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THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of tho Dally Nowo.
WANHINOTOX NOTKS.
Makio.v, tho youngest of the three
daughters of President and Mrs. Cleve
land, was christened at tho white house
on tho 11th. Dr. Jlyron S. Sunderland,
tho pastor of tho First 1'reshytorian
church, olllciated.
Commishionuii WmniiT, of the hurcau
of labor, has transmitted to congress,
in obedience to a joint resolution direct
ing tho investigation, a report relative
to the employment of men, women and
children in the United States.
'I'm: postmastor-genoral has issued an
order establishing tho house-to-house
mail collection and salo of stamps by
carriers to patrons at Omaha, Nob.
Pni:siiK.vr and Airs. Cleveland gave
their annual reception to tho army and
navy and marine corps at tho white
houso on the night of tho 11th. It was
tho final state reception of tho oillcial
term of Mr. Cleveland.
Tm: close of tho second week in Feb
ruary found tho deficit in tho federal
treasury for tho month 8;i,8!i5,00!l, und
for tho fiscal year that is, since .Inly
1817,(580,851. Nearly every day in Fob
ruary has shown an excess of expendi
tures over receipts.
A Washington special on tho lillh
said that tho retinue of ox-Queen hillu
okalani wore greatly alarmed by warn
ings that an effort would bo made to
assassinate tho ox-queen, because as
Jongassho lives nho is an obstacle to
tho cause of tho annexationists in the
Hawaiian islands.
GKNintAI. NinVH.
flux. Jo 0. Siikmiv, the noted ex-confederate
general, died at Adrian, Mo.,
on tho lilth, aged (1)1 years.
Pkok. J. EnwAiiDH was arrested near
"Waco, Tex., on tho charge of having
murdered D. Lucas and John Day near
JUaclcburn, Olc, a year ago by shooting
them through a window at night.
Ex-Conoim:ssman Smi:im:y Daiim.vo
ton has been urrossed at Westchester,
Pa., on a charge of embezzlement aris
ing from the financial troubles of tho
Westchester Guarantee, Trust & Safe
Deposit Co., of which ho was recently
president. Darlington is well known
in Kansas and Missouri, having loaned
thousands of dollars on real estate in
those btates.
Tin: Alabama legislature passed a
bill and tho governor has signed it ex
empting cotton factories hereafter to
bo built in that stato from taxation for
ten years.
A i)i:r.i:oA'nox representing tho
Transmississippi and International ox
position left Omaha, Neb., op the 15th
to appear boforo tho legislatures of
Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah
and afterwards to visit Montana and
tho coast states.
Tiik most malignant, typo of measles
1ms been epidemic for over a month
throughout Jasper, Clark, Cumberland
and ndjblnlng counties in Illinois and
was reported on tho 11th as growing
more serious. Tho public schools at
Toledo and many country schools had
been closed.
A dispatch from Canton, 0., stated
that Chauncey M. Dopow, tho noted
jnuw lorlcor, had been practically de
cided upon as ambassador to Grout
llritain.
Mai.vkiw, Ark., has been almost
wiped out by a tiro.
Licwis Mii.i.kii, living no r Okmulgee,
J. T., was cremated by his houso burn
ing down. Ho had quarreled and sepa
rated from his wife and it was sup
posed he had set tho houso on fire and
shot himself. Others thought it was a
case of murder.
Tin: Wisconsin Odd Follows' Mutual
Liiio Insurance Co. at Milwaukee,
which was organized in 1801), made an
assignment for tho boneQt of its cred
itors. During the past year over 5,000
members dropped out, which crippled
tho company so that it could not pay
Its losses.
Owino to differences between the
Mellcth Glass Co. and its employes 400
men struck on tho 11th. Tho men
claimed that tho glass had been so bad
for soveral weeks that thoy wore great
ly bumpered. Tho company insisted
that tho material on hand was good.
IlmoiiAM City, Utah, was visited by a
heavy earthquake shock. It was so se
vens that tho bell in tho courthouso
tapped live- or six times.
Ei.ectiuo wires crossed in William
II. Shaefer & Sons' sporting goods store
at Uoston and bet tho place on fire. A
supply of powder exploded with terrific
violence, wrecking tho five-story build
Ing and blowing out tho windowu yf
adjacent tioc)u,
Tin: waste oil from tho Alexandria
oil wells, which flows into a creek pass
ing through Elwood, Jnd., was set on
lire by boys on tho 11 th and tho flames
swept through tho town and burned
two bridges and an elevator, causing a
heavy loss.
