The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-04-26
THE last.

New Brunswick, p!ving between Jersey
CITY and New York, was destroyed by hre,
causing SIG 900 los. All on board escaped.
FIRE in the huge FufaIO sash and blind
factory in Now York City the other morn
Ing caused 500. 900 !Oss
BRIGADIER- GENERAL SAMUEL KENNEDY |
MATsoN retired, died at Orange, N j., on |
the nth q ter short illness.
MINISTER FRED GRANT and family sailed |
on the steamship Adler for Austria on the
18th. Minister Porter was on the same
vessel bound for alv.
FELICE WANT. an old beggar woman,
died in mis- rabo Lowell at New York
few days ag.,. and the cOroner, while IN
vestipating The case, found that the do
ceased had loft $4,000 in gold concealed
in an old flower pot Her heirs all live in
France.
THE opening Of the centenn al loan ex-
hibition Of historical paintings and relics
at the Metropolitan Opera House, New
York, was graced by the presence OF Mrs.
Grover Cleveland, who entered the room
leaning on the arm of William +. Dodge
and at once became the center Of attrac-
ton. Following them came ex- PRESIDENT
Cleveland with Mrs. Folsom and the MEM
bers Of the executive committee.
:. MUNDAN an expert climber, while
a
new suspension bridge at Niagara falls,
fell to the water below and was killed.
Two men, named respectively Riley and
Brown, while taking down telegraph
wires. were pulled out f a window of the
st Omer III tel, SIKH avenue and
Twenty-third street New York, the other
morning by a wire Attached to falling
pole and were both instantly killed.
AT Farmington Pa, recently an Iron
ore mine, the shaft Of which was 12o feet
deep. caved in. Eighteen m n were in the
mine ana a doz II Of them were partially
covered with the falling mass Richard
Ettinger was crushed TO death but thu
others succeeded in awling out wlthou
sustaining serious injury.
JOHN III SWIFT who shot his wife dow
in the t. eet, was hanged at Hartford
Conn, on the 1871. This was the cas-
where his sisie made such an energetl
effort 10 save his life. and VIII r. the Legis
lature passed Till for that purpose, whic
was vetoed by IN Governor.
FERDINAND W oERNER, sixty mine year
OF age was smothered to death recent
in q fire on Center street n. \. Six CIR
and three men were burned 20 death
the same building on Christmas eve, 18S
SIDNEY WALTErs, of Pittsburgh, Pc
who had been stopping at the Hotel Klch'
lieu, Chicago, since April 10 commute
suicide by taking morphine de WI
once an officer in the British army b
had lately been book canvasser.
RUMoRs were current in the shirt ira
that d. HI Downs senior partner Of t
firm Of Downs & Finch, of New YoI
which failed recently for $4,000, b
gone to Canada
The New York Legislature has pass
Z bill to postpone the cutting of stree
through the New York base ball groun
for another year.
G. M. BARRETP & Co, dealers in rou
leather and hides, Boston, have assign
with about $50. 900 lab little. and unkno'
assets.
JAMES CAMPBELL, of Pittsburgh, T
has resigned the presi iency of the
tional Union Glassworkers' Association
The 114th anniversary Of the battle
Lexington, Mass, was celebrated on
10th in the usual style.
At a meeting OF the descendants
revolutionary patrlots OF Massachust
In Boston recently, nineteen aged n
whose fathers fought in the revolut
were present A society was organ ZEE
A DISASTROUS fire occurred at
York on the 10 h. breaking out in the !
refinery OF n K Fairbanks, destroy
the buildings Of the New York Cent
TWO elevators ana otneT iH perry
eral men were injured by jumping +
windows, one fatally, and II was rum'
that others persisted. The total loss
s. $4,000.
SIR JULIAN PArTCEFoTE, the new
ish Minister, arrive4 at New ork on
2n'h
HENnY G. PEARSON, rxpos maste
New York died on the 2uth, aged f.
Ave
ALEXANDER HENRIQUEs, vice chair
Of the New York Stock Exchange, die
THE WEST.
J. W. HKLM, grain merchant Of
Vile, Ill, who disappeared March l.
been heard from in Florida lie wa!
sane when he left home
The sporting men Of Los Angeles,
have offered purse of $4,000 TO hav
Sullivan Kilrain fight near that plac'