Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 37, Number 2, Jasper, Dubois County, 21 September 1894 — Page 6

"WEEKLY COURIER.

C DO AX IS, PubliHher. JASPER. INDIANA Tin: Pritish court will wear thensunl emblem!, of mourning fur the cotnte de Paris. fin.v. ltoiTii was pi ven a groat farewell oration on leaving London, on the llth, for America. Tub Pull Mall liazette says King Humbert of Italy anil the nope arc about to become reconciled. Thk count of Paris was buried at Weybridge, England, on the 12th, the bishop of Sonthwark otlieiating. , Don Pio Pico, the last .Mexican governor of California, died at Los Angeles. Cab, on the llth. aped 94 year. i - " Tin: United States of Colombia has served notice of protest against the occupation of the Mosquito territory by Nicaragua. All claims against the. Stanford estate, save that of the government for S15.00O.000. which is contested, have been-paid by .Mrs. Stanford. Tm: Detroit conference of the Methodist church at Sault Sto. Marie. Mich., on the ;th. voted apainst the admission of women to the general conference. Thk September report of the statistician of the department of agriculture makes cotton show a decline of -Vy j pmus irtmi no: jiuj;ut vuo""i which wis 01.5, against ?5.9 for this j month. , Tin: town of Dalum. O.. was almost totally destroyed by tire early on the morning of the loth. The lire, which originated in a stable, is supposed to have Wen .started by tramps. Estimated Joss, 5200,000. Mn. Chiton R.

l.m:rKii:iPr,K, the j Walnut (J rove. Pa., accidentally shot jump overWard. several meiiand wdlussiti. will sail from Miss Flora Marsh, a schoolmate, in the , men were injured iu the jam. The

tii-tv totn!str to I New York on the 20th. He will spend , a few days with Ambassador Haynrdat London, and expects to reach St. Petersburg about the end of October,. John Walton, an Oklahoma farmer, while drunk fell from his wagon, breaking a Wttle in his hip pocket containing carWlie acid, which before he was found had eaten into his body causing terrible agony and fatally burning him. At Hraddock, Pa., on the llth. memWrs of Harper tf. A. 11. Post. No. 1S1, refused to march under a picture of (rover Cleveland suspemted Irom a ; street arch. Angry citizens, friends of ; the veterans, tore down the portrait before the decorating committee could interfere. Cor. W. P. Haklow, chief of the American commission to resurvey and erect monuments on the boundary line between the I'nited States and Mexico, arrived in San Francisco, on the 6th. having concluded the work, in which he had been engaged two and a half years. Ox the 10th Rear-Admiral Kirkland reported his arrival in London by cablegram to the navy department. He assumed command of the European squadron on board the flagship Chicago at Southampton on the 12th. He expects to remain in European waters for three years. Ox August 14 the schooner Favorite, flying the Hritish Hag, was captured by the United States cruiser Mohican for violating the sealing laws and turned over to H. M. S. Pheasant, which sent her to Victoria. She had Ward Wtwecn 1,400 and 1,500 skins when captured. Ax unsuccessful attempt was made, on the night of the llth, to wreck the west-lwiund train on the Oregon Short Line at Owyee bridge, 20 miles east of Natnpa, Idaho. A rail had Wen loos ened on the bridge, which is 4." feet high, but it was discovered in time and the train Hugged. AiiotT 1.000 laborers, comprising plasterers, carpenters, bricklayers, etc., who were at work on the new Mar quette building in Chicago, struck in a body, on the bttli, Wcausc the con tractors refused to discharge eighteen non-union men who were putting in electrical appliances. Gkx. Thomas G. Lawlkii, who was, on the UUh, elected commander-in chief of the 0. A. K.. is a citiy.cn of llockford, 111., where he is engnged in the lumber and coal business. He was Inirii in Liverpool, England, a little over fifty years ago. and was brought to this country when he was 10 years old. Thk German government hns completely closed part of the Russian frontier on account of cholera, two cases of which were found, on the 13th, aWard a ltotterdam vessel doeking at Duisburg on the llhine. Itetween the 3d ami 10th there were thirty-six fresh cases of cholera and fifteen deaths in Germany. Tin: record-breaking Cunarder Lucanla was sighted off Prowhead at 1:05 p. in. oi tue i;,in. Allowing ner two hours nnd a half Hrowhead to Daunt' of her passage would W ft day? and 2.' minutes, as against f, days, HI hours and 47 minutes, the eastward record held by her sister ship the Campania. Thk annual reunion of tho Old-Time Teloirranher.s." association and tho So. cietyof the United States Military Tele - .graph Correspondents took place In Haltlmore, Md.. on the 12th and pith, the celebration Wing In especial commemoration of the semi-eentennhil of the telegraph In the city where its Inventor lived, and where the instrument was first successfully ooerated,

