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Show LATEST TELEGRAPH NEWS. METHODISTS AND FREETHINKERS. Watkins, N. Y. Aug. 26.-F. M. Brown, Binghampton, New York, was elected president of the Free Thinkers Association, with a large number of vice-presidents. The following correspondence has just passed between the Methodist church and free thinkers convention. To the President of the Free Thinkers Convention. All hail to the power of Jesus' name, we are building more than one Methodist church for every day in the year, and propose to make it two a day. C. C. McCabe Secretary Board of Church Extension, New York. To C. C. McCabe, of Methodist Church Extension, New York: Let us hear less about Jesus' name and see more of his works, build fewer churches, and pay your taxes on them like honest men, build better churches, since liberty, science and humanity will need them one of these days, and won't want to pay too much for repairs. (Signed) T. R. Wakeman, President pro tem Free Thinkers Convention. DESPERADOES. Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 28.-Excursions were run, yesterday, to Grand Rapids, 30 miles from here, on the narrow gauge road. On the return trip in the afternoon 5 or 6 desperadoes with drawn revolvers captured the trim and committed a daring robbery and outrage. One citizen lost $75, one was thrown from the platform. The conductor was used up trying to arrest one tough. All escaped except Larry King a notorious character, whom the police secured when the train reached the city. Chicago, Aug. 28.-Richard Wilson a Scotchman, aged 64, shot his wife, this morning, then killed himself. The woman is not likely to live. Jealousy is the cause. Seven children are left. Yokohama, Aug. 11-About five o'clock in the evening of July 23d an organized body of insurgents took possession of the main thoroughfares in Seoul the capital of Corea [Korea], and attacked the Royal residence and the Japanese Legation. The latter building was set on fire. The Japanese Envoy and consul escaped with about twenty followers and made their way to the palace for protection but found it already in the possession of the robbers. They then retreated to Jensen Fort, fifteen miles distant, being repeatedly assailed on the way; four were killed, three wounded, and several are missing. The survivors among whom are the envoy and the consul, reached the British surviving ship in the neighborhood. Arriving at Nagaski a Japanese ship of war was ordered to Corea [Korea] to rescue the imperiled Japanese and to obtain information as to the cause of the outbreak but with orders to avoid a discussion of dispute. The vessel returned on Aug. ??, announcing that the Japanese at Seoul had probably been slaughtered and the capital was in a state of anarchy. Of the royal inmates of the palace the King alone was spared. The Queen was murdered, also his heir and the latter's betrothed, both the children having poison forcibly administered to them. Thirteen ministers of state and other high dignitaries were slain. Their proceedings are said to have been directed by the Ex-Regent ?? the King, by some pronounced to be the father, by others the uncle of the King. He has always been a violent opponent of foreign intercourse. Whether he assumed control of the government is not yet known. The Ports Fu San and Gensan have not yet been visited by the disturbance. Japan acted with promptness and prudence. A naval and military rendezvous has been established at ?? the nearest point to Corea [Korea]. A fleet was dispatched to the scene of the disorder and troops gathered to await the development of affairs. Reparation must be absolute and unconditional, or a war will ensue. A telegram from the Navy Department at Washington was received by Admiral ??, commanding the United States naval fare in Asia, announcing that Commodore Shufeldt's treaty with Corea [Korea] had been rejected, requesting that a ship of war be sent to Corea [Korea], and stating that Mr. Young U. S. Envoy to China, would assume the diplomatic control of the question. The German treaty with Corea [Korea] has been signed and an attempt to negotiate a French treaty has been foiled, owing to the French agent's insistence that Catholic missionaries be allowed to pursue their calling in the kingdom. FATAL PRIZE FIGHT. San Francisco, Aug. 26.