The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-02-23
T[LEGRAPH|C NEWS NOTES.
Short Items From All Parts of the
Civilized World.

Ten persons lost their lives in the
snowslide in Cheyenne Canyon, Col.
The Dreyfus bill passed the French
Chamber of Deputies by vote of 800
to 216.
There have been 1,600 deaths from
the plague In the city of Bombay In
one week.
The skaters who were adrift on float
ing ice in Lake Michigan were rescued
in safety.
The Spanish Government, II is an
nounced, has decided not to sell the
Caroline Islands.
The steamship Bulgaria, sighted off
the Azores, was reported to be in a
sinking condition.
Atwelve-year-old boy in New Bruins
wick Jail has confessed attempted
train wrecking.
Millionaire James l.. Flood was mar
ried in Kansas City to Miss Fritz, sis
ter of his first wife.
Friends of James Rigley, of Pendle-
ton, N. Undiscovered that he was bur-
led alive while in a trance.
The steamship Moana has arrived at
San Francisco from Australia with g.
25O 600 in English sovereigns.
Senator Allen has protested against
the further retention ofGenerals who
were commissioned for the war;
The Manitoba Hotel at Winnipeg,
the largest hotel building in the Can
adian West, has been destroyed by
fire.
Appropriations passed and being
urged in the present Congress have al
most reached the sum of $1000,000,-
600.
Mail advices from Samoa confirm
previous reports that Mataafa's at
tack was instigated and assisted by
Germans.
The captains who served under Ad-
miral Sampson in the war against
Spain, have presented loving cup to
Mrs. Sampson.
Judge Simon Baldwin, of Connecti-
cut, has urged the restoration of the
whipping-post for the punishment Of
wife-beaters.
Mrs. Ethan Allen died at the Metro
politan Opera House, New York City,
of heart disease after climbing to
the family circle.
General Gomez's views are said to be
gaining grouud, and the mode of pay
ment of the So, 600, 900 to Cuban soldiers
is being discussed.
1t was reported in Montreal that
the Canadian Government would ex-
pei Agoncillo, Aguinaldo's agent, who
fled tere frohm Washington.
Army officers think the War Investi-
eating Committee may be called to
account in the courts for reflections
cast upon anyone in it's reports.
A cable despatch from London
states that Lord Salisbury says Eng
land must be prepared for war, as
causes for conflict still subsist."
e. s. Ullman bought more than one
third Of John D. Rockefellers Tarry-
town IN. ~ estate, paying $113 an
acre for the land said to be worth
$3.50.
General Eagan expects soon to de-
part for Hawaii, where he has son
who owns coffee plantation. The
General will assist in running the plan.
tation.
In train wreck near Pittsburg a
fireman was. killed and seventeen pas
sengers injured; in another wreck, near
Lancaster, Pa, an engineer and fireman
were killed.
The very severe storm compelled
the abandonment of train service at
Philadelphia and Baltimore the snow
extended far South, and caused much
suffering and loss.
War broke out in the Twenty-sec-
ond IN. W Regiment, the enlisted men
complaining that their officers were
inconsiderate while they We're in the
volunteer service. ~,
The thermometer at. Atlanta, Ca,
broke all records with 8.5 below zero.
Many persons were frost bitten, The
Georgia peach crop ls ruined. 1t was
worth $1,000, OGO last year.
A committee of the Cuban Assembly
has been appointed to investigate the
circumstances which prevented natives
from taking part in the general process
sion of General Garcia,
Fire destroyed the historic Execu-
tive Mansion at Frankfort, KY,
which has been occupied by the Gov
ernors of Kentucky for over three
quarters of century.
The eightieth birthday of John Rus
kin, the great writer and art critic,
drew many Of his friends to Brant-
wood, his home, and the anniversary
was quietly celebrated.
The cruiser Philadelphia has sailed
from San Diego, for Samoa. She is
fully equal in offensive power to the
combined force of the two warships
now in the harbor of Apia-
Nine. Candelaro Villenueva, known
throughout the United States as Nine.
Candelario, the only survivor of the
massacre of Alamo, died at San An
tonic, Tex, at the age Of ia years.
Cadets Charles L. Baender, of Mis-.
souri, and Ferney G. Lane, of Iowa,
suddenly resigned from the West
Point Military Academy, and the
Var Department has been asked to
authorize their dismissal
Oscar Gardner the "Omaha Kid"
disposed of Solly Smith, of Los An
geles, in the sixth round of their
twenty-five round bout, at 122 pounds.
Mt the Lenox A. c., New York City.
Smith was no match for Gardner.
The worst blizzard since 1888 visited
New York City and blockaded the
streets with snow, paralyzing local
traffic. Governor Roosevelt ordered
that five armories be thrown open for
the use of the poor. The rivers and
harbors were icebound.