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at Pima street, Chicago, injuring five
persons. One Of the carriage drivers
was thrown fifty feet, but none Of the
injured will die.
Two children, aged Z and years.
were captured by the police in San
Francisco in the act of robbing a store.
They had been assisted by larger boys
In securing an entrance, and confessed
to having had previously entered an
other store in the same manner.
Monsignore Satolli, apostolic dele
gate to the United States, has been
Iaised to the rank of cardinal Of the
church. The ceremony, which took
place at the venerable cathedral in Bal
timore, consisted Of conferring the red
berretta, significant Of the high station.
At Albany, N. Y, the climax of one
Of the most sensational and dramatic
criminal incidents Of the states history
was made public when, just forty
eight hours prior to the execution of
the death sentence of Bartholomew
Shea, another man confessed to the
murder, and Shea stepped from beneath
the shadow Of death thrown by the
electric chair. Preparations for the
execution had been made, the state
electrician was already upon the
ground.
A special from Washington says: A
more important issue than that over the
Venezuela boundary may be raised be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain If recent reports from Eicara-
qua shall be confirmed by later develop.
ments. The substance Of these re-
ports, sustained by important evidence,
is that British interests are reaching
out for the control of the Nicaragua
canal, and that the government is be-
ing urged to annul the charter to. the
existing corporation.
The whole Cuban island outside Ct
the city Of Havana is now in the hands
Of the insurgents. They have not an.
initiated the Spanish forces, nor have
they routed the whole army in any
single pitched battle; yet the situation
is practically in their hands, and SO
completely have they outgeneraled the
Spanish that. to all appearances, Mar
tinez Campos army might as well be
in Spain for any check it has upon the
movements of Gomez's army.
Secretary Carlisle has made public a
circular on the subject of the new bond
issue. The loan will be popular"
one, and the circular, which is dated
January 8, gives notice that the gov.
ernment will sell $l00, 900, 900 30-year
4 per cent coupon or registered bonds.
dated February l, 1895, for which pur-
chasers will be required to pay in gold
coin or gold certificates This will be
the first issue by the present admins
tration Of such large amount of
bonds at one time. The circular also
contains an intimation of possible
further issue of bonds should the issue
or sale Of an additional or different
form of bond for the maintenance of
the gold reserve be authorized by law
before January 5.
The sale has been announced of nine
Leadville, Colo, mines to an English
syndicate for 81, 100000
Disastrous prairie fires in Western
Kansas have caused great loss of life
and property.
The gross earnings of the Northern
Pacific for the six months ended De.
cember 81, were $11,5SS,148, an in
crease Of 81, ,625, ,5S3.
Associate Justice Peckham, the latest
acquisition to the supreme bench, has
taken his seat. Chef Justice Fuller
administered the oath.
City Treasurer Henry Bolin, Of
Omaha, Neb., is short more than $115,-
900 in his accounts He offers no ex.
PLANTATION for the defalcation.
A board of naval officers has been ap-
pointed by the navy department for in
vestigating the condition Of the nine
monitors lying at the League island
yard, Philadelphia.
Disorders have occurred in the East
End of London growing out of the fact
that the German and Dutch sailors
about the docks were hissed. The win.
dows of the shops kept by German
Jews were broken, and several German
clubs were closed.
The London Times, in an editorial
reminds the United States that
whether we have troubles in Europe
and Africa or not, we will not yielG
ON the Venesuela question. We have
insulted nobody, but if we are com
pelled to fight we shall be ready to de
fend what is worth fighting for"
Stephn V. Emmons, a prominent golt
miner of New York, has addressed al
open letter to President Cleveland
setting forth unique plan for main
tanning the treasury reserve. His sug
gestion is that if the secretary of thu
treasury will put himself in com
munication with the owners of golC
mines throughout the country, he cal
cause the entire product of the Unitet
States to be at the disposal of the gov