The Washington bee., 1891-11-07
THIS WEEKS news.
A Summary of Current Eyents'-Ihe Worlds
Ooings Gathered From Many Sources and
Condensed for Our Readers.
General.

Sionor Cesare, a prominent Italian lib
aral writer. is opposed to the election Of
Gibbons as pope to succeed Lee
XIII. because he claims that under the
prelate the Catholic Church
would cease to be Roman.
A newly constructed wall which had
haer undermined by recent heavy rains
suddenly collapsed in Tunis, burying a
marty of 80 natives who were assembled
in an adjacent house to celebrate wed
ding. All were killed.
HEAVY rains in Spain have caused fresh
inundations.
An enormous amount of damage has
been done to farms, to live stock, and to
fruit trees by floods in and about Ger.
dagne, France.
Shocks of earthquake have been expe-
rienced in Japan. So severe were they
at Hiogo and Osaka that houses were de-
stroyed and many lives lost at both
places.
Emin Pasha and DIR. Stuhlman crossed
the Albert Nyanza July "A.
NJ. Jules Simon says the car and En-
peror William both want peace, and
France will not be the nation to COM
mence hostiHties in Europe.
The 5Oth birthday of the Prince Of
Wales falls on November 9, and prepara-
tions are being made to have 1t royalty
celebrated in London.
The Canadian government is deter
mined to hunt down and punish all Of its
bOOdlers.
Walt Whitman is in very poor health.
Mrs. ParnelPs health is improving.
DIR. Griffith Jones, a missionary at Hap
Kow, asserts that the Chinese riots were
not fomented by the secret societies, buf
by the Human literary and official classes
A fire which took place at Meiringen,
Switzerland, destroyed 12O houses. sew
eraI edifices of importance, and the Eng
lish church; 1874 persons were rendered
homeless.
The ReichSdnzeiger says that the kaiser
has purchased two workingmen's houses.
intending to present them to deserving
men. This action of the kaiser has stim,
ulated the aristocrats to follow the ex
ample.
1t is reported from Vienna that the
Russian ambassador at COnstantinOple
has attempted to dissuade the sultan
from fortifying the BosphOrus, on the
plea that Russia will give him all the
protection necessary in that direction.
No city in the country is doing more
rushing business now than Savannah,
Gfa., owing to-heevy shipments of cot
ton.
The New York court of appeals has
finally decided the will of Samuel J. Til
leninvalid By this decision New York
city loses the $4,000, 900 library which it
was intended by Mr.. Tilden to establish
Mrs. William B. Hazard, granddaughter
Of Mr.. Tilden, has, however, released the
$4,000. 900 which was her share Of the es-
tate with the will broken, and this sum
will he available to carry out in part Mr..
Tilden's scheme.
The monitor MiantOnomah has been
put in commission at the Brooklyn navy
yard. This new addition to the navy Is
4rmored with 10t inch iron and steel
plates, has two turrets, and carries fOuI
10 inch breech loading rif1ed cannon,
throwing shells of 500 pounds weight.
The New York Presbytery of the
Reformed Church is trying for
heresy Rev. ]. G. K. Milligan,
former pastor of the First Re
formed Presbyterian church, and the
Rev. DR.. John F. Carson, pastor Of the
Willoughby Avenue Reformed Presby-
terrain church, Brooklyn, and editor OF
the Ne1cS Letter. DIR. Milligan wrote ar
ticles, which DIR. Carson published in the
Nears Letter, disappearing of the Re
formed Presbytery's long standing doc.
trine of political dissent.
The famous Andover case has been de-
cided by the Massachusetts, supreme
court in favor of Professor Egbert +.
/ Smyth, professor of ecclesiastical hiStOyi
/ in Phillips Academy. The board Of Wis
itors of the academy expelled Professor
Smyth from his chair for heterodoxy ID
teaching the idea of a probation after
death for souls that have not had the
gospel in this life. The decision is prac
tically a victory for Professor Smyth OF
the legal points involved.
Another "active volcano" is reported
to have been seen east of Mount Rainier
In the Cascade Mountains, in Washing
ton. Plans are being made to seek it out
next summer.
Severe rioting has taken place in and
between the Parnellite and McCarthylte
factions, which were suppressed by the
police. Troops were also put under arms
New York capitalists are trying to put
the POughkeepsie bridge and the Central
New England Railroad system into the
hands of a receiver. Frank G.. HOlllns,
New York broker, is trying to persuade
II possible the numerous capitalists III
terested in the enterprise to agree to such
an application.
The New York city street railway en-
ployes have withdrawn from the knights
of Labor.
General Beaver, of Pennsylvania. be
. came exhausted while addressing point
zeal meeting in Philadelphia and nearly
fell to the floor.
A statue of General Williams Carter
Wickham, the Confederate general, was
unveiled at Richmond, Va.
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