cujuiKXT Tories.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF, PERSONAL AND GENERAL. TiiKstonmer llayticnc Hepiiblie, which I "Pired conspicuously In the late , smupgling trials, and which nacl .won held by the povernment lor over a year under libel, was sold at auction at Portland. Ore., on the Mil, by I'nited States Marshal Grady. The vessel was bid in by Capt. .lohn Koss, her former master, for $15,000. Skim.t. Wiutkiikad, of the P.utte (Mont.) police force, detailed to guard the famous Montana silver statue tn exhibition at Minneapolis, Minn.. iva drowned iu Lake Minnelonka on the '.Uh. Fkaxk Maktkll. a wealthy stock ranch owner of (irenwood county. Kas.. wa drowned in the Neosho river, near Hurlington, on the evening of the Mh. A iu-i'ATfii from Valparaiso says that the Chilian government has made a formal denial of the report that half the vessels of the Chilian navy have Wen sold to China, S. F. Haiu.ky, an aped miser of Walnut Creek. Cal., who has the reputation of Wing wealthy, was brutally tortured by a gang of desperadoes, on the night of the 'Jth, to make him re veal the hiding place of his supposed wealth. He either had no money in . the house or loved it to well to give it up. Drr.ixn a heavy rain and wind stonn I at East Chicago. Ind.. on the night of i the 9th, the ice house belonging to the hast i litcngo ice to. was mown nown. Mrs. Howies, who. with her husband ; nun jusi maen reuige in wie imimmg. UUN instantly killed, while Mr. Howie was probably fatally injured. Thk big wotnlen steamer Robert Mills and the I nion liner H. J. Jewett collided in a thick fog. on the Mh. near Waugoschanee light in the Straits of Mackinac. The Mills wa. seriously , injured and was run ashore. t its the t-th Miss Marv Callahan, of ' l'ai1 1 he unfortunate young woman died without reiraininy consciousness Wii.mam C.mi whose parents are said to reside iu London, England, was murdered, on the 0th. on the corner of Market and Madison streets. Chicago, by unknown highway roblers. .1. L. Tayi.oii. a irardener of Aeklev. in fo.m.l linimin in mfinr in '

his barn, on the llth. with a halter nu-nts are due to the fear of an invaaronnd his neck. A neighWr discov- on by the Japaneseered him in time to cut him down and' A TKimntu: hurricane passed over save his life. Tavlor declared that his the southwest coast of Spain, on the wif, ,li. t ti.. le...l. lint the lat ter denied 13th, wrecking many s,nall vessels.

all knowledge of the affair. Thk report of the Spanish provincial elections which took place on the 10th is, o far as ascertained up to the llth. as follows: The supporters of j the government elected 311:conserva-1 lives. 120; republicans. 32; Carlists, 12; independents, 11; doubtful. 20. Thk Keystone Olass Co.s plant at Mcadville, Pa., was entirely destroyed by tire shortly after midnight on the j llth. It had not been operated for 1 over live years, and it is supposed the fire was caused by tramps. The loss will W heavy. Thk (Jcrnian garrison at Kilwa, Zannatives on the 7th. After two hours fighting the natives were repulsed with i loss of 100 killed and wounded. The ' Ccrmaus lost onlv two men. On the llth the directors of the New York. New Haven ,t Boston railroad declared a ouarterlv dividend of 2 ikt cent., which is at the same rate as the .June quarterly, when a reduction from 10 per cent, was made. Mh. Rollins, a well-known resident ; of Ravenswood. 111., and his wife were " lounu ncaii in ueo on tue morning oi the 10th. They had Wen asphyxiated j by mis from a leaky jet. i

