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The news boy., 1896-04-18
COMING INTERNATIONAL FAIRS.

Russia is going to carry the war into
England. The minister of finance Is
organizing an exhibition of Russian
products in London after the close Of
the Mini Novgorod exhibition.
Twenty-four governments, including
the United States. Japan, China, Persia,
and nearly all the European countries.
have given official notice that they will
exhibit in Paris In 1900.
Pavia is going to celebrate the 5OOth
anniversary of the foundation of its far
nous Certosa. The monastery was be-
gun in 1896 by one of the visconti, but
was not finished till 1542. It is now
q museum
A French engineer has conceived the
idea Of reproducing the house in which
Napoleon lived at st. Helena as an at
traction during the Paris exposition
of 1900. The house will be an exact
copy Of the original. with panoramic
canvases representing the natural sur
roundings.
The news boy., 1896-04-18

by local applications, = thsy cannot - rssd
the diseased portion q We ~: :,d aSSS h
only on yoonstitut{onsi ons Mn a ~ remedies be.fness Z
csused by an infiamed condition OF he mo'i
cous lining Of che Eustachisn Tube: wi9cs wn
this tube gets infiamed you have a rum PHI n n
sound or imperfect hearing. an sno ,M.nit MnSip Spd y
vmiess the Inflammation can be taken ous
I and this tube restored 70 its normal con.
aition. hearing VIII be destroyed ioTssess
Sine cases ont Of ten are caused BY catann,
whiob il nothing but an infiamed condiuon
We viii Give One Hundred Dollars ios
anv case of Deafness Caused BY cstsrrls
that cannot be cured by Hairs Catarfn
Cure. Send for circulars, free; n
F,J. CHENEY & Co., Toieoo, "
Sold by Druggists, 76c.
Halls Family Pills are the pest'
The news boy., 1896-04-18
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

TIE l0O-horss-power boiler of the
Orr lin>ccd oil mill at Piqua. O., ex-
ploded, on the 9th. wrcciing the east
wall and damaging the whole struc-
.ure. The loss is $4,000.
BALLiNGToN BooTu ana his sister.
Mrs. Booth-Tuclicr. had pro;ractcd
changed.
on the 9th, the opening day Of the
Olympiau games in Athens, Greece, the
American contestants captured first
honors in every event in which they
entered.
In the battle at Pinar del Rio the
Cuban insurgents captured two pieces
of heavy artillery, loo Nauser rifles,
!, ,2oo, 900 cartridges, $500 swords and
stores, burned 600 houses. sparing the
weak. The Spanish lost $40 killed and
200 wounded Cuban loss, $50 killed
and wounded.
IT is announced from Constantinople
that an imperial trade decrceing the
w holcsale oSIulsionof missionaries
from Armenia has been issued.
AN explosion of dynamite occurred
in the new Radcbaugh tunnel. one,
mile west of Grecnsburg, Pa, on the
eth. Frank A. Graunell, of Smithfield,
was instantly killed, and two others
were perhaps fatally hurt.
TIE United States consul at Hong
| Kong informs the state department
that the black plague has broken out
| there.
| JOHN RAFFERTY, was sentenced, on
the 9th, to the Elmira reformatory by
Judge Mcmahon, in New York city, for
the theft of one cent. The prisoner
was caught picking a pocket.
| THE indirect tax xes collected through
| ont the republic of France for the
year 1895 amounted to 15o,ooo,ooo
! francs, an increase over the revenue
from the same source in 1884 of @o,O00,'
900 francs
| AT Eliza abeth, n. j., on the sth
Frank Mckinley, employed by tho
Singer Manufacturing Co., was killed
by Pennsylvania railway train. Nc
Kinley had been married less than ar
hour before the accident happened
which caused his death. His bride wa
with him when he was killed.
The entire plant of the Oxford Iron
and Nail Co., at Belvidere. n. J., con
sisting of the blast furnace. rolling
mill, nail factory, mines, stores, farm
and dwelling houses, was sold, on th
7th, under foreclosure by the Farmers
Loan and Trust Co., for $40, 900 to tn
Delaware, LaclSawana & Western Rail
road Co. which held the first mortgage
AN explosion of giant powder a
station o31 of the Pioneer Electric Pip
line, in Ogden canyon, about five mile
, from the city of Ogden, Utah, on tn
sth, resulted in the death of five me-
! and the injury &c five others.
The brick residence of Pito Studoli
an Italian living in Pueblo, Col, wa
. blown up with dynamite by unknowl
, parties on the Sth. Although Mr.. Stu
doll was in the house at the time h
escaped injury.
RI THE house committee on judiciary
t on the sth, completed its work upo
> the bankruptcy bill and decided to rs
: eport the bill to the house. The meas
\ ure is based upon the old Torrey bill
] which has been before congress 70
| several years,
The news boy., 1896-04-18
His View About Dress.

