The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1894-11-03
THIS WEEKS NEWS
a Summary Of Current Evsnts-Ths Worlds
Deius, for III. Past Six DAYS Gathered
and Condensed for Our Readers
General.

Howard Gould and Miss Anna Gould
returned from Europe on the Saale.
Bismarck says Hohenlohe is "a safe
man" for Chancellor but lacks initia-
tive"
Manufacturers in Illinois and Maine
are reported to have greatly gained In
prosperity.
Big wholesalers cut the price Of
sugar at Philadelphia in anticipation
Of cheaper sugar.
An Anarchist plot to blow up the
French Chamber Of Deputies is said
to have been discovered.
Chairman Wilson and Assistant Sec
rotary Of the Navy McAdoo drew great
crowds in West Virginia.
Frank a. Benson, railroad conduc-
tor was horsewhipped at Mount Yer
non by Mrs. James Baker.
Secretary Gresham has filed a pro-
test against Germany's prohibition Of
American meat products.
Cardinal Gibbons says if there is any
palliation for lynching it is found in
the laxity Of legal methods.
The Interior Department at Washing
ton has been Closed in consequence Of
the smallpox outbreak there.
Clarence Robinson and his wife
pleaded not guilty, in Buffalo, Of the
murder Of Montgomery Gibbs.
An eagle seized Baby Richardson at
Huntingdon, Pa, but the child's cloth
ing gave way and it escaped.
The Lucania, on her last trip, broke
her own record to New York. Her
time was days hours and % min
utes
Lord Rosebery says Great Britain
was never more united and determined
than now in questions Of foreign
policy.
One candidate for the Kentucky
Legislature has already been instructed
for Col. Breckenridge for United States
Senator.
Mount Vernon citizens greeted Otto
Kempner enthusiastically when he
talked Of the advantages of the Great
er New York.
With a registration Of $4,000, $1,000
of which is represented by women, Chi
cago is claiming as large a population
as New York.
Articles of Incorporation of the Con-
tinental Match Company, in which Ed
win Gould is interested, have been filed
at Trenton, n. J.
Chauncey M. Depew presided at the
meeting Of the Salvation Army in Car
negie Music Hall, New York, and mill
ionaires occupied boxes.
Ochoa, the Mexican revolutionist,
was taken from jail at Fort Stockton,
Texas, and it is believed he was run
over into Mexico to be shot.
President Seth Low, of Columbia Col
lege, publicly apologized to DR.. Park
hurst for having criticised his reform
methods two years and a half ago.
While driving across the Erie Rail-
way tracks near jamestown, \. Y,
Alonzo Eddy, his wife and two chill
dren were run down by train and
killed
Michael Angelo Borgione, of New
York, slashed in a dark hallway, fired
four pistol shots at a girl and escaped
over the roof-tops, but was finally
caught
In street fight in York, Ala, Chief
OF Police j. w. Thompson was killed
and b. +. Allison was mortally wound
ed by the discharge Of a pistol in the
hands Of S. A. Cameron.
1t is reported that the New York
Grand Jury has considered the cases
or Capt. Schmittberger and ex-Capts.
Gross, Devery and Stephenson and Will
indict all four for blackmail.
A prisoner in the Rockland County
temporary jail escaped, but was dam
gerously wounded and brought back.
Meanwhile the twenty-one other pris-
oners were held in check at the point
OF the pistol.
Seth Low, Charles S. Fairchild, Hen
Ty George and DR.. ParkhurSt address
ed a demonstratiye meeting of women
at Cooper Union, New York. urging
them to work hard in politics, and
they said they would.
Judge Dallas. in denying a motion
for a further hearing on the Olcott-
Earle plan for recognizing the Phila-
delphia and Reading Railroad Com
pany, said that the receivership of the
property had lasted too long. and gave
notice that it must soon be dissolved.
Attorneys of Gen B. H. Hastings. of
Pennsylvania, have begun suit against
Francis J. O'Connor for libel in hay-
ing charged that the plaintiff had en-
riched himself by the use of his official
position at the time of the Johnstown
food.
For several months the statistician Of
the United States Department of Agri-
culture has been conducting an investi-
CATION regarding the acreage and pro-
duct of cotton for the year 1893. His
estimates are as follows: Acres planted
in 1893, 19,525,000; number of bales
harvested, 7,493, 900.
The Pittsburg conference of the
Evangelical Church, representing about
100 congregations, voted 10 sever its
connection with other Evangelical con-
ferences and to form the New Evan
gelical Church, thus, under a recent
Judicial decision, abandoning church
property in various States valued at
$30,OO0,OOO.
According to the estimates prepared
at the Interior Department, S155. SO5.-
27S.S3 will be necessary to carry on
the work Of that department, includ-
ing payments for pensions. during the
next fiscal year. The appropriation for
this fiscal year was S169, 559, 950.O3, and
the saving for the next year is est
mated at $13, 754 ,671.20.