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Cleveland,1l 8 .579 Loulsvllle..5 ~ .lSo
The town Of Cottage Grove, Henry County,
Tenn, was almost completely destroyed by
fire.
Mrs. Margaret Snyder. an old woman, was
killed and Miss Myrtle Silverthorn was
fatally hurt by being struck by train at
Footville, Wis, A tremendous hailstorm
prevailed when the accident happened and
the train could not be seen.
Mrs. Sarah Scofleld, wife of hotel-keeper
at Armonk, was found dead in brook near
on her forehead.
United States Minister to Turkey TERRELL
who has been visiting his family at Austin.
gram from President Cleveland. Mr. Terrell,
refuses to explain the cause Of the summons,
but 1t is understood that he will be sent to
Turkey Immediately.
The Rhode Island House OF Representa-
tives passed bill requiring all railroad and
steamboat companies to transport bicycles
as baggage. Hitherto charges here for carry
Ing wheels have been very high.
At Lexington, Ky., Miss Masie Todd was
killed by an electric street car while riding
her bicycle. purchased week ago with the
savings from her pin money. She was twenty
years old, the youngest daughter of DR..
Lyman Beech Todd, and cousin to Robert
Todd Lincoln, son OF President Lincoln.
At: Dudley, Mass, Nora Perry, the
authoress and poetess. died few days ago
after brief illness. Nora Perry was born In
Webster, Mass.
Miss frankie Brewer. daughter Of Associate
Justice Brewer OF the United States Supreme
Court, died at San Antonio, Texas, Of con-
sumption.
Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein.
daughter of Queen Victoria, was, at her own
request, appointed patroness OF the New
York School Of Applied Design for Women.
with the murder of her mother, Mrs. Evelyn
Bliss, was begun in General Sessions. New
York City.
Henry C. Bunner, the editor Of PUCK, died
from consumption at Nutley, N. J.
The Connecticut Society of the Sons Of the
American Revolution met In Hartford.
Forest fires ragged in Atlantic and Cape
May Counties, New Jersey. Hundreds OF
head Of live stock were killed.
William Mckay. religious maniac. de-
luged his clothes with kerosene and burned
himself to death In his room in Red Hook,
want, committed suicide in like manner.
GTeueElCh hTuSc, uOuu dIuO,
Peter Kautenberger, Henry Wittee and
Howard Heitter were probably fatally in
jured at Freeport. ILL.,, by the collapsing of
building. The men we're at work on the
third floor of the f1ve-story structure when
1t fell in, burying them beneath the ruins in
the basement.
James E. Bennett. schoolmaster Of Sound
Beach, Conn.,, attacked by an armed high
wayman, saved his life by ''scorchtng" on
bis bicycle.
Rudyard Kipling, the author, had his
brother-in-law, Beatty S. Balestier, arrested
TOR threatening to assault him In Brattle-
boro, Vt.
The street railway strikers and labor
unions of Milwaukee, Wis, about 7C00
strong. paraded the streets Of the city Sun
day. The men were orderly and no disturb
ance occurred. No street cars were run all
day.
Ellen Murphy, sixty-eight years old, was
killed in drunken row in Durham, Conn.
1t was suspected that her son Clarence Is the
murderer.
Three men were killed and another was
wounded in a fight over woman in Calhoun
County, Florida.
Chief William Shaw, of the New York City
Fire Department, died from the Injuries he
received at fire.
In special charge to the Grand Jury at
Camden, N. j., Judge Garrison plainly init
mated that indictments should be found
against former City Treasurer Michelon and
several former Comptrolers. The city's
treasury is said to be practically empty.
The Appellate Court decided that Mrs,
Fleming, accused in New York City OF the
murder OF her mother, was entitled to re-
ceive $500 OF her fathers estate.
Recorder Gofr. OF New York City. was re-
yersed for the fifth time by the Appellate Di-
vision of the Supreme Court annulling q
judgment in an excise case.
A young and beautiful woman, wno reg
istared as "Mrs Everest, Boston," shot and
killed herself in the Colonnade Hotel, New
York City, under mysterious circumstances.
]. Watson Hildreth. one OF the Rome On.
W boy train wreckers, was convicted Of
murder In the second degree and sentenced
to prison for life. His companions, Tneo-
dore Hiblard and Herbert Plato, pleaded
guilty, and were sent to prison for forty years
each.
Herbert 8. Crowell. twenty-one years old
son Of George E. Crowell, OF Brattleboro. Vt,
shot himself through the heart in Mount
Hermon, Me. Crowell entered the room OF
Winchell, fellow student, who acted as
starter of athletic contests. and asked to see
the pistol used for that purpose. After the
pistol was given to him he asked the calibre,
and, being told that it was 80, he took q
cartridge from his pocket. put 1t IN the pis-
tol, placed the weapon to his breast and fired.
The Jury In the Hildreth case brought iE a
verdict at Rome. n T., Of murder in the Sec
ond degree. Hildre.h is seventeen years
old. He and three other boys on November
10 last wrecked fast mail train on the Gen.
trail Railroad.