Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-08-07
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, July &c .-Disagrecmcnt was
reported by Mr.. Holman on the amendment
to the Legislative, executive and judicial APP
preparation bill, providing tor a clerk for eacn
senator. 4 further conference ordered.
The senate passed the house bin, directing
the committee on labor to investigate regard
ing convict labor.
Mr.. Blair reported back the senate joint
resolution, proposing an amendment TO The
Placed on the calander.
The house bill, granting leave Of absence to
the employees OF the bureau Of engraving and
printing, was placed on the calendar.
Mr.. ingalls, offered \ resolution which was
adopted, requesting the president to communi-
cate Information in regard to the alleged deten-
ton Of A. K. Cutting, an American citizen 10y
the Mexican authorities at FL Paso Del Norte,
also whether additional troops have been or
dcred to Fort Bliss.
The senate al | As pre- ceeded to the consid-
Grafton OF the deficiency appropriation bill.
WAsuisGTos, July 2o.-The president to-
day sent the following nominations to the
senate: Thomas b. Davis, Of Lincoln, Ne
praska, TO be receiver Of public moneys at
Lincoln, Nebraska; joni A. jerks, of Penn
sylvania, TO be solicitor-generaI.
WASHINGTON, Pa, july 30.-The fourteen
y~ear.old daughter Of Jno. PfefIcr. a farmer
living near town, was found hanging %lifclcss
by q rope from a beam In the barn this morn
ing. She ate breakfast with the family in
good health and spirits. No cause can be as
sigued for suicide. Murder il suspected.
WASHINGTON, u. c., July 3i.-President
Cleveland, in his message TO the house yester
day vetoinC the bill providing for the erection
Of a public building st Springfield, Mo, says
he is satisfied that the business OF the govern
ment at that place can be well transacted for
the present without the construction of the
proposed building.
WASHINGTON. July 3t.-Thc house refused
by a vote Of l35 to l03 to agree to the confer
ence report on the river and harbor bill.
FOREIGN.
PARIS, July 26.-Bidel, the famous lion
tanner who was attacked by the celebrated
M sultan y NDuplC VI VEGAS aGt, rs sun III Il
precarious condition and his life is despaired
Of. Ia all he received twenty wounds. any
one OF which might have caused the death Of a
man Of less powerful constitution. From the
story as told by Bidel it appears that he kept
his entire fortune in an iron box in Sultan's
cage, and accompanied by his grandson en-
tered the cage TO obtain some funds. He or
lered Sultan to resume the armorial attitude
Of the lion, that is to say, to set on his
launches with his paw appraised and resting
upon a globe. just rs Sultan took this posi-
ton Bidel slipped and fell. In an instant
Sultan was upon him, his teeth 60
ing deep into the unfortunate mans neck
and shoulders. The cries Of the grandson
brought a number OF the menagerie attaches
to the scene, and Sullan's temper became
more violent. Bidel seized him by the jaw
and compelled him to let go lis grip. but the
animal returned TO the charge, and when he
was finally beaten of Bidel was senseless and
the floor OF the cage dciuged in blood. The
unfortunate man i, an hereditary lion tanner,
his grandfather during The reign Of terror
having snlassed = large fortune by tanning
lions, tigers, p~anthers and other wild animals.
Bidel is said TO be worth over a million dol
lars and lives in great style.
AMSTERDAM, July 2s.-Further attempts at
rioting we're made last night, Int the police
promptly suppressed it. The city is now com
! paratiycly quiet. The total casualties are
twenty killed aud ninety wounded.
BsRfI,, July 30.-The trial Of the socialist
deputies Bebel, Stallmar, Viercck, Frohm
and others who are charged with having or
ganized a secret society to antagonist the