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Show THE CI I1IIHTI1IA1. The Heath or n Jiirjiiian Nlnpa the FiiANCItco, Dec 8. Further proceedings In the eecand trial of M, It. Curtis, the actor, I r Ihu murder of Policeman Urnnt, wai brought to a sudden atop today by the announcement announce-ment of tho death of 1'orller A. Dlbhy, one of the Jurors In tho ojse. The Jury waa then dlamlasol und a uew one orderid Impaneled. ll.-Hi.lMirr lint. hiSiilrlile. Han Just, Cal., Dec. 8. Daniel McMillan, formerly !o"j maniger ol the Btandard Oil company nud n well known capitalist of Ihia city, shot noil killed himself thli afternoon. Despondency Despond-ency resulting from 111 health wax the cause. round Unllljr. rniLADrLPiiiA, Die. 8. Noleon 11. Iaiii, director ol Ihu wrtckid Hprlng Uarden National bank, who la lurgely resionelbIe for thu downfall of that Institution, was today found guilty of charges of misapply lug funds of thu bank. 1A AliliiHtiHi HrUls. WABIII.NdTO.t, Dcc.8. Tlin Uulted Btatesateiiiushlp Chicago, now at the New York navy yarJ, has bcon ordered or-dered out of lommlsilon. Bho will have new boilers ut In at thu yards and general repairs made. The new boiler, It Is ixpictcil, will develop greater horseponor, give an Increase lu spend and also i couoiulie apace. U neral Iissencraue' condlllou this evening contlnuia to excite tbo apprehension appre-hension of hla family and frliuds. While death may occur at any moment ho may uurvlve for some daya to romr. He sat up tills evening at different times and to a tow pereona admitted to hia presenco he exprosaud a belief of recovery and accrued In no fear of deatb. The supervising architect In his annual report ncommeda legislation to remove obstacles In tho matter of the erection of a publlo building lu Ban rrHUchoo, U. M. Ijamberson of Iduooln, Neb., has been aelected for npiiolntinent na assistant secretary of the trratury to succiud Nettletou. His appointment, It la auppused, will be sent to tho Ben-ate Ben-ate on Monday, TliellM Jlll I JlirllllllMinr-:. NlW OllLVM), Deo. 8. Ilefore Judgo l'ardeu tomorrow tho old Mafia lynching cases will be vividly recalled. The suite now pending weru brought by the families or the victims, and final arguments are to be heard on both aides today. Whllu tho damages paid by tho govornment havo bten distribute dis-tribute among these families, the amount waa so small that It lu no way appeased them, and now thoy are usk-lug usk-lug daraagraamountlug variously from liS.OUO to $20,(100. Ilrppw ami Hie I iiuluetra. New YoitK, Dec. 8. Tho general grievance committee of the New York Central engineers received n reply re-ply today from President Deiiew, but ix-yond saying It Is not eatiafactory, declined to discuss tho matter. They assert that there Is no thought of a general strike. Chief Arthur la expected ex-pected hero In a day or two. It baa been kerned that the action of the New York Ceotral engineers la a part of the programme mapped out at the last convention of Ihu brotherhood for n geueral onslaught on the railroad companheof thu country lu view of thu World'a I'alr. An Ainerlrmi Himrk In Lnitlnnil. LiVHiPoor., JJec 8. "Doctor" William 11. Hale, uu American quack, arretted n ebort tlmo ago on tho charge tf defrauding a largo numbor of persona, per-sona, waa convicted today and sentenced sen-tenced to eighteen montua' Imprisonment. Imprison-ment. Trnln tiillllon. Jl'BSCY Cnv, N. J Dec. 8. A Long llranch train crashed Into the rtar o( a lloatou local at the Danforlh avenue station on the Jersey Ceu'lal Itoal today, completely telescoping the rear car, fatally Injuring one woman and seriously Injuring nine i ft " , " -JLk , other oieeiigcrs. Mlai Ullroy "f i:ilbith waa fatally Injuied. Tho ulbela Inluii-d lulling to New York and vlclnltr. llioaruidi-litwm entiled by a deuto fug. About the aame tlmo a Central ferry h in heivlly loadn-l with paiiongera collided In log with fine of the freight ferries. Cossldtrablo ilanngu wa done to tho a'sonctr loat ncd tbiru una n great panlo among tho poople, but luriiinntely ru ono wai hurt. |