The Russellville Democrat., 1890-05-08

tlOnnl FepAbatlOn, was Sn0t ana kliieu
in the Memphis (Tenn.) police court,
on the 3oth, by his wife.
The Massachusetts House, on the
goth, by vote of 174 10 90, passed tho
Constitutional amendment abolishing
the poll tax as q prerequisite TO voting.
THE union and non-union fishermen
had sangninary encounter, on the 2otb,
on the Columbia river, about forty
miles from Portland, Ore. Both parties
were armed with rifles. One Of the
combatants was killed outright and two
were seriously injured.
THE electrical exhibition in Edin-
burgh was opened, on the sst ~ ~ que
Dukesof Edinburgh.
trnE House committee on labor. on
the 1st, authorized favorable report
on the bill to enforce the Eight-H
law on Government premises, except In
cases of extraordinary emergency aris-
necessary TO construct public works,
preserve property or prevent the de-
struction of human life.
MR. CROMWELL, the assignee OF the
late firm Of Henry s Ives & Co, was
authorized, on the 1st by Judge Bar
rett, of New York City, to settle claims
against the firm at five cents on the
dollar e es4 .
THE immigration season opened at
Quebec, Cam, on the Goth, with the ar
rival of 1000 immigrants.
TWENTY Five female clerks in Brad.
streets Commercial Agency at Omaha,
Neb.. struck, on the 1st against re-
duction of wages.
3 Ex-PREsfDENT CLEVELAND was, on
the 1st, admitted to practice in the Su-
preme Coart Of the United States
THE Wisconsin Republicans will not
make an issne of the Bennett law In
the coming State election.
a GENEEAL amnesty was proclaimed
in the Island Of Crete on tho fst
The American squadron Of evolution
left Malta, on the s0th, for Algiers.
2 THE Des Moines ua) camps of the
Salvation Army were nnotified not to
parade the streets with their. horns and
drums without permit from the city
authorities, but they marched as usual.
They were arrested and had hearing
on the 1st. The efforts of the police
and the dignified presence of the police
Judge did not Suffice to restrain the.
religious feryorof the prisoners, and for
a time the courtroom possessed all the
features of Salvation Army prayer
meeting.
WHILE Miss Minnie Palmer, the act
ress, and her husband, Mr.. Rodgers,
I,.,x, ~ Itr.s. ~ r,l
the 1st, their horse bolted and the car
riage was overturned. Both were
thrown out. Miss Palmer sustained
several bruises, and one of Mr.. Rodgers
arms was broken.
RoIIdN EIIIs, private secretaryof A.
III. Loeb of Chicago, is in Jail for sell
ing, with fraudulent intent, to accom-
plices for $4,000, real estate worth
si0O, 900, which Loeb intrusted to him to.
sell. The land was to be afterwards
sold by the swindlers and the profits
divided {s4
MANY planters in Yucatan have de-
cided to stop planting hennequen, which
is quoted at low figures at present, and
will plant cotton instead, importing ne
gro and Chinese labor from Cuba.
FRANK WILLIAMS, convicted of rob
bing the stage near Downieville, CAL,
OF United States mails some months .
ago, was, on the I'd, sentenced at San
Francisco to Imprisonment for life.
THE British steamer Yorkshire, Cap
tain Henry, bound for Baltimore from
Liverpool, returned TO the latter city,
on the I'd, with her cargo on fire. 81
The proposition to arbitrate differ
ences growing out OF the Delagoa Bay
railway, is favorably viewed by the
Portuguese Government.
GOVERNOR Hill. OF New York signed
the Bailot-Reform measure, on the I'd,
and wrote memorandum to accompany
it. s
THE Merchants Bank of Atlantic
City, N. j., suspended business on the
I'd. 8
TInRTy-FIvE workmen employed in
the furniture factory OF Joseph Par
fridge, of New York, had a narrow es
cape from death in the burning of the
building on the I'd. .f-~
HoS. LEWIS +. ALLEN, uncle OF ex-
President Cleveland, died at Buffalo, N.
H., on the I'd, aged ninety years.