t
THE NEWS,
claims have been filled with
United Sta'es Land Offlos
for lands in O'Brien
and Dickinson forfeited by tia
Bloux City and St, Paul Rallroad under de
cisions of the United States courts Juan
P. Vertuga, a Spanish merchant, has been
arrested at Ibarra, a mountain town of
Guanajuato, Mex , on the charge of commit
ting a bank robbery in Bpain ten years ago
He is alleged to have stolen $40,000 and
the country, At China Bprings,
Julen Evans aud Henry Wilson,
who had long nursed a feud, fought wit}
Winchesters. Both received wounds
ing in death, The Peruvian
ordered the preparation of a resolution pro
Nearly 1,500
the receivar of the
in Des Moines, Ind.
counties
Tex.
result
governmen
Flora Lar
I'he succes
riages, Edward Peters killed
big and himself in Chicago
eoal district is assured At the second day's
operators, representing
affixed
By the
bridge near Syracuse, N.
gsaventy per
the entire tonnage, thelr signatures
to the agreement
a sleigh off a
¥.., Charles Gordon was fatally hurt,
Mrs
seriously
overturoing of
canal
and his
and
The
committee
daughter, Leroy Stevens,
others
legislative
mended a reorganization of the
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institution
Michael Thomas, of Alexandria, Va, mun
fered his wile by crushing in her head with
an ax, and then attempted suicide by
ting his throat.——Dr. Edward A. Dil a
dentist, of St. Louis, shot and killed his
sistant, J. J. Beaman, who, just bel
ceived his death wound, shot and, it is sup-
posad, fatally wounded Dr. Dill Rudolph
Bpreckels, youngest son of Claus Spreckels,
sailed from San Francisco to
apswer the charges of the
Hawalian government,
bole. — Tin
years,
at Cobalt, near
supposed
thieves,
the town o
Loss $100 000,
SOVOra
Virginie
recom
injured
investigating
etut-
Aas
re he ro-
for Honolulu
against
made by Presi
treason
thy Parmlee, aged ssvent)
iered in
Ct.
wae found mur
Middletown,
that the crime was
The whole of thet
f Florence, 8.
George Williams
perished in the fire, Laura
seventeen vears, was killed and three
were hurt in Stesaiton, N.
striking their
gacidentally shot him
ning near Brid
awal
CATrricge.
geton,
ting trial for
offenses e
Ind. They
Thomas Clark, J¢
Cahill and Tho
Detroit White I oad Ww
between $50,000
$54,000. The
of a pips,
8 gas jot
mond, failed
Ferdinand Bergmey
Banta Barbara
meyer, It is thought
scaped from
are Bert
bn |
ynas Mol
{enry.
res
the
California, t
the latte
Cashier Adalr ar
shot «n
in the ]
ren, Ark.
it is th
ed, though
section of
governw :
River collapsed,
only person ir
¥ 4
1 seri
A Sw
pred
twelve
mle i
more, to Huntington, W
mene Ld 1I LE
ger, of t
ennoss
nant Koss ac
Nape red
worthless ;
notoriou
Florida,
The U ‘+ of Indian
ganized by the amaigamati
{ng instits th in that
son killed his wile and ti
son, Wisconsin, ——Orders
holding the G, A. R
Paul,
Cox,
Nove
worth «
fmpiem
niversi
Ys
~n ¥
were recoils
enca mpment
~The British steamer
which
rosaisk, Husaia,
of 1oee
ents and
Adra, Captain
hia for
£250 000
materials, agric:
Materials
safled from Philadel
i
earried nearly
ymotive situral
other ma
shinery,
Russia, apd stili another vessel has been
chartered to take a cargo of like material to
that country, ~The New York, Pennsyle
vania and Ohlo Raliroad was sold in Akron,
0)., by Master Commissioner John Tod for
810,000,000.
The National Buflermakers sod
makers’ Association began a six days’ session
fn Cedar Bapids, Iowa. From 1.000 to 1.800
are in attendance from all parts of the
United States and Canada, At Chiles!
(heoge.
