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Show FLASHES FROM THE WIRES. Ex-Governor Gerald A. O'Neill of Alabama died yesterday morniug. The British bark Elizabeth Ray was wrecked on Tory Island. Six were drowned. The vacht Frania foundered yesterday yester-day at Belfast and Viscount Cantelup was drowned. The Berlin Kreuz Zeitung announces the acceptance of Dr. Blocker's resignation resig-nation as court chaplain. Will Bethea, a negro, was hanged at Wrightness, Ga., yesterday for the murder mur-der of Inspector Ialford in March last. Emperor William proposes to give Professor Koch an annuity and a title for his consumption cure discovery. Iu bis annual report Adjutant-Gen-eaal MKeever says the desertions from the army the past'year were 489 less in number than the previous year. Lucy Parsons, the wife of the hanged anarchist, was arrested by the Chicago police yesterday while haranguing a crowd of anarchistic, sympathizers. Ihe government of Pern has imposed a prohibition tax on imported lard. The news of this move created quite a stir on the New York Produce exchange ex-change today, as Peru takes $300,000 of the best quality of lard from that city yearly. In his last message to congress, President Pres-ident Diaz of Mexico announced that a 6,000,000 loan has been negotiated. It is not proposed to create a new debt, but simply to tind another mode of payment pay-ment of the present indebtedness to the railroads. Two Japanese students of the Michigan Michi-gan university have created quite a sensation sen-sation by eloping with two American girls. One of the girls was Miss Fuller of Ypsilanti, quite young, of good family fam-ily and handsome. Tbe other woman was considerably older, and well known in certain circles. An Austin, Nev., special says: Parties arriving here from the upper Reese river valley repor the Indians somewhat some-what troublesome m that section, and the people have called upon Governor Belt to forward guns and ammunition to be prepared in case of hostilities. Thomaa Harper, president and treasurer treas-urer of the Harper Brothers company, manufacturers of decorated lamps and shade, of New York, and William Harper, manager of the factory at V an West, Westchester county, have disap- cared, leaving debts reported from !5,000 to $10,000. |