THE NEWS, The house of Frank Jones, near Drennon Springs, Kentucky, was Lurce i, and Jones’ wife and two c.ildren wera burned to death, Jones was so ba ily burned that he will not pocover, — Three employes of tha True American, an A. P. A. newspaper st Louis, were han jouffed b: masked men aod the subscription books of the paper stolen. —— At Burlington, Wis, the Foltz and Buell Block was burnad: loss to T. W. Buell, hard- ware, and C. T, Foltz, dry goods, £75,000, — Jus. Donohue, engineer, Was badly hurt ina raliroad wreck near Rhinecliff, N, Y,-—— Theodore Peacil and John Maek were in- stantly killed by the explosion of a boiler in Cobb's sawmill, fa Towan lo, Pa,-——Poter May, a negro farm laborer, shot and killed W. B. Lyle, tha overseer of the South Chris - tian farm of W. 8, Cheatham, near Hopkins ville, Ky. Nicolas Wuler had his neck fire at Lynn, Mass ——Haroid MM. Cavelle, who was charged with being a matrimonial swindler, has disappeared from Chicago, —— At Springfield, Iil, Carrie McGregory and George Harpole, of Fairfield, Ili. were found dead in bed at the Brunswick Hotel. They blew out the gas.— In a collision between locomotives on the Cast e Shannon in a tunnel, near Pittsbarg, five were hart and a locomotive and a number of cars demolished. ——Counsel for the defence made the opening statement in the trial of Harry Hayward, and showed that an al- tempt woull be mad» to provethat Blixt had another confederate whose identity be was trying to conceal. ——A biil introduced in the New York legis'ature to prohibit the formation of pools, trusts and combines, —— at broken ata Raiiroad tratnmeen was Walter Gedney, aged twenty-five years, of Washington, shot and killed himsell in Phila- delphia, — An Allestown, Pa., fire damaged the furniture store of the C. A. Dorney Fur piture Company to the extent of $3),000 fully fnsured. The long overdue French steamer La Ges ecogne arrived oft Sandy Hook. Shesignailed that her The steamer was sighted by other veasels earlier machinery was disabled, in the day, andthe good news caused relia and rejoicing among the many friends and relatives of those on board, —— Nine prison at Athens, 0, Mrs. Wm. Seifert and her two children were drowned in the Obio River, ers escaped from the jali a few miles {rox Pittsburg, by breakingthrough the ice — Geo, M. Irwin, the discretionary ator, was placed on tr.al charge of false pretense, Chicago brokers testilied tions in grain, — leged counterfeiter, was to have had a hear ing before a Unite 1oledo, O., when the sought to find Lockh in company with a girl named Lona Richter po2 in Pittsbur Several prom to Irwin’ - Charles L an al i rt bart, Sates commissioner it but deputy marshal 1 he bad leit the cit) Sulsequently, it was ascertained couple bad eloped. Lockhart leaves a wi and several ch.ldren Walter A. Scott, aged twenty-nine years of Weston, Mass A confessed to the murder of James Slamin, a coachman at the Back Bay, Boston, on December 5, ——Theniath annual convention of the National Brick Manafae- turers’ Association was held in Cleveland, O. between three and jour hundred delegate teing in attendance. ——The United Mine Workers of Ameriea met in Columbus, O, —— seatenoced to forty-five years in the penitea. tiary at Albany, N. Y.—=Judge Grosscup, in the Uatted States Court, post. poned the Debs trial until the frst Moaday Cuieago, count of the serious illness of one of them, The majority of the jury were in Debs’ favor. —Joseph Averick, a triple murderer, was eaught in Columbia, 8 C., and will be taken to Savannah for trial. There were rewards big botel at Browns-Mills-in-the-Pines, near Mount Holley, N. J., Spring Hotel Company, was buraed. $150,000——Fire at Bluefleld, W. stroyed a number of store-houses, causing a loss of £10,000, The Elgia National Wateh owned by Loas, are reported to have been sold to an English syndicate, Miss Lizzie Laird, a teacher view, N. J., public sehool, was train and killed, -—The car Lincoln avenue eabis line in burned out, the loss amounting at the Laks. siruck bya barns of the Chicago woe to 250,000, we Federal Judge Hanford has ordered the Northern Pacifle receivers to pay bills agree. gating 8000, presented by siorskeepers, liv. erymen and others bstween Cen- tralia and Spokane Falls for supplies, lodg- ing, board, ete, furnisted the deputy shals during last e ntempt rule against George M. Paul Tacoma, strike, ~The Iman in the Debs case was dismissed by Judge Gross summer's cup in the Ualted States Court, Ch.cago, Mr. he meant no disre- trip East Al a in Pittaburz