The Washington bee., 1893-10-14
TELEGRAPHlc BRIEFS

The strike of 'longshoremar b.
lapsed after a fitful fight of tan mas col
The Republican State eonvon,;. uaSS-
tober 10. 'NuSe on DC.
Since the first Of August fortr =,
suspended national banks hava ~, y eight
ed business. "'e reSum.
v1D Ihe total total net receipts Of gold in w..
York from Europe in the y nau, M New
weeks have been $34. SIS. .34 past Sz
The great Brooklyn Fuhlritv
Sheepshead Bay was won hy nots saee al
who captured $49,T15 in stakes 'l''lO
4 Chinese mob near Men Yanc -,
ed Catholic chapel and dpstro,lee, d,-e "ot %
houses of several native converts "a ne
II. ID. Wrenn won the tenni. d,
pi0nship of the United States A. van "a
port. The winner is a Harvard moe ,'e~
The English Admiralty has doo,4
to continue building battleSbiSne.,u y
spite of the disaster to the Yietorgis igs %
Mrs. Lucy Hooper, the weI.trnu
writer and art critic, died in 9oSl DIV
after a lingering illness, aged Ss1 asE
eight. MY
Stories of President Carnops SOr;,.
Illness are pronounced untrue h''Vu' h1 ~
Paris correspondent of the ISr5nE ae
Times. '0uuOa
Mystery surrounds the case Of TT
Shortell, a st. Louis passenger aeon. Z
found dying of morphine POISONING r.
a park. LII
There were 100000 paid admiSSio,,
to the Chicago Fair last week THs
end Of summer is bringing great cror%: rIs
to the Fair. "us
Democrats and Republicans in Sor,
ard County, Kansas, will unite in
joint county convention to nominate :
ticket against the Populists.
Jack D. Myers, the burglar nh,
made a sensational escape from tbs
Tombs prison, New York city. lsa,
July, has been recaptured.
Two Choctaw ringleaders. Sirl.,
Lewis and Simon Wade, will be- al pTa
cuted at Macallister, /. T., SeDtenha.
8, while others will get a new trial
Women suffragists in Kansas will
open a campaign in favor of equal 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 pr.
ported to Europe. In the cOrrespOndiDo
period of last year less than 20,0OONS
bushels were exported
Between March 4, 1893, and AuguS,
30, 1893, the total number of pensions
of all classes granted under the gap.
eral law was 26,42G, and under the act
of June q, 1890, the total was 24.S5l.
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 q camp meeting now
being held in a grove in East Noting.
ham township. about a 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 diScOs
ed. Arthur pays $500 and the costs
specified to settle the case.
The London Standards Paris core
spondent says that NJ. Floquet, on leay
ing stormy political meeting in the
Rue Angouleme Friday, was stoned by
a mob of 5000 persons. Two reyOE
yer shots were fired into his carriage
but he escaped without injury Many
persons were hurt in the seufie.
The Abe Lincoln command Of the
Union Veterans Union has withdraw
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. II. Mich
ael, Commander of the Department o.
the Potomac.
Governor Flower has commuted 70
Imprisonment 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 tn'
convict.
Through the inability of the Near
ague Canal and Construction Company
to sell its securities, the famous cor
poration has failed. With Presldenl
Warner Miller's consent and appro'a'
Thomas B. Atkins, of New York, Wa
appointed by Judge Benedict as recei'
er of the company, with $4,000 6oGdS
upon the application Of LJuis ChOoE'