Huntsville gazette., 1889-06-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.
COMPLIED from Various Sources.
,rpsoNAL AND POLITICAL.

bo aeet engineer in recognition OF his
Vices on the Calliope when she steamed
out of the harbor of Apia during the hur-
,;oane that destroyed the American and
German vessels.
~ the 7th Queen Victoria, accompanied
-, princess Victoria of Prussia, left
Windsor for Balmoral.
Mr.. PARyELL, in response to a commu-
,;cation from the municipal authorities
nf Fdinburgh, Scotland, asking him to
name a day on which he could accept the
srnadom If that city, has written that he
,riIl he able to visit Edinburgh on July 20.
~ tbe 7th it was stated that Governor
poarar would call an extra session of the
LEGISLATURE to take action for the relief OF
the food sufferers of the Conemaugh val
lev General Hastings says the State OF
Pennsylvania ought to appropriate two
million dollars to aid in the work of re-
babilitating Johnstown and the other de-
vastated towns of the Conemaugh Valley.
IT is announced that the Pope has re-
ceiyed letter from Emperor Francis Jo-
seph of Austria extending to His Holiness
his sympathy in the affair of the Bruno
statue.
On the 7th intense excitement prevailed
in Paris over the latest seizure of Bou-
langist documents, which are said to be
extremely compromising in their nature.
On the 8th General Thomas Rosser de-
livered speech before the Confederate
Memorial Association at Staunton, Va,
in which he lauded the Southern dead for
their virtue and patriotism, and de-
nounced the Northern troops as bounty
jumpers and hirelings, who fought for
pelf, plunder and pay.
THE Shah of Persia, during his late visit
TO the Car, is said to have entered into
secret treaty, temporarily annexing the
northern portion of Persia to the Rus
sian empire, in the event of a certain con-
tingency happening, which is defined in
the treaty.
COUNT ALBERT DE NUN, a member of
the Right repeled the advances made by
NJ Ferry in the French Chambers of
Deputies, on the Sth, toward peace be-
tween church and state in France, and
attacked NJ. Ferry as a man the mention
of whose name caused the country to shed
tears. Count de Nun was frantically ap-
plauded by the Right.
JOHN D. MILES rendered his resignation
as a member of the Cherokee Commits
sion. 1t was accepted.
SECRETARY BLAINE is informed that
Brazil will participate in the interna-
tienal conference of American States
which opens in Washington next Octo-
Der.
On the Sth Edward Hanlan, the oars
man, arrived in San Francisco from Aus
tralia.
On the 9th Mrs. John Wanamaker and
child, with several other members of the
Postmaster Generals family, arrived in
New York on the steamer La Bretagne,
from Havre. They were met on board by
Mr.. Wanamaker.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has issued an
order to the army which abolishes Sunday
duty, with the exception Of inspection
parade without firearms. The barracks
inspection, which usually takes place on
Sunday, will hereafter occur on Saturday.
A CABLEGRAM says that the Sultan of
Zanzibar has presented the German Ad
miral with the grand cross of the Order OF
the Brilliant Star.
In Maryland the advocates Of high
license are making fight in favor of the
movement in that State, and the PrOhibi-
honlstS are lending their aid to the meas
ure.
On the 9th Rev. Kolasinski, the excom-
municated Polish priest of Detroit, dedi-
Gated the new church erected for him by
his eight thousand adherents.
On the 9th Father Tahney, o Catholic
priest, celebrated mass ir Patrick Mat
thewS' side yard at Johnstown, Pa. Many
OF those present shed their first tears
over the disaster in response to the good
priests touching remarks.
SUPERINTENDENT BELL of the Railway
Mail Service has issued a general order
urging greater cooperation to secure
efficiency. He refers to the alleged fact
that clerks have agreed not to check
upon each other, and says that this prac-
tice must cease. He promises promotion
according to efficiency.
OK the 10th Rev. Mcclure, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Johns
town, Pa, stated that out of his congre-
cation, having membership Of /, ,OOG, only
thlrty-five had been accounted for. He
dld not claim that all of the remainder of
his flock were swept away, but it is
known that many Of them were.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has been removed
from the chancelorship of the National
University at Washington by the regents
OF that institution because he refused to
sign the diplomas of the graduating class
~ 'Ae law SCHOOL.
IT is said that George w. Roosevelt, of
ienhSylvania, is to be appointed Consul
70 brussels, as a reward for faithful serv-
ices IN like position at Bordeaux for
several years. The Office is worth about
1900 year.
LHE New York City grand jury, on the
io'h' nled in the Court of General Ses-
Nons indictments for violation of the
sanitary code against Drs. Erwin, Fergu-
son and Hance, the physicians who made
u me nasty autopsy on the body of Mind.
Reader Bishop.
w the 10th Surgeon-General Hamilton
uaae report to the President of his in
yesugations at Johnstown, Pa, and their
.eSults. The Surgeon General says tina
Iere IS no danger of an epidemic at
oonnstown; that the only danger, if any,
: al the towns below Johnstown, the in
uaoltants of which may find their water
illuminated. He suggested the boiling
ol water before its use for drinking or
cooking.
1T Is announced that Cardinal Ganglau-
oer' Archbishop of Vienna, who sustained
ing.
GOVERNOR RrAurp r;citad Johnstown