4
Ml llil HEWI-
u: mm or i m m a
custom
cm. MM Moral-g cm rm
W'mhommlm
“inhuman-iodine:
The State llighway Commission has
unsaved the Hpflclllonlltmfl for impmmi
roadways of the towns of titration! and
Wootptm.
The Horse-Keefer (‘yclo Supply (Your
puny has been ornanizml at Salisbury
with s capital of woooo in am shore-- of
.100 each, gloom paid in cash and
“Milli in stock tools, etc.
Governor (,‘ollln has issued awritto
the sheriffs-f l‘airileld county ordering
on election for judge of probate in the
district of Strutford in place of Judge
Robert H. Russell, dooenwd. tohe held
on Monday. April 20.
A serious runaway accident mourrui
in White street, Daubury, Wrdnesday
sftommn. George Stunb, of New Mil-
ford. had both of his legs broken and
Charles llmuly, of Danbury. sustained
several scalp injuries. The team he-
longed to Mr. titanb. The horse became
frightcuod at a passing trolley car.
liltnon 'l‘. Riley. Denmcmtic candidate
for alderman in Bridgeport. claims that
he was defeats-cl by David Il‘fhlurlre,
also Democrat. because the (litizens'
ticket was thrown out. and threatens a
contest. In some words the (litizens'
ticket was couuwd. if all are thrown
out it will change the personnel of the
board.
it is expected that about 200 dolegatos
will b! present at the biennial conven—
tion of the Ancient Order of Ilihernians.
which will be held in Meriden. April tilt,
This number will include county officers
and commanders of military companies.
The convention will be callcd to order
by President John P. Murphy, of Non
Mob.
The fourth annual state confcrcnce of
the W. (I. 'l‘. U., of (anecticut. was
held at the first Baptist church in Ston-
fngton, yesterday. The convention be-
gun in the morning and will last until
tonight. Among those who tuldressed
the coufercncc on temperance subjects
WM Mrs. Ella Boole. There were many
women present from the castcru part of
the state.
Acall has been issued by Chairman
Clinton B. Davis. of the Dcmrm‘atic
State Central committee. for a. meeting
of the committee to be held in New
Maven on April 15, at noon. The most-
ing is called for the purpose of (leading
on the date for the state convention to
elect delegates to tho national convent-
tiou, and the place in which the con-
vention will bc held.
The city officials of Danbnry are.
paid the following salaries: Mayor.
Will; city clerk, $900; trotmurcr. $2015);
auditor, $300; collector. solo; superin—
tendcnt of public works, :lll,loo; super-
intendent of water works, $1.3m; chief
cngincor fire department, $1,000: first
and second assistants fire department,
8200; city \vcighcrs. $1.1“; assessors.
Mill; Board of Relief, >875.
Charles Allen. a young man. aged
thnty, who is connected with: tho
"UnclcTom's (.‘nbin" company, was or
restod in New Britain for living impli-
cated in tho burglary of Williams Hill-
ditoh's store in 'lfhompsonvillo. Soon
after his arrest he confcssed that he
committed thc crime and turnod th'l.‘ to
the police a coat and vest and a quaint-
,ity of jewelry which he took llrbm nhc
store.
When the Burnside postvoifice wnsop~
ened Wednesday morning it was i’onml
that an entrance had boon made by
forcing the west front door and. “All?
contents of the safe. consisting of be:
tweenIIS-I and 85 and a watch: valued
at 315, had been stolen. The sale was
locked only for protection in: case of
fire and not with the Clilllllllllblil'on'. so»
that the burglars. whom Mr. Trnesdell‘
thinks are professionals, found little-
ditlicuity in opening it.
Albcrt F. Suwc. the tax collector oil
West Haven, in whose accounts: a short-
age of scvcrnl hundred dollars has bceni.
discoverer]. has returned to that com-
munity. and is still cudenvoring’to make
what urrangcmcnts arc p issiblc to settle.
Withthe'town officers.
hhvc instructed the town prowmtin-g
agent, Charlcs Bush. to institute prov
ceedings in the form of a suit against
Sawe’s lsmdsmcn for the amount of
the deficiency, which is about sum».
