Huntsville gazette., 1889-05-11
NEWS IN BRIEF
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


wall, Ireland. was convicted Of violating
the Crimes act and sentenced TO three
months Imprisonment without hard la
Dor.
On the Sd Herr Meyer, of Berlin the
largest ivofy importer in the world, and a
brother in law of Carl Schurz, died at
Kiel, Germany.
IT is said that the American delegates
to the Samoan Conference in Berlin have
been SO pestered by the i'm portunities Of
German reporters and American corre-
spondents that they have been compelled
to refuse admittance to all callers except
those personally known, or who give sat-
1sfactory assurance that they are not in
te rviewers.
On the Sd Secretary Window was slight
ly indisposed, and on the advice of his
physicians, decided not to leave his room.
THE Swiss Government will expel from
the country Herr Lutz, an accomplice Of
Herr Wohlgemuth, the Mulhouse police
inspector who was recently expelled for
bribing Swiss.
HENRY CAMMETT, of the Geological Sur
vey. has been appointed biographer of
the census.
THE contest over the $12,O00O0J estate
of the late B. B. Hotchkiss, inventor of
the Hotchkiss gun, has begun at New
Haven, Conn. One-half the enormous
amount involved hangs upon the ques-
ton of legal domicile, being claimed sew
orally by French and American heirs.
On the Sd Count Herbert Bismarck gave
q dinner to the Samoan Commissioners
and the members of the American and
British Legation.
The funeral of Hon. W. H. Barnum, late
chairman of the Democratic National
| committee, occurred, on the Sd, at Lime
| Rock, Conn.
WHEN President Carnot was leaving tho
Palace of the Elysee to attend the CEN
| tennial celebration at Versailles, on the
| 5th, stranger drew pistol and, point
| ing directly at him, fired. The man was
| Immediately seized, and rush was made
| toward the President to discover the ex-
tent of his injury. M. Carnot quickly as
| sured the crowd that he was not hurt, and
| the excitement was over.
A CAPE Town (Africa) dispatch an
nounces the death of Lord Walter Camp
| bell, the third son of the Duke of Argyle,
| from a fever contracted whilc travelling
| in South Africa.
| On the Sd Prcr. Harrison, who was
| arrested and committed to London
derry Jail for trial for supplying food to
| the besieged tenants of Gweedore, was
| brought into court at Dublin, aud, after
| hearing the case, discharged.
| THE Paris Exposition was formally
opened by President Carnot on the 9th.
GENERAL BoULANGER was elected to a
seat in the Municipal Council of Paris on
the 5th.
On the 9th ex-Judge Samuel F. Chase
died at Saco, Me-, aged fifty one years, OF
| paralysis. He was a prominent Repub-
lican and had held number of important
| positions.
THE Dowager Empress Augusta of Ger
many has presented to Chief Chaplain
Reichter heavy gold chain to wear on
state occasions.
On the 5th the Emperor and Empress Of
Germany arrived at Kiel to attend the
ceremony of baptising the frst-born son
of Prince Henry aud his wife, Princess
Irene of Hesse. The Emperor held the
child during the ceremony. The young
Prince was christened Waldemar Wilhelm
Ludwig Friedrich Victor Heinrich.
MAJOR JOSEPH SANGER. Inspector Gen
eral, will make inspections of military
schools in Iowa, Indiana and Minnesota.
The English naval review at Spithead
will view the maneuvers of the feet from
the deck of the royal yacht Victoria and
Albert, and the Emperor Of Germany and
his brother, Prince Henry, will witness
the scene from his imperial yacht Hohen-
zollern.
IT is ascertained that Ira w. Hopkins,
of Maiden. Mass, whose coat, containing
personal documents, was found in the
railroad wreck at Hamilton, Ont, is safe
at home. He intended taking the ILL
fated train at Chicago, but missed it. His
trunk, however, went forward.
on the 9th municipal elections were held
in all the cities and towns of North Caro-
lima, and the Democrats carried the day
easily.
THE annual meeting of the American
Peace Society was held in Boston, on the
9th, President E. S. Tobey in the chair.
Mr. Tobey was reelected president for
the ensuing ear, with Rev. +. B. Howard
as corresp ponding secretary. Delegates
were appointed to attend the Paris Peace
Congress A new departure was made
bv the admission of ladies as members Of
the society.
THE Lord Mayor of London, accompa-
MED by the sheriffs, departed for Paris, on
the 9th, to attend the Exposition. He
abandoned the idea of travelling in state.
ARCHBISHOP WALSH, in a letter, urges
the application to all Ireland of the plan
of settlement adopted on the Vandeleur
estate. The Times opposes the sugges-
ton.
Mr.. ALEXANDER, the noted phiianthro.
pist and collector Of paintings, is the
donor of the building for the new por
trait gallery in London to which Lord
Salisbury referred in his speech at the
recent Royal Academy dinner. The cost
of the gallery when completed will be
500, coo.
OK the 9th the French Exposition was
opened by President Carnot. Large
crowds were present, and the scene was
a very brilliant one.
On the 9th ex-President Cleveland's
seal-brown horses and the rest of his
stable equipment in Washington were
sold at auction. Poor prices were real
lied.
OK the occasion of the opening of the
Paris Exposition, on the 9th, Premier
Tirard declared that the exhibit on was a
proof that the people of France sill pos
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