Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-11-11
TELEGRAPHIO JoTTlNGs.

The condition of the King of Holland has
greatly improved. He is able to transact
business, and every day he goes out driving
On Sunday last he attended church.
President Harrison gave a special audience
Saturday to the new Brazilian minister and
suite and two special ENJOYS from that eeun-
try. They were formally presented by Sscre-
tary Blaine.
Thomas O'Laughlin, aged 48 years, COM
mitted suicide by jumping into the. river at
Providence yesterday morning. Domestic
infelicity caused the act and it was his second
attempt within few days.
The British steamer, Greensboro, Captain
Tenery, from Baltimore, October 26, for
Liverpool, before reported sunk off Mizen
Head, Ireland, after having been on fire, had
been burning since Monday. She was aban-
doned off Three Castle Head, near Crook.
haven. Her upper deck stalls foated ashore
with Ave bullocks, and boats rescued twenty
more head of cattle. A portion of the cargo
can be saved.
The Pan-American excursionists reached
Albany on their spesial train at 10 O'Clock
Friday night. Notwithstanding the fact that
heavy rain storm prevailed, large crowd
had gathered in the Pennsylvania railroad
station, and as the gaily decorated train
came to stop the delegates were greeted
with hearty cheers. The citizens committee
took charge Of the party and were escorted
| to the Continental hotel, where a number of
leading citizens had assembled. Mayor
Filter, in short speech, welcomed the dis
| tinguished guests to the city. Sener Guz.
man. the Nicaraguan delegate, responded OF
behalf of the visitors.
An exciting and novel flag rush between
the freshmen and sophomores of the Renssa-
laer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, took
place this afternoon on the Hudson river
just above Troy. The freshmen completely
outwitted their adversaries by placing their
class banner on the flag pole of very fast
tugboat. Although the sophomores outnum-
management the freshmen succeeded in
keeping the flag in the van twenty four
hours. Several Thousand citizens of both
Troy and Albany lined the river banks and
occupied points of vantage. This is the first
defeat for the class of 'o2 in any rush, and
is considered by the upper class men a
crushing one.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company, to-
morrow night, will submit proposition to
the City Council of Elizabeth, in which the
company agrees to elevate its tracks through
the entire city to height of from twelve to
sixteen feet, the latter elevation to be at the
Broad street crossing, where the Pennsyl-
vania intersects the Central. The latter
road will mako NO change in Its roadbed.
The Pennsylvania company wants the city
on its part to close Railroad avenue so that
the companys fourth track to Jersey City
can be completed, Murray street, where the
company's freight yards are, and Magnolia
avenue. The company will permit Chest
nut street, which has been closed for years,
to be opened by the city. The cost of max
ing the changes will be about $3.50, 900.
| The company agrees to assume this expense.
Der Wing Sing, who conducted the only
Chinese barber shop in Baltimore, and the
best educated Of all the Mongolians there, Is
dead aged 40. For four years he had pur-
sued his calling here and made his services
indispensable. For the past two months
Wing Sing has been i'll. The Immediate
| cause of death was pericarditis, superinduoed
| by kidney trouble. On Monday his remains
| will be shipped to San Francisco and in
tered in that city. He was o native of q
village near Canton. In his youth he at
tended several of the best schools in Canton
and its vicinity and received full collegiate
education. Fifteen years ago Der Wing
Sing sailed from China for San Francisco
| and soon after his arrival became noted
merchant in the Chinese colony in that city
Later he lived in New York, and for the
| past four years has resided in Baltimore
| He has family in China.