The Washington critic., 1888-05-30
WASHINGTON CRITIC
NEWS oF THE DAY.

important Events OF the Past Forty
eight Hours.
Edwin Booth is about to make mag
nihcent present to the Players Club He
has purchased the building No. 16 Gram
trcy Park, New York city, at a cost of
$4,000, which, after an expenditure of
$4,000 for renovating, decorating and
furnishing, he will present as free gift
to the club. The house is four-story
brownstone structure, with q frontage ON
the park of 32l feet and a depth Of 1876
feet, and adioins the historic mansion of
the late Samuel J. fslden.
Senators Spooner and Blackburn yes
torday continued their task of ascertain
ing how the cisil.,ervice law is enforced
in the New York Custom-house. William
s. Robinson testified that he is steno-
grapher and appointment clerk in the
collectors office, and keeps record of all
removals and appointments in the Gus
toms service of this port. In July, 1895,
the total number of customs employees,
exclusive of laborers, was ,160. Since
March, 1885, there had been All re-
movals, most of them old men. He
could not say whether the greater part of
them were Republicans. His record
shows the causes of removal, and he said
no man had been removed, except for
, cause.
Mrs. Dennis Mullins was murdered in
n Pittsburg yesterday, in the presence of
y her little children, by q next door neigh
Dor, named Scholer. The murder was the
result Of family quarrel, which had
been carried to court. The hearing was
set for yesterday evening, and Mrs. Null
Inns was the principal witness against
Schoer. Shortly after Dennis Mullins
left home Tor his daily work Scholer came
into the house, and seizng Mrs. Mullins
by the hair drew razor and cut her
throat from car to ear. Mrs. Mullins died
in few minutes. Scholer was captured
on the street few hours later.
The annual reunion and banquet of the
Alumni Association of the American
College at Rome was held at Au-
gustine's cafe in Philadelphia, yes
ferday. Forty-one priests were pres.
ent, representing Boston, Hartford AL
bany, New York, Brooklyn, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, WilmiDgton,.V ,.Vincennes,
Cleveland, Columbus and Newark. The
officers elected were Rev. Patrick Hen
messy of Jersey City, PRESIDENT Monsig-
nor Farley of New York and Rev. Father
McMahon of Boston, vice presidents; Rev.
Father Wall of New York, treasurer;
Rev. DR.. McElhinney of New York, sec
rotary, and Rev. Q. o Keefe of New York,
I historian.
Mayor Hewitt was again subpnnaed be-
fore the coroner's jury in New York yes
terday in the case of Thomas Murray, the
lineman who was killed by contact with
an electric wire. He was not however,
examined, as the time was taken up in
taking the testimony of General Newton
4 reiterated his charges that the mayors S
obstinacy in refusing to order the wires to
be placed underground was the only
reason they were stll overhead.
n Mrs. Cleveland and a party of friends
j. took trip to the Switzerland of Amer
lea" Mauch Chunk and the Switchback
neighborhood yesterday. A special train
took Mrs. Cleveland, her host, the Rev
and Mrs. Charles Wood and forty in.
~ vited guests. They went to the Switch
back and returned early last evening
Paul Desgranges of Philadelphia has
succeeded in accumulating 100000 can
a celed postage stamps. They are put in
M packages of 200 stamps each package
4 weighing five pounds five ounces He
b has been engaged for six years IN making
u the collection.
Judge Cooley of the Interstate Commits
sion passed through Pittsburg yesterday
on his way to Washington. He says the
commission will insist that the Pennsyl
vania Railroad make public their rate;
\ to Philadelphia and to Liverpool.
i Mr.. @. Murray, editor of the Cincinnati
Price Current, reiterates his statement that
he obtained through O Government Off
cial information as to the Government
crop report.
The new passenger depot of the Balti-
7, more and Ohio Railroad in Philadelphia
is to be opened for inspection and business
to-day.
!, The Massachusetts House has passed to
be engrossed the measure providing for
the Australian system of voting which
was recently passed by the Senate.
Frederick n. Toye, township clerk, his
wife and three children, aged 5, 8 and II
years, were burned to death in their house
= at Ellington, Ont, Monday night.
The annual convention ofthe Womau's
Christian Temperance Union OF Georgia
began its sessions yesterday morning.
Oliver Wendell Holmes. jr., Justice o
N the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, is
\ visiting California, and will closely study
the Chinese cheap labor question.
Three of the six nominees on the Ala
bama Republican State ticket have re
fused to accept the nominations rendered
Henry Black of Franklin County Pa.
son of the late Judge jeremiah S. Black
died Sunday, aged 40 years.
Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmondt
sailed for home from New York yester
day.