THE NEWS. The Now York Evening World prints the statement that Col, I. G Iopgersoll has aban- doned bis law practices, in order that he may devote bmsell exclusively to the lecture plat form. George IL. Lash, eity recorder for six terms of Peadieton, Ore , is short In his accounts $2,952 "Purther investigation promises to discover considerable more. Lash Is sick at home, bul has Deen placed under arrest. Telegrams have beon sent by the citizens commities to the governors of Oregon, Wash- ington, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa asking the people of thoss states to unite with Cali- foruia In sendiog a shipload of grain to the starving people of India Tue ways aud means commities presented the annasl appropristion blil to the New York House. The total is a trifle over $9,000, 0), and the decrease from last year is about $153,608, The National Manufacturing Company, the alleged sa~h an. door trast, held its annual session in Oshkosh, Wis, 30 members being present. It was decided to quietly await the outcome of Attorney-General Mylrea's action to dissolve the trust, The Northwestern at their meeting in Milwaukee, declared that municipal ownership of lighting plants was impracticable Right Rev, B. J ficial notice from IB ter Tioga and Schuyler have Ywen taken from the Diocese of Buffalo and added to that of Rochester At Saranac Lake N. YY. reached 27 below are that it will go still lower, The trastees of Hobart © cepted the resiguat Electrical Association, MoQuaid has received of four South. Chemung, yme that the wera counties of Steuben, the mereary and the indications TOTO, lege have ae ma 3 LL Eliphalet Knott Potter, president of th tukea im modiate effect, considered the Dr Potter, The Boston Safe Dey pany has placed an Oilege, Lo bave not yet I'be trustees question on the Bioux City (Ia. ) prope Miles, is wan defaultiog treasurer taken ta Altempl LO reco; Miles’ shortage 00,004, (oy. Ct! aries A George T Jester, ed at noon Tu there b witness the § that mupss crowd notwithstandiag the fa rain bad been « n ali morning The New Yor cided in the Fi Appeals | ass that tho wieges coal tors to delar ti leit Lo educa Epitome of News Gloans! From Various Part Jot un, Gworge #iik manula Reading, male peas tn Bondi Paterson to Ja a meeting of property ia P assizned eg Some years wereeked by Over 20 roll amo trade is; Frank saves] his lif Neerstary John Health of Potts port for the y v ich shows nted here were 171 deat The twelve leas than 10 7 per 100 4 number of th y ra, Which 1 There wero 13M males and 14] females arriages nun iwresd 102 the L.year-old alesvilie, death io a tragic In company nager broth Earl, be was coasting on the Bragdywin when the io» broke and they went to twelve [oot of down in. waln~r, ' Earl wis reseuel after he had sunk twice, but adore Edward could be taken from the water he was dead Risnor a bertville, N, J ther side of the with Phliadeiphi Yor some time by a trolle arties from have boon maki onptry on bo bh # learned that a ¢ stom of the Now Hog enter (hat place, it is said the same the right of way from Doylestown to New Hope, using the old York Boad Pike, se NII WIFE MURDER AND i{UICIOE. Terrible Crime of the Propristor «f a Teanssses Inn, Benjamin I. Davies, proprietor of Tab tard lan, at Bogby, Tenn., Thursday night cut his wife's throat with a razor, killing her, and then shot himself to death with ¢ pistol, Mr, Davis’ {riends think that his ras? act was committed while he was laboring un’ der temporary mental aberration. The twe dead bodies were found by the clerk of the fan, bisodyiwoapons Iying on thelbed beside them. It is said that the husband and wile bad quarroled Chr! tmas, and that a young man fa the hotel had leterferred to present Davies from doing irs Davies a violent fa- jury at that tme. Davies had been acting strangely since that time, and while thers was no outbreak a close watch bas been kepy upon his actions, Tharvday evening he re tired with bis wife, seemingly In good spirits. he next morning the two children who siept in adjoinlag rooms tried to get into their parents’ room, but, finding the door locked, feotified the eclork, who, failing to arouse the couple, entered by the transom and Jound jhe bosband aud wile lying dead, Mra vies' head was almost severed from the body. A coroner’s inquest was held, and it was deetded that Davies had cot his wife's ghroat, and then