Huntsville gazette., 1888-03-10

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BY HUNTSVILLE GAZETTE
VOLUME TX.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Compiled from Various Sources
Nh FRANK AsHYIo, Gladstonian LID
%h. a,bor ,'I, of Parliament, died on the |
4th.
,, norcrAs orrived in Charleston,
n IN the 4th. He was given mill. |
tarv reception and delivered lecture.
p.rprcK FOLEY and Michael Reilly were
.iIled on the 1st by the premature explo.
sion OF a blast in a New York City
quarry.
THr tenth anniversary of the corona
,ion and the seventy eighth anniversary
Il the birth Of the Pope were celebrated
cu the I'd.
THE constabes who arrested the whole
,sla liouor dealers at Des Moines, Ia, and
them released them, have been indicted
for receiving bribes.
Tzr Presidents next excursion will be
N West Virginia, which State he expects
tovisit about the latter part Of May for q
.Oiourn of ten days.
EEyRRAL ROULANGER has written the
French Minister of War for permission to
place himself right before the public on
personal political matters.
IF Russia's attitude on the Bulgarian
ouestion is properly understood, the
nropbesv is made from London that
Diplomatic deadlock is certain.
THE British Secretary of War, Stan.
nope, l0SIStS bndb idiiO SOdoo NC
fenses are insecure, and that large appro-
priatons Of money are needed to proper
" remodel them.
Ara meeting of the New York Central
Labor Union, on the 4th, it was resolved
to ask the State Legislature to pass
nine-hour law, with stringent provisions
for its enforcemsn5.
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The famous swords belonging to the
late General Shields have been sent to
Washington for the inspection of the
committee now considering the bill pro-
vding for their purchase.
sPECK of war appears again to the
vision of European correspondents in the
fact that on the Sd the Gear reviewed TO-
900 Russian guards with the mercury
twenty degrees below zero.
NEWS was received in London ON the I'd
that the malady of the Crown Prince had
assumed an alarming aspect. In conse-
quence, the Queen directed the postpone
Inent Of all levees and festivities.
N. WILSON, son-in-law of ex-President
Grevy Of France, was convicted of COM
pllcity in the Legion of Honor decora-
tions swindles, on the 1st, and was SEN
fenced to two years Imprisonment and to
pay fine of 3,000f.
AN epidemic of black measles has
broken out among the Nez Perces Indians.
A total of forty two deaths up to the 5th
was reported, with many others stricken
with the disease.
MUCH anxiety is felt in Europe, NOR
specially at Brussels and Vienna, as to |
the fate of Stanley, the African explorer. |
There is talk of sending another expedi- |
ton to find the one he is heading in his |
search for Emin Bev.
GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN POwDERLY |
Issued an urgent appeal on the Sd in be- |
half Of the striking miners of the Lehigh |
valley, whose claims, he says, have been |
overlooked since the Inauguration of the |
strike on the Reading system.
In an interview with M. De Staal, Rus |
sian Ambassador, on the I'd. Lord Sails |
bury gave notice that he would oppose |
the deposing Of Prince Ferdinand from |
the bulgarian throne unless the Powers |
would first agree upon his succe sor.
1T was reported on the 29th that local |
cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton pool had |
secured the control of 10000 shares of the |
STOCK, and would keep Ives & Co. out of |
lne management. Those named in the |
transaction are Messrs. Dexter, Ramsey, |
hooper, Waite and Winslow.
IHE President signed an order on the |
18th placing the Civil Service employees
Oh the classified department list This |
action will be followed by an order plac.
A5 also the Interstate Commerce Com
MISSION and the Indian School service
within the Civil-Service rules.
lHE chairmen of the grievance COM |
allte9s Of the Western, Southwestern and |
oythwestern railroads met in conference
aChlcago, on the Sd, to consider the ques- |
noh of the great strike on the Chica go,
pu1ihgton q Gu incy railroad and the |
Tst means Of securing victory for the |
men.
a. FEANK RADCLIFFE, who escaped from |
.He Aentucky penitentiary four years ago,
= tSlere he had been confined for robbery in
Sso""el County, was re-arrested at Pa
Suvan' on the 9TH. He. had lived there
wards [.; of three years. was married, had
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