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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1893.
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Diplomacy of China’s New
Minister.
Likelihood That the Diodificd Exclu-
sion Act Will Solve the Diflicnlt
Problem—Registration ‘lVill Then
be an Easy Matter.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—It seems that
Senator Dolph of Oregon was misinformed
when he stated point blank in the senate
that the Chinese government had not asked
for an extension of time for Chinese resi-
dents of the United States to register under
a modified form of the Geary not. In the
brief executive session which Mr. Dolph’s
own resolution calling for official informa-
tion in this subject brought about, the sen-
ttors from the Pacific coast received assur-
mces that the passage of the Dolph
'esolutlon was entirely unnecessary. They
lverc informed in fact that the new Chinese
minister had in the name of his government
given distinct assurance that if some of the
offensive features of the Geary law were
modified and the time for registration was
:xtended, Chinese residents in the United
States would endeavor to comply with the
registration provisions. It was upon this
understanding that the treasury depart-
ment and the attorney general recently
laid their heads together in. the production
of the pending McCreary modification of
the Everett Chinese bill. When that bill
has been enacted into law it is understood
that the six companies will be directed by
the Chinese government to withdraw all
opposition to Chinese registration and both
governments will work in accord in re-
stricting Chinese immigration into the .
United States. It has never been the. wish
of the Chinese government that its sub-
jects should land on these shores in oppo-
sition to the wish of the people. The ex-
tensive immigration that has been carried
on has been the work of the Chinese “Six
Companies”—-that powerful and mysteri—
ous organization of San Francisco, aided
by British steamship companies operating
from the British colony of Hong Kong and
actuated solely by mercenary motives.
N ow that both governments have reached
a. basis of agreement it is confidently ex-
pected that restraints mutually acceptable
will be placed on Chinese immigration in
the future and that there will be very lit-
tle necessity for deportation under any
seclusion act.
hiaking the Deaf Hear.
NEW YORK, Oct. 11 .-—A number of sci-
entific gentlemen attended a demonstration
in West 27th street last evening, of the
Edison—Leech system of treating deafness
by use Of a modified form of the phono-
graph. Dr. Leech claims that the vibra-
tions produced by the phonograph when
transmitted to the three minute bones
located in the drum of a. deaf person’s ear
compels them to act in a natural way.
The vibrations act like massage to' remove
stiffness, and the in .entor claims to be able
to make the deaf hear.
Lucky Collision.
SCRANTON, Pa., Oct. 11.—Yesterday a
Jersey Central special train, carrying sev-
eral hundred members of Father Mathew’s
societies and others to Wilkesbarre to the
annual parade of the societies, met an-
other train bound in the opposite direction
in the southern part of this city. There
was a slight crash between the two trains,
but no one was injured, except Miss Flor-
ence Blewitt, who, in the excitement,
jumped from the train and had a leg
broken.
“hurts to be Buried Alive.
locnnsrnn, N. Y., Oct. 11.-—Prof. Alex-
ander J. McIvor Tyndall, the London mind
reader, is in town and is out with a. re-
markable proposition. He wants to go
into an unconscious state here and be
buried. He desires to stay in the ground
30 days and then have his body dug up.
The professor says that he possesses the
elixir of life and has been already buried
twice, one time beneath the sod 21 days.
\Vomen' Win.
FLUSEING, L. 1., Oct. 11.—-The women
of Flushing, L. 1., swarmed to the polls
in the school trustee election and. their
candidate, John H. Clarke, beat Chester
Huntington 700 majority.
Prof. Prentice Dead.
MIDDLETOWN, Conn, Oct. 11.—Prof.
George Prentice, head of the department
of German language at Wesleyan univer
sity, died suddenly at Passadena, Cal,
yesterday. .
His Last Run.
NEW YORK, Oct. 11,—Lipman E. Pike,
who for yearswas one of the best profes-
sional ball players in the country, died at.
Wellsvilie, N. Y., was unable to do her house-
hold duties. was thin in flesh and felt languid.
