The Washington bee., 1893-09-09
TElEGRAPHlC BRIEro

Inc strike of 'longshoreman
lapsed after a titful fight Of tal nas col
The Republican State corro... - uayf
been called to meet at Syraenrasi 1Ssion o aaI
tOber 10. on Cd
Since the first of August fort. .
suspended national banks bava y,eghI
| ed business. '''e reSQml
The total net receipts Of oo,a
York from Europe in the nnu. ~ new
weeks have been $34,577S. .34 P0S' sly
The great Brooklyn Futuritv
Sheepshead Bay was won nv ne nsdee at
who captured $49,715 in stakes D'''llnoI
A Chinese mob near NIiep W.
ed a Catholic chapel and destroveed 'ot4 -
houses of several native converts NE
K. ID. Wrenn won the tennis -,
plonshlp OF the United States n >Y'n Tt
port. The winner is a Harvard roe 'e~-
The English Admiralty has -
to continue building baffIasbH;ese bH;eeIued
spite of the disaster to the victoris vigs 10
Mrs. Lucy Hooper, the welltno-
writer and art critic, died in ,o"a DIV,
after a lingering illness, aged Sf. %sS
eight "iJy'
Stories of President Carnot,s so..
illness are pronounced untrue bv tus tSs
Paris correspondent of the L9nJle iae
Times. -''n'IOh
Mystery surrounds the case of n
ShortelI, a st. Louis passenger aean1 =
found dying Of morphine poisoniT9se i9e4., l.
park. 'S A
There were 100000 paid admission,
to the Chicago Fair last week uS TlS
end OF summer is bringing great crowds ~
to the Fair. ''"S
Democrats and Republicans in Sou
ard County, Kansas, will unire in
joint county convention to nominata
ticket against the POpuIists.
Jack o. Myers, the burglar nh,
made a sensational escape from tbo
TOmbs prison, New York eity Ios.
July, has been recaptured. ~
Two ChOctaw ringleaderS, Sirl,,
Lewis and Simon Wade. will no eTa
cuted at Macallister, |. T., Septembo,
:, while others will get a new trial
Women suffragists in Kansas will
open q campaign in favor of e0uaI snf
frage in Kansas City September and
2. Many women will take the stumn
During the past six weeks over "A.
100000 bushels of wheat have been a'.
ported to Europe In the correSponding
period of last year less than 26WOW9
bushels were exported.
Between March 4, 1893. and AunSt
30, 1893, the total number of pensjnns
Of all classes granted under the gan.
eral law waS 26.42C, and under the aet
OF June q, 1890, the total was 24.S51
Governor Flower has Recommended
the suspension of Supt. Brockway Of
the Elmira, n. Y, Reformatory pend.
ing investigation of the charges of
brutality made against him by the
New York World and other papers.
Abe Buzzard. ex-highwayman, is the
chief figure in camp meeting now
being held in grove in East Noting
ham township, about mile from Lin
coin Station, Pa. Big Frank" Carr
who is now at RawlinSville. is expect
ed later.
Since the filing of the settlement Of
the Ann ArbOr Railroads. suit againS,
Chief Locomotive Engineer Arthur the
terms of settlement have been diSelOS.
ed. Arthur pays $500 and the costs
specified to settle the case.
The London Standards Paris CORE.
spOndent says that NJ. FlOquet. on leaF.
ing q stormy political meeting in the
Rue AngOuleme Friday, was stoned by
a mob of 5000 persons Two rey0I
yer shots were fired into his carriage
but he escaped without injury. Many
persons were hurt in the scut1ie
The Abe Lincoln command of the
Union Veterans Union has withdrawn
from that organization and SURRENDERED
it's charter The cause is said to be
due to an order issued prior to the last
national election by Gen. w. Fl. Mich
ael, Commander of the Department Of
the Potomac
Governor Flower has cOmmuted 10
for life the sentence OF
Edward GeOghan, who was to have
been executed at Sing Sing Prison dur
ing the week beginning September
for the murder of his wife The
ground upon which the Governor based
his action is that of the insanity of the
convict.
Through the inability of the Near
ague Canal and Construction Company
to sell its securities, the famous cor
pOrati0n has failed. With President
Warner Miller's consent and approval
b. Atkins, of New York. WIS
appointed by Judge Benedict as recelT
er of the company, with $2J,0O0 bonds
upon the application Of Louis ChoDle,
lne of the stockholders.