The Delta independent., 1890-06-10
BY TELEGRAPH.


teachers are in session at Hastings.
Five persons were killed by cy-
clone at Bradshaw, near York, Nebraska.
A free coinage bill lacked only one
vote of passing the lower house of Con-
gress.
An,Engish syndicate has obtained
control of the great Touring mills at Min
neapolis.
One hundred and twenty Mormon
converts arrived in New York Wednesday
morning.
The Mississippi River rose three
feet in twelve hours at Davenport the
other day.
Chauncey NJ. Depew spoke to 5000
persons on the Worlds FAIR at Chicago
the other day.
England is sending war ships to
New Foundland in anticipation of trouble
with the natives.
Mrs. j. S. Swain, who was person
ally acquainted with George Washington,
has just died at the age of lOl years.
An explosion occurred on a steamer
lnden with oil at Philadelphia, destroying
the ship and causing the death OF three
persons.
The whole of the country comprised
in Arrucania, Chilli, is infested with
horde of bandits, and atrocious crimes
are succeeding each other with alarming
rapidity.
Six naval cadets deserted from
United States vessels at Mediterranean
ports because they did not want TO go 70
Brazil with the feet. They were arrested
and sent home.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
has decided that when man orders meal
at a restaurant he can eat as much as be
wishes of it and put the rest in his pocket
if he wants TO.
President Carnot has granted par
don TO the Duke of Orleans, who was sent
to prison in February last for violating
the decree Of exile issued against the
members of his family.
The Democratic convention of the
Thirteenth Illinois Congressional District
rcnominated Hon VIM. NJ. Springer for
Congress by acclamation. This is Mr..
Springer's ninth nomination.
Incomplete returns from all coun-
ties in Oregon give Hermann (Rep.) for
Congress s,e77 majority, and Pennoyer
tDem.) for Governor 3. 46G majority. 1t is
49,
by the Official count
An American syndicate is anxious
10 treat with the Russian government for
a concession for Siberian railway. The
Russian press and government officials
are not taking kindly to the project The
government itself is disincllned to grant
the concession.
Eddie Abbott, very bright and at
tractive child, who has performed on the
stage with his father, was kidnapped at
Chicago not long ago by n woman who had
become infatuated with him. She brough,
him to Denver. where he was discovered
bya local detective and restored to his
father.
The bodies of two Mexican gam
'aNAS W "Atst AahAtN AbN huh"u, nave
been found in Zaputu County, Eear the
Mexican line. The heads from both
bodies had been severed. When last seen
the men had 81 900 and the money is miss
ing. Robbery is supposed to have been
the motive of the deed.
The Republican House caucus, af-
ter prolonged discussion, has instructed
its representatives in the House to insist
upon the service feature of the pension bill
and endcavor to secure the inclusion of n
provision that no pension shall be less than
50 per month.
a wreck occurred Thursday near
harrington Station on the Ohio River road,
a car jumping the track and going down 20
feet over trestle. Several of the oecu-
pants of the car, all Baltimore Il Ohio of
ficials, We're seriously but not fatally in
jured. 1t is a miracle no one was killed
outright
A delegation of about one hundred
Wednesday before the Senate Committee
on Finance to protest against the passage
of the Mckinley tariff bill Mr.. J. NJ.
Constable, of Constable, Arnold 4 Co,
was the chief spokesman for the delesa-
tiou. He presented the formal protest OF
the importers of New York.
After Mr.. Flower had introduced his
resolution for Congress- TO appropriate
S2aoooo for the Grant monument at
New York, he received dispatch from
Congressman Joe Allen, of Mississippi, as
follows: Withdraw your resolution The
Confederate soldiers will build nonu,
meut to Grant, to be located here, to be
inscribed: "To u generous foe, bv his
late advcrsaries."
Louis Marks. a New York census
enumcrator, met with n warm reception in
liquor store in East Forty-fifth street
last Monday. He was unccrcmonousiy
hustled out amid a volley OF beer glasses.
Marks then returned to the place under
police protection, but was unable to pro
euro the information he desired. He no.
ported tho matter to tho main ofiice and
was told to write out his story which would
bo forwarded to Washington.
The heroism OF u Omaha boy named
Mike Haley prevented wreck of the
Union Pacific flyer between Omaha aud
South Omaha Mt plM,e called Summit
Young Hnlcy nnv two mon nm lock n sxvit oh