, 1884-03-06
rELEeRAPHIc NEWS in BRIEF.

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yet in the express robbery case.
The Boston Produce Exchange pro
tests against the continuance of tn
coinage Of silver dollars. g.
General Graham has arrived at Sua
kim. The troops are now embarkin,
at Trinkitat for Suakim.
At Dayton, Ohio, yesterday, Edward
D. Payne, brother OF the senator elect
Il. B. Payne, died Of paralysis.
Reports have reached Suakim thai
the Bedouins OF Jeddah are in revolt
against Turkey. A state OF siege is
expected. O.
The Mexican Central railroad, 1874
miles In length, will be completed this
week. The gap open last evening was
only five miles.
Three hundred and thirty sick and
wounded soldiers sailed yesterday
from Trinkitat to SueI, where they
will be placed in the hospital.
At Huron, Ohio, last night, a man
named Mcmillan, suffering from the
effects Of hard drinking. murdered a
boy named Thompson and then poisoned
himself. q
Spectators have subscribed e120, 900
to raise a revolutionary movement in
Spain similar to that of August 1888.
The government is fully informed in
regard to the plot.
The annual report of the Union Pa
ci6c railroad company shows gross earn
ings Of S21, 100000, a decrease of
sl,s20,0 900 as compared In the last year.
The income from other sources was
$4,000 operating expenses, S1O,-
e48, 900. 3Var0r
The London police are searching for
dynamite in all directions, as it believed
that bags Of explosives have been de-
posted In various quarters of the city.
Suspicious men. known to be Ameri-
cans, have been noticed lingering in
the neighborhood Of Windsor castle.
At st. Louis, a suit for a divorce has
been instituted by Frederick W. Fid-
deke, against his wife, Nancy L. Fid-
deke. She is the landlady whose house
Is where Teller, the Pacific express
robber boarded. The petition alleges
adultery between Teller and Mrs. Fid-
deke.
NJ. o. Van Fleet, the county treas
urer Of Huron county, in Ohio, alb |
seconded last Saturday and has not been
heard from since. His cash account is
short from fifty to sixty Thousand dol
lars. His bondsmen are good for the
amount taken. 1t is thought he is in
Canada.
Martin E. Dee1sn, superintendent of
state armories, and Joseph Geros, a
b~ook-keeper employed by 1'homasDo
bin, Of Newburgh, New York, were
arrested in New York yesterday on a
charge of defrauding the state out of
large sums of money. Both were re-
relea sed on bail.
Arthur Dudley Yinton, a law part
ner Of Perry Belmont, was arralgned
in the New York police court yester-
day on a charge of perjury preferred by
Erastus L.. Ransom, a former law
partner Of President Arthur. The
arrest grew out Of a long standing liti-
gatsan between the parties over a check
for 800, given by Vinion 10 complain
ant in payment for q loan, and which
was refused when presented for pay
ment.
The British admiral at Queenstown
has promised a deputation from Cork
the use Of q steam launch to convey
the remains Of Jerome j. Collins from
Queenstown to Cork. The admiral
will allow any officers or men &c wish
ing to act as an escort to the remains
OF the deceased. The pennant on board
the guard ship will be lowered when
the steamer, City Of Chicago, convey
ing the body from New York arrives
of Roches Point. .
Tho governor of San Francisco in q
a call, recommends the abolition of the
present railway commission, and that
laws be enacted for-the assessment and
collection OF income taxes from all
railroads and corporations doing bust
ness In the state, and that their prop
erty be sold II not paid; that the con-
stitution be amended. liking the maxi