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The body of Prince Henry of Battenberg has arrived in England. Senator William P. Frye, of Maine, has been elected President pro tem of the Senate. The steamer Lamington, which was stranded on Great South Beach, L. I., is a total loss. Ex-United States Treasurer James N. Huston assigned, and his bank in Connersville, Ind., suspended. Eight families were burned out in the destruction of the Brighton apartment house in Chicago. Loss, $60,000. Hans Theede shot and killed by mistake an employe who was helping him to capture burglars in New York city A slight fire caused a panic in the Gilsey House, New York city, but fortunately no one was hurt. The Rev. John Fitzgerald, of Charlotte, N. Y., was adjudged guilty of arson in the second degree. The Canadian House of Commons adopted a motion virtually declaring against annexation to the United States The British Government has received a dispatch stating that the British forces have won two victories over the slave traders in Central Africa. It is now believed that ex-Consul Waller will be unconditionally released by France on condition that the United States waive all claims for indemnity. There are but forty voters in Somers Point, N. J., and fourteen of them have declared their intention of running for the office of Mayor at the spring election. Gen. S. W. Westmore, a graduate of West Point, committed suicide at New Orelans by jumping into the Missi si ) 1. He believed he was doomed to ill health. Edwin F. Uhl, of Michigan, now Assistant Secretary of State, has been tendered the post of Ambassador to Germany, to succeed the late Theodore Runyon, and has accepted. John Hays Hammond, the American mining engineer, has been released from jail at Pretoria in £10,000 bail on condition that he remain under constant police surveillance. It is believed his release was due to his illness. Eliza Stephenson, sixty-five years old, died in the hospital at Plainfield, N. J., apparently poverty stricken. She had been working by the day for the past twenty years. On searching her home six notes ranging from $100 to $600 and an account book showing $3,000 on deposit in the Home Savings Bank were found.
