The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-05
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

VI ct' houlo, capital SoUo,Vuo, HAS pSCh
authorized to begin business.
The House Committee on Patents has
authorized favorable report on the
International Copyright bill.
The nomination of Daniel Dorchester
to be superintendent of Indian Schools
has been confirmed by the Senate.
At Kalamazoo, Mich, the other day,
the main building and stock of Winans,
Pratt e. Cos wagon and cart factory
were damaged $4,000 by fire; fully in.
sured.
The famous stallion Homer, owned by
the Messrs. Jewett, died recently at
their stock farm near Buffalo, N. Y, of
an internal complaint. Homer was sired
by Mambrino Patchen.
The Secretary of the Interior has d.
rected land officers at Pierre, Chamber
lain and O'Neil, S. D., to receive no fl
ings for entry in the Sioux lands just
thrown open for settlement, in any case
where there is good reason to believe
the lands are such as individual Indians
have right to under the law of 1889.
Such entries, if made in any way, will
be cancelled.
The present Parliamentary session, if
present anticipations are realized, prom
ises to be the stormiest and most obsti-
nate, as far as opposition is concerned,
that has engaged the attention of Her
Maiesty's legislators for a long time.
The Porte, acting on the request of
the American Minister, Mr.. Hirsch, has
confined in his own palace the Kurdish
chief, Moussa Bey. Moussa is accused
of having perpetrated robberies and out
RACES on Christians in Armenia.
George Dixon, of Boston, offers to
fight any man in the world at 114pounds,
give or take pound, for $1,000 a side.
He will fight Cal Mccarthy with skin
gloves, ten men on side, for the same
amount. Dixon has posted forfeit OF
$780,
The Senate Committee on Commerce
has ordered an adverse report on the
bill to repeal so much Of the act of July,
1870, as authorizes the leasing of the
rights to engage in taking fur seals from
the islands of st. Paul and st. George in
Alaskan waters.
The Socialists of Germany have aban-
doned their idea of organizing uni
versal labor strike in May, owing to the
favorable utterances contained in the
recent rescripts issued by Emperor Will
lam with regard to the working classes.
The following named National banks
have this day been authorized to COM
mence business: The Suffolk County
National Bank, of Riverside, Riverside,
N. Y, capital $4,000, and the Bowie
National Bank, Bowie, Tex, capital
$4,000.
E. f. Bard, the defaulting cashier OF
the Lincoln bank, of Lancaster, Pa. has
been released on $4,000 bail.
At San Francisco, the other night,
Peter Mccoy and Charlie Gleason, mid
dle-weights, met in the gymnasium OF
the Golden Gate Athletic Club. The
contest was short but fierce. Mccoy
knocked Gleason out in the sixth round
The Senate in secret session has con-
firmed the nomination Of Commander
Folger to be chief of the Bureau of Ord
nance in the Navy Department, and
Daniel Ransdell, of Indiana, Marshal Of
the District of Columbia.
Comptroller of the Currency Lacy has
declared final dividend of ten per cent
in favor of the creditors of the Lowell
National Bank, of Lowell, Mich, upor
claims proved amounting to $S9,936. The
bank failed in September, 1888.
The announcement is made of the
abandonment. at sea of the Dutch bark
George, from Pensacola, bound fol
Delfzyl. The vessel, which was water
logged and partly dismasted, was aban
doned on January 81. The crew have
arrived safely at Queenstown.
The report Of the Parnell Commission
is an agreeable surprise to the accused
Home Rulers, who were led to believe
that their virtual conviction of all thu
offenses with which they were charged
was a foregone conclusion in view o
the notorious leanings Of the judges to
ward Toryism.
At Pontivy, France, the other day
during the progress of wedding party
a conveyance occupied by the bride ant
bridegroom and several of their friend
was upset and the entire party was fun
into the Blavet river. The bride an
: bridegroom and ten of their co mpanion
were drowned.
The executive committee appointe
by the House Democratic Campaign Com
mittee has elected Representativ
Flower, of New York, chairman, an
Mr.. Towles, of North Carolina, formerl
an employee of the House of Represents
tives, secretary.
The political situation in Canada q
present is alarming, and unless promr
and effective measures are taken immt
diately by the government to avert pull
: lie attention from the French questio
the results may be disastrous to Car
ada's natural destiny.
The Sultan of Zanzibar died suddeni
> the other day. Seynod Ali, his brothe
succeeds him. DIR. Charles Worth, a
{ tached to the British consulate, and ID
; Martin surgeon of the man-of-war Bod
: cea, examined the body and found no e.
= ternal evidences that the death was III
| natural. The Arabs will not permit a
Q autopsy.
Earl Sydney (Sir John Townsend,
< C. b. is dead. He was in the eight
a fifth year of his age.
!. A dispatch from Zanzibar says Il
l medical examination proved that Il