The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-25
NEWS IN NOTES.



Field Marshal Won Moltke, Germnny's
famous warrior. died yesterday Of failure
of the heart.
President Hippolyte of Hayti has dis
countenanced tue scheme for leasing
Mole st. Nicholas TO the government for
q coaling station.
The explosion at Rome disturbed the
Pope while celebrating mass and mar
rowly escaped ipiuring that venerable
prelate. Much damage was done TO ST
Peters and many valuable works Of art
which cannot be replaced were destroyed.
Lord Randolph Churchill sailed for
south Africa yesterday.
Workmen in various parts Of Europe
are preparing for the great eight hour
demonstration on May 1.
IL is reported that the triumphant In
surgents are committing heavy excuses
in Chill. Hundreds of starving workmen
were shot down without mercy In the
At tho National Capital.
A rumor prevailed in Washington for q
short time yesterday that Secretary
Blaine had been sssassinated. But there
. was no excitement as the story had
: hardly been told before il was denied.
7 Mr.. (. II. Nebeker, the new United
States Treasurer, reached Washington
yesterday and will take charge OF the
Office on Monday.
The Treasury Department intends TO
charge a duty Of twenty-five per cent. ad
valorem On Mexican lottery tickets, con-
trary to the protective theory, it Is ex-
pected that this will so increase the price
that nobody viii buy the tickets.
Secretary Foster says he has SI0,O00.0 900
oil hand to meet accruIng Obligations.
In New York State.
An abandoned woman found murdered
and horribly mutilated in q Water street
dive gave rise to the belief that Jack the
Ripper" the butcher OF Whitechapel. was
at large in New York. The police have a
description of the murderer and have
The Rev. George w. Boutwell, of Brook
lyn. in laughing at his child. swallowed a
cork. 1t is still in his throat.
DR.. Seguin of New York sues in a Prov
idence OR. IL court for divorce from his
second wife, who IS alleged TO to be the
The body Of John Callahan, who
stumbled and fell feet first down a man
hole into he big Twenty third street
New York; sewer On Thursday evening.
was recovered yesterday afternoon. 1t
was found about 100 feet from where The
sewer empties into the East River.
A crowd of Columbia students raised a
disturbance in Harrigan's Theatre, New
York. last night, and were dispersed by
the police.
Jake Kilrain aud Charley Mitchell, the
well known puRillsJS, met IN the LiKhtn
avenue theatre, New York, last night,
and hot words passed between them.
Mitchell wept and Pony" Moore alone
prevented them from pummelipg each
ether. Advertising is getting to be a
mighty fine art.
Elsewhere.
Evictions in the coke regions go on with :
out interruption. The sheriff aud his men
are met only with d show Of resistance.
The street car company has backed
down In the Detroit strikes ana has taken
the Mayors advice to arbitrate. The
Mayor refused to call for troops and the
local police were either unable or unwill-
ing to put down the mob. and there was
nothing left for the company to do but to
yield.
Pasadena, California. greeted the Presi-
lent yesterday with a beautiful floral dis
play, which the Presidential party enjoy
ed during q two Jour drive through the
city. The carriages were showered with
flowers and the roadbed WAS also covered
with flowers, and floral arches extended
over them at the street corners.
Two more arrests were made of persons
against whom indictments have been
found for tampering with the Hennesey
jury, In New Orleans.