The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-06
NEWS IN NOTES.


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The fourth day OF the Royal Baccarat
cnse closed ominously tor Sir William
Gordou-C Cumming. Mrs. Arthur Wilson'S
testimony given IN a stralghs forward
manner was considered very managing
to the plaintiff.
Professor Could OF Johns Hopkins
University Of Baltimore. who has been
Europe for the last two years In the iu-
feIest OF the United States Labo
bureau. has nearly completed his voiu-
minous report. which viii contain many
vnlunblc facts concerning the labor qnes-
tion in general and the wage problem In
THE Bchrin9 Sea bill passed the first
reading in the British House of Lords
Yesterday.
A dispatch from Iquiqui, Chill. says
mat the It,ta incident IS practically at au
end. A prize crew from the Uniteu
States cruiser Charleston went aboard
the long sought for craft this morning
and took formal possession of her.
The Archbishop of Paris, assisted by
the Cardinal Archbishop Of LYONS and
the Bishops OF Versailles, Orleans and
Chartres. yesterday opened the magnih-
cent Basilica OF Sacre Coeur, on the Sum-
NIT OF Montmartre. the work which
was initiated as a votive offering after
the Frenco-Prussian war, is still unfn-
ished. 1t has occupied years IN
building and has cost ~S5.0O0.OO.
AT the National Capital
The following vessels, under command
OF Rear Admiral Gherardi, will pnrtlci-
tate In the Fourth Of July celebration at
Portsmouth, II. H.:-The P~hiIadelphia
(iHgshipl. Kearsarge. Enterprise, Petrol
aud Vesuyius. Tue last named vessel is
now at Norfolk, but will 20 to New YORK
in a few days to have a new valve fitted
TO n Of her pneumatic guns, for the
forthcoming trials which, however. Will
not take place until after the celebration
Mt Portsmouth. The Kearsarge. now at
Nayassa Island, Is expected north within
a fortnight.
A board composed Of Captain ]. N. Mil
Ter. CaDtaIn J. f.. McGlensy, Lieutenant
II. G. o. Colby, Chief Engineer f. Farmer
an1 G. Andrade, and Passed Assistant
Engineer +. II. Bailey. has been ordered
to Investigate the causes leading TO the
bursting OF a steam pipe on board the
Concord.
New York's Doings.
Charges are made that 'Silver Dollar
Smith. the notorious criminal and Alder
man, gets prisoners released when they
are arraigaed before Police Justice Meade
of New York
The cadets at West Point gave an inter
esting drill ia the riding hall and dis
played feats of horsemanship.
Walzel Tlaskal. a Bohemian lahoror,
died in st. Francis Hospital. New York.
of trichinosis after suffering nearly three
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the dread disease within a month.
The arguments in the Tilden Will con-
test were concluded.
General Schofieid Acknowledges that he
will marry Miss Kiibourne of Iowa.
Professor Charles A. Briggs. ID. D.. Is to
be retained by the Union Theological
Seminary, No. 200 Park avenue, New
York, as the professor Of Biblical the
ology.
Elsewhere.
The Rev. G. X. Dawson, pastor of the
Twentieth Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, of Wheeling. West Va, has been
summarily discharged from his pulpit by
his indignant congregation He Is charged
will lying, robbery, attemps to detraud
aud various other offences. and his re
quest for letters recommending him to
other congregations were p~eremptorily
refused.
Chancellor Gailor. who was recently
rendered the Episcopal Bishopric oil
Georgia, has written a letter thanking
his friends for the honor they desired to
confer upon him, but graciousiy declin
ing tine position.
Comptroller of the Currency Lacey de
clares he knew nothing of the action oil
the City Councils of Philadelphia in re
gard TO the keystone Bank except what
he had read in the papers.
The Cambridge police raided the Alpha
Delta Phi club house OF Harvard Collegs
on Plympton street, and bagged the OUT
fit, of wines and liquors. and yesterday
twenty-five Of the members, some OF uhe
best known men In the college, were
fined sos apiece in the District Court fol-
maintaining a liquor nuisance. They
paid the Sl.625 without a murmur- a
raid was made yesterday noon on tbs
club room of the Zsta Psi Society, No. 3
Church street. where liquor was ais
sci zed.