by the antlCampbell men, and Franklin has twenty- , five. Indiana Militia. I Fort Wayne special: This city has . been selected for holding the annual en- . campment of the Indiana Legion, which i opens July 20th and continues for a • week. Adjutant General N. R. Ruckle i and General Pope, of Indianapolis, ar- . rived in the city recently, and tn comi pany with Majors E. L. Siver and C. D. Tlllo, drove to the Hanna farm, north of i the city, with a view to selecting a site. ’ The visitors selected the Fort Wayne Park Association grounds as the camp . site and the Hanna farm for the parade and drill grounds. The grove in the park will make a pleasant camp ground ■ and the level fields of the Hanna farm [ will afford an excellent drill ground. Tlie Notorious Kansan Killed by a Desperado. ; A dispatch from Hugaton, Kas., states that Colonel S. M. Wood, the notorious Stevens County leader, was shot . dead at that place by Jas. Brennen, the ’ Morton County desperado. The killing i was the result of the Stevens County ; troubles. Wood was an old citizen of , Kansas, formerly an editor of Topeka. I He founded Woodsdale, Stevens County, i and tried to make it the county seat’ During the war in which Sheriff Cross i and four others were killed, Wood discreetly kept out of the why. Last year Wood was a leader in the Alliance movement, and was the great power behind the throne in the Legislature. He 1 it was who caused the impeachment of Judge Botkin. The American Consul Insults the “Union Jack.” ’ A special from Vancouver, B. C., says that Jay Ewing, the American Consul, is becoming more unpopular every day. ' The arrival of the first through train.to Whatcom, W.ash,, from here, was celebrated by an excursion and demonstration by Whatcom citizens. In honor of the guests, the Union Jack was conspicuously displayed on an arch side by side with the Stars and Stripes. Ewing, who was one of the excursionists from here, demanded that the Union Jack be taken down, and as a half drunken mob backed up his demand, the Union Jack came down. Shouting Affray. A shooting affray occurred ata colored picnic from Indianapolis held at Maxwell, Hancock County, Ind., in which three men were shot, two probably fatally. The shooting was the result of an old quarrel between Ed Harvey and John Banks, two negro toughs of Indianapolis. Each had tffO revolvers and each emptied every chamber of his weapons. Councilman Henry Sweetland (colored) of Indianapolis, was shot through the body but will recover. Banks was shot in five places and will die. Harvey, who is in jail at Greenfield, is probably fatally wounded. Conflicting Reports. A Santiago de Chili dispatch from Balmaceda’s government says that the rebels have lost all their moral force and that resistance on their part in the south has come to an end. On the other hand, the same dispatch states that President Balmaceda is increasing the strength of the army and that his war vessels are attacking rebel ports, while the rebel squadron avoids fighting. Nineteen provinces are stated to be under the control of the Balmaceda Government A Crooked Consul. San Francisco special: Collector of Port Phelps has preferred charges of a serious nature against United States Consul Leonard stationed at Shanghai, China, and the officials at Washington will investigate. Leonard is charged with issuing fraudulent Chinese certificates, allowing Chinese to land at American ports. Phelps has the evidence of fifteen Chinese recently landed on these fraudulent certificates, some of whom paid as high as 6200 to Consul Leonard for his signature. Left Him Hanging. W. S. Smith, an inmate of the Toledo, i Ohio, Insane Asylum, hanged himself i while the attendant was at a meal with ■ other patients. On returning Smith was . found hanging. The attendant, instead • of cutting the rope, started out to find > the supervisor, and the two returned s to the cottage, but both at once started to i find the superintendent, the patient still 1 hanging. The physician cut the body i down, though it was too late to save his I life. A Doctor Horsewhipped. Etta Dumphy, of 24 North Peoria ’ street Chicago., called on Dr. T. H. Jamieson at his office, 240 West Indiana ' street and thrashed him with a big horse 1 whip. The girl’s mother died a while ’ ago and Etta believed it was because Dr. 1 Jamieson didn’t understand his business. ' He