The Washington bee., 1893-05-27
TELEGRAPHlc BRIEFS.

sinhlAg, anu nOV expected UO i've long,
President Cleveland started on Monday
for trip to Cobb's Island for a few days
fishing.
A New York woman bicyclist run over
and badly bruised 7-year-old Patrick
Mcmahon.
Heirs of the $33, 900, 900 Spang estate,
in Germany, are being searched for in
Reading, Pa.
British yachtsmen fear that Lord Dun
ravens new cutter Valkyrie is not fast
enough to win the America cup.
John B. Riley, ex-Indian Commits
sioner, has been appointed by the Presi-
dent as Consul General to Ottawa.
Fifteen thousand prisoners, exclusive
Of women and children, are awaiting de-
spatch to Siberia in the prisons of Mos
COW.
Home Secretary Asquith has drafted a
bill to give the British courts greater
powers of restraint over habitual drunk
ards.
With a cleaver, John Mario, of near
Fort Howard, Wis, killed his wife, who
sought divorce, and hanged himself to
escape mob.
1t is believed in Lancaster, Pa. that
Katie Zeizert, whose body was sent there
from Philadelphia, was the victim of q
criminal operation.
Henry G. Monks, an American, is
among the latest of those who blew their
alleged brains out at Monaco, after hav-
ing lost at gambling.
Through being bondsman for State
Treasurers Harshaw and Guenther, of
Wisconsin, ex-senator Sawyer w i'll lose
t125, 900 of his fortune.
f. IA. Milburn, son of the blind chap.
tain of the House of Representatives.
committed suicide by shooting himself
at his hotel in Chicago.
Rockafellow, the Wilkes.Bar rebank-
er, was served with nine warrants
charging him with embezzle .nent and
had to find $26, 900 bail
DIR. Sew ard Webb, the New York mill
lionaire, is building about his priv ate
park, in the Adirondacks, wire fence
So miles, that will cost $780, 900.
Thomas Adams, formerly a Philadel-
Thiau, cook in Dennett's restaurant,
New York, committed suicide by jump
ing out of a third-story window.
Edward Hoerner, of Steelton Pa who
killed George Phillips. a green goods op-
orator, at Greenpoint, told the coroner's
jury that he acted in self-defense.
Trying to drown himself in the river,
at Topeka, Kan, James Dalton, supposed
to be one of the Dalton gang. was rescued
by policeman and found demented.
Lord Salisbury, in an address at Bel.
fast, declared that union had not proved
q failure and said the Conservatives if
in power would never pass a home rule
bill.
Bismarck in his remarks to the stu.
dents of high school, who called on
him recently. said that the shedding of
blood was thankless task. He hoped
for peace in the empire.
Attorney General Olney has informed
those who are interested that the Gov
eminent will see that the law of Con-
gress relating to the closing of the
Worlds Fair on Sunday is enforced.
The President has commuted to i'm
prisonment for life the death sentence of
Edward Pickens, full-blooded Chicka-
saw Indian, who was convicted of MUIR
der in the district of Kansas
Gen. Greeley, chief signal officer, will
have charge of the government military
balloon, Gen. Myer, at the worlds fair.
Daily ascensions will be made for mete OF.
illogical purposes.
A petition in favor of the reinstate-
ment of the Rev. DIR. Richard L. Binstel
to the rectorship of Epiphany Church,
New York city, was presented to Arch.
bishop Satolli in Washington on Sunday.
De Guzman, the Nicaraguan Minister,
at Washington says that he believes the
ultimate issue of the revolution will be
that the United States will be asked to
establish protectorate over that coun.
try.
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt
has made report upon the Terre Haute,
Ind, post office case, in which he states
that Mr.. Donham, the Democratic ap
pointee, transgressed the civil service
laws.
Farnham Post, G.. A. R., of New York,
which was disbanded for making dec
Iaration that frauds existed in the PEN
sion system, has reorganized as the Noah
L. Farnham Independent Veterans
Association No. 1.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad com.
pany has received 80 of the 100 locomo.
motives ordered from the Baldwin Lo-
romotive works, Philadelphia, and will
hereafter receive two day until the en-
lire number has been delivered.
The wedding of the Duke of York and
Princess May of Teck has been fixed for
July 6. Mr.. Gladstone has sent out a
denial of the report that he will propose
the making of any special grant by Par.
lament in connection with the Duke of
York's marriage.
Bernard Gueterback, city editor of the
New York Stats Zeitung, was mysteri.
ously killed by pistol shot at his home
In New York. Mrs. Gueterback says he
shot himself, but it seems that there wa
q quarrel with one Otta Baesse, a Custom
House inspector, and an investigation
will follow.
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