The Delta independent., 1891-04-07
BY TELEGRAPH.
Prince Napoleon left all his prop
erty to his son LOUIS,

Edwin Booth announces that he will
leave the stage after this week.
DIR. Howard Crosby, the eminent
Presbyterian preacher of New York, died
on the 10Th
The price of sugar dropped on the
1st in consequence of the operation Of the
Mckinley law.
Prince Bismarck was seventy-six
years old on the Ist-. He was honorcd by
great many OF his countrymcn.
The queen of the Hawaiian Islands
is having great deal of trouble in secur-
ing cabinet that suits the people.
The Canadian Pacific railroad has
secured right Of way into New York
City over the New York Central tracks.
Captain Galley. who has been court
martialed for dodging service during the
recent Indian outbreak. has been acquitted
OF the charge Of cowardice, rs 1t was
shown that he was sick.
The missionary schooner Chapman
was lost on the west coast OF Hayti,
November, 1890. She was bound from
Honolulu to Pitcairn Island. The crew,
numbering sixteen, were drowned.
Mr.. Romero. the Mexican minister.
says that tho United States department OF
state and the Mexican government were
in correspondence on tile subject oil
treaty of reciprocity between the two
countries. t.
other directors OF the Nicaragua canal
company who left New York two weeks
ago 10 inspect the canal, were wrecked
near their destination. They are supposed
10 have escaped karin.
4 dispatch from JeiIersonyillc, In
diana, says: The hydrophobia scare In
the upper end OF the county grows A
flock of sheep belonging to-George Bower,
whose horse weut mad two days ago, has
been attacked with the mnlady and had 10
be killed.
In eastern Kansas u fine system oil
robbery hns been brough, 10 light II was
carried on by two farmers whose wives
acted as spies and told their husbands
whey their ncighbors would be away from
homie, so that a raid on their property
might be safely iaado-
The cutlery exports from Sheffield
to tho United States during the las, quar-
ter were valued at Ea2, ,055. This shows n
largo decrease, ns for the same period in
1890 the exports amounted TO co., 600. This
failing OF in Shcffield's cutlery trade Is
attributed to the new American tarih, and
has resulted In many cutters being thrown
out OF work.
Tho Australian Federation Convcn-
tiSn has adopted tho clause OF the cons,i-
TUITION providing that the chief executive
of the federation should be known as the
governor general, and that he shall be
nppoiutcd by tho Queen. A proposition
that tho governor general should be elected
by popular vote was rejected by the con-
yoution BY vote OF - TO @.
a small, fairly bright comet, with
n tail fiftecn minutes long, was discovered
by Prof barnard Sunday nigh, a; tho
Lick Observatory. Al eight hours aud
thirty-four minutes It's position was right
nsccnsion one hour and ten minutes aud
ten seconds, north declinntion forty-sevcu
degrees and forty minutes. The comet is
moving rapidly southwark In the direction
of tho sun, one degree day. Its present
motion win soou carry it out OF sight in
the neighborhood Of the sun.
Judge Mcconnell, of Chicago, sent
j.. j. Hooper 10 tho, county jail for ninety
days for contempt OF court and held him
in s, ,ooo bail on the charge OF attempted
Jury briblng, Martin c. Shannon was
held In s2, 900 bail for alleged completely
In the crime. Tho case in which 1t is
alleged that tho two mon conspircd TO
defeat the ends of justice, was that of j..
Cottinghnm, who was sueing tho West
Chicago City Railway Company for SIS, 600
damages for personal injuries.
News hns been received from Fan
.zibnr OF the outbreak OF n revolution In tho
Comono Islands In the Mozambique chan
mel, about 800 miles northwest OF the Mad.
agascar coast. On tho island of Anjouan.
the natives, after tho death OF Sultan
Ad bdullsh, supplied themselves with
mr.. and spread over tho country massa.
crolng thrcc hundred people, carrying
destruction fur and wide. Tho war vessels
OF inc rIcucu eVuhuEou NOW III tGc waters
OF tho Indian ocean have been directed TO
proceed 10 the islands and put down the
insurgents. The Comono islands arc under
thc,Fyepch, but arc noninaily ruled by tho
Arabs. 49, ~5 tssG
:. IN. sthcl West Virginia railroad,
known s'tta. Camden system, 700 Italians
nrc working and II Is only once week
that news reaches them. At Alton, re-
ports of ,tho Now Orleans riot wcro re-
ccivod and while tho 1talians were
dis, ,ssing II among themselves, tho
for IN, Scotohman, named MoAuley,
sale tho people of New Orleans did right,
whcrcupon tho Italians killed him. They
then mutilatcd his body in terrible
manner. Tho excitement among the
Italians when they received tho particu-
! hrs Of. tho killing OF their oountrymcn
was intense. No arrests havo been made.
The Workmen's Congress Mt Paris
has adopted y programme embracing the
following propositions! That oight hours
constitute days work; that the minimum
OF wages DO fixed; that children under IA
be prohibited from working, that every
/, bedy declared by tho workmcn's syndicate
10 be unable to work receive public
support: thnt mustors be held responsible