The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-04-08

ploded hear Connelisville, Pa, on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, on the Sd,
and three brakemen were fatally
scalded and otherwise injured.
JAMES w. HAMILTON, a colored ex-
preacher, was electrocuted at the Sing
Sing IN. W prison on the Sd. A sin
gle shock sufficed to cause death.
NINETY houses in Klein-P oechlarn,
on the Danube, were burned to the
ground on the I'd. Fifteen bodies were
removed from the ruins, and twelve
more were known to be in the ashess
A MUTINY that threatened to have
serious consequences broke ont, on the
evening of the Cd, in the ST. Michael
prison, in Rome, owing to discomfort
on account of the poor quality and
meager quantity of rations allowed the
prisoners.
Mrs. ANNIE LOUISE CHURcHITI-CAMP-
BELL CACAcE Mrs. James II. Caldwel)
is dead. She was the woman whom
Customs Inspector Traitteur at New
York accused OF smuggling several
cases of oil paintings by foreign artists
into this country. What caused her
death is kept secret.
Hon. V. + WADswoRTH, Il prominent
Kentucky lawyer and minister to Mex
leo under President Grant, was stricken
with paralysis at his home in Maysville,
KY, on the Sd, and it was not thought
he could survive
WILLIAM II. CH1LDs, SO years old, a
physician of Pittsburgh, Pa, took an
overdose of morphine in New York
city on the night of the Sd. lie was
taken to the New York hospital uncon-
scious.
GEORGE KAssEL, Il son of John Kas-
sci, of Danville, Ia. was found drowned
in fish pond on his fathers farm on
the Sd. The young man had just re-
turned from an extended trip in Cali
fornia, and it is thought he suicided on
account of domestic trouble.
THE business portion of the town of
Florence, S. c., was destroyed by fire
on the 3D. Flames started during the
night and burned until a. IN. The
Central hotel the city hall and four
teen dwellings, were destroyed. The
loss is estimated at at least $3.50, 600;
only partially covered by insurance.
Mrs. ELLSWORTH MILLER, of Cold
Springs, Pa, aged 81, gave birth. on
the Sd, to triplets-two girls and Il boy
In the past eight years and seven
months she has become the mother of
seventeen children-three sets of trip
lets, two sets of twins and two single
births. Eight of the children are liy-
ing.
Gov. HoGa of Texas has issued his
proclamation quarantining the Texas
after May 1. 1t applies to all vessels,
persons and articles from places infest-
ed with cholera, yellow fever or small
pox, and extends to all places south of
the twenty-fifth degree of latitude,
which are not proved to be free from
infection.
lT is stated at the state department
st. Louis, has been received from Aus
tria. The opinion seems to be that
none will be made. A diplomat is au-
thority for the statement that the
prejudice against the Jews is nearly as
strong in Austria as it is in Russia. He
further said that it is race rather than
a religious prejudice.
A VIRGINIA man appears to have pro-
duced the best smokeless powder which
the army has tested up to date The
test was recently held at the Franlford
(Pa.) arsenal, with excellent result, and
a request was sent for additional and
larger quantities of the powder. The
composition came from Leonard Mason,
who has been known as chemist and
ordnance expert