The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-11-23
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

General Maxine Gomez the Cuban
insurgent leader, has captured Fort
Paleyo, in the province of Santa Clara.
The new comet discovered from the
Lick observatory is increasing very
rapidly In brightness, and will be Wis
iblc TO the naked eye in a few weeks
A big Cuban sympathy mass meet
ing was held in Cleveland. Resolu-
tions asking for the recognition of
belligerent rights were adopted.
II is authoritatively stated that
Samuel Gompers viii be cand didate
for the leadership of the American
Federation of Labor at the coming
convent'cn
Cart Streckelman, the renowned
South African explorer, was drowned
August 20. For several years he has
been special correspondent in Africa
for the New York Herald.
At a rousing meeting in Philadel
phia, addressed by Governor Mat.
thews, of Indiana, strong resolutions
were adopted calling upon Congress to
request President Cleveland 10 recog-
nizc the Cuban republic without delay.
number OF prominent citizens OF
Card,h Wales, publicly presented
Lord Dunraven silver model OF Val
kyrie Ill, and his lordship responded
in two and half columns of nonpa
reil, every line of which was cabled to
this country.
A three days civil service examina.
tion will be held in Washington, Phil
adclphia, New York, Boston, Pitts
burg, Cincinnati, Chicago st. Louis
and New Orleans, beginning Decem Der
10, to fiji one sl,ii0 vacancy in the
drafting department of the United
States lig hthouse board.
One hundred Armenians employed
at the Whiting machine works AT
Whitensville, Mass, refused to work
longer unless the firm would discharge
foar Turks, also employed by the com.
pany. The condition was not com.
piled with and the Armenians at once
stopped work
Mexican engineers of the iDterna-
tional boundary commission are claim
ing as Mexican territory strip one
mile long and six blocks wide of El
Paso, Texas, on the ground that the
boundary is marked by the old chan
mel of the Rio Grande, which used to
run through what is now FL Paso
The kentucky court of appeals has
upheld the statute imposing per
cent tax ON each 500 business done in
the state by foreign corporations. 1t
Is claimed that this viii drive seven
teen associations doing business OF
5000, 900 from the state on account of
being unable to compete with home
firms
Miss Elsie Stillman, daughter of Mr..
James Stillman, was married To Will
lam q. Rockefeller the son of the
STANDARD Oil magnate. The brides
family gave her pearls, and the bride.
gruom's diamonds The brides father
gave her hoase. Among the gifts
were silver vases from President Cleve.
land and SecretRry Lamont.
Those not on the Quay-Reed slate
for positions under the organization
of the house have formed combine.
Three of the four boys arrested for
wreeking a New York Central Grain
have confessed. They will be tried
for murder
A rich oil well has been discovered
ON a plantation owned by Joe Jeffer-
son in louisiana lie win make a for.
tune out of il.
The Ameer of Afghanistan, enraged
by his sons failure To establish an EN-
bassy In london, has burned several
OF his subjects To death.
General Henderson of Iowa saws
that he doesn't think Congress will do
any tariff revision.