Huntsville gazette., 1888-05-19
NEWS IN BRIEF.
comDiled from Various Sources.

comDiled from Various Sources.
Dorn bouses of the Newfoundland Leg
islotare D have passed the Fisheries
treaty.
~. George f. SENEY was renomlnat-
81. Congress by the Democrats of the
Zen congressional district of Ohio at
Tnner Sandusky, on the 10th.
prsrop TAYLOR of Liberia made
u+rr1v appeal for full recognition as
pi.bop IN the Methodist General confer
euce. in New York, on the 18th.
Tur steamship Retia, which arrived in
New York on the 9th, had on board sixty
eiv passengers who were detained at
Castle Garden on the charge OF being
paupers.
Tur committee appointed to investigate
no accounts Of General James w. Ewing,
Jisbursing clerk of the Department of
Tnstice reported q discrepancy of $1,000,
On the 9th,
TrE Department of Agriculture May
cron report, issued on the 10th, shows a
reduced condition of winter wheat in the
Central States, as result of low temper
ar1re and deficient rainfall.
Earl SPENCER, in a speech at Guildford,
On the 9th said he did not know any one
who could take exception to Mr.. ParnelPs
programme. The only course open was to
subscribe to its sentiments.
THE Chinese Government will show its
grateful remembrance of General ''Chi-
nese" Gordon, by the erection of monu-
ments in his honor on the fields of his
victories over the TAPPING rebels.
REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT, of Pennsyl-
vania, says the ways and means commit
tee will never yield an inch on the free
wool proposition, though in other matters
they may modify the Tariff bill to secure
votes.
NJ De FREYCINET, French Minister Of
War, accompanied by General Fevrier and
two other Generals, inspected the forts
around Toulcn, on the 9th. 1t is expected
they will visit other points on the east
crn frontier.
THE Secretary Of War sent to the Sen
ate, on the 18th, letter from the Chief of
Furiueers concerning the necessity for
the fortifcation of Puget Sound, w. L.
The letter gives at length suggestions and
directions for the end desired.
THE Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce
has adopted resolution protesting
against Australia's dealings with the Chi
nese question as fraught with danger
to British interests and as likely to affect
4,.;a ;,+o Wit
MAYOR SMITH of Cincinnati issued an
order, on the 18th, to the superintendent
of police OF that city, that officers be in
structed to arrest on the spot, in their
respective districts, all saloon keep
crs found violating the Ovens law.
4 BILL was reported in the Senate, on
The 14th, allowing ex-COmmissioner OF
Agriculture George B. Loring $40, S0T, the
amount expended by him for sorghum
ana other articles, and the vouchers for
which were disallowed by the Comptroller.
THE Mexican Secretary Of War has
notified army officers along the border
that hereafter the penalty of death will be
imposed for crossing over into the United
States with troops and interfering with
the affairs Of citizens of q friendly na-
ton
THr National Assembly of Retail Lum
horaru met at Davenport, Ia., recently,
anl elected officers as follows: President,
!. T. Smith, Of Fowler Ind; vice. -presi-
dent J. T. Cunningham, of Norborne, Mo-;
secretary and treasurer, w. G. Wright, of
Chicago.
T'IIE r
roads has decided to formulate a bill
dealing With the Indebtedness OF the Cen
tTal Pacific railroad to the Government.
Ihe Union Pacific bill, already reported,
will be taken as a basis for the commit
tees work
IN a speech at Paris, on the 18th, Gen
eral Boulanger, attacking the Chamber Of
Deputies, as a body, said: sit is not of
me, but of you, they are afraid. The dam
ger which they have invented serves to
conceal that which, through them, the
country is incurring."
The proposed opening of the great
Sioux reservation will be of no present
benefit to would-be settlers, as three
Years must elapse before the necessary
signatures of the Indians, surveys, ETC.,
can be completed, after which only home
steaders can occupy it.
HE President has but two engagements
which will take him out of Washington
during the summer. On June 2l he goes to
Germantown, Pa, to attend the 2ooth
anniversary of the Presbyterian church;
ana Oh Decoration Day he will be in New
York ana Brooklyn, and take part in the
t. a. r. celebration.
HERE was some talk in Washington, on
ue llth, of a possible extension OF Inc
tariff debate in the House until the 18TH
rms extension is said to be necessitated
oy the fact that the number OF members
WHO desire to speak upon the bill can
not secure an opportunity in the time al
ready allowed for the purpose.
1T was stated. on the 18th, that the Ne
VaGa Bank of San Francisco would soon
oe reorganized. 1t was said that the new
president Wor1d have $500 600 of the stock,