sent in his bill for services and Etta called with the bill in her pocket and whip in her hand. There will be no prosecution, although the doctor received some cruel blows. > The Famous “Lost Vein” jjound. > Denver special: The “lost vein” has been found. It consists of a six-inch i streak of almost solid silver glance and i britton silver and estimated to run from i $15,000 to $25,000 in value per ton. It was found by Fred Albright and Win- > slow Calisle and undoubtedly is the fa- > mous “lost vein.” For twenty years ■ prospectors haVe'Searched for this vein • and thousands of dollars have been spent ■ in the quest. r~l Blown Up by Dynamite. ! A terrible explosion of dynamite has occurred at Leiper’s quarries, Pa. Peter McLaughlin and J. Polker, the latter a naturalized Italian, were working on a } large rock. McLaughlin put in a quantity of dynamite and was tamping it, when the stuff exploded. McLaughlin was hurled high into the air in a cloud . of smoke, dust, and flying stones. He r died in an hour. Polker will live. 5 Tortured by Hanging. Lewis Pegnim, a well-known young 1 man of Hampton, Ark., was decoyed from his home and hanged to a tree by i three masked men. A confession was 1 extorted from him as to the whereabouts 7 of a considerable sum of money he was ! known The money was se- ■ cured by his captors and he wa% left in a J secluded portion of woods, more dead J than alive. His injuries are believed to • be fatal. ’ Must Stop Fool Selling. r By a decision rendered by Judge Gary, , of the Appellate Court, Chicago will be authorized to v put a stop to pool selling at the Washington Park race track. The validity of the city ordinance permitting . it was the only question, and the Court 1 held that the judgment of the Criminal - Court holding' the ordinance void was - correct. Struck by a Train. s J. O. Donnell, supposed to be a tramp, - was struck, by a Pittsbursrh train near s Arcola, Allen County, Ind., whifehe was 1 asleep on the railroad track. The loco--3 motive hurled him fifty feet from the t railroad into a ditch,' where he was dis- » covered alive, but unconscious, by a number of workmen. He will die. The Examiner Examined. ] The question as to whether Bank Exa aminer Drew, of Philadelphia, used* ors di nary prudence and diligence in the

matter of the Keystone National Bank, is now being investigated by officers of the Treasury Department, and his continuance in office will depend upon the result of this investigation. That Gas Decision. One of the Judges of the Indiana Supreme Court in explaining the decision in the gas-pumping case, said the whole decision was simply upon the power of the Legislature to regulate the pressure of gas, and was no decision of the question of inter-state commercial relations. It the Chicago company wants to pipe the gas to Chicago at the maximum pressure fixed by the Legislature, it can do so. Senator McDonald's Will. The will of the late Senator McDonald was probated at Indianapolis. The bulk of his property is left to Mrs. McDonald. This includes his Washington street property, personal effects and library. His watch and law library is given to C. F. McDonald, and the rest of his property is disposed of under the laws of descent 4 Arrested for Forgery. Lawson M. Noyer, formerly editor of the Akron Eagle, and postmaster at Akron, who was arrested last November on the charge of forgeryand subsequntly released on bail, was re-arrested and imprisoned at Rochester, Ind. Recent developments show that he was guilty of executing forged notes that had not been discovered. Killed in Indian Territory. A special from Guthrie, O. T., says: Indian scouts from the Sac and Fox country have arrived here with the intelligence of a triple killing in the Indian country, east of here. The three killed were white men and bad characters, and had been peddling whisky to the Indians for some months. Their names are unknown. Must Teach German. The Indiana Supreme Court decided in favor of the teaching of the German language in the schools, holding that the law is compulsory and the language must be taught wherever the requisite number of patrons shall petition for same. Judges Olds and Mcßride dissent in a long opinion. Tired of Her Brave. Chamberlain, (S. D.) special: Steamboat men who arrived here bring the report from up the river that Mrs. Cora Belle Fellows-Chaska will apply for