Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-01-31
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Wednesday. January ss, 1895.


Wednesday. January 2S, 1895.
Hon. VIM. A. Little, of Freder-
Ictsbnrg, is confident a railroad
viii be constructed through the
Northern Neck of Virginia at an
early day.
Daisy Mason was convicted OF
manslaugbter IN Cumberland. and
the State abandoned the case against
Kate Dunlap, charged with being
an accomplice.
The resignation of Col. VIM. A.
BoykIn, of the Fifth Maryland Regi-
ment. has been accepted. and the
Baltimore Rifles. coIorei company,
has been disbandrd.
la Philadelphia. Governor Patti
son wrote letter accepting the
mayoralty nomination aud arraign-
ing the city government for extraya-
gance and pr"fligacy.
Mexico has returned an answer
to Guatemala declaring that she
will not recehe particle from her
original demands. aud that Guate-
mala must submit to the demand
or suffer the consequences. Other
Central American republics are
thought to be supporting Guate-
mala, aud general war may result.
u. s. SENATORS ELECTED.
Twelve United States Senators
were elected by the Legislatures of
ten States yesterday.
North Carolina elected Marion
Butler. p"puiist. and Jeter c. Prit-
chard. republican,, 10 succeed Mat.
thew ". Ransom and Thomas j.
Jarvis, democrats.
West Virginia elected Stephen b.
Elklns. republican. to succeed
johnson n. CaRden. democrat.
Kansas elected Lucicn Baker. re-
publican. to succeed John Martin.
democrat,
New Jersey el" Gen. William
:. -. republican. to succeed
q Ohm 4 Mcpherson, democrat.
Wyoming elected Francis T.
Warren, republican. to succeed
Joseph NJ. Carey. republican. and
Clarence ID. Clark, republican, to
fiji u vacancy.
Senators Isham e. Harris. demo
crat, of Tennessee. Shelby NJ. Cul-
lom. republican. nl Illinois, Joseph
n. DoIph, republican, of Oregon.
George &. Perkins. republican. of
California. aud Richard +. Petit
grew, republican, of South Dakota,
were reelected.
Thursday, January "a.
Parry Lee Downs WIS appointed receiver for
the hotel and restaurant business of Mrs. Ella
w. Geigan.
George Marshall confessed to robbing a
house in Hagerstown, saying that, although
he would steal, he would not lie.
Knute Nelson, Governor Of Minnesota, was
elected United States Senator yesterday to sue
coed William ID. washburn.
feot-pad attempted to halt VIM. Fl. Nc
Donald on II highway in Cecil county, but he
got a sound drubbing and was driven OF.
The ordinances of Georgetown. under which
that city hIs been practically u separate NUM-
clpalty, will be abolished by AN act OF Congress.
Hiram 7. Wootcrs- son of James Marion
Wooters, of Talbot county, was drowned while
skating ut Annapolis, where he a student
ut 81. Johns College.
George p. SIge. alias Baker. on trial for
sw nd.ng the Har.orG National Bank Of about
500 withdrew lis plea of not guilty. ard
pleaded guilty 10 the cha rTes against him.
Marines have been landed from various for
eign wsrships 10 project the missionaries al
Che Foo, China. There ia danger of an attack
uron foreigners - the Chinese troops, who
are said 10 be mutinous.
Peter Garrahan. of New Jersey. president of
the MdTyian Progressive Improvement Com
Pany, was arrested in New York yesterday on
II charge of swindling. The company proposes
To found city ON the banks of the Patuxent
river, Ia MARYLAND