The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-04-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.

In a collision on the Ann Arbor, |
near Farwell, Mich, two men were
killed.
Exhibits are now rolling into the |
worlds fair grounds at the rate of 300
day.
Incendiaries burned down the san
itary stables at Atlanta, Ga, and de-
stroyed 14O mules.
Work at the worlds fair is being
rushed night and day in the effort to
get the exhibits in shape.
Max Ehrmann died at his home in
Terre Haute, Ind, from the effects of
ether administered by surgeons.
Warships of all nations are gather
ing at Hampton roads, preparatory to
taking part in the naval display.
William Markham, 13, and his 9-year-
old sister have tramped back to Bos-
toe, Ind, from the Pacific coast
The United States cruiser Detroit
has proved herself the fastest cruiser
of her displacement in the world.
J. L. Waite, editor Of the Burlington
Hawkeye, was assaultee by an offended
reader who had sought redress in vain
in the courts.
A prominent New York physicians
assertion that tobacco is powerful
antidote for cholera is attracting con-
siderable attention.
The citizens Industrial alliance of
Pennsylvania has issued an address to
labor organizations calling on them to
u. itc f~-- -oHt'~ 4 cntian. ~
The fire in Homestakc mine near
Deadwood, s. D., has been overcome
and work will be resumed shortly. The
losses are estimated at $4,000.
Three of pleasure party of four
persons from Bayview, CAL, were
drowned in the San Francisco harbor
by the capsizing of their skiff.
William Wilson of North Memphis
was shot dead on the streets by a party
of friends of the brother of his wife,
who had opposed the marriage.
Advices received from st. Helena at
New Bedford, Mass, report q tre-
mendous catch by the Atlantic ocean
whalers during the past season.
Frank C. Almy, the notorious muir
derer of Christie Warden of Rutland,
VT, has confessed to his lawyer that
he is George Abbott, the desperate.
The supreme court of Mississippi has
reversed and remanded the case Of
Henry C. Foster, found guilty of the
murder of ex-Congressman j. B. Nor
gan.
Snow to an average depth of three
or four inches fell in the fruit belt OF
Illinois, accompanied with intense
cold. Damage to the trees is feared.
Eugene Kelly of New York, treas
Al N.la %
America, has forwarded $4,000 to
Justin Mccarthy for the home rule
fund.
Near Somerville, Tenn, a bolt of
lightning struck Matthew Boylan's
house, killing his wife and two chill
dren and injuring others of the family
| of nine.
The impeachment committee of the
Texas house of representatives ap-
peared before the senate and presented
charges against Land Commissioners
McGaughey.
This government is said to have
concluded treaty with Ecuador
which will admit of it's maintaining
an important coaling station in the
Pacific ocean.
Charles b. Williams, managing ed
itor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, was
found dead in the office of the paper.
Apoplexy is supposed to have been the
cause of his death.
Carl Ricard, fortune teller at Terre
Haute, Ind, confessed that Mrs. Prelle
who is having litigation with her hus'
band, hired him to murder Mrs. Miller
with whom she thought her husband
intimate.
Patrick Dalan killed James Collin!
at Harrison, N. j., because Collin!
failed to win a footrace in whicl
Dolan backed him. Collins was wei
known as Cuckoo" Collins, and raj
against horses in different circuses.