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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-03-07

-L Harch 5.-Li Hung Chang and
I'D fVox enyoys to Moscow, where
sof. III f<prosent the emperor at the
2 sgyYYa5nI<1 q tho coronation OF Car
T1s 3. have started Tor Russia,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-03-07

FlFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
First session.)

WASHINGTON, March 5.-Among the
bills reported and placed on the calen-
dar was one for the adjustment of GER
tain claims of the United States
against the state of Tennessee and the
state of Tennessee against the United
States. During the morning business
Mr.. Allen (pop., Neb. introduced joint
resolutions authorizing the president
of the United States to issue procla-
nation recognizing the political indie
pendence of Cuba. Referred to the
committee on foreign relations.
The following bills were taken From
the calendar and passed:
Senate bill to pay STA, TIA to Charles
r. Chouteau, of st. Louis, Mo-, IN con-
nection with the construction of a
steam battery for the United States
during the civil war
Senate resolution for an inquiry by
the judiciary committee into cases OF
imprisonment for contempt of United
States courts.
The senate then, at 1880, resumed the
consideration of the Delaware sena-
torial case, and Mr.. Mitchell lrep.,
Ore.) J, chairman of the committee OF
privileges and elections, continued hi
argument in support of the claim oi
Henry A. Dupont to seat in the sen
ate from the state of Delaware.
HOUSE
On motion of Mr.. Hit, the house in
sisted upon it's amendments to th'
senate Cuban resolutions and agree'
| to the conference asked for by tn
senate.
On motion Of Mr.. Grosvenor lrep.
OIL, house bill was passed, making tn
several national military parks publ
field for the use Of the army of tn
| United States and national guard o
the states for military maneuvers an
drills, under regulations to be estat
lished by the secretary of war.
The house then, in committee of th'
whole, resumed consideration OF tn
fee and salary amendment to the legi'
lative, executive and judicial apprc
priation bill.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-03-07
May Impeach Crispi.

IL, March Sig. Cipriani, a
.er Of the Italian chamber of dep
who Is now in Paris, has in
a tho Petite Republique that he
= scsiTcd cipher kilograms from
j tn & that upon the opening of
! .ainh4r q proposal will be made
= leach Premier Crispi.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-03-07
i Troops Confined to Their Bar

sro'lr u.r.h k~The troons ~ the
le ''' Il have been ordered confined to
an "'f,arrachs, and the university has
" ,losed rs precaution against
|nlltaoances by the students. A mum.
- orros(z have been made for dis
wW11 t6rduet.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-03-07
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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-03-07

1t. Italian Red sea squadron, the
Ullkch says, is now defending the
wah coast line, and the Masso-
:. arrison has gone to the front.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-03-07

DON, March "A dispatch from
vr TO the Pail Mall Gazette says
u other Italian statesmen fail in
,c pfforts TO form a cabinet, King
~ = ert may ask Sig. Crispi to recon
'hp the present or form new min
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22
People In Print.

A first edition copy of Millions Par
adise Lost was sold ut auction in Bal
timore the other day for $3.50
John Hickey, superintendent of mo-
tive power of the Northern Pacific,
has resigned on account Of i'll health.
Or. Seldom W. Jones. one of the old
est practicing physicians in Kansas,
died at his home in Leavenworth.
Nine Heine, who was decorated by
the late President Carnot for her char
lily, is dead at Paris.
Alfred Hennen Mure. well known as
a financial writer in Wall street, died
of apcplexy at his home, Al West
Sixty-fourth street, New York city.
Junius S. Morgan of New York has
presented to Princeton university a
collection OF early editions OF Virgil.
The books are said to be worth 500
900.
Capt. G. NJ Kirkpatrick, son OF
George Arey kirkpatrick, lieutenant
governor of Ontario, and Mamie, the
daughter of the late l. f. Dennistoun
of Petershoro, Ont. were married at
st. Peters church, London.
DR.. Potter has resig led the presi-
dency of Hobart college and will live
in Schenectady, n. Y, but has not
been invited to Union college in any
capacity, nor will he have any official
connection with the college.
Martin Kaiser. said to be the Oldest
active German singer of the United
States. honorary president OF the Phil
adelphia Maennerchor of Philadelphia
from 1915 To 1896, one of the founders
of the C,ermania Maennerchcr of Chi
cago and an active singer and worker
of the German singing societies of the
United States, is dead at his sons
home in st. Louis
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

