THE NEWS.
————
Judge W, T. Morrow's home at Frankfort,
Ky., was entered by thieves, and a box con-
taining notes and bonds valued at $25,000
stolen. —Jacob Vogel & Bons, pork packers,
Cincinnati, made an Frank
J. Miller, a butler in employ of J. Li
Franklin, of San a fight with
burglars, shot and killed John Anderson and
was dangerously himself. A
committee of safety was formed in Chicago
to secure municipal The United
States steamer Marian put in at Callao with
the valve gear of her eagines broken, down.
wgporge Gray shot and killed Len Hart-
sock during a quarrel in the depot in Blue
field, W. Va.
in Dallas, Texas, were fatally injured
burglar.——It was charged that Postmaster
Clinton J. Gitt, of Hanover, Pa, died from
the effects of drugs administered by Dr. J
E. Bprenkle, France Lee Price, a young
man from Joppa, Md., was drowned in Great
Egg Harbor Bay, near Atlantic City,
returning from a duck-shooting trip
assignment,
the
Francisco, in
wounded
reform,
Jefferson Smith and his wife
by a
wh
At Lancaster, Pa.
charged
house on the evening of
in $5,000 bail for
erly in business in New
known among tobaeco
Blair, of Toledo, was elec
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Fire caused a |
loo, Ind. Hurry
two children, were bu
Lederman,
his tobacco
January 2¢
with burning Ware.
was held
Lederman was forme
York,
dealers, A.
uf the
Rallroad Company.
rourt,
well
G.
and is
1 wifile
ted presi
BS { 2100 000
Minnie
at Water.
nt Dersoel
rned to death in Wilk
barre during the abs: of their parents
The master of
ported
the schooner Navarino re-
n the ship's arrival at Lewes that his
vessel had been boarded on cor
Manzanilla by officers from a Spanish «
-Rev. J. H. Hu Baptist
bas been arrested at Morriliton, Ark. charged
with killing a child, ernment of
Nicaragua has published a degree annous
ing that it has returned to the supremacy
the civil laws, and, therefore,
ruiser
inister,
The gov
martial
once more set aside, Clinton J.
at Hanover, Pa., after eating over
eggs.
An les gorge in the Platte River h
the floodiog of m
and imperiled ti
families,
a fire that destroyed
house {n Bostor
£100,000, Detect
bloody handkerchief
murdered girl, be
Ohio Raliroad tra
Peter LL. Atkins and
woman, perished in
flooded meadows near Mi
a buggy.—Eight
injured by the
on the Clevel
Hes
Neveras oo
Chesapes
‘ks near Newport,
Maud
attem
road near Dell RB
Theater, in McKe
property were dest:
ton was t
lop. proprietor
sentenced to
fire at Lan
the works
Company.
the defaulting
Kan., was
penitent!
sentenced
General Wm, 8
jetter to Harvey D
of the Lake Carriers
the building of a tuna
River instead
mated the
saying that at
way and land 4
weJiiian D. Hays
& monthly
reached
Australia,
of the present governme
says the
there and so firmly rooted
are in daager of becomin
Japan. Las
nace at Jones-Laughlis ron wie
burg, Pa., Martin
fatally burned aod thre
jured, Howard M. Cummings,
tried to commit suleids in Fort 8
ef }pe man was killed,
and five hurt in an explo
Hope Cotton Mill, Lonsdale, I L
H. George & Co.,
videnecs, R. I.
Burdett was killed and his
result of a fight
magazine 1
Fran
san
Japanese
that
£ mere «
--By aa explosion of
rkm WAS
seki, a w 0,
» others seriously in-
8 gambier,
soft, Kan,
pred
and
~{ haries
Pro-
WW. L
hardware dealers, in
made an assignment,
in with
Atkinson, Kan.
George and Charles Ray, who were arrested,
Charlies H. Dreher, killed
Hunick, his sart, in 8. Louis, Mo., on
January 31, 18%4, has found
murder Iu the first degree by a jury
pal Court No. 2. Dreher affected the insan-
ity dodge, but it failed to help him Fire
destroyed the three top stories of tha build
fag occupied by the Nebraska Dry Goods
Company in Omaha, Loss $41,000;
ance $37,000, blocks
pied by Purdy & Bons, hardware dealers, and
the Fair Dry Goods Emporium ia Carbon-
dale, Pa., were destroyed by fire. Brunnan's
livery stable was saved from total destrue-
tion with great difficalty. The loss will
reach about $50,000. Miss Annie Maud
who Bertha
sweet
been
guilty
inn
insur
«The business GOOG.
seven years in the House of Correction for
kiliing Gideon W. Lattimer, Jr. to whom
she had been betrothed. -
open, and $6,000 stolen. ——In a oollision be-
tween two mixed freight and passenger
trains at Dongula, IIL, five men were killed,
=A} Newton, Ia., Chins. Phares shot R. T.
pill, a jewsier, and his wife, and then com-
mitted suicide, — Sergeant Cassius R. Car-
ter, UB. A. retired, was found asphyxiated
in a hotel in Chicago. ——The bursdng of a
water main just west of the Cuyabogs river
caused ag inundation In Cleveland, and one
woman was drowned,
DROVE INTC THE FLOOD.
