The Delta independent., 1889-04-16
THE WORLD.

many.
The..Mormons claim q constituency
OF 1891.
The street car drivers of Minneapo-
lis are on strike.
Savannah, Ga, had a 1880. 600
fire last Saturday.
The cattle around Fort Dodge, Iowa
are AFFLICTED with foot rot
Yellow fever is prevailing to an
alarming state in Rio Jaueiro.
An important Mormon conference
was held in Salt Lake City Sunday.
Booth has nearly recovered from his
late mysterious attack and has reioined
his company.
Violent earthquakes are reported to
have occurred in Epirus, Greece. Their
extent is unknown.
Fifty-three hundred emigrants sailed
from Bremen and Hamburg in one day last
week for New York.
Nathan F. Dixon has been chosen to
succeed Mr.. Chace as United States Sena-
tor from Rhode Island.
A terrific gale struck Tama City,
Iowa, Thursday afternoon, unroofng and
razing buildings. No one injured.
A count of the boomers camped
around Caldwell, Kansas, shows the num-
Der to be about $50, and increasing every
day.
Lynch Bros boiler works at Ko-
firemen were seriously injured by falling
wall.
Senator Sherman will sail for Eu-
rope May l. He goes simply for rest and
pleasure. He does not know when he will
return.
The cashier OF the First National
Rank Of Anoka, Minnesota, has Joined the
American colony in Canada. Shortage
about SlOO, 900.
General Boulanger has telegraphed
from Brussels that the report that the su-
thorities had requested him to leave Bel
gium is untrue.
Robert Lincoln is reported to be
greatly pleased over the manner In which
his appointment as Minister 70 England
has been received.
1t is officially announced that John
Sebastian has been appointed general pas
senger agent Of the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific, vice E. A. Holbrook resigned
The Spanish Government has re-
fused China's request for permission TO
establish consulatcs in Manila and other
points in the Spanish colonies in the Pa
ciic.
Dispatches from India say that 49,
600 persons were rendered homeless by the
great fire ut Surat. To add TO the pre-
vailing distress cholera had broken out In
town.
An explosion of choke damp took
place at the coal mines Mt Anthracite, Man
itoba A dozen men were more or less in
jured, three being seriously burned and
bruised.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt has sent
her check for 1000 to the Mayor Of
Charleston, S. c. The money is to be used
in caring for the grave of General Francis
Marion Of Revolutionary fame.
A dispatch from India states that
hundreds OF houses were destroyed by fire
Mt Surat The loss is placed at Esoo, COO
At midnight the total loss is estimated at
&, SOC, 900; total insurance, $S6o, 900.
A panic prevails near Percival. Iowa,
on account Of mad dogs. A large number
Of stock died from the effects Of rabies,
and son Of Farmer keyser was also Bit
ten and is suffering from hydrophobia-
Mr.. Edwin II. Terrell, Of Texas, the
now Minister to Belgium, is not an Office
holder for revenue only. He told Secre-
tary Blaine he expected to spend t15,OOo q
year Of his private income in addition to
his salary "to maintaing tho dignity Of
the position"
Since the disaster Mt Samoa Secre-
tary Tracy has received propositions from
several wrecking companies offering to go
to Samoa and undertake the work Of recov-
cring the guns lost In the destruction Of the
Trenton and vandalia. No action will be
taken until Admiral Kimberly's report is
recorded.
1t is authoritatively stated at the
Department Of State that the three treaty
powers concerned in the Samoan affairs,
England, Germany and the United States.
have reached an understanding, by the
terms Of which they will each keep but
ono war vessel at Samoa, pending the ter
mination OF the Berlin conference.
Tho committee appointed to invcs-
tigato tho discovery Of Pasteur for the ex-
termination Of rabbits have mado q areport
They found that rabbits which had been
inoculatcd with virus Of chicken cholera or
which ato food which had been infected
with tho virus died, but that the disease
was not communicated by ono rabbit TO an
other!
All tho States and one Territory
now have Agricultural Experiment Sta
tions. Tho total number OF stations now
In operation is 70, and including branch
stations nearly 60. They employ moro than
$40 scientists and agriculturists, and will
this year receive ssa5 900 from the National
Government and about SIS, 900 from States
and other sources.
A strong newspaper syndicate, COM
posed Of some Of tho leading dailies In
America, has Just been contaminated By
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