The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14
TELEGRAPH BREWTlEs.
Odds and Ends of News From Both Hem
lspheres.

Albany, N Y, April 13-Gov. Roosevelt
stated today that in order to facilitate
immediate action on the civil service bill,
he would send an emergency message to
the legislature tomorrow.
London, April 1S;1The chancellor Of the r
eXchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-B Beach,
presented the budget in the house of com
mons today. The house was crowded
when he rose to make his speech. lie
Spanish-American war and the diiter-
ences on the Niger and the Nile had no
prejudicial effect upon the country $
revenue.
Albany N. Y, April 1S.-The bill to
create a single-headed police commission
in New York yesterday was defeated IN
the committee of the whole, by a vote
of % to 25
Chicago, April 13.-At todays meeting
of Catholic educators, the new organiza-
ton was christened THE Association or
Catholic Colleges Of the United States
Washington, April 18.-The post office
department, in developing the service IN
Alaska, has arranged for communication
between Unalaska and the mouth of the
Nushugak river, where salmon cahherles
are located.
San Francisco, April 1S.-The steamer
City of Rio de Janeiro, which arrived To-
day! brings news from Honolulu that at
the Scrymser company for cable pc
tween San Francisco and Honolulu was
cancelled.
Washington, April 13.-The north Attain
tic squadron sailed today from Port OF
Spain for Barbados.
London, April 13-The Rt. Hon. Herbert
John Gladstone, son of the late Mllllam
E. Gladstone, and member OF parliament
for the west division of Leeds, mas ac-
cepted the position of chief whip of the
liberal opposition, in succession TO Ihon-
as Edward Ellis.
Buffalo. N. Y, April 13-Rey. Charles S.
Sparrow. pastor of the Kensington M. p.
Church is dead, aged 55 He enlisted in
the Second Massachusetts regiment at
the age of II. He was with sherman,
and his lecture on 1.-The march 70 ilS
sea" was considered masterpiece OF clVll
war literature.
Halifax, N. S., April 13-The Austria,
a full-rigged ship, owned by Churchill q
Son of Hartsport, n. s., which lett mobile,
Ala, for Belfast Ireland, about the end
Of January, has not reached her destina-
ton and considerable anxiety for her
safety is felt, as she should have COM
pleted her voyage in 40 or DO days.
Halifax, N. s, April 13.-In the gale
Newfoundland last Friday, the schooner
Elenora now at st. Pierre Miquelon,
was damaged somewhat, but she picked
off all but one of the crew Of the schooner
to port
London, April BIN the house of com
mons today Rt Hon. William st. John
Broderick, parliamentary secretary OF the
foreign office, replying to a question, SAID
no guarantee of the Indebtedness of the
Tonga Islands had been given in behalf
of Great Britain.
Paris, April 13.-The civil court has
fined Les Droits de IHomme 1900 francs
for falsely asserting that Count Bonl dc
Castellane, who married Miss Anna GOULD
of New York, fought duel with NJ. Paul
Deroulede. after having quarrelled about
an actress.
New York, April 13-Justice William J.
Gaynor Of the supreme court Brooklyn
has written Eugene V. Brewster, chair
man of the 81 dinner under the auspices
OF the Chicago platform democrats, de-
clining the invitation to attend, on the
ground that he would be unable to agree
with all that the dollar dinner stands
for.
Madrid. April BAT the cabinet coun-
ell today, the queen regent presiding,
Senior Don Francisco Silvela, the premier,
Informed his colleagues that the United
States government had notified Spain
that it proposed to appoint Mr.. Bellamyl
Storer American minister at Brussels, to-
the United States legation at Madrid.
Fort Dodge, Ia, April 13.-The town of
Pomeroy was partially burned last night.
Loss between S75. 600 and 500, 900; partially
insured POmeroy was destroyed by a
cyclone in 1894 and 49 people were killed.