The Delta independent., 1890-04-22
BY TELEGRAPH.

shot and killed by fourteen year old boy,
whose father they were whipping.
Two Senators in the Canadian Par
lament had a row the other day, and the
big one shook the little one soundly.
Edison is said to have invented an
attachment for his phonograph which
gives picture Of the person as he speaks.
Stanley has declined the invitation
OF the king of Belgium to attend the anti.
slavery congress, on account of ill-health.
AT Bergamo, Italy, roof OF
weaving mill, in which three hundred
girls were at work, fell in and seventeen
were killed.
Samuel j. Randall, the Democrat
who has represented Pennsylvania in Con
gress so long, died last Sunday morning at
Washington.
Ex-President Cleveland is reported
to be in training to reduce his corpulency,
which has increased lately to the detri-
ment Of his health.
King Leopold, sovereign of Congo
Free State, denies that any proposals were
ever made by Germany looking to the pur'
chase of that State.
The river and harbor bill prepared
for the consideration Of the House appro,
PIRATES SO, ,OOo, of which $1,000, 900 is
for the Mississippi.
The secretary of war suggests that
regiment Of Indians be recruited for the
United States army, to be officered by
West Point graduates.
The corner stone of the new federal
building in Piedras Negras was removed
the other night, and the contents, consist
ing Of coins, plans and relics, stolen by
Mexicans.
A company OF people called the
"Doom-sealers," predicted that San Fran
cisco and other large cities would be de-
stroyed by an earthquake on the 18th, but
the earthquake didn't show up.
Herr Furth OF the Vienna Chamber
Of Commerce has published report de
claring that Vienna trade is on the verge
OF ruin, as u result of protection. The re-
port is corroborated by experts.
The commissioner of Indian affairs
received q telegram from the Indian agent
asking for troops to prevent a threatened
uprising Of the Indians at the Tongue
River reservation in Montana.
The United States Supreme Court rem
dered a decision that Marshal Nagle mus,
be released from custody by the California
authorities. Nagle shot and killed Terry
who was trying to assasinate Justice Field.
The people of Laramie. Wyoming.
are having lively time with the gam.
bling fraternity. The latter claim the
right to continue running under an old or
dinance, but q new council is disposed to
close them up.
James Heating, a Kansas City con-
tractor, used an overcharge of dynamite
in blasting and damaged buildings and in
iured persons in the vicinity to such an
extent that he spent the rest of the day in
adjusting damages.
A Chinaman attempted to cross the
bridge at Niagara into the United States,
but was turned back. The Canadian au-
thorities refused to let him return because
he did not have the proper papers, and at
last accounts he was quartered on the
bridge.
Further trials OF the new electric
submarine torpedo boat Goubet, named
after the inventor, have been held at Cher
bourg, France. The boat was submerged
thrce-quarters of an hour and performed a
number of mancuvers which proved tha,
she can be handled with perfect safety un
der water.
A prospecting party recently re-
ported having discovered and located an
immense field of oil and natural gas thirty.
six miles southwest of Rawlins, Wyo.
The oil comes to the surface in numerous
taining gas in large quantities. The gas
readily burns when lighted.
Alexandra Dumas is studying
hypnotism for the purpose of making it the
motive OF new play. Dr. Charco,,
tho celebrated alchemist, has conducted
experiments for his instruction at the Ho-
tel Dieu in Paris. NJ. Dumas proposes to
put the actors in his play under hypnotic
influence and expects to secure startling
effects.
United States Treasurer Huston
recently made a practical test of the safety
of the vaults in the Treasury building.
He armed a trusted man with one of the
drills used by the pupils OF Jimmy Pore to
open safes, and just for an experiment pu,
him at work upon the wall of the vault in
tho upper part of the Treasury building
containing over 500, ,ooo, 900 in paper money,
which could easily be stuffed in bag ant,
carried away on mans back. The man
with the drill went promptly to work.
Treasurer Huston held stop watch and
noted the time whom the operation began.
In Just seventeen seconds the drill had
pierced every obstruction and in sixteen
minutes and half tho man had made "A
hole In tho wall large enough to crawl
through. Congress will be asked to pro
vide more secure vault
Tho funeral ceremonies over the re-
mains Of Samuel J. Randall took place in
the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church on
tho morning Of the nth. They were sim.
pie, but solemn. The attendance COM
prised tho Vice President, members of the
Cabinet, members of both houses and other