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Ver for tba third time sentenced to die by
electricity,
66 Henry C. Freeman, a geologist, who has
made natural gas a. study. Ears the supply Is
nractlcally Inexhaustible. A Nltro-glycerine
Trust formed at Findlav. National Council
, tit Kducatinu. in session at St. Paul, discuss
t'.nties and requirements of successful
teachers. Miss Allien, a well-known Ameri
can society-lad), in a. London police court
Tor not jcromntlv paying her shoe bill. Kan
sas Partners' Alliances report that the
tuortga-o indebtedness on 45,000 farms is
. oer $146,000,000.
ft Tory r.iuLsin England broken, and the pre
diction made tbar it's only a question of a
short time when Gladstone ami his follow
ers will be in control. -Americans in Paris
regret the recall of Consul General Rath
lsonc. Claimed that tliti Chicago Stock
l"ards Company will be reorganised by
American capitalists Tile non-payment nf
tbe Turkish war indemnity to Russia caus
ing an unsettled state ot affairs in the East,
-"7 Gouge W. Silcox, a man who married
women for their money and then deserted,
nneartheil iu Syracuse, N. Y. Opening ot
theKnights of l'ythias National Encamp
ment atMiluaukec. The tariff on barley
lining trebled bvthe McKinley bill; brewers
assert' that the price of beer will go up.
Convicts in the Massachusetts State prison
protest against the new measurement law.
The new torpedo hoat Cusbing makes a
mile in lux.
S Llvolv tnneln the House during a debate
on the railroad land grant forfeiture bill.
The Senato laj s over the tariff bill bv a vote
of 20 to 28. American Flint Glass Workers
of the United States in session at Haiti
more. The Benei olent Protective Order of
i.1ks hold a big convention at Cleve
land. Es-State Treasurer Arch, ot Mary
land pleads guiltv to embezzlement, and 1
sentenced to fivo ears in prison. A young
man on the Island of Oluron. Fi-ance,
credited with remarkable ci.res by the gift
t toncb.Riots in London griming out of the
strike of the policemen. Prr.v Domldson.
who robbed Paymaster Atkinson at Union
toun, arrested at Cumberland. Governor
Jficholls, of Louisiana, vetoes the bill con
ferring a new charter on the lottery cor
poration. 8 The Canadian Government considers the
seal dispute so serious that a special Cabi
net meeting was called to consider it. The
Board of Pardons commutes tbe sentence
of John Rudy, of Lancaster, convicted of
the murder of his father. Seven thousand
stneing cloakmakers parade in New York.
The Zalin-ki dynamite gun successfully
Te-tca .it Ncwburg, X. Y. Thermometer at
100 in Xew York.
10 fepeaker Reed orders James G. Blaine, Jn.
from tho floor of the House, Glass men
demand that the rates of dutv in the Mc
Kinley bill be restored. United States
officers arrest Sonth Utah men for having
too man v wives. Owing to a fight among
Chicago'brewers beer drops to S3 and Ha
barreL Certain members ot the Louisiana
Legislature attempt to declare tbe lottery
veto void. The Elks in. session at Cleve
land expel the e York lodge.
11 Tbe Senate forces the compromise silver
bill by a party vote. The strike of freight
handlers seriously incommodes business at
Orcinnatl. The postmaster at Cepter
ville, Sullivan county, N. 1., reported
to be a forger to the amount of
. 20.000. At tho meeting of the State
Board of Health Dr. Lee says the country
has little cause to fear this year jcllow
f ever or cholera. H. Knapp, proprietor of rj
tbe hotel at Indiana, anupunces mat ue
will open an original package house.
32 Ten cigarmakers from Belgium, who
reached Philadelphia under contract, to be
leturned. The American Glass Workers'
Union indorse the McKinley bill. Rumored
that Mrs. Frank Leslie will marry the Mar
quis de Leuville. The National Educational
Association discusses the race problem.
IS Henry M. Stanley married to Miss Dorothy
Tennaut, in London, with great ceremony.
The amended silver bill passes tbe House
bj a strict party vote. The Standard Oil
Company files an answer in the Ohio Su
preme Court to the suit revoking its char
ter, averring that it has done nothing in
jurious to tiade. Tin postal and tonnage
boantv measures pass tho Senate.
14 An expedition headed by seven Europeans
starts fr.im Brussels to solve the problems
connected with tbe upper waters of the
Congo. Infant insurance said to be tbe
cause or hundreds of deaths in England.
Mrs. Frank Leslie denies that she will
marry De Lenvilie. H. T. Atkinson's plan
ing mill and Carey Bros.' wall paper factory,
Philadelphia, burned; loss, 5300,000.
15 Harrison signs tho silver bilL Secretary
Blaine writes an open letter to Senator
Fryc. urging the importance of securing a
South American market for our tveadstuffs
and provision. James A. Simmons ar
rested in New York for abettlug Claassen
ami Pell, the bank wreckers. The Board
of National Mine Workers decides tn bring
damage suits agaiust the Dunbar Furnace
Company
15 The seven-story warehouse of the Security
Warehouse Companv, Minneapolis, burned,
causing a loss of $1,000,000. It is proposed
m Germany to con ert insurance companies
into State institutions. Charges of mis
management made in tbe House against
the Pcus'on Bureau. The Works of the
Columbia Iron and Steel Company of the
Pennsylvania Construction Company, at
Umontottn, sold to an EnglMi syndicate.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company se
cures control of the Chicago stack jards.
17 Members cl arged with the pennauent or
ganization ot tho World's Fair piouonnce
in favor of Sunday opening. Efforts being
made to wipe out original package houses
at Washington.
IS President Mencndez, of San Salvador, shot
and killed at a dance and a revolution fol
lows. James Anderson, who lives near
Wheeling, whinped by White Caps, against
whom he nlorrns, and they are indicted by
the grand jury.
19 Four million acres opened to settlement in
the Indian Territory. St. Louis hotel wait
ers go ont on a strike. John Wilson, for
merly a miner in Pennsyl vama,elected to the
British Parliameutas a Liberal. Mrs. Pres
ident Hamsun tbe central figure in a run
away at Cape May. but no one was hurt.
Prolcssor Campbell, of Buffalo, makes a
successful ascension of 3.000 feet with his
air ship. Small consumers at Chicago
compelled to pay at the rate of $20
and $25 per ton lor ice. Striking miners
at PauxSnta,ney give up the fight, but
their einplojeis will not take them back.
A tire in tbe Western Union building. New
York, paralyzes business and causes a loss
nf $1,000,000. A British fleet gathers on
Newfoundland waters to watch the French.
A number of deeds entered in the names of
the Harrison family at Glen .Echo Heights,
a Washington suburb.
20 Chauncey M. Depew in an English Inter
view says that free trade policy will ruin
that country. Rnssian authorities bent ou
establishing the orthodox faith banish
thousands of Jews. The American Customs
bill causes much discontent in France.
Camp John F. Hartranft opened at Mf
urctua. i- arm property in umo gone down
low according to tbe decennial appraise
ment ot land values.
21 The Standard Oil Company getting hold of
valuable lauds in Ohio.
22 War breaks out bctw een the Central Amer
ican Republics of San Salvador and Guate
mala. Senator Voorhees opens tbe debate
on the tariff hill. The COth anniversary of
Belgian independence and the 25th of the
reign of King Leopold celebrated at Brus
sels. Company K. Second Regiment, sent
home from Mr. Gretna for negligence and
had couduct.
S3 Free sngar advocates excited over the re
port that the Senate will radically change
that feature of tbe McKinley bill in ac
cordance with Blaine's views. The House
passes tho original package bill. -A com
pany organized in Franklin, Pa,, to seek oil
in Colorado. The iron plaut of Brown.
Bonnell & Co., of Youngstown, brings $700,
000 at Commissioner's sale.
211 be syndicate that has secured the Chicago
stock yards is after similar institutions In
the country. Chicago's City Council grants
the Use of the Lake Front for the World's
Fair. Glassware manufacturers in session
at Ashury Park. President H arrison sends
to Congress' the correspondence in relation
to the Behring Sea troubles. President
Harrison says the Cape May cottage was not
a gift and that he sent a check tor 10.000 to
the donors.
25 The strike of the cloakmaters in New York
Eettled-and 6.000 men return to work. A
Chicago importer figures that the window
glass manufacturers by raising prices too
much are losing 5130.0O0 in trade weekly.
President Harrison and Cabinet visit tiie
Mt. Gretna camp. Charles Russell, aged 21,
of Findlay, O, engaged to be married to
Anna Fried, elopes with her mother. At
tempt to cut off the Government appropria
tion to Catholic schools among the Indians
defeated in the Senate.
2& Engineers resurveyingthennfinisbed South
Pcnn, presumably lor the Pennsylvania.
Secretary Blaine writes another letter, re
newing his opposition to tbe McKinley bilL
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company to
transfer the end of its Pittsburg division,
from Twenty-eighth street to Walls. Lord
- Boyle. Earl of Shannon, fdr whom tbero has
been a long search, ho having fallen heir to
largo estates, found in the West, starts for
Ireland. -Philadelphia census enumerators
missed a block in that city containing
3,000 people. Roads centering in Chicago
propose to attack the ticket scalpers.
27 European powers striving for pieces of tbe
African continent. Tories surrender a pre
rogative of the Crown, while Gladstone op
poses tbe proposition, because It increases
the power of the House of Lords. ' Blaine's
" j cclprocity scheme not likely to pass Con
gress in a hurry, a combination having been
formed against it. Representative Cooper
makes serious charges against Commis
sioner Raum. The army at Buenos Ay res
revolts and overthrows tbeGovernment, tbe
t cause being tbe financial condition of the
country. Fred Douglass returns from
r llaytl ana denies that be was snubbed
by the people there.
Si The Insurgents In Buenos Ayres are gaining
ground, having defeated the Government
troops. Lady .Dunlo sued by ber Jiusband
for divorce confident of winning. Many
-errors in 'the census delay the count at
Washington.
2-The Boum Perm Railroad to.be built by
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the Vanderbilts and handed over to the
Pennsylvania, Ex-Postmaster Judson, of
Dayton, charged with defrauding the Gov
ernment of 2,443. Tho Edison .phono-,
graphs denonnced as disease breeders and
ordered from Fniladelphia's park. The
official report of -tho Relief Commission
of the Johnstown flood shows a balance
of $67,205 on hand of a total of 14,110,801 53
paid in.
