The National tribune., 1895-12-05
BRIEF NEWS

Herman W. Mudgett, alias II. II. Holmes,
who was victed of murder in the first degree
for having caused the death in Philadelphia of
Benjamin +. Pitezel, was sentenced Saturday.
The date of execution will be fixed by Gov.
Hastings
The Chattahoochee National Bank of Column
bus, Ca, one of the oldest institutions in the
South, has failed. 1t WAS heavily interested
in the Chattahoochee Brewery, which has been
ordered sold to satisfy its creditors.
Dr. Charles II. Parkhurst, the New York
minister who has during the past year created
a great sensation by his work against unlawful
selling of liquor aud crime in general In New
York City, has announced that the City Vigil
ance League, of which he is the head, will
abandon all detective work for the future, ex-
cept, perhaps in some of the precincts where
little excise duty is still to be done.
DIR. Donaldson Smith, of Philadelphia, who
has been in Africa Tor nearly two years, has
arrived in London with large collection of
natural history specimens.
dispatch from St Petersburg states that
the Ministers of Finance and Commerce are
considering project to hold exhibition Of
Russian products in New York City, with the
object of extending the Russian export trade.
1t is also purposed to found Russian Bank in
New York City.
Jabez S. Balfour, the noted English swindler.
has been found guilty of frauds in connection
with the House and Land Investment Trust,
another of the concerns which formed part of
| the notorious Libcrator group of companies.
| Herr Arthur Stadthagen, Socialist member
| Of the Reichstsg, has been sentenced 10 years
| Imprisonment for libeling the Prussian Minis
| tiers and police.
Heavy reinforcements of Spanish troops are
/ I'D "a, L., Z lo,,N
on the sea, while 10000 moro are preparing to
embark.
A number OF hithorto-unpublished poems
and sermons Of Charles Wesley have been dis.
covered in the office of tha Wesleyan Confer
ence, in London.
During the month of November $3.50. 1863
pounds of leaf tobacco were sold in the Dan
vile, Va, warehouses the largest months sale
ever made in that city.
Returns to the Department of Internal
| Affairs Of the State OF Pennsylvania chow that
1883 persons were killed and JIG, COZ injured by
steam railroads operating in that State during
the fiscal year ending June 80 1895 OF the
killed, 29.were passengers, 447 employees, and
| l,107 other persons.
According to Spanish reports Gen. Gomez
with 5000 insurgents under his command, has
been recently defeated by Gems. Oliver and
Luque in the Province Of Santa Clara.
About 500 deaths are recorded as having re-
shifted from the severe storms which have pre-
vailed recently in the Odessa Districts of Russia.
| The victims in nearly all cases were drowned
or frozen TO death.
In anticipation Of scarcity of sugar in Cuba
the Philadelphia and New York merchants
have purchased from Honolulu planters upward
Of 80 00C tons of sugar. 10 be delivered in the
early Spring. Eight American clipper ships
have been chartered to carry tho cargoes.
Gen. Jnlio Sanguily, an American citizen
| has been convicted in Havana of having CON-
mitted illegal acts against the Spanish Govern
ment and sentenced to Imprisonment for life.
1t is reported that missionaries in Madagascar
have been murdered.
The Treasury officials have received informa-
tioH from Atlanta, Ga. that the Chinese the
/ atrcal enterprise at the Exposition is finan-
! cial failure and that % of the Chinese women
| connected with it have gone TO San Francisco.
! Under the joint resolution Of Congress foreign.
| ers who arc connected with tho Exposition
: may remain in the country one year after tho
close of the fair, and hence the % Chinese
women cannot be nolested for one year from
| January next.
The Americans sojourning in London and
Berlin observed Thanksgiving Day by ban
| quets. at which over 700 persons were present.
Prayers for the conversion of Col. Robert G.
| Ingersoll, the agnostic. were offered by the
| Christian Eudoavor Epworth League, and
Salvation Army. in Cleveland. O.. Thanks
giving Day. Over 5000 people arc said to
have taken part.
1t is reported that all questions now pending
between Argentina and Chile have been settled,
and that the two countries will sign an agree
| ment to restrict their ornaments.
| An outbreak Of Yauqui Indians in north
eastern Sonora, Mexico, IS reported.
Chicago frcmcn on Thursday last tested their
! ability to cope with fires in the upper stories
of tall buildings by forcing water through
| standpipe to the roof of Masonic Temple, 1913
| feet from the ground, and drenched the roofs
OF the neighboring buildings.
The Ohio River is falling rapidly. Pittsburg
| and part of the coal fleets may be compelled to
/ tie up before reaching Cincinnati. Several ac-
| cdents have happened to lows, and the Iron
! Age, with a cargo Of iron aud steel valued at
| $4,000, ran aground at Freedom.
compromise has been reached between the
| Cherokee Nation and tho colored residents of
the Cherokee country, by which the latter are
10 get $l3, 600, 600 of the money received for the
| strip. besides an interest in the unsold lands.
The New York Central will next week shorten
the time of the Empire State express % min
utes between New York and Buffalo 1t is