Show A STRIKE IN CHICAGO twenty thousand in the mills quit work A BG BLAZE IN NEW 1 ORK A larff establishment barns down an express senser bobbed in teens CHICAGO may 2 special the employers failing to grant tue request of workmen for eight hours to constitute a days work twenty thousand men employed on the mills struck this mornine they went out quietly and all of the milla of the city are closed ballot defana bill signed ALBANY may 2 special governor hill signed the reform ballot bill this morning it is virtually alie same as the bill vetoed some time afo with th e exception of minor amendments as suggested by the governor when he returned the bill to the legislature without hia signature robbed fite thousand Thoc sand DENVER may 2 special A tele gram from eagle texas states that the express messenger 0 that station has just been robbed of forty five thousand dollars two hundred thousand dollar fire NEW YORK may 2 special par bridges elegant furniture block burned down thia morning it was one of the largest of its kind in the city loss about two hundred thousand dollars A congressional election bill may 2 special re ewart of north carolina yesterday introduced in the house by request a congressional election bill it provided that congressional elections shall be held in the manner prescribed in the body of the bill and the direction of the state legislature presidential electors may be chosen at the same election the district courts are required to appoint registrars of election in each district each ballot is to be enclosed in an envelop marked with a number to correspond with the the number on the poll list and is to be delivered to one of the board of poll holders who shall deposit it in the box at the conclusion of the election the poll list shall be delivered to the clerk of the clerk of the district court and the ballot counted and preserved in alie original envelopes by the board of poll holders are given police power to arrest without warrants offenders or disorderly persons the boundaries of congressional districts remain 08 they were on the first tuesday in november 1888 notwithstanding any subsequent act of the state legislature jefferson and florence BROOKLYN N Y may 2 special joseph jefferson Jeffe raon and W J florence after making a highly successful tour of the new england cities open here tonight in the rivals A scientific expedition naw nsw YORK may 2 special the scientific expedition which started some months ago for mexico in the steamer city of alexandria is expected to return next week the principal object of the expedition was to determine the general structure of the bankins of thy gulf of mexico about which scientific opinion is divided professor angelo heilprin of the philadelphia academy of natural sciences has charge of the expedition which explored the regions of yucatan and mexico which naturalists natura lists biad not before visited A reception will be tendered to the members of the expedition on their arrival they will be similarly entertained in philadelphia labor lei may 2 special owing to the labor troubles several large structures which etwas proposed to construct this year were not started this week as had been arranged if the labor difficulties are not adjusted in the near future it ia quite probably these buildings w ill not be commenced at all this year the most notable buildings that were to be pat up in chis city this year were the pike hotel and the Catli olic church for the servile fathers which was to cost proposals for printing ST louis may 2 special the depot quartermaster of the department of missouri today to day opened proposals for doin all the printing eliat may be required during the months of may and june mr sandford of xe york LONDON may 2 special mr agn of new york today to day moved into the house he bought of the duke of leinster in carlton house terrace A to henry M stanley LONDON may 2 special the emm relief committee gave a reception today to henry M stanley lit which hie prince of wales presided A roman exposition ROME nay spenial the opening of the exposition of industries today wag a notable alfairi during the chibi tion there will be a national rifle contest and a ace open to the horses of all countries at winch the grand prize of rome amounting to francea franc eg will be open to the contest for the first time A number of american journalist ere sharing in the at the special invitation of the associated press of italy the kaiser ii cooing PARIS may 2 special A private letter from a berlin correspondent saya hat tho emperor of germany liaa directed alio yacht which will be the largeant of its clasi in the world the emperor liaa developed nautical tastes since lie ascended ahti throne and is already entitled to wear the uniform of a british admiral Iti that alie emperor will when the yacht is ready pay a visit to the states and already speculation ie rife in certain berlin circles as to how the head of a autocracy would be received by the great democratic commonwealth mon wealth T aliis it may be answered that his majesty would be welcomed with enthusiasm lie would go as a guest and in america hospitality is religion pa ie the chief of a friendly na tio nand thero would he pleasure as well as pride in doing him honor