The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-03-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
The News from All Parts of the
World.
ABROAD.

ABROAD.
terrific explosion occurred in the Usworth
Colliery at Sunderland, England, last week.
Many persons were killed. The explosion is said
20 have been caused by fire-damp. The list of
dead includes two men who were asphyxlated
while in the rescue. Thirty-six dead bodies
have been recovered from the ruins and
volunteer force is still engaged in seeking for
more victims. At the time of the explosion
there were 80 men in the mine. They were
all imprisoned by the tanning of the cage
way-The 18th birthday of Pope Leo XIII
was celebrated at the Vatican on the ID inst.
-Trouble between England and Russia in
regard 10 the Afghan frontier seems imminent,
rs the Russian troops have been advancing on
the disputed territory of Afghanisan in spite
OF the protest of the English guard. The
British Minister in Afghanisiau has advised the
Atghaus nos to retire from before the RnSSlan
troops, bat TO dispute every inch of ground,
and said that the British Government would up
hold tiseln.-Ihc English have stopped their
advance on Khartoum FOR a time. They will
occupy various points between AbudOm and
AbufatoTch during the Summer, in order TO
protect the Nile route from the incuisonS Of
the rebels. The heat is rapidly increasing.
Some eases of typhoid fever have already oc-
curred-New South Wales last week shipped
SEQ men fer Egypt.-Gcn. Wallace, United
States Minister 10 Turkey. has resigned.
ex- Empress Eugenic is seriously i'll from ner-
yous shock the result of being thrown from
her carriage al Marlborough oa the "a instant.
-The Project of Police announces that an
exhaustive investigation of the alleged dyna-
mite convention. which was said to have been
held in private residence near the Grand
Hotel. Paris, on the 23d ult, has proved beyond
question that the convention is myth.-The
Government has suspended the operation of the
factory act, limiting the number of hours dur
ing which wOrkmen may DC employed as far
as il relates to the royal arsenal at Nooiwich.
The object is to allow the workshops at the
arsenal 10 he run at their full capacity night
and day and to enable them to turn out $780,,
GOO cartridges per weck.-Gen. Brlcre de
rISle the French commander in TOnGuin, tele
graphs that he his relieved the beleaguered
French garrison at Thuyenquan. He states in
his despatch that the fighting was very severe
and lasted Is days, the Chinese suffering
some loss Dispatches from Shanghai state
that great excitement exists there owing TO the
receipt Of news Of the oyerhauling and seaching
of several English aud American steamers en-
route to Tonquin by French men-of- war
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Rudolph Burger, an old and wealthy farmer
near Mill Village, \. Y, while chopping in the
woods on the 9th inst. was struck by a falling
tree aud killed. lamp exploded in the
Dunkirk House at Bradford, Pa, on the 9th
inst, igniting the building and burning TO
death Barney Frael butcher and James Mar
ter, was badly burned. Four buildings were
destroyed by the fire-WilIiam Corbim and
John Gaines. of Boone County, KY, fought
with revOlyers about dog at Lawrenceburg,
Ind, on the 9th inst. Both combatants were
killed-Joseph Martin, of Ashevilie, \. c.,
on Tuesday of last week shot and fatally
wounded Percy Darlington, son of Maj. Car
Tington, of Richmond, Va Both were drinking
and got into a wrange over the right TO a seat
in the car Martin began firing aud CARING
ton received wounds in the neck, side and
grcin, from which he died that evening"
Lee Slater, cOlOTed, charged with au outrage on
little white girl, WAS taken from the jail at
Monroe, \. C., Wednesday morning by crowd
OF indignant citizens and hung from tree in
the suburbs of the town.-Mary Williams,
aged II years Of Chester Pa, while on her way
TO school on the 9th inst. struck by a train
on the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore
Railroad, and killed.-The boiler of the
steamer Wave exploded on the 9TH inst. OPP
pOsite Wilmington. \. c., and she Immediately
sank. Neill JeSsup James Stedman and Kitty
Harvey, all col0Ted, were blown into the river
and drowned. Perry Cotton, the colored pilot,
and Dave Mcpherson were badly scalded. Sew
eral other persons received slight injuries
VIM. Peyt0n, alias Dick Buckley, native of
Allegheny. Pa, who has been the leader of
band IL the West which has terrGrzed Wyoming,
Montana and other Western Territories. was
shot and killed Saturday last al Sheridan, Wy
oming. in a bar-room quarrel.-In Cincinnati,
on Sunday morning last, dismantled locOmO-
tive which was being hauled on fat car, was
thrown to the ground. killing James Hanlon
and fatally ipjuring Michael Nolan, brakemen.
james Fisher committed suicide by shoot
ing himself in Philadelphia Saturday last. He
was % years of age, and leaves a widow and
two children, who can assign no reason for lis
suieide-An explosion occurred at the shop
of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company,
Sas., Loci
In the death of John Herman and the serious
burning of VIM. Foley, wOrkmen, who were
charging railroad torpedoes-The Opera
House block at Albany, Mo, one of the best
business buildings in Northwest Missouri, was
burned early on Saturday morning last entail
ing loss OF from $4,000 to $4,000 In addi-
ton TO the business losses all the county
records since the county organized, including
those Of the circpit clerk, county recorder and
probate cosr:, We're totally destroyed. Total
insurance about $4,000.
INDUSTRIAL.
The business failures throughout the c0un-
try during the seven days ending on the 9TH
inst number for the United States DIS, and
for Canada 80 or q total of 277 as compared
with 253 last week and 800 the week previous.
The coal miners of the Pittsburg district in
convention in that city last week refused TO ac-
cept the Trades Tribunal rate of q cents per
bushel, and resolved 10 strike for three cents
per bushel. A strike or lockout will throw
out Of employment 1850 men.
MISCELLANEOUS.
DIR. James b. Taylor chief Of the New York
Bureau of Contagious Diseases, laid statement
before the Board of Health last week which
shows that during the last four months 2, 1872
cases of measles and 400 deaths from that cause
have been recorded in that city.-In the
Supreme Court in San Francisco last week IT was
decided that Chinese children must be admitted
70 the public schoOls.-At the 18th annual
commencement of the Ohio College of Dental
Surgery at Cincinnati last week, the gold medal
of honor was taken by Carrie Lloyd of Ind,