The Washington critic., 1888-08-10
WASHINGTON CRITIC.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Matters of Interest Boiled Down for
Hasty Reading.

Hasty Reading.
The Holland Society OF Now York was met
al ne station IN Amsterdam yesterday by tho
reception committee and conducted IN car
rlages to the Hotel Bracke-Botlcu. Their
programme is as follows; On Friday they will
be given reception at the Amstil Hotel. On
Tuesday the l4th they will make an excur-
sion by steamboat TO Marken. On Thursday,
the 10th, reception will be given the society
at The Hague. Tho committee will go to Rot
terdam on Friday, the 17tb, and on the Satur-
day following the committee and majority
OF the members will sail for New York.
The joint executive committee of the Trunk
Lines Association met at their headquarters,
Broadway and Leonard streets, IN New York
yesterday, and adopted schedule Of inn
migrant rates, TO take effect to-day, and on "A
basis Of s. from New York and Boston to Chit
cago, 450 from Philadelphia TO Chicago and
Si.40 from Baltimore to Chicago $40 from
New York to st. Paul, S6.25 from New York
to st. Louis, 81 25 from New York to Kansas
City and S3s % from New York to San Fran
cisco.
Joggins' great tlmberratt may beat the sun
crowned king" In after all. 1t will probably
arrive through Hell Gate to-day This is the
opinion Of the agents Of the tugs that are
towinglthe raft to New York. The raft draws
nineteen feet of water, but will come through
the Gate all right with careful steering
Mayor Hewitt, having notified the bobtail
that it must betake itself TO more rural re-
HlOus, VIII, WUeD nc IeluInbl lTOul MS NuChJlOH,
open war upon the dangerous rail in use by
the roads throughout the city. This rail was
specially designed TO obstruct and annoy drv-
ers of other vehicles and keep them off that
part of the roadbed of the street that the car
companies have TO repair The Mayor says IL
must 60 with the other nuisances.
Isaac Il. Ilaldeman, broker, has been ar
rested for embe2zlng $4,000 belonging to
clients of Wm. II. Darlington, West Chester
lawyer The money was given To- Haldeman
to invest in oil stocks. lie says he invested
and lost IL, but the prosecutors declare that he
simply pocketed the money. lie was held in
$4,000 for n further hearing next week.
Matthew Burns, who on Thursday last
Jumped from the East River BRIDGE and who
has been confined in the Long Island College
Hospital since, was taken before Police Justice
Walsh In Brooklyn yesterday morning The
prisoner was charged with violation of the
bridge ordinances and pleaded guilty. lie
was then sentenced TO the Kings County peu-
itentary for four months.
DR.. Seth Pancoast of 931 Arch street, Phila-
delphia, who has spent $4,000 in the past two
years trying to locate the sunken English
sloop-of-war De Braak, is positive that he has
at last located the De Braak, which was sup
posed to have on board $10,O00,000 in gold and
silver when she went down on the 25th of May,
1898. Dr. Pancoast has gone to New York to
get four or five of the best divers that money
can hire.
Mrs Frances Bahth died at the residence of
her daughter, Mrs. j. Conn, on Red River
street, in Austin Tex, Tuesday. Mrs. Babth
was born In Poland-Ru In 1776, and was at
the time Of her death liz years OF age, and un-
dOubtedly the Oldest woman living in the
United States. She had been blind for many
years, and became very childish, and toward
the last would eat nothing She was not n
large woman, but was remarkable for her
muscular strength. Her husband died at the
age Of S6 She leaves large generation of
children, grandchildren and greatgrand-
children.
Mrs. Frances A. Scott, widow of General
Scott, Confederate general, died in Memphis
Wednesday. Bottles of morphine and chloro-
form were found by her side. She had been in
terrible poverty. Her husband was at one
time a wealthy newspaper man of New Or
leans During the war he composed the fa-
nous verses, "Somebody's Darling" which
gave the author national fame.
The first annual meeting of the James, River
Valley immigration Society was held at
Natural Bridge, Va, on Wednesday. All the
counties composing the James-Rivor Valley
were fully represented. committee was ap-
pointed TO obtain charter, the capital to be
not less than 5000 nor more than 100000,
one director to be appointed from each city
and county in the James-River Valley, and
shares to be $l0O each. The general objects
are to procure and promote emigration to the
James-River Valley OF Virginia.
John Smith, colored of Rockville, Md, and
Perry Thompson, white, who were found guilty
at the last March court of violation of the
localoption law, the former, in seven cases,
fined 81 400, the latter fined 5000, have been re-
leased under the insolvent law after an fm-
prsonment of about four months.
The jackson Memorial Association of Lex
ington, Va, has under consideration propo-
stion from Colonel III. @. Parsons for the free
use of the Natural Bridge and grounds on a
day In September to be named, When re-
union OF Union and Confederate officers and
veterans is to be held there, the purpose being
to enlarge the fund for the Stonewall jackson
monument.
Henry Ogden of Bedford County, Va, died
at his home, about ten miles from Lynchburg,
Wednesday. He was 95 years of age. He
was married four times, and leaves three Sons
who reside in Pike County, Mo-, and large
number of grandchildren, among whom is Mr.
Frank Ogden of the Baltimore and Ohio Ex
press Office in Lynchburg.
At the meeting of the National Bar Associa
tion yesterday resolution was presented con,
graduating the country upon the appointment
of Hon. Melville w, Fuller as Chief Justice o1
the United States Supreme Court. Objection
was made to the resolution on politica
grounds, and it was withdrawn. James D.
Broadhead was elected president of the asso
cation
1t is stated that a regularly organized bant
of dynamiters exists in WilkesbarTe, Pa.
bomb was found yesterday under the grocery
store of Williams Bros, one OF which firm Il
member or the City Council ana cnalrmal
of the police committee.
Lord Durhams appeal from the decision ii
the turf case was dismissed yesterday In Lon
don with costs. The appeal was taken on tn
ground that, at the time the libel was pub
lished, Jockey Wood had such reputation
that the libel complained of did not affect
injunousy.
1t is reported that the Gar has reprmande(
General Ignatieff for the attack made by hin
on Austria at recent banquet at Kief.
Bishop Stressmayer has been summoned +
an audience with Emperor Francis Joseph 4
consequence of his having sent telegram t
the rector of the Kieff University wishing sue
cess to the Russian policy
The st. James Gdzette complains that Lor
Salsbury's speech at the Lord Mayors bar
Ouet Wednesday evening was diplomatic, an
says that his utterances throw no light on tn
foreign situation.
The Chamber OF Deputies has imposed ta
of 80 cents per hundred pounds on adulter
ated lard.
In the House of Commons last night th
Oaths bill was read tho third time and passe
by n vote Of 147 against 90.
Sampson Low, the London publisher, AT
nounces that Dr. Mackenzie's answer to th
German doctors will appear in both Germa
and English In a few weeks.
Mr.. Arthur Crawford, a commissioner of I'll
civil service, who was arrested in Bombay O
charges of malfeasance in office, b as been Ill
Grated, the charges having been withdrawn.