Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-26
TELEGRAPHlC BREvlTlES.

Gladstone's health is feeble since his at
tack of influenza.
| AT Somerville, N j., DR. e. Talmage,
| brother of the Brooklyn divine, died yes
terday.
Word from Mason county, ILL.,, says the
army worm is playing havoc in the wheat
| and corn.
r. j. Hinton, special agent, says the great
| Colorado plateau can be made arabic by
| means of irrigation.
| The Philadelphia city gas works stables
were destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss,
| $4,000; no insurance.
Prince George of Greece arrived at San
| Francisco Wednesday from Japan and left
| Thursday for the East.
A cloud-burst in Cherokee county, North
Carolina, killed Harvey Agnew and Jacob
| Newton, illicit distiliers.
The Madrid commercial treaty with the
United States is complete. The signatures
| will be appended in few days.
DR.. Joseph W. Alsop, Democratic candi-
date of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of Connecticut
in the last campaign, died yesterday.
One man was killed and four badly
wounded by an accident in the shaft of the
Caldwell coal mines near Hamilton, Mo.
Miss Helen Craft, handsome BROOKLYN
UiotiuC VI sOUu WISuCS 10 COIlD6l
Ralph Langston, of negro descent, to marry
her to save her honor.
The remains Of Count Loewenhaupt, late
husband Of the daughter of ex-Secretary
Bayard. were shipped yesterday by the
steamer Werra for Bremen.
The president has issued an order at the
request of the secretary of war, reserving
island 105, near La Cross, Wis, for uses of
the Mississippi river improvement.
Sparks from tinker's soldering pot set
fire to the roof of the United States mint at
Philadelphia yesterday, but the fire was
extinguished before much damage resulted.
The recommendation to authorize the
construction of new twelve-inch guns, forty
feet long, has been approved and the army
board recommends experiments with the
same.
At Middleton, N. L, Herman thornley,,
young German, and Josie Gibbons, aged
seventeen, lovers, took poison in Webb
park. thornley, died. The girl is in crit.
cal condition.
The British ship, New York, from Swan
sea to San Francisco, was wrecked at
Staten Island, Terre Del Fuego, while
rounding Cape Horn. The crew had a
narrow escape.
The British steamship Led, bound from
Newcastle-on-Tyne to Naples, was wrecked
off the French coast. The third engineer
and the fireman were drowned. The rest
of the crew are at Havre.
In the British house of commons the mo-
ton of George c. Barlet, Conservative. to
reject the governments education bill was
defeated by vote of 31S to 1OO The bill
then passed its second reading.
Chief Postofice Inspector Rathbone yes
terday handed to the postmaster-general his
resignation, to take effect June 90. On
July l Mr.. Rathbone will be appointed
fourth assistant postmaster-general
Acting Secretary Grant has approved the
recommendations made by the Notifications
board making small allotment for the Sc
lection and survey of sites for mortar bat
teries for the defense Of San Francisco
In is stated on the best authority that the
only financial question to be considered by
the cabinet at its regular meeting Friday is
whether the coinage of standard silver dol
lars shall be continued after the LIST
proximo.
The Paris bakers have struck. demanding
the suppression of the registry offices.
They had Q procession which became very
demonstrative. The police were called on
to dispense them. Some Of the ring-leaders
were arrested.
Hon. Mr.. Fosters amendment in favor of
the appointment Of a royal commission to
obtain data respecting the work Of prohibit
ton in other countries was carried in the
Dominion house OF commons yesterday by
majority.
The excursion Of colored Knights Temp
lars TO Braudywine Station, Del, wound up
in free fight, during which razors and
pistols were drawn and used. Several
women, children and men were wounded in
the disgraceful ARRAY.
The fight between the government and
-&z,~, - L. nl~
duties, according to the recent supreme
court decision, is likely to be compromised
by the payment Of 5000, 900 by the govern
ment to the importers.
Secretary Tracy has appointed board to |
convene at the navy department Saturday !
to examine the present designation of Of |
ficers in the line of the navy and recon- !
mend measures regulating promotion to in |
crease the efficiency of the navy
Kissed by the Audience.
SAN FRANCISCO CAL, June 2h-John l.