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Pa. Five were recovered on the 18th.
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Ex-GovERNoR NELSON DEWEY, one of
Wisconsin's early Governors, died, on the
night Of the 10th, aged seventy five years.
THE suit of Mr.. VIM. O'Brien for libel
against Lord Salisbury came to trial. on
the 2Oth and resulted in a verdict in favor
of Lord Salisbury.
CARLISLE ID. GRAHAM sent another 500
called life barrel" over the falls Of
Niagara, on the 3lst. but it met the same
fate as the one sent over the cataract on
June %.
Two mon were struck and killed by the
Western express in South Harrisburg.
Pa, on the 2Ist. The address, "John
Keiser, Jersey City," was found in the
pocket of one Of the men.
MAYOR GRANT of New York, on the
l7th sent letters to 800 men. representing
over s., 800, 900, 900, asking them to meet In
his office, on the 25th, to arrange for hold
ing an international exposition in New
York in 1892.
THE stable of the Lowell tMass.) Horse
Railroad Company was burned. on the
night of the 18th, with l20 horses, five
cars and other contents. The Hotel Bel
mont was damaged, and several persons
were slightly injured.
ABOUT seven hundred operatives in
various silk mills at Paterson, n. j.,
struck, on the 18th, against ten pei
cent. reduction in wages. The manufact-
urers say they will close the mills until
the strikers come to terms.
THE prasiIpuf the 18Th. rffuspd tT
confirm the sentences of dismissal i'm
posed by court martial i'll the cases Of
cadets Henry G. Lyon and George d.
Moore of the Military Academy. This
refusal amounts to an acquittal.
SIR JULIAN PAUNcErorE, the British
Minister at Washington, sailed, on the
10Th, for Liverpool. he returns home on
brief visit, and will come back to his
post Of duty in September. accompanied
by his two unmarried daughters.
MAN supposed to be "Jack. the Rip
per-" was arrested in the Whitechapel
district, London, early on the morning of
the Goth. He had just killed woman,
and had the knife on his person with
which he had committed the deed.
The trial Of General Boulanger has
been definitely fixed for August TO- and
NM. Rochefort and Dillon as well as BOu-
LANCER have been summoned to appear
and place themselves under the juris-
d1etiOn of the courtwithin ten days.
CONTRACTOR SLAvIN, who did a good
deal of the dredging for the Panama
Canal Company, says he believes the
American Contracting and Dredging
Company. of which he is president will
soon complete arrangements to finish the
canal.
THE Philadelphia Cricket team played,
on the 18th, with the Gentlemen of Sur
rey, the latter beginning and making
e9i in the first inning. The Americans
then went in and made 20, with three
wickets down, when play was suspended
for the day.
SECRETARY BLAINE and Minister Reid
have by no means dropped the case OF
the three American ladies' who are al
legged to have been unlawfully impris-
oned-by ofiieials at Mentone, France.
Minister Reid has the matter in hand and
is pushing it.
CUMMINGS, the New Haven (Conn.) let
ter-carrier, accused of soliciting CAM
paign money from post-ofice employees.
was examined before the United States
Commissioner on the 18th. He admitted
the charge, and the case was adjourned
for one week.
THE Duke of Cambridge, Commander
in-Chief Of the British army, paid VISIT
on the 10Th, to the camp of the American
rifiemen at Wimbledon. He was shown
the action of the Springfield rifle, in
which the old soldier manifested consid-
cradle interest.
A REIGN of terror prevails in the little
mining town of Leoben, Servia, where the
whole population is on strike. All the
small tradesmen, and even the civic fire
brigade, have made common cause with
tue striking miners, and all commerce
and industry are suspended.
THE reception in Edinburgh, on the
10th, 10 Mr.. Parnell, was the most nota-
BILE event of the kind ever known in that
city, excepting only the periodical ova-
tions to MIR. Gladstone. Over 10000 peo-
pie lined the route over which Mr.. Par
nell and his party drove to the hotel.
AT Wimbledon, on the 10Th. in the
shooting for the minor prizes in the Stew
art contest, seven shots at 900 yards, the
Americans did some good shooting, Far |
possible 81. Fades, Sergeant Bull Doyle. |
and Hinman made ~ each, and Johnston, |
Merrill and Bumstead. 81 each. |
TIE Russ House and stables at Fresno. |
Cal, were burned early on the morning |
of the 18th. Some horses perished. 1t |
was at first reported that a number of !
persons had lost their lives in the flames, |
but after thorough search of the ruins |
it was found that no one was burned to |
death. Several persons sustained burns, |
but were not seriously injured.
AN article published in ttsburgh, Pa,
on the 18th. 10 the effect that Carnegie, ;
Phipps 4 Co. had reduced the price OF |
steel plates S6 per ton. caused no little |
excitement in business circles. until !
Chairman Abbott of the firm emphatic. |
ally denied the report, stating that the ,
tendency OF prices is upward. and his firm |
does not contemplate any reduction. /
THE published reports Of Pension Office |
troubles. and of the dismissal.o on the 18th. !
without sanction from Commission !
Tanner, Of Drs. Coolidge. Mason and /
Bell. three medical examiners in his Of /
fee, were denied at the Interior Depart |
ment on the 18th. Assistant Secretary
Bussey says no discharges have been 1
made unless recommended by Commits |
siouer Tanner.
In the report of their investigation into /
the official acts OF the Milwaukee (Wis.) !
postmaster the Civil-Service Commits |
sioners say: "A more outrageous piece /
of official misconduct it would be hard 10 |
imagine. 1t is, however, so far from be- l
ing unique that it is simply a sample OF |
the misdeeds shown in exhibit A. the /
analytical statement compiled from the |
certifcation book and other records"
THE convention OF the National Assoc |
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