The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-08-22

An unsuccessful attempt was made to assassi-
mats ID. l.. Baxter, a newspaper correspondent
at Lexington, KY, by sending him dynamite,
maehine.-The decree Of absolute divorce 70.
Gently granted the wife Of Sheriff Flack, of
New York, was annnlied on her petition and
oil the proceedings before the referee were set
aside.---Two robbers attempted TO steal The
gold coin and bills from Broker Loebs Office,
in lower Broadway, Now York, by entering In
broad daylight and threatening the proprietor
with revolver. They got nothing aud one of
them was arrested. Petition against colored
Immigration TO Mexico are shortly to be circu-
lated throughout that country, and several
proprietOrs rsfuse 10 sell land TO the colored
people.--Three young eolored men near
Besse4ner, Ala, under persuasion of an old
eoiored man calling himself Daniel, the
Prophet plunged into fiery iron smelling
furnace IN imitation OF Shadrnch, Mcshack
and Abednego aud never came out agaip.--
Two teamstera of Idaho were hemmed In five
days without food In q tunnel by raging for
est Ere. that destroyed their horses aud wagons.
The congregation of Mount Zion Baptist
Church. OF indianapolis, INDUCED In general
Eight inside the church, owing 10 y disagree
ment over the pastor---George Drakeley, q
broker. was publicly reprimanded In the New
York Coffee Exchange for refusing 20 answer
questions concerning washed sale" contrary
90 the Exchange lawA-J. Frank COLON.
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with forging the name of client for 100000,
was placed undsr Sol 900 bail.--John Yeldell,
| the c0Orcd preacher acquitted In South Caro-
| lima Of the charge of numbering James Black
we'll returned TO Pittsburg, where he WAS well
coined 10y n committee of coloEcd eitizsns.----
| While a Deputy Sheriff and ID. A. Sinclair were
| trying ~ arrest q farmer and his hired man,
Charles Bradley, in Bovine Township, Mich. for
stealing wheat, Sinclair aud Bradley were killed
| during an Interchange OF shots.--Goy. Fora
ker, Of Ohio refused the request of the Gov
crnor of Mississippi for a reqnisition for Super
| intendent Carroll, Of the Queen aud Crescent
| Railroad, over whose lines the pugilists travel
ed 10 the recent prize. aght.--The new steam
ship Tcutonic. the City OF New York and the
| City OF Rome had q great race from Queens
town TO New York, the City OF New York win
ming by 80 minutes The Teut0nic however
made the quickest maiden trip by four hours.
| The New Yorks time was six days. II hours.
Mrs. Maybrick's lawyers in New York will
| forward evidence bearing on the case, collected
| In America, TO Secretary Blaine. One feature
| of the new evidence is that Mrs. Yapp. the
| chief witness against the condemned woman,
| had to fly from Montreal TO escape prosecution
| for perjury and conspiracy to blacken the rep
| utation OF woman in o divorce case.---The
| Cr0nn and anti. Cronin factions of the Clan ma
Gael in Chicago held rival picnics The Cronin
| faction turned out in the greater number and
| were reinforced by tho German Singing aud
| other societies---A serious state of affairs Is
reported from the Pallagers Reservation, in
| Minnesota, where the hostiles threaten death
TO anyone signing for the sale of the reserva-
| tion.---Charles S. Steel, paralytic is feared
TO be dying in Cincinnati from the effects of an
| innoculation Of the elixir. William Liedel, of
| Troy o., is said to be dying from the same
| cause.--AGen Theodore S. West, of Washing
ton, died at Asbury Park, and Sterling Rutin,
clerk in the Treasury Department, who vio-
lontIy assaulted him during quarrel. has been
arrested and placed under $4,000 bonds.