The indicator., 1897-03-06
TELEGRAPHiC ITEMS.

Senator Mitchell OF Oregon has abandoned
the fight for reelection and has returned !"
his home
Plans are being made for hull night ht
Carson. Nevada. at the time of the torhr't'
Fitzsimmons mill.
woman suffrage amendment 70 the con
stitution of the State OF Washington VIII
be voted upon next fall.
W. ]. Bryan has consented to st"Wp Ohio
during the coming summer in I'd interest
Of John II. Mclean for senator.
Mckinley has been Obliged to de Tine on
account of ill-health an iuvitati.n to
banquet OF newspaper correspondents at
Canton.
The House of Representatives passed
bill the other day allowing national banks
to Issue currency 10 the full amount Of their
bonds OF deposit
The Chicago tanners strike is to be set
tied by the State Board OF Arbitration. The
men will return to work on Monday, prob
ably. pending the finding OF the board.
The proposed maximum freight rate has
been killed In the Kansas Senate, which
passed the Harris railroad hill, after knock
ing out the maximum freight rate clause.
The Texas Court Of Clvil Appeals hns
made a peculiar ruling holding that the gov
ernor of Texas had no authority TO exercise
the pardoning power in releasing prisoner
In contempt OF court.
The San Francisco Examiner story Of an
island of lonely women In the South Seas
has been accepted by nincty-scven men.
who, paying 500 apiece, chartered ship
and set sail from San Francisco.
United States Treasurer Morgan has re.
ceived conscience contribution Of $50 In
an envelope postmarked Denver. Colorado in
an unsigned note the sender says: 'The
enclosed is due the United States"
The action OF the Windsor (Ontariol town
council in retallatinG against the United
States allen labor law by refusing to allow
contractors to employ aliens ON public works
will lead to similar action by the Niagara
Falls town council.
The Fiitsburg river miners strike is
failure. not more than 1000 men being out
With but few exceptions, all miners were
Idle Thursday. but when 1t was seen that the
demand for an advance would not be gen.
eral, nearly all the dlggers returned to work.
BY an explosion Of nitro clyccrlnc near
Steubenville. Ohio, at the magazine Of the
Gnnl1 oil field Iuuis Crary and Eugene
Ralston, employees OF the Mllkeu and Leigh
Torpedo company. were blown 10 atoms.
number Of houses In the vicinity were dam
aged.
The largest seizure Of opium ever made at
the port Of san Francisco was accomplished
on the 9th by four special agents Of the
treasury. The opium is valued at 100000,
and WAS seized because of violation of the
customs rules which provide that no Chinese
shall import the drug.
Secretary Herbert has announced that he
would open law Office in Washington at an
early date and resume the practice which he
abandoned many years ago to serve his State
and later his country. His practice will he
before congressional committees. the depart
ments and local courts.
The New York Stats Zcltung has received
dispatch from Its Berlin correspondent
stating that a change for the better has
taken place In the condition of DR.. Steinitz,
the chess player. and that his full restora-
tion to health may be looked for. His death
was reported in the papers few days ago
by mistake.
Otto Gramm lessee Of the Laramie rolling
mills, has gone to st. Louis TO look up mod
ern methods Of making steel Mr.. Gramm
states that he has secured large contract
for steel fittings for the new rails to be laid
on the Oregon Short Line. and that steady
work may he expected In the Laramie mills
for many months.
The largest spectroscope in the world has
been completed by Professor John a. Brash-
ear. the famous astronomer. of Allegheny,
Pennsylvania. for DIR. Hans Hauswaldt, a
wealthy scientist Of Magdeburg, Germany.
The big instrument will be used in physical
researches and is expected to assist In many
Important discoveries.
The Indiana Supreme court has affirmed
the decision In the ease Of Helen NJ. Cougar
against the election officers in which she
claimed the right to vote Mt general elec-
tion. Judge Hackney said that under the
anI l,nt
this provision is not in conflict with the
constitution OF the United States.
The weekly New York bank statement
shows the following changes: Reserve, In
crease, 81, s55, ,n25; loans. decrease 81 1877 800;
specie, Increase. 81 ,l23,s0o: legal tenders,
increase. sl,O05, 500; deposits, increase, ST.
O9S. 700: circulation. decrease. Sl22, 800 The
banks now hold s5T so, ,o75 In excess of the
requirements Of the % per cent. rule.
The names of number of the leading
milling firms of Minneapolis are signed 10
petition filed In the United States Court to
prohibit a certain Chicago wholesale grocery
firm from stamping the name of Minneap-
oils on -four alleged to have been made In
Milwaukee The petition II said to be the
first of a series to be filed In similar cases.
The Union Pacific has agreed to transport
free of charee 800 tons of freight designed
Burlington agrees to transport 100 tons, and
the ElkhOrn also agrees TO haul relief sup
plies free. These offers are to deliver the
freight at Ogden, Utah. From there Tho
Central Pacific agrees to haul 1000 tons to
San Francisco free.
An electric car on the one Hundred and
Third street line. Chicago. was caught be-
tween two trains going in opposite direc-
tions on the Chicago Il Eastern Illinois rail
road. The car carried four passengers be
sides the motorman and conductor. and three
of the sig were killed outright. The other
three are severely injured and one more
of them may also succumb.
The Bethlehem Iron Company, has an
nounced general reduction of 10 per cent.
in the wages Of steel workers. lnborers and
furnace men. The reduction goes Into effect
on March /. The officials Of the company
say that they hope by means of this reduc-
tion to give regular and continuous employ
mcnt TO Its men. Nearly 1000 employees are
affected.
The Fourth Wyoming state Legislature.
which has Just completed the constitutional
legislative session OF forty days, was
very industrious body. and accomplished
considerable work. During the session lGi
brlis Were introduced in the House aud
forty in the Senate; Of these seventy House
bills and nine Senate bills were passed by
both houses and went to the governor for
approval. In addition to these laws, fifteen
resolutions and memorials were introduced,
eight Of which were adopted. A large mum.
ber of the laws passed are unmportant and
refer to methods Of procedure In the courts;
amending qnh correcting faulty legislation
of previous sessions, and like measures.
The State Of Arizona Improvement Com
pany has secured judgment in the terrific.
rial Supreme Court against the territory.
and established the validity of contract
whereby the territorial convicts numbering
about $50. are leased for ten years for work
on great cannl to he constructed In Yuma
county, or nt such other work as tho con-
tractors may elect The pay is TO be at the
rate of 20 cents per day per convict. the