The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-01-10
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
The steamer Etruria win take out today
800. 900 ounces of silver
Five Inches of snow has fallen at Nice
and further downfall Is threatened.
The engagements OF gold for shipment
abroad today amounted to S2.350,0oO.
There were renewed earthquakes Mon
day at Reggie hi Calibria and Messina.
Italy.
Colonel C. c. Chandler, assistant quar-
teTYnaster-general, has been placed on the
retired list.
Miss Susan Fennimore Cooper, daughter
| Of James Fennimore Cooper, is dead. in
her SD year.
Colonel e. II, Heyl. Inspector general Of
the department of the Missouri, died sud
| denly al Chicago,
| Serious differences of opinion exist be-
tween King Alexander of Serva and his
father ex-King Milan.
Emperor William. after his New Years
! reception at Berlin, visited United States
| Ambassador Runyon.
| Nearly the entire business portion of
| Perrysville. Ohio. was burned Wednes-
day morning. The loss is heavy.
Richlouski & Sayet's great petroleum
refinery at Batoum, on the Black sea, has
been burned. The loss is enormous.
Fire burned the laundry of Edward
| Road of London. The charred remains OF
eight inmates were found in the ruins.
The ls-round match between Lavick and
George siddons at Cleveland, Ohio, was
declared draw at the end of the 18th
round.
Argument was closed before Judge
| Bartch at Salt Lake in the San Pete coun-
ty mandamus cases, but no decision was
rendered
Thomas Benton Coulter. sixth auditor
| of the treasury during ex-President Har-
rison's administration. is dead at Union
port, ohie,
The Philadelphia grand jury has found
a true bill against Charles w Mowbray
the English anarchist, charging him with
making seditions speech.
Brussels newspapers assert that Amer
lean cattle brought to Belgian ports will
be subject to d prohibition similar to that
enforced against Canada,
Truesdall, Hpreta A. Co., New York re-
| tail dry goods merchants have made an
assignment to j. Underwood. The LA
bilties were 100000; assets. s11S,OOO.
Edward Powers. champion colored light
weight pugilist of Michigan, has been sem.
| fenced to three years in prison for lar
ceny committed at South Bend, Ind.
The Central ppust Company of New
York has filed an application in the
United States court at Omaha for a sep
arate receiver for the ST, Joseph \ Grand
Island road,
A. j. l.. RQddick, Andrew Winters,
| George Alexander and C. D. Kiger, held
for murder and confined in the county
jail at Nashville, Tenn. escaped by saw
ing the bars,
A dispatch from Wheeling. w Va. says:
Nelson Whitaker, the millionaire iron
manufacturer, has issued public letter,
announcing his candidacy for the United
States senate,
The California School of Mechanical
Arts the last OF numerous magnificent be-
quests made to the San Francisco public
by the late James Lick. will he formally
given to the people this afternoon.
1t is reported that the Tong Haks (reb-
els) of the Coreap province of Chollado
have founded new kingdom, named
kanian. 1t Is added that member of the
Ming family has been throned king.
Edward r. Carter. the defauting clerk
of the New York bank of Commerce. who
Is charged with embezzlng $4,000 from the
institution, pleaded guilty and was held
to await the action Of the grand jury.
The Dominion line steamer Sarnia, from
Portland, Me-, and Halifax, N. s., for
Liverpool, crippled BY the loss Of her rud-
der, put into Belfast Lough this morning.
for shelter, She WAS In tow Of two tugs.
Secretary Herbert has RENTED the un-
expired portion OF the sentence of Lieu
tenant e. D. Bostwick, suspended for one
year by court-martial for drunkenness
while attached to the Ranger at San
Diego.
A dispatch frQm Vienna says 1000 men
on Saturday attacked the convent farm
at Staminiti. The police sent to the scene
were overpoWered, ana tho military had
to be called upon. Twenty arrests were
made.
AT Coffeyville. Kansas, fire started in
the Masonic block at O'clock in the
morning, soon destroying that structure.
the hnest In the city As psHeyvilie has
no water works or FIRE department, the
loss viii be great.
The residence of P. II. Mast, a million
aire manufacturer ef apFineHeld, ohio.
burned Vhursday moraing. The interior
vas entirely destroyed. The loss was
ABOUT sgo'cca, Insured for $4,000, The fire
was supposed to be OF ncepdiary origin
The Chicago grand jury. by unanimous
49, 'St"HSu w iliuitt Glhte attorney ia
COD Kern, charged with various Irregular
tiles. The states attorney was partition
lary charged with allowing criminals to
escape, and collecting moneys improperly.
Robert McMpllen has been awarded se5.-
ooo oamasss aSSipst tbs Western Union
Telegraph Company for injuries received
while working for the company as line
man as Newark, n. J. IN making some
repairs, McAullen grasped a live wire and
was horribly burned, losing an eye
Judge Allen. In the United States circuit
court at Chicago. overruled the motion TO
quash the indictments against ex-Gover-
nor Beveridge, PRESIDENT E. p. Arnold.
vice president ead s, NJ. Ruadisoh, treas
urer Of the State Mutual Insurance Com
pany, charging violation OF the lottery
laws.
Petit Republque of Paris says tho minis
Ter or ceinnins, 81. dc la Gasse has re-
ceived telegram stating that one of the
advance posts OF Colonel Monteils expe-
dition In the Congo district was attacked
recently by natives, Twenty members Of
the post, of whom IS We're white men
were killed,