Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-05-28
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Current Events of the Day
Epitomized.
A Concise Review for the Week of
Doings from All Over the
World.
DANGER from forest fires is over in Michi-

OANdht rum lofeSt ufcs Is oFer III 4uicni-
gan.
IT is reported that there will be a general
removal of revenue collectors.
In Memphis, Tenn. the stock Of Van
Vleet & Co., wholesale druggists, was dam
aged 100000 By fire.
AT San Antonio Tex, John D. Morrison,
self. He was formerly from Greenville, Ala.
Whisky caused it.
The depot Of the East Tennessee, Virginia
& Georgia railroad at Greenville, Tenn. was
burned with loss of $50 900 worth of freight
Considerable coal oil and powder were stored
in the building.
|. A SPECIAL from Youngstown, Ohio, says:
Officer William Freed is dying, and Officer
Jacob Peterie will probably lose his left arm,
as result of a fight after midnight with a
gang of burglars
A FERNANDINA, FLA, special says: Deputy
Sheriff Joe Robinson, of Nassau county, was
shot and almost instantly killed by negro
desperate known as Harmon Lang, who was
resisting arrest.
AT Clinton, Tenn, a fatal ARRAY occurred
Jack Ship, under the influence of intoxicants,
resisted arrest and fired upon two policemen
who in turn fired ten shots at him, three of
which took effect He will die
JOHN G. KAUFMAN, dry go DDS merchant
at Portsmouth, Va. shot himself with pis-
tol, dying instantly He was man of means,
but had been in a state of deep melancholy
for some months and his mind has been de-
ranged.
A PHILADELPHIA dispatch says: Three
lives were lost by the upsetting OF sailboat
on the Schuylkill river off Gibson's Point, in
the lower section of the city. The victims
were Mrs. Susan Pascoe, aged tNenty-four
years, and her infant son, Christopher, of
17a2 Ward street, and Miss Mary Cary, aged
thirty-two, of 1414 Tasker street.. Their
were also in the party Fred Tidman, Samuel
Pettz, Robert Chamberlain and Mrs. Mary
Jones, the twin sister of Mrs. .Pascoe, and her
tive-year-old son, Willie.
John M. Turner, recently candidate for
Governor of Michigan, has failed at Lansing,
Michigan.
In the Florida Legislature, on the seventy
third ballot of the Senatorial contest Cali got
81, May A and Bloxham votes
Great forest fires still rage throughout
Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Many small towns in Michigan have been
burned.
An Ashtabula, Ohio, dispatch says: All
business at the harbor is at complete stand.
still on account Of strike of the coal and
ore handlers Nearly 1000 men men are out
A few. have attempted to work, but have
been prevented by the strikers.
A Huntington, Pa, dispatch says: Over
1000 acres Of timber lands are aflame within
radius of five miles of this place, and in
distant parts Of the county woodlands are
being swept away to an alarming extent.
Mountain fires are beyond all control and can
only be distinguished by rainfall.
| In footing up the direct tax accounts of the
State of North Carolina the agent represent
ing the State, Mr.. DeRost, has discovered
errors amounting to $4,000 in favor of that
State. This discrepancy, if sustained will
have to be reported to Congress and an addi-
doaal appropriation will have to be made to
cover it. DsRost has almost completed his
work. III
"A Chicago dispatch says: Hon. Theo. M.
Waller, of Connecticut, first vice president
of the National Columbia Commission, was
to-day declared the choice of the director
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general and foreign affairs committee, to be
chief of the department Of foreign affairs
His headquarters will be in London, and he
will have branch bureaus in Paris, Vienna
and other large cities
Congressman Lewis, of Noxubee county
Miss. is candidate for United States Sena
tor.
The eighty sixth BALLOT of the Florida Sen
atorial contest resulted: Call 81, Mays Al and
Bloxham 9
The schooner Kate Foster, from Sand Riv-
er, Nova Scotia to Newport News, was
wrecked and sunk, but her crew was saved
by the Dorchester.
at Lewiston, Maine, the directors of the
Shoe and Leather National Bank made re-
port showing the condition of affairs on the
retirement of ex-eashier Percival. The de-
falcation is S1sO7I5.
A Tallahassee, Fla, dispatch says: Mr.
Clark of Polk, introduced in the House and
passed resolution expelling from the House
a correspondent of the Pensacola News for
ungentlemanly conduct on the floor. The
Pensacola News is an outspoken anti Call
paper, and its correspondent, in giving ac-
count OF the fight last Thursday between
Clark and Senator Kirk, reflected severely
on the former.
THE BURGLARS VICTIMS.