The evening times., 1896-10-20
WireFBriefs.

The Richmond Star, an afternoon labor
paper. which has been advocating free sill
yer, went into the hands of a receiver yes
terday.
Miss Maggie Cash was badly and probably
fatally burned at the home Of her sister,
/ Mrs. spott Love. in LyncEburg. Va. by
TIE explos ion o + an oil lamp
The fifteenth annual convention OF the
American Street Railway Association con-
vened today in Convention Auditorium.
Twelve hundred delegates are here.
st. Clair Grover and his brother, a deaf
| mute, are under arrest at Clarksyiue Ga,
| Charged with the murder Of their grand
mother because she had cut off the first
| named grandson in her will
Mrs. Joseph Cople, of Brooklyn. injured
her eyes by rubbing them With her hands
after she had handled Il tainted one-dollar
United States Treasury note.
Miss Anna Held. the French singer, after
being from her bicycle b Y "a runaway
horse In New York, remounted her wheel
| and stopped the frightened horse.
The first carload of this seasons crop
| OF California oranges was shipped last night
| TO Chicago, four weeks earlier than ever
! before. Tue fruit is from the Cahuenga
Valley.
Mr.. George Edwarles, of the London
Gaiety Iheater, has decided to secure
theater in New York. and will maintain
| companies in both cities throughout the
| theatrical season.
The decision of the Ohio miners, made
| known yesterday mot to acoeptthe reduction
in ages, has had the effect Of postponing
any effort to settle the strike in Indiana
| until after the election.
Chairman Jones. of the Democratic na-
tionat committec, has appointed October 81
| as flag day" following the example OF
Chairman Hanna. OF the Republican commit
| tee. who fiXedthe same day
Lewis Knoll, u veterinary surgeon Of
Mon,rose, Pa. while driving across the
Delaware, Lacka wanna and western rail
road tracks at New Milford last evening,
| was struck by u train and Instantly killed.
Ii is authoritativc!y stated tina. Col j.
Hampton Hoge, Republican candidate in
the Lynchburg Roanoke district in yir-
gInia district. viii be withdrawn Wednes-
day in favor Of the sound money candidate.
The monument erected to the memory OF
the Twelfth Connecticut Fo!GniecrS wnoieli
during the war, from 1861 TO 1865. was un-
Seilcd yesterday in the National Cemetery
at Winchester, Va, With appropriate and
interesting ceremonies.
BY a decision of the California court OF
appeals yesterday the oregon and Cali
fornia Railroad secured the right and title
to over 200.0OO acres OF land lying in
and adjacent to the city of Portland, ore.
The land is worth several million dollars
Henry Davis. q merchant at Bro WINS Cove.
Va, IN company with his wife, went out to
the stable SuHaay evening 10 water ms
horses. In passing around one of the ami
| n as, without any warning whatever, he
was kicked on the side OF the neck, the blow
breaking that Ipember and causing instant
death. -.s
Richard Sapdow. about forty-five years
old, living near; Vinhland, n. j.. was killed
last evening by7ih accidental discharge of
gun in the M aIs nf.his brother. While
he brother W waSeSaminingthe gun the ham
mer slipped. jnd big load Of buckshot
entered the breast OF Richard. causing
instant death. b.
After throwing poose OF q picture cord
over "A closet door. Charles F. Schroeder, of
New brunswick, \. j., piacedhis head inthe
loop and slowly strangied to death early
yesterday morning. The body was dis
covered by his youngest child. Charlie, aged
eight years, Who went into the room to
summon his father to breakfast.
At the request Of the governor of North
carolina 10 name two representatives,
Acting Gov. wolcott has requested Prof.
Fred L. sargent of Harvard University,
and Miss Dora Williams. OF the Boston
Normal School. 10 act as delegates from
Massarhu uSettS at a natiural floral congress.
| To be held in Ashcvillc, y. c.. October
Il, % and 23
4 large New Fouudla nd dog, which had
been kept chained for two years, broke
loose in Atlantic City yesterday, and,
springing upon his owner, Henry Gebbert.
nearly killed him before the brute could be
beaten into subsection. The skin Wa badly
| torn from Gebbert'S arm. The animal was
| shot by policeman as it was in the act OF
springiug at his throat
The Missouri Democratic State execu-
| tive committee, after an extended session
yesterday Afternoon, decided that neither
Victor Gebhartt nor DR.. LIE Grand Atwood
| was the Democratic nominee for Congressin
the Tenth district. That created a va
},
cided to fill by naming Charles Lemp. son
of the millionaire brewer
The welI-known Hallett Il Davis Piano
| Company Of Boston. with branch stores and
connections in New York, Cleveland and
| other large cities, which recently had diff
| cultieS on account OF slow collections, has
made a settlement of 100 cents on the
| dollar md its factory, which has been run
| ming only a part OF the time, and gives
employment to about 800 ha nds, will start
| at once on full time.
Springfield, n. l., was the scene Of
great demonstration yesterday when two
monuments were unveiled by the New Jer-
sey Society of the Sons OF the American
| Revolution. One was monument in the
| old revolutionary burying ground, in the
| center uf the village, and the other huge
| bowlder on the highest point Of Hobart
| Hill, in the rear Of Short Hills, where 1t is
| claimed the minute gun "Old Sow" was
| fired
| a serious cutting affray occurred at
| Cumberland, Md, last evening OIL the canal
| boat Richard Bond. George Swearney. of
| Wiiliamsport, Md, a deck hand. aged about
| forty wears, received frightful cash in the
| right temple from q pocketknife. John Early
| MaIotte, aged about twenty-one years, also
| of wilIiamsport, employed on the boat, was
| committed to jail for tile offense. The
| knife stuck in the socket of Swearney's
| iawbonc. and he was much weakened blythe
| loss OF blood. The men had been quarreling.
| j.
| ANARCHIST ISCHNAUBELT DEAD.
| yas One of the Band That Caused