The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-12

A bill has been introduced In the Illinois
Legislature to pay wages TO couvlcts, the
dependents OF ~convlcts to got the money.
Ralstou, a small town In Oklahoma, has
been almost destroyed by Il cyclone.
Judge Brown, OF The United States Dis
trict Court, dismissed the writ Of habeas
corpus In the case OF Joseph A. Iaslgi, the
Turkish Consul in Boston, who was arrested
In New York on charge OF embezzlement.
At q tumultuous meeting OF Greeks in New
York Consul-G General Botassi was denounced
for not sending home to Greece the reserves
who are ready to respond TO King Georges
call.
Governor Black, Of New York, has com
muted to Imprisonment for life the sentence
Of William Young. who was to have been
electrocuted at Clinton Prison, for the muir
der of his wife in Amsterdam.
Joseph N. Dolph, from 1882 10 1894 United
States Senator from Oregon. died at Por.-
land, Ore, in his sixty-third year. He was
born in Watkins, N. Y, and went to Oregon
In 1862.
Mrs. Rita Leselade de Ruiz, widow OF Ri
eardo Ruiz. the American who is alleged TO
have been murdered recently in the dungeon
Of the Guanabacoa (Cuba) Jail by Spanish
~tallers, has arrived in New York with her
Eve children.
Mrs, Louis Duncan threw her baby from
The top of a. turning tenemeDt in BROOKLYN,
N. Y, and leaped after it. Both were killed.
Charles Goddard, a consumptive, was suffo-
sated. and his wife was seriously hurt by
Jumping from a window.
Evangelist d. L. Moody, assisted by the
Rev. Il. A. Torrey, of Chicago, and others,
has been holding largely attended meetiDgs
In Music Hall. Chicago.
Ex-President Cleveland has gone on q
cruise in the Gulf Of Mexico with e. C.. Bene.
dict on the latter's yacht Oneida. i,
The New York State Senate passed Senator
Wilcox's bill to compel the railroads to
carry State officers free.
J. G. Rinnblad, a Swedish official accused
Of embeZziing Government money, COM
nitted suicide in The Aston House. New
York, just as Federal Marshals burst In the
door to arrest him.
Edward ]. Russell, convicted Of attempt
ing to b,ackmail former Corporation
sci jerks, Of Brooklyn, was sentenced TO
Sing Sing for ten years.
John A. Henderson, OF Tallahassee, Vice
President OF the Florida Central and Penin-
sula Railroad, has been appointed United
States Senator by Governor Bloxham to I'LL
Senator Calls term.
General Julio Sanguily. who has returned
10 New York City after two years imprison-
ment at Havana, intimates that General
Weyler planned to have him poisoned. He
Is grateful to Consul General Lee, to whom
he attributes his release from life imprison-
ment.
Governor Lord, of Oregon, has appointed
ex-senator II. W. Corbett United States Sem
ator, to fill the vacancy caused by the failure
OF the Legislature to elect at tho recent ses-
sion. Mr.. Corbett represented Oregon in the
United States Senate from 1866 TO 1872. He
Is Viee-President Of the First National Bank
Of Portland.
Two more persons died in Boston as the
result Of the explosion in the sub way. b
Increased the list of fatalities to eight.
A severe shock OF earthquake was felt at
Mag IRA Falls. 1t extended thirty miles each
side OF the river, and caused a good deal of.
alarm.
Open charges of corruption were made in
the Oklahoma Senate, and three members,
including President johnson, sent In their
designations to the Governor. In the House
everything was in an upro ar.
A cable message was received in New York
from the Greek Minister OF Foreign Affairs
calling upon all the Grecian reserves in this
country to return home for service.
Immense damage has been lone by floods
In the Middle Western States, the loss OF
property probably amounting 10 millions OF
dollars.
Joseph A. Iasigi. Turkish Consul-General
In Boston, was indicated on charges of en-
bezzling upward Of S100, 900 by the Grand
Jury lin that city.