The grand jury of Clinton county,
Illinois, has returned two indictments
against B. III. Niehoff, who for seven
years was cashier of the bank of ex-
State Treasurer Rufus n. Rumsey at
Carlyle, H., prior to its failure, two
years ago.
Advices from Sneedville state that
marion Hatfield was hanged al
Sneedville, Ky. for the murder of
Jones Trail. Five thousand people
were present. Hatfield confessed. ini-
plicaIing his wife and a woman named
Haney Jordan.
Henry Vanbrunt, a dealer in sand,
general contractor and president OF
the Horse Manue company, attempted
to commit suicide by taking laudanum,
and subsequently gashed his throat at
the Imperial hotel in Philadelphia,
early on Saturday morning, but the
facts in the case were kept secret.
Gov. R'ekA'd< o. Montana In grant
ed free pardon to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Clarke, serving seventeen-year
terms in the penitentiary at Deer
Lodge for the murder of John p. Stew
art by poisoning. They had already
served year of the sentence. 1t was
found they were innocent.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22
Foreign Gossip.

England's coal mines, it is believed,
will soon be exhausted.
A Cuban home rule plan is said to
have been formulated by the Spanish
government.
There is no truth in the reported es-
cape of ex-Sultan Murat from his place
of confinement at Constantinople.
The Spanish government has decided
to send $4,000 soldiers to reinforce the
troops now in the Philippine islands.
There are three British warships, one
German and one French at the Phil
ippine islands.
Greece has a population of 2,41S,OOO,
according to the census just taken, an
increase of 100000 since 1889. Athens
has now 12S,O00 inhabitants.
Miss Kluholm, an American girl 10
years CT age, and a music student,
committed suicide at, Weimar, Ger
many, while suffering from melan-
cholia.
Some letters by George Washington
to Arthur Young, the economist, on the
subject of agriculture are about to be
sold i'll London.
Queen Victoria has been substituted
for Sardanapalus in the new ballet
that Sir Arthur Sullivan is composing
for the London Alhambra. The ballet
will be descriptive of the longest reign
on record.
Baroness Hirsch has given 100000
to eSta blSh a pension fund for the en-
Dloyes of the Oriental railways who
were in the service up to 1890, when
her late husband gave up his cOnnec-
ton with the roads.
Oxford university has conferred the
degree of Doctor of Music on Rajah Sir
Sourindro Mohun Tagore Of Calcutta
in recognition of his talents as muSl-
clan and of his efforts to promote the
cultivation of music in India.
Arton has managed to astOnish Paris
without making any Panama revela-
lions. At his trial it came out and was
admitted by him that he was maintain
ING twenty-five mistreSSes at one time
as we'll as supporting his legitimate
family.
The French conSulS in Germany have
been requested to submit to M. Bouch-
er, minister of commerce, reports on
the economic situation in Germany,
with a view to the development or
FrancO-German trade.
Unless relief can be had soon from
the reichstag the entire sugar industry
Of Germany is likely to be organized
for self-protection into a gigantic syn
dictate or trust, with the purpose or
regulating production and controlling
prices.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22
Casualties.

William Lidgard, engineer in saw
mill near Logansport, tried TO start
the drive wheel with his foot and was
crushed to death.
Mrs. Catherine Corbett aged seventy,
and her daughter Mary, aged forty,
were found dead in their home. 1t is
supposed they were aspnyNated.
The Orient line steamer Oralaya,
while coaling at the company's dock
AFT Tilbury. Eng, suddenly listed to
starboartl, filled through the open port
heads and sank. 1t is believed there
were five men in the ballast tank at
that time and that they were drowned.
Mrs. Alice Thomas, a colored woman,
who is known to be over lO2 years
old. was fatally burned at Washington,
y. G. She fell against the stove. and,
not having strength to summon OUTSIDE
assistance. died a horrible death.
There was no one else in the house at
the time.
During the funeral services over the
body of !. Frank Williams. proml-
nent citizen Of Seaford, Del, at that
place. the floor of the room gave way,
precipitating the entire party DIS
lance of eight feet into the cellar. the
casket was broken open and the corpse
rolled out. Several women tainted ana
great excitement prevailed, but no one
was seriously injured.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22
The Nations Capital.