SO Ilflnpt.il ntinrtnnpnmpnt ofv thrt end of the.
-Argentine Revolution followed by fight--j
mg. Pennsylvania iron men urged to visit
Washington and protest ascainst a reduction
lntbe metal schedules. Talk in Chicago of
making General Hastings Director Gen
eral nt the World's Fair.
31 Lord Dunlo fails to secure a divorce from
his wife. Miss Emma V. Sheridan, the act
ress, marries Alfred Brooke Fry, Chief En
Kineerof the. Boston postoffice. The Squad
ron of Evolution returns to New York after
an absence of cigbt months.
AUGUST.
1 A case decided in San Francises by which
Florence, the natural daughter ot Thomas
"H. Blytlie, was awarded, hts fortune, esti
mated at S4 003.000. The rmsfffico at New
port, R. 1 robbed of $40,000 worth oft
stamps. The original package um, as
agreed upon in conference, only applies to
liquor. Thousands of ibe Hebrew victims
ot Russian persecution beading for
America. North Dakota Republicans de
clare for reciprocity. A typhoid epidemic
raging at Wheeling, due to bad drinking
water.
2 Chicago upset over a scheme to sell the
lake front for business purposes after tbe
Exposition, Councils believing that it
would bring $500,000,000. while down town
business men say it would bankrupt them.
Mr. Blair surprises the Senate by intro.
dnclng .1 resolution for tbe adoption of the
gag rule. BlaiuesaysthatTeciprocity would
settle the tariff question. Peter Kinder
and-Jennie Barker, of Boone county. W.
Va., elope, but are pursued and captured
bvthe gill's father, who carried a shotgun.
The Beaver Valley over-run with original
package houses.
3 Gladstone enters a protest against the ap
pointment of aMinister to the Vatican. The
Emperor William hissed in the streets of
Ostind. Blair's motion for gag law laid to
rest. Thlrtv deaths reported from heat at
Chicago. The gray gelding Jack beats
Palo Alto at Detroit. Blame enjoys the
ocean breezes at Cape May as the guest of.
President Harrison. Mrs. Emily Branson
stops a passenger tram on the Boston and
Maine road just in tiino to sao it from
running into a lot of trees blown across tho
track.
4 Over 230,000 applications for pensions filed
under the new dependent law. Charles
Jjoring locked up at Chicago charged with
marrjiug five "women within six years.
Andrew Carnegie gives $50,000 for a free
library in the town of Ayr. Condition of
affairs in Samoa indicate another revolu
tion. 5 Blaine and Harrison hold secret confer
ences at Cape May. Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners of tbe United States
meet at Chicago. The New York Ce.itral
objects to interference from Knights of
Labor. Queen Victoria receives Emperor
William at Osborne House. 1,500 doctors
attend the International Medical Conven
tion at Berlin. National Triennial Canton
ment of Odd Fellows and Patriarchs Mili
tant at Chicago.
6 Chicago announced to be the second city in
population. President Colman of tho Ar
gentine Republic resigns. E. G. Bert, aSan
Francisco saloonkeeper, falls heir to $12.
000,000. A strange little worm destroys
hundreds of West Virginia bogs. Opening
of the Seventeenth Annual Chautauqua As
sembly. ,
7 Four Republican Senators join the Demo
, crats in an attempt tocutdown the tariff on
iron. The official rough count gives Penn
sylvania a population ot5.312.003. Salisbury
takes a rose colored view of the condition of
Europe Dallas, tbe Pittsburg horse, wins
tbe pacing rath at Buffalo. Firemen s
tournament at Butler a great success.
8 The Road Commission meets at Titusville
and Colonel Carter advocates tho adoption
ot a new system ot highway supervision.
Republicans decide not to allow other busi
ness to interfere with the tariff bill. Mr.
Hoar introduces a substitute for tbe House
election bill. Lord and Lady Dunlo, tub
central figures In the recent Loudon di
vorce suit; make up. Over 170,000 men in
Wales go on a strike. Colonel George R.
Davis, a well-known Republican ot Illinois,
candidate for Director General of the
World's Fair. Tenny outrun by Firenzl at
Monmouth.
9 Tbe Behring Sea dispute will probably be
settled by arbitration. General Badeau's
,' name stricken from tbe army rpll. Great
suffering reported in Oklahoma. Business
on the New York Central and Vanderbilt
lines tied up on account of a strike ot em
Ploves, caused by discharge of Knights of
Labor. Claimed that Buck Swing will de
sert the Players League. A Ne. fork
priest swindled out of the savings of years.
10 The result of the .big railroad strike de
pends bu the reservo power of the K. of L.'
Representative O'Donnell, of MIchigau
falls heir to a Spanish fortune of $2,500,000.
Mill Loiter, of Chicago, the reputed
heiress, takes London by storm. Mr. Hoar
introduces tbe Republican caucus .resolu
tion providing for the previous question in
the upper branch of Congress. Tho will ot
John H. Irwin, the wealthy inventor of
Media, Pa,, who letthis money to his be
trothed, to be contested. The Kaiser in
specting the English army and navy. A
$75,000,000 scheme on foot to bridge the
Noith river at New York.
11 Fears that the railroad strike will extend
Y est. J. F. Ulncli charged with bigamy
at Newark by a woman who says she mar
ried him in Pittsburg. The receivers of the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal for the District
of Columbia have entered a protest against
its sale. Politics in Chicago control the
police force.
12 A lottery law certain to be enacted by
Congress. The Philadelphia. Harrisburg
and Pittsburg Railway organized at Harris
burg. The strike on the New York Central
practically over and all pissenge- trains are
running. A spontaneous natural gas explo
, Mon causes a great upheaval near Shelby
ville. Ind. Carnegie refuses to answer any
census questions except those on the popu
lation schedule. Palo Alto wins the free-for-all
at Buffalo.
13 Michael Davitt tells of the horrors caused
by potato blight in Ireland. The Grand
Army Encampment in Boston tbe greatest
ever held. Canadians in the Northwest
alarmed at the immigration of Mormons.
Select Knights of A. O U. W. of Penus.vl
vanla withdraw f rom'ibe Supreme Legion.
Tenny beaten at Monmouth by Sal va tor.
14 Dr. Stepbensou. of Adrian. Mich., loses $3i,
000 at poker in Beilin and commits suicide.
England excited over the Hebrew persecu
tions in Russsia. A few firemen on tbe
New York Central quit. The strike of the
2,000 miners in tbe Irwin coal field S'ill on.
Celebration of tbe centennial of the Service
Theological Seminary.
14 Plumb proposes a bounty instead ot a dutv
on tin plate, .Porter thinks that 64,OJ0.060
of population jnst about right. Stated that
the Pone is urenaiinir to anit Rome. lip.
cause of tbe att.1tnde.9f the Italian Govern
ment. Nearly 52,000,)00 worth of whisky
destroyed by fire at Louisville.
16 Fresh predictions of distress among the
poor ot Ireland because of the potato
blight. The President sends to tbe Senate
information concerning the refnsal of
France to admit American pork. Tho site
question still ' bothering the World's Fair
Directors.
17 Workingmen of Belgium threaten to strike
it they are not granted the ballot. Senator
Quay asks leave to reintroduce his resolu
tion to lay aside-the force bill and go on
with the tariff, but objection is made.
Pinkerton men lire on a crowd at Albany,
causing great excitement. Mansbeld
miners turn out in force to hear addresses
in favor of an eight-hour day. Irishmen
want Jjihn Boyle O Reiliy's body buried in
his mother country. .
18 Tho Pennsylvania Farmers''Alliance gains
great strength in the past year. Dunngi a
riot caused by the railroad strike at Albany
15 Pinkerton men and 5 citizens were
.wounded. Seven train robbers bold np tbe
Kansas City limited nn the Missouri Pacific
and secure $90,000. Chicago glass men wor
ried over tbe McKinley bill. Mrs. Grant
has no objection to the burial of her hus
band's remains lu Washington If the rest of
the family can finally be laid beside them.
Tbe American Farmers' Encampment opens
at Mt. Gretna.
IB Dalton, the aquatic "American, swims from
France to Folkestone. The Mississippi Con
stitutional Convention worried over how
best to take tho franchise from colored
men. The Pennsylvania Company gets con
trol of the Beavers Valley Marginal road.
Inspector Greer's annual report upon the
Soldiers Orphans' Schools of the State re
veals a satisfactory condition of affairs.
20 An awful storm sweeps over Wilkesbarre
aud other parts of Central Pennsylvania,
wrecking hundreds of houses. killiugSO or
more people and Causing enormous damage
to property. Sqnatters on State lands in
Ohio which have developed oil and gas to
be bounced. Hundreds of clergy and titled
gentry attend the funeral of Cardinal New
man. Windowglass houses to resume oper
ations on September 15. Coal miners to de-
' niand an eight-hour a. day next May. An
nual session of the Grand Lodge ot Pythias
at Rcadlnc. '
21 Thirty-ninth antihal meeting of tho Ameri
can Association for the Advancement of
Science meets at Indianapolis. Great ex
citement In London over a report of a case
ot Asiatic cholera in that city. New
Yorkers protest against tbe removal of
Grant' body. Chielsot tbe four united or
ders of railroaders to meet and decide upon
the strike situation. According to census
returns .Pennsylvania leads the United
States In tbe mauufacture of pig iron.
22 New York stock brokers fail to get accom
modation even by offering nearly cent per
,- cent. Texas fever breaks ont among cattle
near Ashtabula.' 75,000peoplo attend the
farmer's camn at M L.- Gretna.
23 Hopes tof Peace held out by the leading'.
js.uiEUis-01 jjauora wuu uiiK uu iuo atrie
, situation. Engineers and firemen at the
Chicago stock yards strike for, higher
wages. RuhenStern-andBernhardt to come
to tbe United States onstnrring tours. Palo
Alto defeats Jack in tho $5,000 match race
at Chicago. 'Demands- of Chicago carpen
ters refused and a strike Imminent.