A friend gave her a. bottle of Hood’s Sarsapa-
rilla. New life come back into her system.
her weight increasedfrom 98 to 125 pounds, the
lameness had gone and _
Sick Headaches
ceased. Her face resumed its former smooth
appearance, and the rose-colored flushes came
backinto her cheeks. She says that but for
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
she would now be in her grave. Hood’s Saran ‘
parilla is sold by all druggists. $1, six for $5.,
Hood’s Pills cure liver ills, constipation
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' 36
THE WORLD OF LONDON.
IN Shakespeare’s day there were
three private and four public theaters
in London. .
ELECTRIC lighting spreads gradually
over London. New Hampstcad plans
its adoption.
OVER 3. thousand children are an-
nually suffocated in bed with their
parent-S in London. ,
LONDON music halls are more pros-
perous than ever. Theaters droop, but
music halls flourish. *-
TIIE national portrait gallery has at
last some prospect of taking possession
of its new home. Part of the building
now being erected will be fit for use by
next spring.
IT is seriously proposed to bring Lon-
don and Edinburgh—a. distance of five
hundred miles—~within six hours’ ride
of each other. The locomotive with
which it is hoped to achieve the- feat is
in progress of construction by a Glas-
gow firm. * _
A'r three of the large London railway
stations—Chafing Cross, Cannon street
and London bridge—as many as 32,960
movements for signal and point levers
have to be made every twenty—four
hours, quite apart from the telegraphic
communications.
THE art of ragpicking is understood
in other places beside Paris. The rev—
enue from the rubbish from the streets
of the city of London last year was
£1,133; bottles, boots, knives, iron,
corks, string, paper, rags, tins and
other odds and ends each contributing
their quota. An unopened letter, eon-
taining a check of great value, was
found among the refuse and was for-
warded to the‘address on the envelope.
ABOUT PERSONS OF NOTE.
SARASATE has had thirty—two watches
given him at various times, several in
the shape of violins.
MRS. ANNIE MOORE, president of a
national bank at Mount Pleasant, Tex.
is the only woman who fills such an of:
fice in the United States.
Mn. GLADSTONE astonished some 'of
his auditors in the house of commons
the other night by using the word
“gumption,” yet who could employ it
more appropriately, seeing how much
of the quality the g. o. m. possesses
himself? '
.MRS. SARAH B. COOPER, who/organ-
ized the first kindergarten in San
Francisco in 1880, has received more
than three hundred thousand dollars to
enable her to carry on the work. There
are now sixty-five kindergarten schools
in that city.
PROF. PELLAT, of the Paris Sorbonne,
has invented an apparatus for prevent-
ing collisions between trains. It con-
sists essentially of a band of traveling
paper, impregnated with _ iodine, of
potassium. A platinum stylus moves
* over this paper and leaves a blue mark
on the paper, as in the chemical tele-
graph of Bain. The motive current is
sent by the train, which thus is made
to report its own exact position. ~
MISSING LINKS.
A MAN. in Wisconsin is the possessor
of a curiosity in the shape of a herned
hog.
IT is estimated that last year 1,285,-
000,000 bananas were consumed in the
United States alone.
THE United States has a lower- per-
centage of blind people than any other
cOuntry in the world.
NORTHAMPTON (England) people con-
sider it an omen of misfortune if three
butterflies are seen together.
FEMALE spiders are much larger and
more ferocious than the males, and
generally devour their husbands.
THE Lacrymoe Christi is a. Portuguese
wine made from the juice which first
flows without pressure from the grapes.
THERE is a haunted tree at North
Searsport. Me.', which shelters a spot
where a. murder had been committed.
.Moss has fOrmed the initials “:W. B."
on the bark.
IN Westphalia and Saxony the un-
fortunate mortals who happen to be
beaten with a broomstick firmly be-
lieve themselves doomed to die of con-
Sumption.
THROUGH EUROPE.
SINCE the beginning of the century
France has fallen from the second to
the fourth place in point of population
.among European countries.
TIIE Greek style of building, modi-
fied to modern needs, has been most
successfully used in Paris, where many
palaces are seen of this construction.
LAW in England provides that no
person under eighteen years shall be
employed about a shop for more than
seventy-four hours, including meal
times, in any one week.
ACCORDING to the method which is
now adopted for reckoning leap years
in England December, January and
February will be the summer months
7 about 720,000 years hence.
