Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-06-17
NEWS OF THE DAY.

An assassin attempted to kill Presi-
dent Faure, of France on Monday with
dynamite. The attempt was made on
the Bots de Bolougne, where a similar
attempt on the Presidents life was
made about a year ago. Several arrests
were made. ss.s.33Siss sssIsias sr=.,s.--
A fire at Huntington, w. Va, Satur-
day night, destroyed A. E. Cox's gen
eral merchandise store; loss, SAC, 900 on
stock and $4,000 on building.
At Milford, Pa, Monday morning
| the jury found Herman Paul Schultz
guilty of murder in the first degree for
having killed his wife, Lizzie Schultz.
The earthquake at Calcutta on Sat
urday did much more damage than
was at first reported. There is scarce
ly building in the city the walls of
| which are not cracked.
| Hon. J. M. Matthews, of Mississippi,
was found dead in bed in Washington,
Saturday evening. He had come to
Washington to urge his appointment
as United States marshal for the south
ern district of Mississippi.
| Fire broke out in the coal mine at
Clinton, near Terre Haute, Ind, Sat
urday night, and has been burning
Gercely all day. Sixteen miners are
cut off from the shaft, and there is lit
tie prospect of saving them.
| A dispatch from Constantinople says
that the Sultan has appealed to the
Gear and Emperor William to support
him in his demand for the annexation
of Thessaly. The representatives of
the other powers are incensed by this
action.
j Ex-President Cleveland has refused
$50, 000 to write an article every two
} weeks for year for library syndi
} cate, as he purposes writing history
} of his two administrations, 1t Is sale
that the history will not appear during
, his lifetime.
A dispatch from Atlanta says the re
lquest Of Taylor Dalk and his son, Tom
convicted leaders of the famous Dali
band of outlaws, that they be hanged
7 at the same time, and on the same gal
lows, will not be granted. The sam'
, gallows will be used, but Tom is to b.
hanged next Friday, and his father OF
July 80.
DIR. William Thompson Lusk, presi
dent of the Bellevue Hospital Medica
/ College, New York, died Saturday nigh
s aftera stroke of apoplexy, aged 5
o years. He was one of the most exper
:. physicians in the country on gyne
cology. He was an expert III tn
: Casarian operation, one of the mos
' difficult in surgery. DR.. Lusk's for
, tune is estimated at SO 100000.
: The much discussed art" series o
Treasury notes will soon be thing O
the past and in few months an en-
3 tirely new set of one, two, and five do
q lar silver certificates will be issued
v Saturday afternoon Secretary Gage
. Assistant Secretary Vanderlip, Assist
ant Treasurer Meline, and Chief John
e son, Of the Bureau of Engraving an
a Printing. held q conference at tn
V Treasury, and decided to recall them.
# What appeared to be deliberate al
+ tempt to wreck an excursion train wit
900 men, women and children aboar
l was made on the New York and Sc
L Beach Railroad, near Sixty fifth stree
q and Fifth avenue, Brooklyn at 81
o o'clock Saturday night. From an el
= animation made afterwards, it is be
= lieved that at least three men wer
e concerned in the attempt, and ha
s their plan been successful frightfr
!. disaster would have occurred. 1t wa
discovered Monday that an attemr
y had also been made to wreck a trai
n ON the Culver line, which runs parable
with the Sea Beach route.