The Washington bee., 1892-04-30
rELEeRAPHIc BRIEFS.

to be the largest In the history of tn
state.
General Buffers Lowell, Mass, pror
erty was attached for $50, 900 by the 8
,, | F. Jewett Publishing Co., Of Boston.
b EInformation now at hand indicate
, that there will be so, 900 old soldiers il
the G. A. R. parade in Washington, D
, c., in September.
Masons have begun work on the foun
. datiOn of large colliery which is to bc
erected by the Reading Coal and Iror
Company near Ashland, Pa.
A council of the presidents and mem.
bers of the executive committee of Stare
Farmers Alliances, is called to meet al
Birmingham, Ala, on May 8.
North River ferry boats transport go.
200, 900 people and 130, 100000 tons OF
freight every year from the shores of
New Jersey to New York city.
The American Forcite Powder Works.
near Lake Hopatcong, N. j., were
wrecked by an explosion. Seven men
were killed ard three others injured.
Fort Dodge QOwa) public school teach
ers have refused to work unless their
salaries are raised, and many have left
town to seek employment elsewhere.
The choirmaster of the Cars private
chapel. at Peterhof, near st. Petersburg.
In delirious frenzy murdered his wife
and then drowned his three children.
Mr.. Charles Emory Smith, the Ameri.
can minister at st. Petersburg, accom-
panied by his wife, has started for Amer.
lea and will probably not return to Rus.
sia.
Judge Ewing, of the Fayette- Greene
counties Pa.) judicial district, will re-
tire to become attorney for the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad at salary of $4,000 a
year.
QuaTtermaster General Batchelder. has
ordered the depot quartermaster at st.
Louis to send 400 tents to the Mayor al
Columbus, Miss, for benefit of flood suf.
ferers.
There promises to be a lively contest in
Governor McKinley's old Congressional
district for the Republican nomination.
Six candidates have already announced
themselves.
The Cheyenne and Arapahoe Reserva.
ton was opened Tuesday and 81, 900 home
seekers rushed in to stake off claims.
The rush was orderly and without spe.
cific incident.
Ex-senator George W. Delamater,
formerly of Pennsylvania, now of Ia.
coma, WASH, is at Washington, D. c.,
lobbying to have the Puyally Indian Res.
ervation opened up.
Director of the Mints o. E. Leech. re.
porting to the Senate on the production
of precious metals in the United States.
notes an increase of 3.S30,O0O ounces Of
silver over last year.
The Army of the Cumberland has
changed the date of its reunion at Chic.
amauga to September 27-28, and elected
General FL. V. BOynton, of Washington,
corresponding secretary.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has issued a circular stating that they
have reduced the freight rates on anthra.
cue coaf from VHe IHITues 20 New FORK
harbOr from $1.70 to 81. A per ton.
The announcement of the engagement
OF Princess Margaret of Prussia to Prince
William of Luxembourg, was received
with dlsfavor in Berlin, where the lat
ter's dissOlute habits are we'll known.
The Staten Island Dyeing Works. al
West New Brighton, s. l., were burned.
with large quantity of goods ready for
Shipment to stores in various cities. Es.
loss 800. 900; insurance, $40. 900.
Public excitement on the subject Of
Anarchist plots has been renewed al
Madrid by the report that the Anarchist.
Phlllp Munoz, has confessed to a plot to
kill the king of Spain, who will be siz
years old on the 18th of next month.
The four hundredth anniversary of the
discovery of America by Christopher
Columbus will be celebrated at Lima.
Feru, by holding National Exhibition
opening on the 18th of October. 1892.
and closing on the 1st of January, 1898.
w. G. Austin, tramp Journalist on.
.ered the Utah National Bank of Salt
Lake City and threatened to shoot the
paying teller unless he would give him
'S,oOO. The former shouted for assist.
lnce and Austin fled, but was afterward
lrrested.
Great damage has been caused to crops
md fruit trees by storms in England. In
some districts are flooded. tele.
'raph wires are down and many towns
re cut OH from the outside world. The
Jhannel Islands and the north of Franco
re all badly affected.
EtheI Foster, the 10-year-oId daughtey
Il William Foster, wealthy farmer liv,
ng near New Castle, Pa, was abducted
y strange men who, it is believed. will
old her for ransom. The child lived
,ith relative and during the latters
bsence she was captured.
During a severe thunder storm at New
'rieans Granett Bernadit was killed BY
ghtnlng and six others near by wers
foStrated. A horse and mule were also
llled. AT Abbeville. La, a barn on ths
d bianch place was burned and Aris.
aes LangllngnOls was killed and two
EherS were injured by lighting.
Inc New York Senate special com.
lItee In the Reading deal has made q
iPplemental report declaring the com.
nation contrary to public policy and
FURIOUS to public welfare, placing ths
'hsumer OF coal, whether for domestic
business purposes entirely at the
ercy OF the corporation. No additional
Is recommended, the execu.
We having f1lI povvor oI.I