The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-07-26
GENERAL NEWS

HOW III IOnuOn. mas competed neg0-
tiations with the British Govern
ment for the formal transfer of the
steamships City of Paris and City of
New York from English registry to
American registry. These steam
ships will be admitted to the Ameri-
can registry Immediately, and will
hereafter fly the stars and stripes.
Harry Hanna, member of the In
diana Republican State Committee
from the Twelfth district, and Chair
man Veasy, of the Allen County Re-
publican Committee, have resigned
on account of the Presidents appoint
ment of Judge Chopin to a fat office.
The Blaine men in the Twelfth district
disliked Chopin so much that they re-
fused to allow him to ride on the same
train with them.
Mrs. Marie Nevins Blaine, the di-
vorced wife of James G.. Blaine, Jr.,
arrived in New York on the steam
ship La Champagne after several
months stay abroad. Mrs. Blaine is
still very feeble, and her health is not
as much improved as was hoped,
Mrs. Blaine's plans as to the future
are unsettled, but it is thought she
will 60 to some health resort as soon
as she RECEIVERS sufficiently to be re-
moved.
"Prince" Michael, Mills, of the Is
raelitish God house at Detroit, who is
serving a sentence in Michigan State
Prison for debauching little Bernice
Breckal, one Of his followers, held an
informal Eat home" at the prison
Sunday. He was visited by his
spiritual wife," Eliza Courts, who is
out on bail awaiting trial on the
charge of having improper relations
with this latter-day saint.
A severe explosion occurred at Ell
Ian Gowan Colliery, in Pennsylvania
operated by the Philadelphia Reading
Coal and Iron Company. Some per-
son unknown entered with a naked
lamp, firing body of gas, instantly
killing Casper Mitchell, miner, anG
badly burning and mutilating sever
or eight others. That part of the
mine in which the explosion occurred
is on fire.
In making All excavation in the
rear of the City Hall, New York
workmen came upon All oblong
brown stone, two feet long, Is inches
wide and about foot deep, on which
was inscribed: "R. Varick, Esq.
Mayor, 1776." The relict was remov
ed to the crypt of the City Hall foI
safe keeping. Mayor Richard Var
lex held that office from 1889 to 1901
By an decision of a Texas court
Mrs. X. A. Halfway and Mrs. Mar
garet Parker have become the poses
sors of q valuable tract of land 440(
acres in extent The defendants will
appeal to the United States Supreme
Court, but have offered to pay $25,
600 for quitclaim deed. The ladies
are descendants of Christopher Miller
who died in Texas in 1899.
A conspiracy to rob the railroad.
centering in Kansas City, formed ant
carried out by passengers solicitors
ticket brokers and large number o
conductors, has been Investigated by
detectives. The system worked by
the conspirators was the carrying o
passengers out of the city at half fare
the proceeds of such business bein!
equally divided among all interested
Every building material yard il
New York is closed, with the excep
ton of that belonging to w. II
Schmohl, at Fourteenth Street anC
East River, who has given in to tn,
union. This is the result of a com
bined lockout and strike, consequen
!, upon the fight between the House
smiths Union and the Iron League.
Ola Maddox, Is, white girl, o
Newton, Miss, was enticed into ;
field by colored woman and desert
ed. A negro named Doc Davis thel
checked her senseless and outraged
her. He was arrested and started to-
ward the Jail, but he never reached
there. Cold lead stopped him, ant
his body was left in the woods.
The Homestead iron and steel work
| ers have called upon the trades un
ions of the United States for aid.