Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-06-19
THE NEWS.

Commander George 4. Converse Unitsd
States Navy. relinquished ths command OF
the Government torpedo station 20 Lieut.
Commander Thomas c. Mclean Com
mander Converse has been a. years In that
position
Fire destroyed the plant OF the -. Louis
Curled Hair Company, at the foot % Brennan
avenue. The loss is placed az $50 900.
At salem, Mass. the NaumkeaS steam
Cotton Mills posted notices % the effect that
for an indeanite period the mills will be run
only four days a week. The reason assigned
Il poor business" The mills give employ
ment g. a large force OF employee
The measure levying a tax ~ Al \ year on
pleasure carriages. tricycleS and bicycles. not
equipped with pneunatic tires. was defeated
In the Pennsylvania House by vote % 63
yeas 90 20 nays.
President Mckinley has declined AT lnvi-
tation 20 the san Francisco Chamber oi
Commerce 90 visit California mi. summer
owing % press q ofilcisl duties
Charles ID. Lane. san Francisco. the min
ing man. will leave for London AZ once to
complete the sale % the Ia Espsrarza mine
q English capitalists. Tho mine = situated
about $50 miles from the City 90 Mexico.
ihe purchase price r. 60 be- s6 900 600 Mexi-
can money.
james Thatcher. an advertising solicitor. In
Indianapolis. was killed hy Harvey Leonard.
a farmer. west % that city. Thatcher. in
company w!.b some women seized "A horse
belonging O. Leonard and started oy with it.
Leonard said he thought they were horse
thieves. pursued and shot Thatcher with a
shotgun.
?. y Bliven. of Pipestone. MINI. killed
himself after fatally woundins daughter
81 Frank Wrisel, a German farmer living Ia
Moody county. south Dakota. Dilven asked
.he girl @ eiope with him. Upon her refusal
he pulled his revolver and S~gan shooting.
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribunes
special from Delaware. O.. saws Rev. DR.. l..
ID. McCabe. who Tor over h-lf a century has
been connected with the Ohio Wesleyan
University, Ia dying. His sight - gone. and
he Is reported a. sinking
capt George A. Tiilett. a well-t0-do farmer
esiding near Riverdale Tenn. shot and
fatally wounded his son-in-iaw. John Glenn.
The trouble arose over Gienn's bad treat
uer; ot his daughter. giri about Is y-ars
old
While the canvasmen were AZ work on tie
oiS tent of Ringiing Bros. circus AZ wahpe-
ton, y ID. the centre pole WAS struck by
lightning. Charles Walters and Charl,--
smith were killed and four other employees
were shocked
4 Philadelphia estate dispute In which he
taAes occasil IN o. decide thar the dir,ct in
heritancc tax is unconstitutional Judge
Hanna rentered a similar decision last week
Tho law was recently enacted by the state
L .gisiature.
Philip Reilly. president OF tne Jonn Mar
TN Lumber Company. and tce-pr.sid-ut q
the ~. Paul National Bank. committed sui
eide by shooting. No reason IL known rx-
cept ll-heal;h. Mr.. Reilly was - wears %
age. and came from West Virginia.
Mart Mauer. once prominent merchant
OF Erie. Pa. committed suicide by shooting
himself ia the head. He recently met With
business reverse~.
Thomas Kilbride. the West shore lineman
who i charged with stealing cannon from
the Government reservation "A. West Point
was held Ia 5000 bail FOR examination.
Chancellor W. = BosSs. OF the University
OF Georgia, In report made 70 the board of
trustees AZ Athens recommends the admis-
sion ot women - the University on an equal
ity with the men. II is not known what 49,
tion the trustees will take.
The bodies ot John Fox and Alfred Wat
son. the two students OF Georges school
near Newton. Pa. who were drowned in
Neshamipy Creek were recovered. Fox's
home Il az short Greek. o.. and Watson
came 70 the school from Yardley. Pa