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1 TROUBLE WITH MEXICANS THREATENED COl/LISIOV OX TH E MEXICAN BORDER. Seiutipc o Live Stock on. Disputed Tei-irtory by Mexican Officials tlie l?f Cause of tltc TroubleTroops Go jfe5*' to the, Rio Grande. 1 1 i Washington, Sept. 2.Tlte trouble on *the Mexican border over tbe attempt of Mexican officers to drive a ilock of 3,000 sheep from the Ui-itod States to Mexico is still serious. A telegram received at the war department from Gen. Wheat, commanding the department of Texas, stitos that two troops of the Fifth cav alry with scouts, will march from Fort Ringgold at noon to-day for Havana, the scene of the trouble, to support the .twenty men under Capt. Furbush, who have the Mexican officers and the sheriff in charge. The telegram also states that the commanding officer at Fort Ringgold has received unofficial informa tou that Col. Mistro, of the Mexican iarmv, is coming up theiRio Grande to Havana from Reynosa lvith a force of tnou. The war department is making an effort to secure detailed information as to the ownership of the sheep and its, notion will depend on the result. Should the claim of the Mexican authorities that the Hock belongs to a Mexican citi zen be proved the sheep will be allowed to cross over the Mexican line. Tending a settlement of the military aspect of the affair, the state department will hold the matter in abeyance, and then demand of the Mexican government an explanation ot the action of its customs officials in sending an armed force to make a seizure on United States soil. Tlie question of whether the strip of land on which the sheep are located is in Mexico or the United States, by reason of a change in the direction of the Rio Grande, will also be subject to diplomatic arrange ment. WILL STOP THE FIGHT. Indianapolis, Sept. 2.When time is called for the mill between Griffo and Lavigne at Roby next Monday night it has been arranged that the state of In diana shall be represented by from 200 to 400 of the state militia armed with rifles. Gov. Matthews has ordered them out and Adjut. Gen. Irvin Robbins will have charge of tin expedition. The gov ernor's specific orders have been given. 'These orders are that ho is to stop the fight or prevent it, e\en if it takes powder and ball 10 do it. The club would prob ably have been allowed to run but for the'fact that the lost two events at Roby which have been marked by disgraceful riots, were followed by the announcement that the club was preparing to import a hundred or more Pinkertons, a thing ex pressly forbidden by the laws of the state. CHINA DISSATISFIED. London, Sept. 2.The Standard's cor respondent Shanghai says that the Chinese government ie greatly incensed 'Over the additional demands made by France upon the government of Siam. 'The Siamese envoys have had frequent interviews during the last few days with Li Hung Chang, the Chinese viceroy, and it is reported that as a result of the information furnished by them the yice ray has cabled'instructions to the Chinese minister at Paris to strongly represent to the French government that China is much dissatisfied with the course France is pursuing in its dealings with Siam. EMBEZZLEMENT. Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 2. A. T. Reigney. for six years confidential book keeper for Johnston & Grove at Mari ana, Ark., is short in his accounts $11,- 312. The embezzlement continued since November, 18S9, and has been in amounts of $100 and $200 at a time Reigney was raised in Mariana and is a devout Methodist. squandered the money in licentious living. The firm has recov ered all but $4,322. SHORT FN HI S ACCOUNTS. Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 2.A. S. ein hardt, sheriff of Prairie county, is short in his^iccounts to the amount of $3,500. Reinhardt should have made his final settlement in July, but when that date arrived the cash was not forthcoming. A distress warrant will be issued to-mor row by State Auditor Mills for the amount. The defalcation has been kept secret, and only became known to-day. This is the fourth defalcation of sheriffs this year. I I S CHOLERA. London, Sept. 2.The epidemic in the Lincolnshire seaport has been declared of ficially to be Asiatic cholera. The last victim of the disease wos a woman who died last Tuesday. Several other cases have ended .fatally. The authorities be lieve that the ehclera