Warren sheaf., 1898-03-10
DOMESTIC.

The national pure food and drug
congress met in Washington. s~,~. .
The alleged filibuster, Dauntless, un-
der guard at Jacksonville, Fla, has
slipped away.to Cuba, carrying recruits
and 1000 rifles. ss = - ~ AZ 80 ~ ~
BY the bursting of an engine boiler
near Brewton, Ala, William Kelso, An
drew j. Enirght, Arthur Atkins, Peter
Thomas, David Aston and G. w. Thom-
as Qaborers) were killed s.s a.sg
The main buildings of the transmits
sissippil exposition at Omaha are nearly
ready and exhibits have begun to ar
rive.
A concurrent resolution declaring for
biennial sessions Of the legislature was.
passed in the New York assembly. l. z
Martial law has been declared at
Skaguay, Alaska, and United States
troops are enforcing law. =. 4s... o..
The Ohio legislature passed bill au-
thorizing the governor to appoint wom-
en- notaries public and it is now law.
AS the Bostonia steamed out from her
wharf at Cincinnati for Louisville eight
colored roustabouts were thrown into
the river and four were drowned.
An attempt was made to wreck the
south-bound passenger train of the At
lanta, Knoxville & Northern railway
near Canton, Ga. SD ~k.s,-s
A large dry kiln fell in at Texarkana,
Ark, killing five persons.
Large shipments of supplies are being
sent to Cuba for the relief of the thou
sands now starving there. The condi-
tions are declared much worse than in
Armenia by w. w. Howard, who has
visited both countries.
A Judgment of custer was pro-
nounced against Mayor John M. Good
in the circuit court at Springfield, o.,
for violation Of the Garfield anti-corrupt
election practice act.
The schooner Speedwell capsized off
Marquesas, Fla, and the three children
OF Capt. Collier and the entire Nichols
family, consisting Of father, mother,
grandmother and three children, all of
bridgeport, Conn.,, were drowned.
Shep Wood, promine ent young farm
er at Cordele, Ga, shot and killed his
brother Thomas in quarrel and then
killed himself.
Diamond, the largest elephant in cap
tivity, died at Peru, Ind. He was valued
at $4,000. 81 Dtg,z. y + . - ri ~
Twenty head of valuable Guernsey
COWS were burned to death on a stock
farm near Berwyn, Pa. ..
The Seventh national bank and the
Fourth street national bank in Philadei-
rhia have consolidated. ...,-,
Secretary Long receiyed3 dispatchi
from Admiral Sicard Informing him
that the court Of inquiry into the Maine
disaster will be unable to reach any
conclusion as to the cause of the explo-
sion until after further investigation
by the divers now at work upon the
wreck. The court has returned totHa-
vana to resume the investigation there.
Four tramps were asphyxiated in a
refrigerator car at Fort Worth, Tex.
They builta coal fire in stove and were
overcome by the gas.
The navy department. has been in
formed Of the arrival of the gunboat
Newport at Aspinwall with the Mic
araguan canal commissioners ON board.
The Nicaragua canal commission es-d
Inmates that the cost OF. the work will
be $1O0,OOo,0OO.
After serving as a United States Judge
in the Norfolk (Va.) district "a years
Judge Hughes has retired.
Secretary Long said at Washington
that while the United Statesis not seek,
ing war the govefrnrn iss preparing
for any emergencies that may arise.