The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-05-30
CURRENT TOPICS.


sn@~ @M imperial decree had
oeen issued recalling from Formosa
the governor and all OF the other Chi
nese officials. civil and military.
ON the night Of the 10Th, in the re-
vlval meeting conducted by Evangelist
chapman and Bill Horn at Ottumwa.
la-' w. H. Miller was among the frst
TO profess conversion. On the Goth he
fell dead ON the street from broken
blood vessel.
ADvIcEs from western Michigan say
that all fruit and vegetables that sur
vived the previous frosts were ruined
by that Of the night of the Goth.
j. b KoETTNe, ex-cashier OF the
South Side savings bank OF Milwaukee,
which suspended in 1898 with 81. 800
600 deposits, and which will not pay
twenty cents on the dollar, changed
his plea Of not guilty. on the 2lst, TO
guilty Of receiving deposits in an in
solvent bank, and was sentenced 70
i've years in states prison.
By an explosion Of nitro-glycerine.
on the 21st, the California powder
works at Pinola, Cal, were destroyed
at loss of $3.50, 900, and five white
men and nine Cinnamon were killed
and a number injured.
An explosion occurred at the Monon-
gah mine, 80 miles south of Morgan
town. w. Va. on the 21st, in which
four persons were killed and several
injured. The remainder OF the 132
men at work got out in safety.
FRANZ WOW SUPPE, the famous COM
poser, died in Vienna on the 2lst
THE Schroeder Commission Co, car
rying on a buc<et-shop business in the
Exchange building at Kansas City. No.
failed on the evening Of the 21st. with
liabilities placed at s1S5.O 900. There
are no visible assets. The firm was on
the wrong side Of the wheat market
and was caught short
THE Michigan senate. on the 21st, by
a vote of is to IL, passed the bill TO re-
store capital punishment in certain
cases in that state.
REPRESENTATIVE COeswELI- Of Mas
sachusetts. who had been i'll at Wash
ington for three weeks. died at I o'clock
on the morning Of the 22d. He suf-
fered from a complication Of diseases,
and his death had been expected for
some time.
GEORGE III. HOsMER. the wel-knOwn
oarsman, was reported. on the 22d. TO
be in critical condition at the city
hospital in Boston A few days before
he accidentally swallowed some small
splinters Of broken glass while drink
ing. and the physicians did not expect
him 10 live. as internal bleeding had
set in.
The Vivant hotel, opera house block
and several other buildings in Anti
20, Wis, were destroyed by fire early
on the morning Of the 22d. The
guests Of the hotel were compelled to
Jump from windows TO escape the
flames and several were severely
bruised; loss, 100000
THE crew Of the German steamer
Virginia. lying in the harbor Of Copen-
hagen, mutined, on the 22d, ,whereupon
the captain drew his revolver and shot
several Of them. one or two seriously.
This uuelled the mutiny. and the
wounded men. together with the others
concerned in the revolt. were placed
under arrest
A DISPATCH from London, on the
cd. stated that Cen Booth. Of the
Salvation army. was seriously III in
that city.
OK the 2ed the Pittsburgh CPa-) jury
in the case OF Pitcher Baldwin against
Chris Won der Abe. manager Of the ST.
Louis Browns, for false Imprisonment,
gave Baldwin s., 500 damages
GES. :. s. HIsKLE. prominent law
yer Of Washington city. and adjutant
general Of Ohio during the war. died
in Washington very suddenly on the
21st
THE statement was current in Wash
ington, on the 23d, that on the assem-
bling Of the next congress Representa-
tive Boutelle will offer a. resolution to
strike from the records OF the navy de-
partment President Cleveland's cen
sure OF Admiral Meade, because it II
without precedent to censure an ON
Ger untried by.eourt-martial for an al
legged offense-
THE trial OF Capt H. w. Howgate,
upon the remaining indictments charg-
inc him with false certihcation OF his
current accounts as disbursing officer
Of the signal service, and with forg-
iny "A voucher for s.. .O00 in favor OF the
American Union Telegraph Co, was,
ON the Esd. set for June 8 T
A DISPATCH from Shanghai, on the
asd. said that it was rumored that
China will repudiate her obligation 20
raw additional indemnity to Japan Ia
eonsideration Of the latter's abandon
ment or Llao-Tung.
OK the esd the duke Of Westminster
;rtrodueed 10 Lord Rosebery, British
premier, a deputati0n favoring british
interference in Armenia The inter
view was private at the desire or sne
Tur bill of MIR. Waite, Of Menomi-
- making IL unlawful to treat 60
snfrituous LIQUORS in any saloon or Par
~oom nassed the Michigan house ON
thp qsd: Yeas, US; nays, A.
A RrPoRr from St Petersburg: on
che asd. stated that Germany n@1
~aisaa slight obstacles against the ee-
r,and n Russia and France that "a
ran shall furnish guarantees Tor sns
security OF European commerce IN y or'
mosn and the Pescadores
RrconDER OwsLEx and ninery-nve
cthers were indicted in Kansas city,
Mo on the 23d. for election frauds
How. HuGH MQCuLLocHs formerly
.e..~etarv Of the treasury, died at NIL
llr,n near Washington, shortly before
ga M. of the 2fth. With nm we ~
the end came were his two sons " Y, ,A n'.r I
lied daughter and grandson Dea1s
- III - --.n-..uAnnl Mr. McLMAlQ@k