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then killed herself. NO cause was
known for the deed.
Rev. L. W. Ii. Dawson. an aged Bap-
tisi minister. was burned TO death in bis
cottage near Troy. Ill.
The steamer Oregon sailed from Port
land, Ore. for Alaska with $50 passen-
gers and 1880 tons OF merchandise ane
baggage.
In the trial In Chicago OF Adolph Luet-
CERT for the murder Of his wife the de-
PENDANT took the stand aud denied the
charge.
President and Mrs. Sanford b. Dole.
OF Hawaii. arrived In Chicago and were
received by ,he mayor and government
officials.
The celebration OF the fftieth ami
versary OF the discovery OF gold in Cali
fornia began in San Francisco and will
continue one week.
Freight trains collided on the Rock
Island road at Clay Center. Kan. and
three men were fatally injured.
William and Harvey Topic are dead
and Lew Wallace is fatally wounded
as the result Of pistol duel over game
OF cards near Pineville. Ky.
BY the explosion of a locomotive boil
er in Madison. Wis. three men were
killed
cassius and Anthony Chittick (broth-
ers). OF Flora. Ind, persisted In the
Klondike region.
The bodies OF Oscar Young. Gust An
derson and Dennis O'Brien were found
on the beach at Ashtabula. o.. having
been washed up by the waves during a
gale.
The National bank OF Paola. Kan.
suspended.
Gov. scofeld has appointed Judge
Charles V. Bardeen, Of Wausau. 10 sue
coed the late Judge Newman on the SUI
preme bench Of Wisconsin.
Almost the entire business portion
OF the town OF ST. Elmo, Col, was de-
stroyed by fire.
The United States battle ship Maine
has been ordered TO Havana harbor.
Rev. Charles o. Brown, the Congrega-
tional minister charged in San Francis
co with improper conduct, and now pas
tor OF a Chicago church, has pleaded
guilty and been expelled
The steamer Noyo sailed from Seattle
for Alaska carrying $50 passengers,
% being women.
Twelve riders started in the 72-hour
bicycle race at the Exposition building
in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Linus NJ. Child. aged CO. one OF the
most prominent members OF the Bos-
ron bar. dropped dead in railroad
station.
Capt. Ray, Of the Eighth United
States infnntry, has declared martial
law at Fort Yukon, Alaska.
Mrs. Mary Miles, OF Black River Falls,
Wis, was arrested on the charge OF
rain wrecking.
Fire destroyed property valued at
$225.000 in Spokane, Wash, and eight
persons lost their lives.
Property was destroyed and two lives
were lost in terrific gale in ST. Louis.
The Union elevator In East st. Lonis,
H.. containing 100000 bushels OF
wheat. was burned, the loss being ST.
Co., 900.
The monetary convention began at
indianapolis with 400 delegates pres
W.T. WV oiANS VI tNWu, Illtslhtu.
Another heavy snowstorm swept over
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Michigan and
Wisconsin, blocking the railways and
doing other damage.
One thousand delegates, representing
81 states and territories, attended the
opening session in Denver OF the Ma
tional Stock Growers association.
The third annual convention of the
National Association OF Manufacturers
began in New York with $50 promi-
nent merchants from all parts OF the
country present.
George II. Dobbs and Mrs Amelia
New, convicted OF the murder OF Mrs.
News husband, were sentenced at Eu-
reka, Kan, TO life imprisonment.
BY collision OF freight trains on the
Louisville & Nashville railroad near
Upton, Ky, three men were killed and
four badly injured.
In a fight between whites and ne
groes near Natchez, Miss, three were
killed, one white man and two negroes.
The Cuban flibustering steamer Til
lie was scutled and sunk Oft the Rhode
Island shore by traitor and four Of her
crew were drowned.
Nineteen Louisville (Ky.) firms have
pooled their distilleries and stocks md
will form n big whisky corporation.
Annie Hcrtell and Mary f. Kersten
took their own lives In ST. Louis because
OF disappointment in love.
At the seventh annual meeting of the
Trades league of Philadelphia Secreta-
ry Gage spoke on the subject OF finance,
and declared himself unequivocally in
favor the gold standard.
Rev A. T.. Smith, n Methodist preach
er OF Defiance. o., has decreed that no
more high hats can be worn by women
OF his congregation.
George H. Guss, editor and proprietor
Of the Chester County Democrat. com
mitted suicide at his home in West
chester Pa.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Senator White, or California. has been
elected chairman OF the democratic con.
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