The state capital., 1892-02-06
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE steamship Polaria, from Stettin,
arrived at New York on the Goth.
This is the steamer which 1t was
thought might be the burning vessel
sighted at sea by the Egyptian Mon
arch.
ii. M. S. VICTORIA, one of the most
powerful ships in the British navy, and
flagship of the editerranean squad
ron, went ashore in a dangerous posi-
tion on the Greek coast on the 3Oth. III.
NJ. S. Edinburg and a number of tugs
and lighters left Malta in order to try
and pull the Victoria off, but latest ac-
counts gave little hope of their success.
KING CARLOS Of Portugal has re-
nOunced 20 per cent of his civil list,
which amounts in total TO 435, 900 mil
reis per annum, in order TO assist in
the restoration of the embarrassed
finances of the nation.
Gov MCKINLEY of Ohio was confined
to his bed, on the 29th by a serious at
tack of neuralgia.
A DISPATCH from Shanghai, China. re-
ports that a British gunboat had been
sert to Ichang. where the Christians
were recently massacred. More trouble
is expected there.
AN attempt was made. on the night
Of the 31st, to fire the royal castle at
konigsberg, Prussia.
A DISPATCH from Holyhcad England
says the steamship Meath. of Sunder-
land, was wrecked near that place on
the 1st. Life boats went to the rescue.
Cu III
died at Montone, England, on the night
Of the 31st, after an illness of seven
months, aged 81.
The United States acceptance of
Chili's reply to the presidents ultima
tum gave great satisfaction in Valpa
raiso
TALTON HALL was convicted of muir
der in the first degree at Bristol, Tenn.
on the 3Oth
"PEG-LEG" ELDRIDGE and Bert Cur
tbs, the Rio Grande train robbers, on
trial at Denver. Col, were sentenced
for life to the United States prison at
Detroit, on the 3Oth, the motion for
new trial being overruled.
The steamship Elder, of the North
German LLOYD Steamship Co., Capt
Henecl1e, which left New York for Bre-
men on January %, went ashore, during
the night of the 31st, on the Atherfield
rocks nine miles west OF Ventnor. Isle
of Wight The life-saving corps and
coast guardsmen did noble work in res
cuing and caring for passengers and
crew.
ALICE MITCHELL and Lille johnson
were jointly arraigned in the criminal
court at Memphis, Tenn, on the 1st,
charged with the murder of Freda
Ward. They pleaded not guilty.
The peace of Europe is said to be
menaced by the strained relations ex-
isting between France and SPAN, and
the gravity of the situation can hardly
be exaggerated.
IT is reported that lnan named John
Boyd is in Jail in NORTH. Carolina on his
own confession that he was the princi
pal in the wrecking of the Richmond &
Danville train near Statesville, Septem-
ber 6. Twenty persons were killed in
the wreck. Robbery was the motive
Of the crime.
JOHN l.. FERGUSON, the clerk of the
National bank of Kansas City, Mo, who
embezzled nearly $50, 900 of the banks
money, pleaded guilty to two indict-
ments, on the 3Oth, and was sentenced
to four years in the penitentiary.
LAKE ERIE is frozen from the Amer
lean to the Canadian shore for the first
time in six years. Lake st. Clair is
also frozen sohi from shore to shore,
and the ice is so thick that race-courses
have been laid upon it and races are
held daily. Vessel-owners are pleased
with the situation, as it is likely to
make the opening of navigation late,
which will insure better rates of
freight.
The coinage executed by United
States mints during January, 1892, was
as follows: Gold, 700, 900 pieces, of the
value of Sl,59O, 900; silver, 1892, 900
pieces, of the value of 81, 165, 900; 1ninor
coins, 4.7S6, 900 pieces, of the value of
500, 500-making total of 10, l3S, 600
pieces, of the value of So, S45, 900.
E. w. HUTCHINSON, a wealthy Ne
braska farmer, who, last April, muir
dered an adventures who, he claimed,
had tried to defraud him of his prop
erty, and who was afterward sent to
the insane asylum, was discharged, on
the 1st, as cured, after two months in
carceration.
THE proprietor and the editor of the
Beaver PA Star were sentenced, on
the 1st, to six months Imprisonment
and fine of 5000 each for charging
Senator Quay with completely in the
Bardsley embezzlement