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LATEST TELEGRAPH NEWS From all Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Boiled Down. Mme. Gerster is living in Paris for the present in strict retirement. Cluverins was hung according to sentence at Richmond. Va., yesterday. United States senate reduces militia appropriation from $600,000 to $400,000. Earl of Iddesleigh's death causes profound regret throughout all England of The opposition to the confirmation Benedict. public printer. continues. Nothing new in New Jersey or Indians legislatures. The liberal union conferences are deferred until parliament meets. The new ministers kissed the queen's hands yesterday Gladstone has been prostrated since hearing of Iddesleigh's death. Phillip Boswell (colored) of Galveston, is in jali for raping his ten-year-old stepdaughter. He should be in hades. Longshoremen riot at New Orleans. Three persons seriously hurt. Police are after the ring-leaders. The strike at Newport News is settled, virtually, with the work in the hands of new laborers Cleveland and wife held their first reception last night in honor of the diplomatic corps. Maxey's appearance at Austin has brought his name to the front in pool selling. There is nothing new In the European situation beyond the dissolution of the German reichstag The nomination of Mathews, minister to Mexico, is before the senate, they have taken no notice of it The army and navy general hospital at Hot Springs, Ark., will be formally opened next Monday The New York World, having advoeated Conkiing's election to the senate, is dubbed mugwump. Senate committee reports adversely on the nomination of Matthews as register of deeds of District Columbia. Tennessee democracy nominate Whittborn for the unexpired senatorial term. The sub-committee on post-offices have finished their work, and the bill will be reported next week. The San Francisco dynamiters are still at work play ing smash with the cable road. The Queen mourns for Lord Iddes leigh, (Sir Stafford Northcote.) as for a personal friend. Manchester workingmen's mobe commence a riot, but are dispersed by the police; two arrested. Lady I. desleigh watched by her dead lord's body all night after 018 sudden summons. The supreme court re-appoints Reaves, of Tyler, clerk of the 1 yier branch of the court for the next four years. Senator Eustes proposes to expend $10,000 in investigating the method of inoculating for yellow fever, practiced in Brazil and Mexico. Bright considers America's fisbery claims very reasonable, and says were England alone concerned the United States' grievances would have been re dressed long ago. Germany and Russia are all harmoni ous but Austria and Russia have bones to pick outside of the Bulgarian question. Interstate commerce occupied the at tention of the senate. The motion to recommit was lost-25 to 36. The motion for a conference carried- 43 to 15. The house passed several private senate bills and ascore of pension bille; also the conference report on the electoral count bill. Among the bills before the legislature is one extending the time of sessions to 120 days and making salaries of members $6.00 per day After being out over 110 hours, the jury in the case of Hamilton, the Kansas City train wrecker. could not agree, and were discbarged. Jury stood seven to convict and five to acquit. U. S. suit to recover $174,000, claimed to have been overpaid on Star route from Ft. Worth to Yuma, Arizona, the jury returned a verdiet against U. S without leaving the box. Reports from the principal cotton tions in Texas, received by Galveston firms, show not to exceed 70,000 bales in sight. This would indicate a crop not more. under any contingencies, than 1,250,000 bales. El Paso's city physician certifies that there is not a case of small-pox in the city; and it is asserted that the report was started by bunco thieves run out of the city The Tilden executors find about $400.000 available for library purposes and ask the New York state legislature for suitable legislation for incorporating Petitions for relief. from the drouth sufferers, are pouring into the Texas state legislature and a committee of reference has beer appointed. Rev. John Patterson, Presbyterian minister at Cambridge. Wis., suicided under mental abberation caused by 8 severe sun stroke received last summer. The comptroller of the currency has declared a first dividend of 50 per cent in favor of the creditors of the First National bank of Blair. Neb., on claims proved, amounting to $57,278 36. Bills passed the Texas house yesterday appropriating $80,000 for pay of members and $30,000 for con tingent expenses. Sensiors Maxey and Reagan and Judge Terrell were extended the courtesies of the house. Striking miners at Moosic, near Soranton, Pa., raise a riot, attack the scab workmen, resist the police, compelled the justice to release their leader, who had been arrested, and only dispersed when a volley of rifle balls was sent through their ranks. More trouble is feared. The army bill was defeated in the German reiebstag. The amendment limiting the duration of the bill to three years was carried 186 10 54. The reichstag was dissolved and the election for a new assembly will be held next month. Bills before the senate continue to multiply. The bulletin board in front of the capitol, on hich the state of the