DUELING in Russia has become so
common that the government has just
decreed a severe code Of punishment.
Killing an antagonist will cost six
years in prison; severe wounding, three
years; duel without injury, Six months;
provoking a. duel, Six weeks to three
months.
PEOPLE ACROSS THE SEA.
Josnru CHAMBERLAIN expects to visit
America again this fall.
PRINCE BISMARCK’S rheumatism is
still so acute that he is unable to leave
Kissingcn. _
M. CIIAUVIN, the barber of the Thea-
tre grancais, has been elected to the
French assembly by a close shave.
QUEEN VICTORIA is said to be a skill-
ful knitter, and works at it indefati-
gably. She has knitted, with her 1a-
dies, many quilts for the use of the
wounded in hospitals during the cam-
paigns of the British forces.
Mn. GLADSTONE astonished some of
his auditors in the house of commons
the other night by using the word
“gumption,” yet who could employ it
more appropriately; seeing how much
of the quality the G. 0. M. possesses
himself? .. -_"-;',,"_=..‘
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Extreme Constipation. ”
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. Must Die.”
g “ I AM NOW I CURED MAN.”
The following wonderful statement was
sent us by C. B. Carpenter, Druggist, 140
Mam 8?... Spencer, Mass. '
ANA SARSAPARILLA Co.:
__ CENTm— Some ten years ago I commenced ME
—-fail. I) l G I 0 N and EX-i
T E CONS I‘IPATION caused—
gme to lose flesh very fast. I employed Physicians:
_'uud tried SarsapnI-illns, but continued to grow
Emy skin turned yellow, and my fricn
ithought I must die. My strength left me and.
=courn 9. also. This was my condition last Febru-=
Eary w en I commenced to take =
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cfore the first bottle was gone, there was a. great
=improvement. My friends wanted to know what_=..;
aused such a change in me. I replied “DANA'S=
-. ARILLA. ' I am now taking m thi
-——boltlc and consider ngsclf at the a? of , nflcrE
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BANKS. .
FAIRFIELD COUNTY NATIONAL BANK.
Wall st. N. Incorporated 1824. _Cap1tal..$2co
60). President, E. O.Keeler; vice-preSIdent
David H. Miller: cashier. Lewis C. Green.
Safe Deposit Boxes, Free to Depositors.
CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK. Wall st, N.
capital $100000; surpilus. $16,100: George III.
Holmes, president: . L. Boyer. wee-prem-
dent: William A. Curtis. cashier.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY SAVINGS BANK. 51
Wall st.N. Deposits. 8500.000: surplus. $20
000. Winfield S. Moody. president ;_Mart1n .
Graw. vice-presid’t: James II. Bailev.treas
NORWALK SAVINGS SOCIETY. Wall st. N
Deposits over $2,000,000.3urfilus $90 000. .eo.
M. Holmes, president: B. . Craufurd.v1ce-
president : Geo. E. Millentreasurer.
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written in best of companies at lowest rates
ATTORNEYS.
HUBBELL. JAMES T.. 9 Water street. N.
HURLBUTT. J. BELDEN. _
Attorney and Counselor at Law room 4, (up
stairs) Gazette Building. Norwa 1:.
FAMILY GROOERS.
SELLECK. GEORGE WARD. 18 Wall st.. N
Choice Teas and Coffees. a. specrilty.
LIVERY STABLES.
DANN. H. E., 8 River st.. Livery Stables.
11 OTELS.
NORWALK HOTEL.0pD. Danbury db Norwalk
do not and Post-Office: M. McPhersmi. prop
MODEL MARKET. 20 Wall st., N.: beef. veal
lamb pork. poultry, etc. W. Wardell, pro 9
UN D ERTAKERS.
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MARBLE YARDS.
BATES. P. W.Water st. N: Steam Stone Works
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SIGNS OF CHOUER-A.
Not Even a Defective Glass Could
Dcccivc Dr. Jenkins.
