The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-03-17

market at Chicago flew into a barrel of
kerosene and then into a gas Jet, which
set its feathers on fire and cremated it.
Friday, March 10.
Edward c. Andre, Belgian consul gen.
eral at Manila, is in New York trying to
organize a $1O,O0O,OO0 syndicate to de-
velop the Philippines.
Miss Caroline Hazard, Of Peacedale,
r. l., has been elected president of
Wellesley college.
Mrs. ]. Warren Keifer, wife of Major
General Keifer, now in Cuba, is seri-
ously i'll with pneumonia In her home at
Springfield, o.
Great Britain's naval budget for the
ensuing year will call for the expendi-
ture of nearly $40, 000,00
Sidney c. Hubbard, a pioneer insur-
ance man, capitalist and real estate deal
er of Fort Wayne, Ind, died yesterday.
William Noble, builder of many we'll
known hotels in New York, has failed.
with liabilities Of $1,027,4 AGO.
A hurricane has ragged over the Black
sea for the past four days, and numer-
Gus fatal wrecks have been reported.
Saturday, March IL.
Cecil Rhodes is at Berlin for the pur-
pose of obtaining the kaiser's adherence
to his project Of railroad from the
Cape to Cairo, passing through German
territory in East Africa.
Hon. ]. Fount Tillman, ex-register of
the treasury, died at his home near
Shelbyville, Tenn, after a brief ILL
ness.
John Barton, a member of the North
Dakota legislature, dropped dead on the
street in st. Joseph, Mo-, Of hemorrhage
Of the lungs. He was on his way home
from LaSalle, Ills.
Rev. T. II. Barney, temperance
evangelist, is mysteriously missing
from vincennes, Ind. and foul play is
suspected.
American and Canadian miners in the
Porcupine river region are on the point
Of fighting over the boundary between
Alaska and British territory. 30 1t is
reported.
Neil Burgess, the actor. has filed q
voluntary petition in bankruptcy. His
liabilities are placed at $104. 050. all un-
secured, and assets at nothing.
Monday, March Is.
A strike at the Schoen Pressed Steel
Car company's works at Pittsburg re-
suited in riots between the trades union
men and the Socialists. Nobody was
killed, but several were seriously hurt
Francis b. Thurber has been admitted
to the bar at New York at the age Of g.
Sewer rats attacked two sleeping chill
dren Saturday in a house In Dorchester
Mass, and inflicted probably fatal
wounds.
Mysterious Billy" Smith announces
that he will retire from the ring in
July.
Tod" Sloan, the Jockey, sailed for
England Saturday on the Lucania- He
will ride for the Prince Of Wales.
Lord Charles Beresford says the Unit
ed States battleships are ahead Of those
England has built.
New Orleans Is agitating the project
of erecting q monument to General
Beauregard, Of Confederate fame.
General F'itzhugh Lee has announced
that he will not be a candidate for sem
ator from Virginia.
A movement is on foot to form a COM
bination of plain and decorated lamp
chimney manufacturers.
Tuesday, March II.
Otto Young will build an italian pal
ace for a country home on the north
east shore Of Lake Geneva, Wis. The
cost will exceed $150000.
It is announced that Emperor Will
lam will go to Cowes July 20 for the
yachting week.
Calvary Protestant church of New
York is about to open a dry goods store
to sell articles in common use at rea-
sonable rates.
The miners at Ishpeming, Mich, have
concluded to accept the company's
raise in wages and not strike.
1t is reported that Jerry" Simpson,
ex-representative from Kansas, will
write book entitled IF the Devil Came
to Congress"
Charles c. Kiefer who was widely
known in Masonic circles throughout
the United States, died at Urbana, o.
The will of Herbert Stewart, wealthy
New York engineer, bequeaths $50 900
to establish a scientific fund at Yale.
The earnings of the Cape Colony rail-
way in South Africa for the last year
show a profit Of Az per cent.
Wednesday, March 10.
Yokohama papers contain details of
the terrible suffering and death of NJ
@. Blanchard, formerly of Cincinnati.
He was murdered by bloodthirsty Man
churian Chinese.
United States and British authorities
have agreed to recognize DR.. Wilhelm
Solf, nominated by Germany to succeed
DR.. Raffel as president of the mu-
nicipal council at Apia