(kohok Watsox Mills first earl ofj,,,,(i u,rn stflti(tI, i iiv. mil in, a

feondeb, dtct at raversnam, Kent, En gland, on the 10th. He was 70 years of age. lviLi.i.vo fros-ts vusited northwestern Nebraska and western Iowa on the night of the 10th. C.v it. Anoi.i'H Fiikitsch, the Finnish sailor who left New York August 5 in the selHKUier-rigged skiff Nina without j any companion, arrived attueenstown. i on the 12th, at 12:30 p. m. His boat had lost her rudder and was leaking. Two MKMHKir of the family of E. O. Myers, of Anderson. Ind., were fatally hurt, on the 12th, by an explosion of natural gas which completely wrecked two blocks of buildings, causing a loss of SlNOOO. Ai.ritKii Aitkl. a sergeant in Peffer Post 131, of Mcadville. Pa., dropped dead in Pittsburgh on the 12th. Appel was about f5 years old. and was seemingly in the Wst of health when he retired the night Wforc. Ox the 12th arobWr entered the Citizen's bank at liossville. 111., while tho officials were at dinner and robWd the cash drawer of S10.000. A reward of Sl.OoO was offered for the capture of 1 the man. Piiksiuknt IIirrot.YTK of Hayii is said to be sullering from a dangerous heart trouble and isextremely nervous, and it is thought that any unexpected shock will precipitate his death. A 11 a nr. in the arms of Its mother was killed and the latter severely in jured by the falling of a center pole of , John Uobinson's circus at Zanesville, j 0.. on the 12th. Postmastkk Hamiiy Maiuktta ami '

for the run from I othcn wf ""ille. Pa., were cons Kock the time I v5ctci1, 0,1 l,u ,-ln' of "nlawful assemIU. ft days, S hours W.,,K0 !n. c"tlt with the coke-re-

mil 1 iui7, A Pkiih (Okla.i pajwr publishes an interview between a reputable Perry man and the noted outlaw, Pill Doolan, , who is ,,ow leader of the Dalton gang, m which Doolan says that Pill Dalton, ; who was reported killed at Guthrie, j 1 "K,a- M,,ne u11' s not dead, but is living a quiet life In u distant state. Mit. Cathaiunk Kohiiixm Howk, the' confidence woman who was arrested for lleccing Yale college graduates, was, on the 12th, sentenced to two years In jail by Ji.dgc lian.mcrley, of Hartford, Conn.

Tm:iiK arrived in Philadelphia. n tha night -f tin' r.'th. on tlu steamer F-r-liutui. Capt. Chmtophomn. from .lava, Arthur Vincent, a Now York I my, wti , has circled the glol without a cent ol

