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Penny Post from Pittsburg, Kansas • 3

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TO FUMIGATK THE MAILS. ONLY OXE WAS SAVED ROBBERS FOILED. PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT. Financial lienor of the, Government foi the Month of WAMinxoro.N, Sept 2. The follow.

Ing is a recapitulation of the publlo debt statement Issued yesterday; INTBllKHT DKAMNU I) I'll, AI'Ol'ST 81, IH'JS. Bonds at 4J pur vent continued at ii per cent '0 Bond at 4 per cent 1 Refunding certillcates at 4 per S0.I80 TH8 PRESIDENT ISSUES A CHOLtHA PROCLAMATION. ATTEMPTED HOLD-UP ON THB MISSOURI PACIFIC. AWFUL MARINE DISASTER ON LAKE SUPERIOR, i I'ostmaiiter General Wanauiftker Jtmei nn Anil Cholera Order. WAHinxiiTox, Sept.

-The postmaster general has Issued the following order: "The auperintendunt of foreign mails Is hereby instructed to immediately ttiko step as may be necessary and practicable to thoroughly disinfect the uinlls reaching the United States from ports at which contagious disease are said to be prevailing and to facilitate safe mail communication nn BOUND TO KEEP OCT THE IWEHTI-SII PERSONS DR3HED, DEAD MAN'S CURVE THE SCENE, WOflK OP A MANIAC. He Kill. Tinre iii.i, aiot Then Mulcldea -An Ohio Xfii.ulliiii. Sept 8. John Skinner who worked for George pettier, a German fanner living two and a half in lie.

from here, last night shot 1'ftner dead, and then going up stairs shot Mrs. Fetner, who wua sick in bed with typhoid fever, and Mrs. Ketncr's mother, aged 00 years. He then placed the revolver to his own head and killed himself. Skinner and pettier quarreled over some money due Skinner in a horse sale, and the farm hand remarked some time ago that be was going to have the money or there would be trouble.

'Skinner time was out today and Fetnur wanted him to leave because of his disagreeable qualities. This led to the fatal quarrel. Iteierve Govt Total Iricrensu sOl Debt bearing no interest Docre-ise AgRrejrate of Interest and non-IuUrc-8t bearinir debt 807.226 419 The Lake Vexel Weitern Down With AH on HIM Masked Mau Mop I lis Wrong; Train-All Armed 1'om HUrtel la I'untult, Hut the llitlkud Highwaymen between vessels undergoing quaran-tiue and the nearest United Mates pohtoftieo." Measures have accordingly been liuard The Mui'vlvor of He Tell Twenty Quarantine Ordered for All JjKortlKii cMfl. Mep Urkiued Koceunry to Utclude the Dread Duim from Auirrlnan Cities N'ew York Health Officer Are Uuiy. IVhrrliuaii the Only the Ilt-Fiited Craft.

Mouuted on Fleet Horn, Kanl- ly Make Their Escape Work Of I'roresaloiial. Minatory of I lie Founder, tog of the Ship. Ccrtlllcutes and treasury notes by an equal iimount of cash in tho treasury Decrease. 4,220,2, t) Aggretrato of debt, Including ccriificate and treasury notes Cash in the treasury Classification: taken to procure the thorough din-infection of incoming mails from in-fe ted ports. Postmaster General Wauuinnker has taken an active interest in this matter, and will use every possible means to prevent cholera from reaching this country through the mediiun nf the mails.

The utmost vigilance will be insisted upon on the part of the postmasters at all points where there Is even a remote danger. In view of the thorough arrangements which have boon made by federal officers for protecting the United Mutes from the Asiatic cholera President Harrison does not deem it necessary that he should remain in Washington longer and unless unforseen emergency occurs he inav see fit to re Washington, Sept President Hurrisun, who is determined to leave no stones unturned to prevent the entry of cholera into this country, caine here yesterday morniug to study the situation from the national quarantine standpoint. At 11 o'clock he held a conference with Sec- Cold coin Bars Jolneil the I'iulltK. Sept. 2.

James F. Legate, cx-Hepublican member of the legislature and once a noted Republican leader, is advertised to explain at the opening People party rally in this city, next Saturday, why he left the Republican party and will in the future be found with the Populists Legate has never committed himself in interviews, but this morning the Populist leaders announce that ho will surely be on the stand with Lewelling, Pefi'er and Otis. 1 KansasXitv, Sept 2. A bold attempt was made last evening by train robbers to hold up passenger train No. 4 the Missouri Pacific railroad a short distance west of Lee's Summit, but, owing to the passenger train being late und frleght train No.

