Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-08-09
NEWS IN BRIEF
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Saturday, August 4, 1894.
Hundreds of sparrows were killed
by u storm in Frostburg.
Mr.. Alfred Lowe, aged ninety
years, was baptized near Owings'
Mills, Howard county.
Anne Arundel farmers are send
ing wheat and tobacco to market in
large quantities.
The struggle between Pearre and
Wellington for the mastery in AL
legaEy is the leading feature of the
republican campaign in the sixth
congressional district.
The convention of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Union of Ameri-
ca at st. Paul adjourned yesterday.
Rev. j. NJ. Cleary, Of Minneapolis,
was elected president. Fraternal
delegates were elected to the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union
China has issued an imperial
edict concerning her suzerainty over
Corea. Germany and Spain will
reinforce their fleets in Corean wa
tiers. The defeat of the Japanese
ut Aran is confirmed. The Presby-
terrain Church is taking steps to Sc
cure government protection for its
missionaries in China, Japan and
Corea. France was the first gov
eminent to accept Great Britain 8
invitation to observe strict neutral
ity during the war between China
and Japan.
Monday, August 6, 1884.
House bill TO subject to State tax
s.ation national bank notes and. Unit
ed States treasury notes was passed.
Rev. j. Gibson CAN'T denounced
the ice monopoly in sermon at the
Protestant Episcopal Church of the
Holy Comforter.
The General Term of the New
York Court Of Common Pleas has
decided that restaurant keeper is
responsible for the articles left tenn
porarily in his keeping.
A colored man, charged with as
saulting a white woman in q lonely
part Of West Philadelphia, was
with difficulty defended by police
men from mob bent on lynching
him.
1t is said President Cleveland is
watching with eager interest every
change in the financial situation in
this country, and Notwithstanding
his solicitude, it is believed that it
is his judgment the situation does
not furnish any just apprehension,
but that better times may conf
IDENTIFY be expected soon after the
passage of the tariff bill.
Tuesday, August 2, 1894.
At Alexandria Mr.. French Smoot
was granted divorce from his wife,
Mrs. Katherine Il. Smoot. now of
Chicago.
Although the conferees say that
the tariff situation is unchanged
there is every reason to believe, ac-
cording to their statements, that an
agreement can be reached this week.
Officials of the lighthouse board
expect to secure appropriations from
Congress for the erection of new
lights at Lower Cedar Point, Nd,
and at the mouth of the Craighill
channel, Baltimore harbor,
Adjutant-Gen Tarsney, of
Colorado, who was tarred and
feathered several weeks ago, has
been released on 81 900 bail on the
charge of contempt Of court in fail
ing to appear before the grand jury.
In response to a petition of fifty
three democratic members Chair
man Holman issued a call for a
democratic caucus in the hall of the
House of Representatives this after
noon to discuss the tariff situation.
President Clevelsnd's course and
the Wilson tariff bill were Endorsed
unanimously by delegates from the
election districts of Baltimore
county, who met in convention at
Towson. Delegates favorable to
Representative Talbot were elected
to the second congressional district
nominating convention. The dele
gates chosen to the fifth congress-
ional district convention were in
structed to vote for John G.. Rod
gers, OF Howard county, for the
long term, and George s. Kieffer,
of Baltimore county, for the short
term.