inouey. Ik' left Nun York two yean, ago at the ago f lb and Wars with , , t0tmojlja u hioh rove that he ifa ln(l.jcr N n.aciKHi w York, on the Pith tJl.tl :,0 (KK, ,.artrj,iges. which hail loon shimWli fnm Sw York, had Won seized by -the ojlicials of the port ot Havana, Cuba. The seizure caused great excitement among the natives, und rumors were circulated that an other revolution was alioul to le 1kgun. The cartridges were billed as tallow in casks. Skokktaky Caklislk, although .lie had not yet written a formal letter to that etrect, authorized, on the 13th. the otJieial announcement that he would not pay any sugar Kninty earned but unpaid when the new tariff bill went intoelToct. August 21. .K1.I.A Nltoi.Afs and her companion, Al Kulunan, are having a hard time getting hotel aceominiKlatious in Chicago. They were ejected from a prominent Michigan avenue hostelry, on the 12th, as soon as their identity was established. ON the 12th all that was mortal of the late compte de Paris was deposited, after impressive funeral ceremonies.'1 in a vault iu the old church at Wey bridge, England, where repose the remains of on- uunii." iv .vohjhi;, uui va iv deceased prince. .1. - 1.. .1. . . .1 . V . ....... ..V .1... l.ori.-vn.i.i:. Kv.. wa chosen as the place for the holding- of the national encampment of the irand Army of tho penublic in IstC. Henry Wntlerson nresentetl the invitation in his happ:e-t ! vein. Thk steamer Reindeer, returning frnm Plattsbursrh to liurlhieton. Vt.. on the 13th. with sK) passenger, ran over the rocu reel near .neuester light iu Lake Champlain. nearly unsetting the vessel. A panieensuoilnmoug the passengers who rushed upn the deck, trampling women and children beneath them and many attempted, to boat rigntea alter nassin- over tne reef and steamed safely to prt. TwKXTY-rot'K Tiiot-s.vNii troops from the provinces of Chih-Li and LiangKiang have Wen ordered to the defense of Tien-Tsiu. Of these l-Voou men had arrived, on the lftth.taml the remainder will reaeh Tien-Tsin at the end of tlie inoiitli. l tie.se remnrcvThe town of tata w as partly destroyed by the storm. Thk United States steamers Adams and Push arrived at San Fnincisco from P-ehnng sea on the l-lth. . r"K -Michijran Mate bankers assocition convention met in Hay City on the 13th. Tin: country around the city of Lucknow. India, ami a portion of that city wa.s submerged, on the 13th, by tloods in the river Hoomty. 1'.i:i:nai:i Tikku. a (Ivrman farmer living near Connellsville, Pa., was shot dead and his wife was mortally wounded, on the i:tth. by Frank Morris, a 10-vear-old son of the man from whom ioker purchased his httle farm, .KAKIX all previous records in IPw " y. "if iM-iuyipioi encampment -t i,u ..nim vrmym urn 'I"-- " aojourneu sine ue n tue i n. LATE NEWS ITEMS, W. Law, a rceeuur-tfctinrgcl cmi ptoye of the West Pennsylvania railr....ji was arrested, on the 14th, ! l-linrr.(l ,.Mtl, nttomnl tn vr...l tlw Frwport accommodation train at a , ln-tween HutL-r Junction large rock on the track direetlv in front of the approaching train. Eahi.ik Uito.n committed suicide at Marshalltown. Ia.. on the ltth.by taking poison. He was the husband of the well-known physician. Kosa Upton, who left him last spring and went tf l 51 ,(!,-,... h.iknimilnnt .1,,.. ,j. llomt.stic troul,les jNx supposed to have jH eins. Gi;x. it.v liKKit, commander of the Pritish troops at Hong Kong, has issued a warning to the men under his command not to listen to offers of Chinese agents, who are trying- to induce men Wlonging to the Pritish garriion to desert and cn'.er the Chinese service. At the morning session of the Methodist conference at Franfort. Kv.. on the 11th. Ilev. l)r. .1. IHtzler fed in prayer for the purity of the Ashland district and the defeat of Itreckinridge. liesounding "Amens" tilled the whole room. Fkank MoitiU. who, on the 12th, killed llernard l.nker and fatally shot Mrv t ... f. ...... H. ,.!n.. l i "'.l " ,. t 11101'. . kter wounded Joseph llalflnll, near nieli Ulli, was arrested, on the llth, and fully identified. A Tllot sANii hop pickers, whites. Portuguese and Chinese, have struck work at Pleasanton, Cal.. ln'cause, ov ing to the thinness of the crop, they oould not make living wages at the present rates. Foukh.x missionaries in the Shin King province are lleeing; to NewChang, fearing violence at the hands of Chinese soldiers, who. it is reported, are burning the Christian chapels. A riOHT between union and nonunion miners at Pana, III., on the 13th, resulted in two miners being dangerously wounded. lAii.t-iti:( in the United Sinti, for tin week ended the 14th were 207. against ;u 1 h,st year, and 41 in Canada against 7 last year. Siit for the impeachment of Mayor Fitzpatrlck of New Orleans was filed in the civil district court on the 14th. JosKl'H Hahi:. postmaster at Hill City, S. D., was arrested, on the 14th, charged with emWr-zIoment. llAiuiKTT Scott, the omWzzlIng treasurer of Holt county. Neb., was fonml guilty on the llth.

