The Washington bee., 1892-05-21
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

At Fayetteville, North Carolina, a. L.
Gilmore, a desperate, who had, with A
revolver, compelled daughter Of R-v.
William Brunt to get him meal. was
shot by her and killed. He was wanted
for murder and she will get a reward
of $500.
The General Conference of the Meth0.
dist Episcopal Church in session at
Omaha, Neb., decided not to increase the
number of bishops in that denomination.
All the present bishops were declared to
be efficient and are retained in office and
the number of episcopal residences was
increased by four.
Forty men were killed in a mine ex.
plosion an Roslyn, Washington.
The death of EmIn Pasha is denied,
but he is reported totally blind.
Up to the present time not single pub
lie building bill has been passed by the
House.
The Grant monument fund lacks only
800 900, and will be completed by Dec
oratiOn Day.
A new telephone company, with a
.apital of 81, 100000 has been organized
N Chicago, Ill.
The Vatican has declined to accede 70
Frances demand for the removal Of the
Archbishopof Paris.
Ten persons were killed and hun
dred badly wounded in the attack upon
the Jews at LOdz, Russia.
King Humbert has notified Emperor
William that, whatever happens, he will
remain faithful to the Dreibund
An explosion of fire damp in the Saslyn
coal mine near Seattle, Wash, killed
thirty men and set the workings on fire.
Statistical returns for May show an
average condition for wheat of eighty
four per cent. Rye and barley have also
advanced.
Between five and six hundred families
of negro colOnists are threatened with
starvation in Black Jack County, Okla.
hOma Territory.
New Mexico and Connecticut held
Democratic conventions, and elected
delegates favorable to Cleveland, but
without instructions.
1t is reported that President Harrison
has selected Justice Harlan, of the Su.
)reme Court, as one of the arbitTatOTs in
the Behring Sea matter.
The Players Club. of New York, re-
jected Rudyard Kiplings application for
membership. Clubmen generally hold
him unfit for fellowship.
The Emperor of Germany personally
complimented lawyer who killed a
workingman and wounded two others in
the recent riots in Berlin.
Convictions have been secured by Rev.
DR.. Parkhurst, of the Society for the pre-.
VentiOn of Crime in New York, in two
cases against disOrderly houses.
Under orders issued by the Secretary
If the Navy the Yorktown, NOhican,
Adams and Rusk will sail at once from
Port Townsend to Behring Sea.
= l. NJ, n" . President has approved the bill ap-
propriating 800, 900 to pay the expenses
of the United States members Of the
Behring Sea Board of Arbitration.
The Association of the Alumni Of Co
lumbia College, of New York, has under
taken to raise $500, 900 as building fund.
Over S35, 900 has already been subscribed.
General Gresser, project of police Of
st. Petersburg, died in that city on
the 18th inst from poisoning. Nihilists
are suspected, and his cook is under ar
rest.
Private reports in London are to the
effect that the Prince of Wales is suffer.
ing from the same disease of the throat
that carried off Emperor Frederick, Of
Germany.
The Democratic Conventions of New
Hampshire and Missouri on "Wednesday
last endorsed Mr.. Cleveland for Prest
dent, while Iowa on the same day il
structed for Governor BOis.
A preliminary meeting of the Cath0li.
clergyrnen and laity was held in Nea
York to organize a society for education
and recreation. The plan to be FOLLOWED
is very similar to the welI-known ChaG.
tauqua Circle.
The Comptroller of the Currency ha
declared a second dividend of ten per
cent in favor of the creditors of the Corr
National Bank, of Cory, Pa, making
| Forty per cent on all claims proved
amounting to S536, SOB.
The United States cruiser Castine was
launched at Bath, Me-, on "Wednesday,
She is built Of steel, will carry eight four
inch guns, and has a speed of fOurtee1
knots an hour. She is the second sta5
| gunboat built in Maine.
The supreme court of Ohio has upheld
the ConstitutiOnality of the COmpuis0ry
education law. Its validity was ques
toned by Father Quigley, superintende1i
of a parOchial school, who refused
truant officer a list of his pupils.
The Mississippi River is still rising, and
a number of breaks have occurred in tas
vicinity of New Orleans. The river bana
are carefully patrolled and it is though
that if the levees hold out for few days,
danger of further loss will be passed.
The managers of the Worlds Fair At
Chicago have determined to sell Gqu5i
on the fair grounds in spite of the mu
nicipal police laws. They will let oll
privileges for the sale of ivuOrs, andass
the next legislature to pass a special "a"
granting them absolute control of J2ch
son Park and Midway Plaisance.
Aid for the Starving.
| The steamer COnemaugh, which len
Philadelphia about two weeks since
1 Ioado6 with ,-l,OoA e.. Al -4o,rir1