The Globe-republican., 1897-08-05
CONDENSED NEWS.

ton that Alice Barrett killed herself.
The free silver forces of Brown
county, Kansas. have fused on a coun-
| ty ticket.
The United States government is
building = gum to carry n 6O0-oound
shell Is miles effectively.
Governor Stephens has renewed the
reward of 5000 for the capture of
George Taylor.
One hundred lives were lost and
millions of damage done by floods in
Silesia, Germany.
Frank Keller and Will Clemens of
Leavenworth have made fortunes on
the Klondyke.
Great Britain is reported to be about
| to reopen the East India mint. to fur
Their international bimetallism
John Schlegel. who killed Dr. Ber-
ger on the street at Kansas City. Mo-,
has been released on $40. 900 bond.
j. G. Adkins Of Kansas CITY. retired
capitalist. was instantly killed by
being thrown from buggy near Lib
erty, Mo
A government official figures the
| average duty rate of the Dingley law
at 54.6 ct per cent ad valorem. The
Wilson rate was I0l.
William ]. Bryan and family have
arrived at Yellowstone Park Mr..
Bryan intends to thoroughly recup-
crate, if it takes all summer
| Expert Samuel C. Durham of the
Federal Bureau of Labor has been sent
to Alaska to report on the Klondyk
situation.
Alexander Boessow. aged a.. died at
Milwaukee from delirium trcmens.
after having spent $50 in an effort
to satiate his THIRST for beer.
Thieves on the ocean steamships be-
tween New York and European ports
are Systematically robbing the mails
and defy detection.
President Spaulding of the defunct
Globe Savings bank of Chicago. has
been found guilty of embezzlcmcnt.
1t was his third trial
All the city officers of Leadville,
Col, pas: and present. including the
district judge, have been indicted for
negligence in supprcssing gambling 2
and prostitution.
Edwin Flanagan, the Georgia muir
derer, who had a penchant for making
love to young girls, has been found
guilty of killing two women and sem
fenced to death. He will swing Au-
gust D.
James l.. Teeney, who was arrested
recently on the charge of having mis-
led Laura Brown, aged IS, his ward,
was shot and mortally wounded by
George and Charles Brown. brothers
of the girl, at DeKalb, Mo.
Ex-Governor Francis is at the head
of a st. Louis pool to control the
wheat market. 1t is said to have con-
troll of over half of the visible supply,
and that recent advances III prices is
attributable to their manipulations.
The net loss OF revenue to the gov
eminent on account of increased inn
ports during March, April, May and
June, in anticipation of the increased
duties of the new tariff act, is esti-
mated at $50, 666, -. by the bureau of
statistics OF the treasury department
Because of the passage of the Ding
ley bill. Leon Goldchan, owner OF
seven sugar plantations in Louisiana,
and the largest producer in the United
States, has ordered a sixteen and one
half per cent advance in wages.
The leading New York papers pub
Itch <OlnrnnS IF I,-l-
ment and mining company advertise
ments. At least twenty of these new
corporations advertise stock for sale,
with the usual alluring prospectuses.
Congressman Hilborn of California
believes that SO much gold will be
found within Il few years that the
metal will be demonetized.
Secretary Wilson is preparing to
urge American breeders to raise horses
for the European cavalry service.
According to Dun's weekly review
of the world of tra3e, the improve
ment in business is general.
The Missouri School Book Commits
sion completed ( - selection of books.
Tt" American Book Company got .5
per cent of the contracts.
DIR. Andrews, who resigned the presi-
dency of Brown university, will be-
come president of a college 10 be
founded by John Brisben Walker.
The Democrats of Texas held q con-
ference at Waco, reaifime6 the Chi
cago platform. recommended primary
elections for 1885. and the issue of an
address to voters.
Ben Vaughan road into picni and
began shooting right and left at
women and children near Perry, Okla,
wounding several.
University of California is to be the
finest in the world. There will be
from twenty eli. Int to thirty buildings,
and the cost will be not less than 3d..
300. 900. probably half as much more.
Great Britain has given notice to
the German Zollverein tina. the COM
mercial treaty in vogue since 1865 will
be annulled one year from date.
Young John Wessling, son of Ger