| Show BY TELEGRAPH PER PEK WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH UNE AMIR IZI CAN YORK 20 A washington special says rev leonard rector of st johns episcopal church here has been summoned to new york to see ex president arthur washington 29 the new chinese minister wits was formally presented to the president today to day by the secretary of state he was attired in full court costume a and n accompanied by three of his suite a and lid an interpreter the treasury treasury Treas department has decided that C chinese gry inese seamen do not fall within the prohibitory provisions of the chinese restriction act and therefore may be allowed to land tern temporarily forari in the ordinary pursuit of their calling for the purpose of shipping on their return voyage as soon as possible ST louis 29 9 the executive committee of the knights of labor have held no formal meeting as yet tor bocon con sider the proposition of the citizens committee looking to a settlement of the southwest strike all the members beidof of the executive committee are not in the city awa and no action can can bring together a quorum 4 them the committeemen when asked this morning what the prospects for early settlement were replied they would the letter of the citizens committee but did nat think the propositions contained in it would effect a settlement of the strike because it takes no cognizance of their grievances MILWAUKEE 29 every mill of importance in the city shut down own today to day the mua men recently organized an assembly of knights of labor with a membership of about and their demand for eight ho hours ars work at the present ten hour wages was rejected by the proprietors A strike was wab ordered and today to day every mill is shut down and will stay so until the men will accept what the proprietors claim to be more reasonable terms in addition to the knights of labor several hundred other workmen at the mills are thrown out of work by the shut down sacramento Exio 26 emigrants who arrived here this morning tell of a distressing suicide which was committed on the train near wadsworth night before last among the passengers were a man named curriea Curr lei 1 from wisconsin his wife and two children it had been noted that currier carrier had bad been acting strangely for several days on the night spoken of he here re tired to an upper berth of the car his wite wile and children occupying occupy I 1 n the lower bunk during the night mrs Vs currier was awakened by something dri dripping in upon her face she put tit up her gant hand and was horrified to discover Si discover scover that she was covered with blood which had run down from f the upper bunk buak investigation proved that currier had pulled the up around his bis head bead had bad then put I a p pistol stol to his right temple and blown out his bis brains the woman so suddenly left a widow and among strangers had bad scarcely a dollar and a collection was taken up for her benefit on the he train 7 the he body of curriera Curri Cur ert was buried at adreno reno one of the children left to is aged three years the other three months washington 29 The senate committee of commerce today to day voted to make favorable report on toe the new atlantic and pac eble railway bw as asa a substitute for the original ship bill eads and such others as may be associated with him are created by the corporate title of the atlantic and pacific S ship h lp railway company with power to issue capital stock and bonds not to exceed in the aggregate aggie gate the united states obligates itself to pay the company for me period ot of live five years after the ship railway shall have been completed and tested any sums of money required to make two thirds of the revenues of the said company amount annually to the sum of provided the total liability of the government shall in ia no case exceed the sum of the obligation of the united states shall not attach until the railway shall have trans transported e is in the presence of the board of engineers ga appointed by the president of united Sta tesa loaded vessel weighing wei gning with her load not less than six thousand an average speed of not less than six miles per hour and place her in the harbor at the other other side of the isthmus without injury to the vessel at the end of one year thereafter tile the road is to be in condition to transport vessels weighing with their cargoes not exceeding seven thousand tons and the guaranty of the united states shall continue as long as the railway is kept in such repair as to admit the transportation ot vessels not exceeding the weight named CHICAGO 29 freigant hind handlers lers on one division of the northwestern railway struck strack at noon today to day for eight hours and ten hours pay NEW YORK 29 the second perform ance of othello with salvini and booth in the principal roles at the academy of music last night was anything but buta a great presentation owing to the te unfortunate condition of tile the american actor from the very first booth a appeared to be in very poor form his reading of the lines was uneven and there were instances when he lost the thread of his lirles lines As the play con tinned riis ms walk was ungraceful and positively unsteady it was not however until the third act in the great scene with othello that hat t the growing apprehension of the audience was completely confirmed after othello salvini had thrown lago to the round in his bursts ot of wrath S e assisted booth to his bis feet again without disturbing the ap apparently parent ly natural course of action As booth boot h regained his feet salvini let go his bis hold and the american actor lost his balance staggered backward and squatted down in front of the footlight rail A few of the audience nearest the stage jumped forward as it seemed the actor was about to fall into the orchestra he soon recovered his self possession wonderfully and continued throughout the act his conduct called forth some hissing but the audience pained as it no doubt was seemed to extend their sympathy by bv encouraging him as usual his ena entrances an and d exits from this point were timid and made with a perceptibly hesitant step his great scene where roderigo is killed was played with great force and lie he was carml warmly called before the curtain he seemed to have recovered again but in the last act he weakened and hiis bis closing scene was extremely weak and with his hands tied behind his back