The Bessemer indicator., 1893-03-25
reiegrnphic Breviti@s.
zen Victoria has conc 10 Itaiy.

| Two more big bridges are 10 be uullt 20 con-
meet New York and brooklyn.
senator Harris OF Tennessee was elected
president pro ten of the Senate on the 22nd.
1t seems certain that there will soon he u
big strike on the Atlantic n Pacific railroad.
The town OF Puryls, Mississippi, was nearly
destroyed by fire on the a2nd 1t was caused
by lncendiaries.
\ big locomotive exploded at Butte, Mon
| tana, on the 18th. Two men were Killed and
| TWO Others badly hurt.
Felipe Osanic, a prominent banker OF
Guanuiunto. Mexico, has been arrested for
robblug his bank OF 800, 600.
Thti death sentence OF Carlyle W. Harris,
| the young man who murdered his wife in
New York has been confr med.
The captain Of a schooner was fined slt 800
and sentenced to one year in jail at San Fran
cisco for smuggling In Chinese.
| by AN explosion of gas In coal mine near
tonuelsvllle, Pennsylvania, on the 18th, ten
men were Injured and several OF them viii
die.
The steamship sarnis with nearly 500 pas
sengers aboard arrived at Halifax on the 18Th.
| She was week overdue owing 10 havlns
broken her shaft
NJ J. Farr- has sold his herd OF 1900 cat
tie that he formerly kept on the Pecos river,
| New Mexico. They were bought by J. NJ.
Coburn OF Kansas city.
Several cases OF cholera have appeared in
convict prison in Moscow, The provincial
council has voted 200, 600 francs to be spent In
| institutlng preventive measures.
| Fire IN the Exeter New Hampshire cotton
| mills on the iIth destroyed $3.50, 900 worth Of
property, threw 2iO hands out OF employ
inent and injured three persons.
a school boy of Louisville Kentucky, ON.
mltted suicide few days ago by lying down
| in front OF train. lie WAS dcspondent be-
cause his girl had gone back on him.
Secretary Morton has begun reforming his
| department in very practical manner. He
| has dismissed, rather "furloughed,n l2l
employees of the bureau Of animal industry.
Joseph Gardner OF Bedford, Indiana, has
| presented the National Red Gross Society over
100 acres OF land in Indiana. This ground
would be neutral territory in case OF any war
w. c. Tullcr, who resigned the position Of
| general purchasing agent OF the Santa fe
| about three months ago, is restored to that
position, relieving II. c. Ives, who is assigned
| to other duties in the transportation depart
| ment.
j. f. Strong Of Shelby county, Alabama ia
| the winner OF the Conrier-JorpRars prize OF
| $1,000 for the person guessing nearest to the
| number Of votes cast for President Cleveland.
| Ills guess was l2I36,9lO. The number of
votes actually cast being L., 1862.
Bishop John NJ. Brown, the head OF tho AZ
| rlcan VI. f. church, was buried in Washing
! ton Monday. \ large number Of prominent
persons from all parts of the country were in
attendance. Among the floral offerings was
| one from President Cleveland.
| a woman has been arrested nj Pierre, south
| Dakota for arson Her crime Is a remark
| able one She set fire 10 the court house and
| the residences of several prominent citizens
in the hope Of destroying IN this way notes
and other papers showing her indebtedness ' /
II now seems certain that the freight
| steamer Naronic has foundercd at sea, as u
vessel reports having seen two Of her life
| boats, empty. 1t Is possible that the crew
| was rescued from these by passing ship.
| There were seventy men aboard the
Naronlc.
A large number of Chinese are obcying the
law that requires them to register before May
lst TO avoid being sent back TO China, but th,
Chinese Six Companies of San Francisco have
raised fund with which to defeat the law by
testing It's constitutionallty before the Su.
preme Court.
A horrible accident occurred Monday morn
Ing In a coal pit near Chesterfield, Derby
shire. While the cage was descending loaded
with miners going to their days work the
cage, owing 10 some accident to the appara-
tus, suddenly fell to the bottom OF the shaft
and eight of the miners were Killed.
