The Washington Bee Newspaper, November 10, 1894, Page 4

- ae 1 THIS WEEK'S NEWS. A Summary of Current Events—The World's Doings for the Past Six Davs Gathe and Condensed for Our Readers. General. Gov. McKinley had five large audi- ences at Dunkirk and Buffalo. Howard Gould and Miss Anna Gould returned from Europe on the Saale. Bismarck says Hohenlohe is “a safe man” for Chancellor but “lacks initia- tive.” Manufacturers in Illinois and Maine are reported to have greatly gained in prospe: salers cut the price of j ladelphia in anticipation | ar. plot to blow up. the of Deputies is said | a railroad conduc- ; horsewhipped at Mount Ver- | Mrs. James Baker. | y Gresham has filed a pro- | inst Germany’s prohibition | m meat products. rdinal Gibbons ays if there is any ng it is found in methods. sen Closed in consequence of pox outbreak there. Robinson and his wife ed Baby Richardson at Pa., but the child’s cloth- and it escaped. | ucania, on her last trip, broke own record to New York. Her | was 5 days 7 hours and 23 min- nd Rosebery says Great Britain | ver more united and determined mn now in questions of foreign } policy. | One candidate for the Kentucky Leg has already been instructed | 3reckinridge for United States t Vernon citizens greeted Otto enthusiastically when he talked of the advantages of the Great- h a registration of 347,000, 37,000 | of which is represented by women, Chi- claiming as large a population | ew York. les of incorporation of the Con- | Match Company, in which Ed- | uld is int sted, have bean filed at Trenton, aut M. Depew presided at the; the S fon Army in Car- | New York, and mill- ionaires occupied bi S. Ochoa, the Mexican _ revolutionist, | $ n from jail at Fort Stockton, it is believed he was run ico to be shot. y, of Columbia Col- way Alo Bo: zione, of New hall fired Angelo four pi over the caught. In a street fight in York, Ala., Chief of Poli . W. Thompson was killed and E. F. Allis ed by the di ge of a pistol in the hands of S. A. Cameron. | It is reported that the New York! Grand Jury has considered the cases as ‘or biac A prisoner in the Rockland County temporary jail escaped, but was dan- gerously wounded and brought back. Meanwhile the twenty-one other pris- oners were held in check at the point of the pistol. | | Seth Low, Charles ‘airchild, Hen- | ry George a khuret address- ed a demo: nec of women at Cooper U New York, urging them to work hard in politics, and they said they would. Judge Dallas, in denying a motion | for a further hearing on the Olcott- Earle plan for reorganizing the Phila- delphia and Reading Railroad Com- pany, said that the receivership of the property had lasted too long, and gave notice that it must soon be dissolved. Attorneys of Gen. B. H. Hastings, of — Pennsylvania, have begun suit against Francis J. O'Connor for libel in hay- ing charged that the plaintiff had en- riched himself by the use of his official agg at the time of the Johnstown ood. For several months the statistician of the United States Depariment of Agri- culture has been conducting an investi- gation regarding the acreage and pro- duct of cotton for the year 1893. His estimates are as follows: Acres planted in 1893, 19,525,000; number of bales harvested, 7,493,000. | The Pittsburg conference of the Evangelical Church, representing about 100 congregations, voted to sever its connection with other Evangelical con- ferences and to form the New Evan- selical Church, thus, under a recent judicial decision, abandoning church property in various States valued at $30,000)Q00. According to the estimates prepared at the Interior Department, $155,805,- 278.83 will be necessary to carry on the work of that department, includ- ing payments for pensions, during the next fiscal year. The appropriation for this fis ear was $169,559,950.03, and the sa for the next year fs esti- mated at $13,754,671.20. Henry A. Rosenburg, aged thirty-two years, gave himself up to the Omaha police. He says that over a year ago, while employed by C. Bade, wholesale grocer of New York city, in the capa- city of a collector, he embezzled over 2,500. He went to gg and has just returned, broke, Supt. Byrnes, of New York, bas beeg@potified. ee Coweta Ghouls robbed graves in the amctem cemetery at Wethersfield, Conm The Fed&va: sorts Will be asked to investigate the Cotton Seed Of Trust. Chicago's registration