The indicator., 1897-02-06
TELEGRAPHiC RREVI1iES.

OF revival. Six hundred men are at work.
| 1t is estimated that 5000 people were
aided at St Louis during the recent cold
snap.
Cubans are reported to have dynamited a
passenger train not very far from Ha-
| vaua.
Major Mckinley has chosen chns. C.
Dawes ot Illinois for comptroller OF the cur
rency.
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher is growing rap
idly weaker. although her friends do not
| apprehend Immediate death.
Dr. Paylov the well known physician, has
been engaged by the czar 10 remove the
bony protuberancc on his skull
Lady Henry somerset has undergone an
operation In London ms a result Of her in-
iurles tn recent carriage accident
It is reported that ten Christians were
murdered al Herakllon, Crete. steps VIII
be taken al once to protect the town,
A receiver has been appointed for the Chi-
cugo Dime Savings bank The bank has de-
posits 20 the amount Of S35n,r"p aud sl2o,oov
In cash.
There Is movement on foot among the
gold and silver Democrats of Kentucky io"Nr
ing toward an amAlgamation between these
two wings NJ the party.
The National Board OF Trade at Its meet
ing ln Washington last week adopted res
oluton favoriuE the Loud postal BILL which
raises second class rates.
The Royal Niger company's expedition
against the Emir Of Nupe has arrived In
Egbom. iu the middle Niger country, after
a seventeen days march Of eco miles.
The supreme court OF Iowa has decided In
the case nf Marshall county against John
Knoll aud others that b0udsmru must pay
mulct liquor tax II 1t Is NOT paid by the
principal
Between forty and hfty cases Of measles
are reported among the Indian boys and
girls at the Uult-l states school at Car
Isle Pennsylvania, The school has been
quarantiued.
The Senate of the Oklahoma Legislature
has passed the bll to prohibit the making OF
gold contracts lu oklahoma Lbe measure
received the fun Populist vote and two
Democratic votes
President Kruger Of the Tunsyaal Is re-
ported To- have become Indignant at hearing
Of Joseph Cuambcriaiu's proposed commits
siou Of inquiry. and 20 have ~alds Let them
come, II they want TO take my country
National Populist Secretary J. A. Edger-
ton OF Lincoln. Nrbru-Ea has written a call
for national conference Of Populists at
Kansas city. Missouri February y, 1877,
and forwarded 1t TO Chairman Marion But
Ter, urging him to issue the same.
The Chicago News Washington special
SAYS. President Cleveland has decided 10
veto the immigration bill passed by Con
gress. He told senator Palmer Of his In
tentlous to-day, and the chief executive Will
accompany tie veto with strong message
pointing OUT the alleged ccceutncities Of the
bill
Prof Brooks, director Of smith observa-
tory. announces that the great sun spot Of
January after it. passage around the sun,
has again come inro view by rotation and
can now be seen with the naked eye through
a smoked glass. The spot viii become more
prominent iu the course uf week, as 1t
nears the center OF the suns disc
The supreme court on the LIST granted the
writ Of certlorari asked by Attorney Gen.
eral Harmon In the case Of the steamer
Three Friends and set the hearing for the
third Monday in February the 18th. Mr.
Harmon wants thc supreme court 70 over
rule the action OF the Florida court IN re
leasing the steamer Three Friends.
The London Times will comment upon the
changes made iu the Augio-Amcricau treaty
and will say lt regrets that the convention
has been altered t1 an extent which seems
to reduce It TO an empty form. but that II
even the Senate does not rntity the treaty
In its original form tuHf something Will be
gained in the education Of public opinion
to some extent in all countries.
New York has definitely decided to equip
three " It's lines with the underground troll
ley system, The work will begin 10 the
carly spring, change N motive power has
been under contemplation 10y the company
for n long tme, and many different systems
have been tested A majority Of the dla
rectors finally declared for the underground
trolley system.
Fifteen Indictments have been returned by
.rt,
vile Kentucky. including among the ae-
cused aldermen police officials, patrolmen. a
contractor and several minor offenders The
charges range from nuu.attentlOn OF duty
10 failing 10 Prosecute gamblers to bribery
and conspiracy lp cXtnrt money. The dls-
closures made iu the indictments are prin-
clpaly due 10 light among the factions in
the city government.
Mrs Bradley Martin Of New York has
received dozens OF threatening letters In
connection with the famous fancy dress ball
which she Will give on February 10. These
letters have disturbed her and Mr. Martin
greatly. Some of them have been 50 In
cendinry In character ais to Indicate that
they were written by anarchists. They have
hluteI ar all sorts NJ violence II the ball Is
given. and iu some N them dynamite bombs
have been mentioned
\ special from Canton says the letter pur-
porting TO huve been written by President
elect Mckinley advising that the luaugura.
Iiou bali bc abandoned Hud the funds set
apart for that purpose devoted to charity Is
a clumsy forgery. The letter is believed to
have been coucocted 100 Washington, but the
purpose Of the forgery Is not clear, for the
reason that no fund is raised for the inaug.
ururlon bail, mc expense If that function
being met from thr proceeds " the sale OF
tickets,
The weather bureau has issued a special
bulletin covering The features N the recent
cold wave The cold in the Southern states
has been remarkable ln Its Intensity dura-
tion and wide distribution, covering the
whole United States east Of the Rocky
mountains. Throughout the whole OF the
lake region and 'he ohio and Mississippi
valley the minimum was lower for several
days than ever before recorded for the first
decade Of InnuBry The conditions Ia the
extreme South were also unusually severe.
In New York Judges Lucombe and Wallace
Of the United States circuit court Of appeals
In a decision last week, classified natural
gas as "a mineral Tor nll thc purposes u
the statutes and customs luws This af-
firms he finding 1f the circuit court Of the
district. which upheld tine board or general
appraisers declaration THAT The natural
gas piped from Shirl;stuwn, Canuda 10
Buffalo is NOT subject go duty because It Is
within the definition NJ crude minerals q"
The Senate committee on foreign relations
has agreed to report favpubly on the arbl-
tration trenty with amendments. one Of
the amendments strikes out the mime "
King oscar MS arbitrator leaving that to
decision by the government at the time
The other adds tile words mo question
which affects the foreign or domestic policy
Of either N the contracting parties or the
relations nf either with the other state or
power, 10y treaty nr otherwise, shall be sub.
ject to arbltrntion under This treaty, except
by special agreement"
a special to the World from Washington
says: American sugar planters in Cuba at
last have taken decided stand On their