a divorce from her husband, Sam Chaska. The marriage of Miss Fellows to the Indian Chaska caused a great sensation. The couple have-one child. lowa Democrats. The lowa Democratic Convention nominated the following ticket: Governor—Horace F. Boies. Lieutenant Governor—l. L. Bestow. Judge Supreme Court—L. G.Kinne. Superintendent of Schools—J. B. Knoepfler. Railroad Commissioner—Peter A. Dey. Verdict tor Campbell. The jury in the libel suit brought at Cork, Ireland, by Henry Campbell, M. P., Secretary of Parnell, against the Cork Herald, brought in a verdict of £250 damages for Campbell. The Herald accused Campbell of hiring houses for immoral purposes for Parnell. The Appropriation Unconstitutional. J. A. Barham, attorney for State Comptroller Colgan, of California, has advised him not to pay the $300,000 appropriated by the Legislature for California’s exhibit at the World’s Fair, on the grounds that the appropriation is unconstitutional. Terrible Disaster at Ashland, Pa. Ashland (Pa.) special: The colliery of the Patterson Coal Company near here was blown over and five men were killed. A terrible storm visited this section and rain fell in torrents. The loss to the colliery issl2o,ooo. Cook Pleaded Gnilty. William H. Cook, late police clerk of Toledo, Ohio, pleaded guilty to the embezzlement of $5,000 of the city funds, and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary, ajid to pay a fine of SIO,OOO. Illinois Gold. A result of the recent gold discoveries west of Danville, 111., is the organization of the Vermillion Placer Mining Company. Capital stock $20,000. The new company will commence operations at once. Excursion Train Wrecked. An excursion train from Little Rock to Fort Smith, Ark., was wrecked by a broken rail, killing a little babe of Mrs. Walker, of Little Rock, and wounding about twenty passengers. An Oil Refinery Burned. Fire destroyed the Beaver Company’s oil refinery, near Washington, Pa., entailing a loss of $60,000. The fire is supposed to have started from the explosion of a boiler. Wild Bull Stampedes in Cincinnati. A wild bull traversed over three miles of principal streets of Cincinnati before being killed. There were a score of persons injured, oneseriously. Promotion for Rathbone. Chief Postoffice Inspector Rathbone has resigned affd will be appointed Fourth Assistant Postmaster General. Lieutenant Governor Al sop Dead. Lieut. Gov. Alsop, of Connecticut, died suddenely of heart disease. THE MARKETS," > CHICAGO. 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WELL CALLED TYRANT IS BALMACEDA, THE CHILIAN DICTATOR. A. Veritable Reign of Terror Said to Exist In Chill—Horrible Punishment Inflicted — So-Called “Volunteer.,” In Handcuff^— Rebel Force—Weak Point of the Revolutionists. Many startling facts in connection with the revolution now raging in Chili, which throw light upon the ferocity and despotism of Balmaceda, are given to the public by three gentlemen, two of whom are Chilians, who arrived last week. The stories show that Balmaceda Is well termed “the tyrant ” In Santiago, where his headquarters are, no one dares to utter a word against him. He has caused a cross of red to be painted on the houses of all people whom he suspects of being not in sympathy with him, and into these marked residences his police and soldiers go at any hout of the day or night They fansack the rooms on the ground that they are looking for revolutionists who are supposed to be hidden there. The soldiers demand wine and food, and after having as good a time as they wish depart only to repeat the offense at some other marked residence. If a laborer is caught on the street going to or from work without a tag showing for whom he is working he is gobbled up by the soldiers of Balmaceda and impressed into his service. This system exists in Valparaiso also. One of the gentlemen referred to was walking aiofig the street past a jail yard. He heard some terrible shrieks from some one on tho other side of the wall. He Inquired of a soldier the cause and was told that some of Balmabeda’s soldiers were punishing a man who had refused to work for him by driving tacks and pins into his hands and fingers. The next day he saw a horrible punishment meted out to a Chilian who had been overheard to say that he was willing to work his hands off for the revolutionists. The poor/fellow’s hands were placed on a