Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1888-04-21
GENERAL NEWS.
FROM THE WORLD At
LARGE.
News from Several states and Across
the Wnters-MOOrish Government
and United STATES


and United states
A strong effort is being made in Brazil
to abolish slavery.
Emperor Frederick Of Germany, is
steadily getting worse. He is very nerv.
Gus.
In the district of Matanzas, Cuba, sew.
eral planters were captured by bandits
and held for ransom.
District Attorney Fellows, of New
York, is charged with misappropriating
money belonging to client.
Advices from Montevideo, Uruguay,
report the loss of the steamer Rio dc ia
metro, with 120 souls on board.
Ma'ietoa, the deposed king of Samoa,
has been lett at Cameroons as prisOISr, r,
by German gunboat from Samoa.
Bismarck has withdrawn his opposition
to the marriage of Price Alexander Of
Battenburg, and Princess Victoria.
The Spanish Chamber of Deputies, by
vote of 154 to %, rejected the pro-
posal TO grant amnesty to political exiles.
The conviction and sentence of BJodle
Alderman O'Neill was affirmed by the
New York court OF appeals, and he will
stay in Sing Sing prison.
SCn0r Gal!cndiza, Il wealthy merchant,
who was recently kidnapped at his estate
in Santa Ra, Cuba, by bandits, has been
'eleasod on payment of $4,000 il gold.
Mr.. Gladstone, the Grand Old Man Of
England, was ban9uetted by the National
Liberal Club in London, and reviewed
the conduct of the Government in strong
language.
Sir Charles Tupper, in the Canadian
House of Commons moved the second
reading of the bill to ratify the fisheries
treaty, and made complimentary remarks
about Americans on the commission.
Gen. Quincy A. Gilmore, who has
been suffering for some time from kidney
disease, died at his residence in Brook
lyn, n. Y. He was the inventor of the
''swamp angel at Charleston, S. c., dur
ing the War.
At the funeral of John s. Brown, at
Shawneetown, H., the floor gave way,
throwing the coffin and various articles
of furniture and about forty men, women
and children into a deep cellar, and
number were hurt
The Transatlantic steamship compan-
les at London, England, are stopping the
booking of Irish emigrants because the
number of applicants for passageis great
er than can be accommodated. A large
number wish to emigate to the Southern
states.
The accounts of s. NJ. Weir, treas
urer of New Albany, Ind, have been
found so, 900 short. Expert account
arts say it has been exceedingly difficult
to trace moneys received and expended.
Weir has been treasurer for fourteen
years.
A large number of accidents have oc-
Cured on the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad since the Inauguration
of the EngineersO strike, but the facts
are kept from the public. The company
has improvlsed special hospital in Chi
cago.
Near Carrollton, H., double-headed
freight train was, wrecked by cow,
which had got on the track. The two
engines and ten cars were wrecked and
macy cattle killed. Brakeman L. Pow
ell was killed, Fireman P. Richards was
terribly scalded and Fireman j. K.
Brown had an arm broken.
The British government is concerned
in regard to the Berlin crisis: They fear
that the growing irritation in Germany
against the empress and her mother,
Queen Victoria, will extend to the Brit
ish nation. resulting in the destruction of
the cordial relations now existing be-
tween the two empires.
Lower California is excited over the
recent gold finds. The placer grounds
are reported to cover thousands of acres,
and are said to be rich in gold dust and
nuggets. The mountains contain several
natural reservoirs and streams of water,
having fall of from !, 500 to $500 feet,
making the locality available for hydraul-
ic mining.
Brig. Gen. George Crook, in command
of the department of the Platte in the
military division 81 the Missouri, has been
promoted to the command of the division,
taking rank and office OF Maj. zen. Ter
ry, resigned. He thus assumes RESPONSE
bilities where his experience will be Of
the greatest service, He is noted In
dian fighter and they gave him the SOU
briquet OF the ''Gra! Fox"
A 20" engine manned by new r'en
was approaching Chicago, ILL.,, over the
Western Indiana tracks from the south
west. At 47th street crowd threw
stones through the cab window, when
Charles Sommers, one of the crew, drew
a revolvef, and firing it at the crowd,
struck James Boylan, a foundryman, in
the knee At 4th street the engine
met the same repulse from another crowd, !,
and Sommers again brought his, pistol
into use He shot Mike Welch, Wa
bash engineer, in the groin, wounding
him fatally. Ap alarm. having been given