, 1890-03-20
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

The London stock market was weak
Yesterday on account of Bismarck's re-
tirement from Office.
A London dispatch says that 1000 EN-.
plOyes OF the Armstrong gun works have
struck for eight hours.
Hon. James I. Lane of Davenport,
la, a prominent Republican, died in
Denver Yesterday, aged 60.
Yesterdays temperature-New York
3O', New Orleans &C., st. Louis $40, Gin
c%innati 400, Chicago 26o, Winnipeg A. be-
low.
Gen. Won Caprivi, commander of the
tenth army corps, has been appointed
chancellor of the empire to succeed Bis
marck.
The engagement of Miss Rosecrans,
daughter of Gen. Rosecrans, to Cover
nor TOOle OF Montana is announced in
Chicago.
Lord Salisbury at to-day's meeting of
the Carlton club will threaten to dissolve
parliamentit the tithes and land purchase
bills are not passed
Charles + Hebbarn, a special deputy
sheriff connected with the sheriff office,
New York City. was arrested Yesterday
ON the charge OF eXtortlO2.
At the derby the Devonshire handicap
race, about two miles, was won bv Brown
Z, Medium second, Prince Frederick
third. There were ten starters.
NJ. ;. Cheatam (white) was hanged at
Grenada, Miss. Yesterday for the MUIR
der of John Tilman (colored) July 10
last. The hanging was private.
The shortage of City Auditor White
side OF Chattanooga was enormously re-
ported Tuesday night. 1t is only Sc. $50,
and the city secured by good bonds.
The announcement was made last night
that the proposed sale of the Hammond
Dressed Beef company of Chicago to an
English syndicate had been consum-
mated.
A telegram has been received from the
Congo country stating that a French post,
consisting of ten natives, under a
European agent has been massacred al
Ubundias.
Miss Mary Auguste DaveY. known to
the stage and the general public as Min.
ME Madern, was married Yesterday Ia
Harrison Gray Fiske, editor of the New
York Dramatic Mirror.
A Milanese named Fossati is exhibit.
ing a simplifed edition of the phouo-
graph in London costing 100 francs. The
instrument produces the human voice and
music in a marvellous manner.
The dry goods firm of John F. Plum
mer x Co, of New York, made a general
assignment yesterday to their cashier, j.
IL. Murphy, for the benefit OF their
creditors Liabilities about 81, 900, 900.
Mrs. Burchell was taken before the
police magistrate at Niagara Falls, Ont.
yesterday. but as neither Detective Muir
raw or Crown Attorney Raymond had aay
evidence against her the magistrate dis
charged her.
The Newark, the last of the three
steel cruisers built by Cramp & Sons
was successfully launched yesterday in ;
binding snow storm. The vessel wa
christened by the daughter of Congress
man Boutelle.
A st. Petersburg correspondent of tn
London DAILY Ne1cS says the Russian
government is disagreeably impressed b
the meetings held in England an
America to dcnOunce the Outrages com
mitted in Siberia.
The Manitoba legislature adopted
ANSClNNiOH yCotSiudS dshluB Tue uOLllDlOU
parliament to take steps to negotiate with
the United States government with a
view to the adoption of unrestricted
reciprocity in trade.
h. A. Searles and w. c. Paine, who
have been living at Missoula, Mont, for
the past month, were arrested yesterday,
charged with robbing the Northern Pa
cifc express office at Brainard, Mimi, of
$lj,0 900 about a year ago.
The Cherokee Strip Live Stock Associa-
ton Yesterday adopted resolutions pro.
viding for the removal of its cattle in ac
cordance with the presidents proclama-
ton. A memorial to the president was
adopted requesting protection against
boomers raids.
District Attorney Rossman of Ashland,
Wis, is authority tor the statement that
at least Two OF the Jurors in the case of
Cashier Perrin. charged with robbIng the
Hurley National bank, have been bribed.
The Jury has now been out two days. 1t
is said a number of prominent men are
implicated.