Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-24
TELEeRAPHIc BREvITIEs.

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TELEGRAPHIC BREvITiES.
Count Di Lunay, Italian ambassador at
Berlin, has been recalled.
The Aurora, Ill, council passed the high
license ordinance seven yeas to enc nay.
The contract for horticultural hall at the
Worlds fair, to cost SOL. 239, has been
awarded.
Fifty motor men and conductors struck
at Galveston yesterday. Their places were
promptly filed.
In an election riot at Bologna, Italy, one
man was killed and many injured. Several
arrests were made.
At Charleston, S. c., yesterday slight
shock of earthquake occurred. There was
a distinct boom and shock
Bills abolishing plural voting and enfran-
chising women will be introduced IN the
New South Wales parliament.
During the week ending the 18th 1900
pension certificates were issued represent
in5 in first payments SS75.24S.
Yesterday board of arbitration heard
evidence in the case Of the Rock Island vs..
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe.
The president yesterday appointed Fred
erick G. Brathwaite to be assistant surgeon
in the navy with the rank of ensign.
Henry Coates split Antum Costley's head
epen with club last night at st. Louis,
killing him instantly. Both are negroes.
At ST. Louis the anti-pool room law has
gone into effect and all pool rooms except
one are closed. A test case will be made.
The president arrived in Washington yes
terday afternoon much refreshed by his va
,solI ,yA H~p
mick.
A Warsaw correspondent says the Rus
sian government fOrblds the Jews to emil
crate and over one hundred are retained on
the frontier.
At Cincinnati, Ohio, receipts of water
melons from the South are unusually heavy.
The method insisted on by the railroads is
injuring trade.
The attack on the Italians at Chain of
Rocks, near St. Louis, is believed to be for
the purpose of robbery. Montalino is very
dangerously wounded.
The Australian ballot bill was passed
yesterday by both houses of the Illinois
legislature and was signed by the governor
and sent to the secretary of state.
John Bardsly, who pleaded guilty to en-
bezzling public funds, came up for sentence
yesterday, but on motion of his attorney
The New Albany, Ind, division of the
Knights of st. Edward are excommuni-
Gated by Bishop Chotard for giving Sun
day excursion with beer and dancing.
A construction train was derailed at Mil
lion, four miles from Richmond, Ky. Four
co ored men were killed, six wounded and
Conductor Stevens was seriously injured.
W. H. Jenkins. telegraph operator of
New Orleans, who was on d visit for the
past two weeks to relatives at Montgomery
Ala, dropped dead of appopleXy yesterday.
Last Sunday morning Henry Jones, a ne
gro who resided twelve miles from Ham
bury, the county seat of Ashley county,
Ark, was lynched. Jones had murdered
his wife.
The discovery that the Chicago and Erie
and Baltimore and Ohio have made 81
cent rate on grain from Chicago to Savan-
nah is causing some uneasiness. Some pre-
dict rate war.
The Chicago Farmers Review reports
wheat in fine condition in nearly all sec
tions of the country. Corn is generally re-
ported improving in condition and prom
Using fair to average crops.
A band of armed kurds are holding an
English girl aged fourteen, named Katie
Greenfield, Tenn, who was abducted at the
Turkish consulate in Ioujbolak, Persia, in
ueudllCS OIL Tue cQpllSu cOuSul-
AT Kansas City the Missouri river has
fallen six inches since Monday night
Specials received from Sioux City and ST.
Joseph state that it is falling at both places.
a further rise is not feared now.
At Hugoton, Kan, yesterday Col S. N.
Wood, one Of the most noted men in West
ern Kansas, was brutally murdered by
James Brennan. The murder resulted from
the notorious Stevens county seat war.
At Bordeaux, France, the horse-car ser
vice is suspended pending strike. Several
petards were thrown in the streets yester-
day, causing alarm. Conflicts occurred be-
tween the gensd 'armes and rioters. Many
gensd 'armes were injured.
The supreme court of Indiana yesterday
rendered decision to the effect that Ger
when a petition signed by twenty-five or
more residents of any school district is pre-
scented to the commissioners.
Van Buren, Prather, state lecturer of the
Kansas Alliance, has addressed a COM
municatiOn to the congressional alliance
setting out q plan>for organization in comyi-
ance with the plan of the national council,
formed at Washington last February.
A dynamite explosion occurred at Lei
per's quarry, near Chester, Pa.
Peter Mclaughlin was blown high
uQlU buc dlr dLu 1dIdLy Ill
jured. He died in an hour. John Poker,
an italian, was badly injured but will live.
Sir James Ferguson, secretary of the
British foreign Office, says England is
doing all it can to expedite Newfoundland
arbitration. The arrangements are subject
to the approval of the parliaments of both
nations before they can be put into execu-
ton.
Chairman Finley heard arguments yes
terday for and against the application Of
the Chicago and Alton railway for authority
to make passenger rates of SO from Chi
cago to Kansas City, and IS from Chicago
to st. Louis. A decision will be rendered
later.
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