The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Recent Events of Interest Boiled Down
for HastY Reading.

recent hNenis nl AuItftNN bbNh
for HastY Reading.
A terrific explosion occurred in the
cigar store, No. 22l0 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia, yesterday, blowing out the
bulk window, shattering the glass in the
other windows and knocking the plaster
off the walls and ceiling. The building
was occupied by John Johnson, his
mother, an old lady, and two girls, All
ran down stairs in terror when the
shaking of the house had subsidized. All
escaped without injury, but Mrs. john
son had narrow escape, the heavy head
board of her bed having been broken OIL
by the shock Fortunately for the aged
sleeper, instead of falling forward and
striking her, it went toward the wall be.
hind. A careful examination showed
that the explosive substance could have
been none other than gunpowder. II
must have been exploded in the bulk
window, for IL was there that the full
force of the explosion made itself felt.
But how the gunpowder got there and
who put 1t there MIR. johnson could not
understand. Many of the neighbors are
inclined to think that the motive was
robbery and that the thieves underesti-
mated the force of the power. As yet,
the police have no clew to the perpe'
traitor of the outrage.
The Interstate drill at the Columbus,
Ga, exposition commenced yesterday.
Dewitt Rifles of Tennessee, under Cap.
tain Williams. and Columbus Guards,
under Captain Gilbert, went through the
drill programme this evening The South
ern Cadets of Macon, and the Butler
Rifles Of Alabama, will drill tomorrow.
| The judges are Lieutenants Satterlee and
Barret of the United States Army. The
balloon ascension and parachute leap took
| place to-day in the presence of 10000
! people. The balloon reached an altitude
of mile, when Professor Vandegraf
made the leap with parachute, reaching
the ground in safety mile
from the place OF ascent. After
the leap the balloon ascended
rapidly until lost to sight in the clouds
A violent wind was blowing, and intense
excitement prevailed among the specta-
tors as they watched the descent of the
parachute, which was violently tossed
about. Governor Gordon, accompanied
by his wife and daughter, reached the
city tonight. The Governor and staff
will review the troops at the exposition
grounds.
1t is expected in Ottawa that the Com
mission on the Defenses of Canada, APP
pointed by an order in council last
spring, will commence operations in d
few days For the present the commits.
sion will content itself with an eXamina.
tion of the different reports, plans, map:
and dispatches pertaining to Canada's
defenses now in possession of the depart
ment. Subsequently the Deputy Adiu
tants-General of the different districts
will be called upon to supply what addi
tional information Is required.
The twentieth annual meeting of thu
National Woman's Suffrage Association
is in session at the Scottish Rite Cathe
dral in Cincinnati The officers presen
are William ID. Foulke, president; Mrs
Lucy Stone Blackwell, president of til,
executive committee; Henry b. Black
well, corresponding secretary; Juli'
Ward Howe, first corresponding secre
tary; Margaret W. Campbell, recording
secretary. President Foulke made !
brief address.
DR.. Baumann, an Austrian traveller IL
Africa, writes a detailed account of thu
captivity and hardships of himself and
companion, DR.. Mayer, owing to tn,
treachery of an Arab robber, Bushir
Binsalim. who he says, also organized
the rising against the Germans in Eas
Africa. DR.. Baumann mentions tn,
rumor of a rising near the central lake
which would account for the absence o
news from Stanley.
In spite of the Swiss LGoYernment'
complaints, the German Government
has abolished the customs of Lucelles
between Alsace and Jura Benois Will
the strategic intention of establishing
defensive forts there in the event o
France trying to penetrate Alsace from
that direction.
Mr.. II. A. Blake arrived at Queens
town yesterday. In an interview he sale
that if the Government upheld his ap
pointment as Governor of Queensland
the hostility expressed toward him woult
not prevent his accepting the post.
Ed. and Willard Kitchell, cousins
aged 90 and 18 years, sons respectivel'
l of W. b. Kitchell and L. NJ. Kitchel
were drowned yesterday while skating
near Montevideo, MINI.
Emperor William has decorated Pro
fessor Rudolph Gneist with the secont
class star of the order of the Red Eagle
The universities are celebrating Pro
fessor Gneist's jubilee.
Ex.Queen Natalie will go to st. Peters
burg in December to implore the Czarin
/, to intervene in the divorce case
Large numbers of Austrian, Turkisl
q and Roumanian Jews are being expelled
2 from Odessa weekly.
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