Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-02-26
NEWS IN BRIEF.
THURSDAY, February 10.
From tie Baltimore Sun.

THURSDAY, February 10.
A woman and four children were
suffocated in Brooklyn bakery FIRE.
Hon. Sydney E. Mudd is said to be
after the place of bank examiner for
Maryland.
The United States Senate yestsr.
day passed the copyright bill, which
Senator Daniel characterized as
measure to butcher authors and the
people for the benefit Of publishers.
The Senate also passed bill provid.
ing for a new custom. house in New
York. Speaker Reed being confined
to his rooms by a cold. Mr.. Psysou,
Of Illinois. presided over the House,
which passed the Indian appropriation
bill. and went into committee of the
whole on the postoffice appropriation
bill, which was still under considers.
tian when it adjourned.
FRIDAY, February 20.
Robert Leftwitch, of Bedford Co.,
Va. was shot and seriously wounded by
his wife.
George Hess. of Fulton. was w. Va,
mistaked for burglar and killed by his
brother-in law. He had his infant
daughter in bis arms when he received
the fatal shot.
In the United States Senate ysster-
day Mr.. Ingalls, rendered his rssigna.
tion as President pro tempore Of that
body. The Senate passed a substi.
tute for House bill to define the juris.
diction of the Police Court OF the
District of Columbia and passed the
Indien depredations bill, to which a
number Of amendments were added.
A bill was introduced giving a pen.
sion of $500 q year to the widow of
Admiral Porter. In the House there
was some verbal sparring between
Speaker Reed. who has recovered
from his recent indisposition, aud Mr..
Springer. of Illinois. A bill was
passed referring to the Court of
Claims claim Of the Portland (Msine)
Company.
SATURDAY. February q.
Residence of Hon. William Walsh,
in Cumberland. was damaged $4,000
by fire.
The census Office states that the
centre of population in the United
States is now in Southern Indiana.
The barn of Henry Holbrook. near
Westminster, was burned on Thurs
day night, together with its contents,
two cows and a three year. old colt.
1t was not insured.
Michael McCracksn was shot and
instantly killed in Fredericksburg
this evening by his son Thomas. The
father was mailing q sign on his store
when quarrel took place. The son
procured shotgun and discharged
both barrels, the loads taking effect in
bis fathers right side. Thomas was
arrested and placed in Jail.
In the United States Senate yester.
day one hundred aud thirty pension
bills were passed in forty.five min.
utes. The Nicaragua canal bill was
taken up and debated. Senator Vest
taking strong ground against it az a
violation of the Clayton Bulwer
treaty. The House after the usual
lively scenes with Speaker Reed took
up the bill for the relief Of the Su.
preme Court and non-concurred in
the Senate amendments.
MONDAY. February %.
The residence of James q. Davis,
Of Taylorsville. Anne Arundel coun.
ty. was destroyed by FIRE.
VIM. J. Handran, a marine, com.
mitted suicide by hanging in the
lookup at the Naval Academy.
Mr.. Simpson, Congressman elect
from Kansas, thinks that the rspub.
lican party is dead. and certainly
that il cannot recover its lost ground
in Kansas.
- sAAA S0A SAGaSS0 ktG&t COus
motion ct Phoenix, Baltimore coun-
ty, and bit twenty-five or thirty dogs
which we're afterward killed by their
owners.
The Arab forces under Osmsn
Digna were defeated at Tokar, in the
Eastern Soudan. by Egyptian troops
under the command Of General Gren-
fell. Nearly one thousand lives were
lost in the battle.
The President nominated ex.Gov.
Charles Foster, Of Ohio. to be Score
tary of the Treasury, to succeed Hon.
William Window; Martin A. Knapp,
of New York, to be interstate com.
missioner, and Charles G. Cole, of
Washington, 10 be United States at.
torney for the District Of Columbia.
In the United States Senate Satur.
day, q bill was passed prohibiting
book-makiug and pool-selling in
Washington or Georpetovn or within