WISCONSIN NEWS.At a meeting of the committees ap-

pointed by the different literary socie-ties of the State University to promotethe plans for an intercollegiate debatewith the University of Michigan, J. J.Blake was elected chairman, and a com-mittee consisting of one member fromeach society was elected to draft a chal-lenge and prepare a set of rules govern-ing the debate. This challenge withrules, are to be presented to the mem-bers of the Michigansocieties for con-sideration. The debate will be on aboutthe same plan as last year, and will prob-ably t ike place at Madison.

The three sawmills at Stevens Pointwill be closed down next week. TheWeek Lumber Company’s mill has al-ready closed, after sawing 9,250,000 feetof logs the past sumrr er. The BosworthA Reilly mill will shut, down in a day ortwo, with a cut of 9,000,000 feet to itscredit. The Wallace & learner mill willbe the last of the lot to close. It is ex-pected that all the mills will be runningagain next season.

Oshkosh fishermen say the past sea-son has been a dull one in their busi-ness. They expect that next seasonthere will be an abundance of fish, asevery otheryear is unusually good.

Jeweler Sciierzinger, of Fonddu Lac,will place in the National Museum atWashington, the old watches he had onexhibition at the World’s Fair.

Mrs. F. W. Houghton, Miss CoraSigler and Mrs. Frank Sigler were seri-iously injured in a runaway accident atOshkosh. They Avill all recover.

A new bank is to be established in Ra-cine by ex-Mayor M. M. Secor. It willbe known as the First National Bohe-mian Bank of America.

Miss Clelia A. Beach was united inmarriage to the Rev. A. J. Buxton, pat-tor of the M. E. Church at Marion, atthe home of her sister, Mrs. Paul Gutt-manu, ofBrillion.

The November term of the RockCounty court opened with forty-threecases on the calendar. The Stone mur-der case is one of the most importantonthe calendar.

Mrs. N. O. Clark, aged s<> years, diedat her home in Janesville. Deceasedwas a cousin of the late Senator Car-penter.

H. C. Hart, a former Racine businessman, recently convicted of adultery atSioux City, la., and sent to prison foreighteen months, has been released onS3,(XX) bonds, pending a hearing for anew trial before the supreme court.

Michael Sheehan, a resident of Osh-kosh, will have his Thanksgiving dinnerin the Winnebago County jail. He wassent up for sixty days on a charge ofstealing a lap robe.

Robert McArthur andAndrew Gradywere arrested at Oshkosh on a charge ofrobbing a man named Smaller. Theywere placed in jail in default of bail toawait a bearing.

Work has begun on the new NormalSchool building at Stevens Point. Thefoundation will be built this fall and thebuilding will be comnleted by August 1,1894.

Burglars broke into Kemmerer’smeat market at Janesville and got awaywith two suits of clothes, a gold watchand about $3 in cash.

Sometime ago Mayor Case and Messrs.Holmes and Showman of the Belle CityStreet Railway Company, ofRacine, se-cured a franchise to build a street rail-way at Green Bay. Contracts were let,but on account of the hard times com-ing on the work was stopped. Now thecontractors have begun action againstthe proprietors.

The City Council at Racine has at lastadopted the plans of J. G. Chandler foranew High School building to cost $50,-000. The amount must be raised by thesale of bonds. The erection of thebuilding will probably bo deferred untilnext spring.

The board of directors of MononaLake Assembly held its annual meet-ing at Madison and the old officers werere-elected. The time for holding theassembly of 1894 was fixed for August24 to September 3 inclusive.

The Rev. Simon Crutcher, a coloredpreacher of Minneapolis, was refused ashave in a barber shop at Fan Claire.He says he will bring an action fordamages.It is reported that the prosecutions

against Banker A. C. Probert at ShellLake will be dropped and that the bankwill resume business.

Mrs. Nelson Cassett, of Washburn,was awarded $5,500 damages against Dr.J. E. N. Bohirner on a charge of mal-practice.

