The indicator., 1897-01-02

Floods have occurred in the Llvlada
district of Greece. They have been &C
eompanied by some loss OF life.
The case against the Santa Fe railroad
for being an alien land holder has beer
dismissed by Judge Myers at Oskaloosa
The furniture house of julius Lans
burg, at New York. was destroyed by
fire on the 2sth, with a loss of 100000
Three out of eight boys recently bit.
ten by mad dogs In Baltimore have died,
despite the treatment by the Pasteur sys-
tenn.
The steamer Carannlna from Rotter-
dam is reported lost off Cape Tbjoa. Six
members of the crew saved but fifteen
are missing.
A landslip has entirely destroyed the
village of Santa Ana de PelaGo, Italy,
demollshlns lis houses There was no
loss of life.
Famine Is prevailing in the province of
Kherson. Russia. 1t IS estimated that
100000 roubIes will be required for the
relief of - sufferers.
There was a landslide at Ratsmore,
ireland, on Sunday night A llborer's
house was overwhelmed and the man,
his wife and seven children We're buried.
The BubOnic plague is Increasing, there
having been 2U94 cases and 1,494 deaths
from that cause us to date. The exodus
from Bombay continues and the news
papers threaten the natives with martial
law unless they conform with the sani-
tary regulations.
There We're shipped on the 2sth from
Vancouver to Boston and New York the
balance Of the largest catch of halibut
ever made in one day on any banks in
America, namely 10000 pounds. The
total shipment was 10000 pounds, but
10000 represented a half days catch OF
the day on which the steamer left the
banks from Vancouver.
The London office Informs the Asso-
ciated Press that no communications to
any power regarding Cuba and the Unit
ed States have been made by Great Bri-
tain, and it is added that no representa-
tons directly or Indirectly have been
made on the subject 10 the United States
by Great Britain, If any other powers
have done so, the foreign office is not
aware Of the fact
Secretary of the Interior Francis has
reversed the decision Of the commission
er of the general land office who dis
missed the contest Of l.. $. Snowden
against the homestead entry of Ellis L.
Goodale, in the Denver land district. and
directs that the entry of Goodale be can
celled on the ground that he had not es-
tablished a residence on the land but
was employed in Denver and improved
the property by hiring help.
Forty-four families were driven out OF
their homes in New York, early Monday
morning when the temperature was IL
to IA degrees below zero. by a fire start
ed on the third floor Of an apartment
house in West Fifteenth street. The
flames extended TO the house adjoining
and the third and fourth floors of both
buildings were burned out The loss on
the buildings is about $4,000, and that
sustained by the tenants will reach S2O,-
600.
The constructors or the Siberian rail.
road undertake building a line through
Manchuria, starting from a point on the
river where the Siberian road Joins the
line and terminating at
south Of the ssswu line. OF
this proposed new line .24l out Of the
total 1920 versts are in Chinese terri
tory. The ministerial press points out
that this line will make Russia the in
termedlary of peaceful civilization be
tween Europe and Asia.
Mrs. James Burden was knocked
down and robbed by a highwayman
at Fifth avenue and Seventy-second
street New York, Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs Burden was walking along Fifth
avenue when the robber iumned at
her, put knife to her throat and de-
that she give up her money
and jewelry. She refused and the as
sault and robbery followed The high
wayman was captured and the purse.
which contained check for $50. was
restored to Mrs. Burden. who had not
been hurt
The jury directed to inquire con.
corning the death of Frank p. Ar.
buckle, the Denver politician. who
died November 10, after having been
found unconscious in tile street. in
New York, rendered this verdict:
THAT Frank P. Arbuckle came to his
death on the 18Th day of November
1896, in the West one Hundred and
Street police station
from fatty degeneration of the heart
chronic nephritis, cerebral and pulnon.
ary oedema and other causes to the
jury unknown"
The committee appointed at the Bos.
ION mass meeting 10 consider the West
End street railway difficulty from the
point of view, met Tuesday and
prepared a plan for settlement. The
statement calls for an equitable settle
ment of the whole controversy, the dis
of the employment of new
men, the reinstatement OF former en-
ployes, and asks that the company re-
ceive a committee of its employees in or
der to reach an agreement. The COM
mittee submitted the plan to President
Little, but he refused to consider 1t.
Austin Corbin, several months before
he died, founded an agricultural colony
near Helena, Arkansas. Last Monday.
when Inspector NJ j. Renick of the Con-
tract Labor Bureau boarded the Kaiser
he found $50 Italian men, wom-
en- and children ticketed to Arkansas. He