killed himself. Both * “dies will be laboa to Dullalo fur interment, COAST HOREO:. England's Friendly Mission Met an Awfal Fate. LURED INTO AMBUSH. They Had Been Assured of a Safe Passage by the Fetisch Ruler and Were Unarmec Mr. Phillins' Ring Dafiance. He Has tent Back As a A telegram from Lagos, received in Lor don, details of the massacre of the gives British expedition at Beuln, ou the Niger. The expedition, it Is reported, was greeted in n friendly way at every town along its course, and received peaceful messages from approaching Benin City the king, but upon fired upon from an sm and rear Pr. BR H. Powis fall dead on the spot, the members w re both front Acting Elliott Major wounded, busoade in Consul-General Phillips, aod wr F. W. J Copland-Crawford Capiain Bolsrazon and Mr. R. F. L off, but he died in a few minutes, was ocke oar ried him was wounded agaln so that he after implor- thelr own safety Mr. H C, bell, of the consular staff, was captured and taken t tut taken to an adiacent killed No authentic Mr. Gordon, one of ing bis companions to seek and lsave him to his fate Camp Bepin City, the king had his village, where he pow has been received as to the fate of the civil with the dead Mr in bi who co CABLE SPARKS, ite refersing Cr anelle referring fi trealy bofween the Mr. a the inter. United ritain, says { Mpey ve 8 mark ug al system of the civilized world Mendell Creighton of L Femple, wae confirmed & andon in suecsnsion to Dr, Fred. who became Archbishop of John Kensit, a laynen, read a inst Dr, Creighton’s elevation SLATED FOR THE CABINET. President Elect McKinley Selocts Siz of HOR Household A despateh from Canton, Ohio, says: Though Senator Jobin Sherman is really the snly one of those whom President-Elect Me- Kinley has requested to enter the Cabinet i voios his intention of accepting, it Ia pretty well assured that the exsontive family, a far az known at present, will stand as fol lows: Heeretary of Ohio, Haeratary of the Treasury -No selection Becrotary of Wer—I, A A ger, of Michi gan Becretary of the Navy--Jobn 1, Long, of Massachosetia Soerstary of tha Interior ~ Joseph MoKen. on, of CaMlornia. Hecrdtary of Agriculture James Wilson, of lows Postmastar-Genernl No selestion Attoraey-General Nathan Goll, of Wen Virginia, State John Sherman, of Secretary Rotert nowaca, of the Spinners Union, reports that 2 male spinners st the Davol Mills, Fall River, are out on strike, {heir gricvanecs is bosed upon a quality of sotton given them to apis which they say, is soor and makes their work very much TIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, Menate, Sennte voted to tanks np nunl vid, aod It will be con uutli Haal action is anil bil provides for an ise maritime cannl coms puny stock, o the Bearetary of the Preasury, tn behalf of the United States, is to sats pin for 870.000 0 0 worth of shares, Tue compauy is to np to ¥1 4, 01.000, to bo guaranteed Ly the United Bates, The building and control of the ennn! are given to American engtusers and a boned of slevey directors, of whom five ars te bs appointed by t © Preshdent 181 Day, The the Nicuragun shivered from day to day The of 101,000,000 of + f wnich gone ii rand, miles {asus Liorgels 10th Day The session of the Benate wa® without fpcident, Senator Turple spoke neal st the Nicaragun canal bill The road lug of the legislative appropriation bill was completed, with the vxevption of sections making provision for the Congressional Library 2h Day, The Senate proceeded with the consideration of the Nicarnguan canal bill, Mr, Turple continuing his speceh in opposi tion The loglsintive, executive and appropriation bili, earryiog approximately $25,000,00), was passed during the day Mr, Pettdgrew, of Bouth Dakota, criticised the legislative authorities for concluding the Venezuela boundary sent, which, he sald was a complete 8 ier of Yene to Great Britain, 2ist Day, dJuded bis speech canal Lili dentials of John the vacant seal as Judival Huin Io the Senate Mr. Tarple con- against the Nicaragua Mr. Chandler prescoted the cre Faaward Addicks, clalmiog Repator from Delaware. The celal of ¥ cary A. Dupont for the same sont has already Leen presented Mr Hil spoke against trusts and mooopolies to gen. eral as 4 serious mepance to the public wel. {aro House, 18m Day The House pases puldic lmportanes and dey der of the day to Distrie poss, Ouse LH prohlidted the sale of vating