The news boy., 1896-09-12
NEWS AND NOTES,
A Summary Of Important Events.
PeRSoNAL AND GENERAL.


3lst, In wretched room 1T Chicago hs
called his home. He had been misef
for = quarter OF o century, denying
himself the comforts of life and almost
the common necessities.
INFORMATION has been received at
Washington that the Italian ambas.
sador, Baron Fava, II to be recalled.
1t is alleged that he has not done his
duty in his reports of the killing Of the
three Italians at Harnersville, La.
LILLE JORDAN had been at work at
her sewing machine ut her home In
Evansville, Ind, on the 51st, when
three ladies from Henderson were an.
nounced. She met them at the door,
and while welcoming them fell dead.
The ine iron bridge over the River
Bayate, in the province of Pinar del
Rio, Cuba, has been blown UP, and
there has been no communication be.
tween the towns of Artemisia and
Pinar del Rio since.
HENRY NJ. PRIEST, of Steubenville,
O., has been appointed receiver of the
Brilliant iron and tube works at Bril-.
liant, o., by Judge Douthell. The
company recently made an assign.
ment to John s. McMasters, and this
action takes all the property out of
his hands
CHAs. F. WARBuRroN, proprietor of
the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph,
was found dead in his room in Allan.
tic City, n. j., on the lst. Mr.. War.
burton was 81 years Of age, and had
been afflicted with heart trouble for
some time.
SECRETARY HoKk SMITH, on the 1st,
took formal leave of the heads of bu-
reaus and other employees of the inte.
rior department.
MRS. CHARLOTTE SMITH, president OF
the Woman's Rescue League of the
United States. has taken up her quar-
ters in New York city, and intends to
dismount every wheelwoman in
Gotham-if she can.
SECRETARY CARLISLE said, on the LIST.
that President Cleveland would write
letter indorsing the nominees of the
Indianapolis convention.
ACTISa COMPTROLLER Bowers has de.
cided that man transferred from the
volunteer service to the regular army
is not entitled to veteran bounty.
DANIEL SPRAKER, president Of the
Mohawk River bank. died in Fonda, n.
V, on the 1st, of pneumonia, aged 90.
Mr.. Sprakcr had been president of
the bank since its esta blishment, over
forty years ago, and was probably the
Oldest bank president in the United
States.
The entire main building of the pic
turesque Kentucky institute for fee
ble-minded children, at Frankfort, was
destroyed by fire, on the 1st, rendering
homeless zoo feeble-minded children
and destroying sso,oUO worth of prop
erty.
The Banca Bulese, located in Brook
lyn, and operated by Pietro Gallo &
Son, is CLOSED, the proprietors having
left the place. When the building was
opened, on the 1st, it was found that
the safe was open, but empty. It was
asserted by Italians that the deposits
amounted to s50,0OO
THE resignation of Hoke Smith as
secretary of the interior went into
effect on the 1st inst. Assistant Sec.
retary Reynolds assumed charge of
the department pending the arrival of
Gov. Francis
Mrs. GEORGE KNOPP was arrested in
Council Bluffs, Ia, on the LIST, charged
with using the mails for fraudulent
purposes, and held for the grand jury.
She advertised for husband and sue.
cecded in getting the better of a mat
rimonial adventurer who married her
thinking her to be rich.
The battle ships Families and Ira.
faigar, hagships of the British Med
iterranean squadron, and 10 other
British warships left Malta, on the 1st,
for the Levant.
AN explosion in the nitroglycerine
| house of the California Powder Co., al
Pinole, Cal, on the 1st, wrecked the
building and caused the death of ].
workmen, eight Chinese and four white
men.
Rr. IIoN. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN
British secretary of state for the colo
nies, was a passenger on the steamer
Teutonic, which arrived at New York
on the I'd, from Liverpool. His visi,
will be brief one, as he intends re
turning home in about a fortnight.
The steamer Lsurada, the Cuban FL
ibuster, which recently landed a
Navassa and transferred her men ani
arms to the tug Dauntless, and latel
arrived at Port Antonio, Jamaica, ha.
been grounded. 1t is suspected tha
her mishap was the result of foul play
A SPECIAL dispatch from Rome, OF
the 81, said it was rumored there tina
King Humbert will announce his alb
dication after the marriage of tn,
prince of Naples, the heir apparent, I,
Princess Helene of Montenegro.
A DISPATCH from Lowell observatory
Flagstaff, Ariz, to Harvard observa
tory, on the I'd, announced the re-dis
covery, ty DR.. Lee, of the companion
to Sirius sin position angle 2I9 degrees
and distance SO. This companion wa
first seen in 1889.
A DISPATCH to the London Time
from ST. Petersburg says that the tou
of the czar throughout western Eu
rope will not be changed on accoun
of the death of the Russian ministe
of foreign affairs, Prince Lobanoff- -Roa
tovsky.
MRs- CORNELIUS VANpERBILr, on tn
) ed, denied the published report tina
her husbands condition was precari
Gus.
Ex-Gov. FRAxcIs, of Missouri, tool
the oath of Office as secretary of th
interior in Secretary Carlisle's office
on the Sd, and Immediately .entere
upon the discharge of his new duties
TEE Nstioual encampment of tn
araud Armv nj The Rsnull;< &, ...~.-,