The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-06-01

In Indianapolis, Ind, the National Con-
vention Of Commissioners of Labor Sta
tistics met on the 22d, thirteen States be-
ing represented.
In the Supreme Court of Ohio quo war
ranto proceedings have been begun
against clubs incorporated to evade the
State Liquor law.
IN retaliation for Russia's high tariff on
German iron, Germany proposes an enor-
nous tax on Russian bonds.
THE bill to grant right of way through
the Indian Territory to the st. Louis &
San Francisco Railway Company was IA
vorably reported on by the House COM
mittee on Indian affairs, on the 22d.
1T is announced that a bill directed
against Chinese immigration has passed
the House of Deputies of the colony OF
New Zealand.
On the 24th the corner stone Of the
new Catholic University at Washington
was laid, with imposing ceremonies.
AT Toronto, Ont, the cigar makers
struck on the 22d. They demand an in
crease of 81 per !, 900 for mold work and 9
per 1000 for hand work, and a limitation
of the number of apprentices.
On the Dist the steamer City of Berlin,
which arrived off Queen stown, from New
York, was befogged ten. hours, and the
tender that went out to take off the mails
Queenstown was unable to locate her. The
steamer, therefore, proceeded to Liver
pool with her mails and passengers.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, a notice has been
posted In the Wayne Iron and Steel works
that reduction in wages OF ten per cent.
will be made when the mill resumes.
THE ST. eet-car drivers strike at Roches-
ter, N. Y, was settled, on the 23d, on
terms favorable to the men.
Or the ord the Saua fa coTn Toiftaa On ov7-
propriations completed the Indian Appro-
priatiOn bill. The reductions made in
the House bill aggregate $226, 600, leaving
the total appropriations now contained
/ S., IT., 900.
On the 22d the J. Lusk Canning Com.
pany, of San Francisco, which made al
assignment recently, filed an inventory
showing total liabilities to bet$254, 900, anC
total assets, $4,000.
| On the 23d the eight-nonths' strike a
the Black Diamond Steel wo rks at Pitts
| burgh, Pa, was officially declared off b.
/ the Knights of Labor The boycott hal
J also been lifted, and the strikers are re-
| turning to work.
AT Los Angeles, Cal, tho switchmeI
/ employed in the Southern Pacific yards
| struck, on the 23d, against the discharg,
| of men who participated in the recen
strike.
/
new Catholic University was laid, witt
! imposing ceremonies, on the oath
In test case at Omaha, Neb., Judge
| Wakely has decided in favor of Sunday
baseball playing.
NEWS from China says that the peopl
in the flooded districts along the yellow
river are to be encouraged to emigrate.
IT is said that the Russian force in tn,
trans Caspian territories has been re-
duced.
THE defeat Of the Conservative candi
date in the Parliamentary election a
Southampton, says the Pail Mall Gazette
| was the worst shock the government ha
received this session.
J. II. ALLEN, of New York, owner of tn
American ship Bridgewater, has been re
fused by the Canadian Government an
compensation for the unjust seizure an
/ detention of his vessel by the custom
| collector of Shelbourne, N. S.
THE internal revenue collections for tn
first ten months of the fiscal year endin
June 30, 1888, amounted to 500, ,406, As:
! being an increase of S., 153, 3S5 over tn
collections during the correspondin
period of the previous fiscal year.
OWING to the counterfeits in cireulatio
provincial banks are refusing to receiv
5OO-franc notes of the Bank of Francs
The notes are to be withdrawn from Gil
culation by the bank. 1t is stated th5
counterfeit 1,OOO-franc and 1OO-frsnc note
have also made their appearance
BUSINESS failures reported by r. G.. Du
& Co. for the seven days ending on Ii
25th, were: For the United States, 2Is
for Canada, 13; total, 225. The failure
for the previous seven days we're 18'
and for tho corresponding week of 1S8
175.
ON the oath all vessels which left Dl
luth, Mimi, became blocked fast in drift
ing ice about five or ten miles out. TuG
were sent to their assistance.
1t is reported that immense swarns {
locusts are devastating portions OF A
geria. The insects extend in a sem
circle, the diameter of which is calculate
at fifteen kilOmeters.
The value of the Montana gold and 81
! yer output last year is reported by ASA!
er Braden to have been between $23, 0O0
600 and S24. 100000.