Singular Death of a Young Maa and Girl Com-
panion,
Peter 1. Atkins, propristor of a wagon re-
pair shop in Middietown, N. Y., and Maud
Kelly, agod 23, went driving. They crossed
Wallkill River, and in the darkness, Atkins
drove off the road into the flooded meadow,
The water was nine feet deep, and the two
stood on the saat of the earriage calling for
help. A Ffeachman named Baupre went to
their assistance, but when the water reached
his hips hs was obliged to return. The two
succumbed to the cold, and sank beneath the
flood after an hour's suffering.
NORTH POLE.
Dr, Nansen Says That He Has
Reached It.
THE VOYAGE OF THE FRAN.
The End of the Earth's Axis, He
Says, Is In a Low Mountain,
Range, and It Now Bears
thd Flag of riils Na-
tive Country.
A dis;
ceived in St. Petersburg,
ateh from Irkutsk, .
says that
hunarefl, who Is acti
for Dr. Nansen,
Arctic explorer, he nformed th profec
sioeria, just re.
un Biber
fan trader named Kou
fu the capacity ns agent
¢
Rolymsk that he has sooived inf
ration
Nansen has
are
Ngura »
ten
of Grreepland which
and character,
had drifted from
§ Was also rec
at the reall
t the time shes was
y found oa the
reached ther
woul
aust h
woul three miles
that not only will the Nansen
it that it
foubtful wh
“I believe
ition prove a fallure, t will
end in 4 I think it othe
Dr,
Nansen will ever be heard from
kK that he has had too little experience
ope with the difficulties he will inevitably
encounter, and, especially, with the i
FIFTEEN HURT IN COLLISION
Engineer Disobeyed the Rules aod as Wreck Was
the Result
Fifteen persons were more
hurt, and one cannot recover, as the result
lock P. M., between ‘an
train and a BL
Louls, Keoluk and northwestern passenger
The collision occured
north of Hannibal,
Mo. The stock train, which had just emerg-
ed from the tunnel, struck the passenger
of the ladies
almost into the Mississippi River, There
wers fifteen passengers ia the conch, and
All were
The injured were sent to 85t. Louis. J. C,
Peaseley, Vice-President of the Burlington
“Lycoming,” at the rear of the passenger
They returned to Quiney.
Responsibility is alleged to rest with the
engineer of the Wabash train. He did not
stop, as law and instruction require, before
approaching the crossing. He stated that
the air brake failed, but it was found that his
engine was not reversed, The damage will
approximate, $5,000,
0
VENEZUELA TAKES ADVICE,
sm
A Representative to Be Sent © London with Power
to Negotiate for a Settlement.
It is announced from a trustworthy source
that, following the advice of the United
Bates, Venczusle has oractically decided to
send a representative to London with vower
to open direct negotiations with the Govern
ment of Great Britain for a settlement of the
boundary dispute between British Guinea
and Yeoezuela,
BOND ALLOTMENT MADE,
Mr. Morgan and His Associates Get
Third of the Issue.
ff'he Beerotary of the Treasury has just
made public the names of the successful bid-
fers for the together with the
smount subsaribed for by each, and the rate
offered per #100, with Interest from February
i The last revision of the lists the
amount awarded to J. P. Morgan his
wasocintes to 833,179,260, The whom
bonds were awarded aggregating 500,000 or
more are as follows:
Robert E. Glendenning, Phlladelpanla, Pa,
£500,600 at 11276; Willlamsburg Saviugs
Bauk of Brooklyn, N. Y., $500,000 at 111; Al
Albany, N, XY
Loeb & Co., New York,
new loan,
reduces
and
an Lo
# 500, 0060
118,75; Kuhn
2650 -
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS,
Epitome of News Gleaned From Varlous Parts of
the Bate.
