Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1888-03-17
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Tho convention to select delegates from
Massachusetts 10 the National Republican
Convention will be held in Boston April %.
A bill to submit the fifth prohibitory
amendment TO the people was defeated in
the Mary land House of Representatives
Thursday.
The Republican clubs of Illinois ogan.
lied State league Thu sdny. -Four hum
dred organizations were represented by over
1000 delegates.
Cynthia Mcdonald, Rochester, N. Y,
baby farmer, takes a year behind the bars TO
repent. 1t will also cost her $50 for her
misdemeanors.
Ten dwellings and r. Reilly & Sons
leather factory at Newark, N. j., were de-
stroyed by fire Thursday. Loss $4,000,
partly insured.
The funeral services of Louisa NJ. Alcott
were held Thursday. They were entirely
private, only invited friends beiny present.
The burial will be in the old "Seepy Hol-
low graveyard at Concord.
From Lexington, Ky, comes certified
check on the City Bank OF Hartford, Conn,
which isn't worth the paper that il IL written
on. Other bogus chesks OF like character
have emanated from similar source.
President Smith, of the American Flint
Glass Workers Association, has appointed
a conference committee to meet the exeeu-
tive committee OF the Manufacturers Asso-
C alton, at Plttsburg, and endeayor to come
to an agreement
Herr Ludwig Barnuy, the eminent Ger
man actor, has arrived in this country on
the steamer 1raye, which bronrh, Mrs Gar.
field and daughter. He expects b play ia
q re isea version of "Aean' and also 10
"OtAei.o." he viii remain IN the country
but six weeks, three of which will be spent
in New York. Upon his return he expects
TO take managerial charge OF his German
theaters.
-lmperor William of Germany died In
Berlin ut $50 Friday morninr. Ia had been
slowly sinking since midnight aud the ply.
scans aud those about his bedside were not
nnprepared for the fatal termination. The
event was not unexpected, but il will never
theless cause profound sadness aud sincere
mourning throughout Germany, where the
aged monarch inspired sentiment OF rev.
erential affection and-regarl. He was one
OF the most imposing personaees Of this CEN
tury, aud his name az ruler viii occupy a
place III history second to but few IL any of
the great men that Prussia has produced.
Ills life was so long so rich Ia eventiul deeds,
so intimately associated with many OF the
greatest historical movements OF his time,
that his biography would almost furnish an
outline for the history OF the great nations
OF uuftHk MS tffctftue. bOrn WITHIN
three years o. the end OF the eightecnih cen
tury, preserving his vigor OF body aud mind
until near the close OF the nineteenth, he
seems TO belong TO two centuries. His ear
liest recollecti0ns were associated with some
oil the darkest days OF his countrys history,
when he heard oil the young Corscan con.
queror, who was crumbling the oldest
thrones of Europe in his triumphant
march. He beheld the great powers about
a aI,.aa EftIk
hands OF the man Of destiny aud saw tho
forces OF h $ own country defeated at I.eip-
sic. lie served under Blucher az Waterloo. I,
where he saw victory desert the Ffenen and /
smile u on his own forces. lie lived TO he
crowned King and Emperor, to widen the
Prussan Kingdom inio the great German
Empire, to lead his Triumphant lerions INTO !
the heart OF some OF the most powerful na.
lions OF Europe, 10 dictate his own terms Of /
peace to Austria and France, todethrone aud /
scnt into exile the last monarch ol the !
house before which al Europe trembled at
the opening oil the century. But iew lives
been crowded with so many grand achieve
ments, aud few, indeed, are tue rulers who,
in cioslng their eyes IN the last long s'irp,
leave a country so enriched and gtreltnened
for theii having lived.
Wesley Adams w-s shot down In his
own house ut Cokomo, Ind, by Charles
leaves a wife and three children. Rusk was
arrested.
--Roumania has notified the porte that
Austria has given assurances that Russian
v olaf on OF Roumanian territory will be con.
sdered movement against Austria and will
form casus belli
Josef Hoffman,, the boy pianist, Is 10
retire rom the stage. His HiotheT says his
health is giving way and that he will play
no more for some years. The boy is de-
lighted at the decision.
The Reading Coal and Iron Company
have foriy-five colieries, and all are report
ed in opera lion except six. General Man
nger Mcleod says il is only ques ion of
lew days when these wall also be in opera
ton.
The wholesale liquor houses o. William
each aud Il. j. Res>igne, Sioux City, Ia,
were closed by the sheriff at the instance OF
he Law and order League for maKing sales
In violat on OF the Clark law. This closes
ip al the Wholesale liquor houses in the
'ity. -