Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 24 October 1895 — Page 6

Democratic press. DECATUR. ino. — .4* <«» • rwhlUhW {>•ss« •<• r • t the news record. SUMMARY of a WEEK'S HAPPENINGS. -— I s>, I*'"’ »••••• » , « hr '’ ° T * °* W '”* fr „„. *U Fart* of (be World- K.«~U»M r.d!..r* K.U«lo«. <»«*»••’"* ■nd lu.lu.iry. Forest Fire* Junction City <W|«.) Meadow Valiev a village on the Valley division <>i tbe < hi«-ago. Milwaukee A St. !’•«» railroad. has been wiped out by tit*- *’ **JF* | Instr*! in a large cranberry m*r»h. Bcawe of a high wind, tlx- tire spread to the village and before the residents hail a •bailee to light tbe tlam.-» the town w»* burned. Meadow Valley is a village of ion population. The resident* are dealers , in cranla'tTie*. except R. < Treat, genera More, and E. Huffman, blacksmith. Green Bay iWis.i special: ’ The city is < surrounded by forest lire*, made dangerous by a-trong wind. Sear Luxemburg, m"eral families were burned out, and at various |H»ints many others moved from their , home*. ______ Four Men Killed at a Crowing. A special from Muebenville. Ohio, says: I ).. r. llllmsUtlull N.. "■ •■ Panhandle railroad, .crashed into a wagon at Miller’* station crossing, demolishing the vehicle and killing the occupant*. There name* were: Edward Cogan. a driver, IS years of age. , -amuel Ciuzan. jr., a plasterer, ag.-I -..iiiiiiel Cogan, st., a plasterer, aged C. John Campbell, a hod earner. aged ». Their bodies were horribly mangled. There is a sharp curve near the crossing and tlie engineer claims he did not see the wagon until too late tostopthe train. The victims were residents of \oungstown, near Latrobe. Pa. Explosion at Anderson, Ind, Eight men were seriously and two fatally injured by the explosion of a steam pij** in the American wire mills, at Anderson, Ind The pipe which broke was a 12-inch , one, connecting two boilers. Tao bun- i tired men were caught m a crowded room and all were more or leas injured Tlie wildest excitement prevailed. All tinsurgeons in town were summoned. The keriou-ly injured are I. (lamp. Tom Iman. James Rogers, John Jones, Mike McNear, Andrew Sheets, Henry Wykoff and HenryMyers. T ■ mill was badly damaged. Masonic Ttmple Theater, Ft. Mayne, Indiana. Oct. Bu. Thomas 0. Seabrooke in -*A World of Trouble.’’ Nov. I.—“My Wife's Friend." Nov. 2.—Otto Skinner in "His Grace De Gram mon t." Nov. Minnie Maddern in ‘‘The Queen of Liars.” Nov. 6.—" The Cotton King." Nov. 9.—William Gillette in "Too Much Johnson.” Lota of Talk. Hot Spring* special: A heated meeting between parties interested in the big prize fight, finished with tlie declaration from Corbett that everything is off. Corbett wanted to fight in private within four day* for a bet of $10,00). or else postpone the fight eleven days and fight in public. Julian would not agree, and Corbett left tbe room, declaring he washed his '.lands of Fitzsimmons. Cyclone'* Work. A special cable dispatch from Havana says: The entire island has been affected by a cyclone. Tbe port of Havana has been closed since Sunday at noon. The ferry beats have suspended, trains are delayed, exchange closed, wires down and the trees in several places felled. The Rivers L’min and ban Juan are overflowing the country. No loss of life is yet reported. American Armor. A dispatch from St. Petersburg announces than the Russian government has just closed a contract with tbe Carnegie Steel Company for a large amount of tbeir patent armor, tlie rei ■ nt tex's of which at Washington, were so remarkable. The order is for immediate delivery and will occupy tlie Homestead works for fully five months. A Tramp Cremated. The barn of William Hansford, near Valparaiso. Ind., was totally destroyed by fire, together with its contents. The lire was ol incendiary origin. A tramp who ; was seen ne ir the l>arn is supposed to have perished, as he cannot be found. George Glancy, a farm hand, was seriously burned tn trying to save three horses. Tlie loss is sß,m«>. _ Given Up for Lost. New York sjiecial: It is the general opinion in shipping circles that the British ship Bareraig, which left this ]>ort for Shanghai on April 25 lust, is lost with all on boat d. She is now out 179 days, and up Hi* time lias not been heard from. Thirty-two sailors were on board, and her cargo was 1,200,000 gallons of oil. Hi* Prediction* True. .Mrs. Sarah Vaughan is dead at her home In Mercer County, Kentucky. Her husband, who died during August, after predicting his own death to tbe very day, prophesied that his wife would survive him less than three months. It is certainly a strange case, and attracted much attention. Excluded from the Mail*. The Postoffice Department has issued an order denying the use of the mails to the Kansas Mutual < oupon Investment Company of Kansas City, Kans., for conducting a lottery business. Also against the British American Loan Syndicate of Chicago. 111. Village Burned. The hamlet of New Bellville, in Brown County. Ind., consisting of a general stoic, postoltice and a dozen dwellings were deslroved by fire. The store was owned by .1. W. t ook, who was also the village Postmaster. Tlie total loss is about $20,000. A Town Destroyed* Tlie town of Bagwell, in Red River County, twenty-two tulles east of Paris, Tex., was completely destroyed by lire, only a few buddings in the outskirts ol the place Is-ing left standing. The loss will rc.v.. tIOO.UW.

BET FINK TO A TREK. Durln« thr Mght It Fell M th* Four Campers. Crusblnu Thrm To Pulp. A .pecial from Elkin*. W. Va., •a>»: Jam« < »rr. wtf*. »nd two wins, on* of th* latter bring 17 and lb* other 3) year' went ‘to the wood. nlth a e.mpfoff outfit, Intendirg to »tay a week digging for root*. They camped »tU«' * j giant oak. They Mull Ihelr hr* «*« ”* tree, and during the night it burned rapid). Some time lefore d*> light th* fire h*d eaten Ito way *> hr into th* trunk of th--tree that It toppled over on the tent in which tbe four |*-r»on* were sound a-leep. Ttie tree »“ four »«"• * hMI( !" , eb-r. and It crustied th* font a* it Ufo Is'for had l»-en an reg »tw-11. James Carr » bodv was flattened •» >f » roller had gone over him. Hi* wife’* tread wa*crashed to ptitp. The • Ideat son was also mashed to a jelly, and like hi* father and mother, did not know what struck him. The otfi-r bo) wa* brutwd by tbe heavy branch**. t'Ut crawled out, ami <m hi* hand* and kn*e» • crept to the cabin of John Long, a nine away, where he told his story. He died , two hours later. A rescuing party »*nt to the camp had diffli uity getting the dead tsslie* out from under the tree. THREE MEN A.phyxiatesl Bv Ga**e. In a ">ll CauM-d H> *o Explosion of Dyuamite* K thirt' - foot water well on the farm of Clavmeyer Wegtnan, living near Pemberville. Ohio. was shot with dynamite to incivev the flow of water. Two hour* after | tbe charge of dynamite had been shot off t Henry Fahle went down in the well tc see what effect the explosion had bad. Those at the top of the well waited anxiously for some word from Fahle. but none came. Lewia Wegtnan ttien decided to descend into the well end see what was tlie matter with Fahle. Mr. Megman in turn wa« not heard from, and hi* brother,( harlev Wegtnan. nothing daunted by the experiencsw of Hie other two men. descended into the well, and he. too, failed to return or indicate that be wa* alive. 1 Tlie workmen then got ropesand tackle and very carefully l*-gan to explore tlie | i ngulfing depth*. Tbe three men were ' found together at the bottom of tlie well, [ all dead. They had been asphyxiated by the gasses cauM ’l by the explosion of dynamite. Faille and ( barley B'egman were married and Lewis Wegman was single. THREE ARE KILLED. A Terrible Wreck on the Grand Rapid* Road. A wreck occurred on th* Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad at ('ey ion. Ind., a small station south of Fort Wayne, in which three men were killed and several injured. iliU.