The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-01-20
TELEoRAPHIc NEWS IN BRIEF.

General Wei has been beheaded in
Pekin for cowardice.
General stiles, a prominent soldier
from Indiana during the rebellion, is
dead at Chicago
William X. Vanderbilt has sailed
for Europe and Will let his wife get
divorce by default.
The Nebraska house has tabled, by
vote of G2 to %, resolution calling
for the free coinage of silver.
In the Idaho legislature the ballot
for senator Thursday showed no
change 81; Shoup, 10.
The secretary OF the treasury has
requested the resignation of the col
lector of customs at eS pMoiues, Iowa.
Hon. Senator Tassc, Canadian com
missioner TO the Chicago Worlds
fair, and an eX-member OF parliament,
died after long illness.
The naval appropriation bill pro
vides for building three more battle
ships at n cost of 1000, 900 each and
a number of torpedo boats.
Hon. Patrick Hammill, a mem Der of
the Forty-iirst congress- died at his
home in Oakland, Md He was 20
years of age and had been in feeble
health for several years.
In the Idaho house n resolution to
su ubmit the woman's suffrage amend
ment to the voters at the next gem
eral election passed. 1t will be signed
at once by the governor.
The Delaware house and senate
adopted joint resolution deuouncing
the report that the governor of the
state could neither read nor write,
and therefore had sent in no message.
The interior department has ap-
proved preventative Brodericks bill
to sell surplus lands on Indian rcSer-
vatiou of Pottawatomie and Kicllapoo
/ Indians in Jackson and Brown couu-
/ ties, kas.
The house territories committee
/ has agreed to report bill TO regulate
| the liquor traffic in Alaska. The eff
| feet OF the measure will be to restrict
/ the traffic and contine tho issue of
| license TO white people.
A bill making it peniteutiary of
/ feuse TO SOW Johnson grass in Texas
/ has been introduced in the lcgisla-
/ ture of that state, and it is apt to
/ pass. Johnson grass has and is ruin
/ ing hundreds of farms in Texas.
! Secretary Gresham has called upon
/ Chairman Sayers of the house appro-
priation committee to urge that pro-
vision be made TO carry out his rec
ommendation for payments aggre-
eating S425,OOO on account OF the
! claims incurred under the Behring sea
! d agreement.
The Catholic university of America
] D., l.. Il
gifts and bequests, Besides $50, 600
given by Joseph Baingan, the univer-
/ sity has received by bequest of Mrs.
/ Selinda Whitford OF that city $50, 900
/ for the endowment of chair in the
/ department OF law.
! According to United States Consul
/ German at Matamoras the production
! of cotton in Mexico is decreasing i'm
| consequence of drought during the
/ last few years and the appearance of
a new enemy, a small, dark worm
! called "poplOte' SHARP shOOJcrl,
which is very destructive to the bolls.
In Scranton, Pa, the South steel
/ mill Of the Lackawanua Iron and
/ Steel company has resumed operat t.uus
and went on double turn, employing
/ between zoo and 500 men The North
. oANhA AlllAA " ia NAAAA up On ANA Nlt
| turn before the week ends. AT least
| l. 500 will be at work making steel
rails.
Efforts i'm behalfof Judge Riclls are
being made very quietly in the house
/ Two prominent Ohio lawyers. Nirgi.
L. Cline of Cleveland and W. >. Lynch
of Canton have arrived and are maxi
ing canvass Of the house. Both of
them are Democrats and they are de-
voting their attention to the Demo
cratic members.
Representative Money has intro
duced a bin TO raiso revenue by an in
crease OF tax on retail dealers in
liquors. The tax on such dealers is
fixed at $50, aud every person wuo
sells foreign or domestic distilled
spirits wines or malt liquors, i'm less
quantities than five gallons Of the
same, - to be regarded as o retail
dealer.