The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-01
WAITS FROM THE WIRES.
some of the Days Events set Forth
in short Stories.

Paris Jan. a.-The senate passed the
amnesty bill shortly before the adjourn
ment to-day.
Chrlstiana. Jan. Sl.-Enn stang. the
conservative leader. and his cabinet, have
resigned their Offices.
salem. ore. Jan. 5l.-Ths ninth sensato-
rial ballot was taken to-day with no result
Dolph sim has e votes
Olympia. Wash. Jan. I-Ths republi-
can caucus nominated John L. Wilson for
United states senator on the first ballot
tonight.
New York Jan. 3L-Dr Nagle Of tho
bureau Of vital statistic reports twelve
deaths from the grip since yesterday
morning.
Chicago. Jan. Si.-Judso Grosscup this
morning continued his restraining order
On the receivers of the whisky trust UNI
I'll Saturday.
Charleston. s c.. Jan. s1-The Darling
ton Tobacco Growers Association was or
gauized ar Darlington yesterday with a
large membership
Athens, Ca, Jan. 3i-At the mill OF
Potts & Aligood this afternoon. the mill
stone few TO pieces and severely injured
Eli Rowe. who was standing near by.
London. Jan 3i.-The colossal battle
ship Majestic was launched at Portsmouth
at noon to-day with great ceremony. The
vessel was christened by the Warehouses
of Lorne.
Dover Del. Jan. 31.-Two more ballots
for United States senator were taken by
the legislature to-day. Both had the
same result: Higgins. Q. Addcks. G;
Massey. I; Woicott., dem, S; absent. 3.
New Orleans, La, Jan. 31.-Ambrose
Smith, a prominent lawyer. was con-
victed to-day in the criminal court of
embezzling $1,000 which he collected for
his client c. W. Sterry and appropriated
| to his own use.
London, Jan. S1.-The Central News cor
| respondent in st. Petersburg says it is un-
/ derstood that NJ. Gorges De Staal. Russian
ambassador to Great Britain, will be APP
pointed to succeed NJ. dc Giers minister
/ of foreign affairs.
Albany. n. Y, Jan. 3L-Gov. Morton
/ sent TO the Senate this morning the NOM
/ ination of Silas W. Burt of New York
to be civil service commissioner. vice
/ Deforest Van Nleet. resigned. 1t was re-
I ferred to committee.
| Roanoke. Ala. Jan. 31.-Perry Holder
/ shot and fatally wounded his brother Tur
ner to-day. Turner Holder was admins
/ traitor of his fathers estate, and Perry
] being dissatisfied with his management,
/ called his brother to the door and shot
| him through the left breast.
New York, Jan. 31.-Holders of the regis
/ tered general mortgage bonds of the Mo-
| bf1e and Ohio Railroad Company have in
| structed the Farmers Loan and Trust
| Company to vote the assented stock of
/ the company in favor of the present board
| at the annual meeting in Mobile on Feb.
/ 20, 1895.
Laurens. s. c., Jan. 31-To-day J. Wal
/ ter Gray Jr., the young son Of Gen. J.
Walter Gray, while on his plantation near
/ here. was playing with a pistol. It was
/ accidentally discharged killing 9-year-
/ old colored boy who was playing near by.
\ Gen. Gray is clerk Of the House of Repre-
! sentatives.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-The following APP
pointment of cadets at the West Point
/ Military Academy have been made: w.
r. Kennerly, Conyersville, Tenn; Sam
ueI S. Robertson, alternate, Jackson,
Tenn; William j. Nixon, Chattanooga,
Tenn: William z. Smith, alternate,
/ Charleston, Tenn.
London. Jan 31.--Borda Brassey delivered
| an address before the London chamber of
commerce to-day on the Indian currency
question In the course OF his remarks he
! said that an attempt to force gold stan
dard would be impracticable. The best
policy. he thought would be to keep up
the price of silver.
Sidney, N. S. w, Jan 31r-The Austria
Ian Company's lines will adopt stand
ard zone at midnight tonight by which
| Victoria time will advance twenty min
utes. making Melbourne. Sidney and
| Brisbane ten hours, Adelaide ten hours,
Perth eight hours and Wellington seven
hours ahead of Greenwich time.
Jackson. Miss, Jan. 3i-The Holmes
| College, erected two years ago by Miss
| Mary Holmes Of Rockford, Ill, for the
education of colored girls, was burned
this afternoon. The building was of
brick. and had an attendance of 100 pupils.
The wearing apparel and personal effects
of the teachers and pupils were nearly
all lost. The building was valued at
$35 600.
Philadelphia. Jan. I.--A cat upset n
| lamp early this morning in the house
of Conrad Singlinger and set the house
| afire Singlinger. his wife and four chill
dren escaped. The mother suddenly dis
| covered that her twins had been left in
| the burning house. and although efforts
were made to restrain her she rushed
into the flames and reached an upper
| room where her babes We're. She was
overcome by smoke, and the three died
/ together
Millican, Tex, Jan. 31.-William Werd,
I a section hand ON the Houston and
Texas road, last night shot indiscrimi-
nately through the windows of a. section
house near here killing four men and
wounding two. William Role was shot
in the head and breast, and Marin
| Oelshegel and G. Lansing were shot in
! the Breast. Weird also shot Mrs. Yeager
| and her daughter, Miss Kicker, who kept
the section house. He then set fire to
the house, but Miss Kicker put the fire
out.