-e killed are John Malott. James Gibson, and William Brown, all bridge carpenters. A gang of bridge workers had pushed their car on a switch } to let tlie pay car pass, but n -glected to I close the switch and the tram, running fifty i mile* an I our, dashed intotiiem. The switch was left open by Gibson, ' foreman of the carpenters. He had some lumber on a push ear, on tlie main track and noticing the approach of the pay ear. hurried to get the car to the side track and forgot to close the switch. The danger was not noticed by the engineer of the pay car until too late to stop, or when hi* engine had run alaiut one hundred feet I u)*.n tlie switch. The engine was badly! damaged and the pay car was somewhat ; broken, but preceded upon its way. Dynamite Explosion. A terrific explosion of dynamite occurred it the government building on the old j world’s fair grounds, Chicago, killmg one man. fatally injuring three more and seriously injuring three others. Samuel Holiart. of 68 Halstead street, had his head blown off by a piece of flying iron. He was five blocks from the scene of tbe explosion. The names of the injured have tot ye* been ascertained. The government ouilding was being torn down and dynamite wa* used for blasting purpoa*. The lyuamite • exploded prematurely, from wine unknown cause, hurling pieces of broken iron in every direc'ion. Os the six men who were sitting around the building eating their lunch w ben the explosion occurred, six were injured, three of them Hally. Vessel* Probably Lost. san Francisco special: It is just 190 iays since the British ship Lord Spencer left this port for Queenstown, and not a word ha-> been tieard from her. That the English underwriters have fears for her safety is evidenced by the fact that reinsurance lias gone steadily up from 10 per -.•ent. to 70 j>er cent. Much concern is also ‘xpresaed for the British bark Achilles, wound from the west coast to South America for Hamburg. This isthevessel which picked up Capt. McClune and wife and ! the crew of the wrecked American ship Arabia in midocean. The castaways were landed at Montevideo, and the Achilles tet sail from that port on July 1, and has hot since been heard from. A Town Sinking, A circular strip of land 50 yards in diamtter, through which passes Pennsylvania avenue, the principal thoroughfare of Wellston. Ohio, subsided at 10 o’clock ■ Sunday morning about three feet. It is tupposed the Jackson County Coal Comhad removed the pillars in the mine, which caused the break. The subsiding is still ! going on. and houses are supported by jacks, w hich are changed to meet every unk. Strangely enough, all the suhddenees so far have occurred either at i night or before the men went to work in die morning. The street looks like a I rreseent, lowest in the middle point. The matter has caused alarm, and may result tn litigation. Port Wayne'* Centennial. Fort Wayne, Ind., celebrated the 100th anniversary of the establishment of a fort at that point, on Oct. 15, Id, 17 and 18. There were thousands of visitors in attendance who were entertained with a sham I battle, tire works, old settlors’ meetings, band contests, bicycle raced, base hall, athletic field sports, etc. The military and ■ civic parade was tbe largest in the history ■of the city. The decorations were just limply immense, and all seemed to think Wat Fort Wayne outdid herself. Took a Tumble. Four men were seriously injured by a i jiatlold giving way, falling thirty-five feet ; to the cellar, while working on the wall of ; the Methodist Church at Leipsic, Ohio. The injured men are Edward Wade, stone cutter, of Circleville, Ohio, shoulder broken; John McDonald, brickmason, Leipsic, ’.daily injured internally and arm broken; deorge McDonald, stonemason, seriously cut about the head; Ed. Cantwell, stone (utter, of Lima, badly injured internally. Hunted to Death. An exciting man hunt near Newmarket, Ind., resulted in tlie death of John Jones » prominent saw-mill man. but whether