A miner named Boehmr purposcly exploded
ten pounds Of dynamite on the lIth In an iron
mine In the Harz district In Germany. He
and six other miners were torn to atoms
Boehme's motive ia supposed to have been
revenge, ms he had trouble recently with the
superintendent and was constantly quarreling
with his fellows.
Suit has been commenced by the states al
torncy at Columbus, Indiana, against Francis
e. Crump, Martha J. Sydney, Catharine j.
Snyder aud DR.. Wcisner for 5000 each for
falling 10 list their property for taxation The
amount hidden exceeds SiO00OO. There is
.srcst excitement there on account OF the fl
Ing Of the suits.
The 5-year-od son Of John Icnl, an Aus
trlan coal miner, wandered from his home at
O.. ~. 81 M
OF the little fellow was found last week two
miles from the town. 1t was Ia gully In
territory which had several times been tray
crsed by scarehcrs. School children made the
discovery.
An east-bound Union Pacific express and
passenger train ran Into an open switch TWEEN
ty miles from Evanston, Friday. They were
going at top speed and bad wreck resulted.
B i. Gay, young postal clerk, worhlng cx-
ira, badly injured that he died In
thrcc-quarters of an hour. Engineer I.c,h-
bridge was seriously scalded
Near Fort Steele n mountain lion entered
herd OF sheep In broad daylight and made of
with u large eve. Scvt day the hericr fol
lowed the trail, found the partly dcyourcd
oarcass of the sheep and poisoned 1t. On the
follow Ing day he Investigated further and had
the satisfaction OF finding the lion dead The
lion was one Of the biggest ever Killed In that
section.
Judge Kicks Of the uited States District
Court at Toledo, created great sensation on
the 18th by ordering Chief Arthur 10 remove
the boycott laid on Ann Arbor ears by en-
ployes Of the Lake Shore road. Judge Kicks
also had several engineers arrested who re-
fused Ia handle those clrs. Mr. Arthur has
liftcd the boycott temporarily until the mat
ter Is .et,lcd in the courts,
Edward Parker Deacon, the slayer OF
hteilic, has sailed from Europe with his
daughter Glidy-, for New York, with the in
tent!on Of Joining his other children Mt New.
port, Gladys is the child whom Mrs Deacon
abducted from the convent 10 save her from
| falling intO the hands of Mr.. Deacon during
| the divorce proceedings which have recently
| bccn terminated by an agreement, under
| which Mr.. Deacon was given possession OF all
the children except the youngest.
The United States Senate ia taking things
easy. Its chief work Is to confirm the Presi-
dents appointments The Democrats want
! to elect new set Of Senate officers, but the
| Republicans Will resist the ground that
| this would be contrary to precedent, and that
! the Democrats must walt until the regular
session. 1t seems probable that the three
senators appointed by the governors OF Wyo
ming, Montana aud Washington Will he
seated.
Tnlxton Bealc, United States minister TO
Greece Roumanla and Seryia, has Informed
the state department that Mime schllemann,
widow OF DIR. Schliemann, the famous cx-
plOrcr OF the ruins OF buried and ancient ci tiles
has determined tn present TO the United
States Natiunal Museum n portion Of the
relics uncarthcd at Troy by her late husband.
Mr.. Bcalc gives no intimation Of the size of
the collection, but says its value will be APP
parent on Inspection.
Active preparations ere about to be begun
by Secretary Hoke Smith for opening the
Cherokee strip, under the provisions OF the
Indian appropriation act ratifying the agree
ment with the Cherokecs. The prellminarlcs
to be observed prior to opening the outlet To
settlement, by proclamation of the President,
will consume considerable time. Seventy al
iotmcnts are TO be made to Indians who were
bona fide residents Of the strip prior to 1891,
and engaged In farming, and the strip is to be
opened to settlement under the provisions Of
The act 10 OrEanlZe Oklahoma Tcrrltory.