Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-05-12

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house dog Of the family. The dog
sprang upon him, fastened his sharp
teeth In his check, tore off the flesh till
the bones became bare and then de-
voured It greedily. In an instant il
attacked the breast. throat and eyes
with similar results The dog was at
length driven away, but the child died
within few hours.
THE appropriations of this session oi
the Fifty.second congress will aggregate
Sls5, 900, 900.
TnE international boundary survey
has been stopped by the Mexican gov
ernment failing TO make the necessary
appropriation.
The house committee on interstate
commerce will on May 81, grant hear
ing to delegates from boards Of trade
and to counsel for railway companies
on the bills now before the committee
providing for uniform bills Of lading fol
carriers engaged In interstate com
mercc.
While the west has been flooded, New
England lumbermen have been unable
to handle their cut on account of low
water in the rivers.
CoMMANDER-iN-Cn PALMER, of the
q. A. r., has suspended the commander
of the Louisiana department for deny
ing admission of colored members to its
recent encampment
TWENTY persons were poisoned by
eating fruit cake at the North Texas In
sane asylum.
THE fall of the roof of the Maclsin.
tosh Rubber factory at Manchester, En-
gland, resulted in death and injury to a
large number of employees.
THE mill and salt works Of the But
Ter & Peters Salt and Lumber Co, at
Ludington, Mich, was destroyed by
fire 1t cost $500. 900. Five hundred
men are thrown out Of employment.
Two slight earthquake shocks were
felt at San Reno, France, the other
day. The shocks caused no damage and
no alarm was excited among the in
habitants
CHARLES TANErIN, IL stevedore,
plunged into the furnace of the tug
Governor Irwin at san Francisco, and
roasted himself 10 death. Shortly be
fore dark Tanetin tried to jump into the
bay from the dock, but was restrained.
Then he asked permission TO go into the
Irwin's fireroom and warm himself. Be
fore the engineer could catch him his
body was cracking on the bed OF red
hot Goals, With the furnace tongs the
suicidcs's body was drawn out.
A SMALL cyclone accompanied the
rain north Of Guthrie, Ok, and did con-
siderable damage The houses OF John
Davis, Henry Smith and John Crockett
were carried some distance by the wind
and badly injured. Many barns and
other buildings were also destroyed.
THE Holy Rose, which the pope be
slows every year upon some Roman
Catholic princess 'for virtue" fell this
year to the queen of Portugal Its esti-
mated value Is $4,000. The stem is Of
selid gnld and n1aa sl1ree e..s e :. !;
centimeters The cup Of the flower is OF
the most delicate workmanship and is
set with magnificent precious stones
THE ravages Of the buffalo Pnats in
the lower counties of Kentucky are
more serious than at Arst reported and
not less than 1000 head of horses have
perished from the poisonous stings OF
the insects They are not more than
half as large as horse-ny, and horses
suffer more f.om their stings than cat
tie. There seems to be no successful
remedy 10 prevent the animal'a death
after being stung
IL an alteration near Geneva, Ala.
the outcome of drunken row, George
Gilman was fatally shot and one Will
liams killed. Williams opened the fir.
ing by shooting at Uillman and one FL
lis. At this point Gilman received his
wound. Ellis returned the fire, killing
Williams and was himself wounded
RELIGIOUS circles of Mason City, la.
are ayitated over the actions Of Rev
Charles Lutz, rector of st. Johns Guild
Episcopal church in that city. He mott
fled his people Of his resignation and
announced that henceforth his allegi-
ance would be with the Roman Catholi,
church. lie has gone to Montreal tC
enter the order of St Sulpice to study
for the priesthood. He is highly edu
Gated and says that his mind has beer
! leading him to take this step for some
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