The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-05-27
EARLY MORNING NEWS.

Inc scranton (pn) C1ty Bank closed
its doors Saturday. AT meeting of
the directors 1t was found that great
deal of money had been lost by invest.
mcnts In Improbable coal lands and in
loans made on insufficient security.
George A, Jessup, the vice-prcsidcnt
of the bank and acting cashier, was ar
rested on warrant charging him with
embczzling 100000. He gave bail.
the president of the bank becoming his
surely. Mr.. Jcssup denies that he has
acted dishonesty.
The dead body of George A. Wcslcr-
kill aged % years, was found in his
room at Damon's Hotel, Chicago.
Saturday. Beside the bed were found
two bottles which had contained NOR
phinc. Persons around the Olympic
Theatre in that city say that Wester-
kill formed quite an attachment for
Lydia Thompson, the actress, and that
he was Respondent after she left for the
East.
The situation at the Westphalia col.
leries continues critical According to
Rhenish papers the proclamation of
martial law is imminent The other
strikes grow The 5000 masonsin Der.
lin who resumed work under the belief
that the employers would grant their
demands will strike again to-day.
Nineteen thousand men employed In
the building trades are now out in Der.
lin. The dock laborers and porters at
Hamburg threaten to strike.
Baussier, the Havre chemists as.
sistant who was charged with poisoning
his employer and several other persons,
has been acquitted Lieutenant San.
ford, military attache TO the United
States Legation, has arrived in Berlin.
Tile machinery palace of the Paris
Exposition is /, 400 feet long and the
largest building ever constructed under
single roof 1t Is announced that
the issue of Panama Canal lottery bonds
has been abandoned. War has been
declared on the distinctive dress Of the
"dudc regiments" of Now YORK. -
The great dinner to cx-Prcsidcnt Clevc-
land will be given by the Young Mems
Democratic Club this evening. A
great effort is being made in New York
to promote trade with South America.
-Ahandsome new Episcopal Church,
costing 6o,000, was opened yesterday
in Brooklyn Over 200 new members
have joined the Southern Society since
the club house was opened. PROBES.
sor Howard Kelly of the University of
Pennsylvania is coming to the Johns
Hopkins Medical School. The Penn.
sylvania Deaf and Dumb Institute will
seek suburban location. ---Fairmou
Park, Philadelphia, is to have gravity
railroad Miss Mary Wilcox "a
Philadelphia heiress, has resolved to
become religcuse.
!. Prince Bismarck has obtained from
: Signor Ciipi pledge for moderate
t,internal policy toward the Vatican. and
opsked the Austrian Prime Minister to
10 join in united pressure on the Pope to
make peace with the Vatican. En-
peror Francis Joseph reluctantly al.
lowed Count Kalnoky TO intervene in
the matter and the Pope promptly re.
jcciod the overture.
The funeral Of Dr. Cronin ut Chicago
yesterday was "A most remarkable affair
The corpse had been lying in state in the
Cavalry Armory on the lake front, and
there early in the morning the morbid
and curious, with the dead man friends,
made their pilgrimage Armed sentrics
from the Hibcrnian Rifles stood arms at
rest at each corner of the raised plat
form, on which rcposed the catafalque
and coffin. A crayon portrait of the
dead man, drapcd in black, stood near
the coffin. Leaving the armory, the cas-
kei was placed in hcarse, drawn by
-four black horses, and the procession
was formed. Marshal Cahill said that
r.170 men were in the procession. Tho
Cathedral of the Holy Name, where the
services were held, was packed two
hours before the ceremonies began.
The Rev. Henry G. Swentzel, rector
of ST. Luke's Protestant Episcopal
Church, Scranton, Pa, preached against
prohibition yesterday, declaring that
the liquor business would thereby be
taken from the eye of the police and
the watchfulncss of all good people.
Rev. Henry Greenfield Schorr, assist
ant rector of ST. Pauls Protestant
Episcopal Church, Baltimore, com
mitted suicide yesterday. lie had been
rejected by young woman and wa,
also affected by the suicide of friend
who owed him money.
Secretary of State Blaine has been
officially informed Of the arrest of three
American ladies in France who refused
to be imposed on by a dressmallcr, and
requested TO take measures to secure
redress.
The funeral services over the remains
Of Laura Bridgman, the world famous
blind and deaf mute, were held at tho
Perkins Institute for the Blind at Bos
Ion yesterday