The house agricultural committee has
practically completed the agricultural
appropriation bill.
ably stop altogether shipments of beet
sugar from Bohemia to the United
States via Trieste.
The official investigation of the sal
itary condition of Jefferson barracks,
Mo-, by special commission appointed
by the war department, has been form
ally begun
Secretary Olney has received a ca
blegram announcing that Brazil has
accepted the rules for the prevention OF
collisions at sea, framed at the mara
time conference held at Washington.
The chief maratime nations of the
world now have given their assent to
the Internal ional rules, and they will
go into effect July /, 1897.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22
RAILROADS of MINNESOTA.
Annual Report of the State Commits
sion Made Public.

sion MNOG HuD11e.
st. Paul, Dec. 22-The annual re-
port of the railroad and warehouse
commission of the State of Minnesota
for 1896 has been made to the govern
or. 1t says:
There is practically no increase in
the railroad mileage of this state to be
recorded this year; the total number
of miles of main line and branches or
road operated in Minnesota Oh June
80. 1896, was 5,991.31, an increase in
the aggregate SO of mile over the
previous year. Since June 30, however,
there has been line completed from
Winthrop to New Tim, about nineteen
miles. operated by the Minneapolis q
ST. Louis read, and another line, OF eX-
tension built by the Great Northern
road from Halsted to CrOOkStOn, 32.4O
miles: these two lines are not included
in the mileage covered by this report,
but will appear in the next.
The total amount of gross earnings
from operation in Minnesota for the
year ending June 80, 1896, was $50
39S. 1913; for the previous year the gross
earnings were $3O,952, 220, showing an
increase for 1896 of So, 445,90S, or
about 21 per cent.
The total proportional operating eX-
penses for Minnesota, as reported by
the companies for the year ending
June 80, 1896. We're $50, 544. 124; for the
previous year the same were $l7,24o,-
925, showing an increase for 1896 OF
So. 264, 1919, or about 10 per cent.
The net income exclusive of taxes
of the roads from Minnesota business
for 1896 was SIC, S54,004; for the pre-
yious year it was S13,672, 2l5, showing
an increase of So, 1S1, 100, or about =
per cent.
The total amount of taxes on gross
earnings of railroads in Minnesota for
the year ending Dee. 81, 1898, certl-
fed by the commission to the state
auditor, was 81 900, 224.4 40; for the pre-
vious year the taxes were $S40, 1Oo.4S,
showing an increase for 1895 over 1894
of $169, 11492 in taxes. The gross
earnings of the roads for the entire
year ending Dec. 81, 1895, in Mime
sofa were $36,21S,979.53, being an in
crease over the previous year of So
745,612.53.
The total amount of dividends paid
during the year ending June So 1896.
by the railroads operating in MinneSo-
ia for entire line was $40, 1882, 65S; for
the previous year the dividends paid
amounted to $7,926,004 showing an III
crease for 1896 of $3,404,564. The
$470.4 included herein as dividend
paid by the Chicago Great Western
railway is called in the report Guar
anteed interest on per cent debenture
stock"
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22
Evil DOings.

A niece of Gen Pulaski, of Revolu-
tionary fame, has committed SUICIDE
in New York.
Joseph l.. Bonesteele, who killed
Frank Cole at Butte, has been SEN
fenced to eleven years i'll the peniten-
tiary.
T. J. Crawford, attorney for Scott
Jackson. has written to the court OF
appeals at Fra akfort, Ky, asking that
a motion for a rehearing of the case
be filed.
A band Of burglars has been operat'
ing successfully in Kentucky. and also
across the Ohio in Indiana and Illinois.
Their richest haul was at SturgIs,
where they obtained $4,000.
Mrs. lie Champion. who persisted III
wearing boomers 1T her husband 5
formal dinner parties and cut up yafl-
Gus other didoes, committee suicide at
London.
Mark L. Harlan of Breton, Iowa, was
arrested at Keokuk. Iowa, on the
charge of numbering his seyen-year-old
daughter The child died of arsenical
poisoning on Nay 10 lest.
Abram /. Leverich, eX-president of
the Pickwick club and member of
one of Iouisianas most prominent
families. committed suicide at New
Orleans by shooting himself in the
temple with revolver.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

