Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-17
EDITORIAL NOTES.

in Ohio on the 17th
KAN1AL PAsHA, the deposed grand
yizier, is a virtual prisoner in his
own house
Ex-QUEEN NATALIE of Servia came
secretly to Paris to see her son,
King Alexander.
A syndicate of European capital
lists has offered to advance the CHILEAN
| junta 100000 to meet necessary re-
quirements.
The presidential election held in
Honduras last Sunday was quiet
Ponciano Leiba, the Progressist, was
most probably elected, badly beating
Barillas.
The italian '.itch" which attacks
rich and poor alike, has made its ap-
pearance at Morristown, Pennsyl-
vania, and is creating great conster-
nation.
THos. III. COOLEY chairman of the
inter state commerce commission has
rendered his resignation at Wash
ington, giving as his reason his fail
ing health.
Mas. SARAH VANNosTRAND cele-
brated her hundred and fourth birth
day at New York the other day and
is still hale and hearty. She never
wore corsets.
HEBREW ticket scalpers in New
York are engaged in violating the
immigration laws by furnishing
fraudulent bills of exchange to i'm
migrants, principally impecunious
Hebrews from Europe.
MISS LEE WILSON, daughter of ex-
Congressman Ben Wilson, of Clarks-
burg, W. Va, was married Tuesday
to Mr., Alfred Lee Wozencraft, of
Dallas, Texas. Bishop Kahn, of
Wheeling, oficiated at the wedding.
Louis LAYER, charged with the
murder of Mr.. and Mrs. Bushenha-
ger at Blumfeld, Conn.,, last week,
committed suicide by hanging him
self in his cell Wednesday night by
means of a sheet fastened to the
grating of the door.
KILOGRAMS from all parts of En-
gland contain the same tale of dam
aged crops. The havoc on the fruit
plantations is dreadful. There's no
gale now, but additional wet is like
~ to, complete the destruction of
the grain crops.
The CHILEAN government has
agreed to reimburse Uncle Sam for
the expense incurred in the chase of
the Itata, reconsideration of which
the case is to be abandoned and
that government freed from further
prosecution for violation of the
neutrality laws.
TRE suggestion made by promin-
ent members of the National Society
of the Sons of the American Revolu-
ton, and of the Sons of the Sons of
the Revolution, that October 18th
should be celebrated throughout the
world, as the Fourth of July is cele-
brated in the United States, is meet
ing general approval.
THE Waco Day says the pictures
of Balmaceda printed in this coun-
try make him look like every class
and conditions of mankind, from a !
New England gospel sharp to a.
Texas ranger captain from Ham
Gossett to Charlie Edwards. FL
Charlie Edwards don't resent that
well, he'll just take anything.
The Cardinal pinciple to which
the Alliance subscribes, the sub
treasury scheme, is wrong, and is at
present the cause of the internecene
fight in many portions of the union. !
1t has been the entering wedge that |
split the Alliance, some of the more
enlightened members refusing to
advocate any such an impractical
scheme.
The drawing of the color line in
Ohio, and that by Republicans,
when the Gibson House of Cincin-
natl refused to entertain Jno. P. |
Green, the "Ingersoll of Ohio"
should be made note of by the col |
ored people of the South for future
reference when the Ohio papers CON-
mence their TRADE of abuse against
the South for the way they treat the
negro, and then send the chicken |
home to roost."
The Dallas Times-Herald says the
State Alliance of Arkansas denoun-
ces Roger Q. Mills, and requests al
lance congressman to vote against
him for speaker. The Times-Her-
aid is beginning TO love Roger @.
Mills for the enemies he has made. |
The Macunes and the Featherstones
of this country can never strike HIM
down. Democrats who differed with
him IN the past will join hands with
his STRONGEST s1Dnorters aoainst fba