Two Italians fought a duel in Lake
Front park, Chicago, on tho night of
tho 14th and tho challenger, IJotlstc
Mclleri, was shot to death by Joseph
Ilornuseoni. Tho duel was deliberate
ly planned, tho men quarreling over
tho subject of anarchy.
Tin: polico raided tho gambling dens
of Chinatown, in San Francisco, and
arrested 500 Chinamen.
Notick of a ten per cent, reduction,
to talco efreet Marcli 1, has been posted
at tho works of tho Pennsylvania Steel
Co. at Harrisburg, Pa. It will affect
H.OOO hands.
CiiAW.rcs IhiAiii.KY, n prisoner being
taken to jail at Paris, I. T., jumped
from tho train while handcuffed and
made his escape.
Six men were crushed to death in tho
Freeman mine nearGouverneur, N. Y.,
by a cave-in. Each left largo families.
It. E. ICn.i'A'rmcK, a brakeman, wiih
killed by tho cars at Shawnee, I. T.
lie was coupling and caught his foot
in a frog.
Gj:ohoi: Voi.k and his brother, An
drew, of Wanatah, (la., were instantly
killed by being struck by a Pennsylva
nia accommodation train. Two ladies,
who were in tho vehicle with tlmm.
escaped with slight injuries, but tho
team was killed.
Tin: League of American Wheelmen
in annual convention at Albany, N. Y.,
on tho lath declined to admit profes
sionals, no matter of what standing, to
either full or associate membership in
tho league and also declined by a
heavy vote to allow local option for
Sunday racing.
A compi.kti: canvass of the Ohio as
sembly was made by Joe Smith, the
confidential secretary of tho president
elect. Tho result was that the sup
porters of National Chairman Hauna
were convinced that if a special session
of tho assembly is called to elect a suc
cessor to Senator Sherman rf anna will
be elected by a large majority.
Tin: statement that tho capl
tol at Springfield, 111., is unsafe
badly frightens members of tho legis
lature. Architects have declared that
tho foundation is weak and the dome is
likely to fall any moment.
Tin: cashier of tho First national
bank at Saltsburg, Pa., was held up at
j
noon in tho bank on tho lath by a ne
gro and made to hand over 100. The
cashier gave an alarm when tho negro
left and the robber was captured and
tho money recovered.
Annum T. Gorman, of Baltimore,
Md., who is said to bo a nephew of
United States Senator Gorman, was
married at Detroit, Mich., on the 12th
to Miss Annie Waitman, of tho Wood
Sisters' Uurlesquo Vaudeville Co. Tho
marriage avus performed on tho stage
and the bride appeared in tights.
Faii.uiiks for the week ended tho 12th
(Dun's review) in tho .United States
were 207, against 5121 last year.
AN incendiary fire at Piano, Tex., on
tho llth burned nearly HO buildings, in
eluding tho business part of tho city.
l lie loss was upward of 8100,000, with
practically no insurance. Tho post
ofllco was destroyed, but tho mails
were saved.
Tiik boiler of Wyrick Bros.' sawmill,
near Magnolia, Ark., exploded and Cal
houn Wyrick, white, and .lolin Lewis,
colored, were killed outright. John
Wyrick, one of the owners, was fatally
scalded and six other mill hands were
seriously injured. Tho explosion was
duo to vaat of suflleient water in the
boiler.
A Tin.noTiAM from Sitia, Crete, on tho
llth reported that 111 villages were in
Humes and that the Christians wore
killing tho Mohammedan inhabitants.
Tun livery stablo of F. M. Gilbert,
Jr., and tho blacksmith shop adjoining
at Joircrsonvillo, Intl., were burned.
Tho contents of tho stablo were en
tirely destroyed and eight horses per
ished. The fire was supposed to have
been incendiary.
A i'aumkii went down into his potato
pit near North Hranoh, Minn., and was
overcomo by the deadly gas, two sons
and their mother also went in, ono at a
time, to rescue the others, nnd were
likewise overcome. When help arrived
they were dead.
Tiik much-discussed fancy ball of the
Bradley-Martins camo off at tho Wal
dorf hotel, Now York, on tho night of
tho 10th. Tho costumes were exquisite
and tho function eclipsed everything
of tho Ulud that had over taken olace
before
Tiik British bark Mark Curry was
burned in Port Hollo, Philippine is
lands, with 1,200 tons of sugar on board.
