, 1884-02-10
TELEeRAPHIc NEWS IN BRIEF

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ings away.
The ship Andrew Jackson. from Ca
diff for Coquirts, is believed to be los
with all on board. The captain had hi
wife and two children with him.
Six convicts, five colored and on
white, we're whipped at Newcastle
DEL, yesterday, for the commission o
petty crimes.
Ten invincbles from the IRISH prisons
who were landed at Portsmouth, b.
the Arigs.e Volerous, have been taker
to Chatham for confinement.
All the buildings at Point Pleasant
Ohio, are under water, and 1t is feared
that the house in which General Gram
was born will float down the Ohic
river.
At New Orleans the interest in the
carnival is increasing. All the ~socities
will give elegant ~pageants. The cos
tunes have arrived and the floats are
nearly ready.
a lbLlCI udo DCCh ACCCiNCu iiOLl y
o'Kelly, the correspondent of the
Chicago News, In Egypt, about whom
much anxiety has been felt, dated at
Assoat, Jan. 8.
Percy Jacobus, the embezzllng sec
rotary of the Eureka consolidated min
ing company, who had been liberated
on $50, 900 bail, was rearrested yester-
day on nine charges Of forgery.
Judge Dillon, Of the Union Pacific,
Kentucky, appeared before the house
committee of the Pacific railroad yes
tsrday, and argued against the proposed
legislation affecting Pacific railroads.
At Longview, Texas, 1t has been
raining continuously for nearly a hun-
dred hours. The bottoms In every d.
rsction are flooded. Many extensive
vashouts and slides on the railroads
have occurred.
The steamer Virginia arrived yester-
day at Boston and reports passing the
steamship Sidonian with a hole In her
port bow and slight damage to her rud-
der by floating Ice. They refused as
Estsnce, but wished to be reported.
During a debate In the lower house
Of the Reihstadt on exceptional meas
ures for the suppression of socialism,
documents were offered showing hat
plots existed which involved the lives
Of the highest personages In the realm.
The court martial of the naval cadets
at Annapolis involved In the hazing
scrape began yesterday. Cadet Fred
Parker. OF the third class, plead guilty.
Cadets Jostremski, Maxey, McSon and
Brush, all of the nrst class, are now on
trial.
The presence Of Mexican Central Of
acials in Chicago gives rise to the
statement that close relations are being
arranged between the Burlington, At
Gibson, Topeka & Ssnta Fe, and the
Mexican Central roads for Mexican
traffic.
S~ansJuan, In the Argentine Repub-
lie: A few nights ago IN armed force
attacked the police barracks and the
residence Of the deputy governor, who
Is reported killed. Several persons
were wounded. The body of Senator
Gomez was found in a bush murdered.
Troops speedily quelled the disturb
ance.
At st. Louis, Tom Allen. the whilom
pugilist was arrested yesterday at the
instance OF W. P. Farrell, OF Coving-
ton, Kentucky, who went on Aliens
bond eight years ago when he was ar
rested for fighting a prize fight near
Covington. Allen was released in a
$1,000 bond, and will probably be taken
to Covington next week for trial.
At Washington, yesterday, Cheong
Woo Tsang, a native Of China, ap-
pesred at the district court clerks
ofice for the purpose of becoming a
citizen Of the United States. He said
he came here when but 10 years Of age
and had resided here continuously ever
since, excepting a short time spent in
China on a visit. He has been educat-
Cd here and Joined the Christian church.
He desired to remain as a citizen of the
country. The clerk decided that no
relief could be given him in conse-
quence Of the act Of May 8, 1882, which
provides: THAT hereafter no state
court or court Of the United States
shall admit any Chinese to citizen
ship"
d. H. Bates, president Of the Balti.
more & Ohio telegraph company and
Robert Carrot, president pro tenn. Of
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad com.
pany, appeared before the senate com
mittee on postofices and post roads to
DAY to defend the interests OF that com
pany In connection with postal tele
graph measures, which the committe'
has under consideration. Mr.. Bate
explained what the Baltimore Il Obi
Telegraph expected to accomplish in thu
way of competition with the Western
Union. Then Mr.. Garrett addressed
the committee, saying that the Balti
more & Ohio was now prepared to ente
Into a contract with the p~ostofics de
partmsut to transact the business G
the public upon some plan which woul
De satisfactory to the public and prohI
able to the company.
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