Bob Toomey, both colored. The row
out of the loss of a collar button two years
ago. Toomey surrendered
suthorities, —Pregident Peter Deyo, of ths
Douglas County Bank, in West Superior,
grew
amination on the charge of receiving de-
posits knowing his beak to be insolvent, and
was bound over for trial
ment of stations for instruction in mining
leges in mining states. ——Lattie Dustry,
William Dastry, with a earviog kuile,
their home in Huntington, W. Va,
Rev, Joseph V. Johnson, D. D,, bishop-elect
of the Los Angeles (California) diocese was
eonsecrated na a bishop of the Episcopal
Church, in Christ Church, Detroit. Virgil
Morrisette, In Sardis, Ala, killed Andrew
Wilkins for dancing with Morrisette’s wife
after he had been forbidden to do so,
The remains of sx-Congressman Harter were
buried in Mansfield, O
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FIRE AT JOHANNESBURG.
A Lom of $375.000 Is Entailed By Flame’
Ravages.
A fire at Johannesburg has caused damage
amounting to £375,000, to dry-goods snd
other stores, warehouses, ste,
ET
Mr, Curzon, under secretary for the for.
eign office, said in the House of Commons
that the British government had not recels.
ed recent proposals from any government in.
volving the evacuation of Egypt
SEVEN PERISH.
SMOKE'S DEADLY WOR
eler James R. Armiger and Mem-
bers of His Household—AnNn
Overheated Furnace.
One of the most terrible calamities in the
nore happened Bunduy morn
jost suffoen-
James R
street,
ng, when seven lives were by
tion in the household of Mr.
orth Charles
CAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY,
The cause of this awful calamity was an
vliar,
the
ke that the inmates were
vated bel they
to a wooden partition, and filled
so rapidly with sme
sre
: f many lives and
le was a great shock
and hundreds of persons
ommunity,
were attracted to the scens duriug the day,
It was just 8 15 o'clock when the fire was
wwered, and in less than ten minutes
seven lives had been vshered
With piio un of
unfortunate pe
the act of
and the anoke pe
eternity,
the axce
volume and with
wera unable ti
In the cellar
and Louis Whit
Vhile W
rend
sx pir
bandits
The pr
gons who have join
vineces of Puerto Prin
fih
property « sv who i
rabels in thei is wil
The town
are auth
ir ral
and all offen
be relieved if, alter eigh lava from the date
of the proclamation
Osta,
a
Petroleum and other inflammable articles,
can no
ungarrisonsd
#
after the date of
longer be sold
iamation,
SMA
towns,
Havana
tion along the
Alerta bombard
Admiral Navarro has returned to
from a cruise of inspec const,
which were recently attacked by the enemy,
Jose Betancourt, the insurgent leader, whe
was recently captured by the Spaniards, has
been tried by court-muartial and sentenced to
death,
I ————— ——
OUR COTTON FOR RUSSIA
A Moscow Manufacturer Paying Raw Material fop
His Mills
¥. Candimer Kaponsters, of Mosiow, Rus.
sia, who is interested in cotton milling in
Russia, was in 88. Louis, negotiating with
eotton dealers for the purchases of raw ma
terial,
“We have been buying Egyptian cotton,
but the prices have increased so much that
ft led us to speculate (n this country,” said
he, “I have just completed a tour of the
cotton States, and am greatly pleased with
the result. 1 find the quality much better
than I expected and prices are satisfactory,
There Is some disposition among Russian
capitalists to ship the raw material and erect
their own cotton compresses. 1 was dele
gated by the Cotton Exchange at Moscow to
muke a thorough examination of cotton
compresses used In this country with the
iden of duplicating them fn Russia. I am
now on my way back to Russia, anid shall re-
port the result of my trip.”
FIFTY-FOURTH OONGRESS,
HOUSE.
