The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-26
NEWS IN NOTES.
Forais'H.

The Dublin Irish Catholic in a bitter
article on the election ut Waterford urges
the McCarthyiSes to continue in the
course they have adopted, and states that
the result was brought about by treachery
of the worst kind. The Parnellites on
the other hand, are greatly elated over
the result of the election.
Count TolStoi has established public
kitchens in The famine-stricken districts
IN Russia.
Mir. Chamberlain will assume the lead
ership OF the Liberal Uniouists in the
British House of Commons. Sir Henry
James having declined To place himself
IN competition for the honor.
LORD Salisbury has advised Bulgaria to
comply with the demands of France with
regard TO the expulsion of a journalist.
Germany has recommended the opposite
curse.
At the National Capital
The attitude of Mr.. Goschen, the Eng
lish Chancellor of Che EXcbequer, regard
ing the proposed movement 20 put silver
on a firmer basis by means of an inter
national agreement. is taken at Washing
ton to be an evidence that England will
join with France, Germany and the
United States in the project.
The usual silence regarding news from
Chile and the present state OF affairs be-
tween the countries prevailed at the
State and Navy Departments. 1t is be-
litNeu III WhoulukhOu, huWONCl, Uhd1
President Harrison will address a special
message to Congress when it re%convenes,
stating the case, and making suggestions
in regard to the future action of the
United States Naval men are anxious for
Il fight in order to wipe out the insults
Chileans.
New York Doings.
Mrs. Harvey Chapman, of Brooklyn.
whO yvqQ shot nv her hnahanH1Q mnlp
nurse some time ago, was able 10 sit up
for the first time since tine shooting.
Searvant, the nurse who shot her, Is still
IN Jail awaiting the haoeas corpus pro-
ceedings.
John Woogan, the manager of a dive
in New York, was shot aud killed by
Joseph Selling, an e~x-convict, while ell
deavoring to eject him from the place.
Mrs. Mary Doner, the young and pretty
BROOKLYN woman who was arrested on
Thursday charged with shoplifting, was
held under bail to answer the charges
preferred.
John A. Davis, the ex-Treasurer of
Rochester. N. Y, who was sentenced to five
years imprisonment for falling 100000
short in his accounts, received as a Christ
mas present from Governor Hill, his i'm
mediate pardon and left the prison for
his home.
The total number of those who lost
their lives by the accident at Hastings on
the New York Central now reaches elev-
en-. The eleventh victim died in the hos
pital. Of the twenty-five persons who
were in the Inflated sleeping car but six
escaped serious injury.
Elsewhere.
Ex-Cougressman J. Lawrence Getz, City
Controller of Reading, died, aged seventy
years. He was prominent in politics and
journalism.
The report was current in Laredo, Tex.
that the Mexican revolutionists leader
CARA was killed in an engagement with
Captain Hardy's troops, but nothing au-
thentic could be ascertained. 1t was also
reported in Brownsville that CARA had
made a bold but unsuccessful attempt to
cal ture Fort Ringgold.
Henry A. Kefrnire, of Meridian, Coun.,
swallowed a chicken bone which lodged
in his throat. and eventually caused his
death.
The Carroll divorce case in Baltimore
has been settled by a deed of separation.
Mrs. Mary r. Carroll is given the chill
dren for nine months, and the husband for
three, each year, each to have the privil-
ege OF ~Aisiting them while in the others
custody.
Frank J.. Moulton, a barber, killed his
wife with a f1atiron at Lowell, Mass, after
a QUARREL of a domestic nature.
President Month, OF Chile, will proclaim
an amnesty to the minor officials who
served unde Balmaceda.