The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-29
NEWS IN NOTES.


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Foresgf.
Baron Hirschy, the great benefactor of
the Hebrew race, in an interview with
the London correspondent of the New
YORK Herald yesterday, said that ho had
sent u commission to the Argentine Re
public TO secure a site for his COLONY tor
the prosecuted Jews of Russia, and not to
Pennsylvania rs had been reported.
General Won Moltke. the great German
STRAIT sgist, was buried yesterday with i'm
posing ceremonies. Emperor William and
a large ~concourse of German princes aud
mobiles attended the funeral.
Five girls were killed ana fifty persons
were injured by a dynamite explosion at
Cengio near Genoa.
The printers Of Rome have struck and
none OF the city's newspapers will be pub
lished tomorrow.
One ~ the results Of the German coal
miuers' strike Is that a coal famine is inn
penstng, Tho iron foundries IN the Sieg
Valley, Westphelia, have beeu compelled
e withdraw their nres 10 consequence Of
the scarcity OF coal, u most OF the steel
works along the RUNE have been forced
10 stop operations for the same reason.
At the National Capital.
Word was received at the State Depart :
ment lust night hat the Chinese govern
ment had refused TO accept ex-senator
Blair as Minister OF this Government TO
Pekia. IL is said that President Harri-
sdu. who is kindly disposed towar Mr..
Blair, may send him to japan.
Secretary Foster has selected J. Stanley
Brown as y special agent to proceed 10
The Fribilok Islands, aud there make an
examination of the condition Of affairs
aud report to him. in order that he ma
he enabled to deal intelligently with the
zeal fishery question. Mr.. Brown was
President Gariield's private secretary and
sfterward married Miss Molly Garfield.
The ordnance officers of the Navy De-
partment have just completed expert
ments with the third ten inch steel riiea
gun for the double rurreted Monitor,
:. iantonomah.
The Navy Department is experimenting
with a new system OF protecting gunners
in exposed places on men-of-w war during
action. The protection consists of a pecu-
liar wire webbing made up of interlock-
inx steel spirals, which Is remarkably
flexible aud resembles the old fashioned
chain armor.
In New York state.
The Ninth National Bank of New York
CITY has been robbed OF over 100000 by
lIs late president, John II. Hill, whose re-
cent death resulted in Investigations
which have led 10 the disclosure that he
had been stealing the hanks money tor
years. The Bank Examiner and Inc
Clearing House Committee have exam
ined the banks assets and report that the
Institution Is still solvent, owing to Its
holdings Of valuable real estate.
Leopold Lindauer. the Wall street
broker. snot himself at the Cooper Union
Hotel. New York City, and will die. His
wife Cora had been granted a divorce
from him on statutory grounds during
the day.
Greedpoint, L. l., shot his wife and then
his throat with a razor Ia a state OF
frenzy.
Tae police of New York continued to
bring In suspicious prisoners in the Water
street murder case, bur the murderer has
not been found.
Miss Caroline Pike. a former wealthy
Southern beauty, hanged herself In an up
town tenement IN New York.
John Deyine, a liueman OF the Metro
pniiran Telephone ii telegraph Com
pany, was pltehed from a pole at Fourth
wen aud Twenty-firxt street by con-
tact with q live electric wire and his head
was crushed on the sidewalk, killing him
instantly.
Elsewhere.
The President inspected the war yes
sells In the San Francisco harbor yester-
day. Ten thousand people accompanied
him upon his marine excarsion about The
harbor.
It is claimed that several thousands of
dollars have been sent into the coke re-
gions TO aid the strikers IN their struggle.
II is believed now that the eight hour
strike will not take place and that more
moneysc can DO secured 20 carry or The coke
The coast defense vessel Monterey was
launched yesterday at San Francisco.
Mira. Harrison pressed the button which
started The vessel down the way.