The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-16
NEWS In NOTES.


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Further details received from the scene
of the terrible accident which occurred
yesterday at a village rear Bale. on The
Moeuchenstein and Bale Railroad. show
that " engines and three carriages
loaded with excufsionsists Tell into the
stream which flowed beneath the iron
bridge which gave way and catsed the
disaster.
A rumor, which cannot be confirmed, Is
cnrrent that Lord Brooke has filed a Pc
tiiion for a divorce from his wife on the
ground OF adultery with the Priuce OF
Wales. The intimacy between the Prince
OF Wales aud the Brookes has long been a
matter OF common knowledge, but It has
always been regarded as a platouic at
tachntent.
la response to the protests OF the for
elgn diplomatic representatives ut Pektn
the Emperor of China has ordered the
Chinese authorities TO protect all for
eiuuers and to punish the natives who
took part 10 the recent riots.
MIR. Gladstone, who has been slightly
insisposed for some days past is improv-
ing. He is still confined to his house.
Tn Nile Is now rising rapidly. This
rise In the rivers waters Is taking place
at an unusual early period OF the year..
The Emperor William is upon the
point OF purchasing forsteck, a beautiful
belonged to the bFother-in-law OF Carl
Schurz.
At tho National Capital.
Negotiations for a closed season in Beh-
ring Sea ended al Washington In the
signing of an agreement between the
American and British governments and
the issuing OF a proclamation by the
President prohibiting the killing OF seals
this season. A commission Will be np-
pointed to determine wnst steps are
necessary to preserve seal life, and the
President of Switzerland may be selected
I'm urhifEafa the nue4rfOno 0f 0nr rfnhta in
Behring Sea.
j.. d. Owen. the newly appointed super
intendent of immigration, qualified at
the Treasury Department this morning
and entered at once on the discharge Of
his new duties.
New York Doines.
Rumors rife here and abroad that
J. u. Haggin's rich Anaconda copper
mine has been purchased by either Baron
Hirsch or the RothschiIds are said 70 be
due TO the sale OF au option to The latter
which has yet some ume to run
Alderman Charles Smith, better known
as Silver Dollar Smith," was addicted
by the Grand Jury for assault IN the
third degree, committed upon Frank
Wolf.
Statements are made that the New
York Life insurance Company, owing 10
. loss OF 8 100000 ia shrin gages of real
estate values, fluids the Merzbacher defal-
cation an exceedingly serious matter.
The sloop yacht Emilia was run down
and cut In two in the North River by a
tugboat. The yacht sank instantly and
Two of her passengers, Frank jenkins
and William III. Bahan. were drowned.
The pilot Of h tug, Thomas Walsh, is
under arrest.
For the past six weeks no rams TO speak
OF have fallen in the northern part Of New
York State, and as a sesul5 great damage
is being Ion by foresB fires along the
line Of the Carthage aud Adirondack
Railroad and at other points In the woods
OF Lewis. Jefferson and st. Lawrence
counties.
Elsewhere.
AS a loaded New England coal train
was passing over a spur trace trestle at
the Waterbury Brass Compauy's works
this afternoon the trestle gave way, pre-
cipitating the enzlne and the train fifteen
feet into the gully, The engineer, fire.
man. brakeman and Patrick Gallagher
were all taken OUT of the wreck BADLY cut,
but it is thought all will recoyer.
There was a riot in Bridgeport, Conn,
last night among the police. There Is "a
dispute over the election of police com
missioners and the Republican mayor
ignoring the Democratic Board, which
holds over, and q mob of his hencnmen
besieged the central Office. The troops
were called out. but the loyal police dis
persed the mob.
The military authorities are pushing
tue WOtk ~ hui Oof QcttuLo AOk bbt PIO-
lection of Hampton Roads and the Nor
folk Navy Yard forward as rapidly as
possible. The channel. which is about a
mile WIDE, will be protected by three
sets of mines, and the casemate for ope-
rating them Is about half completed.
While everything Ia harmonious as TO
the head of the Republican State ticket of
Ohio, the indications are the delegates TO
the Republican State Convention will get
up enough of a contest to make things In
teresting.
During a picnic given by St. Peters
Catholic congregation, of Pittsburg, in
Klnney's Grove, on the opposite side of
the river from raddock. yesterday, a riot
broke out n many persons were seri-
ously injured.
While temporarily insane yesterday
Rev. Frank ID. Lee, son of the late Cas-
sius Il. Lee, living rear the Theological
Seminary, in Fairfax County, Virginia.
killed bis nine year old son to whom he
was greatly attached. and then committed
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