The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-02-08
NUGGETS OF NEWS.


Mary Fl. Fiske, the we'll known dramatic :
writer. died at New York on the 4th. =
The NAVY DEPARTMENT is informed thai :
ths war steamer Mohican is ready for sea-
After three months idleness the Monon"
robala miners have resumed work at the
old rate.
Savsn blocks of Antwerp, IN. Y, were !
DESTROYED bv fire the other night. Loss,
$751;
Fire at Dewitt, Carroll County, Mo-, re-
cantlv DESTROYED nine buildings and the
post-ofice.
The French steamer Normandie is de-
+ained at quarantine, New York, because
Of smallpox
The Irish police are on the track or the
man who killed Police Inspector Martin at
| Gweedore, Ireland, Sunday.
| The strike on the surface railroads at
New York was formally declared on as q
failure on the night Of the 9th.
The Hammond bucket shop in New YORK |
CITY has suspended as result OF the re- |
cent continued advance in stocks. |
It is announced that General Boulanger
has applied to the Pope for divorce on
the ground that his marriage was irregu-
lar.
Fears are entertained at Glasgow for the
Pritisb shin Bav of Cadiz, which sailed
from Australia October 20 for San Fran
cisco.
Judge Jackson Of the United States Cir
cult Court at Toledo o. has confirmed the
sale of the Toledo, Columbus q Southern
railroad.
II is emi-oficially announced in Paris
! that France will follow Great Brltaln's
lead in recognizing Legitime as Presldent
, of Hayti.
A large number of Western merchant
= millers met in Indianapolis, Ind, recently,
to perfect an organization for mutual SELL
Q protection.
, tt is reported in Germany that England
n and Germany have concluded conVen-
: ton for the protection OF Northern seas
Q and ports.
9 bill has been introduced in the Ger
n man Reichstag for loan of 60, OOO, OOO
o marks for the army and navy and the
II state railways.
II The new court house of Scullyville
l. County, Choctaw Nation, was destroyed
10 with air the records, by an incendiary tire
y the other night.
r Mrs. Martha Griswold Frelinghuysen
widow of the late ex-Secretary OF State
8. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, died at New
|
"a The Anheuser- Busch brewery storag
"a warehouse at Ninth and Pestalozz
n streets. st. Louis, was burned recently
t. Loss 1920, 900; insured.
it, Two men have been arrested at Stan
RS berry, Mo-, by Captain Joseph Ross, OF Tn
on protective association, for breaking INT
,s- two stores at Gentryville.
"a Whitecaps near Harrisonburg, Va
Of have severely punished two coloreo me
C., for not improving their morals. The nj
tor groes are greatly excited.
the The two small children of Fred Boiling
the of Spokane Falls Wash. T., were burne
go to death in his house the other night viii
'an the parents were absent
Ter The Pesther Lloyd states that the repo
1eo that Archduke Charles Louis had +
tne nounced the succession to the throne
sui Austria was pure invention.
on The French Chamber of Deputies
81 confirmed the right to the seat from
AUG Der artment of Var Of Cluseret who. 1t
/, charged was an American citizen.
10. 10 The Spanish mail steamer Remus
40 foundered off the island of Bi!ieran, Q
49, of the Philippines. All the passeng'
10 are supposed to have been drowned.
FOR The Legislative Appropriation bill
sior completed by the Senate committee
creases the salary of the Presidents p
vate secretary from So, 250 to S., 600.
was William Frost, aged forty five, was
ported dying of hydrophobia at Palat
the ILL.,, Notwithstanding the successful tire
Ma ment of the supposed maidstone remedy
up Twenty five cadets at the Anrap
hole, Naval Academy have failed to pass tt
was semi-annual examinations and will cit
pro- resign or be dropped. One is first-c
mate man,
8 Oh Representative Baker, Of Illinois,
presented to the House petition for 81
4o TO set forth at the Paris Exposition
4o. value of the corn crop of the Un
r+od States.
q the Fire the other night destroyed the
,aras and shoe factory of the Adams estat
ZINC Burlington, Iowa. The loss is estimI
after at from SIS, 900 to 800 600; insurance a.
Union 500 600.
d dis Chief Secretary for Ireland Balfour
obtained special police protection and
QI) guard in Phoenix Park. Dublin, has
Union increased, because of threatening langl
renee used by Irish leaders.
priv Belle Starr the famous amazon
en- up reunited companion of the James
from Younger gangs, is reported to have
shot dead recently in the Indian Terri
No particulars were given.
senate The Kentucky tobacco conventio
celved Lexington has passed resolutions war
Fed It's farmers against the manufacturers
ltorles bination and asking Congress to rel
red to tho tobacco tax.
and a r. r,oo4o-o, xo+a ~ Florida has
finally Aa.5od 70 president nro tenn. Inpa
tories. 80 60. ~ a snaciai Treasury De
dment 80 -.o~ror No+b;no has baan
nent of - - uIoo+,~al colleoa nassanoAr.
eridan -, 4u,,a.has haan ,arfao+
Tices to Aue PAs 80 :. 49, $4,000 D.
olution He1 vac 49,. Co.--a Cor+;f
leirs of 0 QUO, Sse " d go 80 - 80. - =,
~ 80 negotiable, like Standard Oil certif
On was The Iowa supreme court mas rel
Dr. A. c. Hoagland, a pharmaci
port on Washington county arrested ana
during $lOJO for selling liquor tnougn ne
-as held permit and those 10 "hom ne soiC
hnsi- / fhav were sick.