The new North-west., 1897-04-09
ALL OVER THE WORLD
GRIST OF THE Tf1LIGGRAPHIC NEWS
All HOME AND ABROAD.
Disastrous Course of Floods In the
nlississippi salley-Preva1ent
War Talk In Europe.

Governor w. T. Thornton of New Mex
leo has resigned.
Greece is talking of an internationa
loan of s5,OG0,0OG
Johannes Brahmes, the we'll known mu
sical composer of Vienna. is dead.
Tho German relchstag has passed to 1t
third reading the motion abrogating tn
Jesuit exclusion act.
Michael DavlIr, the lrlsn member OF tn
English parliament, mas landed at New
York on his way to California.
The inaugural California derby, valued
a. $4,000, was won at Ingleside by Scar
borough, a native colt. The mile and I
quarter was covered in 2:11A.
1t Is understood at Vienna that thu
powers are determined to maintain tn
blockade Of Greece if that nation declares
war, and thus deprive her Of her mos
formidable means of attack.
The 54th annual boat race between
crews representing the English universi
ties Of Oxford and Cambridge resulted
in a victory for Oxford by barely two
lengths. The distance was four and one
quarter miles, and the time 10 minutes
and 12 seconds.
President Krugers claim against Great
Britain for indemnity as result of the
Transvaal raid amounts to some 600
J. B. Callejos, sheriff of Union county
with fatal results in trying to draw a rifle
from beneath a bed in the jail
The war department has issued a for
NAL order consequent upon General Ru-
gers retirement transferring General
Wesley Merritt from Chicago to New
York and General Brooke from st. Paul
to Chicago, to command the military de-
partments Of which these cities are the
headquarters.
All necessary shopping, marketing WIS.,
iting of doctors and the like In over
flowed sections of Greenville, Miss. is
done by skiffs. Every street contains
whole fleets Of these.
President Mckinley has inquired by tel
egraph of the governors of states where
the floods prevail as to the needs Of the
people, and will ask congress to make an
appropriation for the relief Of the suf-
ferers.
Lord Wolseley the British commander
in Chief accompanied by his aide de
camp, will soon start for Gibraltar to in
spect that fortress.
Many of the fruit men of California are
opposed to the fea ture Of the new tariff
prohibiting the rebate allowed on i'm
ported tin, saying they will be obliged to
purchase American tin at higher prices
than foreign tin, and claiming that the
production Of tin plate in the United
States Is insufficient to supply the demand
Of the Pacific coast.
George II. Otter Companys carpet store
at Cincinnati, Ohio, with it's stock val
uei at 100000, and insured for $15O,0OO,
Wds destroyed by fire in less than two
hours.
"A steamer from Mediterranean ports
has just landed 1000 Italian emigrants at
New York.
The National Mining Bureau has is
sued a call for an international gold
miners convention" to be held In Denver
an t1,n
hibits will consist of refined gold and
gold ores and a general mineral display.
Ex-Lientenant Governor Percy Daniels
has succeeded in interesting most of the
leaders of the leading democratic-popu-
list statesmen of Kansas in an organiza-
ton, the object of which is to create a
bureau of information concerning his
scheme to tax inorlinate wealth and to
secure an amendment to the federal con-
stitution giving congress the power to
levy such a tax.
Reports of losses sustained by CATTLE
men of Wyoming during the recent storm
are coming in slowly. On many Of the
large ranches it is estimated the losses
will range from 5 to 25 per cent of the
herd. The snow lies one and a half feet
deep in Cheyenne and from five to 10 feet
in the ravines Much anxiety is felt for
many persons reported missing.
Among the diplomatic representatives
OF the large countries at Washington, the
expression is general that following the
new tariff there will be a large decrease
In imports, and that in turn will be fol-
lowed by an increase of duties against
American goods. The representatives OF
the nations that are the most concerned
with reciprocity do not regard the rec-
procity feature Of the present bill with
favor.
Bands of starving working people broke
out into open disorder at Malaga, Spain,
Sunday, destroying property costing large
sums of money. The police made many
arrests. The cause Of the outbreak was
lack of work. The condition of things in
Andalusia grows worse daily. The gov
ernment Is reinforcing it's troops there.
Dr. Spencer Harris of Circle City, in a
letter to the Juneau News, says Pat Cas-
sidy was killed on Oscar Oleson's claim
during January by a gravel cavein. He
did not take the precaution to timber the
tunnel in which he was working, and a
big body of gravel caved in on him. He
was conscious for some time after the ac-
cldent, and called to his companions to
rescue him. They did all they could, but
before he could be dug out he had smoth-
cred to death.
CALLS 1T A FARCE.