The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-09-28
CONDENSED NEWS

last week are under arrest. Inc con-
fession of one of the prisoners has re-
vealed a conspiracy involving not only
several unemployed railroad men, but
the messenger bAggageman and
brakeman of the trai robbed. OIL
the $4,000 or more stolen, $4,000 has
been recovered.
A continuance was granted at Chat
tanooga in the case Of NJ. j. OBrlen,
the ex.Supreme Treasurer OF the
Catholic Knights of America, who is
charged with embezzng shout $4,000
from the order Absence uiimpoItant
witnesses was the ground.
a. S Youmans, of Carthage, Mo,
Sooner" was lynch,d hy party of
racers in the Cherokee strip, In a
battle with racers 'hree "sooners"
we're killed and their valuable claims
taken up by men who had made the
race honestly.
Congress Wheeler, If Alabama,
says that he intends to press the bills
for the admission as States of Arizona,
New Mexico and Utah Territories and
hopes to get them through the House
befor the regular session in Deem
Der.
Several persons were killed and
number injured in a wreck on the
Big -Four railroad at MOnteno, I'll.
The train was divided and the loco
motive OF the second section dashed
into an Ohio and Mississippi sleeper
attached 10 the first section.
No bad play goes at Choctaw In
dian game of base ball. At San }air,
in fight growing out of II game, a
sheriff and his deputy were killed and
awhile man WAS wounded.
In the upper house of Congress yes
terday Senator Voorhees,, in answer to
the numerous critics who claim that
he does not end the debate, declared
that he might as well be arraigned for
not terminating the tides of the ocean
or the blowing of the northwest wind.
The letter. OF the Senator's SMILES is
especially forcible, but let us hope the
"nor'wester is almort ov4r.
Senator Irby, the Populist successor
to Wade Hampton in the United
States Senate, supplied the people of
Columbia. S. c., with shortlived
sensation yesterday, leaving, however,
an enduring entry on the police court
records of that city IN he shape of .
drunk and disordrrly conduct, count
No l carrying concealed weapons.
courtNo g."
The larger portion % the business
ra"t of O"ingsvilIe, Ky, was devas-
tated by FIRE sst wees The loss is
reckored at about $165 900, ami the
insurance about $50,0o0 Lack Of
water supply rendered the people help
ltss Among the many buildings de-
stroyed was the new Chi tian church.
A frnd incarnate butchered to
death family OF six persons Monday
night twelve miles south OF Washing
ton, Ind. Denson Wralton. his vile,
three children and Mr. Wralton's aged
mother were the victims There is 10
clew to the murderer Bloa0hounds
have been pnt on the trail,
With simple but impressive services
the remains of ex-President and Mrs.
James X. Polk were removed from the
Polk place at Nashville to Capitol
Hill in that city.
The American Mission at Rome has
been raised to the rank Of an Embassy.
Minister Van Aliens nomination for
the new rank was sent to the senate
by the president.
Robert Smith, the negro prisoner to
save whose life so many pi Roanoke's
citizens were shot down, was finally
captured early while being returned
to Jail. Alter being hanged his body
was removed and burned. Only
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