Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-04
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nlsJ degree.
In Seymore, Ind, city Of less than
1000 inhabitants,there are over 1000
cases of grippe.
Ex,Congressman Perkins has been
appointed by Gov. Humphrey to take
the seat in the senate left vacant by
the death Of Senator Plumb.
General Montgomery G. Meigs,
United States engineer (retired),
died Saturday morning of la grippe
at his residence in Washington.
Influenza is rapidly spreading in
Belgium and Holland. In some dis
tricts of North Brabante every house
is infected. The epidemic is viru-
lent in Gothenburg, Sweden
A gentleman prominently con-
nected with the Southern Pacific
railroad states that the general Off
ces of that company would be re
moved from New Orleans to Hous-
ton, Texas.
The statement of the public debt
Just issued will show a decrease of
about $7,OOO,O00 in the amount of
cash available for the payment of
the debt since December ], when the
cash balance was Sl39, ,l26,9lS.
The cruisers San Francisco and
Charleston are lying near each other
in the San Diego harbor Captain
Remy has very little to say and Ad-
miral Brown says he has told all he
can until after congress re-assembles.
Operators in the Texas-Mexican
telegraph office at Laredo refuse to
handle Aransas Pass business which
was sent via Laredo for Corpus
Christi, and consequently nothin G
has gone through over that line to
the last named point.
The City of London Fire Insurance
company has decided to Withdraw
entirely from business in the United
States owing to the lack of profit.
The company will carry all its risks
in this country to maturity. The
Meriden, Conn, Fire Insurance
company has retired from business.
A Silverton, Colorado, special to
the Republican says that another
snow-slide has occurred there. Miss
Sadie Blickson was snow shoeing on
the mountain side opposite the town,
when slide started, carrying her
600 feet. A rescuing party were
aided IN finding her by discovering
her snow shoes protruding from the
snow. She was dead when taken out.
Since the explosion at Dublin
castle on Thursday last, the police
have been extraordinarily vigilant in
watching for suspected dynamiters.
OF course, it is by no means certain
that the castle explosion was attrib-
uted to that class of individuals, in
fact it is becoming the general opin-
ion that the whole affair was due
either to natural causes or to the de-
sire of the workmen employed about
the castle to obtain holiday, which
their masters had refused to grant
them.
Thomas Grief, of Chicago, has sued
Police Captain Mahoney and lnspec-
tor Lewis for $685. 900 damages. The
suit is based on the raid the police
made a few weeks ago on Griefs
hall in searching for anarchists.
Doors were forcibly opened and flags
and other property destroyed. Chief
of Police McCloughrey paid all bills
for the damage done, but
Grief takes the position that the
police interference was malicious
and without warrant. He claims
that the trespass resulted in the
death of his daughter who was lying
in bed seriously i'll at the time.
CARA has no less than 1000 active
followers scattered at various points
along the Texas border. The revo-
lutionists are we'll armed with repeat
ing rifles Of the latest pattern, and
side-arms. They are paid 50 per day
and given good supplies. The ranch
men who have come In contact with
eiarza within the last three weeks
etata that ha ia ahundantlv sunnliad