Dodge City times., 1889-12-19
LATEST NEWS.
Condensedf for theConvenience
of Hurried Readers.

OOnO0nS0OI TOT In0OOnV0nl0nC0
of Hurried Readers.
Robert Browning, the poet, died at Venice,
December Il.
Oliver johnson, of Brooklyn, the veteran
editor and abolitionist. Is dead.
| A man-of-war flying the new Brazilian
flag has arrived at Norfolk.
Mrs. Scott-Lord, sister of the wife Of
President Harrison, is dead.
| Parisians all seem to have the .'snootic' ~
1t first appeared in St. Petersburg, and has
| spread all over Europe.
| Lawrence Dumas, Earl of Zetland, the
new viceroy of Ireland, ans gone to Dublin
to enter upon his duties.
| The Imper al Bank of Persia has been
opened al Tehe an. This is something new
to Persian financial economy.
Dom Pedro persists in refusing to accept
| any sum from the new government beyond
that authorized by the laws of Brazil.
John Tissue, brakeman, slipped as he
was about to jump On an engine, at Atoka.
l. L., and his head was cut of on the track.
| 1t is SAID that the regular annual retrench-
ment in the matter of passes oVe' the Santa
Fe, Is to be more extensive than usual this
| year.
Cambridge City. Indiana, has experienced
| the pleasures of visit from a mid CONT
nent cyclone. Several houses were de-
stroyed.
A commiss ion appointed to consider the
| matter advises the removal OF Sing Sing
| prison to either Ulster or Sullivan county,
| New York.
Mexican bonds, issued in the '6cs, and
bogus at that, are flooding Kansas ana Mis-
| souri,: being put as collateral, or sold af
| small figures.
Two men were killed and five more hurt
at the burning of the Miner house at East
Tawas, Michigan. One of the killed is Ed
Rooney, clerk.
Oterlir, Kansas has teen named as the
location of the G. A. r. memorial school.
This is the only school of the kind in the
United States.
A number of the chiefs of the Sioux trib S
have gone to Washington, ID. c., to close
the treaty ceding their territory in the Da-
kotas to the government.
The senate committee Oh public lands
has reported favorably upon the bill for the
communication OF homeStea ads. The bi will
doubtless be passed without much delay.
A call has been issued for a state prohibi-
tion convention to meet in Des Moines, Ia,
January next The call is signed by 100
leading Temperance workers of that state.
Cooney, "the Fox" one of the men wanted
for the CrOnin murder, is said 10 be caught
at Dodgevllle, Wisconsin. At least man
Is in custody who confesses to be Cooiey.
great sensation has been produced at
BRUSSELS by an article in the FranSfCrt lei
tung. to the effect that King Leopo q must
be cautious if he desires TO retain his throne.
A srecial train bearing the remains of
Jestus Il. Rathbone the founder of the or
der of kn ghts of Pythias. with an escort,
went from Lima, Ohio, to Utica, New YORK.
Lawyer Forests concluding argument.
for the defense in the Cron;n trial. lasted
three Gays and a half. Afte he quit talk
ing the court ad ourned over local cleo
tion day.
The Electrict Light company have startsd
their arc light in the GutIrie streets.
Th re are thirty-two of them. each of 20)
candle power, and the city is brilliantly
lighted.
The Leavenworth Soldiers Home is so
crowded that old and sick veterans can only
be taken in and cared for by dispiac ng
some that are more able bodied. This is
being done.
Dr.. Reilly, of Detroit. Mich, treasurer o.
the Irish National Land league, has cabled
$1,000 to Mr.. kcnGey. treasurer OF the
Irish league, for the use of the tenants de-
fense fund.
Democratic members of congress have
agreed to oppose refundng to representa-
tives the months pay each lost by Silcott,
the runaway cashier of the Office OF the
sergeant-at-arms.
Congressman Peters. of Kansas. a men,
ber of the appropriation committee of the
house, in Tom Kyan's old place, Is n MEM
Der of the sub committees on pensions and
on permanent appropriations.
Young Emperor William, of Germany,
has issued an edict to suppress dancing
among the German youth, with a view to
raisin, the standard of morality of both
sexes ard of stimulating the fervor of their
religious belief"
The Miss,urians in Washington are press
ing Assistant Attorney General Shields for
the place on the circuit court bench vacated
by the promotion OF Judge Brewer to the
supreme court. 1t is id that kansans are
generally helping.
Johnstown. Penn, people have boone so
accustomed to see dead bodies and collins
that the late opera house disaster there, in
which ten lives were lost, did not make a
sensation. The prevailing feeling is what
ueNts Nitu IL StOlCdl IeCcDtio.A VI
may happen.
The international chess tourney at Ottawa,
Ont, sixty players a side. between Canada
and the Unite States, conducted by cor
respoudence, has been won by the Ameri- |
cans, the score standing 81 = games to 1912.
Nine games are still to be played, but
they cannot effect the result.
Leading Mornons have issued manifesto !
denouncing the attempt in the federal court |
of Utah to exclude aliens from naturaliza- |
ton, and citizens from elective franchise on
account of membership of the Mormon |
church. as impolitic and dangerous en- |
croachment upon civil and religious lib
erty.
It is announced by the passenger depart |
ment of the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg that the sale of one way party |
tickets at the rate of 2 cents per mile will |
be resumed on Saturday. December Ii. |
This will be, welcome news to theatrical
companies, base ball clubs and similar Or
ganil ations.
The physician of the Kansas penitentiary |
reports the sanitary condition of the prison
as excellent, being better than ever before
at this time of year. This highly satisfac-
tory condition is attributed to the superior
water supply now obtained. Warden Case
has had constructed tunnel extending 10 |
fee into the Missouri river d thirty y-five
feet below the surface OF the water, from
which all water used is obtained.
Chicago has just elected board of nine
the members of which are |
to have the raising and disbursement of the
funds estimated from S15,0CO,00o to S3O.-
10000 and the employment for an indef-
mite period of IL, 600 men. Returns indicate
the election of three stra aght democrats,
three independent democrats and three in
dependent republicans. One of the candi-
dates on the citizens ticket, the only social
lst in the field, is counted politically as one
of the independent democrats.
Eef.er Than rkIanOma.
1,1OO acres of the choicest land in the San