The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10

against retention OF the Islands.
Russia has captured large num-
Der of Japanees spies at Port Ar
thur, China, and put them to death,
Mr. Jesse ]. Jones, formerly of
Sturgis, postmaster at MOrganfield,
KY, expired of heart trouble Mon
day.
Dispair owing TO poverty caused
Frank Rhoner, aged 6S, of Brook.
Ign, N. Y, to kill his wife and to
commit suicide.
japan is preparing to drive the
Russian troops from Corea, having
landed large detachments Of troops
for that purpose.
Mrs. Jennie BabcOck, widow of a
wealthy New York merchant, who
exhausted her means in giving to
the poor, is pauper.
The cutting of a button from
mans coat led to fight at Hughes
Springs, near Dallas, Texas result
.ng in the killing of three men.
German Agrarians demand the
exclusion of all English and Ameri-
can citizens from the universities
and technical schools of the empire.
The Pope had prolonged faint
ing fit last Sunday. He is in very
feeble health, and may die sudden
ly at any time from heart failure.
A dispatch from Paris says:
"There is no denying that the
whole European continent will Bit
terly resent American acquisition
of the Philippines"
Blanco's retirement and the res
ignation of the Autonomist Cabinet
have caused much confusion in
Havana, proceeding American con-
troll.
Senator Gear, of Iowa, favors
holding all of the islands the Unit
ed States can secure from Spain, to
rescue them from darkness and
corruption.
The execution of the prisoners &C.
cused Of attempting to poison the
Emperor of Corea was a gastly af-
fair; the mob actuly tore them to
pieces.
In Paris Monday the govern
ment sold at auction the nine tin
boxes in which the war indemnity
paid TO Germany in 1871 was con-
veyed over the frontier.
The court physician of Sweden
has the entire royal family on his
hands as patients, except the King
who, though II years old, is in good
health.
American ladies' in Paris have
subscribed to present Paris with an
equestrian statue of Washington
by Mr.. French. III will probably be
erected in the Place d'Iena.
The Austrian Emperor, on thu
occasion of the tiftieth anniversary
of the beginning of his reign, has
granted a general amnesty to al
desepters from the army and navy
The people of Little Rock, Ark
are protesting against the 25th In
fantry doing garrison duty to For
Logan I'll. Roots, on the ground tina
the regiment is composed Of ne
, groes
Senator Hanna does not beiev
there will be special session 0
Congress after the short term. HI
: says the treaty of peace witt
. Spain will be discussed and dis
posed Of early.
, The Paris correspondent of in
9 London Times says the Czap |
0 very much in earnest regarding
his disarmament propositions. ant
regrets the attempts to emhitte
. the relations of England and Rus
:, STA.
= The ship Shenandoah, which wa
reported captured by the Spaniard
o during the war, has arrived fror
Baltimore at San Francisco, ha,
!, ing been out l31 days.
}. John Wallace, after years i'm
prisOnment at Sing Sing, N. Y, ur
. der ten years. sentence on
: charge eff robbery, of which he wa
innocent, has been released.
. All indications lean to the COZ
clusion that the steamer Portlan
foundered in deep water off Hig
= Head, Mass, and that she was no
driven ashore and beaten to piece