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committed suicide in Philadelphia.
It is proposed to present an address to Rev. Dr. John Watson (Ian Maclaren) before his departure from New York for England in a few weeks.
Leadville, Col. The report of a probable sympathetic strike of miners in other camps in aid of the Leadville strikers is declared to be unfounded.
Buffalo, N. Y.-The Bank of Commerce will go into the hands of a receiver. Other bankers are not inclined to assist the stockholders.
Washington Consul Weisike reports from Managua, Nicaragua, to the state department that the duty on lard has been suspended for six months.
Gen. John B. Gordon announces that the next annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans will be held at Nashville, Tenn., May 5, 6 and 7, 1897. A monument to New Jersey troops who took part in the battles of Chickamauga, Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge was dedicated at Orchard Knob, Tenn.
Senator Chandler, of New Hampshire, while on a visit to New York, spoke in favor of short-term notes to raise revenue to pay government expenses.
Captain J. M. Mitchell and L. C. Bryan of Chicago were probably fatally burned by an explosion of gasoline which wrecked their boat Pilot at Cairo, Ill.
Thomas S. Jones was arrested at Birmingham, A'a., on the charge of embezzling $19,000 while holding the office of sheriff and tax assessor of Augusta, Ga.
The funeral of Frank P. Arbuckle, of Denver, who the police believe was murdered, took place at St. Chrysostom's Protestant Episcopal church, New York city.
Patrick Meagher, a justice of the peace at Gilbers, a suburb of Elgin, Ill., and his mother were found dead in bed at their home. Their deaths were caused by asphyxiation.
Chairman Bynum of the national democracy who is in New York, stated that the sound-money democrats intend maintaining their organization throughout the country.
New Haven, Conn. General E. E. Bradley has been nominated for mayor by the gold standard democrats and the republican nominees for auditor and city clerk are indorsed.
At Newark, N. J., Miss Elizabeth Smith, daughter of United States Senator James Smith, Jr., was married to Peter Hauck, Jr., son of the millionaire brewer of Harrison, N. J.
Assemblyman Abell, of Brooklyn, intends introducing in the New York legislature a bill to place all gas, electric light, telephone and telegraph companies under state supervision.
The liabilities of the assigned firm of Hilton, Hughes & Co. of New York are $1,891,576.18. The nominal assets are $1,600,312.47; actual assets, $782,174.70. The employes have been paid.
Chillicothe, Ohio Steps have been taken by Joseph S. McKell and other capitalists for the organization of a company for the purpose of operating a factory for the manufacture of beet sugar.
Fort Wayne, Ind. A. C. Hollibaugh, who was arrested here a few days since by the government officials has been identified as the man who passed forged checks at Logansport and Plymouth.
Countess Jarocke, who for twenty years has vainly pressed a claim for $2,000,000 held by the government belonging to her ancestor, Gen. Pulaski, has wearied of the struggle and threatened suicide.
The president has filled the vacancy in the chief justiceship of the court of claims, caused by the death of Judge Richardson, by the promotion to that office of Judge Charles C. Nott, now a member of the court.
Washington The commissioner of patents has issued an order directing that any person disbarred from practice before the patent office by order of the commissioner be denied access to the files of the office.
Topeka, Kan. John W. Breidenthal, chairman of the democratic state central committee, has announced his candidacy for the United States senate, to succeed William A. Peffer. Senator Peffer is a candidate for re-election.
Captain J. H. Stickle, at one time a candidate for United States senator, has been sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for embezzling $800 of the funds of the defunct Blue Valley bank of Hebron, Neb., of which he was president.
Mrs. Swearpier, wife of a rancher, living near Tacoma, cut the throats of her three little girls, aged respectively 5 years, 3 years and 9 months. She then used the knife on herself, inflicting a severe but not necessarily fatal wound.
Mrs. Nat Godwin in her suit for a share of her husband's income claims that he is the owner of several plays from which he receives an annual in-
