Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-27

Evan P. Howell. in a speech at
Atlanta, said the Georgia delegation
to Chicago would leave the nationa
democratic convention unless the plat
form declared tor free silver.
James Dewitt was hanged at Gray
son, KY, for the murder of his wife
He confessed and said he did not want
his sentence committed. as his wife
haunted him day and night.
There we're forty deaths in Cairo
from cholera on Wednesday, seventeen
deaths at Alexandria, five at Tourah
and elsewhere in Egypt three.
The 4th annual Sunday school Con
vencion of the Evangelical Lutheran
Synod of Virginia will be held in Chris
Luthsran church, Staunton, Va, june
9, 10, and II, 1896.
The news from Crete is of the graves
character. The Turkish troops in the
district of Spakia are surrounded by
insurgents, who are being aided by the
inhabitants.
Information received from one of the
members::of the expedition on boarG
the Laurada is to the effect that all the
men and arms were landed in Cuba in
safety.
Warlike rumors are prevalent ir
Samoa. where the rebel chiefs have
cordially received a German warship
causing uneasiness.
The suffering among the Armenian
survivors at Zeitoun is said to be acute
and from ten to twenty die every day.
Eight tornadoes have occurred with
in a radius of fifty miles of Guthrie,
o. T., in the last five days. Nine per
sons were killed.
A detachment of Turkish troops has
been defeated with heavy loss by the
insurgents of Crete.
The President sent to the Senate a
message declining to transmit to that
body the correspondence in the State
Department relating to the treatment
of American citizens in Cuba. He says
that it would not be compatible with
the public service at this time.
The remains OF Lieutenant Gate
wood, of the army, we're buried at
Arlington.
The democrats of Shenandoah coun-
ty elected sound money delegation
to the State convention. while the
delegation from Rockingham is divided
on the financial question.
The delegates to the State Demo
cratic convention from Fredericksburg
favor sound money, but are not in
structed
The Dutch troops have occupied
Lampising, the chief fortified position
of the rebel Achinese in the island of
Sumatra. The enemy lost heavily,
while the Dutch had captain and Is
men killed and officers and 1879 men
wounded.
Ii Hung Chang, after the coronation
ceremonies have ended at Moscow, will
visit various European countries and
America to study the systems of gov
ernment, with view to introduce
political reforms into China.
The Spanish Bank of Havana will
emit $1a,O00,OOO in paper currency,
payable in silver. FIVE millions dollars
of the issue is ordered to be printed in
New York.
The Chinese government is about to
establish an imperial bank, controlled
by the revenue board. which will pro
vide capital to the amount of 10, OO0, 600
taels.
H. w. Dickinson, lawyer and journal
list, committed suicide in Wheeling.
w. Va.
The work of restoring the Chicago
Worlds Fair grounds to their former
beauty as park will begin at once,
Bishop Ryan, of the Roman Catholic
diocese of Alton. ILL.,, has been indicted.
with the others, on the charge of not
having the American flag on the school
buildings under their control, as re-
quired by recently enacted law of ii
linois.
Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, made
a short visit to ex-Gov. William Nc
kinley at Canton, Ohio, Friday. Mel
ther would say anything about the sub
ject discussed at the meeting.