The Dickinson press., 1897-05-29

Another witness Tor Theodore OurTant
in San Francisco has been found who
accuses Pastor Gibson.
Olof Hansen, United States vice con.
sul at Copenhagen and large ship
owner Of that port, is dead.
The barn of George T. Short at Fari.
bault, MINI, was destroyed by fire and
10 valuable horses cremated.
Saturday. May ~.
Fire destroyed the Southern hotel
block at Meriden, Miss. Loss e25o, 900.
Cambridge university by a vote Of
1,7lS to 66a rejected the proposal to con-
ter degrees upon women.
The strike of Chicago tanners and
curriers' has been officially declared off
by the several unions involved.
At Rockford, nls., James French was
found guilty Of the murder Of his wife
and sentenced to hang June IL.
A transportation convention has been
called to be held at Omaha Sept. 2, to
include delegates from all states west of
the Mississippi.
The secretary Of the interior has au.
thorized contract for an additional
school building at Mt. Pleasant Indian
school, in Michigan, to cost $4,000.
Matthew Latin, one of the oldest res.
idents Of Chicago, and one Of the found
ers Of what is now the Latin Rand
Powder company, is dead, aged o. years.
Monday, May -.
Rhode Island has adopted the violet as
her state flower.
Olaf Hansen, United States vice con.
sui at Copenhagen, is dead.
Carnegie will consume 100000 tons
Of iron ore this year, double his usual
amount.
Bank President johnson of Logans-
port, Ind, is charged with embezzlement
and forgery ($200,0O0).
Representative Thomas H. Tongue of
Oregon was struck bya cable car at
Washington and painfully injured.
Percy West, business manager of the
Carnegie Lyceum and well known in
theatrical circles, is dead at New York.
tt is announced that John r. Rookie.
feller has issued al edict against Sunday
labor by those employed OH his ore docks
on the upper and lower lakes.
A statue of the late Cornelius Wander.
bilt, "the commodore" has been un-
yelled on the campus of Vanderbilt
university at Nashville, Tenn, Of which
institution he was the founder.
Tuesday, May rs.
Tommy Ryan of Syracuse knocked
out Pat Ready of Washington in six
rounds before the Rienzi Athletic club
Of Rochester, N. Y,
During display Of fireworks at
Nantes. France, four persons were
killed and score of people were in.
jured by the explosion of a bomb.
General Horace Porter, the new
United States ambassador to France,
was received Monday by the French
minister for foreign affairs, M. Hano.
taux.
The battle monument erected at West
Point in memory of the officers and SOL
diers Of the regular army killed in the
Rebellion will be dedicated at II o'clock
on May 81.
Five small boys were drowned in
that portion Of the south branch of the
Chicago river known as Mud lake
while trying to cross the stream on an
improvised raft.
Wednesday, May 20.
Milwaukee electricians are on strike
for more pay.
The relief fund in Indiai is said to have
been very badly misused.
A congress Of architects is to be held
at Brussels Aug. 28 to Sept. 2.
Havemeyer, the sugar king, is on trial
In Washington for refusing to answer
senatorial questions.
Ell Paso, Tex, was flooded and houses
washed away by break in the Rio
Grand river embankment.
The signal service has announced that
great things are expected in the matter
of weather predictions from experiments
with kites for the purpose Of ascertain
ing the condition Of upper air stratas.
The Florida house Of representatives,
by vote Of 50 to s, adopted the arti.
cles Of impeachment against State Treas.
urer O. B. Collins. Mafeasance and
incompetency are alleged in each article.
Thursday, May 27.
President Faure of France has for.
mally received the new United StateG
ambassador, General Horace Porter.
The Latonia derby, value e8,740, was
won by Ornament, tho to favorite.
F Fv was second and Endurance third.
The reichstag has adopted credit of
80, 900 marks for the purpose Of rearm-
ing the German artillery with improved
field pieces.
The Goth annual meeting of the gen.
eral assembly Of the United Presbyterian
church Of North America is in session
at Rock Island, Ills.
Charles Burdett Hart Of West vir.
ginia, has been. appointed minister to
Colombia, and Francois s. Jones of
louisiana, secretary Of the legation at
Buenos Ayres.
Consul General Lee has cabled the
state department from Havana that the
amount of supplies he now has on hand
there for the relief Of American citizens
in distress is abundant and will last for
some time.
FEDERAL SUPREME COURT.
Ehirty-six Decisions Rendered at the Final |
Sitting Of the Term.