The Washington critic., 1888-07-17
WASHINGTON CRITIC
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Recent Events of Interest Boiled Down
for Unsty Reading.

an explosion yesterday. A sixteen.inch
brick wall was blown into the corridor
leading into the county auditors Office.
The men in the offices were thrown about
under desks and record cases. Over a
thousand people were in the building,
and the receiver of taxes Office, Just over
head, was crowded with women, paying
taxes. A panic ensued, the people
tumbling madly over each other in their
hurry to get down stairs and out of the
building No one was injured seriously.
A new tariff bill has been proposed by
the New Zealand Government which
will considerably diminish the large free
list now in existence there and increase
small ad valorem duties. The class of
goods affected principally are such as can
be exported from the United States, and
includes dried, salted or picked fish,
olives, oysters, provisions, vegetables,
wOodenware, leather goods, patent medi-
cines, earthenware dry goods, ma
chinery, cotton and woolen goods, boilers,
ironware, and manufactured carriages
and wagons.
General Harrison is expected to visit
Cape May for few weeks for the bene-
tit of his health. He had Professionally
accepted an invitation from II. Theodore
Walton to stop at the Stockton and in
telligence has been received that his
physicians recommend him to go ut once.
If he should come, Cape May, instead of
headquarters for Phlladelphans. Chair
man Cooper of the State Committee
opened his headquarters at the Cont
mental Hotel yesterday.
@. ii. JARVIS, aged 30, who claims to be
. wealthy attorney of Toronto Canada.
and Mrs. Madeline Campbell, aged 10,
whose husband, Allen II. Campbell, lives
in Canada, near Niagara Falls were held
for trial in Cleveland, OHIO, yesterday on
the charge of living together as man and
wife The woman was married to Camp
bell at Buffalo last April and their honey
moon was hardly ended before she ran
off with Jarvis Jarvis says that he set
tied $50, 900 on his wife and two children
in Toronto and came to the United
States to secure divorce and marry
Mrs. Campbell.
The American Potectve Tariff League
ofNew York offered prizes for seniors of
American colleges for essays on protec-
tion. @. d. Todd, University of Wooster,
Ohio, received the first prize, $780, s. Z.
King, University of Kansas, second
prize, 800, and Lincoln Hudey, Buck
well University, Lewlsburg, Pa, third
$50, Among those who received silver
medals was Frederick II. Parkhurst,
Columbia College, District of Columbia.
A dispatch from Clarendon, Texas,
says; In consequence of a washout on
the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad,
the north. bound passenger train was
precipitated through bridge Sunday
morning. Engineer Smith and Fireman
Wilson were instantly killed, and
number OF the passengers badly shaken
Yesterday ex.Sheriff Jarois of Toronto.
Ont, and Mrs. Magdalene Campbell of
Niagara, Ont, were arrested in Cleve-
land Ohio, on charge of adultery. The
couple had eloped from Canada some
time. ago, and both parties are very
highly connected in Canada. 1t is
thought the arrest was made IN order TO
provide testimony for a divorce suit in
Canada.
There is much dissatisfaction among
the members OF the Western Iron Manu-
facturers' Association because some of the
firms signed the Amalgamated scale.
Many threaten to withdraw. P. L. Kim.
berly d Co. of Sharon, Pa, signed the
scale yesterday and work was started in
all departments at once.
1t is officially announced from Stras.
burg that after January l, 1889, all pri-
yate documents written in the French
language, bearing no date or dated sub
sequent to July l, 1872, must be accom-
panied by an authorized German trans.
lation at the cost of the parties concerned.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has been sued by Slgfried Blng, New
YORK art dealer, for $26, ,9S4, the value of
a stock OF art goods which was ruined by
the sinking of Pennsylvania Railroad
float on tho North River while the con-
signment was on ito u..y nN.-- 0I-i--e,--
Governor Green of New Jersey has re.
fused to grant reprieve to Richard
Kearney, the negro convicted of the muir
der of Mrs. Margaret Purcell, at Elberon,
in February last. Kearney Will be
hanged on Wednesday at Freehold.
Mr.. Parnell said yesterday he would not
permit the bill inquiring into the charges
developed in the London Times libel suit
to proceed in the House of Commons un-
til he had examined every possible bear
ing of the bill.
Catherine Mccartney, an insane pauper,
who was shipped from Ireland on the
steamer Indiana recently, arriving in
Pittsburg several days ago, was sent back
TO New York yesterday to be returned to
Ireland.
George Stephenson, postmaster, ex-
press agent, telegraph operator and sta
ton agent, at Glamis, Arizona, was muir
dered Saturday by Pedro Jones' Mexi-
can boy, aged l5 for the purpose of rob
berry.
A bill now before the Belgian Parlia.
ment appoints Queen Emma guardian OF
the Princess Royal her Majesty to be as
sisted in her duties bya council consist
ing of four members.
Colonel Sir Francis de Winton, presi-
dent of the Emen Bey Relief Commits
sion, believes that the white pasha at
Bahr ell Gael is Henry NJ. Stanley.
The Grant Locomotive Works of Pater-
son, N. j., have been compelled to shut
down, being unable to compete with sim
liar establishments elsewhere.
A committee of flint glass workers is
meeting in Pittsburg with the manufac'
turers of prescription ware to arrange q
scale of wages for next blast
The New York Journal this morning
states that Sister Mary Frances Clare
better known as "The Nun of Kenmare,'
has renounced Catholicity.
Fred. Gleason, aged 20, John William
son, aged 1S, and LOUIS Burnam, aged l6
were drowned Sunday at Wilkes Lake
Mich. while bathing.
Emperor William has agreed to the pro
posal that his mother should bear the
titles of Empress and Queen.
Oakley's large dry goods store at Lin
coin, Neb., burned Sunday. Loss, $4,000
to $4,000.
Scotland won the international trophy
in the rifle contest at Wimbledon yes
terday.
The extraordinary session of the New
York Legislature begins in Albany to
day.
The German Government will sign TIN
Sugar Bounties treaty on August 16.
Dumas and Zola are to be decorated
with Legion of Honor titles.
General Boulanger's condition contin
ues unchanged
An Accomplished Centenarian.
One of the most thoroughly equippe
and highly accomplished centenarians Of
raoord is ronorto1 from, San DpipO M