The National tribune., 1884-09-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The News from All Parts Of the
World.
ARRnAn.

ABROAD.
The rayagos Of the cholera seem increasing
in Italy In Naples its ravages have been es-
peciaily severe. owing to the filth in the lower
quarter Of the city and the defective drainage.
Tn the "a hours ending at sunrise on Tuesday
of last week the official bulletin showed the fol-
lowing figures: Naples, I27 fresh eases, 60
deaths: Alexandria, one fresh case, one death;
BerEARio, p fresh cases, eight deaths; Campo
bass0. five fresh cases, FIVE deaths; Casertas one
fresh case no deaths; Cune0. % fresh cases, IL
deaths: Genoa u fresh cases, 10 deaths; Mo-
dena three fresh cases, no deaths; Aassa Car
rzrsa III fresh cases, nine deaths; Parma, three
fresh cases, five deaths; Turin, ii fresh cases,
nine deaths. These figures may be taken as
about an average for the week, although the
number has anctuated somewhat FOR the worst
Et Naples. The disease has caused fearful
panic throughout Italy. In some places guards
are posted to prevent travellers from entering
until a.ter quarantine Of from ID TO 20 days.
Many have closed their gates TO all strangers.
Villages have established armed cordons. The
popniace of Pazzu0la have attempted TO stop
the railway service from Naples. A mob in
knmc drove priest who had just arrived from
Naples away from the city. AT Oyieto trav-
elers arc refused entrance into the city. In
some places popular agitation has begun IN
favor Of aboishing local quarantine and estab-
fishing houses of observation for travellers sns-
being forbidden by the Government, the peo-
pie OF Civita Necchia attempted TO destroy the
railway. The epidemic is subsiding rapidly IN
France and complete confidence is restored
among the populace, but it is said to have made
iIs appearance in Spain, where prompt meas
ures have been taken to guard against its raw
ares.--Aothing worthy of note has occurred IN
China during the past week, and good deal
of speculation is rife as TO where the next blow
will be struck, if any more are struck al all.
China is undoubtedly in bad plight for war.
Her armies are Of the most miserable descrip-
tion,-merely coolies clad in uniforn,-and not
even acquainted with the rudiments Of drill
When the Governor of the forts at Noo-Sung
gave orders for the men to prepare for action,
they replied that their business was TO clean
guns and not to fight. On one of the Chinese
wRr ships the sailors were so awkward IN hand
hing the ammunition as to cause shell to eX-
pl0de on deck ,tearingaway the bows ofthe vessel
and killing several men. After that occurrence
the sailors could not be prevailed upon TO sight
cannon, or, indeed, 10 approach one after it
was loaded. The French Admirals movements
in Chinese waters are being kept secret in order
10 deceive the Chinese. The German Govern
mcnt il calling in ITS subjects who are in the
Chinese service. Lieut.. Hagincleyer, instruc-
tor in the torpedo school at Mei-Hae-Mei, on
the northwestern coast OF the Province OF Chang
Tong. has been ordered TO resign The Eng
lish employees of the Chinese feet have re-
aigned.-A dispatch from st. Petersburg
states that a Russian corvet has seized the
American schooner Sophie johnson az Behr-
ings Island, i'm Behring Sea- for illicitly selling
rum 10 the nstives-Sixtv- tv-1our persons sus-
Pected of plotting against the Gar have been
arrested mt Warsaw, Poland. A number of
women are included among them The police
have ordered that all warehouses, shops and
tsFerBs shall be closed at o'clock each night
during the Czar's visit. Each police agent is
charged to watch five houses.-Fhe rapid fall
I'm the Nile has made the success of Gen. Wolse-
ley's expedition to Khartonm very doubtful
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
On the Sd inst. the stock Of the Dubuque
iowa Lumber Company was destroyed by fire.
Between five and six milliDn feet Of lumber
was burned, besides bridges, tramways, etc.
Loss $l00000.-Ten persons out of the IL
confined in the jail al South Bend, Ind, es-
capped on the 4th-Dr l. Watson Lyle
charged with extensive pension frauds, was
arrested in Crittendeu County, KY, last week
The authorities have been in search Of Lyle
two years and a half He has been travelling
from place to place, representing himself to be
an employee of the United States Pension De-
paFtment. His principal field has been in
Illinois and Iowa, where he is said to have
aEindled people out of $75, 5,000.-The wife Of
Frederick Merrill, of Cleveland, N. Y, on the
Sd inst, being crazed with grief on account of
AA1E 1E1iAA u iAI Gliaius sIOb nuhDdIlu Mulit
he was in bed and then swallowed fatal dose of
carbolic acid. Mr. Merrill viii recover.-The
steamer A. nj. Jarrett, owned by A. NJ. Jarrett,
Mayor Quincy, was burned 10 the waters edge
near Quincy, III, on the morning of the ID inst.
She cost $4,000 and was insured for $1,000.
Martin Weinbcrger. who was hanged in
the AlleRanF County pa Jail On the I'd
inst for the murder OF Louis Gottfreund. was
the second Jew executed in the United States.
Mrs. MelTina Butler, while leaning over a
stove at her residence in East Boston on the
I'd inst, was struck in the breast by bullet
which entered through the window. The mis-
Eile merely caused a hrHise and fell 10 the floor.
hrs. Butler died few minutes afterwards, it is
believed from the shock and intense bleeding
over the heart caused by the conclusion. The
bullet came from the weapon Of an officer
nearly mile away, who was firing at river
thief-Mrs. Keller, Of Reading, Pa, who has
been fasting for a. days, died on the Sd inst
from starvation. She had been affected with
seep religious feryor. and began her fast after
reading of Christ's fasts in the wilderness.
INDUSTRIAL.
The total values of imports Of merchandise
In the United States during the IL months
ended July 81, 1884 were $685.. .S3O0 002 and
during the preceding u months, $7l4, ,356, ,S66
Idecrease OF Sc, ,526964- The value OF the ex-
ports Of merchandise during the I2 months
ended July 81, 1884 were S742, PIG, lie, and dur
Alif s@AN x ARNAS14r G1ltI July Oh 100. %-[Z,-
i05.945, decrease Of $79, SOS, ,627.-The labor
ErOubles IN Pennsylvania and Ohio still con.
hnue. and great suffering exists among the
miners many Of whom have become disheart-
bned and expressed willingness TO 20 to work
again. The Ohio Central Coal Company closed
les mines on Wednesday last, owing 10 the un
Eettled condition OF the trade and the difficulty
Bf securing contracts for coal at the present
rate OF mining, except at q serious loss. Th,
notice states that the mines Will not be opened
fill the mining rate has been definitely estab
lished. The striking epidemic has also spread
In other quarters. The miners st the Hickox
Springfield, and Wilmington coal mines in Hi
Eois have left their work for an increase O
pay; the car drivers In ST. Louis have struck
and derailed a number of cars when sent ou
with the newly engaged drivers. and the stone
cutters Of New York have been threatened
with discharge unless they withdraw from tn
Trades Union. At Petersburg, Va, great sui
ferlng has been caused among the operatives O
the cotton factories on account Of the closini
Of those establishInents.-The cotton crop re
port for the Memphis district embracing Wes
Tennessee, North Arkansas, North Mississippi
and North Alabama does not sustain the favor
able prospects Of month ago. The crop la
suffered from want Of rain, and its condition
throughout the district is unsatisfactory
POLITICAL.
The Republican State Convention of Ne,
Hampshire met at Concord on the I'd inst an
announced Mondy Currier for Governor an
two Presidential Electors. Resolutions wer