The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-02-06
GENERAL NEWS

j. \. Huston, former L. s. treasurer,
made an assignment at Indianapolis on
Tuesday last
An explosion Of dynamite killed two
men at Lawrence, Mass, on Tuesday last
A large amount OF property was damaged.
A bill was introduced in congress on
Tuesday to prevent the prize fight at FL
Paso on the I4th of this month 1t did
not pass.
A young man named 3etherholz
was confined in jail at Woodstock, Va
for wife beating, made his escape last
Tuesday, and while at large, shot and
killed his wife.
An analysis of the vote on the free
silver amendment TO the Bond bill shows
that Of the As Senators in favor of the
amendment, there were 90 Republicans,
d Democrats and 40 Popullsts. OF the
Al oppotinG Senators, % were Republic
cans and Is Democrats.
A canvass of the choice of the Republi-
can members of the Massachusetts shows
an overwhelming majority in favor of
Reed.
The Central Lumber company Is the
name of the new lumber trust recently
formed in California. 1t represents a
capital of over seventy million dollars
| and controls the entire western coast OF
| the United States and British Columbia
People of Minnesota claim that by
| reason of the erroneous location OF the
boundary line between that state and
| Canada, one thousand miles of land
properly belonging to Minnesota has
been in the possession of Canada. 1t is
almost certain that this will add another
to our international complications
The Brazos river III Texas is reported
TO be out of It's banks. It rose fifteen
feet in twenty-slx hours and where it
united with the Naya Sofa, it is twelve
miles wide. Two miles of Santa Fe rail-
road track is submerged,
Philadelphia was visited by million
dollar fire last Monday.
in special missage to Congress, Cleye.
land calls for prompt provision for the
injured Italians and the families of those
killed by the mob at Walsenberg Cal.
According to dispatches received at
London, 3, 800 persons We're killed in the
massacres,,at Oorfa, Syrians and Catholics
were spared. Foreigners were protected
by strong guard and thus escaped the
massacre.
2. Y. Deuster, the we'll known Wis,
consln politician and newspaper man Will
be appointed consul at Crefeld
The large steamer st. Paul has been
released.
A carpenter named kloettke murdered
his entire family of seven persons on
Thursday morning IN Chicago. He then
killed himself. He shot them all with a
revolver, first having chloroformed them.
He had to reload the revolver to accom-
plIsh his murderous work He had been
out of work since last Christmas and had
grown respondent.
Senator Morgan of Alabama has intro
duced a resolution in the senate,to recog-
niZe Cuba If all the members would
vote in accordance with their sympathy
there would Oe no doubt that The :bill
would pass
A Los Angeles man died % years ago
leaving an estate worth S20,00000. This
has since been going through adminlstra-
ton and there Is now only - cents left.
The administrator doesn't know what to
do with this sum as no one claims 1t.
4 villainous attempt was made to
wreck a tram on the Wisconsin Central
near Amherst on Friday last. Forum
ately the obstruction placed on the track
was struck by a heavy engine which
could not be derailed. Otherwise there
would have been terrible wreck OF a
passenger train which was soon TO pass.
The perpetrators were two brothers. John
and William McCunn. They are young
men and made full confession. Their
object was robbery. They will plead
guilty before Judge Webb.