Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-03-06
vINIrA, INDIAN TERRITORY, THURSDAY MARCH 8, 1890.

PRESIDENT HARHsoN has referred the
cases OF the three condemned Navassa
island murderers TO the Attorney-Gen-
eral.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) for
the seven days ended February ~ mum.
bered SOL, compared with 270 the previ-
GUS week. Business was less satisfac-
tory.
The Alaska seal fishery lease has
been awarded to the North American
Commercial Company, OF New York and
San Francisco. The Government will
obtain about 81, 900, 900 a year under the
new conditions, the old lease giving
$500, 0O0
RICHARD II. HAwEs, the murderer OF
his wife and two children, was hanged
at Birmingham, Ala, on the 2Sth. He
made a confession. 1t was at an at
tempted lynching OF Hawes in Decem-
Der, 1888, that ten persons were killed
and many wounded, the sheriff ordering
his deputies to fire on the mob
Ex-CoNoREssMAN TAULBEE, of Ken
lucky, was shot in the head in the Cap
itol building at Washington on the 2sth
by Charles Kincaid, correspondent of
the Louisville Times lie was seriously
wounded. The cause grew out of a
scandal published while Taulbee was in
Congress, the latter (who was large
MANI taking every opportunity to pull
Kincaid's nose and otherwise insult him
for tho exposure.
ARMED factions we're disputing the
posse ssion Of the Greek Church build
ing at Shenandoah, Pa, on the I'd. A
riot was prevented by the police.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended March | showed an average
increase Of 1871 compared with the cor
responding week OF last year. In New
York the increase was 1911.
THE public debt showed a decrease
during the month OF February OF SO, 1884,
4s6.
A DISPATCH from Brisbane. Queens
land, says the steamship Quetta, which
recently foundered at sea on her voyage
from Cooktown, Queensland, for Lon
don, had on board 2sO persons. OF these
li2 were saved, including the captain
and several other officers OF the ship.
REPORTS from Northern Texas say
that hundreds OF range cattle were
frozen TO death during the recent cold
spell.
RENEGADE Apaches are reported max
ing themselves troublesome along the
Mexican border Of New Mexico.
NJ COSsrANs has retired from the
French Cabinet.
RuBBER goods are likely to be still
further marked up.
BorH Lieutenant Steele, OF the army
and Commander McCalla, of the navy,
are likely to be tried for cruelty-the
first for striking Private Wild and the
latter for cutting down sailor with
cutlass.
The long overdue missionary steamer
Glad Tidings has arrived at Port Simp-
son, Il. c.
WARRANTS have been sworn out
against the owners OF the huge glucose
works at Marshalltown, Iowa, for main
tanning a nuisance in polluting the
Iowa river.
TRAIN hands disguised as bandits re-
Gently robbed train near Palermo,
Sicily Tho robbery was little too
theatrical and ended in the masque-
raiders being lodged in Jail.
REV FATHER FERoN, OF Baltimore,
died in Philadelphia recently. He had
evidently been severely beaten and was
lodged in tho police station while un-
conscious.
BEN BUTLERs famous dropping eye
lid has been removed by surgical
operation.
SEVERE snowstorms we're reported in
England and various parts of Europe.
Among the regions SO visited are Rome
and the Riva.
Two men were burned to death in a
shanty at Johnsburg, Pa, recently.
They had retired intoxicated.
A sNowsroRM and freezing wind pre-
vailed in New York and New England
on the cd and Sd.
THE defalcations Of George p. Brown,
head OF the big wool firm Of Boston,
who absconded last summer, are placed
at 81, 700, $40. What became of the huge
sum no one knows.
EARLY vegetation was much damaged
in the South by frosts Of the lst and I'd.
Two rescued seamen OF the Inflated
schooner Belle Higgins were asphyxi-
ated in their room at New York, having
blown out the gas for a candle