The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-04-06
THIS WEEKS NEWS.
A Summary Of Current ENnts-1he Worlds
Beings for the Past Six Days Gathered
and Condensed for Our Readers


william Small, class of SO, Tufts
College, YVES found dead In bed.
Count Boninace de Csstellane and
his bride formerly Miss Anna Gould,
have arrived at Monte Carlo.
A gang of counterfeiters was caught
n San Francisco. They manufactured
fraudulent certificates TO Chinese.
Col" Gilbert, who was exhibited
in dime museums throughout the coun-
Try as "Dahomey Giant" is dead.
The sloop John II. Thomas sunk in
the Choptank River OF Cambridge.
Nd James Jones, colored, was
drowned.
The court house building at Regina,
n. w. T., containing ali the records
ef the Northwest Territory. was total
ly destroyed by fire.
Cen Oliver p. Goodfng, Of Wash
ington, d. C., was found to be insane
He had written book in which he
threatened the President.
Henry L. Fish was found dead in
bed at his home In Rochester, n. Y.
He was twice Mayor of Rochester and
member Of Assembly In 1872.
The Washington brewery, owned
and operated by Paul Ritter at Cum
berland. Md, was destroyed by fire.
Loss, $50, 600; insurance, $4,000.
The trustees of the Connecticut
River Savings Bank, Charleston, n.
H. voted to petition the court to place
the bank in the hands OF a receiver.
The young colored woman who was
murdered and whose body was mutt
lated in Jack the Ripper" style, was
identified as Pearl Ivory, Of Newark.
Sine Iielsen, pretty Danish girl of
Chicago, has secured $1,000 verdict
in her $25. 900 breach Of promise suit
against II. ID. Alyeworth, a railroad
man.
Almede Chattelle was put on trial at
Suatford, Ont. He is accused Of the
murder Of Jessie Keith. He refused
a lawyers services and is defending
himself.
The Countess Perponcher, arrested
In Berlin for perjury in denying her
intimacy with the Counts family doc
tor, has been released on 10000
marks bail.
Blanche Kerrigan, aged two years,
was fatally burned by her clothing
taking fire from a stove in the home
OF her fatheI, William KerTigan, Of
Clyde, Wayne County.
1t Is rumored that Oscar Wilde left
London suddenly to avoid being pres
emit at the trial of the suit for libel
which he has brought against the
Marquis Of Queensbury.
John A. Brown, aged thirty years, of
New York, shot his wife. Mrs E. B.
Brown, at Philadelphia, Pa, and then
committed suicide. The woman has
but slight chances for recovery
Helena A. Pearson, aged twenty
two, domestic in the employ of Hen
ry Marteau, of Brooklyn, n Y. was
smothered, presumably by smoke,
from slight fire in the house
Alfred Martin and Henry James,
miners, Of Central City, Col. were
crushed to death in the Sleepy Hol-
low mine by mass of dirt and rock
which fell upon them in drift.
Grand Master Workman Sovereign,
OF the Knights Of Labor, in an inter
view In Columbus, nominated Eugene
V. Debs as the candidate for the Peo-
Pies party for President in 1896.
The residence of Phoenis Christen-
sen, carpenter, was consumed by
nre at Mfnot N. d. Five children,
ranging In age from three 70 five
years, persisted in the flames.
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proposed Constitution of the State of
Utah has passed. An amendment ia
yortng the submission of the clause
10 the vote Of the people was defeated,
20 to 80.
The Hon r. Bond, G. Emerson, e.
p. Morris and W. Norwood left ST.
Johns, n. F., for Canada in order to
solicit terms for the entrance of New
foundland into the confederacy. They
were Kissed.
The fve-story malt house at VAIN
wright's brewery, Pittsburg, Pa. col
lapsed. The weight of the grain stor-
ed In the upper floors caused the dis
aster. The loss will be $4,000. No
one was injured.
Charles McKeever, Charles McCar-
thy and Jack Fogarty, charged with
engaging In a prize fight at Philadel-
phia, were convicted. This will put
an end to boxing contests in Philadel-
phia, as this was test case.
The Florida Legislature has con-
vened for its biennial session of sixty
days. Gov. Mitchell, in his annual
message, devoted considerable space
to lotteries and prize fighters, and
urged legislation against them
George Scott, who for four years has
had the position OF cashier at Beels-
Tough, Mimi, for the Mississippi Log
ging Company, is reported to be 500
900 short. He has been in the employ |
OF the company for fifteen years.
Deputy United State Marshal John
SON and posse Of six men fought a /
gang Of moonshiners in the mountains |
OF Hampstead County, Ark Two of |
the outlaws were killed, third cap
tured alive and an Illicit still was /
confscated
Archbishop Kahn has arrived in /
st. Paul from an extended visit to /
the East. Concerning the scaling |
down Of the allotment of money for
the support of Catholic Indian schools