At Homan, Ark., Sam Leigh, a 15-year-old
boy, shot and killed Adam
Courtwright, his stepfather. Court
wrlght, in a jealous frenzy, assaulted
his wlfo with a club, Inflicting fatal
wounds, and tho boy tried to protect
his mother.
Tiihkk masked men held up two cltl-
zens in Huntington, W. Va., on tho
night of tho 0th and Ofllcor Alex Mo
Claskey gave chaso and was fatally
shot. Bloodhounds wero put on tho
bandits' trail.
Tiniouoii tho collapso of the scaffold
ing of a viaduct on a railroad In Corn
wall, Eng., 12 mom foil a distance of
150 feet nnd wore killed.
Hon. A. B. Ci.akk, formerly editor of
tho Newark American, and a promi
nent politician, was killed on tho 0th
by a Toledo it Ohio Central train near
Grnnvillu, n0 Was walking ou tho
track.
Tiik international chess tournament
at New York between Groat Britain
and tho United States was won by
Great Britain by a score of 5 to 4.
Fun: broke out in the Hooscvelt hos
pital at Now York on tho lth and did
820,000 damage. Two firemen were
hurt, but tho rigid discipline of the
hospital prevented any excitement
among the patients.
Tub Now York Post denied that there
was any combination between the Car
negie Steel Co. and, John D. Bockefcller
in regard to Iron and said that there
was no foundation whatever for the
report.
J. It. SovnitmoN, grand master K. ol
L., has written a letter declaring that
secret revolutionary societies, known
as the Iron Brotherhood and Industrial
Army, aro being organized in every
part of the country, with their mem
bers leagued together to resort to civil
war as a means of obtaining remedies
for the populace which they cannot
becurc by tho ballot.
Mas. Janic Nuiiy, aged 1011 years, was
found frozen to death on the 14th in
her farm dwelling In Arlington town
ship, Mich., where she had lived alone
for 40 years.
A iiki'oht comes from Salem, Ark.,
that an Insane man in the asylum In
that city is believed to be George Tay
lor, tho escaped murderer of the Meeka
family of Missouri.
Fnu: at an early hour on tho Pith
caused a loss of 8100,000 in the building
172 and 174 Madison street. Chumim.
Schlmpfcrman's wholesale liquor storo
and Goster's uniform factory were tho
heaviest losers.
Tin: Pittsburgh and western selling
agencies of the window-glass man
ufacturers will advance prices 2K per
cent, beginning March 1 in tho central
and western districts.
Joski'ii IIiM)i:iiiiANi)Tdied at Chicago
recently from cancer of the throat. Ho
was formerly a farmer near Marysville,
Kan., and his wife poisoned her eight
children and then strangled herself,
on account of hor husband's sickness,
only one ehlld surviving.
Mokton SiiKiMtAiti), residing near
Muncie, Intl., had his barn burned
down and 40 tons of hay, 7!1 head of
sheep and lambs, 18 head of hogs, two
mules, 700 bushels of wheat, 1,000 bush
els of corn and oats and all his farm
implements burned. The insurance
policies had recently expired.
Tin: medical institute at Lancaster,
O., burned on tho 12th. Dr. Julius
Simon, of Jackson, W. Va., lost his
life.
Paw. Waonkh and his wife wero
found asphyxiated by coal gas at Mil
waukee on tho 12th.
Lincoln's birthday on tho 12th was
celebrated by republicans with ban
quets at Zancsvillo, 0., Chicago, In
dianapolis, Intl., Grand Ilupids, Mich.,
St. Paul, Minn., and many other places
throughout tho country.
Tiik safe in tho Clearfield, Pa., post
oflico was blown open recently and
SI, 000 worth of stamps and 85100 in cash
stolen.
Fnti: broke out in the King & Uhl
block at Cleveland, O., and did 8100,000
damage boforo it was cxMncruishcd.
ADDITIONAL DIHl'ATCIIKS.
"William P. St. John, one of the
champions in tho east of free silver
and treasurer of tho democratic na
tional committee, died at Now York on
tho 14th of a complication of kidney
and stomach trouble.
Fhank WinoAND, ono of tho oldest
switchmen in tho employ of the C, 11.
I. fc St. P. railway, slipped on the icy
ground while coupling cars at Bock Is
land, 111., and was killed by an engine.
Uaiii:ii8 shivered the tollgate to
pieces by dynamite near Frankfort,
Ivy., and aroused tho citizens from
their slumbers early on the 1 1th by tho
tremendous explosion.
CiniAN sympathizers at Tacoma,
Wash., recently denounced the Span
ish premier and trailed tho Snanish
flag in the mud and then burned it.
