The indicator., 1897-04-10
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS
A large colony of Dunkards are settling

Five hundred men have crossed the Bra
lillian border into Uruguay to aid the In
| surgents.
| The Athenian trades unions have decided
to donate thelr funds, amounting To million
drschmss, TO the wnr fund in the event of
an outbreak OF hostiliiles
The Missouri supreme Court held that mu-
tual assessment Insurance companies doing
business in thar State not subject to
two per cent. tax on premiums.
The Spanish cruiser lnfants Maria Theresa
has been ordered To New York where she
Will represent Spain at the ceremonie. at
tending the dedication OF the Grant monu-
ment.
The New York Journal and the New York
! Advertiser have consolidated under the title
! The New York Journal aud Advertiser. have
| abandoned the United Press and will here
after be member of tine Associated Press
Charles Burckhnltrr, the astronomer OF
the Chabot observatory, Oakland. Callfor.
mia, will travel half way around the world
! SO that for two minutes In fnron India he
may endeavor 10 photograph the sun during
the solar eclipse of next January.
The bishop Of Canca has sent message
Of fcrvent appeal To the Christian people of
Europe lmporing them to compel their gov
| crnmrnts to stop bombarling and to cease
| opposing the unanimous desire of Cretnns to
escape tyranny by a union with Greece.
The war department has issued the formal
order consequent upon General Ruger'. re
tirement, transferring General Wesley Mer
ritt from Chicago to New York. and Gen.
ernl Brooke from St Paul to Chicago to tom,
mnnd the military departments OF which
those cities are headquarters,
The supreme Court of california ha. de
MED the application Of Theodore purrant for
a rchearing Of his application for new
trial. previously denied. This settles Dur.
rants fate as far ns state court. are con
cerued. He vii, now ask for the interfcr-
Ing of the federal court. Failing In that. he
Will appeal for executive rleinency
good many Mexican cattle which have
been rushed across the line before the bars
] are put up have reached Denver, fully II 600
/ head coming up during the past two weeks
/ These cattle are known as dOgics and are OF
the old long-horn Spanish type. without amy
| prrtensc TO Improved breeding They are
| mostly bound for the northern grass ranges
| The publication N the Russian budget dis
| closed the fact that there had been a deficit
/ In the last twelve months Of s0.pop,D rou-
hles, but that this has been covered by a
| withdrawal Of bullion from the treasury
The expenditures which accustomed the de.
nett Included ifty millions In gold for the
| conversion fund, and twenty,si1 millions
for gold transactions at the Reichsbsnk
| Ramsay, the American sailor who was ar.
! rested in the early part Of the year at CalIao
on the charge OF disortlerly conduct, confined
nnd subsequently sentenced to a years lui-
| prisonment without such legal trial as Is
| provided for Ia the treaty between Peru and
| the United States, and WHOSE sentence wa.
! committed last week to four months iui
| prisonment from January L. has been re.
leased by order of the superior Court OF Ap.
| peals,
Mrs. schohell has presented lieutenant
General John NJ Schpheid. United states
army tretiredl with dne, healthy girl baby
General Sch0teld was retired eighteen
months ago on account Of the age limit
Rear Admiral Francis NJ Ramsay hold
Ing the most important office In the navnl
service that Of chief OF the Bureau OF NavI.
CATION was retired 90 account Of age on the
9Th.
Two ranchmrn were frozen to death on
the road betweeh Horse Greek aud Cheyenne
few days ago, They were identified MS
John aud James johnson, brothers. Of La
Hrnude, a settlement in the eastern part of
N" county. third brother. who was with
them In the storm. is still missing and
! party of searchers are riding the ranges try.
ing to find his body and that of John Lri.
cano, sheep horder, who has been missing
since Tuesday night
There Is grcn; scarcity of water at San.
ttaso de Cuba, md the authorities there have
been compelled to reduce the water rations
OF the prisoners and sick persons in TIM
lnlls aud In the hospitals A merchant OF
Havana named MlchHelSon has ordered n
Philadelphia -tenmrr, bound for Santiago de
un TO unlpnu minerals. 10 carry water
there for the thirsty residents Four hun
hred casks OF water arrived there as ballast
an INV steamer Erndale. and thousands OF
persons gathered nt the wharf In order To
obtain sump of the water
With little machine which looks like an
"es b"ater, DR. FentOn B. Turck has per.
formed the feat Of wnshlng the Inside OF n
mans stomach NJ the Post Graduate Med
icn' school, Chicago. and by means ut the
! Ro"ntgen rays he at the same time Viewed
] the interior OF tho stomach where his littl.
] device was at work The invention marks
/ an era of progress In the medical work a.
his experiment was the first of the kind
| made In full view Of the operator one OF
the largest and most complete Roentgen ray
| outhts ever produced was furnished to the
college for the experiment.
synhicnt" OF prominent New York
/ yachtsmen have about closed negotiations
| for the purchase OF Commodore Berriman's
/ craft yacht. the Ncncedor. The eastprn
!
| against Howard Gould'- fast yacht, the Nj
ngara Commodore Berriman agrees 10 put
] ur bonus OF Sl,rrp, which the purcha sers
| Will take II the NpuceIor falls to defeat III,
| Niagara in two out Of three races Both of
/ the yachts nre Of the same general type the
/ eastern yacht being two feet bigger. racing
length. Yacht-mcn will bc much Interested
| In noting the performance 1f lake yacht
over salt water courses,
! srt.. D.,
| weston to Liverpool In twenty three years
was made on the LIST, In the British steam
! ship Cuban, The shipment consisted II STs
! head received from Ardmore Indian Terri.
| tory, where they were fnttened. quite IL
| number Of cattiempu from all parts Of til.
| state came here to witness the shipment and
| expressed satisfaction at the way the cnttle
! were handled and provision made for their
! keep ON the passage. 1t ls however doubt
| ful II this Initial shipment will be followed
by others unless port charges are reduced
| The same number ~ cnttl" could have been
| shipped from New Orleans at 81 100 less
than 1t cost to ship them from galveston.
Governor Thornton has been advised OF
| the arrest by Sheriff Pat Garrett near Las
! Cruces, Of Manuel Fuentes and Mrs. ]. Cha
! con for the murder Of the lhttrr's husband
| In May. 1885. The woman confessed that
while herself and husband and brother nc.
companied by Fuentes n nntive of Chihua
hua. Mexico, were travelling together In
southern New Mexico, Fucntes Killed her
husband and compelled her 10 live with him
under threats of death II she ever spoke OF
the killing. Her brother Daniel valderamn,
was also kept quiet by the same threat
After killing Chacon. Fuentcs burned the
body and buried the charred remains on th..
prairie, the exact location Of which she
gave.
Topeka was given genuine cyclone scare
Saturday afternoon. during which probably