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NEWS OF THE WEEK.



PRIVATE telegrams from Boston stated
the treasury portfolio
had been offered to ex-Gov. John ID.
Long, of Massachusetts,. and had been
accepted.
The Spanish gunboat Relampago was
sunk by insurgents placing torpedo
In the Cauto river in Cuba and many of
har crew were drowned or killed by be-
irg fred on from the bank.
SENATOR VEST was virtually reelected
L nited States senator on the 10th by the
Missouri legislature. The vote in the
house was: Vest, SIS; Kerens, "a; Jones,
ceived 10 votes and Kerens Ia. There
was to be joint session of the legisla-
ture on the following day.
PARLIAMENT reassembled on the 10th
and the queens speech was read to the
lords and commoners. In it is mem
toned the general arbitration treaty
with the United States and it expresses
the hope that all differences between
the two countries may be peacefully
adjusted and that the treaty may COM
mend 10 other powers the considera-
ton of the principle by which the
danger of war may be abated.
w. A. HARRIS, of Leavenworth coun-
| ty, has been nominated to succeed Sem
ator PETER as United States senator
for Kansas. The nomination is equiv.
alent to an election.
VERY REV. THOMAS ]. CoNATY, ID. D.,
has been installed as rector of the
Catholic University of America a,
Washington.
THE first reunion of the men who, il
Pittsburgh, Pa, in 1856 organized thu
republican party, was held in the ole
city hall at Pittsburgh on the Goth
The meeting was called to order by
James Abel, president of the National
Fremont association
| SIR ISAAC PITTMAN, the inventor OF
photography, system of shorthand
writing, died at London on the ED,
aged "a years.
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CLOTHING TRUST.
The Big Manufacturers of America Form .


NEW York, Jan. as.-After years of
quiet but persistent effort, the clothing
manufacturers of the country have
finally organized combine, to be
known as the National Clothiers' asso-
citation. The avowed purposes OF
the combine are TO do away
with long credits. excessive ratings
and the cancellation of orders;
and to promote harmony where rabid
competition has heretofore prevailed.
According to the organizers, ii is to
serve purely as a board of trade, so to
speak, for the clothing industry. They
assert with vehemence prices are not
to be tempered with and that each
manufacturer will be at liberty, as
heretofore, to conduct his business as
he pleases.
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CARNEGIE ON MONEY.
The Noted Manufacturer Says That A
Classes Want the Same Standard.

The Noted Manufacturer Says That All
Classes Want the Same Standard.
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, Jan. 23.-Andrew
Carnegie rebuilt the public library
here after the flood, and when he AZ
rived yesterday to speak under the
auspices of the board of trade his re-
ception was enthusiastic. He said that
he doubted if manufacturing capital
as whole in this country had
earned 81 in three years, attrib-
uted the depression largely to the
agitation against the existing none
tary standard, which began about
three years ago, and said that rich and
poor, employer and employee, should
be equally interested in the mainte-
nance of the same standard, because the
employer of labor is prosperous only
when labor is prosperous.
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IR Rurton Hannred.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 23.-J. Ralph
Burton, of Abilene, last night received
the caucus nomination for United
States senator by the republican mem
bers of the legislature. The formal
ballot stood: Burton, 20; Bowersock,
A; Caldwell, Z; Hood, 2; ingalls,, 8;
Lobdell, 1: f. N. Morrill,, 1. The next
ballot settled it, Mr.. Burton getting
40; Gen. Caldwell, 6; Ingalls,, 3. The
nomination was made unanimous, on
motion of Jackson, of Comanche. The
caucus decided to indorse Henry c.
Payne, of Wisconsin, for a cabinet posi-
ton. This action was taken at the re-
quest of a number of republicans,
formerly of that state.
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lNTRuoERs MUST GO.
secretary Francis Issues an Order TO Vacate
NV February O.

Secretary Francis Issues an Order TO Vacate
by February o.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The white
intruders in the territory of the five
civilized tribes must go. Secretary
Francis of the interior department Off
cially decreed this yesterday. Late in
the afternoon, just before starting for
st. Louis, where his mother is very i'll,
the secretary signed the order
warning intruders. The order as
framed by the interior department
sets forth that all persons who are
not on the citizen rolls Of the five
tribes as complied by the special COM
mission, or who have not appealed
from the findings of the commission
by February 9, will be regarded as in
truders, and, as such, will be uncere-
moniously ousted.
The leader., 1897-01-27

The taxes of Cuba demanded by
Spain in the last year of the former in
surrection amounted to $40, 800, 600.
From 1888 to 1885 it was over S34, DOC, 600,
and for the last ten years it has been
about sc, ooo,0 annually. The reduc-
ton is due to the impossibility of pay
ment. The deficit has recently aver
aged nearly $4,000, 900 year. The debt
of Cuba has consequently piled up. At
the outbreak of the present war, it was
sl90,0oO,oOO. BY the middle of 1895
it was nearly 100000, 600. Now
the debt of Cuba is said to be greater
than that of all other American coun-
tries
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CONDENSED KILOGRAMS.