Detectivef‘ronnn. of Bridgman at.
rested George Cole. a passenger brake»
man in the employ of the Commlidated
railmadlor non-support. His will» tale»
graphed to New Haven to him. that
their little girl. three years old. was
dead, and asked him to come to Bride -
port. He sent word back to the strivi-
nn mother that he did not care if the
child win if ; he would have nothing
todowltb or. The mother was W'
Matheefidéuceof her husband's
Tho sclcctmen: .
The W mom:
i monoclonal-foothill”.
‘RUIOIBD om: 0! mums.
Wu-.. -
u Io loll-hold“ tho Mono-d
wwmmu Ipolo o'l'ooov
poo-vyivuo—clovoloodoodoluvlo—
mun-own.“
'AOIIMS, April "L—M lo no
mo Io boiiovo tho: woodwind-(mum‘s
; (:nboa Wm“ bodovolcpod with.
: in tho not: low doyo in o moon-r which
.wlllnowlow daoi of monument.
It. louid tho: o Mum policyho- hoo-
uqmsi oo oo omuituf musical-com
belw-I tho pullout oul mot.
may wbiob hove boon bold in tho with
M0" of tho white lion» during tho loot
few days. It is also naval that the op-
peamneo of min in the president‘s
household bod wishing to do with tho
omission of tho whim meeting of loot
Triowloy, but that the rusting woo called
of! simply to allow on manually to tho
presidoni and his “11me of unto for the
propmticu of on important popes on tho
Cuban oillnliml.
sum-my filmy woo tin-stodwllh his
neural homo on )Ioodny cum-f In the
pupa-slow of tho cut. and be mbtuliiod
it to the pnoidflll at tho White House tho
followin morning. its consideration woo
not fining“ u the hour oi which tho cobh
not nouoiiy will", and no tho proof-
dom desired to amnion. iu Winn
without interruption wmd woo soot to all
the cinnamon that limo would no no
mania; that day. The oppoorooco of the
measles in tho president‘s family bu In
no wise inmfmd wlth tho daily routine
of business in lboumllvo mansion. uni.
in foot, the president's office boo iron ol-
mtly motors and “lively. every
day since little Esther was who III. ifcr
transfer to Woodwy Is ioilovnf to have to
moved oil danger of infection of tho Whlio
Home.
unusual ow" of ”caution.
Unless pvmnl piano on: changed. the
regular semiwmki’y martin“ of the 4 shim-t
will be held as the White “one: so usual,
this afternoon Although it seems more
or loss cumin that tho president and his
secretary of scale have shielded on n 1mi-
tlve mum of action. its character is u
Wi‘" kept my»: ond more»: as yet be
stated with any degree of certainty. Ac-
cording to mm mm or in: accepted,
the secretary of state has mblmmrd a com-
mnnlmtlmi In this l‘ponlsb mlnlomof for-
ul’faivsm f'nba undermine thopresl
.rtmt's (mm for o qsmiy familial-ion of
tho "millet on tmns muffl‘i'lfl sud Milt
fiwtrwy milk to fill concerned,
It is farthevooid tbot tho pmidout bu.
in fact, offered to mediate botweon the
two parties to the struggle in the fume of
ending the lnmnoctfon by the Institution
of terrain politician reforms in Cuba. If
the president but really begun negotia-
tlonsfn tho dimmion Indicated, this no
lion would be in ohm harmony with tho
. spirit of fbomnmmni mlutlmio mount
ly adopted by strum. one of which de-
clared that "the friendly Mien of the
l'nlmi States should be off-rod by tho
president to tho Ephraim govmnmcnt for
the mammalian of the Indcwndenoo of
Cuba.”
it is mauled that the president is not
pin-pom! to Mrs outright for the Indvrwnd-
emce'of the island. but that his meant
plan cwntmplom rather a mtbm of
hostilities wading a enticement settle.
ment, through the grind oflloos of the
l'nitetl States, of the issuou between the
Cubans; and tho Spools}: government.