NEW YORK, ’Oct. 11,—Tho following
bulletin was issued by Dr. Jenkins last
evening from Quarantine: “All the pan-
sengers and crew of the steamer Russia
are Well. They have been inspected twice
to-day, and all the steerage passengers
have been transferred to Hoffman island
for observation, 288 having been taken
yesterday and 120 today. They have all
received a bath and all their clothes and
other effects have been thoroughly disin-
fected by steam. The bacteriological ex-
aminination in the case of the woman
Aue has been delayed somewhat longer
than usual. Up to noon today the re-
sults were negative when it was discov-
ered that the lens of the microscope \was
defective. Another instrument was ob-
tained from the city, and on examination
this evening the plate cultures showed the
presence of comma bacilli. There is no
occasion for alarm, however, as the steer-
age passengers of this steamer are healthy,
cleanly and Well nourished people, in fact,
better than the usual passengers of this
class. Each ’case, of illness has been
promptly and carefully isolated during the
voyage. The steamer and the passengers
have been subjected to all the quarantine
methods and measures usually employed
when infection is known to be present and
which have always heretofore been suc~
cessful. This is the seventh day since'the
last patient was isolated from her fellow
passengers without further development.”
LOIVER RATES FOR THE FAIR.
Chicago Railroads Awake to the
Situation.
CHICAGO, Oct. 11,—Radical action was
taken yesterday by the Western passenger
association in regard to reduced rates for
the remainder of the world’s fair period.
When the members gottogether the Bur-
lington asked the Santa Fe if it was still
inclined .to stand by its notice for the same
rates for Oct. 20 and 21 ashad been made
for Chicago day. The Santa Fe replied in
the affirmative, whereupon the Burlington
presented a. resolution providing for the
putting in effect of these rates during the
remaining period of the world’s fair. The
object of this resolution was to prevent
the business being congested during the
days low rates were in effect and 'to re-
duce the cost of handling it. Though the
Burlington’s resolution failed to carry
nominally, it did so practically. Each
road gave notice of its intention to make
Chicago day rates on and: after Oct. 15.
After the 15th the rates will be one fare
for the round trip within a radius of 200
milesof ' Chicago, or until a $6 rate is
reached and practically. one cent. per ,mile
beyond the limit. The: only exceptiohito this
is in connection-with rates from St. Louis, L
- - “0:11 which point present rates :Will prev
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About to Begin in
the Senate.
WILL REPUBLICANS
SUBMIT T0 TORTURE ?
Administration Democrats Not Cer-
tain of Success in Carrying Silver
Repeal-:v'I‘alk of Compromise Finds
>Ready Listeners—Tucker’s Federal
Election Law Repeal Bill Passes
the House \Vith a Rush.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11,—Senntor Squire
(rep., ‘Nash.) gave notice yesterday of an
amendment to the silver purchase repeal
bill. It proposes the coinage of silver for
private owners to the amount of $2,000,-
000 a. month, not to exeed a $100,000,000
in all—the owners to receive‘in coin only
the commercial value of the bullion on
the day of deposit, and the diderence: to
be retained by the government as seignor-
age. It also proposes the issue of five-year
four .per cent. bonds to the amount of
$200,000,000, the proceeds of which are to
be used for ghc redemption of United
States notes.
There were two speeches delivered on
the repeal bill—the first by Senator Mc-
Pherson (dem., N. J.) and the second by
Senator Cockrell (dem., Ma). Mr. Mc-
Pherson’s speech was in support of the
bill. He declared it to be his belief, which
was shared, he thought. by two-thirds of
the people of the United States who had
any opinion on the subject, that the Sher-
man law was the main cause, the true
’ cause, the only visible cause, of the busi-
ness trouble of the country. Mr. Cook-
rell’s speech was in continuation of the
one which he began the previOus day, and
was directed against the pending bill. He
ridiculed the idea of the Sherman law hav-
ing any influence in, bringing about the
financial panic, and attributed it rather to
the legislation to establish gold mo nomet:
allism in European countries and in the
United States. But as to international
bi—metallism, that, in his opinion, was an
impossibility, a mere dream, as imprac-
ticable as a. universal language. He spoke
for five hours, and had not then come to
the end of his speech.
The house bill to repeal the election
laws was received during the day.
Senator Hill presented a. huge petition
signed by 15,000 New York business men—-
and not a banker 'or broker amongst
them—praying for the repeal of the pur-
chase clause of the Sherman act.