Mas. Bi:ni:coA Cuiusman, aged 75
years, was burned to death at Normal.
111., while attempting to light her
fire.
An Bitoous was captured near Tay
lor, Tt, recently. He murdered his
stepfather over 151 years ago and a mob
shortly afterward captured a man sup
posed to be Brooks and burned him to
death. Brooks admitted that It was an
innocent man that suffered and that ho
Is tho original Hrooks.
Tin: federal supremo court on tho
15th decided tho case of Joseph It. Dun
lop, editor of tho Chicago Dispatch,
charged with sending improper matter
through tho mails. The verdict of tho
district court, which was against Dun-
lop, was alllrmed.
Ai.i.kn Hor.r.KH was thrown through
tho roof and William Eldridgo through
tho door by an explosion of powder at
Woodland, Pa. One of the men stirred
a lire and threw tho poker on tho floor
and It sot off two kegs of powder.
Both men wero terribly if not fatally
injured.
In tho bennto on tho 15th Mr. Mor
gan's resolution to abrogate tho Clay-ton-Bulwer
treaty was taken un and
debated In secret session, but no action
was taken. Tho bankruptcy bill was
read at length and 24 privato pension
bills were passed. Tho house passed
tho sundry civil bill and devoted tho
evening to pension legislation.
rinr.it MAiiim foujrhtbix rounds with
C C. Smith, tho "black thunderbolt,"
at tho Empire Athletic club at New
V.1..1-- r... !... IKI1 1 1 1 .
wi. Km uiu mm uim iinu a narrow es
cape from defeat. Tho referee gave
tho decision to Maher, but It was tho
general opinion that tho big Irishman
would have been out in a couple more
rounds.
JO O. SHELBY DEAD.
TJio cx-Confrtlrrntn General' Kiul Camo In
it Peaceful Way.
Mwiwin, Mo., Feb. 15. Gen. Jo O.
Shelby died at 4:20 o'clock Saturday
morning, so peacefully that those who
watcho;t at his bedside scarcely real
ized that the end was at hand until ho
breathed his last. He remained un
conscious to tho last, and no word or
sign of recognition of those about him
camo from tho dying man. His eye
lids had remained closed for soino
okn. .io o. siinr.iiY.
hours and thcro was only a relaxa
tion of tho features as the hand
of death swept across the pallid face.
The remains of Gen. Shelbv wero
Interred in Forest Hill cemetery, at
Kansas City, on Wednesday at ten
o'clock a. m. Funeral services were held
from the Central Presbyterian church
in that city.
A Itlogrnplilcal Sketch.
Gen. Jo O. Shelby was born in Lex
ington, Ky., of a distinguished family,
in lS.'Jl. Though he has been conspicu
ous as a Missourian for 45 years, yet
his is another of tho many Illustrious
names that Kentucky can claim from
tho annals of fame. His school days
wero spent at Lexington, Ky., and
tlien at the ago of 10 ho came to Missouri
5!5 years ago and settled in Audrain
county. The firing upon Fort Sumpter
found Capt. Shelby zealous in tho
southern cause. Ho was 550 years
of ago at this time. Hist strat
egy and activity brought him pro
motions in rapid succession. A cap
tain at tho outbreak of the war, ho
became a colonel of cavalry in 1802; in
.January, iso.s, a colonel in command of
a brigade; and in May, ISO !, a brigadier
general. Although Shelby was the youngest
general on the list, ho was given tho
highest place possible not ranking
Gen. Price, when the last Missouri raid
was made in ISO I. On October 20,
Marmadukc and Shelby drove the fed
erals back from Blue river to Westport.
On tho 22d Shelby received orders to
capture Westport, which he did after
the most desperate battle ho ever
fought in Missouri. At the close of tho
war Gen. Shelby surrendered to tho
United States through Gen. Buckner.
Shelby then gathered about him about
000 men, mostly Missouriuns, and went
to Mexico to join Juarez in the revolu
tion against the Emperor .Maximilian.
On February 4, 1801, Gen. Shelby was
appointed United States marshal of
tho Western district of Missouri, and
his term does not expire until March,
1S0S. He leaves a wife and a family of
eight children, seven boys and ono
gin.
SOVEREIGN'S WARNING.
Tliu KnlprlitH of T.ul)or I.c.ulor Writes a I)c
ii(lt(lly ScHrtuUoiutl i.ultor.
