The Washington critic., 1888-10-01
WASHINGTON CRITIC.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Recent Happenings OF Interest Condensed
for the Hasty Reader

Tor the Haety Reader.
Mr.. Robert Garrett had violent
spell yesterday afternoon. lie was as
sisted from the cottage at Rlngwo0d, ~
D., by his attendants, and after walking
Tor short time about the grounds sat
down under tree in n large upholstered
chair. At about 4 :30 p. M, when he
wns looking over the London Illustrated
News, he was suddenly seized with q
fit of violence, and his attendants had
great difficulty in managing him. lie
tore up the newspaper In small pieces
and scattered them about the ground.
When his attendants attempted to lead
him into the house he struggled with
them and finally pulled of his coat and
threw IL TO the ground. His 0ttcnd-
ants finally got him into the house be-
fore he did himself any. bodily harm.
Mr. Garrctts screams could be heard all
over the neighborhood.
At the instance of the Attorncy-Gen-
eral Of Pennsylvania writ OF quo war
rantO was granted by the court IN Hnr4
risburg Saturday citing various bcne-
fetal and mutual insurance associations
60 appear on October 90 and show by
what authority they claim to mako con-
tracts of insurance and TO issue policies
OF insurance in pursuance thereof.
The officers of the Inman Steamship
Line s6ate that the dispatch from
Queenstown Friday saying that two
DuSbeuHcTS on unt SNcHncF 0lUy OF NtW
York were thrown to the floor and sus-
taincd fractures of %heir ribs. and that
another became insane and was placed
In straight-iacket during gales while
the vessel was on her voyage from New
York, was untrue
London dispatch states that Mr..
John Hoey, OF New York, sailed for
home Saturday on the Umbria. wf5h con-
tracts in his pocket by which the Adams
Express Company extends its service
over England. France and Germany.
special Adams Express car will be at
tached to all the fas6 trains.
The dispute among the members Of
the Lexington Avenue Synagogue, in
New York, over the separation OF the
sexes at the services according 30 the
old orthodox customs has resulted in
the resignation of the Rabbi. Bernard
Drachinan, and a number OF his follow
ers, who wished to adhere to the old
traditions,
The Supreme Court of Hawaii has de-
cided that the Government must refund
to the heirs of Ali Ki tho 81 1000 he
paid for the exclusive privilege OF i'm
porting opium, but which right he was
not permitted to enjoy. -Four members
of the Legislature have been expelled
for accepting bribes from Cinnamon.
The case of Charles Gildersleeve
against the New Mexico Mining Com
pany, heirs of jerome B. Chaffee,
Stephen B. EllSins aud others, for the
possession Of half interest In 10000
acres of land in Santc Fe County, valued
at SD, 900, 900, has been decided in favor
of the defendants,
A farmer hostile TO the National
League has found and forwarded to the
English Government % block checS-book
of the New Ross Branch of the league
containing the counterfoils of checks OF
various persons who have been paying
the expenses Of resisting evictions.
In the Wake Superior Court in Ra-
leigh, North Carolina, Saturday, the two
rremainiag cases of tho State, against
ex-presdent and cashier of the State
National Bank of Raleigh, who are
charged with forgery, were begun.
The schooners Sidney G.. Hupper of
Thomaston, Me, Lewis A. Hodgdon,
of Booth Bay, Me-, and James NJ Hayes,
of Bath, Nc, were wrecked in q hur-
hurricane near Turks Island West In
dies. A number Of sailors were drowned.
Two well-dressed strangers went to
Franklin, Kentucky, on Friday, and af-
ter digging in the vicinity of an old mill,
left. A man named Hendricks, whose
suspicious were aroused, went out SAT-
urday and unearthed an old kcg with
81, 700 in gold
At o'clock Saturday night dynamite
Office at Snannapin, Beaver County, Pa
and an hour later another was put off in
the rear of the same building. 1t is sup
posed the bombs were intended to blow
up q disreputable house near by.
Gov. Morehouse, of Missouri, has ap-
pointed Samuel Levi nssociate-justice of
the County Court of Butts County. lie
is Hebrew, and is the only one Of his
race ever appointed to a position of any
kind by Governor of Missouri.
Michael Whalen, of Danville Pennsyl-
vania, who has been in poor health for
some time, and has lately shown signs of
insanity, on Saturday cut his wife's
throat and then his own.
Another ministerial council was held
cided to introduce in the Chamber of
Deputies during the coming session, a
bill for the revision of the constitution.
William Williams, aged eighty years,
living at Nuzums Mills, Taylor County,
West Virginia, beat his wife SO savagely
Friday, that she died of the injuries re-
ceived.
At a meeting at Birmingham Satur-
day evening Mr.. L. p. 0'Connor pre-
dicted the speedy overthrow of the Con-
servatives
An open-air meeting of unemployed
worlSmen at Rome under the sanction
of Premier Crispi, demanded State en-
ploymenG.
The body of Alonzo Lewis, a New York
drummer, who had been missing for sew
eral days, was found at Virginia Beach,
yesterday.
DR.. Mackenzie's coming book will
endeayOr to show that the treatment of
DIR. Gerhart produced cancer in the late
Emperor.
Heavy frosts are reported in many sec
tions of Virginia, and snow in the south
western portion Of the State.
Prof. GeffclIen has been arrested for
furnishing extracts of the late German
Emperor's diary.
The fund for the Emin relief eXpe-
diton has been secured
Two moro murders of women have &C
Gurrcd in London
The Mexican National Railroad has
been finished.
The Boulangist agitation in Paris has
been resumed.
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