The Washington critic., 1890-02-03


DIR. Talmage will have public reception
on his return from abroad this week.
Charles Emory Smith of Philadelphia has
been offered the mission to Russia, and will
accept.
A hat factory combination is one of the
latest developments of the tendency to syn
dicate schemes.
Ewing and Vaughan, late OF the Louls-
vile Club, have signed with the New York
Baseball brotherhood.
Judge Williams of Philadelphia has rem
dered decision, the effect of which is to
prohibit peddling in that city.
Some of the members of the Philadelphia
Democratic city committee who recently
bolted the nominating convention have been
expelled.
Jake Kilraip won the fight with Felix
Vaequelin at New Orleans yesterday, the
local champion giving up at the end of the
third round.
Miss Fowler. the young English woman
Who is going as nurse to the Molokai
epers, proposes to make minute scientific
study of leprosy.
II is now claimed that the rivalry of Mr..
p,att and DR.. Depew to succeed Senator
Evarts is the motive underlying the Worlds
Fair fight in New York.
Joseph Branston. well-known wool
apoplexy at the Leland Hotel, Syracuse,
N. y, and died Saturday night.
Both Claassen and Pell, connected with
the wreck of the New York banks, are in
jail, and Mr.. Leland has come to the aid of
the Sixth National Bank with $500,000.
Joseph Bacon, colored boy 12 years old,
while at home in Eola. Mo-, with his little
sister and brother, aged s and 3 years re.
spectively, deliberately killed both us they
were at play in bed
Coroner Dove, of Hamilton County, Ind.
has decided that the terrible wreck on tn
Monon Monday last, near Carmel, Ind
was caused by the carelessness of the rail
road officials in using shims.
Governor John NJ. Thayer of Nebrask
has written to the Trans Missouri Trafli
Association, at Chicago, demanding re
duction of freight rates in the name of til
suffering people of Nebraska.
The Metropolitan Block in Dauvlle, H..
was badly damaged early yesterday morn
ing by fire, which originated in Gaud's
Cracker Factory. His grocery stock and
cracker machinery were destroyed.
Courtland A. Lazier was run over by
train on the New York Central Railroad
yesterday evening near Syracuse and died
few minutes later He was 80 years old
and leaves widow aud three children.
Conrad n. Jordan, president of the West
ern National Bank of New York, is author
ity for the statement that the Equitable
Bank will resume business to-day. II is
expected, he says, that the Lenox Hill
Bank will resume In few days.
The Rev. c. 7. Phillips, Presbyterian
minister of st. Louis, was assaulted by
burglars In his study In the PRESBYTERIAN
, Church Saturday night. He was beaten
until he was unconscious, and was then
robbed. The burglars escaped.
The influenza is spreading in the city OF
Mexico, and has assumed a more virulent
form. A number of deaths have resulted
from the disease. The United States Min
ister's son, who is suffering from pncu-
monia, is In a dangerous condition.
A grand labor coup has been quietly
nursed in Minnesota, and is to be sprung in
few days. The ultimate object of its pro.
moters is to supplant the Knights of Labor
with new organization, which will draw
the power, influence and membership from
the older society.
The three sons of James bright, trustee
OF Kirkland Township, Adams County, In
diana, were found dead In their beds yes
terday morning. They had been suffering
from influenza, but when they retired Sat
urday night their condition was not con
sidered dangerous.
1t is reported at Montevideo that the
President of the Republic of Uruguay has
been attacked by influenza. The disease
has assumed an alarming character and has
become epidemic. One newspaper reports
that 1900 persons have been attacked dur
ing the last fifteen days.
Two terrible fires occurred in Boston yes
terday, an Italian lodging house being de
stroyed early in the morning, with the loss
of the lives of ten persons, and later in the
.lay the five-story marble Office building of
j. Montgomery Sears falling prey to the
flames, causing loss ofabout $aO0,000.
John Kelley, an Arkansas lumberman, on
last Saturday heard that his wife, from
whom he had been separated about year,
was too intimate with 19-year-old boy.
He went to Mrs. Kelley's house and shot
the boy, killing him instantly. Mrs. Kelley
fired twice at her husband, who then shot
and killed her. KelleY's wounds were only
slight. He has not yet been apprehended
An Ottawa, Ont, special says that the
discovery that Lord Stanley, with members
of the Vice-Regal suite and some leaders Of
Ottawa's upper social circle, has been III
the habit of resorting to the Vice-Rega
Rink ON Sundays for quiet game Of
hockey, has caused sensation in religious
circles. His Excellency will probably bt
rebuked from one or more of the city
church pulpits next Sunday.