The news boy., 1896-04-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

MARQUIS III RrpI3I, italian prime
minister, has appriscd the vatican that
the cxcquaturs hitherto accorded to
Italian bishops will he withheld unless
the pope permits Catholics to taltc part
in public elections.
THE house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce decided to post
ponc indefinitely the consideration of
the bill proposing a reduction of Pull
man palace car rates.
The senate committee on nmricul-
ture. on the 1ith. authorized Senator
Warren to make favorable report up
on the animal industry bill.
THERE is probability that Gen. o.
o. Howard may be named as racrnhcr
of the board of managers OF soldiers
homes. to succeed Gen. Franklin.
EXPERIMENTS at London do not ver-
ify the claims OF Chicago doctors that
the "N'' rays are destructive of the
baccilt of contagious disease.
THE Potts Bros, Iron Co. posted no.
ticcs in its mills at ruttstown, Pa, on
the 18th, that the wages of it, pud-
dlers will be increased. May I, from
S.. .a5 to s.. - per ton. About one hun
drcd and fifty men will bc benefited
by the change.
w. Il. PETERS and John Voncy, both
engravers, were arrested by federal
officers in Chicago, OH thu lith, ON a
charge Of making and selling counter
felt postage stamps.
AN explosion took place in collie ry
at Wilmington. near Durham. England.
on the i4th. Eight miners are known
to have been killed, and it is believed
that ls in all will lose their lives.
THE executive committee of the Ma
tional Association of Democratic clu bs
convened at Washington, on the 14th,
and called national convention of the
clubs. to meet at st. Louis on Septem-
ber 30.
THE organiza tiOn OF 4 Dunkard colony
has been completed at Anderson, Ind.
taking in % families. They have closed
lease on 1000 acres of land in North
Dakota, and will move June / to their
new home.
WARRANTS were issued. on the 18th,
from the United States district at
torney's office in Philadelphia for the
arrest of John ID. Hart, owner of the
steamer Bermuda. and the ships Of
ficers, on the charges of tilibustering.
JOSEPH ZLAMEL was elcctrocuted in
| the state prison at Clinton, \. Y, on
| the 14th. He murdered his sweet.
heart, Theresa Kamora, by cutting her
throat at JohnStown on August 80
1895.
BURGLARS blew up a safe and
! wrecked bank building at Diagonal
| Ia, at a. m. of the 18th. Citizens
were awakened and opened fire, an6
the burglars left their tools and flee
without booty. A bottle of unex
ploded nitro-glycerin was still inside
the. safe, and the bankers feared t.
open it.
{, AT Central City, COL, during cast
in court, on the 18th, Smaucl Coving
ton, a visitor charged with endeavor
ing to intimidate witness, denied tn
assertion hotly, and being threatened
with arrest, pulled a gun and lSille,
ex-Mayor Williams and MORTAL,
wounded City Marshal Kehler. Gov
ington while endeavoring to escape
was shot dead by Henry Leaman.
i BURGLARS looted the private bank il
Pioneer, o., on the night of the 18th
They succeeded in opening the vaul
without the use of explosives, an,
then, after probably taking all that i
contained changed the combination s
that The vault could not be opened.
Two EXPLOSIONS of powder in one 0
the buildings of the Chicago Fireworls
, Co., near Crosse Point, H., on tn
J 18th, killed three employees and in jure
, q number of others. The buildin
J was badly wrecked, and the ruins wer
almost entirely destroyed by fire.
1T is said to be impossible to estimat
the numbers of the belligerent Mata
; beles in South Africa. The Who'll
; country is now in the hands of tn
rehellious natives. and they are mss!
ling IN great tosee,