The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-03

IHE Pope complalned III Ess recenb remarks to the Sacred College of the ex- isting order of things in. Italy in relation to his position at Rome.
 THE British man-of-war Hyacinthe res gently brought to San Francisco twenty four shipwrecked sailors, German and Swede, taken off the Maiden islands. Six of the crew of the Swedish vessel were drowned when the wreck occurred, No- vember 27.
 THE German East African Company has protested against certain passages in the s'white booko giving the speech made by Count Herbert Bismarck in the Reich stag. They indignantly deny that they are the chief importers of arms and ann intuition.
 BEFORE withdrawing entirely from Suakim the British will build strong per- manent forts on which guns will be mounted so as to sweep the plains The black regiments will be left to garrison the place.
 THE weather was so mild in Austria that excursions were being made to Schnee- berg and other tourist resorts which usual ly during the winter season are barred by ice and snow.
 THE detective service of the Missouri Pacific, in charge of J. 0. Furlong, has been abolished. The cost of the service was S50,000 year, which General Man. ager Clark thought was more than it was worth.
 THE London Times implores the Gov ernment to eudeavor to procure an early settlement of the Newfoundland fisheries question and the controversy between France and England. which are in an anomalous and unsatisfactory position.
 
 in the United States for it's many disasters In addition to the burning of the steamer John H. Hanna at Plaquemine, La, by which thirty lives were lost, the Jeff Ericson steamer was burned near Seattle, Wash. T., with loss of seven lives, three skaters lost their lives at Lake Vil- lage, N. H., six pleasure seekers were drowned in the bay of San Francisco, the freight steamer Silver Star was sunk off Bar Harbor, N. H., two train men were killed in wreck oa the Midland road at Lime creek, Col, the Olympic Theater at Ashland, Wis, was burned, Charles Stacker perished in a tenement house fire at New York, seven young boys were badly burned while firing toy can non at Augusta, Ga.. half million dollars was consumed in fire at Cincinnati and three fremen were injured and Marble head, Mass, was almost entirely destroy ed by terrible confagration. In addi- tion, there was quite list of minor fatali- ties and disasters.
 REV. DR. BoYcE, chairman of the South ern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louis- vile and noted divine and scholar, is dy- ing at Paris, France, whither he had gone for the benefit of his health.
 THE cotton operatives and factory own- CTS of Bolton, England, are engaged in dispute which will probably end in a lock- out, because the masters think bad work is being done.
 Two Russian emissaries have been ar- rested at Vastilesti, Roumania. Efforts to incite the people against King Charles are becoming frequent.
 A BOMB was exploded the other evening in front of the Madrid residence of Senor Silva, noted Spanish Conservative. No damage was done
 NJ. BETz, the Paris copper speculator who failed recently for 12,000, 900 francs, committed suicide in Switzerland by drowning himself.
 THE new French powder Is far more effective for rifles than any previously used, makes no smoke and is not damaged by water.
 THE Emperor of Germany has sent to the Duke of Cambridge telegram of con- gratulations of the Suakm victory.
 A CHANGE for the better has again oc- cured in the condition of John Bright, the noted British statesman.
 SIGNoR MANCINI, formerly Italian Min ister of Foreign Affairs, died recently, aged seventy three.
 A NUMBER of Soudan dervishes have arrived in Constantinople on secret mis- sion.
 GENERAL LoRIs MELIKoFF, the famous Russian officer, died recently, aged sixty four.
 IT is stated that Henry J. Page, general agent of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis. St. Louis & Chicago Railroad Company, the Big Four" will resign and go to Chicago as traffic manager of the Vest ern Indiana & Belt Line railway.
 THE British steamer Storm Queen has foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her cap tain and five other persons were drowned.
 THE second official inquiry into the cir cumstances of the late alleged accident to the Czar's train at Borkia, has resulted in ascribng the disaster to crime and not to accident