The Delta independent., 1890-01-07
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n, 200 an evening.
Gladstone celebrated his eightieth
birthday last Sunday.
Browning was buried Tuesday in
Westminster Abbey.
| Seventeen thousand coal miners are
on strike in Belgium.
The loyal palace in the suburbs OF
Brussels was burned to the ground New
Years Day.
hundred persons were more or
less injured by the falling Of An amphi-
theatre at Mexican bull fight last Sun
day.
The Vanderbilts gave J. Pierpont
Morgan silver service worth s5O, 900 as q
testimonial Of their appreciation of his SER
vices to them.
One thousand coal miners have been
thrown out of work by the closing of Con-
gresham Scott's collieries at Mt Carmel,
Pennsylvania.
The Massachusetts tariff reformers
gave their annual banquet Tuesday.
Speeches were made by Edward Atkinson,
Roger Q. Mills and others
Vice President Morton and Secretary
Blaine treated their New Years callers to
wine and punch. President Harrison set
nothing before his guests stronger than
coffee.
Capt OShea, ex-member of the
House Of Commons, has filed petition
for divorce from his wife on the ground OF
adultery, naming Charles Stewart Parnell
as the correspondent.
The provisional committee OF the
for national meeting at Cleveland. Jsuu-
ary p, for the purpose Of organizing n
| national association.
Thirty-two officers have been ar
rested in St Petersburg, charged with be
ing members Of a secret society, the obiec,
of which is to abolish the aristocracy and
establish constitutional monarchy.
A report comes from St. Petersburg
that there is some disa1ection in the army
and that several arrests have been made OF
opinions. The minister of war, it is said,
is redressing the grievances which gave
rise TO this disanection.
Tweuty-six persons, passengers on
the Chesapeake and Ohio train wrecked a,
White Sulphur Springs Saturday, have
signed paper stating that in their opinion,
after an examination, the cause Of the
wreck was rotten ties, defective rails and
a too high rate Of speed.
A dispatch from Grand Island, Neb.
says that Dane farm hand named Nels
Christensen was shot and fatally wounded
about fifteen miles northwest Of there
Thursday nigh, by another Dane, Nelson,
in quarrel over farmers daughter, to
whom both were paying suit
Gladstone has sent to the newspa-
pers a general reply of thanks to those
who sent him congratulations on the occa-
sion of his birthday. He refers to the in
diligence shown him in public estimation
of his parliamentary and public labor, and
says he hopes it will make him watchful to
avoid errors.
A train OF nineteen cars left Wichita
Wednesday night for the suffering dis
tricts in Stevens, Morton and HodSman
counties. loaded with clothing and food,
which have been collected from Sedgwick
and surrounding counties. Reports were
to the effect that several hundred person.
were suffering at present.
During the performance Of Joan
4. A l,,-S ,,-3&
day night the pyre used in the play became
ignited from the surrounding fire. Mad
anne Bernhardt who was on the pyre, re-
ce.ved no injury from the fire, but tainted
Two scene shifters were seriously burned
while extinguishing the fire.
In view of the perpetration Of var
ious heinous crimes in New Hampshire re-
Gently, Governor Godell has issued proc
lamation attributing them to the failure to
enforce the prohibitory laws and calling
ON all municipal and other officers and law
abiding citizens to use their best efforts to
wards securing their enforcement
Bradstreet reports l1,719 failures
in the United States for 1889, with liabili.
ties sl4o, Ss9, 400 and assets sc, ,59e, 16a.
This is the largest number Of failures and
greater liabilities than for any year in the
past five years. The increase in the num-
Der Of failures over lSSs is l,lsa; increase
in liabilities sao,ll7, ,lss, increase in assets
S, 5a9,SS
Senator Stanford, who, with his
wife, is fervent believer in the justice Of
woman's suffrage, has given $500 to Susan
b. Anthony towards printing and distrib-
uting pamphlets on the subject Five
thousand will be sent to South Dakota to
aid in the election which will be beld
there next fall to decide the question of
woman's right to vote.
The epidemic Of influenza continues
in Paris and there are no signs Of improve.
ment. In Munich the disease 10 increas.
ing. In Berlin It Is accompanied by den
que fever, attended by rheumatism and
rise Of temperature. Many officers Of the
Berlin garrison are affected. About one
third OF the military workmen at Spondou
are Ill with the disease.
A call has been issued for an Inter
state Convention Of cattlemcn, bankers
and merchants, to be held In Fort Worth
on March II. II emanates from the Cattle
Association of Texas, indcrsed by Gov