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and mail line will be in operation by
April from this place. which will
give direct communication with the
terminus Of the Spokane & Palouse
branch Of the Northern Pacific railroad.
Under the new postal appropriation
bill the secret inspection of letter car.
riers by special agents will be stopped.
The bill provides instead, that there
shall be thirty additional postoffice in
spectors, who shall be assigned to the
free delivery service exclusively.
While these men will be n0minally un-
der the authority of the fourth assist
ant postmaster general, they will be
subject to the orders of the first assist
ant and the superintendent of the free
delivery service. They will devote
their time exclusively to the inspection
of the free-delivery service, and will
pursue the same methods pursued by
the special agents.
At Ellis island, in New York har-
Dor, the immigration committee of the
house will take evidence bearing on
the administration of existing immi-
grafton laws. The committee will
witness the landing of two shiploads
of immigrants. A general consulta-
tion on the subject Of immigration and
the class of immigrants will be held
with the government inspectors at FL
lis island with view to learning
more about the workings of the exist
ing laws. 1t is generally conceded
that if any immigration law is passed
by the present congress it will be the
Lodge bill now pending before the SEN
ate, which provides for a strict educa-
tional test, in addition to the restric-
tion of present laws.
A man and boy 30 years old, were
lynched by mob in Wichita, Kan.
for bank robbery and murder recently
committed in that town.
Gold has been discovered in City
Greek canyon, within the city limits
of Salt Lake City. Assays are reported
running as high as $500 in gold and
$40 in silver per ton.
The American ship William G.
Davis, from Philadelphia for San Fran
cisco, to inaugurate the new line of
clippers around the Horn from the lat
ter port to the Atlantic seaboard, has
been lost at sea.
Five hundred photographers struck
in New York to enforce the recogni-
ton of their organization and the abo-
lition of the piecework system. The
action of the New York branch is ex-
pected to precipitate strikes forthwith
in all large cities.
Rolla o. Heikes, of Dayton, o.,
champion target shot of the world, has
made another sensational record. In
an exhibition at Indianapolis he broke
100 targets, continuous shooting, in 4
minutes and 30 seconds, which makes
new worlds record.
A movement of ice in the Missis-
sippi carried away l80 feet Of the draw
span of the government bridge in
Davenport, Ia, which was supported
by trestle work, while undergoing re-
pairs. The bridge was heavy double
decker used by the Rock Island rail-
way.
The withdrawal of Commander and
Mrs. Booth from the Salvation Army
has created a commotion in the Phila-
delphia branch of the army. The SOL
diers are aroused and talk of enlisting
in big secession from European head
quarters is heard in every Salvation
hall in that city.
In a fit of rage jacob Dietzel, of Chi
cago, aged 6S, shot his daughter, Mrs.
Henry Obner. and then himself, infiict-
ing fatal wounds. He was once in
prosperous circumstances. but of late
has been dependent upon his children
for support, and their frequent COM
plants, it is said, were the cause Of
the crime.
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