The state herald., 1890-10-03
BY TELEGRAPH.
The Sioux City corn palace opened

The Sioux City corn palace opened
on the 18th.
John L. Sullivan has signed the
pledge after having been on big spree.
The business OF tho large Australian
ports Is seriously embarrassed Of late by
strikes,
Two boy students In Virginia
school fought prize fight the other day
and one diod from his injuries.
A young Irishwoman only 16 years
old but measuring six feet, seven inches
In height, landed in New York the other
day.
The Count OF Paris, who served in
the Union army during tho Rebellion, is
making visit to his old friends In this
country.
A Berlin socialist has been sem
fenced to three months in jail for remark
ing that Emperor William himself would
become a socialist In time.
The morning service In St. Paurs
Cathedral at London was interrupted last
Sunday in horrible way by man shoot
Ing himself fatally with revolver.
Birchall, the Canadian, who was
charged with Turing young Englishman
to Canada and then killing him has been
found guilty and sentenced to BIO hanged
in November.
The international convention OF iron
and steel manufacturers will convene In
New York next Monday. There will DO
1000 delegates present from all parts Of
tho old country.
Colonel George Davis. director gen.
eral of the Worlds Columbian Exposition,
has promptly purged himself Of politics In
connection with the management Of the
great fair by rcsigning his position as u
member Of tho Republican National Com.
mittec.
The appropriations made by the
session Of tho Fifty-first Congress were
s3dl, 81 ,5o3. Tho permanent appropria-
tons for tho year 1s90-91 amount to $l0l,-
6as, 45s, making tho grand total for the
year s462, 039, 956. Increase over the FIJI
tieth Congress, sio,3la,Gl3.
Eight massive and handsome brass
tablets are being put into position in var
ious portions of New York City to CON-
memorate historical events connected
with the cary history of Manhattan Is
land. The work ia being done at the ex-
pense Of the Holland Society.
Experiment s were made at Madg-
bury yesterday with the new quick-hring
gun Of ffty-three centimeters caliber, in
the presence Of officers from America,
England, Russia and other countries.
France was not represented. Fifty shots
u minute were fired and tho trial was y
great success.
A married daughter of General Bar
rundia, who made an attempt on Minister
Miners life, has arrived in the city Of
oaxace, to see her mother and family be-
fore leaving for this country with large
bundle Of documents concerning her faith
er's murder TO present to the President
A dispatch from Rome says: The
Rev. =. L. Chappelle, D. d., pastor Of St.
Matthew'S church, Washington, ID. c., win
he elevated to the Catholic episcopacy at
tho December convocation, and will be
assigned to tho archdiocese Of Santa Fe,
New Mexico, rs coadjutor to the Most Rev.
]. B. Salpointe, archbishop Of that prov
ince.
The Canadian law providing that
every family Of twelve or more children
shall be entitled to 100 acres OF government
land, is being largely taken advantage Of.
So far l00, 900 acres have been claimed by
families Of twelve or more children. This
with the members of twelve or more chill
rem to 1900. Some Of tho claimants
families are blessed with twenty two
members. A farmer from Ibervillc states
that his father lived to see his seventh
generation and died at tho age OF %.
A dispatch from Erzeroum says the
situation In Armenia has become serious.
The Russian government has massed n,
900 troops on the Armenian frontier. Tho
Turks are expecting IN attack and arc
rapidly supplying the Kurds with arms
and ammunition and making other prep
arations 10 resist tho Russian forces.
Russia Is also increasing the frontier
guards on the boundaries Of Austria, Tur-
key and Persia. The alleged object Of
this increase is to provide for the more Of.
fective suppression Of smuggling.
English papers report that the
troops In the Portuguese province of Goa,
India, arc killing on people Unfortunately
because of I'm outbreak. 1t is rumored
that the governor general is hiding In tho
palace, aud that he Is deaf to petitions
from tho inhabitants. Many women and
children who He'd thither for protection
have been bayonetcd by tho palace guards.
Several dynamite bombs have been thrown
into the palace by band OF citizen SOL
dicrs. II is estimated that 100 persons
wcrn allied and wounded IN two days
fighting
Among the important measures
passed BY Congress this year are the fol-
lowing; The bill providing for the month
ly purchase Of 1,5oo,Ooo ounces OF silver;
tho customs administrative bill; the de-
pendent md disability pension bin; tho
antitrust bill; the antI-lottery bill; tho
provision for Worlds Fair ip Chicago In
isga to celebrate tho 4oOth Anniversary OF
the discovery OF America; tho admission
Of Wyoming and Idaho 10 statehood; tho
meat inspection bill; tho land grant for.
feiturc bill; tho original package bill; tho
bill recommended by the International
Maritime Conference TO prevent collision
at sen; and tho provisions lin tho navs,
appropriation bin TO add to tho now navy
three line OF battle ships, ono protected
cruiser, ono torpedo cruiser and ono tor
pcdo boat
A Kansas City girl captured n bur.