The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-12
NEWS IN NOTES.
Foreign.

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try great loss was caused by foods. Re
peated but unsuccessful efforts were
made by the lifeboats ut various points to
save the Gre ys of wrecked vessels, re-
sulting in the drowning of several OF the
would-be rescuers. Tn storm also Wis
tied France and Germany.
london dispatches indicate that it is
only with difficulty that Brazilian news
arrives there, unless it is favorable TO the
Dictator. 1t is affirmed that the man
ager OF the London and Brazilian Bank
at Rio Janeiro took refuge Mt the Eng
lish Consulate against official persecu-
tion for his alleged efforts to lower the
rate of exchange. President De Fonseca
has published a decree making expulsion
the penalty for resisting the Dictatorship.
Only a portion of the navy favors Fon-
SEGA.
At the National Capital.
1t is s ated in Washington that moth
ing further can be given out concerning
the Behring Sea treaty except that it has
not yet been signed by the representa-
tives of the United States and Great
Britain, although all points of difference
have been agreed upon. The Admins
tration is represented as regarding the
outcome with great equanilmity.
The COMMISSIONS of Patents says he
has not issued any patent that Gun be
Telephone patent. Such extension can
only be granted by Congress.
New York.
The New York customs officials have
discovered an enormous system of opium
smuggling from Canada. in which a num-
Der of wholesale druggists are said to be
involved.
George B. wattles, who was we'll known
in New York as a man about town, has
been committed to the Tombs on the
charge of forgery.
A German butcher by the name of
Brueggeman attempted suicide at his
New York boarding honse by cutting
his wrists and showing a spoon down his
throat.
Henry Ehrmann, six years old, OF Brook
lyn, whose leg was cut off by Il bobtail
car of the Brooklyn City Railroad Com
pany, has obtained a verdict for $25, 600
against the company.
Vice President Morton has obtained a
judgment for $68, 1873. 8S against Million
aire Charles p. Palmer, and the latter
will be examined in supplementary pro-
ceedings in the Supreme Court.
DR.. Erway suffered from a loss of menu
DRY when cross-examined in the trial of
ex-Parson George at Catskill. and claimed
that he, like George, was afflicted with a
brain trouble.
Eight lumber firms of New York, Brook
lyn and Hoboken have combined under
the title of the Yellow Pine Company for
mutual benefit.
Staten Islanders are interested in the
possible establishment of q new ferry in
opposition to the Rapid Transit line.
George r. Lawrence, a Pittsburg law
yer, thirty-two years old. committed sui
eide at the Everett House by shooting
himself in the right temple.
Elsewhere.
Senior Silva has been elected President
of the Chilean Senate, and Senior Luco
President of the Chamber Sof Deputies.
The Junta, in al address has restored
command of affairs to Congress specially
urging upon that body the necessity of
prom pity r~eorganiztng the army and
navy.
Senior Malta, the Chilean Minister of
Foreign Affairs, in an interview stated
hat his country ~ehtertalned no I'M
friendly feeling to the United States, and
that all statements to the contrary are
untrue. He also criticised tho action OF
the United States representatives.
Three life convicts made their escape
from the State Penitentiary at WauDun,
Wis through a tunnel under the build
ings and into the street which must have
taken them years to build. One of the
men had been in prison twenty-five
years.
General Master Workman Powderly
made several recommendations in his re-
port to the General Assembly in session
at Toledo, o.. regarding Governmental
control Of railways, ballot reform, and
the establishment of a uniformed rank of
the order.
The lepers at Vancouver, B. c.. are at
large, the locks having been taken off
the old Canadian Pacific shed, and the
guard removed. Neither the Government
nor the Canadian Pacific would TAX any
action, and the CITY Council was SO rash
as 10 turn them loose.
Democratic member of Congress from
the West and NORTH west are declaring
against the passage of a free silver coin
age bill, and the silver dollar cause APP
pears to be losing ground.
STATE NOTES.
johnnie Ayars of Bridgeton was run
over by a bicycle and seriously injured.
Lemuei Johnson of Bridgeton has a hog
which measures eleven feet in circumfer-
ence, and weighs over LOO pounds.