The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-01
THE MORNING NEWS,


The general conference of the African Nj.
Y. Church will meet In Baltimore next Mon
day.
The Princess Victoria and Prince Louis
OF Battenburg were married In Darmstadt
yesterday.
Riots have occurred among the striking
diamond diggors in South Africa and several
miners have been killed.
At midnight last night Rowell was only
ten miles ahead, his score standing 3f6 miles
as against Fitzgeralds 1856.
MIR. ]. A. Nutter, formerly night clerk OF
the Arlington Hotel, will soon enter upon the
duty OF manager OF wormlsy's.
The State Department is considering the
advisability of publishing tho entire CORE.
spondenco with General Badeau.
Abbott, the embezzling cashier of the
Waterfowl, Mass, bank, has reached Boston
from Pierce City, Mo-, In charge OF officers.
A rising of slaves has taken place in
Vargen, Brazil. They aseasslnated q rich pro-
prietor and are committing numerous crimes.
James r. Keene's failure is said to DO an
absolute one, and his friends say he has not a
cent left In the world over and above his
debts.
John A. Connolly, at present U. s. Dis
trict Attorney for tho southern District OF I'LL
nois, was yesterday nominated to be Solicitor
Of the Treasury.
The suit of Amory II. Shattuck for d.
vorce from his wife, Mary 3. shattuck,. for
cruel treatment, was yesterday dismissed at
the request OF the complainant.
The anthracite coal interests of Pennsyl-
vania havc agreed upon suspension OF coal
mining on the following days In May; May g.
q, z, 8, o, 10 and %, % and pa.
The championship games of the Amer
lean Association Will begin at Athletic Park
this afternoon, when theI Washlngtons Will
measure bats with tho Brooklyns.
Esther Postlcy yesterday entered suit
against Susan T. Cruit, claiming $500 dam.
ages for illegally seizng and holding her fur
niture, under an alleged claim OF failure to pay
rent.
During the voyage of the English troop
chip Crockodile, from Bombay to Portsmouth,
eight soldiers were stricken with cholera and
elk died, some OF them an hour after being at
tackled.
1t is now believed that the serious rail-
way disaster on Sunday, near Cindad Real,
Spain, caused by the giving way of a bridge,
was purely accidental and In no wise due to
| republicans.
The heaviest rain-storm for fourteen
years is prevailing at Buenos Ayres. A num-
Der OF houses and walls have fallen and four
children have been killed. Many villages are
inundated.
Governor Hoadly of Ohio, has written
letter to the attorneys for VIM. McHugh, who
is under sentence to BIO hanged In Cincinnati
Friday next, declining to interfere with the
course OF the law.
The British House of Commons has re-
1ected, by vote OF lao to 10, the bill licen-
sing crematories. The government opposed
the Dill on the ground OF the public feeling
against cremation.
The report of Building Inspector Entwi.
Gle for April shows that permits have been Is
sued for 2O2 new buildings and 15i repairs.
This makes showing OF nearly twice as
many new buildings as last year.
The Pension Office Baseball Club will
cross bats with a nine from the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing this afternoon, at 4 :l5
o'clock, on the Arsenal grounds, weather per.
| hitting.
Major-General Hancock will fire the Ma
tional salute OF twenty.one guns from Gov
| ernor's Island on tho arrival OF the royal Sia-
mese Embassy, on the Alaska, on Sunday
| morning.
The invitation Of the First Corps to
| Chief.Justice Waite to accompany them on
their excursion to the battle-felds has been
accepted on condition that Official engage.
ments do not Interfere.
An old man named James Troinell, OF
| 101 street, In attempting to get of car No,
IL, OF the Washington & Georgetown road,
about O'Clock last evening, fell on Eighth
street, near southeast, and fractured his
| skull
When the prisoners at the Philadel-
| phia House OF Correction were being con.
| Quoted TO the quarry yesterday one of the
gangs made rush for liberty,.under the lead
| ership OF an eXconviet named John Wilson.
| The guard prevented stampede by shooting
| Wilson.
Scott Hill, B. Hill and G. Spurlock, the
| robbers who shot and killed Albert Woods and
l
near st. Adams, w. Va, were captured yes
| terday afternoon In the mountains and taken
10 81. Adams late last night. AS one OF the
parties has made confession lynching is
not improbable.
At the meeting of the Y. M. c. A. Lite
rary Society, held last evening, there were
readings and recttations, followed by a debate
upon the resolution, "rhat an educational
qualification should be required OF voters"
The decision was In affirmative. The resolu-
| ton for next week Is "That O change In the
Administration Is desirable.
The semi-annual meeting of the board of
| directors OF the German Orphan Asylum was
| held last evening at Abner's Hall. Mr.. Oh.
Ketteler presided and the reports OF the secre-
tary and treasurer were received. There are
now twenty-nine children at the institution,
ranging In age from 10 months to 10 years.
Ten attend the public schools.
The new Confederate Home Association
met last evening at the National Hotel, Gen
eral Crittenden presiding. Generals Crltten
den, Colston and Brown and Mr.. Norment de.
lyored addresses favoring the proposed home
The chair appointed the following executive
Hurlbert, L. W. oyster, NJ. A. Dillon, j. W
Drew, ]. i. Callaghan, O. o. Ivey, r. 3. Wal
ZACH, III. O. Stewart and @. q. Duncanson.
The largest engine for pumping all
was put into operation yesterday. The air Il
first compressed by the engine, and then sen
through the pipes distance OF Ave miles. l
is then pumped into the mine, and supplies
the men at work. AT another point on Rocl
| Greek the air is used TO drill rock, and tn
efforts 80 far have been very successful.
break occurred In the pipe yesterday, but wa
soon repaired, and work was resumed.
The National Bank of the Monte d.
Piedad, OF tho city OF Mexico, the Oldest fnan
cial institution In Mexico, closed its doors yes
terday morning. There had been O run or
the bank for several days, owing 70 the ex
pectation that the Government would demand
assistance from IT. Yesterday morning the
Government made peremptory demand for O
large sum OF money, and the bank immedl-
ately closed its doors 10 order 10 protect It's
legitimate creditors, which IL has ample
| means 10 do.
The warm weather has caused q little
boom In the building business. Inspector En-
twisle Issued the following permits yester
day; James Robbins, erect four dwellings or
Fourteenth street. near Corcoran, $4,000
Mrs. Il. ]. Carpenter, erect five dwellings OF
Tenth street, near u, southeast, $500; W. "a
Particle, erect dwelling, Thirteenth and
b Riggs streets, $4,000; J. +. Doran, erect q
\ aweiiing on Y street, between Ninth and
b Tenth streets, s6, 1885, Il. Poe, erect dwelling
! on De Sales street, $4,000; ID. Ford, erect d
y dwelling on Eleventh street aud Virginia ave
nue., $4,000; j. Kirby, erect a dwelling at Sec.
\ ond and streets southwest, $40. There
4 were also permits issued 70 make extensive
! repairs TO various bAildings.
} The regular monthly meeting of tn,
q board OF managers OF the Charity Organization
Z Pratt Sons. The work OF the past month wa
shown 10 have been OF great Importance anC
Z very successful. The following were elected
members OF the society Walter W. Burdette
2 Rudolf Goldschmld, Geo. II. d. White, 4. Wal
ter Woodward, Alvin NJ. Lothrop, J. W. Bote
Ter, 8. III. Clark, George Gibson and John Glib
son. The needed cabinets for street registr!
n ~ "a IQ go