I —————— THE NEWS. One hundred and twenty operatives ( Rubber Company, most of whom were from the stitching department, struck ’a account of the alleged failure of the nanagement to keep an agreement, Secretary Alger has o« nsented to grant o hearing to J. 8. Clarkson, the president the New York and New Jersey Bridge Com- pany, upon the application of the company for permission to change its plans for the bridge, which indire ts the entire bridge franchise, Ia Minneap lis, Alderman Dickinson, % bribe from the Penny Press the contract for city printing, disagres was discharged, At lalgun, N. Y., Geo halfbred, was convicted of killing Green Bl {f the Apsley iv stly alle the ‘Wnan rge WII George attaragus ag rotall w and Canada into 1 that QReq vommander States Nav) the Governo Commander homas C. mander Converse has been 4 position. Fire destroyed the plant Curled Halr Co The relinquishe station Mo Lean. years in that avenue but Dadario’s « r Ha f ih i Govern jong eno I —— WRECKED BY A CYCLONE. At Least nn Score of People Killed by a storm in France yd in th wuiar raliwa » the eyalone loud of smo} northeast, the alr like Kites, was sarried y the falr gros a i How Pintsch Gas aed ised | ia Made tr the manufastars ned petr nstructed for the supply of irs in Pittsburg a model plant), the furnace room contalns four having an upper and a lower retort, in which the oil is thoroughly sonverted into a rich, permanent gas of the highest filuminating power known in the art. From the retorts the gas passes through ingeniously arranged apparatus in the puri- fying room, where it Is thoroughly freed from all impurities; but for the purpose of ear llumination it must be compressed in order to carry a sufficient supply in the small space available on passenger cars, The gas fs then conducted from the purifying to the compressing room, in which are located two powerful compressers of special design, which compress the gas into storage eylindars used for that purpose. From these holders the gaa is piped into the Baltimore & Ohio depot where it is supplied to the cars as required. erude or ref aun. Baltimore which is furnaces, each voted Against Admitting Women. The trustees of the State University at Athens, Ga., have voted against Chancellor Dogg's recommendation for the admission of women on the ground that they Bave no right to take the step without authority {row the Legislature, HES PE JALLLN A Fifth Attempt Made to Assas- sinate Him, NO PERSON INJURED. Bomb Exploded Near His Carriage in the Rois de Boulogne—~The President on His Way to ihe Races at the Time Two Men Under and One of Them Helleved to Be Insane, Arrest, attempt was made Bunday to assassin lix Faure, President of the French re- ute to while he was eny witness the horse f Paris, Faure's t near La Cascade restaurant, in de Bolougne, s bomb, which su sntly proved to be a pie nps to 1 Prix « passing a the Fe arriage was ¥ six inches long and tw with a thickness of hal with powder and sw NO one was man in the eros mover was arrested, Gallet and mad« i questions put to him CGiallet sald that he resided at Devallol sarriage at the time t CUBANS SLAIN, Spaniards Clalm to Have Won a Battle and Captured an Insurgent Harem Nunes thorities, Advices grand, Pros erico fror fal source Santa ( ann that a 1 of Spanish guerriling invaded insurgent camps at G Zayas, near Mauacas, capturing chinf's ‘‘haren where twonty women are said to have been found. aro detained in custody. unce detac has itavo and insur gent Washington Cuban League Divided, The Cuban League LF threatened with a serious split, ings were held, one at 1212 G street, in the rooms of Dr, Lake, and the other Eley enth and E streets in the Confederate Veter- ans’ Hall. Each meeting claimed to be the only suthorized one, At the second an attempt was made to have the office of second vice-president, held by Dr. Lake, declared vacant, and a com- mittee of three were appointed to investigate the charges, About seven persons attended the first meeting and fifteen the second. Washington Is at - s——— " SNOW AND GALES IN ENGLAND, Lord Nelson's Flagship Is Driven Ashore and Becomes a Total Wreck, There was a snowstorm at