Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27
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NEW DIRK, Marcn IA washington SPS-
cial to the Evening Post says the administra-
ton has decided to appoint General William
Malone, of Virginia, to be consul general at
Paris in place of General Rathbone.
H1AwATHA, KAN.--Two prisoners, John
Burke and Fred Tulip, made their escape
from the Brown county jail. They cut their
way through the steel cage, the corridor walks
and the outer brick walls. Five other prls-
oners incarcerated in the same cell made no
attempt to escape. Tulip and Burke were
confined for grand larceny.
WAsEINGToN.-Judse Perkins has secured
the appointment of Captain W. L. Lenan, of
Monett, Kan, as watchman in the census
Gifice, and of Mr.. and Mrs. .. B. Bartlett, of
Baxter Springs, as teachers at the Blackfeet
Indian reservation in Dakota.
ST. JosEPE.-Fred Jones, aged 10 years,
crayon artist, was arrested for counterfeiting
United States So treasury notes. Jones
method of counterfeiting was peculiar. lie
used no dies, but made crayon copies OF the
genuine notes. The counterfeits are pro-
nounced by the officer to be exceptionally
deceptive.
OLYMPIA. WAsH.-Governor Ferry has
signed the Australian election system bill.
BERL1N.-A special edition of the Reich
sanzeiger contains imperial rescripts cordially
thanking Prince Bismarck for his services
and appointing him duke of Lauenberg,
colonel, general of cavalry and field marshal
general; also appointing Count Herbert Bis
marck ad interim minister of foreign affairs,
and General Won Caprivi chancellor and
president of the Prussian ministry.
PIrrssuaG, KAN.-Morgan Lee was beaten
by two women who had been in his employ.
They claimed that he owed them and would
not pay them. The daughter and her hus-
band, L. A. Rally, had sued Lee in justice
| court and lost. Mother and daughter, with
| fists and an oak stake, went to the house and
| pounded him until he paid the amount.
| ASHLAND, VISA strike in the great Lar
| rie iron mine, which commenced with the
| tramway men, has extended to the miners.
Over 1000 men hpve quit work.
Rio JANE1Ro.-The opposition papers con-
denim the decree establishing the three banks
| in the northern provinces. They say the car
rying out of the decree is likely to cause great
| confusion.
SILVER CRY, n. MA man named Car
michael, reports that seven persons have been
killed by Indians on the Little Blue, about
twenty miles from Alma. Thirty Indians are
| reported out of the reservation. The spot at
which the killing is reported to have occurred
| is near to that where the first depreciation OF
Geronimo's band was committed in 1885.
| WASHINGTON, d. C.-The delegates to the
Pan-American conference propose to erect a
| monument in Washington, at cost OF SI2o..
| yUO, to commemorate the first gathering OF
the nations of the western hemisphere.
| WAsH1SGToN.-Concern the sugar duty
question, Congressman Harmer, Of Penn
| sylvania, said that the sugar industry was
| growing rapidly in this country now and
should not be disturbed. They could stand
a reduction of 25 per cent, perhaps, but a
cut, as proposed in this bill, would drive
them out of business. Propositions are now
being considered, he says, to bring manufac-
turing plants from Cuba and establish them
in Florida, and there is a widespread interest
| growing in the business. A cut of 6O pei
cent. would put an end to all this, he says.
WAsH1xG7ox.-Chief Mayes. of the CLero-
:, KEGS, has been in anything but pleasant
! frame of mind since the boom set in for the
Cherokee strip, and even the order for the
military to drive the boomers out was moi
stringent enough for him.
The chief, accompanied by his counse
here. called upon President Harrison anC
had quite talk from the chiefs standpoint
which is decidedly against the encroachmen
of the Indian territory or any part OF 1t b!
the whites to the sacrifice of the cattle leas'
! income which the Indians claim the right K
maintain.
KAxKAKEE. In--Tom Conners, of Mil
waukee, and Sam Matthews, of Kankakee
wrestlers. had meeting to decide the middle
Gliding fall was won by Connors.
WASHINGTON, d. C.-There is no dOub
that the Cherokee outlet will be thrown oper
,, to settlement during the coming year. but i
is the opinion of all who are in position Il
, know that the demonstrations on the border
which are actually IN the nature of threats
have tendency to delay rather than expedit
matters, and the administration is determines
to use strong measures to prevent any inva
sion of the Cherokee lands.
RoMK.-The Popolo Romano has q Lon
, don telegram stating that the Marquis o