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American News.

American News.
Chris Evans, the outlaw, is again in
| custody. He and his partner, Morrell,
were surrounded at Evans old house
| in Visalia OH the 10Th inst, and sur
rendered, seeing that all hope was
useless. Evans narrowly escaped
lynching. He is now in Folsom
Prison for life. His partner, Morrell,
has pleaded guilty in Fresno to high
way robbery and will soon be sem
fenced.
"Butfalo BilP CIV. f. Cody and
Fred May, the New Yorker who once
fought duel with James Gordon
Bennett of the New York Herald,
came to blows in Washington on the
18th inst. Another duel is threatened.
The row was about a woman.
Joseph Keppler, caricaturist and
one of the owners of Puck, died at
New York on the 10Th of heart dis
ease. He had varied career until,
with Schwartman, he founded the
paper that made him famous and
wealthy.
President Cleveland on the 10Th
inst. nominated Senator Edward d.
White of Louisiana to the Supreme
Bench, the position for which Judge
Hornblower and Wheeler H. Peck
ham failed of confirmation. White
was at once confirmed.
John Y. McKane, the boss of Coney
Island, has received a six years Sen
sence in Sing Sing Prison, New York,
for cOrrupting the ballot. A great
legal effort is being made to save him
from the stripes.
The unemployed in Boston recently
made a great demonstration at the
State House, but were dispersed by
the police. Steps are being taken in
New York and Boston for the relief of
the thousands who want work.
Mrs. Henry 0. Havemeyer was
seriously injured in a runaway acct
dent in New York on the 18th inst.
AS supplement to the annual
class riot between the freshmen and
sophomores of Cornell College on the
Goth, the sophOmores perpetrated a
dastardly and dangerous trick by gen.
Grating chlorine gas in the hall where
the freshmen were holding their ban
quet Several freshmen were carried
out insensible from the fumes. A
corps of physicians was summoned.
One colored woman who was en-
ployed by the caterer subsequently
died. The civil authorities are trying
to locate the perpetrators of the
outrage.
Baby Fsther Cleveland was baptized
on the Goth inst. at the White House.
r. Clarke Forsy the of Chicago was
robbed of S25 900 i'll securities, mostly
OH the 2lst inst.
Henry Guy Carleton, the play !
wright, whose latest production, 1.-THE |
butterflies" has made q hit, and Miss !
Olive May, the actress, are married. |
She is vivacious young woman, who |
awoke the day after the production of |
that play and found herself famous to |
some extent.
Norman l.. Munro, well known to |
the American public as a publisher |
aud yacht-mau, died in New York on |
the oath from the effects of an opera
ton performed upon him for the |
r moval of his vermiform appendix.
EX-President Harrison left Indian
apolis on the 9th, ell route to STAN
ford University, where he will deliver |
u course of lectures on constitutional |
law.
Steele Mackaye. the actor and play
wright, died in his special car on the
Santa Fe train while few miles
south of La Junta, Col, on the 18th.
He was on bis way from Chicago 10
San Diego in quest of health, and was
accom- panied by his wife, nurse aud
DR.. II. \. ID. Parker. He arrived at
La Junta on the 24th and had his car
as he was feeling very
weak. He grew weaker until death
came. Cancer of the stomach was the
cause.
Erastus WimGn, the noted New
Yorker, was jailed on the 2lst inst. on
charges of forgery preferred 10y II. Or.
Dun aud other members of the IL CT.
Dun Co. They claim To have lost about
S225, 900 by WImau's acts. WIman
has pleaded not guilty and promises "A
bombshell for his accusers when he Is
tried.
Foreign News.