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Tuesday. King George may be assassinated by the enraged Greeks. Fire at Newport News destroyed $2,500,100 worth of property. The Lumber Exchange bank of Tonawanda, N. Y., just quit business. Hon. B. F. Taylor, 45, who represented Crawford county in the legislature, is dead. John C. Short, former receiver of the Lancaster and Hamden railroad, has been arrested in New York for contempt of Ohio court. Grant's classmates, wearers of both blue and gray, were dined by General James Wilson. Monday. Friedlander, the portrait painter, is dead. Colonel Joe Gray of Pittsburg died while en route to New York. The private bank of Schaar, Kach & Company of Chicago failed. The people of Ottumwa, Ia., are paniestricken on account of the flood. Hon. Augustus S. Land, 63, distinguished lawyer, is dead at Hollidaysburg, Pa. The gold Democrats who met in New York issued no formal call for a future meeting. Joe Johnson and three others were drowned while fording a swollen stream at Jackson, Mo. John R. McKelvy and Mrs. Christian Wilker and babe were killed by street cars in Pittsburg. Charles A. Rufee of Crow Wing, Minn., is in jail at Washington for falsifying his naturalization papers. Paul Holytrack and Philip Ireland, the Indian boys, have confessed to the murder of the Spicer family in South Dakota. Edward S. Farrow, ex-lieutenant in the United States army, was arrested in New York charged with insurance frauds in Pittsburg. Miss Lillian Ashley, who figured in the case against Millionaire J. Baldwin a year ago, went to the Baldwin hotel in disguise and tried to force Baldwin to support the child. She falled. Saturday. The price of aluminum will be greatly reduced. The New York legislature has adjourned sine die. John Hume of South Bend, Ind., hiccoughed to death. The Indianapolis 3-cent car fare law has been declared unconstitutional. C. M. Barnese of Guthrie has been appointed governor of Oklahoma. Rev. Cogswell, an Indiana minister, eloped with Belle Martin of Frankfort, Ky. The Japs who were turned away from Hawaii are trying to land in the United States. Wakeman@Haynes and Lizzie Hudson, uncle and neice, aged 23 and 16, suicided at Quincy, Ills. Mrs. Rebecca Blakesley, whose home was recently robbed, deposited $5,000 in a Findlay bank which the robbers overlooked. Jose S. Guitterez has been legally shot for the murder of his brother-in-law, who was one of the wealthlest merchants of Mexico. Governor Hastings of Pennsylvania refused to honor a requisition for Jacob Schmidt, wanted in Cincinnati for stealing $500 from his wife. Friday. The paper mills at Ellsworth, Ind., were burned. An advance of 5 per cent has been declared on window glass. Baron Turkheim has left Montreal and gone to Hallfax. Colonel Trousdale, famous Confederate journalist, is dead In Nashville. One faction of the Democratic party has nominated a local ticket in Louisville. Senator Allen of Nebraska offered a resolution expressing sympathy for Greece. The Republican caucus in Frankfort, Ky., failed to agree on a nominee for United States senator. General Gomez has sent word to General Weyler that his only exchange for peace was Cuban independence. John H. Rapp, a Chicago liquor dealer, was shot by G. W. Braunschweig, his defaulting clerk, who suicided. The dance artist, Mabel Paines, obtained $10,000 verdict from the Normandie hotel at Chicago for a folding bed accident. The insurance companies which have been barred out of Kansas by Commissioner McNall have decided to sue him in the federal courts for interfering with interstate commerce. Thursday. Tullahoma, Tenn., was almost wiped out by fire. Billy Vernon, the prizefighter, died at Philadelphia. The New York senate has passed a bill to tax inheritances. An attempt was made to assassirate King Humbert of Italy. Castle The paymaster of the mines at Gate, Colo., was robbed of $7,800. Frederick Everinghaus, wanted in Prus sia for forgery, was arrested in New York. Stock Broker Chapman, recalcitrant sugar trust witness, will begin his term in jall in few days. John Kane, president of the Ohio miners, says the cause of the depression in mining Is due to oversupply. John L. Sullivan is not pleased with the manner in which his challenge was disposed of by Champion Fitzsimmons. Wednesday. The Mississippi river is steadily rising at Quincy, Ills. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria breakfasted with Emperor William in Berlin. Showalter (Rep.) was elected to congress from the Twenty-first Pennsylvania district. Insurance frauds, C. Linford Woods and Edward T. Farrow, were indicted in Pittsburg. President McKinley now rides a beautiful saddle horse just received from Kentucky. Parnellites held a meeting at Dublin and resolved to brook no interference of religion in polities hereafter. Paul Leibhardt of Milton, Ind., has been reinstated as chief of the dead letter office, vice Bernard Goode, removed. The United States will not support Edward Ivory, alleged dynamiter, in his claim against England for damages for his arrest. Postmaster Hoover of Wabash, Ind., Is to be removed on charges of juggling salaries of employes and uneleanliness in conductIng the office. Postmaster Sahm of Indianapolis wants 15 additional letter carriers and several additional clerks, made necessary by the extension of the corporation limits. Big Estate Divided. Dayton, O., April 26.-The will of the late Daniel Kiefer was admitted to probate. The estate is valued at $200,000. The estate is devised equally to each of his four children and their heirs. Dresden's Newspaper. The city of Dresden owns a daily paper, the Dresdener Anzeiger, which was given to it by its late proprietor on the condition that all profits arising therefrom should be spent upon the public parks