Jneobh F.
and
| Township, Lebanon (
Oberholtzer, one of the wealthiest
of Bethel
is dead, aged 62
most prominent residents
unty,
| years,
a horse in broad
John W
ad,
An unknown thief stole
| daylgth from the farm of Brandt,
on the Fredericksburg re north of Lela
n, nnd escaped
Frank FEmerich,
held
Was
Wm, Graves and
115.8891; Third
associntes
York, £4.500000 at
rk,
$640,000 at 112.16; J, & W, Beligman, New
at 111.0
£700,000 at 110,77; Bpever & Co, New
£1,.800 000
York
st 111.651
Qing ay,
1,000,000 at 114; the Hanover Natl
of New York, #1,000.000 at 110,755
77. 83.000 000 at 112.02 and
at 111.17; Kidder Peabody & (
112.21, 81,000,000
M0) at 110.69: F. B. Mon
500,000 at 111.837;
ge Natl
£500 000 at
inl Bank,
arard
SREAT
00.000 at 111.2
111.70, 82
Frares Ney
70. #1
500 000 at
11; Cora Theresa White, |
11.5811
&500)
the Invest:
M3 at 11
, B500 000 at 110.0
W. B Hibbs & ¢
000 at 111.015. 825% 001 »
Harris & Co., New York, $20
11t 1 & HY OH
113.1%
} AY
IRL LIE
fers the fora
respective
3
Biggs xk {
i113
Bank of
M
and $200 00K
Cartuey
O00 (00 nt
fh, L200 (KX at
1i0%
Parris & Co., Washington,
$25,000 at 110.57
Liane
FOR OFFICERS OF THE SENATS
Bominations Made by the
Cancun
Tha Republi in caucus nd
Wash.
(srant,
an rinators
kane,
H. %
sergeant
of
and
the Senats:
for
of 1
AINE,
t the iate
it
make no change in the « ce
wh, io sucoved
The nomination of Mr. Stewart was made
retails
i
mone,
There were four candidates for both the
offices of seervtary and sergeant-at-arms, and
thires ballots were necessary to reach a choict
in sarh case,
On the frst ballot for secretary Mr. Shaw
teceived 13 votes, George CO. Gorham 16
Clayton MeMichasl, of Pennsylvania 9, and
George Baber, of Reatucky, 8. Shaw gained
six on the pext ballot, and on the third seven
mors, giviag him 26 votes to 13 for Gorham
and four for MeMichael,
Major Curtice, of New Hampshire, led on
the firei baliot for sergeant-at-arms, receiv.
ing 14 voles. On this ballot Captain Orant
had 10 voles, ex-Sergeant-at-arms Valientine
7 and Bmiih D, Frye 7. On the second ballot
Valentine and Fyre lost, and on the third
Grant and Cartice were the only candidates
fn the fleid, Grant being nominated by a vole
of 25 to 18 for Curties,
No intimation of an intention on the part
of any Repubiicans to bolt the caucus was
heard, and it is the belief of the friends of
Messrs Grant acd Shaw that they will secure
the voto 0 the Benate, \
®
“he had »
sn heavy gale «
of the bulldings we
tar paper and shingles
dt
were irae death.
r the re.
and
pressing grea not been
k with
ney
overcoat and
at home (0 receive
niaining
me on
them a pocketbook
and valuable
psther wearing
the sideboard was not disturbed,
A sensation
meooting service hebd in th
i pal Rt
| aged 10 years, dropping
papers, and an
spparel, The siverware on
was ereated daring a prayer
John Warren,
Mr. Warren
aud was
Church, at Cinlr, by
deal,
| was walking through the vest
{ about to enter the room whore the servies
| was being held when he was stricken. He
| had been troubll with heart disease and had
| taken a very active part in a series of revival
| meetings which bad just been concluded.
He was a prominent citizen of 81 Clair, and
is survived by a widow and daughter,
Charles Mellon, a coke wheeler, employed
at Shoenberger’'s Furgaces, Pitisburg, meta
horrible death in an elevator shaft. He was
eaught by a descending elevator and his head
was #0 badly crashed as to be unrecogniza-
bie,
Charges of ecke were being sont io the top
fillers, and a barrow, or oar, which Mellon
had pushed into the cage toppled slightly and
spilled some of the contents into the shaft
way of the adjoining elevator. After giving
a sigual to holst the car Mellon went into the
phaft tw recover the pieces of coke and way
saught by the descending oar, His bond wat
saught between the car floor and an iros
beam and was split to the shoulders and the
1
igi
Etisnne Chatelaine, a British pensioner of
the war of 1812, dind at Cornwall, Ontario,
at the age of 100 years, His widow f8 over
95 years of age. He has been married over
70 yours and has 275 living descendants
MR, BAYARD'S REQUEST.
