The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-07-27
this WEEKS NEWS.
ASummary Of Current Esents-Ihs Worlds
DOings for the Past Six Days Gathered
and Condensed for Our Readers
General.

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The Brussels Senate. by a vote OF 81
to SO, adopted the protective duties DILL
The Hon. Judson c. Nelson, twice
Member Of Assembly from Cortland
county, is dead.
The will Of the late John Davenport
has been admitted to probate. 1t dis
poses of more than 100000.
NJ Paul 2sclss. the eminent surgeon,
has been elected q member Of the AsAe-
emie de Medicin In Paris.
The marine hospital Is advised
through the United States consul at
Porto Rico, that yellow fever Is cpl
demic at that place.
Comptroller Fitch has issued q state
ment showing that New York city's
debt had increased more than $4.OO0.0oo
during the first six months OF 1895.
The British bark Scotland. Captain
Salter, which sailed from New York on
June 6. for Christiana, was towsd TO
Stromsted, Sweden. totally dismasted-
A dispatch from Greytown, Nicara-
qua, says that a favorable report on the
Nicaragua Canal Will be made by the
United States Government Commission.
Ex-Congressman John II. Graham
died In Brooklyn last night. He was
a member of the firm of John h.
Graham G. Co.. importers OF hardware
A drowning accident occurred of
Bluff Point, on Lake Keuka, yesterday
by which five persons lost their lives
Terry Tufft, his wife and three chill.
dren.
James c. Mayhem, q printer. was
found dead In bed late last night at the
hotel LIS Fulton street. Brooklyn. The
gas was turned on, apparently by de-
sign.
Sporting Life says that the accident
TO Fenneil, the Cornell oarsman, has
engsndered congestion OF the lungs and
that de must remain at Henley Tor some
time.
Four hundred cloakmakers in New
York and 300 weavers In Philadelphia
have gone out on strike AND S.ooo TALL
ore In New York threaten to do like
wise.
The Earl OF Hoptoum has been ap-
pointed Paymaster- General, the Earl
OF Coventry Master Of the Buckhounds
and the Duchess Of Bucclueh Mistress
OF the Robes.
Mrs. Eugene Zimmerman. IL years
old, q bride Of q few weeks, was killed
yesterday morning by an Erie railway
freight train just east Of the Hacken-
sack river bridge.
A number Of the members Of the Lon
don Stock Exchange have signed
Chancellor Of the Exchequer. support
Ing the Bi-Metallic League.
The grand fury of Rockland county
has dismissed the charges Of corruption
against the municipal authorities of
Haverstraw village involving Presi-
dent Zundell and other officers.
meeting has been called by resi-
dents Of Riverdale. spuyten Duyvil
and Kingsbridge for the purpose OF
taking united action against the fur
Their destruction Of the Palisades.
A Mrs. William James. 1s years old.
who has been married only a few weeks
Lowe. who is said to have been a re-
Jscted lover. is supposed to be the
kidnapper.
Charles ID. Sherwood, ex-lieutenant-
governor Of Minnesota, has been found
dead floating in the lake at the foot Of
Peck Court. Chicago. 1t was undoubt-
eddy case OF suicide.
The plumbers, gas and steam filters
strike. which began at Buffalo on June
g. Is still on, although forty-three mas
ter plumbers, employing $50 men have
signed the agreement. About $50 Jour
neymen are still out.
William Jarvis, Michael Manning, ST.
reh Ryan, David Carmine. John Dur.
kin. Thomas McKenna, John Indie
and Michael nore have been arrested
In New York for making and passing
counterfeit money.
There was a miniature riot on Ran.
dalrs Island yesterday, during which
Keeper George Parker Yves stabbed by
a lI-year-old inmate Of the House OF
Refuge. His aasailant Is Thomas Cal.
lahan. alias Mooney.
That no soda water can be sold In
this State on Sunday, In a saloon or In
a drug store either. Is the law declared
by Judge MoAdam. and Police Commits.
sioner Grant. Of New YorR. saws thai
If IL is the law IL will be enforced
Grave apprehension as to the fate of
Arthur Cleveland Coke, grand SON of
the bishop of Western New York, and
Henry May OF Pittsford. junior students
at Hobart Is felt The young men went
rowing on Seneca lake and are missing
Hewlett Howton was called to his
door at Lewiston, KY, by a man =.
known to hii.i. He was then seizec
eight masked men and taken to q BIZ.
In the rear of his house and shot deau
The men returned to the house and
murdered Howton's father.
Colonel Charles B. Morton, the Re-
publican veteran who planned he AS
sembly reapportionment, has been sp.
pointed chief clerk Of ordinances in the
city clerks office, New York, at a sal
airy of $1,000. He stood at the head OF
the eligible list.
Ice formed on water IN tubs forty
miles north OF Sioux City last night.
The corn looks as If IL were injured but
1t is thought to be too far along to be
seriously damaged There were light
frosts In low places In South Dakota.
but no damage was done.
The programme of manoeuvres for
the North Atlantic and home squadron,
progress In the PREPARATION OF which was
brought to q stand-still by the retire |
ment OF Admiral Meade, is once more
in hand and 10 receiving the finishing
touches under the direction Of Admiral |
Bunce. |
Arguments have commenced at Buff |
falo In the second trial of DIR. Seaman, |
who Is accused Of granddaughter Of |
Emily Hail. by means of q criminal |
operation. The testimony put In by the |
defense was brief. consisting mostly Of |
hypothetical questions and answers re-