Fair play., 1901-03-02
DOMESTIC,

Bessie and Alice Wilkes. aged 16 and
Is. were cremated in a fire which de-
stroyed the home of their mother at
Prattyille Ala.
The new state normal school build
ing at Duluth, Minn.. was destroyed
by fire.
j. q. A. Leishman. United States min
lister to Switzerland. has been trans
<erred TO Turkey.
A six-year old girl at Stephenson.
Mich, killed her baby sister.
George II. Harris has been elected to
the presidency OF the Chicago. Bur
lncton & Quincy road. to succeed e.
L. Perkins. resigned.
\ NJ Hartle died at Marseilles. o..
and shortly after the funeral his Wild
ow. who was prostrated oy grief. died
Judge Dale OF Wichita. Kan. held
Mrs Carrie Nation and other women
for trial for malicious destruction o.
property.
Capt. Rohley d. Evans. OF the navy.
was presented with a jeweled sword
hy tie chamber of commerce OF Des
-Npii'> Id
John IIoefer and his wife died o!
starvation in Milwaukee. Wis.
The Delaware legislature passed =
bill providing penalty Of death or i'm
prisonment for life i; the discretion OF
the court for kidnapping.
The business portion of Woodruff.
Wis. was wiped out by fire.
\ bill classifying saloons as public
nmisances was passed by the Kansas
legislature.
The nomination of ". r. Shafier for
major general was sent TO the senate by
The PRECEDENT.
Frank II. Hamilton. accused Of muir
fering Leonard H. Day in Minneapolis
November 25 last. was found guilty OF
manslauchter in The first degree.
Arthur Hyer. Young farmer. robbed
bank az Fisher. H.. but was soon
caught.
Sioux Indiars complain of injustice
srG serious trouble may occur unless
The government deals promptly with
the situation.
Imiiaiors OF Carrie Nation smashed
windows in three Chicago saloons.
The exchanges Mt the leading clear
ing houses IN the United States during
the week ended on the 2Ist aggregated
4.s71.21o. against $2.o56.s29.1sI the
with the corresponding week of 1900
was COO.
There were o1o business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the tIst. against 251 the week
previous and 900 the corresponding
period of 1900.
Mrs. Carrie Nation will remain in To.
reka and become the editor OF the
Smashers' Mail.
Gcn. Otis has assumed charge Of the
department of the nakotas.
Ten persons we're killed and 25 in
iu-ed in a railway disaster near Bor-
GeHtowp. y. j.
Fire in the wholesale business Gistric:
in Atlanta. Ga. caused loss of $500. 900.
Thomas Vital. a negro. who criminal
Y assaulted Nora. the 12-year-old
daughter of Estieve Miller. was
!ynched by a mob near Fenton. La.
Salvatore di Giovanni, prominent in
italian circles. was ambushed and
killed in an alley in Chicago.
The Citizens bank at Lacygne. Kan.
r.oSed its doors.
Mrs. Charles ". Fairbanks. of 1ndi-
ana. was elected president general OF
the Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton at the Sc ssion in Washington.
The steamer City of Rio de Janeiro
st-uck a rock and was wrecked on Fort
Point Ledge while entering the Golden
Hate in fog and I22 OF the POI pas
scngers and crew perished. Among the
inrt was Consul Wiidman, Of Hong
k"ng, and family.
Washing'on's birthday was general
ly observed throughout the country.
Hugo e. Schultze, banished from
'"rmany for criticising Bismarck,
ui'd in poverty in Chicago.
The Cuban charter has been signed
br Al. The delegates 10 the cepvsntlea
'se'st sx.P,ssiden. cisesysa