The news boy., 1896-05-16

on the 9th, ordered q favorable report
on the bill granting an increase 10 Sl1
per month of pension TO the survivors
of the Mexican and indian wars and
10 their widows, with proviso, how.
ever, that no widow who was not mar
ried to the soldier or sailor prior to
March 10, 1885, should be entitled to
The benefits Of the act.
JOSEPH J. MARTIN, who was treas.
nrer Of Philadelphia from 1878 to 1883,
ana head of the cattle.shipping firm Of
Martin, Fuller & Co., Of that city,
which was the frst to develop mar
ket for beeves in foreign countries,
died, on the eth, aged 70 years.
The claim of Adah Richmond; the
actress, that she married John Stetson,
the Boston theatrical manager and
millionaire, in 1871, in Providence, r.
l., has no official record in that city to
support it.
The treasury gold reserve, at the
close of business on the 7th, stood at
sl1e,0s4, 12A The days Withdrawals
amounted to $o8,OOo
CARDINAL LUIGI GAtrMBERrr. titulat
archbishop of Nice and formerly papal
nuncio at Vienna, died at Suehtein, near
Dusseldorf, Prussia, on the 7th, from
throat trouble. He was born in Rome
In 1885 and created cardinal in 1893.
The riding school attached to the
University Of Heidelburg, Germany,
was burned on the night of the 9Th,
| and two women, two children and 81
| horses We're burned to death.
Mr.. AUBRY BEARDsLEY, the English
artist who was reported to be very i'll
in Brussels, has recovered his health,
and resumed his work in London.
TIE United States war ship Mime.
apolis sailed from Southampton, on
the 7th, for Cronstadt.
HENRY SAYLoR, while delirous from
fever, leaped from third-story win.
dow of st. Joseph's hospital, Fort
I Wayne, Ind, on the 7th, and received
injuries which caused his death an
hour later. He was 81 years old and
leaves wife and five children at Ant.
werp, O.
DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL
WILLIAM TILeuMAN, of Guthrie, OKLA,
received draft for 81 900, on the 7th,
from the Rock Island Railway Co., for
the capture of Bill Raider, the outlaw,
recently convicted.
THE Deutsche- -Asiatich bank at Ber.
lin, on the 7th, paid to the agent of the
government Of japan the sum of s4,.
100000 marks as part of the Chinese
war indemnity.
has been driven out of Cuba by Gen.
Weyler. THE Butcher" and Bernal
parted bitter enemies, and are likely
to fight duel if they meet in Spain.
The jury at Columbus. O., on the 7th
in the case of Ohio VS.. ex-State Seuatos
John L. Geyer, of Paulding, indicted
for alleged solicitation of bribes, re-
turned verdict of not guilty.
BY vote of 425 to 90 the Methodist
general conference at Cleveland, O., on
the 7th, decided that the four women
delegates might retain their seats.
PETROLEUM of good quality has been
found eight miles east of Guthrie
Okla, and there is much excitement.
THE Citizens bank of Union City
Ind, closed it's doors, on the sth, be-
cause of inability to collect. There
had been quiet Withdrawals from the
bank by depositors, and when the city
and school trcasurers withdrew their
accounts the bank had not a dollar
left. The liabilities are $4,000, anc
the assets Sl35,OoO.
A ROME IN. Y.) jury in the case O.
John Watson Hildreth, one of the boy!
who wrecked New York Central eX
press train, returned a verdict, on the
sth, of murder in the second degree
and he was sentenced to Auburn prison
for life. Theodore Hibbard and Her.
bert Plato, his two accomplices, got AZ
years each.
RoMULUs CoTELL, the murderer o
the Stone family at Tallmadge, O..
pleaded not guilty, on the sth, wher
arraigned before Judge Kohler, o
Akron, although he had previously
; confessed the crimes. Attorneys wer,
appointed to defend him, but the dats
of the trial was not fixed.
!, The treasury gold reserve, at th'
,, close of business on the 9th, stood a
sir, 1,65G,3l4. The days withdrawal
amounted to 81, 544, 400.