The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-12-21
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIEs.

Edwin Gould is buy~Asg Diamond
Match stock.
Elizabeth, N j.. was visited by $780,
o00 fire Saturday.
Ex-Queen Liliuokalini OF Hawaii will
arrive In Boston this week.
Fire at st. Paul Saturday night burned
800, 900 worth OF property.
Frank c. Moulton, grocer at Ports
mouth, NJ H., has assigned.
Right Rev. James Lynch. d. D., bishop
of Kildare and Leighlin. Ire. is dead.
City Chamberlain Murray of Water
town, n. Y, is 5000 short in his accounts.
The pension Office at Washington has
been selected as the place for the in
augural ball.
The house of C. A. Provost. M. d.. at
st. Johnsbury. VT, was partially de-
stroyed by fire.
The lodge rooms Of the A. p. A. at
San Antonio, Tex, were robbed Of rec
ords and list of members.
Tom Burns. captain of last years
Newark baseball team, will manage the
Hartford club next season.
William Wheeler, AZ years old, and
lawyer, committed suicide at Washing
ton by taking rough on rats.
Frederick l.. Waldron. a prominent
attorney and city solicitor of Waterville,
Me, dropped dead in his office.
The headquarters of the American
Federation OF Labor have been changed
from Indianapolis to Washington
Yale men have redoubled their efforts
TO bring about an amicable settlement
OF the differences between their =uniXer
sity and Harvard.
The report that the brewegies con-
trolled by Hon. Frank Jones OF Ports
mouth, n. H., had been sold to an Eng
lish syndicate is denied.
Mrs. Daniel B. Whiting died at Ames-
bury, Mass, aged about so years. She
was a direct descendant of Major Robert
Fike, the English commoner.
William Waller OF Philadelphia, aged
%. was murdered while asleep by John
King, who cut his throat with razor
Jealousy caused the crime. King was
arrested.
The Farmers Product company, capi-
tai 81. 100000. nothing paid IN. has been
organized at Bangor Me, for the pur-
pose OF buying, selling and slaughtering
live stock.
Naval officers are concerned about
the supply of ammunition In the event
Mar with Spain should break out The
ordnance department has no reserve
supply on hand.
Litigation between the edison COM
pany and the American Graphophone
company. which has been in the United
States supreme court for years, has
been amlcably settled.
+. Neal Boyd. aged IL. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred w Boyd. dropped dead while
skating at Hyde. Park, Mass. lie was
manager OF the high school football
eleven. and well liked by his classmates.
ur. "A. G.. Cunningham, -four and
commission merchant OF Halifax. who
has been in flnaroial difficulties for some
time, Is missing. and IL is believed he
has gone To either Boston or New York.
His liabilities are about $4,000.
Memorial services in honor Of Maceo.
the Cuban patriot. were heldsat Chick
ering hall. New York. The attendance
was large. and when the collection box
was passed many ladies removed their
rings ard other jeweiry and pat them
In the plate.
News received. from Bluefelds. Near
aeua, indicate an open rs-Siure between
Nfaragua and Colombia. The bone OF
cnssent!on T. the owner1hip of Great and
Little Corn Islands. lying OF Bocas Del
ioro. The islands are now the property
5f Nicaragua, but Colombia claims them.