Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-06-08
1898 JUNE.
CONDENSED NEWS


A CoIieetioz of Interesting Items ON vari-
Gus Subjects, Especially Prepared for
the Hasty Reader.
The Canadian wheat crop will be un-
usually large.
Hereafter the jury system in awards is
to prevail at the worlds fair.
The Presbyterian general assembly de
cided against Professor Briggs. He Is
worn out with worry. His wife still clings
to him.
Ex-Secretary Fosters creditors met at
Fostoria, o., and agreed to accept so per
cent. Mr. Foster says he can pay that,
and If he lives viii pay all.
Commander-in-Chief Weissert In an in
terview said that La Fayette post of New
York city, adopted the same resolutions as
Farnham post, but the resolutions were
legally adopted. permission being obtained
from the departments. Farnham adopted
the resolutions illegally, and for this the
post was expelled.
1t is said another Homestead affair, or
possibly several Of them. is extremely
probable In the annual settlement of the
iron and steel wage scale this summer
The manufacturers claim the wages too
high. The puddlers will be the main point
of attack. OF late there has been rapid
increase in the employment of nonunion
help in the vicinity of Pittsburg. High
steel fences are being built around some
| of the plants.
A bottle trust is now proposed with a
capital of 81, 100000.
No indictments were returned against
| the Minneapolis coal combine.
/ The oo,,, mi itfoa apnninfad m ffy rnor,
| DR.. Briggs sentence recommended that
| he be suspended
Bessie, 2-months'-old daughter of Mr..
| and Mrs. Charles Gehring of Muncie.,
| Ind, weighs but two pounds She is in
| good health.
| An effort will be made to have the ma
tional turnpike from Richmond. Ind, tc
Wheeling, made free.
There will be 10 congressional contests
for the next session, one each in Alabama,
California, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas
Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ten
nessee and Virginia.
The treasury officials have little fear o.
more cholera coming. Secretary Carlisle
has given orders to increase vigilance a:
the warm weather comes on. Surgeon
General Wyman said that he felt no fear
but that he was keeping close watch OF
incoming steamers.
Nearly every building association il
this country, and many Of the largest one
of London and other parts of England
will be represented at the great building
association convention that is to open il
Chicago two weeks hence. 1t will be TIL
largest convention of the kind ever held.
The work of re-examining the half-mill
ion of pensions that have been issued un
der the department pension act, to eehoy
many of them will stand the test of tn
construction of the law made by the de
cision announced from the interior depart
ment recently, will be commenced at once
1t is claimed the investigation will shot
that there has been but little trouble il
obtaining pensions for claimants who hat
only the faintest shadow of claim.
Six hundred men are made idle by tn
close down of the Depauw plate glas
, works at Alexandria, Ind.
, The failure to raise s6,5000 900 on tn
Cherokee strip bonds has caused com
mercial crises in the territory.
A movement is on foot among Cubal
revolutionists to induce the United State
. to buy the island. TLar claim that one
] half the cost would be furnished by tn
landowners and business men of Cuba.
Fort Wayne Qnd.) streetcar employe
won their strike.
Ives defeated Roberts in the billiar
tournament at London by overs, 900 point:
Secretary Smith is doing all he can t
forward the statehood for Indian Territor
movement.
The consumption cure of DR.. Amick c
3 Cincinnati has effected excellent result
t at New York.
Ex-Consul Webb has completed arrang'
! ments for importing Mussulman colonist
3 into the south.
E President Montt of Chill congratulate
S the republic on her foreign relations an
: other affairs in his message to congress.
l The Washington Star says it will prol
t ably be hard matter to have the She
/ man silver purchase law repealed OWN
to opposition to such action in the senat,
A race war is threatened at Crippl
Greek, Colo, owing to violation by tt
: Michigan Pipe company's agent shippin
! in 100 Italians. There is camp la
: against employing Italians or Chinese
t , General II. v. Boynton, in an article 0
! the pension problem, commends therecer
. action of Secretary Smith and Commi
4 sioner Lochren, and says every vetera
q owes it to himself to aid in purging tt
Z pension roll of frauds.