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1
Month
August
Year
1895
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Public Domain
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John J. Hoagland, agent of the Adams Express company, disappeared at Newark, O. Au investigation of his aocount6 shows that he is short 81,1%. An imperial irnde has been tssoed by the porte of Turkey granting amnesty to all Armenian politieal prisoners. Many of the latter have already been released. Rev. Dr. Edward Beecher. -brother of the famous divine, llenry Ward Beecher, died at his home in Brooklyn, aged 92. He had spent the greater part of his life in the ministi-y. Ray Marquette, first mate of the Bteumer Frank L. Vanee, was killed at Ash tabula, O., by to pass between two sections of a train being made up, when the engine suddeuly backed. W. F. Barrett surrendered himself to the sheriff at Santa Cruz, Cal., as the murderer of Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams at San Francisco- the crimes for Theodore Durrant Í3 now on trial. Barrett is believed to be insane. Emma Mitchell, a pretty mulatto girl, aged 1G, was shot and fatally injured by James Lock, a musician at Clevelana, who at once turned the revolver upon himself and sent a bullet through his brain. Jealousy prornpted the crime. Edward Cardwell. a poor farm hand working near Hersham, Pa, received word f rom England that his father had died, leaving him an estüte vaiued at 83,000,000. Cardwell at once started for New York to take the first outgoing steamer. The Y.M.C. A. building on New York avenue near the treasury department. Washington, D. 0. was ahnost destroyed by fire. C. C. Bryans grocery was also badly damaged. The Y. M. C. A. building was vaiued at 835,000. Mr. Bryans loss will reach 50,000. The new building at the Dane county, Wisconsin, insane asylum at Verona was struck by lightningand entirely consumed. Supt. Edwin, who was fighting the fire on the roof, feil to the ground, and was injured so badly that he will die. Loss $10,000. The cemetery at the Iowa soldier's home was entered by an unknown iniscreant who broke off at the ground 46 marble slabs erected by the government over the soldier's graves. Threats against the life of the guilty party are made by veterans at the home. The Indiart war has broken out in earnest in Idaho and Wyoming. Bannock Indians killed a settler, his wife and a child in the Salt River Valley, and the white men killed six of the redskins. The excitement among the settlers in northwestern Wyoming is intense. A cyclone passed over the village of Three States. Mo. Lightning struck a shanty boat killing the owner, 'Jeorge McClelland and wife, and fatally injuring their three children. At Barnes Itidge. lightning struek a farm house, killing a man and wife named Thomas. Public men in Washington are beginning to discuss the probabilities as to the length of the next session of congress. Opinión is generally favorable to a short session and is based largely on the belief that both parties will be desirious of getting away for the campaign as early as possible. A national association of vvire goods manufacturers was formed at Cincinnati. Among those present were A. F. Hlanchard and C. L. l'ostelwaite, of Detroit. The oflieers elected were: President, Fred J. Myers. liamilton, O.; secretary, II. II. Suydam, Cincinnati. Prices were advanced 20 to 25 per cent. Baby Marión Cleveland will probably touch the button that will start the machinery at the Cotton States and International Exposition at Atlanta. The Western L'nion will run a wire to (ray Uables and an operator will give the Bignal, and at the other end. 1,000 miles away, a touch of the button will send the current that starts the wheels. , Four hundreiï men employed &t the Lake Shore foundry, at Cleveland, went on strike lor au increase, to the wages paid previous to a roduction whicïi tor.k place about two years ago.

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