was brought to the city by immigrants from the infected ports Antwerp and Rotterdam. Yester day a seaman died from cholera aboard a Grimsby steamer in the harbor of SU'omness, Scotland. STRICT SUPERVISION. Vienna, Sept. 2.In view of the gravity of the cholera situation in Gallicia, and the still more menacing aspect of affairs in Hungary, the sanitary board has or dered a strict supervision of persons from the infected districts and the erec tion of special inspection offices at the railroad teia^inus. A strict supervision of the travel by water also has been put into force. EMBEZZLEMENT. New York, Sept. 2.In the tombs po 4 dice court this morning A. A. Thompson, who is connected with the Perry Stove 'Company of Albany, being manager of their store at 105 Beekman street, this city, was charged with embezzlement to tbe extent of $19,000. was held in $5,000 bail for trial. ff THREE HANGED. If 3 Laurens, S. Sept. 2.Wade Can- jf," ron and George Bowers, colored, were j*V" hanged here yesterday for arson. At iV^the same time John Ferguson was exe Ik/ 1 8 cutcd for wife murder. There were i %2 ^sensational incidents. SALE OF GARY ELEVATORS. Gary, S. D., Sept. 2.The L. C. Porter Milling company has sold its elevators at this place to the Winona and Dakota Elevator company, which" will clean all I wheat here that is bought between here ttand Watertown, The old agent, James m% rettyjohn, will be retained. :w% HOME RULE FOR IRELAND London, Sept. 2.The home rule bill has passed its third reading by a vote of 30l to 267. The vote on the third read ing was taken at 1 o'clock this morning. The house of lords met at 1-10 o'clock and the home rule bill was given its first reading. An adjournment was then taken. Mr. Gladstone will propose on Monday next a resolution to the effect of which will be to give the government the whole time of the house for the remainder of the session to suspend the 12 o'clock rule and to appoint Saturday sittings. The Welsh party, at a meeting to-day car ried a resolution to the effect that dis establishment of the church in Wales be the primary item on the government pro gramme for 1S94. GIRLS BURNED. Berlin, Sept. 2.The hotel in Salmbach, a hamlet in the Wurtemburg Black For est, was burned early yesterday morn ing Sixty young women from cities of Baden, who were passing their holiday in Salmbach, were in the hotel when the fire broke out. Most of them were arrested by the town watchman in time to escape down the stairs. A few saved themselves by jumping from the second story windows. Four were sxiffocated in their rooms and their dead bodies wore taken from the ruins yesterday after noon. As there is no fire department in Salmbach, no systematic effort to save the hotel or its occupants could be made. INCENDIAKY POSTERS. Racii.e, Wis., Sept. 2.For the last few days artistic posters blue been found tacked upon the dead walls about the cily. Nearly 3,000 men aio out of emplo.v ment and several labor meetings have been at1 dressed bv Robeit Schilling of Milwaukee. The posters wore headed "Words From God,'' and told "Starving 'woiking people" to "dump the millionaire major, Jackson I. Case, into the lake with the rest of the millionaires," and "take their money and buy bread." Mayor Case has received several in his mail. A DEFAULTER. Lima, Ohio, Sept. 2.S. C. Humphrey, township treasurer of Mount Victory, is a defaulter to the tune of 25,000. Humphrey was considered one ot Mount Victory's most honest and upright citi zens. He has turned over all his property and it understood that his son, Dr. Humphrey, and his son-in-law, Mr. Sul livan of Nebraska, will assist him out of his financial troubles. Humphrey took the money to pay private bills with the intention of replacing, but hard times and close money prevented this. The bonds men are perfectly reliable. STRUCK BY AN LNGINE. Cincinnati, Sept. 2A Tliiid street horse car was stiuck by an incoming passenger train on rhe Big Four road at the Third stii-^t crossing last evening. The pilot of the engine stmck the two horses and cut off the front phtfovm of the car as if it had been done with a knife. John Mulholland, the driver, WHS thrown to the ground and ilmost Instant ly killed, ^one of the passengers were injured as the ca did not leave the track. INFECTED WITH CHOLERA. London, Sept. 2.The poit ot Grimsby, in Lincolnshire, has been declared to be iufceted with ghoiera, and. tjjjjtfhc