The Washington critic., 1888-08-03
WASHINGTON CRITIC.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Matters of Interest Boiled Down for
Hasty Reading.

road, Charles T. Yerkos, late of Philadelphia,
and familiarly known as "Bbiunr Yerkes. The
demonstration occurred when, for the second
time within twenty.four hours the new cable
collapsed through il-worling machinery, and
the cars on the entire system stopped. They
were crowded with thousands, homeward
bound. The nickels had been paid, and, as the
people were tired, many patiently waited for
an hour. As the cable continued motionless,
they then disembarked aud poured down the
sidewalk to the Office. No one was injured.
Philadelphia Central Office detectives have
arrested three men on suspicion OF robbing
the Atlantic City postofllce Tuesday night.
Their names are Charles, alias "Reddy'
Beasly, Royce Sims, alias George Hansen, and
Charles Hughes, alias "Western Charlie" In
case Beasly should escape the Atlantic City
charge, he will be held for the murder Of
man named Palmer, which took place IN
Scranton about July during quarrel.
IL is stated on credtable authority that the
Catholic archdiocese Of Albanyis to be formed,
and will include the dioceses of Buffalo, Og-
densburg Rochester and Syracuse, all In the
northern and western parts of New York.
r14he new Archbishop will be Bishop McNelny
OF Albany, who is at present In Europe. II Is
also reported that the diocese OF Poughkeepsle
is to be formed and made part OF the archdio
cese of New York, which will then include the
dioceses Of Brooklyn, Newark, Trenton and
Poughkeepsie. A new diocese is also to be
created in New England, with Worcester,
Mass, as the Episcopal scat.
Hon. Allen G.. Thurman Of Ohio and Hon.
Levi p. Morton Of New York. the Democratic
and Republican candidates for the Vice
Presidency of the United States, are expected
TO be present at the opening services Of the
Fifteenth National Grangers' Picnic, to be held
at Williams Grove Pa, commencing Monday,
August %. Colonel r. ii. Thomas Of Me-
chanicsburg, manager of the interstate exhibit
ton, has already succeeded in getting the
President and his wife to accept the invitation,
AtaI hnh haltA NlnN
man and Morton will also accept the invita-
tion. These invitations include their wives
The Bishop OF Placenza, in Italy. has estab-
lished the Institute of Christopher Columbus,
which, with the appreciation of the Pope,
will furnish priests for the Italians who have
Sunday the Revs. Felice Morelli and Amos
Astorri, who recently arrived at New York,
will open the Maryland branch at No. ia
Centre street. italian will be the language
exclusively used apart from the regular ser
vices, and the mission will be entirely devoted
to the interests of the Italians.
The Polo Grounds at New York are saved to
the ball-players until October, as the Metropoli-
tan Exhibition Company has taken an appeal
from the order of Judge lngraham denying.an
injunction to restrain the Commissioner of
Public Works from removing the fence at the
Polo Grounds at One Hundred and Eleventh
street and Fifth and Sixth avenues to the
general term Of the Supreme Court
The sale of theatre tickets In New York at
an advance rate on box~ofllce prices has al
ways been n source of much revenue to the
hotel news-stands, but rate war is threatened
in that quarter by the new company who have
put Arthur Wallach in charge of the Hoffman
House stand. Under the old monopoly all
sorts OF fancy advances were charged but the
new rule will be a uniform price of % cents.
The fifth race at Saratoga yesterday was
handicap steeplechase for all ages over frac-
tiOnnl No y nbOut milp and n-half
for purse OF $3.50. 1t was won by Abraham,
with Evangeline second and Meadow Queen
third; time 300.
Fire was discovered in one of the upper
rooms of Patapsco Institute near Ellicott
City, Md, yesterday afternoon. 1t was put
out with considerable difficulty by Jones Neal,
the colored servant about the building. The
room was occupied by Miss Brenton, who is
spending the summer at the institute. The
clothes-press was entirely burned out, to-
gether with much clothing belonging to the
occupant Of the room. No one knows the
origin of the fire.
The report that Justice Stanley Matthews,
who is at the Maplewood Hotel, Pittsfeld,
Mass, is seriously i'll is unfounded. His gen
eral health is good and he spends much of his
time driving through the country.
The Governor of Tennessee has received a
telegram from the Sheriff of Hayward County
requesting assistance against an apprehended
attack of negroes. The Chickasaw Guard Of
Memphis is now in readiness to depart for
Brownsville, the scene of the trouble.
workingmen's meeting called for the pur-
pose of urging Ex-Governor Porter to run for
Governor on the Republican ticket last night
in Indianapolis, was captured by anti-Harrison
men, who passed resolutions that the laboring
men were opposed to the Republican platform
and urging Porter as friend OF the working
men not to be a candidate.
Thomas Davidson Of Wilmington, Del. has
tha for araptinU in tho prntns tunt
Episcopal Church at Chestertown an altar of
Italian marble in memory of Bishop Lay, first
Bishop of Easton. It will be the gift of friends
of Bishop Lay
The origin of the disastrous fire In Suffolk
on Wednesday has not been discovered.
Eightysix business places and dwellings were
burned, besides a number Of small establish
ments The apartments above several of the
burned stores were occupied by families and
as sleeping-rooms, and but very little was
saved from them. Many persons were left
almost entirely destitute
Among the visitors at Republican head
quarters in New York yesterday was James g..
Blaine jr, who said that his father would
reach New York on August and that big
reception awaited him at Augusta, Me-, on the
18th. After that he will spend few days in
Newark, N, j., and get back to New York
about September.
Late on Wednesday Charley Lee of Lancas-
ter, Pa, and George Harris of Harrisburg, both
colored, fought with bare knuclsles for $50 at
a point in the Conewago Valley, along the
Cornwall Railroad. The fight lasted 25 min
utes and in the fifth round Harris was
knocked out.
The Southern Convocation of the p. e.
Diocese Of Easton, which has been in session
since Tuesday, closed its session at st. Peters
Church, Salisbury, last night
Jury trials in the cases of Anarchists in
Austria and Hungary have been suspended
for one year.
A pillar of the Cathedral at Seville, Spain,
fell, causing portion Of the roof of the naive
to collapse. The falling debris destroyed the
organ and did other damage TO the Cathedral
Emperor William has ordered that the
Cuirassier regiments be exercised in the use OF
the lance in October.
Empress Victoria has selected the Church
of the Holy Sepulcher at InniGhen as a mode
for the mausoleum of the late Emperor Fred
erick.
In concluding his speech opening the cen.
tenary exhibition in Melbourne, Tuesday
Governor Loeb quoted the words Of the ad
dress delivered ut the opening OF the Philadel'
phia exhibition in 1876.
Mr.. James G. Blaine believes that the inhu-
ence of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain as an Englisl
politician is almost wholly gone.
The Typographical Provident Society O.
Dublin asks that Objectionable clauses in the
proposed international Copyright bill be ex
plunged.
An effort was made in the House Of Com
mons yesterday to prevent further discussion
of the Parnell Commission bill
William A. Smith has been arrested for EN-
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