The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-05-20
EARLY MORNING NEWS.

The Gar has addressed TO NJ. Dur.
novo, the new Russian Minister of the
Interior, rescript, in which he eulo
gives the late Count Tolstoi and charges
his successor to continue his policy. II
is reported that General lgnatieff will
be appointed chief of the State police
for the purpose of assisting NJ, Dur
novo in the performance Of his duties
- Mrs. Maybrich, niece Of Jeffer-
son Davis, and French Canadian by
birth, has been arrested at Liverpool on
the charge Of poisoning her husband
with arsenic. Mr.. Maybrich, who was
n prominent merchant, died with symp"
toms of slow poisoning. Mr.. Robert
r. Lincoln, the new United States
Minister TO England, has taken a house
In Cadogan Square, London, for the
season - Henri Rochefort attempted
to shoot VI. Pelotel Saturday night in
London, but was prevented by a by.
standcr. lie was arrested and gave
bail for hearing. The new Bishop
of Waterford is dying -Disastrou
storms swept over parts of Austria
Saturday. Three persons were killed
near Vienna. Fearful catastrophcs oc-
cured near Pilsen. Houses collapsed
ut Rackowitz and Bieckowitz, killing
nine children, and at Zinc, where thirty
persons were killed. Upon inquiry
nt the Vatican 1t was learned that the
report that the Pope had been taken sud
denly i'll was not we'll founded. II was
stated that the Pope is in good health,
and that he gives daily audiences
Premier Tirard and all the ministers
and several foreign diplomatic repre-.
sentativcs attended the banquet in Paris
given in honor of the cabinet Saturday
evening by the delegates of the Ameri-
can Republics taking part in the exhi-
bition. .---William II. Sellers, aged Al
years, for fourteen years teller and for
niheteen years an-official of the Cham
bersburg (Pa) National Bank, died
Friday evening. The United States
steamship Alert sailed from Honolulu
on the 18th of April for Samoa, to
take the. place of one of the wrecked
vessels. United States Minister Ryan
arrived in the City of Mexico Satur-
| day. He was received at the depot
| by representatives of the American
colony. William Hamilton of Brook.
| lyn, N. Y, was killed by train on
| the Pennsylvania Railroad near Wheat
sheaf, Pa, yesterday. jacob Sollen.
berger aged 60 years, died suddenly
Franklin County, Pa.----At Housewife,
Pa, yesterday moining the Methodist
| Church was struck by lightning
and burned TO the ground, -
James Z. Farrell, the postmaster at
Stanucca, Pa, was arrested Saturday
night by q United States Marshal = for
opening registered letters. john l..
| N. Stratton died at his residence in
Mount Holly Saturday night, aged ~
| years. He was elected to Congress in
| 1860 and served two terms. Mrs.
Martha MCGEE, residing in Soreven
County. Ga, was so badly burned Sat.
urday by her clothing taking fire that
she died-During last week the
Treasury Department has disbursed
| S11 $3.50, 900 on account of pensions,
thereby exhausting the appropriation
for the current fiscal year. amounting
to $S1 ,750, 900. Charles Rundell, late
manager of the Southern Express Com.
pany, Columbus, Ga, has been found
| guilty of embezzlement and sentenced
TO four years in the penitentiary
The Essex Club of Boston gave a fare,
well dinner Saturday afternoon to DR..
George b. Loring, the new United
States Minister TO Portugal, who is
president of the club. The steamer
Umatilla arrived at San Francisco Sat
urday, bringing Princess Kalulani, the
niece Of King Kalakaua, and party
who are bound for Europe. e.--The
Standard Oil Company is said to have
| placed an order in Philadelphia for two
hundred bulldogs, which will be used
to guard the Standard tanks in the Ohio
| field against tramps---Professor Ed.
ward b. Lefeveur Of Beverly, Mass,
| died Saturday, after weeks illness, of
pneumonia, aged "a years. s.--The
Southern States Land and Lumber
Company have purchased the Musco-
gee Lumber Company property, the
George Robinson Mill Company and
the Michigan Lumber Company, ag.
gregating five mills, with 500 acres of
land and about 40 miles of railroad. -
Mr. Philip Walker of the Agricultural
Department says the experiments seem
to demonstrate that silk can be made al
profit in this country. dennis Sim.
mons telegraphs that DR.. Cronin never
was in Toronto. The accounts OF
John /. Davenport, chief supervisor OF
elections in New York, for "extraordi.
nary expenses" incurred at the last
Presidential election, have been Of.
| ficially approved by First Comptroller
! Matthews. The Supreme Lodge,
Knights of Honor, has decided that here
| after benefits shall not be paid to mem.
bcrs who commit suicide. On Thurs.
day next the three batteries of the
Fourth United States Artillery stationed
AT Portland, Me-, and Boston Harbor,
will leave for Atlanta, where the regi
ment will be quartered during the cpl
demic season. The Tape Worm
Railroad, commenced by Thaddeus
Stevens half a century ago, was fin
ished Saturday.