The news boy., 1896-05-09
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

MARTIN Nelly, poor prospector.
has discovered Z huge bowlder OF gold
ore. weighing fully Go,0o9 tons, at the
foot of Lookout mountain, in British
Columbia. Assars show It to run as
high as S65 to the ton.
WILLIAM PAUI was executed at the
Ohio penteut;ary, early on the morn
ing CT the 29,h. for the murder of his
father-in-law. His neck was broken
and life was pronounced extinct in Il;E
minutes. He protested his innocence
to the last.
\ REPORT comes from Cuba that the
Spanish turned loose three pack mules
loaded with poisoned provisions in the
hope that they would fall into the
hands Of the insurgents and do deadly
work.
TIE Denver Manufacturing Co. S big
brass and lock factory plant at Lake
wood, Col. was entirely destroyed by
FIRE OF the Goth. Loss. Sl00, 600: in
surance. trifing.
THE Calhoun claimants and the con-
testants of the will of the millionaire
miner of Montana, Andrew j. Davis.
have been asked to compromise and TO
end the litigation which has been in
progress for so many years.
QrAS IICK NAM. a Chinaman who
has been attached to the district at
torney's Office as an interpreter, applied
to the New York police commissioners,
on the 29th, for appointment on the
police force. Quan is an American
citizen, has forsalsen his queue, and is
cordially hated in Chinatown. 1t is
said the Highbindcrs have offered re-
ward of SIS, 600 for his head.
DISPATCHES from Nice, France, on
the 29th said that the health of the
czarowitz. which has been precarious
for long time. had taken q sudden
turn for the worse. Great anxiety was
felt at st. Petersburg.
THE little town OF Epiphany, S. D..
was completely wiped off the face OF
the earth, on the 18th, by a cyclone,
not building being left standing.
Three persons we're fatally and Is more
or less seriously injured in the imme.
diate vicinity.
THE Poe Memorial association oi
New York has made final appeal tc
Gov. Morton, protesting against the
| bill which provides for the widening
of the Kings Bridge road on the site
OF the Poe cottage, and for the remova-
of the cottage to a small park to bt
| laid out across the street.
IT was reported from Grey Horse, /
T., in the Usage reservation, on tn,
{ goth, that the Usage Indians were eX
cited over the killing of one of theil
number by a white man named Nc
Laughlin, near Blackburn, and wer,
holding a war dance and threatening
vengeance on the whites unless Me
Laughlin is punished.
THE Virginia court of appe ais, on tn,
Goth, upheld the validity of the Maupii
anti-racing law of the state, but dis
charged from custody Lacey, who's
case was brought to test the law, on
technical question of jurisdiction.
A COMPANY of militia from Pueblo
Col, was ordered to Cripple Creek, OIL
the 3Oth, to prevent pillage and pre-
serve peace, should it be necessary.
COMMANDER BooTu-TUcKER was al
raigncd in the Center Street cour,
New York city, on the 29th, and aske
to explain his Summing tour, whic
was interrupted by his arrest Will
strolling through Chinatown. Justic
Simms, after hearing the commander
version of the affair, discharged hir
with reprimand, warning him tina
the law against masquerading woul
|. be strictly enforced
T. j. MoYsAHAN, owner of the Por
land hotel, in which the fire at Crippl
Creek, Col, started on the Goth. calle
; At the Office of the state insurance az
; partment in Denver, the same day, an
, made statement which stands
!, show that the fire was of incendiar
origin. Mr.. Moynahan stated this
, %. 600 insurance was carried on half {
J the furniture. and that the furnituI
hsd cost but $500