The late Prebendary Rogers humor
was very unconventional. Alta dinner
where he happened to be sitting next
to the bishop of London, responding to
the toast of his health, Mr.. Rogers said
that some Of his friends still regretted
that he had not attainee higher prefer
ment in the church. They wanted him
to be made bishop. but" he added,
~ feel that l have got quite enough
happiness out of my life without hav-
ing this flummery hanging about my
legs" And he lifted up DIR. Temples
spron.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The news boy., 1896-04-18
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

1HE senate was not in session on the
llth. In the house, after a two days
debate, the filled cheese bill was
passed, with an amendment reducing
the retail dealers license from $40 to
sla year. The bill taxes the manu-
fac cture of the product one cent
pound, and requires manufacturers
and dealers to pay license. The vote
on the bill was chiefly along political
lines, republicans and populists favor
ing the passage of the bill and demo-
Gratis opposing it.
THE Northrup- p-Braslau-Goodwin Co.,
of Chicago, bidders to supply the de-
partment of agriculture with vegeta-
bic seeds, have preferred charges
against Secretary Morton in connec-
tion with the late award. The firm
named bid S64, 200 for the contract and
offered to make reduction of $40, 900
for the privilege of placing its name
upon the seed packets. The contract
was awarded to Landreth & Sons, of
Philadelphia, at $4,000.
AT two o'clock on the morning of
the I2th fire broke out in the Gehring
apartment house in Cleveland, O..
| Forty families lived in the building,
and as they rushed pell nell for the
| fire escapes and stairways wild scenes
of confusion ensued. Only two or
three persons were seriously injured,
but twenty families lost all their fur.
niture and clothing.
| II was reported in Key West, Fla,
on the 12th, that the steamer George
w. Childs, which left there few days
before to go to the assistance of the
steamer Pearl, had really gone on a
flibustering expedition. 1t was said
that she was seen near Cape
Florida going out to sea with the rev
nue. cutter in chase.
THE tug Peter Dalton of the Inde.
pendent Towing Co. burned, early OF
the morning of the 12th, two miles of
Rogers Park in Lake Michigan. The
crew was rescued by the Welcome
of the same company, which happened
to be passing the Dalton when the
fire broke out
| CAPT.-GES. WEYLER has asked the
Madrid government for the immediate
dispatch of 5000 cavalry to Cuba, and
the minister of war Is arranging K
send them at once. The war Office il
also considering the question of em
lploying balloons in the military serv
ice in Cuba.
/ MEMBERS feel confident that the SO
called long session of the fifty-fourtl
congress will adjourn by May IS. ant
THUS prove one of the shortest session,
Ion record ip the past 20 years.
The news boy., 1896-04-18
sELF-ooNFEssED MURDERER

OF the Stones ASraigned In Court Pleads
"Not Guilty"
AKRON, o., April 12.-John Smith,
the self-confessed murderer Of the
Stones, was arraigned in the north
corridor of the jail here at one o'clock
yesterday afternoon by Judge A. W.
Hall. The formal affidavit charging
him with murder in the first degree
was sworn to by Police Officer Nc
Outlet. Smith listened to the read.
ing Of the paper with apparent uncon.
cern and entered a plea of mot guilty.
In the same offhand manner.
The news boy., 1896-04-18
TAKEN FROM JAIL
Uy a Mob of Masked Men and Hanged 70,
His Crime.

