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a warehouse and a residence were
burned at Andrews, Ind, on the ed.
The fire is supposed to have been in
cendiary; loss, S2O, 1000. Fred Reeves
and David Olive were burned, the lat
ter fatally.
THE family of Louis Perez, an insur.
gent chief, consisting of two sisters
and eight children, have been captured
by Spanish troops and placed in the
prison for disorderly women in Ha-
vana.
CAPT. SAMUEL c. LEMLY, judge advo-
cate general of the navy, went to Pitts
burgh, Pa, on the oath, to receive the
honorary degree of doctor of laws from
the Western University of Pennsyl-
vania.
THE Cuban insurgents captured Hol-
gum, in Santiago de Cuba, on the 9th.
The town is a very important n and
the news of its loss has cast great
| gloom over official circles in the city of
Havana.
TIE celebration of the centenary OF
Emperor William l.. who was born
March -, 1891, was observed through.
out Germany as a national holiday.
FRANK BUTLER, the prisoner of many
aliases. who is wanted in Australia for
half a dozen murders. has volunteered
a queer confession. declaring and en-.
~deavoring to prove that. ten years ago,
he killed a fellow soldier at Walla
Walla, Wash, for which he is amena-
BILE to the United States.
The engine in mill No. . Of the Ed
gar Thomson steel works at Pitts
burgh, Pa. ran away, on the 18th, re-
sulting in the bursting of the immense
fly wheel. David Hugo, engineer,
whose legs were crushed, is dead, and
George b. McClelland was fatally in
jured.
THIRTY men were injured on board
the British first-class cruiser Theseus.
on the oath, while practicing outside
the harbor at Malta, by the explosion
of torpedoes which were being lowered
into the ships launch.
Born antitrust bills introduced by
the LeXow trust investigating commit
tee have been passed by the New York
assembly without amendment.
THE pope gave an audience, on the
25th, to a number of Americans who are
on their way home from a pilgrimage
to Jerusalem. After celebrating mass
his holiness pronounced an ~allocution,
highly praising the Catholics OF the
United States, and distributed souve-
mir medals among the pilgrims.
TIE Austrian cruiser Satellit arrived
in Suda bay. on the 25th, having in
custody n Greek steamer with 90 vol
unteerS on board, and a Greek sail
ing vessel laden with ammunition in
tended for the Cretan insurgents.
Both were captured by the Satellit
while they were attempting to run the
blockade.
The president and Mrs. Mckinley at
tended the last indoor cavalry drill at
Fort Myer, Va. They drove over with
Col. and Myron T. Herrick, of Cleve-
land, who are stopping at the White
House. Secretary Porter ald Mrs. Por-
ter were also of the party.
THE new gunboat Wilmington did
not start for her speed trial run over
the Long Island Sound curse. on the
Goth, a third postponement being nee
essary on ccount of the heavy sea that
was prevailing.
AT Lapaz, Ind. on the night of the
25th, as the result of an old feud be-
tween Jacob Leeds and blanchard
Thomas, the latter was shot and in.
stantly killed by Leeds.
On the Goth the Rock Island Railroad
Co. served notice of withdrawal from
all the traffic associations, passenger
and freight, OF which it had been Q
member.