The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-22
NEWS IN NOTES.



The police of Liverpool have succeeded
N making out a very good case against a
sailor named Conway, accused of the
murder and mutilation OF a boy of fifteen.
1t is reported from Paris that the Chill
ian insurgents and United States authori-
ties nave entered into an agreement
whereby the Itata is to be surrendered SO
as 10 test the neutrality violation issue.
Adyices from Rio Janeiro say that the
Brazilian government has decided that in
future all customs duties must be paid in
gold.
The hearing in the London Divorce
Court of the application 10 make the de-
cree HfSi absolute In the case OF O'Shea
VS.. O'Shea, in which Mr.. Parnell is CO
respondent, has been fixed for Tuesday
next.
The Paris Figaro says that His Holiness
the Pope will send the Emperor of Ger
many a copy of the formers encyclical
on the social question, accompanied by an
autograph letter, in which the Pope asks
for the Emperor's assistance in carrying
the advice given in the encyclical.
At the National Capital.
Secretary of State James G.. Blaine is
said to be rapidly losing his mind, and
Is in bad shape both mentally and physi-
cally.
Surprise is expressed that Green 3.
Raum, Jr., Is not prosecuted for his al
legged frauds on the Civil Service Commis-
sion, and it is said that his pull" alone
prevents it,
President Harrison yesterday issued his
proclamation opening to public settlement
about LOCO, 000 acres of the land of the
Fort BeIthoid Indian reservation In
North Dakota.
The collections of internal revenue dur
ing the first ten months of the fiscal year
ending June so. 1891. were S119, 936. 221, an
increase OF s ,399,4o3 as compared with
the collections during the corresponding
period of the last fiscal year.
The Secretary of the Treasury yester-
day directed the dismissal of sixteen en-
ployes and a. reduction in the cumpen-
sation OF fifteen employees in the customs
service at Boston. making an annual re-
duction of expenses Of So, COO
New York Doin=s.
Three criminals escaped punishment in
the General Sessions of New York, be-
cause the District Attorney failed to
bring into court the necessary witnesses
for the prosecution.
The trial of Pasqualina Robertiello
for killing Nicolo Pierro. her recreant
lover, has begun Her lawyer says
Pierro's relatives have threated to kill her
If she is acquitted.
The Rev. DIR. r. Heoer Newton sent an
open letter to Bishop Potter counting a
trial on the charges made against him of
erroneous teachings and u~tteranees.
Nicholas G%aulrapp Of New York died
in horrible agony from the effects of a
dog bite received on April 20.
The four-year-old daughter OF Miss Car
RE Turner, the actress. has been abducted
and carried off to Europe by her divorced
husband, Albert HIS, a silk importer OF
Nos. q and 50 Greene street, New YORK.
The Standing Committee OF the New
York E-piscopalian diocese consented yes
terhay to the conservation of Bisbop-elect
Phillips Brooks of Massachusetts.
The corner stone of the Home for In
digent and aged Aiusons was laid at
Utica, n. T.. with impressive ceremonies.
The National Committee of the new
peoples party met, organized and decided
to issue an appeal for funds. The Ken
lucky delegates nominated the first State
ticket under the new party.
City Treasurer Bardsley of PhiladelDhia
has resigned pending an Investigation of
his methods of depositing city money in
suspended ranks.
The annual meeting Of the Presbyterian
General Assembly was opened at Detroit.
Mich, yesterday. DIR. Green of Princeton
was elected moderator. The sentiment
seems to be against DIR. Briggs.
Reports from the Flat Head country are
to the effect that a reign of iawlessness
exists there among the boomers, and that
several persons have already been killed.
The United States Grand jury ut Des