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to France, presented his credentials to
President Carnot on the 29th.
COMPTROLLER TRENHOLM has begun a suit
for the forfeiture Of the charter Of the
Fifth National Bank OF st. Louis.
Gus EDhoSsoS was hanged at Decatur,
Ala, on the Both, for the murder OF his
wife in NAV. 1887. r
JOSEPH ZErGLEo, an Evansville (Ind)
policeman on the night Of tho 3Oth, by
mistake, killed Abraham Smock, . COM
rade, who was out on clark"
WILLIAM FIScHuM was hanged on the
8Oth at Harrisonburg, Va, for the murder
| OF his brother.
The Pope has conferred tho grand cross
OF the order Of Plus TX upon all the
| special ENJOYS sent TO congratulate His
Holiness upon his jubilee.
| SITTING BULL is reported as being not
opposed to Senator Dawes bill for the
| opening OF the Sioux reservation.
| ACCORDING 20 Dun's Trade Reristc, the
circulating medium OF the country has
been increased by Si3o, ,ooo, 900 since July
I, 1885,
On the voyage from Nsw York Of the
White Star Line rteamer Adriatic, which
arrived Mt Queenstown on the 30th, ono OF
the cabin passengers, named Chitty, CON-
mitted suicide.
THE remains OF Governor Marmaduke
of Missouri rested In state ali day on the
Both, and were viewed by thousands of
| citizens. The funeral took place on the
afternoon of tho alst.
| ALBERT PETERS was legally executed at
Mariana, Ark, on tho 30th, for the mur-
der, in April, 1885, of William johnson
near Trenton.
DR. MARY WALKER Is a candidate for
the position of special exsminer In the
Pension Bureau. The salary and per diem
| allowance amounts to about 8, 500 a year.
PITTSBURGH (Pa-) furnacemen posted
notices on the 3Dth ordering reduction in
wages of II 1-2 per cent. to take effect
January /. About 1900 men propose to
resist the reduction.
DoS CARLOS still claims to be the legiti-
mate ruler of France, but advises his sup
porters to .'trust in Providence and take
no part in revolutions" He'll 'sget left"
but be perfectly safe on that policy.
THE following named banks have been
added to the list of banks authorized 10
receive deposits in excess of $1,000. 900.
The Third National Bank OF Cincinnati,
the Citizens National Bank of Cincinnati.
The number Of these repositories has near
ly doubled since Secretary Fairchiid in
augurated his present policy OF dealing
with .he surplus.
The Memorial Diplomdti9us, published
at Brussels. asserts that England has
sent note demanding explanations from
Germany and Austria In regard TO the
proposal than Belgium join the triple aili-
ance, and requiring guarantees for the
execution of the treaties securing the
neutrality OF Belgium.
JOHN +. FULLES, mechanic, attempted
to walk out from Chicago to his home in
Lake View on the night of the 18th, dur
ing the blizzard; he was frozen stiff.
THE Russian Govexpment refuses to oil.
low Jews to remain that country.
DURING tho performance In the theater
at Carthagsna, Spain, on the evening of
the Both, broker occupying one of the
stalls committed suicide by exploding a
dynamiteicartridge The conclusion ex-
tinguished all tho lights in the house, and
the audience, becoming panic-s tricken,
fed from the building. During the ex-
citement over one hundred persons were
more or less injured.
A YOUNG man, handsomely dressed, and
fprepossessing appearance, shot himself
in the right temple while being driven
across the Brooklyn Bridge in cab on the
Both. The wound is mortal. There is no
clue to his identity except a letter which
was found in his pocket addressed to "E.
C. Baldwin, No. 40 Clinton street,"
GEORGE SCorT, of Shenandoah, Pa,
buried two children in one grave on tho
Both. Two weeks before he buried his
youngest. Two children were also sick,
while his wife was lying at deaths door.
All are victims of diphtheria.