130 running on No. 4's time, tho robbers stopped the wrong train. Ab the engineer In charge of tho engine drawing the freight train was rounding the curve just beyond Lee's Summit, at a point known as Dead Total Total silver Total pupcr. Other bonds, minor 4.i4. .173 I fractional currency, and disbursing olllcers' balances, tutai Aggregate retary of the Treasury Foster, Attorney General Miller and Post-I muster General Wanamaker; and later called into the conference Assistant Secretary Spuulding of the treasury department and Surgeon General Wy-man of the marine hospital bureau, in whose direct charge' are the quarantine arrangements of the government.

turn to Loon Lake to-day and spond next week with Mrs. Harrison. Demand liabilities: Gold certificates Silver coi tilicntes Currency Treasury notes of 1M. Man's Curve, he observed a man standing near the track flagging the train. Suspecting that something wus the mutter, as lie was I Steamboat Agents Excited.

Nkw Youk, Sept 2. The different agents of the transatlantic steamship 'J, Mrs. liarrlson'i Health. Washington, Sept. 2.

Mrs. Harrison's general health, it is said, continues to improve, but the nervous affection from which she has suffered during the last several months show a discouraging persisted e. It is not thought that it will be prudeut for her to uttempt to resume her social duties duriui the i As a result of the conference the president issued tho following procla- i matiou. I Quarantine on immigration I to aid iu the prevention of the introduction i of cholera into the L'nite atcs. I Total Fund for redemption of uncur- rent national bank notes Outstanding checks and dr.ifts.

Disbursing ofUcers' 22, 7 Agency accounts, etc 3,37,941 Gold reserve '0 Nut cash balance ill, I i SailtSte Mahie, Sept 2. The fih tub, E. M. 11. arrived down last night, having as passed ger Hurry 6 tew ii rt of Algona, a wheelman, the only survivor from the mammoth steel steamer, Western Ilescrve, which foundered Tuesday morning, about 0 o'clock, sixty miles above WUite Fish Point, on the course of the Keeweenaw, The Western Reserve, up bound and light, left the Boo canal Tuesday afternoon, having on board as passengers Captain Mi noli, tor owner, hi wife, children and his wife's sister, besides the regular crew of bands.

The rest of her short history aud the sad fatality is best told in the words of Stewart, who is the only one left of the twenty-seven souls to tell the horrible tale: "Everything went well until about 6ixty iri.les above White Pish, when the first warning anyone on board had of impending' danger was a terrible crash, about i a. caused by the huge craft breaking in two and break- ing the main mast about half way up i the rigging. She took water fast from the sturt and the yawl boats were low- ered. Captain Mineh, his family and the and crew of the boat, to the number of seventeen, got into the 1 wooden yawl and the others took the metallic, one. The Reserve sank in ten minutes and before she had hardly gone i out of siirht the metallic yawl capsized, i The other went to her assistance, but only succeeded in rescuing1 two of i ber occupants.

Captain Minch's son and the steward. nineteen sur- vivors started for White Fish, sixty lniles away. The wind was about west when they started, but veered to the north, making1 considerable sea. i Hut the yawl weathered the breakers all night, and at 7 o'clock in the i TuEAsi'KT Dkpaktment. Offh or Siter- vi-ixo United Sekvicb, i coining season, and her place, no States Hoi-ital Wasuinotox, Sept.

1, iri Aggregate doubt will be temporarily tilled by the oilier ladies of the While house. running on another train's time, he reversed his lever and brought his train to a standstill. As he did so he saw the parly who flagged tho traiu quite plainly, who immediately started on a run for the woods. He saw that the party had a revolver in his hand aud wore a mask made out of a piece of dark cloth. Just as the masked person got to tho edge of the woods, the engineer thought that he heard others with him and thinks that there were at least five men in the party.