is about 325,- 000, 20,000 being represented by wo- men. ried to Albert Gould mins has been ma Jennings. An unknown man tried to assassinate Prof. Baldwin, the White Mabatma, at Hartford. The North Pacific elevator system has been sold to Emerson Peet, of St Paul, for $250,000. P. D. Armour says Germany’s em- bargo on American cattle wil mot af- fect the market here, The second meeting of the copference io unite the Dastern and Westenz Shurches was held in Rome. enator John J. Ingalls’s eldest nter has been married to Dr. Ed- | ward Giles Blair, of Kansas City. Democratic headquarters at Grafton, n Congressman Wilson’s district, were »bbed, amd documents amd letters were | stolen. It is announced authoritatively that Gen, Sickles and Jacob Cantor will stick to their Congressional nomina- tons. Breckinridge received an ovation at Mount Sterling, and the talk of mak- ing him Senator from Kentucky is in- creasing. John T. Roddy, a New York broker, has proposed to the cotton planters the | formation of a trust to raise the prices of cotton. An enthusiastic meeting in favor of the Greater New York was held in the Aldermanic Chamber in the New York City Hall. Gerson Kling, a business mam, shot himself through the head at Fordham hts, presumably as a result of business cares. Thicago banks show distrust of the ity’s credit by demanding immediate repayment of recent loans which they | had made to it. The main building of the brewery plant of C. V. Wacker & Bro., Lam- caster, Pa., was destroyed by fire, Loss, $10,000; insured. The Pope presided at a council of ignitaries of the Western and Hastern Churches summoned to try to bring the two branches together. Eliza Severs, of Hoboken, interested in the anti-Tammany crusade, was found insane on Third avenue, New York, and taken to Bellevue Hospital. Louis S. Stern drowned himself in Central Park, New York, after the Sheriff had taken possession of the store of Stern & Co., of which he was financial manager. Rey. Dr. Washington Gladden inves- tigated the labor situation at Colum- bus and found that more men are em- ployed tham last year; that the num- ber employed is rapidly increasing and that a day’s wages will buy as much as in 1892. GENERAL MARKET REPORT. Tatest Quotations From ‘Trade Centres. : NEW YORK.—Latest quotations are as fol- 0 FLOUR—Receipts, 2825 bbls, Sales. 2600 bile 0 the Leading Winter wheat patent $3.05 @ $3 40; Straigl Roller wheat winter $2.75 @ 83.00; Short Roller winter $2.45 @ $2.00. Minnesota bakers, 2,40 @ 82.00 patent $3.25 @ #3.75 : rye flour $2.75 90. graham 83,00 ;@ $3.20 oat flake, $4,15 @ $4.25 frapulaved meat. $2.85 to $3.00. BUCKWHEAT FLOUR—selling in the street market at $200 per 100 lbs. CORN MEAL—81.20 to $1.2 CORN—Steady. Albany hy ~ prime. 700; No.1 ba: tray 0. Lrve40c. No. 2 35c. Minnesot. held at 61 cents. Six-rowed State «3 two rowed 60c. Extra No. 1 da West 67 @ 68 c. Canada, 80 @ 850.; six rowed state, 75 two rowed state. 70 2 Tc. Western Market quiet and firm with usual trade demand. HOPS_ Choice hops are scarce. We quote ex- tia choice New York State crop of [694, 13@ 1 cents. Inferior grad-s not wauted and quo- ee be aes SEED—Timotny a 2.60 15; Clover, $6.00 @ $6.25 for large and Beats BEANS—Marrow choice H. $2.35; modiums. $1.85. Peas. $1.80. = BUTTER--Steady, Creamery, Western extras z3e., Creamery, do good to cnoice.z1 @ io! b. prints, extra Ac. Choice gue. - Quiet State fac. full cream, fine d do., 10, part skim. do. choice 8 1-2 te. fresh fine, 21 ; ij + western. I8c to 190. paises ED HOGS--Quiet, $6.75 @ $7.00 per bs. PORK—Market steady. Boneless : $16.50 to $17.00 per bbl. clear, $16.00 to $17.00 Short mess $16.50; tips, $18.00; pork; bellies, 3001b. SHOKED MEATS” Breaktast baco! E Breakfast mn 1c. per smoked hams,i2 Ib. average, 12.1 1bIb, da tr’ 18 to to 20 Ibs., average llic; skin*backs, 1: California nams $e : shoulders, 6- stoked 0 13e. Pure leat. 8 1-2 cts: compound 6 8-4. iy, Mackerel, bay large No. & ay No, 2, $18.00: large No. 1817,00; shore 317,00; shore No. 1 $21,00 fancy bloaters, ) per bbl. large Georges ‘cod, $5.75 per 100 large banks, $4.50,Georges boneless codfish jank boneless. 6} 0.; box herring, 160 1g0 1, white fish, $6.50 half bbl; No. 2, do., $5.5'. No.1 lake trout, $5.50 half bbl.’ Mess sal 11.0 per bbl. Labrador trout. $12.58 y fish, $3.25 half bbl. lb. Pickled Cod ; quarter bbl. 81.25. 