-It has just transpired that a prize fight occurred across the bay, near Saucelito, in Marin County, yesterday. The contestants were Charles Oram, Englishman, and George Emerson, American, both heavy weight boatsmen of Saucelito. The fight grew out of a dispute as to the pugilistic merits of the Sullivan and ?? Wilson match, and was made for $250 a side two weeks ago, and both went into training. The matter was kept very quiet, and only a few spectators were present. The rules were a modification of the Queensberry and London Prize Ring. The interval between rounds was reduced to twenty seconds. The gloves used were a mere pretext, being hardly thicker than driving gloves. Emerson weighed about 175 pounds, Oram ten pounds less. The fight began at 3 p.m. and lasted three-quarters of an hour, seven rounds being fought. Oram was overmatched, and would have withdrawn after a round or two had he been permitted. He was terribly punished, and Emerson also considerably used up. When Oram was whipped to a standstill his seconds threw up the sponge, and he complained of pains in his head and chest, and, against the advice of friends took a stiff glass of brandy. He was taken to his house near the scene of the fight, where he lived alone, and early in the evening feeling better, sent away his attendants. This morning Charles Dexter, steward of the Pacific Yacht Club, which has its club house near Oram's cabin, sent a messenger to inquire as to his condition. He was found dead and cold in bed having evidently been dead six hours. Emerson was arrested and jailed, and the officers are seeking for other parties in the affair. Not a person could be found in Saucelito to-day who witnessed the fight, though all admit they had heard of it. SOCIALIST CRIMES. Vienna, Aug. 26.-A statement is published relating to the robbery of the house of a shoemaker during July. The document says that for a long time past revolutionary journals in foreign countries have tried to incite the working classes to the destruction of all institutions of state and that under the influence of these productions a faction has been formed among the workingmen of Vienna, representing the principles of Herr ??. The authorities have received information that the robbery was effected by local radicals in order to increase the funds of the association. A portion of the stolen property was discovered at the home of one of the revolutionary leaders and the remainder was found at the house of revolutionary workingmen. A quantity of correspondence was also seized, by means of which other socialists implicated in the robbery were arrested, including Herr Pruckert editor of the radical working men's paper Die Zunkfrat. It is suspected that the recent robbery of the palace of Count Andrassy at Buda Pesth [Budapest], was planned by socialists. UNREQUITED LOVE. St. Louis, Aug. 26.-Peter Heiss, foreman of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad shops, in east St. Louis jumped from the bridge here with suicidal intent, and was disowned. The act was induced by unrequited love. LIQUOR LAWLESSNESS. Bloomington, Ill., Aug. 24.-Professor R. B. Welch, formerly principal of the Pontiac school, writes from Topeka that his life is in danger from the liquor men there because as Assistant State Attorney he has been prosecuting the violators of the State law. They have within a day or two cut his buggy to pieces disfigured his horse, and threatened his life. He had to call a meeting of the citizens to prevent being mobbed. ASIATIC CHOLERA. London, Aug. 26.-A telegram from Hong Kong, dated Thursday, says 4,000 natives have died from Asiatic Cholera in the Philippine province, but the epidemic is now decreasing. Only six fatal cases among Europeans. SUICIDE. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 26.-R. E. Gray, of Surrey County, whose wife and child were poisoned some time ago by two negro girls, committed suicide. The deceased has been greatly depressed since their death. A MURDERER SHOT. San Francisco, Aug. 26.- A Visalia dispatch says: Ben Harris, the negro who murdered his family, was seen near a train today, and in attempting to escape, was shot dead. HORRIBLE MURDER. Kewanee, Ill., Aug. 26.-A horrible murder was discovered this afternoon on the farm of John Dustin, three miles south of here. Mrs. Maggie Copeland being left alone in the house, while her husband and family went to town to do shopping, some men entered the house knocked her down with a board, shot her twice through the body and crushed in her head with a club. The crime was discovered at 2 p.m. by neighbors. Sylvanus McRisson, a farm hand, was arrested on suspicion. He admits being at the house at 11 o'clock this morning. He says he got a drink of water and saw nothing unusual. He has a revolver with two chambers empty. Money was taken which could only be found by one familiar with the premises. If his guilt is made plain he will undoubtedly he lynched before morning, as public feeling is a fever heat. A HORRIBLE STORY. Galveston, Aug. 26.