Tombstone epitaph., 1891-03-01
NEWS BY WIRE.

anu WaSnlnStOn SHOW IuaJ suOW storm has prevailed since Sunday. The fall west of the Cascade mountains has generally been light, but in the eastern portion of the two states from five to eighteen inches have fallen. The railroads have experienced no trouble thus far.
 The Giobe-Democrat prints communication signed by Billy Simms and Sam Berliner, of San Antonio, off'ring a purse of $15, ,000 for finish fight with skin tight or two ounce gloves, between Bob Fi,zsimmons and Jim Hall, of Australia, the fight 10 come off during the San Antonio fair, in the last week in October or the first of November. Marquis of Queensbury rules to govern. As an evidence of good faith they will deposit $2,0O0 with Roche, of St. Louis, or Luke Short, of Fort Worth, as soon as the match is made.
 The British steamship Elvaston, the pioneer of new line between Bal timore ana Brazil, sailed this morning | for Rio Janeiro and Santos with full general cargo. including twenty freight oars and one passe ,ger car for the Sautos. It also carries the United States mails. Will return to Balti- more with full cargo of coffee.
 People continued going to the Cherokee strip yesterday, though in small numbers. During the afternoon the Secretary of the Interior wired that settlers on the Cherokee strip were there at their peril. A troop of cavalry will begin the work of ejecting the boomers tomorrow.
 Rev. N. R. Covert, of Findlay, O., has retained counsel 10 press the claims of himself and Mrs. Gen. John c. Fremont to the ownership of Bird island, in San Francisco bay. The amount involved is over $1OOOO,OO0. Gen. Fremont, when military governor of California, purchased the island from Mexico. The United States re- pudiated the purchase and declined to reimburse Fremont. but took posses sion and erected notifications and a lighthouse thereon at cost of $9. .00O,, GOO. Some time before he died, being low in funds. Fremont secured finan. cial aid from Covert, giving half option interest in the island.
 The silver pool Investigating con . mittee made it's report to ,he House last evening. The report, which is unanimous, gives the story of the in vestigarion alluding to the more i'm porant testimony, but not reviewing it in detail, dismisses the testimony of Mr Owensby as the product If a 'Romanrer," whose imagination IS no' restrained by the Limitations of the ruth. It concludes. after reviewing T! the evidence; "There is no evi 'lence that any Representative is now, or has been during the present session of Congress, directly, or indir, ely, in- terestel in silver bullion or certificates rep esenting silver bullion"
 The Southern Pacific Go. has made arrangements with the Santa Fe company to transfer all passengers to that road until the wrshouts in Arizona Can be repaired. Passengers arriving at Fl Paso and wishing to continue their journey to California will be transferred to the Santa Fe train and taken to California via Den yer and Ogden.
 A San Francisco dispatch says: me blockade on the A lantic and Pacific in California and Arizona, will be raised tonight when trains will leave for the east.
 John l.. Sullivan had a fight with brakeman at Athens, Georgia, in which he got black eye.
 Henry S. Ives, a young Napoleon of finance is back in Wall St. buying and selling railways
 Senator Stewart has secured an appropriation of S20O,OOO for the gathering of statistics relative to irri- gation. $4OO,00O has also been appro- priated for a public building site in San Francisco.
 A London special says: Slavin got in bar room quarrel with Mitch el and practically mopped the floor with him and inflicted injuries which confined him to his bed. -Advices from Chili state that the