24 A breach of promise suit brought by Miss
Kuowles, ar LontloD, against the manager
of a matrimonial agency is cansing much
uneasiness among a certain class of the
English nobility. Supreme Council of the
United Order of Railway Employes in
.session at Trre Haute considering tho
strike. A railroad to be built in the bed of
the Chesapeakn and Ohio Canal. The
Wheeling Terminal Company organized in
opposition to tile Union Bridge and Ter
minal Company. Senatqrs Fryo and Hate
come ont strong for reciprocity.
2i-The United -States making arrangements
)to exchange meteorological observations
with different points ;in Europe. Dr. J. H.
Baxter nominafed for Surgeon General nf
the arm v. The thermometer drops to 51
in New York. "Ddrtnga riot in tbe theater
1 at Cered", near Huntingdon, one man was
shot and several badly beaten. Ancient
Tennessee copper rnines to be worked by a
syndicate. The Baltimore and Ohio be
coming an active competitor for Chicago
business.
26 Completion ot -the tuhnel beneath the
St. Clair river, between Port Huron and
Sarnia. A committee in session at Saratoga
working on the Presbyterian Confession of
Faith. The Supreme Council ot Railroad
Employes at Terre Haute officially indorse
tho Central strike, hut will do nothing
further because the "Knights aro not con
nected with tbe Federation of Railroad
Employes. The famous 4-year-old Tenny
fails to break the record at Brighton Beach.
Plate glass workers throughout the country
form National Trades-Assembly of K. of L.
27 A complete tie-Up of all Chicago railways
liable to result from the stock yards
trouble. A ndinbor of original package
men on trial at Washington. Pa. Ten thou
sand make an assaulcon Socialistic meet
ing at Berlin. Scene qt confusion lit the
House over Reed's efforts to count a quo
- rum. A movement on foot at Wheeling to
run a competing railroad through the heart
of the coke fields. ,The Grangers' picnic
opens at Williams' Grove. McVicker's
Theater, Chicago, detroyed by fire.
28 Two New Jersey Congressmen come to
blows in the Hohse; adtszraceful scene. It
is believed that the exKbedivo of Egypt
has been disposed of by poison at Constanti
nople. English capitalists tryipgto buy big
Eastern cotton mills. New men take tbe
place of the strikers at the Chicago stock
yards. Chauncey F. Black talks to tho
Grangers about ballot reform. Coal miners
at Aitoona refuse to change the working
scale. '
29 A young Austrian lieutenant kills his
" sweetheart because he could not wed, and
- then suicides. By the use of tankships
American petroleum is distancing Russian
competition. Officers' on the retired list
drawing pensions in violation of law. The
eight-hour bill passed by the House.
Nearlv all the desperadoes indicted for
murder in Perry county. Ivy., captured and
lodged in jail. Delamater .talks to tho
farmers at William!' Grove. Salvatnr
makes arailo in l:35atMonmoutb. senator
Aldrich proposes a reciprocity plan.
30 A fire in London destroys a great deal of
property. Edmoridsntrodnces a resolu
tion providing for adjournment September
19 aud meet again November 10. Carlisle
feels it bis dpty to ask for fre wool.
Dallas, tho Pittsburg pacer, wini the $4,000
stake at Hartford. The President's family
took possession of their cottage at Cresson.
Mrs. Dangerfield, a popular society woman,
beaten 'by Ned Jllunt at Asbury Park.
President Rae, of. the miners' organization,
writes a letter to tbe operators at Irwin
station, asking them to settle the strike
Collapse of tho Chicago stock yards' strike.
31 A serious dispute reported between the
Pope and the Parnellltes'. An outlaw at
ticks a paymaster near Cincinnati who has
10,000 in his possession, but upon being
fired at runs away. A.combination of shot
minufacturers formed. Assistant Post
master Gerferal Clarkson quits the posi
oflice after having made a record of 30,000
appointments. Belmont's horse Potomac
wins tbe futurity stakes -ot 870,000. Tbe
parishuners of Rev. M. C. Lockwood, of
Cincinnati, the chief candidate on Ihe Pro
hibition ticket, recuest him to resign.
SKPTEJIBER.
1 Gcncial Jose. M. Barruudi.i murdered on
board the Pacific- Mail steamer Acapulco by
the authorities of Guatemala. Destructive
floods In the Tyrof have rendered many
families homeless. Mrs. M- B. Woodwarn,
a female evangelist holdiug.fnrth to audi
ences numbering 10,000 at St. Lnuis. and se
curing 100 converts a, night. New Jersey
winduw-glas factories resume operations.
2 Veterans in camp at Gettysburg dedicate a
numberof monuments-. Congressman Siny
ser, of Ohio, one of 5he committee appointed
to invcstigatePension Commi$iionerKanm,
turns out to be a partner of that gentleman
in tbe very transaction 'Under suspicion.
Fivo hundred delegates attend the labor
congress at Liverpool. Henry George re-,
turns to New York from Europe.
3 British vessel owners with a capital of 100,
000,000 combino to resist tbe progress of the
spirit ot trades unionism. Ex-Governor
curtin speaks at the, dedication ot Gettys
burg "monuments. "Western glass manu
facturers trying to form a combine to keep
up present prices. Silverman, tho original
package mau, sent to jalL The Single-Tax
Convention meets at New York.
4 Edmunds and Evarts opposed to Secretary
Blaine's reciprocity scheme. The Sheriff ot
Deadwood, S. D., udder the new prohibition
law, takes possession of the liquor saloons.
Tho Western window glass manufacturers
discuss a scheme to distributo the trade
equitably through a central agency. O. S.
Campbell defeats H. W. Slocum in the big
tennis contest at Newport. Membrino
Maid wins the SS.OOO'st.lke at the Springflel-1
Grand Circuit, The Single Tax Convention
at New York wrangling over the Govern
ment control of railroads.
5 A manifesto has been Issned by tbe Ar
menian Revolutionary party appealing for
a revolt to avengethe outrages perpetrated
by the Turks. Reported at Conuellsville
that the H.CFrick Company is preparing
to bring suit for $100,000 damages against
the men at the Standard works now on
strike for violation of the wage, contract.
Sunol and 'Palo Alto fail to break their
record at Philadelphia.
ft General Antonio Macoo sailed from Cuba
for fear that he w ould foment another revo
lution. The Harrison family, including tho
President, in their cottage at Cresson. The
Wlutuey & Stevenson gasser at SsmDle
station struck by lightning- and causes the
throwing up of a fiery column. The report
of the New York State Board of Arbitration
on Central strike cannot be officially made
until about Christmas.' Two women, one
American and the ottiefFrench. arrested at
Pans while about to fight a duel. ,
7 The Trades Union; Congress at Liverpool
comes out for tbe Rpcedy organization of
female workers in Englaud aud America,
In a London theater. Whistler, tbe artist,
attacked Editor Moore,-nt a society paper,
causing quite a row. General Boulaugcr
. to spend the winter in Italy.
8 Gas fields of niobably wide extent discov
ered in Washington county. Great prepa
rations in Sweden for receiving the body of
Ericsson.
9 Republican Scnatorskick over the tariff
bill and refuse to allow a vote to he taken
until they havo fUIlv discussed the recipro
city amendment. Tho dockers at South
ampton out on a strike. President Harri
son makes a.' visit to Lorctto. Lemon, the
pension attorney before the Raum Investi
gating Committee.
10 The Senate adbpts the amendment to the
tarill mil mr reciprocity on a very limited
scale; Edmunds and Evarts voting against
tbe scheme. The World's Fair Directors
agree upou tbe dual site of tbe Lake
Front aud Jackson Parkas tbe place for
locating the Exposition. The police at
Southampton defeated by tbe dock rioters
and the military are palled out. Chicago
rejoicing at tbe prospect of soon obtaining
a supply of natural gas from Pittsburg.
11 The Senate passes the tariff bill by a strict
party Tote aud it goes to a Conference Com
mittee. Soventh annual reunion of tbe
Northwestern Pennsylvania Association of
the G. A. R. at TitnSyllle. English gun
boats ordered to Southampton to stop the
rioting of the dock strikers. P. Alexander
Johnstone, at Chicago, drives blindfolded
in his carriagoithlougb the streets of the
city and finds a namo secretly selected by
others In a hotel register.
12 The Tool Trust In trouble over its Inability
to control the scythe market. Tho revela
tions of political corruption In Franco at
tending the Boulangist meeting become as
tounding, involving nearly evory class in
the country.. Tbe House to discuss the
tariff bill at length. Wall street at fever
heat owing to violent market fluctuations
In tbe price ot cereals. Cardinal Gibbons
in a letter sajs that religion, as well as edu
cation, is necessary to make good and use
ful citizens of tfin colored men.
IS Charged iu Londou'tbat Jlrs. Hessenberg,
daughter of 3 prominent New York mer
rhant,bas eloped with Jamcs-BIgwood, M.P.
Quay secures tho adoption of the order ot
business which trill govern the Senate tbe
remainder of the session. A special election
to be called throughout Canada to consider
tho question of reciprocal trade relations
with United Stares. Prince .George, son of
the Prince ot Wales, gets Into a fight at
Montreal and is arrested, but released when
hi identity was' disclosed. Strikers in the'
coal regions about Scottdale deCilo to re
turn to work. -Heavy xains around Mercer
swell tbo streams so as to cut oft all railway
communication. - Franklin N-DicKson, ' a
young Philadelphia lawyer, arrested for
swindling the' Sexennial League out of
about 310,000. W; Hi Harrison, ot Ohio, ar
rested in Alabama for pension swindles
amounting to $10,OOQT
14 McDermott, the Informer, in London, pro
fesses to fear for Ills lire, which Davitt says
no one wants..' Crusade in, London against
- capital tmnlohmeut. -Quay surprises the
. Senate by delivering a formal aud powerful
culbgy of Samuel OVRaudalL The President
and becretary'dftho- Treasury, alarmed
i&' .
-J - -- i-: 1S,' L " .-"MIW
over the money situation t New York,
'consider the suspension of customs duties
and will do all in their power to averta
panic. The strikers at the Standard Coke
Works, Scottdale, return to work at tbe old
rates. The Western window glass men form
a trust to keep up prices, each plant to re
tain its individuality and sell all its prod
ucts to the cedtraTorganization.