l.YDJAXA STATE NEWS. JamksCoik. a prosperous farmer residing four miles w est of lSnull, died suddenly en route home. The cause is a m story. The coroner is Investigating. At Muhc'u Sierah I.owetten. aged 70, ami Miss Lizzie Truitt, ngcd.'.0, were secn'tly married the other night. Hi ou Pirn k fatally stabWd Alex Dunbar at New Albany. Hit Is a At' E. 1!i:ck. a graduate f the Dhysico-Medical college, at Marion, was refused a license to practice at Mimeie and sues the city. Jam Ks Iloijsfi.v, of Alexandria, aged 35, was clean imr a revolver when it went on. The bullet juissed through his heart. Death was instantaneous. Tin: Vigo Agricultural society has decided to hold a fair at Terre Haute the first week in ictober. The usual fair week in August was devoted solely to the big race meeting ami the October week is to provide the agricultural fair. Cruris Lot iKUMii.K. of Terro Haute, lias again been arrested at Hrazil for a forgery committed at Terre Haute. At Columbus one year ago I.'obert Hell, ajred thirteen and weighing sixty pounds, fell from a tree and broke bishack. He is reported dying. M.iisox and vicinity the other day was enveloped iu smoke like a dense fog. Mippood from northern forest tires. The Kentucky hills were not visible, and the mm was of a blood-red color. Tin: publication of a list of the members of the A. 1'. A. created a sensation at Terre Haute. Tiikki: are 1M0 school children in Edinbnrg. Tin: real cstnte market in Munde is Improving. Wn.i.lAMsroitT has a female drum corps. Tin: cituens of olumbus arc demanding belter fire protection. Two hundred trumps ludjred in the military yards, at Elkhart, the other liight. Tin: eleventh annutil reunion of the Thirteenth Indiana infantry will be held at Liberty, October ' nd 10. Officers of the association are: Maj.-Gen. Wm. Croe. president: Capt. V. I). Wbe. vice president: Capt. John (J. Livezey recording secretary; Capt. .Io. L. Mnith. reetirdintr reeretary, Thaddens Gordon, treasurer. The Flat Pock creamery, located ten miles south of Shell yvilie. fturned to the ground the other evening. Loss. s,1.o0U: partially insured. At Flora. Mrs. .lohn Myers was severely sored by a vicious cow while milking, the other morning. She is not expected to live. Sm.u.i.I'ox has developed at Walton. At Wabash, the other morning. Fred Kohl committed suicide by the morphine route. l-AAi" Maktin was .shot and killed by James McDermott at West Alexandria. C.u: shops at .U'tlersonville have resumed after a shut-down of one year. A 1'i.axino Mil. 1. at Columbia City, belonging to Henry "nydcr. burned to the ground the other night. Loss, about 12.000: insurance. $5.000. It is supposed to have been the work of tramps. IN'UKirr Jktt. son of S. .7. Jett, a wealthy fanner was shot the ither night. near Lebanon, by John Fleener. a cousin of the deceased. The latter had a revolver, with which he was shooting al a bat thrown into the air. when in some way the accident occurred. Tlios. ltt'Miiv. who killed Oliver Winret. at Monroe. aWut six weeks ago, was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to four years in the penitentiary. Ciiauixs Stkvkxs. who was arrested at Warren on suspicion of being a murderer, turns out to be the right man, and the authorities of both Kentucky and Tennessee w;-al him. Hou.wk LomiK whose preliminary trial for the murder of James Gregory, August 30. was to have taken place a few days ago, confessed the murder to his wife. Unknown scoundrels poisoned a five-hundred-dollar colt belonging to Deputy Auditor Charles N. Granges, of Cass county. J.iMKs W.TsON was accidentally shot and killed by Wm. Kenyon near Alexandria. Jnii.v Pini.Lir. a prominent young farmer of Princeton, died a few days ago of dropsy. 5r. 1'hillips was well known over the state. A 111 yolk elnb will be organized at Michigan City. Tin: citizens of JtriMol are protesting vigorously against another saloon being located there. Anotiii'.i: nest of eoninckers. comjiohmI of Pill .MeCombs, Pill ( 'lemma ns and A. V. Cornell, arc in the toils, and the other night were taken to the Knightstown jail. A joint campaign lias been arranged for the democratic and republican candidates for secretary of stat,- iu Indiana. Meetings will W he-l during October in each congressional district of the state. TwKxrv-rivi; thousand people v. itneSH'd the races at Crawfordsville the other day. Tin: health officers claim to have located a factory in Lake county where sausages and dried Wcf were made from carcasses of Chicago street car horses. Mont AitJisTiioso, the deputy treasurer of Tipton county, who escajieil in July, ls',13, when Ids father und brother Calvin were fjjrest'jd for embezzlement of $42.1)00. has been located in Santo Mazctto. Me.v. A iinoKKN wheel caused a disastrous wreck to a Panhandle freight train at Knightstown which totally demolished eight cars and cost the life of Head llrakeuiau E. V. Heady. HoHACK Loom:, of Kokoino, who recently assassinated his cousin, James Gregory, who at midnight was giving medicine to the murderer's sick mother, has been ordered to the insane asj-luru

