The state capital., 1892-01-02

Bob SIMS, the Alabama desperate,
with his gang, surrendered, on the 25th,
tc posse which had trained a cannon
on their house, on con1ition that he be
protected from violence. On the road
to Butler a mob took the prisoners
away and hanged them. This closes
the career of remarkable outlaw who
was the head of a remarkable religious
sect. Sims Is said to have had a list of
forty names of people whom he meant
to wipe out"
THE main bNiiaing Of the eastern
Michigan asylum for the insane at
Pontiac was burned on the Goth, There
were 500 lunatics confined In the build
ing at the time tha lire broke out, but
all were safely removed to the cottages
connected with the institution. The
loss will be about $500. 900.
ACTOR w. j. SEAMAN. who has be-
come insane, wns removed from the
Hotel Imperial in New York to the
home of his n@.Hnager, Augustus Pitou,
iii the 9th. His wife and two nurses
accompanied him. He was not violent
at the time, Mr.. Pitou says he will be
cared for at his house SO long as his
condition will allow II.
WHIf.E two Finlanders were brand
ishing knives in the street, at Lake Lin
den, Mich, on the 27th, Marshal Ma
waite and Justice Brtle attempted to
arrest them The Fins stabbed both
the officers when the marshal shot and
instantly killed Alexander Berola.
Michael Kotila, his companion, was
also shot in the back and will probably
| die.
THoMAs s. APPLEGATE, proprietor of
the Adrian (Mich.) Times, died sudden
| ly of heart disease on the 27th. He
was one of the most prominent repub-
lican politicians of the state, and fer
many years a member of the board of
control of the state school for the
blind.
OVER half million dollars worth OF
business property in Chattanooga,
Tenn, was burned on the 26th, by a
fire which started in d. B. Loveman &
CO. s dry good store. There were many
narrow escapes from d horrible death
Among the employees of Loveman & Co
Hon. DAVID L. HAWKINS, judge OF
the Tenth judicial district of Missouri
and who was assistant secretary of the
interior under the Cleveland admins
tration, died at Blodgett. Mo-. oh The
Goth.
AN insane man, giving his name as j
Bonaparte, entered the office of George
w. Childs, of Philadelphia, on the even
ing of the Goth, and demanded to see
Mr.. Childs. In reply to a question as tt
the nature of his business the man re
piled: II intend to kill him." Upof
being intercepted by a clerk the fellow
drew a Misunderstanding knifej bu
whatever his intentions were, he evi
IDENTIFY changed his mind when he saw
several other clerks coming toward
him, and made his escape. Late in thu
evening the man was arrested and sen
to the Pennsylvania hospital.
WHILE out shooting in the game pre-
serves near Osborne castle, the queen
residence .on the Isle of Wight, on th'
Goth, the duke of Connaught, the thirt
son of the queen, accidentally shot hi
brother-in-law, his royal highnes
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Three shots entered the face of th
prince, one of which, it is feared, vii
destroy the right eye, which it pcne
trated.
M. RIBoT. French minister of foreigl
affairs, stated in the chamber of depu
ties, on the 2Sth, that France must oh
tain satisfaction from Bulgaria. Sh
would not act hastily, but would &C
firmly.
IT has become known that the bon'
given to the United States government
bv Jefferson Davis, to answer to tn
circuit court in Richmond, Va. TO
treason, is missing from the coul
records. The paper bears the signature
of Horace Greeley, John Minor Bott'
Gerritt Smith and other promine1
: persons
SECRETARY FOSTER visited the trea:
urv department. on the 2Sth, for tn
. first time since his illness. His las
previous appearance at the departmeI
y was on November 10.
Two foreigners, one a Spaniard an
: the other a native of Chilli, supposed t
be spies in the employ of the Chilia
government, have been arrested in Sa
: Francisco.