The state capital., 1891-06-06
Mr.. HENRY w. MILLER, the oldest

Mr.. HENRY w. MILLER, the oldest
merchant in Worcester, Mass, died, on
the 31st, aged 81 years. He leaves two
daughters, one the wife of Senator
George T. Hoar and the other the wife
of Congressman w. w. Rice.
A BOAT with a man in it was seen to
capsize and go over Horseshoe falls at
Niagara on the 31st.
IT is stated that ex-senator ingalls,
has been engaged to write from 1000 to
1900 words of editorial for Truth, of
New York, every week on political SUBJ
jects of national Importance, and in ad-
dition to this his name is to appear on
the editorial page, for which he is to
receive salary of S25 900 per annum.
On the night of the 3lst moonlight
ers attacked and fatally shot farmer
named Crowley who had taken an
evicted farm near Letterkenny, county
Donegal, Ireland.
THE condition of Mrs. Duncan, whose
American husband attempted to kill
her near Mount Snowdcn, Wales, is
again becoming serious. and apprehen-
sions are entertained that her injuries
may yet prove fatal. In that event the
charge against Duncan would be
changed from attempted murder to
murder.
On the I'd Secretary Foster took the
immigration business at the ports of
Baltimore, Md, Philadelphia and Bos-
ton out of the hands of the state boards
of immigration and transferred it to
federal control. The change places all
details of the immigration business
throughout the country in the hands of
the federal government.
THE official English translation of
the pope's encyclical on social ques-
tions was issued by Cardinal Manning
on the 1st. The London Times says of
the document; 'It is doubtful whether
the questions are handled with success.
Yet it abounds in remarks that deserve
attention, and it breathes throughout a
spirit of Christian charity"
DISPATCHES received at st. Peters
burg, from the districts of Samara and
Simbersk, state that the peasants re-
| Gently revolted against the authori-
ties. The revolt was only suppressed
after number of desperate and bloody
conflicts between the peasants and the
| troops.
THE National Press of Dublin ac
cuses Mr.. Parnell of misarpropriating
certain funds, and says it will reiterate
the charge in order to compel Mr.. Par
nell to take legal proceedings against
the publishers.
INan attempted rescue of two prison
ers by mob at Savon, Italy, on the
| I'd, two of the rioters were killed by
| the gendarmes and a number wounded.
| Many of the gendarmes were also seri-
| ously wounded.
| THE three murderers, Smiler, Slocum
| and Wood, whose appeals to the New
York supreme court against electrocu-
| ton failed, were resentenced, on the 2d,
| to be executed during the week begin
ming July 6.
| VICTOR CAvENDIsH was elected, on
the 3D. without opposition, from West
Derby to the British parliament to sue
ceed his father, the late Lord Edward
Cavendish, a unionist.
| THE czar has returned to st. Peters
burg from Moscow. The czarina and
| the other mem bers of the imperial fam
| ily will visit the Crimea.
| 1T is announced that President da
| Fonseca of Brazil, who had been seri-
| Uuo1y ,ivf, from spttoch OF asthma at
PetropOlis, has recovered.
FIVE men were killed and eight
wounded by the bursting of a boiler IN
j. L. Jordan's saw mill, at Bowling
Green, Va, on the I'd.
THE German socialists have issued a
manifesto protesting against the gov
| ernment's refusal to reduce the grain
duty.
OWING to the general feeling of dis
trust in regard to the financial situa-
ton, there was a run on all the banks
of Buenos Ayres on the I'd. Large
crowds of depositors surrounded the
various institutions and considerable
excitement prevailed. The outlook is
very unfavorable.
| On the I'd the New York board of
electrical control ordered proceedings
against the Electrical Subway Co., to
forfeit its bond of $3.50, 900 and cause
the property of the company to revert
to the city, because the subways had
not been completed by June /, accord
ing to contract