The Delta independent., 1889-11-26
BY TELEGRAPH.


The new State of Washington CON-
menced business amid great rejoicing on
the 18th
Stanley has been heard from. He
is well and expects to reach the coast in
few weeks.
An attempt was made to blow up
the Michigan State prison with dynamite
the other day.
The average monthly production OF
oleomargarine during the last fiscal year
was 2,92o, ,0O2 pounds.
The President has appointed Willis
Sweet, of Idaho, Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of Idaho.
The provisional government of Bra
zil has issued a decree granting suffrage to
all citizens able to read and write.
The Imperial family OF Brazil were
allowed just one hour in which to prepare
for their departure from the country.
President Harrison is said to have
selected George McCrary as Stanley Mat
thews' successor on the Supreme bench.
A fire caught in the tower of the tall
Western Union building in New York the
other day and was with difficulty extin-
guished.
Two hundred delegates to the tenth
convention of'the Woman's National In
dian Association assembled in Newark.
New Jersey, on the 2lst
Secretary Noble has decided to dis
miss all employees who were instrumental
in having their pensions re-rated and col
lect the money so obtained.
A through mail train has recently
been put on the Union Pacific road which
reduces the running time from Omaha to
Portland, Oregon, to 50 hours.
The Dowager Empress of China
takes great interest in the development
Of the Celestial Kingdom and spends a
great deal of time in consultation with
railroad projectors.
A new organization representing an
invested capital of over 81, 900, 900, and in
Guiding all prominent mineral water spring
owners of the country, was formed in Chi
cago the other day.
ThePresidenthas appointed Thomas
Clay Mcdowell collector of Internal rev
enue for the seventh district of Kentucky
vice W. c. Goodloe, recently killed. The
appointtee is q son-in-law of Goodloe's.
The National Grange Wednesday
passed . resolution favoring the election
Of United States Senators by the direct
vote Of the people. The newly-elected Of
fcers Were installed and :Ac meeting ad-
iourned 10 meet next year in Atlanta, Ga.
Ex-Commissioners of Pensions Dud-
ley and Tanner have formed a co-partner-
ship in the pensions and claims bu ST.
ness. II is stated that General Algcr has
informed Tanner that he is ready to rem
der him whatever financial aid he may re
quire.
Brazil has had surprising revolu-
ton. The Imperial Government has been
overthrown, the Emperor bauished and Il
republic established. The army seems TO
have been the leaders in the movement
| which was accomplished quietly and with
bnt little bloodshed.
King kalakaua, of the Sandwich Is.
lands, proposes to visit Washington, d.
c., this season, and house at the Capital
is being prepared for him in luxurious
style. II is surmised that Kalakaua is de-
sirous of comforting with Secretary Blaine
regarding the future of Hawaii.
A meeting was held in Boston on
Saturday last, at which the officials Of the
Worth virtually agreed upon consolidation
OF the latter road with the Union Pacific
branch lines in Colorado. The action
must be ratified by the directors and stock
holders OF both roads, but there is little
question but what that will be done.
In the course of an after-dinner
speech the other day Mr.. Cleveland, refer
ring to the question of what we shall do
with our ex-Prcsidents, said he hoped the
country would not take the advice of the
Illinois editor who recommends that they
be shot. He suggested the best way to
dispose of them was to let them alone and
give them chance to earn their daily
bread in peace.
Sixteen students of the Military
ACauenly OF MtuiCiue At 81. petersburg,
have been expelled for attending the fun
eral services of Tchernichewsiy, nihi-
list. who died recently. For some DAYS
past the authorities have been investigat-
ing what they believe to be plot against
the Emperor. The result is that several
persons who were supposed to be connected
with the plot, have been expelled from the
capital.
A dispatch from Kansas City says.
''Unless the law providing for the holding
OF elections in this State are changed be.
for the next election, the Prohibition party
will be unable to place a ticket in the
field. The alw passed by the last Legisla-
ture provides that no political party that
did not ut the last election poll 3 per cent.
of the entire vote cast can place in nomina-
tion candidates for office. At the last e.cc-
tion about 800, 900 votes We're cast, of which
tho Proh.bitionists cast 5000
The report OF the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue shows that the whole
number OF grain distilleries registered dur.
ing the year was ,4a0, of which l,a61 were
operated There were 3,la6 distillerics
registered. and 3,0'a operated, The mum
ber OF gallons of spirits produced from
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