betweM it an other British ports has been pro hibited. Duriug August there were eighty deaths in Giitnsby from what was called at fhst diarrhoea, and later a choleraic disease. The generil belief now is that mary of the eighty deaths were due to cholera. COMMITTED SUICIDE. Burlington, Kan., Sept. 2 William Bear of this city committed suicide yes terday by taking laudanum. left carefully written instructions and letters to friends and relatives. Continued ill health and financial troubles were the causes. In the past he has been six times elected register and once elected probate judge of this (Coffey) county. leaves a wife and one child. RIOTERS FINED. Chicago, Sept. 2.Only one of the six lake front rioters demanded a jury trial when they appeared in court. The five men at once pleaded guilty and were fined $50 and costs. A jury to hear the remaining rioter's case was sworn, but owing to the absence of two policemen, the prosecuting witnesses, Justice Brad well dismissed the jury and discharged the prisoner. ROBBED. Marquette, Mich., Sept. 2. Ira E. Gucher, express and railroad agent at Au Train, Alger county, was knocked senseless near that station last night and robbed of his gold watch and $75 railway and express money. was found by a crew of a passenger train an hour later and brought here. There is no clue to the robber. LOR CHARITIES. London, Sept. 2.The great tea mer chant, Horniman, who died recently, be queathed a large slice of his property to charities. left a fortune of more than $1,500,000, three-tenths of which goes to fourteen charitable societies and institutions. Among these organizations are the Peace society the Moravian mis sion, which receive $50,000 each. DROPPED DEAD. Chicago, Sept. 2 Charles Johnson, an engineer on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road, dropped dead in the cab of his engine in the round house of the company on Kinzie street to-day. Heart disease is supposed to have been the cause of death Johnson was fifty years of age and made his home in Milwaukee. SHOT HIS WIFE. East Liverpool, Ohio, Sept. 2.While playing with a revolver that he did not know was loaded yesterday, Leo Stafford shot and fatally wounded his wife. They had been married but six weeks. MAY RESUME. Washington, Sept. 2.The following national banks, which recently suspended payment, have to-day been permitted to reopen their doors for business: The American National Bank of Nashville, Tenn. the First National Bank of Grundy Center, Iowa, and the First Na tional Bank of Harrisonville. Mo. ATTEMPTED MURDER. St. Louis, Sept. 2.Alonzo Clark, a race horse owner living at No. 3(516 Kossuth avenue, after shooting and dan gerously wounding his wife, committed suicide this morning. A Kit MURDEEED FOR HIS MONEY A YOUIC3 BUSINESS MAN OP MANKIA TO KILLED. M* Going Home IiOte at' Night*"' He I Shot by Footpad* mil Die* in Hia Own DooryardRobbery the Cause of tbe Crime.4 Mankato, Mum., Sept. 4.-A cowardly murder was committed iu this city early yesterday morning, and no clue has yet betm obtained as to the perpetrator. The victim was Harry M. Walraven, the young proprietor of a sample room and restaurant. closed his place of busi ness at 1 a m., placed $220.45 in his pockets, and walked home, only a few blocks. Upon reaching his front yard he was set upon by an unknown footpad and a terrible struggle ensued, which awakened the neighbors. Walraven is thought to have been getting the better of his assailant, when the latter drew a revolver and put a ball through Wal raven's heart, killing him almost instant ly. The murderer disappeared, and no trace has yet been found except some foot prints through the garden to the alley. These are impressions of pointed, fashionable shoes. The murderer must have stood some little distance from his victim when he fired, as there were no powder burns on Walraven's clothes. The bullet passed through the heart and took a course to the right slightly down ward, and lodged under the skin at the right side of the back. This was revealed by a post mortem examination. As sistance arrived in a few moments and the dead man was found lying face down ward on the lawn. His money had not been disturbed, but his watch chain was broken in three places. The theory of the crime most generally accepted is that he was assaulted with the intent of robbery and thafche may have recognized his assailant, and that