Huntsville gazette., 1889-05-18
NEWS IN BRIEF
Compiled from Various Sources.
vpsoNAL AND POLITICAL.

-; ,ote Russian Minister of the Interior
,rrod ~, The Gar who was present, has
13..,n,ad the sum of 100000 roubles to
I.oantos. oon,,t Tolstoi. and in addition a year
~ mansion Of 5000 rou5les.
',trxrp.1, CLINTON B. FIsKE, late Prohi-
b;tion candidate for President, denies the
statement that he had said he would not
bo a third party man next fall. He says
10 is still carrying the Prohibition flag on
The highest summit he can reach.
REPRESENTATIVE LAIRD, of Nebraska,
who has been i'll for several months, is
recovering slowly.
IT is said that the retirement of Miss
Kate r, Drexel, of Philadelphia, to a con-
vent is only temporary. She intends to
devote her life to the education of Indian
and colored children.
SIR CHARLES RUssELL's retainer for
acting as counsel for the Parnellites be-
fore the special commission was 10000.
IT was reported on the 10th that United
States Senator Brown, of Georgia, who
has been lying at the point of death from
malignant dysentery for several days,
had rallied somewhat and his physicians
thought he would recover.
WALKER BLAINE states that there is
absolutely no truth In the published re-
port that the Danish Government had
protested against the appointment Of Mr..
Enander as Minister to Denmark.
Ex-BANKER JAMES D. FISH walked out
Of Auburn IN. " State prison, on the
morning of the 18th, a free man.
MR. JOHN DILLON and associates,
Messrs. Deasy and Esmonde, have been
received at Sndney. N. s. W., with great
Thai
THE Car has appointed NJ. Durnovo as
Minister Of the Interior to succeed the
late Count Tolstoi.
On the 11th Thomas A. Ellison entered
complaint in equity in the United States
courts of New York against E. Gilliland,
an electrician, and lawyer named Tom
linson for the recovery of $3.50, 900, which
he claims they have wrongfully convert
ed to their own use out Of the proceeds
of the sale of stock of the Edison phono-
graph.
EMPEROR WILLIAM paid long visit to
Prince Bismarck, on the 18th. and dis
cussed the mining strikes in Westphalia
and the expedition of Captain Wissmann.
The latter is to be decorated with the
Order of the Red Eagle.
Mr.. WHITELAw REID, the new United
on the 10Th. He was welcomed at the
railway station by the staff of the U tied
States Legation, deputation from the
Franco American Union and many Amer
lean residents. Ex- Minister McLane sent
his carriage to convey Mr.. Reid to his
hotel.
OK the 18th the Booth Barrett company
dedicated the New California Theater
in San Francisco.
On the 18th the last performance of the
theatrical firm of Robson & Crane took
place at the Star Theater New York CITY,
''The Henrietta" being the play. During
the evening each was made the recipient
of many handsome floral tributes.
GUNNER in the British Marine Artil-
lery service named Herbert Skinner, has
fallen heir to f530,000 in money and
large landed property in Hereford.
On the 18th ex-Congressman Lyman X.
Bass died at the Hotel Buckingham, in
New York City, Of consumption and heart
failure. He was ifty-four years old, and
was formerly partner of ex-President
Cleveland.
On the 18th Lieutenant Henry NJ. Schaf-
Ter, OF the United States Navy, died at
the Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, from
dropsy.
In an interview General Boulanger
stated that il the French Government
pr0longs the sitting of the Chamber of
deputies till next year, the action will be
Dlow to universal suffrage, and every
Frenchman ought to protest against such
course. He intimates that he will be
heard from if the government takes such
action.
HE Government steamship Dispatch,
with the President and party on board,
returned to Washington from a trip to
Fort Monroe on the 18th.
GOVERNOR BEAVER has appointed Will
lam B. Gill, of Philadelphia, one of the
Pennsylvania Commissioners to the Paris
Exposition.
UNDER the directions of Secretary
Noble prompt and thorough investiga-
uon will be made of the reports that set
Tiers are unlawfully entering the Sioux
reservation in anticipation of a favor
aole result of the pending negotiations for
accession by the United States of part
o. the Sioux lands.
ON the 18th Theodore Roosevelt, of New
rork, who was recently appointed Civil
service ommissioner, took the pre-
sVFloed oath of Office. The commission
NV mas its full legal quota of members,
1.nVumstance which has not existed for
some tlne past AS now constituted, the
T-uASSlon consists of Messrs. Charles
Ti' 3ndn' OF Connecticut; Hon. Hugh S.
5suUmpson, 5a of South Carolina, and Theo-
hoosevelt, of New York.
~. os Inc 18th Judge Matthews, who sue
- 'uS Judge Durham as First Comptroller
We treasury, and Mr.. Huston, who
rt'Veeds Mr.. Hyatt as Treasurer of the
~. THl.eo States, entered upon the dis charge
tlelr respective duties.
I'M nAfERoR WILLIAM having signified his
.Shnnngness to receive deputation from
striking miners in Westphalia dele
eS 80 from the strikers waited upon him
On the 14th.
=. nLlC PRINTER PALMER took charge
AL ~e government printing Office on the
~ ~ Mr. Benedict, his predecessor, qui-
w. oaGe many of the employees good
~ and took his leave, while Mr.. Palmer
si. s+so up most of the day to shaking hands
'tth the employees.
AnEs b. HAGGIN, Colonel T. L. Liver
ato. a4o10 ana 4. III. Wheel, the copper oper-
WAL, VINO had been in Paris for several
viii. trying to effect an arrangemen ent
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