The Bessemer indicator., 1893-04-01
rsi.srapA,e srsv,tis..
General Kirby Smith /. dead.

| Que hundred cases Of smallpox have beep
discovered In Jersey City.
The Liberty bell Is to he sent from Phila-
dclphla to the W orlds Fair.
William Waldorf Astor IA about to start an
illustrated magazine In London.
A part Of the Indiana penitcntlary was
| burned on the END. Loss, 1000
| The New York 7ymts has been sold, but
the present editor viii remain In control.
Damage done by the lee gorge and freshet
In the Delaware river amounts To 81 ,OOO, 900.
| Lieutenant Peary has secured four men to
accompany him on his journey to the Arctic
| The English House of Commons has passed
| resolution that a!l members be paid salary
| III future.
| Secretary Carlisle says that he will devote
! large portion OF tho SUNNI er TO preparing a
tsrif bIll,
| The new arinored cruiser New York made a
| record of 2U3S nautical miles on Its trial trip.
| This breaks the record.
By the burning Of an apartment house in
| Cleveland, Ohio. on the 23rd, four women
and boy lost their lives.
| A dispatch from Scranton. Mississippi,
states that thirteen business houses were de
-troycd by fire there on the goth.
Fire in the shops at the Auburn, New York,
prison Wednesday created considerable ex-
| element ind caused loss of about s90, 900.
| Colored people OF Kansas City are organ
| izing a colony to 60 To Brazil. That govern
| ment offers TO pay their expenses In getting
| there
0The Nebraska House has ecided TO i'm
| peach the state officers for derelction In not
| properly guarding the financial interests of
| the state.
| The Russian government has suspended the
| coinage OF silver roublcs on private account
| for the reason that the rouble Is now CHI, -
| than paper
| Thr Allan line steamship Pomeranian put
into Halifa, . few days ago In disabled con-
| lition. Her machinery bad broken down by
| rea.o Of heavy storms
| A terrible cyclone swept over Tennessee
and Mississippi on the 23rd, doing an i'm
| incnse amount OF damage. A great many
! people were severely hurt
| At the request Of the board of directors Of
the Union Pacific, President S. II. II. Clark
has Withdrawn his resignation. lie Will re-
| sign from the Missouri Pacific.
The Minnesota legislature has asked their
| governor 10 call convention Of representa-
| tives OF the northern aud western states 10
take action 10 cripple the coal monopoly.
The unofficial referendum In Belgium ha.
resulted In the approval of manhood suffrage
by l5,19i Of the ls,iol men who voted Forty
| three per cent. of the electors went to the
| polls.
The President has appointed a. b. Fall OF
bona Ana county to be associate Justice oil
| the Supreme Court Of New Mexico, TO succeed
| Judge John H. McFie. whose term has eY-
| pired
| The interstate commerce commission will
| again tackle the Pennsylvania railroad or
| gan!zation for charging exorbitant freight
rates on anthracite coal from the mines To tide
| water
| No such exciting mnyoraliy contest has
| ever before been known In Chicago as the ono
| now In progress between the big packer, Sam.
uel Allerton, on ono side, and Mayor Car
| ter Harrison on the other.
| A lump Of coal Weighing / 800 pounds la.
| been brought into Saratoga from Fred
| Kindt's coal mine twelve miles out on the
| road to RawlIns. This il excellent fuel and
there Is an extensive deposit.
\ body Of aliclan cmlgrants crossing The
frontier at szczuezya encountered the Russian
frontier guards who drove them back to
Austria In The conflict some were shot and
Others were drowned In the Nistula.
Mr. Powderly, In speaking of Judge Kicks
decision Ia the Ann Arbor railroad troubles,
says that he believed the decision was q move
towards the point 10 which labor organiza-
lions were steering-the state control Of rail.
roads.
The United States war vessel Kearsarge
sailed for Port an Prince with the object, It ID
understood, Of protecting American interests
in the event OF u revolution which the follow
crs OF General Nauifat are cndcavoring to eX-
cite In liaytl
Vice President and General Manager \. A.
Robinson OF the Santa Fe road has resigned.
1t Is believed that he will be successor TO
:. II. Clark rs president of the Union Pacific
road. j. j. Frey has been appointed manager
In Mr.. Rob!nson'- place.
The Canadian Pacific railway oil olals state
that big traffic Is abont 10 spring up In the
| transportation OF Chinese from Vancouver to
Halifax, en- routc to the West Indies. The
Chinese are allowed 10 enter the West Indies
free and are beginning 10 go there In large
numbers.
1t Is stated Ia an official report that on an
average of $50 new cases OF cholera aud lifly
deaths from that disease are reported every
week IN the government OF Polcdia. Quite
extensive trade Is carried on between Poledia
aud Austrian Galicia and also between Ger
many and Poledia.
The captain OF q cattle steamboat sailing
from Liverpool put nine e;owasays on shore
at Capel Islands which I, unInhabited. They
were rescued from the Island by the crew Of
fishing boat and conveyed TO the neighborlng
heatiinnd Of knockadon. They then pro-
peeded to Queenstown.
One result of the effort to increase trade
with the countries of Central America seems
| 10 be the increase in expectation Of American
| agricultural implements. Figures at hand In
the bureau of American Republics TO the
Argentine Republic alone show IN Increase
from $4,000 10 1881 ,0G0 during the year.
| Western roads have decided that commcnc.
| lug April !, meals served in dining ears vii!
| he charged for al the rate of 81 per head, In
| stead Of - cents as heretofore. Eastera roads
have been charging 81 per meal on their ears
| and SO have those west OF the Missouri river,
| The proposed action Will put all lines on the
| same plane.
| A large part Of the business portion OF
| I 1oronio Kansas, was destroyed early Wedncs-
| day morning and several thousands damage
| CAUSED Little Insurance was placed. Seven
| business houses and one dwelling and con-
tents, and taking in whole block, were con
sunel, The origin of the fire is said to have
| been inceniiary.
On the 10th the United States Senate began
consideration of the question whether the
senators appointed by the governors Of Mon
tana, Wyoming and Washington should be
seated. The Democrats generally oppose and
the Republicans favor 'ther admission, al
though party lines are not rig!dly adhered To.
The debate will last some time.
Illuminating ga, which leaked into the
kitchen Of the Tacoma restaurant, Chicago,
aspbyriated nine people, two perhaps fatally.
Edward Miller, head cook, and Frank Stoner.
vegetable cook, are In a serious condition.
Several others of the help were affected The
cause OF the leak originated In the stree.
where men were working on the mains and
punciured one Of them.
| IL Is learned that Bolivia has closed n treaty
of peace and alliance with Chill whereby the
latter government agrees to concede to the
former port upon the Pacific to arm, equip
and instruct the Bolivian national militia.
Bolivia thus becomes virtually the ally OF
Chill, cutting at single stroke the historical
ties which formerly made her the ally Of Peru
and the friend Of the Argentine Republic.
1t has Just come to light that in last Sep
tcmbcr the assistant secretary OF the interior
department made a new ruling Of importance.
He reversed the old rule under which $2,OO0,-
COZ has been paid out by the pension depart
menf for expenses OF burying women and
children who had drawn pensions on account
of relationship to q deceased soldier. Mr..
Bussy decides that such expenses are intended
10 be paid only In burying the soldier him
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