The Washington critic., 1888-07-14
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Recent Events of Interest Boiled Down
for Hasty Reading.


was engaged to be married to Miss Mira
Hoskins, the daughter of general store.
keeper in the village, became jealous of q
man named Everhard, timber buyer
from Philadelphia, who boarded with the
Hoskinses and who paid some attention to
Miss Hoskins. Pike called at the resi-
dence of his sweetheart Thursday and
found she was absent with Everhard.
After conversing with the family awhile
he left, and. overtaking them half a mile
from the house, shot Everhard in the
head, killing him, and crushed in the
head of Miss Hosl1ins with club, and
then, to complete his bloody work. shot
himself in the mouth, the bullet lodging
in the brain. When discovered he was
lying across the remains of the lady
feebly gasping for breath. He died in an
hour,
At Topeka, Kansas, on Thursday. Mrs.
Norton was served with warrant, charg-
ing her with violating the laws of Kan
sas relating to marriage by living with u
man not her husband. She was then
separated from Moore and given another
room. A warrant was issued against
Moore also for the same oilense, but as
his habeas corpus case was not settled,
the warrant was not served. Mrs. Nor.
ton will probably plead guilty and re-
ceive the minimum penalty-S500 fine.
David M, Pascoe, a compositor on one
of the Philadelphia daily papers, was ar
rested yesterday on the charge of embez-
cling ,230 from the International Typo
graphical Union of North America, of
which organization he was formerly treas
urer. lie was unable to secure $500
bail and was sent to prison.
The Ohio State Board of Pardons has
signed recommendation asking Presi.
dent Cleveland to pardon from the Ohio
penitentiary Benjamin T.. Hopkins, one
of the officers Of the late Fidelity Bank
of Cincinnati, on the ground that Hop
kins cannot live more than year, owing
to dropslcal tendency.
Fred. Remington, an artist on the staff
Of Hdyper's Weekly, committed suicide at
Trinidad, Cal, by taking dose of NOR
phine. lie was in love with the milliner
of the village, Miss White, who rejected
him. Remington left will bequeathing
Home 5000.
The steamer Elder, which arrived in
New York from Bremen yesterday, re-
ports having early Thursday morning
passed the dory bark Dark Secret, which
left Boston on June 1s for Queenstown.
The crew of the dory were well and
favorable winds prevailed.
Terrible suffering is reported among
the people of the sections of West .Vir-
ginia and Western Pennsylvania recently
devastated by floods. Both the Main
Stem and the Parkersburg Branch Of the
B. and o. Railroad are now open.
Ebenezer Stanyard, the Youngstown
(Ohio) murderer, who killed his sweet
heart, Alice Hancock, early IN 1887,
through jealousy, was hanged in the PEN
itentiary annex at Columbus at o'clock
yesterday morning.
In the House of Commons, Mr.. w. H.
Smith gave notice of his intention to in
troduce his bill to investigate the Times
charges against the Irish members.
Alexander, the Servian Crown Prince,
was taken from his mothers villa at
Welsbaden yesterday and carried to Bel
grade.
An invitation to the Archbishop OF
Canterbury's garden party inadvertently
sent to Colonel Hughes Hallett was with
drawn.
A Lisbon dispatch announces the death
ofSenor Jose Ferreira Borges de Castro,
a distinguished Portuguese diplomat.
Nearly the whole business portion OF
Ripley, Ontario, was destroyed by fire
| yesterday. The loss is $4,000.
Five Pittsburg firms signed the anal.
| gamated scale yesterday. A general
break is expected to-day.
Twenty.four whites and 200 natives
were burned to death IN the Debeers mine
disaster in South Africa.
The Gambetta statue was unveiled al
| Paris yesterday and Minister Floquet de-
livered an oration.
The business failures throughout the
| country during the last seven days
numbered PIG.
The Journal de 50. PetersboHg denies
that the government is about to issue
another loan.
The Mayor of Sligo, who editor of the
J Sligo Champion, has been arrested under
| the Crimes act.
Official German papers do not expect
| much political result from the meeting Of
the emperors.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies has
refused to grant women the franchise.
James Russell Lowell is unable to &C
out in London on account of the gout.
| Emperor William has started for st.
Petersburg,
A British regiment has been ordered tc
| Iululand.
The Portugal Cortes closed its session
| yesterday.
Many deaths occurred from the heat ir
| Athens.