The news boy., 1896-09-12

IN the defhooratic stats convent Non
1t Concord, N. H., on The ID. 4 rcsolu.
tion indorsing the administration Of
President Cleveland was rejected over
whelmingly on . rising vote, only 9i
rising in the Affirmative.
THn gold Democratic national con-
vention which met at indianapolis,
ON the I'd, held two short sessions and.
after effecting permanent organiza-
tion, adjourned until the Sd:
The turret battleships Navarin and
1mperator Alexander H., the torpedo
cruiser Pocadnik and two torpedo boat
destroyers, all belonging to the RUS
sian Cronsthdt squadron, have been
sent to the Mediterranean.
The steamer Rosedale, with i50 pas.
sengers on board, was struck, in the
East river of Broome street, New
York city. on the Sd, by Twenty.
third-street ferryboat, and sank IN
about FIVE minutes. The Rosedale was
on her way to bridgeport at the time.
All the passengers, it is said, were
picked up by passing craft
DURING the exercises at the Audi.
torium at st. Paul, Mimi. on the Sd,
Col. Thomas g. Lawler, of Rockford,
Ill, the past commander-in-chiefo of the
@. A. R., was presented with a gold
watch and long gold neck chain as a
token of the esteem and love felt for
him by the grand army throughout
the country.
The national committee of the ma
tional democratic party held a meet
ing immediately after the Indianapolis
convention had adjourned. 1t was-de-
cided to have an executive committee
Of nine to manage the campaign, and
w. d. Bynum was selected for chair
man Of the executive committee.
CAPT ALFRED DREYFUs, who was
confined for life in a fortress, after
having been convicted by court-mar-
tial OF selling plans of French fortifi-
cations, etc, to foreign government,
has escaped from the Isle du Grand
Salut, on an American schooner.
AFTER almost three months, during
which the officers have worked every
clew, four of the men who robbed
George Kolb, wealthy farmer, last
June, have been landed in jail at Tus-
cola, Ill.
PETER RAUcE, watchman at the
prospect Hill coal mines, Vincennes,
Ind. fell down the shaft, distance of
$50 feet, and was crushed into a hor.
in his body.
LAST June Mrs. Pauline Succo. a
Pittsburgh (Pa.) widow, had $1,000.
She advertised for a position as a
housekeeper, but got a husband in-
stead. Now she has neither husband
nor money.
The Edgar Thomson steel works, of
Carnegie's, at Pittsburgh, Pa. have
been closed down indefinitely. The
| action was general surprise, as it was
not even suspected.
Otis BURLINaAME, living near La
Porte, Ind, marketed eight quarts of
| Strawberries in that city on the 3D..
They were picked from vines that bore
a good crop in the regular season, and
this second crop is equally as good as
the first. He sold them readily at 25
cents a quart.
REV. L. +. REEsER, pastor of the
Lutheran church at Hollidaysburg,
Pa, and John d. Love, well-lSnown
merchant, were drowned, on the night
of the Sd, in the Juniata river, five
miles below Hollidaysburg. where they
had gone fishing.
| II. II. THORPE, sole owner of the cit-
izen's bank of Salina, O., fled deed
of assignment for the benefit of cred
itors on the 4th. The assets are esti-
mated at $50, 600, with liabilities about
the same. Depositors, it is said, will
be paid in full.
THE Northwestern Millers' associa-
ton, also known as the Flour trust,
has gone to the wall. 1t was organ.
ized year ago to maintain uniform
price of -four and do away with com.
petition.
THE Columbus CO., Central Street
Railway Co. has gone into the hands
of Geo. II. Worthington, of Cleveland,
as receiver. The company is capital
ICED at $500, 900, and is bonded for
that amount.
SIEeEL, EIsEMAN & Co.'S leather man.
ufactory at Newark. n. j., was burned
on the 4th. Loss, $4,000; insurance,