J. J. Cameron, a well-known Oshkoshlumberman, died at his home in thatcity, aged 70 years.

Timothy O’Brien was fined SSO andcosts at La Crosse for conducting a gam-bliug-house.

At Black River Falls the lumber sea-son has already opened, at least a monthearlier than is usual in that region.The camps are all in order, and a largeamount of cutting and skidding will iSedone at once and the hauling will berushed when snow comes. Many mill-ions of feet will be cut that would haveremained standing, as 1' ' trees havebeen killed by the fire duAug the sum-mer and they must be cut this winter orbe a total loss. The cut will probablybe the largest ever known on BlackRiver and its tributaries. Temporarysaw mills will be put up in many placesto cut the logs as rapidly as possible.

Chief of Police Acheson and Patrol-man Hogan, of Jauesville, played therole of incendiaries a few evenings ago.They were after a party of boys whopass their Sundays in caves and desert-ed shanties in debauches. The bo}T shad constructed a good-sized shanty onan island near the North-Westernbridge at Spring Brook, and were gath-ering furnishings for a regular time.Officers Acheson and Hogan capturedthe whole outfit and set fire to theshanty, remaining near by until thebuilding and contents bad been de-stroyed.

The suit of Senator Pratt against Rob-ert McMillan, at Oshkosh, has be< n dis-continued, having been settled upon aprivate basis. The plaintiff’ demanded$200,000 damages for the depreciation ofa logging railroad, and this sum up tothat time was the largest sum everprayed lor in a complaint in this state.

Day & Daniels, of Rhinelander, haveabout 7,000,000 feet of lumber piled intheir yarS. They now have a crew oftwenty men in the woods and expect tocut about 6,000,000 feet. Brown Bros.,of the same place, will bank about halftheir usual cut, or 0,000,000 leet.

A valuable yearling coil belonging toE. Murphy, of Appleton, was takenfrom a pasture, its feet tied together,and laid across the railroad track whereits head was cut off by a train.

Robert McArthur lias been arrestedbv the Oshkosh authorities on a chargeof highway robbery. He is accused ofholding up a German r.r aer and re-lievim? l im of S2OO.

Thieves made a raid on Mrs. Hodg-kin’s chicken coop at Fond du Lac andcarried oft’ twenty chickens. Ten tur-keys were also stolen from Louis Baltlia-zor.

William Sullivan, a well-knownfarmer residing ten miles west of ShellLake, just over the line in BurnettCounty, was shot while going from Idshouse to his barn in the evening. Helived only a few hours. Andrew John-son, a neighboring larmer, nas oeen ar-rested on suspicion.

Bishop Messmer was in Oshkosh lastweek as a witness in a will case entitledJames McHugh vs. Patrick McGole, ex-ecutor. The latter is the executor ofthe will of the plaintiff’s father, the lateOwen McHugh, of Chilton. Deceasedin his will left $4,000 to the bishop ofthe diocese of Green Bay, to be used indefraying the expenses of the church.This is tlie second time the case hasbeen tried. The first time the questionto decide Mas whether or not the de-ceased was of sound mind, and it Masdecided that lie was. The plaintiff isnow trying to prove that the will is il-legal.

Mayor Powell, of La Crosse, lias cre-ated a sensation among the saloon-keep-ers at that place by ordering theciiief of police to call attention tothe Sunday closing law which is part ofthe license, and report to the council allcases of violation in order that licensesmay be canceled. There promises to bea lively row about it,

Gerdie, the 10-year-old son of Benja-min Burns, living near Thorpe, ClarkCounty, was fatally shot while playingwith some boys on a railroad track.The cause of the shooting is said to havebeen accidental. The boy’s wound ispronounced fatal.

L. L. Boynton, of Iron River, wasdigging 'a well on his farm two milesout of town and struck a deposit of veryrich iron ore. He was offered $50,000for the property, but is holding it forSIOO,OOO.

Miss Birdie Woods, a young coloredwoman of Oshkosh, pleaded guilty to acharge of stealing a dress, and, being un-able to pay her line, was sent over theroad for twenty days.