200 Ib. process and fine sifted, $2.50 per Ip,” Syracuse: -Common fie, SL.0dper Obl of 5 ommon fine, $1. r |. O1 2801bs; bag of 180 Ibs., Burlap bags, B5e.; 160 .; 140 Ibs., 5c, Syracuse solar salt, f 280, coarse screened (C) $1.15; 70 Tbs, 280.5 ium (BC), $1.10; 561b. bag ) ibs., not screened, $1.00, ton’s bag of 224 Ibs., $2.25 iggins’ 224 1b. bag, $2.20; Turk's Island per bushel of 70 per bag of 70 Ibe... COFFEE—Steady. Roasted Rio, 20@27c; roasted Maricaibo. 26@3ic.; Java, INOHoe ‘Mocha. 000 Ste: ground coffee, 16@ahc.: chickory, SUG. -Pressed loaf aes Bits.; + Rranulat Ly ; standard A. 458; off A. 4.44.: white, extra, 4.81 5 Fellow extra, C.406 @ 418 ; C. 3.81. 3.64. .FRUIT—Lemons — firm. ead 800 size Maoris, $5.25 per box; Floridas, 250 size, $5.75; 300 size. $4.25; Malagas, $2.75 to $4.00 per Seance ime cura sa eeekeT . Ste cut, 85.00 to MOLASSES Firm. “New Oreo oe lew Orleans. new fancy, 38 @ 42c.: choice, 38 5 ZO 36e. D@ we; Peek = -; common, : nee syrup, fancy drips, 23 @ 3303’ sugar fancy. 2 @ bic.; choice, 0@ 260, fair togood’ RICE—Stead; ly. Carolina and Louisiana fancy aed choice, 5 @ 6c ; fair to good, 4 WOOL—The fleece wool mar! 3 Fine washed “wool i5 market i, uy 16c; pnprashod.J0 @ Iie; medium ang coarse, washed, 16 + Unwashed, oie +30, gh ss State legal test, c.; water white, 150 test, 6.3-4c. POE aoa pee wa; vem s — $1. I 3 si ean @S1.75 per bbl; Sweets, i = ieee The eldest daughter of John D. Orim- i Subseribe is & @) THE BEE. » Advertise In the , State Headquarters saw Mr. Hackett, and said“he wanted ~z VON OAPRIVI RESIGNS. A Great Stir in Germany Over This Ac- tion—Bulenberg Also Resigns. Bertin, Oct. 29.—A great stir was caused in well-informed quarters here Friday afternoon by the receipt of @ telegram from Cologne which stated that Chancellor von Caprivi and Count Botho Zu Eulenberg, President of the Prussian Council of Ministers, had re- signed. There has been considerable tension between the Chancellor and Count Zu Eulenberg owing to the for- mer’s views im regard to the measures to be submitted to the Reichstag for the repression of Socialists. The Chan- cellor is in favor of pursuing a mod- erate policy, while Count Zu Eulanberg believes in the adoption of radical measures. It is officially announced that the resignation of Count Botho Zu Eulen- berg has been accepted. Potsdam, Oct. 29.—Prince Von Ho- henlohe Shillingsfurst, Governor of Al- sace-Lotraine, is understood to have been offered the Chancellorship resign- ed by Von Caprivi. Accompanied by Herr Von Koeller, Under Secretary of the Interior of the Province of Alsace- Lorraine, he arrived at Wilfpark sta- tion this morning from St. Rasburg. Emperor Wi'liam met them at the sta- tion and drove with Von Hohenlohe 4m an open carriage to the new palace. Von Hohenlohe was accompamied by Lieut.-Col. Von Moltke, the Emperor's Aide-de-Camp. ‘A conference was held at the palace on the ministerial crisis. Other Ministerial Crisis. Belgrade, Oct. 29.—The Nicolaievich Ministry has resigned, and the resig- mations have been accepted. Madrid, Oct. 29.—A Ministerial crisis #& impending. The Blythe Estate. San Francisco, Oct. 29.—Several mill- ton dollars’ worth of real estate was formally distributed in the Probate Court Friday afternoon. The prop- erty is that belonging to the Blythe estate, for which numerous claimants have been fighting. Judge Coffey sign- ed an order distributing all the real estate to Florence Blythe Hinckley. As soon as the decree was signed the attorney representing Alice Edith Blythe gave notice of intention to file a bill of exceptions and the other side gave notice of an appeal. Accused Her Husband of Murder. Kamsas City, Oct. While testi- fying in court here against his wife, in a divorce suit in which she sought @eparation, William Lacey, of Iola, Kan., was arrested, charged with the murder of William Cummings at Iola last August. According to Mrs. Lac- ey’s story, her husband had twice threatened to kill her. Lacey was on the stand testifying against Mrs. Lacey when she suddenly sprang to her feet and declared him to be the murderer of Cummings. Is He a Crank? Wew York, Oct. 29.