The evening times., 1896-10-09
Briefs fsbyWire

The loss by fire at GuayaGuil, Ecuador is
estimated at S54 COO 600. Incendiarisin Is
suspected xnd--the PEOPLE are furious
Having decided not TO support Bryan, Mr.
C. Y. Meredith, city attorney Of Richmond
Va, has resigned that position.
The North Avenue Skating Rink, in Ealti-
more, has heelileased for five years TO the
washington fcssPalace Company
Price LoIas,sof Savoy. Duke OF Abruzz.
a nephew Of King HerLert, Of Italy. ar
rived in baltimore yesterday on tie Italian
cruiser Grisioforo Colombo.
British warships have been ordered 10
Zanzibar in connection with the fiight OF
the usurping SoyyId Khalid from the Ter
man consulate at Zanzibar on board
German cruiser.
1t is stated that Mr.. r. Curzon Hoffman
may retire from the presidency CT tine Sea
board and IhDanoke railroad and be sue
cecded by Mr.. Thomas F. Ryan, OF Ne"
York
The swedish steamer Alexander was
sunk in the Humber yesterday after coilid-
ing with the British steamer Embdcn.
Ten of the crew of the Alexander were
owned.
A freight train was ditcbed Mt Moark,
Ark. yesterday. Seventeen cars were
| wrecked. Two tramps-Cbarles Gibson,
| of Bunker Hill, H., ana an nngnown negro
were killel.
The Postoffice Department has revoked
| its order denying the privileges OF the inaiis
/ to H. F. Morgan, the New York broker WI"
| dealt in options on gold and silver coh,ih-
gent upon the coming national election.
In Columbia, S. c.. yesterday the state
board of control closed the investigation
of the recent distillery scandals, owing To
| the boards lack OF power to force witnesses
| to testify.
The Memphis Evening scimitar, which
has been fighting the regular Democracy
| State AMI national, for year or more.
came out yesterday afternoon squariy ior
J Mckinley and the Republican staic tcEet-
| Rev. J. L. Brant, the fusion Prohibit
| ton candidate for governor of Kansas, re-
| Gently nominated to concentrate The pro-
hibi,on and church forces agaainst GOV
| Morrill, will issue a letter today dcciln-
| ing the nomination.
william Farmer, OF Burlington. n. j.. tad
J narrow escape from death wednesday
night While caring for horse the animal
suddenly turned on the 10y, and. grahoihS
him, threw him into the air. On young Far
! ner ali gs,ing the animal made n rush athim'
bur was bcateu off with the aid OF a pltch-
fork.
Two tramps entered the home or Rufus
! Backus. near Colby CeGtre, n. Y, car;y
Yesterday morning bound and gagged Al
bert Miller and then attempted TO loot tie
house. Mrs. Rufus Backus and her SISTER,
Miss Alice Skinner, were awakened and
drove the robbcrs from the premises WIN
stove pokers.
Felix D,vdoskic. aged three years, died
| in Reading Pa. yesterday from the eiicc's
| Of being horribly burned In i t"ntirc- he
| was playing, with a number Of companions
| and was burned from head to FOOT. Before
he died he tcld his father that he had been
pushed into the fire.
The hundreds of men who have been
scouriuc Martin county, Mimi, for the
murdrrers of Tborburn and oes'ern gave
up their chase temporarily last evening.
The coroucf held an inquest over the re-
| mains of The dead men yesterday, and
the verdict was that they had come to
| their death at the hands OF persons un-
known to the jury.
There was a desperate fight in Cumber'
land county X. c., yesterday between two
deputy sherffs and J. d. Johnston. They
seized his shotgun. but he began fuiilade
with a revolver. He hit Deputy j. h. hln
law inthehead and shot Deputy James Pate
twice in the head. He also shot Two farrn
laborcrs WHO were called to aid the pfD
Gers. Rth deputies are badly and perhap:
seriously injured. He was finally cap
turcd.
Mary Birefski, four years OLD, OF Mount
Carmel. Pa. was fdghtfuily injured W ednes
day through falling into n dishpan full OF
scalding water. The little one's injuries
are sucn that the physician entertains NJ
hope of saving her life. The mother hac
stepped cut of the house for minute ant
during her absence Mary climbed onto the
chair holding the pan and slipped and fel
into the water upsetting II over her entir'
person.
Miss Mary Hoch, living in Mahantongs
Valley. Pa. met Il violent death by tret
falling upon her. The recent storm had up
rooted a number near her fathers farI
and several were left standing, n few root
supporting them. Mr.. Hoch started chop
ping them down, his daughter being Will
him for company. Just as one fell anothe
close by was struck by branch of the fall
ing tree, causing the second oak to fal
directly on Miss IIoch. She was badl.
crush ed, and when her father ran to her sid
she was dead.
Mr William A. Thompson, Howaft
county, Nd, farmer. living near Colum
. bia, was severely injured by a runawa
, team yesterday on the Clarksviiie pike
While cndeavOring to stop the horsts h
was kicked in the face by one of them ant
4 thrown against wheel. He was carTiet
: home ipsensible. 1t is thought that he vii
/, lose one OF his eyes.