The evening times., 1896-08-20
Briefs BY ire

III hsoiroc COUNTY, ~. u, James Hoacy
was killed :srtshssa pAobfosk by the son Of
Louis Crotty
Snow Tell near McMichacls, Pa, ycster-
| day. morning. This is the first Of the sea
son in this region
Consul General Lee at Havana has telc
graphcj denial OF the report that Pearce
! Atkinson of Chicago has been killeii Cuba.
Annie Jaffc, aged twenty years, commit-
| ted suicide by Jumping from a ,hird-story
wiiisicw at-the7H Home for EaIlen Women at
| Baltimore.
| Ensign borne and seventeen members OF
| the Salvation Army were arrested at At
lantic City last night, on the c harge OF block
! ing the streets.
DR.. s. r. Razee, editor OF the Curtis, Neb.,
Courier. was assaulted on the street yes
terday by Simon Cary, who shot him twice.
Both wounds .,are serious.
| 1t is reported from Buenos Ayres that
| American capitalists will give $50 ,00O.-
| COO in silver in exchange for $1O0,O6c.-
| 600 in Argentine gold bonds.
Thomas Hill, u, landscape painter OF ma
tionai reputation, was stricken with paraly
| sis u few days ago at his studioin remote
part of the Yosemite Valley.
Dwight NJ. Lowrey has resigned as a
member OF the Pennsylvania Democratic
State Committee, because he cannot sup
| port the Chica go candidates and platform.
The appraisers OF the personal estate of
Hamilton Disston have filed with the regis
| ter OF wills of Philadelphia an inventory Of
the personal estate, amounting to So, $780,
OO6.1O.
Walker Adams, a resident of Bedford, N.
Y. in desperate. encounter last night
with two burglars shot and seriously wound
| ed both. Mr. Adams also received serious
wounds.
Emmet Bishop. age ififty years, was taken
into custody yesterday by Scranton, Pa,
| police, charged with enticing Anna Einig
| aged eighteen years. from her home in Phil
adelphia.
The Journal. the Democratic organ OF
Wisconsin. and the only Democratic Eng
lish paper in Milwaukee,. has come out
strongly Tor the Democratic sound money
movement.
While at work in the box factory a { tn ma
qua, Pa. Howard Fenstermachers arm
INeS Spe oti oA ACNplNihs hhiNCo" hS " as
not aware OF the accident until he saw the
bleeding stump.
H. kabayskc. Confidential secretary TO
President Asano, OF the Toyo Kisen Kasha
Steamship Line. denies the statement that
San Diego. Cal. has been definitely settled col
rs the terminus of the line.
| Jacob L. Luse. OF Marksboro, n. j.,
| committed suicide yesterday by hanging
| himself 10 a barn. Only q siIort time
| before hanging himself re was secn smok-
| ing his pipe. saprarently happy and cen
| tented with life.5r .,,..t. .,,- s,.
| Rev. John H. Stewart, aged sixty years.
and Tor thirt tyttw6 yea RS a member Of the
Methodist ministry. was struck by an en-.
| Eine while driving over a railway crossing
near his home in Cataraqui. Ontario. on
| Tuesday night and killed. ~ - 7'' 2
| Fire destroyed the Van Vert County Ohio.
| Infirinary Yesterday. Thirty inmates bare
ly escaped with their lives aud in their
night clothes. Two were badly burned. an
| old woman had ftih arms broken. aud halt
a dozen suffered siigh, injuries.
| The body of Paul Rose, Weld county.
Colo cattIeman. who was murdered re.
| Ds tsttllt Has DcClt
| in the sand near tile Colorado -Nebraskan
iiae. His herd Was found In the possession
! of al Cochran. king Of the cattle rustlers
| OF Colorado and Nebraska.
Mrs. Samuel Griffi,hS. OF Philadelphia,
| saved s r. Fregeilas at Cape May, yes
terday. The man had boen seized with a
| cramp wien Just within his depth and sud
| denly found himself helpless, His cries
for help We're lieard by Mrs. Griffiths, who
piuckily hurried TO his aid.
| While John Manners. ugad about twent "
| three years. OF Trenton. n. j., was swinging,
| with another man, the former lost his hold
| and fell to the ground. Before Manners
could be removed from his pcrilous posi-
| tiua the swing had struck him three times
ON the forehead. rendering him uncon-
| scicus and crushing his skull.
| Ex "A sSistant Postmaster Mackey, OF
1 Allegheny Pa has been arrested on a
charge of cmbezzlemeDt tits alleged that
| Mackcy and ex-rostmaster Gilliiand re.
ceived a check for $500 frcm the govern.
meDt to pay fer the rental of stamp can.
| ceiIipg machine for the six months prior
| TO their removal. and that the money was
not paid
Charged with having attempted 20 lie.
| stroy by fire the stables attached to f. c
Evans Hotel. at Johnstown, Pa. Mrs.
Rucben Chamberlain was yesterday com.
| mitted 10 the county Jail The prisoners
OVID daughter testified that the reason
l given by her mother for setting fire to the
| stable was that the hotel proprietor had
| soil liquor 70 her husband. so that he came
| home drunk.
George McCaulcy, one Of the prominent and
wealthy mining men of this city. and part
! owner of the Cariboo Gold Mine. at Trail. b.
| c., was held up by a masked lone highway
| man yesterday afternoon in the mountains
/ few miles from the mines. and q t the point
| of a rifle was compelled 10 hand over 81 400
| III gold bricks, the last months output OF
The Cariboo, which he was bringing to
Spokane. Wash.
Because he did not receive what he
| deemed adequate compensation for right OF
way on his property, James Bisanzin. oi
Perrysburg. Ohio. yesterday attempted tc
drive off al electric railroad construction
gang ngwithdynaInite. Thecxplosive wentefi
| in Bsa rzn's hand, and manned him SO hat
he will die. Z. n. Pratt. foreman OF con-
| struction was frightfully injured. but win
| probably survive. e
GEN. HARRISON SAVED HIS LIFE