SEAL, Ala, April 13.-Between mid
night and daylight yesterday morning
a mob of masked men took Reddick
Adams, colored, out of Jail and hanged
him. The mob aroused the jailer with
the story that they had a prisoner to
put in jail, and on his appearing he
was surrounded and his keys taken.
Adams was carried to clump of trees
about 200 yards away and hanged.
Adams waylaid and shot R. T. Rem.
fro last November and, after shooting
him, robbed his person, burglarized
his store and set fire to his dwelling.
Adams had been on trial last week an
after celebrating from Wednesday un.
til Saturday, the jury could not agree
and a mistrial was announced.
The news boy., 1896-04-18
PEACE AND WAR.
A Commercial Vessel Runs Into aud Dam
ages q War Ship.

ages q War Ship.
SEATTLE, WASH, April 13.-The
Puget Sound and Central American
CO.. S steamer Transit ran into the
coast defense vessel Monterey yester-
day afternoon while the latter was
anchored in Seattle harbor. The
Monterey was crowded with visitors
and great CONSERVATION followed the
collision. The Transit, which is a
stout steamer, had her bow badly shat
tered and stove in.
The Monterey was struck about forty
feet astern, loosening one of her ar
NOR plates and swapping few rivets.
Her port side compartments were well
filled with water before the leak was
stopped. She will be placed IN the
new government dry dock at Port Or
chard for repairs. The damage to
both vessels is roughly estimated at
$4,000. The Transit was moving at
full speed and it is miracle that more
serious damage did not result.
The news boy., 1896-04-18
The aggregate values of the several
classes of property as returned by the
assessors were aS follows.


In equalizing the values of the sew
eral classes of property between the
counties the board increased the value
of town lots s176, 367, and of personal
property si,57O,O36. The aggregate
value of lands was decreased 81, 49, OIL,
making a net decrease from the returns
of the assessors of s2s.669, and leaving
the aggregate value of real and per-
sonal property for taxes of 1896 S9l5,-
971, TO, as stated above.
The news boy., 1896-04-18
Population of st. Louis.

According to the late directory st.
Louis has population of 6l1,26s. In
1890 the city had a population, accord
ing to the census, of 451,77O. At the
present rate of increase the city will
have population in 1900 of 725. OOO In
all probability by that time St. Louis
and suburbs will have a population Of
close on to a million,
The news boy., 1896-04-18

THE Paris Journal says that the En-
glish are erecting barracks at Malta
capable of accommodating 10000 men.
This increase of capacity, the paper
says, is being made in anticipation of
events in the Mediterranean affecting
British interests.
The news boy., 1896-04-18
Believe They Have Struck 1t Rich.

The gold excitement has struck Ex-
celsior Springs and vicinity, and all
surface indications point to rich field.
Five or six assays have been made.
They run from Sl6O to S32O to the ton
of gold, with to 5 ounces of silver.
The find is located about mile east OF
the city in the hills.
The news boy., 1896-04-18
MISSOURI sIATg News
r.A.sle wsalta u slls.ourl.

State Auditor James NJ. Seibert gives
out the following as showing the
aggregate value Of real and per-
sohal property in the several ceuntles
Of the state as elualiaed and adjusted
by The state board Of equalization for
the taxes OF 1896:
The news boy., 1896-04-18

BY the action of the house, on the
9th. in passing the Jones senate bill,
Ohio adopts the electric method of ex-
ecution. 1t does not, however, go into
effect until July /, and continues the
gallows method Of executions for all
persons upon whom the senten ce of
death had already been pronounced.
The news boy., 1896-04-18
Struck by Lightning and Burned.