it was Pullman explaining that spect to the court by his meeting of oil produsers decided to form a charte ed company to known as the Pure O11 Company, with a capi. tal stock of £1,000,000——Dy an explosion of natural gas at Meadvilie, Pa , two buildiags were wrecked, one person killed and soveral fojured, ~The annual meeting of the Aso- ciated Press members was held in Chicago, and the Eastern members gave a banquet to the Western members, —The three. masted schoon»r Rose Esterbrook sank off 8 'apleton, 8. L, soon a ter hor crew had been taken ofl. NINE BROKE JAIL Prisoners Escaped and Crossed the Ohio River on the Ice. Nine prisoners escaped from the Athens County jail, They bored out a panel of the inside door of the jail, giving access to the outer door. Bix of the men were in for felonies, Four went east on the Baltimore and Ohio and erossed tue Oljo Rivér onjthe jee at Belpre. Officers are in close pursuit, The principal prisoners are Joseph HKichardson, John Rasmunson, Frank Conroy, William Nelson, Isaiah Moon and Howard Bowen. BILL COOK SENTENCED. The Notorious Outlaw Given Forty-five Years in Jail The notorious outlaw, Bill Cook, was sen- tenced at Fort Bmith, Ark, to ‘serve forty five years in the penitentiary af Adoany, N. Y.. in the United Bates Court. tk Se —— THE GREAT STORM Sonth Carolina Strawberry Blos- soms Turned to Ice. A DISASTROUS FREEZE. intense Cold and Heavy Snows in the Mountains and Valleys -Dela- ware, Pennsylvania, and New York in the Storm’s Grip. Interrupted rapid-transit, delayed malls, railroads temporarily blockaded, suburban roads impassable and the milk supply not equal to the demand were some of the most sonspicuous resuits of the storm so far as Baltimore was coneerned, Snow drifts have blocked raliroad trafficin Western Maryland Blue Ridge mountains for two and no trains erossed the The blocked ' days. Washinzton county roads were €0 that the star-route malls were stopped, I' rough trains east and west in the Alle; sod to 15 . A half doz =u through trains, wore delayed a0les, ths thermometer fell below zero, as well as focal and freight tra ns, were saow-bound at Alexandria, Va, and the passengers wero and boardiog-hou-e io Trains were Charlestown, W. Va,, on the Valley Divi-ion of the Baltimore ani Ohio Norfols and Western Road In Washington eity the storm was very so quartered at hotels that city. algo spow-bound at Road, and on the vere and the ter The U wratore descended to aero peratur nited States Senate appropriated §.0,- }30 for the immediate reilef of the poor. were taken to protect the bridges across Potomae, Ihe temperaiue in the South reached the lowest point in many years, The strawberry sgraiable crops in the Carolinas and Georgia were ruined. unusually old weather cansed nueh suff In Pennsylvania, New York and New Enx- mil and the cold was intenss, gaies prevailed i the saow practi The De.aware 1 ock-d "our men encage ‘epnsyivaoia BE , near Harrl-barg, Pa, expiess running them THE SOUTHERN STATES. 8:rawberry and Other Early Crops Ruined by the Froese Wraixorox, N. C. bis was With exceplion the coldest spell here in 24 years. fo the wind range hoar gear mi for several hou FOLEr regis 84, it stood at § shating. tere wwe, On Jan thick enough CHARLESTON, 5 AM ‘whruary C.-Ths ten the perature was 12° above 22ro, owes: for in n record iu this vicinily ad westward winds raged at sn average of 6 miles an hour, ILD mode nsider his was the coldes’ wave as offi ¥ of Bavanoab, as far inl rds can determines. The thermometer at the weather Dureau regists Much suflering exists among of whites and amoag the whoss pees are not built lor savere cull aad who wot supplied with fael and proper cloth. Ihe entire ubiry is frozen. Truckers had little in ground to Ala. jOo%e, Brasisomans, -Alabama is experi: yours at ® plate She thermometer stood 8° above o'clock A M. The wind broke glass windows here zero maay the small towns is practically saspended. The loss of cattle is heavy. Basiness in ATLANTA, Ga. The mercury here droppod to zero, The reports {rom differeat sections of Georgla indicate that the oat crop through. sul the S ate has boon eatirsly destroyed last cold spoil did not hurt or only partially damaged e ero vy 4 the freeze. In counties where the , the entire crop this time has been In many sections the erop has been rpianted and has been Killed for the second Fla, record, Snow fell The above but rose slowly. here mercury Lhe grow killed, and the damage to {arms is enormous, Mivpressono', Ky 15° below zaro, the northwest, fntense