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penings or seven Columns to Lines. Thursday, July 20. California silver men held a convention in San Francisco, and the sentiment was that free coinage was favored, but that compromise was expected. James M. Fitzgerald of New York, a wholesale paper dealer, obtained judgment for $10,399.06 against Erastus Wiman on three notes. Lloyd Aspinwall failed to secure bail, and is still locked up, charged with forgery. At the court martial of the British captains Admiral Markham testified. Mrs. Conrad Veilham of Tonawanda, who lives at 129 Clinton street, has fallen heir to about $4,000,000. The Pennsylvania iron and steel manufacturers and workmen have not agreed on R scale. The Boston Post announces that Mayor Matthews of Boston is in the field as candidate for governor. Friday, July 21. A large number of important treasury appointments are expected to be made soon. Mayor Boody of Brooklyn made public the minutes of the grand jury that reflected on his official honesty. The Reynoldsville (Pa.) woolen mills, Sykes, Allis & Moorehouse, proprietors, were destroyed by fire. A strike of about 500 coal miners in Sawmill Run district, Pennsylvania, is on. Four fatal cases of cholera have occurred in different parts of Naples. The lighthouse keeper at Cape Race telegraphs that there is a very large iceberg seven miles distant from that point and drifting south. All the savings banks of Peoria,Ills. have taken advantage of the 0 day notice clause governing withdrawals. The defunct Manhattan Athletic club's palatial building was sold at auction for 8456,000 to Adrian Iselin, the well known Wall street banker. The Commercial Cable Telegraph company is advised by the Eastern Telegraph company that Perrambuco will not allow cable messages to pass for Brazil. Saturday, July 22. Strict regulations for governing the opening of the Cherokee strip have been adopted. The Santa Fe management has unearthed a gigantic conspiracy by which it has been robbed of $17,000 a month by padded payrolls. Princess Amelie, wife of Baron Paul Huegal and youngest sister of the Duke of Teck, died at Gratz, Austria. Mrs. McCabe of New York, who while drunk dashed to death Mrs. Finch's 2-months-old babe, was found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree. All Philadelphia and Reading company colliers will start working nine hours a day Monday. Mitchell has signed to fight Corbett in December before the Chicago Columbian Athletic club. The application of a stay of execution for Murderer Taylor has been denied, and he will be electrocuted next week at Auburn, N. Y. Lieutenant Charles C. Ogden, Thirteenth United States infantry, was drowned near Hamburg, Mich., while on his wedding tour. Governor Jones still says the condemned Choctaws will be shot on Aug. 4, according to the sentence of the court. Monday, July 24. A plan is to be presented to the committee in charge for the federal ownership of the Nicaraguan canal. Hon. R. F. Balantine of Newark, N. will add to his gift to Rutgers college gymnasium $30,000. The great driving wheel of the Memphis electric power house exploded, tearing up the building and killing Engineer Pat MoDermott. The gunboat Concord arrived at Gibralar on her way to China. The hay crop is larger and the exportation much more extensive than that of cotton. A 19-year-old seaman on the bark Waimea at Rio Janeiro set off a 25 pound can of powder and was blown through the deck, being instantly killed. Since July 9 three daughters of Captain Joseph Jansen of Newburg, N. Y., have died from diphtheria. Three families in Lawrence, Mass., were poisoned by eating raspberries which had been sprinkled with paris green. Tuesday, July 25. The grand jury indicted Chief Ainsworth. contractor: Superintendent Covert and Engineer Sasse for the Ford's theater disaster. The Duke of Veragua says he is willing that a fund for his assistance should be started. Lizzie Borden attended her old church for the first time since the murder. Joseph Jefferson denied that he was serionsly affected with a cancer in the throat. Mrs. Eliza Luther died at Berkeley, Mass., at the age of 100 years 10 months and 25 days. McBride Brothers, owners of the steam yacht Yankee Doodle, announce that they will match their craft against any yacht in the world for $1,000 a side. A revolution has broken out in the state of Catharina, which borders Rio Granded Sul. The issue of standard silver dollars from the mints and treasury office during the week ended July 22, 1893, was $351,834. Benjamin Richardson dropped dead while eating breakfast at Atlantic City.