The National tribune., 1891-01-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

NilC SiubaA dEaAuos hGtAHAu pOIh huA iaihs ~
| is believed the restrictions governing the i'm
pOrtation of the American hog products will be
remoyed.-Capt. O'Shea has published a
statement showing his election TO Parliament
for Galway was due for services rendered the
Irish party, and not as a reward for baTtering
his wife's honor.-It is said in London that
Parliament will not be dissolved until the land
purchase and tthes bills are passed.-Areh-
bishop Walsh denies that he besought the Pope
TO arbitrate the differences between the warring
Nationalist factions.-The Scotch railway
strike is having most injurious effect on busi-
ness The large sugar refiueries at Greenbeck
are idle, and the Clyde shipyards are about
closed, owing 10 scarcity of coal. An attempt
TO wreck an express train is attributed to the
strikers.-The National Congress Of India
has convened at Calcutta. IL has met TO dis
cuss social reforms.-Two lepers have been
inocuated at Madrid according to the method
advised by Prof Koch.-The interview
between Mr.. William O'Brien and Mr. Parnell
in Paris, has not yet taken place, and Nine.
Rafalovitch, Mr. O'Brien's mother-in-law, says
O'Brien may not meet Mr.. ParBell personally.
in spasm Of religions frenzy a young
woman at Watterheim, Rheiuland mutilated
herself In horrible manner and then appeared
at religious ceremony, where she exhibited
her wounds and claimed that they were an eX-
ample OF the crucihxiOn.-Under concessions
from the Government of Colombia the Panama
Canal Company is allowed two years TO reor-
ganize and resume operations, and to pay the
Government S2,000000 and give it preferred
stock in tho company amounting to q, 200, 900.
Tho Car IS reported TO have ordered
ll.000 alien workmen 70 leave Russia. This is
construed 10 be the result Of gratuitous foreign
| advice on the affairs of the Empire.-A COM
pany with S25, ,000O 900 of capital has been formed
70 colonize 5000 European families on the pub
lie lands Of Brazil.
GENERAL
The ABgelta, a smuggler schooner flying the
Spanish dag, was captured in the Gulf OF
Mexico by the revenue steamer McLane and
taken to Key West Fla, for adjudication. The
Captain of the smuggler who was placed under
arrest, is believed to be Julian Pereez. notori-
ous outlaw and pirate, although he denies his
idenity.---A violent snowstorm, which, in
certain localities, approached the characteristic
Of the blizzard of March %, 1SSS, ragged through
| out the Western, Central, Middle and New
England States In New York about a foot OF
snow fell, aud navigation in the harbOr was
generally impeded. the American Re-
publies except Guatemala, Paraguay, Uruguay,
and the United States have chosen delegates
TO the international American Conference
for the establishment of a monetary union.
The irst meeting of the union will be at Wash
ingtOn, Jan. 7.-Attorney- General Miller,
whose opinion on certain sections of the
Worlds Fair bill was asked by Secretary Win
dom, states that tho authority given the Presi-
dent TO " designate additional articles for ex-
hibitOn extends beyond the departments,
aud carries with il authority to employ the
proper persons TO prepare the exhibits.-Sleet
caused a loss OF about $4,000 in Lexington,
KY All the Western Union telephone aud
fire-alarm wires were broken down, and shade
trees fell beneath the weight Of ice on their
branches.-A hundred or more patients are
undergoing the Koch treatment in New York
hospitals, aud there are a great number OF
Others anxious 20 try tho remedy. The estab-
lshment Of Koch hospital in New York is
proposed. brought together the
Garfield children and a number of visitors at
the old home in Mentor. The day was happily
spent. The sons of the late President are all
succeeding well in life.-Rey. Howard Mac
Queary, of Cleveland, is 20 be tried before the
officials Of tho Protestant Episcopa' Church,
Jan. z, for alleged liberal statements made in a
book on evolution, Of which be Is the author.
President Lindley, Of the Illinois Farmers
Mutual Benefit Union, and President Crum Of
the Farmers Alliance, Of that State, alege
that conspiracy has been formed by the
Chicago Live Stock Exchange TO prevent any
ono not a member of the exchange from doing
business at the Union Stock Yards.-Dr. A.
+. Henry, Of Wingate, Ind, claims to have dis
covered cure for consumption. The prepara-
tion used consist Of antiseptic disinfectants.
a submarine boat, in which il is claimed
that men will he able 10 remain "a Eours under
water is being built at Detroit.-Faluable
deposits of tin ore have been found on the
Colorado River, 100 miles northwest of San
Antonio, Tex. q.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Wesley Tulis, prominent young business
man OF New COrydOn, Ind, who has for a long
| time been paying attention TO Miss Verona f.
/ 81 -. 1. l. Il
drew a rcvOlVor aud shot Verona through the
heart, fired twice at her mother without effect,
and then blew out his brains. i. S. Stevens,
owner Of the Sanborn County South DakOta)
Bank, has been driven insane on account OF his
faiiure.-Rabbi 5. N. Siskind was arrested in
New York on the charge OF obtaining money
under false pTetenses, by granting illegal di-
vOrces, and was held in bail for a hearing.-
Moses FTisby, eOlOred, was arrested in Norris
town on the charge Of wearing one Of the but
tons Of the Grand Army Of the Republic,
though not a member of that organization.
| The Ofense is a misdemeanOr punishable by a
| fine not exceeding sl00.-In a drunken row
Rt ChilesbuTg Ky, a tough named Jas Parton,
from Jacks Creek, was killed. Two or three
Others were injured during fusillade Of over
hundred shots.-Two claim holders named
Coleman and Fisher. Of Noble, o. r., were re-
turning from court after the trial Of a suit over
cutting grass on one Of their claims, when Cole
| man stabbed Fisher 10 death. He barely escaped
| lynchng during a fight in livery stable
| on West FOrty-bfth street, New York, James
| Cummings was fatally shot by the proprietor,
| Michael Gillivin. A man named Edward
| Hurley also received a Sill ght wound during
/ the alteration. {. Calcntt. a private
watchman in Norfolk, Va, was shot and killed
! by j. L. Brady for refusing to arrest q man.
| The murder took place in tine presence Of Cal
| cults wife and gTandchildTen.-C. Shutter, a
| man over 20 years Of age committed suicide at
| his lodgings in Blocker street, New York lie
was once prosperous railroad agent but lost his
money through partners treachery, and had
been living in poverty of late yeaTs.-A party
| Of Cheyenne scouts were attacked By hostile
| Indians at Battle Creek, $. d. aud a skirmish
| lasting an hour resulted. Several are reported
! killed on both siles.-Alchael BaTewecz, a
! Pole, who came 10 New Y0rl; 10 study the poll.
| tical aud social features Of American life, was
knocked down by lighwaymen and robbed OF
| l,GO0.-Samuel Malone and John Hicks were
burned 10 death in their dwelling at Holden,
No. 1t is thought that robbers drugged the
men, and then set the house on ire.-By a
| boiler explosion At lumber mills on Black River
in Arkansas, Wiley Sloan aud John Argues
were instantly killed. Three persons were
50 badly injured that they are not expected "a
live.-The Masonic Temple, Baltimore, in
which FOrepaugh's Theater was located was
| destroyed by fire, causing a loss Of about $500.
| O0O.-The trial OF Sawtelle for the muder oil
| his brother was concluded at Dover, n. III. The
prisoner was found guilty aud sentenced TO u
hanged the first Tuesday in January, 1891.