The evening times., 1896-09-11
Briefs by Wire

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have been appointed to protect girls EN-
| ployed in stores.
The Great Sun Council. Improved 0rdei
of Red Men, In session at Minneapolis. de-
cided not to print its ritual In any other
language than English.
John G. Bell was unanimously nomi-
mated by the Populist Congressional con-
vention Tor the Second district OF Colo
rado yesterday afternoon.
| The democratic convention ofthe Eleventh
| Texas district met here yesterday, re-
| nominated Rudolph Kleberg, OF Cuero, for
Congress. and adopted a free silver plat
form. NJ I"
Through fear that her savings would he
lost, Mrs. Caroline James. a septuagenarian,
| OF Woodstown, M j.. committed suicide
wednesday by cutting her throat with a
| razor. o. ~
Herr schustcr, director OF the Berlin
Handelssgeseleschaft. has been arrested
| upon the charge OF embezzlement. The
amount of his defaication is estimated at
5000, 900 marks. %
Ed Behier. an ex. .moonshiner, who ''has
been acting as spy for revenue officers, was
fatally shot yesterday at Hines, Lauder
dale county, Ala. He was shot from am
bush rs lie role along the road.
The executive committee of the Munich
| pal League, CT Philadelphia. has requested
the governor not 10 pardon John Eardslcy
''uD IL tie danger to lis health by oonfine-
mcnt be irrefragahly established
An inmate OF Moyamensing prison. Phil
a1elphia, says he killed Henry Penneck of
Altoona. Joseph Hildebrand, who com-
mitted suicide in the Maryland peniten-
tiary, confessed the same murder.
Charles Bryan, cashier of the customhouse
at Detroit. Mich, is alleged to be short
$4,000 in his accounts as a result OF deal
ing in wheat options. Special Treasury
agent sare examining his accounts.
A telegram from Uniontown, Pa. says
there are 100 cases OF diphtheria and ty
phoid fever in that place, and that diph-
iberia is prevalent at Browntieid and other
places throughoutthe coke regions.
John CRUDE, fourtcenyear-old boy, was
arrested ard committed to iGil in Bangor,
Pa, ,toanswcr tw o charges of fouscbrcaking
and larceny OF money. THE boys downfall
is attributed to dime novel reading.
Alexander McLain, the we'll known
horseman, who has mad charge of John ID.
l;ockefelier's stable for years, died yes
tcrday. lie was n native of Gcorgcto wn,
Carada, forty-one years old, and unmar-
ried
President j. d. Shaiian OF the defunct
Commercial State Baak OF Champion, Neb.,
has been arrested ON a warrant charging
him with having received deposits as presi-
dent Of the bank when the bank was in
solvent.
The Freeman's Journal OF Dublin says
that Archbishop sebastien Martinelli, who
was appointed papal delegate TO the Roman
Catholic Church in the United States to
succeed Cardinal Satolli. will visit Dublin
on his way TO America.
President Meserve. of Shaw University,
at Raleigh, n. C., is notified that sou OF
King Kama, of South Africa, will be
sent there for special instruction, and that
another son will be sent to the colored
university at Little Rock, Ark.
The British brig Earuna. Capt. Brown.
of Liverpool, n. S., was wrecked on Rum
Cay, Bahamas, on September 3. while en-
route from AUX Cages, Hayti. for New Yors.
The vessel was lost, hut her crew. cargo OF
Iogwood and materials were saved,
In the event Of marked reduction in the
Democratic ma ,ority in Virginia this year.
it is said tile opposition VIII combine to
elect next years Legislature, which will
choose Senatofs Daniels successor, and
should they be successful ex-G Gov. Cameron,
it Is said, woupi probably be their choice
for United States Senator.
George Collins, ayoung farmer. residing
near Laurel. Del. died suddenly yesterday
in "a nj
the throat. His tfroat, without any ap-
parent cause, began to swell and he literally
choked to death before medical assistance
could be obtained. Physicians are puzzled
over the case.
What is known as the coffee warehouse"
OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. sit
uated On piers 90 and "a, Locust Point,
Baltimore, was almost entirely destroyed
by fire yesterday. The building has been
used for years as a bonded warehouse for
Imported goods, The loss is estimated at
$4,000. -Four firemen were slightly
burned.
Rev. John NJ Clymer. pastor Of the
PRESBYTERIAN Church al Hancock. Nd, was
in the act of stopping to gather up some
hay to feed his COW. when the animal
suddenly turned her head, hooking Mr..
the eyelid and penetrating the hall. 1t
is feared he may lose the sight OF the
eye.
Frank Kolshirk and Mrs. Mary Gultz, with
whom he lived, were committed to jail
Yesterday at Shamokin, Pa. charged with
having murdered the latter's husband,
Thomas Gultz, whose remains were found
in Riter's Reservoir, at Mount Carmel. May
Kolshirk, twelve years old. daughter OF
the alleged murderer, is also said to know
something about the crime and will be ar
rested.
Mrs. Robert Cox and the four-year-old
daughter of Postmaster T. A. Hendrick,
of Jermyn, Pa, were sitting in room
Wednesday evening, when kerosene
lamp exploded and envelopcd the room in
flames. The cbild's clothing caught fire
first. and Mrs. Cox went to her rescue and
succeeded in saving the cbild's life. but
was herself so badly burned that she
died soon after.
A tragedy, growing out of a mothers
heroic attempt to save her child frum
death in front of a train, occurred near
Newberne. N. O., on wednesday. Mrs.
lanes wade, with her little girl. was
walking along railway track, and when
the train which was approaching was
nearly opposite them the little girl at
ten,pted to cross In front Of it The mother
spraug after the child and jerked her
from the rails, but was berself mangied
heneath the wheels The child was unhurt.
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