The state capital., 1891-08-29
NEWS And NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Eventa
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Christie Warden. near Hanover, n. H.,
was captured, on the goth, in barn on
the premises of the father OF his victim,
| where he had been in hiding ever since
the commission of the crime. he made
desperate fight before surrendering,
and only gave up when the bone OF one
leg was shattered by two bullet
| wounds.
| PRESIDENT HARRISON celebrated his
fifty eighth birthday anniversary on the
| goth, on Mount McGregor, n. Y, where
Cen Grant died. He was entertained by
WI Arkell and family at their cottage,
and attended a dinner given in his honor
at the hotel, in which 1870 guests
participated. The president paid an
eloquent tribute to Gen. Grant in an
after-dinner speech.
THE dead body of Clark Woodman,
one of the wealthiest citizens of Omaha,
Neb, and an influential director In
the Linseed Oil trust, was found, on
the Goth, in his room at the grand Pa
citic hotel at Chicago. The general
supposition is that the death was that
of suicide, but by some who knew
him best it is attributed to heart dis
ease.
QUEEN VICTORIA made her formal in
spection of the French fleet in Osborne
bay on the 21st. The fleet was drawn
J up in line, flying the French and Brit
ish flags, and every officer and sailor at
his post Admiral Gervais received her
: majesty on board his flagship, the
: Marengo, and as the queen reached the
: deck of the vessel the cannon OF the
: fleet thundered royal and imperial
! salute.
THREE masked robbers boarded an
express train at Collins station, Ga, on
the night of the Goth, covered the ex'
> press messenger with their revolvers,
robbed the safe of $500, pulled the
! bell-rope and alighted and escaped be-
fore an alarm could be given.
QUITE number of the members OF
the Brussels congress made an excur
sion. on the 21st, to the field of the bat
!, tie of Waterloo. The English dele
gates chose, with few exceptions, tt
! absent themselves from the scenes O
! the memorable victory, so that the eX
y cursionists were mostly French, Ger
4 mans and Belgians.
: AN explosion, followed by fire, oc
Cured in the Taylor building, No. q
n to rs Park place, New York city, OF
n the 22d, which completely demolishe'
IS the structure and caused an appalling
Al loss of life, variously estimated iron
,e sixty upward. Nearly hundred pei
e. sons are reported missing, though it
probable that some of them will hav
been located when the full details c
lie the disaster shall have been made up.
10 On the 2lst several convicts at tn
er Walla Walla Wash. penitentiary ovel
n powered the warden and attempted
Y escape on a work train that had bee
IN run into the prison brick-yard. Th
engineer, however, ditched the trail
and the guards shot two convicts dea
I'D and wounded another, after which o
~ der was restored.
Ia DAN BRUCE, city marshal of Shelb,
~ vile, Ind, was shot and fatal
In wounded, on the 22d, by Charl
IN Hawkins, desperate. The murdert
was arrested and placed in Jail, when'
- he was taken by a determined mob an
on hanged to the limb of tree. AS SOC
90 as he was swung up to the limb h
- body was riddled with bullets.
- GEORGE w. Cox, a prominent graz
. army man of Lincoln, Neb., buried h
" fourth wife on the 18th, and on tt
Goth was united in marriage to Mi
Pasby, young lady of 20. Cox is
las years of age.
led THE president went angling Tor PIC
i'd erel at Fern lake, near Mount M
es- Gregor, N. Y, early on the morning
ter the 21st, returning at p. m, with
string of fifteen fine fsh-four or fl
ct of which he had caught himself.
On the 22d John Gibbie and his wi
and little child were crossing can
ed bridge in Schenectady, n Y, when &
to child fell through an opening into Il
5he water The father jumped into t
ck- canal to rescue the child and both we
ian drowned.
,he JAMES WELLS, a well-known citiz
IN of Nottaway county, Va, and his S
sought shelter in a barn during thu
derstorm on the 21st. They had be
rs there but short time when llghtnl
tea struck the barn and both were killed
tn, THERE were severe earthquake shoe
sh- in central Portugal, on the 22d, but
C" damage is reported.
IN AT the First street depot of the Sar
the w r.;lrooa in Ios Angeles. Cal. on
ier- Yst, a smash-up occurred, in VIII
Gov. Markham and other state otficls
;o United States Senator FELTON,, q
oa gressman Powers and others W.
e e,.,, badly shaken up aud few OF tn
90 slightly injured.
~ THE Identification of a body at the
Soy Paul Mimi morgue, on the 23d,
the tiaC VI oooi6o a;a1 I'D =,
ness sensation in both cities. Mr.
born was general superintendent of
met Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Z
who elevators at Minneapolis, and it is S
but the discovery had just been made t
Mo- he was short in his accounts from )
the 900 to $50, 1000.
User A TENEMENT-HoUsE inhabited by !
,ard sons of the poorer classes was bur
y to at Shadwell, England. on the 22d.
was persons were cremated, and one won
|. was killed and two others were S
ously injured by jumping
and THE bureau of American republic
the advised that the Mexican governn
had has recently declared forfeited no
Rus than fourteen railway concessions
and conditions of which had not been
sia's piled with by the grantees.
-om- AT the close of business on the
the $40, 5s4, $50 Az per cent. bonds had
that presented to the treasury departn
forts for exchange for per cent bonds.
THE emperor and empress of
many returned to Berlin on the
nded Shortly after their arrival they
Dor, ceeded on horseback to Tempel
Keep where the emperor reviewed
nv guards.