The indicator., 1897-08-28
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ing TO 52ii cents.
The noted Luetgert murder trial be-
gan nj Chicago on the 23rd.
The price OF the sugar trust stock
has gone up from los to $50 within a
| year.
Quakers from Illinois are inspecting
! New Mexican lands with View Of col
/ onization-
! Government timber Inspectors are
I vigorously prosecuting timber thieves
| IN Idaho.
/ Canadian lumbcrmcn propose to re-
tallate on the United States on account
of the DinGlcy bin
] 1t o. reported that Russia will soon
/ forbid the expectation OF wheat owing
To the small crop there.
President Mckinley attended a rc-
union OF the Army OF the Potomac ut
Z Troy, New York, ON the Goth.
The loss to the government on silver
bought under the Blaud-Allison and
acts now aggregate s=2l.oss, lI>.01
The California law prohibiting III
vorcecS from marryin. FOR year, has
made Yuma. Arzoua. o;rrna Green
for amorous California couples.
The International congress called tn
discuss measures for rhr protection of
workmcn opened ~ Zurich on the
2ird. There were $40 delegates pres
cnt. and all countries Were rf'rc-
sentcd-
The min OF tile Tteadwcll company in
Alaska Is to be- doubled iu size, giving
Do 800 stamps. reducing ore NJ a cost Of
81 per ton and producing Sl25,onn per
month There is T.OnroJD tons Of orc
IN sight In the mine
r. 5. Van Tas~rll Of Cheyenne, wv
Oming, has just taken 10 his ranch "a
band of $50 head uf Mexican steers
which have been held during the SUM
mer in pasture just outside of Den.
vcr. These cattle brought SO Il head.
The Ei-in Watch Company has all
vauccd the price Of watch movements
Ten per cent Tho advance j. On all the
better grades of movements. Cheap
movements have been advanced also
from nifty to seventy cents on each.
The London Chronicle announces tie
settlement Of the long-pending strike
Ia the famous slate gunrries uf Lord
Ponrhyu in Wales. The men have
won - complete victory, Lord pcnrhyn
concodIug them the fun right TO com
hmo.
George I. Eldridge "f the eaogr5iph-
iHll survey has returned from u trip tp
tho Uuh El~ouiTc deposits. where hc
has been establishing the reservation
liue and has settled beyond u doubt
that an the valuable gilspnitc beds are
on the reservation.
Good rains have fallen everywhere
of Bombay and Dccrau, and the crops
promise To be exceptionally large. The
number of the relief list are steadily di-
minishing and evidences of famine are
rapidly disappearing.
Princess kaIulaul, who has Just at
tained her majority, will return TO Ha-
wall In October, after an absence OF
ten years ia England and OH the con
tinent. She has hopes of being mad"
queen Of the present island republic if
annexation fails,
The Havana police have discovered
printing outfit which has been used
10 print the prOclamations issued by
the unsnrscnt leaders. The propric-
tors OF the establishment. Peraita
Bros, have been arrested and are con
fined incommuuicadO.
The government Of Peru has ordered
It's postage stamps made in the United
States. The first order for 100000
five-ccut STAMPS las been given 10 the
American Bank Notc Company and an.
other for 2,pOO,OOO stamps Of other de
nominations viii follow.
Several men who have Illegally cut
timber in Idaho have been bound over
10 answer at the next term OF the Fed
eral Court In Blackfoot, and the gov
ernment has also Instituted civil pro-
cecdinE against them to recover the
value Of the timber taken.
The first official trip of the com
pressed air motor invented by Robert
Hardy has been made on the Sixth
avenue division Of the Manhattan ele-
waited railroad. The train made the
run from Rector To Fifty-eighth street,
over 1--WE miles, in eighteen minutes.
United States Marshal McDermutt
has been advised by the attorney gen
cral 10 double the amount Of the rr-
ward offered by the Department OF
Justice for the capture Of stage rob
bers IN the National Park. Five hun
drrd dollars viii now he paid for the
arrest and conviction of the holdupS.
Active work on the tunnel of the
Great Northern railroad in the Cas-.
Cadc mountains has been commenced.
The tunnel Will bc two and one half
miles long. sixteen feet wide and TWEEN
ty-tlIree feet high. II win cost 5000
900 and require two years in building.
1t will reduce th" ascent by LOO feet.
1t is the intention of the Santa Fe
company to equip all locomotives in
the pa.Senger service with electric
headlights Some time ago n similar
light WIS placed on ~. running be-
tween Topeka and 81. Joseph, and so
satisfactory has been the test that all
night engines VIII BE- equipped in y
Ike manncr US speedily as possible.
Lots Of people do not know that the
buffalo grass is q grain-bcarer, and
that the grass il, better feed FOR stock
than unr~, barley, corn or wheat. but
such rs the fact. rh" seed grows
down close to the ground and in much
greater quantity Than many people are
aware. Th- grain is wonderful fat
tener Of cattle. but can only be har.
vested by grazing animals.
The Argonaut. a submarine craft,
was launched at Baltimore on the l9th.
Miss Myrian Lake. daughter of the in
ventor, Simon Lake, Of Baltimore.
christrned the strange craft. This YES
sci is one Of the most unique ever con
structcd. II is intended for CONNER
cial work. including the exploration of
the bottom Of rivers, lakes. bays and
oven seas, for wrecking work.
Range ponies are selling in Arizona
at 81 ~ head. This is the price paid
by Hicks Il Brigham. cajilcmen Of
Tonne Arizona and Denver for 300
head now being gathered ON the range
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