Hillsboro recorder., 1888-06-28
AROUND THE GLOBE.
ITEMS CLEANED FROM TELE-
PHONE AND TELEGRAPH.
INTERESTING DOTS ABOUT THE NoRTH,
EAST AND wEsT-THE EUROPEAN STU
ATIoN-DoINGs OF KINGS AND QUEENS.


No foreign officers will be allowed TO
attend Russian military maneuvers this
year.
Maj. j. G. Tibbetts, city tax re-
ceiver Of Lambertville, N. J., is short in
his accounts. He has disappeared
Ex-Warden Reed, who attempted sui
eide on Monday at Minneapolis, Minn.,
Il in better condition and may possibly
recover. d
Detailed accounts Of gales which oc-
Cured on the coast of Iceland, show that
400 French fishermen were drowned,
thirty vessels having been wrecked.
At the Pennsylvania railroad locomo-
| tive shops, at Altoona, Pa, on Wednes-
day, a locomotive weighing ITO, 600
pounds was built in 16 hours and 90 min
utes.
Three OF a gang of four men, who were
laying gas pipes in 32d street at Fourth
avenue, New York, on Wednesday, were
killed by the eaving of banks Of the exs
cayation. The fourth got out alive.
Seven coke works Of Mcclure & Co.,
in the Connellsyille, Pa, region, shut
down on Monday on account Of strike
| of the employees against the discharge OF
a woman. About 1000 men are idle.
Emperor William has telegraphcd to
President Carnot, Of France, thanking
him for his message of coincidence on
the death Of Emperor Frederick, and
expressing the hope that the good rela-
tions now existing between France and
Germany may continue.
The supreme lodge Of the Knights Of
Pythias in session at Cincinnati, o., acted
on the Pennsylvania case. They ap-,
proved the action Of Supreme Chancellor
Howard Douglas in suspending the grand
lodge, and agreed that the grand lodge
charter should be restored conditionally
upon their complying with the orders
Of the supreme chancellor heretofore iss
sued. @E
Thomas Joseph conden, member Of
the House of Commons, who was impris-
oned in Cork Jail for offenses under the
| crimes act, was released on Wednesday.
The appeal of John Dillon from his SEN
tence to imprisonment for violation Of
the crimes act was heard and sentence
confirmed. Mr.. Dillon was taken to
Dundalk Jail. a:%
Lord Salisbury, on Monday, introduced
in the House Of Lords bill to reform
the constitution of that body. The
measure proposes that no more than three
life peers shall be appointed yearly, those
to be drawn from the superior courts,
rear admirals, major generals, ambassa-
dors and privy councillors; the queen
also having power to appoint two others
yearly not SO qualified.
A change. has occurred in the plans Of
the agents who bought out the franchise
Of the Calling Gun Company. They in
tend manufacturing the machine, both
In Hartford, Conn.,, and in England.
The works at Hartford, therefore, will
not be closed. The new Gatling COM
pany which DIR. Gatling has organized at
Richmond, Va, is for the manufacture
Of guns with a tensile strength hitherto
unknown.
| Puyyerdier, Of the Paris Gdulois, and M.
Ransom, Of the Paris Martin have been
expelled from Berlin, Germany. Puy-
verdier wrote from San Reno state.
ment rejecting upon the present German
emperor and empress, which appeared in
the Gdulois and London World. Ransom,
after talking with a Russian staff officer
in Berlin, wrote letters rejecting on the
German army.
Fire broke out on Monday afternoon
In the Baker house at Dubois, Pa, and
owing to the high wind blowing at the
time, it could not be controlled until il
had destroyed the whole business portion
Of the town and several hundred resi-
dences. The loss is put by insurance
agents at million dollars. An area, a
mile long by an average Of almost half a
mile wide is complete ruins. Blackened
walls aud piles Of Goals is all that Is left
Of one Of the most prosperous towns
within hundred miles. Three thous-
and are homeless and destitute, aud in
need Of immediate aid or they must suf.
| far