15 Secretary Wlndom lssnes a call for S16,
000,000 worth of Us. Prince Bismarck fast
being relegated into obscurity, imposing
ceremonies held over Ericsion's body at
Stockholm, General D. H. Hastings a candidate-for
Director General of tbe World's
Fair. Colored men debarred from tho Mary
land Law School. Oregon wants ber popu
lation recounted. w
IB A nms Lewis, a wealthy saflmaker, of Som
ers Point, N. J:, marries Annie Ripley, of
Atlantic City, after a courtship of two min
utes. Grand Lodge I. O. O. F.. meets at
Topeka, Kan, Statistics show a decrease of
Irish recruits in the British army. The
Southampton dock' strike followed by a
lockout. The tariff bill rushed through the
House in two hours, all the Senate amend
ments being lost, and a conference commit
tee ordered.
17 The actual effort for the completion of tba
tariff bill really just begun in conference
committee. .Cincinnati and Louisville to
bacco warehouses propose to combine.
Effort being . made to save the Nicely
brothers through the contealion of John
Beach, one 01 the alleged murderers of,
Umberger. Jimmy Carroll knocks out
Andv Bowen in 21 roands at New Orleans.
The Senate passes the anti-lottery bill with
out a dissenting vote.
lS-R, Gardner Chase &' Co.. bankers and
brokers, of Boston, fall for S2, 000, 000, caused
1 by.tight money. In 30 days the Treasury
pays out $05, 000, OOOmore than the receipts.
Louis James and Marie Wainwrigbt, the
actor and actress, said to havo parted i or
eer.' President Harrison visits Johnstown
and Greensburg.
19 An armor plate test, af Annapolis proves
satisfactory to Secretary Tracy. Mayor
Grant will have tbe police to Recount New
York City. Rioting in Portugal by those
who want to have a repnbiic formed. Dil
lon and O'Brien arrested" to prevent their
proposed American tour. Qompers says
the strike on the New York Central was
badly conducted. United States Secret
Service agents are in Canada looking for
counterfeiters. Paxtang Church.near Har
risburg, celebrates Its one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary. Trustees tor the bond
holders of tbo Chesapeake and Ohio canal
attempt to save the property by taking tbe
case into court.
20 Preparations being made for the trial or J.
Reginild Bircball at Woodstock. Ont, for
the murder of Fred C. BenwelL Many ar.
rests of Irish leaders under tb.0 coercion
act. New Orleans authorities decline to al
low any more prize fights there. General
George it Davis chosen Director General
or the World's Fair.
21 Senate and House conferees still apart on
tbe tariff bill. .Troubles over the Chicago
fair prompt tbe appointment of a Con
gressional investigating commission. A
movement in Austria to bring concerted
action against the McKinley bill. Stories
of mortgage-ridden farms deserted In Kan
sas. Harrison greeted bv thousands on bis
trip through several Pennsylvania mining
towns.
22 startling stories about the slave trade in
the South Sealslandsj The Presbyterian
, Church at, Poke Run, Pa., celebrates its
centennial.
23 Ttventyeighth anniversary of negro eman
cipation celebrated Iu Boston by the old
Abolitionists. Stated that three now Car
dinals are to be created, one each for Eng
land, Scotland and America. English
police arrest Slavln and McAuliffo and
stop the fight. Tho Fair Commission
finally secure Washington and Jackson
Parks for the Exposition. Tho trial ot
Bii chall for the murder of Benwell begun
at Woodstock. Ont.
24 Three men try to rob the People's Bank at
Lebanon, but are thwarted by a young
woman. Mr. Morley examining destitution
in Ireland to prepare arguments ttjat will
influence legislation for relief. President
Harrison aud family leave Cresson for
Washington. The National Council ot tbo
Irish National League denounces tho arrest
of O'Brien and Dillon. Three-fourths ot
Colon destroyed by fire.
25 Mi'o aael Davitt charges a Government con
spiracy to crush Parnell and the cause nf
Ireland with one blow. A suit for 8816.345
under the anti-discrimination law of 1SS5
brought in Philadelphia against the Peon
svlvama Railroad Company.
26 Hitch iu tbe tariff tho only thing prevent
ing tbe immediate close of tbe session. The
trial of Dillon and O'Brien began at Tip
perary, where tbe police made an attack n
the crowd. Delegates to the meeting ot the
American Iron and Steel Institute meeting
arrive at New York from Europe. Another
unsuccessful attempt to open tun burning
Hill Farm mine. A plot against Presidont
Diaz culminates in au attempt to assassi
nate him. A rounty-seat fight between thj
towns of Boston and Springfield, Baca
county, Col., results in not and bloodshe 1.
27 Stated that the local Board of Inquiry at
' Johnstown has 'decided' to publish the
names of the beneficiaries as a private
speculation, against which the Flood Com
mission protests. Samuel J. Randall left
property valued at only $5,000. Slavin
knocks out McAulllfe at Loudon In two
rounds, lasting six minutes. Suits brought
against oil men to compel them to stop pol
luting river water. No signs of a break in
the Irwin strike and hewcomers are in
duced to leave. Tbe tariff conference
committee completes the bill and it is re-
Sorted to the House and passed. Governor
ampbell asked to remote the Cincinnati
Board of Public Improvements.
28 Rlchatd K. Fox offers to back Sullivan or
$25,000 against Slavin. An attempt is foiled
to wreck tbe limited express near Alliance.
Superintendent of the Census Porter goes
to Europe to recuperate The United States
and France negotiating for a reciprocity ar
rangement. 29 The present session of Congress, the longest
and llvllest ever held. Oil City has plenty
of gas for fuel and light. Over 200 mem
bers of tbe British Iron and Steel Institute
arrive in New York. Fowler Bros, packing
house, at Chicago, destroyed by fire; loss,
$600,000. .,
30 The leading steel men of thetwo continents
meet at New York. Work on the natural
gas line to Chicago suspended for lack of
right nf way. The book containing the list
of sufferers by the Johnstown flood issued.
Bircli.tll convicted of murder and sentenced
to be hanged. Paddock, of Nebraska, says
be will vote agalnsl tho tariff bill. John
Jarrntt arrives from Europe and calls at
Republican headquarters in Philadelphia.
OCTOBER.
1 Tbe Senate passes tbe tariff bill by a vote
of 33 to 27, Paddock, Pettigrew and Pluinh
voting with the Demociats. Shocks of
earthquake felt at Mount Hollv, N. J. An
appeal to Americans to help tbe poor nf
Ireland. Twenty-sixth annual convention
of tbe State Sabbath schools atNcw Castle.
Governor Campbell speaks at the laying of
the corner stone of tbe Y. M. C. A. building
at Youngstown, O. Slavin and McAulllfe
put under heavy bonds for prize fighting.
2 Tho President signs the tanff bill aud Con
gress adjourns. The minority report of the
Ranm investigating committee severely
criticises the Commissioner, while the ma
jority will not report until tbe next session.
James L. Wheat, Postmaster of the House
of RopijBsentath es. bcunced for crooked
ness The Iron and Steel Institute discuss
capital anil labor. Pittsburg M. K Confer
ence meets at Greensburg. Sir Thomas
Freakts In a London polico court for assault
ing Edward C. Gibson, and robbing him of
a lady's letter.
3 The appeal isjued in America for the Irish
sutlereis draws forth tbe anger of the
British Tories. Tbo Socialists of Oermauy
declare that all questions of war and peace
should bo decided bv tho people. A num
ber of clerical errors found in the new tariff
bill. 'Reported from Philadelphia that
Cnuotess Virginia Knox Monterroli Is to
go on the stage, Toeioer defeats Uanlan at
East Liverpool. Oil producers at a meeting
at Butler decldo to organize under tho
limited partnership plan.
4 The Comte de Pari-, arrives at New York
accompanied by bis son and is welcomed by
old soldier comrades. Postmaster General
.Wauamaker to enforce tho new lottery law
with all the stringency possible. "Governor
Thomas, of Utah, tniuks Cnngress should
pass more stringent laws than those on tho
statute books. Dr. Richard T. Ely, of
. Johns "Hopkins University, believes that
under Government management railroads
would be more useful and that a source ot
political corruption would be removed.
5 Cramp fc Sons, the Philadelphia ship build,
crs, get the contract for the construction
of two coast-tine battle ships. Eastern
merchants squeezing late furelgn goods
through tbe custom houses under the1 old
tariff. Cincinnati goes into the hands of
the Players' League. The Frlck Coke Com
pany tiles charges against the labor leaders.
The visttlng iron and sf-'el men see the
sights in Philadelphia.
ft Secretary Tracy to consult with representa
tives of the leading concerns of the country
with a view to quickly getting steel for tbe
cewwar8hips. Newark, N. J., authorities
glre Herr Most half a'u hour to leave the
city. Germany, Austria and Italy propose
to adopt a limited reciprocity Two Ala
bamamen who were swindled by New York
green goods men call on tho latter with pis
tnlsaud secure $1,700 of genuine money.
Fivo thousand oro miners at isbpemlng,
Mich., strike, for higher wages. Startling
charges made regarding tbe boodlers In tho
Cincinnati city government. Mr.. Wana
makcr details his plan for a postal tele
graph. 7 The Mormon Church accepts Woodruffs
manifesto forbidding any marriages in vio
lation ot the laws or tbe land. Rumors of
serious trouble in the ranks of ParneU's
party. Thetrlalof West for tbe mnrder
or the Crouch family begun at Washington,
Pa, Harry Marsb, convicted at Ebensburg
ot killing his sweetheart, sentenced to be
hangedl TheCointode Paris visits Gen.
eral McClellan's tomb near Newton. Tories
-SN-N to. ' $
still attacking tbe famine fund as a cohti
c&l sellout fi
8 James Black. Inspector of Coal Mines for
the Seventh bituminous district, makes,
manyrecommendatlons for the safety of
miners. Convention ot the Catholic Young
Men's NationaLUnlon meets at Washing
ton. The State Revenue Commission proposes to
divide till real estate Into three classes for
purposes of assessment. Franco to increase
her tariff and make concessions to nations
' that return the favor. United Presbyte
rian Synod, ot Ohio, In session at Wooster.
