The state capital., 1891-05-02

asylum, ADMITS LnaU patients UGeJh
were pulled to prevent them from bit
ing the attendants.
THE employees of the Michigan car
works at Detroit to the number of 2, 500
went out on strike The trouble was
undoubtedly precipitated by the success
attending the strike of the street car
employees.
The Louisiana supreme court has de-
cided the lottery mandamus case in
favor of the lottery company.
FRANK COLLIER, the Chicago lawyer,
has again been adjudged insane
ALABAsTER, the gray stallion with a
record of 2:15, died at Dayton, O., from
pneumonia. He was valued at $40, 0OO
SEVEN men in the Rothschild iron
works at Wilkowitz, Bohemia, have
been killed by an explosion.
THE Michigan car works at Detroit
gave their formal answer to the men.
1t was that the company was paying
upon the same basis as ali other car
works in the country and that the
works would be closed indefinitely.
The quarantine prohibition has been
taken off cattle destined for the mount
ain states.
ANOTHER Chilian rebel ironclad, the
Huascar, is reported to have been de-
stroyed by torpedoes.
FoREsTPoRT, near Utica, n. Y, was
ravaged by fire on the night of the 27th.
RUMORs of a general strike May / of
coal miners in Iowa seems to be sus-
tanned by statements made by w. H.
Scott, president of the miners asso-
citation of Iowa.
THE United Mine Workers decided
that the time was inauspicious for NOV
ing for an eight-hour day; consequently
the great projected strike for May
was declared off.
FIRE from some unknown cause broke
out in the basement of the Center block
at Franklin, Pa. The local department
was unable to cope with the flames and
aid was sent from Oil City. The total
loss was 500, 900.
THE movement for shorter hours of
labor is increasing throughout Italy.
In Messina, Catania and Palermo the
workmen have resolved upon a general
strike unless their demand for work
ing day of eight hours is granted by
their employers, while in Turin no less
than 10000 laboring people have de-
cided to follow the general example.
SIXTY molders at Springfield, O., have
struck for higher wages.
SIX hundred coal miners at Washing
ton, Ind, have struck because mine
foreman was not discharged at their re-
quest.
THE sculling match over the Para
malta river (Sydney) between John
Maclean of Australia and James STAINS
bury, also of Australia, for the worlds
championship and 9400 was won by
Stansbury.
AN accident by which four persons
were killed and several injured occurred
on the Metropolitan branch of the Bal
timore & Ohio railroad at Gaithersburg,
near Washington.
THE vote for bonds for building new
waterworks carried in Kansas City,
Mo-, by five to one.
| REV. FATHER BRIoDY, of Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, being in New York recently
with 50, 500 in his possession, confded
the money to policeman he met on
the street for safe keeping. Next morn
ing he tried to find the policeman, but
he was not there.
INVESTIGATION showed that the Ninth
national bank, of New York, had been
defrauded of $4OO,000 by j. I. Hill, the
president who died a month ago.
THE Chicago mining stock exchange
was formally opened on the 2Sth. Be-
sides some hundreds of Chicagoans
present there were visiting brokers
from San Francisco, Helena, Butte, St.
TOuiS and other cities