The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-04-25
Condensed NEWS.

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'ackage OF dynamite through the
nails. There is no clew to the sender.
Newport is all a-hutter over report
hat the dear Prince of Wales is COM
ng over to attend the cup races this
summer.
Cuban rebels have adopted the pol
icy of putting to the sword all former
Spanish soldiers within reach of the
rebel armies.
Proceedings were begun Friday in |
the United States court 10 test the
constitutionality OF South Caroina's
laws.
There were 241 failures in the United
States during the past seven days
There were 2l9 during the correspond
ing week OF last year.
Fizsimmons is at last ready with the
rest of his money and his fight with
Corbettis considered as certain as any
thing can be in pugIlistic matters.
The business portion of Ardmore, !.
T., was destroyed by fire. About $50
houses were burned, and the loss is
estimated at half million dollars.
The Chickasaw Indians are in a state
OF revolt against Gov. Moseley. Sew.
eral have been killed in fight at Tish-
oming, and white people are fleeing.
The presence of ex Congressman
Bynum, OF Indiana, in Washington
has started a rumor that he may oe
appointed assistant comptroller of the
treasury.
A report to the London Times from
Peking says it is understood there that
China has not acceded to to Jspan's
demands for opening Chinere ports
to foreign trade.
Bill Jeralds, Pike county outlaw,
waylaid Aaron Hamilton in Buchanan
county, W. Va, for the purpose OF
robhing him, but vas himself shot and
fatally wounded.
DIR. John S. Billings read q paper
before the National Academy o.
Science at Washington, in which he
attacked the general opinion that the
air exhaled from human lungs con
tains disease germs
Japan did not seek benefits to itsel
alone in fixing the terms OF peace will
China. Certain odious taxes OF
foreigners are to be abolished and |
uniform standard tael is to be adopted
for the Chinese currency.
A New York police Justice has decid
ed that woman cl-j o l. in a Goa
| of grease and bronze powder is less OF
tensive to New York modeSty than
woman in tights and dismissed tn
r people arrested for the bronze ststu
, exhibitions at New York theater.
r Bradstreet's weekly review show
that the volume OF general trade ha
maintained the proportions of th
: previous week and at some point
q shows note worthy increases as con
!. pared with last year. The feature
o the week was the remarkable increae
OF business in all speculative market
without, however, any greater deman
:. for consumption.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Con
pany has sued the city of Chicago K
J SAG ,Q10 for damages Sustained durin
3 tie strike last July. OF the amour
claimed only $160l0 is Tor Gctual loi
0 OF property-a sum very insignifical
:, when compared with the big estimate
Of loss made while the strike was
progress
Viceroy Ii Hung Chang has Il
/ Japan for Peking. The treaty peat
l. will be ratified in about three weel
land the armistice has been extended
! May 8. The exact terms of the treat
are closely guarded and some excit
ment has been caused among the be
; licose Japanese by rumor that Il
! Japanese ENJOYS had abated their
mands.
y The gold and silver bullion left
the Carson City mint by the thiev
who have been robbing it viii be I
e moved to San Francisco. This IS
> lieved to be the first step toward IL
abandonment of this historic mir
Its removal will mark the disappea
: ance Of alAaQst the last rem aim
evidence of the early boom days
d Nevada.
. Attorney General 0lney has iniorl
+ ed the supreme court that il a rehea
n ing be granted in the income tax cas-
e the government wishes it to cover
a the legal and constitutional question
= involved. Justice Jackson has Motif,
= the chief justice that il rehearing
ordersd during the nresent term