The Washington critic., 1886-04-10
MINOR NEWS NOTES.

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Schedules Of Henry Greer Of New York
show liabilities, 500 $3.50; actual assets, $3.50.
British newspaper criticism on Mr.. Glad
stones home rule measures is generally un-
favorable.
over the remains Of the Right Hon. William
E. Forster.
One woman was shot dead and num-
ber Of persons injured In conflict between
silk workers and gendarmes at Lyons
AT Sutervillc, Pa, Thursday, George
Sheaffer, a ferryman, killed Martin Suter,
a rival ferryman They had been at law.
The Russian Ministry have approved u
project to lay a pipe line for the conveyance
Of oil from the Baku petroleum fields on
the Caspian sea TO Black sea ports.
M. Vandersmissen, a prominent lawyer
In BRUSSELS, and q member Of the Belgian
Legislature, yesterday killed his wife by
shooting her with revolver.
Mr.. Scovel, an American, last night
made his debut as tenor with the Carl
Rosa Company at Derby, England, and
scored q success.
Several holders of title deeds Of the
Panama Canal have petitioned the French
Chamber Of Deputies to empower NJ. De
Lesseps to issue bonds to the amount of
$25 ,000, GOO.
During race ut Jersey City, N. j., yes
terday, one Of the horses fell and the other
horses fell on him, the racer Crldge break
Ing his neck, one Of the jockeys his arm,
and the other jockeys being slightly hurt.
-Elbert Rail Of Fort Worth, Tex; V. G.
Couft Of Lima, o., and John r. Bruff OF
Lafayette, Ind, guests at the Cincinnati
Fishing Club, while fishing at Waldron, ILL.,,
yesterday, were drawn under dam. Ali
were seriously injured internally.
Three hundred and fifty men are on O
strike at the coal mines fifty miles north Of
Knoxville, Tenn. The strike extends tc
the Standard, Woolridge and Jellico mines
and will probably spread to all other minet
on the Knoxville & Ohio Railroad.
The bodies burned in the buffet cal
Jennie Nettleton and her infant, shipped
from st. Paul to Newtown, Conn. Aftel
the fire 1t was found that q diamond ring
worth several thousand dollars had disap
peared from Mrs. Nettleton's finger.
The petition OF Edwin Parsons, Read
ing Railroad general. mortgage bondholder
asking that the receivers be restrained from
| paying interest on the floating debt in OK
cess Of the amount earned by the collatera
| pledged to secure 1t, was before Master
Dallas in Philadelphia yesterday, but til,
| hSuluB Nup hOISOuCiuuCus
| The Chicago billiard table manufactory
| yesterday conceded all the demands OF III
men on strike, both for an advance O
twenty per cent. on day work and fifteer
per cent. on piece work In the billiard de
partment, and the discharge OF the non
| union men. The same demand is to b
made on all the other factories in tn
| country.
| The Iowa Legislature yesterday passet
resolutions OF sympathy with Ireland in he
efforts to secure self-government, and sen
cablegram to Parnell and Gladstone con
graduating them on the hopeful outlool
for Ireland. Prominent Irishmen held
meeting and indorsed Mr.. Gladstone
| home rule scheme. The State Executiv
| Committee of the Irish National League o
| New Jersey has also indorsed 1t.
| Evidence was given ut Ottawa yester
day before the committee investigating tn
bribery charges In connection with til
Prince Albert Colonization Company tina
John White, member OF Parliament, an
one Jameson had each agreed to receiv
from the company 1888 shares OF its stoc
in consideration OF their procuring a
the company. In letter to the presiden
of the company In reference to the stock
Jameson wrote: "Ten to pay and tw
blind"
The changes in the plan for the relle
department OF the Pennsylvania Railroa
Company have been agreed upon by the d
rectOrs, but it will take a day or two to ge
the matter In shape for the printers. Th
changes have been numerous and radical an
1t is thought will fully meet any objection
that the employees have offered, the most in
portant Of them being the adoption of volul
tary instead OF compulsory membership
The plan will be In readiness for submissio
to the men next week and will ut once bt
come operative.
"A bill was filed in Chicago yesterday b
Mrs. Mary &. Green, the mother-in-law {
Ferdinand Ward, formerly Of the firm @
Grant Il Ward, seeking to have set aside Al
tachment proceedings begun by Hyand {
Batcheller against real estate belonging
her in Wrightwood. Batcheller was Ferd
nand Wards legal adviser and had u clair
Of 1000 for services Mrs. Green, who
very old and infrm, claims that her soa-ir
law, Ward, who had her entire confldenc,
induced her, by certain promises, to put HI
name to paper which she has since foun
was an assignment Of her rights to IL
property In question.