The Washington bee., 1893-12-16
THIS WEEKS NEWS.
A Summary of Current Events-The Worlds
Dongs for the Past Six Days Gathered
and Condensed for Our Readers.
General.

SCtOu1SCy Is ucSlu.
A revolution is said to be brewing
now in Venezuela.
A woman was convicted of horse
stealing in Columbus o.
There were 3S3 failures throughout
the United States last week.
France is organizing torpedo COM
panies on the Russian plan.
The Indictment Of Col. AlnsWortn
and others is practically quashed.
New dispensary bill has been intro
duced in the South Carolina Senate.
New warships for Great Britain are
to be built with all possible despatch.
Mr.. Gladstone is I'LL, but it is hoped
that he will be about again very soon.
The debt statement for November
shows an increase of $6.716,49S In the
public debt.
Er.Sneaker Grow announces his can
didacy for ongressman-at-Large from
Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Charles Coghlan will sue for
divorce, naming Kuhne Beveridge as
correspondent.
Russia's sending Of an agent to Abys-
sinia is construed as an act or urect
hostility to Italy.
King Humbert is reported to have
called on ex-Premier Crispi to form a
Cabinet for Italy.
A Columbia, S. c., carpenter thinks
he has found a sword which once De-
longed to Charlemagne.
The new cruiser Marblehead made
1894 knots on her trial trip, which is
nearly two knots in excess OF her con-
tract speed.
The PENNSYLVANIA Company has Sc
cured the Toledo, Peoria and Western
Railroad. which gives it a new outlet
to the lakes.
Ex-Minister Robert Adams, jr., has
been nominated for Congress by the
Republicans of the Second Pennsyl-
vania District.
The National Sugar Company has
been organized with capital of ST.
100000. The plant of the company is
located at YonkerS.
Police superintendent Byrnes, of New
York, brands leila Nicolaus, who is
suing George J. Gould, as blackmall'
er and adventures
1t lis said that the revenue cutter Cor
win will leave San Francisco soon for
Honolulu with special meSseuSeI VI
the State Department
Governor Flower has appointed Hen
~ W. Bentley, Of Boonville, to take
testimony in the matter of the charges
against Sheriff Beck, of Erie County
N. Y.
At a wedding at Arlington, Neb.
Herman Echtenkamp and Frank Oste
man settled an old grievance by fight
ing a duel with pistols. The latter was
fatally wounded.
Gov. Lewelling Of Kansas, instructs
the police boards of that State tha
the law under which vagrantS are com
pelled to work on the highways anG
rock piles is unconstitutional.
The State Boards of Arbitration OF
New York and New Jersey, the leader:
of the Lehigh strike and President VIII
bur are at Bethlehem, Pa, the arbitra
tors trying to settle the trouble.
H. K. Huntington, a son of Presiden
tC. p. Huntington, Of the Southern Pa
cific Railroad, has been elected Presi
dent of the Central Pacific Railroad
to succeed the late Senator Stanford.
The officers of the tank Steame
America, which arrived in New Iorl
this week, claim to have seen a sc:
serpent off the Newfoundland banks
1T was about 100 feet long and swan
like huge eel.
Judge Herrick. at Albany, has ren
Idered a decision that the State Boar
of CanvasSerS Of New York must shoy
cause why they are not in contemp
flor canvaSsing the Mylod return il
1.-THE election of 1891.
The doctors have ordered John MOI
Eley, Chief Secretary for Ireland, t
Itake prolonged rest Mr.. Morley Wi
Iprobably be absent from his place i
1.-THE House of Commons during the II
Emainder Of the session.
The vault of the bank at South Bend
lind, was robbed Of $4,000 in broa
daylight The door of the vault wa
forced while the cashier was at lunc
land while the assistant cashier wa
Ebeing called to the front of the ban
Iby decoy caller.
General Master Workman Sovereign
lin his address to the knights of Labor
favors free coinage of gold and silver
the abolition of the Presidents vett
the establishment Of the popular il
itiatiye and referendum, and resstanc
to land and industrial monopoly
The pugilists are to make their heaG
arnOr's warming. A cottage has bee
Selected for Corbett's use while trair
ng at Mayport, Fla, and the arena q
the Corbett- Mitchell contest will
n the old fair grounds at East Jacl
sonville
The dance du ventre," transplante
from Chicago to New York, as part c
the prize winners exhibit in the Gran
Central Palace of that city, was stol
Eped by the police. Anthony Comstoc
denies that this disgusting performanc
is an Eastern religious dance. He say
the Persian Minister told him th
dancers would be killed if they al
tpeared in Persia.
A Delta County, Texas. farmer nan
led Baker recently went to Conner. tb
Icounty seat and bought a whiske
barrel. He took it home and when h
went to clean it he found about half
gallon of whiskey in the barrel, whic
ne drained out. He and his wife dram
some Of the liquor and were taken vi,
ently sick. A physician was called
who said they had been poisoned b
the whiskey. They died three day