Cholera has killed more tnan 80 per
cent of the hogs III Iowa.
More inferior ariEar has been sup
piled the battleships now being punt
than was supposed.
The pope has approved the selection
of the Rev. James Il. Quigley, u. D.,
70 be bishop of Buffalo, n. \.
Some of the ministers Of st. Louis
have declared war against the South
Side race track, and declare they will
not stop until it is closed.
The failure of John Collins & Sons
was announced on the New York Cot
ton exchange. The failure had no
effect on the market.
The vote of California for Dresiden-
tial electors has been tabulated, and
shows the following totals: Republic
cans. 146,5SS; Fusion, IA, 766; Prohi-
bition, 2,573.
Orders have been issued to get the
mill of the Union Iron and Steel COM
panv at Girard, Ohio. ready for opera
ton by Jan. 1. This is one Of the best
mills in the Mahoning valley.
lack AfcAuiiffe, the lightweight
champion, has announced his intention
Of retiring from the prize ring. He
states that he will go into business in
New York city.
The Flip & Rachart Manufacturing
company of Chicago, manufacturers of
sash, doors and blinds, made All as
signment to John F. Hand. Assets,
100000; liabilities, $4,000.
Prof. James Hightower of Arkansas
City. Kas, is organizing company Of
young men to go TO Cuba and join the
insurgents. Mr. Hi2htower has had
military training. and at one time was
resident of Cuba.
The director of the department of
fine arts, John Beatty, of the Carnegie
art galleries, announces the purchase
by the fine arts committee of the cele-
blated picture by Whistler, entitled
''Sarasate."
News of a terrible hurricane occur
ring within the past week has been re-
ported by the officers Of the steamer
Bernard Hopkins, which has arrived at
Washington. Not only was great
portion of the vessels cargo lost, but
tive of her crew were swept overheard.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22
FIVE WEIR L KILLED
FATAL EXPLOSION OF A LAMP IN A
NEW YORK RESIDENCE.
Aaron Goldsmith. His Wife and
rbree ChiIdren Lose Their Lives
as a Result of the Accident =
Three Men Are Killed and Seven
others Are Injured in Railroad
Collision in Louisiana.

New York, Dee. 22.-The explosion
of a lamp on the second floor OF Ihe
four-story residence, GA East FIFTY
eighth street resulted in the loss OF
five lives last night The dead are
Aaron Goldsmith, IS years old; Chlo-
tide Goldsmith, his wife, 30; Bertha
Goldsmith, 10; Harry Goldsmith, 3;
Frank Goldsmith, q.
The only other person in the house at
the time of the IRE was Mary Rosa,
aged twenty, domestic, who saved
her life by jumping out of WINDOW.
The family was together during the
evening, the only other member OF the
household. a Mr. HirSch, brother Oh
Mrs. Goldsmith, having gone out snort
Iy after the evening meal. According
to the story told by the servant, she
was on the third floor of the building,
in the act of putting Harry and Frank,
the two Youngest boys, to bed, When
she heard the cry of fire coming from
below, with calls to her to come down.
She ran out of the bed room and hur-
ried down the stairs, and the little
children followed her. AS soon as she
looked into the front room on the sec
ond floor she saw the whole front OF
the room ablaze. Then she became
frightened and ran out into rear
room and jumped from an open. Win
dow to the ground. What more hap
pened she does not know, but she says
the fire was caused by upsetting a
large piono lamp.
Wreck in Louisiana.
Shreveport, La, Dec. -. = About .
O'Clock this morning there was bad
wreck on the Texas & Pacific railroad
near Sodus, La Although no Informal
ton is given by the railroad officials, 1t
is learned from private sources that
three men were killed and seven bad
ly injured. 1t appears that west
bound freight was going up steep
grade; collision occurred at the foot
of the grade the crash splintering sew
eral cars. None of the tlainmen were
injured, as they were back in the ca
boose. The conductor. assisted by his
men, rescued the injured, and they
have arrived here and have been sent
to the hospital Following are the
wounded G. L. Gates, an engineer,
st. Paul; Dave Miller, st. Louis; Frank
Terry, Argentine, Colo; Charles Will
Jams. Jersey Henderson and George
Brown, residence unknown. The
names of the killed are unknown.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

MYSTERIOUS WITNESSES.
Two Men CIOseted With the Grand
Jury All Afternoon.

