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NEWS OF THE WEEK. Congressman James S. Rollins died at his home in St. Louis, Monday. The Kentucky legislature on Tuesday, in joint session, elected Beck for a third successive term in the United States senate. The Maverick bank at Douglas, Wyoming, has assigned. The cause is said to be inability to collect outstanding debts. Assistant United States Treasurer Canda has resigned to accept the position of vice president of the Western National bank of New York. Four men were killed and seven severe ly injured by a premature blast while at work on the Lehigh Valley railroad near Laurel, Pa. The senate committee or, territories has instructed its chairman to report favorably the bill for the division of Dakota and the admission of south Dakota as a state. Grand Master Workman Powderly's condition still remains critical. His physicians are of opinion that another hemorrhage would result fatally. An effort will be made to take him to Florida as soon possible. A telegram from the Russian frontier states that eight Nibilists, including a Cossack, Tschernoff, condemned to death for making an attempt on the life of the czar, during his visit to the Don Cossack country, were hanged at St. Petersburg January 2. A frightful accident occurred to the Portland, Me., express between Bradford and Haverhill, Mass., Monday, by the the track and into house. Nine persons were cars a tank leaving crashing killed outright and a number of others more or less seriously injured. The almshouse in East Village, Conn., burned to the ground on the 10th, and three of the innates perished in the flames. Numbers of the paupers, who were forced to flee from the building, suffered from exposure, they having had no time to don their clothing. Two Chinamen, Dan Lee and Phil Wing, were formally baptized and admitted to the church on probation at the Hunson Place Methodist Episcopal church in Brooklyn Sunday. They are believed to be the first Mongolians ever received in th e church of this faith in America. Advices from China state that Li Hung Chang has negotiated a loan of $9,000,000 from Hong Kong and Shanghai banking and one other per corporations firm The at 51 loan cent, payable in twenty years. was to carry on the re and made necessary the lief negotiated repairing work by of overflow of the Yellow river. Sherburne G. Hopkins, the young newspaper reporter who some weeks ago sent a sham infernal machine to Chief Justice Waite for the purpose of creating a senand the news, the court at sation in police selling Washington pleaded to guilty the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, and was fined $100. Governor Swineford, of Alaska, is on his way to Washington, whither he goes to attempt to secure legislation to restrain the rapacity of the Commercial Fur Sea company. He claims that the company rules the territory, and during the last year has exceeded by 5,000 the number of seals which it 18 allowed to kill. The New York Commercial Bulletin ports the December fire loss at $10,308, in000, against $11,200,000 for the same tim the last year. The total fire waste for the yea 1887 amounted to the extraordinary figur of $129,264,000, which has not been 36. Thi ceeded since the great Boston fire. is about $13,000,000 greater than the losse nd of 1886. H. ty, The seventy insurance companies volved in the loss on the Lambert & Bisho at Joliet, Illinois, factory claimed insurance, to hav hav been burned to secure the ry, laid their case before the grand jury tes indictment against Superintendent Whyt R rd Lambert & Bishop and others, for burnin ing for the works, is being sought for by the inrance people. int, 600 The body of Archie McNeill, who for to France to report the Smith-Kilrain priz to 3: for the London Sportsman, and who ha rkE been missing since, has been found on vabeach at Boulogue. There were distin ery, bint Irea marke on McNeill's throat, showing th ned he had been strangled. He was known all, have in his possession when last see hich 'E. bank of England notes and a watch. all 440 No which were missing when the body 495 found. No. 440 No. Senator Cullom has introduced a bi 495 E. to pension at the rate of $8 per month aimof surviving officers and enlisted men imes served 60 days in and nine Indian war or sou actually Black Hawk the in northwe the in recin the Florida Seminole war. Pensio d of and aranted to the widows of
