Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-05-12
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At Berlin the head of the Hammer
stein banking house committed
suicide by shooting himself with re-
volver.
| Nj. Crantz, a member of the Cham.
Der of Deputies, has been appointed
French commissioner general of the
Worlds fair.
AT Knoxville, Tenn, the City Mi lis
Dlg elevator has been damaged by fire
to the amount of $35, 900; insurance
| $4,000.
| The peoples party of the Eighteenth
congressional district of Illinois has
nominated John Perriot, of Freeburg
for congress.
The lockout in the Lancashire cot
ton trade has been settled, both mas
tiers and workingmen having agreed to
resume operations,
AT Cornwall, Ont, owing to trouble
among the union weavers, the Stor-
mont mill has closed down, throwing
foo hands out of employment.
Comptroller Lacey, of the treasury
department, has been offered man.
agerial position by a Chicago bank.
lie has not accepted yet.
| The Massachusetts house of repre-.
sehtatlyes has passed bill providing
penalty of 800 for intimidatine
iaborers, either by employers or en-
ployes.
AT the First district, Maine, repub-
lican convention resolutions were
adopted indorsing the tariff law of
1890, and commencing the admins
tration of Blaine and Reed,
At Paris, Paul Hamonod, printer,
who was terribly injured in the explo.
sion at M. Very's restaurant, in the
boulevard Magenta, ON the night of
April 70, died at the hospital Friday.
The section hands employed by the
Wabash railroad, between Chicago
and 81. Louis, are on strike. The
men have been receiving 1925, and
now demand $3.50 day. The total
force reaches 200 men.
AT Cincinnati, at trifiing fire at
the standard wagon works, burning
chute fell upon four firemen. They
We're quickly extricated by their fellow
fremen. They were all badly burned,
and one, Engineer Leroy, may lose
his life.
Lane theological seminary, the d.
vinity school of the Presbyterian
church at Cincinnati, held its fifty-
sixth commencement Thursday. Nine
young theologians took their degrees.
SIX 81 OF whom have already been estab-
lished as pastors.
At Chicago, after three days ses-
sion, the national association of stone
manufacturers selected the following
officers and adjourned sine die: Presi-
dent. Jesse Orr; treasurer, E. M.
Peck, Rochester, N. Y; secretary, d.
Nj. Thomas, Chicago.
Prof. August Wilhelm Hoffman. the
distinguished German chemist. is dead.
he was a member of many societies.
including the Royal Society, of Lon.
don. He was member of the Insti-
tute of France, and an officer of the
French Legion of Honor.
In view of the adoption of the
modus viyendi by the authorities.
British Columbia sealers have passed
resolutions calling upon the minister
OF marine to see that vessels are duly
notified and not summarily dealt with
according to instructions given by
Secretary Tracy.
At Decatur. H., owing to strike.
800 men of various labor organiza.
tons are idle. The strike is due to
the refusal of certain firms to grant to
the representatives their demand of a
"a l-2 per cent hour rate, which went
into effect as the union standard
couple of days ago.
Mrs. Amelia Miller. of Chicago. who
some time ago mysteriously disap-
peared from her home, and whom
rumor subsequently charged with
infanticide. has returned and reported
to the police. She says she attempted
suicide, but was rescued from the
river into which she had thrown her.
self.
AT Ottawa, the strike of lumber
mill hands under an effort to gain
permission for them to quit work at
p. IN. on Saturdays has been sue
cessful. After the employees had
learned of their victory they held an
impromptu meeting for the purpose
OF returning thanks to their employ
ers.
The engagement of Count Herbert
Bismarck and the Countess Margaret
Hoyas is announced from Fieume,
The countess is the grand daughter of
Robert Whitehead, inventor Of the
Whitehead torpedo, and is said to be
wealthy. The marriage will take
place shortly in Fieume.
Wisconsin has broken ground at
jackson park, for the state headquar-
tiers at the worlds fair, which will be
one of the finest of the state build
ings. The structure is designed in
Villa pavilion style, and will cost