The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-09-19

"'S"b NNPiN'p 'A tA' IL L
railroad was held up near Savannah,
Ga, and the express ear robbed. The
amount taken was not stated.
THE Chattanooga CTenn) belt line
has been sold.
John MCCAEGUE, sheriff at Somerset,
Ky, has been ass9ssinatcG.
GENERAL.
ALEXANDER ~ Son, corn brokers of
Thrcadneedle street, London, have
failed. They attribute their failure to
losses which they nave incurred since
May last in speculation in, grain car
goes.
THE distress in Russia is terrible. In
the provinces of Tamhof an epidemic
of d]iphthcria is raging and mothers de-
liberately expose their children to the
Infection, prefcrring death in that form
to starvation.
sugar duties.
THE Goldfish catch off the grand banks
of Newfoundland this year is not cx-
pectcd to more than pay expenses.
THE London Times says that a Syndi-
cate of European capitalists has offered
TO advance $500, 900 to the CHILEAN iunta
to meet pressing requirements.
WAR has broken ont in the cracker
trust.
PREMIER MERCIER, of Quebec, is
among those accused of implication in
the Bale DIES Chaleurs railway subsidy
steal.
In receiving the French Catholics re-
Gently the pope made Il declaration in
favor of the French republic, and cX-
pressed his belief that the restoration
of the monarchy in France was quite
impossible.
A SCHOONER from Yarmouth, n. s.,
capsiZed in Halifax harbor. Sixteen
persons were drowned.
THERE was a rumor in Berlin ON the
18th that Prince bismarck had suffered
a stroke of paralysis.
Tue porte has neither abicctly apollo
gized to Russian Ambassador NelidoR
nor paid indemnity for the detention of
the Russian vessel M~oskowa. The porte
has merely given assurance against Il
recurrence of such Incidents.
BUSINESS failures UDun's report for
the seven days ended Septcmber9 num-
bered 2lI, compared with 2l7 the previ-
Gus week and 1913 the corresponding
week of last year.
DIR. PETER PINEO, medical Inspector
general of the army during the war, is
dead.
A STEAM launch conveying %non-union
laborcrs from Dublin to Londonderry
wa sunk recently. by collision with u
steamer in Tough I'oyle, Ireland. Fiji
teen persons were drowned.
TuE captain, several of the crew and
forty cabin passengers of the Italian
steamer Taurmina were drowned by
the sinking of the steamer, which was
in collision in the Egean sea with the
Greek steamer ThcsSaIia.
News has been received from Guate-
mala City that EX-V icc-Presidcnt DIR.
Rafael AOia had been accidentally shot
and killed while attempting to separate
W Of his friends who were engaged in
a quarrel.
1nE German government has begun
the prosecution of the enluor of the
EIaidcradats.h for r%idiculiug the holy
coat of Trcvca by Il cartoon headed
'Thc Gull Sharing Pilgrims" Trcves
is now visited by a better class of pco-
pie, who stay longer and patronizc the
hotels.
~RoCHEFoET, France, has been raw
aged by fire.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended September l. showed an average
decrease of 81 compared with the cor
responding week of last ycar,. In New
York the decrease Observation-Disclosures
York, Boston and otlsEe f4aia gear
there were only iiEe Ais1sin Hfs5Yeek-
last year siv.s.4tlg m es1aaH
TuE QueboelfEa8 Us hopclcrsIy
ruptured over the kcandnl investigate
tiuns.
SAxAp1g d8sises reciprocity with
the fsa sag5s.
~BApMAeEnA. the fugitive ex-president