The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-28

Judge Crosscup has decided to rehear the
case of Eugene Debs and other American Rail-
way Union officials on May g.
The bill that caused the riot in the State
! house at Indianapolis has been found- will
Beach and Senator Boord called at the office OF
Secretary of State Owen the other day and
asked instructions as TO what they should do
with the bill which had been partially burned
when recovered from furnace in the State
house.
The planters are said to be quietly aiding the
Cuban rebels
Gen. Neal Dow celebrated his 9lst birthday
at Portland, Me-, last week.
new pcstoffice i'm Ohio has heen named
Trilby, after Du Maurier's famous book.
Newfoundland and Canada have agreed to a
conference at Ottawa looking to the annexation
of the former country 10 the Dominion.
La Union Constitutional. Spanish paper
published at Havans. warns the United States
that in case of war the navy of Spain will beat
that Of this country.
A Consular report shows that the sale OF
ivory at Antwerp, the principal market of the
trade. during seven wears amounted 1,755.s72
pounds valued mt So 524. 600 The sale last
year was 5S3 III pounds. There is no reason
to fear the exhaustion of the ivory supply, the
crop Of centuries being still in the hands OF
natives. There are, besides. about $4,000 ele-
plants living, so il is thought.
A resolution offered in the Reichstag con-
graduating Prince Bismarck on the celebra-
tion OF his S0th birthday was defeated by a
vote of 1913 to lac.
Ii Hung Chang, the Chinese peace envoy,
was slightly wounded by pistol shot fired by
Japanese.
The formal inquiry into the loss of the
North German Lloyd steamer Elbe has begun,
but no new facts have as yet been learned.
Sensational stories are aaoat that flibuster-
ing expeditions are being organic in New
York City to aid the Cuban rebels.
Gen. o. o. Howard, in q recent talk in San
Francisco, suggested the ACCESSIBILITY OF in
creasng the Army so as to have at least LOCO
men TO each State, in order that the President
shall have sufficient force at his command to
enforce the law when the civil authorities find
themselves unable to cope with an emergency
such as has been witnessed on several occa-
sions He declared that the enlisted men COM
pared favorably with those of any other coun-
try and that the standard Of character Of the
men was high.
Over 5000 Spanish troops have been landed
in Cuba, hut the rebels have decided to do no
more fighting than possible until later in the
season. when the ranks of the Spanish have
been thinned by yellow fever and their larger
guns ruined by the rain.
To prevent North Dakota running in debt,
Gov. Allen has cut of S25 900 in appropria-
tons. This viii close the Normal and State
University.
The recent revolt Of the girls in the State
Home for Juvenile Offenders. and the iuvesti-
cation Of the management of that institution by
tod hx-t
OF Representatives, has brought 10 light the fact
that girls were chained to the floor in such
manner that they could not move about. but
were held face downward. Another discovery
that stirred the committee was the admission of
five girls without commitments, aud their re-
moval without papers of discharge.
The British Government has demanded f15,-
600 indemnity from Nicaragua for the expulsion
Of Consular Agent Hatch.
Adi't-Gen. McAlpin, of New York State, has
enlisted his messenger boy in the National
Guard, that he may have a uniform 10 wear
while running errands.
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher will again move
into the old frame building near Plymouth
Church, New York City. which had been the
home of the family many years before Mr..
Beecher's death.
Emperor William has sent to the Academy in
Berlin oil painting from his own hand.
Students in the Boston University will have
to give up tobacco or leave the institution.
terrible gale swept over the south of Eng
land early this week. destroying a number Of
houses. Several fatal accidents are reported.
fire in Kansas City packing-house caused
q loss of nearly Sl,000,ooo.
Walter w. Greenland formerly Adiutant-
General of the State of Pennsylvania, died at
his home in Clarion, Pa March "a.
Hon. Charles de Kay, United States Consul
at Berlin, has made an interesting report to the
State Department on tho subject of Cheaper
Venison in America" The report shows that
breeding would make deer meat cheaper than
beef.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone have returned TO
London. where they attended church last Sum
day. The ex-Premier is apparently in good
health.
correspondent to the London Daily Teye-
graph asserts that over 5000 Armenians were
killed in cold blood during the massacre.
The record Of the last 10 years in Chicago
goes to show that the properties of &c million
aires have been recorded in the County Probate
Court Of the aggregate value of SCI. ACC. 600. 1t
also shows that of this sum s.. 300. GOO has gone
through bequest TO charitable and educational