, ... .)-r: b* Ml *2 pursuer* i* not kn»wa •« »*«• drank raw alcohol on a wag*r ani went m.ane. Heavily armed, h* .tarredl«« it «• terroriz* th* country, and .hot at wvirai farmar*. The jieopl* ruae up tn arm* to hunt him down, and his body was found in a thicket, he having been ahot through UM heart. The Coroner w investigating. Unfounded. Th* Spanish Minuter at Waahington Sepor de Lome, has received an official cable disimtch from Madrid announceing the statement that the Brazilian Governnient had taken action granting belligerent rigtita to the Culian lu-urgenu to be entirely without foundation. '** Lome state, that the Government of Brazil haa recently given proof of Ha frieniship for Spain by according every facility for tbe embarkation at Rio de Janeiro in th* Npamah transport Mn Fernando of over 3*l Spanish volunteer* enlisted to fight in Cuba against the insurgent*. Keoalcr Train Robb***Alvin Proctor, suspected of being implicated in tlie great train robbery on th* Lak* *hore railroad at Kessler Biding. Ind., two years ago, has been arrested in N’ebra-ka and w ill be brought to Elkhart Ind. Proctor disappeared at th* time ol the robbery. Nhouid It le shown that Proctor was implicated in that memorable train robbery there is little doubt that the case, which has so long remained a mystery to the express and railway companies, w ill be cleared up. Eacaped from Jail. Seven prisoners.charged with serious offense*. escaped from tbe Coahocton County, Ohio, jail recently. The escape was effected by tbe prisoners securing admiMioa to the female department of th* Jail. By this they were enabled to get on top of the cells and with an iron poker dug a hole through tlie brick ceiling. They then ascended to the roof and the ground by means of ladder* which had Hen left against the wall* by carpenters who had been repairing the building. Cut Their Throat*. At Hancock, Mich., the bodies of Chris Kramer and w ife, aged people, w ere found in tbe cellar of their house writh their throats cut from ear to ear. It is quite certain that the double murder was committed for the purpose of robbery, a* Hie old couple were commonly believed to have kept large sum* of money secreted in tt»e houae. Five People will Di*. During a row w hich occurred at a colored cake walk near Moorestown, N. J., James Haggerty, a North Carolina negro, drew a revolve- and shot Charles McKim. Mrs. Sila* Wessels, George Whittaker, and Charb-s Wiman. none of whom are expecte*i to recover. Some one then shot Haggerty in the back. His wound* are considered mortal. Epidemic in Chicago. The health department has declared both diphtheria and typhoid fever epidem n in C hieago. The department reported 33) new ta-es of diphtheria last week, onehalf of which were fatal. The epidemics are charged to impure water, and tbe health commissioner has issued warning against drinking unboiled water. A Bloody Battle. Dan Benton, Town Marshal, was killed and Andy Coyle, Frank Stevens and Frank smith were seriously wounded in a spirited battle in the little town of Goldfield, Col., at tbe foot of Bull Hill, in which revolvers, shot guns and rifles were called into play, Declared Off. The Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight has been declared off by th* Florida Athletic elub. Corbett and Brady were willing to postpone the fight to November 11. but Julian, as Fitzsimmons’ representative, was not, and the club then declared the match off. A Fatal Error. Elbert Cass. living near Kokomo, Ind., was placing stone in a well. His fathet dumped a wheelbarrow load of stone too near the well. One stone rolled into th* well and crushed the skull of young Casa causing death. New General Manager of the Wabash. Joseph Ramsay, Jr., of St. Louis, has been appointed to the position of general manager of the Wabash Railway, made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Hays. Trampled to Death. Henry Huffman of Elizabeth, W. Va., was driving down a bill when bis team ran away. Huffman wm thrown out and trampled to death by hi* horses. Grist Mill Burned. The elevator and grist mill of F. Dwight 4 Co., near Montpelier, 0., were destroyed by tire. Loss about |2X.OnQ, with an insurance of $15,000. THE MARKETS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime. $3.75 to $5.30; hog*, shipping grades. $3.00 to s4.i*): shwp. fair to choice. $2.50 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 ml. !?.)