the latter to cover his deed shot him. Being frightened by his act he did not wait to rob the body. A man named Charles White was ar rested on suspicion. was known to have been in Walraven's place of busi ness late at night and tried to borrow money, but was refused. DASHED TO THErR DEATH Cincinnati, Sept. 4.What will prove peihaps the most disastrous street car accident ever recorded took place in this citv last nisht. An electric car dashed down a hill at a fearful speed, left the track, broke a telegraph pole and shot into a saloon, wrecking both itself and the structure it struck. As a result of the collision two people are dead, six are injured beyond recovery, and nearly forty more are hurt, many of them dangerously. I was soon after the Eden Park Sunday afternoon con cert had closed and the nightly open air audience as usual made a rush for the cars "down town." Avondale electric car No. 644* was soon packed with people and Motorrqan George Devin run without incident until he reached the grade a mile long that de scends into the business portion of the city. Suddenly the brake became un manageable, and the heavy car began to descend with perious speed. Conductor Charles Smith ran to his comrade's assistance, but the brake was obstinate and the two men turned their attention to the frightened passengers. By persua sion and force the half-hundred or more inmates were kept in their seats while the car now swaying to and fro shot down the hill with awful velocity until reaching the intersection of Hunt and Broadway, where it left the track, and, smashing a telegraph pole which stood in its path into pieces, plunged into the saloon of Geoige Schmidt. There were forty-five people in the car and not one of them escaped injury. The killed are Marie Moloney, aged tweivc, instant Mrs. Sarah Duklin. aged thirtj-fi\e, fractured skull, died at city hospital ten minutes after arriving there. Fatally injured: Lizzie Johnson, Clara Beckley. Mrs. Mary Beckley, Edna Ford, Louisa Best, Allan Best. Seriously injured. Carrie Gertz, Louisa Ehrhardt, Harold Burman, Al bert Burman, Carrie Reed, Fannie Reed, Mrs Walter Richards. Injured: Leslie Tull, Mary Ma honey, Jennie Cooksey, Mrs. Adolph Sehwill, James McDevitt. Lillie Imbach, Mrs. 8John Mahoney, Mrs. Clara Paul and her fiv children, James Leviu, Charles Smith aud George Devine all received serious but not necessary fatal injuries. KILLED IS EAMILY. Buda-Pest, Sept. 4A terrible tragedy has occifrrecl in a village near here., A young man at a ball, exasperated because his attentions to a young lady had been slighted, imagined that if he inherited his father's large estates that he would be an accepted suitor. Accordingly, he re turned to his father's house and killed his parents, who were in bed asleep. With a hatchet he then murdered his young brothers and sisters. Then he re turned to the ball and danced the re mainder of the night. The next day he was arrested on suspicion. confessed the crime. GERMAN VICTORY. Berlin, Sept. 4.--The celebration of the German victory over-ihe French at Se dan was celebrated generally throughout Germany Saturday and in some sections the festivities were continued to-day. In this city there was a complete cessation of work in the government offices the boerses were closed and many private business hoi.ses closed their doors. This was in accord with the expressed desire of the old Emperor William, who wished to spare French feelings as much as pos sible. HELD FO MURDER. Mason City, Iowa, Sept. 4.John Mur phy, James O'Brien and Daniel McGraw were held to the grand jury of O'Brien county for the murder of a peddler, Frank Burns. BANKERS UNDER A CLOUD. Dubuque, Iowa, Sept.- 4.Boomer & Son, the Waukon bankers, under prelim inary examination at Lansing for several days, were held in $2,000 bonds each on the charge of reeeivihg deposits when they knew the bank was insolvent. -y. I*1! *f DR. GRAVES ENDS HIS LIFE. Denver, Sept. .4. Dr. T. Thatcher graves, the alleged poisoner of "Mrs. Josephine Barr.aby, committed suicide in his cell at the county jail yesterday, pre sumably by takng poiscn. He as found stiff and cold in death by the "trusty" who was earing for him. On his psrsou was found the following letter: "Denver, Aug. 9,1893.To the Coroner of DenverDear Shr T'ltase do uot hold an autopsy on my renin ins. The cause of death may be rendered as-fol lows: 'Died from persecution. Worn out. Exhausted.' Yours respectfully, T. Thatcher Gra\cs, M. D. The corpse was quite cold when found. No direct evidence of suicide was visible, but the above letter tells the story. There were also letters to Mrs. Graves, wife of the doctor to Jailor Crews and an address to the public. That the prisoner hal long contemplated taking his owni life is evident from the date of the letterAuir. 