The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-01-25


there will go to Berlin, Paris, Madrid and |
Constantinople.
WHILE hunting recently the Emperor OF |
Germany wounded slightly q citizen OF
Berlin who was looking on.
THE Central Pacific Railroad Company
has declared semi-annual dividend OF l
per cent.
JUDGE HAMMER, of London, has granted
Mrs. Boucicault agnes Robertson) de-
cree of divorce.
BISMARCK received an ovation on leav-
| ing the Reichstag after his speech on the
| German colonial policy on the 18th.
The Santa Fe directors have agreed to
pass this quarters dividend.
THE damage done by the earthquake OF
| December 80 in Costa Rica was estimated
at SIS, 900. 900.
| MINISTER PHELPS and Consul-General
Waller were prominent guests at the Fish
| mongers' banquet in London on the 10 b,
| and both made neat speeches.
REV. Mr.. STURGEON, the noted London
Baptist preacher, is improving in health.
A LETTER addressed by Henry NJ. Stan
lev to Tippoo lib has been received N
Brussels. 1t wa, dated August II last.
The explorer had seen Emin Bey and was
in good health, the expedition having lost
ONLY two men by drowning and one by de-
serton.
The majority of the royalists have de-
cided to vote for General Boulanger in the
coming election in Paris.
THE Temps of Paris says that London
firm has offered the General of the Car
, thusian monks of La Grande Chartreuse
&c, 600, 600 for a monopoly of the manu-
facture and sale of the famous Chartreuse
liquor. The General of the order is dis
posed to reject the proposal.
HENRY WOLFF, the Dutch aeronaut as
| cended in a ba loon at Antwerp recently
: accompanied by Lieutenant Daniel. The
balloon was driven out to sea aud 1t was
I feared both were drowned.
THE annual boat race between Cam
4 bridge and Oxford Universities, England,
, will take place March 30.
3 IT IS stated in St Petersburg that Rus
STA will build three large men of-war DUR
ing the pre- sent year.
> A GRAND scheme for conveying the sew
age of Paris to a tract of land in the De-
partment of Seine-et-Oise, for subsequent
II use as a fertilizer, has been approved by
- the French Senate.
: THE Bankruptcy bill has passed the
French Senate. The measure has espe-
u c; al interest at the present time because II
enables the Panama Canal Company tc
convert the old organization into new
= concern
= THE German Emperor has ordered the
dismis al of all the French cooks employed
u in the palace They will be replaced by
. Germans.
n THE ice palace at Montreal collapsed
" partially on the 18th. The thermomete
III was 30 degrees in the shade and there wa
no ice on the river.
y NINE. lima DI MURSKA, the singer, die'
at Munich on the 17th in extreme poverty
~ Her daughter, who was heart-broken a
the loss of her mother, committed suicid
- by taking p 'ison.
Is RETURNS from the English County Coun
;: C elections show majority for the Lib
~ erals.
q Dr. FRIEDBERG has re igned the office {
Prussian Minister of Jus ice because of tn
publication Of the Geffecken Indictment.
- THE British steamer Amor went agroun
80 the other day in the Che apeake bay nea
= the entrance to the Cragh Ii 9annel. Sh
a was bound out.
- HENRY WOLFF, the Dutch aeronaut, wh
-r assembled ia balloon from Antwerp re
- Gently and was driver ont to sea, We
~ rescued alive by vessel two days after
~ ward. His companion, Lieutenant DAME
- was drowned before the vessel was able
reach him.
-. ONE of the m essen gers sent from Suaki
80 TO Khartoum early in November brin;
back letter rom a European which sa,
,,. that Lupton Bey died on May 8. 1t WI
repor ed that the equatorial provinces rs
Welded to the Mahdi. Nothing was know
or- Of Emin Pasha. Slatin Bey and The 9th
- Europeans were we'll.
lel ONE of the messengers sent from Suakl
to Khartoum early in November brln
tas back letter from Europ an when sa
has that Lupton Bey died on May 8 IL
les reported that the equatorial provinces
in yielded to the Mahdi. Nothing was kno'
bnS of Emin Pasha. Slatin Bey and the otf
Europeans were we'll.
HENRY WOLFF, the Dutch aeronaut,
80 assembled in a balloon from Antwerp
- Gently and was driven out to sea, "
rescued alive by vessel two days aft
ward. His companion, Lieutenant Dan
was drowned before t. e vessel was able
orra reach him.
The British steamer Amor went agrOu
the other day in the Chesapeake bay n
the entrance to the Craighill channel.
c. was bound out.
0t' ALL the miners of Mercer County,
Va, 1900 in number went on SUI
recently because of changes in the slz'
9 Oh cars to be loaded
was DIR. FRIEDBERG has resigned the Once
lno Prussian Minister of Justice because OF
'heo publication of the Getfecken indictmen
The nomination of Walter H. Bragg
was succeed himself as Inter State Comm
Gle sioner has been favorably reported IN
VIC Senate.
ne RETURNS from the English County 20
tue Gil elections show a majority for the l
erals.
Ierco NINE. LIMA DI MURSKA, the singer.
at Munich on the 18th in extreme pove
oeeh Her daughter, who was heart broke
9sota the loss of her mother, committed sui
by taking poison.
GENERAL w. d. WAsHBURN has
selected by the Repub leans Of Mime
Vlhe' to succeed Senator Sabin.
Tree THE ice palace at Montreal collar
asses partially on the 18th. The thermom
'hate was IS degrees in the shade and there
ho' no ice On the river.
lican FATHER HYNEs, of Pierce City, No.,
areo suspended for five years by the 81