The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-27
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


The subscriptions at New York to the
Worlds Fair guarantee fund now amount
to 81, 25s, O6l. Aaii tA'
William II. Bartholomew, who mnr-
dered Aaron w. billiard at Beersvllle.
Pa, on September 8, has been sentenced
to death. Ha Z"
Tho fishing schooner Lady Lincoln, OF
Gloucester, Mass, sprung a leak and
sank of Highland Light the other night.
The crew were saved by passing vessel.
Among the Sultan's presents to the
imperial visitors are q jeweled collar
valneda { 945 900, for the Empress, and
q sabre studded with diamonds for En-
peror William. li t..a
At New York City the other night,
Jeremiah Cronin, a labOrer, was shot
dead by a stranger with whom he had
become involved in quarrel. The I'M
known murderer escaped.
The steamship Manitoba, from Phila-
delphia, has arrived at Glasgow with
masts gone and otherwise damaged by a
severe gale which she encountered on
the passage.
Highwaymen entered the house of Rev.
Roe at Dallas City, ILL.,, the other night
and robbed it of many valuables. One
of the men stood over Mr.. Roe with a
revolver, compelling him to keep his
head covered with the bedclothes.
Hon. Seth Low, of Brooklyn, N. Y,
has notified the trustees OF Columbia
College that he accepts the presidency
of the institution and will assume the
duties thereof at the beginning OF the
Februaryterm. li5 Us r
The lumbermen Of Alabama, Missis-
sippi, Georgia and Florida will meet at
Montgomery, Ala, November IA. The
meeting promises to be the largest OF
the kind ever held east of the Missis-
sippi. A number Of important matters
will be considered. - ~
Owing to a heavy fall of snow and bad
roads the Wyoming vote on the adoption
of the constitution was light. The vote
will aggregate 10000, with less than
1000 against the constitution.
At bridgeport, Conn, on the 9th, Ed
ward Walker was found guilty of man
slaughter in killing his brother-in-law
Stamford, last August, and was sen
fenced to ten years imprisonment.
Thomas p. Hamm, an extensive dry
goods merchant at Centralia, ILL.,, whose
stock was almost totally destroyed by
fire recently, has made an assignment
The total liabilities aggregate $31, 900.
The American Institute has subscribed
$780, 900 to the New York Worlds Fail
guarantee fund. The total raised is nov
about 80, 100000. ie-T
1t is stated from official sources tina
200 butchers in Berlin have been throw
into bankruptcy by the government
prohibition Of the importation of cattle
Robert Nickel, well-known prestidig
itateur, once wealthy, died In Wash
ington, d. G., of consumption, the othe
night. He was without money and hi
body will be taken to the Potter's field
The fight reported near Crittenden
Ariz., is a canard. From the most reli
able sources it appears that the Indial
convicts are simply trying to avoid ar
rest. There is not the slightest evidenc
thus far of any depredations since thei
escape.
A special from Seattle, Wash, say
Senator Frye, who is at Seattle with tn
Senatorial committee on Pacific railrOa
Indebtedness, said in an interview O.
the tariff that there is to be no reductiO
of duties, but an increase on every thin
but sugar.
| The American ship ChesebOrougt
Captain Ericsson, from HiOgO for NeV
York, has been lost off the norther
coast of Japan. Nineteen of her cre'
were drowned. .I. r
An explosion in dynamite factor
near the town of Bilboa, Spain, on tn
7th demolished the building. Four G
the employees were killed and larg
number injured.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Compan
will spend about 81, $4,000 this year
Improvements and in acquiring me-
ground and building along its line will
in Philadelphia. ~" ,7''
The executive committee of the Trun
Lines Association met at New York o
the 9th and discussed the question OF az
vancing corn rates to the West. Tn
meeting resulted in the adoption of
resolution referring the matter to tn
Presidents Association for adjudication
The Gladstonian Liberal leaders {
| n
Charles Dixie to contest the seat f6
Fulham as their candidate at the mex
election and the invitation will doub
less be accepted, as it is we'll know
that Sir Charles has long cherished tn
wish to return topolitical life.
The United States steamer Charlesto
was accepted for the Government on tn
9Th by Secretary Tracy. A telegram r.
ceived from the contractors, the Unto
Iron Works of San Francisco, stated tn;
they would waive a further trial. III
question of what penalty the cOntractO
Shall pay has not been determined upol
Ephriam d. Ellsworth, father of til
famous Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, I'll
first victim of the Civil War, died r
Gently at Mechanicsville, N. Y, at I'll
age Of eighty-one years.
The decision of the lower court in Il
Samuel j. Tilden will case has been r,
versed by the decision of the gener,
term Of the New York Supreme Cou
and new trial ordered.
The wife of the deposed ruler of Blu
! garia, Prince Alexander of Battenber
has died in childbirth at Graz. She W,
formerly the opera singer Marie Loisil
ger and her marriage with the Primo
which caused social and political SO
sation, took place February 8 last.
At Robinson, ILL.,, the other night,
fire started in a general variety sto
situated in the center of eight fran
: buildings, occupied as millinery, ha
ness, tin and stove stores, restaura
, and grain and feed store. The building
were all destroyed. The Constitute
printing establishment was badly dar
aged. Total loss, $4,000; insuranc
$1,000.
A commission has been appointed
examine the scheme first suggested |
Garibaldi to convert Rome into q sc
port by means of a canal eighty metr
, wide and ten metres deep from the I
her tn Castpl fusauo n dist anca of alav,