9. last. Another letter was addressed to Capt. Crews,,the jailor. It read as follows "Aug. 25, 1893It would keep a man busy to follow Stevens and answer the lies he unblushingly peddled out to th papers. One or two. however, need at tention, and they are easily proven to be lies. I was a member of the Massa chusetts State Medical society, also the Connecticut State Medical society. I never maue application to the Rhode Island State Medical society for admis sion. My lawyers have the full reports showing that I neither wronged the es tate of Mis. Barnaby, and that the es tate now owes me outside of the legacy by will. The public see what I have to expect from the villainous, cowardly falsehoods of Stevens. I cannot expend much more money fighting him. I must take the only means to prove it for my wife and dear, honored, aged mother. T. Thatcher Graves." .As is wrell known Mr. Graves was awaiting his second trial for the alleged murder of Mr. Barnaby of Providence, who, at the time of her death, was vis itiug friends in Denver. She died April 19, 1891. On April 9 she drank from a bottle of whisky that had come by mail from Boston, and that bore the legend "Wish you a happy New -Year. Please accept this fine old whisky from your friends in the woods." The whisky con tained a solution of arsenic. Dr. Graves was accused of sencling the bottle. After one of the most famous trials in the ciiminal annals of this country, Dr. Graves was convicted of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to be hanged. The supreme court granted him a new trial which was to have begun the latter part of this month. HOTEL BURNED. Btuntington, L. I., Sept. 4.The large summer hotel known as Locust Lodge, situated at East Neck and owned by the May Bros., New York, was de stroyed by fire early this morning. I was the largest summer resort on the north shore of Long Island, and was lo cated in a picturesque spot oveilooking Huntington bay and Lone Island sound. Loss about $20,000 small insurance. ROBBERS SURROUNDED. Biimincrhaci, Ala., Sept. 1. Sheriff White of CUrk county, who has been in pursuit of the survivors of the Meaoh aih gang, has telegraphed for assistance, hav in" run across the rendez\ ous of thive of the crowd. Sevei.il deputy shn-iffs with half-dozen bljodhounds ha start ed for Grove Hill, where White is lo cated. The Mcaehams are still in this slate and an outbreak is feared. STORM IN THE AZORES. Boston, Sept. 4Viscount Valla da Costa, the Portuguese consul in this city, has received a cable dispatch bring ing the news of the havoc of even a worse stoim tban has visited this country in the cities of Harta and Fayal, in the Azores. The message says that the city Of Fayal was almost wholly .lo'troyeJ, mauy being killed outright, aud that the greatest suffering now prevails among the people. BOLD ROBBERY. Managua, Nicaragua, Sept. 4A party of disbanded troops to-day captured the convoy of the government funds destined to pay the regular troops. The escort piuckily maintained the unequal fight and a fierce battle resulted. The guer rillas killed all of the members of the escort and seized the money, amounting to $180,000. The robbers then fled to Honduras. BROKE THE BANK. Vienna, Sept. 4.Trieste newspapers of Saturday last assert that i Miss Leale?j a young Scotch woman who has recently been playing at tbe Monte Carlo gaming tables, had remarkable lucck for several days, which culminated in the breaking of the bank. She is said to have won 60,000 pounds in one hour. OCTOGENARIAN SLAIN. Dubuque, Iowa, Sept 4.Joseph Haney, aged sixty-five, murdered William Henry, aged eighty, near Lansing by choking him and pounding his head into a jelly. Haney afterwards drowned himself in a creek. Haney was the founder of Lan sing, and was well known throughout the Northwest. Temporary insanity is be lieved to be the causp. SUPPLYING FARMERS. Crookston, Minn., Sept. 4In com pliance with a telecram received yester day fiom Mayor Eustis of Minneapolis, a great many farmers