The news boy., 1896-05-16
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

THE senate committee on pensions.
on the Jth, reported back to the sem
ate, with a recommendation that they
pass over the veto of the president,
bills granting pensions to Nancy G.
Allabach and Francis E. Hoover.
JOsErII CROSSE. who murdered his
sweetheart. Teresa Boba6. in Pitts
burgh. Pa. January 9 last, while in
jealous frenzy, heard his death war
rant read on the 5th. He will be
hanged June so.
The Union bank of London. which
gave up Mrs. Langtry's jewels on
forged order, has been required by the
high court Of justice to pay Mrs.
Langtry $40 600, the jewelry, which is
valued at 900, still to remain the
property Of Mrs. Langtry. ii recov-
cred, it is to be sold and the bank is to
receive any sum that is realized above
ea5. 900
A LONG train Of fat cars, loaded with
coal. was running down the grade to-
ward Chicago Junction. O.. on the 5th,
at a terrific rate of speed. when a
broken rail caused the engine to leave
the track The cars all piled on top of
the engine, and We're literally smashed
to kindling. Twelve tramps boarded
the train at Shelby and but six were
found. The rest We're supposed to be
buried under the wreckage.
TIE second conviction of Frank A.
Coffin of completely in the wrecking of
the indianapolis Und.l national bank
in August, 1898, was confirmed by the
supreme court OF the United States,
ON the 4th. The sentence is seven
| years.
THE grand jury at Akron, O., on the
5th, reported three indictments against
| RomuluS Cottell, alias John Smith, the
| alleged murderer of the Stone family,
for murder in the first degree.
| INFORMATION has been received in
New York that Gen. Calixto Garcia
and Gen. Jose Maceo have succeeded in
joining their commands and are both
on their way to the western part OF
Cuba.
THE French excavators at Delphi
have unearthed a life-size bronze statue
of a bearded man, the largest yet dis.
covered. The date of the work is 50(
B. c. The statue is holding the bride
of n horse, and portions of the horses
figure have also been found.
| A SENSATION has been caused in Brus
sells. Belgium, by the arrest of NJ
Courtois, an eX-police official, for the
murder of Nine. Henri, who was stran
gled and robbed in her house recently
! THF long talked-of extension of the
civil-service rules, which takes in chi
clerks and all the high-grade depart
ment officials so as to prevent their re
moval, except for cause, was signed
by the president on the 9Th. Thirt,
thousand government employees ar,
thus added to the protected list.
JAMES GALLAGHER, known through
, out the country in democratic circles
as War Horse" Gallagher, died sud
denly on the street at New Haven
Conn, on the 5th.
The jury in the murder trial Of DR.
{ Freund, of Pennington, Mimi, re
turned a verdict of not guilty on tn
{ 5th. DR.. Freund was charged with tn
murder of Clara Osler, young lad
| with whom he was said to have bee
! on intimate terms.
KING HUMBERT of Italy has donate
4O0, 600 francs to the families OF tn
J soldiers killed and wounded in the Al
rican campaign without any distinc
tion being made between the Italian
and native troops in the service Q
l Italy.
/ JOHN PoTULNEY and A. Purski, tw
. well-known saloon keepers of Sout
| Chicago, went to bed about midnight
9 on the night of the 5th, in an intox
q Gated condition, and were found dea
: In the morning Of asphyxiation.
u Ar Alonzo, province of Huelvs
4 Spain, some misereant set FIRE to th
4 building in which dance was In prog
= ress. Six persons were burned
death spd msnv were injured,