, 1884-02-23
TELeesApHIc NEWS IN BRIEF.

TELEGRAPHlc NEWS IN BRIEF.
The republican state convention o
Maine will be held at Bangor, April 80
Francois Bonheur. brother Of Ros'
Bonheur, died suddenly yesterday il
Paris.
The pops has acceI ted Cardinal yor
Hohenlohe's resignation of the see o.
Albano.
The garrison at Kassala Is reported
to be 1900 strong, with sufficient sup
plies to last a fortnight.
The London Daily Telegraph reports
the surrender of the garrison at Tokar.
The Times confirms the report.
From st. Johns, New Brunswick. it
Is learned that the bark Ida Barton was
lost al sea and nine Of the crew per-
ished.
The strike of coal miners at Auzin,
France, has assumed large proportions.
Gu. of II, 400 miners only 1900 remain
at work.
At Berlin, yesterday, Minister Sar-
geant entertained the resident Ameri-
cans at a soiree ball in celebration of
washington's birthday.
Washington's birthday was generally
observed throughout the country yes
terdsy, and the government forts fired
salutes at sunrise and sunset.
In the thirty. five mile race. at New
York, yesterday, John Gossman, run
ming for the amateur championship,
beat all previous amateur records in
4:22-42.
The. unwilling Of the statute Of
General Lee, at Lee Cirles, st. Charles
street, New Orleans, yesterday, took
place in the presence Of many Thousand
people.
Two hundred American guests hon.
ored Minister Sargent with their pres
ence at his reception in Berlin. yester-
day, given in honor of Washington's
birthday.
The longer the Copiah county, Miss,
congressional investigation continues,
the more desperate become the radicals
to cast ignominy upon the democracy
of that region.
The body Of q man supposed to be
that Of Salmi Morse. the author Of the
Passion Play, was found this morning
In East river, at the end Of Thirty
second street.
At the banquet given by the Stanley
club OF Paris. last evening, on the occa-
sion of Washington's birthday, sixty
guests were present, the majority of
whom were American and English
journalists and artists.
The bondholders Of the Sues canal
have admitted the necessity Of a sec
ond canal. 1t is reported that Minis
Ferry has refused to open diplomatic
negotiations on the subject because the
canal was a purely private work.
The greatest excitement prevails
throughout London and in the British
parliament at the news of the surrender
Of Tokar. The ministers are only able
to confirm the special dispatches. 1t is
not believed that the rebels put the
population to the sword.
At q meeting Of u board Of railros d
commissioners Mt Topeka, Kansas, yes
terday, there was withdrawn the entire
system Of rates In vogue at present on
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
road. The road was enjoined tonight
from adopting these rates at the in
Of heavy stockholders.
At London, three Of the survivors Of
the bark, Ada Berton, state that they
e.ung to the mats Ave days and nights
without food. The third day a dog
tried to devour one Of them. When
rescued, they were casting lots to de-
eide which OF the three should die to
furnish food for the other two.
w. q. Farwell. aged 90, a son of
Governor Farwell, Of Wisconsin. COM
mitted suicide at San Francisco Thurs
day night. The body was found yes
tetday morning. The facts were only
divulged by the coroner last night.
The ex-governor and two SONS have
been travelling for the past four months.
Last night the father and younger son
went to the theater and when they re-
turned found the door locked. When
an entrance was obtained they found
the body lying on the floor with valise
straps round the neck and fastened to
the bed. His pulse was still beating,
but he expired an hour after. No
cause assigned.