The state herald., 1889-07-19
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Two thousand Berlin bakers have
gone on strike.
Tho reports from Europe are daily
becoming more wsrlike.
The Texas fever IL said TO be play
ing havoc with cattle In Oklahoma.
The Government has totally sup
pressed the Lutheran Church In Russia.
Nearly $1,000. 600 have already been
expended by the Johnstown Commission.
Senator Washburne. the big miller
Of Minneapolis,i ,is said TO bc virtually bank
rupt.
The Michigan Legislature has re.
duced sleeping car rates from % TO 40 per
cent
A determined effort is being made
to keep Kansas City saloons closed on Sun.
days.
An English syndicate has offered
100000 for Delmonicos famous New
York restaurant
A rumor that Blaine has rendered
his resignation to take effect September
first is in circulation.
For the drst half OF 1889 the Bur.
lington shows gain Of over s2,0OO, 900 in
earnings - compared with 1888.
The cornerstone OF the Union Pa
cihc shops at Cheyenne were laid with sp
propriate ceremonies on the 10th.
A long snow shed on the Union Pa.
ciac Road In Wyoming was burned Sun
day, delaying all trains fourteen hours.
Sunday was the one-hundrcdth an
niversary Of the destruction OF the Bastilc
and was appropriately celebrated by all
Frenchmen.
Topeka paper which has investi
gated the matter asserts that there are 5s
empty business houses and $500 vacant res
idence: In Kansas City.
A special from Bar Harbor says
that Secretary Blaine denies with his owr
lips the story of his resignation sent out
from Washington Saturday night.
Mr.. Lincoln, the United States Min
lister, and his wife, and Mr.. Russell Har
risou, son Of President Harrison, dinet
with the Queen ut Windsor Monday.
At Clay Center, Kansas, Mrs. Oiney,
after rescuing her two children from her
burning house, returned to save some
household goods. She was overcome by
the heat and burned to death.
IL 10 reported that the residents OF
Now Foundland are becoming very much
dissatisfied with their connection with
Great Britain and are agitating the ques
tion Of annexation 10 this country.
Prof. j. r. Dodge, stati stician. has
been detailed by Secretary Rusk to invcs
tigatc the agricultural statistics of tho
States and Territories Of the Rocky Noun
tain region. He will leave Washington
next week.
Commander-in-Chict Warner has
issued general circular to all G. A. Il
posts urging members TO attend the ma
tional cncampmcnt at Milwaukee despite
the refusal OF the railroads to allow the
cent per mile rate.
Henry U. Bowen. cd itor OF the New
York Independent, was badly bruised ant
suffered u severe shock by carriage acci
dent Friday afternoon. MIR. Bowen was
taken to his home In Woodstock. As he IL
10 years Of age there arc fears tho shocL
may prove serious.
A committee Of the vigilantcs num-
boring several hundred broke into the Jail
at Springview, Ncb, and shot TO death II
A. Maupin, squaw man. Maupln wa,
charged with being "rustlcr," or cattle
thief. There was no one on guard at tn.
time Of the shooting.
Ex-Governor Crawford. attorney 10,
the Cheyenne and Aprapahoe Indians, ha,
issued an address 70 the United State,
Commissioners who arc about To negotiate
for the Cherokee Strip, In which he pre-
sents the claims OF his clients 10 +,000,O0c
acres OF land also claimed by the Chero
KEGS
The Usage tribe Of Indians are the
weaithicst people on Garth. There arc but
i5oi Of them and they have In the United
States Treasury t',7bs, ,G9l In cash, bcsidcs
which they each own 1000 acres Of land.
The land NJ low valuation is worth 60 aI
acre. This gives each member OF the tribc
over ti5,000.
Nine hundred and fifty members
Of the Connaught Rangers have boon
sent 10 Malta to take the place of troops
who have bccn dispatched To Egypt.
Four regiments nj Aldershot have been or.
dercd 70 h old themselves In readiness 70
proceed to the front In Egypt at mo-
mcnt's notice.
Representatives OF the London gas
syndicate arc In Chicago. They propose
to organize company with es0, ,00o, ,0o0 cap
tai TO promote water gas companies In NIL
citics In the United Statcs large enough TO
pay, taking In local capitalists. II IL said
water gas can he manufactured aud sold
tor about 70 cents per 1000 feet
The Cherokee Cattle Association
will make propositions To the neg, Chcro-
kee Council to extend It's lease Of tho
Cherokee outlet for ten years bcyonds ita
termination. The company ofYcrs 70 pay
In ali e5,GO0,00O for the usc Of tho strip
for ton years. Tho total would no almost
- much ~ the Government ofYcrs TO pay
tho Indiana for The outright sale OF the
land.
A catfish Weighing ~ pounds caused
considerable excitement on the river bank
NJ Louisville, Mo, tho other day. While
= colorcd woman wa. washing clothes on
the bank she concluded To try her luck with
tho hook and line, and tying trawi to her
leg she throw the hook well out into the
water and continued her work At the tub
II WAS not long boforr two mons united
strength was necessary TO save the woman