The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-12-12
PHOTOGRAPHIC sREvIrIEs.

Several miners are entombed near
Yuma. Ari.
The agitation in New York for cheaper
gas will reach the state legislature.
suit against the Pipe trust has been
ordered by Attorney General Harmon.
Mgr. Martinelli will preside a the in
stallation OF Bishop keane's successor.
ratification OF the arbitration treaty
or revolution Is expected in Venezuela.
An unsuccessful attempt has been
made to raise the sunken schooner Sea
Bird.
The English language and western
sciences are to be taught In the schools
OF China
General George T.. Beal, formerly ad-
5utant general and state treasurer OF
Maine. 10 dead.
The report on French sugar bounties
insists that they be made equal to those
paid byAustria and Germany.
General Schoveloff. the governor gens
eral OF Russian Poland, Is again proA
nounced To be In q critical condition.
The ship Brenda, which went ashore
near Long Beach, l.. l.. was floated yes
terday She was but slightly damaged.
Marshal j. Miller was hanged at the
California state prison yesterday for tffs
murder of Joseph Pierre OF Marysville
last May.
Chairman Hanna left Washington NJ
:o'clock yesterday for his home in Cleve.
land by way of Philadelphia, where he
stopped over until this morning.
Bronislaw Huberman. the young vio-
N do ia hoh oht.S III
ton, yesterday afternoon before n audi.
est.
The Ohio State Grange has adopted a
resolution recommending to Presidents
elect Mckinley Hon. j. II. Brigham
OF Ohio for appointment as secretary OF
agriculture.
George b. Grieg, king of flaming island.
mas arrived In San Francisco from the
South seas to settle vexed question
which involves the title to his island and
Its products.
Rose Coghlan was given a benefit yes
terday In the Broadway theater, New
York, under the auspices of the Dramatic
profession. and it resulted in $1,000 being
turned over to Miss Coghlan.
Mrs. Priscilla ID. Spooner of Akron. O..
yesterday celebrated her 103d birthday.
She Is in good health, and says she ex-
poets to see the 20th century. The was
born in Massachusetts in 1893.
Colonel James Biddle, comman andinr
the NinthCavalry. stationed In Nebraska.
has been placed on the retired list of the
army on account Of age. Colonel David
Perry Of the Tenth Cavalry will succeed
him.
Carl Weichman Of Reading, Mass.
committed suicide yesterday morning
by taking carbolic acid. He had been
troubled for some time with a nervous
6isease. which Is thought to have
prompted the act
Walter Il. Slade and Francis II. Clough.
who are operating the Clear River woolen
mills at Burrellville, r. l., were yester-
day adjudged insolvent on their own
petitions. Their liabilities are about
$l00, 900, and their assets, s31, ,67s.
Governor elect Black of New York will
end his active work in congress next
week. He intends to leave Washington,
for his home in Troy next Wednesday.
and will not return. as business incident
to the governorship will keep him In
New York until his inaugural.
John b. Strachen Of Rochester, con-
tractor and builder, who constructed the
big brewery for the Consumers Brewing
of Norfolk, made an assign
ment yesterday for the benefit Of his
rreditors,, without preference. His liza
tilities are said to be $4,000, and assets
estimated to be s150.000.