, 1881-05-20
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
hH TELEGRAPH TO DATE.

a.
Iowa, on the 9th; J. l.. TAYLOR * Co
druggists losing $1,000, Harper Cham
Ders X 20. hardware $4,000 and the First
National Bank $1,000; total loss, $40 OOO
insurance Sl25,O0O.
Mr.. New telegraphs that the entire
amount OF stock of the Mutual L Union Tel
| tgraph Company has been subscribed,
and that New York, to which two and
one-half millions was allotted. is clamor-
Gus for larger amount
Chief stockholders in the Home mestake
mine, have sent to IanktOn for articles
Of incorporation for a l00-mile narrow
gauge road To connect the chief cities of
the hills with the coal fields. Material
Ior the road is on the way from Danyille,
Pa.
a convention of the Young Mems Ma
honal Catholic Union will be held in
Chicago on the llth and 18th inst. Dele
gates from all parts of the country are
expected, AMI while there will be guests
of the Union Catholic Library Associa-
| ton.
| LANES ID. Boyle, of Bradford, Illinois.
who acquired distinction as a forger of
| government bonds. and whose work was
only distlnguishable from the genuine by
being superior thereto was brought into
Judge Blodget's court on the 9TH and
! gave bonds In the sum of 500, 600
The confirmation of Messrs. SpauIdipp
| Watson and Harston as assistant treas
ufers, naval officer and internal revenue
Collectorat san Francisco were all effected
| on the 9th by Unanimous consent, and
! their COMMISSIONS will be prepared for
| them.
In the senate Dawes made an attempt
| TO secure action on the revolution for the
| election of senate officers, but the demo
! cratic senators resumed The tactics of al
| ternatlng motions to 60 into executive
! session and adjourn, until Dawes gave I'D
| the fight for the day, and upon his mo-
ton the senate went into executive ses-
| sion.
| Word has reached Parsons, Kansas,
| that surveyors on the Muskee and Fort
Smith branches of the Missouri Pacific,
have been driven off by Cherokees. Asst
Attorney kelso, upon the order of Gen
| eral Manager Talmage, left for the scene
of difficulty. The Indians are reported
determined, hut it is not doubted that the
| Missouri Pacific folks will assert their
| right to build The road.
| The Trbune's Washington special saws:
| There are strong indications that the SEN
| ate Will very soon be ready to adjourn
| sine die Some republican senators eX
press the opinion that all necessary busi-
| ness can re finished in Two or more days.
1t is understood however, that the presi-
| dent will soon send in a number of nomi-
| nations which it was thought expedient
TO hold back until the senate should be
! ready 10 act upon them.
One of Green's coal shafts near Carbon
dale, Kansas, was i2nited, consuming all
timbering at the foot of the shaft. Twenty
miners were at work, and none could
| hn Nr.sG hFnn,ght .ls.f-
| control. Men were lowered and the
miners taken out, fourteen alive and three
dead. The names of the dead and miss
ing are Hungare, Jake Mcdonald, An
| drew Warner, Chas. Jones, Michael Null
| 10y and Pat MullOy, boy. All those
brought up alive are recovering slowly.
Senator Miller received a telegram
| from prominent San Francisco merchant
| reading simply as follows: Matthew
25th and 2lst Vox Populi." For the
benefit of those who may not have their
bibles near at hand it may be well TO add
| that the sentiment thus attributed to the
| people of San Francisco is Wei done
thou good and faithful servant. Thou
hast been faithful over Il few things; l
| will make thee ruler over many things
Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord"
| Henry Ward Beecher, i'll Il lecture
|
| deprecated it, and earnestly said that the
| boasted institutions and policy of fAmerica
| were a sham fits people were not willing
| to have the Chinese or any other people
| as citizens. Said Beecher: ave will as
similate all people who come to US.
When lion eats an OK the lion does not
| turn into an OK. but the OK turns into Il
| lion. So an migrant comes to our COM
| monIschools, which are the stomach of
I the country, and he and his children are
assimilated by our people"
| Senator Dawes has telegraphed the fol-
lowiog to a New England newspaper:
please say tomorrow that all state
ments that |, or any committee of which
| | am on, have advised the president 10
| withdraw the nomination of Robertson.
or have recommended to him or to the
| caucus that action on the nomination be
| POSTPONED until another session, are false.
| The fabricators of facts ut this end of the
wire and those at the other ends who use
| the fabricalionS lis true, beat themselves,
not me-"
| G. Frost, president of the Franco-rexan
| Land Company, has absconded, leaving
| heavy debts behind him. He appropriated
! $50 900 of the companys money and owes
$50, 900 to different parties all along the
| railroad. He left riding one horse ana
| leading anOtner, ana was AIlntu Will Il
couple of rifles. 1t is believed that he
| has gone to Arizona or New Mexico. 1t
| is also stated that he obtained $500 which
the county subscribed towards building a
court house at Sweet water, Nolan county,
| and put the money in his own pocket.
! The Franco. Texan Land Company have
| some of the most prominent men III the
| state connected with il.
The following were among the contir-
| nations by the senate: Nathan W.
Spaulding, United States assistant treas
urer at San Francisco; Bradley j. Watson,
naval officer of customs at San francisco;
John d. Merriman, collector for the dis
trct of ofOregon; Chancellor Harston, col
lector of internal revenue for the first CAL
ifornia district; Roswell q. Whee!er,S In
dian agent for Pima and Maricapa agency.
| Arizona, at Helena, Montana; VIM. IL.
Lewelyn, Indian. agent, Mescalero agency,
New Mexico; John Fl. Sullivan; Indian
agent at Maquis. Pueblo agency, Arizona;
| Wm Letcher, register of land office at
Mitchell, Dakota; Otis Perrin, receiver OF
public money at Stockton; Solomon
| Cooper, receiver of public money at
Humboldt; James G. Fullerton, receiver
of public money at Roseburg, Oregon.
And the following postmasters: Wm.
Sharkey, at Orovilie, CAL; John L. CIum,
Tombstone, Arizona; Jas. France, Raw
Inns, Wyoming; Robert f. Fink, Helena,
i Montana.