Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-06-01
GENERAL NEWS.
Cnrrcnt Events OF General Interest
Epitomized and Grouped

Earthquakes continue to shake At
tica, Greece. III Thcbes and the vii
lagos near by hardly house has been
left uniujured.
At New York Louis Herascheim, i'm.
porter Of iron and steel, has made an
assignment. Mr.. Heraschiem has had
business citations with the Ives, Blaks-
lee & Williams Company, which failed
on Tuesday.
| AT Dcs Moines, Ia, Judge Wood.
son, IN tho Federal Court, has sent
cnccd Prof, II. A. Vanngelbaok for
using the mails to sell fraudu lent
diplomas. Tho penalty imposed was
ono year in Jail and a fine of $500.
Robert T. Lincoln, ex-minister to
Great Britain, was at tho State De-
partment Friday. He had Hong talk
with Secretary Gresham, and they
afterward went to the White House.
where Mr.. Lincoln had an interview
with the President.
A dispatch from Shanghai says the
departure for Washington OF Yam
Isen, tho new Chinese minister of the
United States, has been deferred,
pending the Washington govern
menps reply to China's questions con-
corning the Geary act.
Surgeon General Wyman, of the
marine hospital service, received ca
bic dispatch from Surgeon Irwin, who
IS stationed at Marseilles, announcing
that cholera has appeared at Mines
and Cetto, in Southern France These
places are situated within rs or 100
miles of Marseilles. Cette is directly
on the coast.
| Secretary Gresham has received Of
| ficial notice Of the purpose of the Ital-
ian government to raise its diplomatic
representative at Washington to the
grade of an embassy. 1t lie presumed
that the present Italian minister, Baron
Fava, will succeed to the new office.
| Our minister to Italy will now be an
ambassador.
| Az Rocklin, CAL, Thursday, fire
stated in the kitchen Of the Davis no.
tel. The flames spread rapidly, des-
troying 20 buildings, two-thirds of
tho business section of the town. The
total loss is $75, 900; insurance one
third. Alice Irish, working at the no.
tel, was burned to death.
A serious accident occurred Thurs.
day while the British war vessel Mer.
sey, anchored at Harwich, on the east
coast of England, was firing salute
In honor Of the 74th birthday OF
Queen Victoria. The breech of the
canon was blown off by the discharge,
one person being killed and several
injured.
AT Duluth, Mimi, the Minnesota
Blast Furnace Company, composed Of
Chicago people, with Charles Himrod
at the helm, assigned Thursday to w.
II. Il. Stowell, president Of the Du.
luth Iron and Steel Company, from
whom the blast furnace company
leased the furnace plant at Duluth nine
days ago.
At Chicago, fire broke out Thurs
day morning in the stable sheds in
Garfield Park. The noted resort i:
being used by band of Arabs III
giving performances somewhat similar
to those of the Wild West shows
The men all escaped, but three camels,
seven blooded Arabian horses and 500
feet OF sheds were consumed.
Reports received at the Treasury
Department indicate larger registra-
ton of Chinese than at first antici-
pated. So far, reports from 40 ont Of
6S internal revenue districts Of the
United States show that 1873 Chi.
nese have registered. The latest re.
turns from the Pacific coast show:
First California 1922, fourth Califor-
MIA 1858, Oregon 1,015.
The duty of guarding the govern,
ment exhibits at the Worlds Fair will
not fall entirely upon the marines. An
order has been issued at the War Dc.
partment ordering companies c and
Of the Third Infantry from Fort Smell.
ing, Mimi, to Chicago, for guard
duty at the fair. The troops are nm
der command Of Captains Cook and
Roe.
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At Pittsburg, Pa. Csi. w. d.
Moore, representing Che plaintiffs in a
suit Of number Of Johnstown PEG.
pie against the South Fork Hunting
aud Fishing Club for damages to per-
s0ns and property by the YOUNGSTOWN
food, win ask the Supreme Court
shortly for mandamus OH Judge
Rayburn to compel him to set the time
for the trial Of the case.
The "Exposition Flyer" the fast
train of the New York Central and
Hudson River railroad, especially con-
structed for the tirst-class passenger
traffic between New York and Chi.
cago, made preliminary run Friday
morning preparatory to the regular
trips. Tho train made the run from
New York to Poughkeepsie in l hour
and II minutes, nearly mile . min
ute.
Secretary Herbert has given his ap,