The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-01-27
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The dead lock in the lower house of the
Oklahoma legislature was broken by ). W..
Stanly, a republican, voting for the demo-
cratic candidate, elec.ins1&,m speaker.
Sister Joseph Maria, of st. Joseph hospi-
tai, Denver. Col, fell down the elevator shaft
from the third story of the building. striking
upon her head and was instantly killed. Her
family name was O'Connor. and she came
from Albany, n. Y.
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Fairchild
says the only remedy for the present silver
agitation is the suspension of purchase and
coinage of the white metal by the govern
ment. The Bland act would give no relief
if substituted for the Sherman law, now
operative.
Seven tons of powder exploded in the
large mill of tine Kellogg powder works,
near Huntington. W. Va, wrecking the
plant and shaking up the city.
Judge John Martin was nominated for o.
S. senator by the populist senatorial caucus
at the senate chamber Tuesday night on the
fourteenth ballot, the vote being Judge Mar
tin A. Judge Doster A.
Great excitement was created at Denver
Sunday night by the arrest OF all performers
at Sunday theaters and the closing of the
houses, which was followed by an assault
on the house of Dean Hart by q mob of
hoo1lums.
There is an unbroken field of ice from De-
troit river to Put-in-Bay. Fishermen have
driven fifteen miles out from Monroe and
returned with the statement that the ice was
solid all the way. and that it extended as far
as they could see.
The D,,bI;o,<;o, of H. D1,,,,,h n
volume has been long delayed by reason of
circumstances which could not well be over
come. At last the proof has been read, ana
the volume will soon be ready for those who
desire to possess il.
Judge william Lindsay, will, in all prob
ability, fall heir to the senatorship from
kentucky, made vacant by the formal re-
signation of Senator Carlisle. This seems
to be the opinion of most of the Kentucky
delegation at Washington.
The Northwestern Methodist College at
Albany, Gentry county, No.. is destroyed
by fire. The building was not plastered,
but was otherwise finished. The fire is sup
posed to have been the work of an incendi-
airy. Loss, $4,000; partially insured.
The general deficiency oil! as ready to be
reported to the lower house of congress car
ries appropriations of SIC. .61O, of which
S44.4S being for payments of pesions and
SOo.OO for fees and expenses of examining
surgeons.
The healthy tone OF the general cattle mar
ket at the Kansas City. Kan. stock yards is
encouraging good demand for young cattle
and feeders and nice, smooth stockers have
reached the highest point of the season. but
there seems to be plenty of buyers for all
desirable offerings.
Colonel William A. Rucker, an uncle to
Mrs. Phil Sheridan. in the pay department
of the q. S. army, has just died from pneu-
monia, the result of a cold taken while call
ing on General Miles in regulation uniform,
which was not sufficient protection from the
weather. He was 62 years old.
The very radical anti-silver men are insist
ing that the fight must be made for the abso-
lutte suspension of silver purchases, while
state that they will not agree to the repeal
of the Sherman act unless they can have
free coinage of silver or the coinage of at
least 8, 100000 a month.
The Illinois Centarl Railroad company
filed with the secretary of state a mortgage
for so, coz. 600, executed to the United States
Trust company, of New York, 10 secure
bonds for that amount, bearing per cent
interest, and maturing in 1903 to be used in
acquiring pOuuS anu STOCK Oh tue LOUISVILLE,
New Orlean d Texas Railroad company.
The subcommittee of the lower house of
congress agreed upon the proposition that
legislation by congress is not called for in
connection with the Pinkerton system. Mr..
Broderick, of Kansas, and Mr.. Boatner, of
louisiana, are of the opinion that a law
might perhaps be framed which would be
effectual and also constitutional, but will not
press the matter.
The most appalling and disastrous wreck
that has occurred in years occurred at Alton
junction, ILL, January q, by q limited pas
senger train running into an open switch
and crashing into train consisting of seven
tank cars. The result was fire and after
wards an explosion which cost six persons
their lives and fatally injuring nineteen 9TH
ers, while fully fifty others are suffering
from painful burns.
The exercises at the opening of the worlds
fair next May, it has been decided by the
executive committee of the board of dlrec-
tors, will be open to the public. They will
be held out of doors, and as many as can
find space around a big grand stand will
have an opportunity of seeing President
Cleveland and hearing his speech, as we'll as
the expected poem by Oliver Wendell
Holmes.
In the Illinois legislature there are bills to
reduce the price of sleeping berths In rail-
road cars. to reduce the price of kilograms
and the cost of telephones. to establish
state printing house for the printing of
school books. to prevent trusts. pools and
to license and regulate the
business of undertakers to compel the Pull
mans to carry safes for the keeping of valu-