Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-10-01
EDITORIAL NOTES.

GUATEMALA is threatened with a
revolution.
HORRIBLE tales of suffering from
famine is reported from Russia.
FRED DOUGLAS announces that he
has permanently retired from poll,
tics.
TIE walls of suffering will follow
the rush to the newly opened lands
in Oklahoma.
AT Melbourne serious epidemic
of influenza prevails. Justice Webb
has just died of the disease.
Il BANK, grocery and furniture
stores and several shops burned
Monday at Laguon, Ill. Loss, $751;
900.
RUSSIA is erecting barracks at
Shikh Junid, or the Kushk river,
and has increased the garrison at
Yucatan.
THERE is talk of Minister Pat
Egan being Withdrawn from Chill.
Blair is mentioned as a successor in
case he is withdrawn.
IT is said that the treasury of
fcials are now compelled to hustle
in order to raise the money that is
needed to pay current expenses.
The Worlds Fair power plant
will be of $4,000 horse power, and
will require the services of $50
engineers, fremen and attendants.
Mrs. SUSAN GALE Cook, of Ten
nessee, is now Permanent Secretary
OF the Board of Lady Managers,
having been elected at the Septem-
Der meeting.
The Ohio Republicans are dis
tressed over the fact that Gen.
Grosvenor is on his way home and
will probably want to make some
speeches. They say he mas a habit
of saying the wrong thing at the
wrong time
IT is said that the Ohio incum-
bents of Office in the Washington
department are assessed 5 per cent
of their salaries for the Mckinley
campaign fun d and that they are
kicking as in previous campaigns it
was only 5 per cent.
The late amendment to the con-
stitution relating to the legal rate of
interest is now in full force and eff
feet, being part of the constitution
and the Supreme court having de-
declared that such a constitutional
provision is self executing.
IT is said that the authorities at
Washington are not alarmed over
the situation there, but will keep a
weather eye on the junta for arrest
ing American citizens and watch the
result Of that Gordon. of police
around the American legation.
The lottery campaign in Louisi-
ara is fierce. A mass meeting and
barbecue advertised by the party in
favor of granting an extension of
the lottery's charter was not held
by order of thosesin Sabine, Parish,
the other day, for fear of coils
sion and bloodshed.
TIE opening of the Government
town site at Chandler in the Sac
and Fox reservation Tuesday was |
with the booming of small |
arms, and a mass of 5000 excited |
men and women made a rush, and
many are reported killed and |
in the rush.
Coz. RABIES, of the Fifth infant
~, Mexican army, stationed. at Mat
amoras, has been arrested and in
company with Gen. Corlina, under |
arrest, was sent to Vera Cruz on a |
Mexican gun boat. The cause is
uppOoSu W DO oOLhO COuuSCUlOu
with the late revolution.
The Good Sumartans of the Cum
berland Presbyterian church of |
Paris are engaged in the laudable
undertaking of rails ng funds to build
a city hospital. Two years ago they
a small hospital and have
since maintained it and now necessi-
ty demands its enlargement
North CAROLINA has LAG cotton |
mills in operation. These will con-
sumo this year about 100000 bales
Of cotton. Texas has few. If she
bad more she would be more pros !
porous. She leads the sisterhood |
Of states in raising the feecy staple |
and should lead them in it's manu-
facture.
AUSTIN has declared the Salvation
Army nuisance, and the two drum
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