The Washington bee., 1892-07-09
THIS WEEKS NEWS.
4 Summary of Current Events. Inc "''1
Ooings tor the Past SIX DAYS Gathered
and Condensed for Our Readers.
General.

General.
The Cleveland street car temp IS enne'I'
The Delaware peach crop has been
officially declared failure.
Forty persons were shocked IN a tnun-
derstorn at Pottsville, Pa, wednesday
night.
The Umbrella Trust is reducing tne
number of employees in the trade 70 aoou'
oue-half. ,,.
The New York League Of Republican
climbs met at Rochester, and elected OF
ficers and adopted platform.
Rev. James Wilson, 20 years Old a
minister of Visalia, Cal, was driver
from town for abducting young girls.
The canal system Of New York IS a cen
+,,-v old A convention of canal men
will celebrate the event some time IL
September.
The bark F. B. Taylor was cut down at
sea bv the steamship Trave. All but two
of her crew of 81 were picked up oy
the boats of the Trave.
The glove contest between Goddarc
and McAuliffe, pugilists, occurred at San
Francisco. Thursday night Goddard
won in the fifteenth round.
The State Board of Assessors OF New
York. appointed By Cleveland when ne
was governor of New York, has just re
signed after frequent requests.
Mrs. Emmons Blaine will spend the
summer at Bar Harbor, Ne. She VII
proceed thither as soon as a cottage Il
found which meets her requirements.
The will of seven times millionaire w.
s. Culbertson of New Albany, KY, cuts
of his grandsons, Glover and Percy, BE-
cause they have engaged in horse racing.
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, has shaved
off a beard which he has worn for nine
teen years. 1t is said his daughter did
not recognize him after the metamOrpho-
sis.
The Reading Railroad in its answer &c
the suit begun by Attorney-GeneraI
Stockton. of New Jersey, denies the ale
cation that it entered into combination
10 raise coal prices.
Thomas Co4lon fell to the ground,
distance of 153 feet, from the Woodward
coal breaker at Wilkesbarre, Pa, and
will live. The only bone broken was his
right arm,
A bank robber lynched in Missouri
last August was identified as Jesse Mes
ser. but that individual has just turned
up and laughs at the story. He has been
working on farm.
The Indictment against the Rev.
Thomas Dixon. jr., of New York, on a
charge Of libeling Excise Commissioner
Koch, was dismissed on the recommen-
dation of the District Attorney.
Judgment was filed in New YorB
against James A. Bradley, of Asbury
Park, n. j., for $13. .O3304, in the suit
brought by Mrs. Russell against him for
libel and malicious persecution.
All the glass factories at Bellaire, Ohio.
nave been permanently shut down, the
manufacturers claiming that they can
lot compete with those in natural gas
.owns. About $50 men are out
A thief demanded s. 900 of the cashier
of the Denver Bank of Commerce under
shreat of instant death. The cashier
seized a revolver and fired, and the thief
took to his heels, but was captured.
One hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars in gold coin was sent to Canada last
week from the Sub-Treasury in New
York for the purpose Of redeeming let
ters of credit carried by excursionists to
the British Dominion.
John Canduskey, while at work in
Kehley Run Colliery, near Shenandoah,
Pa, was completely covered by a fall Of
top coal When uncovered he was alive
but his back and legs are so badly
crushed that he can not recover.
A number of women in New York.
among whom are several prominent
members of Sorosis, have organized :
Frances Cleveland Influence Club, tn
aid in the election of Mr. Cleveland.
Mary Frost Ormsby is President.
1t is reported that the Poughkeepsis
Bridge has been sold to John w. Brock.
of Philadelphia, for $2,5OO,O 900. The
meaning of this action is that the struc-
ture will be transferred to the reorgan-
ization committee that controls the Read
ing Railroad.
DR.. Talmage is a much talked of man
in England, where he is now preaching.
A London paper recently informed its
readers that he "has the largest mouth in
America, and that his salary in Brook.
lyn, which is a suburb of New York, IL
s25, 900 year.
John Egan, Louis Avery, George Ly.
man and Claude Henry, four of the five
indicted by the grand jury for complicity
in the lynching of Bob Lewis, at Port
Jervis, n. Y, have been arrested. Bail
has been fixed for Egan at $500. in the
otter cases at 81 900.
William E. Carpenter, Oscar Creamer
and Oscar Bjorkman, who pleaded
guilty of attempting to get away with
s57 900 belonging to Dix & Phyfe. in
New York city, have been sentenced by
Judge Martine-Carpenter and CreameI
to State Prison for nine years each and
BJolkman for five years.
The great strike and lockout has baour
at the Carnegie mills, Pittsburg. The
mills were closed, and the force of men
paid off on July 2. The strike promises
to be one Of the most remarkable in this
country. On one side is arrayed sos