The Bessemer indicator., 1893-03-18
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| Will not take place until after Easter.
Rocks county, Kansas, was swept by de-
| structiyc prairie FIRE on the 18th.
Mrs Lease has been elected president Of
| the Kansas state board of charities.
Several of Garza's followers have recently
surrendered TO the United States troops.
Governor McGraw OF Washington has ap-
| pointed John B, Allen United States senator.
New York lady has Just presented her
| husband with another set of trip!cts, the
third.
The Republican National League has been
called to meet at Louisville Kentucky, on the
| 10th Of MAY.
George Wine negro vagrant, sold nt
Faycttc. Missouri, on the 18th for period
OF six months for SO,
''Jm" Keenc the stock speculator. Is
forming corner In wheat that Will make him
win or lose $40 OoOOOO
4Rchard Croker, the New York Tammany
chief, has paid s2j00O0 for q half interest in
q kentucky horse farm,
Emperor William will visit Rome on April
2!nd and there Is much speculation as TO the
Popc's attitude toward him.
Mrs, Anna Potter, the wife II a prominent
Insurance man OF Kansas City,hus announced
herself Us a candidate for mayor.
BY AN explosion Of gas In a coal mine near
Connclsyillc, Pennsylvania on the 18th, ten
men we're injured and several Of them will
die
As a result Of warm weather and rapid
thsws, lnrge portions OF country in the
Mississippi valley were threatened with lnun-
/ dalton last week
Fire In the Exeter, New Hampshire, cotton
mills on the lith destroyed $3.50, 900 worth OF
property, threw 2i0 hands out OF employ
ment and injured three persons.
The Cinnamon of San Francisco have n
fcud between different secret societie, and
pNfpTTuluufF another. Three
have been killed within few days
The politicians in Washington were very
much excited few days ago by the fac, that
Senator Hin Of new York called upon rrcsi-
| dent Cleveland and stayed twenty minutes,
The chaplain Of the Illinois pcnitentiarv
has announced that none but Catholics and
Lutbcrans viii be permitted to hold religious
services In the penitcut.ary, The governor
objects.
Several other cities are following Dcnvcr's
good example and offering 10 furnish the ma
tional treasury with gold In exchange for
notes. Chicago offers 81 500, 900 to trade for
small bills.
Mayor Ingraham of Portland, Maine. has
declined to accept the office again, although
declared elected lie aud great many other
people think the election fraudently obtained
He Is a Democrat
President Cleveland hs. appointed ex- Com
gresham Blount Of Georgia, chairman Of
commission To visit Honolulu and Investigate
the annexation question. He started at once
for Sau Francisco.
The female base bali team thai went down
to Cuba to entertain our Spanish ncighbors
was molbed and barely escaped with their
lives The manager Is now suing the Spanish
government for damages.
The pecunlary result OF the pnpal jubilee
Is a gain TO the Golfers Of the vatican OF up
ward Of $3.50 900, as well as Jewels. plate and
other valuable articles, which are estimated
to be worth nearly E@0O,0O0.
a syndicate of Boston men have obtained
an option on the St Johns, New Brunswick,
rolling mills, and an agent of the syndicate
Is now in Montreal, cndcavorlng To obtain the
four big manufacturing firms there.
Large sales Of lands for coffee growing are
reported from the straits OF Vera Cruz and
OaSaca, Mexico, where both natives and for
cigners are buying extensively, many Amcri-
caus being Included among the buyers.
After trying the single tax octrine about
two year, the little town Of llyattsyille,
Maryland, Is about to 90 back TO the old sys-
ten and give up Henry Georges Idea The
system has been declared unconstitutional
New York bankers having failed To bluff
the government by shipping gold out Of the
couutry, are now sending silver To Europe.
-Four hundred thousand ounces and forty
thousand Mexican dollars we're shipped on
the lith.
Two hundred plasterers employed on the
Worlds Fair buildings struck few days ago.
They were getting s. 80 dag for eight hours
work and demanded So All Of the men were
working for contractors, none being employed
hy the Exposition company.
The exposures Ia the Panama cannl scandal
continue To agtatc Pals. De Frcycinct and
tloquet have been implicated by testimony OF
witnesses, Late on tue llth VI. Bourgeois
minister Of Justice. resigned his Office. lie Il
certain TO be implicated in the scandal
directly or indirectly.
.Iuti AGAINST Johnson ppt,ury Wyp-
ming, lave been awarded 10 Judge Ballard Of
Denver, Judge Davidson and Attorney Breck-
ons OF Cheyenne for 5000 They were To re.
criyc slO,pJ0 to prosecute the cattemeu who
invaded the North last spring. The county
paid 5000 aud then refused to allow any fur
thcr claims, rcpudiatlng their contract.
\ dispatch from Tabora announces an I'M
portnui German victory in East Africa.
After three days lighting the Germans under |
Lieutenant Prince captured fortified town
held by tho Chief SIKH, who with number
Of his followers was slain. The Germans lost
four killed and seventeen wounded. Sikkis
death removes one Of the greatest abstacles to
German progress in Africa.
/. The Park City sampllng works at Salt
LAX, have been burned. together with five
Union Pacific freight cars. The building was
about 800 feet In length and was full Of ore
and samples. Fire caught in the boiler room
during = change Of shifts, and was under such
hcadwny when discovered that II could not he
McInto-h Of salt Lake, who place their loss
at 5000 with insurance Of $4,000.
II Is stated that Mgr satolli, the papal del
cgate, will make a tour Of the Western arch
dioceses Immediately after Easter, and that his
FIRST objective point Will be st. Louis. He
will remain there two or three days, drvoung
his time to tho affairs Of the diocese, 1t Is
believed that Mgr. satollls coming Will bring
with II the announcement of the appoint
ment and installmcnt Of u condiutor To Arch
bishop kcnrick
Two bloody stories Of mutHy and m urder
In the South seas were brought to San Fran
cisco by the steamer Australia. One mutiny
occurred on the whaling bark William Boy
lies, which resulted in the dangerous wound
Ing Of the fourth mate, Joe Baptlste, by a
sailor named Carl Hendrick. The other oc-
Cured on the American bark lic'pcr whic b
resulted In the death Of the second mate, w.
Fitzgerald. Both of the mutt lnics were sup
pressed.
On the lith every street operative en-
ploycd by the Sioux City Street Railway Com
pany, with tho exception Of Il possible half
dozen. were discharged and new men put in
their places. The company charges all the
men with dishonesty, and claims that 1t has
been robbed Of as high 5000 per month
The robbery, It is said, has been going on for
years and the officials Of the company believe
that It has averaged n loss Of 81, 900 annually
from this source
The governor Of Montana has signed the
anti-scalprrs bill, Under Its provisions It Is
unlawful for any 10 deal in railroad
tickets save the regularly authorized agent.
OF railroad companies. The penalty Il a line
of $500 aud imprisonment for one year. The
Tin provides for the redemption Of unused
portions Of tickets by the companies. Mem
hers Of the American Ticket Brokers' Asso-
citation say they will make test case on tbc
ground that the law Is unconstitutional The
law goes into effect in sixty days.
II Is certain now that the Chicago swiAch-
men will not 70 out strike. The switch
men were somewhat astonlshcl by the array
of public sentiment against any strike at
this time, almost every paper in Chicago
lLnt the atilLnIlt uLrrI I1t.