| Show NEWS OF THE DAY 1 American provisions supplied to the English army in Egypt are complained of It will be discussed in Parliament next Monday The New York postoffice is to be given to a Democrat This is said to be the first instance of Cleveland yielding to outside pressure I Victoria B C is alarmed over the war news A Russian fleet is only a few days sail for that port and there is only one war ship to defend it The first lady lawyer was admitted to practice in the Circuit Court in Portland Port-land Oregon yesterday In the State Supreme Court the motion wasdenied Another passenrge pool has been arranged Missouri RiverUtah and Colorado Col-orado business It will run to the end of the present year and the rate will be strictly observed Commissioner Black is introducing much needed reform in the Pension Department De-partment Hereafter no claim will bs made special and given precedence unless for very good reason Minister Pendleton does not speak either French or German and when Bismarck Bis-marck wants to talk over hog matters or civil service reform with him he will have to do it in United States California Democratic officeseekers are coming home from Washington in great disgust Cleveland has listened to I each faction made no promises and sent in no nominations And still the Cali I fornia Democracy is not happy Osman Digna it is reported has secured se-cured the service of an IrishAmerican tc superintend the dynamite section of the warfare against the English in the Sou dan This however is not strictly in the line of dynamite warfare There are nc helpless women and children to be blowecl up in the Soudan I Mexican generals are recruiting foi active service against Barrios Already an alliance has been formed by Costa Rica Nicaragua and San Salvador and nearly 10000 men are ready for the field The attempt of Barrios to whip the whole of Central America is probably a bigger contract than he can fulfill Becky Jones who was committed to jail for contempt of court and released yesterday has accomplished what most women would have failed to do She kept her mouth shut for nearly a year and a prison cell could not induce her to reveal her mistresss secrets Beckys tongue should he preserved as a great curiosity Mitchell the English pugilist seems to be hunting a fight with Sullivan In Montana he offers to go him a rattle with bare knuckles for the championship and wants but three weeks training Mitchell has both sand and science and Sullivan in his present condition would have none the best of the fight Sporting men assert that John L Sullivan is going to be the worselicked man in America inside of a year The DEMOCRATS despatches last night mentioned that 100 mounted police had been captured by the Manitoba rebels under Riel but later despatches show that after the fight the police retired in good order Eight police and fifteen rebels are reported killed in the engagement engage-ment A captured rebel says Riel has 150 men and six cannon Fears of a general Indian uprising are entertained and it is reported that many American Indians are ready to join in it |
