The news boy., 1894-04-21

sue eminent lawer ana Jurist died
suddenly. on the morning OF the
18th, OF pneumonia. He had inst re-
turned from five-months' sojourn in
Europe. Mr.. Field was 80 years old.
His estate is valued at between $500, 900
and 81, ,000, ,000.
Mr. AND MRS, GhApsT1NE arrived id
London from Aawarden on the 18th.
They drove Immediately to the resi-
dence Of Lord Aberdeen, at Dollis
Hill, where they were 10 remain duf-
ing their stay in the metropolis.
THOMAS FLYNN, one of the strike
leaders in the Connellsville (Pa. coke
district, was arrested ct Scottdale, on
the 18th, and taken to Uniontown Jail.
charged with completely in the murder
Of J. II. Paddock.
CIVIL war has again broken out in the
Samoan islands. Several engagements
have been fought between the govern
ment troops and insurgents, with q
number of killed and wounded on both
sides
Mr. SHELLEY, well-known American
dentist in Paris, committed suicide, on
the 18th, by shooting himself in the
head. He had suffered of late from
melancholia.
LATE dispatch from Rio Grande do
Sol says that the Brazilian federal
troops had completely routed the in
surgents in that state.
Mrs. HAMMOND. wife of the late DIR.
William &. Hammond, chancellor Of
the st. Louis law school, has donated
her husbands entire private library of
historical legal works to the law de-
partment of the state university OF
Iowa, of which DIR. Hammond was
chancellor for thirteen years. This is
one of the most complete and valuable
collections of it's kind in existence.
THE American Union party, although
in complete control Of politics in Ha-
waii, has met with opposition on the
islands of Maui and Hawaii, the largest
islands of the group. The annexation
lists who are connected with the planta-
tions have strenuously objected to the
part Of the platform that excludes Chi
nese labor. and have formed party
clubs under the old platform for Asiatic
labor under proper restrictions.
AFTER heated session of two hours
and half, the house democratic eau
Gus, on the 18th, decided by a vote Of
so to A to instruct the committee on
rules to report new rule to ascertain
and record the presence of quorum
whether voting or not. Practically all
the democratic members of the houss
attended the caucus.
a PETITION of residents of north and
central Fremont county, Wyo., has
been forwarded to the secretary of war.
praying that an additional company of
United States troops be at once sta
toned at Fort Washakie. 1t is stated
that because of the strict rule of Capt.
Ray, the Indian agent Mt Shoshone
agency, an outbreak is feared.
THERESA RIEMERI. one of the chortis
of the metropolitan grand opera COM
pany. died in st. Louis, on the 18th,
from cerebral apoplexy. She was an
Italian by birth. She, with her hus-
band, under the stage name of Girola,
have been enrolled in the chorus of the
best of the opera companies.
WoRKMEN while excaeating in the
oldest part of Elizabeth, n. j., on the
18th. found the bones of some prehis-
toric animal, probably those of mas.
todon The largest of the lot weighed
about fifty pounds. 1t closely resem-
| bles the lower end of femur of NAM
moth proportions, and is petrified.
Gov. LEIsT, chancellor of the gov.
ernment1of the Cameroons, has been
relieved from his position on account
of his alleged connection with the i'll.
treatment of natives. Disciplinary
measures will be instituted against
him as soon as lie returns to Germany.
THE full extent of the loss by the
burning of the American glucose works
at Buffalo, n. V, on the l2th, is still
uncertain. About eighty men were at
work in the building when the fire
broke out. The names of dozen en-
ployes are given who have failed to
show up since the fire.
MoLLIE NATHAN, . years old, fell
from fourth-story window in ,Cinein'
natl on the 18th. Her escape was d
most miraculous one. No bones were
broken, nor was the child perceptibly
injured in any other way: