Show BRIEF wele TELE GRAINS A shock of earthquake occurred in lisbon yesterday inthe luthe in the recent engagement with the chinese near chu th the french lost 20 killed and 93 wounded washington 22 in the senate biair blair called up the bill providing for a commission to examine into the liquor traffic lie ile said it was the bill already passed four timas by the senate but not acted on by the house the motion was opposed but the bill was taken up and passed yeas 21 24 nays 16 the residence of john gates of butler pa was demolished by a gas explosion plo pio sidn sign himself wife and four children were burled buried in the ruins ruing all were subsequently rescued more or less serf seri seriously busly injured the detectives sent to nebraska in search of capt Howgate have havu been unable to gain a trace of his whereabouts they visited dewitt de witt where his mistress was supposed to be liv lis ing I 1 but were unable to find her I 1 the police of new york were kept very busy sunday the excise law was fairly enforced and a great number of bartenders arrested an opium joint w was e sal sai also aiso S raided d and thirty two per captured of whom eight were wo women in en albany 90 2 the evening onynal journal 7 pub published lishe d a letter from wm al evarts in which lie he says in response to many inquiries and requests made me irom all parts ot of th the state eState I 1 tako tak the liberty in this form of making public my readiness and desire to be considered amone among the candidates for election by the legislature as aa senator from this state hunters point L I 1 22 the fire in pratts oil works at is still burning but Is believed to be under cont cout control rol roi though a change in the wind might ini glit cause its I 1 urther further extension Nomore comoro tanks have exploded the nire fire irien succeeded in saving the five story brick factory A great quantity of oil in barrels and cases on oil tile the dock and in the tile warehouses Is still blazing fire boats and tugs are throwing water from the river with but little effect eff f seven hundred men meu are thrown out of employment denver 22 the coal miners at coal creek elmore waldenburg Walz enburg and cameron e ron twelve hundred in all resumed work today to day at the old rates the secretary of the treasury has issued a circular in regard to the importation por tation of rags which provides for tile the admission of all rags which may be afloat january under the terms of the f former oriner circular providing for the issue of certificates by consular officers and which also provides that all rags shipped af after ter january shall be subject to upon their arrival in this country the president has accepted the resignation of henry D byman second assistant postmaster general and wiil will vil vit tomorrow to morrow nominate john B thompson general superintendent of the railway mail service service to succeed him new york 23 the mackay ben nett commercial cables were opened to the public at midnight at the offices of the commercial company paris 23 it is reported that the go government vern ment has searched the barracks here ere and found evidence of anarchism spreading among the soldiers philadelphia 23 3 the conference committee of shoemakers and manu appointed a joint board of arbitration london 23 03 the english blue book has been 1 issued ea containing the corr cor res p ordence betat between en the english and ge german alln governments in relation to the disputed territory in south africa toronto ont 23 3 chas murray mur 1 9 the tl ae californian who tired fired two shots 71 from a revolver abjohn at john W bunting a fedt medical student during a dispute overa over a game of billiards iii in a saloon ten days ago was vas today to day sentenced to three years in the penitentiary washington 23 W B thompson late superintendent of the railway mail mall service was today to day confirmed as second assistant postmaster general hewitt he will be succeeded as superintendent of the railway mall mail service by john jameson present assi assistant stant superintendent vienna 21 jean lucas manager of the securities department of the giro iro cassen verlen bank 1 died today to day from self inflicted injuries he left I 1 letters etters stating statin that he had been ruined in bourse speculations aud and had bad embezzled florina 45 Wo new york 23 the board of aldermen in e n were today to day served with all an injunction ju nation f from roin the court restraining the board f from ro in doing any acts as aldermen until friday dec this injunction was obtained to prevent consideration of nominations st petersburgh Peters reters burgh 23 tb the e N onoe otoe alleges atiat a complete organization of russian nihilists nihilisms lists under the tiie guise of an export firm exists within tile the precincts ot the city of Londona Lon donand donald tid iid is exporting to russia criminal documents and explosives TROY N Y 23 cambridge washington county was visited by a great conflagration this morning four large business blocks were completely destroyed st the probable loss is between and estimated insurance between and albany N Y 23 at the reception of gov cleveland today to day all the conn ties hi the state were represented the time desi designated bated for the reception was between fc the hours 0 of f 9 and 12 but the guests were in the in main maln aln ain late in arriving after alter the rece reception tion and a collation the presidente president e elect act received many congratulations it was long iong after midnight before the 1 last a st of the guests took their departure |