The Washington bee., 1892-06-11
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

The cholera scOurge in Persia incra....
DrexeI, Morgan & Co. will under,.t,
to reorganize the Richmond terminal
A census bulletin estimates the ac,,.,
wealth of the country at s63 900. 900 0aS
The American Lead Trust has bear j.
corporated, with a capital of $50 O0o
900.
Lewis Baker, of Poughkeepsie. Y v
was one hundred years old on Saturis1
last
1t is claimed the Chicago expositio, :,
still SIC, 200, 900 short of the necessarv a+ :,
] penses.
Arriving steamers in New York ron.
tinue to report meeting icebergs in t5a
Atlantic.
The building Of the British govern
ment building has begun at the Chicago
fair grounds.
The Salvation Army in San Francis,
has organized cavalry corps for mis-,
Sionary work.
The amount necessary to complete tbo
Grant monument has been fully spb.
scribed in New York.
Captain Joseph Lawler, in his twalv..
foot cockleshell, set sail from BostopIss,
night for Queenstown, England.
Wyoming cattlemen found four bodies
hanging on a tree in the heart of ,ba
Rustler's country. They are supposed 10
be victims of the Rustler invasions.
The Democratic wigwam at Chicago
in which the National Convention e ),
party will be held, is completed with III.
exception of the canvass cover and der.
orations.
Among the names suggested for Secrs.
tary of State to succeed Mr.. Blaine ara
those of General John w. Foster o,
Senator Edmunds, Chauncey N. Depew
Whitelaw Reid, and Senator Sherman.
The inquest into the lynohing Of Bah
Lewis, the negro ravisher, at Port Jsr
Wis, N. Y, led to revealing the names Of
several persons of local prominence wbs
took part in the affair. The District Al,
.Orney means to have them indicted.
AT a meeting of the Democratic dela
gates of New York, held on Monday q.
.he instance of Chairman Murphy. Of
.he State Committee. a resolution wa,
adopted to support Senator Hill foy,
President as long as he would permit his
name to be used.
The mining camp of Jimtown, near
Jreede, Col, was almost totally da
trOyed by fire on Sunday last. Hun.
lreds are rendered homeless, the mon.
ary loss reaching 81, ,0OO, 900. Many buiE
ngs were blown up by giant powder b.
ore it finally burned itself out.
Saratoga gambling houses are cIosing
Up owing to vigorous legal action in tls
hape of convictions and $500 fines.
The striking granite men in New Yors
ave asked the aid of DR.. Parkhurst
AIRY on their struggle against the quarJ
wners.
After taking but four gold-curs iujes
ions for inebriety, at Wichita, Kan,
Ieorge Bradshaw, a we'll known citizen
led in spasms.
The University of New York has clOS
le purchase of a site Of twenty acres g.
Mo Hundredth street for $500, 900, mos
when has been subscribed. by c5C4i
The Baroness BurdeVy-COutts, although
yer go years OLD, declares her intention
f coming to the Chicago Worlds Fal
the head of the English phiIanthropi
ectiOn.
The Billings and Great Falls stage vas
ED up by masked men in Montana an
ne treasure box and mail sacks takeE
he passengers were not molested.
herlf's posse is after the robbers.
The widely known and bitterly foug
gal contest between Father Hynes,
ierce City, Mo-, and Bishop HOg1
Kansas City, has at last been
rmined at st. Louis against the priss
The conference in Boston between tb
'anite manufacturers of New Engla1
Id the striking granite cutters resulba
failure. The strike will continus
i'd a boycott by the union agaG
ante cutting has been ordered.