The news boy., 1896-05-30


Oh tho siAA, sftef scrsicca 81 ths
Church cf the Messiah, al that was
Mortal Of the noted journalist John A.
Cockerill was deposited In Ellis Rest
In Bellefontains cemetery; St bSuisi
THn supfetiie court, ON the slst, sus
pended the 19-year sentence Of ex-City
Treasurer Bolln, of Omaha, and fixed
his bail at IS, 900 pending review Of
the case.
BIZ the collapse Of a building under
going repairs In Buffalo, n. Y, on the
sIst, more than d score tf iea 30 6ccu.
pants were buried In the ruins. Res
cuers Ncfe Immediately put to work
and soon recovered the bodies Of two
of the Victims, man and woman,
and dug out many who were more or
less seriously injured.
A FEARFUL natural gas explosion,
that made the earth tremble for blocks
around, occurred in Coffeyville, Kas.,
on The 21st. Two fine two-story brick
business buildings were reduced TO a
mass OF ruins, one i1lah was killed and
d large number of people were more or
less injured.
A DISPATCH from Canton. O., on the
22d, said that Senator NJ. s. Quay,
Of Pennsylvania, had arrived there,
anu was guest of cx-Goe. Mckinley;
ApvIcEs froih Diafbikar, In. Asia
Mihof, cay that massacres were feared
there during the Moslem festival OF
Bairam, which began on the cad.
TbB treasury gold reserve at the
close Of business, on the 29d. stood at
1,110.736. The days Withdrawals
were sl,1ls,foo.
TnE strike of the straw plaiters in
the city and province of Florence,
Italy, assumed an alarming phase on
the 22d. Thousands of strikers pa
raded the streets and began hurting
stones at passing carriages and tam
cars. The police interfered and were
also stoned 5y the mob.
THE circuit court at Tiffin, O., on the
22d, overruled the motion for new
trial for Lee Martin, awaiting execu-
tion at Columbus for the murder Of
Marshal Shultz, Of Tiffin. Martin shot
shuit- when the latter attempted to
arrest him.
The privileges of the mails were, on
the e2ds dcaied to the Home Art Pic
ture Co. and the Russell Collection
agency, of Chicago. .-
AFTER an extended and brilliant
carcef as operatic and dramatic man
ayers, Introducing to the American
public the greatest actors and singers
of Europe, and presenting grand opera
on 4 more splendid scale than has ever
before been attempted in this country;
Messrs. Abbey, SchoeRel & Grau have
been compelled to assign.
THE czar on the 22d received In
private audience, at Moscow, the
United States minister, Mr.. Breckin-
ridge, and then received the special
ENJOYS of the United States. These in
cluded Gen. A. Med. McCook and his
brother, Aid-de-Camp Scriven, Com,
mander Bronson and Maj. j. w. Patzki,
of the special embassy; and Rear-Ad
iniral T. o. Selfridge.
TuF official statistics Of the produc
tion of salt in the United States during
the calendar year 1895. shows the total
production was 10. 66s, ,64e barrels of 2s(
pounds each. The valuation Of the
| prOuuCU IS S4,9-o,UcO. 1ueSc uXure'
show an increase of 100000 barrels il
product over the previous year, but I
decline of a3OO,0oo in value;
Mrs. DYER, the Reading iEngland)
child niurdcress, was sentenced t.
death at Old Bailey, London, on tn
2od, despite the desperate attempt o
the defense to establish her insanity
The Judge intimated she could have n
hope of reprieve.
THE duke of Connaught, represen.
ing Queen Victoria at the coronation
festivities in Moscow, has presented
to the czarina the grand cross of tn
Victorian order, which has been newl,
founded by Queen Victoria, and ais
an ornamental vase of the Armada pat
tern.
; EARLY on the morning of the 22(
masked robbers broke into the ia RI
residence of Christopher Saunders,
wealthy and aged German, west of Kc
homo, Ind, and Ivy the mostexcruciat
i ing torture of the aged man and wife
; secured SITS cash that was hidde n i
: the hou Sc. Bloodhounds wero put o
the track of the robbers.