President Harrison attends tbe rennion ot
his old command at Galesburg, 111. Celebra
tion of the centennial of Roolnson Run
Church at Mansfield Valley.
10 Another attempt at Cincinnati to Stop beer
selling on Snnday falls. National League
baseballlsts devising plans to end tbe figbt.
Talk revived at Washington about an extsa
cession. Vice President Morton orders the
sale of liquor stopped at his Washington
hotel and the guests began to leave. Eras
tus Wiman says Canada favors reciprocity.
Harrison receives an ovation on his West
ern tobr. The New York police recount
shows an increase over tbe census ot 62,731,
with many districts to hear from.
11 Dillon and O'Brien jump their bail and sail
for America,' Justice of the Supreme Court
Samuel' F. Miller stricken by paralysis.
Tbe New York police census figures nearly
200,000 ahead. wanaraaker unablo to find
a suitable man for superintendent of malls.
12 A lodging-bouse keeper of London thinks
that she unwittingly harbored Jack the
Ripper. The engagement between Winnie
Davis and Alfred Wilkinson declared off
by the bride on account of her health. Two
women who arrived at New York from
London have drafts cashed to the amount
of $95,000 on a broken bankand are arrested.
IS Patrick Gill, M. P.. at New York tells of
the woes ot Ireland. Governor Campbell
demands tbe resignations of .the members
of the Cincinnati Board of Public Improve
ment. American. mines unable to supply
the demand for lead,and it is imported from
Mexico.
It Frenchmen demand retaliatory measures
. against the- McKinley bill. French Cana
dians disenss n public reception for the
Count of Paris. Charter of the American
Window Glass Company issued.
15 Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the New York
Vtirld, retires owing to ill health. Socialists
hold great meetings at Halle, Amsterdam
aud Calais. The two baseball clubs of New
-York consolidate, Powderly asks tho
Knights ot Labor to decide by their ballots
the position of tbe order.
16 Some relief niay be necessary, but no actual
" famine is feared in Ireland this winter.
Over 500 Italians land at New York with a
-total fortune of $72. Boston's Aldermen
decide to stop the presentation of tbe
"Clemenceau Case."
17 Naval steel makers say they could supply
ship builders sooner it tbe tests were not
too hard. United mine workers striving to
advance wages in districts where they are
below the standard. The strikers at Scott
dale file their plea of defense to the suit for
breach of contract. The B, G. Peters Lum
ber and Salt Company at Manistee, Mich.,
fails for several millions.
IS The Prince of Wales said to be serionsly
sick. Tho United States Circuit Court, at
Topeka. decides nat original packages can.
be sold until the Legislature again passes
the cold-water measnre. Man arrested at
San Francisco for selling duplicate bell
punches, to street car conductors. Jefferson
Davis visits Washington for the first time
since 1865. '' '
19 Anthony Comstock breaks up a number of
greengoods dens in New York. The city of
New Orleans aroused over tbe Hennessey
murder aud a committee of safety is
created. Marion Manola. the actress, to
wed John B. Mason, of tbe Boston Museum.
English capitalists considering the pro
priety of laying another Atlaatlc cable. The
great German Socialist Congress, at Halle,
adjourns. Prominent Philadelphia busi
ness and'professiunal men favor keeping
tho granting of licenses in the hands of the
Judges.
20 New Orleans authorities make wholesato
arrests of suspected Italians. Kaiser Will
iam has a plan to erect bouses of tbe best
possiblematerial for the benefit of laborers.
By tbe bravery of Engineer Burns, of a
Lake Shore train, near Erie, a terrible
disaster was averted, but several persons
were badly hurt. Broker Samuel W.Lewis,
of New York, arrested for robbing his wife
of $47,000.- :
21 John Marchel, of Forest City, Pa., sells bis
wire to Stephen Muskar for $115. Indians
in South Dakota starving to death wbilo
waiting for tho Mes'iab. Only wool and
wine affected by the new tariff, and France
cried out berore hurt. Presbyterian Synod
'of Pennsylvania in session at Wheeling.
Cuba wants to enter into reciprocal rela
tions. 22 Actual starvation said to prevail in County
Cork. Three Americans, a man and. two
women, arrested iu London for swindling
jewelers. Iowa original package men keep
up the ifight agatns; tbe State law. At
Philadelphia Robert G. IngersoU pays a
glowing tribute to Walt Whitman. Penn
sylvania Federation of Labor Unions or
ganizes to advance trade legislatiori. Sec
retary of the Interior opposes the salary
grabs in connection witli the World's Fair.
23 Boulanger says ho refused au offer of
1,000,000 francs to appear on the American
stage. Virginia Knox brings suit for
divorce against her Italian spouse. Law
rence, Kan., women pray in front of an
original package place, but onlv succeed in
booming the man's trade. Tbe Non-partisan
W. C. T. U. becomes the W. C. T. Alliance,
and they adopt a constitution. Secretary
Rusk thinks that Eugland will shortly ad
mit American live stock free.
24 Stanley accused in London of pocketing
money intended for Emin's relief. New
York importers believe they have found a
flaw in the tariff, and will take the case to
court. Western Republicans talking over
the vacancy on the United States Supreme
Beech. George Nixon knocks out Johnny
Murphy in S9 rounds at Providence, R, I.
25 Count di Montercoli, in prison at Philadel
phia, becomes a munomanlac and asserts
that his food has been poisoned. More
than $1,000,000 worth of Government prop
erty dfStrojod bv a fire at tbe -Mare Island
Navy Yard. Banker E. D. Morgan's steam
yacht wrecked.aud'he makes a narrow
escape. Socialism growing rapidly among
the coke region Germans. Storm at Atlantic
City causes great damage to property.
26 The Irish delegates sail from France for
America. Stanley called upon to answer
the charges in Barttelot's book of corre
spondence. .At. Reading Rev. Martin L.
Fritcu sentenced to jail for stealing pen
knives. Tin! Italian Cousul at New Orleans
appeals to Blaine for protection for his
countrymen. Charles W. Robinson, stock
broiler at Brockton, Mass., forges note3 for
3100.000 and skips.
27 Irish Bishops call on the English Govern
ment to relieve Ireland's distress, and
check an impending calamity. Philadel
phia barDers organize for the purpose of
haying tho blno laws ot 1794 modified. A
million dollars' worth of cotton destroyed
by fire at Mobile, The 90th birthday of
General Von Moltke celebrated through
out Germany.
28 Threatening acts of Indians in the North
west canse gravo iears of an outbreak.
Mayor Mosby, of Cincinnati, will go ahead
and appoint a new Board of Public Im
provements. Stanley and hiswife start for
America.-
29 Troup, of the Stanley expedition, says that
it was boodle, not glory, that led tbe ex
plorer into the center of Africa. Speaker
Reed's rulincs on tiie tariff as to a quorum
questioned bylNew York iin orters. Gen
eral Grierson advocates keeping the bad
Indians by themselves. Political liberty
what the newly organized Non-Partisan
Women's Christian Temperance Union de
si". , "
30 A daughter of Representative Butterworth
weds Haughwalt Brown at Washington on
his death bed. Miss Lizzie Phelp3. of Bing
Uamton, N. Y..with SIOU.WM, weds tbe fam
ily coachmau.
31 Cuban tobacco men knock at Uncle Sam's
door with a strong appeal for reciprocity.
Nickel steel armor to be 'nrthcr tested by
the navy. Frank P. Slavin coming to
America to challenge John L. Sullivan.
Stanley asserts that Troup's charges
against him are vague. z
NOVEMBER.
1 Two Scotchmen ascend the immense height
of Mount Edal and verify the Bible narra
tive. Judgo Caldwell ut Little Rock pro
nounces the act of Congress and State pro
hibitory laws valid. Vvilkinsburg schools
almost deserted on account of dread of
diphtheria. Explorers still at work ou the
Hill Farm mine..
2 Two raenenter,a,Mcadville express office,
and, overpowering the agent, get away with
several thousand dollars. Stanley's refusal
to tell anything arouses terrible suspicions
in London. The new French duties said to
be worse tbau those of the McKinley bill.
Gilpin's scheme to bridge Behring Straits
pronounced feasible. Judge Cox at Wash
ington hears the appeal against the Chesa
peake and Obio Canal Company. The
Northwest xcitet over the Indian dances.
3-J)illon. O'Brien and their comrades arrive at
New York. Large consignment of Amer
ican pork seized. In, Germany.
4 Methodist Bishous nrODose tbe building nf
a National University at Washington. They
local Finance cnmmltcoe nt jonnstown uas
$13,323 20 of the flood fond left.
5 The revenuo cutter Bear, cruising in Eeh
ring Sea for seal poachers. Kingston, tbe
racer, bought by F.hll Dwyer for 530.C0U.
Rev. Dr- Crosby charges a lew York police
captain with collecting $70,000 blackmail.
6 Claimed tbat spies are shadowing tbe Irish
leaders Dillon and O'Brien.
7 The Irish leaders hare a big reception at
Philadelphia. Prof. Koch's patients
lipund to secrecy about his plan of treat,
nient. Stauley replies to the charges of his
enemies and tells some startling tales of
crueiiy:
8 Stanleymakes a completestalement for tbe
benefit ot the public. A river bed in Csli.
fornlafor au Immense store of gold. Tbe
Government refuses to interiere In the case
'pt Bircball. Mrs. RIordau arrested at Lon
teimw.
don for attempting to kill Dr. Frank-Bright,
Master of University College, Oxford. Two
American girls at Ann Arbor run away
and marry Japanese students. Filcmaker,
champion ot tbe jumping horses, clears 7
feet lJi inches. Desertions from tbe army
during the last 12 months were hundreds
less than last year. Director General
Davis, of the World's Fair, issues A letter
calling on the National Commission to stir
up State Legislatures.
9 Patrick Ford, posing as a switchman, ar
rested in Chicago for systematic robbing of
cars. Harrison issues Ills Thanksgiving
proclamation. Lieutenant Troup replies to
and denies several of Stanley's charges.
Wet potatoes said to be the only food of
the starving Irish. A syndicate proposes to
construct a ship.
