The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-04-03
LATE NEWS BRIEFS.
Carefully Condensed from Mail and
Wire.

The London police are guarding
"bloody" Balfour against asssassina-
ton.
Emperor Frederick has issued Il
proclamation Of amnesty to certain
offenders.
Russia is driving out the Ameri-
ican Bible Society from the Baltic
Provinces.
Genl Greeley says July IA, Is,
and 16, will be the hottest days Of
the coming summer.
The roads in many sections of
Pennsylvania are still impossible
owing to snow drifts.
1t is now said that over a million
and half of people perished by
the floods in China.
A number of the pulpits at Wash
ington we're filled Sunday by emf
nent women orators.
Parts of Philadelphia, Nicetown
and Washington lanes, are still
deeply and coolly showed in.
Over 1900 people were either
drowned or made homeless by the
recent terrific floods in Europe.
While Emperor Frederick rests
with some comfort, his physicians
are very uneasy about him, and
fear the end may come at any mo-
ment.
Another piece of cartilage was
extracted from Emperor Frederick
larynx Saturday. He is watched
every minute to prevent strangu-
lation.
Kentucky offers a reward of So
900 for the arrest of the defaultIng
treasurer. The Courier Journal
thinks it probable that late has
taken his life.
Indian Commissioner Atkins is
said to be candidate for Senator
1. G. Harris scat. 1t ought to be
a very cold day when any man can
take MIR. harris seat.
About fifty members of the Bar
of the Supreme Court met Saturday
at Washington (Senator Edmunds
in the chair) and adopted resolu-
tlons regarding the death of Chief
Justice Waite.
Ben. E. Hopkins, late cashier of
the Fidelity National Bank, who
has been in jail at Cincinnati for
two months awaiting sentence, un>
der conviction for violating the ma
tional banking law, was sentenced
to the penitentiary for seven years
and two months. He appeared
broken down from illness but did
not manifest deep emotion upon re-
ceiving his sentence.
The strike on the railroads cen-
tering at Chicago seems to be get
ting more serious. Engineers, brakes
men, switchmen and firemen of all
roads refuse to handle "I." cars.
Along the line of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul road freight
business was completely paralyzed
and passenger traffic almost sus-
pended.
About fifteen per cent. of the em-
ployees of the machine shops of the
E. IT,, Ga. d Va. road at Knoxville
have been discharged, loss of bus
iness said to be the cause.
The Senate, Saturday, passed the
following:
Appropriating S11,CCO for the
macadamized road from Staunton,
Va, to the national cemetery near
that city.
For the relief of the Mobile Ma
rine Dock company, approuriating
$4,000 for the use of property and
damage thereto in 1865.
For the celebration at the nation
al capitol in the spring OF 1889 in
honor of the centennial of the con-
stitution of the United States.
To amend the act Of March 3rd,
1877, as to removing the disabilities
OF those who having participated in
the rebellion afterwards enlist
ed in the army and became disa-
bled.
The total number of bills passed
to day was 81, large majority of
them being for pensions, one
for the increase for widow
of soldier of the war of
1912
Mr.. Evarts from the library COM
mittee reported bill appropriating
$4,000 for the purchase from Miss
Virginia Lewis Taylor, of a sword
of Washington. Miss Taylor is de-
scribed in the bill as a direct de-
scendant of George Lewis, to whom
the sword was devised as the sword
being worn by Washington on tke
occasion of his rc>igning his COM
mission at Annapolis and at his
public reception while President.
Trouble q sW0IIOw.
DR.. Pierce's "Pellets" (the original ''little