Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-29
BRIEFS.
Domestic.


The Traction company OF Bridgeport, Conn,
will make another attempt TO run its cars
today.
The steamer Belglc arrived at San Francisco
Yesterday from Hong Kong ana Yokohama,
bearing Yokohama adyices to January II.
Fresh rumors are current in. the Treasury
department. of removals that IL Is sad will be
made by the secretary before the fiscal year
begins.
The democratic caucus to select n candidate
to succeed Senator ,Wnlthall OF Mississippi
cast an Intellectual ballot yesterday and adj
journed until Monday.
John 7. Brush of the Cincinnati Base Ball
club is engaged to he married TO Miss Minnie
comedy, "a Milk White Flag"
-Four churches of Englewood, a Chicago
s%aased y fss Sn WIKI. lSSE sm @P a ado aeeS mem or ais.
TO congress asking for 800 tax per gallon ON
LIQUOR.
A special to tho New York stats ZeItung
from Cincinnati says that private dispatches
from SaNony announce the denth Of the en-
plorer, Frederick August Loewe, at the age of
6S years,
Thomas Dlvcre, who says his home is in
Troy, n. V, was shot five times by guards on
the express car OF train No $40, which left
Washington last night. The shots all took ef-
feet In the mans left leg.
Fire yestcaday completely destroyed the
Rve-story building occupied by the Western
Root and shoe company of st. Louis and the
BERNARD Cannon Shoe company, Loss, sl2S,-
600 fully covered by Insurance.
Tho official figures for the California Mid;
winter fair show that 72,24s people passed
through the turnstileS ON Saturday, the open
ing day. OF this number over 10000 paid the
regular admission fee Of 80 cents.
A disastrous and fatal wreck occurred on
the Bluff line ut Curran, I'LL, last evening. A
work train, running NJ n high rate OF speed,
was derailed and wrecked. The engineer was
killed and several workmen injured.
Joseph n. Hahn, who left Natchez last sep;
tcnber, taking with him $4,000 worth OF
bonds and diamonds belonging to Mrs. susan
SchwarZ, his s~istcr-in law, Is on his way back
from Guatemala In the custody Of officers,
II. l.. Collier, United Statos special exam
inor OF SURVEYS, has left for PocatellO, Idaho,
where he Will, ~ special agent, examine the
surveys OF the Fort Hall Indian reservation,
In every survey that has been made or that
reservation, including thatof 1892, there have
been errors which have prevented II IRON Oe-
ing thrown open for settlement,
one Of the most malignant cases of smallpox
with which tho health authorities of Chicago
have had to deal thus far was brought to their
Laura Paynem, living at 140 Halstead street,
was taken III with What Mt first was believed
TO be scarlet fever, but which Saturday even
ing was known TO be smallpox Of the black
variety, OF which the patient died last night.
Foreign.
Tho telegraphlc service with the state OF
Parana Is suspended by order of the Brazilian
authorities.
The situation in seryin is regarded with
anxiety by the Porte and the different en-
bassles. The progressionists favor u policy
favorable to the western powers.
The winter carnival will be formally In
augurated In Quebec on Tuesday. The Ice
FORT will be dedicated and the leo statues VIII
be unveiled to-day, and Tuesdays chief events
ara skating contests for the chaHlDlonshlp OF
CANAAN unI "a lnHpnEI match ON 5knIHA.