senator C‘boudirr’o [lam Burgh-110d,
Ws'rnnnow. .\’. ll... April Its—It is dis-
roverctl than the postoflioe. o gnmry store
of it. ill. (logo and tbosummerrmldencoc
of lies. .lobn f". Aynr of Ilmklyn and
Senator William H. ifbandlcr had been
l‘rollnni into and comfdmblc primerly
. taken. At Mr. Chandler‘s house entrance
was rmfillo‘ through a window. but there
momma Mirna-m of extensive rimmin-
tii ins. maidfl’lf lf‘luundlcr was informed and
to wired from Washington for u thor-
wnvgb investigation mad the offer of 3 rs-
wovd if necessary. Three trunipl were
arrested, brill tbcy [worm nilbls and were
mlomcx’l. So roomy was taken from tl
postolllco.
Caught In Imam
saloons. S. E. April lI‘l.-lles'.\'y boil
his all airfoil." lime drove along the photo in
tho nevlgblmvhumd of St. Johns and crowds
of fibbermcn started over the docs in
scarab of souls. A wild snowstorm ovcr-
took tbs-mam also low. It is (cared that
.mniny have linen sought and will not be
will»: to return. Much anxiety'provuils for
the misty of the man, as «loath is almost
cerlmln in tho sumo.
swept the for fields limo years ago, :30
lives were lost in a silmiar runnner.
1mm of n “’or "clean.
W‘tnmsmtmz‘. Pa. April lo..—Pbllip
fl. Killian. u ire-«mu of the into war. died
at his boom in Worst l’itmlon. aged at
years. Mr. Killian went out with the
tampon lr'lftymmud regiment. Pennsyl-
vania volunteers, and served four years
and four months. He was mood lieuten-
ant of that regiment and enjoyed the dis-
tinction of” having been the Union wldicr
‘ who sat down the rebel flag which limped
, over Fort hamlet. ‘
Kilird fl’hflc ”Callus a Bill.
Simmons»; Conn, April lG.-Tbe body
of is young mou'ulmmt no years of one was
plcltsd up no" the railroad tracks be-
tween ”osmium! and Gknbmk. Both legs
were out off and the body was otherwise
mnngled. intuit transpired that the body
woe that of John Sinner]. who. With one
John i-tnlillonu. was mailing a ride on a
freight train from Xow York. At the
palm horned filatfcry foil from the train
and woo killed.
(magnified by “to Pope.
Looms. smiths-A dispatch to Tho
has congratulated W Gibbons.
i Vaughan and Woofer having signed .
j tho appeal!“ AWAmefluu Arbitro-
itiow om cum tho-u ml to
. psi-more in their oohlo hill.
i “ME—t... .......m_._‘.._.. . . .
l
, I—hi EsMb MINI.
E Carr: Mar. April lop-(my council
i adopted piano for. now burdwoik 16 foot
“withfooxomhoodmviiionuudon;
'e-boevvnuirywthownik and olorgomu-’
lots- which on flit mood. Th. im-
immuwflloo‘uo.moudoootoho
lolohdbylunof.
“mun-mount”.
' m
W
corrosion tutti
ammsphovoi the outo department for,
most eonotomiy wronged with' visitors.
v lie. to be expended under the direction of -
sign affairs depicting the [mm mm of .
When such otorms‘
milystsfmmBomouysthottbepope.
' m SENATE sun House:
It“ tho Wde
a homo-non tho A. I'. A.
Islam Ami ion-AM ha in
. mwolooot for sumo wooho tho will! as
; hui woo mm forward in tho an.» no
. o ion for o opooub by Mr. lands of lien-
lono. one of tho flvo Ropubiieon senators
who voted against considering tho mm
’ bill. Dir. Mantle defended tho coma of
tho silver Hopubiiun senators, doclorin.
