The Van Buren press., 1899-12-02

OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

Frank Morris was mysterio.lv killed
at Centralia, ILL.,
Miss Helen Gould will attend the
dedication of the Y. NJ. C. A. buildinv
At Texarkana, Ark.
The Nebraska superintendent of
public schools has decided that the
Bible may be read in them.
Hetty Green's son and party, who
We're yachting in the gulf when ovei-
taken by storm, are safe.
William j. Bryan has rented his Lin
coin home for the winter, and will
rest in northern California.
Bert Repine, of Nashville. Tenn.
won the 4s-hour bicycle race at Kan
sas City, covering fraction over 96l
miles.
Joe Wright, 16-year-old boy, has
confessed it was he who stabbed
Charles Doepke to death in a fight
Sunday night, at ST. Louis.
Bills of lading for goods shipped
from the United States to Canada are
now considered export bills, and sub
Jecl 10 taxation.
An autopsy on the body of Sam
Moler. the Iowa farmer who was SUD.
posed to have died, at St. Louis. from
cholera morbus, showed that the cause
OF death was poinson.
Chief Sanitary Officer Francis, of ST.
Louis, has been informed by an in
speetor that some of the city butchers
are using dangerous chemical prep
aration on old meat to make it look
fresh
Assistant Secretary Nanderlip says
there is no truth in the Wall street re-
port that he is going to New York in
the future as president of the New
York Bank of Commerce.
The executive committee of the
American Ladies' hospital ship fund,
in London, has received an anonymous
gift of e 5000 from the United States,
together with a promise of as much
more if it should be needed.
Stanley March was buried alive az
Decatur, H., while laying pipe in
sewer. and was dead when dug cut by
companions.
Col. G. \. Buffum, one of the most
prominent citizens of northeast Mis-
souri,. died at his home in Louisiana,
Monday, aged IA years.
Mrs. Maggie Bridge, of Fort Smith,
Ark, died suddenly, and her husband,
Frank Bridge, is in prison on the
charge of poisoning her.
Israel c. Smith. of Grand Rapids,
Mich, aged 60 years, was instantly
Killed by the accidental discharge OF
his gun while out hunting.
Martin Roth. aged 30 years, who had
been missing from his home in Boone
county. Mo-, for several days, was cap
tured by the sheriff in the woods al,
most nude. He had lost his mind.
The branch of La Banque Rationale
at Montgomery, Quebec, was robbed,
Sunday night, of all its funds, some
$15 1000. The safe was inside of q
brick vault, which was blown open.
Edelberto Garcia, the Mexican youth
who shot and killed Edward O'Con-
HOT, Ol ] dIISs NY. III III } dSo; itAsi
on the night of October /, was found
guilty of murder and sentenced to
death.
Sheriff Wyrick has under arrest. at
Waynesville, Mo-, George Watson,
wanted in Green county, Ind, on a
charge of having murdered his sister
in-law. Mrs. William Wagner, eight
years ago.
DR.. l.. w. Weldon. agent OF the Flor
ida state board of health at Port Tam
pa City. has notified DR.. j. y. Porter,
state health officer. that the yellow
fever quarantine is no longer ncces-
sary.
The body of Stephen Whitmore was
found in Eel river, at Loganspo"t, Ind.
Monday evening. The head was hor
ribly mutilated, Oliver Slagel, of st
Louis, has been suspected of his mur
der.