It flashed through his mind in an instant that they were train robbers and had mistuken his train for the Missouri Pacific passenger train, which was due at Dead Man's Curve at this the treasury Cash balance in July 81, i Collectors of customs, medical oflicers of tho marine service, foreign steam- ship companies, slate und local boards of health: (juan balance in tho treasury lines were greatly excited yesterday over the first tidings of the president having issued an order for a twenty days' quarantine against immigrant steamships. The meauing of the order was not clear mid the agents did not know whether it applied to steamers carrying steerage passengers, or to all vessels carrying cabin and steerage. It would mean great financial loss either way, but If it applied to the latter class they saw a condition of things in it. The Inman line management have decided to earry only the first cabin and second cabin passengers from Liverpool during September. A dispatch from quarantine says Ir.

Jenkins has just returned from Hoff August 81, 1892.... 129.152.344 Increase during the 2,102,059 I It having been officially announced that 1 cholera is epidemic in Germany. Russia, France and at certain ports in Great Brit- I ain ns well as in Asia, anil it having been made to appear that immigrants hi large numbers are coming into this coun- try from the infected districts aforesaid, I Trice of Coal Advanced. Kansas City. Sept.

2. To-day the price of anthracite coal was advanced twenty-five cents a ton, because of the advance made by the great combination in New York. Today the price paid for mining in coal fields tributary to Kansas City advanced twenty-five cents a ton. St. Joe's New Postmaster.

Washington, Sept 8. The' presi- dent yesterday appointed the follow- I I time, and seeing their mistake had taken to the woods. He had an idea that the men would not go far. but would make another attempt to hold man island and the steamer Moravia. There are no new eases and no fresh developments, but one of the crew of the steamboat Hazel Kirke was taken sick and, either knowing or fearing that he had cholera, jumped overboard and drowned himself.

Kunston Opens ill Campaign. Fokt Scott, Sept 2. The Republicans of the Second congressional district opened the campaign in this city yesterday by a demonstration and speeches by Congressman Funstoa of Allen county, Colonel F. B. Dawes of Clay Center and Judge Strong of La rued at the' fair grounds and the park.

Three Railroader Killed. Nkwblrg, N. Sept. 2. The fast aim that they und their personul effects are liabto to Introduce choleiM into the i United States and that vessels occupying them a direct menace 'o the public and it havinsj further shown that under the laws of tho several states quarantine detentions my be itnt i.dou up these vessels a sulil of time to insure against the, introduo- tion of contagious diseases, it is hcroby I ordered that no vessel from any foreign port carrying iminiirr ba admitted to enter at any port of tttu United States Until said vessel shall have undergone a quarantine detention of twenty days (un- 1 less such detention is forbidden by tho laws of the state or the reg- I illations made thereunder), and of such i greater number of days as may be i fixed in each special case hy state authori- ties.

This circular to take immediate effect except in cases of vessels afloat at this date which will be made the subject of special consideration on due application to morning, when about ten miles from life saving station No. 10 and about one mile from the shore, it capsized. Stewart says that he saw none of I nteruatlniiHl Commission. Montreal, 'Sept 3. Tl.e international quarantine inspection commission, composed of Dr.

Irving A. named postmasters: Frank W. Atkin- son, St Joseph, Leonard U. Mohr, Troy, Mo. Oscar Cramer, Capo Girardeau, G.

A. Jfchultz, Two Harbors, Mrs. Nettie J. Van Inwegen, Ortonville. and Ruben tt.

Hick, El Eeno, Ok. Thoae Letters of Acceptance. Washington, Sept 3. It is under-stood that President Harrison's lettet oftaeceptance will be made publican Monday morning next Mr. White-law Ucid's will follow about September 15.

Mr. Cleveland has not yet in- i dicated when his letter of acceptance will be given out, but it is expected to be made public not later than Sep- tember 20. Teaterday's League Gaines. I At Cleveland Cleveland 3, Washing- ton At Cincinnati Cincinnati 10, Brooklyn 7. I At Pittsburg Pittsburg 11, Baltimore 3.

At I-ouisvllle Louisville 7, New York 8. At Chicago Boston 5, Chicago 3. At St Louis St. Louis4, r. the occupants after that He struck Watson of Concord.

N. sec up the passenger train when it came along. The conductor of the passenger train was notified to hold his train at the Big Blue until further orders were received and the freight conductor returned to Independence where he made up a special, train and taking City Marshal Ilulse and a posse of men proceded to the place where tho attempt at robbery had been made in the hope that the robbers would again flag the train and give them a chance to capture them. Tho posse, instead of taking a special train to the scene of tho hold-up decided to take the regular passenger train, and each of the men carefully concealed himself on the train." When the "curve" was reached the train slowed up and came to a stop. As thetotticers jumped from the train they heard the clatter of hoofs, and saw the forms of five or six men outlined in the darkness.

