Passaic City record., 1892-06-04
LATER NEWS.

THE Pope has written to the bishops of the
province of New York reapproving Arch
Bishop IreIand's Faribault scheme.
THE Prohibitionists of Pennsylvania met
,, in State Convention at Scranton. One OF
their first proceedings was to take up col
lection of $3.50 to defray expenses. A plat
form was adopted, unreservedly denouncing
the manufacture and sale OF alcoholic
beverages, favoring the issue OF money
directly to the people instead Of through
corporations demanding a judicious pro-
tective tariff, advocating women suffrage
and demanding that the Worlds Fair be
closed on Sundays.
The Wisconsin State Prohibitionists in
convention nominated 7. G. Richmond for
Governor. A platform was adopted favor
ing the points of the Bennett law.
FIRE destroyed three-fourths of Coquille
City, Oregon; loss, 100000.
RIVAL Highbinder societies had battle
with pistols in the streets of Sacramento.
Cal Two Cinnamon were killed.
THE Illinois Prohibition State Convention
met at Springfield. R. r. Link, farmer,
was nominated for Governor by acclama-
in favor of closing the Worlds Fair on Sum
day and against the sale of liquors on the
Fair grounds.
EAST DURANGO, Texas, has been COM
pletely wrecked by hurricane, not a house
being left standing. The house of Tom
= cy,n \
his wife and his six children instantly killed.
A baby escaped unharmed. the only sur
vivor About twenty people were seriously
injured, some fatally
THE centennial of the admission OF Ken
lucky into the Union was celebrated at
Louisville by public meeting in the morn
ing, and by banquet in the evening. The
Tooth anniversary was also celebrated at
Lexington. A delegation Of Philadelphians
presented pictures of Carpenters and Con-
gress halls to the State.
COLONEL W. B. REMEY, Judge Advocate
General of the Navy, has been surveyed and
condemned by a Naval Retiring Board
under the thirty years clause and Secretary
Tracy has recommended his retirement
GENERAL EPPA HUNToN, appointed
United States Senator from Virginia to
succeed the late Senator Barbour. has been
sworn in. Mr.. Hunton was escorted to his
desk by his colleague, Mr.. Daniel. He took
the seat to the extreme right OF the Chair
formerly occupied by Mr. Mills, of Texas,
who has moved into the seat Of the late Mr..
Barbour.
SIR HUGO, with odds at forty to one against
him, won the English Derby; La Fleche. the
fayorite., second, and Bucentaure third.
bob" LEWIS, colored man, was lynched
at Port Jervis, N. Y, for committing
probably fatal assault upon Miss Lena Nc
Mahon. Lewis was hanged to tree in the
presence of more tnan a thousand people.
MASSACHUSETTS Prohibitionists have
nominated State ticket headed by VOL
cott Hamlin for Governor. Delegates to
the National Convention and Presidential
electors were also chosen.
Two Polish lads, brothers, were in a tree
at Scranton, PENN, robbing birds nest,
when the tree was struck by lightning and
both boys were killed.
ROBBERS .held up'' a train at Red Rock,
Oklahoma, broke open the express car and
blew open the safe with dynamite. While
robbing the safe pitched battle took place
between the robbers and train men, but no
one was hurt.
TEXAS has been visited by tornado
which killed several people, demolished
many houses. and caused pecuniary loss
running into hundreds of thousands of dol
lars.
The Minnesota Prohibitionists have put
complete State ticket in the field with w.
J. Dean for Governor at the head.
SECRETARY NOBLE has directed that that
portion of the grant to the Southern Pacific
Railway Company lying between Tres Pinos
and Alcaldi, in California, be restored to the
public domain These lands were declared
forfeited to the United States in 1890. About
76s, COO acres of land will be opened to public
settlement at an early date.
CROP prospects in Russia are promising.
AN important battle has been fought on
the prairies of Venezuela. The Government
forces were utterly defeated by tho revolu-
tionists and retreated toward Valencia.
LOSSES REACH $50,O0O.OO0