The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-03-15
CONDENSED NEWS.
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Throughout the C0untry.
MONDAY.

space - Interesting Happenings
throughout the Country.
MONDAY.
John 2. Little, the actor, died in
Brooklyn, aged 90 years.
Three fresh cases of bubonic plague
is reported from Sydney, N. s. w.
Mrs. Herman Devries, wife of the
opera singer, died in New York, city.
Archbishop John Keane, of Sioux
City, Ia, will probably be selected as
successor to the late Archbishop Hen
messy.
The Colombian revolutionary move
ment is being kept up, number of
Argentinians having enlisted with the
rebels.
At Waverly, ILL.,, A. c. Moffet, q
bank cashier, discovered Negro bur-
glar in his bedroom and shot him
dead. The body was not recognized.
The Mexican troops have had sever
al more encounters with the Maya
Indians in Yucatan territory, and
gained several miles of Indian terri
tory.
Mrs. John Gallagher, so years old,
of Joliet, ILL.,, while in fit of tenn
porary insanity, cut her husbands
throat while he was asleep. She is
now in jail.
Fire in Boston caused the death of
one fireman, the probable fatal injury
of another, and the serious injury of
three others. Financial loss esti-
mated at 100000.
Christ. Baur, of Sioux City, Ia., was
killed by his brother-in-law, Ernest
Meyers. Meyers had quarreled with
Bauer's mother, a quarrel resulted.
and then the murder.
Funeral service over the remains
of Edward J. Phelps, ex-minister to
England, were held at his former
home in New Haven, Ct. The burial
took place at Burlington, vt.
The Beers made stand at Driefon.
tein and almost held their position
for day, but during the night they
retreated again, the British pursuing
but not overtaking them. The British
reached Asvogel kop without en-
countering the enemy.
The democratic government at
Frankfort, Ky. has sswornin company
of state militia, who are guarding the
state officers in the Capitol hotel.
The state militia guarding the state
house have been reinforced and con-
flict may take place at any moment
SUNDAY.
Hartman, the noted Danish COM
poser, died in Copenhagen.
Four new cases of bubonic plague
have developed at Honolulu since
March 2.
John Miller, lineman, was shot
and killed near Oakwood, Tenn, his
revolver being accidentally dis
charged.
Albert E. Waring, an insane Negro.
was arrested in Chicago, charged with
the recent burning of two churches
in that city.
There is great influx of Jews ar
irving at New York from Roumania
because of the discriminating laws in
that country.
The strained relations between the
French and English governments are
becoming more serious, and con-
fiict is one of the possibilities.
The remains of the late Kate Chase
Sprague were buried in Spring Grove
Cemetery, Cincinnati by the side of
her illustrious father, Salmon p.
Chase.
At Gallatin, Tenn, Ed McCreary,
convicted of the murder of his child,
was sentenced to be hanged on April
25, the judge overruling a motion for
new trial.
The senate refused to pension ex-
Queen Liliuokalani, of Hawaii, or any
other monarch, on the ground that it
would be establishing dangerous
precedent.
Judge Fields, of Louisville, handed
down decision in the Kentucky gov.
ernorship controversy that he had no
jurisdiction, that power. being vested
alone in the state legislature.
Herculean efforts have begun by
the sugar trust to overthrow the gov.
on the constitutionality of the law
in an effort to recover $250,O00 paid
in revenues.
Representative Mahon, of Pennsyl-
vania, introduced bill for the relief
of the estate of the late Maj. Gen
Lawton from a charge of $656 for
camp grounds near Huntsville, Ala.
occupied by troops of his command
in December, 1898.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler's resignation
was sent to the president last Novem.
ber, but the president held it up and
ordered the general to report to
Washington, SO that he would be en-.
titled to mileage. The resignation
will now be accepted.
The sheriff who held the warrants
for the arrest of Secretary of State
Caleb Powers and State House Police.
man John Davis, charged with com.
plicity in the assassination of William
Goebel at Frankfort, KY, was denied
admission to- the capitol building,
where the men We're all day Satur.
day. In the evening. the two men
dressed in the uniforms of soldiers.
accompanied by about 20 soldiers.
succeeded in getting on board q train.
but were arrested upon their arrival
at lexington, where they are now in
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