Nasuviree, Tenn, It is the coldest hers with one exeeption in 26 years, the thermom. stor averaging six degrees below sero, The river is very low and freezing over, Cuarrasooos, Teun The thermometer registered 3° below zero, the lowest ginee 1886, Lexivarox, Ky. ~The thermometer at the State Coilege weather observatory registered 14° below at 6 A, M., the lowest since 1872 Mewrms, Teun —Two and two-tefiths de groes below zero, the coldest sinee January 8, 1886. The river is full of jee, and local packets remain at the bank. Ricumoxp, Va--The eold bere was in most respects unprecedentsd, In twenty years the James River at this point has not been hitherto frozen over, It ls now closed from shore to shore. The monitors at an- ehor in midstream three miles below Rich. mond are io a peculiar condition, The gua. boats are in the midst of an area of lee which 15 not yet firm enough to safe y bear a man, put is too thick for the launches and smal boats to get through under the circumstances aud the fleet is at present fsolated and me the fall orange first time on to 2 iroes, are all and frul which bad began to freely, fruck ~The mercury fell to The wind blew ggale (rom Suffering among the poor Is communication ean be had with it, 1 te] James is closed to navigation--a rate oceur rence and without precedent in years, Manrixsnovra, W, Ya. —There his been a considerable moderation In the cold weather here, The mercury, which has been bobbing about zero, rose ns high as 80° abo ve, twenty-five Fhe committes appointed at the meeting 10 colleet citizen's aud distribut. contribu. tiots for the poor during the seve o weather, bas been fustrumental in ace mpiisbhing The entire eity has over systematically and relief much good, ieen gone adurded jn many lostances DAMAGE IN FLORIDA. range Trees Killed. The full extent of damags done Ly the cold wave through Florida will be bard mate for somes days because returns 10 6st) will be giow in coming in from all points, from different sections of the State indicate equal to, If not December freeze, that the duma ¢ done is greater, than that of the I'he area of low temperature bas extrnded as fur south as in December, and vegetation was 10t lo ow strong condition to ns then, crop siaud the cold To recoup the losses of the orange many oOrauge-growers Pp anted vegetables, immediately lhere had started into rous growth and were developed 10 be cold, Lappears now tat the vegetable crop of Florida is Qider orange trees turough the the polat where they could most damaged by severe An en {ire loss, State had already shown signs of recovery by putting out a new growrh, and aloug the Halifax and Indian rivers and iu the south- ero portions of the orange belt had come to yi. As lar as can be jearned this bio and been growth have destroyed, Applies were a 8» beginniug 10 bicown dian river country, snd these now, tov, have » been ruined, and Lake W but advices Palm Beach rh are teat damage douse there { Is very slight, An experienced irait-grower 1 | esilinates that the damage throughout tire ta State will reach $10,000,000, NEW YORK'S EXPERIENCE. Have Nearly Normal | Conditions Returned Traogsporiation laciiities about returned (0 norna on the walter there is a great « erriage OWILg 10 LDICK i { meu and teams we » + yi ¥ ORG COIN traveling BRLeT rains PHILADELPHIA. Bearce Delayed Supplies Bai'read the weather | ie aware lo ron 3 with joe, iu some parts sons 10 walk adtross wing felt from Some relied big shy SOURNEL, trains from it may be several days before the Western tlie (reins can re wh It was next t ossilie to procure miik in this ety Sone ny i here are enough cattle at toir to prevent any serious distres scarcity of meat, though prices Gave sLighlly advanced, rhe railroads entering the city are still suffering from the blockade, although some | improvemen has lately been manifested Cu the Penosyivania Road trains from Now York, Washington and Baltimore are several hours inate, as is also the ease with the Head. and the Baltimore and Obijo, but { trains are running with dtte difficulty, The s‘eamers Parthian and the Belish steamsaips Guildhall, from Cartha- geoa, and City of New Castle, from Cala. mata, are all aground off New Castis and assistance has Leea sent —— A MOTHER'S TERRIBLE ACT. Jumped Into a Hole in the Ohio With Two of Her Babies. Mrs. Amelia Seibert, Pa. irowaed her two children in the Ohio River The tragedy Neville Island It was originally reported to have been a triple drowning Jue lug loeal Boston of Coraopolis, and then committal suicide. yeourrad at the