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A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED

Friday, Nov. 20.
Emperor William, who has been suffer.
ing from severe chill, is recovering.
William Mckinley, Sr., father Of Cover
nor Mckinley, died at his home in Canton,
o., yesterday.
In the football match between Yale and
Princeton at New York yesterday the
former won by score of 10 to 0, retaining
the championship.
United States Senator James Mcmillan
and his son, w. " Mcmillan, have pur-
chased the Mutual Gas company, of De
troit, Mich. The price paid is 81 ,500, 600
Saturday, Nov. 20.
NJ. Guizot, son of the French historian,
is dead
Sir John Thompson has been appointed
premier of Canada. vice Sir John Abbott,
resigned. naa
A conscience contribution of 800 in an
envelope postmarked Washington, ID. C.,
has been received by Treasurer Nebeker.
Only five of the 250, 900 Cinnamon in the
United States have complied with the
registration law, and it is evident they in
tend to ignore it. 1t would cost the gov
eminent SIC, 750, 900 to send them all back
to China.
MOuuo1s Nov 90
The heresy trial of Professor Briggs was
resumed in New York this forenoon.
General Rosecrans has returned to
Washington only slightly improved in
health.
Lavigerie, the great French cardinal and
anti-slavery agitator, died at Algiers,
aged67.
Safe blowers secured several thousand
dollars from the r. j. Cunning Sign COM
pany, Chicago.
Corbett, the prize fighter, will play at
the Worlds fair in 100000 theater, to be
built by Chicago capitalists.
Acting Secretary Spaulding has issued
an order for the release of the sixteen Bel
gian glass blowers who have been detained
at New York since the 10th inst. on sus-
picion of being contract laborers.n
Tuesday. Nov. 30.
James Stone and William Blankenship
We're caught counterfeiting nickels near
Admission, Ala, and placed in Jail
Miss Maggie Hamilton, an Allegheny
Pa, school teacher drowned herself at
Kittaning, Pa, while crazed from typhoid
fever
At Middletown, Conn, three men and
two women umbrella menders) were
burned to death in tobacco barn, where
they were sleeping.
An extensive prairie fire swept ever a
large tract of country near the Missouri
river, South Dakota, burning out q num-
Der of farmers some Of whom lost quite
heavily
Further trouble is feared in the Coal
Greek mines in Tennessee, as the convict
lessees have some time to run and the
miners are organizing to drive the con-
victs away by force.
Wednesday, Nov. so.
Patrick Egan, minister to Chile, has re-
turned to his post.
Mr.. d. c. Winans, son of the late Ross
Winans, of Baltimore, died in London.
Ex-United States Senator Graham N
Fitch died at Logansport, Ind, aged a.
Ex-Secretary Blaine continues to i'm
prove in health, and will be able TO be out
in a few days.
There is actual restitution among the
men who struck at Homestead, Pa, last
July, and who are still unemployed.
Two sons Of John Doherty, aged and IL
years, respectively, were drowned while
skating at Westwood, Ont.
Thursday, Dec. 4.
Ihe tlOrida orange crop seems nkely 70
be 90 per cent short, and $3.50 box will
probably be the price at Jacksonville.
The president has appointed John p.
Erich, Of Ohio, to be United States consul
at Antigua, West Indies.
William Manus, Of Lomasville, Tenn,
began to beat his wife with his revolver
when his daughter Nellie, II years old, in
terfered. She tried to wrest the weapon
from him and it was discharged, killing
her instantly. Manus is threatened with
lynching
Suit was recently brought to make the
mayor and council OF Lathrop, Kan, make
a special levy to raise the amount of the
interest on the municipal debt, and the or
der was made. The officials refused to
obey it, and now Judge Phillips threatens
to send the whole council to Jail.
The Holy See has declined to sanction
the marriage of Prince Ferdinand Of Bull
garia to the daughter of the ex-Duke of
Parma.
A new and stringent series of regula-
tions to guard against the temperance
of cholera in England next spring are be-
ing prepared.