liquors to the Tudiaus: the existing patent laws in Ol the recommendations of the American Association, and asother provided for the nse by the govergment of patents see red Ly naval oft Hxed Ly a board « the remalu- Columida bust intoxi one amended srinity with stand lowrs at com peasaiion to be f three oMcers The old 18h Day was badly seald Mahlon Dickey FR Iran was aso badly , baguage mas The passa gers fe ape i with a shaking ", The Iniured men were taken to Piainfled The joeal train reached Bound Brook ahead of th love Hae, but | was iolayed by ag « ut yewell inwhiot ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE. Mark ia f he Twain will remains on ths other sid ti He surrey home and scitled in Winter eft his for the USAR Spring has ondon Ex-Governor John PP. Altgeld has as a little, Intimate frionds of late Alexander Dumas, fils, have resolved to keep the re moembranoe of the dramatist alive in their minds by a special dinner every three months in Paris, Rev Loss Btevensou, professor of church iistory st MeCormick Theological Reminary in Chieago, bas received a call from the First Presbyterian Church of that city, fron whichi Dr, Barrows resigned in order to ge to India to deliver the Haskell loctores Mies Eva Dorsay Anderson, of New Orleans, has a valque souvenic in the shape f an Album of leaves plugked from histo tical trees, Among them are leaves from he Daniel Webster troe, planted near the widiers’ home In Washiagicn, asd leaves rom the tomb of George Washiagtoa and tis wile, Martha, and Mary, his mother, Dr. William Goodlove, the United States nedieal examiner of the Pension Duress lo joston, iwenty-seven yoars ago kept a drug tore in Bioux Fails, 8 I One day there ame into biz place a man who nsked to be iven credit for sofve dria to the amauat of £1.27. The doctor granted the request, and at was the last he heard of the r stter oti] Inst Tuesday, when he received a Stier aclosing the original Lill and & chek iu the —— A ————————— oo HUNDREDS SLAIN. Spanish Soldiers Kill ll the Cuban Wounded. FIFTY WOMEN ABDUCTED. San Martin's Bloody Band Cap'ur- But Not Hillis - One and Out of Forty ing Pea_oful viliages, Venturing Initio the Party Tried It; Five Only Three Escapad, A special to the Cigeloaati Commercial y Frivune Irom Tampa, Fia , suys ) Emanuel Bilvero, a wounded Cuban, ar Key rom Cubs on a fishing vessel, “He comes from the Geld He states that Hivera rived bers from West, having escaped 1 near Ar emisa General is sadly in sed nunition apd arma His men are He hina al could be used had they arms short of cartridges over 5, UH men The ma Clete is the only weapon that bus dreds are armed with “la ambuscade the machete is the Cuban ready weapon, and is a terrivias i wae Mardered Five Hundred Wounded “He eo when a Spanish band captured 8 Cuban pfirma the story of January 9, hose pital ne.r Ban ristobal, contaleiog 5 0 all of lusursg ut to death the sarin s trod t , BYen attending physiclap ol ps are raiding thal sev, viog into the hills pear Ivers s Camp Jae of his bands weeks ago, and out « i pred it credited with iflcos tl an any other band Fifty Women Abducted ey raided a small CURRENT EVENTS Wis WORK AND — TF A ory WORKERS. Oa, Mans na Harness “ere « has irs a retary Yet 1} NClion in the cu at Now York, which will re saving to the government in the expenses at that port 1,513 per annum A convention of labor leaders of Pennsyl- vania is in session in Pittsburg, Pa, the ob inet boing to form an - the purpose of mak ihe concerted action in secur. ing legislation beneficial to labor The North Bellingham (Mass ) satinet mill has shut down for an indefinite period, and organizati by the Ray Company will shut down this woek., About 350 hands are employed in the mill closed, Tha strike in the Jackson-Wellston district, Chillicothe, 0, was broken Saturday, a pum. ber of miners returning % work asd the mines being started up. Seatiment of the miners is overwhe. mingly in favor of resum- lag work, The National Miners’ Convention has al lowed John Fahy £721 for expenses incurred in 1895 in jabor union work in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania A proposition to reduce the dues {rom ten to five cents per member was defeated, ; . The Woonsocket Machine and Press « om- alng time of its factory ia Woonsooket, KL, to 33 hours per week, begining this week, This will be accompanied by a redeetion of 10 per cent, to