The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-03-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The News from ALI Parts of the
World.
ABROAD.

Russia is said to be massipg largo number
of troops in Bessarabia. The object is supposed
to be to exercise a pressure upon Prince Alex
ander of Bulgaria, whom the Russians suspect
of conspiriHg with England to permanently
cement the present union between Bulgaria
= and Eastern Roumelia. by maintaining his
claim to life title TO the Governorship of the
latter country. Russia claiming that his term is
limited TO five years.-The English Govern
ment has ordered the customs officers of Great
Britain TO report the purchase or order by
Greece Of any vessel for either war or CONNER
cial purposes-The 22d inst. was the seth
anniversary of the birth Of Emperor William
of Germany. a grand banquet was given on
the occasion.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
While Capt Gray, wealthy farmer living
near Nashville. Tenn, was away from home at
n funeral on the 18th his wife was murdered
by negro farm hand.-The police are on the
track of the train robbers who murdered Tx
press Messenger Nichols on the Rock Island
train, and hope soon to bag their game
Laura A. Miller. aged 10 years, hanged herself
in the attic of her parents house in Buffalo,
n Y. Tuesday night last because she was for
hidden TO attend roller skating rinks.-Fritz
Heider editor of the Hudson County IN. j.
Journal committed suicide on the 10th by
shooting. The bed clothes were stained with
blood hut the deceased had taken the precau
ton of placing a bowl under his head to avoid
staining the carpet.-Isaac Gillespie was ar
rested in Philadelphia last week for forging
papers to obtain pension and sent to the penl-
Tertiary for two years and half.--A coils
ion occurred Thursday last at Roselle, n. D.,
between a freight and passenger train on
the New Jersey Central Railroad. The freight
cars telescoped, and the engine was thrown off
the track The passengers escaped serious in
jury. The engineer OF the freight train is
blamed for the accident.-Cora Green,
pretty l4-year-old girl, who escaped on Sum
day last at Greenville, o.. from John McNey,
gypsy, and his two female companions, states
that she was kidnapped from her home, near
Lebanon, Ind, over year ago by the gypsles.
McNey drove a nail through her foot, fastening
her to board, and swung her up to the wagon
bows and otherwise brutally treated her. Marks
of the girls wounds are still yisible.-In Au
gust. 1854, John J. McAIahon, the messenger of
the Leather Manufacturers Bank of New York,
stole $4,000 He deposited the moaey with a
friend and fed to Canada The friend squan
dered the money. McMahon surrendered him.
self and was on Thursday last sentenced TO five
years at auburn prison Hickey, an 1t
lanta (Ga.) merchant on Thursday last snapped
an old pistol at his old friend, VIII Pinion. The
ball went through Pinion's heart, killing him
instantly-An explosion of natural geS oc-
Cured at Murraysville, Pa, on the 18th, causing
the destruction of about $4,000 worth OF prop
erty. Several persons were fatally Injured
Miss Daisy Carroll one of the best known ladies
of Rhca County, Tenn, has been arrested for
completely IN the cmbeZzlement OF about So.
600 from the Champion Works OF Springfield,
o., by the confidential bOokkeeper, Frank
Jones.-Two ferrybOats running between
New York and Jersey City coliidcd on Friday
last causing severe injury to number Of per-
sons.-The body of Jacob Schambaugh, Of
Collegevile, Pa, was found on the 18th hanging
from the entry of his pigsty. He had evidently
first tried to cut his throat. his neck was
gashed and lacerated. Owing probably to the
dizziness of the knife and the pain inflicted
thereby, he decided on another mode of DEATH
and brought the rope into requlsltlon.--Ihe |
boiler of an engine on the Texas Il Pacific Rail |
road exploded near Fort Worth, Tex, on the |
18th, killing the engineer and freman.-Geo !
l. Pringle aged Co. wealthy farmer of Luz |
zerne County, Pa, was struck and instantly
killed by lightning while walking the road
near New Columbus, the l9th.-R. Jordan |
Of Boston, committed suicide by jumping from
the steamer Roman, on which he was pasSen- |
ger, while III mid-ocean.-The following fires |
occurred on Sunday last: At Helena, Ark, loss |
100000. At Newhuryport, Mass, loss $4,000, |
OF which there -Vas 600 insurance. At Ia |
leski. O., loss $4,000 At Duluth, Mimi, loss /
S12, G00.--A freight train on the Pittsburg 81 |
Lake Erie Railroad ran into a landslide near |
Stops Ferry, Pa, about IL o'clock or Satur- |
day night last, causing the death Of the con- |
ductUr and fireman.-While David Strong, of
Midway, O.. was eating his dinner on Tuesday
last week, the upper set of his false teeth fell
into his throat and he was choked to death. |
Daniel Coyle was killed in Philadelphia,
Saturday last. while attempting to reconnect a /
broken electric-hght wire. He supported him.
self by d wet iron awning post with one hand
and grasped the broken wire with the other !
He received Immediately an electric shock, and
fell dead to the street
INDUSTRIAL.
The business failures for the seven days end !
ing March 20, number for the United States |
100 and for Canada 30, or a total of 225 as COM
pared with 239 last week and 2f6 the week be-