The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-13

THE Republican National Commi ttcs, II
session in New York City On the nth
elected M. S. Quay, OF Pennsylvania, chair
man, and ]. S. Fassstt, Of New York. sec.
Rotary.
HIRAM SlBLEY, one Of the founders of the
Western Union Telegraph Company and q
we'll known capitalist and scotsman, died
at Rochester, N. =, on the 18th. aped
eighty years s
ADv1cEs Of the 18th from Nonauitt
Mass, say that General Sheridan con.
tinued to improve, and was able to sit IN
in chair. Thirty Ave days had passed
since an attack Of heart failure.
81 j. T. MoREHEAD was on the 1ath noml.5
mated for Congress by the Democrats 81 the
Fifth North Carolina district.
The resignation Of George v. M Lathrop,
Minister to Russia, was received at Wash
ington on the 18th. Il-health was given
as the cause.
CoNGREssMAN RANDALL, Of Pennsy lvania,
had four hemorrhages on the 18th in WASH
lngton, losing sixteen ounces Of blood, II
was feared he could not survive another
attack
The Louisiana Legislature adjourned
sine die on the 18th.
TIE report that General Sheridan was
able to leave his bed was denied on the
18th by the Generals brother, who said the
sick man was still too weak to raise his
head, but that he was gaining slowly.
Fl FOREIGN.
DISPATCHES Of the 9th gay that the tbwn
Of Berbera, on the Gulf of Alden, had been
burned, and that forty persons persisted.
AN earthquake shock was felt from
Belleville to Kingston, Ont, Oh the 9th.
Houses were rocked and the people were
greatly frightened
The Mexican electoral colleges voted on
the 9Th, re-eleoting President Diaz.
ADyIcEs Of the 10th from Batavia, Java,
say that Bantam insurgents had plum
dered Tielegon and killed the native chiefs
and the European abitants. Troops had
been dispatched to que4l the revolt.
+ Mr. PARNELL said in London on the 10tl,
that the home-rule movement would ulti.
mately result in the establishment Of an
Imperial Parliament in which the colonies
would be represented, each province hav.
ing Legislature for its own local affairs.
s The Knights fsLabor Of Montreal, Que,
on the 18th called a mass meeting to pro-
test against pauper Immigration to Can
ada. 3s 3.5#
Snow fell in London on the 18th for tho
first time ever known in July, and unsea-
s0nably cold weather prevailed in England
The Berlin police on the 11th arrested
five Socialists for pasting seditious pla-
cards over copies Of the speech from the
theone. fI55
1 HEAVY gales prevailed on the 18th in the
English channel, and number Of small
vessels were wrecked along the French
coast.
A HEAVY earthquake was felt through
out Greece on the 18th. Ii
g5 A DISPATCH Of the 18th from Cape Town,
Africa, says that the Debers coal mine at
Kimberley had been burned, and that five
hundred persons lost their lives.
GENERAL BoULANGER resigned his seat
in the French Chamber of Deputies on the
18th
A REPORT reached Paris on the 18th that
an insurrection. had occurred at Port au
Prince, and that the insurgents had burned
five hundred houses, including most of the
public buildings
THE Italian Chamber Of Deputies on the
18th passed bill giving electoral rights to
every one who is able to read and write
and who pays the minimum taxes.
In the Italian Chamber of Deputies on
the 18th the question Of granting the ballot
to women was defeated by narrow ma.
jority. 81. 44s
A HURRICANE on the coast Of Spanish
Honduras was reported on the 18th to have
destroyed a number of fruit plantations,
creating heavy losses.
GENERAL BoULANGER and M. Floquet
fought duel with swords near Paris on
the 18th. The battle was dercely con-
tested, and in the second round Bonlanger
received thrustin the neck which might
prove fatal. Premier Floquet escaped
with a few scratches
A FIRE on the 18th at Ripley, Ont, near
" destroyed the whole business portion OF
the town. Twenty six buildings were
burned.