The state herald., 1897-04-23
TELEGRApHlc BREvlTIEs.

| Hohcnlohe had resigned
New Orleans suffered from fire to the
amount of 100000 on the 18th.
Wheat is advancing on the exchanges as n
result of the war between Turkey and
| Greece
A dynamite explosion in mine near Jo-
| hnnncsburg. killed eight English and twenty
| native miners.
The government In Hawaii has issued n
call for laborcrs. in which Japanese are
adr0ilr Disseminated against,
Investigation by legislative committee
among the conl miners near rltIsburg re-
reals the fact that many of them are on the
verge of starvation.
The Londun Daily Mail says that Russia
is strongly opposed to the silver standard
and that Great Britain, Austria and Ger
many would place lnSupernbc difficulties In
the way of international bimctallism.
The book written by Mrs. John Hays Ham
mond, the wife of the American engineer
sentenced to death In the Transvaal but sub
scqucntly released upon the payment nf
heavy fine, has been published In London.
There has been a great decrease In the
vlrulcncc OF The plague in India. Only 800
cases and iai deaths from the disease oc'
Cured last week In bombay, compared with
800 cases aud 323 deaths during the preccd'
Ing week.
Judge James A. storrcw. Il lawyer of Bos-
ton, dropped dead In Washington on the
18th. Judge Sturrow took an active part In
the proceedings incident TO The arbitration
treaty between the governments Of Great
Britain and Venezuela for the settlement OF
the boundary dispute,
William j. bryan cctured In Music hall,
Cincinnati. To over 1000 people who had
paid - nad 10 cents admission. Ills lecture
was on blmetalism, nnl It was delivered
under the auspices uf the Ohio Valley III.
metallic League, After the nrntlon he was
given banquet 10y members Of the league.
Ex-Stntc Treasurer William W. Taylor, VI
South Dakota has been released from the
pcnltcntiary, after an Imprisonment Of one
year and half Good behavior reduced
his twoy"nrs' sentence six mouths lie left
at once for his old home at lIc,lhcld. where
he Will stay few days, and then ~ to In.
diana 10 visit friends.
The Berlin correspondent NJ the London
Times says that the Russian minister of war
publishes In the RusskiJ Invalid an order of
the Car providing that hereafter all Grim
inals condemned to imprisonment In Siberia
shall he conveyed there by railway instead
of being compelled to make the march 10y
way Of Tomsk and Iruski. which caused 81
many deaths Hnd ~ much Hufrcring to thou
sands.
The Franklin County tEcntuckyi grand
jury has returned true bills against pr. W.
Godfrey Hunter. the Republican nominee
for senators cN.rongrcssmnn Henry Wilson.
Of the Eleventh district; Hon. 4. 4. Franks
uf the Second district: Captain Noel Gaines
and Ills brother iu.law. Thomas Tanner, Of
Frankfort These named have been indlct.
ed for conspiracy To brihc. Al are licpubiI
cans, with the exception Of Gaines and Tan
ner.
The trustees nf Drake University have
unanimously decided 10 reverse the order OF
the medical faculty excluding women as stu
dents because women had been subjected to
insults which could not be well avoided
The trustees passed resolution strongly
cundcmninc such action and providing for
the protection NJ women students They
say no such actions will occur In the future
Male students offending will be promptly
expelled.
The Missouri Railway Company. ~ s.,
Louis, comprising three lines. the Olive
Street. the Market Street aud the i.arledr
Avcnuc licd Line. was baucht on the 18th
In III" name nf Edward Whitaker and
Charles II. Mcclure for The Iln1ril system.
ly this purchase the I.ludci system becomes
the greatest la st. Louis. aud probably the
greatest Ia the world While the figures
have not been given ont It Is understood
thnt Ia the transfer nearly S2,0oo10 was
involved.
The Illinois Steel Company has received
through the Russian minister al Washington
a proposition looking Ia the cumpnny's lid
ding un the armur plate for two Russ'nn
warships, The contract T. iu lee fnF 500
tons, aud la ease NJ award the Chicago con,
crru would Iuru Into Its treasury IN the
nrighuurhuul ~ S3.VnpuUl II II said the
uncr II the Illinois Steel Cpmpuuy tn fur.
nish the United States government with ur
NOR pintc at the remarkably low Ggurr ~
$3.50 d tuu hls startled war departments the
world "vr-
The President bu, dcridrd 10 apprIui an
other expert commission to act ln rbnIunca
lnu with the pnc ALREADY selected by Great
Britain iu visit Rrring sea this summer aud
10 study the conditions surrounding seal
life The British government has named
tho spnu commissioners II employed IN ihl,
capacity last year ulmely Professor Th0mp
sun unh Hrgnld II. Hamilton, our Cammi.
rlonor. were President jordan II Stanford
| University aud rrufcss0rs Slpgurgor aud
Lrra- Whether lho .aIur experts Will he
| rclppointrd win be- determined W. tho COURSE
| " fcN days.
! The Ncw York rHhunr sly.. There l. a
| prospect NJ Eoi exports IN the nrar future
! II viii not hr surprising II sllpmruts are
made Within the neat ten days IntiI very
| recently u was thought that np gold wpuIi
| gn q Europe ihis year ur a. amy rate untlI
| very late iu the year The out % NJ gold
! which now s"rugs Inevitable, viii be due NOT
To- condition IN ihis country hut "a the .ltui.
lion M London, pr tp be- uurr exact d, tb,
| position in whlrh the Rank - England nn,is
| Itself The hank hns recently sustained trr.
! mrnd,.ls lnssrs II Fuld from ~. vault.
chiefly by reason ~ Withdrawals flr tran.frr
10 Austria and japan. md especially to ihc
latter country.
| The retroactive rlaurn ~ the nngley
! taHn I'LL has alarmed tho Mexican p,tite
| shippers NJ Kansas and Missouri, They have
entered into contracts with Mexican rnttir
hNnrrs f"r at least 5000 head NJ MuSIrau
| cattle, These contracts wrr" made laAt win.
| ler. They nr' made In this way year after
| yrai the contracts reading fur the ,aitl.
| 10 Ice shipped lhip Indian Territory. Ran.
sR= or Missouri. ~ The gmsing IN the States
| permits Earnrht money has been paIJ by
| The Kansas nni Missouri 1prkmnu Nav
| they arr greatly alarmed fpr fear tbry
will have 10 pay the duty " ~ 4 head
| II they hrinE the rattle h. ~ will haze Il,
| puy the McSiran owners tho new value ~
| the cattle, u they refuse Ia oarfS uui their
] tuntrAcia
! The name " linrnn tonrril The eminent
| French iuri-t and Diplomat, vt present
French Ambassador Ia ,.rrat lirltaln. pr,b
niiiy viii b" suggested ~ tho Hfl ~ hpsi
arbitrator M The cnuri ~ afihImtiun ~,
tween Nrnraurln nnd GrrpI lirlinln, Tho
irfnty NJ arbitration recently ratified hy
these tHo government, provides that iht