The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-08-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
POLITICAL.

! hlHUE AUl0a, IN IN account 10 the STATE lb0-
| partment OF recent visit he made to Marking.
the ancient Capital of the Empire says he
| found 10000 candidates under literary exam
| ination for lag vacancies in the civil and mill
| tary service OF the Empire.-The report Of
the conference of local appraisers held in New
| York last month recommending reclassihca-
tion of certain merchandise was made public
| at the Treasury OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| Huston gave receipt TO Ex-Treasurer Hyatt
for $77l 100000, representing the amount of
money and securities in tho United States
| Treasury. Secretary Batchel1er in
| formed the Secretary of the Navy that the
| Chinese who enlisted rs servants on the United
States steamer Alert now on her way from
| Honolulu 10 San Francisco are laborers within
| the meaning of the Chinese Exclusion act and
will not be allowed to land in the United
States-C A. Remission, of the Geological
| Survey, was appointed to visit France for the
! purpose of studying the irrigating system OF
that country with n view to the improvement
of the American system.--As result of the
report of the Commission which investigated
the needs of the New York Postofiice POST
master General Wanamaker directed that an
additional allowance of $4,000 be granted
| Postmaster Van Cott.--Thcre was an increase
in the public debt of 81 ,0l7,3ll in July, caused
byunusual heavy isbursements.-Ano official
OF The Treasury Department said that the Gov
eminent was determined to enforce the law for
| NHt psobSClpU Oh INC 1ehE FlhHRTleS, no UhLIeT
how vigorously the Canadian pirates might
| protest but he did not think any serious com
| plication would arise thereby.-The Ohio
| Republican State Executive Committee met in
Columbus, o., and discussed campaign pre-
liminaries.-The Rhode Island license bill
was passed by the Legislature, and tho special
session adjourned.-Secretary of the Navy
Tracy and Commodore Sicard inspected the
work upon Government contracts for ordnance
and armor plate now in process OF manufacture
at the Bethlehem Iron Works.-Tho Prcsi-
dent spent the last day OF his vacation shaking
hands with the veterans mt Mountain Lake Park
and arrived in Washington Thursday last.--
Editor Richard Smith wrote an editorial over
his initials in the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
nominating Murat Halstead 10 succeed Sena-
tor Payne in the United States Senate. THE
Sixth Aadtor Of tho Treasury has asked the
Secretary for a detail of % additional clerks to
assist in the preparation OF his annual report.
-General Greedy, Chief of the Signal Serv-
ice, returned to the city Friday from Maine
He says that the proposed reduction In tho
Government telegraph rate TO one mill word
would not help the Signal Service particularly
aud might impair its efficiency. The Navy
Department, having received information that
three men left on Arenas Keys, Campeachy
Bank, Iucatan, by the American schooner
Anna on June 90. are In imminent danger Of
starvation, has cabiod Admiral Gherardi TO
send vessel to their rescue.-The British
sealer Black Diamond was overhanled by an
American revenue cutter under threat Of firing
and seized in Behring's Sea. The papers OF the
vessel had TO be taken by force. The Captain
said he received orders at Victoria ID. c. 20 re-
sist arrest and only surrendered 10 an over
whelming f0rce.-A dispatch to the State De-
psriment from tho United States Consul at
Annoy says that much of the Annoy OOlong tea
exported 10 America Is decayed vegetable mat
xeffGt sssz..
