The Republican journal., 1897-02-18

In BRIEF The Russian government
mas forbidden pilgrimages of Moslems to
Mecca through Russian TERRITORY. and
forbidden Russian Christians to visit the
shrines in the East. These measures
were taken as precaution against the
bubonlc plague and cordons of officers are
| assigned to closely watch the frontiers to
prevent the introduction of the plague.
The Wool Exchange of New York
city was incorporated Feb. 10th with a
| capital of $1,000, 900 in 500 shares. The
objects are to create in New York city a
centre for dealing in wool and maintain
and regulate a suitable room or rooms
for wool exchange, to regulate the bust
ness and fix the standards of classifica-
ton, etc.....At the afternoon session.
Feb. 10th, of the Massachusetts G. A. r.
at Worcester, George Ii. Inns of Boston
was unanimously indorsed as the candi-
date of the encampment for National
Commander. 500 In the English House of
Commons Feb. 10th, bill for the closing
of public houses Sunday was rejected POO
to l4o..... The introduction of bill in the
Nevada legislature to refer the prize
fight law TO the people indicates feeling
OF shame in the Legislature responsible for
that law...... Woman suffrage was de-
ieated ia the Nebraska legislature, So to
80, Feb. 9tb..... The official count settles
it that one Bryan elector was chosen in
California and one III Kentucky, while all
the rest We're Mckinley electors. " The
Wisconsin odd Fellows Mutual Life In
surance company, which was organized in
1869, has made an assignment for the bene-
fit OF its creditors. 1t is reported among
shipping men in Windsor, Michigan, that
IN case the Corliss immigration bill be-
comes law the Canadian government
will compel every American ship passing
through any Canadian canal to land its
crew at the entrance of the canal, hire a
Canadian crew to take the vessel through,
and oblige the American crew to travel
overland to the other end of the canal ..
Lincoln Day was generally observed as
holiday at New York city. The day is
now a legal holiday in New York, New
Jersey, Illinois, Minnesota and Washing
ton..... William Jennings Bryan is in Chi
cago attending to the details connected
with the publication of his book go. The
most disastrous blizzard of the winter has
been raging in the Dakotas and Minneso-
ta.. Satisfactory assurances have been re-
ceived from Caracas that the Venezuelan
boundary treaty will be promptly ratified.
80. Monitors Puritan and Terror have left
New York to join Admiral Bunce's fleet
off Charleston.....A canvass of the Ohio
Legislature shows that if a special session
were to be called Hanna would be elected
United States Senator'S. The Bradley
Martin ball came off according to pro-
gram, notwithstanding the protest of the
clergy. There were no bombs thrown
and no demonstration was made by the
submerged tenth" 1t eclipsed all pre-
vious affairs of the kind in this country.
The latest communication between the
Powers concerning the new complications
that have arisen in regard to Crete, point
to the immediate resort to concerted ac-
tion to restore order in Crete and restrain
Greece from further pursuing the action
she has taken, which, if persisted in,
must result iG hostilities between the
kingdom of the Iiellenes and the Turkish
empire. AS the situation appears it is
probable that the foreign occupation of
Crete will be decided upon, which will
likely be limited to a considerable in
crease of the gendarmerie on the island
with the cooperation of the for
eign fleets controlling the Cretan
ports. After two days play, the
great international chess match between
Great Britain and the United States ended
in a win for Great Britain Saturday even
ing by a score of ) = to i l 2... Charles
Christy, of the famous Christy minstrels,
died at the City hospital, Kansas City,
Saturday, of cirrhosis of the liver He
was sixty eight. Christy was one of the
original Christy minstrel troupe, founded
by his uncle Edwin p Christy