The state herald., 1893-12-22
reiesr.phie Brsvitles.

passed the House.
Colonies arc populating the North Platte
valley at rapid ratio.
Tho Federation Of Labor passed resolu-
ton favoring FREQ coinage Of silver at 10 to l.
There.was $500, 900 fire NJ New York On
cd.
Evidence submitted by the defense at the
Prendcrgast trial at Chicago seems to prove
that he 10 crazy.
Tho Liberal party In Utah at meeting In
Salt Lake, decided to dissolve and its indi-
vidual members Join tho party Of their So
lection.
There werc destructive fires at Buffalo and
Troy, New York, on tho night OF the. 18th.
Tho losb at Troy was sl50,0O0 and s75o, 900 at
Buffalo.
Chris Evans, tho noted California outlaw,
was found guilty Of murder In the first de-
gree and the penalty was nxed at imprlson-
mcnt for life.
1t 10 now known definitely that the House
committee on banking and currency will re-
port the bill TO repeal the 10 per cent. tax on
state banks.
Valuable records of ssO,O00 to 10000 of
money order business kept In tho office OF the
sixth auditor Of tho treasury, at Washington,
have been lost.
A fire In tho Kansas City Times office caused
panic among the compositors. They had to
got out by the fire escapes. The building was
not badly hurt.
The October statement of the Union Paoino
railroad shows gross decrease OF 81 ,O68, 735;
net decrease, s555, Jig. The net decrease for
ten months was s., 956,047.
Tho depot at Fort Gibson, indian Territory,
was robbed by masked men and both mall
pouches and considerable express matter and
the cash In the Office carried oil.
A train on the International road was held
up near Austin, Texas, on Sunday night. Tho
robbers cleaned out the express car and then
relieved all the passengers Of their valuablcs.
Bank clearings continue to show very
heavy decrease compared with the cor
responding time last year. In both New York
and Chicago the decrease last week was over
IS per cent.
The state department has received ndvlccs
from Minister Willis via the Oceanic II Is
understood, however, the ndvices contained
no Information OF Importance other than al
ready published.
The French minister Of tho interior and
the minister Of Justice have conferred regard
Ing the application Of the new press law. All
Indictments to commit dynamite outrages
and all Qualifications Of crime will be rigor-
ously prosecuted.
The symphony orchestra OF New York led
by Walter Damrosch refused to play the
other evening ne o concert was about TO open.
lncy Ncte Hlsseu Dy inc audience. luelr re-
fusal was due to a violinccllist named Hegncr
who was non-union.
The span Of the new bridge being built
across the Ohio river between Louisville and
Jacksonville gave way Friday prccipitating
forty men Into the torrent below. Twenty
one workmen were killed outright and large
number injured, some Of them fatally.
The American Bimetallic League has an-
nounced that II will open offices In Chicago.
nv mr. stf m
journal Coin, has been made chairman Of the
executive committee, which will be In charge
OF the Chicago headquarters OF the league.
The National Farmers Congress opened at
Savannah on the l2th with an attendance Of
about 800 delegates, mainly representatives
OF the Southern and Western states, these
having been appointed by the governors Of
the varions commonwealth Interested In the
congress.
The coming winter has been selected by
Russia for series Of extensive army
maneuvcrs In the deeply show-clad portions
OF Moscow. The military cvolutions In the
snow will only be suspended when eight de-
grecs below zero arc registered by tho Their
mometcr.
A circular has been Issued to Boston land
lords by the association for the employment
OF the unemployed, asserting that 10000
workmcn, having a. many more persons de-
pendent upon them, arc unable to find work,
and asking that no rent be required OF such
until they are employed.
General Cowcn, general counsel for the
government in the Union Pacific receiver
ship, says that the application for $4,000
salary each for the receivers Will never come
mp again. The court will see how much ac-
tual work falls TO each Of the five receivers
and will In due time fix the respective pay.
The Grand Island, Nebraska, sugar factory
has closed for this year, having made ,sJ5,-
900 pounds of sugar, and having In the ware
house ls0, 900 gallons Of third syrup and 49,
coo gallons Of fourth syrup, which will make
6'5, 900 pounds Of sugar. The Norfolk fac
tory 10 still running, end to date has made
., 500 600 pounds Of sugar.
II 10 stated thae the Japanese government
has sent protest TO the British government
insisting that the Inland Sea Is within Japan
esc territorial waters. A bitter feeling
against foreigners Is gros Ing. An arch.
deacon aud nm Engllshman named Shaw were
attacked by rowdics In Toxic recently and
without interfering.
AZ the conference between Receiver Trum.
bull Of Union Pacific, Denver * Gulf, and
Receiver Anderson and General Manager
Dickinson Of tho Union Pacific, the Union
Pacific was granted tho use OF the Gulf
tracks between Julcshurg aud La Sale, the
cutoff between Omaha and Denver, and tho
pot At Cheyenne. The question 81 tho owner
ship Of the shops at Denver Ia stu under dis
cussion.
Friday night n wreck occurred on the New
York X Pennsylvania, six miles north Of Dun.
kirk. New Jersey. II resulted IN tho loss Of
eight liyes. Others were Injured. The west
bound passenger train that leaves Buffalo nj
0 30 p. IN. went through a tres,ic near sheri.
dan Crossing, which had been weakened by
foods ineldent TO the heavy rains, prccipliai-
Ing the tender, baggage and smoking car
Into the creek. Two Of the crew were Killed.
The bodies Of six passengers have been taken
out 81 the wreck.
Al a meeting Of the loekci-out employees IN
the wooicn mill district Of Pror,dencc Friday
evening, II was resolved that they should
march 10 the headquarters Of the operation, 81
the mill aud make formal demand for tho
settlement, as the strike has reached that
point where the operatives therein must DO
supplied with food. Tho Catholic clergy who
have charge Of the parishes IN olncyvlle and
vicinity have undertaken To Try and bhng
about soine action by which the deadlock DO.
tween the manufacturer. aud the strikers
may bc broken.
A corpsc boyeoitei by the undcrtaksrs'
Union, This IL the situation Mr.. Brewster, d
young attorney OF iouisyiilr, Kentucky, hnds
himself placed In, lilo owed q balance on
funeral expenses for biz fathers burial q
Miller Bros, underiAk.rs, and on this nc.
count not an undertaken In the city will bury
his wife until the balance Ia settled lie of.
fcfed good security, but to no avail, lie also
offered 10 pny tho old account NJ soon ne poe.
sibls. On account of sickness Brewster Il
short of fund.-, lie was compelled N have
the city bury his wife.
Rio do Janciro suffered from II lombard.
meni on the 18th. Mi,siiea came from tho
rifles and rnpiinflng guns on Cobras Island
mud fell ALI thu sllV ltif usfaagtu1lx la
Carioca, Payadrila aud TmYa,ss streets aud
on other points where iheaisra vrra situated.
Play houses were iua, being cmptisi of thrir
ihiongs Of patrons aud the elect WI. ifr.
menioua, Feared women lied shrlokins 10
shelter. Runaway carriage horse. dashed
among pedestrians and above nil screaming
on the street, tho whiyElng Of bullets and
fattitui. of flnra gAusfi rfrnt eonfusiou Thl.