The evening times., 1896-09-18
Briefs sbyWire

Ex-President Harrison has notified tho
Republican national committee to make no
engagements for him to speak.
Cleyau Dinges was named for Congress
| by the Probibitionlsts of the Sixteenth
Pennsylvania district yesterday.
Hon. George ID. Wise, of Richmond, has
| ANNOUNCED his purpose 10 vote for Bryan,
| although he is a sound money man.
James s Norton. OF Chicago, lawyer. ora
| tor and author. died yesterday afternoon
| at his summer home at Lake Geneva. after
| an illness lasting through three years.
The Democratic convention for the Sec
ond Virginia district nominated Mr.. Will
lam A. Young, OF Norfolk, for Congress.
Hannah Devlin, aged forty-nine years,
| died in Philadelphia of conclusion OF the
brain, caused by fall down stairs ON
Sunday.
Charles Hawkins was nominated FOR
| Congress yesterday by the Jeffersonian
Democrats of the Nineteenth Pennsylya-
| MIA district.
The report that the Spanish cruiser In
| fanta Isabella had been disabled at the
entrance to Havana port proves to be
unfounded.
| The Fourth Illinois Congressional dis
trict gold Democrats yesterday nominated
j. F.. Gills for Congress, in place OF NJ. j.
Devine. Withdrawn.
A telegram from Havana says the trou-
bles over the issue OF paper money have
led to the resignation of the governor of
the Spanish Bank.
The Democrats and Populists OF the
Twenty-sixth Congressi onaI district of
Penns sylvania have nominated Joseph G.
Sbley for Congress.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works has re-
ceived an order for eight locomotives for
the Imperial Railway OF China, tie only
railroad in the Chinese Empire.
Lady Henry Somerset and Miss Frances
Willard. the well-known Temperance agi-
tators. arrived i'll Marseilles Thursday, fOr
the purpose of assisting the needy Armenian
refugees who arrived there.
Letters from l5l Southern manufactur-
ers have been published IN Baltimore.
one hundred and twenty-four are against
free silver and fifteen are in favor of it,
aud the others are on the fence.
7 ]. johnson. of Minneapolis, shot his
WlIe through Itlt Ittk last IllEut. anu tusn
shot himself through the head. The
physicians say she will live, but he will die.
Dependency is supposed 10 be the cause.
While acting as narksman during rifle
practice at the district volunteers camp
at Niagara, ont, yesterday. Private Hat
ton. of owen Pound, was struck in the
head by a stray bullet and instantly killed.
An ARMED force OF deputies at the jail
at Union City, Tenn. yesterday prevented
au attempt by a mot to lynch one of the
negro prisoners who was in custody for
the murder of City Marshal Jesse Walter,
OF Fulton. Tenn
Henry ID. Lloyd viii not accept the noIni-
nation for lieutenant governor Of Illinois.
which was given him by The Middle of
the road" Populists Tuesday night.
telegram TO that effect was received yes
terday, dated Fall River, Mass.
Walker Henry How ard. mine expert
lately returned from South Africa, conf
mitted suicide at Sacramento, Cal, last
night by shooting. From papers found on his
person it is learned that Howard was an
engineer of ability. and once held valuable
mining concessions in South Africa and
Madagascar.
Last night a man whose identity is uu-
known deliberately lay down In front OF
q train ut Pittsburg. Pa, with MS neck on
the rail and allowed the train to cut off
his head. A letter was found on the corpse
addressed to Mrs. E. NJ. Obermiller. To
edo. Ohio. On the mans collar were the
initials IF. Ii. F."
The steam tug. Sadie B., the first steamer
land. Oregon, yesterday. The locks have
been under construction for more than fif-
teen years by the United States government.
and are practically completed. but they
viii. not be formally opened for traffic until
about November 10.
Chiles Grimes killed lis son-in law. Lu-
ther Whtmore, near Mo5erly. Mo. yester-
day morning Whitmore's wife was re-
Gently i'll. and her sister. aged about eight
cen, went to wait on the sick woman. Willie
at Whitmore's, it is alleged, he betrayed
the young girl, who confessed to her father.
The wife was stopping at her fathers.
The husband came To the house. Mr.. Grimes
commenced firing, emptying his revolver
anu loading up again.
George Edwards. first baseman OF the
yineiand. \. j.. ball team. got into a quar-
rel with George Cole. colored, on the Fourth
1f July. In the melee Edwards was bitten
on one side OF his face by Cole. Edwards
paid little attention to the wound. and it
quickly healed up without leaving a scar.
Several days ago sore broke out on his
face where lie had been bitten In spite Of
medical assist ance the sore continued TO
spread. Edwards is now suffering with vio-
lent pains in his neck and breast. and says
he aches all through his boiy. The physi-
clan says Edwards is suffering from blood
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