The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-18
NEWS OF H WORLD
TELECRAPHlC DISPATCHES
BOILED DOWN..
Most Important Events OF tho Fast Nix
Days Carefully Collected and Condensed
Foreign and Domestic Doings throni.
clcd for Busy People tn Read.

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The French chamber Of deputies has
adopted the poStai arrangcmCntssi signed
in Washington last June.
The S%paniards in Havana are sullcn
because of the arrival of the cruiser
Montgomery in Havana harbor.
Night agent Cuttcn of the Adams
Express company at Orville. o.. has
abscondcd with II package containing
$40, 600.
VIM. +. Hutchins. of Providence. IT,.
J.. one of the best known manufacture
ing jewellers in the east. was shot by Il
burglar.
John Doughcrty. u life prisoner in
Del. for murder, escaped from jail and
is still ut large.
The Dayton. Tenn. Coal and Iron
company that ON April /.
they will advance their loo miners
wages 10 per cent.
blanche Il. Bruce. colorcd. register
of the treasury. and ex-senator from
Mississippi. is seriously i'll at his resi-
dcncc in Washington.
William J. Calhoun. of Illinois has
been nominated by the president for
interstate commerce commissioners 10
succeed VIM. Morrison.
The Bowcry mission lodging house
100 lowcry, New York was destroyed
by fire and eleven lives lost. The
property loss * $1,000.
After being out on It strike tive
,Va,.1.. H.. tnn H.. - III
Nhittcndom cotton mills of Taunton.
Mass, returned to work.
The report that the British govern
nent had contracted with the tarnc-
gle company at pittsburr for 1000 tons,
of armor plate is Incorrect.
The tinwarc and japauninw c>tab-
lishrECnt of Kccnc & iiaprrty, l;alti-
more. was destroyed 10y fire. Loss
eljO, 900: covered by insurance.
Representative Henderson Of Iowa
has introduced II bill in the house 10
prevent the use of the United States
flag as Il business advertisement.
Fairbanks post G.. a. Il. of Detroit.
Of which Gen. Algrr is II mcmbcr,
rendered their services to the govern
mcnt in the event of war with spain.
Vice President Hobart gave a rcccr-
ton and dinner to Prince Albert of
Belgium at Washington. Between two
and three hundred guests were pres
cnt.
Northumberland I;osccranS. who
was thought to be in q diving con
dition. is somewhat better. hut his
physicians hold out little hope pf re-
covery.
The Murphy Cattle company Of 81.
Paul has purchased between 1000
and $1,000 head of cattle from Ryan
BROTHERS of ~l.cavcnworth. Kan, at $50
per head.
Mabel Heating, known from New
York to San Francisco as the queen
of pickpockcts,' was shot and fatally
wounded by Jerry sullivan at san
Francisco.
AdviccS from Colon state that the
work of the United States Niraraguau
commission is almost completed, but
it is not expected Il report will b. pos
sible this year.
At Chicago. John Mullen shot and
fatally wounded Detective Daniel j.
'Idi n'' WIN ~ ltlN'I N'N tNt'ihI'-
ing to arrest him for being drunk
and disordcrly.
Andrew 5. Draper. president Of the
university of Illinois, has declined tn
accept the position of superintendent
of schools of Creator New York az Il
salary of $1,000.
Henry W. Vets. q laundry p-opric-
tor at Lacrosse, Wis. was informed
that he is tn receive from the estate OF
his uncle, Amos Il. Emo, late of New
York, 500, 900.
Final arrangements were completed
at Philadelphia for the manufacture
at the mint of the souTcnir medals
that will be used at the Omaha trans
Mississippi exposition which opens
June /.
A Vancouver, Il. G.. dispatch says
adviccs from the orient by steamer
Emprcc of India tell of the almost
total destruction Of Manila. Philippine
Islands, by fire, and that Sl5,O)O. O00
worth of property was destroyed.
General John B. Gordon. commander
of the Confederate Veterans of Amcri,
IA, while %lrcturing at OwosSo. Mich.
''NNiN'' NV NV NIX w
cgram: Zone hundred and fifty thou
sand Of your comrades stand ready To
follow Your lead in the protection OF
our national honor"
General Fit2hugh Lee, Consul.ticn'
cral ut Havana, is credited with say
ing: IF Spain wishes To declare any
or all of MS persona non grata IL is her
privilege to do SO, but if we must leave
town We will leave with the American
flag flying and Il brass band NJ tho
nead of the procession"
General Brooke, commanding tho
department of the Missouri. has or
dcrcd u court-martial in the ease OF
Captain Charles Il. Witherell, stationed
ut TT. Wayne, Detroit. Mich. Captain
Withcrell is charged with duplicating
part of his company's pay rolls.
The big cruiser Columbia hes been
taken out of the dry dock mt Philadcl'
phia. 1t will begin taking stores nj
once, Ammunition will be taken or
at Fort Miiiin. The Columbia and
e.