MRS. HUNGERFoRD, (The Duchess),
the Irish novelist, whose books have de-
lighted the novel readers on both con-
tinents, died in Dublin, Ireland, on the
Gath.
REPORTS from Teheran, Persia, state
that fourteen hundred bodies have been
recovered from the ruins width resulted
from the recent earthquake on the Island
of Kishm, in the Persian Gulf.
MAYOR SWIFT has decided to issue q
call to the charitable citizens Of Chicago
to come to the aid of the suffering poor.
THE delights of a dance near Atkins,
Ark, on the cath. were heightened by a
shooting ARRAY, but no one was injured.
LITTLE PETE, the most noted China
man in San Francisco, was murdered by
his countrymen in Chinatown on the
Gath.
SENATOR GEORGE of Mississippi lie
dangerously i'll in Washington. His
children have been summond to his bed
side.
EARTHQUAKES continue in the State
of Oaxaca, Mexico, and that city has
been shaken severely by the trepidatory
shock.
FALL RIVER cotton manufacturers
have decided to curtail production for
thirteen weeks.
A BARGE with 5000 bales Of cotton on
board reached Boston on the 22d from
Galveston.
THREE brothers are under arrest in
Little Rock on charge OF passing conn
terfeit money.
A TABLuLArED statement OF claims
made by Americans against Spain has
been made out 1t runs up into the
millions.
WILL FISHER. q Kansas City real es-
tate agent, has gone, leaving $40, 900 in
debts behind.
TEE Jail at Jacksonville, Ga. was
broken open on the night OF the 22d By
. mob OF masked mon. and two negroes,
Willis White and Charles Forsyth. were
taken out and hanged to limb and
their bodies riddled with bullets.
AT Shreveport, La. on the sad Rainsy
y. Carter and s. NJ. Murphy bad an al
tsrcstion. when Murphy drew dirk
and stabbed Carter three times, NOR
tally wounding him. Carter nEsd .,
Murphy, killing him Instantly,
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MISSISSIPPI MATTERS


The stock law has been extended BY
the board OF supervisors OF Yalobushs
county TO . large territory east Of the
Illinois Central Railroad. That portion
Of the county west Of the railroad has
had the law since 1sss, and the action
Of the board has practically established
IL all over the county. Since the pass
age OF the no-fence laE by the legisla-
ture of ISIS great many of the coun-
ties Of the State have taken advantage
OF its provisions and passed laws for
bidding the running of stock at large.
Yalobusha county was one OF the fret
to sec toe advantages to be derived
from the law, and IL has proved LAST
tig benefit to farmers Public fences
are kept to By the county, and all stock
running at large In the county can be
taken up and fixed legal charges col
lected.
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Russia Fears the Plague.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 22.-The fear
that the Indian plague will reach Rus
STA grows rapidly. The Novoe Vremje
says: with England's present meth
DDS in permitting the population CT
the stricken districts to emigrate
the plague will very soon be rife
all over the country" The Mirovie
Otgloski says: Italy, France and
Austria have taken precautions. His
tory has shown that Russia is al
ways the country that suffers most
from the pest. Russian doctors should
at once go to the plague-stricken
districts and find out the truth and
study the disease"
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Railroads Are Unconcerned.

CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-Railroad officials
are seemingly taking little interest in
the measure before congress to make
railroad ticket scalping illegal. The
opinion is generally expressed that the
bill will never get the Endorsement of
the house and senate. While there is
no doubt probably that the scalping
business will never be regulated OF
wiped out except by federal legislation,
the present measure comes too near
being discrimination in favor of the
owners of railroad properties to stand
the tests of the courts.
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A REVOLVING CONDITION.

The Famine In South Africa Drives People
to Eating Dead Animals.
LONDON, Jan. GA Capetown dis
patch says that reports have been re-
ceived there that famine exists in Rho
desia. Thousands of terribly emaeiated
native women besiege the native Off
Gals at Buluawayo, clamoring piteously
for food. The natives are fiocking to
Buluawayo and exhuming the carcasses
of cattle which died from rinderpest
and which were buried six months ago.
They devour these, and as a conse-
quence terrible mortality prevails
amongst them.
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MAJORITY FOR HANNA.
Ohio Republicaa Legislators Favor the M
tionaI Chairman for Senator.

