The Dickinson press., 1898-03-26

NEWS COMBINATIONS,

NEWS CONVERSATIONS,
Friday. March 16
The naval appropriation bill provides
dx new torpedo boats.
Senator Proctor told in the senate the
patnful sights he saw in Cuba.
Provisions are made to defend tho
upper Atlantic coast with I've war.
ships.
Ex-senator Blanche. x. Bruce, the
colored register Of the treasury, died in
Washington.
In . letter written Jan. 8, Weyler is
said to have intimated that he had
planted mines in Havana harbor.
The Cuban revolutionists have again
declared that they will accept nothing
short Of liberty and independence.
Mayor Frank A. Graham and Former
Exciseman Harvey B. valli of Lincoln,
Neb.. have been arrested on indict.
ments charging them with receiving
bribes.
The French minister for the colonies,
n. 1ebon. has refused the petition Of
Mme. Dreyfus, wife Of the former Cap.
tain Dreyfus, to share the latter's i'm.
prisonment on Devils island.
Saturday, March 10.
The japanese election returns show
Q small majority for the government.
Peter jackson and Jim Jeffries, who
will meet at San Francisco, have agreed
ON Jim Mcdonald, the baseball umpire,
Is referee.
A bill to reorganize and enlarge the
army has been reported to the house by
the chairman of the military com.
mittee.
The Nebraska supreme court has
granted q rehearing to Former State
Treasurer Bartley, convicted Of embez-
element.
Jimmy Barry Of Chicago and Johnny
Corners Of Springfield, Ills, fought six
rounds at the former place, Barry get.
ting the decision.
At Anderson, Ind, James Harring.
ton shot his wife through the head and
then put bullet into his own brain,
both dying instantly.
Monday, March III.
The Austrian reichsrath has reas.
sembled.
Allyn Cox. leading railroad man,
died in New York Friday.
Miss Florence St. John. the well
known actress, is dying in London.
A theatrical performance at Havana
in aid Of the fund for the Spanish
navy netted $40, 900 in gold.
Two expeditions have left New York,
one for Mexico and the other for Bering
straits, to seek for traces of the original
inhabitants of this country.
DR.. George Clinton Hubbard, assist.
ant surgeon. U. s. A., committed sui.
eide at st. Elizabeths insane asylum,
Washington. He was ~ years Of age.
Wenzel Toepfer, we'll known through.
ont the United States as manufac.
turer Of iron supplies for brewers and
malsters, is dead at Milwaukee.
Tuesday. March ~.
Representative King of Utah has In.
troduced joint resolution recognizing
the Independence Of Cuba.
In shooting affray at senatobia,
Miss, Sheriff Bray was killed and
Deputy Sheriff Gilmore dangerously
wounded.
At Cascade Locks, Or, Lewis Geb.
hart, aged 10 years, shot and killed his
wife, aged 65 years. and then blew out
his own brains.
The heavy rains of the past few days
have flooded the creeks and rivers Of
Central Illinois and many Of them ex.
tend for miles in width.
The ore shipping season has opened,
the Duluth and Iron Range railroad
having begun to ship ore from the
Chantler mine at Ely, MINI.
s. A. Harper, since 1894 president Of
the State Lengue Of Republican Clubs,
died at Madison, Wis, of pneumonia.
MI. Harper was about 45 years Of age,
ana unmarried.
Wednesday, March Va.
The government has bought tor.
pedo boat in England.
Rear Admiral Sicard is to be super.
seded because of ill health.
Pugilist Peter jackson was defeated
by JefEries in three rounds.
Ex.Interstate Commerce Commis.
sioner Veazey is dead in Washington.
James G. McCook of Pennsylvania
has been nominated consul at Dawson
City, N. w. T.
A receiver has been appointed at
Butte, Mon, for the American Devel.
oping and Mining company.
As reported to the house, the naval
appropriation bill provides for three
new battleships, six torpedo boats and
gunboat.
The Washburn, Bayfield, and Iron
River railway is to be completed i'm.
mediately by means Of a victory won in
the Wisconsin supreme court by the
company.
Thursday, Mareh ~.
Hans Wachenhusen, the Prussian
novelist, is dead.
Senator Gallinger in a speech de.
scribed the painful things he saw in
Cuba.
At Washington, Ia, Rev. Gampee
has been sentenced to six months in the
penitentiary for forgery.
The Pacific mill at Tacoma, Wash,
the largest shingle mill in the world,
has been destroyed by fire.