The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-26

on the 18th 1900 customs officials were
employed in Hamburg in collecting from
the citizens statements Of the possession
of dutiable articles, the duties Of which
will hereafter go to the imperial German
treasury, Ham burg receiving a military
subsidy of 5000, 600 marks annually.
THE French Government has issued q
decree forbidding the reception of for =
eign officers in military colleges, or to
service in the French army
On the night Of the 18th the first battle
this season between the Maryland oyster
navy and the law-breaking dredgers took
place on the Chester river, and resulted
IN a blOodless victory for the navy.
ON 18th the second annual conven-
ton of the United States Brewmasters'
Association convened in New York City.
OK the 18th the st. Louis Browns won
the second game of the worlds cham
plonship series from the League cham
pions Of New York, by a score Of 3 to 0.
THE Brotherhood of Railway Brake
men, numbering 1000 members, met at
Columbus, o., on the 18th, in the fifth
international convention. Over 800 dele
gates were in attendance.
On the 18th the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia finished their esti-
mates for the fiscal year ending June 80,
$780, and ask for an appropriation OF S5,-
has ever before been asked to appropriate
for the District.
j. NJ. CHANDLER & Co, wholesale jew
elers of Cleveland, o., made an assign
ment on the 18th. Liabilities, $50 900;
assets, $40, 600. The failure grew out of
boycott declared against the firm by the
Watchmakers' and Jobbers' Association.
Violating the rules Of the association was
the cause of the boycott.
celebration was held, on the 18th, in honor
Of the opening Of the Red River Valley
railway. An excursion train was run
from Winnipeg, Man.
THE establishment of cordial relations
between England and Russia is advo-
Gated by the St Peters burg papers.
IT is reported that Austrian military
authorities are increasing their activity
on the Russian frontier because of the
stationing of large numbers of Russian
troops in the section named.
On the 17th the ship builders at Dun
dee, Scotland, struck for an advance in
wages. The masters conceded an ad-
vance Of one per cent. and the strikers
resumed work.
On the 18th the President approved the
act granting to the Duluth & Winnipeg
Railway Company the right of way
through the Fond du Lac Indian Reserva-
tion in Minnesota.
The steamer City of New York arrived
from Liverpool, on the 18th, making the
passage from Queenstown to New York
in six days and twelve hours, the best
third trial in shipping annals.
ACCORDING to a recent decision Of the
Treasury Department, maple sugar is du-
table.
THE apology offered by the Porte for the
action of Turkish sentinel at Beyrout,
W no refused to allow the French Consul
to pass the point where the soldier was on
duty, has been accepted by the French
Government
IN his annual report to the Postmaster
General Colonel J. B. Bates, chief of the
free delivery service in the Post Office
Department, states that the Eincrease in
the number Of free delivery offices during
the past year was 169. making the total
number of such offices 3jS.
AN average of fifty applications a day
are made for reduced rates from WASH
ington by those who are desirious of GO
ing home to vote.
THE Sioux Indians in Washington, on
the 10Th, rejected the proposition of the
Government in reference to the surren-
der Of their reservation.
THE Senators Of the Republican Left
have declared against revision of the
French Constitution and in favor of
district instead of IistvOting at elections.
WASHINGTON book makers claim that
their Western Union wire was tapped on
the 18th, and the result OF the last race
at Gutenberg held back long enough to
permit the wire tappers to back the win
ming horse in the books after the race
had been run. They estimated their
losses at $500.
BRITISH Government leaders are de-
sirous of making the coming session of
Parliament short. and at the same time
wish to accomplish a large amount Of
business.
OK the 10Th the New York Base Ball
Club won the fourth game Of the worlds
championship series in Brooklyn By a
score of 6 to 8, thus securing three out Of
the four games played.
THE Tory newspapers of England sneer-
ingly aIlude to the slow progress which
the ParneH defense fund is making
in America.