Thev soon mail ou the Hudson River railroad was wrecked at New Hamburg draw-, bridge this morning at the scene of a disaster nearly twenty years ago. The 1 i engineer, fireman and a mail uut iui- me snore, out me cries oi me I children, screams of the women and i moaning of the men were terrible for a few moments, when all became I 6ilent. (Stewart was in the water two i hours. He struck shore about ten miles above the station and had to walk i there before reaching any one to ren- der him assistance. A search failed to i find trace of any other survivor and it: were instantly killed and two others Injured.

retary of the American Public Health association; Dr. H. B. Baker of Lansing. Dr.

P. H. Brice of Toronto and Dr. B. X.

McCormick of Kentucky arrived in Montreal yesterday. Their purpose is to inspect and report on the condition and methods of administration of every quarantine station on the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coast. The commissioners left for Quebec last night. They will visit and inspect Gross Island quarantine, returning to Montreal on Saturday, leaving the department. Wai.teb Wtman, Supervising Surgeon General, U.

S. M. H. Service. Charles Foster, Secretary of the Treasury.

Approved, Benjamin Habkison. tnere is no question but that they were all drowned. THE MOUAV1A UNDER Gl'ARD. Standing of the League Club. Ready for Retaliatory Action.

Sault Ste Marie, Sept. 8. The customs officers here are ready to enforce the president's retaliatory proclamation, which goes into effect to-day. THE MARKETS. Kansas City.

realized that they had been outwitted 10 .7511 17 Twenty-Five Miners Killed. Brussels, Sept 2. A mine explosion, .500 and utter a vain search of an hour tho W. Chicago 20 ao 20 20 New York 20 Haltiinoie. 2:1 20 20 23 New York Authorities Issue Extra Orders Examining the Steamships.

New York. Sept 2. The steamship Moravia, which arrived from Ham- the same evening for Xew York, where crestfallen W. Cleveland 80 23 22 22 Philn'oliia. 21 21 posse returned to Inde- I resulting in great loss of life, occurred yesterday at Bororage, in the province i they will inspect quarantine arrange .5 0 .474 .410 25 .8110 29 pendence.

19 20 i 20 .512 bt. Ill Washington. 12 ments, then proceed to Boston, Portland and Halifax. of Hainault The Agripe coal mine was the scene of the disaster, which was caused by accumulated gas. Twenty-five persons were killed and eight mor No clue was found to the robber, but it is believed they are professionals, and had No.

4 been on time they would doubtless have made a good haul, as there was considerable money in the express car. Vote for New Zealand Women. Wellington, New Zealand, Sept 3. The house of representatives has again passed the bill extending the ele jtoral franchise to women which was rejected in 1891 by the legislative council, NEWS IN BRIEF. MISSOURI TROOPS.

tally injured, lhe mine belongs to the Rothchilds, and accidents there have been frequent. One hundred and i twenty-two miners were killed by an accident in this mine on the 3d of May last and a calamity in 1889 destroyed Is The Iteport the Secretary of War burg Tuesday1 night, having had twen- I ty-two deaths from cholera among her passengers during the trip, was ordered yesterday morning down to the lower quarantine, two miles south of Swinburne island. She lay in Grave-send bay last night and at daybreak hoisted the yellow flag, warning all bteamers to give her a wide berth. No i new cases of the disease have broken out among her passengers, The following orders in regard to cholera were read at thtf police head- quarters to-day: Patrolmen are to report every violation 1 I of the sanitary laws on their posts pi ompt-j ly. They are to report at once any dead I animal or anything else in the streets detrimental to public health; also Prices were quoted as follows: No.

8 hard wheat, oid, 5Sc; new, (SOJOlc; No. 3 hard wheat, old, 54 55c, "new, 56 55So; No. 4 hard wheat, old, 46 i 9o new, rejected hard wheat, No. i red wheat, No. 8 red-wheat, old, 56 58c; new, 5901o; No.

4 red wheat, 50(p4c. Coun Was Jc lower, but there was a very good demand for it at the decline. The oSerings were fair. Closing cash prices were: No. 2 white, 49490; No.

