The sun., 1898-01-09
PITHY PARAGRAPHS.
National News.


National News.
General Land Office COMMISSIONS
Hermann disapproves the bill to grant t.
the respective States all the arid land
within their areas.
The House Republicans are heinz
polled to estimate the opposition to TIN
present Civil Service laws.
Judge J. N. Scott, Claims and Deprc
dations Agent Of the State OF Washing
ton, is dead.
Major Moses p. Handy died at tn,
Hotel Bonair, Augusta, Georgia,
Nmagr, News.
A party who reached juneau from
Dawson declares that thrrc is no neces
sity for Government relief expedition
to Dawson.
Ed Lord, the Dawson bartender ar
rested for stealing S22 900 from his EN-,
ployer, was released because the police
had no food for prisoners.
Many parties are tied up along Lakes
Lrbarge and Tagish.
No one will be allowed to pass Tagish
House unless he has GOO pounds OF pro-
visions.
A party Of seven which left Lake Lc-
barge on October q is since missing,
Two klondikers perishcd OF cold be
fore reaching the gold fields
\ destructive fire occurred recently 1T
Dawson City, in the Klondikc and
many people are reported to be suffering
/ "m srnrvy owing to the scarcity Of
proper food
Tcrsc Topics.
No definite arrangements have vet
been made for he remains nl Thpudorc
Iurrant.
EIchbanks, a Tuscaloosa, Ala, negro,
has surrendered for participating in the
murder OF Lon Wilson two Years ago.
The police Of Little Rock, Ark, are
investigating the mysterious murder OF
J.. \. fludloW, who was found in II
freight car.
'IHwnce Tloma was railroadcd for
committing a burglary at the store of his
Justice of the Peace at
CIaypooI, Ind.
George II. Morrison, serving term in
Clinton prison for misappropriating the
funds OF Rensselaer, county, y. V, while
he was its Treasurer, has made state
lnrnt of his transactions.
Mrs. Mary Sanbrink, IA widow fatally
shot Dr. Shep A. Rogers and then killed
herself, few miles from memphis. The
tragedy is surrounded by great mystery.
The body Of Il woman, supposed to
have been murdered. was found in an
'Nprcr~ office at thar.'on Iowa.
\ lively battle between Shcrifi's posse
'nd farmers family took place "A, rns-
Ola H., two ol lhc fprlnrt being
). II. ''pr, a Pan Handle engineer,
'a~ iplnI with his throat cat in nj, r;.b
II indianapolis.
Ma'tha Wren Gijl, formerly Mis-
" zen, the actress, is dead
Five persons wrr" rpscurl with diff
ultN from "A burning boarding hu,l-r a,
scranton IythiS morning. 'rhc hap.,
.ad been set on fire.
The 22d Regiment oi the Sew York .
National Guard will shortly bc UNIFORM
q in scarlet.
PVrr English, a New York fire truck
nan, was killed by a collision H,,.
mother wagon while running to fire, .
Henry ;. Spencer, oi New York. 4
Oh OF wealthy parents, died from H..
'hyN'atI'n at his Brooklyn boatd,,
loll-r.
Tie Iio'rI I."IauL, at Atlantic City
Sa- damaged to the extent ot - $50 hv .
fire "I supposed inrcndiary origin
Pollard, Hare 4 Co.'S hardware. ., .rp
lnd MaS,,cn, GtahaIu x CO.'S ury roo,l. .
tore at prni~ton, r"N,, were drs,roy"t
y fire.
Passengers arriving ~ tie New York
nt 'mhria had the lir,, experience
'I'h the new s,aISiin embargo.
David To'rcncr, "i Latham, ILL.,, wh,,
aIS hr + son Of the late General
uHtFI l. florence, has begun Il contest
i tie iiutri'S will.
y practical joli"r startled the r,sd n,>
! thr l]ar'"n diotrict Of Nnw Ip2k h,
lS"!Ar&In% Il bomb.
Foreign Facts.
Spain will increase the nl,nI5prpj r,,-
I!Iatrs in China.
Colonel Narinoff, the Rus ian Nli,irary
'dvISr' engaged by China, las arriy d
t lrkin. " -
A French collier was wrecked off Ban.
uck, France. and the crrw, nulnbqiuo
itc"n, were lost
\ French cruiser has sailed from TOT
N to relniorc, tn" fleet in China.
The Chinese resent the ';pycrn,uroi'.
lrr'hdrr to Germany.
The British have captured Tanyo and
crsaI Passes in Northwest India,
The SaniarhS say that the iuy,rreu,
lieutenant Colonel SOTO, with three
her officers and twenty men, has sur
'ndrrcd 1T S;tg'a l.a Grandc.
'o'aska's ''rak" and Coupler Law.
OMAHA, Nrh. Jan. S.-Thn Union
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