The Russellville Democrat., 1889-10-03

THE Dake of Cambridge, Commander in Chief of Her Majesty's forces, has formally signifed his approval of a plan to mobilize 100000 volunteers for the de-
 fense of London. This. however, is not
 to be taken as signifying any alarm at the defenseless condition of the metrop-
 olis, but only as one of the schemes which army magnates have 10 busy
 themselves with from time 10 time in
 order to keep up an appearance of earn ing their salaries.
 WHILE attempting to remove the crust from a furnace stack i'll the Edgar Thomson Steel Works, at Braddock, Pa.,
 on the 26th, Manager W. K. Jones and
 six men were engulfed in molten steel
 which gushed from an oriice made in the
 side of the stack. One of the men is
 missing; one was fatally and all the oth-
 CTS severely burned.
 TIE Union Prohibitory League of Penn.
 sylvania-having for its object the sup
 pression of the saloon outside of party iines-held its first convention at Harris
 burg, on the 18th, with about one hun
 dred delegates.
 MR. VIM WALTER PHELPS. United States
 Minister to Germany, presented his cre-
 dentials to the Emperor on the 28th. He
 was cordially received, and conversed with the Kaiser for some time.
 IT is stated that Prince Bismarck has
 advised that Count Won Waldersee suc-
 ceed Count Von Hatzfeldt as German Ambassador to England. the latter to be
 transferred to Berlin.
 A VERDICT of acquittal was rendered at Wilkesb barre, Pa., on the 2Tth, iu the
 case of Officer David Thompson, charged
 with tho marder of Thomas Schelling at
 Edwardsville, in June last.
 FRANK P. BUCKLEY, employed in the Pennsylvania newspaper department of
 the New York post office, fell dead while
 at work in the office on the night of the 27th.
 FIVE violent deaths were reported from Jefferson County, Ala, on the 2Tth. Of these two were the result of casualties, two were murders and one lynching.
 TIE fve-story building of the Westing- house Eleetic Light Works at Pittsburgh, Pa, was partly burned on the night of the 27th. The fire caught on the third floor, and burned through the fourth and fifth fioors The origin of the fire is un- known. Loss, S60,000; fully covered by | insurance
 JOSEPH c. HARVEY, well-known mill- owner of Philadelphia, has been sent to the Frankford Insane Asylum. Eight years ago the Randolph mill, owned by | him, was burned, and fifteen persons, mostly young girls, lost their lives owing to the absence of Horoscopes. Soon afterward MT. Harvey, who brooded over the calamity, began to show signs of mental failing, which has gradually grown worse, He owns several mills and is very wealthy.
 BY the capsizing of a row. boat in South Watuppa pond, near Fall River, Mass, on the 27th, Louis Dubois, aged fifty three years; Nathalie Dubois, his niece, aged thirty eight years; Mrs. Geo. Michaud, her daughter, Leah Michaud, aged seven, and Rosanua Levitere, aged eight were drowned Mary Michaud was rescued.
 THE first section of the St. Louis ex- press on the New York Central railroad | broke down about two miles east of Pala-
 tine Bridge,N. Y, on the night of the 27th,
 and the second section plunged into it with terrific force, wrecking several crowded cars and killing large number
 of passengers.
 TIE reported escape of Holszhay, the highwayman, with other prisoners | from the jail in Bessemer, Mich, ou the | 27th, is denied. In addition to the jail
 being heavily guarded, there are several bull dogs about the jail yard, and it
 would be impossible for any one to get
 away.
 | TIE Wyoming Cons titutional conven- | ton spent the whole session, on the 18th, | in wrangling over the chapter on salaries of county officers. There was no agree
 ment on the subject, and it will doubtless | be left to the Legislature.
 | Ex-MAYoR GILBERT ROBBINS, of Provi- dence, R. l., died on the 27th, of brain
 lesion. He was leading dry-goods
 merchant and a prominent Knight Te m- plar and Odd Fellow, being Past Grand Master of the Rhode Island Grand Lodge l I. 0. o. r.
 | THE business failures during the seven days ending the 2Tth number for the ! United States 165, and for Canada ?, or
 total of 192 failures, as compared with
 a total of 195 the previous week. For the corresponding week of last year the | figures were 220, made up of 1S6 in the 1 United States and 3t in Canada. | THE first consignment of American cattle has arrived at Mainz, Germany and contracts have been made for the 1 importation of five thousand head more | during October. The success of the plan | for shipments to interior European cities | ia no longer doubtful.