The Washington critic., 1888-06-04
CRITIC
NEWS OF THE DAY
Important Events of the Past Forty
eight Hours.

VISION oil the constitution that, should
the Government find itself confronted by
q majority against it, composed of the
Right and the Opportunists, it would re-
sign, since it could not deal with the re-
vision unless supported by solid Re-
publican majority. In consequence of
M. Floquets declaration, NJ Roohetou-
cauld announced that the Right would
not demand revision, but a dissolution
and an appeal to the country
Sir Joseph Neale McKenna, Liberal
member OF the House of Commons for
Monaghan, South, has written to the sec
retafies of the Parnell Catholic meeting
in Dublin, that he entirely disagrees with
the resolutions adopted at that meeting,
and deems the argument directed at the
preclusion of the Pope's interposition,
that politics and religion are different do
mains, fallacious, for the Obvious reason
that questions of morality which cannot
be excluded from politics are within the
domain OF religion.
A the meeting at Pittsburg Saturday
night of the Trades Assembly of Western
Pennsylvania, representing 60,000 organ
lied workmen, resolutions were unan-
imously adopted condemning the Mills
bill and all its advocates, and condemning
Congressman Scott of Erie as an enemy of
labor, a dangerous person to the welfare
of society and the industrial progress of
America, and as bitter enemy of organ
iZed labor.
A motion made in the French Chamber
OF Deputies Saturday by NJ. Laur to es-
tablish zone in Northeastern France.
where Germans should not be allowed to
reside unless they were subjected to re-
stiictions similar to those imposed by
Germany upon Frenchmen in Alsacc-
Lorraine, was rejected by vote of 500
TO "a.
The Wilmington (Del.) election Satur-
day resulted in the election of Austin
Harrington, Republican, for mayor by
over 700 majority. The Democrats elected
seven members of the City Councils and
the Republicans five. The Republican
majority for the head of the ticket was
caused by disafiection IN the Democratic
ranks.
The Cunard steamship Etruria, which
left Queenstown at 800 p. m. on May 81
arrived at the bar at New York at 1045 a.
IN. Saturday, thus making the voyage in
six days, two hours and fifteen minutes.
This beats the record of six days, four
hours and forty.two minutes made in
May, 1887, by the steamship Umbria.
The final session of the Friends So
ciety for Philanthropic Labor was held in
New York Saturday night. a letter
from the Baltimore Society was read, in
which it was said they had arranged to
give employment to discharged prison.
ers. 1t also said that where local option
prevails the iails get depopulated.
The exercises of commencement week
at New Windsor College, at New Wind
sor, Carroll County, Md, yesterday,
opened with the baccalaureate sermon by
Rev. A. NJ. Jelly, ID. d., president of the
college. Rev. Byron Sunderland, ID. d.,
of Washington, who had been announced
TO preach the sermon, was detained
home on account of illness.
James A. Jackson, colored, Sharonville,
Ohio Charles Grim, Little Falls, N. Y.
Edward Locksley, Springfield, Mass, all
employees of Miller d Ereeman's circus
the derailing Of q car on the Springfield
Division OF the New England Railroad.
The bark Monrovia sailed for Liberia
from New York Saturday carrying thir-
teen colored families from Gainesville,
Fla. They are emlgrating under the aus
pices of the American Colonization Soci-
ETY.. They expect TO reach Africa in
August.
The Harlan & Hollingsworth Company
of Wilmington, Del, launched, Saturday,
iron ferry boat City of Portsmouth, build
ing for the Norfolk, Va. ferries. Dimen-
sions, 154 feet long, 81 feet beam, IL feet
"a inches hold.
Robert Reidy and Boyd Guinter, aged
respectively 15 and 13 years, were walk
ing upon some loose logs in the river at
Williamsport, Pa, Saturday, when the
former slipped and fell in and the latter
endeavored to rescue him, but both were
drowned.
The sale of the Fort Worth and Denver
Telegraph Company to the Western Union
is announced. The line extends from
Fort Worth, Tex, to Denver and is the
only telegraph line running northwest
from the Panhandle.
Alice Woodhall, who was brought
back from London, whittier she had gone
with her sister after defrauding, as it is
alleged, old John Gill out of many thou
sands of dollars, is safely lodged in Jail
in New York.
The annual reception ofthe New York
Hebrew Orphan Asylum, held yoster-
day, drew over 5000 people to that insti-
tuition. The asylum cares for 531 chill.
dren, not one of whom is on the sick
list.
Tie Sheboygan (Mich) Company has
failed. The liabilities aggregate 1925,
COO and the assets about the same. The
business of the Sheboygan Company was
the manufacture of chairs.
At the bicycle races Saturday, at Dub
lin, The mile handicap was won by Tenn
Ile of Chicago, Woodside second. The
mile race was won by Temple, Wood of
Leicester, second.
Tho frame house in which General
Grant was born has been tloated down
the river from Point Pleasant, Ohio, on a
raft, and Saturday was placed on exhibi-
ton at Cincinnati.
The agitation against the payment of
tithes at Denbigb, Wales, is increasing.
The military were called out Saturday
and dispersed a crowd that had gathered
The document of the Irish bishops,
which has reached Rome, admits the
right of the Holy See to interfere in mat
ters of morality.
Benefit performances are to be given at
Frederick, Nd, this week in aid of the
sufferers by the recent explosion there.
The Crystal Salt Works, three miles
north of Warsaw, N. Y, were almost de-
stroyed by fire Saturday night.
Contracts have been signed for the con
struction of the first section of the Arcade
Railroad under Broadway, New York.
At mass meetng in Cork, yesterday,
the resolutions of the Irish bishops on the
papal rescript We're indorsed.
farmer named Maugan was shot and
senously wounded at Ennis County
Clare, by moonlighters, Saturday.
George Parker Brockbank, p. G. D. and
L, G. standard bearer of the Free Masons
Of England, is dead
United States District Judge +. b
Turner died at his residence, in Austin,
Texas, Saturday.
Emperor Frederick has withdrawn his
signature from the Quenquennial bill.
The annual summer exodus OF tourists
to Europe is at Its height.
The st. Louis Convention.
This important political event, which
takes place tomorrow in St. Louis, tc
nominate the candidates for President
and Nice-President, to be voted for at the