Times-promoter., 1898-12-03

Pacific station, has been placed on Inc
retired list.
Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather
bureau, in his annual report says over
23, 100000 forecasts were distributed
during the year, exclusive of those
printed in the daily papers.
The post Office in Cleveland. O.. was
robbed by sneak thieves of S1,100.
The secret service gives notice OF a
new counterfeit s5 legal tender note
series of 1880, check letter A; }. Fount
Tillman, register; D. N. Morgan, treas.
urer.
Fire in Princeton, Mo-. destroyed the
new opera house and three other busi.
ness buildings on the public square.
prairie fire burned over an area Of
rs miles square In Indian territory,
causing loss of $3.50 900.
A party of Is gold seekers, including
Rev. Mr.. Webber, a Moravian mission
ary, were massacred by Indians at the
mouth of the Kuskown river in Alaska.
All the gambling houses in Denver
have been closed, and Chief Of Police
| u uIlCN . uS Will hCCp thChl so.
William Miller, of Honesdale, Pa.
shot and killed his wife and then took
his own life. Jealousy was the cause.
| Edward Merriwether, a negro who
murdered Joseph Pope, popular white
man, was hanged by mob at Month
cello, Ga.
The Vermont legislature passed a bill
compelling state attorneys, sheriffs and
municipal judges to enforce the prohib-
itory law, under heavy penalty.
Rafael Iglesias, president of Costa
Rica, arrived in New York.
Charles Nikirk and Henry Lemon
were killed and several others injured
by the premature explosion of dyua-
mitea limestone quarries near Middles-
boro. Ky.
A message received at Harvard col
lege observatory announces the dis
covery Of faint comet by Mr.. Chase,
assistant at the Yale observatory, New
Haven.
Gov. Bradley, of Kentucky, has com
muted to life imprisonment George A.
Portwood, of Lexington, Ky, sentenced
to hang November 80 for the murder of
Richard Perkins.
By the explosion of powder at the
Hercules powder works at Ashburn,
Mo-. six men were blown to pieces.
George Newman, a contractor, was |
shot and killed at Greensburg, Ind, by |
Robert Mccoy, a prominent and
wealthy farmer.
On application of the Business Mems |
league, Of ST. Louis, the Missouri su-
preme court has awarded an alternative
writ of mandamus against the Amcri
can and the Wells Fargo Express COM
panies to compel them TO pay the war
stamp tax,
1t was said the president had com
pleted his message to congress and that
it contains about 10000 words. which
is above the average, being, in fact, full
ly twice as long as usual.
Heavy losses in stock were reported
from Texas, Oklahoma and Indian ter
ritory during the recent blizzard.
In fire at San Francisco which de-
stroyed the Baldwin hotel two persons
were burned to death, II were missing
and loss of $1,50O,OO0 was entailed.
Mrs. Thomas Stephens was burned to
death and Alex Ross fatally burned
during a fire in Mrs. Stephens house at
Elkton, Mich. caused by the explosion
of an oil stove.
White men rescued three negroes
from furious mob at Monticello, Ga,
who were about to lynch them for an
alleged murder.
The steamers Tampa and Arthur Orr
were wrecked on the north shore Of
Lake Superior. The two vessels rep
resenting about $3.50, 900 with their car
goes, are a total loss.
By the explosion of a locomotive
boiler near Jones Station, O., Fireman
Donaldson was killed and Engineer
Charles Boyer fatally injured.
The Wilson bank in Utica, O.. was
robbed by sneak thieves of $1,000 il
money and $1,000 in bonds.
A National Association of Managers
of Newspaper Circulation was organ
ILNb III DNNlOll' -hltI., Win w IL, blI- |
lespie, of that city, as president.
In his annual report George E. Rob
erts, director of the mint, says the gold
coinage of the world in 1897 was the
largest recorded, amounting to $437.
719.342. against $195 S99517 in 1896.
Mrs. Nancy Staley and Minnie France,
her niece, were burned to death in their
home at Huntington, W. Va.
a strike among cotton mill workers
at Augusta, Ga, against reduction in
wages affects 5000 men.
Thanksgiving day was very generally
observed throughout the country.
Capt. Crowninshield, chief of the bu-
reau of navigation, navy department.,
in his annual report recommends that
congress authorize the increase of the
naval force to 10000 men for general
service and $500 apprentices.
Later advices say that by the burning
Of the Baldwin hotel in San Francisco
five persons lost their lives.
In football game at Richmond, Va,
the University of North Carolina de-
feated the University of Virginia by a
score of to 2, securing the southern
championship.
A riot at Admission, Aha, between
of the Third Alabama negro
regiment and the white soldiers result
ed in the killing of one man and the
wounding of several more.
Secretary Bliss, OF the interior de-