American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-05-25
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

At Tamaroa, ILL.,, on the 18th, the
boiler at Cox's coal mines exploded, Instant
~ killing John wilfoughby, assistant en-
gineer, Horace Morrow, miner, and John
Simpson, member Of the Town Council !;
also wounding three small boys who were
playing around the engine, two of whom
subsequently died.
Miss Kate Morris, daughter of Gen.
B. s. Morris, of Memphis, Tenn, was burn
ed to death on the night of the 10th by the
explosion of = coal-oil lamp.
It is understood that the German
Goyernment has decided to decline the in
vitation from the United States to attend
the International Coinage Congress.
The Dominion Government is taking
Fenian invasion from the United States in
case of . European war. Gun-boats have
been ordered for service on the lakes and all
the militia along the frontier have been sup
piled with ball cartridges.
It is reported that GOO persons have
&6en killed by an earthquake at Qua, vene.
zuela. teS u tt
Okubo, Japanese Minister of the In
terror, has been assassfnated. The murder
er was arrested.
! The Cincinnati Musical Festival was
opened on the evening of the 18th, and was
in every way successful. The exercises in
cluded the dedication of the new Music
Hall.
The recent cold snap caused consid-
cradle injury to fruit and vegetables in a
large portion of the country.
Mrs. Flynn and her infant child were
brutally murdered near Atoka, Indian Ter.
ritory, on the 10th. Her husband is sus-
pected Of being the murderer. The family
were ON their way to Cofeyville, Kansas,
where Mrs. Flynn's father, Henry Meyers,
resides.
Serious rioting has occurred at Black
burn and Burnley, England, caused by the
failure Of negotiations between the masters
and striking operatives of the cotton mills.
The residence of Col.Jackson, ut Blackburn,
Chairman of the Masters Association, was
burned to the ground, and an attempt was
also made to burn Jackson's Mills,
The residence of Alderman Hornby was
partially wrecked, and the windows of all
the mills in town demolished. A strong
force of infantry from Preston arrived, and
cleared the streets. Col. Jackson and wife
barely escaped with their lives. One mill al
DuTuity WAS DuTucu luc ulsaUecIeu dis
tricts were strongly garfisoned by armed
militia.
The Senate has ratified the treaty be-
tween France and the United States, pro.
viding for q convention Mt Paris the present
summer with o view to the adoption of Q
metrical system Of weights and measures.
I The National Temperance Associa.
tiop met at Chicago on the 14th.
The st. Agnes Academy, school fol
young ladies', at Memphis, Tenn, was burned
to the ground on the morning Of the 10th
There were IS boarders In the school, all o.
whom lost their wearing apparel. TIL,
academy was owned and managed by thu
Sisters Of st. Dominic, and was fully in
sured.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad Company have effected lease of tn,
Keokuk and Des Moines Valley Railroad fol
. term Of As years. The transfer will b,
made on the first Of October next.
Joe Fore, the notorious st. Louis des
perado, who was serving out 10 years. sen
tence in the Missouri Penitentiary for au at
tempt to kill his wife, was set upon ant
stabbed to death by fellow convict name,