John Stilleman, an Eau Claire youngman, was shot through the left shoul-der bythe accidental discharge of a gunwhile hunting near Barron. He is in acritical condition.

GEft. RUSK VERY ILL.

Condition of the ex-Secretary of AgricultureSeriously Alarms His Friends.

Viboqua, Wis., Nov. 8. —Ex-Gov.Jerry M. Rusk, secretary of agricultureunder President Harrison’s administra-tion, is very seriously ill. Gen. Ruskhas not been Mell for several Meeks.About a month ago he became pros-trated, and since that time has beenconfined to his bed. During the lasttMo or three days there has been analarming change for the Morse. Dur-ing last night lie suffered tMO chills,and his condition Mas such as to arousethe deep concern of his family. Dr.Hamilton, of Chicago, late sur-geon general of the UnitedStates, M'as summoned yesterday bytelegraph to the bedside of the ex-Secretary, and arrived this morning.He to-day had a consultation M ith thelocal physicians on Gen. Rusk’s case.

This evening an operation on thebladder Mas performed, and the patientis resting easier.

RUSK MAY RECOVER.Attending Physicians Hopeful that He Will

Survive the Attack.Yiroqua, AVis., Nov. 9.—Gen. Rusk

passed a very comfortable night and ismuch brighter than yesterday, althoughsomewhat dazed from the administrationof chloroform at yesterday’s operation.His physicians are encouraged andliopelulthat he will recover.

BANKERS GO FREE.Indicted Milwaukee 3len Secure Their

Kelease.Milwaukee, AAls., Nov. 7.—Judge

Johnson, in the circuit court yester-day afternoon, decided that the indict-ments against Messrs. Eugene S. Elliottand F. W. Noyes were invalid. Thedecision in effect nullifies thework of both grand juries andnot one of the indicted bankerscan be held. Eugene S. Elliott and F.AV. Noyes were at once released fromarrest on the indictments of the lastgrand jury and all that remains for then,and the others who were indicted bythe first grand jury and for John B.Koetting, G. C. TrumpfF, F. T Bay,William Plankinton, Charles L. Clasonand James G. Jenkins, the othermen indicted by the last grand jury,to do, is to apply to the courtfor an order declaring the indictmentsvoid. The same decision must followin their cases as has attended the casesof Messrs, Elliott and Clason and theywill all be released. The point wasmade that the jury was for the Octoberterm and that it continued to sit untilNovember, when its term had expired.

DROPPED DEAD IN A SALOON.A Stranger Expires from the Excessive

Use of Liquor at Baraboo.

Baraboo, AVis., Nov. 10.—After drink-ing a glass of whisky is a saloon in thiscity this morning, a man supposed tobe John Barrett dropped dead.An inquest was held and a verdictrendered that the man came to hisdeath from paralysis of the heart,caused by the excessive use of liquor.The man was about 30 years of age anda stranger iierC. The remains wereburied in the potter’s, field.

DROPPED DEAD IN THE DEPOT.An Unknown Man Expires Suddenly of

Typhoid Fever at Superior.AA'est Superior, AVis., Nov. 9. —An un-

known! man who arrived in this city onthe South Shore road dropped deadafter entering the depot. His name isunknown nor is it known what place hecame from. A doctor made an exami-nation of the remains and declared thathe died from typhoid fever. Thehealth commissioner has taken steps toprevent the disease from spreading.

Battle With a Thief.Appleton, Wis., Aov. 10.—A burglar

last night tried to enter the rooms ofC. H. Bixby, a prominent mer-chant, by

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means of a falsekey. Bixby heard the intruderand got a revolver. He opened thedoor when the fe!lowr ran. Bixby fol-lowed and fired two shots at the thief,who turned and fired once at his pur-suer, the ball passing through the sleeveof Bixby’s night robe. The thief es-

i caped in the darkness.

