Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-02-19
NEWS IN BRIEF.

The gunboat Nashville, and the battleship, Texas, are on exhibition in the port at Galveston.
 Alabama State Democratic Con- yention has been called for April 20, at Montgomery.
 There is little disposition in New England to support the suggestion of a general strike of textile work CTS.
 A farmer. blowing near Chatta- nooga, turned up forty gold watches and much other Evaluable iewelry, stolen eight years ago at Cleveland, Tenn.
 Alex Smith, sanctifoation ex. horter, having a wife and six child ren, eloped with an IS year-old girl in Lafayette county, Miss.
 Tennessee is allowed a claim of about $1O,OOO on the report of the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company affairs.
 The House committee reports un- fayorably on the matter of allowing religious sects to build churches on reservation property.
 William H. Heath, a prominent young business man of St. Louis, blew his brains out because of busi- ness failure.
 The German government an nounees heavy penalties for viola tions of the regulations limiting American fruit importations.
 Congress has asked for informa- tion concerning the killing of Lopez an American citizen, by Spanish soldiers in Cuba, last April.
 It is said Spain hopes to appease this country by emitting the usual complimentary phrases expressing appreciation of the services of De Lome.
 There have been some serious burglaries at Decatur, Ala, and 9 young negro suspected Of the crime has disappeared in a most mysteri- ous manner
 W. J. Bryan will attend the Ohio Valley Bimetalic convention at In- dianapolis on April 6. Jones, of Arkansas, and George Fred Will Iiams will be there too.
 Pay Director, Luther G. Billings, of the United States Navy, has been found guilty by court martial, of scandalous conduct and dismissed from the service.
 Erhem Pasha has been sent to Bulgaria in the hope that his per sonality will frighten the Bulgarians into quietude. The Sultan has re- ceiYed strong demands for reforms that will prevent recurrence of past outrages,
 Confusion reignes in all the Gen. tral American states, and there are all sorts Of rumors of war. British warships are in Nicaragua harbor. Costa Rica and Nicaragua are at each others throats. Hondurus and Salvador may be involved.
 Events in the zola trial were fa- vorable to zola Tuesday, and the situation is looking more promising to him. What is claimed to be the text of the secret document upon which Dceyfus was convicted has been given out at a public meeting.
 The addresses on behalf of the Democratic, Populist and silver Re publican parties, which are the re- suit of the conferences which have been in progress among the leaders of these parties at Nashville for the past few weeks, were issued Tues day.
 Bonton McMnlin announces that he will be candidate for Governor of Tennessee. He says he is for administration on econom- ical lines, and stimulation of indus trial development. He says he is not candidate for the Senate, but wonld rather have a second term as 
 M. zola, in an interview, says the has been driven to the defensive, and that the trial has had , better effect than was hoped for. was also interviewed, and ,ontented himself with saying he would like to shoot every Jew in Paris, not in anger, but as meas ire of public safety,