Warren sheaf., 1897-02-11

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building companyat Govan, Scotland,
were destroyed BY fire. the loss being
s25o,oOO, and 1000 persons were thrown
out Of work.
s1s. LATER. # A.
Port Darwin. q small but important
town IN South Australia, has been al
most entirely wiped out by one of those
fearful hurricanes which periodically
strike the coast of Australia, Destroy
Ing property and life. "a :.
The Northwestern National bank of
Great Falls, Mont, failed to open it's
doors the 5th. The failure is said to
De due to defalcation by the cashier.
Ihe directors learned of the shortage,
took possession and asked the con-
troller tor instructions. He directed q
receiver.
Richard R. Kenney, the silver demo.
cratic senator from Delaware. was
sworn in the 5th, his credentials being
regular and signed by the governor.
Ihls marked the elimination of long
contest over the vacant Delaware seat.
John Bohemian, living near Cam
bridge, Mass, was smothered to death
the 5th in his potato cellar. where he
had put some hot Goals to keep his po-
tatoes from freezing. His wife, one
son and daughter, who went down to
see why he did not return, met the
same fate.
The president the 5th sent to con-
gress the complete report of the Co.
lumb bian exposition committee.
Advices received from the island of
Crete are to the effect that the trouble
at Canea originated in the unfounded
report that the Musselmans had killed
|27 Christian sentinels in Akrostria.
When the reports were received, the
Vail ordered the troops to proceed to
the defense of the Christian villages.
The troops were attacked and it is re-
ported that 30 persons were killed and
several villages destroyed by fire.
/ 1t is said that Queen Lis mission to
Washington is to have the income from
the crown lands, some 500, 900 year,
restored to her in the event of annex
alton by the United States.
The Arkansas legislature, the 9th,
passed an antitrust bill.
A passenger train ran into a tree
that had fallen across the track at
Woodhouse, Pa. the 9Th. The train
was derailed and rolled down an en-
bankment killing the fireman. None
of the passengers were hurt. ,.a
William Rosch, aged "a, had his
throat cut, the 9th, by his 22-year-old
brother. August, in an alteration at
their home ii Milwaukee. Williams
injuries are fatal and August is in jail.
The plant Of the American Plate
Glass works at Alexandria, Ind, was
badly damaged by fire the 9th.
Twenty-nine relatives of the late
millionaire Charles G. Hopkins have
fled papers in suit in the courts at
Kansas City. Mo-. to break the will.
Cyrus E. Bredes. cashier of the First
National bank of Bethlehem, Pa, has
disappeared. His accounts are $4,000
short. s@~
The League of American Wheelmen
have chosen Philadelphia as the place
for their annual meeting next year.
The steamer Three Friends was
seized and libelled at Jacksonville,
Fla, the 9th. The libel charges piracy
in that a Hotchkiss gun was mounted
upon the bow of the steamer and was
fired at a Spanish gun boat at the mouth
of the San Juan river while endeavor-
ing to land an expedition. The name
of the gunboat is not given. ..-r.
At Big Timber, Mon, the 9th, in a flt
of despera tion. after a quarrel with
her hus ba nd, the wife of Robert Cort,
a fairly wen-to-do rancher, picked up
three small children, rushed to the
Yellowstone river, and threw the chill
dren and herself in. 4 The current car
ried the bodies quickly out of sight.
John Nilsson, of Minneapolis, is the
professional champion skater of the
world, and j. X. McCullock, of Winni-
peg, is the amateur champion. Those
are the two results of the worlds skat-
ing championship races held at Mon
treal, Can, the 9th. Nilsson reeled off
the five miles in the professional event
in 14:47, which is more than minute
better than the previous professional
record. st5 g }g4%
Edward Bond, Of Anderson, Ind, has
enjoined the English syndicate from
making further payment to George
Bran BILE, Of Sleepy Eye, Mimi, for the
patent on his rotary engine. Bond
claims to have previously patented
machine covering Rramble's invention.
Nels Benson, 9 laborer, was mur-
dered in Minneapolis the evening Of
the 7th. The crime was committed in