The evening times., 1896-10-28
Wire Briefs.

The steamship Alameda sailed from sgd
ney. N. S. w, with S2,I 900 gold for
| San Francisco.
The force Of men employed in the Con
| stantinople arsenal went out on strike on
| Monday, because of tie non-pa yment of
| their arrears of wages.
Harry A Wagner, the twenty-t We year old
| son OF Adam q. Wagner OF Rock FIGURING
| Mills. Pa. had his skull crushed by he kick
Of fraotious horse yesterday.
| The supreme court Of Ohio yesterday
granted Romulus Cotell. tie murderer of
| tie stone family, an indefinite postpone
ment of execution pending a new trial.
All the coal miners in the Athens, Ohio,
| district, went to work yesterday at the
Ascent rate, with the expectation that
tie rate will soon be restored to 81 cents.
The students of the Glasgow University
held a meeting last evening and Nc minated
Right Hon Joseph Chamberlain, secretary
of state for the colonies, for the lord rector
sltip Of that institution.
report has reached New York from
Cleveland that syndicate has been organ
izcdtu purchase the franchises OF street rail
ways in European cities with the intention
of operating them according to American
ideas.
jacob LeitZ, a boy thirteen years OF age,
was fatally shot by companion, John Cor
rigan, at a cabin, frequeHied by the BOYS
as a playhouse, near the Erie railroad .ie-
pot, III Meadvillc, Pa The shooting was
accidental.
MIS-. Morton, a handsomely dressed New
1orh woman, spent a nj gtt in police sta
tlon ceil and was afterward fined 50 for
Siapping the face Of a POLICEMAN who re-
fused To allow her skye terrier to run loose
in Central Park
Advices received at Athens ar. To the cS.
rect that severe fighting has occurred be
tween a body of Turkish troops and the
is The engagement took place near Curyt-
"a. Ninety Turks are said To have beel
killed and eight captured.
Chief Justice Long, OF the Michigan su-
premc court, whose famous case against
ex Pension Commissioner Loo iren has
been dismissed by the Federal supreme
Court, Will at once commence a similar
action against the present Commissioner.
Miss Minnie Weber. aged tW Wcnty-uwo
wears, met a tragic death Monday night III
Il ballroom at New BrunSwick Y. J. After
I dance Miss Weber started to 70 home.
suddenly she staggered and fell. Before Il
doctor arrived she died in her fathers
arms.
Franz oeschger. seventy-six years OF ge,
Vas fatally Injured in Lancaster, Pa. yes
tcrday by falling fifteen feet from Il lad
der. He had placed the ladder against a
tree for the purpose of trimming the
branches. and, slipping. ii tumbled him into
the street.
An extra wheat train Of thrity-thrcc cars
was wrecked seven miles east Of Waliula,
wash yesterday morning. Fireman Roy
Carpenter and brakeman Williams We're
killed and Engineer Runkcr received pain
full hut not fatal Injuries. The cause OF the
accident was broken rail.
Henry J Smith. president Of the La nsdale,
Pa, Trust Company, has disappeared and
1t is alleged that he has misapprupriafed
the funds II the institution. The exact
amount Of Sir. Smiths alleged shortage Is
not yet known. but II Is thought that the
Company vii lose several Thousand dollars
Harry Austin. Il farmer living near Keel
idge. Pa, was brutally beaten by three
highway robbers Monday night and then
robbed of all his valUabiss. The robbers
carried his insensible body into the woods,
rr'.irty half mile distant from thg, house.
and then left him. lie was found yester-
day by friends, and was unable to walk
His condition is serious.
Two young women called at The MAYORS
office or Reading, Pa, Yesterday, MORN
Ing and made complaint in regard to =
young man II medium build, with heavy
mustaChe and black hair. who has teen
playing the Ioie II Jack. {te Hu.grr."
FOR se-cral nights in the western section
OF the seventh ward. The chief OF police
has put several officers "a the case
Harry HOrStmHn, thirteen years old. was
crushed Yesterday afternoon y an elevator
In the store Of +. Pcarrp Cruwl s Co, cor
ner OF Lombard ana Light streets, Balti-
more, where h" was employed. and died "A
few minutes later at the City Hospital
Young Horstnans death was due to an
accldent. and was caused through his
ignorance Of knowing how to manage the
elevator.
Safe-blowers blew open large safe in
The tredsurer's room of the Frick Company
IN WdyneSborO, Pa, Yesterday morning
hut We're frightened away by the night
watchman before they had secured any
booty. The safe contained about $500 at
thetIIna. The robbers ere acquaint ed with
Jhc Office a. they selected the nigh, after
pay day. hen more money is kept than
at any other time.
Near Hamlin, Lincoln county, W Va,
Monday. Ira Sawyer and several com
Danions went coon hunting SAWYER be-
came separated from his companions and
LOST his way. He made IA fire against a
tree and lay down To wait for da Wight.
He went 80 sleep and the fire BURNED the
tree through till it fell Of its own weight
Dinioning Sawyer to the ground. The fire
continued 10 burn till il reached SAWYER,
and burned him 80 badly tina he died in an
hour after his friends found him.