The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-02-26

reported $3.50, 600 short It was said,
however, that every thing could be ex-
planned.
GENERAL
The Canadian Government proposes
to send commission to inquire into the
report that the child Of United States
officer killed In q raid is in the posses
sion of Canadian Blackfeet Indiana
THE Canadian House Of Commons has
voted down an amendment to the bill
to abolish French as an official language
In the Northwest, to leave affairs a.
they are.
TIE American Cotton Seed Oil Com
pany has fled articles increasing its
capital stock from SEC, 000. ooo to $50, Co.,
600.
THERE WAS fight in Socialist meet
ing at Muhlgast Sa1ony, recently. Sol
diers restored order. Thirty persons
were wounded.
The London Chronicles Paris corre-
spondent reports that Harncourt's poet-
ical drama lie Mystere" will be per-
formed on Easter Sunday. Sarah Bern
hardt will play the Virgin Mary and
Garner will take the part of Christ
The British Governments Land Pur-
chase bill will provide for tho combine
ton Of the Landed Estates Court and
the Land Commission in q single trib-
unal for the settlement Of land disputes
with view to IMPLYING and cheaper
ing the transfer of land.
JOSEPH GILLIs BIGGAR, the well-known
Home Ruler and member of the House
of Commons for the west division of
County Cavan, Ireland, died recently in
London. He was sixty-two years old.
An explosion occurred in colliery
near Decise, department of Nievre,
France, the other night. It was not
known how many lives were lost, but
thirty-four bodies had been recovered.
THE steamer Germanic, from New
York, February IL, for Liverpool, ar
rived at Queenstown on the Goth. She
reported having seen large number Of
icebergs in the main track of steamers
plying between Europe and America.
The Socialists made notable gains in
the elections for the German Reichstag
on the Goth.
LETTERS from the City of Mexico re-
port terrible ravages by influenza.
JOHN LEsTON's frame residence at
Kingston, Ont, was on fire recently.
Four children were suffocated in bed.
The French language question in
Canada has been settled. The Govern
ment was sustained in their proposal to
leave the adjustment of French in the
Northwest Territory to the local Legis-
lature. They got a majority of 90.
TRAFFIC MANAGER SARGENT, of the
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
road, pronounces the Atoms Federal
railroad control scheme nonsensical
CHARGES have been made of cutting
on the new Missouri river rates and an
feeling exists among
freight men.
THREE thousand aborigines and many
French convicts in New Caledonia have
been attacked with leprosy. The dis
ease is spreading at an alarming rate.
Louise Michel talks of going to their
succor.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended February 20 num-
bered 81. For the corresponding week
of last year the figures were 270.
THK LATEST.
The tobacco factory of Cameron & ST.
ser, Richmond, Va. was burned recent
~. Loss, $3.50, 900; insurance light
Two prominent ladies of Newark,
N. j.. Mrs. NJ. E. Tyler and Miss c. e.
Tyler, were killed recently in a runa-
way. Another lady was badly hurt
BIZ decree of tho Pope the Lenten fast
has been abolished this year. The
cause was said to be on account Of the
influenza.
JOHN JACOB AsToR died at New York
on the AID. He was worth $3.50, Ooo, 900.
ny the explosion of boiler in James
Turner's saw mill at Ruther Glen, Va,
the other day. three men were killed
and six wounded.
TwENrY-oNE persons have been in
dicted at Lafayette. La, tor conspiracy
IN connection with their acts as regu-
lators.
The French Senate by a vote of l7s to
LOT has passed the bill providing for
summary proceedings against news
papers publishing libels on Government
officials
AN actor named Duncan c. Harrison
was stabbed recently by another actor
at the door of the Standard Theater,
Chicago. A heavy overcoat prevented
the knife wound extending as far as
Harrison's heart.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended February % showed an average in
crease of So compared with the CORE
spending week of last year. In New
York the increase was 4.3.
FIRE at Fortieth street, New York, on
the ssd destroyed the Eagle wire works
and other property. Loss, sl20, 900.
NORTHERN MONTANA is experiencing
a boom ON account of discoveries of
gold mines.
THE infant King of Spain took an
other sick spell on the 23d.
Rev. HENRY DUNCAN, a white Free
Will Baptist preacher. was hanged re-
Gently At Ozark, Ala, for the murder of
his wife.
FOURTEEN bodies of infants were
found recently in Warsaw, Poland, after
Tho of a ne<o H.