—Goerdler, the man who was so anxious to see Presi- dent Cleveland on Thursday at Dr. Bryant’s house, visited the Republican Friday. He « commission authorizing him to change the German vote of the United States from the Democratic to the Republican Harty. Mr. Hackett told him he would give the subject consideration, and Goerdley peaceably left. Auother Whiskey Trust. New York, Oct. 29. — Papers have been filed at Trenton, N. J., in the Secretary of State’s office, which in- dicate the formation of a new whis trust. The papers comprise the ar eles of incorporation of a concern to be known as the Great White Spirit Company, with a paid-up capital of $5,000,000, the total authorized capital ig limited by the charter to $50,- 000,000. Sufcidea During the Bride’s Absence. Syracuse, Oct. 29.—Christopher W. Smith, a young Englishman in the caustic department of the Solvay Process Company, committed suicide by taking poison. Smith, who had been suffering from typhoid fever, was evidently deranged. He sent his wife, a bride of eight months, to visit her mother, and killed himself during her absence. Expert Forger Caught. Denver, Col., Oct. 29.—Albert Town- send, an expert forger and a pal of James Conway, the check-raiser, now under arrest, was thrown into jail by county detectives. Townsend, who is wanted at Syracuse, N. Y., has oper- ated extensively in Colorado and has long evaded the officers. Three months ago he was married at Greeley to a well-to-do widow. Shot His Son By Accident. Columbus, O., Oct. 29. — Patrick Dougherty, aged six years, was shot and instantly killed Friday night, re- ceiving in his breast the full discharge of a double-barrelled shotgun which his father, John Dougherty, had se-! eured to defend himself from George Carley, a neighbor with whom he was} quarrelling. Both men are under ar- rest. To Save Him From Lynching. Lexington, Ky., Oct. 29. — Charles Moran, a young white man, was brought here Friday night from George- town to prevent his being lynched. He attempted to assault Miss Ella Kim- brough, a youmg lady of that place, while going home with her in a buggy. Entombed Miners Rescued. Iron Mountain, Mich., Oct. 20.—The work of rescuing the imprisoned nffn- ers in the Pewabic mine was accom- plished Friday morning, and they were hoisted to the surface as sound as a dollar. There was great rejoicing. Contessed to a Big Shortage. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 29.—J. Allen Francis, teller of the City Bank and one of the most respected citizens of the city, was arrested Friday evening, charged with embezzlement. He has confessed taking $23,859.83. The Wife Wants Damages. ‘Oreston, Ia., Oct. 27—Mrs. Edward De Haven has brougiit suit agaimst six saloon-keepers fer $:},0U0 each for sell- img liquor te ®er husband; he being an aahbitual kara, é MRS. HALLIDAY REFORMS. She 1s » Model Prisoner Now and Her Insanity is Tamer. Matteawan, Oct. 2.—Mrs. Halliday. who while insane murdered Sarah J McQuillan and daughter, Margare: McQuillan, and her own husband, Pau Halliday, last fall, near Middletown is a model prisoner at the insane asy lum here. Dr. Allison, superintenden: of the hospital, one of the medical ex perts who testified to her insanity a: the trial, knew that the mutterings incoherence and general viciousness 01 her conduct were not characteristic: of the type of mania from which the gave her to understand that the kino of treatment she received in the hosp) tal would depend entirely upon her own conduct.” There was at once 4 marked improvement in Mrs. Hall: day’s mental condition. She becamt quiet, tractable, decent and cleanly ip speech and habits, and has continuea so up to the present time. She is made useful and helpful in the work of the hospital and is by all odds the besi scrubwoman about the place, being careful and painstaking, and quite ap artist with brush and pail. BOLD TRAIN ROBBERS. Three Men Hold Up an Express in Ari- zona—Death the Penalty. Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 2—The Southern Pacific east-bound express was held up two miles east of Maricopa Sunday night by three men, two of whom were masked. They boarded the train as it was leaving Maricopa, capturiug the head brakeman. He was compelled to turn on the air brakes and stop the train. The engineer and the head brakeman with pistols at their heads were compelled to go back to the ex- press car and induce the messenger to open the door. One of the bandits was then put in the car and searched for valuables, while the other stood guard. The amount taken is aot known, but {s supposed to be small. Sheriff Murphy and Deputy Widmere reached the camp of the suspected men, several miles east of the city, about 8 o’clock yesterday morning. The only occupant was Frank Armor, a Tonto Basin cowboy, who com- menced shooting as soon as the officers came in sight. The officers returned the fire with shotguns, mortally wound- ing their man. The penalty for train robbery in Arizona is death. GIRLS IN A COLLEGE RUSH. * They Join With the Men tn a Free Fight at Wittenberg College. Springfield, O., Oct. 2—The annual rush of the freshmen and the sopho- more classes at Wittenberg College took place yesterday morning on the college campus, an unusual feature be- ing the participation of a number of women sophomores. A dummy placed in the cupola by the freshmen started the battle, which soon became serious. Fred Walz, of the class of 98, was knocked senseless in the fight. A num- ber of sophomores were captured and tied to trees on the campus. A party of their classmates attempted to res- cue them by engaging their guards in battle, and a few girls of the class cut the cords, while some of them had a lively time pulling each other’s hair. The faculty will investigate, and sus- pensions are expected. Boys Play a Fatal Game. Pittsburg, Oct. 2—Willie Brown, aged thirteen, is on the verge of an at- tack of tetanus, the result of a prank of playmates. Saturday evening it was proposed to play blacksmith, and Willie was selected to represent the horse. The crowd held the boy fast, while another boy drove three nails through an iron shoe into his foot. One of the nails passed entirely through his foot, while the other two penetrat- ed quite a distance into the flesh. The boy fainted with pain and his com- panions fled. None of the boys con- cerned in the affair have yet been ar- rested. Jealous Husband’s Crime. St. John’s, N. B., Oct. 2—At Fair ville, three miles from this city, yester- day morning, Andrew Crawford, who keeps a boarding house, entered the sleeping room of a boarder named Bretton and crushed his skull with an axe. Crawford admitted the killing, and said it was because Bretton had been paying too much attention to his wife. Crawford has shown signs of insanity. Nearly Six Minion Dollars Coined- ‘Washington, Oct. 2—During the month of September the Treasury coin- ed 672,200 standard silver dollars out of a total coinage of 2,004,505 pieces of the value of $5,910,083. The gold coinage was 663,005 pieces of the value of $5,033,692; silver coinage, 1,380,800 pieces, of the value of $76,370, and ponte coin, 700 pieces, of the value of A Janitor’s Deed. St. Louis, Oct. 2—George Thomas, a negro, is under arrest for sending a poisoned lunch to St. Peter’s Episcopal Church last Saturday which caused | the death of James Cunningham and the almost fatal illness of Franklin S. | Beckett, the church organist. Thomas | was supplanted as janitor of the church i by Cunningham six months ago. 2S A Rich College. New York, Oct. 2.—The Society of the New York Hospital has transferred | the property and buildings on the east : of the boulevard, forty feet south of One Hundred and Twentieth street, | extending to the west side of Amster- dam avenue, to the trustees of Colum- | bla College for a consideration of }2,- 000,000. f Se The Czar May Recover. mdon, Oct. 2—A dispatch fr Berlin to the Standard says that Prof. Leyden has returned to that city and expressed himself regarding the Czar’s condition as decidedly unfavorable to the imperial patient. Dr. Leydon are ae ales may possibly recoy- er 6 is kept in good spirits and atrength is maintained. = oa A Faith Curist Arrested. f Trenton, N. J., Oct. 2. — Bess Glenn, a faith curist, is he'd tor trink under the new act. Her patient, Gadie Bell, of Palmyra, died of con- sumption, for which Mrs. Glenn was treating her. Thy case will contest the copstitutionality of the act. a New Y reached tional line don, brough another vessel countered a t last run from ae ps °F > ° Se = ‘ 2 2 4 ° 4 = m ° fe) im > = addition to tle and ) shee] ‘an into a t rifie northwes' gale on the g noon of September 8, and before her rudder chain parted. She fe’ and rolled heavily, shipping seas « tinually. The ship labored terribly, and between 1 and 2 o'clock in the morning the pens on the port side gaye way, and the cattle which had been tied there were thrown out upon tha slippery deck, and slid hither and thither as the ship rolled, m ng t rifie endeavors to regain their f an- til they were too weak to move and lay down to die. The crew was sm and even though the wind abate was not until 4 o'clock in the noon that the steering gear wa: paired and the steamer got under w Then the sailors threw overboar¢ cattle and 187 sheep that had been injured or killed. IMPORTANT DEPARTURE. Substitute Letter Carriers Must be Nomin- ated From the Eligible List. Washington, Oct. 15.