The Delta independent., 1893-12-06

behind Of late.
The Home Market Club Of Boston gave
q banquet on the night OF the gath which
wasa ddressed by Governor Mckinley, Con-
gressman Reed, Senator Hoar and other
prominent Republicans.
dispatch from Teheran says that Il, 600
persons have perished in the earthquake at
Kuchan. Ten thousand bodies have already
been recovered and 2,GO0 nre still in the ruins
Fifty thousand cattle have been lost SO far
The shocks continue.
Yale won the great annual game OF foot
ball from Harvard by a score Of to o. Not
far from 25, 600 people witnessed the contest,
including the governors OF three states,
Russell of Massachusetts, Mckinley OF Ohio
and Morris Of Connecticut
1t has been learned from official sources
that the reason of Admiral Skerrett's recall
from Honolulu was because he personally at
tended ball given by the Annexation club
to the officers of the United States steamer
Boston as farewell, and to the officers OF the
United States steamer Philadelphia as well
come.
General Carlin's son and party OF hunters
who have been anow bound in the Bitter Root
mountains, have been located at Hot Springs.
on the Middle Fork of the Clearwater, well
provisioned for the winter. The party which
went In search for them is now in distress,
and requires assistance to get out OF the
mountains.
A letter has been received describing the
terrible sufferings OF the crew OF the British
ship Mendosa, which recently foundered near
Martinique The captain and the majority OF
the crew died at sea OF fever, and the few
men who were left were unable to navigate
the vessel and she sank, only four of the crew
being saved.
BY the burning of q hotel at Merrill Penn
sylvania, seven men lost their lives There
were thirty five boarders sleeping on the rec
ond and third floors, many of whom jumped
from the windows, and were badly cut,
bruised and burned. The fire was doubtless
of incendiary origin, but no motive Tor the
crime is known.
Yokohama advices of November say the
anti-miYed residence movement continues to
spread 1t is rumored 100000 people of ku-
mamoto alone have signed petitions against
mixed residence. 1t is alleged that hostile
feeling in that locality is so great that the
government advised the missionaries to leave
their residences.
At Wednesdays session of the general as
sembly, knights Of Labor, all the Offices were
declared vacant and new election ordered.
| T. V. Powderly, Labor Commissioner Sover-
eign, of Iowa, and T. Mcguire. of this city,
| were the nominees for general master work
| man. The result of the ballot was: Powderly
25, Sovereign 10, Mcguire l.
The settlers in township 26, county l., Ok
| lahoma, have organized n vigilance committee,
with an ex-deputy United States marshal as
| president to drive out sooners and suppress
| cattle-thieving. 1t was In this township that
sooners killed and mutilated one old soldier
| from Southern Iowa, stole his team and dis
| posed Of 1t.
1t has been developed that the sixteen
breweries Of st. Louis have an agreement, the
| effect of which is TO force every saloonkeeper
| TO buy his beer from the brewery they tell
| him to. Should he prefer TO handle brand
Of beer of his own selection, he finds 1t more
| profitable to run a soda fountain or black
| smith shop, for he gets nothing except the
| beer the brewers allow him to handle
Premier Rhodes telegraphs from Cape
| Town that King Lobengula is trying to es-
cape in wagon drawn by natives, his oxen
| being exhausted. DIR. Jameson says the
pressed the hope that Major Forbes, who IL
accompanied by two hundred Europeans, will
capture King Lobengula ut any moment.
The Servian cabinet has resigned. The
reason given is the tariff conflict with Austro.
| Hungary. The real reason is the Radical
the government on the ground of the latter't
policy is being directed by King Milan. The
| Radicals want NJ. Racics, the new minister to
St. Petersburg premier and the king Ii
said to oppose this.
A careful investigation reveals about Z, ,0Ot
helpless people in Wisconsin and l2,Ooo In
Michigan, all in the small mining towns on
the Gogebc range. At least half of these
people will have to fed and clothed until
March or April. The condition Of the army
OF unemployed In the Michigan peninsula II
much worse than across the line In Wiscon
sin. In Ironwood alone 400 families were
. found utterly destitute. The town ofiicialt
and the citizens have exhausted all public
and nearly all private means, and Will now
have to depend on outside aid The condition
of these people, many OF whom have had nc
work for six months, is pitiable.
. local official said that the Finnish, Cornisf
I and others Of the foreign miners had beer
driven to such desperate straits that they hat
killed and eaten their dogs. The weather Il
6 and degrees below zero. There is TIVE
feet of snow on level and n furious snoV
storm has been raging. The governors o
Wisconsin and Michigan have taken steps Il
aid these people.
y Receivers Clark, Mink, Anderson, Doant
and Coudert Of the Union Pacific have peti
toned Judge Dundy Of the United States dis
1 trlct court for order fixing their salarie
at 81 500 each per month. The petitioner
I acknowledge that the remuneration asked
{ amounting to SOC, 900 year, 10 ~, 600 In ex
/, cess of the salaries formerly paid the officer
u whose positions are now filed by the receiv
|. ers. but they allege that the enormity Of tn
interests involved warrants the increase
They also reserve the right to petition for In
creased salaries should the situation Warrant
: Judge Dundy took the matter under advise
mcnt.
On the 2Sth the people OF Rhode Islam,
{ voted on amendment to the constitution II
/, favor of plurality elections in place of major
ity elections, and by an overwhelming major
ity decided In Its favor.