but more than all it would be the head of the german race visiting one of the largest and most populous german nations in the world there are more germans in the united states than there were in prussia under frederick the great there are now more than in adv german state with the exception of prussia and although altho our german friends are as good americans as exist the love and memories of fatherland would go out to the young sovereign with matchless enthusiasm for every reason personal as well as political the trip is a wise one it would be well for the emperor and the people of the united states nothing conduces more to harmony than for people to look each other in the face from this visit good will and good feelings would earing and what better assurance could be given of peace in europe than the fact that the master of peace and war wag making a progress in the united states and drinking a glass of beer hare ind there with our german fellow citizens as toasts to fatherland A magnificent house LIMA 0 may 2 special senator and mrs brice who have just returned from floridan Flor idaa where they spent the months of march and april today to day selected a site for a magnificent house which will be built for them this summer mrs cirice and her family will be at newport during the summer and will occupy the cottage which her husband recently purchased for james gordon bonnett A change of faith SARATOGA N Y may 2 special all arrangements for the annual meeting of the northern presbyterian general assembly which will be held hers about the middle of the month the convention will settle the bredal revision struggle by changing two chapters of the presbyterian confession and modifying two more A levee VICKS BURCH miss may 2 special A levee convention composed of delegat fe from this and adjacent states is in session here today to day for the purpose of discussing and determining the advisability vis ability and efficiency of the levee system BOSTON may 2 special john bartlett chief fire marshal of district 2 was retired today to day from active service at his own request and placed as the pay roll subject to the usual physical examination ether imported changes in alie department were also made by the commissioners A navel exhibition CHICAGO may 2 special the chicago camera club will give a novel interesting exhibition at central music hall tonight to night when leiws of the city and vicinity will be shown boxes will be occupied by george M pullman potter palmer marshal field charles counselman and other chicago capitalists quarantine inspection JACKSON miss may 2 special quarantine inspection by order of the state board of health was begun today to day at the port of baraque Pa raque bale aad of edinburgh LONDON may 2 special the duke and duchess of edinburgh are to come to englant next week in time for the may drawing room an electrical exhibition EDINBURGH may 2 special the electrical exhibition was opened today to day by princess mary duchess of teck it was expected that this office would have been preformed by the duchess of fifa daughter of the prince f wales and that she would be accompanied by by the duke but owing to the di licate state of lier health she was unable to be present emigrants from ireland DuBLiN Mav 3 special the bulk of the emigration from queenstown Queens town for the season is over for the last two months the streets of the quaint old town have presented an animated appearance muscular young men and healthy girls have reached from munster lewister and connaught on their way to the united states As in previous years the emigrants are principally ot the farming class and unmarried the average age being from eighteen to twenty five there are very few farlies amonese them those competent to judge from information received from different parts of ireland arc of the opinion that the flow of em migration this year will considerably below that of former years after this month it is expected that emigration will be very light francein Fran lein adele lewing BOSTON may 2 special fraulein adele lowing a pupil of carl beinicke Kei nicke of leipsic will make her first appearance in this city tonight to night at miller hall her gramme pro includes a graup of her own compositions she has made a brilliant success in the few concerts she chiy so far played in this country nd her professional future is bright the rivalries in africa LONDON may 2 special the british east african company is not entirely reassured by the pacific accounts which come from germany with regard to the action of emin pasha the german emperor is a considerable shareholder in the german east african company dr cranel the head of the newly reformed colonial department ha been made the subject of marked imperial attentions the original credit voted wiss nianna expedition has been doubled within the year over which it was supposed to extend german influence at zanzibar is becoming more and more considerable and everything points to a development of german colonial activity under those circumstances the british east africa company is disposer to feel that the british government might do more to give it the stimulus of knowing that its alms are with and its political interests likely to be carefully safeguarded |