The news boy., 1894-09-22
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important IvsAsA
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

RUssrA's movements In the far east
are daily growing In interest. A bow
erful squadron is at anchor in the
neighborhood of the disputed ports-a
navy great enough 70 master the situa-
tion in single battle. 1t has been an.
noonced unoffic;aliy that the puYpose
OF having such a forve at hand is to see
that kussias interests are fully pro-
teetcd, but it is nonsense to suppose
that the government of the car be-
licves that all of the Pacific fleet Is nee.
essary to that end,
THE report OF the Spanish provin-
cial elections which took place on the
10th is, SO fur as ascertained up to the
llth, as follows: The supporters Of
the government elected all; conserva-
,ives, 800; republicans, 80; Carlists, 12;
independents, IL; doubtful, ga
THE Keystone Glass Co.'S plant at
Meadville, Pa, was entirely destroyed
ny fire shortly after midnight on the
11th. 1t had not been operated for
over five years, and it is supposed the
fire was caused by tramps. The loss
will be heavy.
THE German garrison at Kilwa, zan-
zibar, was attacked by force of 1000
natives on the Tth. After two hours
fighting the natives were repulsed with
loss of 100 killed and wounded. The
Germans lost only two men.
On the 11th the directors Of the New
York. New Haven & Boston railroad
declared quarterly dividend of per
cent, which is at the same rate as the
June quarterly, when a reduction from
10 per cent. was made.
GEORGE WATSON Mills. first earl of
Sondcs died at Faversham, Kent, En-
gland, on the 10th. He was 20 years of
age.
KILLING frosts visited northwestern
Nebraska and western Iowa on the
night of the 10th.
CAPT. ADoLPH FREIrscH, the Finnish
sailor who left New York August in
the schooner-rigged skiff Nina without
any companion, arrived at Queenstown,
on the 12th. at 12:30 p. m. His boat
had lost her rudder and was leaking.
Two MEMBERS of the family of f. o.
Myers, of Anderson. Ind, were fatally
hurt. on the 18th, by an explosion of
natural gas which completely wrecked
two blocks of buildings, causing loss
of $4,000
y BABE in the arms of its mother
was killed and the latter severely in
jured by the falling of center pole of
John Robinson's circus at GAINESVILLE.
o., on the 18th.
POSTMASTER HARRY MARIETTA and
others. of Conncllsville. Pa. were con-
victed, on the 18th, of unlawful assem-
blage in connection with the coke-re-
gion riots.
y PERRY (Okla.) paper publishes an
interview between reputable Perry
man and the noted outlaw. Bill Doolan.
who is now leader of the Dalton gang.
in which Doolan says that Bill Dalton,
who was reported killed at Guthrie.
Okla. some time ago. is not dead. but is
living quiet life in distant state.
Mrs. CArHARINE ROBBINS HOWE, the
confidence woman who was arrested for
iicecing Yale college graduates. was,
on the 1ath. sentenced to two years in
jail by Judge Hammerley, of Hartford
Conn.
ALFRED APPEL. sergeant in PETER
Post 131. of Meadvillc, Pa. dropped
dead in Pittsburgh on the 12th. Appel
was about 55 years old. and was seem
ingly in the best of health when he re-
tired the night before.
Ok the l2th robber entered the Citi-
zcns bank at Rossville, H.. while the
officials were at dinner and robbed the
cash drawer of $4,000. a reward of
$1,000 was offered for the capture of
the man.
THERE arrived in Philadelphia. on the
night of the 12th, on the steamer For
buna. Capt. Christophersen, from Java,
Arthur Vincent, New York boy. who
has circled the globe without cent of
money. He left New York two years
ago at the age of IA. and bears with
him testimonials which prove that he
if traveller.
News reached New York, on the 18th.
that $4,000 cartridges, which had been
shipped from New York, had been
seized by the officials of the port of
Havana, Cuba. The seizure caused
great excitement among the natives,
and rumors We're circulated that an.
other revolution was about to be be-
gun. The cartridges were billed as tai
low in casks.
SECRETARY CARLISLE, although he
had not yet written a formal letter to
that effect, authorized, on the 1ath, the
official announcement that he would
not pay any sugar bounty earned but
unpaid when the new tariff bill went
into effect, August 30.
ZELLA NICoLAUs and her companion,
Al Ruhman, are having a hard time
getting hotel Accommodations in Chi.
cago They were elected from prom
| inent Michigan avenue hostelry, on the
l2th, as soon as their identity was es'
tablished.
LOUISVILLE, KY. was chosen as the
place for the holding of the national
cncampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic in 1895. Henry Wattersor
presented the invitation in his happies,
vein.
ON the 12th all that was mortal of the
late compte de Paris was deposited
after impressive funeral ceremonies, in
vault in the old church at Weybridge
! England, "ncrc repose tne remains o.
the duchess de Nemours, aunt of the
deceased prince.
PRESIDENT HIPPoLYTE of Hayti i:
said to be suffering from dangerou:
heart trouble and is extremely nervous
and it is thought that any unexpected
shock will pre- ecipitate his death.
THE steamer Reindeer, returning
from Plattsburgh to Burlington, VT.
on the 18th, with 500 passengers, rar
over the rock reef near Colchester