The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-12
EARLY MORNING NEWS.


bill, which has been the subject OF two
caucuses of the Republican members Of the
Delaware Legislature, was introduced In
the Legislature yesterday by Representa-
tive DOwnham. IL provides for q convan-
ton to assemble at Dover on the first Tues
day in January next, to be composed OF
foity-iive delegates, made up Of eighteen
from Newcastle, thirteen from Kent. and
fourteen from Sussex Counties; fifteen to
be delcgates-nt-largc, and the remaining
thirty to be chosen by districts. The dele
gate election Is TO be held on Tuesday, No
yember 3, next.
Couldn't Dance To That Tune.
News comes from San Jacinto, little
mountain town in the extreme northern
part of San Diego County, California, that
an earthquake shock few days ago was
so severe there that dance In large hall
was broken up and 200 people present
sought safety by jumping through win
dows. Many were trampled under foot,
others were cut by broken glass, but no one
was fatally hurt.
The Professor Was Punished.
d. Henzcl, French professor in st.
Paul, Mimi, laughed when he was warned
by an anonymous notice to mend his ways.
A second notice was sent, and he laughed
again. The next night, on his way home
from the hotel, several men attacked him
and beat him so badly that 1t will take sew
m. si,,c is Made.
An Indianapolis dispatch says: There is
reason to believe That the President-olect
mas about concluded inc TASK OF se'e'tihg
his Cabinet Whether all oil the iavorei
eight have received their formal invitation
Is h3t khoWn, nu. 'nae nc is now putting .he
tmrnin% his attention more espccioilv n his
,na,,n.,sS,ai oJdrnss 10 tho oninion ~ hjs
,nos, imti,n"to ~, " trjo,as 'f'0
n''' ''''''-.'
Mr.. and Mrs. Chamberlain Honored'
A reception was given at Glasgow last
evening in honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. .Joseph
c,a,,,,e,,a,,, ,,arossos ,ro-o ,ro.o,,aa
Nhu,"oe'i i"'"'
to Mrs. chamberlain on behait oil thc
Women's Unionist Association OF Scotland
Mr.. Chamberlain thanked the aristocratlc
gathering for the honor paid to himself
and his wife. After some remarks on the
relations between England and America,
he said there never was n time when 1t was
possible to recognize anything in the shape
of separate nationaitles In America. An
attempt TO set up such scheme was re-
sisted at n cost of hundreds OF thousands of
lives and hundreds of millions OF dollars.
''lf we should follow the American sys-
tcm,i he said. owc would have to cut up
the United Kingdom into twenty or thirty
plts, anu aWaru rarl,a,iiem. " eauh' ms, !,
aportninI,,, ,ro,,id wo pnt be oconn,nicol !,
rho plans of the neiI Comnanv.
III an ihterVie" WIN newspaper reporter
III Boston yesterday afternoon PRESIDENT
stockton of the American Bell Telephone
COMPANY said that the company desires Ia
;rornoso ;,s ooni,o, etool ao thot i,can f,ily
nn,,oin,, i,s Iona'Iistonoa toIanhnno s,star,'
UWc have now limos in oneratjon hetwaan
No,, Ynri, Rostnn ph;iadainhja Xihany
and p,traio y soid W. Stnci,tpn .,and ,ys
axroct 10 co, nonay vbere,vitb IN evtond
thin st;il fnrtberoll ovor tho county
,,a,hons onJ do oil Tho husinoss thot T.
5smandod y
In further conversation 1t was developed
that the American Bell Company proposes
When Ns pa.Shis p,,,, eApiru III 1870, nnu "nel
rso On ordiparv tejenhnne u have a greo,
system of Interstate circuits too costly fol
any one else to duplicate and too perfect IL
It's working to be ignored by the mercantil,
world. Regarding the contract betweeI
the American Bell and the Western Unior
companies. which. IL is understood. has un
III. II.
sneak
Intercepted by the German Consui.
The Now York World has the followino
special from San Francisco: CAPTAIN Lear,
of the II. s. s Adams has inst learned TIM
while in Samoa he failed to receive i'm
portant dispatches sent by Secretary Whit
ney and Admiral Kimberly. 1t seems tina
they were forwarded simultaneously will
tba LOT rapn1lipn him tn tho IInita aI AT "a
He has reason TO believe the documents fel
into the hands OF the German Consul a
Apia, who took care to see that they neve
reached Captain Leary. They are allege,
to have contained instructions which, ha
he received in time, would have rendere;
unnecessary the departure of the Adam
from the islands, where subsequent event
showed her presence was badly needed.
General shernans foiioy.
Referring to the appeal recently made +
the publlc Tor contributions TO ala IN Tn
establishment OF home Tor eX-Confederat
soldiers AT Austin, Tex, General Shermi
has written letter expressing his sympath
with the movement General Sherml
adds that he thinks the laws Of the Unite
States should be changed SO as to admit OK
Confederates to all soldiers homes, an
that the word ''union,n 80 far rs II apple
to soldiers homes, should be oblitorate
Nm .no a'a'ues' s, VIII,
nanmS,;cans
A No,y yo,, cun snoo;a, FROM, rhor,o,
= ~ 800 ,t(,',a. ,,..,, -
.on, .. ~ s"y9 son'"',Vn nus poo,' o""'o
III that STATE by the puDhcatioh Oh an ~
dress to the white people of South Care
lima, which appeared yesterday morning
ine auI,ess was issueu p{ eonvoht'o
calls upon white voters to ioin In an effol
to organize white Republican party In tn
state. The address declares In favor @
protection to American industry, and tbs
1t is the intention OF the party TO aililiat