The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-30

| dent of Allegheny County, Pa, died, on
the 23d, aged one hundred and one years.
| The deceased never used whisky or to-
bacco in any form, and up to few weeks
before his death was remarkably healthy.
THE Pope will protest at the coming
consistory in Rome against the erection
of the proposed monument in honor of
Giordano Bruno, the Italian philosopher,
who was burned as hereto in 1900
THE appointment of Captain VIM. NJ.
Meredith, of Chicago, to be S'iiss of the
Bureau of Print;ssz ss.l,i Engraving, is TO
be mads cuce.
| JOHN BRIGHT's will was probated IN
| London on the 9th. He bequeaths an
estate Of about E36,001 TO his children.
There are no public bequests in the will.
| In the Massachusetts House Of Repre-
sentatives, on the oath. tie bill granting
suffrage to women on hquor-license ques-
-tions was referred to the next Legislature,
after hot debate.
THE German Government has arrested
a number of Frenchmen at Soultzmatt,
Alsace on a charge Of treason.
| In the race between the yachts VAL
kyrie, Yarana and Irex, ON the oath, the
| finish was made with a good southeast
| breeze after q splendid race. The VAL
| The Wayne Iron Works of Pittsburgh,
Pa, will probably remain closed for some
time, as the Amalgamated Association
has sustained the demand Of the puddlers
| for one dollar extra per ton for making a
certain per cent. of Bessemer iron. About
| four hundred men are out.
Mr.. ROBERT T. LINCOLN, the new Amer
ican Minister to the Court of st. James,
was presented TO Queen Victoria at Wind
sor Castle on the 25th.
THE Olphert evictions in Ireland, on the
Path, were characterized by desperate re-
sistance on the part of the tenants. Dur
ing one of the many melees, Police In
spector Duff was severely wounded, and
several policemen and bailiffs were pain
fully scalded by hot water thrown upon
them by the inmates of various houses.
Fourteen persons were arrested.
THE Lord Mayor of London received
Captain Murrell of the steamship Mis-
souri, and his officers and crew at the
Mansion House, on the oath, and present.
ed them with testimonials for their
bravery in rescuing the passengers Of the
sinking steamer Daumark. A letter
which had been received from Prince
Bismarck was read. 1t was highly lauda-
tory of Captain Murrell and his men.
THE Ordnance Bureau of the Navy De-
partment has completed two of the ten
inch steel reech-loading riff es for the
monitor Miantonomah. These are the
largest and most powerful guns yet
turned out for the navy.
CARNEGIE, PHIPPs & Co., of Pittsburgh,
Pa, have just finished two steel plates,
each nine inches wide, 1S0 inches long and
three inches thick weighing nine thou
sand pounds each, and showing sixty
thousand pounds tensile strength. Krupp,
Of Germany, was first asked to manu-
facture the plates, but was unable to pro-
duce them.
THE Aged Workmen's Insurance bill
was passed in the German Reichstag on
the oath. The bill provides that small
monthly amount be deducted from the
wages of all working people, the money
thus collected to be laid aside for in
surance against old age and sickness.
The state adds to the insurance fund
a sum equal to one-third the amount coll
lected.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY TICHENoR has
affirmed the decision of the collector a t
New York in assessing so-called vinegar
as wine. The importers claimed that the
liquid when shipped was vinegar, and
must have changed to wine during the
voyage.
A LARGE meeting of persons in favor of
the Sugar Bounty bill was held in London
on the oath. Mr.. T. Richie, president of
the Local Government Board, was pres
ent and attempted to address the meet
ing, but was hissed aud hooted until he
was obliged to leave the building. A
resolution was passed denouncing the
government.
THE warden of the Hudson County On.
J.) penitentiary, at Snake Hill, discov-
cred a plot, on the oath, for a general de-
livery of convicts confined in that insti-
tuition. The cells and persons of five
long term prisoners being searched, files,
knives, saws, drills, pair of Gpmpasses
and key which readily unlocked the cell
and corridor DOORS were discovered. The
culprits were placed in close confinement
on bread and water
The German Reichstag adjourned on
the oath
THE Shah of Persia arrived at st.
Petersburg on the oath. He was received
by the Car and Czarina, by banquet in
the Winter Palace, at which the Shah sat
at the Czarina's right. The Gear offered
a toast in honor of his guest, and the
Shah responded by toasting the Czarina.