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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 5, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 44.

DOMESTIC.

—The steamer Amarapoora takes, this week, the first load of cattle ever shipped from Puget Sound to Central America.

—The grand jury at Leadville, Colo., has indicted four of the striking miners, charging them with the murder of Fireman O'Keefe, in the Coronado Mine.

—The lumber schooner Sandill went down in Lake Erie, on the 23d ult., and all hands, consisting of captain, mate, three seamen and cook, went down with her.

—A violent snowstorm in the western part of Nebraska, on the 29th ult., seriously impeded railroad traffic, and must have caused much suffering and loss of live stock.

—There are said to be a score or more of complaints of political assessments on employees in Federal offices now on file awaiting the action of the Civil Service Commission.

—Circuit Judge Sanborn, of Omaha, made an order directing the Union Pacific Railway Co. to allow its employees an opportunity to vote on election day. Why should such an order be deemed necessary?

—In a magazine near Geneva, Ind., October 31, 700 quarts of nitro-glycerine exploded, tearing the structure into fragments and wrecking scores of houses in the city. A wagon was being unloaded at the time, and the team, driver, and wagon were blown to atoms.

—At Pittsburg, on the 28th ult., Bessie Osborn, aged fourteen years, was fatally burned by an explosion of natural gas. The house was badly wrecked. Bessie, tho terribly burned, managed to get her brother and sister out of the building uninjured before she became unconscious.

—The New Orleans Fruit Combine, organized last spring to control the supply of Central American fruits shipped to this country, has failed. The large supply of California fruits, together with the great western apple crop, so decreased the demand for tropical fruits that there was a great shrinkage in prices.

—It is officially stated at Washington that both Russia and Japan will join the United States in an effort to protect the fur seals of the North Pacific Ocean from extinction. It is generally conceded that if some extensive, more effective measures are not enforced against poachers, the fur seal will be commercially extinct in a couple more seasons.

—A tornado formed near Farmington, Texas, October 28, and passed near Sherman and on past Denison. The cloud was not more than fifty feet wide, but it moved at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, demolishing everything that came in its way. Several farm-houses were wrecked, four persons were known to be seriously hurt, fences were thrown down, and the ground was plowed in various places.

—A sensation is said to have been caused among the Quakers of New York City because one of their number, a woman lawyer, has been appointed by the Supreme Court to the receivership of a saloon, whose proprietor is in litigation. However, the attorney thinks the trust comes legitimately within her sphere; and is rather ambitious to show that she is qualified for any work that may come to her hand as a lawyer. She does not think that the church will expel her.

—It now turns out that when the Chinese consul at San Francisco undertook to annihilate the 'highbinder' resorts in that city with his Chinese police, he proceeded without due process of law. Consequently one of the strong contending companies (in whose interest the 'hatchet men' were at this particular time presumably operating) commenced legal proceedings against the consul. Now a special commission from the emperor is on hand to patch up the breach. The secretary of the Chinese Legation at Washington accompanies the commission.

—A cyclone struck the river front of New Orleans on the 29th ult., making a sweep of thirty blocks lengthwise, and about one hundred feet wide. Hundreds of buildings were damaged, trees uprooted, and fences blown down. The same day great damage was done in Tansas Parish by a cyclone. Houses, barns, and bridges, and other property were destroyed. Two men, three women, and a baby were killed, and many others injured. A number of animals were also killed. The same day in Lafayette County, Miss., a cyclone did great damage to property of all kinds, but no lives were lost. A house was blown down over a mother and seven children, but all escaped with but slight bruises. The same day a disastrous cyclone passed over a portion of Oklahoma, cutting a swath of destruction about a hundred feet wide for several miles. The post office and store at Mitchell was lifted bodily, carried 100 yards, and dashed to the ground, killing the postmaster and his wife. Further damage is reported at other points, and the storm passed on into Indian Territory, and seven persons were reported killed at different points.