The Bessemer indicator., 1893-04-29
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William Dalton and frank James VIII open
saloon ia Chicago.
Serious riots between Orengemeu and Ma.
,lonnlists cont!nnc In Belfast.
Two condemned murdercrs made their cs-
cape from Sing Stag prison on the 2lst
II Is stated that Mr. Cleveland seriously
thinks OF moving his offices from the White
House to the war aud navy building.
Nine OF the men recently convicted as
shltecaps at Carrollton, Georgia. have been
sentenced to twelve mouths each in the chain
gang,
An act was passed 10y the legislature of
Tennessee, and since approved by the gov
ernor giving authority 10 state banks TO Issue
a circulating medium
4 dl.patch from Wardner, Idaho, In the
Cgur DAlene mining district, report, that
town has been destroyed BY fire Wardner is
place OF 1000 inhabitants.
The long Tough, lockout which the clothing
manufacturers began against their cutters In
New York has been practically settled and
work will be resumed at once
Aycriict OF saaooO has been rendered lu
the United States District Court at Spokane,
against J, II. Sloan, wel-known capitalist,
tor cutting timber from government land,
ExCongre,sman Frank llurd OF Toledo,
ohio VIII briug the decision OF Judge Kicks
In the famous Aun Arbor cases before the
United States supreme Court for review
= Al the Union Pacific Iron workers who have
been Of strike at Omaha returned 10 work
on The 2jih, and every department OF the
shops began running with full force Of men.
Tom Foe the wcll-kuown bicycle rider. says
that he will start on May 10 10 ride across the
continent from New York to San Francisco.
lie expects 10 make the trip In siNty-iiyc days.
Governor Stone Of Mississippi, has signed
tde bill requiring all bond investment com
pancs, etc. To deposit 100000 with the state
treasurer In cash or approved securities as
guarantee OF good faith.
The legislature of Prince Edward island
ha, again passed bin abolishlng both the
Legislative Council aud the House Of Assem-
bly, aud hereafter the legislature will con
7!st Of n lower House only.
Or. lIalTkinc, who recently went 10 India to
cholera by the incubation Of cholera virus,
has lnoculated 100 persons al Agra and no
evil results are reported
The railway ticket brokers OF Chicago have
won their habea- corpus cnse, which means
that the .law against scalping Is unconsttu-
iioDat The decision was handed down by
Judges Iuthill, Mcconnell and Dunno, sitting
together
Mrs j Ellen Foster the president Of the
NuE-par,isan Womnu's Christian Temperance
Union, Is going TO London 10 attend the an
uuul convention Of the English union. She
Will seek 10 obtain recognition IN al Official
way for her organization
At meeting OF the directors Of the MexI-
can Central railway, NJ Boston Alber. Alonzo
Robinson was elected president 10 succeed 5.
W Reynolds Mr. Reynolds will remain
in charge OF The financial business and Mr..
Eoblnson Will manage the road.
Governor Fi-hbacls of Arkansas has offered
reward OF 500 for the arrest and conviction
OF the parties who iynchcd Flanagan Thorn
ton o.; M0rrIlton on "Wednesday night He
says lie intends 10 make Arkanaas a law-abid.
ing state II it bankrupts the treasury,
\ cable message received ai the state de
partneut says that the Emperor OF Russia has
signed the eStrndtlon treaty between the
United States and Russia, and that the ratlll-
cations have been exchanged by the United
States minister and the Russian foreign office.
Professor Koch is said to have perfected his
anti-con,nmptlon remedy to point where tic
can definitely claim results that were prcma-
turey announced three years ago. 1t is now
In form Of inhalation, instead OF the lymph
that wai administered by the injecting
syringe rs At first
Letters hearing date up 10 March 8 have
been received at Zanzibar from William
Astor Chanlcr who ID leading an exploring
expedition in East Africa. He says that nll
members Of bis party are well, and he gave
details Of their recent exploration IN tie re-
Gion around Mount krnia.
