The bee., 1883-11-17
LATEST NEWS.

LONDON, Nov. 13.---Symptoms of a politi-
cal revolution in Spain are becoming more
pronounced.
A great strike is impending in the Man
chester cotton mills.
Absurd dynamite scares have occurred in
London and Birmingham.
The rebels in Syria have had some desper-
ate fighting with the national troops.
In the trial of the Fenian Poole for the
murder of John Kenny the jury have disa-
greed
French reinforcements have arrived in
AMMAN, and q forward movement of the
army is expected within a brief time.
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is author
lied to prevent both Orange and Nationalist
meetings if they threaten TO disturb the
peace
At the conference of the American Catho-
lie bishops in Rome yesterday the topic of
keeping church affairs out of the civil courts
in the United States was discussed.
T.. 7. Brown a. Co, leather dealers, Cincin
natl, have made an assignment to Stephen
Coles. Liabilities estimated from Sl3O 60
to $l3O,oN.
Slemmer Bros oil works, at Norristown,
Pa, were destroyed by fire, together with
fifteen tanks, containing 5000 barrels of Il,
a"d all the machinery. Loss $4,000.
III. @. Tillinghast a. Co., dealers in furs,
pe!ts and leather, Chicago, have made an
assignment to the Hide and Leather Bank.
The liabilities of the firm are 100000, and
it's assets are estimated at $4,000.
dispatch from Lynchburg, Va. states
that Charles K'illoRghby, former editor of
the Bristol Sentinel, and Zach. Teany, rel
alive of the defeated candidate for the Sen
ate, fired on each other simultaneously in
Hillsville, Carroll county, Tuesday, and both
were killed
Captain Lybrand Thomas, of the sloop
Annie Gertrude, arrived with the report of
the capsizing of the sloop Willie f. Thomas.
of Crisfeld, off James Point, chesapeake
bay, on Monday morning, and the drowning
of the master, Captain Preston Webster, and
his crew of eight colored men.
The police found in a room on Division
street, n. Y, which was used as a workshop
by Brockway the forger and counterfeiter,
large trunk containing full assortment of
counterfeiters' tools and tracing paper, with
the forged signatures of Leland Stanford, C.
Z. Huntington and Speyer Bros, London
bankers.
The House of Representatives of the
adjourn Dec 8, after passing an appropria-
tion bill giving each member SO per day
from the commencement to the above date.
Should the Legislature fail TO pass the appor-
tionment bills, it is said the Governor will
veto the pay roll bill The extra session
was specially called to pass those bills.
In a suit brought in New York to compel
the Brush Electric Illuminating Company 10
remove its poles and wires from in front of
plaintiffs premises, Edward H. johnson. an
electrical engineer, testified that the current
from the wires would, if they were handled,
produce a result from severe TO fatal. If
tiremen were playing on the wires n current
of electricity might pass from them and
cause death.
A special from Richmond, Mo-, recounts
an attempted assassination of Charles Ford,
one of Jesse James's slayers, at his fathers
house, near that city. The shooting was
. done by persons concealed in tall weeds.
while Ford was out walking after supper.
Seven shots were fired, none of which took
effect. Ford returned the fire without effect.
Aspeclal from Toronto says: "The steamer
Francis Smith, of the Collingwood and Port
Arthur line, left CoIlingwood in the early
part of last week with one hundred passen-
gers. She is overdue, and as nothing has
been heard of her, and, as she is old and not
very staunch, it is feared that she went down
in the storm of Sunday night, with all on
board"