The evening times., 1896-08-03

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Newport mine has reduced its force from
800 to so.
A fire. supposed to be due to spontaneous
combustion. destroyed the paint and poi-
ishiug shop at Cramps s.ipyard. Philadel-
phia The loss will amount to $40 900.
The Columbus, Ohio, Buggy Company has
made au assignment 10 W. A. Miles and
John NJ. Thomas. Assets, $500 COO TO
81 900 900 liabilities nearly 81 900. 900.
The Universty at Edinburgh has con-
fcrred the degree Of doctor Of laws upon
Prof. Francis Amasa Walker, president OF
the Massachusetts, Institute of Technology.
Miss Elizabeth Stansbury Kirkland, the
founder of Kirkland school, and widely
known as II phiianthropist, educator ard
authorcss. iedFriday Y at her home III Chicago.
After August 81 all employees OF grain
elevators at Superior. Wis, Will te dis-
charged. all grain Dow Inspected there to
he inspected in Duluth and Sandstone,
Mich.
Robert F. Brent, OF Baltimore. and other
descendants OF Jonathan Ha;eer. have
erected monument al Hagcrstown to the
memory OF their ancestor, the founder of
| that town.
The internal revenue collections for
July in the Fifth Illinois internal revenue
district amounted to $685. ,9S4, which is
nearly S5Oo,0o0 more than the collections
| for July. / $50.
Ii Hung Chang, representing the En-.
pe<or of China, arrived in England yes
| terday and wasinstalledin Lord Lonsdale's
| Carlton House at the expense of the Eng
lish government.
| Samuel McCuliis, desperate character.
who was arrested at Millep Ga, for an at
tempt at assassination. was taken from the
custody OF the officers by mob on Friday
| night and shot to death.
| an orf-i inizati' IA was effected by sound
| money Democrats in Pensacola, Fla. CT
| Saturday, and resolution was adopted
| to name three or more delegates to attend
the Jacksonville convention.
| Helen Barry, six-year-old daughter OF
William Barry, motorman in the employ
| OF the Baltimore Traction Company, was
| killed by City and Suburban car 1 "a on
Hilen street. near Rogers avenue.
| A State convention OF the sound money
Democrats of Illinois is to be held in Chi
|
State ticket and select delegates to the
anti-free silver national convention.
The Democrats of the Twelfth Congress
sionaI district OF Texas, nominated Judge
Marshall Fulton, of Marion. for Congress.
Ex-Congressman Paschal withdrew. The
silver men controlled the convention.
Evers Mcdaniel and Mary Brown, both
coiored, We're found murdered in an or
cilard near Ardmore, Pa. A former lover
of the woman Is suspected OF the crime,
| but had not been arrested last uight.
Mrs. Kate Stevens, of Philadelphia, aged
forty years, died OF burns caused Satur-
day night by the ignition OF benzine, a
bottle OF which she had accidentally
broken, by placing lighted lamp near it.
/ Mrs. Annie Dickson, better known a.
wild Rose" woman OF good family
was found by the police of Trenton, N
j., in a starving condit ion. Love oi
strong drink is responsible for her down
fall.
James NICK. Deets of 1716 Ramsey street
Baltimore, wood finisher, was stabbed in
the heart and instantly killed in front OF
his home Saturday. Hanson Andrews was
found guilty of the stabbing by a ooroncr's
jury.
-Four rain and hail storms, accompanied
bysixty-inile ga les. visited Cincinna Il iSa tur
day afternoon, doing much damage in tit
City and suburbs. Charles Bauhe was killed
! in attempting to throw live wire out oi
his yard.
Frank Tierney, who murdered Franz
HelpmaD in a boxcar near Sandusky, o.
May 20, was found guilty Saturday even
ing of murder in the first degree. Tierney
will be the firstman to be executed by eiec
tric;ty in Ohio.
The special committee of the Trades ant
Labor Assembly appointed some time ag,
at Chicago to investigate the charge agains
H. Q. Payne of Milwaukee regarding hi
hostility to trades unions and labor organi
cations, has recommended that no actio
be taken. /.
A conference OF gold Democrats wa
held in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, am
II was declared to he the sense of the meet
, ing that a State convention he held at al
early date to select delegates to the na
tional Democratic convention. No Stat
ticket will be nominated
T. H. Platter, welt-knowu attome
and Democratic politician, was shot and a
most instantly killed in the corridor OF tn
courthoose ct Spokaae. Wash, Friday