Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-02-28
pnrEr MENTION.


\. j., Horace Mixner, son II Elmer Mixner,
fell through the ice and was drowned
The GUARANTEES Trust and Safe Deposit com
| pany, OF Philadelphia, has been appointed
| receiver Of the Clearfield Consolidated Coal
company. Samuel +. Iangdon, president Of
the old beard Of directors, is charged with
| fraud
William Jones claims $4,000 damages for
the death Of his daughter, which was caused
by the boiler explosion in the electric light
| plant in Westchester, Pa, December, 1887.
Jimmy Hale and George Hagen, Philadel-
| phia pugiiists, fought thirteen rounds in 81
minutes at Dark Corner, Columbia county,
Pa, Hale winning on foul
John Horoack was knocked down and in
stantly killed by Richard Yarwood in New
York and Yarwood escaped
The victims Of the cholera epidemic last fall
in Presque Isle county, Mich, are said to
have lost complete control of their legs and
| the lower portion of their bodies and but few
| can hobb.e around on crutches.
Thousands Of laborers have left the 18TH
mus Of Panama and the work on the canal
has almost stopped.
| Henry S. Ives and George H. Stayner
pleaded mot guilty" in New York TO four in
dictments, charging them with grand larceny
cinnati Hamilton and Dayton railroad.
Episcopal clergymen and laymen met in
| New York city to devise plan for a union
of tho five dioceses of the state in federate
| council
At the session in Pittsburg of the grand
lodge of the Ancient Order of United Work
men further steps were taken to keep habitual
| drunkards out of the order.
T1.ix,ata S.,c,.of.~v a.,,r,,k lnol,,.x.l <t,z
| $4,000 back pay which the house voted him to
make his salary equal to that to be received
by the incoming private secretary to the pres
ident
Mr.. Kennedy, of Ohio in speech in the
| house made bitter attack upon Speaker
Carlisle and Mr.. Crisp, of Georgia
ID. L. Grifliths, Frank Dix, Richard Barnes,
| Willis Thompson, Thomas McKernan and
Joseph McGough were seriously injured by
an explosion of gas at the Chamberlain coli
liery, St Clair, Pa.
The president has signed the act for the pro-
lection of the United States interests in
Panama.
The second annual show of the Rensselaer,
Kennel club is in progress at Troy, N. Y.
Warren b. Wescott, aged 90, and Jane S.
/ Thurman, aged IS years, We're married III
Saratoga. The engagement was announced
twenty-five years ago. They We're about to
be married when Mr.. Westcott fell in love
with "A widow and married her instead. A
breach of promise suit followed, in which Mr..
Westcott was compelled to pay damages. He
was left a widower three years ago, when he
returned to his former love.
| Miss Lizzie Donoghue, of Jersey City, died
after being unconscious for twelve days. Her
disease was cerebro-spinal meningitis, and is
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skating on the sidewalk.
John Smith was murdered near Tupper's
lake, Hamilton county, n. ", in the Adiron-
dacks by Zeb Westcott, after fight over
game of cards They were both lumbermen.
Westcott is in Jail at Malone.
Iyttleton White, prominent merchant of
Eatentown, n. j., was recently rotten egged
by crowd of men and boys, while he was on
his way home from his store. MIR. Whites
name has for some time been unpleasantly
connected with those of various young women.
The grand council of the Independent Order
of Red Men met at Trenton, n. j., and elected
these officers: Sachem, w. j. Stetson, of
Gloucester: grand senior sycamore, Edward
S. Hance, OF Port Dram; grand junior saga
, more Thomas McDonough, Trenton; grand
chief of records. Daniel NJ Stevens, of Cam
dem grand keeper of wampum, Charles G.
Zimmerman of Camden; grand prompter,
Thomas II. Sprague, of Burlington; repre-
sentatives to great council, Thomas H.
Sprague, of Burlington; Harry Landenstager.
of Camden; Samuel l.. Durand, of South Am.
boy, and Reuben L. Bowen, of Camden.
These deaths are reported: Jacob Bashore,
ex-juIy commissioner and politician, of Cum
berand county, Pa, aged 60; John S. Lee,
ex-member of the Illinois legislature, at
III hmm
minstrel and variety performer, at San Fran
cisco; Harry Clayton, an actor whose real
name was Pitt, ut Chicago; George, Paxton
Young professor of mental and moral phil
losophy in the University college, Toronto;
Joseph II. Van Ness, prominent banker, at
Brooklyn, aged So; Sarah Titus Whitney,
wife OF ex-Mayor Whitney, at BROOKLYN,
aged o.: Katharine Morgan Walsh, wife of
Thomas Walsh, of Yokohama, Japan, and
daughter of Gen. John A. Dix, at Florence,
Italy, aged a.; Sister Mary Ann, of the
Catholic Order of Sisters of Charity, daugh-
ter of The late Thomas McAleer, once prolni-
nent citizen of York, Pa, at Baltimore.
President Cleveland has issued proclama-
ton calling an extra session of the United
States senate TO meet at noon on the 4th of
March TO receive such communications as may
be made By TIE executive. This is to have
tions, which may be sent in by the new presi-
dent.
A dispatch from Pittshurg says the pro-
posed combination of the Monongahela river
coal operators is not likely TO be successful.
The reasen given is that several of the large
operators who We're foremost in such move
ment two years ago. when some of those VINO
are now in favor of it were then against it,
say that they failed once and do not propose
to do 50 again. These operators fatty refuse
to sign the agreement unless the signature of
every other operator is first attached to it.
The president has appointed Brig. Gen
Orlando B. Wilcox Hetire6D governor of the
Soldiers home at Washington, Vice Gen.
Hunt, deceased.
The president has commissioned the follow
ing delegates on the part Of the United States
to the International Marine conference to