Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-13
GENERAL NEWS NOTES,

| Rev. NJ. H. Houghton Of Bradford, Pa.
recently came in for denunciation because
he drove fast horse Sunday evening his
| answer drew out the largest crowd of the
! season. Mr.. Houghton said in part: God
| made the fast horse. and it is no more a
sin to ride behind horse at fast gait
| than behind a steam engine"
| The notorious outlaw, Bill Cook has been
| sentenced to serve forty-five years in the
penitentiary at Albany, n. Y.
| The great paper box combine" which
has monopolized the market, has been
| broken. 1t controlled absolutely the out
put of paper boxes.
The cold wave struck Shreveport, La,
Sunday. Never in the history Of that city
| has there been such fearfully cold weather
as the present blizzard. At Jackson, Miss,
there is suffering among the people for
want Of fuel and the necesSarieS of life.
When Rufus Ramsey went into the state
treasury of Illinois two years ago he was
thought to be the richest man in southern
Illinois When Henry, Wolf succeeded him
as treasurer he found a shortage of $565,
3599O. which was communicated to his
bondSmen. who have SO far suppressed the
fact in the hope Of reimbursement out of
| the estate of Ramsey, who has died.
A number of members of the reichstag
have signed a motion requesting the gov
eminent to summon an international cur
rency conference 1t is not improbable
tndl the TelCnStaS Will ADOPT the mOtlOn.
1t has been decided to call off the Brook
lyn trolley line strike. The old men will
be taken back as vacancies occur
Travellers from the Isthmus of Panama
report that the revolution in Colombia is
more serious than the cable reports indi-
cate, as the government is suppressing the
news.
A great celebration was held in Rio jan
Giro yesterday in honor of President Cleve-
lands decision in favor of Brazil as against
the Argentine Republic in the matter of
the claim to jurisdiction over the territory
of Missones.
house of delegates were unseated to make
room for fusionists An unfavorable report
was made on the bill to reduce the state
guard appropriation.
lawyer of Richmond. Va, counsel for the
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Com
pany, died yesterday after a brief illness.
Robert E. Craig shot and killed A NJ
Womble in the corridor of the Russell
House at Chattanooga yesterday afternoon
Womble had been in Craig's employ as
deputy. but had been discharged in De-
cember. Either of the wounds received
would have caused death and Womble ex-
pired in few minutes. making an ante
mortem statement that Craig had invited
him to his room and then shot him from
behind.
The vote for United States Senator at
Boise. Idaho, yesterday was without
change: Shoup. 10; Sweet, IS; Claggett, Is.
The eighteenth joint ballot for United
States Senator in Oregon was taken yes
terday with the following result: Dolph.
80; Hare. 10; Weatherford Z; Williams IL /;
Lord. Z: Lowell, 10; absent. 6.
Assemblyman Bullocks bread bill, which
provides that bread shall be sold in loaves
Of not less than one pound and that the
seller shall make known the weight Of
such loaves, was passed in the New Jersey
house yesterday afternoon by a vote of IS
to 16.
Mr.. Frank Moss. counsel Of the New York
Society for the Prevention Of Crime, of
which Rev. DR.. Parkhurst Is president,
spoke last night in Baltimore upon "Prac-
teal Reform in City Government"
Baron Won Thummel, finance minister OF
Saxony, is dead from apoplexy.