Near Reeds, Jasper county, a barn,
belonging to A. d. Kennel, containing
seven head of horses, large quantity
of implements and 800 bushels of
wheat, was struck by lightning and
burned. The loss is nearly S2,OOO.
The news boy., 1896-04-18
TIE stste department has received

THE stste department has received .
lstter from Mr.. Edward Downes,
United States consul at Amsterdam,
ssling that the prbiic be warned
aGsinst the fqlly ~ Spending time or
noasy toward tie collection of what
ere known = sold Dutch estates, ,
mhieh. he says. do not exist. Neither
- ths s.Ranlk of Holland. !" in which
~ 1nelsamea millions" are alleged
~ ~ NGaaate4 - s8IHteses,
The news boy., 1896-04-18

In spite of the fact that it has been
officially denied at Madrid and at IIa-
vana that Capt. Gen. Weyler has ten
dered his resignation or is to he re-
called, all classes of people express
surprise that the general has been
able to accomplish so little since he
assumed command in Cuba.
The news boy., 1896-04-18

Ex-PREsrDENT HARRISON ard Mrs.
Mary Scott Lord Dimmick We're united
in matrimony in ST. Thomas church,
New York city, on the 9Th, in the pres
ence of a select company, DIR. Wesley
Brown, the rector officiating.
The news boy., 1896-04-18

Charles Weilel, aged Is, was acct.
dentally shot and killed by Fred Nc
Lochlin, of the same age. at Sedalia.
They had been hunting with Flobert
rifles, and McLochlin espied wren.
He drew his gun to shoot the bird. but
Weikel exclaimed, Don't kill it. Fred"
and seized the barrel of the rifle. At
the same instant the gun was dis
charged, the ball passing through
Weikel's heart.
The news boy., 1896-04-18

HOUSE committee on elections No. 2,
Mr.. Mccall, of Massachusetts. chair
man, on the sth, decided four contest
ed-election cases, three in favor of sit
ting democrats and one in favor of the
contestant, a colored man from the
First South Carolina district
The news boy., 1896-04-18
A Spring Trip South.

On April = and 81. and May A 3, tickess ias
and Villages Of the north. TO all points on
The Iouisyille q Nashville Railroad In
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida
and a portion of Kentucky, at one single
fare for tho round trip. Tickets VIII be
navment of f2 to agent ut destination, and
will allow stop-over ut any point on the
south bound trip. Ask your ticket agent
about It. and If he cannot sell you excur-
sion tickets write to c.. p. Atmorea Gem
eral Passenger Agent, touisvilIe, Ky; OF
The news boy., 1896-04-18

THE British war ship Pelican has ar
rived at Nassau, N. p, with 900 rifles,
100000 cartridges and quantity of
other property, all of which was found,
on the 5th, buried beneath the sand
on the beach of Cay Sal.
The news boy., 1896-04-18

FAILURES throughout the United
States for the week ended on the 10th,
as reported by R. G. DUN Il Co., were
zoe, against aO7 for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fail
ures were 80, against 81 last year.
The news boy., 1896-04-18
Made Too Much Noise.

An attempt was made the other morn
ing to rob the Bank of Ravenwood,
Nodaway county, but the burglars
used such big charge of dynamite in
opening the safe that the noise of the
explosion awakened the whole town.
The news boy., 1896-04-18

GARDINER WILLIAMS, an American,
general manager of the De Beers Min
ing Co. who was arrested at Kimberly,
on March 5, charged with having sup
piled arms to the Uitlanders on the
Rand, to be used in their threatened re-
voltagainst the Transvaal government,
was committed for trial at Cape Town
on the 9th.
The news boy., 1896-04-18

MARQUIS YAMAGATA, field marshal
Of Japan, and suite arrived in Chicago,
from Omaha, on the 10th. The distin-
guished party We're driven to the Au
ditorium hotel, where the marquis was
formally called upon by Gen. Merritt
and staff, with whom lie later visited
and inspected Fort Sheridan.
The news boy., 1896-04-18

Lady Parry. widow Of the eminent
arctic explorer, died recently ct her
English country home. 20 years after
tie death Of her husband. apd within
8 week q eomplst,pG IN eotA seA<,
The news boy., 1896-04-18

THE house committee on post offices,
on the eth, heard Representative Bow
ers, of California, in support of various
bills before it providing for n system
of postal savings banks at the various
post offices throughout the country.
No action was taken on the measure
The news boy., 1896-04-18

