Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-07

position held by Bwana Hsri, at Mlembsle on Tuesday last and carried it after severe /; fighting. --- At midnight last night ex-Congressman Taulbee's chances for living were regarded | as hopeless, and his death was looked for ct any hour. Intimate friends of Minister Linooln sx. press the opinion that Mr. Lincoln, in view of the death of his son, will soon resign his office and return to his home in Chicago. Rev. Alvra H. Hsnscom, until last June pastor of the High street Free Baptist church at Lynn, Mass, has brought $sO.o0o suit against Evan R. Colder, Q deacon in the church, for defamation of character.
 The following notice has been issued by the Department of State: Passports arc | necessary for the Turkish dominions, includ5 Egypt and Palestine, and must be certified Dy Turkish consular officer before entering Turkish jurisdiction.
 A mass meeting at ChioksrinR hall, New York, yesterday, in the interest of the New York free circulating library, was addressed Dy ex-President Grover Cleveland, Seth Low. Andrew Carnegie, J. H. Choate, J. 0. Garter and other prominent gentlemen. The bark Charles G. Rice, Captain Lunt, from Caleta Buens for Boston, 113 days, re- ports that on the second day out she ex- perisnced an earthquake accompanied by a heavy rumbling noise lasting nearly a min ute. The vessel was shaken like twig.
 William H. Farnham, aecretary of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance compa- ny, committed suicide by shooting himself with 42-calibFs revolver yesterday after noon at Milwaukee. Nervous derangement 1yv~ fI-a cause.
 George H. Watkins, of the publishing firm of Brown, Thurston & Co. of Portland, Me, was found dead in his bed at the United States hotel last evening. Mir. Watkins was to have been married last evening to Miss Mary Bain, daughter of Captain James Bain of Portland.
 William Bucknell, the rich philanthropist of Philadelphia, died suddenly of apoplsxy at his residence last night, aged seventy-nins years. He was Baptist and gave largely to Baptist institutions. It is estimated that his disbursements in helping his fellow men will aggregate over $1,000,000.
 John Gibney and wife and their seventeen year old servant girl. whose name is not known, ,were found unconscious from asphyx- iation at their homo in Philadelphia last evening. All three will probably die. Gib- l ney went home drunk yesterday and is sup- posed to have turned on the gas by mistake. The failure of the printers of the Chicago city directory, R R. Donnelly & Sons, proves to be even more disastrous than at first sup | posed. It is now understood that the liabili- ties will probably reach $175, 1000 while the assets will probably not reach more than l $40, ,000.
 Secretary of the Navy Tracy yesterday sent a special invitation to the officials and citi- zens of Concord, Mass, to be present at the launch of tho gunboat Concord at Chester, Pa., on Saturday. The invitation was ac- cepted and committee representing the town left for Chester last evening. In the supreme court at Bristol, Mass. |, yesterday the jury awarded $4.0e0 to Andrew s. Rounds, administrator of Charles New- mann vs. the Hereschoff Manufacturing company. Newman was killed in the trial trip of the famous launch "Say When" and his administrator brought suit to recover | $20, 1000.