HUNT FOR JIM SMITH.Ashland Authorities Scouring the Forests for

an Alleged Train-wrecker.Ashland, Wis., Nov. 9.—A would be

train wrecker has been leading the au-thorities of Ashland and Bayfield coun-ties a merry chase for several monthspast. Probably the officers have neverhad anything in their official businessbefore that has caused them such deepchagrin; for this same criminal who atthe present time so successfully eludestheir every scheme for capture twiceescaped from the grip of justice, andnow wanders, seemingly, at will fromsettlement to settlement through thepine forests with no Northern Wiscon-sin officer smart enough to take him intow.

This man for whom the officers arcsearching is one Jim Smith, who sever-al months ago gave the crew of a Du-luth, South Shore & Atlantic train sucha scare. Alone he planned a daringtrain robbery—at least a full investiga-tion of the case lias divulged no accom-plices—and it was to be a lohhery ol theJessie James order, too. lie planned towreck the passenger train first, and dohis pilfering during the commotionwhich followed. Unless he is sometimecaptured and forced to make a confes-sion as to actual facts, it will never boknown why his plan for wrecking thetrain did not materialize.

Upon the day of the proposed rob-bery “No. 49” came thundering alongthe high trestle-work of the SouthShore road near Sanborn, when theengineer caught sight of a man throughhis cab window. He acted like mad,and frantically signalled the engineer toreverse. The train came to a stand-still so suddenly that the passengerswere thrown forward and over eachother like participants in a juvenile“pig pile.” Smith affected the role of ahero. He told, halfincoherently, a storyof how the track was torn up a lewfeet farther on at one of the high tres-tles. Investigation revea'ed tlie lactthat the track had been so arranged asto form a perfect death trap. At thespeed with which the train was tearingalong nothing could have prevented theterrible crash which would have sent thehuman freight to an awful death. Thetrack was repaired, and the train spedon to Marquette with the newly-foundhero. Smith enjoyed his new honorswith proper dignity until the matter wasinvestigated, when lie was arrested atMarquette upon the authority of a tele-gram sent from Sanborn. It was foundto a certainty that Smith himself hadtorn the track up, and planned thewreck. Sheriff* O’Brien, of AshlandCounty, went over to Marquette andhauled down the hero’s colors. ButSheriff* O’Brien did not have very bat-tering success in landing his train-wrecking protege. At Sanborn,on his return trip from Marquette, liealighted from the train with hisprisoner to change cars for Ashland,lie lett Smith in the care of the stationagent while he went across the streetfor lunch. The next moment a rustlingof footsteps brought O’Brien to thestreet door of his restaurant justin timeto catch a glimpse of the vanishing formof Smith, the train wrecker. Thesheriff’ took three shots at the retreat-ing criminal from his point of standing,but his aim was too low and only servedto add to the clouds of dust the ener-getic Smith was raising. SheriffO’Briencame back to Ashland empty-handed.

A month alter, he was informed byids deputy at Sanborn that Smith hadbeen seen at a neighboring farm-house.Sheriff* O’Brien and Deputy Mars wentout one night and caught Smith nap-ping in a deserted barn. He slept witha double-barreled shotgun at his side,but had no chance to use it on his cap-tors. This capture of Smith landedhim behind prison bars. The authori-ties of Bayfteld County wishing to get acrack at him first, he was transferred toWashburn and incarcerated. Afterthree days’ confinement he knockedthe jailer on the head and made his es-cape to the woods.

It is since the last escape that Smithhas played such a happy game of “hide-and-seek” with the authorities. SheriffO’Brien has made several trips out inthe woods, where it was reported Smithhad been seen, but without success.Bayfield County authorities have alsobeen foiled in many similar expeditions.Enthusiastic under sheriffs and dep-uties have endeavored to capture thetrain wrecker, but they have always re-turned empty-handed.

This man Smith is now a “bug-bear’ ’

to the officers. Their theories regard-ing his effectual disappearance are al-ways crushed by the sportive criminal,who appears in public just long enoughfor bis features to be recognized, andthen disappears again in the darkforests, only to emerge again after aninterval of a few weeks at some otherquarter within a radius of ten miles.Smith has been hiding in this way forthree months, and not once has heseemingly gone out of a radius of fiftymiles of forest. It is charged that somesettlers are harboring him, but close in-vestigation has failed to disclose anyharborings. The odd antics of thecriminal are certainly leading the offi-cials on many a wild-goose chase.

