The state herald., 1897-03-05
rELEoRAPHic ITEMS.


Plans are being made for bull fight al
Carson, Nevada. at the time Of the Corbett
| Fitzslmmons mill.
| woman suffrage amendment to the con
stltutlon OF the State of Washington wit
| be voted upon next fall.
w. ]. Bryan has consented to stump Ohio
during the coming summer In the interest
of John II, Mclean for senator.
Mckinley has been obliged to decline, Oh
account of ill-hcalth, an invitation to Il
banquet Of newspaper correspondents al
Canton.
The House OF Representatives passed a
| bill the other day allowing national banks
! TO Issue currency to the full amount of thcit
bonds on deposit.
The Chicago tanners strike Is to be set.
tied by the State Board Of Arbitration. The
men VIII return to work oa 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 bill after knock
ing out the maximum freight rate clause.
The Texas Court of Civil Appeals has
nude peculiar ruling holding that the gov,
ernor OF Texas had no authority to exercise
| the pardonlng 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 ninety.scven men,
who. paying 500 apiece, chartered ship
and set sail from San Francisco
| United States Treasurer Morgan has re.
cclred II conscience contribution of $50. In
an envelope postmarked Denver. Colorado IN
an unsigned note the sender says: '"rhe
enclosed is due the United States"
| The action of the WInlsnr lDnturinl tnuu
council In rctallating against the United
states allen labor law by refusing to allow
contractors TO employ aliens on public works
VIII lead TO similar action by the Niagara
Falls town council.
The Plttsburg river miners strike is u
failure. not more than 1000 men being out
with but few exceptions, all miners We're
Idle Thursday but when II was seen that the
demand for nm advance would not be gen
cral, nearly all the diegcrs returned to work
by an explosion OF nitro gycerinc near
Steubenvillc, Ohio. Mt the magazine of the
Gould oil Held, Louis Crnry and Eugene
Ralston, employees Of the Mllken and Leigh
Torpedo company. We're blown to atoms. A
number of houses In the vicinity were dam
aged
The largest seizure OF opium ever made nt
the port of san Francisco was accomplished
ON the 9th by four special agents of the
treasury. The opium is valued at 800 900
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 ut 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
haf aau tb.. I.n rt
mcnts and local courts.
The New York Staats Zeitung has received
a dispatch from its Berlin correspondent
stating that change for the better has
taken place In the condition of DR.. Stelnitz,
the chess player, and that his full rcstora-
iion TO health may be locked for, His death
was reported In the papers a few days ago
by mistake.
The largest spectroscope In the world has
been completed by Professor John A. Brash,
ear, the famous astronomer, Of Allegheny,
Pennsylvania. for Dr. Hans Hauswaldt. n
wealthy scientist of Mugdchurg, Germany.
The big instrument will be used In physical
researches aud Is expected TO assist In many
Important discoveries.
The Indiana supreme court has affirmed
| the decision IN the case Of Helen NJ Cougar
against the election officers In which she
| claimed the right TO vote at n general elec
| tion. Judge Hackney said that under the
constitution women cannot vote, and that
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 02a; loans decrease. 81, ,i31. 800;
specie. Increase. si.i23,Dc1; legal tenders,
Increase. si.Do5. so: deposits, Increase. ST.
-g.lH alfTulaf Stpt ThR
hanks now hold S5I, I,52o9I5 In excess of the
requirements OF the - per cent rule.
The Union Pacific has agreed TO transport
| free Of charge 800 tons Of freight designed
for the relief Of India's starving people. The
burlington agrees to transport 100 tons, and
the Elkhorn also agrees to haul relief sup,
piles free These offers are to deliver the
| freight at Ogden, Utah. From there the
Central Pacific agrees to haul i,0oo tons 10
san Francisco free
An electric ear ON the one Hundred and
Third street line. Chicago. was caught he,
tween two trains going In opposite direc-
| tlons on the Chicago a Eastern Illinois rail.
road. The eat carried four passengers Ice.
sides the motorman and conductor aud three
Of the six were killed outright The other
three are severely injured and one or more
Of them may also succumb.
The bethlehem Iron Company, has an
nounecd general reduction OF 10 per cent.
In the wages of steel workers laborrrs and
furnace men. The reduction goes into effect
on March l. The officials OF the company
say that they hope 10y means Of this reduc.
tlon to give regular aud continuous employ,
nent TO It's men. Nearly l,"r employees are
affected.
The Fourth Wyoming State Legislature.
which has Just completed the constitutional
legislative session OF forty days, was
very Industrious body. aud accomplished
considerable work During the session lGi
bills were introduced In the House aud
! forty In the Senate; Of these seventy House
hllls and nine Senate hills 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. larg. mum
her OF the laws passed are unimpOrtant aud
refer To methods ~ procedure IN the raHsis
amending and correcting faulty legislation
OF previous sessions, ana like measures.
! The state Of Arizona Improvement Com
pany hns secured judgment IN the terrific
rial supreme Court against the territory.
and established the validity of u contract
whereby the territorial cnnvicts numbering
| about isn, are leased for ten years for worl,
ON great canal TO bee constructed In Yuma
county, or at such other work ~ the con
tractors may elect, The pay ls To h, al the
rate Of 20 cents per day per convict. the
| territory TO receive IN" same IN SHINE of
water rights In the canal. The enforcement
| of the contract, which was secretly made a
year age by the retiring board of central
has been fought by the present territorial
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