Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-27
TELEGRIPHIC BRIEFS.

| Five persons were killed at various points
| In Alabama Tuesday by lightning.
The international convention Of the Good
| Templars lodge is in session at Boston.
| Two more members of the Clybnrg gang of
| fire bugs have been arrested at New York.
| The striking weavers at the Atlantic
mills Providence, have returned to work.
The Philadelphia mint will be shut down
| July 1 for two weeks for the purpose of
| cleaning up.
Colonel A. St. Clair, Denver, brother of
the founder of Denver, Colo, died Wednes-
| day at Washington.
| Lester Dubois Howser, who is supposed to
have been murdered at Valparaiso, Chill, is
well known in Portland, Ore.
fire at st. Mary's. O., Wednesday de-
stroyed the Gordon flour mill, wooden mills,
postoffice and several smaller buildings
The commencement exercises of Yale uni
versity were held Wednesday. There was
nothing out of the usual in the exercises.
The attorneys for the Fair estate dscredit
| the story of the alleged marriage of the
deceased senator and Miss McKenna of
Lodi.
| John Koboloffe, Russian, has been ar
rested at San Fransisco for the murder
| of the Weber family at Sacramento last
| December.
Congressman Livingstone, who went to
Venezuela in the interest of the Atlanta eX-
| position, is back He reports that country
| will be represented at the exposition.
Miss Carrie Scott a prominent society
woman Of Denver, has brought suit for $50, 900
| damages for breach of promise against Henry
Edison Simms, a prominent politician.
The schooner G. NJ. Watson, which II was
| suspconed intended to take arms to Ha-
| waiian revOlutiOnists sailed from Port Town
| send Wednesday with cargo of lumber.
John Stechlin one Of the men implicated
| in the incendiary fires at Gretna, La. says
| w iC
part of the affair." was lynched by the police.
The co lrt at indianapolis cut down the
| claim of Receiver Failey of the Iron Hall
| from $97 500 to $2S666. Claims of attorneys
| were cut down in about the same proportion.
| The annual convention of the yardmasters'
association is in session at Denver. An at
| tempt is being made to abandon the benefit
| features of the association and make it purely
| social.
Later developments indicate that Alice
| Worth, who was buried at Winemac, Ind,
| Tuesday, was murdered. Her former en-
ployer is suspected Of committing the
| crime.
| 4-year-old child of Judge Blake of
| El Reno, Okl., was severely bitten by q
vicious cat and the parents, fearing rabies,
| have taken the child to New York for
| treatment.
| Rev j. w. Wilson of Red Wine, La, drew
shotgun on a neighbor during the course of
a quarrel The first barrel snapped and be-
| fore he could pull the other one his opponent
| shot him dead.
George Martin and Elmer E. Young, two
| students Of the Illinois State university, are
| in Jail charged with attempted train wreck
| ing. They are accused of putting spikes on
the Illinois Central track at Tuscola
A Kickapoo squaw who had tried in vain
| to secure settlement from railroad COM
| pany which was building through her land in
| the Indian Territory, stood the workmen of
with shotgun until the agent of the com
pany settled.
The acting president Of the American Fire
Insurance company of New York states the
| affairs of the company are by no means in
as bad shape as reported by the Insurance
| department. The directors announce that
the impairment of the capital will be made
good
The International Underwriters association
| is in session at Alexandra Bay, n. Y. They
elected the following officers H. w. X. Cut
ter, Chicago, president; Benjamin F. Dyer
| Boston, vice president; II. N. Kingsbury
| Westfied, Mass, treasurer; w. d. K Hooper
| Philadelphia, secretary.