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their service should not be ordered.
When trolley car ran into car
rage belonging to olcott C. Colt, son
of the late manufacturer of firearms,
In New York, Mrs. Colt was perhaps
fatally injured and her husband badly
bruised.
William Hirsch, Jr., aged %. of
East New York, had to determine
quickly which he would save from
drowning, his father or his brother
He saved the brother who was Is
years old.
The body of a farmer named Hicks,
living near Paris, ILL.,, who murdered
( his wife, was found in the woods near
the scene Of his crime, he having cut
his own throat with the knife with
which he slew his victim.
A mysterious woman in blue gave
testimony of sensational character
affecting the character of Mrs. e. w.
Vanderbilt formerly May Pepper, the
medium, at the Vanderbilt lunacy
hearing at New York.
Two Polish boys, 10 years old, were
shocked to death by electricity on a
steel tower at Buffalo and their bodies
hung in midair with flames playing
about them for nearly three hours in
the sight of thousands of persons.
Federal District Judge DeHaven of
California has sentenced John A. Ben
son and E. B. Perrin, recently con-
yicter of land fraud, to ten years inn
prisonment in the Alameda county
jail and to pay fine of $1,000 each.
Three Reading companies, 10 their
answer at Philadelphia to the federal
suit brought to break up the alleged
coal combine, declare the agreement
regarding wages and prices was
forced on them by the late Mark
Hanna
Giuseppe Guissifo, an alleged black
mailer, was shot dead at Blairsyille,
Pa. One companion was arrested
and a third escaped following their at
tempt to blackmail Frank Cieppinno,
who was probably fatally stabbed by
one of the Italians.
George Virgin, banker and capital
ist 80 years old, died at Virginia, Ill.
He was identified with the Cass
county interests in '49. He was presi-
dent of the Farmers National bank for
thirty years. A widow and seven
children survive him.
When a passenger train on the Iowa
Central north bound ran into an open
switch at New Sharon, Iowa, William
Cannon of Marshalltown, fireman,
was killed. and James Clark of Mar
shalltown, engineer, seriously injured.
Several passengers were badly bruised.
officials of the Central Illinois Trac-
the two cars are held responsible for
the wreck near Charleston, H., Friday,
in which fourteen persons were killed
and many injured, according to the
verdict of the coroner's jury.
At Tangier, the anxiety expressed
regarding the safety Of Caid Sir Harry
MaeLean, due to the protracted alb
sence of direct news from the general,
was relieved by the arrival of letters
from MacLean himself He is in good
health and is with RaisuIi in the Ben
Tarous territory.
After living in dire poverty, Douglas
A. Stuart, who claims to be the adopt
ed son of Luther Marsh, the late New
York lawyer and partner of Daniel
Webster, will sue John ]. Huyler to
whom Marsh left his 100000 estate,
owing, It is said. to the influence Of
Huyler's spirit medium wife.
At Baden Baden, thief went
through one of the principal hotels
and stole large amount of money
and jewelry Baron Goldschmidt
Of Frankfort is reported to have lost
from $4,000 to $4,000 Baroness
Ephrussi of Vienna lost jewels which
were reported to the police as being
worth $4,000
The Illinois Tax Reform associa-
ton. in letter to the board OF re-
view. asks for collection of over 49,
100000 in alleged back taxes from
the Field estate. Estimates are made
that Marshall and Henry Field will
divide 81 1000 100000 when the estate
of their grandfather is settled at the
end of a trust period Of thirty-eight
years.