REAL ESTATE MAN IN TROUBLE.George Floyd, of Ashland, Accused ofNegotiating Loans Without Authority.Ashland, Wis., Nov. 9.—George

E. Lloyd, a druggist and realestate man, was. put underS7OO bonds this morning to appear andanswer numerous complaints issued byAshland business men. He is accusedof negotiating loans on real estate be-longing to non residents without au-thority.

BLAZE Al BKHINUVALE.Residence and Cigar Factory of G. H.

Payne Destroyed.Brandon, Wis , Nov. 9.—At an early

hour this morning fire destroyed ahouse owned by 0. Fel chin the town of Springvale,occupied by G. H. Payne as aTesidenceand cigar factory. The loss on thestock is about $1,500; on furniture SSOO.The insurance on the stock is $800; onfurniture, S4OO.

FATAL RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT.Mrs. Thomas Doherty Dies of Injuries

Itcceivcd Near Columbus.Columdts, Wis., Nov. 9.—Thomas

Doherty and wife, farmers living a fewmiles from this city, were driving homehist Monday when the wagon-polebroke, the sudden shock throwing Mrs.Doherty to the ground and injuring herspine. She died last night as a result ofthe accident.

Midway’s charm and its curious peo-ple are gone. The Plaisance is now infull possession of the wrecker.

READY TO TAKE THE STAND.Return of Treasurer Williams, of Bayfield

County, After Two Years’ Absence.Washburn, VVis., JNov. 9. — Tne re-

turn of Bayfield County’s abscondingtreasurer, Al. T. Williams, to face themany charges brought against him, hascreated a startling sensation that 'willkeep Bayfield County affairs in a flutterfor many weeks to come. The fact thatMr. Williams was the most popularDemocratic politician in the county atone time addsa charmingintere tto theaffair.

It was about two years ago that irreg-ular transactions in oliice directed theattention of the Bayfield County com-missioners to the county clerk’s oliice.Investigation divulged the fact thatcounty orders were being raised by thewholesale, and that county funds appro-priated for special purposes were beingmisapplied. A thorough investigationwas in progress when Mr. Williamspulled up stakes and sought refuge inthe obscurity of parts of the West In-dies and of South America. Except anoccasional letter written by him to afew newspapers nothing was seen norheard of him by Bayfield County peo-ple until Tuesday evening, when hecoolly dropped oil' the rear coach of apassenger train at Bayfield.

lie has not been arrested—not even acriminal charge has been broughtagainst him—but there are three suitsnow pending in the circuit court, thetrial of which, by the aid of Williams’testimony, will be the most sensationalsuits over brought up in BayfieldCountv. The three actions are entitled“Bayfield County vs. A. T. Williams, C.H. Flynn, Charles E. Bell, M. Leland,William Burns, A. E. Anne and A. E.Anne, Jr.,” and the amount sought tobe recovered is $10,559.01. District At-torney Colignon states that they willprobably come up in court next week,and he is preparing fora hot time.

Williams’ bondsmen are much re-lieved over the timely arrival of theex-official to testify in the cases. It isone ol the mysteries of the wholetiansaction—where all this money ventthat Williams is charged with misap-propriating. That he had some backers,in the deals, is urged with much force,and it is hoped that the vain surmisingswill be cleared up by what he has to sayon the witness stand.

In connection with the cases againstWilliams and Ids bondsmen, it is inter-esting to take the actions now pendingagainst the ex-treasurer, A. Knight,and his bondsmen. Mr. Knight is abrother of Col, John H. Knight. Ex-Treasurer Knight and bondsmen aresued in much the same manner asWilliams, et ah, and it is for recovery ofvirtually the same monies.