THOSE SMART BRITISH. riny liuti' .!!) u ,l.imuee Xltcltt Attxi.k :it U Vi-llul-Wt'l l ioler Ctoer f Frit-mily suir Hut l't,r Their At llou Ute Chili-- "Ire .MIkIiI ll;te Item Hint ro) eil. Xr.w Voitu. Sept. IV Tho Herald .irints the ftdlowing translation of a message from a Japanese eorres,uiilent ervotg with the Japanes licet, under late of August Jl, the publication of which was pndiibiteil by the Japanese government, on the alleged ground that it would stir up anti-Hrltlsh feeling; In Japan and thus Imperil the safety of Hritish subjects in that 2011 11 try. A .MAUT itunisii thick. "At I oYlH'k yesterday morning, the llth of August, our licet, consisting of twelve men-of-war and a llotllla f six torpedo IkkUs, tiHk advantage of tho darkness of night, and crept intti the harltor of Wei-llai-Wei, unknown to the Chinese in the forts and vessels. Six toroi!o lKiats were sent out with the purpsc of HI.tlWINil fl THK CIIINKSK WAIt SHU'S anehoreil within. The tlotilla was proceeding in the wrong direction, and then, discovering their mistake, they turned back, changed course and made straight to the place where the Chinese lay in safety. When midway 11 Hritish man-of-war. which wasanehored there, tired salutes for the Japanese vessels, a very unusual thing to do in such circumstances. Upon this ALL THK KLKCTItH ANII SÜAÜOH LHSHIS at the forLs were in activity. An exchange of shots for over an hour followed. Seeing that their plan to take the Chinese by surprise fell through, on account of the salutes from the Pritish, and further liring being of no avail. THK .TAI'AXKSK UKTtltKH. As the torpedo ilotilla was returning a Chinese torpedo boat discharged a torpedo against it. but failed t do any damage, and for its trouble was Instantly rewarded by Wing sunk by a torpedo discharge! by one f the Japanese boats. LOOK KD fl'OX As sjfiVALS. The salutes from the Hritish vessel can not but be regarded as signals to make the slumbering Chinese know of the presence of the Japanese, as it is not customary to nre salutes at dead of night-. . f A TIME OF PERIL. ITre In the fi:il Itunkir of the Steionrr f:li:ie-lt Wst it Cli' 'all. Nkw Vokk. Sept. i:,. W. P. Oraoe v Ci.s steamer Capae, which arrivl from Chilian ports this morning, had an exciting experience with a tire in her coal bunkers. On August II. in

