The Washington critic., 1888-05-22
NEWS or TUE DAY.
Important Events OF the Past Twenty
four Hours.

Ho AncflChn OlnD nelu ltS llfsb hnnuai
general meeting at the clubhouse in AL |
6emarle street. Piccadilly, London, last
night. Sir Edward Thornton, the late |
British Minister III Washington, was in |
the chair, supported by Mr.. Henry White, |
American Charge d'Anaires Mr.. G. p.
Phelps and Captain Chadwick of the |
United States Legation, Sir Gerald Gra-
ham and Sir Seymour Blame, generals of
the British army; Mr.. Cornelius Wander
bilt, Mr.. Howard Potter, and many other
prominent citizens of both countries were
present. The membership now numbers
800, and on reaching 500 IL is hoped that
the committee will be able to take a fine
clubhouse in Piccadilly.
The Cumberland city election yesterday
was warmly contested in all the wards,
and an unusual vote was polled in some
Of the wards. The Republicans elected
mayor and three out of the five council
men voted for, and are as follows: j. w.
Shuck, Republican elected mayor by 128
majority; Colonel Horace Resley, Demo
crat was elected city clerk over Colonel
Charles ,Gilpin by q, majority of 229;
Joshua d. Bopst Republican, and ].
Wilson Humbird and w. r. Coulehan,
Democrats, elected councilmen. The
Council will stand same as last ycar-six
Democrats and five Republicans.
In the Founders Day procession in
New Haven one of the "Lancasterian
schoolboys" led a yellow pony. Few
it was explained that Mr.. Lowell, the old
schoolmaster, used to discipline his
pupils by laying them out, face down
ward, on the yellow school-desks, and
applying q rawhide where il would do
the most good. This he called "riding
the yellow pony" 1t is said that the
man who led the pony in the procession
rH lo
boy, rode the yellow pony twenty-four
times in one day.
Mr.. Thomas Joseph Condor, member
of Parliament, was convicted in Dublin
yesterday and sentenced to n months in-
pnsonmcnt, without hard labor, for in
citing Taxpayers to resist the payment of
the tax imposed by the grand jury of
Cork and Glare to compensate Constable
Leahy, who was injured in the Nitchells-
town riots, and the family of Constable
Whelehan. Mr.. Condor was sentenced
on May Z to two weeks imprisonment for
offenses under the Crimes act.
The slate-pickers at Henry Clay shaft,
Sbamokin, Pa, struck yesterday. A
foreman, il is said, struck lad for some
fault, when All under-boss interfcred and
was discharged for his interference. The
slate-pickers, numbering 800, then struck
for the discharge of the foreman and the
reinstatement of the under-boss. In
consequences of the strike the Peerless.
Henry Clay and Stirling collieries, owned
by the Reading Company, are affected,
and 5000 men are idle.
Simon Hamburg and an accomplice
last November swindled an Oregon farmer
named Parker out of $4,000 by pretend
ing to sell him San Francisco property, to
which it turned out they had no title
Hamburg has been convicted in Sam
Francisco and sentenced TO imprisonment
for one year and pay fine of $4,000, or
be imprisoned at the rate of one day for
each dollar. Ifthe fine is not paid Ham
burg will have to serve SO years and 90
days.
a. dispatch from Wellington, New
! Zealand, says that q bill directed against
Chinese immigration has passed the
House of Representatives of that colony.
Sir Henry Parkes, the premier of New
South Wales, in Il dispatch to Commits
sioner Heaton, says The feeling against
the Chinese is intense. Nine.tenths of
the population support the Government,
| whose attitude is unchanged Chinese
immigrants will be sent back"
About $50 New England Baptists are
expected to arrive AT Richmond from
Washington to-day. Many of the visitors
are pastors of the largest and strongest
| churches in Boston and neighboring cities,
and will see Richmond for the first time.
Among the visiting divines will be Rev.
DR.. o. p. Clifford, whose visit and address
to the Baptist Social Union in Richmond
few weeks ago were so much enjoyed;
Rev. DIR. II. G. Seymour and Rev. G. II.
Spalding of Boston.
In reply to an address by twelve hun
dred Friends in favor of home rule yes
| terday at London, Mr.. Gladstone said it
| would have been difficult TO persuade him
that any large number of Friends could
| be so little in harmony with the noble So
clal traditions of their body as to approve
coeroive policy toward Ireland. He re-
ceived the address with pleasure, as
definite evidence of the Friends senti-
ments.
A special train arrived at the Luray Inn
| yesterday afternoon, having on board
Rear-Admirals Calhoun, Franklin and
Rogers, Engineer-in-Chie Melville, Com
modore Walker, Surgeon.G General Browne
Commodore Brown, Mayor Porter, Rich
ard ID. Porter, l.. p. Ashmead and others.
The visitors inspected the caverns this
morning.
| Monster meetings of workingmen are
being held throughout Germany, and
strikes are spreading. At Mayence and
Hamburg collisions have occurred be.
tween the strikers and the police. AT
Neumunster thousand strikers paraded
the streets singing the "Marseillaise, and
Queen Victoria started yesterday for
Barmoral The Prince of Wales left this
evening for Berlin to attend the marriage
of Prince Henry of Prussia and Princess
Irene of Hesse. He takes with him a
number of handsome presents from the
royal family of England.
The wife of Professor Gregory of Glrard
College dropped dead yesterday morning
while attending the meeting Of the
Woman's Presbyterian Mission in the
chapel Of Calvary Presbyterian Church,
Philadelphia. Apoplexy is supposed to
be the cause of death.
George Francis Train took last look at
Canadian soil Sunday, when he took a
train at st. Johns, n. B., for Boston. He
expects to be in New York to-day after a
six months expatriation.
A 10-mile bicycle race was contested at
North Shields, England, yesterday, be-
tween Wood of England and Temple of
America Temple shot away on the last
lap and won the race easily. Time, 80
minutes 2-5 seconds.
The Radical members of the French
and Italian Chambers of Deputies are
making arrangements to hold meeting
at Marseilles to protest against Italy's
foreign policy as tending to destroy her
good relations with France.
Worth creates enemies, but it is above
them.