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Show LATEST TELEGRAPH NEWS. DEATH OF AN INDIAN CHIEF. Chicago, Aug. 11.-Amiankenee, or "Little Thunder" chief of the Chippewa Indians, who with his tribe has been exhibiting, on Lake Front, their Indian dances, died, this morning, at Mercy Hospital, whither he had been taken, yesterday, to be treated for kidney troubles. He was over 60 years old and was a good Indian. He was one of the two survivors of the Custer massacre, he and a teamster having narrowly escaped from the Sioux. His body will be conveyed to Red Lake, Minn., for burial. His companions here daub their faces with black as a token of mourning. YELLOW FEVER. Laredo, Aug. 14.-For the 24 hours ending at 8 p. m. on 13th, Brownsville had 23 new cases of fever and one death. At Matamoras there are ten new cases, 8 deaths. CETAWAYO. New York, Aug. 14.-The Herald's London special says, London has a lion in the portly ex-King of the Zulus, who is living quietly in the Melburg road, too quietly, indeed, for the mob, which patiently watches the house from morning till night and is occasionally rewarded by a glimpse of a black face at the window. It is curious to read the different opinions on Cetawayo's advent. Truth, for instance, says "He has come to plead to the Queen for a restoration of his Zulu kingdom. It is touching to read of his eagerness during the voyage to reach his destination. There is something truly pathetic in the spectacle of a dethroned monarch making a pilgrimage to the land of his conquerors." The World, on the other hand, speaks of him as "a gormandising black savage, who costs us many of the flower of our youth, thousands of lives and millions of money," and thinks that the manner of his reception by the British public is disgusting. "He had scarcely landed," it says, "before a young lady presented him with a valuable locket and all Southampton was wanting to clasp his enormous paw." GUILTY OF MISCEGENATION. Detroit, Aug. 12.-A colored man and a white woman, both entirely respectable and worthy, have been living together in the marriage relation, and the States statutes forbids miscegenation, and defines it as lewd and lascivious co-habitation under the old law. The couple were tried, and the jury found them guilty. The case will probably be taken to the Supreme Court. There are probably 100 other like cases in the city. CAUGHT IN THE ACT. Providence, Aug. 12.-Stephen R. Rathbun, formerly a clerk in the office of the Geneva Woolen Mills, and who was discharged on suspicion of stealing, appeared at the office in disguise this morning and applied for work. While the clerk was absent he made his way into the rear office where there were $5,000 ready to pay the help, and attempted to run away with it. A milkman tried to stop him but he drew a revolver. Rathbun was finally caught by the Secretary of the mills after firing two shots at him. THE ISRAELITES. Washington, Aug. 12.-The State Department has received through the Legation at St. Petersburg a circular issued by the Russian Ministry, in relation to the Israelites, in which the local authorities are directed not to expel Israelites established prior to 1880, and residing therein by virtue of regular permission, and on the other hand ordering them to take measures to prevent new authority being given Israelites who have not a right of residence. TRAIN WRECKER CAUGHT. Milwaukee, Aug. 12.-By the diligence of the Chicago and Northwestern railway officials, William Johnson, who has tried twice lately to wreck passenger trains near this city, was caught to-night while making an attempt, and jailed. RESTORING HIM TO ROYALTY. London, Aug. 14.-The King of the Zulus, Cetewayo, arrived at Osborne. It is rumored that the Queen, at the interview to be granted him, will inform him of the decision of her Government to restore him to his Kingdom. It is stated that a British resident will be appointed to reside at Uhindl, the Zulu capital, in order to advise him on questions relative to the external relations. WORKING THE WORKINGMEN. Chicago, Aug. 14.-A Pittsburg special says: The labor situation has assumed a new phase on account of the reported sale of the working men's organizations to one of the old political parties. It is alleged the coming convention of workingmen in Philadelphia is to be packed with "rounders" and "feeters," who can outvote the laboring class and carry out the plans of politicians. Parnell is consequently preparing a circular designed to prevent this scheme, and it will be signed by officers representing 10,000 workingmen in the Pittsburg district. NEWS FROM EGYPT. Constantinople, Aug. 14.