The Washington critic., 1888-10-02
WASHINGTON CRITIC.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Recent happenings of Interest Condensed
FOR the Husty Reader

erng of the Congo State, in place of Gen.
otnlch, resigned In future the post
VIII DC held by three functicnamcs--onc
IN thS Congo Stats and one in Brussels TO
attcno to administrative duties, and n
Ihlfd N leave, ready to relieve either of
the otbfs
The Rome Tribuna learns thut the dis
putc bewecn Italy and the Sultan Of
Danzibai will shortly he satisfactorily
s,Utled. In the meantime the Italian
men-of-wtr have been instructed TO assist
Europeans on the Zanzibar coast
M de Frcycinct, French Minister of
war, in accordance with the recommcn-
datlons of the budget committee, will re-
1uce the army estimates 6. 100000 francs.
Admiral krank. the Minister of Marine,
sun refuses to rducc the naval estimates.
Mr.. Balfour thicf secretary for Ire
land, was prcycnted with an address ut
tilasgow YESTERDAY. In replying, he said
that IL Ireland obtained n local parlia-
mont she would hive to be rcconqucrcd.
Agitation was the IRISH commoner's daily
bread
Several actresses II New York are on
the war-patl after n Elib.tongucd swim
dlcr who cheated them out of consitcra-
BILE money on false REPRESENTATIONS Or
writing their biographies" for tho
newspapers of that city.
The Italian consul at Motrcnl has in
tercsted himself i'm the labor troubles in
Canada. Another serious cosHict be-
tween the troops and the strikers is re-
ported at Shctbroolse, Quebec.
William Black & Co., whose I,ilure
was announced ON Friday, yesteday
notified the Produce, Cotton and Cogcc
Exchanges that they were prepared 10
meet their liabilities in full.
The suit of Gen. Adam Bndcnu at New
York against the widow Of Gen. u. S.
Grant, to recover $4,000 for services
rendered on the Grant Memoirs, will be
called or the 9th instant.
The Morning Commercial of Toledo,
Ohio, was yesterday sold by the estate
of the late Gen. j. NJ. Comfy to Richard
Smith, OF the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette. Mr. Smith will not leave his
Cincinnati paper.
The departure of the expedition for
the relief of Emin Bey has been delayed
until the rising of the natives in the
east of Africa is quelled.
The Svet, of st. Petersburg, in view
of the influx of Chinese into Siberia,
urges that measures be taken TO regulate
their immigration into that country
On Sunday the Irish National Burial
Association of Chicago dedicated the
monument erected at the burial place OF
those Irish Nationalsts who may die in
InaU Guy WITHOUT lnmlllcS.
Edward w. Chase was yesterday at
Portland, Maine, found guilty of the
murder of Ida w. Stevens ana sentenced
TO State prison for life.
Henry Fitch, Democratic candidate
for State Senator, was thrown from his
carriage at Ouford, n. H., on Sunday
night and broke his neck.
The stock brokerage firm of G. G.
March, suspended yesterday at New York,
caused primarily by inability to i'm
mediatcly realize on assets.
Edward Greey, a dealer in japanese
goods, having store at No. 20 East
day committed suicide by shooting.
Peter Straubb, Chicago machinist,
gouged his eyes out at Mattoon, Ill,
under the hallucination that he was
commanded to do so by the spirits.
Lawrence Herbert" who recently
killed himself att the Hoffman House,
New York, has been identified as IL. V.
Secbohm, the dramatic author of Lit
tie Lord Fauntleroy."
Policeman Frederick Conl1lin, of New
York. has been dismissed from the force
on the discovery that his photograph is
in the Rogues' Gallery inscribed sneak
thief and picl1pocket."
The Berlin Reichsanzeiger says that
Emperor William has conferred the, dec
Grafton Of the Order Of the Black Eagle
upon his wife.
The trouble among Indians atTruc-
kee, Cal, is reported on account of
opium and liquor having been furnished
them by Chinese.
William Meriweather killed Marion
Cunningham in n quarrel over q gamb-
ling debt at Atlanta. Ga. on Saturday
Digfr5
Ticket " scalpers" at Chicago have
been victimized to the tune of So, 600 by
clever forgeries of Illinois Central limi
ted tickets.
Dixon r. Ccrri and Thomas B. Nc
Quaid, have been arraigned at Worces-
ter, Mass, for the murder OF Lille
Hoyle last year.
Rev. w. II. Wallace, late pastor of q
Methodist church at Chillicothe, Ohio,
has been expelled from the pulpit for
immortality.
A large tank, containing several
thousand barrels of OIL exploded at Long
island City, l.. l., yesterday, causing a
loss Of $4,000.
Sheriff Pettis, of Twigg County, Ca,
killed w. 7. Reynolds, a farmer in a
political quarrel at Jeffersonville, Ca,
on Saturday night
The freedom Of the city of Dublin was
conferred upon Cardinal Moran, Arch
bishop of Sydney, yesterday.
The Catholic bishop of Limerick has
forbidden the collecting of money at
chapels for the Parnell fund.
The troubles in Zanzibar have caused
an interruption of commerce with towns
on the soushern coast;
The Prince of Wales, accompanied by
brilliant suite, arrived at Mlslkolcz
yesterday.
Foster, the New York Produce EX-
change forger and swindler. is believed
TO be in Toronto,
Emperor William has left Mainau for
Lindau, Bavaria.