The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-28

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Fitzsimmons sailed for England
Tuesday,
The trial of Alonzo Walling for the
murder of Pearl Bryan began in New
port Tuesday.
Six stores were destroyed by fire at
Dallas, Tex, Monday night. Loss,
$3.50, 600 insurance, 800, 900.
A two-year-old girl was betrothey, to
q three-year-old boy by the parents of
the children at st. Croix, Ind.
The free silver democrats of Indiana
are after the scalp of Chairman Holt, of
the state executive committee, because
he is sound money man.
Michael Hickey was arraigned in the
criminal division of the circuit court of
Louisville, KY, charged with stealing
light from an electric wire.
The senate Monday passed the gem
eral deficiency appropriation bill after
the adoption of several amendments.
The bill carries about $40, 100000
Mckinley men at Washington are al
ready saying that the Ohio man will be
elected, and will call congress together
revise the tariff and enact financial
Legislation after April 4.
The troubles of the striking miners of
Sullivan county, Ind. appears to be in
danger of becoming as bad as in 1893,
when it was necessary to call out the
militia to preserve peace.
There is now but little doubt as to
the origin of the fire which recently
burned the big hotel at Montvale
Springs. TWAS incendiary and o sensa-
tional arrest is hourly expected
The house by vote Of 1866 to 90,
passed the bill for the repeal of the free
alcohol clause of the Wilson tariff law
The feature of the debate was q par
tisan harangue by Mr.. Dolliver.
The United States supreme court has
handed down q decision affirming the
validity of the sugar bounty law. Con-
troller Bowler is already taking steps to
comply with the decision and has ap-
proved several claims.
A band of regulators waited upon j.
Russell Maran near Greenup, KY, and,
after coating him with roofing paint,
pelted him with stale eggs. Stella
Rutledge, his companion, escaped by
climbing an apple tree.
Miss Batta Bracht, of Williamstown,
KY, student at the state college, at.
tempted to drown herself in a pond
She was saved from death by John
Messer, railroad man, who had OBJ
served her peculiar actions.
The Hon. Josiah Patterson addressed
large audience at Paris, KY, Monday
He made a master effort for SOUND
money, and was greeted with prolong
cd applause when he closed by referrins
to Secretary Carlisle as ''the standard
of democracy"
Christina Blechschmidt of Lexington
aged twenty-five years, was found deaC
in the road near Falmouth, KY, will
two bullet holes in her breast. Develop
ments indicate that she was murdered
and that it is o second Pearl Bryan
case in some particulars. A coroner
jury is investigating and it is rumoreC
that an arrest will be made.
The st. Louisville, Louis and Texas
Railway Company will be reorganize(
under the name of the Louisville, Hen
derson and st. Louis Railway Compa
ny, and new bonds, of the demon
= ination OF $500 each, will be ISSUED
to the amount of 50, 500,0 900. OF thes,
$500, 900 Will be used to extend themail
line of the road from West Point Il
Louisville.
Senator Lindsay's speech before tn
United States senate was strong de
tense of the financial policy of Presi
dent Cleveland and Mr.. Carlisle HI
reviewed at length the financial histor,
of the country and demonstrated tina
! the currency is not responsible for tn
business depression of the past few
] years. He spoke for three hours ant
, received marked attention.
Cairo, ILL.,, was visited by hurrican
and cloudburst Tuesday morning, il
which fourteen lives were lost. TIL
Wickliffe- Cairo ferry-boat was blow
: over while passengers and crew wer
: sheltered inside from the storm, an,
: fourteen persons were drowned, seven
including the captain and pilot, escap
ing by being blown into the river som
: distance away from the boat