The Washington critic., 1888-09-22
WASHINGTON CRITIC.
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
Recent Happenings OF Interest Condensed
for the Hasty Reader.

special dispatch from Denver, Col,
says: For several days there has been
trouble brewing at Aspen, between the
Midland and Denver d Rio Giandc
Roads, about q right of way. Thursday
AFTERNOON the Midland, being ready to
complete It's track sent force of men
to clear the way. Rio Grandc men
were ordered TO beat OIL tho Midland
FOL COS. A conflict Immediately ensucd,
IN which sfovcls and picks were freely
used and several men were badly hurt
President Scott of the Midland, was
bimsclf badly injured. The city mar
shal and u number of deputies inter
fcrcd and stopped the fight and placed
the Midland men under arrest"
1t is announced that Miss Dottie zcrc-
ga, daughter of John Zerega Of West
chester, N. Y, is engaged to the Duke
of Newcastle. She Is only twenty-onc
and good-loolsing and vivaclous. The
full namc and title of the gentleman Is
Henry Rclham Archibald Douglas, and
besides being the seventh Duke of New
ccstlc, he is also the Earl of Lincoln
lie is twcnty-four years old and is u
sufferer from hip disease, caused by hav-
ing fallen from his nurses arms in in
fancy. 1t is stated that there are but
ten unmarried English dukes left, and
some of them arc rather ancient.
The Cologne Gazette pleads for united
action by England Germany, Belgium
and the Congo State in an endeavor to
relieve Emin Bey. There is no time or
reason, it says, for jealousies. Europe's
honor or prestige with the Africans are
Mt stake. The Gazette proposes Ger
man expedition from the East and an
English and Belgian expedition from
the Upper Congo, to meet at Victoria
Nyanza.
A successful test of the use of pine
straw bagging MS n substitute for jute
in covering bales OF cotton was made
yesterday at Charleston, S. 9. The
bales so covered stood n pressure of
thousand tons in compress, the use of
longshorcmens hooks and the effects
of water and fire as we'll as jute.
The Hon. VIM. H. Robinson, we'll
known lawyer and politician of South
ern Illinois, died suddenly at his home
in Fairfield, ILL.,, Thursday. Mr.. Robin
son was q presidential elector, and the
State Genital Committee has been called
to fill the vacancy.
Daniel Shclby's show visited IIamp-
ton, Va, Thursday, and the people be-
ing dissatisfied with the exhibition, u
riot nearly occurred. The property OF
attachment for debit An old resident
claims that he lost 81 $50 at the hands
of swindlcrs who worked the thimblc-
rig racket" on him.
Fifty-hve survivors and friends of
the One hundred and nineteenth Penn
sylvania regiment will dedicate their
State monument on the Sixth Corps
avenue, east of Round Top, at Gettys-
burg, this morning.
The trunk-line railroad presidents, at
meeting in New York, yesterday, re-
ferred the question OF westDound
freight rates to the executive commit
tee for action.
The following cable was sent from
Detroit. Yesterday. To DR.. Joseph r..
Zenny. Dublin" thousand pounds
more to combat coercion. Charles
O'Reilly."
The United States Express Company
has secured route from the South to
New York, via the Gloucester City 81
Otto Railroad, but the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Company disclaim any
connection with the scheme.
g. II. Cronwaithc, prospector, shot
and killed his former partner, named
johnson, at Ouray, Colorado, recently,
for giving his cabin to strangers.
Hon. William III. Robinson, a prom
inent Republican of Southern Illinois. and
an elector for Harrison and Morton,
died yesterday at Fairfield, Ills
Henry f. Harding, who attempted to
out to be and old hand at the business,
who has served several terms in State
prison.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge l. o. o..
F. has chosen Columbus, Ohio, as the
place for holding the next annual meet
ing.
VIM. Orcutt has been sentenced to
the Iowa State Prison for ten years for
attempting to wreck % train on the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.
1t is reported that President Roberts,
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, will sug-
gest to the Trunk Line committee the
abolition of diffcrential rates.
Maj. John G.. Barnwell died at his
residence in Columbia, S. O., Wedncs-
day. lie served with distinction in the
Confederate army.
Tho Oklahoma Territorial Conven-
tion adopted resolutions asking that No
Mans Land be placed under control OF
Colorado until it has State organiza-
tion of its own.
By an explosion in q melinite factory
at st. Omer, France, six manufacturing
establishments and two dwelling houses
were burned to the ground.
The White Star Line steamer GermaniC
went ashore on Formby Spit while enter.
ing the Mersey, on her way from New
York to London, but was soon gotten of
uniniured.
Emperor William, despite the protesC
of t1e Evangelical Council has confirmed
the election of Prof HarnoclS to the chal,
Of church history in the Univ ersity Of
Berlin.
There are 211 ,472,485 roubles, in ad.
dition to the 100000 roubles guar
anteed against credit notes. in the i'm
peral bank of Russia.
Tho executive committee of the Cot
ton Spinners' Association met at Man.
chester, England, yesterday and unani
mously adopted the proposition to ruI
the mills on short time in order to defeat
the speculative ring.
Government officials state that thu
Marquesas group have been under Frencl
protection since / S42. A few gendarme
have always sufiiced TO maintain peac,
and uphold the authority of France.
The report of the death of the aimee,
of Afghanistan is admitted at Simla
Letters dated September 10 have beel
received from him according to Cal
cutta dispatch, stating that he was il
good health.
Mrs. 10. Dunbar Price, of Philadel
phia, has filed plea in court for an or
der instructing her husband to pay he
5000 a month for her support
A French manufactures OF Belfort ha
been arrested at Mulhausen, Alsace, o.
The charge of being spy
The publication of the diary of til
late Emperor Frederick has caused
sensation in Berlin
Belgian officers OF the Congo State a
Brussels deny the atrocities imputed T.
1naA ILL.