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South and West. REPRESENTATIVE JULIUS C. BURROWS was nominated for United States Senator by the Republican legislators of Michigan in caucus at Lansing. FREIGHT rates on Florida oranges have been reduced fifty per cent. because of the loss to growers from the freeze. THE postoffice at Decatur, Ala., was looted by unknown thieves and money and stamps to the value of 81000 and registered mail estimated at $14,000 were appropriated. GOVERNOR MITCHELL, of Florida, has revoked the requisition for H. M. Flagler, of New York, an officer of the Standard Oil Trust, issued at the request of Governor Hogg, of Texas, under date of December 22, 1894. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS has been received by President Harper, of the Chicago University. from John D. Rockefeller, the Standard On magnate, as a New Years gift, and $20,000 has also been received from Mrs. Caroline T. Haskell, to establish a course of lectures in Bombay, India. upon the relations of the religions of the world. THE county elections throughout Georgia show heavy Democratic gains everywhere. The colored men in many counties voted with the Democrats. The Populists carried fifteen out of 130 counties. THE Southern Illinois Hospital for the Insane at Anna was destroyed by a fire. All of the 600 lunatics escaped with their lives, with one exception. The south wing of the main building of the Ohio State Asylum for Imbeciles at Columbus was totally destroyed by fire. AT Harrodsburg, Ky.. John S. Van Arsdall, Sheriff of Mercer County, shot Dr. F. L. Harrod three times while the doctor was standing in the street in front of his office. The doctor died after receiving the third buMet. Political differences were the cause. A POWDER mill at Gee's Station, Ohio, exploded, killing three men, Cliff Horney, Adolph Krobel and Arthur Harris. THE little town of Nebo, Indian Territory, was visited by three men who robbed the stores of Tucker & Walker and Rogers Brothers, brokeopen the safes and fired the buildings. The town is in ashes. THE Deposit Bank, of Waddy. Ky., was closed for lack of funds. At the annual election the old cashier was not re-elected, and his friends caused a run on the bank and there was not enough left to pay checks. THE Ohio River and its tributaries rose to dangerous heights by reason of the rain and thaw. ATTORNEY-GENERAL HART, of California, rendered a long opinion, holding that it would be a violation of the Constitution to deprive Governor-elect Budd of his seat, and that the oath of office must be administered to him. FRANK M. DOLL, the Postmaster at Alma, Arizona, his wife and son, have been murdered by robbers. W. J. RYAN, fireman, and Edwin Longsdorf were killed and several persons received serious injuries in a railway wreck near Massillon, Ohio. ISHAM G. HARRIS was renominated for United States Senator by the Democratic Legislative caucusat Nashville, Tenn. Senator Pettigrew was renominated for United States Senator from South Dakotaby the Republican caucus at Pierre. Washington. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND nominated these Commissioners of Immigration W. P. Stradley, at San Francisco; William H. Ruby, at Baltimore, Md. Thomas F. Delehanty, at Boston; Joseph H. Senner, at New York; John J. S. Rodgers, at Philadelphia. THE President made the following nominations: William S. Collins, Surveyor of Customs at Springfield, Mass. Herbert Wolcott Bowen, of New York, Consul General at Barcelona, Spain Andrew J. Patterson, of Tennessee, Consul at Demerara, British Guinea; Colonel G. Norman Lieber, to be Judge Advocate General of the Army with the rank of Brigadier-General. THE first state dinner of the season was given at the White House by the President and Mrs. Cleveland in honor of the Cabinet, to which a number of Senators and Representatives and their wives were invited. Among those present was Senator David B. Hill, of New York. SENATORS COCKRELL, Gorman and Jones, Democrats, and Senator Allison, Republican, after a conference decided that no attempt would be made to correct the present tariff law by amendments to the Urgent Deficiency bill. MINT DIRECTOR PRESTON has contracted with the Government of Ecuador to strike off $500,000 in twenty-cent pieces. The bullion is furnished by Ecuador, which also pays the expense of the mintage. The work will be done at the Philadelphia Mint. The law permits this courtesy to foreign Governments. CONGRESSMAN Posr. of the Tenth Illinois District, died in Washington. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND declared in a semiofficial statement, that he refused unequivocally to grant the request of Hawaiian royalists to again interfere in behalf of the deposed Queen. THE National Park Bank of New York has reported a counterfeit $100 Treasury note bearing the names of W. S. Rosecrans, Register, and J. N. Houston, Treasurer, and the portrait of Farragut. SENATORS HILL, Lindsay and Platt have been appointed by the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate the charge made against Judge Clark, nominated to succee. Judge Key, of Tennessee.