Huntsville gazette., 1888-07-07

VOLUME TX.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
M, RrprMAyN AND GEBHARDT pre-
ID 70 Emperor William on the 1st, an
oeicial report on the malady of the late
Emperor Frederick.
EMPEROR FREDERICK went from Berlin
~ Potsdan. on the yacht Alexandria, on
tbe 1st. He was enthusiastically cheered
bv the populace The trip seemed to do
him good
Two mnd cases of yellow fever were
reported at Plant City, Fla, on the 1st.
They were in charge of the health officer,
and no fe ars Of spread of the contagion
was felt.
THE Union works Of Carnegie,
Phipps & Co., at Pittsburgh, Pa, employ
ing 1000 men, signed the scale of the
Amalgamated Iron and Steel Association
on the 2d.
PROF. CURTINo, the late Emperor Fred
erick's tutor delivered touching address
to the students of the Berlin University
on the 3)th, in memory OF his dead pupil
friend and patron.
THE libel suit Of the celebrated jockey,
Woods, against the Licensed Vlctuallers'
Gozete, of London, was decided on the
29th. Woods sued for $4,000 and the jury
brought a verdict Of one farthing
C. A. Russ & Co., granite contractors
at Green's Island, Me-, shut down their
works, on the 2Sth, rather than accede to
the demands of the workmen for month
ly pay day and a new scale Of wages.
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GEO II. HoBsoN, who was to have been
married in Boston, on the 2Sth, was so dis
appointed in failing to receive his we'd
ding suit on time, that he shot himself,
inficting a wound from which he died the
next day.
THIRD-C CLASS Immigrant rates west of
the Missouri river were abolished by the
trans continental railroads on the 1st.
This makes the rate from the Missouri
river to Pacific coast points $35 instead of
$50, as heretofore.
The Republicans of Mansfield, O., rati-
fed the nomination of Harrison and
Morton by an immense meeting in the
City Park, on the 30, at whichl resolutions
indorsing lthe National ticket and plat
form were adopted.
THE Republicans of New York City
ratified the work of the Chicago conven-
ton on the night Of the 29th by an i'm
mense meeting in the Metropolitan
Opera-house, at which Colonel Ingersoll
was the principal speaker.
IT was reported, on the ID, that Gov
ernor Ames Of Massachusetts was still
dangerously i'll with acute bronchitis.
There was danger Of apopleXy, and the
members of his family were deeply con-
cerned regarding his condition.
THE Democracy of Cincinnati held
ratification meeting in the Grand Opera
house on the 30th. The house was jammed.
Hon. William NJ. Ramsey presided. Lieu
tenant Governor Bryan, Hon. S. G. Carey
and Hon. F. FOllett addressed the meet
ing.
FOUR steamships landed 1906 immi-
grants at Castle Garden, New York, on
lAC 1Sts IlIC Ii tuA ~, 1ioiii i1A'NI PooiJ
brought over 265; the City of Richmond,
from Liverpool, 6l2; the Polaria, from
Hamburg, $40, and the La Gascogne, from
Havre, $40.
In the case OF Mrs. Steele against the
st. Paul City Railway Company, in which
she claimed $4,000 damages because OF
injuries sustained in the Shelby avenue
cable-car accident in st. Paul, Mimi,
January y, a jury, on the 3Oth, awarded
her $1,000.
THE official canvass OF the vote of Ore
gon was completed, on the 2Sth, by the
Secretary of State. The vote on Con-
gresham is as follows: Herman tRep),
$3.50; John NJ. Gearin (Dem), %, 4l3;
Geo. NJ. Miller (Pro.), 1914. Herman's
plurality, T,40T.
THE Pittsburgh Steel Casting Company,
on the ID, signed contract to furnish
some heavy castings for the cruiser
Maine, now building at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. Among the pieces to be cast is the
stem-post, which will weigh, when COM
pleto1, 10 tons.
VALUABLE discoveries of iron have just
been made by Duluth explorers on the
north branch of the Vermillion range, on
the Canadian side of the Minnesota line,
considerable distance east of Tower and
Ely, and closely adjoining the interna-
tional boundary
TWELVE THOUSAND people were rem
dered home ess by the recent fires at
Sundsyal and Umea, Sweden The de-
struction of property amounted to 4o,-
100000 trousers. King Oscar is visiting
the districts, engaged in relieving the
wants of the sufferers.
A CAUCUS of Democratic Senators was
held on the 2Sth, at which it was decided
to insist o ! the postponement OF all mat
terS before the Senate and oppose the
usual adjournment from Thursday till
Monday until the more important appro-
prlatlon bills are passed.
GENERAL SHERIDAN's children,
member of his staff and servants, the
party in all numbering thirteen persons,
arrived at New BEDFORD Mass, on the