lower end of about 8 o'clock +o thin jes, but a Coroner's lnvestigation shows that i is worse. Tue desl was due to temporary aberration of ths mother's mind, Mrs. Seibert was the wife of William Sel. bert, a well-to-do Coraopolis dealer, During the blizzard while the wind was sweeping the Ohio Valley the house of John Seibert, ils brother, cauglt fice, His family barely escaped with their lives, the house being ablaze io an msiant. In a few mo- ments the house was a heap of ashes, In the exodement one o! John Saiberi's shildren was missed, The little ons was iu the house wen the fire broke out and the child was supposed ‘to lmve Lewes burned John Seibert, his wife und their two remain. ing children went to William Seibert’s house, There was wild rejoicing in the Seibert household, The chiid had hidden itself, frightened at the fire, But the strain proved 100 much for Mra, Seibert and unbainaced her mind, msn IO sss DANGER OF WAR IS PAST. — Mexican Officials Now Inquiring Into Claims Against Guatemala. Judge Joaquin Calderon, of Ban Juan, Bautista and staff, arm on their way to points near the Guatemalan border, whore they will investigate the claims of private ludividuals against Guatemala, This is one of maoy indications that a sel. tlement Has boon virtually arrived at bet ween the two countries, The universal opinion liere isthat the danger of wards now over. coal FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. SENATE Frvry-¥iner Day In the Benate the post. fice uppropriaticn bill was considered but uo vote was resched, Mr, Alien (populist, of Nebraska) continued his discusssion of the alleged viection frauds in Alabama, Mr. Morgan, replied denying the charges, Mr. Jones (democrat, of Arkansas, ) from the finance committee reported a bill for the free coinage of silver, An adverse report was made upon the bill providing for the election of Nenators by popular vote, Firry-8ecoxp Day.—In the Senate the chief teature was the financial ques.don, A joint resolution in accordance with the Pres ident's annual message concerning the Ven ezuela- British Guiana boundary was passed, On and after tomorrow the Benate svBsions will begin at 11 A. M. House resolution ex- tending the time for making returns on the iucome tax to April 156 was passed, Firry Tuinp Dav. In the Senate a debate was expected upon the financial question, Lut none vecurred, The Honduras Lottery Company was again br ght to the attention ‘of the Renate by Mr. Call { Democrat, of Flor- fda.) but was nid aside. A reply was ceived from Secretary Carlisle to the Bens resolution introduced by Mr. Gorman, in re- gard to the treasury gold reserve, The post. office app opriation bill was taken up. ‘lhe amendment giving the seid discretion over the £3,200 000 for postal cars was voted not to be tn order. The amend ment providing for an appropriation of £167,000 us a subsidy for the Atlantic Coast Line from Springfield, Mass, , to Atlanta New Orleans wis also defeated, 3y tion of the Beaate the heretofore, Postmaster-Gen nnd the ac parvios remains as the bili Firry-Fovnrn Day —In the postoffice appropriation Wis passed, Several attemp's were made to reduce rental for postal cars and item for pnil service, but they were voted decisive majorities, The agricullura priation bill was discussed. Beaator argued in favor of the ad pooling Ine finance © mittes wrted favor the bili to repeal the dis y nating duty on sugar imported from coun.cies which pay a bounty 10 Sugar growers henate the the fast HOUSE Firry-Finsr Day. Io the House of Repre. sentatives the exesutive and judical appro printion ill was passed after considerable controversy, pension office clerical was f discussed wrrsonaiitios of New York,) Now The 3 Lill to allow The orce one of the chie There was an exchange © ween Mr, Cooms (demoers 3d Mr. Van Yoorhis bes roprintiot » Ww ap MK AL Ti, J} Der bh member a cle was defeated, Firry-8pcoxp Dav.