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Wesley Nading, a grain merchant at Flat Rock, Ind., shot and killed his wife and then attempted suicide. No cause was known for the deed. The State Bank of Davenport, Neb., closed its doors because it could not secure borrowers for its deposits. In session at Columbus, O., the SociΓ«ty of the Army of the Cumberland elected Gen. W. S. Rosecrans as president. Noah Johnson, the 22-year-old son of John F. Johnson, a farmer near Marion, Ind., shot and killed his sweetheart, Macie Mang, the 17-year-old daughter of Martin Mang. Jealousy was the cause. The state department has been notified that the Colombian government has suspended the export duty on coffee. Lieut. Peary. the explorer. said in Boston that he should start on his next polar expedition in the latter part of July, 1898, and that he would reach the north pole or lose his life in the attempt. The percentages of the baseball clubs in the National league for the week ended on the 24th were: Baltimore, .704; Boston, .703; New York, .638; Cincinnati, .571; Cleveland, .531; Brooklyn, .465; Washington, .460; Pittsburgh, .448; Chicago, .441; Philadelphia, .419; Louisville, .402; St. Louis, .218. The rye crop this season will be 25, 000,000 bushels-1,000,000 more than last year and 2,000,000 less than in 1895. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, the new steamer of the North German line, made the trip from Bremen to New York in 5 days 22 hours and 45 minutes, making a, new record. At Hawesville, Ky., a mob of 800 men lynched Raymond Bushrod, a negro, accused of assaulting 14-year-old Maggie, Roberts. At Shamokin, Pa., Arthur W. May, aged 24, killed Cora Kaseman, aged 18, and then took his own life. Refusal of the parents of the girl to allow them to marry was the cause. Victor Anderson, a well-to-do farmer at Whiteside, Mich., killed his aged mother and himself. No cause for the deed was known. Mons Minson fatally shot two brothers named Peterson at Vincent, Ia., because they objected to his marrying their sister-in-law, and then killed himself. Severe earthquake shocks were felt in Maine at Belfast, Ellsworth, Bangor and several other towns. Terriblesuffering was reported among gold seekers on the Skaguay and Dyea trails in Alaska because of the setting in of winter. A strange disease is doing great damage to hogs in southern Kansas and they are dying by the hundreds. Reports of rich gold finds continue to come from the Michipicoten region on Lake Superior. The equalized valuation of the state of Michigan is $1,105,100,000. Five acres of buildings in Chicago comprising the works of the Chicago Bridge and Iron company were burned. In a political quarrel at Morrison, O. T., Peter Praxton and John Rambo killed each other.