Srxry-ruinp Day. ~The House passed the
Indian appropriation bill, the sixth of the
thirteen general a ypropristion bills, and sent
it to the senate, fi wis thought that an aye
und nay vote would be had on the Linton
so tarian school amendment, but the de-
mand was not made, The House also prised,
without debate, the Dingely bili, suthoriz
ing the Secretary of the Treasury to take nud
kill the Alaskan seal herd if a modus vivendi
could not be concluded for the protection of
tae seals pending negotiations for perma
nent protection to the herds with the coun
tries interested, The Van Horn-Tarsney
contested election case from the fifth Mis
sourl district occupied the remainder of the
session,
Sixry-Founte Day.—The Van Horn-Tars
ney contested election case from the Kansas
City (Mo.) district occupied the attention of
the House, The contestee, Mr. Tarsney,
spoke in his own behalf, and two republi-
cnns, Messrs, Powers, of Vermont, ani
Parker, of New Jersey, opposed the report
of the majority of the committes to seat the
contestant. The Senate nmendments to the
House bill to extend the time in which the
1581 can bring
One of
exten-
were agreed to,
reduces the
sion from five to one year,
Brxry-Bevesta Day After a
ho House decided fu favor of the re
ontestant in the Van Horn-Tarsney
case, The vote by which the dem
his seat was 112 to 164, Eighteen repubil
cans joined with the democrats in opposition
to the majority. Tho strong resol ns pre-
parsed by the foreign alfairs mmittee for
the recognition of the Cub belligerents
had been presented eariler in the day amid a
goene of great enthusiasm, and just before
» House ad) ned Mr, Hitt asked
is consent r their imine
but Mr,
halt by an obj
passage of ti
war with
le ng debate
siblican
eleetic n
\ # xt
OUras 10M
Hunan
nsiders
ritelle
VUGl NIZED.
YVOWers
siligrer
he United
friendly
s offere
“Resolved,
to] Kin
Gai to the By
1 by the Pred.
for the re
a of the independence of Cuba.”
toa should b
aniah Government
Came
The vote on the sommittes and the
Chilton, George, Hale, Morrill and
The resait was
gai-
aanouanesment of the
great applausa in the
inriea,
The final vote on the adoption of the reso
lutions wors as follows: Yeas, 57; nays, 12
The negative votes were thos: of Bate, Cal-
fery, George, Hale, Hiil, Morrill, Perkins
Roach, Bmith, Vilas, Wetmore and White
————
TALK OF NEW BOND ISSUE.
The Falling Baervs Ponts ts the Need
of More Gold,
Mr, Carlisle has been disappointed over
the fact that the Treasury gold is so Jow,
notwithstanding the hundred millicn issue of
bonds. Every day a considerable amount of
gold is taken from the Treasury by the re.
demption of greenbacks and Treasury notes.
The gold reserve is now about £108,000,000,
and at the rate gold is withdrawn it will not
be more than a few weoks belore the reserve
begins to drop again below a husdred million
mark, notwithstanding the payments yet to
be made for bonds, Under these circume
stances another bond Ixsue in the not distant
future is almost eartain,
ANK ROBBERS.
Western Institntions,
Merchant's Bank at Warren,
Ark., Cashier Adalr Opened
Fire and Drove Them Off.
was ful, was
Planters’
A daring, but upsuc
made to rob the Merchants and
Bank, of Warren, Ark, About 8.30 o'clock,
tered the bank, and two of
mwure where Mr,
CONVErHn-
attempt
mon #1
them went behind the nel
Adair, the cashier, in
Goodwin and D, W
“Hold
for his
wis seated
Their first salutation
Mr. Adair
a the men commenced
Sutton. Was:
yout hands !
wh
up sprang
pistol, shooting,
n received what will likely
ind, Mr.
