The Penn's Grove record., 1897-02-05

10 jail Tor three months TOT curSiuS MS uyInS
father.
Frank Thomson was elected President of
tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to sue
coed the late George B. Roberts.
II. F. Coleman, a Government CLERK. was
arrested in New York City on a charge of
being connected with u big theft of stamps.
It was said at Canton, Ohio. that J. Addi-
son Porter, OF Connecticut, who wanted to
be Ambassador to Italy, had accepted the
post of Private Secretary to Major Nc
Kinley.
James Bonner, while cleaning q window on
the seventh floor of the building at Broad
way and Blocker street. N w York City, lost
his footing, fell to the pavement. and was
killed.
A railroad wreck occurred at Arlington,
South DaltotI, in which four persons were
killed and o lc-ge number injured. The
killed were: r. Addington, conductor; T.
L. Hosae, brakeman; john LOTUS, Of Kis-
met; Samuel Harris, of Arlington.
Clifton Knorr, who tried to kill Levi E.
Waller, of Bloomsbury. Penn. by blowing
up his home with dynamite, and who con-
fessed, duplicating Lloyd s. Wintersteen,
confesses further that he tried to kill his
stepmother with poison AMI %diphtheria
germs.
It was reported that the expert engineers
will favor running elevated and trolley cars
across the Brooklyn Bridge.
1t was reported at Columbus, Ohio, that
Governor Bushnell would appoint Lieuten-
ant-Governor Jones to succe ID John Sher-
man in the United States Senate.
Robert Treat Paine, Edward Everett Hale,
Thomas Wentworth Higginson and others
p~etitioned tho Massachusetts, Legislature In
favor Of municipal ownership of street rail-
ways.
The New York Police Board formally ac-
quilted Captain Chapman of all charges
growing out Of his interruption OF the See
ley dinner.
The Michigan Supreme Court refused to
issue the mandamus applied for directing
the Common Council of Detroit to declare
the office OF Mayor vacant and order u
special election to fill the vacancy. TIE
contention was that Mayor Pingree, by his
assumption Of the office OF Governor OF
Michigan, had vacated the Office OF Mayor OF
Detroit.
The funeral of George B. Roberts. late
President of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. took place in Philadelphia.
A large syndicate of English and Ameri-
can capitalists is affecting o combine" at
Cincinnati. Ohio. of the wood working ma
chinery manufacturers OF the United States.
1t is said that twenty Of the largest manu-
facturers Of the country ha We agreed to join,
and have given options on their plants to
the syndicate.
The report submitted by State Treasurer
Simpson, OF Maine, 10 the Governor and
Council shows that the State has q deficit Of
nearly a quarter OF a million dollars, and
conservative members OF the Legislature say
that the sums above actual needs appropri-
ated at this session must he sm1ll.
Theodore Won Horn, or Veteran, wounded
his wife Emily and her employer, Samuel
Schulhafer, in New York City, and killed
himself with a revolver.
At Eldon, Iowa, Brailey's Bank was
robbed, the safe being broken open with
n~itro-glycerine and all the funds stolen. The
but the bank usually kept $4,000 to $4,000 on
hand. The burglars escaped with a stolen
team and buggy.
The United States cruiser Brooklyn was
found 10. nave been badly damaged by
striking Schooner Ledge, in the Delaware
River, and Secretary Herbert accepted the
offer Of the Cramps to repair the vessel.
Louis F.. Payn was nominated by Governor
Back, OF New York, for Superintendent of
Insurance. Tho nomination was referred to
the 81 mate Committee on Insurance.
Charles G. Dawes. OF Illinois, announced
his acceptance of the position of Comptroller
OF the Currency under Mckinley. His term
of Office will begin in 1893, when that OF
James H. Eckels expires.
Fire destroyed almost the whole business
portion of Centerburg, Ohio. II. q. Smith Il
Co., g~rocers; A. W. Hawkins 4 Co., drygoods;
W. Steora, %clothingi John Harvey, meats;
Sol. A. Wright. restaurant; W. A. Jacobs,
bakery; G. w.. Boarck, undertaken; owner
of the Armstrong Business Block, and DR.. 8.
G. Lewis, whose residence burned, together
lose S75 900.
BY decision OF the Stock Exchange Gov
ernors, New York City, against the employ
ment OF solicitors by brokerage firms 500 men
lost remunerative positions.
John Connors, fifty years old, a b~ollermaker,
was roasted to death In u boiler on board
The steamship Eastern Prince, lying at the
Atlantic Dock, Brooklyn. He went into the
boiler for the purpose OF repairing it. Some
one, not knowing that Connors WAS at work
In the boiler, started a fire under 1t. Con-
nors, when ound in the boiler. was dcad.
Mrs. Anna Allen, the richest woman in st.
Louis, died ut Pittsfleld, Mass She is sup
posed to have left $40, o0o, 900, but no will.
There are twenty-nine heirs.
Fireman Thomas Liddell, OF JERSEY City,
N. j., who was injured at a fire. died, and
Louis Mann, who started the fire, was held
for murder.
w. J. Bryan has retired from the lecture
deld, his final lecture being given at San An
ionic, Texas. He announced Tint he had
cancelled his lecture contract and that he
would return to his home at Lincoln, Neb.
The contract with him called for fifty lectures.
He delivered eight Of them. HIS friends, he
lays, prevailed upon him to quit tho lecture
Held.
Tho watanga Bank, OF johnson City,
Tenn. had an assignee appointed to look at
er lis interests. The assets amount to $685.
100, while the liabilities are $4,000.
Unknown persons exploded dynamite in
the building OF the broken bank OF Gardner,