Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-12-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.

toona. Pa, last week, caused a loss OF
about 100000.
Two car loads of heavy artillery
passed through Little Rock. Ark, lase
week, destined for Southern port'
and supposed to be on it's way to Cuoa'
Caot. Geo. E. Lemon of Washington
the millionaire pension agent ana paC-
ent attorney, died at Coronado Beach
CAL, Friday afternoon, OF compiica-
ton of diseases.
Tom Sharkey got the $4,000 in cash
which was in litigation in san fran,
cisco, the court declaring that II nau
no Jurisdiction to pass on the ques'ioh
of who was the rightful owner
An immense boiler in the Kent " DOL
on Mills exploded at Centerville, H. l.,
on SATURDAY. morning, killing tour
persons and severely wounding several
others.
The Secolo, Milan. Italy, states that
sionor Crispi's daughter, the Princess
IiGona GIossa. has eloped with one OF
her servants. Crispi is ltaly's prime
minister.
The Casino. skating rink and sum-
mer theatre, a magnificent pleasure
resort. in Schenley Park, PlttsNurg'
was entirely destroyed by fire Thurs
| day morning. The loss will approx
mate $780, Oo0, on which the insurance
is small.
i The Cameron resolution providing
Il for the recognition of the Cubans, wal
reported to the Senate Monday. ant
was laid over until after the holidays
tSenator Vest, democrat. presented tn
resolution, citing the fact that th
mower to recogniza a nation is yeste'
Jointly in Congress and the President
Teddy Hale, the Irish cyclist. wh'
, won the recent six days bicycle rae
: at the Madison Square Garden, Ne'
q York, together with the nine men wh
finished next to him, win contest III
SIX days bicycle race in Washington
a commencing Monday afternoon, De-
y 90, at 2 o'clock.
: Precedents are bad things, as a gel
, erai rule. The President having sc
= the mace of a Christmas war alarm la'
= year. the Senate has followed his e.
Q annie this one, and the slumbers
Is many people will be disturbed durin
, the times of good will to all men t
dreams of the "blood thirsty Spa
= iards. "-Alexandria Gazette.
Mrs. J. Coleman Drayton, daught
of Mrs. Vim. Astor, was married in :
o. Columbia's church on the 18th inst,
Of Geo. Haig, a member of the firm
"a Haig u Haig, whiskey merchants
a London. Mrs. Drayton is the daug
~ ter of Mrs. Aston, and has only be-
n divorced from her husband a she
lie time.
OF Great Britain was in the throes OF
ee genuine and unprecedented sensatl
10 last Thursday. An earthquake. {
. most violent ever experienced IN IN
nv country. shook every shire from D'
We ham to Surry. and from London to t
IS, Welsh coast. A subterraneous dlsti
ss bance was first noticed at about O.
o'clock in the morning and lasted FRI
four to thirty seconds. At many poll
two distinct shocks We're experience
The Londo on papers very genera
Is comment upon the gravity OF the 81
.st alton between the United States a
Spain. The Chronicle says: ~
Cameron resolution will be tantamor
10 to a declaration of war. Any gr'
Nv power would declare war, but il
err difficult to say what Spain will do.
~ is a bad outlook for the relations OF
nations with the United States.
use danger. however, is far greater
,et America herself than for any OIL
8 a nation" Other papers express SINH
M views.
nd James J. Corbett on the 18th, at J
sew City, signed articles of agreemf
~ to fight Bob Fitzsimmons to tiu
be on March II, 1897. for purse Of $15,(
t. be given by Dan Stuart. The pl
8 q of battle is to be announced Def,
February II Stuart is to post forl
W. of $4,000 in the hands of Richard
is Fox or AL. Smith, and Corbett
ex- Fitzsimmons must each post So OoO
,lly a guarantee of good faith. Geo. sile'
Chicago, is named as referee. Cort
eo signed the articles before he mott
lies that they reserved all privileges
mes Stuart, and he became somewhat
get cited when he thought OF the kline
GRO scope privileges.