The Russellville Democrat., 1889-02-07

l stormy debate lasting three weeks, was l passed by majority of 126. Upon the l announcement of the vote, students | blocked the approaches to the parlia- l mentary chambers and cheered the op- l position and jeered the government. | Premier Tisza reached his carriage at the conclusion of the session with difficulty,
 the police being called upon to assist him. l No arrests were made.
 | Oy the 29th, in the Dane County (Wis.) | Circuit Court, Judge Stewart rendered a decision, overruling the demurrer of the l defendants in a suit brought by the Chip pewa & Superior Railroad Company l against the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapo- 1 lis & Omaba. The case is contest for
 lands valued at upwards of 5, ,000,000 ON the 30th Cincinnati's new Chamber of Commerce, costing, with it's furnish ings, round million dollars, was for
 mally dedicated.
 l THERE is an epidemic of diphtheria in 1 Hancock County, 0. Several of the pub | lie schools have been closed. The disease 1 is not of malignant type. | Ir is said that one of the finest opera houses in the country will be built to re- | place the one recently destroyed by fire at | St. Paul, Minn.
 |
 mans have declared war against Mataafa,
 and that all the Samoan factions will l probably unite against the Germans. AT Indianapolis Ind, the authorities | deny the statement of the managers | of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance l Company that they are responsible for the | non arrest of Moore the defaulter, no in- structions to that effect having been re- | ceived by them.
 l ON February p a meeting of the sur vivors of the siege of Vicksburg will be
 held at Indianapolis, Ind. The purpose
 is understood to be the formation of l new army society.
 l ON the 30th, Tn the German Reichstag,
 the East Africa bill passed it's third read l ing without debate.
 ON the 3lst the British steamer Topaz | brought to New Orleans six sailors of the l Boston whaling schooner Alcyon, who | left the schooner at St Vincent, claiming l ill-treatment and demanded the protec- 1 ton of the American Consul. THE committee appointed to inquire into the condition of the British navy, as man. l ifested by the recent maneuvers, has re- l ported that the ships, with few exceptions, are unsuitable for modern warfare, and l that the fleet as it exists is unfit to con- l uldHd tlic ScdS dBulDSt dh Suclills | IT is reported that the Germans have
 suppressed the Samoan Times, paper published in the English language at l Apia
 l AUCKLAND dispatches regarding affairs at the Samoan Islands state that the Ger 1 man naval officials have been notified to | search all vessels in Samoan waters for contraband articles.
 | ON the 31st the Union Iron-w works of San Francisco received orders from Sec
 retary Whitney to have the new cruiser Charleston ready for sea within twenty days if possible, no matter what the extra 1 cost.
 DURING January Government expend- itures were $26, ,553, 555, or Si,500,000 more
 than in January, 1888.
 FoR the first seven months of the cur 1 rent fiscal year receipts of the Govern | ment from all sources were S224, 756, 724,
 against $223, 214, ,9S4 during the first seven
 months of the preceding fiscal year; and expenditures were S1Ss,6is l07 during the
 past seven months, against S163,5is 461
 for the corresponding months of the pre-
 ceding fiscal year.
 DURING January the gold fund balance in the Treasury decreased fully $9, ,0O0, 900,
 and on the 1st amounted to Sl94, ,655, ,264. DURING January Government receipts
 were unusually heavy, and aggregated S34, SIT 1895, or S3,250, GOO more than in Jan- uary last year.
 THE Post-office Appropriation bill, as
 completed by the House committee on
 post-offices and post roads, proposes a
 total appropriation of SG6, 595, A. This is
 total of s, 735, 2i0 more than the appro-
 priation for the current year.
 AT a meeting in New York City the
 passenger agents of the trunk lines made
 a rate of one cent a mile for military or
 ganizations of New York State and Penn-
 sylvania to the Washington inauguration
 centennial in that city in April.
 DURING January the reduction in the
 public debt amounted to SI2,2l6, 2s4. The
 total debt now less cash ill the Treasury
 amounts to S1, 12l, ,si5, 973.
 IT is reported that the Spanish steamer
 Ramon de Herrora has been sold to the
 Haytien Government for $1S0,0 900 in gold.
 IT is said that the Cherokee Indians look
 with alarm at the various meetings held
 along the border with the intention of de-
 vising means of opening the Indian Ter
 ritory to settlement.