The National tribune., 1885-10-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The News from all Parts of the
World.
ABROAD.

occupants beneath the debris. Eight corpses
were found in the ruins.-The sentence OF
Death PASSED upon the Canadian rebel, Louis
Riel, has been committed to imprisonment for
IIe.-Turks and Bashi-Bazouks are commit
ting grave excuses at Macedonia, and the
Christian residents are in constant fear Of
being attacked-At meeting of tenant
farr.icrs at Wcstpoint, Ireland, Sunday last, a
resolution was adopted demanding that the
Government introduce in Parliament bill
similar to the American homestead lava
petition signed by the directors of the news
papers, volunteers and many prominent citi-
zens of Havana has been cabled to King
Alfonso asking him to pardon Varona and the
three other men belonging to Limbano San
CHEFS party, who were condemned by council
of war to be shot-Russia is projecting large
additions to her navy.-The Chinese Govern
ment has unanimously decided to proceed
speedily with the work of building railways
throughout the Empire.-This week the war
cloud in Eastern Europe looks extremely
threatening. Great activity prevails in mill
tary circles throughout Turkey. Troops are
being hastily armed and equipped for immedi-
ate service. The Sultan has determined to
fight against further ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of Tur-
key and large bodies of troops are being rap
idly concentrated on the frontier at strategic
points within easy striking distances OF
Bulgaria Greece and Servia. Troops, horses
and field guns are being dispatched TO the front
night and day. The Moslems are enthusiastic
and volunteering in large numbers. The Bri-
tish fleet is taking on coal and otherwise being
prepared for active service. The fact that a
large contract has been made TO supply coal to
the English fleet in Turkish waters, coupled
with the fact that Russia is making eXtraordi-
nary efforts to increase the strength of her
navy, causes much speculation as to the inten-
tiops of the two powers.-Austria asked
Prussia to explain the expulsion of Austrian
Poles from the latter country, and Prussia re-
piled that she regarded the expulsion as
purely internal affair. The PrusSian Govern
ment promises, however, to favorabiy consider
exceptional cases and to afford persons expelled
facilities for settling their private affairs-
Seven Thousand Christians have been mastered
in AMMAN. Among the victims were Nj. Chat
elet a missionary, and 10 native priests
There are still many deaths from smallpox in
Montreal and vicinity.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
John Deveraux, charged with an attempt to
blow up the saloon of Jas. 3. Rogers in Pbila-
delphia last August, pleaded guilty, and was
last week sentenced to pay fine of $500 and
to undergo an imprisonment of two years IN
the penitentiary-MaryD ruse, who helped
kill her father, was put in the penitentiary at
Syracuse, n. Y, last week, and will go TO work
in the box factory. Her mother, it will be re-
membered, is under sentence of death for the
same offense-The wife and child of Seth
Staunton persisted in prairie fire in Barnes
County, OAK, Saturday last. MIR. Staunton
took one little child under each arm, and told
his wife 10 follow with the eldest one. Look
ing back, he saw his wife and child enveloped
IN flames. Mrs. Staunton persisted there, and
the child was so badly burned that it died the
next day.-Samuel Pollock, of Galveston,
Tex, took a dose of morphine in mistake for
uuinine, with fatal effects last week-A Salt
To1-o II rod
last week for the fourth time for murder. He
will be shot Nov. 24-The West-bound ex-
press train on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
struck rock two miles east of Ohio Pyle Falls
Pa, on the 14th, precipitating the engine, two
baggage cars and smoking car into the river.
Fireman Samuel Goodwin was cut bruised aud
scalded, but not fatally hurt. Several passen-
gers were slightly bruised, but all escaped with
out serious injury.-Andrew Smith, Emil
Olsen, and John Nicholson editor of the Desc
ret Netrs were sentenced at Salt Lake City last
week TO six months in the penitentiary and a
fine of $500 each for unlawful cohabitatiOn, all
having refused TO pledge obedience TO the law
-Morrison's sawmill, II adjoining tenements
and 100000 feet of lumber were burned at
Fredericktown, n. B., last week. Thirteen
families are left homeless. The total loss will
be $100000.-An incendiary fire at Minto
Dak on the 14th inst, destroyed property val
ued at $4,000, mostly farm machinery
Five Cinnamon were burned to death in fire
in Chinese laundry at Oakland, Cal, on the
morning of the 14th inst.-In Fayette County,
Pa, Saturday night last, Rel Tasker was killed
while he and his brother were attacking the
house Of Ira Tate, who repulsed them with a
shotgun. Four negroes attacked the house of
Michael BOrila, in the same County, that night
and one of them, Robert Scott. shot and killed
Borilla.-The Southern express on the Penn
sylvania Railroad ran into an immigrant train
ffa HaptencacH Riyar N L hridoa m
Sunday night last, and several persons were
killed and many wcunded.-Post Interpreter
George F. Curry was kiihd by Private Wood,
of troop l., 9TH Cav, Saturday last, at Fort Bu-
ford, Oak, because of the attentions paid by
Curry TO Woods wife at a dance.-At Ra-
leigh, \. c., on Saturday last William Gooch
and Jas. A. Smith were sentenced to be hanged
Nov. II, for the murder of John A. Cheatham,
q merchant of Raleigb.-Frederick Weiner
who murdered Margaret Seeing in Franklin
County o., for refusing TO marry him, was
hanged Saturday last.-Myron Camp, of Erie,
Pa, during an alteration on the 18th drove
potato fork through his brothers head. The
wound will probably prove fatal.-United
States Secret Service Officers raided camp of
IL counterfeiters in Clarion County, Pa, and
captured six Of them, the others escaping into
the wOods.-Michael d. Hallahan, of Ualla-
hans Hill, \. Y, aged %, blew out his brains,
on the 14th, with an old horse pistol. Excru-
CldIlDg pain from q cancer on Ip, prOuuc-
ing alteration of the mind, caused him to com
NIT suicide.--0n Tuesday of last week Will
liam Palmater, well-to-do farmer living near
New Kingston, Delaware Co., n. Y, ordered
Andrew Yaeple, his hired man, to do some
thing on the farm. Yaeple refused TO do it.
and guaTIe! ensued. Palmater drew his jack
knife and slashed Yaeple across the stomach,
disembowelng him. Yaeple died in a short
time. Palmater was arrested and lodged in
jail.-Thomas Boswell, q farmer, living
near Reams's Station, Dinwiddie Co., Va,
while feeding stock last week, was attacked
and gored TO death by vicious bull
John Walsh, a gambler, last week shot and
killed W. ii. Dawson, night clerk at the Mar
shall House, Savannah, Ga. The murder was
entirely nprovozed.-Mrs. Hannah Remley
was found guilty at Dodgeyille, Wis, of aiding
her youthful son in the murder of her husband,
Conrad Remley, and was sentenced Wednesday
Of last week TO imprisonment for life-one day
in each year to be spent in solitary confne-
meDt. The son, who is serving life sentence
was a witness in the case.-On the 18th
fire, caused by the explosion Of still contain
ing 400 Barrels of OIL broke out in Parsons
Lubricating Oil Works, Philadelphia, and did
a large amount of damage.-On Wednesday
night Of last week number of female scholars
were returning from school at 0akdale, Pa,
when they were met by two white boys and
one colored boy, aged Is years, who attacked
them with reyolvers All escaped but Annie
McKemp IA years old, who was terribly
assaulted and left unconscious She was found
by friends, and the assailants after long Search