The Greenville times., 1894-06-02
NEWS IN GENERAL.
A BRIEE SUMMARY OF TMPOR-
TAST HAPPENINGS
Showing What is Going On In Our
Own and Foreign Lands.


Serious riots. caused by the striking
miners, have occurred at Centralia,
Odin and La Sale, Ohio.
A successful operation for the re
moval OF a cataract from one of Mr.
Gladstone's eyes was performed Thurs
day. Mr.. Gladstone stood the opera
tion without anaestheties, and is nov
doing well.
Craven { Craven, worsted spinners
OF Bradford. England, have failed, La
bilities amounting to f200, 900; assets
unknown. Several other large failures
are expected, as the trade OF the town
has been half ruined by the Mckinley
law and the delay in arranging new
American tariff.
One miner was killed and several
wounded before dawn Saturday morn.
ing in an attack made by miners upon
train containing deputy sheriffs at
Cripple Greek, Col. The miners fired
from behind boulders and the depu-
ties from the coach windows, giving
battle in earnest.
Valentine Blatz, president of the
Blatz Brewing Company, at Milwau-
kee, is dead. He was one Of Alilwau-
KEGS Oldest and most successful brew
ers. He established the brewery which
bears his name in 1851, with a capital
OF only $500. Mr.. Blatz's wealth is
estimated at Sl5, 900, 900.
A suit for one million dollars dam
ages has been begun in the United
States circuit court at Chicago by the
French republic against the Worlds
Columbian exposition. The litigation
grows out of the French governments
claim for damages to exhibits of French
subjects injured during the manuiac-
turers' building fire.
The California populist state con-
yention nominated the following tick
ct; Governor, ]. V. Webster, of San
Luis Obispo; secretary of state, NJ.
McGlynn, San Francisco; commissions
er, John y. Dore, Fresno; treasurer,
T. N. Barton, Placer county; attorney
general. Louis Tuchele, Los Angeles; |;
superintendent of public instruction,
W. A. Richardson, San Francisco.
Heavy storms we're reported Sun
day from many points along the south
OF England coast Much wreckage
has gone ashore at Broad Stairs and
Ilfracombe. The camp of the East
Kent militia regiment at Shorn Cliffs
has been flooded. The tents were
blown away and the bedding and
clothing were drifting about in some
eighteen inches OF water. The grain
crops and fruits further inland have
been greatly damaged.
A great drought in the far western
part OF Nebraska is reported. The
farmers have been unable to raise
crop or obtain water for stock. As n
consequence hundreds of fatms in
Lincoln and adjoining counties are
being deserted by their tenants, who
are moving eastward in wagons. No
rain has fallen in weeks, and all vege-
tation is parched. Other portions Of
the state fare very much better, but
in many places the small grsin is
failure.
A party Of rainmakers from some
point in the north have been operating
in the usually arid region about 100
miles west of San Antonio, Texas,
near Brackett, for the past two weeks,
and have thoroughly convinced the
people of that section that their scheme
is grand success. Heavy rains have
fallen in that immediate locality dur
ing the past few days, the total fall
having been greater than for several
years. The process consists OF firing
some kind of chemicals into the air.
On account Of the scarcity of coal
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
railroad made an experiment of trying
to run the locomotive of the fast mail
train from Chicago with coal oil. The
oil exploded at Kewanee, scattering
the burning fluid over the engineer
and fireman. 1t is thought the engin.
eer is so badly burned that he cannot
recover. The fireman was also badly
burned about the face, neck and
breast.
The Edgar Thompson steel works at
Braddock, Pa, have closed down in
all departments but one, and that will
likely close in few days. The cause
is lack of iron and coke. The scarcity
of iron results from the shut down Of
so many furnaces. The blowing out
of so many furnaces and the conse-
quent scarcity of iron inay cause shut
down of the Carnegie plants at Du-
quesne, Pittsburg and Beaver Falls.
throwing over 20, 900 men in all out OF
employment. Over $500 are now
idle