Warren sheaf., 1896-12-31

Montpelier, Ind. killed George Hickok
and Harry Wood and greatly damaged
the property OF the Umpire G!ycerin
company.
President Cleveland has approved the
general pension, and urgent deficiency
appropriation bills.
BY the explosion of steam pipe in
the city hall in Baltimore James Reilly
and Charles Robertson were fatally
scalded.
Miss Anna Held, the French actress,
who is playing at the Grand opera
house in Pittsburgh, sang on the pub
lie streets of the city for the benefit OF
q charitable institution and over $500
was poured into her carriage.
w. II. Jones, county treasurer Of Bar
ry county, Mo-, for the past four years,
is said to be short $4,000 in his ac-
counts.
There were 2s7 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 25th, against 367 the week
previous and 322 in the corresponding
period of 1905.
Fire destroyed the Huffman house
block in Rockford, ILL.,, the total loss be-.
lug $175,ooo. @
The home of Philip McKim. near
Franklin. Pa. was burned and three
little children perished in the flames.
The Columbia, known as the old Dcx-
ev thsater building, was burned at An
derson, Ind. the loss being 100000.
The Calumet state bank at Blue
Island, Ill.,, closed it's doors with liza
bilities of $4,000. ,.M.4
Jay Van Scyoc and Earl Campbe::.,
two young men of Valley, Neb., were
drowned while skating on lake. I'D.
Lewis H. James and John Branzeil,
oystermen of Annapolis, Md, were
frozen to death.
Fire partly destroyed the New York
Polytechnic hospital in New York and
compelled the removal of its patients,
drove score of families from their
homes in adjoining buildings and did
$5OO.0OO damage.
At Wilkesbarre, Pa, fire destroyed St
Stephens Episcopal church, the loss be
ing 100000.
For the five months of the present
fiscal year the decrease in the general
collection of internal revenue has been
1851, ,957.
the settlement of an old feud John
Adams and Charles Simpson killed each
other near New Madrid, Mo.
: While attending Christmas dinner,
John Drake Townsend, one of the lead
ers of the New York bar, died suddenly.
In quarrel over a buffalo robe at
Iiathbunville, N. Y, C1oyd Meyers shot
and killed William Allen and William
Harrington. @ &s ~
The United States customs authori-
ties have unearthed another gigantic
Chinese certificate fraud by which hun.
dreds of Chinese have gained admission
to Seattle, Wash. g .:.@@s
Thirteen Kentucky eloping couples
celebrated Christmas by going to JEFF
fersonville, Ind. and being married..
AS result Of gas explosion in the
mine of the Maule Coal company at
Princeton, Ind, six men were, killed
and eight badly injured.
A large part of the business portion
Iloss being 100000.
A train on the Birmingham Mineral
railroad went through the iron bridge
over the Cahaba river about q mlies
from Birmingham, Ala, and was pre-
Scipitated into an abyss ITO feet deep,
and p of the passengers were mangIed
and burned to death. The accident was
charged to train wreckers.
Liliuokalani, the Hawaiian ex-queen,
took the first sleigh-ride of her life in
Boston.
Max Becker, 80 years old, waiter,
shot and killed his wife and then com
nitted suicide in New York. He was
insane.
During drunken quarrel at: Hinton,
". Va, John Legg' AMI his brother Rich
ard were killed by William Moore.
Alfred Holt (colored), the murderer
of Police Officer n. White, was taken
from Jail by mob at Owensboro, KY,
and hanged to tree in the courthouse
yard.
Joseph D. Weeks, editor of the Ameri-
can Manufacturer, died at his home in
Pittsburgh, Pa, from stroke of paraly-
sis.
Fire destroyed most of the business
portion Of the town of Miami, Fla.
The Security Mortgage and Trust
company. financial concern at Dallas,
Tex, failed for $2,0OO,O00.
The remains of Kate Field were cre-
mated in San Francisco and the ashes
sent east for interment.
The Atlas national bank Of Chicago
has gone into voluntary liquidation.
All depositors will be paid in full.
Otto Wasmansdorff. senior partner
IN the collapsed bank of Wasmansdorfr
& Heinemann, of Chicago. killed him
self by shooting.