save that Of the United States are closed 10 IT,
- At the request Of Postmaster General
Wanamaker. the Acting Secretary OF the
Treasury has directed that payment OF all bills
against the Treaury Department for telegraph
ing during the current fiscal year be suspend
ed for the present, and until otherwise order
ed.--Senator Hiscock and committee called
upon President Harrison at Deer Park 10 in
vito him 10 attend the International Exposition
TO be held at Buffalo in September. The Presi-
dent promised To accept the invitation il en-
| abled 70 do so by public business. ~ a4 lasl
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
The large upper dam ut FeltviIle, N. J., Is
reported 10 be leaking aud 10 Is feared that IL
IL breaks Scotch Plains and Tanwo0d will be
swept away aud PlainGeld iHuBdated-The
damage caused by the food In and around
Plainfield, n. j.. Is now estimated 40 about
$500. 600 Portions OF Richmond, Va, were
and ell through Virginia crops have suffered
and railroads and bridges have been washed
away.--The continued rainfall caused fur
tber loss and inconvenience at many points ia
Pennsylvania, New Jersey aud C0nnee: ient.
Travel WAS delayed, and in many places crops
are a total losa.--A riot occurred amongst
900 Italians at Beaver Pa. who had struck for
higher wages. One man was killed aud several
fatally injured.--rhe work Of distributing
the remainder Of the relief fund for the Johns.
town food sufferers is 10 be- pushed on M
rapidly as possibIe.--Terrible forest lres
have prevailed IN Montana for week, and the
sun has been ohseured by the smoke. The air
Is like biast-inrnace aud filed with crisp
embers.--The Treasurer OF a church ia Bed.
ford Co, Va. IL In trouble because OF the loss
Of IA 500 collection. lie claims that the bills
became wet and were blown away and lost
when he laid them out on a bench 10 dry -
Miss Lillian Dumont, of Brooklyn, hanged
herself IN hotel at Glen Haven, NJ Y,
where she was stopping. Her disposition was
unusually bright. and no cause can be assigned
| for the act unless that 0f unrequited love-
Mrs. Henrietta Smell, widow Of the late Amos
j. Smell. will pay $4,000 reward for the arrest
aud detention, until identified by the anthori-
ties Of the city Of Chicago, Of William Il. Tas.
| colt, the supposed murderer Of her husband.
| The above reward will hold good for I2 months
from this date. All communications to be sent
/ 70 Dchit v. tfeRlcT, 9ihfOr oil tie city OF Chi
cago, or A. j. Stone, Sd West Madison street.
Charles Dilger and Henry Smart were
| hanged at Louisville on Friday for murder.
| Dilger slipped through the moose aud IL WAS
necessary 10 pull him mp on the scalFold and
hang him second time with "A new rope
William Shnbock, of Kingston, N. Y, was
| fatally wounded while hunting by tho aeci.
dental discharge OF companion'a gun
James Dnn@oody was instantly killed 1T New
| Prospect, N. Y. by the accidental discharge of
q friends revolver, which he was examining.
- terrible state Of affairs prevails among
the Illinois coal miners who are locked out.
Six thousand persons are on the verge OF starva-
| ton, and the relief from Chicago and other
| cities remains inadequate Stella Howard.
deaf, dumb, blind aud insane woman. walked
| from Scranton. Pa. 10 Detroit in search of an
aunt.--T. II. Toliver, "A colorcd man travel.
| Ing with FoFepaugh's circus, shot two Sioux
Indians employed by the same show, who beat
bin with clubs while drunk at Btreator, Ill.
Miss Lizzie Farrell, Miss Anna McCabe aud
| Miss Alice MCCLELLAN, while boating, were swept
over the falls on the Menomiee River, near
Norway, Mich, and drowned. San Francisco
was visited by one of the heaviest shocks OF
earthquake felt in that city for years, but no
damage Is reported.--L A. sleighter, OF
Upper Straasburg, Pa. an agent of the Pcople's
| Exchange, Of Reading, committed suicide by
drowning himself in Silver Lake. ut Dover.
Del. lie had been accused OF crooked business
transactions, but had maintained his innocence.
| e. d A. X. Batcheller, boot aud shoe manu-
factnreTs Of Boston aud Brook field Mass, failed
| for 81 ,25o,000. The assets are expected to meet
| the Liabilities. Mexican and Appleton, boot and
| Shoe mann factuFsFS Salem Masa faiIiad for