Huntsville gazette., 1888-05-12

tender Senator VOORHEES, pupllc lecep-
tloR.
ANOTHER abscess broke in Emperor
Frederick's throat on the 9Th causing
conious discharge and a aperceptible weak
cning Of the patient
THE cessation of the official bulletins
concerning the condition of the German
Emperor is taken as an indication that the
sufferer is much worse.
ALIEN O. MEYER, the absconding wit
ness in the Ohio tally-sheet forgery cases,
was. on the Sd, sentenced to ninety days
in Jail and to pay. a fine of S2O0
A DISPATCH from Mandalay says the
British garrison at that place was sur
prised by Dacoits recently and lost two
officers and two privates killed.
THE Republican convention of Washing
ton Territory, held at Yakima, on the 4th
rejected Blaine resolution and sent an
uuinstructed delegation to Chicago.
THE steamship RBtia, which arrived in
New York on the 9th, had on board sixty
six passengers who were detained at
Castle Garden on the charge of being
paupcrs.
AMARBLE bust of Ga1ibaldi, presented
to the Senate by the Garibaldi Monument
Association Of Washington, was placed in
position in one of the Senate corridors
on the 4th.
THE Empress of Germany, accompanied
bv Princess Victoria, started on a tour of
the Elbe provinces on the Sd. The royal
party met with q very hearty reception at
Wittenberg.
TIE London Standard, Of the Sd, has a
dispatch from Berlin which says that clear
proofs have been received of the exist
cnce of French and Russian intrigues
against Italy.
THE trial of VIM. O'Brien, NJ. P, for a
speech made at Loughrea on the Sth of
April, was concluded on the Sd. Mr..
O'Brien was sentenced to three months
Imprisonment.
THE committee on education and labor
agreed on the 4th, to submit favorable
report on the bill to prohibit the employ
ment of aliens on public buildings and
other public works.
JOHN DILLON, in a speech at Killmurry,
County Limerick, on the 4th, advised the
people to continue to adopt the plan OF
campaign, and to boycott every one who
took an evicted farm.
CHARLES ROWE, who recently passed
himself off in America for Lord Charles
Bcresford, and married an American girl,
was arrested, charged with embezzlement,
on arriving at Queenstown on the 9th.
IT was whispered in Washington, on
the 9Th, that steps would probably soon be
taken to expunge from the Record the
violent personalities employed in the In
gals Voorhees, controversy in the Senate
on the 1st.
GENERAL SHERMAN presided at the an
nual banquet Of the Loyal Legion at Gin
cuuati on the ID. Among the notables
present were Governor Foraker, General
Rca, ex-President Hayes and General
Lucius Fairchild.
THE Farmers Trust convention at To-
pcka, Kas., adjourned, on the Sd, without
acting Oh the plan proposed for cen
tral sale agencies, referring the matter to
the Farmers National convention at To-
peka in November.
SENATOR EDMUNDs' adverse report on
the Fisheries treaty takes the broad
ground that under the provisions of the
instrument the United States secures
nothing of value to which they have not
already a natural right.
DURING the progress Of the trial Of VIM.
O'Brien, III. p, at Dublin, burglars en-
tered the sessions office and stole the
dispositions and warrants relative to the
case, making it necessary to reopen the
trial from the beginning.
TIE Indiana Republican State conven-
ton, heldat Indianapolis, on the Sd, elected
Ex-Governor A. G. Porter, Richard w.
Thompson, j. n. Huston and Glen c.
Studebaker delegates large to Chicago,
ana instructed them for Harrison.
The Rhode Island State and the two
District Republican conventions were
held at Providence on the Sd. The follow
ing delegates at-large to Chicago were
chosen: Fred. |. Marcy, w. r. Walker,
Richard Thornley,, and George 7. Grams
ton.
IT was reported in Washington, on the
2d, that if the Senate rejects the Fishery
treaty, and the Canadians continue to an
noy American fishermen, the President
would probably issue proclamation un-
der the Retaliation act, and lay an en-
cargo upon Canadian goods.
EMPEROR FREDERICK bestowed the Sec
ond-ciass decoration of the Red Eagle
dpon the burgomaster of Berlin, on the
VI. as a reward for his exertions III the
relief of food sufferers, and has asked the
pryy council to recommend other persons
who are deserving of similar rewards.
AT the afternoon session, on the 7th, Of
lhe General Conference of Methodists,
held in New York, vote was taken on
the report of the committee excluding
women as delegates, which was adopted
by majority of 80 votes. The report had
oeen under consideration for several
days.
Rev. ID. BRYCK, a Church of England
Customary atPeace River, Northwest Ter
dl,ory, IN sermon at Ottawa, Ont, on the
o'h declared that if aid was not speedily
extended to the starving inhabitants of
uiat country, the determination of the
-ace would stand out as blot on the good