West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-08
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eas,crn aud Middle states.

Mrs. ANAsrASIA PAnsELts died at her
daughters home in payonne City, n. j.,
aged lOi years aud forty three days.
Tux United States sloop OF war Yantic
whsch Is now taking n rest after her run
from Hayti, has becn ordered To the Brook
lyR IN. " Navy Yard for survey aud con
demnatioa.
Al DAGGErr of Brooklyn, n. ", has
been awarded the contract fdr furnishing tho
Census Bureau with manila cards. About
one hundred milliou are 10 bs used In tho
tabulating niachiue,
AT the court-martial of Counisrder Nc.
Gala at the Brooklyn IN. W Navy Yard,
the defendants counsel made an unsuccessful
attempt 70 SHOW conspiracy against his
client.
BoAT containing four men was capsizci
ON the lake at Newport Vt, and three OF the
men were drowned They were Edward
Foss, clerk at the Mcnphremagog House;
Edward Green, an employee OF tho hotel aud
Joseph Robitaile. Arthur Moore, tho fourth
occupant, swan ashore
MAMMALIAN ALnurCaT Count Pappcn.
helm, of Bavaria aud Miss Mary Wistcr
wheeler were unltcd iTi marriage at tho resi-.
denca OF Mayor Filter in Philadelphia, Pom.
Tho Count belongs 20 ono of the Oldest fami-
lies in Europe, aud is worth S3,00O.OO0. The
bride Is also wealthy.
JuDoE WALLACE, OF tho United States
Circuit Court granted "a writ OF habeas
'RtFNN ~ lUt ihNllntN OF Lawyer lNOHpf NJ.
sherman, in the clse Of Kommlcr, the muir
dereT. who was 30 have been clectrocited in
the Auburn IN. Y Penitentary aud the
consttutiunnlity OF electrical executions will
boargued bofors the Federal Courts
The complications of the American Life
Insurance. Company and kindred corpora
tions in Philadelphia, Ponn. resulted in the
suspension OF the Bank of America. The
total deposits OF tho bank were estimated nt
SIOO0OO, divided among 1909 depostors
mostly poor people,
GnouSD was broken i'm New York city for
tho Washington Memorial Arch.
ADoLPHUs RoBERTLoY and Frank Wells,
aged seventeen years, were drowned I'm the
Mohawk River at Schenectady, N. Y. They
were returning home from fishing trip, and
In some way their boat was capsized
THE Grand Jury in New York city pre-
sented an Indictment against Joseph Pulitzer,
proprietor of the New York World, aud his
assistants, John A. Cockcrill Julius Cham
bers and James r. Graham, for libellng ex-
Judge Hilton aud A. Il. Stewart.
THE eight-hour workday movement was
begun In New York city quietly. Only about
dozen men went on strike. The socialist
labor party and the Central Labor Union
celebrated tho day by "a parade and mass
meeting at Union Square. There were
demonstrations, also, at Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, Pittsburg, and throughout tho Eastern
States generally.
JAMES PALMER, convicted Of the murder
OF Henry IT, Whitehouse, of Portsmouth, was
hanged at Concord, N. VI.
CATTLE and sheep sheds and barns and
stables, covering nearly eight acres of
ground in the West Albany IN. W 1.-Two
Stock Yards. were laid in ashes by an inccn-
diary's match.
THE Assembly In Albany, N. Y. passed n
bill 10 abolish capital punishment
GEORGE WEBnER was killed Mt BelISnap
crossing, near Attica, n. ", by being struck
by u train His wifo's skull was fractured,
injuring her fatally.
THE failure OF the Bank Of America in
Philadelphia has been followed by that of the
Gloucester City IN. j. National Bank. At
the time OF the failure the deposits were about
$4,000. Tho depostors are mostly poor
working people
FBCHHEIMER, RAU Sc Co. shirt manu-.
facturers of New York city, have failed; APP
proximate liabilities, S350,0O assets, $215,-
600.