The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The arguments at Saratoga in the Til
den will case are concluded.
Wright 6, Smith, olothiers Of Philadel-
phia, are financially embarrassed. Their
liabilities are $40, 600.
The police have seized the office Of the
"Revolta," new journal, at Lisbon, and
suppressed Its publication
Heavy frosts caused much damage to
the crops in Somerset, Keunebec Frank
lin and Oxford counties, Maine
William McGibuey, the Eastern Agent
of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad,
died in New York at midnight from
pneumonia.
Miss Ellen Terry, the actress, is Ill
in London with congestion Of the
lungs Her condition is reported to be
serious.
In fire near Myersdale, Pa, two chill
dren were burned to death and nine
other occupants of the house barely es-
capped in their night clothes.
Father John Brady of St. Joseph's
Church, Amesbury, Mass, has been sp-
pointed by the Pope as coadjUtor to Arch
bishop Williams of the Boston diocese
Governor Russell of Massachusetts,
has signed the repeating bill permitting
persons to take drinks at the bars of
saloons while standing up.
Ex-Governor Henry Lippitt Of Rhode
Island died yesterday at Providence.
He was born in 1878 and was a liueal
descendent of John Lippitt, who came to
this country In 1888.
In the Cambridge, Mass, Police
Court thirty students of Harvard College
were fined S65 each for having liquors
stored in the rooms of the Alpha Delta
Phi Club, of which they were members.
In the Massachusetts Legislature the
bill taxing inheritances so that direct
heirs pay no tax and collateral heirs pay
per cent. was passed in the Senate. The
bill to regulate mercantile agencies was
defeated in he House.
1t is said that Governor Steele of Okla
homa, has been offered position as Com
missioner of Pensions by President Har-
rison. Governor Steele is an Indianian,
and was appointed Governor by the Pres
ident.
After n long conference between COM
mittees representing the Boot and Shoe
Workers International Union and the
Knights of Labor Shoemakers, of Bos-
ton they failed TO reach basis for con.
solidation Of both organizations.
Governor Hill has appointed District
Attorney Hugh Reilly of Albany n. Y,
Commissioner of the Board of Claims of
New York State to succeed the late Judge
Muller The Governor also appointed
Assistant District-Attorney Andrew Ham
1lton to succeed Mr.. Reilly, promoted.
A Buffalo, N. Y, paper says the pub
lished statement to the effect that Speaker
Sheehan is a candidate for the nomina-
tion for Lieutenant-Gove has been
made entirely without his authority.
Mr.. Sheehan says emphatically that he Is.
not candidate for that nomination.
Returns just received by the Pennsy ]
vania State Board Of Agriculture give q
promising crop outlook, especially with
respect to wheat whi h will be above the
average for the past twenty years. Dry
weather affected hay and oats some.
what. There will be an average crop of
apples Live stock reports indicate that
the stock is hardly up to the average
condition.
Detective Heald, Of the Maine Central
Railroad, who has been investigating the
alleged attempt at train robbery near
Enfield, Me-, says the train robbers
were simply drunken crowd who
boarded the train at the station, pulled
the cord, stopped the train, fired pistols
In the air, jumped from the cars and ran
away. They did not attempt to enter
the baggage or express cars, though the
doors were open,