Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-25
TELEGRAPHlC BREVITIES.
There are many cases of yellow fever in

There are many cases of yellow fever ii
| Vera Cruz
| Outside competition caused the failure oil
| the Iowa coal ndners strike and all went
| back to work.
| Heavy rain storms, washouts and irregu.
| lar railway traffic are reported all the way
| from Kansas City to New York city.
The Radicals in the Italian chamber OF
| deputies are starting an agitation for the
abolition of the duty on corn. 1t Is proba-
BILE that the duties on wheat will be re-
duced.
The harvest in Hungary is middling, and
inferior in Austria.
A Confederate monument was unveiled
at Pensacola, Fla, Wednesday with great
ceremony.
Proceedings have been commenced against
Parneu to recover $500 costs in the O'Shea
divorce case.
Governor Pattison of Pennsylvania yes
terday vetoed the compulsory education
bill passed by the legislature few days
before its adjournment.
Bernard Glandi, convicted some days ago
as having attempted to bride Talesman
Henry Battwood in the Hennessy case,
was Yesterday sentenced to one year at hard
labor In the penitentiary.
n JOlHU committee Oh trades unions mas
decided to send letter to the president
asking that the eight-hour rule be adopted
in all government work at the fair and the
tariff of wages of the various trades be
recognized. Workingmen of America and
Europe are warned not to come TO Chicago
expecting to find plenty of work and high
wages.
The charter of the Broomcorn growers
association of Kansas was filed yesterday.
Its principal place of business will be Ster-
ling. The object is 10 store at Sterling
broomcorn and other farm products. 1t is
understood that this is the first of many
companies Of this kind to be organized by
the farmers for the purpose of enabling
them to hold their farm products until they
can get good prices for them.
At Birmingham, Ala, the residence of
DR.. e. w. Morrison burned yesterday.
Loss, $4,000, insured. Cause, defective
fiue. The inmates narrowly escaped.
The British house of commons has
amended the factory bill to prohibit chill
dren under eleven years of age from work
ing in the factories. This will affect 200, 900
children.
Utica, Ill, a cement and brick manufact-
turing town, was visited by cloud burst.
The water rose six feet in the town. Many
buildings were damaged no lives lost
Loss, Sl50,0O0
The French chamber of deputies has fixed
July TO as the day on which the new tariff
shah take effect. The chamber has voted
$500, 600 for measures against the locust
plague in Algeria.
A peculiar disease has broken out among
the Hungarians in the coke regions
greatly resembling the terrible ''blag leg
malady which some years ago infested Eu-
rope. Their limbs present a loathesome
appearance. The disease is spreading.
The Southern interstate immigration bu-
reau has established department Of
health, Sanitarium and climatology 1t will
furnish applicants data ON climatology and
sanitary conditions of any part of the
South. The Office will be at either Knox
vile, Atlanta or Asheville.
In Switzerland and Italy the consensus Of
reports is that legislation for the protection
of women and children is everywhere pro-
crossing. These countries also are promot-
ing schemes for insurance for workmen.
The railway telegraphers decided to
enter the federation of railway employees.
This will bring all organized bodies of the
railway service under one head except the
engineers, and they are expected to Join the
federation at their next annual meeting.
Herr Most, the anarchist, was taken from
the New York city prison yesterday and
sent in the Black Maria with o number of
other prisoners to the penitentiary to serve
one years imprisonment, the court of ap-
peals having affirmed the decision of the
lower court.
The Mexican government has approved
the selection of its ground at the Chicago
exposition if a bridge is built and the
drainage improved.
Theeity Of Chicago is about to begin pro-
ceedings against the treasurer Of Cook
county to secure possession of several
million dollars Of the city funds claimed to
be in the county treasurer's possession.
The report that the Gautemalan govern
ment has issued g, OO0, 600 in bonds and that
President Barillas has pocketed the pro-
ceeds of 3d. 900, goo worth is denied officially
The bonds were not sold for cash, but were
used to redeem old treasury notes.
All over the United States legislation is |
being enacted, and societies are being or
ganized, looking to the better treatment of |
animals. AS matter Of fact those who |
OWN valuable animals or breed then for 4