The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-03-30
TnEGRAPH|C NEWS NOTES.
Short Items From All Parts of the
Civilized World. II
The American Cup defender may
called the Golden Rod.

called tne GOluen hOu.
Fort wrangel, Alaska, wants to be.
come part of Alaska. iAt A it
At Fort Scott, Kan, Chinaman
served as foreman of q jury.
England is confronted with a deficit
of over f5,OOO,O0O in the Budget. ''A'
Serious friction has arisen between
Gen. Brooke and Gen. Lee at Havana.
The plan for forming chewing gum
trust has been dropped for the present.
j. G. w. Seligman & Co., the bankers,
plan to open banks In Manila and Hon
oulu. tt@ Eh&
Tom O'Brien, the bunco king, is on
from Cayenne. ,..
Postmaster Bogert, of Wilkesbarre,
Is under arrest on charge of tamper-
ing with the mail.
Slatin Pasha, formerly Governor of
Darfur under General Gordon, has
been created chevalier.
William ]. Bryan declined to permit
a Texas girl to kiss him, remarking
that he was not Hobson.
Samuel Yoder of Iigornier, Ind,
had four wives, but each left in turn
because he never spoke to her.
Gilbert D. Shaw, Treasurer of the
w. G. 7. U. Temple Fund, has re-
signed and purchased distillery.
Elizabeth Hicks, of Cincinnati, re-
fused to marry dying Fred Wier, and
his estate Of 100000 goes to others.
Michael Glynn, of ST. Louis, fell one
hundred feet inside the Laclede. Hotel
chimney and was only slightly hurt
Pastor Ryder, of Hasbrouck Heights,
n. j., declined to assist in a card
trick, and his parisbioners are indig-
nant.
Miss Henrietta Wechsler, the Brook
lyn young woman who disappeared
from her home, has been found by the
police.
A special cable despatch from Chris
tiana says that war between Norway
and Sweden was recently talked Of in
the Storthing.
DR.. Henry Van Dyke was chosen
professor Of English literature in
Princeton to fill a new chair endowed
with 100000.
Charles Wells, notorious as the
"man who broke the bank at Monte
Carlo" has been released from Port
land (Eng) prison.
The news that the Kaiser will see
the yacht races Mt Cowes next July
ls interpreted to mean that Germany
m nrftnn rnnnnnilnd
The Forty Seventh New York Regi-
ment returned from Porto Rico in fine
health and spirits. Colonel Hubbell
says a native uprising is probable.
Disgraceful scenes attended the
hanging of Mrs. Cordelia Poirler and
Samuel Parslow for the murder of the
woman's husband in Ste. Scholastique,
Quebec.
John Griffin, otherwise known as the
'Braintree Lad" featherweight
ouglist with long record Of successes
in the prize ring, died from injuries
sustained by fall
A story has leaked out Mt Norfolk,
Va, that the monitor Amphitrite had
! narrow escape from being wrecked
by an explosion during her voyage
from Boston to Hampton Roads.
On her maiden voyage from Port
land, Me-, to Liverpool, the Allen line
steamer Castilian ran on Nova
Scotia reef and will he total loss
Passengers were taken off by another
vessel S''-
Mrs. Clarence Lexow, wife of the
New York Senator, and other women
Of Nyack, N. Y, have instituted u
'woOdpile." where men seeking char.
.ty may earn money In saving and
splitting wood.
Henri Gunther, aged eighteen, was
killed by an eastbound freight at
Bridgeport, Conn. Twelve cars passed
over his body which was cut to pieces
Young Gunther was stealing a ride on
The train.
A special cable despatch from Wen.
IA says that tremendous sensation
has ben caused by the suicide Of q
)ank director, who accused a member
,f the Austrian House of Lords Of In.
lucing him to embaEzle.
On the meadows between Jersey
City and Newark there are so.called
horse factories" where old and do.
,repit horses are slaughtered for food.
It Is asserted that their meat Ia not
sold here. but is exported to Norway.
The Paris Eclair confirms the repor,
hat the Government inquiry regard.
ng the explosion Of the navy powder
magazine at La Goubran, has shown
that II was not Of accidental origin,
and much credence Is now given to
The rumor that II was an Anarchist
outrage,
Mrs. Eliza Keifsr, tho wife Of Major
Zen, J, Warren Keifer, died at Spring
ield, O., of pneumonia. after an illness
pf nine days. II was hoped that she
would live until Gen, Kejfer and Cant.
q. c. Keifer arrived from Cuba. but
about the time they reached Miami.
fla, she died.
The Cairo correspondent of the Lon
Ion Daily Telegraph says be iearns
hat the Khalifa Abdullah, the Derry
sh ruler in the soudan, is suffering
rom leprosy, which he contracted u
,ew years ago through taking unto
aimself the wife Of black emir. who
has since died Of lsprasy.
Among the signs that the fight be-.
:ween the Sugar Trust aud the outside
.efiners Is to be to q dnIsh Ia the with.
travail Of the Trusts surplus cash
rom Boston to New York. This Ia
supposed to be needed for slnews OF
war. The margin OF profit. II Is nd.
nitted by outsiders is now wiped out
Prof. RUSSELL H, Chittenden, ditso.
or of the Sheffield Scientific School of
Yale. has Just received 9p !pv0ice OF
army beef from the Government on,