b’ock J and his fingers pounded to a jelly by a big mallet in the hands of a soldier. He was then told that he could go and work his hands any way he wanted to for any one. The New-Yorker denounced the affair to a friend—a resident of Santiago who was with him. The next day his friend was missing, nor did he show up again. The New York man returned to Valparaiso, and just before he sailed he received a message from his friend saying that he had been locked up by Balmaceda’s men, accused of being a revolutionist sympathizer. The weak point of the revolutionists Is the lack of arms and ammunition. The forces of the revolutionists number at present 3,000 men, fully armed and equipped. Could the necessary arms be secured the number would at once be increased to 10,000 men. There are now at Huasco, Valenar, Frairina and Carrizai bodies of men—in all some 9,000 —who are only waiting to get arms and ammunition before they take up the march against Balmaceda. At the smaller places on the coast as far north as Arica are similar bodies of would-be soldiers. The arms for these men were on the Itata, and had they secured them, with what ammunition the Itata carried, the Chilian revolution would have been settled in short order. Balmaceda’s army consists of 25,000 men, well equipped. Os these only 3,000 are of the old regular standing army; the rest are recruits forced into the service. “Balmaceda,” said one tho gentlemen from whom these details are obtained, “calls these men volunteers. To give you an idea of how voluntary the services of these men are I have seen batches of them numbering from twenty-five to titty each brought into Valparaiso tied to etch other and surrounded by soldiers with fixed bayonets. This I have seen more than twenty tinvs 1 also saw a letter >rom the .ntendente of one of the southern provinces written to Balmaceda, in which the Intendente said: ‘I regret being unable to send you a larger number of volunteers, owing to the scarcity of handcuffs’; so you can see what sort of fighting material Balmaceda has to count on. He pays the officers of his army extra wages to keep them in good humor and to have them rule the troops with an iron hand. “Before we left Valparaiso I was almost convinced that Balmaceda would win the fight, so great did his power seem, but-the further north we got the more I was impressed with the numbers and determination of the revolutionists. ” The generals of Balmaceda’s army, as well as the principal officers, are said to be superior in military training to those of the revolutionary forces. FATAL FIGHT WITH CONVICTS. A Georgia Prison Warden, Two Guards and Three Convicts Killed. Fuller details from Coal City, the convict camp where the uprising occurred the other morning, record one of the most daring breaks for liberty ever attempted in Georgia. At 6 o’clock Captain J. Moreland, Assistant Warden at Slope Camp, went into the stockade where 200 convicts were confined. He was accompanied by Jesse Rankin, a night guard. After the convicts had been counted and the majority sent off to the coal mines, seven asked to remain behind in order to be furnished with overalls, claiming that they had been in a wet place in the mine. The seven were: J. M. Lansdowne, S. H. Lansdowne, father and son; Samuel Green, Wilson Palmer, John Rutherford, “Abe” Wayman and George Ward. As the assistant warden started for the gate Wilson Palmer, a burly white ccnvict serving a term for safe blowing, drew a revolver and ordered the officer’s hands up. After relieving the officer of his pistol Palmer fired his revolver within a foot of the officer’s face, inflicting a fatal wound. Rankin in the meantime had been overpowered, but, struggling to his feet, managed to escape by knocking down a convict. The seven desperate men made a rush for Capt. Moreland's office, where they knew arms were kept. They secured a double-barreled shot-gun and barricaded the door. By this time the guards were arousqd and a general fusillade ensued, resulting in the dlath of Patrick Rawlin and “Jack” two guards, and of Samuel Green, Wilson Palmer and George Ward. While the firing was in progress “Abe” Wayman and John Rutherford made a break from the office and succeeded in escaping. How the convicts secured the pistol is not known. Military Musicians Punished. Ten members of the military band of the Sixth United States Infantry regiment, stationed at Fort Thomas, on the highlands south of Newport, Ky., absented themselves from the post without leave, on the 15th of last month, when they were under orders to play at a certain military performance. Furthermore, they all got drunk during their absence. These ten musicians have been found guilty of disobedience of orders; absence without leave and drunkenness, and have been sentenced to six months’ confinement at the post at hard labor and to forte!? $lO each per month of their p«f during that time. , '' ' ‘ ■

