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will be ordered to Boston.
The Internal Revenue report for the last
fiscal year showed receipts Of $146, ,000, 900,
, decrease Of 100000.
Domestic.
Charles Bluejacket, a noted chief OF the
Shawnee Indians, died, a few days ago, OF
Blue jacket, Indian Territory.
Ex-Congressman smedley Darlington,
President OF the Chester County Guarantee
Trust and Safe Deposit Company, OF West
Chester, Penn, and J. Mitchell Baker, a
director. have been indicted, charged, re-
,pectively, with perjury and embezzlement.
Controller Fitch's experts who have been
examining Brooklyn's financial accounts
have reported that there is balance to the,
debit of the suspense account OF 81 1885,
1883.
Walter R. Houghton, the postal clerk who
was arrested at Cheyenne, Wyoming, for
theft of S15, 900 money order package. re-
turned to the office $14,700, which he had
concealed in the barn and chicken coop at
bis home.
The Georgia Cotton OIL Mill at Atlanta
was completely destroyed by fire. Every
thing, with the exception Of few smaller
buildings, was burned to the ground. The
loss Is estimated at S117, 900, 1000 on
stock and the remainder on the building.
About $78, 900 insurance was carried.
City Marshal Sterns, of Versailles. Ky,
shot and instantly killed Jacob Miller,
prominent farmer and trader at Midway,
Ky. Miller resisted arrest.
Jacob Amos, married, aged forty-four
gears, and Henry Bergenkreuger, single,
committed suicide at st. Paul, Minn., In
sensational manner. They had been visit
Ing numerous saloons and were under the
influence of liquor. They went out on the
Smith bridge to point where 1t Is ZOO feet
above the Mississippi and jumped over the
railing. The second man leaped before the
first struck the water. There were num-
Der OF eyewitpesses to the double suicide.
Amos was Treasurer Of the CIgarmakers'
Union.
Ralph A. Mayaeld, of Chicago, died at
the home of his parents, ex-senator and
Mrs. A. Mayfleld, In Lincoln, ILL.,, after TAX
ing morphine with suicidal intent. He left
q letter to his mother, assigning as the
principal reason for taking his lie the
death OF young woman to whom he was
engaged to be married.
The winter acreage in wheat in Okla.
homa Is nearly double that Of last year.
At this time 1t Is certain that the Territory
has produced $4,000, 900 bushels this year,
and II the yield per acre next year equals
that Of this year the crop will reach 81, ,0OO,.
900.
The business section Of Warren, Mass,
was partly wiped out by $75, 900 fire. The
fire started in paint shop, and got good
headway before 1t was discovered. Aid
was called from surrounding towns. The
Town Hall was damaged and several blocks
ruined. '..' ..
Five Of the largest -four mills at st. Louis,
No., have suspended operations. As re-
suit several hundred men have been rem
dered idle. The concerns are the Standard,
Plant, Meramec. Regina, and Jefferson
milling companies. Flour manufacturers
declare the closing OF the mills is due to
the high price Of wheat.
The bureau drawer Of Mrs. Alice Norton,
q guest at the Hotel Bartholdi, New York
City, was robbed Of $20, 900 worth OF dia-
monds.
The Silver Heels successfully landed her
cargo in Eastern Cuba despite the activity
displayed by the Spanish naval authorities
to capture the little flibuster.
There was an improvement In the yellow
fever situation in the South.
The "Holy Ghosters," Of Old Lyme,
Conn.,, accused OF injuring an aged woman,
were held for trial.
A coroner's jury, in Camden, N. j., de-
clined to accuse Eli Shaw OF the murder OF
his grandmother, Mrs. Zane, despite the
prosecutions efforts.
Word has been received from Ebert, COL,
OF the death by freezing during the recent
blizzard OF Mrs. Laura Hunter. She had
left her home to visit neighbor, and was
overcome 300 yards from her home. Near
Monument, COL, John Roach was found
frozen in the snow. he was one OF thrash
ing crew.
Judge Tenney, OF the Criminal Branch Of
the United States Circuit Court, New York
City, sentenced the counterfeiters OF Costa
Rica notes to two years Imprisonment and
fines Of $4,000 each. A large batch OF other
counterfeiters and postal offenders were
also sentenced.
The building Of the Union Trust Com
pany in Pittsburg was destroyed by fire.
The Missouri Presbyterian Synod has
adopted resolution condemning the policy
Of Princeton University with reference to
the use Of liquor.
Mrs. and Mrs. O. q. P. Robinson, Of Bell.
port, Long Island, celebrated the sixty
fourth anniversary Of their wedding. Mr
Robinson Is the inventor Of ball bearings.
DR.. Helen Densmore, Of California, who
liberty for Mrs. Florence Maybrick, says
that It Is but matter of weeks until the
woman Is free.
James E. Simpson, who died few days
ago at Fall River, Mass, was widely known
on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts OF
the United States among ship builders,
ship owners and shipping merchants, be-
ing the originator Of timber craving docks.
Mr.. Simpson was born July 13. 1918, and
was therefore in his eighty-Afth year.
The Trustees of Sailors Snug Harbor,
Staten Island, held long session, at which
many old sailors testified to facts showing
the gross mismanagement OF the institu-
tion.
The forgeries Of Professor Frledberg the
Toledo (Ohio) suicide, will run up to $780,
600; he had scores Of victims.
Citizens OF Tacoma and Olympia, Wash,
have protested to President Mckinley
against the establishment OF military
reservation at st. Michaels, Alaska.
Foreign.
The British forces In India captured the
Arhanga Pass with slight opposition. The
Ameer Of Afghanistan has presented the
apology OF the trlbesmen to the Govern
ment and asked for terms OF pardon.
The Government has instructed the
Governor Of the Province OF Tromsoe, the
most northerly province OF Norway, to
charter O steamer at the expense OF the
State, to provision 1t for six months andto
send out O relief expedition for Herr
Andree, the aeronaut who assembled In his
balloon, the Eagle, on July II last from
Spitzbergen, 400 miles northwest OF the
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