The National tribune., 1885-09-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The News from All Parts of the
World.
ABROAD.

one or their OWN steam laSt week, acCOHl-
| panied an English steamer 40 miles north of
| Saukin on the Red Sea to the village of Shnat,
| which was attacked and destroyed. The British
and their allies in this battle killed a large
number of hostile Arabs who inhabited Shinat,
and captured enough grain and cloth to make
large cargo.-An expulsion of Polish sub
iects from Austria has begun. All classes alike
are expelIed-Memorial services under the
auspices of the Government Of the City of
| Mexico in honor of the late Gen. Grant were
held Wednesday evening of last week in the
Hall of Congress- in the presence Of the chief
officials of both the Federal and City Govern
ments and the elite Of Mexican society.-The
English Boundary Commissioners are irritated
at the Governor Of Herat having discovered
him tampering with letters addressed to nem-
bers of the Commission He has also committed
other offensive acts. The British have requested
| the Ameer to reprimand the GOvernOr.-COn-
siderable excitement still exists in Spain in re-
gard to the annexation of the Caroline Islands
by Germany. 1t is most likely now, though,
that an amicable arrangement will be arrived
| at by the two Nations. 1t is supposed that the
trouble has been agitated to great extent by
the French in Spain, who are anxious to cause
an anti-Gcrman feeling among the Spanish
people, On the Goth ult. United States
| Minister Cox presented his credentials to the
Sultan of Turkey. The Sultan presented Mr..
Cox with valuable set of Turkish jewelry.
| He also gave him several rare Oriental books
for Abraham Hewitt, and set of others for
the National Library at Washington.--Th
| Russian Government has issued a decree max
| ing the Greek Church the established religion
of the Baltic Provinces. Professionalism will
only be tolerated Children born of mixed
marriages are to be trained in the Greek Church
The decree is certain to excite great discomfort
among the German settlers-The Russian
naval manuvers at Helsnfors will be con-
Quoted in absolute secrecy. No foreign attaches
| no nrvnA 70 Writ itaf. ION
in favor of committing the death sentence of
the halfbreed outlaw Riel has been commenced
in Manitoba. Public meetings are being held
in French municipalities and addresses made by
French politicians. Counter-pettions are also
in circulation.-There is an absurd rumor
ahoat in Europe, that Germany is contemplate
ing the annexation of Cuba.-An interna-
tional boat race took place at Constantinople
on the 30th ult. between crews from various
men fwar in the harbor. The cutter from
the United States steamer Quinnebaug was
victorious. The race was witnessed by the
officers of the steamer. United States Minister
Cox. Consul Gen. Heap aud most Of the men,
beers of the American colony, and by large
crowd of spectators, who applauded and COIL
graduated the victors.-Tbe smallpox scare
still continues at Montreal, Quebec. There are
between 20 and 80 deaths every day.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
On the 9th ult., at Cape May, N. J., Marshal
Henry Holland attempted to arrest three men
| engaged in passing counterfeit silver dollars,
but was badly beaten and left insensbe, and
| Mr.. f. c. Markley and others, who came to his
assistance, were roughly handled. One of the
party obtained a shotgun. covered one of the
men and compelled him to surrender The
other two made their escape. The prisoner
! gives his name as John Francis, of Philadelphia.
a large piece of dynamite placed under
building at New Boston, Pa, occupied by about
! a dozen Hungarians who are working on a new
railroad, exploded Wednesday night Of last
week. doing considerable damage to the build
| ing No person was injured.-Thos. Mckeon,
a MINER who claims to be pugiist quarreled
with Robert Begoin in saloon at Minonk, H.,
| on Friday, and, after knocking Begoin down,
threw beer keg upon him with such force as
to break the neck of the PROSTATE man. re-
ward is offered for Mckeons arrest.--On the
morning of Aug. 26 All attempt was made to
| blow up the saloon Of james 3. Rodgers in
Philadelphia Dynamite is supposed to have
been used-Lucien White has been arrested
| in st. Louis, charged with being concerned in
a gigantic scheme TO counterfeit Brazilian bank
notes. Partly finished notes, amounting i'll the
aggregate to $4,000, have been discovered.
| The backs of the notes have been discovered in
New Orleans. Other arrests are expected, both
in ST. Louis and in New Oreans-Fred.
Browuson, aged 1G, and Grace Hart. 10, who
eloped from Waterbury, Conn. on Friday, were
captured at Blue Mountain Lake, in the Adiron-
dacks, on the following Tuesday. They were
living in a brush shanty, cooking their own
provisions. They said they had read dime
| novels, and thought it would be romantic to
run away and live in the woods--A cOlOred
woman, named Frances Cain, was burned to
death at Darlington, Nd last week, while try
| ing to light fire with coal Ol.-Fred Ward,
a farm lab0rer. committed an outrageous assault
on Mrs. ]. l.. McGlasher, of Otto, Iowa. on Mon
day of last week, and narrowly escaped lynch
| ing on two occasions while being taken to the
| Sioux City jail.-At Lonoke, Ark, on the
2Sth, Henry Burnett, eolored, aged Is years,
was hanged for the murder OF Nelson Anderson,
also colored in February last.-Two police
men of Geneva Kane Co., Ill, were shot aud
killed by some unknown persons in a mysteri-
GUS manner In the streets of that town Thurs
| day night last.-Sam1 w. Collins was hanged
on the 2Sth at Bowling Green, Mo, for the
murder of a man named Owen Utterback.
Mrs. Utterback, the widow of the murdered
man, with her two sons, aged five and eight
years respectively, were present at the exocu-
tIon.-A. T. Henderson, colore6, prominent
in Louisiana in the days of reconstruction, and
now occupying the position of United States
Collector of Pensions, was arrested at Lake
! Providence, La, on the 18th, charged with
| forging the name of deceased colored widow.
R. A. Purdy, Of the 4th Ill. N. g., who
was wounded in the face during sham battle
! at the State encampmcnt near Ottawa two
| Weeks ago, uieu at La odle Oh tue ~ bu uit.
from lockjaw.--El Frank, a liquor dealer of
Chicago, has disappeared with about $4,000
belonging to his brothers, who were in partner
ship with him. The police on his track.
Albert Barress, aged %, of Philadelphia,
was drowned at Cape May on Sunday last
New Castle, Pa, was visited by terrible storm
on Sunday afternoon. At o'clock lightning
| struck house owned and occupied by Timothy
| Mack, his wife aud son. Mack and boy who
had stopped for shelter were fatally injured.
| Mrs. Mack and man named O'Brien were in
jured but not fatally. The house is a total
wreck.-During rainstorm at Wahpeton,
| OAK, Saturday, f. E. Redman's barn was struck
by lightning, which killed two men within,
| and injured two others.-Frank Belts, 10
years old, was apprehended at Rockford, ILL.,,
while trying to pass q counterfeit half dollar
on Sunday. TWAS found that he had 200 more
spurious pieces. and to all questions he replied
that he had found them.-Saturday evening
last a negro named Phillip Burrman, while at
tempting to draw log upon a wagon at Deco
guam, Va, was instantly killed, the coupling
poles flying over and striking him upon the
head, crushing his skull and scattering his
brains. He leaves a large and destitute family.
Oh the 29th ult. John Musgrove who was
| guarding fruit orchard of b. s. MeIntyres, at
Kearneysville, w. Va, accused Frank Nutter
of stealing some pears. This SO enraged Nutter
that he drew knife and stabbed his accuser
| to tho heart.--John Brooks, aged 81, has been
sentenced to two years ia the penitentiary. in
| Kansas for horse stealing.-A terrible fight
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