The Russellville Democrat., 1890-03-27

quence of Prince Bismarck s resignation. Prussian consols declined three-quarters of one per cont, on the 18th, and other Prussian securities were depressed.
 JUDeE JoHN S. HAaER, ex-collectoI of the port of San Francisco, died on the 18th.
 THE Austrian Government, press and public, greatly fear that the resignation of Prince Bismarck will lead to rupture of the peace alliance.
 EIGHT THOUSAND employees of the Arm. strong gun factory at Elswick, England. struck, on tho 10th, for eight hours work per day. -
 LoRD SALIsBuRY denies that the Brit ish Government intends to hand over te the Boers tho control of Swaziland.
 IsHAK KHAN Is at Bokara with large force equipped with repeating rifles and artillery ready to invade Afghan istan.
 JOHN D. SPREcKLEs says the proposed reduction of duty on sugar will kill the beet-sugar industry of California.
 Two blocks of buildings and the Elgin House in La Villa, suburb of Jackson vile, Fla, were destroyed by fire early on the morning of the 20th. Loss, s125, 900. Many of the tenants escaped in their night clothes.
 THE Belgian Minister of Husbandry has refused to consent to tax upon grain imports.
 YELLOW fever has broken out at Campinas, and Sia Paola, Brazil.
 TIE Massachusetts Legislative com mittee on woman suffrage reported . bill, Lon tho 2oth, giving women the right to vote in municipal elections.
 THE work of distributing provisions and supplies among the destitute min CTS at Wilkesbarre, Pa, was actively comme need on the goth.
 QUEEN VICTORIA has donated cup valued at 100 guineas, to be raced for next summer under the auspices of the Albert Yacht Club.
 GENERAL CApRIvI not only succeeds to the German Chancelorship but to the presidency of the Ministry.
 TmE New York Court of Appeals, on the 2lst, affirmed the decision of the lower court in the case of Vim. Kemm- Ter, sentenced to be executed by eiec- tricity.
 BESIDES comprehensive military and naval knowledge, General Von Caprivi, the new German Chancellor, is we'll versed in modern languages, his- tory and political science.
 TIE resolution recently introduced in the House by Representative Boat ner authorizing the Secretary of War to purchase 2.500 tents for the homeless people in the flooded districts of the Southwest and appropriating S25, ,oo0 for the purpose, was ordered reported favor ably by the military committee on the 21st
 MORE than two hundred moonshiners have established fortified camp in Franklin County, Va, and openly defy the Federal authorities. They have over one hundred illicit stills in opera tion, and arc producing thousands of barrels of illicit whisky.
 MAJoR-GENERAL GEORGE CROOK, in command of the military Division of the Missouri, died suddenly, on the morning of the 2lst at the Grand Pa cific Hotel, Chicago, of heart failure. He was in his sixty-third year.
 A REMARKABLE feature of the minis terial crisis in Germany is that there has been no organized effort of public opinion to induce Prince Bismarck to stay in ofiice-
 COUNT VoN MUNSTER, the German Minister to France, it is said, will sue ceed Count Herbert Bismarck as For eign Minister.
 THE English colliers are greatly elated over the successful issue of their strike.
 GENERAL VoS CAPRrvI, the now Ger. man Chancellor, had conference with Prince Bismarck on the 21st.
 EMPEROR WILLIAM, in company with Empress Frederick and other royalties, received the Prince of Wales on his ar rival at Berlin on the Fist. As the Prince stepped from the railway car riage the English anthem was played by the band
 TIE House military committee has ordered favorable report on Repre- sentative Bowden's bill authorizing the construction of hotel for colored peo- pie on the Government reservation at Fortress Monroe, Va.