The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1888-11-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.


Personal AND PoLITICAI-
THE Pope, in receiving the Archbishop
of San Francisco, on the 3)th, spoke COM
! plainingly of the restraint lof his posi-
| ton and the action of the Italian Govern
ment with regard thereto, and exhorted
| the Archbishop to devote his efforts upon
his return home to stimulating the Catho-
! lies OF America to peaceful agitation
| for the restoration OF the temporal power
| of the papacy.
On the afternoon of the 30th Miss
| Annie Oakley, the champion wing shot,
| defeated Fred Kell, local marksman, al
| Baltimore, nd Each shot at twenty five
| birds. Miss Oakley killed twenty lone
| and Kell fifteen.
| THE Treasury Department, on the 30th,
| received request from Senator Hearst,
| Congressman Morrow and other promi
nent citizens of San Francisco, that as
sistance be Immediately sent to the thir
| teen ice bound whalers in the Artic sea.
| The Government was willing to comply
with the request, but found no Govern
/ ment vessel available for the service.
/ Fears are entertained that the 500 i'm
| prisoned marinets will perish miserably.
| On the Both the Parnell defense rund
1 amounted TO S64, 4UU.
| Mr.. john REDMOND, NJ p. for Wexford,
Ireland, on the Both was released from
| Tullamore Jail.
LILLE GOULD, the actress, has been
| taken to the pavilion for the insane al
| Bellevue Hospital, New York.
Hon. LEVI F. MORTON, in an interv lew
on the 30th, emphatically denied the truth
| Of the story that he was engaged during
t.a, -, t,s 4dc 70 Aha Rnh ha-
mas, whence they were carried by block
ade runners into Confederate ports.
J. NJ. BLooMER, past master workman
of the Ohio State Assembly, Knights of
Labor, has been expelled from the order.
| He was charged with violation of obliga-
tions and conduct unbecoming Knight
On the 31st Lord Salisbury, British
Premier, received dispatches from Secre-
tary Bayard notifying him OF the actio
of the United States Government in
handing Lord Sackville, the British Min
lister at Washington, his passports.
THE report that Mrs. Wetmore snubbed
the Prince of Wales at HombLrg, a short
time ago, received back by court
estes extended to the lady by the Prince
at a subsequent meeting in Paris.
MISS BETTE WILSON, New York lady,
soon to be married to the first secretary
of the British Legation at Washington,
will thus become mistress of the legation
until a new Minister is appointed to sue
ceed Minister West.
) On the 3lst Cardinal Newman, of Lon
don, was reported as severely ill.
A RECEPTION was rendered General K.
S. Bragg, United States Minister to Mex :
leo. in Racine, Wis. on the 30th.
A MEMORIAL chapel, erected on the
grounds of the Theological Seminary at
Ninth avenue aud Twenty first streets,
New York City, by the mother of the pres
ent dean OF the university, Rev. e. A.
Hoffman, in memory of her late husband,
was consecrated on the 1st-
THE business mems conference COM
mittee of New York Cleveland and Thur
man clubs, on the 31st adopted res olu-
tions commencing "the patriotic and
courageous action of ths Presidenp in
the Sackville matter.
REGISTRATION returns from the State
show that the number of voters in Mary
land is 2i0,5SS, of which 1892 are ne :
groes.
THE death of Cardinal Mosotte, of
Rome. occurred on the 3lst.
MIR. PowDERLY announced, on the 81 st,
the discovery of plot to issue, on the
be signed by himself, advising Knights
of Labor to vote for a certain party. He
warned the Knights to pay no attention
to any such decoys.
A STATE DEPARTMENT Off cial, on the
1st, denied the authenticity of the pub
lshed letter purporting to be the one
transmitted to Lord Salisbury by Secre-
tary Bayard.
On the 1st Mr.. Randall, chairman OF
the House appropriations committee di-
rected that a call be issued for special
meeting of the committee on the 21st, for
the purpose of beginning work on the ap-
preparation bills for the next session OF
Congress.
THE campaign letter purporting to have
come from Colonel Dudley, has caused a
tempest at Indianapolis, Ind. Dudley
telegraphs that it is forgery and says
he will prosecute the papers publishing
it for libel.
THE cable announces that Count Re
vertfra has been appointed Austro- Hun-
garian Ambassador to the Vatican, vice
Count Won Paar, who has retired after
fourteen years. service In that capacity.
KING WILLIAM OF HOLLAND, it was re-
ported on the 1st, was suffering from IN
flammatiou on the mouth and throat and
received nourishment with difficulty.
Miss MATHER's rendition of Juliauna"
in the Honeymoon was witnessed by a
brilliant audience at the new National
Theater in Washington, on the 1st The
President Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Folsom
and Mrs. Harmon occupied q box.
THE faculty of the Yale Law School has
appointed George NJ. Sharp, editor of the
Baltimore Uader,orter, to be lecturer on
insurance law.
On the 1st DR.. G. w. Smith, president
of Trinity College, Hartford, Conn, was
nominated and confirmed by the special
convention of the Episcopal church of
the Diocese Of Ohio as assistant to Bish-
op Bedell, who is ill in Europe.
on the 1st the condition Of Cardinal
Newman, of London, was reported some
what better, though still grave.
on the 18th the Prince of Wales will
meet the Empress Frederick, his sister,
at Greensboro, and conduct her to Wind
sor.
PRESIDENT ADAMS of the Union Pacific
says that he knows 40 reason for the
large increase in ope rating expenses Of
the road during September, beyond the
fact of large tonnage at low rates.
A PHILADELPHIA jury found verdict
for Adam Forepaugh, on the ID, in his
suit against the Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western Railroad Company for dam
ages sustained in arailroad collision near
Blnghampton, N. Y, some time ago.
TIE London Times states that II is the
opinion in London, including resident
and visiting Americans, that Lord Sack
VILE has been badly treated.
On the 2d couriers arrived at z anzibar
from Tabora, Africa, bringing direct news
from the Stanley expedition, portion Of
which was met at tho end Of November
1887, by Arab traders at point west Of
the Albert Nyanza
PRESIDENT W. b. FORBES OF the Ma
tional Bank of Rede mption of Boston
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