The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-02
NEWS IN NOTES.



A cable dispatch from C~onstantinopse
gives an account Of the seizure OF u train
Of cars by a band Of brigand=, the robbery
of the passengels and The holding OF q
number for ransom.
The trial Of the Gordon Cumming libel
SANDER suit against = number OF fashion,
able people began Yesterday. before Lord
Chief Justice Coleridge aud q special jury,
in London. The Prince Of Wales was IL
the court ROOM, aud Will probably be
called rs u witness TO-DAY.
Adyices received from Peking state that
1cheng-Ki-roaC, who was Acting First
Secretary of the Chinese Legation IN Lon
don aud in Paris. has been condemned
TO death. IL is believed here that this
sentence is the outcome Of the diplomats
action while in France.
The Political Secretary Of the Foreign
Office. Sir James Ferguson, in the
British House OF Commons yesterday,
replying to a question in rega4d to New
foundiand matters, said that a cable mes
sage had been received from the Governor
If Newfoundland. who reported <that a
French officer had warned the ih sabi-
tnnts living near ST. Pierre Bay. n. f..
not to sell bait TO United States fisher
men. under penalty of the seizure of theit
nets aud boats. H.
At the Parliamentary election held At
Paisley. yesterday, to choose a successor
to the late W. y. Barbour, the Gladston-
I'M tnuUiublts MI. OQ1Us ItttlNtU f.lfs
votes, against 2,S07 cast for McKerrel, his
conservative opponent. At the last
previous election in the same district, MI.
Barbour. who stood tor a home rule lih-
eral, received 3,o57 votes against 2.49I
for j. p. Smith, the liberal uniouist
nominee.
AT the National Capital
The latest correspondence regarding
the Bebring Sea controversy was given
out in Washington, but it does not indi-
cate that there will be q closed season or
that q status has been reachedfrom which
1t can be hoped that the matter will be
submitted to arbitration.
Proposals for building the new fast
cruiser No. 10, were opened at the Navy
Department yesterday. The Bath Iron
Works OF Batn. Maine, was the lowest
bidder. The bid was S2,690.000
New York Doings.
The Rev. DIR. John Hall has resigned as
Chancellor of the New York University.
Almost 5000 of New York's finest
marched up Broadway yesterday under
the leadership of Inspector Byrnes. The
men looked fine. marched well and were
greeted with enthusiastic cheering all
along the route of the procession.
Three murderers, Slocum, Wood and
Smiler. will be re-sentenced TO death to-
day BY Justice Van BruRt of the General
Term OF the Supreme Court of New York.
"a "a - VIZ VI 2inAAt
was granted yesterday upon application
of the District Attorney.
II Is SAID that the foot passengers over
the Brooklyn Bridge have increased fifty
per cent. since the toot-patn has been
made free.
The Rev. Mr.. Boyce, pastor of the BaD-
tist Church at MadalIn, N. Y, being dis
missed by the trustees, captured the pull
pit from his successor and was arrested
for disturbing u religious meeting.
John l. Sullivan had one Of his days off
in a Francisco and delighted an audi
ence by az impromptu lecture on the col
ored race.
Two Of the four men who were rescued
from the Evansville. Penn, mine after
nineteen DAYS imprisonment. began
suits for damages Yesterday against j.. C..
Hayden IL Co.. the operators OF the mines.
The Investigating Committee of the
Philadelphia City Councils got after
Bardsley again yesterday. At the outset
Councilman Ettng proposed a reward of
$500 for the arrest of Marsh, the fugitive
president or the Keystone Bank.
The question Of the location of a S25. 600
bronze statute to the late p. L. Barnun
was yesterday practically settled by Mrs.
Baruum, who after a long interview with
Mr.. j. A. Bailey. Mr.. Barnum's partner,
who favored Central Park, New York,
expressed her preference for Seaside
Park, Bridgeport.