The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-02-08

ana retired manuIacturef, commlJLeu sui
eide in his office-Hawaiian commission
ers arrive in Washington and are intro
duced to the president-Testing Of the
dynamite cruiser Vesuvius continues sue
cessful--A guard is necessary over the
grave of Mr.. Blaine to keep vandals away
United States Lawn Tennis association
meets in New York-Railroads fix rate
to Chicago during Worlds fair of SIS from
New York and return and to Washington
at cents mile-Boston and Maine have
leased the Connecticut River railroad for
80 years-A bill has been introduced In
Minneapolis legislature against manufac-
ture, sale or use of the hoopskirt
Monday, Feb. Q.
Mrs. Whitney, wife Of Ex-Secretary Of
the Navy William C.Whitney, died in New
York of heart failure-Anna Dickinson
sues the physicians who put her In the In
sane asylum for S125, 600 damages
Stratus, prominent antisnapper Of New
York, is mentioned in connection with the
postmaster generalship of the Cleveland
cabinet-Rev. DR.. John r. Davies ac-
copied the pastorate of the late DR.. How
ard Crosby's church, New York--Dr. Cor
nelius Herr is critically III in London
Miss Sallie Clarinda Koop of Brooklyn,
who was bridesmaid at her twin sisters
wedding last Wednesday, committed sui
eide by shooting herself four times, first
having taken an ounce of chloroform--
Medical Society OF the State of New York
will hold its 9th annual meeting In Al
bany Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
While searching in a blizzard at Har-
rison, Mich, for his missing daughter,
Henry Graham persisted In the snow al
most within reach of his own door-The
postoffice and store of J. w. Van Hoesen
and the meat market Of L. Corcilius In
| Castleton, N. Y, were robbed. From
| the postoffice was obtained % In
money and over 300 worth Of stamps
A warrant has been issued for the arrest
| of the Rev. l.. o. Stevens, ex-pastor OF st.
| Lukes Episcopal church at st. John, N. b.,
charged with having alienated the affec-
| lions OF the wife of Leonard Nase. Stevens
| is native of Boston and graduate Of
| Harvard college-There Is no longer any
| doubt as to the early opening of the Chero-
kee strip to settlement, and business
houses, prospective settlers and town com.
panies are all preparing for the rush
The Hawaiian ENJOYS will await further
advices from Honolulu, which are ex-
pected to reach San Francisco Wednes-
day-At political meeting In Essex,
Canada, a vote was taken regarding
annexation, with the following results
In status quo, 81; Independent, II; i'm
perial federation, 3; annexation, 4iS---
John Dillon, anti Parnellite, warned the
amnesty agitators in parliament that they
are putting home rule in peril----FlQods
In Queensland have caused enormous loss
to property-The little king Of Spain,
who has scarlatina, is convalescent--Dr.
William Coolidge Stone died at his home
In Lakewood, N. J.
Tuesday, Feb. =.
Senate refuses to repeal the silver bill, -
to 23--Before the senate committee
Chemist Veazey produced "a whisky at
cost of si.3l. He said the stuff represented
one-half the liquor business of the coun-
try--Governor Flower vetoed the Brook
| lyn bill and sharply rebuked the effort to
| legalize the expenditures for Kings coun-
| ty's Columbian celebration-The Ameri-
can commissioner for King Teburiemo Of
Butaritari, one of the Gilbert islands, has
forwarded to the state department pro-
test from the king against the forctble
! seizure of his islands by the British
government, while negotiations were
progressing with the United States.
He asks for the protection OF the
United States or for annexation--AL
keEnOu NudTlcS GdItoEAs, VIM A10IEl0A
Nellie, the daughter of the late President
Grant, died in Capri. The couple have not
lived together for some time--King
George and the queen of Greece are In
Zante inspecting the havoc caused by the
earthquakes--A newplay called Beckett"
was produced in London, with Henry 1r-
wing in the title role---Wall street stocks
were less active owing to the defeat Of the
motion in the senate to call mp the bill for
repeating the Sherman law--Honorary
pallbearers included President Elect Cleve-
| land for Mrs Whitney's funeral, which
| took place at st. Bartholomew's church,
| New York--It is understood that an out
| line of plan for the annexation Of the
| Sandwich Islands has been completed
| and will be read at the conference
with the Hawaiian commissioner
Charles Colne, who was secretary Of the
American Panama committee, testified be.
| fore the special committee Of the house OF
representatives concerning the operations
Of the committee in this country-John
Griffin of Braintree, Mass, and William
Murphy of Australia, featherweights,
| fought at Coney Island for 1900. The
Australian was knocked out In seven
rounds--A. G. Hull, wealthy Saratogan,
suicides--Mary Ann Body, an eccentric
hermit living near Medina, N. r, was
found frozen to death-A petition was
| presented In the Massachusetts house for
| the abolition Of the death penalty and
asking that imprisonment for life be sub
stituted - John Cooper, alias Thomas
| O'Donnell, was sentenced in Syracuse to
life imprisonment at hard labor In Au-
burn state prison for the murder Of George
L. Cottle at Skaneateles Junction on Nov.
s3--Steven G. Boyd was admitted to prac-
tioe law at the bar in York, Pa. Professor
Boyd did not begin to read law until he
was 81 years old--Master Workman
James Hughes, convicted Of extorting
money from members of the Rochester
Clothing Exchange, gave himself up at the
penitentiary at Rochester to begin serving
his years sentence.