—An important departure in post-office appointments has been made. Acting Postmaster- General Jones sued instruc to all postmasters at free delivery - fices directing that hereafter subsii- tute letter carriers must be nominated from the eligible list. Vacancies in the carrier force must be filled, wher practicable, by the promotion of the senior substitutes. All removals and new employments of clerks and car- riers must be reported to the First As- sistant Postmaster-General as soon as made. No carrier is to be removed except for cause, and upon written charges filed wth the Post-Office De- partment and ful! opportunity for de- fense. No resignation asked for by a postmaster will be accepted by the de partment. Postm prs must submit to the departm 1 questions relat ing to appoint statement of letter carriers, for se ment by correspondence between t department and the © Service Com- mission. WANTS $10,000 FOR HIS WIFE. Gola Eloped With Mrs. Finberg and Gold Has Been Arrested. New York, Oct. Two weeks ago Jacob Gold, t ght years old, No. 25 E: , and pretty Yesterday » by c 1 street, th G Sarah, in a suit begun by Pin against Gold to recover $10,000 « ages for the alienation of his w affection. Finberg says that married four years ago. A he took Gold into his house er. Until two weeks ago Finber no reason to doubt either the fide ily of his wife or of his friend. On the Rocks in Mountainous Seas. Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 15.—A special from Oswego says: About 5 P. M Thursday a vessel, supposed to be the Hartford, went on the rocks c Woodville, thirty-five miles east of b When she struck the wind had creased in violence and the seas running mountains high. O'Toole, of Clayton, the owner, six men were on board. The big commenced to break the vessel up, it is reported the captain and ent crew were drowned. The Hartfo: was freighted with corn to Cape Vin cent from Detroit. No bodies are re- ported to have been recovered. Did Not Speak for Twenty Years. Pitman Grote, N. J., Oct. 15. — A strange circumstance has just come to light here through the sale of a pieca of property. William Thomas, who is about seventy years old, when called upon to sign the deed, said that he and his wife had quarrelled twenty years ago and that not a word had passed between them since, althoug they live under the same roof. Miss Hayward, Librarian, Killed. Boston, Oct. 15. — Miss Almira L. Hayward, fifty-three years of age, for many years librarian of the Cambrids Public Library and one of the be known women in Cambridge, was in- stantly killed in the library building by falling through a ventilator and striking on her head. Miss Hayw: before her appointment to the libra service, was a public school teacher. Refuse Allegtance. London, Oct. 15—A dispatch from Berlin to the Times says that Herr Fernand Bueb, a Socialist member of the Reichstag, and Herr Doppler, an- other Socialist, both of whom elected members of the Strasburg vineial Council, refused to take oath of allegiance to the Emperor on the ground that it was incompatible with their republican convictions. Lourenco Marquez Besieged by Natives- Lisbon, Oct. 15. — A dispatch from Lourenco Marquez, on Delagoa Bay, says the Portuguese there are hemmed in by 30,000 Kaffirs. The town i3 strongly barricaded. The natives loot- ed the suburbs of the town Wedues- day, burned many houses and killed seventeen peop'e. A “Fighting Slimbach” Killed. New York, Oct. 15.—Otto Slimbach, a Williamsburg peddler, twenty~<ight years old, was stabbed in the left side by an unknown man Thursday at Leonard and Boerum streets and died five hours later in St. Catherine’s Hos pital. ‘The President’s Probable Return. Buzzard’s Bay, M: Oct. 15,—Un- Buzzard’s Bay, M. Oct. 1 less present plans and family will return to W this week, probably on u They will sail to New York on te Rodgers. — 4