. that Ibo Dinghy bill woo not frunod u s
. puma Dunn. lie urged ibot um
flown] mica should ho linked with
' Milan. in the course of bio speech
1 ill. Month referred to tho rocent utter-
: am of Prooblont Uievploud before A mis—
ptherin' dorm-wry of tho wool
u but one of the sol-nits made of into
against tho "mun burouliu ond mining
compo" of tho won. as tho moiropclltou
proo- dool‘utod the silver notes. Nr.
Mantle declared that within o ndiuo of
i live mlioo from (‘nrnoclo bull. New York,
whom Mr. I'ieroioud spoke. there was
won poverty. Ignorance. oiuoIor. storm»
lion. crime and criminals than in all the
, silver atom wnibinml. Mr. Manila said
that tho attacks sprung mainly from the
fmttbut flvo Republican senators from
. the west. voted against pnwoodlng with
f tho (all bill It on lnopponune time.
1 A sharp ili‘ill colloquy foilmvod Mr.
Mobile’s spot-ch between Senators Mills.
. lieu. Ilowicy and Mitchell in to the
; effect of the Wilson bill on Wool.
t Sumo progress was made on the ludlan
; appropriation bill. but the sectarian school
i queetion wool. over.
i The house, after deflating the bill to
. llwliob compulsory pilotuge on soiling
5 vessels engaged In tho cwliwllo trudo. do—
Y fatal the pleasure by a large majority—-
= .57 ll) ”7.
i The District of Columbia appropriation
. bill, which was rowinnilitcd early In
jlolllo
March offer A protracted fight against an ,
Iproprlntiono for private and sectarian
i charitable Institutions. was brought into ,
i the house with the specific appropriations
! stricken out and containing In lieu thereof
an appropriation of a lump sum for charl-
1110 District commissioners. with the pro
liso that no part of tho appropriation
should go to institutions in ts'closlusilcnl
or sectarian control. The feature of the
debate was A Vigorous attack on the A. l’.
A. by Mr. l-‘Ilzgcrnld (Dom) of Museu-
tomnn Catholic and who charged that
tho A. l’. A. was responsible for striking
the charitable itcms from tho bIll. The
bill was passed—12H to :31.
Then followed the opening of the gen-
mil dclmtae on the “fllln-d clicesc" bill. It
its ”period that the debate on this mean
ore. which vitally affects dairynn-n all
not the country. will consume several
days. '
adopted calling on
i-‘ccromry Ulncy for f formation relating to
any efforts made I." _. be government to so~
cure the llbcration of Mrs. Mnybrlck. no“
confined in on English prison under life
sentence for poisoning her husband.
SHOT HIS WIFE.
lurber Daley Hnds Her With Another
”on and Trleo to Kill Ilor.
Nut Yomc, April ilk—William F. Du-
lcy. :li’v yours old. a bnrbi-r. cmployud of
street and Broadway, shot and perhaps
fatally wounded bis wifn In this city.
one. One of the shots took effect in the
Woman's breast and two in the wrist.
Daisy and the woman had been separated
for lbrce months. and hc nllogod that she
bad neglected him for the society of un-
otbcr man. The harbor met the pair at
Third nvcnue and spoke to his wife.
She did not scum to bccd
uremic. Iluioy followcd thmn, pll‘utllng
fora short talk with Mr. bin) ignored
bin). and in dcsperntlon ho \vhlppcd out
a revolver and fired.
The shooting attracted a grout, crowd,
lay. (me of them punched him auroral
times before l’ollccmnn lludleyuf the East
'lhirtyllfth strcot station arrived and
took him Into custody.
The woman was removed to Bollovuc
hospital.
Sis-unnu- )lohcgnn' Launched.
('IIILSl‘hIl. I’a.. April Io.——’l‘lm steamer
Mohegan. built at llonch's shipyard for
the Vermont. Central linilrond company.
has been launched. She Is for freight cur
tying purposes only and will ply between
.‘N‘ow York and Now London, Conn. The
Mobcgnn’s dimcnslous nro: Length over
all. 350 foot; boom, 4:5 foot; length over
guards, of: feet; depth. ill feet. The mo~
fire power is a triple expansion engine of
tho llouch type, the steam supply to be
furnished by a bank of three boilers, glv~
,ing a pressure of has pounds. The Mo-
bounn's register is :..To‘:l tons, and hor only
rigging consists of derrick masts.
