The evening times., 1896-07-25
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secure possession Of tlies a ROW steamer
Howard Cassard Il
A colorcd Reinrbiican club win be org;luiz-
ed 10 actin con junction withtl,e Republican
national committee.
The Monticeliu Realty Company has been
Incorporated a. Norfolk to buila y fine
hotel to cost at least $4D0.e0O.
The postofrice ats.siand Heights, N. j..
was robbed on Thursday night OF cash and
stamps to tie value of about $500.
| Charles II. Mccarthy, a clerk in the New
York postoffice, was arrested in Mexico,
charged Observation-Disclosures ey-orderfunds.
Mrs Ellen Rooneywas crushed to deathat
Parkton, Md, yestcrday while trying to
pass beneath tli: Bumpers OF two fright
cars.
Charles Pickin.s aged thirty years, a
yesterday and ded In Philadeipnia hos
pital. ,vi,n,
Five prisoners made their escape from
the Beaver, Par, jail Thursday night. by
cutting hole, through an eighteen-inch
brick wall. Il
State Senator Rayenscroft of Maryland
has announced himself as a candidate for
the Republican, nomination for Cong scss
IN tue Sixth district.
Mr.. J, s. Rosepthnl, OF Baltimore, writes
from England that. capitalists therewiil not
invest in American enterprises on account
OF the free silver agitation.
1t is officially deoied that Cardinal ga.
TOLL has determined to remain in this ooun-
try. He will return to Rome to take Charge
OF one OF the congregations.
The thriving town of Hammond, La,
suffered great loss by fire Thursday night,
two blocks being destroyed, and the loss
amounting to about $4,000.
John Berta was, instantly killed and
Charles Gruber fatally injured Thursday
by sall OF rock in a breast of the Enter
prise Coliicry, near Shamokin, Pa.
The National Cooperative Congress was
opened at St. Louis yesterday. Its object is
To harinonize existing cooperative societies
or every character in the United S;ates.
In honor OF the birthday of the Q ueen
Regent of Spain 1sO political prisoners
held at Havana, 20 detained at Santa
Clara and 33 at Guanajay have becn lib
F. Randolph Robinson. a leading member
of the New York bar, civil service commits
sioner and prominent in club and social
circles, died yesterday, aged fifty five
years.
James Murray, colorcd, better known as
Greasy Jim," WHO killed private Watch
man Michael Cotter, On the night OF July
26. 1894, was hanged in New Orleans yes
terday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Vile, aged seventy-two
years, was Instantly killed at Norristown,
Pa, yesterday by a locomotive on the
Schuyikil Valley Railroad. The engine
struck and hurled her u distance or thirty
feet, and crushed her skull.
There is plan under way TO have a
Chautauqua at Forest Park, Pike county,
Pa. The name of the new enterprise will
be the Hebrew Cha utauqua Literary So
ciety OF the United States and its head will
be Rabbi H. Berkowitz, of Philadelphia.
Q. c. Clifford, cashier OF the Canadian
Bank OF Carnmerce, AT No. 1S Exchange
Place. New York, WIS found dead in the
woods near South Anboy, N. j., at noon
yesterday. There was bullet hole in his
right temple. and u revolveriay at his side.
Mr.. A. j. Balfour, replying to a question
in the House OF Corsmons, said that the time
had not yet arrived 10 consider the una tier
OF advising the queen to pardon the Irish
prisoners convicted OF treason in honor of
the sixtieth anniversary OF Ter succession
to the throne.
The Rev. Mt Baird has Icen Furnished
with n passport to Bitlis, whittier he goes
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the Rev. George p, Knapp. who was cx-
pclled, having heen accused by the porte of
encouraging sehtious movements among
the Arnienians. -
A Colon dispatch says there are grave
fears OF serious political troubles in Colon
bia, and 200 troops have been landed at
Bocas Cordova 10 guard against an emer-
Gency. The Conservative party has split
over the matter of the nomination of a new
president of the republic.
The Acropolis newspaper, OF Athens,
Greece, says that a fight has occurred at
Niaousta, Macedonia, between a number
OF Greek insurgents and eighty three Tur-
kish troops. -Four of the Turks ESCAPED,
eighteen Were captured. and the remain
ing sixty one were killed.
Gov. Matthews OF Indianapolis has as
sumed an attitude OF defiance toward tfe
Federal courts by advising tie authori-
ties of Hammond to go ahead with the
collection or taxes in certain annexed ter
r. tory regardless of the decision of the
Federal court of appeals reversing a de
cision of the lower court, in which bill
for an injunction was denied.
,si,sno5 .;cttJ,, In, an,,, o,hn..c
Isaac and Lazarus Sonstein. young broth
ers, of Philadelphia, had sunk beneath the
waves at Atlantic City yesterday when
Life Guards Repp and Parker dived
under and brought them to the surface.
They had been playing in the surf when
thrown off their feet by a huge breaker and
earned seaward by the undercurrent
While Edward Wall. employed at the
Lambertville. n. j., Spoke Manufactur-
ing Company's Mills. was trying to shift
belt with a spoke on tenoning machine
yesterday the spoke became fast in the
belt and threw his arm down on tile rapid
ly revolving knives, and it was terribly
lacerated from the shoulder to the elbow,
the flesh being laid open almost to the
bone.
The terminal pointo! the second andthIrd
divisions of the main line of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, now. at>Keyser, W.
Va, will be established at Cumberland,
Nd, Oh August /. 1t is also the intention
OF the company to make Cumberland the
main transfer point of the Pittsburg and
Conncllsville division, and, in consequence,
the work at Connells Vile, Pa, will, 10
great extent, be discontinued.
Wesley Nichols, superintendent of the
melting dena rtn1ent of the High Bridge