The National tribune., 1891-08-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


two mouths. Baron UuscH, who is al Cars
lad, has sguel "a dacuusu. empowering DR..
iuHcujiIli and other gentlemen o. purchase
lands 10 the Argentine Republic Go tie value Of
SluNJpGUO .--N hon the Russian Grand EuSo
Alexis left Paris in his trip through France
tHeru wa, great crowd of people ia the streets
and &c the ruiiya station. TIE people eheered
aud shouted give ia Els5iJ ct ia France
" NIye 10 Gar etc. An aged Russian exile
threw petition into The Grand Dukes car
aEe.-Ihc Church Of England clergy are
said To be much alarmed BY tho evident anx-
Iety % the radical faction Of Liberals % make
dise,tah.l-hmeut au Issue ia future elections.
Government aud clergy were surprised at the
strength oil tie opposition, ia tho closing hours
OF Parliament. ;othe clergy discipline bin, aud
TINS opposition is now rcaegtci and reinforced
N Nom cOulDyu..sJ and Liberal gatherings
throughout the country. Alexander,
the boy sovereign 90 Srrvia. accompanied BY
his father, ex-kiug Miiau, IS Iu France, after
having visited clio Russian AMI Austrian courts.
crowd OF 5000 persons vino bad gathered 40
thc railway station to- greet the SgrvIau ruler
chcercd him heartily, aud an Aid-dc-Camp
sent by President Garnet welcomed him 20
Paris The fact that Emperor William Is able
TO devote g great part Of his time 20 the bus.-
ness Of the Empire is regarded rs pretty good
evidence that the alarming reports circulated
IN regard 70 his physical and mental cuudt-
ton are unfounted, and is taken % confirm
the statements that these rumors were the
work Of spectators interested in bringing
about q depression in prices on the E0urse.--
EaImaceda, Of Chile, has issued sI2O)DOOO Of
30 cent paper money, and it is compulsory on
all to receive II. He has also issued procla-
nation 20 increase the army to 10000 men, by
drafting whenever necessary The yield Of
rye ia Russia is estimated az I'll 100000 pe0ds,
but, owing TO the present supplies being nearly
exhausted, S9ioOG.JJO peods vii. be required
10 supply the wants oil the people and Tor sow
Ing purposes. The deficit must be supplied By
potatoes and maize. There has been an Ekase
to prevent tie expectation Of rye and corn and
other cereals. The Russian cereal crop IS a
iailure.-lt has been decided, in the face Of
popular demand By the German Government,
that the corn duties will be maintained until at
least new treaty negotiations can be- arranged.
The corn market Us IN an excited condition.
As a result OF tho massacre Of the English
under flag OF truce by the Manipuri. al Nam
pur some months ago. the Tougtl General aud
the 1OmmaHder-iu-Ch iet Of the AauIpuri army
were hung in Smla Aug. l3.-COi. john Z.
Weber and the rest Of the Commission appoint
cd by our Government to investigate tine sub
Iect OF immigration, are IN s.. Petersburg to
look ut the Jewish question. They will attend,
10 October, the conference Of European steam
ship agents at Bremen 90 develop a plan 10
pauie5 in preventing the departure OF unde
srable emigrants from EurOpe.-A petition
containing go signatures among them Che
names Of ATcub.7hCp5 and Bishops in all parts
Of the world was addressed 10 the Pope last
Winter asking Tor Tine cauouizatiOH Of Column
bus at Genoa next year. Leo'5 letter Of reply
was addressed to The Archbishop Of Genoa, and
approved the proposition. Owing % tGe
depression Of the iron trade, operations 10 many
fNrrrrrF
district, near London, have been suspended for
sometime past, and the inability Of the work
men 20 procure employment is causing the most
acute distress. SIX thousand men have been
thrown out Of employment by the stoppa-e OF
the works, and large number Of them have
earned nothing for year.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
The employees Of Theodore Kaiser, Of Brook
Ign, went on au excursion last week TO laurel
ton Grove, Cold Spring iiarbOr, L. l. just as
they were starting home "a heavy sqIall struck
the cxcurionists barge and the upper deck gave
way, piu0niug % persons. Fourteen persons
were instantly killed aud 30 or more wounded.
An Atlantic City express On the Reading
coilided on siding With a freight Aug IA near
Egg Harbor, \. !. Several passengers were
eTG he'd aud scalded. Defective air brakes
caused the accident United States Att0r-
uey-Gcueral Miller has directed an iuvestiga-
ton % be made If charges Of brutal treatment
Of Federal prisoners contained in the Arkansas
Peuitentiary at Little Rock.-Wallace Viii
liams's house in ScTeyen County. Ga, was
struck by lightning Aug. T.. Three sons of
Williams, all preachers. were. in the house az
the time. Two were killed and the third IS
badly injured
POLITICAL AND INDUSTRIAL.
Discovery Day Oct II, this year falls upon
Sunday, and IN recognition Of this fact the Pan
Republic Congress Executive Committee has
called upon ministers and teachers throughout
the world to take as their text that day the
words from Levticus that are cast in the bronze
Of the bell that rang out from the steeple Of
Independence Hall on July 4, l776 " Proclaim
Liberty Throughout all the Land Unto all the
Inhabitants Thereof 5. II. Elkins
thinks that Gov. Pattison, Of Pennsy lvania,
will be a formidable candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination next yeaT.-A series Of
experiments conducted by Thomas Harring-
ton, Of Pittsburg. into the properties and
uses Of nickel steel and manganese bronze has
resulted in the discovery Of = new metal. The
chief characteristics are that il obtains very
high tensile strength. IS understandable by cor
rosiOn, being imperyioGs 10 acids, and that it
can be wrought into spikes. nails, etc. while
hot or eOld.-The State convention of Nir-
ginia Farmers Alliance met in Richmond Aug.
Is. Nearly 100 delegates were present.
GENERAL.
Anna Dickinson, who is at DR.. T. W. Stewards
Sanitarium at Goshen, y. Y, recently lectured
Oh Joan OF Arc before f. VI. Cummings Camp,
s. Of Y. The hail was crowded, and Miss
Dickinson had an enthusiastic reception. She
showed no sign Of arrangement, aud spoke with
all her Well-known cioquoace. Maryland is
organizing q naval militia like other States.
Commander Joseph b. Seth. OF the oyster navy,
has obtained fIom tine State Board Of Public
WOrksIermissiOn 10 uniform the $50 men COM
nnsinn the rr.NHs If Tho SLatn u---.L.---A J.