-The News Athens says: An old negro man, said to be crazy, cut off the heads of two of his grandchildren, in Anderson County. A TEST CASE. Davenport, Aug. 26.-An agreed case was made up between the saloon keepers to-day to rest the validity of the prohibition amendment. YELLOW FEVER. Brownsvill, Texas, Aug. 26.-Fifty-three new cases to-day, and three deaths-Mexicans. Total, four deaths. Matamoras has very few new cases. Dr. ?? and staff are expected hourly. All the sick are doing well. The weather is fair. THREATENED OUTBREAK. Washington, Aug. 26.-Telegrams received at the military headquarters indicate that ?? of band of Blackfeet have been suffering from hunger and threatening an outbreak. They stole a number of horses, when three companies of troops were sent to overawe them, which they succeeded in doing. They are, however, a warlike tribe, and unless here is speedy action by the Indian commissioners to relieve their distress, may take the war path. LIBEL SUITS. San Francisco, 26.-Louis A. Jarrett and John H. Newston, Jr., have each brought a libel suit in the ?? of $100,000 against J. J. Lowe, president of the Anglo California ?? on the ground that on the day of the failure of the Bank of California, the defendant said that during the preceding night, bullion in the San Francisco robbery under charge of Jarrett and Newston, and belonging to the depositors, to the value of between $600,000 and $700,000 was feloniously taken to the mint and sold, and that W. C. Halston, president of the Bank of California was also vice-president of the refinery of which Jarrett was manager and Newston superintendent, and that most of the bullion belonged to Flood & O'Brien, or to the mining companies which they controlled. STRIKERS DEFEATED. ??, N. Y., Aug. 20.-The last mass meeting of the Harmony Mills operatives was held to-night, Joseph ??, vice-president of the Trades Assembly, was the only speaker. His remarks were temperate and in conclusion he advised that if one returned to work Monday morning, it was the duty of all to enter the mills. On speaking of the operatives defeat, he said it was a dearly bought victory. CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-New was received to-night, that Edward M. Welch, one of the Kewanee, Illinois, bank robbers, was arrested to-day in Chenango County, New York. He was traveling for a Boston fish house, and came originally from Independence, Iowa. He had between $4,000 and $5,000 with him. Finney Brothers, this evening, received a dispatch that the Chicago, a propeller owned by M. Lane, of this city, burned on Tuesday night, abreast of North Fox Island, Lake Michigan. All hands were saved. She was an old vessel plying between Chicago and Buffalo, in the grain trade, and the loss is estimated at $25,000. Insurance is unknown. NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-A journal here has the following Washington special. While this country is exporting millions of gallons of coal oil every year, and while California is the great mineral state of this country, it is learned that the state is actually importing coal from New Zealand. Consul Griffin of Auckland, New Zealand, writes to the State Department that considerable quantities of coal are being shipped from New Zealand to San Francisco. He states that the constantly increasing demand for coal in the State of California has directed the attention of the people of Australia and New Zealand to their coal mines, and considerable business has sprung up in the shipping of coal to the United States. From New South Wales alone nearly 100,000 tons were shipped to San Francisco, and the mines of New Zealand are being rapidly developed, with the expectation of doing a thriving business in this line. The coal, he says, sells in San Francisco at 86.25, and as it costs but $5.75 to mine and ship it there, a handsome profit is left to the exporters. Washington, Aug. 25.-No interruption of mails for Egypt of the Orient has been announced to the Post Office Department, and mail matter is being forwarded as usual. Some countries of continental Europe, however, evidently anticipate trouble at the Suez Canal since they have made inquiries as to sailing steamers from San Francisco for China, Australia and India, and other matters incident to transit across this country between New York and California, in case they should find it necessary to ship mails by this route instead of the more direct course East. Australian English mail now crosses this continent, for which service the English Government annually pays a heavy transit charge, and the same office would be performed, for the European mail to China should they desire it, owing to the uncertainties of the war in Egypt. |