El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-04
Telegraphic Brevities.

| Gov. Culberson has sent a special
message to the legislature recommend
| ing the certain innocent purchasers OF
railroad lands be refunded the amount
of their purchase money on lands that
have since be recovered by the state.
The sheriff at Bay City, Michigan,
has seized Polish Catholic church
and driven the priests out. The act
almost brought a riot.
| The Kansas legislature has another
sensation for the public in the shape of
a bribery case in which parties are
charged with attempting to bride mem
bers ofthe legislature to vote for a
| certain bill.
| The powers in Crete, through their
admirals and copsuls, have decided to
send force to relieve the besieged
musslemen of the island. The powers
are christian in name but not in deed.
The Missouri house has passed a bill
reducing railroad fare to two cents per
mill.
A petition from Americans in Ger
many has been sent to President-elect
Mckinley asking that Ambassador
Uhl be retained as representative of
| the United States in Germany.
The liberals in the British parliament
have announced that they are in favor
of annexing the island of Crete to the
Kingdom of Greece. The conserva-
tives take the opposite side.
United States Ambassador Bayard
has been given a reception by the Lord
Mayor of London. The Britishers will
probably petition President Mckinley
but there Is not much prospect OF
President Mckinley paying any atten
tion to the petition.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher is very
sick and is not expected to live.
An attempt was made in congress
Tuesday to bring up the anti-prize
fight bill, but the attempt was failure
and the bill seems to have died form
ing.
President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, has
expressed the wish to United States
Minister Baker that the United States
The legislative assembly at Norway
has appointed commission to treat
with foreign powers on arbitration.
Senator Sherman has resigned his
seat in the United States senate. to take
effect tomorrow.
Theodore Durant. convicted of the
murder of Blanche Laront in San
Francisco two years ago will hang. The
supreme caurt has handed down a de-
cision to that effect.
At the bull fights in Durango last
Sunday the bulls gored four fighters to
death. The first bull that entered the
arena gOred a fighter to death. Another
man was killed by the second bull. The
third bull killed two more men in
Iii oil
human lives sacrificed. Eight bulls
were killed and four horses gored to
death.
The Greek minister of war has resign
ed because Greece won't send more
troops to Crete.
Dan Stuart has so far recovered from
his late illness, that he was able to walk
out yesterday.
The Denver & Fort Worth railroad
intends putting on stage line from
Vasquez station TO the Red River coun-
try In New Mexico, as soon as spring
opens.
Poor old Grover got it in the neck
last evening from the house of repre-
Sentatives which passed over his veto
of the immigration bill by vote of 1913
TO 81. This is at the same time hand
some rebuke, and fine souvenir for the
old boy to carry Off with him into pri-
vate life.
Yesterday Mr.. Francis, secretary of
the interior, made an important ruling
which is of interest to western miners,
instructing them in the way they
should post their notices. The instruc-
lions are as follows: Claimant is re-
quired to post copy OF the plat of
such survey in conspicuous place
upon the claim together with notice of
his intention to apply for patent
thereof whether or not he will give the
date of posting the name of the claim
ant, name OF the claim, mining district
and county, whether or not the location
Is OF record, and if so where the record
may be found, giving the book and
page thereof, the number OF feet claim
ed on the lode in each direction from
point of discovery or other well defined
place on the claim, the names of all
adjoining or conflicting claims or, if
none exist the notice shall so state
a. T. Wood will succeed Joe Black
burn in the United States senate, hav-
ing been appointed by Governor Brad ;
ley, OF kentucky.
Joe Walcott was defeated by Tommy
West in twenty round boxing bout |
last night.
Governor Bradley has announced |
that he will call an extra session OF the |
kentucky legislature soon.
1t is said over oue-half the silver pro-
duced in Arizona last year came from
the county of Mohave.
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