Ohio Republican Legislators Favor the Ma
tionaI Chairman for Senator.
COLUMBUS, o., Jan. 23.--The spacious
lobby of the Hotel Chittenden was
crowded yesterday afternoon and even
ing by members of the general assem-
bly,, state officials and politicians, and
the all absorbing topic was the senior
Ohio senatorship. About 90 members
of both houses of the Legislature came
to attend the reunion, and most of
them were attracted wholly by
the talk about the senatorship.
1t was an utter impossibility to get
a poll of the members upon their
preference in event of special session
to elect successor to Senator Sher-
man. Not over half dozen would
even say they had preference. The
drift of sentiment, however, was
against the calling of a special session,
and in favor of the appointment of
Hon. Mark Hanna to succeed Senator
Sherman
The leader., 1897-01-27

A COMMITTEE of the New York health
board has made report in favor of the
establishment of hospital for con-
sumptives in that city as means of
stopping the spread of tuberculosis.
The report is regarded as very i'm
portant document. The committee
says that whereas 5000 cases of con-
sumption and 5000 deaths from that
disease We're reported in New York
during the year 1896, it believes there
are at present in the metropolis fully
10000 well developed cases of consump-
ton, and that the contagion is being
spread all the time.
The leader., 1897-01-27

A BULLETIN of the 18th census just
furnished by the bureau shows that
the total number of people engaged in
occupations of all kinds in 1890 was 22,-
7S5, 661-an increase of over 5000, 900
working people in a decade. Divided
by classes, the working people of the
country are shown to be as follows:
Agriculture, fisheries and mining, g..
031, 1886; professional, 944,3S3; domestic
and personal service, 4,360,577; trade
and transportation, 326,122; manufac-
turing and mechanical industries, s.,
091, 1898. The domestic and personal
service includes hotelLeepers, soldiers,
sailors, laborers, BARRIERS, etc.
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EDITOR JONES DENOUNCED.
Representative Lee, of Carter, Uses "Black
Hearted Liar, Thief and Murderer

Representative Lee, of Carter, Uses "Black-
Hearted Liar, Thief and Murderer"
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. 21.-In the
house this morning Representative
Lee, of Carter, chairman of the COM
mittee on internal improvements, rose
to question of personal privilege and
declared that Charles ii. Jones, editor
of the st. Louis Post-Dispatch, was a
'black-hearted liar, thief and muir
derer." He had taken exceptions to an
editorial in that paper which charged
him with opposing the fellow-servant
law because he advised that sawmills
and railroads run by sawmill compa-
MES should be included in the bill. Lee
said the only thing to do with the st.
Louis editor was to hnnt him up and
kill him
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Their Wants to BE Supplied.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23.-The story
published recently in local paper to
the effect that the island of st. John,
in the South sea, was inhabited solely
by women who were pining for hus-
bands, has borne fruit in the incorpora-
ton of the United Brotherhood of the
South Sea Islanders. The capital
stock has been placed at $4,000, and
already over 80 men have subscribed.
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Three Roads will Go into One.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 23.-The
News says the Louisville, New Albany
& Chicago railway will soon be thing
of the past, and when it goes out of ex-
istence the Bedford & Bloomington
and the Orleans, West Baden & French
Lick roads will go with it. What was
once those roads will be the Chicago,
indianapolis & Louisville. and it will
be road practically freed from the old
The leader., 1897-01-27

JOHN R.GENTRY and Robert j., PAGERS,
with each a record of 2:O111, are being
trained at Somerville, n. j., to race to-
gether in double harness. They work
together admirably. In July the
famous horses will start on a grand
tour of the country.
The leader., 1897-01-27

EXETER, N. H., Jan. 2S.-Daniel
OCallahan, a well to do farmer of this
town, is so years old and has a rooted
distrust of savings banks. When his
son, John, tired of the hard work on a
rocky New Hampshire farm and
started west to seek his fortune, he left
a roll of $500 in his fathers custody.
The old man hid the money in the hog
pen. The hogs scented the greenbacks,
and one day succeeded in roofing them
out, and, finding them palatable, de-
voured the whole $500.
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THE most expensive work that aver

THE most expensive work that aver
was published in the world is the affi-
cial history of the civil war, which is
now issued by the government of the
United States at a cost up to date of
"a, 1874, 1913. 1t will take three years
longer and an appropriation of per-
haps 5000, 600 to complete the work, so
that the total cost undoubtedly will
reach IS, 1000, 600 1t will consist of 112
volumes, including an index and atlas,
containing 17s plates and maps, illus
trating the important battles of the
war, campaigns, routes of march, plans
of forts and photographs of scenes and
r,arsops
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COL. HARRIS VIEWS.
The United States Senator-Elect for Kansas
TelIs About What He Would Like to See.

