Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-02-16
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items of Interest Gathered From Various
Quarters.

Quarters
A negro was lynched at Memphis.
Count de Lesseps is reported dying.
Eight quarymen were killed by fall
of stone in Vermont.
The nlckle steel Harveyized armor
plate stood a satisfactory test.
The Queens speech was approved by
the British House of Commons.
A disorderly parade of Republicans
in Madrid was dispersed by the police.
The Hawiian commissioners were of
iicially presented to President Harrison.
Lincoln's birthday was observed by
patriotic Americans all over the country
Six deaths from cholera occurred in
Marseilles, but no new cases were re-
ported.
A Moslem mob at Constantinople
burned the largest American mission in
Turkey.
The debate on Socialism in the Ger
man Reichstag has aroused great inter
est in that country.
Secretary Foster is undisturbed by
the outflow of gold, and says there is
plenty of it here yet.
An American physician at Berlin
says that choleraic wave will sweep
Europe this summer.
Eight of the Mammoth Atlantic liners
are due, and anxiously awaited, while
rough weather prevails.
Ice gorges in rivers, by which much
damage to property was done, were re-
ported from many parts of the country.
An alliance for the maintenance of
the Monroe Doctrine is reported to have
been made by the United States, France
and Russia.
The Pomeranian from Glasgow re-
turned to port reporting an encounter
with tremendous wave, which killed
and swept away II people.
A strike of Southern railroad employees
is feared.
The car coupler bill has passed the
National Senate.
An international cholera conference
will be held in Europe.
There were further earthquake sho cks
on the Island of Zante.
Eight more persons died of the chol-
eraic disease in Marseilles.
Fires at Nashville, Tenn, destroy
100000 worth of property.
Foraker says he is getting out of pol
itics as quickly as possible.
Great preparations are being made
for Cleveland's Inauguration.
1t is reported that arrangements are
completed tor the annexation of Ha waii.
A "greengoods' man was shot by
South Carolinian in a hotel in Pough-
kepsie.
Norvin Green, President of the West
ern Union Telegraph company died at
the age of 76.
Senator Sherman explained the object
of his bill authorizing the issue of
United States bond at 3 per cent.
The French Socialists and Boulangists
will hold meeting to protest against
the clearing of Bouvier, Grevy, Deves
and Renault.
Commander Chief WelSSert, q. A.
R., writes caustic letter on pension
legislation to Congressman O'Neil of
Massachusetts.
Gladstone made one of the greatest
speeches of his life, in introducing his
home rule measure.
Mrs. Thomas Ogden, an aged lady at
Alliance, o. fell in the CRATE and was
fatally burned.
In the Senate yesterday the Nicaragua
Canal board guarantee measure was
under consideration, but no conclusion
was reached.
Nothing except the passage of half
dozen private bills of no interest except |
to their trainers was transacted in the
House yesterday.
The sundry civil bill reported to the
Senate carries total appropriation of
SAC, ,35O,114, 1924, 161 more than when it
passed the House, Last year it appro-
priated $27, ,665,076.
In the executive session of the Senate
the nomination of Judge Jackson was
favorably reported, but objection to con-
firmation was made, and it went over
,,nt;l tha next secret session