Thomas County cat., 1890-04-24
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Prairie fires are doing damage to fences
and farm property in Wisconsin.
A steamer running between Saganaw and
Bay City, Michigan, ran into bridge, which
swept off its upper works. Eight lives were
lost.
The congressional committee on private
land claims proposes new court, to have
jurisdiction of the numerous land claims In
Arizona and New Mexico, to consist of
chief justice and two associates.
The striking carpenters of Chicago have
building oprations at their mercy. Wher-
ever nOn-union carpenters are put to work
the masons and bricklayers ON the same job
quit immediately.
Railroads, generally, have been laying in
heavy supply of soft coal. in preparation
for the strike of the Illinois, Indiana and
Pennsylvania soft coal miners on May 1.
Nearly all the trades societies in London
have signed manifesto calling FOR a demon
stration in Hyde Park, on May 4, in support
of the eight hour movement.
The upper Mississippi is down so low that
steamboats, can not run. and the lower Mis-
sissippi Is up SO high that towns are flooded.
The Mississippi, like the English language,
is somewhat freakish.
Miss Marg-ets Blaine and Walter DAM
rosch are to be married May IL. 1t is ex-
pected that they will spend the summer
abroad: going in company of the Carnegies,
who sail May %.
Committees from the County alliance,
union labor and other labor organizations,
have been in secret session at Wichita, and
decided to hold convention on the 18th of
May to place a county ticket in the field.
The lower house of the city council of
Kansas City passed, by unanimous vote,
the ordinance fixing eight hours as a days
work for all city employees, and for all labor
ers employed on city contracts.
The Austrian miners strike movement is
the military occupied the mining district and
expelled all agitators from the pits. In
conflict with the troops two of the men were
wounded.
The Loyal Legion celebration. at Phila-
delphia, closed with a reception in hor of
B. Hayes, and for three hours a old
ream of people poured through the doors
of tie academy and paid their respects to the
guest of the evening.
The senate worlds fair committee deter
mined to report the worlds fair bill favora-
bly, to the senate, with the name of Chicago
in the bill, but with Daniels amendment,
which provides for celebrations in Washing
ton and New York added.
The grand duke Michael Mikelovich, son
of the grand duke Michael, and aid -de-camp
of the emperor, has been ordered to the Cau-
cacus for three years. This is due to the op-
position of the czar to the projected marriage
between his cousin ard daughter of Count
Ignatieff.
Sixty-five cardinals have died since the
present pope became the head of the church,
and the sacred college is now compose al
most entirely of new men. Only sixteen of
the present cardinals were under the late
pope, and one of these is seriously ill, while
several others are over 50 years old.
A big failure in the silk trade is announced
in New York, that of the well known firm of
Lewis Frank i Co., raw silk importers, Ill
Grand street, who are also manufacturers OF
their own silk at Patterson, NJ. Liabilities
are said to be upward of 5000 with NOM
inal assets of 81 100000.
Samuel J. Randall died at Washington, d.
c., at O'Clock Sunday morning, April Ii.
His death had been expected at almost any
moment for number of days. He had been
an invalid for five years; but, up to twenty
days ago, he believed he would get up again.
He joined the Presbyterian church in Feb
ruary.
A 5000 gallon water tank, weighing, with
its contents, over twenty tons, crashed
through the roof of the Park theatre, in Phil
adelphia, wrecking in its descent the paint
frame, some of the scenery and about one
half of the stage. The tank went clear
through to the cellar, where everything was
flooded.
The senate has bill to provide for the es-
tablishment of a court to investigate claims
on account of Indian depredatiOns. The
president is authorized by it to appoint three
commissioners, who shall receive $1,000
year each, and sit for four years from date
of their first meeting, when the court shall
be dissolved.
Senator Cameron has introduced service
pension bill which has been approved by the
Pennsylvania Service association. 1t pro-
vides that all persons who served in the late
war shall receive a pension of So per month,
and in addition per diem pension OF cent
for every days service. Widows shall be en-
titled to a pension of So.
Stock men are shipping cattle into the
Cherokee strip in defiance of the presidents
proclamation. Hundreds of train loads of
them are being sent there. The cattle are
being billed to Kansas, but when the cars
get there the car doors are opened and the
cattle unloaded there. 1t is estimated that
1000 head of cattle are being shipped in there
every day in this manner in spite of the vigi-
lance of the military.