10 William Bonney corroborates all that Stan
ley revealed. Two thousand friends or tbe
Haymarket rioters celebrate their execu
tion. The daughter-in-law of murdered
millionaire Knell wants to know why Tas
cott has not been arrested. Tbe American
Committee for the Relief of Famine in
Ireland temporarily withdraws its appeal.
Johnstown horse dealers robbed by moun
tain brigand'. Danfnrth and Brennan fight
eight rounds, when darkqess stops hostili
ties. U A big slnmp.in stocks caused by Ihe actton
of the Bank of England and expert manip
ulation. Troup talks again of the horrible
charges of cannibalism against Jameson.
Tho arbitrators in the discharged Frick em
ploye's case say be should bo taken back to
work. Dillo'i and O'Brien have a big; re
ception at New York.
12 The financial storm canses a number of
failpresat New York. Kenry M.Stanley
given an elegant reception at New York.
General Assembly Knights of Labor opens
its sessions at Denver. Pittsburg and New.
York clubs make up their minds to leive
- tbe Players' League. New York City letter
carriers dismissed for working in league
with green goods sharpers.
13 Betty .Benton, of Bradford, Pa., has six
husbands before she Is 25 and loses them
alL Conditlou of financial affairs change
for, tbe better. Stronghold of a gang of
moonshiners aud counterfeiters in Tucker
county, W. Va. An accused Kentucky
murderer remains in jail 22 years forgotten
by tbe officials.
H Allen Gt Thurman the recipient of the big
gest birthday banqnet ever given In the
country. Reported thatlceman O'Sullivan,
one of the convicted murderers ot Dr.
Cranio, confessed. Stanley's worst charges
more than confirmed -by the most over
whelming evidence. The North American
Company borrows $12,000,000 to tide it over
present difficulties.
15 A thousand tests made of Koch's new dis
covery for the cure ot consumption. The
Secretary ot State at work on a reciprocity
report, Jameson's widow makes public her
late husband's written statement. Conflict
at Chicago between tbe Director General
and the local board of officers "of the Fair.
Gould says $24,000,000 aro lost every year
through railroad wars. Tbe Messiah still be
ing looked for by the Indians.
16 Explorer Stanley thinks tbero is a chance
for American enterprise in Africa. Parnell
fails to appear in the O'Shea divorce case.
Baring Brothers, of London, embarrassed,
tbe news causing great excitement In finan
cial circles. Mr. Arthur Batemau. of New
York, robbed of diamonds worth $12,000.
17 Albert H. Smith arrested In New York,
charged with forgeries amounting to over
1330,000. A drunken man's freak Parses
the mnrder of three men at Ocala, Fla.
Fifteen disgusted Mormon converts return
from Utah to Cbambersburg, Pa.
18 Decree of divorce entered in the O'Shea
case. Powderly re-elected General Master
Workman ot the Knights of Labor. The
Indian Messiah, according to tbe red skins,
to bring peace, not war. Financial affairs
getting down to their normal condition.
Pauline Hall, tbe comic opera singer, falls
out with ber managers and discbarges
them.
19 Troops started to tho Northwest to protect
the settlers from the Indians an outbreak
being feared. The figbt still going on over
a site for tho World's fair. Georgo Gould
makes a vigorous raid on Pacific Mail
stocks.
20 Indians reported to be in a frantic condi
tion and ready f.or war. Boston sends to
Kocb for a supply of his lvmpb. Ann
Brnndage put on trial at Washington. Pa.,
as West's accomplice in tbo crouch mnr
der. Walter W.Burnbam, slated to manage
the Pittsburg ball club, in town. A Russian
Pole proves to be tbe slayer ot General
Scliverskoff.
21 Barker Bros. & Co., bankers at Philadel
phia, fail for nearly $5,000,000. The Legis
tive committee begins an inquiry into Cin
cinnati's rotten- board. Koch jealously
holds the secret of his consumption cure.
Many meetings in Ireland in support of
Parnell. -
22 Gladstone's counsel will decldo the political
future of Parnell. Tbe Bishop of Lincoln
found guilty of illegal ritualism. The case
of Jugiro, sentenced to die by electricity,
before tbe United States Supreme Conrr.
An imprisoned murderer at Huntingdon
'shoots two men who wanted to lynch him.
.Indian hostilcs defiant. Several banks in
Oklahoma and Kansas fall.
23 Indians massing and stttlers flee for safety.
Uanv arrests of Nihilists being made in
Russia. Harvard defeats Yale at football.
Jackson and Goddard fight eight rounds,
when it Is declared a draw. Tbe United
States Rolling Stock Company, of Chlcigo,
falls for nearly $4,000,000. Tory journals
make concerted onslaught npon Parnell,
21 An expedition leaves England to work up
trade in Africa, Murderer West and others
make unsuccessful attempt to escape from
Washington county jail.
25 First gun fired in the Indian outbreak.
Jo'jii E. Baker, Philadelphia broker, disap
pears, leaving many debts. Reports that
. Parnell may retire.
26 Gladstone says Parnell or himself must
retire from tbo Homo Rule party. Floods
in Germany cause much loss of life and
property. Democrats jealous of Blaine's
proposed South American Bureau for the
World's Fair. Eva Hamilton released from
tho New Jersey Penitpntlary. Indians
terrorized by the large number of troops.
27-Parnell wants to bear from tbe Irish dele
gates in America. Action urged to improve
the Mississippi river. Andersonvillo
prison bought by the G. A.R. Heirs of
Andrew J. Dayis, at Helena, Mont., ftght-inp-
over an estate ot $12,000,000. Two banks
in'Dulnth suspend with liabilities aggregat
ing $700,000. Indian scare said to be partly
fictitious. Brazilian warships received with
unusual honors in New York harbor. Mr.
Leland Stan ford said to have become a
Roman Catholic.
28 Yale defeats Princeton, During the play
a stand falls and many people are hurt. Au
Ann Arbor professor (demonstrates that
mind reading Is a fake. Governor Camp
belt respites Popp and Smith, tbe mur
derers. Tbe Irish Homo Rule party practi
cally broken up. Sfato Farmers' conven
tion adopt resolutions for free coinage
among other thing-.
29 B. F. Jamison fc Co., Philadelphia bankers,
suspend. Parnell turns upon the Liberals.
And reveals secret political history. Mine
SnperintendentLangmav have to pay heavy
damages for the Hill Farm mine hnrror.
The army to disarm the Indians. Waua
maker recommends a postal telegraph
Irish delegates in America confer over the
Parnell mat:er.
80 The Nicely brothers and a number of other
prisoners saw their way out of the Somerset
jail. Cuesapeake and Ohio project to be
resurrected. Johnston. Buck & Co.;
bankers of Ebensburg, fail. Gladstone, In
a manifesto, makes general denial of the
, charges of Parnell.
DECEMBER.
1 Harrison sent a message at the opening of
Congress advocating, among other things,
pasae of the elections bill. Irish envoys
in America decide against Paruell. Secre
tary Noble state tbat $133,000,000 will be
used for pensions in 1S2.
2 Dave Nicely raptnred within a mile from
the Somerset jail. Six patients ready in
New York to try Koch's lymph. 'Default
In"1 Treasurer Hemingway getn five years In
the penitentiary. Farmers' National Alli
ance at Ocala.
8 Mrs. Lippincott, of Atlantic City, acquitted
or forgery. A test vote shows that ParneU's
enemies are in the majority. Joe Nicely
also recaptured. Clara Campbell wins her
breacb of promise case against Charles
ArbuckleC
4 Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to be com
pleted soon. Parnell says he will retire
voluntarily, if Home Rule is fuliy assifred.
Little danger expecfd from the Indiau
situation. State Tax Kevision Commitiee
ready to report tn the Legislature. Voorhees
charges bid faith with the Indians on' the
part of the Government.
5 Raum attacked in tbe House over the Pen
ion bill. Indian troubles to be investigated.
Car famine in tbecoke region causiugmuch
trouble.
6 Bankinc bone of Delamater & Co.. Mead
villc, Pa., fails. John. Dean and Renben
Bowers "n trial at Unioutown ror robbing
and miltrcating Mrs. Merkjtt. Successful
trial ot Koch's lymph in America.
7j. Xj. Kellogg pertorms wonderful mind
reading feats at Massillon. O; Another at
tempt to open the Hill Farm mine. Em
peror William in a speech demands reform
in schools. Millionaire Mackay after his
wife'sslanderers. Parnell deposed from his
leadership by a majority of the Irish mem
bers. 8 Parnell refuses to recognize the vote where
by be was deposed from leadership. Depos
itors In ihe defunct Delamater bank becom
in" restless. First attempt in America to
make nickel-steel armor aiiaccess.
9 Chairman Walkerrof tho Inter-State Rail
road Association, denounces rata wars. Dr.
Goffe returns from Berlin and tells all
about Koch's lymph. FIftcen-year-oid
Charles Miller on trial at Cboyenne for the
murder of two companions. Chicago mer
chants claim that tho tariff act is void.
10 Tbe Attorney General decides that there
can be no constitutional objections to tbe
proposed new road law. Grangers In session
at Harrisburg. Federation of Labor Natlon-
. al Convention bars Socialists. ,
Hi-Ireland in a blaze over the; struggle between.
fim Vi' ? IliT ir-J.ifiTi,T 11 "H 1IM1 it 1 1 iT jpffiiiii iiljffilfcVff iiJfatmltffr A
the two factions. The State Grange urges
the ballot as the best way.to make-themselves
felt. Many rare relics of Washington
sold at Philadelphia.
12 A woman puts in a claim for $2,500,000 of
thaestato of L. A. Robertson, who died at
Brooklyn. Henry Adams' housekeeper, at
Everson', Pa., skips -with nearly $1,000.
Jodze. Gresham refuses habeas corpus writs
in the cases of Peasley and Counselman.
holding that the inter-Stato commerce act
is valid.
13 Strikers attack miners at Monongalia. W.
jVrL, and one man is killed. Wheelingbusl
jiess men want a new road, to tap tbe cose
regions. State grangers lay out their legis
lative campaign. Gompers re-elected Pres
ident of-the Fedeiatlon of Labor. World's
Falrpeoole await the President's proclama
tion. Work. Dnncr.in and Pfeiffer. the
wreckers of tiie Bnnk of America and tbe
American Life Insurance Company, ar
rested at Philadelphia.