latitude 51 south, longitude 01 west. ' n . : .. .1... :.i.i,:L lire w.is r-jjnvi 111 mc ,imnt-iiij-bunker, where Kl tons of coal were stored, A line of hose was at once stretched and a stream of WATKit rorr.Ki on thk rou with the result of partially smothering the tire. The fumes of coal gas were so powerful that the men on deck were made dizzy. Py August 11 the tire seemed to be out und the bunkers appeared et ml. but on the evening of the same day the tire became worse, and in spite of nil ctforts to Mibdue it. gradually burned its way through the bunkers, and coal and ashes fell into the bilge, CIIOKINI. THK KILOS: I'lMl' so that it was impossible to free the hold of the water that was leing poured into the burning bunkers. The Capac was at once headed for Pio Janeiro. The night of August US was one ol great anxiety. The cargo consisted mainly of nitrate of soda in bags. This Ü ALMOST AS HAI AS OfNI'OWDKU as regards inflammatory qualities, and for a time it seemed as if the fire would work its way through the partition walls and ignite the nitrate. In fact so real did this langer liecome that Capt. Thomas ordered the boats swung out on the lavit-s. provisioned and made ready for lowering. AFTKU ALMOST St'I'Kltllf.M AX KFKOJ'.TS on the part of the crew the tire ajpeared t lessen in intensity, and. tc the relief of all. the entrance to Pit Janeiro harlmr was sighted in the morning. Firemen from the city av sisted the worn-out crew, and finally men were lowered into th' bunker aud the coal was hoisted up in baskets. The men could only work A KKW MI.VtTKJ AT A TtMK, but finally, after removing several hundred tons, the fire was reached und quickly extinguished. The damage to the ship was not large, it is not known whether the cargo is hurt. The cause of the tire was undoubtedly spontaneous combustion. THE RIOTING AT POONAH CITY. riiv Hindoo I'rcril to Inaugurate n H llglon Wnr. Homiiay, Sept. lb The excitement which began on Wednesday at midnight at Poonah city, and which led to riotous tight K'tween Mahommednns ami Hindoos, continues. All business is suspended, and the streets are pa trolled by a squad of lancers. The governor of Bombay. Lord Harris, is .ltd ng his utmost ti reconcile the warring parties. To make matters worse, a pamphlet has Wen issued by fourteen Prahmins, urging the Hindoos to arm and inaugurate a religoius outbreak us the first step towards the overthrow of alien powor. TWO THOUSAND BUILDINGS Itarnrtl nt SI11111 Kin. C'lilnn. nml One Hun. ilrrd I.ltr l.oM Wnr Xrw, Shanghai. Sept. H.The city of shun Kin, in the province of Se-Chueii has leen visited by a conflagration which has destroyed g.lMM) buildings. Over a hundred persons lost their lives iu various ways as the result of the h'r. Among tho dead Is the wife of the governor of Shun ICin who died from fright. The governor's house was burned and several temples destroyed. The loss is estimated at upwnrds of 10.000,000 tuelv