Blackburn, Lancashire, 30 miles from Manchester, The North of England and Scotland have been swept by beavy gales. The suburbs of Glasgow and the country around are flooded and the railroads are submerged, A terrible storm has swepd over Liverpool. Nelson's flagship, the Foudroyant, which is now touring the coast as a show ship, has been driven ashore and is expected to be lest, Nelson's flagship, the Fou lroyant, which was driven ashore on the northwest coast by the flerce gales, will be a total Wreck, } ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE Queen Victoria is said to have twenty-five stato carringos, Governor Pingree, of Michigan, when on a Lansing, could not buy a white clrcle his recont visit to vest in town large enough to Bin pie Waist, In the New York directory for 1512 1s } “Peter Copper, Machinist, El Elm Street one of the it alities, entry, UN Street," poorer lo Dr slonary wh Assembly resume hb was then Kheldon Jackson, the Alaskan mis sresided over the Presb) on his way to is lal Sir John } biished tone i- eat Britain, rewritten the inf MBUre 1weh Important has in a greas ute and added tion. of L.oulse YL daughter i been of poiitical ne, has just High B¢ ided talent intends y was | readings in PARIS STARTLED Machine Set Off at the Hase Strasburg An Infernal of the Statue, ‘ f Ws % i — WORK AND WORKERS. The sailors wi ton, nearly every n the Atlantic increase in Heamen's wages, yi that the falling arrving trade, where ia of wages, WASHINGTON NOTES. has been apg nt atmmaster Harford county, i pes resigned. West or assignment D. graduating ) have b oT Gee Ores are ry il Wolf, and Ferguson, The Bancro Marblehead Jakes, Morgan, Cheney, has arrived at Bey and the has sailed fir Petrel at Key West s Alert it appointment to y Treasury Department have ! | J. V. Alberts: ve tom Somers Point, N. J.; Jola J, Deyer, lector of customs at Newport News, Va.; J. if. Shaw, as naval officer at Philadelphia, Information reached the Treasury Depart ment yesterday that Mr. Kilbreth, the col- lector of Customs at New York, is eritieally {il and that little hope is entertained of his recovery. It is learned that the appointment of Mr. tichard Yates, of Illinois, as collector of internal revenue for the Springfield district has been fully decided upon, and his nomi- sation will be sent to the Senate within the next few days. ET — ea —— Big Hallstones in Ohio. A terrific wind and hail storm passed over Caldwell, Ohio, about 3 o'clock in the after. soon, Many bulidings were unroofed and sundreds of windows were broken by the aalistones, which were nearly as large as sen’s eggs. : Aold.-Ups on Pay Day at Cripple Creek. There is talk among the people of Cripple Crook, Col. of forming a vigilance com- mittes similar to the one which has proved wo cffective at Butte, Mont, Every pay day a8 ox there are hold-ups all over the camp, ANNEXATION TREA The Hawaiian Document Sent to the Senate, PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Goes at Once Into Executive session and Hears It Read Opposition to it onthe Part of Some Senators De nt Once of the velopes Provisions Treaty. A dispatch Ihe Washington annexation of hed the H y MG NDeRGAY. i nenate nyt the sARIG- treaty for Hawanlian Islands 5.80 « ren ber at ie ky at once went int and as soon as the do I President Of treaty, ors MeKinley and the treaty itsel fre closed th HRA the attentively ‘hamber the ra who wid bitte f the treaty. Mig therm White, Ca the red ympleted B You Ww Snator ommittes nterested ir ated under mir t treaty was in the light mation of what had practi vq for years, the the Harrison sdmin 3 £4) } Rinjiey said that (0 iaten Referring to of annexation ihjact of ngrat the existing Government ! question peri] i the present and uid authority of negotiate the presant treaty to yield the severeignty of the is —— AN AMERICAN FALLS IN CUBA, Dr. Foster BR, Winn Killed by the Spanish in an Attack on a Hospital, Capt. Foster R. Winn, M. D., volunteer surgeon with the spital force in the fle been killed in ao attack insurgent hos { Havana dy were fc oriance ietters Delgado, Prigadier-General Castille Gen. Alexander Rodrigues, suthorizing to pr the United Stables asa