The Delta independent., 1893-09-13
TeIeErat,hir ErrSstiss

The new FFench chamber Of deputies will
consist of 5l3 Republicans and rs CGnserva-
tves
jerome Bounparte died at his summer
home, Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts, on
the 3rd
Currency Is becoming more plentifu ul in
the East and business is resuming its normal
condition.
! The Burlington and the Santa Fe companies
are cutting rates between Ogden aud the Mis-
souri, river.
Ex-Governor Proctor Knott of Kentucky
has been offered the Hawaiian mission but
declined 1t.
Striking coal miners in Wales are again
becoming rotous and the soldiers hare to Ike
called upon.
John d. Rockefeller and Others have orrsa-
lied Il big trust to cnntrol nearly all the Lake
superior iron mines
The Kansas State bank commissioner h,s
closed the Bank of Jennings, Decatur countE.
Its capital stock was $4,000.
Governor Matthews of Indiana has drcilei
TO put stop 10 prize fighting at RoN,
Militia will be used ii necessary.
The President has wired his thanks 10
Representative Wilson for his services in pass
ing the repeal through the house.
Crowds at the Worlds Fair are increasing
In size. Over 100000 were present on the
9th and 1t was no special day either.
The national bank circulation increased
during the month of August. SO. 3D., ,054, the
circulation now being Sl9s, .sei
A. J. Swami, missionary who has just re-
turned from ten years labor in Af:ica. says
there is no doubt of Emin Pasha's death.
Mr.. Gladstone has announced that the fall
programme OF the government would be to
pass the employers liability and parish coun-
Gil bills.
Great numbers of war veterans were nj In
dianapolis last week. They were given cor
lyupl lnnT, II Innt Hap ha
several addresses.
The school year of the Lincoln Normal
University. of Lincoln, Neb. "Opens Sept. llth.
This Ia live Western college and conducted
by estern men.
There is a prospect that an effort will be
made to drive the Chinese from Rcdlands
California. The Chinese are weil-armed and
there may be bloodshed.
Letters received IN Washington from China
state private parties and secret organizations
on the Pacific coast are sending Chinese back
to their native land
The crown prince of Italy is visiting the
German Emperor at Metz 10 witness the Ger
man army maneuvers. The French are very
indignant about 1t.
A party of twenty-five persons were wit
Messing fire on one of the quays at ROtter-
dam from lighter, when the boat caps.zed.
Seventeen OF the party were drowned.
A bungling attempt was made few nights
ago to rob n Frisco train In Missouri. One
Of the robbers was caught and 1t is now be-
lieved that they were all railroad men.
The Cherokee boomers continue to arrive
near the line in great numbers. They are
coming in every conceivable way, some on
foot, some In buggies. others on horseback,
but the majority in the prairie schooner and
via the railways.
The second ballots taken In Paris on the Bird
resulted in further gains for the Republicans.
NJ Floquct formerly president of the Cham
Der was defeated by NJ. Faberot n Socialist.
NM. Cemenceau and Paul Cassagnac were
also defeated. A number of Socialists were
elected
The brakes on an electric train OF two cars
at Cincinnati failed to work Sunday, and the
cars dashed down n steep incline and a:ound
a corner across Broadway. They jumped the
track broke down a telephone pole and dashed
into building. One passenger was killed,
and five fatally hurt.
The Populists of Iowa have placed the fol
lowing ticket in the field. Governor, }. NJ.
Joseph, Creston; lieutenant governor, h. A.
OFT, Des Moines; supreme judge, A. w. c.
Weeks, WiGterstt railroad commissioner,
John Idle, Let's; school superintendent Mrs.
E. J. Woodraw, Marshallton.
Commissioner Lochren Of the Pension bu-
reau issued an order modifying the practice OF
the office. The most important change is
that which directs that hereafter there will be
no suspensions except In cases where the re-
cord shows on its face the soldier was not en-
however, that the number who will come un-
der this class will be very small
The Charleston Ne,rs and Courier has made
a careful investigation of the condition of af-
fairs on the coast OF Carolina and finds that
its reports have not been exaggerated. The
loss of life will aggregate 500 In Beaufort
county. Between Charleston and Savannah
the storm swept away most of the homes as
well as the crops, and left the people In des-
titute state on the Islands.
The Russian government has decided to
postpone until June next the final expulsion
of the Jews from that country. The various
provincial governors have been empowered
| to grant another years delay In their depar
| ture to all Jews, to enable them to settle their
affairs, provided they have not been condemn
ed by any tribunal. All Jews over 20 years
Of age are privileged to remain in the country
II they are self-supporting
| Startling figures have been received a TO
the prevalence Of cholera in Russia The re-
turns show that in eleven provinces during
the past week there were {, ,397 new cases and
1890 deaths. This is large increase over
the figures received from the same provinces
for the previous week, when ] 400 new cases
and $50 deaths were reported. Cholera re-
turns from Smyrna show that sixty-nine new
cases and ffty-three deaths were reported
| from August 2S to August 81. There Is
cholera at Grimsley, England.
! The new conditions presented by France to
the Siamese government have been made pub
Hc Inc most Important artcle ls the twelth,
which IL so drawn up as to evade the most
favored nation clause contained In Slams
treaties with other c,untries. At the last con-
fercence between NJ. Dcvilers and Siamcse
ministers, the French representatives failing
in their efforts for immediate acceptance OF
the terms offered, gave the Siamese three
months time in which to consider them. Ad-
| vice from Chantabon, Siam, say the inhabi-
tants of that town are bitterly complaining
about the conduct of the French troops quar-
tered there towards the women of the place.
After long years of toll the Toledo, Ann
! Arbor & North Michigan railroad is TO be
wrested from the hands Of It's projectors and
builders, the Ashley family. The road has
been in an embarrassed condition since
spring. The Farmers Loan and Trust Com
pany Of New York have applied for the ap-
pointment of receiver pending the fore
closure of mortgage for $4,000, 900 which It
holds on the company's property. The road
extends from Toledo to Frankfort, Michigan,