The. Brute Strength Programme.
As the eve of the test of physical endur-
ance approaches there appears 'to be .mani-
festutions of uneasiness on the part of some
of the administration senators, and this
feeling was evinCed yesterday in numerous
conferences between administration and
anti-administration democrats, a number
of these conferences taking place in Mr.
Voorhees’ rooms. The attitude of the re-
publicans is causing the democrats some
alarm. Whether they will go to the ex-
tent of remaining and assisting through
the weary watches of the night in main-
taining a quorum is a question that cannot
be definitely answered. A prominent dem-
ocrat, who has been identified with the
repealing forces said that it was a signifi-
cant fact that the great republican conven-
tion of the state of New York the other
day failed utterly to refer to the silver
question and that two such distinguished
republicans as Chauncey Depew and Pierre-
pont Morgan had come ‘out in interviews
advocating a compromise. In the face of
such things he said the republicans could
hardly be expected to go to extremes in
endorsing a democratic administration.
This democrat repudiatcs the idea of any
attempt to adjourn without doing anything
or even to take an extended recess, saying
that would be the most suicidal policy the
party could follow. He believes that the
only issue that can come from the struggle
is compromise and is hoping that some
tangible agreement may yet be ofiered be-
fore it is too late. He, however, expects
the battle to be over by the end of this
week. Should it be so there will be plenty
of work for the senate for the bill to repeal
the federal election laws came over from
the house only a short time after it passed
that body.
According to the programme of the sil-
ver men they will make a. motion to ad-
journ when the usual hour of six arrives,
which motion will of course, be voted down
by the repealers. Then Mr. Dubols speak-
ing for the silver men, will state their po-
sition after which the debate will proceed,
A. R. Martin ofKansas opening. He will
probably be followed by Mr. Stewart. Mr.
Dubois will remain on guard and insist
upon the presence of a quorum. The sil-
ver menwill remain and aid in keeping up
the quorum until aboutll o’clock, when
as one of them put it the ”screws” will be
applied. This means that the silver men
will withdraw and force the repealers to
have their own quorum present. Should
any attempt be made to adjourn or take a.
recess the silver men will antagonize it‘and
insist upon a con tlnuous session untilsome
agreement has been reached. ,
An indication of what is expected by
thoughtful Sergeant of Arms Bright of the
senate was found in the display of a num-
ber of slumber rugs upon the marble bal-
ustrade of the capitol. They were putout
to air preparatory to use in the all-night
campaign expected to begin to-night.
House of Representatives.
The house yesterday passed by the over-
whelming majority of yeas 201, way: 100,
the Tucker bill to repeal the federal elec-
tion laws. The republicans had intended
to refrain from voting on the final passage
but when the democrats mustered 183
votes on the first amendment proposed,
to break a quorum and yielded an grace--
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they saw that. it was absolutely impossible.
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1 With the democrats. . -
a party. one; butthe third partrmen joined
Mr. Bingham (rep. ,'-‘,Pa.) introduced ' in
the houses bill. appropriating $135,000 for
the purchase of ground adjoining the post-
ofllce at Philadelphia so as to give full:
and free ingress and egress to United States
mail wagons.
pound. He also, offered a measure consol-
‘idating mail matter of the third and
fourth class and making it mailable at the
rate of one cent for each two ounces or
fraction thergpsf. In another bill. be pro-
poses to provide for the return of all‘second
class mail matter unsold ' or undelivered
at the rate of one cent for every four
ounces. Another bill proposes to extend
to all places having a population of , not
less than 5,000, the free delivery system.
Mr. Oates (dem., Ala.) is anxious to
secure the consideration of the bankruptcy -
bill reported by him from the judiciary
committee, and introduced in the house a
resolution, which was referred to the com-
mittee on rules, setting apart the first five
days of next Week for its discussion by the
house. The debate is to begin Monday
next and is to continue until Friday, when
the previous question on the bill and
amendments is' to be considered as or-
dered. '
Mr. English (dem., N. J.) ofiered in the
house a 'bill authorizing the purchase of
1,500,000 ounces of silver bullion a month
It the current market price, and providing
for its coinage, together with any other
silver bullion in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated or retained by law, into half-
dollars of standard weight and fineness
now prescribed by law. In case of an in-
ternational agreement between the Uni'ed
States and other countries, fixing the com—
mon parity of gold and silver, the secretary
of the treasury is to redeem the coins is-
lued under this act.
