St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-10-06

oL' Al.-NO. II
NEWS IN BRIEF
Compiled frem vsrieus Ssureass
THE New York Sun, Of the 9th, sa
that General Harrison's contribution
the Republican National campaign fur
was $3.50.
MRS. BECKER, a counter in the regist1
division Of the treasury, has been four
to be 1914 short in her cash and dismisss
from the service.
M. GOBLET unvailed monument {
Paris, on the 23d, to CAPTAIN Vogel, {
Amiens, who was killed while defendin
the capitol in 1870.
Dow CARLOS, the Spanish pretende
has written letter denving that he
negotiating for a reconciliation with tt
Spanish Government
THE City OF Mexico will not declar
quarantine against the United States un
til real cases of yellow fever appear i
New Orleans or Texas.
PRINCE BISMARCK, on the 24th pro
nounced the alleged excernts from tn
diarv of the late Emperor Frederick re
Gently published, apochryphal.
THE exodus of Congressman to thei
homes still continues, and it is the in
tention OF most of them not to return tt
the capital Until after the election.
Sioux CrrY, IA, is in holiday attire II
honor Of the fall festival season and th
Inauguration of the magnificent corr
palace. The festival lasts two weeks.
THE Senate, on the 25th, confirmed th
nomination of Winfield Scott Sohley Il
be Chief OF the Bureau OF Equipment and
Recruiting, with rank of Commodore.
THE disease among the cattle near
Wabash, Ind, supposed to be pleuro-
pneumonia, was, on the 2sth, pronounced
Texas fever by the State Veterinarian.
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JUSTIN MCCARTHY, on the 9th, pub
1ished an indignant denial of Mr.. Cham.
berlain's allegations that Irish leaders
have'profited by the Nationalist agitation.
THE Royal ooepa- House in Pesth, Hun 4.
gary, was totally DESTROYED by fire on the
evening Qt the oath. There was no per-
formanoe, and consequently no casual
ties.
A COLD southeaster, with drizzling rain
and wind, made the 2ith the most disa-
greeable day experienced in Jackson
willie, Fla. since the outbreak Of the yell
low fever there.
STANLEY's Syrian Interpreter arrived
in London on the oath. He confirms the
report OF Bartellot's brutality to the ma
t1ves, but brings no late news from the
great explorer.
THE trial of Mr.. Edward Walsh, editor
of the Wexford (Ire1and) Pe0ple, W ho was
arrested in August for offenses under the
Crimes act was, on the 26th, postponed
until November.
IT has been definitely ascertained that
twenty members of the Home- Rule dele
cation in the British Parliament are the
recipients of stipends from the National
League or other funds.
THE report of the Princess of Wales,
narrow escape in Austria, from being
runover by a railroad train, was posi-
lively denied by the officials at Marl4
borough House on the oath.
WIN. II. PIrT, professor Of chemistry In
the Buffalo IN. " High School has dis
covered a process for refining oil petrol
cum, which till now has refused to give
mp Its extra charge Of sulphur.
GOVERNOR JAcgsoN of Maryland res-
pited Henry J. Spencer, who was to have
been hanged, on the 2sth, at Cumberland.
Tor the murder Of Scott Dawson. The |
execution is suspended until October 28. |
SENATOR CHANDLER introduced reso. |
luton, on the Gath, authorizing the com- |
mittee on privileges and elections to con-
hnue the investigation Of the Louisiana
election outrages throughout the vaca.
ton.
Ar the meeting of the House committee
on the judiciary, on the 9th, the various
bills on the subject of trusts were taken
under consideration and talked over at
length, but without reaching a conclu.
sion.
The Empress OF Austria explains that.
although she admires Helne's poetry.
she withdraws her donation to the Heine
fund, at the request of the
Emperor, in consequence Of Heine's in.
suits to the Hohenzollerns.
THE London Times, OF the 25th, com.
plains Of the governments apathy in the
search for Stanley and Emin Bey, and in
The future colonization of Africa, in
which, 1t says, the Germans are allowed
Q occupy the whole sphere.
The Empress Eugenie positively de-
olines, to publicly take any notice Of the
ierogatory statements concerning her !,
ate husband, Napoleon Ill, which ap- !
bear IN the published version Of the late ,
emperor Frederick's diary.
EISHoP YOUNG, Of the Church of E n
'iand, on the 9th, forwarded to the Do
nlnlon Government at Ottawa an appeal
q behalf OF the starving Indians In the I
southwest Territory, whose condition he T
eported as truly deplorable
The Northern Pacific Railroad Company !;
ecently negotiated sale Of 100, 900 acres
4 Its land grant, fifty thousand acres !;
pe selected this tall and the remainder +
ext year. The purchasers are said to be :
'ew York and German capitalists.
IHE English Radicals are violently op- s
osed to the proposition to reinforce the b
arrison at Suakim with British troous. 6
the ground that the military party is
the strength Of the hostile u
atives in order to justify a reconouest 8
the Eastern Soudan. W
OSCAR TELLEuR, who was detained in
lew York pendin 6 proof that he was j,
olltical offender only, was ordered back 8