sg) the Cuban army hospital of ent y governn pital near Qul- and samong other from Colonel and him imy sooed 10 Society in the sufferings of the Cuban Dr. Winn has been for months with the in- forces, acting as chief inapector of Havana When surprise and having only a handful of poorly armed men his command, Dr. Winn is reported to have made a most resolute defense of the hospital. His resistance was not entirely in- effectual, for he held the Spanish troope at bay until a majority of the siek and wounded hospitals for the divigions, to places of safety. Then he fell. His coat and shoes were stripped off by the Spanish guerrillas, whose commander brought them to Havana as trophies of the raid and placed them upon exhibition at the palace bead- quarters of Captain General Weyler's general stall. KILLED WHILE WRESTLING. Albert Benson's Neck Broken in a Contest With Thomas Olsen in Brooklyn, N.Y. Albert Benson and Thomas Olsen got into i friendly wrestling mateh in Brooklyn. It xas an even contest for a time, Finally Olsen got an advantageous hold sa his opponent, lifted him off his feet and threw him backward. Benson struck the ground amid the laughter of the onlookers, He did not rise and Olsen walked over snd led to rales him. It was then found that Benson's neck was proken. He died soon afterward, | PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS, Charles Frame, a wos run down Mills, Mercer and killed reached a place of ty. but a frightened at the approaching train, ran back onto the bridg tempted to rescue it, but we the the river and swan In the s Francis ng han glxtoen-year old near Cla He pet on a bridge county Lake ground whooels, fell through the which by the pike in front of th turned a verdiot « all night tated U and ing freight car and painfully injured n—— ACTION ON CUBA DEFERRED. The Situation Will Remain as at Present Until the Spanish Mission is Filled paivooally, as the cabinet meeting, that nportant relating to Caba will be taken Ly the administration until the new minister to Madrid bas been chosen and is iis post ready for the duties of the mis- gion, This fact significant, in that it moans that some weeks cortainly elapse before the President will take any action whatever vital to the relations of this government and the Island of Cuba. The question was brought up and dis cussed briefly, but the situation, so far as Cuban action is concerned, fe just the same as it has been for weeks. The difficulty of finding & man estisfactory to the President to fill the Post at Madrid delays action, and Mr. McKinley is no nearer a sslection for the post than he was at the beginning of the administration. The delay is vexatious to the administra tion, which {8 anxious to begin negotiations with Spain to looking to the amelioration, in some form, of the condition of affairs in Cuba as speedily as possible. Several names were talked over, but the discussion was fruitiess. t ean be stated uve wae ro. Lo fon 8 must Col, John Hay, United States ambassador to England, gave a dinner in London in bonor of Mr. Whitelaw Redd, special ambas- sador of the United States to the diamond jubllee, THE JOKERS' BUDEET, Jests and Yarns Made and Told by Funny Men of the Press, perfectly iran- Larger sap- but they ways, been dull having the clear, this specimen ow. it possesses a pro- found in slightly too which occasionally ky gems, greatly of believers in the ocenlt powers of precious stones to confer health and good fortune for their wearers. itisa sapphire or asteria. That is, be in: ent en cabochon, it displays a beautiful opalescent star, dividing its six rays at the apex, which changes ite position according to the movement of the source of light by whisk it is viewed. By employing two or three sources of light two or three of these stars can be simultaneously seen in the gem. By further cutting it is said that the beauty of this stone could be still more increased, but, of course, at the expense of its size. —Loundon Times. sinr Teapots are used in China only by the poor. Among the wealthy it is customary to put the tea leaves in each cup and pour water on them.
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