DUN'S COMMERCIAL REVIEW. While lliilili 11)14 Iti't'clKil No Setlnta-li this IV,', U. Ilii- oliiuie of tiUTt-n.. ). iiiIiiIhIk-k, OriltT for the Iti'pli-iil.tiiu, ,lt of i:liu listed Slorlt. Il.iiltit; Ueen I.ir-, i IIoo4imI or A Ctiiix-rtullte leu ut Oullook. Ni;w Youk, Sept, l.V P. C. Duo Co.'s weekly review of trade issued t. duy suys: Puslness hns met no setback tin week, and continues larger than earl . in August and larger than a yeai ago directly after the panic. M,r commercial paper is ouVivd: tin western demand for money In creases; the iron manufacture gtvuih expands its output; shipments of shoecontinue large, und cotton goods still advance a little. In some dim-limf the postponed business has about spent itself, and less active trade results while the net increase has not beet much more than is usually seen ii passing from August to September In comparison with lust year the in come is 7.0 per cent, iu voluaic of clear ings, while iu comparison with s.vp ' tember, lsi'-', the decrease is -.'.1.7 pe: cent. Pail road earnings iu Septembei thus far reported are 1.:", per cent, lesthan last year, but LVi per cent, lesthan in lstv, and the tonnage eoiupar ison shows substantially the same re fcUlt. The country has now passed nearl; three weeks under the new tariff, an all admit that changes have Iveti less importance as yet than was ex peoted. If in some branches bnsiut-s has materially increasi'd, it has gain.little or has fallen oil in others. Los in some directions is explaine! by er; reports, for the most favorable est; mate of experts puts the loss of eora a about -lOo.ooo.ooo bushels, whereas tin government report is by some inter preted as iiieaning a loss of I.oOo.iüm.oi bushels. The opinion of the trnd iIik's not favor theollieial estimate, an the price has not risen v.t all damn, the week, though receipts have bcei very small: exports have practical h censed, and all realize that the shrink age of lüO.OOlUMK) bushels is serious, i it proves no greater, since it must af feet prices of meats for a year onuore Pork is unchanged, but lard has risei ."0 cents per 100 pounds. Nor are otlieinl reports as favortbb to wheat. Western receipts in tv. weeks have been lLlsl.OT busheis against 10.i7l.7iJl last year, ami .Ulan tic exports only .',07 1.700. nonius .',10',..i-.' last year, and the price is one half cent lower. Considerable injur is itlieiully reported to etton. but fee. expect less than S.-.oo.iVn) bales, whiel is more than enough ami the price is r. sixteenth lower. Shipments of shoes from Hoston ir two weeks have K-en lßS'.M. is,-s against lOs.Co last year, ami in low priced goods the market has not beer as bare for years, while purchasefrom stocks or for quick delivery re fleet depletion of Mocks und eonsum ing demands. Less activity is .seen in dry giwwlv the rush f postponed business having abated, and there is more disposition to defer purchases because of some what general advances in cotton goods, ami ltoeanse London wool sales are ex peeled to make the outlook clearer Strikes iu cotton mills have not ceased, and stocks of print cloths shrink nip idly: but some question whether re cent advances in prices can be maintained, with important additions to the present force. There is still a fair business for speedy delivery in w-.!-ens, und for cheaper grades )f spr.n,: goods, but scarcely anything is .l.-ne in the finer grades. About half the usual business in the aggregate has leen done, it is estimated, but alut three-quarters iu the cheaper grades Sales of wool have liecn s.';:,:,. im pounds in two weeks, against .Vd?."1 lust year and lC-rjS.XW 111 1st. The markets are easier and less active, al! waiting for the London sale. Speculation in stocks has Ikmmi tame, the public being indisposed to seil, while crop prospects and unsatisfactory earnings hinder any movement by ojerator.s. London has sold a tittle, but the awrage for railroad stocks lu advanced during the week ;') cents per share, while trust stocks declined -cents, whisky showing most weakness Domestie trade reflected by clearinghouse returns, naturally nliout HI ler cent, larger in September than in August, gains a little more than last year, but less than in lb. There is a little improvement thiweek in offers of commercial pajwr. particularly in connection with manufactures, though the business is still narrow. The movement westward and southward has also improved, and the scarcity of small notes for use at the west has enabled the treasury to add a little to its gold reserve. Customs receipts in Septomln'r are Sl.0s,oi7. ngainst S-Mrt.l-I internal revenue, and Imports of merchandise increased less than was expected, Exports of products from New York in two weeks have Wen IS jwr cent, smaller than last year, and in August tho principal exports union 11 t;d to $.T,u7"i,osl. ngainst Sir,iW..i:i last year, a decrease of -'2 percent, mostly In breadstuff's. Failures in the first week of sept nibcrus yet reported show liabilities ' only SI j ".0,070. of which SIL". I so wer of manufacturing and SlKlT.ISO of trading concerns. The aggregate of liabilities reported for August is lo.. ft pt. This week tho. failures have ls n V.07 in the United States, against last year, and 14 in Canada, against 3" laut year. A FOOL AND HIS PISTOL.

Mortitlly Wound III Vomic Wife nml SllKhHy lujurt-ft lllni'ir. Washington, Sept. 1ft. -Thomas J. Tnvlor. a young white man. crazed by jealousy, idiot nnd killed his handsome young wife at his residence in this city yesterday morning. Taylor a f ter nnl attempted to shoot himself, but hi mortally wounded wife, crying out that she was not hurt, diverted h' nrm, and he only inflicted a iln wound on himself. He carried his wife toa sofa and sought to revive her. but the died nKJii afterwards-