The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-04-07
DOMESTIC.

ALFRED DE ORE, the Cuban expert,
in the tournament at Syracuse, N. Y,
sustained his claim to the title of cham
pion pool player of the world.
G. IL. HOWARD, pedestrian, left
Engle wood, H., for Buena Vista, Col,
in an attempt to cover the distance,
1920 miles, in twenty-seven days.
TUE Clifton house, a popular summer
resort on the Clifton shore of Marble
head, Mass, was burned by an in
cendiary.
IT was stated that the president
would call an extra session of congress
to dispose of the tariff question. No
definite time had been set, but the ses-
sion would begin either in September
or October.
Miss LILLE JOHNSON, who was in
dicted at Memphis, Tenn, as accessory
to the murder of Freda Ward by Alice
Mitchell, was discharged, there being
no evidence against her. Miss Mitchell
is still in the insane asylum.
OVER 1000 families were in destitute
circumstances in De Soto, Bolivar, Sun
flower and Coahoama counties in Ten
nessee owing to the recent cyclone.
A FIRE in the shops Of the prison at
Auburn, n Y, caused loss of 500, OOO
CoXE's iron coal breaker at Oneida,
Pa, burned, the loss being $500, 600. The
structure was the only one of its kind
ever built
A LARGE part of the business por-
ton of Toronto, Kan, was destroyed
by fire.
CHARLES +. TONES, local manager at
Buffalo, n Y, for the American Pre-
serves company, disappeared, leaving
letter confessing that he is defaulter
to the extent of $40, 900.
WILLIAM p. BROOKS & Co., dealers in
furniture and carpets in Boston, failed
for 500, 900.
THE Continental Trust COM pany of
New York was effecting a consolida-
ton of six of the greatest typewriter
companies in this country on basis of
$40, 900, 600 capitalization.
A SLUMP of ~ cents in May wheat
on the Chicago board of trade caused a
panic among brokers.
WHILE temporarily insane William
Reynolds shot and killed his friend, NJ.
" iASliy, III NCW lOih, duu tiiCA
killed himself.
HENRY CLAY SWAIN, cashier of the
Second national bank of Washington,
ID. c., was burned to crisp while en-
dcavoring to control a meadow fire at
Sea Isle, N. j.
j. M. RENFRo, of Gladstone, Ia, is
charged by his wife with having four
other wives when he married her one
year ago. Renfros whereabouts are
unknown.
JOHN HILL, a boy sentenced to be
hanged April IA at Camden, N. j., has
confessed to the murder of Joseph
Dodson.
A GREAT prairie fire was raging at
Culbertson, Neb., and vicinity. The
whole valley between Trenton and
Culbertson had been burned over and
much stock had persisted.
THE last of the 5000, 600 worlds fair
souvenir half dollars have been struck
off at the mint in Philadelphia.
THE Edison Mutual Telegraph COM
pany, with $50 miles of wire, from Ed
ison, Mich, to Middletown, o., and
from Van Vert, o., to Fort Wayne,
Ind, has been absorbed by the West
ern Union company.
ENGINEER WILLIAM GRAY was killed
and Fireman Lewis Mitchell fatally in
jured in a wreck on the Georgia Pacific
at Waco, Ala
THE Doxie music hall and theater at
Anderson, Ind, was burned the loss
being 500, 900.
FRANK Lone, a Cincinnati gas filter
2S years of age, who had not been liv-
ing with his wife for the last six
months, went to her home and cut her
throat and then took his own life in
the same manner.
THREE dories containing six fisher
men were wrecked near Provincetown,
Mass. and the men were drowned
IT is said that the maple sugar out
put in Michigan this season will be
triple that of last year.
IMPEACHMENT proceedings were be-
gun in the Nebraska legislature against
j. G. Allen, secretary of state; A. b.
Humphrey, commissioner of public
lands and buildings; g. II. Hastings,
attorney general, and j. 7. Hill ex-
treasurer of the state. They are
charged with failing to prevent sys-
tematic plundering of the state by con-
tractors
NEARLY every western railway presi-
dent has issued stringent orders against
the issuance of free passenger trans
portation after April 1. The orders arc
all alike, and forbid the issuance of
free transportation and the cancella-
ton of any already issued