The Dickinson press., 1894-02-17
lg the vocation Of prophet without a

OuuASS OhAIlkCI, 0lGalI XNOICucIu AAAA.
way agent at Culbcrtson, Mont, Is
murdered for his money and the sta.
tion burned to conceal the crime.
Jealousy caused fight between
Thomas Lord and Frank Sucker, near
Blue Ridge, ILL.,, Sucker died of his
injuries.
An illicit whisky still has been seized
on the farm of John Laser near Bre-
men, Ind. Laser is prominent farm
er and has always been regarded as a
law-abiding citizen.
All the cOnvicts OH the Retrieve plan
taticn il, Texas, forty in number, es-
capped. Rloodhounds are on their track.
The convicts are mostly negroes and
were at work under the lease system.
William 1seisa, said to be wanted in
a year ago. avoided arrest ut Pittston,
Joseph was himself, William. Joseph
was arrested.
John Denny. a companion Of Ike T.
Bulls has confessed and officers have
secured the counterfeiting apparatus
used by the men at Los Angeles. The
coins made had rs true a ring as any
turned out by Uncle Sam. Both men
are under arrest.
Foreign Gossip.
Prof. Edward Tremey, the distln-
guishel French chemist and member
Of the institute, died at Paris.
Retalitory trade measures against
America and France are threatened by
the Russian minister of finance.
Pope Leo will soon print an encycli-
cal in which he will urge unions Of the
Eastern and Western churches.
Martial law in Rio de Janeiro will
end February 26. In accordance with
the law the presidential election will
take place March l.
The Journal Des Debats of Paris
says that the majority Of the powers
had decided to refuse belligerents
rights to the insurgents Of Brazil.
The correspondent of the London
Telegraph at Rome says the pope has
approved the decree forbidding the
clergy to attend bull fights In Spain.
He orders that the priests must re-
fuse to give absolution to a dying mata-
dor.
The Paris Temps, referring to the
dispatches from Sierra Leone which
stated that the French had annexed
the town Of Half Cavally, near the Ii
berian frontier, says that the French
entered the city owing to an error,
and that they will retire from 1t.
The London silver market seems to
be completely demoralized, and the
price Of bar silver took another drop
to-day Of 7-1Gd to % 3-Sd per ounce.
The tone Of the market is flat. There
was another fall to-day in the value of
rupee paper.( tho price declining 3-9d.
A number Of Balmacclists have been
arrested, and it is said the government
is in possession Of information which
leaves no room for doubt that u plot
of dangerous nature against the state
has been discovered. AS a result, a
state Of siege has been proclaimed and
further arrests are expected to follow
In the near future.
The Hamburg-Amerlcan Steamship
company telegraphs to the Associated
Press that the Hamburg g-American and
the North German Lloyd have ANAL
gamated, not only SO far as their Medi-
terranean service is concerned, but for
the whole North Atlantic service. 1t Is
added that the other lines have Joined
IN the agreement for certain parts OF
the traffic.
A dispatch to the London Times from
Athens says: AS a result of protests
made by the powers against the exc.
cution Of Christian prisoners in Crete
the government has prohibited further
executions. -Four Christians were exc.
cuted on the island recently, and sew
eral Mussulmans who had been con.
victed Of capital charges had their sen.
tences reprieved. A very bitter feel
Ing was created among the Christian
residents against the governor.