In [lad Financial Condition.
anmn'rn‘. Conn, April 10.-'I'he
expiration of the time when claims could
he presented against the Nutchnug Sill;
company has shown the condition of the
company to be worse than expected. A bout
$50,000 assets are tied up by the attach-
ment placed by New York raw silk deal-
ers. Expense of litigation will probably
bring the assets to about $100,000. The
claim of the First National hunk of Willi
mantle is 6:360. 33:). besides {H.500 on notes.
l’lgbtlng Plumes Night and Day.
Ahll'l‘l'YILLE. Np 36.. April 10.—-A big
forest fire that was started by some un-
known person has been burning since Sat.
urduy between Wantugh and Mnssupequu.
and has done‘much damage. The people
have been fighting the fire day and night
to protect their homes. Hundreds of acres
of valuable Woodland have been destroyed.
and the lesswlll be very heavy. '
Rhodes Not Dead.
Lnxno)‘, April 10.—'I‘he rumors on tht
Stock Exchange yesterday of the death of
Hon. Cecil Rhodes frightened the opera-
tors in (,‘hurtered South African stocks.
H and revel-oi mining stocks also fell. but
recovered somewhat on the denial of the
rumors. The closing prices showed a
Z alight decline. ‘ ‘
Free Silver In St. Louisa”,
Sr. Loris. April 10.—-Freosllver Demo
cruto curried all out of the 25 wards at the
primaries here and elected 58 out of or
delegatesto the state convention to be
hold at Sedans April 15. Its-Governor
Francis, President Cleveland's protege,
was beaten in his own district.
[nun-amour Pharmaceutical Exhibition.
April 10.——+‘l‘he depart-
i
‘ I'Asmxo'rox.
; snout of state has been officially notified
lby the Aultro-Ilungarlou minister at
Wuhinflon thot on Intornotlonol phar-
maceutiool exhibition will be held of
immune. Bohemlo. In the month of AI-
louctofthoorooont not. .
rhusetts. who announced himself to be I:
the Alpine barber shop at ’l‘blrty-thlrdi
'I‘bo mun fir-«d five shots while standing i
within is few foot. of her near the corner of ’
Twenty-ninth street and chlngton nve- .
him nndf
walked around the corner to Lexington‘
and several pcdostrlnns grappled with lln- ;
~~ m mm norm/(LR Emihso summon scan. 10. 1896.
_,,.m‘..,_...m.m .
unconditional:
[Pastor Kommer's Lively Tilt
' With a Housebreaker.
l
icnlasn not was A nrvouna
l
:I‘bo (liorgynu and Norvo and Followed
lilo Intruder Info In Ilorh Coil-r, but
tho um: bound by Jumping Out of
g o Willow.
l Jens" Cm. April 10...,“ onlerprlp
i
In: burglar boil a narrow escape from :
death It the bonds of file Rev. John '1‘.
Hammers. pastor of the infuyutto Rev ‘
; termed church In this city.
, The plenum section of Jersey City‘
knowuu Lafayette inn been ofuvorile'
fluid of operations for burglars duriun the ';
.lut winter, and mum of the maiden“
‘ have prepared themselves for any onioruunv
ry which that fact might give rise to.
The Rev. Mr. Konuners, who lives in
a large double housu with
that numl r.
‘ nugbly equipped with a burglar ularm and
supplied himself with a revolver.
’l‘bo clergyman was awakened about 3
o’clock In the morning by the sharp jun-
gle of his alarm.
bod and without shipping to dress. be
seized his revolver and started down stairs
, to invostlgute. Ill be rem-bod the floor
below ho board the sound of some one
rushing down the collar stairs. and he fol-
lowed. Before he was half way down the
steps be heard a loud crash niinglod with
the rottlo of breaking glass and earthen-
ware and overturned pols and bottles.
He reached the bottom [top just in time
through a small window in tho rear of the
collar.
looking out he saw In the uncertain light
'| man scaling the fcnoo. lioforo he could
raise his revolver-to ilro tho man was gone.
