Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-11-06
TELEGRAPHIC JoTTINGs,

Governor Russell of Massachusetts, has ap-
pointed Thursday, November &c. as Thanksgiving
Mrs. Jefferson Davis has decided to have
the remains of her husband inferred in Holly
wood cemetery, Richmond, Va.
The treasury department has discussed $S-
125, 900 on account of pensions far this month,
and will pay out SS,0O0,000 more before Decem-
Der 1.
The run on the Five Cent Savings bank in Bos-
ton continued yesterday, but the amount with
drawn was much less than Wednesday, and the
excitement seems fast dying out.
The Luray Inn at Luray, Va, was destroyed by
fire last night. The fire started in the kitchen of
the hotel. Loss SIZE, 900. Insurance about
100000.
United States government that it has refused to
grant an exequatur to the United States consul
in the Caroline Islands.
Colonel Jonas 81. French, the Boston banker in
default of S75 600 bail, has been committed to
Charles street jail. Since his arrest on Monday
night. he has been in the custody of the United
States marshal.
On the eve of the poll in Cork the canvassiug is
being carried on with redoubled energy on every
side. According to the unbiased forecast the re-
suit will be in favor of the antParnellite candi-
date by majority of 900 votes.
The new board of directors OF the Denver and
Rio Grande road yesterday elected George Cop
p6u CHAIRMAN OIL Un6 DOaru, EDWARD L. jeffrey
president and general manager, ]. w. Gilluly
treasurer and w. Wagner secretary.
The daughter of George Mckay of Amherst
put arsenic in the pancakes yesterday morning il
mistake for baking powder. An the family par
rest OF the family are slowly recovering.
Late last night a crowd of Parnellites attacked
and stoned body of McCarthyites parading u
Winthrop street Cork, and singing God Save
E nd hair
The steamer MARROW from Newfoundland re-
ports that the weather there is very stormy and
unusually cold for the time of year, A great
of snow has already fallen on the island and win
ter has set in at least a month earlier than last
year.
Steamer Brand from New York for Rotterdam
arrived at Southampton yesterday with stem
broken, bow stove in and forehold full of water
having collided in the channel with an unknown
italian bark. She will unload and undergo re
pairs
Severe snow storms continue in Bulgaria AT
some points the snow is ten feet deep. Many
persons have died from the effects of the cold
and thousands of cattle and sheep have beer
lost. Numerous wrecks are reported in the
Black sea-
The congress of Brazil having refused to ratify
the plan for settlement of the boundary dispute
been referred to the president OF the United
states as arbitrator the Arbitration proceed
/ liisS Will uc hciu III "tslllhstOu tuis "lutcE-
The director of the mint has prepared new
| designs for our silver coins which have beer
| approved by the secretary of the treasury. TIL,
new designs are intended for the half-dollar
quarter-dollar and dime. Thes are very beauti
| full and decided improvement upon the presen
| designs.
| Advices from Negropont, an island belonging
to Greece and lying in the Aegean Sea, state
that an unknown British steamer laden with OF
| has been burned at sea- Six persons wer'
4 co Q6 from fhsah tnrr fpey ha hal
| on board, including the captains wife. wer'
| drowned.
There was a freight wreck on the Contra
| Massachusetts, road near Holden early yester
| day morning Two trains collding owing to
mistake in orders or a misunderstanding o
them. The cars were all derailed and badl,
| smashed and the engines were badly wrecked
The engineers and fremen escaped by jumping
A dispatch from Nagpur, capital Of the Dis
| trict of Nagpur, Ga division of the Contra
Provin ces), says that a train carrying troop
was derailed yesterday near that city. Fiv
| British soldiers and several of the railroad en-
| ployes were killed by the accident and thirty
| one British and four native soldiers were in
jured.
| Mr.. Mott Smith, minister of finance of Hawai-
| who is on special mission to this government
called yesterday on Secretary Blaine. His mi.
sion is to secure modification OF the reciproct
treaty between this country and Hawaii, tn
operations of which, SO far as Hawaii is col
cerned, have been seriously affected by the ne'
United States tariff law.
| Dr. Smith, the Hawain minister of finance
will call to Mr.. Blaines attention the matter c
laying a cable between the United States an
| Honolulu The government of Hawaii, he say
| is ready to pay a subsidy to any company es
| tablishing such a line. DR.. Smith says there
widespread desire in his country for annexatio
to the United States and it is expected such
union would result in commercial benefit
1 Hawaii.
Senior Claudio Vicuno, who before the close {
the late war in Chilli was elected as the su
cessor to President Balmaceda, left washingtc
| yesterday for New York. He will sail 4,
Europe Saturday. Mr.. Vicuna declined to 81
| anything concerning the trouble growing Of
| of the killing and wounding of the sailors fro
| the United States steamship Baltimore, mere
expressing the hope that it would be satisfacto
, lily settled. He said the duration of his stay
= Europe would depend upon the condition of q
| fairs in his own country.