The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-02-10
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Alaska is asking for home rule. which
shall include Law by which public land:
| may be taken up by actual settlers.
Judge Howell Edmumds Jackson hat
slRnihed his acceptance of the president
appointment to the supreme bench.
Nothing has transplre to change the prev.
alent sentiment in administration circles
in favor of annexation. Indeed, Secre-
tary Foster IS believed to be more thoroughly
welded to that course than ever.
| The Kansas senate has asked that all vet
Grams of the war of the rebellion shall be
granted pensions, to be paid. with all other
pensions and the interest on the war debt,
by graduated tax on the large estates of
the country.
AlRernon Charles F. Sartoris, the husband
OF General U. S. Grants daughter, Nellie,
died at Capri, February 3. The news ex-
cited much interest in American circles.
The Kansas City Clearing House associa.
ton voted $500 to the family of A. p. Ingle-
man. who was killed by the robbers who
made raid upon bank at Waverly. Kan,
last week. Ingleman was a farmer living
A FIRE, caused by gas explosion in n Gel
lar, destroyed the double five story tenement
York, which was occupied by twenty fami-
lies. One man was killed and seventeen
other persons were badly injured.
Three thousand colonists in the province
OF Santa Fe, Argentine Republic, armed with
rifles and also having possession of some
cannons have risen in revolt against the
wheat tax. A body of troops with artillery
has been sent to Santa Fe TO quell the insur-
rectiOn.
The state text book contract in Minnesota
expires this year. There is no bill before
the state legislature, low in session at st.
Paul, for the renewal and the indications
seems to be that the people, after fifteen
years of state uniformity, will go back to
the county or district system.
Zante suffered a second series of earth
quake shocks, destroying many lives. Sew
eral villages were entirely destroyed. An
enormous tidal wave swept up from the har-
Dor, smashing small craft against the sea-
wall and sending the water two feet deep
along the street on the harbor front.
William c. Whitney is being roundly scored
for having sold out his friends on q stock
deal. He is accused of having given point
ers to buy distillers and that he unloaded the
stock upon his friends before the big drop
came. II is limited that President-elect
Cleveland is quite heavy loser In the deal.
Bills have been introduced in the Kansas
senate creating 123 new offices, viz: 1O6
supervisors of agriculture at 81, 500 each per
year, nine commissioners of the supreme
court at So. 600 per year each, three judges of
appellate court at $4,000 per year each, and
five live stock commissioners at S, 1000 per
year each.
Five kegs of powder exploded in a coal
mine near GAINESVILLE, o. Forty men were
at work near the scene of the explosion and
all were knocked down and stunned. Two
of them will die. James Young vas hurled
fifty feet and SO severely hurt that he can
scarcely recover. The damage to the mine
was slight
DR.. I. 7. Graves, convicted of the murder
of Mrs. Josephine Barnaby and sentenced
to death in Colorado, is at liberty and is
the penitentiary at Canon City to Denver,
where bonds were soon prepared and the
prisoner set at liberty. Dr.. Graves bond
was fixed at $50, 900, which amount was easily
obtained.
The blizzard was general one. Dakota,
Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa and Colorado
Bhivered with cs. In Minnesota and Da-
kota. the mercury went down from 20 to 30
degrees further than it did here, and still
colder weather is looked for. Throughout
Kansas a Uniform temperature of from
10 degrees below zero prevailed. 1t is feared
that cattle will suffer.
Joseph Wolf, New Orleans, whisky deal
sr. secured n judgment for $4,000 against
the whisky trust. He agreed to buy his
whisky exclusively from the trust and was
70 receive a rebate of cents a gallon. He
bought of other parties, IhOwever, and the
trust declined to pay the rebates. 1t was
decided that Wolf was not compelled to con-
hne his trade to the trust.
Chicago was flooded in the morning and
It night it froZe up as tight as drum. In
many places the sewers have overlooked,
iooding the streets and causing many of
he big business houses and some schools to
.all on the sewer department for aid. The
'apid changes in the weather, thawlng one
lay and freezing the next, have made it |
Utterly impossible to keep the basins clear |
If ice.
The commercial interests of Hawaii are
all with the United States, and |
although the sympathies of the native popu- |
# the royal family, are undoubtedly with the |
English, Still the property Interests of the |
sland will eventually control Its destiny. |
That interest is in favor of political moor
,Oration with the United States. Americans !
'wn most of the property in Hawaii.
The officials at the British admiralty deny
hat British warships have been ordered to
proceed to Hawaii from Australia. The
eft Acapulco. Mexico, on January Z, bound
or Honolulu. She had orders to proceed
rom Honolulu to Esqulmault. These or.
ers have been countermanded, and instruc-
ions have been sent TO the commander of
be vessel to remain at Honolulu until the