<• to Bic; corn. No. 2,30 cto 38-: oats. No. 2. 17c to r.u ; rye. No. 2, to 4oc; butter, choice creamery. 21<- to ilc: eggs, fresh, 16c to 18c: potato**, per bushel, 20e to 30c; broom corn, common growth to choice green hurl, to per ,>ound. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping. $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light. $3.00 to $4.25; ■ sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to $4.00; | wheat. No. 2,63 cto 65c; corn. No. 1 j white. 2S>c to 31c; oats. No. 2 white, 21« 1 to 22<-. St. Loui*—Cattle. $3.00 to $5.50: bog*, $3.50 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2 red. 62c r* 63e; corn. No. 2 yellow. 28c to 29c; oat*, No. 2 white. 17* to 1& . rye. No. 2, 36* to 38c. Cincinnati —Cattle. $3.50 to hog*, $3.00 to $4 25; ab«-ep. $2.50 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2. 67c to 68<-; com. No. 2 mixed. 31c to 33c: oat*, No. 2 mixed. 2O<: | to 22c; rye. No. 2. 44c to 46*. Detroit—Cattle. $2.50 to $5.50; hog*, | s3.'*J to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 65c to 66c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 31c to 33c; oat*. No. 2 white, 22c to 24c: rye. 42c to 43c. Toledo—Wheat. No. 2 red. 67c to t>Bc; corn. No. 2 yellow, 31c to 32c; oats, N*. 2 white. 22c to 23c: rye. No. 2. 42c to 44c. Buffalo-Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; boat, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.1*0; wheat. No. 2 red, 68c to 69c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 36c to 37c; oata, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring. 57c to 59c; corn. No. 3. 30c to 31c; oat*. No. 2 white. 2o< to 21c; barley, .No. 2,40 cto 42c: rye No. 1.39 cto 41c; pork, mesa, $8.25 to $8.75. New York—Cattle. $3.00 to $5.00: hog*. $3.00 to $4.75; sheep. $2.00 to $3.00; wheat. No. 2 red. 68c to 69c; corn. No. 2, 38c to 39c: outs. No. 2 white, 23c tc 24c; butter, cronmery, 16c to 24c; egg*. Webern. 18c to 21c.

s|RIKE \M» L<»< Koi T THE LABOR COMMISSIONER'S ANNUAL REPORT Show* that Employ** Have L„*t More than iwi** •• from Labor Trouble* During th. Fuat Seven Tear* Employer* Lo*t In hi* tenth annual report, juat com-pl-G.I Carroll D. Wright. (•»mi>u.*mirer us MBputai that th*

mcnt* in which lock out* and »tnke* occurred during th* thirteen and a half year* ending June 3t), K*4. *u>«Mint*d to ami > to employer* to SSH.- ! 825.*<17. Th* I°** to 1 employe* on account of *trik< > wa* SDI 3.HRT.mIB and on account of lockout* " $36,*5<i.516; to em-

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ployer*, on account of strike*. $82,300.3ML *nd on account of lockout*. $12.235.451. The number of «nta) lishtnent* involved in *trike* in this period was (St--167 and the number of peroon* thrown out of employment by reaam of strike* 3.714.4ml. making an average loa* to the employes of each establishment "f S2JWB and to each person of $44. The number of e*tabli*bmeuta involved in lockout* wa* 6,(*i7 and the number of person* locked out 36iV>*.». These pv-rw-n* lo*t an average of $7.3 each. The assistance given to striker* and tbe subject* of lockout* during the period amounted, a* f*r a* ascertainabl*, to $1.3,438,704. or a little over 7 per cent of th* total lo»» to employes. One of the most important tabira related to the cause of strike*. This statement shows that more than a fourth of them were cauiud by a refusal to arced* to a demand for increase of wage*, over 13 per cent, for a refusal to concede a reduction of hours and m«re than * per cent, by th* determination of employer* to reduce wage*. Three thousand six hundred and twenty, or almost 8 per cent., of the strike* were caused by sympathetic action with other strike*, and 1.