A DOWNPOUR IN IOWA WASHES OUT MANY MILES OF TRACK. Incalculable Damage to Property—Buildings Whirled Away and Trees Bent and Broken Like Reeds—Hundreds of Families Homeless and in Danger of Starvation—Heartrending Stories of Eye-Wit-nesses. Northwestern lowa has been visited by the heaviest rainfall in twenty years. An eye-witness of the recent floods in the vicinity of Cherokee, states that it is necessary for one to see to have the least idea of the great amount of damage done. “Why,” he exclaimed, “It is simply terribly wonderful the way that immense body of water swept things before it Houses were but bubbles on its crest. I was at Cherokee when the cloud-burst came, and In less time than it takes to tell it a flood was upon the town. Houses were seen to tremble, swing half around, and then carried along by the torrents. Trees were bent and broken like reeds and not a thing could stop the terrific onward rush of the water, and all this occurred before the people could possibly realize what had happened. The most remarkable feature of the that any of the people in the track ortho flood escaped with their lives. As fan as I know no lives were lost at Cheroktm and the immediate vicinity. ” The storm rendered between 300 and 400 families homeless in and about Cherokee. These are being cared for in the Masonic, Grand Army of the Republic and Kniglrts of Pythias halls at Cherokee. Tho Illinois Central lost 12,777 feet of roadbed and 985 feet of piling. This does not include the bridge taken out over the Sioux River. The amount of damage will reach $250,000. As the waters recede the carcasses of catt e are landed and to-day the stench from them permeates the air. It is estimated that hundreds of head of stock have been lost Two miles of track of the main line of the Illinois Central has been washed out between Cherokee and Sioux City, and it will take a week to repair the damage. The Onawa and Sioux Fall branches of the same road arc in a worse way, and it will be about ten days before traffic can be resumed. Both wire connections are still broken. The Sioux River is subsiding. but it is still forty feet deep, and covers a quarter of a mile of country. The average depth of the river when in its channel is about four feet The work of clearing away the debris is now in progress, and aid is being rendered the unfortunate inhabitants. The town of-Moville is still flooded and not one cf the 200 inhabitants is able to occupy his house, and all are camping out There is only 250 pounds of Hour In the town. The town is almost completely cut of from succor. Hundreds of horses and*other live stock out in the fields in the valley were fearfully lacerated by tho barbed wires carried down by the swollen torrent in which the beasts become entangled. The damage at Cherokee is estimated at over $500,000. The river fell about ten feet, but was still twenty feet above low water mark. At ordinary stage of water the river is only about 200 feet wide, while it is now 1,200 feet The engineer of the relief train which was the first to go from Fort Dodge to Cherokee after the big storm, has returned to this city, says a Waterloo special. It took them eight hours to run from Aurelia to Cherokee, and many times they were compelled to stop on account of the rain, which came down in torrents. From Storm Lake to Cherokee the country resembled one vast lake almost as_far as the eye could reach in every direction. Only water was visible, while debris of destroyed buildings, bodies of horses and cattle and other farm animals floated past Cherokee in large numbers. Most of them were still struggling to escape, but tho rush of prevented their reaching dry land., Tho farmers along the line suffered' very much. One farmer living south of Cherokee stated that over 200 cattle are missing from his pasture, and he expects