The news boy., 1896-05-02

NINE. EeLANrfNn GAuDrN, OF Wood.
cliff, N. j., after years Of hard work,
has suddenly found herself heiress to
tho enormous fortune Of $4,000, 900,
left her by her godmother, Emile Pr
maud, Of California.
THE joint conference Of Indiana
bituminous miners and operators at
Terre flaute, on the cad, agreed to dis
agree, and there may be strike May l.
A NEW YORK. sculptor Is the iifst
American artist TO wh6m permission
HIS been granted to erect an outdoor
statue. in France. The static will be
that of George Washington, and will
be erected by American women in
Paris. 1t will be the only outdoor
monument of an American in Europe.
AT Tampa, Fla, on the cad, Hazel
James, who was wayward, shot her.
self. She was member of leading
Georgia family, her grandfather hav-
ing once been governor.
WILLIS SHAsFFER, q schuolboy Of IA
years, hanged himself In the cellar OF
his home, in Philadelphia, on the 23d.
Some weeks ago the boy told his moth
er that he had been studying science,
and learned from it that he was af-
flicted with typhoid pneumonia and
would not live long. He continually
brooded over his supposed diseases, and
frequently predicted that he would not
live long.
LITTLE b. ANDREWS, bicycle rider,
while racing with an electric car at
Baltimore, Md, on the 23d, was thrown
in front of the car and killed.
GEORGE DILLISER, one of the first
settlers of Douglas county; ILL.,, died
on the s3d, aged 60 years. One of Mr..
Dilliner's peculiarities was his belief
that the earth was fat, and notwith-
standing the fact that strong evidence
to the contrary was presented to him,
his opinion was never shaken.
The wife of Herman Scharnitzka, q
wood carver, 10 Yonkers street, Cleve-
land, O., on the 23d, tried to kindle n
fire with the aid of coal oil. The oil
can exploded, burning her fatally, and
two of her children, five and three
years old, who were clinging to her
skirts, were burned to crisp.
THE s., 100000 Cuban republic bonds
placed on sale in New York were all
taken by investors.
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, aged 20, died at
Warsaw, Ind, on the 23d He served
in the Forty-second and Forty-third
congresses, and wds q minister to Uru.
quay and Paraguay under the Garfield
administration.
BooTtI-TucKER, the Salvation Army
commander, knocked out tramp in
New York aud reduced the belliger.
ency of another tramp who attempted
to assist his companion. The tramp
stuck pin in tender part of the En-
glishman's anatomy. aud he was not
long in demonstrating that he could
| fight as well as preach.
MANUFACTURERS of steel nails, in
consequence of the rise in the price of
steel, have advanced the price of their
| product.
a SERIOUS conflict between Christians
and Turks occurred at Episkopi, in the
| island of Crete. There were two days
fighting, and so persons were killed
and wounded. The Cretans have ap.
pealed to Greece for aid.
On the 23d Ezra Bcamon Newton
the oldest Shaker in the country, died
of old age at the Harvard (Mass.) COM
munity, aged l01.
\ DISPATCH from Buluwayo, South
Africa, stated that Captains Napier
and duncan, with 200 whites and 1O(
natives, with Maxim and Uotchkiss
guns, met the Matabeles three miles
from Buluwayo. The Matables mum
bered $4,000, and fought desperately
at one time forcing the allies to fall
back. The latter rallied, however
and repulsed the natives with great
slaughter.
IN a drunken row between Simon
EIasselbucll. aged 20, and his son Viii
liam, aged 35, at Union City, Pa, or
the cath, the old man dre-r a revolver
and shot his son, and then turned the
weapon on himself and sent bulle,
through his temple. Both were fatally
injured.
WILLIAM TURNER and William R
Dunlop, the Burden diamond robbers
were arraigned in the Marlborough
Street police court, London, on tht
2ith, and remanded pending the ar
rival of witnesses from America.