The Dickinson press., 1894-07-21
Foreign GOSSIP.

to extend the commercial department
piau, In view of its success ut Chicago.
During the past week eighty cases
OF cholera, twenty of which resulted
fatally, have been reported ut st. Pc
tersburg
The belief is said to be becoming gen
eral In Canada that the colonial con-
terence was got up more for political
purposes than to benefit trade.
The sultan of Turkey has declined to
accept, as Italian ambassador, Signor
Catalint, who was recently appointed
to the post, giving as his reason that
the appointment is persona non grata.
Telegrams from Managua report riots
In Granada and Leon in Nicaragua.
The mob cried: death to Zelaya;
hunger and DEATH" The troops Mt Yuz-
caran and Corpus have been ordered
to the frontier.
Mahdists attacked the fortified posi-
tion ut Muntlu. on the upper Nile. on
March Is. The Congo State troops
completely defeated the enemy. Capt.
Bonvalct and Scrst. Sigot, Of the Congo
State forces, were killed.
A dispatch from Cacn says that the
police of that city have arrested three
Italians named Zampiero. Tognolli and
Marandusso, who arrived there from
Ccttc and who are believed to have
been accomplices of Santo, the assassin
Of President Carnot.
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Otherwise.
The cWst Virginia militia has ar-
rested Gen. Kclly's commonweal army.
The %" switchmcn Mt Galesburg,
Illinois. have decided not to strike.
Gen. James b. Frye. U. s. A., retired
died at Newport, l. l.
Freight handlers intend to strike out
of sympathy for the Pullman strikers.
Ward McAllister is i'll at Newport,
II. l.
Receiver Bosworth of the Chicago,
Peoria & st. Louis has been author
izcd to lease the North & South road.
The engineers brotherhood ut Indian
apOlis has passed resolutions to carry
out contracts with the railroads.
The pottery strike in New Jersey has
been settled, the 1000 strikers accept
ing 1-2 per cent reduction.
The Rev. Mr.. Hcnscn, a Methodist
iously missing.
The Union Pacific between Cheyenne
and Ogdon Is practically open for bust
ness.
Freight traffic is practically suspend.
cd in Alabama, although some local
trains are still moving.
Gov. Turney Of Tennessee issued a
proclambation warming the people not
to interfere with railroad property.
Special Judge Rupr decided Indian
apOlis had no valid claim against the
Commercial club for the unexpended
balance from the Grand Army.
Col. Thornton a. Washington, a great
grandson of the elder brother of the
first president, died Mt the nations CAPT.
tai
The Equitable Mortgage company of
New York which failed with liabilities
Of $16.OOO,OOO, will shortly be reorgan-
lied.
New York's Mpid transit commission
adopted plans for an underground road
in order to get the matter before the
voters next fall.
Three thousand educators were pres
cnt at the opening session of the MI
tional association at Ashbury Park New
Jersey.
The Republican congressional con-
vention Of the Second Kansas district
reconvened at Lawrence. One hundred
taken without result.
The most conservative estimates Of
the loss which the railroads have suf-
fcred since the strike began place 1t mt
least $1,OO0,OOO daily to the system of
lines which converge at st. Louis
At the meeting of the board Of man.
ayers Of the Commercial Travellers
Home association of America the plan
Of George o. Garsnay OF Chicago, cdi.
tor Of the National Builder, for the
home building was adopted. The plans
call for n building cosing $125,OOO.
The Union Pacific reorganization
committee has issued n call to the
stock and bondhOlders of the company
comprised in the Union Pacific system
asking for the deposit Of securities
under the preliminary agreement pre-
pared for the protection of their in
terests.
Uuon application Of the attorneys
for the railroad, Judge Allen of the
United States circuit court ut Spring
field, Illinois, issued an omnibus injunc-
ton restraining the officers Of the A.
II. U. and strikers from interfering
with the movement Of trains or any
property Of the Louisville & Nashville
railroad.
The New York City directory is ready
for distribution. This years volume
contains 387.411 names and, at the
ratio Of five to one. it is estimated th:t
the city contains 1887 .O55 inhabitants
residing or doing business within forty
one square miles. In the Chicago direc-
tory the names represented spread over
1S5 square miles and in Philadelphia
129 square miles.
ALLEGED Anarchist Plot.
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