The News In Brief

The Democratie convention of the Second congressional district of Arkansas renominated Hon. J. S. Little. Lewls La May fatally injured Henry Muilen in a quarrel in Knightsville, Ind. La May struck Muilen on the head with a hoe. Prinee Victor Emanuel of Italy is expected at Newport, R. L, on July 15, and will be the guest of Mrs. William Astor. The Indiana gas belt window-glass workers have organized a stock company to build a co-operative windowglas plant at Elwood. The Chicago City Railway eompany has been sued for $75,000 damages by Louis E. Ireland, a dentist, who was knocked down by a cable train. Richard Gallagher, aged 60, of Dayton, O., arose from his bed while asleep, walked a mile and feil into the canal and was drowned. At a creditors' meeting of the Amundson Printing eompany, Chicago, a settlement was made with the creditors, 100 cents on the. dollar. At Dayton, O., Dr. George W. Rush of Savannah, Ga., shot and fatally wounded his father-in-law, George Dewitt, the result of a quarrel. A movement has been started in the Knoxville, Tenn., región to forcé the coal operators to increase wages after July 1. F. G. aDrlington, general superintendent of the Indianapolis división of the Pennsylvania lines, has resigned. The grocery store of John Ratcliff at Muncie, Ind., was destroyed by fire, together with Ratcliff's residence and the residence of Dr. F. M. Keltner and James Schaeffer. While his wife was going in a carrlage to the funeral of a friend A. F. Gottmann of Chicago died suddenly in a funeral train at that city. Sarah Herbert, aged 20 years, while returning home from her mother's funeral at Brazil, Ind., was thrown from the buggy and fatally injured. Mrs. Sowar was seriously injured. Secretary Barnes of the State Horticultural society says that the Kansas apple erop this year will be almost a total failure. Charles Burns of Cincinnati and Charles Johnson of Philadelphia fought fifty rounds to a draw at Bridgeport, O. F. E. Close & Co. 's wool warehouse and elevator at Byron, Mich., were destroyed by fire. Loss, $20,000. The Anchor line has withdrawn its steamer City of Rome for the season owing to the falling off in the number of tra.ns-Atlantic passengers. Levi Lock, an aged man of Dudgeon's Corners, O., was killed by David Miller, who used a whip as a weapon. Lock spoke abusively of Miller's wife.