have wired him for men to be sent up to help in their threshing at $1.50 per day and board. TRAMPS GET TAILORS' STUFF. Ivenyou, Minn., Sept 4. -M. Julum's tailor establishment was entered by burglars last night and goods amounting to $200 carried off. I was the work of tramps. LEGAL HOLIDAY. Washington, Sept. 4.The house during the afternoon adopted a resolution mak ing th a -a 7a*rV IDENTIFIED. St. Louis, Sept. 4-Charles Gunn, un der arrest as a suspected train robber, has been positively identified by the erew of the Mobile & Ohio train he held up in June last, and his case has been turned over to the officials of the South ern Express company who will irpseeute. day of Ihe centennial celebri lion of the laving of J.he corner stone of the capitol a legal holiday. PROBABLY DROWNED. Milwaukee, Sept. 4.Capt. O. Eierman, an aeronaut, made an ascension from Schlitz Tark at 5 o'clock yesterday and when last seen was a mere speck in th sky directly over Lake Michigan. At dusk the balloon was descending toward the water. Nothing has been hcaid from aeronaut or balloon. SEEKS THE UNKNOWN. Washburn, Wis., Sept. 4. Napoleon Emard, a bartender aged thirty-five, at tempted to commit suicide, shooting him self twice in the left side. No cause for the act is known. 352 TWO^JWOMEtf :J!UR1EKE A^jaoRrcmijE CRIME UNEARTHED O MASSACHUSETTS. 'j*. ^V, i Tbe Bodies of Two Women Fonad in a. BarnAnother Woman Sus pected of the Crime, Also of Kill ins He liusbnud. Middletown, Conn., Sept. 5.A dis covery of what has the appearance of a double murder, and may prove to be a triple assassination, has just been made at Burlingham, at the foot of the Shawangunk mountains. The events heading up to the supposed murders date a little time back. Paul Holliday, a widower, who lesides near Burlingham, recently married a young woman who had been working for him. Soon after the marriage the house and barn were burned and his crippled son was burned to death in the house. Mrs. Holliday was arrested for arson and hehl in the Orange county jail, where she showed evidence of insanity. She was sent to the state hospital, and, subsequently be ing released, returned home. The latter part of last week Holliday was missed and the woman was arrested. In the barn at Holliday's place was found un-** der a lot of hay the bodies of two women. One was that of a fleshy woman about forty-five years old, and the other that of a young girl aged about nineteen years. In the body of the elder woman there were eight bullet wounds. Death had evidently taken place in both cases about four Gays before. While the names of the dead women are unknown, it is thought they were summer boarders from New York city. Coroner Soesh of Wurtsboro lias summoned a jury and local physicians are making a post mortem examination. The inquest will be held to-morrow afternoon. The search for Holliday continues. IT WAS WORKMEN'S DAY. Chicago, Sept. 5 Labor's monster out ing was held under tlie most auspicious circumstances, the weather being bright and warm. The membership of the union organizations has increased quite materially during the last year, which fact was evidenced by the immense pa rade of almost 40,000 men which started at 11 o'clock in nine di\isions from Bricklayers' hall, at Peoria and Monroe streets. After parading the principal down town thoroughfares the procession disbanded at Lake and La Salle streets. Carter Harrison and' a number of citi zens reviewed the parade from a stand at the Grand Pacific hotel. Two picnics were held in the afternoon, one at Kuhne's Park, by the trades and labor assembly, auckthe other at Ogden's Grove by the building trades union. Among the speakers who addressed both picnics were Gov. Altgeld, Samuel Gompers, J. McGuire, James O'Connell and George McNil. No attempt was made to make a showing for the unemployed. CATHOLIC CONGRESS. Chicago,^ Sept. 5.Solemn high mass at St. Mary's church marked the fervent opening of the Columbian Catholic con gress. At the conclusion of service those in attendance repaired to the art hall where during the entire wreek the largest and most comprehensive gathering ever held under the auspices of any single denomination will be held. The opening address was delivered by his eminence, Cardinal Gibbons, archbishop Of Balti more. was received with great en thusiasm and was obliged to wait sey eral minutes before his voice could be heard. Temporary