all are drowned. The merchants in the small towns have had their stores undermined, the basements filled with water, and in many instances the water has come on the first floors and damaged their goods extensively. At Cherokee seventy-five to ohe hundred houses are destroyed and many of them have been swept away. The gravel train which was in the pit at Cherokee Is buried out of sight,, the only portion of it that is visible hieing the top of the smokestack of the steam shovel. Superintendent Gileas reports that the damage to the Illinois Central track already in sight will foot up $200,000, and but little is yet known of the condition of two branches from Cherokee. The water fell about ten feet at Cherokee, and many occupants of houses in the flooded district were able to regain entrance to-day. The ruin wrought made many a heart sick. Where the houses were not destroyed their contents are all covered with thick, black mud, ruining them. Throe hundred poor people in Cherokee are being fed and clothed by the relief committee, and a dispatch from there says outside aid will have to be asked. A. W. Thesher, a mail-clerk on a Milwaukee and St. Paul strain that was water-bound, at Hornick, thus relates his experience: “Between Hornick and Hedge’s Siding the track is out in many places, and so great was the force of the water that the rails were carried far from the roadbed. I got hungry, as did all the passengers. Our rations were rather slim, and so I made up my mind to come to Sioux City. I put my letter mail in a pouch together with my clothing and started to wade. , I waded through fully a mile and a half of water between Hornick and Hedge’s, and in many places it was up to my neck. At Hedge’s I caught a construction train and rode into Sioux City. “The low lands are covered with water as far as you can see. Field after field is submerged, and all over the flats the -water is from one to four feet deep in the first floors of houses. Tho farmers have moved out to the high ground in nearly all instances. “I saw farmers wading in the water up to their waists pushing rafts, on which were loaded their families and household goods, them to the high land. KILLED BY A CYCLONE. Six Men Lose Their Lives While Working on a Coal Breaker, at Natalie, Pa. The Patterson Coal Company’s breaker, located at Natalie, Pa., was destroyed by a cyclone and the the following persons were killed: J. N. Blossom, Hawley, Pa.; J. Bentley Dodson, Shickshinny, Pa.; Richard Roberts, and William Lodge, Luzerneborough; and two unknown strangers. Lodge, Roberts, and the two unknown men were slaters and were engaged in roofing the breaker at the time of the accident The other two killed were carpenters and met their while at work on the the interior of the breaker. Shortly after noon the sky dn the north became black, and the darkness grew in Intensity. The men perched on their high tower gazed on the advancing storm, expecting to descend In time to avoid the rain- Suddenly a terrible wind-gust gathered up the mighty structure as though it wore a feather, and, whirling it around, dashed it to ruia. The men were mangled almost beyond . recogaftiop. ' - . ■ • ,-v-? ’

THESE ACTUAL FACTS ALL FOUND WITHIN THE BORDERS OF INDIANA. An Interesting Summary of the More Important Doings of Onr Neighbors — Crimes, Casualties, Deaths, Eta —A. B. Clam, Richmond, has a violin 400 years old. —Frank O’Reiley fell from a boat and was drowned in the St. Joe at Elkhart. —Seymour butter dish factory works up 300,000 feet of timber every month. —David Stobo, ex-County Recorder, of Columbus, was badly injured in a run* away. —James McCardle seriously injured by an exploding smoothing-iron in Muncie Dye Works. —Geo. Green, colored, bating in the Qhio at Evansville, was with cramps and drowned. —Robert Young and wife, near Ladoga, have been arrested for starving their babe to death. —Mrs. Nancy Fiscus, aged 93, died at Greensburg. She was the mother of ten children, al) yet living. —John Newby, of Hamilton County, had to kill a valuable dog that showed signs of hydrophobia. —Knights of St. John parade at Ft. Wayne was the finest ever seen in that city—and that’s saying a good deal —Much thieving has been going on at Memphis, Clark County, and it is believed to be the work of a female ghost. —Mrs. John Starr lost her thimble six years ago at English. Last week the