The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-30
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.

Lima, Peru, was shaken by an earths
quake.
Joseph Spaeth, tho Austrian gynecolo-
gist, is dead.
Abraham Wiley, the celebrated aboli'
zionist, is dead
johnson breaker No. at Priceburg,
Pa, was totally destroyed by fire. Loss,
$780, ,000
Senior Perreira, Portuguese vineyard
owner, who leaves fortune Of 92, ,000, 900,
is dead.
The Russian bark Linda Morgenroder
rescued the crew Of the steamer Volusia on
Bermuda.
The.Glenmore norsted mills at Phila
delphia were destroyed by fire. The loss
is $145, 900.
James whitcomb Riley, the "Hoosic
poet" who has been sick for several days,
Is much better.
E.ore than 200 men were arrested as re-
suit of -aids on William Skakels bucket
shops in Chicago.
Inc Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
hare arrived In London cftcr their ex-
tended wedding trip.
The farm buildings and stock of Fred
Fletcher of Starks, Me-, were burned.
Loss estimated at $S000
The report that Dannie Daley, the
featherweight boxer. had been killed by y
train in Missouri was an error.
Lord Chief Justice Russell of England
will visit America aud take part In .
conference OF iurists at Saratoga.
Mrs. Elizabeth Charles, author Of many
historical novels characterized by o deep
religious feeling, died in London.
j. w. Clay, an aged journalist, died at
Huntsville, Ala, after a long sickness, re-.
sulti,. g from stroke OF paralysis.
AS the Jesuit of raid made on the
Broderick place at North Adams, Mass,
1900 gallons of hard cider were condscated.
A son was born to the wife OF George =.
Gould at New York. Mrs. Gould Is now
the mother OF two daughters and three
sons.
The exports OF specie last week amounted
20 $le6,9O in gold and SS32 73i in silver.
The imports were: Gold, s37,972; silver.
t72, 900.
The William Koch Importing company,
manufacturers Of toys, Baltimore, made
an assignment Assets are valued 1T $780,
coo, Liabilities mt $4,000.
Thomas Roach committed suicide 81
Woburn, Mass, by cutting his throat
with a razor. He cut almost to the spine,
separating the windpipe
Twelve buildings were destroyed and
two schooners badly damaged by fire ~
Lockport, N. s. The total loss will be
between 49,, 900 and $4,000.
Fire at Middletown, N. Y, destroyed the
home of Patrick McGuinness. The body
OF McGuinness, aged 80. was found In the
ruins with the head burned of.
Burglars entered Alfred w. Chichester
e. Co. IS grocery store at South NorwAlk,
Conn. An attempt to blew open the safe
proved only partially successful
The 1lth game Of the ohampionshiD
chess match Of the United STATES was ven
by Showalter The score now standsp
Showalter, 8; Kemeny, 8; 8 drawn.
Edward King, we'll. known author and
correspondent, died in Brooklyn. He was
born at Middlefleld, Mass, In July, 1exS,
and at an early age began writing for the
press, both In prose and verse.
During quarrel at Newark, N. j.,
Frank Polow was shot and probably
fatally wounded by his brothcr-in-lsw,
Theodore dc Falco. The cause of the
quarrel is at present unknown.
Two warehouses of the Pleasure Ridge
Park Distillery coihpany at Louisville
were totally destroyed by fire. The total
loss Is about s425, 600 of which $50, 900 10
on bonded whisky, $4,000 on free whisky
end the remainder on the buildings.