The Progress., 1889-03-02
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there woul be deficiency in the amount
necessary for the payment OF pensions for
the fiscal year over and above existing ap-
preparations of about $5 900, 900. ,-
AT Cheyenne, Wy. T., Chinaman
named Yet Sing had established wash
house over boiling spring. The slum-
Derlng geyser burst forth on the Cd
spoutlng water over hundred feet, and the
tent in which the Cinnamon were sleeping
at the time was blown to pieces and the
four celestials were killed.
AFTER an idleness Of three months the
miners in Western nnsylvania resumed
work on the 4th at the old rate. This
gave employment to FIVE thousand men.
HE mate and two of the crew Of the
SCHOONER g. =. Fowler were drowned zon
the 4th at brakes Bay, CAL, by the cap
sizing of a boat.
TWENTY-FIVE cadets in the Naval acad-
emv at Annapolis, Md, failed in their ex-
animation on the 4th and would be dropped
from the roll.
The Supreme Court of the United
States adjourned on the 4th until Monday,
March 4, at eleven o'clock.
The brick wall Of Meyers building,
lately Quilted by fire at Omaha, Neb, was
blown down on the 4th, wrecking two
other buildings, and five men were killed
and several others were injured by the
falling wall. q
AHEAvY gale prevailed all over Nebras.
ka on the 4th, and considerable damage
was done in the western part of the State,
buildings being unroofed and trees blown
down.
The annual report on the 4th of Adiutant-
General Drum regarding the militia force
OF the country showed that the total or
ganized force aggregated 9S, 100 men, while
the unorganized force numbered s, 1O4, OPS
men.
IN the streets of Chicago on the 4th John
Dempsey shot and Killed Miss Maude
Mcclellan and then killed himself. Jeal-
ousy was the supposed cause.
The Treasury Department monthly cir
culation statement on the 4th showed
net increase of sa,0657 $50 in circulation
during the month of January past. The
total amount Of money of all kinds in cir
eulatlOn on February l was placed at
Il, ,49S $40, 6a2
a sIx-DAYs' swimming match between
young women--Miss Clara Beck with. Of
England, and Miss Annie Fern, of Boston
commenced in that city on the 4th. The
match is for $1,000 side
The bank Of j. n. Knapp at Marquette,
Mich, closed its doors on tbe 4tn. The
liabilities were estimated at $50 900 to
$50, ,00O
MISS EVA ALDEIcH, a hool-teacher at
Hastings, Neb., and three of her pupils
were probably fatally crushed on the 4th
by heavy sidewalk which had been lifted
by the wind, and which fell on them
By the breaking out Of an old feud on
the 4th at Red Bird Greek, KY, two
brothers named Lizemore and a man
N q Top !, L.; Z.
In New England and Western New York
the thermometer ranged from 80 to 10 de-
grees below zero on the 4th
SEVEN blocks of buildings were de.
stroyed by fire at Antwerp, N. Y, on the
ath, causing a loss Of $75, COO
BY the explosion of a boiler on the 5th
: in the boiler-house Of the Insane Hospital
at Lincoln, Neb., two men were instantly
killed outright and four were seriously in
jured.
A PARTY Of strikers attacked street,
car in New York on the 5th with stones
One of the officers guarding the car was bit
in the face, and fired into the crowd,
shooting one of the assailants dead. The
strike had been declared OFF by the
Knights of Labor.
BIZ order of the chief-of police Of Leaven-
worth, Kan, one hundred kegs of beer,
captured in recent raids in Illicit liquor
places, were knocked in the head on he
9th and emptiel into the sewers
The Diamond colIiery OF the Lehigh &
Wilkesbarre (Pa.) Coal Company, the
largest in the region, shut down on the 5th
for good, owing to the fact that all of the
coal had been removed for miles beneath
the surface surrounding it. The colliery
was opened eighteen years ago.
a YOUNG German named Hilbert while
saving wood on the 5th near College Hill,
Ark, was completely riddled with buck
shot by an unkn own assassin, who crept
{ vi thin a few feet before firing.