The United states SenatOr-Elect Tor Kansas
Tells About What He Would Like to See.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 23.-Col. w. A.
Harris, who will be the new United
States senator from Kansas, said yes
terday:
want to see the government, according to
the law Of 1852 take possession of the Pacific
railroads This Is q matter of justice to the
people and would prove valuable lesson in
transportation affairs. want to see the income
tax made permanent feature OF government
policy. whether it be by amendments to the con-
stitution or by other methods. 1 want to see
silver restored to its former position as full
money metal, without limitations. l will CO.
operate with every effort to bring this about by
international agreement but am not in favor
of making our action dependent upon such an
agreement. am in favor of tariff legislation,
which, in CONNECTION with the income tax and
internal revenues and other duties. will provide
ample revenue for all purposes OF the govern
The leader., 1897-01-27

THERE Is more Cafarrh in this ssc,,..
the country than all other diseases NJ. =. VI
gether, and until the last few years W ~ sn w-
posed to be incurable. For great n, ~
years doctors pronounced IL a local disessS
and prescribed local remedies, and bv ces
stantly failing TO cure with local trcatne vs'
pronounced u incurable. Science has provss
catarrh 70 be a constitutional disease. ses
therefore requires constitutional Treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by p 7
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is the oniv
constitutional cure on the market. II I,
taken internally in doses from 10 drops IA !
tcaspoonful. IL acts directly on the blooS
and mucous surfaces OF the system. Tbs.
offer one hundred dollars for any case \
fails 10 cure. Send for circulars and tes,s'
monials. Address r. J. CHENEY & Co. IT,.
ledo, o. Sold by Druggists, tic.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The leader., 1897-01-27

EXPERIMENTS in Florida and southern
Georgia make it clear that tobacco
equal to that grown in Cuba can be
produced on American soil. There is
no reason why our farmers may not
lead in this as in other branches of add
yanced agriculture.
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A Wife Sues LIQUOR Men.

GALEsBURG, ILL.,, Jan. 23.-Mrs. Nellie
Gregory began legal proceedings yes
terday against George Barry and S. G..
Hoffheimer, prominent liquor dealers
here, for $1,000 damages. A few years
ago her husband, who was prosperous
farmer, moved here, and he is alleged
to have squandered his property in
drink. A few days ago he is said to
have assaulted his wife. She charges
that the saloon men named sold her
husband liquor after notice had been
served on them not to.
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Refuse to Ride on Passes.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 23.-Shortly be-
fore the opening of the legislature yes
terday the railroad companies sent
passes to each senator and representa-.
tive. Senators Hart and Sheldon and
Representatives Trueblood and Roth
weller sent their passes back. tits not
reported that any of the other members
have done likewise.
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A GOOD DAYS WORK.
Bank Robbers Caught, Tried and Sentenc
In Less Than "a Hours.

Bank Robbers Caught, Tried and Sentenced
In Less Than "a Hours.
New YORK, Jan. 23.-Four men, who
Thursday attempted to rob Henry
Pinkus' bank on Grand street, will be
taken to state prison to-day. They are
Jacob Decker, with many aliases; John
Murphy, George Davidson and George
Vidt, alias Liddell. All are ex-convicts
The prisoners were taken before the
grand jury yesterday afternoon and all
were indicted. Vidt turned states
evidence. They were at once arraigned,
pleaded guilty and were sentenced.
The leader., 1897-01-27

PRISON authorities in New York think
it would be practicable to employ the
convicts of the state in roadmaking.
The work would be acceptable and
beneficial to the men, who are now
rendered almost insane by lack of all
forms of physical exertion.
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sunk with Twenty seamen.

LONDON, Jan. 2S.-The British steam
er Salisbury, from Port Reath to New
port, has been in collision with an
unknown steamer about four miles
from ufracombe, Devonshire. The lat
ter is supposed to have sunk with a
crew of about 20 men.
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A sad Occurrences.

