The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL


 BIDS were opened at the treasury de- partment, on the 26th, for the con struction of two revenue marine cut ters, one to be used on the great lakes and one on the Atlantic coast, the cost of each being S175, GOO. For the lake vessel the bid of the Globe iron works of Cleveland, O., at 3147, 800, was the only one received.
 THE leading Russian fnaneiers are said to be furiously angry at the ac- tion of Germany in supporting En- gland in inducing China to refuse to accept Russia's loan proposals in their present form.
 A CYCLONE hit Anderson, Ind, on the 26th, unroofing houses and tearing mp trees. Lightning struck the high school building, burned two barns and set on fire big and dangerous gas we'll
 IT is claimed that an examination of the books and records of the Brother hood of Railway Trainmen shows a deficiency of S75, ,s8S Of this defi- ciency S28.215 was incurred previous to September 1, 1893, and S47, CAT rep resents the deficiency incurred from September to December 31. 1s94
 PUBLIC memorial services were held at South Bend, Ind, on the evening of the 26th, in honor of the late ex-Gov. Ira J. Chase. A liberal contribution was added to the subscription being raised for the relief of Mrs. Chase.
 k. w. PATTERSON, register of the United States land office at South Enid, Okla, and City Marshal Williams were killed, while J. L. Isenberg, editor of the Daily Wave, was badly wounded. the result of a sensational street fight that occurred there on the evening of the 26th. isenberg will recover.
 MARY SNYDER, member of the class of 1895, of the Keystone State normal school at Kutztown. Pa, who would have been graduated on that day with high honors. died suddenly. on the 26th, the result, undoub btedly, of over study.
 HoN. EMILY JANE MERCER, dowager marchioness of Lansdowne, and in her own right Baroness Marine, mother of the present marquis of Lansdowne, who was formerly governor general of Canada and later governor general of India, died in England on the 26th. She was born in 1919.
 ON board the steamship Berlin, which sailed, on the 26th, for Southampton, was a company of 100 Presbyterian elergymen and laymen, who will spend eight weeks in visiting the scenes of interest in the old world connected -I, I,,o f 4I,,
 MAGGIE TURPIE, aged 2s, forewoman in the office of the Riverside Printing Co.,, St Louis, fell through the ele- vator shaft from the third floor to the basement, on the evening of the 26th, and received injuries from which she died en route to the city hospital.
 RICH stream of petroleum has been discovered near the Narrows of Har- peth river, in Cheatham county. Tenn. An explosion occurred in bluff there recently, and afterward strong stream of oil began to flow. An expert from the oil region of Pennsylvania IS making an investigation.
 EMPEROR WILLIAM is preparing brilliant patriotic cele ebration for the inauguration of the monument com memorating the battle of Woerth, dur ing the Franco-Prussian war
 THE expenditure of 5000, 900 marks about &, GOO, 000), on the Kiel cele bra tion is severely criticised by large number of the newspapers of Berlin.
 AARON ALTMEYEB, 73 years old. wealthy Hebrew, was found dead of asphyxiation in the parlor of hls home, in New York city, on the 26th. The dead man was at one time merchant, and is reputed to have owned S1, 000, 900 worth of real estate.
 Col A. ST. CLAIR DENVER, a brother of Gen. Denver, founder of Colorado's capital city, died in Washington city on the 26th. He was a California 49er, and served in the state senate.
 JOHN CARPENTER, an employe of the Armour Packing Co., at Atlanta, Ga., has gone insane as result of being ex- posed to the extremes of temperature between that of outdoors and that in the cotd-storage room.
 Miss REMIE LONDONDERRY, of Boston, the round-the-world bicyclist, arrived at Fl Paso, Tex, on the 26th, from the west in good health and spirits. She will remain there until July 15, then ride north to Denver, en route home. Miss Londonderry says she has de- clined over l50 offers of marriage, and has S1, 800 saved up
 RAMON o. WILLIAMS, United States consul at Havana, will return to his post direct from New York, without going again to Washington. It is said at the state department that there has never been any question as to Mir. Will liams' return after the expiration of his leave.
 Two MORE alleged members of the firebug gang, whose operations have involved the loss of hundreds of thou sands of dollars and put in peril many lives, were arrested in New York city on the 26th. They are Max GluelSman, the chief mechanic of the gang, and Adolph Hirchkopf.
 DURING fire in a five-story building in Minneapolis, Minn., on the night of the 27th, number of fremen were caught and crushed under falling wall. Six of these were taken out dead and two severely injured, while sew eral were still missing and supposed to be under the debris of the collapsed