The Washington critic., 1888-06-16
WASHINGTON CRITIC
NEWS oF THE DAY.
Important Events OF the Past twenty
four Hours.

army officer whose name is not given, in
which the officer tells of plan made by
General Grant in 1874 of an invasion Of
Spain by American troops. The idea
grew out of the butchery of Ryan, the
iilibustering leader, and nearly 100 of his
followers in Cuba. General Grant was
President at the time and he is said to
have made every preparation for hostili-
ties in the event of Spain refusing the de-
mands Of the United States Government
for reparation for the barbarous
execution. Of Ryan and his men;
General Sheridan was rendered command
of the proposed invading army with Cen
eral Meade as his chief of staff. Grants
intention was TO rendezvous $4,000 vet
Grams Of the civil war, who were to be
modified near New York, and fleet pre-
pared to carry them across the Atlantic
in two divisions. The idea was to pre-.
tend IL for service on the Island of Cuba,
but really to land on the shores of Spain
and march inland to Madrid. Both
Grant and Sheridan deemed the move
ment q feasible one, and had the United
States declared war IL would have been
attempted.
A very severe thunder storm struck
New York city last evening, little after
5 o'clock and did good deal of fdamage
The storm was accompanied by q drench-
ing rain and lasted for over an hour. In
the harbor, near Bedloe's Island the
sloop'yacht Agnes was capsized by the
hurricane and one of the crew, Charles
Il. Anderson, drowned Three others of
the crew were rescued with great diff
Guilty, after having clung to the bowsprit
of the disabled yacht for several hours.
On Staten Island the scenery prepared
for Kiralfy's big show, Nero" was
wrecked and about a dozen boys were
more or less injured. AT Erastina 5000
people in attendance at Buffalo Bills
f" Wild West show were thoroughly
drenched. The electric light wires be-
came deranged and left the place in total
darkness. A panic ensued, but 1t is not
known that any person was seriously in
jured.
John Bowens. colo ed. who was arrest
ed in Carroll County I'D. on Thursday
night, for assaultlns with intent 10 kill
Obo Jones, blind msn Of Union Bridge,
and Ida Mulberry Of Middletown, both
colorcd, was lynchcd az / 80 o'clock yes
terday morning. Entrance was obtained
TO the town lookup very easily and
Bowens was taken about 200 yards from
town and hanged to an oak. The lynch
ers were those of Bowens own race.
Bowens had been in the penitentiary
twice and was bad character. Sixteen
months ago he attempted an assault on
lady and got year in the penitentiary,
from which he was discharged only three
months ago. This is the fourth lynching
that has occurred in Carroll County within
two years.
At a meeting of the executive commit
tee ofthe Kansas Service Pension Associa-
ton the following resolution was adopted
'ResolUed, That the Service Pension AS
sociati0n of Kansas, representing 321 900
ex-Union soldiers and sailors through
their executive committee, in session in
the city of Emporia Kansas, June IA, do
4 n II 4
to the National Republican Convention
to be held IN Chicago, June 10, do all in
their power TO secure the adoption of q
plank in their platform recognizing the
principle of o service pension to every
honorably discharged Union soldier and
sailor"
The Cloquet logs which broke away
Wednesday were all caught at Duluth,
on the Northern Pacific bridge. There is
no change in the estimate of loss of $500 :
600 by the flood. Further investigation
shows that the boom at Fond du Lac was
carried away. Three bridges were car
ried away at Cloquet, one a railroad
bridge. The damage to the st. Paul and
Duluth Railroad is great. The question
with the owners of the logs is what to do
with them. Only about 25O0O,0O0 feet
owners are considering the question of
hauling the rest back by rail to Cloquet.
That place is a village OF 200 people, and
its only industry is numbering The dis
aster will about kill the place for year.
The water is subsiding.
The flags of the American and other
legations IN London were displayed at
half-mast yesterday morning as soon as
the news of the death of Emperor Fred
erick reached there. The news was not
received at the German Embassy until
2:30 o'clock in the afternoon, when the
flag was placed at half.mast and the
blinds drawn. The bells of Westminster
Abbey were tolled out of respect to the
dead. The Prince of Wales will start for
Berlin this evening. Mayor Hewitt of
New York said yesterday morning that
he did not feel justified in ordering the
flags over the City Hall at half-mast be-
cause of the demise of Emperor Fred
erick.
Two men applied for room at the
Windsor Hotel in Binghamton, N. Y,
Thursday night, registering their names
as John McVey and John Mccarthy of
Syracuse. AS they retired they were
cautioned to turn off the gas, and prom
ised to do so. Yesterday morning the
Odor of gas aroused suspicion, and when
the door of their room was forced open
the men were found lying on the bed
one dead and the other unconscious. II
is not known whether the dead man is
McVey or Mccarthy.
viii Hague, formerly city clerk of Pat
terson, N. j., who fled to Canada in 1884,
leaving a deficit of $4,000 in his accounts
with the city, has voluntarily returned
and given himself up to the authorities.
Hague was also treasurer of the Peoples
Brewing Company of Newark and was
some $4,000 short in his accounts there.
He states that his life as fugitive had
become unbearable and he desired to re-
turn and stand trial.
A high wind north of Anita, Cass
County, Iowa, Wednesday night, struck
the house of Mrs. Theodore Parker and
completely demolished it. She was alone
at the time with two small children. The
youngest child, aged four, was killed
The other child escaped unhurt. The
mother was found the next morning in
sensiblein the debris of the building and
is not expected to live. No other damage
has been reported from that vicinity.
Eugene Otto, Hugo Yunckers and his
wife of East Cambridge, Mass, have been
relieved of the charge Of wilfully starving
their infant son, who died May 13. The
evidence showed that the father worked
in a stoneyard for 81 per week and thai
he did his best to support his family on
that sum and that if his baby had really
starved it was because he was unable &c
buy II sufficient food.
The failures throughout the country
during the last seven days number for the
United States 200, and for Canada %, or q
total of 232, as compared with 235 las
week and 2O5 the week previous to the
last.
AT Albany, N. Y, during q heavy
thunderstorm, yesterday morning, light
ming struck English Il Bests ice-house al
Cedar Hill, setting it on fire and causing
a loss Of about $10000G,
The Supreme Court of California ha!
affirmed the decision of the lower cour
in the case of DR.. j. Milton Bowers, con
yicted OF the murder of his wife, anC
sentenced to be hanged.
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