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General News Judge John I. Redick, a prominent lawyer of Omaha, died last week. Chicago authorities want $70,000,000 with which to take over the street railways. At Vossevangen J. W. C. Steen, former Norwegian premier, died Sunday of heart disease. Maxim Garky, the author will shortly start for America. He is at present in Switzerland. Senator Tillman of South Carolina is engaged in writing "A Defense of the Senate" for publication. Brigadier General J. Franklin Bell will assume the duties of chief of staff of the army on April 9. Congressman P. P. Campbell of Kansas is regarded as one of the best dressed men in Washington. William H. MacDonald, the famous tenor, and one of the founders of the well known Bostonians. is dead. Fire almost destroyed the National Sweeper Works at Marion, Ind. Loss about $100,000; insurance, $50,000. A post-mortem on the remains of the political bank at Allegheny, Pa., shows about 30 cents on the dollar in sight. Licensiado Cleto Gonzales Viquez, formerly minister of finance, was elected president of the republic of Costa Rica. Twenty-three out of forty-two New York state senators have put themselves on record as wanting to ride on free railroad passes. One hundred and eighteen military prisoners, mostly deserters, the worst men in the army, left New York Monday for the new prison at Fort Leavenworth. The revolutionists at Warsaw have nnounced their intention to declare a general strike in order to prevent the Russian government frou contracting a nw loan. The elections in the Moscow distriet outside of the city resulted in a complete victory for the constitutional democrats, who polled twice as many votes as their opponents. Baron Hosen, the Russian ambassaa dor at Washington, has received message from St. Petersburg announcing that rumors of probable antiJewish uprisings are unfounded. Senator Foraker reported from the committee on military a for a cable senate providing from affairs Key as to via West bill Panama, Guantanamo, of war. advocated by the secretary The state department has no disto make any issue with the government over Australian position the the status new of Mr. Storer. Mr. Francis, ambassador, will sail on the 22nd inst. John Alexander Dowie, who is in Mexico City, says that he has secured to purchase 2,000,000 acres in northern of an land option Mexico, upon Zion which he intends to locate his new City. The private bank of Teis Smith & Co., Pekin, Tazewell county. III., failed to open for business the other day, having assigned to U. J. Albertsen as trustee. Liabilities, $400,000; assets, $250, 000, partly worthless. Father Capon, in a letter to the procurator, says he is only living in St. Petersburg by tolerance and demands to be put on trial in order to defend his uonor and legalize his status, or, if guilty. be condemned. The plant of the Falls River and Machine company of Cuyahoga Falls, O., was almost totally destroyed by fire, throwing 200 people out of employment. Loss estimated at $100,000, nearly covered by insurance. Governor Folk, who arrived in Des Ia., to be present at banquet, dictated an Moines, son day the interview Jefferfor publication in which he declared that every state in the union should enact anti-pass and state wide primary laws. At St. Petersburg Father Gapon, in a letter to the procurator, says he is only living in St. Petersburg by tolerance and demands to be put on trial in order to defend his honor and legalize his status, or if guilty, to be condemned. It is announced, officially, that J. D. Farrell has been appointed to represent the interests of the Union Pacific organization in the development of the lines of the Washington Northern Railway Company, incorporated for the purpose of constructing a railroad between the Columbia river and Puget Sound points. Mr. Mann (III.), in sppporting the personal liability bill, said that 981 railroad employes were killed and 13, 350 were injured last year. The rail way employes were in favor of the bill he said, and the best way to protect the public is to make the railroads pay for the sleepy engineer who has worked twenty hours and wherefrom accidents arise. The gunboat Pinzon is cruising of Barcelona in order to prevent arms and ammunition reaching the Carlists. Brigadier General Francis Harring ton of the United States marine corps died while on a visit to his son-in-law Captain Hall, at the Algiers naval sta tion at New Orleans Sunday. The painters and paperhangers o Denver to the number of 30 voted t strike for an increase of wages.