Mr. Mercer (rcp., Neb.) introduced in the
house a joint resolution proposing to
amend the constitution so as to disqualify
United States judges from standing as can-
didates for and holding any other office of
profit under the United States during their
lncumbency. '
DISGBACEFUL DEFENCES.
Forolble Report from Inspector Gen-
eral Breckinridge.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—-—Brig. Gen. Joe.
C. Breckinridge, inspector general of the
United States army, has made a report to
the secretary of war indicating a condition
of affairs prevailing in regard to our coast
defences which is officially characterized
as "disgraceful.” It is shown that almost
the entire southern coast on the Atlantic
seaboard is absolutely unprotected and at
the mercy of a foreign foe. Forts have
been allowed to crumble away, cannon
have rusted and cannon carriages rot-ted.
To quote Inspector General Breckinridge
in his statement of the matter to Secretary
Lamont, these forts and armaments “now
serve the single purpose apparently of re-
minding us of the high estate from which
we have fallen and that we are not pre-
pared for resistance against any bold and
aggressive government.”
Discoveries by Princeton.
PRINCETON, N. J., Oct. 11.-—An account
has been given out of the results of the
Princeton scientific expedition sent out
last summer to the Bad Lands of South
Dakota, the Wyoming Laramie beds and
the Loup Fork beds on the Nebraska
river. A large number of fossils, which
have never been described were found. In
the smaller G-encva the remains of twenty
animals were found. Of the larger ani-
mals the skulls, teeth and bones un-
earthed were sufiicient to fill upwards of
twenty large cases It is estimated that
two years of hard work will be required to
mount and describe the material collected
by the party.
Elevated Railroads Come High.
BOSTON, Oct. 11.-—-At a meeting of
Mayor Matthews’ the legislative committee
on railroads, officers of the citizens’ associ-
ation, lVeSt End railway and a score of
prominent business men, City Engineer
Jackson presented an elaborate tabulated
statement as to the cost of the codstruc-
tion of the proposed line of elevated road.
He said it would cost $20,000,000 to con-
struct and equip the road and pay consc-
quent land damages. This is $11,000,000
more than the rapid transit commission
figured on.
Donovan Indicted.
FREEHOLD, N. J., Oct. 11.,——Patrick S.’
Donovan, well-knOwn as “Snip" Donovan,
the horse trainer, was arraigned yesterday
in the Monmouth county court on indict-
ment charging him with murder in the
first degree, in having killed John Chew,
a stublcmaircmployed in the Monmouth
park stables at Eatontown. Donovan
made a plea of not guilty, and the trial
was set down for Nov. 16.
YellOw Fever.
WASHINGTON, Oct. ll.—Surgeon Murray
nt Brunswick, Ga., reports to Surgeon
General Wy’man that there are Sb new
Cases of yellow fever there, nine white and
26 colored. There were two deaths, one
white and one colored. Seven cases are
now being treated at Jessup.
Two Killed.
WHITING, 1nd, Oct. ll.-—Yesterday train
No. 2 0f the Pennsylvania railroad ran into
an open switch, causing the engine, mail
car and two Pullmans to leave the track.
, Henry Warner, engineerand, John Christie,
fireman, were killed. ‘ Three persons'were
injured. .‘
Five New Steamshlps.
NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-—The Hamburg’~~
American Packet company has just made
contract for the construction of five largo
steels twin-screw'lsteamers for transatlantic
freight and steerage traffic.
Brunswick Needs Help
ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 11.—Gov. Northen
has issued a call to the people of Georgia
for aid for the snflerers at yellow fever
stricken Brunswick. . ~
The Toulon Fetcs.
Puts, Oct. ll.-—-The council of state,
without discussion, voted 875,000. francs
for the fates in honor of the Russian
squadron’s visit to Toulon. ' '
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He also introduced a bill ‘
fixing the rate on second class mail matter, -
daily papers excepted, at one cent per,
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