The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-08
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THE Italian government. is making
determined efforts to root out brigand-
age in the island of Sardinia. A general
raid has been made and no less than
200 suspected of sympathy with brig
ands are now in prison.
Two hundred and sixty laborers were
lost recently by a collision off the Jap
anese coast.
A SERIOUS drowning ACCIDENT is re-
ported from Essen, Germany. Four
teen employees of the water works were
crossing the river in a boat when the
boat capsized and all were drowned.
The British imports into Brazil dur
ing the first four months of this year
have shown a general increase of mil
lions.
The Chicago & Grand Trunk has de-
clared off its boycott against the Chi
cago & Alton.
II is reported that France will large
ly reduce her tariff on Russian wheat
and will impose a ~prohibitory duty on
Indian wheat in order to aid the impor-
tation of Russian wheat
MEssRs. Dillon and O'Brien have
been released from Galway Jail. Neither
one showed much trace of having suf-
fered from the confinement and both
seemed to be in the enjoyment of ex-
cellent health.
A FEARFUL explosion of gunpowder
is reported to have taken place in a
factory at Bornhem, Belgium. Two
women employed in the factory were
killed instantly and several were
horribly injured, some of them not be-
ing expected to ecover.
THE London committee of Wabash
holders has secured from the directors
a formal engagement to distribute reg
ularly all surplus net earnings among
the ''B" debenture holders on the basis
of the officially published monthly
statements.
THE wedding of Miss Lincoln, daugh-
ter of Robert L. Lincoln, and Mr.. Isham
will take place early in September.
VEsUvIUs has again burst forth in
eruption. The lava has reached a vii
lage.
THE ~theosophical constitution, as re-
vised, amalgamates the American,
English and European sections. Lady
Caithness, by virtue of her millions as
well as her enthusiasm, succeeds Mad
anne Blavatsky as high priestess.
Miss EMMA EAMEs. the operate art
list, was married in London at the reg
istrar's office to the son of W. w. Storey,
the well known sculptor.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended July 80 numbered
PAT, compared with 254 the previous
week and 1s9 the corresponding week
of last year.
THE new Balmacedan cruiser, Presi-
dente E~rrasiurez, has left Lisbon for
Chill.
O'DwYER GRAY. editor of the Free
mans journal, publishes n letter
in that newspaper saying that in view
of the revelations of the Campbell law
suit and utterances Of Dillon and
O'Brien he will henceforth reject the
leadership of Mr.. Parnell.
THE motion of Sir Henry Parkes in
favor of granting suffrage to women in
New South Wales was rejected, 81 to "a,
by the Legislative assembly.
THE British steamer Angelica, from
Cardiff for the Mediterranean, has re-
turned to the port whence she sailed on
fire. Three of her crew were burned
to death.
n ITOIH INOHnc SuyS LHhL
some excitement was occasioned by the
threatened suspension of the bank of
Rome, an old Catholic institution. The
trouble arose over an order from the
pope for the withdrawal of s., 900, 900
deposited in the bank to the credit of
st. Peters pence.
CARDINAL MANNING, Archdeacon
Farrar, Mr.. Mains, DIR. Benjamin w.
Richardson, /. II. Raper and Frederick
Smith nave been nominated by the
American Temperance society to act as
an auxiliary British committee for the
international congress of 1893.
DON PEDRO, ex-emperor of Brazil, has
suffered a relapse. He is again con-
| fined to his bed.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended August 1 showed an average de-
crease Of las compared with the cor
responding week of last year. In New
York the decrease was 1917.
PARNELL met with a remarkably en-
thusiastic reception at Thurles, Ireland.