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lawyer named Clark, lately an inmate O soldiers' home at Togus, Me., threw him self in front of an engine because he could not control the drinking habitCanvass of New York voters by The World shows a lead in preferences for the Tammany candidate for mayor of 40 per cent-Great Britain's cabinet decides to maintain the gold standard— Mrs. Langtry's husband is dead-General Booth of the Salvation Army is conducting a campaign in Germany-New York Republicans propose to fight the Seth Low petition on the ground that it bears fraudulent names—-Ezekiel Keefe to was bored death by a bull at Emden, Me-Benjamin Rich, member of football team, was killed during a game at Bellwood, Pa-Wellsboro, Pa., farmer, after winning $260 from bunco operators, drove them off at the point of a gunMail carrier at Charlottesville, Va., has received a check for $10,000 from a wealthy student at the University of Virginia-Nathaniel Mosely, slightly insane, killed G. H. Spencer near Great Barrington, Mass., in a quarrel over the murderer's mother-W. J. Bryan has given Ewing college at Berton, O., a sum of money for a scholarship because his mother was connected with the institution-Meeting to protest against New Orleans board of health on account of its management of yellow fever was a flasco—Lizzie Fleming, a domestic, mentally unbalanced, fractured the skulls of A. C. Dixon and wife at Stamford, Conn., and slightly wounded their daughter with an ax, during a sudden attack of murderous mania-Investigation showed that the falling of the dome in the theater at Cincinnati was due to a rotten framework that had been covered by ornamental plastering-Oklahoma has 300,000 population. TUESDAY, OCT. 19. Scaffold holding 10 men gave way at Watessing, N. J., and the occupants dropped upon electric machinery in motion, only three being seriously hurt -Decomposed body of M. J. Scanlan, Boston liquor dealer, was found in a grove at Murray River, N. S-Insurance on destroyed property at Windsor, N. S., is estimated to approximate $582,000, less than a third of the actual loss sustained by the conflagration-A timber firm near Austin, Pa., lost $200,000 by forest fires—Dr. Bessey, a leading physician of Toronto, was arrested on a charge of causing a widow's death by abortion-A child died after drinking carbolic acid at Fitchburg, Mass., and two other little ones were badly burned while playing with matches— Five members of the Labe family at Waterville, Me., and a visitor were made ill by canned salmon, two of the eaters being in a critical condition-A thousand rifles and 500,000 cartridges were seized on a schooner near Panama, the munitions being designed for use in a revolution at Nicaragua-It is proposed to build a tunnel under the East river to connect Brooklyn and Jersey City-The City bank of Sherman, Tex., has assigned. with liabilities of $50,000 and assets of $200,000-Yale college is to be sued by the town of New Haven for a large amount of taxes-Lord Salisbury is not to resign the British premiership, it is stated officially-The grave of a colored man named Bennett was opened at Millburn, N. J., and upper part of the body carried away-George Clark was held up by highwaymen and robbed of $17 Woburn, Mass-The worsted operatives in Rhode Island are to have their wages advanced-F. E. Argerer, bookkeeper for the Lilly Brackett company, is accused of taking $900 of the corporation's money-Arthur Bourassa of Fall River, Mass., 18 years old, was drowned by the capsizing of a boat-Two alleged incendiaries were lynched at Somerville, Ga-It is reported in Washington that Thomas F. Bayard will become the eastern representative of London capitalists at a salary equal to that of the president of the United States. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20. Woman's suffrage was defeated in New Jersey by a majority of 10,059, while the voters approved of the antigambling act-Factory of the Bethel (Conn.) Hat Forming company, valued