The Burglar In the lint-uncut.
The Rev. Mr. KOIIIIIIOII rcturncd to his
bedroom and butlly donning his ololbcs
started out In search of a policeman. llo
scoured the neighborhoml without finding
‘ a blnccoat, but In his search dlscoverud
mm an attempt. had been made to color .
the residence of George M. Lewis: M."
\l'hoton street, directly In the roar of his
house, by prying open it buscmcnt window, .
but the burglar was unable to manipulate
the catch.
Ho linrrlod hack homo to see "If his bur-
back yard and rolled the ash hurrol against
lbe house. under a kitchen window. Pry-
ing this open, ho illitl'l‘ild the room. and.
itrlklng a match. passed through the hull .
to the dining room.
, it was while opening the door to the
lining room that tho alarm went off and
l lrousod the Rov. Mr. Kommors. The
1 noise nuist have startled him and causod
i him to drop tho match. as ,the half con- i
lmmed stick was found just within the
l lbrcshold. He turned to line in the dark ,
sud must have become confused. and. this
linking the cellar door for the kitchen.
plunged down the stops. Hearing the
:lcrgyman rushing down the stairs behind
. him and seeing no means of escape except
:the "null window. ho evidently plunged
‘ through It head first. carrying with him
which had horn pluccd in the recess In the
wall mmlo by the window.
The fence. which his scnlodln his flight,
.’ had lines of bar-bod wire running along Its
. ‘op, and the burglar broke through this.
‘ As some blood was found on tho fence and
long of clothing stuck to the baths, a is
‘lhought that ho was injured in getting 3
. .H‘PI‘ tho fence. The pollco are working
”I the case, but they have no claw.
Made a “'rlften Confusion.
nf Detectives Ilorun and lleccllo and Sto-
th'o cx-hlrod mnu
: Stone family, made a written confession
of the crime for which be Is bold.
told the story of the brutal affair without
9. John Smith.
ronscqucncos of his not. The only excuse
ho would offer fer the pcrpctrntlonof tho
A morbid crowd has besieged the jail all
day, whoro tho mnrdcrer Is confined. The
'nigb,nnd trouble from that source In feared.
Double Tragedy “'Ith a Razor.
Lizsvsxivon'rn. hon.
doublo tragedy was cnnctod on onc of the
principal thoroughfares hero. With n m~
mr, Bud (iwens, ii negro, cut the threat
ago, and whom pursued by a crowd of poo-
plo who bud \vltncsscd the tragedy cut
his own throat with the shine weapon.
Uwons bird to death in n fowmlnu‘tcs.
and the girl will die. Both were employed
as servants at Fort Leavenworth. ’l‘hcy
tho girl had broken the engagement.
McKinley Dela-gates In New Jersey.
ty Republican primaries for the election
of delegates to the state and district con‘
vontlons Wore held. In several wards and
townships the delegates chosen were in-
structed to vote for McKinley supporters.
The district- delegates to St. Louis will be
Captain A. III. Bradshaw of Ocean. with
Henry I. hick of Burlington undIsruel
G. Adams of Atlantic us ulternutcs.
Brutal Murder Near “'Innlpeg.
WINNII'EG. April Ill—The village of
Holland. near here. is excited o'ver a cold-
bloodod murder.
ing on the main mud n mllo from the vil-
lage was found the body of Hannah Hat.-
ton. with the skull crushed in and throat
cut, from ear to our. llunnnh was tho
yop‘ng daughter of a prominent farmer of
the district. Robert Moran. a servant in
the employ of the young girl‘s father, has
been arrested for the deed.
Germany to Increase Her Navy.
LONDON. April lit—Tho Standard has
udlspntch from Berlin on the German
nuvnl programme. which says that a navy
bill will be introduced In the relchstug
next winter which will provide for the ad-
dltion of three second class ironcluds, five
ordlnnry cruisers and probably several
ironclad cruisers to the German navy.
“'eallhy \anhlngtoulnn Dead.