sigh the shouk He
one of
prove a mortal w and Adair was
ier, returned the
ind
» WAS seen Lo
shot thre
fire, and evidently woun the men,
be bleed
ing. The startied the
pistols
inning from il dire
f« «ad 10 relire
As they
lade of
and went on
The plans were
bank would ha
rm plauess «
HUBBAND AND WIFE
re. Pattersons
suisted Suic
Er. and
fragecy, resul
of Mrs A Ww,
oath
afterward
in Madis . Wis
Patters
at his own har
rarred at
Whet he
nidnigt
ally a double suicide is a qu
stensibly by both parents
fn
hiidren says husband and
3
wife
ditasted suicide for some Lin
geiher
lolaration, howover
the fat tL
had
thrown across her
at the arm, while the b
full dressed, Both, with
the attended revival
in Madison by IB. Fay Mills
5
i} had gone to their room
the
had
as if to shield
al when found
retired, was in her robe,
face
ullet in
0 usban
ether member
fant v, had pervioes bie
ing heid during
the
paren
The
where Patierson was
eYRning., an fj
v in the best of spirits,
Towa,
retiring on
Mad
st the State
formerly
eame from Algona,
a merchant,
account of poor health, They came to
ison to
family
children
Patterson
other motive than
educate thelr
Univers ty, which ai
tended. No insanity
he part of the husband or intended suicide
on the part of both can be assigned for the
on
SA A —
WORK AND WORKERS,
About 3000 persons attended a mass meet
ing in Chicago, in sapport of the strike of
Five thousand members of the Garment
Workers’ Union in Baltimore are on strike
The Cincinnati clothing cutters and trim- |
mers struck to compel a recognition by the
employers of their right to organize,
The trainmen on the North Alabama Hail
way struck for shorter hours and for a time
the freight trafic of the rond was tied up, |
The company acceded to the demands of
the men.
A general strike of lithographic artists, or
dered ty the “National Lithographic Artists’
and Engravers’ Insurance and Protective As
sociation of the United States and Canada,”
began in New York city. The strike, which
a sald to be mainly for recognition of the As.
sociation, involves about 500 men and 2
firms,
ann SL
The King of Benin on the west const os
Africa still practices horrible barbarities. It
is his custom to kill yearly » number
of slaves to celebrate the anniversary of his
father's death, while young women are
srucified in times of drought or too much
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS,
the Blate,
Frederick Reinhart, a Mahanoy Valley
ment merchant, lost his Ue as the result of 8
runaway sccldent. While he was returning
to his in the country bis horses be-
came unmanageable near the summit of Big
Mountain,
breaknoek
home
and dashed down the steep road-
When opposite
the
why ut Sinead,
the Henry Clay
ould not make the sharp turn in the r
and fell to the ground, Rel
hurled from the vehicle apd dashed
un post with such foree that his head was
ail The in
colliery stable horses
aid
phart Lelng
Agninst
erushed beyond recognition,
in an ambulance and
died two hours later
taken to town, but he
Michasl Duck, a Hungarian lad of 7 years,
went on the lee on ihe
near bis parents’ residence at Po
I'he foe
he was drowns
Manntuway Creek
Atstown WW
broke under bis weight and
i His sister aged 9
eff rt to res
years,
barely osc her pe him,
Patrick
ped in
Breslin and Peter Powers, two
i 1 Pek ETT
isjured in Wilkes
of Bres.
when
Were
the
Breslin was
linemen poriousy
Barre, intier by raving the fe
in,
his
Lerr
spur slipp
r atire ted
pole, He ran to it
Breslin
ut Bresiin's
broke Di
ir struck him I
He
ile, b
and he was badly injure Bot
The
the soene
Lenirais
of a
fis
wing
sivr bods 1
1
Guentiy earned ih
boilers at the Centralia Colli
3k AL 10 i EE eid
by the Lehigh Valley Ceal Comps had ex-
ploded, demolishing the toller h and ip-
stantly killing Mi
juring Anthony Zornski
A resident
for setting and distributing type whiel
rev: uti the
small offices
Use
nel Rubeok and fatally in-
of Beranton bas invented a
chine
’
setting oF
where thera
he claims will nize
type, especially ic
ues of Lind
The
be no saving in the
the other machines n
tor claims that his type setting machioe will
got large
typewriter and that the distributing machine
will not be a great doal larger than the types
pettor. Both are operated on the typewrBor
principle, and the inventor says they can be
manufactured cheap enough to allow tha
two machines to be sold for $600,
Hollidaysburg Councils passed an ordi
wi vie or
Ww in use, inven
i more than twice as
esloctric light
plant, providing the voters agree to such an
the date lor holding a special election to rate
name as James MeHenry, of Camden, NX, J,
was thrown from a freight train at the Wash.
