The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-19
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

some unknown person AZ fnOeniANihe'
Pa, recently, is dead.
John Reid & Co., one Of the Oldest
ship building firms on the Clyde, have
failed with heavy liabilities.
Fire the other day in the car sheds OF
the Canadian Pacific railroad at Ottawa,
Ont, caused damage estimated at $780,
A. P Benson, wealthy resident OF
Manlius, n. Y, committed suicide re-
Gently by cutting his throat. Ill health
was the cause.
The steamer Aurania has arrived at
New York with DR.. Talmage, his wife,
his daughter and his secretary on board.
The party were all we'll.
The Dutch Ministry have rendered
their designations to the King in conse-
quence of the rejection of the colonial
budget and the condemnation of the
governments Acheen policy by the
States General.
The President has appointed Lieu
tenant Colonel Henry NJ. Robert of the
Engineer Corps, now stationed at Phila-
delphia, engineer commissioner of the
District of Columbia, vice Major Charles
w. Raymond, relieved.
Nathan c. Barnett, Secretary of State
of Georgia. who had held that office
since 1916, except during reconstruction
times, died at Atlanta the other day,
aged ninety years. He had been
prominent figure in State politics.
The oil tank steamer Ocean, from Rot
| terdam for New York. has been towed
into Halifax by the steamer Gree. The
Ocean ran out Of coal and was picked up
at sea by the Gree. Both vessels report
terrible gales
| Queen Victoria has sent telegram Of
coincidence and sympathy to Secretary
Tracy.
The Abraham Cox & Co. Stove Works
at Lansdale, Pa, were burned recently.
Loss SIS, 900; well insured. Three hun
dred persons are thrown out of work.
The Dublin Freeman's journal calls
the denouement in Mr.. Parnells action
1.-THE Times Sedan" Nothing in his
tory. it says, is more craven than the
course of the Times.
A. G. Spalding, of the Chicago Base
Ball Club, has closed lease of the new
base ball park in St. Augustine, Fla,
from February 1 to April /. 1t is ex-
pected that the Philadelphia League
club will lease the Jacksonville grounds
for the same period
The House Committee on Commerce
has signified its disposition toward eff
forts to repeal the Interstate Commerce
law by ordering that all bills with that
end in view be reported back to the
House with the recommendation that
they lie on the table.
Cardinal Gibbons will assist at the
obsequies of Mrs. Coppinger (Secretary
Blaine's daughter) in Washington.
Tom Kelly, the Harlem Spider" and
''Chappie" Moran, of Jersey City, fought
for the bantam championship of the
world and $500 side, near the border
line between New York and Pennsyl
vania, the other day. The fight was q
desperate one and resulted in Moran be-
ing knocked out in the tenth round.
The exhibit of American Indian corr
that was to have been given at the
Edinburgh Exhibition, which opens il
May next.
The Superintendent of the Censusha'
appointed John Hyde, of Nebraska, ant
Mortimer Whitehead, of New Jersey
chief special agents for the collection o
the statistics of agriculture.
At ST. Louis, the other night, Rev. c
: Phillips, a Presbyterian minister, wa
, assaulted by burglars in his study in thu
Presbyterian church. He was beatel
until unconscious and was then robbed
The burglars escaped.
Colonel Saunderson, the Orange leade
3 and member of Parliament for Armagh
intends making tour of the United
3 States, Canada and Australia to delive
) lectures on unionism. He will star
next autumn.
The Samoan treaty was ratified by tn,
g Senate the Other day after several hours
S discussion. When the vote on the ador
: ton of the treaty had been taken it wa
a found that but twelve Senators ha
voted in the negative.
Q The Fifteenth Pennsylvania Congress
n sional district Republican convention
S has nominated NJ. b, Wright, of Susque
b hanna, by reclamation. The Twenty
4 sixth Senatorial district convention
y nominated Orrin Lines, of Great Bend
: New York is the banner militia State
with. 7i3 commissioned officers, 13.47
n men and 65O0 availables: Pennsylvs
@ MIA following with 62S officers, 1865 me
It and G59,9o5 availables. Ohio rank
n third, having 375 officers, 4, IA enliste
8 men and 600,000 availables.
It Prince Philippe Louis d'Orleans, Duk
t. of Montpensier, died suddenly on tn
d 4th at San Lucar de Barramada, Spail
o He was in the sixty-sixth year of his ag'
e The Duke of Montpensier was the fit
e and youngest son of King Louis Philip
|, of France father-in-law of the Cont
b de Paris and brothe.-in-law of ex-Quee
IS Isabella of Spain.
IT The resignation of Hiram Smith, Jr
~ the First Deputy commissioner of PEI
=. sions, one of the Pension Office employ,
N whose pension was rerated under Co
e poral Tanner, has been accepted,
is take effect March next. Smiths pc
sion was increased last spring from S
is to S72 per month and he received ov
So, 900 arrears of pensions. This chang
S is in pursuance of the policy. of reno
u ing all rerated employees of the Pensi(
- Office.
70 The Senate Committee on Inter-Sta