The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-05
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The Michigan House of Representatives
has pasc ed the womans municipal suffrage
bill.
The New York Assembly by vote Of 50
to % has defeated the so-called dressed beef
Henry & Nathan Day, wholesale dealers
in glassware, lamps, etc, of New1York City,
have assigned. Liabilities reported at
$4,000.
Reports from all parts of Hancock County,
ILL, showsthats hinchi cbugs are annoying
farmers to considerable extent. In some
places it is believed that the crops will DO
ruined.
d Attorney General Miller has authorized
the Ul..ted States Marshal of Arizona to
offer reward of $500 each for the arrest
and conviction Of the parties who attacked
and robbed paymaster Wham, near Fort
Grant, on the nth inst.
The large grist mill Of Crazy, Hall & Co.,
located near Hancock, N. ", caught fire on
the 18th and the mill and contents were en-
tirely destroyed. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$4,000. The fire originated in the engine
room Of the mill and there were no means
Of extinguishing the flames. 1'Hs
Edward Vandeck Burgh, who formerly
lived at 357 Cass avenue, Detroit, and who
on April % accepted by letter an offer of .
position with Sanford Brothers, Of Buffalo,
N. Y, has been missing since April "a and
| ia supposed to be one of the victims of the
Grand Trunk accident at Hamilton.
| Rev. John E. Russell, professorof biblical
theology at Yale College, has resigned on
account Of difference Of opinion in regard
to the "Andover controversy" the profess
sor siding with the Andover professors
The senior theological class on learning Of
1t met and adopted resolutions Of regret and
appointed committee to convey the reso-
lutions to the president Of the university.
Professor Russell has been very popular as
IN instructor.
| Alta meeting Of the powers of the Navy
Department on the 18th the subject Of frames
| for the proposed new naval vessels was dis
eussed at some length, but no conclusion
was reached. except that the names Mime
spolis, Detroit and Cleveland will net b
used. ,a.,..... ..t4 ,f,,si5 .,.7..., t.,,.
| At the Yale law school on the 14th the
successful candidates who win speak for
the Townsend prize at the commencement
were announced as follows: William H.
Cowles, Of Chicago; Henry Brant, Of Ash
land, O., and Frank d. jackson, of James
vile, Wis. ..ll el,s4e f,.,..,., at,
Considerable discussion has been aroused
in various European capitals lately by the
belligerent tone assumed by the Russian
and German press toward Switzerland, ON
account Of the liberty allowed by that gov
eminent to the Socialist and Nihilist refu-
gees within ito borders. ylsd. ls rHaa
President Harrison has accepted the resig.
nation Of Solicitor General jerks, Of the
Department Of Justice Mr.. jerks will,
however. be retained as Government counsel
in the telephone case Judge jerks sue
cessor will be appointed this week.
The British ship Altmore, from Sydney,
N. 8. W., for San Francisco, has been
wrecked on the island of Neral in the Sou tn
| Pacific. The first officer was drowned. The
captain and portion Of the crew have
landed at Levka, but boat containing the
remainder Of the crew is missing
Secretary Trscy has re-established the
Office Of general inspector Of the naval pay
corps, which was abolished by Secretary
Whitney. Pay Director Thomas H. LOCKER
has been appointed to the position. Hi
duties will consist in making quarterly in
spections of pay officers accounts on the At
lantic coast
Amos Getting, Of the. banking firm o.
Jameson, Smith & Getting, died at New
York on the 18th, of heart disease. Mr. Cot
ting came to New York twenty three year
ago and established the banking house o.
Jameson, Smith & Getting, with which hi
remained in active connection until the be
ginning of thepresent year, when he retired
He leaves fortune estimated ut s., 5O0, 600
Governor Beaver, Of Pennsylvania, ha!
been rendered the position of member Of tn
board of visitors to the Annapolis Nava
Academy, in place of Edward T. Steele, o.
Germantown, Pa, who declined on account
of prospective trip to Europe.
John Forrest-r and William Nolan, resi-
dents of New Hampton, Ia, became drunk
recently. The former in his drunken stupol
laid on the railroad track and was killed BY
a passing train. The latter while on hii
way home drove off bridge and broke hi.
neck.
Mr.. William W. Harding, for twenty
years publisher of the Observation-Disclosures
died on the 18TH Mr.. Harding had been in
failing health for some months past, but hi
condition did not become alarming unit
within the past four weeks, when he wal
taken i'll with pneumonia and the disease re
suited fatally.
Billy WEIGH, of Buffalo, N. ", and Jacl
Smith, of Toronto, light-weights, Tough
twenty four rounds at Buffalo on the 18th
for 800 and the gate money. Welch had I
decided advantage all through the fight am
scored several knock downs. In the twenty
fourth round Smith quit and the battle wa
given to WEIGH.
Among the passengers on the steamship
City of Paris, which sailed from New Yorl
for Liverpool on the 18th, were Robert I
Lincoln, the new United States Minister Il
the Court of st. James, his wife, tw'
daughters, and son. Other passengers wer'
Andrew Carnegie, wife and son, Genera
and Mrs Butterfield and Mrs. Frank Leslie
Assistant General Land COMMISSIONS
Stone has decided that entrymen on the
of the Texas & Pacific Railroad Compan!
are entitled to a refund Of N.25 per scr
under the act of March 2, 1899, reducing tn
price Of land in all forfeited grants to slsa
per acre. The Texas g. Pacific grant come
within the scope of the act, its grant havinI
been forfeited by Congress since Februar.
g, 1885.
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