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the South Boston police court charged with the murder of his sister, Mrs. Fallon of South Boston on the night of October 31 and was held without bail. There is such activity at the Brooklyn navy yard in completing repairs on warships that United States naval officers believe the government has determined upon a show of force In some quarter. Rev. Alexis Berk, aged 23, has probably perished in the Flathead Mts., Montana. His body is being searched for. He was a circuit rider with 130 miles circuit. His people live in Chicago. Miss Dolly Mollar, of Otsego, Mich., went crazy election night while shouting "Hurrah for McKinley!" Walter Cord, of Macomb township, aged 26, since election has done nothing but shriek "16 to 1." At Manchester, Conn., the big silk mills of the Cheney Bros. began a full time schedule. The works have been running at a reduced time for more than three years. The change affects 2,500 employes. By the explosion of a boiler at the Centralia colliery, Centralia, Pa., on Saturday, John Rovitze and Andrew Munock were killed, and Michael Kulick, John Stenshak and Mathias Lesher were fatally injured. At Lyons, N. Y., the Manhattan silver plate factory has commenced running nights on account of large orders. The New Haven silver plate factory and A. H. Town & Co.'s silver plate factory have both started up on full time. At Lebanon, Ky., William Bean, the negro who assaulted Mrs. L. C. Clark, was captured and carried before Mrs. Clark, who identified him. She is expected to die, but pleaded with the crowd to let the law take its course. He is in jail. Important discoveries regarding the planets Venus and Mercury are made at the Lowell observatory in Arizona. Kentucky republicans and gold democrats in the legislature may unite upon Secretary Carlisle for senator to defeat Blackburn. Governor Oates of Alabama in his annual message asks that the carrying of concealed weapons be made a felony: recites numerous cases of lynching in this state in the last two years, and makes some timely suggestions to the legislature. Dr. James Stinson Wintermute, who moved to Tacoma ten years ago from Chicago, was murdered by Samuel Tucker, a hypochondriac. The latter then committed suicide. Dr. Wintermute had been treating Tucker for melancholia. Incendiaries fired James T. Abbot's house at Hamlin, Va. Cora, his daughter aged 20, was burned to death. She was recently acquitted for alleged blowing up of Squire Vance's house with dynamite, killing one and injuring another. At Bristol, Conn., a business revival is felt and the most notable instance of it is found at the works of the Bristol Brass and Clock Co. The factory will now run overtime. This course is necessary to all orders which have been received. The winter residence and the valuable library of Miss Octava French, 10cated at Elmwood, Ark., were burned. Miss French is better known as Octave Thanet, the novel and magazine writer. The family narrowly escaped. The loss is $12,000. Fire in the five-story huilding. 45 and 47 Federal street, Boston, caused a loss of about $8,000, chiefly to George Coleman, book binder. Heyer Bros toys, etc., and C. F. West, printer, suffered considerable from smoke and water. Coleman's insurance is $5,000. The United States battleship Texas while lying at the cob deck, Brooklyn navy yard. this morning, had a thirteen-inch hole stove in her side, caused by the breaking of her sea cock. and she now lies on the bottom of the dock with her engine room full of water. The Iowa Savings bank, at Sioux City, closed its doors. The steady withdrawal of deposits and inability to realize on securities except at a great sacrifice were the causes of the failure.