Ex-KINe MILAN Of Servia is coming
TO America, it y said, to look up
heircss for hje profiigate and dissolutc
son, King Alexander, TO make his
The news boy., 1896-04-18

OK the 18th, Veterinary Surgeons
Jennings and jackson slaughtered "a
valuable lnilch cows, afflicted with
tubercul9sis, in the herd of the Har-
mony society at Economy, Pa.
The news boy., 1896-04-18
Neuralgia

in one eye and about my temples, espe-
cially at night when had been having Q
hard day of physical and mental labor 1
tool, many remedies, but found help only In
Hoods Sarsaparilla which cured me OF
rheumatism, neuralgia and headache.
Hoods Sarsaparilla has proved itself true
friend. l also take Hoods Pills to keep
my bowels regular, and like the pills very
mnch." ISAAC LEWIS, Sabina, Ohio.
The news boy., 1896-04-18

CAPT. G. FAIRcHILD and Thomas H.
Barrett, United States inspectors of
steam vessels, on the sth, rendered
their decision on the grounding of the
American line steamship New York in
New York harbor on February s9last,
exonerating Capt Charles H. Grant,
commander Of the vessel, from the
charges msdo " Pilot Richard Bigley,
and holding the pilot responsible for
the accident.
The news boy., 1896-04-18

IT Is expected that fully sixty thou
hand persons will attend the fifteenth
International Christian Endeavor con.
vention In Washington city in July.
The news boy., 1896-04-18
That Missouri-Iowa boundary.

The commission consisting of Gen
Harding, of Missouri; Peter A. Dye, Of
Iowa, and Dwight c. Morgan, of Illi-
nois, have begun work to settle the
long-disputed boundary line between
Mercer county, Missouri, and Decatur
county, Iowa. The strip of territory
in dispute is six miles long, and has
been questioned for more than quar-
ter of century.
The news boy., 1896-04-18

In the case of Mrs. Fannie Bagby.
recently appointed school trustee at
West Point, Va, superintendent of
Public Instruction Massey has decided
that she is not eligible. and that no
woman can hold office in Virginia, no
matter how small its Importance may
The news boy., 1896-04-18

POTATOES are so cheap in some parts
of New York state that farmers are
throwing them away. One man is
burning them in his stove, and says
they make a very hot and steady fire.
At some auctions of farm property
held lately tubers sold at 219 cents a
bushel, and in many instances no bids
could be secured.
The news boy., 1896-04-18

THE New York court of appeals
handed down a decision, on the eth,
which holds that clubs are not amen
able to the state excise law, and the
inference is that they can not be re-
quired to take out license to sell
liquor under the Raines liquor-tax
law
The news boy., 1896-04-18

MRs. auMMr with deep curiosity)1"O
Mrs. Glandersl DO tell me about Mrs. Ien
spot's scandal, won't your Mrs; sSnaf"I Slsn%e a.
EHMy dear, IL is not nearly 30 oreaoiui %
rou uhope."-Judge.
The news boy., 1896-04-18

The steel bridge spanning the Clin-
ton river at Mount Clemens, Mich,
over which the cars of the Rapid rail
way, an electric line, ran, gave way,
on the 7th, while a motor car and
three loaded gravel cars were cross
ing, and the train was precipitated
into the river. Motorman William
Spencer was seriously injured.
The news boy., 1896-04-18
Killed by q Colt.

Charles Francis, aged "a. a farm hand
who worked for Frank Priest, near
Warrensburg, attempted to break a
colt. The animal kicked him, infiict-
ing injuries from which he died.
The news boy., 1896-04-18

AKRON (O.) detectives, on the night
Of the Sth, arrested Romolus Colelk,
alias John Smith, farm hand who
was formerly employed by Alvin N.
Stone, on q charge of numbering Stone
and his wife and Ira Stillson'near Tall
madge, o. The prisoner, after some
pumping, confessed the crime, stating
that his intention was to assault Flora
Stone, who had rejected his atten-
tions.
The news boy., 1896-04-18
eIvEM Up 10 THE FLAMES.
Burnins Of the Tug Peter Dsiton of the
Independent Towing Co.

