The evening times., 1896-10-21
Wire Briefs.

A syndicate ofpNcw York real estate op
orators are planning the erection in tina
city of building thirty three stories high
Speaker Reed addressed large crow d il
Joliet. ILL.,, last night and received much
applause as he discussed the money ques
ton. II
Lord Brassey, governor of Victoria, pro
poses grand defensive league of the Anglo
Saxon races to, secure the peace of the
world.
The Swedish government has decided to
ask The next Riksdas for credits for money
to build warships nd begin the fortifcation
of the Gulf Of Bothnia.
At Cresco, Iowa, Mrs. Grace nunoo
Farns"orth was accidentally killed by
| bhiieJ from q rule in the hands OF heI
husband yesterday afternoon.
The stoucware works OF Whilmorc Rob
inson x Co, in East Akron. Ohio, were de
| stroyed by fire at midnight last night
! Loss, $500. 900; Insurance. 100000.
John Benner, well-known farmer OF
Frederick county. Md, was almost in
stantly killed Monday evening in the vii
| lage of Urbana by being thrown from his
| horse.
The Conigisky Dry Goods Company, one
of the largest in Peoria. H., WAS closed by
the sheriff yesterday on judgment amount
| ing TO $4,000. I he firm claim assets in
| double the amount.
| The First Baptist Church of Laurel, Mo.
was destroyed by fire last night, and the
| Masonic Temple was ruined. The aggre-
gate loss is estimated at SO 900, and the
| insurance at Sc 300 -.H -... .sF.
John e. Pinkerton, master of transpor-
! tation of the Kansas City. Memphis and
Birmingham Railroad, with headquarters
in Birmingham. Ala. was killed by the cars
| yesterday at sullgent, Ala.
| Fire broke ont in the two upper stories
of the big four-stOry brick building at Nos.
= aud s Wabash avenue, Chicago, at
u'cloCk this morning and destroyed prop
| erty estimated at S25. coo
| Near Westchester, Pa, yesterday morn
| ing the express train from Philadelphia
| struck and Instantly killed Mrs Minnie
| Smith, wife Of Harry F. Smith, at grade
! crossing close to Green Hill Station, near
| to Which point she lived. . ...- ..
AT meeting of clerg ymcn Of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church Of the United States,
htlb III w " i'i NJ ~ was d''it'u w VI -"A
i,e an army of uniformed evangelsts, who
Will compete with the Salvation Army in
religious work among the poor.
George Godfrey. proprietor Of cor
fectiunary sture and restaurant lii Wash
inStoD. Pa, committed suicide in his
bedroom this morning by shooting himself
in the head with n revolver. 1l!-health is
supposed TO have caused the act.
The Irish National Alliance of New York.
through its president, has demanded that
the State Department AT Washington take
action in the case of Edward J. Ivory, Of
New York. arn,stef'in England on suspi-
cion of connection with an alleged dyna-
mite plot.
Charles r. FlckcnGcr. farmer. living
five miles southeast Of Colby, Kan attempt
ed 20 81 his wife and then hanged himself
10 the roof Of his stable. Breeding over
financial losses is supposed 10 have un-
balanced his mind His wife is severely
injured, ond her condition is critical.
Jeff Messenger. wife and little child, #
Iieath's Greek. Pa, We're in buggy last
evening when the horse ran away and leap
ed over an embankment fifteen feet high.
Mrs Messenger ~ IN critical Condition,
her skull being r;tcturcd The husband is
badly bruised. but tie child was uniniured
Tie Evening Reporter Il daily Republican
paper, published In Burlington. n j.. sus-
pended with It's Monday issue. In the an
ncuncemcnt of suspension, tie proprietor.
D. W Z. Murphy. stated that times wer"
hard. and that he had become tired of
working for nothing and finding himself
y newspaper and ma gaZ zine writer named
Gutenberg KILLED his Wife, his three chi
dren aud himself It ElascwitZ, near DrrS-
den. Germany, yesterday, by putting pois-
ou in their food. Gutenberg had tccome
desponient and desperate through his in
creaSing iinluy eTiShment and failure to Oh
tain employment.
No: content with breaking and entering
stores and dwellings in different parts OF
Cape May county. y. j., The gang that has
been doing the work, Monday night de-
ternired TO show their bravery aud disre-
gard of the county .Lthorities by breaking
and entering the county jail, and escaped.
after completely ransackng everything
G. J. Pettibone proprietor OF an Elkhart
Lake kesummcr-cSort. near Fond du Lac Wis,
and also proprietor Of a large dry goods
store III that city made an assignment
yesterday for the benefit of creditors.
Mr.. Pe,tibone places his assets at $40. 600.
a:id tanks the liabilities VIII come with
IN that figure
Mrs. Ellen McKirdy, of Allegheny, Pa,
has been lying in Il trance for eight days.
week ago Monday night she retired in
an apparently healthy condition, but in
the morning ber husband found her seem
ingly dead. Doctors Were called and found
the woman tn he in o coma or trance She
breaks her trance occasionally by opening
her eyes and saying, barely above e
whisper: John, dear John, I'm in heav-
en-
Awakened from a sleep early yesterday
morning. Frank Lirsert, OF South kirer.
n. j.. was attacked by two burglars
and shot by one of them. When Lipseft
reused from his sleep he fired a shot at the
burglars but before he could see whether
his shot had taken effect or not there was a
flash. and Lipsert sank back on his cot.
crying out with pain. Lirsert was brought
to Wells Memorial Hospital, in New Bruins
wick, where he lies in Il precarious ccndi
ton. The burglars made their escape.
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