The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-05-21
JOINS HENRT sntfn, formerly minister

ions HENRY SAttif, formerly minister
TO Liberia, and Mr. Dulles, of Arkansas,
two colored men, were heard recently
by the house committee on appropria-
tions in favor Of proposition advanced
that the congress appropriate 500, 900
for an exhibit at the worlds fair illus
trative of the products Of the colored
race from tsBs to 1893.
Two more attempts to blow up
government buildings in Caracas,
Venezuela, with dynamite bombs have
taken place, The federal palace was
one Of the edthces they sought to
wreck. No damage was done.
Gov. FLOWER, of New York, has
vetoed the bill appropfiatinR e54O, 600
for improving and increasing the lock-
age and capacity of the state canals
The confederate soldiers home at
the Hermitage near Nashville, Tenn,
has been formally opened The main
building of the institution Is now
completed and It will provide home
for 1876 disabled veterans. 1t is sur
rounded by nearly 125 acres once owned
by Andrew jackson, all of which the
state has given to the trustee of the in
stitution for twenty-five years.
The dry goods importers of Havana,
Cuba, have passed a resolution that all
their sales will be made on gold basis
only and that they will refuse to accept
silver, which, owing to the heavy inn
portation from Spain, is already quoted
at from a. to per cent. discount
against gold in any quantity above IS.
PAYTAsTER Fox, of the Solvay Pro-
cess Co., of Syracuse, N. Y, was way
laid and robbed of about $4,000 by
masked men. The robbery took place
near the town of Geddes, where the
paymaster was driving to the qnarries
of the company to pay off the work
men. The robbery was committed by
two masked men who were armed Fox
was unarmed and unable to render any
resistance.
THE national boiler makers conven-
tion declared in favor of opening the
worlds fair on Sundays
The National Brotherhood of Boiler
makers, recently in session at Columbus,
o., adjourned to meet in May, 1898, in
Topeka. The officers elected are: Grand
president, J. ]. Mccarthy, Indianapolis;
first vice grand, Lee johnson, Topeka;
second vice grand, R. b. Allen, Poca-
tello, Idaho; third vice grand, j. F..
Madden, Charleston, S. c.; financial
secretary and treasurer, Raymond Gar
cia, Atlanta, Ga.
JUDGE NELSON, Of the United States
district court at Boston, Mass, has
ouosbad kl,o ;r5sok~.o,,t R.,,,,J a
the whisky trust officials, Joseph b.
Greenhut and others. This is the first
Indictment found by the district court
grand jury that the court passed upon.
EDWARD PARKER DEACON, who is
staying at a hotel near Cimiez, France,
appears to be unaffected by the fact
that his trial for shooting Abeill is near
at hand. NJ. Morin, procurator of the
republic, will lead the prosecution. The
acte d'accusation is long document,
covering the history of the married life
of the Deaeons. Mrs. Deacon has signed
dispositions and quilted France and will
not appear as witness.
ELIJAH CHEvERs was hanged the
other day in Ware county, Ca, for the
murder of Sheriff Culpepper, who was
attempting his arrest, Coleman Will
son, who murdered w. +. Atkins, a
well known white man in McDuffy
county, Ga, was also hanged the same
day. Both men were negroes.
The penitentiary at Little Rock, Ark,
was forcibly entered the other night,
and Henry James, a mulatto, 90 years
of age, taken therefrong and riddled
with bullets. James was charged with
having made an assault upon the five.
year-old adopted daughter of Mr.
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