The Washington critic., 1888-05-23
NEWS or TUE DAY.
Important Events of the Past Twenty
four Hours.

hut iOlliif uiAN lUM lito vi Nllt DhlNtTY
arrangements for sea. She
will sail under command, however, of
Captain John O'Brien, who was in COM
mand of the steamship City of Mexico
when that vessel was captured as q fill
busterer few years ago. The Rambler Is
137 tons register, and the yacht character
of her cabin and appointments have not
been altered.
The Missouri Supreme Court has re-
ceived the mandate of the United States
Supreme Court in the case of Hugh NJ
Brooks, alias Maxwell, the Bnglishman
convicted of the sensational Southern
Hotel murder. Court adjourned without
fixing the date for the execution. It will
not convene again till June 4, when the
time for the execution will be named
Maxwell's transatlantic friends are work
ing hard on Secretary Bayard, Minister
Phelps, Minister West and Governor
Morehouse.
William Hubert and Henry Cook, two
boys, were arrested in Newark, N. j., for
defacing the sign of saloon.keeper.
Hubert admitted the oflense, and said
that If he could have gotten into the
saloon he would have opened all the
faucets of the barrels. He told of the
suffering of his own and Cooks family
from the effects of drink, and said that
both he and Cook had resolved, if pos
siblo, to abolish rum drinking.
The thrty.lifth Annual Conclave of
Knights Templar of Pennsylvania began
at Pittsburg, Pa, yesterday and will con-
tnue several days. There was grand
parade, in which about $500 Sir Knights
from all parts of the State participated.
In the afternoon the annual session of
the Grand Lodge was held in the Opera
House, and in the evening there was
reception at the same place,
The North American Turnerbund de-
cided, at its session in Chicago yesterday,
that II is not anarchistic and has moth
ing to do with any anarchistic ideas.
The question came up in the shape of q
direct reputation of anarchistic ideas in
view of the impression caused by the
conduct of certain members and societies
that the anaTchistic element was in con-
troll. The reputation was direct and
emphatic.
Yesterday morning rs the Washington
steamer Excelsior, captain Davis, was
coming down the bay on her regular
trip to Norfolk, and when off the mouth
of Back river, she was struck by n heavy
sea, and her joiner work on the port side,
Just forward the Wheel was stove in
flooding her deck with water. A strong
eastcrly wind was blowing and high sea
running.
General r. A. Alger, Michigan's candi-
date for the Presidency, was in Harris
burg, Pa, most of yesterday as the guest
of General Simon Cameron. In the after
noon General Alger was invited TO
Lebanon, where General Cameron had
important business, and the two were
given public reception by the citizens.
The Pacific mail steamship City of Para,
which left Colon on the 10th INST. for New
York, went ashore OIL Old Providence ISL
and on the 18th inst, and at last accounts
was lying in seventeen feet of water. The
vessel will be in no danger unless heavy
weather sets in. The passengers, mails
and specie are still ON board.
The Mexican States of Guanaluata,
Michoacan and Guerrero, by acts OF thelr
several Legislatures, have abolished bull
fighting in their territorial limits.
For some time there has been a considera-
Bile agitation by, the Mexican pres, in op;;
position to the barbaric> sport, and IL will
finally be banished from the Mexican do
minions.
The Gaul0is says that efforts are being
made to hold meeting ofall members OF
the imperial family at Marlborough ON
June /, the anniversary of the death of
Napoleon III, TO talk of reconciliation
between Prince Jeroms and Prince Victor
and revival of Bonapartism, ex-Empress
Epgenie supplying the necessary funds
The Temps PARIS denies that the Gov
ernment has received any complaint from
Germany regarding charges of interfer-
ence with German subjects on the French
frontier, and says that nothing has trans
pired to support the statement that Ger
many is preparing 10 take measures of re-
taliation on account of such interference.
All the street-car drivers employed by
the Rochester City and Brighton Street
Railroad Company, the only street irail-
way company in Rochester, struck yes
terdry for ten hours work, pay to remain
same as heretofore, SO per day. All the
cars in the city are "bob-tails," and men
who drive them have to do all the work.
The second day of the Interstate Mill
tary Encampment at Nashville Tenn,
was a great success Ten thousand peo-
pie witnessed the opening of the COM
participated in by all the military pres
ent, took place.
The Episcopal Diocese of Missouri be-
gan its annual session at st. Louis yester-
day, Bishop Tuttle presiding. The di-
vision of the Missouri Diocese Is. under
consideration. Rev. Abel Leonard,
Bishop Of Utah, is prominently :nenl
toned for the new bishopric. -
At Jackson, Miss, Friday, the corner
stone of the Confederate monument will
be laid with Masonic .honors. The COM
mittee have gone TO Beauvoir to escort
Jefferson Davis and family to Jackson.
Colonel Charles II. Hooker will deliver
the address.
Judge Wallace, in New York, yesterday
oVerruled the demurrer made by the rec
tor. church wardens and vestrymen OF
Trinity Church in the SUIT brought against
fl,a,, f.N,sx x,toIattAn Af fl,IA NAn oh
act in importing an English clergyman.
The Republican Congressional Conven.
ton of the Fourth district met at Raleigh,
n. c., yesterday and elected III. William
son, colored and j. q. l.. Harris dele
gates to the Chicago Convention. Both
express themselves in favor of Blaine. r.
Jericho Mill, at Hinsdale, Mass, three.
story stone building, owned by the PUNK
EFT Woolen Company, operated by Men
delssohn & Co., of New York, manufad-
turers of fine cashneres, was burned
Monday night. Loss S30,000
Schubert Wilder, a wealthy retired iron
merchant, formerly Of New Castle, was
found dead in the streets of Middleboro'
Mass, yesterday morning, 1t is thought
he was thrown from carriage and killed
instantly. ,t
Balloting inthe General Conference oi
the Methodist Episcopal Church re
suited last night in the election Of Rev
Drs. j. IL. Vincent and James n. Fltz'
gerald as bishops.
Il. b. Bradley, teller of the Union Ma
tional Bank Of Chicago, has disappeared
and it is announced that his accounts
have been falsilied.
The Board of Aldermen to-day refused
the petition Of the Fourth Avenue Sur
face Railroad to run their cars over the
road by means Of electricity.
Joseph Sichuh, cigar dealer of Louis
Vile, Ky., blew his brains out yesterday
The cause was business embarrassment.
The postohiee at Attleboro', Mass, was
entered by burglars yesterday morning