The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-07
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

or the eighteen Mexican states thirteen re-
main loyal aud five are revolutionary. Re-
ligious riots occurred at Queretaro, during
which Rev. Maxwell Phillips, of the Presby
terrain mission, w. wounded. &. :. "A sanguinary
encounter took place between Christians and
Mohammedsns at Salo ica, European Turkey,
on account Of Christian Greeks endeavoring
to rescue one Of their young girls who wished
to become Mohammedan. During the fracas
the French and German consuls went to the
mosque to protect their oountrymen, when
they were assassinated by the Turks. The
governments which they represented have
sent gunbosts to demand reparation. .... The
governor Of California having offered 900
for the head Of the noted bandit Chavez,
gentleman has arrived in San Francisco with
1t In his possession. "A fierce tornado visited
Chicago and did damage to the amount of
S25O,0O0 Two of the principal churches lost
their spires, numerous buildings were un-
rooted or demolished, and the new tower and
fog bell were blown into the lake ..... A rail-
way train ran into q tornado near Neoga, Ill,
and the engine and cars were lifted from the
track and dropped down a four-foot embank-
ment. Twenty persons were more or less in
jured 80. Immense damage has been done
in and about Kansas City by heavy rains. 80.
A rend rock powder magazine on Jersey City
Heights, belonging to the new tunnel COM
psny, exploded with terrific force, doing great
damage to buildings in the neighborhood, and
causing a shock which was felt for miles.
An investigation Of the New York and the
Western Book Concerns has been ordered by
the Methodist conference .... Intelligence
from Georgia states that the grain crop pros
peot is cheering. large area is planted in
wheat, oats, rye and barley. There will be
more corn and less cotton planted. :. Piper,
under sentence Of death in Boston, confessed
the murder Of little Mabel Young in the church
tower. He also confessed having beaten
Bridget Landregan to death in 1873. He says
that when under the influence of stimulants
he has an uncomfortable desire to shed blood.
..... Seven French vessels engaged In the
Iceland fisheries have been lost During a
seventeen-hour rainstorm in Shreveport, La,
seven and one-third inches Of water fell
Col. Gordon's expedition to establish a line of
communication with equatorial Africa has
been abandoned, owing to the lsck of support
from Cairo. .... Michigan promises a full
peach crop. AS horse car WAS entering
the platform at Hoboken, N. j., to be taken to
the brow Of the hill, the engineer started the
causing the car to fall into pit
thirty feet deep. OF the twenty-seven passen-
gers on board, all but one were injured-many
fatally.
The Massachusetts, supreme court has de-
cided that the Old South church can be sold
Also that the ten-hour law is constitutional
An alarming revolt has broken out in Bull
garia, agitated by Servian emissaries, and the
Turkish government is hurrying all available
troops to that quarter. Gen. Diaz, the
Mexican revolutionist had to give up an ex-
petition to capture Monterey on account of
the scarcity Of water along the route. Many
of his men died Of thirst and great number
deserted ...... Rubenstein, the Polish-Jew
under sentence Of death in Brooklyn, N. Y,
for the murder Of Sara Alexander in East
New York, died in his cell. =. The grand
jury Of the District Of Columbia criminal court
have found an indictment against ex-Secretary
Belknap for corruption :. 80. Mrs. Elizabeth
Guire, OF Brooklyn, N. Y, committed suicide
by drowning while laboring under an insane
it brought on during the Moody and sankey
revival ...... An Omaha jury decided that a
railway company had q right to eject gamblers
from the trains when their occupation was
notorious.
Michigan's Republican delegates to the ma
ticnal convention were uninstructsd. The
exposition in Philadelphia was opened with
appropriate ceremonies es previously ar
ranged, in the presence of crowd estimated
at 125,0o0. The most popular portions were
the rendering Of the Centennial hymn of
Whittier's and the caatata Of Sidney Lanier.
President Grant, assisted by Dom Pedro,
started the machinery, the empress doing the
same in the Women's pavilion ... Aristides
won the four-year-old race Of two miles and
an eighth, at the Lexington (Ky.) races, in
the remarkable time Of 3.451S. bis opponent,
Ten Brock, was eight or nine lengths behind
.Discouraging reports are received from
Liberia, and it is claimed that immense sums
OF money have been equandered. Piper, the
murderer, has confessed mania for incen-
diarism, as well as for murder. By the
breaking of booms in the Trent river, Canada,
some 100000 logs passed out into the oay.
A. Barton, of Walton, N. Y, while Iaboring
under religious frenzy, laid bis bare arm on a
workbench, and using an AZ cut his arm from
the shoulder to the elbow in sections an inch
and one-half long. Each blow broke the bone.
..... The ffty-mile velocipede race between
Stanton and Butler, in New York city, wss
won by Stanton in three hours nine minutes
and fifteen seconds.
general massacre Of the Christians in
Turkey by the Mussulmans is feared Il. The
city collector Of Chicago, George Won Hollern,
is defaulter to the amount of over 800, 900.
He escaped to Europe. Gambling led to the
act. .... Kansas wheat crop promises to be