Eights’ bondsmen are among themost prominent men in Northern Wis-consin. Among them are Col. John IT.Knight, Edwin Ellis, Thomas Bardon,W. M. Tomkins, and Alex. C. Fuller, allof Ashland, and Frank Boutin, E. K.Brigham, F. W. Dennison, AndrewTate, Irwin Leihy and 0. Flanders, ofBayfield. Complaints have beenserved by District Attorney Calignon onall these gentlemen, but none haveanswered up to the present time, withthe exception of W. M. Tomkins, ofAshland, who is a member of the oldestablished law firm of Tomkins & Mer-rill. The cases will not come up untilthe next term of the circuit court.

Bayfield County people await with in-terest the coming trials which will giveto the public Williams’ secrets regard-ing many transactions of the county’sextravagant era.

MET A FRIGHHUL DEATH.An Old Man Mangled by a Switch Engine

at Eau Claire.Eau Claire, Wis., Nov. 10.—An old

man named Peter Winger was run overthis morning and instantly killed by aswitch engine on the Omaha road. De-ceased was deaf. His head was cut offand hisbody Was terribly mutilated.

UtAnTot WILLIAM H. CROCKER.A Milwaukee Pioneer Expires at His

Home in Manitowoc.Manitowoc, Wis., Nov. 9.—AVilliam H.

Crocker died at his residence in thiscity this morning. He was an earlysettler in Milwaukee and came herefrom that place in 1854. He was about80 years ot age.

FATAL WRECK IN OHIO.

Four Persons Killed on the HockingValley Railroad.

Toledo, 0., Nov. 10.—Southbound pas-senger train No. 36 crashed into thenorthbound freight No. 57 on the Flock-ing Valley Railroad, one and one-halfmiles north of Rising Sun, at 7 o’clocklast evening. The collision was due tothe disobedience of orders on the partof the engineer of the freight. A heavyfog prevailed at the time, and obscuredthe vision of the passenger engineer.FWur were killed outright as follows:

L. 11. Jones, engineer of the passenger.James E. Kerlin, engineer of the freight.Jones, fireman of the passenger.James E. Brisch, express messenger.Both engines were reduced to a mass

of shapeless iron, the baggage car wassmashed to splinters, the smoker wasalso badly damaged and a number offreight cars were wrecked.

WRECK OF THE CANNON-BALL.Fast Train on the Wabash Derailed and

Demolished.Moberly, Mo., Nov, 8.—A wreck on

the Wabash here just before midnightlast night demolished most of the Clu-cago-Kansas City cannon-ball train, kill-ing Fireman Will Malone and injuringseveral others.

Minnesota Saw-mill Uurned.Bulutii, Minn., Nov. 8.—The saw-

mill, planing mill and lumber yard ofC. M. Hill, of Saginaw, located at Mer-ritt, Minn., on the Mesaba Range, wasburned yesterday. The loss is proba-bly not’ less than $15,000; insurancesmall,

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Coal Ranges Wrecked.Pomeroy, 0., Nov. 11.—The Pittsburg

towboat S, L. Wood met with disaster inthe fog at Letart Falls this morningwithsix loaded barges, aggregating nearly100,000 bushels coal. No lives lost.Navigation is suspended until thewreckage can he removed from thechannel. This is the greatest disaster atthis point in its history.

Murder of a Postmaster.Denver, Col., Nov. 11.—Postmaster

Beems, of Lansing, a small town in thiscounty, 175 miles east of Denver andfive miles from the Kansas line, wasmurdered by a stranger last night. Itis reported that the office was robbedand the murderer escaped. The sher-iff and coroner have gone to the scene.

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FUGITIVE BANKER CAUGHT.Teller Scheig, of Minneapolis, Arrested In

New York.Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 9.—Scheig,

the absconding teller of the Bank ofMinneapolis, has been arrested in NerYork and is to bo brought back. It isrumored that some new light may bethrown upon the suicide of Cashier Bof-ferding, which took place the day afterScheig’s defalcation became known.It is stated that Bofferding wasbacking Frank Shaw when the latterpaid $225,000 for the exclusive bettingprivileges at Washington Park in July.It proved a losing venture. Sheig issaid to have known of the deal and tohave taken advantage of his knowledgewhen sent to Chicago with about $50,000for Shaw, to make way with the money.

