The indicator., 1897-01-23
TELE0RAPHic BREVITIEs.

1t is thought the feeling hostile to General
Weyler Will soon result In his recall.
The Earl of Kimberly has been elected
Liberal leader In the House OF Lords.
Governor Bushnell of Ohio denies that he
has decided to appoint Mark Hanna for
senator
II is stated that Senator wocott will re-
turn to the United States about the end OF
January.
Rev. T. ]. Conaty formally installed
as rector of the Catholic University of Wash.
ington on the 18Th.
The first Single Tax state convention con
yened at Topeka, Kansas, on the 18th, with
seventeen people present.
The women OF Montana are trying to oh
tain action favorable to woman suffrage
from the Legislature of that state.
The statement of the condition OF the
treasury shows: Available cash balance,
500. 1861 s47; gold reserve, S141,945,5lo.
Mrs. Anna Gould Custellane has given
birth 10 son. who the recipient of a
great quantity OF gems and gold and silver
ware.
The trial Of Edward J. Ivory. alias Bell of
New York, charged with couspiring to cnusr
dynamite explosion. opened at London on
the 18th.
The Senate committee on Judiciary has re,
ported favornhly the bill introduced by son
at0r Hill liking the term Of pOstnastcrs at
four years
The president has approved the act pro
viding for the purchase Of public lands for
reservoirs and the act granting pension to
the widow Of General II. p. Van Cleve.
The administrator Of the estate Of Vice
President William A. Hammond, OF the Ma
~ ~ 80 eI
eide. reports his estate to be worth only
$1,000
sam Palatka has been arrested at Atlanta
on the charge Of having caused the train
wreck At Cahala n few weeks ago, causing
the loss OF twenty-five lives. He boasts ~
his guilt
The tin mills at ew Castle, Pennsylvania,
the larlst In the world, We're damaged by
fire TO SAe extent Of $4,000 In the rolling
department SO men are thrown out OF EN-.
ploymens
Four men were found dead in Boston Mon
day, as a result Of asphyNiation by gas,
making seven victims within twenty four
hours and twenty-five during the present
epidemic Of APPROPRIATIONS
Thomas b Reed. John Dalzell and David
B. Henderson, acting as committee on rules
OF the House u Representatives have de
cided that the Nicaragua canal bill shall not
become law at this session.
A private telegram from Boston received
at Washington by prominent New England
senator announces authoriutivcly that ex-
Governor Long NJ Massachusetts, has been
rendered and has uccertpd the secrctaryshin
Of the navy
The United States supreme court ha- do
cidei the petition " the South Carolina dis
peusITy law which provides for the inSpec-
sF1 . ID f-1r. Ba
be - c1urrayeuriyu u the constitution u
the United States.
No more bull nights. prize lights or cock
fights Will be allowed to take place in the
state Of chihuahua. Mexico. the Legislature
having passed decree prohibiting the
sport and has provided severe penalty for
the violation II the law.
The date of the banquet to be rendered by
the lord mayor of London to United States
Ambassador Rayard has been fixed for
March = Mr.. Bayard'- tiual official appear
ance will be at a dinner Of the London
Chamber Of Commerce ON March 4
Andrew Carnegie, with other capitalists
from PittsburE Cleveland and Canada, have
acquired 40" acres of coal territory In the
MononEahela from the J. H Hayes estate
and John Il scuIly. The price to be paid
for the land Is S3.o,r,o.p. Mr.. Carnegie aud
his Piftsburr partners will have 81 per cent.
Of the property.
The civil service commI sion has completed
Its schedule NJ examinations throughout the
country. The first examinations Of the sea
son are ou March H. at Wilmington, Dcla-
ware; Washington. u. e.: Cincinnati, Pitts
burg and Richmond Virginia The last ex-
aminatinus are on April %. at points In al
most every state. There are six routes tp
be covered by the examiners OF the eommis-
sion.
dispatch from Bombay sIy-. The gov
ernment announces that any public servant
resigning or quitting his post on account NJ
the plague will lose his pension and Will
never be re-engagcd. All infected houses
are being washed with the fire hose charged
with strong phenyL Numbers Of men have
left the gas works, and It Is feared that the
city viii be left ln darkness unless the *.
odus is checked.
The London News announces thut Lord
Salisbury has consented to a punitive attack
upon the King u Benin, in the Niger coast
protect0rute, ON account Of the mnssacre-
Of a British expedition. The attack, will,
however be delayed about month until tn"
arrival Of fresh officers from England The
expedition viii comprise nearly a thousand
men and will be determined expedition 70
avenEe the mas-Hrred Europeans,
For the first time since the adoption of the
constitution of 1870. tho Legislature Of IN.
nois may be asked to authorize the borrow
ing Of money with which to rcplcuish the
state treasury until the next instulmcnt ~
raxes Is received. Governor Tanner, who
has Just been Installed as Governor Altgold',
successor. finds the state treasury almost
empty. Payment has been stopped by the
state on nearly everything except expenses
Of the Legislature,
The New York court Of appeals has
decided the Flynweather Will contest. The
effect NJ the decision Is TO distribute 5000
900 Involved among the following colleges In
equal proportions Amherst Bowdolu-
Dartmouth Williams. Yale. Columbia. Ham
ilton. Lafayette, Lincoln. Maryville, Mari
eta. Adelbcrt Wabash, Park, the Wesley
an University the Universities Of Rochester
Cornell virginia and Hampton and the
Union Theological Seminary.
The Alaska grand jury has found an in
dictmenf against Joseph Murray for Grim
lnal libel. Mr. Murray Is special agent oi
the United States treasury department and
was, at the time n the offense alleged,
United States fish commissioner for Alaska.
His report to the government was highly
sensational, and Indicated that the court.
as well as Its officers, couspired with the
criminals Of Alaska, 1t further snid the
court and Its officers were afraid to do their
duty. even II they We're disposed
The richest oil find Of the past two years
in the Indiana n"ld has been made two miles
north Of Dundee, inhnna. The well Is now
flowing 900 barrels day. The ground
about the well for several hundred itet was
covered with the fluid before tanks tould be
put up, and the flow has not been checked.
Oil men are grently excited over the dlscov
-ty. They think that the drill struck
-revice. as the standard had well In the
same locality which made 100 barrels
hour for several days. The valuable find
g.. IL Il a..
section Of the field but the nor raiuabc
Territory hns Alrea1y boon leased.