Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-22
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items of Interest Gathered From Various
Quartare.

The Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections has decided in favor of
Walter S. Hardesty (Rep.) in the
Guernsey Monroe district.
The National Woman's Suffrage Con-
vention is in session at Washington, ID. C.
Another fire in the Worlds Fair
grounds badly scoIched the Colonade.
The creditors of Hon. Charles Foster
will realize about so ceEts on the dollar
The great war between the Associated
and United Press Associations still
continues.
The Senate Committee has agreed to
a duty of one cent on all sugars
Columbus had S250,00O fire on
Thursday.
The public schools of Springfield will
likely be closed because of bankrupt
treasury.
John Y. MeKane, the Brooklyn Dem
ocratic boss, was convicted Of election
frauds and sentenced to six years time
The Mossgrove medical bill, providing
for State board of medical examiners,
is now law.
A bill repeating the Workman school
law has passed the Senate and is now in
the House.
The confirmation of Peekham for
Supreme Judge was defeated by vote
of Al to 80.
At Rio there are sixty deaths day
from yellow fever.
A train was held up near Los Angeles,
Cal, the express car blown open with
dynamite. Two men were killed The
robbers did not secure large amount
In Florida land owners stopped the
building of railway by burying bombs
under the right -of-way.
In the State oratorical contest, held at
Alliance, Ohio Wesleyan won first place.
The Senate Committee in charge Of
the tariff bill has agreed to tax whisky
sl.20 a gallon.
ID. g. Hudson, commercial man, was
found dead in bed at Gallon.
An etigy of Secretary Morton, agri-
culture, was hanged at Nebraska City.
7. V. Powderly. past general master
workman of the X. of L., sues for s., 900
back salary, and threatens to wreck the
order.
Leroy Hardis, on trial for robbery of
a post-office, escaped from the court
room at Buffalo by covering the officers
with revolver.
William II. Artman, Evansville, Ind,
confessed to the murder of his wife and
son.
Three lions escaped from Sells & Rem
freW's winter quarters at Topeka, Kas-.
but were recaptured after spreading
terror throughout the city.
Some of the unemployed at Cincinnati
threatened to break into First regiment
armory and arm themselves.
While praying Miss Augusta Parker,
Mobile. Ala, upset kerosene lamp,
which exploded and burned her to q
crisp.
The business portion of Bay st. Louis,
Miss, was destroyed By fire. Sixteen
residences and business houses burned
Over 1000 people participated in .
parade of the Washington mill strikers
at Lawrence, Mass. Half of them were
women.
The large wine repository at St
Helena, Cal, burned and 100000 gallons
of wine went to waste.
Some anxiety has been excited in
| naval circles by a report that small pox
/
ship Baltimore, now lying at Hong
Kong, China.
4 contract involving over 300, 900
feet of lumber has just been closed ia
Duluth, MINI. 1t is the largest ever
made in the Northwest, covers period
of fifteen years and involves nearly
81, 100000.
A colored churchman at Bucyrus has
been caught taking up collection with
hat in which sticky fly paper was
pasted.
A Linseed oil factory at Warren was
burned. involving loss of $500, 100.
Fires on the Worlds Fair grounds
have been very frequent lately.
The City of Paris being 200 miles ont
| from the Irish coast disabled her rudder
and had to put back for repairs
A sensation is promised in connection
with the transactions of the county
commissioners in Franklin county.
Senator White, of Louisiana, was ap-
pointed to the Supreme Court vacancy.
The A. P. A., of Toledo, are reported
to be armed.
The Arcade Hotel at Springfield, Que
of the finest hotels in the state, was
burned.
The Committee on Rules proposes to
attendance on sessions Of that body.
A mad dog caused much excitement
at Mechanicstown.
A suit has been instituted involving
the title to $50, 100000 worth of property
in the heart of st. Louis.
The long expected Brazilian naval
engagement is likely to soon take place.
Ohio Building & Loan Associations
have petitioned Congress asking sx-
smptions from the income tax provisions.
In the election for Congressman-st-
large, held Tuesday in Pennsylvania,
Crows majority is about 10000. the
largest ever given in the State.
Governor and Mrs. McKinley's prop
erty has been decided back to them by
the trustees in whose hands it was
placed.
The Iowa Legislature has passed a
law requiring the Z. ). flag to be dis
played from every school house in the
State during school hours.
Maryland's Democratic Senators de-
mand duty on coal.
Terrible storms have been raging in
the Rocky Mountains and all railroads
are blocked.
| Ne% York now has no representative
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