Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-09-01
CONDENSED FLASHES.
4 BRIEF SUMMARY OF GENERAL
NEWS ITEMS.
The News from Various parts sfthe Globe
In . Condensed Fern.

The B'rgnoff Brewe'y, at Fort Wayne,
Ind, burned Wcdnesd ". The fire was
caused by an explosion in the m 1t room
Loss $1vO, Geo, il suriuce S25, 600.
Texas fever has broken out violently
among the native cattle in Decatur, ILL.,
and many have died. Its origin is traced
to cattle brought there in June.
| Hart e Wolff ship builders. of Bel.
fast, Ireland, closed their yards owing to
a partial strike of their employees. Five
thousand hands are AFT ct,d by the shu.
down.
The force of police detail ell during the
administration of Mr.. Gladstone in 1892,
IN London, England, to protect various
members of the m nistry, has been with
drawn Tor the first time since its assign
mcnt to duty.
P"prs were filed and approved by
Judge Allyn, at Tacom,, Washington.
Territory, appealing the recent decision
OF the supreme court relative to woman
| suffrage, that it was unconstitutional,
to the supreme court of the United States
The New York quarantine comm,siou-
ers have pas ed rcsolu ions declaring
that domest C vessels from alLport south
OF Cap; ll"nlopen must stop at quaran-
tine for inspection. In case t;Icrc is
sickness on vessels, they are required
to stop at the quarantine ship in the low
er bay.
The explosion of 10000 pounds of
powder occurred in the drying use of
the Giant Powder compa y, near Yves;
Burkcley, Cal. Two white men and
three Cinnamon were killed The white
men were josiah Lewis and G. Buncc.
The building was blown TO atoms.
The empress of Russia. princess of
Wales, and all royalties of Denmark. mt
at the palace of the duke of Cumberland
at Gemunden, in Austria. 1t is surmi,ed
that the meeting related to the project of
the car and Emperor William to create
monarchy of Bulgaria and Roumelia,
with the duke of Cumberland as king.
The Berlin, Germany, newspapers are
silent on the subject of the arrests of So
uliits. which are made daily. The par
ticuiar PRISON in wh'ct arrested parties
are conf ell is crowded now with men
and wom,n, charged with the propaga.
ton OF socialist doctrines and the utter. !
anc. of ditious cries.
The false work for building the super. |
structure of the Chesapeake Il Ohio R,il. |
way bridge over the Ohio between Cov.nr. |
ton and Cincinnati was swept away by |
great raft of drift wood that had accumu.
lated at its base. The losers are the con.
tractors, the Phoenix B,dge company.
They estimate their loss at nearly 5000.
900. Two weeks more low water would
have made th-m safe.
An Evansville, Ind. special is to the
effect that all trains have been STONED
IN the Mackey system Of railroads, owing
70 the strike declared against the roads
herein embraced by Chiefs Arthur and
sargent. The system includes the Peo-
IN, Decttur and Evsnsvi lie; Evansville
nd Indilnapoiis, and Evansville ard
Terre llautc roads, having total length
# 700 miles. The trouble began some
weeks ago out of determinations said to
ave been made by Master Mechanic
ninth against the brotherhood men.
'hiefs Arthur and Sargent came to the
Gene of action and Temporarily settled
he matt,r. but repeated suubs. it is al
,ged, have precipitated strike which ,
lcludes all engineers, firemen and ,