The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-02-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.

"A. Gerald Hull, 30 years of age, one Of
the most respected and wealthiest citi-
zens Of Saratoga, N. Y, committed sui
eide yesterday.
The citizens Of Rome, N. Y, have
completed their subscription ofthe sum
of S21, 600 for the purchase of the Rome
City Street railroad.
Master Workman James Hughes, con-
victed of eXtorting money from nom Jers
of the Rochester Clothing Exchange, gave
himself up at the Rochester, N Y, peni-
tentiary to begin serving his years. sem
tence.
The demurrer in the libel suit of Col.
Robert lngersoll against Rev A. Q.
Dixon before Judge Ingraham in the Su-
preme Court, New York, has been strick-
en- off the calendar.
"A call has been published for q conven-
tion of cotton planters to be held in
Memphis, Tenn, on Feb. %. Delegates
from every Southern State will be present.
The President has sent to the Senate
the nomination of Carroll d. Wright, of
Massachusetts,, to be Commissioner Of
Labor. Reuppointment.
Alfred Tennyson's "Becket" was pro-
duced in London last night Henry
Irving and Ellen Terry played the princi-
pal roles.
The North German Lloyd company has
agreed to pay the owners of the steam
ship Lake Huron, which picked up the
steamship Spree at sea and towed her
into port "a, 900 pounds salvage instead
of IL, 900 pounds, the amount at first con-
templated.
"A portion of the Oriental Opera COM
pany (Jewish), hailing from New York,
is stranded in Boston.
"A petition was presented In the Massa-
chusetts House on Monday for the aboli-
tion of the death penalty and asking that
imprisonment for life be substituted.
John Cooper, alias Thomas O'Donnell,
was sentenced to life imprisonment at
hard labor in Auburn State prison for
the murder Of George L. Cottle at Skaue-
ateles junction, N. Y, on Nov. % last.
jacob Seligman, Saginaw's millionaire
banker, has settled the financial end Of
his divorce suit by paying his wife $780,
700.
The Montreal winter carnival was sue
cessfully inaugurated yesterday. A large
number of visitors from all parts of the
United States are present.
Mrs. Cameron, under arrest at Annapo-
lis, N. S., charged with the murder of her
husband, attempted suicide last evening
| by taking an overdose of morphine and
cutting her throat with a razor.
/ AT Ebervale, Pa, yesterday, a loaded
coal car running down a slope, crashed
into four labOrers, killing two of them
| instantly and fatally injuring the other
! two
| Henry Bower, street commissioner OF
Toledo, o., has been found guilty of NAL
teasance in Office. He swindled the city
out of $1,000.
Comedian Thomas J. Herndon is dead
Of paresis in New York. de supported
john Wilkes Booth and afterward starred
with Clara Goldsby Wilton.
Peter Reilly, 30 years old, of Newark,
N, j., fell into a vat Of boiling licorice ut
| the Newark LlcOrlce WORKS and died soon
atter being taken TO the hospital.
"A big freight wreck occurred on the
! Baltimore & OHIO railroad near CumOer-
land, Md, yesterday, in which two men
were killed, several injured and "A cars
/ demolished
The Rev. DR.. McCosh Of Prince ton Col
lege has sout s 2JO TO the congregation
OF the East Free Church at Br echin OF
/ which ne was at one tim minister, tC
he'll any deserving young man connected
lt4,4ealul in MS studies for the Ministry
| Of I..l .raa Church