The National tribune., 1886-04-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The News from ali Parts Of the
World.
ABROAD.

9fll turkey Is pak1hg gTSdUS 10 sup buS
bellicose conduct of this little irebrand, as it
compels the Porte to support an enormous
standing army.-The Earl of Shaftesbury,
who. last October. succeeded to the title and
estates of his father the famous philanthropist,
committed suicide while riding in q hansome
cab through Regent street, London, last week.
He fred several pistoi-bails into his body
4 large meeting was held in London last week,
protesting against Mr.. Gladstonc's plans for
Home Rule in Ireland.-Although there have
been many diplomatic professions of good Will
between Francean Germany, it Is not unlikely
that there will be trouble before long between
the two countries Bismarck is credited with
saving that the disruption Of the British En-
pire lin regard to The Home Rule agitation in
Ireland may neccssitate a further PARTITION of
France -Sixty-eight cases of cholera have
occurred IF Brind;s Italy, Of which 10 have
proved fatal. Much alarm has been caused by
the news throughout Europe. At Alexandria,
Egypt, a quarantine of seven days has been or
dered against all vessels arriving from Venice,
Cairo and Briadisi.-Nine persons were kill
ed ard many were injured on Friday last at
Aiaceio, the Capital of Corsica. by the collapse
of a mansion.-An international exhibition
of industry, science and art will be held in
Edinburgh Scotland, from May TO October
next. The exhibition is open to the products
and industries of all nations, but prominent
feature will be illustrations of the industrial,
EClGDtiHC anu aTtlSL!C fuleulbS HiiNh tISHiy
the time and energies of the Scottish people.
The French Government proposes to do
nate 100000 francs 10 Prof Pasteur for the es-
Enlistment of hospital for the treatment of
persons who have been bitten by rabid animals.
$. S. Cox the United States Minister at
Constantiaople, delivered lecture last week
at the British Institute. The audience was
composed of the best people in the European
Colony there. Mr.. Cox took for his subject
"The Poetry of Mechanism; or, the Tenth
Muse 1.-The Bartlett murder trial, which
has created so much interest in England, ter
minated last week with verdict of acqGittal
for Mrs. Bartlett, wao was accused OF poisoning
her husband- Sunday last the Bishop of
Madrid was fatally shot by dismissed priest,
whose petition for reinstatement had been re-
iected by the Bishop.--Nearly 600 houses
were destroyed ly FIRE in the town of Stry, Ga
Iicia, on Sunday last. Many persons persisted.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Alonzo P. Kendall, man over 20 years of
age, living in a cottage at Lockport, o., was
awakened on the night of the l4th, by three
burglars entering the room where he was sleep
ing TIE old man leaped from his bed, seized
gun and shot one of the robbers drought the
brain. The others escaped.-Chas. noran, q
Newark n. j., longshoreman, in a fit of jeal-
ousy on the 14th instant stabbed his wife. The
knife penetrated the outer edge of her heart,
end the unfortunate woman died few hours
afterwards The murderer gave himself up.
On the 18th inst. a crazy man set fire to a
house near Hollywood Courthouse, Va, and
then stripping of his clothes, and armed with
an axe ran around the country creating the
greatest CONSERVATION. He was finally cap
tured and imprisoned.-On the l4th the
northbouad train Oh the Republican Valley
Railroad, running from Omaha, Neb., TO
MarysViile, Kan, was wrecked near Oketo,
h. IL t-,fp
Blue River, where the water was about 10 feet
deep. One child was killed and all the pas:en-
gers more or less iniured.-A young lady
named Williams, OF Peoria, H.. who occupied a
room on the second floor of the Planters House
in Chicago, sprang from her bed Tuesday and
before she could be prevented dashed through
the window and fell into the street. The glass
cut great gashes in her hands and arms, sever
ing several of the arteries. She was delicious
from fever at the time. Her injuries proved
fatal in short while.-A man named
Turpin was shot while resisting arrest at
MaysvilIe, KY, one day last week.
Philip H. Asher, of Rhinebeek. n. Y, was found
banging in mis- barn the 18th. He was de-
spondent on account of ll-heaith.-Deputy
Marshal William Erwin was assassinated in the
Choctaw Nation on Tuesday evening Of last
week. He had arrested and was returning to
Fort Smith Ark, with Felix Griffin, noted
outlaw, charged with highway robbery and
horse stealing, when he was set upon by two
men, who released the captive and shot ana IL
stantiy killed Erwin.-N. IL. Roe, OF Hunts
vile. Texas, is charged with poisoning his wife
by strychnine. Her life was insured for $1,000
Edward FIaherty shot and killed Owen
Rooney at Springfield, H., in a saloon row
Thursday night last-Near Faulkner Gap,
White Co., Ark, Wednesday OF last week, a
negro went to the house of Thomas Aldrich
and took 12-year-old son of that gentleman
f. Al L. 4 81 h o,- he
fre-Allen ]. Adams was hanged at North
smpton, Mass. on Friday last, for the murder
In 1873 OF Moses Dickinson. He escaped after
the murder, but confessed his crime in q
drunken dispute and was arrested ard con-
victed. He WAS biasphemOus to the last.-
John ". Rogers, aged 60 years, one Of the hest
known and most influential citizens of ca mden,
n. J., committed suicide Friday last By hang
ing. He was candidate for the nomination
for mayor at the last Republican convention,
but WIS defeated by Mr.. Jesse Pratt Dir.
Rogers's friends say that his defea: for the
mayoralty nomination weighed upon his mind.
in Pjttsbur2, Pa, on Friday last the jury
in the case of McAIulen VS.. The Penn Bank
directors found for plaintiff in the sum Of
So, 623.41. This was an action in deceit, plain
tiff claiming $6S 600 because the directors had
induced Liza TO leave his money in the bank
when they knew it was insolvent.-At his
residence at Hearne, Texas on the 18th, Dir.
BgsSeti became involved ii quarrel with q
man named Hughes. The latter grabbed the
doctors pistol with the intention Of shooting
him. Mrs. Bassett seeing her husbands danger,
hastily secured rife and commanded Hughes
10 drop the pistol. Hughes refused to obey the
command and continued to advance threaten
ingly upon DR.. Bassett, whereupon Mrs. BasSat tt
fired, nlortally wounding him.-In the hear
ing in Philadelph last week Of Isaac Rodgers.
former cashier of the First National Bank Of
Chester Pa, who was arrested on a charge of
ENLIGHTENMENT, Caleb Emlen, an expert account
ant testified that Rodgers had committed 400
different thefts and made 100 false entries to
the extent of So, 528. - Twenty Italian
banana peddlers suspected of counterfeiting
have been arrested in Cincinnati. The officers
found large quantities of arms at the lodgings
of the Italians, and there was every indication
that they had prepared TO make desperate
resistance if they had not been surprised
At Horton Gillis's butter factory, near Harvard,
Ill, cream separator burst last week, killing
William Johnson and wounding three others,
named Alton, Bowman and Blake, Atoms i'll
juries being fatal.-By the explosion of the
centripetai cream separator in the Big Foot
Creamery, at Elkborn, Wis., James Peterson
was killed, a boy fatally injured and several
men seriously cut and bruised " flying frag-
ments.-Shavano, sub-chief CT the Cnconl-
pahgre Utes, was killed a few days ago on the
White River reservation by Chief hrcwitz who
complained that Shavauo bad bewitched three
of Arowitz's children, who died. Arowitz was
pursued and shot 10 death by friends of SHAY
ano.-Eight kegs of giant powder exploded
st 0intonyille, Wis, Saturday last, while being
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