Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-11-07
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Three persons have been drowned through the
capsizing Of a fishing boat of the north islands
| Of Aran.
| Ex-Governor ]. Gregory Smith, president of
the Central Vermont railroad died last night of
heart failure.
| The bureau OF American Republics denies that
| General Campo. who was arrested in New York
Tor ROBBERY, Is commissioner from Colombia to
A terrible prairie fire burned across the west
ern portion of Aurora county, S. D., yesterday.
Two men persisted in the flames and large
amount OF property was destroyed.
Bradstreet's says: Business failures in the
United States this week number sSs against
| ISL this week last year. The total, January
to date is 1912 against ,5o2 last year.
The steamer which was burned at sea in the
| vicinity of Negropont was the British steamer
Lux OF less tons, bound from Batoum with q
cargo OF petroleum consigned to Antwerp
The condition of the st. Petersburg money
market is causing grave apprehension. There
are rumors affecting the stability of ten banking
houses: some of which are considered the sound
est in the city
The governor Of the province Nijni-Novgorod
declares that throughout that province all sup
plies of provisions have been exhausted; that
the peasants will soon be without food and that
1,S00,0 600 pools OF grain will be required
Lloyd's agent at Fremantle, Western Australia.
telegraphs that the Norwegian bark Habita, Cap
4 last, bound to Fremantle. has not arrived at
her destination Great anxiety prevails as to,her
safety.
At the close Of the polling at Cork last night
Mr.. Flsvin was generally credited with the vic
tory. The poll boxes were escorted from the
outlying districts by troops and police. The
counting of the ballots will commence this morn
ing. The polling was heavy.
The commander of the Traus-Caspian army
corps has ordered that all fragments left by the
soldiers be n ade into biscuits and sent to the
of the foreign colonies in Moscow are contrib
uting freely to the famine fund.
public meeting at Valparaiso has been con-
voked to demand the extradition of two of Bal
maceda's ministers who implicated In the
plot to murder Colonel Canto, the commander OF
two eNm1nisters in question have taken refuge
in the United States legation in Santiago.
The health of the pope continues to be excel
lent, and notwithstanding his eighty-fonr years,
seems TO be fourishing as for a long time
past. He feels keenly the situation in which he
has been placed by the unfortunate incidents of
the pantheon, but there is no truth whatever in
the rumored intention of his quitting Rome.
The most important industry OF the Mexican
peninsula of Yucatan is the henepin fabric ex-
tensively used in the manufacture of cordage.
Statistics received at the bureau of the Ameri-
can Republics show that the production for the
about oue-half of which is exported TO Boston.
Funeral services over the remains of Henry A.
P. Carter, minister from the Sandwich Islands,
were held in New York. The diplomatic corps
at Washington was represented by Minister
Romero of Mexico Secretary Blaine sent per-
family and also detailed the chief clerk OF the
state department to attend the funeral