organization was made as follows: Chairman, Judge Mor gan J. O'Brien of New York secretaries, James Frederick, of Notre Dame, and Thomas C. LaWler, representing the Christian College. After an address by the temporary chairman and the appoint ment of committees on permanent or ganization, rules, etc., other addresses were made. An evening session will be held at which addresses will be delivered by prominent delegates. BURNED TO DEATH. London, Sipt. 5. A family named Wall was burred to death this morning in their shop in Hammersleith, a suburb of London. The father, a widower, lived with his four children on the third floor of the buik'ing in which he carried on his trade. The-fire broke out early in the first floor. Before the fire brig ade could be summoned the first two floors were ablaze. Wall and his chil dren were at the front end and were appealing to the crowd to send for help. Three minutes before the firemen came all five had fallen back suffocated. The bodies are still in the ruins. RIOT IN ITALY. Rome. Sept. 5.A riot in the town of Sulmona, in the Province of Aquila, Italy, originated in the appearance of cholera in the town. As a precautionary measure, the officials attempted to stop a religious procession. This led to an en counter between the military and police and the paraders. During the fight a captain was killed and several gendarmes were wounded. FIRE AT TOMAH Tomah, Wis., Sept. 5. Toraah had quite a fire this forenoon. Two of her old land marks, the Empire house, owned by Patrick O'Shaughnessy, and the old Sheridan house, owned by M. H. Merk ley, were destroyed by fire, cause un known. The loss was about $1,000 covered by insurance. This was some years ago very valuable property, but since the depot was moved it decreased to about one-sixth its former value. STILL MISSING. New Y'ork, Sept. 5.Nothing has been heard this morning of the Alvo. the miss ing steamer of the Atlas line which runs to the West Indies. To-day is the nine teenth day out for the ship, and she ought to have made her voyage in six days. The agents here officially say that they still hope to hear favorably from the Alvo. f*- ,VH TRAMPLED BY A HORSE, 'i Hopkinsville, Ky., Sept. 5.A two-'i year-old child of Rufus King, who re sides seven miles from this city, was playing about the yard to-day when it went too close to the heels of a horse In stamping, the animal struck the child's head, which was so terribly crushed that there is no hope of its recovery, l^ztip- *J5l,'t*A, MWmm t$ BAGGED A COUNTY AUDITOR. Mora, Minn., Sept. 5.While hunting ducks yesterday Andrew Norum, eountj auditor. was shot in the leg by the acci dental discharge of Andrew Erickson's gun. The wound will not be fatal. REUNION OF VETERANS. Indianapolis, Sept. 5.This city is alive /^^fi with bunting and other decorations in jiC^lll honor of the encampment of the G. A. It. Everything is made as convenient as pos sible for the visitors. All through the night the slumbers of the guests at the hotels were disturbed by the patriotic music and the tattoo of drums, as one delegation after another came marching up to their quarters. Between 6 o'clock and noon six special trains loaded with delegates arrived. The arrivals included the Iowa, Pittsburg and other Pennsyl vania points, the Michigan and Columbus army, detachments and other companies from Northern Indiana. The Masonic Temple hall was comfortably filled with gray haired salts when at 10 o'clock the eighth annual convention was called to order by Admiral Osborne of New York. All of the officers answrered FROM THE POPE. Rome, Sept 5.The pope has written to Mgr. Satolli, papal delegate to the United States, and Cardinal Gibbons im portant confidential letters with* which Father Frederick Rooker, vice rector of the American college in Rome, started on Friday for America. Father Rooker will deliver the letters personally to the car dinal and the apostolic delegate. It is understood, says the correspondent, that the letters are the outcome of reports which have reached the See concerning alleged opposition in New York to Mgr. Satolli. SERIOUS WRECK. Streator. 