The Washington bee., 1894-01-13
THIS WEEKS NEWS,
A Summary of Current Events-The Worlds
uoIngS for the Past Six Days Gathered
and Condensed for Our Readers.

General.
Six ive-cent restaurants are now
running in New York.
Mrs. Ann Badly, the Oldest woman
in Indiana, is dead at the age of 1O4
years.
The Bank of England has been exam
Ined by the Government and pronounc-
ed sound.
The d. Lathrop book company, Of
Boston, has failed with liabilities Of
S250,0OO.
A Montevideo dispatch reports Adj
mlral Mello suffering from wounds
and disease.
Over one hundred New York editors
nave formed a Republican State Edi-
torial Association.
Farm hands are in demand in Colo
rado and Dakota. The services of
4,oOO have been engaged in Chicago.
The Latin & Rand powder mill at
Rlfton, Ulster County, \. Y, blew up
on the 9th inst, and four men were
killed
Fifteen thousand men and boys are
waiting at various points along the
hudson River for the ice harvest to
begin.
A Chicago special says small divi-
dend on Worlds Fair stock will proba-
bly, be paid about the middle OF the
month.
Mayor Manning vetoed the resolu-
ton of the Albany Common Council
for the strict enforcement of the Sun
day laws.
Governor Flower has ordered that
the New York Custodial Society for
Feeble Minded Women, at Newark, be
investigated.
Huyler Westervelt, the famous pitch
er Of the New Jersey Athletic Club,
has signed a contract with the New
York league club.
The steamer a. L. Mason struck a
snag at Delta Landing, Miss, and was
sunk with a loss of S115,000. Three
persons We're injured.
May Barrowchff, the young woman
assaulted in Jersey City, gives signs
Of returning consciousness, but thus
far her memory is a blank.
British troops have been fired upon
By the French in Senegambia, but it
may have been blunder, as both forces
Were hunting native marauderS.
An explosion in the Albany Theatre
Saturday last caused the total destruc-
ton of the building. The city building
adjoining was considerably damaged.
Governor Flower has ordered all en-
ployeeS of the State to undergo civil
service examinations. and all persons
not properly qualified must vacate
their positions.
The citizens of Jacksonville, Fla,
propose to form law and order league
to prevent the Corbett-M Mitchell fight.
They are determined to prevent the
fight at any cost.
Fifty-two prisoners are now con-
fined in Chicago jails charged with
murder The arrests for lesser crimes
We're nevr so numerous, and the jails
are overfowing.
Hon Marius Schoonmaker, Of Kings
ton, n Y, well-known politician and
lawyer, died on the 9Th inst, aged
Of important offices.
The latest reports from Brazil indi-
cate that the Government is more than
holding its own against the insurgents.
but the news is so colored that the real
facts are difficult TO learn.
The Ohio Farmers Alliance. in con-
vention at Columbus, adopted reso-
luton unanimously demanding that
President Cleveland remove j. Ster-
ling Morton, Secretary Of Agriculture.
Britain is to have thirty-two new
warships, among them two battle
ships, to cost S5,0O0,O00 apiece, and a
cruiser designed to be the biggest,
swiftest and most powerful in the
world.
Andrew Carnegie, on the steamer as
he is about to start for Egypt, told a
reporter that he is not afraid OF the
income tax, and that he would like TO
see so low a tariff established that it
would be a permanent one.
The cutter Corwin has arrived at
San Francisco from Honolulu. The
CAPTAIN stated TO a United Press re-
porter that there had been a big row
in Hawaii, and that the Queen was
probably back on her throne.
An Austrian has invented powerful
shears for cutting torpedo nets on war
shiDs. The shears are attached to the
head of the torpedoes, and they cash
the net without reducing the speed OF
the torpedo or exploding it.
DR.. Parkhurst, in published state
ment, indirectly charges District At
torney Nichon and the extraordinary
Grand Jury with dishonesty in not Sc
curing the indictment Of Police In
spectors Williams and Schmittberger.
The New York Mercantile Exchange
has approved Governor Flowers sug-
gestions in his annual message for the
suppression Of the sale Of oleomar-
garine. and endorsed Senator Hills
Senate bill To protect the dairy inter-
estS.
Bradstreet's reports that assumptions
of work in industrial lines were very
numerous last week. There were re-
ported $50 business failures through
out the United States, as compared
with 31S the week before and 3l3 ID
the week year ago.
Civil service reform is being enforced
at Albany. n Y. Thirteen colored
1aborers about the capitol building all