The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-03-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

\ dispatch from lien Ism TO the
Hamburg correspondent, says it is re-
ported there that the natives have
naen on the KIang Wi frontier, de-
stroyed houses and killed 100 French
men.
Miss Alice Smith, eighteen years
old, one of the heirs Of the late Mrs.
A. T. Stewart, became violently insane
in Long Island City street car, while,
as it is supposed, her friends were
taking her to New York for treat
ment.
Governor Swiuford, of Alaska, has
appointed Rev, A, E. Austin, Thomas
S. Howell aud Lieutenant Commander
J. S. Newell, U, 5. n, commissioners
to represent Alaska at the centennial
celebration of the Inauguration of
Washington.
Gen. Sherman, it is declared, will
ask but a single favor of the admins
trationr that Gen. Joseph E. Johnston,
who surrendered to MIN twonty-four
years ago, shall be retained as the
government railroad commissioner.
In the three departments that have
the greater number of employees at
Washington, Mr. Cleveland has made
l,032 appointments in his four years,
leaving in 3,352 Repubhcans-that is
about rs per cent. are still Republi-
cans.
An old lady of cighty-two, who had
never Travelled on the cars, left Sharon,
Pa, for Iowa last week. She re-
marked 10 friend that it would be
her first aud perhaps her last ride on
the cars. She actually died on the
train, The noise and excitement
were too much for her,
Ex. Secretary FaircbiId Is now at
the Breevoort House, in New York,
Speaking of his administration Of
affairs IN the Treasury Department,
he says; The best possible thing
that can be said of the Treasury is,
always, that there is nothing to be
said Tho 1pDarimput bug npVpl
a1nnor in - s,oadr rnntino n.,T ,hai has
offered no opportunity for cayiI."
The last report OF the War Depart
mont puts the available military
strength OF our country oOtalnabIc tor
the emergency of war at 8,O2l, ,OO5
men, exclusive OF the 20, 600 re !uIars'
The enrolled militia OF the different
wbon1 40 oo0 ore in The A 4,ianI;c % roast
States ,nd Tho DisI,icf of CnIYn,hio
Mr. John u. kocketelles writes to
the heV. + l. Natcs that he Will con
tribute $1,000 to the American bap-
list Educational Society," payable as
required tor Its contributions TO edu-
catlonal work IN the United States
providing such contributions are not
payable Faster imam $lO'oOO each
ing wiib 6nc"m Hor novt
ny the WI! OF Isaiah v Williams,
OF PhIadelPhla, the Mechanical School
receives lund or S2,6OO, goo. SPECIAL
bequeSts are made OF his personal
property to his brothers and sisters
Each OF Their children receive an in
come OF 500 900; VI $1,000 goes to-
charity and the remainder, forming
the bulk OF the estate, is devised to
the granldnePhews and nIeces OF the
deceased
Proceedings have been begun he.
fore the Ohio Supreme Court to set
aside the verdict by which one Viii
liam Gaines was sentenced to life i'm.
prisonment for the murder of one
Patrick Hughes. The claim upon
which the proceedings are based is
that the jury which convicted Gaines,
being equally divided as to his guilt
or innocence, settled the question by
Tipping up coin,
The intorDa,;oDolcb cboso for Ta.oo,t
cndeJ n fa;inro 49S Stomo lg' ia9'Ge' .an
law Of tba rna;,;vo,s snnnoa"d' ' 1ic,in 1i ~
Millionaire Smell, returned empty,
handed to Chicago, after a fruitIess
journey of several thousand miles.
Mr.. Stone was accompanied by De
tectives Mcdonald and Williams, fol-
lowing a clew which took them to the
Canadian Northwest. The pursuit led
to the Pacific coast. There a CAPTURE
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