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Two children of Mrs. Christine Carlisle, Tommy, aged two, and Ruth, aged four, were burned to death at Wakefield, O. The mother had locked them in the house and gone to a neighbors. Fire destroyed two buildings at the state reformatory in Elmira, N. Y., entailing a loss of $100,000. In Chicago the George A. Weiss Malting and Elevator company failed for $500,000, and Angus & Gindele, contractors, for $250,000. Scott Wike, of Illinois, assistant secretary of the United States treasury, has resigned. James Preston, aged 40, shot his wife, Amanda, aged 37, and the latter's son, William Bryant, aged 19, in Cincinnati, and then shot himself. Domestic trouble was the cause. Mrs. J. Suppler's sugar house at White Castle, La., was destroyed by fire, together with 3,500 barrels of sugar, the loss being $200,000. The annual statement of railroad construction shows that during 1896 only 1,802 miles of lines were built in the United States, the smallest mileage in any year since 1875. The New England Society of the City of New York celebrated the ninety-first anniversary of its organization and the two hundred and seventy-sixth of the landing of the pilgrims. Walbridge & Co.'s hardware and house furnishing establishment in Buffalo, N. Y., was damaged by fire to the extent of about $150,000. The remains of Kate Field arrived in San Francisco from Honolulu. They will be cremated and the ashes sent east for burial. Allen Creer and the wife and daughter of Rud Owens were drowned in Clarks river near Paducah, Ky., by the capsizing of a boat. The Bank of West Superior, Wis., capital $50,000 and $50,000 surplus, suspended because of the failure of the National bank of Illinois in Chicago. J. D. Williams, a mulatto, shot his wife and then killed himself in Washington. Hon. William J. Bryan opened his lecture tour at Atlanta, Ga., his subject being "The Ancient Landmarks." Mrs. Henry Bond and Miss Tyrrell, sisters, living at Woodbourne, Pa., were killed by the cars at a crossing. A train on the Chicago & Alton road was held up by robbers near Independence, Mo., and the express car looted. The American Banking and Trust company of Auburn, Me., closed its doors with liabilities of $55,000. Solomon Sayles, wholesale meat dealer in New York. failed for $250,000. Mrs. H. Estby and her daughter Clara, 19 years old, arrived in New York from Spokane, Wash., having walked the entire distance since May 5 on a wager that they could cross the continent in seven months. A large portion of the business section of Somerset, Ind., was wiped out by fire. The Parsons-Pelletier Dry Goods company, one of the largest houses of the kind in Sioux City, la., failed for $100,000. The wife of Noah Scott, of Shelbyville, Ind., gave birth to four boys and all were doing well. An explosion of nitro-glycerin near Montpelier, Ind., killed George Hickok and Harry Wood and greatly damaged the property of the Empire Glycerin company. President Cleveland has approved the general pension and urgent deficiency appropriation bills. By the explosion of a steam pipe in the city hall in Baltimore James Reilly and Charles Robertson were fatally scalded. W. H. Jones, county treasurer of BarΞy county, Mo., for the past four years, is said to be short $13,000 in his accounts. There were 287 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 25th, against 367 the week previous and 322 in the corresponding period of 1895. Miss Anna Held, the French actress, who is playing at the Grand opera house in Pittsburgh, sang on the public streets of the city for the benefit of a charitable institution and over $800 was poured into her carriage. Fire destroyed the Huffman house block in Rockford, III., the total loss being $175,000. The home of Philip McKim, near Franklin. Pa., was burned and three little children perished in the flames. The Columbia, known as the old Doxey theater building, was burned at Anderson, Ind., the loss being $90,000. The Calumet state bank at Blue Island, III., closed its doors with liabilities of $70,000. Jay Van Seyoe and Earl Campbell. two young men of Valley, Neb., were drowned while skating on a lake.
