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RECORD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS.
Per Per
Clubs. Won. Lost. Ct Club, Won Lo'' .so Ct;
Oincinnatl62 20 1881 Phlladel. .S9 4S .44S
Chicago. SO 40 $40 W'shing'n94 so .405
Pittsburg 40 SO .557 st. Louis.28 60 .3ls
Boston. al SO SAT .Louisville22 81 .256
Albert Pauley, Of New York City. an
opileptic, became insane, and, after threaten
Ing his mother and sister with rifle, shot
himself dead.
The Rev. Michael NJ. Murray, assistant
pastor Of st. MaIachy's Church, Brooklyn,
was drowned at Rockaway Park while bath
Ing.
In Brooklyn, Alice Heaney In fit Of insan-
ity chopped her sisters head to pieces with
an az as she slept.
Philip Abbott, Assistant Solicitor Of the
Wisconsin Central Railway, fell from the top
OF one of the Rocky Mountains to the bottom
Of q canyon, a thousand feet below, and was
killed.
Mrs. Bertha Mcdonald, aged nineteen, liv-
ing on the Utah plantation, in Franklin
Parish, La, was assaulted and murdered ten
miles from Gilbert station. Hiram weigh
lin, colored, suspected OF the double crime,
was arrested soon afterward. He made
confession. and was lynched by mob which
took him from the Sheriff's posse.
John B. Hinckson, a candidate for Presi-
,Pennsylvania, announced that he would re-
sign, as he could not support the Chicago
platform.
Fire In the Telephone Exchange at Con-
cori, Tenn, destroyed a dozen business
houses.
Followers in New York City Of the Rev.
Father Kneipp, Of Germany, petitioned the
Park Board to designate certain parts OF Cen.
tral Park where they may walk barefoot on
the grass in the early morning dew.
Four persons were killed on one day and
many prostrated by the heat In New York
City. Street thermometers registered 104
degrees, though the official temperature was
given at eighty-eight.
freight wreck and powder explosion oc-
Cured on the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad, at Weldy's Siding. Penn. Michael
Smock, the engineer, and Alexander Smith,
the conductor, were killed, and Henry
Dreisbach, the fireman, was seriously
scalded.
In New York City, francesca Lomeo,
jealous OF his wife, arrayed himself In hoh-
day clothes and tried to shoot his child. The
mother interposed, receiving the bu lets IN
her body. Then Lomeo blew out his brains.
While diving from horses back at Bath
Beach, Long Island, hostler named Bartha
was kicked in the stomach. he sank and
was drowned In the presence OF many people
who we're applauding his feats.
Soldiers on picket duty In Cleveland. Ohio,
prevented two strikers exploding what Is
supposed to have been a dynamite bonp.
The strikers were pursued by the soldiers
and about twenty shots were exchanged.
Judge Calvin E. Pratt, Of the Supreme
Court, Brooklyn. died suddenly, OF apoplexy.
at his country home, in Rochester, Mass.
Cleveland (Ohio) rioters blew up with
dynamite the house OF grocer who had re-
fused them credit.
A large number of cotton mills IN Fall
River, Mass, closed down in order to curtail
production.
The Rockefeller iron mines In Michigan
have been closed, throwing 1000 men out OF
employment.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.. eldest son Of the
ti-millionaire OF the same name. and Miss
Grace Wilson were married at the New York
home OF the brides father. None OF the
bridegrooln's family attended the ceremony.
Moore Brothers, OF Chicago, promoters OF
the Diamond Match Conn pany and the New
York Biscuit Company. announced that they
had failed. A meeting Of prominent fnan-
ciers and Chicago bankers was held about
midnight and 1t was agreed by them to close
the Chicago Stock Exchange indefinitely.
These men said It was the only course for
them to pursue.
Henry Teuscher, farmer arrested at
Burlington, Iowa, has confessed that he
murdered his grandfather last winter during
family quarrel.
The Spanish Consul at Philadelphia has
offered O reward OF $4,000 for information
that will lead 10 the capture OF any hllbus-
tering expedition In the Cuban waters.
Four men were killed in q battle between
sheepmen and cattlemen in Oregon.
Reports from the storm which passed over
Nashville. Tenn. indicate great damage to
crops and trees. 1t was the most intense
combination Of tornado and oloudburst that
ever visited that neighborhood.
Frank Tierney was found guilty Of murder
in the first degree by a jury at Sandusky,
Ohio. he murdered Frank Heipulan. Of New
York, in boxcar. Tisraey will be the first
man to die in the electric chair In Ohio.
Mrs. Mastick ana granddaughter Mabel.
who were struck by train at Plattsharg. \.
Y. while riding with Mr.. Mastick, who was
instantly killed, died about three hours after
the accident.
". Bourse Cochran, OF New York City.
has bolted the Chicago ticket and advocates
the election Of Mckinley
Fire in the Cramp ShipyaTd in Philade!-
pha. Penn. destroyed the big paint shop OF
the concern with ia contents.
Riots occurred on the East Side" New
York CITY. as the result Of efforts by tailors
to close down sweat shops started ~ with
uou-uniOn iahor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward A. Tyler. the former
the proprietor OF the Brooks House, were
drowned while bathing in the Connecticut
River. at point about three miles above
Brattieboro. Vt.
Frank woliweber was shot and killed by
Policeman Thomas r. Meyers. after commit
ting burglary IN New York City.
Dwight I. Moody's annual conference OF
Christian Workers began in Mortified,
Mass.
Washington Arch, New York City, was
struck by lightning and mutilated during
heaYy thunderstorm.
Charles A. Greene, lineman, was killed
by electricity on pole in Union Square, New
York City.
Foreign Notes.
A big rebel stronghold near Baracoa, Cuba.
was captured by Spanish troops after
severe engagement
Madrid. Spain, was visited by severe
thunderstorm, accompanied by torrents OF
rain and hail. The oldest inhabitant re-
members nothing like the size Of the hail.