The state capital., 1891-11-07
Ne VS. AND NOTES,
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

thirds OF the people are favorable 10 IT,
There was time when such sentiments
as are being openly expressed at pres
ent would have been met with the cry
Of traitor That time is past. Not only
the French press advocates it, but re-
spectacle portion of tho English press
has lately come out in support of it.
THE town of Newberry, on the
Evansville & indianapolis road, in
Greene county, Ind, was almost wholly
destroyed by fire on the 29th. Fourteen
buildings were destroyed The fire
started in saloon, and is said to have
been started by a woman whose hus-
band frequented the place. Total loss,
$50, 900; insurance only $1,000
The Philadelphia grand jury. on the
s0th, found three bills of indictment
against the five suspended mercantile
appraisers of that city.
WHILE an employe of the Excelsior
Slate Co. of Bangor. Pa, on the 30th,
was tending a gate at the head of the
quarry, and while trying to haul in
stone weighing about a ton, a severe
wind storm started the derrick, which
struck the man and dashed him head
first into pit IS feet deep, and he was
instantly killed.
THERE was long meeting Of the rep
resentatives of the big coal-producing
but the only action was to allow an
output of 4.00O,0 900 bushels. This is
practically unrestricted production, and
is believed to be the maximum that the
companies can produce. Each COM
pany will. during the month, go ahead
and mine all the coal that it possibly
can. Prices are left unchanged.
CHAs. BEARDsLy, a mOtOrneer on a
Minneapolis (Minn.) electric car met
death, on the 30th, under the wheels of
his own car, which "bucked' or ran
backward few feet, and then started
forward, throwing Bardsley over the
front of the car, which ran over him.
He was dead when picked up.
A CAvE-IN on the Roanoke & South
ern railroad near Martinsville, Va. on
the 30th, resulted in the killing of two
men and serious injury to three others.
CONGRESSMAN OUTHwAITE is. very
sick with pneumonia at his home in
Columbus, o. He caught cold while
on the stump for Gov. Campbell.
ASPEN, Col, is in a turmoil over the
disappearance of George r. Ford, a
prominent druggist and county com
missioner. Investigation into his af-
fairs shows that he has gulled the pub
lie to the tune of several thousand dol
lars while the wholesale dealers in his
line are yet to hear from.
INTENSE excitement has been occa-
stoned in Bridgeport, Conn.,, by rumor
that wholesale poisoning of the inmates
of the jail has been going on for sew
eral weeks Steps have been taken te
institute an investigation.
The acknowledgement has decided
| that every military college receiving
arms and ammunition from the nationa
government for the purpose of instruc
ton, and to which an officer Of thu
| United States army has been detailed
as professor of military tactics, mus
display the national flag on all occa
sions when, under army regulations
the use of flag is called for.
| The Austrian government has re
solved to comply with the request 0
the United States and to remove th'
restrictions on the importation 0
picked pork and bacon, but will retain
them on lard. The government is in
fiuenced by the fact that a similar con
cession was granted by Germany. Th
assent Of the Hungarian cabinet is still
wanting, but will doubtless be OF
tanned.
A REPORT from Briceville, Tenn, Of
the morning of the 31st stated tha
5000 armed miners surrounded tn
stockades of the Tennessee Mining &C
at Briceville and of the Knoxville Irol
Co. at Coal Creek and turned the cor
victs, $50 in number, loose. The stock
ades are said to have been burned.
ANNE WALDEN, a stylishly-dresse
woman of 81. created a sensation i
front of the Metropolitan opera hous
in New York, on the night of the 30tl
by shooting and fatally wounding he
husband. James Walden. aged 20, t
whom she was married two month
previous, and whom she charged wit
cruelty and neglect to support her prof.
erly.
The consensus of opinion from a
quarters, both foreign and domestic
seems to be that Chill will madly coul
conflict with the United States rathe
than give way one iota from her arrt
giant attitude in regard to the recent a
tack upon American men-of-warsme
in Valparaiso
The first blizzard of the season mad
it's advent in North Dakota on the 3Otl
There was heavy fall of snow, a
companied by furious gale. The bli
zard extended into Minnesota.
LATEST reports in connection wit
the burning of the steamers Olive
Bierne at Millikin's Bend, La, plat
the loss of life at seventeen.
The influenza is spreading through
out Berlin with such rapidity and S
, verify as to cause serious alarm.
THE epidemic of influenza which hi
been raging in Moldavia, Roumania, h;
. reached Bucharest. where it is accor
panied by peculiar skin eruption.
FIFTEEN miners were buried by t.
collapse of a coal pit at Dombrowk
Poland. on the 3lst.
A FIRE which started in the dry goo
store of Denecke & Yetter at Ced
Rapids, Ia, on the 1st, caused loss
fully $4,000 before it was got und
control. j. L. Billan. druggist and a
! dealer, was heavy loser, and sever
lawyers offices were badly soaked.
IT transpires that some OF the me
absurd and alarming reports concerni1
the Chilian imbroglio have been cabl
! to the English press from this side, e
IDENTIFY by sensation-mongers inte
4 upon stirring up strife or infiuencil
\ the money markets.
:, SANDRINGHAM HALL, the reslden
Z of the prince of Wales in Norfol
{ shire, was damaged to the extent
] H15. 900 by a fire which broke out in t