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Show FLASHES FROM THE WIRES. Charles Dalton Clifford Lloyd, English Eng-lish diplomatist, died at Erzaoiim. The American Cotton Seed Oil company com-pany began suit against Armour & Co.. for ' $;!r:i,000 damages by violation of ; contract. Associate Justice Charles Devens of the Massachusetts supreme court, died, aged 71. Ho was attorney-general from 1HT7 until the close of President Hays' administration. A terrible snow storm, accompanied by a violent gale, is raging on the gulf of Trieste. The severest cold weather known to the present generation prevails pre-vails in the olive growing region of Italy. Advices from St. Petersburg state that whole villages of Jews are being depop-' tilatedonthe pretense that they are within the forbidden districts of the -frontier, and in some instances where villages are not really within fifty; versts. A freight train was derailed on the 1 Richmond & Danville road near Gatl-ney, Gatl-ney, N. C, and the boiler of the locomotive loco-motive exploded. The engineer, fireman, fire-man, nd two brakeman were killed' and three other train men seriously injured. in-jured. It is stated that King Charles of Ron- , mania has decided to abdicate in a short , time iu favor of his nephew. Prince , Ferdinand of Roumania. The latter, it , is reported, is engaged to Princess Mary J of Edinburgh, eldest daughter of tha Duke of Edinburgh, second soft ef Queen Victoria. , |