Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-09
LIGHTNING FLASHES.
INTERESTING SPARKS FROM
EVERYWHERE.

SBOt.
The whisky trust people are de.
termined TO test the constitutionality of
the antitrust law.
On Wednesday the one hundredth
anniversary of The admission of Ken
lucky into the union was celebrated.
Wednesday riot occurred between
Parnellites and McCarthyites in
County Leath. Seven were badly in.
jured.
The New Hampshire prohibitionists
denounce all officers as criminals who
fail to enforce the prohibition law.
Near Lancaster, Ky, Wednesday,
James Moore killed his brother, Dan
iel Moore, in a quarrel about family
affairs.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, the sixth small
pox case of the season was taken to
the hospital Wednesday. There is
some alarm felt.
The leaders of both sides of the
house have decided not to take up any
tariff measures until after the national
convention.
A mad dog created panic Wednes-
day night in the Fifth Avenue hotel,
New York. He was killed before
anyone was bitten.
The Catholic clergy of Baltimore
has made arrangements to participate
in the four hundredth anniversary of
the landing of Columbus.
The Worlds fair committee have
decided to invite all yacht clubs to
be represented at the fair, and for
as many as possible to attend in their
boats.
In his speech at the opening of con.
gress at Santiago, Saturday, President
Montt expressed regret at the exist
ance at one time of circumstances
which threatened to rupture the
friendly relation between the United
States and Chill.
In London, Saturday, Justice North
made perpetual the temporary iniunc.
ton against the st. James Gazette in
regard to publishing Rudyard Kipling's
articles, holding that the London
Times had the copyright upon them.
AT Worcester, Mass. the prohibi-
tionists met in convention Thursday.
The platform contains the usual de-
nunciation of the liquor traffic. A
full Sfafa ti.l- of xuoC pon,aI baoIal a.,
Wolcott Hamlin, of Amherst, for gov
ernor. Delegates to the national
convention and presidential electors
were chosen.
The steamers Britain and Progress,
both of Cleveland, collided at the
mouth of the Detroit river, between
Grassy and Fighting islands, at 1926
O'Clock Thursday morning. The Prog
ress sunk Immediately, but the Britain
was comparatively uninjured. All of
the crew of the sunken steamer were
taken off in safety.
The Minnesota Prohibitionists met
at Minneapolis Thursday and nominal
ted state ticket, national delegates
and presidential electors. The plat
form demands the repeal of all license
laws, the enforcement of absolute
prohi bition, woman suffrage, election
of the president and senator's by d.
rect vote, bi-metallic standard and
a graduated income tax and referen-
dun system.
At Salt Lake, in the territorial
court, decision was rendered that
legally settles that the Gentle wing
of the democratic party is the only
organization of the party in Utah.
The court, in its decision, says that
the Gentle committee regularly ap-
pointed of Mormons and Gentiles was
an illegal one.
At o'clock Thursday morning an
explosion of chemicals occurred in
the mixing department of the Pitts
burg Plate Glass company at Creighan
station. The building burned rapidly,
and within an hour the entire plant
was almost entirely destroyed. The loss
is estimated at from 5000 to 500
600, with an insurance of $19, 900.
One thousand men will be thrown out
of employment.
AT New York, at meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce the committee
on finance and currency reported reso-
lutions in reference to the proposed
International conference on the silver
question. The resolutions expressed
the conviction that every effort shoald
be made by the government to bring
about an international agreement and
until such agreement is made, silver
purchases should be discontinued.
In the Brisish house of commons
Thursday Mr.. William Mather asked
whether the government had reason
to believe that the commercial treaty
with Spain, securing continuance Of
the most favored nation treatment for
British goods exported to Cuba, would
be renewed, as the United States had
already secured the advantage of the
most favored nation treatment. The
parliamentary secretary of the foreign
office replied that Spain was not will
ing to grant the most favored nation
treatment to British goods or to pro-
long the existing conveniences.
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