his condition was too gainfully painful ly apparent to even ordinary observers FOREIGN LONDON 26 gladstone has written the following letter to the chronicle Chroni Ie it is not my custom to comment on the statements made by hostile newspapers but having a sine sincere ere respect bior for the chronicle I 1 would call attention to the allegation made by it in a leader that I 1 have heretofore tau taught lit that home rule in ireland woula would be the source of imperial danger I 1 will not clial challenge lenge the proof of the assertion which was doubtless made in good faith but it is entirely an error I 1 have always asked for an explanation of the meaning of home rule in order to make clear the question whether or oi not it would be a source of danger we have now learned the demand of ireland from five sixths sixtus of her chosen representatives such home rule kule in the language of my address of september last is the source not of danger but of strength the danger if any lies in refusing it it is stated that some of the officers now station edIn ireland have applied to the war office for transfer to india lest they be called upon to serve against the people of ulster the eastern manoeuvres of the volunteers at dover and at portsmouth were very successful the weather being brilliant and the exercises at both places being witnessed by crowds of people the pall mall gazette advocates the formation of a su supreme premie and permanent court for the settlement of fi fisheries sheris dis disputes between canada and the united states the court it says should consist of five members two of whom should be englishmen two americans and the fifth should be selected by the four and be either an englishman en lishman or an american ahe the italian scientific expedition under ander count berrs the members of which were recently massacred by the emir of herran in asiatic turkey consisted of eleven persons an all europeans A party of pleasure seekers while rowing on the thames yesterday were into the water by the upsetting of their boat 84 of them were drowned advices advises to the standard say the british outpost at was surprised and 15 indian soldiers captured by the enemy paris 25 it is officially announced here that greece yielding to the advice of france to refrain from war will at once disarm the claims of greece in the contention for which she was prepared to wage war against turkey now that she has consented to disarm will be submitted to arbitration greenes Gree ces reply to the powers is re added as unsatisfactory A conference anee of foreign ministers is being held at the italian embassy for the purpose of drawing up and signing an ultimatum holding greece an answerable sw erable for the consequences unless she defers without reserve to the wishes of europe the ultimatum will be presented to the greek government forthwith vienna 26 the official gazette says I 1 chat the excitement in galicia is caused J 1 the unscrupulous agitators who are working upon the superstitions of the peasantry that the world will come to an end in 1888 two hundred arrests h ve been made in galicia in connect tion with the present troubles A dispatch from disks in galicia reports that the town is on fire and three fourths of it has already been destroyed BERLIN 27 emperor william has sent the pope a costly gold cross mounted with jewels as a souvenir of german gratitude for the friendly offices rendered by his holiness in arbi brating the dispute between germany and spain over the respective claims to tie the caroline islands LONDON 27 news from greece is conflicting one despatch states that prance france did all in her power to secure a favorable settlement for greece by individual vidual mediation but failed it is ilso also stated that france did not sign the ultimatum in which other powers joined ordering greece to disarm she has not yet signed it and that if she eventually does sign that fact will be communicated to greece in a separate note greece it is averred if is arranging to seek from the powers certain concessions 1 in a return n for disarming ng other dispatches say greece disarmed before receiving the ultimatum which ordered the disarming to take place within eight days and that when premier delyannis received the ultimatum he declared it was then objectless as orders for had al ready been given A vienna dispatch says it is understood that france intends to propose a conference for the purpose or of making concessions to greece A telegram from athens states that the combined fleet of the powers will probably return to the piraeus today to day to embark foreign ministers LONDON 27 italy desired the ultimatum to ta order greece to disarm within forty eight hours but this was rejected by the other powers as too peremptory emp tory LONDON 28 the greek minister had a long interview today to day with roseberry minister of foreign affairs the greek difficulty has become the absorbing topic at the forella foreign office the submission of the greek reek prime minister to the ultimatum of the powers A expected to be received any hour hoar the temper of the population at athens is causing alarm alarin it is understood the show of resistance by the greek government hasteen has been prolonged with a view to appeasing na dional pride PARTS PARIS 28 dispatches from athens state that greece will not disarm unless the ultimatum sent by the powers is withdrawn it is also said that king george geor e threatens he will abdicate unless t the 1 e ultimatum is withdrawn VIENNA 2 news of wholesale conflagrations comes from several parts of austria the town of friedland in moravia has been almost to totally tal destroyed by fire during the progress of which 10 persons were killed the towns of Dobrow laney Bo janiec janlee and charow have been completely destroyed st and the town of has ba been greatly damaged at calrow a man was caught in the act of setting f fire r 0 to a building PARIS 28 abbe casanova a coral can archaeologist has discovered archives which show that christopher was in town of calvi in corsica and emig emigrated rated to genoa geno president grevy having examined the evidence and being satisfied of its authenticity has authorized calvi to celebrate by an official holiday the th e four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of america the inhabitants of calvi will hold a fete on may when a commemorative inscription will be P placed laced on the house bouse in which columbus was born |
