The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.

1Co OU6V0uSOn anu parry
have reached Washington.
Judge Gresham has returned to Chicago
from his visit 20 Cleveland, and is again
at work.
Another ballot has been taken by the
Washington legislature for United States
senator without result.
A sudden rise of the river Danube has
caused the loss of many lives in Gergely,
near Pako, in Hungary.
There is a good deal of dissatisfaction ex
listing over the appointment of President
Mcleod as receiver for the Reading rail-
road.
The auditor of public accounts issued
certificate of authority to do business to
the Citizens State bank, located at Edin-
burg, Ill.
Frederick P Huber of Rockford, ILL.,,
well known old citizen and prominent
Grand Army of the Republic man, died of
pneumonia
Miss Fannie Smith of Charlottesville,
Ind, tainted and fell over gas stove near
which she stood. Her face and neck were
badly burned
The receivers of the Reading company,
pending orders from the court, have dis
continued payment of interest upon pref
erence bonds.
Jack Wynn of Walsenberg, Cal, dropped
dead when he heard that his old comrade,
Lucas Austin, had been killed in mine
accident there.
Several mill owners in Haywood Eng
land have closed their factories so as to
assist in bringing about the desired reduc-
ton of wages.
EThe president and those who accompa-
MED him to witness the launching of the
| Indiana at Philadelphia, have returned to
Washington.
Miss Walsh, an operator in the Western
Union office at Chicago, was slightly in
jured in panic caused by burning waste
paper baskets.
Edward G. Ponton of Mount Vernon, N
Y, was held in 81 900 bail on charge of
embezzlement preferred by the Armour
Packing company.
John Blanchard of Olney, Ills, was
fatally injured by a falling timber in
tunnel on the Ohio and Mississippi road
near MITCHELL Ind.
The National Federation of America
has issued a circular to the friends of
home rule in America endorsing Glad
stones home rule bill.
1t has been learned that W. Coulpepper,
an inmate of the Austin CTex) insane asy-
lum, who died Sunday, was beaten to
death by his attendants.
Liz SptulSu SONSIuu0IlU las OfO0rG4
the inspection, quarantining and fumiga-
ton of persons and goods crossing over
the frontier from France.
The resignation of Attorney George w.
Holman of Rochester as national bank ex
aminer for Indiana has been accepted, and
his duties cease this week.
A committee of the Trunk line and
Central Traffic association, at a meetin p
held in New, York. decided to keep up the
eastbound rates from Chicago.
John Kelley, conductor in the railroad
yards of the Pennsylvania company at
Fort Wayne, Ind, was instantly killed by
being run down by freight train.
Jacob Frantzreb was sentenced at Gin
cinnati to the penitentiary for three years
for obtaining $500 by false pretenses from
Alemannia Building association No. 2.
Joseph Zetzoch undertook to drink two
quarts of alcohol for a wager of 50 at
Johnstown, Pa. He drank one quart and
was eating some sausage when he fell
dead.
o. D. Conklin, conductor of the freight
train which caused the wreck near
Schreve, O., Sept. 81, 1892, in which eleven
lives were lest, is under arrest at Wooster,
Ohio.
The 6-year-old son of Otto Laabs of Osh-
kosh, Wis, was fatally burned while play
ing WIN IRE. IN attempting 10 e8-
tinguish the flames his mother was SER
iously .,urned.
The governor of North Dakota has
signed the capitol improvement bill,
which appropriates $4,000 in bonds for
| the completion of the south wing of the
capitol building
John F. Miller, bookkeeper of the First
National bank of Columbia, Pa, who. last
June absconded leaving shortage of over
8,O00 has been sentenced to five years in
the eastern penitentiary.
A1arge brick house called "the farm, "
at Jacksonville, Ills, was totally de-
stroyed by fire. The place had been no.
torious for the evil done there and had
been vacated only few days ago.
Secretary Vogt, of the Milwaukee
Brewers union, had conference with the
Klinkert Brewing company officials at
Racine, and as a result each employees
salary has been raised IS per month.
| Just as Hiram Doty, who escaped from
! Jail at Carthage, Ills, walked into a shop
at Canton, Mo-, he found the butcher
reading a description of him. The butcher,
| who was constable, arrested him.
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