The Washington critic., 1889-02-19
EARLY MonNrNo Nnws.


wise known rs the Conscrna, was seized by
United States officers last night upon COM
plant Of the lIayticn Government that she
was intended for use against the existing
Government Of Hayti, and that there was
coed reason to believe that she had arms
and ammunition on hoard intended for the
rebel armies commanded by General Hip
polyte. The seizure was made In Grnvcsend
Boy, and the Madrid will to-day he taken
back to Atlantic Rasin and thoroughly
searched.
Indictment of Governor Larrabee.
A special from Dcs Moincs, Ia, says; The
indictment of Governor Larrabee by the
Polk County grand jury for criminal libel
of Mrs. II. $. Turner has created widespread
comment The Indictment was decided
upon by the jury on Friday night. Bail has
been fixed at $500 The Governors council
has asked that the trial be set for Thursday
of this week.
The City of Augusta Flooded.
The Savannah River rose to a height OF
thiity-thrcc feet yesterday. Many portions
Of Augusta lying near the river are sub
merged. Rain has been general throughout
that section and all streams are swollen,
threatening railway bridges.
Burned to the Ground.
The Greenwich Hotel, which has for
eighty years been one of the landmarks of
the village of Greenwich, Mass, was
burned to the ground yesterday morning,
causing loss of S2l 900.
The Adams Express Company.
! II Is stated that the Adams Express Com
| pany has taken its business Off the lines of
the Reading Railroad and transferred II 10
the Pennsylvania, and that the United
| States Express has contracted TO transact
the Readings express business In the
future.
Swept by u Cyclone.
Shelby, Ala, was swept by a terrible
! cyclone yesterday morning. The scene of
the disaster is remote from railroads, AM
only meagrc reports have been received
! IL is known, however, that many HOUSES
were llown down, number of people
| killed aud many injured. The loss to prop
orty will be very great, The cyclonc
Travelled In n northcastcry direction. II
was only hundred yards In width, but It's
course was twenty miles or more In length
and through thickly-populatcd settled
portion of country People were in their
beds, and had very little chance to escape
from their houses. The most reliable re-
| ports received state that thirty or forty
houses were blown down, five or six per-
sons killed and about thirty injured, soma
Of them severely. Many cattle aud horses
were killed or crippled
Foreign Matters of Interest.
Elaborate preparations are being made
for helding n "beauty show' in Paris IN
April, the entries to embrace types of
Ethiopian and Mongolian as well as Cau-
cassian beauty. The first prize will repre-
sent value Of $1,000.
Heavy transforms, accompanied by high
winds, are prevailing throughout Greece.
The mountains are covered with snow.
famine is prevailing in portion Of the
interior of Russia. Many persons have
died from starvation In the Government of
Orcnburg.
Cause of the Hartford Disaster.
The finding of large fragment of the
boiler late yesterday afternoon settled a
doubt entertained at first as to whether the
explosion In the Park Central Hotel at
Hartford was from the boiler or forma-
tion of gas in the basement. The boiler
was inspected last August, aud Assistant
Engineer Risley who was on duty Sunday
night, persists that II was filed with water
when he banked the fire He ia satisfied
that there was only the usual head Of steam,
less than sixty pounds.
Governor Rusk Congratulated.
Governor Rusk is receiving numerous
congratulations both from his friends IN
Milwaukee and abroad on his reported
selection as Secretary Of War IN Presi
dent Harrlson's Cabinet AS yet, though
the Governor has received no notice OF his
appointment, and to his friends he says
that II may be well to wait for something
more definite before accepting congratula-
tions.
a Political Comlnotl0n.
There was great deal Of commotion at
Bloomington, H., yesterday, in political
and social circles, over the arrest Of lgnat2
Lederer, township collector of Blooming
ton, and his deputy, Harry NJ. Lochr, upor
charges OF grand larceny and forgery. II
is stated that the books of the collector
have lcen altered, and that overcharges
aggregating 81 800, have been found. Or
these collections had already been mad
about $500. Lederer and Loehr gave bond
Of 81 ,0C0 each.
Foraker VIII Accept Again.
A special from Columbus says: Consider
able of political sensation has becl
created here by the announcement tina
Governor Foraker will accept third tern
If it is rendered in proper way. 1t ha'
been arranged all along that Foraker wa
to retire at the end of his present term, an,
this latest move Is given out by his friend
as being in the interest Of harmony. IL re
! mains to be seen what effect this announce
ment will have on the contending Republi
can factions In Ohio, of which the GOvcrnO
is charged with being the head of one.
Fanny Davenport to Marry.
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