The Dickinson press., 1896-05-16
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would rather be hanged than spend his
life In prison.
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reign G0ssip.
Baron HeikinS has been appointed
German minister ut Peking.
y'he Socialists were successful In tile
municipal elections held ut AIarseilles.
A dispatch received in London from
Naples says it is rumored there that
an anarchist plot against King Hum
bert has been discovered.
On the news of the death of the shah
reaching Constantinople Shiek Diem
Eleddin. the Persian agitator who Is
supposed to have been the instigator
OF the assassination uf the shah, was
arrested. He was subsequently re.
leased.
Sir Charles rupper, premier OF Can
ada, has moved an appeal to the elect
ors of the Dominion. over his own sig
nature. He calls upon the electors to
exercise their calm judgment. and de-
eide between the conservatives and the
Reformers.
The French eXcavators ut Delphi
have unearthed life-size bronze statue
OF a beardlcSs man the largest vet dis
covered. The date of tho work is 5UO
Il. G.. The statue is hold ng the bride
figure have also been foul I'd.
Princess Louise of Denmark, eldest
daughter of the Crown Prince Freder-
ick. who was born in 1879. and Prince
Frederick of -Lippe, cous-
IN of the rci@ning Prince George, who
was born in 1865. were married Mt the
palace of Amalaicnbu:g.
There is need for Il new extradltion
treaty between the United States aud
Germany in the judgment Of the Ger
man embassy in Washington, as re-
vealed in the published diplomatic cor
respondence of the state department
for last year
Herr Strobach. anti-Semite. has been
elected blrgomaster Of Vienna In the
place OF DIR. Lucger, who resigned at
the request of Emperor Francis Jo-
scph. Herr StrObach announced that
he would resign at the proper moment
In favor Of DIR. I.ueger.
King Humhert has donated 4OONU
francs to the families of the soldiers
killed and wounded in the African
campaign, without any distinction be-
Ing made between Italians and native
troops who fought in the service OF
Itn!y. The king has also donated 1OO,-
GOO francs to the Red Cross society for
the benefit of the wounded.
\ dispatch from Mrs. John Hays
Hammond Mt Cape Town says:" Ham
mond suffers in heroic silence. His
| comrades OF the reform committee en-
dure with noble courage the penalties
due to Jameson. who is the lion Of the
hour in London. Mr.. Hammond's
heart is in a critical condition. The
prison fare is very bad"
-Four hundred union plumbers, gas
filters and steam filters of Kansas
| City went on strike for eight hours.
The Gcrman-American Title company
| made an assignment at Louisville, Ky.
Assets, S225,00o: liabilities. S2O9.GOO.
The 300 employees at the Marine Il
Hart window glass works at Muncie,
Ind, are off on another strike.
The firm Of +. and &. Friend & Co.,
wholesale dealers in leaf tobacco, at
12O Maiden Lane, New York, failed.
Liabilities, S20O,O0O.
There was whale hunt in Delaware
bay below Philadelphia. A sixty-foot-
CT was seen floating along majestic
| ally. II was q dead one.
Doctors of st. .Joseph's hospital, In
Lexington, Ky, extracted bullet
from ncgro's boys foot after locat
ing it by means Of y rays
The Indians in the Alaska district
are preparing to go on the war path.
The news reached Victoria by the
| steamer Sitka.
George, Austin W., William j.. Ed.
| gar a. and Albert q. Follett. who com.
posed the firm of George FOllett 4
| Co.. wool dealers, New York, made an
| assignment.
The schooner Viking, which left San
francisco on Nov. ID for the South
! seas, is Il month overdue and fears are
expressed for her safety. The Viking
carried a crew Of eight men.
The United States gunboat Concord,
| which has been stationed with the Asi.
attic squadron for the last five years,
has arrived ut San Francisco from
the Orient coming by the way Of Hon.
olulu.
The Moulton Leather company. hav.
ing factories at Lynn. Mass. assigned
to a. W. Pope & Co. of Boston for
S135.OOO. Most of the claims against
! the corporation are held in New York
and Philadelphia.
Judge L. G. Foster of the United
States district court appointed c. o.
Knowles T. &. Noel and Bennett Il.
Wheeler receivers for the Investment
Trust Company of America, doing
business in Topeka, Kan.
Rev. Nathan Il. Wood, pastor of the
First Baptist church. Boston. surprised
his congregation when he announced
his withdraw from connection
with the Auxiliary league Of the Sal.
vution army. He says Gen. Booth is
q dcSpOt.
The extradition of w. A. Turner and
William Dunlop. who We're arrested
in London on the charge of having
stolen iewclry valued at 100000 be-
lonyin" to /. Townsend Burden of New
Yorl; was granted at the Bow street
police court today.