, 1889-04-12
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
All the street car employees IN Minneap.
oils are on a strike.
Col. Edward Hatch, 9th infantry, died
suddenly at Ft. Robinson, Neb., yester-
day.
Billings Il Eaton, Boston, hide and
leather dealers, have failed. Liabilities
800. 900.
A fire, this morning, destroyed the jute
mills of Buchanan l. Lytell in Brooklyn.
Loss S400, O0O.
Yesterdays temperature: New York
460, Chicago Sc, st. Paul 460, Winnipeg
300, New Orleans GO.
A terrific gale struck Tama City, Ia,
yesterday afternoon, unrooting and razing
buildings. No one injured.
Robert Kell, importer of woolens, etc,
New York, has suspended, owing to the
failure of his firm in Bradford, Eng.
The Chicago and All America base ball
teams were given a dinner of planked
shad by the Philadelphia club Yesterday.
Lawrence Barrett announced from the
stage of the Detroit opera house last
night that Booth will reioin the company
at Cleyeland Monday next.
The pension office has allowed a claim
of $l4, 000 for arrears of pension to Philip
Flood. The allowance was made for
bin dness contracted in the service.
Mrs. Andrew Thurber, a Finnish lady,
living near New York mills, Mimi, gave
birth a short time since to six children,
three of whom are alive and three were
born dead.
David A. Gage, at one time treasurer
of the city of Chicago, and widely known
as hotel proprietor in that city and Dem
yer, died at Charleston, N. H., of disease
of the heart.
The bill which proposes to drain Chicago
sewage into the Mississippi river through
the ship canal and Illinois river has passed
the Illinois house of representatives after
a hard fight.
The house of w. p. Wood, a carpenter
and millwright living in Robin county, Ca,
burned last night. The entire family
consisting of wife and five children per
ished in the flames.
The second assistant postmaster general
has begun opening bids for carving the
United States mails on about 800 star
and steamboat routes in several states and
territories. About %, 900 bids have been
received Tor this service.
John H. Davis & Co, of New York
have ceased receiving subscriptions to the
stock of the American Meat company,
and President Flagler, and Treasurer
Moss have resigned their respective Off
ces in the same company.
II. r. Reynolds, lessee of the Sterling
Webster Abstract company of St. Louis,
well known in real estate circles, is miss
ing. He is indebted to the amount of
$4,000 and 1T is presumed his inability to
meet his obligations has led to his disap-
pearaHce.
The comptroller of the currency has
declared a seconi dividend of 20 per cent
in favor of the creditors of the First Ma
tional bank of Livingstone, Mont making
in ali 95 per cent of the claims proved,
amounting to $26, 322. The bank failed
in August, 1884.
Judge Thurman called on Attorney
General Miller at the department Of
Justice and had a long conference in ref
erence to the Bell telephone cases. He
afterwards called on President Harrison.
This was the first time Judge Thurman
had met the president.
Frank Ringo, one OF the catchers of
llG hauSaS OlIy DdSe Oall cluD swallowed
an enormous quantity of morphine yes
terday afternoon and at 10 o'clock was in
a dangerous condition. After eight
months of total abstinence, he began
drinking two weeks ago and has continued
ever since.
Lieut.. Parker of the navy will accom-
pany the Samoan commission, which sails
from New York Saturday, in the capacity
of secretary. He has been attached to the
Adams three years and it is expected that
his knowledge of Samoan affairs will be OF
assistance to the commission.
BY a vote of 10 to G2 the lower house of
the Missouri legislature has passed the
bill fixing the minimum at $3.50 and the
maximum at 81, 300 per annum for saloon
licenses. The bill also prohibits saloons
from having any billiard tables or check
ers, or any other game of chance or skill
In their premises. Railroads and steam
boats are denied the right to sell liquor
under any conditions.