, 1888-12-20
22ND YEAR.
FLASHES.


The French man of war Roland ar
rived at Colon on the night of the l7th
inst.
Senator Quay of Pennsylvania had a
protracted private conference with Harri-
son Yesterday.
John Meyers Doremus was hanged at
Hackensack yesterday for the murder Of
his son Joseph in June last.
The bill for the retirement of Gen. An
drew Smith with rank Of colonel of cav
airy passed the house yesterday.
Fifty conductors on the Atlantic Pa
cific between Albuquerque and Majove
have been discharged during the last two
days.
The funeral of Prince Alexander Of
Hesse took place at Darmstadt yesterday.
The body was placed in the family mauso-
leum.
A game of base ball was played at
Sydney yesterday afternoon between the
American teams. Score, All Americas 6,
Chicago 3.
The president sent to the senate yes.
terday the nomination of Thomas Burke
of Washington Territory to be chief jus
tice of the supreme court of the territory,
vice Charles f. Doyle, deceased.
An earthquake shock was felt at Kings
ton and Warren counties, New York, yes
terday morning. |. lasted four seconds.
buildings were violently shaken
The executive committee of the Re.
publican League of the United States
yesterday decided to hold the national
convention at Baltimore Feb. %.
The Paris bondhoiders OF the Panama
Iopal onp,papu mill hold n p,aatp1 Ton
20 to discuss the course they shall pursue
in view of the companv's difficulties.
Hon. Finley Bigger, aged 80 years,
died at Rushville, Ind, last Tuesday night.
He was register of the treasury during
and buchanan.
Rev. Isaac Erret, OF the Christian church
one of the best known divines. died yes
terday morning at Cincinnati at a very
advanced age. He was a lifelong friend
OF President Garfield.
The will of A. s. Abel. founder of the
Baltimore Sun newspaper. %bequeaths the
entire property to three Sous. The estate,
aside from the goodwill of the San, is
valued at over S., 600. 900.
The action brought against ex- City
Treasurer Axworth of Cleveland, o., was
settled yesterday 10 London in the court
of queens bench. Axworthy agreed to
pay $50, 900 and surrender his property
in America,
The president has approved the act
granting the use of certain lands in Pierce
county, Washington Territory, to the city
of Tacoma for the purposes of a public
park, aud the act to establish q land Office
at Folsom, n. NJ.
A meeting Of watermelon ~raisers rep
resenting q production of 1000, 900 mel
on, met at Blackville, s. c.. and decided
to form a trust to limit the acreage. fix
prices and establish their own agencies in
the principal cities.
Charles +. Mayer has been elected
president of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad. 1t is said that he will inaugu-
rate a vigorous policy such as character
lied Garrett management, including en-
trance TO New York Bay via Staten is
land.
A dispatch from Auckland says that
news has been received from Samoa that
the Samoans under Matasfa succeeded in
capturing most of Atna after a long bat
tie with iamaseses forces. The losses in
clude 100 killed and several hundred
wounded.
At Hookset, n. H., a ganG of eleven
men repairing the railroad bridge across
the Merrimac river, which the swollen ice
began t. move, threw down the bridge.
throwing the men into the water and
over the falls. Three were drowned and
the others were injured.
The Arb,~ iterbund, an anarchist organi-
zation which the police have been trying
to suppress in Chicago, is preparing to
hold a meeting in spite OF the authori'
ties next Sunday. The ostensible object
of the gathering is to adopt a constitu-
ton and by laws aud elect officers.