The National tribune., 1891-12-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.



removing" President Harrison. was sent TO
the BloOmingdale Asylum from Bellevue Hos
pital. having been pronounced insane. She ar
rived on the Britannia two weeks ago and put
| mp at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. New York
Alfred Madden and James Lakeman were in
the Brooklyn IN. " police court last week,
charged with having stolen a showcase OF Mar
Gus Hirsh TO put upon an election bonfire.
| Merchant Hirsh claimed that the case con-
| tanned two mummies of Egyptian princes, the
only ones Of the kind outside Of Pharaoh's land.
| He said they had cost him 81 900 in elephants
tusks, and had come over on the steamer City
| Of Alexandria. There was also n large aud val
uahle piece Of coral worth $500. and an oyster
shell with sponge growing inside, destroyed.
On Dec. % two Williamsburg physicians
were performing delicate operation upon Mrs.
| Reiss. Of Brooklyn. Her husband made his ap-
| pearance armed with q loaded double barreled
| shotgun. Pointing the weapon at the Doctors
| heads he declared that ii his wife died he
would kill both Of them. For two hours he
kept the physicians in terror. Meanwhile the
patient was in such critical condition that
| they had all they could do to prevent her from
sinking.-A destructive fire occurred Dec %
in ST. Louis in large frame tenement. Two
| terrible explosions wrecked one Of the rooms.
An investigation disclosed the fact that two
dynamite bombs had been seereted between the
walls Of the building. bed saturated with
kerosene was at the place fired No reason is
| assigned for the deed.-W. X. Laidaw, the
brokers' clerk. has sued the millionaire Russell
| Sage for 100000 damages for using him as a
shield to save himself from the bomb exploded
| by the crank NOrcross in Sage's Office. New
| York, Dec. 4. The suit will be based upon the
allegation that Sage deliberately held Laiilaw
between himself and the menaeing dynamiter,
with the result that Sage's life was saved at the
expense Of terrible injuries to Laidlaw. Mr..
Laidlaw is still an inmate of ST. Vincent's Hos
pital.-In Waverly, H., fire on Dec. 2i de-
stToyed nearly the entire business portion.
Gasoline exploding in drugstore caused the
cOn1agration Loss $6OO0O.-The Myton and
Baldwin block of fine business structures in
Hutchinson, Kan. was destroyed by FIRE last
week. Loss SlJ0,000.-In Chicago q fire broke
out in the f9etory Of the l.. Wolff Manufacture
ing Go. Dec. 81. Loss $200.OO0.-A mau car
rying black bag stepped in the Office Of T..
Cnusins's shoe factory in Norwalk, Conn, Dec.
., and approaching Manager ]. b. SayTe ex-
claimed: Give me s, 500 or / will drop this
bag" Visions of Russell Sage danced before
Sayre's eyes. and he quickly gave the man a
check, payable 10 q. A. Frame. and bowed his
visitor Out.-Percy Smith. Of Salem, Mass,
cut one of his hands recently quite severely,
aud TO avoid taking cold kept the hand incased
in one of pair of new dogskin gloves. His
arm aud hand soon commenced TO swell, and
physician who was called believed il 10 be a
case Of poisoning, probably from some arsenical
preparation used in tanning the skin Of which
the glove was made.-A great fire in Chat
tanOoga Tenn, Dec. 26. consumed over a mill
lion dollars worth of property. Twelve girls
were burned to death in the large retail dry
goods house where the fire started their escape
being cut of. The Mayor telcgraphed TO At
lanta, Knoxville, and Nashville and those cities
sent on their departments as fast as possible but
little could be dOBe.-EleVen persons were
killed Dec "a at Hastings-On-the Hudson, ".
Y, New York Central Railroad, by the rear
end collision Of the st. Louis express with
Buffalo special. which was lgiug back for a train
mile ahead being repaired. Brakeman Al
bert f. Herriek, who had been sent back 10
signal the express. stopped to talk to the Sta
tionunaster, and so the disaster was due to his
eaTelessness. He has escaped.
Foreign.
The North German Lloyd steamer Spree ar
rived in Southampton Dec. % with the crew Of
the GuiOn Line steamer Abyssinia On Dec.
IL, outward bound from New York. the cotton
in the hold Of the Abyssina took fire and the
vessel burned 10 the water. No lives were lost
and the people were rescued by the Spree
Gen. Z. Kochanof. Governor Of Wilhadi. Rus
STA. has decreed the closing Of all Roman CathO-
lie and Lutheran churches in 81. Peters
burg.-It is said that this Is only prelude TO
further restrictive measures.-The Board Of
Agriculture returns for 1891 show the produe-
tion Of wheat in England during the year to be
72 1928 bushels: barley, u 100 O0j; oats
1926 psi. In 1890 the,produetion was: wheat
73 335i454 barley. 20 933 sol; oats. 100 1881 O46.
The crops Of 1891 have been generally inferior
in quality and cOnditiou.-It is now decided
that the Czarina will visit France in February.
IL is expected that her Majesty will arrive
az Brcst OIL board private yacht, which
will be escorted by Russian irOnclad. The
CZArina viii then proceed TO Paris by the
Russian m narial train whieh will bA hrouUhf
from Spain for her use. Her advent in
the French Capital will be commemoTated
by elaborate fetes given in her honor
10 has been officially announced in London that
the marriage of Prince Albert Victor Duke Of
Clarence and AvOndale. eldest son of the Prince
of Wales to Princess Victoria Mary Of Teck,
will take place on the 9th Of February. The
ceremony will be performed in st. Georges
Chapel, al Windsor Castle.-The result of the
election which took place at Waterford, Ireland,
for a member of Parliament TO succeed the
late Richard Power, was made known. and to
the surprise of political prophets, John L. Red
mond, the Parnellite candidate, easily defeated
tho MeCarthyite representative, Michael
Davitt. John L. Redmond (Parnellite), LIS;
Michael Davitt (MeCaTthyitej, 1,229.-At
public meeting held in Innorkin, Ontario. pec.
%, resolution was carried favoriug political
union with the United States as a means Of
bringing prosperity to the people Of Canada
i he lie OF rope Leo Mil, is ldSL WANING. Ills
physicians give him six months longer. 1t
would seem that Card nails Monaco, LaValleta,
and Parocchi stand the best chance. The fact
that there Is so much wire pulling ambition
and jealousy Of foreigners among the Cardinals,
will likely keep the Papaey In Italy unless the
choice is neeessitated by political events in
Europe.-The agitation in France over the
religious question occasions great anxiety at
the Vatican. Cardinal RampOlla is in daily
correspondence with the Paris NuuciO. The
present is considered to be one of the most
critical periods in the reign Of Leo KILL, so far
as regards the position OF the Romish Church
trying to influence Russia put what pressure
il on the French Government in order to
persuade it to modify its attitude toward the
Church.-LOndon has just been visited by
fog the like OF which IL has never before seen.
For several hours was the city, TO all inteuts
aud purposes, plunged in darkness. Through
out the day the street lamps. To say nothing Of
the lights within doors were alight, and link
boys made small fortunes by plotting cabs
and other vehicles through the street by the
aid OF torches or lanterns. Many lives were
lost owing TO persons losing their way and
wandering into rivers, canals and ponds.
Travel on the water and railroads was ex-
tTemely dangerOus.-It has transpired that
when the Governors of the famiue-stricken
provinces submitted the most gloomy reports to
the Central Famine Committee as TO the con-
ditiOn Of affairs in those provinces the COM