The Russellville Democrat., 1889-09-12

has been recalled from East Africa. The expedition for the relief of Emin Bey has been abandoned. The Boersen Zsitung reports that Dr. Peters has retreated to l Vitulnnd
 l TIE Mexican Government has revised article l of it's customs tariff, wherein liv- ing animals are made free of duty, and has imposed heavy duties on imported cattle, swine, sheep, mules and goats, q measure that can not fail to have a most | disastrous effect on the business of sup plying Mexico with meat from the United 1 States.
 THE editor of the Paris Cocarde las been sentenced to four months imprison- ment and fined 600 francs for purloining court documents. THE London police on the 4th fired upon a crowd of strikers who were molesting some men at work One man was fatally wounded
 Ar the Dundee (Scotland) Trades Union Congress a report favoring eight hours for days labor was rejected by vote of almost two to one.
 HEAVY floods prevailed at Tetecala, Mexico. Several lives were lost. A large bridge was also swept away. The flood at Tampico was increasing and people were leaving their homes. Many of them were destitute and hungry and an appeal for help has been issued.
 GENERAL BoULANGER has made public a manifesto. in which he attacks his politic- al enemies in bitter and vigorous terms. He claims the right to trial by court- martial.
 THE employees of the Santa Fe, who were affec ed by the 10 per cent reduc- 1aef Ia al hza, lr1I ing for restoration, until the recent furry created by the resignation of Pres- dent Strong. It has been given out from official sources that restoration would not be made, but on the other hand that a reduction of from 10 to g per cent is inn minent.
 AN explosion occurred in the ironstoue pit of the Maurice Wood coliery at Mid lothian, Scotland, recently. Sixty miners were imprisoned. Four dead bodies were recovered and it was thought the others were dead.
 TIE Government of San Salvador. Gen. tral America, has obtained loan of f3o0,000 in London for the purpose of ex- tending it's railroad system.
 THE Regents of Servia have warned ex- Queen Natalie not to attempt to establish residence in Belgrade even as a private person.
 IT was rumored in Ottawa, Ont, that the Behring sea dispute would be left by the English Government for Canada and the United States to settle.
 TIE town of Tlacolula, in the State of Hidalgo, Mex, has been entirely de- stroyed by floods. The people in the flooded districts are in great distress.
 Mss JENNIE S. CHAMBERLAIN, second daughter of Mr. Chamberlain, of Cleve- land, O., was married recently in St. Georges Church, London, to Captain Herbert Naylor Leyland.
 THREE Frenchmen, accused of foment- ing an anti-Germau agitation in Alsace- Lorraine have been expelled by the Ger man au horities.
 THREE sealers have arrived at Victoria, B. C., with over 5 300 sealskils on board. They reported that they saw nothing of the United States revenue steamer Rush
 THE cotton spinners of Manchester, Eng, have decided to work on half time for a month.
 GOLD has been discovered at Princess Lodge, seven miles from Halifax N S. There are four leads, said to be on line with the famous Montague leads at Waverly, and pronounced to be very rich.
 HUMPHREYS ana GleThOb III tue Pacific ocean have been taken possession of by British war ship.
 A TERRIBLE explosion of dynamite oc- cured in q cartridge factory at Antwerp, Belgium, on the b, resulting in a shock ing loss of life and disastrous conflagra- ton. It was estimatel that 300 persons were killed an 1 LOGO wounded.
 BUSINESS failures (Dun's reporD for the seven days ended September numbered POI, compared with 2l1 the previous week and PA the corresponding week of last year.
 THE London dock companies on the 9th agreed to consider proposal for the six pen1y rate to commence next January. The strikers were advised to accept the compromise and the trouble was probably ended.
 ONLY fourteen of the sixty impris miners at Midlothian, Scotland, succeeded in escaping.
 THE British ship Winston, coal laden, from Sidney 10 rS Francisco, was wrecked on Starbuck island about July 1T. The captain and eight of the cy>w were missing, the rest being rescued.
 CAPTAfS WIssMANN with 100 mel, has started for Mpwapwa to punish Bushir for kili9g Officer Nielsen. of the East Africa Company