The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-06-10


of the gong as an
alarm. President Baldwin, of the
railroad declares that the accident
was caused by the gross carelessness
of the coaching party. The bodies
of the victims have been taken to
Brooklyn.
Judge Calhoun, whom the Presl-
dent sent to Cuba as special counsel
in the Ruiz investigation, will re-
turn to Washington on Sunday, He
will not report ON the condition of
affairs in Cuba, says the Baltimore
Sun.
The international chess match be-
tween members of the House Of
Representatives and the English
House of Commons resulted in a
draw, each side having won and lost
two games and one being drawn.
Ohio coal miners at Columbus
have decided not to join in any gen.
eral strike that may be called.
The next General Assembly of the
United Presbyterian Church will
meet at Omaha, Neb., May 25, 1898.
The historic cottage of Edgar
Allan Poe, on the Kingsbridge road,
New York, has been preserved from
destruction.
Chauncey NJ. Depew has gone
abroad to hob mob with the crowned
heads and gather fresh ideas for
running his raiirt ad
President Mckinley pardoned de-
faulting clerk Frederick F. Edgar,
of the Tradesmen's National Bank,
of New York.
Rather than wash in impure wa
ter at the noon hour, employees in
the Lake Shore Railway shops, at
Buffalo. N. Y, quit work.
The Governor of Indiana has
been advised by the President to
improve the neglected grave of Lin
coins mother in that State.
The retaliatorv Alien Labor bill,
directed against the United States,
has been reported favorably to the
Canadian Parliament.
The famous old Libby prison
building, which was transferred
from Richmond, Va, to Chicago
ILL.,, is to be moved to another site.
The Hudson Bay expedition to
investigate the grain waterway from
the Northwest to Europe has sailed
from Halifax, n. S.
The overdue fruit steamer Barn
stable, from Jamaica, has arrived at
Boston, Mass, having been delayed
by break in her machinery.
Ex Governor Altgeld, of Illinois
has discarded the Kneipp cure fol
nervousness and Is wrestling with
the bike problem with Indifferent
success.
| Professor Hitchcock, f Dart
mouth College, will be in charge Of
one of the scientific parties that will
accompany P, ary on his polar expe
dition.
| Charles Zchau, receiving teller o.
the German-American Nationa
bank, at st. Paul, Mimi, has been
arrested for stealing $l3,5OO from
the bank.
Rev. John D. Knox, al ex-bankel
of Topeka, Kan, is On trial before
d judicial conference of the NJ E
church at Chicago for alleged irreg.
uIarities.
/ Elk Secretary Carlisle has opened
a law Office in New York City.
| California masked robbers by {
bold midnight holdup secured $40,
1000.
Enemies of West Virginia farm
er set fire to his home and cremateC
his five children.
A father, mother and three chill
dren were killed By a train at Alma
III. Another child is dying.
Luedgert, the Chicago sausag,
maker, has been held without bal
to answer to the charge of wife mur
der,
Samuel Jarvis stabbed the woman
he loved to death and then disem
boweled himself with the SAM
knife.
Secretary Bliss has ordered Agen
Stouck at Lame Deer Agency to de
liver the Cheyenne murderers to tn,
civil authorities
A camera that will photograph
an approaching vessel ten miles be
low the horizon has been invented
for use in war.
The United Supreme Court ha
made a ruling that in case of a Sc
we're storm steamer may desert he
tow without liability.
, State Senators Flynn and Mage
of Pennsylvania have entered sult'
for libel against Senator Quay's son
In each instance the amount aske,
is 100000.
Captain Henry Romeyn's term O
service in the United States Arm
expired Tuesday. He will immedi
ately take charge of the Chilian ex
hibit at Nashville.
The Ruiz inquiry at Havana ha
ended in disagreement. Commits
sloner Calhoun sees no end of tn
war in sight.
Republican Senators are said t
have decided to oppose the Tillmal
resolution for an investigation O
the charges that Senators have spec
!. ulated in sugar stock.
President Mckinley in opening
the International Commercial Con
gress in Philadelphia, advccAted tn
development of foreign trade as il
the interest of international comit
and benefit to the masses.
In New York man named Ma
lone died of diabetes. The autops,
showed he had two vermifo1ms
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