Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1892-11-18
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS,
CRIMES and CASUALTIES

S S''"iei oaiiulbS ~ 1ot'SNAlS,
Pa, was totally destroyed by fire Satur.
day night. Loss 100000.
There was one death from small poA
at Tacoma Saturday. No now cases
have been reported there OF in Seattle.
Rev. o. II. Harris, aged 22. pastor OF
the Universalist church. North Orange,
Mass. committed suicide Saturday night
by shooting. He was unmarried and
lived alone.
Harbccks stores, comprising three
large buildings on the water front in
Brooklyn and filled with large quan
tity of jute, hemp and cotton. have
burned. The loss will he fully $3.50 .O00
/" Frederick NJ Unger, of Milwaukee,
was found dead In his room in New
York hotel with bullet hole in his
head. He is reported to have lost $2O.-
900 OH the election and is supposed to
have suicided.
Rev. Dr. J. r. Motfett, pastor of the
Baptist church in North Dunville. Va,
h recognized Prohibition leader. who
! was shot by j. Il. Clark, Il lawyer nmd
prominent Democratic politician, last
Friday, has died OF his injuries.
H. l.. Heinsetlan. OF Munroc, Wis,
while hunting deer on the south fork of
| the Eau Claire river, ten or twclvemil,s
from Augusta. Wis. dropped his rifle
among the roots OF Il fallen tree where
on he stood, discllarging it, the bail
passing through his land aud back of
his head
FOREIGN.
The treaty of alliance between Russi,
and France has been signed.
The coroners inquest regarding the
death of the Duke # Marlborough re-
suited in IL verdict of death from nat
ural causes.
| DR.. NeiIl Cream the American girl
poisoner. was hanged III Nrwgatc Jail,
England, Tuesday for crimes commit.
ted in that country.
The cholera epidemic caused so heavy
losses in Prussia that the government is
AWAY behind financially and the anlici.
pated increase III official salaries is
abandoned.
The demonstration i'll Trafalgar
square, London, to celeha'" the
"Bloody Sunday WAS ATTENDED lay
thousands Of wcrl,men. Numerou:
speeches We're made. scme of which
We're violent and intlamnatory.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mrs. Augu2t Belmont, of New York
is dying.
| John Hoey, eS-president Of the Adams
Express company, is d Lad.
Joseph II. Mack, the theatrical man
ager, died Monday at Hewitt. N. j.
The case against Labor Commissioner
Peck, of New York has been dismissed
| The Roman Catholic diocese of To
ronto celebrated its iilttieth anniversar,
Thursday. Nov. 10.
Margaret Malher has married again
This time it is to Il son OF Pabst, th
millionaire Milwaukee brewer.
The freight rate on hard coal screen
ings from Chicago to st. Paul will b
!. increased 81 per ton Nov. %.
Nir. H. Mends, American manager Q
) the Reuter- Telegram company, died il
New York Saturday of pneumonia.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quinc
directors have declared the regular quar-
terly dividend of ii per cent. payabl
Dec. 10.
General o. O. Howard, in comman
of the Department of the Atlantic, is i
Europe collecting data for a book O
harbor defenses.
Senator Cullom, of Illinois, says RI
publican defeat resulted from miE
understanding of the Mckinley tart
law by the masses.
II At meeting of the Male Spinner
6 association at Providence, H. l.. Satul
. day it was voted to demand ali increas
a of Is per cent. i'll wages.
t The granite troubles at Conway, \
). H., where the Maine and New Ham]
/ shire Granite company is cutting stol
1 for the new state library building, hi
been settled
Chief Justice Augustus S. Merriam
of the supreme court of South Carolin
is dead, aged 62. He was elected Unite
" States senator from South Carolina
, the remarkable contest of 1855.
i The Hon. Joseph Walker, {
+ Worcester, Mass, who has just bee
y reelected to congress, has written to IL
Third district congressional committe
declaring his purpose not again to be
a candidate for congress.