Desired from
Veneagelan
Information England for the
Commission,
The London Times publishes Ambassador
Baynrd's request of the Dritlsh government
for information on Venezuelan affairs
The Times paye editorially of it: “It is very
from the tone of President
Innd's message, The speeches in both he
different Cleve
thie
earnest desire of the English people to main
intions with
Mr. Bayurd, under date of
wrote to Lord Ballshury
“My Lord:
vou that | am in
of Parliament are a substantial proof of
tain cordial r« America
Febraary
as follows
I have th
ted by the
Nate Lo make ki §
the eom
the tra
honor to
of
thal
striae Becrolary
ur lordship
estigate and report
the
ans
upon between
reput ¥ J snd sritish G
g been
wi and has
presidnnt
insion has
being distis
tribunal, bat
diligent and careful
facts tou
4 1}
hing the
for the
dispute
Herat
perat
“Whereld
NO CRIME TO STEAL DOGS.
Virginia, exoep certain
his vala
owner, he
, & dog, no matter what
estimation of his
yes of the law,
muy be in the
bias no value in the ¢ and is
not property.
A month azo Janes Shark, of Morgantown,
The Grand Jury in-
for the theft but as the dog
one han-
The penal
chan aad sentenced him $0 serve
dred seconds in the county jail
ty was paid and no appeal taken,
si I
JOST OF COAST DEFENSES.
—-”——
Colonel Oraighill Sets the Total at §70,000,000
for Twenty Boven Cities.
General W. P. Cenighill, Chief of Engi-
neers of the Army, has written a letter to
Senator Squire, chairman of the commiites
sn Coast Defenses on the saliject of the cost
of the sngineering work planned for the for.
tifteations of the twenty-seven principal const
itis of the country, as recommended by the
Eadicott Board of 1888,
General { raighill places the outside cost at
$70,000,000, but be thinks It posdble to do
the work with 860,000,000, if it can be dons
under the continpous contrast system sad for
£55,000 000 or less, il the eight hour law wore
wot applieable.
Jean de Reszke, it is announced, will fin-
ally marry the Countess Miramailll, who has
been betrothed to kim for some time, but
evuld not marry until she got her divoree
from ber husband. It is said the wedding
will oeour in May, and that Jean will leave
the stage soon afterward,
namin
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
HOURE
Fivry-vinst Dav.—The House spent the
In the after-
acon the debate on the bond bill was resuin-
wd, Coneurrente was oppos 4 by Messrs
Hill, Lacy aud Burton, Messrs, Ds Armond
and Ogden spoke in ite favor, A rocess was
aken at 5.80 to 8 o'clock, mpd the evening
a was devoted to debate,
Fivry-sg House spent ane
ther day | of the silver bond
fil. The t re of the day was the speech
of Mr. MeCleary, of Minnesota, who used 10
Hustrate bis remarks charts previously
snployed by Mr, Towne own Plate,
snd by them sought to ref the ar ruments
n favor of fres sliver n by Mr. Towns,
Mensrs, Doliver, Brosius a Braun also op
posed the bill, Messrs, eMilian, Dalley,
Underwood and Cox spoke in favor of fres
Aig
bp Day, Tl
1180 1m
Liye
Coinage,
Day,
by ¢
Five
bate the
51
1 they were
was inslant-
urrent of
t of wiee-
the (rack
yw rere
trapoge
Thea
live from
benvath her, Bhe
struck on
of the spine,
hill
i irame
h four freight cars of the New York,
Pennsyivania and Obio Bairow! were washed
inte the “0
years who lived in the hoose, was downed,
A stock ight train on the New
i York Central were is collision jour miios east
i of F an open
in Reith s
made a
wet suspended
tre, i sion
roof into a
faiied to
Khe the
3 and
A water main on the Fraskiin avenue
h Uleyeiand, Ohio, barst, A small
} and
FouEe
river, Mrs Mary lovey. aged
and fre
I Of Fairport, New York, owing to
| switeh, Horselord and Charles
| Wood, firemen: Thomas Welch, ongineer,
| were killed, and thres other trainmen wore
| badly injured,
| A passenger and a freight train on the Til
| nods Central Ballroad were in collision, mids
| way between Wetang and Dongola, inols,
| Esgincer William Huntington and Baggage
Master Pellx Armstrong, of the passenger
train, and both firemen and & brakeman were
kilind.
Three spans, or about 42 fest of the south.
ern end of the high trestie in course of cone
struction by the Akron, Bedford and Cleve-
land Electric Railway, over Tiokers ereek,
wear Bedford village, Ohio, collapsed, burl
beneath, a distance of 65 fost. Two of the
men wore probably fatally injured. :
Peter Atkins, a blacksmith, of 4 :
KY ,anda named Maud Kelley,
were drowned in the Wall Kili river, at Hop
kins’ Bridge. Atkins attempted to cross t
stream, which is greatly swollen by the
oent raing, ina light wagon. Thestrongour-
Frederick