The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-03-08
GENERAL NEWS.

Miss Ida Van Etten, an American writ
er, died of starvation in Paris recently.
CJake KilraIn. the heavy weight prlzt
fighter, is dying at his home in Baltimore
of dropsy.
Four men were killed in a shaft in
Pennsylvania mine on Tuesday last by
the fall Of a shelf of rock.
Ex-Pre sident HARRISON and party were
given a hearty reception upon their ar
rival in California lasd week.
Gen. Jubal A. Early, who figured sc
prominently in the war, died at his h ONE
IN Lynchburg, Va, on Friday night last.
Though he attained high rank in the con.
federate army, he did not display any
great qualities of generalship.
The resolution of Representative Nc
Gam for an investigation of the order OF
Judge Jenkins relative 20 the right of the
employees on the Northern Pacific to
strike, has passed the house and the in.
vestlgation will soon be begun.
The rumor again comes that a sea fight
will soon take place in the neighborhood
of Brazil. There is not the slightest dan
ger Of any such occurrence; the battle
ships are little too cautious to jeopar-
dize their safety by indulging in fight.
w. L. Stead has left for England. Be-
fore leaving he made study of the A.
L. A. and Catholic contention, and
Will present the matter to the Pope from
an appropriated standpoint, as he takes
sides with neither.
Two belllcose members of the house,
Meredith and Funk, got into a serious
squabble on Friday last while in session.
and they were prevented from having a
personal encounter only through the in
tervention of fellow members. The suuab
bic arose on pension matters.
Gladstone resigned the premiership at
meeting of the privy council on Satur-
day last, thus proving that the rumors
atioat for some time had a substantial
basis of fact. Lord Rosebery was invit-
ed to accept the position resigned by
Gladstone. Many of GIadstone's asso.
ciates are displeased with the man
Der OF his resignation and say that before
taking the step they should have been
apprlsed of bis purpose and been given
reasons for his action.
Another attempt was made on Sunday
afternoon to fire some of the Worlds
Fair buildings. Fortunately a Column
blan guard discovered the incipient blaze
and it was checked before it had made
such Roadway as to get beyond control.
A man named Michael Murphy was ar
rested on suspicion of being the incendi-
airy. The police think he is unquestion-
ably one of the gang.
A train on the Mobile & Ohio road
was held up at Forest Lawn, ILL.,,
near st. Louis, on Tuesday night by
three robbers, but they were frighten-
ed off before they could get INTO the
express car. This is the third time an
attempt was made to rob a train at
this point within six months.
Mrs. Lease of Kansas has learned
that she has fallen heir to quite a
large fortune in Ireland. An aunt of
hers died 10 years ago. willing large
amount of property to the members
of the family to which Mrs. Lease be
longs but her whereabouts could not
be learned. When she became famous
as an agitator it became known what
her name was before her marriage and
thus she came into possession of what
is her due. In this respect her course
is similar to that of Al Manheimer of
this city.