, 1889-11-30
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

Martin Farquhar Upper is dead IN
London.
Secretary Blaine is confined to his
home with IN attack of lumbago.
The fever hospital at Rochester. Eng,
burned yesterday. All the inmates were
rescued.
Redmond. editor of the Waterford
Netos, has been sentenced to three months
imprisonment for intimidation.
Prof. Robt. Patterson, editor of the
Presbyterian Banner, died at Pittsburg
Yesterday. He was stricken with paralY-
ST..
The fight between Jack Fallon of
Brooklyn and Jack Wannop is off. Fall
Ion will leave London for America next
week.
Yesterday Frank Gallagher and Joseph
Mays were crushed to death by a fall of
slate at the Morris lime stone quarry near
Bellefonte, Pa.
Four more bodies from the wreck of
the barque Germanic washed ashore near
Long Branch yesterday, among others
the body Of the captain.
The new government of Brazil has fin
ally readopted the old flag. This action
has given rise to some irritation. France
has recognized the republic.
At a meeting of the Pennsylvania Re
publican delegation in Washington yes
terday a vote was taken for speaker. Reed
received IA and Mckinley 5.
A brief session OF the international con-
ference of Americans was held yesterday.
Some changes were made in the rules and
a adjournment until Monday taken.
Fire yesterday at Keyport, N. j., de-
stroyed five dwellings. Loss. $50, 00O.
Jacob Leyrer was burned to death and his
wife and son were badly burned and may
die.
Burglars entered the house of Henry
Sewell. the millionaire manufacturer of
Boston, Thanksgiving night. Money,
silverware, iewelry and papers to the
value of $40, 900 were secured.
Fire occurred at midnight last night in
one OF the mills of the Hartford Carpet
company at ThomI s~)nville. 1t was used
as a storage warehouse. The fire caused
a loss OF $lS0.600; insurance S175, 600.
At E%lliottsville, W. Va, Thanksgiving
day, four little girls, children of Hugh
Dunn, found a keg of powder. and in
some way set it off. All four were blown
to pieces. Their mother has gone insane.
At the opening of the Cronin trial yes
terday morning the state called one wit
ness in rebuttal of Burke's alibi. Then
the defense began a surrebuttal to
strengthen its case. Nothing OF interest
developed.
During the session of the lower house
of the Hungarian diet yesterday, Baron
Kass informed the chamber that the Cd
position had discovered and frustrated a
plot to assassinate Herr Tisza, Hungarian
prime minister.
Herman Cohen, one OF the partners OF
the firm Of Suskind & Co., bankers of
New York, who closed their doors a few
days ago on the plea of having failed, was
arrested last night in Hoboken, N. J..
His intention was to sail for Hamburg.
At Pittsburg yesterday Aldermen Cal
len. Dougherty and Maneese and Detec-
tives Bander, Doyle, Nagle and Bender,
convicted of conspiracy to deiraud in &C
cepting brides to settle illegal liquor sell,
ing cases were sentenced to terms ranging
from six months to three years.
The German government has abolished
the provisional council of mobiles of the
Baltic provinces and substituted ordinary
assemblies, colleges and private COM
mittees. whereby the aristocracy, which
has hitherto ruled the populace independ-
emily OF the government, will be sup
pressed.
The national committee provided for by
the silver convention elected Gen. A. j.
Warner of Ohio, chairman, and Lee
Crandall OF Virginia, secretary. The
chairman is authorized to name the time
and place for holding the next convention
and to appoint an executive committee of
nine to conduct the silver campaign.
The delegates to the national silver
convention from Colorado, California,
Nevada. Texas and Montana adopted
resolutions urging their members of the
fifty first congress to vote for no man
either in caucus or elsewhere for speaker
of the house whose record does not
prove him a friend of the movement for
the restoration of silver.