The news boy., 1896-04-04

NrohA TKsEA; thS wSiI:kudwh siSsl
tricisn, says he il satisfied that he has
: mschiue which, when perfected; will
enable him, 10 iaks practical Sxrefis
fnents III distFibutinf elSctric wavel
ehcrt tie earth SO that rhessages mag
be conducted TO all parts 0f The 9loba
sim dltaneauptM
EbGARD DI REMENYI, the renowned
tiolinist, has had to cancel HIS cohSert
engagements, and may hetsf be Rbls
to make aHtthee 1oncert tour, should
he recover from his present serious ill.
ness. While guest at the. home oi
Davenpoft. Ia; he weHt int4 u General
COLLAPSE, due to heart failure and in.
cipicnt dropsy.
F. II. CAsrLENAINE, aged 3s, died in
New York city, on the night Of the
2ath, from an overdose of morphine,
taken, it Is believed, with suicidal in.
tent, He was the husband of one Of
the Sutherland sistefs; and had only
been In the city d few days. having
recently left Georgia.
FotR men Wefs run down by d train
en the Central railroad in the freight
yards at Elizabeth, N. j.; on the 28th.
Two were Killed instantly and one was
fatcll. Injured. They were stealing q
ride, and in alighting from one train
ran in front of another.
JUICE DIcKEY, of the supreme court
Of New York, on the 2eth, granted ceti
tiAea.e II Reasonable doubt in the case
Of ex-Police Inspector Wm. w. Nc.
Laughlin, recently convicted of brib'
cry and sentenced to Sing Sing.
A TERRIBLE explosion of fire damp
took place in mine at Brunnerton
New Zealand, on the 26th. Five persons
were killed outright and 90 more en-,
tombed with no hope of rescue.
| eRsATtR EExow's greater New Yorf
bill passed the assembly; on the 26th;
by vote Of ayes, Of, noes, So; and
went to Gov. Morton for his approval:
OK the 27th Sir Hercules Robifisdn;
goterhat of Cape colony, telegraphed
from Cape Town to Mr.. Joseph Cham
berlain, British secretary of state for
the colonies, that in the revolt of the
Matabeles in the Inseza and Filabusti
districts seven whites were killed with
knives and four were wounded.
FAILURES throughout the United
states for the week ended on the 21tb,
as reported by n. Z. Dun L Co.; were
e59, as against ga for the correspond;
ing week of last year. For Canada the
failures were 30, against AZ for tile
same week last year.
THE funeral service over the remains
of the late Gen. Thomas L. Casey, U.
s. A.. took place, on the eth, at the
family residence in Washington city
CoUNr MORTERA. leader of the Cuban
reform party in Madrid, died on the
eth,
T'iiE cut-down in d few Of the smallei
Rhode Island cotton mills is not to be
general. The large corporations deny
that a general reduction Of wages is
contemplated.
THE senate committee on public
buildings and grounds, on the 27th
ordered favorable reports on bills au;
thorizing public buildings at Oakland
CAL, to cost sa5O. 900, and at Indianapo-
lis. Ind, to cost So, 100000.
THE schooner Matte L. Ford was
capsized and sunk in the Cohnansey
river. near Bridgeton, n. j., during a
squall on the eth. Two of the crew
Newell Dutch and Frank Moore, were
drowned.
| PRESIDENT KURGER, of the Transvaal
has issued an official denial of the re-
ports, which have found currency ir
England, that strained condition OF
relations exists between himself anG
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain. Presi
dent Kruger says further that he ha:
not declined to visit England.
A HANDSOME woman committed sui
eide by shooting, on the night of the
eth, near the Seventy-second street
entrance to Central park, New Yorl
city. Her clothing was of exception
ally rich quality, and the police be
lieve that her position in society wa.
above the commonplace. She appeared
to lie 25 years old.
CHIEF OF POLICE CoNLIN, of New
York city, has issued some instruction,
about enforcing the Raines liquor tas
law. The chief concluded to give sa'
loon keepers few days grace befor
putting the new law into operation.
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