The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-10-31
NEWS OLE TILE DAY.
Recent Events Of Interest Boiled Down
for Hasty Reading.


The journal de st. Petersburg says the
Cars visit 10 the Caucasus is fresh proof
that he will persevere with fruitful activity in
the direction of Russia's foreign policy. His
1rm and wise procedure is already bearing
iruit in Russas financial ana commercial
prosperity, enabling us to expect an era OF
continuous progress. not through the barren
glories OF war, but through productive works
Of peace.
Queen Natalie has sent formal protest
against the divorce granted to King Milan by
the Metropolitan of Belgrade TO the Greek
Orthodox Synods ofiBucharest and Athens, TO
the Holy Synod of st. Petersburg, and to the
Ecumenical Patriarch OF Constan tinople.
The religious marriage Of Gen. Boulanger's
daughter and Cant. Driant took place in the
Church Of st. Pierre yesterday Many military
officers and Bonapartist members ot the
Chamber OF Deputies were present: n throng
OF people outside the church cheered Gen.
Boulanger when he appeared.
Az an Indian dance at Adonah, Wis, Satur-
day two young squaws, overhearng some re-
marks made by married woman, Mrs.
White Bird, turned upon her and gave her
terrible beating. The woman, who was
enciente, died of her injuries. Jealousy was
the cause Of the tragedy
Advces from Samoa say that Tennessee has
retired inland and that Mataafa, whom the
Germans refused to recognize, is master OF
the situation. The British Admiral, Fairfax,
has conferred with the foreign consuls and de-
clared portions of the capital and outskirts
neutral territory.
The great fire at Huenfeld, near Casse, con-
tinues to spread. Three hundred houses in
GLIDING public buildings. have been consumed.
A force of military and thirty fire brigades
from adjacent places are endeavoring TO get
control OF the flames.
Dr. Smythc, another of the persons CON
,sn1 n 10,
| the Equitable Life Assurance Company,of New
! York, has been convicted. He was sentenced
to six months Imprisonment, but the execu-
tion of his sentence was postponed.
The boiler OF the tug A. w. Lawrence ex-
ploded near Milwaukee, killing Captain John
| Sullivan, Engineer John Sullivan, cousin OF
the captain; Fireman Edward Sullivan, and
| Thomas Handley and the boat was blown to
! atoms.
X. Kikuchi and X. Abe, of Japan, are in
Chicago buying machinery for cotton mill
In Japan. They will pay girls ten cents and
men thirty cents a day to work for them
BY the falling of an elevator in the j. NJ
Ward Furniture Company's store In ~. Louis
yesterday Charles LIGHTER was fatally and
Major William O'Keefe and Richard Home
seriously injured.
The steamer Saginaw of the Clyde Steam
| ship Company, which sunk at her dock II
New York, has been raised. The only dam
age sustained was to the cargo, which was in
jured about $1,000.
An explosion of natural gas In Schulthes'i
tannery at Lima, Ohio, yesterday killed JONI
Schultheis, Peter Klein aud james Hubbard
Schulthels was burned to death, the Others
crushed by falling walls
A dispatch from Australia announces thai
Scarf has defeated Kemp in match for thu
sculling championship and $500 side on The
PaTametta River.
The Emperor has left Friedrichsruhe fo
Berlin. lie walked to the depot escortinf
Princess Bismarck. He took cordial farewell
Of the party at the station.
The case of Adam Badeau against the widow
of Gen. L. s. Grant, for $4,000, for ALLEGED
services on Grants Memoirs" has been dis
continued on consent of both parties.
Moore, Hardness & Co.. stove founders, o
Cincinnati, have made an assignment. Liza
bilities, $40, 900; assets, $4,000.
Arthur Watkins, of Huntington, Ind, wa
shot and instantly killed yesterday bya police
man whom he tried to stab In all attempt Il
escape.
The St. Louis Anarchists are determined Il
make the anniversary of the Chicago execu
ton the occasion of a big demonstration.
The National Hall, at Chester, Pa, the up
per story of which is used for theatrical enter
tainments, was destroyed by fire last night
loss, $1,000.
The Persian Government has notified til
representatives Of foreign nations that tn
Karun River Is open to merchantmen OF al
nations, from Mohatntnerah TO Ahwaz.
committee Of Reading Railroad employee
met at Reading, Pa, yesterday, TO conside
the plan offered by the company for relic
association.
Mr.: John Redmond, member Of Parliamen
for Wexford, was released from Tullamore ja
Yesterday A crowd awaited him and pay
him an ovation.
Adde f. Davis, the widow of Vice-Pres
dent David Davis, has married ex-Cougress
man Wharton Green OF North Carolina.
! By the fall of bridge at Blairsvllle, Ill.
William Thompson was instantly killed, ant
number of persons injured.
= Judge d. r. Eckles chief justice of Utal
under Buchanan, and a leading Democrat
politician, died yesterday in Greencastle, Ind
' Fire at Athens, Me-, destroyed the publ
hall and other buildings yesterday; loss, $25
900.
John Fleming, deputy marshal, yesterda
committed suicide in the courtroom at Kansa
City.
The English foreign Office has heard nothin
! In regard to the reported massacre of Oh
Stanley expedition.
= The coal miners strikes have ended. I'll
3 owners throughout Derbyshire and Yorkshir
having conceded an advance In pay.
, The plenipotentiarics of all the powers IL
, terested met yesterday and signed The Sue
Canal Convention.
v Robert cambridge, wanted in Baltimore o
! the charge of drawing fraudulent draft, ht
been arrested in Richmond, Va.
!. The fund for the defense of Mr.. Parnell an
. his associates involved In the Times charg,
}, amounts to El2,SS0
Samuel Lowenstcn, manufacturer Of necl
Il wear, New York City, has made an assigI
!, ment.
!, Herren Chlumacky and Zithammer hay
been elected vice'presdvnts of the Reich
rath
Commander Houston Baker, of the Unite
: States Navy, died yesterday at Norfolk, Va.
= At meeting Of the French cabinet yesle
day the income tax bill was approved.
a Golden Wedding Celebrated.
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