8 white, 4Sr 480; No. 4 white, 45c; no grade, 8c; No. 2 mixed, No. 8 mixed, No. 4 mixed 41o; no grado, 39 4oc.

Ordinary No. 2 mixed oats sold as low as 26jC, but oats with good color sold from No. 8 at 25(i SUHo: No 4, 8tS35c; No. 2 white, sold at nio; No. 3 white, 80o.

Rte Was weulc No. 2 new sold at 58c, river some Alarm at Detroit. Detroit, Sept 3. There is great fear that the cholera may gain a foothold here. The provisions for examination of passengers arriving are very meagre.

About twenty immigrants arrive here a day and "the only thing that is done in the way of disinfecting them is by spraying them with a small atomizer while on the cars. Mayor Graut'i Proclamation. New York, Sept. 3. Mayor Grant, in view of the impending danger of a cholera epidemic in this city, has issued a proclamation urging vigilance on the part of the public and calling upon every person to aid in enforcing the laws, rules and regulations of the health board.

6123 lives. Two Thousand Reported Killed. Lokthix, Sept. 2. The Vienna correspondent of the News says.

"It is reported from Merf that 2, 000 Afghans were killed in the lust battle with the revolting llazaras." Not Washington, Sept. 2. The secretary of war yesterday received the report of Captain II. G. Bower, of the Twelfth infantry, who inspected the Second and Fourth regiments of the Missouri troops, the latter of which was camped at Carthage from the 4th to the 10th of August and tho former at Brookfleld from the to the 14th of July.

The report says that only about one-half the men of these regiments were in the field, owing to the inability to get away from business. Most of the time was devoted to practice of military exercises. Nearly all were of American birth and full of The United States troops have been withdrawn from Cour d'Alene, Id. This government will enforce the Monroe doctrine of non-intervention in Venezuela's case. Colonel C.

E. Hooker was re-nominated for congress by the Democrats of the Seventh Mississippi Canada will not abolish the tolls collected of American vessels passing through the Welland canaL A paper mill in Minneapolis, was destroyed by fire Wednesday night, with a loss of S25.000. "The report that Mr. Gladstone was LIZZIE BORDEN HELD. i all cases of sickness, contagious or otherwise, that may come i under their notice: also tenement houses.

Jlound Over for Trial at th.e November Term of Court. i Fall River, Sept. 3. The OFF FOR THE ARENA. Borden murder triaLwas resumed yesterday morning and Immediately upon the opening of court Attorney Jen- John L.

Sulllvau aud Party on Their YVaj to New Orleans. New York, Sept. 2. Five hundred injured by a heifer on the Hawarden I nings began his argument for the de-' I fense. He made an exceedingly strong address laying particu energy and spirit.

The non-commissioned officers people collected themselves in front of the private car which formed a part of the New Orleans special train that lar siresa uu tue uuseuuo of all motive for commission of such a crime by Lizzie Borden. District At- stables, manufactories or cellars in a filthy condition. They must arrest all Seddlers vending unripe or rotten fruit or ecayinif fish, and report unclean streets, ashes and garbage not removed or anything else that they may observe on their posts, which, in their judgment, threatens the public health The corporations, too, are taking a hand in the fight The oflicers of the Long Island railroad sent a communication to the health department asking instructions as to what course should be pursued by their employes if there should be a visitation of cholera. The board of health at once sent a copy of the following circular to all the railroad stations and ferry houses in this city: Health Department.Niw York. Sept.

1. To the superintendents of ferries, railroads, manufactories, in New York city: Should cholera appear in this city a temporary place for isolation and detention should be provided in ferry houses, rail-'" road stations, factories, for such as may be tiken ill thereat, or JVteney Knowlton prgued for the i prosecution. His address was a strong arraignment of Lizzie Bordon and he A dwelt at much length on her contra-I vLictory stories. At the conclusion of the arguments Judge Blaisdell held that the evi- dence was sufficent to warrant him in Committing Lizzie' Borden to the 1 county jail for trial at the Xovember term of the court grounds is pronounced false. A Michigan young man got a fortune from an eccentric uncle for marrying within a specified time.