wages General Monager Champion, of the Ke waunee, Green Bay and Western Ballway, has settied the strike of stevedores employed st Kewaunee by acceding to the demands of the men, and paying them 2) cents per hour instead of 15 centa Sm O————— A dispateh from Madeld says the Spanish sabinet has agread to Intrc cuce roforms In DISASTERS AND OASUALTIES, goods ware were destroyed by fire Crather & avehlll's heavy houses in Montreal The stock enrriod was said to be worth fully €500,0.0; insured for whut $200,00 Fire completely destroys d the large plant of tues Fox Paper Company, at Crescentvilie, 0, The which there is only 15,000 Insurance In Wallsesburg, Oot, the Queen's Hotel was burned to the ground A LC leveland, name as posed to have perished In the flames, Tralo No 20, P ,C.,, C. &BL L IL EK, at Fountain Park, killed Fred oss is man from Douiey killed their horse sand smashed the buggy. They resided at Plain City, ©, William Bbowles, the aceldentally abot bis friend, a bartender, fn Red Bank, N. J., while showing him a re- volver was arraigned and pleaded not gulity He was ro. manded for trial, George A. Abel, chief grain inspector of Pro dead, having been asphyxiated by Ban Francisco tuos Exchange is gas, He was found Iylog on the floor, aud it is sup- turn off the es caping gas, but was too weak, posed he got out of bed to Pepjamin Gandy, aged 00 years and Bes bright Berry, aged 45 years, both of Glog. caster, N J., wero lnstantly killed by walk. fog in front the Philadelphia and Deadiog Dosd at the siz. of an express train on teenth and Cambris-street crossing, George Kile committed suicide at Menomi- Wis, by placing his wheels of & losomolive nes, head under He keeper for a prominent firm letters, his wile and saother te Charles Weber, Cedar alls Nn trouble and & shortage ir hinted at the was a book He loft two one 1 mentis Sileredd Dynamiter Ersonersind, ¢ T.ondl MARKETS. HOGS PROD Cinsar ribside Hams EGGS State North Carolina 147 TOULYERYL CHICKENS Hons. ......% Ducks, per Ib Turkeys, per ib TOBRADOO, TOBACCO-Md. Infer's.. 8 1050 Bound common. . 200 Middling 602 Fancy... wos LIYE STOCK, BEEYV Best Beoves, .....% 1% . 3% MUBKRAT aura in Raocoon . . . 40 n — NEw YoRs FLOUR -8authern.......% 360 @& + RYE Western......... . CORN—No. 2....000000000 . OAT NO. 3...cic00i0num 23 BUTTER State 0 # 84 Nh 17% ' he 1 Fane in nw FraeEERR EINES EGGS—State : PHILADBLIRIA ——— FLOUR-Southern.... ..8 300 & 4 WHEAT No. 3Red...... 9% = 3 OORN=NO. Boorecinneerss 1 ox » OATS-No. 2... 34 UTTER Stain Aig Asana. rEEBEIES MH Ls, DARING DAKOTA COWGIRL. Steer With Ease. Ope of the trepid Dakota most noted of the in who reside in the cougitry west of the M Miss Bessie FH Bianley Coun! to her du bat wid rog givin CHL UB ¥ Han of riding alter pulls cattle out of tiached te the hora ds calves, ’ onsidersd ane of th briwts * het ween Che Mises Black Hills usual cowboy aod ded skirts, sombrero Khe is An expe who! w f her favors wild Todas Him, os 1 ary i boos: G00 hat these thinned ax! zine for of BD rage, her a Lirid} toned {Wo tod wip of a dog laived Rim, the courts, w meelfl proved the m the Tribune of I calmed the dog one just ike Ma, animal bad and manifested the utmost I surrannding Eng. ish soveral LICR NAYS Cone 10 iy with the alle the dog in Lut po attention was paid {oo hin Then Mr. Hines whis Kpanish and (he doc hounded to Hm, Again was the call repeated, this time in German, ant again the dog manifested joy. For the third time the animal was called, this soe in French, and be answered it in almost knocking Mr. Hines over in Dis rush to him, Mr. Radell onoe more a°- tempied to win the dog's stivation hy calling him in English, but the oaly answer he received was a share. This slowed the case, and Mr. Hinds was told to go home with the dog™ LOS, by the animal pered a word A haudeome costume of blark satin Las a sorsclet of passcmenterie, also o collaretie of the same, with long tals mocting the corselet in Tront. Over the sleeve tops fall side-piaited ruffles 1 silk muddin, Ope raffle is sewed In the armi-holes all around. The other ho gins at the back-form scams, extends over the shoulders, and & carried across the bust to the sides of the VV. shaped opening In the front, which is filled In by a vest of lace net ghirredd ia puffs and narrow sulllea. A while sutin collar and aching of lace are tie
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