News In Brief

New Yorkers vvill liold a liugc fair to raise funds to lielp the Cuban revolutionists. Iiugene l'icld, the famotis port and writer of Chicago, died suddeuly of o' heart distase. Portugese and the Datives are fightinir ia Portugese Bast África and uver SOO Dut i ves liave buen killed. A largc MKir.s meeting at llost.on pctitioued President Cleveland to graut Cuba belligereat riirlits Advicea have been rcceived that the i Japanese have quelled the I"ormosan i rebelllon, and the leaders have sufrendered. Two boys lm had been pilnished by their teacher al Granada, Mex. , set fire to tli: school building containing 150 childrcn, and ;i were burued to deulh. A report lias been eirculated that the czarina, formerly Princesa Alix, of Uesse, is ill unto doath as a result of a Citsarianopetaüon. Her accouchment was expected the latter part of November. New.s ha.s been reccived of the siukin- at soa and the ln=s of five of the crew of the American barí; Williara ! Hales, by a colusión during a dense fo, vvith the Ward line sleamship Nag-ai-a. John Itaramiski was burned to doath and his wife and son fatally burned by the burnlng of their hotne at Chicaga They were overeóme by smoUe while Eleeping and ivèru burned bvloré beinjf discovt'rcd. The lifeofíieo M. Pullman and that of John I!, (irifliu, tbc manager of the Pullman building, were menaced by an insanc man at Chicaga The only thing tvhich saved them was the delay by the tnaniae inaking up bis inind vvhich to kill tiist. 'J'lic new battlebhip Texas lias come to grief in the drydock at New Vork, and has suslniueii injuries, the exact extent oí which is not kuovrn at present The sbip went into dock to be cleaned and paintcd and proved too heavy foi the doek and was scverely stiaiiifd so that 'l of the bottom frames buckled. The innrriatïe of Miss Pu. u line Payne Whitney to Mi Almcric Pugét was Koleinnized at Kt. Thomas' chuicli, New York City. The bride is the dmughter of Williatn C. Whitney, former Becretary of the navy. Thegroom ís the youiifie.st son of the late Gen l.ord Ál f red Pagnt, who was persoual aide de camp Ui the queeu and 'raiul sou of the tii.st inarquis of Anglesea. The A (l. I' strike on the (ireat Northern railroad has been declared off. KesolutioDs were pa-ssed conde-nn inr the (reat Northern rail way aud alsi! Btatiog that the nevv men would I uot.be moleste 1 or disturbrd in ;lny manuer by the raoinbers of the A. H 11. Tiic disoharped men' will go t- pWnt,s and BeeW sitnalions. The only thing the A. l{. l' officials wjll say is that "soinqone blundered." r,i)yi: '■' f Harding ,t Todd, shoe mauufacturers of Rocnester N. V, are on a strike. They claim that 79 men were luid off unless the wou]