The silver star., 1897-07-01
reLkoRAPAlc HREvIrlEs.


Missouri will have a tremendous crop Of
blackbcrrlcs.
Outlaws robbed the store of Charles Guild
& sons, at Fort Badger, Wyoming, the other
day.
Sioux Indians are preparing for great
Fourth of July celebration at Valentine, Ne
braska
f. " Dehs has written J. d. Rockefeller
for aid In the cooperative commonwealth
scheme
New veins Of beautiful onyx have been dis.
covered In the O'Ncill mines, near Phoenix,
Arizona.
Seventeen thousand rainbow front have
been distributed In the streams near Doug
las, Wyoming.
The monument to Harry Wright, the great
base ball player. unveiled at Philadel
pha on the 21st.
Joseph Powell OF Denver has been chosen
national councillor OF the Junior Order Of
American Mechanics.
Mexican officials deny TINT concession
has been granted for the establishment Of 4
Monte Carlo near the California line.
Madeline Pollard, who got verdict Of
$40 0CO from W. {. +. breckenridge OF Ken
tucky for breach Of PROMISE is in London.
Governor Pingrce's fame the originator
Of the potato patch scheme for the poor has
crossed the ocean. and his plan is being
adopted in several European countries.
John w. Foster. the United States COM
missioner. has left St. Petersburg for Lon
don. 1t is understood that his mission has
been successfully accomplished
Because of The enactment In Illinois OF the
anti-butterine law, Kansas City. Kansas.
will doubtless become the principal head
quarters for the manufacture of that ar
ticle.
The National An,i-Mob and Lynching Law
Association has been Incorporated by the
secretary OF state OF Ohio. 1t is proposed
to form branch associations all over the
United States.
One OF the prime objects of the California
Associated Cyclists, that of forming n vast
af,iliation of Pacific coast whecmen. ex-
tending from Mexico to British Columbia, Is
about accomplished.
Suits have been started against nearly
100 stockholders In the deflnct Capital NJ
tional Bank of Lincoln. Nebraska. to recover
100000 in dividends paid by the bank dur
ing ten years preceding Its failure.
An expedition under charge of C. NJ. Har-
ris of Augusta. Maine. has smiled from san
Francisco in schooner for the South sea
archipelago and to study the animal. Insect
and plant life Of these peculiar islands.
A new political party has been born in
Chicago. II is called the Citizens party.
and is the outgrowth OF the struggle made
last spring TO elect man as mayor who was
not allied TO any machine organization.
There is a deficit of So 5000 In the Penn
sylvania state treasury. -ne Legislature
has for several years appropriated more
money than the net revenues received by
the state. hence the present large deficiency.
T.. L. JcIery. president Of the Denver X
Rio Grande Railroad Company, has been
ecied ns arbitrator for the Southwestern
Traffic Association. II he accepts the po-
-tt H., H.. III
which no agreement can be reached by the
association. a.. -
A successful test was recently made In
Philadelphia Of Inventor Koclcy's new
etheric engine before number of prominent
electricians and railway men. The engine
weighs only zoo pounds and is said to have
developed ten horsepower.
A dispatch from Madrid says: Violent
hail and rain storms have swept the pro-
vince Of Sagovla. In the old CASTLE district
Crops have been ruined. houses Hooded and
cattle and goods carried away by the s,ods.
The people are panic stricken.
About GOO Chicagoans will attend til. six
tecnth international Christian Endeavor con
vention. which opens at San Francisco July
Z. The train will consume eight days on the
trip westward. stops for sightseeing being
made at several Colorado resorts
Representative Bell has introduced bill
utes. relating to tunnel sites. The bill is
intended to meet some OF the objections that
have been made TO the recent Supreme Court
decision relating To tunnel rights.
The Jury Mt Austin. Texas. In the case of
the Waters Pierce on Company. charged
with violation OF the antitrust law, has
brought In n verdict for the state. cancel
ing the compnny's permit TO do business In
Texas. The defendant will appeal.
prinee Alexander son nf tho lnta prince
Henry Of Battenberg. has caused
tlon by most unprecedented insult to
Queen Victoria. The Prince is the Queens
grandson. Needing money. he sold per-
sonnl letter sent him by the sovereign FOR
"a los.
dispatch from Panama announces that
representatives OF the governments of Guatc-
Inala and Costa I.ica have signed the treaty
which makes them part OF the greater Re-
public OF Central America. All the Central
American republics have now Joined the
compact.
The Bartlett Lumber Company OF Boston
has purchased outright Mount Washington.
the entire Presidential range and thirty les
ser emlnences Of the White Mountain group
and In addition some G0.000 acres OF fuel
land In the wilds OF northern New Hnmp-
shire. The primary object OF the purchase
is numbering.
Agitation has been begun In Kansas look
Ing TO 'he passage by the next state LcGls.
laturc OF strong anti.butterine bill. This
comes ms n result OF the recent announce.
rncnt by Kansas City packers that they will
Immediately begin the manufacture on d
large scale u butterinc.
Representatives Of the Bnron de Hrsch
fund. and Nine. de lIlrsch have purchased
big plot Of ground the east side OF
New York as n site for two Industrial train.
Ing schools and home for girls. On one
end OF the property a nvc-story fire proof
building. 100 feet front. will be erected ut u
cost Of 100000.
In regard to tho revival OF the periodical
rnmor Of the Queens Intention to nblicnte
In favor OF the Prince Of Wales, which the
Exchange Telegraph Company again cir.
culates the Westminster Gazette says that
when the ruinor was circulated. months ngo,
u was Informed on the highest authority
that II was unfounied.