The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-29
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.

Fatal sandstorms are reported through
out northwestern Hungary.
There Is yet n possibility of "Blue and
Gray" parade in New York.
An American syndicate is said to be In
terestcd in the Chinese loan.
Fishing schooner Mariner lost n man on
the South Channel grounds.
The Boston Armenian relief fund now
amounts to more than $25, 900.
More than 100 lives We're lost In the
recent hurricane In Australia.
Democrats OF Bangor, Me, chose Il. A.
Cummings as candidate for mayor.
Great Britain acknowledged resolutions
of loyalty from the Australian colonies.
The frontier dispute between France
and Brazil will be settled by arbitration.
Henry j. Bang, proprietor OF the Sturte-
want House, New York, died Of pneu-
monia.
The Peruvian congress will be asked to
require by lazy registration Of Protestant
marriages.
Ed Corrigan has declared off the S25. 900
Chicago derby Of 1896, to which there
were GA entries.
There is n belief that the Nicaraguan
revolution will not spread to other Central
American countries.
The Harvard Yale debate will be on the
question Of establishing an international
court Of arbitration.
There Is denial from two sources that
there are evidences of preparation for war
between Russia and Japan.
The Manhattan Elevated Railroad COM
pany is willing to extend its line for the
benefit of New York citizens.
John Nelson was hanged ut Palmyra,
Mo, for the murder OF John Zull and his
aged mother in August, 1898.
The Maine Lumbermen's and Land
owners association n,et at Bangor, and a
sible, uniform system Of scaling logs.
Mrs. William G.. Kinold Of New Haven
died at Antwerp, where she and her hus-
band had called on their wedding tour.
Karatheodory Pasha, governor of Crete,
has resigned his post, in consequence OF
the Turkish misgovernment of the island.
Fire completely destroyed the che ical
department. OF the Ontario Agricultural
college at Guelph Ont. Loss about &c.
OO0
Lyman higgins, resident OF South
Worthington, Mass, was killed near Fern.
wool, Pa, while walking along railroad
track.
The cost Of liquor licenses Is to be in
creased by the Boston police board, 10
raise revenue To meet the expenses of the
department.
Pruitt Turner, colored, was hanged TT
Van Buren,, Ark, for the murder OF Ro-
bert Hawkins, Feb. H. 1895. He was COM
posed to the last.
Allan a. Phillips loft Montreal bv the
steamship Labrador for England wit
cargo OF half "a dozen Canadian trotters TO
be sold on the other side.
The suit of the Northern Pacific and
Manitoba Railway company against
Henry Willard for s6i5 432 AZ has been
postponed until March 90
Department Commander Carver oi
Rockland, Me. has appointed :. l.. Miller
assistant ndiutant general and w. III
Smith assistant quartcrmaster general
The under graduates OF Princeton passed.
resolution empowering the executive
committee TO nominate the managers OF
the football. baseball and track teams, re-.
spcctively.
steamer St Pierre, from Halifax Feb.
10 for Victoria, B. O.. reported abandoned
ht sea, nhd u CROW OF " mon. Snc was 30
tons, and l2 years old. There was $4,000
insurance on her.
The Massachusetts, supreme court de-
cided that ~ minor may recover money
paid for the furnishings Of n barber shop.
which are not ncccssaries In the contem-
plation OF the law.
The coroncr's jury which investigated
the cause Of Thomas Eisy's death at
Rockland. Me-, he having been found
dead ON the street, decided that it resulted
from acute alcoholism.
The Astronomical Society OF the Pacific
have Just awarded Go Professor William
II. Brooks their medal, for the discovery
Of his latest comet. THIS is the fifth
honor Of the kind conferred upon Professor
Brooks.
There was fair attendance at the ses-
sion OF the Intcr-Scminary Missionary MI.
lianco Of tho eastern states 40 Hartford.
The speakers were Rev. Charles w. Shell.
ton, Row. a. X. Schaifll'- Rev. Dr. j. X.
Brown, Rev. DR.. J. q. Stewart and