Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-28
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IiaE NEWS EpIToMIZED.
A procession seven miles long is q
feature Of to-day's Bartholdi statue
dedication exercises.
Two hundred Survivors OF the seventy
sixth regiment, Illinois volunteers are
holding their first reunion at Kankakee.
The brotherhood OF locomotive engi-l
neers yesterday re elected for grand
chief engineer p. NJ. Arthur for a term
Of three years.
Senator John Sherman addressed q
large audience at Philadelphia last
night, under the auspices of the young
mems republican club.
After Gen. Kaulbars left Varna several
Russians were arrested on illegal pre-
texts. Two Russian cruisers were there
fore dispatched to that place.
The rolling mill Of the Old Colony
iron works at East Taunton, Massachu-
sets. burned early yesterday morning,
causing loss Of $3.50. 900; partially in
sured.
James G.. Blame left Pittsbnrg yes
terday for his trip through the anthra-
cite regions OF Pennsylvania. The tour
will take up two days and Blaine will
make sixteen speeches.
The W. O. T. U. convention at Min
neapolis adjourned sine die at the clese
OF the yesterday afternoon session, all
unfinished business beng referred to the
executive committee.
The president has appointed Abner B.
Williams, of Washington, Ark, to be q
member Of the board of registration and
election in the territory OF Utah, vice
James i. Pettigrew, deceased.
Cutting is at Ell Paso concocting q
schemet to enlist 10000 men to invade
Mexico for the purpose of conquerlng
the three states of Chihuahua, Sonora
and Durango and erecting 8 republic.
A four-story sandstone building. oc-
cupied by the Case school OF applied
science, in Cleveland, which was COM
pleted and opened about q year ago at
q cost OF 100000. burned yesterday.
Total loss over 100000.
The plans for such r%emodeling as the
abandoned buildings at the navy yard
will need for the new work Of tho naval
arsenal are being rapidly prepared, and
q large force will be put to work there
Hoon to carry out the work.
@Genaral Superintendent Jsmison, CT
the railway mail service, in his annual
report for the fiscal year ended June 80
last, shows that at the close Of the year
the railway postofice lines in operation
numbered S7I. occupying 435 whole cars
and 1889 apartments In cars.
@. Il. Mcdonald, superintendent OF the
money order system, in his annual re-
port to the postmaster-general showing
the operations of that service during
the last fiscal yess shows that the
patronage OK the system amounted to
$~1,2oo,o5a remitsances, an increase OF
8 per cent.
A state OF siege has been proclaimed
at Sofia. The regents, Buspecting that
it is Kaulbars' intention during their
absence 81 Tirnoya to assist the Tankof-
fites in Sofia to form q new ministry,
have taken the precaution to cause the
arrest OF all suspected persons and have
ordered troops to be in readiness to sup.
press revolt.
A patent was issued yesterday TO
George Westinghouse. of Pittsburg, in-
ventor OF the Westinghouse air-brake,
for d new syatem Of distributing cleo
tsicity to be used in lighting and for
other purposes-a system which it is
said will greatly cheaper the electric
light and render il q more dangerous
rival Of illuminating gas than it has
ever hennme.