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been married in Milwaukee to the de-
sendant, Lew II. Page.
W. Connors Of Buffalo has secured
elevator and wharfage franchises in
Montreal and viii get 81 500, 600 of the
stock free for Dis services as pro-
meter
At Amherst, Mass, Miss Mary Field
French, aged Is. cousin OF the late
Eugene Field and for a number of
years his guardian died suddenly. She
had the care Of Eugene Field from his
seventh to his eighteenth year
Milton Sheets, under sentence of
death for the murder OF Augustus
Glessner, broke Jail at Somerset, Pa
He sawed the bars Of window in the
jail and climbed down a spouting to
the yard, walking out unmolested.
State central committees of the
democrats, populsts and free silver
republicans met in Lincoln, Neb., and
decided to hold their state nominating
conventions at Lincoln, july II. There
viii be fusion between the three
parties.
The postofIice at Lake City, 5. c.,
has been re-established, and Mrs.
Della d. Carter, white, appointed post
mistress. There has been no postoffic
at Lake City since the colored post
master there was killed by a mob two
years ago.
Charles II Cole, former president Of
the Globe National bank, under in
dictment for embezzlement and mis-
application Of the banks funds, plead
ed guilty in the United States district
court. Boston Sentence will be pro
nouuced later.
Judge Stein Chicago, has rendered
a decision of interest to mortgage
holders, ruling that a third party who
voluntarily pays an obligation for a
debtor cannot in equity enforce his
claim to be substituted for the claims
Of the creditor,
At Omaha the prosecuting attorney
asked for an armed escort to attend
the preliminary hearing of Jim Kear-
ney who is held for assault on 8
year-old girl in South Omaha. 1t is
the prosecuting attorneys intention to
head off lynchers.
At Cleveland suit against the recent
ly formed soft coal trust for $4,000
damages for alleged reputation of
contract was commenced by Dudley 5.
Mahon. The defendants are the j.
H. Somers Fuel company and the
Pittsbulg Coal company.
Mrs. Elizabeth Whitfield Bellamy,
authoress. is dead at her home in Mo-
bile, aged SO years she was the wild
ow of Or Edward c. Bellamy, a sur
geon in the confederate army Her
best-known works are Old Man Gilbert
ana Trials of Penny Lancaster,
Rufus Wright, the Chicago million
aire who was shot while struggling
with Mrs Louise Lottridge for the
possession Of a revolver in her room
died of his wounds. Mrs. I,ottridge
was held on the charge of murder.
Her comoanion, Mrs. Koss, was held
as an accessory.
Or. T.. g, Andrews resigned as SUI
perintendent Of Chicago schools, and
announced 10 the board Of education
that he had accepted the chancellor
ship of the University of Nebraska.
The resignation was accepted and two
months leave Of absence from May !
was granted. with fun Gay.
Alfred T. Morrison, a teacher OF
languages, was arraigned for trial at
White Plains, n. Y, for the alleged
murder of a woman with whom he had
been living in Mount Vernon as his
wife The defense is that the woman
was killed by Morrison while he was
in a somnambulistic state.
The Moro Castle. which is expected
to be the fastest steamship ever con-
structed for coastwise trade, was
launched at Cramps shipyard for the
New York and Cuba Mail steamship
company She is 400 feet long, her
displacement is $500 tons and her con
tract speed Is IS knots an hour.
Margie NJ. Mlcheler filed a suit for
100000 damages in Chicago against
Walter A. Daniels, manager of the
United States Printing company, by
whom she was formerly employed as
stenographer Daniels, who has a
wife and family, accuses Miss Micheler
of attempting to blackmail him.
Colonel l.. y Carter OF oakland. III.
has withdrawn from the race for con
gress because he is going TO New York
to join with senator Foraker and
others to secure The release OF Cap
tain Oberla VI Carter. sentenced %
the peuiteutary for detrauding the
government
The Louisiana elections insure the
return OF Senator McEnery aud the
election OF Governor Murphy ! Foster
10 succeed Gallery The state ticket
elected was: Governor, W. w. Heard;
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