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was visited on the oath by divers, who found
no bodies. The vessel was probably torn to
pieces by subsequent gale
The loss of the fishing schooner.
Kentsford, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, with
her crew of fourteen men leaves seven widow.
and nineteen orphans in that place.
Miles Hall. age nineteen, was ar
rested in Letcher county, Kentucky, ON the
2lst, who're he WAS about to marry fifth wife,
although lie has four others living.
Kid Wade .the captain of Niobrara
sng Of horse thieves, was captured at Le-
mars, Iowa, on the 10Th, by four vigilant
who have tracked him since last fall.
On the 25th sparks from Paddy Cles-
ry's pipe set FIRE to O'Malley's packing :house,
In Chica 60, and Cleary was asphyxiated. The
property was only slightly damaged.
The Queen of Madagascar was
crowned November % The Queen and her
Prime Minister declare that they will not sur
render an inch Of territorp to France.
On the 25th William Coombs, far
mer near Elgn, Illinois, attempted to cut bis
wife's throat, and in her dying agonies she
seized the knife and fatally stabbed him.
John johnson, colored, refused to
permit Steve Alexander, also colored, to bet
on credit in Chicago gambling house, and In
the subsequent fight the latter was shot dead.
There were three hundred and seven
teen failures In the United State. and Canada
DO.
four hundred and twenty-five the previous
week.
Charles Mathews. Dallas, Texas,
gambler, after being convicted on one charge
of gambling, compromised twcnty-four other
cases against him r, paying 81 400 in fines and
costs.
Pablo Quintana, the mayor New La
redo, Mexico, has had a secret examination In
reference to the Mexican National train rob
berry, and is now held for trial in the public
courts
The Hartford coal breaker, at Wilk-
csbarre, Pennsylvania, burned ON the eend.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000. Six hun
dred men are without work in consequence of
the fire
The county treasurer's Office at
Springfield. Massachusetts,, was robbed ON
the 10Th, by three masked men, who captured
$4,000; in cash and $1,000 in uniudorscd
checks.
A gang of two hundred pcpniless dis
charged railway lahorers took possession Of n
train at PcndIetoD, Oregon, on the 18th, and
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fed them.
Dell Ashcroft is in Jail at Chardon.
Ohio, for ccnfessing to the robbery and fatal
injury of Mrs. Robinson, aged eighty, thirteen
years ago. The officers are In pursuit Of his ac-
completes.
In n fight between Daniel Williams
md Louis Weber, in San Francisco, Weber's
,all for help was answered by August Florcn-
licr, who kicked Williams in the head, instant
" killing him.
The Russian government orders
Count Lubcnski to sellhi property and vacate
the Empire, because he conducts Roman Cath
plc meetings and excites the people against
the government
Judge Drummond. of the lUditcd
States circuit court, will probably retire from
the bench next March. when he completes
thirty-four years Of service, which entities him
to retire on full pay.
In drunken quarrel between S. r.
Wright, and William Carson, two cowboys,
near Watrous, New Mexico, on the 18th, Car
son was fatally shot. Wright claims tina, re
acted In self defense.
On the goth. boiler explosion set
fire to a building at the corner of Eighth street
and Egglcston avenue, In Cincinnati, and
caused loss to the various occupants OF
slo3, 600, insurance, $4,000.
The Chicago police have arrested
eight persons who are supposed to have knowl-
edge Of the manner in which Amelia Olson
met her death. A postmortem showed that
she had been repeatedly outraged.
Two men, Luke and William Jones.
under sentence OF death for murder, escaped
from jail at jackson, Ohio, and after desper-
ate fight they were captured on the 2srd. Ono
Of them was seriously wounded.
Mrs. Mcdonald, Of New York City,
on the 18th locked two children In her room,
while she took third To school. Upon return
ing she found them dead. They had lighted a
fire on the floor and had been sufYocated.
In row in New York among a num-
bcr Of drunken Italians, on the Goth, Joseph
Rico was stabbed five times, fAntonio Fcrro
was shot in the abdomen, and another Dago
WAS shot twice. Several arrests were made.