—In the H resantiatives the day was devote sideration of Distriet of Columbis if which were passed 1 i f annum use of severas } t UOontr, \dditien Proposed to the Law Senate Finance Commilies sod 8 varrent resolut Peat MmARIng 3 ine under sald net, i hee sarily pald lo: Qreinsurs or ordinary repairs shall be deducted ir received from pAnY OF Ass aiall case such dividen is ni ete, That 65 taxpe shall be re yuired in his or ber annual return ander sald act to Ali« War Any interrogatories except as specifically provi fed in said The resolution as amended, was allerward reported to the Senate, a AN ELBE SURVIVOR'S STORY. Was Launched. The scene on the Elbe when it was known the vwsel was sinking is deseribed in graphic terms by Eo- Bre He says; “When the command the was given ¥ om fr children shouid was a great children to that side © 1 helped my sister to gst fo ioe Then under front, where they were lowering a boat I went to the other side, as it was stood that only womea and chnidren were 10 being wore sheltered and not so windy. boat 1 bont, the board a aud reached to port side just in time io see “Thinking my sister safely in looked for a chance to got on one boat containing about ing lowered, the ropes was lowered, la ihis boat, 1 think, was Miss Buecker, “I then saw another boat, which contained the men of the crew who were saved, then one of the sallors in the boat ordered another, who was standing on the deek, to sut the ropes, so that the boat could gel away. Thinking this my last chance I jumip- sd into the boat, and s minute alterwards Me, Yevera jumped and landed on Chie! En- gineer Noussell's shoulder, “During all this time the coean was fairly smooth, but the suction produced by the sinking of the stern of the steamship threw us between the two aftermasts and we bad to pull at the oars with ali vur power to get away before the sus jon could earry us down with the steamer and we nally succeeded in getting away. “Just at this time we saw at a distance of about 500 metres from our boat another litebont loaded down with people, In the darkness 1 was unable to seo what propor. tion of the erew was in the boat which balls ed us, but the next moment it disappeared and we saw it no more, Alter deilting around for five hours we fell ln with the Wildflower, and as the sea was by this time vo.y rough we had considerable difficulty In get ing on “ ] ton passeagers be. Jy somo mistake only one of and THE BOND CONTRACT. Full Text cf Agreement With Bankers Replenish the Gold Bupply The full text of follows: the bond contrac. is as This agreement, entered into this of Februmy, #th day 1803, between the Hocreiary of the Treasury of the United States of the first part, and Messrs. August Belmont & Co, Now York, on behalf of Messrs. N, M. Roths- child & London, Eagland, and themselves, and Messrs, J. P, Morgan & Co,, of London, of Bons, of and themselves, parties of the second part, witnesseth: Whereas, it is the (section provided by Revised Statutes of the United Biates that the Becrotary of the Treasury may cha-e coin with any of the bonds or no the United Sta‘es authorized by law aisuch rates ad upon such {erms as he may deem most advantageous 16 the public interests, and the Secretary of the Treasury now deems that an emergency exists ln which the public intnrests require that, as herelnaiter pri coin shall be purchased with the Loads of the United States of the description hereinafter mentioned, authorized to be issued and nner thie act entitled "An act to provide for sumption of specie paymeots, January 14, 1875, being bonds of Biates described In an acl of Congress pr 14, 187 , “An authorize the refunding of the national dein ved Ju'y entitled act Now, theralore, the sall piriies oi the sec- and part hereby agree t) sell and del.ver United States 3,500,000 ounces of stand. d coin of the United Blates at the rate Un payable in al, thirly-year coupon or regi- , sald bonds to be dated payabie at pleasure States after thirty years Irom date is. sued under the nets cf Congress of July 14 1870, January 20, 1871, and Jaouary 14 bearing interest at the rate ol i First—Buch § AE ANG BA belong made on ollowing con At least of hereinunder shall t from Europe, Fifth COR" ol part and th 1 and ineviial War Wid exer MaKe Ril mate off United States agains! drawals pending the com rmancs contract, In witness whereof the parties hereto have hereunto sot the r hands in five parts this 8h fay of Fel [Signed] raary, 1895 ARLISLE, Creasury. Avoerst Dri sn behalf of Messrs. N. M Sons, London, nud themselves, J. P. Monocax & Co,, Messrs, J. 5. Morgan & Co, London, and the Attest; W, KE BTRITRON. on behall of Eel yes, CURTIS, nn — AI THIRTY MEN DROWNED AT SEA Collision of Twas Unknown Schooner, Bolh of Which Sank Instantly, It is believed in Philadelphia that at leas thirty men were drowned or frozen to death through the during last week's storm of the two unkbown ScRooners ofl Five Fathom Bank lightship, schooners were reporiel by the steamer Al gonquin, which arrived at New York from Jacksonville, The Algonquin passed near the wrecks, and reports them sunk with all sails set, This would indicate that the vessels had sunk very