The state capital., 1892-01-09

AN unofficial report from Washing
ton, on the 1st, indicated that the
United States supreme courts decision
in the Nebraska governorship case
would be favorable to Boyd, and that
Thayer would have to step down and
out.
THE main building Of the Converse
college at Spartan burgh, S. c., one of
the largest and best-equipped institu-
tions- in the south for the higher educa-
ton of women, was burned at mid
night on the I'd The faculty and stu
dents all escaped, some with nothing
but the clothing they nad on. Not
more than half the students had re-
turned from the holiday vacation.
ROSWELL P. FLOWER was duly in
augurated governor of New York on
the 1st The other state officers were
also inducted.
IT is now asserted that the curt note
sent out by Senor NJ. A. Malta, Chilian
minister of foreign affairs in the provi-
sional government, in reply to President
Harrison's message. which was cabled
leagues or to President Montt, and its
tenor is being generally condemned in
Chilian official circles.
The jury in the case of DIR. Graves,
at Denver, Col, found the doctor guilty
of having caused the death of Mrs. Bar
naby by means of poison contained in
bottle of whisky which he sent de-
ceased. DIR. Graves is said to have
made admissions duplicating Col. Bal
lou in the crime, and the colonel haa
fled
NEWS from the Rio Grande up to the
night of the Sd showed that United
States troops had had brush with
band of Garza's adherents, the latter talk
ing refuge in the chapparal with the loss
of several horses and their camp out
fit Their commander, Col. Munez, was
captured
BY fire which occurred in Columbus,
and private citizen were caught under
falling wall and seriously injured.
Andrew Kerina lived but half an hour
after being extricated The fire caused
a loss of. $25. OOG
OVER half million dollars worth of
property in the business part of Nash
vile, Tenn, was destroyed by fire on
the night of the I'd. Three firemen
were buried under falling walls, the
bodies of two of whom were recovered
on the Sd.
Gov. FLOWER Of New York has
granted Il reprieve, at the request of
the Italian government made through
Secretary Blaine, in the case Of Niccoli
Trezzi, the Italian under sentence of
death by electricity.
The Botch Spinning Co., new cor
poration with a capital stock of be-
tween $500, 600 and $500, 900, will erect
new cotton hosiery yarn mill in New
Bedford, Mass, in the spring
The official Gazette of Berlin says
that industrial, artistic, and above all
agricultural circles in Germany are be-
ginning to display increased interest in
the Chicago Worlds fair.
THE grip is now prevalent through
out Great Britain. Whole families are
Frustrated. and there seems to be no
prospect of change for the better in
EUc near
FIFTEEN hundred cabmen of Paris
struck, on the 4th, causing much in
convenience to the general public.
1T is stated in Valparaiso that EN-
peror William will be proposed as an
arbitrator in the Baltimore case.
In the Wietstock parish of Branden-
burg there was not single death DUR
ing 1891. The parish books show that
this record has not been equaled since
the year 17l9. A special service of
thanks has been rendered in the parish
church.
MISS MARY BIRD, aged %, an actress
playing at the Cincinnati Grand opera
house, was fatally burned, on the
night of the 4th, by the explosion of a
bottle of face lotion which she held in
her hand uncorked.
The United States steamer Baltimore
arrived at San Francisco, on the 5th,
from Chill.
THE state Farmers Alliance of Min
nesota met in annual session at Min
neapolis, on the 5th, with about 700
delegates in attendance.
The remains of the late Gen. M. C.
Meigs, were inferred, with military
honors, in Arlington cemetery, near
Washington city, on the 5th.