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hotel in Valley City. N. d., as Thomas
Owens and wife, were found dead,
clnsped in each others arms. Prussic
acid had been taken.
j. j. Crowley. supervising special
agent Of the treasury, In his annual re-
port states that the number OF arrests
made during the year for violations OF
the customs laws was IS; number OF
seizures. 1886. The receipts for the
year exceeded those of thu preceding
year by $s.05s.iss.
Secretary OF Agriculture Morton in
his fourth annual report says that ~
per cent. of the farms In the United
States occupied by their owners are alb
soIntely free from mortgages or other
membranes, and he refutes the idea
prevailing that the farmers are almost
universally in debt, respondent ard suf-
fering. During the last fiscal year the
exported products OF American fgrms
aggregated s570, 100000, an increase of
$4,000. 900 over the preceding year.
Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather
bureau. says In his annual report that
timely warnings of all severe storms
likely TO cause injury TO shipping wers
sent 10 all maritime stations and ~.
suited in almost incalculable benefit
The average percentage OF verification
OF the bureaus forecasts during the
year was S2.4 per cent. an Improvement
of "a per cent. over that of last year.
In riot during dance at the home
of Charles johnson, east OF Lebanon.
Ind, Jack" Dowden and jeffrey Gull
don were fatally hurt.
The collier steamer San Benito. bound
from Tacoma 70 San Francisco, went
ashore seven miles north of Point Arena.
| Cal, and six OF the crew were drowned.
An electric locomotive that will run
200 miles an hour has just been com
pleted at the Baldwin locomotive works
in Philadelphia.
| A caboose attached 10 a work train
on the Licking Valley railroad jumped
the track and rolled down a 40-foot EN-
bankment near Ashland. KY, and 30 per
sons were injured, some fatally.
An unknown man and woman who
registered as George Wilson and wife
were found dead IN their bed in a room
at the Standard hotel in New York,
having been suffocated by illuminating
gas.
AS result of the flood in the Skagitt
river the town of Hamilton, Wash, Is
complete wreck.
Willy Haas. who cut the throat of Mrs.
Emma Brader. his employers wife, at
| Covedale, o., was convicted of muir
der and will be the first victim of the
electric chair In Ohio.
On Manhattan neld in New York the
contest for the American champion
ship at football was won by the Prince
ton college team, the Yale forces be-
| ing defeated by score OF "a toe.
The First national bank OF East Sag
NAV, Mich, closed its doors with liza
bilities OF 100000.
James Michael, the little Welshman,
rode 20 miles 1923 yards in an hour at
Memphis. Tenn, lowering the Ameri-
can hour record two miles.
While skating on n pond near Wau-
paca. Wis. Ret Brown. aged 81, and Ira
Gibson broke through the ice and were
! drowned.
David NJ. Wright. aged II years. died
from injuries received while playing
football at Austin. Ill.
George w. q. Ferris. who conceived
and built the world-famous Ferris
wheel. died at the Mercy hospital in
Pittsburgh, Pa, OF typhoid fever. aged
3s years.
Five children OF Snyder Neal. living
ave miles north of Hamilton. Mo-. were
burned to death while the parents were
attending a dance.
In riot at Cleveland between a score
o: Hungarians and as many lrishmen
many men were stabbed. two fatally.
The visible supply of grain in the
| United States on the 23d was: Wheat
s9.051 900 bushels; corn. 1s.I50.000 bush.
els: oats. 2.20s. 900 bushels; rye. 1861,
600 bushels; harley. 6.146. 900 bushels
Mrs. Casper Laboy. of Nesqueboning
Pa. was stabbed 10 death and her hus-
band fatally slashed by robbers.
At belmont, Pa, John Tarr. aged ?,
years. shot and killed his wife and then
committed suicide. They were not liv
inR together.
Patrick Meagher. a justice Of the
peace at Gilberts. H.. and his mother
were suffocated by coal gas at their
home.
a temporary prison at Mena. Ark.
was burned and Tom Casey and II. Hop
lSins, confined for disorderly conduct
persisted in the flames.
For the first time in nearly 20 years
the national republican party closed
the campaign with all it's debts paid and
a surplus of 100000 in IT'S treasury.
Miss Clara Barton, president OF the
Red Cross society, in her report OF tn,
work of the Armenian relief expedi
tion In Asia Memoir says that $4,000 Ar
menians will starve unless helped by
May I.
The report of Gen. ]. c. Breckenridge
inspector general OF the army OF the
United States, speaks highly Of the
army as being in ms good condition In
respect to instruction. discipline, equip.
rent and supplies as ever before in IL,
history.