The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-30
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

OF John A. Mason, resigned.
FoRTY-FIvE deaths are thus far report.
ed to have occurred through the floods il
Bohemia, Austris, and it is believed tha
the total loss of life will greatly exceed
| the highest estimates yet made.
A STRIKE prevails among the masons o.
Berlin, who ask for nine hours labor O
day and two hours and half for theil
meals. They also want work suspended
an hour earlier on Saturdays and on day:
preceding holidays. They semand an in.
crease of ten pfennigs day in their
wages, and two weeks notice in case oil
discharge.
PRINCE GEORGE. second son Of the King
| of Greece, has joined the French navy.
THE brig Motley, arrived from Cienfue.
gos, Cuba, reports that on May g. twelve
miles north of Pollok Rip, she passed 0
water-logged schooner with her hull en-.
tirely submerged, masts still standing
but her sails all carried away.
WARREN TEUcH, of Newark, N. j., died
on the 2lst, while bathing in the surf at
Pablo Beach, Fla.
JUSTICE HOLMES, of Boston, set aside
on the 2lst, as being against the evidence,
the verdict in the case OF the will OF
Father McNulty, who died at Brookton in
| 1SS3 leaving an estate valued at SO0,000
largely to charity. The jury rendered 8
verdict invalidating the will on the
| ground of forgery.
THE directors of the connecting rail-
road from Poughkeepsie to Campbell
Hill. N. Y, made tour of inspection
of the road, ON the 2lst, in a
special train, crossing the Poughkeepsie
bridge at one O'Clock. This was the first
t,o ~, %, I&,.tI
| The bill authorizing the Bell Telephone
| Company to increase its capital stock
| $40, 900, 600 was ordered to third reading
| by the Massachusetts House on the 21st
All restricting amendments were reject
ed, and the bill was passed as reported
| by the committee.
Two FISHING vessels, the Ella and the
Quartre Freres, which left France some
time ago for the Newfoundland fisheries
with 175 men on board, have been lost, and
all hands have doubtless perished.
The American seamen who were brought
from Samoa on the steamer Rocton com :
plain of the bad accommodations and in :
sufficient food on that vessel during the
voyage. The steamer was greatly over
crowded, carrying 444 men, while she
had accommodations for but 250 at the
outside.
COLONEL FRED ID. MUssEY, Washington
correspondent of the Cincinnati CONNER
eial- Gazette, will do duty upon the ed
itorial page of the Commercial Gazette
during the absence of Mr.. Murat Halstead
in Europe.
THE freight steamer Cynthia was run
into and sunk opposite Pointe aux Trem-
bles, in the st. Lawrence river, on the
22d, and eight of her crew were drowned
THE Spanish steamer Emiliane, which
put into Queenstown with her cargo of
cotton on fire, was dry -docked on the 23d
When her matches were removed it was
discovered that she was still on fire.
Water and steam were applied for hours,
and finally the fire was extinguished. The
cargo is almost total loss.
COLONEL GEORGE +. GARDINER, we'll
known lawyer of New York, was found
dead in his bed at the Coleman House, on
the morning of the 22d. having died of
heart disease. He was sixty-two years
old, and a native of Washington.
THE Southern Press Association con-
vened at Chattanooga, Tenn. on the 22d,
with a full attendance from all cities rep
resented in the association. A banquet
was rendered them at night by citizens of
Chattanooga.
THE body of DIR. p II. Cronin, who dis
appeared from his home in Chicago at the
beginning of the month, was found in a
catch basin in Lakeview, suburb of the
city, by gang of laborers. on the 22d.
He had been foally murdered by blows
upon the head, and every vestige of
clothing had been stripped from the
body.
The tenth anniversary and graduating
exercises of the Indian Industrial scho oil
at Carlisle, Pa, took place on the 22d
Secretary Noble presented the diplomas,
and in his address declared that the
President has laid down the policy that
the Indian tribes shall be treated with
justice. He was followed by Senator
Colquitt and Governor Beaver.
SERIOUS strikes are being organized
throughout Belgium and are rapidly
spreading. Nine hundred eolliers struck
work at Seraing aud Liege on the 22d.
PRESIDENT HARRISON is said to be con-
sidering seriously, in connection with the
vacancy on the Supreme Bench, the name
of Justice Woods, of the United States
District Court of Indiana.
On the 22d Assistant Secretary Tren-
holm decided that crude salts of potash
for fertilizing purposes could not be ad-
mitted duty free.
The Northern Pacific railroads 60,000-
bushel elevator at Davenport, OAK, was
burned on the 22d, loss unknown.
CAPTAIN r. w. MEADE, Chief Engineer
Deyalin and Constructor Mintonye, U. S.
~, acting as u naval board, have adver-
tised Tor four sea-going tugs authorized
to be purchased by act of the last Con-
gress. 1t is not unlikely the Department
will be forced to construct these tugs, as
owners OF sea going tugs are not anxious
to part with them.
A GENERAL reduction Of ten per cent. in
wages has been made by the Shenango
Valley (Pa.) furnace operators. The cut
affects 1000 men. The operators de-
clare that the low price of pig iron and
the cut made by Mahoning Valley fur
naces compelled them to take this action.
THE British steamer Curfew collided
with and sank the British steamer Nyanza
in the Suez canal on the 23d. No lives
were lost. The Curfew was but slight y
damaged, and proceeded on her voyage to
Madrid.
Tue Car met Prince Nicholas of NJ on
tenegro on his arrival at Gatschina, Rus
sia, on the 23d.
REV. G. +. CLARKE, his son, two daugh-
ters and niece were burned to death in
the OBSTRUCTION OF ther dWelilng, nVe
miles from Virginia Beach, Va, on the
23d. Mrs. Clarke. two children and the
goyerness escaped by jumping from win
dows. The awful catastrophe was the
work of an incendiary.
THE Suez Canal directors recommend
an annual dividend for 1889 Of 80 per cent.
THE Comptroller of the Currency, on
the 23d authorized the Exchange Nation
al Bank Of Spokane, w. T.. the First Ma
tional Bank of Bowling Green, o., and the
Farmers a. Mechanics National Bank OF
Easton, Md, to begin business, with cap
itals Of 100000 $4,000 and $4,000 re-
spectively
The Commercial Tribune Of Paris, on
the 23d, ordered that the Compaguie Aux
iliare des Metaux be dissolved.
THE expedition headed by DIR. Nausen,
which left Copenhagen for the Arctic re-
ofOng In Nav lSSS returned To that city