The Globe-republican., 1893-02-24
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Sheriff Wilkerson said Thursday: 81
have organized a big force of deputy sheriffs
and we are prepared to maintain the peace.
l shall not break it myself. If any disturb
ance occurs, however, we are ready"
The 18th international conference of the
Seventh Day Adventlsts is in session in the
big tabernacle in Chicago. The delegates
present represent India, Australia, France,
Germany. the scandinavian countries, South
Africa ana England.
Senator Platt has plan to put the Chero-
kee strip bill as a rider on the Indian appro-
priation bill if it can not be given a separate
hearing by the house. The house rules COM
mittee refuse to give it time until the appro
priation bills are out of the way.
General P. G. T. Beauregard. the last of
the confederate generals. died at New Or
leans, February %. at 10:1O p. m, of heart
failure. He was IS years old.
Major Wieggle, the general agent of the
interior for the territories, reached Washing
ton from Oklahoma to make report on
some matters relating to the proposed eStab-
lisbment of land offices to meet tho demand
when the Cherokee strip is opened to settle
ment.
The condition of the miners throughout
the Schuylkili region, and particularly in the
districts embracing the towns of Shamokin,
Mount Carmel, Ashland and Centralia, is
verging towards starvation. Most of them
have not worked more than two full weeks
since January 1.
Letters ace received from prominent men,
bers of the Cherokee council, stating posi-
lively that that body would not ratify
any changes whatever in the Cherokee strip
treaty, stating that if congress wished to
open the strip it must ratify the treaty in
full and make no changes.
The bill introduced by Senator Morgan,
to reduce the expenses of the state printing
by eliminating superfiuous and duplicated
matter Ia publications, was killed in the
Kansas senate by the committee on print
ing. The bill contemplated q saving of SIS
coo per year to the state.
And now comes King Teburieno, of Buta-
rltari. asking protection by the United States.
His commissioner, sent to Washington on
this GRAND, says that a British war vessel
seized the islands on receipt of the informa-
ton from Sidney. Australia, that the king
had sent to the United States to ask protec-
ton.
A South Park, Col, railroad crew with
two engines pushing rotary plows were
lighting snow when an avalanche rushed
down the mountain side, catching one en-
Eine and two plows and hurting them down
Smith were instantly killed. The others es-
capped.
There will be operated during the world 8
fair what the management claims will be the
largest summer school in the world. All of
the buildings and apparatus of the famous
Cook county normal have been leased for
this purpose. and the leading specialists of
the United States have been engaged as in
structors.
President Harrison being asked what was
his policy concerning Judge Jackson's sue
cessor, replied that, while he had given the
matter very little consideration, he had IN
tended to let Mr.. Cleveland make the APP
pointment. 1t is said that this intelligence
practically decided the question of Jack
sons confirmation.
Very few people have any conception of
the condition of the people who are waiting
to find homes in the strip or of the suffer-
ing that Will ensue If the lands are not
opened this spring in time to make crops.
The people are desperate. and they will
certainly decide to go upon the strip, put
IN crops and await the consequences.
Hettinger, the new brigadier general of
the Kansas militia Is responsible for the
statement that the case against Colonel
Hughes Will be pushed by the military au-
thorities of the state, and that he will have
to answer to drum head court martial. A
militia colonel is elected by the regiment
and it takes a court-martial trial to get HIM
out.
DR.. Kempster, special health officer of the
United States, has arrived In Berlin after
tour of inspection of Hamburg, Bremen,
Cassel and other places. He says he is con-
WINGED the present year will witness fierce
out urst of cholera all over the continent
and that instead of being sporadic as in
1892, the plague will sweep the whole of Eu-
rope.
of four members of his cabinet who have
accepted the places rendered them. They
are: Walter q. Gresham, of Illinois, secre-
tary of state; John q. Carlisle. of Ken
lucky. secretary of finance: Daniel $ La
mont, of New York, secretary of war; Will
son S. Bissell, of Buffalo, postmaster gen.
eral.
Railroad men are saying that one cause
of the car shortage in Kansas City and other
western points Is the terribly and contlnu-
ously cold weather in the east. In some of
the eastern yards it Is necessary to use show
els and crowbars to extricate the ''empties"
are returning rapidly, most of them filed
with lumber.
Topeka dispatch says: Another United
States senator will be elected in Kansas dur
ing the present week. That DECISION has
been reached by the republicans. The re-
publican members and senators were In
caucus and decided to elect democrat. hav-
ing had assurance from national democratic
leaders that a democrat who receives g
votes will be seated over John Martin.
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