Di:nvj:u, Col., Feb. 15. J. It. Sover
eign, grand master workman of tho
Knights of Labor, has written a sensa
tional letter to the Industrial Advo
cate, with Private Dalzell's exhorta
tion for war with a foreign nation as
liis text. He declares secret revolu
tionary societies known as the Iron
Brotherhood and the Industrial Army
aro being organized in every part of
tlie country, with their members
leagued together to resort to civil war
as n means of obtaining "remedies for
the populace" which they cannot se
cure by the ballot. He deprecates Pri
vato Dalzell's talk as being in a lino
which might tend dangerously to fan
this sentiment into an open flame, but
asserts that when such revolution
comes he will not be "among the cow
ards nor on the side of the plutocratic
classes."
"BELLE OF THE BALL."
Miss Allco Ciistluiimn, of Kontucliy, la
Crowned an Amurk'.i'ri Most llciititlful
Woiiiitn.
Ni:w Yohk, Feb. 15. The .Journal,
under the caption, "Tho Most Beauti
ful Woman in the United States," pub
lishes a page htory concerning Mibs
Alice Castleman, of Kentucky. In tho
Introductory paragraph It says that at
tho charity ball hero "John Ji,-ob
Astor, to whom fell the honor of select
ing tho belle of tho night, placed tho
crown upon the head of Miss Castle
man, to most New Yorkers unknown,
and her he declared not only queen of
the ball, but fairest of all tho fair."
A BRUTAL CRIME.
A hediillu ToiiKli CommltH n Murilorous
AhhiiuU on II In Invalid Wlfo.
SnnAi.iA, Mo., Feb. 15. Wlllinm
Phcnix, a tough character, made a most
diabolical effort yesterday to murder
his wife. Mrs. Phcnix. who had boon
bick in bed during the day, was sitting
by tho kitchen stove drinking a cup of
coffee when her brutal husband arose
as If to leave the room, but Instead of
doing so he grabbed a flatlron from
the stove and rained three blows upon
her head, the iron fracturing the skull
each time. Tho woman fell almost
lifeless to tho floor and Phcnix fled.
WORK OF CONGRESS.'
Wlmt Our Senator nnd KoprcscntntlTes.
Aro IJolnj; t tho National Capitol.
Tub senate, on tho Pth spent most of thodny
In executive session on tho arbitration treaty.
Senator Morgan (Ala.) holding tho lloor nearly
nil the time. A bill was passed to Improve thw
channel of tho .South pass by closing tho
crevasse In Pass l'Outro In tho Mississippi river.
....Tho house agreed to tho llnal conference re
port on tho Immigration bill and passed two
bills to pension the "remarried widow" of John
If. Pat .on, of the Seventh Illinois, nnd also tho
"rcmal rlcd widow" of MaJ. Albert U. Soulc, of
tho Twsnty-Thlrd Mnlno volunteers. Hoth tho
bills hf.d becu previously vetoed by tho presi
dent, Tho scnato amendments to a bill idvlnt?
tho settlers on 15,000 acres of swamp lands la
Mississippi preference rlht of entry for ono
year was OKrced to. A bill was also passed to
prevent tho fraudulent use of tho word "copy-
"K"fc ou uooks nna oiner publications.
Sknatoii Mokoan (Ala.) announced In tho
senate on tho 10th his withdrawal of tho Nicara
gua canal bill. The agricultural appropriation
bill was taken up nnd, after nn nmendment by
benator Thurston (Nob.) to appropriate M.000
for continuing tho beet sugar experiments was
i',K-CrCL0,.th0 b,n Pnsscd. It appropriates!
w,)o,5C0. Tho houso bill was passed extending
the time for complying with tho requirements
of tho act forfeiting railroad lands. It applies
? ln"'q"loni? "if Northern Pncllio route. Sen
ator Tillman (S. C.) called up tho bill limiting
tho effect of tho federal intra n ti. n
trnfllc, so as to glvo each state nbsoluto control
of tho subject. It caused a lively debate, which
was cut on by tho timo arriving Tor tho senators
to participate with tho houso in counting tho
electoral vote... In tho houso tho electoral
voto was formally counted by tho joint session
of tho house and senate, Vice President Steven
son presiding and Speaker Heed sitting nt his
side. There was a round of applause, both on
tho lloor and in the galleries, when tho an
nouncement was mado as follows: For presi
dent McKlnlcy, 71; liryan, 17a For vlco
presldcnt-llobart, 271; Sewall, 110; Watson, L7.