CHICAGO, April lathe tug Peter
Dalton of the Independent Towing
Co. was burned early Sunday morning,
two miles on Rogers Park. The crew
was rescued by the Welcome, Of the
same company, which happened to be
passing the Dalton when the fre
broke ont. Tho hre originated about
the furnace Not : little anxiety was
felt on account Of the fact that the
tse had = qgepttty q aynsnite on
The news boy., 1896-04-18

JEH1KL JupsoN, tramp for the last
Ave years, has been notified, at Liber-
~, N. Y, that by the death of a friend
In the state Of Michigan he has become
heir to q fortune of $4,000
The news boy., 1896-04-18

Congressman Van Horn has intro
duced bill into the house donating
condemned cannon to the grand army
post at Concordia.
The news boy., 1896-04-18
Prominent stockmau GONE,

Abner Backson. aged 48, died at El
Dorado Springs. He was one of the
most prominent stockmen of that SEQ
ton Of the state.
The news boy., 1896-04-18
Wanted. an Orator.

The students of the senior class of
Missouri university, Columbia, have
not succeeded in securing an orator to
address them next June.
The news boy., 1896-04-18

CONSOLATION indiscreetly pressed upon
us when we are suffering under amiction
only serves to increase our pain, and 70
render our grief more poignant. .-Rousseau.
The news boy., 1896-04-18

At Richmond Martin Farley. shot
City Marshal L. f. Jones three times.
One wound is considered serious. Far
ley was drunk at the time.
The news boy., 1896-04-18
BAptist Women.

The State Baptist Women's Mission,
AIRY society meets in Marshall April 81.
Abcst seo delssatss are sxpeetsd y ~.
te1d, - :. ~
The news boy., 1896-04-18
A Young Mans Mistake.

Harvey Gray. paying teller of the
First national bank of Macon, is, It u
charged, an embezzler to the extent Of
Vi, 900.
The news boy., 1896-04-18

Daniel Lehnen, who for nearly thirty
years had been an honored citizen Of
Montgomery county, died recently at
his home near Wellsville, aged o..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-28
WILL CONTEST At WHIST.
Rock Island Ladies' Club to Have . Novel
Game with the Gentiemen.

Rock Islspd Ladies' Club to Have . Novel
Game with the Gsntiemen.
An interesting contest between the
Rock Island Ladies' Whist club and
their gentlemen friends is announced
to occur at the residence Of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. Simon, SI2 Nineteenth street,
Thursday evening. This will be
the ladies' final game for the season,
and they consider It an opportunity
10 convince the men folk Of their
scientific knowledge OF whist.
The Rock Island Ladies' Whist
club was organised last fall through
the efforts Of Mrs. II. S. Warner, and
10 has been . success from the begin
ming; and ncxt season it promises to
become q distinct feature in the
SOCIAL circles Of this city. Whist is q
purely scientific game. and it was
sometime before tha ladies could see
much interest in the game; but now
IL is different. The ladies who COM
pose tho club arc great enthusiastic
and there are several Of the leaders
who can make it interesting for some
OF the best players. The club is nov
composed Of Mesdames c. w. Dur.
ham. ii. s. Warner. +. J. Buford,
Ed. Terry. Abbie T. Morris. David
Donaldson, X. A. Donaldson, Jonas
Bear, NJ. Levy, u. G. Craig, L. Simon,
Louis MJseniclder. George Frysing.
er. e.. T.. Bartb. Harry Cleaveland.
j. u. Hollowbush. George Babcock,
$. Edwards, l.. NJ. Copp aud Misses
Lucia Connolly and Clara Whitman.
The club has met every Saturday
during the winter months with dit.
ferent members. Interest in the
game continues to grow with each
contest until the game has grown to
bc very popular in Rock Island. The
ladies promise some surprises for
the men folks NJ Thursday evenings
game. There will be four prizes for
those making the highest number Of
points.