Thomas County cat., 1890-12-04
KANSAS.

Queen Regent Emma of Holland accepts
he regency during the minority OF tn le-
year-old queen, her daugater.
Two hundred thousand dollars worth of
lumber has been burned on the docks at Che
boygan, Wisconsin,.
The schools OF Madison, Wisconsin, have
been closed on account of the prevalence of
dIph,her!a. There were five deaths in one
day.
The prime minister of Belgium has intro
ducei bill providing for an extension of
the franchise. There Is general rejoicing
among the people.
The Nebraska state militia has been or
dered to prepare for service at once, and
Chicago dispatch says that Bill Cody IS TO
command them.
As preventive of cholera infection the
Pennsylvania state board of health recon-
mends that rags from SPAN shall no. be
permitted TO be landed.
Oklahoma has arran ged to imprison all of
its conyicts IN the Kansas penitentiary at
Lansing, paying the state of Kansas % cents
day for keeping each man.
Governor Richardson. of South Carolina,
has sent militia to points in Sumter county
to quell a riot started 10y the forcible release
from the guard house Of two colored men.
The world is surfeited just now with long
dispatches about Stanley and his officers II
the African expedition. They are full OF
scandals and dreadful things, which are as
serted and denied by both sides.
An order has been issued in Nebraska to
the first regiment, national guards, to be in
readiness for marching orders at days no.
tice. This is on account of the general In
dian scare IN the northwest.
Florida has declared quarantine against
horses and cattle from Texas aud all points
west of the Mississippi river and south of the
Arkansas river. until glanders has ceased to
exist IN that region.
Europe is covered with snow from Eng
land to the Black sea. The railways in east
ern Europe are more or less blockaded; even
Paris has several inches, while heavy frosts
and SHOWS are reported everywhere.
The terrible condition of the working
women in Paris has at last attracted the at
tention of the French government, and in
quIries are being made with a view of adevi-
ating some of their sufferings.
The United States life saving service en-
braced at the close of the last fiscal year 2.:S3
stations, 116 being on the Atlantic, forty six
on the lakes, ten ON the Pacific and one at
the falls OF the Ohio, Louisville, ny.
Judge Nelson, of the United States circuit
conrt, at st. Paul, Minn., decides that the
Minnesota law prohibiting the sale of leo
margarine is void IN SO far II relates to
imported original packages of that article.
A hundred and fifty men have been dis
charged at the Union Pacific shops at Omaha.
The four other shops in Nebraska have been
also cut down, both in number of men en-
ployed and in hours of work.
e.
the effects of the famine arising from the
failure of the potato crop. Thirteen families
on the Blake estate have asked the parish
priest to point out some means 10y which they
may avoid starvation.
The French tariff committee has raised the
import duty on mutton from > TO 3 francs
per one hundred kilos, and has imposed
duties of 20 francs per 100 kilGs on pork
and butchers meat. 10 francs on smoked or
salted pork and y francs on salt beef.
The United States charge d'afaIres at
Madrid. through the secretary of state, re-
ports 5.493 cases and ;. 2.S21 deaths from chol-
era in Spain, excepting in Barcelona since
the outbreak of the disease and up to Octo-
ber -. There were twenty deaths reported
in Barcelona.
The accounts of the postmaster at New
Orleans for the first twenty-five days of
November have been received at Wa hing
ton. They show that the receipts for the
period were s., l,12i, against S33.552 for the
first twenty-five days last year, when the lot
terry was IN full force.
Internal revenue receipts for this year show
gain of S12. .000, 900 over last year: with an
estimate of s., 100000 more when the bust
ness of the year is concluded. This, not
withstanding the reduction of tax on tobacco
and snuff and the repeal of the law imposing
Sparial taxes on llnuor dealers
Judge Blodgett, of the United States dis
trict court, at Chicago, decides that mer-
chant must testify when called upon as 10
whether he gets any rebate privileges from
any railroad. The question now goes to the
supreme court. Without such testimony
prosecutions under the interstate commerce
law are of no avail.
An epidemic of influenza prevails at Fuenf-
kirchen, Hungary. One thousand persons
in the place are suffering from the disease.
The medical Office has summoned a confer
ence of the doctors to decide what course 10
follow. Many cases of the disease resemble
typhus fever, while Others are attended with
a copious hemorrhage of the intestines.
Il go TO Washington" said General Miles
when leaving Chicago, 'to confer with the
general of the army concerning the Indian
situation. Yes, the situation is grave" he
continued, land the necessity for a vigorous
campaign Is becoming more and more appar-
ent. We are probably face to face with
winter campaign. The hostile Indians ought
to be compelled TO surrender and they ought
to be dlsmounted and disarmed, and they
will be. That is all can say"
Lard Legislation.