The Penn's Grove record., 1897-06-11
THE NEWS


-" 'HheCuh-lhcH gun was shattered Dy tuc
explosion in the bore of a shell charged
with gun-cotton.
In the Senate Mr.. Rawlins. of Utah, de-
TENDED the Democrats who voted for a duty
on cotton, and Senator Mills, OF Texas,
criticised the bill and the course of the
senators who voted for a duty on cotton.
MI. cannon, OF Utah, spoke in favor OF q
bounty on agricultural exports.
The special train conveying President
Mchlniey his party left Washington for
the Nashville (Tenn.) Exposition over the
chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. The private
car OF President NJ. T.. Ingalls,, in which Mr..
Mckinley and Mrs. Mckinley and the Presi-
dents immediate party travelled, was fra
grant with roses and other flowers. There
were also flowers in the ear occupied by the
Cabinet officers and invited guests.
Co~nsul-General Lees report on the Ruiz
case was filed ut the Department OF State,
the Consul-General drawing the conclusion
from the official investigation that the I'M
Just confinement of the American was the
primary cause OF death, whether the act
was committed by the prisoner himself OF
by others.
At the caucus of Republican Senators In
washington a new sugar schedule was
adopted, and 1t was voted to stand together
on all questions connected with the Tarin
bill.
An amendment to the Tariff bill, offered
by Mr.. Bacon, of Georgia, placing q duty
OF twenty per cent. on raw cotton, was
adopted by a vote of AZ to 10, after a long
controversy.
Secretary of the Treasury Gage has had
prepared a statement Of the imports OF
sugar since April / for use in figuring out
what will be the effect upon tho Trust ofthe
duties in the Tariff bill that Is now before
the Senate.
Charles Barber, a patent lawyer, shot
Miss Dorothy L. Squires, who had rejected
his attentions, and then killed himself.
Miss Squires will recover.
William J. Calhoun, special counsel to
General Fitzhugh Lee, United States Con
sul-General at Havana, in the inquiry into
the death of DR.. Ruiz, returned from Cuba.
Domestic.
The headquarters Of the National Com
mtttee of the National Democracy will be
soon transferred from tho West to New
York City. Rooms will be engaged In the
Wall street district. Chairman Bynum has
taken up his residence In Brooklyn.
Miss Halle Rile, forty years old, registry
clerk In the Wilmington (Del.) Postofice,
committed suicide byjumping from a third
story window of her boarding house. Her
neck was broken by the fall and her body
was terribly crushed.
The representatives of the commercial
organizations of Mexico, South and Central
America were warmly welcomed to New
York City. They Were received by Mayor
Strong and also by the members OF the
Chamber of Commerce and the Stock, Prod
uce and Coffee Exchanges.
Atramp attempted to assault Mrs. Emma
Curds, q highly respected lady of Williams
burg, Ohio. Mrs. Curds is in a very critical
condition. A posse was Immediately or
ganized and started in pursuit. He was
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BILE Bucker had all he could do to prevent
the mob from lynching the prisoner.
Lorenzo v. Peck, Cashier Of the First
National Bank OF F~ultonville, N. Y, who
was arrested In Taunton, Mass, on q
charge Of embe2zling $4,000 from the bank,
was arraigned before United States Com
missioner Fiske. in Boston. He waived
examination and was held in $1,000 for APP
pearance before the United States Court at
Utica, N. Y.
The standing OF the members of the grad
uating class OF West Point Military Acad-
envy was announced. William D. Conner,
of Iowa, is at the head of | aLSsS. A New
York man Is second. He Is John c. Cakes
followed by Cadets Wolf, of Wisconsin, and
Morgan, of Georgia.
The Credit Mems National Association
held its second annual convention In Kansas
City, NO., with over 800 delegates present.
JuuSC CuuTltS LIZ. Dtueuicl, VI nv OnitCa
States District Court, New York, long In
capacitated from duty by illness, resigned.
Charles L. st. John, British Consul at New
Orleans, La, Is dead. He was O twin
brother OF her Majesty's Minister to Switzer-
land and Il grandson Of tho Nth viscount
st. John.
Fire at Cairo. H., destroyed $50, 900 worth
of property, including tho now Baptist
Church and annex, the Halliday warehouse
nrl A-taaA Il,,pTS1 fra Hafnr ofa hlao with
twenty-five head of horses, n several
dwellings. The loss was only partly In
sured.
Commander George z. Wingate, U. s. N,
OF the Charlestown (Mass.) Navy Yard. Is
dead. He was born In Portsmouth, N. H.,
July 10, 1887, and has been in the service
since 1862.
The Rev. DR.. Chauncey B. brewster. OF
Brooklyn was elected Bishop Coadjutor OF
Connecticut.
The examination at the West Point On. W
Military Academy were finished.
The Provisional Committee OF the Silver
Republican party met in Chicago.
Striking tailors in New York City at
tackled Contractor Stubeck and threatened
to lynch him.. Policeman. Ring saved tho
intended victim, who failed to keep the
mob of, though he drew a pistol.
The second fall of snow in Juno was re-
corded for Essex County, New Jersey, when
on Tuesday morning It showed for more
than a minute at Orange. Shortly after
midnight, snow fell In Newark.
A fireworks factory mt Chicago was
wrecked by an explosion. Many persons
were hurt and all the glass in the ~neighbor-
hood was broken.
The Wilcox & White Organ Company. of
Meridian. Conn.,, made q voluntary assign
ment. President White said that the liza
bilities are about SIS, 1000.
W. II. House, of Pittsburg, Penn, former
ly Assistant City Attorney, who was con-
victed of embezzlement OF city funds, was
sentenced to two years Imprisonment In
the Western Penitentiary. 9
The State Of Ohio has decided to punish
The Urbana rioters, who include the Mayor
and prominent citizens. The guards who
fred on the citizens are In danger OF bodily
harm. National Guard officers threaten
to resign unless the militiamen are pro-
tected.
The United States Court at Jacksonville.
Fla, has dismissed tho libel for forfeiture
against the steamer Three Friends, charged
with carrying a flibustering expedition to
Cuba.
John W. Smith, the young Chicago col
ored man nominated for naval cadet by
Representative White, failed to pass the
examination at Annapolis, Nd, and has re-
turned to his home.
Seth Low, President Of Columbia uni
versity, sent q letter to the Citizens Union
expressing his willingness to for Mayor
Of Greater New York If there was a popu-
lar demand for him. The Union took steps
to place him formally in nomination.
The overlooking of a freight elevator in
the Postofice Building, New York City,
caused it to drop nearly City feet into the
sub-basement. Six men went down with
it. All were severely injured, although
none is expected to die.
Returns Indicate the reelection at
Galveston, Texas, of Mayor A. w. Fly, Gold
Democrat, by 600 plurality. Fly's election
Is due to the Republicans voting for him
almost solidly and against Robert Weber,
his opponent, who is Silver Democrat.
Foreign.
General william F. Draper, they new
American Ambassador to Italy, was received
in audience by the Minister for Foreign AZ
fairs in Rome.
In Socialist riots In the Commun4s Of Ma.