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Show CONDENSED TELEGRAMS. Capt. J. B. Campbell, commander of U. 3. troops in Alaska, is to act as Indian agent in that territory. The three members of a family named Fiuley died of starvation in Cooper county, Mo., hut week. Twenty-five buildings were destroyed destroy-ed by fire on Sunday at Lexington, Ky. Loss large; partially insured. There are no grasshoppers in Iowa and no danger of a destructive raid by these insects. The crops were never in a better condition. Capt. J. H. Lord, assistant quaiter-master quaiter-master in the armv, bus been assigned to duty as chief quartermaster in the district of Tucson, Arizona, Dr. Linderman will on June 10th begin a personal examination of western points, with a view to the location of a new branch mint. The king of Barman is anxious to have a peaceful settlement of matters with the British and Chinese governments. govern-ments. Xo serious difficulty is anticipated. antici-pated. A religious procession in the streets of Brussels, Belgium, on Sunday, was assailed by the populace. The police arrested ten ofthe rioters The members mem-bers of tho procession took refuge in neighboring houses. Nine-tenths of the town of Osceola, Pa,, was destroyed by fire, and thieves have plundered tho remnants. Money, clothing and food is much needed. One thousand rations were distributed among the desolate on Sunday. A "Washington correspondent says that Gen. Hammond, who was sent west to report on the real Btatus of the New Idra, Panacho, Grande and other mining claims has made a report which evades the real issue of the case. On account of the fine weather in tho northwestern states and the failure fail-ure of the grasshopper campaign the Chicago grain market broke down on Monday. Corn sold down from 70cts on Saturday to Go, and wheat from $1 to Qui cents. Memorial services in St. John's church, New York, on Sunday, for those who perished in the ik't tiler, were attended by the officers and seamen sea-men of German vessels in port, and by a large number of the relatives and friends of the lost. John Richards, Indian agent at the Wichita agency, in reply to statements state-ments affecting affairs at that agency, admits that there has been a scarcity of provisions, but says that every means have been employed to prevent suffering. There is no danger of an outbreak among tho Indians there. O'Leary, the Chicago pedestrian, walked 500 miles in 153 hours, finishing finish-ing the feat on Sunday morning. He made one mile in 7 minutes and 2S seconds, the fastest on record. O'Leary was was presented with a purse of $1,000, and the receipts at the door must have amounted to $2,-500 $2,-500 more. There is danger of a defeat of the French government on the question of the election of deputies to the assembly as-sembly by a vote of the whole department, depart-ment, or by Minister Bullet's plan of an election by separate arrondise-ments, arrondise-ments, and in case of a defeat President Presi-dent McMahon will be obliged to form a coalition legitimist and Bona-partist Bona-partist ministry. The U. 8. military authorities have . complained that the Tenia officials , have caused the arrest of soldiers on the Mexican border engaged in preventing pre-venting raids from Mexico. The president threatens to withdraw the troops from Texas if such acta arc continued. Ii this ie done, Tvxanasay it will result the formation of volunteer vol-unteer companies and a border war. Rtd Cloud and seven attendant Sioux changed their quarters on Sunday, Sun-day, They didn't like the temperance hotel provided by the government. ' This step has creakd no little consternation conster-nation in diplomatic circles. On account ofthe absence of Chief "Man Afraid of His Horse," who has been sent for, the negotiations are delayed. Memorial day at Memphis on Monday Mon-day was strictly observed. The procession pro-cession was the largest ever seen there except that at the funeral of Gen. Lee. Nearly every ex-fcderal soldier turned out with the confederates, aud the tattered battle flags of north aud south were carried in the procession. There was a genuine intermingling of the blue and grey. Gen. Sheridan has directed the release of the arrest ul Gordon Mining party, if the capture was made outside the Sioux re-iervatiuu. The general says immigrants have no more right to go to the liig Horn than they have to go to the Black Hills country and will not be permitted to go to those places until the present instructions to the military are revoked. Tbe secretary of war has granted the Southern Memorial association permission to decorate the confederate confeder-ate graves in Arlington cemetery on tho first of June and also to use the grand stand for the delivery of an address. The confederate graves at Elmwood and the Congressional cemetery cem-etery are also to be decorated. The decoration of the Union graves in several of the Washington cemeteries takes place on the 2'Jiti ot May. The rains on Saturday were not sufficiently heavy to quench the flames in tho burning districts of Pennsylvania, and the tires broke out again on Sunday. In some of the settlements, set-tlements, whero the fire has been raging, bears, deer, pigeons and all kinds of gamo have been driven into inclosurcs with tame cattle. In the region of Lackawaxen hundreds of miles of forest have been burned aud it is now feared the fire will gain headway head-way as the wood is very dry. At Phillipsburg a heavy rain has relieved the fears for that city. The railroad has heen repaired and tratlic recommenced. |