14 New York financiers meet Secretary. Wln
dom and'assure bim that the crisis is
pasted. Trouble in the Burcaa of Engrav
ing and Printing over the plate press ques
tion. Pugilist IMcAuliffe to return home.
Dr. Van Schraeinitz. Bureau of Animal
Industry. Washington, preparing lymph for
hog cholera.
13 Rev. John F. Carson, of Brooklyn R. P.
ChuTch, resigns' because of tly decision of
the Pittsburg Presbjtery. Elections bill to
Co In ordr to make room for silver.
16 Sitting Bull, tba Sioux Chlcr. shot and
killcu while resistint: capture. Senatorial
caucus in' a qtundarv over the elections and
silver bills. State Poor L-iw Commission
,met at Harrisburg. Dodd'. of Pittsburg,
defeats JI. Laughlin, or Philadelphia, at
billiards; Lawj-er Wallace faces ajurv at
New Castle nn the bribery charge?. Rail,
road magnates of Western line agree npon
a-plan of harmony.
17 Kyraud, the Paris strangler, makes a confes
sion: but puis tbe responsibility upon Ga
brlelle Bompard. Reformed Presbyterians
at New York sustain the right to vote. Ex
Senator William A. Wallace assigns. Ex-
. - Senator Maefarlane, of the American Lite
Insurance Company, hiding in Brazil. Wit
Tiess refuse to testify in the New Castle
bribery-cases. Lime thrown into ParneU's
eyes wbilespeakine at Kilklnney. Western
Virginia oil fields opening np.
18 S. A. Xean & Co.. well-known Chicago
bankers, suspend. Republican Senatorial
caucus -adopts a financial plan. National
Cricket League being agitated. Stubborn
witnesses at New Cas'Ie fined and impris
oned.. Braddock people mad oreran ad
vance in gas rates.
19 Electric light compinie3 must pay the
State tax. Banker Kean and his cashier
arrested for taking deposits when they
knewxbe condition of tbe institution. Cop
per and silver found near Wilkesbarre.
Trains delayed.by tbe great storm.
20 New York baseball men consolidate their
clubs. Davittsaysit was mud and not lime
thrown Into ParneU's eyes. Bounty scheme
in the shipping bill may causo tbe wreck ot
the measure. All hotels at Skowhegan,
Me, closed when a constable tried to en
force the Hqnor law.
21 Parnell and O'Brien to talk over the situa
tion. Widespread suffering throughout
Italy. Tin plate plants to be erected in
America as soon as machinery can be built.
Eyraud. the Paris strangler. to dio and
Gabrielle Bompard sentenced to 20 years in
prison. Assets of Kean's bank vanishing.
Succi ends bis fast of 43 days.
22 The Texas victim of a bogus divorce mill in
New York gets his revenge. Pennsylvania
Ballot Reform Association appeals to tbe
Seople. Eighty-fifth anniversary of the
lew England Society celebrated at New'
York by a banquet. United States Senator
cleverly swindled by a Baltimorean with a
baby.
23 United mine .workers agree upon anew
scale. Straw vote among tbe farmers sbnw
that Blaine and Cleveland are abgad for tbe
Presidency. Nearly ail of Sitting Bull's
followers surrender. ParneU's candidate
defeated at Kilkenny. Henry B. Brown, of
Michigan, named for Justice of tho United
States Supreme Court, New York Tariff
Reform Club addressed by Cleveland.
24 Caucus rule provided for gag law formally
introduced 111 tbe Senate. An amendment
providing for $200,000,000 in new bonds
tucked on the finance bill. Southern capi
talists to build a road from Virginia ore
beds to Pittsburg. Harrison vetoes bill for
a new Government building at Bar Harbor.
Judge Reed decides that olco may be sold
in original packages in Pennsylvania. Har
rison issues bis proclamation relative to the
World's'JPair.
25 No objection expected to the confirmation
of Judge Brown as Associate Supreme
Court Justice. Railroad strike in Scotland
paralyzes business. Dillon and O'Brien at
Boulogne.
26 O'Brien to consult leaders of both sides
with the idea of arranging a compromise.
Morgan, Drexel Co. make big coal and
timber land purchases in West Virginia.
27 Treasurer Huston not to resign.
28 The Pope to write an encyclical upon
socialism. Gladstone's golden wedding.
Oklahoma settlers starving. Russsian com
petition knocking ont American petroleum.
29 Tbe Fishing Creek Lumber Coninany.of
Low Carter. Pa., fails. Troops havo a fight
with Indians in tbe Bad Lands and a
number are killed.on both sides.
30 Fire in London destroys property valned at
several million dollars. Window Glass
Trust organized at Chicago. Treasurer
Bojer says tbe State will not lose by the
failures of Delamater and Jamison,
THE LOCAL RESUME.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE OF IMPORT
ANCE IN ALLEGHENT COUNTY.
The Steps That Have Marked the "Wonder
ful Advance of the Two Cities in Wealth
and Prosperity The Story of a Great
'County.
The record of Allegheny county (or the
past year is one that her citizens may well
be proud of. Her increase in population has
been most gratifying, while her material
interests hare grown in proportion.
"" J.YNUABT.
1 Citizens of Lawrenceville petition the Sen
ate and House of Representatives for a por
tion of the Arsenal grounds for park pur
poses. The Dispatch purchases, for
$77,500, the propertv on the southeast corner
ot Sruithneld and Diamond streets. Team
of horses killed by a enrrent of electricity
from the Allegheny Light Company's wires.
Chief Bigelow orders dead wires down and
attacks overhead wires.
2 Dead wires must go. The fiat of Chlet
Bigelow strikes a popular chord. Tbe Board
of Underwriters accept Chief Brown's offer
of a testof fire engines. Cokers reinstated
at the Buckeye-Cote Works.
3 Granville" Morenus, of Cleveland, N. J.,
elected Pre-ident of the Window Glass
Workers' Association. Mrs. Peter Smith
attempts suic'.do in the Eleventh ward
police station. Tlie-Coxoner's jury find Em
ployment Agent August P. Gelsler guilty of
inhuman conduct and recommend prosecu
tion. 4 Brandt's Island bought by an iron manu
factnrcrs' syndicate for $200,000. Duquesne
Clubhousa formally dedicated. Jos. R,
Harrab, of Beaver, the new United States
Marshal for the estern district of Penn
sylvania, sworn in. Bureauof Health re
port dteaded la grippe. Warden John
Berlin re-elected. Allegheny County Llgnt
Company Increases capital stock from $500,
OOdto $1,250, (JUL
5 Quite a number of new cases of influenza
reported. 'John Sterling's speak-easy raided;
21 pers'ons arrested. Monongahela House
owners get $37,400 insurance.
6 American Federation of Labor sanction the
electric lighters' strike in Pittsburg. E. C.
Anderson, a Pleasant Valley eiuplore. takes
. SOU volts and suffers partial paralysis. Sec
ond annual banquet of tne Allegheny
County Bar Association. Allegheny City
Property Committee wants control of the
Carnegie Library. Builders' Exchange joins
tba National Association ot Builders. Whli
tier school, Thirty-second ward, opened.
7 Corkworkrrs' scale signed and work re
sumed, Exposition bociety hold their an
nual meeting. Woman's Club hold their
annual election. Efforts being made to or
ganize a county football club. Ground
broken fur Panhandle Railroad shops and
yards at Mansfield, Pa.
8 Darker disclosures promised for the Sol
diets' Orphan School syndicate. Enoch
Ketterer. aged TiS. marries Mrs. Julia Kro
uer, about the same age. William Clark's
Son & Co. extend thelr,steel plant. Planing
mill.aud lumberyard of Grannls & Bros.,
ISraadock, together with almost a block of
dwellings', destroyed by flref loss, $40,000.
9 United .-states District Attorney Lyon en
ters snltagamstthe various sand companies
operatlngin the three rivers. Cokers' scale
presented at Scottdale. First electric car
was run from Allegheny to Pittsburg, over
Pleasant Valley line.
10 One of the largest oil wells In tbeconnty
struck lu Robinson township. Qrauvillo
W. Mor6iio, President of the Glasswork
crs' Association, installed. George Gefllro.
a dying patient at ll.e West Penn, alms a
bowlo knife" with deadly intent. The mill
nt J. M. Long & Co. port-based by J. E. Mc
Kelvey tor JIC11.OOU. East End Light Com
vany'q employes joju the striking- elec
tricians. 11 Peler Griffin, "Eggy" Conroy and Alex.
Killain Charged by (lie Coroner's jury with
the murder ot Marjr AunRuderr.atTaren
turn. The Penny property. Srolthfield
streer, leased for high class hotel purposes.
Tractiort and electric strikers make poor
pTores. F(rstfatal case of grip reported in
this city. Central Traction Toad lay their
cable. Pittsburg and Mt, lbanon Com
pany chattered; now electric road. Cential
Trades Council score tho Pittsburg Trac
" Wort -Company,
12-C'omplete description of Mrs. Rudert'S mur
derers. Union workmen of tbe Allegheny
Light Company make a statement. Sonth
aiders compelled to move to make room for
railroad Improvements. Pleasant Valley
lino training to men 10 handle tbe electric
cars. I
13 Will cf Millionaire Shoenberger bequeaths
half to relatives. Carlist Club in existence
in Pittsburg. High wind causes consider
able damage in thefwo cities. Councils in
crease the police fBrce by 25. Tbe county
enters srut- against ex Sheriff Gray for 511,
784 CS shortage in bis recounts.
14 Killain. one of the accused Rudert murder
er?, makes a confession. Oliver Bros. fc
Phillips out of debt. Microscopical Society
give a fiuo exhibition. Allegheny Valley
Raiiroatl to build a new bridgei construct
ing works. John M. Kelley censured by
L. A. 1030 for his- attacks on Ross. Resi
dents of Reserve township wantjo join lots
with Allegheny.
15 Judge Stowa decides that the Dollar Bank
must pay the 3 mill tax. A sewer break at
Forty-eighth street nearly engulfs an
engine. Quarterly convention ot D. A. 3.
John M.Kelly expelled from ihe K. of L.