(18* were occasioned by the employment of non-union men. The industries most affected by strike* in the last seven and a half years were the building trade*, with 20,785 establishment* involved. After these in the order of importance came coal and coke, clothing, tobacco, food preparations and stone quarries. Out of a total of 10.48* strike* in the entire country for this period 5,8f10, or to exceed 5(1 ;>er cent., oc-urred in twenty-six of the principal cities, while of the establishment* involved in lockout* over 61 [x-r cent, occurred in these cities. Fifty-nine per cent, of the establishment* engage.l in strikes were closed on an average of twenty-two days, and 64 per cent, of those engaged in lockout* for an average of thirty-five days, the loss of time in other cases being only temporary. In each case there were a few establishments closed permanently. Success wa* gained by th* employe* in over 43 per cent, of the strike*, partial su'-.-es* in over 10 per cent., while the remaining 46 per cent, were failure*. Over 48 per cent, of the lockouts succeeded completely and over 10 per cent, partially. The others were failure*. In the suceessful strike* 669,992 person* were thrown out of employment, .318.801 in those partially suc<-es*fu! and 1,400.983 in those which failed. Os the total number of persons thrown out of employment by strike* in the period of thirteen and a half years 8.78 per cent were females, and by lockout* 22.5.3. Os the 10.482 strike* which occurred in the seven and a half years, especially covered by the present report, 7.295 were ordered by labor organization*, while of the 442 lockouts of thi* period only eighty-one were ordered by organization* of employers. Sixty-nine per cent, of all the strike* and 76 per cent, of all the lockout* of the seven-and-a-half-yenr period treated of occurred in the five States of Illinois. New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Massachusetts, Illinois taking the lead of all the States of the Union. The great-grandson of Robert Bums, the poet, is living in poverty in Edinburg. The only game that the Pope indulge* in is that of chess. He i* *aid to be a very skillful player. Gen. Cassius M. Clay ha* concluded to send hi* young wife to school instead of having a governess for her. Lady Randolph Churchill, according to gossip, is tattooed with a snake around one ann. The operation took place during her visit to India. In spite of cold weather Queen Victoria takes many drives about Balmoral, much to the surprise of those who imagine that her Majesty is in feeble health. Beareaud, the Frem-h artist, make* the sketches for hi* famous genre paintings of Parisian life from the windows of a cab drawn up by the curbstone. Henry Irving has i-ommissioned Thomas Na st to paint an oil of Shakspeare's bust now in the room of the old house at Strat-ford-on-Avon in which the poet wa* liorn. Francisco Bnzaine, a son of the great Marshal, died in Cuba recently of illness contracted in the campaign against the -latriots. He wa* a young officer in the Spanish expeditionary army. Elisha P. Ferry, the first Governor of the State of Washington, died nt Seattle on Monday. He had also Ix-en twice Governor of Washington Territory by appointment of President Grant. Some of the friends of Gov. Atkinson, of Georgia, have presented a handsome gold watch each to Miss Sawyer and Miss Burton, the two young women who n-irs-«l him through his recent dangerous illUHIM. I he British Medical Journal say* that the line* ins. ribe<l on Huxley's toml.stone, and quoted in the last number of Science, are part of a poem by Mrs. Huxley. and were used as Huxley’s epitaph at his own request. Joseph Jefferson never talks politic* M hat hi* party bias may be is not generally known. He is very diplomatic in dodging all questions that ten.f to entrap him into an expression of opinion regarding national issue*.

