The National tribune., 1885-01-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The News from All Parts of the
World.
ABROAD.

The Town Hall at Warmnster, England
was partially wrecked by an explosion of dyna-
mite OIL the night OF the l4th. Several houses
in the neighborbood were badly shaken, many
windows shattered and several persons thrown
to the ground by the violence OF the shock
Earthquake tremblings were felt during last
week at Torrox, Canilas, Almunecar aud Aga
boro, Spain. The storm in the southern provinces
stih continues, and the rivers are greatly swol-
len. The sufferings of the people who have
been rendered scless by the earthquakes
are intense According to the official record
the number of persons killed by the earth
quakes in Granada was 690, and the number
injured 1,lSO.-By the explosion of fire.
damp in mine at Pas Lee Calais France, on the
18th inst 25 men were kiiled.-The condi-
ton of affairs in Panama is most alarming
Civil war is raging in Cundinamarca Boyaca
Santander and Magdalena, and it seems is
about to break out in the important State of
Cauca. Heavy fighting has already taken place
in the interior. Tic Radical party, it is
called, has Joined a faction Of the Conserva-
tives Thus united they are endeavoring to
turn out the Liberal Government in the differ
eRt States, which are the strongest supporters
of the Government of President Nuncz, and
then. if successful, they will unite the States
they hold in an effort TO overthrow the Gen
eral Government-The condition of the
working classes in England is deplorable.
al different points in the country, and serious
rios are apprehended if the condition Of affairs
does not soon improve.-An anti-J ewiSh riot
occurred at Vilkomir, Russia on the 18th A
party of army recruits made ferocious attack
upon the Jewish residents. One of the latter
was killed. The police were powcrless to quell
the disturbance, but the ffremen came to the
rescue and dispersed the rioters.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
IL e., Ill IL; 80
Price, of Nashville, Ind, caught fire recently
from stove, and she was burned odeath.
Barbee engineer. was killed and VIM. Hough,
fireman. and A. Lowerly, brakeman, severely
injured by freight train jumping the track at
Summit, o., on the 18th inst.-A fire at
Fayetteville, n. c., on the 10th inst. destroyed
the stores of I. w. Thornton, Warren Pryor.
and other property; loss 1921 200; insurance
over So 000-The north side of the public
square at Jonesboro', Ark, including seven
business houses. was burned on the 14th loss
$70090.--The steam saw-mill belonging to J.
L. Williams. near Smith5eld, o., exploded on
the 18th inst. The boiler was blown a mile
away. Three persons were killed and one
badly hurt-Geo Trayss was hanged in the
Jail at Wellsboro, Pa, on the 18th inst for the
murder of Martha Sylvia in Charleston, Tioga
County, Pa, on April 3, 1883. He afterward
burned the remains in a vacant barn TO conceal
evidence of the crime.-The hospital for the
insane at Kankakee H.. was destroyed by fire
On the morning of the 18th, and II patients
lost their lives.
POLITICAL.
.lhe Democratic caucus of the Connecticut
Legislature nominated VIM. H. Barnum for
United States Senator on the 18th inst. The
Republican caucus nominated Hon. Orville III.
Piatt. The Republican majority in the Legis-
latuTe on joint ballot is 81, making Mr. Platt's
reelection certain.--Senator Don Cameron
was nominated for reelection to the o. s. Senate
by the Republican caucus at Harrisburg on the
18th inst.-Senator John J. Ingalls,, of Kansas
was nominated for reelection to the U. S. Sem
ate on the 10th inst.-The Democratic caucus
at Raleigh, n. C. nominated by reclamation
Senator L. b. Vance for reelection.
INDUSTRIAL.
A general cut down in wages has been agreed
upon by mills in Lawrence, Lowell and Man
chester, Mass, and will take effect this month
Nearly all the mills at Lowell, including the
Pacific, are in the agreement.-The Logan
and Centraiia pa collieries, operated hy L. A.
Riley & Co., suspended work on the 18th for an
indefinite period throwing 900 men and boys out
of employment.-The Central Falls Wooden
Mills, at Providence, r. l., shut down on the 18th,
for an indefinite time, throwing 13o hands out of
work.-On the 18th the Oliver Bros & Phil
lips Wire Co., of Pittsburg, Pa, suspended with
liabilities between 100000 and S5,000,0O0
- ne business failures during the seven
days ending Jan. IL number for the United
States $50, and for Canada IS, or total of 420,
as compared with a total of 457 last week.
MISCELLANEOUS
Hon. Erastus S. Ransom, formerly the law
partner of President Arthur was married on
the 14th to Miss Carol 2. Edwards of Brook
lyn.-The fourth cremation took place at
the Lancaster pa Crematory on the 10Th
inst, when the Dody of Maj. Charles B. Brady,
of st. Louis, who committed suicide at his
home in that city last Friday night, was in
cinerated.-One of the largest whales ever
captured on the Long Island coast was har-
pooned last week by the life-saving crew of
Bridgehampton, l.. /. The whale will yield
from rs to 100 barrels of oiI-The loss of
sheep and cattle in Northern Texas on account
of the extreme cold has been immense, many
thousands dying in some instances on a single
ranch.-Three hundred out of the 700 work
men employed in Aultman. Miller & Co.'S
Mower and Reaper Works at Akron, O., are
Frustrated by strange malady. The symp-
toms are violent purging and gripping pains in
the stomach and bowels, while the victim suf-
fers excruciating agony. No deaths have yet
been reported.-In the Pennsylvania Senate
on the 18th Mr.. Adams introduced bill for the
infection of corporal punishment upon all men
convicted of wilfully beating their wives or
beating any other female persons.
An Electrical Storm.