The evening times., 1896-10-16
Wire Briefs.

Home, Monroe county, Pa, were broken
open by supposed professional thieves.
Shipments OF gold on vessels sailing from
European ports for New York this week and
the early pa TT OF next, will, 1t Is estimated
amount to about $40 100000.
fire destroyed the art building at the
State fair grounds in Richmond last night.
| The building was wrecked by the late storm
and not in use.
Funeral services over the remains OF the
| Most Rev. Edward White Benson, arch
| bishop Of Canterbury, were held this fore
noon in Canterbury Cathedral. London.
| The London Chronicle this morning pub
| fishes a dispatch from Constantinolle say
ing that Turkish soldiers, whose pay III long
in arrears. are begging aims of the for
eigners.
| DE-. b. II. Hayunga. wealthy Harlem
| physician and bis wire have each been sued
| for 500 600 damages by Nine. DeLoDg. an
alleged spintualist, who claims the couple
| slaDde red her.
Freeman, Ives & Co, produce dealers. of
| Little Fails, n. Y, have assigned. The
| firms capital was rated at from 81 so 900
to 100000. The dssets and liabilities
| are unknown.
A dispatch from Rio de Jaueiro says
| the Chamber OF deputies has made re-
quest of the president that he expel the Rio
de Janeiro correspondent of The London
Times from Brazil
Tnu Democrats OF the Seaboard district
of Princess Anne county, Va, have passed
resolutions denounciIg Gov. o'Ferrall for
his support OF the National Democracy and
demanding his speedy resignation
The jury in the case of Miss Cora Fidler.
against DR.. William Buehler, for damages
for breach of promise, came into court yes
terday and returned a verdict in favor OF
Miss Fidier for S562.6O. she had sued for
$4,000.
A coroner's Jury has found that n two
year-old child Of James Yelletts OF Flurin.
Pa, died as n result OF cruelty on the part
of the parents. The chiId's tiny body was
covered with bruises from head to foot.
The parents will be prosecuted
Edward ]. Ivory. alias Edward Bell. the
alleged Irish American dynamite conspir-
atOr. who was arrested at Glasgow on
September ., was again arraiSn..d in the
Bow street police court, London, this morn
ing and remanded for another Week.
The first political lbloodlettingin the Penn
syivaDia coal region in connection with the
present campaign occurred at Mount Carmel
late Wednesday night, James Ugo, we'll
known citizen, being stabbed III the neck,
from the result OF which he is lying IN i
serious condition.
John Chrisman was on a log car in the
track. The car struck a tree, and the jar
threw Chrisman forward, when he was
caught between the tree and the logs His
body was crushed flat, and every log had to
removed before the corpse could be recov-
cred.
George Mock, aged sixty-six years, OF
Lebd non, Pa, made three attempts yes
terday to end his life by hanging, and ac-
compished his purpose after he had been
cut do once hy tfpnryp Rrnsg 1Rpdt w,Iyp
years, who lso prevented him the second
time by taking the rope from him and bid
ing it.
Tue Congressional fight in the Norfolk,
Va, district will remain a three -curnered
one DR.. Richard \. Wise, the Republican
candidate whom 1t was rumored would
withdraw in favor OF Hhaiey, the sound
money Democrat candidate. states most
efIphhtiraiiy that lie is IN the race to stay
and cannot be bribcd to give up the field
The jury in the case of George II. Grant,
ofSumnit, y. j.. ma nager OF the Woodstock
Lumber Company, and who sued the New
York. Susquehanna and Western Railroad
Company for 500 900 for the loss OF his
arm, awarded the plaintiff a verdict for
S51 900 and costs. The accident occurred
October 81. 1895. Mr.. Grants son was
kliled at the same time.
Alfred Watts n COOK on the British ship
Shenir. is chained to 4 mast and will be
Kept there for three nI ont!lS, S,uDtil the vss-
sci reaches Freemantle. Australia. He as
Saulted the steward Tuesday, and when
arrested in New York the police Justice
decided that the assault was to all intents.
committed on British soil The cook
therefore, will go back TO Freemantle, from
where he shipped, for trial.
Mrs. John Feblinger and Henry Fisher.
who were arrested in Philadelphia, were
given hearing in Wilkesbarre, Pa, yes
terda! afternoon. The einjured husband for
gave his wife and went her bail. Fisher
denied that he had eloped with the woman
lie said she accompanied him and his sister
tn Philadelphia. as her husband abused her
and she wanted to get away from him.
The justice would not believe his story a nd
held him for trial at court
The trial of the case of Laura Gernerd,
wife Of Joseph Gernerd. a gainst Charles A
Gernerd, father-in-law, came to a close in
the Allentown, IA, court, yesterday, and
resulted in victory for the woman Mrs.
Gernerd sued her father-in-law for dam
ages for alternating her husbands affections.
The plaintiff gets 81 500, and, in addition
punitive damages for S4OO, a total of
$4,000
Lewis Dressler, a merchant of Jersey
city, died yesterday afternoon at st
Francis Hospital, in Trenton, N. J., OF in
juries received by walking off of q fast
tram. Mr.. Dressler was on his way to Pitts
burg and had fallen asleep. When the brake
m an called, Next STOP Trenton" " he mis-
took the call rushed to the door and jun. ed
from the train. Passengers are Of the opin-
ion til at he was asleep at the time and that
his fatal plunge was the result of night
mare.
Anna Holmes, sixteen years old. living
in Elizabeth City county, near Hampton
Va, was murdered by her lover, James
Meakins, who went to the girls home in
the absence of her father, who had for
bIdden him the house, i'll an intoxicated con
dition. Meakns entered the house forsh-
ing revolver. He was warned by the girl
lat it might go off and hurt somebody. He
said that il she or her parents bothered
him he would shoot. He loitered around
some minutes, and, suddenly crying out he
was going to shoot, fired. and the girl ran
out of the house and fell dead.
After residence OF six years at Fort
Sheridan, Chicago, the Fifteenth Infan-
try. u. S. A, which has attained national
not otoriety, owning to the shooting scandals
and the efforts to retire Col K. E A.
Crofton. commander of the regiment and
the fort. departed yesterday for its new
station at Fort Bayard, N. NJ, excepting
two ompanies. which go to Fort Huachnca,
Ariz.. and two companies, under Major
Charles Hobart. which go To Fort Grant,
Ariz Col. Robert II Hall. OF the Fourth
infantry. succeeded Col. Crofton as COM
mandant of Fort Sheridan and his regimen
viii take the place Of the Fifteenth at the
fort
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INDIAN SUMMER
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