-Stringent orders have been sent to the Governors of Beyrout, Damascus and Aleppo, to take exceptional care to secure public order and prevent any outbreak of the nations. At Beyrout the events in Egypt are greatly influencing the Syrian Musselmans. The situation is already such that a trifling incident would suffice to set the whole province ablaze. Alexandria, Aug. 14.-Fires of considerable magnitude are visible, to-day, in the rear of the enemy's position at Kingsman. The steamer Holland with the Household Cavalry, and the troopship Orontes with the Cameron Highlanders and a battalion of the Derbyshire regiment arrived. Constantinople, Aug. 14.-The Mussulman purists, whom the Sultan frequently consults, explain that Arabi Pasha in so far as he disobeyed the Kaliph is a rebel and may be unceremoniously treated as such, but in so far as he has been the defender of a Mohammedan country against the aggressive designs of Christians he has merely fulfilled the duties of a good Mussulman and consequently the Kaliph cannot make common cause with England. The Sultan may punish Arabi Pasha if some act of rebellion is proved against him, but he must not associate himself with those who wish to crush Arabi Pasha is a defender of Islam. A correspondent says this will really influence the Turkish military action. CHINESE REFUSED. New York, Aug. 14.-The Graphic's correspondent from Washington says: The Collector of Customs of Baltimore has forwarded to the Secretary of the Treasury a communication asking for instruction upon an application made for the landing of a party of Chinese laborers en route home from Cuba. Acting Secretary French has replied that under the Chinese emigration bill they cannot land. KILLED IN A PIGEON MATCH. Shenandoah, Penn., Aug. 12.-To-day while Robert Parker and Hiram Neiswinter were engaged in shooting a pigeon match, one of the birds flew towards Parker when Neiswinter fired and killed Parker, tearing the top of his head off and scattering his brains in all directions. THE ASSASSIN. Havana, Aug. 12.-A dispatch from Jamaica says that Westgate, the self-confessed assassin of Lord Frederic Cavendish and Burke, arrived there, and the evidence implicating him in the crime is strong. BLOODY AFFRAY. Catlettsburg, Ky., Aug. 12.-During the election to-day, in Pike Co. a bloody affray occurred between the McCoy and Hatfield families in which one of the Hatfield's was shot and cut so he died. His friends banded together and caught three of the McCoys, tied them to trees, and shot them dead. Still more bloodshed is expected, as the families are numerous and vindictive. SUICIDE. Portland, Me., Aug. 12.-Rev. Joseph Bartlett, a retired Congregationalist minister of Gorham, committed suicide by drowning in Little River, while temporarily insane. He was a brother of Samuel T. Bartlett, president of Dartmouth College. EXECUTED. Silver City, N. M., Aug. 12.-Elijah Franklin was hanged here yesterday for the murder of a deputy sheriff. A FAMILY MURDERED. ??, Ind., Aug. 13.-This morning Alexander Wicher, German saloon keeper, his wife, and son seven years old, were found murdered in their house, the father and mother in bed, and the boy in an adjoining room, evidently killed while attempting to escape. The heads of all were crushed with a hatchet and their throats cut and mangled in a most brutal manner. An infant of six months was found unharmed in its crib. Most intense excitement prevails, and vigorous efforts are made to discover the perpetrators. The premises were ransacked, but nothing apparently was taken. Leroy Lenhart, Charles W. Carter, Phillip Volle and a disreputable young man named Joe Byrd have been arrested on suspicion. About six years ago a man named Krugg was murdered on the premises Leroy Lenhart married his widow, and wanted to occupy the premises, but Wicher had a long lease. Lenhart has been heard, it is said, to threaten to kill Wicher if he did not vacate. BOLD ROBBERY. Chicago, Aug. 14.-This morning's News, Kewaunee, Ill., special says: This afternoon two men called at the First National Bank of this city and asked permission to leave a satchel a short time. At 6 o'clock, while Cashier Pratt and a lady assistant, Miss Palmer, were cashing up, the men knocked at the door and asked for the satchel. Miss Palmer opened the door, when one of the men grabbed her by the neck and knocked her nearly insensible. The other man rushed by her towards the vault, near which Pratt was standing, and struck him on the head with a revolver, knocking him senseless. Pratt and Miss Palmer were then forced into the vault. The men then secured about $20,000, of which $6,000 was in gold and walked out of the town. Pratt and Miss Palmer, after working over an hour succeeded in breaking the lock and released themselves. Both were badly injured. Parties were scouring the country in every direction with no result up to midnight. |