Railroad in Bristol, He fell beneath the car
aud the wheels crushed both feet so that
they will have to be amputated at the ankle
joint. Dr, Albert Groom bandaged the
wounds and he was taken to the University
in Philageiphia,
Mra. Edward King, the wife of a weil
known farmer of East Fallowfield Township,
was attacked by a mad dog and made an ev.
ovodingly narrow escape, The brute tore
her clothing from her body, but was bitten
off before lacerating the flesh, He then
passed through the borough of Coatesville
and out into West Cain Township, but was
finally run down by & number of farmers at
Sandy Hill and killed. 80 far as is known
twenty dogs in the track of the rabid canine
were bitten, thirteen of which were put to
desth after exhibiting symptoms of hydros
phoble. It in not known 4s yot whether or
not any stock was "bitten. The Borough
Councll of Contesviiie afterward
ordered all the dogs ia town muzzled.
DIBASTERS ARD CASUALTIES,
Engin or Buck was killed and Lis fire in
badly jujured the engine overturning,
while pushing a snow plow in the heavy drift
near Erockport,
Loulsa Rose,
nah, aged 0,
fatally In
their
by
New York,
aged 8,
aud Mary,
her sisters Han.
old, were
oslon of a lamp st
Balti Ma,
Whiting,
and
1G mouths
irned by ths exp
home in Captlon,
A stil at
exploded, in)
ore,
the oll refinery
and
naling property.
Pa
distance ol 4&5
Indiana
iring a score of workmen
dolpg great damage to gare:
‘The shock was
milies
Major C, W, Me
Pende
af Beott's
Hil,
fants
of the bolier of
The n
kiiled
and
ied by grasp
8 gat
on, Ebhodse
%
inty,
v the
I
ing, was inst
ursting fin
nutation egro fire
hin pon,
in
¥ aire
with
ephione
Crimp
© speeches
vy our diplomatio or consular officers abroad
partisanship or which con
party policy or
in the United States
3 officers
servants,
confidence which they
at bome sod
the Hot
&
which dispia)y
politi
ganization of citizens
in dersiiction of the
fulness
demn any Al party or
are duty of sus
impair their 1
fiminish
always
as pa bile
the
command
and
should
abroad,
ABOUT ROTED PEOPLE.
‘detents great
re C3 dishes + i
wt Franoe oun
she over
but In
{ Burgun-
matter of arels
lise and Cha npagnos, her coliar is anigue
Mr Thor of Ware, Ry,
has for three vears real the Bible igh
three times Hove
iations, + Mr.
Davis reading of the
entire Bible this only forty-Gv: days
being occupde Mr Davis 0 75
aperton Davis
{tar
aanually, Irom Gepssie fo
On Sanday lass, WHATS
si pleted bis
YOR,
iin the task
Lord Salisbury will be \ fnje erin
Qaeen Yitoria when gos to
Franco vr unlikely thal the
Minigier will are
Atte de
wha
itis ov
Prime
during tae i'srii
weck-onds
sad his
awentary § sainy at Walmer
Dieppe. and nothing
Lord Balisbury i= 10 slay at his own
ia Basiide, while in sttendanoe on
her Xi anjesty
M. Eicsrd, the French Minister of Justice,
a gourmet, and some time ago
bought two bauasches of kaugares st a shop
where froarn meats from Australia are sold
more
Bis guests, who were curijus to try this
“pinte extoique,” found RN anything
but suited to their taste The kan-
garco bad 8 most peculiar favor, and
on investigation #t was discovered that the
baunches had beca cooked in lamp ofl ine
stead of olive oil
Benjamin D. Silliman besomes Yale's olde
eet living graduste by the death of Charisse
I. Powell, of Alexandria, Va Mr Silliman
was born in 1805 and graduated in the class
of 1824 He Is a Yale man not only by
graduation, but alse by ties of blood; for all