The Delta independent., 1890-05-27
BY TELEGRAPH.

Chicago.
The treasurer of Kansas City is
short in his accounts.
Stanley is annoyed by numerous Of
fers for old clothes for exhibition pur-
poses.
Rumors of the serious illness of the
Queen are officially denied She has
slight cold.
Saloon men are opening up lively
business in "original packages" in .prohi-
bition States.
The Atchison road has secured COM
plete control of the ST. Louis & San Fran
| cisco and the Atlantic & Pacific.
Rich discoveries of antimony have
been made in Chihuahua, Mexico, and large
deposits of coal have been found in Ia
basco.
The installation Of the new Turkish
| governor at Laiche was resisted by Albau-
ians and many were killed by the Turkish
| soldiers.
| The House has settled the matter of
a duty on imported silver ores containing
lead A duty of one and one-half cents per
| pound will be levied
The Order of Railway Conductors
| at their annual meeting at Rochester,
struck out the clause of their constitution
which prohibits strikes.
The London Chamber of Commerce
gave dinner May 2lst in honor of Stanley
and his colleagues. Miss Tennant, Stan
| ley's fiancee, was present.
The Supreme Court has declared
unconstitutional the Minnesota law re-
quiring all meats offered for sale to be
slaughtered within the State.
A telegraph line connecting Ton
quin and China by way of Yunnan, the
capital OF the province of the same name,
has been opened for business.
Governor Steele. Oklahoma's first
governor, arrived at Guthrie May aand and
was rendered an enthusiastic reception.
The crowd at the station was enormous.
The ammunition factory at St
| L AASS. tSStINtu al oLuSi AVN
Russia for cartridges loaded with smoke
less powder equal to supply for 200, 600
rifles.
| 1t is stated that Chancellor Caprivi
intends 20 submit measure to the Reich
stag imposing tax upon all Germans in
eligible for service in the army and Ger
man citizens who reside abroad.
| Cardinal Gibbons addressed the
national conference of charities at their
closing meeting in Baltimore. An inter
national gathering of those interested in
this work will be held in Chicago during
the Worlds Fair
The large freight depot of the New
York Central railroad, at Albany, a
building three hundred by one hundred
feet, burned last Thursday with all the
contents, involving the loss of 1900 on
which there is insurance of about ~, 900.
For the first time in the history of
the House judiciary committee a majority
of the members have agreed to favorable
report upon a joint resolution introduced
by Representative Baker of New York
providing for a constitutional amendment
70 grant the right of suffrage to women.
Some New York milk dealers swore
that the health inspectors of milk had de-
manded money in the case of one dealer,
500 every three months, for immunity
from inspection. When the demands for
bribe money was refused by the dealers
they were arrested, their milk destroyed
and themselves continually harrassed by
the STRIKERS"
a dispatch from Berlin says: The
Passion Play at oberammereau promises
TO be a great success. In the dress re-
hearssl the tableauN and actors were ex-
cellent. Mayer was marvellous as Christ,
and the other actors were skillful with the
exception of Judas, who overacted his
part. The play lasts eight and one-half
hours.
The president sent to the Senate the
letter of the Secretary of State submitting
the plan for preliminary survey for n
railway line to connect the principal cities
of the American hemisphere, in accordance
with the recommendation of the Pan.
American Congress. The president rec.
ommends prompt action by Congress to
enable the government to participate in
the promotion of the enterprise.
The Brewers Association began its
thirtieth annual convention at Washing
ton, May alst, with delegates present from
all parts of the United States, represent
ing slaS, 600 900 capital. Thies ] Lefens,
Chicago the chairman, in his opening ad-
dress congratulated the Association on the
improved state of the brewers interests as
the results of the past years work He
suggested the erection of complete brew
ing plant in connection with the Columbia
exhibition in 1893.
The Rothschilds have intimated to
Count Tooffier. the prime minister. that
they will remove their establishment from
Vienna to Pesth, Hungary, unless stop
is put to the present Jewish persecution.
This town has already suffered greatly
from the arising commercial Importance
Of Pesth. and the manner in which it has
maintained its position. II the threat is
carried out the leading Vienna institu-
tons would be compelled to follow, which
would be u severe blow to this town, and
IL will hasten Austria's fate.
The dram-shop keepers have been