The Dickinson press., 1891-01-03
1891 JANUARY. 1891
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TIMELY TOPICS TERsELY TOLD.

Mere Mention Made Of Minor Matters of
Moment.
The car has ordered 1000 alien
workmen expelled from Russia.
A citizen of Paxton was sand-bagged
and robbed Of $4,000 at Chicago.
Thirty persons have been frozen to
death while crossing Russian steppes.
A New York syndicate has purchased
a Cuban sugar estate for $500, 600 in
gold.
Three men were killed as the result
OF Christmas day quarrels, at Birming-
ham, Ala.
Ex-King Milan of Servia is at present
In the Highlands of Scotland on a shoot
ing expedition.
The family of Senator Ingalls, were all
together at Atchison Christmas day for
the first time in five years.
Eight of the jurymen who tried Ey-
raud have signed n petition for q COM
mutation of his sentence.
Fire Friday evening destroyed the
planning mill of Almos & Co., Sioux
Falls, S. d. Loss, $1,000; insurance,
S $4,000.
Heavy snow storms, accompanied by
high winds, prevailed in the East Fri
day. Travel was almost blocked in con-
sequence.
A mother and three children were
burned to death ut Rochester, N. Y. The
mother lost her life in attempting to
a W her children.
The election of Senator Dubois, Of
Idaho, gives Yale six senator's; tho
others are Erarts, Dawes, Gibson, VOL
colt, and Higgins.
Two workmen were killed, a young
lady and another workman fatally
wounded by a boiler explosion in q
Newark lumber mill.
The first monument to fernando Cor
tez, the c%onqueror of Mexico, has been
unveiled in his native city of Madelia,
in ~Estremadura. Spain.
Four prisoners in the Newport, KY,
Jail, by a daring and we'll arranged
plot succeeded in making their escape
at an early hour Monday evening.
A mar named Kellogg claims 100
acres of land, including part of Bloom
ington, Ills, He bases his claim on the
insufficient validity of a tax title.
A Berlin letter says that the emperor
is following the example of Frederick
the Great in existing the tallcss men
that can BIZ found for his guards.
Italian railway travel is much i'm
peded by the floods which have followed
heavy SHOWS. In the district of Naples
traffic is almost completely at a stand
still.
Large numbers of Armenians arc emf
grating to Great Britain and Russia to
which they are subjected by the Turks
and kurds.
President Marvin Hughitt, of the Chi
cago & Northwestern, denies the report
that his company has purchased the
Escanaba, Iron Mountain & Western
railroad.
Three thousand invitations have been
sent abroad for the South Dakota in
augural ball, which will take place at
Pierre on the night of the assembling of
the Legislature, Jan. 8.
-Four hundred and six Italian paupers
arrived in New York. They were evi-
IDENTIFY the output of some poor house in
Italy. They were penniless and dirty,
and will be sent back to Italy.
1t has been generally understood that
the Great Northern would cross the
Cascade mountain through Cadey's
pass, but the indications now are that
the comany has adopted the Indian OF
Sank pass.
A Chicago paper says that the Illinois
Central has completed arrangements
for terminal Improvements in that CITY
to cost IS, 000, 600 to S. ,000, 900 for which
a special bond issue is to be made.
The floating population of Buenos
Ayres can find no employment owing to
the industrial and financial strineency
and a revolution, or attempt at one
might result in widespread disaster.
Mexico has just sentenced q sort Of
Jack the Ripper, Francisco Guerrero,
known as Gel Chalequero," is his name.
His oifenses were murder and outrages.
He will be officially fired full of lead.
The queen has sent her approval, but
not a check, to the church army labor
home scheme, which is the rival Of Gen.
Booths Salvation Army plan for the
redemption of Darkest England"
The little military force attached to
the Vatican is to be reorganized at the
beginning of the year to bring its eff
cheney up to a standard more in accord
ance with the troops of fellow sover-
eign's armies.
1t is announced that within a short
time Senator Quay will publish a state
nent relative to the charges against his
public and private character so freely
circulated several months prior to the
election.
The Northwestern Methodist Episco-
pal university ordered removed from
Galena, ILL.,, by the last Iowa confer.
ence, has been located ut Charles City,
The board of trustees decided in favor
Of Charles City on condition that thai
town should donate $4,000 and a ten.
acre site.
The Portuguese government has
granted valuable concessions in the dis
puted portion of Manicaland, South
Africa, to an English company. which
is actively campaigning in London il
behalf of the Portuguese claims, and
against the British South African com
pany.
Tho friends of Gen. Booth claim that
that the resignation of COMMISSIONS,
Smith and the assertion that the genera.
is not author of "In Darkest England,
are incidents in a plan formed and per
sistently followed by leading ecclesias
tics Of the established church to breal
down Booths scheme for the relief q
suffering mankind.
WASHINGTON. Dec. so.-Capt. Carroll
Alaska delegate from that territory t,
congress, says that if congress did no
think Alaska of enough importance t.
give it all the facilities and rights it hat
granted every other outlying settlement
of the government, he was empowered
to offer the sum of $l4, 900 for the terri
tory, and would pay it over in $40 golt
pieces at the shortest notice. This offer
he said, vas bona fide.
Friday, Dec. 28.-House: When tn
house was called to order at noon Their
were about fifty members present. M,
Mckinley moved that when the hous