Thomas County cat., 1890-09-11
LATEST NEWS.

Condensed for the Conven;onco
Of Hurled Readers.
Roy Wilkes paced half mile over Will
iiams' track, at Independence. Ia, IN the face
of heavy wind in the unprecedented time of
1:0113. This is the fastest half mile trotted
or paced by any horse.
The Barrillas government has decided to
exile the daughter of General Barrundia who
attempted the life Of Minister Mizner. This
is done out of defercTce to Miners wishes.
He does not want her prosecuted. 49,
A rebellion against the methods of Presi-
dent Stuyvesant Fisk. of the Illinois Central
railroad, Is on among the stockholders; who
say that the company is practically on the
verge of ruin through the mismanagement
of its affairs.
Valparaiso and Santiago. the two principal
cities of Chilli, are in the hands of riotous
m0bS.
Leavenworth packers are offering $3.50
per barrel for Jonathan apples. Producers
are holding out for SIS. The Jonathan is
used exclusively, when it can be had. for
making jelly; but it Is a good apple for all
purposes.
A train on the New York Central system
was wrecked near Castleton. Vermont. Two
sleepers rolled over and three other coaches
left the track. No passengers badly hurt.
mass of railroad iron and ties had been
placed on the track.
The opinion of experts. both British and
Austrian, concur as to the admirable condi-
tion of the German feet, ami the Won rful
developments of the navy. which. although
the creation of recent period, is as perfectly
organized as any in the world.
The state treasurer of Indiana has refused
to pay the installment due of the governors
salary, because the statutes prohibit him
from paying any creditor of the state, if by
so doing he will not have enough for the
states benevolent institutions.
Within few hours after the Minneapolis
Tribune had removed tine last of its ma
chinery from the building which it has occu-
pied temporarily TO its own new structure,
the deserted quarters took fire and the build
ing was damaged to the extent of $4,000.
A committee of American consuls at
meeting in Berlin, presided over by Consul
General Edwards, approved the decision of
the Frankfort and Paris meetings in favor
of an equal application of the provisions of
the Mckinley bill to all European countries.
A two year old child, in baby carriage,
fell from a roof in New York city. five stories
down TO the street, upon bale of rags. The
carriage was shattered, but the baby was
bounced upward and caught in the arms of
Young man standing near. 1t was not in
jured.
A delegation of Illinois Central trainmen
called upon General Manager Beck, with the
new schedule of wages they asked. Mr..
Beck promised to give them an answer ten
days hence. The new scale provides for an
to 80 per cent.
The Mississippi constitutional convention
is considering a resolution to the effect that
the American union and the people thereof a
part of the American nation, and a. at
tempts to dissolve the said union shall be
resisted with all the power of the state"
Representative Quinn, of New York. has
offered resolution in the national house of
representatives, that the Judiciary committee
be instructed to inquire rs to need legisla-
ton to prevent corporations from employing
large bodies of armed men, known as ''de-
tectives," but clothed with no legal functions. |
The potters' national convention, which is |
a national di strict assembly of the Knights |
of Labor, took action at Toronto to leave the |
knights and set up separate trade OrganlZ- |
ton. Complaint is made that the numerous |
to help strikers had become too |
much of drain on the pockets of the work
ingmen.
Mrs. Miller, wife of the governor of North
Dakota, was compositor IN the little news
paper Office at Dryden, n. Y, when her hus-
band courted and married her. She dropped
into that Office the other day and set up
couple of stickfuls of matter just to show
that her fright hand had not forgotten its
The jobblng trade centering in. Kansas
City and supplying a territory for hundreds
of miles around has been unusually heavy |
during the past year, completely overreach-
ing any previous record. In some branches
an increase of even 80 per cent. has been
ceedingly bright.
Ex-senator Plat was offered the Spanish
mission two months ago, to fill the vacancy
made by the resignation OF Ex-Governor
Palmer, of Michigan. In declining the offer
Mr.. Platt said his private business would
allow him to accept no office. 1t is believed
that this statement applied also to the United
States SenatOrship.
Judge Phillips, of the United States dis
trict court, in session at Kansas City, Mo-,
ruled that corporation in failing cOndl-
ton has no right to prefer any one creditor.
When corporation, the court decided, is in
. failing condition, its directors become
trustees for the benefit of all the creditors.
and as such must treat all creditors alike and
cannot show preference between persons
whom it was their duty to protect.
At the Riggs farm. sixteen miles south of
Doand, Minnesota, while on the straw stack
at the threshing machine, Peter Peterson
was instantly killed by bolt of lightning
from an almost clear sky. The stack was
about fifteen feet high. As the bolt struck
the stack the fame ascended six feet and
burned hole from the top to the bottom of
he stack with sides as smooth as wall.
Stranger still the straw stack apparently did