Chief Engineer W. al. Van Horn saves a
father and son from drowning. Carroll
signs a Brotherhood contract. Chief Bige
low stops the Pleasant Valley road from
tearing up SmitliBeld street.
16 Chief Bigelow sees the Secretary of War
ibout Lawrencoville's park. I. N. Ross re
elected Master Workman V. A. 3. Car.
negir. Phipp Co. close a contract worth
t30U,C0a Tho Pennsylvania Raiiroatl buvs
3 5 acres opposite McKeesport for $50,000.
Boyle's block. Allegheny, burned. Priddy
and McClelland sign articles for a three
mile race. Builders' Exchange .apply for a
charter.
17 Arsenal Part won. Chautauqua Ico Com
pany to make artificial ice. W. P. De
Armitt, President New York and Cleveland
Gas Coal Companv- against miners' stores.
Pennsylvania National Bank, to succeed
the Lawrence Bank, ready for business.
Coroner commences tbePalltton boiler ex
plosion case. Councils to take charge of
tbe Allegheny Carnegie Library. Half tho
pupils of Odell College down with the grip.
IS Alderman W. M. Porter sentenced oneyear
and nine months to the penitentiary; Con
stable Sheppard. one year and six months:
Thomas Carney, three months in- jail:
Thomas Packer. 30 da vs in jail: motion for
a new trial refused. Pleasant Valley road
start four of their newelectric cars. Samuel
Gompers, President of tbe American Fed
eration of Labor, and Christ Evans,
miners' official. Inquire into the electricians'
strike. Angust P. Geisler, employment
agent, arrested , on a charge of swindling.
Pittsburg capital helping to develop Ken
tucky oil fields.
19 Alice Coll, Oakland, has a tumor removed
from the brain. Adolf Class, Inspector ot
United States Buildings, arrives to hurry
ou the work. Roland II alt by, Southslde,
crazed by jealousy, slashes bis wile on tbe
face with a razor. Southslders up in arms
over bad water. Pittsburg- parties secure
large land leases in Carroll county, O., oil
and gas tbe prizes.
20 President Gompers and tbo Allegheny
Light Company officials have an etght-linur
session. Chief Bigelow and Major McKea
consult about tho Arsenal Park; permission
to make nrvey. New executive board of
D. A. No. 3 organizes. Wightman's bottle
blowers refuse to fill orders for non-union
houses'. Bert C Lee, an educated China
man, aged 32 years, wants to be naturalized
for safety.
21 Thd cablo circuit on tbe Central Traction
road completed. Sterrett Union decides to
retain the Day Nursery. Electricians
strike declared off; settlement reached
whereby eight of the. old men return to
work. The French nuns won: Pope orders
the diocese to pay the Sisters $00,000. City
most give back to taxpayers $10,003 50, Du
quesne Heights people want lower incline)
fares; they collect money to build steps.
Fifteenth annual meeting of the Humana
Society. Western Pennsylvania Engineers'
Society meets.
22 Several snils entered against Long & Co.
and D. JI. Long. Plans for a new incline on
tho Soutbside. Tilers' Union decides not to
leave tbe Federation of Labor. Hoaston
K. Appleton arrested for embezzlemeut.
A. J. Smith, Allegheny, struck by a Pleas
ant Valley electric car and seriously In
jured. Electricians' strike in tbe EastEnd
settled. Cold wave affects natuialgas sup
ply. Guy Hccker to manage tbe Pittsburg
Basoball Club.
23 L. K. St, Clair recognizes Baltimore Harry
and Jim Burns as the men who robbed and
shot him. Judge Ewing to preside over the
License Court. G. A. R. men oppose ad
mitting the eldest son. Electricity tba
new motive power for tba Pittacargh, Alle
gheny and Manchester Railway. Live tele
phone wire crosses with the Pleasant Val
ley electric wire and does considerable dam
age. W. D. Lane, postal clerk on the Pan
handle, arrested for stealing money pack
ages amounting to $425. The EdganThom
son turns out 25,029 rails in 12 hours, beating
all records.
24 Local of the American Patriotic League
formed. W. Smith. '-Baltimore Harry"
and James Burns, "Baltimore Jim,"' "plead
guilty to shooting L. K. Sr Clair. Wlikins
burg. and to seven charees of burglary.
25 Jennie Ryan. Sbarpsburg. arre-ted for
child niurder. Nellie Bly. globa circler, m
the city at 3-20 A.H. Carnegie Free Library
aud Music Hall, Allegheny, officially pro
nounced finished. Trades Council elect of
ficers. '1 be carriage and wagon makers or
ganize. Henry 31cQuaide, Southside. at
tempts to suicide bv cuttinghts throat. Nos.
411 and 413 Sinttbfield street purchased by
J. D. Messier tor $30,000. "Baltimore
Harry" gets 21 and "Baltimore Jim" IT
years to tho penitentiary on nine counts.
26 Citizens' cable line reduces fare to a nickeL
Musical Union join tbe Federation of
Labor. Free Monongahela demanded by
the new consolidated miners' organization.
Hebrew Relief Society organized. Mr.
Carnegie's gift nf tbe San Sisto Madonna
arrives and is placed in tbe Cathedral.
27 Andrew Carnegie secures President Har
rison's consent to be present and formally
open tbe Carnegie Free Library and Musio
Hall, Allegheny. Frank Bracken prefers
charges of fraud against Mike-Mulvaney,
Mike Murray, Neat Crane and Joe Eli,
Eighteenth ward election board.
28 William R. Thompson. Treasurer of tha
Johnstown Flood Commission, asks tha
South Fork Committee to account for
money received. Pittsburg Traction road
reduces the East Liberty fare to Scents.
. Rignt of way granted for steps toDoque3na
Heights.
29 Third annual dinner of the Pittsburg Press
Club at the Hotel Duquesne. Baby farm
ing exposed. Women's Obrlstlan Associa
tion wind Up another year's work. Candi
date Gourley makes an address to the Re
publican Central Committee. Central Trac
tion's' motive power tested.
SO To humiliate Mr. Henry Watterson. he is
1 summoned lor an alleged debt in this city.
FJttsburg Plata Glass Company contracts
for a pipe line from Butler to Tarentam to
cost $100,000. Tho ordinance graptlag right
of way to tho P.. A. and M. railway passes
the Allegheny Street Railway Committee.
Deaconess borne decided on by tha 'Wo
man's Home Missionary Societies.
31 Postmaster McKean takes tbe reigns of
office. Louis Warner chanted with the mar
der of James Bond by the Coroner's Jury.
FEBKUART.
1 Trinity Chercli in trouble: Kector. Maxwell
snes tils vestry for damages: law bis only re
course 1- & - and V. C. T. b. leave the
erantlngoflieensestotbejudires. rive-cent
fares on the cable lines to tasi Liberty greatly
" Increase travel. -
2-JlUs Etta L. Phillips, of this city, accident
ally shot at Betlieiiy College. 1'ittsbarf in
elithth place in Clearing Bouse list.
i Chief Brown wllll g to furnish Information
about applicants ir the court destres: judges
White and Ewlu; to preside. TheB. A.O.
elves a check to the hxposltloa for -, U;
the A. V. It. K. one for 53S 21. Mls ljizla
llenderrccelves a verdict for ,0tf in her
breach or promise suit against Andrew DiS
nal. Supreme Conrt decides Federal street
runs thronzh Nunnery Hill Into the country.
4 -Western window plass manufacturers pot up
the price 3 p rcent. City Clerk George Bliep-
Sard appointed Bank Kxamlner. Kev.J. tf.
peer, or Canousburf; United Presbyterian
Church, resigns. Over 2au applicants ror
liquor llccns', frank Bolton and a laborer
badly burned by a natural gas explosion at
Duquesne. .. .
6 Work commenced on Jones' Lanjr'illn's new
blooming mill. William Best, Engine Com
pany ao. 8. badly burned by n exploding
torch. Love affair the cause of Gertie JTan
chcr's suicide. Mrs. Minnie Coleman ran
all ablaze through a public street until ex-
-Anllrew Carnegie offers- Pittsburg $l.000.0t0
. ror a library on condition that the city pay.
S4O.000annnallyrorlts support. Piteous ap
peal for relief, from the insane .asylum, Dlx
rnont, received by the Humane Society. Chief
Brown takes a hand in the riltsbar fraction
strlte tieorite T. Oliver appointed to the .
buperISOTsaipof Census for ihe district or
7-Enwardr Abbott found pulltv ofmanslauzhter
for tho klllluir of Thomas uarrtton. Part of
the profits, or from $10.X to SULCOO given to
11 K 1'orter employes. President Morenos,
or" the W Indow tmsi Worker Association,
Insists upon his resignation being accepted.
S-inst Linwapplicants forllqdor license lu Alle
gheny coniiiv. national Tubo Works Uom
rany, McKeesport, increases facilities.. James
jlrlckly attempt jnl-lrtc while crazed by 1H
ness by Icaplmc from the Union brldee.
9-Chlnese opium den raided on i'lJlhavenne.
ew Prcsbytf rlan CT.orch. HomewoodaveflHe.
dedicated. Plltsbursr seventh la the Clearing
House report. Congregation of the St.
Andrews catholic Church. Manchester, -to b
divided. . , . '-r r .
10 MIsa Tlldcsley re-elected Superintendent of
the Allegheny General Hospital. James Camp
bell refuses the presldencvof L. A. 380. Mis
take in the construction of the Central Traction
road causes a delay of six !. American '
Mechanics want the Allezhcnt Library rrea '
trom political Influence. Ordiuanco adopted
In l'lttsburx Councils accepting tbe Jl. 000, ceo
Klft or Andrew Carnejile
11 Allegheny yree l.lbrtry thrown open o tha
inspection or the public, New Central Board
of Education or.aulicl. W. S. Sbaroa eomas
back at President Gompers on tbe eight-hour
law. Con uty Coram lsstoaen "decide on a Jtax
or 3 mills. . 1
12 Oakland visited by two Arcs, and Incendiarism.
the cause. 1-ather Sliced-dedicates audopens
hi temple oritsirnlmr. ' ,
Allegheny police and are alarm boxes burned $
out byaneleetrle wire.
IS John J one j .plead gattty of Involuntary rcaa.
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