quickly ater having collided. Even it the crews bad time to escape in their boats it would cave besu impossible for them to have reached land, as the point where the vessels lie sunk is at least tour. teen miles from the New Jersey coast, the nearest land, FIFTY CENTS THE ACRE. collision The sunken Four Million Acros Open at That Prices in the Sioux Reservation. Four million acres of Sioux Indian Reser vation nnd are now open for settlement by the parchase at 50 cents an acre, This is nuder an aot passed in 1880, Many sedtiers hinve claims, and a great rush fs looked for when Spring opens, ———————— United States Ambassador Thomas ¥. Bay- ard has rented a large bouse on Eaton Square, London. HBAS UAHA A SRB PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS Epitume of Nows Gleaned From Various Parts of the Btate David Kocher, of Nesquehoning, com. He attempted bis throat with a bread kalfe but fail y make the cut deep enough. He the raliroad track with blood flowing from the wound and locomotive, mitted suicide ut that piace, then the hurled He just buried his wife and it is supposed brooding over her had caused him dered on in front of a haa to his ite. He leaves six small children, A warrant Piumon, a f was issued for the arrest of Joli with christening at , charged killing Job: Yollsh Ben's Goorge Irwin appeared io his ows lefense in his trial at Pittsburg. The Court at Wilkes-Barre refused to grant ted of murder Gree. & new t Trini, Willlam Gil Micha No, 3 Siope nea: aspie, fire boss, and Danlavep, miner at Presto receive {, Titus, who sued to lamages from H, I. Arnold for viestlown, wi G5 Re § an’) r damsbure, while lelt on a» i ¢ $03 ft el ae chair, cked horsell Into an open grate and vas burned in a terrible nor. Pen fan had that both event that she does and discussed to their ealiir a trolley und Che-ter, Several passengers on reveased aiter being snow.b jays within a few miles of Two bundred prominent citizens of Froee- land met and declared their opposition to the jassage of Lhe Quay bill y warranto wri s will be lssged azainst ges ee, Archibald and Seurie what right they bave convoied a on Pleas court in Sullivan county much water has been used in fighting sat the upper part of v 4 1 iY nr Tay elon is sullering from + Haxei Mine fire a waler amine am Rice, a 35 Vek fatal Polaader aged about irighliul accident a ch was attended with ai work foside the mine when his pick had careiessiy thrown there, ie he me jee in a ditch, piece of daal:n, witch becn CXPIOn~ ia ensued, and one of unlforiunsate eyes wera literally was biowa s0 badly was destroyed, out, while the icjured oither one George Probst, of Dart Tewnship, lost from maligoaut so within twenty-four hours. ihe four:ih child is also the disease, and is in a Ths children died so was at frsi thought three chidren arieting down with critical condition, sudden. y that It hat they were poisoned, but an autopsy made vy physicians showed that madgnant scaritiina undeveloped was the cause of death, Frank Potter, 33 years oid, in the Western Peaitontiary for burglary, commiuel suicide by hanging himsell He ur years sentences, in hus ced with his suse lad served sixteen mouths of ihe body was cut down and the authorities worked over it for one hour without elect. He was convicles from Mercer county and Jdved in Quis The State Printitg House at Harrisburg was destroyed by fire, caving a loss of VOD Pottery penders, § “i manniacturers at ported that peace hisd been Pittsburg made between ‘he manufacturers and jobbers st a recent conference, Mre, James Shriver, of Wilkes-Barre, died suddenly of heart failure while attending church, Leonard Hobart Exton, president of the Western Pennevivauia Humane Society, died at his home in Pittsburg, Katie, the 3.year-cid child of John Thomas of Wilkes-Barre, lell into a tub of boiling water and was so severely soalded that she fied a tow hours afterward, Isanc H, Baz, aged 40, was fostantly killea in Frames coal yard at the loo! of Blagaman Street, Roading. He wa: eagaged with a sumber of others in loading wagons when & sudden slide of conl caught him and he was crushed beneath the weight ol several tons. re A PROTECTORATE NOW. Admiral Beardslee Soponod to Have Take Possession of Pearl Harbor, The San Francisco “Examine” prints a story from its correspond nt at Honolulu @ the effect that Admiral Beardsioe had taker possession of Pearl Harbor, and declared protectorate over the Hawalian Ivianis Th uews came 16 Victoria by the steamer Wag
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