The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Recent Events OF Interest Boiled Down
for uasty Reading.

for Unsty Reading.
A dispatch from Newark, o., says col
lision occurred on the Baltimore 10 Ohio near
Claypools, resulting In the killing OF Engineers
John Doyle and Andrew Dennison and the
demolition of both engines and tOufteen
freight cars. The collision was caused by con
ilicting orders
Advices from Samoa state that Europeans,
whose houses were injured by bullets from
the German gunboats In the attack upon the
Samoans at Apia, have protested that the ac-
ton Of the German commanders was Vio-
latlon Of neutral territory.
Three thousand Socialists met in Hyde
Park, London, yesterday, TO observe the an
nyersary of the execution Of the Chicago An
archists and 10 deuouuce the suppression OF
free speech IN Trafalgar Square.
King George, OF Greece, has formally noti-
fled Prime Minister Tricoupis OF the befrothal
Of Princess Alexander TO Grand Duke Paul OF
Russia. A to deum was sung in the royal
chapel in honor Of the event
The sentence Of the Mayor Of Sligo, who was
condemned to six months Imprisonment for
violation Of the Crimes act, has been confirmed
by the Court Of Appeals He will he treated
rs an Ordinary criminal
The Kaiser's structures on the Liberal press
continue to be discussed. One Liberal organ
declares that restrictions on the liberty of the
press are contemplated, but little credence is
attached to the statement.
Prince Imeretinsky, president of the Mill
tary Tribunal, will become Minister OF Rail-
ways In place Of Admiral Possiet, who was
dismissed because of the recent accident to the
Czar's train.
The students in the universities OF Madrid,
Sarngossa and Seville paraded the streets last
night denouncing the Conservative party.
They dispersed without attempting any vlo-
lence.
The political correspondence Of Vienna de-
MES the statement that the Empress OF Aus
tria, under medical advice, is going on sea
voyage to India or America.
The establishments of Cornell, Bingham 81
Co., paper dealers. and Benedict ~ Valentine,
bookbinders, of New York, were damaged
$1,000 by fire yesterday.
Seventy-hve weavers have struck in the
cotton and wooden goods mills OF william
Wood 81 Co., Philadelphia, for an increase in
wages of ten per cent
In quarrel between leaders of two gangs
of toughs, in Philadelphia, Peter Mcllynn
was yesterday fatally stabbed by Daniel
Dougherty.
The Appleton and Busch blocks OF build
ings in Brighton, Mich, were burned yester-
day. Losses aggregating 100000; insurance
SIS 900.
Negotiations for Turco-Gelman CONNER
cial treaty have been concluded, and draft
of tho convention has been submitted to the
Sultan.
The Boston Sugar Refinery will shut down
the last of next week, having large supply
of sugar on hand, while the demand has fallen
off.
Judge Reed sentenced Robert Elder to be
hanged January 8, 1889, for the murder of his
father at Hammonton, N. j., in August last
Executions have been issued for S2l, 900
against Joseph Ortheim, wholesale grocer Of
Lancaster, Pa, whose liabilities reach 10000.
The remains of eleven children have been
discovered iu the bottom of the drinking
water reservoir at st. Ambrose, Canada
In Chicago and New York the first ami
versary of the hanging of the Chicago An
archists was quietly observed yesterday.
The Chattahoochee Valley Exposition,
which opens at Columbus, Ga, Tuesday,
promises to be very successful.
The first through express train from Paris
and Constantinople arrived at the latter city
Saturday.
Two hundred and fifty puddlers at Leyberts
Rolling Mills, at Naomi, Pa, have struck.
NJ. Freycinct says that the French war ex-
penditures cannot be reduced.
All incoming ocean steamers have been de-
layed by rough weather.
lSThe Powers have agreed to stop the African
slave trade