The Washington bee., 1892-01-09
THIS WEEKS NEWS.
A Summary of Current Events. The Worlds
OOngs tor the Past Six Days Gathered
and Condensed for Our Readers.
General.

The New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad has at last decided to put
in the block system of signals.
Guy de Maupassant, the French au.
thor, attempted suicide by shooting, at
Cannes, while suffering from nervous
prostration.
Trainman Herrick, responsible for the
latest accident on the Central Railroad,
has given himself up to the authorities.
Ex-President Cleveland has accepted
an invitation to speak before the Bust
ness Mems Club of New York city on
Friday evening of this week.
Frank Beck was hurt and Henry Mil
ler's bakery wrecked at st. Louis by
bottle of dynamite thrown at the house
by an unknown enemy.
Sam Joy, Chinaman, has been held
at New Orleans, for smuggling pigtailed
brethren into this country over the Next
can border. He received $145 per Chipt-
The law of South Carolina compelling
railroads doing business within the State
to assist supporting its railroad commits
sion has been declared constitutional by
| the United States Supreme Court.
Mayor Grant urges New York to rub
the cobwebs from its eyes and see the
Worlds Fair in patriotic light.
Stage robbers captured $4,000 worth OF
| iewelry near the Idaho State line.
General S. G.. Armstrong has 80 far re-
J covered as to be able to return from Bos-
ton to the Hampton Institute, Va.
Senator Quay has scheme to annex
by purchase three of the northern States
of Mexico. The government of the Mex
lean republic has asked Minister Romero
to explain this move, which is compli
eating the work of President Harrison $
administration.
The Treasury Department in state
ment Just issued places the net increase
IN the circulation during December at
| k11 $40 $50, and the net increase in
| money and bullion in the Treasury at
$40. 542, 1913. The circulation per capita
is $24.52.
A big photographic trust has been
formed with capital of $l2,OOO,OO0
Jack the Ripper" has notified the
London police that he intends to resume
operations shortly.
Representative Mills has gone to Texas
for two weeks to regain his health.
The city of Cleveland has turned out
the gas, and now uses oil lamps exclu
sively.
A dozen counties of South Dakota
have made a compact to purchace rain
next summer.
The Northern Pacific Railroads great
shops at Tacoma, comprising 10 build
ings, are finished.
Male students in the American Medi-
cal College, of St. Louis, made failure
in trying to drive out the girls.
President Harrison has respited wife
murderer Penson, of Leavenwortb, Kan.
Secretary Blaine will be represented at
the Boston Merchants dinner by Hon. j.
c. Burrows and letter.
Lewis c. Laylin. Of Huron. Sherman
candidate for speaker of the Ohio house
Of representatives, defeated John F. Nc
Grew, of Clarke, by vote of IS to "a.
Ex-King Mataafa is again threatening
war in Samoa.
Roswell P. Flower assumed the func
tions of the chief executive of the STATE
of New York at Albany in the presence
of large number of spectators.
Two big tenement houses in New York
were fired by incendiaries, and when tn
occupants of the buildings fed to thu
street for safety the thieves plundered
number of the rooms. The fire in boil
cases was easily extinguished by the tir'
department.
According to dispatch received il
London, a terrible state Of affairs exist
al Santos, Brazil, caused by ravages o.
combined small pox and yellow fever
On some vessels the entire ships com
pany have persisted and several salon
have died in the open streets, so quickly
fatal has been the disease. A mucl
greater mortality than now exists i
looked for during the hot months o.
T.nuar-y and Eahr1arv