The Washington bee., 1893-07-15
TELEGRAPHlC BRIEFS.

Idln.
The first bale of cotton of the crop
of 1893 was received on the 1st inst.
at Houston, Texas.
Coal miners in the anthracite regions
of Pennsylvania have received an ad-
vance in wages of 2 per cent.
The Pennsylvania Plate Glass Com
pany has withdrawn from the Plate
Glass Trust, and it's action will proba-
bly, lower prices.
The United States cruiser Philadel-
phia has arrived at Queenstown, Ire
land, after very stormy passage
across the Atlantic.
Senator Sherman is reported to have
/ said that he thinks the purchasing
clause of his silver bill Objectionable,
and that he will vote for a repeal Of it.
Sam Wilson, the lone train robber,
who held up a Missouri Pacific train
| some time ago, was sentenced at
| Union, Mo-, to fifteen years imprison-
ment.
| The National League baseball situa-
ton on Saturday last was the most
remarkable in the history Of the game.
| Three clubs, the Bostons, Brooklyns
and Philadelphias, were tied for first
| place.
A London cablegram says the Colum-
bia Athletic Club of Chicago has Of
fered a purse of $4,000 for Charles
Mitchell to fight Corbett under their
| auspices, and that Mitchell has ac-
| cepted.
Glass factories all over the country
closed down July 1. This is an annual
| arrangement to give the blowers
vacation during the two hot months,
| and permits all repairs to be made to
furnaces for the coming years blow.
A drunken fellow who claimed to be
| a New York policeman created small
riot on Cranston'S dock Sunday. He
insulted several women and when re-
monstrated with by a member Of the
Engineer Corps knocked him down.
The soldiers companions Joined in the
rumpus and in ten minutes the alleged
policeman and his friends were car
ried bleeding on board the boat!
Sandow, the strong man, was pub
Iicly horsewhipped Saturday night by
Mary E. Whyte, better known as
"Iurline the Water Queen" The
whipping took place in Broadway,
New York. after Sandow's perform
ance at the Casino Theatre, and was
that she first brought Sandow into
prominence and that he owed her
some money. She was locked up over
night.
The manufacture of the new Krag-
Jorgensen rifle for the United States
Army began Monday at the United
States Armory at Springfield, Mass.
The appropriation Of 100000 made
by the last Congress for use in the
manufacture of a new rifle for the
| army became available on July L.
| About 1900 rifles per month will be
) made. and will be issued to the regular
troops by regiments.
Charles de Lesseps was taken from
the prison hospital to visit his father
at LacheSnaye Saturday. He was re-
turned the same evening to his hospi
| nal CHARTERS. where he will remain fol
the next two months. Ferdinand dc
LeSSepS is very near death. He seemed
SATURDAY. to be moribund. His utter
ance is almost unintelligible, and his
| mind has virtually ceased working. His
physicians think that he will hardly
: live through next week.
Cicero Harrison, Seyenty-eight years
old. a cousin of eX-President Harrison
6 | mysteriously disappeared from the
. | steamship Guyandotte, on which vesse
y | he had engaged passage from Norfoll
i TO New York He was accompanied
: 10y his daughter, Mrs. Mary Oliver, o.
Jackson. Mich, who told the story o.
his disappearance. 1t is believed III
e fell overheard He had with him ;
4 valise containing 500 in money ant
e | 100000 in securities, and this has alS'
disappeared.
La Touraine arrived at Havre Sun
day with the Infanta Eulalia on board
D She entered the harbor flying tn
Spanish flag The Princess looked hal
and hearty after her successful jour
ney. She expressed herself hlghl.
pleased with her American experience
4 | The French authorities showed her a.
q | order from the Minister of Foreign Al
g fairs and of Finance not to lnterfer
% | in the least with her baggage. She Ia
: her trunks filled with American sou
;, | yenirS, and was afraid by some sou
Il custom-house rule they might be dis
in | turbed.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean of Satu
day said that the Gar OF Russia ma
ordered home all of his soldiers nov
at the Fair. No specific cause is give
in the order 1t simply says that Il
- 4
. The contingent there, which numoef
not over thirty men, will start for Ru'
sia the early part of next week. MaJo
Burke. of Buffalo Bills Wild Yves
show. which has the only Russian SO
r. lierS at the Fair. said: THE only me
,o we have are CosSackS. They are +
= serve men of the Irregular Caviar
. and liable to be called in case of wa
. :; have heard nothing of the matter.
" Little Susie Randolph, of Columbu
Ind. aged thirtyfour, weight IL
- mounds. and only thirty inches hug
- has received letter informing hs
that an immense fortune awaits h'
~ and her half-brother, Lat Randolph
L of Centreville, Ia, and Alice kimse
of Terre Haute. Her grandfathe
David Randolph, of reVoluuonai
fame. leased an eight-acre tract
N | land. now i'm the heart of Phlladelpm
for ninety-nine years, and the lease
'S nired twelve months ago. LaWye
IS assure the heirs that they will SOC
10 come into possession Of the vast TO
is tune. a,
one of the most shocking OF u
{ many outrages committed 10y VIII
u. Cans is reported from Falllngton, L
ln Mrs. Hannah Church, rather pret
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