Minneapolis, Dec 22.-To-day, while
almost everybody in the court house
thought that the grand jury was fritz
tering away time on votes or on eX-
ecutive discussions on ways and
MEANS that body was quietly at work
examining two Of the most important
witnesses that are to figure in the pub
lie trial which is expected to follow the
present investigation. The two men
were struggled into the grand jury
room in a most ingenious way, and
were spirited away as >cleyerly. Dur
ing the recess, when the court house
was almost deserted, the two precious
witnesses were uShered into the pri-
vate office of County Attorney Nye, To-
Gated at the Fourth avenue end of the
building. Immediately after the con-
vening of the grand jury, the whole
set of offices assigned to the county at
torney and his assistants, were cleared
of outsiders. All the rooms were
cleared to enable the two witnesses to
pass from Mr.. Nye's room to the grand
jury room without being noticed. The
two men were spirited away in the
same mysterious way.
Besides the two mysterious wit
nesses the grand jury admitted to its
presence i. G. Winston, of Winston
Bros; G. j. Hamblin, of the Tribune:
Joseph Cricks, formerly foreman of
the water works: Ole Hillson, another
water works employee; Harry l.. Stahl,
secretary of the. Stahl-Salter Lubri-
eating company, and B. Edelstein, the
saloonkeeper at Eighth and Washing
ton avenues north. The only one that
remained in the jury room for any
length Of time was Mr.. Stahl.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22
Wisconain,s nebaters

Madison, Wis, Dec. 22-The debat-
ers to represent the University of Wis
consin in the Minnesota Wisconsin de-
bate have just been elected They are
Albert Schmidt, Clarence J. Luby, &.
e. Nelson. Schmidt was champion or
ator last year and represented Wiscon-
sin in the Northern Oratoracal League
contest. Nelson is on the joint debate
of this year. The rumor that Wiscon-
sin would not accept Minnesota's chal-
lenge was without foundation
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22
"Cooney the Fox Arrested.

st. Joseph, Mo-. Dec. %. = John p.
Kunze, the suspect in the famous DR..
Cronin murder case, who was known
as "Cooney the Fox" has been ar
rested and taken to Leavenworth,
Kan, charged with obtaining money
under false pretences. Kunze recently
bounght the Hotel Imperial in this city
for $4,000. giving check for $500 on
account, and pending a settlement of
the deal borrowed considerable money
and left town without repaYing it.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

Minneapolis, Dec. 22-Mrs. Rebecca
White, known as Mother" White, the
owner of a small confectionery and
cigar store at Ninth avenue south and
Third street, met a most horrible
death early last evening. AS she was
crossing the Milwaukee tracks she
was struck by switch engine No. DAP
and terribly mar gled. She was
dragged quite a distance and nearly
every bone in her body was crushed.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

Washington, Dec. 22.-The president
and his companions who have been
hunting in South Carolina waters for
week returned to the city early this
morning. The president had a restfuI
time and feels much refreshed and in
vigorated after the fatigue brought on
by his .exacting duties preparatory to
the meeting of congress. The presi-
dents good luck attended him in the
sport, and the string of ducks brought
home were distributed to friends in
the city.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

Wilmington, Del, Dec. 22.-The en-
gagement is announced of Mrs Rey.
mold Abraham Lewenhaupt, widow of
Count Lewenhaupt, who was Nellie
Bayard youngest daughter of Ambas-
sador Bayard. to Maurice Hagren,
young architect of Paris. The cere-
mony will occur in that city, but no
date has been fixed. Mrs Lewen-
haupt's former husband, to whom she
was married on April 2, 1891, died two
weeks after the ceremony
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

The story which comes from New
York that the Vanderbilt family is to
be crowded cut of the Central railroad
by Pierpont Morgan and the British
holders of the roads securities VIII
seem to many persons melancholy
tale. 1t suggests that the money which
has restored Blenheim could have been
put to better use.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22
Youthful Highwaymen.

Duluth, Dec 22.-Two youthful foot
pads held up Miss Bessie Mcintyre, a
stenographer as she was returning
home from the theater, and relieved
her of her pocketbook. The police sus-
pect Fred Holland and John Jordan.
aged thirteen and eleven years, and
the latter is under arrest. Holland
firmly denies that he had anything to
do with the hold-up, but Jordan has
confessed that he was implicated.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

The fire loss in this country for No
vember was 1921, 800, OF less than
half the monthly average. The total
for eleven months ended with Novem-
Der was S1O4. 293, 500, which is fall
ing off from recent years. But 1t rep
resents a waste that would be consid-
cred appalling in Europe, where better
building and inspection methods pre-
vail
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

Football pl' yers do not attempt to
kill every member of the opposing
team. They all realize that such deeds
would constitute murder SO they mere
ly break legs, arms, pull hair anu
choke. They try not to be rough un-
necessarily, but sometimes it Is neces-
tary to be rough.