\Vssntxcrox, April lo..—.-\rchlbuid H.
Lowery, a wealthy resident of this city
for a number of years past. died here. He
was in the eighty-fifth your of his age and
had been lubed health for some time.
n. ...__,__ ‘
Choloro In Egypt.
LONDOX. April Ill—A Culro dispatch
to The Daily News lays that there has
been on outbreak of cholera n A lexandrla,
and an English merchant and several nu-
tivao bl" did. ‘ ‘
extensive :
groundsa 273 l’aolflciivenue,waumong .
He had his residence ibur- *
llmtlly jumping out of 1
to see a shldow quickly disopponrlng'
llu run to the window, and on 3
glnr had secured any plunder and began -
an investigation. The burglar cntcrcd lho .
several flOWIll' pots and a small oll stove, .
.mgruphcr Miller. Romulus t‘ottel. alias;
of tho:
110 ro-
”Inching and said he did not ears for tho I
:rimo was, “The devil told mo to do It." .
fooling ugnlnst smith st ’l‘ollmndge is-
Aprll 10. —A E
of Corn. Boston, a ncgro girl. Ill years of I
wore to have boon married on April :2. but .
Tnsxrox, April Iii—Tho Mercer coun- .
‘ occurs.
Ferdinand W. lionbling of this county and .
Last Wed nesdny morn- ‘
I sscnouse's waive or oi.
Ila-o Things In Our Seoul-y owl Choru-
iov Do Not Moot III- l'oii Ann-vol.
Losms. April iO.--Somo very front
: Ipinloul of Amorioo and Americans by an
buwioi globe lroitor are given in the
second volume of Archduke Francis hr.
dinond's diary of bio voyage round the
Win-Id in 1893. The Austrian prince od-
mlto that his observations may be some-
wbot superficial. but no the views of a
f mambo: of the reigning house of an alien-
;iid world nionoroby they are rather inter-
uiiun. 'i‘bo prince ooyo:
“All 1 low of the landscapes of North
America Wore mighty mountains. (loop
valleys. ondleu plains. enormous «realm
and waterfalls. lakes that reoombie seas
and lluneuuroblo distances. All this
bears an undeniable stamp of grandeur.
but it Is not grandeur glorified by poetry
that a Ion of old Europe In accustomed to
see and by which nature touches the ten
‘ domt chords in the human heart. it Is a
: grandeur coupled with a proud self con-
. sclousnou of power which seems to defend
, the uncountod treasures against the bond
greedy to seize them and thereby challon‘
you man to battle."
Further on the prince ony- that. though
the forefathers of the Americans "were
iluh of our flesh and blood of our blood.
the Americans of today are .. rang-id
, from us The; have assimilated th. ilfillos
with tho country they conquered. There
Is an undeniobio element of grandeur In
.thelr character, though It is often are-
tesque and oven outrageous."
The nrcbduko thinks there Is a disposi-
tion on the part. of u ciiircn of the l'ultcd
States to be more than life size, to be
i more than men. and that. be has caught
the Infection from the nature that sur-
rounds him. But just an an American
landscape locks poetic beauty. so does the
American luck the Intimate charms of
personality and warmth of character and
disposlilon.
“After all." says the author, "the pew
, pics of the old World also fought the hot—
i lie for existence. and yet they did not lose
their bonus or their souls. which are such
Hoftenlnu and bonnllcunt factors side by
l side with reason and energy.“
i WOMAN-“RAN AMlJCK.
Armed With Knife and Revolver I Ell-ulna
'l'rlod to Kill All .‘s‘hc not.
Mill'Vl‘ CARMEL. Pa, April 10.-——Mrs
Nimrod Kramer. who has been an invalid
for twu yours. dismissed bur physicians
and employed in fortune teller to cure her.
'I'helnoiuiintlons failed. and hire. lvrsmcr.
’ while lying In l:cd. became u mnninc.
looping from bur couch, sbo grasped a
revolver and knlfo and rushed downstairs.
