The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-04-19
GENERAL NEWS.

The German law expelllng the Jesuits
has been repealed.
Bourke Cochran, the celebrated orator,
will deliver an address IN Chicago next
week.
1t is understood that President Pe1xto
OF Brazil has announced that he will ex-
Tend general amnesty to all insurgents
except the leaders.
kelley's army of tramps, sort of an
mex of that of Coxey, do not believe IN
walking, and capture freight trains when
ever the opportunity presents itself.
The strike on the Great Northern road
now extends over 1900 miles of the line.
II was ordered by the American Railway
Union. The chiefs of the railway brother
hoods are opposed to the strike.
The Brazilian rebellion Is now about at
an end. Admiral Mello surrendered last
week to the Uruguayan government.
Popular sentiment was largely with the
lnsurrectlonists, but they were handI-
capped from the want of supplies.
Gov Waite of Colorado has been GUS
tanned by the suprems court to whose de-
cision he finally consented to submit his
action IN ousting the fire and police
board. He tried at first to enforce his
order without legal adjud1ction of the
rights OF the parties interested.
A negro who committed a criminal as
sault upon an old lady at Rushsylvania,
Ohio, was lynched by an lnfuriated mob
who took him from the sheriff's possess
sion. A company of militia was sent out
to rescue the negro but the mob refused
to surrender him and cowed the militia.
The alarming news comes from Chicago
that smallpox is spreading in that city.
The department of health declares itself
unable to prevent the further spread of
the disease. There were 126 new cases
reported last week. There were lS6 cases
In the pest house and several houses are
quarantined.
Senator Vance of North Carolina died
at his home in Washington on Saturday
night, of paralysis. He had been an in
valid for some time, and had been absent
from the senate, but returned to that
body when the tariff measure came up.
Senator Vance attained we'll merited
prominence In the service OF the south
during the war of the rebellion.
Two men of Pennsylvania, members of
suicide club, made two attempts to kill
themselves on Monday. They each lay
their heads on the trolley track, but the
wheels pushed them aside and they were
uninj ured. They then tried the railroad
track but workmen drove them off. They
were hiding In the woods and determined
to rid themselves of their lives. They
have never been regarded as cranks and
are said to be respectable citizens.
Madeline Pollard received verdict of
Sl5,OO0 from the jury on Saturday last as
damages. The jury was out only short
time before agreeing upon verdict. The
charge of Judge Bradley was quite favor
able to the plaintiff. Breckenridge Is
quite probably execution proof.
The jury first took ballot on the mer.
its of the case without reference to the
amount of damage, and stood IL for the
plaintiff and l for the defendant. After
all had agreed for the plaintiff, the oues-
ton OF the amount was considered The
sums voted for varied from 81 to $4,000.
and the amount given in the verdict was
the average. Breckenridge made mo-
ton for new trial. The verdict meets
with approval quite generally.