Hundreds of dead cattle, but as yet no human bodies, are floating down the Colorado river through Texas. If Bismarck were six feet across the Bhoulders he could cover his breast three deep of orders conferred on him. Cases of smallpox in Iroquois and McHenry counties, Illinois, have been reported to the state board of health. Congressman John J. O'Neil of the Eleventh Missouri district (St.

Louis) was renominated without opposition by the Democrats. A New York Chinaman has broken the record by suing his wife for divorce, and she in turn is suing him for alimony and counsel fees. sales late yesterday as low as 66o river; No. 3 aew at 55(2! Stic, river; No. 4, 33o, river.

Flaxseed Steady, 87ia9 ic, according to billing, on the basis of pure; small lots 8c less. Bran Strong; 61(gd3c, according to billing, 100-lb sacks. Hay Receipts 18 cars; market steady. Quotations are: Timothy, choice No. 1 IS.50: No.

2 U7.30 per ton; fancy prairie, new, I8.5J; good to choice, t5(g6; low grade, f4.l. Chicago doting Cash Prices. Chicago, Sept 1. Wheat No. 8 spring, 74o; No.

8 red, T4o. Corn No. 8, 48c; No. 8 yellow, 49c; No. 8 new, 47c; No.

8 yellow, new, 48o. Oats No. 8 cash, 83c. Timothy Seed Cash, 81.55; September, 50. Mess Pork Cash, new, 10.i)0.

Lard Cash, new, I7.52X. Short Ribsf7.ro. Rye 56ic; September, 56. Flaxseed 11.03; September, 1.03, January, $1.07. Barley 08o; September, 63o.

St. Louis, Sept. 1. Flaxseed No. 1, cash, 9sc.

Rye No. 2. cash, 59o. Castor Beans (1.40 bid. St.

Louis. St. Louis, Sept 1 wheat, 26, KK) bu: shipments, 61.001 bu; receipts corn, 29,000 bu; shipments, 11,000 bu. Wheat Cash, 6'Jc; Ootober, 70c December, 73c. Corn Cash, 44c; October, 45o Oats Cash, 29cj May, 8-c.

'KANSAS CITY LIVK STOCK. should be more carefully instructed in their duties, and gallery practice to make fair shots of the men should be had. Also careful instructions in the school of the soldier. The men should be furnished with intrenchment tools and taught how to use them. The following changes in uniform are recommended: A fatigue hat, like that worn in the army; a blue flannel shirt with collar, without the blouse, for drills and work in camp; a canvas fatigue suit for working in camp and to save uniform while marching; good marching shoes and canvas leggings.

The Lancet on the Cholera. London, Sept 2, The Lancet, the leading medical journal of England, says it believes that the present state left the West Shore depot with John L. Sullivan and his friends at 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, The crowd on the platform grew bo demonstrative before the train started that Joe Lannon had to go into Sullivan's car and induce him to come out on the platform and show himself. When the big fellow did so, he got a rousing reception. There was a wild rush made to shake him by the hand and his right arm was severely tugged for a couple of minutes by enthusiastic admirers.

He withdrew just as the train started. A special car from Boston with sporting men from that city on board will be attached to the train at Rotterdam Junction. Other cars will be taken on at Cincinnati and St Louis. It is expected To Investigate Texas Fever, Washington, Sept. 3.

The department of agriculture was yesterday apprised of the appearance of Texas fever to an alarming extent among cattle In Oreenwood county, Kan. It is es- wnue naing on terry boats or railroads (street or steam) within this city. This room should be easily reached and have a watertight floor. Persons suffering from vomitiutr should be placed in Schooners eniraired in cod flshin? in .1 tiinated by the officials that the ap- pearance of disease in Greenwood is accounted for by the fact that some of affairs prevailing at some of the principal ports in the south of Eng land is highly discreditable. Regarding the precaution to keep the cholera from obtaining a foothold in the country, the Lancet says: "No means of Isolating the first persons attacked by the disease had been provided.

If the present emergency the room at once and the health board immediately notified. In it should be placed a barrel of disinfecting fluid (corrosive sublime, one part of "0 1 parts of which fluid should be freely poured on ell suspected cholera discharges before their removal, which should immedi rely follow disinfection, in proper receptacle to a place of safoty. When thoroughly saturated with the disinfecting fluid the discharges may be thrown into the river or sewer. All surfaces soiled with cholera discbarges should be thor that the Sullivan train will reach New Orleans in less than forty-five hours. Kansas City Sport.

