The Dickinson press., 1890-07-12
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.
Important Happcninssf from All
Parts of the World Con.
ciscly CllrOniclcd.

Parts of tic World Con.
ciscly ChrOnfclcd.
A Complete Resume of Crimes,
Casualties and Current Events
for the Week.
st, Louis latest estimate of popula.
ton is 44S,GU0.
Three fatalities resulted from cannon
explosions at Canton, Ohio, on the
Fourth.
Queen Natalie, of Servia, has had he,
life insured for 5000, 600 for the benefit
of her son.
Stevedorcs on the Lehigh Valley
steamship line at Chicago, have struck
Tor higher wages.
John Fosberg, wife and baby were
killed by lightning at their home near
Jamestown, N. D.
Capt. Casatia has received loco pounds
from the Egyptian government in pay.
ment OF his claims.
The population of Burlington, as re.
turned by the census enumeraters, is
%, 1877, a gain of 3.247.
Arkansas Republicans endorsed the
Union Labor ticket headed by Rev. N.
B. Fizer for governor.
DR.. John Monroe, of Days Gan, Ala,
murdered his four children and commit.
ted suicide. Religious insanity.
The territory acquired by England in
Africa by her treaty with Germany is
estimated at G50, 900 square miles.
Tuesday, July 8, was the hottest day
since July s, 1876, in New York City,
the thermometer registering 100.
The Russian harvest prospects are
generally excellent, those for the Baltic
provinces being exceptionally so.
Republicans of Quay's district, in
Pennsylvania, have nominated a con.
gresham who is decidedly hostile to
him.
Mr.. Henry Willard, of New York, has
donated the sum of $12, 500 toward the
erection of a Red Gross hospital at Mu-
Mich.
Spectators have brought up nearly
all of the land on the little island Of
Heligoland that is available for habita-
ton.
Switchmen and brakemen on the
Louisville and Nashville railway are on
Il strike. No freight trains are running
IN the short line.
By the disregard of orders five people
We're killed and one fatally injured in a
collision on the Louisville and Nashville
railway. near Birmingham, Ala.
Supervisor Wadlin, of the census
bureau gives as an official estimate Of
Boston's population 4S7, 4 The figures
of the ems of 1880 We're 1862, 1863.
1t is announced that the pope is Ore.
pairing an e%ncyclical letter on the pres
ent state of social, political and reli.
gious life, which will be issued within a
few days.
The Western roads have agreed to adj
vance freight rates to the Missouri river
and st. Paul ~ cents per 100 pounds on
hrst-class and proportionately on all
other classes.
A picnic party of twenty-one in q
wagon We're struck by u train at a
Louisville Southern crossing, in Louis.
NiAAe, vi l14c IOlIGu. All We're injured
Three killed outright.
Terrific tornadoes visited New
York, Tuesday. At Plattsburg the
Bluff point hotel was nearly destroyed,
One killed several missing. Much Other
damage was done in that vicinity.
The sessions Of the Spanish cortez have
been suspended until Christmas, whe1
the body will be dissolved in order thai
a general election on the basis of univer.
sal suffrage may be had In February.
Secretary Noble is considering the
question OF the issue Of the patents Of
the Northern Pacific railroad which
We're suspended because the road was
not built within the time specified by
law.
It is believed in Buffalo that all the
t~echnicalities of the law have been ex
hausted in the case of the murders
kemmler and he will be sentenced to b,
killed by electricity some time during
the week of Aug. a.
Cornelius Vanderbilt and his mothe,
are about to build a peoples palace OF
Forty-second street near Third avenue
New York. 1t will be modelled upon thu
institution bearing that name in Lon
and will cost $25O,0OO.
P. D. Wigginton died at his home il
Oakland, CAL, Monday, after a shor
illness: He was at n time the candi
date OF the American party for the pres
idency. He served two terms in con
gress as a representative of California.
1t is believed in Madrid that the Con
servatives have the best chances of sue
cess in the formation of a new Spanisl
cabinet, but vel they will have grea
difficulty in constructing a durable min
istry.
The docks at Ashland and the steame
Iron King caught fire Friday. Will
fighting fire six fremen were surrounde,
by flames On a tramway and were com
PEELED to jump to the dock below. On
was killed two fatally and the others Sc
riously injured.
The books of the New York commits
sioners of taxes and assessments, Jus
completed, show that the assessed valu
of real estate In the twenty-four ward
of the city of New York is 81, 39s, 800, 90
for 1890, an increase of $66, III, us. TIL
personal estate of residents is assessed
for 1890 at $217, 43S, 100, an increase owe
1889 of $23, 149, 859.
The following is statement of Unite'
States bonds purchased from Aug. q
1887, to date inclusive: Amount pun
chased: Foqrs, s135, 81, $50: 44s, $l41.
$172, OBJ, 500; 44s, $152, 075, 500; total
1924, 0 1889. Cost at maturity: Fours
$s35, az, $50; Ais, $159, 172,558; tota.
1884, 621, 1O6. Saving: Fours, S62. 815
981; 32s, $7,097,s 1865; total, $69, 015 ,848.
A Comet Visible.
GENEVA, N. Y, July S.-Prof. Brook
comet is now in favorable position fo
telescope observation in the evening
Its discoverer states that the comet no1