Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-04-18
GENERAL NEWS.
A CONDENSATION OF LATE HAP.
PENINGS.
The Freshest Sparks From the Wires.
Accidents and Other Happen
ings.

1t is officially announced that the En-
deror Francis Joseph will visit Berlin
about the middle of May.
M. Kuehn, formerly police inspectorat
| Avrcourt has been sent to prison a
Paris, France, for two years as u German
spy.
A fire at Kenny, Dewitt county, ILL.,.
on Monday, destroyed 800, 900 worth OF
property, including more than twent!
stores and business houses.
Ex-President Cleveland and party re
turned on Tuesday to Havana from Santa
Rosa. Captain General Salamanca gave
dinner in honor OF ex-President Cleveland
The Spanish mail steamer Mindahav
has been sunk by collision with the
Spanish steamer Visayas, at Manila.
Thirty of her crew and passengers were
drowned.
1t has been decided in London, Eng,
10 make Emperor Williams coming visit
to England, the occasion of grand dis
play, similar to that which accompanied
the reception of Queen Victoria in Ber-
lin.
The American sugar refinery of San
Francisco, Cal, has raised the price Of
all grades of their sugars one-quarter of
a cent per pound, and the California re-
tinery has made raise of one eighth of
cent per pound.
A three-story brick block, at Bing
hamton, N Y, suddenly collapsed on
Monday. About dozen workmen were
in the building. Fred Purcell, a tinsmith,
was killed instantly. Two others were
quite seriously injured.
Mahommed Beraivi, who brought news
to Cairo of the victory of Emin Pasha
over the dervishes, says it was reported
that Emin was in good health, and that
all his people and some European travel
ers were with him in Bahr-G Gael.
The German ship ]. w. Wendt, which
left Bremen for New York, with a gen
of Barnegat, and will prove total loss
The stranded ship is one of the largest
sailing craft aioat under the German
| flag.
Upon the assembling of tie Dutch
house of Parliament on Tuesday, the
prime minister announced that the cabi-
net had decided that the king was in
capacitated for carrying on thesgovern-
ment, and communicated this decision 10
the state council.
Hon. John Scott, of Pittsburg, Pa,
president, and one of the receivers of the
Allegheny Valley Railroad Co., died on
Sunday, of pneumonia, in his sixty ninth
year. The deceased was prominently
g..
dent of the Pittsburg, Virginia &
Charleston Railroad.
The Oerrizuas bridge, the most famous
bridge on the Oryar Railway, in Peru,
was swept away by flood. The bridge
was 1903 feet high, and its original cost
was 500, 900. The destruction of the
bridge has rendered transportation from
that part of the country almost impossi-
BILE.
A northbound passenger train from
the City of Mexico, on the Mexican Ma
tional hallway, was wrecked at Muliva-
to, and the engineer and fireman were
killed. The work was done by wreckers
large pile of stones had been placed on
the track and the engine was thrown
from the rails and demolished
Chitachua, rebellious chief and fif-
teen warriors, are entrenched fourteen
miles north of San Carlos agency, Ari-
IONA, and defy the military authorities.
The Indians are charged with numbering
teamster and stealing thirty head of
cattle. The soldiers expect to have con-
siderable trouble and bloodshed is looked
for.
Two weeks ago the puddlers employed
in the Lebanon, Pa, Nut and Bolt Works,
were notified of a reduction in wages of
twenty-five cents per ton. The men
protested against the reduction, and on
Tuesday refused to go to work. They
contend that there is no necessity for the
reduction and decided to strike. The
mills employ one hundred and fifty
hands.
The latest and final arrangements for
the funeral of the late associate justice of
the supreme court, Stanley Matthews,
who died in Washington. ID. c., upon
Saturday, were that the body was to be
taken to Glendale, Ohio. Rev. DR.. Price, of
Glendale, will offlciate at the ceremonies.
The deceased was a colonel in the Fed
eral army during the war, and very pop
ular with those who knew him.
A sensation was created at Ottawa,
Ontario, by the issue of President Harri
sons proclamation declaring Behring sea
closed sea. The action of the Amer-
can government proved a complete sur
prise to the members of the government,
who decline to be interviewed. The late
administration and the British govern.
meut had been negotiating for two years
past in regard to the claim for compen-
sation for the seizure of three British
sealing vessels in Behring sea.
The third week of the Fall River, Mass,
strike opened without any great change
in the situation. Several mills report
slight gains in the number of looms run
ming. The strikers held a big mass
meeting in the park on Monday, at which
5000 were present. They voted unani
mously to continue the strike. Annie
Lancaster, weaver employed in the
Pocasset Mill was assaulted on South