Warren sheaf., 1897-01-21

Thomas ]. Brown, president of the
National Associat tion of Letter Curriers',
died in Chicago, aged II years.
John D. Rockefeller, the multimil-
I4lionaire, has been reelected superin-
tendent OF the Sunday school Of tho
Euclid Avenue BAPTIST church in Clevc-
land s sss
William Ferguson, corresponding SEQ
retary of Typographical union No. 6,
and Jacob Mckenna were sufrocated'
by gas in New York hotel. -.
Thomas Lowe, aged 26, of Denison,
Tex. confessed to having Il. wives, all
living. -
The grand lodge of masons of Mime
sofa adopted resolution barring all
those who sell intoxicants from be-
coming masons in it's jurisdiction.
The steamship Eva, with party OF
six aboard, was lost off the New Orleans
coast.
The exports OF domestic merchandise
during December amounted to $11S,-
12S, 1884, and for the year 1886, ,s71 1856.
The imports during December aggre-
gated $57 7.95G,009. and for the year $780,
556.223.
Five persons were seriously injured
and about. 80 others more or less cut
and bruised by an accident on street
car line in Pittsburgh, Pa.
The exports of gold during December
amounted to $405, 1856 and the imports
to $2.572,271. For the year the ex-
Iorts aggregated $56,742,s44 and the
imports $1O2, ,766, ,43S. The silver exports
during December amounted to $6,s19,-
CAS- and the imports to 81, ,279 ,SO1. Dur
lug the year the exports amounted to
$e3, 3,o29, 1886 and the imports to $l2,5o4,-
SIT.
The Merchants national bank OF
Ocala, Fla, suspended with liabilities
OF $145,OOO.
Leland castle. owned by Adrian lselin,
Jr., and occupied by the Morse school,
was burned at New Rochelle, N. Y, the
loss being 100000.
. At Narberth, Pa, fire destroyed the
famous old stone barn opposite the
Gen. Wayne hotel, which has been
familiar landmark for more than a GEN.
tury.
Benjamin Candy, aged IS years, and
Seabright Berry, aged As years, both of
Gloucester, N. j., were instantly killed
by the cars in Philadelphia.
There were 455 business failures in
the Unit~d States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 4S8 the week
previous and 395 in the corresponding
period of 1896.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated ST.
047, ,662, against $1,l44,639, ,OSO the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week of 1896
was 1.6.
Fire destroyed the plant of the Fox
Paper company at Crescentville, O., the
loss being $15O,OO0.
Jennie Browning. with her baby in
her arms, jumped into the Kentucky
river near Monterey, KY, and both were
drowned.
AS result of a family feud two farm
ers, Jonas Hackensmith and Punch
Evans. living near Dover, Mo-, shot each
other fatally.
The United States treasury deficit
for the first half of January is Sc, $780,
o63, and for the fiscal year to date $44,.
763,36O.
Deputy United States Marshal W. A.
Bird was shot dead in Breathitt county,
Ky., by Jacob Neace, a moonshiner.
The Citizens state bank of Fuller
ton, Neb., closed it's doors.
A portion Of the Buckners orphan
home in the suburbs of Dallas, lex, was
burned and five boys perished and
number of others were injured.
The business portion of Milan, Mo-,
vas destroyed by fire.
The semi-centennlal plan of ceiebrat-
ing in 1898 the fiftieth anniversary of
Wisconsin has been abandoned.
Dun & Co. in their review of trade
say that gradual and steady improve
ment has been in progress throughout
the country for two months.
Later advices say that IS children
perished in the fire that destroyed the
Buckner orphan home in Dallas. Tex.
Mrs. Frank Villier. living near Port
Leyden, N. Y, cut her chiId's throat
and then her own. No cause is known
for the deed.
Benjamin L. Davies. proprietor of the
fabbard inn at Rugby, Tenn, cut his
wife's throat with razor and then
shot himself to death. He was crazy
from cigarette smoking.
Johnnie Connaughton, aged 10; An
ME Rouisse, aged 16, and Gertrude |
Crowley, aged 9, were drowned at North |
Leominster, Mass, while playing on
thin ice.
In Cincinnati the Wheeling. Lake