The Delta independent., 1891-02-03
BY TELEGRAPH.

du Tue DullulhS "a a AhtoA
depot, TO cost $500, 900.
1t is now certain that $50 men lost
their lives in the explosion at the Nam
moth mine in Pennsylvania.
The town Of Bluefield, West Vir-
ginia, is terrorized by dynamiters VINO are
trying to blow up residences.
Fiity-two persons were killed by the
explosion at the liberia colliery at Gal
senterch, Germany, on the 25th.
The train carrying the Seventh
cavalry across Kansas was wrecked on
the 26th. Two men were killed and
number injured.
William Gay Ballantyne. professor
Of Greek at Oberlin college, has been
elected president of that college, succeed
ing Charles S. Fairchild.
A barbed wire trust has bought the
Washburn- -Moen patents for 100000.
Manufacturers not in the pool or trust will
be driven out Of business.
Z Settlers near Hallock, Minnesota,
have applied to the governor of Minnesota
for arms. The Indians near the Lake OF
the Woods are said to be ghost dancing.
A compromise has wisely been
made between the Republicans and Dem
ocrats Of the Montana legislature. and the
business OF the session will be resumed.
The Indians at Lower Brule and
Crow Creek agencies in Dakota, are now
receiving the aunuities due them last fall.
Tney have suffered keenly by the long de-
lay.
The storm which passed over the
eastern part of the country on the 25th
was very severe and nearly cut Oh the
business Of telegraph and telephone CON-
panies.
At Kansas City more than a dozen
stock shippers have been arrested for
cruelty By shipping hogs and cattle in the
same cars. Many animals were killed or
crippled in this manner.
The female crusaders who have
been under bonds for year past in La
throp, Missouri, have been acquitted in
the criminal cour; for raid;ng q saloon
There is great rejoicing.
A dispatch from Chilli says the
rebels have bombarded Corona and that
several persons were killed and wounded
The government troops are trying to sur
round the Insurgents in the Coquimbo
district.
In Dubuque, Iowa, Joseph Kuhn. a
Russian Jew, has had two OF his country
men arrested for an alleged conspiracy to
kill him. He is charged with mutilatlon
OF the bible which in Russia is punishable
with death.
The will of the historian, George
Bancroft has been probated in Washing
ton. His works, papers and personal eff
fects are 10 be sold and the proceeds go
into trust fund for the benefit Of his
relatives.
The New FORK City police captains
gave their annual banquet at Delnonico's
on the Goth. Ex- President Cleveland was
present, with other prominent guests, and
delivered an address in response TO the
toast: "Our Country
The story comes from Lewiston, Ida
ho, claiming tha; Robert Ray Hamilton is
alive and has gone 10 Australia or Alaska
under an assumed name. The alleged
corpse of Hamilton found in Snake river
was substitute placed there by HamiI-
ten.
Liquor men in Chicago have brought
suit to compel the mayor to issue liquor
licenses in Hyde Park, where mos, of the
Worlds Fair is to be held. Judge McCon-
mel has decided that prohioitory ordin-
ance covering the Hyde Park district is
valid.
A high license act passed both
branche. of the New Mexico Assembly.;I,
provides that liquor license in towns Of
l,Ooo inhabitants and less shall be 800 q
year, payable upon receipt Of license, and
no license issue for less than one year. In
towns and precincts of less than 200 peo-
pie, 5000, and in towns Of over 9, 200, Sl0O
There are thirty-four dram shops in Santa
Fe, two-thirds OF which are low dives that
Following is the description given
Of Judge PETER the new Senator from
Kansas: Judge PETER is IN even six feet
tall He is quite as slim as MIR. ingalls,
being unusually narrow -chested and lank
of limb. Thick black hair grows over his
low, retrcating forehead. His black eyes
shine deep under n heavy brow. The
lower features of his face are concealed by
heavy black beard, which reaches quite
to his waist His voice is deep and gut
teral, but has pleasant quality. His
manner of speaking is slow and deliberate,
but not hcsitating. In an interview he
outlined his policy. He said he favored
tho absolute unlimited coinage of silver
and conservative expansion of currency
along other lines. He was in favor, he
said, of protection to home industries, but
he believed that the present protection by
Ia riff Us general principle was wrong.
The high tariff should be called in to aid
only the individual struggling industries
He now favored an average ad valorem
duty Of 20 per cent. He was opposed to
tho force bill.
Omaha citizens are much exerci Sc d
over telegram received from Gould by
Union Pacific officials ordering work on
the union depot discontinued and all un.
used material to be removed from the
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