The Delta independent., 1889-12-10
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The National debt was decreased
IS, ,s69, ,672 last month.
JEFF Davis is still very weak and
cannot take nourishment
Seven persons lost their lives in q
Philadelphia fire the other day.
Jefferson Davis died at 1920 Thurs
day morning. He was 81 years old.
The probabilities are that the Farm
ers' Alliance and the knights Of Labor
will consolidate.
The Rothschilds have consented to
act as financial agents of Brazil If the union
is preserved and order maintained.
Judge Brewer, OF Kansas, has been
appointed to the Supreme Bench to sue
ceed the late Justice Stanley Matthew'S
A ire broke out in the Wyoming
Capitol building Saturday morning and the
entire structure narrowly escaped destruc-
tion.
Wallace County, Kansas, is going
ehhouSh tAC lnIOCS VI y SouhSy O~es "~>'
Sharon Springs and Wallace are the rival
towns.
Burglars attempted to enter the
State Treasurer's ofice at jefferson City,
Mo-, Wednesday night, but were frighten-
ed away.
Three of the five Apache Indians
sentenced to hang at Florence, Arizona.
committed suicide. The other two will be
executed.
The Monongahela House, Pittsburg,
was damaged by fire Thursday. Two hun
dred guests had narrow escapes. Papers
had been drawn up for the sale OF the
property. Loss about 500, 900.
The Lisbon correspondent of the
London Times says that the Spanish and
Portuguese Governments have been ap-
prised that the Republicans are bent upon
attacking the Spanish monarchy through
Portugal
By an action of the Kansas City
council Tuesday night twenty-five square
miles Of territory were added to the cor
porate limits of that city. The manufac-
turing towns along the Blue River are
embraced in the territory annexed.
Harry Hall, life convict, who es-
capped from the Nebraska State Penitenti-
ary two years ago, has been recaptured al
Provo, Utah. Hall was the Private Secre-
tary Of Warden Hyers at the time Of his
fight and his escape resulted in the removal
Of the Warden.
Two hundred thousand miners, en-
ployed in the Treasury coal mines in Saar
district Germany, have petitioued the
Kaiser to intervene in their behalf. They
complain that even unmarried men cannot
live ON the wages they now get as ali
things are very dear.
The United States District Attorney
at Pittsbure, Pa. has begun the suits or
dered by the United States government
against the window glass men Of that city
to recover q 900 penalty for every one OF
the forty-six men imported by them and
employed in the Jeanette glass-works.
A movement is on foot to form a
straw and rag paper trust for the purpose
of restricting production and advancing
prices. The headquarters will probably
be in Chicago. If it is formed it viii
probably be one of the greatest in the coun
try, as there are over 1000 straw and ras
wrapping paper mills in the United States
Work began Monday at the Rie
Grande River abovs Fort Selden on an i'm
portant irrigating project for the Nessilla
Valley. The canal will be IS miles in
length, extending to the line OF Texas neal
El Paso. A right Of way, with the privi
lege Of taking out the canal on the military
reservation, has been secured from the
Government
Reliable advices frcm Lisbon indi.
cate imminence of demonstration In favo,
of republic which will even menace the
overthrow Of monarchy. Republicans
have 81 working committees and Ii, 600 en-
rolled members, among whom are a mum
ber Of prominent men. Leaders of the
army and especially those Of the artillery
are ripe for republic.
There are now 2S9 Indian schools
supported by appropriations, 145 Of which
are controlled by the Indian Bureau, and
the average attendance therein is between
II 900 and 1900 pupils. The number OF
Indians in the United States, not counting
ALASKA, is about $4,000. They occupy OF
have control Of about 1l6, $50, 106 acres.
The number of children Of school ago is es.
timated as 5000, and under school age
10000.
Secretary Window has formulated
scheme which he fondly thinks would
settle the silver question. It il TO issue
Treasury notes against deposits Of silve,
bullion AZ the market price Of silver when
depositcd, payable on demand in such
QUAINT tiles of silver bullion ~ will equal In
value, at tho date Of presentation, the
number Of dollars expressed on the face ci
the notes At the market price Of silver, OF
in gold, At the option Of the Government,
or In silver dollars at the option Of the
holder, anott to repeal the compulsory fea-
ture Of the present coinage act. 1t is
hardly necessary to add that the plan docs
not meet with appreciation from the friends
Of silver.
The Presidents message was read
to Congress on the Sd. There arc nc
especially startling instrumentation. The