Aberdeen, Jan. 22.--I,ast Sunday aft
ernoon Nelson Stevenson left on the
Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham
train at 1886 o'clock for McLemore, in
Coahoma county, where he was to be
united in marriage to Miss Hinson, OF
that place, last Wednesday evening
When he arrived there on Monday he
found bis intended bride quite sick. She
continued to grow worse, and on Thurs
lay telegram was received by ). II.
Stevenson, father of the young man, an
nouncing that Miss Hinson died Wednes-
day night, the exact time they were to
have been married and return to this
place last night. Mr.. Stevenson is a
sober, steady and Industrious young
man, and the sympathy Of the town
goes out to him in his very sudden be-
reavement.
The leader., 1897-01-27

CHICAGO, Jan. GA Judgment for
1000 in favor of the Worlds Column
bian Exposition Co. was entered yes
terday in Judge Burke's court against
the Ferris Wheel Co. The judgment is
for the Worlds Fair Co.'S share of the
gate receipts during the exposition.
The leader., 1897-01-27

DENVER, Col, Jan. 23.-The news was
given out at the post Office yesterday
that package containing $3.50 was
missing from a sack of Unregistered mail,
which arrived in Denver Thursday
from San Francisco. 1t has been
learned that when the mail was trans
ferred at Cheyenne, the package was
missing.
The leader., 1897-01-27

CARDINAL SAToLLI, who was recently
the papal ablegate in the United States,
has been appointed member of the
commission of cardinals to bring about
the union of Christian churches
throughout the world.
The leader., 1897-01-27
A MenoriaI Presented,

WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator PETER,
of Kansas. yesterday introduced in the
senate a memorial of the Peoples
Party club, of Leavenworth, Kan, pro-
testing against an increase of salaries
for congressman and in favor of an ex-
tension of the presidential term.
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LITTLE Rock, Ark, Jan. 2S.-The
Arkansas senate has passed q bill pro
viding that hereafter none but quail
fled electors shall hold any position
within the gift of the Arkansas legis-
lature. The army Of women who be-
siege the mem bers at every session to
secure votes for clerksbips Is RESPONSE
BILE for the action of the senate.
The leader., 1897-01-27

MISS CAROLINE II. PIER, of Wiscon-
sin, and Miss Alice A. Minnick, of Ne
braska, were recently admitted to prac-
tice before the United States supreme
court, increasing the number of women
who possess that privilege to Is.
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ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 23.-The Jail al
Jacksonville, Ca, was broken oper
between midnight and daylight ant
two negroes, Willis White and Charles
Forsyth, implicated in the assault O.
Mrs. Rowland, at Adams Park, were
taken out and hanged to the same limi
and the bodies afterward riddled with
bullets.
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IT is estimated that the total appro-
priations of the present congress
will be considerably in excess of bill
liondollars and will overtop the highest
expenditures ever voted by any previ-
GUS congress by from $40, 0oO, 900 to s4o,-
0O0 000
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SIOUX CRY, Ia, Jan. 2s.-Depositors
of the defunct Sioux City savings
bank yesterday swore out warrants in a
justice court for E. p. Stone, late cashier
of the bank, charging him with en-
bezzlement and cheating by false pre-
lenses.
The leader., 1897-01-27

Against disease, one which enable US To nm.
dergo unscathed risks from hurtful Climatic
influences, exposure, overwork and fatigue
Is the vigor that Is impaired TO debilitsted
physique by the peerless medicinal safe
guard, Hostetter's Stomach Btters. You
may possess this yigor IN a higher degree
than the trained athlete, although your mus
cular development may be far inferior to
his. Vigor implies sound, good digestion
and sound repose, two blessings conferred
by the Bitters, which remedies malarial
rheumatic, nervous and kidney trouble.
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A victory for Dixon.

New YORK, Jan. 23.'-George Dixon,
champion featherweight pugilist of the
world, defeated Australian Billy MUIR
ply, of Cincinnati, in six rounds last
night at the Broadway Athletic club.
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NEBRASKA Cry, Neb., Jan. o. "A pc
tition from number of taxpayers was
presented to the council accusing Mayor
Stahlhut of corruption. general mis-
conduct and obstructing the council
and asking that he be impeached. Feb
ruary was set apart for the mayor to
answer the charges.
The leader., 1897-01-27

The supreme court has decided the
petition of the South Carolina dispen-
sary law, which provides for the inspec-
ton of liquors imported into that state,
to be in violation of the constitution
of the United States.
The leader., 1897-01-27

THE city of Stockholm, Sweden, has
$4,000 telephones, or one for every 20
citizens, higher average than can be
found anywhere else in the world.
The leader., 1897-01-27

LONDON, Jan. 23.-Sir Isaac Pitman,
the inventor of a system Of steno-
graphy which bears his name, is dead.
He was born January 4, 1918.
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BmMlNeHAM. Ala, Jan. 23.-The to-
tai amount of damages claimed of the
Louisville & Nashville railroad on ae-
count Of the cshaba s7yer wreck, u
date, \ $50 zee,