American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-03-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
man named Hartmann, with several
aliases, has been arrested in Paris, charged
with having been connected with the plot to
kill the Car at Moscow. He is believed to
be the same man who rented and occupied
the house from which the explosion of the
mine under the railway was operated.
Washington's birthday this year falling
upon Sunday, Monday, the 23d, was OBJ
served in many places by the suspension of
public business and with appropriate cere-
monies.
Diphtheria is raging in Central Russia. 1t
has carried off since last November over 49,
600 persons in the provinces of Charkoff and
POltaya alone, and in the neighborhOod of
Walk whole villages have almost died out.
A Bismarck dispatch of the oath says that
the worst snow-storm ever known in the
Northwest ragged there for two days. Since
February list there had been Il succession of
storms, causing an almost total suspension
of travel.
A large tenant fright meeting held near
Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland, on
the 25th, was attacked by three thousand
Orangemen armed with bludgeons, who
stormed the platform and dispersed the
meeting. Twenty tenant-righters were Sc
riously injured. The Orange party cOnsid-
cred the meeting to be of seditiorIs charac-
ter.
The President has approved the joint res
olution authorizing the Secretary of the
Navy to transport contributions for the re-
lief of the suffering poor in Ireland.
Chief Douglas, the ringleader of the Ute
Indians in the late Meeker massacre, has
been brought to Fort Leavenworth by Gen.
A dav and frrrp tn ha mil
thorities to be held for trial.
The Gar has appointed Commission
of Supreme Control,'' with Gen. Melikoff as
Chief. The Imperial ukase, defining the
powers of the Commission, declares that
I" the head of the Commission shall have di-
rect control over all political trials held
throughout the Empire. All local authori-
ties are placed under the Jurisdiction of the
head of the Commission, and all the en-
ployees in the various departments
bound to afford him their entire co-opera-
ton. The head of the Commission is at
liberty to adopt any means which may ap
pear to him desirable for the protection of
order in the Empire, and the orders he may
issue are to be Internationally obeyed."
Gen. Melikof has issued proclamation, in
which, after referring to the indignation felt
in Russia and throughout Europe at the at
tempts on the life of the Emperor, he de-
clares the Government is compelled to adopt
effectual measures for the suppression of
the evils threatening social ORDER He will
not hesitate to take the most stringent meas
ures for the punishment of criminals, while
endeavoring on the other hand to tranquiliZe
and protect the welI-intentioned part of
society. He hopes for the corporation of
all honest men, and begs the population to
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regard malicious and frivolous rumors.
Apprehensions of serious disturbances in
San Francisco are reported, on account of
the demands of unemployed laborers and
others for the discharge of Chinese workmen
by corporation managers, in compliance with
the law recently passed. A number of COM
panies refuse to comply with the law until
its constitutionality has been passed
upon by the United States Courts. The
Board of Health has declared the entire dis
trict known rs Chinatown Il nuisance, and
ordered the removal of the occupants to the
outskirts of the city. A seeming dilatOri-
ness i'm carrying this order into execution
has added to the clamor Of the workingmen.
A citizens vigilance committee has been
formed, in order to suppress any violent
outbreak that may endanger the peace of
the city.
A new and dangerous counterfeit has re-
Gently been put in circulation in Chicago, and
probably elsewhere. 1t is $40 legal-tender
note, dated 1875, check letter c, signed John
Allison, Register, and Jno. C. New, Treas
urer; is rather dark in appearance, and
printed on heavy paper. The fiber which APP
pears in genuine bills is initiated by engraved
lines, and the counterfeit may readily be de-
tected by scratching these lines with pin,