The Globe-republican., 1896-01-16
NEWS NOTES.

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Congress is trying to find a way TO
prevent ucdervaluations At custom
, houses.
Passenger rates for the G. A.. Il.
meeting at St Paul will be one cent
per mile.
DR.. Jameson's raid was part of .
plot to annex the Transvaal to British
South Africa
The 14-year-old son of D. ]. Robin
son. Tecumseh, Ok, hanged himself
while playing.
Country bankers arc sending large
amounts of gold to New Yori. for safe
| keeping.
The old war ship Constitution is not
deemed fit to be modernized but will
retire On its laurels
J. J. Latin and man named Corbiu
were killed by an EXPLOSION in the
Linsey mine at Cripple Creek.
Charles L. Baender of Moberiy, NO.,
has been appointed a cadet to West
Point Military academy.
Mr.. Frye introduced q bill in tho
Senate to reconvene the delegates to
the international marine conference
of 1889.
E. B. Wright, Washington cores
pondent of the Chicago Inter Ocean,
and for many years q prominent news
paper man there, died of heart failure.
Little Rock authorities wouldn't
even let Ingersoll deliver q non-relig-
ious lecture on Shakespeare there on
Sunday, February =.
Representative Spauldlng of Michi-
gan, proposes to annex Hawaii by
treaty with Uncle Sam, and has 4
resolution in the House to that effect.
E. d. Hathorn, . white man, and T.
Wade, colored, were hanged in public
1t Augustus, Miss. for the murder of
Mrs. Hathorn.
Johh X. Evans of Decatur, Ind. :,
left $40, 900 each to three sons. This
amounted to SIS, 600 each when the
children attained their majority. The
oldest two boys spent theirs in six
months and the third son ran through
his So, GOO and was arrested for for
gerry IN fifteen days
Senator Wolcott of Colorado, who
has just returned from Europe, says
there is hardly an intelligent land
owner in Europe who is not a bi-met-
allist. There is, however, he thinks.
no prospect of favorable action in the
near future, and whoever invites this
country to await European agreement
before opening our minis to silver
offers no hope of definite relief.
Paul Verlaine, French poet, is
dead.
The American cruisers at AleXan-
dretta have gone to Smyrna to protect
the missionaries in that section.
Cyrus Newkirk. ex-president of the
defunct Sedalia First National bank,
was too Ill in California to appear in
court.
Senator Plat of Connecticut has in
troduced bill providing for Cherokee
townsite laws.
The Bank of Fayette, Ohio. was
robbed of So, 200 in cash and $4,000 in
bonds.
| ed Kaiser Wilhelm an honorary MEM
Der.
A woman believed to be Mrs. Colt of
Rhode Island has gone to Oklahoma
to get decree of divorce.
Attorney F. F. Harl of st. Joseph,
Mo-, was arrested, charged with at
tempting to choke his stepmother to
death.
City of Mexico vaults are glutted
with money, having $50, OOO, 600 in their
vaults
| British steamer Wild Flower, with
thirty hands, is believed to have been
lost at sea-
London Chronicle recognizes the
business of Americas position on the
Venezuelan question.
Judge Shiras holds that treaty rights
of Indians are not impaired by their
becoming citizens.
People are not clamorous for the
| new government bonds.
Rufus Peckham has taken his seat
| on the supreme bench.
Tammany's ticket was successful in
the New York primaries
A Cuban delegation visited Secre-
tary Olney to ask recognition from the
United States government.
DR.. ". H. Heath of Buffalo has been
offered the surgeon generalship of the
Cuban insurgent army.
Matt Freeman, Zip Wyatt's former
lieutenant, is in jail at Guthrie, Ok. q,
| for the murder of Fred Hoffman,
treasurer of D county.
Pat Ford took leg bail at Omaha
and escaped the pen. A. P. A. police
| against the priests protests, searched
the Catholic cathedral for the runa-
way.
Philadelphia police in general are
charged with activity in politics, and
Sergeants Green and McManus in par.
ticular are charged with running q
disorderly house.
Edward j. Shaw, president Of the
| Architect and Builders Loan Associa-
ton in Cincinnati, is in Jail. charged
with using the mails for fraudulent
purposes. He advertised 500, 900 cap
tai stock W hen he had none At all.
Judge Parker of Arkansas has been
. second time reversed by the Supreme
court in the Sam Hickory murder case
and is strongly censured by the higher
Il