The times., 1893-03-03


during the week ended on the 24th
aggregated s1.2l5, 93s. .075, against ST.
252,252, S97 the previous week. The
increase as compared with the corre-
spending week of 1892 was 1872.
A SUICIDE club has been formed at
Bridgeton. N j., with about fifty MEM
bers. A supper is to be held each year
on Washington's birthday, and the
member who draws the black ball
must die within year.
JOHN STURGEON, of Bucyrus, O., was
arrested at San Francisco for EN- mbezzl-
ing nearly $40, 900 from estates of which
he was executor.
In the criminal court at Nashville,
Tenn, Harvey Weakly, on trial for
murder, when asked if he had killed
the victim said he hoped God would
strike him dead if he had. Hardly had
Weakly spoken when he fell dead to
the floor.
AT Hahnville. La, a negro named
Underwood was hanged for numbering
Oscar Lamon, white man.
Gov. LEwELLING has fully decided to
reorganize the militia of Kansas, in
creasing the mum Der from 1S, 600 to co.
000 Orders have been issued to remove
all disloyal line and staff officers and
replace them with men who will obey
the governors orders.
w. c. RIPPEY, partially insane
through losses in mines and mining
stocks, shot and slightly wounded
John w. Mackay, the mining million
aire and president of the Postal Tele-
graph company, in San Francisco, and
then fatally shot himself
AT Barnesyille, S. c., while colored
woman was at a dance her five chill
dren at home were burned to death.
THE agent of the Missouri, Kansas e.
Texas road at Adair, !. t., was robbed
by three desperadoes of SS, 700.
AT Johnstown, Pa, Joseph Zetzoch
undertook to drink two quarts of al
cohol for wager of two dollars. He
drank one quart and was eating some
sausage when he fell dead.
The Daughters of the Revolution in
session in Washington elected Mrs.
Stevenson, the wife of the vice presi-
dent-elect, as president general of tie
society.
The paint and car shops of the South
ern Pacific and fourteen pas enger
coaches were burned at San ADtopio,
Tex, the loss being $780, 900.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has approved
the act granting pension to the widow
of the late Maj. Gen. Doubleday.
FRANK GILBoU6H, aged 2S and popu-
lar young man, shot and killed Miss
Dora May Watson, aged II, at Calves
ton, Tex, because she refused to mar
ry him, and then killed himself.
S. GLEITZ and wife, of Tarentum,
Pa, returned home from funeral and
found their two children burned to
death.
SAMUEL PRICE, q railroader, who was
badly frozen in blizzard, had his
hands and feet amputated at Pitts
burgh, and it was said that he would
live
AT Bermuda, Tex, Mrs. John Stew
art, a farmers wife, gave jeff Mastcn,
for insulting her, 100 lashes with
horsewhip while her husband covered
him with a revolver.
PRESIDENT HARRISON issued proc
lamation convening the senate in extra
session March 4.
The Kansas supreme court decided
that the republican house is the legal
house of representatives. of the state.
HENRY DAVENPORT, an old farmer
near Knoxville, Tenn, was roped in
by the gold brick ancient fraud for
So 500.
AN immense deposit of rich bessemer
ore was discovered on 40-acre tract
located in st. Louis county, Mimi,
owned by w. II. Burt, of Saginaw,
Mich. 1t was calculated that over TO-
600, 900 tons were in sight.
Four oyster boats were wrecked near
Laurel, Del, and seven oystermen were
drowned.
FIRE destroyed the building and stock
o. the Minnesota Shoe company in st.
Paul, the loss being $50, 900.
THE planning mill of the Commercial
Lumber company at FELTON,, Ga, was
burned, cntailing loss of $780, 600.
James Berry, the night watchman, per-
ished in the flames.
Miss JULIA FORCE, sister of the lead
ing shoe merchant of Atlanta, Ca, shot
and killed her two sisters. She was
thought to be insane.
AN Erie vestibule train was wrecked
near Vandalia, N. Y, and ten persons
were injured. but no one was killed.
FIVE members of life-saving crew
were drowned near New Bedford,
Mass, while going to the rescue of
wrecked brig.
WILLIAM MILLER, a pugilist, died in
San Francisco from blow received
during fight with Dal Hawkins.
A LEATHER trust with a capital of
SIS, ,o00 600 has been formed by New
York and Boston leather houses
A BARN owned by W. Chesrown near
Olney, ILL.,, was burned, and fifteen
horses and five cows perished in the
flames.
THE Cofrodt e. Saylor company, con-
trolling the Reading (Pa.) rollingmills,
failed for $500, 600.
CHARLES r. CARTER has been sem
fenced at Mount Vernon, Mo-, to hang
April ii next for the murder of Robert
Crockett seven years ago.
SAMUEL BROWN and his sons Sidney
and George fell distance of 1875 feet
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