YHC CLAIMS OF ENGLAND AND VENEZUELA. J | TMNIDAb W/O 6? c «(i i cCXi'Zshi ? Pl ft i 0 1 FA*'* 1 * J f \ /

THE disagreement between Eng land and Venezuela with reference to the line which divide* British Guiana from Venezuel* ha* existed many gear*. It i» contented by the South | Americans that th* Kreequibo River forms the line, while the English Haim <s>n»idcrablc territory beyond. If th* j English claim is unjust its enforcement would in’olve a violation of the Monroe doctrine. A* Secretary of State Olney i view* the matter there is at !<*«t sufficient reason in the claim* of Venezuela to create a doubt and justify an investigation. Accordingly he proposed an arbitration. to which England replied tbaj while willing to submit h«w pretense* to one part of the territory to arbitration she was unwilling to yield that much with regard to another part. In reply to thi* Secretary Olney lay* down the proposition: COLT AFFAIRS WELL AIRED. Wife Forestall* Her Husband in Bringing Legal Action. A Providence. R. 1.. aocial sensation descended with double force when Mrs. Sampel P. Colt filed her petition for di-

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Supreme Court and almost immediately after a writ for the arrest of James J. Van Aien was issued on the affidavit of Mr. Colt, charging him with the alienation of Mrs. Colt’s I a ff e c t i ons and placing the damages at s2> «>.(•*'). These two act*

in the Colt domestic tragedy followed *> cioaeiy one after the other that Rhode Island society stood dazed at the lightning changes tn the sensation. It wa* early in the afternoon when Mr*. Colt'* petition wa* filed, but in le*s than three hour* after that the writ for the amwt of Mr. Van Aien had been issued and wa* on its way to Newport in the hands of a deputy sheriff, who wa* instructed to accept not les* than s4**•.<»*) in bail. Mrs. Colt's petition was signed "FJlizabeth B. Colt," and it represents that she wa* married to Col. Colt Feb. 12, 1881. Since that time she has. the petition say*. "Demeaned herself a* a faithful wife and performed all the obligation* of the marriage covenant, but that the said Samuel P. Colt hath violated the same." The petition prays that a decree of divorce may lie granted and that she may be granted a separate maintenance and the custody of her two minor children, Russell G. Colt. 13 years old. and Roswell O. Colt. 6 years of age. As soon as Col. Colt learned that hi* wife had filed her petition making him defendant in her divorce suit he hurried to the court house, accompanied by his attorney, and a writ was issued charging James J. Van Aien with the alienation of Mrs. Colt's affections, The writ was immediately placed in the hands of the Sheriff, with instruction* to serve it at once and to require Mr. Van Aien to furnish bail. It wa* stated by Col. Colt'* attorney that if the ease ever comes to trial the country will l»> shaken by a sensation that ha* had no equal within the annul* of society history, and that the name* of some of the wealthiest nud most prominent society people of New Englund, a* well ns State officials and one man who ha* occupied a high position in national affair*, may be given a publicity that will pla.s- them in a most unenviable light and that will surprise their most intimate friends.

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The United State. .miser Alert has arrived at Lima, Peru. Nothing has appeared to indicate the foundation of a new Cabinet in Chile. ♦ K lx L n< !?. n ‘he anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar for the first time. Ten children were killed by the burning of the Home at Starford in Polish Prosaia. Ai. order has been issued for the openins o. th. ( anadian canals on Sundays during the remainder of the season. ‘ The Marquis of Salisbury has been ap[sdnteti Lord M arden of the Cinque Ports in place of the Marquis of Dufferin, resigned. En,peror ‘•'nsleriek Memorial t hnreh was consecrated in B ,. r|in in thp presence of the Emperor and Empress who subsequently attended the unveiling

1. If the quarrel with Venezuela iiR ordinary l«»undary dispute, having it* «> gin in faulty description*. im|* rhet « vey* or other misunderstanding*, t * fusal to arbitrate the san.-- is .ontnify* the precedentu set by Gnat Britain »» self and contrary to the practice o( g civilised nations. 2. If. on the other hand, a* nppeant lie the case, anti u* is the belief nf President of the Unite.] State*, the j* putc as to the I<H*ation of a ts.undary h* i* a mere disguis * under which C.n* Britain is attempting by super -r fene* extern! her territorial pnssessioM a America, thia i* directly violative of th Mourn* doctrine and will never he niitte.l to by the United "’t it-•*. This attitude plainly commits the 1 ir ed State* Government to a re»i«'»as against a forcible entry on the p*rt J England u|s>n the disputed territory.

