The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-13


HENRY VIELAkD dined IA the pal1c0 ~
Munich on the I'd on invitation OF Prince
Luitpold, Regent of Bavaria. The Prince I
thanked Mr. Willard for the establishments
founded by him in the Palatinate.
CHARLES A AsHBURNER, of the UnftsA
States Geological Survey, has received an
offer from the Sbah of Persia 70 take
charge of the Persian engineering corps
TIE state OF siege which was proClain1ed
some time ago in Cuba having ACCOM-
pllshed its purpose-the suppression of
brigandage-It has been suspended In its
place there has been promulgated especial
law to secure the repression Of brigand-
age.
FEARS for the Atlantic steamer Assyria
wreckage of which was picked up on the
Nova Scotia coast, have been dIssipated by
the vessel arrival in England.
The subscriptions for aGoVernment loan
OF 23,OOO, 0QO at Calcutta amounted TO twice
the sum required. ...s
THE Liberal successes in the municipal
elections in Italy have alarmed tRe Vat
ican. The Pope, who is opposed to The IN
tervention- of the cleI Ry, will. counsel them
to abstain from future elections. -t
THE session OF the Spanish Cortes was
suspended on the 4th.
TIE ruler of Mysore, India, has offered
to the English Viceroy to raise and main
tain suitable military force to be trained
by British officers to aid in the defense OF
the empire.
Rio TINTo shares fell II francs in Paris
recently and ala copper shares were heav-
| lily offered, owing to reports that strong
opposition had been formed in London
| against the existing syndicate.
! THE Pan-Pres sbyterian Council opened at
/ London on the 4th, Lord Calrues presiding.
| Mr.. Matthews, of Quebec, presented a
statistical report, showing that there were
1 100000 communicates, equivalent TO 20,-
600, 600 adherents.
AN expedition is being formed at Berlin
| for the relief OF Emin Bey. sass .t
/ THE National Republican Committee for
maliy notified General. Harrison of his
nomination for the Presidency at Indianap-
oils on the 4th ~
A DISPATCH from Christina, Norway, of
the 4th says: The United States war ship
En- erprise ran on the. Mole, of Droebak,
to-day, cOllIding with a great crush. There
was no pilot board at the time The
| vessel is not leaking. One hundred tons
of coal have been discharged, and the guns
| have been SHIFTED aft to tighten her STEM
A WRIT of error has been granted by the
United States Supremes Court in the case
| of James Albert NewsOme, who was con-
/ victed in the Federal Court at Waco, Tex,
for the San Angelo stage FObberies. II
was generally believed that the wrong man
| was convicted, and a petition for pardon
was signed by several of the Jurors.
THE war on dressed beef and packing
house products still continues with una
bated vigor and there is no Immediate
prospect of a settlement 1t is generally
conceded by freight men that the rates
will vet go lower and that the rates or
/ other commodities will be cut before very
long. aH e. -.. e.4
THE O'DOnnel libel suit against the Lon
don Times ended in favor OF the newspaper
Egau declared the. letters connecting hin
with the murder conspiracies were ''yiI
lainous cOncoctions." Ls.i-
The locust plague in Algeria is becoming
worse Sixty thousand labOrers and ZOO
soldiers are powerless. The whole country
is devastated and it is feared that famine
and pestilence will result. l4 +.
KING MILAN, of Servia, has been di
vOn-ced from Queen, Natalie by the Churct
! Synod. t.is. 'A-rF
THE disorders at Seoul, sOorea, have beef
} ended. They were caused by stories tha
; foreign cannibals had abducted natlvt
children. ..@
THE monument to Francis Scott Key, th
gift of the late James Lick to the city o
San Francisco. was unyailed on the 4th
) Eleven of Keys descendants were present
TIM city of Rome, which sailed fror
Liverpool June q, arrivedl at New Y orr
r July g. 1t was reported by her officer
that on July l, at noon at latitude 12.5C
longitude 80 degrees % minutes, during
heavy head sea, the vessel shipped hug
q wave, which carried away her bOwspri
7 and stove the forward bridge and tue sea
Z men on duty there were seriously Injured
: THE Canadian police have arrested
3 Toronto the notorious cOunterfe ter john
son, who escaped from the United State
s authorities in Detroit three weeks ago.
, THE Russian Government has si&Red tn
convention for the abolition of sugar bouI
| ties .........-.... .-- ... .-I!..I.-. 49,
a THE report that King Milan had bee
| divorced is denied l.
c A bush hte was reported raging lea
5 South Indian, Ont, on the Canadian
$ Atlantic railway, below Ottawa, On
4 Wada's saw mill, 5000 cords of wood. fv
a freight cars, five houses and thousands c
g cords of tanbark were destroyed. III
country on each side for some DAYS wa
T utterly impassAble. .- ..- a5 t-.. ..