The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-24
NEWS NOTES.

The Supreme Court or M'se'Ss'Pp' nr
sustained the constitutlonallty OF the PROM
btIOn law.
Dr. Lewis C. Starkel, Of Illinois, has
been appointed analytical chemist under th'
oleOmargarne law.
The West Point foundry at Cold Springs
N. Y. was recently sold at auction 10 W. j.
Pauldng. for Sl50,00O.
OF the number Of persons condemned 70
prison for participation in the recent reVo''
in Spain, $50 were sentenced for life
Five men of the mounted police at Regns.
Manitoba, have deserted. carry of win
them the entire pay Ut QUE troop, amoun'
Ing IN $4,000.
A Washington special says that Mr.. Rar..
dalps candidate for the next Speakership q
the House is understood TO be James "
Burnes, OF Missouri.
Captain W. Fl. Gardner, formerly pres'.
dent OF the National Cotton Exchange, ana
. leading business man Of Mobile, Ala
died few days ago.
Tho board of missions Of the Meth0dis'
Episcopal church, In session at New YORK.
appropriated $500, 44T for foreign missions
against $40, 538 last year.
B. F. Harrington, OF the firm OF B. f.
Harrington & Co., wholesale grOcers, OF Dc
troit, died few days ago from injuries 70
ccived in falling down an elevator.
An Albany special says that Governor
| Hill has appointed Daniel l.. Gibbons SUP
way comm issloner OF New York City u
place OF Roswell p Flower. resigned.
Robert Caldwell. architect and buIldef'
an old and prominent citizen OF BROOKLYN
N. T., died few days ago. aged sixty-fourl
years. He was born in Hudson, N. Y.
Isaac Cline. Of Pittsburgh. has been for
the third time, re- elected president OF the
Window Glass Workers Association, having
. majority OF 1878 over his two competitors.
In accordance with representations made
by its inspectors. the Canadian Department
OF Agriculture Is now making arrangements
for more strict enforcement Of the cattle
| quarantine regulations
Charles Heron, ex.member Of the Clnc'n-
natl Board of Public Works, who was
charged by the board Of revision with sp-
proving fraudulent payroll, has been hon
Orably acquitted.
Mrs. Nellie Jones, aged ninety eight
years. said to be the oldest member OF the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union in
the United States, died at SMYRNA, Del.
. few days ago.
MIR. Gladstone has written to Lord Wal.
verton: ''NOthing can be done toward clos
ing the breach In the Liberal party until
the plans Of the Government for the govern
ment Of Ireland are made known"
Edward Hanlan. the sculler, has decided
to row no more in England during the pres
ent season, and tho proposed pair cared
match between Ross and Lee against Han
Ian and TenEyck has been abandoned.
BY the burning Of barn at FussdOrf,
Moravia. the other night, seven persons
persisted in the flames. Sixteen others who
were occupants Of the barn when the fire
broke out are supposed TO have been con-
sumed.
In the trial of George NJ. Blaine, Jr., In.
dicted for msapplying funds of the Ex-
change National bank. Norfolk. Va, the
jury found the prisoner not guilty as
charged. Several other indictments are now
to be tried.
Sister Colombo. q nun In Catholic lnstl.
tuition at TemiscaminQne, Ont, has elOped
with young man named La Ferricre, much
to the surprise and scandal of the COM
munity. Two OF the young lady's sisters
have also loft the convent and resumed
secular life.
The Cincinnati Times-SHr says that
Speaker Carlisle, who Is now with Mrs.
Carlisle visiting their sons in Wichita, Kan,
will, after the end Of the term in Congress
to which he has just been elected. remove
from tbs State OF Kentucky altogether and
will probably make his homo at Wichita.
1t Is understood that the Dukes Of Devon
shire and Buccleugh are heavily Interested
with the st. Paul syndicate In the recent
purchase OF dock facilities at Staten Island
IN connection with the scheme for direct
shipment from the Northwest to Europe.
A meeting of the creditors of Richard
Preston, dealers In wOOlens and tsilOrs
trimmings. at Boston, was held few days
ago. A statement was submitted showing
his assets TO be $40, O78; liabilities, 500, 4S4
The failure was attributed to PrestOn's neg
lect Of his business.
George Elder one of the oldest and best
known New York detectives, died . few
days ago Of aneurism of the heart. He had
been connected with many important cases
among others that of Adams the Concord
bank r0bber. OF late he has been In thu
employ OF Tiffany as private detective.
James A. Whitney, a lawyer of New Yorh
City, has replied n the affirmative to an in
quiry Of the California defense fund assOcl.
alton. a. to whether he will assist In the de.
Tense Of the condemned Chicago Anarchists
il their case can be brought before the
United States Supreme Court on appeal.
The cases Of the Molecular. Clay Com
mercial Peoples and Overland Telephone
companies against the American Bell Co.,
now awaiting a hearing before the Supreme
Court Of the United States, were yesterday
advanced on tho docket They were as
signed for argument as one cause on Janu
airy "a, next
Thomas Stevens, whose tour around the
world on a bicycle has made him famous,
arrived at Hong Kong. October 4. He wa.
not permitted to cross Afghanistan, 80 h,
took the steamer from Calcutta to Hons
Kong. From the latter place he goes on hi
bicycle to Canton and thence to Shang Hal
where he will take the steamer for Japan.
The body Of DIR. Fred Gardner, Of Silve
City, N. NJ, was found In Pushaw pond
near Bangor, Me, the other day. He wa
about thirtv-fve years old and leaves
widow in Silver City. II Is supposed tina
another man, name unknown, was ais,
drowned, as he went OF in DR.. Gardner
company and has not since been heard from
A Spanish expedition left Madrid for thu
Philippine Islands with instructions to talk
possession OF the whole Of the island O
Parugua and occupy the chief ports O
Southern Mindanao. The expedition is ais,
directed to offer to the natives exemptio,
from taxation, to supply them with tool
and instruct them in their use and provide
free passes for settlers.
The trustees of Tufts College. Boston
have elected the following named officers
President, John d. w. Joy; Treasurer