The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1892-02-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

BETWEEN fifteen and twenty wolves
have mede their appearance in West
Seneca, suburb of Buffalo. N. Y,
and women and children are afraid to
go out OF DOORS They appear in the
village at night and escape to the
woods about mile away. Several old
hunters are following the trail well
armed.
THE United Workmcn of Canada, in
session ut Ottawa, have discussed at
great length proposal to secede from
the supreme court of the United States
The feeling Of the convention was op-
posed to any such severance, and the
proposition was rejected.
THE dry goods store Of the E. M. Nc
Gillin Co., at Cleveland. o., was burned
on tho night of the 18th, involving a
loss Of Mt least 100000; probably COW
cred by insurance. The building was O
five-story brick block on the corner Of
Superior and Seneca streets, and ex-
tending back to Long street.
A MIDDLE-AGED man registering as
John +. Dye, Somerset, Ky, was found
dead in bed at the Phoenix hotel, Lex
ington. Ky, on the 18th. The gas had
been blown out and filed the room.
Dye belonged to the knights of Pythias,
and accompanied the Somerset delega-
tion to the anniversary celebI alton.
In the Wyoming supreme court, on
the 18th, the application for o new
trial made on behalf of Charles Miller,
the notorious boy double murderer,
was denied, and he was for the second
time sentenced to be hanged. Friday,
April 22, was fixed as the execution
day.
CASES of yellow fever are still OCCUR
| ring in Caracas, Venezuela, despite
every effort made by the sanitary nu-
thorities to stamp out the disease.
On the morning OF the 19th sudden
darkness overspread st. Louis about
$3.50, and the city at once became dark
as midnight, causing an almost COM
plete suspension of business for time.
r. w LoUTER, bookkeeper for an
insurance company in Chicago, met a
horrible death in one of the elevators
of the Rialto building on the 18th. He
was about to step off, when the ele-
vator shot up and he was caught be-
tween the top of the door and the ele
vator frame and crushed to death. II
took half an hour to release his man
gled body,
II. A. BRUINS, president of the Mer
chants bank of Moorhead, Mimi, had
q preliminary examination, on the 18th
on a charge of embezzling $1,000. He
was discharged on the grounds that the
state supreme court has ruled thai
in cases of copartnership like this, the
complaint us stated did not charge {
crime. Bruins is now free from al
legal charges.
CHARLES FOSTER, secretary Of tn,
treasury, will leave for Europe, on tn,
| gath. ON an extensive tour for hi
| health. Gen. John B. Hamilton, sur
geon of the marine hospital service, viii
accompany him.
CHIEF ENGINEER BROOKS, U. 8. N.
has been placed on the retired list, t.
date from March /.
LETTERS from St Luce, Fla. repor
that Senator Quay, who Is staying
there, is threatened with pneumonia
His health has not been improved b.
the change Of climate.
JUAN ANTONIO FLORES has been al
| rtSbtu III Sdh hubohios 1cA.s ny
deputy marshal and placed In jai
charged with violation Of the neutralit.
laws. He is said by the officers to b
Catarino Garza's chief lieutenant, an,
is one of the wealthiest ranchmen O
the Rio Grande. "Juan Antoni
Flores" is the name signed to the fer.
revolutionary proclamations whicl
were scattered through the trouble
districts
PRINCE ALEXANDER of BattenberG
now more generally known as Coup
Hartenau, has made formal applicatio
to the emperor of JAustria for permil
sion to accept a pension Of so. 600 franc
q year recently voted him by tn
sobranje of Bulgaria.
ONE MILLION DOLLARS In gold wer
shipped TO Europe from New York O
the Goth.
A CHESS match will shortly be plHyc
by telegraph between the ManhAtta
Chess club, Of New York, and tho Ne,
Orleans Chess, Checker ard Whist 0lpl
| Of the Crescent Osty,