The Republican journal., 1886-02-11
The Latest News.


RIOT IN LONDON.
Monday the starving mechanics of London
held mass meeting in Trafalgar Square,
around the Nelson monument, and it resulted
III Il rlot. For six hours the city was controll-
Ell by mob, whose work the police We're ut
tGrly, poWerlcss to stay. Comparatively little
| Dloou was shed by the rioters. but thousands of
| windows We're smashed, public houses, beer
| SHOPS and Wine stores sacked, and property
| Iutniessly destroyed on every hand. The work
OF destruction was kept up until about mid
! niSht: There We're 1000 persons engaged in
the Trafalgar Square demonstrations. Two
! thifds OF the crowd We're bona tidc unemploy-
Ell Worklngmen while the remainder We're so-
cEiilsts. The two sections Were not i'll accord
ana there We're frequent collisions between
| them. The Workingmen took no part in the
rloIous acts that followed the meeting in Ira
Iaigar Square, but the Socialists aroused to fury
by the violent TRADES of the speaker in the
| square, created thorough reign OF terror
JeWclry shops We're broken into and their
| contents carried off by the mob Carriages con-
tanning ladies We're stopped ON the streets and
Their occupants forced to ai%ht. Then some Of
the rioters entered The vehicles and drove at
the head of the crowd. The mobs swept
through the streets shouting, ''>lna>h the VIII
doWS. lets Get inside the shops. All decently
attlred persons who encountered the rioters
We're maltrcated, the WeHler, OF SILK hats meet
/ ing with particularly rough ush@r
The London DaiIN News thinks there is moth
/ ing to cause serious alarm but further out
4 breaks are predicted before lhr winter Is over:
| The riot was renewed Tuesday ny mon OF
4 10000 strong. but they were dispersed by the
police.
\ SEATTLE, w. 4. UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
sunday the anti-t hinese feeling 1T Seattle,
I W. H., eliminated in a raid on Chinatown and
the driving Of the Chinese to the dock Where Il
steamer was ready to sail for San Francesca
The passage for one hundred was PAID ana
the rest left on the dock GoN squire or
| Washington Territory notified 70 protect the
| Chinese and Monday the steamer was tluoined
from sailing, the ringlcadrrs Of the riot We're
arrested and the poor heather were ptrhllteu
to 20 or remain AS they ciccteo Most OF them
appeared clad to Get away. Great excitement
| prevails the city is under martial law and
vessels have been sent to Washington for
I troops.
DEATH OF MAJOR GENERAL HANCOCK.
/ Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, [. s.
A., died at 2.3l y. m. Fcb. ., at Governors
island Death resulted from a malignant car
btlnclc on the back Of his neck which had con-
fined him to his bed for several days. His con
diti0n was not such as to cause alarm until
within short time of his death. lhc news Of
his death was a great surprise and shock to the
country and Mrs. Hancock has Been the rcrp
! lent of many messages of condolences, while the
usual official marks of respect will BE paid
I Cen Hancock was born in Montgomery county.
Pa Feb Il. 1924. He graduated from West
Point i'll 1874 and served mainly on frontier
Nni ;cn lie ,ya, brryettrJ rs Fir.t irutnnnnt
fn,. ,raIlaut and meritorious conlh,ct in thc haf
ties of ConreraN and cheruhu>co. From 1919
to 1913 he was again Oh ir0htNF GUY IN
various l'art>' ~" ron 10" 20 l1ni Wa
Vualfrr'n''lCr VI 'nr l?'illi'ln li> ,I Gi
war he was recalled to Washington md was
made Brimadcr General of volunteers Sept. %.
1861. lie served calamity throughout the war,
taking part IN many important engagements;
aitt lor m rohuu't at GetlNHhur% he received
49, ne hHN n'Gh II II command y M l9'part-
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CHASE AND FIlLSBt EI.
The SENATE Committee on Finance NH deter
mined upon adverse rcports mon fine uontina-
tious of pillshIry and Chase 10 W. 4 'oIIrttors
r,snrrti,,,l, of Boston and Portland. The re-.
nort mon pilI,bury may be- LrId hnri5 trmunr-
arily tn ,siYn linn oiu,ortliuity 10 IN hpnrl
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Washing on "AISpeIAS6'
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VI Wy
! The report that Attorney General Garland is
| telephone scandal is di>,rrdited IN Washington
~
ne communities On ''"'"'i0ii ana ianoi mas
reported laloIa"! 9tnd'nf frAc9 hlIi 'pf =
COMMISSION 70 investigate 'ie HI"oI Ta'i''
Senator E,Inuuds has hunted I'M !, nun,Ipr
nf i,n,,nrt,ut nrr,.r,,ts .,I>+liui,I'r i'll ,.,,,r
five for Information II rpIation ID rrrtain
| appointments.
i I'm wiIl he r,uortrd fayurably 10 (nD.sres>
authorizing the President 10 appoint two regi-
''e"IH VI ro'unlVci ''N'iiS |" i'i 'N'iF'
h">'lo ihdlthN III Afi|"h' ana Nt" NifA''o'
Should the Widows Pension bill become law.
InI' No"ld can ioI "'oUt IN ''ilili"nN noIc'
Nl''i' II th"'t'H' N""' l"No ll"lil 'iIo iI'S
millions Of dollars.
The unu>ion bill rs reuortrd 10 fine Uou,r
approprintc> SO, ~ POO an increase Of about
/ lAO0OOUo over lat year IT Is made UP a.
! IoHoNN fof army aiiu navy PENSIONS H'''""V,
i'i san ooo ~ I,1,ri.. nt * ,,,,.in
accents ana fo, tlcrL hire rents ptr S3a4 YnO
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ra,ntt ~. mammalian rf CollrrtorS PHlsiu,,,..
and Chase adversely next week. Pii>bury
who Is IN Washington, hndN tina the Name