Show TELGRAHC BRIEFS Henry lortmer Platt Is dead at his home In New York aged 75 years Fifty years ago he established the first gold and silver refinery in the United States The auxiliary cruiser Buffalo which sailed from New York with 90 troops for Manila broke down soon after starting I for sea and put In at Newport News I The lire In the works of the Standard Oil company at Los Angeles has burned Itself out the entre property being consumed The total loss is estimated at 20 The Ohio commaldery of the military order of the Loyal Legion has decided to Legon I elect President McKinley commander of the order at the next election whIch I takes place in May Three men were killed and eIght injured three of them probably fatally by the explosion ex-plosion or a press mill and four grinding mills In the Haggley yard of the DUDn Powder works at Wilmington Del Zela De Lussan made her appearance upon the American operatic stage lat night with the Ellis Opera company at Philadelphia In the role of Camen Her success was unqualified John Trsel was killed and John Kern peran and Samuel Larson were fatally injured by the falling of a scaffold in Armour Coos new elevator D Twenty I t second and Morgan streets hicalo I John Q Charles a well known pioneer I lawyer and capitalist of Denver died yesterday yes-terday He was born at Belleville Ills Oct 5 1821 and practiced law at Gaena Ills prior to removing to Denver In 162 I Carl Becker known to the police alI over the country as the prInce or forgers I was sentenced to seven years in San wa Quentin for defrauding the 1evada bak t of San Francisco out of over 2O by I means of a raised check Sarah Stoke Thore wIdow of Charles R Theme sr who died five years ago and like hU well known on the stage Is dead at San Francisco at the age of 75 years Her first husband was James Starke the tragedIan A result of two wrecks on the Clarion Clar-Ion River Railroad near Portland Mills In Elk county Pa Brakeman Breshcl man Engineer Harry Caman and Foreman Fore-man Daniel Iyers were killed and three brakemen Somers Cassidy and 11c Knight were badly injured I |