The Globe-republican., 1890-03-26

1 FtvE miners lost their lives by 10
cent fire in the Germania mine at Hur
ley, Wis
THERE was a severe snowstorm IN New
York and New England on the. 18th.
The Manitoba Legislature has passed
| . bill abolishing the right of Roman
Catholics to have separate schools and
compelling all classes to patronize the
public schools.
BENJAMIN GREwEL, . swindltr, wa
lynched at Robinson Station, near Gym
thiana, KY, recently.
ADv1cEs from Quillimane. East Africa.
are that a Portuguese customs official
and his escort of 800 natives have been
massacred near Lake Nyanza-
THE great miners strike in England
ended in complete victory for the
men.
A FREIGHT train ran into a rock near
Bagdad. Pa, the other night and the
locomotive and several cars were thrown
into the river. Three trainmen were
injured.
THE superintendent of the Yellow
stone National Park has appeared before
the House Appropriations Committee in
advocacy of an appropriation of $4,000
to improve the park for 1892.
A DISASTROUS fire at Jacksonville,
Fla, recently destroyed two blocks in
La Villa, suburb, and boarding house
in the city proper, causing loss of
nearly Sl25, ZOO, largely covered by in
surance.
Four saloonkeepers of Tacoma,
Wash, are negotiating for the control Of
all the saloon licenses in the town.
They agree not to run over twenty places
and to be responsible for all attractions
of the law.
MANY prominent citizens of New Or
leans have formed league to prevent
the extension of the charter of the
Louisiana Lottery Company.
THE lower house of the Iowa Legisla-
ture has passed resolution in favor of
a harbor at some point on the Texas
coast
THE New York Court of Appeals has
decided adversely to Kemmler. con-
demned to suffer death by electricity.
THE Supreme Court has refused to
grant a rehearing in the case of the
Chicago gas trust The effect of the
decision is to declare that the trust is
an illegal organization.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, has been ter
rorized by incendiaries lately. The last
places to 60 were the residence of Mr..
Reese, the American Hotel, the Grand
Avenue Hotel and the Crystal Palace
Theater.
In many parts of Switzerland the vii
layers are hastily retreating from the
valleys to places of safety on higher
ground, avalanches being imminent.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report for
the seven days ended March 20 num-
bered 255, compared with 26O the previ-
Gus week and 249 the corresponding
week of last year.
RANGES in Runnels County, Tex, are
being ravaged by prairie fires.
SEVERAL foreign Jews have been ar
rested in Leipsic, Germany, on the
charge of treason.
THE Senate Committee on Irrigation
recently heard Profs. Gilbert and Thomp-
son, of the Typographical survey, upon
the plan outlined at the start. They
argued that to change the work and pro-
coed with the survey of ;rid lands only
would be very expensive.
THE district attorney of Jackson,
Miss, has made an affidavit against ex,
State Treasurer Hemingway, charg-
ing him with embezzlement of the State
funds. Hemingway was arrested and
gave S25, 900 bonds
TOMMY WINEMAN, twelve years old,
and BERTHE Polhemus, aged eleven, were
playing marbles at Joliet, ILL.,, when
in the game caused the
Wineman boy to draw pistol and shoot
his little playmate in the stomach.