The evening times., 1896-10-14
Wire Briefs.

Ihe Chinese government has agreed tn
rebuild tile naval dockyard at pa ch,,
nDdcr charge OF the CHIEF engineer of the
| French navy
| The Cooperative Fruit COMPANY OF New
Castle, Cal. the largest fruit shippin;. firm
In central California, yesterday flied a De-
tition in insolvency.
IL Is stated as icing likely that Ma1or
strong, ,ofNew York. viii GUST coiDn,issi1rer
farker from the police board. because Of hlx
quarreis with Commissioners Roosevelt ana
Grant.
The steamship Lain. which leaves In.
rope today has on board consignmeits os
sooo,o0o gold for Kuhn. Loeb a ca. ana
esoo'ooo Tor Ladenburg, Thainann 4 20.
or New York
IL Is probable that the mysterious sui,if.
VINO ended his life SO tragicauy Monday by
jumping over the parapet at Prospect Point.
Niagara Falls, into the water, was ] Bar.
ton. OF Oil City, Pa.
The twenty-fifth annual synodical seq.
sion OF the Evangelical Lutheran SYNOD of
New York and New Jersey began last even
Ing at st. Johns Evangelical Lutheran
Church, New York city
W. I. Rambusl, president of the Cti-
zens' Bank Of Juneau, Wis, is missing.
The affairs OF the bank are said to be in
excellent condition, but Rambush's personal
afralrs aresaidto be considerably tangled"
II is impossible to confirm the report that
Sir William Vernon Harcourt has resigned
his leadership of-the Liberal party in the
House OF Commons The Liberal pa pers do
not appear to have any Information on the
subject.
In Baltimore Herbert B. Bullman was
convicted OF making and passing counter
ieit silver Quarters. and was sentenced to
one yearin thepenitentiary and A dam q ehb,
OF Baltimore county, was sentenced to six
months in jail for having counterfeiting ma
terial in his possession.
Senior DomingueZ, minister of the Argen-
tine Republic at London, has received a
telegram from BUenOs Ayres stating that
the Argentine government gives assu rance.
that the internal and external debt OF the
city of Buenos Ayres will continue to be
punctually paid, as hitherto.
Thomas Phillips attempted to commit
suicide at his residence in Burlington, N.
j. yesterday. Phillips, VINO Is q cripple.
was sitting in his chair, when he drew a
revolver and fired it at Ills heart. The
ball struck sUspender button, and his
frustrated the would-be suicides act
Albert Robinson. aged about 2s years,
shot himself through the head with pistol
early yesterday morning while in bed as
the store OF j. a, Downing, Fire Run,
RappahannocK county, where he was EN-
ployed as a clerk. He died a short time
afterward. Mr. Robinson hadbeen despOnd-
ent for some time.
Mrs Eliza Loomis, who is 1C0 years old.
started to walk from EImira, N Y, to
Canton. Pa, a distance of thirty miles, to
see her daughter, Mrs. Fassett. of Canton.
Ten miles from home She got lost in the
darkness and sank exhausted by the road
side. She was discovered numb and un-
conscious, and died yesterday.
Lord Charles Beresford. who is a captain
in the British navy and was formerly
lord Of the admiralty y, has announced his in
tentiOn To contest the seat in the House OF
Commons for the Eastern division OF Brad
ford, made vacant by the death OF Mr..
Henry Byron Reed. Lord Charles Beres-
ford is Il conservative ls WAS also Mr.
Reed
At the Hotel Norfolk, in Nor
h.
ger, apparently about fifty or sixty
years OF agc, was found, dead in room No.
81. His deaf hwas due TO asphyxiaton by
gas, the Jet in the room being turned on.
The man registered Monday night as Will
liam ESkridge, of Delaware, and went
Immediately to his room.
The village OF State Line, Pa. has
big sensation The belle Of the village
anda young manwere enga gedto bemarricd.
His parents objected and spirited him away
The girl found that her lover was in Wilkes
barre, and she followed him in a carriage
Arriving there she found him a 2 O'Clock
a. m. A justice of tie peace was aroused
from his slumbers and married the Young
people They then returned home.
While benjamin Attic, farmer, resid-
ing near Blue Ridge Summit. Va, was on
his way to Franklin shortly before daylight
yesterday morning, he was dragged from
the sulky in which he was riding alone by
some unknown person and was knocked
senseless. He was found soon afterward
living in the road in an unconscious condi-
ton by Berry Carter. a farmer. and taken
to the latter home. where he revived sufn-
ciently to tell OF tue assault The object OF
his assailan mt was evidently robbery, but he
had no money with him. At last accounts
no trace OF the horse or sulky had been dis
covered.