Show NEW ORLEANS yesterday a hundred and fifty chinese on a plantation near this city becoming dissatisfied seized cumming the chinese contractor and held him as hostage he was released by the police and the ers arrested J RALEIGH writs of habdas habeas corpus for the citizens arrested at were issued by judge mitchell and served on col kirk last friday when he tore them up and arrested and still holds the officer serving them it is stated that the governor will respond tomorrow to morrow to the order of the chief justice to produce the body of A G moore one of the almance prisoners ST louis 26 there was nearly a dozen cases of sunstroke yesterday mostly fatal also two cases of hydrophobia one fatal the other probably so ATLANTA moses H bentley colored messenger of the house of representatives senta tives shot dead malcolm clair bourn boura a colored representative from burke county the cause was a private quarrel bentley is in jail CHICAGO 26 the temes times wash washing g ton special says the administration has ha s decided to put the navy on somewhat of a war footing orders have been issued to the commandants of the navy yards to hasten with all possible speed to completely repair every vessel that can be got into commission this order has caused great activity in all the special naval stations and if promptly carried out the navy department will be able to reinforce the european squadron with eight or ten efficient vessels in about two months Freling huysen has at last decided to accept the mission to england and will bali sail about the first of september it is said that senator chandler was the most active in securing motleys Mot leys removal on the ground that the minister snubbed him in london last la stall fall fail refusing to introduce him into court circles the loss by the fire this evening is estimated at half a million the sugar refinery of newhall aco seven stories high was filled with valuable machinery and a large stock of sugar allabe all ail the surrounding stores were much damaged the roof of the leather store of ofaf J F Hu hulseman Iseman two blocks off caught from sparks and burned the large whiskey factory of merrill shackleford and the glass house of talle co kome come some adjoining sugar houses were on fire but hut were saved I 1 CONCORD N H the business portion of the town of colbrook has been burned loss insurance unknown |