The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-26
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

eo0men 3 Str1ko.
Governor Beaver has received from part
les in various portions Of he country SsOS-
900 for the Johnstown sufferers.
Captain Henry G.. Lee, a brother Of Gov.
ernor Lee and nephew Of the late General
Robert E. Lee, died suddenly at Richmond,
Va, on the 9th.
DISASTROUS foods are reported from diheE.
emit points In Bavaria, with considerable de-
struction of property. The crops are ruined
In many sections.
The Union Iron Works at Baltimore have
informed the Secretary Of the Navy tbs
the gunboat Petrol will be ready for her
trial trip in a short time.
| At New York the mayors fund for Johns
town has reached $l63, 900, and the Chamber
of Commerce fund $4,000. Other funds are
also increasing rapidly.
A fire in the village Of Lebionsch in Prus-
sian Silesia, the other day destroyed l06
houses including the village church and
vicarage. Seven hundred Of the villagers
. are rendered homeless.
News comes from Berne that considerable
friction has developed between the German
and Swiss governments over the recent ex-
pulsion from Swiss territory Of the German
police official, Herr Wohlgemuth.
The British steamer Baltimore City, from
Havana for Philadelphia, arrived at Dela-
ware Breakwater on the 9th with two sus-
| picious cases of fever on board. They will
be admitted to the hospital and the steamer
detained.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
says deal is being arranged between the
County Democrats and the Republicans
with view to increasing the strength Of
the Republicans in the Legislature, and
ousting Tammany from the control Of New
York City.
At Niagara Falls on the 9th, T. ]. Leferns,
of Chicago, was elected president Of the Ma
tional Brewers Association. The next con-
vention will be held at Washington.
The Aetna Fire Insurance Company, OF
Hartford, Conn, has contributed 81 900 for
the JOhnstown sufferers. The Phoenix Fire
Insurance Company has contributed 81 900.
The national reunion Of Elks was to have
been held in Pittsburgh June 10, 70 and q.
The reunion has been postponed until July
f6, II and IS, owing to the disaster at Johns
town. M
A New York detective who came from
the Paris exhibition and Is now visiting in
Berlin, had his pocket picked in that city
the other day. He lost his money and some
valuable papefS.
Counsel for Judge Hilton assert that the
Overtnres for compromise Of the Stewart
will case came from the contestants. Thu
terms of the proposed settlement are not
yet made public.
/, A tremendous thunder storm passed over
London, England, on the 9Th The lightning
was intensely vivid. Much property has
been damaged and several cases of loss Of
life are reported.
j. H. Stone has been appointed collector
of internal revenue for the First district Of
Michigan.
The Pennsylvania railroad II at last able
to announce the resumption Of the running
of through passenger trains from New York
via Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Lock Haven
and the Allegheny Valley railroad to Pitts
burgh.
!. A statement prepared at the Treasury De
: partment shows that there was a net de-
crease Of SIG, $50, COS in circulation during
, !, the month of May last and net increase Of
8, 973, $40 in money and bullion in the treas
= ury during the same period.
A schoolmaster named Kneeling while
!: travelling on the Northwestern railway il
4 England with his sweetheart named Les
ter, the principal Of school, on the 7th
shot the woman dead, threw her out Of {
! window and then committed suicide.
Father Arnold Damen, 8. j., has beer
. stricken with paralysis at Evanston, W. T
I Father Damen is over seventy five year.
! old. As missionary he has long been ia
J nous among Catholics from New York tt
San Francisco and st. Paul to the Gulf.
The President has appointed Colonel Johr
!, G. KeltOn to be Adjutant General Of the
! army, vice Richard c. Drum, retired.
! General Payne, of New York, has adver
a tised the yacht Volunteer for sale. 1t is be
4 ieved the boat will be sold only to reputable
club men.
= The Herlich Piano Works at Paterson, N
). j., were totally destroyed by fire on the It'll
/. Theloss is 80, 900 in excess Of the insurance
= The origin of the fire is unknown.
: Although not less than Zoo wOrkmen an
!, busy repairing the Pennsylvania railroad
between Pittsburgh and Altoona, the ON
:, cials can form no estimate Of how sool
. through connection will be established
There have been nine bridges washed away
on the road, six of which are gone between
}. Altoona and Harrisburg
9 A cablegram from London says: Grea
l. CONSERVATION was caused in the West Corn
l. wall region by the news Of the Johnstowl
disaster, as quite colony Of Cornish people
d had settled around Johnstown. One maj
o whose sister and six children lived there
n and who himself only recently returne'
q from America, fell dead upon suddenl'
Il hearing of the catastrophe.
r. The annual meeting Of the stockholders o
>. the Chicago & Northwestern road was hel,
at Chicago on the 9th. The only change il
d the directory was the election Of Frederick
q L. Ames, Of Boston, to succeed d. 0. Mills
II of New York, resigned. The financial state
v ment for the year ending May 81, shows
g. decrease Of over 81, 00O, 600 in the gross earn
|: ings. Previous to the meeting Of the stock
'. holders the old board of directors met an,
" declared the usual dividend of three pc
N cent
ie The President has committed to impfisOn
v ment for life the sentence Of death impose
n on Henry W. Miller, who was convicted o
u murder committed in Indian Territory.
II The striking seamen and fremen in Livel
IL pool have accepted the terms offered by II
q shipmasters and have resumed work. II
o, strikes in Dublin and in Glasgow are q
10 tending.
70 Steward Smith, Of Her Maiesty's shi
" Comus, fed from Halifax the other dsy
being guilty Of forgery and embezzlemer
n in connection with his vessel accounts. 3
Or has been arrested at Boston.
al The London Times in an editorial sayt
ID "While thankful for our own immunit
from penalties Of material greatness IN
we can not forget that in sorrow aud suffe
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