111., Sept. 5.As the freight train on the I., V. & K., which left this city last night, was rounding a curve to the bridge over Vermillion river some heavy bridge iron on flat cars began fall ing off. When the bridge'was reached the cars were thrown from the track, and 100 feet of bridge and seven cars fell to the ground, a distance of thirty feet and smashed into kindling wood. Of twenty passengers in the caboose, seven were seriously injured. ARRESTED BY A BOY. Marshheld, Mo., Sipt. 5. Saturday night JJ raes Bell, a noted desperado who* has terrorized this country for over Thirty virs, stabbed aial killed John Ilairingtou without provocation. The sheriff, on account of the serious illness of his wife, declined to leave home and arrest Bell. Thomas Moore, a boy igh teeu years old, alleged that had been deputized, and was ^iven a gun ..ml shackles. He located Bell and lock3d him in a cell at the county jail. DYING OF CHOLERA. Buda-Pest. Sept. 5.A little girl three years of age has just died from cholera at Lemberg. Sensational details of chol era in the stricken districts of Galieia are reported. The municipal council at Koloma has been obliged to contract a large loan to cover the expenses incurred by application of urgent sanitary meas ures. Ten people die daily without medi cal aid. TOWN SACKED. Buenos Ayres, Sept 5.Advices have been received from Corrientes that troops in disregard of orders of the govern ment's arbitrator, attacked the rebels at San Hato and sacked and burned the town. The secretary of war has sent a body of national troops to disarm the governor's irregulars. ENGLAND'S HARVEST. London, Sept. 5.The gathering of the Harvest in Great Britain is practically finished. With scarcely an exception the results are described as the worst known, being even below the bad esti mates made of them. A REMINDER. St. Petersburg, Sept. 5.The Novoe Vremya says that the visit of the Rus sian squadron to Toulon will serve as a reminder that the ultimate course of European affairs depends upon the Franco-Russian entente quite as much as it does upon the triple alliance. ESCAPED. Rome, Sept. 5. Chester Post, the 'f *$%% to the roll call save Fleet Paymaster Alex C. Fortier of Buffalo, against whose admin istration of the finances of the organiza tion charges have been preferred. The convention was opened with a prayer by Rev. Alman of Brooklyn, who afterwards in presenting his report commented upon the fact that the number of the veterans who had passed away during the year was considerably less than for any year previous. In his annual address Com mander Osborne insisted that tLe naval velerans were entitled to the full meas ure of recognition due them as *in im portant factor in preserving the unitv of the states and maintaining the American flag, it was for those still surviviig to claim that right Brief reports were also submitted by the other officers, and resolutions deploring th death of Rear Admiral Melancthon Smith were adopted. A special committee composed-of-Ship mates Cook of Providence, Black of New York ai-d Leaman of Baltimore was ap pointed to submit a repoit regarding the accounts of the ex-Jroasurer." Tlun the convention took a recess. A large number of veterans from the East aud West a%ailed themselves of the opportunity of paying th-Mi- respects to ex-President Hanison at his home iu North Delaware street. Now that a majority of Ihe delegates sire on* the grounds the preliminaries of the contest for the next commander-in chief are beginning to wax warm and several new candidates have appeared in the field. Among these are Col. Charles H. Lincoln of Washington, Gen. E Burd Grubb of New Jersey, ex-minister to Spain, and Edgerly Allen of New York. The only place mentioned for the next encampment is Lincoln, Nob. Yesterday afternoon Camp Wilder was dedicated by ex-President Harrison and Commander-in-Chief Weissert. Last evening a reception was tendered old veterans, Gea. Harrison making the ad dress of welcome and Gen. Weissert re sponding. 1 noted train robber, desperado and mur derer, escaped from the jail here Satur-j day night with five other prisoners. PAASCH INSANE. ^Berlin. Sept. 5.Herr Paasch, the no torious anti-semite, has been pronounced a dangerous lunatic and has been sent to the asylum at Dalldorff. Herr Paasch. was sentenced to fifteen months' impris onment for libelling Chancellor von^ Caprivi, Herr Brandt, who was former ly German minister to China, and others.' IftXV*' SACKED BY A MOBt' *&*- Shanghai, Sept. 5.The French Cath-e olic mission at Lichuen, in the Proviuce *jit of Hupeh, has been attacked and sacked ^0jSL by a mob. The priests, escaped into the*?S next province., fi