Evening journal., 1893-01-07
EARLY NEWS SUMMARY.
national.


cusslon of the Harris National quaran
tine bill. The House passed twenty-six
private pension bills.
President Harrison issued an order
placing 700 letter carriers in the classi-
fed service.
Bank Examiner Drew was before the
Banking Committee in relation to his
connection with the Keystone aud Spring
Garden Banks
The Senatorial Program Committee
has decided to take up the amendments
to the Interstate Commerce law as the
first order.
General Bingham of Philadelphia is
making vigorous effort to secure an
appropriation of S100 600 for the quar-
antine station on the Delaware.
Congressman Harter, the antifree sill
yer Democrat, viii pay visit to New
York TO consult with President elect
Cleveland on the subject of silver legis.
lation. Mr. Cleveland is believed to
favor a repeal of the Sherman act of
1890.
Mr. Coombes of the Congressional
Committee, which investigated the coal
combine, hopes that it may be reached
by an amendment to the Interstate Com
merce law.
Messrs Depew, Roberts, Cowen and
other prominent railroad men argued
before the Congressional Committee in
behalf Of the proposed clause permitting
the pooling Of freights.
Criminal.
Mary France. young girl of Port
Hunter, n Y, left dance in company
with her lover, John Hawkins. The next
morning she was found lying in the road
with her skull broken.
Justice Barrett, of the New York Su-
preme Court, has granted a writ Of
habeas corpus for the production of Mrs.
Steele who is locked up in the Gilsey
House by her husband
The Kings county grand jury returned
indictments against twenty prominent
officials for corrupt expenditure of public
money in connection with the Columbian
demonstration.
ANIMAL Sherman killed himself at Ish-
peming, Mich, leaving note behind
stating that he had been bounded to sui
eide by French society whose rules he
had broken. One Of the representatives
of the society who was present when he
died, was arrested and made a partial
confession.
Ed. Morris. a well-known actor, was
caught in Chicago in the act Of fleeing
"Bob" Cutting.
Religious.
Dr. McGlynn will be given a reception
at the residence Of DR.. j. X. Funk, in
Brooklyn, on Tuesday evening when
many prominent Protestant clergy with
Catholics will meet him.
Rev. Francis Key Brooke, of Atchison,
was consecrated Protestant Episcopal
Bishop Of Oklahoma in the first services
of the kind ever held west of the Missis.
sippi river.
General.
Ex-President William H. Beers has
Withdrawn his suit against the New York
Life Insurance Company and remains in
its employ in an advisory capacity at
$4,000 per year.
Foreign.
The Royalist demonstrations and meet.
ings are not worrying the French gov.
ernment The Panama scandal receives
fresh impetus by the report that I'd.
Charles de LesseDs had agreed TO diyulge
everything he knew concerning the
affairs Of the canal company. One ar
rest has been made and others are ex.
pecteO WITHIN rev udye.
Captain Schroeder, Of the Hamburg
American Line steamer Bohemia, has
made formal report Of his encounter
with the Cunard steamer Umbria and his
unsuccessful effort TO take the Umbria
into port.
The Count of Paris, with his son anc
other leaders Of the Royalist party, have
gone to Seville TO fix the line of conduct
in the coming French general elections.
A Buda-Pesth newspaper says the Gov
ernment has made arrangements will
the Rothschilds to take up big blocl
of 4 per cent. rentes.
Mrs Langtry is rapidly recovering
from her severe attack of illness but il
not able TO leave her room as yet.
The bankruptcy case Of Mrs. Charles
Stewart Parnell came up in the Brighton
County Court. Counsel for Mrs Paruei
submitted a scheme by the terms o
which preferred debts against his ellen
will be paid in fun immediately.
The weather.