The evening times., 1896-08-31
Briefs byWire

Sir Philip Currie, British ambassador to
Turkey, left London today on his return u
ConstantinopIc, his leave of absence hav
ing expired.
Advices from Manila say that the Sepa-
ratist revolt in the philippine Islands has
been renewed and that a state OF siege has
been proclaimed in Manila.
Mrs. Amelia Rittenhousc and her daugh.
ter, Miss SaIlic Rittenhouse, OF Baltimore,
were badly injured in a runaway accident
on the Washington road near Mount Wi
mans
Chief Justice Theodore Brace, OF the
| Missouri supreme court, has announced
/ his fealty to the Democratic party and
declined the noniDation OF the gold Demo.
| crats.
Fred Lamoureaux was killed by freight
engine at Worcester, Mass, late last night.
His wife and two children were in the cdr
| riage with him. Mrs. La:~.-:reaux and the
children will probably die.
At eboygan, Mich, fire yesterday after
nocn destro yeSl a million feet OF lumber be-
longing TO Mr.. Charlton, of Toronto, and
the Spry Lumber Company, OF Chicago.
| The usurping Sultan OF Zanzibar. whi
took refuge at the German consulate, will
| be surrendered 10 the British authorities /.
| he Is Guaranteed treatment as u prince aud
| pris"ier Oi war;
| Formal announcement will be made in
| st Lou To-Day of the intended dissolu-
| ton Of the H. +. Simo Gregory Dry Goods
| Company. The concern is the second old
est or its kind in st. Louis, and its business
is estimated at ST. 100000 month.
George Fowler the Orange, Mass, fire
| man who was wounded yesterday in the
accident on the Fitchburg road, died this
morning at Z o'clock. His mother aud sis
ter arrived on ore of the morning trains,
but were tco late to see him alive.
A large meeting OF citizens Of Shenan-
doah county, Va, was held at Woodstock,
and passed resolutions strongly denounc-
| ing the verdict OF murder in the second de-
gree rendered in the case OF Elmer 4.
Weatherholtz, tried for the murder OF his
wife.
The case of Elmer Douglass, of Nanticoke.
Pa, Is puzzling the physicians. He has
not eaten or taken nourishInent of any kind
for four months. The doctors say life is
sustained by the absorption OF his own
tissues. but now the supply is almost ex-
hausted.
Deputy marshaIs working in the Osa:e
country, Oklahoma. claim to have definite
information that George Taylor. the es-
capped murderer OF the Mccks family, is
located with a band OF outlaws In the east
crn part OF that reservation among the
broken hills and heavy timber.
Rabert Hanna. OF Lafayette. Ind, an en-
pioye OF tine Lafayette Natural Gas Com
pany. was kilic lat Michigantown yesterday.
andThoDas Wishart, of Lafayette, superin-
rndcnt OF the line, and Joseph Gully, Of
thaC city. foreman were hurt to Some eX-
tent. but not seriously, by an explosion.
1t is SAID that if Prince Hohenlobe re-
tires after seeing the visit OF the car 20
Breslau Concluded, his retirement will Se
the signal for general rising against the
emperUr's secret advisers. his military cabi
net his naval cabinet and his civil cabinet
which are now practically ruling the a affairs
OF Germany.
Fire this morning resulted in the de-
struction of Red Lion Inn, the famous Bcrk-
shire summer resort, at stockbridge. Mass.
iIt shdittu III TIC hittlNh, Aeit tiie
cook had evidently used kerosene OIL
The house was full of summer guests. but
all were aroused in time and escaped with
most OF their baggage.
Malctioir Diebold, a Shoemaker. of l04
Heron avenue, returned =, his home yes
terday from Wheeling. where he had been
since August IL. The first thing that
met his eye was a shanffs sale notice,
which had been posted on his door during
his absence, and drawing his revolver he
shot himself through the head, dying IN =
few minutes. =
State seDatdf John NJ C. Moore. of Bethel.
Del, the head OF the large Bethel Ship
building Company. bearing his name, had a
barrow escape from Eorrible death Sat
urdfay. He wasaSsting an employc sharp
ening large.seythe on a grindstone oD-
Grated by steam lat his works. when the
scythe in soma manner caught. and swing.
ing around just missed disembowciiiiy
him.
While in attendance ut q whist tourna-
ment in Toledo, Ohio. President Barney,
of Providence, r. l.; Vice President Man.
dell, OF Detroit,s and Director John T.
Mitchell, OF Chicago, all OF the American
Whist League, looked over rut-in- Bay as
a suitable location for the next whist con
gress, in June. 1897, aud announced that
Put-in-Bay would be recommended to the
executive committee.
The coroDer'S jury at Frederick, Nd,
inquiring into the death of Mrs Caroline
C. DNgaD, of Washington, d. c., rendered lie
following verdict We believe that Ms
Dugan's death was caused by shock from
an unavoidable accident on the Frederick
and Middleton II Railway ON Sunda evening
August %, 1886. the said Mrs DugaD being
in ill-heaIth at the time Of the accident. ant:
we do hereby exonerate tie railroad com.
paDy frcm any blame whatever"
Jot< Boone, jr., aged eighteen years, son
of John Boone, of Lincoln Hill, Avoca, was
instantly killed by the discharge of a sht.,
gun Saturday. Young Boone and sevcra,
companions were driving to the Moosic
Mountains to hunt and fish, and wir.n
crossing Mud Run Boone reached TO The
bottom of the wagon for a gun with wfi Ii
to shoot at bird. He grabbed the piece
by the muzzle, and as he raised it the ,liy
went off, and the entire load of birdshut
pierced the abdomen, making hole as b..
around as the crown of a hat He dir,l
insta antly.
The cavalry brigade OF the Salvation
Army staff, Capt. Blanche B. Cox command
ing. arrived at West York, Pa. Saturday
evening, on their 900 journey through
Maryland. Southern Pennsylvania and Della
ware. The cavalcade comprised three
horses and two wagons, one OF which is
used for street meetings Capt Cox was
mounted on Sum init Grove. the horse pre-.
sented to her by the tentholders Mt the Sum-
NIT Grove Methodist Episcopal Camp meet