The Irish standard., 1894-01-27
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

MINOR NEWS ITEMS
For the Wssk Fading Jss. -
Thirty families were made homeless
By fire In PittsburRh. p.
Emperor W illiam Of Germany has be-
como reconciled to Primes Bismarck.
Frank Mea9her was fatally wounded,
and his wife killed BY m assassin near
Petulma, Cal. Ii s.s5sZ III /.
Great Britain Is now talking Of the
peaceful disarmament Of Ill Europe in
stead OF . war. .
The Wsstview savings bank made IN
assignment at Louisville, KY, with liza
bilities Of 60, 900. @
Mexico Is preparing to lay claim to
the three Santa islands oil the coast OF
Lower California
The First national bank Of Helena.
ont. which closed its doors last July.
Ids resumed business.
Mira J. Plummer. living near Paw
uska. O. T., drowned her two children
and then killed herself.
Funds of the Worlds Columbian ex-
position are dwindling at the rate of
nearly s400, COO month.
Through an anonymous letter an al
legged plot to burn Danbury Conn., hat
factories was discovered.
Mrs Nancy Adamson, the first white
woman in Porter county, Ind, died In
Valparaiso, aged SO years. 9
The strike of the potters at East Liv-
erpool, O., involves twenty-three out Of
twenty-six plants and 1000 men.
Beginning February % the Southern
Pacific road will boycott the Atchison,
refusing to sell or honor its tickets.
A negro named Williams, suspected
of robbing corn crib, was lynched by
mob in West Feliciana parish, La.
Nunaby, Choctaw said to be cen
tenarian and q miser, was murdered by
another Indian at Tallihina, Ind. T.
Pleasanton, Neb., has been almost
wiped cut by fire. But one building, .
bank. was left in the business district.
Mrs John Braddock died at Shutdown,
Pa, aged 100 years. She was Rus
sian refugee, escaping forty years ago.
The recently dedicated mechanical
hall of Purdue university at Lafayette,
Ind, was burned, the loss being $780,
600.
The city council has annexed all
suburbs, including five towns, thus
adding 10000 to Louisville's popula-
ton.
Burglars tortured Charles Pease and
his housekeeper, living near Cleveland,
and made the former sign a check for
$3.50.
Hundreds of negroes in Kentucky
and Illinois were swindled by Charles
Porter Grove on equities in Montana
mines
Iowa miners of the Des Moines dis
trict, numbering about 900. have struck
against q IS per cent reduction in
wages.
John Grohl, wealthy old man Of
Toledo, O., lost $4,000 by visit of a
bunco man who personated an alleged
nephew.
Two 6-year-old boys, bound together
by ligament as were the Siamese
twins, were being exhibited at Hong
Cow, China.
Mrs William Neal poisoned herself
at her home in Chrisman, Ill Con-
tinued illness was the cause. She leaves
six children.
Alex Ross, cashier of the First ma
tional bank of Lead City, S. D., was
found to be defaulter to the amount
'of ga, 500. 46.
The insurgents recaptured Mocangue
island of Rio Janeiro, killing and
|wounding fifty of the Brazilian govern
,ment's forces.
The terminal and operating rooms of
the Louisville (Ky.) Telephone com.
pany were destroyed by fire, the loss
being 100000. .
Swift & Co.. the packers of Chicago,
donated 1000 pounds of meat for Ash
land (Wis) poor, which The Omaha
road hauled free.
c. M. Wilson was identified at Gree
ley, Col, as A. c. knowlton, the alb
isconding treasurer of Knox township,
Vinton county, .. ..
/! M. G. Gamble (eolored), who Grim.
nally assaulted the little daughter OF
Bedford France, of Central Jellicc
Mines, KY, was lynched.
I: Felix Bopp. a banker of Hawkeye.
Ia., was robbed at hotel in Sioux
City of 1920 by Mrs. Belle McElhany.
She was arrested, but had previously
disposed of the money.