The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-12-28
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.
The duke of Westminster is dead.

Inc duke OF westminster is dead.
The guartermaster general Friday
released the transport Sikh from FUR
ther government service.
Failures for the week have been 22O
in the United States against 25s last
year. and 26 in Canada against 81 last
year.
Fridays statement of the condition
of the treasury shows: Available cash
balance, $291,94s,262; gold reserve,
$241, ,415,422.
The British steamer Beltisloe, Capt.
Danielsen, from Philadelphia, is
aground at Kallundborg. A contract
has been made to float her.
The training ship Chesapeake, the
first sailing vessel built for the navyin
more than 40 years, has just complete
ed most successful trial trip in Mas
sachusetts bay.
David T.. Weber, formerly mem
Der of the firm of Weber Brothers, of
Milwaukee, which dissolved in 1894,
filed petition in bankruptcy in New
York. giving liabilities $21! $3.50; assets
none.
The Figaro warns Frenchmen
against the idea that Great Britain
would accept the mediation of Ger
many, Russia or even the United
States at the present stage of the
war in South Africa.
The ninth annual banquet of the
New England society was held at the
Denison house, Indianapolis, Friday
present. Rev. N. A. Hyde was toast
master at the banquet.
Terry McGovern, of New York, de-
feated Harry Forbes, of Chicago. in
the second round. before the new
broadway athletic club, New York,
Friday night The men met for a 25-
round bout at 11S pounds.
Money is being raised in Helena,
Ark. to be sent to Washington for
the fund to pay the mortgage on Gen.
Lawton's home. Subscriptions have
been limited to small sums and mon
ey is being received from almost ev-
cry citizen in that vicinity.
The Woman's National Sabbath AL
lance are about to send a letter to
the department stores in New York
city, respectfully requesting them not
to advertise in Sunday papers, and a
list of establishments who do not do
this will, it is said, be posted at the
Office of the alliance.
A contract was signed Friday trans
ferring all copyrights, title and sub-
scription lists of Demorest's magazine
to Robert Bonner's Sons. Demorest' 8
magazine will be discontinued, and the
fashion and pattern departments. half
minute talks and worlds progress,
will be continued in the Ledger
monthly
f. d. and Frank Thompson, who
are charged with selling the bodies
of pauper dead and who were recent
ly convicted of conspiracy by jury
and fined $3.50 each, were Friday sen.
fenced by Judge Cooper to the work.
house for term of II months and
30 days at Memphis, Tenn, which is
the limit of the law.
The San Francisco Call says that
u. j. Tobin, well-known sporting
man of that city, who has offered $780,.
O00 in behalf of syndicate to secure
the Jeffries-Corbett fight for that
city, has secured an option of 80 days
in which to make satisfactory de-
posit. II the contest occurs here II
may be held by daylight in the open
| air.
The Crescent City jockey club
Thursday announced an offer oi
prizes to jockies having the best rid
ing percentage at the close of the 10,
cal season. March "a. The prizes are:
First, 800 gold: second, $50 gold;
third, $50 gold. The contest opens
January I. 1000. and any jockey sus'
| pended for fraud will be barred from
| the contest.
| A telegram from Santa Barbara
| Cal, announces the death of DR.. Ed
ward H. Williams. senior partner oi
the Baldwin locomotive works oil
Pennsylvania. Death was due tc
heart trouble. DR.. Williams wa.
prominently connected with early
railroads in Wisconsin. He wal
knighted by the king of Norway ant
Sweden.