, 1890-04-16
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
At Buenos Ayres yesterday the pre-
MUM on gold was $2.ll.

AT Buenos AYres Yesterday the pre-
MUM or gold was 81. IL.
All efforts to %extinguish the fire in the
Madrid gas works have proved unavall-
ing,
Rev. Alexander Mackay, the famous
missionary in the Uganda country, is
dead.
Bonsfeld 4 Co.'S woodenware factory
of Bay City. Mich, burned yesterday.
Loss. $l50,000; insured.
The societies affiliated with the London
Trades Council rave declared in favor OF
an eight hour working day.
Yesterdays temperature-New York
400, New orleans .6So. St. Louis AZ, Gin
cinnati 400, Chicago $50, Winnipeg 30'.
A boiler in Ozeman's sawmill at Glad
win, Mich, exploded Yesterday wrecking
the mill and killing II. NJ. Corey and
Faron Corey.
Capt. John Richardson and wife were
murdered at their country residence near
Madisonville, Tex Sunday. Robbery
was probably the motive.
King Leopold, sovereign of the Congo
Free State, denies that any proposals
were ever made by Germany looking to
the purchase OF that state.
Chas. Welch, the Buffalo light weight,
last night knocked out Chas. Fitzgerald,
the St. Louis light weight, in a contest at
Louisville, in the eleventh round.
Il. j.. Godkiu, managing editor OF the
New York Erening Post. was arrested
yesterday on the charge OF criminal libel
on the complaint Of Peter Mitchell, a
lawyer.
Jack Smith OF Canada knocked out
Mike Coburn of England last night in
ten rounds with two ounce gloves before
the Buffalo Athletic club for a prize of
81. 900.
A vestibule train on the Chicago &
Alton collided with a freight car at Mex
leo. Mo, yesterday. Fireman Howard
was killed and the passengers badly
shaken 10 but none injured.
The New York Cotton Exchange has
passed resolutions strongly protesting
against the passage of the ButterwortL
bill taxing dealings in futures, declaring
it would drive all trade to England.
The New York Independent has re-
turns from l26 presbyteries, OF which
eightv-two favor revision and eighty are
still to be heard from. 1t is estimated
the vote for revision will be nearly two
thirds.
The New York p~resbytery Yesterday
selected delegates to the general assembly
to meet at Saratoga May Is, to consider
the question OF the confession OF faith.
New York's entire delegation are strong
revisIOnists,
The statement was current in New
York yesterday hat the United States
Express company had decided to reduce
the pay of its employees 10 per cent on
May l.. President T. Z. Plat refused to
affirm or contradict.
The Iowa house refused to suspend the
rules for the passage of the Joint resolu-
ton for the resubmisslon of the pro-
hibitory amendment, SO the matter goes
over for two years as yesterday was the
last day OF the session.
TIE Berlin TdgJlau says Chancellor
Won Caprivi has forbidden the ministers
or other officials to furnish ATTY commu
nications to the newspapers. All intelli
gence which it is deemed DESTROYS to be
published will appear in the Reichsdnbei
ger, the official paper.
A sensation has been caused in Brad
ford. Eng, by the arrest of Thomas
Stubs, who was at the head of the dye
ing department of the Lister silk works,
SAID to be the largest in the world. 1t is
alleged he committed frauds amounting
to thousands of pounds. 1t is expected
that others will be arrested for com
plicity in the frauds