Kansas CiTrt Sept. 2. A party of thirty Kansas City sports will leave this evening on a special car for New Orleans over the Kansas City, Fort I passes, as we believe it will, we hope solium, naicrs report iuc uuitca States ships there extremely vigilant in seeing that no sealing is done. Eleven tobacco houses have organized a combine in Louisville, to compete with one recently made in Cincinnati dealing in leaf tobacco. A report has beeu published showing that 20,000 Chicago men are supported by their wives, while in New York but 10,000 women are self-supporting.

President Cheever of the New York Belting and Packing company, denies positively that the rubber hose interests of the country have formed a trust Mrs. Maria Valishka, step-mother of a little girl who mysteriously dis that the few months interval will be used to combat the malady next vear. weeks ago it was in Lyon and Chase 1 counties. It was stated that Albert Bean, of Kansas City, one of the department Inspectors, would be detailed to visit Greenwood county and make a full.eport on the subject. Stricken With ParalriU.

Holden, Ma, Sept 2. Ex-Senator John P. Harmon, well known in Dem- oer tic circles in 'Missouri, was proa-- yesterday evening by a stroke of paralysis. This is the third attack, but is not so severe as the preceding ones, and his physicians think he will recover. Which is likely to bring dangers far in excess of any into which we are now running," Kavsas Citt, Mo.t Sept 1 Cattle Receipts, calves.

648; shipped yesterday, calves, 355. The market was dull; good steers were steady, common 5(08100 lower; cows, steady to 10c lower; feeders, lower; Texas steers weak to lOo lower and cows steady. Dressad beef and shipping steers, 8.55; cows and heifers, l.50(g2.2; Texas and Indian steers, Texas and Indian cows, 1,55 a 1.90; stackers and feeders, 12 4 mixed, Hogs 491; shipped yesetrday, 89r. The market was weak with good hogs 615c lower and common 15(f I lower. Prices ranged from 3 per liiO lbs according to quality.

Sheep Receipts, 2ril no shipments I The market was quiet aud unchanged. The following are representative sales Vo. Wt. 1'ric. No.

Wt Prloa, 75 8 50 1 13 70 B50 appeared from her home in Scott and Memphis road. Frank Jones and James Whitfield have the party in charge. Frank Jones has 82,500 of Kansas City money to bet on Jim Cor-bett at odds of 3,500 to 95,000 and will probably have double that amount to put on the tall California! at the same odds before he leaves town. Mining Lease Sold. Sept.

2. The first lease and the machinery on the Mahaska mining tract of 180 acres adjoining the city limits on the south, was sold yesterday to a British syndicate for $40,000. The lease has fifteen years run. The Mahaska is one of the beat properties in the district oughly scrubbed with the disinfectants, care beinsr taken to permit none of the discharge to pass into crocus in the floor, or through them to the surface beneath. The floors of ferry boats, ferry houses, railroad cars and depots should be scrubbed daily afteV thorough disinfection, i'hey should not be swept until after thorough sprinkling with the disinfecting solution and the sweepings should be disinfected Bgain before being thrown into the sewer or river.

The above regulations are Issued for the government of railroads, ferries, factories, in this city only, as regulations will doubtkss be issued upon this subject by the st a board of health and by the health boards of other cities. By the order of the board of health. C. G. Wison, President Insane Farmer Commit Sulfide.

St. Joseph, Sept 8. Yesterday morning the attendants at the state insane asylum found the body of J. J. Onstat of Ridgeway, suspended from one of the iron bars of the window by a towel which was around his neck.

The demented man had fastened the towel. to the bar and on account of the narrow space was obliged to lie down on his back in order to choke himself to death. was a wealthy farmer. A 'larringe Ceremony Lasting Theee Dar. Cincinnati, Sept.

2. An Arabian carriage, celebrated exactly as it would be in Arabia, is in progress here. It is a remarkable ail'airand it requires Siree days to complete it The eon- a week ago, has confessed to killing the child and is now a prisoner. A sudden rise in the Colorado river is alarming people living in the bottoms at Wharton. Tex.

Heavy rains are still falling and great damage is apprehended. Hundreds of dead cattle and all kinds of debris are floating irtiiig parties are Raphail Latoof and Lizzie Autonious. down.

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About Penny Post Archive

Pages Available:
328
Years Available:
1892-1892