The Globe-republican., 1897-05-20
NEWS BOILED DOWN.

Mrs Langtry has secured divorces
at Lakeport. Cal
Major General Forsythe has been re-
tired
A new nail and wire trust is being
formed at Pittsburg.
General Gomez declares against au-
tonomy or annexation to America.
Two Russian officers and 100 soldiers
were killed in . railway accident.
Masked men held up Southern Pa
cific train at Lozier, Texas, and got
$4,000
| Fred HOLMAN was hanged at Pax
ton. ILL.,. for the murder of Mrs w.
GeddeA
South Australia has experienced
ninety earthquake, shocks the past
three days.
Pingree's pet bill to raise railroad
taxation was killed by the Michigan
Senate.
John Bloor. secretary of the Nor
tana Senate. was sent to Jail one year
for hiding . bill
| John Wanamaker thinks q new
party will DO organized as a protest
against bossism
| The Philadelphia monument to
George Washington was unveiled by
President Mckinley, who delivered q
brief tribute to Washington's memory.
Frank A. Vanderbilt of Chicago will
succeed Scott Wike as assistant secre-
tary of the treasury.
Professor Barnard of Nashville trav-
eled twelve miles ON his flying machine
the other evening.
John Smith, Chicago negro candi-
date for q naval cadetship, has arrived
in Annapolis and created a sensation.
| President w. p Nichols OF the New
Orleans Bank of Commerce was given
tree years in the pen" for embezzle-
ment.
| w. D. Bradford. San Francisco
millionaire, is contesting the splitting
law. He was sent to Jail for splitting
in street cars.
Dave Cotton. Henry Williams and
lynched at Rosebend. Tex, for at
tempting to assault white girl.
Four Sydney daily papers were fined
$500 each for contempt of court by i'm
proper comment on the Frank Butter
murder trial
William Watt and Charles Feirdach,
brickyard employees of Burlington,
Iowa, are near deaths door from
drinking embalming fluid.
State Senator McMullin of Arkansas
shot at Editor J. N. Smithee of the
Little Rock Gazette, for editorial
structures on railroad legislation.
The Cunarder Lucania made the run
to Queenstown in days IA hours and
81 minutes travelling 2l.SO knots per
hour and breaking the ocean record.
Stephen r. Mallory. son of the Con-
federate naval secretary, was elected
senator from Florida ON the twenty
fifth ballot He is a Chicago platform
man.
John Rosenberg. a convict in San
Quentin prison confessed to killing
Blanche Lamont to save Durrants
neck but it soon developed however
that he did not land in America until
six months after the Emanuel church
murders occurred.
Governor Black of New York has
signed bill practically abrogating
the state civil service law.
w. j. Dunn, a well known city con-
tractor of Pittsburg, Pa. was given
six months in the county Jail for for
geries amounting to $4,000.
The dead body of n. Il. Clark. q cap
italist of Grand Rapids, Mich, was
found on the lake shore at Milwaukee.
with every evidence of murder and
robbery.
Because of a cinder in her eye, AIDE
lima Patti was unable to sing in Lon
don and lost 50, 500.
Employe Bellac of the cinemato-
graph booth at the charity bazaar in
Paris cOnfesses that he was response
BILE for the holocaust of May4.
The annual field day sports at Vas
sar college took place Saturday. The
young women who participated in the
games wore blOuses and boomers.
Tho sports were witnessed by the 600
students and instructors.
ployes of the Dallas cotton factory,
two were fatally and the third slightly
wounded.
Mrs. James Ewin and Jessie and
EleanOre Davis, sisters. aged 10 and
years, respectively. were drowned in
the SchuyllSill river through the cap
sizing of small pleasure steamer.
Mrs Richard C. Kerens sent 500
to the National American fund in aid
of the Greek Red Cross society.
Germany, Russia and France are
said to be united against England on
the Transvaal and Egyption questions.
Tammany leaders announce that
Richard Croker will soon arrive and
will be in personal charge Of Tamma-
ny's Greater New York municipal cam
paign.
Max Maretzek, one of that famous
trio of conductors and managers of
Italian opera in earlier days. which in
cluded Strakosch and Mapleson. died
in his home on Staten Island, aged rs
years
Kansas Republicans want Warden
French removed from the Leavenworth
federal penitentiary and =. J. Lynch
given the place.
Minister Rucl< envoy TO JaDan has