ALL PLEADED NOT GUILTY.

Trial of the Alleged Mineral Range RobbersBegins at Houghton.

Marquette, Mich., Nov. 8.—The trialof the alleged Mineral Bange expressrobbers began at Houghton to-day.The men will be tried separately, be-ginning with Jack Butler. At the ar-raignment yesterday all of the accusedpleaded not guilty, 11 is significant thatLa Liberty was not arraigned, nor doesany case appear against him on thecaiminal docket. For several weekspast he lias been practically at liberty,the jailers permitting him during theday to go about town without guard. Itis quite certain that he will be releasedfrom custody when the trials are over inconsideration of his turning state’s evi-dence.

CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES.Chairman Sayers Decides Against Public

Building Appropriations.Washington, D. C., Nov. 8.—There

will be no appropriations for publicbuildings by the forthcoming Congressif Chairman Sayers, of the appropria-ion committee, succeeds in carry-ing out his klans, beyond thatfor a new government printingoffice, the necessity for which is clearlyrecognized from the condition of thepresent structure. It is proposed toprovide an appropriation of $150,000 toreconstruct and repair the presentbuilding so that it can be used as anoffice building.

EIGHTEEN PERISHED.Burning of a Steamer on Lake Nipissing,

OntToronto, Ont., Nov. 8. —By the burn-

ing of the steamer Frazor to-day on LakeNipiseing eighteen persons lost theirlives. The disaster occurred near GooseIsland, and in spite of the moststrenuous efforts to save life theabove number perished. Lake Nipis-sing is situated northeast of LakeHuron in Ontario, nearly midway be-tween it and the Ottawa River, and it issupposed that the steamer was in regu-lar service on the lake. Only the mostmeager particulars are obtainable.

WAS BOULANGER’S FRIEND.The Editor of La Patrla Shoots Himself

in New York.

New York, Nov. 9. —Henry Vincent, aFrenchman, committed suicide thismorning at 81 Yarick Street, shootinghimself through the heart. Vincentcame to this country five months ago.Papers found upon the person of thesuicide show that be had been the edi-tor of the now defunct Imperialist jour-nal, La Patria, in Paris. Vincent was afriend of Gen. Boulanger, and La Patriawas Boulanger’s organ.

CHOLERA AT CAPE VERD.Several Heaths Are Said to Have Re-

sulted from the Plague.London, Nov. 9.—It is reported

that cholera has broken out atSt. Vincent, one of the CapeVerd Islands. Rumors to theeffect that some epidemic had brokenout there have been in circulation forsome time past. Several deaths arenow reported at St. Vincent.

FATAL RESULT OF AN EXPLOSION.One Mau Killed and Another Injured in

a Mine at Norway.Norway, Mich., Nov. 10.—Richard

IJren was instantly killed and EdwardBarrett seriously injured by the prema-ture explosion of a blast in the WestVulcan mine. Both are well-knownminers.

Trial Trip of the Olympia.San Francisco, Cal., Nov, 9.—The

new cruiser Olympia has putto sea on the builders’ trialtrip. She is in charge ofCapt. Charles M. Goodall. She will goto Santa Barbara Channel and a thor-ough test will be made of her boilerand machinery. On her return trip,the Olymphia will be put in trim for anofficial trial trip.

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Jockey Dragged to neatn.

Paris, Nov. 10.—The leading steeple-chase jockey , Powell, was killed at Au-teuil yesterday. He wasriding tb.e horseWisigoth and themi mil fell. Whenthe horse regained his feet andboundedaway Powell’s foot still remained in thestirrup, and lie was dragged a distanceof lUU yards

Italian Officials Under Arrest.Rome, Nov. 10.—Sig. Canilla, inspect-

or general of customs, and Nig. Chauvet,director of the Populo Romao, were ar-rested yesterday evening charged withbeing implicated in extensive customhouse frauds.

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