Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-05-11

Current Events Of General Interest
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U0t have been filed.
Ihc Automatic Telephone and Fec.
trio Company, Of Canada, incopor-
ated by the Dominion Parliament last
month proposes to run copper me-
talic trunk line direct from Halifax to
Vancouver, over 8 500 miles long.
The largest and most powerful tar-
bette 50 far made for the new navy
has Just been completed at the Bclhle-
hem Ordnance Works. 1t il the aft
Darbettc of the battle ship, Maine, and
has been shipped to the Brooklyn navy
yard, where the Maine is in process Of
construction.
A trestle on the Baltimore & Ohio
side tracks at the Carnegie blast fur
naces at Braddock, Pa, fell Saturday
afternoon, injnring IA laborers who
were at work underneath. Two Of
the men received wonus from which
they cannot recover. All the injured
arc Slavs.
The Boston to Chicago relay race
ended Friday morning, when Bliss and
Van Sicklen reached Chicago at 8:45
O'Clock, with tho message from Gov.
Russell, of Massachusetts. The ionr.
ney was completed in little less than
1S2 hours, or nearly 20 hours behind
the schedule tine. The de ny was due
to bad roa s.
The miners federation, represent
ing the majority of the miners, and
the seamen's and firemen's union, rep-
resenting the union men in Great
Britain engaged in those occupations,
have affiliated and will hereafter assist
each other in upholding the interests
OF their respective trades.
The exports, exclusive of specie,
from the port of New York for the
week, were Sl5,372, 28O including
1851 ,0S8 dry goods and $I2, 1851, l92
general merchandise. The total i'm
ports last week were $40, 235, 1898. The
increase this week is due 10 heavy re.
ceipts of coffee and India rubber.
The lower house of the Prussian
Diet has rejected the government bill
regulating the elementary schools by
the combiucd vote Of the Conservative
and the Center parties, the ground Of
the opposition being that the measure
did not meet the demand for general
reform Of the school system.
At Tonawada, N. ", the locked out
lumber showers are becoming angry at
the Importation of Poles from Buffalo
to take hoes. Tie first hostile
mover made Saturday when
nulnbcls dlIion men chased q num-
3erof Poles threatening them with
violence: Further trouble is ex-
spected
! AT Grand Rapids, Mich, Jse I'd
Grove charged the jury to acquit l..,,i
board of election inspectors Of an
charges arising from their action in
throwing out the votes OF the Soldiers
liome veterans ut the recent election. 4
A verdict was rendered. The board
set up that the soldiers had no consti.
tutional right to vote.
E. w. Robinson, Of Columbia, &C..
who purchased $250,O0O worth Of
state bonds, has brought action in the
supreme court to test the validity of
the issue. The point is raised that
the new Issue creates new debt,
which could not be contracted with
out a vote of the People. The decis- 4
ion will involve SO $1,000 worth OF
bonds.
Licut. Robert K. Peary has left for
St. Johns, N. r., to complete his ar
for the vessel to take the
party to Melville Bay. Tho
party will be composed of ten, seven
of whom have already been chosen
and the route will be the same As that
followed by way of New Foundland,
Baffin's Bay and Whale Island.
The statement Of The Kansas State
board Of agriculture issued shows that
crop conditions during the month
were very unfavorable, causing the
loss Of As per cent. of the entire acre
age sown in wheat. The CO ndition Of
The balance is only 90 per cent. Of
crop. Counting the area lost, the
g 1ition is only So per cent.
WIG carrying trade on the lakes is in
SOD way, and unless something un-
ected develops soon, the larger
i of the fleets will be compelled to
mp at their docks. From tho out
ee2'this spring business has gone from
80 to worse. The rate on grain to
{alo dropped from So cents q
ut ,el tdi cent, going of notch by
owen.
Baltimore. Nd, q at meeting OF
Fai rssckholders OF the Davis Coal aud
"a ~ oampany, the stock was in
ed % %, 900. 900 for the purpose
= sortlng the several coal and coke
ae spanies now being operated on tbs
sh w Of 1.-THE West Virginia Central
tree cray; controlled by ex-senator II. q
ntitlsavis, ex-Secretary Of War s. b
9 .hir aud othcrs.
,lbum. tcvenne Of The Dominion Of
nbers. for tile month Of April
led 70 $l.12O, 095. For the 10