The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-07-05


The story that Mgr. Persico. in his re-
port to the Pops on the result Of his inves"
tigation of Irish affairs, had asserted that
the Irish Nationalists had formed plot
to kill him if he returned to Ireland 10
pronounced purely imaginary.
THE immense oil stores of Tietgan q
Robertson, at Hamburg. have been de-
stroyed by fire. The loss was estimated at
$500, 600
The inspection of the pictures OF M.
Speitan, which are to be offered for sale at
Paris, began Oh the 9th. The parlors
were crowded with aristocrats. Among
those present was the Due d'Aumale. 1t
is understood that Mr.. Vanderbilt has Of
fered 81 100000 for the collection. One OF
the RothschiIds is prepared to give high
figure for the Angeles
PRINCESS LOUISE, aged twenty-five
years, daughter of the Prince of Wales,
has been betrothed to the Earl OF Fife,
her fathers bosom friend and the Queens
neighbor at Ba moral Castle. The Earl Is
past forty years ot age.
G. PIMPLE a farmer Of Manitoba, has
sued the Canadian Government for s., 900
damages for seiz ng two threshing ma
chimes made by Minnesota convicts.
The Canadian Government has reduced
the export duty on pine logs 81 cents per
/ 900 feet, board measurement
IT is not thought likely that there will
be a Yacht contest this year for the Amer.
lea cup, owing to a disagreement over
the new rules.
THE recent unexpected rise in the price
of iron caused great rejoicing among the
| iron men, who look forward to an inn
mediate revival of bus ness and period
| of prosperity. Tie demand for rails,
| wrought iron pipes, sheet and bar iron has
| experienced MAJ ked increase in the past
ten days.
QUEEN CHRISTINA aSconded 100 feet in
an air balloon a. Madril on the 18th. 1t
was her first ascent. The balloon was
christened Maria Christina"
! MURRAY's MAGAZINE announces that
Prince Albert Victor oldest son of the
Prince of Wales, has been aftianced to
Prince Victoria, of Prussia, sister OF
the Emperor of Germany.
GERMANY has boug ht majority Of the
shares of the Swiss " estern railway, and
has replaced the French by German di-
| rectors.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended June 81 numbered 20.
compared with 900 the previous week and
POI the CORE sponding " Q k of last year.
CARLOTTA PATTI sister of Adelina, died
on the 2Sth. She was singer of consld'
cradle repute.
The dock laborers at Marseilles, France
have gone on a strike.
A PRIVATE in an Italian regiment, in I
fit of madness, the Other day Killed the
major and wounded captain and others
in Naples. He was final y killed with I
revolver.
PRINCE DANILO, son Of the reignini
, Prince. has been declared the heir appar
, emit to the throne of Montenegro.
MAIL advices from West Africa confirm
previous reports of the shocking priva
tions to which Henry NJ. Staniy has beer
, subjected. 1t is a.ed that the explorer
hair has turned snow white, that III
! clothes are in rags and that he is withou
shoes, being obi ed to use skins to cove
= his feet.
A MOB assaulted the police at Clonakilly
Ireland, on the 30 h. Alter hand-to
t hand fight the police were ordered to t1r
f and two of the crowd fell seriousl
wounded The police took their prisoner
Patrick o Brien, NJ. P. for Tlpperary, t
D | Dublin. The trouble was caused b.
= O'Brien attempting to hold a meeting.
4 BUSINESS was fairly steady and quiet O
the London Stock Exchange during tn
" week ended June 20. American securitie
were neglected. Political rumors had
d depressing effect on the German bourse
d In Paris prices were generally weak.
CLEARING house returns for the wee
y ended June 90 showed an average lncreas
y of 1915 compared with the correspondent
week of last wear. In New Y ork the IL
IL crease was All
q THIRTY SIX buildings and church wei
burned at Luneburg, Germany, on tt
d 80th. Loss, 100000 marks.