Tho houso passed tho sonata bill relating to tho
carrying of obscene matter by oxprcss compa
nies and it has gono to tho president for signa
ture. Tin: scnato on the llth passed tho greater
part of tho day in debating tho Anglo-American
arbitration treaty, Senator Turplo (Ind.)
speaking in favor of and Senator Morgan (Ala.)
in opposition to Its ratification. The diplo
matic and consular appropriation bill was
passed and tho 17th was llxcd for a llnal voto on
tho conference report on tho immigration bill.
Hills Hxing tho timo nnd place for federal trials
in Oklahoma territory and providing for tho re
tirement of enlisted men of tho army and navy
after 30 -years continuous sorvico at three
quarters pay wero also passed.... Tho houso
passed tho fortillcations bill and made somo
headway with tho post ofllco appropriation bill,
llut tho major portion of tho day was consumed
In a political debato on tho Unancial question
which was presented by a provision In a bill
providing for funding tho debt of tho territories.
Tim Indian appropriation bill was reported
to tho scnato on the 12th. A resolution was
passed requesting Secretary Olnoy to uso his
lniluenco In bettering tho condition of Sylvester
Scovell, the newspapor correspondent Impris
oned in Cuba. Senator Morgan (Ala.) offered a,
resolution for tho abrogation of tho Clayton
Uulvver trcnty with England. A bill was
passed authorizing tho appointment of an ad
ditional judgo of tho United States court in the
Indian territory. Tho rest of tho day passed iu
discussing tho Anglo-American arbitration
treaty.... Tho houso debated tho post olllco ap
propriation bill and afterwards passed it. It
carries su.vi'.'s,. 1 1.
The senate spent most of tho 13th consider
ing tho arbitration treaty, but absolutely no
progress was mado In tho mattor and t'hero
was such a diversity of opinion revealed about
tho treaty that littlo hopo is loft for its ratlilca
tion during tho session of tho present congress.
A resolution was passed authorizing the secre
tary of tho navy to phico a vessel at tho dis
posal of tho San Francisco chamber of com
merco to convey corn to tho famUhing poor of
India. Senutor Allen (Nob.) introduced a reso
lution asking tho civil service commission
about eortaln discharges of government em
ployes nt Omaha, Neb. A resolution was agreed
to for a committee to investigate the issue or
patents in tho I'errlno land grant in Florida....
Tho house resumed consideration of tho sundry
civil bill and Mr. Dockcry (Mo.) scored tho ex
travagant appropriations of the present house.
Mr. Sayers (Tex.) also followed in tho samo
strain. Mr. DeAnnond (Mo.), In tho discussion,
took occasion to criticise tho supremo courts'
decision declaring tho income tax unconstitu
tional and then mado somo remarks agulnst
tho government's attitude towards Cuba that
produced several bursts of applause from tho
members.
A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
John arnrrs Kills a Son and Daughter mul
Then Commits Sulfide.
w Lkxi.votox, Ky., Feb., 15. The blood
iest domestic tragedy ever happening
hero took place at 7:15 this morning
when John Mums killed his four-year-old
son John, shot his 11-year-old
daughter Helen (who may recover),
tried to kill his sister, Ida, and then
cut his own throat from ear to ear.
Marrs was about 40 years old and had
neon a member of the firm of
M. Kaufman & Co., clothiers,
for years and was considered
one of the safest and most promising'
of Lexington's younger business men.
Ten years ago .John Marrs showed
signs of insanity and was placed in an
eastern Kentucky asylum, but was dis
charged as cured after six months.
He was taken violently ill a month ago
with a peculiar headache and was to
have been taken to a physician.
HEAVY GOLD SHIPMENTS.
Western Unnlcers Sending ftunntltlcs of It
to Now York by Mull.
.Nnw Yoiuc, Fob. 18. Postmaster
Dayton said that it is true of late thero
have been unusually large shipments
of gold from the west for delivery
through tho post ofllco to tho banks In
this city. Some idea of the volume of
these shipments may be gained when
it is understood that the value of the
co n received by registered mail and
delivered from tho general post ofllce
g i nee January 28 aggregated 81,540,000.
This was divided in lots.
Treasury Deficit Growing.
Washington-, Feb. 15. Tho close of
the second week In February finds the
deiicit for tho month S:i,835,00!l, and for
the fiscal year that Is, since July 1
847,080,851. pearly every day in Feb
ruary has shown an excess of expendi
tures over receipts. At this rate the
deficit for two-thirds of the year will
bo 850,000 000. Thero is now 8140,090,
..! of gold in tho treasury and 870.000 -000
of all other kinds of money.
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