The herald., 1894-10-20
CONDENsED rELEGR ANS.

Cardinal Persico, eecretary general OF
the propaganda and titular archbishop
OF Dalmatia, 10 critically i'll. He has
only recently returned from q holiday
trip TO Paris.
Captain Williams OF the Seventh in
fantry, stationed at Fort Logan, has
been detailed as agent ct the Navajo
Indian reservation to relieve Lieutenant
Plnmmer, resigned.
Troops B aud G, from Fort Bowie,
Arz., have arrived at Fort Logan.
Colo, and will remain there, Fort
Bowie having recently been abandoned
by the war department.
An express package containing $1,000
in gold wes opened somewhere between
Cheyenne and Ogden on the Union Pas
cifc road about two weeks ago. A Pa
cific express messenger is suspected,
and 10 now under surveillance at Ogden.
At Amite City, La, DR.. 4. W. Ma
ginnie has been arrested charged with
murder in the first degree. 1t 10 said
he hired the two assassins who went TO
the house of William Muller. near In
dependence, few weeks ago, and fred
through the window and killed Mrs.
Muller.
Will I. Martin, a farmer residing in
Clark county, Miae., murdered his infant
child because it cried too much to suit
him. When the news of the crime
spread the neighbors became enrnged
An formed mob to lynch the brute.
Martin fed to the swamps and is being
pursued by several hundred farmers.
method has at last been found by q
Chicago metal worker OF soldering alum.
mum by heating the metal and scraping
the surface go ga to remove the oxydiz-
ing film until the metal is "tinned."
The alloy used consists of 30 parts tin,
25 silver and 25 aluminium. and melts
as rs degrees. Almost any tin solder
will do, however.
Thousands of Salvationists gathered
OF the Salvation Army barracks in Lon.
don, Friday morning. to witness the
marriage OF Miss Lucy Booth, daughter
of General Booth OF the Salvation
Army, to Colonel Hellberg, Swedish
member Of the army. 1t is the inten-
ton OF the couple to go to India and en-
gage in missionary work.
Father Gey of ST. Peters Catholic
church, Chicago, ended early mass by
abruptly leaving the altar, and though
robed in his sacred vestments, collared
a bold theft in the main aisle. The
thief, George Adams, an ex.convict, pre-
tending TO be q worshiper, had sud-
denly grabbed the pocket book of Mrs.
Reis, aged 76, and was making his
escape. Adams was locked up.
At Hinckley, Mimi, q meeting of
citizens was held for the purpose OF
taking some steps to recognize the
bravery of the train crews on the East
ern Minnesota and St. Paul and Duluth
roads who saved so many lives during
the great fires. 1t was decided to give
medal to each trainman. A commits
tee was also appointed to draw up reso-
lutions of thanks, extending to all the
world the feeling OF thankiulness ex-
pressed in this meeeing.
Peter McManus is on his way to
Washington, where he will present a
claim against the Peruvian government
for false imprisonment, damage to his
health and violation of his rights as an
American citizen, and ask that the Pc.
ruvian government pay him $4,000.
Mr.. McManus is citizen of New York,
but has resided during the last four
yeaia in the Argentine Republic. under
which government he served two years
as professor OF English in the national
colleges of Cstamarca and Mendosa.