The Yale expositor., 1895-06-28
NEWS IN BRIEF.

at Lincoln, Neb., burned. Loss, $780,
900.
Nine hundred employees of the
Sharon, Pa, iron works struck for an
advance of 10 cents day.
At picnic at Pellyton, Ky, Thomas
and James Cockett shot and killed
Daniel Kidd. The murdercrs escaped.
At family reunion near Tilton, Ia,
IA persons were poisoned. Jacob
Trout died but the others will recover.
Nebraska supreme court has de-
clared the law requiring engineers to
whistle at every public highway cross
ing unconstitutional.
Anton Metzgar, of Allegheny, Pa,
committed suicide by placing bomb
in his ear and touching it off. The
whole side of his head was blown off.
Lightning and storm played havoc
in the oil fields near Wapakoneta, o.
Nichols IL Levy's loss will reach about
81 900, while in the auckland field the
loss will be more.
Near Arensville. Ill, the family of
| GuStave KunZ contracted anthrax from
eating the flesh of diseased cow. The
The father and one child may live.
A San Francisco morning paper says
attempts have been made TO organize
| filibustering expeditions to go to Homo
| lulu and overthrow the government.
| EXiles are said to be the prime movers
in the plot.
Secretary Herbert has ordered the
Raleigh to proceed to Key West, Fla,
| to watch for filibusters and see that no
more expeditions leave this country
! for Cuba with contra bands or men for
the insurgents.
From 12 to 16 cars of fruit are daily
being shipped from Sacramento, Cal.
This is about one-half the usual guam
tity for this time of year, the crop be-
ing short Bartlett pears will be less
than half crop.
C. Il. Birch, cash receiver for the
West Chicago Street railway at the
Armitage avenue cable barns, was
shot five times and fatally wounded
by u man who attempted to rob him of
the days receipts.
A cyclone passed eight miles south
Of Albert Lea, MINI. A number of
barns were wrecked and horses killed.
The storm was accompanied by hail,
and crops were badly damaged. Hail
stones as large as lemons are reported
near Hokah.
The skeleton of an unknown woman
was found under the floor of a cottage
on Wisconsin street, Toledo. The
police believe that the body is that of
Mrs. John Munda, who lived in the
house and suddenly disappeared about
two years ago.
The motion for new trial in the
case of Special Examiner +. +. Waite,
of the pension department, convicted
of intimidating witness in the cele-
brated Van Leuven investigation, was
denied at Cresco, Iowa, and he was
fined $3.50 and costs.
A list of the total casualties in the
Japanese armies during the war with
China has been officially published.
Only 623 were killed in battle, l72 died
of wounds, 2,0s1 were wounded, but
not fatally. and 2,4s9 died of cholera
and 2,9S1 of other diseases.
An important engagement has taken
place near Placetas, province of Santa
Clare, Cuba. The insurgent leader.
Casallas, was killed. The insurgents
| lost two more killed, had four
wounded. The insurgents were com
PEELED to retire. -Four Spaniards were
killed.
Lawson Barger and Dan Duffy called
at the home of the Misses Nicum at
! Anderson, Ind, and made themselves
obnoxious to the girls. Their father
heard the racket and emptied two bar
rels of a shotgun into the mems bodies.
The gun exploded and Nicum was also
badly injured.
After being out all day, the jury
hearing Capt. Howgates case at
Washington brought in verdict of
| guilty on each indictment, one being
for forgery and one for Justification
of accounts. The jury recommended
the defendant to the mercy of the
court. A new trial was asked.
The Nicaragua Canal commission
has completed its examination of the
! line of the Nicaragua canal, but before
returning to the United States it will
make similar examination of the
Panama canal with view of compar-
ing the rival projects and embodying
the results in a report to congress.
Eight weeks ago Engineer Frank
Holmes, of Bloomington, Ill, was shot
and killed by train robbers on the c. q
| A. railroad while defending his train.
The officials of the Alton road will
build a cottage at bloomington for
Holmes widow, costing 81 500, and give
her 81. 200 cash in appreciation of
Holmes fidelity and bravery.
At the conference between the wage
committees of the Amalgamated asso-
citation and the Iron and Steel Manu-
facturers' order at Pittsburg, a scale
to run from July /, 1895, TO June 80
next year, based on the selling price
of sheets, was adopted. The workers
are to get per cent increase on every
, 10 per cent advance in the price OF
sheets. This wage agreement insures
work for 20, 900 men.
w. c. Owens, representative from
the Ashland district of Kentucky, who
defeated Breckenridge is poisoned by
a spiders bite, and his condition is
alarming. He was bitten over week
ago and his arm is terribly swollen.
lie had been attending the races at
Cincinnati, but left hurriedly for his
home on special train. A physician