of the monument erected to the ni<-r.. <s of the late Empress Augusta John Dillon, member of Parliament f< East Mayo, will be married at the end s! November to a daughter of .!©■> Matthew. Mrs. Katharine Kilso John-mi. 4*::: ter of the late Alexander J..hne>n. Pittaburg, died in Frame. She wi» » year* old. A dispat.-h from Brussels say* that M Bioque. chief inspector of the water ply of that city, was murdered by a rah ordinate. Sir Charles Tupjier anticipates no d.fr culty in arranging the question of '» sale of the Canadian salmon in favor d the Canadian exporters. Field Marshal Dunst-Adel«beln> am:'' wife killed themselves at Vienna. ii* wax 72 yean* ol«l; she was .Kt Must? trouble* caused the crime*. Many were in attendance upon th Mormon conference in London. S'. H. Ire*, of Salt Lake, announced the wees of missionary work in Wale*. The British steamer Indrani. Tehiotr Port Kembla, ran into the Alameda. «f Moodyville. Cal., near Sydney. S > ’ The Alameda was grounded. I ally da» aged. Nicaragua’s recent attempt to British goods, the newsimpers of < ■ - Colombia say, was not genuine, in v;»« of the more recent endeavor to borrow British gold. The heart of Kosciusko, the P'tai patriot and general under Washing!'* was transferred from Vcxia and will l» deposited in the Polish museum in thChateau Rapenwijl. near Zurich. The eleventh congress of Americanist composed of scientists interested in d questions relating to the hist"!? oft» new world and the character of aborifim races, opened in the City of Mexico. News of Minor Note. Chili is anxious on account of the picions movements in Bueno* Ayres st ex-President Caceres of Peru. At Winona. Minn., a sale of lojt" 1 " 1 ' feet of cut lumber has been made ,n Jay Lumber Company of St. Louis. At St. Joe, Mo., a little daughter of Mr*. Carrie Mann wa* killed and * ** had both legs broken by being thrown from a buggy. Expert accountant* have discord that Jerome Coulter, deputy treasurer* Omaha. who was deposed last May.* nearly s2o.<**o. Facts which have just come to lid* raise the presumption that Alex, t wife ami child, of Indianapolis. peri** in the Hotel Gnmry tire at Denver. While eating supi»er in a shanty •’ Jerome Park, New York. Rd* rt Seo' colored laborer, was probably f- I *’ mangled by a dog supposed to be rnad. <>. L. Miller and wife were murder'd cold bhxMi by unknown partis at O. T„ and Will Miller, their s-.n. »'»* badly wounded that he cannot live. Four bridge carpenters, working"’ l ■■ Northern Pacific Road nenr Butte. • were ktns'ked off the top of a high ,ri ’L by a falling timlter and were killed on > rocks below. 'l’he trial of Mrs. Samuel Smith- "• , troit, allegisl to have aided Iter hit* j in swindling Mrs. Mny Cameron"”’ $3,(100 after he eloped with the w from Detroit, began at Duluth. The remaining Haytian exile* sb"’ invited to return home have *«"'" Jamaica for Hayti. President HyPI pay* their expenses. Only conspirators are left. Gen. Martig” ex-President Boturon Canal. , W. A. Baker, a young man a* a stenographer by the rttriig"' l ' fining Company at Toledo, i* |JI Clyde, Ohio, totally paralyzed ” nil ' . almost hoplesa condition. Baker " ly lived at Clyde, ami he rode wheel, it being a distance of to • miles. Upon dismounting be # with pnralysi* and found him* 11 to move one side of bis body.