The Russellville Democrat., 1889-10-24

IONS.
SIXTY men were killed by an explosion
in the Beutille cnlliery at Staffordshire,
England, on the 10Th. Their dead bodies
we're so disfgured by burning as to be
unrecognizable by their nearest neigh.
bOrs.
THE PAN American excursion party
we're received and banque ted at Ann Ar
bor. Mich, on the 18th. They visited the
University Of Michigan and other points
of interest, and left in the evening for
Grand Rapids.
E A. BURKE, ex-State Treasurer of
Louisiana, sailed from Liverpool for
New York, on the 81, on the steamer
Teutonic but upon the arrival of the yes.
sci at Queenstown he disembarked and
returned to London.
THERE is great dissatisfaction in the
Conemaugh Valley over the failure to
distribute fully half the relief fund of
50 600. 600 intended for the food sufferers.
There are many cases Of great destitu-
ton, and gross mismanagement Of the
funds Is charged.
THE Cherokee Commission is again in
complete, owing 10 the death ef one
of its members, General Hartranft Of
Pennsylvania. This commission was
created to treat with the Five Nations for
the sale of the lands In the Indian Terri
tory not needed by them
THE New Jersey pilot commissioners,
on the 1Tth, suspended Pilot Dennis
Reardon from duty until the return of the
steamship City of New York. 1t is al
Legged that the recent grounding of that
vessel in Gedney's channel was attribut-
able to Reardon's negligence.
JAMES @. BLAINE, JE., confessed jadg-
ment TO Dr. Foster C. Fuller for S329.65 in
the New York City Supreme Court on
the 10th. The action was brought to re-
cover for professional services rendered
to the defendants wife and child between
June and November /, 1888.
SECRETARY NOBLE left Washing ton, on
the 17lh, as the guest of Congressman
McComas, to attend tho Hagerstown
tMd.) Agricultural Fair. The Secretary's
mother was born near Hagerstown, and
visit to the scene of her early childhood
was ono Of the objects of the trip.
THE report that 100 cases of smallpox
existed on Point Pelee Island, in Lake
Erie, near Sandusky, o., was denied on
the 18th. There was but one oase-the
schoolmaster Of the island, and he was
so thoroughly isolated that no spread of
the scourge was thought possible.
Hon. NEWTON W. NUTTING, of New
York, who, on the 12tb, resigned his seat
in Congress that his successor might be
elected OF the coming general election
and the Twenty seventh district not be
without representative in Congress,
died, on the 18th, of cancer of the jaw
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AT the auction sale in London, on the
18th, Of Boueieault's copyrights to satisfy
an execution in favor of the playwright's
divorced wife for alimony. the play of
"Loud0n Assurance" brought fl57; Fly
ing Sand" ESQ; s'Arrah ma -Pogue," ESQ;
'Long Strike,n ef2; after Dark" fi2
and "Formosa,n ESQ.
The United States steamship Pensa-
COLA with the African Solar expedition
on board, sailed from New York, on the
10th, for st. Paul de Loanda, on the west
coast Of Africa, where the savants intend
gathering important facts about the
eclipse Of the sun which will take place
on December - next.
WHILE returning from an excursion
into the interior of bis dominion, on
the 17ih, the Sultan Of Morocco had to
cross a swollen river to get to Fee. The
Sultan crossed safely, but twenty Of his
body guard who undertook to swim the
river on their horses were swept down by
the raging food and drowned.
S
TIE first meeting of the American
Boiler Makers Association since its or
ganizaiion last April, occurred in Pitts
burgh, Pa, on the 15th $50 delegates be-
ing present. The object Of the associa-
tion is to prevent cutting in prices.
brand has been adopted for boilers, and
when this is seen the quality can be re-
lied on.
THE business failures during the sevel
days ended on the 18th, numbered for the
United States Isl, aud for Canada Al, or
total OF 223 failures, as compared with
total of PA for the previous week. For
the corresponding week last year the fig-
ures were ~, representing POP failures in
the United States and % in the Dominion
OF Canada.
THE first general assembly of the
Democratic Societies of Pennsylvania
met in Philadelphia on the 18th. A let
ter from ex-Speaker Randall, regretting
his inability to be present drew forth
mingled cheers and misses and caused
great disturbance. letter from ex-
President Cleveland caused cheering and
enthusiasm Of the widest character.
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The Department OF State was officially
informed. on the 18th. that a law has
been enacted by Chill to take effect four
months from August 30, 1889, abolishing
import duties oa machines and tools for
the use Of agriculture, mining, trades and
industries, aud a long list OF other arti-
cles, for which th3 United States will, in
consequence, be the natural source OF
supply.
The steamship Orion towed into Vine
yard Haven, Mass. on the nth, the dis
masled and abandoned schooner Kate
Foster, Of MEchias, Me-, which was
picked up 100 miles off No-Man's- Land
leaking badly. Appearances indicated
that the schooner had been abandoned
hastily, and tEat the captain and crew
had been taken n by some vessel on the
day previous.
TBE Secretary Of State is informed
from Toxic titt japanese travelling
passports issue to American citizens
are good for six months only, and are Is
sued 10 none | ut those who travel for
scientific research. The application
must state also he precise route OF the
tourist An A re lean found without
such passport outside Of the city limits
Is liable 90 arrc.t.
PRESIDENT W. z. ST.. john Of the Mer-
eantile National Bank Of New York City
mas addressed 10 Secretary Window
letter incorpoi gling the views expressed
~ the writer's address before the recent
Bankers convcalion at Kansas City, No,
"a favor OF dou ling the coinage OF sil.
Yer, aud retiriaz an amount Of Unite
States legal tender notes ca ual to the ex-
IRA coinage Of ver
Ihg suit brought against Seer etary OF
the Navy Tracy aud Coils +. Huntington
py Lawyer Lewis Sanders, Of New York