The state herald., 1890-03-28
BY TELEGRAPH.
The railroad war continues.

10 spreading In India.
The North Dakota lottery scheme is
finally dead for this year.
Two thousand grain porters have
struck for higher wages at Liverpool.
Floods have damaged Brisbane,
Australia, to the amount of q 100000.
Tho Mexlcans arc prote sting against
tho return of the Apaches TO tho West.
The Mississippi and Arkansas rivers
arc very high, and flooding some parts OF
Arkansas.
The French Senate has voted against
tho government and all tho ministers have
resigned.
The Judge Publishing Company, Of
New York, is to send an expedition to OK
plorc Alaska
Twenty thousand miners in the
northeast of England have struck for
shorter hours.
The white laundrymcn OF New York
City arc organizing to drive out their
Chinese competitors.
The Burlington & Northern Rail
road, which has caused good deal of rate
cutting, has been bought by the Z. b.
& @.
Rumors are current that Bismarck
has resigned on account OF differences with
the Emperor in regard to the labor confer
,nce.
The steamer in which Secretary
Tracy went to Fortress Monroe went
aground and was not able 10 get of for n
,oup.c OF days.
Some OF New York's former deputy
,hcriis arc being arrested, charged with
receiving bribes to induce them to let pris-
oncrs enjoy little unlawful liberty
A B. Il o. train ran into land slide
near Mansfield, Ohio, and the engine was
thrown in river and the cars were
di,chcd. The cngiucmen were injured.
A Hungarian living at Mi.nesville,
Pa, when about to leave town sold his
| wife, COW and furniture at auction. The
| amount realized was So, and tho buyer is
reported well satisfied with his bargain.
A tramp near Kansas City meeting
| young lady on n county road, criminally
| assaulted her and cut of her hair and
otherwise abused her All the men in the
| district are searching for him, sworn to
hang him.
The dock laborcrs' strike at Liver
pool has assumed such a mcnacing attitude
tina, orders have been issued, and troops
| will be held in readiness TO suppress any
demonstration. The authorities also Or
dcrcd the closing of all inns,
Matco Clark OF Mexico has made
proposition TO the government TO take up
Captain Eads' project for tho Tchuantcpcc
ship railway, for which a.conccssion is
held by an American company, which con
ccssicn, however, has nearly expired by
| Limitation.
Wisconsin has compulsory school
law providing that all children under thir-
teen years OF age shall not be allowed TO
work, but must attend some school where
they Will be taught reading, writing, arith
mctic and uuitcd States history in the
English language.
The strtsc q coal miners in England
is assuming tremendous proportions, go
900 men, women and chilifccp are now out,
and II the factories close by reason OF scar
city OF coal, other hundreds OF thousands
OF hands will be out OF WORK.
The managers OF number OF big
mills at Fall River, Mass, have been
watching tho result OF the profit
| sharing experiment at the Bourne mill,
and ii is stated on good authority that
number OF mills contemplate doing like.
wise, for the Incentive aH"red kccps help
from leaving, M evil with which every
large mill has had to contend.
The directors OF the Western Unio'
have declared quarterly dividend of on
and onc-quarter per cent William Wal
dorf Astor was elected director To MI
the vacancy caused by the death Of his
father. The statement shows net earnings
for the quarter ended December 81 Of S.
DoO,O0l. Estimated earnings tor the quar-
Ter ending March 81, 81 $1,000.
The women Of Atchison. Kansas,
have placed In nomination full ticket for
the school board. This was done In pur
suancc OF plan 10 CAPTURE the school
board so as to reform many features the
women teachers regarded US burdensomc.
The male citizens endorse the movement
generally, and II Is expected that no nom
nations will be made against tho female
candidates
Mrs. Carlisle, an aged lady. living
three miles west OF Marysville, Michigan,
while fixing the fire In the stove on Sun
day, accidentally igalted her clothing, and
was so badly burned that she died on Mon
day. Her husband, the only other occu.
pant OF the house, witnessed the whole
occurrence but was powcrlcss 10 help her.
as nc is paralytic and unable to move
hand or foot
The President has issued procla-
nation ordering NIL settlers on OF Cherokee
Strip. The soldiers are gathering TO clcc |
ghe in,radcrs, and many settlers arc lcav
ing voluntarily. Many OF them are glad To
10 us they nre entirely unprovided with
he necessities Of lie. Some OF the boom
yrs have fired the pralri, grass In order 10
drive out the 10000 head OF cattle tina,
now occupy the iand.
Travellers In the lower Mississippi
Valley reported some queer sights during
he late foods llu,s mud cabins in tho
owcr ands were submerged several fee,
the water, md tied TO tho doors were
,kins and dug outs which afforded the oc-
,upans the only means OF transit from one
place to another. Everything presents nn
air OF waste aud dcsolation. Tho railroad
tracks were resor,cd TO By squirrels to
escape the water.
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