The Washington critic., 1888-10-10
NEWS OE THE DAY.
Recent Happenings of Interest Condensed
for the Hasty Reader

Recent Happenings of Interest Condensed
for the Hasty Reader.
DR.. VIM. Pepper, of Philadelphia, who
attended the late Gen. Philip ii. Sheri-
dan as consulting physician, declines to
lender any bill for professional services,
preferring that the services should be
regarded only as an expression of that
deep and lasting obligation which he,
in common with all others, owed to him.
The American Flint Glass Workers
Union proposes to reduce wages of en-
plOyes making tumblcrs for union firms
to such an extent that these firms will
be able to undersell the Rochester Tum-
bier Company, where strike is in
progress. The loss in wages TO the union
workmen will be made up from the treas
ury of the union.
Up to the present time 4.64S for
eigncrs have registered in Paris, in ac-
cordance with the recent decree of Pres
ldent Carnot. Only 164 of these are
British, although the number of that
nationality resident in Paris is estimated
at 10000. President Carnot arrived
at Annecy to-day. He was accorded
hearty reception.
Supt. A. b. Starr, of the Fort Wayne
Railroad, has been arrested at Pittsburg,
charged with being criminally liable for
the death of Miss Harriet Weyman,
hiiiNh III a. NOllolOh Ullc TtucIdl-SuTttU
crossing in that city year ago. Engi-
neer A. b. Martin, who had charge of the
locomotive at the time of the accident,
was also arrested.
Az meeting of the newspaper men
OF savannah, Ca, yesterday il was re-
solved to raise fund for the benefit of
the family Of the late Edwin Martin,
editor of the Jacksonville (Fla) Timts s.
Union, who died in that city on Sunday
Of yellow fever.
The third National cncampment of the
Union Veteran Union was called to Or
der at McKeesport, Pa, yesterday by
Commander-in-C Gen. M A. Dillon.
About three hundred delegates were
present from various Northern States.
Prince Henry of Reuss, the German
Ambassador at Vienna, gave banquet
yesterday in honor of Count IlclDrri
bismarck. Count Herbert lett farewell
caids at. the residence of the papal nuncio
and at the various embassies
| The passenger packet w. III. Cherry
was sunk yesterday near Paducah. KY,
! on the Tennessee River. The Cherry
belonged to the same company as the
John Nj. Gilbert which was sunk Mon
day near Chester, ILL.,
The Porter Guards, Teath New Yorl;
| Cavalry, dedicated their monument al
Gettysburg yesterday, and the Fourth
and Seventeenth Maine and Forty-li fth
New York Regiments will dedicate thcil
monuments to-day.
The Berlin police have seized the re.
naming cories of the October number OF
the Deutschc Rundschau, which con,
| tained the extracts from the diary of tho
late Emperor Frederick,
Another expedition is about to start
for Southwest Africa with the view oI
discovering port which will enable thl
Germans to dispense with Walisch Bay
The total number of voters registered
on Broolllyn's second day Of registration
was 64.507, a total in two day:
of 1928.
Wilkesbarre miners say that seven pc,
cent. of the coal m ned by %, 900 mincr
in that region is taken away by doclSagc
1t is stated that the German Govern
ment will ask the Reichstng for credit
for the Emin relief expedition.
The Hamburg Nachrichten says tha
Anddares, Salem and l}agnogo have beer
cleared of East African officials.
I'll mas j Callman < Co., of Chicago
deal Is in tailor's trimmings, have Us
signed, with liabilities $4,000.
IL has been decided TO qeatly incrcas
the strength of the German expedition
for the relief Of Emin Bey.
Moody, the Evangelist, is ARRANGING
n series Of meetings in San Francisco
Portland, and other cities.
\ Uhlan quartcrmastcr-sergc In
won a prize of $4,000 in the Ylcnn
communal lottery
It is stated that the Italian Govern
mont is uneartMng huge socialist con
spilUcy.
Snow fell in New Hampshire and Ven
mont yesterday to the depth Of tw
inches
Secretary Bayard opened the Whining
ton Dell Agricultural Fair yesterday
Prof. GcTckcn was subjected to
ioug hours examination al Moahit
Ih strikes n Lmmuirs, Marcincll
and C.uillt are spreading,