Morning journal and courier., 1892-10-12
TELEGRAPHIC JOTTINGs.

Xavier Mariner, French traveller and author,
is dead.
The grand jury yesterday returned three true
bills against ex-Premler MERCER, charged with
cJnspiracy in connection with railway subsidies.
Three boys, Willie Woodcock, Frank Alger and
Willie Lee, each about fourteen years old, were
drowned last night in the Harbor pond. Nashua,
n. H., bling upset from boat in which they
were fooling.
report reaches Guthrie, Ok, that majority
OF the Kiowas ard Comanche Indians have
agreed to accept the government's offer of So,
500 600 for their reservation OF 100000 acres TO
be thrown open to settlement.
In the trial at Nashua, n. h, of Mrs Dr. C. B.
Stevens for criminal malpractice testimony was
given yesterday by Maggie Robinson, who was
present when the operation was performed and
when Phoebe lie Baron, the victim, died
News has just been received in Lisbon that O
terrific cyclone passed over the Cape Verde
islands on September IS. 1t Is reported that
many houses were demolished. many plantations
devastated, hundreds OF cattle killed and several
vessels foundered.
Two large diges.ers in the Bangor Pulp and
Paper company's mill at Orono, Me-, exploded
yesterday morning, causing the loss OF two lives
and the injury more or less Sc, ious of six per-
as the digesters wero inspected two weeks ago
and reported to be in perfect condition.
There can now be no question as to the fate of
the crew Of the missing steamer Nashu7, as yes
terday morning there was picked up three miles
below Port Huron. Mich, the body of Captain
Shepards wife, who accompanied her husband
on the fatal trip Il was the first tidngs received
as to the fate of the crew and two women
Owing to unavoidable delay 10 getting the Bos
ton art commission toge Their and securing hear
ing regarding the Buyen's statue of Columbus
Archbishop Williams at the request of the Go
lumbus COMMITTEES has granted site on the
Cathedral GROUNDS, corner Washington ard Nal
den streets, for the statue. The unwilling will
take place October n.
The general feeling in Fall River has changed
in regard to the Borden case and the defendant,
counsel is receiving encouraging kilograms from
| all sections condemning tie alleged disclosure.
! in the case and encouraging him 10 continue hi
| work for Lizzie Borden. The three local paper.
| express editorial opinions of a similar characte
and call upon the state to get rid Of its hired de
tective. Directions to bring libel suits have beef
given to Mr.. Jennings of the counsel for the de
| Tense.
| Chicago is to have the largest and most power
| full telescope in the world 1t is the gift o
Charles T. Yerkes, the street railway magnste
to the Chicago university. Alvin G. Clark, tn
famous telescope maker, has undertaken to cas-
eter, or eleven inches greater than the glass i
the telescope at Lick observatory. The new te
escope will probably be turned on the skies 70
the first time In the autumn OF 1875. The outls
which Mr.. Yerkes will meet is estimated at $500
OCO.
The names o, the negroes believed to hav
been the murderers Of Richard L. johnson, To-
merry of Springfield, Mass aud his daughte
Johnette, at Davis Ferry, Monroe county, Ala
are Moses johnson, aged seventeen, and Jams
Packer, aged nineteen. They were held undo
guard Saturday night at Bells Landing an
Sunday an impromptu court was held and the
and others accused were examined. The reku
was that johnson and Packer were taken Monds
morning to jail at Monroevilie.
Five hundred delegates to the supreme counc
of the Catholic Mutual Benefit association yeste
day attended mass at sainte Aune's churc
Montreal, where Rev. Father Donnelly preachs
the sermon. Mayor McShane afterward sccor
ed them the freedom OF the city. The busine
| meeting of the council was inaugurated to-nigh
Representatives are present from all over II
United States. The principal question discusse
| was the difficulty between the supreme couns
and the grand council Of Canada. The questit
| was referred to O committee.