The Washington bee., 1894-04-28
THIS WEEKS NEWS.
A Summary of Current Events--The Worlds
Ooings for the Past Six Days Gathered
and Condensed for Our Readers.

General.
Free silver enthusiasts at Golden.
Col, hung President Cleveland in efhgy.
The American yacht Navahoe scored
two defeats in England waters last
week
General rains throughout the cotton
section of the South have greatly help
ed the cotton crop.
Ex-President Harrison Is spending
this week in Boston on q visit to his
daughter, Mrs. Mckee.
The Worlds Fair managers have &C.
cepted the resignation of Theodore
Thomas as musical director.
Rev. DR.. Deems, the famous pastor
Of the Church for Strangers, New York,
is slowly dying rom cancer of the
bladder.
Nancy Hanks, in her first trial Of
the season at Boston, made mile in
2:0SA. Budd Doble will drive her to
beat her record Of 2:04.
Employees Of the Bureau Of Engrav-
ing and Printing at Washington are
. working overtime, owing to the in.
creased demand for national bank
notes.
Reports from Egypt state that the
young Khedive has had new quarrel
with his Prime Minister, Riaz Pasha.
who was placed in office by British
authority.
The Bank of England is embarrassed
by the heavy withdrawal Of gold for
shipment to the United States, and
will probably put up the rate to 8
per cent.
The Parkhurst Society in New York
city has brought charges against Po-
lice Captain Devery, alleging that dis.
orderly houses in his district receive
police protection.
The new cruiser Minneapolis, just
launched at Philadelphia, will be one
Of the fastest warships af1oat, and can
sail around the world without recoal
ing She is sister ship to the corn
merce destroyer Columbia.
sUpY. 8yRNEe ON DECK
fhe Famous Police Official Takes the 40
archists by the Throat in New York.
Police Superintendent Byrnes return
ed unexpectedly to the Mulberry street
Headquarters, having shortened his
vacation in order to inquire into the
disquieting rumors that reached him
1t is understood that he severely cen.
sured the toleratiOn which his subordi.
mates had extended to Anarchists, and
said firmly: This nonsense must
STOP" After examining the police re-
ports of Anarchist meetings, he declar.
ed that the law had been clearly VIC
lated and that arrests should have
in Of
once issued orders that all unlawful
that any one making public utterances
inciting to violence or disorder should
be arrested.
Superintendent Byrnes visited the
wharfs where the striking 'lOngshore
men had been having their own way
in beating and chasing all applicants
for work on vessels unloading, and at
once cleared the streets, issuing strict
orders to allow no loiterers around the
docks
A full inquiry among all the chart
table institutions in New York shows
that. while there has been an unusual
number Of idle persons during the past
few weeks. there has been little dis
tress and no starvation. The agitation
has been largely among a class OF
Russian and Polish Jews, who have
crowded into the city in large num-
bers during the past year. Many OF
them are Anarchists and mischief.
makers and they seized the opportun.
ity to promote an agitation that they
thought might lead to their profit. 1t
has been shown that many Of the lead
ers and followers Of the so-called
starvation meetings" were well-fed
and provided with money.