An express train rInning Det"c Santiago
and Valparaiso was wrecked on the 22nd.
The cugn with Two cars, fell twonty-seyen
feet he ears TOOK fire from the lamps and
Il I. reported many persons were burned to
death. 1t Is not known whether the accident
was caused by train wreckcrs or defects In the
road bed,
4 telegram was received at the nayy de
purturn' Wednesday from New York an
nouncng the death there of Captain 6ilbcrt
G Nlltsc from congestion Of The brain.
Captain Witse commanded the Boston dur
Ing the trouble IN Hawaii and led the marines
that L0lstei our flag establishing protecto-
rate over the islands.
The failure is announced OF the Australian
iolnt stock bank with liabilities amounting TO
sGj ,O0O,O;n. The deposits amount to nearly
sJJ,OJI,UlO. The reserve fund has been stated
this year ~ 500, 600 and the further liability
of the shareholders Of es5J, ,a26. The bank
has 200 branches In Australia. The failure
was doe to the heavy Withdrawal Of deposits.
The details of the calamity that ha- befal-
leu the Island OF Luntc show that since the
Jegiunlng Of April there have been total OF
100 earthquake shocks, averaging five every
day There are rot In the city fifty house,
iha, are safe for the people TO live IN. II IS
now known that i50 people lost their lives.
and This list +. likely to be added to when tue
ruins arc cleared away. II this Is ever done.
The magnificent new armory Of the First
regiment Illinois National guards was de-
-troycd by fire at Chicago gu the oath. Two
men arc known 10 have peTished ia the
flames. Two others were rescued from i'm
mediate death by the heroism of the iromen,
but not until they were badly injured The
loss to property IA placed AZ about s?lj,oo),
which Is very inadcquately covered by in
surGncr
The Confederate monument which was
erected By the women of Nick-burg In mem
ory uf those who fell ia defense Of that city
in the late war, was unveiled on the .iIh in
tue presence Of l0,OO0 people. The day open
ed rainy and gloomy. hut by noon the skies
we're clear. and the programme wns carried
out The ceremonies were preceded By u
military and civic parade, after which ora
tons were delivered by eN-Goveruor Robert
Lowry aud General Lee.
King ilumbert OF Italy aud hs wife cele-
bratcd the twenty-ifth anniversary OF their
wedding on the END The ENJOYS eXtraor-
dnnry and ministers plcEipotentiary Joined
with the Ambassadors in presenting the con
grutuintloas OF the heads OF their respective
states, and United States Minister Potter pre-
scented IN autograph letter from President
Cleveland, conveying in suitable language the
cyprrs.ions Of the Presidents pleasure over
the happy occasion. King 1umbcrt and
Queen Mafghcri,a extended most cordial
wclcom" 70 their visitors. Emperor William
and his wife were present.
MANY rumors are current Iegardidg the
cause Of the sudden stopping Of the imperial
train while en- route to the Crimea. and the
resuiilmg fright by which the czar WIS made
III. One ruInor is To the effect that thou,-
ands O' peasants living In villages near Clark
OFF laid themselves upon the railroad track
in order to stop the czar'a train, and thus
have an opportunity to present To the czar
a petition against certain local abuses A
conflict ensuei 1t T. said between the train
guards and the peasants, and the general re-
suit was that forty-two pcasanis and thirteen
soldiers were killed In the fight or crushed by
the train.
During last year the Union Pacific railway
company earned about 81 per cent on Its
capital stock which was twice the stockhold-
ers' surplus In the previous year, and compares
with a deficit OF s275 600 in 1880. Out Of
g, ,O6V so -urplu. for the year 81 $50, 900 re-
main IN the form OF actual cash. the total
cash on hand December 81 1892, being s3,-
9sg.l1S TIC reduction In expenses has been
qult- general. The funded debt of the system
,1,. J,gT