The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-03-01
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SUNDAY
Col. W. S. King. ex-congressman
died at his home in Minneapolis. aged
Prof. +. ~ ,nyer. director of til.
Chicago institute Of pedagogy. which
was founded by Mrs. Emmons Blaine
died in that city of pneumonia.
F. c. Meyers, living near Centralia
ILL.,. set a revolver trap for cellar
thieves, and Charles Coon was sho,
through the breast and killed.
Daniel Van Voorhis. son of Repre-
sentative Van Voorhis. of Ohio. has
been appointed n second lieutenant in
the United States army.
Porter Simms. a young pharmacist
of Parkersburg. w. Va. took poison
by mistake on his wedding day ano
died a few hours before the intended
ceremony.
The United States attorney genera
has decided that the secretary of wal
has no power to change the sentenc,
of court-martial. that power alon.
resting with the president.
Mrs. Henrietta w. Smell. widow ol
Amos j. Smell, the Chicago million
aire whose murder has been Il mys
terry for 12 years. died in Chicago o.
heart disease. She was nearly II
years old.
Frank Hogan and Charles Norris
prisoners at the station house at For
est City, Ark. were burned to death
The fire is supposed to have beer
started by the men in an attempt t.
keep warm.
The controller of the currency has
approved the application of +. d. Bas
sett, w. w. Hazelip, John A. Bishop
and others for authority to organic.
the First national bank of Litchfeid
KY, with capital of $4,000.
1t was officially announced thai
four of the five members of the new
Philippine commission had been Sc
lected. They are: Judge. Taft. O
Ohio; Luke l.. Wright, of Tennessee
II. c Ide, of Vermont, aud Dean Wor
ccster. of Michigan. The fifth mem
Der will be announced later. 1t j!
generally believed he will be Bernard
Moses, of California.
The board of health of Harrison
county, West Virginia, has issued f.
proclamation on account of small
pox prevailing at Glen Falls, declar
ing quarantine against shipment o
anything except lumber and coal from
points between Maulsby and Clarks
burg. Mails and freight, however
may be put off at these places. Tn,
points namedSare Glen Falls. Bartlett
Farnhum. Haning and Clark.
SATURDAY.
The Metropolitan hotel and tn
Hewlett block. in Birmingham, Ala
were destroyed by fire, causing II los
of 100000.
The house agreed to vote on tn
Porto Rican tariff bill on Tuesday a
3 o'clock. the general debate to clos
on Monday.
The Masonic temple, the finest bus
mess block in London, Ont, was de
stroyed by fire, causing loss OF $3.50
900.
The Virginia legislature passed
joint resolution, making June 30, JET
ferson Davis birthday, a legal holi
day in that state.
The reinsurance on the British shi
Annie Thomas was raised from 40 pc
cent. to so per cent. The vessel is no,
out 200 days from Cardiff, for Ac
apulco.
To Wing, Chinaman, recently con
victed of murder at Bingham City
Utah. and sentenced to be shot, con-
mitted suicide by hanging himself i
his cell.
Republican conference members @
the senate and house have reached a
agreement on the financial bill estat
fishing the gold dollar as the standar
mint of value,
The American Newspaper Publish
ers' association has petihoned cor
gress to inquire into the cause of th
sudden and large increase in the pric
of white paper.
Fire in the wholesale millinery dii
trict of Philadelphia destroyed prof.
srty valued 1t Ss00.o0o. Clara Cohel