The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Political and Industrial.

Political and Industrial.
| A dispatch to the Secretary Of State from the
| United States Minister to Mexico announces
| tho exemption from duties Of maize in grain or
in meal, and beans imported through the
Mexican maritime and frontier customh ouses,
during July and August, $500. p. Hunt
| ington and Jay Gould have received let
| ter from President Diaz, of Mexico, declin-
| ing to sell them the Tehuantepec Govern
ment Railroad. 1t is said Ss,000,000 was Of
fered for the road. The line is about two
thirds completed The part finished extends
from Minatitlan, on the Gulf of Mexico
across Tehnantepec Isthmus to Boca del
Norte This will shorten the distance be-
| tween San Francisco and New York, 1,152
miles over the Panama routes-The sundry
civil appropriation bill reported to the Senate
from committee carries items aggregating
S36 1917 1913, increase of ST., 81, SI6 over the
House bill. Included in this increase Is an
appropriation of So, 100000 in aid of the Worlds
Fair. on condition of Sunday closing of the Gov
eminent exhibits.--4A charter granted
at the State Department last week to the Gen.
trail Railroad of Pennsylvania, capital 100000,
the line of which will run from point of
junction with the Middletown & Hummes-
town Railroad in MiddletOwn, to point in
the Borough of Steeton, six miles.
Crimes and Casualties.
Rains in the South have caused washouts on
railroads and rivers to overflow their banks.
In Mississippi a repetition of the April floods
is feared. General aud persistent rains are re-
ported throughout north Louisiana and the
Yazoo Mississippi Delta with great injury to
crops The 90-foot bridge across the Okitibecha
Creek on the Alabama & Vicksburg Railroad,
five miles from Meridian. was swept away by
the freshet. together with several miles of
track. Walle Conners the noted New York
bank sneak thief was sentenced by Judge
Reeder, in Easton, Pa, to three years and nine
months imprisonment in the Northampton
County Prison for stealing $4,000 from the
vault of the Easton Bank. He was arrested at
Cynthiana, Ky.-Wm. Tyler President of
the Yincennes (Ind.) National Bank, shot and
killed himself last week. He had arisen at
the usual hour, eaten break fast, gone to
the postoffice and secured his mail. and then
to the livery stable, where he ordered
horse and buggy and drove out to the city
cemetery. While seated on the grave of his
daughter lie shot himself through the heart
with a revover.-Hugh Kelly, engineer of
the second section; Robert NJ. Brown, lagman
Of the first section, and II. S. Hayes, operator
at Steelton, Pa. all of whom arc charged by the
Coroner with responsibility for the Western
Express wreck, waived hearing in Harrisburg
last week and gave bail for trial in September.
General.
Archbishop Ireland, OF st. Paul, arrived in
new dtler u lOuS absence aDFoaQ. he
would not be interviewed about his business i'm
Rome with the Holy See nor would lie talk
about the Parocha School or the Saltwater
question. He denied the report to the effect
that he was to be made Cardinal.-The
steamer Fuerst Bismarck, of the Hamburg
American Line, which left New York June 30
crossing the bar at 11:56 a. m, reached South
ampton July z, passing the Needles at 4:55 a.
H., making her actual time across the Atlantic
six days, II hours, SO minutes. Her best West
ward trip Of six days. IL hours Al minutes
made in May last. stands unequaled. The
southampton route is about 800 miles longer
than that to Queenstown.--Last week
Catholic Sioux Congress opened at the Chey-
enne Agency, S. D.; 5000 Sioux Indians at
tended. Primarily the Congress was convoked
by Bishop Marty to dedicate the new church
and mission. house erected there by Miss
Drexel, of Philadelphia, and incidentally to
celebrate the renewal of cordial relations be-
tween the Romish Church and the Indian Blu
reau.
Foreign.
Isaac Cook & Sons. prominent cotton brokers'
of Liverpool, last week suspended payment
owing to mon. receipt of money due" syndi-
cate has been formed to take over their whole
interest in 10000 bales of cotton at the struck
price. This cotton will be unloaded at the rate
of z, 500 bales daily until their interest is lqui-
dated. The Liabilities are reported to amount
to f750,000.--A petition signed by members
of the Cabinet, judges of the Supreme Court
and high Army officials, is said to have been
forwarded by the State Department to the Brit
ish Government praying for the release Of Mrs.
Maybrick, now in an English prison for poison
ing her husband.-King Malietoa, of Samoa,
has appointed Thomas Maben Secretary of
State. Up to this time Baron Won Pilsach in
his connection with the Samoan Government
has occupied various positions including those
of Adviser to the King, Treasurer, and Presi.
dent of the Municipal Council. The appoint
ment has given rise to speculation as to the
future policy of the Government in regard to
the creating of the Ministry on recognized
lines. trial OF the persons charged with
being engaged in conspiracy to assassnate
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria and number of
high Government officials is going on at Sofa.
Pincoff, of the prisoners, has testified that
his accomplice, Milarof, described to him the
plan to kill NJ Stambulof, the Prime Minister,
and his family, and stlior notables and then to
assassinate Prince Ferdinand. The plotters
also stated that Russia gave them Is 900 roubles
to execute the plot.-4-The most disastrous fire
in the history of St. Johns, ~ F., broke out
July 8 during heavy gale. The Masonic |
Temple; Methodist College; Cover Street
Methodist Church; the majestic English and
Roman Catholic Cathedrals, built at q cost of |
over 100000; the Orange Hall; the palace of |
Bishop Jones; the Christian Brothers School;
the Presentation Convent; the Supreme Court |
building; Government Savings Bank; Presby- |
terrain Church everything in the pathway of |
the flames was consumed. The whole center of |
the city was one mass Of ruins About 5000 |
persons are homeless, and 600 buildings were
burned.