Mr. Kramer stoml In bur way. Silo imv
. nglncd he was the cause of her troubles,
. and. aiming the revolver at. his breast.
pulled tho Irlgger on an empty chamber.
‘ the only unloaded one of a five shooter.
Mr. Kramer did not know that she was
a maniac until she rushed at him with a
knife. which he escaped byjumping nsido.
Then the maniac fun into the street
brandishing her knife and revolver. After
‘i a violent struggle she was removed In n
wagon to her home. She eluded the vigi-
- lance of watchers and nlhrmud the resi-
:dents of Sixth street.
struggle was necessary to subdue hcr‘and ‘
plnro her In the hands of the authorities, '
who took her to the Danvlllo asylum.
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Oomnu Dlguo Near hookin.
A second severe i
Wsns llALm, April iO.—The presence,
of Oman High» in tho Sunkin district;
\vhllo tho khullfa ls concentrating all hlsi
i nvnllnblu forces on the Silo to oppose the
‘ Egyptian advance is thus explained: 05-!
. man Diana is responsible to the kbullfu
for the security of the Sunklu district. He;
first board the news of the proposed Egyp- '
tinn expedition up the Nile while he was
assisting at the siege of Konsalu by the l
dcrvishcs. lle hurried Immediately to the
. neighborhood of Suakln, supposing that.
’tho cxpcdltlon against Dongolu would;
Axum, 0., April lib—in the presence ,
start from there, as oxpcditlons have done
‘ with a similar purpose beforodle has been I
In tho nelghborhoml' ever since and busi
had a number of [lying encounters with
tho natives.
Pardon For n Forger.
Arm-51‘s. Mu. April 10.——'l‘he execu ‘
tlvo council granted a pardon on the poll
tion of Oscar F. Skillings of Portland, ,
who was sentenced to six yours' lmpl‘lsolr I
went four years ago for forgery. lie was I
sentenced for three forgcries In one indict— l
mont, amounting to $460. The portion .
was petitioned for on account of impaired .
health and a dependent. mother 72 years “
of age. ' ‘
The Dervishes Repulscd.
SI'AKIN. April 10.-—Sconts from Erko-
Wit report that ‘nt noon on Wednesday
()snmn Dlgnu attacked the friendly Arabs,
who wore procuring n supply-of water nl ~
the wells. A tight ensued. and as a result
the derrisbes retired, leaving ll of their
number dead.
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Bradley Again Defeated by McKinley.
FALMUUTII. Ky, April 1o.—\V. bch.
Show of Covlngton and C. N. annndlg-
hum of Willinmstown were elected dolor
gates from the Sixth district to the St.
Louis convention and instructed for Mo-
liluley.
Erie (Tonal to Open May I.
Amsxv. April ill—Superintendent of
Public Works Aldridge will open the l'Iriz
cunnl on May 1 unless something unusual
.NEWS IN BRIEF.
General Gomez is again reported to be
dead.
Dr. McLean’s Berolulr won the Tennes-
see Derby at the Memphis races.
Senator Quay announced that he would
not withdraw from the contest for the Re-
publican presidential nomination.
’l‘be porte gave. positive assurances that
missionaries in Armenia will not be me-
lested while they conform to the laws ot‘
the country. .
Captain General Weylor has commuted
the sentence of Jose Roque. who was to
have been shot Wednesday. to lmprlson~
nmnt for life.
Gardner Williams, on American charged
with having suppllcd arms to the ultlnnd-
ore of the Rand. was committed for trial
in the Transvaal. .
Father Strezelski of St. Stunisluus', u
Polish Catholic church, in New York, was
accused of besnult by n purlshionor, but
the complaint was dismissed.
Coxuptnller Echels addressed the Mary-
lnnd bunkers' convention in Baltimore
A resolution declaring for the gold stand-
ard was unanimously adopted.
William I". Duley.ru barber, was locked
up in the East Thirty-fifth street station,
in New York, charged with attempting to
kill his wife. He shot at her four times,
and three bullets took effect. .
Mr. Alonndor and wife of the Ludlu‘
Deborah Nursery, In New York. whom
methods woro exposed by a committee of
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