Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-08-20
GENERAL NEWS.
The Happenings of a Week
DOMESTIC.

initiated INTO bne Ofdef at Buiiaios N
H., In 1884.
Heavy rains in Kansas have improved
the outlook for large corn crop.
II is reported that 10000 negroes are
to colonize In California with the assist.
ance OF Senator Stanford.
Sixty days after the next national
democratic convention Is the time
agreed upon by the executive committee
OF the national association OF democrat
ic clubs, for that organization TO meet
Creditors of Howell, Jcwett & Co., al
Atchison, have organized the Western
| Lumber Company. and absorbed GER
tRin western yards for their claims tax
ing stock pro rata
BY collision on the Grand Rapids
and Indiana railway Tuesday the engiu
Ger OF passenger train was crushed tC
! death and his fireman fatally injured.
Jealousy caused a woman to attempt
the destruction OF the family and resi-.
dence OF DIR. r. M. Juveual in Kansas
City, Kan, with dynamite, but beyond
a slight injury to the doctors wife. no
one was injured, though the building
was greatly damaged.
Reports Of the hay crop from the
counties Of twelve states show that
while in some states it is large. in Others
the yield is light. The best yield is in
the states of Missouri, Kansas and
Nebraska
Several citizens of Morgantogn, Ia 4,
have been arrested for destroying sa-
loon with dynamite last fall.
1t is probable that the Peoples Saw
ings bank, OF Atchison, Kans., which
failed last winter will pay its creditors
in full.
Secretary of State William Higgins,
OF Kansas, Tuesday, wrote letter to
the New York Voice, in which he adj
vocated the removal of prohibition in
Kansas from politics. as he considers
prohibition fixture in Kansas.
Senator Palmer addressed a great
crowd at Moberly, Mo.
The Chickasaw nation Is said TO be
literally overrun with horse thieves.
The first government experiment with
explosions produced rain in Texas.
Sedgwick county, Kansas, offers to
help the grasshopper sufferers in Ohio.
Chas. p. Windus of Minneapolis, ran
away with two married women at once.
A report on the Texas cotton crop
prepared by the Galyastan- Dallas News
shows the acreage to be 10 per cent.
anu tue COHulliOn 10 DtT GGll,
better than last season.
The body of Miss Lulu Bowling Of
Nashville was found in the woods near
Bradyville, Tenn. The young woman
had been bitten in several places by
rattle snake as was shown by discolored
places on her body. Coled by the side
of the body was the reptile.
Colored people held picnic at Hunts
grove near Cincinnati There was
plenty Of whisky and numerous razors
and pistols Two colored women
fought about man until both fell ex-
hausted from loss OF blood. A ring OF
of spectators witnessed the fight The
men then became excited and indulged
in a free-for-all fight and three were
seriously injured.
Manris Tabaschneider, years old,
fell from the fifth floor of New York
tenement but his name struck the
ground first and he received only
slight bruises.
Fourteen persons were crushed TO
death on an excursion barge in Cold
Spring Harbor, Long Island, by the
hurricane deck, which was blown in
during thunder storm.
James Russell Lowell, poet and dip
Tomato, died at Cambridge, Mass.
George Jones. ediror OF the New York
Times. died at Poland Springs, Me,
aged So
President Harrison has instructed the
secretary OF state and the secretary OF
the navy to keep him informed as to de-
velopements in the seizure OF the Pa
cifc Mail steamship, City OF Panama,
by San Salvador.
Miss Zerlina Rosenfeld has recovered
5000 and costs from ex-Cougressman
John NJ. Glover for services as type
writer in New York.
At Springfield. ILL.,. Ex-Governor st.
John delivered low tariff speech
Three thousand dollars in gold was
mysteriously stolen from the Merchants
National Bank of Omaha. Neb. Sus-
picion has fallen upon Paul b. Tate, a
book keeper, who has disappeared.
A clerk in store at Skylight KY.
killed himself because he learned that
his sweetheart was going TO elope with
the proprietor of the store. The pro
prietor did elope and is now under ar
rest in Ohio for embezzling his child
ren's legacy.
IL is reported that J. o. Wayne. bus
mess agent for the Georgia state farm
ers alliance, is a defaulter to the
amount of $4,000,
The Hon. Frederick Douglass, Unite
States minister TO Hayti. rendered his
resignation to the department OF state.
The letter of resignation bears date
July 3O AR. Douglass does not give
his reasons for resigning.
Monday Aug. TO- was the hottest day
in twenty years at New York. Many
persons we're stricken dead or driven in
sane by the heat
A case OF cholera is said to have de-
veloped in Springfield. Ohio.
Secretary Tracy is anxious to have
portion of the naval squadrons ascend
the Mississippi river as far as Nicks-
burg. He is advocating the building of
light-draught war vessels for river SER
vice.
A steamer has been carried overland
with which to navigate the Green and
Colorado rivers. The vessel is named
after Major Powell
1t has been decided to hold the New
York democratic state convention at
Saratoga, Sept. 10.
Edward V. Atwood, a railway trader |
in the New York exchange, has made
$3.50, 600 in the last few days.
AnOLnef Deer war Is ray lslS III nan" 1
sas City between local and foreign deal |
ers.
A new law in Georgia makes that
state prohibition state, except in in
corporated cities.
John Lynch, Philadelphia butcher
married a gypsy queen at Elyria o.
The visible supply OF wheat Monday |
was 1854, 034 bushels, an increase Of
LIS. 93l bushels, and corn $500, 447 /
bushels, a decrease Of 72,9 $40 bushels.
A trio Of sharpers in Chicago made
all the way from $780, 600 to $3.50, 600 by /
a bogus building association scheme.
Miss Jennie Anderson shot and killed
a negro who entered her home at 10
o'clock in the morning, in Galveston
Texas.
Denver was defrauded out Of s26, 14s,-
A. during the term of City Treasurer
Place.
The national association Of journey
men stonecutters, In session at Cleve-
land. adopted a resolution protesting
against the competition Of convict labor