10 Drowned--town Near Destruction

.i. ,,-vln?ton' Neb a town on the Missouri river. a nuraber of houses and a strip of land along the river bank, sevt'ral acres in extent, crumbled into the water. Tlie occupants of the dwellinffa were thrown into the current. At least JO persons were drouned. lt is supposed the collapse was due to a deflection of the current i;uisod by govei-nment imnrovempnt The I . S. crulser Columbiabrokethe Atlantic oeean recordjmakinf it inless than geven days- or in 6lays,7,'i hours. The Boston Travéller publishes a letter from Gov. McKinley's private yeeretary denying the statement that Uie governor isa memberof the A.l'.A. ■ludg-e Gildersleeve, of New York iny. approved the referee's finding iu the Corbett divorce case. This gives -Mi-s. Corbett an absolute decree, with ; ie riffht to renume her inaiden name, unie l.ake. She is to receive $5,800 a. rear alimony, payable semi-annuallv hhe may marry again but the chamon is forbidden to do so dur:ig the iüe of nía wifft s