family cow was slaughtered and the thimble found in her liver. —Cynthia Hancock languishes in Danville jail, for marrying 17-year-old Frank Powell when she was undivorced from Ward Trisler of Greenfield. —While assisting in raising a barn, four miles southeast of Corydon, a few days ago, Madison L. Brown, aged 23 years, ruptured a blood vessel and died a few hours after. —“Grandma” Ogles, near Martinsville, is 92 years old, has not been further than three miles from home in thirty years, never saw a locomotive and never had her picture taken. —Mrs. George Hensler was sprinkling Paris Green over her potato vines in Clark County, when her 3-year-old daughter got the can and filled her mouth with poison. —Governor Hovey recently appointed Jas. V. Sweetser, of Marion, a member of the State World’s Fair Commission, to succeed the late John Lee,, of Crawfordsville. He is a Democrat! —A lot of dry goods stolen from Walmer & Co.’s store at Montpelier three years ago, was returned to the postmaster there last week from Chicago- ■, with a note from the thief saying he had < reformed and repented. —William Deible, the missing witness ' in the noted grave-robbery case at New Albany, has returned from a voluntary exile of nearly one year, during which time the cases were tried and the defendants acquitted, on account of the absence of important witnesses for the State. —At a colored people’s picnic Indianapolis John Harvey and John Barks proceeded to end an old feud with revolvers. Henry Sweetland, who acted as peacemaker and tried to prevent the fight, was shot and fatally wounded by Harvey. Neither of the principals was seriously hurt, though fifty shots were fired. —At Vincennes Patrick Ryan entered his father-in-law’s house and abducted a girl to whom he had been clandestinely married, but who had returned to her father’s house on the ground that she had been married against her will. The father recovered his child on a writ of habeas corpus, and now the contest will go to the Courts. —The attorneys for the capitalists whoare interested in the project of piping gas from the Indiana fields to Chicago claim that their clients will go right ahead, regardless of the recent Supreme Court decision. They urge that according to this decision artificial pressure reaching 300 pounds may be used, and that such pressure will be sufficient to pump gas to Chicago. Should these capitalists attempt to go ahead with the work it is likely that injunction proceeding will be brought and the Supreme Court asked to define the meaning of the 300-pound clatise in tne o'pinion of Judge Elliott. It is possible the case may get into the United States Supreme Court. —At the Annual Encampment of the Sons of Veterans, held at Logansport, the following officers were re-elected: Colonel, John W. Winchester; Lieutenant-Colonel, William Beach, of Indianapolis; Major, Franks. Martin, of Lebanon: Camp Council,E. S. Walker, of West Lebanon; George C. Harvey, of Danville, and Fremont Garrett, of Winchester; Delegate at Large, Horace G. Ogden, of Danville; Alternate, Henry H. Weaver, of Pittsboro; Delegates to National Encampment, Thomas W. Burt, of Lafayette; O. E. Ensley, of Indianapolis, and George P. Newman, of Hammond; Alternates, George Krietenstien, of Terre Haute; William R. Steele, of Pendleton, and J. W. Noel, of Star City. The next Encampment will meet at Fort Wayne. —ln the criminal libel suit of Miss Carrie Curran against the Madison Democrat for $5,000 damages for defamation of character the jury gave a verdict for plaintiff for $1,500. —A riot took place at Mishawaka in a saloon the other night. The participants demanded posses sion of the saloon driving out the proprietor and bartender with clubs. They defied the police, cut and slashed each other most shamefully until stopped by the marshal and a posse. —lndiana Association of Spiritualists have bought the mounds near Anderson, and will make the historic spot the spiritualist’s chaut&qua. —At Brazil, Hon. W. R. Guthrie, prosecuting attorney, was assaulted hom behind by an unknown man, receiving a blow which it is thought has fractured the skull and may prove fatal. The would-be assassin broke and run,l but was captured and locked in jail. He is supposed to be some old criminal whose conviction Lawyer Gutherie had perhaps secured at some time in the past. He fought desperately when caught.