The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-23
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

ROME, Uct. Italy has recognized the
Government OF the United States Of Brazil.
LONDON, Oct. 22.-James Lawrence Carew
of the House OF Commons for North Kildare
Is seriously i'll.
FLORENCE (Ala), Oct. 22.-Great excite
ment prevails here over the discovery of
natural gas seven miles from this city.
PARIS, Oct. 22.-During a recent journey
the baroness Alphonss Rothschiid was
robbed of jewelry valued at 10000 francs.
Fair began Monday. The machinery was
started by Mrs. Cleveland, who pressed the
button at LennoX, Mass.
BERLIN, Oct. 22.-The Tagblatt says the
funds for the construction of railway from
Hangani. East Africa, to Mount Kilima-
Mara have been secured.
CHICAGO, Oct 22.-The temperature at
s O'Clock this morning WAS as follows:
Chicago 40, New York 400, St Louis so,
Cincinnati 44o, Winnipeg 120
LONDON, Oct 22.-In an encounter on the
Seryian side of the Turkish frontier between
large band of Albanians and detachment
OF Servian soldiers several of the latter
were killed.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.--The President to-
day appointed Chester G. Thornton of Wash
ington Agent for Indians of Puyal up
Agency, Washington, vice w. ii. Talbot,
term expired.
HARVARD (nl.), Oct CIT has been dis
CONtIcu ludL tlarleS Armstrong, II prOnll-
nent citizen, n years old, is the forger of
cOnveyances and an embezzler of trust funds
to the amount Of $4,000.
EDINBURGH, Oct. 22.-GladstOne today
had private conference with number Of
Scotch members of the House of Commons
on the question of the establishment
of the Church of Scotland.
PARIS, Oct. 22.-L'Evenement has advces
from st. Petersburg stating that the train in
which the Gar was travelling on his return
to St. Petersburg from his hunting trip in
Poland was fired into at GrOdno.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. pa telegram
from Jack Dempsey says that he has signed
10 fight EiiZsinmons in this city, and that
the articles are on the way The fight will
come of about the middle OF December.
New YORK, Oct. GA carload of Cali
fornia hops has been sold at So cents, and
100 bales choice California at ~ cents.
Buying is fairly active in the interior of
this State for export account at 40 TO 80
cents.
JOLIET Qll), Oct. PA collision occurred
yesterday on the Elgin, Joliet and East
ern Railroad between freight and construc-
ton trains. Thomas LAWYER. foreman of
the construction gang, was killed and eight
others injured
New YORK, Oct. 22.-The Commercial
Bulletin says Captain Charles n. Norris of
Fowler, Cal, is here on business. 1t is
rumored he will leave the city as Colonel
Forsyth of Fresno did, with an Eastern
lady for life partner
NEW YORK, Oct 22.-The United States
Board of Appraisers has rendered n de-
cision sustaining the Collector of the Port
of San Francisco in adding commissions to
the market value of invoices subject 10 au
ad valorem duty.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 22.-Shortly before the
race for the Cambridgeshire stakes run at
Newmarket to-day, the police made "A raid
n numhnr Of hptfino pluhs If f1ic orv
and arrested 500. Among the prisoners
were some prominent citizens.
PARIS, Oct. 22.-Members of the party of
the Right Will hold n meeting to discuss the
proposal to place poll-tax on foreigners.
The object Of the proposal is to assist in
penditure of the Government.
COLUMBUS Ohio, Oct. 22.-Pete McCart-
ney, one of the most famous counterieitars
in the United States, died al the psniten-
tiary here yesterday. He was serving
ten years sentence for passing counterfeit
money in New Orleans in 1885
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 22-The boiler of
portable engine near Litchfield, MIMI, ex-
ploded Yesterday, and the twelye-year-old
son of Dennis Kelly was killed, and A. l..
Tompers, the engineer, fatally injured. A
dozen others were more or less seriously
hurt
New YORK, Oct 22-The condition of
the market for ocean freights is very low
shippers say worse than at any recent time
since 1883, when grain was carried free by
regular steamers to avoid purchasing
ballast. All classes of tonnage are de-
pressed.
LONDON, Oct 22.-Henry NJ. Stanley ap-
peals TO the London Times for public sub
scriptions to make up the remaining S13,500
Of the $4,000 required to build a mission
steamer for Lake Nyanza. He contrasts En-
glsh apathy with German activity in that
direction.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-The offerings of
silver to the Treasury to-day amounted to
1,274,C0O ounces. The amount purchased
was 515,000 ounces, as follows: Fifteen
thousand ounces at 81 .0925, 100 600 at 81 $685.
100000 at S109i0, 100000 at S1.09i3 and 200,-
COO at S1.09i4.
MADRID, Oct. 22.-The Bank of Spain has
contracted with the Bank of Paris for
three months loan of 100,000,000 francs.
The security consists of redeemable Spanish
4 per cent bonds. The bank. still refuses to
glue discount facilities. 1t even declines to
discount the paper of the best houses in
Madrid.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Assistant En-
gineer Hibbs has been ordered from duty
at the Union Iron Works at San Francisco
and ordered to special course of study in
naval architecture at Glasgow. Scotland, and
Naval Constructors BanksOn and Street have
been called from special duty at Paris.
France, and ordered home.