The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-05-07

$l5li,3g742 Total cash in the Treasury,
500 To-, $500.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
On the 3. * D. Road at GaiJhcrsBurg, Md,
in April p, west-bound express train ran
through an open switch and was sidc-tracked
onto a freight train. Four employees Of the
road were killed aud the train was partially
destroyed by ire-Francis T. Faya the son
of Baron Faya, the recalled Italian Minister TO
the United States, is lying seriously i'll at
Washington. The young man has renowned
his title and is an AwCyican.-InyCs5iga
by the Clearing House Committee has revealed
that the Ninth National Bank Of New York
was for years systematically robbed by Is late
President, J. Il. Hill, who died in March, Of
over 100000. The bank is solid.-A suit
brought by Charles 6. Holmes in the Supreme
Court OF New York shows that Arthur q.
Gilman, member Of the firm Of Lebare & Co.,
tea merchants, who died last December, was q
delaulter to the firm in the sum Of $4,000.
by the explosion Of a big freight loco
motive at OswegO, n. Y, Edward COHueT5,
fireman, was badly sc:tided. aud James Cum
mings. engineer. was instantly killed, and his
body blown 1000 feet over hOuse.-Ihe
roof of the opera house at Troy, Ala, fell in
April %, burying about 20 persons of a re-
hcarsal party. Two ladies were killed, and
OiutI1 Bt'llJ IL ul1dStiuua EIG BIbhG
out in MahanOy City, Pa, April 30, which
caused so much alarm chat aid was asked from
Ashland, TaiGaqua and Shenandoah Stores
aud buildings owned by Henry Parmley, Mrs.
James Dennis Thomas Joyce, James Curtin,
James McCabe, Mrs. G.. GObale5kie and Mrs.
James Hughes Were. totally dcssToyed.-A
correspondent IN London, England wrote that
J. II. Arnold Of York. Pa, is engaged in swim
ding BritDus By representing 20 them that they
aro hrr Of " Avsr of r1rfrfU
Del. An investigation revealed the fact that
no one by the name Of Mrs. T. Avery WAS ever
known in Wilmington. Arnold was located in
New York, but has left there going. DO Is said.
20 Trenton, y. J.-Thc Jury in the ease. Of
Plenty Horses, the Sioux on trial Sioux
Falls, 5. d., for the murder Of Lieut.. Casey 10
the time Of the late uprising Of tie Indians,
reported their inability 20 agree -T The south
eTn part OF Penn ylyauis has been swept by
forest fires that have destroyed over million
dollars worth Of property. North AbsecOu has
been nearly destroyed. and scores Of buildings
in other small towns destroyed. The damage
Is estimated at over 500 OOl.-A collision
took place between a number Of Hans, coke
srikeFs, aud miuc-bG-5es, on SUNDAY night.
One man was killed and another badly hurt.
POLITICAL.
The American Protective Tariff League ccle-
bratod the triumph Of Protection by grInI
OF last Wednesday. American tiuwarc, glass,
porcelain, china, wines and viauds were iea-
lures oil the bauqugt.-The nominating con-
yenti0n Of the Iowa Farmers' Independent
party will probably be held the first week in
June. at De5 MONIES. All existing parties will
be ignored. The call is being circulated for
signatures, and is being signed BY members Of
all the farmers organizations.-The bulletin
for the coming National Union conference, to
be held in Cincinnati May 10, has for Us pin
cipai features the advocacy OF the abolition Of
National Bank currency, and the substitution
Of legal tender notes: fractional currency /;
Government ownership of means of trans
pOrtatiOu and communication; graduated land
tax, etc.
FOREIGN.
Adviees from Samoa, via Melbourne, state
that ex-king Tamasese is dead. Tamasese had
been for some time suffering with Bright's
disease OF the kidneys. lie was the head of
the house Of Tupua, one Of the two rival royal
families Of the Samoan Islauds.-The FIRST
session OF the Seventh Parliament Of Canada
opened ut Ottawa April %. Peter White,
member from North Renfrcw, was elected
( Speaker Of the House Of Commons
newspapers OF Paris have announced that tho
French armies on the German frontier will be
! exercised in night military manuvers on an
immense scale early in May. All the g1rri-
SONS in the military districts Of the Department
Of Meurthe aud MoseIlc, forming the Sixth
Corps, will take up war positions along the
frOutieT.-SiT james FERGUSON, Political Sec
rotary of the British Foreign Office, stated in
the House of Commons that in future no treaty
OF commerce preCuding the preferential ar
| Engagements between England and the Colonies
regarding their respective products would be
renewed.-The drinking habits of the Kali
ser have again become a topic OF general re-
mark. At recent dinner lie toasted the Aus
| trian military attache Eve times, and the
| Italian military attachs a5 often, each time
| emptying his glass. His remarks grew iuc0-
| heTent, aud the incident C1g5et . painful i'm
! preSsiOu.-There Was some disturbance on
| Labor Day in Rome. Florence Lyons ard Paris,
aud conflicts with the police aud soldiers took
/ strike Of day labOTers IN Brussels. wh cil is
/ still in eXIstenee.-M. NeIdoN the Russian
/ ambassador at COnstantiHOplc. has demanded
! $50 damages and the dismissal OF the ItrEi-H
/ mmIndant, owing to the detention o. Rus
/ sian merchant in the Dardguelles. u also de-
/ maudcd that all merchants be allowed free
/ passage. There may be trouble.-The kHuts-
( ford bill, 10 coeree Newfoundland into gu OBJ
/ seryaHCe OF treaty sIipuiations with France,
I was pissed in committee. notwithstanding the
/ assurances from the Colony that an act pro-
! vidug similarly would b. passed IN the Coi0aiai
/ IeEIsiatuTe-Ih Chilean war does not abate.
i The rebels are gaining, but abuse their victories
/ ia many cases. Balmaeeda narrowly escaped
death from the explosion Of bUmb IN his
house.