Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-16
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will comprise some of the most prominent

will comprise some of the most prominent
German travellers living.
The Pail Mall Gazette says it Is proba-
Bile that If the resignation of Mr. Monroe,
chief of the Metropolitan police force, is
accepted q strike by the policemen is by
no means impossible.
| M. Simibach, the new Servian minister,
presented his credentials to Emperor
Francis Joseph. He assured the emperor
that Servia was most desirous of being on
a friendly footing with Austria
A dispatch from the East Indias says
that the Dutch have captured the
Achinese positions on the River Edi.
Eighty of the Achinese troops were killed.
The Dutch had twenty-four wounded.
Dispatches from Capetown report that
Lo Benguela, King of Matabeleland, has
revoked the charter granted the British
South African company, and that the
Matabeles are rising everywhere against
the English.
A number of Russians, Danes and
Swedes have been expelled from Altora,
Prussia, because of their inability to pro-
duce satisfactory Identification papers.
The action of the authorities has created
some excitement
The czarevitch will begin his journey
round the world on Aug. 1, starting from
Odessa The Grand Duke George will ac-
company him, He will visit the Holy
Land, Ceylon, Australia, China, Japan
and the United States.
M. Ribot, French minister of foreign
affairs, appeared before the committee on
taxation of foreign residences and stated
that from an international standpoint
such tax would be contrary to existing
treaties, and would raise numerous diff
culties.
A fatal accident which revealed mys-
terry occurred on board the bark Ida at
West Hartlepool. A sailor known as Hans
Brandt, who had shipped as an apprentice
at Pensacola, Fla, fell from the mast and
was killed, and was then discovered to be
woman.
A soiree was given in the Hall of Shells,
at the imperial palace at Potsdam, In
honor of the Crown Prince of Italy. The
crown prince escorted the empress. Fri
day he visited the sarcophagus of Fred
erick the Great and afterwards inspected
the guards.
A banquet in honor of eX-Secretary
Whitney and Mrs. Whitney, who are
given in Paris, Friday evening, by the
American minister, Mr.. Reid. Many dis
tinguished Parisians and others were
present as guests.
Mr.. T, p O'Connor's interest in The
London Star has been purchased by his
partner in the enterprise, the price paid
being G15000. The terms of the transac-
tion include stipulation that Mr. O'Con-
nor shall not start another paper inIIon-
don within three years:
1t is reported that the announcements
of General Du Vernois, the German minis
ter of war, relative to further military re-
quirements were made without the con-
sent Of Chancellor Won Caprivi, and that
in consequence the resignation of the war
minister may be expected.
The telegraph conference has reduced
the tariffs from England to Austria by
three pence; to Sweden, Portugal and
Russia by one penny, and to Switzerland,
Denmark, Norway and Spain by half
penny, To Germany, France, Belgium
and Holland the rates are unchanged.
Berlin police are busily searching for
Barons Maltzahn and Wulffen, who were
lately cashiered from the imperial guards
for answering the San Francisco adver
tisement offering rich American girls in
to noblemen. The barons
had issued drafts which were dishonored
on presentation.
Mr.. A. j. Smith-Barry has served writs
of mandamus on his tenants in the town
of New Tiperary to compel them to re-
move the market they had built for evicted
storekeepers. Mr.. Barry asserts that the
market is built on land of which he holds
the lease This new move has caused
much excitement.