The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-02-13


republican committee Saturday Gov.
ernor Levi P. Morton was unanimous
ly indorSed for the g. o, p. nomination
for president
Three masked men committed a
bold robbery Thursday morning at the
railroad depot in Milan, Tenn, secur.
ing money and valuables from eight
or ten persons
Senator Hansbrough, the Russian
thistle statssman from Devils Lake,
will have another try at Secretary
Morton this week when his free seed
resolution will bs taken up.
The friends Of the administration in
the senatef sra determined to defeat
the house tariff bill. II is likely they
may add some amendments which will
exceedingly embarrass their republi-
can colleagues.
While four boys we're squirrel hunt
ing near Msynardville, Tenn, a tree
fell and struck Elzie kits, aged ten,
on the head, crushing his skull. After
four hours terrible suffering the boy
died in great agony.
During a raid on big moonshine
still in Montgomery county, Ark, Sat
urday night, the Rev. J. T. Dodgers AN
Adventist minister, was captured, to-
gether with two other men who were
operating the diatillery.
The feature OF the dinner TO Richard
Croker at the Hotel Savoy in New
York last Saturday night was the pre-.
sentation OF q massive silver loving
cup to the ex-chieitain. The cup will
hold two gallons and weighs 21O
ounces.
The republican senators at Wash
ington have made up their differences
with the populists, and nominated H.
I. Grant, of North Carolina, to succeed
sergestst-Arms Bright, and A. ].
Shaw, Of Washington, to succeed Sec
retary Cox.
l
Joseph 3. Dunlop, proprietors o
the Chicago Dispatch, has been cen.
fenced to two years in the penitentiary
and q fine OF $4,000 for circulating
through the mails indecent matte,
contained in the daily issues Of his
newspaper.
The two Bristol, Elisabethton &
North Carolina locomotives, which
we're recently leased to the Cincinnati
Southern, were sold Monday by Trus-
tee A. H, Blanchard. They were pur.
chased by B. L. Dulaney and J. H,
Caldwell for 5000 cash In hand.
The democratic executive commit.
tee ofTexas has ordered two stote con-
ventions to be held. delegates to both
TO be selected at the same primaries.
At the primaries the voters are to be
given an opportunity OF voting for OF
against free silver coinage OF 16 to1.
| Simpson Cummings was shot and
killed at Coal Greek last week. He
Was under sentence of ten years in the
penitentiary for the murder of James
Perry at Knoxville last year. He had
been granted a new trial, however
and when shot made dying state
ment that he was the murderer o.
Perry.
The body Of John Melton was iounC
! in First Greek, Knoxville, on the I'll
inst. where he had been drowned
The coroners jury thought that h,
r had been hit in the head before h,
: was thrown into the creek. He was ,
: Mexican pensioner and is supposed t.
have been murdered and robbed, q
be was known to have money on hin
the day before.
e Bessie Nelson, the 14.year old dAugt
ter Of G. T. Nelson, who formerly live
at Huntingdon, w. Va, but is no,
employed 10 Knoxville, made star
fling confession last Friday evening
3 She claims that while returning fror
wake at Huntingdon three week
i ago, late at night, William Billur
n gave her drug and committed
! criminal assault upon hsr. Since the
she has Been dangerously i'll and
;, suffering With monomanis. She is
very pretty girl and borea good repl
;, tation. Billups has left for parts III
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